JP6759504B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a display means for displaying a reserved symbol.

Many gaming machines are equipped with a display device that performs various effects. In the following Patent Document 1, the mode of the reserved symbol is changed by the action of another symbol (item 62 in the following Patent Document 1) on the so-called reserved symbol (reserved image 52a in the following Patent Document 1). A game machine that can execute (hold change effect) is described.

JP-A-2014-200881

An object to be solved by the present invention is to improve the taste of the production using the reserved symbol in the gaming machine provided with the display means for displaying the reserved symbol.

The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, corresponds to each of a storage means capable of storing a plurality of information related to the hit / fail judgment and the information related to the hit / miss judgment stored in the storage means. A special symbol having a plurality of types of reserved symbols corresponding to at least a part of the target winning / failing determination and notification of the winning / failing determination result completed prior to the display means for displaying the attached reserved symbol. After being set to any of the above, it is probable that any of the set special symbols will win the target hit / fail judgment until the notification of the target hit / fail judgment result is completed. When the symbol suggestion effect set as the suggestion symbol is feasible and the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed before the target hit / fail judgment, the specific information is associated with a part of the specific information. While the reserved symbol associated with the information is set as a specific symbol that is not a normal symbol, the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed later than the one corresponding to the specific symbol in the state where the specific symbol is displayed as the reserved symbol. It is characterized in that at least a part of the reserved symbols associated with the objects may be set to any of a plurality of types of special symbols.

According to the game machine according to the present invention, there is a possibility that any of the special symbols set as the reserved symbol may be set as a suggestion symbol suggesting the probability that the hit / fail judgment of the target will be a hit. It is possible to perform an uninteresting production.
In addition, by making the symbol suggestion effect occur in the reserved symbol after the reserved symbol to which the specific information is associated, the symbol suggestion effect is generated by the existence of the reserved symbol to which the specific information is associated. It is possible to suppress a large decrease in frequency.

According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the taste of the production using the reserved symbol.

It is a front view of the game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which showed the identification symbol and the reserved symbol displayed in the display area of a display device. It is a list of the types of reserved symbols (normal symbols and special symbols). It is a figure (the 1) for demonstrating a concrete example of a symbol suggestion effect. It is a figure (the second) for demonstrating a concrete example of a symbol suggestion effect. It is a figure (the third) for demonstrating a concrete example of a symbol suggestion effect. It is a figure (the fourth) for demonstrating a concrete example of a symbol suggestion effect. It is a figure (No. 5) for explaining a concrete example of a symbol suggestion effect. It is a fluctuation image diagram of a symbol group composed of an identification symbol and a special symbol. It is a figure for demonstrating the relationship between the hold change effect and the symbol suggestion effect.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the gaming machine 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the game machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

The game machine 1 includes a game board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and the guide rail 903 forming a passage for guiding the game ball launched by the operation of the launch device 908 (launch handle) to the game area 902 has a substantially arc shape. It is provided as follows.

The game area 902 is provided with a start winning opening 904, a large winning opening 906, an out opening, and the like. The display area 911 of the display device 91 that executes various effects is an area that can be visually recognized through the opening 901 formed in the game board 90. Although all or part of the display area 911 is roughly described in FIGS. 2, 4 to 8, and 10, the shape and the like thereof can be appropriately changed (the shape, size, and display of the opening 901). The shape of the display area 911 can be changed by changing the shape and size of the device 91 itself).

Further, in the game area 902, a plurality of game nails are provided as obstacles that change the flow mode of the game balls when the flowing game balls collide with each other. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes in various modes depending on the conditions when it collides with the game nail.

In such a game machine 1, the game ball is launched toward the game area 902 by operating the launching device 908. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a prize opening such as a starting prize opening 904 or a large winning opening 906, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out by a payout device.

The components of the game machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the game machine 1, the lower plate and the upper plate for storing the game balls, will not be described. As for these, those having the same structure as a known game machine can be applied.

The jackpot lottery is executed by the winning / failing determination means provided on the control board (main control board in the present embodiment) (not shown), triggered by the winning of the game ball into the starting winning opening 904 (there are a plurality of such starting winning openings). It may be provided). Specifically, a numerical value is acquired from the random number source triggered by the winning of the game ball to the starting winning opening 904, and if the numerical value is the same as the predetermined jackpot value, it becomes a jackpot, and if it is different, it becomes a jackpot. It will be out of order. Similar to a known game machine, in the case of a big hit, for example, the identification symbol 80 is notified by forming a predetermined combination (for example, three sets of the same symbol), and when other combinations are displayed, it is notified. It will be off. The identification symbol 80 starts to fluctuate (displays fluctuating) at the same time as the start of the effect of notifying a certain hit / miss determination result, and finally stops in a combination based on the hit / miss determination result. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 and the like, three identification symbol groups composed of a plurality of identification symbols 80 are displayed in a variable manner, and the combination of the identification symbols 80 selected from the respective identification symbol groups and stopped is appropriate or not. The judgment result is notified.

The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can execute a symbol suggestion effect that suggests a probability that the hit / fail determination result will be a big hit (hereinafter, may be referred to as a big hit reliability). The symbol suggestion effect is an effect executed by using the display device 91 (display area 911), and is a so-called look-ahead effect that uses an effect of notifying a hit / fail judgment result prior to the hit / fail judgment result. It can be said that it is a production. It should be noted that any means (control board) for executing the symbol suggestion effect may be used. In the present embodiment, a means for executing the symbol suggestion effect is provided on a sub-control board (not shown) that controls the effect. The sub-control board receives a command related to information (described later) related to the hit / fail judgment from the main control board that executes the hit / miss judgment or the like.

The symbol suggestion effect is an effect using the so-called reserved symbol 10. In the present embodiment, the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is started in the order in which the numerical values for the hit / fail judgment are acquired (the variation of the identification symbol 80 is started), but when a certain numerical value is obtained, the notification is started. , When the hit / fail judgment result based on the numerical value acquired before that is notified, the storage means provided on the control board (not shown) is used until the notification of the pass / fail judgment result based on the certain numerical value is started. Be remembered. The maximum number of stored values (maximum number of holds) of the numerical values (the ones corresponding to each of the values are "holds") for which the notification of the hit / fail determination result has not been started can be appropriately set. The maximum number of holdings that can be stored by the storage means in the present embodiment is four for one kind of starting winning opening 904. In the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a big hit at the time when the notification of the winning / failing determination result is started, but when the numerical value is acquired, the winning / failing determination is made. It may be configured to perform this and store the hit / fail determination result itself. In addition, the acquired numerical value is also used as a numerical value for determining the specific content of the effect of notifying the success / failure determination result.

In the present embodiment, the display device 91 displays the reserved symbol 10 which is a mark corresponding to each of the acquired numerical values (information regarding the winning / failing determination) for which the notification of the winning / failing determination result stored in the storage means has not been started. It is displayed in the area 911 (see FIG. 2 and the like). Specifically, the reserved symbols 10 are displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91 so that the numerical values for executing the hit / fail determination are arranged in the order in which they are acquired.

As the mode of the reserved symbol 10, one or a plurality of normal modes and one or a plurality of special modes are set. The mode of the reserved symbol 10 suggests the jackpot reliability of the corresponding hit / fail determination result (the pending change effect described in detail later can be executed). As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, as a special mode of the reserved symbol 10 used for the symbol suggestion effect, a plurality of types of special symbols 12 different from the normal symbol 11 which is the symbol of the normal embodiment are set. The special symbol 12 in the present embodiment has four types: the first special symbol 121, the second special symbol 122, the third special symbol 123, and the fourth special symbol 124. That is, the number of types of the special symbol 12 is four, which is the same as the maximum number of reservations. However, the number of types of the special symbol 12 can be changed as appropriate.

The symbol suggestion effect is an effect of displaying any of the displayed special symbols 12 as the suggestion symbol 20, as will be described in detail later. When the suggested symbol 20 is arranged in order from the one with the highest jackpot reliability, the first special symbol 121, the second special symbol 122, the third special symbol 123, and the fourth special symbol 124 are obtained (see FIG. 3). That is, the case where the first special symbol 121 is set as the suggestion symbol 20 is the most pleasing state for the player, and the case where the fourth special symbol 124 is set as the suggestion symbol 20 is the most unfavorable for the player (any one). It can be said that this is the most unfavorable state when the special symbol 12 of is set as the suggestion symbol 20). Which special symbol 12 is set as the suggestion symbol 20 is determined in advance by lottery based on whether or not the target hit / fail determination result is a big hit. In the lottery, the jackpot reliability when each special symbol 12 is set as the suggestion symbol 20 may have the above-mentioned relationship.

Each special symbol 12 is configured so that the player can distinguish each other by the color and mode of the symbol. Each special symbol 12 in the present embodiment is a card symbol on which a star mark is displayed, and indicates the magnitude of the jackpot reliability according to the number of the stars. The first special symbol 121 has one star, the second special symbol 122 has two stars, the third special symbol 123 has three stars, and the fourth special symbol 124 has four stars. It is one. The smaller the number of stars, the more promising the jackpot is. The number of stars numerically represents the strength of the enemy character who confronts the ally character, which is the character on the player side, in the battle effect that shifts after the symbol suggestion effect. Therefore, the greater the number of stars, the stronger the enemy character, that is, the less likely it is to be a big hit.

Hereinafter, the symbol suggestion effect will be described in detail with reference to a specific example. Whether or not to execute the symbol suggestion effect is determined based on whether or not the target hit / fail judgment (information on the hit / miss judgment) is a big hit. In addition, when there is information on the hit / fail judgment that is a big hit before the target hit / fail judgment, it is determined that the symbol suggestion effect cannot be executed because the symbol suggestion effect is a kind of so-called look-ahead effect. (The design suggestion effect is not executed). In the present embodiment, when the symbol suggestion effect occurs, it is set so that the probability that the target hit / fail judgment will be a big hit is higher than when it does not occur.

When it is decided to execute the symbol suggestion effect for a certain hit / fail judgment (target hit / fail judgment), it corresponds to at least a part of the target hit / fail judgment and the notification of the hit / miss judgment result is completed before that. The reserved symbol 10 is set to any of a plurality of types of special symbols 12. In the present embodiment, the hold symbol 10 corresponding to the target hit / fail judgment and the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed before that (except when the hold change effect described in detail later is executed). All of are designated as special symbols 12. It should be noted that the pending symbol 10 (so-called variation) corresponding to the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result (variation of the identification symbol 80) for which the notification of the hit / fail determination result has not been completed (so-called variation) has already been started. Strictly speaking, it is not "pending"), it may be included in the special symbol 12, or the effect of notifying the result of the hit / fail judgment (variation of the identification symbol 80) has not been started. The corresponding reserved symbol 10 may be set as the special symbol 12. In the present embodiment, all the reserved symbols 10 corresponding to the target hit / fail judgment and the notification of the hit / miss judgment result completed before that and the effect of notifying the hit / miss judgment result has not been started are special. The symbol 12 is used.

For example, in a state where three holds exist (see FIG. 4 (a)), the game ball wins the starting winning opening, and the symbol suggests the one corresponding to the information on the winning / failing judgment obtained by the winning. Suppose it is decided to perform the production. In that case, the reserved symbol 10 corresponding to the target winning / failing judgment generated by the winning, and the holding that the notification of the winning / failing judgment result is completed before that, that is, the three reserved symbols 10 that existed before the winning. Is a special symbol 12. That is, a total of four reserved symbols 10 are designated as special symbols 12 (see FIG. 4B). The timing for displaying the special symbols 12 may be any. After the above winning is detected, the special symbol 12 may be displayed from the beginning, or after the winning is detected, the normal symbol 11 is displayed for a certain period of time, and the special symbol 12 is displayed at a predetermined timing. It may be a changing configuration.

In the present embodiment, the more the special symbol 12 to be displayed is that the notification of the hit / miss determination result is completed later, the higher the jackpot reliability becomes when the suggested symbol 20 is reached. When the four reserved symbols 10 are designated as special symbols 12 as in this example, the fourth special symbol 124, the third special symbol 123, and the second special are ordered in order from the one in which the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed first. The symbols 122 and the first special symbol 121 are arranged in this order (see FIG. 4B). When the three reserved symbols 10 are designated as special symbols 12, the fourth special symbol 124, the third special symbol 123, and the second special symbol 122 are arranged in order from the one in which the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed first. In some cases, the third special symbol 123, the second special symbol 122, and the first special symbol 121 are arranged in this order. In any case, it is configured so that the jackpot reliability associated with the special symbol 12 increases as time passes. However, depending on the case, special symbols 12 of the same type may be lined up, or a lineup may occur in which the jackpot reliability is low.

After the special symbol 12 is displayed in this way, the notification of the winning / failing determination result, which was in the middle of notification at the time of winning, is completed (see FIG. 4C), and the notification of the next winning / failing determination result is started. And. That is, among those in which the special symbol 12 is set, the notification of the hit / miss determination result is completed first, but the effect of notifying the hit / miss determination result is started. At this time, the variation of the identification symbol 80 is started, but the set special symbol 12 starts to fluctuate mixed with the fluctuating identification symbol 80. Specifically, the special symbol 12 displayed as the reserved symbol 10 is enlarged to the same size as the identification symbol 80 while maintaining its mode, and starts to fluctuate mixed with the identification symbol 80. It should be noted that, from the player's point of view, "maintaining the mode" as used herein can be understood that the special symbol 12 as the reserved symbol 10 and the special symbol 12 as the symbol that fluctuates with the identification symbol 80 are the same. It means the degree. Therefore, enlargement / reduction of the design and some modifications are included in "maintaining the mode". Further, at least at the time when the special symbol 12 starts to fluctuate together with the identification symbol 80, the special symbol 12 has lost the function as the reserved symbol 10 (it is not a symbol that already indicates the hold). , In the present specification, those that fluctuate are also described as special symbols 12.

In the present embodiment, among the fluctuating left, middle, and right (referring to the relative positional relationship seen from the player side) identification symbol group, the special symbol 12 set is mixed with the middle identification symbol group. It fluctuates (see FIG. 5 (a)). That is, in the center of the display area 911, a symbol group in which a special symbol 12 is added to a plurality of preset identification symbols 80 (FIG. 9 shows an image diagram of the symbol group) fluctuates. The position of the special symbol 12 in the symbol group may be any position. The position of the special symbol 12 may be the same each time, or may change each time. Further, as a special symbol 12 including a symbol representing a number such as any of the identification symbols 80, the special symbol 12 may be varied together with the identification symbol group. In this case, the order of the special symbols 12 in the fluctuating symbol group may be set at a position corresponding to the symbol representing the number included in the special symbol 12. For example, when a group of identification symbols 80 is from "1" to "9" and the special symbol 12 includes a number representing "4", the position of the identification symbol 80 of "4" (the special symbol 12 changes). By displaying the special symbol 12 at the position where the identification symbol 80 of "4" was displayed before being displayed as one of the symbol groups, the special symbol 12 including the display of the "4" can be displayed. It is possible to make it look like one of the identification symbols 80.

As described above, in the present embodiment, there is no hit / fail judgment that is prior to the target hit / fail judgment, and the hit / fail judgment used for the symbol suggestion effect is not a big hit. Utilizing this, during the effect of notifying each hit / fail determination result, an effect of whether or not the stop symbol of the identification symbol group while the special symbol 12 is added and fluctuates becomes the special symbol 12 (hereinafter referred to as an intermediate effect). (Sometimes referred to as) is executed. Specifically, an effect of reducing the fluctuation speed and inciting whether or not the special symbol 12 is stopped is executed (see FIG. 5 (b)). As will be described later, such an intermediate effect will be repeated, but whether or not to stop the special symbol 12 in each intermediate effect is determined by a lottery in which the content of the effect is determined in advance.

In this example, the first halfway effect is an effect indicating whether or not the fourth special symbol 124 is stopped. It is assumed that the fourth special symbol 124 is stopped in the intermediate effect (hereinafter, the case where the special symbol 12 is stopped may be referred to as a successful intermediate effect) (see FIG. 5C). In this case, the fourth special symbol 124 is displayed as the candidate symbol 30 (see FIG. 6A). The candidate symbol 30 is a symbol that can become a suggestion symbol 20 in the future. The candidate symbol 30 is displayed at a predetermined position in the display area 911.

On the other hand, when the fourth special symbol 124 does not stop (hereinafter, the case where the special symbol 12 does not stop may be referred to as a failure halfway effect) (see FIG. 5 (d)), the fourth special symbol 124 is not a candidate symbol 30 (see FIG. 8 (a)). Therefore, the fourth special symbol 124 does not finally become the suggestion symbol 20.

In this way, the effect of notifying the next hit / fail determination result (variation of the identification symbol 80) is started. Similarly, in the next halfway effect, the third special symbol 123 is variablely displayed mixed with the identification symbol 80 inside (see FIG. 6A), and the midway effect that encourages whether or not the third special symbol 123 is stopped. Is executed (see FIG. 6 (b)). Here, when the third special symbol 123 is stopped in the middle of success (see FIG. 6 (c)), the third special symbol 123 becomes the candidate symbol 30 (see FIG. 7 (a)). That is, the third special symbol 123 becomes the candidate symbol 30 in place of the fourth special symbol 124 that has already been set as the candidate symbol 30. As will be described later, since the finally remaining candidate symbol 30 becomes the suggestion symbol 20, the special symbol 12 with higher reliability is set (changes) as the candidate symbol 30 that can be the suggestion symbol 20. There is a possibility), which is a highly tasteful production.

When the third special symbol 123 is not stopped and the effect is halfway failed (see FIG. 6 (d)), the fourth special symbol 124 is maintained as the candidate symbol 30 (see FIG. 8 (b)).

In this way, after this (after FIG. 6C), the intermediate effect of whether or not the second special symbol 122 is stopped and the intermediate effect of whether or not the first special symbol 121 is stopped are executed. .. Since the final halfway effect is executed during the effect of notifying the target hit / miss determination result, the end of the halfway effect does not end the effect of notifying the hit / fail determination result. That is, after the halfway effect, the effect of notifying the success / failure determination result is further continued. On the other hand, since the mid-term effect prior to the final mid-term effect uses an effect in which the hit / fail judgment result is out of order, the notification of the pass / fail judgment result may be completed at the end of the halfway effect. , Another effect may be performed. In addition, when a successful mid-successful effect occurs, the special symbol 12 may be completely stopped so as not to move, or a state in which the player seems to be stopped but is slightly moving (temporary stop). ) May be configured. That is, the mode of stopping or temporarily stopping the special symbol 12 may be any mode as long as it gives the impression that the special symbol 12 that fluctuates together with the identification symbol 80 is selected and becomes the candidate symbol 30.

As described above, since the candidate symbol 30 may be replaced by the occurrence of the successful mid-career effect, the last remaining candidate symbol 30 is the special symbol 12 that was the target of the latter half of the successful mid-term effect. Become. Since the mid-term production is executed for the special symbol 12 whose jackpot reliability is gradually increasing, the player hopes that the mid-term production in the latter half will be a successful mid-term production as much as possible.

In the present embodiment, when the symbol suggestion effect occurs, any one of the displayed special symbols 12 is always set as the suggestion symbol 20. Therefore, if the failed half-finished production continues until the half-finished production immediately before the last half-finished production, the final half-finished production is always a successful half-finished production. With such a setting, in some cases, the early stage of the symbol suggestion effect can be an interesting effect in which it is hoped that a failure mid-term effect will occur.

However, this is just an example. The production may end without any of the special symbols 12 becoming the suggestion symbol 20. With such a configuration, the symbol suggestion effect may end without setting the suggestion symbol 20, and the possibility of a big hit may disappear. Therefore, the first half of the series of symbol suggestion effects, Regardless of the latter half, when a successful mid-career effect occurs in the middle of the production (when the special symbol 12 stops), it is better than when it fails (when the special symbol 12 does not stop). However, it means that an event that is advantageous to the player has occurred.

Further, if a failure halfway effect occurs in the middle, the candidate symbol 30 displayed in the previous successful midway effect may be maintained up to the effect of notifying the target hit / fail determination result and become the suggestion symbol 20. .. That is, when a failure halfway effect occurs, the halfway effect may not occur until the target result of the hit / miss determination is produced thereafter.

The finally remaining candidate symbol 30 is set as a suggestion symbol 20 (see FIG. 7B). As described above, in the present embodiment, it is set as suggesting the content of the battle effect to be executed after that. That is, it is set to indicate the strength (type of enemy character) of the enemy character that confronts the ally character (see FIG. 7C). Since the number of stars indicates the strength of the enemy character, the more successful the mid-term production in the latter half, the lower (weaker) the strength of the enemy character to confront. That is, there is a high probability that the ally character will win, which is a desirable outcome for the player. For example, as shown in FIG. 7B, when the finally remaining candidate symbol 30 is the second special symbol 122, the second special symbol 122 is set as the suggestion symbol 20 (in other words, the second special symbol 122). (I) The mid-career production corresponding to the special symbol 121 was a failure mid-career production). After that, as shown in FIG. 7C, the battle effect with the enemy character (strength of two stars) corresponding to the second special symbol 122 set as the suggestion symbol 20 is started.

In addition, what the suggestion symbol 20 suggests may be anything as long as it suggests the probability that the hit / miss determination result will be a big hit. In the present embodiment, it is determined that the winning / failing judgment result becomes a big hit by winning the battle effect, but the winning / failing judgment result may be directly suggested by the suggestion symbol 20 in this way. It may be configured to indirectly suggest the result of the hit / fail judgment. For example, the suggestion symbol 20 may be used to suggest the victory or defeat of the battle effect, and if the battle effect is won, it may be easy to shift to the effect with higher jackpot reliability. In this case, what the suggestion symbol 20 suggests is whether or not it is easy to shift to a production with high jackpot reliability, and it can be said that it indirectly suggests the result of the hit / fail determination.

According to the game machine 1 according to the present embodiment described above, any one of the special symbols 12 set as the reserved symbol 10 is set as the suggestion symbol 20 suggesting the probability that the hit / fail judgment of the target will be a hit. , It is possible to perform an interesting production that has never existed before.

Further, when each hit / fail determination result corresponding to the special symbol 12 is notified, an intermediate effect indicating whether or not the special symbol 12 may be set as the suggestion symbol 20 is executed. It is a thing. That is, it is possible to make the effect for notifying the hit / fail determination result corresponding to the reserved symbol 10 being the special symbol 12 also function as an effect indicating whether or not the special symbol 12 is set as the suggestion symbol 20. Is.

In addition, when a plurality of successful mid-career effects are executed, the special symbol 12 that is the target of the successful mid-career effect executed in the latter half of the plurality of successful mid-term effects is set as the suggestion symbol 20. Therefore, it appears as if one special symbol 12 was once set as the suggestion symbol 20 (a symbol that can be the suggestion symbol 20 is set as the candidate symbol 30), and then another special symbol 12 is set as the suggestion symbol 20. It is possible to make it an interesting production that there are times. In addition, it is possible to create a fun effect of which special symbol 12 is set as the suggestion symbol 20.

Further, when a plurality of reserved symbols 10 become special symbols 12, there is a probability (big hit reliability) that the hit / fail judgment suggested by the suggested symbols 20 is a hit when each of the special symbols 12 is set as the suggested symbol 20. Since it is set so as to be higher as the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed later, a series of effects of whether or not the special symbol 12 is set as the suggestion symbol 20 will be performed in the latter half of the series of effects. The more it is, the more the special symbol 12 that is pleasing to the player is used, and it is possible to make an interesting production in which the sense of expectation gradually increases. In particular, in the present embodiment, since the special symbol 12 that is the target of the successful mid-career effect executed in the latter half is set as the suggestion symbol 20, the symbol that seems to be once set as the suggestion symbol 20 ( Since the candidate symbol 30) may change to another symbol with a higher probability of winning the hit / fail judgment, it is possible to further improve the taste of the production.

Further, in the midway effect, the corresponding special symbol 12 is displayed in a variable manner together with the identification symbol 80 that notifies the result of the hit / fail determination, and the symbol that is selected from the identification symbol 80 and the symbol group including the special symbol and stopped or temporarily stopped is the special symbol. When it is 12, it indicates that the special symbol 12 may be a suggestion symbol 20. Since the identification symbol 80 indicates a hit / fail determination result, the player pays attention to what kind of symbol stops. Therefore, if the special symbol 12 fluctuates together with the identification symbol 80 that notifies the result of the hit / miss determination, the player's interest in the special symbol 12 that fluctuates together with the identification symbol 80 can be further increased. Further, it is possible to make the identification symbol 80 appear to be stopped and the special symbol 12 to be stopped, which is an effect that surprises the player.

In the present embodiment, the reserved symbol 10 until the effect of notifying the target hit / miss determination result is set to the special symbol 12, and one of the identification symbols 80 is stopped or the special symbol 12 is stopped as an intermediate effect for each change. The effect of letting (candidate symbol 30 be used) is performed, but as an intermediate effect, a plurality of types of special symbols 12 are assumed to fluctuate in addition to the identification symbol 80, and then the plurality of types of special symbols 12 There is a possibility that an effect indicating which of the above stops may occur. For example, if the fourth special symbol 124 is stopped in the first halfway effect, the next halfway effect is an effect of whether the fourth special symbol 124 is stopped or the third special symbol 123 is stopped, and then the next halfway effect. Then, the special symbol 12 stopped in the second halfway effect is stopped or the second special symbol 122 is stopped, and in the next halfway effect, the special symbol 12 stopped in the third halfway effect is displayed. It may be an effect that any one of a plurality of types of special symbols 12 may be stopped, such as an effect of stopping or the first special symbol 121 being stopped.

Further, in the present embodiment, the candidate symbol 30 is displayed separately from the sequential variation display until the variation that notifies the target hit / fail determination result, but the candidate symbol is displayed until the variation that notifies the target pass / fail determination result starts. 30 may not be displayed, but may be configured to be finally displayed as a suggestion symbol 20 based on the result of passing through the mid-term effect when the variation for notifying the target hit / miss determination result starts.

Further, since the special symbol 12 and the suggestion symbol 20 suggest the contents of the effect of notifying the target hit / fail determination result (battle effect in the present embodiment), the suggestion symbol 20 and the target hit / fail determination result It is possible to make an interesting production that is linked to the production that notifies.

Hereinafter, a specific example (modification example) in which the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment configured as described above is described more specifically will be described.

-Determining the content of the symbol suggestion effect The lottery for determining the content of the symbol suggestion effect (method for determining the content of the symbol suggestion effect) can be, for example, as follows. As the first lottery mode, it can be exemplified that only the type of the suggestion symbol 20 finally set is involved in the jackpot reliability (in a series of symbol suggestion effects, the suggestion symbol suggests the jackpot reliability). It is only 20 and the jackpot reliability may be suggested by other productions). That is, the special symbol 12 set as the suggestion symbol 20 is determined by lottery based on whether or not the hit / fail determination for which the hit / fail determination result is notified after the symbol suggestion effect is a big hit. The case where the hit / fail determination result is a big hit is a lottery mode in which the suggestion symbol 20 having a higher jackpot reliability is set than the case where the result is a big hit. For the contents of the other symbol suggestion effects, a lottery mode is used regardless of whether or not the target hit / fail judgment is a big hit. Specifically, other than determining the special symbol 12 that is finally set as the suggestion symbol 20, for example, which special symbol 12 is set as the candidate symbol 30 in the middle stage of the production (how many times the mid-successful production occurs). The lottery for determining the content such as whether to do (how many times the replacement of the candidate symbol 30 occurs) is a lottery mode (for example, a lottery at the time of winning) that has nothing to do with whether or not the winning / failing judgment is a big hit. In this way, if only the finally set suggestion symbol 20 is involved in the jackpot reliability in the series of symbol suggestion effects, the progress of the effect can be determined regardless of the result of the hit / fail judgment. For example, even when the number of reserved symbols 10 that can be used for the symbol suggestion effect is small, the symbol suggestion effect can be executed (the decrease in the frequency of occurrence of the symbol suggestion effect can be suppressed). is there.

On the other hand, as the second lottery mode, it can be exemplified that not only the type of the suggestion symbol 20 finally set but also the progress of the production is related to the jackpot reliability. In this lottery mode, the special symbol 12 set as the suggestion symbol 20 is determined by lottery based on whether or not the hit / fail determination for which the hit / fail determination result is notified through the symbol suggestion effect is a big hit. At the same time, in the middle stage of the production, the content such as which special symbol 12 is to be the candidate symbol 30 (how many times the mid-successful production occurs (how many times the replacement of the candidate symbol 30 occurs)) is targeted. It is decided based on whether or not the hit / fail judgment is a big hit. For example, the case where the target hit / fail judgment is a big hit is set so that the number of times the successful mid-successful effect occurs is larger than the case where the target hit / miss judgment is a big hit. With such a setting, even if the finally set suggestion symbol 20 is the same, the jackpot reliability will differ depending on the number of times the successful mid-career effect occurs. In this way, not only the suggestion symbol 20 that is finally set, but also the progress of the production can be an interesting production that is related to the jackpot reliability.

Various examples can be given as the contents that can be involved in the jackpot reliability. As described above, it is possible to set the jackpot reliability to be higher as the number of times the successful mid-successful effect occurs. On the contrary, it can be set so that the higher the number of times the successful mid-career production occurs, the lower the jackpot reliability. Further, the higher the jackpot reliability when the special symbol 12 set as the candidate symbol 30 is set as the suggestion symbol 20, the higher the jackpot reliability can be set. For example, even if the number of occurrences of the successful mid-career effect is the same once and the finally set suggestion symbol 20 is exactly the same, the content of the candidate symbol 30 set in the middle of the effect. The jackpot reliability can be different depending on the type. It is also possible that the number of special symbols 12 at the start of the symbol suggestion effect is related to the jackpot reliability.

-Determining the reserved symbol to be used for the symbol suggestion effect In the above embodiment, all of the reserved symbols 10 corresponding to the target hit / fail judgment and the notification of the hit / fail judgment result completed before that are any of the special symbols 12. Although it has been explained that the symbol 10 is set to the special symbol 12, a part of the reserved symbol 10 may be set to the special symbol 12. For example, the reserved symbol 10 corresponding to the target hit / fail determination may be configured such that the special symbol 12 is not set (normal symbol 11 is left as it is). In addition, a part of the reserved symbol 10 corresponding to the one for which the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed before the target hit / fail judgment may not be the special symbol 12 (the normal symbol 11 remains). can do.

In addition, when deciding which of the reserved symbols 10 is to be the special symbol 12, the information regarding the winning / failing determination associated with the one in which the notification of the winning / failing determination result is completed before the target winning / failing determination is referred to. When specific information (pre-reading effect other than the special symbol 12) is associated with a part of the specific information, the symbol suggestion effect is executed without using the reserved symbol 10 to which the specific information is associated. You can also do it. That is, at least a part of the reserved symbol 10 corresponding to the one in which the notification of the hit / fail determination result is completed after the reserved symbol 10 associated with the specific information is set to one of the plurality of types of special symbols 12. ..

Examples of the associated specific information include those in which a hold change effect occurs in which the hold symbol 10 has a different mode from the normal symbol 11 (hereinafter, the hold symbol 10 having a mode different from the normal symbol 11). The specific symbol 13 used for the so-called pending change effect. The type of the specific symbol 13 may be one or a plurality of types). It should be noted that the state in which the pending change occurs here is not only the one in which the pending change has already occurred and the specific symbol 13 is displayed, but also the state in which the normal symbol 11 is displayed as the reserved symbol 10 at a certain point in time. Even so, there is a possibility that a pending change will occur in which the normal symbol 11 is designated as the specific symbol 13 in the future. In this way, when a so-called hold change effect in which the mode of the hold symbol 10 is a specific symbol 13 different from the normal symbol 11 occurs or is scheduled to occur, the hold symbol 10 or the hold symbol 13 which is the specific symbol 13 or It is possible to execute the symbol suggestion effect by using at least a part of the reserved symbol 10 after the reserved symbol 10 scheduled to be the specific symbol 13. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the second hold is the specific symbol 13 in the order in which the notification of the hit / fail determination result is started (see FIG. 10A), a new hold (fourth hold). ) Occurs, and when it is decided to execute the symbol suggestion effect for the hold, the symbol suggestion effect is executed using the third hold and the fourth hold (FIG. 10 (b)). reference). In this case, the symbol suggestion effect is started after the notification of the hit / miss determination result corresponding to the specific symbol 13 is completed (see FIG. 10C). With such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the occurrence (scheduled to occur) of the hold change effect from hindering the execution of the symbol suggestion effect (the hold change effect is not executed). However, it is not a necessary condition to execute the design suggestion effect). That is, when both the hold change effect and the symbol suggestion effect can be executed, it is possible to prevent the frequency of occurrence of the symbol suggestion effect from decreasing.

In addition, various examples other than those related to the above-mentioned pending change can be exemplified as the ones to which the specific information is associated. For example, it is determined that the effect of notifying the result of the hit / fail determination is the so-called reach effect (including the so-called super reach effect) as the specific information is associated with the effect, and the subsequent reserved symbol 10 is used to suggest the symbol. It can be assumed that the production may occur. The reach effect is, for example, a state in which a part of the identification symbol 80 (for example, two of the three identification symbols 80) is stopped, and there is still a possibility of a big hit. In such a reach effect, the effect of notifying the hit / fail judgment result may be longer than when the reach effect does not occur (so-called out-of-order effect), so that a symbol suggestion effect is generated using it. Try not to. Then, the possibility of occurrence of the symbol suggestion effect using the reserved symbol 10 after that is not denied, so that the decrease in the frequency of occurrence of the symbol suggestion effect may be suppressed.

In the present embodiment, when a symbol suggestion effect occurs, a group of symbols other than the symbol group (in the present embodiment, the symbol group in the middle) is mixed and fluctuates so that the symbols are not aligned until the fluctuation that notifies the target hit / fail judgment result. The identification symbol 80 constituting the symbol group of the above has a different aspect. With this configuration, if the special symbol 12 is in a mode including numbers, it is possible to prevent it from appearing as if a combination that would be a big hit has occurred. It is configured to perform the same control even when the target hit / fail judgment result is out of order. However, if the hit / fail determination result is a hit, the number included in the special symbol 12 and the identification symbol 80 may be combined to notify the hit. Even without such a configuration, by setting the numbers included in the special symbol 12 to be different from the numbers of each identification symbol 80, it looks as if a big hit combination has occurred. It is possible to prevent the situation from occurring.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments (and specific examples thereof, etc.), and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is possible.

For example, in the game machine 1 according to the above embodiment, the reserved symbol 10 is displayed on the main display device 91 that executes various effects, but is reserved on a sub display device different from the main display device 91. The same technical idea can be applied to those on which a design is displayed. For example, the special symbol 12 displayed on the sub display device may be displayed as if it has moved to the main display device 91, and a midway effect that fluctuates together with the identification symbol 80 may be executed. ..

Further, in the above embodiment, it has been explained that the special symbol 12 fluctuates together with the identification symbol 80 in the symbol suggestion effect, but the normal symbol 11 may fluctuate together with the identification symbol 80. That is, any mode of the reserved symbol 10 that changes with the identification symbol 80 may be used. Further, in an effect other than the symbol suggestion effect, the reserved symbol 10 may fluctuate together with the identification symbol 80. In this case, only when the reserved symbol 10 is in a mode other than the normal symbol 11 (special mode), the configuration may be changed together with the identification symbol 80.

Further, although the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, it is also possible to apply the above-mentioned symbol suggestion effect as an effect of another gaming machine such as a slot machine. For example, as one of the effects of notifying the hit / fail judgment result of the slot machine, it is known that an effect (pachinko effect) that seems to notify the result of the hit / fail judgment of the pachinko gaming machine can be executed. As such an effect, it is also possible to apply the above-mentioned symbol suggestion effect to other gaming machines such as slot machines.

Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiments are listed below.
The gaming machine according to the means 1 displays a storage means capable of storing a plurality of information related to the winning / failing determination and a holding symbol associated with each of the information regarding the winning / failing determination stored in the pre-storage means. The reserved symbol corresponding to at least a part of the target hit / fail judgment and the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed before that is set to one of a plurality of types of special symbols. , Any of the set special symbols is set as a suggestion symbol that suggests the probability that the target hit / fail judgment will be a hit until the notification of the target hit / fail judgment result is completed. It is characterized in that the suggestion effect is feasible.
According to the gaming machine according to the means 1, one of the special symbols set as the reserved symbol may be set as a suggestion symbol suggesting the probability that the hit / fail judgment of the target will be a hit, which has never been done before. It is possible to perform an interesting production.
In the gaming machine according to the means 1, when the winning / failing determination result corresponding to the reserved symbol having become the special symbol is notified in the gaming machine described in the means 1, the special symbol is the suggested symbol. It is characterized by performing an intermediate production indicating whether or not there is a possibility of being set as.
If the configuration is similar to that of the game machine according to the means 2, it indicates whether or not the special symbol is set as the suggestion symbol for the effect for notifying the hit / fail determination result corresponding to the reserved symbol that is the special symbol. It can also function as a production.
In the gaming machine according to the means 3, in the gaming machine described in the means 2, a plurality of successful mid-term effects indicating that the special symbol may be set as the suggestion symbol are executed as the mid-term effects. In this case, the special symbol that is the target of the success mid-term effect executed in the latter half of the plurality of successful mid-term effects is set as the suggestion symbol.
If the configuration is similar to that of the game machine according to the means 3, one special symbol may be set as a suggestion symbol, and then another special symbol may be set as a suggestion symbol, which is an interesting effect. It is possible to
The game machine according to the means 4 is the game machine according to any one of the means 1 to the means 3 when a plurality of the reserved symbols are the special symbols and each of the special symbols is set as the suggestion symbol. The probability that the hit / fail judgment suggested by the suggestion symbol will be a hit becomes higher as the notification of the hit / miss judgment result is completed later.
If the configuration is similar to that of the game machine according to the means 4, the series of effects of whether or not the special symbol is set as the suggestion symbol is the latter half of the series of effects, the more the special symbol is pleasing to the player. Since it is used, it is possible to create an interesting production in which expectations gradually increase. In particular, if this configuration is applied to the above-mentioned configuration in which the special symbol targeted for the successful mid-career effect executed in the latter half is set as the suggestion symbol, it looks as if it was once set as the suggestion symbol. Since there is a possibility that the symbol will change to another symbol that is more likely to be a hit, it is possible to further improve the taste of the production.
The gaming machine according to the means 5 is the gaming machine according to any one of the means 2 to the means 4, and the intermediate effect is displayed in a variable manner together with the identification symbol in which the corresponding special symbol notifies the result of the hit / miss determination, and the identification symbol is displayed. And, when the symbol selected from the symbol group including the special symbol and stopped or temporarily stopped is a special symbol, the special symbol may be the suggestion symbol.
Since the identification symbol indicates the result of the hit / fail judgment, the player pays attention to what kind of symbol stops. If the special symbol fluctuates together with the identification symbol for notifying the hit / fail determination result as in the game machine according to the above means 5, the player's interest in the special symbol fluctuating with the identification symbol can be further increased. Is. In addition, it is possible to make the identification symbol appear to stop and the special symbol to stop, which is a production that surprises the player.
The gaming machine according to the means 6 is the gaming machine according to any one of the means 1 to the means 5, and the special symbol and the suggestion symbol suggest the content of the effect of notifying the target hit / fail determination result. It is characterized by that.
If the configuration is similar to that of the game machine according to the means 6, it is possible to make an interesting effect in which the suggestion symbol and the effect of notifying the target hit / miss determination result are linked.
In the gaming machine according to the means 7, in the gaming machine described in any one of the means 1 to the means 6, specific information is associated with a part of the gaming machine in which the notification of the winning / failing result is completed before the target hit / fail judgment. If so, at least a part of the reserved symbols associated with the ones for which the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed after the reserved symbols associated with the specific information is set to one of a plurality of types of special symbols. It is characterized by being done.
The gaming machine according to the means 8 is characterized in that, in the gaming machine described in the means 7, at least a part of the specific information indicates that the corresponding reserved symbol is a specific symbol other than the normal symbol. And.
By making the symbol suggestion effect occur in the reserved symbol after the reserved symbol to which the specific information is associated, such as the game machine according to the means 7 and 8, the reserved symbol to which the specific information is associated is generated. It is possible to prevent the frequency of occurrence of the symbol suggestion effect from being greatly reduced due to the presence of.

1 Game machine 10 Reserved symbol 11 Normal symbol 12 Special symbol 121 First special symbol 122 Second special symbol 123 Third special symbol 124 Fourth special symbol 13 Specific symbol 20 Suggested symbol 30 Candidate symbol 80 Identification symbol 91 Display device 911 Display area

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A storage means capable of storing a plurality of information related to the pass / fail judgment, and
A display means for displaying a reserved symbol associated with each of the information regarding the hit / fail determination stored in the storage means, and
With
Two or more of the above-mentioned reserved symbols corresponding to at least a part of the target hit / fail judgment and the notification of the hit / fail judgment result are completed before that are set to one of a plurality of types of special symbols, and then the setting is made. Any one of the two or more special symbols is set as a suggestion symbol suggesting the probability that the target hit / fail judgment will be a hit until the notification of the target hit / fail judgment result is completed. Design suggestion production is feasible,
When the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed before the target hit / fail judgment, but the specific information is associated with a part of the hit / fail judgment result, the reserved symbol associated with the specific information is regarded as a specific symbol other than the normal symbol. However, in a state where the specific symbol is displayed as a reserved symbol, two or more of the reserved symbols associated with the one in which the notification of the hit / fail judgment result is completed after the one corresponding to the specific symbol is a plurality of special types. A gaming machine characterized in that it may be set to any of the symbols.

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