JP6402311B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  Conventionally, if a password is entered into the gaming machine and then a predetermined mission in the game is cleared, information indicating that the game achievement has been achieved is stored, and information indicating that the game achievement has been achieved at the end of the game is stored. A gaming machine that generates and displays a dimension code is known. The player accesses the site based on the two-dimensional code, and accumulates the achieved game results in the server. As a result, the motivation to achieve all gaming achievements is added, and long-term operation of gaming machines is realized.

A gaming machine is known in which rare effects are released based on challenging various missions determined in advance and achieving the mission (see Patent Document 1).
However, since the achievement of these missions is performed by lottery, it depends on the player's luck, and if the luck is good, the mission complete will be achieved early. After completing the mission, the interest in the model diminished and it was not enough to contribute to long-term operation.

JP 2012-143415 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can limit the early achievement of mission completion by the player's luck and contribute to longer-term operation.

The gaming machine of the present invention is a gaming machine provided with an effect device and an effect control means for controlling the effect device, wherein the effect control means is a game achieved by the player based on a password input by the player. It changes from the 1st production mode which does not accumulate the information about a performance to the 2nd production mode which accumulates the information about the game performance, and changes from the 2nd production mode to the 1st production mode based on the end operation by a player. An effect mode change control means, an effect determining means for selecting and determining an effect to be executed by lottery from a plurality of effects upon establishment of the first condition, and the effect determined by the effect determining means being executed by the effect device And a two-dimensional code including information related to the game achievement newly achieved by the player based on the ending operation performed by the player Code generation display means for displaying on the effect device, and the effect control means further includes an execution permission information storage means for storing information for determining whether or not execution of the selected effect is permitted. When the first condition is satisfied, the effect determining means performs a second operation based on information stored in the execution permission information storage means in the game in which the effect mode is set to the second effect mode. It is determined whether the condition is satisfied, and when the second condition is not satisfied, the other effect different from the selected effect is determined as an effect to be executed, and when the second condition is not satisfied to determine the effect selected as effect to be executed, when executing other the effect different from the effect selected, the not accumulate information regarding the game results, the actual and the presentation of selected When it is characterized by storing information relating to the game results newly achieved.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, as the other effects determined by the effect determining means, the predetermined effects, the effects related to the game performance already achieved by the player, or the selected effects are selected. It is one of the effects selected with a probability higher than the probability.
In the gaming machine of the present invention, the second condition is that the game is executed a predetermined number of times for each game result.

  In the present invention, even if an effect that is the target of the game performance is selected based on the establishment of the first condition, it is replaced with another effect if the second condition is not satisfied. The game performance related to the production remains unachieved. For this reason, until the second condition is satisfied, the gaming achievement cannot be achieved, and all gaming achievements cannot be achieved only by luck, and the gaming machine can contribute to longer-term operation.

Other effects to be executed in place of the selected effect are effects that are selected with a higher probability than a predetermined effect, an effect related to the game performance that the player has already achieved, or a probability that the selected effect is selected. By making any of them, an effect that makes it difficult to achieve the game results is left unachieved, so that all the game results can be prevented from being achieved at an early stage.
The second condition is that the game is executed a predetermined number of times for each game result, so that the game result is surely achieved during the period until the game is executed that number of times. Can be prevented.

It is a figure which shows the schematic structure of a game system. It is a figure explaining the functional block of a game system. It is a sequence diagram of a game system. It is a sequence diagram of a game system. It is a figure which shows the example of the image displayed on an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the image displayed on the game machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of the game machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the functional block of the gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the kind of effect in the gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the password input into the game machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the effect lottery table in the gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process in the game control means of the gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process in the production | presentation control means of the game machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the kind of effect in the game machine of the modification of this invention.

  In this embodiment, the gaming machine 100 according to the present invention is applied to a gaming system 1 that manages information related to a player's game. In order to facilitate understanding of the present embodiment, the gaming system 1 will be described first, and then the gaming machine 100 will be described.

(Conceptual configuration of gaming system 1)
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of the gaming system 1. The gaming system 1 includes a gaming machine 100, an information terminal 300, a communication network 401 including a communication base station 400, and a server 500. A gaming result in the gaming machine 100, a web site of the server 500, Provide a site-linked service that links.
In the gaming machine 100, by operating the start lever SL on condition that the player has inserted a prescribed number of medals, rotation of the left reel LR, the middle reel CR and the right reel RR is started, and an internal lottery is performed. Done. The player operates the left stop button LB, the middle stop button CB, and the right stop button RB to stop the reel corresponding to each stop button, and the medals are paid out according to the displayed symbol combination. At this time, an effect image corresponding to the progress of the game is displayed on the liquid crystal display LCD provided in the gaming machine 100. Details of the external configuration of the gaming machine 100 will be described later (see FIG. 7).

In the present embodiment, the gaming machine 100 will be described by taking a rotating type gaming machine (slot machine) as an example. Moreover, even if these plural types of gaming machines are mixed in the system, it is applicable.
The information terminal 300 is an electronic device or the like that can use a Web browser, such as a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a personal computer, or a notebook personal computer. The information terminal 300 can establish communication with the server 500 via the communication base station 400 and the communication network 401. The information terminal 300 can acquire effect information and effect history information that are information related to effects in the effect device from the gaming machine 100.
Here, the “production information that is information related to the production in the production device” is generated by the notice production, the AT prize production, the bonus prize production, the bonus type, the achieved game performance (cleared mission), various productions, etc. It means the point etc. made. “Production history information” means the total number of games, the number of bonuses, the number of winning ATs, and the like.
Note that “AT” is so-called assist time for performing the effect of assisting the winning of the winning combination by the effect device 270 (see FIG. 8), and “AT winning” is the effect control means 230 (FIG. 8), winning the lottery to shift the production state managed by the AT state to the AT state.

The communication base station 400 is connected to the communication network 401 and transmits / receives data to / from the information terminal 300 wirelessly. The communication base station 400 receives data transmitted / received wirelessly from the information terminal 300 and transmits the input data to the server 500 via the communication network 401. When data is transmitted from the server 500 to the information terminal 300, the server 500 inputs data to the communication base station 400 via the communication network 401, and the communication base station 400 wirelessly transmits the input data to the information terminal 300. Send to.
The communication network 401 is configured by a mobile phone network, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a dedicated line, and the like, and communicatively connects the information terminal 300 and the server 500 via the communication base station 400.
The server 500 manages various websites and provides various services such as accumulating information acquired by the information terminal 300. Here, the website (portal site) refers to a group of web pages under the domain specified by the server 500.

  In the gaming system 1, the player operates the information terminal 300 of the player himself / herself on the information terminal 300 by operating the information terminal 300 of the player from the start of the game to the end of the game on an arbitrary gaming machine 100. The captured production information is transmitted to the server 500 and accumulated. The player can check the effect information accumulated in the server 500 in this way on the information terminal 300. Furthermore, when a specific point is accumulated, the player can obtain a predetermined privilege (for example, a privilege that can be used on the information terminal 300 or a privilege that is used in a game).

(Block diagram of gaming system 1)
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of the gaming system. The gaming machine 100 includes a control means 200 including a game control means 210 for controlling the progress of the game and an effect control means 230 for controlling the effect device 270, and further includes an effect operating device 280 for inputting a password. Yes. The rendering device 270 includes a liquid crystal display device 271, a lamp device 272, and an acoustic device 273. Details of the functional blocks of the gaming machine 100 will be described later (see FIG. 8).
The liquid crystal display device 271 not only displays an effect image in accordance with the progress of the game, but also in the present embodiment, the game achievement information newly achieved by the player in accordance with the operation of the player's effect operation device 280, etc. A two-dimensional code including predetermined information is also displayed. Here, the “two-dimensional code” means a QR code (registered trademark), a barcode, and a password made up of character data.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the information terminal 300 includes a terminal operation unit 301, a terminal display device 302, an imaging device 303, a terminal communication device 304, and a terminal control unit 305.
The terminal operation unit 301 is a device that includes a keyboard, a cross key, a touch panel, and the like and has a function of accepting a player's operation input.
The terminal display device 302 is a device that includes a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like and has a function of displaying an arbitrary image. In the present embodiment, the terminal display device 302 displays a password image acquired from the server 500 or displays an image corresponding to the effect information of the gaming machine 100 accumulated in the server 500.

The image pickup apparatus 303 is an apparatus configured with an image pickup lens, an image pickup element that performs A / D conversion on an analog image signal obtained by photoelectrically converting light incident through the image pickup lens, and generates image data. The imaging device 303 is a device having a function of imaging a two-dimensional code displayed on the liquid crystal display device 271 of the gaming machine 100 and extracting information included in the two-dimensional code. In addition, instead of imaging the two-dimensional code by the imaging device 303 as described above, effect information may be acquired from the gaming machine 100 using infrared communication, short-range communication, Bluetooth (registered trademark), or the like.
The terminal communication device 304 is a device having a function of establishing communication with the server 500 via the communication network 401.
The terminal control unit 305 is configured by a semiconductor integrated circuit including a central processing unit (CPU), a ROM that stores a program for operating the terminal control unit 305, a RAM that is used as a temporary data storage and work area, and the like. The control unit has a function of managing and controlling the entire information terminal 300.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the server 500 includes a storage device 501, a server communication device 502, and a server control unit 503.
The storage device 501 includes a storage medium such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state driver (SSD), and a flash memory. It is an apparatus having a function of accumulating effect information from the machine 100.
The server communication device 502 is a communication device having a function of establishing communication with the information terminal 300 via the communication network 401.
The server control unit 503 is configured by a semiconductor integrated circuit including a central processing unit (CPU), a ROM that stores a program for operating the server control unit 503, a RAM that is used as a temporary data storage and work area, and the like. The control unit has a function of managing and controlling the entire server 500.

(Sequence diagram of gaming system 1)
3 and 4 are sequence diagrams of the gaming system 1. Here, processing related to the gaming machine 100 will be briefly described, and details of processing related to the gaming machine 100 will be described later.
In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, there are a first effect mode in which information relating to the game achievement achieved by the player is not accumulated and a second effect mode in which information relating to the game achievement achieved by the player is accumulated as the effect modes. . FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram for explaining a case where the game system 1 is used to play a game in the second effect mode.
When a player plays a game in the second performance mode in which information related to the game performance achieved by the player is accumulated, the player accesses the server 500 via the player's own information terminal 300 and specifies the player in the server 500. The player-specific information to be registered is registered in advance.

(Game start in 2nd production mode)
When a player who has pre-registered player-specific information in a predetermined procedure starts a game in the second performance mode, he accesses the server 500 via the player's own information terminal 300, and from the server 500 the password And the acquired password is input to the gaming machine 100. Specific processing will be described below.
The terminal control unit 305 of the information terminal 300 transmits a password request command to the server 500 through the terminal communication device 304 in response to an operation from the terminal operation unit 301 (step 1).

When receiving the password request command, the server control unit 503 of the server 500 performs a password generation process (step 2). In this password generation process, player-specific information from the accessing information terminal 300 is first acquired. Then, the effect information stored in the storage device 501 in association with the acquired player-specific information is acquired. The effect information includes information about the achieved game results.
In the storage device 501, production customization information that is information for customizing the setting contents of each process related to the production to the content of the player's preference, or a character (so-called avatar) that can appear and be brought up in the production as a player's alternation The character information, which is information related to the player, is also stored in association with the player-specific information, and it is also possible to acquire these information together.
Then, the server control unit 503 of the server 500 generates a password including player-specific information, effect information, character information, and effect customization information.

The server control unit 503 of the server 500 transmits the password generated in step 2 to the information terminal 300 through the server communication device 502 (step 3).
The terminal control unit 305 of the information terminal 300 displays the password received from the server 500 through the terminal communication device 304 on the terminal display device 302 (step 4).

When the password displayed on the terminal display device 302 is input via the effect operating device 280, the gaming machine 100 performs a process of changing the effect mode from the first effect mode to the second effect mode (step 5). A process of storing information for determining whether or not to permit execution of the effect related to the game performance in the execution permission information storage unit 245 (see FIG. 8) is performed (step 6).
As a process of changing the effect mode from the first effect mode to the second effect mode, an accumulation process for accumulating effect information related to effects executed by the effect device of the gaming machine 100 thereafter, and an effect device of the game machine 100 An effect setting process for changing the character setting of the effect and changing the appearance probability of the effect mode is performed. Thereby, the interest of the game by the player is enhanced, and the player desires further progress of the password, and can promote the re-game.

In the gaming machine 100, when a game is played by a player, an internal lottery for determining whether or not a winning combination is made, a game state transition process for changing the game state between a normal state, a bonus establishment state, and a bonus state, Various game processes such as an effect state change process for changing the process and effect state between the AT state and the non-AT state are performed (step 7).
Each time the game process in step 7 is performed, effect information and effect history information are accumulated (step 8).

(End of game in 2nd production mode)
When the player ends the game in the second effect mode, the liquid crystal display device 271 of the gaming machine 100 includes the effect information including information related to the game achievement newly achieved by the player. The two-dimensional code displayed on the liquid crystal display device 271 is read by the information terminal 300 by displaying the three-dimensional code, the server 500 is accessed from the read two-dimensional code, and information on the game achievement newly achieved by the player is started. Production information is stored in the server 500. Specific processing will be described below.

When the gaming machine 100 detects that an operation has been performed on the effect operation device 280 from the player (end operation), the gaming machine 100 performs a process of changing the effect mode from the second effect mode to the first effect mode (step 9) A two-dimensional code including at least production information and production history information including information on the game achievement newly achieved by the player accumulated in the gaming machine 100 and the URL of the server 500 is generated (step 10). ). Then, the gaming machine 100 displays the two-dimensional code generated in step 10 on the liquid crystal display device 271 (step 11).
The imaging device 303 of the information terminal 300 captures the two-dimensional code displayed on the liquid crystal display device 271 in response to an operation from the terminal operation unit 301, and code information (effect information, production history) included in the two-dimensional code. Information, URL) is extracted (step 12). And the terminal control part 305 of the information terminal 300 transmits production | presentation information to the server 500 via the terminal communication apparatus 304 using code | cord | chord information (production | presentation information, production | presentation history information, URL) (step 13).

  When the server control unit 503 of the server 500 receives the effect information and the effect history information, the server control unit 503 also acquires the player-specific information of the accessing information terminal 300. Then, the server control unit 503 stores the received effect information and the like in the storage device 501 in association with the acquired player-specific information (step 14). Thereby, in the gaming machine 100, from the time when the password is input until the time when the display of the two-dimensional code on the liquid crystal display device 271 is instructed, that is, the effect information in the second effect mode can be stored in the server 500. it can.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a service provided in the gaming system 1.
(Service menu display)
When using a service provided by the gaming system 1, the player accesses the server 500 through the information terminal 300 and operates the terminal operation unit 301 of the information terminal 300 to select various menus ( Various commands are transmitted to the server 500). Specific processing will be described below.

When accessed by the information terminal 300, the server control unit 503 of the server 500 acquires player specific information from the accessing information terminal 300, and character information associated with the acquired player specific information is set in advance. From the menu information etc., the top menu information (image data of the top menu) of this service is generated (step 21).
The server control unit 503 of the server 500 transmits the top menu information generated in step 21 to the information terminal 300 through the server communication device 502 (step 22).
The terminal control unit 305 of the information terminal 300 causes the terminal display device 302 to display the top menu information received from the server 500 through the terminal communication device 304 (step 23).
Thereafter, the player can select various menus from the image data of the top menu displayed on the terminal display device 302.

(Information browsing display)
When a player browses the effect information and the effect history information stored in the server 500 using this service, the player accesses the server 500 by the information terminal 300 and displays the effect information stored in the server 500. Browsing information (image data) corresponding to the production history information is displayed on the terminal display device 302. Specific processing will be described below.

In response to an operation from the terminal operation unit 301, the terminal control unit 305 of the information terminal 300 transmits a browsing request command to the server 500 through the terminal communication device 304 (step 24).
When the server control unit 503 of the server 500 receives the browse request command, the server control unit 503 acquires player-specific information from the accessing information terminal 300, and is associated with the acquired player-specific information and stored in the storage device 501. Browsing information is generated based on the production information and production history information (step 25).
The server control unit 503 of the server 500 transmits the browsing information generated in step 25 to the information terminal 300 through the server communication device 502 (step 26).
The terminal control unit 305 of the information terminal 300 displays the browsing information received from the server 500 on the terminal display device 302 through the terminal communication device 304 (step 27).
Thereby, the player can confirm on the information terminal 300 the effects and game histories executed on the gaming machine 100 so far.

(Other services)
In this service, it is also possible to set a character that will be a player's alternation, or to make a setting to customize the notice effect and the production stage to the player's favorite contents.
In addition, the player can access the server 500 through the information terminal 300 to obtain various benefits. For example, from the server 500, the capture information of the gaming machine 100, undisclosed information, basic specifications of the gaming machine 100, ringtone (registered trademark) regarding the gaming machine 100, ringing voice, ringing tone, incoming image, music, standby screen, icon, etc. Benefits such as information can be obtained.

(Display image displayed on the information terminal 300)
Next, an example of a display image displayed on the information terminal 300 described in the sequence diagram of the gaming system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
When the pre-registered player accesses the server 500 using the information terminal 300, the terminal display device 302 of the information terminal 300 displays various menus prepared by this service, as shown in FIG. The FIG. 5A shows the top menu of this service.
Specifically, the server 500 acquires player-specific information from the accessed information terminal 300, and obtains top menu information (image data) from character information associated with the acquired player-specific information, preset menu information, and the like. ) And the generated top menu information is transmitted to the information terminal 300 (see Step 21 to Step 23).
As a result, on the terminal display device 302 of the information terminal 300, as shown in FIG. 5A, items of “password issue”, “game history”, and “mission confirmation” are displayed as “menu”. Although not shown, items “character setting”, “production customization setting”, and “privilege download” are displayed on the second page of the top menu screen.

When the player operates the terminal operation unit 301 of the information terminal 300 and selects “Issue password” from “Menu”, the player plays the game in the second effect mode in which information related to the game achievement achieved by the player is accumulated. Can get the password.
Specifically, by operating the terminal operation unit 301 of the information terminal 300 and selecting “issue password” from the top menu of this service, a password request command is transmitted to the server 500 (see step 1). Upon receiving the password request command, the server 500 generates a password and transmits the generated password to the information terminal 300 (see Step 1 to Step 3).
As a result, the password is displayed on the terminal display device 302 of the information terminal 300 as shown in FIG.

Next, when the player operates the information operation unit 301 of the information terminal 300 and selects “game history” from the “menu”, it is possible to browse the production history information stored in the server 500.
Specifically, the browsing request command is transmitted to the server 500 by operating the terminal operation unit 301 of the information terminal 300 and selecting “game history” from the top menu of the service (see step 24). When receiving the browsing request command, the server 500 generates browsing information and transmits the generated browsing information to the information terminal 300 (see step 25 and step 26).
Thereby, on the terminal display device 302 of the information terminal 300, as shown in FIG. 5C, a browsing image of the game history is displayed.

Next, when the player operates the information operation unit 301 of the information terminal 300 and selects “mission confirmation” from the “menu”, the player achieves from the production information stored in the server 500. You can view the game results.
Specifically, by operating the terminal operation unit 301 of the information terminal 300 and selecting “mission confirmation” from the top menu of this service, a browsing request command is transmitted to the server 500 (see step 24). When receiving the browsing request command, the server 500 generates browsing information and transmits the generated browsing information to the information terminal 300 (see step 25 and step 26).
Thereby, on the terminal display device 302 of the information terminal 300, as shown in FIG. 5D, a browse image of the achieved game results is displayed.

(Display image displayed on the gaming machine 100)
Next, an example of a display image displayed on the gaming machine 100 described in the sequence diagram of the gaming system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
When the player operates the effect operation device 280 while the demonstration display is being performed on the gaming machine 100, a “menu” screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 271 as shown in FIG. The In this “menu”, at least menu items of “new registration”, “password input”, “game end”, and “return” are displayed.

In the “menu”, when “password input” is selected by the player's operation of the presentation operation device 280, an input screen for inputting a password is displayed as shown in FIG. 6B. In this embodiment, the password is composed of an 8-digit character string.
By operating the effect operating device 280 on this input screen, the password issued from the server 500 can be input.
In the “menu”, when “game end” is selected by the player's operation of the production operation device 280, the gaming machine 100 produces the production information and production history information stored in the gaming machine 100 and the URL of the server 500. Are generated. Then, as shown in FIG. 6C, in the gaming machine 100, the generated two-dimensional code is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 271 (see step 10 and step 11).
By reading this two-dimensional code with the information terminal 300 and transmitting the production information and production history information included in the two-dimensional code to the server 500, the production information and production history information regarding the production of the gaming machine 100 can be transmitted to the server 500. Can be accumulated.

When “new registration” is selected by operating the effect operation device 280 in the “menu”, the gaming machine 100 generates a two-dimensional code for pre-registration, and the generated two-dimensional code is displayed on the liquid crystal display device. 271 is displayed. The player can read the two-dimensional code for pre-registration with the information terminal 300, access the server 500, and perform pre-registration (new registration).
Further, in the “menu”, when “return” is selected by operating the effect operation device 280, the “menu” screen is deleted from the liquid crystal display device 271.

(Appearance structure of gaming machine)
The gaming machine 100 of this embodiment plays a game using medals as game media. As shown in FIG. 7, the gaming machine 100 includes a storage box made up of a housing BX and a front door FD. A reel unit 261 (see FIG. 8) having three reels, a hopper unit 262 (see FIG. 8) as a medal payout device, and a control means 200 (see FIG. 8) for controlling the operation of the gaming machine 100 are stored. Has been.

  Each of the reels LR, CR, and RR constituting the reel unit 261 is obtained by winding a reel tape around a reel body. The reel tape includes red 7 symbol A “red 7A”, red 7 symbol B “red 7B”, red 7 symbol C “red 7C”, bell symbol “BL”, BAR symbol “BAR”, cherry symbol “CH”, A total of 21 symbols of a plurality of types selected from nine types of symbols of watermelon symbol “WM”, replay symbol A “RPA”, and replay symbol B “RPB” are arranged. Each reel LR, CR, RR is pivotally supported by a stepping motor, is driven to rotate around the axis of each stepping motor, and controls the number of pulses of the driving pulse of the stepping motor, the pulse width, etc. A display area of one symbol called “frame” is stopped at a predetermined position.

  The front door FD is provided with a display window DW through which the symbols displayed on the outer peripheral surface of each reel LR, CR, RR can be visually recognized. When the reels are stopped, three consecutive symbols out of the symbols arranged on each reel LR, CR, RR can be stopped and observed at the upper, middle, and lower positions. Yes. The game result is determined by the display positions of these symbols. In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, the number of medals required for one game, the so-called prescribed insertion number, is set to 3 or 2 depending on the gaming state, and left when 3 or 2 medals are inserted. The effective line L1 configured by the middle stages of the reel LR, the middle reel CR, and the right reel RR is activated. When a predetermined symbol combination is displayed on the active line, a predetermined number of medals are paid out, or the gaming state shifts to another gaming state.

  In the upper center of the front door FD, a liquid crystal display LCD constituting the liquid crystal display device 271 (see FIG. 8) is arranged to perform various effects according to the gaming state and to display information about the game to the player. To do. In addition, notification lamps LP constituting a lamp device 272 (see FIG. 8) are provided on the left and right ends of the upper part of the front door FD, and a light effect that elevates the player is performed. Speakers SP constituting an acoustic device 273 (see FIG. 8) are provided on the upper left and right and the lower left and right of the front door FD, and various game sounds are output. A rendering device 270 is configured by the liquid crystal display device 271, the lamp device 272, the acoustic device 273, and the like.

  Various operation means are provided below the display window DW of the front door FD. A medal slot MI for inserting medals is provided on the right side when facing the front of the gaming machine, and a bet button BT for inserting credited medals is provided on the left side. Between the medal slot MI and the bet button BT, there are provided a jog dial JD and a push button PB that constitute an effect operating device 280 (see FIG. 8). Under the bet button BT, a start lever SL for starting the rotation of all the reels LR, CR, RR is provided. On the right side of the start lever SL, there are provided a left stop button LB that triggers a stop of the left reel LR, a middle stop button CB that triggers a stop of the middle reel CR, and a right stop button RB that triggers a stop of the right reel RR. Yes.

  In the medal insertion slot MI, a medal passage for guiding the inserted medals to a hopper unit 262 (see FIG. 2) or a medal payout opening MO provided at the lower part of the front door FD is continuously provided. A blocker device that discharges medals inserted when the medal insertion acceptance is not permitted is discharged from the medal payout opening MO and a medal selector that selects non-regulated medals are provided upstream of the medal passage. The medals selected as being within the regulation pass through the medal insertion switch 251 (see FIG. 2) and then stored in the hopper unit 262, and the medals sorted out of the regulation are discharged from the medal payout opening MO. The medals discharged from the medal payout opening MO by the blocker device or the medal selector are stored in the medal tray MP.

In the gaming machine 100 of this embodiment, the player can start the rotation control of the reels LR, CR, RR by inserting a medal into the medal insertion slot MI or by operating the bet button BT. Set to state. Then, when the player operates the start lever SL, the control means 200 starts to rotate the reels LR, CR, RR by driving the stepping motor, and an internal lottery using a random number value is performed, thereby the reels LR, CR, RR. The operation of the stop buttons LB, CB, and RB is permitted (validated) on the condition that the rotation speed of has increased to a predetermined speed.
Thereafter, when the player depresses the stop buttons LB, CB, RB at an arbitrary timing, stop switches (stop signal output means: for example, a photo sensor, built-in each of the stop buttons LB, CB, RB). A continuity sensor, a pressure sensor, etc.) are turned on, and the reel stop signal input to the control means 200 is changed from the off state to the on state.

Further, when the player releases the stop buttons LB, CB, RB that are being pressed at an arbitrary timing, the stop switches corresponding to the stop buttons LB, CB, RB are turned off, and the reels input to the control means 200 The stop signal is changed from the on state to the off state.
Then, the control means 200 responds to the result of the internal lottery based on the change from the OFF state to the ON state of the reel stop signal whose signal state changes according to the press timing and release timing of the stop buttons LB, CB, RB. The left reel LR, middle reel CR, and right reel RR are stopped at the stop position.

(Outline of the gaming machine)
Control of the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment is performed by the control means 200 housed in the housing BX. As shown in FIG. 8, the control means 200 includes a game control means 210 that controls the progress of the game, and an effect control means that receives the game information transmitted in one direction from the game control means 210 and controls the effect device 270. 230. The game control means 210 and the effect control means 230 are each composed of a control board on which a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc. are mounted, a program stored in the ROM, and the like.

In the medal passage connected to the medal insertion slot MI, a medal insertion switch 251 for detecting the currency of the medal, a bet switch 252 for detecting the operation of the bet button for the bet button BT, and a start lever SL for A start switch 253 for detecting the operation of the start lever is provided, and each stop button LB, CB, RB is provided with a stop switch 254 for detecting the operation of each stop button.
When the medal insertion switch 251, the bet switch 252, the start switch 253 or the stop switch 254 are activated, these signals are output to the game control means 210.

  Although not shown, the game control means 210 includes an insertion acceptance means, a random number generation means, an internal lottery means, a reel control means, a winning determination means, a payout control means, a replay processing means, and a game state transition control means. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, main storage means 220 is included.

The insertion accepting means accepts the insertion of medals before the next game starts, validates the effective line L1 based on the insertion of a predetermined number (3 or 2) of medals, and receives a signal ( (Hereinafter referred to as “start signal”). It should be noted that a maximum of 50 medals inserted exceeding the specified number are stored (credited) in the gaming machine. When the medal is credited, the medal can be inserted by operating the bet button BT in the next and subsequent games.
Further, in the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, when a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot MI, the medal insertion switch 251 is activated, and the insertion accepting means limits the number of inserted medals to the medal insertion unit. Is set to the on state. Further, in the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, when the bet button BT is operated in a state where medals have been credited to the gaming machine, the insertion accepting means sets the specified number of insertions as the bet switch 252 is activated. Limit and set the credited medal to the inserted state.

  The random number generation means is means for generating a random number for lottery. The random value can be generated by a hard random number generator, a software random number generator, or a combination thereof. The gaming machine 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured to generate random numbers from 0 to 65535, that is, 65536 random numbers.

  The internal lottery means acquires a random number value at a predetermined timing based on the input of the start signal, selects an internal lottery table corresponding to the gaming state from the internal lottery table stored in the main storage means 220, and acquires the random number value The winning combination is determined with reference to the selected internal lottery table. When any combination is selected, a flag corresponding to the combination is temporarily stored in the lottery flag storage means. In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, an internal lottery table corresponding to the normal gaming state, the bonus establishment state, and the bonus state is stored, and an internal lottery is performed by selecting a lottery table corresponding to each gaming state. In each internal lottery table, each of a plurality of random values is associated with various combinations such as a small combination, replay, and bonus, and a loss (unauthorized selection).

  In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, bells, special small roles A1, special small roles A2, special small roles B, special small roles C, and cherries are prepared as small roles. In addition, a batting order bell L, a batting order bell C1, and a batting order bell C2 in which plural types of small roles are associated with the same random value so that multiple types of small roles are won in a single internal lottery. A batting order bell R1 and a batting order bell R2 are prepared. The batting order bell L, the batting order bell C1, the batting order bell C2, the batting order bell R1, and the batting order bell R2 are specific combinations whose symbol combinations displayed as game results differ depending on the player's stop operation mode, that is, the stop operation order. When the stop operation is performed in the correct answer order, the symbol combinations that will be awarded the bell are displayed, and when the stop operation is performed in the incorrect answer order, the symbol combinations other than the symbol combinations that are awarded the bell are displayed.

  Specifically, the following small roles are elected for each batting order bell. For the batting order bell L, the bell and the special small part B are won, and the batting order bell C1 is won for the bell, the special small part A1, and the special small part B, and the batting order bell C2 is the bell, special Small combination A2 and special small part B are elected in duplicate, batting order bell R1 is elected in duplicate, bell, special small part A1, and special small part C, batting order bell R2 is bell, special small part A2 and special small role C are won in duplicate. As described above, in the gaming machine 100 according to the present embodiment, in each batting order bell, the bell and one type or two types of special small roles are won and the number and combination of special small roles to be won in duplicate with the bell are determined. Is different.

The reel control means accelerates the rotation speed of the reels LR, CR, RR, and when the rotation of the reels LR, CR, RR reaches a predetermined speed (about 80 rpm: steady rotation speed), a signal from the stop switch 254 (hereinafter referred to as “reel control”). "Stop signal") is accepted. As a result, the stop buttons LB, CB, and RB are activated. When the stop signal is received by the game control means 210, the reel control means stops the supply of drive pulses to the stepping motor of the reel corresponding to the stop signal, and stops the corresponding reels LR, CR, RR. Take control.
That is, each time the stop buttons LB, CB, and RB are operated, the reel control means determines the stop position of the reel corresponding to the operated button of the left reel LR, middle reel CR, and right reel RR. Thus, the reel is stopped at the determined stop position. In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, operating the left stop button LB corresponds to an operation for stopping the left reel LR, and operating the middle stop button CB is an operation for stopping the middle reel CR. Correspondingly, operating the right stop button RB corresponds to an operation for stopping the right reel RR. Therefore, when the operation order of the stop buttons LB, CB, and RB changes, the stop order of the left reel LR, middle reel CR, and right reel RR changes.

  In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, in principle, for the left reel LR, the middle reel CR, and the right reel RR, the operated stop buttons are changed within 190 ms from the time when the stop buttons LB, CB, RB are operated. The corresponding spinning reel is stopped, and in the bonus state, the left reel LR is exceptionally stopped within 75 ms from the time when the left stop button LB is operated, and the middle stop button for the middle reel CR and the right reel RR. Within 190 ms from the time when the CB right stop button RB is operated, the rotating reel corresponding to the operated stop button is stopped. If the rotating reel is stopped within 190 ms from the time when the stop button is operated, the stop position of each rotating reel is the number of frames required until the reel stops from the time when the stop button is operated. -4 frames (predetermined pull-in range, first pull-in range). In addition, when a rotating reel is stopped within 75 ms from the time when the stop button is operated, the number of frames required from the time when the stop button is operated until the reel stops is within a range of 0 to 1 frame (narrower than a predetermined pull-in range). (The pull-in range, the second pull-in range). The reel control means displays the symbol corresponding to the winning combination in the internal lottery on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating reel corresponding to the stop button operated among the stop buttons LB, CB, RB. Within the range of 0 to 4 frames (when stopped within 190 ms) or within the range of 0 to 1 frame (when stopped within 75 ms) with respect to the display position on the active line ), The reel in rotation corresponding to the operated stop button is displayed so that the symbol corresponding to the combination for which the lottery flag is set to the winning state is displayed at the display position on the active line. Control to stop is performed.

  Specifically, the reel control means refers to a process (logic calculation process) for obtaining a stop position of a rotating reel by logic calculation and a stop control table stored in the stop control table storage means of the main storage means 220. Thus, processing for determining the stop position of the rotating reel (table reference processing) is performed.

  First, in the logic calculation process, 0 frames from the operation detection position, which is the position of the reel at the time when the stop switch 254 is activated (when the operation of the stop button is detected: the timing of the stop operation) according to the priority order data determined for each combination. The priority is obtained for the stop position candidates for 5 frames existing in the range of -4 frames. In the bonus state, for the left reel LR, priorities are obtained for the stop position candidates for two frames existing within the range of 0 frame to 1 frame from the operation detection position, and for the middle reel CR and the right reel RR, Similar to the above, priority is obtained for the stop position candidates for five frames corresponding to the operation detection position. Then, the stop position candidate with the highest priority among the priorities of the respective stop position candidates is determined as the actual stop position. However, in logic calculation processing, the same priority may be obtained for a plurality of stop position candidates depending on the result of the internal lottery, the operation detection position, etc., and there are a plurality of stop position candidates with the highest priority. In such a case, the actual stop position is determined by a table reference process described later.

  In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, priorities are determined in the order of “replay> small role> bonus”, and in the logic operation process, lottery flags relating to two or more types of roles are set to the internal winning state. In this case, according to the priority order associated with each combination, the stop position including the symbols constituting the winning combination form with the lower priority for the candidate of the stop position including the symbols constituting the winning pattern with the higher priority combination The priority is determined so that the priority is higher than the candidates of.

  In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, the priority for the candidate stop position when multiple types of small roles are won by internal lottery is determined according to the type of symbol combination that can be displayed on the active line. There is a case where the priority is determined according to the number of medals paid out based on a predetermined payout for the small role, and the stop position candidate is determined according to the type of symbol combination that can be displayed on the effective line. The priority for each stop position candidate is determined so that the higher the priority is the stop position where the number of symbol combinations indicating the winning pattern that can be displayed on the active line increases, and the medal When the priority for the stop position candidates is determined according to the number of payouts, the number of medals to be paid out is based on the small part payout corresponding to the symbol displayed at the display position on the active line. Becomes the stop position determining the priority for the candidate of each stop position so as priority (stop position capable of winning a prize is often small win) increases. However, if the priority for the stop position candidate is determined according to the number of medals paid out, if a small role with the same payout is won in duplicate, the stop position where each small role can be won The priorities of the candidates are treated as the same.

  In the present embodiment, when the batting order bell is won, a logic operation according to the operation order of the stop buttons LB, CB, RB is performed. Specifically, the correct answer hit order is set for each of the hit order bell L, the hit order bell C1, the hit order bell C2, the hit order bell R1, and the hit order bell R2, and an order different from the correct answer hit order is treated as an incorrect answer hit order. . Then, if any of the batting order bells is won and the stop buttons LB, CB, RB are operated in the correct batting order, a logic operation is performed to determine the priority according to the number of medals paid out, and the number of medals paid out is calculated. The priority is determined so that the highest number of stop position candidates has the highest priority. In addition, if any of the batting order bells is won and the stop buttons LB, CB, and RB are operated in an incorrect answering order, the stop position candidates according to the types of symbol combinations that can be displayed on the active line are displayed. A logic operation for determining the priority is performed, and the priority is determined so that the priority of the stop position candidates that can display the symbol combinations constituting the most winning patterns is the highest. In this embodiment, when any one of the batting order bell C1, the batting order bell C2, the batting order bell R1, and the batting order bell R2 is won, and the stop button LB, CR, RB is operated in the correct batting order, the first reel is When stopping, the candidate for the stop position where the number of payouts of medals is the largest is the candidate for the stop position that can display the symbol combination constituting the most winning form, and the reel that stops after the second In the case of the correct answer order, the priority of the stop position candidate with the largest number of medals to be paid out is higher, and the highest winning form is obtained when the order is changed to the incorrect answer order in the reels that stop second and later. The priority of the candidate of the stop position which can display the symbol combination which comprises is raised.

  In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, among a plurality of types of small roles included in each batting order bell, the bell has a single payout of 6 types and a combination of symbols indicating a winning pattern. Each of the small combinations A2 has a single payout, and there are two types of symbol combinations each indicating a winning form. Each of the special small combination B and the special small combination C has a single payout and forms a winning combination. There are four types of each. Therefore, if any of the batting order bells is won and the stop buttons LB, CB, and RB are operated in the correct batting order, the priority of stop position candidates that can win a bell with a large number of payout medals. When the logic operation is performed so as to be the highest and the stop buttons LB, CB, and RB are operated in the incorrect answering order, a special small role with a large number of symbol combinations indicating a winning pattern can be awarded. The logic operation is performed so that the position candidate has the highest priority.

  In the logic operation processing, so-called pull-in processing and kick-out processing are performed as processing for obtaining candidate reel stop positions. The pull-in process is a process of obtaining reel stop position candidates so that a winning combination whose lottery flag is set to the winning state can be won as much as possible. On the other hand, the kicking process is a process of obtaining reel stop position candidates so that a combination whose lottery flag is set to a non-winning state cannot be won. In this way, the reel control means 140 can stop the symbol of the winning combination with the lottery flag set in the winning state while winning the symbol of the winning combination with the lottery flag set in the non-winning state. Logic calculation processing is performed to obtain a candidate stop position of the reel so as not to stop.

  In the gaming machine 100 according to the present embodiment, the reel unit 261 includes a reel index including a photosensor, and the reel control unit is configured to operate the reel based on a reference position signal detected by the reel index every time the reel rotates once. By determining the rotation angle (number of rotation steps of the rotation axis of the stepping motor) from the reference position (the frame detected by the reel index), the current rotation state of the reel can be monitored. That is, the reel control means can obtain the position of the reel when the stop switch 254 is operated by obtaining the rotation angle from the reference position of the reel.

In the table reference process, when a plurality of stop position candidates having the highest priority are obtained as a result of the logic operation process, which position is set as the stop position is stored in the stop control table of the main storage unit 220. This is determined with reference to the stop control table stored in the means.
Here, in the stop control table, according to the setting state of the lottery flag, the operation detection position, which is the position of the reel at the time of operation of the stop switch 254 (when the operation of the stop button is detected), and the actual operation detection position are used. A correspondence relationship with the number of sliding frames indicating the amount of rotation to the stop position is set. In the stop control table, the correspondence between the operation detection position and the actual stop position may be set according to the setting state of the lottery flag.

  In the stop control table that is referred to when any of the batting order bell L, batting order bell C1, batting order bell C2, batting order bell R1, and batting order bell R2 is won in the internal lottery, the correct batting order is set for each batting order bell. Therefore, an operation order different from the correct answer order is treated as an incorrect answer order. If the hitting bell L is elected and the stop buttons LB, CB, RB are operated in the correct answer order, the number of sliding frames for the operation detection position is set so that the bell wins, and the stop button in the incorrect answer order. When the LB, CB, and RB are operated, the number of sliding symbols for the operation detection position is set so that the special small role B wins. In addition, when any of the batting order bell C1, batting order bell C2, batting order bell R1 and batting order bell R2 is won, if the stop button LB, CB, RB is operated in the correct batting order, the operation is detected so that the bell wins a prize. When the stop buttons LB, CB, and RB are operated in the incorrect answering order, the number of sliding symbols for the position is set, and in the order in which the left stop button LB is first operated, the special small combination A1 and the special small combination A2 The number of sliding symbols for the operation detection position is set so that there is a case where the player wins a prize and a case where none of the small roles wins, and in the batting order in which the middle stop button CB and the right stop button RB are first operated. The number of sliding symbols for the operation detection position is set so that the special small combination B and the special small combination C are awarded. Also in the stop control table, the number of sliding symbols for the operation detection position is set so that it becomes the stop position where the most medals are paid out in the correct answer order, and in the incorrect answer order, the combination of symbols that can be displayed on the active line The number of sliding symbols for the operation detection position is set so that the stop position has the largest number of types.

The winning determination means determines whether or not the stop mode on the active line is a symbol combination constituting a combination. When all the rotating reels LR, CR, RR are stopped, the symbol combination displayed on the effective line L1 is referred to with reference to the winning determination table stored in the winning determination table storage means of the main storage means 220. It is determined whether it matches a predetermined symbol combination. Specifically, it is determined that a big bonus (BB), replay, bell, special small combination A1, special small combination A2, special small combination B, special small combination C, and cherry are won.
And in the gaming machine 100 of this embodiment, the following processing is executed based on the determination result of the winning determination means. For example, when a small combination (bell, special small combination A1, special small combination A2, special small combination B, special small combination C, cherry) wins, the payout control means performs a medal payout control process, and replay is performed. When winning, replay processing is performed by the replay processing means, and when a big bonus (BB) is won, gaming state transition control processing for shifting the gaming state is performed by the gaming state transition control means.

The payout control means pays out medals based on the determination result of the winning determination means. When a small combination wins, the number of medals to be paid out in the game is determined based on a predetermined payout for each combination, and control is performed to cause the hopper unit 262 to pay out medals corresponding to the determined number of payouts. The hopper unit 262 is provided with a hopper motor, and in response to a command from the payout control means, the hopper motor is driven to pay out medals from the medal payout opening MO to the medal tray MP. The hopper unit 262 is provided with a payout medal detection switch that operates each time a medal is paid out, and the payout control means actually pays out from the hopper unit 262 based on an input signal from the payout medal detection switch. The number of medals awarded can be managed.
When the credit function is valid, a credit addition process is performed up to the maximum number of credits, and a process of virtually paying out medals is performed. After reaching the upper limit number of credits, the hopper motor is driven and the remaining unpaid medals are paid out to the medal tray MP.
In the present embodiment, the payout for the small combination is determined by the prescribed number of inputs. When the specified number of insertions is three, the bell payout is set at the highest value of six, and the payouts for other small roles are set at one lower than the specified input number. When the specified number of inputs is two, the payouts of all small roles including the bell are set to be the same as the specified number of inputs.

  The replay processing means performs a process of automatically inserting the number of medals necessary for the next game when the symbol combination constituting the winning pattern of the replay is displayed, and waits for the next game start operation. Therefore, when the symbol combination constituting the winning pattern of replay is displayed, it is not necessary for the player to insert medals in the next game.

The gaming state transition control means shifts the gaming state between the normal state, the bonus establishment state, and the bonus state based on the establishment of a predetermined transition condition.
The normal state is a game state corresponding to the initial state among a plurality of types of game states, and a transition from the normal state to the bonus establishment state is possible. Specifically, when the big bonus (BB) is won in the normal state, the state shifts to the bonus establishment state. In the normal state, an internal lottery is performed with reference to an internal lottery table in which the winning probability of replay is set to about 1 / 7.3 and the big bonus (BB) is set as a lottery target.

The bonus establishment state is a gaming state that shifts when the big bonus (BB) is won in the internal lottery. In the bonus establishment state, the internal lottery with reference to the internal lottery table in which the winning probability of replay is set to about 1 / 3.8 and the big bonus (BB) is excluded from the lottery target is performed. In the internal lottery table that is referred to in the bonus establishment state, no small prize is generated in the internal lottery and a small role or replay is always won.
In the bonus establishment state, the lottery flag corresponding to the big bonus (BB) is maintained in the winning state until the big bonus (BB) wins, and the symbol combination indicating the winning form of the big bonus (BB) is displayed on the active line. Then, the gaming state transition control means shifts the gaming state from the bonus establishment state to the bonus state.

The bonus state is a combination of symbols indicating a big bonus (BB) winning pattern (in this embodiment, a watermelon symbol “WM” on the left reel LR, a BAR symbol “BAR” on the middle reel CR, and a cherry symbol “CH” on the right reel RR). Is a gaming state that transitions when triggered by the fact that the “combination” is displayed on the active line. In the bonus state, an internal lottery with reference to an internal lottery table in which all random numbers are associated with each other will be performed. The winning state is set, the drawing range for the left reel LR is set to 0 to 1 frame, and the drawing range for the middle reel CR and the right reel RR is set to 0 to 4 frames. Control to stop is performed. In the bonus state, the game state is more advantageous to the player than the other game states in that the lottery flag of the small role becomes a winning state regardless of the result of the internal lottery.
In the bonus state, it is determined whether or not the end condition is satisfied based on the total number of medals paid out in the bonus state, and when the medals exceeding a predetermined number (for example, 100) are paid out, the gaming state The transition control means performs control to end the bonus state and return the gaming state to the normal state.

In the gaming machine 100 according to the present embodiment, when the big bonus (BB) is won, the game is shifted to a bonus establishment state in which the winning probability of replay is higher than that in the normal state, and an opportunity to shift the production state to the AT state is provided in the bonus establishment state. Therefore, a technique is adopted in which the player wins a medal by increasing the winning rate of the bell through AT games.
In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, in the normal state or the bonus establishment state, the prescribed insertion number is set to three, and only when the bell wins, six medals that are larger than the prescribed insertion number are paid out. The player can increase the number of medals on hand, and in the bonus state, the prescribed number of insertions is set to two, and only two medals will be paid out regardless of which small role wins. There is no increase or decrease. In the bonus establishment state, as described above, there is no losing (invalid) in the internal lottery, and either replay or small role is always won, so replay will be won with high probability. Makes it difficult for the player to consume medals, and when the production state is the AT state, the player can increase the number of medals on hand by notifying the correct batting order of the batting order bell by the winning assisting production. It has become. In other words, when an AT game is played in a bonus established state, the situation can be more advantageous in terms of medal acquisition than the bonus state, and the player is motivated to maintain the bonus established state for a long period of time. be able to.

  In the bonus establishment state, replays and small roles with a higher priority than the big bonus (BB) must be won, and if the game won by Cherry won't operate the stop button at a specific timing to avoid winning the cherry, The big bonus (BB) cannot be won. Specifically, at the time of winning a replay or batting order bell, in any reel LR, CR, RR, it is always possible to draw the symbols constituting the winning combination of the small role that constitutes the replay or batting order bell onto the active line. In this way, the symbols are arranged so as to avoid the big bonus (BB) winning. When the cherry is won, the watermelon symbol “WM” constituting the big bonus (BB) winning pattern may be drawn on the active line unless the stop operation is performed at the position where the cherry symbol “CH” cannot be drawn into the left reel LR. I can't do it. For this reason, once shifting to the bonus establishment state, it is extremely difficult to win a big bonus (BB), and it is possible to stay in the bonus establishment state for a long period of time while reducing the operational burden on the player. Can be done. When the bonus is established and the game is performed for a long time and the production state is set to the AT state, the player can perform an AT game that allows the player to increase the number of medals held without changing the gaming state. It can be done. As described above, in the present embodiment, in the bonus establishment state, the game state is not changed unless the big bonus (BB) is won, and the replay is won with high probability in the bonus establishment state. An AT game can be executed in a situation where a person hardly consumes medals.

  The game control means 210 includes game information transmission means (not shown). The game information transmitting means transmits the game information generated mainly based on the player executing the game as a command to the effect control means 230 in one direction. The game information to be transmitted includes, for example, medal insertion, bet button BT operation, start lever SL operation, internal lottery results, operation of each stop button LB, CB, RB, winning determination result, medal payout, gaming state Such as migration.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the effect control means 230 receives game information from the game control means 210 and controls the effect devices 270 such as the liquid crystal display device 271, the lamp device 272, and the sound device 273. The effect control means 230 includes an effect state change control means 231, a winning assist effect control means 232, an effect mode change control means 233, an effect determination means 234, an effect execution means 235, a code generation display means 236 and a sub storage means 240. It is. Although not shown, the effect control means 230 includes game information receiving means, receives game information transmitted from the game control means 210, and temporarily stores the contents in the game information storage means of the sub storage means 240. I remember it. The effect control unit 230 reads out this and sets various flags necessary for selecting the effect in the effect flag storage unit 241 and performs control for executing the effect based on the effect data stored in the effect data storage unit 452. Do.

In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, when the gaming state is a bonus establishment state, the production state change control means 231 performs control to change the production state between the AT state and the non-AT state. .
The production state change control means 231 performs a lottery (hereinafter referred to as “AT lottery”) as to whether or not to change the production state to the AT state each time a game is played in the non-AT state. The AT lottery is performed using the AT lottery table stored in the sub storage means 240. In the AT lottery table, each of the 32768 random numbers from 0 to 32767 is selected as either AT winning or losing. Are associated. In the gaming machine 100 of this embodiment, the probability of winning an AT is about 1/50.
When the lottery result is AT winning, the effect state change control unit 231 sets the value of the AT counter 244 in the sub storage unit 240 to a predetermined value (for example, 0) and stores it in the effect flag storage unit 241 of the sub storage unit 240. The AT flag is set and control for changing the effect state to the AT state is performed.

In the AT state, if the flag indicating that one of the batting order bells L, C1, C2, R1, R2 is won is stored in the effect flag storage unit 241 of the sub storage unit 240 as a flag relating to a winning mode, Production is performed. The winning assist effect is executed by a winning assist effect control means 232 described later. In the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, the bell always wins and 6 medals can be obtained when the stop button is operated along the correct hit order informed by the winning assistance effect. Can increase the number of medals on hand.
Further, in the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, the upper limit of the number of games played in the AT state is set to 30, and each time the effect state change control means 231 plays a game in the AT state, the AT counter 244 of the sub storage means 240 When the value of the AT counter 244 reaches a threshold value (for example, 30), the AT flag set in the effect flag storage unit 451 of the sub storage unit 240 is cleared. Then, control is performed to change the effect state from the AT state to the non-AT state. It goes without saying that the number of games in the AT state can be set arbitrarily.

  The winning assisting effect control means 232 informs the stop button operation sequence when the winning state is any one of the hitting bells L, C1, C2, R1, R2 in the AT state, and wins the bell. A control for causing the effect device 270 such as the liquid crystal display device 271, the lamp device 272, and the sound device 273 to execute the assisting prize winning effect is performed. A variety of effects can be adopted as the winning assistance effect, for example, an effect image informing the correct batting order corresponding to the winning batting order bell is displayed on the liquid crystal display LCD, or the correct batting order corresponding to the winning batting order bell Can be turned on, or a voice can be output from the speaker SP to notify the correct answering order corresponding to the winning ordering bell.

The effect execution means 235 performs control to execute an effect corresponding to the lottery result of the AT lottery. In the present embodiment, AT lottery is the first condition, and AT winning is the first condition. Then, as the effects executed when the lottery result is AT winning, as shown in FIG. 9, seven types of effects A1, effect A2, effect B1, effect B2, effect C1, effect C2, and effect C3 are prepared. ing.
In the present embodiment, in the game in which the effect mode is set to the second effect mode, the effect A1, the effect A2, the effect B1, the effect B2, the effect C1, and the effect C2 are effects related to the game results, and other effects are performed. This is not a game performance target. Specifically, as the first mission, make the production A1 appear and enter the AT, as the second mission, make the production A2 appear and enter the AT, and as the third mission, make the production B1 appear and enter the AT. Enter the stage B2 as the 4th mission, enter the AT, enter the AT as the 5th mission, enter the AT, enter the AT as the 5th mission, and enter the AT as the 6th mission. 6 types of missions are set. Then, if the production A1 is executed at the time of winning the AT, it means that the game performance related to the first mission is achieved. Similarly, the production A2, the production B1, the production B2, the production C1 or the production C2 is executed at the time of winning the AT. If this is the case, the achievement of the game related to the second mission, the third mission, the fourth mission, the fifth mission, or the sixth mission will be achieved.

Although not shown as an effect to be executed when the result of the AT lottery is lost, the result of the internal lottery performed by the game control means 210 and the effect having different endings corresponding to the effects A1 to C3 described above Productions are prepared according to the situation.
Data related to these effects is stored in the effect data storage means 242 of the sub storage means 240, and the effect execution means 235 performs control to call the effect data determined by the effect determination means 234 described later and execute the effects. Do.

Based on the password input by the player, the effect mode change control means 233 changes the effect mode from the first effect mode in which the information related to the game achievement achieved by the player is not accumulated to the game achievement achieved by the player. Control to change to the second effect mode in which the related information is accumulated is performed. In addition, information for determining whether or not to permit execution of the effect selected by the effect determining means 234, which will be described later, contained in the password is stored in the execution permission information storage means 245 of the sub storage means 240. Take control.
In the present embodiment, the condition (second condition) under which the effect selected by the effect determining means 234 is executed is not an effect related to an unachieved game result, or is calculated from a game that has recently achieved a game result. It is assumed that a predetermined number of games have been consumed.

Specifically, when the effect A1 or the effect A2 is selected by the effect determining means 234, the effect is not an effect related to an unachieved game result, or the game result is achieved most recently as shown in FIG. If the game is not played 10,000 times or more from the played game, the second condition is not satisfied, and an effect different from the selected effect is determined to be executed.
Similarly, when the effect B1 or the effect B2 is selected by the effect determining means 234, the effect is not an effect related to an unachieved game result, or is counted from a game that has achieved the game result most recently, 1,000 If the game has not been played more than once, the second condition is not satisfied, and the other effect different from the selected effect is determined as another effect. That is, for the production A1 or the production A2, the number of games until the performance of the production is permitted is 10,000 times or more, and for the performance B1 or the production B2, the number of games until the performance is permitted is 1,000. It is that each is set more than once.

When the effect C1 or the effect C2 is selected by the effect determining means 234, the second condition is 0. In other words, the second condition is not set for the effect C1 and the effect C2. Therefore, the second condition is not satisfied, and the selected effect is determined as an effect to be executed. In addition, since the effect C3 is an effect that is not a game performance target, it does not correspond to an effect related to an unachieved game result, the second condition is not satisfied, and the effect in which the selected effect is executed. As determined.
In the present embodiment, in order to determine the success or failure of the second condition, information on the achieved game results and information on the number of games counted from the game that has achieved the most recent game results are required. It is included in the password. Then, at the time of password input, the production mode change control unit 233 performs control to store information on the achieved game results in the first game result information storage unit 2451 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240, and the latest In addition, control is performed to store information related to the number of games counted from the game that has achieved a game result in the section counter 2453 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240.
It should be noted that the number of games required to permit the execution of the effects A1 and A2 is 10,000, and the number of games required to permit the execution of the effects B1 and B2 is 1,000. The fact that the number of games required to permit execution of the effects C1 and C2 is 0 is stored in advance in a predetermined area (not shown) of the execution permission information storage unit 245. Needless to say, the number of games required to allow each performance to be performed can be selected from any number of times. The fact that the effect C3 is not a game performance target is also stored in advance in a predetermined area of the execution permission information storage unit 245.

As described above, when the player operates the effect operating device 280 of the gaming machine 100 before the game starts, the menu screen shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 271 of the gaming machine 100. Furthermore, when the player operates the effect operating device 280 and selects password input from the menu, the password input screen shown in FIG. 6B is displayed. Here, the player accesses the server 500 with his / her information terminal 300 to obtain a password (see Step 1 to Step 4 in FIG. 3), and operates the effect operation device 280 of the gaming machine 100 with the obtained password. input.
In this embodiment, the password is composed of a total of 36 characters, 10 numbers from 0 to 9 and 26 English characters from A to Z, and the password is a combination of these 36 alphanumeric characters in 8 digits. Is. In the present embodiment, the password includes information related to the effects related to the achieved game results and the number of games from the game that has recently achieved the game results. Hereinafter, a specific example of the password will be described.

As shown in Example 1 of the password in FIG. 10, the first digit of the 8-digit password includes information related to the achievement status of the game results related to the production A1, the production A2, and the production B1. The numbers 0 to 7 are used to understand the achievements related to the achieved game results. For example, the number “0” is assigned if the game achievement related to any production is not achieved, and only one of the game achievements related to production A1, production A2 or production B1 has been achieved. For example, “1”, “2”, and “3” are respectively assigned. Then, if the game results related to the production A1 and the production A2 have been achieved, “4”, and if the game results related to the production A1 and the production B1 have been achieved, “5” represents a game related to the production A2 and the production B1. “6” is assigned if the achievement has been achieved, and “7” is assigned if all of the game achievements related to the effects A1, A2 and B1 have been achieved.
The second digit of the password includes information related to the achievement status of the game results related to the effects C1, effects C2, and effects B2. Similar to the first digit, the numbers 0 to 7 are used to show the effects related to the achieved game results.

In the third to fifth digits of the password, use 36 alphanumeric characters to create a 3-digit number of 36 digits starting with 000 and ending with ZZZ so that you can see the number of games from the game that achieved the most recent game results It has become. For example, if the number of games is 0, the third to fifth digits of the password are “000”, and if the number of games is 10, the third to fifth digits of the password are “00A” and the number of games is 1,000. Then, the third to fifth digits of the password are “0RS”, and if the number of games is 10,000, the third to fifth digits of the password is “7PS”. The sixth to eighth digits of the password include player-specific information, other effect information, and the like.
For example, when the achievements related to the achieved game achievement are production B1, production C1 and production C2, and the game that has achieved the most recent game achievement has been played 1,000 times, the first digit of the password is: The game results relating to the production A1 and the production A2 have not been achieved, and only “3” indicating that only the game performance relating to the production B1 has been achieved has been achieved. And the game performance related to the production C2 is “6” indicating that it has been achieved, and the third to fifth digits are “0RS” indicating that the number of games is 1,000 times. If the sixth to eighth digits indicating other effect information and the player-specific information are “ABC”, for example, “360RSABC” is generated as the password.

When the production control unit 230 accepts the password “360RSABC”, the production mode change control unit 233 first changes to the second production mode in which information related to the game performance that achieved the production mode is stored, and the sub storage unit 240 stores the information. Control for setting a flag to the effect flag storage means 241 to the effect of the second effect mode is performed. Next, based on the first and second digit information of the password, the first game achievement information storage unit 2451 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240 has achieved the effects B1, C1 and C2. A flag indicating that the performance is related to the performance is set, and control is performed to set the value of the section counter 2453 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240 to 1,000. In addition, control is performed to set the value of the cumulative counter 246 of the sub storage means 240 to a predetermined value (for example, 0).
When a game is played in the state where the effect mode is set to the second effect mode, the effect mode change control means 233 sets the values of the cumulative counter 246 and the section counter 2453 of the sub storage means 240 for each game. Update control (for example, increment update by 1) is performed. When a new game record is achieved in the game in the second effect mode, the effect mode change control unit 233 achieves the second game result information storage unit 2452 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240. The information regarding the played game record is accumulated (a flag indicating that the effect is related to the achieved game record is set), and the value of the section counter 2453 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240 is reset (for example, 0). . Thereby, the count of the number of games is started again from the game that has achieved a new game performance. The information accumulated in the second game performance information storage unit 2452 becomes part of information for determining success or failure of the second condition in the subsequent game.
In the present embodiment, the execution permission information storage unit 245 stores first game record information storage unit 2451 that stores information related to the game achievement achieved before the password input, and first information that stores information related to the game record achieved after the password input. 2 game performance information storage means 2452, a section counter 2453 for storing information on the number of games counted from the game that has achieved the most recent game performance, an area (not shown) for storing the initial setting of execution conditions, and the like.

When the player operates the effect operation device 280 of the gaming machine 100 to end a series of games, the menu screen shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 271 of the gaming machine 100. Further, when the player operates the effect operating device 280 and selects the end of the game from the menu, a screen for selecting whether to proceed to display the two-dimensional code or return to the menu is displayed (not shown).
When the player selects the display of the two-dimensional code and the effect control means 230 accepts the code display request, the effect mode change control means 233 sets the effect mode as the first effect mode in which information relating to the achieved game performance is not accumulated. (See step 9 in FIG. 3). At the same time, control is performed to clear the flag indicating that the second effect mode is set in the effect flag storage means 241 of the sub storage means 240.
Then, the code generation / display unit 236 collects production information, production history information, etc. in a series of games from the second game performance information storage unit 2452, the section counter 2453, the cumulative counter 246, etc. of the sub storage unit 240. A two-dimensional code including the information and the URL of the server 500 is generated and controlled to be displayed. As a result, a game end screen including the two-dimensional code as shown in FIG. 6C is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 271 (see step 10 and step 11 in FIG. 3).
Thereafter, the player takes an image of the two-dimensional code displayed on the imaging device 303 of the information terminal 300, and provides the effect information, the effect history information, etc. included in the two-dimensional code via the terminal communication device 304 of the information terminal 300 as a server. Sent to 500. The transmitted information is stored in the server 500. Information based on the value of the cumulative counter 246 indicating the number of games executed in a series of games is accumulated in the server 500 so that the total number of games for each type of gaming machine played by the player can be known. .

The effect determining means 234 performs a lottery to select an effect corresponding to the result of the AT lottery every time the AT lottery is performed. The effect lottery is performed using the effect lottery table stored in the effect lottery table storage unit 243 of the sub storage unit 240. The effect lottery table includes an effect lottery table for which the lottery result is for AT winning and an effect lottery table for which the AT lottery result is lost, and the effect lottery table corresponding to the lottery result of the AT lottery is selected. In the present embodiment, the effect lottery table 1 shown in FIG. 11 is used at the time of AT winning. An effect lottery table for AT lottery loss is not shown. In the effect lottery table 1, each of the 32768 random values from 0 to 32767 is associated with any of the effects A1 to C3, which are the seven types of effects for AT winning shown in FIG. ing.
As shown in FIG. 9, the selection probabilities of effects A1 and A2 are 1/100, which is set to be smaller than the selection probabilities of other effects. The selection probability of the effects B1 and B2 is 9/100, which is set larger than the selection probabilities of the effects A1 and A2. The production C1 and production C2 selection probabilities are 26/100, and the production C3 selection probability is 28/100, both of which are set larger than the selection probabilities of the production A1, the production A2, the production B1 and the production B2.

In the present embodiment, when the effect corresponding to the lost AT lottery result is selected, the effect determining unit 234 performs control to determine the selected effect as an effect to be executed as it is.
When the lottery result is AT winning (first condition established), one effect is selected from the seven types of effects shown in FIG. Even when the set production mode is the first production mode in which information related to the achieved game results is not accumulated, control is performed to determine the selected production as the production to be executed as it is. When the first effect mode is set, when an effect for which the second condition is determined is selected, control is performed to determine an effect for executing another effect different from the selected effect. It may be. In the first effect mode, the use of the game system 1 can be promoted by preventing the effect defined by the second condition from being executed.
When the set effect mode is the second effect mode, it is determined whether a second condition set in advance for each selected effect is satisfied, and if it is not satisfied, the selected effect is executed as it is. Control to determine the effect is performed. On the other hand, if the second condition is not satisfied, control is performed to determine an effect for executing another effect different from the selected effect.
In the present embodiment, another effect that is executed when the second condition is not satisfied is set as an effect C3 that is not a target of game results.

(Game machine control method)
A control method of the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing executed by the game control means 210 for one game in the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment.
First, the replay processing means performs a replay process (step 101). As will be described later, the winning determination means refers to the determination result stored in the winning determination result storage means of the main storage means 220 to determine whether or not the symbol combination constituting the replay winning form is displayed in the previous game. When the symbol combination constituting the winning pattern of replay is displayed, the same number of medal bets as in the previous game are made and the process proceeds to the next process. If the symbol combination constituting the replay winning pattern is not displayed, the process proceeds to the next process.

Next, the input accepting unit performs an input accepting process (step 102). When it is determined that a predetermined number of medals have been inserted by inserting medals into the medal insertion slot MI or by operating the bet button BT, processing for permitting reception of signal input from the start switch 253 is performed.
Wait until the start lever SL is operated (N in Step 103). When the start lever SL is operated and a signal is input from the start switch 253 (Y in Step 103), the internal lottery means determines the winning combination. An internal lottery process is performed (step 104). In the internal lottery process, when a signal is input from the start switch 253, a random number value is acquired from random number generation means for each game. Then, with reference to a table corresponding to the gaming state from the internal lottery tables stored in the internal lottery table storage unit of the main storage unit 220, the winning or the wrong of any combination is determined. When winning of any combination is determined, the lottery flag corresponding to the combination is set from the non-winning state to the winning state. In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, when two or more types of winning combinations are won, a lottery flag corresponding to each of the two or more types of winning winning combinations is set to a winning state. The lottery flag setting information is stored in the lottery flag storage means of the main storage means 220.

  In addition, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, a lottery flag (carry-over possible flag) that can carry on the winning state for the next game until winning, and a non-winning state without carrying the winning state on the next game regardless of winning. A lottery flag (a carry-over impossible flag) that is reset to the winning state is prepared. The combination associated with the former carry-over possible flag is a big bonus (BB), and the small combination and replay are associated with the latter carry-over impossible flag. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, when the big bonus (BB) is won in the internal lottery, the winning state of the big bonus (BB) lottery flag is carried over until the big bonus (BB) wins. At this time, the internal lottery means performs an internal lottery that determines whether or not the small role and replay are successful even in a game in which the winning state of the lottery flag of the big bonus (BB) is carried over. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, in the game where the winning state of the big bonus (BB) lottery flag is carried over, when a small role or replay is won, the lottery flag of the big bonus (BB) already won And a lottery flag corresponding to two or more types of winning combinations including a small role won in the internal lottery and a replay lottery flag.

Next, the reel control means performs a reel rotation process for rotating the left reel LR, the middle reel CR, and the right reel RR (step 105).
When the rotation speed of the left reel LR, middle reel CR, and right reel RR reaches a predetermined speed, a process for permitting reception of signal input from the stop switch 254 of each stop button LB, CB, RB is performed, and then the stop is performed. When a signal is input from the switch 254, the corresponding stop position of the reel is determined, and processing for stopping the reel at the determined stop position is performed (step 106).

When the reel stop process is performed for all the reels LR, CR, RR, the winning determination unit performs the winning determination process (step 107). In the winning determination process, there is a symbol combination corresponding to a small combination (bell, special small combination A1, special small combination A2, special small combination B, special small combination C, cherry), replay or big bonus (BB) on the effective line L1. It is determined whether it has been displayed, and the determination result is stored in the winning determination result storage means of the main storage means 220.
Next, the payout control means refers to the determination result stored in the winning determination result storage means of the main storage means 220 to determine whether there is a winning that requires medal payout. If there is a prize, a medal of a predetermined number is added to the credit from the relationship between the number of inserted coins and the winning combination or the hopper motor is driven to receive a medal tray from the hopper unit 262 via the medal payout port MO. Processing for paying out to MP Next, a game in which the gaming state transition control means 180 shifts the gaming state to the normal state, the bonus establishment state, and the bonus state based on the establishment of a predetermined condition for shifting the gaming state. State transition processing is performed (step 109). Then, one game is finished.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the effect process executed by the effect control means 230 when the gaming state is the bonus establishment state and the effect state is the non-AT state in the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment. The effect process is a process of selecting an effect at the start of one game and executing the effect in the game.
First, an AT lottery is performed by the effect state change control means 231 of the effect control means 230, and the result of the AT lottery performed by the effect determination means 234 of the effect control means 230 by the effect state change control means 231 is an AT winning. (Whether the first condition is satisfied). The lottery method is as described above.
If it is not AT winning (N in Step 201), the effect determining means 234 refers to the effect flag storage means 241 of the sub storage means 240, and according to the result of the internal lottery in the game control means 210 stored therein. The effect lottery table stored in the effect lottery table storage means 243 is selected from the effect lottery table for AT lottery loss, and one random value is acquired from 32768 random values from 0 to 32767. . A process of selecting and determining an effect by comparing the acquired random number value with the selected effect lottery table is performed (step 203), and the process proceeds to step 207.

In the case of AT winning (first condition established) (Y in step 201), the effect determining means 234 is selected from the effect lottery tables stored in the effect lottery table storage means 243 of the sub storage means 240, as shown in FIG. The effect lottery table 1 which is the AT lottery effect lottery table shown in FIG. 5 is selected, and a random number value of 1 is acquired from 32768 random number values of 0 to 32767. A process of selecting an effect is performed by comparing the acquired random value with the selected effect lottery table (step 202).
Next, it is determined whether or not the second production mode is set to accumulate information related to the game performance achieved in the production mode. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the flag indicating the second effect mode is set with reference to the effect flag storage means 241 of the sub storage means 240. If the effect mode is not set to the second effect mode (N in step 204), processing for determining the effect selected in step 202 is performed, and the process proceeds to step 207.

When the effect mode is set to the second effect mode (Y in step 204), the effect determining means 234 determines whether the second condition is not established for the effect selected in step 202. Specifically, with reference to the first game record information storage unit 2451 and the second game record information storage unit 2452 constituting the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240, the game record that has achieved the selected effect. whether the effect is determined according to, further determines whether the selected effect is directed C3, if does not correspond to any further sections counter 2453 which constitutes the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub-storage unit 240 With reference to the value, it is determined whether or not the number of games set for the selected effect is equal to or greater than the number of games until the execution is permitted.
If the second condition is not satisfied (N in Step 205), a process of determining the effect selected in Step 202 is performed, and the process proceeds to Step 207. When the second condition is not satisfied (Y in Step 205), a process of selecting and determining the effect to execute the effect C3 is performed (Step 206), and the process proceeds to Step 207.
The effect that is executed when the second condition is not satisfied is not limited to the effect C3 that is not the target of the game results. Even for an effect that is a target of game results, an effect that does not define the second condition (the effect C1 and the effect C2 in the present embodiment) can be performed. In this case, it is good also as an effect which performs only the effect which concerns on an unachieved game performance, and it is good also as an effect which performs only the effect which concerns on the achieved game performance, and it performs irrespective of the achievement status of a game performance It may be a production. Moreover, even if it is the effect (the effects A1, A2, B1, and the effect B2 in the present embodiment) that define the second condition, it may be an effect that executes the effect related to the achieved game results.

Next, the effect execution means 235 of the effect control means 230 reads the effect data corresponding to the determined effect from the effect data storage means 242 of the sub storage means 240 and performs a process of causing the effect device 270 to execute the effect. (Step 207).
Then, the effect mode change control means 233 of the effect control means 230 performs a process of accumulating the effect information, the effect history information and the like (step 208), and the process ends. For example, a process of updating the value of the cumulative counter 246 of the sub storage unit 240 or updating the value of the section counter 2453 is performed. If the executed effect is an effect related to a new game achievement, information to that effect is stored in the second game achievement information storage means 2452 of the sub storage means 240, and the value of the section counter 2453 of the sub storage means 240 is set to “ The process of setting to “0” is performed.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, when an effect relating to a game performance is selected due to the establishment of the first condition, if the second condition defined for each selected effect is not satisfied, Specifically, since it is replaced with production C3, it is not possible to achieve a new game record before satisfying the second condition. The second condition is that the number of games counted from the game that has achieved the most recent game results is not less than a predetermined number of times, so that in addition to the player's luck, a game result that cannot be achieved unless a certain number of games are performed. be making. In addition, the other achievements to be replaced when the second condition is not satisfied are the productions C3 that are not the target of the game results, so that the achievement status of the game results is not changed. Thereby, in order to achieve all the gaming achievements, it is necessary to play with that kind of gaming machine for a certain period of time, and long-term operation of the gaming machine can be realized.

(Modification 1)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and there are various modifications. Hereinafter, the difference from the above embodiment will be mainly described. In the above embodiment, the effect C3 is selected as the other effect to be replaced when the second condition is not satisfied without considering the effect category. In the present modification, the effect is selected when the first condition is satisfied. An effect included in the same category as the effect is another effect that is replaced when the second condition is not satisfied. Here, the effects included in the same category are effects having the same selection probability, effects common to characters appearing in the effects, effects common to background images, and the like.
For example, as shown in FIG. 14, there are nine types of effects A1, effect A2, effect A3, effect B1, effect B2, effect B3, effect C1, effect C2, and effect C3 as shown in FIG. deep. The effect lottery table for selecting these is stored as the effect lottery table 2 in the effect lottery table storage unit 243 of the sub storage unit 240 (see FIG. 11). The effect lottery table 2 is associated with each of the 32768 random numbers from 0 to 32767 so that any of the effects A1 to C3 is selected with the following probabilities.

The production A1, the production A2, and the production A3 are productions of the same category, and the selection probability is 1/100. Production B1, production B2 and production B3 are productions of the same category, and any selection probability is 9/100. Production C1, production C2 and production C3 are productions of the same category, the selection probability of production C1 and production C2 is 23/100, and the selection probability of production C3 is 24/100. The effects A1, the effects A2, the effects B1, the effects B2, the effects C1, and the effects C2 are effects that are the targets of the game results, and the same second condition as in the above embodiment is set. The production A3, the production B3, and the production C3 are productions that are not subject to game results.
When the first condition is satisfied, the effect determining unit 234 of the effect control unit 230 selects the effect lottery table 2 from the effect lottery table storage unit 243 of the sub storage unit 240 (see FIG. 11) and collates with the acquired random number value. Thus, one effect is selected from the above nine effects. As a result, when the effect A1 or the effect A2 is selected and the selected effect does not satisfy the second condition, control is performed to determine the effect to execute the effect A3, which is an effect in the same category as the effect A1 and the effect A2. Do. Similarly, when the effect B1 or the effect B2 is selected and the selected effect does not satisfy the second condition, the control for determining the effect B3 that is the effect of the same category as the effect B1 and the effect B2 is determined. Do. It should be noted that the production C1 and the production C2 in which the number of games until the execution permission is 0, and the production A3, the production B3, and the production C3 that are not game results are not fulfilling the second condition and are executed as they are. Decided by directing.

An effect that is executed in the second effect mode is executed in the first effect mode by setting another effect to be replaced when the second condition is not satisfied as an effect of the same category as the effect selected when the first condition is satisfied. Compared to the production to be performed, it is possible to eliminate bias toward a specific category.
In this modification, other effects, such as effects A3, effects B3, and effects C3, are excluded from game results, but these may be effects that are the targets of game results. Even if the effect replaced by the failure of the second condition is an effect related to an unachieved game performance, it exceeds the predetermined effect range (the range of effect A3, effect B3 and effect C3 in this modification). New game achievements cannot be achieved.

(Modification 2)
In the above-described embodiment, other effects to be replaced when the second condition is not satisfied are set as predetermined effects. However, in the present modification, the selection probability is higher than the effect selected when the first condition is satisfied. The production is high.
As effects selected when the first condition is established, the same seven types of effects as those in the above embodiment are prepared (see FIG. 9). Then, when the production A1, the production A2, the production B1 or the production B2 is selected and the selected production does not satisfy the second condition, the production C1, the production C2 or the production having a higher selection probability than those productions. One effect to be other effects is selected from C3 and determined as an effect to be executed. The effect lottery table for selecting these is stored as the effect lottery table 3 in the effect lottery table storage unit 243 of the sub storage unit 240 (see FIG. 11). In the effect lottery table 3, for each of the 32768 random numbers from 0 to 32767, one of the effect C1, the effect C2 and the effect C3 is selected with a probability of about 1/3. It is attached.

Specifically, when the first condition is satisfied, the effect determining unit 234 of the effect control unit 230 selects the effect lottery table 1 from the effect lottery table storage unit 243 of the sub storage unit 240 (see FIG. 11) and collating with the acquired random number value, one effect is selected from the above seven types of effects. As a result, when the effect A1, the effect A2, the effect B1 or the effect B2 is selected, and the selected effect does not satisfy the second condition, the effect determining unit 234 now selects the effect lottery from the effect lottery table storage unit 243. Table 3 is selected (see FIG. 11), and another random effect is selected from effect C1, effect C2, or effect C3 by collating with the random value obtained by acquiring the random value again (FIG. 13). The control which determines as an effect to perform is performed. As in the above embodiment, the effects C1, C2 and C3 do not satisfy the second condition and are determined as effects to be executed as they are.
When effect A1 or effect A2 is selected and the selected effect does not satisfy the second condition, in addition to effect C1, effect C2, or effect C3, effect other than effect B1 or effect B2 is effected. You may perform control which decides as an effect which chooses and executes one.

By making the other effect to be replaced when the second condition is not satisfied as an effect with a higher selection probability than the effect selected when the first condition is satisfied, the effect related to the game achievement that is difficult to achieve remains unachieved. As a result, it is possible to prevent the period required to achieve all the game achievements from being shortened.
In this modification, the other effects to be replaced include the effects C1 and C2 that are the targets of the game results, and even if these effects are not achieved, they are determined and executed as other effects. However, new game achievements cannot be achieved beyond a certain range.

(Modification 3)
In the above embodiment, the second condition is that the number of games counted from the game that has achieved the most recent game record is a predetermined number or more, but the second condition is not limited to this. In the server 500, the content of the second condition can also be determined. In this modification, the same seven types of effects as those in the above embodiment are prepared as effects selected when the first condition is satisfied (see FIG. 9).
For the production A1, the second condition is that a predetermined period (for example, January) has passed since the reference date (for example, the sales start date of that type of gaming machine), and for the production A2, the password for that type of game The second condition is that the number of issuers exceeds 10,000. For production B1 and production B2, the total number of games played by that player on that type of gaming machine is 1,000 before the password is entered. It is the second condition that it exceeds. At the end of a series of games performed so far, information related to the value of the cumulative counter 246 is transmitted to the server 500 and accumulated, so that the total number of games can be calculated in the server 500.
These pieces of information are information that is difficult to manage with individual gaming machines, and a password including information on whether or not the second condition is satisfied is issued by the server 500. When this password is input to the gaming machine 100, the effect determining means 234 of the effect control means 230 can determine whether or not the second condition is satisfied. A specific example of the password is shown in password example 2 in FIG.

  In this modified example, as in the above-described embodiment, a password combining eight-digit alphanumeric characters is used, and the third digit of the password includes information indicating whether or not the second condition is satisfied. Specifically, the numbers 0 to 7 are used so that an effect satisfying the second condition can be understood. For example, if any performance does not satisfy the second condition, the number “0”, if only the performance A1 satisfies the second condition, the number “1”, and only the performance A2 satisfies the second condition. The number “2”, the number “3” if the effects B1 and B2 satisfy the second condition, and the number “4” if the effects A1 and A2 satisfy the second condition. If the production A1 and the production B1 and the production B2 satisfy the second condition, the number “5” is obtained. If the production A2 and the production B1 and the production B2 satisfy the second condition, the number “6” is produced. If all effects of A1, effect A2, effect B1 and effect B2 satisfy the second condition, the number “7” is assigned.

As in the above embodiment, the first digit of the password contains information on the achievement status of the game results relating to the production A1, the production A2, and the production B1, and the second digit of the password contains the production C1, the production C2, and the production B2. Information regarding the achievement status of the game results is included, and the numbers 0 to 7 are used to understand the effects related to the achieved game results. In this modification, the 4th to 8th digits of the password include player-specific information, other effect information, and the like.
For example, if the effects relating to the achieved game achievement are effects B1, effects C1, and effects C2, and the effects that satisfy the second condition are effects A1, effects B1, and effects B2, the first digit of the password is , “3” indicating that only the game performance related to the production B1 has been achieved since the game performance related to the performance A1 and the performance A2 has not been achieved, and the second digit is produced because the game performance related to the performance B2 is not achieved. “6” indicating that the game results related to C1 and effect C2 have been achieved, and the third digit is “5” indicating that effect A1, effect B1, and effect B2 satisfy the second condition. . If the fourth to eighth digits indicating other effect information and the player-specific information are, for example, “ABCDE”, “365ABCDE” is generated as the password.

  When the production control unit 230 accepts the password “365ABCDE”, the production mode change control unit 233 first changes to the second production mode in which information related to the game performance that has achieved the production mode is stored, as in the above embodiment. Then, control is performed to set a flag indicating that it is the second effect mode in the effect flag storage means 241 of the sub storage means 240. Next, based on the first and second digit information of the password, the first game achievement information storage unit 2451 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240 has achieved the effects B1, C1 and C2. A flag indicating that the effect is an effect related to the performance is set, and a flag indicating that the effect A1, the effect B1, and the effect B2 are effects satisfying the second condition is set in a predetermined area of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240. Control to set. In addition, control is performed to set the value of the cumulative counter 246 of the sub storage means 240 to a predetermined value (for example, 0). Note that the effect C1, the effect C2, and the effect C3 for which the second condition is not set is stored in the predetermined area of the execution permission information storage unit 245 from the beginning to the effect that the second condition is not satisfied.

When the game is performed in the second effect mode and the first condition is satisfied, the effect determining means 234 of the effect control means 230 is similar to the above embodiment, the effect lottery table 1 from the effect lottery table storage means 243 of the sub storage means 240. (See FIG. 11) and collate with the acquired random number value to select one effect from the above-mentioned seven types of effects. Then, with reference to the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240, it is determined whether or not the selected effect satisfies the second condition, and if not, control is performed to determine an effect for executing another effect.
If the effect selected when the first condition is satisfied is the effect A2 that does not satisfy the second condition, the effect determining unit 234 of the effect control unit 230 performs control to determine the effect to execute the effect C3 as in the above embodiment. Do. If the effect selected when the first condition is satisfied is effect A1, effect B1 or effect B2 that satisfies the second condition, control is performed to determine the effect to be executed as it is. Note that when the effect C1, the effect C2, or the effect C3 for which the second condition is not set is selected, the second condition is not satisfied, and thus the selected effect is controlled to be performed as it is.

  By setting the second condition in the server 500, it becomes possible to set even a condition that cannot be set in the gaming machine 100, and the degree of freedom for setting the condition for achieving the gaming achievement is expanded. In addition, the condition that the second condition is that a predetermined period has elapsed from the date of release of the gaming machine or that the number of registrants in the server 500 has reached a predetermined number or more is not a condition that can be achieved individually by individual players. Even for a user, it becomes difficult to shorten the period until all gaming machine achievements are achieved.

(Modification 4)
In this modification, the other effects to be replaced when the second condition is not satisfied are limited to effects related to the achieved game results. In addition, the second condition is not set for each effect selected when the first condition is satisfied, but is set for each effect related to the game achievement achieved most recently.
In this modification, the same seven types of effects as those in the above embodiment are prepared as effects selected when the first condition is satisfied (see FIG. 9). Then, the second condition is set so that the performance related to the unachieved game performance is not executed until 10,000 games are played, counting from the game that achieved the game performance related to the performance A1 or the performance A2. Similarly, the second condition is set so that the performance related to the unachieved game performance is not executed until 1,000 games are counted, starting from the game that achieved the game performance related to the performance B1 or the performance B2. doing.

  In the present embodiment, when a new game record is achieved, the value of the section counter 2453 of the sub storage means 240 is set to “0”, and then incremented and updated by one each time one game is performed. On the other hand, in this modification, when a new game record is achieved, the value of the section counter 2453 of the sub storage means 240 is set to a value determined for each game record that has been achieved, and then one game is performed. Update decrement by 1 each time. For example, when the game performance related to the performance A1 or the performance A2 is newly achieved, the value of the section counter 2453 is set to “10,000”, and the game performance related to the performance B1 or the performance B2 is newly achieved. In this case, the value of the section counter 2453 is set to “1,000”, and the value of the section counter 2453 is set to “0” when the game performance related to the performance C1 or the performance C2 is newly achieved. Each time a game is played, the decrement is updated by one until the value of the section counter 2453 becomes “0”. Note that since the set value of the section counter 2453 when the game results related to the effects C1 and C2 are achieved is “0”, the value of the section counter 2453 is not updated in subsequent games.

When the password “360RSABC” illustrated in the above embodiment (see password example 1 in FIG. 10) is received by the effect control means 230, the effect mode change control means 233 of the effect control means 230 performs the effect mode change control. And the game results related to the effects B1, C1 and C2 are stored in the first game result information storage unit 2451 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240 from the first digit and second digit information of the password. Control is performed to store a flag indicating that it has been achieved. Then, from the third to fifth digit information, the value of the section counter 2453 of the execution permission information storage unit 245 of the sub storage unit 240 is set to “1,000”, and the value is decremented by 1 for each game. The Here, the value of the section counter 2453 is the number of remaining games until the second condition is satisfied.
When the first condition is satisfied, the effect determining unit 234 of the effect control unit 230 selects the effect lottery table 1 from the effect lottery table storage unit 243 of the sub storage unit 240 (see FIG. 11) and obtains it. One effect is selected from the above-mentioned seven types of effects in comparison with the random number. Next, with reference to the value of the section counter 2453 of the sub storage unit 240, if the value is “0”, it is determined that the second condition is satisfied, and control for determining the effect to execute the selected effect is performed. If the value is not “0”, the first game result information storage unit 2451 and the second game result information storage unit 2452 of the sub storage unit 240 are referred to, and it is determined whether the selected effect is an effect related to an unachieved game result. And if it is not the effect which concerns on the unachieved game performance, control which determines to the effect which performs the selected effect is performed.

When the selected effect is an effect related to an unachieved game result, the achieved game result stored in the first game result information storage unit 2451 and the second game result information storage unit 2452 of the sub storage unit 240. From the effects related to the above, the effect is selected and executed by selecting one effect by lottery. For example, the lottery is performed as follows.
First, when referring to the first game record information storage unit 2451 and the second game record information storage unit 2452 of the sub storage unit 240, the number of flags stored in both is counted, and the count number and the order of reference are determined. It is stored in a predetermined place, for example, the effect flag storage means 241 of the sub storage means 240. If a new game record is not achieved in the above-described password example, the flags stored in the first game record information storage unit 2451 and the second game record information storage unit 2452 of the sub storage unit 240 are the effects B1, There are three flags corresponding to the effects C1 and C2. If the count number “3” is stored in the effect flag storage unit 241 and the order of the referred flags is the order of the effect B1, the effect C1, and the effect C2, the count order “1” corresponds to the effect B1, and the count order. The effect flag storage unit 241 stores that “2” corresponds to the effect C1 and that the count order “3” corresponds to the effect C2.

A new random value is acquired, the random value acquired by the count number “3” is divided, and the remainder is calculated. If the remainder is “1”, the effect B1 corresponding to the count order “1”, the effect C1 corresponding to the count order “2” if the remainder is “2”, and the random value if the remainder is “0”. The effect C2 corresponding to the same count order “3” as the number “3” divided by is selected and determined as an effect to be executed.
By making another effect to be replaced when the second condition is not satisfied as an effect related to the achieved game achievement, it is possible to eliminate the achievement of a new game achievement before the second condition is established. As a result, it is possible to prevent the period required to achieve all the game achievements from being shortened.

(Other variations)
In the present embodiment, the second condition is that the predetermined number of games is digested from the game that has achieved the most recent game results, but the starting point for digesting the predetermined number of games is It is not limited to the game that has achieved the most recent game results, and can be arbitrarily determined. For example, a game that the player has played for the first time in the second effect mode on that type of gaming machine can be used as the starting point. In this case, the number of games is the total number of games played by the player in the second effect mode in that type of gaming machine. If the second condition is set to the total number of games, information related to the total number of games is included in the password issued by the server 500. Then, when the production control unit 230 accepts the password, the production mode change control unit 233 performs control to set the value of the cumulative counter 246 of the sub storage unit 240 based on the password information.
In the present embodiment and modifications 1 to 4, the AT winning is the first condition, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a chance zone state for winning an AT with a higher probability than the normal performance state may be provided as the production state, and it may be a condition that a lottery for shifting to the chance zone state is won. The replay time is not limited to the lottery performed by the effect control means 230 but is a gaming condition in which a bonus is won in the internal lottery performed by the game control means 210, or the replay is a gaming state where the replay is won with high probability. And the first condition may be that the condition for shifting to the replay time is satisfied. Furthermore, the first condition may be that the result of the effect state transition lottery by the effect control means 230 or the result of the internal lottery by the game control means 210 is lost (unauthorized). A condition unrelated to the result of the lottery can be set as the first condition.

BX housing, FD front door, DW display window, L1 effective line,
LCD liquid crystal display, LP notification lamp, SP speaker,
LR left reel, CR middle reel, RR right reel,
SL start lever, LB, CB, RB stop button, BT bet button,
MI medal slot, MP medal tray, MO medal outlet,
JD Jog dial, PB push button 1 gaming system, 100 gaming machine,
200 control means 210 game control means 220 main storage means 230 effect control means 231 effect mode change control means 232 effect state change control means 233 winning auxiliary effect control means 234 effect determination means 235 effect execution means 236 code generation Display means,
240 sub-storage means, 241 effect flag storage means, 242 effect data storage means,
243 effect lottery table storage means, 244 AT counter,
245 execution permission information storage means, 2451 first game achievement information storage means,
2452 Second game performance information storage means, 2453 section counter, 246 cumulative counter 251 medal insertion switch, 252 bet switch, 253 start switch,
254 stop switch, 261 reel unit, 262 hopper unit,
270 rendering device, 271 liquid crystal display device, 272 lamp device,
273 sound device, 280 effect operation device 300 information terminal, 301 terminal operation unit, 302 terminal display device, 303 imaging device,
304 terminal communication device, 305 terminal control unit, 400 communication base station, 401 communication network,
500 server, 501 storage device, 502 server communication device, 503 server control unit

Claims (3)

A gaming machine comprising an effect device and an effect control means for controlling the effect device,
The production control means includes
Based on the input of the password by the player, the first effect mode in which information related to the game achievement achieved by the player is not accumulated is changed to the second effect mode in which information relating to the game achievement is accumulated, and the end operation by the player is performed. An effect mode change control means for changing from the second effect mode to the first effect mode;
An effect determining means for selecting and determining an effect to be executed by lottery from a plurality of effects due to the establishment of the first condition;
Effect execution means for executing the effect determined by the effect determination means by the effect device;
Code generation and display means for generating a two-dimensional code including information on the game achievement newly achieved by the player based on the end operation by the player and displaying the information on the effect device;
Including
Further, the effect control means includes an execution permission information storage means for storing information for determining whether or not execution of the selected effect is permitted,
At the time when the first condition is satisfied, the effect determining means determines that the second condition is based on information stored in the execution permission information storage means in a game in which the effect mode is set to the second effect mode. If the second condition is not satisfied, the other effect different from the selected effect is determined as an effect to be executed, and if the second condition is not satisfied, The selected effect is determined as an effect to be executed ,
When the other effect different from the selected effect is executed, the information about the game achievement is not accumulated, and when the selected effect is executed, the information about the newly achieved game achievement is accumulated. A gaming machine characterized by that. In claim 1,
The other effects determined by the effect determining means are selected with a probability higher than the predetermined effect, the effect related to the game performance already achieved by the player, or the selected effect. A gaming machine that is one of the above-mentioned effects. In claim 1 or claim 2,
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the second condition is that a predetermined number of games have been executed for each gaming result.

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