JP5791858B2 - Slot machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slot machine such as a coin gaming machine, for example. Specifically, the game can be started by setting a predetermined number of bets for one game, and the display result is derived and displayed on a variable display device that variably displays a plurality of types of identification information each identifiable. The present invention relates to a slot machine in which one game is completed and a winning can be generated according to the display result of the variable display device.

Conventionally, as a slot machine, a touch panel as an operation means that can be operated by a player, and a display as an effect display means for displaying an effect image based on an operation input from the touch panel, an operation input from the touch panel In some cases, a support menu corresponding to the input is displayed on the display (for example, see Patent Document 1). In general, the support menu includes a menu for displaying a winning history such as a so-called big bonus, and a menu for selecting the contents of effects.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-73651

  However, in the conventional slot machine, even if the operation means is operated, information such as a support menu that is not directly related to the progress of the game is only displayed. On the other hand, the player can play the game without operating the operation means. For this reason, in the conventional slot machine, the player cannot be actively operated by the operating means, and the degree of intervention in the game cannot be improved.

  The present invention has been devised in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a slot machine capable of improving the degree of intervention in the game by actively operating the operation means for the player. It is.

Specific examples of means for solving the problems and their effects

(1) A predetermined number of bets (1 to 3) are set for one game (by inserting a medal or operating one BET switch 5 and MAXBET switch 6), the game can be started and each can be identified. A variable display device (mainly a variable display of multiple types of identification information (“red 7”, “white 7”, “BAR”, “watermelon”, “bell”, “cherry”, “JAC”, etc.)) A slot machine (slot machine 1) in which one game is ended by deriving a display result to the reel unit 2) and a winning can be generated according to the display result of the variable display device,
Favorable special game state (big bonus, regular bonus) for Yu technique's and acceptable means to allow the transition to,
Predetermined operation detecting means for detecting a predetermined operation for starting the game;
A touch panel composed of staging operation detection means (light emitting devices 44a and 44b, light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and a coordinate address calculation circuit 130) for detecting staging operations (touch operation, pressing operation) having a plurality of different operation modes. , Push-type switch, S101),
No rows possible operations produce detected by prior Symbol the presentation for operation detecting means to the two or more predetermined number of times the effect for operation, direction outcome (e.g., FIG. 12 (d), the FIG. 13 (d), the FIG. 14 (d) , (F), FIG. 15 (f), FIG. 16 (d), FIG. 18 (d), FIG. 23 (s), (t), etc.) producing means (liquid crystal display 41, speakers 42a, 42b, Production effect lamp 43),
The means for causing the operation means to execute the operation effect, and the operation mode of the operation for the effect every time the operation for the effect is detected by the effect operation detecting means within the period in which the operation effect is being executed. Production control means (production control microcomputer 120, display control circuit 127) for deriving different production results depending on
The production control means includes
The operation effect executed after the start of one game can be continuously executed after the end of the one game, and the predetermined operation detection means performs the operation after the end of the one game. When a predetermined operation is detected, the operation effect is terminated,
An operation mode for deriving a specific display mode indicating the transition to the special gaming state within a period in which the operation effect is executed when the transition to the special gaming state is permitted by the permission unit. for that effect when said sometimes effect operation has been detected the to derive a specific display mode as the direction outcome, the presentation operation has not been detected by the previous SL for effect operation detecting means by the effect-use operation detecting means The specific display mode derived when the production operation is detected without performing the same control as when the operation is detected is not derived.
According to such a configuration, when a production operation is detected , a specific display mode indicating the transition to the special gaming state is derived as a production result. Therefore, the player, in order to attempt to to derive a specific display mode, performs an operation for actively directing. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.

(2) The permission means allows a transition to any one of the special game states determined in advance (“RB (1)” and “RB (2)” “BB (1)” and “BB (2)”, which are separately drawn internally, are randomly drawn according to the combination of each symbol, and different types of special prizes have different operation procedures for winning. Even if it is determined to be won by lottery (winning decision), if the operating procedure is different, no winning will occur, but the winning decision will be carried over after the next game).
The presentation control means, said specific display indicating (which do any of the "red 7" or "white 7" or "BAR") type of the special game state that is Rimoto volume by the permissible means A mode (a corresponding symbol image, an image related to the symbol) is derived as the effect result (see FIG. 16, FIG. 23, etc.).

According to such a configuration, the effect result is derived when the effect operation is detected. Therefore, the player, to try to obtain a specific display mode indicated by the special game state that is Rimoto volume by the permissible means performs more aggressively for effect operation. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be further improved.

( 3 ) The production operation detecting means detects an operation on a predetermined area (area surrounded by the light emitting devices 44a and 44b and the light receiving devices 45a and 45b), and identifies a position where the operation is performed ( Light emitting devices 44a and 44b, light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and a coordinate address calculation circuit 130).

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to detect various operations and specify the operated position. For this reason, it is possible to cause the production means to produce effects corresponding to each complicated operation.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the slot machine 1 is shown as an example of a gaming machine, but the present invention is not limited to the slot machine 1, and a game can be started by setting a predetermined number of bets for one game, and each is identified. If a display result is derived and displayed on a variable display device that variably displays a plurality of possible types of identification information, one game is completed, and a winning can be generated according to the display result of the variable display device Any slot machine can be used.

[First Embodiment]
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the overall structure of the slot machine 1 in the present embodiment. The slot machine 1 includes a housing (not shown) whose front is closed, and a front door pivotally supported on a side end of the housing.

  The front door of the slot machine 1 can be opened by inserting a key into a locking device (not shown) and turning it clockwise. A main reel unit 2 serving as a variable display device including a plurality of main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R having a plurality of types of symbols arranged on the outer periphery is provided in the upper interior of the casing of the slot machine 1. As shown in FIG. 1, these main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are arranged in a horizontal direction so that three consecutive symbols out of the symbols arranged on the outer periphery can be seen from the see-through window 3 provided on the front door. It is installed.

  On the outer periphery of each of the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R, there are a plurality of types that can be distinguished from each other such as “red 7”, “white 7”, “BAR”, “JAC”, “watermelon”, “cherry”, “bell”. The symbols (determination symbols) are arranged in a predetermined order. The symbols arranged on the outer periphery of each of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are displayed in the upper, middle, and lower three stages in the see-through window 3. The main reel unit 2 is provided with main reel sensors 23L, 23C, and 23R (see FIG. 3) that detect the reference positions of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, respectively.

  The main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R shown in FIG. 1 are rotationally driven by main reel motors 30L, 30C, and 30R (see FIG. 3) that are provided correspondingly. By rotating the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, the symbols of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are continuously displayed on the see-through window 3, and the rotations of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are performed. By stopping the operation, three consecutive symbols are derived and displayed on the fluoroscopic window 3 as display results.

  In the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, a total of five effective lines including the upper, middle, and lower three lines L1 to L3 and the diagonal two lines L4 and L5 can be set. When in the normal gaming state, an active line is set according to the number of bets. If the bet number is 1, the middle line L1 is set, and if the bet number is 2, the upper, middle, and lower three lines L1 to L3 are If the bet number is 3, upper, middle and lower three lines L1 to L3 and diagonal two lines L4 and L5 are set as active lines. During the regular bonus described later, only one middle line is set as an active line. In a small bonus game with a big bonus, which will be described later, regardless of the number of bets, upper, middle, and lower three lines L1 to L3 and diagonal two lines L4 and L5 are set as active lines. A winning will be awarded if the symbol pattern is aligned on any of the lines L1 to L5 set as the effective line. The types of winning combinations are determined according to the gaming status, but can be broadly divided into small roles with medal payout or credit addition, and the next game starts without the need to set the number of bets. There are re-playing roles that are possible, and special roles that involve a transition of the gaming state. Hereinafter, the small role and the re-playing role are collectively referred to as a general role.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a winning combination table by gaming state. The winning combination table by gaming state is data that defines valid winning combinations for each gaming state. The winning combination table according to gaming state is used to identify effective winning combinations to be determined in the internal lottery for each gaming state. The game state winning combination table is stored in advance in the ROM 113 mounted on the game control microcomputer 110. The winning combination of the slot machine 1 is shown in the “combination” column of the winning combination table according to gaming state. Further, the “combination of symbols” column shows a combination of symbols for generating a winning by the winning combination. In the “gaming state” column, the gaming state in which the winning combination is valid is indicated by ○ (valid) and x (invalid). Furthermore, the “payout” column shows the number of medals to be paid out when a winning occurs in the small role game and the number of medals to be paid out when a winning occurs in a game other than the small role game. Yes.

  In this slot machine 1, the winning combinations include special bonuses such as Big Bonus (1), Big Bonus (2), Regular Bonus (1), Regular Bonus (2), JACIN, and JAC, Cherry, Watermelon and Bell as small roles. However, replays are defined as replay players. However, in FIG. 2, “Regular Bonus” is labeled “RB”, and “Big Bonus” is labeled “BB”.

  It should be noted that “RB (1)” and “RB (2)” shown in FIG. 2 are both regular bonus winning combinations, and the combination of symbols for generating a winning by the regular bonus winning combination is also the same. However, in order to be individually drawn by the internal lottery, they are individually defined in the winning combination table according to gaming state.

  In addition, “BB (1)” and “BB (2)” are both big bonus winning combinations, but two types of symbol combinations that generate a winning by the big bonus winning combination are defined. In addition, in order to be internally drawn for each combination of symbols, each winning combination table by gaming state is defined separately.

  When a special combination of regular bonuses (1), (2), or JACIN wins, the game state is controlled to the regular bonus. Further, when a special bonus of either big bonus (1) or (2) wins, the game state is controlled to the big bonus.

  In the regular bonus game state, JAC, cherry, watermelon, and bell, which are small roles, are determined as winning combinations. Therefore, in the regular bonus, only these small combinations are subject to internal lottery.

  In the small bonus game described later of the big bonus, the small bonuses such as cherry, watermelon and bell, the special bonus regular bonus (2), and JACIN are determined as winning roles. Accordingly, in the big bonus small role game, only these winning combinations are subject to internal lottery.

  In the normal game state that is not controlled by the regular bonus or big bonus, the small role cherry, watermelon and bell, replay role replay, special role big bonus (1), big bonus (2), regular bonus (1) is defined as the winning role. In the present embodiment, in the regular bonus game state, JAC is determined as a winning small role in addition to cherry, watermelon and bell. However, in the regular bonus game state, the small bonus game and the normal As in the gaming state, only cherry, watermelon, and bell may be determined as small winning combinations.

  In the normal gaming state, when three “red 7” or “white 7” are arranged on any active line, a big bonus is won and the gaming state shifts to the big bonus. In the big bonus, a game called a small role game can be played. In this small role game, “JAC” is arranged on the active line with a relatively high probability (JACIN winning). When JACIN wins, a regular bonus (JAC game) is provided.

  The big bonus (1) is awarded when the combination of “red 7-red 7-red 7” is aligned with any of the active lines in the normal gaming state, and the big bonus (2) is the active line in the normal gaming state. When a combination of “white 7-white 7-white 7” is arranged in any of the above, a prize is awarded. When winning the big bonus (1) or the big bonus (2), the gaming state shifts from the normal gaming state to the big bonus. In the big bonus, a game called a small role game can be played. The big bonus ends when the total number of medals paid out to the player in the big bonus becomes equal to or greater than the prescribed number (466 in the present embodiment). When there is no need to distinguish between the big bonus (1) and the big bonus (2), the big bonus (1) and the big bonus (2) may be simply referred to as “big bonus”.

  The regular bonus (1) is awarded when a combination of “BAR-BAR-BAR” is aligned on any of the active lines in the normal gaming state, and the regular bonus (2) is any of the active lines in the small role game. Is awarded when the combination of “BAR-BAR-BAR” is complete. When the regular bonus (1) or the regular bonus (2) is won, the gaming state is changed to the normal gaming state or the small role game and to the regular bonus. The regular bonus ends when 12 games have been consumed or when 8 games have been won (any kind of combination is acceptable), whichever comes first. When the total number of medals paid out to the player during the big bonus is equal to or greater than the prescribed number, the regular bonus is terminated together with the big bonus. When there is no need to distinguish between the regular bonus (1) and the regular bonus (2), the regular bonus (1) and the regular bonus (2) may be simply referred to as “regular bonus”. Further, the big bonus (1), the big bonus (2), the regular bonus (1), and the regular bonus (2) may be collectively referred to simply as “bonus”.

  JACIN wins when a combination of “Watermelon-JAC-JAC” is available on any of the active lines in the small role game. However, in a game state other than the small role game, JACIN wins even if this combination is available. Not. When winning JACIN, the regular bonus described above is provided during the big bonus. When the total number of medals paid out to the player during the big bonus is equal to or greater than the prescribed number, the regular bonus is terminated together with the big bonus.

  The big bonus (1), big bonus (2), regular bonus (1), regular bonus (2), and winning in JACIN are not eligible for payout of medals.

  JAC is awarded when the combination of “Bell-JAC-JAC” is aligned on the active line in the regular bonus. However, in a gaming state other than the regular bonus, even if this combination is aligned, JAC is not awarded. Cherry is awarded when the combination of “cherry-cherry-cherry” is aligned on any of the active lines in any gaming state. A watermelon is awarded when a combination of “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” is arranged on any of the active lines in any gaming state. A bell is awarded when a combination of “bell-bell-bell” is arranged on any of the active lines in any gaming state. When winning a cherry or watermelon, 8 medals are paid out in any gaming state, but when winning a bell, 8 medals are paid out in a gaming state other than the regular bonus. In the case of a regular bonus, 15 medals are paid out.

  Replay is awarded when a combination of “JAC-JAC-JAC” is placed on any of the active lines in the normal gaming state, but this combination is used for regular bonuses and big bonuses (small role games and regular bonuses). Even if they are complete, they will not win. When winning a replay, there is no payout of medals, but the next game can be started without setting the number of bets again, so the number of bets that became unnecessary in the next game (Because the regular bonus does not require a replay, it is always 3) This is substantially the same as paying out three medals corresponding to.

  Returning to FIG. 1, a liquid crystal display 41 is provided below the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R. In the display area of the liquid crystal display 41, an effect display for causing a plurality of types of character images to appear is performed. The display area of the liquid crystal display 41 includes a left fluctuation area 41L, a middle fluctuation area 41C, and a right fluctuation area 41R that can display a plurality of types of symbols that can be distinguished from each other.

  In each of the variable areas 41L, 41C, 41R, a plurality of types of symbols (effects that can be distinguished from each other) such as “red 7”, “white 7”, “BAR”, “JAC”, “watermelon”, “cherry”, “bell”. A scroll effect is performed in which the symbols are continuously changed in a predetermined order and displayed in a predetermined order, and a stop effect is provided in which the fluctuation is stopped and the display result is derived. Further, in the display area of the liquid crystal display 41, a predetermined effect (see FIG. 6) including a character effect for displaying a predetermined character or the like is further performed.

  The liquid crystal display 41 is controlled by an effect control microcomputer 120 (see FIG. 3) and a display control circuit 127 (see FIG. 3). Control processing is performed by the effect control microcomputer 120 and the display control circuit 127, whereby the above-described scroll effect, stop effect, and predetermined effect are performed on the liquid crystal display 41.

  As in the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, a total of five effective lines including the upper, middle, and lower three lines Ls1 to Ls3 and the diagonal two lines Ls4 and Ls5 are set in each of the variable regions 41L, 41C, and 41R. Can do. The effective line set in each of the fluctuation areas 41L, 41C, 41R is referred to as a winning line for production. As the effect winning line, lines corresponding to the lines L1 to L5 that are set to be effective in the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are set to be effective.

  In the present embodiment, the number of symbols arranged on the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R is set to be smaller than the number of symbols displayed on the variable regions 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41. Yes. Further, the symbols of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are formed smaller than the symbols displayed on the variable regions 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, the display areas of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are formed smaller than the variable areas 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41. That is, in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the display results of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are difficult to see compared to the display results of the variable regions 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41. .

  On the front side (front side in FIG. 1) of the liquid crystal display 41, an instruction (for example, a touch operation) from the player on the display surface is detected, and the position (for example, the position where the touch operation is performed) is specified. Light-emitting devices 44a and 44b (see FIG. 3) and light-receiving devices 45a and 45b (see FIG. 3) are installed. The light emitting devices 44a and 44b include a plurality of infrared light emitting elements (for example, LEDs). The light receiving devices 45a and 45b include a plurality of infrared light receiving elements (for example, phototransistors). The light emitting devices 44a and 44b and the light receiving devices 45a and 45b are electrically connected to a coordinate address calculation circuit 130 (see FIG. 3) mounted on the effect control board 102, respectively.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an installation state of the light emitting devices 44a and 44b and the light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and FIG. 4A is a front view of a proximity portion where the liquid crystal display 41 is installed. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV shown in FIG.

  The light emitting device 44a and the light receiving device 45a are installed in pairs in the horizontal direction across the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 (see the dotted line in FIG. 4A). The light emitting device 44a and the light receiving device 45a are installed so that infrared rays emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements provided in the light emitting device 44a can be received by the plurality of light receiving elements provided in the light receiving device 45a. Similarly, the light emitting device 44b and the light receiving device 45b are installed in pairs in the vertical direction across the display area of the liquid crystal display 41 (see the dotted line in FIG. 4B). The light emitting device 44b and the light receiving device 45b are installed so that infrared rays radiated from the plurality of light emitting elements provided in the light emitting device 44b can be received by the plurality of light receiving elements provided in the light receiving device 45b.

  In the present embodiment, an infrared grid is formed along the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 by emitting infrared rays from the light emitting devices 44 a and 44 b. When the player performs a touch operation on the display surface, the light receiving devices 45a and 45b detect infrared light shielding, and output a signal for specifying the position where the detected light receiving element is disposed. To the coordinate address calculation circuit 130. The coordinate address calculation circuit 130 performs a process of specifying the position where the touch operation is performed on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 based on the signals from the light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and the specified position information is used in the effect control microcomputer. 120. As a result, the production control microcomputer 120 can identify the touch-operated position based on the position information from the coordinate address calculation circuit 130. As described above, in the present embodiment, a touch panel is formed on the front side of the liquid crystal display 41. In the present embodiment, the light emitting devices 44a and 44b, the light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and the coordinate address calculation circuit 130 described above form a touch panel as a production operation detecting means. In the present embodiment, a touch panel will be described as an example of the production operation detection means. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any operation from the player, such as a push switch that detects a push operation, can be detected. Any thing is acceptable.

  The light emitting devices 44a and 44b constituting the touch panel are installed on the left side and the lower side of the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41, and the light receiving devices 45a and 45b are installed on the right side and the upper side of the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41. The touch panel can detect a touch operation in an area surrounded by the light emitting devices 44a and 44b and the light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and can specify a position where the touch operation is performed.

  Returning to FIG. 1, a medal insertion slot 4, a single BET button 5, a MAXBET button 6, and a checkout button 7 are provided on a horizontal surface of a trapezoidal portion provided below the liquid crystal display 41. The single BET button 5 and the MAX BET button 6 are internally provided with a BET valid LED 21 that is turned on when a bet amount can be set from credits (maximum 50) accumulated as data.

  The medal insertion slot 4 is used by the player to insert a medal from here. When the insertion request LED 18 (see FIG. 3) is lit, the insertion of the medal is detected by the insertion medal sensor 24 (see FIG. 3). Then, the number of bets is set or credits are accumulated as data.

  The single BET button 5 and the MAX BET button 6 are buttons operated by the player when setting the number of bets (1 and 3 respectively) from the credits stored as data. When it is detected by the single BET switch 25 (see FIG. 3) or the MAXBET switch 26 (see FIG. 3), the bet amount from the credit is set. The settlement button 7 is a button for instructing the payout of credits. When an operation is detected by the settlement switch 27 (see FIG. 3), medals corresponding to the credits accumulated as data are paid out.

  A start lever 8 and stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R are provided on the vertical surface of the base-like portion of the front door. The start lever 8 is operated by the player when starting the game. When the operation is detected by the start switch 28 (see FIG. 3), the main reel motors 30L, 30C, 30R are started to be driven. The reels 2L, 2C, and 2R start to rotate. In the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment, as the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R rotate, the variation of symbols is also started in the variation regions 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41.

  The stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are buttons that the player operates to stop the rotation of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R at a desired timing, respectively, and the operations are the stop switches 29L, 29C, and 29R (see FIG. 3). ), The rotation of the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R is stopped. In the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the rotation of one of the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R is stopped and the display result is derived. The fluctuation region of the corresponding liquid crystal display 41 also stops changing, and the display result is derived. That is, the variable regions 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41 operate in conjunction with the corresponding main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, respectively. It is indicated to the player that the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R can be operated by turning on the stop effective LEDs 22L, 22C, and 22R provided therein.

  Then, when all the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R are stopped, one game is finished, and a combination of symbols predetermined in any of the valid pay lines is set to each main reel 2L, 2C, When the 2R display result is stopped, a prize is generated.

  Further, when the winning symbol combination is derived to any one of the lines L1 to L5 as the display result of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, it is set in each of the variable areas 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41. A combination of effect winning symbols corresponding to the combination of winning symbols derived to the lines L1 to L5 of the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R is derived to any of the effect winning pay lines Ls1 to Ls5, and the main When no combination of winning symbols is derived to the lines L1 to L5 as the display results of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, the effect winning line Ls1 is displayed in each of the variable areas 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41. A combination of winning winning symbols is not derived for any of Ls5. That is, a display result corresponding to the display result derived to the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R is derived as the display result derived to the variable regions 41L, 41C, 41R of the liquid crystal display 41.

  For example, when the combination of “red 7-red 7-red 7” is aligned on any of the lines L1 to L5 as the display result of the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R in the normal gaming state, the effect of the liquid crystal display 41 A combination of “red 7-red 7-red 7” corresponding to a combination of “red 7-red 7-red 7” is arranged in any of the pay lines Ls1 to Ls5.

  In the present embodiment, a special effect image is displayed without displaying a symbol on the liquid crystal display 41 when, for example, BB and RB winning, during BB and RB, and when a special effect is selected and executed. Is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the game operation detection means is constituted by at least one of the one-BET button 5, the MAXBET button 6, the start lever 8, the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R and the like described above.

  At the lower part of the front door, a medal payout opening 10 is provided. The medal payout opening 10 is for discharging the medals paid out by the hopper 51 (see FIG. 3) to the outside.

  Further, on the left side of the see-through window 3, a credit display 11, a game auxiliary display 12, and a payout display 13 are provided. The credit display 11, the game auxiliary display 12, and the payout display 13 are each configured by a 7-segment dot matrix or the like. The credit indicator 11 displays the number of credits accumulated as data according to the number of inserted medals and the number of paid out coins as will be described later. The game auxiliary display 12 displays the number of games in the big bonus and the regular bonus, the value of a counter for counting the number of winnings, and an error code indicating the contents when an error occurs. The payout display 13 displays the number of medals to be paid out when a small winning combination is established.

  On the right side of the game auxiliary indicator 12, 1 BETLED 14, 2 BETLED 15, and 3 BETLED 16 are provided. The 1 to 3 BETLEDs 14 to 16 notify the player of the effective line in each game by being turned on corresponding to the active line. In addition, the 1 to 3 BETLEDs 14 to 16 notify the player of the effective line that has won the winning combination described later by being in a blinking state when the winning combination to be described later is made.

  On the right side of the credit indicator 11, an insertion request LED 17 and a start valid LED 18 are provided. The insertion request LED 17 indicates that a medal can be inserted by turning on. The start valid LED 18 is lit to indicate that the start can be started, that is, the operation of the start lever 8 can be accepted.

  On the right side of the payout display 13, an LED 19 during waiting and an LED 20 during replay are provided. The LED 19 during waiting indicates that a weight is applied by being turned on. The LED 20 during replay indicates that a replay prize has been won by turning on.

  Speakers 42a and 42b are provided on the left and right sides of the reel unit. The speakers 42a and 42b output sound effects when a winning occurs, an alarm sound at the time of abnormality, and other sound effects for various effects according to the gaming state.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control circuit of the slot machine 1 in the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the control circuit of the slot machine 1 includes a power supply board 100, a game control board 101, an effect control board 102, and the like.

  The power supply board 100 transforms an external power supply voltage of AC 100 V and supplies operating power to the game control board 101 and other parts of the slot machine 1. In FIG. 3, it is shown that it is connected only to the game control board 101, but the power supply board 100 also supplies power to other units. A hopper 51 and a setting switch 52 are connected to the power supply substrate 100.

  The hopper 51 is provided inside the slot machine 1 and includes a hopper motor that performs a medal payout operation and a payout sensor that detects a medal payout.

  The setting switch 52 is provided inside the slot machine 1, sets a winning probability in an internal lottery process to be described later, and sets a medal payout rate calculated based on the winning probability (setting 1 to setting 6). The detection signal of the setting switch 52 is sent to the game control board 101.

  The game control board 101 is a main control board that controls the overall flow of the game in the slot machine 1, and is equipped with a game control microcomputer 110 including a CPU 111, a RAM 112, a ROM 113, and an I / O port 114. ing. The game control board 101 also includes circuits such as a random number generation circuit 115, a sampling circuit 116, a motor drive circuit 117, an LED drive circuit 118, and a switch detection circuit 119.

  The CPU 111 has a timekeeping function and a timer interrupt function, executes a program stored in the ROM 113 to perform processing related to the progress of the game, and directly or indirectly controls each part of the control circuit in the slot machine 1. To do.

  The RAM 112 is used as a work area when the CPU 111 executes a program. The ROM 113 stores programs executed by the CPU 111 and fixed data. The I / O port 114 inputs and outputs control signals to and from each circuit connected to the game control board 101. The CPU 111 transmits various effect control commands to the effect control board 102 via the I / O port 114.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of the effect control command used in the present embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the BET command is a command that can specify the number of medals inserted, that is, the number of medals used for setting the number of bets, and when a medal is inserted, one BET button 5 or the MAX BET button 6 is operated. Sent when the bet amount is set.

  The internal winning command is a command that can specify the winning situation indicating the state of the winning flag and the type of the winning flag that has been established, and is transmitted when the start lever 8 is operated to start the game. The reel rotation start command is a command for notifying the start of rotation of the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R, and is transmitted when the rotation of the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R is started. The reel rotation stop command is a command that can specify whether the main reel to be stopped is the main reel 2L, 2C, or 2R, and the stop pattern of the corresponding main reel, and stop the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R. Sent every time control is performed.

  The winning determination command is a command that can specify the presence / absence of winning, the type of winning, and the number of medals to be paid out when winning, and is transmitted after all main reels are stopped and the winning determination is performed. The payout start command is a command for notifying the start of payout of medals, and is transmitted when the payout of medals is started by paying out a prize or credit (including medals used for setting the number of bets).

  The payout end command is a command for notifying the end of payout of medals, and is transmitted when the payout of medals by winning and winning a credit is completed. The game state command is a command that can specify the game state of the next game (normal game state, big bonus, regular bonus, etc.), and is transmitted at the end of the game.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the random number generation circuit 115 is configured by a counter that counts up and updates the value every time the system clock generates a predetermined number of pulses, for example. The sampling circuit 116 is counted by the random number generation circuit 115. Get the numerical value. The random number generation circuit 115 is provided for each type of random number used for the progress of the game, and a range of numerical values to be counted for each type of random number is determined. The CPU 111 obtains a numerical value indicated by the random number generation circuit 115 as a random number by sending an instruction to the sampling circuit 116 according to the processing. In the present embodiment, a random value MR for internal lottery is used on the game control board 101 side. The random number value MR for internal lottery is a random value used in the internal lottery for determining whether or not a winning for each combination is permitted.

  In the present embodiment, the RAM 112 is provided with, for example, a small role winning flag, a replay winning flag, a JACIN winning flag, a big bonus winning flag, a big bonus winning flag, a regular bonus winning flag, a regular bonus winning flag, and the like.

  The small role winning flag is set to an on state when it is determined in the internal lottery process to be described later that a winning for a small role is permitted, and is cleared to an off state at the end of the game set to the on state. It becomes. The replay winning flag is set to an on state when it is determined in the internal lottery processing that a winning for replay is permitted, and is cleared after the game set to the on state is ended to an off state.

  The JACIN winning flag is set to an on state when it is determined in the internal lottery process that a winning to JACIN is permitted, and is cleared after the game set to the on state is ended to an off state.

  The big bonus winning flag is set to an on state when it is determined in the internal lottery process that the winning of the big bonus is permitted, and cleared when the big bonus is won. The regular bonus winning flag is set to the on state when it is determined in the internal lottery process that the regular bonus is permitted, and is cleared to the off state when the regular bonus is won.

  As described above, the small role winning flag, the replay winning flag, and the JACIN flag are cleared at the end of each game and are not carried over after the next game. However, the big bonus winning flag and the regular bonus winning flag are If you don't win a prize at, it will be carried over after the next game. That is, when the pre-decision unit has decided to allow the generation of a special prize but the special prize has not occurred, the slot machine 1 carries on the decision from the next game until the special prize is generated. Has a decision carryover means.

  When the big bonus winning flag and the regular bonus winning flag are set to the on state, if the small role winning flag and the replay winning flag are set to the on state in duplicate, the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R For the stop control, a small combination or a re-playing combination is given priority. Further, when the big bonus winning flag or the regular bonus winning flag is set to the on state from the previous game, the big bonus or the regular bonus is not further won.

  The big bonus medium flag is set to the on state while the gaming state is in the big bonus, and the regular bonus medium flag is set to the on state while the gaming state is in the regular bonus.

  In the present embodiment, the ROM 113 is provided with a role-by-function table. In the role-specific table, the number of determination values determined for the target character of the internal lottery and the number of medals to be paid out when winning each winning combination are registered.

  Main reel motors 30L, 30C, 30R are connected to the motor drive circuit 117, and the CPU 111 controls the main reel motors 30L, 30C, 30R to stop the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R.

  That is, when a start signal from the start switch 28 indicating that the start lever 8 has been operated is input, the CPU 111 drives the main reel motors 30L, 30C, 30R via the motor drive circuit 117, and The main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R start to rotate all at once. When a stop signal is input from any one of the stop switches 29L, 29C, and 29R indicating that the stop button has been operated, the CPU 111 performs stop control for stopping the rotating reel corresponding to the switch. As a result, the reels stop from when the stop signal is detected by the CPU 111 until a predetermined number of symbols are sent by the reels subject to stop control. The specified number, that is, the number of symbols sent by the stop control from the time when the stop signal is detected is, for example, 0 to 4. Therefore, the symbol to be stopped is any one from the symbol displayed at the time when the stop signal is detected to the symbol four symbols ahead. This symbol range (five symbols in the reel arrangement) is referred to as “retractable range”. Which symbols within the drawable range are to be stopped is determined by the result of an internal lottery process performed by the CPU 111 for each winning combination before the start of one game.

  The LED driving circuit 118 includes a credit indicator 11, a game auxiliary indicator 12, a payout indicator 13, 1 to 3 BET LEDs 14 to 16, an insertion request LED 17, a start valid LED 18, a waiting LED 19, a replaying LED 20, a BET valid LED 21, and Stop valid LEDs 22L, 22C, and 22R are connected, and the CPU 111 controls these operations according to the progress of the game.

  Connected to the switch detection circuit 119 are main reel sensors 23L, 23C, 23R, inserted medal sensor 24, single-sheet BET switch 25, MAXBET switch 26, checkout switch 27, stop switches 29L, 29C, 29R. Detection signals of switches / sensors are input. The CPU 111 performs various processes according to the detection signals of these switches / sensors input via the I / O port 114.

  The effect control board 102 is a sub-side control board that controls the execution of effects in the slot machine 1 and includes an effect control microcomputer 120 including a ROM 123, a RAM 122, a CPU 121, and an I / O port 124. The effect control board 102 also includes circuits such as a random number generation circuit 125, a sampling circuit 126, a display control circuit 127, an audio control circuit 128, a lamp control circuit 129, and a coordinate address calculation circuit 130 that constitutes a touch panel. . Further, the effect control board 102 includes a liquid crystal display 41 as an effect means, speakers 42a and 42b, an effect effect lamp 43, and light emitting devices 44a and 44b constituting a touch panel as an effect operation detecting means, and a light receiving device. 45a and 45b are connected.

  The CPU 121 executes a program stored in the ROM 123, performs a process related to the execution of the effect, and controls each circuit in the effect control board 102 and each circuit connected thereto. The CPU 121 also has a timing function similar to the CPU 111. The execution of the effect is performed based on the effect control command received from the game control board 101 via the I / O port 124. The RAM 122 is used as a work area when the CPU 121 executes a program. Specifically, the RAM 122 stores a corresponding winning flag, winning flag, and the like based on the effect control command from the game control microcomputer 110. The ROM 123 stores programs executed by the CPU 121 and fixed data. Control signals are input / output between the I / O port 124 and each circuit connected to the effect control board 102.

  Further, the CPU 121 obtains the value counted by the random number generation circuit 125 by the sampling circuit 126, thereby forming a hardware random number function similar to that of the game control board 101. In the present embodiment, a random number SR for effect selection is used on the effect control board 102 side. The random number SR for effect selection is used to select the content of the effect, and takes a value in the range of “0” to “99”, for example.

  Further, the CPU 121 temporarily stores the position information from the coordinate address calculation circuit 130 in the RAM 122, and based on the stored position information, the liquid crystal display 41, the speakers 42a and 42b, and the effect effect lamp 43 (hereinafter referred to as the effect effect lamp 43). An effect control process for causing the liquid crystal display 41 or the like to produce an effect as described later is executed.

  Next, a configuration example of the display control circuit 127 will be described. The display control circuit 127 according to this embodiment includes a video display processor (VDP), a video ROM, and a VRAM (Video Ram).

  When the CPU 121 described above receives an effect control command from the game control board 101, the CPU 121 reads out control data for effect control from the ROM 123 while using the RAM 122 as a work area. Based on the read effect control data, the CPU 121 displays (expands) an image to be displayed (sprite number in the case of a sprite image; a moving image number and a frame number in the case of a moving image) and a development layer, position, size, and transparency (image A drawing command including attributes that are various setting parameters specifying the drawing order, the type of effect to be applied (enlargement / reduction ratio, rotation angle, palette number), and the like, and the display control circuit 127 To VDP.

  The VDP of the display control circuit 127 creates an attribute table used when generating an image based on the drawing command sent from the CPU 121. The VDP of the display control circuit 127 has a display control function for displaying an image and a high-speed drawing function, and has a function of performing processing such as deformation (enlargement / reduction, trimming) and composition of various images in accordance with attribute table data. Have. Further, the VDP of the display control circuit 127 has a function of expanding the compressed moving image data.

  The VRAM of the display control circuit 127 is a frame buffer memory for developing image data when the VDP of the display control circuit 127 generates an image. The VDP of the display control circuit 127 creates an attribute table based on the drawing command transmitted from the CPU 121, reads necessary image data from the video ROM of the display control circuit 127, and in the VRAM of the display control circuit 127 as a drawing area. Image data for display corresponding to the state of the slot machine 1 is generated, and the image data is temporarily stored in the frame buffer in the VRAM of the display control circuit 127.

  Data stored in the attribute table includes the display position of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display 41, color information, priority on the display screen, enlargement ratio, translucent mixing ratio, and character code.

  The display position is coordinate data for determining at which position on the display surface the selected image data is displayed. Specifically, when the image data is developed on the VRAM of the display control circuit 127. This is data for designating the display coordinates.

  On the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41, there are cases where a plurality of types of images are partially or entirely superimposed and displayed on the VRAM of the display control circuit 127. Which image is to be displayed preferentially during the superposition is determined by the priority order information. The priority order information of the background image in the present embodiment is set lower than the priority order information of the design image so that the design image becomes higher when displayed overlaid on the design image. Further, in the touch part notification effect described later, when the effect is started, the priority information of the specific character image is set lower than the priority information of the smoke screen image serving as the background image, and the touch operation is performed among the specific character images. This is done by changing the priority order information of the image of the part higher than the priority order information of the smoke screen image.

  In the video ROM of the display control circuit 127, for example, a plurality of types of image data of one unit in which pixel data is arranged in a matrix of 0 to 15 × 0 to 15 are stored. A character code is assigned to each 16 × 16 dot data, and the character code is designated and selected by the type information (character code) in the attribute table.

  In the above configuration, the VDP of the display control circuit 127 creates an attribute table based on the drawing command sent from the CPU 121, and the character code of the image data (16 × 16 dot data) corresponding to the display position. The display position of the sprite image is specified. Production control is performed using the attribute data stored in the specified character code. Specifically, the image data is read from the video ROM of the display control circuit 127 and the data is developed on the VRAM of the display control circuit 127. At the time of expansion, the sprite image is mapped on the VRAM of the display control circuit 127 using the coordinate data for specifying the display position stored in the attribute table. If the mapped sprite images overlap, the sprite images set with high priority are displayed with priority based on the priority information.

  Through the above processing, the CPU 121 reads out control data for effect control from the ROM 123, creates a drawing command, and sends it to the VDP of the display control circuit 127. The VDP of the display control circuit 127 stores the image data in the frame buffer in the VRAM of the display control circuit 127 according to the drawing command, and displays 30 images per second (for example, 30 seconds). , 1/30 second) is output to the liquid crystal display 41 and displayed.

  In the present embodiment, ROM 123 stores a plurality of types of effect determination tables, control data for executing effects, and the like. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the effect determination table. As a specific example of the effect determination table, in the present embodiment, the general role effect determination table shown in FIG. 6A and the special role effect determination table shown in FIG. , Stored in the ROM 123. In the present embodiment, as predetermined effects to be performed by the liquid crystal display 41 or the like, a touch request effect A pattern, a touch request effect B pattern, a touch request effect C pattern, a touch request effect D pattern, a temporary stop effect pattern, and a drag It is assumed that a movement effect pattern is prepared.

  The general-combination effect determination table shown in FIG. 6 (a) is referred to when an internal winning command is received to specify that a general combination that is a small combination or replaying combination is won in the internal lottery described above. It is a table. When the table for determining the general role effect is referred to, when the value acquired from the random number SR is “0 to 80”, there is no effect, and when the value is “81 to 85”, the touch request effect A pattern is When it is “86 to 90”, the touch request effect B pattern is “91 to 93”, when the touch request effect C pattern is “94 to 95”, the touch request effect D pattern is “96”. The temporary stop effect pattern is determined as “-97”, and the drag movement effect pattern is determined as the effect to be executed when “98-99”.

  On the other hand, the special role effect determination table shown in FIG. 6B is referred to when an internal winning command is received for specifying that a special bonus that is a big bonus or a regular bonus is won in the internal lottery. It is a table. When the special role effect determination table is referred to, when the value acquired from the random number SR is “0-9”, there is no effect, and when the value is “10-19”, the touch request effect A pattern is The touch request effect B pattern is “20 to 29”, the touch request effect C pattern is “30 to 39”, and the touch request effect D pattern is “60 to 59”. When it is “˜79”, the temporary stop effect pattern is determined as the effect to be executed, and when it is “80-99”, the drag movement effect pattern is determined.

  When any one of the touch request effects A pattern to D pattern is determined, a touch request effect for requesting a touch operation on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 is executed, and the display in which the touch request effect is performed. On the condition that a touch operation has been performed on the display surface in the area, the next-step effects predetermined for each of the touch request effects A pattern to D pattern are executed.

  The ROM 123 has control for executing the touch request effect A pattern, the touch request effect B pattern, the touch request effect C pattern, the touch request effect D pattern, the temporary stop effect pattern, and the drag movement effect pattern described in FIG. Data is stored. Here, the effect contents when the touch request effect A pattern, the touch request effect B pattern, the touch request effect C pattern, the touch request effect D pattern, the temporary stop effect pattern, and the drag movement effect pattern described in FIG. 6 are executed. Will be described.

  7 to 23 show the display state of the liquid crystal display 41, the state of the main reel unit 2 visually recognized from the see-through window 3, and the stop buttons 9L and 9C when the predetermined effect described in FIG. 6 is executed. , 9R is a diagram for explaining the pressed state (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a state).

  7 to 23, the same components as those described in FIG. 1 will be described with the same reference numerals. Further, the state of the main reel unit 2 from which the symbols are derived in FIGS. 7 to 23 indicates a stopped state, and the display state of the liquid crystal display 41 from which the symbols are derived and displayed is a stop effect. It shows the state. In addition, the state of the main reel unit 2 in which the arrow is illustrated indicates a fluctuating state, and the display state of the liquid crystal display 41 in which the arrow is illustrated indicates a state where a scroll effect is being performed. 7 to 23 indicate a state where the white stop button is not pressed in the game, and a black stop button indicates a state where the button is pressed in the game.

[Temporary stop production pattern]
7-9 is a figure for demonstrating a state when a temporary stop effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. Further, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a state when the big bonus of “White 7” is won. On the other hand, FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a state when the big bonus of “White 7” is not won.

  FIG. 7A is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player after the game is started. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. In the left variation area 41L of the liquid crystal display 41, “white 7, watermelon, JAC” is derived and displayed as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  FIG. 7B is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is detected with respect to the middle variation area 41 </ b> C of the liquid crystal display 41. When the player performs a touch operation on the middle change area 41C of the liquid crystal display 41, a temporary stop effect in which “watermelon, JAC, white 7” temporarily stops in the upper, middle, and lower tiers is performed. On the other hand, in the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2, the fluctuation is continuously performed.

  FIG. 7C is a diagram for explaining a state when the touch operation described in FIG. 7B is released. By canceling the touch operation from the player, the scroll effect is resumed in the middle fluctuation region 41 </ b> C of the liquid crystal display 41. In the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2, the fluctuation continues.

  FIG. 7D is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is detected again for the middle variation area 41 </ b> C of the liquid crystal display 41. When the player touches the middle variation area 41C of the liquid crystal display 41, a temporary stop effect is performed in which “white 7, cherry, bell” temporarily stops in the upper, middle, and lower tiers. On the other hand, in the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2, the fluctuation is continuously performed.

  FIG. 7E is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed while the touch operation described in FIG. 7D is performed. FIG. 7F is a diagram for explaining a state when the touch operation is released after the stop button 9C is pressed in FIG. 7E.

  As shown in FIG. 7E, when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “cherry, white 7, BAR” is displayed in the upper, middle, and lower stages. It has been derived as a result. Further, as shown in FIG. 7E, “white 7-white 7” which is a reach on the line L1 is derived and displayed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7 (f), in the middle variation area 41C of the liquid crystal display 41, the symbols that have been temporarily stopped and displayed by the touch operation in FIG. 7 (d) are derived and displayed as they are. Further, as shown in FIG. 7 (f), similarly to the main reel unit 2, “White 7-White 7” which is a reach on the effect pay line Ls 2 is derived and displayed. Hereinafter, the case where the “White 7” big bonus is won will be described with reference to FIG. 8, and the case where the “White 7” big bonus has not been won will be described with reference to FIG.

  Next, the case where the big bonus of “White 7” is won when the game is started, which is a continuation of the game described in FIG. FIG. 8G is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is detected with respect to the right variation area 41 </ b> R of the liquid crystal display 41. When the player touches the right change area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41, a temporary stop effect in which “White 7, BAR, Bell” is temporarily stopped is performed in the upper, middle, and lower tiers. The combination of winning symbols “White 7” is derived and displayed. On the other hand, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is continuously changed.

  FIG. 8H is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed while the touch operation described in FIG. 8G is performed. FIG. 8 (i) is a diagram for explaining a state when the touch operation is released after the stop button 9R is pressed in FIG. 8 (h).

  As shown in FIG. 8 (h), when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “JAC, white 7, watermelon” is displayed in the upper, middle and lower stages. It has been derived as a result. Also, as shown in FIG. 8 (h), a winning symbol combination of “white 7” is derived on the line L1.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8 (h), in the right variation area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41, the symbols that have been temporarily stopped and displayed by touch operation in FIG. 8 (g) are derived and displayed as they are. Further, as shown in FIG. 8 (i), even after the touch operation is released, the combination of the winning symbols “White 7” is derived and displayed on the effect winning line Ls2, as in the case of the main reel unit 2. ing.

  Next, a case will be described that is a continuation of the game described with reference to FIG. 7 and that the big bonus of “White 7” has not been won when the game is started. FIG. 9G is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is detected with respect to the right variation area 41 </ b> R of the liquid crystal display 41. When the player touches the right change area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41, a temporary stop effect in which “White 7, BAR, Bell” is temporarily stopped is performed in the upper, middle, and lower tiers. The combination of winning symbols “White 7” is derived and displayed. On the other hand, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is continuously changed.

  FIG. 9H is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed while the touch operation described in FIG. 9G is performed. FIG. 9 (i) is a diagram for explaining a state when the display result is confirmed in FIG. 9 (h).

  As shown in FIG. 9 (h), when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, JAC, white 7” is displayed on the upper, middle, and lower stages. As a result, the display result of the off symbol is derived.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9 (h), in the right variation area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41, the symbol temporarily displayed by touching in FIG. 9 (g) is variably displayed downward. Production is being performed. Further, as shown in FIG. 9 (i), “watermelon, white 7, BAR”, which has changed by one symbol from the state of FIG. 9 (g), is derived in the upper, middle and lower stages of the right changing region 41R of the liquid crystal display 41. Similar to the main reel unit 2, the display result of the off symbol is derived and displayed.

  As described above, when the temporary stop effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect, the change display of the symbols is stopped by temporarily touching the change areas 41L, 41C, 41R during the scroll effect, and temporarily stopped. The temporary stop effect to be displayed is performed. In addition, even if a winning combination is derived and displayed in the change areas 41L, 41C, and 41R by operating the touch operation and the stop button is operated, the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning situation is derived and displayed as a final display result. The

  Thus, when the temporary stop effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect, the player presses the stop button corresponding to the change area when the target operation can be temporarily stopped and displayed. By repeating the operation, the winning situation that the player who does not perform the touch operation cannot recognize can be recognized from the display result derived and displayed in the variable areas 41L, 41C, 41R. Therefore, even if a symbol out of the display result in the main reel unit 2 is derived, the temporary stop effect is repeatedly performed, and the big bonus winning symbol or the regular bonus winning symbol is derived and displayed as the display result in the variable areas 41L, 41C, 41R. In this case, the player can recognize that the big bonus or the regular bonus is won from the display results derived and displayed in the variable areas 41L, 41C, 41R. In this way, by performing “notification of winning prizes such as big bonus and regular bonus won by internal lottery”, the amount of game value (medal) consumed by the player before winning the winning prize is won. Can be reduced. In addition, the player can be reassured psychologically by performing “notification of winning a winning combination such as a big bonus or a regular bonus by an internal lottery”. Then, in the next game, the player can press the stop button aiming at the winning symbol. On the other hand, a game that eliminates the need for the player to wait until no prize is awarded due to the “notification of not winning a winning combination such as a big bonus or regular bonus due to internal lottery” The labor of a person can be reduced. For this reason, the temporary stop effect is an advantageous information notification effect for notifying an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game. The temporary stop effect pattern is a possibility effect indicating the possibility that it has been determined to allow the generation of a prize including a special prize by an internal lottery.

  In the present embodiment, the number of touch operations that can be performed is not particularly limited, but may be limited. Thereby, compared with the case where the restriction | limiting is not provided in the frequency | count which can perform a touch operation, since a player performs touch operation more intensively, he can improve the intervention degree to a game further.

[About drag movement effect patterns]
FIGS. 10-11 is a figure for demonstrating a state when a drag movement effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. Further, FIG. 11 (i) is a diagram for explaining a state when the big bonus “White 7” is not won. On the other hand, FIG. 11J is a diagram for explaining a state when the big bonus of “White 7” is won.

  FIG. 10A is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop buttons 9L and 9R are already pressed by the player after the game is started. By pressing the stop buttons 9L and 9R, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, "Bell, White 7, JAC" is stopped at the upper, middle and lower stages, and the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped. “Cherry, BAR, Watermelon” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. In the left variation area 41L of the liquid crystal display 41, “white 7, watermelon, JAC” is displayed in the upper, middle, and lower stages. In the right variation area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41, “BAR, bell, watermelon,” Is derived and displayed as a display result.

  FIG. 10B is a diagram for explaining a state when the right moving area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41 is dragged downward while being touched. A drag movement effect in which a symbol that has been derived and displayed is moved downward is performed by dragging the player downward while keeping a touch operation on the right change area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41.

  FIG. 10C is a diagram for explaining a state when the touch operation described in FIG. 10B is released. By releasing the touch operation from the player, the upper, middle, and lower stages of the right change area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41 move “Cherry, White 7, BAR, which has moved down from the state of FIG. Is derived and displayed as a display result.

  FIG. 10D is a diagram for explaining a state when the right moving region 41R of the liquid crystal display 41 is dragged upward while being touched. A drag movement effect is performed in which a symbol that has been derived and displayed is moved upward by dragging upward with the player touching the right change area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41.

  FIG. 10E is a diagram for explaining a state when the touch operation described in FIG. 10D is released. When the touch operation from the player is released, the “white 7, BAR, bell” moved up one symbol from the state of FIG. Is derived and displayed as a display result. Further, as shown in FIG. 10 (e), “white 7” which is a reach is derived and displayed on the effect winning line Ls2, and a reach notification is made to notify that the reach state has been reached.

  FIG. 10F is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “cherry, white 7, BAR” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. In the middle fluctuation region 41C of the liquid crystal display 41, “watermelon, JAC, white 7” is derived and displayed as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  FIG. 11G is a diagram for explaining a state when the liquid crystal display 41 is dragged upward while touching the middle variation area 41 </ b> C of the liquid crystal display 41. A drag movement effect in which the symbol that has been derived and displayed is moved upward is performed by dragging the player upward while keeping the touch operation on the middle change area 41 </ b> C of the liquid crystal display 41.

  FIG. 11 (h) is a diagram for explaining a state in which a combination of winning symbols “White 7” is derived and displayed on the effect winning line Ls2 by the drag movement effect described in FIG. 11 (g). It is. As a result of the drag movement, “white 7, cherry, bell” that has been moved up by 2 symbols from the state of FIG. 11G is derived as the display result in the upper, middle and lower stages of the middle fluctuation region 41C of the liquid crystal display 41. It is displayed.

  FIG. 11 (i) shows a state where the big bonus “White 7” has not been won when the game is started, and the state when the touch operation described in FIG. 11 (g) is released. It is a figure for demonstrating. When the player's touch operation is released, the upper, middle, and lower stages of the right change area 41R of the liquid crystal display 41 display “JAC, white 7, cherry, which has changed from the state of FIG. ”Is derived and displayed as the display result, and the display result of the off symbol is derived and displayed as in the main reel unit 2.

  FIG. 11J illustrates the state when the big bonus “White 7” has been won when the game is started and the touch operation described in FIG. 11G is released. It is a figure for doing. When the touch operation from the player is released, the symbol dragged in FIG. 11 (h) is derived and displayed as it is, and the combination of the winning symbol “White 7” is derived and displayed on the effect winning line Ls2. ing.

  As described above, when the drag movement effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect, the derivation-displayed symbol is dragged by touching and dragging the variable areas 41L, 41C, 41R during the stop effect. A drag movement effect is performed. Further, even if a winning symbol combination is derived and displayed in the change areas 41L, 41C, and 41R by touching and dragging, the symbol combination corresponding to the winning situation is derived and displayed as a final display result.

  In this way, when the drag movement effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect, the player recognizes whether or not the player who does not perform the touch operation depends on whether or not the winning symbol combination is derived and displayed by touching and dragging. You can check the winning situation that can not be. Therefore, even if a dissociated symbol is derived as a display result in the main reel unit 2, a drag movement effect is performed and a big bonus winning symbol or a regular bonus winning symbol is derived and displayed as a display result in the variable areas 41L, 41C, 41R. The player can confirm that the big bonus or the regular bonus is won from the display results derived and displayed in the variable areas 41L, 41C, 41R. In this way, by performing “notification of winning prizes such as big bonus and regular bonus won by internal lottery”, the amount of game value (medal) consumed by the player before winning the winning prize is won. Can be reduced. In addition, the player can be reassured psychologically by performing “notification of winning a winning combination such as a big bonus or a regular bonus by an internal lottery”. Then, in the next game, the player can press the stop button aiming at the winning symbol. On the other hand, a game that eliminates the need for the player to wait until no prize is awarded due to the “notification of not winning a winning combination such as a big bonus or regular bonus due to internal lottery” The labor of a person can be reduced. Therefore, the drag movement effect is an advantageous information notification effect for notifying an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game. In addition, the drag movement effect pattern is a possibility effect indicating a possibility that it is determined to allow the generation of a prize including a special prize by an internal lottery.

  In the present embodiment, there is no particular limitation on the number of times that the user can perform a drag operation by touching, but a limitation may be provided. As a result, compared to the case where there is no limit on the number of times that confirmation can be made, the player tries to move more intensively by touching and dragging, thereby further improving the degree of intervention in the game. Can do.

[About touch request effect A pattern]
12-13 is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect A pattern is determined as an effect and is performed.

  FIG. 12A is a diagram for explaining a state when the game is started. Fluctuations are performed on the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R of the main reel unit 2, and scroll effects are performed on the variation areas 41L, 41C, and 41R of the liquid crystal display 41.

  FIG. 12B is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch request effect corresponding to the touch request effect A pattern is performed. As shown in FIG. 12B, as a touch request effect corresponding to the touch request effect A pattern, a circular button image A is displayed at substantially the center of the liquid crystal display 41, and the button image A A message such as “Please touch!” Is displayed for touch operation. The area where the circular button image A is displayed is referred to as a touch request effect display area corresponding to the touch request effect A pattern.

  FIG. 12C is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed on the touch request effect display area. As shown in FIG. 12C, a state in which a touch operation from the player is performed in the area where the button image A is displayed is shown.

  FIG. 12D is a diagram for explaining a state when the next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect A pattern is performed. As described with reference to FIG. 12 (c), in response to the touch operation from the player being performed, as the next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect A pattern, the player is placed at the approximate center of the liquid crystal display 41. On the other hand, a message such as “Opportunity!” Is displayed, which is expected to win a big bonus or a regular bonus. Note that when a special combination such as a big bonus or a regular bonus is won by an internal lottery and the touch operation shown in FIG. 12C is performed, “ A message such as “Opportunity!” May be displayed. Thereby, a player can be relieved psychologically. On the other hand, even when the touch operation shown in FIG. 12 (c) is performed, if a special role such as a big bonus or a regular bonus is not won by an internal lottery, a notification that the player has not won is announced. A message such as “!” May be displayed. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the labor of the player, which makes it unnecessary for the player to make a push until no winning is made.

  FIG. 12E is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. In the left variation area 41L of the liquid crystal display 41, “white 7, watermelon, JAC” is derived and displayed as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  As described above, the state when the touch operation is performed has been described with reference to FIG. 12. Next, the state when the touch operation has not been performed will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIGS. 13A and 13B are the same as FIGS. 12A and 12B, and thus description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 13C is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is about to be pressed by the player while the touch request effect is being performed. FIG. 13D is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. As shown in FIG. 13D, when the stop button 9L is pressed, the touch request end effect for erasing the circular button image A as the touch request effect shown in FIG. 13C is performed. Yes. That is, when the stop button is pressed without performing the touch operation in the touch request effect display area while the touch request effect is being performed, the next shown in FIG. The touch request end effect shown in FIG. 13D is performed without performing the step effect. In FIG. 13D, when the stop button 9L is pressed, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. ing. In the left variation area 41L of the liquid crystal display 41, “white 7, watermelon, JAC” is derived and displayed as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. FIG. 13E is a diagram illustrating a state after the stop button 9L is pressed by the player.

  As described above, when the touch request effect A pattern is determined and executed as an effect, the circular button image A is displayed as the touch request effect after the game is started. Then, when a touch operation is performed on the area where the button image A is displayed, a message such as “Opportunity!” Is displayed as an effect of the next step, and a big bonus or a regular bonus is expected. On the other hand, when the stop button is pressed without being touched, an effect of deleting the button image A is performed as a touch request end effect. For this reason, since the player can recognize the winning probability / expectation degree by touching, the player can press the stop button aiming at the target symbol in the game. On the other hand, if the touch operation is not performed, the player cannot recognize the winning probability / expectation. For this reason, the effect of the next step is an advantageous information notification effect for notifying an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game. Further, the touch request effect A pattern is a possibility effect indicating the possibility that it has been determined to allow the generation of a prize including a special prize by an internal lottery.

[About touch request effect B pattern]
14-15 is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect B pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. 14A to 14C are the same as FIGS. 12A to 12C, and description thereof will not be repeated. When the touch request effect B pattern is determined as the effect and executed, the circular button image A is displayed as the touch request effect after the game is started, similarly to the touch request effect A pattern.

  FIG. 14D is a diagram for explaining a state when the next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect B pattern is performed. In response to the touch operation performed by the player in FIG. 14 (c), a rectangular button image C is displayed almost at the center of the liquid crystal display 41 as the next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect B pattern. Is done. In the button image C, a message such as “Mu ...” is displayed in white to make the player wonder whether the player has won a big bonus or a regular bonus. In addition, as an effect of the next step (effect after the first touch operation) corresponding to the touch request effect B pattern in the present embodiment, the touch request effect is performed again. The area in which the rectangular button image C is displayed is referred to as a touch request effect display area as an effect of the next step (effect after the first touch operation) corresponding to the touch request effect B pattern.

  FIG. 14E is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed in the touch request effect display area as the effect of the next step. As shown in FIG. 14E, a state in which a touch operation from the player is performed in the area where the button image C is displayed is shown.

  FIG. 14F is a diagram for explaining a state when an effect of the next step (effect after the second touch operation) corresponding to the touch request effect B pattern is performed. As described in FIG. 14E, in response to the touch operation from the player being performed, the next step corresponding to the touch request effect B pattern (the effect after the second touch operation) is liquid crystal. A message “Opportunity has come!” Is displayed in the approximate center of the display 41, and the player is expected to win a big bonus or a regular bonus. Note that when a special action such as a big bonus or a regular bonus is won by an internal lottery and the touch operation shown in FIG. 14E is performed, “ It may be configured to display a message such as “An opportunity has arrived!”. Thereby, a player can be relieved psychologically. On the other hand, even if the touch operation shown in FIG. 14 (e) is performed, if a special role such as a big bonus or a regular bonus is not won by an internal lottery, a notification that the player has not won is announced. A message such as “!” May be displayed. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the labor of the player, which makes it unnecessary for the player to make a push until no winning is made.

  As described above, the state when the touch operation is performed twice has been described with reference to FIG. 14. Next, the state when the touch operation is performed only once will be described with reference to FIG. 15 (a) to 15 (d) are the same as FIGS. 14 (a) to 14 (d), and description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 15E is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is about to be pressed by the player while the touch request effect is being performed. FIG. 15F is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. As shown in FIG. 15 (f), when the stop button 9L is pressed, the touch request ends to erase the rectangular button image C which is the touch request effect as the effect of the next step shown in FIG. 15 (e). Production is being performed.

  That is, when a stop button is pressed without performing a touch operation in the touch request effect display area while a touch request effect as an effect of the next step is performed, FIG. 14 ( The touch request end effect shown in FIG. 15F is performed without performing the effect of the next step shown in f) (the effect after the second touch operation). In FIG. 15F, when the stop button 9L is pressed, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. ing. In the left variation area 41L of the liquid crystal display 41, “white 7, watermelon, JAC” is derived and displayed as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  As described above, when the touch request effect B pattern is determined and executed as an effect, the circular button image A is displayed as the touch request effect after the game is started. When the touch operation is performed on the area where the button image A is displayed, the rectangular button C is again displayed as the touch request effect as the effect of the next step (the effect after the first touch operation). Thereafter, when a touch operation is performed on the area in which the button image C is displayed, a chance to win a big bonus or a regular bonus is expected as an effect of the next step (effect after the second touch operation). The message “Arrive!” Is displayed. On the other hand, when the stop button is pressed without being touched, an effect of erasing button image A and button image C is performed as a touch request end effect. For this reason, since the player can recognize the winning probability / expectation degree by touching, the player can press the stop button aiming at the target symbol in the game. On the other hand, if the touch operation is not performed, the player cannot recognize the winning probability / expectation. For this reason, the effect of the next step is an advantageous information notification effect for notifying an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game. In addition, the touch request effect B pattern is a possibility effect indicating a possibility that it is determined to allow the generation of a prize including a special prize by an internal lottery.

[About touch request effect C pattern]
16-20 is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect C pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. FIG. 16 illustrates a case where the “Bell” winning combination is won in the internal lottery.

  FIG. 16A is a diagram for explaining a state when the game is started and a touch request effect corresponding to the touch request effect C pattern is performed, and FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the effect which the touch request | requirement effect corresponding to a pattern moves to the left direction of the liquid crystal display 41 is performed.

  As shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, a furoshiki image F is displayed as a touch request effect corresponding to the touch request effect C pattern, and a touch operation is performed on the furoshiki image F. A message image E such as “Please touch!” Is displayed. The area where the furoshiki image F is displayed is referred to as a touch request effect display area corresponding to the touch request effect C pattern. Also, as shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, the furoshiki image F as the touch request effect corresponding to the touch request effect C pattern moves from the right end of the liquid crystal display 41 toward the left. Production is performed.

  FIG. 16C is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed on the touch request effect display area. As shown in FIG. 16C, a state in which the touch operation from the player is performed on the area where the image F of the furoshiki is displayed is shown.

  FIG. 16D is a diagram for explaining a state when the next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect C pattern is performed. As described with reference to FIG. 16 (c), in response to the touch operation from the player being performed, the furoshiki wrap is opened as the next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect C pattern. An image G on which the symbol “bell” is placed is displayed. As a result, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that the player may have won “Bell”.

  In FIG. 16, the case where the “Bell” winning combination is won by the internal lottery is described as an example, so that an image with the “Bell” symbol displayed in FIG. 16D by the touch operation. . For example, when the big bonus of “White 7” is won by the internal lottery, an image with the symbol of “White 7” is displayed by the touch operation. When the “Red 7” big bonus is won by the internal lottery, an image with the “Red 7” symbol is displayed by the touch operation. Further, when the “BAR” regular bonus is won by the internal lottery, an image with the symbol “BAR” is displayed by the touch operation. Note that the image displayed when the touch operation is performed is not limited to the image of the symbol winning in the internal lottery, but an image related to the symbol (for example, white smoke image, red if white 7). 7 may display a red flame image, and BAR a bar image or the like). In FIG. 16 (d), the notification of the winning combination won by the internal lottery is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the stop button 9L for winning the winning combination won by the internal winning is described. , 9C, 9R may be notified. In this way, “Notice of winning prizes such as big bonus and regular bonus won by internal lottery”, “Notification of operation procedure for winning winning prizes such as won big bonus and regular bonus”, and “To miss By giving the “Notice of possible winning combination”, the player can reduce the amount of game value (medals) consumed before winning the winning winning combination, and reduce the occurrence of missed winnings. You can earn a lot of gaming value.

  FIG. 16E shows a state in which the effect of moving the image G in the left direction is performed as the image F of the furoshiki wrapping described with reference to FIGS. Yes.

  FIG. 16F is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. Further, in the left variation area 41L of the liquid crystal display 41, “watermelon, BAR, bell” are derived and displayed as display results in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  FIG. 17G is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, cherry, BAR” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. Further, in the middle fluctuation region 41C of the liquid crystal display 41, “white 7, cherry, bell” is derived and displayed as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  FIG. 17H is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 stops, and “bell, JAC, watermelon” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. In the right change region 41R of the liquid crystal display 41, “white 7, BAR, bell” is derived and displayed as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  FIG. 17I is a diagram for explaining a state in which a display result is derived. A combination of winning symbols “BELL” is derived on the upper line of the main reel unit 2 and a combination of winning symbols “BELL” is derived and displayed on the lower winning line.

  The state when the touch operation is performed has been described with reference to FIGS. 16 to 17, but the state when the touch operation is not performed will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 20. 18 (a), (b), and (f) are the same as FIGS. 16 (a), (b), and (f), and description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 18C is a diagram for explaining a state when the touch operation is not performed on the touch request effect display area. As shown in FIG. 18C, a touch operation is performed, but the touch operation is performed in a region other than the region where the furoshiki image F shown in FIG. 16C is displayed (message image E is displayed). Is included). FIG. 18D shows a state when the touch request effect moves to the left without performing a touch operation in the touch request effect display area, and FIG. 18E shows the touch request effect. Shows the state when finished.

  Next, the state when the touch operation is not performed will be described with reference to FIG. 19 (a), (b), (d), and (e) are the same as FIGS. 18 (a), (b), (e), and (f), and therefore description thereof will not be repeated. . FIG. 19C is a diagram for explaining a state when the touch operation is not performed. As shown in FIG. 19 (c), a state when the touch request effect moves to the left without being touched is shown.

  Next, the state when the touch operation is not performed will be described with reference to FIG. 20A and 20B are the same as FIGS. 18A and 18B, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated. FIG. 20C is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. A touch request to move the furoshiki image F as a touch request effect shown in FIG. 20B to the left earlier than usual by pressing the stop button 9L as shown in FIG. An end production is being performed. That is, when the stop button is pressed without performing the touch operation in the touch request effect display area while the touch request effect is being performed, the next shown in FIG. The touch request end effect shown in FIG. 20C is performed without performing the step effect. In FIG. 20C, when the stop button 9L is pressed, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 stops, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. ing. Further, in the left variation area 41L of the liquid crystal display 41, “watermelon, BAR, bell” are derived and displayed as display results in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  As described above, when the touch request effect C pattern is determined and executed as an effect, after the game is started, an effect that the image F of the furoshiki wrapping in the left direction is performed as the touch request effect. When the touch operation is performed on the area where the image F of the furoshiki is displayed, an image G on which the “bell” symbol is placed is displayed on the furoshiki as an effect of the next step. On the other hand, when the stop button is pressed without being touched, an effect of moving the furoshiki image F to the left earlier than usual is performed as a touch request end effect. Therefore, the player can recognize the winning symbol that has been won by touch operation, and can press the stop button aiming at the winning symbol in the game. On the other hand, if the touch operation is not performed, the player cannot recognize the winning winning symbol. For this reason, the effect of the next step is an advantageous information notification effect for notifying an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game. In addition, the touch request effect C pattern is a possibility effect indicating a possibility that it is determined to allow the generation of a prize including a special prize by an internal lottery.

[About touch request effect D pattern]
21 to 23 are diagrams for explaining a state when the touch request effect D pattern is determined and executed as the effect. Note that FIGS. 21A to 21C are the same as FIGS. 16A to 16C, and thus description thereof will not be repeated. 21 to FIG. 23, the case where “Big 7” big bonus is won in the internal lottery will be described.

  FIG. 21D is a diagram for explaining a state when the next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect D pattern is performed. As described with reference to FIG. 21 (d), in response to the touch operation from the player being performed, the furoshiki wrap is opened as a next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect D pattern. An image H on which the character “Kabuto” is placed is displayed. As a result, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that he may have been elected as a winning combination. If you have won a winning combination that will not be carried over to the next game, such as a small role or a re-playing role by internal lottery, it will be won as described above instead of the image with the character `` Kabuto ''. An image of the winning winning symbol or an image related to the symbol may be displayed. In this case, even if a touch operation is performed, a development flag described later may not be set. Further, it is not limited to notifying the winning combination won by the internal lottery, but notifying the operating procedure of the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R for winning the winning combination winning by the internal winning. May be. In this way, “Notice of winning prizes such as big bonus and regular bonus won by internal lottery”, “Notification of operation procedure for winning winning prizes such as won big bonus and regular bonus”, and “To miss By giving the “Notice of possible winning combination”, the player can reduce the amount of game value (medals) consumed before winning the winning winning combination, and reduce the occurrence of missed winnings. You can earn a lot of gaming value.

  FIG. 21E shows a state in which an effect of moving the image H to the left is performed as the image F of the furoshiki described in FIGS. 21A to 21C as an effect of the next step. Yes.

  FIG. 21F is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. Further, in the left variation area 41L of the liquid crystal display 41, “watermelon, BAR, bell” are derived and displayed as display results in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  FIG. 22G is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “white 7, cherry, BAR” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. In the middle fluctuation region 41C of the liquid crystal display 41, “white 7, cherry, JAC” is derived and displayed as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages.

  FIG. 22 (h) is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 stops, and “bell, JAC, watermelon” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 is rendered to display the entire surface in true black.

  FIG. 22 (i) is a diagram for explaining a state when the next game is started. In the present embodiment, when a touch request effect D pattern is executed, an effective touch operation is performed, and an effect of the next step is performed, an effect described below is forcibly determined as an effect used for the next game. Is done. When an effective touch operation is not performed, the effects described below are not determined as effects used in the game. In the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R of the main reel unit 2, the fluctuation starts as usual. On the other hand, on the liquid crystal display 41, the character image covered with the “kabuto” shown in FIG. 21 (d) is displayed without performing the scroll effect, and “game!” Is displayed below the character image. A message is displayed. In FIG. 22 (j), an effect is displayed in which the character is holding a weapon as displayed in FIG. 22 (i).

  Note that the effect started in FIG. 22 (h) is that the number of bets is set depending on whether a medal is inserted from the medal insertion slot 4 or the one-BET button 5 or the MAXBET button 6 is pressed. When it ends.

  FIG. 22 (k) is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, an effect in which a bomb is thrown against the character shown in FIG.

  FIG. 22 (m) is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “cherry, white 7, BAR” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, there is an effect that the bomb thrown in FIG. 22 (k) approaches the character.

  FIG. 23 (n) is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, "JAC, cherry, watermelon" is derived as the display result in the upper, middle and lower stages, and the display result of the off symbol is derived. Yes. On the other hand, the liquid crystal display 41 shows a state in which the bomb thrown in FIG. 22 (k) is closer to the character than the state shown in FIG. 22 (m). FIG. 23 (o) shows a state where the bomb thrown in FIG. 22 (k) collides with the character image and explodes. In FIG. 23 (p), a smoke screen image showing a state in which smoke is trapped due to the explosion of the bomb is displayed. FIG. 23 (p) uses image data stored in the frame buffer in the VRAM of the display control circuit 127 in which the priority information of the specific character image is set lower than the priority information of the smoke screen image as the background image. The state currently displayed on the liquid crystal display 41 is shown.

  FIGS. 23 (r) and (s) are diagrams for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed on the smoke screen image. As shown in FIG. 23 (r), by performing a touch operation on the smoke screen image in the substantially central portion of the liquid crystal display 41, as shown in FIG. 23 (s), a specific character image is displayed on the touched portion. A symbol image K of “white 7” is displayed. In FIG. 23 (s), the priority information of the part of the touched specific character image is set higher than the priority information of the smoke screen image as the background image and is stored in the frame buffer in the VRAM of the display control circuit 127. A state in which the image data is displayed on the liquid crystal display 41 is shown. As a result, the player can have a sense of expectation that the player may have won the big bonus “White 7”. In FIGS. 21 to 23, the case where the “White 7” big bonus is won by the internal lottery has been described as an example, so that the symbol image of “White 7” is displayed in FIG. 23S by the touch operation. It was done. For example, when the big bonus of “Red 7” is won by the internal lottery, an image with the symbol of “Red 7” is displayed by the touch operation. Further, when the “BAR” regular bonus is won by the internal lottery, an image with the symbol “BAR” is displayed by the touch operation. Note that the image displayed when the touch operation is performed is not limited to the image of the symbol winning in the internal lottery, but an image related to the symbol (for example, white smoke image, red if white 7). 7 may display a red flame image, and BAR a bar image or the like). In this way, by performing “notification of winning prizes such as big bonus and regular bonus won by internal lottery”, the amount of game value (medal) consumed by the player before winning the winning prize is won. Can be reduced.

  FIG. 23 (t) is a diagram for explaining a state when the touch operation is not performed on the smoke screen image. As shown in FIG. 23 (t), when a predetermined time has elapsed, a “NO” image M is displayed in the substantially central portion of the liquid crystal display 41. Thereby, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that they may have won a big bonus or a regular bonus. In this way, the player can be reassured psychologically by performing the “notification that a winning combination such as a big bonus or a regular bonus is won by an internal lottery”.

  As described above, when the touch request effect D pattern is determined and executed as an effect, after the game is started, an effect that the image F of the furoshiki wraps leftward is performed as the touch request effect. When the touch operation is performed on the area where the image F of the furoshiki is displayed, an image H on which the character “Kabuto” is placed on the furoshiki is displayed as an effect of the next step. In the subsequent games, the effects described in FIG. On the other hand, when the stop button is pressed without being touched, as in FIG. 20, an effect of moving the furoshiki image F to the left earlier than usual as a touch request end effect is performed. The effects described after FIG. 22 (h) are not executed.

  In addition, in the effects described in FIG. 22 (h) and later, especially when the smoke screen image shown in FIG. 23 (p) is displayed, the winning winning symbol can be recognized by touch operation. In the game, the stop button can be pressed by aiming at the winning symbol. On the other hand, if the touch operation is not performed, the player cannot recognize the winning symbol that has been won, but can recognize that the player has won some winning combination. For this reason, FIGS. 23 (r) to 23 (t) executed when the next step effect is performed are advantageous information notification effects for notifying an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game. is there. Further, the touch request effect D pattern is a possibility effect indicating a possibility that it is determined to allow the generation of a prize including a special prize by an internal lottery. The above-described touch request effects A pattern to D pattern are specific possibility effects that perform an advantageous information notification effect for notifying an advantageous result when it is determined that a touch operation has been performed on a specific area. .

  7 to 23, when a touch request effect A pattern, a touch request effect B pattern, a touch request effect C pattern, a touch request effect D pattern, a temporary stop effect pattern, and a drag movement effect pattern are executed. The content of the effect executed in the liquid crystal display 41 has been described, but the effect is also performed in the speakers 42a, 42b, the effect effect lamp 43, etc. according to the effect content executed in the liquid crystal display 41. For example, the advantageous information notification effect may be executed by emitting a sound such as a predetermined sound effect or a predetermined sound from the speakers 42a and 42b, and a predetermined lighting pattern or a predetermined sound is generated from the effect effect lamp 43. You may make it perform by emitting lights, such as a lighting color.

  Next, various control contents executed by the game control microcomputer 110 of the game control board 101 according to the present embodiment as the game progresses will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing processing executed by the game control microcomputer 110.

  First, in the initial setting in step Sa1, an initial process for preparing for a game start upon power-on is executed. Specifically, the connection and operation status of various devices are checked, and if it is possible to return to the gaming state before the power is turned off, a recovery process is performed.

  Next, a BET process (Sa2), an internal lottery process (Sa3), a reel control distribution process (Sa4), a reel rotation process (Sa5), a reel stop process (Sa6), a winning determination process (Sa7), and a payout process (Sa8) Then, the process proceeds to a loop process for repeatedly executing the flag update process (Sa9) and the game state update process (Sa10).

  In the BET process in step Sa2, the system stands by in a state where medals and credits can be received, sets the number of bets according to the reception of medals and credits, and determines the number of bets when the operation of the start switch 7 is detected. Execute the process. Further, when a replay winning is generated in the previous game, the same bet number as in the previous game is set. In the BET process, when the bet amount is set by operating the medal insertion, the one-BET button 5 or the MAXBET button 6, the BET command described above is transmitted to the effect control microcomputer 120.

  In the internal lottery process in the step of Sa3, a special game state such as a big bonus or a regular bonus that is advantageous to the player is given based on the random number value acquired at the start of the game by the detection of the start switch 7 in the step of Sa2. Among the winning combinations including at least special bonuses such as big bonus winnings and regular bonus winnings, a process of determining whether or not winning by each winning combination according to the gaming state is allowed is performed. In this internal lottery process, a winning flag is set in the RAM 112 mounted on the game control microcomputer 110 based on the respective lottery results. In the internal lottery process, when the start switch 7 is detected and the internal lottery is performed, the above-described internal winning command is transmitted to the effect control microcomputer 120.

  Here, the internal lottery will be described. The internal lottery determines whether or not winning by each winning combination determined in advance according to the gaming state is permitted. In the internal lottery, the random number for internal lottery acquired, the number of bets set by the player, and the number of determination values for each winning combination determined according to the set value set by the setting switch 52 (hereinafter referred to as the determination value). Whether the winning by each winning combination determined according to the gaming state is allowed or not is determined. As the number of determination values used in the internal lottery, the number of determination values stored in advance in the ROM 113 mounted on the game control microcomputer 110 is read out.

  The winning combination according to the gaming state is referred to according to the winning combination table according to the gaming state described with reference to FIG. That is, when the gaming state is controlled by the regular bonus, JAC, cherry, watermelon, and bell are sequentially read out as the internal lottery target roles, and when the gaming state is a small role game in the big bonus, the regular bonus ( 2) JACIN, cherry, watermelon, and bell are sequentially read out as the subject combination for internal lottery.

  In the normal gaming state (normal game), the regular bonus (1), big bonus (1), (2), cherry, watermelon, bell, and replay are sequentially read out as the target roles of the internal lottery. However, when a regular bonus winning flag or a big bonus winning flag, which will be described later, is set in the game before the previous game, and the game is carried over without winning based on the flag, the regular bonus and the big bonus are eligible for internal lottery. Not.

  In the internal lottery, the number of determination values determined for the internal lottery target combination is sequentially added to the internal lottery random number, and when the addition result overflows, it is determined that the winning combination is won. If the winning combination is determined, the winning flag of the winning combination is set in the RAM 112 mounted on the game control microcomputer 110.

  For example, if it is determined that the regular bonus (1) winning combination is won, the regular bonus (1) winning flag is determined. If the regular bonus (2) winning combination is determined, the regular bonus (2) winning flag is determined. However, if it is determined that the big bonus (1) winning combination is won, the big bonus (1) winning flag is determined. If it is determined that the big bonus (2) winning combination is won, the big bonus (2) winning flag is determined. However, if it is determined that the JACIN winning combination is won, the JACIN winning flag is determined. If it is determined that the watermelon winning combination is determined, the watermelon winning flag is determined that the Bell winning combination is selected. If it is determined that the flag is won for the cherry winning combination, the cherry winning flag is determined to be selected for the replay winning combination. But it is set to a RAM112 mounted on the game control microcomputer 110.

  Regarding the winning flags of the regular bonus (1) winning flag, the regular bonus (2) winning flag, the big bonus (1) winning flag, and the big bonus (2) winning flag, until the winning combination corresponding to the winning flag wins It is carried over to the next game and cleared on condition that a prize has occurred.

  Returning to FIG. 24, in the reel control distribution process in step Sa4, the internal winning flag is confirmed, and the reel control table is selected according to the setting status of the internal winning flag.

  In the reel rotation process in step Sa5, a process of rotating each main reel 2L, 2C, 2R is executed. In this reel rotation process, the operation of the stop switches 29L, 29C, 29R is validated when all the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R rotate at a constant speed. In the reel rotation process, when the rotation of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R is started, the reel rotation start command described above is transmitted to the effect control microcomputer 120.

  In the reel stop process in step Sa6, a process of stopping the rotation of the corresponding main reels 2L, 2C, 2R is executed in response to the operation of the stop switches 29L, 29C, 29R being detected by the player. In this reel stop process, control is performed to stop the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R based on the reel control table selected in step Sa4. In the reel stop process, when any one of the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R is stopped, a corresponding reel rotation stop command is transmitted to the effect control microcomputer 120.

  In the winning determination process in step Sa7, when it is determined in step Sa6 that the rotation of all main reels 2L, 2C, 2R has been stopped, according to the display result derived to each main reel 2L, 2C, 2R. Processing for determining whether or not a winning has occurred is executed. In the winning determination process, when it is determined that a winning has occurred, a corresponding winning determination command is transmitted to the effect control microcomputer 120.

  In the payout process in step Sa8, when it is determined in step Sa7 that a winning has occurred, processing such as adding credits and paying out medals is performed based on the number of payouts corresponding to the winning. In the payout process, when processing such as credit addition and medal payout is started, the aforementioned payout start command is transmitted to the effect control microcomputer 120, and processing such as credit addition and medal payout ends. When this is done, the above-mentioned payout end command is transmitted to the effect control microcomputer 120.

  In the flag update process in step Sa9, a process for clearing or carrying over the internal winning flag won in step Sa3 is performed. In other words, the special decision carry-over means described above is configured by the flag update process.

  In the game state update process in the step of Sa10, a process for shifting the gaming state to the big bonus when a big bonus winning occurs, a process for shifting the gaming state to the regular bonus when a regular bonus winning occurs, a big bonus and a regular Based on the establishment of the bonus end condition, a process for shifting the gaming state to the normal gaming state is performed. Then, the process for one game ends, and the process for the next one game starts. In the game state update process, the game state command described above is transmitted to the effect control microcomputer 120 when the process for one game is completed.

  Next, various effect control contents executed by the effect control microcomputer 120 of the effect control board 102 according to the present embodiment when receiving the effect control command from the game control microcomputer 110 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. To do. FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing processing executed by the effect control microcomputer 120.

  First, in S100, initial setting is performed. Specifically, the state of connection with each device connected to the effect control board 102 is checked, each register is set, and the like, and if it is possible to return to the effect state before the power is turned off, a return process is performed. After the initial setting is performed in S100, the process proceeds to a loop process in which the processes of S101 to S114 described below are repeatedly executed.

  In S101, a touch determination process for specifying a touch operation position is performed based on position information input from the coordinate address calculation circuit 130 when a touch operation from the player on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 is detected. Do.

  In S102, processing for determining whether or not a BET command transmitted from the game control microcomputer 110 has been received is performed. When it is determined in S102 that a BET command has been received, processing for setting a BET flag indicating that the BET command has been received is performed in S103. The BET flag is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 122 mounted on the effect control microcomputer 120. When it is determined in S102 that a BET command has not been received, or when the BET flag is set in S103, the process proceeds to S104.

  In S104, processing for determining whether or not an internal winning command transmitted from the game control microcomputer 110 has been received is performed. When it is determined in S104 that an internal winning command has been received, an effect determination process for determining an effect pattern to be executed from a plurality of types of effect patterns described with reference to FIG. 6 is performed in S105. When it is determined in S104 that the internal winning command has not been received, or when the effect determination process is executed in S105, the process proceeds to S106.

  In S106, processing for determining whether or not a reel rotation start command transmitted from the game control microcomputer 110 has been received is performed. When it is determined in S106 that a reel rotation start command has been received, a process for setting an in-game flag indicating that the reel rotation start command has been received is performed in S107. The in-game flag is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 122 mounted on the effect control microcomputer 120. If it is determined in S106 that a reel rotation start command has not been received, or if the in-game flag is set in S107, the process proceeds to S108.

  In S108, a process for determining whether or not a reel rotation stop command transmitted from the game control microcomputer 110 has been received is performed. When it is determined in S108 that the reel rotation stop command has been received, a process of setting a stop flag corresponding to the reel specified from the reel rotation stop command is performed in S109. The stop flag is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 122 mounted on the effect control microcomputer 120. When it is determined in S108 that the reel rotation stop command has not been received, or when the stop flag is set in S109, the process proceeds to S110.

  In S110, processing is performed to determine whether or not a gaming state command transmitted from the gaming control microcomputer 110 has been received. When it is determined in S110 that a game state command has been received, a state update process is performed to update and match the game state controlled by the game control microcomputer 110 in S111. When it is determined in S110 that a gaming state command has not been received, or when a state update process is performed in S111, the process proceeds to S112.

  In S112, processing for determining whether or not another command (see FIG. 5) transmitted from the game control microcomputer 110 has been received is performed. When it is determined in S112 that a command has been received, processing corresponding to the command received in S113 is performed. When it is determined in S112 that a command has not been received, or when a corresponding process is executed in S113, the process proceeds to S114.

  In S114, effect control processing for controlling effects by the liquid crystal display 41, the speakers 42a and 42b, the effect effect lamp 43, etc. connected to the effect control board 102 is performed. After the effect control process is performed in S114, the process proceeds to S101.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the touch determination process of FIG. In the touch determination process, a process of determining whether or not position information from the coordinate address calculation circuit 130 has been received in S120 is performed. In S120, it is determined that a touch operation has been performed on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 by receiving the position information.

  When it is determined in S120 that the touch operation has been performed by receiving the position information, a process for storing the position information for specifying the touch position in which the touch operation has been performed is performed in S121. The position information is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 122 mounted on the effect control microcomputer 120. On the other hand, when it is determined in S120 that position information has not been received, the touch determination process is terminated.

  In S122, it is determined whether the position information stored this time in S121 is the same as the position information stored in the previous touch determination process, that is, whether the position information is the same as the touch position specified last time. Processing for determination is performed. When it is determined in S122 that the touch position is the same as the previously specified touch position, the touch abnormality determination timer value stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 122 mounted in the effect control microcomputer 120 is incremented by 1 in S123. And the process proceeds to S124. As described in S122, the touch abnormality determination timer is a timer that is added when the touch position is the same as the previously specified touch position. When the touch abnormality is added to a predetermined value or more, the touch operation is abnormal. This is a timer for specifying something.

  In S124, a process for determining whether or not the value of the touch abnormality determination timer is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (for example, the number of times the touch determination process is performed while 1 minute elapses, ie, a value corresponding to 1 minute) is performed. It is. When it is determined in S124 that the value of the touch abnormality determination timer is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, the foreign object (for example, the player's It is determined that an abnormal state such as that detected by placing a cigarette or bill is placed, and a process of setting a touch abnormality flag is performed in S125, and the touch determination process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S122 that the touch position is not the same as the previously specified touch position, a process for determining whether or not the touch abnormality flag is set is performed in S126. When it is determined in S126 that the touch abnormality flag is not set, processing for determining whether or not the touch abnormality determination timer is set in S129 is performed. In S129, when one or more values are set as the touch abnormality determination timer, it is determined that the touch abnormality determination timer is set. When it is determined in S129 that the touch abnormality determination timer is set, the process proceeds to S128. On the other hand, when it is determined in S129 that the touch abnormality determination timer is not set, the touch determination process is terminated.

  When it is determined in S126 that the touch abnormality flag is set, a process of resetting the touch abnormality flag is performed in S127. That is, since the position where the touch operation is performed is moving, it is determined that the touch operation is performed by the player, and the touch abnormality flag is reset. In S128, the touch abnormality determination timer is reset, and the touch determination process ends.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the effect determination process of FIG. In the effect determination process, in S130, a process of setting an internal winning flag corresponding to the received internal winning command is performed. The internal winning flag is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 122 mounted on the production control microcomputer 120. Then, in S131, a process for determining whether or not the development flag is set is performed. The development flag is a flag that is set when a touch operation is performed on the display area in which a touch request effect corresponding to the touch request effect D pattern shown in FIGS. Therefore, it is set in S166 of FIG. 29 described later.

  When it is determined in S131 that the development flag is set, the development flag is cleared in S136, and the process for setting the development effect in S137 is performed, and the effect determination process is terminated. The development effect refers to the effect described with reference to FIGS. 22 (i) to 23 (t).

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S131 that the development flag is not set, processing is performed to acquire the numerical value indicated by the random number generation circuit 125 as a random number by sending an instruction to the sampling circuit 126 according to the processing. In the present embodiment, a random number SR for effect determination is used on the effect control board 102 side.

  In S133, processing for determining whether or not the above-described touch abnormality flag is set is performed. When it is determined in S133 that the touch abnormality flag is set, the winning situation specified by the winning flag is determined from the effect pattern excluding the touch request effect using the position determined to be touched for a predetermined time or longer in S134. A process for setting the effect pattern determined with reference to the corresponding effect determination table is set as an effect pattern to be executed, and the effect determination process is terminated.

  In S134, for example, when it is determined that the lower right position of the liquid crystal display 41 has been touched for a predetermined time or longer, the touch request effect C pattern and the touch request effect D shown in FIGS. An effect pattern to be executed is determined from the effect patterns excluding the pattern. In S134, for example, when the position slightly above the central portion of the liquid crystal display 41 is determined to have been touched for a predetermined time or longer, the touch request effect A pattern shown in FIGS. The effect pattern to be executed is determined from the effect patterns excluding the touch request effect B pattern. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and in S134, an effect pattern to be executed is determined from the effect patterns excluding the touch request effect A pattern to the D pattern as the specifiability effect in which the next step effect is executed by the touch operation. May be.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S133 that the touch abnormality flag is not set, an effect of executing the type of effect pattern determined with reference to the effect determination table corresponding to the winning situation specified from the internal winning flag in S135. Processing for setting as a pattern is performed, and the effect determination processing is terminated. If no winning combination is won, the process of determining the production pattern is not performed. For this reason, in the game, a scroll effect and a stop effect are performed according to the operation of the start lever and the stop button.

  As described above, in the effect determination process in the present embodiment, when the development flag is set, the development effect is forcibly set as an effect to be executed in S107. When the development flag is not set, the type of effect pattern determined with reference to the effect determination table described with reference to FIG. 6 is set as the effect pattern to be executed.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the effect control process of FIG. In the effect control process, a process of determining whether or not the in-game flag is set in S140 is performed. When it is determined in S140 that the in-game flag is set, processing for determining whether or not the stop flag is set in S141 is performed. When it is determined in S141 that the stop flag is set, a stop for performing processing such as a stop effect for stopping the variable display by operating any of the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R in S142. A time effect setting process is performed.

  When it is determined in S141 that the stop flag is not set, or when a stop effect setting process is performed in S142, an in-game effect control process for executing the effect set in S143 is performed. . When it is determined in S140 that the in-game flag is not set, or when an in-game effect control process is performed in S143, the process proceeds to S144.

  In S144, a process for determining whether or not the BET flag is set is performed. When it is determined in S144 that the BET flag is set, a BET effect control process for performing an effect corresponding to the BET flag set in S145 is performed. In the betting time effect control process, for example, when the BET flag is set, a winning line effect is displayed in which the activated winning line for the effect is displayed in a manner distinguishable from the rendered winning line for the effect.

  Also, in the BET effect control process, when the later-described development flag is set, control is performed to end the effect started in FIG. 22 (h) and switch to the winning line effect. Further, in the BET effect control process, when the in-game flag is set, a process of resetting the in-game flag is performed.

  In the BET effect control process, a process for resetting the set BET flag is performed. When it is determined in S144 that the BET flag is not set, or when the BET effect control process is performed in S145, the process proceeds to S146.

  In S146, a process of determining whether or not a winning flag set based on a winning determination command, a big bonus medium flag or a regular bonus medium flag set based on a gaming state command, is performed. When it is determined in S146 that a winning flag or the like is set, an effect control process for performing an effect (for example, a winning effect, a bonus effect, etc.) corresponding to the flag set in S147 is performed. In the effect control process in S146, when the in-game flag is set, a process for resetting the in-game flag is performed.

  When it is determined in S146 that the winning flag or the like is not set, or when an effect control process for performing an effect corresponding to the flag is executed in S147, the process proceeds to S148.

  In S148, processing for determining whether or not the demo flag is set is performed. The demo flag is set when the game is not played for a predetermined time. When it is determined in S148 that the demo flag is set, a demonstration effect control process for performing the demonstration effect is performed in S149. When it is determined in S148 that the demo flag is not set, or when the demonstration effect control process is performed in S149, the effect control process ends.

  As described above, in the effect control process in the present embodiment, the in-game effect control process in S143 is performed when the in-game flag is set. In the in-game effect control process in S143, the effect set in S134, S135, S137 in FIG. 27 and S142 in FIG. 28 is executed.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the in-game effect control process of FIG. In the in-game effect control process, first, in S160, a process of determining whether or not the development effect is set is performed. When it is determined in S160 that the development effect is set, a process of executing the development effect is performed in S161, and the process proceeds to S181 described later. In S161, the effects shown in FIGS. 22 (i) to 23 (t) are performed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S160 that the development effect is not set, processing for determining whether or not any of the touch request effects A pattern to D pattern shown in FIG. Done. When it is determined in S162 that any one of the touch request effects A pattern to D pattern is set, the position information stored in S121 of FIG. 26 in S163 as described with reference to FIGS. Based on the touch request effect display area corresponding to the touch request effect pattern in which the touch-operated position is set, a process is performed to determine whether or not the position is within the touch request effect display area.

  When it is determined in S163 that the touch position is within the touch request effect display area (FIG. 12 (c), FIG. 14 (c), (e), FIG. 15 (c), FIG. 16 (c), FIG. In the case of c), etc., a process for setting the effect of the next step is performed in S164.

  Processing for determining whether or not the touch request effect pattern set in S165 is the touch request effect D pattern is performed. When it is determined in S165 that the touch request effect D pattern is set, a process for setting the development flag is performed in S166. When the development flag is set and all the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R are pressed and the display result is derived in the main reel unit 2, the effect shown in FIG. Done.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the touch-operated position is not within the touch request effect display area in S163, when it is determined that the touch request effect D pattern is not determined in S165, and when the development flag is set in S166, the process proceeds to S167. To be migrated. Note that the process also proceeds to S167 when the touch operation is not performed in S163.

  In S168, a process of executing the set effect is performed, and the process proceeds to S176 described later. In S168, the touch request effect described in FIGS. 12 to 21 and the next step effect are performed.

  Returning to S162, when it is determined that none of the touch request effects A pattern to D pattern is set, a process of determining whether or not the temporary stop effect pattern is set in S170 is performed. When it is determined in S170 that the temporary stop effect pattern is set, a process of determining in S171 whether or not the touch-operated position is within the variable region where the scroll effect is performed is performed. When it is determined in S171 that the touch position is within the fluctuation region where the scroll effect is performed, a process of executing a temporary stop effect for temporarily stopping the fluctuation in the fluctuation region where the touch operation is performed is performed in S172. To be migrated. In S172, the temporary stop effect described in FIGS. 7B, 7D, 8G, etc. is performed. In S171, the process proceeds to S176, which will be described later, also when the touch position is within the variable region where the scroll effect is not performed and when the touch operation is not performed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S170 that the temporary stop effect pattern is not set, processing for determining whether or not the drag movement effect pattern is set in S173 is performed. When it is determined in S173 that the drag movement effect pattern is set, a process is performed to determine whether or not the touch-operated position is within the variable region where the stop effect is generated in S174. If it is determined in S174 that the touch-operated position is within the variation area where the stop operation is performed, a process of executing a drag movement effect that drags the symbol stopped in the variation area where the touch operation is performed in S175. The process proceeds to S176 described later. In S175, the temporary stop effect described with reference to FIGS. 10B, 10D, 11G, and the like is performed. In S174, the process proceeds to S176, which will be described later, also when the touch position is within the changing region where the stop effect is not provided and when the touch operation is not performed. If it is determined in S170 that the temporary stop effect pattern is not set, the process of determining whether or not the drag movement effect pattern is set in S173, that is, whether or not the scroll effect is performed is stopped. Regardless of whether or not the effect is being performed, the drag movement effect may be executed in the touched variation region.

  In S176, the scroll effect is executed in the variable region where the stop button has not been operated yet, and the stop effect is executed in the variable region where the stop button has already been operated. In S176, the scroll effect and the stop effect described with reference to FIGS. Note that in S176, the variable region in which the temporary stop effect executed in S172 described above or the drag movement effect executed in S175 is executed is excluded.

  In S181, a process is performed to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the scroll effect is finished in all the fluctuation regions. If it is determined in S181 that a predetermined time has elapsed since the scroll effect is completed in all the fluctuation regions, a process of setting a demo flag is performed in S182.

  When it is determined in S181 that the scroll effect has not ended in any variable region, or when it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed since the scroll effect is ended in all variable regions, or the processing in S182 is performed. After being performed, the process proceeds to S183. When the drag movement effect is being executed, even if it is determined in S181 that a predetermined time has elapsed since the scroll effect has been completed in all the variable regions, the processing of S182 and S183 is not performed. The in-game effect control process is terminated.

  FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the stop time production setting process of FIG. In the stop-time effect setting process, first, a process of clearing the stop flag is performed in S190. In S191, a process is performed to determine whether or not the development effect is set. When it is determined in S191 that the development effect is set, in S192, the next step effect (FIGS. 22 (k) to 23 (t), etc.) corresponding to the development effect is set. The process proceeds to S202 described later. Thereby, every time the stop button is operated when the development effect is set, as described with reference to FIGS. 22 (k) to 23 (t), it is possible to switch to the next step effect.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S191 that the development effect is not set, in S193, it is determined whether any one of the touch request effect A pattern to the touch request effect D pattern is set.

  When it is determined in S193 that any one of the touch request effect A pattern to the touch request effect D pattern is set, a process of determining whether or not the corresponding touch request effect is being executed is performed in S194. . When it is determined in S194 that the touch request effect is being executed, a process of determining whether or not the forced end counter is set is performed in S195. The forced end counter is a value that is counted when any one of the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R is operated during the execution of the touch request effect.

  When it is determined in S195 that the forced end counter is set, in S196, it is determined whether or not the forced end counter is the forced end counter set in the previous game. If it is determined in S196 that it has not been set in the previous game, a process for resetting the forced termination counter is performed in S197, and the process proceeds to S198 described later. On the other hand, when it is determined in S196 that the game was set in the previous game, the process proceeds to S198 without performing the process in S197.

  In S198, processing for determining whether or not the value of the forced termination counter is 2 or more is performed. When it is determined in S198 that the value of the forced end counter is 2 or more, a process for setting the effect of the next step is performed in S199, and the process proceeds to S202 described later.

  When it is determined in S195 that the forced end counter is not set, or when it is determined in S198 that the value of the forced end counter is not 2 or more, a touch request end effect for ending the touch request effect is set in S200. In step S201, the value of the forced termination counter is incremented by 1, and the process proceeds to step S202 described later. By performing the process of setting the touch request end effect in S200, the effects shown in FIGS. 13 (d), 15 (f), and 20 (c) are performed.

  As described above, in the case where a touch request effect is performed twice in succession in a game that has been performed continuously, and a touch request effect is also performed in the current game, it is possible to stop without touch operation. When any of the buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R is pressed, an effect of the next step is set in S199 and is executed by an in-game effect control process. That is, when the touch request effect is performed three times in succession, and the stop button is pressed without touching all three times, the next step effect corresponding to the touch request effect is performed. Done.

  In S202, a process is performed to determine whether or not the scroll effect has ended in all the variable regions, that is, whether or not it is the final stop, according to the stop flag set this time. When it is determined in S202 that it is the final stop, in S203, the symbol adjustment stop effect for stopping the combination of the stop symbol and the winning situation in the variable region other than the variable region for which the current stop flag is set is stopped. The process of setting as an effect is performed and the stop-time effect setting process is terminated. As the symbol adjustment stop effect, for example, when the big bonus winning flag “white 7” is not set as the winning situation, white 7 is derived and displayed on the effect winning line in the other variable areas. In this case, an effect is performed in which the symbols are stopped by adjusting the white 7 so that it is not derived and displayed on the winning line for the effect that is derived and displayed. That is, an effect is performed in which the symbols are stopped by adjusting the symbols of the winning combination that has not been won so that they are not derived and displayed on the effect winning line. In addition, the effect shown in FIG.9 (h) is performed by setting the symbol adjustment stop effect in step S203.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S202 that it is not the final stop, a process of setting the symbol stop effect as a stop effect is performed in S204, and the stop effect setting process is terminated.

  FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the final step effect execution time process for executing the final step among the development time effects executed in S161 of FIG. The final step among the effects during development indicates the effects shown in FIGS.

  In the process of executing the last step effect of the development effect, first, a process of determining whether or not a predetermined time predetermined as a time for executing the final step effect has elapsed since the last step effect was started in S210. Done. When it is determined in S210 that a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the final step effect, a process of notifying the winning situation corresponding to the winning flag and ending the development effect is performed in S214, and the final step effect execution time process Exit. In S214, the performance shown in FIG. 23 (t) is performed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S210 that the predetermined time has not elapsed since the final step effect is started, the position touched based on the position information stored in S121 of FIG. Processing is performed to determine whether or not the image is within a specific character image area developed on the VRAM. That is, it is determined whether or not the touch operation position and the position where the specific character image is displayed overlap.

  When it is determined in S211 that the touch position is within the specific character image area, the process of executing the touch part notification effect by increasing the priority of the image of the part that has been touch-operated among the images of the specific character in S212. And the final step production execution time processing of the production performance production is completed. Thereby, the effect that the image of the specific character is displayed at the touched position is performed. By performing a touch operation on the entire specific character image area, for example, the state shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, when YES is determined in S211, an example in which a touch part notification effect is executed by displaying an image of a touch-operated part in the image of the specific character in S212 will be described. did. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In S211, it is determined whether or not a touch operation is continuously detected and a different position is specified, that is, whether or not an operation that rubs the display surface is performed by the player. When it is determined that a rubbing operation is performed, an effect of displaying an image of a part touched by rubbing among images of a specific character may be executed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S211 that the touch position is not within the specific character image area or the touch operation is not performed, processing for displaying the smoke screen image and the specific character image is performed according to the priority set in S213, The final-step effect execution time process of the effect at the time of development ends. Thereby, when no touch operation is performed, only the smoke screen image is displayed. When there is a part where the touch part notification effect is performed in S212, the specific character image is displayed for the part.

Next, main effects obtained by the first embodiment described above will be described.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, as described in S164, S168, S172, S175, S212, S213, FIGS. 6 to 23, and the like, the touch request effects A pattern to D pattern, temporary When a touch operation is detected by the touch panel when the stop effect pattern, the drag movement effect pattern, and the touch part notification effect are being executed, the player advances the game as an effect result of the possibility effect. At that time, the next step effect, temporary stop effect, drag movement effect, touch part notification effect, and the like corresponding to each of the touch request effects A pattern to D pattern for notifying the advantageous results which are advantageous at that time are performed. By performing these effects, as an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game,
1: “Notification of a winning combination that cannot be pulled in even if an internal winning is made depending on the timing when the stop condition (operation of the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R, etc.) is established, and may be missed” Information that helps to increase the gaming value by reducing the occurrence of spillage,
2: Winning winnings such as “Notification of winning bonuses such as big bonuses and regular bonuses won by internal lottery” and “Notification of operating procedures for winning winnings such as winning big bonuses and regular bonuses” Information that helps to reduce the amount of game value (medals) consumed before winning a winning combination,
3: Information that psychologically reassures the player by being notified, such as “Notification of winning a winning combination such as big bonus or regular bonus by internal lottery”,
4: The player's hard work that makes it unnecessary for the player to hold up until no winning is made, such as “Notification of not winning a big bonus or regular bonus due to internal lottery” Reducing information,
Etc. are notified. Therefore, the player actively performs a touch operation on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 in order to obtain information that is advantageous when the game is progressed. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.

  (2) In the embodiment described above, the big bonuses of “White 7” and “Red 7” are defined as the special roles accompanied by the grant of the big bonus, and the occurrence of the special role is permitted in Sa3. Whether or not each is individually drawn by internal lottery. Therefore, if you win the “Red 7” big bonus, even if you aim for “White 7”, you wo n’t get the winning symbol combination, and you ’ve won the “White 7” big bonus. In this case, even if you aim for “Red 7”, you won't get a winning combination. For this reason, in the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIGS. 16 (e) and 23 (s) in particular, an effect of displaying a winning symbol image or an image related to the symbol by performing a touch operation. Is done. Thereby, a touch operation can be performed on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 more actively, and the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.

  (3) In the above-described embodiment, the touch request effect is performed twice continuously in the continuously played game, and the touch request effect is also performed in the current game, and the touch is performed. When any one of the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R is pressed without being operated, an effect of the next step is set in S199 and executed by the effect control process during the game. Thereby, the player who has not recognized that the effect of the next step is performed can be relieved by performing the touch operation.

  (4) In the above-described embodiment, the player's operation on the area surrounded by the light emitting devices 44a and 44b and the light receiving devices 45a and 45b is detected, and the operated position is determined as the light emitting devices 44a and 44b. The operation detecting means for effect including the touch panel specified by the light receiving devices 45a and 45b and the coordinate address calculating circuit 130 is employed. For this reason, various operations can be detected and the operated position can be specified, and an effect corresponding to each of the complicated operations as described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 23 can be performed.

  (5) In the embodiment described above, when a touch operation is detected for the same position for a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) or longer, YES is determined in S124 of FIG. 26, and the touch is performed in S125. When the abnormality flag is set, it is difficult to consider that the touch operation is performed by the player. Therefore, YES is determined in S133 of FIG. 27, and the position that has been touched for a predetermined time or more in S134 is used as a specific possibility effect. The touch request effect pattern is not determined as the effect pattern to be executed. Thereby, it is possible to prevent an effect of the next step from being performed based on a touch operation that is unlikely to be a touch operation by the player.

  (6) In the embodiment described above, a touch operation is performed as shown in FIG. 23 (r), whereby a touch site notification effect is performed in S212, and the display described in FIG. 23 (s) is performed. It is. As a result, the degree of intervention in the game can be further improved, and the interest of the game can be improved.

  (7) In the embodiment described above, after the in-game flag is set in S107, when the stop flag is set in S109, YES is determined in S141, and the stop effect is set in S203 or S204. On the other hand, during the period from when the in-game flag is set in S107 to when the stop flag is set in S109, and when YES is determined in S171, a temporary stop effect is performed in S172. As a result, the degree of intervention in the game can be further improved, and the interest of the game can be improved.

[Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, an example has been described in which the liquid crystal display 41 performs a scroll effect and a stop effect of a symbol, and performs the predetermined effect described with reference to FIGS. . However, the effect performed in the liquid crystal display 41 is not limited to this, and any effect may be used. In the second embodiment, after the card game is started by showing the player a predetermined number of cards as handheld cards in the liquid crystal display 41, the handheld cards are exchanged with other cards based on the player's instructions, An example will be described in which when a combination of cards determined as a result of a card game constitutes one of a plurality of combinations determined in advance, an effect of performing a card game in which a winning can be generated according to the combination is executed.

  As a card game in the second embodiment, for example, a so-called poker game, a bubbling game, a nervous breakdown game, and the like will be described as examples. When a general role and a special role are not won, a poker game effect pattern is executed as a normal game. When a general combination or a special combination is won, a single production pattern is determined from a plurality of types of production patterns. As a plurality of types of effect patterns, for example, a poker game effect pattern similar to a normal game, a selection effect pattern that allows selection of cards to be exchanged by touching in a poker game, a bubbling effect pattern that executes a bubbling game, and a nerve A nerve weakening effect pattern for executing a weakening game is configured to be executable.

  The effect pattern to be executed is determined in S105 of FIG. 25 using the effect determination table as described in FIG. 6 and executed in S114, as in the first embodiment. The ROM 123 stores control data for executing each of the plurality of types of effect patterns.

  About 2nd Embodiment, the content of the effect when each of a poker game production pattern, a selection production pattern, a bubbling removal production pattern, and a nerve weakening production pattern is mainly demonstrated using FIGS. 32-43. To do.

  FIGS. 32 to 43 show the display state of the liquid crystal display 41 when the poker game effect pattern, the selection effect pattern, the bubbling effect pattern, and the nervous breakdown effect pattern are executed, respectively, as viewed from the perspective window 3. It is a figure for demonstrating the state of the reel unit 2, and the press state of each of the stop button 9L, 9C, 9R. 32 to 43, the same components as those described in FIG. 1 will be described with the same reference numerals.

[About poker game production patterns]
FIG. 32 is a diagram for explaining a state when a poker game effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect. In FIG. 32, the case where the winning combination of “Bell” is won by internal lottery will be described.

FIG. 32A is a diagram for explaining a state when the game is started. The main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2, 2C, variations in the 2R is performed, the effect of five cards D ₁ to D ₅ as hand cards of the player in the liquid crystal display device 41 are dealt face down is performed. In the upper left corner of the liquid crystal display 41, an effect name corresponding to the effect pattern currently being executed is displayed. In FIG. 32A, “poker” is displayed corresponding to the poker game effect pattern.

FIG. 32B is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, rendering the card D ₁ and D ₂ are Hansa face up has been performed.

FIG. 32C is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, cherry, BAR” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, rendering the card D ₃ and D ₄ are Hansa face up has been performed.

FIG. 32D is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and "bell, JAC, watermelon" is derived as a display result on the upper, middle, and lower tiers, on the line L5 of the main reel unit 2. The combination of winning symbols for “Bell” is derived. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, the card D ₅ is Hansa face up production which a winning combination has been established in the hand card D ₁ to D ₅ are performed. In FIG. 32 (d), since the same mark (spade in FIG. 32 (d)) is displayed, a game result effect indicating that a so-called flash combination is established as a result of the game is performed. As a game result presentation, a message image N such as “Flash!” Indicating that a flash role has been established at the top of the liquid crystal display 41, and “Bell” indicating that a winning combination of “Bell” has been derived. The symbol image P is displayed. FIG. 32E is a diagram for explaining a state when the next game is started. FIG. 32 (e) is the same as FIG. 32 (a), so the description will not be repeated.

  As described above, when the poker game effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect, each time the stop button is operated, as described with reference to FIGS. The effect is performed by switching.

In FIG. 32, as a game result effect on the liquid crystal display 41, the combination of the “Bell” winning symbols on the line L5 of the main reel unit 2 is derived, and the handheld cards D _{1 to} D _{5 are used} to flash. The role was formed and an effect of displaying an image N of a message such as “Flash!” Was performed. Thus, also in the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, a combination corresponding to the display result derived to the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R as the game result of the liquid crystal display 41 is established. It is supposed to be. For example, as a game result presentation on the liquid crystal display 41, a royal straight flush role is played by the hand-held cards D _{1 to} D ₅ based on the combination of the winning symbols “White 7” on the main reel unit 2 line. Once established, an effect is displayed in which a message image such as “Royal Straight Flash!” Is displayed.

[Selected production pattern]
33 to 34 are diagrams for explaining a state when the selected effect pattern is determined and executed as the effect. 33 (a) to 33 (d) are different from those shown in FIG. 32 () except that the combination of winning symbols is not derived in the main reel unit 2 and the combination in the card game is not established in the liquid crystal display 41. Since it is the same as a)-(d), description is not repeated.

  FIG. 33 (e) is a diagram for explaining a state when the next game is started. A case will be described in which a big bonus of “White 7” is won by an internal lottery performed when the game is started, and the selected effect pattern is determined as an effect pattern to be executed.

In the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R of the main reel unit 2, fluctuations are newly started. On the other hand, on the liquid crystal display 41, an image such as “CHANGE” is displayed on the _five cards D _{1 to} D ₅ displayed in the previous game result effect, and touched above and held. An image Q of a message such as “Please select a card to hold!” For selecting a card to be displayed is displayed. In this case, each area where the images of the cards D _{1 to} D ₅ are displayed corresponds to the touch request effect display area in the first embodiment.

Figure 33 (f) are diagrams for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed on the card D ₁ of the touch request effect display area. As shown in FIG. 33 (f), there is an effect in which an image such as “CHANGE” displayed overlaid on the card D ₁ is switched to an image such as “HOLD”.

Figure 34 (g) are diagrams for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed on the touch required effect display area of the card D _4. As shown in FIG. 34 (g), the image such as "CHANGE" which has been displayed over the card _{D 4} is directed to switch to the image such as "HOLD" is performed.

FIG. 34 (h) is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, together with the card D ₁ and D ₄ which has been held is displayed reduced illustrated in FIG. 34 (g), the card D ₂ was "3 of spades" is "spade Q Is being exchanged.

FIG. 34 (i) is a view for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “white 7, BAR, bell” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, rendering the card D ₃ was "6 diamond" is replaced with "K of spades" is performed.

FIG. 34J is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, “JAC, watermelon, cherry” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages, and the display result of the off symbol is derived. Yes. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, there is an effect in which the card D5 which has been " ₅ of spades" is replaced with "10 of spades". In FIG. 34 (k), as a game result effect, in order to make it easier to confirm a combination in which a player has been established, an effect is arranged in which hand-held cards are arranged in order. Specifically, a card D ₅ of “10 of spades” is inserted on the left side of the card of “J of spades”, and the effects of shifting the cards D _{2 to} D ₄ to the right by one card are performed.

Figure 34 (m) is directed to the role of the hand card D ₁ to D ₅ is established as a game result presentation is being performed. In FIG. 34 (m), the same marks (spades in FIG. 34 (m)) are arranged in the order of 10 to A. Therefore, a game result effect indicating that a so-called royal straight flush combination is established as a result of the game. It is done. As a game result effect, an image N of a message “Royal Straight Flash!” Indicating that the Royal Straight Flash role has been established is displayed on the upper part of the liquid crystal display 41. Thereby, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that he may have won the “White 7” big bonus. If the display result derived in the main reel unit 2 is a combination of winning symbols of “white 7”, a symbol image of “white 7” is further displayed in FIG.

  If the card to be held is not selected by a touch operation as shown in FIGS. 33 (f), 34 (g), etc., a game result effect in which the royal straight flush combination is not established as a game result is performed. .

  As described above, when the selected effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect, an effect of selecting a card to be held by a touch operation is performed after the game is started. When the touch operation is selected, an effect that a winning combination corresponding to the winning winning symbol is established is performed. On the other hand, when the stop button is pressed without being touched, the effect corresponding to the winning symbol won is not performed. Therefore, the player can recognize the winning symbol that has been won by touch operation, and can press the stop button while pressing the winning symbol in the subsequent game. On the other hand, if the touch operation is not performed, the player cannot recognize the winning winning symbol. For this reason, the effect that the combination corresponding to the winning winning symbol is established is an advantageous information notification effect for notifying an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game. In addition, the selection effect pattern is a possibility effect indicating a possibility that it is determined to allow the generation of a prize including a special prize by an internal lottery.

[About the bubbling effect pattern]
35 to 39 are diagrams for explaining states when the bubbling effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect. FIG. 35A is a diagram for explaining a state when the game is started. Variations are made in the main reels 2L, 2C, and 2R of the main reel unit 2. On the other hand, on the liquid crystal display 41, one card is displayed face down as a player's hand-held card, two cards are displayed face down as the opponent's card in the center, and touch operation is performed above it. Then, an image of a message such as “Choose a card!” Is displayed to select a card to be removed from the opponent's card as a player's handheld card. In this case, the area of each of the images of the two cards displayed as the opponent's card corresponds to the touch request effect display area in the first embodiment. In FIG. 35, “Bubble removal” is displayed in the upper left corner of the liquid crystal display 41 in correspondence with the bubble removal effect pattern.

  FIG. 35B is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are pressed by the player without performing a touch operation. When the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are pressed, the main reel unit 2 displays the display result of the dissociated symbols. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, the right card is automatically selected from the opponent's cards shown in FIG. 35 (a), and "JOKER" indicating so-called bubbling is removed as the player's hand held card. Has been done.

  FIG. 35 (c) shows a message result message such as “the opponent draws!” Indicating that the opponent draws from the player's handheld card as a game result presentation, and whether the player's handheld card is selected. The production like this is performed. In FIG. 35 (d), as the game result effect, an effect is shown in which the opponent draws “Heart A” from the player's hand-held card and “JOKER” remains. FIG. 35 (e) displays a message image R such as “YOU LOSE!” Indicating that “JOKER” remains as a player's hand card and the player loses as a game result effect.

  In FIG. 35, the case where the game result effect is lost without performing the touch operation has been described. FIG. 36 illustrates a case where the game result effect continues (draws) without performing a touch operation. 36 (a) to 36 (c) are the same as FIGS. 35 (a) to 35 (c), description thereof will not be repeated.

  In FIG. 36 (d), as the game result effect, an effect is shown in which the opponent draws “JOKER” out of the player's hand held cards and “Heart A” remains. In FIG. 36 (e), an image of a message such as “Continue!” Indicating that “Heart A” remains as a player's hand-held card and cannot be settled is displayed.

  In FIG. 37, the case where a game result effect is won without performing a touch operation will be described. Note that FIG. 37 (a) is similar to FIG. 35 (a), and description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 37B is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are pressed by the player without performing a touch operation. When the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are pressed, the main reel unit 2 displays the display result of the dissociated symbols. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, the card on the right side of the opponent's card shown in FIG. 37 (a) is automatically selected, and “Heart A” is removed as the player's handheld card. Has been done.

  In FIG. 37 (c), as the game result effect, since the player's two hand-held cards are both “A” cards, an effect is shown in which the two hand-held cards are erased. In FIG. 37D, an image S of a message “YOU WIN!” Indicating that the player has won is displayed as a game result effect.

  The case where no touch operation is performed has been described above with reference to FIGS. A case where a touch operation is performed will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 38 (a) is similar to FIG. 35 (a), and therefore the description will not be repeated.

  FIG. 38B is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed. As shown in FIG. 38 (b), a state is shown in which the player has performed a touch operation on the area of the opponent's card where the right card is displayed.

  FIG. 38C is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L, 9C, 9R is pressed by the player after the touch operation is performed. When the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are pressed, the main reel unit 2 displays the display result of the dissociated symbols. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, an effect is shown in which the opponent's card selected by the touch operation shown in FIG. 38B is removed as the player's handheld card. FIG. 38C shows that the opponent's card selected by the touch operation is “JOKER”.

  FIG. 38 (d) shows a message result message indicating that the opponent draws from the player's handheld card as a game result effect, such as “the opponent pulls!”, And has selected the player's handheld card? The production like this is performed. In FIG. 38 (e), as the game result effect, an effect is shown in which the opponent draws “Heart A” from the player's hand card and “JOKER” remains. FIG. 38 (f) displays a message image R such as “YOU LOSE!” Indicating that “JOKER” remains as the player's handheld card and the player loses as a game result effect.

  Next, FIG. 39 illustrates a case where a game result effect is won by a touch operation. 39 (a) and 39 (b) are the same as FIGS. 38 (a) and 38 (b), and description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 39C is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are pressed by the player after the touch operation is performed. When the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are pressed, the main reel unit 2 displays the display result of the dissociated symbols. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, an effect is performed in which the opponent's card selected by the touch operation shown in FIG. 39B is removed as the player's hand held card. FIG. 39C shows that the opponent's card selected by the touch operation is “Clover A”.

  In FIG. 39 (d), as the game result effect, since the player's two hand-held cards are both “A” cards, an effect is shown in which the two hand-held cards are erased. In FIG. 39 (e), as a game result effect, an image S of a message such as “YOU WIN!” Indicating that the player has won is displayed.

  As described above, when the bubbling effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect, after the game is started, the effect of causing the player to select a card to be extracted by a touch operation is performed, and the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R are pressed. After the pressing operation, a game result effect is performed.

[Neural breakdown direction pattern]
40 to 43 are diagrams for explaining a state when a nerve breakdown effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect.

FIG. 40A is a diagram for explaining a state when the game is started. The main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2, 2C, variations in the 2R is performed, the effect of the liquid crystal display card D ₁ of the eight as a card to be used in nervous breakdown game in 41 to D ₈ are distributed face down Done. Above the liquid crystal display 41, “nervation” is displayed from the left in correspondence with the nervous breakdown effect pattern, and “select a card to select a card that is turned upside down by touch operation”. The message image such as “!” Is displayed. In addition, as a nervous breakdown game, an image of a message such as “Up to two remaining failures” indicating that a card can be selected until it fails twice is displayed.

FIG. 40B is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed. As shown in FIG. 40 (b), a touch operation of a player indicates a state of being made to the area in which the card D ₃ appears.

FIG. 40C is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display device 41, the effect of the card D ₃ selected as Hansa face up has been carried out by a touch operation.

FIG. 40D is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed. As shown in FIG. 40 (d), touch operation from the player indicates a state of being made to the area in which the card D ₅ is displayed.

FIG. 40E is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “cherry, white 7, BAR” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display device 41, the effect of the card D ₅ selected by Hansa face up has been carried out by a touch operation.

FIG. 40F is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “JAC, watermelon, cherry” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display device 41, FIG. 40 (e) in the indicated 40 cards _{D 5} selected in (d) are the cards _{D 3} selected in view be "3" 40 (b) "A" Because they are different, an effect is produced in which the cards D ₃ and D ₅ are turned backward again, and an effect of changing to a message image such as “Up to one remaining failure” is performed.

  FIG. 41 (g) is a diagram for explaining a state when a new game is started. Variations are made in the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R of the main reel unit 2, and the same effect as shown in FIG. Thereafter, it is assumed that the touch operation and the stop button pressing operation described in FIGS. 40B to 40F and the like are repeated to establish two pairs without failure.

Figure 41 (h), the touch operation from the player indicates a state of being made to the area in which the card D ₃ appears. FIG. 41 (i) is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “cherry, white 7, BAR” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display device 41, the effect of the card D ₃ selected as Hansa face up has been carried out by a touch operation.

FIG. 41J is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 stops, and “bell, JAC, white 7” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, since the card D ₃ selected in FIG. 41 (h) is the same as "A" of the card D ₄ which has already been selected is "A", are a pair satisfied, card D production _{which 3} and D ₄ is erased is performed.

Figure 41 (k), as a game result presentation, production which goes against the two cards D ₅ and D ₇ were left face up has been performed. For Figure 41 (m), the card D5 and D7 is identical and "3", are a pair satisfied, with production which cards D ₅ and D ₇ is erased is performed, the game as a result effect, the player An image S of a message such as “YOU WIN!” Indicating that the player has won is displayed.

  As described above, in FIG. 40 to FIG. 41, the case where the touch operation is performed and one time of failure has been finally won has been described. In FIG. 42, a case will be described in which the touch operation has been performed but the game is finally lost. Note that FIG. 42A is the same as FIG. 40A, so the description will not be repeated. In FIG. 42B, the touch operation described in FIGS. 40B to 40F and the press operation of the stop button are performed from the state of FIG. It cannot be done and it has failed once.

Figure 42 (b) shows a state in which the touch operation has been performed from the player against the region where the card D ₃ appears. FIG. 42C is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display device 41, the effect of the card D ₃ selected as Hansa face up has been carried out by a touch operation.

Figure 42 (d) shows a state where the touch operation is performed from the player against the area where the card D ₅ is displayed. FIG. 42E is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “cherry, white 7, BAR” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display device 41, the effect of the card D ₅ selected by Hansa face up has been carried out by a touch operation.

FIG. 42F is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “JAC, watermelon, cherry” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, card D ₅ selected in FIG. 42 (d) because the different "A" of the card D ₃ selected in view be "3" 42 (b), will fail, the game result As an effect, a message image R such as “YOU LOSE!” Indicating that the player has lost is displayed.

  Next, in FIG. 43, a case where a failure occurs without a touch operation will be described. Note that FIG. 43 (a) is the same as FIG. 40 (a), and therefore description thereof will not be repeated.

FIG. 43B is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9L is pressed by the player. By pressing the stop button 9L, the main reel 2L of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “bell, white 7, JAC” is derived as the display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, it is performed automatically produce the card D ₃ is Hansa face up is selected.

FIG. 43C is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9C is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9C is pressed, the main reel 2C of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “cherry, white 7, BAR” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display 41, it is performed automatically produce the card D ₅ is Hansa face up is selected.

FIG. 43 (d) is a diagram for explaining a state when the stop button 9R is pressed by the player. When the stop button 9R is pressed, the main reel 2R of the main reel unit 2 is stopped, and “JAC, watermelon, cherry” is derived as a display result in the upper, middle, and lower stages. On the other hand, in the liquid crystal display device 41, for different cards D ₅ that is automatically selected in FIG. 43 (c) is "A" of the card D ₃ that is automatically selected in view be "3" 43 (b), failure The card D ₃ and D ₅ are again turned face down, and the effect of changing to a message image such as “Up to one remaining failure” is performed.

  As described above, when the nervous breakdown effect pattern is determined and executed as an effect, after the game is started, an effect is performed in which the player selects a card that is turned upside down by a touch operation, and the stop buttons 9L and 9C. , 9R is pressed to produce an effect in which the touch-operated card or the automatically selected card is turned upside down. As a result, if a pair is established, an effect of deleting the one set of cards is performed, and an effect of selecting the next card is performed.

  Regarding the second embodiment described above, the same technical effect as in the case of the first embodiment described above can be obtained with respect to the configuration based on the technical idea common to the first embodiment described above. it can.

Next, a modification of the above-described embodiment will be described.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, when a touch operation is detected, in S164, S168, S212, S213, etc., the effects of the next step corresponding to each of the touch request effects A pattern to D pattern, and the touch part When a notification effect or the like is performed and no touch operation is detected, a next step effect corresponding to each of the touch request effect A pattern to the D pattern, a touch part notification effect, or the like is performed in S164, S168, S212, S213, and the like. An example that could not be explained. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be configured to perform an effect of notifying a predetermined normal result even when a touch operation is not detected. In this case, when a touch operation is detected, an effect may be provided in which an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game as compared to the normal result is notified. Specifically, for example, when a touch operation is detected, an effect of displaying the winning symbol image as shown in FIG. 16E is performed as an effect of notifying the advantageous result, and the touch operation is not detected. In some cases, as an effect of notifying the normal result, an effect as shown in FIG. 12D that expects a winning may be performed. For the player, the winning combination cannot be recognized in the effect shown in FIG. 12D, but the winning combination can be recognized in the effect shown in FIG. For this reason, it can be said that the effect shown in FIG. 16 (e) is an effect of notifying an advantageous result that is advantageous when the player advances the game as compared to the effect shown in FIG. 12 (d). In addition, as shown in FIG. 18D, FIG. 23T, etc., the effect of notifying the normal result may be an effect that ends when a predetermined time elapses without changing the notification content. As an effect of notifying the advantageous result, the advantageous information notification effect described in the embodiment may be used. Even in such a case, the player actively performs a touch operation on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 in order to obtain more advantageous information when the game proceeds. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.

  (2) In the above-described embodiment, as described in S193 to S201 in FIG. 30, the stop button is not touched while the game in which the touch request effect pattern is executed is continuously performed three times. When any one of 9L, 9C, and 9R is pressed, when the pressing operation is performed, an effect of the next step corresponding to the winning situation is set in S199 and executed by the effect control process during the game explained. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the touch operation is performed during the period from when the winning flag for the special role such as the big bonus or the regular bonus is set until at least three consecutive games with the touch request effect are set. If any of the stop buttons 9L, 9C, and 9R is pressed without winning the special combination corresponding to the winning flag without winning, the next step effect corresponding to the winning situation is set in S199. You may comprise so that it may be performed by the production | presentation control process during a game. That is, during the period from when the occurrence of any one of the plurality of types of special prizes is permitted by the pre-determining means to when the game is performed a predetermined number of times, the production operation detecting means performs the production for the production. Even when the operation is not detected and the allowed special prize is not generated, the type specifying information notification effect may be performed by the effect means. In the case of such a configuration, for example, after it is determined YES in S194 of FIG. 30, a determination process is performed to determine whether or not a winning flag corresponding to the special role is set, and the winning flag is determined by the determining process. If it is determined that the winning flag is set, the process may proceed to S195. If it is determined that the winning flag is not set by the determination process, a touch request end effect may be set and the process may proceed to S202.

  (3) In the above-described embodiment, the example in which various effects shown in FIGS. 7 to 23 and FIGS. 32 to 43 are performed based on the detected touch operation position using the touch panel has been described. However, the content of the effect performed using the touch panel based on the detected touch operation position is not limited to this. For example, you may comprise so that the production shown in FIG. 44, FIG. 45, etc. may be performed.

  FIG. 44 is a diagram for explaining a display state of the liquid crystal display 41 when a character selection effect pattern for selecting a character to appear in the effect is executed.

FIG. 44 (a) is a diagram for explaining a state when an effect by the character selection effect pattern is started. In the liquid crystal display device 41, along with the segmented map of Japan to the prefectural T ₁ ~T _47, each of which is displayed, "Whether touch to choose the region!" For touch operation to select a region in the upper left Is displayed, and a message such as “Select local enemy” is displayed at the bottom of the screen indicating that the purpose is to select an enemy.

Figure 44 (b) are diagrams for explaining a state where the touch operation on the display area area T ₁ shown in is performed FIG 44 (a). By touch-operated, the display mode of the display area area T ₁ (for example, black) is other areas of the display mode (e.g., white) is directed to distinguishably display to be performed.

Figure 44 (c) shows a state in which the notification image U for notifying information related to the enemy, located in the region T ₁ is displayed. As the notification image U, a message indicating “Hokkaido Ainu”, a character image of the enemy, and icon images indicating “decision” and “return” are displayed.

FIG. 44 (d) shows a state when a touch operation is performed on the area where the “decision” icon image displayed as the notification image U is displayed. Figure 44 (e), by the determined enemy located in the region T _1, the message and the enemy character images representing "Hokkaido Ainu" is larger display than when displayed in the notification image U It shows the state when

  FIG. 45 is a diagram for explaining the display state of the liquid crystal display 41 when the mode selection effect pattern for selecting the effect mode for specifying the effect type is executed.

FIG. 45A is a diagram for explaining a state when a touch operation for starting an effect by the mode selection effect pattern is performed. In the liquid crystal display unit 41 displays the Kawahara mode of the background image being selected as the current effect mode at the center of the screen, a character image corresponding to the riverbank mode is displayed in the character display area V ₁ of the lower left corner of the screen, the screen center in response to the dry river bed mode in the effect mode display area V ₂ at the bottom of the message, such as "Kawahara" it is displayed. In FIG. 45 (a), the touch operation is performed on the character display area V _1. Thereby, the production by the mode selection production pattern is started.

FIG. 45 (b) is a diagram for explaining a state when an effect by the mode selection effect pattern is started. When the production by the mode selection production pattern is started, the character images W _{1 to} W ₅ corresponding to the respective modes that can be selected as the production mode are displayed on the left half of the screen, and the partner is selected in the production mode display area V _2. A message such as “Please select a partner” is displayed. The right half of the screen is provided with a display area for notifying information related to the selected character when any _one of the character images W _{1 to} W ₅ is selected. In FIG. 45B, since the character image is not yet selected, information related to the character is not notified. Moreover, the character display area V ₁ as shown in FIG. 45 (b), the same character is displayed as the character shown in FIG. 45 (a).

Figure 45 (c) are diagrams for explaining a state when a touch operation is performed on the region where the character image W ₂ is displayed. In FIG. 45 (c), by being touched, information related to the character image W ₂ which is selected is displayed. The information relating to the character image W _2, and a message such as "bamboo grove stage" indicating that the bamboo grove mode is selected, a character image corresponding to the bamboo grove mode is displayed. FIG. 45 (d) shows a state when the production mode is determined to be bamboo bamboo mode.

FIG. 45E is a diagram for explaining a display state of the liquid crystal display 41 when the mode is changed to the bamboo bamboo mode. In the liquid crystal display unit 41 displays the background image of the selected bamboo grove mode as the current effect mode at the center of the screen, a character image corresponding to the bamboo grove mode is displayed in the character display area V ₁ of the lower left corner of the screen, the screen center lower of in response to the bamboo grove mode to production mode display area V ₂ is a message such as "bamboo grove".

  The effect patterns described in FIGS. 44 and 45 are determined in S105 of FIG. 25 using the effect determination table as described in FIG. 6 as in the first embodiment, and in S114. It may be executed, or may be executed during the demonstration by the demonstration effect control process of S149. The ROM 123 stores control data for executing each of the plurality of types of effect patterns.

  As described above with reference to FIGS. 44 and 45, even when a large number of objects to be selected are set, the touch panel is used to detect various designations and identify the designated positions. Therefore, the number of operations for selection can be minimized and the operability can be improved.

  As another example of the effect, for example, the liquid crystal display 41 may perform an effect of displaying an item image for a predetermined time at random timing. In this case, while the item image is displayed, a touch operation is performed on the display area of the item image, and it is determined whether or not the item image is dragged to a predetermined position in the display area of the liquid crystal display 41. When it is determined that the item has been dragged, the player obtains the item by adding the number of items acquired by the player. Then, when the number of items acquired by the player reaches a predetermined number, an effect of notifying information that is advantageous when the player advances the game may be performed. Accordingly, the player actively performs a touch operation on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 in order to obtain information that is advantageous when the game is advanced. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.

  As another example of the effect, for example, a display area (for example, a rectangle or a triangle) including a position where the touch operation is performed on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 and a position where the position is dragged from the position where the touch operation is performed. , Including a circle or the like) may be configured to perform an effect of displaying predetermined information. As the predetermined information, for example, it may be configured to display game-related information related to the slot machine or a gaming machine installed in a game arcade, an image by television broadcasting, or the like.

  In addition, a selected selection display area including a position touched on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 and a position dragged from the touched position (for example, including a rectangle, a triangle, a circle, etc.) It may be configured to perform an effect of enlarging and displaying the image displayed in the above on the liquid crystal display 41. For example, an effect is presented in which information that is advantageous to the player when the game proceeds is displayed in an unreadable state when in a normal state. The player may perform an effect of enlarging and displaying the information in a readable state based on the touch operation and the drag movement operation performed so as to include the area where the information is displayed. Good. Accordingly, the player actively performs a touch operation on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 in order to obtain information that is advantageous when the game is advanced. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.

  Further, as another example of the effect, for example, a design image or a character image drawn by a touch operation and a drag movement operation may be stored and used for an effect during the game. For example, when the demonstration effect control process is performed in S149, a touch operation and a drag movement operation are performed by the player, and the image data of the created symbol image or character image is stored in the RAM 122, and the game is played. You may comprise so that it may display as an effect image when it is performed. Thereby, the interest of a game can be improved.

  (4) In the first embodiment described above, the case where the temporary stop effect and the drag movement effect are performed by performing a touch operation when the temporary stop effect pattern or the drag movement effect pattern is executed has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the temporary stop effect and the drag movement effect may be configured to be executable by a touch operation except when controlled by a big bonus or a regular bonus. Thereby, the opportunity which can intervene in a game can be increased.

  (5) In the above-described embodiment, an infrared touch panel has been described as an example of the operation detection means for production. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any method such as a pressure-sensitive method or an electrostatic method may be used. It may be based on various methods. According to the pressure-sensitive touch panel, a change in pressure on the display surface is detected. According to the electrostatic touch panel, a change in an electrical signal due to static electricity on the display surface is detected. The detailed structure of the touch panel can be easily understood by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the description thereof will not be repeated here.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the production operation detecting unit is provided on the front surface of the display surface of the liquid crystal display has been described. However, the production operation detection unit is not limited thereto, and the production operation detection unit is provided below the liquid crystal display 41. You may provide in the horizontal surface of the trapezoid part provided in. In this case, the production operation detecting means may be, for example, a track pad that performs designation by rubbing a flat pad with a finger and moving a corresponding pictorial symbol (cursor) on the screen of the liquid crystal display 41. .

  (6) In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the effect pattern capable of performing the touch operation described with reference to FIG. 6 is executed when the general combination or the special combination is won by the internal lottery has been described. . However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it may be configured such that an effect pattern capable of performing a touch operation is executed even when a general combination or special combination is not won by internal lottery. In that case, an effect may be made to notify that no winning combination has been won due to the touch operation, or a randomly determined winning combination will be notified. A so-called gas production may be performed.

  (7) The slot machine 1 allows a game to be started by setting a predetermined number of bets for one game, and displays a plurality of types of identification information that can be individually identified on a variable display device that variably displays When the result is derived and displayed, one game is completed, and a slot machine that can generate a prize according to the display result of the variable display device is configured. The game control board 101 constitutes game control means for controlling the game state. The effect control board 102 constitutes effect control means for controlling effect means for performing a predetermined effect.

  (8) In the above-described embodiment, the gaming state of the slot machine 1 includes a regular bonus and a big bonus (small role game and regular bonus). In contrast, the maximum stop delay time of one or more of the main reels 2L, 2C, 2R is shortened without changing the winning probability of other roles (for example, 75 milliseconds (one frame slip)) and internal Regardless of the result of the lottery, regardless of the result of the lottery, the CT (Challenge Time), the AT (Assist Time) for notifying the game procedure for winning the role set with the winning flag, a specific winning (for example, It may include a gaming state (so-called replay time or concentration state) in which the probability that the occurrence of a replay winning or a small role winning is permitted is increased, or a gaming state in which these are combined. In this case, the special prize described above includes the role of shifting the gaming state to CT, AT, replay time, concentration state, and the like.

  (9) In the above-described embodiment, a normal slot machine capable of playing a game using medals and credits is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a game is played using a pachinko ball. Needless to say, it is also applicable to slot machines and full credit type slot machines that can be played using credits without medals being discharged to the outside. is not.

  (10) As described in FIG. 16E, the slot machine 1 in the first embodiment described above is configured to notify the winning winning combination, and the operation effect control means further starts the game. In this case, the configuration may be such that information for specifying the type of winning that is allowed to be generated by the predetermining means is derived as an advantageous result. Thereby, in order to obtain information for specifying the type of winning that is allowed to be generated by the pre-determining means, the player can perform the operation for the production more actively. This can be further improved.

  (11) In the slot machine according to the first embodiment described above, the operation effect control means is further configured to notify the probability of winning the big bonus or the regular bonus by the advance determination means. The configuration may be such that information for specifying the high probability that a winning is permitted is derived as an advantageous result. As a result, the player tries to obtain information for identifying the high probability that the special winning is permitted by the predetermining means, so that the player can perform the operation for the production more actively. Can further improve the degree of intervention.

  (12) In the slot machine according to the first embodiment described above, the operation effect control means further detects the operation for the effect as a configuration for notifying information with a higher degree of advantage each time a touch operation is performed. The configuration may be such that information having a high degree of advantage for the player is derived step by step as an advantageous result in accordance with the number of times the production operation is detected by the means. Thereby, since the player tries to obtain information with a higher degree of advantage, and more actively performs the production operation, the degree of intervention in the game can be further improved.

  (13) The effect control means in the embodiment described above may be configured to be derived step by step as an advantageous result when an effect operation is detected by the effect operation detecting means. Even with such a configuration, the effect information notification effect is performed by the effect means when the effect operation is detected. For this reason, the player actively performs a production operation in order to obtain information that is advantageous when the game is advanced. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.

  (14) The rendering means in the above-described embodiment is an image display device (liquid crystal display 41) that displays an image, and the touch panel sees through the image displayed on the image display surface (display surface) of the image display device. (The light emitting devices 44a and 44b constituting the touch panel are provided on the left side and the lower side of the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41, and the light receiving devices 45a and 45b are provided on the right side of the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41 and The effect control means displays a predetermined image including a specific character image (for example, a symbol image such as “white 7” shown in FIG. 23) on the image display surface, when designation is detected by the touch panel. A data storage unit for detection (VRAM of the display control circuit 127) for storing data for detection used when the image is generated, and an image data of a predetermined image as a basis of the data for detection. Image data storage means (video ROM of the display control circuit 127) for storing data, and development control (mapping) for reading at least the image data of the specific character image from the image data storage means and developing the image data in the detection data storage means The detection time data is generated and the detection time data of the part corresponding to the position specified by the touch panel is read out of the detection time data stored in the image data storage means as an effect to notify the advantageous result. Displayed on the image display surface (FIG. 23 (s), S212, S213, touch part notification effect) When the effect is started, the priority information of the specific character image is higher than the priority information of the smoke screen image that becomes the background image. The priority information of the image of the part of the specific character image that has been touched is set to the priority order of the smoke screen image. The setting is changed higher than the position information).

Further, the above-described embodiment has the following characteristic points.
(15) A predetermined number of bets (1 to 3) are set for one game (by inserting medals or by operating one BET switch 5 and MAXBET switch 6), the game can be started and each is identified. A variable display device (mainly a variable display of multiple types of identification information (“red 7”, “white 7”, “BAR”, “watermelon”, “bell”, “cherry”, “JAC”, etc.)) A slot machine (slot machine 1) in which one game is completed by displaying the display result on the reel unit 2) and winning can be generated according to the display result of the variable display device,
Before the display result of the variable display device is derived and displayed, special prizes (such as big bonus prizes and regular bonus prizes) accompanied by a special game state (big bonus, regular bonus) advantageous to the player are given. , A winning combination including at least a CT, AT, replay time, a role for shifting the gaming state to a concentrated state, etc. in a modified example (a big bonus (1), a big bonus (2) as a special role, a regular bonus (1), a regular bonus (2) Predetermining means (Sa3) for determining whether or not to allow the occurrence of JACIN, JAC as a small role, cherry, watermelon, bell, replay as a replaying role),
Game operation detecting means for detecting a game operation for advancing the game;
Production operation detection means for detecting production operations (touch operation, pressing operation) (touch panel, push-type switch, S101 comprising light emitting devices 44a and 44b, light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and coordinate address calculation circuit 130); ,
A predetermined effect including an operation request effect for requesting the player to perform the effect operation (FIGS. 6 to 23, FIGS. 32 to 45, a predetermined lighting pattern that generates a sound such as a predetermined sound effect or a predetermined sound, (E.g., emitting light of a predetermined lighting color or the like) and producing the result (for example, FIG. 12 (d), FIG. 13 (d), FIG. 14 (d), (f), FIG. 15 (f), FIG. 16 ( d), FIG. 18 (d), FIG. 23 (s), (t) etc.) producing means (liquid crystal display 41, speakers 42a, 42b, production effect lamp 43),
Means for controlling the effect means to cause the effect means to execute the predetermined effect,
When the production operation is detected by the production operation detection unit before the game operation is detected by the game operation detection unit within the period during which the operation request production is executed, the production result is valuable. Value results (for example, advantageous information notification effect (1: “Depending on the timing of the stop condition (operation of the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R, etc.)), it cannot be pulled in even if an internal winning is made, Information that assists in acquiring a lot of game value by reducing the occurrence of missed outings, such as “Notification of possible winning combinations” 2: “Prizes such as big bonuses and regular bonuses won by internal lottery As well as “announcement of operating procedures for winning winning bonuses, regular bonuses, etc.” Information to assist in reducing the amount of game value (medals) consumed before winning a winning combination, 3: “Notification of winning a winning combination such as a big bonus or regular bonus by internal lottery” Information that makes the player psychologically relieved by being notified, 4: When not winning a prize, such as “Notification that a big bonus or regular bonus is not won by an internal lottery” Etc.), and the operation detecting means for effect is used by the effect operation detecting means within a period in which the operation request effect is executed. The same control as when the production operation is detected when the production operation is not detected and the game operation detection means does not detect the game operation. The operation request effect that is being executed without being ended and the value result is not derived, and the operation for the effect is detected by the effect operation detecting means within a period in which the operation request effect is being executed. When the game operation is detected by the game operation detection unit before, the operation request effect is terminated in a manner different from that when the game operation is not detected, and the value result is not derived. An effect control microcomputer 120 and a display control circuit 127).
According to such a configuration, the operation request effect is terminated when no effect operation is detected and no game operation is detected within the period in which the operation request effect is executed. Further, when the game operation is detected before the production operation is detected within the period during which the operation request production is being executed, the operation request production is ended in a manner different from that when the game operation is not detected. . On the other hand, when a production operation is detected before a game operation is detected within a period during which the operation request production is executed, a value result that gives value as a production result is derived. For this reason, the player actively performs a production operation in order to obtain a value result that gives value. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.
(16) A predetermined number of bets (1 to 3) are set for one game (by inserting medals or by operating one BET switch 5 and MAXBET switch 6), the game can be started and each can be identified. A variable display device (mainly a variable display of multiple types of identification information (“red 7”, “white 7”, “BAR”, “watermelon”, “bell”, “cherry”, “JAC”, etc.)) A slot machine (slot machine 1) in which one game is completed by displaying the display result on the reel unit 2) and winning can be generated according to the display result of the variable display device,
Before the display result of the variable display device is derived and displayed, special prizes (such as big bonus prizes and regular bonus prizes) accompanied by a special game state (big bonus, regular bonus) advantageous to the player are given. , A winning combination including at least a CT, AT, replay time, a role for shifting the gaming state to a concentrated state, etc. in a modified example (a big bonus (1), a big bonus (2) as a special role, a regular bonus (1), a regular bonus (2) Predetermining means (Sa3) for determining whether or not to allow the occurrence of JACIN, JAC as a small role, cherry, watermelon, bell, replay as a replaying role),
Production operation detection means for detecting production operations (touch operation, pressing operation) (touch panel, push-type switch, S101 comprising light emitting devices 44a and 44b, light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and coordinate address calculation circuit 130); ,
The first operation request effect that requests the player for the operation for the effect is executed, and the operation for the effect is detected by the effect operation detecting means within the period in which the first operation request effect is executed. On the condition that a predetermined effect including an operation effect for executing a second operation request effect that requests the player to perform the effect operation (FIGS. 6 to 23, FIGS. 32 to 45, a predetermined sound effect or a predetermined effect) Producing a sound such as a voice of a predetermined lighting pattern, a light of a predetermined lighting color, etc.), and the result (for example, FIG. 12 (d), FIG. 13 (d), FIG. 14 (d), (F), FIG. 15 (f), FIG. 16 (d), FIG. 18 (d), FIG. 23 (s), (t), etc.) deriving means (liquid crystal display 41, speakers 42a, 42b, effects) Effect lamp 43);
The means for controlling the effect means to cause the effect means to execute the predetermined effect, wherein the effect operation detecting means performs the effect operation within the period during which the first operation request effect is executed. A value result that gives a value as the effect when the effect operation is detected by the effect operation detecting means within a period in which the second operation request effect is executed (for example, advantageous information notification) Production (1: “Notification of a winning combination that cannot be pulled in even if an internal winning is made depending on the timing when the stop condition (operation of the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R, etc.) is established, and may be missed”) In addition, information to help increase the value of gaming by reducing the occurrence of missing, 2: "Big bonus and regular winning by internal lottery The game value (medal) that is consumed before winning the winning prize, such as “Notification of winning prizes such as eggplant” or “Notification of operation procedure for winning a winning bonus such as a big bonus or regular bonus won” ), Which helps to reduce the amount of), 3: Psychologists who have been informed by being informed, such as “Notification of winning a winning combination such as a big bonus or regular bonus by internal lottery” 4: Relieving the player from having to win the prize until no winning is made, such as “Notification of not winning a big bonus or regular bonus due to internal lottery” Such as information to reduce the labor of such a player) and the first operation request effect is executed by the effect operation detecting means during the period of execution of the first operation request effect. When the outgoing operation is not detected, the first operation request effect that is being executed without performing the same control as when the production operation is detected is not terminated, and the value result is not derived. If the production operation detection means does not detect the production operation within the period during which the second operation request production is executed, the production operation is performed without performing the same control as when the production operation is detected. There is an effect control means (effect control microcomputer 120, display control circuit 127) that does not end the second operation request effect and derive the value result.
According to such a configuration, when an effect operation is detected, a value result that gives value as an effect result is derived. For this reason, the player actively performs a production operation in order to obtain a value result that gives value. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.
(17) A predetermined number of bets (1 to 3) are set for one game (by inserting medals or by operating one BET switch 5 and MAXBET switch 6), the game can be started and each can be identified. A variable display device (mainly a variable display of multiple types of identification information (“red 7”, “white 7”, “BAR”, “watermelon”, “bell”, “cherry”, “JAC”, etc.)) A slot machine (slot machine 1) in which one game is completed by displaying the display result on the reel unit 2) and winning can be generated according to the display result of the variable display device,
Before the display result of the variable display device is derived and displayed, special prizes (such as big bonus prizes and regular bonus prizes) accompanied by a special game state (big bonus, regular bonus) advantageous to the player are given. , A winning combination including at least a CT, AT, replay time, a role for shifting the gaming state to a concentrated state, etc. in a modified example (a big bonus (1), a big bonus (2) as a special role, a regular bonus (1), a regular bonus (2) Predetermining means (Sa3) for determining whether or not to allow the occurrence of JACIN, JAC as a small role, cherry, watermelon, bell, replay as a replaying role),
Production operation detection means for detecting production operations (touch operation, pressing operation) (touch panel, push-type switch, S101 comprising light emitting devices 44a and 44b, light receiving devices 45a and 45b, and coordinate address calculation circuit 130); ,
Perform a predetermined effect (FIGS. 6 to 23, FIGS. 32 to 45, emit a sound such as a predetermined sound effect or a predetermined sound, emit light of a predetermined lighting pattern or a predetermined lighting color, etc.) Results (for example, FIGS. 12 (d), 13 (d), 14 (d), (f), 15 (f), 16 (d), 18 (d), 23 (s), (T) etc.) for deriving production means (liquid crystal display 41, speakers 42a, 42b, production effect lamp 43),
The means for controlling the effect means to cause the effect means to execute the predetermined effect, wherein the effect operation detecting means detects the effect operation within the period during which the predetermined effect is being executed. Sometimes, as the effect result, a value result suggesting an effect to be executed later is derived, and when the effect operation detecting means does not detect the effect operation within the period of executing the predetermined effect. Production control means (production control microcomputer 120, display control circuit 127) that does not derive the result of value by ending the predetermined production executed without performing the same control as when the production operation is detected. With.
According to such a configuration, when a production operation is detected, a value result is derived as a production result. For this reason, in order to obtain a value result, the player positively performs a production operation. Thereby, the degree of intervention in the game can be improved.
(18) The production control means may execute the game a predetermined number of times (after the winning flag is set) after the predetermination means allows the generation of any one of the plural types of special prizes. Until the game in which the touch request effect is set is performed three times in succession, the allowed operation is not detected by the effect operation detecting means and the allowed special prize is generated. When there is not, a predetermined game progress production control means (S199) for deriving the value result is included.
According to such a configuration, it is possible to rescue a player who has not recognized that a value result is derived when a production operation is detected.
(19) The production operation detecting means includes an abnormality determining means (S124, S125) for determining an abnormality when it is detected that the same position is continuously operated for a predetermined time (1 minute) or longer. ,
The production control means includes
A specific effect (for example, a touch request) for deriving an effect result when it is determined that an operation has been performed on a specific area (touch request effect display area) in the predetermined area while the predetermined effect is being executed. Production A pattern to D pattern etc.) are executed (S135),
When it is detected that the specific region has been operated continuously for a predetermined time or more and the abnormality determination unit determines abnormality (when the touch abnormality flag is set), the specific effect is displayed. Execution is prohibited (S134).
According to such a configuration, since it is unlikely that the same position is operated by the player continuously for a predetermined time or longer, execution of the specific effect is prohibited. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the value result from being derived based on an operation that is unlikely to be performed by the player.
(20) The effect means is an image display device (liquid crystal display 41) for displaying an image,
The effect control means causes the value result to be derived by displaying a predetermined specific image (for example, a design image such as “White 7” shown in FIG. 23) on the image display device as the effect result.
The touch panel is provided so that an operation on an image display area (display surface) of the image display device can be detected (the light emitting devices 44a and 44b constituting the touch panel are provided on the left side and the lower side of the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41). The light receiving devices 45a and 45b are installed on the right side and the upper side of the display surface of the liquid crystal display 41),
The production control means executes partial display control for displaying a part corresponding to the position specified by the touch panel in the specific image when the production operation is detected by the production operation detection means (FIG. 23 (s), S212, S213, and the touch part notification effect, when the effect is started, the priority information of the specific character image is set lower than the priority information of the smoke screen image that is the background image, and the specific character image The priority order information of the image of the touched part is set higher than the priority order information of the smoke screen image).
According to such a configuration, since the part of the specific image corresponding to the position specified by the touch panel can be displayed, the degree of intervention in the game can be further improved and the interest of the game can be improved. .
(21) When a game operation for deriving and displaying the display result of the identification information (operation on the stop buttons 9L, 9C, 9R) is detected by the game operation detecting means (stop switches 29L, 29C, 29R), Derivative display means (Sa6) for deriving and displaying the display result of the identification information in the variable display device,
The production means further includes a plurality of types of production identification information that can be individually identified (production symbols, “red 7”, “white 7”, “BAR” displayed in a variable manner in each of the variation areas 41L, 41C, 41R. , “JAC”, “Watermelon”, “Cherry”, “Bell”), and the display result is derived and displayed (S176),
The production control means includes
After the display of the effect identification information is started (after the in-game flag is set in S107), when the display result of the identification information is derived and displayed on the variable display device by the derivation display means (S109) When the stop flag is set), the display result of the effect identification information is derived and displayed (YES in S141 and the stop effect is set in S203 or S204),
From the start of the variable display of the effect identification information until the display result of the identification information is derived and displayed on the variable display device by the derivation display means (after the flag in game is set in S107 and in S109) Until the stop flag is set) and while the production operation detection means detects the production operation (while it is determined YES in S171), the production identification information The variable display is stopped (S172).
According to such a configuration, the variation display can be stopped by performing the production operation while the variation display of the production identification information is being performed. While improving further, the interest of a game can be improved.
( 22 ) The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a front view showing the whole structure of the slot machine. It is a figure for demonstrating the winning combination table according to gaming state. It is a figure which shows the structure of the control circuit of a slot machine. It is a figure for demonstrating the installation state of a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the content of an effect control command. It is a figure which shows an example of the table for production determination. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a temporary stop effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a temporary stop effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a temporary stop effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a drag movement effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a drag movement effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect A pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect A pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect B pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect B pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect C pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect C pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect C pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect C pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect C pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect D pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect D pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the touch request | requirement effect D pattern is determined as an effect, and is performed. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed by the microcomputer for game control. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed by the microcomputer for production control. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine program of a touch discrimination | determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine program of effect determination processing. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine program of effect control processing. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine program of effect control processing during a game. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine program of an effect setting process at the time of a stop. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine program of the process at the time of the last step effect execution for performing the last step among the effects at the time of development. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a poker game production pattern is determined and produced as production. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the selection effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the selection effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a bubbling removal effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a bubbling removal effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a bubbling removal effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a bubbling removal effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when a bubbling removal effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the nerve weakening effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the nerve weakening effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the nerve weakening effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating a state when the nerve weakening effect pattern is determined as an effect and is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating the display state of a liquid crystal display when a character selection effect pattern is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating the display state of a liquid crystal display when a mode selection production pattern is performed.

Explanation of symbols

  1 slot machine, 41 liquid crystal display, 44a, 44b light emitting device, 45a, 45b light receiving device, 101 game control board, 102 effect control board, 110 game control microcomputer, 120 effect control microcomputer, 127 display control circuit, 130 Coordinate address calculation circuit, L1-L5 line, Ls1-Ls5 effect winning line.

Claims (3)

A game can be started by setting a predetermined number of bets for one game, and a display result is derived by deriving a display result to a variable display device that displays a plurality of types of identification information that can be identified by each. A slot machine in which a game is finished and a winning can be generated according to the display result of the variable display device,
And acceptable means to allow the transition to favorable special game state for Yu technique's,
Predetermined operation detecting means for detecting a predetermined operation for starting the game;
Production operation detection means for detecting production operation having a plurality of different operation modes ;
No line an effect detectable operated by pre Symbol the presentation manipulation detecting means for effect operations until more than a predetermined number of times, and directing means for deriving a direction outcome,
The means for causing the operation means to execute the operation effect, and the operation mode of the operation for the effect every time the operation for the effect is detected by the effect operation detecting means within the period in which the operation effect is being executed. Production control means for deriving different production results depending on
The production control means includes
The operation effect executed after the start of one game can be continuously executed after the end of the one game, and the predetermined operation detection means performs the operation after the end of the one game. When a predetermined operation is detected, the operation effect is terminated,
An operation mode for deriving a specific display mode indicating the transition to the special gaming state within a period in which the operation effect is executed when the transition to the special gaming state is permitted by the permission unit. for that effect when said sometimes effect operation has been detected the to derive a specific display mode as the direction outcome, the presentation operation has not been detected by the previous SL for effect operation detecting means by the effect-use operation detecting means operation and wherein the not to derive the particular display mode is derived when the effect operation has been detected without performing the same control as when detected, the slot machine. The permission means allows a transition to any one of the special game states defined in advance,
The effect control means may be led to the specific display manner indicating the type of special game state that is Rimoto volume by said permission means as said presentation results in the slot according to claim 1 Machine.   The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the production operation detection unit includes a touch panel that detects an operation in a predetermined area and specifies the operated position.

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