JP6066172B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with an effect display device.

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

JP 2003-230714 A JP 2003-225426 A JP 2011-183202 A

  In recent years, with the increase in the image quality of display screens of liquid crystal display devices and the like, and the higher definition of the contents of presentation display, the data size of moving image data that is produced at the development stage and stored in ROM (Read Only Memory) has also increased. ing. In addition to the high definition of each material, for example, when changing the effect display content according to a predetermined determination process, it is created and stored in advance as separate moving image data for each change mode It was necessary to leave. For this reason, as the number of modes increases, the burden of development also increases, putting pressure on the memory capacity of the storage area.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of providing a wide variety of effects while suppressing an increase in development burden and data size.

  In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to an aspect of the present invention is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by a predetermined game operation. A lottery means for executing the game, a special game control means for executing the special game when the predetermined condition is satisfied as a result indicating that the lottery can be transferred to the special game, and accompanying the lottery An effect display device for displaying effect content, an effect determining means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, and an effect for causing the effect display device to display the effect content determined by the effect determining means. Display control means. The effect display control means defines motion data in which a motion is defined when adding a motion to the image displayed on the performance display device at a predetermined timing, and a motion display process using the motion based motion data. A data storage means for holding a plurality of types of display pattern data, a control processing means for controlling the effect display according to the display pattern data, and a drawing for generating a display image to be displayed on the effect display device according to an instruction from the control processing means Processing means, and display processing means for outputting a display image to the effect display device in accordance with an instruction from the control processing means. The data storage means is an image to be displayed as motion data as a choice for presentation in each of a plurality of display areas set on the screen, and shows an enhanced presentation image for highlighting the selected state and a non-emphasized state Motion data including the non-emphasized effect image in a format that is selectively displayed in each of the plurality of display areas, and the data storage means stores motion data as display pattern data in each of the plurality of display areas. The selected effect pattern data defined to selectively display the emphasized effect image or the non-emphasized effect image included in the image in accordance with the selection by the predetermined selection determination process is held, and the effect determining means uses the selected effect pattern data as the selected effect pattern data. Therefore, when it is decided to execute the effect display, the control processing means performs the display for each display area according to the selected effect pattern data. In accordance with the selection by the selection determination process, the rendering operation unit controls the rendering operation based on the motion data, and the drawing processing unit displays either the enhanced rendering image or the non-emphasized rendering image for each display area according to the control by the control processing unit. A display image is generated.

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

  According to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to provide a game machine capable of providing a wide variety of effects while suppressing an increase in development burden and data size.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for deviation in detail. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of a main board | substrate and a sub board | substrate. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of an effect display control part. It is a figure which shows typically the example of the image displayed by circulation display motion data and selection confirmation motion data. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen displayed by selection production pattern data. It is a time chart which shows the control process of the layer synthesis | combination and moving image reproduction for every division area. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the release process of S100 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the closing process of S102 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail a release process of S160 in FIG. 19. FIG. FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating in detail a closing process in S162 in FIG. 19. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process regarding a selection effect.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  The special game is started by displaying an effect screen called start demonstration time. After the start demonstration time is displayed on the screen, the grand prize winning opening 66 is opened, and after the opening lasts for about 30 seconds, or after nine or more game balls have dropped in, it is temporarily closed. From such opening to closing of the big prize opening 66 is basically called a unit game, but it may be repeated a plurality of short-time opening during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the special prize opening 66 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times, the special game is ended by displaying an effect screen called an end demo time. On the other hand, when the winning lottery corresponds to a result called “small hit”, the small hit game is executed. The small hit is a result included as a result of the lottery. The small hit game is a unit game executed in a manner similar to some types of special games. However, the unit game executed as a small hit game is only one time, which is different from a special game in which a plurality of unit games are executed.

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

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

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

  When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, the probability variation game of the winning lottery (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the end of the special game ) Is further started. During the chance change of the winning / failing lottery, the winning / failing lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game can be generated relatively early. The probability change of the success / failure lottery is continued until the next big hit occurs, but as a modification, it may be configured to end when a predetermined limited number of symbol changes are made. In this embodiment, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are started at the same time as when the probability change is started, and the easy entry state is also started. May be executed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table. The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small hits and misses, and winning / failing lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the hit / failure probabilities of big hits and small hits are determined. Is determined. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure determination table of FIG. In the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure lottery means 112, in the normal state, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 is a big hit. At the time of certainty change, as shown in FIG. 4B, the range of the big hit is expanded, and not only when the winning / losing lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 but also when the lottery falls within the range of 400 to 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the big hit changes according to the gaming state. In the case of hitting a big hit, whether it is a 15R big hit or a 2R big hit and whether or not there is a probability change is determined separately according to the stop symbol of the special symbol. In this figure, the single hit / fail judgment table shows the big hit range for both normal time and probability change, but the success / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and for probability change.

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

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

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

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

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

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 5A is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit, FIG. 5B is a table that is referred to when the result of determination is wrong, and FIG. This table is referred to when the determination result is a small hit. The symbol determination means 114 refers to the symbol determination table of this diagram in symbol determination. In the symbol determination table, a correspondence relationship between numbers “0” to “10” indicating the types of special symbols and symbol lottery values is defined. The types of special symbols are associated with the big hit, small hit, and unsuccessful determination results, with “0” to “4” corresponding to the big hit, “5” to “9” corresponding to the big hit, “10” corresponds to a loss. Each type is assigned a plurality of special symbols, that is, a plurality of symbols that are generally meaningless and formed by a combination of segments.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, special symbol types “0” to “4” are associated with jackpots. Among them, the type “0” indicates 15R big hit with certainty and is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0 to 99”. The type “1” indicates a 2R jackpot with certainty and is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”. Types “2” to “4” indicate 15R big hits without any probability change, type “2” is associated with symbol range “150 to 189”, and type “3” is associated with “190 to 229” The type “4” is associated with “230 to 255”. Thus, the selection probability for each jackpot type is determined by the size of the symbol lottery value range.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the type “10” is associated with the entire range of symbol lottery values when the result of the determination is wrong.

  As shown in FIG. 5C, special symbol types “5” to “9” are associated with small hits. The type “5” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0-49”, and the type “6” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “50-99”. The type “7” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”, the type “8” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 199”, and the type “9” is the symbol lottery value range. Corresponding to “200 to 255”.

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

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the variation pattern table. The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the variation pattern table for removal shown in FIG. 6A when the result of the determination is wrong. When the determination result is a 15R jackpot, the fluctuation pattern table for 15R jackpot shown in FIG. 6B is referred to. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the variation pattern table for 2R big hit and small hit shown in FIG. 6C is referred.

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

  In FIG. 6B, the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 120, and the super reach of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 121 to 240. The pattern lottery values 241 to 250 are associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery values 251 to 255 are associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is 15R big hit, the variation pattern with reach is selected.

  In FIG. 6C, the pattern lottery values 0 to 122 are associated with the super reach “super 3”, and the pattern lottery values 123 to 255 are associated with the normal reach “normal 3”. As described above, when the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, “Super 3” or “Normal 3” is selected with a probability of about 50%.

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

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

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

  The special game control means 120 indicates that the special game operation condition is established when the special symbol 192 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode when the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 results in the transition to the special game. A special game is executed by determining and opening the special winning opening 66. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is configured by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. Special games include a 15R jackpot that repeats a unit game 15 times and a 2R jackpot that repeats a unit game that has a shorter opening time than the 15R jackpot only twice. In the case of 15R jackpot, in principle, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the case of 2R big hit, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 0.5 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 ends the special game when the set round number of unit games is exhausted. Even in the case of 2R big hit, if the predetermined condition is satisfied, the big winning opening 66 may be opened in the same manner as the 15R big hit.

  The specific game executing means 122 controls the normal game in the probability changing state, the short time state, and the easy-to-enter state. The specific game execution means 122 shifts the game state to the time-saving state and the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the symbol determined by the symbol determination means 114 is a big hit symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The short-time state and the easy-to-enter state are continued until the number of times of display of the special symbol 192 reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times from the end of the special game. However, when the state changes to the probability changing state at the same time, as long as the probability changing state continues, the short time state and the easy entry state are continued. That is, it continues until the next big hit occurs. Thus, the end of the short time state and the easy entry state is determined according to the gaming state. In the short time state, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 selects a fluctuation pattern having a short fluctuation time so that the fluctuation display time of the special symbol 192 is substantially shortened. However, in a normal state, a variation pattern table corresponding to the number of holds of the result of lottery determination by the hold control unit 116 is referred to, and a change pattern with a long variation time is likely to appear as the number of hold by the hold control unit 116 decreases. In the easy entry state, the normal symbol time is shortened, the normal symbol probability change, and the expansion mechanism 63 is opened and extended. On the other hand, the probability variation state is continued until a special game with the next jackpot is executed. During the probable change state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

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

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

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

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

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

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a transition to a special game of 15R jackpot, a specific combination such as “777” or “ A combination of three symbols such as “111” is selected. A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is also selected when the result of the determination is a 2R big hit or a small hit, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. When the determination result is neither big hit nor small hit, it is a combination in which three symbols such as “312” and “946” are not arranged, and a specific combination selected at the time of 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. When the determination result is not 15R big hit, and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination with only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is selected. .

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

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

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

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

  The effect display control means 134, when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the notice effect, causes the effect display control means 134 to superimpose the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern on the effect display device 60 in the form of superimposing the symbol effect. Display. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram schematically showing hardware configurations of the main board 102 and the sub board 104. The main board 102 includes electronic components such as a main CPU 300, a main RAM 302, and a main ROM 304. The main ROM 304 stores in advance a main control program and data for controlling the entire game operation. A main control program or data is read from the main ROM 304 into the main RAM 302, and the main control program is executed by the main CPU 300. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or a data bus (not shown). The entrance signal from each entrance and the payout signal from the payout control board 45 are acquired by the main CPU 300 via various interfaces not shown. The main CPU 300 drives and controls external devices such as each winning opening solenoid and the special symbol display device 61 by various drive circuits (not shown). In addition, a command necessary for effect control is transmitted from the main CPU 300 to the sub-board 104 together with information such as the result of the lottery determination, the design determination result, and the variation pattern determination result.

  The sub board 104 includes electronic components such as a sub CPU 310, a sub RAM 312, a sub ROM 314, and an effect display control unit 316. The sub ROM 314 is one of data storage means for holding a sub control program including effect pattern data in which an effect process is defined, display pattern data in which an effect display process is defined, and the like. A sub control program including effect pattern data and display pattern data is read from the sub ROM 314 into the sub RAM 312, and effect control by the sub control program is executed by the sub CPU 310. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or a data bus (not shown). A signal from an external device such as the operation button 82 is acquired by the sub CPU 310 via various interfaces (not shown). The sub CPU 310 drives external devices such as the speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 by various drive circuits and control circuits (not shown) according to the effect pattern data to produce effects by voice output, lamp lighting, and accessory actions. To control. Further, the sub CPU 310 transmits display pattern data to the effect display control unit 316. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub-board 104 includes the effect display control unit 316 will be described. However, the sub-board 104 and the effect display control unit 316 do not need to be integrated as a board, and are separated. It may be formed as separate substrates connected to each other.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of the effect display control unit 316. As shown in FIG. The effect display control unit 316 includes a control CPU 320, a control RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. The data ROM 324 is one of data storage means for holding material data such as effect image data and motion data used for effect display in a compressed state. The effect image data is, for example, a material image such as a sprite image of a decorative pattern used for decoration pattern variation, a sprite image used for a notice effect, and a moving image used for the background of various effects. The motion data is data in which an operation is defined when an effect operation is added to an image used for various effects at a predetermined timing.

  Based on the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310, effect image data and motion data designated in the display pattern data are read from the data ROM 324 to the control RAM 322, and effect display using the effect image data and motion data is performed. Is executed by the control CPU 320. As a result, commands related to effect display, effect image data, and motion data are transmitted from the control CPU 320 to the display control circuit 326, and display control is performed by the display control circuit 326.

  The display control circuit 326 includes a decoder 332, a drawing memory 334, a drawing circuit 336, a frame buffer 338, and a display circuit 340, which are connected via the bus 330. The bus 330 in this figure comprehensively shows buses such as a system bus, a data bus, and an address bus for convenience.

  The effect image data and motion data sent from the control CPU 320 are stored in the drawing memory 334, and the compressed data among these data is decoded by the decoder 332. The drawing memory 334 is used as a work area when the effect image data or motion data is decoded by the decoder 332, or is used as a work area when the drawing circuit 336 performs drawing processing or image processing. ).

  The drawing circuit 336 uses the data stored in the drawing memory 334 to sequentially execute commands sent from the control CPU 320 to generate a display image, and uses the generated display image as a frame of a moving image as a frame buffer. Stored in 338. The frame buffer 338 is a VRAM serving as a buffer memory that temporarily stores a frame of a moving image to be output to the effect display device 60.

  The display circuit 340 outputs the display images stored in the frame buffer 338 to the effect display device 60 in the form of video signals in the stored order. The frame buffer 338 has a memory area for two frames, for example. While the display circuit 340 outputs a display image from the memory area for one frame, the drawing circuit 336 generates the next display image, Store in the memory area for another frame.

  In this embodiment, a division area obtained by dividing the predetermined display area on the screen into four is set as an option for production, and the type of production is selected according to the format in which one of the division areas is selected according to the operation of the operation button 82 of the player. Displays the selection process. Selection effect pattern data in which an effect display process for sequentially switching between a selection state and a non-selection state for each divided region is stored in the sub ROM 314 in advance as an effect operation in the display contents of the selection effect.

  In the selected effect pattern data, it is defined that a predetermined image is displayed in each of the four divided areas and that a motion effect is executed at a predetermined timing using the motion data. The motion effect used in the present embodiment includes a stunning operation (hereinafter referred to as “selection effect”) that switches between light and darkness of an image to switch between a selected state and a non-selected state, and a light emission state and a non-light emission state of an image A stunning operation (hereinafter referred to as “blinking effect”) that switches alternately at high speed to make it appear blinking, and a stunning operation that displays a bright image that is finally selected for several seconds (hereinafter referred to as “deterministic effect”). "). The blinking effect may be an operation that switches the brightness of an image alternately at high speed to make it appear as blinking. As the motion data, circular display motion data and selection confirmation motion data are used. In the cyclic display motion data, the execution timing of the selection effect for each divided area is defined so that the brightly displayed areas in the four divided areas are circulated at a high speed in a predetermined order. In the selection confirmation motion data, it is defined that the blinking effect and the confirmation effect are executed in all of the four divided regions from the timing when the player inputs the operation button 82. However, as will be described later, only one of the four divided areas is actually blinked and confirmed, and the other divided areas are processed so that the blinking and confirmed display cannot be seen.

  The circulation display motion data and the selection confirmation motion data include images to be displayed as options for presentation in each divided area. The cyclic display motion data includes at least data for forming both the enhanced effect image indicating the selected state of the divided areas and the non-emphasized effect image indicating the non-selected state, at least the number of the divided areas. One of the effect image and the non-emphasized effect image is included in a form that is selectively displayed. In the present embodiment, six types of still images with different animal characters as motifs are included in one circular display motion data. The selection confirmation motion data includes at least data for expressing the selection state of the divided area by blinking, that is, data for forming both the enhanced effect image indicating the light emission state and the non-emphasized effect image indicating the non-light emission state. These are included in a format in which either an enhanced effect image or a non-emphasized effect image is selectively displayed. Furthermore, the selection confirmation motion data includes at least the number of moving images for expressing the selection confirmation state of the divided areas at least as many as the number of divided areas. In the present embodiment, one selection-confirmed motion data includes a still image using different animal characters as motifs and six types of moving images that are scenes where each character is jealous. The sub ROM 314 stores a plurality of selected effect pattern data. The selected effect pattern data is divided into four of six types of still images and moving images included in the cyclic display motion data and the selection confirmed motion data. The areas to be displayed and their arrangement are defined. The arrangement of images defined in a plurality of selected effect pattern data is defined to be different.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of an image displayed by circulating display motion data and selection confirmation motion data. This figure (a) is an example of the non-emphasis effect image which shows the non-selection state in circulation display motion data. In the non-emphasized effect image of this figure, an ostrich is drawn as an animal as a motif, and a layer for darkening the entire image is displayed in a combined manner to show the non-selected state. For example, a non-emphasized effect image may be obtained by multiplying or overlaying a character image (hereinafter referred to as a “base image”) with a layer for darkening the entire image (hereinafter referred to as a “dark layer”). The image of the dark layer may be an image in which the entire image is uniformly set to one color such as black or gray or equal luminance, or an image in which luminance and brightness are adjusted with respect to the same image as the base image. It may be an image in which a luminance value is set according to a luminance distribution for each pixel that darkens the base image.

  This figure (b) is an example of the emphasis effect image which shows the selection state in circulation display motion data. Although the same ostrich as in FIG. 9A is drawn, a layer that brightly emphasizes the entire image is synthesized and displayed, unlike FIG. For example, an enhanced effect image may be obtained by adding or synthesizing layers for brightening the entire image (hereinafter referred to as “bright layer”). The image of the bright layer may be an image in which the entire image is uniformly bright or set to the same luminance, or may be an image in which the luminance and brightness are adjusted with respect to the same image as the base image. Alternatively, an image in which a luminance value is set according to a luminance distribution for each pixel that brightens the base image may be used. On the other hand, the image of (b) is used as a non-emphasized effect image indicating a non-light emitting state in the selection confirmed motion data.

  This figure (c) is an example of the emphasis effect image which shows the light emission state in selection confirmation motion data. In this case, a layered display (hereinafter referred to as “light layer”) that makes it appear to emit light brighter than in FIG. The image of the light layer may be an image set to one color or equal luminance brighter than (b) so that the entire image is illuminated, or the color and brightness are adjusted to be brighter than in FIG. An image obtained by performing processing such as Gaussian blur may be used. As another layer structure, a method in which a bright layer is further superimposed on the bright layer of (b) to make it look bright as if it was shining may be adopted. In that case, the brightness of the image of the light layer may be higher than that of the bright layer, or may be substantially equal.

  This figure (d) is an example of the image displayed as a definite effect in selection definite motion data. This image is a moving image in which the face of an ostrich changes to an ecstatic expression. In this case, it is not always necessary to take a layer structure, and it may be a moving image displayed with the same brightness as (b). However, as in (b), a bright image may be obtained by combining bright layers.

  The six types of still image data included in the circular display motion data and the selection confirmation motion data are the base layer of the lowest layer as the base image on which the animal character is drawn, and the dark layer, the light layer, And a plurality of layers including a light layer superimposed thereon. However, as a modification, it may be a multilayer structure further including another layer of a background image or another layer on which different aspects of the same character are drawn.

  The selection effect defined in the circular display motion data is an operation to switch from the state in which the dark layer is combined with the base layer to the state in which the light layer is combined with the base layer, and to maintain that state for a predetermined time, for example, 0.2 seconds And an operation for returning the dark layer to the synthesized state again. In addition, in the cyclic display motion data, the order of the divided areas is defined so that the selection effect is applied to each of the four divided areas in a predetermined order. In the modification, a plurality of types of effects may be used as the selection effect. In this case, the time for maintaining the composition of the bright layer differs for each selected effect. For example, three types are prepared: a short selection effect that maintains 0.2 seconds, a medium selection effect that maintains 0.3 seconds, and a long selection effect that maintains 0.4 seconds. And, it is possible to express the operation of increasing the circulation speed by executing in the order of long selection effect, medium selection effect, and short selection effect, and conversely by executing in order of short selection effect, medium selection effect, and long selection effect. An operation in which the circulation speed gradually decreases can be expressed. As another modification, a time for maintaining the composition of the bright layer may be specified as a parameter each time.

  The blinking effect defined in the selection confirmation motion data is similar to the operation of repeating the selection effect a plurality of times, and defines the operation of repeating the bright layer synthesis and the light layer synthesis twice alternately. In the confirmation effect defined in the selection confirmation motion data, an operation for reproducing the moving image of FIG. 10D from a predetermined timing for a predetermined time is defined. It is defined in the definite display motion data so that such a blinking effect is simultaneously executed in all four divided areas. However, in practice, the blinking effect is executed only on the selected divided area by forcibly disabling the blinking effect on areas other than the finally selected divided area. It will look like.

  The multiple types of still image data included in the circular display motion data and the selection confirmation motion data include a base layer on which different animal characters are drawn, but the dark layer, bright layer, and light layer have multiple types of still images. You may make it common between data. As described above, the dark layer, the bright layer, and the light layer are shared by a plurality of image data, and can be used as different image data only by changing the base image, thereby reducing the development burden.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a screen displayed by the selected effect pattern data. As shown in the drawing, the screen 350 is divided into four and set as a first divided region 352, a second divided region 354, a third divided region 356, and a fourth divided region 358. In the selected effect pattern data, it is defined which type of image data is allocated and displayed in each of the first divided area 352, the second divided area 354, the third divided area 356, and the fourth divided area 358. Yes. In accordance with the selected effect pattern data, the control CPU 320 reads out different types of image data to be displayed in each divided area from the data ROM 324. The control CPU 320 arranges and displays the image data specified in the selected effect pattern data in the specified divided area, and displays the display image in which the PUSH button image 360 is displayed in the center of the screen 350 by the processing of the drawing circuit 336. Generate.

  The selection effect is an effect in which an image in any one of the divided areas is selected when the player presses the operation button 82 while continuing the display process in which the images in the four divided areas are sequentially brightened one by one. Initially, the dark layer included in the image data in all the divided areas is enabled and the bright layer is disabled, so that a non-enhanced effect image indicating a non-selected state is displayed in each of the four divided areas. It is defined in the cyclic display motion data to display. Next, the selection effect is executed for one of the four divided areas, that is, the bright effect layer composition is enabled and the dark layer composition is invalidated to display the enhanced effect image indicating the selected state in the divided area. It is defined in the cyclic display motion data. In order to display the selection state by such a selection effect in the order of the first divided area 352, the second divided area 354, the third divided area 356, the fourth divided area 358, and the first divided area 352, the brightness of each divided area is displayed. It is stipulated to sequentially switch between enabling / disabling layers and disabling / enabling dark layers. Thereby, the selection state of each divided area is circulated at high speed like a roulette. In the example of FIG. 5A, an enhanced effect image indicating the selected state is displayed in the second divided region 354, and a non-emphasized effect image is displayed in the first divided region 352, the third divided region 356, and the fourth divided region 358. Show the moment you are.

  The push button image 360 serves as a mark that prompts the player to press the operation button 82, and the player presses the operation button 82 in accordance with the suggestion of the push button image 360. When the player presses the operation button 82 while circulating the display of the selected state, the motion data displayed until then is switched from the cyclic display motion data to the selection confirmed motion data. That is, it is determined in the selection confirmation motion data that the blinking effect and the confirmation effect are executed for the divided area that is in the selected state at the timing of pressing the operation button 82 to stop the circulation and confirm the selection. This figure (b) shows selection confirmation after the operation button 82 is pressed at the moment when the third divided area 356 is in the selected state, the blinking effect is executed in the third divided area 356, and then the definite effect is executed. The state where the emphasis effect image is displayed is shown. In this figure (b), since it is after pressing the operation button 82, the PUSH button image 360 is deleted. Which divided area is finally selected is determined according to the timing of pressing the operation button 82 by the player, but as a modification, the selected effect pattern is previously set regardless of the timing of pressing the operation button 82. It may be in the form specified in the data.

  The selection effects as described above can be used in various effect scenes. For example, the effect may be displayed as one of the notice effects during the pattern change and developed into a super reach effect including the contents corresponding to the selected image. .

  FIG. 12 is a time chart showing the control process of layer composition and moving image reproduction for each divided region. This figure (1) shows the 1st division area 352, (2) shows the 2nd division area 354, (3) shows the 3rd division area 356, and (4) shows the 4th division area 358, respectively. In the example of this figure, the bright layer composition is activated in the order of the first divided area 352, the second divided area 354, the third divided area 356, and the fourth divided area 358, and the circulation of the activation is performed in that order. repeat.

  The upper part of this figure (1) shows the timing when the synthesis of the optical layer is validated, the period indicated by the hatched thick line is the valid period, and the period indicated by the broken line is the invalidation period. The middle part of FIG. 1A shows the timing when the composition of the bright layer is validated. The period indicated by the white thick line is the valid period, and the period indicated by the broken line is the invalidation period. The lower part of (1) shows the timing when the composition of the dark layer is validated, the period indicated by the black thick line is the valid period, and the period indicated by the broken line is the invalidation period. Light and dark layer compositing is disabled during light layer compositing, and light and dark layer compositing is disabled and dark layer compositing during light layer compositing is enabled. During the period when is enabled, the bright layer and the composition of the bright layer are disabled. That is, any one of the enhanced effect image and the non-emphasized effect image is selectively displayed by exclusively enabling any one of the light layer composition, the light layer composition, and the dark layer composition.

  (2), (3), and (4) are also the same as (1), the upper part shows the timing for enabling the composition of the light layer, and the middle part shows the timing for enabling the composition of the bright layer, The bottom row shows the timing for enabling dark layer composition. The periods indicated by the hatched, white, and black thick lines are the valid periods, and the periods indicated by the broken lines are the invalidated periods. While the combination of the light layer or the bright layer is validated in any one of the divided areas (1) to (4), the composition of the light layer and the bright layer in the other divided areas is invalidated.

  In the example of this figure, the circular display motion data is executed until the player presses the operation button 82, and the cyclic display motion data is switched to the selection confirmed motion data at the timing when the operation button 82 is pressed. First, it is determined in the circulation display motion data that the selected state is circulated in the order of (1), (2), (3), and (4) like a roulette. That is, following the activation of the bright layer composition in (1) (S200), the bright layer (S202) in (2), the bright layer (S204) in (3), and the bright layer in (4) (S206). ), (1) light layer (S208), (2) light layer (S210), (3) light layer (S212), (4) light layer (S214), (1) light layer (S216) ) In order. Each of these activations is 0.2 seconds, and a high-speed circulation display is realized by sequentially switching the divided areas to be selected at intervals of 0.2 seconds.

  At the timing when the player presses the operation button 82 (S218), the circulation display motion data is switched to the selection confirmed motion data. In the selection confirmation motion data, first, an operation process in which the combination of the light layer and the combination of the bright layer are alternately repeated twice as a blinking effect is determined. In the example of this figure, since the operation button 82 is pressed at the timing (S217) when the bright layer (3) is activated, the blinking effect of the selection confirmed motion data indicates that the divided area (3) has been selected. Displayed with a fixed effect. First, (3) the light layer (S220), the light layer (S222), the light layer (S224), and the light layer (S226) are alternately activated twice. At this time, the definition of the blinking effect in the selection-confirmed motion data is not limited to (3), and is defined to be executed for all divided regions. That is, in (1), it is determined that the light layer and the bright layer are alternately activated as indicated by the thick broken lines in the order of S230, S232, S234, and S236. Similarly, it is determined that (2) is enabled in the order of S240, S242, S244, and S246, and (4) is also enabled in the order of S250, S252, S254, and S256. However, for (1), (2), and (4) except for (3), which is actually the object of selection confirmation, the control CPU 320 disables the execution of the blink effect, that is, the activation of the light layer and the bright layer. As a result, only the selection confirmation target blinks.

  Finally, in (3), a moving image as a definite effect is reproduced for several seconds (S228). As a result, the third divided region 356 is in a selection confirmation state.

  According to the conventional display method, a moving image of the entire screen whose selection state is switched to the first divided region 352, the second divided region 354, and the third divided region 356 is created at the development stage, and such moving image data is selected as an option. It was necessary to prepare as many as the combinations. For example, there are 360 combinations in which moving images of six types of animals are arranged in four divided regions, and moving image data for the amount set as the combination is created in advance. In addition, in order to indicate selection confirmation, it is necessary to prepare in advance a moving image in the process of selection confirmation from the blinking state for each type of animal. Producing them and storing them in the data ROM 324 not only places a heavy burden on development, but also enormously increases the data size and puts pressure on the memory. Even if the number of moving image data is reduced by limiting the combinations of options, the timing at which the player presses the operation button 82 is different each time, so the number of pressing timings and the final selection confirmation mode It is also necessary to prepare moving image data for final selection confirmation by the number.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, after defining one circular display motion as the circular display motion data, it is only necessary to create and include as many animal character images as the number of character types to be displayed in each divided area. It can be made into cyclic display motion data, and development effort can be reduced. Also, as the data size, the data size of the image is only proportional to the number of character types, so that excessive compression of the memory capacity can be avoided. Furthermore, it is possible to realize video expression of selection operations at various timings simply by switching the composition of the layers to be activated, and it is possible to enrich the production variations while reducing the development burden and reducing the data size. .

  In the cyclic display motion data of the present embodiment, a description is given of a configuration in which highlight effect images and non-emphasis effect images are selectively displayed by alternately enabling synthesis of bright layers and synthesis of dark layers. did. In the modified example, an image of an animal displayed brightly on the base layer is included as an enhanced effect image, and switching between the enhanced effect image and the non-emphasized effect image is realized only by enabling / disabling the synthesis of the dark layer. It is good.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball enters the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, etc. (S10). A game control process is executed (S14), and if it is not in a normal game (N in S12), a special game control process (S16) or a small hit game control process is executed (S17), and a winning process in S10 In accordance with the number of prize balls set at, prize ball payout according to various winnings is processed (S18).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change effect pattern. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determining means 114 determines the stop symbol of the special symbol based on the result of the determination (S46), and the variation pattern determining means 115 selects the variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). The symbol form determining means 131 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), and selects the decorative effect variation effect pattern according to the special symbol variation pattern (S52).

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a big hit (Y in S90), the special game has already started (Y in S92), and the grand prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S98), the big prize opening The release process 66 is executed (S100). At this time, display of the set jackpot effect is also started. If the big prize opening 66 has been opened (Y of S98), the closing process of the big prize opening 66 is executed (S102). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S104), the process proceeds to S106. If it is not in the closed state (N in S104), the process after S106 is skipped, and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the special game has not started in S92 (N in S92), the special game is started (S94), the display of the start demonstration effect is started (S96), and this process is temporarily ended.

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

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S100 in FIG. When the opening timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S122), the opening / closing control means 124 uniformly turns off the passage flag and sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S124). The special winning opening 66 is opened (S126). In addition, a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions of the current unit game or a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions being different is set and started. When it is not the opening timing (N of S122), the processes of S124 and S126 are skipped.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S102 in FIG. When the closing timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached, the open / close control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66. That is, during a special game, whether the end condition based on the number of balls is satisfied (Y in S130) or the end condition based on the number of balls is not satisfied (N in S130), the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied ( (Y of S132), the special winning opening 66 is closed (S134). If the termination condition based on the opening time is not satisfied (N in S132), the flow after S134 is skipped.

  The end condition based on the number of balls in the 15R jackpot is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening 66, and the end condition based on the opening time is a set time according to the opening / closing pattern from the opening start of the big prize opening 66. It is progress. In the case of 15R big hit, 30 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening, and in the case of 2R big hit, 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening. However, since the opening for 0.5 seconds is extremely short, it is difficult to enter more than 10 balls as well as to enter the ball itself. Even if a game ball is launched at the same time as the opening of the grand prize opening, it is difficult to enter the game, so it is predicted that the 2R big hit will be opened before the grand prize opening 66 is opened. It is necessary to launch a game ball. On the other hand, the end condition based on the number of balls in the 15R jackpot is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening, and the end condition based on the opening time is 30 seconds from the start of opening the big prize opening 66. At this time, if the maximum number of continuations has been reached (Y in S136), the end flag is turned on (S138). If the maximum number of continuations has not been reached (N in S136), the process in S138 is skipped. In this embodiment, the upper limit number of continuations is 15 times. If neither the end condition based on the number of entered balls nor the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied (N in S130, N in S132), the processes after S134 are skipped.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a small hit (Y in S150), the small hit game has already started (Y in S152), and the big winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S158). A process for opening the winning opening 66 is executed (S160), and if it is already opened (Y in S158), a closing process for the big winning opening 66 is executed (S162). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S164), the process proceeds to S166. If it is not in the closed state (N of S164), the process after S166 is skipped and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the small hit game has not started in S152 (N in S152), the small hit game is started (S154), and the display of the start demonstration effect similar to the 2R big hit is started (S156). Exit once.

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

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S160 in FIG. When it is the opening timing of the big winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern (Y in S180), the opening / closing control means 124 sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S182) and starts opening the big winning opening 66. (S184). When it is not the opening timing (N of S180), the processing of S182 and S184 is skipped.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S162 in FIG. When the end timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S190), the end flag is turned on (S192), and the special winning opening 66 is closed (S194). This closing timing is the timing when 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the opening of the special winning opening 66. If it is not the closing timing (N of S190), the processes of S192 and S194 are skipped.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the process related to the selection effect. When the sub CPU 310 serving as the effect determining unit 132 determines to use the selected effect pattern data as the display pattern data used for the effect, processing is performed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. In this case, the sub CPU 310 reads the selected effect pattern data from the sub ROM 314 and sends it to the control CPU 320 of the effect display control unit 316 (S300). The control CPU 320 reads the circular display motion data and the selection confirmed motion data specified in the selected effect pattern data from the data ROM 324 (S302). The control CPU 320 starts a selection effect based on the circular display motion data (S304), and the drawing circuit 336 arranges the four image data designated by the control CPU 320 in each divided area and validates the synthesis of the dark layers respectively (S304). S306). If it is the execution timing of the selected effect (Y in S308), the drawing circuit 336 enables the bright layer synthesis and disables the dark layer synthesis in the divided region to be switched from the non-selected state to the selected state, and other divided regions. Then, a selection effect for enabling the dark layer composition and disabling the light layer composition is executed (S310). If it is not the execution timing of the selected effect, S310 is skipped (N in S308).

  Here, when the pressing of the operation button 82 by the player is detected (Y in S316), the circulation display motion data is switched to the selection confirmed motion data (S318), and when the pressing is not detected, S318 is skipped (S316). N). If it is the execution timing of the blink effect in the selection confirmed motion data (Y in S320), the drawing circuit 336 enables / disables the synthesis of the light layer and disables / enables the synthesis of the light layer in a predetermined divided area. A blinking effect for switching between is executed (S322). If it is not the execution timing of the flashing effect, S322 is skipped (N in S320). If the end timing of the flashing effect has been reached (Y in S324), the drawing circuit 336 reproduces a moving image as a definite effect in a predetermined divided area (S326). If it is not the end timing of the flashing effect, S326 is skipped (N in S324).

  After executing the above layer control and motion effect, the drawing circuit 336 generates a frame image as a display image and writes it to the frame buffer 338 (S328), and the display circuit 340 produces the frame stored in the frame buffer 338. The data is output to the display device 60 (S330). If the stop timing of the selected effect has been reached, this flow is terminated (Y in S332). If the stop timing has not been reached (N in S332), the processing from S308 to S330 is repeatedly executed.

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

  In the above embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example. It may be. A spinning-type gaming machine has a plurality of reels displaying a plurality of types of symbols, a winning / failing lottery means for performing a lottery of the winning combination, and a winning operation for stopping a plurality of reels by a player by winning a predetermined winning combination In accordance with the special game control means for shifting to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when a symbol indicating a predetermined role is stopped and displayed, and the effect is provided on the front of the revolving game machine Effect display device for displaying the content, effect determining means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, and effect display for displaying the effect content determined by the effect determining means on the effect display device Control means.

  In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, images are displayed in each of the four divided areas formed by dividing the screen into four parts, and the display is switched to the emphasized effect image one by one to make the selection state fast. The example which implement | achieves a cyclic display was demonstrated. In a modified example, the screen may be divided into more than four divisions, for example, divided into nine divisions or sixteen divisions, and the images may be displayed on each of them.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a moving image as a definite effect is displayed in the divided region that is finally selected at the timing of S228 in FIG. 12 has been described. In the modified example, a moving image as a deterministic effect may be displayed at a position other than the divided region that is finally selected at the timing of S228 in FIG. For example, a moving image as a definite effect may be displayed at the position where the PUSH button image 360 is deleted in the center of the screen. In that case, the moving image may be displayed larger than the size of the divided region such as the third divided region 356, so that the moving image may be displayed larger than that displayed in the third divided region 356. In particular, as the number of divided areas increases, such as when the screen is divided into 9 or 16 as described above, the size of the divided areas becomes even smaller than when divided into 4 parts. The player can display the contents of the effect of confirming the selection to the player.

  10 Pachinko gaming machines, 50 gaming boards, 52 gaming areas, 60 effect display devices, 112 winning / losing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 115 variation pattern determining means, 116 holding control means, 120 special game controlling means, 132 effect determining means, 134 effect display control means, 316 effect display control unit, 320 control CPU, 322 control RAM, 324 data ROM, 326 display control circuit, 336 drawing circuit, 340 display circuit.

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A success / failure lottery means for executing a success / failure lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by a predetermined game operation;
Special game control means for executing the special game when the predetermined condition is satisfied as a result of the success / failure lottery indicating that the transition to the special game is possible;
An effect display device in which effect contents are displayed in accordance with the winning / failing lottery,
Production determination means for determining production content to be displayed on the production display device;
Effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display the contents of the effect determined by the effect determining means,
The effect display control means includes:
A plurality of types of motion data in which an operation is defined when adding an effect operation at a predetermined timing to an image to be displayed on the effect display device, and an effect display process using an effect operation based on the motion data. Data storage means for holding display pattern data;
Control processing means for controlling the effect display according to the display pattern data;
Drawing processing means for generating a display image to be displayed on the effect display device according to an instruction of the control processing means;
Display processing means for outputting the display image to the effect display device according to an instruction from the control processing means,
The data storage means is an image to be displayed as a choice for presentation in each of a plurality of display areas set on the screen as the motion data, and an enhanced presentation image for highlighting the selected state and a non-emphasized state. and a non-emphasized effect image to indicate hold the motion data for selectively displaying each of said plurality of display areas,
It said data storage means, as the display pattern data, definitions be selectively displayed according to pre Symbol enhancement effect image or the non-stressed effect images for selection by a predetermined selection determining process on each of the plurality of display areas The selected production pattern data
The motion data is a plurality of layers including a first layer that is activated when the enhanced effect image is displayed and a second layer that is activated when the non-emphasized effect image is displayed. It is formed in a form that can switch which to activate,
If the effect determination unit has determined to execute the display effect according to the selected effect pattern data, said control processing means, said each said display area in response to selection by the selection determination process in accordance with the selected effect pattern data The display in which one of the plurality of layers is activated, and the drawing processing unit activates one of the plurality of layers for each display region according to control by the control processing unit. A game machine that generates images.

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