JP5299387B2 - Revolving machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary reel game machine enhancing player's interest in a game by effectively building up his hopes on the generation of a special game. <P>SOLUTION: This rotary reel game machine is provided with a bonus game state (BB game) advantageous to a player and a privilege game state (AT game) different from the bonus game state. In the process of the bonus game state and the privilege game state, when a predetermined start condition is established, a special period (a second JAC game in the process of the BB game, a second RT game in the process of the AT game), in which "the special game where special symbols gather easily more than usual" is performed is started. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides a game in which a predetermined privilege is given to a player in accordance with a symbol combination when a plurality of drums having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on an outer peripheral surface thereof are rotated and the plurality of drums are stopped. It is related with the rotary type game machine which performs.

  2. Description of the Related Art A spinning-type gaming machine that performs a game in which a plurality of spinning cylinders on which a plurality of types of symbols are drawn is rotated and the respective spinning cylinders are stopped so that a predetermined symbol combination is aligned is widely known. In such a spinning machine, when a game medium such as a game medal or a game ball is inserted (betted) and a rotation starting member such as a start lever is operated, rotation of all the spinning cylinders is started and an internal lottery is performed in advance. To determine which game combination is to be won internally, or which is not to be won internally. Next, when the player stops the spinning cylinder by operating a rotation stop member such as a stop button provided on each spinning cylinder, and at that time, when the symbol combination corresponding to the internal winning game player is stopped and displayed Won a prize for a gamer. When the payout of game media is set as a bonus for the winning game player, the game media is paid out to the player.

  Such a swivel type gaming machine is generally provided with a state (advantageous state) that is more advantageous to the player than the normal gaming state. In recent years, in order to make players play more varied games and excite the player's gaming interests, each of the different benefits (games can be paid out and the amount of game media used can be reduced) Has been proposed (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-075349

  However, such a gaming machine has a problem that it is not possible to effectively improve a player's gaming interest. In other words, in the conventional spinning-type game machine, the game is played in various game progress modes due to the diversification of the advantageous state. As a result, “game points that increase the expectation in progressing the game (game entertainment The game point that excites the player) becomes difficult for the player to understand, and there is a risk that the player's gaming interest will not be enhanced effectively.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and in a rotating type gaming machine having a plurality of advantageous states, a rotating type that effectively improves a player's gaming interests. An object is to provide a gaming machine.

In order to solve at least a part of the above-described problems, the rotating game machine of the present invention employs the following configuration. That is,
After detecting the insertion of the specified number of game media, the operation of the rotation start member is detected, the rotating cylinder displaying a plurality of symbols is rotated, and then the operation of the rotation stop member is detected to rotate. In a spinning-type gaming machine that performs a game in which a game medium is paid out according to a pattern that is stopped and displayed when the spinning cylinder is stopped,
Bonus game state generating means for generating a bonus game state that is more advantageous than a normal game state until a predetermined amount of game media is paid out when a predetermined game condition is established;
Bonus game state generating means for generating a bonus game state more advantageous than the normal game state after the bonus game state is finished until a predetermined number of games are performed;
When the first start condition is satisfied during the bonus gaming state, a first special period is generated in which a first special period is generated in which the probability of stopping display of a predetermined special symbol is improved as compared to before the first start condition is satisfied Means,
Second special period generating means for generating a second special period in which the special symbol stop display probability is improved as compared to before the second start condition is satisfied when the second start condition is satisfied during the special gaming state. When,
An occurrence period setting means for setting an occurrence period of the privilege gaming state based on the special symbol being stopped and displayed in the first special period or the second special period,
The generation period setting means includes
An occurrence period determining means for determining an occurrence period of the privilege gaming state that occurs after the bonus gaming state ends, according to the number of times that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the first special period during the bonus gaming state;
An extension determining means for determining whether or not to extend the generation period of the special gaming state according to the number of times that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the second special period in the special gaming state. To do.

  In such a spinning-reel type gaming machine of the present invention, the privilege gaming state is generated after the bonus gaming state is ended. This “period of occurrence of the privilege gaming state” is determined according to the number of times that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the first special period during the bonus gaming state. In addition, the “period of occurrence of the special gaming state” is extended according to the number of times that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the second special period in the special gaming state. In this way, even if it is between different advantageous states (bonus game state and bonus game state), “prolonging the period of occurrence of the bonus game state by stopping the display of one special symbol” is expected to advance the game "Game points that enhance the feeling (game points that excite the game entertainment)" and "occurrence of special periods (the first special period, the second special period) during which the special symbol stop display probability is improved" It can be the common purpose of a unified game. As a result, the player has a sense of expectation in the “occurrence of a special period (the first special period and the second special period) in which the special symbol stop display probability is improved” in any advantageous state. In this case, the gaming interest of the player can be effectively improved in the revolving game machine having a plurality of advantageous states (bonus game state and privilege game state).

  Note that the “bonus game state” includes a game state (big bonus game state (BB game), assist time game state (AT game), challenge time game state (CT game) in which the game medium is paid out more than the normal game state. ), Etc.) or a gaming state (replay time gaming state (RT gaming) etc.) in which the usage amount (consumption amount) of the gaming medium can be suppressed from the normal gaming state, a predetermined amount of gaming medium is paid out. An example of the game state to be ended can be illustrated. In addition, examples of the “privileged gaming state” include gaming states in which the duration (number of games) is set among the above-described gaming states. In addition, the “predetermined game condition” for starting the bonus game state is that a predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed, the predetermined game state is ended, and the number of games in a predetermined period is set to a predetermined number of times. Can be exemplified. In addition, examples of the “first start condition” for generating the first special period include that a predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed, and that the number of games in a predetermined period reaches a predetermined number. Further, examples of the “second start condition” for generating the second special period include that a predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed, and that the number of games in a predetermined period reaches a predetermined number. In addition, the “first start condition” and the “second start condition” may set the same condition during the bonus game state and the privilege game state, or may set different conditions.

In addition, in the above described spinning cylinder type gaming machine of the present invention,
Occurrence of a third special period in which a third special period is generated when the third start condition is satisfied during the normal gaming state, so that the stop display probability of the special symbol is improved as compared with that before the third start condition is satisfied. With means,
The privilege gaming state generating means generates the privilege gaming state even after the end of the third special period,
The generation period setting means includes
According to the number of times that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the third special period, there is further provided second generation period determining means for determining the generation period of the privilege gaming state that occurs after the end of the third special period. It is good.

  In this way, in addition to the bonus game state and the bonus game state described above, a special period (third special period) whose main purpose is to stop display of special symbols occurs in the normal game state. As a result, in any gaming state, “stopping and displaying one special symbol to lengthen the period of occurrence of the bonus gaming state” means that “game points that increase the expectation in the progress of the game ( Games that have been integrated into this torso game machine with the occurrence of special periods (the first special period, the second special period, and the third special period) in which the special symbol stop display probability is improved) Can be a common purpose. As a result, the player has a sense of expectation in the occurrence of a special period (the first special period, the second special period, or the third special period) in which the special symbol stop display probability is improved regardless of the progress of the game. As a result, the game progresses, and the gaming interest of the player can be improved effectively. As the “third start condition”, the same condition as the “first start condition” and the “second start condition” may be set, or different conditions may be set.

In addition, in the above described spinning cylinder type gaming machine of the present invention,
In the rotary type gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2,
By reducing the payout frequency of the gaming media in the first special period as compared to the period in the bonus gaming state other than the first special period, the end condition of the bonus gaming state is set in the first special period. It is good also as providing the 1st suppression means which suppresses being materialized.

  The swivel type gaming machine of the present invention suppresses the bonus gaming state from being terminated during the first special period while the first special period is occurring during the bonus gaming state or the privilege gaming state. It is said. In other words, since the bonus game state is ended, the first special period is prevented from ending in the middle, so that the player can play a game point that enhances the gaming interest in the first special period. The game can be fully enjoyed, and it becomes possible to excite the player's gaming interest.

In addition, in the above described spinning cylinder type gaming machine of the present invention,
In the second special period in the special gaming state, the number of games in the special gaming state is not counted, and a second condition for suppressing the termination condition of the special gaming state from being established during the second special period. It is good also as providing a suppression means.

  The swivel type gaming machine of the present invention suppresses the end of the special gaming state during the second special period while the second special period occurs during the special gaming state. That is, since the second special period is prevented from ending in the middle due to the end of the privilege gaming state, the second special period is a game point that excites the gaming interest for the player. The game can be fully enjoyed, and it becomes possible to excite the player's gaming interest.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the spinning type gaming machine which has a some advantageous state, the spinning type gaming machine which improves a player's game interest effectively can be provided.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the game machine of a present Example. It is the perspective view which opened the front door and showed the internal structure of the gaming machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement | sequence of the symbol displayed on the outer peripheral surface of three spinning cylinders. It is explanatory drawing which shows the electrical structure of the game machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed the winning line set to the gaming machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which matched and showed the game combination set to the gaming machine of a present Example with the symbol combination which establishes a prize of a game combination, and the privilege provided by winning establishment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the game state which the gaming machine 1 of a present Example can take. It is a flowchart which shows the first half part of the game control process which a main control board performs in order to control progress of a game in the gaming machine of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the second half part of the game control process which a main control board performs in the gaming machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for normal games. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the structure of the internal winning flag. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated composition, such as a game state flag. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of a blue 7 equal stop display of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of re-game B combination winning of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of a small winning combination of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the missed eye confirmation process of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the game state setting process which the gaming machine 1 of a present Example performs in a game control process. It is a flowchart which shows the game state setting process which the gaming machine 1 of a present Example performs in a game control process. It is a flowchart which shows the game state setting process which the gaming machine 1 of a present Example performs in a game control process. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the BB general game lottery table. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the 1st JAC game lottery table. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the 2nd JAC game lottery table. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally 1st RT game lottery table. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the 2nd RT game lottery table. It is a flowchart which shows the rotation rotation stop process of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the rotation stop control process performed in a rotation rotation stop process. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the 1st stop table. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated a mode that the left cylinder was stopped as a 1st cylinder. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the relationship between a 1st stop table and a 2nd stop table. It is the figure which showed the spinning cylinder stopped and displayed in the state where the winning of the replay B combination was established. It is a flowchart which shows the presentation control process which CPU221 mounted in the sub control board | substrate 220 in the gaming machine 1 of a present Example performs. It is a flowchart which shows the presentation control process which CPU221 mounted in the sub control board | substrate 220 in the gaming machine 1 of a present Example performs. It is a flowchart which shows the presentation control process which CPU221 mounted in the sub control board | substrate 220 in the gaming machine 1 of a present Example performs. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the AT game frequency table in which the winning establishment number of re-game B combination and the game frequency of AT game were set correspondingly. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transition of the game state of the gaming machine 1 of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the pattern when a BB game is complete | finished. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the state (ART game) in which 1st RT game or 2nd RT game and AT game are performed simultaneously. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the 2nd JAC game lottery table of the modification.

Hereinafter, in order to clarify the contents of the present invention described above, examples will be described in the following order.
A. Equipment configuration of the spinning machine:
A-1. overall structure:
A-2. Electrical configuration:
B. Overview of the game:
C. Control details of the spinning machine:
C-1. Game control processing:
C-2. Game state setting process:
C-3. Cylinder rotation stop processing:
D. Production control processing:
E. Gameability obtained by the gaming machine of this embodiment:
E-1. End of the second JAC game:
E-2. Progress of ART games:
F. Variations:

A. Device configuration of a spinning machine:
A-1. overall structure :
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external appearance of a swivel-type gaming machine 1 (hereinafter abbreviated as “gaming machine 1”). As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 is provided with a housing 3 formed in a box shape and a front door 2 provided so as to cover the front side of the housing 3. The front door 2 has three main areas: a middle area where the game is actually played, an upper area 2u where various effects are performed according to the progress of the game, and a lower area 2d where game medals are paid out. The middle region is configured by a game state display unit 2ma for displaying a game state and an operation unit 2mb for playing a game.

  In the upper region 2u, an effect display device 10 is provided in the center, speakers 14 are provided on the left and right of the effect display device 10, and various lamps 12 are provided above the effect display device 10 and the speaker 14. It has been. The effect display device 10 is configured by a so-called liquid crystal display device, and can produce effects by displaying various symbols according to the progress of the game.

  A large display window 20 is provided in the center of the game state display section 2ma provided in the middle of the front door 2, and it is possible to visually recognize the rotation of the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c provided therein. It has become. Various display panels 22 for displaying the game state are provided on the left and right and below the display window 20.

  The operation part 2mb provided in the lower middle part of the front door 2 is formed in a shape protruding toward the front, and a game medal insertion slot 30 for inserting game medals is stored on the upper surface as credits. An insertion button 34 and the like are provided for inserting the number of game medals required for one game. The storage of game medals means that when the number of game medals inserted into the game medal slot 30 exceeds a prescribed number (the upper limit of the number of game medals required for one game), the excess is stored as data. Alternatively, instead of actually paying out game medals, the number of medals paid out is stored as data. Further, on the front surface of the operation unit 2mb, a start lever 36 for starting rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c after the game medals are inserted and rotation of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped. The rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c and the like are provided.

  In addition, the operation unit 2mb is provided with a settlement button 40 on the upper surface and a return button 42 on the front surface. Here, the settlement button 40 is a button operated when paying out game medals stored inside the gaming machine 1 to the outside. Even after the game medals are inserted, the game medals that have been inserted are paid out by operating the settlement button 40 until the start lever 36 is operated and the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is started. Is possible. The return button 42 is a button that is operated in order to clear a jammed medal when the inserted game medal is jammed inside the gaming machine 1.

  In the lower region 2d of the front door 2, there are provided a game medal payout outlet 50 through which game medals are paid out, a tray 52 for receiving the game medals paid out, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of the gaming machine 1 with the front door 2 opened. An effect display device 10 is attached to the upper part on the back side of the front door 2, and a pair of speakers 14 are attached to the left and right thereof. A display window 20 is provided substantially at the center of the front door 2, and a door substrate 240 described later is provided below the display window 20. Further, below the door substrate 240, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c and the start lever 36 are attached.

  A medal selector 106 serving as a passage for inserted game medals is provided on the left side of the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, and below that is for guiding game medals to the game medal payout port 50. A coin shooter 108 and the like are provided. The medal selector 106 has a function of selecting game medals inserted from the game medal slot 30 mainly based on dimensions and receiving only game medals that conform to the standard dimensions. When a player inserts a game medal before operating the start lever 36, the game medal is selected by the medal selector 106, and only those satisfying the standard are inserted into the hopper 116, and medals that do not satisfy the standard are selected. Through the coin shooter 108, the game medal payout exit 50 is returned. On the other hand, when a game medal is inserted after the start lever 36 is operated, the passage in the medal selector 106 is switched, and the inserted game medal passes through the coin shooter 108 and the game medal payout port 50. Returned to. In addition, a medal sensor (not shown) is provided inside the medal selector 106, and when a game medal that satisfies the dimensional standard passes, it is detected by the medal sensor, and a signal thereof will be described later. To be supplied.

  Three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are provided in the approximate center of the casing 3 to which the front door 2 is attached, and a plurality of types of symbols are provided on the outer circumferential surface of each spinning cylinder as described later. It is drawn. A main control board unit 110 storing a later-described main control board 200 for controlling the entire game is provided above the spinning cylinders. Behind the spinning cylinders are described later for driving the respective spinning cylinders. A rotating substrate unit 112 in which the rotating substrate 260 to be stored is stored is provided. Further, a sub-control board 220 (to be described later) for controlling various effects performed using the effect display device 10 shown in FIG. 1, various lamps 12, the speaker 14, and the like is stored on the left side of the rotating drum. A sub-control board unit 111 is provided.

  A rear speaker 114 is provided below the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, and further below that, a hopper 116 that collects inserted game medals, a medal payout device 118 that pays out game medals, and a game A power supply unit 120 in which a power supply board 280 to be described later for supplying power to the entire machine 1 is stored is mounted. The game medals paid out from the medal payout device 118 pass through the coin shooter 108 and are paid out from the game medal payout outlet 50. A power switch 120 s for turning on the gaming machine 1 is also provided on the front surface of the power supply unit 120.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the three drums 20a, 20b, and 20c. In each spinning cylinder, 21 symbols are drawn on the outer peripheral surface. In addition, the types of the drawn symbols are the same for any of the spinning cylinders, but the arrangement of the symbols is set to be different for each spinning cylinder.

A-2. Electrical configuration:
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the sub-control board 220, the door board 240, the rotor board 260, the power board 280, the relay board 300, etc. are connected to the gaming machine 1 so that data can be transmitted and received, with the main control board 200 as the center. Has been configured.

  The main control board 200 is a board that manages the progress and production of the entire game performed in the gaming machine 1. On the main control board 200, a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, and the like are mounted so as to be able to transmit and receive data to each other via a bus. Then, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 receives a signal indicating that the start lever 36 has been operated from the door board 240 mounted on the front door 2 and executes a game control process to be described later. Operations of these various substrates are controlled by transmitting control commands (or control signals) toward the control substrate 220, the door substrate 240, the rotating substrate 260, and the like.

  Similarly to the main control board 200 described above, the sub control board 220 is configured by connecting a CPU 221, a ROM 222, a RAM 223, and the like to each other via a bus so as to be able to transmit and receive data. In addition, various lamps 12, various speakers 14 and 114, the effect display device 10, a rotating backlight 20 </ b> L, and the like are connected to the sub control board 220. Here, the spinning cylinder backlight 20L is a light that is provided inside each spinning cylinder 20a, 20b, 20c and illuminates a pattern (see FIG. 3) drawn on the surface of the spinning cylinder from the back side. The sub control board 220 analyzes the control command received from the main control board 200, and outputs drive signals to the various lamps 12, the various speakers 14, 114, the effect display device 10, and the rotary backlight 20L, respectively. Various performances are performed.

  On the door board 240, the medal selector 106, the insertion button 34 for inserting the stored game medals, the start lever 36 for starting the rotation of the rotating drum, and the stopping of the rotating rotating drum The spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the settlement button 40 for paying out the stored game medals or the inserted game medals and ending the game, various display panels 22 for displaying the game status, etc. are connected. ing. The door board 240 is connected so as to exchange data with the main control board 200 described above. For this reason, when the start lever 36 provided on the front door 2, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the closing button 34, the adjustment button 40, etc. are operated, the signal is transmitted via the door board 240 to the main control board. 200 is supplied. In addition, a signal that the medal selector 106 detects the passage of the game medal by the built-in medal sensor is also supplied to the main control board 200 through the door board 240.

  On the rotating board 260, the rotating motors 24a, 24b, 24c for rotating the three rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, respectively, and the rotating sensors 26a, 26b for detecting the rotational positions of the respective rotating cylinders. , 26c, etc. are connected. The rotating substrate 260 detects the rotational positions of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c by the rotating sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c, and drives the rotating motors 24a, 24b, and 24c, thereby rotating the rotating cylinders 20a. , 20b, 20c can be stopped at desired positions. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, so-called stepping motors (stepping motors) are used for the spinning motors 24a, 24b, and 24c.

  The medal payout device 118 is connected to the main control board 200 via the relay board 300, and performs an operation of paying out a predetermined number of game medals based on a control signal from the main control board 200.

  These various control boards and power consumed by the boards are supplied from a power supply board 280. In FIG. 4, a state in which power is supplied from the power supply board 280 is represented by a dashed arrow. As shown in the figure, power is directly supplied from the power supply board 280 to the main control board 200 and the sub control board 220, and various boards (door board 240, rotor board 260, relay board 300) are Electric power is supplied via the main control board 200. An AC voltage of 100 V is supplied to the power supply board 280, and this electric power is converted into a DC voltage of a specified voltage and then supplied to each control board and board.

B. Overview of the game:
In the following, the contents of the control performed in order to advance the game in the rotary type gaming machine 1 having the above-described configuration will be described, but as an preparation, an outline of the game performed in the rotary type gaming machine will be described. Keep it.

  When starting a game, a game medal is inserted from the game medal insertion slot 30 and a bet of game medals of a required number (a prescribed number) is required to start the game. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the prescribed number is fixed to “3”, and when three game medals are bet, the operation of the start lever 36 is validated. When game medals are stored in advance as credits, a predetermined number of game medals can be bet by pressing the insertion button 34.

  When a specified number of game medals are bet and the start lever 36 is operated, the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate all at once. As described above with reference to FIG. 3, since a plurality of symbols are drawn on each of the spinning cylinders, when the spinning cylinder rotates, these symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the display window 20. Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 1, three turning cylinder stop buttons 38 a, 38 b, and 38 c are provided on the front surface side of the front door 2 corresponding to each turning cylinder. When the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are pressed while the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are rotating, the rotating cylinders corresponding to the pressed buttons stop rotating, and accordingly, the display window 20 displays a variable display. The displayed symbol is stopped and displayed as any symbol. In this way, when the rotation of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is stopped, one of the symbols is stopped and displayed on each of the spinning cylinders. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the size of the display window 20 is set such that three symbols are displayed for each cylinder. Eventually, when the three drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped and displayed, a total of nine symbols in three rows and three columns are displayed on the display window 20. In addition, a plurality of pay lines are set in advance at positions where these nine symbols are displayed.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a winning line set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a total of two pay lines are set, that is, a pay line L1 diagonally upward to the right and a pay line L2 diagonally downward to the right. When the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, some symbol combinations are obtained on these winning lines. If the symbol combination on the winning line is a symbol combination corresponding to one of the game actors, the winning of the game officer is established, and a privilege corresponding to the game officer is given to the player. The In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, no winning line is set for the upper line, the middle line, or the lower line, and there is a symbol combination corresponding to any game player in these lines. Even if they are complete, the winning combination of the gamer is not established. Hereinafter, a line for which no winning line is set is also referred to as an invalid line.

  FIG. 6 shows the types of gaming combinations set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the symbol combinations that establish the winning of the gaming actor, and the benefits that are given to the player when the winning of the gaming actor is established. It is explanatory drawing shown correspondingly. In FIG. 6, the type of gamer is displayed in the leftmost column, the symbol combination that establishes the winning of the gamer is displayed in the middle column, and the player when the winning of the gamer is established in the rightmost column. The privilege granted to is displayed. For example, in the present embodiment, a so-called “small role” game role is provided, and the three water cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are included in the game role “watermelon small role” shown at the top. Also, the symbol combination that is aligned with the symbol of “watermelon” is set. As a privilege for the winning of the “watermelon small role”, ten game medals are set to be paid out to the player. In the next game role “Red Bell's Small Role”, a combination of symbols in which the left spinning cylinder 20a is called “Red Seven” and the middle spinning cylinder 20b and the right spinning cylinder 20c are “Bell” (hereinafter, “ "Red Seven"-"Bell"-"Bell") is set, and as a privilege for winning a prize for "Red Bell Minor", 15 game medals are paid out to the player Has been. In addition, for a game role of “white bell small role”, a combination of symbols in which the left rotating cylinder 20a is called “white seven” and the middle rotating cylinder 20b and the right rotating cylinder 20c are “bell” (hereinafter “ "White Seven"-"Bell"-"Bell") is set, and as a privilege for winning a prize for "White Bell Minor", 15 game medals are set to be paid out to the player Has been. In addition, for a game role called “barbell”, a combination of symbols in which the left rotating cylinder 20a is “bar” and the middle rotating cylinder 20b and right rotating cylinder 20c are “bell” (hereinafter “bar” − “Bell”-“Bell”) is set, and as a privilege for winning a winning combination of “Barbell”, 15 game medals are set to be paid out to the player.

  As described above, among the combinations of symbols, only the symbol of the left rotating drum 20a is different between the “red bell small role”, “white bell small role” and “barbell small role” (each “red red”). The symbols of the “seven”, “white seven”, “bar”), middle cylinder 20b, and right cylinder 20c are set to be the same (all “bell”).

  In addition, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is also provided with a game role called “re-play A role” and a game role called “re-play B role”, and when these game roles are awarded, a new game medal is obtained. It is possible to play a game again (that is, re-play) without betting. It should be noted that the re-game A role and the re-game B role are considered to be the same game player in that the re-game can be performed when the winning is established. There shall be. For the symbol combination for winning the “re-play A role”, the combination of the symbols “replay” for the left and right cylinders 20a and 20b and “bell” for the right cylinder 20c (hereinafter “replay”). -"Replay"-also expressed as "Bell"), and in the symbol combination that establishes the winning "replay B role", the left cylinder 20a is "Replay" and the middle cylinder 20b is " A combination of symbols called “blue seven” and a pattern in which the right turn cylinder 20c is “watermelon” (hereinafter also referred to as “replay” — “blue seven” — “watermelon”) are set.

  Further, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is also provided with a game combination called a big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as “BB combination”). The “BB role” is associated with a combination of symbols of “Red Seven”, and when this symbol combination is combined, a game called a big bonus game (BB game) advantageous to the player as a privilege The state is started. This gaming state called BB gaming corresponds to the “bonus gaming state” in the present invention.

  The BB game of this embodiment is composed of a BB general game and a JAC game. The BB general game is a game state in which a winning of a game character called a JAC combination can be established. When a JAC combination is won in the BB general game, the JAC game is started in the BB game. A JAC game is a game in which a predetermined game player wins a game with a higher probability than a normal game, or a game player who has not won a game in a normal game wins a game. A gaming state in which medals can be obtained. In the BB game, a BB general game and a JAC game are performed, and as a result, the player can obtain a large number of game medals.

  In the present embodiment, two types of “first JAC combination” and “second JAC combination” are provided as the above-mentioned JAC combination. Among these, the “first JAC role” includes a combination of a design in which the left rotating cylinder 20a is “blue seven”, a middle rotating cylinder 20b is “blue seven”, and a right rotating cylinder 20c is “watermelon” (in the following, "Blue Seven"-"Blue Seven"-also referred to as "Watermelon") are associated with each other, and the second JAC role has a symbol combination of "Blue Seven" (hereinafter "Blue Seven"- Symbol combinations “blue seven”-“blue seven”) are associated with each other. When a winning of the “first JAC combination” is established, a gaming state called “first JAC combination” is started, and when a winning of the “second JAC combination” is established, a gaming state called “second JAC gaming” is started. The game state called the second JAC game corresponds to the “first special period” in the present invention.

  Further, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is also provided with a game combination called a regular bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as “RB combination”). The “RB combination” is associated with the same “blue seven” symbol combination as the “second JAC combination” described above, and is called “RB game” when the winning combination of “RB combination” is established. A gaming state is started. In this embodiment, when a combination of symbols of “Blue Seven” is stopped and displayed during the BB general game, the winning combination “Second JAC” is established, and the symbol combination is stopped and displayed during other gaming states. Then, the winning of “RB role” is established.

  Here, in the above, it has been described that BB games (BB general game, first JAC game, second JAC game) and RB game exist as game states that can be taken by the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment in addition to the normal game. In addition, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can adopt a game state called a replay time game (hereinafter, RT game). Below, the game state which the game machine 1 of a present Example can take as a prelude for making an understanding of later description easy is demonstrated easily.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining gaming states that can be taken by the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. The left column of FIG. 7 shows the type of gaming state, and the right column shows the main game contents (gaming) in the gaming state. A state that does not correspond to any of the gaming states shown in FIG. 7 is a normal gaming state.

  As described above, as shown in FIG. 7, the BB game is composed of a BB general game and a JAC game (first JAC game and second JAC game). The start timing of the BB game is when the BB combination is won, and when the BB game is started, the BB general game is started first. Then, during the BB general game, when the first JAC combination is won, the first JAC game is started, and when the second JAC combination is won, the second JAC combination is started. The first JAC game is a gaming state in which there is a higher possibility that a small role will be won than a normal game, and the player can receive a lot of game medals. Further, the second JAC game is a game state in which a winning of the re-game B role that is not established in the normal game can be established. As will be described in detail later, a game state called AT game is started which is advantageous to the player in accordance with the winning situation of the replay B role during the second JAC game, so that the player can play the replay B role during the second JAC game. The game is advanced with the aim of establishing a prize.

  Further, the RB game is a game state in which the winning of the re-game B role can be established as in the second JAC game. Although details will be described later, a game state called AT game is started which is advantageous to the player even if the winning state of the replay B role during the RB game is started, so that the player can play the replay B role during the RB game. Advance the game with the aim of winning.

  The RT game is a gaming state in which a re-game combination (re-play A role, re-play B role) is established with a higher probability than a normal game. For this reason, during RT games, the player can advance the game while suppressing the amount of game medals used (consumption) (the amount of game medals required to advance the game can be reduced). Is). In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a first RT game and a second RT game are provided as RT games. In the first RT game, a game in which a replay A role is established with a higher probability than a replay B role. State. Then, the second RT game is set to start when the winning of the re-game B role is established during the first RT game. The second RT game is a gaming state in which a re-game B role is established with a higher probability than a re-game A role. This gaming state called the second RT game corresponds to the “second special period” in the present invention. The other contents in FIG. 7 will be described while supplementing below.

  In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the game is advanced while establishing a winning combination of the game player as described above or switching the gaming state. The progress of such a game is controlled by the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200. Below, the processing content which CPU201 of the main control board 200 is performing in order to control progress of a game is demonstrated.

C. Control details of the spinning machine:
C-1. Game control processing:
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the first half of the game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 for controlling the progress of the game in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment. This game control process is a process that is executed after the gaming machine 1 is powered on and a power-on process described later is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the game control process is started, first, a game state setting process (step 100; hereinafter, step is abbreviated as “S”) is performed. Although details of the game state setting process will be described later, in this process, the following process is roughly performed. As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a gaming state such as a big bonus game (BB game) or a JAC game executed in the BB game is provided. The ease of establishment of the winnings, the types of game players who can win the winnings, and the like are different. In the game state setting process, the current game state is detected and it is determined whether or not the end condition is satisfied. If the end condition is satisfied, the game state is ended and the game Processing to switch the state is performed. By switching the game state in this way, it becomes possible to avoid the game becoming monotonous.

  Following the game state setting process, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a medal insertion confirmation process (S102). In the medal insertion confirmation process, it is confirmed whether or not a game medal has been inserted from the game medal slot 30, or whether or not the insertion button 34 has been operated when the game medal is stored as credit. As described above, the inserted game medal is detected by the medal sensor built in the medal selector 106, and the detection signal is supplied to the main control board 200. When the input button 34 is operated, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 can determine whether or not a game medal has been inserted based on these signals. When a prescribed number of game medals are inserted, the game can be started. When the insertion button 34 is operated, a process of subtracting the inserted number from the stored number of game medals is also performed at the same time.

  If the insertion of the game medal can be confirmed as described above, it is possible to start the game at any time by operating the start lever 36, but before that, it is confirmed whether or not the settlement button 40 has been operated. (S104). That is, even after betting game medals, it is possible to settle the medals including the bet game medals before the start lever 36 is operated and the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are rotated. It has become. If the settlement button 40 has been operated (S104: yes), a settlement process is performed to perform a process of paying out game medals stored as credits and inserted game medals (S106). The payout of game medals is performed by transmitting a control signal indicating the number of game medals to be paid out from the main control board 200 to the medal payout device 118. When the game medals are paid out in this way, the state returns to the state before the game starts (S100), and the subsequent processing is performed.

  On the other hand, if the settlement button 40 has not been operated (S104: no), it is determined whether or not the start lever 36 has been operated (S108). As described above, when the player operates the start lever 36, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. Therefore, the main control board 200 operates the start lever 36 based on the operation signal of the start lever 36. It can be determined whether or not. If the start lever 36 is not operated (S108: no), it is determined that the player has not started the game yet, so confirming whether or not the settlement button 40 is operated (S104), Wait until the start lever 36 is operated. On the other hand, when the start lever 36 is operated (S108: yes), the internal lottery process is started (S110).

  In the internal lottery process, a process of determining whether or not the winning of any of the game combinations described above with reference to FIG. It should be noted that even if one of the game actors is won in this lottery (the winning is permitted), the winning of the gaming actor is not immediately established, but by operating the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c. If the symbol combination corresponding to the winning game combination is not aligned on the winning line (on L1 or L2 shown in FIG. 5), the winning combination of the game combination cannot be established. On the other hand, unless it is a game player who has been won by lottery, the corresponding symbol combinations on the winning line can no longer be arranged no matter what timing the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are operated. ing. In this sense, this lottery is called “internal lottery” because it is a lottery performed internally as a precondition for establishing a combination of symbols and establishing a winning combination for a gamer. In addition, the state of winning the internal lottery is called an internal winning state (or simply, internal winning).

  This internal lottery is performed using a dedicated table called a lottery table, and in this table, a game combination and an internal lottery random number for winning the game combination are set in association with each other. . Here, the random number for internal lottery is a random number that is acquired when the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 receives an operation signal for the start lever 36. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the internal lottery random number is 2-byte data and can take a random value in the range of 0-65535. The random numbers for lottery can be generated by hardware using a dedicated random number generation circuit mounted on the main control board 200, or generated by software using a random number generation program. Is also possible.

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lottery table used during a normal game which is a general gaming state. FIG. 10 (a) shows a range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 10 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. It is shown. As shown in the drawing, in the lottery table for normal games, a random value of 0 to 3999 is set for “watermelon small character”. This represents that when the acquired random number value is within this range, the small combination of watermelon is won internally. Similarly, a random number value of 4000-5999 is set for “Red Bell's small role”, and a random number value of 6000-7999 is set for “White Bell's small role”. Are set to random values of 8000 to 9999. In addition, a random value of 10000 to 18999 is set for the “replay A role”, a random value of 19000 to 19499 is set for the “BB role”, and a “RB role” is set. Random numbers from 19500 to 19999 are set. It should be noted that no game combination is set in the random number values of 20000 to 65535, and therefore, if the acquired random number value is within this range, it is “lost”.

  In the internal lottery process (S110 in FIG. 8), it is detected that the start lever 36 has been operated, the internal lottery random number is acquired, and by referring to the lottery table, which game player has been won internally? Alternatively, it is determined whether any game player has not won the game internally. When any game combination is won internally, the winning game combination is set in the internal winning flag. Here, the internal winning flag is a flag used for storing the result of the internal lottery, and is set to a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the internal winning flag in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, an internal winning flag (internal winning flag such as a small role) for a small role and a replaying role, a BB role, a first JAC role, a second JAC role, and an RB role. Are stored separately as internal winning flags (internal winning flags such as bonus combinations), and an area of 1 byte (8 bits) is secured for each. FIG. 11A is an explanatory view exemplifying a data structure of a 1-byte area in which an internal winning flag such as a small role is set. As shown in the figure, the lower 6 bits of 1-byte data are used as an internal winning flag such as a small role. The first bit in these 6 bits is a bit for storing the internal winning combination for the watermelon small part, and the next bit is for storing the internal winning combination for the red bell small part. Is a bit. Similarly, the following four bits are used for storing the internal winning of the white bell small role, the barbell small role, the replay A role, and the replay B role, respectively.

  FIG. 11B is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of a 1-byte area in which an internal winning flag such as a bonus combination is set. As shown in the drawing, the lower 4 bits of 1-byte data are used as the bonus combination internal winning flag. The first bit among these 4 bits is a bit for storing the internal winning for the BB role, and the next bit is a bit for storing the internal winning for the first JAC role. . Similarly, the following two bits are used for storing the internal winning of the second JAC role and the RB role, respectively. In the internal lottery process (S110) shown in FIG. 8, an internal lottery random number is acquired, and referring to the lottery table, it is determined whether any game player has been won internally, and any game If the winning combination is internal winning, a process of setting “1” to the corresponding bit of the internal winning flag shown in FIG. 11 is performed.

  When the internal lottery process is completed, the main control board 200 transmits an internal lottery result transmission command to the sub-control board 220 (S112 in FIG. 8). The internal lottery result transmission command includes the result of the internal lottery performed in the previous internal lottery process (S110) (information on whether or not a game player has been won, and information on the game player if winning). ) To the sub-control board 220. As will be described in detail later, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when a predetermined game player is won in an internal lottery performed during a predetermined period, a special effect using the effect display device 10, various lamps 12 and the like is used. To inform the player of the internal winnings. Since such an effect is controlled by the sub-control board 220, the main control board 200 directs a command (internal lottery result transmission command) describing the internal lottery result to the sub-control board 220 when the internal lottery process is completed. To send.

  When the transmission of the internal lottery result transmission command (S112) is completed, the main control board 200 subsequently starts the rotating rotation start process (S114). In the rotation rotation starting process, it is determined whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, a process of rotating the three rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is performed. In the rotating cylinder rotation starting process of the present embodiment, when a predetermined time (for example, 4.1 seconds) has elapsed since the start lever 36 was operated and the rotation of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c was started last time. In order to start the rotation of the rotating cylinder, the three rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, Rotate 20c.

  When the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are thus rotated, the main control board 200 performs a process of stopping the rotation of the spinning cylinder (rotating cylinder rotation stopping process) (S116). The details of the spinning rotation stop process will be described later. In this process, the result of the internal lottery performed previously (whether or not to which game player has been won internally) Based on the timing at which 38b and 38c are operated, the stop positions of the three cylinders 20a, 20b and 20c are determined, and the process of stopping at the determined positions is performed.

  When the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 stops the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, it determines whether or not any game winning is achieved (S118). Here, “a winning combination of a game combination is established” means that the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are stopped and displayed on the winning line. As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, even if one of the game players is won internally in the internal lottery process (S110), depending on the timing of pressing the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, The symbol combinations corresponding to the game actors are not always on the winning line. Therefore, after the main control board 200 stops the rotation of the spinning cylinder, whether or not the winning combination of the game player won in the internal lottery has been established (the combination of symbols corresponding to any of the game players is on the winning line) It is determined whether or not a stop display has been made.

  As a result, when it is determined that a winning combination of any game combination has been established (S118: yes), first, it is determined whether or not the winning gaming combination is a BB combination (FIG. 9). S120). As described above with reference to FIG. 6, the BB combination is a game combination in which a winning combination is established when “red seven” symbols are arranged on the winning line. If it is determined that a winning combination for the BB combination has been established (S120: yes), the BB game flag is set to ON and all other game status flags are set to OFF (S122). Here, the BB game flag is a flag indicating that the game state is set to a game state advantageous to the player called the above-described big bonus game (BB game), and “game” for indicating the current game state. It is a kind of dedicated flag called “status flag”. As will be described in detail later, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with gaming state flags corresponding to gaming states such as BB gaming, RB gaming, first JAC gaming, second JAC gaming, first RT gaming, and second RT gaming. The game progresses while switching the game state in accordance with the setting (ON / OFF) of these game state flags. Such a game state flag is set at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which a game state flag or the like is set. In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, 6-bit data excluding the most significant bit and the least significant bit out of 1 byte data at a predetermined address on the RAM 203 is used as a gaming state flag. The leading bits of these 6 bits are set in the BB game flag. In S122 of the game control process shown in FIG. 9, upon receipt of winning of the BB combination (S120: yes), the BB game flag is set to ON (bit is set to “1”) to start the BB game. . Further, in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, when a winning combination of BB is established, the gaming machine 1 is switched to the BB game in any gaming state. Therefore, when the BB game flag is set to ON, game state flags other than the BB game flag are set to OFF (that is, “0” is set to all the game state flag bits except the BB game flag).

  When the BB game flag is set to ON (S122), the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 transmits a BB game start command to the sub control board 220 (S124). The CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 grasps that the BB game is started by receiving the BB game start command.

  When the game state setting process (S100) is started by returning to the beginning of the game control process with the BB game flag set to ON, it is detected that the BB game flag is ON and the game state is BB game. The above-described series of processing is performed. Details of the process of switching the gaming state to the BB game based on the BB game flag in S100 will be described later.

  In the above, the processing performed when the winning game player is the BB role (S120: yes in FIG. 9) has been described. However, when the winning game player is not the BB role (S120). : No), it is then determined whether or not the winning game combination is the first JAC combination (S126). As described above with reference to FIG. 6, the first JAC combination is established when a combination of “blue seven”-“blue seven”-“watermelon” is arranged on the winning line. If it is determined that the first JAC combination has won (S126: yes), the first JAC game flag is set to ON (S128). Here, the first JAC game flag is a game state flag indicating that the game state is the above-described first JAC game. Of the 6 bits used for the gaming state flag shown in FIG. 12, the second bit from the beginning is set as the first JAC gaming flag, and when the first JAC gaming flag is set to ON, this bit is set to “1”. "Is set. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, since the first JAC game is performed in the BB game, even if the first JAC game flag is set to ON, the BB game flag remains set to ON. Yes. When the first JAC game flag (and BB game flag) is set to ON and the game state setting process (S100) is started by returning to the beginning of the game control process, the first JAC game flag (and BB game flag) is turned ON. Is detected, and the first JAC game is started.

  When the first JAC game flag is set to ON (S128), the main control board 200 transmits a first JAC game start command to the sub-control board 220 (S130). The CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 grasps that the first JAC game is started by receiving the first JAC game start command.

  On the other hand, if the winning winning game combination is not the first JAC combination (S126: no), this time, "Blue Seven"-"Blue Seven"-"Blue Seven" on the winning line shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the symbol combinations have been stopped and displayed (S132). As a result, if it is determined that the symbol combination of “blue seven”-“blue seven”-“blue seven” is aligned and stopped on the winning line (S132: yes), the process of displaying stop for all blue seven is performed. (S134). Hereinafter, “blue seven”-“blue seven”-“blue seven” symbol combinations that are stopped and displayed together will also be referred to as “blue seven-aligned stop display”.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the blue 7 stop display process of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6 and described above, when the blue 7 uniform is stopped and displayed on the winning line, there are “when the winning of the second JAC combination is established” and “when the winning of the RB combination is established”. In the blue 7 uniform stop display processing, it is determined which of the second JAC combination and the RB combination is to be established according to the current gaming state, and the gaming state corresponding to the winning gaming combination ( Processing for starting the second JAC game or RB game) is performed.

  When the blue 7 uniform stop display processing is started, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 first checks the state of the BB game flag to determine whether or not the current gaming state is BB gaming (S200). ). As a result, when it is determined that the BB game is being played (S200: yes), the second JAC game flag is set to ON in order to shift the game state to the second JAC game (S202). That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 6, when the blue 7 uniform is stopped and displayed on the winning line during the BB game, the second JAC combination is established and the second JAC game is started. The second JAC game flag is assigned the third bit from the top of the 6 bits used for the game status flag shown in FIG. 12, and this bit is used when the second JAC game flag is turned ON. Set “1” to. Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, since the second JAC game is performed in the BB game, even if the second JAC game flag is set to ON, the BB game flag remains set to ON. Yes.

  When the second JAC game flag is set to ON (S202), the main control board 200 transmits a second JAC game start command to the sub-control board 220 (S204). The CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 grasps that the second JAC game is started by receiving the second JAC game start command.

  When the second JAC game start command is transmitted (S204), the value of the second JAC game counter is set to “5” (S206). As shown in FIG. 7, the second JAC game of this embodiment is set to end when five games have been played since the start. The second JAC game counter is a counter that is decremented by “1” each time a game is played during the second JAC game. When the value of the counter becomes “0”, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 grasps that five games have been performed since the start of the second JAC game, and performs a process for ending the second JAC game. Do. Note that the area of the second JAC game counter is secured in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  When the value of the second JAC game counter is set to “5” (S206), the blue 7 uniform stop display process is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS. Then, with the second JAC game flag (and BB game flag) set to ON, returning to the beginning of the game control process and starting the game state setting process (S100 in FIG. 8), the second JAC game flag (and BB) It is detected that the (game flag) is ON, and the second JAC game is started.

  As described above, when the game state is BB game and Blue 7 assortment is stopped and displayed on the winning line, the winning of the second JAC role is established and the process for starting the second JAC game and the second JAC game To finish the game at a predetermined number of games (here, 5). The CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 performs the above-described processing, thereby generating the second JAC game (first special period) during the BB game (in the bonus game state). Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “first special period generating means” in the present invention.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the BB game is not being played in the first process of the blue 7 uniform stop display process (S200: no in FIG. 13), the RB game flag is set to shift the game state to the RB game. Set to ON (S208). That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 6, when the blue 7 assortment is stopped and displayed on the winning line when the gaming state is not BB gaming, the RB combination is won and the RB gaming is started. The RB game flag is assigned the fourth bit from the top of the 6 bits used in the game status flag shown in FIG. 12. When the RB game flag is turned ON, 1 ”is set. Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when a winning combination of RB is established, the gaming machine 1 is switched to the RB gaming in any gaming state. Therefore, when the RB game flag is set to ON, game state flags other than the RB game flag are set to OFF (that is, “0” is set to all the game state flag bits except the RB game flag).

  When the RB game flag is set to ON and the other game state flags are set to OFF (S208), the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 transmits an RB game start command to the sub control board 220 (S210). The CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 recognizes that the RB game is started by receiving the RB game start command.

  When the RB game start command is transmitted (S210), the value of the RB game counter is set to “5” (S212). As will be described in detail later, the RB game of the present embodiment is also set so as to end when five games have been started since the start, similarly to the second JAC game. The RB game counter is a counter that is decremented by “1” every time a game is played during the RB game. When the value of the counter becomes “0”, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 recognizes that five games have been played since the start of the RB game, and performs a process for ending the RB game. Note that the area of the RB game counter is also secured in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  When the value of the RB game counter is set to “5” (S212), the blue 7 uniform stop display time process is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS. Then, with the RB game flag set to ON, returning to the beginning of the game control process and starting the game state setting process (S100 in FIG. 8), it is detected that the RB game flag is ON. , RB game is started.

  As described above, when the blue 7 assortment is stopped and displayed on the winning line when the gaming state is not in the BB game, the winning of the RB role is established, and the process for starting the RB game and the RB game are determined in advance. A process for ending the game at the number of times played (here, 5 times) is performed.

  As described above, both the second JAC combination and the RB combination are established when the 7 blue matches are stopped and displayed on the winning line. For the player, although the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the winning line, a different gaming state is started, so the attention to the symbol combination is increased, and the player's gaming interests are increased. It becomes possible to excite. Also, even if the symbol combination that is stopped and displayed is the same, the number of symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination is changed because the game combination is changed according to the gaming state when the symbol combination is displayed and stopped. It can be suppressed as compared to the number of types of game actors. Therefore, for the player, it is possible to realize the winning establishment of a larger number of gamers while reducing the number of symbol combinations to be aimed (or memorized in order to visually confirm the winning establishment) It becomes possible to excite the player's gaming interest. The contents of the second JAC game and the RB game will be described in detail later.

  The case where it is determined in the process of S132 of the game control process shown in FIG. 9 that the blue 7 uniform is stopped and displayed on the winning line has been described. On the other hand, when it is determined that the blue 7 assortment is not stopped and displayed on the winning line (S132: no), it is determined whether or not the winning game player is the re-game A role ( S136). As a result, if it is determined that the replay A role has been established (S136: yes), the replay flag is set to ON (S138). Here, the re-game flag is a flag for storing the winning of the re-game A role or the re-game B role. If this re-game flag is set to ON, in the next game medal insertion confirmation process (S102 in FIG. 8), a game medal is automatically inserted even if it is not inserted by the player. Further, after the medal insertion confirmation process automatically reintroduces game medals, the setting of the regame flag is returned to OFF. Such a re-game flag is set at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200, similarly to the game state flag described above. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the least significant bit of the 1-byte area in which 6-bit bit data indicating the gaming state is also set is set in the re-gaming flag.

  If it is determined in the above-described processing of S136 that the re-game A role has not been established (S136: no), it is next determined whether or not the re-game B role has been established (S140). As a result, when it is determined that the winning of the re-game player B has been established (S140: yes), the re-game flag is turned on (S142) in the same manner as when the re-game A role has been established (S142). Processing for winning a winning combination (replay B winning combination processing) is performed (S144). As will be described later in detail, as shown in FIG. 7, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the winning of the re-play B role is established when the gaming state is the second JAC game, the first RT game, the second RT game, and the RB game. This is the case. In the replay B role winning process, processing according to the game state when the replay B role wins is performed.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the replay B role winning process of the present embodiment. When the re-play B role winning process is started, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 first determines whether or not the second JAC game flag is set to ON (whether or not the current game state is the second JAC game). (S220). As a result, when it is determined that the second JAC game is in progress, a re-game B role winning command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S222).

  Here, as will be described in detail later, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the red bell, white bell, and barbell small wins are won internally, the player corresponds to the small spine 20a. If the symbols (red seven, white seven, bar) are not stopped and displayed in a timely manner, these small roles cannot be won. Therefore, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 200 may perform an assist time game (AT game) for notifying the player of the above-mentioned small role (symbol) to be aimed at after the BB game ends or after the RB end. The AT game is an advantageous gaming state for the player because it is easy to stop and display the left-handed cylinder 20a at an appropriate timing (it is easy to establish a winning combination). The period of AT game (number of games) to be performed after the end of the BB game is determined according to the number of wins of the re-game B role in the second JAC game. Therefore, in the process of S222, a re-game B role winning command is transmitted in order to make the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 know that the winning of the re-play B role has been established (in order to count the number of wins). A game state called AT game corresponds to the “privilege game state” in the present invention.

  As described above, when a replay B role winning is established during the second JAC game, a replay B role winning command is transmitted to the sub control board 220 in order to make the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 grasp the fact. To do.

  If it is determined in the process of S220 that the second JAC game is not in progress, the first RT game flag is checked to determine whether the current time is in the first RT game (S224). Here, the first RT game flag is a type of the game state flag described above with reference to FIG. 12, and is a flag that is set to ON when the game state is the first RT game. As shown in FIG. 12, among the six bits used as the gaming state flag, the fifth bit from the top is used as the first RT gaming flag.

  As a result of the determination process of S224, if it is determined that the first RT game is being performed (S224: yes), the first RT game flag is set to OFF to end the first RT game, and the second RT game is started to start the second RT game. The flag is set to ON (S226). That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when the winning of the re-game B role is established during the first RT game, the second RT game is started, and processing for that is performed. Here, the second RT game flag is a type of the game state flag described above with reference to FIG. 12, and is a flag that is set to ON when the game state is the second RT game. As shown in FIG. 12, the least significant bit is used as the second RT gaming flag among the six bits used as the gaming state flag.

  Subsequently, a second RT game start command is transmitted to the sub control board 220 (S228). The CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 recognizes that the second RT game is started by receiving the second RT game start command.

  After transmitting the second RT game start command, next, the value of the second RT game counter is set to “5” (S230). As shown in FIG. 7, in the present embodiment, the second RT game is set to end when five games have been started. The second RT game counter is a counter that is decremented by “1” every time a game is played during the second RT game. When the value of the counter becomes “0”, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 grasps that five games have been performed since the start of the second RT game, and performs a process for ending the second RT game. Do. Note that the area of the second RT game counter is secured in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. Further, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 performs the above-described processing, thereby generating a “second special period” during an AT game (or ART game) (privilege game state) described later. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “second special period generating means” in the present invention.

  As described above, when the re-play B role is established during the first RT game, the process for ending the first RT game and starting the second RT game, starting the second RT game on the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220. In order to grasp this, a process for transmitting a second RT game start command to the sub-control board 220 and a process for preparing to end the second RT game in five games are performed.

  If it is determined that the first RT game is not being played as a result of the determination process in S224, it is next determined whether or not the current is the second RT game (S232). As a result, when it is determined that the second RT game is being performed (S232: yes), a re-game B role winning command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S234). When receiving the re-game B role winning command, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 grasps that the re-game B role has been won in order to perform the AT game described above. Here, as will be described in detail later, in most cases, an AT game is played during the second RT game, and when the re-game B role is won during the second RT game, the period of the AT game currently being performed ( The number of games) is extended (added).

  Next, a process when it is determined that the second RT game is not in progress as a result of the determination process of S232 will be described. During the second JAC game, during the first RT game, and during the second RT game, it is determined that the second game is not in the second RT game as a result of the determination process of S232 because the re-play B role is established only during the RB game. This is done when the gaming state is RB gaming. When the gaming state is RB gaming (S232: no), first, the first RT scheduled flag is set to ON. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to perform the first RT game after the RB game is completed when the winning of the re-game B role is established during the RB game. The first RT schedule flag is a flag for causing the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to recognize that the winning of the re-play B role has been established during the RB game. The area of the first RT schedule flag is secured in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  If the first RT schedule flag is set to ON, a re-game B role winning command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S238). When receiving the re-game B role winning command, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 counts the number of times that the re-game B role is won in order to perform the above-described AT game. That is, since the AT game period (the number of games) to be performed after the RB game is ended is determined according to the winning number of the re-playing B role in the RB game, the winning number is counted.

  As described above, when the re-play B role is won during the RB game, the first RT scheduled flag is set to ON in order to start the first RT game after the RB game is completed, and the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 is re-played. Processing for transmitting a re-game B role winning command to the sub-control board 220 is performed in order to grasp that the winning of the B role has been established.

  On the other hand, if the winning game player is not the re-playing B player (S140: no), the game player has won a winning game (S118: yes in FIG. 8). , A BB role, a JAC role, an RB role, and a re-playing role, it is determined that the role is a small role. (S146). As shown in FIG. 7, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment starts the second JAC game or the RB game when the small role winning is established when the current gaming state is the second JAC game or the RB game. Even if five games have not been played since then, the second JAC game or the RB game is terminated and the game state is shifted to another game state. In the small role winning process, the current gaming state is determined, and when the gaming state is the second JAC game or the RB game, processing for ending the gaming state is performed.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the small bonus winning process of the present embodiment. When the small role winning process is started, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 first grasps the state of the game state flag shown in FIG. 12 and determines whether or not the current state is the second JAC game. (S250). As a result, if it is determined that the second game is being played (S250: yes), the second JAC game flag is set to OFF to end the second JAC game (S252), and the value of the second JAC game counter is set to “0”. ”Is set (S254), a second JAC game end command is transmitted to the sub control board 220 in order to make the CPU 221 mounted on the sub control board 220 know that the second JAC game is to end (S256). .

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the second JAC game is not being played in the process of S250 (S250: no), it is next determined whether or not the current RB game is being played (S258). As a result, when it is determined that the RB game is being played (S258: yes), the RB game flag is set to OFF to end the RB game (S260), and the value of the RB game counter is set to “0”. Later (S262), an RB game end command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 so that the CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 knows that the RB game will be ended (S264). As described above, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment ends the second JAC game when the winning of the small role is established during the second JAC game, and RB gaming when the winning of the small role is established during the RB game. Exit.

  In this way, when the small role winning process is completed (S146 in FIG. 9), a process of paying out the number of game medals corresponding to the winning game combination (small role) is performed (S148). That is, if the winning small combination is a watermelon small combination, 10 game medals are paid out, and if a red bell, white bell, or barbell small combination, 15 game medals are paid out. This process is performed by obtaining the number of game medals to be paid out inside the main control board 200 and then transmitting a control signal from the main control board 200 to the medal payout device 118.

  When the game medals are paid out in this way, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a payout number counting process (S150). As will be described in detail later, since the BB game of this embodiment is set to end when the upper limit number of game medals is paid out, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game (the number of payouts) ) Must be counted. Therefore, in the payout number counting process, first, it is determined whether or not the current game state is BB game, and if it is determined that the game is in BB game, the number of game medals paid out in the process of S148. Is added to the number of payouts (the number of payouts). On the other hand, if it is determined that the game is not BB game, the payout number counting process is terminated without performing the process of adding the payout number. When the winning number counting process is thus performed, the game is ended, and the game control process shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is returned to the beginning, and a new game is started.

  The above describes the processing when it is determined that a winning combination of any game player has been established (S118 of FIG. 8: yes). On the other hand, when it is determined that no winning combination has been established (S118: no), a process for confirming whether or not the “missing eyes” of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped and displayed. (S154). The missed eye means that the spinning drum cannot be stopped and displayed at an appropriate timing, even though the internal lottery process (S110) has won the red bell, white bell, or barbell small part internally. The symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the winning line when the winning combination cannot be established (hereinafter also referred to as “losing a winning combination”). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, a symbol combination of “replay”-“bell”-“bell” is set as a missed item.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a missed eye confirmation process according to the present embodiment. When the missed eye confirmation process is started, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 first determines whether or not “missed eye” is stopped and displayed (S280). As a result, when it is determined that the missed eye has been stopped and displayed (S280: yes), this time, it is determined whether or not the first RT game flag is set to ON (currently, whether or not the first RT game is in progress) ( S282). If the first RT game is in progress (S282: yes), the first RT game flag is set to OFF to end the first RT game (S284), and then the first RT game end command is sent to the sub-control board 220. Is transmitted (S286).

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment ends the first RT game when the small role is missed during the first RT game and the “missing eye” is stopped and displayed. As described above, for the player, the first RT game is an advantageous game state in which the game can be advanced while suppressing the usage amount (consumption amount) of the game medals. The player tries to advance the game so that the first RT game is not completed (by missing the small role). If it is determined in the determination process of S280 that the missed eye has not been stopped (S280: no), and if it is determined that the first RT game is not in the determination process of S282 (S282: no), the game state is changed. Without missing, the missed eye confirmation process is terminated.

  Thus, if no winning combination has been established (S118: no in FIG. 8), when the missed eye confirmation process is performed (S154), the game ends and returns to the top of the game control process in FIG. Then, a game state setting process is performed (S100). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the BB role, the RB role or any JAC role (first JAC role or second JAC role) is won in the internal lottery process (S110) described above, Only when the corresponding symbol combination is not stopped and the winning combination of the BB role, the RB role or any of the JAC roles is not established, the internal winning of the game role is carried over, and the game after the next game The game is played with the internal winning flag corresponding to the combination being set. On the other hand, if an internal win is made for a small role or a re-gamer, if the symbol combination corresponding to the selected game player cannot be stopped and displayed on the winning line, the internal win will be carried over after the next game. It will be reset without being.

C-2. Game state setting process:
FIGS. 17 to 19 are flowcharts showing the game state setting process (S100 in FIG. 8) performed by the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment during the game control process. In the gaming state setting process, a process (a process for each gaming state) corresponding to the current gaming state (the state of the gaming state flag) is performed. FIG. 17 shows a process for the first RT game, The process for the second RT game and the process for the normal game are shown, the process for the BB game is shown in FIG. 18, and the process for the RB game is shown in FIG.

  When the game state setting process is started, first, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 refers to the game state flag shown in FIG. 12 and determines whether or not the BB game flag is set to ON (FIG. 17). S300). As described above, the BB game flag is a game state flag indicating that the game state is BB game. As a result, when it is determined that the BB game flag is set to ON (S300: yes), processing for BB game (FIG. 18) described below is started.

  In the process for the BB game, first, it is determined whether or not the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game has reached a predetermined number (here, 400) (S400 in FIG. 18). As shown in FIG. 7, in this embodiment, as the BB game end condition, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game is set, and when the number of game medals paid out reaches a predetermined number. The BB game is set to end. In the game control process described above with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, the number of game medals paid out is counted (S150 in FIG. 9). Therefore, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game reaches a predetermined number. Then, it can be detected immediately.

  Immediately after starting the BB game, of course, the BB game end condition is not satisfied (S400: no), and then it is determined whether or not the first JAC game flag is set to ON (S402). . As described above with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, the first JAC game flag is a flag that is set to ON when the first JAC combination (see FIG. 6) is won during the BB game (S126, S128 in FIG. 9). ). Immediately after starting the BB game, no winning combination has been established yet, including the first JAC combination. Naturally, since the first JAC gaming flag is not set to ON, it is determined as “no” in S402. Next, it is determined whether or not the second JAC game flag is set to ON (S404). Immediately after starting the BB game, the second JAC game flag is not set to ON. Therefore, it is determined as “no” in S404, and a lottery table for BB general games is selected (S406). In this way, when the BB game is started, first, the BB general game lottery table is selected. Thus, by selecting the BB general game lottery table, the game state is set to BB general game, and the current game (process after the game state setting process of the game control process (FIGS. 8 and 9)) is executed. Will be done.

  FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the BB general game lottery table. FIG. 20 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 20 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. ing. The BB general game lottery table shown in FIG. 20 is different from the normal game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. 10 in that the BB general game lottery table is not set with the BB combination and the RB combination. The difference is that the first JAC combination and the second JAC combination are set. In other words, in the BB general game, the first JAC combination and the second JAC combination can be won internally and winning can be established.

  In addition, in the lottery table for normal games, different random numbers are set for the red bells, white bells, and barbells, whereas in the BB general game lottery table, red bells, white bells, and barbells The same random number range (a random number range including a random number range in which a red bell, a white bell, and a barbell small role are set in the normal game lottery table) is set for the small combination. As a result, when a random number value within this random number range is acquired in the internal lottery process, the internal winning flags of the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are turned ON among the small winning portion internal winning flags shown in FIG. (Red bell, white bell, and barbell's small role won) That is, when a random number value within the above-mentioned random number range is acquired in the internal lottery process, if the game is in a normal game, only one of the red bell, white bell, and barbell small wins will be won by winning. On the other hand, if it is during the BB general game, all the small combinations of red bell, white bell and barbell can be won internally and any small combination can be won. Therefore, for a player, during normal game, it is necessary to stop and display the rotating drum while aiming at one of the small roles of red bell, white bell, and barbell. During the game, the red bell, the white bell, and the barbell small role can be easily stopped and displayed without being focused, so that it is easy to win game medals.

  In this way, the aim is changed depending on the gaming state in spite of aiming for winning a prize of the same gaming actor (red bell, white bell, barbell minor role) (in the case of a normal game, a predetermined game) It is possible to contribute to the diversification of the gameability and to increase the game interest of the player, without aiming at the role (if it is a BB general game).

  While a game is continued using such a lottery table for BB general games, when the winning of the first JAC combination is finally established, the first JAC game flag is set to ON in the above-described game control process (FIG. 9). S128). In addition, even if the first JAC combination is won during the BB game, the BB game flag remains ON unless the BB game end condition is satisfied. Therefore, in the game state setting process, the first JAC game flag is determined to be ON. (S402 in FIG. 18: yes).

  If it is determined that the first JAC game flag is ON (S402: yes), it is subsequently determined whether or not the first JAC game end condition is satisfied (S408). As shown in FIG. 7, the end condition of the first JAC game is that a predetermined number (8 times here) of winnings is established for the game player, or a predetermined number of times (here 12 times) the game is won. It is set that either one of them is established. Immediately after the first JAC game flag is set to ON and the first JAC game is started, the end condition is naturally not satisfied, so the first JAC game lottery table is selected (S410).

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the first JAC game lottery table. FIG. 21 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 21 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. ing. The first JAC game lottery table shown in FIG. 21 has a wide range of random numbers (over 70% of the total random number range and a wider random range than the BB general game lottery table). Are set in duplicate, and other random numbers are set to lose. That is, during the 1st JAC game, the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are won with a higher probability than during the BB general game, so for the player, among the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles. It is possible to win many game medals by winning the small role with a high probability without having to focus on any game role.

  Thus, while it is determined that the first JAC game end condition has been satisfied over time while continuing the game in the first JAC game (S408: yes), the first JAC game flag is turned OFF to end the first JAC game (S412). ) After transmitting the first JAC end command to the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 to grasp that the first JAC game has ended (S414), the above-mentioned BB general game lottery table is selected (S406). As described above, when the first JAC game is finished, the game is returned to the BB general game unless the BB game finish condition is satisfied.

  In the above, the case where the winning of the first JAC combination was established during the BB general game has been described. On the other hand, when the winning of the second JAC combination is established, the second JAC game flag is set to ON in the above-described game control process (S202 in FIG. 13), and as a result, in the game state setting process, the second JAC game is set. It is determined that the flag is ON (the second JAC game is being played) (S404 in FIG. 18: yes). If it is determined that the second JAC game is being played, it is determined whether or not the value of the second JAC game counter is “0” (S416). As a result, if the value of the second JAC game counter is “0”. If not (S416: no), the value of the second JAC game counter is decremented by “1” (S418). As described above, the second JAC game according to the present embodiment is set to end in five games unless a winning combination is established on the way, and the second JAC game counter is set when the second JAC game is started. Is set to “5” (S206 in FIG. 13). Then, as described above, every time a game is played during the second JAC game, “1” is subtracted from the value of the second JAC game counter to record that the game has been played (S418), so that the second JAC game If five games have not ended since the start of the game, a value other than “0” is set in the second JAC game counter.

  In this way, it is determined that the value of the second JAC game counter is not “0” (S416: no), and after subtracting “1” from the value of the second JAC game counter (S418), the gaming state is set to the second JAC game. In order to do this (in order to play a game in the second JAC game), the lottery table for the second JAC game is selected (S420).

  FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the second JAC game lottery table. FIG. 22 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 22 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. ing. In the second JAC game lottery table shown in FIG. 22, the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles overlap in a narrow random number range (a random number range of 10% or less of the total random number range) than the first JAC game lottery table. Is set. That is, in the second JAC game, as in the first JAC game, it is not necessary to aim at any of the small roles of the red bell, white bell, and barbell, but the red bell, white bell, The probability that the small part of the barbell wins internally is lower than that of the first JAC game, and as a result, only a small amount of game medals can be obtained as compared with the first JAC game. On the other hand, by reducing the probability of winning the inside of the small role, it is possible to suppress the establishment of the “small role winning” which is the end condition of the second JAC game. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the second JAC game from ending immediately after starting, so that it is possible to excite the player's gaming fun. The CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 performs a process using the second JAC game lottery table, so that the game medium is paid out during the second JAC game ("when the special game is being executed"). It is suppressed that the second JAC game is completed. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “first suppressing means” in the present invention.

  Further, in the second JAC game lottery table, the re-game B combination not set in the first JAC game lottery table is set in a random number range of 40% or more of the entire random number range. That is, during the second JAC game, it becomes possible to win the re-gamer B by winning internally. As described above, every time a winning of the re-play B role is established during the second JAC game, that fact is transmitted to the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220, and the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 replays during the second JAC game. The AT game period (the number of games in which AT games are started) to be started after the end of the BB game is determined according to the number of wins of the game B combination. Therefore, so that the player can play AT games for a longer period of time, the second role is won while the second JAC game is aimed (expected) and the small role is won. The game will be advanced so that the second JAC game will not end.

  Thus, after the second JAC game is started, the game is played five times, and when the value of the second JAC game counter becomes “0” (S416: yes), the second JAC game flag is turned OFF to end the second JAC game. (S430), the second JAC game end command is transmitted to the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 to grasp that the second JAC game has ended (S432), and then the above-mentioned BB general game lottery table is selected (S406). . As described above, when the second JAC game is finished, the game is returned to the BB general game unless the BB game finish condition is satisfied.

  Thus, while the BB general game, the first JAC game, and the second JAC game are repeatedly performed, the number of game medals paid out eventually reaches 400. Therefore, in the game state setting process, the BB game end condition (S400: yes in FIG. 18), the BB game flag is set to OFF to end the BB game (S422).

  Here, as described above, the first JAC game is a game state in which 8 winnings are established or 12 games are executed as ending conditions. However, since the winning of the small role is established during the first JAC game, the game medal in the BB game is executed before the end condition is established (before 8 winnings are established or 12 games are played). There are cases where the number of payouts reaches 400 (the BB game end condition is satisfied). In this case, since the first JAC game is in the gaming state during the BB game, processing for forcibly ending the first JAC game is performed even during the first JAC game. That is, in the process of S422, the first JAC game flag is set OFF as well as the BB game flag.

  On the other hand, the second JAC game is a game state in which “one game winning combination” is set as an end condition in addition to “five game executions” as described above. In other words, the second JAC game is a game state that ends when the completion of the “winning of a small role” that contributes to the establishment of the “reach of a predetermined number of game medals to be paid out” is a BB game end condition. is there. In other words, during the second JAC game, the end condition for the BB game is not satisfied unless the “end winning of small role” is the end condition for the second JAC game. Therefore, the end condition for the BB game is satisfied during the second JAC game, and the second JAC game is not forcibly ended in the middle. As described above, the second JAC game is a game state in which the player is aiming for the winning of the re-game B role in order to increase the number of games of the AT game as described above. In view of this point, the second JAC game according to the present embodiment does not end forcibly after the BB game ends, and can continue until the end condition of the second JAC game is satisfied. It is possible to entertain the player in the second JAC game and to excite the player's gaming interest.

  Here, if the above-mentioned second JAC game end condition is set to a condition irrelevant to the game medal payout, the player thinks that the second JAC game will continue until the condition is satisfied. Continue playing. Accordingly, when the game medals are paid out in such a state and the predetermined number is reached, when the BB game ends and the second JAC game ends, the player has a sufficient chance to play the game in the second JAC game. It may happen that the second JAC game has been interrupted and the game entertainment is cooled. On the other hand, if the end condition of the second JAC game is set to payout of the game medium (the winning of the small role is established), the player has finished the second JAC game because the game medal has been paid out. Therefore, I do not think that the second JAC game was interrupted. Even when the BB game is ended by paying out the game medals, the second JAC game is not interrupted by the end of the BB game, and the end timing of the second JAC game happens to overlap with the end timing of the BB game. I think. For this reason, since it is possible to make the player feel that the second JAC game has been played to the end, it is possible to excite the player's gaming interest.

  Note that, in the process of S400, it is determined that the payout number during the BB game has reached 400 or more when the winning of the small role is established in the immediately preceding game (S140: no in FIG. 9). If the game immediately before the winning of this small role is in the second JAC game, the second JAC game is already set to OFF by winning this small role (S252 in FIG. 15). In the process of S422, it is not necessary to turn off the second JAC game flag.

  When the BB game flag and the first JAC game flag are set to OFF to end the BB game (S422), the sub-control board 220 is instructed to make the CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 know that the BB game has ended. A BB game end command is transmitted to the destination (S424).

  Subsequently, in order to start the first RT game, the first RT game flag is set to ON (S426), the game state is set to the first RT game (to play the game in the first RT game), the first RT A game lottery table is selected (S428). That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment starts the first RT game when the BB game is finished. Note that the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 starts the BB game in the “bonus game state” by performing the above-described processing. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “bonus game state generating means” in the present invention.

  FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the first RT game lottery table. FIG. 23 (a) shows a range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 23 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. ing. The first RT game lottery table shown in FIG. 23 includes a watermelon small role, a red bell small role, a white bell small role, and a barbell within the same random number range as the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. The small combination, BB combination, and RB combination are set. As shown in FIG. 23, since the random numbers of red bell, white bell, and barbell are set with different random number ranges as in the normal gaming table (they are not set redundantly), In 1RT games, when winning a red bell, white bell, or barbell small role is established, it is necessary to focus on one of these small roles and stop and display the spinning cylinder.

  In addition, a random number range of 40% or more of the total random number range is set for the replay A combination. That is, in the first RT game, the re-game A role can be established with a high probability. For this reason, it is possible to continue the game with the aim of establishing a winning combination of the game actors without inserting too many game medals. Therefore, RT game can be said to be an advantageous game state for the player.

  Further, in the first RT game lottery table, a re-game B combination that is not set in the normal game lottery table is set. That is, in the first RT game, it is possible to establish a winning combination of re-game B that cannot be established during normal games. As described above (S224, S226 in FIG. 14), the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment is set to start the second RT game when the winning of the re-game B combination is established during the first RT game.

  As described above, when the BB game flag is set to ON at the start of the game state setting process shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, but it is determined that the BB game end condition is not satisfied (FIG. 18 S400: no), BB general game lottery table, first JAC game lottery table, or second JAC game lottery table is selected (S406, S414, S420), and the BB game end condition is satisfied. If so (S400: yes), after selecting the first RT game lottery table (S428), the game state setting process is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process of FIGS. In the game control process, after the internal lottery process (S110 in FIG. 8) and the subsequent processes are performed with reference to the selected lottery table, the game state setting process is performed again.

  The case where it is determined in the gaming state setting process that the BB gaming flag is set to ON has been described (S300: yes in FIG. 17). On the other hand, if the BB game flag is not set to ON (S300: no), whether or not the RB game flag is set to ON this time (whether or not the current RB game is in progress). ) Make a determination (S302). As a result, if it is determined that an RB game is being played (S302: yes), a game state setting process when the current state shown in FIG. 19 is an RB game is performed. In this process, first, it is determined whether or not the value of the RB game counter is “0” (S500 in FIG. 19). As a result, when the value of the RB game counter is not “0” (S500: no) Then, “1” is subtracted from the value of the RB game counter (S502). As described above, the RB game of this embodiment is set to end in 5 games unless a small role is established on the way, as in the case of the second JAC game, and when the RB game is started. The value of the RB game counter is set to “5” (S212 in FIG. 13). As described above, every time a game is played during the RB game, “1” is subtracted from the value of the RB game counter to record that the game has been played (S502), so that the RB game starts. If five games have not ended, a value other than “0” is set in the RB game counter.

  Thus, if the value of the RB game counter is not “0” (S500: no), after subtracting “1” from the value of the RB game counter (S502), to set the gaming state to RB gaming (in RB gaming) RB game lottery table is selected (S504). The RB game lottery table is a lottery table having the same contents as the second JAC game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. Of course, it is not necessary to prepare the RB game lottery table separately from the second JAC game lottery table (there is no need to store it in another area of the ROM 202 of the main control board 200). You may make it select as an RB game lottery table as it is.

  Since the RB game selects the lottery table having the same content as that in the second JAC game, the player can easily win the internal game with a high probability for the re-play B role as in the second JAC game. As described above (S232, S236, S238 in FIG. 14), when the winning of the re-play B role is established during the RB game, the first RT game is started after the end of the RB game. Further, every time a winning of the re-game B role is established during the RB game, this is transmitted to the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220. The CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 starts the AT game after the RB game is ended, according to the number of winnings of the re-play B role during the RB game. Therefore, the player must advance the game during the RB game while aiming (expecting) for the winning of the re-play B role, and so that the RB game will not end because the small role has won. become.

  The case where the value of the RB game counter is not “0” has been described above (S500: no). On the other hand, when the RB game counter value becomes “0” after 5 games have been played since the start of the RB game (S500: yes), the RB game flag is set OFF to end the RB game. (S506).

  When the RB game flag is set to OFF, it is determined whether or not the first RT schedule flag is set to ON (S508). As described above, the first RT schedule flag is a flag that is set to ON when the winning of the re-game B combination is established during the RB game. The CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 recognizes whether or not there is a “replay B role winning in RB game” by checking the state of the first RT schedule flag. As a result, if there is a “replay B role winning in RB game” (S508: yes), the first RT scheduled flag that has been confirmed is set to OFF (S510), and then the first RT game is played. In order to start, the first RT game flag is set to ON (S512). Subsequently, an RB game end command is transmitted to the sub control board 220 to make the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 know that the RB game is over (S514), and the game state is set to the first RT game as described above. The first RT game lottery table is selected (S516). The CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 performs the above-described processing, thereby generating an RB game (third special period) during the normal game (normal game state). Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “third special period generation means” in the present invention.

  The case where it has been determined at the end of the RB game that “the winning of the re-play B role during the RB game” has been made has been described. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no “replay B role winning in RB game” at the end of RB (S508: no), the sub-control board determines that the RB game is ended and the normal game is entered. An RB game end command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 so that the CPU 221 mounted on 220 can grasp (S518). Subsequently, the above-described normal game lottery table is selected to set the game state to the normal game (S520).

  As described above, at the start of the game state setting process shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, the RB game flag is set to ON but the value of the RB game counter is not “0” (the RB game end condition (S500: no in FIG. 19), the RB game lottery table is selected (S504), and the value of the RB game counter is “0” (the RB game end condition) If it is determined (S500: yes), if the winning of the re-play B role is established during the RB game (S508: yes), the first RT game lottery table is selected (S516). If the winning of the re-play B role is not established during the RB game (S508: no), after selecting the normal game lottery table (S520), the game state setting process is terminated, and the game of FIG. 8 and FIG. Return to game control process . In the game control process, after the internal lottery process (S110 in FIG. 8) and the subsequent processes are performed with reference to the selected lottery table, the game state setting process is performed again.

  The case where it is determined in the gaming state setting process that the RB gaming flag is set to ON (S302 in FIG. 17: yes) has been described. On the other hand, when it is determined that the RB game flag is set to OFF (S302: no), the following processing is performed.

  First, it is determined whether or not the first RT game flag is set to ON (currently in the first RT game) (S304). As described above, the first RT game flag is unconditionally set to ON at the end of the BB game (S426 in FIG. 16), and at the end of the RB game, the replay B role winning is established during the RB game. This flag is set to ON (S512 in FIG. 17). If it is determined that the first RT game flag is ON (S304: yes), the first RT game lottery table is selected to set the game state to the first RT game (S306).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the first RT game flag is not ON (S304: no), it is next determined whether or not the second RT game flag is set to ON (currently in the second RT game) (S308). . As a result, when it is determined that the second RT game is being played (S308: yes), it is determined whether or not the value of the second RT game counter is “0” (S310). As a result, the second RT game counter is determined. If the value is not “0” (S310: no), the value of the second RT game counter is decremented by “1” (S312). As described above, the second RT game of the present embodiment is set to end in five games, and the value of the second RT game counter is set to “5” when the second RT game is started. (S230 in FIG. 14). Then, as described above, every time a game is played during the second RT game, “1” is subtracted from the value of the second RT game counter to record that the game has been played (S312), so that the second RT game If five games have not ended since the start of the game, a value other than “0” is set in the second RT game counter.

  Thus, it is determined that the value of the second RT game counter is not “0” (S310: no), and after subtracting “1” from the value of the second RT game counter (S312), the gaming state is set to the second RT game. In order to do this (in order to play a game in the second RT game), the lottery table for the second RT game is selected (S314).

  FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the second RT game lottery table. FIG. 24 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 24 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. ing. In the second RT game lottery table shown in FIG. 24, the random number range set for the re-playing game A is narrower than the first RT game lottery table, and the random number range set for the re-playing game B is smaller. It is quite wide (random number range over 40% of the total random number range). That is, during the second RT game, it becomes possible to win the re-gamer B by winning internally. As described above, every time a re-play B role win is established during the second RT game, this is transmitted to the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220. At this time, if the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 is executing the AT game in parallel with the second RT game, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 extends the period of the AT game every time the re-play B role is established. (Add the number of games that play AT games). During the second RT game, the player advances the game while aiming (expecting) winning of the re-game B role so that the AT game can be performed for a longer period of time.

  Thus, after the second RT game is started, the game is played five times, and when the value of the second RT game counter becomes “0” (S310: yes), the second RT game flag is turned OFF to end the second RT game. At the same time, the first RT game flag is turned ON to start the first RT game again (S316). That is, when five games have elapsed since the start of the second RT game, the first RT game is started again. Subsequently, after the first RT game start command is transmitted to the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 so as to grasp that the first RT game is started again (S318), the aforementioned first RT game lottery table is selected (S320).

  In this way, while the first RT game and the second RT game are being repeatedly performed, if “missing eye” is stopped and displayed during the first RT game as described above, the second RT game flag is OFF and the second RT game flag is OFF. Since the 1RT game flag is also set to OFF (S280 in FIG. 16: yes, S284), a negative determination is made in the determination processing in S304 and S308, and the above-described normal game lottery table is selected (S322). That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when the small bell of the red bell, the white bell, and the barbell is missed during the first RT game and the “missing eye” is stopped and displayed, the first RT game is terminated and the normal game is started. The

  As described above, when it is determined that the BB game flag and the RB game flag are set to OFF at the start of the game state setting process shown in FIGS. 17 to 19 (S300: no, S302 in FIG. 17: no), if the first RT game flag is set to ON (S304: yes), the first RT game lottery table is selected (S306). If it is determined that the first RT gaming flag is also set to OFF (S304: no), if the second RT gaming flag is set to ON (S308: yes), the first RT gaming flag is set according to the value of the second RT gaming counter. A 2RT game lottery table and a first RT game lottery table are selected. That is, if the value of the second RT game counter is not “0” (S310: no), the second RT game lottery table is selected (S314), and if the value of the second RT game counter is “0” (S310: yes), the first RT game lottery table is selected (S320). When it is determined that the second RT game flag is also set to OFF (S308: no), the normal game lottery table is selected (S322). Thus, after each lottery table is selected, the game state setting process is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process of FIGS. In the game control process, after the internal lottery process (S110 in FIG. 8) and the subsequent processes are performed with reference to the selected lottery table, the game state setting process is performed again.

  As described above, in the game state setting process (S100) that is performed first after the game control process is started, a process of selecting an appropriate lottery table according to the setting of the game state flag is performed.

  Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 8, in the game control process, after the internal lottery process (S110) is performed and the spinners 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated (S114), the spinner stops by the player. In accordance with the button operation of the buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, a process of stopping the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c (rotating cylinder rotation stopping process) is performed (S116). In this rotation rotation stop processing, one of the game players is won internally in the internal lottery processing (S110) previously performed, and the player presses the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c at an appropriate timing. This is a process of stopping the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c so that the symbol combinations corresponding to the internal winning game combination are aligned on an effective winning line only when operated. Such a rotation rotation stopping process is performed as follows.

C-3. Revolving rotation stop processing:
FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the flow of the spinning cylinder rotation stop process performed in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As described above, the spinning cylinder rotation stop process is executed by the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 (S116 in FIG. 8).

  When the spinning rotation stop process is started, first, a process of extracting the first stop table is performed according to the result of the internal lottery (S110 in FIG. 8) performed prior to this process (S600). Here, the stop table is a dedicated table that is referred to when stopping the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. As will be described in detail later, when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, any of the symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the spinning cylinder (see FIG. 3) is displayed on the display window 20. Whether to display and stop the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is preset in the stop table. As described above, when a game combination is won by internal lottery, if the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c are operated at an appropriate timing, the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are arranged on the winning line. Thus, it is necessary to stop each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. On the other hand, for gamers who have not won the game internally, no matter what timing the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are operated, the corresponding combination of symbols is not aligned on an effective winning line. It is necessary to stop the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Therefore, different stop tables are provided depending on which game combination is won internally.

  In addition, such a stop table includes a first stop table that is referred to when all of the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotating, and a second stop table that is referred to when any one of them has already stopped. And are set. Therefore, in S600 immediately after the rotation rotation stop process is started, the first stop table is first extracted according to the result of the internal lottery. For example, when it is determined that “Bell's small role” has been won internally, the first stop table set for “Bell's small role” is extracted. Of course, if no game combination is won, the first stop table set for losing is extracted.

  When the first stop table is extracted in this way, it is determined whether or not the rotational speed of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c has reached a predetermined value (S602). Immediately after the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate, it is determined that the rotational speed is increasing and has not yet reached the predetermined rotational speed (S602: no), until the rotational speed reaches the predetermined value. , And enters a standby state while repeating the determination. If it is determined that the rotational speed has reached the predetermined speed (S602: yes), the operation of the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is validated (S604).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not any of the effective rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c has been operated (S606). As described above, when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. Therefore, the main control board 200 stops the spinning cylinder based on the operation signal. It can be determined whether or not the buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c have been operated. If none of the spinning cylinder stop buttons is operated (S606: no), the process waits until it is operated.

  On the other hand, when any of the rotation stop buttons is operated (S606: yes), the operated rotation stop button is invalidated (S608), and when the rotation stop button is operated, It is detected at which rotational position the corresponding rotating cylinder was located (S610). As described above, the rotation sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c are provided corresponding to the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c (see FIG. 4), and the rotation positions of the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c can be detected. It is. Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the number of symbols among a plurality of symbols (see FIG. 3) drawn on the corresponding rotating cylinder is set to a predetermined “reference position” when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated. Based on the displayed information, the rotational position of the rotating drum is detected. Here, the reference position is a special position predetermined in order to relatively detect the rotational position of each spinning cylinder. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, any spinning cylinder is located in the middle of the display window 20. The position is set to the reference position.

  In this way, when the rotational position of the rotating cylinder in which the rotating cylinder stop button has been operated is detected, a process (rotating cylinder stop control process) for stopping the rotating cylinder at an appropriate position is started (S612). The detailed contents of the rotating cylinder stop control process will be described later.

  When the spinning cylinder stop control process is performed to stop the spinning cylinder in which the spinning cylinder stop button has been operated, it is determined whether or not all of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been stopped (S614). Then, if there is a spinning cylinder that is still rotating without the operation of the spinning cylinder stop button (S614: no), the process returns to S606 and waits until an effective rotating cylinder stop button is operated. Then, the series of processes described above are executed. If it is determined that all the spinning cylinders have been stopped while repeating these processes (S614: yes), the spinning cylinder rotation stopping process in FIG. 25 is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS. To do.

  Here, when the rotation stop button is operated in the rotation rotation stop processing (FIG. 25) described above, the rotation stop control processing (S612) performed to stop the corresponding rotation cylinder at an appropriate position. ) Will be explained.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the flow of the rotation stop control process executed in the rotation rotation stop process. When the rotation stop control process is started, first, it is determined whether or not the rotation cylinder to be stopped is the first rotation cylinder (S700). Here, the first spinning cylinder refers to the spinning cylinder that stops first among the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. That is, since the three spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c may be operated in any order, the order in which the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped can take various orders. Therefore, among the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, the first spinning cylinder that stops is referred to as a “first spinning cylinder”, and the second spinning cylinder that stops second is the “second spinning cylinder” and stops third. The cylinder is called the “third cylinder” for distinction. And when it is judged that the 1st cylinder is stopped (S700: yes), referring to the 1st stop table extracted immediately after the start of the rotation rotation stop process (S600 of FIG. 25), The stop position of the first cylinder is determined based on the rotation position (S610 in FIG. 25) of the first cylinder at the time of the detected rotation stop button operation (S702). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the symbol (stop symbol) to be stopped and displayed at the reference position is determined as the stop position of the rotating drum.

  FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram illustrating one of the first stop tables set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. In the stop table, the relationship between the rotation position of the rotating cylinder when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated and the time from when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated until the rotating cylinder is stopped (stop time) is set. Has been. As described above, in this embodiment, the rotational positions of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are detected by the symbols displayed at the reference position. Therefore, in FIG. The numbers of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces 20b and 20c (corresponding to the numbers assigned to the symbol array in FIG. 3) are set. Further, as described above, when the operation of the rotating cylinder stop button is validated, the corresponding rotating cylinder is rotating at a constant speed (S602 in FIG. 25: yes), so if the stop time is determined, During that time, it is also determined how many frames will be rotated in the pattern drawn on the rotator. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 27, instead of the stop time, the “sliding frame number” indicating how many frames are rotated (slid) to stop the rotating cylinder after the rotating cylinder stop button is operated. "Is set. Therefore, by referring to such a stop table, the number of sliding symbols corresponding to the symbol displayed at the reference position when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated can be read to determine the stop symbol.

  As an example, a case where the left cylinder 20a is stopped as the first cylinder will be described. As shown in FIG. 28, when the player operates the left rotation stop button (left stop button) 38a, the 10th “Red Seven” symbol is displayed at the middle position (reference position) of the display window 20. Suppose that it is displayed. In this case, referring to the first stop table of FIG. 27, the number of sliding symbols is set to “2” for the 10th “replay” symbol. Therefore, the symbol “Red Seven” of No. 12 is slid by two symbols and determined as a stop symbol to be displayed at the reference position. In FIG. 28, the rotating direction of the rotating drum is indicated by a white arrow, and the symbol surrounded by a broken-line circle is a stop symbol.

  Here, the stop time set in the stop table is 190 msec at the maximum, and during this 190 msec, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated by four frames as a pattern. In other words, when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated, it stops from the symbols (5 symbols including the symbol at the reference position) within 4 frames at the maximum from the symbol displayed at the reference position at that time. The design will be determined. Correspondingly, in the stop table (FIG. 27), a numerical value of 0 to 4 is set as the number of sliding frames according to the design of the reference position.

  Thus, the stop position of the rotating drum is determined by the stop time (number of sliding frames) set in the stop table. Therefore, if the stop table is set appropriately in advance, the combination of symbols corresponding to the internal winning game combination will be relatively easily aligned on the effective winning line. It is possible to stop each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c so that the symbol combinations are never aligned on an effective winning line.

  When the stop position of the first cylinder is determined as described above, the first cylinder is stopped at the determined position (S704 in FIG. 26). After that, when the second stop table is extracted according to the symbols stopped and displayed on the first cylinder (S706), the cylinder stop control process in FIG. 26 is temporarily ended and the cylinder rotation stop process shown in FIG. Return to. Here, the relationship between the first stop table and the second stop table will be supplementarily described.

  FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the first stop table and the second stop table. As described above, the first stop table is a table that is referred to when the first cylinder is stopped, that is, when all of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotating. It is set as a target. On the other hand, the second stop table is a table that is referred to when stopping the second cylinder and the third cylinder, and the first cylinder already stopped has three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Depending on which of the two, the remaining two drums except the first drum are set as targets. In addition, as described above, in order to establish a winning combination for a game player who has won an internal winning, the corresponding symbol combinations must be aligned on the winning line. It is necessary not to align with any of the lines. For this reason, which symbol is stopped and displayed on the second or third cylinder may be influenced by the symbols displayed on the already stopped first cylinder. Accordingly, a plurality of second stop tables are prepared in accordance with the symbols stopped and displayed on the first cylinder, and in S706 of FIG. 26, an appropriate one is displayed depending on which symbol is stopped and displayed on the first cylinder. The second stop table is extracted. As described above, the stop position of each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c depends on the game player who is won internally, so that both the first stop table and the second stop table are internally won. Each is set according to the role.

  In the above description, the process performed when the rotating cylinder to be stopped is the first rotating cylinder (S700: yes in FIG. 26) has been described. However, when the rotating cylinder to be stopped is not the first rotating cylinder, that is, already When any of the spinning cylinders is stopped (S700: no), it is determined whether or not the rotating cylinder to be stopped is the second spinning cylinder (S708). If it is determined that the cylinder is the second cylinder (S708: yes), referring to the second stop table extracted in S706, the rotation of the second cylinder during the operation of the previously detected cylinder stop button is performed. Based on the position (S610 in FIG. 25), the stop position of the second cylinder is determined similarly to the case of the first cylinder described above (S710). After that, when the second cylinder is stopped at the determined position (S712), the rotation stop control process of FIG. 26 is once ended and the process returns to the rotation rotation stop process of FIG.

  On the other hand, if the symbol to be stopped is not the second cylinder (S708: no), it is determined that the first cylinder and the second cylinder are already stopped and the third cylinder is stopped. Therefore, referring to the second stop table, the stop position of the third cylinder is determined based on the rotation position (S610 in FIG. 25) of the third cylinder when the cylinder stop button is detected previously. (S714). As shown in FIG. 29, since stop information (stop time) for both the second and third cylinders is set in the second stop table, the stop position of the third cylinder is indicated. The second stop table is also referred to when making the determination. When the third cylinder is stopped at the position thus determined (S716), the rotation stop control process of FIG. 26 is terminated, and the process returns to the rotation rotation stop process shown in FIG.

  As described above, in the spinning rotation stop process, an appropriate stop table is extracted according to the game player who is won internally, and any of the spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is operated. Each of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is stopped at an appropriate position by determining the stop position with reference to the stop table based on the rotation position at the time of operating the button of the corresponding spinning cylinder.

  Here, as described above, the symbol combination “Replay”-“Blue Seven”-“Watermelon” is set for the replay B role, and when this symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the winning line, the replay B The winning of the role is established. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, two winning lines L1 and L2 are set as shown in FIG. 5, but when the replay B combination is won internally, the symbol combination set to the replay B combination is The stop table described above is set so that the winning line L1 is not stopped but displayed on the winning line L2 (a line diagonally downward to the right). In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the pattern of the spinning cylinder of the present embodiment is a combination of symbols of the replay B role ("Replay"-"Blue Seven"-"Watermelon") aligned along a line diagonally downward to the right. In this case, “Blue Seven” is arranged in a horizontal line.

  FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating the spinning cylinder that is stopped and displayed in a state where the replay B combination is won. As shown in FIG. 30, the combination of “Replay”-“Blue Seven”-“Watermelon”, which is the symbol combination set for the replay B role, is stopped and displayed on the winning line L1. In addition, since the “Blue Seven” symbol is arranged as described above, “Blue Seven”-“Blue Seven”-“Blue Seven” are aligned on the middle line (the blue 7 alignment is stopped). ing. That is, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the re-game B combination is won, the blue 7 alignment is set to be stopped and displayed on the “middle line” at the same time.

  In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the “middle line” is an invalid line in which no winning is achieved even if the blue 7 uniform is stopped and displayed as described above. However, for the player, the same symbol “Blue Seven” is stopped and displayed in a straight line, so attention will be drawn to the blue 7 alignment, and the result of winning the replay B role will be confirmed. , It becomes possible to make it stand out effectively by other “blue 7 assortments” which are not winning winning designs. In other words, when a combination of symbols that are not all the same (a combination of symbols that are partly different, a combination of symbols that are all different) is stopped on the winning line and the winning combination of the gamer is established, the invalid line By displaying the same symbol combination on the top, the winning combination of the gamer is clearly indicated to the player by another symbol combination that is not the winning symbol (stop display of the same symbol combination on the invalid line). It is possible to notify.

  This re-game B role can be established during the 2nd JAC game and during the RB game, and the establishment of the prize is due to an increase in the number of executions of the AT game. is there. In addition, as described above, the second JAC game and the RB game are game states that are started when the blue 7 uniform is stopped and displayed on the winning line (the second JAC combination and the RB combination are won). In other words, the second JAC game and the RB game are started when the blue 7 match is stopped and displayed on the winning line, and the blue 7 match is placed on the middle ineffective line every time the re-play B role is won during these games. Is stopped. Accordingly, the player feels that “the second JAC game and the RB game are in a game state in which the blue 7 alignment is stopped and started and then the blue 7 alignment is stopped when it is started”. Since the game can be advanced in consideration of the above, the progress of the game can be facilitated, and it becomes possible to excite the game interest of the player. Note that “blue 7 uniform” (“blue seven”-“blue seven”-“blue seven”) that is stopped and displayed on the invalid line during the second JAC game corresponds to the “special symbol” in the present invention.

  The re-game B combination is also won during the second RT game. Even if the winning of the re-play B role is established during the second RT game, the number of AT games increases (in this case, the number of AT games is added as described later), so that a game result advantageous to the player is obtained. It is a game player who can be played. Of course, in this case as well, when the winning of the replay B role is established, the blue 7 uniform is stopped and displayed on the invalid line. That is, the player can play the second JAC game during the BB game (the first special period in the first advantageous state) and the second RT game during the AT game (the second special period in the second advantageous state) ( As will be described later, the AT game is performed in parallel during the second RT game), and the game is advanced for the purpose of stopping and displaying the blue 7 alignment on the invalid line regardless of the different game states. By proceeding with the game in this manner, the player can make the “game 7 advantageous” in which the “stopping display of the blue 7 alignment” is hard on the entire game in the revolving game machine 1 of the present invention. It can be recognized as a “point to advance”. As a result, it is possible to realize a new game that can be expected for the player to generate a “game period in which the blue 7 assortment can be stopped and displayed” regardless of the game state. It becomes possible to excite. Note that “blue 7 uniform” (“blue seven”-“blue seven”-“blue seven”) stopped and displayed on the invalid line during the second RT game also corresponds to the “special symbol” in the present invention.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, during the first RT game and the second RT game, the red bell, white bell, and barbell small wins are independently won internally. As shown in FIG. 6, the symbol combination set for the red bell, white bell, and barbell small role is “red seven”, “white seven”, and “bar”, respectively. The design of the trunk and right-handed trunk are all "bells". The stop table selected when the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are elected internally is set so that “bell” is stopped on the winning line for the middle and right swirl patterns. However, the red swirl pattern is displayed on the winning line only when the left swirl is stopped at an appropriate timing. When the trunk is not stopped, “Replay” is set to be stopped on the winning line. That is, if the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are elected internally, the left bell is stopped at an appropriate timing, and the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are won, and the left rotation is performed. If it is stopped at an inappropriate timing, the above-mentioned missed eye ("Replay"-"Bell"-"Bell") is stopped and displayed, so that it is not possible to receive payout of game medals. In particular, if a missed eye is displayed during the first RT game, not only can the game medals be paid out, but if the first RT game is being played, the first RT game ends and the game shifts to the normal game. .

  Therefore, the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment starts the AT game in parallel with the start of the first RT game. The AT game is a gaming state in which a player is notified of a small winning combination of red bell, white bell, and barbell to the player. Can be recognized and the left swirl can be stopped at an appropriate timing corresponding to the small role. This AT game is executed in an effect control process performed by the CPU 221 mounted on the sub control board 220. The effect control process will be described below.

D. Production control process:
31 to 33 are flowcharts showing the effect control process executed by the CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment. When starting the effect control process, the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 first checks whether or not a command has been received from the main control board (S1000). The control performed by the sub-control board 220 is basically executed based on a command transmitted from the main control board 200, and in the effect control process, the process is started upon reception of the command. For this reason, if it is determined that the command has not been received yet (S1000: no), the process waits until the command is received.

  And if a command is received (S1000: yes), it will be judged whether the command is a BB game start command (S1002). As described above with reference to FIG. 8, the BB game start command is a command transmitted from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 toward the sub-control board 220 when a winning combination is established for the BB role. If the received command is a BB game start command (S1002: yes), if an AT game is being played, the AT flag is set to OFF and the value of the AT counter is set to “0” (S1004). That is, when the BB game is started, the AT flag is set to OFF in order to end the AT game even during the AT game. The AT flag is set to ON at the start of the AT game and set to OFF at the end of the AT game, and its storage area is secured in the RAM 223 mounted on the sub-control board 220. Further, when the AT game is ended, “0” is set to the value of the AT counter. The AT counter is a counter for the CPU 221 mounted on the sub control board 220 to grasp the number of remaining games of the AT game (the duration of the AT game). The storage area is secured.

  Thereafter, if the sub second RT game flag is set to ON, it is set to OFF (S1005), and then an effect for BB game is started (S1006). The sub second RT game flag is a flag that is set to ON during the second RT game, and its storage area is secured in the RAM 223 mounted on the sub control board 220. The CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 recognizes whether or not the current time is the second RT game by checking the state of the second RT game flag. As described above with reference to FIG. 9, when the BB game is started, the second RT game is ended, so the second RT game flag is set to OFF. Various effects including effects for the BB game are performed by the sub-control board 220 controlling the various lamps 12, the various speakers 14, 114, the effect display device 10, the rotary backlight 20L, and the like. When the effect for the BB game is started (S1006), the process returns to S1000 and waits until the next command is received.

  On the other hand, if the received command is not a BB game start command (S1002: no), it is determined whether or not the command is a first JAC game start command (S1008). As described above with reference to FIG. 9, the first JAC game start command is a command transmitted from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 toward the sub-control board 220 when a winning combination is established for the first JAC combination. If the received command is the first JAC game start command (S1008: yes), the first JAC game effect is started (S1010). Although illustration is omitted, when the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 receives the first JAC game end command, the effect for the first JAC game is ended.

  If the received command is not the first JAC game start command (S1008: no), it is determined whether or not the command is the second JAC game start command (S1012). As described above with reference to FIG. 13, the second JAC game start command is a command transmitted from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 toward the sub-control board 220 when a winning combination is established for the second JAC combination. When the received command is the second JAC game start command (S1012: yes), the effect for the second JAC game is started (S1014). Although illustration is omitted, when the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 receives the second JAC game end command, the effect for the second JAC game is ended.

  If the received command is not the second JAC game start command (S1012: no), it is determined whether or not the command is an RB game start command (S1016). As described above with reference to FIG. 13, the RB game start command is a command transmitted from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 toward the sub-control board 220 when a winning combination is achieved for the RB combination. If the received command is an RB game start command (S1016: yes), if the AT game is in progress, the AT flag is set to OFF and the value of the AT counter is set to “0” to end the AT game. (S1018). Subsequently, if the sub second RT game flag is set to ON, after setting it to OFF (S1020), an effect for RB game is started (S1022). That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 13, when the RB game is started, the second RT game is ended, so the sub second RT game flag is set to OFF.

  On the other hand, if the received command is not an RB game start command (S1016: no), it is determined whether or not the command is a first RT game start command (S1100). As described above with reference to FIG. 17, the first RT game start command is a command transmitted from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 toward the sub control board 220 when the second RT game is ended and the first RT game is started. It is. If the received command is the first RT game start command (S1100: yes), the second RT game is finished, so after setting the sub second RT game flag to OFF (S1102), the effect for the first RT game is started. (S1104). As described above with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19, the first RT game starts when the BB game ends or when the RB game ends. In these cases, the first RT game start command is transmitted. Instead, a BB game end command and an RB game end command, which will be described later, are transmitted.

  If the received command is not the first RT game start command (S1100: no), it is determined whether or not the command is the second RT game start command (S1106). As described above with reference to FIG. 14, the second RT game start command is sent from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to the sub-control board 220 when the second game is started when the re-play B role is established during the first RT game. Is a command sent toward the. If the received command is the second RT game start command (S1106: yes), after setting the sub second RT game flag to ON so that the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 can grasp that the second RT game is in progress ( In step S1108, an effect for the second RT game is started (S1110).

  If the received command is not the second RT game start command (S1106: no), it is determined whether or not the command is the first RT game end command (S1112). As described above with reference to FIG. 16, the first RT game end command is a command transmitted from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 toward the sub control board 220 when the missed eye is stopped and the first RT game is ended. It is. If the received command is the first RT game end command (S1112: yes), if the AT game is in progress, the AT flag is set to OFF and the value of the AT counter is set to “0” (S1114). The effect for 1RT game is ended (S1116). In other words, even when an AT game is in progress, if the first RT game is terminated with a stop-eye display (in spite of being in an AT game, the player may play red, white, or barbell small roles) If missed), the AT game is terminated.

  If the received command is not the first RT game end command (S1112: no), it is determined whether or not the command is a re-game B role winning command (S1118). As described above with reference to FIG. 14, the replay B role winning command is sent from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 when the replay B role winning is established during the second JAC game, the second RT game, or the RB game. This is a command transmitted toward the control board 220.

  If the received command is a re-game B role winning command (S1118: yes), this time, it is determined whether or not the sub second RT flag is set to ON (currently in the second RT game). This is performed (S1120). As a result, if it is not currently in the second RT game, that is, if it is in the second JAC game or RB game (S1120: no), “1” is added to the value of the re-game B combination counter (S1122). The re-game B combination counter is a counter for the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 to know the number of times that the re-game B combination is won during the second JAC game or the RB game, and is mounted on the sub-control board 220. The area is secured in the RAM 223. As will be described in detail later, the CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 performs AT games as many times as the number of games corresponding to the value of the re-game B combination counter after the BB game ends or after the RB game ends.

  If it is determined in step S1120 that the sub second RT game flag is ON (currently the second RT game is being played) (S1120: yes), whether or not the AT flag is set to ON this time. A determination is made as to whether or not the current game is an AT game (S1124). As a result, when an AT game is being played (S1124: yes), “30” is added to the value of the AT counter. In other words, when the winning of the re-playing B role is established in the second RT game and the AT game, the period of the AT game currently being performed is extended (the number of games is increased by 30 times). Note that the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 performs the above-described processing, so that the AT game is extended according to the number of times the “special symbol” is stopped and displayed during the AT game in the “privilege game state”. Therefore, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 corresponds to “extension determination means” in the present invention.

  If it is determined in the determination process of S1124 that the present is not an AT game, that is, if it is determined that the present is not the AT game despite being the second RT game (S1124: no), the AT The AT flag is set ON to start the game (S1126). Here, as will be described in detail later, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is set so that the AT game does not end during the second RT game. Therefore, the case where the player is in the second RT game but not in the AT game is a rare case, but after the AT game is completed in the first RT game, the winning of the re-play B role is established and the second RT game is established. Is the case where In this case, the AT flag is set to ON in order to start the AT game again (S1126), and the value of the AT counter is set to “30” in order to set the number of continuations of the AT game to 30 (during the AT game) Therefore, “30” is added to the value of the AT counter set to “0”) (S1128).

  On the other hand, if the received command is not the re-game B role winning command (S1118: no), it is determined whether or not the command is an RB game end command (S1200). As described above with reference to FIGS. 15 and 19, the RB game end command is used to end the RB game depending on whether a small role winning is established during the RB game or the RB game is played five times. This command is output from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 toward the sub-control board 220. If the received command is an RB game end command (S1200: yes), it is determined whether or not the value of the re-game B combination counter is “0” (S1202). As described above, the replay B role counter is a counter that is counted up when a replay B role win is established, and at the end of the RB game, the number of replay B role wins established during the RB game is set. ing. In the process of S1202, it is determined whether or not a winning of the re-game B role has been established even once during the RB game. As a result, if the winning of the re-game B role is not established during the RB game (S1202: yes), a process for terminating the effect for the RB game is performed (S1204). Thus, if the winning of the re-play B role is not established during the RB game, the AT game is not started even if the RB game is ended.

  On the other hand, if the re-play B role winning is established during the RB game (S1202: no), the AT flag is set to ON to start the AT game (S1208), and then the value of the re-play B role counter is set. Accordingly, the value of the AT counter is set (S1210). That is, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the number of AT games (the length of the AT game period) is determined according to the number of times the replay B role has been established during the RB game.

  FIG. 34 is a diagram conceptually showing an AT game frequency table in which the number of winning prizes of the re-play B role and the number of games of AT games are set in association with each other. The AT game frequency table is stored in the ROM 222 of the sub-control board 220. In the process of S1210, the AT game count corresponding to the value of the re-game B role counter is read from the AT game count table, and the read AT game count is set to the value of the AT game counter. Here, if the value of the re-game B combination counter is “0” or “1”, the value of the AT game counter is set to “50”, and if the value of the re-game B combination counter is “2”, “100” is set. If “3”, “200” is set as the value of the AT game counter, “400” is set as “4”, and “1000” is set as “5” or more.

  Note that the processing of S1210 is performed when the value of the replay B role counter is not “0” (S1202: no), so the value of the replay B role counter in the AT game number table is “0”. It doesn't seem necessary to set it up. However, when the BB game, which will be described later, is finished, the AT game is started even if the winning of the re-playing B role during the BB game (during the second JAC game) is 0 times. It is also set in the case of. Thus, when the RB game is finished, the AT game is not started unless the replay B role is won during the RB game, and if the replay B role is won during the RB game, the win is established. The AT game is started according to the number of times (the more the number of established winnings is, the more the number of games is). It should be noted that the AT game in the “reward gaming state” according to the number of times that the “special symbol” is stopped and displayed during the RB game (during the third special period) by the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 performing the above-described processing. The period of occurrence is determined. Therefore, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 corresponds to “second generation period determining means” in the present invention.

  Here, as described above, when the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment finishes the RB game, if the winning of the re-game B role is established during the RB game, the first RT game is also started. That is, when the RB game is finished, if the winning of the re-game B role is established during the RB game, the AT game is also started in parallel with the first RT game (hereinafter referred to as the first RT game and the AT game or the second RT game). And that AT games are played in parallel are also referred to as assist replay time games (ART games)). When the value of the AT counter is set according to the value of the replay B role counter (S1210), “0” is set to the value of the replay B role counter in preparation for the next count of the number of times the replay B role has been established. (S1212).

  On the other hand, if the received command is not an RB game end command (S1200: no), it is determined whether or not the command is a BB game end command (S1214). As described above with reference to FIG. 18, the BB game end command is a command output from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 toward the sub control board 220 when the BB game is ended. If the received command is a BB game end command (S1214: yes), the AT flag is set to ON to start the AT game (S1208). That is, the AT game is always started when the BB game is finished. Subsequently, the AT game number set corresponding to the value of the re-game B combination counter with reference to the above-mentioned AT game number table is set as the value of the AT counter (S1210). As described above, the replay B role counter is counted up when the replay B role win is established, and at the end of the BB game, the replay B role win is established during the second JAC game in the BB game. Is set. That is, when the BB game is ended, an AT game is started for the number of games corresponding to the number of winning combinations (including 0) of the replay B role during the second JAC game during the BB game. In addition, according to the number of times “special symbol” is stopped and displayed during the second JAC game (during the first special period) in the BB game by the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 performing the above-described process, The generation period of the AT game in the “state” is determined. Therefore, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 corresponds to “occurrence period determining means” in the present invention.

  Here, as described above, the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment always starts the first RT game when the BB game ends. That is, when the BB game is finished, the AT game is started in parallel with the first RT game (so-called assist replay time game (ART game) is started). When the value of the AT counter is set according to the value of the replay B role counter, “0” is set to the value of the replay B role counter in preparation for the next count of the number of times the replay B role has been established (S1212). ).

  When the received command is not a BB game end command (S1214: no), processing for executing the following AT game is performed. First, it is determined whether or not the received command is an internal lottery result transmission command (S1216). If the received command is an internal lottery result transmission command (S1216: yes), it is determined whether or not the AT flag is ON, that is, whether or not the current AT game is in progress (S1218). If the AT game is not being played (S1218: no), the process returns to S1000 and waits until the next command is received.

  If it is currently an AT game (S1218: yes), based on the content of the internal lottery result transmission command, it is determined whether any of the red bell, white bell, or barbell small role is won internally (S1220). ). And, when the internal winning of any of the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles is made (S1220: yes), the type of the small winning combination (for example, the symbol to be stopped and displayed on the left swirl) (“Red Seven”, “White Seven”, or “Bar”) is notified using the various lamps 12, the various speakers 14, 114, the effect display device 10, the rotating backlight 20L, and the like (S1222). .

  When the type of the small role is notified, the player can recognize the symbol that should be displayed to stop the left swirl, and by operating the swivel stop button 38a at the timing to stop and display the symbol, In other words, a red bell, white bell, and barbell small prize can be established. As a result, during an AT game, a player can win a game medal with a high probability (skilled player will surely) if the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are won internally.

  If the type of the small role is notified (S1222), or if it is determined that none of the small roles A to F of the bell has been won internally (S1220: no), is the sub second RT game flag set to ON? It is determined whether or not (currently in the second RT game) (S1224). As a result, if it is not in the second RT game (that is, if it is in the first RT game) (S1224: no), a process of subtracting “1” from the AT counter is performed (S1226). As described above, the AT counter is a counter that is set to determine the end timing of the AT game. Then, it is determined whether or not the AT counter is “0” (S1228). If the AT counter is “0” (S1228: yes), the AT flag is turned OFF to end the AT game. It sets (S1230). That is, during an AT game (S1218: yes), if during the first RT game (S1224: no), every time an internal lottery result transmission command is received (every game) (S1216: yes), the AT counter “1” is subtracted (S1226), and when the AT counter becomes “0” (S1228: yes), the AT flag is set to OFF (S1230), and the AT game is ended.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the determination process of S1224 that the current game is the second RT game (S1224: yes), the process of subtracting “1” from the AT counter in the above processes (S1226) is skipped. To do. In other words, during the second RT game, the countdown of the AT counter stops (because the remaining number of games in which the AT game is played does not decrease), so the AT game does not end in the middle of the second RT game. As described above, the second RT game is a gaming state in which the player can expect to extend the AT game period by winning the re-play B role and the AT game ends when the player is in the second RT game. Since there is no such thing, the player can play the second RT game with peace of mind.

  The CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 starts the AT game that is in the “privilege game state” by performing the above-described processing. Therefore, the CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 corresponds to the “privilege game state generating means” in the present invention. Further, the CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 performs the above-described processing, so that the AT game in the “privilege game state” is ended during the second RT game (“when the special game is being executed”). That is restrained. Therefore, the CPU 221 mounted on the sub-control board 220 corresponds to the “second suppressing means” in the present invention.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the game is performed by repeatedly executing the game control process of FIGS. 8 and 9 and the effect control process of FIGS. 31 to 33. . Below, the game property obtained by the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment will be described in detail.

E. Gameability obtained by the gaming machine of this embodiment:
FIG. 35 is an explanatory diagram showing the transition of the gaming state of the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 35, “BB game” is started when “BB combination” winning is established during “normal game”. The “BB game” is an advantageous game state that allows a player to receive a lot of game medals, and is composed of “BB general game”, “first JAC game”, and “second JAC game”. When “BB game” is started, “BB general game” is started first. When the “BB general game” is started, the game state is such that the “first JAC combination” and the “second JAC combination” can be established. If the “first JAC combination” win is established while the game is progressing in this gaming state, the “first JAC game” is started. When the “first JAC game” is started, a small winning combination can be established with a high probability, and the player can receive a lot of game medals. Then, when 8 winnings are established or 12 games are played after the “first JAC game” is started, the “first JAC game” is ended and the “BB general game” is started again. In the middle of “first JAC game”, when the number of game medals paid out after “BB game” starts reaches a predetermined number (400), “BB game” (of course, “first JAC game”) Ends.

  In addition, when “BB General Match” is stopped and displayed on the winning line and the “second JAC combination” win is established, the “second JAC game” is started. When the “second JAC game” is started, it becomes a gaming state in which it is possible to establish a winning with a high probability of the “re-game B role” in which the blue 7 uniform is stopped and displayed on the invalid line (middle straight line). The period of “AT game” after the end of “BB game” is determined according to the number of times the “replay B role” winning is established in “second JAC game”, so that the player is in “second JAC game” Thus, the game is advanced while expecting the completion of winnings of as many “re-play B roles” as possible. In addition, since the stop display frequency of blue 7 uniform (re-play B role) is improved after the stop display of blue 7 uniform (second JAC role) during BB game, blue 7 uniform (second JAC role) is given to the player. It is possible to feel as if “opportunity to stop and display many blue 7 matches (replay B role) (second JAC game)” has started. The game can be advanced with attention to the alignment. In this way, by adding new game characteristics that draw attention to the blue 7 match during the BB game, it becomes possible to excite the game interest of the player during the BB game.

  Then, after the “second JAC game” is started, when the winning of one small role is established or five games are performed, the “second JAC game” is ended and the “BB general game” is started again. When the “second JAC game” is completed by the winning of one small role, and when the number of game medals paid out after the start of “BB game” reaches a predetermined number (400), “BB game” "(Of course," 1st JAC game ") is also over. This will be described in detail later.

  In this way, by repeating “BB general game”, “first JAC game”, and “second JAC game” after starting “BB game”, the number of game medals to be paid out in “BB game” is a predetermined number. When (400) is reached, the BB game is terminated and the first RT game is started.

  In the foregoing, the case where the “BB combination” is won during the normal game has been described. On the other hand, when the winning of “RB combination” is established during the normal game, “RB game” is started. When “RB game” is started, as in “2nd JAC game”, “re-game B role” in which the blue 7 uniform is stopped and displayed on the invalid line (middle straight line) is established with a high probability. It becomes a gaming state that can be. When the winning of “re-game B role” is established during “RB game”, “first RT game” is started after the end of “RB game”. Further, when the “first RT game” is started, the “AT game” is also started in parallel. The period (number of games) of the “AT game” is determined according to the number of times the “re-game B role” wins are established in the “RB game”. Accordingly, when the “RB game” starts, the player advances the game while expecting as many winnings as possible for the “replay B role”. In addition, since the stop display frequency of the blue 7 uniform (re-play B role) is improved after the stop display of the normal blue 7 uniform (RB role), the normal blue 7 uniform (RB role) is given to the player. It is possible to feel that the opportunity to display a large number of blue 7 matches (replay B role) (RB game) has started, triggered by the stop display of the game. The game can be advanced with attention to. In this way, by adding a new game characteristic that pays attention to the blue 7 uniform at the normal time, it becomes possible to excite the game interest of the player at the normal time. In addition, when the “RB game” is started, when the winning of one small role is established or five games are performed, the “RB game” is ended. If the “replay B role” winning is not established between the start and end of the “RB game”, the normal game is started again.

  Thus, when the “BB game” is ended, or when the “RB game” is ended after the “replay B role” winning is established during the “RB game”, the “first RT game” and the “AT game” (“ ART game ") is started. In other words, “RB game” does not start “ART game” after the completion of the “replay B role” winning, but “BB game” receives a lot of game medals. This is a game state in which “ART game” is surely started after completion. For this reason, it can be said that the BB game is an advantageous game state over the RB game.

  As described above, when the “first RT game” is started, the “AT game” is started in parallel. Here, since the “first RT game” can establish a winning “re-play A role” with high probability, the winning of the “BB role” is established while suppressing the amount of game medal used (consumption). This is an advantageous gaming state that can be aimed at (a gaming state that is more advantageous than the normal gaming state). In addition, the “AT game” is informed that the red bell, white bell, and barbell small part to be won internally during the “first RT game” is won, so that the player can perform the rotation based on the notification. This is an advantageous gaming state (a gaming state that is more advantageous than the normal gaming state) in which the winning combination can be established by stopping display. That is, while the AT game is being performed in parallel with the first RT game (during the period when the “ART game” is being performed), for the player, the usage amount (consumption amount) of the game medal is being suppressed. This is an advantageous game period in which, while aiming for winning the “BB role”, it is possible to receive the payout of game medals with certainty of the red bell, white bell, and barbell occasionally winning internal winnings.

  During the “first RT game”, a “replay B role” winning can be established, and when the winning is established, a “second RT game” is started. If the number of games (duration) of “AT game” still remains after the “second RT game” is started, the “AT game” is performed in parallel with the “second RT game”. During the period in which the “second RT game” is being performed, the remaining number of games in the “AT game” is not reduced, and the “AT game” is not ended during the “second RT game”. Therefore, the player can advance the game without worrying about the end of the “AT game” during the “second RT game”. This will be described in detail later.

  Similarly to the period in which the “first RT game” is performed in parallel with the period in which the “second RT game” is performed in parallel with the “AT game”, the usage amount (consumption amount) of the game medal is also reduced. While aiming to achieve the winning “BB role” while suppressing, it is possible to receive the game medals by surely winning the red bell, white bell, and barbell small wins that are sometimes won internally. However, the “second RT game” is a gaming state in which the “replay B role” can be established with a much higher probability than the “first RT game”. That is, during the “first RT game”, the “replay B role” is won (the blue 7 uniform is stopped) and the “second RT game” is started, and the “replay B role” is established with a high probability. (Blue 7 match is displayed in a stop), and the player is concentrated on the “Re-play B role” when the winning of the “Re-play B role” is established (blue 7 set is stopped). It is possible to feel that the winning of (blue 7 uniform is stopped display) is performed, and it is possible to excite the player's game entertainment.

  In addition, when the “replay B role” winning is established during the “second RT game”, the number of games of “AT game” is set to be increased (added) (the period of “AT game” is extended). Is set to). Therefore, the second RT game has a special game characteristic that increases the number of games of the AT game by establishing a winning “re-play B role” (blue 7 match is stopped) in addition to the game characteristics of the first RT game. Is a gaming state to which is added.

  Here, during the “BB game” and the “AT game”, a period (second JAC game, second RT game) in which blue 7 matches are displayed with high probability occurs. This period is a “period in which the game is aimed to stop and display the blue 7 uniform” in order to increase the number of AT games for the player. That is, the same “period for the purpose of stopping and displaying the blue 7 assortment” occurs for the player even though they are in different advantageous states (“BB game”, “AT game”). Depending on the situation, it may be felt as a characteristic of the game stuck to the whole game in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment that “blue 7 uniform (special symbol) is stopped and displayed”. Then, the player can expect the occurrence of “a period during which it is the purpose of the game to stop and display blue 7 assortment” regardless of the state of the game, and it is possible to excite the player's gaming interest Become.

  In addition, the “second RT game” is ended when five games are started, and the “first RT game” is started. When the “first RT game” is started, the remaining number of games of the “AT game” is decreased again. Thus, by repeating the game in the “first RT game”, the “AT game” is ended when the remaining number of games in the “AT game” becomes “0”. In other words, even if a red bell, white bell, or barbell small role is won internally during the “1st RT game”, the player will not be notified of which small role has been won internally. The convolution will be stopped while guessing the winning small role. Then, if the guess is lost, the small role is missed (the small role cannot be established), and the “missing eye” is stopped and displayed. When the “missing eye” is stopped and displayed, the first RT game is ended and the normal game is started. Of course, if the winning of “BB role” or “RB role” is established during “first RT game” or “second RT game”, “first RT game”, “second RT game”, “AT game” After finishing, “BB game” or “RB game” is started.

E-1. End of the second JAC game:
FIG. 36 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a pattern when the BB game is ended. FIG. 36A is an explanatory diagram showing a pattern in which the BB game is ended during the first JAC game, and FIG. 36B is an explanatory diagram showing a pattern in which the BB game is ended at the same time as the second JAC game is ended. FIG. Hereinafter, the end timing of the second JAC game will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 36 (a), if a game medal is paid out during the first JAC game due to the winning of the small role, the payout number after starting the BB game reaches the predetermined number due to the payout. (BB game end condition “game medals paid out reaches a predetermined number” is satisfied), and BB game may end. In other words, the BB game ends even if the first JAC game end condition “successful 8 times winning” or “12 times game execution” is not satisfied, and the 1st JAC game ends in the middle. May end up.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 36B, the end condition of the second JAC game is “the winning of 1 small role winning” or “the execution of 5 games”. In other words, the second JAC game is a game state that ends when the completion of the “winning of a small role” that contributes to the establishment of the “reach of a predetermined number of game medals to be paid out” is a BB game end condition. is there. In other words, during the second JAC game, the end condition for the BB game is not satisfied unless the “end winning of small role” is the end condition for the second JAC game. Therefore, the end condition for the BB game is satisfied during the second JAC game, and the second JAC game is not forcibly ended in the middle. As described above, the second JAC game is a game state in which the player is aiming for the winning of the re-game B role in order to increase the number of games of the AT game as described above. In view of this point, the second JAC game of the present embodiment can be continued until the end condition of the second JAC game is satisfied without being forcibly terminated by the end of the BB game in the middle. It is possible to increase the value of the second JAC game for the player, and to increase the player's gaming interest.

  In addition, as described above with reference to FIG. 20, during the second JAC game, compared to the first JAC game, the end condition of the second JAC game is reduced by reducing the internal winning probability of the small role. Is established. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the second JAC game from ending immediately after starting, so that it is possible to excite the player's gaming fun.

E-2. Progress of ART games:
FIG. 37 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a state in which the first RT game or the second RT game and the AT game are performed simultaneously. With reference to FIG. 37, the progress of the AT game of this embodiment will be described. Of the ART games, a state in which the first RT game and the AT game are simultaneously performed is referred to as a first ART game, and a state in which the second RT game and the AT game are simultaneously performed is referred to as a second ART game.

  As shown in FIG. 37, when an ART game is started, the number of remaining AT games is decreased by one each time the first RT game (first ART game) is performed once. On the other hand, when the second RT game (second ART game) is started, subtraction (decrease) of the remaining number of games of the AT game is stopped. That is, during the second ART game, the remaining number of games in the AT game does not become “0”, so the AT game does not end in the middle of the second RT game.

  Here, the second ART game not only aims to establish the winning “BB role” while suppressing the usage amount (consumption amount) (sometimes acquiring a small role), but also establishes the winning “re-playing B role”. Thus, the number of AT games can be increased, so that the player does not want the game to end halfway. In this regard, the AT game of this embodiment is suppressed from being terminated in the middle of the second RT game, and the AT game can be continued until the termination condition of the second RT game is satisfied. Therefore, it is possible to increase the value of the second ART game for the player, and to increase the player's gaming interest. When the second ART game is finished and the first ART game is finished again, the remaining number of games in the AT game is reduced. When the remaining number of games in the AT game eventually becomes “0”, The AT game ends and the ART game ends.

F. Modified example:
While various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and is not limited to the wording of each claim unless it departs from the scope described in each claim. Improvements based on the knowledge that a person skilled in the art normally has can also be added as appropriate to the extent that those skilled in the art can easily replace them.

  In the embodiment described above, during the second JAC game, as shown in FIG. 22, the second JAC game lottery table in which red bells, white bells, and barbells are overlapped is used. In other words, if the random value acquired during the internal lottery is within a predetermined random number range ("0 to 5999" in the above embodiment), any of the red bell, white bell, and Verbal small roles can be won. Thus, the second JAC game is ended when the winning is established. Instead, the second JAC is set so that the winning probabilities of the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are lower than in the above-described embodiment, and each small role is won independently. A game lottery table may be used.

  FIG. 38 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a second JAC game lottery table of a modification. FIG. 38 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 38 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. ing. As shown in FIG. 38, in the second JAC game lottery table of the modified example, among the random number ranges of “0 to 5999” in which the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are set redundantly in the above embodiment. , The red bell small role is set in the random number range of “0-1999”, the white bell small role is set in the random number range of “2000-3999”, and the small size of the barbell is set in the random number range of “4000-5999”. A role is set. In other words, in the above-described embodiment, the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are set in duplicate, and the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles are individually set in separate ranges (each small The winning combination is set to a random number range narrower than the random number range set in the above embodiment.

  When an internal lottery is performed using such a second JAC game lottery table, a random number range (“0 to 5999”) that can be won by any of the red bell, white bell, and barbell minor roles in the embodiment described above. ), Only one of the small roles can be established. In other words, even if one of the red bells, white bells, and barbells is won internally, the player guesses the winning combination and avoids the symbol combination of the small role being stopped and displayed. By stopping the spinning cylinder at the timing, it is possible to avoid winning a small role. For example, according to the symbol arrangement of FIG. 3, in the state where “Red Bell's small role” is internally elected, the “White Bell's small role winning winning symbol (the left rotating portion of FIG. The rotation stop button was stopped when “No. 18 white 7 symbol)” or “Barbell's winning combination winning symbol (No. 4 BAR symbol of the left spinning cylinder in FIG. 3)” was positioned at the reference position. Sometimes, even if the spinning cylinder stop control using four sliding frames is performed, the winning winning symbol of the red bell small role in the left rotating cylinder 20a (the red red pattern of No. 12 of the left rotating cylinder in FIG. 3) Cannot be drawn on the winning line. For this reason, the winning of the red bell small role is impossible, and the winning of the red bell small role that is won internally is avoided according to the operation timing of the rotation stop button by the player. . This avoids the completion of the second JAC game completion condition, “one winning of a small role”, so that it is possible to continue the second JAC game while suppressing the end of the BB game. It becomes.

  As described above, in the second JAC game, when the small role is set to be won alone, the player is allowed to avoid the small role winning establishment in order to continue the second JAC game (the winning combination has been established). It is possible to provide game characteristics that allow a player to guess (select) a small role, and to enhance the game interest of the player.

  In addition, when the internal winning of any of the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles is made, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 cannot recognize the type of the small role that “one of the small roles has been won”. You may make it perform the effect which alert | reports to (For example, the display effect of "danger!" Etc.). In this way, a player who is playing a game in the hope of winning the re-play B role will be allowed to avoid winning the small role in order to continue the second JAC game only at this time. It is possible to realize the gameability by guessing (selecting) a small role that is present and avoiding the establishment of a winning prize.

  In addition, when the internal winning of any of the red bell, white bell, and barbell small roles is made, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 gives an effect of informing the winning combination of the small winning combination internally. (For example, when a red bell is elected internally, a display effect of “Aim for the white bell!” Is performed). In this way, the gameability (a push game) that aims at the symbol that is stopped and displayed in order to continue the second JAC game only for the player who is proceeding with the game in the hope that the winning of the replay B role will be established. Can be realized.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the second JAC game is finished by one small role winning, and the second JAC game and the BB game are finished at the same time. However, the mode of suppressing the end of the BB game during the second JAC game is not limited to this, and may be as follows. For example, the possibility of winning a prize for a small role in the second JAC game is reduced to 0 (no internal winning for a small role, or even if a small role is won internally, a symbol combination corresponding to the small role is won) The possibility that a game medal is paid out during the second JAC game is made zero. This can reliably prevent the BB game from ending during the second JAC game.

  Further, the game condition during the second JAC game may be changed (changed) according to the progress of the BB game when the second JAC game is generated. For example, in the case of the BB game when the second JAC game occurs, “the amount of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game is the remaining amount until the BB game end condition is reached (the BB game end condition is reached. If the required amount) is smaller than the payout amount (for example, 15 cards) in one small role that can be awarded, for example, the remaining 14 cards, etc., the “small character 1” in the second JAC game at that time The payout amount at the time of winning a prize may be adjusted and set so as to be smaller than the original payout amount (for example, the payout amount for one small role is changed to 13). This is because the amount of payout of game media while the BB game flag is set to ON (in BB game) is counted, and the amount of payout is a predetermined amount (an amount smaller than the BB game end condition, (For example, 385), until the second JAC game flag is set to OFF (until the second JAC game is finished), even if a small winning combination is established, it is set to pay less than usual. It is feasible.

  In this way, according to the “remaining amount until the end condition of the BB game is reached (the amount necessary to reach the end condition of the BB game)” of the BB game when the second JAC game is generated, By providing means (game condition setting means) for changing the game conditions (the payout amount when the winning combination is won), even if the second JAC game occurs just before the end of the BB game, the second JAC game Can be increased before the end of the BB game, and the above game can be more effectively implemented.

  The present invention can be used for a swing type game machine used in a game hall.

    DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cylinder type game machine (game machine), 20a, 20b, 20c ... Cylinder, 36 ... Start lever (rotation start member), 38a, 38b, 38c ... Cylinder stop button (rotation stop member), 200 ... Control board, 201 ... CPU (bonus gaming state generating means, first special period generating means, second special period generating means, third special period generating means, first suppression means), 220 ... sub control board, 221 ... CPU ( Privilege game state generation means, generation period determination means, extension determination means, second generation period determination means, second suppression means)

Claims (4)

After detecting the insertion of the specified number of game media, the operation of the rotation start member is detected, the rotating cylinder displaying a plurality of symbols is rotated, and then the operation of the rotation stop member is detected to rotate. In a spinning-type gaming machine that performs a game in which a game medium is paid out according to a pattern that is stopped and displayed when the spinning cylinder is stopped,
Bonus game state generating means for generating a bonus game state that is more advantageous than a normal game state until a predetermined amount of game media is paid out when a predetermined game condition is established;
Bonus game state generating means for generating a bonus game state more advantageous than the normal game state after the bonus game state is finished until a predetermined number of games are performed;
When the first start condition is satisfied during the bonus gaming state, a first special period is generated in which a first special period is generated in which the probability of stopping display of a predetermined special symbol is improved as compared to before the first start condition is satisfied. Means,
Second special period generating means for generating a second special period in which the special symbol stop display probability is improved as compared to before the second start condition is satisfied when the second start condition is satisfied during the special gaming state. When,
An occurrence period setting means for setting an occurrence period of the privilege gaming state based on the special symbol being stopped and displayed in the first special period or the second special period,
The generation period setting means includes
An occurrence period determining means for determining an occurrence period of the privilege gaming state that occurs after the bonus gaming state ends, according to the number of times that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the first special period during the bonus gaming state;
An extension determining means for determining whether or not to extend the generation period of the special gaming state according to the number of times that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the second special period in the special gaming state. A torso-type game machine. In the rotary type gaming machine according to claim 1,
Occurrence of a third special period in which a third special period is generated when the third start condition is satisfied during the normal gaming state, so that the stop display probability of the special symbol is improved as compared with that before the third start condition is satisfied. With means,
The privilege gaming state generating means generates the privilege gaming state even after the end of the third special period,
The generation period setting means includes
According to the number of times that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the third special period, there is further provided second generation period determining means for determining the generation period of the privilege gaming state that occurs after the end of the third special period. A spinning cylinder game machine. In the rotary type gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2,
By reducing the payout frequency of the gaming media in the first special period as compared to the period in the bonus gaming state other than the first special period, the end condition of the bonus gaming state is set in the first special period. A spinning cylinder type game machine comprising first suppression means for suppressing the establishment of the above. In the rotary type gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
In the second special period in the special gaming state, the number of games in the special gaming state is not counted, and a second condition for suppressing the termination condition of the special gaming state from being established during the second special period. A rotating type game machine comprising a suppression means.

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