JP6512008B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball and ball type game machine such as a pachinko machine and an arrange ball machine.

Heretofore, as this type of game machine, one is known which selects and executes from among a plurality of advance notice effects to be performed in accordance with the variable display of symbols. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a gaming machine which selects a notice effect to be executed using a notice effect pattern table in which a random number for effect determination is associated with each notice effect. The gaming machine of Patent Document 1 has, as the notice effect pattern table, a table in which the notice determination random numbers are uniformly associated with each notice effect, and a table in which the notice determination random numbers are biased and associated with each notice effect. Then, when the number of times of variation display of symbols is equal to or more than a predetermined number of times, a notice effect pattern table in which random numbers for effect determination are biased to be associated with each notice effect is more easily used than in the case of less than a predetermined number. And For this reason, when the number of times of variation display of symbols is equal to or more than a predetermined number, the appearance frequency of each advance notice effect is different (
Become biased).

JP 2012-5569 A

In the gaming machine described above, the appearance effect of each advance notice effect is different, so that the execution mode of the advance notice effect can be changed according to the number of times of fluctuation display of the symbol, and the effect can be enhanced. On the other hand, the advance notice effect not only enhances the effect but also gives the player a notice of the result of the variable display.
It is also required to show the player the credibility as easily as possible.

The main object of the gaming machine of the present invention is to improve the enjoyment of the game by enhancing the rendering effect and clearly indicating the reliability and performing the advance presentation.

The gaming machine of the present invention adopts the following means in order to achieve the above-mentioned main object.
That is, the gaming machine of the present invention is
It is a gaming machine capable of performing a specific game advantageous to the player based on the variable display of the identification information based on the establishment of the predetermined condition and the display of the identification information in the specific mode,
Variation mode selection means for selecting the variation mode of the identification information;
A notice effect executing means capable of executing a notice effect indicating the feasibility of the specific game,
Probability setting means for setting a high probability state in which the probability that the identification information is displayed in a specific mode after the end of the specific game is higher than a predetermined probability;
When the variable display of the identification information is performed a predetermined number of times in the high probability state, the probability that the identification information is displayed in a specific mode is taken as the predetermined probability.
The first variation state in which the variation mode selection means selects the variation mode based on the first condition, and the second variation state in which the variation mode selection means selects the variation mode based on the second condition,
The first fluctuation state and the second fluctuation state are set under the high probability state, and the second fluctuation state is set after the first fluctuation state,
The notice effect includes at least a notice effect of a first notice type consisting of a plurality of notice effects, and a notice effect different from the first notice type from the number of notice effects constituting the first notice type There is also a second notice type of notice effect that is also composed of a small amount of notice effects,
In both the first preview type of preview effect and the second preview type of preview effect, the probability of being executed is different depending on whether the identification information is displayed in a specific mode,
The preview effect execution means is:
In the first variation state, it is possible to execute the notice effect of the first notice type,
In the second variation state, the second notice type of advance notice effect can be executed, and the first notice type of advance notice effect is not executed .
Reach production can be executed during the fluctuation display of the identification information in the first fluctuation state or the second fluctuation state, and the notice effect of the first notice type and the notice effect of the second notice type are also the reach effect Configured to be performed before or during the execution of the reach production,
According to the gist of the present invention, it is possible to combine and execute a plurality of advance notice effects selected from a plurality of advance notice types in accordance with the possibility of the specific game during one time variable display of the identification information .

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to improve the fun of the game by enhancing the presentation effect and enhancing the presentation effect or showing the reliability in an easy-to-understand manner.

It is an appearance perspective view showing the appearance of the pachinko machine 10 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the game board 30 of the pachinko machine 10; FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control circuit of the pachinko machine 10; It is an explanatory view explaining composition of symbol display device 40. As shown in FIG. It is an explanatory view showing an example of a display mode of normal symbol display part 41. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display mode of the special symbol display part 42 at the time of big hit. FIG. 18 is an explanatory view for explaining a screen configuration of the effect display device 34. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a sub control substrate 90. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a main control process executed by a CPU 70a of a main control board 70. 51 is a flowchart showing an example of special symbol game processing executed by the CPU 70a of the main control board 70. FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing an example of special symbol game processing executed by the CPU 70a of the main control board 70. FIG. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of special symbol game processing executed by the CPU 70 a of the main control board 70. FIG. It is a flow chart which shows an example of change display related processing of a special symbol performed by CPU70a of the main control board 70. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a big hit determination table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the big hit symbol determination table of a 1st special symbol. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the big hit symbol determination table of a 2nd special symbol. It is a flow chart which shows an example of change pattern table setting processing. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a big hit fluctuation pattern table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the deviation variation pattern table for normal modes. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the deviation variation pattern table for special modes. It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the fluctuation | variation frequency after a big hit game, a production | presentation counter, each period in special mode, and the presence or absence of power support. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the big hit game processing performed by CPU70a of the main control board 70. As shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a big hit game end time process performed by CPU70a of the main control board 70. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of effect counter update processing executed by the CPU 70a of the main control board 70. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the symbol change production | presentation process performed by CPU90a of the sub control board | substrate 90. FIG. FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a special mode in advance notice effect setting process executed by the CPU 90a of the sub control board 90; FIG. It is an explanatory view showing an example of a notice effect determination table for period X. It is an explanatory view showing an example of a notice effect determination table for period Y. It is an explanatory view showing an example of a notice effect determination table for period Z. It is an explanatory view showing a notice production performed in each period in special mode. It is explanatory drawing which shows the notification production determination table for period Y of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the notification production determination table for period Z of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the preliminary announcement production performed in each period in the special mode of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the announcement production determination table for periods X of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the notification production determination table for period Y of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the announcement production determination table for period Z of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the preliminary announcement production performed in each period in the special mode of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the notification production determination table for period X, Y of a modification, and the period Z. It is an explanatory view showing an example of a reservation notice production decision table of a modification.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described using examples. In the following, the example of applying the present invention to a pachinko machine of the type (so-called seven machine type) where the big hit game is stopped and displayed with the end of the variation display of the special symbol, and this is triggered Do.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the appearance of a pachinko machine 10 (game machine) according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the game board 30 of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of the control circuit of FIG.

[Overall Configuration of Pachinko Machine 10]
The pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, is a game board 30 (see FIG. 2) arranged so that the board can be seen through the glass plate 12 (transparent plate) inserted in the front frame 11. And an upper receptacle 14 and a lower receptacle 16 for storing gaming balls, and a firing handle 18 for firing the gaming balls stored in the upper receptacle 14 to the gaming board 30.

The front frame 11 is fitted into the main body frame 21 and can be rotated relative to the main body frame 21 with the left side as a rotation axis. The main body frame 21 is fitted into the outer frame 22 and can be rotated relative to the outer frame 22 with the left side as a rotation axis. The front frame 11 and the main frame 2
1 is configured as a substantially rectangular plastic frame. Also, the outer frame 22 is
It is configured as a substantially rectangular wooden frame and fixed to the island frame of the Pachinko hall island facility.

In the upper left and upper right portions of the front frame 11, speakers 28a and 28b are provided to emit various sound effects and to inform the player of the game state as the game progresses.
At the right end portion, a locking device 29 for locking the front frame 11 with respect to the main body frame 21 is provided. Further, on the left side of the front frame 11, a not-shown prepaid card type ball lending device (CR unit) is provided.

The upper tray 14 is inserted into the CR unit at a ball lending button 24a for instructing the lending of gaming balls within the range of the value balance (value balance) of the card inserted into the CR unit on the upper surface thereof A return button 24b for instructing return of the card is provided. Further, in the upper tray 14, a presentation button 26 for performing various effects in accordance with the operation of the player is disposed in the upper central portion of the upper tray 14.

The firing handle 18 is provided at the lower right portion of the front frame 11, and temporarily stops firing of the touch sensor 18a (see FIG. 3) for detecting that the player is touching the steering wheel or the game ball. A switch 18b (see FIG. 3) is provided. A launch device (not shown) for launching the game balls stored in the upper tray 14 one ball at a time is connected to the rotation shaft of the launch handle 18, and the launch device is provided when the launch handle 18 is turned The firing motor 19 (see FIG. 3) rotates, and along with this, the game ball is launched with a striking force of a strength corresponding to the amount of operation of the firing handle 18.

[Configuration of game board 30]
As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 30 is formed with a game area 31 surrounded by an outer rail 31 a and an inner rail 31 b. The gaming board 30 is disposed at the left of the gaming area 31 and has a gate switch 32a (see FIG. 3) for detecting passage of gaming balls.
2, a symbol display device 40 disposed in the lower right portion of the game area 31, an effect display device 34 disposed in the central portion of the game area 31, and a center character 50 disposed around the effect display device 34
And the first starting opening switch 36 disposed below the center character 50 to detect the ball entering of the gaming ball
a second starting opening 36 having a (see FIG. 3) and a second starting opening switch 38a (see FIG. 3) formed on the left side of the center piece 50 for detecting entry of the gaming ball 38 and a big winning opening switch 44a disposed in the lower right portion of the game area 31 so as to be openable / closable and detecting entry of the game ball
A game with a special winning opening 44 (see FIG. 3) and a general winning opening 45 located at the lower left of the game area 31 and having a general winning opening switch 45a (see FIG. 3) And an outlet 46 for collecting the balls. In the upper center of the center piece 50, a first movable piece 51 (see Fig. 8) that is shaped by the driving of the decoration motor 93b (see Fig. 8).
A moon character is provided, and on the upper left side of the center character 50, a decoration motor 93c (see FIG. 8)
The second movable character 52 (left sword character) imitating the shape of a sword operated by the drive of the above is provided, and the upper right side of the center character 50 is operated by the drive of the decoration motor 93 d (see FIG. 8) A third movable character 53 (right sword character) imitating the shape of a sword is provided. In addition, in game board 30,
In addition to this, a windmill 48 for guiding and playing the game ball flowing down the game area and a large number of nails (not shown) are provided.

The second starting opening 38 is a variable ball entrance provided as a normal motorized part, and the wing piece 38
c, and a second start port solenoid 38b (see FIG. 3) for operating the wing piece 38c. In the second start opening 38, when the wing piece 38c is upright, the possibility of game ball entering is relatively low (see the dotted line in FIG. 2), and the wing piece 38c opens to the left. When it is on, the possibility of entering the game ball is in the open state higher than the normal state (see the solid line in FIG. 2). In the present embodiment, in the normal state in which the wing piece 38c is upright, the game ball can not enter the second starting opening 38.

The special winning opening 44 is a variable ball entry port provided as a special electric role, and the opening and closing plate 44c
And a special winning opening solenoid 44b (see FIG. 3) for operating the open / close plate 44c. The large winning opening 44 is normally closed by the opening and closing plate 44c and is not in a closed state (not accepting game balls).
It is considered as closed state, and in the case of big hit game (specific game), big winning a prize opening solenoid 44b
By opening and closing the opening and closing plate 44c to the front side by (see FIG. 3), it becomes an open state (open state) that is easy to receive the game ball. In the special winning opening 44, a special winning opening switch 44a (see FIG. 3) is attached for detecting the entry of the game ball and counting the number of incoming balls. In the present embodiment, as the processing of the big hit game, the big winning opening switch 44a 1 to enter the game ball
The big winning opening 44 is opened as one round until a predetermined time (for example, 25 seconds) elapses before counting zero or ten, and the opening operation of the big winning opening 44 is repeated until a prescribed round. During each round, the special winning opening 44 is closed only for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds).

As illustrated in the configuration diagram of FIG. 4, the symbol display device 40 is an ordinary symbol display unit (normal symbol display device) 41 capable of variable display and stop display of ordinary symbols, and variable display of special symbols (identification information) And a special symbol display unit (special symbol display device) 42 capable of stop display, and a round display unit (round display device) 43 for displaying a symbol indicating the prescribed number of rounds of the big hit game (maximum number of rounds). The normal symbol display unit 41 includes a left normal symbol display unit 41a and a right normal symbol display unit 41b configured using light emitting diodes (LEDs). In FIG. 5, an example of the display mode of the normal symbol display part 41 is shown. As illustrated, the normal symbol display unit 41 has a display mode (refer to the first row from the top) in which both the left normal symbol display unit 41a and the right normal symbol display unit 41b are turned off and the left normal symbol display unit 41a is lit. A display mode in which the right ordinary symbol display section 41b is turned off (see the second row from the top) and a display mode in which the left normal symbol display section 41a is extinguished and the right normal symbol display section 41b is lit , The left normal symbol display part 41a and the right normal symbol display part 4
There are four display modes in which display modes 1b and 1b are both lit (see the fourth row from the top). When the normal symbol display unit 41 detects that the game ball passes through the normal symbol operation gate 32, the normal symbol is variably displayed by sequentially switching the four display modes, and the variation display execution time (variation time) When the symbol e) has elapsed, the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in any of the display modes described above. At this time, the display mode of the normal symbol stopped and displayed is a specific display mode (for example,
In the case of the display mode shown in the fourth row from the top), the second starting port 38 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds) as a hit. In addition, when the game ball passes the normal symbol operation gate 32 during the variable display of the normal symbol, the variable display of the normal symbol is suspended up to four times, and is suspended when the current variable display is finished. The variable display is sequentially digested.

As shown in FIG. 4, the special symbol display unit 42 includes a first special symbol display unit 42a and a second special symbol display unit 42b configured using a 7-segment display, and lighting of each segment is performed. A plurality of display modes (up to 128 ways) are expressed by the combination with the turn-off.
The special symbol display portion 42 corresponds to the first special symbol display portion 42a and the second special symbol display portion 42b when the ball entry into either the first starting opening 36 or the second starting opening 38 is detected. The special symbol is variably displayed by sequentially switching the display state of the special symbol display portion, and when the execution time (variation time) of the variability display elapses, the special symbol is stopped in one of the display modes which can be expressed. Display. At this time, when the display mode of the special symbol stopped and displayed is a specific display mode (a special symbol, a specific mode), a big hit is made and a big hit game (specific game) is performed. In this embodiment, the first special symbol display portion 42a is a display portion for displaying a special symbol in a variable manner based on the entry of the gaming ball into the first starting opening 36, and the second special symbol display portion 42b is a second
The special symbol is displayed on a variable display basis based on the entry of the game ball into the starting opening 38. Hereinafter, in particular, the special symbol displayed in the first special symbol display portion 42a is also referred to as a first special symbol (special figure 1), and the second symbol is displayed in the second special symbol display portion 42b. Figure 2). In FIG. 6, an example of the display mode of the special symbol display part 42 at the time of big hit is shown. As shown in the figure, the first normal big hit special symbol (the first normal big hit symbol) is a display mode in which the vertical bar segment of the upper right, lower right, lower left in the first special symbol display portion 42a is lighted, and 2 There is a display mode in which the middle horizontal bar segment and the upper right and lower left vertical bar segments in the special symbol display section 42b are lighted (see the first row from the top). In addition, the special symbol (the first probability variation big hit symbol) which is the first probability variation big hit is a display mode in which the upper horizontal bar segment and the lower right and lower left vertical bar segments in the first special symbol display section 42a light up , 2nd special symbol display unit 42b
There are display modes in which the upper row of horizontal bar segments and the upper left and lower left vertical bar segments are lit (see second row from top). In addition, the special symbol (the second probability variation big hit symbol) which becomes the second probability variation big hit is the display mode in which the horizontal bar segment of the upper row and the lower right vertical bar segment in the first special symbol display section 42a are lit, 2 There is a display mode in which the upper and lower horizontal bar segments and the lower left vertical bar segment in the special symbol display portion 42b are lighted (see the third row from the top). In addition, the display mode of the special symbol at the time of big hit is not limited to the above-mentioned mode,
It is good also as what is displayed in what kind of form, and the kind of display mode of the special symbol at the time of big hit is not restricted to one type, and it is good also as what prepares multiple types. During the display of the special symbol,
When the game ball enters the first start opening 36, the variable display of the first special symbol is held up to four times, and when the game ball enters the second start opening 38, the change display of the second special symbol is displayed. Hold up to 4 times. Then, when the current variation display ends, the variation displays of the special symbol held are sequentially digested. In addition, although it mentions later, the number of suspension of the fluctuation display of the 1st special symbol is displayed by the 1st suspension symbol 35a, and the number of suspension of the fluctuation display of the 2nd special symbol is the 2nd suspension symbol 35b
Displayed by

Here, in the first normal big hit, the opening operation of the big winning opening 44 has a predetermined number of rounds (for example, eight).
A big hit game repeated over the rounds) is played, and after the big hit game is over, the probability (the probability per special figure) that the result of the success or failure judgment of the special symbol will be a big hit (normal probability)
The fluctuation time of the special symbol and the normal symbol is shortened and the result of the judgment of the normal symbol is determined until the low probability state of becoming and the first predetermined number of times (for example, 100 times) of the special symbol is displayed. When the probability of becoming a hit (probability per common figure) becomes higher than the low probability (normal probability) and the normal symbol is stopped and displayed at a hit, the opening time of the second starting port 38 is extended with the power support state It is a big hit aspect (big hit aspect which sets a low probability electric support presence state after a big hit game) to set. In addition, if the variation display of the first predetermined number of special symbols is performed after the end of the big hit game,
The power support state ends, and the low probability power support state occurs. In addition, a big hit game is performed in which the opening operation of the big winning opening 44 is repeated over a predetermined number of rounds (for example, eight rounds), and the second predetermined number of times after the big hit game is over (For example, 120
The high probability state in which the probability per special drawing is higher than the low probability (normal probability) is set until the variation display of the special symbol of times is performed, and the first predetermined number (for example, 100 times) of special symbol It is a big hit aspect (a big hit aspect which sets a high probability electric support presence state after a big hit game) which sets a power support presence state until the fluctuation display of is performed. In addition, the second probability variation big hit, big winning opening 4
A big hit game is performed in which the opening operation of 4 is repeated over the number of rounds smaller than the predetermined number of rounds (for example, 4 rounds), and after the big hit game is over, like the first probability variation big hit, high probability electricity It is a big hit aspect which sets a support existence state. Hereinafter, the gaming state in which the probability of winning a special figure is in a low probability state is also referred to as the special figure low probability state, and the gaming state in which the probability of winning a special figure is in a high probability state is also referred to as a special figure high probability state. In addition, the gaming state in which the probability of hitting the drawing is in the low probability state is also referred to as the probability of drawing low state, and the gaming state in which the probability in the drawing is in the high probability state is also referred to as the drawing high probability state. Furthermore, the gaming state in which the variation time of the special symbol and the normal symbol is shortened is also referred to as a time saving state, and the gaming state in which the opening time of the second starting opening 38 is extended is also referred to as an opening extension state. Note that
In the present embodiment, the power support state is a state in which all three states, that is, a high drawing probability state, a short time state, and an open extension state, have occurred, but any one or two of the three states have occurred. It may be in the state. In addition, the second support opening that can be changed to the first mode (closed state) and the second mode (opened state) in which the possibility of entering the gaming ball is higher than the first mode (closed state). 38 (variable start opening) refers to a state in which the pitch of the game ball is in a high frequency state higher than a predetermined frequency (predetermined state). That is, in the power-on state, the ratio in which the second start port 38 is in the second mode per unit time is higher than the power-on state.

The effect display device 34 is configured as a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and on the display screen, various effect displays such as variation display of the effect pattern, reach effect, and notice effect are performed. As shown in the screen configuration shown in FIG. 7, the effect display device 34 of this embodiment is arranged in the lateral direction, and is composed of characters, numbers, and three left, middle, and right effect symbols (pseudo special symbol )
34L, 34M, 34R, and a background pattern not shown. This effect display device 34
When the game ball enters the first start opening 36 and when the game ball enters the second start opening 38, the three effect symbols 34L, 34M, 34R are variably displayed. Production pattern 34L, 34M
, 34R are displayed so as to scroll at high speed from top to bottom, respectively, when fluctuation display is started, and when the execution time (variation time) of the fluctuation display elapses, the left design symbol 3 is displayed.
The stop display is performed in the order of 4L, the right effect pattern 34R, and the middle effect pattern 34M. At this time, when the left production design 34L and the right production design 34R do not match, the reach is simply removed without reach, and when the left production design 34L and the right production design 34R match, the reach is reached. And when the inside of the production pattern 34M is stopped with a predetermined reach effect, when the inside of the production pattern 34M and the left and right production pattern 34L, 34R do not match, there is no reach with reach, and the inside production pattern It becomes a big hit when 34M and the left and right effect pattern 34L, 34R match. In addition, the result of the success or failure of the effect design displayed on this effect display device 34 is basically the success or failure of the special symbol (first special symbol, second special symbol) displayed by the special symbol display section 42 described above Correspond with the result of

Further, in the present embodiment, the effect display device 34 also displays the first holding symbol 35a and the second holding symbol 35b in the display screen. The first reserved symbol 35a is displayed one by one from the left side each time the game ball enters the first starting opening 36 during the variable display of the first special symbol and the second special symbol,
Every time when the variable display of the first special symbol is started, it is erased in the reverse order to the start entering ball. The second reserved symbol 35b is also displayed one by one from the left side each time the game ball enters the second starting opening 38 during the variable display of the first special symbol or the second special symbol, and the variation of the second special symbol Every time the display is started, it is erased in the reverse order to the starting entry time.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the embodiment configured in this manner, the first start opening 36 is the effect display device 34.
(Normal character 50) is arranged below, and in the case of a normal game which is not a big hit game, the player shoots so that the game ball flows down to the left side of the game area 31 (the left area of the effect display device 34) By performing the rotation operation of the handle 18 (so-called left strike), the gaming ball is moved to the first starting opening 36.
You can enter the ball. Also, the normal symbol operating gate 32 and the second start opening 38 are disposed on the left side of the effect display device 34, and the player can pass the gaming ball to the normal symbol operating gate 32 by left striking. When the second start opening 38 is opened when the symbol is normal, the player can cause the game ball to enter the second start opening 38 by continuing the left strike. Furthermore, the big winning opening 44 is arranged at the lower right part of the game area 31, and when the big hit game is started, the player performs so-called right hitting of firing the game ball by fully rotating the firing handle 18 rightward As a result, the game ball can be made to flow down to the right side (right side area of the effect display device 34) of the game area 31, and can enter the big winning opening 44 that has been opened.

[Configuration of control circuit]
Next, the configuration of the control circuit of the pachinko machine 10 of the embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIG. The control circuit of the pachinko machine 10 is, as shown in FIG. 3, a main control board 70 (main control unit) which controls the basic progress of the game, and a payout control board which controls the control of payout balls and balls. 80, a sub control board 90 (sub control unit) which controls overall control of various effects performed along with the progress of the game, and a control board such as a firing control board 100 which controls the control regarding firing of gaming balls ing. These control boards execute various logic operations and calculation operations.
The PU, a ROM that stores various programs and data executed by the CPU, a RAM that temporarily stores data when the program is executed, a timer (system timer) that measures the time required for various controls, and peripheral devices A peripheral device interface (PIO) for exchanging data between each other, an oscillator that outputs a clock for the CPU to perform computations, a watchdog timer that monitors the runaway of the CPU, a CTC (counter, Various peripheral LSIs such as timer circuits are connected to one another by a bus. In FIG. 3, the CPU of the main control board 70 among various devices mounted on each control board is shown.
Only 70a, ROM 70b, and RAM 70c are illustrated, and the other illustration is omitted.
Further, FIG. 8 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a sub control board 90 which forms a part of the control circuit. In the present embodiment, although the sub control board 90 is the sub control part, control parts other than the main control part, for example, other control parts such as the payout control board 80 and the emission control board 100 may be called the sub control part. .

The main control board 70, as a signal necessary to control the basic progress of the game, is, as shown in FIG. 3, an incoming signal from the first starting opening switch 36a and a second starting opening switch 38a. The ball entering signal is directly input, and the passing signal from the gate switch 32a, the ball entering signal from the big winning hole switch 44a, the ball entering signal from the general winning hole switch 45a, etc. are inputted through the relay terminal plate 72. ing. From the main control board 70, a control signal to the symbol display board 40a which controls display control of the symbol display device 40, a drive signal to the second start port solenoid 38b, a drive signal to the special winning opening solenoid 44b, etc. It is output through 72. Further, the main control board 70 communicates with the payout control board 80, the sub control board 90, and the emission control board 100 (communicate via the payout control board 80), and various command signals (commands, drive signals, etc.)
And exchange data.

As shown in FIG. 3, as a signal necessary for performing control regarding payout of the winning balls and the ball lending, the payout control board 80 directly detects the detection signal from the frame opening switch 81 that detects the opening of the front frame 11. The input signal, and the operation signal from the ball lending button 24a and the return button 24b is inputted through the ball lending display substrate 82 and the relay terminal board 83, and the pre-delivery switch 84 for detecting the payout of the prize ball.
A detection signal from the switch 85 after dispensing is input through the relay terminal plate 87. From the payout control board 80, a drive signal to the payout motor 86 for paying out the winning balls is output through the relay terminal plate 87. Further, the payout control board 80 communicates with the main control board 70 and the emission control board 100, and exchanges various command signals and data.

As shown in FIG. 8, the sub control board 90 has a CPU 90a, a ROM 90b, and a RAM 90c.
And the like, and receives various command signals from the main control board 70 to effect game play according to the commands. In the sub control board 90, an effect display control board 9 for controlling the effect display device 34.
1 and an amplifier substrate 92 for driving various speakers 28a and 28b, frame lamp (LED lamp)
A decoration drive substrate 9 for emitting light 93a and driving decoration motors 93b, 93c and 93d for operating the first to third movable characters 51, 52 and 53 in the center character 50 respectively
3. A presentation button board 94 or the like for inputting an operation signal from the operation detection switch 27 provided on the presentation button 26 and detecting the operation of the presentation button 26 is connected.

The emission control board 100 detects the detection signal from the touch sensor 18a and the emission stop switch 18b.
Control signals from the lower receiving tray 16 and a detection signal from the lower receiving tray full-tan switch 102 for detecting that the gaming ball is full are input to the lower receiving tray 16, and a pulse signal for driving is output to the firing motor 19 doing. In the firing control board 100, the firing handle 18 is operated to rotate, the touch sensor 18a is on, the firing stop switch 18b is off, and the lower receiving tray full switch 102
The firing motor 19 is driven to fire the gaming ball when the key is off, and the firing motor is activated when either the touch sensor 18a is off or the firing stop switch 18b is on or the lower receiving tray full switch 102 is on. Stop the drive of 19 and stop the firing of the game ball. In addition, the firing control board 100 communicates with the main control board 70 via the dispensing control board 80, and data on the operation state of the firing handle 18, such as a detection signal from the touch sensor 18a, is delivered via the dispensing control board 80. It transmits to the main control board 70.

[Main control processing]
Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 of the embodiment thus configured will be described. Figure 9
5 is a flowchart showing an example of a main control process executed by a CPU 70a of a main control board 70. This process is executed when the pachinko machine 10 is powered on. The main control process executes the power on process necessary for power on such as the initialization process (S100), the game start process (S110), the normal symbol game process (S120), and the normal pattern per game (S1
30), the special symbol game process (S140), and the big hit game process (S150) are repeatedly performed. In the present embodiment, since the time required for the processes of S110 to S150 is approximately 4 msec, these processes are repeatedly executed at intervals of approximately 4 msec. The main control board 70 advances the entire game of the pachinko machine 10 by transmitting various control commands to the control board in charge of the various processes and executing the process according to the commands.

[Game start processing]
In the game start process of S110, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first receives various sensors
The state of the gate switch 32a, the first start port switch 36a, the second start port switch 38a, the large winning port switch 44a, the general winning port switch 45a, etc.) is detected and stored in a predetermined state storage area of the RAM 70c Information for judgment (Random for judgment of big hit and random number for big hit design determination, random number for reach, random number for fluctuation pattern determination, random number for normal pattern judgment etc.)
Update the Subsequently, a switch (first start opening switch 36a related to entering the game ball)
Whether or not the game ball is detected is determined by the second start opening switch 38a, the special winning opening switch 44a, the general winning opening switch 45a, etc.), and if it is determined that it is detected, the number of prize balls to be paid out is calculated The game is stored as a prize ball information in a predetermined prize ball information storage area of the RAM 70c, and when the prize ball information is not 0, a prize ball number designation command (a prize ball information) is transmitted to the payout control board 80 and the game start processing is ended. . When the payout control board 80 receives the winning ball number designation command, the payout control board 80 controls the payout motor 86 to pay out the game balls one ball at a time, and the game balls paid out by the pre-pay switch 84 and the post-pay switch 85 are detected. Every time the prize ball information (the number of unpaid game balls) is decremented by one, a prize ball payout process is executed. The prize ball payout process is repeatedly executed until the prize ball information reaches the value 0. However, when the entry of the gaming ball is detected and a new prize ball number designation command is received from the main control board 70, the prize ball is received. The process is repeated until the information also reaches the value 0. When the game start process is ended, the process returns to the main control process and proceeds to the next normal symbol game process of S120.

[Normal pattern game processing]
In the normal symbol game process of S120, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first determines whether or not the normal symbol suspension is not a value of 0, ie, a value of 1 or more. The normal symbol (see FIG. 5) to be stopped and displayed is determined based on the result of the pass / fail determination while decrementing the normal symbol to perform the pass / fail determination of the normal symbol. Whether a normal symbol is accepted or not is determined using a random symbol for determining whether or not an ordinary symbol is obtained based on the game ball passing through the normal symbol operating gate 32, and a determination table for determining a normal symbol. In some cases, a standard symbol determination table for low probability (for example, about 0.8%) with low probability of hit is used, and high probability (for example, about 99.2%) with high probability when in charge support state. The normal symbol hit determination table for is used. When the result of the pass / fail judgment is a hit, the hit symbol is determined to be a symbol to be stopped and displayed, and when the result of the hit / fail determination is a drop, it is determined to be a symbol to be stopped / displayed. Then, the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is set, the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is started, and it waits for the fluctuation time to elapse. The setting of the fluctuation time is set to a long time (for example, 30 seconds) when in the power non-support state, and reduced to a short time (for example, 1 second) when in the power support state. When the fluctuation time has elapsed, the determined symbol normally displays the stop symbol, and if the stopped symbol is a hit symbol, the opening time of the second starting opening 38 is set, and the opening of the second starting opening 38 is started. The normal symbol game process is temporarily ended, and when the symbol displayed for a stop is out of pattern, the normal symbol game process is ended without doing anything. The opening time of the second starting port 38 is set to a short time (for example, 0.5 seconds) when in the power non-supporting state, and extended to a long time (for example, 5 seconds) when in the power supporting state. Further, as described above, the second start port 38 is opened by controlling the drive of the second start port solenoid 38b.
Do this by opening 8c to the left. When the normal symbol game processing is ended, the process returns to the main control processing and proceeds to the next normal symbol per game processing of S130.

[Normal pattern per game processing]
In the normal symbol per game processing of S130, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 reaches the set time set in the normal symbol game processing for the elapsed time (opening elapsed time) since the second starting port 38 starts opening. It is determined whether a specified number (for example, eight) of game balls have entered the second starting opening 38 or not. If it is determined that the open elapsed time has not reached the set time and that a specified number of gaming balls have not entered the second starting opening 38, then the normal starting game is processed per symbol while maintaining the opening of the second starting opening 38. It will end once. On the other hand, it is determined that the open elapsed time has reached the set time, or that the specified number of gaming balls have already entered the second starting opening 38 even before the open elapsed time reaches the set time. Then, the drive of the second start opening solenoid 38b is stopped, and the normal symbol per game processing is ended. When the normal symbol winning game processing is ended, the process returns to the main control processing and proceeds to the next special symbol gaming processing of S140.

[Special symbol game processing]
The special symbol game process of S140 is executed in accordance with the flowcharts shown in FIGS. When the special symbol game process is executed, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first performs the first process.
It is determined whether or not the game ball has entered the first starting opening 36 by inputting a detection signal from the starting opening switch 36a (S200). If it is determined that the game ball has entered the first starting opening 36, it is determined whether or not the current number of reserved first special symbols is smaller than the upper limit (in the present embodiment, the value 4) (S202) . When it is determined that the number of holdings of the first special symbol is smaller than the upper limit, the number of holdings of the first special symbol is incremented by the value 1 (S204), and information for determination (acquisition information) is acquired and the predetermined in the RAM 70c. Are stored in the determination information storage area (S206), and the first special symbol hold occurrence command is transmitted to the sub control board 90 (S208). Here, S20
As the information for judgment acquired in 6, the random number for the jackpot judgment (for the judgment of good or bad) used at the time of the big hit judgment (the special symbol's success or failure judgment) performed based on the ball entry of the game ball to the first starting opening 36 The random number for determining the jackpot symbol for determining the jackpot symbol (type of jackpot) to be stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display unit 42a when the result of the random number) or the jackpot determination is a big hit (specific result), first
Information on the progression of a symbol variation game such as a variation pattern determination random number for determining a variation pattern of a special symbol can be exemplified. In addition, a big hit judgment is equivalent to the pass / fail judgment of a special symbol. In addition, the first special symbol hold occurrence time command includes the first special symbol hold number specification command for displaying the hold number with the first hold symbol 35a in the display screen of the effect display device 34. In S200, it is determined that the gaming ball has not entered the first starting opening 36, or S2
If it is determined in 02 that the number of reservations of the first special symbol has reached the upper limit value, the processing of S204 to S208 is skipped and the processing proceeds to the next processing of S210.

Subsequently, a detection signal from the second starting opening switch 38a is input to determine whether the gaming ball has entered the second starting opening 38 (S210). If it is determined that the game ball has entered the second starting opening 38, it is determined whether the current number of reserved second special symbols is less than the upper limit (in the present embodiment, the value 4) (S212) . When it is determined that the number of holdings of the second special symbol is smaller than the upper limit, the number of holdings of the second special symbol is incremented by the value 1 (S214), and information for determination (acquired information) is acquired and predetermined in the RAM 70c. In the judgment information storage area of the
16), Send a second special symbol hold occurrence command to the sub control board 90 (S218).
Here, as the judgment information acquired in S216, a jackpot judgment random number used in the jackpot judgment (special symbol acceptance judgment) performed based on the entry of the game ball into the second starting opening 38 Random number for determining the big hit symbol (the type of big hit) to be stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display part 42a when the result of the big hit determination (random number for random decision) or the big hit determination is the specific result) (2) Information on the progression of a symbol variation game, such as a variation pattern determination random number for determining a variation pattern of a special symbol, can be exemplified. Further, the second special symbol hold occurrence command includes the second special symbol hold number specifying command for displaying the hold number with the second hold symbol 35 b in the display screen of the effect display device 34. In S210, if it is determined that the game ball has not entered the second starting opening 38, or if it is determined in S212 that the number of holdings of the second special symbol has reached the upper limit value, the processing of S214 to S218 is skipped. Then, the process proceeds to the next processing of S220.

Next, whether or not a big hit game is in progress (S220), whether or not one of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is in a variable display (S222), the first special symbol and the second special symbol It is determined whether or not one of them is in the stop display time (S224). If it is determined that a big hit game is in progress, the special symbol game process is ended, and the process returns to the main control process and proceeds to the next big hit game process of S150. On the other hand, if it is not in the jackpot game, neither the first special symbol nor the second special symbol is in a variable display, and it is determined that neither the first special symbol nor the second special symbol is in the stop display time, 2 Determine whether the number of reserved special symbols is 0 or not (S226).
If it is determined that the number of reservations for the second special symbol is not 0, the determination information storage area (RAM 70c)
The oldest information for judgment is read out from the information for judgment (the big hit judgment random number) of the 2nd special symbol stored in (S228), and the fluctuation display related process of the 2nd special symbol is executed (S230)
, The special symbol game processing is ended once.

On the other hand, when the number of reservations of the second special symbol is determined to be the value 0, it is determined whether or not the number of reservations of the first special symbol is the value 0 (S232). If it is determined that the number of reservations for the first special symbol is not 0, the oldest determination information among the determination information (big hit determination random number) of the first special symbol stored in the determination information storage area (RAM 70c) The reading (S234), the variable display related process of the first special symbol is executed (S236), and the special symbol game process is temporarily ended. When the number of reservations for the first special symbol is also 0, the special symbol game process is ended. In S226 to S236,
When the number of reservations for the first special symbol and the number of reservations for the second special symbol are both not 0, the second special symbol variation display (subtraction of suspension) is executed with priority (special figure 2 priority variation). The details of the variable display related process will be described below. In addition, since common processing is performed as for the fluctuation display related processing of the first special symbol and the fluctuation display related processing of the second special symbol, the common flowchart (
It demonstrates using the flowchart of FIG.

In the variable display related process, first, it is determined whether the probability change flag is on, that is, whether the current gaming state is the high probability state or the low probability state (S300). When the probability change flag is off, that is, when the current gaming state is in the low probability state, the jackpot determination is performed using the jackpot determination random number read out in S232 and the low probability jackpot determination table (S302), the probability change flag is on When the current gaming state is a high probability state, a big hit determination is performed using the read random number for big hit determination and the high probability big hit determination table (S304), and it is determined whether the determination result is a big hit or not (S306). An example of the jackpot determination table is shown in FIG. FIG. 14 (a) shows a jackpot judgment table for low probability, and FIG. 14 (b) shows a jackpot judgment table for high probability. In the low probability big hit judgment table, the big hit judgment random number is a big hit when the value 0 among the values 0 to 60 (big hit probability of 1/100) and in the high probability big hit judgment table, the big hit judgment random number is 0 to 99 Is a big hit when the value is 60 or 61 (1/5
A big hit probability of 0). In the present embodiment, a big hit determination table common to the first special symbol and the second special symbol is used.

When it is determined in S306 that the result of the big hit determination is a big hit, the determination information storage area (RA
A jackpot symbol determination random number is read out from M70c) (S308), and a jackpot symbol to be stopped and displayed is selected and decided based on the read jackpot symbol determination random number (S310). Here, the big hit symbol determination table of the first special symbol illustrated in FIG. 15 is used to determine the big hit symbol of the first special symbol, and FIG. 16 is illustrated to determine the big hit symbol of the second special symbol The jackpot symbol determination table of the second special symbol is used.

In the big hit symbol determination table of the first special symbol, as shown in FIG. 15, when the big hit symbol determining random number is the value 0 to 51 among the values 0 to 255, the symbol on the left first row in FIG. 6 is selected When the random number of the jackpot symbol determination is a value 52 to 204, the symbol of the second stage on the left side of FIG. When the random number for jackpot symbol determination is the value 205 to 255, the symbol on the left third row in Fig. 6 is selected and the 4th round "second probability variation" is made. It will be a "big hit" (appearance probability of about 20%). Also, in the big hit symbol determination table of the second special symbol, as shown in FIG. 16, when the big hit symbol determining random number has a value of 0 to 51 among the values 0 to 255, the symbol on the right side of FIG. 6 and become the “first normal big hit” (appearance probability of about 20%), and when the big hit symbol determination random number has a value of 52 to 229, the symbol on the right second row in FIG. 6 is selected and “first positive variation” When the random number for determining the jackpot symbol is 230 to 255, the symbol on the right third row in FIG. 6 is selected to be the “second probability variation jackpot” (approximately 10). Occurrence probability of%). Thus, the big hit symbol determination table of the second special symbol has a high probability of occurrence of the “first definite variation big hit” of eight rounds compared to the big hit symbol determination table of the first special symbol, and the fourth round “second The probability of occurrence of "probable big hit" is low. For this reason, the expected value of winning balls obtainable in the big hit game is larger in the game (judgment determination) relating to the second special symbol than in the game relating to the first special symbol, and the big hit game advantageous to the player is Since it can be said that there is a high possibility of being played, the game (presence or failure judgment) proceeds in an advantageous manner for the player.

If it is determined in S306 that the result of the big hit determination is not a big hit, it is out, so the out pattern is determined (S312). In addition, although a detailed explanation is omitted for the out-of-pattern, for example,
It can be set using a jackpot symbol determination random number and a not-shown outset symbol determination table. Of course, if a random number for symbol design determination is acquired separately from the random number for jackpot symbol determination, it is possible to set using this random number for the symbol design determination and the table for the symbol design.

In this way, when the stop design is set, the fluctuation pattern table is set (S314). Here, setting of the fluctuation pattern table is performed by executing the fluctuation pattern table setting process of FIG. In the variation pattern table setting process of FIG.
The PU 70a first determines whether the result of the jackpot determination in S302 and S304 is a jackpot (S
350) It is determined whether the special mode flag is off (S352, S354). Here, the special mode is a mode in which a notice effect for indicating the possibility (reliability) of occurrence of a big hit is executed in a special mode different from the normal mode (the low probability state without power support). The special mode of this embodiment occurs after the end of the big hit game (the special mode flag is turned on) and ends when the variable display of the special symbol is executed a predetermined number of times after the big hit game is over (the special mode flag is Turns off). In addition, the special mode has three periods X, periods Y, and periods Z in which the mode (forecast effect determination table) for determining (executing) the advance effect is different, and each period is
It changes according to the number of times of execution of the fluctuation display of the special symbol (the number of fluctuation of identification information, the number of fluctuation of symbol).

If it is determined in S350 and S352 that the result of the big hit determination is a big hit and the special mode flag is off, the big hit fluctuation pattern table for the normal mode shown in FIG. 18A is set (S356). Also, when it is determined that the result of the big hit determination is a big hit and the special mode flag is on, the big hit fluctuation pattern table for the special mode shown in FIG.
S358). On the other hand, when it is determined in S350 and S354 that the result of the big hit determination is out and the special mode flag is off, the normal mode out variation pattern table shown in FIG. 19 is set (S360). If it is determined that the result of the big hit determination is out and the special mode flag is on, it is further determined whether or not the variation shortening flag is on (S 362), and if the variation shortening flag is on, the figure 20 (a) is set when there is a special mode power supple time variation pattern table (S364), and if the fluctuation shortening flag is off, there is no special mode power supple absence fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. 20 (b) Is set (S366).

As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, in each variation pattern table (also referred to as a "variation pattern determination table"), various variation patterns (this is associated with the number of holdings and the random pattern determination random numbers 0 to 255) The variation time etc. is determined on the basis of), and one variation pattern is selected using these variation pattern tables when the special symbol is displayed in a variable manner. In addition, information on the fluctuation time of the special symbol (identification information) is set in the fluctuation pattern determined using the fluctuation pattern table (variation pattern determination table), and depending on which fluctuation pattern is selected, The variation time of the special symbol will be determined. Also, based on this, the fluctuation time of the effect pattern to be variably displayed in conjunction with the fluctuation display of the special symbol is also determined. In addition, the display mode (reach of the game effect executed by the effect display device (effect display unit) by the sub control unit based on the change pattern information (command) or the information (command) acquired based on the change pattern. An aspect and a notice production mode are determined. Although each variation pattern table indicates a table storing a small number of patterns for convenience, in practice, a table storing a larger number of patterns (for example, 20 or more patterns) is used. Among the fluctuation patterns, the fluctuation patterns P01, P02, P11, and P12 are associated with the normal fluctuations A to D for fluctuating display of the design pattern without the reach effect. In addition, a normal reach that causes the production pattern to be variably displayed along with the reach effect is associated with the fluctuation pattern P03, and a motion pattern that causes the fluctuation pattern P04 to exhibit a higher expectation of hitting than the normal reach Super reach is associated, and the fluctuation pattern P13 is associated with a special mode reach for performing reach effect dedicated to the special mode. In this embodiment, during the change effect of the special symbol (rendering symbol) (before the stop display of the symbol), it is possible to execute the notice effect for giving notice of the possibility of the occurrence of the big hit. The advance notice effect is configured by a predetermined character displayed on the effect display device, a background pattern, a background color, a predetermined game effect (such as reach effect), or a sound aspect output from a speaker. , It is comprised by the display mode of the display part (LED) provided in the game board or the frame, or is comprised by the operation mode of a movable member. Further, in the present embodiment, the advance notice effect can be performed particularly before or during the reach effect. If the result of the big hit judgment is out, in the power support state (the special mode power support time variation pattern table in FIG. 20 (a)), the power support no state (normal mode out fluctuation pattern table in FIG. 19 or The setting of fluctuation time of fluctuation patterns P01, P02, P11, P12 and the setting of random number for fluctuation pattern determination so that the average fluctuation time becomes shorter compared to the special mode power supply absence fluctuation pattern table of FIG. 20 (b). Allocation (association with each variation pattern) is made. Also,
In the special mode jackpot fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. 18B, the fluctuation pattern P13 for performing the special mode reach is associated with all the values 0 to 255 of the fluctuation pattern determination random numbers. On the other hand, in the special mode special mode power supply presence variation pattern table shown in FIG. 20A and the special mode power supply absence variation pattern table shown in FIG. Among the values 255, values 0 to 223 are associated with a variation pattern for performing a normal variation, and values 224 to 255 (1/8 of the whole) are associated with a variation pattern P13 for reaching a special mode.

Here, the relationship between the number of fluctuations after the big hit game, the effect counter, the respective periods in the special mode, and the presence or absence of power support is shown in FIG. As shown, the special mode is a period X during which the number of symbol changes after the end of the big hit game is from 1 (0) to 70 (the effect counter is from 120 to 51).
And 71 to 100 times (from 50 to 21 for the effect counter) as period Y,
A period Z is assumed to be 101 times to 120 times (the effect counter has a value of 20 to a value of 1). As mentioned above, after the big hit game is over, until after the probability variation big hit and normal big hit both become pattern fluctuation number 100 times, period X and Y are in the power support state. It becomes a period, and the period Z becomes a period in a state without power support. For this reason, if the result of the big hit judgment is out, the special mode power supple variation pattern table is commonly used in the periods X and Y, and the special mode power dispensive variation pattern table is used in the period Z Will be Since the average fluctuation time is shorter in the presence of power support than in the absence of power support, the periods X and Y have a shorter average fluctuation time of the special symbol than the period Z. In addition, although illustration is omitted, since it is a high probability state until the number of times of symbol variation is 120 if it is after the end of a definite variation big hit, period X-period Z become high probability states, and usually it is big hit If it is after an end, period X-period Z will be in a low probability state in all regardless of the number of times of symbol variation. From these things, in the special mode which usually occurs after a big hit, the periods X and Y become periods during the low probability power support state, and the period Z becomes the period without the low probability power support. Further, in the special mode which occurs after the probability variation big hit, the periods X and Y become the periods during the high probability power support state, and the period Z becomes the period without the high probability power support.

Once the fluctuation pattern table is set in this way, the fluctuation pattern determination random number is read out (S
316) A variation pattern is set using the read variation pattern determination random number and the set variation pattern table (S318). And while starting the fluctuation display of the special symbol (S320), it decrements the number of holdings of the special symbol by the value 1 (S322), transmits the command of the reservation digest time and the symbol fluctuation start time to the sub control board 90 ( S324), the variable display related process ends. When the target of the current variable display related processing is the first special symbol, the processing of S320 to S324 starts the variable display of the first special symbol and decrements the number of reservations of the first special symbol by the value 1 , It becomes a process of transmitting the reserve digest time command of the first special symbol as the reserve digest time command. On the other hand, when the target of the current variable display related processing is the second special symbol, while starting the variable display of the second special symbol, the number of holdings of the second special symbol is decremented by the value 1, and the command for holding at the time of holding It becomes the processing which transmits the reservation digestion time command of the 2nd special symbol as. Also, when the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit, the command at the time of symbol change start transmitted in S324 is a big hit fluctuation pattern and the fluctuation time in that pattern (fluctuation pattern specification command) and the big hit stop symbol (special symbol stop information specification command) Out, and when the result of the big hit judgment is out
The variation pattern specification command) and the off stop symbol (special symbol stop information specification command) are included. The sub control board 90 which has received the command at the time of start of design fluctuation analyzes the command,
Based on the analysis result, the effect content to be performed on the screen of the effect display device 34 is determined, and a control signal (effect command) corresponding to the determination is output to the effect display control board 91 to control the effect display device 34 . In addition, when the variation display of the special symbol is started, the determination information (hold information) related to the variation display is cleared from the determination information storage area.

When the special symbol game processing is executed after the variation display of the special symbol (the first special symbol or the second special symbol) is started by returning to the special symbol game processing of FIG. In order to determine that either the symbol or the second special symbol is in the display of variation, C of the main control board 70
The PU 70a determines whether the fluctuation time has elapsed (S238). Since the fluctuation time is determined according to the fluctuation pattern of the special symbol, whether or not the fluctuation time has elapsed depends on the elapsed time since the start of the fluctuation display of the special symbol and the fluctuation time corresponding to the fluctuation pattern It can do by comparing. If it is determined that the fluctuation time has not elapsed, the special symbol game process is temporarily ended. If it is determined that the fluctuation time has elapsed, the fluctuation display of the special symbol in fluctuation is stopped (S240), and a symbol stop command is transmitted to the sub control board 90 (S242). The sub control board 90 (effect display control board 91) having received this symbol stop command ends the symbol variation effect on the effect display device 34. Then, the stop display time is set (S244), and it is determined whether the stop display time has elapsed (S246). Here, the stop display time is an interval from the stop of the fluctuation display of the special symbol to the start of the next fluctuation display, and is set to, for example, 0.6 seconds. If it is determined that the stop display time has not elapsed, the special symbol game process is temporarily ended. When the special symbol game processing is executed after the special symbol stop display is made, it is determined in S224 that the stop display time is under, so it is determined again in S246 whether the stop display time has elapsed and the stop display time If it is determined that the effect counter has passed, it is determined whether the effect counter is 1 or more (S248), and if it is determined that the effect counter is 1 or more, the effect counter updating process is executed (S250), If it is determined that the effect counter is not 1 or more, S2
Skip 50 The effect counter is for counting the number of symbol changes after the end of the big hit game, and the details of the effect counter updating process will be described later. The processes of S248 and S250 (effect counter update process) are not limited to those executed at the timing when the special symbol is stopped and displayed, but are executed at the timing when the variation display of the special symbol is started (after S320 in FIG. 13). It is good also as things.

Next, it is determined whether the special symbol displayed stop is a big hit symbol (S 252), and if it is determined that the special symbol displayed stop is a big hit symbol, the big hit game flag is turned on ( S254), send the jackpot game start designation command to the sub control board 90 (S
256). Thereby, a big hit game will be started by the big hit game processing mentioned later. In addition, in order to stop the probability change function, the time saving function, and the open extension function during the big hit game,
When the probability change flag is on, the probability change flag is turned off (S258, S260), and when the fluctuation reduction flag is on, the fluctuation reduction flag is turned off and the open extension flag is turned off (
S262 to S266), the special symbol game process is ended, the process returns to the main control process, and proceeds to the next big hit game process of S150.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the jackpot symbol is not the big hit symbol in S252, it is determined whether the probability change flag is on (
S268) If it is determined that the probability change flag is not on, the process proceeds to the next S278. If it is determined that the probability change flag is on, the probability change counter is decremented by 1 (S270).
It is determined whether the probability variation counter has a value of 0 (S272). Here, the definite change counter is
The upper limit value of the number of times of variation of the special symbol maintaining the high probability state is indicated, and the value is set at the end of the big hit game. If it is determined that the probability change counter is not the value 0, the processing proceeds to the next step S278 while maintaining the high probability state, and if it is determined that the probability change counter is the value 0, the probability change flag is turned off (S274) The command is transmitted to the sub control board 90 (S276), and the process proceeds to the next processing of S278. As a result, the gaming state of the pachinko machine 10 is changed from the high probability state to the low probability state. Note that the game state specification command includes the setting state of the probability change flag indicating the current game state of the pachinko machine 10 or the like.

Next, it is determined whether or not the variation shortening flag is on (S278), and when the variation shortening flag is not on, the special symbol gaming process is once ended. When the fluctuation shortening flag is on, the fluctuation shortening counter is decremented by 1 (S280), and it is determined whether the fluctuation shortening counter is 0 or not (S282). Here, the fluctuation shortening counter indicates the upper limit value of the number of times of fluctuation of the special symbol that maintains the operating state of the fluctuation time shortening function (special symbol and normal symbol fluctuation shortening) The corresponding value is set. When the fluctuation shortening counter is not 0, the special symbol game processing is temporarily ended while maintaining the power support state, and when the fluctuation shortening counter is 0, the fluctuation shortening flag is turned off to end the power support state At the same time (S 284), the open extension flag is turned off (S
286), transmit a game state designation command to the sub control board 90 (S288), and end the special symbol game process. As a result, the gaming state of the pachinko machine 10 is changed from the power-on state to the power-on state. The game state specification command includes a setting state of a fluctuation shortening flag indicating the current game state of the pachinko machine 10 and a release extension flag.

[Big hit game processing]
The big hit game processing of S150 is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Figure 2
When one big hit game process is executed, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first determines whether or not the big hit game flag is on, that is, whether it is in the big hit game (S400).
If it is determined that the big hit game flag is off, the big hit game processing is ended as it is. On the other hand, if it is determined that the big hit game flag is on, it is determined whether or not the big winning opening 44 is open (S402), and it is determined that the big winning opening 44 is closing (not open), It is determined whether it is the opening timing of the special winning opening 44 (S404). This determination is made by determining whether or not a prescribed closing time (two seconds in this embodiment) has elapsed. If it is determined that it is the opening timing of the big winning opening 44, the big winning opening solenoid 44b is drive-controlled so as to open the big winning opening 44 (S406), and the big hit gaming process is temporarily ended. Meanwhile, S4
If it is determined in 04 that it is not the opening timing of the big winning opening 44, the big hit game processing is once ended.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S402 that the special winning opening 44 is open, it is determined whether it is the closing timing of the special winning opening 44 (S408). This determination is based on the specified open time (in the present embodiment, 2
Whether 5 seconds have passed or the number of gaming balls entering the large winning opening 44 is a prescribed number (10 in this embodiment)
Is determined by determining whether the condition has been reached. If it is determined that it is not the closing timing of the big winning opening 44, the big hit game processing is once ended while maintaining the opening of the big winning opening 44. On the other hand, when it is determined that it is the closing timing of the big winning opening 44, drive control of the big winning opening solenoid 44b so that the big winning opening 44 is closed (S410) (S412). This determination is made by determining whether or not the special winning opening 44 has been opened as specified in the number of rounds. The specified number of rounds is eight in the first normal big hit and the first probability variation big hit, and is 4 rounds in the second probability variation big hit. If it is determined in S412 that the end condition of the big hit game is not established, the big hit game processing is once ended. On the other hand, if it is determined that the condition for ending the big hit game is satisfied,
The big hit game end processing illustrated in FIG. 22 is executed (S 414), and the big hit game processing is ended.

In the big hit game end process of FIG. 21, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first turns the big hit game flag from on to off (S450), sets the effect counter to 120 times, and turns on the special mode flag (S452) , S454). Thereby, after the big hit game ends, the special mode continues until the number of times of fluctuation of the special symbol reaches 120 times. Next, it is determined whether or not the present big hit is a definite variation big hit (first definite variation big hit or second definite variation big hit) (S456). If it is determined that the current big hit is a definite variation big hit, the probability variation counter is 120
If the probability change flag is set to ON and the probability change flag is turned on (S458, S460), and the variation shortening counter is set to 100 times (S462) and it is determined that the current big hit is not a big hit but a normal big hit While keeping off, the fluctuation shortening counter is set to 100 times (S462). In this way, when the fluctuation shortening counter is set, the fluctuation shortening flag and the opening extension flag are turned on (S464, S466), and the big hit gaming end designation command and the special mode period X designation command are transmitted to the sub control board 90 (S468), End the jackpot game end processing. Further, the sub control board 90 that has received the gaming state designation command transmits, for example, a presentation command indicating the gaming state to the presentation display control board 91 to set the background screen of the presentation display device 34 as a background dedicated to the special mode Etc. As the background dedicated to the special mode, the first background is used in periods X and Y, and the second background is used in period Z, although illustration is omitted.

[Effect counter update processing]
Next, the effect counter updating process executed in S250 of the special symbol game process of FIG. 12 when the special symbol is stopped and displayed will be described. FIG. 24 shows the CPU 70 a of the main control board 70.
It is a flowchart which shows an example of the production counter update process performed by. In the effect counter updating process, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 first decrements the effect counter by 1 (S470), and determines whether the effect counter has become 0 (S472).
. If it is determined that the effect counter is not the value 0, then it is determined whether the current special mode is in the period X (S 474) or in the period Y (S 476). It should be noted that the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 determines that the period X is in progress from the transmission of the special mode period X designation command in S468 of the big hit game end processing to the transmission of the special mode period Y designation command in processing described later. After transmitting the special mode period Y designation command, it is determined that the period Y is in progress until transmission of the special mode period Z designation command in a process to be described later, and the special mode period Z designation command is transmitted and then special processing is described later. It is determined that the period Z is in progress until the mode flag is turned off. Further, as another aspect, the CPU 70a of the main control board 70 selects one of the values 120 to 51, the values 50 to 21, and the values 20 to 1 based on the value (count value) of the effect counter. Depending on whether it is in the range), it may be determined which period it is (a period determining means may be provided to determine which period it is in).

If it is determined in S474 that the current special mode is in the period X, it is determined whether the effect counter is 50 or less (S478). If the value is 50 or less, the special mode period Y designation command is used as a sub control board It transmits to 90 (S480), and ends production counter renewal processing. When it is determined that the effect counter is not less than or equal to 50, the effect counter updating process is ended as it is. The sub control board 90 which has received the special mode period Y designation command is controlled from the period X to the period Y.
However, since the background is common in period X and period Y (using the first background), transmission of the rendering command to the rendering display control board 91 is not performed. Meanwhile, S476
If it is determined that the current special mode is in the period Y, it is determined whether the effect counter is less than or equal to the value 20 (S482). The effect counter updating process is terminated (S 484). In addition, S476
If it is determined that the period Y is not in progress, or if it is determined in S 482 that the effect counter is not less than or equal to 20, the effect counter updating process is ended as it is. The sub control board 90 having received the special mode period Z designating command transmits the effect command indicating switching of the period of the special mode to the effect display control board 91 to set the background screen of the effect display device 34 for the periods X and Y A process of setting a second background for period Z from the background of 1 is performed.

If it is determined in S472 that the effect counter has a value of 0, the special mode flag is turned off to end the special mode (S486), and a normal mode designation command is transmitted to the sub control board 90 (S488). The effect counter updating process ends. The sub control board 90 that has received the normal mode designation command transmits the effect command for the normal mode to the effect display control board 91, for example, to display the screen of the effect display device 34 as the background for the special mode (second for the period Z And so on) to the background for the normal mode.

Next, the rendering process performed by the sub control board 90 will be described. Sub control board 9
In 0, when the game ball enters the first starting opening 36 or the second starting opening 38, or when the variable display of the special symbol is started, the holding symbol displayed on the effect display device 34 (the first holding symbol 35a or Hold display effect processing to perform the effect of updating the display of the second hold symbol 35b), symbol variation effect processing to change the display of the effect symbol according to the fluctuation display of the special symbol, a big hit game production (when the big hit game occurs) The big hit game production processing etc which do fanfare production and production during the round, production between the rounds, ending production etc are executed. Hereinafter, the details of the symbol variation production process will be described.

[Design change processing process]
The symbol variation production process is executed according to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. Whether the CPU 90a of the sub control board 90 first receives the command at the time of start of the symbol change transmitted by the main control board 70 in the process of S324 of the change display related process of FIG. Is determined (S500). If it is determined that the command at the start of symbol variation has been received, it is determined based on the received command whether or not the result of the present big hit determination is a big hit (
S502). If the result of the big hit judgment is determined to be a big hit, set the big hit symbol to the stop symbol ((
S504), if it is determined that the result of the big hit determination is not a big hit but out, the off symbol is set in the stop symbol (S506). As described above, since the stop symbol (special symbol stop information specification command) is included in the command at the start of symbol variation, the symbol selection is made by receiving the special symbol received among the symbols stored in advance in the ROM 90b. This can be done by reading the stop symbol corresponding to the stop information specification command.

Next, it is determined whether the special mode is in progress (S508). This determination is transmitted by the main control board 70 in S488 of the effect counter update process of FIG. 23 after receiving the special mode period X designation command transmitted by the main control board 70 in S468 of the big hit game end process of FIG. It can be performed based on whether or not it is in a period until it receives a normal mode designation command. If it is determined in S508 that the special mode is not in effect, a normal effect pattern in the normal mode is set as the effect pattern (S510), and the process proceeds to the next processing of S518. On the other hand, when it is determined that the special mode is in progress, the special effect pattern in the special mode is set as the effect pattern (S512). As mentioned above, since the variation pattern (variation pattern specification command) is included in the command at the start of symbol variation, the selection of the special effect pattern or the normal effect pattern is one of the effect patterns stored in advance in the ROM 90b. This can be performed by reading an effect pattern corresponding to the received fluctuation pattern designation command. As described above, when the variation pattern P13 is selected in the special mode, a special mode reach presentation pattern in which a special mode reach is performed is set. In the special mode big hit fluctuation pattern table in FIG. 18B, only the fluctuation pattern P13 is selected, so when the result of the big hit determination is a big hit, the special mode reach effect pattern is selected each time become. Further, in the special mode outlier fluctuation pattern tables of FIGS. 20A and 20B, since the fluctuation pattern P13 is selected with a probability of 1/8 in both cases, 1 if the result of the big hit judgment is outlier, 1 The special mode reach presentation pattern is selected with a probability of / 8.

When the special effect pattern in the special mode is set in S512, it is determined whether the set effect pattern is the special mode reach effect pattern (S514), and when it is determined that the special mode reach effect pattern is described later Execute notice production execution processing during special mode
S516), the process proceeds to the next S518. If it is determined that the special mode reach effect pattern is not set, the process of S516 is skipped, and the process proceeds to the next process of S518.

When the stop symbol and the normal effect pattern are determined, the stop symbol and the special effect pattern are determined, or the special effect preview setting process during the special mode is executed, the symbol variation effect is started (S
518). In this processing, the effect display control substrate 91 for instructing the start of the symbol variation effect based on the stop symbol set in S504 or S506 and the effect pattern set in S510 or S512. By sending to.
The effect display control board 91 that has received the symbol variation effect start command performs display control so that the symbol change effect (variation display of effect symbols) is started on the display screen of the effect display device 34.

After starting the symbol variation production in S518 or when it is determined in S500 that the command at symbol variation start time is not received, the symbol stop command transmitted by the main control board 70 is received in S242 of the special symbol gaming process of FIG. It is determined whether or not the symbol stop command has not been received, and the symbol variation effect processing is ended with this, and when the symbol stop command has been received, the symbol variation effect is ended (S522). The variation production process ends. Note that
The process of S522 is performed by transmitting to the effect display control board 91 an effect command (pattern change effect end command) instructing the end of the symbol change effect. By the display control of the effect display control board 91 that has received the effect command, the effect display device 34 finishes the symbol change effect (the change display of the effect symbol), and the stop symbol of the effect symbol set in S504 or S506 stops Is displayed. If it is determined in S520 that the symbol stop command has not been received, S
The process of 522 is skipped and the symbol variation production process is ended.

[In special mode notice processing setting processing]
The special mode in advance notification effect setting process of S516 is executed according to the flowchart of FIG. In the special effect notice setting process during the special mode, the CPU 90a of the sub control board 90 first
Whether or not the result of the present big hit determination is a big hit is determined based on the command at the time of start of symbol change received in S500 of the symbol change production process of FIG. 25 (S550). If it is determined that the result of the big hit determination is not a big hit but out, the notice effect lottery processing is performed to determine whether to execute the notice effect by lottery (S552), and it is determined whether or not the lottery is won (S554) ). If it is determined that the lottery has not been won, the special mode informing notice setting process in the special mode is ended, and if it is determined that the lottery is won, the setting of the notice presentation determination table after S556 is performed. If it is determined in S550 that the result of the big hit determination is a big hit, the processing of S552 and S554 is skipped, and S556
The setting of the subsequent notice effect determination table is performed. That is, in the present embodiment, in the special mode, if the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit, the advance notice effect is executed every time, and if the result of the big hit judgment is out, the advance notice effect is executed when the advance notice lottery processing is won. is there.

Here, if the current probability state is a low probability state in which the big hit probability is 1/100 (the out probability is 99/100), the winning probability in the advance notice lottery process in S552 is 8/99,
If the current probability state is a high probability state in which the big hit probability is 1/50 (the out probability is 49/50), then 8/49. Also, in the special mode, if the result of the big hit judgment is out, 1/1
A reach effect pattern for a special mode is set with a probability of 8. For this reason, in the special mode, the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit, the probability that the special mode reach effect pattern is set and the notice effect is executed, and the result of the big hit judgment deviates, and the special mode reach effect pattern is set In both cases, the probability that the advance notice effect is executed is 1/100 in the low probability state
And 1/50 in the high probability state.

Next, it is determined whether the current special mode is in the period X (S556) and whether the period Y is in the process (S558). These determinations are transmitted by the main control board 70 in S480 and S484 in the special mode period X designation command transmitted by the main control board 70 in S468 of the big hit game end process in FIG. 23 and in the effect counter updating process in FIG. It can be performed based on a special mode period Y designation command or a special mode period Z designation command. S5
If it is determined at 56 that the period X is in progress, then the table for the period X announcement effect determination table shown in FIG. 27 is set (S560), and if it is determined in S558 that the period Y is in progress, the period Y advance notification effect shown in FIG. If the table is set (S 562) and it is determined that the period Z is not in the period X or in the period Y in S 556, S 558, the table Z preliminary notification effect determination table for period Z shown in FIG. 29 is set. Thus, when the preliminary announcement effect determination table is set, the random number for preliminary announcement effect determination is read out (S5
66) A notice effect is set using the read out notice effect determination random number and the set notice effect determination table (S568). In addition, for each notice effect set in S568, the execution time (the execution time of each notice effect of notice type A to be described later and the execution time of each notice effect of notice type B (an execution time of each effect to be stepped up) ) And the execution time of each preview effect of the notice type C) are assumed to be defined. For this reason, is the execution of the advance notice production in the special mode performed if the elapsed time from the start of the symbol variation effect in the reach effect pattern for the special mode has reached the execution time corresponding to the advance notice effect set in S568 It can be performed by determining whether or not it is determined that the execution time has been reached. Hereinafter, each advance presentation effect determination table will be described.

In the notice effect determination table for period X in FIG. 27, each notice effect of notice type A for giving notice of the possibility of the occurrence of a big hit by words displayed such as words or specific characters (eight notice effects A1 to A8
) Is associated with the random number for determining the preliminary announcement effect. If the result of the jackpot decision is a jackpot,
When the random number for preview effect determination is a value 0 among values 0 to 29, the preview effect A1 is selected to display the word "Sorry ...", and when the random number for preview effect determination is a value 1, "something is ... announcement attraction A2 to display the wording of "is selected, announcement attraction A3 to display the word" may happen something "at the time of the announcement attraction determination random number value 2 and 3 are selected, notice effect determination Notice effect A4 is selected to display the word "chance is" when the random number has a value of 4 to 6, and a notice that the word "big chance" is displayed when the random number for notice effect determination has a value of 7 to 10 When the effect A5 is selected, and the random number for determining the preliminary effect is 11-15, the preliminary effect A6 for displaying the word "Tsu!" Is selected, and when the random number for determining the preliminary effect is 16-20, "The Notice production A7 which displays the wording of Announcement attraction A8 to be displayed in red letters the word "super Atsu!" At the time of the decision for the random number value 21 to 29 is selected. If the result of the jackpot determination is out, the notice effect A1 is selected when the notice effect determination random number is a value 0 to 7 among the values 0 to 29, and the notice effect determination random number is a value 8 to 13 The notice effect A2 is selected, and the notice effect determination random number has a value of 14
The notice effect A3 is selected when ~ 18, the notice effect A4 is selected when the notice effect random number is 19-22, and the notice effect A5 is selected when the notice effect random number is 23-25. When the random number for preview effect determination is 26,27, the preview effect A6 is selected. When the random number for preview effect determination is 28, the preview effect A7 is selected, and the random number for preview effect determination is 29. The notice effect A8 is selected. In the present embodiment, for the sake of convenience, since the probability that the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit and the advance notice effect is performed is equal to the probability that the result is out of time and the advance notice effect is performed, the reliability of each advance notice effect is It becomes settled based on the number of random numbers for advance presentation determination determination matched with advance presentation production (the same applies to each following advance presentation determination table). Therefore, the reliability of each notice effect is about 10% (11.1%) in the notice effect A1, and about 15% in the notice effect A2.
. 3%), about 30% (28.5%) in the notice effect A3, about 45% in the notice effect A4 (42.9)
%), About 55% (57.1%) in the notice effect A5, about 70% (71.4%) in the notice effect A6
About 85% (83.3%) in the notice effect A7, and 90% in the notice effect A8. Note that the parentheses indicate the correct reliability. As described above, since the notice type A can execute eight notice effects, the variation of the notice effects increases, but the difference in reliability for each notice effect is about 5% to 1
Since the difference is as small as about 5%, it may be difficult to understand the difference in reliability. In other words, it is difficult for the player to experience the difference in reliability between the notice effects. In particular, when the game period is short, it is difficult to cause all the preliminary effects to appear, and it is difficult to physically sense the reliability between the preliminary effects through the deviation from the preliminary effects. In addition, even if the relationship between the notice effect and the reliability is shown (is posted) by a booklet or a website in the game arcade, it is difficult to grasp if there are a large number, for example, 10% and 15%. It is difficult to feel the difference between the sense of confidence and the expectation. On the other hand, since the variation of the advance presentation effect is diversified, it is possible to enhance the game interest from this point.

In the notice effect determination table for period Y in FIG. 28, each notice effect (four notice effects B1 to B of the notice type B for giving notice of the possibility of a big hit occurrence by stepwise showing (stepping up) the appearance of fishing a fish B4) is associated with the random number for determining the preliminary announcement effect. If the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit, the notice effect showing the "step that floats on the water surface" of the first stage (SU1) when the random number for advance effect determination is 0 or 1 out of the values 0 to 29 When B1 is selected and the random number for the preliminary effect determination is a value of 2 to 7, the preliminary effect B2 indicating “the state of having a fish splash” in the second step (SU2) is selected, and the random number for the preliminary effect determination is the value 8 The notice effect B3 indicating “the small fish is caught” in the third step (SU3) is selected at the time of ̃16, and the fourth step (SU4) is selected when the notice effect determination random number is the value 17-29. The notice effect B4 indicating "the situation where a large fish is caught" is selected. If the result of the jackpot determination is out, the notice effect B1 is selected when the random number for the preliminary effect determination is 0 to 14 among the values 0 to 29, and the random number for the preliminary effect determination is 15 to 23 When the preview effect B2 is selected, and the random number for determining the preview effect is 24 to 28, the preview effect B3 is selected, and when the random number for determining the preview effect is 29, the preview effect B4 is selected. Therefore, the reliability of each notice effect is about 10% (11.8%) in the notice effect B1, 40% in the notice effect B2, and about 65% (64.2%) in the notice effect B3. It becomes about 95% (92.8%) by effect B4. As described above, since the number of feasible effects of the notice type B is smaller than that of the notice type A, the variation of the notice effect is slightly reduced, but the difference in reliability for each notice effect is as large as about 25% to 30%. The difference in the degree of reliability can be more easily understood by the player than the notice type A. For this reason, it is easy to determine whether the possibility that the big hit game will be executed is high or low by the appearing advance presentation effect.

In the notice effect determination table for period Z in FIG. 29, the possibility of the occurrence of a big hit by operating the first movable character 51 (monthly character) and the second and third movable characters (sword objects) 52, 53 Each of the notice effects (two notice effects C1 and C2) of the notice type C for giving notice of is associated with random numbers for determining a notice effect. When the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit, "when only the 1st movable role thing 51 (monthly thing) is operated" when the random number for advance notice effect determination is a value 0 to 4 among the values 0 to 29, notice effect C1 Is selected, and when the random number for the notice effect determination is a value of 5-29, "the first movable character 51 (monthly character) and the second and third movable characters (sword characters) 52, 53 are operated at the same time "Turn on" notice effect C2 is selected. If the result of the jackpot determination is out, when the random number for the preliminary effect determination is a value 0 to 27 among the values 0 to 29, when the preliminary effect C1 is selected, the random number for the preliminary effect determination is a value 28, 29 Notice production C
2 is selected. For this reason, the reliability of each notice effect is about 15% (15.2) in notice effect C1.
%, And it will be about 95% (92.6%) in the notice effect C2. As described above, in the notice type C, since it is possible to select either highly reliable notice effect C2 or low reliability notice effect C1, the variation of the notice effect is scarce, but the notice type among the notice types A to C The number of effects is the smallest, the difference in reliability for each of the preliminary effects is the largest, and the reliability of the preliminary effects can be most easily understood by the player.

From these things, when performing advance notice production during one change indication (during one change) of a special symbol (production pattern), as shown in FIG. Species A
Of the four announcement effects B1 to B4 (announcement type B) in period Y, two announcement effects C1 and C2 in period Z). In order to execute any of the notice effects of (the notice type C), the effect mode of the notice effect in each period can be changed. In addition, the period X where the number of feasible notice effects is the largest
In the period Z, it is possible to increase the variation of the notice effect more than the other periods, and in the period Z where the number of the notice effects that can be performed is the smallest, the player is more reliable than the other periods Can be shown in an easy-to-understand manner. In addition, although detailed explanation about preliminary production in the normal mode is omitted, also in the normal mode, in the preliminary production determination table in which the appearance rates of the respective preliminary productions of the preliminary announcement types A, B and C are set according to the reliability. The advance notice effect can be set and executed based on that. Further, in the normal mode, for example, the notice effects of the notice types A, B, and C are combined (combined) as the possibility of the occurrence of the big hit is high (during the change effect with the change pattern P04 performing super reach). ) It is good also as things etc. where advance notice production is performed.

According to the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment described above, the special mode in which the periods X, Y and Z are switched in order is set based on the effect counter (number of symbol changes after the big hit game) after the big hit game is over, and the number is Since the notice effects set from different notice types A, B and C are executed in each of the periods X, Y and Z, the type and number of the notice effects to be performed can be changed according to the periods X, Y and Z. . For this reason, during the period (period Z) in which the preliminary announcement effect of a small number of preliminary announcement types is executed, the reliability can be indicated to the player in an easy-to-understand manner. In the case of), the variation of the advance notice effect can be increased to enhance the effect. As a result, the period in the special mode can be sharpened between the period in which the rendering effect is enhanced by the notice effect and the period in which the reliability is easily understood. In addition, since the advance notice effect set from the notice types having a smaller number of advance notice effects is performed as the later period (period Y than period X and period Z than period Y), the advance effect is given in the earlier period In the later period, it is possible to show the player the reliability in an easy-to-understand manner.

Further, in the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment, as the transition from the period X to the period Y and the period Z is made, the preview effect of the small number of the notice types is executed. First period X in special mode
Is a state in which there is a sufficient period for the presence of the power support (in the case of a probability change big hit, the remaining period for the high probability state is also sufficient) There are many cases. Therefore, the fun of the game is improved by increasing the number of advance notice effects that can be performed to enhance the effect. On the other hand, period Y and period Z, which are the second half of the special mode, have less remaining time in the power support state (in the case of a probability change big hit, the remaining time period in the high probability state is smaller) Because the player is in the state, the player may be uneasy about the feeling for the occurrence of the big hit, and may not like excessive presentation. Therefore, by reducing the number of advance notice effects that can be carried out and showing the reliability to the player in an easy-to-understand manner, it is possible to provide a simple game in which excessive effects are omitted. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the notice species A in period X, the notice species B in period Y, and the notice species C in period Z are executed, but in the other embodiment, notice species A, B,. One or more preview effects selected from C can be performed, and one or more preview effects selected from the types B and C can be performed in period Y, and the type B can be selected in period Z It may be possible to execute one of the notice effects. Also by this
In the period X, the variation of the advance notice effect is increased to enhance the effect, and in the period Z, the effect of the first embodiment can be exhibited in which the possibility (reliability) of the occurrence of the big hit game can be shown in an easy-to-understand manner.

Here, in the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment, as described above, the periods X and Y in the power-on state and the period Z in the no-power-on state differ in the average fluctuation time of the symbol and in the effect pattern The background during the variable display is also a different period. That is, in the periods X and Y, the average fluctuation time of the symbol is short and the first background is used (as the first fluctuation mode), and in the period Z, the average fluctuation time of the symbol is long and the second background is used (It is considered as the second variation mode). That is, in the periods X to Z, the variation mode selection means for selecting the variation mode (display mode or variation time) is different conditions (first condition,
This is a period in which the variation mode is selected based on the second condition, the third condition, and the like. For this reason, the type and number of notice effects to be executed are changed in the periods X and Y and the period Z in which the variation mode of the symbol is different,
It can also be said that the period of showing the reliability degree intelligibly and the period of enhancing the presentation effect can be emphasized. In addition, since the symbol variation time period X (Y) is relatively short, it is a period during which a large number of advance notice effects are executed, so that the effects of the effects are combined with the speedy progress of the game. Can be further improved. In addition, if attention is paid to period X and period Y, the average fluctuation time is the same for both periods since the same fluctuation pattern table is used, and the background during the fluctuation display of the production symbol is also the same. Is common, and it can be said that it is a period switched only by the number of times of change of the symbol (effect counter). In addition, the period which determines a fluctuation | variation aspect based on a different fluctuation | variation pattern determination table can be illustrated as a period when the conditions which select a fluctuation | variation aspect differ. As a result, it is possible to set a period in which the presentation aspect on the display is different, or a period in which the variation time (average variation time) of the identification information is different.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment, the advance notice effect set from the notice type having a smaller number of advance notice effects is performed as the later period comes, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
A notice effect set from a notice type having a large number of notice effects may be performed. In this case, the notice species C in period X, the notice species B in period Y, and the notice species A in period Z may be performed. By increasing the variation of the advance production to increase the effects of the presentation as the period goes on,
Just before the end of the special mode, the player can be reminded that the possibility of a big hit is increasing, and the game continues even after the end of the special mode (after the end of the power support state, after the high probability state). Can be

In the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment, although the number of effects of the notice type (notice type C) with the smallest number of the effect is two, it is not limited to this, and may be one. In that case, the one advance notice effect may be a thing with high reliability (for example, the reliability is about 95% as in the notice effect C2). In this way, in the period Z, it can be shown that the possibility of a big hit is high if the notice effect is executed, so that the reliability can be made easier to understand. Specifically, as another embodiment, C1 may be excluded from the operation mode of the movable part of the first embodiment, and only C2 may be used. As a result, in period Z, if the movable role functions only, the sense of expectation to the big hit can be enhanced, and it is possible to provide the playability to play the game expecting the occurrence of the notice effect anyway. , Can enhance the game interest.

Second Embodiment
The pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment is different from the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment in the contents of the notice effect determination table in part. In the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment, the period X of the special mode
In the same manner as in the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment, the period X notification effect determination table in FIG. 27 is used, and in the period Y, the period Y notification effect determination table in the second embodiment of FIG. The period Z preliminary announcement effect determination table of the 32nd embodiment is used.

In the notice presentation determination table for period Y in the second embodiment of FIG. 31, notice presentation effects A2, A4, and A among the notice presentation determination random numbers allocated similarly to the notice presentation determination table for period X in FIG.
The random numbers for notice effect determination corresponding to 6, 6 are considered to be valid, and the other random numbers for notice effect determination (the random numbers for notice effect determination corresponding to notice effects A1, A3, A5, A7) to be invalid It is done. Therefore, when the random number for the notice effect determination other than the notice effect determination random number associated with the notice effects A2, A4, A6, and A8 is read in S566 of the special mode in advance notice effect setting process of FIG. No preview effect is set, and no preview effect is executed. Also in the announcement effect determination table for period Z in the second embodiment of FIG. 32, among the random numbers for announcement effect determination determined similarly to the announcement effect determination table for period X in FIG.
The random number for preliminary announcement effect determination associated with A8 is considered valid, and the other random numbers for preliminary announcement outcome determination (random numbers for preliminary announcement attraction decision corresponding to preliminary announcement effects A1 and A3 to A7) are invalidated. Therefore, in the special mode in the special mode of FIG.
When the random number for preliminary announcement effect determination other than the random number for preliminary announcement effect determination corresponding to is read, any preliminary announcement effect is not set, and the preliminary announcement effect is not executed.

From these things, in the second embodiment, when the advance notice effect is performed during one change, as shown in FIG. In the period Y, four notice effects A2, A4, A6 and A8 of notice type A are executed.
In the period Z, two notice effects A2, A8 of notice type A are executed.
One of the notice effects will be performed. That is, unlike the first embodiment, the same notice type of notice effect is executed in each period, but the number of the notice effects which can be set (executed) in each period is different (decreases). In the present embodiment, it is sufficient if the number of feasible advance notice effects is reduced, so the present invention is not limited to the mode in which the effective advance notice effects are reduced. That is, the notice effects A1 to A8 can be executed in the period X, and the notice effects A2, A4, A6, A8 in the period Y
In period Z, advance notice effects A3 and A7 may be made executable.
Further, when the specific notice type is the notice effect relating to the operation of the movable object, the first to sixth operation modes (six types) are provided (stored) as the operation modes of the movable object. In period X (first period), any one of operation modes 1 to 5 (or a combination of a plurality of modes) can be performed, and in period Y (second period), any of operation modes 1, 3 and 5 ( Alternatively, a plurality of modes may be combined) and operation mode 6 may be performed in period Z (third period). That is, in a specific notice type, an aspect in which notice effects different depending on the period are executed
It is good also as a mode which performs preliminary announcement production only for a specific period.

According to the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment described above, a special mode in which the periods X, Y and Z are switched in order is set based on the effect counter (number of symbol changes after the big hit game) after the big hit game is over, and each period Since the number of feasible notice effects among the same notice type A (specific notice type) is different in X, Y, Z, the number of the notice effects to be executed among the notice types A is X,
It can be changed by Y and Z. Therefore, during the period (period Z) in which the number of effects that can be performed is small (period Z), it is possible to show the player the reliability in an easy-to-understand manner, and the period in which the number of effects that can be performed is large (
In period X), it is possible to increase the variation of the advance presentation effect to enhance the presentation effect. As a result, it is possible to divide the period in the special mode into a period in which the effect is enhanced by the notice effect and a period in which the reliability is easily understood, and to give a sharp impression. Further, as described above, since the periods X and Y are periods considered to be the first variation mode, and the period Z is a period considered to be the second variation mode, a period indicating the reliability and the presentation effects It is also possible to divide the period during which the Also, as the later stage (period Y than period X and period Z more than period Y), the number of effects that can be executed among the notice types A is reduced, as in the first embodiment,
In the period before the player can afford to enjoy the effect, it is possible to enhance the effect by the notice effect, and in the period after the player may not like the excessive effect, show the player the reliability easily It is possible to provide a simple game. Further, in the second embodiment, the notice effect that can be performed in the periods Y and Z is configured by a part of the notice effect that can be performed in the period X set to the longest one of the periods X, Y and Z. ing. That is, unlike the first embodiment, since it is not a different advance notice effect set for the period Y or the period Z, the opportunity to cause the advance notice effect to increase is increased, and coupled with the decrease in number, the sense period also It is easy to recognize the reliability of the notice effect appearing in Z (or Y).

In the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment, although the number of viable advance notices decreases in later periods, the invention is not limited thereto, and the number of viable advance effects increases in later periods. You may do so. In this case, during one change, in period X, two notice effects A2, A8
In the period Y, four notice effects A2, A4, A6, A are executed.
Any one of the eight announcement effects may be executed, and in period Z, any of the eight announcement effects A1 to A8 may be executed. By increasing the variation of the notice effect in the later period and enhancing the effect, it is possible to urge the continuation of the game even after the end of the special mode (after the end of the power support state, after the high probability state). Further, in the second embodiment, although the description has been made by exemplifying the notice type A, the present invention is not limited to this, and other notice types (predict type B, C or other notice types other than them) can be implemented for each period. The number of preview effects (for example, the number of executable steps in the case of the preview type B) may be different. Also, in addition to the type of the notice (the first notice type) in which the number of feasible notice effects decreases (or increases) in later periods, conversely, the number of possible notice effects in later periods It may be equipped with other preview species (second preview species) that increase (or decrease) as much. Thereby, depending on the type of notice to be executed, different changes are made according to the period, so that it is possible to diversify the notice effect. In addition to this, depending on the period,
It may be equipped with other notice types in which the number of feasible notice effects does not change (third notice type).

In the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment, random numbers for preliminary announcement effect determination which become invalid in the preliminary announcement effect determination table for period Y in FIG. 31 and the preliminary announcement effect determination table for period Z in FIG. 32 are included. It is good also as a thing which does not contain the random number for advance announcement production determination which becomes invalid and becomes invalid. For example, in the notice effect determination table for period Y in FIG. 31, notice effects A2, A4, A6 and A8 are displayed.
Assuming that the random numbers for the notice effect determination for the value 0 to 29 are set effectively, and the setting of the random numbers for the notice effect determination in that case is performed similarly to the notice effect determination table for period Y in FIG. It is good (a random number for the notice effect determination set to the notice effects B1, B2, B3 and B4 is set to the notice effects A2, A4, A6 and A8, respectively). In addition, in the notice effect determination table for period Z in FIG. 32, random numbers for notice effect determination with values 0 to 29 are set to effective as notice effects A2 and A8, and setting of the notice effect determination random numbers in that case It may be performed in the same manner as the table Z preliminary announcement effect determination table of FIG. 29 (the random numbers for preliminary announcement effect determination set in the preliminary announcement effects C1 and C2 are set in the preliminary announcement effects A2 and A8, respectively). Moreover, in this case, it is desirable to set the same preview value to the same value (or close value) (for example, about ± 3%), but it may be difficult in design, so even if the reliability is somewhat different It does not matter (for example ± 1
0%) However, it is necessary to avoid in order to confuse the player if the reliability between the notice effects is exchanged.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the second embodiment, a period (period Z
Although the number of effects that can be performed is two, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of effects that can be performed may be one. In that case, the one advance notice effect may be a thing with high reliability (for example, the reliability is 90% as in the notice effect A8). In this way, in the period Z, it can be shown that the possibility of a big hit is high if the notice effect is executed, so that the reliability can be made easier to understand.

Third Embodiment
The pachinko machine 10 of the third embodiment is different from the pachinko machine 10 of the first embodiment in the contents of the notice effect determination table. In the pachinko machine 10 of the third embodiment, in period X of the special mode, the table of notice effect determination table for period X in FIG. 34 is used, in period Y, the table of notice effect determination for period Y in FIG. The table Z preliminary announcement effect determination table for 36 is used.

In the period X preliminary announcement effect determination table of the third embodiment of FIG. 34, random numbers for preliminary announcement effect determination are associated with a plurality of preliminary announcement effects (four preliminary announcement effects A1, A2, A3 and A4) of the notice type A. . When the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit, the random number for the notice effect determination is the value 0, 0 out of the values 0 to 29.
Notice production A1 is selected when 1, and notice production A when the random number for notice production determination is the value 2-7
2 is selected, and the notice effect determination random number has a value of 8 to 16, and the notice effect effect A3 is selected, and the notice effect determination random number has a value of 17 to 29, and the notice effect effect A4 is selected. When the result of the jackpot determination is out, when the random number for the notice effect determination is a value 0 to 14 among the values 0 to 29, the notice effect A
When 1 is selected and the random number for the preliminary effect determination is the value 15-23, the preliminary effect A2 is selected, and when the random number for the preliminary effect determination is the value 24-28, the preliminary effect A3 is selected, the random number for the preliminary effect determination When the value is 29, the notice effect A4 is selected. Therefore, the reliability of each notice effect is about 10% (11.8%) in the notice effect A1, 40% in the notice effect A2, and about 65% (64.2%) in the notice effect A3. It will be about 95% (92.8%) with effect A4. As described above, although four types of preview effects selected from the preview type A can be executed, and the difference in the reliability of each preview effect is easy to be understood by the player as about 20 to 30%, the variation of the preview effect is slightly poor. It becomes a thing.

In the period Y use announcement effect determination table of the third embodiment of FIG. 35, a plurality of advance announcement effects in which the notice types A and B are combined (combined) are associated with random numbers for advance presentation determination. When the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit, the notice effect B1 is selected when the notice effect determination random number is a value 0 among the values 0 to 29, and the notice effect effect when the notice effect determination random number is a value 1 or 2 B2 is selected,
The combination of the notice effects A2 and B1 is selected when the notice effect determination random number has a value of 3 to 6, and the combination of the notice effects A3 and B2 is selected when the notice effect determination random number has a value of 7 to 12, and the notice effect effect is selected. When the decision random number has a value of 13 to 20, the combination of the notice effects A4 and B3 is selected,
When the random number for the determination of the preliminary effect is a value 21 to 29, a combination of the preliminary effects A4 and B4 is selected. If the result of the jackpot determination is out, the random number for the notice effect determination is a value 0 to 0 among the values 0 to 29.
When the notice effect B1 is selected at 7 and the notice effect determination random number has a value of 8-14, the notice effect B2 is selected, and when the notice effect determination random number has a value of 15 to 20, the notice effect A2 or B1 is selected. The combination is selected, and the combination of the notice effects A3 and B2 is selected when the random number for the notice effect determination is 21 to 25 and the combination of the notice effect A4 and B3 is the random number for the notice effect determination is 26 to 28 A combination of the notice effects A4 and B4 is selected when the random number for the notice effect determination is selected and the value is 29. For this reason, the reliability of each preliminary announcement production is about 10% only with the preliminary announcement production B1 (
It becomes 11.1%), and approximately 20% (22.2%) only with notice production B2, notice production A2
, And B1 will be 40%, and the combination of the notice effects A3 and B2 will be about 55% (54
. 5%), and it becomes about 75% (72.7%) by the combination of the notice effects A4 and B3 and 90% by the combination of the notice effects A4 and B4. As described above, since six types of notice effects selected from the notice types A and B can be executed, variations of the notice effects can be increased. However, the difference in the reliability of each preliminary announcement effect is about 10 to 20%, and the difference in the reliability may be somewhat difficult for the player to understand.

In the period Z preliminary announcement effect determination table of the third embodiment of FIG. 36, random numbers for preliminary announcement effect determination are associated with a plurality of preliminary announcement effects in which the preliminary announcement types A, B, and C are combined (combined). When the result of the big hit judgment is a big hit, the notice effect C1 is selected when the notice effect determination random number is a value 0 among the values 0 to 29, and the notice effect determination random number is a value 1 when the notice effect A1, When the combination of B1 is selected, and the random number for determining the preliminary effect is 2 or 3, the combination of the preliminary effect A2, B1 is selected, and when the random number for the preliminary effect is 4 to 6, the preliminary effect A2, B2, When the combination of C1 is selected and the random number for determining the preliminary effect is a value of 7 to 10, the preliminary effects A3, B2, C
When the combination of 1 is selected and the random number for determining the preliminary effect is a value of 11 to 15, the preliminary effect A3,
A combination of B3 and C2 is selected, and when the random number for determining preliminary effects is a value of 16 to 20, a combination of preliminary effects A4, B4 and C1 is selected, and when a random number for determining for preliminary effects is a value of 21 to 29, a preliminary effect for A combination of A4, B4 and C2 is selected. If the result of the jackpot determination is out, the notice effect C1 is selected when the random number for the preliminary effect determination is 0 to 7 among the values 0 to 29, and the random number for the preliminary effect determination is 8 to 13 The combination of the notice effects A1 and B1 is selected, and the combination of the notice effects A2 and B1 is selected when the value of the notice effect determination random number is 14 to 18, and the notice effect is selected when the notice effect determination random number is 19 to 22. A combination of A2, B2 and C1 is selected, and when the random number for determining preliminary effects is 23-25, a combination of A3, B2 and C1 is selected, and when random numbers for preliminary effect are 26 and 27 Notice production A3, B3,
When the combination of C2 is selected and the random number for determining the preliminary effect is a value 28, the preliminary effects A4, B4
, C1 is selected, and when the random number for determining the preliminary effect is a value 29, the preliminary effect A4, B
A combination of 4 and C2 is selected. Therefore, the reliability of each notice effect is about 10% (11.1%) with the notice effect C1 alone, and about 15% with the combination of the notice effects A1 and B1 (14
. It becomes about 30% (28.5%) by the combination of the notice effects A2 and B1 and about 45% (42.9%) by the combination of the notice effects A2, B2 and C1.
It becomes about 55% (57.1%) by combination of B2, C1 and about 70% (71.4%) by combination of notice production A3, B3, C2, and about 85 by combination of notice production A4, B4, C1. % (83.3%), and it becomes 90% in the combination of the notice effects A4, B4 and C2. Thus, since eight types of notice effects selected from the notice types A, B, and C can be performed,
It is possible to increase the variation of the notice effect. However, the difference in the reliability of each preliminary announcement effect is about 5 to 15%, and the difference in the reliability may be difficult for the player to understand.

From these facts, in the third embodiment, when executing the advance notice effect during one change, as shown in FIG. 37, in period X, one of the four advance notice effects selected from the notice type A is executed, In period Y, one of six types of preview effects selected (combined) from the types of preview A and B is executed, and in period Z, eight types of preview effects selected (combined) from types A, B and C of preview I will do one. For this reason, the presentation aspect of the preliminary announcement presentation in each period is changed,
It is possible to improve the game interest by the advance notice effect. In addition, as the transition from period X to period Y and period Z is made, the number of preview types that can be combined (performable during one change) and the number of preview effects that can be combined are increased. Expectations for occurrence can be enhanced. In addition, the composite rate of the notice effect is improved (increased) in the later period. In addition, as the later period, the possibility that a large number of preview effects are combined is increased. In addition, a large number of advance notice effects can be combined in a later period. Also, for a predetermined period
In any period in which the preview effects can be combined), the larger the number of composites is, the higher the reliability with which the big hit game is executed is set, so the preview effects are diversified in a later period. In addition, it is possible to easily estimate the occurrence of a big hit game.

According to the pachinko machine 10 of the third embodiment described above, the special mode in which the periods X, Y and Z are switched in order is set based on the effect counter (number of symbol changes after the big hit game) after the big hit game is over, each period Since the number of combinations of the notice effects selected from different notice types in X, Y and Z is changed to execute the notice effect, the number of combination of the notice types and the number of combination of the notice effects executed during one change is set to each period X, It can be changed by Y and Z. Therefore, in the period (period X) in which the number of combinations of the types of notice types and the notice effects to be executed is small (period X), the player can easily show the reliability, and the number of the notice types to be executed and the combination number of the notice effects In the period (period Z) in which there are many periods, the variation of the advance notice effect can be increased to enhance the effect. As a result, it is possible to divide the period in the special mode into a period in which the effect is enhanced by the notice effect and a period in which the reliability is easily understood, and to give a sharp impression. Period X and Y are the first
Since the period Z is the second variation mode, the number of combinations of advance notice effects is divided based on the variation mode of the symbol, and the reliability period is easily indicated. It can also be sharpened during the period in which the stage effect is enhanced. Also, in the later period
Since the number of feasible notice types is larger than the time period X and the time period Y than the time period Y, the effect of the notice effect can be enhanced in the later time periods. Therefore, it is possible to make the player think that the possibility of a big hit is increasing just before the end of the special mode, and the continuation of the game can be promoted even after the end of the special mode.

Also, as an aspect of the third embodiment,
It is a gaming machine capable of performing a specific game advantageous to the player based on the variable display of the identification information based on the establishment of the predetermined condition and the display of the identification information in the specific mode,
Fluctuation number counting means for counting the number of fluctuation display of identification information;
A notice effect executing means for executing a notice effect indicating the feasibility of the specific game,
Equipped with
The first period set based on the count value of the variation number counting means, and the second period set based on the count value of the variation number counting means,
The advance notice effects include at least a notice effect of a first notice type composed of a plurality of notice effects and a notice effect of a second notice type made of a notice effect different from the first notice type,
The preview effect execution means is
In at least the second period, it is possible to execute a plurality of advance notice effects selected from the plurality of advance notice types during one change display of the identification information,
In the second period, a large number of preliminary announcement effects selected from different preliminary announcement types can be often performed during one time variable display of the identification information than in the first period.
Here, "in many cases, a large number of preliminary announcement effects selected from different preliminary announcement species are executed",
For example, it is possible to execute the notice effect selected from only the first notice type in the first period, and each selected from the first notice type and the second notice type (a plurality of notice types including these notice types) in the second period. There is an aspect in which a plurality of preliminary announcement effects can be performed during one change display. That is, there is an aspect in which the second period has more composite numbers of the notice effects. As another aspect, the first period and the second period
In any of the periods, a plurality of preview effects selected respectively from the first preview species and the second preview species (a plurality of preview species including these preview species) can be executed during one change display, Second than period
In the case of executing the preliminary announcement effect, the period may be executed in combination with the preliminary announcement effect. For example, in the second period, the ratio of selecting the preview effect from both the first preview type and the second preview type is higher than the ratio of selecting the preview effect from either the first preview type or the second preview type It may be
In addition, “it is possible to execute a plurality of notice effects selected from a plurality of notice types during one change display of identification information” means that a notice effect of a plurality of notice types is executed during a change display of identification information. This means that multiple preview effects are displayed at the same time (at the same time when preview 1 and preview 2 are displayed at the same time) and when it is displayed separately (notice 1 is displayed). , And an embodiment in which the notice 2 is displayed after the end of the display of the notice 1).

Further, as still another aspect of the third embodiment,
It is a gaming machine capable of performing a specific game advantageous to the player based on the variable display of the identification information based on the establishment of the predetermined condition and the display of the identification information in the specific mode,
Fluctuation number counting means for counting the number of fluctuation display of the identification information;
A notice effect executing means for executing a notice effect indicating the feasibility of the specific game,
Equipped with
It has a first period set based on the count value of the variation number counting means, and a second period set based on the count value of the variation number counting means,
The preliminary announcement effect includes at least a preliminary announcement effect of a first preliminary announcement type configured by a plurality of preliminary announcement effects and a preliminary announcement presentation of a second preliminary announcement type configured by a preliminary announcement effect different from the first preliminary announcement type,
The preview effect execution means is:
In at least the second period, it is possible to execute a plurality of advance notice effects selected from the plurality of advance notice types during one change display of the identification information,
In the second period, a plurality of advance notice effects are often performed during one change display of the identification information, rather than in the first period.

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, the first notice type having the first period and the second period set based on the count value of the fluctuation number counting means, and composed of a plurality of notice effects, and the first notice In the case of having a plurality of preliminary notice species including a second preliminary notice species configured by a preliminary announcement effect different from the species, and performing the preliminary announcement effect during one change display of the identification information in the second period, There are many cases where a plurality of advance notice effects are executed than when the advance notice effects are executed during one change display of identification information (in addition,
It may be assumed that a plurality of preliminary announcement effects selected from a plurality of preliminary announcement types are often performed). That is, in the second period, the advance notice effect is often performed in combination in many cases than in the first period (the composite rate of the advance notice effect is high).

In the pachinko machine 10 of the third embodiment, the composite rate of advance notice effects is increased or the number of advance notice effects that can be combined is increased as the later period comes, but the present invention is not limited thereto. To be sure, the composite rate of the preliminary effects may be reduced, or the number of the preliminary effects that can be combined may be reduced. In the later period, the combination rate of the preliminary effects is reduced, and the number of the possible preliminary effects can be reduced, thereby diversifying the variation of the effects in the earlier period and making the player special when entering the special mode While making you feel a special feeling to the mode, you can increase your sense of expectation. On the other hand, since the number of advance notice effects is small as the later period, it is possible to easily show the player the possibility of occurrence of the big hit game and provide a simple game.

In the pachinko machine 10 according to the third embodiment, different types of different notice effects selected from the notice types A, B, and C are combined. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. In this case, the number of combinations of advance notice effects selected from the same notice type may be changed during one change. Furthermore, a plurality of preview effects selected from a plurality of preview types may be combined, for example, three types of preview effects A to A
It is also possible to select one, A2, A4 and execute the combination of the notice effects C1, C2 selected from the notice type C and executed.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the third embodiment, in the period X, the notice effect selected from one notice type A is executed and the notice effect is not selected from the notice types B and C. In the period Y, two notice type A,
Perform the notice effect selected from B and not select the notice effect from notice type C, period Z
In the above, it is assumed that the preview effects selected from the three preview species A, B and C (all the preview species) are to be executed, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The advance notice may be selected from C (all notice types) and made executable. In that case, notice type A
, B, and C may be different from each other, so that the number of notice types to be executed in combination for each period and the number of combinations of preliminary effects may be changed. That is, it is possible to make the composite rate of the notice effect different depending on the period. A notice effect determination table for periods X and Y and period Z of the modification in this case is shown in FIG.

In the notice effect determination table of the modified example of FIG. 38, two notice effects (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1) in which one is selected from three notice types A, B, C and two are selected and combined The preview production (A1 + B1, A2 + B1, B3 + C2) and the preview production (A
2+ B 2 + C 1, A 3 + B 2 + C 1, A 3 + B 3 + C 2, A 4 + B 4 + C 1, A 4 + B 4
+ C2) can be performed in any of the periods X to Z. Note that, for convenience, the correspondence (distribution) between the random numbers for advance presentation effect determination in the periods X and Y and the advance presentation effect is made common. In addition, the correspondence between the random numbers for the preliminary announcement effect determination and the preliminary announcement effect is the same for the big hit of the periods X and Y and the big hit of the period Z, and it is between the out of the periods X and Y and the out of the period Z It is different. Although detailed explanation of the correspondence between the random numbers for determining the preliminary effects and the preliminary effects is omitted, one out of the three types A, B and C at the time of the period Z is compared with the time of the periods X and Y The distribution of the random numbers for the notice effect determination to the notice effect for which the selected is selected is reduced, and the notice effect for the notice effect obtained by combining and selecting two from the notice types A, B and C and the notice effect for the notice effect selected three times Distribution of random numbers for For this reason, in period Z, compared with periods X and Y, the ratio (proportion) in which the preview effects can be selected from all the three preview species A, B and C (or two of them) will become It will be higher than the ratio that can be selected from the notice effect from one notice type. For this reason, as in the third embodiment, the number of feasible notice types can be increased as the later period (period Z than period X, Y). In this example, since the correspondence between the random number for advance presentation determination at the time of outfall and the random number for advance announcement is changed while the correspondence between the random number for advance announcement determination and the advance effect at the big hit is the same, period X , Y compared to the notice species A, B
The reliability of the preview effect of selecting one from C and C is slightly increased, and the reliability of the preview effect of combining two selected from the types of A, B and C and the preview effect of selecting and combining 3 is slightly reduced It becomes a thing. As described above, although the degree of reliability is slightly reduced, a plurality of (two or three) selected from the notice types A, B, and C can be selected and combined to increase the chances of executing the notice effect, thereby enhancing the effect. In addition, the notice type A executed independently in the period X is not executed alone in the period Y, but is executed only when the notice type (prediction effect) is combined, and in the period Z, the period X and the period Y The preview species A and B, which are independently executed, have been described as an example that is executed only when the preview species (prediction effect) are combined. Thereby, the notice effect performed alone in the previous period is
In the later period, since it is executed only when combined, it is possible to enhance the player's sense of expectation when the advance notice effect executed alone in the previous period appears, particularly in the later period. Also, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and in the period Y, the predicted species A and B alone (non-composite)
In the period Z, the notice species A to C may be independently operable. Of course, also in period X, the predicted species A to C may be viable alone, or may be less likely to be compounded than in the period Y and period Z (and the number of compounded predicted species is It may be set to make the predicted species compound.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the first to third embodiments, the execution mode of the advance notice effect for giving notice of the result of the symbol variation effect (the special mode reach effect) being executed is different in each period, but is limited to this It is not a thing. For example, when a hold occurs (before starting the variable display), a big hit determination or a change pattern determination is made (preliminary determination), the degree of expectation of big hit occurrence for the hold that occurred, the degree of expectation of reach effect execution, etc. In a pachinko machine which performs an announcement (a so-called reservation announcement (pre-reading) announcement) for giving notice prior to executing a symbol variation effect relating to holding, the execution mode of the holding announcement effect may be different in each period. An example of the pending advance presentation effect determination table of this modification is shown in FIG. In addition, as a reservation notice effect, for example, the display mode of the holding symbol (the first holding symbol 35a or the second holding symbol 35b) to be displayed on the effect display device 34 may be a color, a size, or a shape different from normal. In this modification, the color (display color) of the holding symbol is described as being different from the color (for example, white). Further, in this modification, the suspension announcement effect is executed in period X and period Y in the special mode, and the execution mode is different in period X and period Y, but three periods X, Y, Z Of course, they may be different.

As shown in FIG. 39 (a), in the hold notification effect determination table for period X, when the result of the big hit determination is a big hit, the random number for advance effect determination is 0 to 2 among values 0 to 29. "Gray" is selected as the color of the reserved symbol, "blue" is selected when the random number for the notice effect determination is a value of 3 to 6, and "yellow" is selected when the random number for the notice effect determination is a value of 7 to 12 When the random number for preliminary announcement effect determination is 13 to 20, “red” is selected, and when the random number for preliminary announcement effect determination is 21 to 29, “rainbow color” is selected. Also, if the result of the jackpot determination is out, "gray" is selected when the random number for advance effect determination is 0 to 14 among the values 0 to 29, and the random number for advance effect determination is 15 to 20 When "blue" is selected and the random number for preview effect determination is 21-25,
"Yellow" is selected, "red" is selected when the random number for determining preliminary effect is 26 to 28, and "rainbow" is selected when the random number for determining preliminary effect is 29. Therefore, the "gray" reliability is about 15% (16.6%), the "blue" reliability is 40%, and the "yellow" reliability is about 55% (54.5%). The reliability of "red" is about 75% (72.7%).
The reliability of "rainbow color" is 90%.

As shown in FIG. 38 (b), in the suspension advance notice effect determination table for period Y, when the result of the big hit determination is a big hit, the hold symbol when the random number for advance effect determination is a value 0 among values 0 to 29 "Black" is selected as the color of "1", and "gold" is selected when the random number for determining the advance effect is 1 to 29. Also, if the result of the big hit judgment is out, the black color is selected as the color of the holding symbol with the value 0 to 27 among the values 0 to 29 and the random number for the preliminary production effect is determined. , “29”, “gold” is selected. Therefore, the "black" reliability is about 5% (3.4%), and the "gold" reliability is about 95% (93.5%).

From these things, in the modified example, during period X, the color of the reserved symbol can be set to one of the five colors to indicate the reliability, so that the effect of the on-hold notice effect can be enhanced, and during period Y,
By showing the reliability as one of the two colors for the color of the holding symbol, it is possible to make it easy for the player to understand the reliability of the holding notice effect.

Although the pachinko machine 10 of the first to third embodiments exemplifies three periods X, Y and Z as periods in the special mode, the present invention is not limited thereto, and at least two of the first period and the second period. What is necessary is to have one period. For example, two periods (period X and period Y) in the power support state
Or two periods, i.e., a period in the power-on state (a period obtained by putting together the periods X and Y) and a period in the power-off state (period Z). For example, if the variation of the notice effect is increased during the power support state, the increase in the effect and the progress of the speedy game can be combined to further improve the game interest. In addition, by increasing the variation of the advance notice effect during the period without power support, it is possible to increase the interest in the hit by the advance notice effect and keep the player bored even during relatively long fluctuations. In addition, the special mode is set only after the big hit game related to the probability variation big hit, and the first period and the second period are the periods during the high probability power support state, or the high probability power support state and the high probability power support The period of state may be used, or the period may be set only after the big hit game pertaining to the big hit normally, and the first period and the second period may be set as the period in the low probability power support state. Alternatively, the present invention is not limited to being set as a period in the power support state, and may be set as a period in the power non-supply state, and as two periods of a high probability state and a low probability state. It is also good. For example, if the variation of the advance notice effect is increased during the high probability state, the game effect can be further improved by the combination of the increase in the effect and the increase in the expectation of hitting by the high probability. Further, if the variation of the advance notice effect is increased in the low probability state period, even if the low probability state is in progress, the notice effect can increase the interest in hitting and give a sense of expectation to the player's hit.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the first to third embodiments, for the sake of convenience, the winning probability of the notice effect lottery process, the result of the big hit judgment becomes the big hit, the probability that the notice effect is executed, and the result of the big hit judgment are out. Although the probability that the advance notice effect is executed is set to be the same, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the winning probability of the advance effect lottery process is different from the probability that the result of the big hit determination is a big hit and the advance effect is executed, and the probability that the result of the big hit determination is out and the advance effect is executed. It may be set. In this case, if the probability of winning is set high, it is possible to increase the frequency at which the preview effect is performed. For example, if the current probability state is a low probability state in which the big hit probability is 1/100 (the out probability is 99/100), the winning probability in the advance presentation lottery process is 48/99, etc., and the current probability state is In the high probability state where the big hit probability is 1/50 (the out probability is 49/50), if it is 24/49, etc., the probability for about 1/2 when the reach effect pattern for special mode is executed The preview effect can be performed. Further, in this case, when the result of the big hit determination is out in the embodiment, the reach effect pattern for the special mode is set with a probability of 1/8, so the result of the big hit determination becomes out during the special mode and for the special mode The probability that the reach effect pattern is set and the advance notice effect is executed is 3/50 (6/100) in the low probability state, and 3/25 (6 in the high probability state).
/ 50) Alternatively, when the result of the jackpot determination is out, it is assumed that the advance notice lottery processing is performed, but this is omitted, and in the case of out, even if the reach effect for the special mode is executed, it is assumed that the notice effect is performed every time It is also good. In these cases, the reliability of each notice effect is lowered because the notice effect performed when the result of the big hit judgment is out increases.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the first to third embodiments, the periods X and Y and the period Z in the special mode are both different in the length of the symbol fluctuation time and the background of the effect symbol displayed in a variable manner depending on the presence or absence of power support However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only the length of the symbol variation time may be different, only the background may be different, and other variation display modes may be different. As another variation display mode, for example, it is possible to make the pattern of the effect pattern to be displayed in variation be different.
In that case, in one of the periods X and Y and the period Z, the effect design showing only the numbers as shown in FIG. 7 is variably displayed, and in the other period, although not shown, the numbers and characters are not shown. It is good also as what carries out the fluctuation display of the production | presentation pattern combined. In addition, as the reach production in each period in the special mode, only the reach production for the special mode has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the reach production executed in one of the periods X and Y and the period Z; The reach effect performed in the other period may be different. In addition, the fluctuation time determination table is set to be common to period X and period Y, and the average fluctuation time is set to be the same. However, the fluctuation time determination table for period X and the fluctuation time for period Y A decision table may be provided. In this case, the average value of the fluctuation time is set such that the period X is shorter than the period Y, and the period Y is set.
Can be set to be shorter than the period Z. Thereby, from period X to Z, the average fluctuation time can be made longer. Also, the period Y is the period X
The period X may be set to be shorter than the period Z. Also, the fluctuation time determination table in the normal state is set so that the average fluctuation time is at least longer than the periods X and Y, and may be set longer than the period Z or more than the period Z. It may be set to be short. In any case, as the fluctuation time determination table in the normal state, a table different from the periods X to Z (a table in which the average fluctuation time is different) can be provided.

In addition, the game state in which the small hitting occurrence frequency is different in the period X and the period Y, or in the period Y and the period Z, or in the period X and the period Y and the period Z May be different. For example, when the small hit occurrence frequency is different, the variation time of the small hit (
It is constituted by making the average fluctuation time different depending on the gaming state. For example, in the pass / fail determination of a predetermined special symbol (for example, the second special symbol), a small hit is generated at 1/10, and in period X, the variation time of the small hit is 10 seconds, period Y Then, the variation time of the small hit is 120 seconds, and in the period Z, the variation time of the small hit is 240 seconds. Thus, the occurrence frequency of small hit games (games in which the big winning opening is opened for a short time (about 1 second)) in the periods X to Z is different. In this example, the period X, the period Y, and the period Z become from the higher occurrence frequency. The start opening according to the second special symbol is the opening and closing start opening, and the opening and closing start opening is put into the easy entry state by the operation of the open extension function, whereby the frequency of occurrence of small hits can be increased. As a result, even during the operation of the open extension function, it is possible to provide gaming states (period X and period Y) having different occurrence frequencies of small hits.

In addition, period X is the period of special figure 1 upper limit number of counts after specific game end (four fluctuations after specific game end) or special figure 2 period of upper limit number of holdings (four fluctuations after specific game end) , The special figure 1 reserve and the special figure 2 reserve can be made into the number of reserve upper limit numbers (eight fluctuation after a specific game end). After the end of period X, period Y shall start.
In addition, the start of period X is after the period (4 variations after the end of the specified game) after the end of the specified game, or after the period of the specified number 2 (upper limit after the end of the specified game). 4 fluctuation) It is after the lapse, or special drawing 1 reservation and special figure 2 reservation are added the number of reservation upper limit number (after the specified game end, 8 fluctuation)
It can be done after the lapse. After the end of period X, period Y shall start.
As a result, for example, special figure 1 is set to a disadvantage as compared to special figure 2, and it is disadvantageous to the special figure 1 holding upper limit after the specific game is ended by being made a prize order change or special figure 1 priority change. There is a possibility that the decision of success or failure will be performed. In such a special mode, the disadvantageous period can be set as a period X (first period), and an advantageous period (a period after it is determined) can be set as a period Y (second period). Also, the period X, ie, the special mode may be started from the period after such (a possible disadvantage) period has successfully elapsed.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the first to third embodiments, the notice type A for displaying words such as words and specific characters, and the appearance of a change in the effect (fishing up of the fish) are shown stepwise (step up) Although the notice type B and the notice type C for operating the movable character (the first movable character 51 (monthly character) and the second and third movable characters (sword objects) 52, 53) are illustrated, It is not limited to these preliminary effects. For example, in the notice type A, more words may be displayed, or the reliability may be indicated in more detail by changing the display mode of the words (adding a pattern, making a bold character, etc.). In the preview type B, the number of steps is increased to four, but the number of steps may be increased to further indicate the reliability. In addition, in the notice type C, two types of movable features are operated, but more types of features may be operated, and not only the presence or absence of operation but also lamps such as LEDs provided on the movable features The reliability may be indicated by operating the light emission modes (light on / off, blink on / off, blink speed, etc.) differently. Further, in conjunction with the button operation of the effect button 26, effects are different depending on whether or not the movable combination is activated when the effect button 26 (input detecting means capable of detecting an input from the player) is operated. It may be set whether or not a predetermined game effect (character or the like) is displayed on the effect display device based on the operation. In addition, it may be used as a notice effect to make a specific character appear (cut in), and the reliability may be shown by changing the type, color, movement, posture, number, etc. of that character. Alternatively, the degree of reliability may be indicated by the difference in the image displayed on the background screen, the difference in the color, or the like. In addition, a so-called pseudo-sequence effect may be used as a notice effect, so that a so-called pseudo-sequence effect may be displayed as a preliminary notice effect by temporarily stopping the effect pattern during one time variation display of the special symbol and displaying the variation pattern again. The reliability may be indicated by the number of times (the number of temporary stops, the number of re-variations) (for example, the higher the number is, the higher the reliability is). Specifically,
In period X, the number of revariation displays during one variation is three pseudo 4 effects (first effect), the number of revariation is two pseudo 3 effects (second effect), and the number of revariation is one The pseudo 2 effects (third effect) of can be made executable, the first effect and the third effect can be made executable in the period Y, and the first effect can be made executable in the period Z. Further, as in the above-described modified example, the notice effect may be performed by the change of the reserved symbol.

In the pachinko machine 10 of the first to third embodiments, the special mode is generated after the end of the big hit game. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the special mode may be generated based on other conditions. For example, the small hit may be included in the hit (big hit) determination table, and the special mode may be generated when the small hit occurs (after the small hit game is over). Alternatively, a lottery may be performed in the normal mode, and the special mode may be generated when the lottery is won. As the opportunity to perform the lottery, it is possible that the elapsed time from the start of the game (when the power is turned on) or the elapsed time after the end of the big hit game has reached a predetermined time, or when the game is started (when the power is turned on) It is good also as the number of times of symbol variation from and the number of symbol variations since the end of the big hit game have reached a predetermined number.

In addition, during the execution of the periods X to Z, power cut-off (power failure) may occur for some reason. In such a case, by adopting the following configuration, it is possible to prevent the player's sense of expectation from being erroneously increased, and to decrease the player's amusement. Specifically, in the periods X to Z, the period X is used as a notice effect determination table.
The presentation effects to be executed are determined using the tables for Y, Y, and Z, and different presentation modes are set so that it is easy to recognize in which period (mode) the player is staying. (Eg, modes X through Z, corresponding to periods X through Z). The effect mode can be distinguished by the display mode of the display unit of the effect display device 34. For example, the background color and the background pattern may be different, the appearing characters may be different, and different effect modes may be displayed (explicitly) to indicate which effect mode is staying. . In addition, even in the so-called normal gaming state (normal mode) without low probability power support, the display mode can be recognized as the gaming state.
Then, in the mode X to Z, or any mode of the normal mode, a power failure occurs,
After power failure recovery (in power failure recovery processing), there is a possibility that the mode (modes X to Z) different from that at power failure may be erroneously set. In order to prevent this, after power failure recovery, it is possible to make sure that the processing returns to the normal mode regardless of which mode the power is disconnected. And
After that (when the next variable display is executed), when information indicating which mode the main control unit (main control board 70) has stayed at (which mode the user is staying at) is transmitted In addition, it is possible to change to the display mode that indicates the mode for the first time. This prevents the display mode relating to the wrong game mode from being displayed, and also causes the main control unit to perform unnecessary display of information from the main control unit (for performing display control of the effect display device 34) in the power recovery process. It is possible to stop transmission to the unit (sub control board 90) and achieve quick return processing.
Further, as another aspect, when the power is cut off in any of the modes X to Z, the mode may be started again from the beginning of the mode X (first period). Thus, the player can enjoy the special mode for a long time.

Moreover, in the pachinko machine 10 of the first to third embodiments, regardless of whether it is the variable display according to the special view 1 or the variable display according to the special view 2, if it is the period X, the notice effect determination table for the period X The advance notice effect to be executed is determined, and if it is period Y, the advance notice effect to be executed is determined using the notice effect determination table for period X, and if it is period Z, the notice effect determination table for period X is used Although the advance notice effect to be executed is determined, and the advance notice effect to be executed is determined using the advance notice effect determination table for the normal game state if it is the normal game state, the present invention is not limited to this. As another aspect, depending on the gaming state, which special symbol is the main gaming state is set, in the variable display of the special symbol that is the main subject, for the period of stay (for example, period X if period X
The notice effect may be determined using the notice effect determination table (for the table), and when the special symbol which is not the subject is variably displayed, the notice effect may be determined using a different notice effect determination table. For example, when a special symbol that is not the subject is displayed in a fluctuating manner, it is set so as not to execute the advance notice effect if the success / failure judgment result is out, and is set to execute a predetermined advance notice effect if it is a hit. May be In addition, when a special symbol that is not the subject is displayed in a variable manner, whether or not to execute the notice effect is performed using the common (for non-subject) notice effect determination table regardless of the difference in the period. If there is, it can be determined which of the preview effects to be performed. For example, in the gaming state with power support, the variable display (the determination of success or failure) of the special view 2 according to the variable start opening is mainly performed. In addition, in the game state without power support, the variable display (appropriate judgment) of the special view 1 relating to the non-variable start opening is mainly made.

Moreover, although it was illustrated that it is the practicability of a specific game as an object which advance notice production shows, it is not restricted to this. For example, the possibility of being in the high probability state may be indicated by the display mode of the advance effect (game effect) in the non notification period in which the success / failure determination probability is not notified. Then, by changing the execution pattern of the notice effect depending on the period, it is possible to enhance the game interest or make it difficult for the player to stop the game (improve the operation of the gaming machine).

In addition, when performing a pre-reading effect indicating the feasibility of a specific game relating to a variable display before execution, or a continuous effect in which pre-reading effect is continuously executed across a plurality of variable displays, the previous period (period X In the first period, the advance notice effect (pre-reading advance notice effect) is performed, but the notice effect is
It may be an effect indicating whether or not the specific game is executed in the variable display performed in a later period (period Y, second period). That is, there may be a case where the notice effect is performed over a plurality of periods. In such a case, the advance notice effect until the variable display relating to the pre-reading effect is performed is determined using the advance notice effect determination table of the previous period (period X). That is, the continuous presentation (predictive presentation effect) is performed for the number of times of the fluctuation display from the 69th to the 72nd fluctuation display
In the case of executing the specific game execution possibility in the 72nd variable display, it is determined using the notification effect determination table for the period X up to the advance notification effect performed in the 72nd variable display. can do. In this way, it is possible to execute the advance notice effect relating to the pre-reading effect even in the case where the period is crossed by the simple advance notice determination control. Further, as another mode, it is determined in which period a variable display indicating the feasibility of the specific game is executed during the prefetching effect, and the later period (period X) It may be determined using the preliminary presentation effect determination table for period Y). As a result, it is possible to realize a more accurate execution mode of the advance announcement effect.

In addition, in the periods X to Z, an example is shown in which the notice effect to be executed, the execution frequency, the composite rate of the notice types, and the like are changed by providing different notice determination tables. In addition to or instead of the aspect of the embodiment, when the sub control unit (sub control substrate 90) receives a specific variation pattern (one or more) from the main control unit (main control substrate 70) The execution mode of the preview production is made different by making it possible to execute the preview production and the main control unit may select a specific variation pattern, that is, by varying the appearance ratio of the specific variation pattern. It is also good. By changing the selection frequency of the specific variation pattern capable of executing the advance notice effect according to the period, and changing the advance notice effect determination table according to the period, it is possible to diversify the execution mode of the advance notice effect.

In the embodiment, the game balls supplied from the island facilities of the game hall are used as "rental balls" or "prize balls", and various winning openings (first start opening, second start opening) provided on the game board Game machine (pachinko machine) according to the present invention for providing a player with a gaming benefit (game value) by paying out a predetermined number of prize balls according to the entry of the game ball into the large winning opening, etc.) Although the example to which it applied is demonstrated, this invention is applicable also to the game machine of the type which provides the profit on a game in the form different from "payout of a prize ball". For example, when the game ball enters the various winning openings, data indicating the amount of profit (the size of the game value) corresponding to the ball is stored in the RAM of the main control unit or the payout control unit (game value) The present invention can be applied to a gaming machine of a type in which a gaming benefit (game value) is given to a player by storing in the management control unit), and in this case as well, similar to the above embodiment. You can get the effect. Of course, as the game value managed by the game value management control unit, the game value obtained as a result of the game and the game value obtained by inserting cash etc. may be separately managed (displayed separately). And may be managed together (displayed by addition and subtraction) (both separate display and addition and subtraction display may be performed). In addition, as a gaming machine of a type in which a profit on gaming (game value) is converted to data and given to a player, a gaming machine that is used by circulating a plurality of gaming balls built in the gaming machine, specifically A gaming machine (a so-called enclosed type gaming machine) can be exemplified which is configured to return the game balls discharged to the back of the game board through various winning or out openings to the discharge position again and to discharge them.

The correspondence between the main elements of the embodiment and the main elements of the invention described in the section of "Means for Solving the Problems" will be described. In the embodiment, the pachinko machine 10 corresponds to a "game machine", as shown in FIG.
The CPU 70a of the main control board 70 that executes the processing of S248 and S250 of the special symbol game processing of FIG. 24 (effect counter update processing of FIG. 24) corresponds to "variation number counting means", and in the second embodiment, FIG. Using the notice effect determination table of FIG. 32, the notice effect setting process in the special mode of FIG. 26 is performed to execute the notice effect by the CPU 90a of the sub control board 90, the effect display control board 91 and the effect display device 34 It corresponds to "effect execution means". Also, period X is "
If the period Y or Z corresponds to the "second period" and the period Y corresponds to the "first period", the period Z corresponds to the "second period". . Further, the notice species A corresponds to the “specific notice species”. In addition, the correspondence of the main elements of the embodiment and the main elements of the invention described in the section of the means for solving the problem implements the invention described in the column of the means for solving the problem in the example. The present invention is not limited to the elements of the invention described in the section of “Means for Solving the Problems”, as it is an example for specifically explaining the mode for carrying out the invention. That is,
The interpretation of the invention described in the section of the means for solving the problem should be made based on the description of the section, and the embodiment is a specific example of the invention described in the section of the means for solving the problem. This is just an example.

In the present invention,
Variation mode selection means for selecting the variation mode of the identification information;
A first period during which the variation mode selection means selects the variation mode based on the first condition, and a second period during which the variation mode selection means selects the variation mode based on the second condition it can.
In this case, the main control board 70 determines the fluctuation pattern from the fluctuation pattern determination table of FIG. 18 to FIG. 20 by executing the processing of S314 to S318 (FIG. The CPU 70 a corresponds to “variation mode selection means”.

As mentioned above, although the embodiment of the present invention was explained using an example, the present invention is not limited to such an example at all, and can be practiced in various forms without departing from the scope of the present invention. Of course to get.

10 pachinko machine, 11 front frame, 12 glass plates, 14 upper saucer, 16 lower saucer, 18 firing handle, 18a touch sensor, 18b firing stop switch, 19 firing motor, 21 main frame, 22 outer frame, 24a ball lending button 24b Return button, 26
Effect button, 27 operation detection switch, 28a, 28b speaker, 29 locking device, 3
0 game board, 31 game area, 31a outer rail, 31b inner rail, 32 normal symbol operation gate, 32a gate switch, 34 effect display device, 34L, 34M, 34R effect symbol, 35a 1st holding symbol, 35b 2nd holding symbol , 36 1st starting opening, 36a 1st starting opening switch, 38 2nd starting opening, 38a 2nd starting opening switch, 38b 2nd starting opening solenoid, 38c wing piece, 40 symbol display device, 40a symbol display board, 41 Normal symbol display unit, 41a left common symbol display unit, 41b right normal symbol display unit, 42 special symbol display unit, 42a 1st special symbol display unit, 42b 2nd special symbol display unit, 43 round display unit, 44 big winning opening , 44a big winning opening switch, 44b big winning opening solenoid, 4
4c Opening and closing plate, 45 general winning opening, 45a general winning opening switch, 46 out, 48
Windmill, 50 center characters, 51 first movable character (monthly character), 52 second movable character (left sword character), 53 third movable character (right sword character), 70 main control board, 70a CPU, 70
b ROM, 70c RAM, 72 relay terminal board, 80 payout control board, 81 frame opening switch, 82 ball display board, 83 relay terminal board, 84 pre-dispense switch, 85 post-dispense switch, 86 payout motor, 87 relay terminal board , 90 sub control board, 90a CPU
, 90b ROM, 90c RAM, 91 effect display control board, 92 amplifier board, 93
Decorative drive board, 93a frame lamp (LED lamp), 93b, 93c, 93d Decorative motor, 94 Effect button board, 100 Launch control board, 102 Lower pan full switch.

Claims (1)

It is a gaming machine capable of performing a specific game advantageous to the player based on the variable display of the identification information based on the establishment of the predetermined condition and the display of the identification information in the specific mode,
Variation mode selection means for selecting the variation mode of the identification information;
A notice effect executing means capable of executing a notice effect indicating the feasibility of the specific game,
Probability setting means for setting a high probability state in which the probability that the identification information is displayed in a specific mode after the end of the specific game is higher than a predetermined probability;
When the variable display of the identification information is performed a predetermined number of times in the high probability state, the probability that the identification information is displayed in a specific mode is taken as the predetermined probability.
The first variation state in which the variation mode selection means selects the variation mode based on the first condition, and the second variation state in which the variation mode selection means selects the variation mode based on the second condition,
The first fluctuation state and the second fluctuation state are set under the high probability state, and the second fluctuation state is set after the first fluctuation state,
The notice effect includes at least a notice effect of a first notice type consisting of a plurality of notice effects, and a notice effect different from the first notice type from the number of notice effects constituting the first notice type There is also a second notice type of notice effect that is also composed of a small amount of notice effects,
In both the first preview type of preview effect and the second preview type of preview effect, the probability of being executed is different depending on whether the identification information is displayed in a specific mode,
The preview effect execution means is:
In the first variation state, it is possible to execute the notice effect of the first notice type,
In the second variation state, the second notice type of advance notice effect can be executed, and the first notice type of advance notice effect is not executed .
Reach production can be executed during the fluctuation display of the identification information in the first fluctuation state or the second fluctuation state, and the notice effect of the first notice type and the notice effect of the second notice type are also the reach effect Configured to be performed before or during the execution of the reach production,
A game machine characterized by being capable of combining and executing a plurality of advance notice effects selected from a plurality of advance notice types according to the executability of the specific game during one time variable display of the identification information .

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