JP5435586B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  It relates to gaming machines.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called big hit, in which more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific aspect. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not limited to simply displaying multiple symbols in a variable manner, but the time required for the variable display to be a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, such as the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, a character image, background image, etc. can be used to create a story with a variation display of the symbol, probability variation to increase the efficiency of transition to special games, shortening the variation time, and ease of entering the starting prize opening. The player's expectation is also enhanced by the control to shift to the easy entry state.

JP 2003-230714 A

  Here, when designing an effect during a special game or an effect during symbol variation, the designer needs to recognize how much time is allowed for the effect for each effect scene or game situation. is there. At that time, if the production time is completely determined at random every time, it is practical to set the order in advance and intentionally change the length of the production time, and to make continuous production using the length. Have difficulty. Also, the longer the performance time during symbol changes, the lower the frequency of entering the starting prize opening per unit time, so for players who want the game and production to progress as fast as possible, The high frequency of symbol variation can be an element that divides the evaluation of the gaming machine.

  Under these assumptions, as a gaming machine designer, it is preferable in terms of design if the variation time can be freely changed according to the game situation, but in practice the variation pattern for each gaming state such as probability variation or shortening the variation time The fact is that the only way to change the table is to select a variation pattern at random. Therefore, it has been desired to realize a new design method that can further change the variation time in order to further increase the degree of freedom in production design.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that improves the degree of freedom in effect design.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, and a predetermined position in the game area. A winning lottery means for executing a winning lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting prize port, The symbol display device in which the symbols for displaying the result of the winning / failing lottery are displayed in a variable manner, the symbol determining means for determining the symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the winning / failing lottery, and the result of the winning / losing lottery Special game control means for executing a special game in the case of a win, and a winning symbol for storing as a winning symbol history which one of a plurality of types of winning symbols is determined every time the result of the winning / failing lottery wins Storage means and design Select one of multiple types of variation patterns that define the process from the start of movement to the end of variation, and use multiple types of variation pattern selection criteria to refer to select the variation pattern each time a special game is executed. Fluctuation pattern determining means for determining one of them according to the determined symbol type. Each of the plurality of types of variation pattern selection criteria is associated with a plurality of types of variation patterns so that the selection frequency of the selected variation pattern is an individual frequency for each variation pattern selection criterion. A variation pattern selection criterion to be referred to after the game is ended is selected according to a combination of a past winning symbol type and a determined symbol type immediately before being included in the winning symbol history.

  Here, the “variation pattern selection criterion” may define a correspondence relationship between a lottery value for variation pattern selection and a plurality of types of variation patterns. The “variation pattern selection criterion” may be realized using a table structure in which a correspondence relationship between parameters is defined, or may be realized using a program structure that derives parameters from parameters. When the table structure is used, the selection criterion which is substantially one type may be configured by a combination of a plurality of structurally subdivided tables. However, when the selection pattern selection criterion is “multiple types”, Indicates the number of substantive types of tables, not the number of subdivided tables.

  According to this aspect, not only can the variation pattern selection criteria be determined in accordance with the type of winning symbol when the winning / losing lottery is won, but the winning symbol can be continuously determined by referring to the previous winning symbol from that winning symbol. Accordingly, it is possible to determine a variation pattern selection criterion. Accordingly, it is possible to select an intentional variation pattern selection criterion in accordance with the continuity in production and to select an intentional variation pattern selection criterion for adjusting the frequency of entering a start winning opening.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, and the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention are mutually replaced between a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a recording medium storing the computer program, a data structure, and the like This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to provide a game machine that improves the degree of freedom in effect design.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the fluctuation pattern table referred at the time of normal. It is a figure which shows in detail the variation pattern table for a deviation referred at the time of normal. It is a figure which shows typically the fluctuation pattern table for deviation referred at the time of probability change. It is a figure which shows typically the continuous production | presentation selection table referred in order to select the win production | presentation and the variation pattern table for losing, when the result of a lottery lottery corresponds to the big hit with a probability change. It is a time chart which illustrates the selection process of a winning effect and a variation effect. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail a special game control process of S16 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the specific game start process of S120 in FIG. 14 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the release process of S100 in FIG. 14 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the closing process of S102 in FIG. 14 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing in detail a release process in S160 in FIG. 18. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the closing process of S162 in FIG. 18 in detail.

(First embodiment)
In the present embodiment, continuous hit effects are executed in the order according to the series of story development while the big hits are continuously generated in the probability variation state, and in the period of symbol variation displayed between the hit effects. Also, the production of the content along the series of stories is displayed with the intended variation time. Therefore, when a big hit with probability change occurs, the type of winning effect and the variation pattern table are determined according to the combination of the type of symbol showing the big hit with probability change and the type of hit symbol in the past up to that point. In the variation pattern table, a correspondence relationship is determined so that a plurality of types of variation patterns with various variation times are selected at individual selection frequencies. Thereby, the display frequency of the symbol variation becomes an individual frequency for each variation pattern table, and the average variation time can be changed intentionally for each variation pattern table. Therefore, by deliberately selecting the variation pattern table according to the current and past winning symbols, it is possible to perform an effect along a series of stories with an intentionally long effect time.

  As a conventional technique, even if there is an effect that continuously develops a story in a big hit effect that is continuous during a so-called continuous change, in the symbol variation display that is displayed in the meantime, a variation pattern table or variation Time could not be changed freely, and it was difficult to maintain consistency in performance with the hit performance. In the present embodiment, it is possible to execute a consistent story effect according to the intended order throughout the continuous period including not only the continuity of the hit effects but also the variable effects between them. In addition, since the changing effect can be executed along a consistent story, it is possible to suppress the effect from becoming monotonous compared to the case where a certain effect is executed regardless of the progress of the story.

  FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending the game balls to the launch rail, extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16, and the like. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state or the like is output by means for controlling an effect described later.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed.

  The starting port 62 is a starting port that triggers the entrance of a game ball to perform a lottery determination. The starting port 62 is provided in the starting port 62 and a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball. A normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expansion mechanism 63 (so-called electric tulip) is provided. The expansion mechanism 63 is composed of two blade members provided at the upper part of the opening of the start port 62, and has a narrow opening width that allows only a game ball falling from just above the start port 62 to enter when closed. Become. On the other hand, when the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded and opened, the opening width of the start port 62 is widened, and not only the start port 62 but also a game ball falling in the vicinity thereof can be guided to the start port 62 and can enter. Ease is improved. This lottery determination is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and is executed every time there is a ball entering the start port 62. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering.

  The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for opening the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” in a special game that starts when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided at a position above the out opening 58, for example. The number of the big winning openings 66 is not limited to a single arrangement, and a plurality of large winning openings 66 may be installed and used depending on the gaming state or the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. Changes in the effect image including the pattern 190 are displayed. Hereinafter, such display is referred to as “design variation” or “variation display”.

  The special symbol display device 61 is a display device composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball falls into the start port 62. When the symbol mode when the special symbol 192 is stopped is the symbol that is determined in advance, the timing at which the symbol is displayed is the big hit occurrence timing. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The special symbol 192 in the present embodiment is represented by numbers, characters, symbols such as “0” to “9” that are hit symbol patterns, or a symbol “−” that is an off symbol pattern. These numbers or symbols are replaced one after another at a high speed and displayed on the special symbol display device 61, whereby the symbol variation display of the special symbol 192 is realized. Note that the special symbol 192 is not limited to the above numbers or symbols, and may be letters such as English letters, or may be a generally meaningless symbol formed by a combination of segments constituting a 7-segment LED. May be. Further, the 7-segment LED may be composed of 8 segments including 7 segments forming “eight-letter shape” and 1 segment representing “dot”. In this case, a numerical value for 8 bits can be expressed by combining 8 segments. Further, the special symbol display device 61 may be an LED dot array that is not a 7-segment LED, and a plurality of types of special symbols 192 may be expressed by combinations of lighting patterns and lighting colors.

  The effect display device 60 is a display device configured by a liquid crystal display that displays the decorative symbol 190 in a variable manner in conjunction with the variable symbol display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, for example, a moving image that fluctuates a plurality of rows of symbols simulating a game of a slot machine as a decorative symbol 190 in the central area of the screen. In this embodiment, symbols composed of numbers “0” to “9” are displayed and varied in three columns, and hit or miss is indicated by three symbol combinations that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of the plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 190 is composed of numbers, characters, or symbols that are decorated with colors or patterns, but these symbols, characters, or symbols are common to all symbols. You may comprise in the form which adds a different pattern for every and integrates them. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is drawn, and for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn may be used. The decorative pattern 190 is switched according to the development of the effect between the case where the design that includes the design is variably displayed and the case where the design is separated and only the numbers, characters, and symbols are variably displayed. It may be a configuration. On the background of the variation display of the decoration symbol 190, a moving image having a staging effect related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is displayed in conjunction with the symbol variation.

  The effect display device 60 is configured by a high-definition dot matrix type display device such as a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be configured by a mechanical display unit such as a drum rotation type or a display unit such as an LED matrix type. Good. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol display device 61 on the lower left side of the production display device 60 is displayed in an inconspicuous size. However, in the case of adopting a technique in which the special symbol itself has an effect role to express without using the decorative symbol, the special symbol may be displayed on the liquid crystal display instead of the 7-segment LED.

  The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery that determines whether or not the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. Therefore, the open lottery is also called “ordinary symbol lottery”. The normal symbol display device 59 in this embodiment is composed of two lamps for convenience, and the display state of the normal symbols is expressed by which of these lamps is lit. For example, when the first lamp is turned off and the second lamp is hit, the normal symbol fluctuation display is expressed by alternately turning on and off, and finally one of the lights is turned on. A stop symbol of a normal symbol is expressed by being stopped in the state. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the change, the normal symbol change display stops. At this time, in the normal state, the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol with a low probability of, for example, about 1/256, and in the easy entry state described later, the normal symbol is in the winning symbol with a high probability of, for example, about 250/256. Stop. When the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol, the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time. The opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is, for example, 0.1 seconds in the normal state, and 6 seconds in the easy entry state.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the effect display device 60, and decoration. The special symbol hold display device 20 is provided at the lower left portion of the game area 52, and the normal symbol hold display device 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right portion of the game area 52, which is the symmetrical position. ing.

  The special symbol hold display device 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. When the number of lottery holds is three, the symbol variation time in the case of a loss is shortened from the normal time in order to increase game efficiency (hereinafter also referred to as “shortening variation”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery holds is 4, in order to further increase the game efficiency, the symbol variation time in the case of losing is further shortened than in the case of the above 3 (hereinafter also referred to as “super shortened variation”). ).

  The normal symbol hold display device 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of normal symbol fluctuation hold depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operating port 68 during the normal symbol fluctuation, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the normal symbol fluctuation has not yet been executed.

  Game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The operation button 82 is an operation input unit that is operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine, and changes are made to the contents of the effect according to the contents of the operation input. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15. Although the operation button 82 in this embodiment is composed of one button, it may be composed of a plurality of buttons and direction instruction buttons such as a cross key. The movable accessory 140 is a movable object whose operation is controlled in conjunction with the effect, and plays an effect role by the operation. For example, the movable accessory 140 operates in response to an operation input via the operation button 82 by the player.

  An outline of a game method and a control flow performed in the above configuration will be described. When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variation display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the lapse of the variation display time determined prior to the display. The special symbol 192 is variably displayed in accordance with a variation pattern in which a variation mode from the variation start to the stop is determined. The decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed according to a variation effect pattern in which a variation mode from the start to the end of the variation is determined. A plurality of types of variation patterns and variation production patterns are prepared, and each has various variation times. While the special symbol 192 is variably displayed according to the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed according to the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the variation pattern, a variation display time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  As a variation display of the decorative symbol 190, first, as the variation starts, the symbols are varied in all three columns like the reel rotation of the slot machine, and when it approaches the variation end timing, it is stopped one by one as a final stop mode. The symbol combination is displayed. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are in a stop mode indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. The The stop mode of the decorative symbol 190 indicating a big hit is, for example, a combination mode in which the types of three symbols match.

  The variation effect pattern includes a normal loss effect pattern, a reach failure effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal off effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying a normal off symbol combination. The reach out effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying an out symbol combination through a reach state, which is a big win if one more symbols are arranged. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a jackpot symbol combination through the reach state. In particular, the patterns when reaching the reach state include patterns with various long and short fluctuation times. Reach patterns with relatively short fluctuation times are called “normal reach”, and reach patterns with long fluctuation times are called “super reach”. ".

  The special game is started by displaying an effect screen called start demonstration time. After the start demonstration time is displayed on the screen, the grand prize winning opening 66 is opened, and after the opening lasts for about 30 seconds, or after nine or more game balls have dropped in, it is temporarily closed. From such opening to closing of the big prize opening 66 is basically called a unit game, but it may be repeated a plurality of short-time opening during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the special prize opening 66 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 16 times, the special game is ended by displaying an effect screen called an end demo time. On the other hand, when the winning lottery corresponds to a result called “small hit”, the small hit game is executed. The small hit is a result included as a result of the lottery. The unit game executed as a small hit game is only once, which is different from the special game in which a plurality of unit games are executed.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, the fluctuation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190, which are one of the specific games, is started (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate). The time shortening of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is a state in which the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is shortened from the normal state. The variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decoration symbol 190 is returned to the original variation time after a predetermined variation number, for example, 100 variation display, but if the big hit occurs before the variation number is reached, the time is shortened. Also ends. Due to the shortening of time, the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is shortened, so that it is possible to shorten the time until the big hit occurs compared to the normal state where the symbol variation is performed with the normal variation time. Therefore, it is possible to relatively increase the jackpot acquisition ease.

  During the time shortening of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190, the easy entry state which is one of the specific games is performed. The easy entry state is a state in which the ease of entering the starting port 62 is enhanced by executing the short time of the normal symbol, the probability variation of the open lottery, and the open extension of the expansion mechanism 63. The normal symbol time reduction is a state in which the variation time of the normal symbol is shortened from the normal state. The probability variation of the open lottery is a state in which the winning probability of the open lottery is higher than the normal state. The opening extension of the spreading mechanism 63 is a state in which the opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is longer than the normal state. As described above, in the easy entry state, the possibility that the number of fluctuations of the normal symbol per certain time increases as compared to the normal state increases, and the ease of entering the start opening 62 also increases. There is a high possibility that the number of entering will increase. Therefore, due to the shortened time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 and the easy entry state, the chance to obtain a winning ball by entering the starting port 62 increases during that period, and as a result, the player can play the game with little decrease in possession. It is possible to continue.

  Note that the easy entry state in the present embodiment increases the ease of entering the starting port 62 by using three functions such as a short time for a normal symbol, a probability variation of an open lottery, and an open / extended extension of the expansion mechanism 63. However, as a modification, it is good also as a structure which improves the entrance ease to the starting port 62 using one or two functions among these three functions. Thus, even if only a part of the three functions is used, it is possible to improve the ease of entering the starting port 62. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which switches according to a gaming state at least any one of three functions by the period to implement and the period which does not implement.

  When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, the probability variation game of the winning lottery (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the end of the special game ) Is further started. During the chance change of the winning / failing lottery, the winning / failing lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game can be generated relatively early. The chance change of the lottery continues until the next big hit occurs. In this embodiment, when the winning symbol is a symbol of probability variation big hit, the variation pattern table to be referred to after the end of the special game is selected according to the combination of the type of the symbol and the past probability variation big hit symbol until the last time. . Details of the selection method will be described later. When the probability change is started, the easy-to-enter state is also started, but the so-called short time is not started, and the change pattern is selected according to the determined change pattern table.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes the liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and in particular, display contents according to the lottery result by the main board 102. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The back setting mechanism 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a variation pattern determination unit 115, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game. An execution means 122, an opening / closing control means 124, and a winning symbol storage means 126 are provided. The sub-board 104 in the present embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  However, since data transmission / reception between the main board 102 and the sub board 104 is unidirectional from the main board 102 to the sub board 104, each operation is performed so that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. The configuration is arranged on the main board 102 and the sub board 104. In this way, since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 102 to the sub board 104 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 104 to the configuration included in the main board 102. It is not possible to request data transmission. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 102 cannot be referred to from the sub board 104 unless the main board 102 unilaterally transmits the information to the sub board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 obtains, as a success / failure lottery value, a random number value for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the starting hole 62 is entered. To do. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The value acquired as the success / failure lottery value by the success / failure lottery means 112 is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held within a range not exceeding the predetermined holding upper limit number.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, determination results of big hits, small wins, and misses are associated with the success / failure lottery values, and the success / failure probabilities are determined according to the associated jackpot range settings. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure table based on the normal probability at the normal time, and refers to the success / failure table whose probability of winning is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure tables and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 acquires a lottery value as an open lottery for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a success / failure table in which the correspondence between the lottery value of the open lottery and the success / failure result is determined, and determines the success / failure result of the open lottery with reference to the success / failure table. In the normal state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 1/256 is referred to, and in the easy entry state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 250/256 is referred to. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 116 is not exceeded.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table. The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small hits and misses, and winning / failing lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the hit / failure probabilities of big hits and small hits are determined. Is determined. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure determination table of FIG. In the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure lottery means 112, in the normal state, as shown in FIG. At the time of certainty change, as shown in FIG. 4B, the range of the big hit is expanded, and not only when the winning / losing lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 but also when the lottery falls within the range of 400 to 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the big hit changes according to the gaming state. In the case of hitting a big hit, whether it is 15R big hit, 8R big hit or 4R big hit, and whether or not there is a probability change is determined separately according to the special symbol stop symbol. In this figure, the single hit / fail judgment table shows the big hit range for both normal time and probability change, but the success / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and for probability change.

  In the present embodiment, even if the winning / raising lottery value does not correspond to the big hit range, that is, a so-called out of range, it becomes a small hit if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, when the success / failure lottery value acquired by the success / failure lottery means 112 falls within the range of 65000 to 65535, it is a small hit. In this way, if it does not correspond to the big hit, it is all “out”, but in the example in this figure, the winning lottery value range when it does not correspond to the small hit out of the cases where it does not correspond to the big hit Is expressed as “displacement”. In addition, although the example which implement | achieved the determination table of whether it is a big hit and the determination table of whether it is a small win in the figure in the form of a single winning / nothing determination table was shown in this figure, each may be implement | achieved as a separate table. Good.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 in an effect manner is variably displayed on the effect display device 60. The success / failure lottery means 112 transmits the lottery result corresponding to the symbol variation to the symbol mode determining unit 131 and the effect determining unit 132 together with the symbol variation control command at the timing of starting the symbol variation.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 according to the result of the open lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the result of the open lottery in order to display the result of the open lottery in the normal symbol display device 59 in the form of a normal symbol. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the change display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the start port 62. The opening mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time.

  The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 5A is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit, FIG. 5B is a table that is referred to when the result of determination is wrong, and FIG. This table is referred to when the determination result is a small hit. The symbol determination means 114 refers to the symbol determination table of this diagram in symbol determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the special symbol represented by the numbers “0” to “9” and the symbol “−” and the symbol lottery value is defined. Each type of special symbol is associated with the result of determining whether or not the big hit, small hit, or missed, the odd number corresponds to the big hit, the even number corresponds to the small hit, and the symbol “-” is out. Correspond.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the special symbols “1”, “3”, “5”, “7”, and “9”, which are odd numbers among the special symbols “0” to “9”, are associated with the jackpot. . Among them, the special symbol “7” indicates a 16R jackpot with certainty and is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0 to 99”. The special symbol “3” indicates 4R jackpot with certainty and is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”. The special symbol “5” indicates 8R jackpot with certainty and is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 189”. Special symbols “1” and “9” indicate a 16R jackpot without any probability change, the special symbol “1” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “190 to 229”, and the special symbol “9” is associated with “230 to 255”. Are associated.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the special symbol “-” is associated with the entire range of symbol lottery values in the case where the determination result is wrong.

  As shown in FIG. 5C, the special symbols “0”, “2”, “4”, “6”, and “8” that are even numbers among the special symbols “0” to “9” are associated with the small hits. Yes. The special symbol “0” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0 to 49”, and the special symbol “2” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “50 to 99”. The special symbol “4” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”, the special symbol “6” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 199”, and the special symbol “8” is the symbol lottery. Corresponding to the value range “200 to 255”.

  The winning symbol storage means 126 stores, as a winning symbol history, which one of a plurality of types of winning symbols the winning symbol determined by the symbol determining means 114 is every time the result of the lottery wins. The winning symbol storage means 126 stores all types of winning symbols from power-on to power-off of the pachinko gaming machine 10. As a result, when the winning or failing lottery hits, it becomes possible to refer to all types of winning symbols that hit before that hit. Therefore, refer to the status of whether or not the big hit with probability change is in a continuous state, the type of continuous, and the extent to which the hit effect displayed during the special game has progressed be able to. As a modification, the type of winning symbol may be stored only when hitting a big hit with probability variation, and the previous winning symbol storage may be erased when hitting a big hit without probability variation. In this case as well, it is possible to refer to a situation such as whether or not the jackpot with at least a certain change is continuously applicable and in what type. As another modified example, a hit symbol history may be stored on the sub-board 104 side by providing the hit symbol storage means 126 on the sub-board 104 instead of the main board 102.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the variation pattern determination unit 115 selects any variation pattern from a plurality of types of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery. The variation pattern determining means 115 holds a variation pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern. The variation pattern determination unit 115 sends data indicating the determined variation pattern to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132. The variation pattern determination unit 115 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns. A plurality of types of variation patterns are defined on the assumption that there are various variation times, short and long, and that symbol variation is also performed by a decorative symbol composed of a plurality of symbols in the variation time. In each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a variation pattern table that is referred to during normal operation. The fluctuation pattern determination means 115 at the normal time refers to the fluctuation pattern table for removal shown in FIG. 6A when the determination result is wrong. When the determination result is a big hit, the big hit variation pattern table shown in FIG. 6B is referred to. When the determination result is a small hit, the small hit variation pattern table shown in FIG. 6C is referred to.

  In FIG. 6A, the pattern lottery values 0 to 10 are associated with a super reach “super 1”, and the pattern lottery values 11 to 20 are associated with a super reach “super 2”. The pattern lottery values 21 to 255 are associated with any variation pattern of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach”. As described above, when the determination result is out of the normal state, any of super reach, normal reach, and no reach may be selected. In the variation pattern table for detachment, when a variation pattern of “no reach” is selected, a different table is referred to so that a variation pattern having a shorter variation time than the normal state is selected in the short time state. Further, the deviation variation pattern table is defined so that the column to be referred to is different depending on the number of holdings, and details of the normal state will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 6B, the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 120, and the super reach of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 121 to 240. The pattern lottery values 241 to 250 are associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery values 251 to 255 are associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is a big hit, a variation pattern with reach is selected.

  In FIG. 6C, the pattern lottery values 0 to 122 are associated with the super reach “super 3”, and the pattern lottery values 123 to 255 are associated with the normal reach “normal 3”. As described above, when the determination result is a small hit, “Super 3” or “Normal 3” is selected with a probability of approximately 50%.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing in detail a deviation variation pattern table that is referred to during normal operation. In the variation pattern table 210 of this figure, the range of the pattern lottery value associated with the variation pattern is different for each number of holds. Specifically, the smaller the number of holds, the wider the range of pattern lottery values assigned to variation patterns with relatively long variation times, and the probability that variation patterns with long variation times will be selected is increased. . Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes longer as the number of holdings by the holding control means 116 is smaller. Accordingly, when the number of holds by the hold control unit 116 is less than a predetermined number, for example, 1 to 2, the selection probability of the change pattern having a long change time becomes higher than usual, and the change time tends to be relatively long.

  The first column 212 shows the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern when the number of holds as a result of the lottery determination by the hold control means 116 is one. Similarly, in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218, the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern in the case where the number of holdings as a result of the lottery determination by the holding control means 116 is 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The relationship is shown. That is, it can be considered that the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 indicate the variation pattern table for each number of holds. In this figure, an example will be described in which a plurality of variation patterns that can be selected at the time of deviation are classified into five types according to variation time, but actually, a plurality of variation effect patterns are prepared for each of these classifications. This is equivalent to the fact that dozens of types of variation effect patterns are associated with the lottery value ranges for each category. In order to compare the ratio of each pattern lottery value range in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 in this figure with the ratio of the pattern lottery value range in the first column 212, Broken lines indicating the ratio of the pattern lottery value range are drawn in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218.

  The first range 222 includes any of the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 0 to 10. A super reach variation pattern of “super 1” is associated. The second range 224 includes any of the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 11 to 20. A super reach variation pattern of “super 2” is associated. Thus, in the case of the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 0 to 10 and the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 11 to 20, the variation pattern having the same variation time is selected regardless of the number of holdings.

  The third range 226 includes normal reach in the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 21 to 255, respectively. “Normal 1”, “Normal 2”, and “Reach without reach” are associated with each other. However, the range of pattern lottery values associated with each variation pattern varies depending on the number of holds. In the first column 212, the sizes of the lottery value ranges to which “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are associated are approximately equal, and the ranges obtained by dividing 21 to 255 into approximately three equal portions are associated with each other. Yes. In contrast, in the second column 214, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is smaller than the lottery value range associated with “no reach”. Further, in the third column 216 and the fourth column 218, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is further reduced.

  The fluctuation time of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” may be longer than the fluctuation time of “Out of reach”, and in the case of “Out of reach”, the fluctuation time may be shortened like a short time state. Depending on the setting contents of the third range 226, the average variation time varies. The pattern lottery value range for “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” decreases as the number of holds increases from 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, and conversely the pattern lottery value range for “out of reach” increases. Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes shorter as the number of holds increases, and conversely, the average change time becomes longer as the number of holds decreases. In this way, by using a variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern is different for each number of holdings, control that makes it easy to select a variation pattern with a long variation time when the number of holdings decreases is realized. be able to.

  The variation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the third column 216 has a shorter variation time than the “out of reach” associated with the first column 212 and the second column 214, so-called “shortening variation”. This is the fluctuation pattern. Further, the fluctuation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the fourth column 218 has a shorter variation time than the “out of reach” associated with the first column 212 and the second column 214, and the third column This is a fluctuation pattern of so-called “super-shortening fluctuation” in which the fluctuation time is shorter than “216 shortening fluctuation”.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a deviation variation pattern table that is referred to when the probability is changed. The variation pattern determination means 115 at the time of probability change refers to any one of the three types of variation pattern tables A, B, and C shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C when the determination result is wrong. . When the determination result is a big hit, the big hit variation pattern table shown in FIG. 6B is referred to. When the determination result is a small hit, the small hit variation pattern table shown in FIG. 6C is referred to.

  FIG. 8A shows the variation pattern table A, in which the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 2, and the super lot of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 3 to 5. Reach is associated. That is, the super-reach selection frequency is set to be lower than that in the normal variation pattern table in FIG. 6A. The pattern lottery values 6 to 199 are associated with an unreachable variation pattern “a”, the pattern lottery values 200 to 227 are associated with an unreachable variation pattern “b”, and the pattern lottery values 228 to 255 are unreachable. The fluctuation pattern “c” is associated. The variation time of the reachless variation patterns “a”, “b”, and “c” is “a” is the longest, “c” is the shortest, and “b” is an intermediate length between “a” and “c”. Have. As described above, each variation pattern is associated with the variation pattern table A so that the selection frequency of the variation pattern a having a relatively long variation time as the deviation variation pattern is higher than the selection frequency of the other variation patterns. .

  FIG. 8B shows the variation pattern table B, in which the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 2, and the super lot of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 3 to 5. Reach is associated. Similar to the variation pattern table A, the super-reach selection frequency is set to be lower than that in the normal variation pattern table shown in FIG. The pattern lottery values 6 to 33 are associated with the unreachable variation pattern “a”, the pattern lottery values 34 to 227 are associated with the unreachable variation pattern “b”, and the pattern lottery values 228 to 255 are unreachable. The fluctuation pattern “c” is associated. As described above, each variation pattern is associated with the variation pattern table B so that the selection frequency of the variation pattern b having an intermediate length variation time as the deviation variation pattern is higher than the selection frequency of the other variation patterns. It has been.

  FIG. 8C shows the variation pattern table C, in which the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 2, and the super lot of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 3 to 5. Reach is associated. Similar to the variation pattern tables A and B, the super-reach selection frequency is set to be lower than that of the normal variation pattern table shown in FIG. The pattern lottery values 6 to 33 are associated with the unreachable variation pattern “a”, the pattern lottery values 34 to 61 are associated with the unreachable variation pattern “b”, and the pattern lottery values 62 to 255 are unreachable. The fluctuation pattern “c” is associated. As described above, each variation pattern is associated with the variation pattern table C so that the selection frequency of the variation pattern c having a relatively short variation time as the deviation variation pattern is higher than the selection frequency of the other variation patterns. .

  As described above, each of the three types of variation pattern tables A, B, and C is associated with a plurality of types of variation patterns so that the frequency of selection of the variation pattern to be selected becomes an individual frequency for each variation pattern table. Yes. In addition to the selection frequency, a plurality of types of variation patterns are associated with each other so that the frequency of symbol variation display by the variation pattern to be selected becomes an individual frequency for each variation pattern table. In other words, by selecting a plurality of variation patterns with different variation times at a biased frequency, the length of the period during which the symbol variation display is made differs for each variation pattern table, and the average variation time is different. It will be.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a continuous effect selection table that is referred to in order to select a winning effect and a variation pattern table for losing when the result of the winning / losing lottery corresponds to a big hit with certainty. In the continuous performance selection table 300, the first column 302 shows the total number of unit games executed as a big game special game with certainty, that is, the total number of rounds. There are three special game rounds, 4R, 8R, and 16R, all of which are multiples of 4. Therefore, a multiple of 4 is shown in the first column 302 as the total number of rounds. The second column 304 shows the number of continuous effects executed as a winning effect. The third column 306 shows one of three types of variation pattern tables A, B, and C. In the present embodiment, a single table is shown as the continuous performance selection table 300 as shown in FIG. 9, but in reality, a table showing the correspondence between the round total number and the continuous performance number, the round total number and the variation Separate tables are prepared that show the correspondence between pattern tables. The effect determining means 132 stores and refers to the table indicating the correspondence between the total number of rounds and the continuous effect number, and the variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the table indicating the correspondence between the total number of rounds and the variation pattern table. . However, as a modification, the correspondence between the total number of rounds, the continuous production number, and the variation pattern table may be configured by one table. In that case, the special game control means 120 determines the continuous effect number according to the total number of rounds, and notifies the effect determination means 132 of the information.

  In the present embodiment, a series of stories is formed in which a winning effect and a varying effect that continues at least before or after the effect are displayed in a predetermined order. The story is composed of 12 consecutive small stories from the first episode to the twelfth episode and three kinds of variation pattern tables. The small story proceeds in that order from the first episode to the twelfth episode. Each story has a length of effect display time for 4 rounds of unit games. In the second column 304, small stories from the first story to the twelfth story are associated every four rounds with the total number of rounds up to 48 rounds after the big hit with probability change appears as the first hit.

  In the third column 306, one of the three types of variation pattern tables A, B, C corresponds to the total number of rounds up to 48 rounds after the big hit with probability variation appears as the first hit. It is attached. Since the variation frequency display frequency or average variation time differs depending on which variation pattern table A, B, or C is referred to, the effect of the design variation on the symbol variation depends on which variation pattern table is referenced between each small story. You can change the length of time, tempo or rhythm.

  For example, from the first episode to the third episode, which is the beginning of the probable series, a small story that is positioned as an introduction or introduction of the story is arranged. It is equivalent to “Ki” when it comes to the settlement. Between these small stories of “Oki”, refer to the variation pattern table C, which has a relatively short variation time so that the variation of the symbol is digested at a cool tempo, and the effect is based on the assumption that the variation in the variation time is short Execute. In the interval between the third episode and the fourth episode, the variation pattern table B having a standard variation time is once referred to, and an effect based on the symbol variation of the standard variation time is executed. From the 4th episode to the 6th episode, it is equivalent to “approval” in terms of the settlement, and the contents of the effects that are slowly or slowly developed as a small story that leads to the next “roll” are displayed. Between the “approval”, the variation pattern table A having a relatively long variation time is referred to in order to develop the effect slowly, and the effect is performed on the assumption that the variation in the variation time is longer.

  In the interval between the sixth episode and the eighth episode, the variation pattern table B, which is a standard variation time, is referred again, and an effect based on the symbol variation of the standard variation time is executed. From the 8th episode to the 10th episode, it is equivalent to “rolling” in terms of the settlement, and a small story of the production content that serves as a base for the story is displayed. Between the “turns”, in order to develop the effect again at a fast tempo, the change pattern table C with a relatively short change time is referred to, and the effect is executed on the assumption that the change time is short. Between the 10th episode and the 11th episode, the fluctuation pattern table B which is a standard fluctuation time is once referred to, and an effect based on the symbol fluctuation of the standard fluctuation time is executed. The 11th episode and the 12th episode correspond to the “conclusion” of the start and end, and the contents of the effect of slowly or slowly developing the small story as the ending are displayed. After that "Yui", in order to develop the production slowly, the fluctuation pattern table A with a relatively long fluctuation time is referred to, and the production is executed on the assumption that the fluctuation time is longer.

  Here, the special game control means 120 executes the unit game of the number of times corresponding to the type of winning symbol as a special game, as will be described later, when the result of the lottery determination is a big hit. Specifically, a unit game of the number of rounds of any of 4R, 8R, and 16R is executed. The variation pattern determining means 115 is a combination of the winning symbol determined by the symbol determining means 114 and the types of past winning symbols immediately before being included in the winning symbol history stored in the winning symbol storage means 126. The total number of unit games that have been executed continuously in the state of probability variation from the occurrence of a big hit with probability variation to immediately before is calculated. That is, it is determined whether or not the symbol determined by the symbol determining means 114 is a jackpot symbol with a probability change, and whether or not the previous hit symbol with a certain probability is a jackpot symbol with a probability change. If the winning symbol from the past to the present corresponds to the big winning symbol with continuous probability variation, it is determined that the probability variation state continues as a so-called continuous state. In that case, the variation pattern determining means 115 calculates the total number of rounds of the unit game executed while the probability variation state continues by combining the symbols determined by the symbol determining means 114 and the past winning symbols up to immediately before. To do. That is, since the number of unit games is determined for each type of winning symbol, the total number of rounds can be determined by referring to the winning symbol history. Then, the variation pattern determination means 115 refers to the continuous performance selection table in FIG. 9 and selects a variation pattern table to be referred to after the end of the special game according to the calculated round total number. As a result, the variation pattern determining means 115 displays the variation effect of the content in accordance with the order of the series of stories until immediately before being included in the determined winning symbol type and the winning symbol history so that it is displayed after the special game winning effect. A variation pattern table can be selected in accordance with a combination with a past winning symbol type.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the fluctuation pattern determination means 115 determines the fluctuation display time of the normal symbol. In the normal state, the variable display time is determined to be 60 seconds, and in the easy entry state, the variable display time is determined to be 6 seconds.

  When there is a new entry at the start port 62 and a new winning / failing lottery is executed, the holding control means 116 displays a new entry when a symbol change corresponding to the previous entry or lottery is displayed. The result of the success / failure lottery based on is suspended until the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery. In the present embodiment, as a result of the lottery determination, the number of the lottery is held as a holding ball with an upper limit of four. The success / failure lottery value here includes a success / failure lottery value, a symbol lottery value, and a variation pattern lottery value. The holding control means 116 further holds the usual lottery value acquired by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a holding ball. These numbers of holdings are represented by the number of lighting or blinking numbers of the special symbol holding display device 20 and the normal symbol holding display device 22, respectively.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a variation display of the special symbol 192 according to the variation pattern determined by the variation pattern determination unit 115. The main display control means 118 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the success / failure lottery performed before that has ended. The main display control means 118 transmits a change start command and a change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing for starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol 192. When the variation start command is transmitted, values indicating the determined determination result, the stop symbol, and the variation pattern are transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation start command. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 118 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The main display control means 118 displays the result of the normal symbol lottery on the normal symbol display device 59 as a normal symbol variation display.

  The special game control means 120 indicates that the special game operation condition is established when the special symbol 192 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode when the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 results in the transition to the special game. A special game is executed by determining and opening the special winning opening 66. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is configured by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. Special games include 16R jackpots that repeat unit games 16 times, 8R jackpots that repeat 8 times, and 4R jackpots that repeat 4 times. For each big hit, the big prize opening 66 is basically opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 ends the special game when the set round number of unit games is exhausted.

  The specific game executing means 122 controls the normal game in the probability changing state, the short time state, and the easy-to-enter state. The specific game executing means 122 shifts the game state to the time-saving state or the easy-to-enter state after the special game is completed. Also, the transition to the short time state after the end of the special game is a case where the symbol determined by the symbol determining means 114 is a big hit symbol that does not involve a transition to probability change. The transition to the probability change state after the end of the special game is when the symbol determined by the symbol determination means 114 is a jackpot symbol accompanied by a transition to probability variation. The short time state is continued with the easy-to-enter state until the number of times of display of the special symbol 192 reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100, counting from the end of the special game. On the other hand, the probability variation state continues with the easy entry state until the next big hit occurs. In this way, the end of the short-time state is determined according to the gaming state. In the short time state, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 selects a fluctuation pattern having a short fluctuation time so that the fluctuation display time of the special symbol 192 is substantially shortened. However, in a normal state, a variation pattern table corresponding to the number of holds of the result of lottery determination by the hold control unit 116 is referred to, and a change pattern with a long variation time is likely to appear as the number of hold by the hold control unit 116 decreases. In the easy entry state, the normal symbol time is shortened, the normal symbol probability change, and the expansion mechanism 63 is opened and extended. During the probable change state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage means 130 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative design 190 and the display process thereof are determined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the change process from start to stop of the change and the change process in the change display of the decorative pattern 190 and the change display of the decorative pattern are displayed, and the degree of expectation for the jackpot And a plurality of notice effect patterns that suggest the height of the notice before the change display stops.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the contents of the effect displayed on the effect display device 60 by the effect display control means 134 according to the result of the success / failure lottery received from the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect determining means 132 selects one of a plurality of change effect pattern data corresponding to the change pattern of the special symbol determined by the change pattern determining means 115, reads out the data from the pattern storage means 130, and obtains information on the change effect pattern. This is sent to the effect display control means 134. In particular, during a special game period for a big hit with certainty, a variation effect pattern is selected corresponding to a variation pattern of a special symbol displayed between a series of stories. The effect determining means 132 holds a pattern table that should be referred to in order to select a variable effect pattern.

  Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining unit 132 selects a variation effect pattern of an effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the content of the hit effect displayed during the special game period according to the type of the hit symbol. In particular, during a special game period for a big hit with certainty, a continuous story selection table 300 is referred to and a small story forming a part of a series of stories is selected as the content of the hit effect.

  FIG. 10 is a time chart illustrating the selection process of the winning effect and the changing effect. The variation pattern table to be selected is shown on the upper side of the time chart, and the type of hit effect to be selected is shown on the lower side. First, in the case of a big hit without a probability change, the effect determining means 132 selects a normal winning effect during the special game (S200), and the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 as a fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after that selects the probability change. The normal variation pattern table shown in FIG. 6 is selected according to the jackpot symbol not accompanied (S202). Thereafter, when a 4R big hit with a certain probability occurs, the effect determining means 132 selects a small story of “first story” as a hit effect for 4R during the special game (S204). As a variation pattern table to be referred to thereafter, the variation pattern determination means 115 selects the variation pattern table C according to the 4R big hit symbol with a certain variation (S206). Here, the fluctuation pattern table C is selected because the fluctuation pattern table “C” is a table to be referred to after the round number “4” and the continuous presentation number “first episode” in the continuous production selection table 300 of FIG. It is as matched.

  When the next jackpot is a 16R jackpot with a certain change, the effect determining means 132 uses “second episode” (S208), “third episode” (S210), as a hit effect for 16R during the special game period. “Story 4” (S212) and “Story 5” (S214) are selected and displayed continuously during the special game period of 16R. At this time, the effect determining means 132 determines that the total number of rounds at that time is 4R according to the “4R jackpot” symbol, which is the past symbol with probability change, selected immediately before the current special game. Ask. In addition, in order to select four 4R small stories as 16R short stories after the end of the round 4R, as shown in FIG. 9, "second episode", "third episode", "fourth episode" “Chapter 5” is selected.

  The variation pattern determining means 115 selects the variation pattern table A as the variation pattern table to be referred to thereafter (S216). At this time, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 determines the point of time by combining the “16R big hit” symbol which is the winning symbol with probability variation and the “4R big hit” symbol which is the past winning symbol with probability variation immediately before that. It is calculated that the total number of rounds at 4 + 16 = 20R. In addition, the fluctuation pattern table C is selected as shown in FIG. 9 as the fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after the end of 20R.

  When the next jackpot is an 8R jackpot with a certain change, the effect determining means 132 may select “Sixth episode” (S218), “Seventh episode” (S220), Each small story is selected and displayed continuously during the 8R special game. At this time, the effect determining means 132 determines the total number of rounds at that time according to the symbols of “4R jackpot” and “16R jackpot” which are the past winning symbols with probability change selected immediately before this special game. It is calculated that 4 + 16 = 20R. After that, in order to select two 4R small stories as 8R short stories after the end of the round 20R, select “Sixth Story” and “Seventh Story” as shown in FIG. Yes.

  The variation pattern determining means 115 selects the variation pattern table B as a variation pattern table to be referred to thereafter (S222). At this time, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 calculates the symbol of “8R big hit”, which is a winning symbol with probability change, and the symbols of “4R big hit” and “8R big hit”, which are symbols with positive probability in the past until that time. By the combination, it is determined that the total number of rounds at that time is 4 + 16 + 8 = 28R. In addition, the variation pattern table B is selected as a variation pattern table to be referred to after the end of 28R as shown in FIG.

  As described above, the type of winning effect and the variation pattern table are selected according to the combination of the type of winning symbol with probability variation this time and the past winning symbol with probability variation that continues immediately before. As a result, the effect determining means 132 can display the small stories of the hit effects in the order intended for the effects, and can display the variable effect patterns with the appropriate variation times for the effects to be displayed between the small stories. , Can be selected as intended.

  The symbol form determining means 131 determines the combination of stop symbols of the decorative symbol 190 and their arrangement according to the result of the lottery by the winning / failing lottery means 112, the special symbol stop symbol, the special symbol variation pattern, and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern. decide. The symbol form determination unit 131 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect display control unit 134. The symbol form determining means 131 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a transition to a special game of 16R jackpot, a specific combination such as “777” or “ A combination of three symbols such as “111” is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols 192 are selected as the numbers to be arranged as the decorative symbols 190, but the numbers may not necessarily be the same. For example, when the special symbol 192 is “7”, the decorative symbol 190 is “777”. A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is also selected when the determination result is a small hit, but the specific combination may not necessarily be a combination of three symbols. When the determination result is neither big hit nor small hit, a combination such as “312” or “946” in which three symbols are not arranged and does not correspond to a specific combination selected at the time of the big hit Is selected. In the case where the determination result is not a big hit and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination that does not have only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is selected.

  The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, there are a normal notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a large number of characters are displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is made variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the greater the number of stages is, the higher the degree of expectation for the big hit is included.

  The notice effect pattern includes a pattern in which the effect is executed at a timing after the display form of the decorative symbol 190 reaches the reach state and the final stop state of the symbol is notified, and no decorative symbol 190 is stopped. There is a pattern in which the performance is executed at the timing and the reach is reached at the same time.

  The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to display the notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the result of the lottery determination, makes a pre-effect setting, and determines the notice effect pattern to be displayed. To do. The effect determining means 132 holds a notice determination table that should be referred to in order to determine whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table that should be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice decision table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the result of the lottery, and if the lottery is a win, the notice lottery will be displayed with a higher probability than if it was missed. Correspondence between whether to display the result and the notice effect is determined. Thereby, the high expectation degree to the big hit can be suggested by displaying the notice effect itself.

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image including the decorative pattern on the effect display device 60 according to the selected change effect pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect display control means 134 starts a new symbol variation when a variation start command for the decorative symbol 190 is received.

  When it is determined by the effect determining unit 132 that the notice effect is displayed, the effect display control means 134 superimposes the notice effect in accordance with the selected notice effect pattern on the effect of symbol variation to the effect display device 60. Display. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect display control means 134, the accessory control means 136 causes the movable accessory 140 to act in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball enters the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, etc. (S10). A game control process is executed (S14), and if it is not in a normal game (N in S12), a special game control process (S16) or a small hit game control process is executed (S17), and a winning process in S10 In accordance with the number of prize balls set at, prize ball payout according to various winnings is processed (S18).

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change effect pattern. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determination unit 114 determines a special symbol stop symbol based on the determination result (S46), and the variation pattern determination unit 115 refers to the variation pattern table to select the variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). At this time, reference is made to either the normal variation pattern table or the variation pattern tables A to C selected at the end of the most recent special game. The effect determining means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), and selects the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbols according to the variation pattern of the special symbols (S52).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a big hit (Y in S90), the special game has already started (Y in S91), and the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S98), the big prize opening The release process 66 is executed (S100). At this time, display of the set jackpot effect is also started. If the big prize opening 66 has been opened (Y of S98), the closing process of the big prize opening 66 is executed (S102). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S104), the process proceeds to S106. If it is not in the closed state (N in S104), the process after S106 is skipped, and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the special game has not started in S91 (N in S91), the winning symbol history is referred to (S92), and the total number of rounds is calculated according to the combination with the previous winning symbols until immediately before (S93). ), One or more winning effects are selected according to the total number of rounds and the current winning symbol (S94). Then, a special game is started (S95), display of the start demonstration effect is started (S96), and this process is temporarily ended.

  In S106, it is determined whether or not a demonstration production, which is a production during a special game, is being performed. Note that the “demonstration effect” here includes a start demonstration effect and an end demonstration effect. If the demonstration is not in progress (N in S106), it is determined whether or not a special game end condition is satisfied with reference to an end flag described later (S110), and if the special game end condition is satisfied (S110). Y) After the end flag is turned off (S112), display of the end demonstration effect is started (S114). If the special game end condition is not satisfied (N in S110), this process is temporarily ended. If it is determined in S106 that the demonstration effect is being performed (Y in S106), and the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S116), the special game is terminated (S118), and the specific game, that is, the probability change, the time reduction, and the entry The easy state is started (S120). If the end demonstration effect has not ended (N in S116), the processes in S118 and S120 are skipped. If it is not a big hit (N in S90), the flow after S92 in this figure is skipped.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing in detail the specific game start process of S120 in FIG. First, the specific game executing means 122 starts the easy entry state (S250), and if the winning symbol is a big hit symbol with a probability change (Y in S251), the specific game executing means 122 starts the probability changing state (S252). . The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the winning symbol history (S253), calculates the total number of rounds according to the combination of the current winning symbol and the previous winning symbols until immediately before (S254), and calculates the round total number. Accordingly, the variation pattern table is selected (S256), and the flow of this figure is terminated. If the winning symbol is not a big winning symbol with a certain change in S251 (N in S251), a variable pattern table for time reduction is set (S262), and the flow of this diagram is terminated.

  In this embodiment, the example in which the process of determining the type of the variation pattern table to be referred to after the special game is completed has been described. In a modification, the structure may be executed at another timing between the determination of success / failure and the end of the special game. For example, the type of the variation pattern table may be determined before the start of the special game.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S100 in FIG. When the opening timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S122), the opening / closing control means 124 uniformly turns off the passage flag and sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S124). The special winning opening 66 is opened (S126). In addition, a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions of the current unit game or a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions being different is set and started. When it is not the opening timing (N of S122), the processes of S124 and S126 are skipped.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S102 in FIG. When the closing timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached, the open / close control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66. That is, during a special game, whether the end condition based on the number of balls is satisfied (Y in S130) or the end condition based on the number of balls is not satisfied (N in S130), the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied ( (Y of S132), the special winning opening 66 is closed (S134). If the termination condition based on the opening time is not satisfied (N in S132), the flow after S134 is skipped.

  The end condition based on the number of balls received in the big hit is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening 66, and the end condition based on the opening time is the elapse of a set time according to the opening / closing pattern from the opening start of the big prize opening 66. It is. In the case of a big hit, 30 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening. At this time, if the maximum number of continuations has been reached (Y in S136), the end flag is turned on (S138). If the maximum number of continuations has not been reached (N in S136), the process in S138 is skipped. In this embodiment, the upper limit number of continuations is 16 times. If neither the end condition based on the number of entered balls nor the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied (N in S130, N in S132), the processes after S134 are skipped.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a small hit (Y in S150), the small hit game has already started (Y in S152), and the big winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S158). A process for opening the winning opening 66 is executed (S160), and if it is already opened (Y in S158), a closing process for the big winning opening 66 is executed (S162). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S164), the process proceeds to S166. If it is not in the closed state (N of S164), the process after S166 is skipped and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the small hit game has not been started in S152 (N in S152), the small hit game is started (S154), the display of the start demonstration effect is started (S156), and this process is temporarily ended.

  In S166, it is determined whether or not a demonstration effect which is an effect during the small hit game is being performed. If the demonstration effect is not in progress (N in S166), it is determined whether or not the small hit game end condition is satisfied. Here, if an end flag, which will be described later, is on, the small hit game end condition is satisfied. If the small hit game end condition is satisfied (Y in S170), the end flag is turned off (S172), and the display of the end demonstration effect is started (S174). If the small hit game ending condition is not satisfied (N in S170), this process is temporarily ended. When it is determined in S166 that the demonstration effect is being performed (Y in S166) and the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S176), the small hit game is terminated (S178). If the end demonstration effect has not ended (N in S176), the process of S178 is skipped. If it is not a small hit (N in S150), the flow after S152 in this figure is skipped.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S160 in FIG. When it is the opening timing of the big winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern (Y in S180), the opening / closing control means 124 sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S182) and starts opening the big winning opening 66. (S184). When it is not the opening timing (N of S180), the processing of S182 and S184 is skipped.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S162 in FIG. When the end timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S190), the end flag is turned on (S192), and the special winning opening 66 is closed (S194). This closing timing is the timing when 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the opening of the special winning opening 66. If it is not the closing timing (N of S190), the processes of S192 and S194 are skipped.

(Second embodiment)
In 1st Example, the example which performs the win production | presentation in a continuous change and a fluctuation production according to a series of stories was demonstrated. In the second embodiment, the subsequent change display frequency or the average change time is changed according to the appearance situation in special games. Hereinafter, the difference from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the description of the common points will be omitted.

  When the determined winning symbol is a jackpot symbol with probability variation, the variation pattern determining means 115 is a round in the probability variation state based on a combination of the type and the type of jackpot symbol with probability variation until the previous time. Calculate the total number. Further, the variation pattern determining means 115 selects one of a plurality of types of variation pattern tables in accordance with the calculated round total number. At this time, the continuous effect selection table 300 is configured such that the number of rounds and the length of the average variation time for each variation pattern table are proportional or inversely proportional. For example, as one design philosophy, a variation pattern table having a high variation frequency selection frequency with a long variation time is selected with the intention of showing the player a long variation effect while the total number of rounds is small. On the other hand, when the total number of rounds increases, a variation pattern table with a high variation frequency selection frequency having a short variation time is selected in order to intentionally make many short variation effects appear one after another and thereby advance the game. Another design philosophy is to select a variation pattern table with a high variation frequency selection frequency with a short variation time, with the intention of speeding up the production tempo while the total number of rounds is small. On the other hand, when the total number of rounds increases, a variation pattern table with a high variation frequency selection frequency with a long variation time is selected with the intention of calming down the tempo of production.

  As a modified example, not only the total number of rounds but also the elapsed time from the transition from the normal state to the probable change state may be referred to, and the total number of rounds per unit time or the number of winning balls per unit time may be calculated. In that case, the continuous performance selection table 300 is configured so that the total number of rounds per unit time or the number of winning balls is proportional or inversely proportional to the length of the average variation time for each variation pattern table. As another modification, the design may be such that the presence or absence of the transition to the easy entry state is different depending on the type of winning symbol, and the variation pattern table is selected according to the presence or absence of the transition to the easy entry state.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A component can be deform | transformed and embodied in the range which does not deviate from a summary. In addition, various inventions may be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the above embodiment, or some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the above embodiment. . Furthermore, it is possible to appropriately combine the constituent elements over a plurality of embodiments.

  In the embodiment described above, a plurality of variation patterns are associated with each of the variation pattern tables A, B, and C as outlier variation pattern tables in the probability variation state, and the selection frequency for each variation pattern is an individual frequency. Explained the example. In the modified example, only one variation pattern is associated with each variation pattern table A, B, and C, and the selection frequency of other variation patterns is set to zero. May be.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which only one series of stories displayed as a hit effect is used has been described. In a modification, a plurality of types of stories may be provided, and a continuous production selection table 300 as shown in FIG. 9 may be prepared for each story. In that case, you may randomly select one of several types of stories at the time of the big hit with probability change that occurs from the normal state, so-called first hit, and select the story according to the type of winning symbol at that time Also good.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which a fluctuating effect is executed along a story between a series of stories displayed as a winning effect. In a modified example, a series of stories may not be displayed in the hit effect, but a series of stories may be developed only by a series of variable effects executed during consecutive runs. In this case, the continuous effect selection table 300 may be a table composed of the first column 302 and the third column 306 excluding the second column 304 from FIG.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the reach variation pattern selection frequency is constant in the variation pattern tables A, B, and C has been described. In the modified example, the configuration may be such that the selection frequency of the reach variation pattern is different for each variation pattern table. In particular, in a variation pattern table intended to increase the average variation time, for example, variation pattern table A, the reach variation pattern may be selected more frequently than other variation pattern tables. This also makes it possible to vary the display frequency or average variation time of symbol variation for each variation pattern table. In addition, for example, a variation pattern table that is set so that the reach variation pattern selection frequency is relatively high at the initial stage of the continuous channel may be selected to increase the player's expectation for reach. In that case, select a variation pattern table that is set so that the frequency of selecting the reach variation pattern is gradually reduced in the middle and late stages where the continuous chain has advanced, reducing unnecessary waste and reducing the player to only the continuous channel. You may make it look forward to.

  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 112 winning / failing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 115 variation pattern determining means, 120 special game control means, 122 specific game executing means, 126 per symbol storage means, 132 effect determination means.

Claims (6)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a game ball entering is a lottery opportunity;
Triggering lottery means for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting winning opening,
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery is variably displayed;
Symbol determining means for determining a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the success / failure lottery;
Special game control means for executing the special game when the result of the success / failure lottery is a win,
A winning symbol storage means for storing as a winning symbol history which one of a plurality of types of winning symbols each time the winning lottery result is a winning symbol,
Select one of a plurality of types of variation patterns in which the process from the variation start of the symbol to the end of variation is determined, and a plurality of types of reference to select the variation pattern each time the special game is executed Fluctuation pattern determination means for determining any one of fluctuation pattern selection criteria according to the determined symbol type,
Each of the plurality of types of variation pattern selection criteria is associated with a plurality of types of variation patterns such that the selection frequency of the selected variation pattern is an individual frequency for each variation pattern selection criterion,
The variation pattern determining means uses the variation pattern selection criteria to be referred to after the end of the special game as a combination of a past winning symbol type up to immediately before being included in the winning symbol history and the determined symbol type. A ball game machine that is selected according to the selection.   Each of the plurality of types of variation pattern selection criteria includes not only the selection frequency, but also a plurality of types of variation patterns so that the frequency of symbol variation display by the selected variation pattern becomes a separate frequency for each variation pattern selection criterion. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein When the determined symbol is a specific type of winning symbol, specific game execution means for shifting to a specific gaming state in which the ease of acquiring a new winning after the special game is more advantageous than the normal state is provided. In addition,
The variation pattern determining means determines whether or not the variation pattern selection criterion to be referred to after the special game is ended depends on the presence or absence of the specific type of winning symbol in the past winning symbol types immediately before being included in the winning symbol history. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is selected. The special game control means executes a unit game of the number of times according to the type of winning symbol as the special game,
The variation pattern determining means is configured to calculate a total number of unit games executed immediately before according to a combination of a past winning symbol type included in the winning symbol history and the determined symbol type. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the variation pattern selection criterion to be calculated and referred to after completion of the special game is selected according to the total number of times. The content of the winning effect to be displayed during the special game period is determined according to the type of the winning symbol, and the variation pattern to be displayed during the variation of the symbol is determined by the variation pattern determining means. It further includes production determining means for determining according to the type of
The effect determining means determines the contents of each effect so as to form a series of stories in which the winning effect and at least one of the fluctuating effects before and after the effect progress and are displayed in a predetermined order. And
The variation pattern determination means is configured to change the variation pattern selection criteria referred to after the end of the special game according to the sequence of the series of stories following the hit effect displayed during the special game. The bullet ball according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the ball is selected according to the type of past winning symbols immediately before being included in the winning symbol history so as to be displayed after the end of the special game. Gaming machine. The content of the winning effect to be displayed during the special game period is determined according to the type of the winning symbol, and the variation pattern to be displayed during the variation of the symbol is determined by the variation pattern determining means. It further includes production determining means for determining according to the type of
In the case where the type of winning symbol is the specific type of winning symbol, the effect determining means is configured to cause the winning effect and the fluctuating effect continuous at least before or after the effect to proceed in a predetermined order. By determining the content of each production so as to form a series of stories that are displayed, the production of the story is continued in accordance with the continuation of the specific gaming state,
The variation pattern determining means, when the type of the previous winning symbol immediately before being included in the winning symbol history is the specific type of winning symbol, the variation pattern selection reference to be referred to after the special game is ended, The past until immediately before being included in the winning symbol history so that the changing effect of the content according to the order of the series of stories is displayed after the special game is ended following the winning effect displayed during the special game period. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 3, wherein the ball game machine is selected according to the type of winning symbol.

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