JP5181391B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and in particular, relates to a gaming machine that can inform a player of various expectations of a winning game being executed in various ways.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a gaming machine that notifies a player of a result of a hit determination on whether or not to execute a hit game that is advantageous to the player using a display unit that displays an image. In this gaming machine, a hit determination is made on the main control board that controls the main control of the game, and an effect pattern is determined according to the determination result. And the aspect of the production (fluctuation production) to be confirmed and displayed after changing the plurality of symbols displayed on the display means is determined on the sub control board according to the production pattern, and the result of the hit determination is determined by this fluctuation production. Inform the player.

Here, there has been proposed a gaming machine in which the interest of the game is improved by extracting the player's preference from the game history of the player in the past and reflecting the preference in the game content (for example, patents) Reference 1). According to this gaming machine, the player can select one character from among a plurality of characters used for production, and the number of times each character is selected is stored as a game history. The ranking of the number of times the character has been selected is an important parameter for determining decoration pattern variation, jackpot, reach variation, etc., announcement during jackpot, and the like. For example, when the jackpot reliability is high during the variation of the decorative symbol, a character with a higher ranking stored in the game history is likely to be displayed, and when the jackpot reliability is low, the ranking stored in the game history is It is configured so that lower characters are easier to display. As a result, the performance with higher reliability of the jackpot can be made into the performance of the character that the player likes, which attracts the player's interest.
JP 2008-86502 A

  However, in such a conventional gaming machine, when the player randomly selects a character, it is difficult to understand the number of times the character has been selected because the player does not know how many times the character has been selected, There was a problem that it was difficult to understand the degree of expectation that a winning game would be executed.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of notifying a player of various expectations of a winning game being executed in various ways. To do.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a gaming machine according to a first aspect of the present invention provides a gaming ball detecting means for detecting passage of a gaming ball to a starting port provided on a gaming board, and the gaming ball is detected by the gaming ball detecting means. A winning random number acquisition unit for acquiring a winning random number for determining whether or not to execute a winning game advantageous to the player due to the detection, and the winning random number acquired by the winning random number acquisition unit Is an effect of notifying the player of the determination result using a hit determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined random number determined in advance and a demo symbol indicating the determination result of the hit determination means. A display means for displaying various images including an image of a notification effect, and an effect pattern which is a plurality of notification effect patterns to which the degree of expectation that the winning game will be executed is respectively assigned. From the plurality of effect patterns stored in the effect pattern storage means according to the effect pattern storage means to be stored, the result of determination by the hit determination means and the expectation assigned to the notification effect An effect pattern determining means for determining one of the effect patterns to be used, and capable of causing the display means to display the notification effect according to the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determining means. The display expectation index storage means for storing the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the display expectation index that is the expected index to be notified to the player for each effect pattern, and the effect pattern is determined by the effect pattern determination means. If determined, a range from the upper limit value to the lower limit value of the display expectation index corresponding to the production pattern In the display CEI determining means for determining a display CEI, the display CEI determined by said display CEI determining means, display control means for displaying on said display means between said notification effect, the Display expectation index and additional effect information storage means for storing additional effect information associated with the additional effect, which is an effect for causing the player to predict the display expectation index, and the display expectation index determining means In accordance with a display expectation index, the additional effect determining means for determining the additional effect from the additional effect information stored in the additional effect information storage means, and the additional effect determined by the additional effect determining means, the display And an additional effect display control means for displaying on the display means during the notification effect before the display expectation index is displayed by the control means .

Further, the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 2, game that occurs the probability change state in addition to the structure, the ratio is determined to win a higher than normal state is a normal state of the invention described in claim 1 The display expectation index determination means includes a state control means, and the display expectation index determination means has a value larger than the display expectation index determined in the normal state when the probability variation state is caused by the gaming state control means. It is characterized by a high rate of determining the expected index.

Further, the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, associated the display CEI, and a specific character form is a character for directing the effect pattern Specific character form information stored in the specific character form information storage means according to the expected display index determined by the expected display index determination means Specific character form determining means for determining the specific character form from, the display control means, together with the display expected index determined by the display expected index determining means, the determined by the specific character form determining means The specific character form is displayed on the display means during the notification effect.

In addition to the structure of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , the display expectation index determining means is a game machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention only when it is determined to be a hit by the hit determining means. The characteristic value of hitting time can be determined.

  In the gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the display expectation index, which is the expectation index per game notified to the player, according to the performance pattern to which the expectation level of the winning game being executed is assigned, It is determined by the display expectation index determining means. Then, the determined display expectation index is displayed on the display screen. The player can easily recognize the expected degree of the effect pattern by confirming the display expectation index on the display screen. As a result, the player's expectation can be enhanced, and the player's interest can be improved.

Further, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 1, by the biasing pressure effect determination unit may determine the additional effect from the display CEI. Then, the determined additional effect can be displayed on the display means before the display expectation index is displayed. Thereby, the player can predict the display expectation index from the additional effects displayed on the display screen. As a result, the player's expectation can be enhanced, and the player's interest can be improved.

In addition, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 2 , in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1 , display expectation is generated when a probability variation state with a high ratio determined to be a hit occurs by the gaming state control means. The display expectation index determined by the index determination means has a higher ratio determined as a value larger than the normal state. As a result, the player can increase the sense of expectation in the probability variation state by confirming that the display expectation index is large on the display screen, and can improve the interest of the player.

In addition, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 3 , in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1 or 2 , the display control means displays the display expectation degree and the specific character form on the display means. And when a specific character form is displayed, the player can confirm the expectation degree of an effect pattern as a character, and can recognize it in a more easy-to-understand form. As a result, the player's expectation can be enhanced, and the player's interest can be improved.

In addition, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 4 , in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , the display expectation index determined by the display expectation index determining means when determined to be win is It may be a unique value for winning. The player can confirm that the winning is determined by confirming the display expectation index of a predetermined value displayed on the screen. As a result, the player's expectation can be enhanced, and the player's interest can be improved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper half of the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, a game board 2 is provided in which a game ball as a game medium launched from a launcher (not shown) flows by operating the launch handle 7. ing. The game board 2 is substantially square (see FIG. 2), and is protected by a front frame 13 holding a transparent glass plate. An upper plate 5 is provided below the game board 2 to supply game balls to the launcher and receive prize balls. An operation button 20 operated by a player is provided at the center of the front surface of the upper plate 5. Is arranged. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided immediately below the upper plate 5, and a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6. Furthermore, speakers 48 are respectively provided at the left and right corners of the upper portion of the front frame 13, and a number of lighting lamps for production are provided on the front surface of the front frame 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 is provided on the front surface of the game board 2. In the approximate center of the game area 4, there is provided a display screen 28 composed of an LCD, a symbol display device 8 having various lamps, LEDs and the like, and below the symbol display device 8, a rotating lamp for informing the reach state 10 is provided. Further, a windmill 9 is provided at the lower left of the symbol display device 8, and a normal symbol start gate 12 is provided at the left side of the symbol display device 8. In addition, a special symbol starter electric accessory 15 is disposed below the symbol display device 8. Also, a special winning opening 16 is provided below the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, and below the special winning opening 16 is an out opening 36 for collecting game balls that have not won any winning openings. Is provided.

  A front warp inlet 22 and a rear warp inlet 23 for guiding the game ball from the outside to the inside of the symbol display device 8 are provided at the left end of the symbol display device 8. Further, on the left side of the revolving light 10, there is provided a cron 56 through which a game ball that has entered the rear warp inlet 23 is guided, and the cron 56 has three passage holes (not shown) through which the game sphere passes. Is formed. Then, the game ball that has passed through one of the three through holes is guided to a starter electric accessory switch 70 (see FIG. 3) that detects a game ball that has won the special symbol starter electric accessory 15. The special symbol display area 11 of the symbol display device 8 is provided with a normal symbol display unit 24, a special symbol display unit 25, a normal symbol memory number display LED 59, and a special symbol memory number display LED 60 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later. It has been. In addition to the above, the game board 2 is provided with various illumination lamps, other illumination LEDs, a windmill, and many obstacle nails.

  Further, the symbol display device 8 includes a display screen 28 formed of an LCD at the center. Various images such as moving images and messages are displayed on the display screen 28. In particular, three demo symbols indicating the result of jackpot determination are displayed in the center of the screen. When a variation effect, which is an effect for informing the player of the determination result, is started, the demo symbol starts to change, becomes a low-speed change through a high-speed change, and stops in the order of left and right. Then, if the left and right demo symbols are the same, various reach effects are performed indicating that the judgment result may be a big hit. If all the demo symbols are the same, the big hit game is started. The Rukoto. On the other hand, if the left and right demo symbols that have stopped after the low-speed fluctuation are different, the center demo symbol is also stopped without performing the reach effect, indicating that the determination result is off.

  Next, the outline | summary of the game and effect in the pachinko machine 1 of this Embodiment is demonstrated. In the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball wins a special symbol start electric accessory 15, a random number is acquired and a jackpot determination is performed. The result of the jackpot determination is notified to the player by a special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25. Furthermore, in order to attract the player's interest more strongly while notifying the player of the result of the jackpot determination in an easy-to-understand manner, various variation effects are performed on the display screen 28 in synchronization with the variation of the special symbol. In this variation effect, various effects (for example, reach effect) are executed in accordance with the change of the demo symbol, and the combination of the demo symbols indicating the result of the jackpot determination is determined and displayed. A large number of variation patterns for determining the production time and the content of the production of variation effects are stored, and when one of the variation patterns is determined with reference to a table corresponding to the result of the jackpot determination, the determined variation is determined. According to the pattern, the variation effect, the reach effect performed during the variation effect, and the variation of the special symbol are controlled.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, an effect control board 43, a payout control board 45, a lamp driver board 46, a relay board 47, and a sub-integrated board 58. This control part 40 is provided in the back side (back side) of the pachinko machine 1 (refer FIG. 1).

  First, the main substrate 41 will be described. The main board 41 that performs main control of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a main board CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. The main board CPU unit 50 includes a CPU 51 for performing various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 for temporarily storing values of data generated during the arithmetic processes, a control program, initial values of various data, and other boards. And a ROM 53 that stores commands and the like for instructing these, and these are integrally molded as one LSI. An interrupt signal generation circuit 57 is connected to the main board CPU unit 50, and the CPU 51 stores a control program stored in the ROM 53 every time an interrupt signal is input from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57. Execute.

  Further, the main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54, and sub-boards such as a sub-integrated board 58, a payout control board 45, and a relay board 47, and a game ball that has won a prize for the special symbol starting electric machine 15. Is connected to the starter electric accessory switch 70 for detecting. Further, the I / O interface 54 of the main board 41 is connected to an output port 55 for outputting information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown).

  Next, the payout control board 45 and the relay board 47 will be described. The payout control board 45 incorporates a CPU 45 a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to a prize ball payout device 49. Then, according to the command transmitted from the main board 41, the prize ball payout device 49 is controlled. The relay board 47 has a normal symbol operation switch 71 for detecting the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12, a special winning opening opening solenoid 72 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the special winning opening 16, and a special symbol starting. An electric accessory opening solenoid 73 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the electric accessory 15, a big prize opening switch 75 for detecting a game ball won in the big prize opening 16, and a normal symbol indicating the result of the normal hit determination are displayed. A normal symbol display unit 24, a special symbol display unit 25 that displays a special symbol indicating the result of the jackpot determination, a normal symbol memory number display LED 59 that displays a normal symbol operation reserved ball number, a special symbol that displays a special symbol operation reserved ball number The symbol memory number display LED 60 is connected. Here, the number of normal symbol actuated reserved balls is the number of reserved balls that have passed the normal symbol start gate 12 and have not yet been subjected to normal hit determination. The special symbol actuated reserved ball number is the number of reserved balls that are game balls that have won the special symbol starting electric player 15 and have not yet been determined to be jackpots. The normal symbol display unit 24, the special symbol display unit 25, the normal symbol memory number display LED 59, and the special symbol memory number display LED 60 are provided in the special symbol display area 11 (see FIG. 2) of the game board 2. Under such a configuration, the relay board 47 relays switches and solenoids and relays from the main board 41 to a display unit or the like that is directly controlled. In addition, when a game ball wins the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 and the big winning opening 16, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out.

  Next, the sub integrated board 58, the effect control board 43, and the lamp driver board 46 will be described. The sub integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 581, a RAM 582, and a ROM 583, and is connected to the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, the operation buttons 20, and the speaker 48. Then, in accordance with a command transmitted from the main board 41, comprehensive control such as production is performed. Further, the effect control board 43 incorporates a CPU 43a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM, and controls the display screen 28. The lamp driver board 46 incorporates a CPU 46a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to the rotating lamp 10 and the illumination device 35 provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 1. . Based on the command transmitted from the sub-integrated board 58, the light emission of the lighting device 35 is controlled.

  Next, the power supply substrate 42 will be described. The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41 and the game ball launching device 37, and supplies DC stabilized power to each board and the game ball launching device 37. The game ball launching device 37 includes a launching motor (not shown), a touch sensor provided on the launching handle 7, a launching device stop switch, a firing strength adjustment volume, and the like. The game ball launching device 37 has a fixed interval (in this embodiment, 0.6 seconds). ) Launch one game ball into the game area every time.

  Next, the storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41. As shown in FIG. 4, in the RAM 52, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won a prize in each winning opening such as a counter storage area 5201 for storing various counters, a normal symbol start gate 12, a special symbol start electric accessory 15 and the like. A winning ball flag storage area 5202 for storing a flag to indicate, a normal hit relation information storage area 5203 for storing a random number acquired when a game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 12, and a normal number for storing a normal symbol operation reserved ball number Symbol actuated ball number storage area 5204, jackpot relation information memory area 5205 for storing random numbers acquired when winning a game ball to the special symbol starting electric player 15, special symbol actuated hold for storing the number of special symbol actuated balls Ball number storage area 5206, main board 41 to sub-integrated board 58, payout control board 45, lamp driver board 46, relay board 47, etc. Command relation storage area 5207 for storing a control command, the flag relation storage area 5208 for storing various flags. Further, the RAM 52 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, each counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 will be described. The counter stored in the RAM 52 includes a random number acquisition counter for acquiring a random number, a timer counter for measuring time, a winning ball counter for counting the number of winning balls, and the like.

  First, the random number acquisition counter will be described. Examples of the random number acquisition counter include a normal hit determination counter, a big hit determination counter, a special symbol creation counter, a variation pattern determination counter, and the like. The values of these counters are set at regular intervals (for example, in the counter update process (see S12 in FIG. 8) of the main process executed based on the interrupt signal from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 3)). , A predetermined amount (for example, “1”) is added every 2 ms). Each counter has a minimum value (lower limit value) and a maximum value (upper limit value), and is configured to circulate in a numerical value in a range from the minimum value to the maximum value. In other words, if the counter value becomes the same as the maximum value as a result of the update, the counter value takes the minimum value in the next update. In each random number acquisition counter, “0” is stored as an initial value when the pachinko machine 1 is activated. When the value is rounded to the same value as the initial value “0” by updating, a new initial value is set. Acquired and “1” is added to the initial value. This new initial value is repeatedly executed while the CPU does not perform the main process (see FIG. 8) (until the main process ends and the new main process is started by the interrupt signal). A random number generated by an initial value random number process (a process for generating a random number by a predetermined algorithm) not shown is used. These random number acquisition counters are used in the normal symbol processing (see S16 in FIG. 8) and the special symbol processing (see FIGS. 9 and 10), which will be described later, and the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (see FIG. 5). ) Or the like.

  Next, the timer counter will be described. The timer counter is a counter used for measuring time, and a predetermined value is stored as an initial value at the start of time measurement. For example, when measuring 1 second, “500” is stored as an initial value. Then, “1” is subtracted by “1” in the counter update process (see S12 in FIG. 8) performed every 2 ms that is the interval of interrupt signal generation, and it is determined that the time is being measured unless the value is “0”. When the value becomes “0”, it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed. The value of the timer counter is programmed not to be updated after it becomes “0”.

  Next, the winning ball counter will be described. The winning ball counter is used to count the number of game balls that have won the big winning opening 16 while the big winning opening 16 performs one opening / closing operation. The initial value of this counter is “0”, and “1” is added every time a winning is detected in a switch reading process (see S11 in FIG. 8) of the main process described later. Then, it is initialized when the special winning opening 16 is closed.

  Next, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52. This jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 9 and 10) of the main process described later. As shown in FIG. 5, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided with a determination area and first to fourth storage areas. In the first to fourth memory areas, random numbers acquired by the game balls (special symbol operation holding balls) that have won the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 and have not yet been notified of the result of the jackpot determination are stored. . The determination area stores information on the result of the jackpot determination that is currently being performed and random numbers that are the basis of the jackpot game.

  In each of the determination area and the first to fourth storage areas, a jackpot random number field in which the value of the jackpot determination counter is stored, a jackpot special symbol determination random number field in which the value of the jackpot special symbol determination counter is stored, and a variation pattern A variation pattern determination random number column in which the value of the determination counter is stored is provided. Then, when the game ball passes through the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, each value is stored in a storage area corresponding to the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 of the RAM 52, and the jackpot determination, jackpot is based on this value When it is determined that the special symbol is determined and the variation pattern is determined. Then, when the processing for the value stored in the determination area is completed, the value stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, and processing such as the next jackpot determination is performed based on this value. Along with this, each value in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the one numbered young storage area, and the value in the fourth storage area is cleared. Here, the number of storage areas is four. In other words, the number of game balls that have won the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 can store a random number and can hold the operation is four. Accordingly, the upper limit of the number of special symbol operation reserved balls is four, and the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 does not take a value larger than “4”. In the ordinary hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52, similarly, a determination area and first to fourth storage areas are provided so that information on four game balls can be held.

  Next, the storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41. The ROM 53 has an initial setting storage area 5301 for storing initial values stored in the respective storage areas when the pachinko machine 1 is reset, and a control program for storing various programs for the CPU 51 to control the pachinko machine 1. A storage area 5302, a control command table storage area 5303 for storing a table of control commands output from the main board 41 to each sub-board, and a special symbol combination pattern storage area for storing a combination of special symbols to be displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 5304, special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 for storing information such as tables relating to the variation patterns of special symbols and demo symbols, and various tables to be referred to when jackpot determination, normal hit determination, special symbol determination, etc. are performed The determination table storage area 5306 etc. It has been kicked. Further, the ROM 53 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, the variation pattern determination table stored in the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a variation pattern determination table stored in the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53. The variation pattern is a variation pattern of the demo symbol used when the determination result by the jackpot determination is shown. Due to this variation pattern, the variation time of the symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 and the demo symbol display unit of the display screen 28, the display screen 28, the illumination device 35, the speaker 48, etc. in synchronization with the variation of these symbols. The variation effect pattern to be executed is determined. Then, the sub-integrated board 58 controls the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, and the speaker 48 based on the change pattern determined by the main board 41, and executes the change effect.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the variation pattern determination table includes a table corresponding to the gaming state (normal state or short-time state) at the time of jackpot determination, and the result of the jackpot determination (15R jackpot, out of place, 2R jackpot, and per child) Is provided. Each table is assigned a plurality of types of variation patterns, and each variation pattern is associated with a variation pattern determination random number value (0 to 99). When the jackpot determination is performed, a table corresponding to conditions such as the type of jackpot determination and the gaming state is referred to, and one variation pattern is determined based on the value of the variation pattern determination random number acquired at the time of the jackpot determination. Then, the main board 41 transmits a command for designating the decided variation pattern to the sub-integrated board 58, and the sub-integrated board 58 controls the variation effect according to the designated variation pattern.

  Specifically, an example is given in which the game state is determined to be “out of” by the jackpot determination during the “normal state”, and the value of the variation pattern determination random number acquired at that time is “0”. In this case, the variation pattern determination table with the game state “normal state” and the determination result “out of” is referred to, and the variation pattern determination random number value is “0”, so the variation pattern “non-reach” is determined. Will be. When this variation pattern is determined, the production time is 9 seconds when the number of special symbol operation reserved balls (the number of reserved balls) is 0, 6 seconds when the number is 1 or 2, 3 seconds Or when it is four, it is 4 seconds. According to the “non-reach” variation pattern, the three demo symbols stop in the order of left and right, the left and right demo symbols become different (without reaching reach), and the central demo symbol also stops. To do.

  Here, in the present embodiment, a variation pattern of “specific mode” is provided. When this “specific mode” is selected, a process for shifting the mode to the “specific mode” is performed. The “specific mode” is a specially provided mode that is also a feature of the present invention. The main character 101 is an enemy monster (see FIG. 18), and a plurality of subcharacters 102 are smaller than the main character 101 (see FIG. 18). ) Is displayed on the display screen 28. Although details of the control method will be described later, the number of sub characters 102 to be defeated (hereinafter referred to as “the number of defeats”) is determined by the determined variation pattern. In addition, a technique (hereinafter referred to as “attack technique”) produced when the sub-character 102 is defeated, and a specific character that is a character displayed on the display screen 28 after the attack is determined from the number of defeats. The attack technique is produced on the screen during the production time, and the number of defeats and specific characters are displayed on the display screen 28 after the attack. Here, the player can confirm the attack technique, the number of defeats, and specific characters displayed on the screen, and can grasp the expectation degree of the production pattern.

  Needless to say, the variation pattern determination table used in the present embodiment is merely an example, and the contents of the table can be set as appropriate. For example, a table in the non-stochastic change time short state and a table in the probability change short time state may be provided separately. Similarly, a table in the non-stochastic change non-short time state (normal state) and the probability change non-time short state A separate table may be provided. Of course, the contents and types of effects can be set as appropriate, and the variation time is just an example. Further, more types of variation patterns may be provided.

  Next, details of the operation of the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a main process in the main board 41, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are flowcharts of a subroutine of a special symbol process executed in the main process. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  The control of the pachinko machine 1 is performed by a control program stored in the control program storage area 5302 of the ROM 53. The main process of the control program is executed by the CPU 51 when the CPU 51 senses an interrupt signal generated by the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 3). Since the interrupt signal is generated at regular intervals (2 ms in the present embodiment), the main process is repeatedly executed every 2 ms.

  First, main processing performed on the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, when the main process is started by sensing an interrupt signal, first, a command output process is performed (S10). In this command output process, control commands are output to the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the lamp driver board 46, the relay board 47, etc. via the I / O interface 54. In the control command, a prize winning opening command for instructing the opening / closing timing of the prize winning opening 16, a prize winning opening closing command, a special symbol designating command indicating the determined special symbol, a determined variation pattern and a demonstration pattern are instructed. There are a large number of commands such as a variation pattern designation command for instructing the start of variation, a special symbol stop command for instructing to stop the varying special symbol, and a jackpot game start command indicating that the jackpot game is started. The control command output here is a control command stored as an output command in the command relation storage area 5207 of the RAM 52 in the main process executed last time.

  Next, a switch reading process is performed (S11). In this switch reading process, a process for detecting a winning of a game ball in the normal symbol starting gate 12, the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, the normal winning ports 17 to 20, and the big winning port 16 is performed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not a game ball is detected by each switch (see FIG. 3) provided at these winning openings, and when a game ball is detected, a winning ball flag storage area in the RAM 25 is detected. A flag corresponding to each switch stored in 5202 is turned ON. Further, the number of game balls won during one opening of the big winning opening 16 is counted by a winning ball counter. At the start of the switch reading process, all flags in the winning ball flag storage area are reset.

  Next, a counter update process is performed (S12). As described above, in this counter update process, each value of the random number acquisition counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 is added by a predetermined amount, and each value of the timer counter is subtracted by a predetermined amount.

  Next, special electric accessory processing is performed (S13). In this special electric accessory process, a process for transmitting control commands such as a big prize opening command and a big prize opening closing command for instructing the opening / closing operation of the special prize opening 16 to the sub-integrated board 58 is performed. Once opened, the big winning opening 16 closes when the maximum opening time of 30 seconds in one opening operation elapses or when winning of nine game balls is detected.

  In the special electric accessory process, after the 15R jackpot game is completed, a process for controlling the subsequent game state is performed. In the special symbol processing described later, when it is determined that 15R jackpot is determined and a special symbol indicating a probability variation jackpot is determined, “1” indicating a probability variation state after the subsequent 15R jackpot game ends is a probability variation state. It is stored in the flag and turned “ON”. At the same time, “1” indicating that the time is shortened is stored in the hour / middle flag and set to “ON”. After the 2R jackpot, only the probability variation state flag is “ON”. In addition, when the normal special 15R jackpot symbol that is not the probability variation jackpot has been determined, only the hour / medium flag is set to “ON”. Further, when the time reduction flag is set to “ON”, a time reduction start command indicating that the time reduction state is in effect is stored in the command relation storage area 5207.

  Next, special symbol processing is performed (S14). In this special symbol processing, jackpot determination, determination of the variation pattern of the demo symbol displayed on the display screen 28, instruction, determination of the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, instruction, variation of the demo symbol and the special symbol Instructions such as start and end are given. This special symbol process will be described later with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  Next, ordinary electric accessory processing is performed (S15). In this ordinary electric accessory processing, when a normal hit is reached, the opening / closing (operation during normal hit game) of a pair of opening / closing members (so-called tulips) provided in the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is controlled. . By opening the opening / closing member, it becomes easy to win a game ball to the special symbol starting electric accessory 15. When the short-time gaming state has occurred, the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is released for a longer time than when it has not occurred.

  Next, normal symbol processing is performed (S16). In this normal symbol processing, normal random numbers are obtained, normal hit determination, and the like are performed. First, when the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12 is detected in the switch reading process (S11), the value of the normal hit determination counter is acquired as a normal hit random number. The acquired random number is stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value stored in the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 among the first to fourth storage areas of the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52. Usually stored as a random number. Then, the normal hit determination is sequentially performed from the random number in the storage area with the smaller number, and the determination result is notified by changing and stopping the normal symbol display unit 24. Here, when the short-time state has occurred, the variation time of the normal symbol display unit 24 is shortened as compared with the case where the short-time state has not occurred, and it is determined that the normal hit has a higher probability. Therefore, the rate at which the special symbol start electric accessory 15 is opened during the time-shortening state is significantly increased.

  Next, a payout process (S17) for paying out prize balls and an error check (S18) are performed. If an error has occurred in the pachinko machine 1, an error is displayed on the display screen 28, the lighting device 35 is lit or blinked, or an error sound is generated on the speakers 48, 48. Therefore, an error command to be transmitted to the sub-integrated board 58 in the command output process of S10 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 of the RAM 52. Next, in the information output process (S19), various kinds of information such as jackpot information and start information of the pachinko machine 1 are output via the output port 55 to an unillustrated game hall management computer. When the information output process ends, the main process ends. When the interrupt signal is received from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57, the main process is executed again from the beginning.

  Next, details of the special symbol process (S14) of the main process will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. As described above, in the special symbol processing, jackpot determination, determination of a variation pattern of symbols displayed on the display screen 28, and the like are performed.

  First, the flags used in the special symbol process will be described. In the flag-related storage area of the RAM 52, a display state flag, a 15R big hit game flag, a 2R big hit game flag, a small hit game flag, and the like are stored. The display state flag is a flag indicating the state of the special symbol display unit 25, and is “1” when the special symbol display unit 25 is fluctuating (fluctuating), and when the special symbol displaying unit 25 is stopped (during stop display) “2” is stored, and “0” is stored when it is neither changing nor being stopped. In addition, the 15R jackpot game flag is “ON” during the 15R jackpot game, the 2R jackpot game flag is during the 2R jackpot game, and the small hit game flag is “ON” during the jackpot game. In both cases, the initial value is “0”. Also, during 2R jackpot games and small hit games, game balls rarely win the big prize opening 16, and the average number of game balls to be paid out is very small. The two jackpots are collectively referred to as a jackpot without a ball.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the special symbol process of the main process is started, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the special symbol start electric accessory 15 (S21). In the main process switch reading process (see FIG. 6: S11), if the winning of the game ball to the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is not detected (S21: NO), the process proceeds to the determination of S26 as it is.

  When the winning of the game ball to the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is detected (S21: YES), a random number for the game ball is acquired and stored in the jackpot relation information storage area (see FIG. 4) of the RAM 52. Remembered. However, the number of special symbol actuated holding balls that can acquire and store random numbers is “4”. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area of the RAM 52 is “4” (S22). If it is “4” (S22: YES), this game ball is determined. Since the random number cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S26.

  When the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area is any of “0” to “3” (S22: NO), “1” is added to the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area ( S23), a special symbol actuated ball number notification command for notifying the number of reserved balls to the sub-integrated board 58 is stored in the command related storage area of the RAM 52 (S24). And a random number is memorize | stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value of the special symbol action reservation ball number storage area among the 1st-4th storage areas of a jackpot relation information storage area (S25). Specifically, the value of the jackpot determination counter is stored in the jackpot random number column, the value of the special symbol creation counter is stored in the special symbol determination random number column, and the value of the variation pattern determination counter is stored in the variation pattern determination random number column. Remembered.

  Next, a determination is made as to whether the game state is a winning game (S26). When it is a winning game state, no winning determination or notification of the determination result is performed. Therefore, if any of the 15R jackpot game flag, 2R jackpot game flag, and small hit game flag is “ON” and it is determined that the game state is a win game (S26: YES), the process directly returns to the main process. .

  When all the three winning game flags are “OFF” (S26: NO), since it is not a winning game state, processing related to the control of the special symbol display unit 25 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not the special symbol display unit 25 is changing based on the display state flag (S27). If the display state flag is not “1” and is not changing (S27: NO), it is determined whether or not the display is stopped by the display state flag (S28). When the display state flag is not “2” and the special symbol display unit 25 is not in a stop display (S28: NO), a hit determination is performed.

  Therefore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, it is confirmed whether or not there is a game ball to be hit (S31). If the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area in the RAM 52 is not “1” or more (S31: NO), there is no game ball to be hit, and the process returns to the main process. If it is “1” or more (S31: YES), there is a game ball to be hit, so the value in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area is subtracted from “1” (S32), and the number of reserved balls is subtracted. A special symbol operation reservation ball number notification command for notifying the integrated board 58 is stored (S33). Then, the value stored in the jackpot relation information storage area (see FIG. 5) is shifted. That is, the random number stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the random number stored in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the storage area one number lower, and the value in the fourth storage area Is cleared (S34).

  Next, a hit determination is performed (S35). Here, the determination table for performing the hit determination is provided with a low probability determination table used during non-probability fluctuation and a high probability determination table in which the probability of being determined to be a big hit is higher than during non-probability fluctuation. ing. The hit determination is performed by referring to one of the determination tables depending on whether or not a probability variation state has occurred. If it is determined that the winning is determined by this winning determination (S35: YES), the winning is stored in the special symbol combination pattern storage area of the ROM 53 based on the value stored in the special symbol determining random number column of the determination area. One of the combinations is determined (S36). Next, a special symbol designation command indicating the determined special symbol is stored in the command relation storage area (S37). Then, it is determined whether or not the determined special symbol is a special symbol indicating 15R jackpot (S38). If the determined special symbol is a special symbol indicating 15R jackpot (S38: YES), the variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 7) is determined based on the value of the variation pattern determination random number field in the determination area and the number of special symbol operation holding balls. , And the fluctuation pattern at the time of 15R jackpot is determined (S39). Then, the process proceeds to S58. On the other hand, when the 2R jackpot is not the 15R jackpot (S38: NO), the fluctuation pattern of the “specific mode” that is the fluctuation pattern of the 2R jackpot is determined (S40), and the process proceeds to S58.

  Further, when the determination result is not a big hit (S35: NO) and a small hit (S45: YES), a special symbol indicating the small bonus is determined (S46), and a special symbol for designating the determined special symbol is determined. A symbol designation command is stored (S47). Then, a variation pattern of “specific mode” which is a variation pattern of small hits is determined (S48), and the process proceeds to S58. If the determination result is “missing” (S35: NO, S45: NO), a special symbol indicating a loss is determined (S51), and a special symbol designating command for designating this special symbol is stored. (S52). Then, a deviation variation pattern is determined based on the value in the variation pattern determination random number column (S53), and the process proceeds to S58.

  Next, the variation time (see FIG. 7) determined for each determined variation pattern is stored in the special symbol variation time counter (S58). Then, a variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern and designating the variation start of the symbol is stored (S59), and “1” indicating that the special symbol display unit 25 is varying is stored in the display state flag. In step S60, the special symbol process is terminated, and the process returns to the main process.

  In addition, in the determination of S27 shown in FIG. 9, when “1” is stored in the display state flag and it is determined that the special symbol display unit 25 is changing (S27: YES), the change time is changed. A determination is made as to whether or not the time has elapsed (S61). When the value of the special symbol variation time counter set in S58 (see FIG. 10) becomes “0”, the variation time has elapsed (S61: YES), and the special symbol is stopped in the command related storage area of the RAM 52. The command is stored (S62). This special symbol stop command is a command for giving an instruction to stop the variation of symbols on the special symbol display unit 25 and the display screen 28. Then, a predetermined stop display time (for example, 1.8 seconds) is stored in the special symbol stop time counter (S63), and “2” indicating that the special symbol display unit 25 is stopped is displayed in the display state flag. After being stored (S64), the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is determined in S61 that the value of the special symbol variation time counter is not “0” and the variation time has not yet elapsed (S61: NO), the variation of the special symbol display unit 25 is continued. . Therefore, the special symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process.

  Further, in the determination of S28, “2” is stored in the display state flag, and when it is determined that the special symbol display unit 25 is in a stop display (S28: YES), the stop display time has elapsed. Is determined (S66). If the value of the special symbol stop time counter set in S63 is not “0” (S66: NO), the special symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if the value of the counter is subtracted to “0” in the counter update process (see FIG. 8: S12), the stop display time has elapsed (S66: YES), so the special symbol display unit 25 “0” indicating that neither stop display nor change is stored in the display state flag (S67).

  Next, when it is determined that “15R jackpot” is made in the previous hit determination (S68: YES), “1” is stored in the 15R jackpot game flag and is set to “ON” (S69). Then, “15” is stored in the opening / closing number counter for counting the number of opening / closing of the large winning openings 18 and 19 in the winning game (S71), and the process returns to the main process.

  If the result of the hit determination is not “15R jackpot” (S68: NO) but “2R jackpot” (S73: YES), “1” is stored in the 2R jackpot game flag and “ON”. (S74). Then, “2” is stored in the open / close counter (S76), and the process returns to the main process.

  In addition, when the result of the hit determination is not “15R jackpot” (S68: NO) and not “2R jackpot” (S73: NO), a game state transition process is performed (S75). In the pachinko machine 1, the non-stochastic fluctuation short-time state generated after the 15R jackpot game ends is terminated when the jackpot determination is performed 100 times. Therefore, in the process of S75, when the jackpot determination is made 100 times during the non-probability fluctuation time-saving state, processing for setting the time-shortage flag to “0” is performed. Then, a time reduction end command indicating that the time reduction state has ended is stored in the command relation storage area 5207.

  If the result of the hit determination is “small win” (S68: NO, S73: NO, S78: YES), “1” is stored in the small hit game flag and is set to “ON” ( S79). Next, “2” is stored in the open / close counter (S76), and the process returns to the main process. Further, when the result of the hit determination is “displacement” (S78: NO), the special symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process.

  As described above, when the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is won (S21: YES), a random number is acquired (S25), and a hit determination is performed (S35, S45). Then, the variation pattern is determined in accordance with the result of the hit determination, the value of the special symbol determination random number, and the number of special symbol actuated balls. Note that “2R jackpot” and “small jackpot” are the same operation and cannot be distinguished visually.

  Next, processing in the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. In the sub integrated substrate processing, processing for controlling the display screen 28, the speaker 48, the illumination device 35, and the like is performed in accordance with a command transmitted from the main substrate 41. That is, the effect is comprehensively controlled according to various determination results made on the main board 41. The image data of the image displayed on the display screen 28 is stored in a CGROM provided on the effect control board 43.

  First, the RAM 582 of the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. In the RAM 582, control patterns output to the variation pattern storage area for storing the variation pattern designated by the main substrate 41, the special symbol storage area for storing the special symbol designated from the main substrate 41, the effect control substrate 43, and the like. Command-related storage area to be stored, flag-related storage area to store various flags, defeat number storage area to store the determined number of defeats, attack technique storage area to store attack techniques, and specific characters to store specific characters A storage area is provided.

  Next, the ROM 583 of the sub integrated board 58 will be described. The ROM 583 stores various programs for the CPU 581 to assist the control of the pachinko machine 1. In addition, a control command table storage area for storing a table of control commands output from the sub-integrated board 58 to the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, and the like, and information related to the design fluctuation effect indicating the result of the jackpot determination are stored. The variable production information storage area, the defeat number determination table storage area for determining the number of defeats from the variation pattern designated by the main board 41, and the specification for determining the characters to be displayed on the display screen 28 from the determined defeat number Various storage areas such as a character determination table storage area and an attack technique determination table storage area for determining an attack technique from the determined number of defeats are provided.

  Next, the destruction number determination table storage area of the ROM 583 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing the destruction number determination table (normal state) storage area of the ROM 583. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing the destruction number determination table (probability variation state) storage area of the ROM 583.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the defeat count determination table (normal state) storage area has a defeat range in which the range of defeat counts is associated with each variation pattern determined by the main board 41 in the “normal state” gaming state. A number table is provided. Here, in the case of “2R jackpot” and “per child”, the number of defeats is not determined, and therefore, the variation pattern relating to “2R jackpot” and “per child” is not associated with this defeat number determination table. As described above, the number of defeats indicates the number of sub-characters 102 to be defeated, and this number of defeats represents the expected degree of jackpot. In detail, in the defeat number determination process (see FIG. 17: S309) of the variable effect control process described later, by configuring the defeat number table so that a larger value is easily determined as the variation pattern that is likely to be determined at the time of the big hit, It is possible to notify the player of the expected degree of jackpot by the number of defeats. In other words, the larger the number of defeats displayed during the reach performance, the higher the possibility that the jackpot game will be executed. The maximum number of defeats is 999, and the minimum value is 1.

  In addition, when the defeat number determination process (see FIG. 17: S309) is performed, the defeat number determination random number, which is a random number for determining the defeat number, is acquired in the range of 0 to 9999. Then, the number of defeats is determined by the acquired defeat number determination random number, and stored in the defeat number storage area of the RAM 582. For example, when the value of the defeat number determination random number acquired when the variation pattern determined by the main board 41 is “reach not established” is “0”, the defeat number determined is “1”. Thereby, an effect is produced in which only one sub character 102 is brought down during execution of the “specific mode”. Further, when the value of the defeat number determination random number acquired when the variation pattern determined by the main board 41 is “determined by jackpot” is between “0” and “4999”, the defeat number is a three-digit defeat (for example, "111", "555", etc.).

  Next, a defeat number determination table (probability variation state) referred to when determining the defeat number in the “probability variation state” will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, the defeat number determination table (probability variation state) storage area is provided with a defeat number determination table in which the range of defeat numbers is associated with each variation pattern determined by the main board 41, Referenced in the probability variation state. This defeat number determination table (probability variation state) storage area has the same configuration as the defeat number determination table (normal state) storage area of FIG. 11, but is determined in comparison with the case where the gaming state is “normal state”. It is characterized by a high rate of increasing the number of defeats. For example, when the gaming state is “probability variation state” and the variation pattern determined by the main board 41 is “normal reach”, the number of defeat number determination random numbers is in the range of 9000 to 9999. If the number of defeats is determined to be 30 while the game state is “normal state”, the number of defeats does not reach 30 unless the value of the number of defeat determination random numbers is in the range of 9850 to 9999. That is, the ratio that the number of defeats is higher in the game state in the “probability variation state” than in the “normal state”. Thereby, the player is notified that the probability that the probability of being determined to be a big hit is higher in the “probability fluctuation state” is higher as the number of defeats is larger.

  Next, the specific character determination table storage area of the ROM 583 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing the specific character determination table storage area of the ROM 583.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the specific character determination table storage area is provided with a specific character determination table in which specific characters that are characters to be determined are associated with each range of the number of defeats. This specific character is a character that is displayed on the display screen 28 during execution of the “specific mode”, and is a defeat number determination table (normal state) (see FIG. 11) or defeat number determination table (probability variation state). In (see FIG. 12), it is determined by the determined number of defeats, and is stored in the specific character storage area of the RAM 582. In detail, it determines in the specific character determination process (refer FIG. 17: S310) of the change effect control process mentioned later. For example, when the number of defeats is determined to be “11”, the specific character is “GOOD”. As a result, the player can check the expected degree of the effect pattern as characters on the display screen 28, and the player is notified of the expected degree that the jackpot game will be executed in a more easily understandable manner.

  Next, the attack technique determination table storage area of the ROM 583 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram showing an attack technique determination table storage area in the ROM 583. As shown in FIG. 14, the attack technique determination table storage area is provided with an attack technique determination table in which attack techniques are associated with each range of the number of defeats when the game state is “normal state” and “probability variation state”. It has been. As described above, the attack technique indicates a technique that is produced when the sub character 102 is defeated, and the expectation that the jackpot game is executed in the order of “punch”, “kick”, “muchi”, and “spear”. Indicates that the degree will be higher. Specifically, the attack technique is determined in the attack technique determining process (see FIG. 17: S311) of the variable effect control process described later, and a big hit is obtained by performing the attack in the attack technique effect process (see FIG. 17: S311). Informing the player of the degree of expectation is realized.

  Further, when the attack technique determination process (see FIG. 17: S311) is performed, an attack technique determination random number that is a random number for determining the attack technique is acquired in the range of “0” to “99”. Then, the attack technique is determined from the acquired attack technique determination random number, the game state, and the number of defeats, and stored in the attack technique storage area of the RAM 582. For example, when the game state is “normal state” and the number of defeats is determined to be “6” and the attack technique determination random number is “0”, the attack technique is “punch”. In addition, even when the number of defeats is the same, the ratio of selecting an attack technique with higher expectation in the “probability variation state” is higher than in the “normal state”. For example, when the value determined by the defeat number determination process (see S309 in FIG. 17) is “6” in the “normal state” and the attack technique becomes “kick”, The value needs to be in the range of “66” to “99”. Compared to this, in order to change the attack technique to “kick” when the value is “normal state” and the value determined by the defeat number determination process (see FIG. 17: S309) is “6”, the attack technique is determined. The value of the random number may be in the range of “36” to “99”. That is, in the “probability variation state”, the rate at which the attack technique is “kick” is larger than in the “normal state”. This notifies the player that the game state is likely to be a “probability variation state”.

  Next, processing in the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of sub integrated substrate processing in the sub integrated substrate 58. In the sub integrated substrate processing, processing for controlling the display screen 28 and the like is performed in accordance with a command transmitted from the main substrate 41. In particular, when a variation pattern designation command for a 2R big hit game or a small hit game is received, control for executing the effect of the “specific mode” is performed.

  Hereinafter, the sub integrated substrate processing performed in the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described with reference to FIG. When the sub-integrated board process is started, first, it is determined whether or not a reserved ball number notification command has been received (S121). If it is received (S121: YES), the notified special symbol operation reservation ball number is stored in the special symbol operation reservation ball number storage area of the RAM 582 (S122), and the process returns to the determination of S121.

  If the pending ball number notification command has not been received (S121: NO), it is determined whether a variation pattern designation command has been received (S131). When a variation pattern designation command is received from the main board 41 (S131: YES), variation effect control processing is performed (S132), and the process returns to the determination in S121. This variation effect control process will be described later.

  If no variation pattern designation command has been received (S131: NO), it is determined whether a special symbol designation command has been received (S139). When the special symbol designation command is received (S139: YES), the designated special symbol is stored in the RAM 582 (S140). Then, the demo symbol to be displayed on the display screen 28 is determined according to the result of the hit determination (S141). Specifically, the demo symbols displayed on the display screen 28 are not the same when the determination result is not 15R jackpot, so that the three symbols are the same when the determination result is 15R jackpot. To be determined. Then, probability variation flag setting processing (S142) is executed, and the process returns to the determination in S121. This probability variation flag setting process will be described later.

  If a special symbol designation command has not been received (S139: NO), it is determined whether or not a special symbol stop command has been received (S143). When the special symbol stop command is received (S143: YES), a command to stop each changing symbol is transmitted to the effect control board 43 and the lamp driver board 46 (S144), and the process returns to the determination of S121.

  If the special symbol stop command has not been received (S143: NO), it is determined whether or not the time reduction start command has been received (S145). If it has been received (S145: YES), the time reduction has been performed. “1” indicating the state is set to the time reduction flag and set to “ON”, and stored in the flag related storage area of the RAM 582 (S146). And it returns to judgment of S121.

  If the time reduction start command has not been received (S145: NO), it is determined whether or not a time reduction end command has been received (S147). If it has been received (S147: YES), the time reduction state is established. “0” indicating that the time is not set is set to “OFF” and set to “OFF”, and stored in the flag related storage area of the RAM 582 (S148). And it returns to judgment of S121.

  Further, when the short time end command has not been received (S147: NO), it is determined whether or not another command has been received (S149), and when it has not been received (S149: NO), The process directly returns to the determination in S121. On the other hand, when another command is received from the sub-integrated board 58 (S149: YES), processing according to the command is performed (S150), and the process returns to the determination in S121.

  Next, the probability variation flag setting process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the probability variation flag setting process in the sub-integrated board 58. As shown in FIG. 16, when the probability variation flag setting process is executed, it is determined whether or not the probability variation is reached (S201). This determination is made according to the special symbol stored in the RAM 582 in S141 and the result of the hit determination. If it is determined that the probability variation is per unit (S201: YES), “1” indicating the probability variation state is set to the probability variation flag and set to “ON” and stored in the flag relation storage area of the RAM 582. (S202). Then, the probability variation flag setting process ends.

  If it is determined that the probability is not per probability change (S201: NO), it is determined whether or not the probability is normal (S203). This determination is made according to the special symbol stored in the RAM 582 in S141 and the result of the hit determination, similar to the determination processing in S201. If it is determined that it is not normal (S203: NO), the probability variation flag setting process is terminated. If it is determined that it is normal (S203: YES), “0” indicating that the probability variation state is not set is set to the probability variation flag and set to “OFF”, and is stored in the flag relationship storage area of the RAM 582. (S204). Then, the probability variation flag setting process ends.

  Next, the variation effect control process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the change effect control process in the sub integrated board 58. When the variation effect control process of FIG. 17 is executed, the variation pattern specified by the command is stored in the variation pattern storage area of the RAM 582 (S301). Then, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is a short time state (S302). Whether or not the time is short is determined by the time short flag stored in the flag related storage area of the RAM 582. When the time reduction flag is “1” and the time reduction state has occurred (S302: YES), the fluctuation time of the normal symbol display unit 24 is shortened compared to the case where the time reduction state has not occurred. In the form, the “specific mode” effect is not performed, and the normal effect process (S308) other than the “specific mode” is executed. Then, the variation effect control process ends. It is assumed that the initial value of the specific mode flag is set to “0”.

  If it is determined that the time is not short (S302: NO), it is determined whether or not it is “2R big hit” or “small hit” (S303). That is, it is determined whether or not it is a “hit without a ball”. Here, this determination process is determined based on whether or not the variation pattern stored in the variation pattern storage area of the RAM 582 is in the “specific mode”. If it is determined that the game is “2R big hit” or “small win” (S303: YES), “0” indicating the specific mode state is set to “ON” and set to “ON”. It is stored in the relation storage area (S304). And the specific mode production | generation process which alert | reports to a player that it transfers to "specific mode" is performed (S305). Details of this specific mode effect will be described later. Then, an effect counter for counting the number of effects in the “specific mode” is set to “10” (S306), and the variation effect control process ends. Here, in the present embodiment, in the “specific mode”, the number of times of changing effects ends at 10 times.

  If it is determined that the “2R big hit” or “small win” is not reached (S303: NO), it is determined whether the “specific mode” is being executed (S307). This determination process is determined by the specific mode flag stored in the flag relation storage area of the RAM 582. When it is determined that the specific mode flag is “0” and the “specific mode” is not being executed (S307: NO), the process of S308 is performed, and the variation effect control process is terminated.

  When it is determined that the specific mode flag is “1” and the “specific mode” is being executed (S307: YES), a defeat number determination process is performed (S309). This defeat number determination process is a process of determining the defeat number, which is the number of defeating the sub character 102. The number of defeats is determined from the defeat number determination table (normal state) stored in the defeat number determination table storage area of the ROM 583 based on the variation pattern stored in the variation pattern storage area of the RAM 582 and the defeat number determination random number (see FIG. 11). ) Or a defeat number determination table (probability variation state) (see FIG. 12). Here, if the game state is “normal state”, the number of defeats is determined from the defeat number determination table (normal state), and if the game state is “probability variation state”, the defeat number determination table (probability variation state). The number of defeats is determined. Here, if the gaming state is “probability variation state”, “1” is stored in the probability variation flag stored in the RAM 582, and if the gaming state is “normal state”, the probability variation flag is displayed. “0” is stored. The probability variation flag determines which table to use, the defeat number determination table (normal state) or the defeat number determination table (probability variation state). Then, the number of defeats is determined from the table and stored in the defeat number storage area of the RAM 582.

  Next, the process of determining the specific character displayed on the display screen 28 from the number of defeats determined and stored in S309 is performed (S310). The specific character is determined from the specific character determination table (see FIG. 13) stored in the specific character determination table storage area of the ROM 583 as the specific character corresponding to the number of defeats stored in the defeat number storage area of the RAM 582. . The determined specific character is stored in the specific character storage area of the RAM 582.

  Next, a process for determining an attack technique is performed (S311). This attack technique is a technique produced when the sub-character 102 is defeated, and any one of “punch”, “kick”, “stick” or “spear” is the number of defeats, attack technique determination random number, and It is determined from the attack technique determination table (see FIG. 14) according to the gaming state. Here, the number of defeats is determined in S309 and is stored in the defeat number storage area of the RAM 582. The probability variation flag representing the gaming state is stored in the RAM 582. If the gaming state is “probability variation state”, “1” is stored in the probability variation flag, and the gaming state is “normal state”. Then, “0” is stored in the probability variation flag. The attack technique is determined based on the attack technique determination random number, and the determined attack technique is stored in the attack technique storage area of the RAM 582.

  Next, an attack technique effect process for producing an effect of defeating the sub character 102 on the display screen 28 is performed by the attack technique stored in the attack technique storage area of the RAM 582 (S312). Next, the specific characters stored in the specific character storage area of the RAM 582 and the number of defeats stored in the defeat number storage area of the RAM 582 are displayed on the display screen 28 (S313).

  Next, the value of the effect counter for counting the number of fluctuating effects in the “specific mode” is subtracted by “1” (S314). That is, the number of fluctuation effects of the fluctuation pattern executed in the “specific mode” is reduced by one. Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the effect counter is “0” (S315). That is, it is determined whether or not the variation effect of the variation pattern executed during the “specific mode” has reached 10 times. When the value of the effect counter becomes “0” and the changed effect of the executed change pattern is determined to be 10 times (S315: YES), the process of ending the “specific mode” and shifting to the normal mode is performed. (S316). Then, “0” indicating that it is not in the specific mode state is set to “OFF” as the specific mode flag, and is stored in the flag relation storage area of the RAM 582 (S317). Then, the variation pattern effect process is executed (S318), and the variation effect control process ends. Further, when it is determined that the value of the production counter is not “0” (S315: NO), that is, when it is determined that the “specific mode” has not ended, the processing of S316 and S317 is not executed and the variation is performed. A pattern effect process is executed (S318). Then, the variation effect control process ends.

  Next, the display screen 28 when the “specific mode” is executed will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 20. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display mode of the display screen 28 when the “specific mode” is executed. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display mode of the display screen 28 when an attack technique effect is executed. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display mode of the display screen 28 when the number of defeats and specific characters are displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 18, when the “specific mode” is executed (see FIG. 17: S305), the main character 101 that is an enemy monster is displayed on the display screen 28 above the center of the display screen 28. . Further, a plurality of sub characters 102 smaller than the main character 101 are displayed below the center of the display screen 28. While the main character 101 and the sub character 102 are displayed, the number of defeats, attack techniques, and specific characters are determined from various tables (see FIGS. 11 to 14) (see FIG. 17: S309 to S311). Stored in various storage areas. Here, as an example, it is assumed that the number of defeats is “11”, the attack technique is “punch”, and the specific character is “GOOD”.

  Next, a process of executing the attack technique stored in the RAM 582 is performed (see FIG. 17: S312). As shown in FIG. 19, a punch 110 that is a stored attack technique is displayed, and an attack effect by the punch 110 that is an attack technique is performed on the sub character 102.

  Next, when the production of the attack by the attack technique is finished, as shown in FIG. 20, the determined number of defeats is displayed on the defeat number display unit 105, and the determined specific characters are displayed on the specific character display unit 104. (See FIG. 17: S313). At the same time, the number of sub-characters 103 defeated by the attack technique is displayed for the number of defeats.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the “specific mode” is executed, the number of defeats, which is the number of defeating the sub-characters 102, is determined from the variation pattern determined by the main board 41 and the defeat number determination random number. To do. Here, the determined number of defeats becomes a larger value as the degree of expectation that the winning game is executed is higher. Next, from the determined number of defeats, an attack technique used for production when the sub character 102 is defeated is determined, and a specific character displayed after the sub character 102 is attacked is determined. Then, while the “specific mode” is being executed, when the variation effect by the variation pattern is performed, the effect of attacking the sub character 102 by the determined attack technique is performed, and the determined number of defeats is the sub character. 102 is defeated. At the same time as defeating the sub-character 102, the number of defeats and specific characters are displayed on the display screen 28. Thereby, the player can confirm the attack technique, the number of defeats, and the specific character on the display screen 28 before the variation effect by the variation pattern is finished. Thereby, it is possible to recognize the expectation that the winning game is executed. As a result, the player's expectation can be enhanced, and the player's interest can be improved.

  In addition, the ratio that the number of defeats is determined as a larger value is higher in the “probability fluctuation state” in the gaming state than in the “normal state”. As a result, the player can increase the expectation of the “probability variation state” by confirming that the number of defeats is larger than the “normal state” on the display screen 28, thereby improving the interest of the player. be able to.

  The jackpot game in the present embodiment corresponds to the “hit game” of the present invention. The jackpot random number corresponds to the “hit random number”, and the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that acquires the jackpot random number in S25 of FIG. 9 functions as the “hit random number obtaining unit”. In S35 and S45 of FIG. 10, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines whether or not the acquired jackpot random number is a random number determined to be a hit functions as a “hit determining means”. The display screen 28 corresponds to “display means”. The variation effect in the present embodiment corresponds to the “notification effect” of the present invention, and the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 for storing a plurality of patterns in the specific mode corresponds to the “effect pattern storage unit”. Further, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines the variation pattern in S39, 40, 48, and 53 shown in FIG. 10 functions as the “effect pattern determination means” of the present invention.

  Further, the number of defeats corresponds to “display expectation index”, and the sub character corresponds to “character”. Also, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 51 that determines the number of defeats in S309 in FIG. 17 functions as the “display expectation index determination means” of the present invention. Further, the sub integrated board 58 and the effect control board 43 that perform control for displaying the number of defeats on the display screen 28 function as “display control means”. The destruction number determination table (normal state) storage area and the destruction number determination table (probability variation state) storage area of the ROM 583 correspond to the “display expectation index storage unit”.

  Further, the attack technique corresponds to “additional effect”, and the attack technique determination table storage area in the ROM 583 corresponds to “additional effect information storage means”. In addition, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 51 that determines the attack technique in S311 of FIG. 17 functions as the “additional effect determination unit” of the present invention. In addition, the sub-integrated board 58 and the effect control board 43 that perform control to display the attack technique on the display screen 28 function as “additional effect display control means”. The specific character corresponds to “specific character form”, and the specific character determination table storage area of the ROM 583 corresponds to “specific character form information storage unit”. Also, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 51 that determines the specific character in S310 of FIG. 17 functions as the “specific character form determining means” of the present invention. Further, the sub-integrated board 58 and the effect control board 43 that perform control to display specific characters on the display screen 28 function as “display control means”.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. First, although the opportunity to shift to the “specific mode” effect is after either the 2R jackpot game or the jackpot game is executed, it is not limited to this. For example, it may be after an effect of a predetermined variation pattern is executed.

  In addition, an attack technique for executing the “specific mode” and defeating the sub-character 102 displayed on the display screen 28 has a higher expectation in the order of “punch”, “kick”, “waste”, and “spear”. However, it is not limited to this order. For example, the order may be changed. Also, attack techniques are not limited to these four types. In addition to the above four types, other attack techniques may be added to assign the expected degree. Two or more of these attack techniques may have the same expectation. Thereby, even if the degree of expectation is the same, the effect of the presentation is improved by a plurality of types of attack techniques, and it is possible to improve the interest of the player.

  Moreover, although the specific character displayed after the effect which attacks the subcharacter 102 is performed is displayed as a character, it is not limited to this. For example, it is only necessary that the player can recognize the expectation level that the game is a winning game, and may be “character”, “symbol”, or the like.

  In addition, the number of variation effects of the variation pattern performed during the “specific mode” is fixed to 10 times, but is not limited thereto. For example, the number of variation effects of the variation pattern may be changed according to a predetermined condition.

  In addition, the number of variation effects of the variation pattern performed in the “specific mode” is fixed to 10 times, but the “specific mode” is ended during the execution of the “specific mode” without fixing the number of times. A lottery may be performed, and when the lottery is won, the mode may be shifted to a normal mode. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 21 is a flowchart of a variation effect control process according to a modification of the sub integrated board 58. FIG. 21 shows the counter process (S306) for setting the counter for counting the number of times of the fluctuation effect of the fluctuation pattern, the counter subtraction process (S314), and whether the counter is “0” in the fluctuation effect control process of FIG. This is characterized in that the determination process (S315) is not performed. Further, the present invention is characterized in that a specific mode end lottery process (S414) for performing a lottery to end the “specific mode” and a determination process (S415) for determining whether or not the specific mode end lottery process is won are performed. Since the other processes are the same as the variation effect control process of FIG.

  When the specific mode end lottery process for performing the lottery to end the “specific mode” is performed (S414), it is determined whether the result of the lottery in the specific mode end lottery process has been won or not (S415). If the result of the lottery wins (S415: YES), the “specific mode” is terminated, and the process proceeds to the process of shifting to the normal mode (S316). If the result of the lottery is not won (S415: NO), the variation pattern effect process is executed (S418), and the variation effect control process is terminated. Thus, the “specific mode” is continued until the result of the lottery process in the specific mode end lottery is won.

  In addition, the number of fluctuation effects in the “specific mode” is set to a predetermined number, and after a predetermined number of fluctuation effects, a lottery for ending the “specific mode” is performed, and a normal result is obtained when winning You may make it transfer to mode. For example, in the variation effect control process of FIG. 17, a process of determining whether or not the value of the effect counter is “0” is performed (S315), and when the value of the effect counter is “0” (S315: YES) ), The specific mode end lottery process (S414) for performing the lottery to end the “specific mode” in the variation effect control process of the modification of FIG. 21 described above may be performed. If the result of the lottery wins (S415: YES), the “specific mode” is terminated and a process of shifting to the normal mode is performed (S316). If the result of the lottery is not winning (S415: NO), the variation pattern effect process is executed (S418), and the variation effect control process is terminated. In addition, when the counter value once becomes “0” in the counter subtraction process (S314), it is assumed that no further subtraction is performed thereafter. This prevents the transition from the “specific mode” to the normal mode until at least the predetermined number of fluctuating effects is executed, and the fluctuating effects in the “specific mode” can be ensured up to the predetermined number of times. As a result, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the interest of the player.

  In addition, a lottery for ending the “specific mode” may be performed so that even if a lottery is made, the mode is not shifted to the normal mode until a predetermined number of times. With respect to this, for example, after performing a process (S314) of subtracting “1” from the value of the effect counter for counting the number of times of the change effect in the change effect control process of FIG. The specific mode end lottery process (S414) for performing the lottery for ending the “specific mode” in the fluctuating effect control process may be performed. If the result of the lottery wins (S415: YES), a process of determining whether or not the value of the effect counter is “0” (S315) may be performed. If the result of the lottery is not winning (S415: NO), the variation pattern effect process is executed (S418), and the variation effect control process is terminated. In addition, when the counter value once becomes “0” in the counter subtraction process (S314), it is assumed that no further subtraction is performed thereafter. This prevents the transition from the “specific mode” to the normal mode until at least the predetermined number of fluctuating effects is executed, and the fluctuating effects in the “specific mode” can be ensured up to the predetermined number of times. As a result, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the interest of the player.

  In addition, while the “specific mode” is being executed, the number of defeats, specific characters, and attack techniques are determined and these effect processes are performed. However, a case in which this effect process is not performed may be provided. An example of this will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram showing a variation pattern determination table of a modification stored in the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53. As shown in FIG. 22, the variation pattern determination table is characterized in that even with the same variation pattern, a “defeat number determination” pattern and a “defeat number determination” pattern are provided.

  In this modified example, when the fluctuation pattern control process shown in FIG. 17 is executed and it is determined that the “specific mode” is being executed (S307: YES), whether or not the fluctuation pattern is a “defeat number determined” pattern. Can be judged. If the variation pattern is a “defeat number is determined” pattern, the process may proceed to S309. Further, when the variation pattern is not the “defeat number determined” pattern, the process of S309 to S313 is not performed, and the process may proceed to S314. Thereby, even when the “specific mode” is being executed, the process of determining the number of defeats, the specific character, and the attack technique can be prevented. Then, it may be possible that these effects are not performed. As a result, the production becomes diversified and it is possible to prevent the player's interest from decreasing.

  In the variation pattern determination table of FIG. 22, when the determination results are “2R big hit” and “small hit”, the variation pattern does not include the “defeat number determination” pattern and the “defeat number determination” pattern. Similarly, when the determination results are “2R big hit” and “small hit”, the variation pattern may include a “defeat number determined” pattern and a “defeat number determined” pattern. For example, in the variation effect control process of FIG. 17, it is determined whether or not the time-short state is set (S302). A process of determining whether or not it is in progress (S307) may be performed. Then, when it is determined that the “specific mode” is not being executed (S307: NO), a process of determining whether the determination result is “2R big hit” or “small win” (S303) may be performed. If the determination result is not “2R big hit” or “small win” (S303: NO), the process may proceed to S308. If the determination result is “2R big hit” or “small win” (S303: YES), the processing of S304 to S306 may be performed, and the variation effect control processing may be terminated. If the determination result is not “2R big hit” or “small win” (S303: NO), the process may be shifted to S308. As a result, even when the determination result is “2R big hit” or “small win” during the execution of the “specific mode”, the number of defeats, the specific character, and the attack technique can be determined and these effect processes can be performed. As a result, the production becomes diversified and it is possible to prevent the player's interest from decreasing.

  Further, the number of defeats determined during the “specific mode” is “1” or more, but may include “0”. In this case, “0” may be provided for the number of defeats determined in the defeat number determination table (normal state) in FIG. 11 and the defeat number determination table (probability variation state) in FIG. Then, in the specific character determination table of FIG. 13 and the attack technique determination table of FIG. 14, the number of defeats may be a table including “0”.

  Here, for example, the fluctuation pattern control process shown in FIG. 17 when the number of defeats is determined to be “0” will be described. After the defeat number determination process (S309) of the variation pattern control process is performed, it may be determined whether or not the determined defeat number is “0”. If the number of defeats is not “0”, the process proceeds to S310. If the number of defeats is “0”, the process of S310 to S313 is not performed, and the process proceeds to S314. Thereby, even when the “specific mode” is being executed, the number of defeats can be set to “0”, and the specific character and the attack technique can be prevented from being performed. As a result, the production becomes diversified and it is possible to prevent the player's interest from decreasing.

  The gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, but can be applied to various gaming machines such as a pachinko machine.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 52 of a main board 41. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of RAM52. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a ROM 53 of a main board 41. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a variation pattern determination table stored in a special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing in the main board 41. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing executed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing executed in the main processing. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the destruction number determination table (normal state) storage area of ROM583. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the destruction number determination table (probability fluctuation state) storage area of ROM583. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a specific character determination table storage area of a ROM 583. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the attack technique decision table storage area of ROM583. 5 is a flowchart of sub integrated substrate processing in a sub integrated substrate 58. 10 is a flowchart of probability variation flag setting processing in a sub-integrated board 58. It is a flowchart of the change effect control processing in the sub integrated substrate 58. It is a figure which shows an example of the display mode of the display screen when "specific mode" is performed. It is a figure which shows an example of the display mode of the display screen 28 when the production of attack technique is performed. It is a figure which shows an example of the display mode of the display screen when a defeat number and a specific character are displayed. It is a flowchart of the change effect control process of the modification in the sub integrated substrate 58. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the variation pattern determination table of the modification memorize | stored in the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 of ROM53.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 15 Special symbol start electric accessory 25 Special symbol display part 28 Display screen 41 Main board 43 Production control board 51 CPU
52 RAM
53 ROM
58 Sub-integrated board 70 Start-up electric accessory switch 102, 103 Sub character 104 Specific character display part 105 Defeat number display part 110 Punch 581 CPU
582 RAM
583 ROM
5205 Jackpot related information storage area 5305 Special symbol variation pattern storage area

Claims (4)

A game ball detecting means for detecting the passage of the game ball to a start port provided on the game board;
A winning random number acquisition means for acquiring a winning random number for determining whether or not to execute a winning game advantageous to the player due to the detection of the gaming ball by the gaming ball detection means;
A hit determination means for determining whether or not the hit random number acquired by the hit random number acquisition means is a predetermined random number determined in advance;
Display means for displaying various images including an image of a notification effect that is an effect of notifying the player of the determination result using a demo symbol indicating the determination result of the hit determination means;
Effect pattern storage means for storing an effect pattern that is a plurality of notification effect patterns to which the degree of expectation that the winning game will be executed is respectively assigned;
One of the effect patterns to be used from among the plurality of effect patterns stored in the effect pattern storage means according to a result of the determination by the hit determination means and the expectation assigned to the notification effect. Production pattern determining means for determining
A gaming machine capable of causing the display means to display the notification effect according to the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determining means,
Display expectation index storage means for storing an upper limit value and a lower limit value of a display expectation index, which is an expected index per player notified to each player, for each of the effect patterns;
Display expectation index determination for determining the display expectation index within the range from the upper limit value to the lower limit value of the display expected index corresponding to the effect pattern when the effect pattern is determined by the effect pattern determination means Means,
Display control means for causing the display means to display the display expectation index determined by the display expectation index determining means during the notification effect ;
An additional effect information storage unit that stores additional effect information associated with the display expectation index and an additional effect that is an effect for causing the player to predict the display expected index;
According to the expected display index determined by the expected display index determining means, additional effect determining means for determining the additional effect from the additional effect information stored in the additional effect information storage means;
An additional effect display control means for displaying the additional effect determined by the additional effect determining means on the display means during the notification effect before the display expectation index is displayed by the display control means; A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming state control means for causing a probability variation state in which the ratio determined to be hit is higher than a normal state which is a normal state;
The display expectation index determining means determines the display expectation index having a value larger than the display expectation index determined in the normal state when the probability variation state is caused by the gaming state control means. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the game machine is high. Specific character form information storage means storing specific character form information associated with the display expectation index and a specific character form that is a character for producing the effect pattern;
Specific character form determining means for determining the specific character form from the specific character form information stored in the specific character form information storage means in accordance with the expected display index determined by the expected display index determining means. ,
The display control means causes the display means to display the specific character form determined by the specific character form determination means together with the display expected index determined by the display expectation index determination means during the notification effect. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the display expectation index determining means can determine a unique value for winning only when it is determined that the winning is determined by the winning determining means.

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