JP6978667B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a ball game machine having a game area in which a game ball is launched.

Conventionally, among various types of ball game machines, the so-called first-class pachinko game machine has a plurality of symbols changed in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided in the substantially center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as "design variation" or "variation display", etc.). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called a big hit, in which more prize balls can be obtained than in a normal game when the combination of symbols when the movement of symbols in multiple rows is stopped becomes a specific mode. Known as a thing. In the variable display of symbols in the display area, not only a plurality of symbols are variablely displayed, but also the variable display time is usually set in a state where one more symbol is aligned and a big hit is obtained, as in the so-called reach screen. It is designed to raise the expectations of the player, such as making it longer than the original. In addition, the player's expectation is raised by the effect of using characters in images such as patterns to give a story to the variable display and the advance notice effect that suggests the high degree of expectation for transition to special games. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-230714

There is a ball game machine that counts down the remaining time until an effect such as a reach mode effect or a notice effect is executed, and raises the expectation of the effect to be executed after the remaining time becomes zero. In such a production, in order to raise the expectation of the player, a technique for performing a more effective production is required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of performing more effective production.

The ball game machine of a certain aspect of the present invention is based on a gaming board in which a gaming area is formed, a starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, and a lottery value acquired when the ball enters the starting opening. There are a winning / failing determination means for executing the winning / failing determination, a special game control means for executing a special game more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the winning / failing determination has a predetermined result, and a symbol for showing the result of the winning / failing determination. It is provided with an effect display device that is variablely displayed and displays an effect, and an effect control means for controlling the execution of the effect. It has a plurality of types of expectation suggestion effects that suggest the expectation that the hit / fail judgment has a predetermined result, and the expectation suggestion effects can be executed multiple times within one symbol change period from the start of the change of the symbol to the stop of the change. Is. A notice object that suggests the execution of the expectation suggestion effect can be displayed in advance, and the notice object is accumulated before the execution of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested, and the notice object is digested as a trigger. Expectation suggestion effect to be suggested is executed. A plurality of advance notice objects can be accumulated at the same time, and a plurality of accumulated advance notice objects can suggest execution of a plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects that can be executed at different timings within one symbol variation period. Multiple notice objects can be digested at the same time, and the degree of expectation of transition to the special game differs depending on at least one of the digestion number and the digestion timing of the notice objects that are digested at the same time.

It should be noted that any combination of the above components, and those in which the components and expressions of the present invention are mutually replaced between methods, devices, systems, computer programs, recording media containing computer programs, data structures, and the like are also used. , Is effective as an aspect of the present invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of performing more effective production.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure on the front side of a pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure on the back side of a pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a main board. It is a figure which shows the hit / fail determination table schematically. It is a figure which shows schematically the symbol determination table. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table schematically. It is a figure which shows typically the advance hit / fail determination table referred to in the advance hit / fail judgment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a sub-board. It is a figure which shows the outline of the mobile cooperation system schematically. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware composition of a main board and a sub board schematicly. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware composition of an effect control device schematicly. It is a flowchart which shows the control start processing of the main board in a pachinko gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of an interrupt process. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of a sub-board in a pachinko gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S518 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the interrupt process when the command is received from the main board. It is a flowchart which shows the interrupt process when the timer interrupt for effect display control occurs. It is a flowchart which shows the interrupt process when a sub CPU receives a command from a control CPU. It is a flowchart which shows the interrupt process when the timer interrupt for various device control occurs. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the special symbol variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the decorative pattern variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special game. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a small hit game. It is a figure which shows the display example of a stock effect. It is a figure which shows the display example of the expectation degree suggestion effect with digestion of a notice object. It is a figure which shows the kind of an effect pattern. It is a figure which shows the expectation degree suggestion effect which can be performed in each effect process. It is a figure which shows the display example of the expectation degree suggestion effect with digestion of a notice object. It is a figure which shows the display example of the expectation degree suggestion effect with digestion of a notice object. It is a figure which shows the display example of the expectation degree suggestion effect with digestion of a notice object. It is a figure which shows typically the setting example of the individual effect pattern. It is a figure which shows the setting example of the advance notice digestion pattern. It is a figure which shows typically the correction method of the individual effect pattern. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the effect determination process when the effect pattern which can execute the stock effect is selected. It is a figure which shows the display example of a stock effect. It is a figure which shows the display example of the expectation degree suggestion effect with digestion of a notice object.

(Prerequisite technology)
In the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment, a plurality of games corresponding to the conventional type 1 pachinko gaming machine are mixed. The second game is preferentially executed so that the first game and the second game as the plurality of games are not executed at the same time. Further, in order to achieve both of these playability, a plurality of start winning openings, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of hold lamps are provided. It is designed so that the number of big hits in the second game is generally larger than the number of big hits in the first game. For example, the second game has a higher probability of becoming a big hit with a probability change, and the second game has a larger number of unit games constituting a special game when a big hit occurs (opening time of the big winning opening). A long open unit game and a short open unit game with a short open time are mixed in one special game, and even if the number of unit games is the same, the second game is a longer open unit game than the first game. The second game is designed to have a relatively higher profit than the first game, such as (including the case where the number of games is large). On top of that, at first, aim for the first hit in the first game, and after the big hit in the first game gives a time reduction, aim for the second game repeatedly and get a lot of balls. Realize.

FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. The pachinko gaming machine 100 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes an outer frame 101, a front frame 102, a transparent plate 103, a door 104, an upper ball plate 105, a lower ball plate 106, a firing handle 107, a speaker 108, an effect button 109, and a cross key 110. Includes decorative lamp 111. The outer frame 101 has an opening portion and is a frame body for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 100 at a position where it should be installed. The front frame 102 is a frame body that matches the opening portion of the outer frame 101, and is attached to the outer frame 101 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 102 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably accommodating the game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

The transparent plate 103 is formed of glass or the like and is supported by the door 104. The door 104 is attached to the front frame 102 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball plate 105 has a mechanism for storing the game ball, sending the game ball to the launch rail, extracting the game ball from the lower ball plate 106, and the like. The lower ball plate 106 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. Speakers 108 are provided on the left and right sides of the upper part of the door 104, and sound effects and music sounds according to the game state and the effect are output by means for controlling the effect. Most of the resin members constituting the appearance of the door 104 are translucent, and the decorative lamp 111 is provided inside the transparent member. The decorative lamp 111 is an LED that emits light in various colors according to the game state, the effect, etc. by means for controlling the effect, and plays a role of the effect by blinking or the like.

The game board 80 has a first starting port 11, a second starting port 12, a large winning opening 20, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, and a general winning opening 33 on a game area 81 partitioned by a rail 82. , Out port 34, effect display device 60, center decoration 64. The center decoration 64 is a decorative resin member provided so as to form a screen frame of the effect display device 60 over substantially the central portion of the game area 81 and the upper portion and the right portion thereof, and is a flow path of the game ball and the effect display device. It has 60 functions such as protection and decoration. A stage 65 on which the inflowing game ball rolls is formed at the lower part of the center decoration 64, and the falling direction from the stage 65 is the direction of entering the first starting port 11 and the first starting port 11 depending on the rolling method. It is distributed to the side direction that does not enter the ball. At the upper part of the center decoration 64, a movable accessory 66 that is driven according to the content of the effect and performs an effect is provided. In the game area 81, a plurality of mechanisms such as game nails and windmills (not shown) for forming a flow path of the game ball are installed. In this specification, "winning ball", "winning prize", and "falling in" may be synonymous with each other. In addition, each winning opening and each entry opening may be composed of a type of "passing opening" (also referred to as "gate" or "through chucker") through which a game ball passes, and "entry ball". "Winning," "falling in," and "passing" may also be synonymous with each other.

The first starting port 11 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to the first game, and the second starting opening 12 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to the second game. The first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12 are configured so that the ball can be aimed at one side depending on the launch strength of the game ball according to the player's intention. The first starting port 11 is provided at a substantially central lower portion in the game area 81, and the second starting port 12 is provided directly below the first starting port 11. Left-handed, that is, when the ball is hit relatively weakly aiming to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64, it is possible or easy to enter the first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12, while right-handed. That is, when the ball is hit relatively strongly aiming to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64, the ball can enter the second starting port 12 or is easy to enter, but cannot enter the first starting port 11. Alternatively, a flow path is formed by arranging the game nails so as to make it difficult to enter the ball. However, since the upper part of the opening of the second starting port 12 is normally covered with the first starting port 11 and the inflow of the game ball is hindered, the second starting port is not opened unless the expanding mechanism of the second starting port 12 is opened. It is impossible or difficult to enter the ball at 12. The winning / failing lottery is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift from a normal game to a special game that is advantageous to the player, and is executed every time a ball enters the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12. To.

The first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12 may be provided at positions separated from each other to such an extent that it is possible to strike a target at any of them depending on the firing strength of the game ball. The first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12 may be installed separately on the left side and the right side of the game area 81, respectively, so that it is difficult for a game ball aimed at one to enter the other. For example, the first starting port 11 is provided at a position where it is possible or easy to enter the ball when it is left-handed, that is, when it is aimed to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64 and fired relatively weakly. The second starting port 12 is provided at a position where it is possible or easy to enter the ball when it is hit right-handed, that is, when it is aimed to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64 and fired relatively strongly.

The first starting port 11 includes a first starting winning detection device 16. The first start winning detection device 16 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the first starting opening 11, and generates first starting winning information indicating the entry at the time of entry. The second starting port 12 includes a second starting winning detection device 17, an ordinary electric accessory 90 (so-called electric tulip) which is an expansion mechanism, and an ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91 for opening and closing the ordinary electric accessory 90. Be prepared. The second start winning detection device 17 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the second starting opening 12, and generates second starting winning information indicating the entry at the time of entry.

The first operating port 31 is provided at a position on the left side of the game area 81, and includes the first passage detecting device 36. The first passage detection device 36 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the first operating port 31, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The second operating port 32 is provided at a position on the right side of the game area 81, and includes a second passage detecting device 37. The second passage detection device 37 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the second operating port 32, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32 triggers an open lottery to determine whether or not to expand the ordinary electric accessory 90. When the game ball passes through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32, the normal symbol, which is a symbol showing the determination result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display unit 45. Therefore, the open lottery is also called "ordinary symbol lottery". After a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the fluctuation, the fluctuation display of the normal symbol stops. When the normal symbol stops at the hit symbol, the normal electric accessory 90 is expanded by the driving force of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91, and the possibility of entering the second starting port 12 is increased. As a modification, the number of operating ports may be one, and the game area 81 may be provided at the left side position.

Each of the three general winning openings 33 includes a general winning detection device 38 for detecting the entry of a game ball. The general winning detection device 38 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 33, and generates general winning information indicating the entry at the time of entry.

The large winning opening 20 includes a large winning opening detection device 25 for detecting the entry of a game ball, and a large winning opening solenoid 92 for opening and closing the large winning opening 20. The large prize detection device 25 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the large prize opening 20, and generates large prize opening winning information indicating the entry at the time of entry. The big winning opening 20 is a horizontally rectangular winning opening that is opened as a "big hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined mode. The large winning opening 20 is provided at a position on the upper right side of the out opening 34. As a modification, another large winning opening may be provided at the lower center of the game area 81 or above or below the large winning opening 20, and a plurality of large winning openings may be provided. The out port 34 is a discharge port through which a game ball that has not entered any of the winning ports is discharged, and is provided with an out detection device 39. The out detection device 39 is a sensor that detects a game ball that is discharged through the out port 34, and generates discharge information indicating the detection at the time of detection. The out opening 34 is provided at the lowermost center portion of the game area 81 so that all the game balls that have not entered any of the winning openings can be guided and passed through. A plurality of out detection devices 39 may be provided side by side while ensuring a game ball passage having a sufficient width to prevent the out port 34 from being clogged with balls.

A symbol display unit 120 is arranged below the outside of the game area 81 in the game board 80. The symbol display unit 120 includes a first special symbol display unit 41, a second special symbol display unit 42, a first special symbol hold display unit 71, a second special symbol hold display unit 72, a normal symbol display unit 45, and a normal diagram. Each display unit such as a hold display unit 75, a game status display unit 76, and an abnormality notification unit 77 is provided. Specifically, the first special symbol display unit 41 corresponding to the first game and the second special symbol display unit 42 corresponding to the second game are arranged side by side at the lower left position, and the first special symbol Changes in 51 and the second special symbol 52 are displayed.

The first special symbol 51 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the first winning / failing lottery triggered by the entry of the game ball into the first starting port 11, and is a special game when stopped in a predetermined hit mode. A big hit will occur. The second special symbol 52 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the second winning / failing lottery triggered by the entry of the game ball into the second starting port 12, and is a special game when the game is stopped in a predetermined hit mode. A big hit will occur. The first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 42 are, for example, an eight-segment LED composed of seven segments forming a “figure 8” and eight segments of one segment representing a “dot”. Display device. With an 8-segment LED, a numerical value for 8 bits can be expressed by combining 8 segments. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 represented by the combination of segments do not necessarily form the body of letters or numbers, and may be symbols having no meaning in general formed by the combination of each segment. .. These symbols are replaced one after another at high speed and displayed on the first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 42, or a predetermined display (for example, "-") and non-display (for example, all lights are turned off) are displayed. By displaying the symbol corresponding to the determination result after being repeated for a predetermined time, the symbol variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is realized. The first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 42 use LED dot arrays that are not 8-segment LEDs, and a plurality of types of first special symbol 51 and second are used depending on the combination of lighting patterns and lighting colors. The special symbol 52 may be expressed.

Further, since the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 do not necessarily have to play a directing role, in this embodiment, the first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol at the lower left of the game area 81 are used. The display unit 42 displays the image in an inconspicuous size. However, when adopting a method of expressing the special symbol without using a decorative symbol by giving it a directing role, the special symbol is displayed on another display device such as a liquid crystal display instead of the 8-segment LED. It may be configured to make it.

A first special symbol hold display unit 71 is provided above the first special symbol display unit 41 as a hold lamp for special symbol fluctuation corresponding to the first game, and a second special symbol display unit 42 is provided above the second special symbol display unit 42. A second special symbol hold display unit 72 is provided as a hold lamp for the special symbol change corresponding to the game of. The first special figure reservation display unit 71 is composed of two lamps, and the number of winning / failing lottery values held in the first game depending on the number of lighting or blinking (hereinafter, the number of holdings of the winning / failing lottery value). Simply display (also referred to as "pending number"). The number of holdings in the first special symbol holding display unit 71 is the number of times (number) of acquisition of lottery values based on winning a prize in the first starting port 11 while the first special symbol 51 is changing or the special game is being executed. Indicates the number of winning balls that are present and the symbol change has not yet been executed. The second special figure hold display unit 72 is also composed of two lamps, and displays the number of holdes in the second game according to the number of lights or the number of blinks. The number of reservations in the second special symbol reservation display unit 72 is the number of times (number) of acquisition of lottery values based on winning a prize in the second starting port 12 while the second special symbol 52 is changing or the special game is being executed. Indicates the number of winning balls that are present and the symbol change has not yet been executed. The number of holdings of the winning / failing lottery value is also displayed at the lower part of the screen of the effect display device 60 in a form represented by the number of lighting of the holding lamp image.

A normal symbol display unit 45 is provided on the right side of the symbol display unit 120. The ordinary symbol display unit 45 is composed of two lamps for convenience, and the display state of the ordinary symbol is expressed by the lighting combination thereof. First, the fluctuation of the normal symbol is expressed by blinking the first lamp and the second lamp at the same time, and finally the stop symbol of the normal symbol is expressed by the combination of the lighting state of the first lamp and the second lamp. Is expressed. For example, turning on the first lamp and turning off the second lamp expresses the off-stop symbol, and turning off the first lamp and turning on the second lamp expresses the first hitting mode, and the first. The second hit mode is expressed by lighting both the lamp and the second lamp.

Further, on the right side of the normal symbol display unit 45, a normal symbol hold display unit 75 is provided as a hold lamp for the normal symbol change. The normal figure hold display unit 75 also consists of two lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations according to the number of lighting or the number of blinking. The number of reserved normal symbol changes is the number of game balls that have passed through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32 during the change of the normal symbol, and the number of normal symbol lottery for which the normal symbol change has not yet been executed. Is shown.

The symbol display unit 120 is provided with a game status display unit 76 and an abnormality notification unit 77. The game state display unit 76 is a display unit that displays a game state such as a specific game state, which will be described later, and is composed of, for example, one lamp and one 7-segment LED. For example, each game status is notified by turning on the lamp when the probability is fluctuating, blinking when the ball is easy to enter, and turning off when the normal state is in the normal state, and the 7-segment LED is displayed during the execution of the special game. Displays the number of unit games (number of rounds) to be executed in the special game. The abnormality notification unit 77 is a display unit that notifies a part of the abnormality of the gaming machine, and is composed of, for example, a plurality of lamps, and notifies the abnormality by a lighting pattern according to the type of abnormality. It should be noted that these display units may not be centrally arranged in the symbol display unit 120, and each display unit may be individually configured, or may be divided into a plurality of display devices that are appropriately integrated. Further, the notification of the gaming state such as the specific gaming state may be configured to be performed only for a predetermined period such as a certain time after the power is restored from the power failure.

At the substantially center of the game area 81, an effect display device 60 is provided so that the screen is exposed from the screen frame formed by the center decoration 64, and the decorative symbol 61 linked to the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is provided. The fluctuation of the including effect image is displayed. Hereinafter, such a display is referred to as "design variation" or "variation display" or the like.

The effect display device 60 is a display device including a liquid crystal display that variablely displays the decorative symbol 61 in conjunction with the variable display of the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52. The decorative symbol 61 is a symbol for visually producing the determination result display of the lottery shown by the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. As the decorative symbol 61, the effect display device 60 displays, for example, a moving image in which a plurality of rows of symbols imitating a game of a slot machine are varied in a central region of the screen. In this embodiment, the symbols composed of the numbers "0" to "9" are displayed in three columns and varied, and the combination of the three symbols finally stopped and displayed indicates hit or miss. Each of the plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 61 is composed of numbers, letters, or symbols decorated with colors and patterns, and these numbers, letters, and symbols are common to all symbols. It may be configured by adding a different pattern to each and integrating them. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or production set in the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is drawn, and may be, for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn. The decorative pattern 61 is switched between the case where the pattern including the pattern is integrally displayed and the case where the pattern is separated and only the numbers, letters, and symbols are displayed in a variable manner according to the development of the effect. It may be configured to be. In the background of the variable display of the decorative symbol 61, a moving image having a directing effect related to the decoration or the theme of the effect set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is displayed in conjunction with the variation of the symbol.

The effect display device 60 is composed of a liquid crystal display which is a high-definition dot matrix type display device, but the width of the display area may be about half the width of the game area, or a large size exceeding half. There may be. In the case of a large size, the game ball passage on the right side of the effect display device is formed with a passage width that allows one game ball to pass through, and if the player launches it with maximum strength as a so-called "right-handed", it will almost certainly be the right side passage. The game ball can be passed through, and it can be distinguished from the so-called "left-handed". The effect display device 60 is not limited to a single display device, but may be a combination of a plurality of display devices. In the case of a plurality of displays, displays of different sizes such as a combination of a main liquid crystal and a sub liquid crystal may be combined, the sub liquid crystal may be arranged at a position adjacent to the main liquid crystal, or a position other than the game board, for example, a launch handle. It may be installed in the vicinity of (upper ball plate, right decorative lamp, etc.). When installed in the vicinity of the firing handle, it may be configured in the form of a touch panel that can be operated and input by the player. The effect display device 60 is not limited to a liquid crystal display, and may be configured by a display device such as an organic EL display, a mechanical display means such as a drum rotation type, or a display means such as an LED matrix type. ..

The effect button 109 is an operation input means that the player presses to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine according to the effect content, and the effect content or the like is changed according to the pressing mode. The effect button 109 is provided on the front frame 102. The effect button 109 is normally stored in the front frame 102, but a rod-shaped member is attached to the back side of the effect button 109, and the rod-shaped member and the effect button 109 are oriented substantially perpendicular to the board surface. It is provided so that it can be projected. The rod-shaped member and the effect button 109 function as a lever 112 in a state of projecting to the outside, and the player can grasp the effect button 109 and pull the lever 112 downward. This also allows the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The cross key 110 is an operation input means for the player to input a direction instruction to the gaming machine, and is provided on the left outer wall surface of the upper ball plate 105.

The method of gaming and the flow of control performed in the gaming machine having the above configuration will be outlined. When the player rotates the launch handle 107 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball plate 105 are guided one by one to the rail 82 and launched to the game area 81 with the strength corresponding to the rotation angle. .. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 107 by hand, the firing of the game ball is repeated at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 81 hits a plurality of game nails, a windmill, a center decoration 64, etc., and falls in a direction corresponding to the way of hitting. When a game ball falls into each of the general winning opening 33, the first starting opening 11, the second starting opening 12, and the large winning opening 20, the winning ball according to the type of the winning opening is the upper ball plate 105 or the lower. It is paid out to the ball plate 106. The game ball that has fallen into each winning opening such as the general winning opening 33 is treated as a safe ball, and the game ball that has fallen into the out opening 34 is treated as an out ball. The specification may be such that the discharge of the safe sphere is excluded from the detection by the out detection device 39, or the safe sphere is also guided to the area where the out detection device 39 is provided and all the discharge is detected by the out detection device 39. May be. Alternatively, the specification may be such that the guide of the safe ball and the detection of the safe ball by the out detection device 39 are not performed, and the total of the number of detected balls of the safe ball added to the number of detected balls of the out ball is used as the number of ejected balls.

Further, when the game ball passes through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32, the normal symbol is variablely displayed on the normal symbol display unit 45, and is stopped and displayed after the variation display time determined prior to the display has elapsed. When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hit mode or the second hit mode, the normal electric accessory 90 is expanded based on the hit mode of the stop-displayed symbol and the gaming state when the stop is displayed. .. That is, when the gaming state when the symbol is stopped is the normal gaming state and the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hit mode, a short opening of 0.1 seconds is executed as the opening of the normal electric accessory 90. Further, when the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hit mode in the specific game state (for example, the easy ball entry state), the normal symbol is in the second hit mode in the normal time and the specific game state (for example, the easy ball entry state). When the stop display is displayed, a long opening for 6 seconds is executed as the opening of the normal electric accessory 90. Here, the winning probability of the normal symbol and the execution probability of the long opening are set so as to differ depending on the gaming state. Specifically, in the open lottery in the normal state, the normal symbol is a hit with a probability of 1/100, and the execution probability of the short opening in that case (the probability that the winning symbol of the first hit mode is selected) is 1/. 3. The execution probability of long opening (probability of selecting the winning symbol of the second hitting mode) is set to 2/3. Further, in the open lottery in the specific gaming state (for example, the easy entry state), the normal symbol is hit with a probability of 99/100, and the selection probability of the first hit mode and the second hit mode is the same as that of the normal game state. However, it is set so that the long opening is executed regardless of the winning mode. In this way, in the easy-to-enter state, the function of changing the hit probability of the normal symbol (probability change from 1/100 to 99/100) and the function of extending the opening time (the opening time when the stop is displayed in the first hit mode is 0). The ease of entering the second starting port 12 is enhanced by (extending from 1 second to 6.0 seconds). The function of extending the operating period of the ordinary electric accessory 90 (long opening) may be referred to as "opening extension".

In addition, as described above, by setting the probability of long opening to be higher than the probability of short opening in the normal state, long opening is executed at a constant rate even in the normal state when the normal symbol is won. .. As a modification, on the contrary, in the normal state, the probability of short opening may be higher than the probability of long opening, the specification may be the same for both, or the specification may be short opening without fail. good. Further, when the ball is in the easy-to-enter state, the easiness of entering the second starting port 12 may be enhanced by using three functions including a function of shortening the fluctuation time of the normal symbol. In that case, the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is, for example, 10 seconds in the normal state and 2 seconds in the easy entry state. The winning probability of the open lottery in the normal state may be set to zero (0/100), and the specification may be such that the normal electric accessory 90 can be expanded only when the open lottery is performed in the easy entry state. Further, when the normal electric accessory 90 expands, it may be notified in advance to that effect, or the hold of the normal symbol change may be pre-read and notified before the start of the change of the normal symbol, or the normal symbol may be notified. It may be notified during the fluctuation.

As a modification of the opening mode when the ordinary electric accessory 90 of the second starting port 12 is opened for a long time, the total opening time is lengthened to about 6 seconds by repeating the opening for 2 seconds, which is longer than the short opening, three times. It may be an embodiment. Further, a plurality of combinations of the opening time and the number of opening times may be prepared, and one of them may be selected. For example, when the 2-second opening is 3 times, the total opening time is the same as when the 6-second opening is 1 time, but the former is longer than the latter when the interval period is included. Therefore, especially in the configuration of the modified example in which the second starting port 12 is arranged in the right-handed direction, the former player enters the ball assuming that the player who notices the opening adjusts the hitting direction to the second starting port 12 from that point. It can be said that the chance is long. Further, it may be configured so that there are a plurality of hit types of ordinary symbols, and the opening mode of the expansion mechanism may be different depending on the hit types. For example, when the normal symbol is the first hit, the 0.1 second opening is set once in the normal state, the 1 second opening is set three times in the easy entry state, and the second hit is the normal state. Then, the 6-second opening may be performed once, and the 2-second opening may be performed twice in the easy-to-enter state.

On the other hand, when the ball enters the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12, the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are displayed in the first special symbol display unit 41, the second special symbol display unit 42, and the effect display device 60. , And the decorative symbol 61 are variablely displayed. The variable display of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is stopped after the variation display time determined prior to the display has elapsed. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variablely displayed according to a variable pattern in which the variation mode from the start to the stop of the variation is defined. The decorative symbol 61 is variablely displayed according to a variable effect pattern in which the variation mode from the start to the stop of the variation is defined. A plurality of types of fluctuation patterns and fluctuation effect patterns are prepared, and each has various fluctuation times, long and short. While the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are varied and displayed according to the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 61 is variablely displayed according to the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the variation pattern, the variation display time is set for each pattern as the end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 occurs when the variation display time elapses. It will be stopped. Hereinafter, the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 displayed according to the variation effect pattern will be illustrated, and the variation effect pattern will be briefly described. The details of the fluctuation pattern and the method of determining the fluctuation effect pattern will be described separately.

As an example of the variation display of the decorative symbol 61, first, when the variation starts, the symbols are varied in all three rows like the reel rotation of the slot machine, and when the variation end timing is approached, the symbols are stopped one by one in the final stop mode. The symbol combination as is displayed. In addition, as an operation when the fluctuation of the decorative symbol 190 is stopped, it may be controlled to stop a plurality of rows at the same time instead of one row at a time so that the effect display other than the decorative symbol is noticed during the variable display, or the effect display other than the decorative symbol may be noticed in a shorter fluctuation time. It may be possible to display the symbol variation. In addition, as an operation at the start of the change of the decorative symbol 190, it is controlled to delay the start of the change of a part of the columns according to the subsequent development (type of effect pattern, etc.) in the change to produce a feeling of expectation. You may do it.

Next, the variable effect pattern will be briefly described. The variable effect pattern includes a normal out-of-reach effect pattern, a reach out-of-reach effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal out-of-order effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a normal out-of-design pattern combination. The out-of-reach effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a combination of out-of-reach symbols through a reach state, which is a state in which one more symbol is aligned and a big hit is made. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when the symbol combination of the jackpot is displayed after the reach state. In particular, the pattern when going through the reach state includes a pattern having various long and short fluctuation times, a reach pattern with a relatively short fluctuation time is called "normal reach", and a reach pattern with a long fluctuation time is called "super reach". ". The normal out-of-reach effect pattern, the reach out-of-reach effect pattern, and the reach jackpot effect pattern have a normal pattern displayed in a normal state and a time-saving pattern displayed in a time-saving state, respectively. However, even in the normal state, if the second symbol changes corresponding to the entry of the ball into the second starting port 12, the probability that the big hit will be accompanied by a probability change or the probability that the number of unit games of the special game will increase is the first. Since it can be said that the chance state is higher than the first fluctuation corresponding to the entry into the 1 starting port 11, a pattern for chance effect indicating that the chance is a relatively advantageous jackpot may be used. In the embodiment, the pattern for shortening the working hours is used in the shortened working hours state, but since the reduced working hours are accompanied in the probabilistic changing state, the pattern for shortening the working hours is also used in the probabilistic changing state. However, in the modified example, the specification may be such that a pattern for probabilistic change different from that for time saving is used in the probable change state. Alternatively, it may be a specification that uses a common pattern for the time saving and the probabilistic change, or may be a specification that uses the probabilistic change pattern in the probabilistic state without using the time saving pattern in particular.

When the number of pending winning / failing lottery reaches a predetermined number (for example, 3), the symbol fluctuation time in the case of a miss is shorter than usual in order to improve the game efficiency (hereinafter, also referred to as "shortening fluctuation"). Similarly, when the number of pending win / fail lottery is 4, the symbol fluctuation time in the case of a miss is further shortened as compared with the case of the above 3 in order to further improve the game efficiency (hereinafter, also referred to as "super shortened fluctuation"). ). When the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of stopping are in the stop mode showing a big hit after the above-mentioned symbol variation, the gaming state is more advantageous to the player than the normal game. The game shifts to a special game, and the opening / closing operation of the large winning opening 20 is started. The stop mode of the decorative symbol 61 showing a big hit is, for example, a combination mode in which three types of symbols match.

There are two types of special games, normal special games and shortened special games, and there is a big difference in the profits of the winning prize balls. Normally, the special game is started by displaying a production screen called the start demo time. After the screen display of the start demo time, the big winning opening 20 is opened, and the opening is continued for about 30 seconds, or is temporarily closed after 9 or more game balls have fallen. The process from opening to closing of the large winning opening 20 is basically called a unit game, but there may be a case where a plurality of short-time openings are repeated during one unit game. After the opening and closing of the large winning opening 20 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 4 times or 16 times, the special game is usually ended by the display of the effect screen called the end demo time. In normal special games, you can expect enough balls to enter 9 or more balls per unit game, and you can get enough prize balls (this is also called "ball out") by 16 times of unit games, which is a big profit. Is obtained. A special game in which 16 unit games are repeated is appropriately referred to as a "16R jackpot", and a special game in which 4 unit games are repeated is appropriately referred to as a "4R jackpot". Although the unit game is repeated 16 times, the unit game is substantially repeated a small number of times by opening the large winning opening 20 for a shorter time (for example, 1.6 seconds) than usual in some unit games. It is also possible to realize a normal special game (sometimes referred to as a "substantial nR jackpot") similar to that of the one.

On the other hand, in the shortened special game, the start demo time and the end demo time are short or almost nonexistent (0.1 seconds, etc.), and the large winning opening 20 is opened for 1.6 seconds in one unit game. This unit game is repeated twice to end the shortened special game. In the shortened special game, since the opening of the large winning opening 20 is only repeated twice for a very short time, it is almost impossible to enter the large winning opening 20, and the number of balls is substantially equal to zero. be. A special game in which two unit games are repeated is also appropriately referred to as a "2R jackpot". Although the number of unit games is the same as that of the normal special game, the shortened special game can be realized by opening the large winning opening 20 for a shorter time than usual in all the unit games.

Further, when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of stopping are in the predetermined small hit mode after the above-mentioned symbol variation, the small hit game composed of one unit game. The opening and closing operation of the big winning opening 20 is executed. In one unit game constituting the small hit game, the big winning opening 20 is opened only for about 1.6 seconds, and the operation mode is similar to the 2R big hit in appearance.

When a special game occurs and the hit stop symbol at that time is in a specific mode (for example, "777"), the probability change, which is one of the specific games, is further started after the end of the special game. During the probability change, a winning / failing lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game may occur relatively early. It should be noted that it may not be clearly indicated from the appearance that the determination result of the winning / failing lottery is a specific jackpot, that is, a jackpot accompanied by a probability change, and a latent probability change state may be set in which the decorative design or the production content is not explicitly notified. In that case, it is not clearly indicated on the effect display device 60 whether it is a probabilistic change or a non-probable change even during the probable change. In addition, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it may be clearly shown to the effect display device 60 whether it is a probable change or a non-probable change.

In the normal game after the special game is completed, the easy entry state, which is one of the specific game states, is started. In the easy-to-enter state, the winning probability of the open lottery is increased more than usual, and the opening extension is executed so that the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is extended. Since the number of hits of the normal symbol per fixed time can be increased and the ease of entering the ball into the second starting port 12 is also increased, it is highly possible that the number of balls entering the second starting port 12 will increase. Therefore, as a result of increasing the chances of obtaining a prize ball by entering the second starting port 12, it becomes possible to continue playing while hardly reducing the number of balls held or gradually increasing the number of balls held.

In the easy-to-enter state, as one of the specific gaming states, the so-called time reduction in which the fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shorter than in the normal state is further executed. The fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is returned to the original fluctuation time after a predetermined number of fluctuations, for example, 100 fluctuations are displayed, but the fluctuation time is reached. If a big hit occurs before, the time reduction will end once. Since the fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened in a short time, until a big hit occurs as compared with the case where the symbol changes with the normal fluctuation time. It is possible to shorten the time of the game and relatively increase the ease of obtaining a big hit. In the modified example, the specification may be such that the special symbol is not shortened in the easy-to-enter state.

FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of a pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 150 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The main board 200 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100, and processes all game operations such as a lottery when winning a prize in the first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12. The sub-board 300 includes a liquid crystal unit 151, controls the display content in the effect display device 60, and changes the effect display content particularly according to the determination result by the main board 200. The back set mechanism 152 includes a prize ball tank 153, a flow path for prize balls, a payout device 154 for paying out prize balls, and the like. The payout device 154 pays out the game balls supplied from the prize ball tank 153 to the upper ball plate 105 according to the winning of each winning opening. The payout control board 155 controls the payout operation by the payout device 154. The launching device 156 launches the stored balls of the upper ball plate 105 into the game area 81 one by one. The launch control board 157 controls the launch operation of the launch device 156. The power supply board 158 supplies electric power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 100. A performance display unit 159 is provided on the substrate of the main substrate 200. The performance display unit 159 is composed of four 7-segment LEDs that display, for example, a four-digit number for the ratio of the total number of prize balls to the total number of launch balls, which is the total of safe balls and out balls.

<Functional block>
FIG. 3 shows a functional block of the pachinko gaming machine 100. Hereinafter, the functions realized by using each configuration will be described, but in the present specification, in order to match the physical configuration and the functional configuration, for example, a physical configuration such as a main board 200, a payout control board 155, a launch control board 157, etc. For convenience, the term may be used as it is for the part already explained as.

The pachinko gaming machine 100 includes a power supply board 158 that generates a power source to be used in the gaming machine based on an AC power source (AC24V or the like) supplied from the outside of the gaming machine, and a main control device that controls the basic operation of the game and the progress of the game. Main board 200, a payout control board 155 as a frame control device for controlling the payout of prize balls, a launch control board 157 for controlling the launch of a game ball to a game area, and a directing operation and processing are controlled. The function is shared with the sub-board 300 as a sub-control device.

The main board 200 includes a first starting port 11, a second starting port 12, a large winning opening 20, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, and a general winning opening group (first general winning opening 33a, second general winning opening). It is electrically connected to the port 33b), the out port 34, the symbol display unit 120, and the external information output terminal 160, and various control signals are transmitted and received to and from each of them. The payout control board 155 is electrically connected to the main board 200, the launch control board 157, and the payout device 154. The payout control board 155 transmits a launch permission signal to the launch control board 157 based on a prize ball payout transmitted from the main board 200, a signal indicating the control state of the main board 200, and the like, and indirectly causes the launch control board 157. And also controls the payout of prize balls by the payout device 154. The payout device 154 includes a payout motor 166 and a ball counting sensor 167. The launch control board 157 is electrically connected to the payout control board 155, the launch device 156, and the ball feed device 164, and the ball feed device 164 and the launch device 164 and the launch device are based on the launch permission signal transmitted from the payout control board 155. The device 156 is controlled to launch a game ball. The sub-board 300 includes an effect display device 60, a movable accessory 66 (drive motor 67, position detection sensor 68), a speaker 108, an effect input operation device 115 (effect button 109, cross key 110), a decorative lamp 111, and electrical. It is connected to and sends and receives various control signals to and from each.

Data transmission / reception between the main board 200 and the sub-board 300 is one-way from the main board 200 to the sub-board 300. It is arranged on the sub-board 300. Since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 300 to the configuration included in the main board 200, and the data transmission is performed. I can't even request it. Therefore, the sub-board 300 cannot refer to the information generated by the main board 200 unless the information is transmitted. Further, data is transmitted / received bidirectionally between the main board 200 and the payout control board 155, and between the payout control board 155 and the launch control board 157. However, as in the case between the main board 200 and the sub board 300, the configuration is such that data is transmitted and received from the main board 200 to the payout control board 155 in one direction, and the data is transmitted and received from the payout control board 155 to the launch control board 157 in one direction. It may be configured to send and receive data.

The functional blocks included in the main board 200, the payout control board 155, the launch control board 157, and the sub board 300 described below are merely examples, and as a modification, some functional blocks may be used on other boards. It may be installed. For example, the functional block included in the main board 200 may be mounted on the sub board 300, or the functional block included in the launch control board 157 may be mounted on the payout control board 155. good. Further, for example, a part of the functional block included in the main board 200 may be mounted on the main board 200, or the remaining part may be mounted on the payout control board 155, which is a part of the functional block. May be divided into a plurality of substrates to form one functional block as a whole.

<Main board 200>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the main board 200. The main board 200 includes a ball entry determination means 201, a performance display unit 159, a random number generation means 202, a first lottery means 211, a second lottery means 212, a preliminary determination means 235, a general drawing lottery means 213, a hold control means 240, and a main board. Display control means 250, special game control means 260, small hit game control means 265, specific game control means 270, opening / closing control means 275, special figure adjustment means 276, main initial processing execution means 280, main power interruption processing execution means 282, The main error detecting means 284 and the command communication means 205 are provided.

<Entering ball determination means 201>
The ball entry determination means 201 determines the entry of a game ball into each winning opening. When the ball entry determination means 201 receives the first start winning information, it determines that the game ball has won the first start opening 11, and when it receives the second start winning information, the game ball has won the second start opening 12. to decide. When the winning ball determination means 201 receives the large winning opening winning information, it determines that the game ball has won the large winning opening 20, and when it receives the general winning information, it determines that the game ball has won the general winning opening 33. Upon receiving the passing information, the ball entry determining means 201 determines that the game ball has passed through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32. Upon receiving the discharge information, the ball entry determination means 201 determines that the game ball has passed through the out port 34. The ball entry determination means 201 calculates the ratio of the total number of prize balls to the total number of launch balls, which is the total of safe balls and out balls, and displays it on the performance display unit 159.

<Random number generation means 202>
The random number generation means 202 generates random numbers to be used for various determinations in the first lottery means 211, the second lottery means 212, and the general drawing lottery means 213. Specifically, the random number generation means 202 ranges from "0" to "65535" as random numbers (also referred to as "win / fail lottery values") used in the win / fail lottery by the first hit / miss determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222. A random number in the range is generated by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 is "0" to "255" as random numbers (also referred to as "symbol determination lottery value") used in the symbol determination (symbol lottery) by the first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227. Random numbers in the range up to are generated by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 has "0" to "255" as random numbers (also referred to as "variation pattern determination lottery value") used in the determination of the variation pattern by the first variation pattern determination means 231 and the second variation pattern determination means 232. Random numbers in the range up to "" are generated by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 generates a random number in the range of "0" to "99" as a random number used in the winning / failing lottery by the normal figure lottery means 213 by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 generates a random number in the range of "0" to "2" as a random number used when determining a normal symbol by a predetermined means. The "random numbers" here are not only physical random numbers generated by the random number generation circuit and genuine random numbers in the mathematical sense, but also pseudo-random numbers such as random numbers using a 16-bit counter and software random numbers using a random number generation algorithm. But it may be. Alternatively, it may be a random number generated by combining a hardware random number and a software random number. Further, as the random numbers acquired by the first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212, the random numbers generated by the same generation means may be acquired, or the random numbers generated by another generation means may be acquired. ..

<Public map lottery means 213>
When the game ball passes through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32, the normal symbol lottery means 213 generates random numbers of a random number used for winning or losing lottery of the normal symbol and a random number used for determining the stop symbol of the normal symbol. Obtain from 202 and execute the lottery. The ordinary symbol lottery means 213 has a normal symbol winning / failing determination table (not shown) referred to for determining whether or not a normal symbol is correct, and a normal symbol determination to be referred to for determining a stop symbol of the ordinary symbol to be displayed on the ordinary symbol display unit 45. Hold the table. The normal symbol winning / failing judgment table defines the correspondence between the lottery value for winning / failing and the winning, and the normal symbol judgment table defines the correspondence between the lottery value for determining the stopped symbol and the normal symbol. Whether the normal symbol is correct or not and the stop symbol are determined based on the hit probability and the symbol selection probability. When the lottery value for the winning / failing lottery of the ordinary symbol corresponds to the hit, the ordinary symbol lottery means 213 determines the stop symbol of the ordinary symbol by referring to the ordinary symbol determination table, and the lottery value for the winning / failing lottery of the ordinary symbol is set. When it corresponds to the deviation, the aspect of the deviation symbol of 1 is always determined. When the result of the hit / fail determination of the normal symbol corresponds to a hit and the normal symbol stops at a predetermined symbol (first hit mode or second hit mode), the opening / closing control means 275, which will be described later, changes the mode of the stop symbol and the gaming state. The ordinary electric accessory 90 of the second starting port 12 is expanded accordingly. The expansion time is 0.1 seconds at the time of short opening and 6 seconds at the time of long opening. The lottery value of the ordinary symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 240 described later. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined holding upper limit number held by the holding control means 240 is not exceeded.

<1st lottery means 211 and 2nd lottery means 212>
The first lottery means 211 has a function of executing a first lottery related to the first game, such as a first lottery value acquisition means 216, a first hit / miss determination means 221 and a first symbol determination means 226, and a first variation pattern determination. The first winning / failing lottery is executed as a winning / failing lottery corresponding to the entry of the ball into the first starting port 11, including the means 231. Based on various lottery results by the first lottery means 211, the main display control means 250 makes a variable display of the first special symbol 51 on the first special symbol display unit 41. Further, based on the information transmitted from the command communication means 205, the decorative symbol 61 is variablely displayed in the display area of the effect display device 60. The second lottery means 212 includes a second lottery value acquisition means 217, a second hit / fail determination means 222, a second symbol determination means 227, and a second variation pattern determination means 232, and corresponds to entry into the second starting port 12. The second winning / failing lottery is executed as a winning / failing lottery. Based on various lottery results by the second lottery means 212, the main display control means 250 makes a variable display of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display unit 42. Further, based on the information transmitted from the command communication means 205, the decorative symbol 61 is variablely displayed in the display area of the effect display device 60.

<1st lottery value acquisition means 216 and 2nd lottery value acquisition means 217>
The first lottery value acquisition means 216 acquires random numbers for various lottery and determination by the first lottery means 211 from the random number generation means 202 when the ball enters the first starting port 11. Specifically, the first winning / failing lottery value for winning / failing determination by the first winning / failing determination means 221, the first symbol lottery value for determining the stop mode of the first special symbol 51 by the first symbol determining means 226, and the first variation pattern. The first pattern lottery value for determining the fluctuation pattern (variation time) of the first special symbol 51 by the determination means 231 is acquired from the corresponding random number generation means. The second lottery value acquisition means 217 acquires random numbers for various lottery and determination by the second lottery means 212 from the random number generation means 202 when the ball enters the second starting port 12. Specifically, the second winning / failing lottery value for winning / failing determination by the second winning / failing determination means 222, the second symbol lottery value for determining the stop mode of the second special symbol 52 by the second symbol determining means 227, and the second variation pattern. The second pattern lottery value for determining the fluctuation pattern (variation time) of the second special symbol 52 by the determination means 232 is acquired from the corresponding random number generation means.

The first winning / failing determination means 221 executes a winning / failing determination for determining whether or not to shift to the special game based on the first winning / failing lottery value. The second winning / failing determination means 222 executes a winning / failing determination for determining whether or not to shift to the special game based on the second winning / failing lottery value. In the hit / fail judgment, more specifically, "big hit" indicating that the game shifts to the special game, "small hit" indicating the shift to the small hit game, and "not shifting to the special game and the small hit game". It is determined which of the two is "off". The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 hold a hit / miss determination table referred to in the hit / fail determination. In addition, in order to distinguish the hit / fail judgment executed at the start of the symbol variation from the preliminary hit / fail judgment described later, it is also appropriately referred to as "hit / fail judgment as the main judgment". In the present specification, when the term "table" or "selection criterion" is used, the correspondence between the first parameter such as a lottery value and the second parameter such as a value indicating an option is strictly defined by a table structure. In addition to pointing to data, it is also broadly included to be realized by a program structure that derives the second parameter from the first parameter as such a correspondence. Including them, the concept is substantially synonymous with "table" and is appropriately referred to as "selection criteria". Further, when a table structure is used, the selection criteria that are substantially one type may be composed of a combination of a plurality of structurally subdivided tables, but when the term "multiple types of selection criteria" is used, the subdivisions may be used. Shows the actual number of types of tables, not the number of converted tables.

The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 hold a table corresponding to each hit / fail determination as a hit / fail determination table to be referred to in the hit / fail determination. Specifically, a hit / fail judgment table for hit / fail judgment by the first hit / miss judgment means 221 (also referred to as “first hit / miss judgment table”) and a hit / fail judgment table for hit / fail judgment by the second hit / miss judgment means 222 (“second hit / miss judgment table”). The table to be referred to is selected according to the pass / fail judgment to be executed while holding the "hit / fail judgment table"). In the plurality of winning / failing determination tables, the determination results of big hit, small hit, and miss are associated with the winning / failing lottery value, and the winning / failing probability is determined according to the range setting of the associated big hit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a hit / fail determination table. In the hit / fail judgment table of this figure, the judgment result of big hit, small hit, and miss is associated with the win / miss lottery value, and the big hit / small hit probability and the small hit / miss probability according to each associated range setting. Is decided. The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 refer to the hit / miss determination table of the present figure in the hit / miss determination as the present determination. In both the first winning / failing lottery by the first winning / failing determination means 221 and the second winning / failing lottery by the second winning / failing determination means 222, a big hit is normally obtained only when the winning / failing lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299. At the time of probability change, the range of big hits is expanded, and it becomes a big hit not only when the winning / failing lottery value corresponds to the range of 0 to 299 but also when it corresponds to the range of 300 to 2999. In this way, the range corresponding to the jackpot changes according to the gaming state. In this figure, a single hit / fail judgment table shows the jackpot range in both normal time and probability change time, but the hit / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and probability change time. It may be prepared separately for one winning / failing lottery and for the second winning / failing lottery.

In this embodiment, even if the winning / failing lottery value does not fall within the large hit range, it will be a small hit if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, when the winning / failing lottery value acquired by the first winning / failing determination means 221 corresponds to the range of 56500 to 65535, a small hit is obtained, and the winning / failing lottery value acquired by the second winning / failing determination means 222 is 64000 to 65535. If it falls within the range, it will be a small hit. That is, the range corresponding to the small hit is wider in the first win / fail lottery than in the second win / fail lottery, and the small hit is likely to occur. In this way, if it does not correspond to a big hit, it is originally all "off", but in the example of this figure, if it does not correspond to a big hit but also does not correspond to a small hit, the winning / losing lottery value range Is particularly expressed as "off". That is, when "hit or miss" is considered from the viewpoint of "whether or not it is a big hit", "small hit" may be included in the broad sense of "missing" in the sense of "not a big hit". In addition, when "hit or not" is considered from the viewpoint of "hit or not", "small hit" may be included in "hit" in a broad sense together with "big hit". In this figure, an example is shown in which the judgment table for whether or not it is a big hit and the judgment table for whether or not it is a small hit are realized in the form of a single hit / fail judgment table, but even if each is realized as a separate table. good. Further, the "small hit" may be provided only in one of the first game and the second game, or may not be provided in any of the games. In that case, the value corresponding to the small hit is not set in the corresponding hit / fail determination table.

<1st symbol determining means 226 and 2nd symbol determining means 227>
Returning to FIG. 4, the first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 determine the stopped symbol at the start of the fluctuation of the symbol based on the symbol lottery value acquired from the random number generation means 202 and the result of the winning / failing determination. .. The first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 hold a plurality of symbol determination tables referred to for determining a stop symbol of a special symbol. Specifically, the first symbol determining means 226 holds a plurality of symbol determination tables according to the result of the hit / fail determination by the first hit / miss determination means 221 and the second symbol determination means 227 is the hit / fail by the second hit / miss determination means 222. Holds a plurality of symbol judgment tables according to the judgment result. The first hit / miss determination means 221 holds a first symbol determination table at the time of a big hit referred to at the time of a big hit, a first symbol determination table at the time of a small hit referred to at the time of a small hit, and a first symbol determination table at the time of a loss referred to at the time of a miss. The second hit / miss determination means 222 holds a second symbol determination table at the time of a big hit, a second symbol determination table at the time of a small hit, and a second symbol determination table at the time of a miss, which is referred to at the time of a small hit. The first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 select a symbol determination table to be referred to according to the result of the hit / fail determination. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination executed at the start of the symbol variation from the prior symbol determination described later, it is also appropriately referred to as "design determination as the main determination".

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 6A is a table to be referred to when the hit / fail judgment result is a big hit, FIG. 6B is a table to be referred to when the hit / fail judgment result is wrong, and FIG. 6C is a table to be referred to. It is a table to be referred when the hit / fail judgment result is a small hit. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to the symbol determination table of the present figure in the symbol determination as the present determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the numbers "0" to "10" indicating the type of the special symbol and the first symbol lottery value or the second symbol lottery value is defined. The types of special symbols are associated with the hit / miss judgment results of big hit, small hit, and miss, respectively. "0" to "4" correspond to the big hit, and "5" to "9" correspond to the small hit. "10" corresponds to the disconnection. Each type is assigned a plurality of special symbols, that is, a plurality of generally meaningless symbols formed by a combination of segments.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the types "0" to "4" of the special symbol are associated with the presence or absence of the big hit and the probability fluctuation after the big hit. Specifically, the type "0" indicates a 16R jackpot with a probability change as a specific jackpot, is associated with "0 to 99" in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and is "0 to 99" in the case of the second symbol lottery value. 144 ”. The type "1" indicates a 4R jackpot (or "substantially 4R hit") with a probability change as a specific jackpot, is associated with "100 to 149" in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and is associated with "100 to 149" in the case of the second symbol lottery value. It is associated with "145-149". The type "2" indicates a 2R jackpot accompanied by a probability change, and the type "2" is associated with both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value "150 to 189". The type "3" indicates a 16R jackpot that is not accompanied by a probability change as a normal jackpot, and the type "3" is associated with both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value "150 to 189". The type "4" indicates a 4R jackpot that is not accompanied by a probability change as a normal jackpot, and the type "4" is associated with both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value "230 to 255". In this way, the selection probability for each type of jackpot (that is, the content of the jackpot and the presence or absence of subsequent probability fluctuations) is determined by the size of the range of the symbol lottery value.

In addition, it is possible to provide more types of special symbols, and in that case, by configuring so that one jackpot type is determined corresponding to a plurality of special symbol types, the jackpot can be increased while increasing the symbol types. You can set fewer types. Alternatively, it is possible to subdivide into more types of jackpots in correspondence with the increased number of symbol types. Further, it is possible to provide different symbol types at the time of the first lottery and at the time of the second lottery. In this case, one jackpot type is configured to correspond to each of the type of special symbol selected at the time of the first lottery and the type of special symbol selected at the time of the second lottery. However, it is desirable to set so that the ratio of probability fluctuation is the same in the first lottery and the second lottery.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the type "10" is associated with the symbol lottery value in the entire range when the hit / fail determination result is wrong. Therefore, it is determined that the same special symbol will always be stopped and displayed in the case of deviation. It is also possible to provide a plurality of special symbols to be stopped and displayed in the case of disengagement.

As shown in FIG. 6 (c), the types of special symbols "5" to "9" are associated with small hits. The type "5" is associated with the range "0 to 49" of the symbol lottery value, and the type "6" is associated with the range "50 to 99" of the symbol lottery value. The type "7" is associated with the range "100 to 149" of the symbol lottery value, the type "8" is associated with the range "150 to 199" of the symbol lottery value, and the type "9" is the range of the symbol lottery value. It is associated with "200 to 255".

In this embodiment, in order to save the storage area in the main board 200, the table of FIG. 6 is also referred to as the pre-symbol determination table in the pre-symbol determination. The first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 determine that the value of "0" to "10" indicating the type of the special symbol as a result of the preliminary symbol determination is the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the indicated value and the number of holds. In addition, as a preliminary symbol determination table, a table that can be further subdivided to enable complicated determination, or a table in which the determination range of the jackpot symbol for executing the same special game is summarized and simplified may be used. .. In addition, when the symbol is uniformly determined at the time of disengagement as in this embodiment, a specific symbol can be selected without referring to the acquired symbol lottery value and without preparing a symbol determination table for disengagement. You may decide.

<First variation pattern determining means 231 and second variation pattern determining means 232>
Returning to FIG. 4, the first variation pattern determining means 231 acquires, from the random number generation means 202, a variation pattern in which the display process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the first special symbol display unit 41 and the effect display device 60 is defined. It is determined from a plurality of fluctuation patterns based on one pattern lottery value. The second variation pattern determining means 232 uses the variation pattern in which the display process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the second special symbol display unit 42 and the effect display device 60 is determined as the second pattern lottery value acquired from the random number generation means 202. Determine from multiple variation patterns based on. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 respectively refer to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation to determine the variation pattern of the symbol variation. Further, the first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 execute a preliminary pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value corresponds to. The control means of the first fluctuation pattern determining means 231 and the second fluctuation pattern determining means 232 and the main board 200 refer to the fluctuation pattern table for determining the fluctuation pattern when the fluctuation start condition is satisfied, and the starting port. Holds or shares the pre-pattern judgment table used to generate information for determining the execution of the look-ahead process at the time of entering the ball. The fluctuation pattern defines the fluctuation time from the start to the stop of the fluctuation when the special symbol is displayed in a variable manner, and has various long and short fluctuation times depending on the type. That is, in each fluctuation pattern in which the display process of the symbol variation is defined, the variation display time is substantially set for each pattern as the end condition of the symbol variation, and the special symbol is set when the variation display time elapses. Fluctuation is stopped. It should be noted that the fluctuation pattern determination executed at the start of the symbol variation is also appropriately referred to as "variation pattern determination as the main determination" in order to distinguish it from the prior pattern determination. Further, in order to contribute to the selection of the variation effect pattern of the decorative pattern described later, it may be defined as a different type of variation pattern even though the variation time is the same.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a variation pattern table. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 refer to the table of the present figure (a) in the normal state, and refer to the table of the present figure (b) in the time saving state.

As shown in FIG. 7A, when the winning / failing judgment result is incorrect in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 4, "Super 1", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "0", is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 5 to 9, "Super 2", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "1", is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 10 to 19, select "normal 1", which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "2", and if the pattern lottery value is 20 to 29, select "normal", which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "3". 2 ”is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 30 to 255, select "out of reach" of the pattern range number "4". As "out of reach", different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of holdings. When the number of holdings is 0 to 2, the fluctuation pattern is 10 seconds, when the number of holdings is 3, the fluctuation pattern is 7 seconds, and the number of holdings. When is 4, a 4-second fluctuation pattern is selected.

In this figure, an example of mainly classifying into five types according to the fluctuation time will be described, but a plurality of fluctuation effect patterns are prepared for each of these fluctuation patterns in the sub-board 300, and dozens of types of variation effect patterns are prepared in total. Is equivalent to being associated with the lottery value range of each category.

The range of pattern lottery values assigned to "normal 1", "normal 2", and "out of reach" also differs depending on the number of reservations. When the number of holdings is 0 or 1, it is as shown in this figure (a), but as the number of holdings increases, the lottery value range of "normal 1" and "normal 2" becomes narrower, and the lottery value of "out of reach" The range becomes wider. The smaller the number of holds, the wider the lottery value range of the fluctuation pattern with a relatively long fluctuation time, and the probability that the fluctuation pattern with a long fluctuation time will be selected increases. Therefore, the smaller the number of holds, the longer the average fluctuation time, and the larger the number of holds, the shorter the average fluctuation time. By using a fluctuation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the fluctuation pattern is different for each number of holdings, it is possible to realize control in which a fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time is easily selected when the number of holdings is small.

If the winning / failing judgment result is 4R jackpot or 16R jackpot in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 123, "Super 1", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "5", is selected and the pattern lottery value is set. If it is 124 to 248, "Super 2", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "6", is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 249 to 252, select "normal 1", which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "7", and if the pattern lottery value is 253 to 255, select "normal", which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "8". 2 ”is selected.

If the winning / failing judgment result is a 2R big hit or a small hit in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 122, "Super 3", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "9", is selected and the pattern lottery value is set. If it is 123 to 255, "normal 3", which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "10", is selected.

When the first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 transmit the preliminary determination result to the effect determining means 303 as a so-called look-ahead result, the value (0 to 10) of the pattern range number is set to the first correctness. It is transmitted together with a value indicating whether it is a lottery or a second winning / failing lottery and the number of holds. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, it is illustrated that a table is provided for each of the winning / failing determination results in the preliminary pattern determination. In addition to deriving only information regarding which range it is located in, the control means side of the sub-board 300 may be controlled to determine what kind of variation is to be executed together with the preliminary pass / fail determination result.

In the variation pattern table of FIG. 7B referred to in the time saving state, the pattern lottery value is assigned to the variation pattern for time saving. However, the correspondence between the range of the pattern lottery value and the fluctuation time is the same as in FIG. 7 (a) except for the "reach-less loss shortening" selected by the loss. “Reachless loss shortening” is a variation pattern with a relatively short fluctuation time associated with the same lottery value range and pattern range number as “reachless loss” in FIG. 7 (a). For "shortening without reach", different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of holdings, a fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the number of holdings is 0, 1 and a fluctuation pattern of 1 second when the number of holdings is 2-4. Are selected respectively. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 may refer to different variation pattern tables, or may refer to different variation pattern tables depending on the gaming state. For example, in a gaming machine in which the second lottery is set to be more advantageous than the first lottery and the second lottery is processed in preference to the first lottery, the second lottery is easy to enter despite the time saving. The situation in which the hold of the second lottery is exhausted and the first lottery is continuously executed is not preferable for the player. Therefore, in the deviation variation in the first lottery in the easy entry state, a variation pattern table is referred to in which a variation pattern for a long time (for example, 10 seconds) that does not shorten the variation time is uniformly selected regardless of the number of holdings. It may be that.

<Hold control means 240>
Returning to FIG. 4, the hold control means 240 includes the special figure hold means 241 and the normal figure hold means 242. When the first winning / failing lottery value or the second winning / failing lottery value is newly acquired, the special figure holding means 241 changes the symbol corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery value or the second winning / failing lottery value acquired before that. When is displayed, the start of the symbol variation corresponding to the newly acquired first win / fail lottery value or the second win / fail lottery value is suspended, and the winning / failing lottery value is stored until the start of the variation display of the corresponding symbol. Here, for each of the first special symbols, the upper limit is four, the first winning / failing lottery value, the first symbol lottery value, and the first pattern lottery value are stored, and for the second special symbol, the upper limit is four each. The second winning / failing lottery value, the second symbol lottery value, and the second pattern lottery value are stored. The normal figure holding means 242 stores the normal figure lottery value acquired by the normal figure lottery means 213 as a holding ball. These holding numbers are represented by the number of lights or the number of blinks of the first special figure holding display unit 71, the second special figure holding display unit 72, and the normal figure holding display unit 75, respectively. The number of holds by the special figure hold means 241 is also displayed on the effect display device 60.

The lottery value of the second winning / failing lottery held by the special figure holding means 241 is preferentially digested over the lottery value of the first winning / failing lottery, and the symbol variation is displayed. Therefore, even if the big hit lottery value is reserved as the first winning / failing lottery, as long as the lottery value is reserved as the second winning / failing lottery, the symbol change corresponding to the big hit lottery value of the first winning / failing lottery is not displayed. Therefore, even if there is a jackpot hold as the first win / fail lottery, there is a possibility that a plurality of consecutive jackpots can be obtained by continuing to hit until the jackpot hold is entered as the second win / fail lottery.

<Main display control means 250>
The main display control means 250 includes a first special figure control means 251, a second special figure control means 252, and a normal figure control means 254. The first special symbol control means 251 displays the variation of the first special symbol 51 on the first special symbol display unit 41 according to the variation pattern determined according to the determination result of the first winning / failing lottery by the first lottery means 211. Let me. The first special symbol control means 251 sets as a new symbol variation start condition that the variation display of the symbol corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery performed before that has been completed. The second special symbol control means 252 displays the variation of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display unit 42 according to the variation pattern determined according to the determination result of the second winning / failing lottery by the second lottery means 212. Let me. The second special symbol control means 252 also has a new symbol variation start condition that the variation display of the symbol corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery performed before that has been completed.

When the special figure holding means 241 stores the winning / failing lottery value of the second winning / failing lottery, the first special figure controlling means 251 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery. On the other hand, the second special figure control means 252 starts the symbol variation display corresponding to the second winning / failing lottery regardless of whether or not the winning / failing lottery value of the first winning / failing lottery is stored by the special figure holding means 241. As a result, when the lottery value is reserved in both the first winning / failing lottery and the second winning / failing lottery, the lottery value held in the second winning / failing lottery is preferentially read out and the symbol variation is displayed. In such a case, the lottery value held in the first winning / failing lottery is not read and the symbol change does not start until the number of holdings in the second winning / failing lottery becomes 0.

The first special symbol control means 251 and the second special symbol control means 252 are varied by the command communication means 205 described later at the timing of starting and the timing of stopping the variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The start command and the fluctuation stop command are transmitted to the effect determining means 303 (sub-main). When the variation start command is transmitted, a value indicating each of the winning / failing determination result, the stop symbol, and the variation pattern determined or determined as the final determination and a value indicating whether it is the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery are set. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the fluctuation start command. When the variable stop command is transmitted, the value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the variable stop command. Further, the effect determining means 303 (sub-main) transmits a variation start command, a variation stop command, and the like to the effect control means 304 in order to control the variation display of the decorative symbol by the effect control means 304 (sub-sub). As a result, the variable display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 (sub-sub) is synchronized, and the interlocking is maintained. The normal symbol control means 254 causes the normal symbol display unit 45 to display the determination result of the lottery by the normal map lottery means 213 as a variation display of the normal symbol.

<Special figure adjustment means 276>
The special symbol adjusting means 276 waits for the start of the variable display of the other while the variable display of one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is performed. The special figure adjusting means 276 has a second special symbol based on the entry of the game ball into the second starting opening 12, regardless of the order in which the game ball has entered the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12. The variation display of 52 is prioritized over the variation display of the first special symbol 51 based on the entry of the ball into the first starting port 11. For example, when both the first winning / failing lottery value and the second winning / failing lottery value are reserved, the second winning / failing lottery value is always preferentially digested, and the second special symbol 52 is continuously varied and displayed.

The special symbol adjusting means 276 in the modified example displays the variation of the first special symbol 51 and the variation of the second special symbol 52 according to the order of entering the balls into the first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12. It may be selectively varied and displayed. For example, when the ball enters in the order of the first starting port 11, the first starting port 11, and the second starting port 12, the first special symbol 51, the first special symbol 51, and the second special symbol 52 are displayed in a variable order. Will be done. In this case, the special figure adjusting means 276 monitors the holding control means 240 and stores the holding order of the winning / failing lottery value. Since which special symbol should be changed is determined according to the ball entry order of the game ball, that is, the hold order of the winning / failing lottery value in the hold control means 240, the player can easily visually grasp the change order.

In another modification, the special symbol adjusting means 276 may display the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the variable display of the second special symbol 52 in a predetermined digestion order regardless of the ball entry order. good. For example, priority may be given to alternately displaying the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the variable display of the second special symbol 52. For example, when both the first winning / failing lottery value and the second winning / failing lottery value are reserved, the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are alternately displayed in a variable manner. Since which special symbol should be changed is simply alternated regardless of the ball entry order of the game ball, the player can easily grasp the order of the change.

When one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a hitting manner, the special symbol adjusting means 276 waits for the start of the variation display of the other. In this case, since the variable display of the special symbol is not started while the special game is executed, the player can concentrate on the special game.

<Preliminary determination means 235>
The pre-determination means 235 includes a first lottery pre-determination means 236 and a second lottery pre-determination means 237. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 is a random number acquired by the first lottery value acquisition means 216 before the execution of various determinations by the first winning / failing determination means 221, the first symbol determination means 226, and the first variation pattern determination means 231. Is used to determine in advance information about the change of the first special symbol before the start of the change of the first special symbol by the first special figure control means 251. The second lottery pre-determination means 237 is a random number acquired by the second lottery value acquisition means 217 before the execution of various determinations by the second winning / failing determination means 222, the second symbol determination means 227, and the second variation pattern determination means 232. Is used to determine in advance information about the change of the second special symbol before the start of the change of the second special symbol by the second special figure control means 252.

The first lottery pre-determination means 236 includes a first pre-win / fail lottery value determination table, a first pre-design lottery value determination table, and a first pre-variation pattern random value determination table as determination tables for pre-determination related to the first lottery means 211. Hold the table. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 uses the first pre-win / fail lottery value determination table to determine a random number group to which the first win / fail lottery value stored in the special figure holding means 241 belongs. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 uses the first pre-symbol lottery value determination table to determine a random number group to which the first symbol lottery value stored in the special figure holding means 241 belongs. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 uses the first pre-variation pattern determination table to determine a random number group to which the first variation pattern lottery value stored in the special figure holding means 241 belongs. Then, these determination results are temporarily stored as the pre-determination results, and the information regarding the pre-determination results is transmitted to the sub-board 300 by the command communication means 205 (sub-control command transmission means 207) described later.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a preliminary hit / fail determination table referred to in the preliminary hit / fail determination. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 (pre-win / fail determination regarding the first game) refers to the first pre-win / fail lottery value determination table of FIG. When is "0 to 299", a value of "1" indicating to that effect is set as a preliminary hit / fail determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "3000 to 56499", the value of "3" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "56500 to 65535", the value of "4" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. Next, the first symbol lottery value determination table (not shown) is referred to, and if the first symbol lottery value is "0 to 99", a value of "0" indicating that effect is set as the advance symbol determination result. .. When the first symbol lottery value is "100 to 149", a value of "1" indicating to that effect is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "150 to 189", the value of "2" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "190 to 229", the value of "3" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "230 to 255", the value of "4" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. Further, referring to the first pre-variation pattern random value determination table (not shown), if the first pattern lottery value is "0 to 9", the value of "A" indicating to that effect is set as the pre-pattern determination result. .. When the first pattern lottery value is "10 to 29", the value of "B" indicating to that effect is set as the pre-pattern determination result. When the first pattern lottery value is "30 to 255", the value of "C" indicating to that effect is set as the pre-pattern determination result. As described above, the pre-determination information set by the first lottery pre-determination means 236 (preliminary hit / fail determination regarding the first game) is the first start port 11 by the command communication means 205 (sub-control command transmission means 207) described later. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 in accordance with the transmission timing of the information indicating the entry into the ball (indicating that it is the first winning / failing lottery), the information indicating the number of holds, and the like.

The second lottery pre-determination means 237 (pre-win / fail determination regarding the second game) refers to the second pre-win / fail lottery value determination table of FIG. When the value is "0 to 299", the value of "1" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary hit / fail determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "3000 to 63999", the value of "3" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "64,000 to 65535", the value of "4" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. Next, with reference to the second preliminary symbol lottery value determination table (not shown), if the second symbol lottery value is "0 to 144", a value of "0" indicating that effect is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. .. When the second symbol lottery value is "145-149", the value of "1" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "150 to 189", the value of "2" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "190 to 229", the value of "3" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "230 to 255", the value of "4" indicating to that effect is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. Further, referring to the second pre-variation pattern random value determination table (not shown), if the second pattern lottery value is "0 to 9", the value of "A" indicating to that effect is set as the pre-pattern determination result. .. When the second pattern lottery value is "10 to 29", the value of "B" indicating to that effect is set as the pre-pattern determination result. When the second pattern lottery value is "30 to 255", the value of "C" indicating to that effect is set as the pre-pattern determination result. As described above, the pre-determination information set by the second lottery pre-determination means 237 (preliminary hit / fail determination regarding the second game) is the second start port 12 by the command communication means 205 (sub-control command transmission means 207) described later. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 in accordance with the transmission timing of the information indicating the entry into the ball (indicating that it is the second winning / failing lottery), the information indicating the number of holds, and the like.

The various information temporarily stored as the pre-determination result by the pre-determination means 235 is stored in the predetermined pre-determination result storage area up to 4 each, as in the case of the reserved storage number. The preliminary determination result may be stored using the hold storage area stored by the hold control means 240. The information may be deleted based on the fact that the pre-determination result by the pre-determination means 235 is transmitted to the effect determination means 303 by the command communication means 205 (sub-control command transmission means 207) described later. In this way, efficient use of the storage area in the main board 200 can be expected by sharing the information with other areas or erasing the information based on the completion of transmission. Further, as the determination table for advance determination, the determination table for this determination may be used without providing the table dedicated to the advance determination, and the advance determination regarding the first game and the advance determination regarding the second gaming machine may be used. In some or all of them may share a common pre-judgment table. In this way, by sharing with other determination tables, it can be expected that the data capacity of the main board 200 will be reduced. The content to be transmitted as the determination result of the pre-determination means 235 can be appropriately selected, for example, only the determination result of whether or not the result is transmitted. Further, the value of the random number acquired by the first lottery value acquisition means 216 and the second lottery value acquisition means 217 is transmitted to the sub-board 300 by the above-mentioned command communication means 205 without being determined by the pre-determination means 235, and the sub-board. It may be configured to judge the content of the preliminary judgment by 300.

<Special game control means 260>
The special game control means 260 operates the special game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot mode when the first winning / failing lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in the transition to the special game. It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and the special game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20. Similarly, when the special game control means 260 results in the second winning / failing lottery by the second lottery means 212 indicating a shift to the special game, when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot mode. It is determined that the special game operating condition is satisfied, and the special game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20.

The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the large winning opening 20 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is composed of a plurality of unit games. The special game includes a 16R jackpot that repeats a unit game 16 times, a 4R jackpot that repeats a unit game four times, and a 2R jackpot that repeats a unit game with a shorter opening time than the 16R jackpot and the 4R jackpot only twice. The 16R jackpot is the jackpot in the second win / fail lottery, and the 4R jackpot is the jackpot in the first win / fail lottery. In the 16R jackpot and the 4R jackpot, in principle, the jackpot 20 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the 2R jackpot, the jackpot 20 is opened for about 1.6 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 260 ends the special game when the set number of rounds of the unit game is exhausted. Even in the case of a 2R jackpot, if the predetermined conditions are satisfied, the jackpot 20 may be opened in the same opening mode as the 16R jackpot and the 4R jackpot.

<Small hit game control means 265>
The small hit game control means 265 operates the small hit game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode when the first lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in a small hit. It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and the small hit game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20 to the opening / closing control means 275. Similarly, the small hit game control means 265 is small when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode when the second lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in a small hit. It is determined that the winning game operating condition is satisfied, and the small hit game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20 to the open / close control means 275.

In the small hit game, the unit game is executed once, and the large winning opening 20 is opened and closed twice in one unit game. The small hit game control means 265 opens the large winning opening 20 for about 1.6 seconds per opening and closing, and then closes the large winning opening 20 to end the small hit game.

<Specific game control means 270>
The specific game control means 270 controls a normal game in a probable change state, a time saving state, and a ball entry easy state. The specific game control means 270 shifts the game state to the probabilistic state, the time saving state, and the easy entry state after the end of the special game when the special symbol is the symbol of the specific jackpot accompanied by the transition to the probabilistic change. The probabilistic state, the time saving state, and the easy-to-enter state are continued until the next big hit occurs. In the time saving state, the first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 select the variation pattern having a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is substantially shortened. do. However, in the normal state, the fluctuation pattern table according to the number of holdings of the winning / failing lottery value by the holding control means 240 is referred to, and as the number of holdings by the holding control means 240 decreases, the fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time tends to appear. In the easy-to-enter state, both the probability change of the normal symbol and the opening extension of the second starting port 12 or the opening extension of the second starting port 12 are carried out. That is, the specific game control means 270 causes the second starting port 12 to be in the open extension state when a specific big hit occurs, and further increases the winning probability of the open lottery only when the winning / failing lottery is the second winning / failing lottery. Move to a probabilistic state higher than the normal probability state. During the probabilistic state, the probability that the hit / fail determination result by the first hit / miss determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 will be a big hit is maintained at a high value.

<Open / close control means 275>
The opening / closing control means 275 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory 90 of the second starting port 12 and the large winning opening 20. When the normal symbol is stopped in a specific mode, the open / close control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the normal electric accessory solenoid 91 to open the ordinary electric accessory 90 of the second starting port 12. In the normal state, the opening / closing control means 275 opens the second starting port 12 in the opening time of short opening or long opening according to the result of the opening lottery, and in the easy entry state, the opening time of long opening is the first. 2 The starting port 12 is opened. This is intended to improve the ease of entering the ball of the second starting port 12 so that the player can continue the game without reducing the number of balls held. In the special game, the open / close control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the large winning opening solenoid 92 to open the large winning opening 20.

<Main initial processing execution means 280, main power cut processing execution means 282, main error detection means 284>
The main initial processing execution means 280 executes the control start processing of the main board 200 when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on or when the power is turned off and restored. The main power cutoff processing executing means 282 executes an abnormality response process such as a power supply cutoff process on the main board 200 when a power supply abnormality such as a power supply cutoff occurs. The main error detecting means 284 executes an abnormality detection process on the main board 200. The control start processing, the abnormality response processing, and the abnormality detection processing of the main board 200 will be described later.

<Command transmission means>
The command communication means 205 transmits the payout control command communication means 206 that sends the control command necessary for executing the payout or the like to the payout control board 155, and the sub-control that sends the control command necessary for executing the effect control or the like to the sub-board 300. Includes command transmission means 207. The payout control command communication means 206 transmits a payout command instructing the payout of the number of prize balls corresponding to each winning opening based on the determination of the winning ball to each winning opening by the winning ball determining means 201, and the main board 200. Send a command indicating the status of the error that occurred in. When the sub-control command transmission means 207 starts the symbol change, the sub-control command transmission means 207 transmits the determination result of the lottery corresponding to the symbol change to the effect determination means 303 together with the symbol change control command.

The sub-control command transmitting means 207 fluctuates at the timing at which the first special symbol control means 251 and the second special symbol control means 252 start and stop the variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The start command and the fluctuation stop command are transmitted to the effect determining means 303 (sub-main). When the variation start command is transmitted, a value indicating each of the winning / failing determination result, the stop symbol, and the variation pattern determined or determined as the final determination and a value indicating whether it is the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery are set. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the fluctuation start command. When the variable stop command is transmitted, the value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the variable stop command. Further, the effect determining means 303 (sub-main) transmits a variation start command, a variation stop command, and the like to the effect control means 304 in order to control the variation display of the decorative symbol by the effect control means 304 (sub-sub). As a result, the variable display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 (sub-sub) is synchronized, and the interlocking is maintained. Further, the sub-control command transmission means 207 transmits the pre-determination result by the pre-determination means 235 to the effect determination means 303. After the pre-judgment result is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, the winning openings (first start port 11, second start) corresponding to the pre-judgment result are started regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is started immediately. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the type information of the mouth 12), the information on the number of reserved pieces, the game state, etc., and is erased from the transmission buffer or overwritten later. As a result, the so-called "look-ahead" process is realized, in which the sub-board 300 can speculatively recognize the winning / failing result before the order of starting the symbol variation comes around based on the received prior determination result. The processing based on the prior determination information performed by the sub-board 300 will be described later. The sub-control command transmission means 207 transmits information on the special game by the special game control means 260, information on the small hit game by the small hit game control means 265, and information on the lottery result by the ordinary symbol lottery means to the sub-board 300. Further, the sub-control command transmitting means 207 is transmitted to various controls on the main board 200 or to the main board 200, such as information on initial processing and information on errors by the main initial processing executing means 280 and the main error detecting means 284. Information about various signals and the like is appropriately transmitted to the sub-board 300.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sub-board. The sub-board 300 includes a symbol mode determining means 301, a pattern storage means 302, an effect determining means 303, an effect controlling means 304, a timekeeping means 307, an effect setting means 308, a sub initial process executing means 360, a sub power cut processing executing means 362, and the like. The sub-error detecting means 364, the command receiving means 370, and the sub-side pre-determining means 371 are provided.

The pattern storage means 302 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which the effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 and the display process thereof are defined in the variation of the decorative symbol 61. In the effect pattern, a plurality of variation effect patterns in which the variation process from the start to the stop of the variation in the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 and the effect process are defined, and the variation display of the decorative symbol are displayed separately, and the degree of expectation for a big hit. It includes a plurality of notice effect patterns that suggest the height of the variable display before the stop of the variable display.

The command receiving means 370 receives various commands transmitted from the command communication means 205, and the sub-side pre-determination means 371 holds the pre-determination result transmitted from the command communication means 205. The effect determining means 303 includes a normal effect determining means 373 and a look-ahead effect determining means 374. The normal effect determining means 373 displays on the effect display device 60 by the effect control means 304 according to the information of the determination result of the first winning / failing lottery or the determination result of the second winning / failing lottery transmitted from the command communication means 205, and the speaker. The content of the effect to be output to the 108, the decorative lamp 111, etc. is determined. The look-ahead effect determining means 374 displays on the effect display device 60 by the effect control means 304 according to the pre-determination result transmitted from the command communication means 205, and determines the effect content to be output to the speaker 108, the decorative lamp 111, and the like. .. The normal effect determining means 373 is determined by the first variation pattern determining means 231 or the second variation pattern determining means 232, and is selected from a plurality of variation effect patterns corresponding to the variation patterns of the special symbol transmitted from the command communication means 205. Select one and read it from the pattern storage means 302. The normal effect determining means 373 sends the read out variable effect pattern information to the effect control means 304. The normal effect determining means 373 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to select a variable effect pattern. It should be noted that the variation effect pattern may be determined by the normal effect determination means 373 with reference to the pre-determination result transmitted from the command communication means 205, and the variation is combined with the content of the look-ahead effect by the look-ahead effect determination means 374. The production pattern may be determined. The look-ahead effect determining means 374 more accurately identifies and identifies the result of this determination based on the preliminary determination result from the command communication means 205, the past preliminary determination result held on the sub-board 300, the game state information, and the like. Based on the result, it is determined whether or not to execute the look-ahead effect before the final determination, and the content of the execution. Specifically, the look-ahead effect determining means 374 determines whether the current gaming state is in the probability fluctuation game, and then shifts to the normal gaming state based on the pre-determination result before the pre-determination result received this time. Determine whether or not to do so. Based on the judgment result, the pass / fail result of this judgment and the selected fluctuation pattern related to the pre-judgment result received this time are specified, and the execution possibility of the look-ahead effect and the execution content of the look-ahead effect are determined based on the specific result. .. Since there are many parts in which the normal effect determining means 373 and the look-ahead effect determining means 374 cooperate with each other, the effect determining means 303 will be described as the effect determining means 303 including both, except for a particularly necessary part.

In each variation effect pattern, the variation time is set for each pattern as the end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

The symbol mode determining means 301 determines the combination and arrangement of the stop symbols of the decorative symbol 61 by the determination result of the lottery by the first lottery means 211 or the second lottery means 212, the stop symbol of the special symbol, the variation pattern of the special symbol, and the decoration. It is decided according to the variation effect pattern of the symbol. The symbol mode determining means 301 transmits information indicating the determined combination of the stopped symbols to the effect control means 304. The symbol mode determining means 301 holds a symbol range table to be referred to for determining a stop symbol of a decorative symbol.

The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 61 is formed as a combination of three symbols, for example, when the hit / fail determination result by the first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 indicates a shift to a special game of 4R jackpot or 16R jackpot. Is selected for a specific combination, for example, a combination in which three symbols such as "777" and "111" are aligned. When the hit / fail judgment result is a 2R big hit or a small hit, a specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as "357" is selected, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. If the hit / fail judgment result is neither a big hit nor a small hit, it is a combination in which the three symbols are not aligned, such as "312" and "946", and it is a specific combination selected for a 2R big hit or a small hit. The combination that does not apply is selected. If the hit / fail judgment result is not a 4R jackpot or a 16R jackpot, and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination such as "191" or "727" in which only one symbol is not aligned. Select.

The variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol defines the variation display mode of the decorative symbol, that is, the effect process from the start of the variation of the decorative symbol to the stop of the variation. The variable effect pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-order symbol, a pattern for displaying an out-of-order symbol through a reach state that becomes a big hit if one more symbol is aligned, and a big hit symbol after a reach state. The pattern when doing is included. In particular, the pattern when going through the reach state includes a pattern having various long and short fluctuation times. In each variation effect pattern, the variation time is set for each pattern as the end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol having the same variation time as the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

In the time saving state, when the variation pattern selected by the first variation pattern determining means 231 or the second variation pattern determining means 232 is a pattern for reducing working hours, the effect determining means 303 is a variation in which the effect content for reducing working hours is determined. Select a production pattern. The content of the effect for shortening the time is an effect of outputting a background image or sound that impresses the player in an advantageous state due to the shortened time or the probability change.

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

The notice effect pattern includes a pattern (notice after reach) in which the effect is executed at the timing after the display mode of the decorative symbol 61 is in the reach state to announce the final stop mode of the symbol, and the decorative symbol 61. There is a pattern (pre-reach notice) that simultaneously announces that the production will be executed at the timing when it is not stopped and the reach state will be reached.

The effect determining means 303 should determine whether or not to display the advance notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the determination result of the winning / failing lottery or the advance determination result by a predetermined advance notice lottery, set the advance effect, and display the effect. Determine the notice production pattern. The effect determining means 303 holds a notice determination table to be referred to for determining whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table to be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice determination table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the judgment result of the winning / failing lottery or the preliminary judgment result, and if the winning / failing lottery is successful, the advance notice effect is displayed with a higher probability than in the case of losing. Therefore, the correspondence between the judgment result of the winning / failing lottery and whether or not to display the notice effect is determined. As a result, it is possible to suggest a high degree of expectation for a big hit by displaying the notice effect itself.

The effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the effect image including the decorative symbol 61 according to the selected variable effect pattern data. The effect control means 304 sets the reception of the change start command of the decorative symbol 61 as a condition for starting the variation display of the new decorative symbol. When it is determined by the effect determining means 303 that the advance notice effect is to be displayed, the effect control means 304 displays the advance notice effect according to the selected advance notice effect pattern on the effect display device 60 in a form of superimposing it on the effect of the symbol variation. Let me.

If the winning / failing lottery value of the second winning / failing lottery is stored, the effect control means 304 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery, and whether the winning / failing lottery value of the first winning / losing lottery is stored. Regardless of whether or not, the symbol variation display corresponding to the second winning / failing lottery is started. As a result, when the lottery value is reserved for both the first win / fail lottery and the second win / fail lottery, the lottery value held in the second win / fail lottery is preferentially read out and the variation of the decorative symbol is displayed. .. In such a case, the lottery value held in the first winning / failing lottery is not read and the change of the decorative symbol does not start until the number of holdings in the second winning / failing lottery becomes 0. In this way, the effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display the symbol variation effect including the variation display of the decorative symbol 61.

The effect control means 304 further controls the lighting and extinguishing of the decorative lamp 111 and the operation of the movable accessory 66. The effect control means 304 includes an effect display control means 305, a voice control means 306, and a lamp control means 309. The effect display control means 305 controls the display on the effect display device 60, and the sound control means 306 controls the sound output from the speaker 108. The lamp control means 309 controls the lighting and extinguishing of the decorative lamp 111.

While the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are changing, it is necessary to display an image indicating that the symbol is changing on the effect display device 60. Normally, a normal size decorative symbol 61 having a certain size is variablely displayed, but in a manner that hinders the visibility of the variable display of the normal size decorative symbol 61, other than the variation of the decorative symbol 61 is the main production content. You may display a special effect to be performed. In this case, the player is presented with the fact that the symbol is being changed by variablely displaying an alternative symbol which is a decorative symbol having a size smaller than that of the normal size decorative symbol. Hereinafter, when simply referred to as a decorative pattern, it means a normal size decorative pattern, but when it is distinguished from an alternative pattern, a normal size decorative pattern is also referred to as a "normal decorative pattern".

The alternative symbol is displayed while the visibility of the normal decorative symbol is impaired, for example, while the normal decorative symbol is hidden. The alternative symbol is a form of a decorative symbol for suggesting a hit / fail judgment result in a dramatic manner, has a simpler (in other words, simplified, simplified) display form than the normal decorative symbol, and is a normal decorative symbol. It is displayed in a simpler fluctuation process. The alternative symbol has an appearance display form corresponding to a portion indicating a symbol type of a normal decorative symbol, and has, for example, a display form representing a number, a character, or a symbol indicating the symbol type. Further, the alternative symbol is variablely displayed in a narrower area than the area where the decorative symbol is normally variablely displayed, and is typically at a position where the main effect by elements other than the symbol is not easily hindered, for example, in the corner of the screen of the effect display device 60. It is displayed in a variable manner. The alternative symbol is usually displayed relatively smaller than the decorative symbol, but has at least a display form in which the symbol type can be visually identified. The alternative symbol may be a reduced version of the normal decorative symbol as it is, or may be the same as the normal decorative symbol except for the size.

The plurality of alternative symbols displayed in place of the plurality of normal decorative symbols suggests a high degree of expectation that the result of the winning / failing lottery will be in a favorable state to the player depending on the combination of the stop modes at the end of the fluctuation. For example, it is suggested that the plurality of alternative symbols have a high expectation of a big hit in the fluctuation by being in a reach state in which two symbol types out of the three alternative symbols are aligned. In addition, the left and right symbols that are in the reach state are specific types of symbols that suggest that the expectations are relatively high, such as "3" and "7", and the expectations such as "1" and "2" are high. By making a pattern of a kind that suggests that it is relatively low, it may indicate whether the degree of expectation of the reach state is high or low. It should be noted that the alternative symbol does not enter a definite stop state in appearance, but becomes a temporary stop state in which minute shaking is maintained. After the temporary stop of the substitute symbol, the normal decorative symbol may be displayed instead of the substitute symbol, and the normal decorative symbol may be displayed in a fixed stop state. Further, instead of displaying the normal decorative pattern and the alternative pattern exclusively, the display period may overlap. Furthermore, at a predetermined effect in which the visibility of the normal decorative symbol is impaired, the variation display of the normal decorative symbol may be continued and the variation of the alternative symbol may be displayed.

The timekeeping means 307 is a timekeeping circuit that outputs time information used for the game. The timekeeping means 307 is a timer circuit that measures the time from the time when the power is turned on with a counter and outputs it as time information. However, a real-time clock circuit having a built-in battery and capable of continuously measuring the date and time by the battery even when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned off or when a power failure occurs may be used. In the case of a real-time clock circuit, there is a possibility that the time of each game console may differ slightly due to individual differences or time deviations, whereas in the case of a timer circuit, the time difference between multiple game consoles as long as the power is turned on at the same time. Is unlikely to occur.

The effect determining means 303 executes a tuning effect that starts at a predetermined timing triggered by the time information output by the time measuring means 307 indicating a predetermined time. The tuning effect is an effect displayed on the effect display device 60 during the synchronized effect period, which is a period substantially asynchronous with the fluctuation period of the symbol variation and the game state. The tuning effect period extends for several minutes, the length of which is longer than the symbol variation time for one time, and may include a plurality of symbol variation periods. The effect pattern of the synchronized effect is stored in the pattern storage means 302, and the effect pattern defines the reproduction of a predetermined music and video. A plurality of types of effect patterns for synchronized effects are prepared, and different types of effect patterns can be selected depending on the date and time such as month, date, day of the week, and time.

The entrainment effect is executed regardless of whether it is during a normal game or a special game. Here, "during normal game" includes the display of the so-called standby demo screen. That is, "during normal game" includes (1) "normal game during variable display" in which the symbol is variablely displayed, and (2) "normal game during variable stop" in which neither the variable display of the symbol nor the standby demo screen is displayed. , (3) "Normal game while displaying the standby demo screen", which is not displaying the variation of the symbol but displaying the standby demo screen, is included. The tuning effect can be executed during any of the periods (1) to (3), but in the cases of (2) and (3), the output mode for controlling the volume reduction and the brightness reduction in the tuning effect is (1). It can be different from the time of. In addition, while the standby demo screen is displayed, the player can input information about the mobile cooperation system described later by operating the effect button 109 or the cross key 110, and when the operation is input, the video and audio of the synchronized effect are output. It is suppressed, and the screen display such as production customization by the mobile cooperation system is prioritized.

The tuning effect is, for example, an effect of playing a performance or a video of a predetermined song at a predetermined time (referred to as “synchronization effect start time”). The time that triggers the reproduction of the tuning effect may be the time reached at a predetermined time interval from the time when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on, or the time every hour or half hour based on the standard time. May be. Alternatively, a time that may vary depending on the date or day of the week may be set, and the interval may be different, such as first one hour later, then three hours later, instead of a fixed interval such as "every hour". The interval may vary depending on the date and day of the week. It may be a variable setting in which the time can be specified by the game clerk for each game store. However, it is set in advance so that the same tuning effect is executed at least at the same time among a plurality of the same models installed in the same game store. For example, in the case of a specification triggered by a time that arrives at a predetermined time interval from the time when the power is turned on, a game store turns on a plurality of units at the same time. As a result, the same tuning effect is simultaneously executed on the plurality of game consoles when the predetermined time is reached. As a result, the production is displayed at the same time as if they were synchronized by multiple units, and the same music and video are played at the same time, creating a synergistic and realistic feeling as if a live performance or movie was being screened on the spot. A directing effect can be obtained.

The function of entrainment effect is also built into another game console of the same model, and multiple game consoles on the same game island are turned on at the same time by a game clerk every day. Then, the plurality of game consoles that are turned on at the same time all reach the synchronization effect start time almost at the same time, and the synchronization effect can be executed simultaneously at the same time. This is called a multiple-unit synchronous production. In that case, not only the display of the image is synchronized with multiple units, but also the output of sound effects and background music is synchronized with multiple units, and the more units are synchronized, the more synergistic effect is obtained by executing the production all at once. It will increase.

The effect setting means 308 stores the game history of the player. The game history includes a history of game results and a history of production results. The history of game results is the result of a game that leads to a ball output that the player can obtain as a result of the game, such as the number of hit balls, the number of prize balls, the number of big hits, the number of probability changes, and the number of time reductions. The history of the production result is different from the profit in the game, and is recorded in order to obtain the profit such as the right to change the content and type of the production and the right to make it easier for a specific type of production to appear. It is information such as the score of. For example, in order to score the number of appearances of a predetermined effect, the result of a mini game, and the like and give it to the player, coded information indicating the score and the game history, for example, a two-dimensional code is displayed on the screen. When the player reads the two-dimensional code with the camera of his / her mobile terminal and decodes it, the score and the game history information obtained by the decoding are stored in the player's mobile terminal. The cooperation system between the gaming machine and the player's mobile terminal via the two-dimensional code will be described later. The score here is necessary to expand the range of production customization described later, and the score reaches a predetermined cumulative value (for example, reaching 1000 points, every 100 points, etc.). It is a specification that the items that can be customized increase.

The effect setting means 308 stores the setting of which of a plurality of types of effect content options is selected as the effect customization based on the player's selection instruction and the game history. For example, as an effect pattern to be displayed during a special game, a plurality of types of effect patterns having different displayed motifs, characters, and songs are prepared in the pattern storage means 302, and the player is made to select which effect is to be displayed. I will do it. Alternatively, a plurality of types of motifs or character designs are prepared in the pattern storage means 302 as the design of the design included in the decorative design that changes the design, and the player is allowed to select which of the designs is to be displayed. In such a case, when the player accepts the operation of the effect button 109 or the cross key 110 while the standby demo screen is displayed and the effect pattern is selected through the operation, the effect setting means 308 selects the selected content. Remember. The effect determining means 303 selects the type of the effect pattern during the special game according to the settings stored by the effect setting means 308.

The sub-initial processing execution means 360 executes the control start processing of the sub-board 300 when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on or when the power is turned off and restored. The sub-power cutoff processing executing means 362 executes an abnormality response process such as a power supply cutoff process on the sub-board 300 when a power supply abnormality such as a power supply cutoff occurs. The sub-error detecting means 364 executes the abnormality detection process on the sub-board 300. When the sub-error detecting means 364 detects the power cutoff, the sub-power cutoff processing executing means 362 backs up the data in the RAM to the backup RAM as the power cutoff process.

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing an outline of a mobile cooperation system. As a premise of the mobile cooperation system, the player registers the user by setting an account and a password in the game history server 358 provided with a dedicated site in advance on the mobile terminal 354. When the effect button 109 is pressed by the player at the start of the game, the effect display control means 305 displays the two-dimensional code 350, which encodes the address of the dedicated site of the game history server 358, on the screen of the effect display device 60. The player is made to read it with the camera of the mobile terminal and access the dedicated site of the game history server 358. Character information (also called "password information") in which the player's identification information and the effect score history are encoded is transmitted from the dedicated site to the mobile terminal and displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal. The effect display control means 305 displays the password information input screen on the effect display device 60, and causes the player to input the password information via a button operation such as a cross key 110. By decoding the input password information by the effect setting means 308 and registering it as the player's identification information and the effect score history, the player's previous game content and effect score state can be inherited. The input of this password information serves as an instruction to start recording the game history of the player and an instruction to start the effect customization for selecting various effect elements. After that, in the pachinko gaming machine 100, as the game and the production progress, the points given by the effect setting means 308 to the player as a benefit in the effect are added as needed and accumulated as the effect score history, and the player. Can customize the effect at any time and select and set the desired element as various effect elements. The score for the production is basically added for each symbol change, and the higher the production type with the higher expectation for the transition to the special game, the higher the score is given, and the higher the score is given even when the transition to the special game is performed.

As an effect customization, the player uses a part of the accumulated points, and according to the number of points used, the color, the background, the shape, the character, and the colors, the background, the shape, the character, which constitute the effect content displayed on the effect display device 60. You can change the production elements such as music to your favorite type. The effect setting means 308 receives an instruction to change the effect element via a button operation by the player, and changes various effect elements according to the instruction. As for the effect elements that can be customized, a plurality of types of items are prepared for each element, and different values are set as the number of points required for each item. Therefore, when the accumulated score reaches a predetermined value, the number of customizable items increases, or a chance to increase the number of customizable items is given. When the player operates a button as an instruction to end the game or the effect customization, the effect setting means 308 generates a two-dimensional code 350 in which information such as a privilege on the effect and the effect score history is encoded, and controls the effect display. The means 305 displays on the effect display device 60. The player can read the two-dimensional code 350 with the camera of his / her own mobile terminal and decode the read two-dimensional code 352 to acquire information and store it in the mobile terminal 354. Further, the information is transmitted from the mobile terminal 354 to the game history server 358 having a dedicated site via the network 356, and is managed in association with its own account information. In this way, information such as production benefits and production score history is transmitted to the mobile terminal 354 via a transmission means of displaying and reading the two-dimensional code 350, and is managed by the game history server 358. The contents of the game and the production can be taken over in the next game. In addition, by continuing the game for a long time, the number of symbol fluctuations and the number of productions increase, and the score can be obtained.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the main board 200 and the sub board 300. The main board 200 includes electronic components such as a main CPU 290, a main RAM 291 and a main ROM 292. The main ROM 292 stores in advance a main control program and data for controlling the overall game operation. The main control program or data is read from the main ROM 292 into the main RAM 291 and the main control program is executed by the main CPU 290. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or a data bus (not shown). The entry signal from each entry port, the payout signal from the payout control board 155, and the like are acquired by the main CPU 290 via various interfaces (not shown). The main CPU 290 drives and controls external devices such as the winning port solenoid, the first special symbol display unit 41, and the second special symbol display unit 42 by various drive circuits (not shown). Further, commands necessary for effect control are transmitted from the main CPU 290 to the sub-board 300 together with information such as a result of a winning / losing lottery, a result of determining a symbol, and a result of determining a variation pattern. A signal is transmitted from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 by one-way communication.

The instruction data transmitted from the main board 200 to the sub-board 300 has a 2-byte configuration consisting of a combination of 1-byte instruction type data, so-called MODE data, and 1-byte instruction content data, so-called EVENT data. The main board 200 can send one command by transmitting the command type data and the command content data to the sub board 300 in association with each other. The instruction type data is a bit string indicating the instruction type, and a unique type code is assigned to each instruction type in advance at the development stage. The instruction content data is a bit string indicating the content of the instruction. The most significant bit of the instruction type data and the instruction content data is an identification bit indicating whether the instruction type data or the instruction content data is used. When the most significant bit is 1, it indicates that the instruction type data is the most significant bit. When the bit is 0, it indicates that it is instruction content data.

Communication from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 is a specification in which 1 byte of data is transmitted for each data transmission, so it is necessary to transmit 1 byte each twice in order to transmit 2 bytes of instruction data. .. The MODE data, which is the upper byte, is transmitted in the first communication, and the EVENT data, which is the lower byte, is transmitted in the second communication. Considering the possibility of communication failure due to the influence of noise or the like, the main board 200 continuously transmits the same data, and when the same data is read twice in succession by the sub board 300, the completion of transmission / reception of the data is confirmed. .. The main board 200 repeatedly transmits the same data until it is read two times in a row, and transmits the same data up to five times.

The sub-board 300 includes electronic components such as a sub CPU 310, a sub RAM 311, a sub ROM 312, and an effect control device 313. The sub ROM 312 is one of the data storage means for holding the sub control program including the effect pattern data in which the effect process is defined and the display pattern data in which the effect display process is defined. A sub control program including effect pattern data, display pattern data, and voice pattern data is read from the sub ROM 312 into the sub RAM 311, and the effect control by the sub control program is executed by the sub CPU 310. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or a data bus (not shown). Signals from an external device such as the effect button 109 are acquired by the sub CPU 310 via various interfaces (not shown). The sub CPU 310 drives and outputs an effect display device 60, a speaker 108, a decorative lamp 111, a movable accessory 66, and the like by an effect control device 313, various drive circuits and control circuits (not shown) according to the effect pattern data. , Voice output, lamp lighting, and control of the production by the movement of the accessory. The sub CPU 310 transmits the display pattern data and the voice pattern data to the effect control device 313. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub-board 300 includes the effect control device 313 will be described, but the sub-board 300 and the effect control device 313 do not need to be integrated as a substrate and are separated and connected to each other. It may be formed as a separate substrate.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the effect control device 313. The effect control device 313 includes a control CPU 320, a control RAM 322, a data ROM 324, a display control circuit 326, and a voice control circuit 314. The data ROM 324 is one of data storage means for holding material data such as effect image data and motion data used for effect display and audio data used for audio output in a data-compressed state. The effect image data is an image used for variable display or effect display as an effect object showing a judgment result of a winning / fail lottery, for example, a sprite image of a decorative pattern used for decorative pattern variation, a sprite image used for a notice effect, and various effects. It is a material image such as a moving image to be used. The motion data is data in which the motion is defined when the motion is added to the image used for various effects at a predetermined timing. The voice data is voice data such as music, background sounds, sound effects, and character lines that are output during the production.

Based on the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310, the effect image data and motion data specified in the display pattern data are read from the data ROM 324 to the control RAM 322, and the effect display using the effect image data and motion data. Is executed by the control CPU 320. As a result, commands, effect image data, and motion data related to the effect display are transmitted from the control CPU 320 to the display control circuit 326, and display control is performed by the display control circuit 326. Similarly, commands and voice data related to voice output are transmitted from the control CPU 320 to the voice control circuit 314, and voice output control is performed by the voice control circuit 314.

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

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

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

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

The data ROM 324 holds "detailed display pattern data" in which the display control process performed by the display control circuit 326 is defined. At this time, the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310 can be called "rough display pattern data" in which the outline of the effect display process is defined. For example, the schematic display pattern data defines a rough flow of a series of effect display processes such as fluctuation start and fluctuation stop timings of decorative symbols, playback order of a plurality of moving images, and playback start and stop timings. .. On the other hand, the detailed display pattern data includes detailed display control such as the display order of sprite images for realizing variable display of decorative patterns and the display processing order for each frame for displaying moving images based on motion data. The process is defined.

When the effect control device 313 performs display control based on the "rough display pattern data" sent from the sub CPU 310, the effect control device 313 reads out the "detailed display pattern data" necessary for the processing from the data ROM 324 and uses both display pattern data. And execute the display process. Therefore, it can be said that the effect control device 313 executes the display control process based on the display putter data including the “rough display pattern data” and the “detailed display pattern data”. Therefore, in the present specification, unless explicitly mentioned, the "rough display pattern data" stored in the sub ROM 312 and the "detailed display pattern data" stored in the data ROM 324 are not distinguished, and simply "display pattern data" is used. ". For example, when the effect control means performs a specific process based on the display pattern data held in the data storage means, the display pattern data includes "rough display pattern data" and "detailed display pattern data". .. In the modified example, the display pattern data is not divided into "rough display pattern data" and "detailed display pattern data", and even if the display pattern data that serves as both is held in the sub ROM 312 or the data ROM 324. good.

In this embodiment, the hardware configuration of the effect control device 313 includes a control CPU 320, a control RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. In the modification, the control CPU 320, the control RAM 322, the data ROM 324, and the display control circuit 326 may be integrated instead of being configured as separate electronic components. Further, the process that is supposed to be executed by the display control circuit 326 may be executed by the control CPU 320, the control RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. For example, the control CPU 320 included in the effect control device 313 may execute a process that is executed by the decoder 332, the drawing circuit 336, and the display circuit 340 included in the display control circuit 326. Further, the control RAM 322 included in the effect control device 313 may also have the functions of the drawing memory 334 and the frame buffer 338. In addition, the effect control device 313 may have a hardware configuration that does not include the display control circuit 326. In this case, the process that is supposed to be executed by the display control circuit 326 is executed by the control CPU 320, the control RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. May be done.

Further, in this embodiment, the hardware configuration of the sub-board 300 includes a configuration in which the effect control device 313 is included in addition to the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 and the sub ROM 312. In the modification, the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 and the ROM 312 and the effect control device 313 may be integrated instead of being configured as separate electronic components. Further, the process that is supposed to be executed by the effect control device 313 may be executed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 or the sub ROM 312. For example, the sub CPU 310 may execute the processing of the control CPU 320, the sub RAM 311 may also have the function of the control RAM 322, and the sub ROM 312 may also have the function of the data ROM 324. In addition, the sub-board 300 may have a hardware configuration that does not include the effect control device 313. In this case, the process that is supposed to be executed by the effect control device 313 is executed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 or the sub ROM 312. You may.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a control start process of the main board 200 in the pachinko gaming machine. This control start processing is executed by the main initial processing execution means 280, and will be described below as being executed by the main CPU 290 that functions as the main initial processing execution means 280. When the power switch 150 is turned on, the main CPU 290 sets the stack pointer (S100), permits access to the main RAM 291 (S102), and executes initial hardware-related settings such as the setting of the internal registers of the main CPU 290. (S104).

Subsequently, the power supply cutoff / recovery process or the initialization process of the main RAM 291 is executed according to the operation state of the RAM clear switch, the value of the power supply cutoff information flag, and the state of the data stored in the main RAM 291. Specifically, if the RAM clear switch is not turned on and both the value of the power off information flag and the data stored in the main RAM 291 are normal, the process at the time of power off / recovery is executed. do. In other cases, that is, even when the RAM clear switch is turned on or the RAM clear switch is not turned on, either the power failure information flag or the data stored in the main RAM 291 is normal. If not, the initialization process of the main RAM 291 is executed.

The main CPU 290 confirms the operating state of the RAM clear switch, and when the RAM clear switch is turned on (Y in S106), initializes the main RAM 291 (S116). When the RAM clear switch is not turned on (N in S106), the main CPU 290 confirms the value of the power cutoff information flag (S108). If the value of the power off information flag does not match the power off normal data (N in S108), the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the value of the power off information flag matches the power off normal data (Y in S108), the data stored in the main RAM 291 is inspected (S110). As will be described later, if the processing is normally completed when the power is turned off last time, the checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is stored in the main RAM 291. Therefore, the main CPU 290 uses the checksum. Check the data in the main RAM 291. If the data stored in the main RAM 291 is not normal (N in S112), the data in the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the data stored in the main RAM is normal (Y in S112), the process for returning to the state before the power is turned off is executed (S114).

In the power-off recovery process (S114), the power-on normal data indicating that the power was turned on normally is stored in the power-off information flag, and the initial setting of various errors and the initial setting of communication with the payout control board 155 are executed. do. Subsequently, the command request for the untransmitted portion before the power is turned off is cleared, and the command transmission of various information indicating the game state is requested. Subsequently, an effect command corresponding to the number of pending balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Subsequently, the open / closed state of the second starting port 12 and the large winning opening 20 is restored to the state before the power was cut off. Subsequently, a process for notifying the operating state of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol is executed.

In the RAM initialization process (S116), the power-on normal data is stored in the power-off information flag, the entire area of the main RAM 291 is cleared by 0, the initial setting of the main RAM 291 and the initialization of the effect display are executed.

When the power cutoff / recovery process (S114) or the RAM initialization process (S116) is completed, a count value is set to activate the interrupt process described later, and the operation of the interrupt timer is started (S118). As a result, after that, a timer interrupt is generated every predetermined time (for example, 4 milliseconds), and the interrupt process described later is executed. Subsequently, the main CPU 290 executes the main process for managing the gaming machine (S120).

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the main process of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. The main CPU 290 temporarily prohibits timer interruption (S200), starts the operation of the watchdog timer (S202), and monitors the power failure (S204). When a drop in the power supply voltage supplied from the power supply board 158 is detected in a power supply voltage monitoring circuit (not shown), a power supply cutoff storage is executed by inputting an unconditional interruption request signal from the power supply voltage monitoring circuit to the main CPU 290. In the process, the power off confirmation data is stored in the power off confirmation flag. Therefore, the main CPU 290 monitors the value of the power-off confirmation flag (S204), and if the value of the power-off confirmation flag matches the power-off confirmation data (Y in S206), executes the process for power-off. Therefore, proceed to S212. If the value of the power off confirmation flag does not match the power off confirmation data (N in S206), the initial value random number per normal symbol, the initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are updated. The initial value random number update process is executed (S208), the timer interrupt is permitted (S210), and the process returns to S200. After that, S200 to S210 are repeated. When the timer interrupt occurs while the timer interrupt is prohibited (S202 to S208), the interrupt process described later is executed after the timer interrupt is permitted in S210.

When the power failure is detected in S206 (Y in S206), the main CPU 290 restarts the watchdog timer (S212) and confirms the content of the power failure information flag (S214). If the content of the power-off information flag does not match the power-on normal data (N in S214), it is determined that the data at the time of power-on is not saved normally, and the power-off error data is stored in the power-off information flag. (S216), proceed to S222. If the content of the power-off information flag matches the power-on normal data (Y in S214), it is determined that the data at the time of power-on is normally saved, and the power-off normal data is stored in the power-off information flag. (S218). Subsequently, in order to inspect the backed up data of the main RAM 291 at the next power-on, the checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is calculated and stored in the main RAM 291 (S220). Subsequently, access to the main RAM 291 is prohibited (S222), and a loop is performed until the power is turned off. The main power cutoff processing execution means 282 realized by the main CPU 290 executes the above-mentioned processing when the power is turned off.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the details of the interrupt process. When a timer interrupt occurs in the main process (S120), the main CPU 290 executes the interrupt process. First, the interrupt operation condition is set (S300), and the watchdog timer is restarted (S302). Next, in order to manage the game machine, input processing (S304), various random number update processing (S306), initial value update type random number update processing (S308), initial value random number update processing (S310), timer subtraction processing (S312). , 2nd start port valid period setting process (S314), prize monitoring process (S316), prize ball control process (S318), normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320), normal symbol control process (S322), normal symbol change start Monitoring process (S324), start port monitoring control process (S326), special symbol control process (S328), special electric accessory control process (S330), large winning opening valid period setting process (S332), special symbol change start monitoring control Processing (S334), abnormality detection processing (S336), ball entry passage time abnormality detection processing (S338), game status display processing (S340), handle status signal inspection processing (S342), LED output processing (S344), launch control signal Output processing (S346), test signal output processing (S348), solenoid output processing (S350), effect control command transmission processing (S352), and external information output processing (S354) are executed in order, and the next timer interruption is permitted. (S356) and return.

In the input process (S304), the data of the input port of the switch mounted on the game board surface, the disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, the door / frame opening signal, the magnetic detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, and the touch state signal is monitored. , Data indicating the input state is created and stored in the main RAM 291. The data indicating this input state are level data (data of the input port at the time of this interruption) and rising data or falling data (data of the input port at the time of this interruption and data at the time of the previous interruption). Data indicating a switch in which switching was observed by comparing the data of the input port with an exclusive logical sum).

In the various random number update processes (S306), the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated. Ordinary symbol fluctuation pattern Random numbers are read from the main RAM 291. If the value is less than the predetermined maximum value, the value is incremented and stored, and if the value is equal to or more than the predetermined maximum value, 0 is stored. Further, the fluctuation pattern random number is read from the main RAM 291 and the subtraction result is stored when the result of subtracting the predetermined value from the value is 0 or more, and the predetermined maximum value is stored when the result is less than 0. As a result, the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated every time the timer interrupt occurs.

In the initial value update type random number update process (S308), the random number per normal symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated. The value, maximum value, and initial value of each random number are read from the main RAM 291 and the value of the random number is incremented. If the result of the increment exceeds the maximum value, the value of the random number is set to 0. If the incremented result matches the initial value, the initial value random number is read from the main RAM 291 and the initial value is updated. As a result, the random number per normal symbol, the random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated every time the timer interrupt occurs, and when the value of the random number returns to the initial value, that is, it goes around the range of random numbers. Then, the initial value is newly set and a random number is generated.

In the initial value random number update process (S310), the initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are updated. The initial value random number is read from the initial value random number update table of the main RAM 291 and the value of the initial value random number is incremented. If the result of the increment exceeds the upper limit, the value of the initial random number is set to 0. The same process is executed in the initial value random number update process (S208) in the main process (S120).

In the timer subtraction process (S312), the 2-byte timer is updated. The values of the timers for various controls are read from the main RAM 291 according to the table, and when the timer values are other than 0, the values are sequentially decremented and stored. If the value of the timer is 0, the timer is not updated.

In the second starting port valid period setting process (S314), the valid period of the second starting port 12 is set. At the second starting port 12, the valid period in which the prize ball is paid out and the lottery related to the second special symbol is executed by the entry of the game ball, and the prize ball is paid out and the second special even if the game ball enters. An invalid period is set in which the lottery related to the symbol is not executed. As will be described later, in the start port monitoring control process (S326), the monitoring process for winning the second start port is not executed during the invalid period of the second start port 12, so that the game ball enters the second start port 12. Even so, the payout of prize balls and the lottery related to the second special symbol will not be executed. The same applies to the case where the valid period and the invalid period are set in the first starting port 11, the large winning opening 20, the first operating opening 31, the second operating opening 32, the general winning opening 33, and the like. When the state of the normal symbol is "normal electric accessory is operating", the data indicating that the second start port 12 is the valid period is stored in the second start port valid period flag. If the state of the normal symbol is not "normal electric accessory is operating" and the value of the second start port effective extension timer is not 0, the second start port 12 is the valid period in the second start port valid period flag. If the value of the second start port valid extension timer is 0, the data indicating that the second start port is in the invalid period is stored in the second start port valid period flag.

In the prize monitoring process (S316), the passage of the game ball through the switch is inspected, and when the game ball passes through the switch, the switch has no invalid period or is currently in the valid period, and the prize ball is paid out. If so, update the winning counter. It also requests the creation of a security output request to be output to the external information output terminal 160 and the transmission of commands.

In the prize ball control process (S318), monitoring of data reception from the payout control board 155, command transmission request to the payout control board 155, command transmission to the payout control board 155, and inspection of received data from the payout control board 155. Are executed in order.

In the normal symbol actuating gate monitoring process (S320), the passage of the first actuating port 31 and the second actuating port 32 of the game ball is monitored, and it is determined that the game ball has passed through the first actuating port 31 or the second actuating port 32. When the number of reserved symbols is less than 4, which is the upper limit, the number of reserved ordinary symbols is updated and the random numbers related to the ordinary symbols are stored in the main RAM 291.

In the normal symbol control process (S322), the state of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal symbol is being controlled, the process related to the normal symbol display unit 45 or the normal electric accessory 90 is executed. If the state of the normal symbol is "normal symbol changing", the normal symbol changing process is executed, and if it is "normal symbol stop symbol display", the normal symbol stop symbol display processing is executed and "normal electric" is executed. If "the accessory is in operation", the process during the operation of the normal electric accessory is executed, and if it is "during the demonstration of the end of the operation of the ordinary electric accessory", the process during the demonstration of the end of the operation of the normal electric accessory is executed. In the process of changing the normal symbol, after changing the normal symbol, the fluctuation time is monitored, and if it is determined that the fluctuation time of the normal symbol has ended, the fluctuation stop setting of the normal symbol is set and the state of the normal symbol is changed to "normal". Set to "Stop symbol display". In the process of displaying the normal symbol stop symbol, the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol has ended, the operation end setting of the normal symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a hit, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normal electric accessory is in operation", the operating state of the normal electric accessory opening extension function at the start of operation of the normal electric accessory is saved, and the operation of the normal electric accessory is started. The operation setting of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91 corresponding to the operating state of the ordinary electric accessory opening extension function at the time is executed. In the case of off, the state of the normal symbol is set to "waiting for normal symbol change". When the winnings of the winning openings related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 of the game ball are monitored in the processing during the operation of the ordinary electric accessory, and it is determined that the number of winnings of the winning openings related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 has reached the maximum number of winnings. Performs the operation end setting of the ordinary electric accessory 90 and the setting of the effective extension time of the second start port. If it is determined that the number of winnings in the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 has not reached the maximum number of winnings, the opening / closing time of the entrance of the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 is monitored, and the ordinary electric accessory 90 is used. If it is determined that the opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening related to the above is completed and the opening of the entrance of the normal electric accessory 90 is completed, the operation end setting of the ordinary electric accessory 90 and the second starting opening are valid. Execute the extension time setting. If it is determined that the opening / closing time of the entrance of the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 has not ended, the setting of opening / closing the entrance of the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 is not executed. In the process during the demonstration of the end of operation of the normal electric accessory, the operation end demo time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is monitored, and if it is determined that the operation end demo time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 has ended, the state of the normal symbol is changed to "normal symbol". Set to "Waiting for fluctuation".

In the normal symbol change start monitoring process (S324), when the state of the normal symbol is monitored, "waiting for normal symbol change", and the value of the number of balls on hold for normal symbol operation is other than 0, the normal symbol changes. Judge to start. When it is determined to start the fluctuation of the normal symbol, the number of balls on hold for normal symbol operation is decremented, and the hit judgment, the determination of the stop symbol, the setting of the fluctuation pattern number of the normal symbol, and the setting of the fluctuation time of the normal symbol are executed. .. After that, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normal symbol changing", and the area of the main RAM 291 used for the state setting of the normal symbol, the hit determination, and the determination of the fluctuation pattern is cleared.

In the start opening monitoring control process (S326), the first starting opening 11 winning and the second starting opening 12 winning of the game ball are monitored. If the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of pending balls of the first special symbol is less than 4, the built-in random number is acquired, and the value obtained by adding the value of the soft random number per special symbol to the acquired built-in random number is added. It is stored in the buffer as a random number per special symbol used in the jackpot judgment. Further, as random numbers related to the special symbol, a symbol random number and a variable pattern random number are acquired and stored. When the hold of the second special symbol is prioritized over the hold of the first special symbol, only the update of the hold related to the prize is executed, but when the hold order of the special symbol is the winning order, the hold is executed. In addition to updating the hold related to the prize, the total number of holds is updated and the winning order is stored. Next, in order to request a notice effect command corresponding to the random number memorized at the start opening prize, if the state of the gaming machine is confirmed and it is determined that the command transmission period is reached, a hit notice effect request, a hit design notice effect request, and a pattern notice are requested. Execute the production requests in order. Here, when (1) waiting for a hit and the random number related to the first special symbol is stored while the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is not operating, (2) waiting for a hit and the normal symbol When the random number related to the second special symbol is stored while the probability fluctuation function is not activated, or (3) when the random number related to the second special symbol is stored during the big hit or the small hit. , Judge that it is the command transmission period. Next, a production command corresponding to the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol is requested. As a result, the sub-board 300 is notified that the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol has been updated. As described above, in the look-ahead, four pieces of the prior determination information (preliminary hit / fail determination information, prior symbol determination information, prior pattern determination information) and the number of reserved balls are transmitted to the sub-board 300 as a set. In the above example, the main CPU 290 controls the transmission of the command for the pre-determination process, but in another example, when there is a ball entering the starting port, the command is uniformly transmitted and can be read ahead. The sub CPU 310 may perform various situation determinations such as whether or not it is a period. Next, the value of the second starting port validity period flag is inspected, and if the value of the second starting port validity period flag is data indicating that the second starting port 12 is a valid period, the first starting port winning prize is awarded. As in the case, the monitoring process of the second start opening winning is executed. When the value of the second starting port valid period flag is data indicating that the second starting port 12 is an invalid period, the monitoring process of the second starting port winning is not executed. If the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of reserved balls is 0, the number of reserved balls is once changed from 0 to 1, and then the control process related to the start of fluctuation described later is executed. ..

In the special symbol control process (S328), the hit waiting state is inspected, and when the special electric accessory is in operation, that is, during a big hit or a small hit, the special symbol control process is terminated. If the special electric accessory is not operating, the state of the special symbol is inspected, if it is "waiting for special symbol change", the special symbol control general-purpose processing is terminated, and if it is "start of change", the special symbol change. The start process is executed, and if "special symbol is changing", the special symbol change process is executed, and if "special symbol stop symbol is being displayed", the special symbol stop symbol display process is executed. In the special symbol variation start process, the selection number of the special symbol variation pattern is acquired based on the variation pattern random number, the variation time corresponding to the special symbol variation pattern number is determined, and the effect display is started on the sub-board 300. Request commands for additional symbol information, variation pattern, and character information, set the state of the special symbol to "special symbol variation in progress", and clear the variation pattern determination area used to determine the special symbol variation pattern with 0. .. In the process during special symbol change, after the special symbol is changed, the change time is monitored, and if it is determined that the change time of the special symbol has ended, the change stop setting of the special symbol is set and the state of the special symbol is changed to "special". Set to "Stop symbol display". In the process of displaying the special symbol stop symbol, the stop symbol display time of the special symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the special symbol has ended, the operation end setting of the special symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a big hit, in order to end the operation of the special symbol, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol change", the number of times the special electric accessory is continuously activated is set, and the probability of the special symbol is set. The variable function, the variable time shortening function of the special symbol, the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol, the variable time shortening function of the normal symbol, and the opening extension function of the ordinary electric accessory are disabled, and the state of the gaming machine is prepared to open the big winning opening. Set in, set the hit start demo display time, execute the command request for the hit start demo effect, and the command request for the launch position specification effect. When the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, the operation end judgment of the fluctuation time shortening function of the special symbol and the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is performed, the fluctuation pattern selection state is updated, the command request of the game state is performed, and the special symbol is performed. In order to end the operation of, set the state of the special symbol to "waiting for special symbol change", set the state of the gaming machine during the small hit start demo, set the hit start demo display time, and set the hit start demo effect. Execute the command request and the command request for the firing position designation effect. If the result of the hit judgment is wrong, the operation end judgment of the fluctuation time shortening function of the special symbol and the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is performed, the fluctuation pattern selection state is updated, the command request of the game state is performed, and the special symbol is displayed. In order to terminate the operation, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol change", and the command request for the firing position designation effect is executed.

In the special electric accessory control process (S330), in order to execute the process related to the special electric accessory, the operating state of the condition device and the special electric accessory is inspected, and the condition device is operating or the special electric accessory is operating. If it is determined, the processing related to the special electric accessory is executed. Depending on the operating status of the special electric accessory, the processing during preparation for opening the large winning opening, the processing during operation of the special electric accessory, the processing during closing of the large winning opening, the processing during the big hit end demonstration, the processing during the small hit start demonstration, the small hit special electric Execute processing during operation, processing during closing of the small hit big winning opening, and processing during demonstration of the end of small hit.

In the large winning opening valid period setting process (S332), in order to save the result of the valid period determination of the large winning opening 20, if the value of the large winning opening valid time is 0, the large winning opening valid period flag will be a big prize. The mouth invalid period data is stored, and if it is other than 0, the big prize opening validity period data is stored in the big winning opening validity period flag.

In the special symbol change start monitoring control process (S334), the operating state of the special symbol is monitored, and it is determined whether or not the special symbol is in a state where the change can be started. When the digestion order of the reserved balls of the special symbol is the priority digestion of the second special symbol, (1) it is not in the big hit or the small hit, (2) the first special symbol is waiting for change, (3). ) When the second special symbol is waiting for change and (4) the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol is other than 0, the special symbol can start changing. Is determined. When the digestion order of the reserved balls of the special symbol is the winning order, in addition to the above (1) to (3), (5) the total number of reserved balls of the special symbol is other than 0, (6) the relevant When all of the determinations that the digestion order, that is, the winning order is matched, are satisfied, it is determined that the special symbol can start to change.

When it is determined that the special symbol is in a state where it can start to fluctuate, the number of reserved balls for the special symbol is subtracted, and an effect command corresponding to the number of reserved balls for the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. As a result, the sub-board 300 is notified that the number of reserved balls of the special symbol has been updated.

Next, the hit determination of the special symbol is executed. In the hit determination, a random number per special symbol is used to determine whether the hit is a big hit, a small hit, or a miss, and the determination result is stored in the special symbol determination flag. Next, the design is decided. In the determination of the symbol, if the hit judgment is a big hit, the big hit symbol is determined based on the special symbol hit symbol random number, if it is a small hit, the small hit symbol is determined, and if it is a miss, the missed symbol is lost. Is determined.

When the result of the hit determination is a big hit, the operation content of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol is determined based on the value of the group determination number indicating the type of the hit symbol determined in the symbol determination process, and the operation content of the special symbol is determined. Set the game state after the big hit, such as the operation content of the fluctuation time shortening function and the setting of the normal symbol winning easy state. Next, the settings during the big hit, such as the number of times the special electric accessory operates continuously and the contents of the opening time of the big winning opening, are executed. Next, the content of the variation pattern selection state is set by selecting the variation pattern table to be referred to after the end of the big hit based on the result of the hit determination and the operating state of the probability variation function of the normal symbol. Next, the start demo time and the end demo time are set with reference to the table selected based on the value of the group determination number indicating the game state and the type of the winning symbol. Subsequently, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and the symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

If the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, by selecting the fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after the small hit ends, the content of the fluctuation pattern selection state is set, the start demo time and the end demo time are set, and the hit. The area of the main RAM 291 used for the determination and the symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start". If the result of the hit determination is wrong, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and the symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

In the abnormality detection process (S336), the main CPU 290 functioning as the main error detection means 284 inspects the magnetic detection signal, the short-circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, and the door / frame opening signal, and changes in the error state. If there is, the error state is stored and the sub-board 300 is requested to display the error state effect of the game machine. At this time, the light emitting mode of the light emitting means such as the LED mounted on the control board may be controlled according to the error state. If there is no change in the error state, the error state storage and the error state effect display request are not executed.

In the incoming ball passing time abnormality detection process (S338), the main CPU 290 functioning as the main error detecting means 284 monitors the continuous on time of each switch level in order to detect the incoming ball passing time abnormality, and the continuous on time (continuous on time). For example, if it is determined that the value of the counter that increments for each interrupt when the switch is on) is an abnormal value, the setting of the ball entry passage time error, the command transmission request, and the security of outputting to the external information output terminal 160. Create output requests in sequence. At this time, the light emitting mode of the light emitting means such as the LED mounted on the control board may be controlled according to the abnormality of the ball entry transit time. If it is determined that the continuous on-time is not abnormal, the security output request is not created.

In the game state display process (S340), the number of times the special electric accessory is continuously operated, the error state, the number of balls on hold for normal symbol operation, and the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol are requested to be displayed. Create data.

In the handle state signal inspection process (S342), in order to monitor the touch state of the handle, the handle state is inspected, and if it is determined that the handle state has changed as a result of the inspection, the handle state monitoring timer is subtracted and the handle state is changed. Update, set the handle status monitoring timer, and execute the command transmission request for the handle status effect. If it is determined that there is no change in the handle status as a result of the inspection, the handle status monitoring timer is set. If the result of decrementing the value of the handle status monitoring timer is other than 0, it is determined that the timer is being subtracted, and the subsequent processing is not executed.

In the LED output process (S344), the display of the special symbol, the display of the normal symbol, the display of the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol, the display of the number of balls on hold for operation of the normal symbol, the display of the game state, and the special electric accessory are continuous. Initialization of the display to display the number of times of operation, display of the operation status of the special electric accessory when the continuous operation device of the accessory is not activated, display of hitting, display of error, display of prize ball ratio. , Acquire and output display data in order.

In the launch control signal output process (S346), in order to output a signal for prohibiting / permitting the launch of the game ball, the setting of the prohibition / permit for launching corresponding to the communication state with the payout control board 155 and the disconnection short-circuit power supply abnormality, and After acquiring the firing prohibition / permission data, the firing prohibition / permission signal is output.

In the test signal output process (S348), a signal to be output to the test device is created and output to the corresponding output port.

In the solenoid output processing (S350), in order to output the output data of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91 and the large winning opening solenoid 92, the output data of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91 is acquired, and the output data of the large winning opening solenoid 92 is obtained. Acquire and output data. The operation flag and the operation timer of each solenoid are acquired, and the output data corresponding to the acquired solenoid operation flag and the solenoid operation timer are acquired. Next, the solenoid operation timer is updated and the output data is output to the solenoid output port.

In the effect control command transmission process (S352), the presence or absence of a transmission request for the command to be transmitted to the sub-board 300 is inspected, and if it is determined that there is a transmission request, the requested command data is acquired and the command buffer used is set to 0. Clear, acquire MODE data corresponding to the acquired command data, output MODE data, retain MODE data, acquire EVENT data corresponding to the acquired command data, and output EVENT data in order.

In the external information output process (S354), a signal to be output to the external information output terminal 160 is created, and the created signal is output to the external information output port.

The random numbers used in the operation process of the main board 200 described above will be described in more detail. The random numbers used in the main board 200 mainly include a random number per normal symbol and a random number with a fluctuation pattern of the normal symbol as random numbers related to the normal symbol, and a random number per special symbol (hard random number) as a random number related to the special symbol. , There are soft random numbers per special symbol, symbol random numbers per special symbol, and variable pattern random numbers. In addition, as random numbers for giving initial values of normal symbol per random number, special symbol per symbol random number, and special symbol per soft random number, which are initial value update type random numbers, normal symbol per initial value random number and special symbol per symbol initial value. There are random numbers and soft initial value random numbers per special symbol.

The random number per ordinary symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The random number per normal symbol is the number of pending changes in the normal symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt process that the game ball has passed through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32. When is less than 4, which is the upper limit value, is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol random number is used for the hit determination and the determination of the stop symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol fluctuation start monitoring process (S324) to start the fluctuation of the normal symbol.

The normal symbol variation pattern random number takes a value of 0 to 232, for example, is updated in various random number update processes (S306) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol fluctuation pattern random number is reserved for normal symbol fluctuation when it is determined in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt process that the game ball has passed through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32. When the number is less than 4, which is the upper limit value, it is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is used to determine the normal symbol variation pattern when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that the normal symbol variation is to be started.

The random number per special symbol is obtained when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of pending balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326) of the interrupt process. , It is generated by acquiring the values of the built-in random number and the soft random number per special symbol and adding them, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The random number per special symbol is used to execute the big hit determination and the small hit determination in the special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

The soft random number per special symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The soft random number per special symbol is the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of balls on hold for operation of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start opening monitoring control process (S326). Obtained from a given position in the above and used to generate a random number per special symbol, as described above.

The symbol random number per special symbol takes, for example, a value of 0 to 999 (0 to 255 in the example of FIG. 6), is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is set to a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. Stored. The symbol random number per special symbol is the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of balls on hold for operation of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start opening monitoring control process (S326). Is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The symbol random number per special symbol is used to determine the jackpot symbol when the hit determination is a jackpot in the special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

The variation pattern random number takes a value of 0 to 49999 (0 to 255 in the example of FIG. 7), is updated in various random number update processes (S306) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The fluctuation pattern random number is a predetermined value of the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326). Obtained from the position and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The variation pattern random number is used to determine the special symbol variation pattern in the special symbol control process (S328) of the interrupt process.

The initial value random number per ordinary symbol, the initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol have the same range of values as the random number per ordinary symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol, respectively. It is updated in the initial value random number update process (S208) of the main process (S120) and the initial value random number update process (S310) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are the random number per normal symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the special random number in the initial value update type random number update process (S308). It is used as the initial value of each random number when updating the soft random number per symbol.

Since the interrupt process is executed at regular time intervals by timer interruption, various random number update processes (S306) and initial value update type random number update processes (S308) included in the interrupt process are also executed at regular time intervals. To. That is, the random number per ordinary symbol, the random number of the fluctuation pattern of the ordinary symbol, the random number per special symbol, the soft random number per special symbol, the random number of the symbol per special symbol, and the random number of the variation pattern are updated at regular intervals. On the other hand, in the main process (S120), the time from the end of the interrupt process to the occurrence of the next timer interrupt, that is, the time required for the interrupt process from the fixed time measured by the timer. It is repeated only for the reduced time. Since the time required for the interrupt process differs depending on the game state and the like, the initial value random number update process (S208) in the main process (S120) includes various random number update processes (S306) and initial value update type random number update process (S308). ), It is not executed at regular intervals. As a result, the initial value random number acquired when the initial value is set in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) can be made random every time.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a control start process of the sub-board 300 in the pachinko gaming machine. This control start process is executed by the sub-initial process execution means 360, and will be described below as being executed by the sub CPU 310 that functions as the sub-initial process execution means 360. When the control of the sub-board 300 is started, the sub CPU 310 sets a stack pointer (S500), prohibits all interruptions until various initial settings are completed (S502), and performs register setting and port initialization of the sub CPU 310. Perform the initial settings related to the hardware (S504). The control program is read from the sub ROM 312 and placed in the sub RAM 311. Of the various variables in the control program, the initial value is set for the variable with the initial value, and the zero clear data is set for the variable without the initial value. This initializes the sub RAM 311 (S506). The interrupt process on the sub-board 300 includes a process when the power is turned on and a reset process when various abnormalities occur when the watchdog function is enabled, as the interrupt process executed with the highest priority. Next, there is a command process received from the main board 200 as an interrupt process of priority level 7 having a high execution priority, and as an interrupt process of priority level 3 having the next highest priority, CPU runaway detection by a watchdog timer is performed. There is a time reset process. Next, as the priority level 2 interrupt process, there is a process related to commands sent and received to and from the control CPU 320, and as the lowest priority level 1 interrupt process, communication process with the real-time clock. There are various device control processes such as lamps, solenoids, and motors. If interrupts related to the above various processes occur at the same time, the interrupts set in advance for each type of interrupt are executed with priority. The processing shown in this figure includes the processing when the power supply is turned on, which is the highest priority level interrupt, the reset processing when various abnormalities occur, and the reset processing when the CPU runaway is detected, which is the priority level 3 interrupt. include.

Interrupts (priority level 7) other than commands received from the main board 200 are prohibited (S510), and various error information used in the model is set from all the error information stored in advance for all models (S512). .. All the lamps such as the decorative lamp 111 are turned off (S514), the operation of the watchdog timer is started (S516), and the main process is executed (S518). Normally, the main process of S518 does not return to the main flow, but when it returns, it shifts to sleep (small power consumption mode) (S520).

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the main process of S518 in FIG. In order to check in the main process of this figure whether the control program arranged in the sub RAM 311 is correctly arranged in S506 of FIG. 16, the start address for starting the check is acquired (S530), and in the subsequent processes. All interruptions are allowed (S532), and device initialization operations such as motors and solenoids are executed (S534).

If the setting is to use the watchdog timer, clear the watchdog timer (S536), update the decorative symbol counter so that the combination of the decorative symbols is a random combination (S540), and input the sub CPU 310. Is monitored (S542). Since S540 is a process in a method of determining an out-of-order symbol of a decorative symbol using a counter, in the case of a method of determining an out-of-decoration symbol of a decorative symbol using a lottery sheet incorporating all combinations of symbols that are out-of-order symbols. Does not execute the processing of S540. The process of determining the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol using the lottery sheet is executed when a command indicating a stop symbol of the special symbol is received from the main board 200 as described later in S552. The sub CPU 310, which functions as the sub-error detecting means 364, monitors the error state, notifies the error when various errors are detected (S544), and executes processing according to the input state of the effect button 109 (S546). The advance notice lottery is executed (S548). In the advance notice lottery in S548, since the command of the advance notice effect to appear immediately after the start of the symbol change is transmitted to the effect control device 313 as soon as possible, the lottery process is not processed in one loop but a plurality of times. It is divided into loops, and the notice effect that appears immediately after the start of the symbol change is drawn in the previous loop. If there is an operation request for a device such as a real-time clock, a lamp, a motor, or a solenoid, the operation is executed (S550), the command stored in the command buffer is analyzed (S552), and if immediately after the command analysis, the process proceeds to S536. Return (Y of S554), if it is not immediately after command analysis (N of S554), the lottery soft random number is updated as a low priority process that may be performed in free time (S556), and the process returns to S536. In S552, when the command to be analyzed shows the variation pattern of the special symbol, the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol is determined by the processing of this S552, and when the command to be analyzed indicates the stop symbol of the special symbol, the lottery sheet is displayed. If the method is used to determine the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol, the stop symbol of the decorative symbol is determined by the process of S552.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a command is received from the main board 200. The main command received from the main board 200 is a priority level 7 interrupt command having the highest priority next to the reset interrupt and the error interrupt. The data received from the main board 200 is read to the input port, and when the same data is read twice in a row, the data is confirmed as a new command (Y of S600), and the confirmed command is the first command. If it is (MODE data) (Y in S602), the first command is saved in the temporary storage area (S604). The hard random number is acquired for the subsequent processing (S606), and the original routine is returned. By acquiring the hard random number each time the main command is interrupted from the main board 200 in this way, the randomness of the value is enhanced without causing periodicity in the acquisition timing of the random number. If the data read in S600 does not match twice in a row (up to 5 times can be read), S602 is skipped and the original routine is returned (N in S600).

In S602, if the confirmed command is not the first command but the second command (N in S602), and if it can be confirmed that the first command has already been properly received (Y in S608), the command buffer (command data). The command write pointer which is the read position in the ring buffer) is acquired (S610), and the first command and the second command are saved in the command buffer (S612). The command data stored in the command buffer is analyzed in S552 of FIG. The command light pointer is updated (S614), the first command saved in the temporary storage area is cleared (S616), and the original routine is returned. If the first command has not been received in S608, skip S610 and later (N in S608) and return to the original routine.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for effect display control occurs. This timer interrupt is a priority level 2 interrupt for transmitting a command related to the effect display from the sub CPU 310 to the control CPU 320, and is generated in a cycle of 500 μs. In this interrupt, the buffer is checked (S620), and if there is command data for transmission in the buffer (Y of S622), the command data is read (S624) and transmitted to the control CPU 320 (S626). The command data is transmitted to the control CPU 320 up to three times at predetermined time intervals until the sub CPU 310 receives the command indicating that the command data has been normally received on the control CPU 320 side from the control CPU 320. After transmission, the buffer read address setting is updated (S628), and the original routine is returned. If there is no data for transmission in the buffer (N of S622), S624 and subsequent steps are skipped and the original routine is returned.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when the sub CPU 310 receives a command from the control CPU 320. This interrupt is also a priority level 2 interrupt. The command received by the sub CPU 310 from the control CPU 320 is mainly a command indicating that the command transmitted from the sub CPU 310 to the control CPU 320 has been normally received. When a command is received from the control CPU 320, the received command data is read (S630), the command is analyzed (S632), saved in the command buffer (S634), and the original routine is returned.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for controlling various devices occurs. This timer interrupt is an interrupt for lamp control such as a decorative lamp 111, control of a solenoid or a motor for driving a movable accessory 66, and management control of various timers, and is generated in a cycle of 1 ms. Since it is the interrupt of priority level 1 with the lowest priority, interrupts of priority level 2 or higher are permitted (S640), and a signal indicating input from the effect button 109, a signal indicating error detection, and a signal indicating power failure , Processes the input / output of ports that input / output drive signals to controlled devices such as motors and solenoids (S642). At this time, if a signal indicating a power failure is input, the backup process is immediately started. Update the data related to device control such as count processing based on the control pattern of devices such as motors and solenoids and on / off control of the buffer for writing data to the port in S642 (S644), and set a timer to measure the timing of the effect. Update (S646), update the timer for managing the input valid time of the effect button 109 (S648), and update the task control counter for lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111 and runaway monitoring control of the control CPU 320. To create a 16 ms cycle (S650).

The minimum unit of lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111 is 16 ms. One frame of the image display control is 16 ms or 32 ms, and by setting an integral multiple thereof as the minimum unit of the lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111, it is possible to easily synchronize the lamp control and the image display control. Further, when counting a relatively long period such as an error notification for 30 seconds, if a count with a 10 interrupt (1 ms) cycle is used, the count value becomes longer than necessary, but 16 ms. The count value can be shortened by using the count value of the cycle.

There are 16 types of tasks from processes 0 to 15 in the task control, one of which is the lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111, and two tasks are the runaway monitoring control of the control CPU 320. The lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111 is executed once every 16 interrupts according to the count value of the task control counter to realize switching in a cycle of 16 ms. The runaway monitoring control of the control CPU 320 is assigned to, for example, processes 0 and 8, and when the count values of the task control counters are 0 and 8, that is, once every 80 interrupts, the toggle signal from the control CPU 320 is monitored (S652). By doing so, monitoring is realized in a cycle of 8 ms.

It should be noted that the control CPU 320 outputs a toggle signal that is on / off inverted every frame, and if this toggle signal does not change continuously at the same value for 1600 ms, it is determined that the control CPU 320 is out of control, and the sub CPU 310 is used. Sends a reset signal to the control CPU 320, and the control CPU 320 that receives the reset signal executes the reset. Since the toggle signal is received from the control CPU 320 in a cycle of one frame (16 ms or 32 ms), it is monitored in a cycle of 8 ms shorter than that cycle. Finally, a timer for managing a relatively long error notification period such as an error notification for 30 seconds as described above is subtracted (S654), and the error notification ends at the time-out.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the process of displaying the special symbol variation. When the second winning / failing lottery value is reserved (Y of S700), the second winning / failing determination means 222 reads the second winning / failing lottery value and determines whether or not the second special symbol 52 is correct (S702), and the second winning / failing is determined. The determination means 222 determines the stop symbol of the second special symbol 52 (S704), the second variation pattern determination means 232 determines the variation pattern of the second special symbol 52 (S706), and issues a variation start command together with the determined result. It is transmitted to the sub-board 300 and the symbol variation of the second special symbol 52 is started (S716).

When the second winning / failing lottery value is not held (N of S700) and the first winning / failing lottery value is held (Y of S708), the first winning / failing determination means 221 is the first winning / failing lottery. The value is read out and the hit / fail of the first special symbol 51 is determined again (S710), the first hit / miss determination means 221 determines the stop symbol of the first special symbol 51 (S712), and the first variation pattern determination means 231 is the first. 1 The variation pattern of the special symbol 51 is determined (S714), and the variation start command is transmitted to the sub-board 300 together with the determined result to start the symbol variation of the first special symbol 51 (S716). If the first winning / failing lottery value is not held, the processes from S710 to S722 are skipped (N in S708).

The symbol variation display of the special symbol is processed (S718), S718 is repeated until the predetermined variation time elapses and the symbol display stop timing is reached (N of S720), and the symbol display is stopped after the predetermined variation time elapses. When the timing is reached (Y of S720), the fluctuation stop command is sent to the sub-board 300 to stop the symbol fluctuation being displayed at the predetermined stop symbol (S722), and the fluctuation display of the special symbol is terminated. do.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the process of displaying decorative symbol variation. The effect determining means 303 of the sub-board 300 receives a command indicating the variation start and effect display contents from the main board 200 (S750), and stops the decorative symbol according to the received special symbol stop symbol, variation pattern, and pass / fail determination result. The aspect is determined (S752), and the variation effect pattern corresponding to the variation pattern is determined (S754). Here, when the precursor setting is turned on by the preliminary determination (Y of S756), the already determined variable effect pattern includes a specific effect content that should be avoided from being superimposed on the advance notice effect. If it is not (N of S758) and it is not a symbol change that is the trigger for turning on the precursor setting (N of S760), the setting to display the predetermined advance notice effect is executed (S764), and the precursor setting is set. If it is a symbol change that is the trigger that was turned on (Y of S760), the precursor setting is turned off (S762). If the precursor setting is not on (N in S756), or if the variable effect pattern contains a specific effect content (Y in S758), the processes from S760 to S764 are skipped.

After that, the variation effect display of the decorative symbol is started (S766), the variation effect display process of the decorative symbol and (S768), the display process of the notice effect is executed (S770), and the variation stop command is received from the main board 200. When S768 and S770 are repeated (N in S772) and a variable stop command is received (Y in S772), the decorative symbol is stopped and displayed in the stop mode determined in S752 to stop the symbol variation display (S774). ), The variable effect of the decorative pattern is finished (S776).

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the process of the special game. First, the effect display control means 305 starts the effect process of the special game (S800), and the open / close control means 275 opens the large winning opening 20 (S802). If the predetermined opening time has not elapsed (N of S804) and the number of balls entered into the large winning opening 20 has not reached 9 or more, the game returns to S804 (N of S806) and the predetermined opening time has elapsed (N of S806). Although the opening time has not passed (Y of S804) (N of S804), when the number of balls entered into the large winning opening 20 reaches 9 or more (Y of S806), the open / close control means 275 is the large winning opening. 20 is closed (S810).

If the unit game has not reached the final round (N in S810), 1 is added to the number of rounds to return to S802 (S812), and if the unit game has reached the final round (Y in S810), the effect display is displayed. The control means 305 ends the effect processing of the special game (S814), the special game control means 260 ends the special game (S816), and starts the execution of the specific game, that is, the probability change, the time saving, and the easy-to-enter state (S818). ).

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the process of the small hit game. In the small hit game, a unit game that is executed only once is started (S819), the large winning opening 20 is opened (S820), and the opening is continued until a predetermined opening time elapses (N of S822). When the time has passed (Y of S822), the large winning opening 20 is closed (S824), and if the opening and closing for the set number of times has not been completed (N of S826), 1 is added to the number of opening and closing to return to S820. (S828) If the opening and closing for the set number of times is completed (Y in S8286), the small hit game is ended.

In the prerequisite technique, the number of big hits in the second game is generally larger than the number of big hits in the first game, that is, the second game has one big hit than the first game. Although it was designed to have a higher expected value of winning a prize ball in, in another example, the first game may be designed to have a higher expected value of winning a prize ball than the second game. However, the first game and the second game may be designed so that the expected value of winning a prize ball is substantially equal to each other. In the latter case, the special game executed in the first game may be designed so that the average number of unit games included in the special game executed in the second game is equal. For example, in the first game, a special game in which a unit game is executed 10 times with a probability of 100% is executed, and in a second game, a special game in which a unit game is executed four times with a probability of 50% is executed. However, there may be a special game in which the unit game is executed 16 times with a probability of 50%. Further, in any case, a specific area is provided in the large winning opening, and when the game ball that has entered the large winning opening enters the specific area or passes through the specific area, in the normal game after the special game is completed. It may be configured so that a specific game such as a probabilistic state is performed. In this case, the special game executed when the big hit is made in the second game is easier to enter the specific area than the special game executed when the big hit is made in the first game. It may be configured so that the probability that the normal game in the probable change state is executed after the end of the special game is high. For example, the first hit in which a special game in which it is relatively difficult to enter a specific area is executed, and the second hit in which a special game in which it is relatively easy to enter a specific area is executed. It may be provided so that the second game has a higher probability of being a second hit than the first game. Alternatively, the probability of a second hit in the first game may be less than 100%, but the probability of a second hit in the second game may be configured to be 100%.

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Hereinafter, the characteristic configuration of this embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, as one of the fluctuation effects executed within the symbol variation period, the expectation degree suggestion effect that suggests the expectation degree that the hit / fail determination has a predetermined result (for example, a big hit) is executed. In addition, it is possible to display a notice object that suggests the execution of the expectation suggestion effect in advance, and the notice object is accumulated before the execution of the expectation suggestion effect that is the target of the suggestion. As expected, the expected degree suggestion effect that is the target of the suggestion is executed. The expectation degree suggestion effect can be executed a plurality of times within one symbol change period, and a plurality of notice objects can be accumulated accordingly. According to this embodiment, in a situation where the expectation suggestion effect having a relatively high expectation is executed, the advance notice object suggesting the execution of the expectation suggestion effect with a high expectation is displayed in advance, so that the expectation is high. It can be an effect that raises the expectation of the player even before the effect of suggesting the degree of expectation is executed.

The notice object that suggests the execution of the expectation suggestion effect in advance is accumulated before the execution of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested. The notice object is configured so that it can be accumulated only within a predetermined period of one symbol change period, for example, and for example, a dedicated effect (stock effect) for accumulating the notice object is executed. The stock effect is executed in the first half of the symbol variation period, for example, as one of the pre-reach effects before the decorative symbol becomes the reach mode.

FIG. 26 shows a display example of the stock effect. FIG. 26A shows an example of a screen at the start of the stock effect, and the wording “chance to acquire intense heat !!”, which means the stock effect, is displayed in the center of the screen. At the lower right of the screen, three decorative symbols 510 are displayed in a variable manner, indicating that the state is in the pre-reach state. The fluctuation object 520 for suggesting the expectation of the fluctuation is displayed at the lower center of the screen, and the hold object for suggesting the number of holds and the expectation of the lottery value related to the hold is displayed at the lower left of the screen. 522 is displayed. When the stock effect is started, as shown in FIG. 26B, the content prompting the pressing of the effect button 109 is displayed in the center of the screen. Subsequently, when the effect button 109 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 26 (c), the content indicating the acquisition of the notice object and the number of acquisitions is displayed in the center of the screen. In the display example of FIG. 26 (c), it is shown that six notice objects are acquired at the same time. When the notice object is acquired, the notice object 530 is displayed on the left side of the screen as shown in FIG. 26 (d). In this embodiment, the notice object 530 is displayed as a "heat heat" mark, and a display of "x6" is displayed incidental to the heat heat mark as a display indicating the number of acquired notice objects. Further, the decorative symbol 512 is displayed in the reach mode at the end of the stock effect, suggesting that various expectation suggestion effects are executed after the reach.

The notice object acquired (accumulated) in the stock effect is consumed (digested) in the subsequent effect process, and the expectation suggestion effect is executed triggered by the digestion of the notice object. A plurality of types of "expectation suggestion effects" of this embodiment are prepared, and various notice effects are targeted. For example, a cut-in effect that displays words and character images that suggest the degree of expectation over a relatively short period of time (a few seconds), and a specific zone entry effect that suggests that the expectation level will enter or develop in a higher state. Is. In these advance notice effects, characters of a type corresponding to a high degree of expectation may be displayed, or characters, a window frame, or the like may be displayed in a display color according to the high degree of expectation. In addition, the background display is changed, a band-shaped display indicating the zone during stay is added, and an object image suggesting high expectation is displayed on the screen as an incidental display, suggesting that the specific zone (high expectation is high). The rush effect to enter the state) may be shown, or the accessory operation effect for operating the movable accessory 66 may be executed. In addition, when the movable accessory 66 is provided with an illumination lamp, the movable accessory may be operated while being lit with a display color corresponding to a high degree of expectation. In addition, the expectation level is also suggested when a temporary stop display that makes the decorative symbol appear to be stopped and displayed in the pseudo-continuous fluctuation effect, or when a pseudo-ream-dedicated symbol that suggests the effect content after the temporary stop is displayed in the temporary stop display. It can correspond to the production.

FIG. 27 shows a display example of an expectation degree suggestion effect accompanied by digestion of a notice object. FIG. 27A shows the state of the notice object before digestion, and the decorative symbol 512 is variablely displayed in the reach state, and the notice object 530 having the accumulated number of 6 is displayed on the left side of the screen. FIG. 27B shows a display example of the “notice object digestion effect” at the time of digestion of the notice object. In the center of the screen, "Intense heat !!" is displayed, which suggests that the digestion of the notice object causes a high expectation suggestion suggestion effect. Further, with the digestion of the notice object, the accumulated number of the intense heat marks is subtracted from "x6" to "x5", and the notice object 532 indicating the accumulated number 5 is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 27 (c), the effect occurrence location suggestion object 540 for suggesting the occurrence location of the expectation degree suggestion effect is displayed. In the example of FIG. 27 (c), the star-shaped object image suggests the effect generation location, and the moving direction 541 of the star-shaped object toward the center of the screen suggests that the effect generation location is the center of the screen. After the place where the effect is generated is suggested, the cut-in effect, which is one of the expected degree suggestion effects, is displayed in the center of the screen as shown in FIG. 27 (d).

The expectation suggestion effect of this embodiment is typically performed during the so-called super reach effect. Variable production accompanied by super reach production includes pre-reach production, post-reach production, and post-reach development production (so-called super reach production), and the super reach production is composed of multiple stages of development production performed after reach. Sometimes. When the development effect spans a plurality of stages, the expectation suggestion effect may be executed in at least one of the plurality of stages, and the expectation suggestion effect may be executed in two or more of the plurality of stages or in each stage. In addition, a wide variety of super reach effects can be realized by preparing multiple types of development effects, changing the number of stages of the development effects, and changing the display order of the multiple types of development effects. For example, by continuously and sequentially executing a plurality of types of development effects, a reach-up effect is executed in which the development effects after reach are stepped up. During the execution of the development effect of each stage, or at the timing between the development effects of each stage, the above-mentioned cut-in effect, temporary stop display of the decorative symbol, temporary stop display of the pseudo-ren dedicated symbol, and the accessory operation effect are executed. Will be done. It should be noted that the expectation suggestion effect may be executed before the development to the super reach effect, or the expectation suggestion effect may be executed in the development effect after the reach. The post-reach effect may include a common effect that is at least partially in common with the effect content executed in the so-called normal reach effect, which is not a super reach effect, and develops to the next stage (that is, supermarket) after the common effect is executed. It may be a production configuration that raises the degree of expectation by executing the degree of expectation suggestion effect that suggests (development to reach effect).

FIG. 28 is a table showing the types of effect patterns, and schematically shows the flow of the effect executed within one symbol variation period. The effect patterns 1 to 10 are effect patterns in which the notice object can be digested, and the stock effect can be executed in advance (before reach). In addition, in the effect patterns 1 to 10, the stock effect is not always executed, the stock effect is not executed, and it is possible to execute the development effect of each stage without accumulating and digesting the notice objects. .. The effect patterns 11 and 12 are effect patterns that do not involve digestion of the notice object, and the stock effect is not executed in advance (before reach). The effect patterns 1 to 11 are super reach effects in which the effect can be developed over a plurality of stages, and correspond to a variation pattern having a relatively long symbol variation time. On the other hand, the effect pattern 12 is a normal reach effect in which the development effect is not executed after the reach, and corresponds to the variation pattern in which the symbol variation time is relatively short.

In the example shown in FIG. 28, two types of "development suggestion" and "next notice" are prepared as the production process before development. In addition, four types of development effects A, B, C, and D are prepared as the production process of the development destination. Each of the development productions A to D has different production contents, and is configured so that the production process has a different story. The development effects A and D are configured to be a two-stage production process, and are configured to be able to shift to the second stage development effects A2 and D2 after the execution of the first stage development effects A1 and D1. .. On the other hand, the development effects B and C are configured to be a one-stage effect process. For example, the two-stage development effects A and D are positioned in the production process with a relatively higher expectation than the one-stage development effects B and C. The correct effect of the effect pattern 11 is an effect that is definitely notified that a big hit will occur after the reach, and the promotion effect after that is an effect that encourages whether or not the player is promoted to a type of big hit that is more advantageous to the player. .. The effect pattern 11 is positioned as a rare effect that occurs less frequently.

The effect patterns 1 to 10 in which the stock effect can be executed are configured so that the number of development stages and the order of development of the effect are different. For example, the effect pattern 1 is configured to develop into the development effect A1 after the development suggestion effect is executed, and further develop into the development effect A2 of the second stage. In the production pattern 2, although it develops into the development production A1, it ends without developing into the development production A2. Therefore, it can be said that the effect pattern 1 has a relatively higher expectation than the effect pattern 2. In the effect patterns 3 to 6, the development effect B and the development effect C can be developed after the development suggestion effect is executed, and the development effect B can be branched into the development effect C and the development effect D (D1 and D2). In addition, in the effect patterns 7 and 8, the process branches from the middle of the development effect A (development effect A1) to the development effect D (D1, D2). In the production patterns 1 to 8, there is a possibility that multiple types of development productions will develop next to the common development suggestion productions, so a production process that encourages which development productions will develop in the development suggestion productions is prepared. To. On the other hand, in the effect patterns 9 and 10, the next advance notice effect is executed, and after the development to the development effect D is announced (determinically notified), the development effect D develops.

FIG. 29 is a table showing the expectation degree suggestion effect that can be executed in each effect process, and shows the types of expectation degree suggestion effect that can be executed triggered by the digestion of the notice object. In the above-mentioned pre-development effect and the process of the development effect, the timing and the content of the expected degree suggestion effect are determined. It can be said that the timing at which the expectation suggestion effect can be executed is the timing at which the notice object suggesting the execution becomes digestible.

In the pre-development production process, (a) the accessory operation effect and (b) the next advance notice effect are expected degree suggestion effects that can be executed with the digestion of the advance notice object as a trigger. (A) Expectations that differ depending on whether or not the accessory operation effect is executed, the lighting color of the movable accessory at the time of operation, the type of the movable accessory that operates, the form of the movable accessory (gradual deformation), and the like. Degree is suggested. For example, if the movable accessory does not operate at the execution timing of the accessory operation effect, it is suggested that the development effect does not develop, and it is suggested that the expectation of a big hit is low. Further, even when the movable accessory is operated, it is suggested which of a plurality of types of development effects (for example, development effects A to C) is developed according to the operation mode, and the development destination is Different expectations are suggested accordingly. For example, when a movable accessory imitating a character is activated, the character transforms from the first form to the second form, which suggests a high degree of expectation, while the character remains in the first form. Suggests moderate expectations. On the other hand, in (b) the next notice effect, only one type of effect content is prepared, and different expectations are suggested depending on whether or not the next notice effect is executed. If the production pattern is configured so that it can be developed into multiple types of development effects after the next notice, the next notice effects with different contents will be prepared according to the development destination, and any of the next notice effects will be executed. Different expectations may be suggested depending on the situation.

In the production process of the development production A, (c) title change production, (d) character operation production, (e) subtitle change production, and (f) group are possible expectations suggestion production triggered by the digestion of the notice object. A notice effect, (g) cut-in effect, (h) illumination strong light emission effect, and (i) specific operation effect are prepared. (C) The title change effect is an effect of changing the display mode of the title indicating the start of the development effect A, for example, an effect of changing the color of the title character. As the display color of the title character, for example, three types of default color, red, and gold are prepared, and changing to red or gold instead of the default color suggests a high degree of expectation. (D) The accessory operation effect is the same as (a) the accessory operation effect in the above-mentioned development suggestion effect, and is a branch effect suggesting that the accessory operation branches to another development effect. Specifically, in the effect patterns 7 and 8, it is executed when the development effect A1 is branched to the development effect D1, and is skipped without being executed when the effect branch is not performed. (D) As the accessory operation effect, one type of effect content suggesting branching to the development effect D1 may be prepared, or a plurality of effects to indicate the degree of expectation of whether or not to develop to the development effect D2. Kind of production content may be prepared. In addition, when a plurality of branch destinations are prepared, different types of accessory operation effects may be executed depending on the branch destinations.

(E) The subtitle change effect is an effect of changing the display color of characters such as the dialogue of the appearing character and the lyrics of the music to be played. For example, three types of subtitle display colors, default color, red color, and gold color, are prepared, and changing from the default color to red color or gold color suggests a high degree of expectation. Instead of changing the text color, the background color of the text and the display color of the window frame surrounding the text may be changed. The (f) group notice effect and (g) cut-in effect are the effects shown in the above-mentioned prerequisite technology, and suggest different expectations depending on the display mode such as the type, content, display color, and size of the characters that appear. Will be done. (G) The cut-in effect is executed, for example, in an effect pattern that does not develop from the development effect A1 to the development effect A2 (for example, the effect pattern 2). (H) The illumination strong light emission effect is an effect of lighting a part of the decorative lamp 111 with higher brightness than usual. For example, a special decorative lamp with a shape that imitates the motif of the production such as characters and items appearing in the production is prepared, and the lighting of the special decoration lamp can develop into the second stage development production (for example, development production A2). It is suggested. (H) In the illumination strong light emission effect, different expectations may be suggested depending on the presence or absence of light emission of the special decoration lamp and the difference in the light emission color.

(I) The specific operation effect is an effect that can be started by an input operation by the effect button 109 or the lever 112, and is, for example, an effect of operating the movable accessory 66. (F) The specific operation effect is a winning branch effect that is executed at the timing immediately before the stop of the fluctuation of the symbol and can deterministically notify the result of the change depending on the execution content. For example, when the accessory operation effect is executed with a lighting color such as rainbow color, it is definitely notified that the hit / fail result is a big hit or a big hit with a probability change, and a lighting color other than rainbow color, for example, white. It is suggested that there is a high expectation that the result of success or failure will be a big hit when the accessory operation effect is executed in blue, green, red or the like. It may be suggested that the degree of expectation increases in the order of white, blue, green, and red depending on the lighting color of the operating accessory, and in the case of these lighting colors other than the rainbow color, the hit / fail result is a big hit. May be suggested to be uncertain. Further, different expectations may be suggested depending on which player's input operation target is, and for example, the lever 112 is pulled more than when a display prompting the operation of pressing the effect button 109 is made. It may be suggested that the degree of expectation is higher when the display prompting the operation is made. For example, when a display prompting the operation of the lever 112 is made, it may be suggested that the lighting color of the movable accessory that operates thereafter is a high expectation color of red or rainbow color. The specific operation effect may be an effect that does not involve the operation of the movable accessory. The specific operation effect may be started according to the input operation of the player, or may be started without the input operation of the player. The specific operation effect may be skipped when the player's input operation is not performed, or may be executed even when the player's input operation is not performed.

As for the development effects B to D, a plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects are prepared as in the above-mentioned development effects A. However, the type of expectation suggestion effect that can be executed differs depending on the type of effect process. For example, in the development effect B, (i) title change effect, (k) cut-in effect, and (l) specific operation effect can be executed, and in the development effect C, (m) title change effect, (o) subtitle change effect. Direction, (p) group notice effect, (q) specific operation effect can be executed, and in development effect D, (r) title change effect, (s) subtitle change effect, (t) group notice effect, (u). Illuminations strong light emission effect and (v) specific operation effect can be executed.

Further, a "revival effect" is prepared as an effect process common to a plurality of effect patterns, and (w) a specific operation effect can be executed as an expectation degree suggestion effect in the revival effect. The specific operation effect in the revival effect is a relief effect that is executed in a situation where the symbol is temporarily stopped in a detached mode, and is a big hit after making the player think that the symbol is out. When the revival effect or the relief effect is executed, for example, the symbol temporarily stopped in the off mode is re-variated, and then the pattern is changed and stopped in the hit mode. In addition, the promotion effect of the effect content similar to the revival effect may be executed. For example, the symbol temporarily stopped in the hit mode is re-variable, and the variable stop is performed in the hit mode showing a big hit more advantageous to the player. You may. In the promotion effect, for example, the symbol combination of "444" is changed to the symbol combination of "777". The promotion effect may be, for example, promotion from a symbol type or symbol combination suggesting a jackpot without probability change to a symbol type or symbol combination suggesting a jackpot with probability variation, or a real round of a special game to be transferred after the jackpot. It may be a promotion to a symbol type or symbol combination that suggests a larger number of jackpots.

Each of the plurality of types of expectation suggestion effects shown in FIG. 29 defines a place where the effect is generated. The “effect generation location” related to the expectation degree suggestion effect indicates a physical or spatial position when viewed from the player, and indicates a start position of the expectation degree suggestion effect. It can be said that the "effect generation location" is a location that the player should pay attention to at the start of the expectation suggestion production or a location that the player wants the player to pay attention to. The production location differs depending on the type of expectation suggestion effect, for example, (a) accessory operation effect (development suggestion), (b) next notice effect, (c) title change effect, (g) cut. In the in-effect, (i) specific operation effect, etc., the center of the screen is the place where the effect occurs. (D) The upper part of the screen is the place where the effect is generated in the accessory operation effect (effect branch), and (e) the subtitle change effect is the part where the effect is generated in the lower part of the screen. In the illumination effect, the right side of the screen is the place where the effect occurs.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 27, the advance notice object digestion effect is executed before the execution of the expectation degree suggestion effect, and the effect of suggesting the occurrence point of the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed in the advance notice object digestion effect. At this time, the advance notice object digestion effect is executed so that the effect generation location corresponding to the type of the expectation degree suggestion effect corresponds to the effect generation location suggested in the advance notice object digestion effect. For example, before the execution of the expectation degree suggestion effect in which the effect generation location is in the center of the screen, the advance notice object digestion effect in which the effect occurrence location suggestion object 540 moves toward the center of the screen is executed. Similarly, before executing the expectation suggestion effect in which the effect occurrence location is above the screen, below the screen, or to the right of the screen, a notice that the effect occurrence location suggestion object moves toward the upper screen, the lower screen, or the right side of the screen. The object digestion effect is executed. By making it possible to suggest different production occurrence points in the advance notice object digestion effect in this way, the occurrence point of the expectation degree suggestion effect triggered by the digestion of the advance notice object is suggested, and what kind of expectation degree is used. It is possible to suggest in advance whether the suggestion effect will be executed.

FIG. 30 shows a display example of an expectation degree suggestion effect accompanied by digestion of a notice object, and shows an execution example of (d) an accessory operation effect in which the effect generation location is above the screen. FIG. 30A shows the state of the notice object before digestion, and the display of the “A zone” at the lower right of the screen indicates that the development effect A is being executed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 30 (b), "super heat !!" indicating the digestion of the notice object is displayed, and the accumulated number of the notice object 532 is subtracted from "x5" to "x4". The object. Next, as shown in FIG. 30 (c), after the occurrence location suggestion effect in which the effect occurrence location suggestion object 542 moves upward 543 is executed, as shown in FIG. 30 (d), it is movable from above the screen. The expectation degree suggestion effect that the character 66 falls is executed. The operation of the movable accessory 66 suggests a branch to a different development effect, for example, an effect of branching to the development effect D is executed.

FIG. 31 shows a display example of an expectation degree suggestion effect accompanied by digestion of a notice object, and shows an execution example of (e) subtitle change effect in which the effect occurrence location is at the lower part of the screen. FIG. 31 (a) shows a state before digestion of the notice object, and FIG. 31 (b) shows a digestion effect of the notice object. FIG. 31 (c) shows the effect occurrence location suggestion effect, and the effect occurrence location suggestion object 544 moves downward 545. FIG. 31D shows a subtitle change effect in which the display color of the subtitle 562 at the bottom of the screen changes, and for example, characters or frame displays indicating the lyrics of the music are displayed in red or gold. By executing such a subtitle change effect, it is suggested that the expectation that the change will be a big hit is high.

FIG. 32 shows a display example of the expectation degree suggestion effect accompanied by digestion of the notice object, and shows an execution example of the (f) group notice effect in which the effect occurrence location is on the right side of the screen. FIG. 32A shows the state of the notice object before digestion, and shows that the remaining number of the notice objects is 1. The notice object 530 is marked with "x1" indicating the remaining number, but when the remaining number is 1, the display of "x1" may be erased. In other words, in the situation where multiple (N) notice objects remain, "× N" is displayed, but in the situation where one notice object remains, the numerical value indicating the remaining one is not attached. It is also good. FIG. 32B shows a notice object digestion effect, and shows a situation in which the last notice object is digested and the remaining number of notice objects becomes zero. As shown in FIG. 32 (b), the display of the notice object 530 is erased after the digestion of the last notice object. FIG. 32 (c) shows the effect occurrence location suggestion effect, and the effect occurrence location suggestion object 546 moves to the right 547. FIG. 32 (d) shows a group notice effect in which the object image 564 moves from the right side of the screen to the left direction 565. For example, a plurality of characters form a group and move in a certain direction, so that the degree of expectation is high. Is suggested. For example, different expectations are suggested depending on the type of displayed character, the display color, the number of displays, and the like.

As shown in FIGS. 30 to 32, the execution of one expectation degree suggestion effect is suggested by digesting one notice object in the notice object digestion effect. In addition, all the notice objects acquired in the first half of the symbol variation period (for example, before reach) are digested by the end of the symbol variation period. Therefore, the number of notice objects acquired in the stock effect suggests the number of times the expectation suggestion effect is executed in the symbol variation period in which the stock effect is executed. The more times the expectation suggestion effect is executed within one symbol change period, the higher the expectation that the change will be a big hit. Therefore, the larger the number of acquired notice objects, the higher the expectation. Is suggested. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, by executing the stock effect in which the notice object is acquired in the first half of the symbol change (for example, before the reach), it is possible to obtain a more promising effect process.

Next, a method of determining the production pattern will be described. In this embodiment, there are cases where the stock effect is executed and cases where the stock effect is not executed for the specific types of effect patterns 1 to 10 shown in FIG. 28. Further, there are a plurality of execution timings of the expectation suggestion effect for one type of effect pattern (for example, effect pattern 1), and the combination of whether or not the expectation suggestion effect is executed at each execution timing and the expectation to be executed. There are many possible production variations according to the high expectations of the degree suggestion production. Further, when the stock effect is executed, there is a variation in the accumulated number of the advance notice objects, and it is also conceivable that there is a variation in which expectation degree suggestion effect the advance notice object is digested or not. Therefore, it is not easy to set a huge number of effect patterns according to all combinations of these elements and to obtain consistency in the degree of expectation of each effect pattern.

Therefore, in this embodiment, for the effect pattern in which the stock effect can be executed, an individual effect pattern that is a base regardless of the presence or absence of the stock effect is set, and a lottery different from the pattern lottery for selecting the individual effect pattern is performed. Whether or not to execute the stock effect is determined based on this. When executing the stock effect, the advance notice digestion pattern at which timing the notice object is to be digested is determined by lottery among the execution timings of the plurality of expectation suggestion effects according to the selected individual effect pattern. A correction process is added to the base individual effect pattern so that the expectation suggestion effect is executed when the determined notice object is digested. In the base individual effect pattern, regardless of whether or not the notice object is digested, the degree of expectation of the expected degree suggestion effect and the degree of expectation of the expected degree suggestion effect to be executed are determined for each of the execution timings of the plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects. The height is set. If the stock effect is not executed, the correction process is not performed, so that the individual expectation suggestion effect is executed according to the individual effect pattern. On the other hand, when the stock effect is executed, the correction process is added to the individual effect pattern. As a result, even if the timing is set so that the expectation suggestion effect is not executed in the individual effect pattern, if the advance notice digestion timing is determined, the expectation suggestion effect is executed at that timing. The pattern is corrected. Further, when the timing set to execute the expectation suggestion effect in the individual effect pattern and the advance notice digestion timing match, the expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the notice object is corrected to be executed. ..

FIG. 33 schematically shows a setting example of the individual effect pattern, and shows a setting example of the individual effect pattern of the above-mentioned effect pattern 1. In the effect pattern 1, the development suggestion effect and the development effects A1 and A2 are executed, and the (a), (c), (e), (f), (h), (i), and (w) shown in FIG. 29 are executed. Seven types of expectation suggestion effects are feasible. In addition, in the effect pattern 1, since the branch to the development effect D is not made, (d) the accessory operation effect (effect branch) is not executed. In FIG. 33, "1" means the execution of the low expectation degree suggestion effect, "2" means the execution of the high expectation degree suggestion effect, and "-" means the execution of the expectation degree suggestion effect. It means that it will not be done. In the example of FIG. 33, for the sake of clarity of explanation, the expectation degree suggestion effect is set in two stages of "1" and "2", but the expectation degree is high. However, it is possible to set an expectation suggestion effect of three or more stages. Further, the number of steps of the height of expectation that can be set may be different depending on the type of the expectation suggestion effect.

In the setting example of FIG. 33, (a) the accessory operation effect is set to be executed in all of the individual effect patterns corresponding to the effect pattern 1. (A) This is because the accessory operation effect is an expectation suggestion effect that suggests the development to the development effect A1. Therefore, among the expectation degree suggestion effects, the specific type of expectation degree suggestion effect suggesting the development to the next stage can be set so as to be always executed in the specific type of effect pattern. On the other hand, other types of expectation suggestion effects are set so that the presence / absence of execution and the content of execution differ according to the expectations of each individual effect pattern. That is, among the expectation degree suggestion effects, the type of expectation degree suggestion effect that does not directly suggest the development to the next stage may or may not be executed in a specific type of effect pattern. In addition, in the effect pattern defined to develop to the next stage, an individual effect pattern may be defined in which the kind of expectation suggestion effect suggesting the development to the next stage is not executed. For example, in the example of FIG. 33, (a) an individual effect pattern in which the accessory operation effect is not executed, or (a) an individual effect pattern in which the accessory operation effect is executed with a low expectation degree “1” may be defined.

In the setting example of FIG. 33, the individual effect patterns 1-1 and 1-2 are selected when the hit / fail result is wrong, and the individual effect patterns 1-3 to 1-6 are the hit / miss results. The individual effect patterns 1-7 to 1-11 are set in the case and are selected when the winning / failing result is a hit. In the individual effect patterns 1-3 to 1-6, it is suggested that (i) the specific operation effect (winning branch) or (w) the specific operation effect (revival) may be a big hit although it is not definite. The production pattern is composed. In the individual effect patterns 1-7 to 1-11, the effect pattern is such that (i) the specific operation effect (winning branch) or (w) the specific operation effect (revival) is definitively notified that a big hit will occur. It is composed. It should be noted that the individual effect patterns 1-3 to 1-6 that are out of place or hit may be configured so that the selection probabilities differ depending on the result of success or failure, and the more the number of times the expectation suggestion effect is executed, the higher or higher. The selection probability may be determined so that the probability of becoming a big hit increases as the number of executions of the expectation degree suggestion effect of the degree of expectation increases. As a result, the probability of a big hit when an individual effect pattern with a relatively high expectation is selected increases, and the expectation suggested by the effect can be matched with the expectation of an actual big hit.

The same individual effect patterns as in FIG. 33 are set for the remaining effect patterns 2 to 10 in which the stock effect can be executed. Further, for the effect patterns 11 and 12 in which the stock effect is not executed, an individual effect pattern in which the variation of whether or not the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed may be set may be set.

FIG. 34 shows a setting example of the advance notice digestion pattern, and shows the advance notice digestion pattern corresponding to the above-mentioned effect pattern 1. In the advance notice digestion pattern, the acquisition number of the advance notice objects acquired by the stock production and the digestion timing of the acquired advance notice objects are set. In the notice digestion pattern of FIG. 34, "◯" means that the notice object is digested, and "x" means that the notice object is not digested. When the notice object is digested, the above-mentioned notice object digestion effect is executed, and after the effect occurrence location is suggested, the expectation degree suggestion effect higher than the expectation degree of a predetermined stage is executed. For example, when the notice object is digested, an expectation degree suggestion effect having an expectation degree of "1" or more is executed.

In the advance notice digestion pattern, not only the advance notice digestion timing but also information regarding the high expectation degree of the expectation degree suggestion effect executed after the advance notice degree object is digested may be set. For example, in the case of (c) title change effect or (e) subtitle change effect, information such as whether to change to red with expectation "1" or gold with expectation "2" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern. May be done. As a result, not only the digestion timing of the notice object but also the high expectation degree of the expectation degree suggestion effect after the digestion degree of the noticeable object can be given a variation.

FIG. 35 is a diagram schematically showing a correction method of an individual effect pattern. When the execution of the stock effect is determined and one of the advance notice digestion patterns is selected, the individual effect pattern is corrected based on the selected advance notice digestion pattern. The upper (A) shows the correction of the effect pattern when the individual effect pattern 1-1 and the advance notice digestion pattern 1-2 are selected, and the lower (B) shows the individual effect pattern 1-1 and the advance notice digestion pattern. The correction of the effect pattern when 1-3 is selected is shown.

In FIG. 35 (A), at the timing of (a) accessory operation effect, the expectation degree “2” is set in the individual effect pattern, and the advance notice digestion “◯” is set in the advance notice digestion pattern. Since the notice object is digested, it is necessary to perform correction processing so that the expectation degree suggestion effect having an expectation degree of "1" or more is executed. At this time, since the high expectation degree "2" is set for the individual production pattern as the base, the high expectation degree is prioritized, and the expectation degree "2" accompanied by the preliminary digestion production after the correction is given. The correction effect pattern is determined so that the accessory operation effect "○ 2" is executed. That is, while a low expectation (for example, expectation "1") is set as an expectation suggestion effect triggered by the digestion of the notice object, an expectation of a high expectation (for example, "expectation" 2 ") is set for the individual effect pattern. When the degree suggestion effect is set, the effect pattern is corrected so as to avoid a decrease in the degree of expectation due to the correction.

(C) In the title change effect, the expectation degree "1" is set in the individual effect pattern, and the advance notice digestion "○" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern. In this case, the correction effect pattern is determined so that the title change effect “○ 1” with the expectation degree “1” accompanied by the digestion of the notice object is executed after the correction. In (e) subtitle change effect and (f) group advance notice effect, "-" is set in the individual effect pattern and "x" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern, so that the advance notice object digestion effect is set even after correction. And the expectation degree suggestion effect is not executed and becomes "-". (H) In the Illuminations strong light emission effect, "-" is set in the individual effect pattern and "○" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern. Therefore, the expectation degree "1" accompanied by the digestion of the advance notice object after the correction. It is corrected so that the illumination emission effect "○ 1" of is executed. In (i) specific operation effect (winning branch) and (w) specific operation effect (revival), "-" is set in the individual effect pattern and "x" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern, so it is corrected. Even after that, the notice object digestion effect and the expectation degree suggestion effect are not executed, resulting in "-". In this way, the correction effect pattern is determined based on the individual effect pattern and the advance notice digestion pattern.

In FIG. 35 (A), (c) the title change effect and (h) the illumination strong light emission effect are common in that they are both the expectation degree suggestion effect of the expectation degree "1" accompanied by the notice object digestion effect, and the game. It can be said that it is a production that suggests the same degree of expectation from the perspective of the person. On the other hand, (c) execution of the title change effect is set in the individual effect pattern, whereas (h) execution of the illumination strong light emission effect is not set in the individual effect pattern. Therefore, the setting of the production pattern (that is, the internal processing) may be different even if the production looks as if the player has the same degree of expectation.

Similarly, in FIG. 35 (B), at the timing of (a) accessory operation effect, the expectation degree “2” is set in the individual effect pattern, and the advance notice digestion “○” is set in the advance notice digestion pattern. After the correction, the correction effect pattern is determined so that the accessory operation effect "○ 2" with the expectation degree "2" accompanied by the advance notice digestion effect is executed. (C) In the title change effect, the expectation level "1" is set in the individual effect pattern, and the advance notice digestion "x" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern. The correction effect pattern is determined so that the title change effect "x1" of "1" is executed. (E) In the subtitle change effect, "-" is set in the individual effect pattern and "○" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern. It is corrected so that the change effect "○ 1" is executed. In (f) group notice effect and (h) illumination strong light emission effect, "-" is set in the individual effect pattern and "x" is set in the advance digestion pattern, so the advance notice object even after correction. It becomes "-" that the digestion effect and the expectation degree suggestion effect are not executed. (I) In the specific operation effect (winning branch), "-" is set in the individual effect pattern and "○" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern. It is corrected so that the winning branch effect "○ 1" of "1" is executed. (W) In the specific operation effect (revival), "-" is set in the individual effect pattern and "x" is set in the advance notice digestion pattern, so that the advance notice object digestion effect and the expectation level are suggested even after the correction. It becomes "-" that the production is not executed.

Although the correction effect patterns shown in FIGS. 35 (A) and 35 (B) have the same base individual effect patterns, the effect patterns after correction are different because the combined advance notice digestion patterns are different. Specifically, in the correction effect pattern (A), the expectation suggestion effect is executed three times, whereas in the correction effect pattern (B), the expectation suggestion effect is executed four times, which is the same. Even if it is an individual effect pattern, the number of times the expected degree suggestion effect is executed may differ depending on the combination of the advance notice digestion patterns. As a result, the correction effect pattern of (B) has a relatively higher expectation than the correction effect pattern of (A). Therefore, according to this embodiment, even if the same individual effect pattern is used, the degree of expectation can be changed depending on the type of the advance notice digestion pattern combined with the individual effect pattern.

When the execution of the expectation suggestion effect is determined by the correction effect pattern, there are three types of cases. Specifically, (1) when the execution of the expectation suggestion effect is set for both the individual effect pattern and the advance notice digestion pattern, and (2) when the execution of the expectation suggestion effect is set only for the individual effect pattern. (3) There are three types in which the execution of the expectation suggestion effect is set only for the advance notice digestion pattern. For example, in the above-mentioned correction effect pattern of FIG. 35 (B), (a) the accessory operation effect is set to (1) the execution of the expectation degree suggestion effect is set for both the individual effect pattern and the advance notice digestion pattern. (C) The title change effect is (2) when the execution of the expectation suggestion effect is set only for the individual effect pattern, and (e) the subtitle change effect and (i) the specific operation effect (winning branch) are (3). This is the case where the execution of the expectation suggestion effect is set only for the advance notice digestion pattern. When the effect is not corrected by the advance notice digestion pattern and the effect is executed according to the individual effect pattern, the expectation suggestion effect is executed only in the cases (1) and (2). On the other hand, when the correction is made by the advance notice digestion pattern, the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed in all the cases (1) to (3). Therefore, by adding the correction by the advance notice digestion pattern, the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed more than the number of times specified in the individual effect pattern, and the effect content with higher expectation can be corrected.

When it is decided to execute the expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the advance notice digestion effect, there are three types of cases regarding the high and low expectations. Specifically, when (1) the expectation suggestion effect defined in the individual effect pattern has a higher expectation than the expectation suggestion effect defined in the advance notice digestion pattern, (2) the expectation suggestion effect defined in the individual effect pattern. If the expectation level of the expectation level suggestion effect specified in the advance notice digestion pattern is the same, the expectation level suggestion effect specified in the advance notice digestion pattern is higher than the expectation level suggestion effect specified in (3) individual effect pattern. There are three types of cases. In the above-mentioned correction effect pattern of FIG. 35 (A), the expectation degree suggestion effect of (a) the accessory operation effect (1) the expectation degree suggestion effect defined in the individual effect pattern is higher than the expectation degree suggestion effect defined in the advance notice digestion pattern. In this case, (c) the title change effect is (2) the expectation degree suggestion effect defined in the individual effect pattern and the expectation degree suggestion effect defined in the advance notice digestion pattern are the same, and (h) electricity. This is the case where the high-expectation suggestion effect defined in the advance notice digestion pattern has a higher expectation than the expectation suggestion effect defined in (3) individual effect pattern. In this embodiment, the expectation degree defined in the individual production pattern is compared with the expectation degree defined in the advance notice digestion pattern, and the expectation degree with a higher expectation degree is adopted. It can be corrected to the production content with high expectations. In particular, in the case of (3), since it is upgraded to a higher degree of expectation than the degree of expectation defined in the individual production pattern, it can be corrected to a higher degree of expectation.

The above-mentioned correction effect pattern determination process is executed on the sub-board 300 during the "effect delay period" from the start timing of the change of the special symbol to the lapse of a predetermined time. The effect delay period is a period set to intentionally shift the variation start timing of the special symbol from the display start timing of the variation effect in the effect display device 60. For example, 5 frames of the display process of the effect display device 60. The time of minutes (about 0.167 seconds) is set. This delay period is set to such a short time that the start of variation of the decorative symbol does not appear to the player to be delayed. By setting such an effect delay period, it is possible to appropriately secure the processing time on the sub-board 300 accompanying the start of display of the variable effect. The process executed on the sub-board 300 during the effect delay period includes, for example, an effect determination process on the sub CPU 310, an image display process on the effect control device 313, and the like. By executing additional effect pattern correction processing during such an effect delay period, even if the processing load required for the effect determination process differs depending on the presence or absence of the effect pattern correction process, the decorative pattern starts to fluctuate. The timing can be fixed.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing the flow of the effect determination process when an effect pattern in which the stock effect can be executed is selected. First, when a variable effect pattern (individual effect pattern) in which the stock effect can be executed is selected (Y of S1000), a stock effect lottery for determining whether or not to execute the stock effect is executed (S1002), and the stock effect is executed. If there is (Y of S1004), the advance notice digestion pattern is determined (S1006), and the effect pattern (individual effect pattern) is corrected based on the advance notice digestion pattern (S1008). When a pattern in which the stock effect cannot be executed is selected (N of S1000), the processing of S1002 to S1008 is skipped. If there is no stock effect (N of S1004), the processes of S1006 to S1008 are skipped.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to execute a stock effect when a specific type of effect pattern is selected, and it is possible to execute an expectation suggestion effect accompanied by digestion of accumulated notice objects, thereby providing an effect variation. It is possible to provide highly anticipated production while increasing. By preparing a notice digestion pattern separately from the individual effect pattern and correcting the individual effect pattern ex post facto based on the advance notice digestion pattern, it is possible to increase the effect variation without unnecessarily increasing the number of individual effect patterns. This makes it possible to provide a wider variety of productions while reducing the development burden of setting a huge number of individual production patterns.

As for the individual effect pattern of this embodiment, the effect pattern is selected so that the probability of becoming a big hit increases as the number of executions of the expectation suggestion effect increases and the number of executions of the expectation suggestion effect of higher expectation increases. Trends are set. Therefore, when an individual effect pattern (for example, individual effect patterns 1-1, 1-2) with a small number of executions of the expectation suggestion effect is selected, the probability of becoming a big hit is relatively low. On the other hand, even if an individual production pattern with a low probability of becoming a big hit is selected, if a notice digestion pattern with a large number of notice objects acquired is combined, the number of times is greater than the number of times the notice object is acquired. At first glance, it looks as if the production process has a high degree of expectation because the effect of suggesting the degree of expectation is executed. In other words, even if the production pattern does not have a high jackpot probability, the expectation suggestion effect that accompanies the digestion of the notice object can be added after the correction to give the impression that the production process has a high jackpot expectation. .. As a result, under the situation where the specific expectation suggestion effect suggesting a specific high expectation (for example, the expectation "1") is executed, the specific expectation suggestion effect is executed triggered by the digestion of the notice object. It is possible that the probability of becoming a big hit is higher when the specific expectation degree suggestion effect is executed without digesting the notice object than in the case where. For example, even when the same type of expectation suggestion effect is executed, the expectation suggestion effect (“○ 1”, “○ 2”, etc.) accompanied by the above-mentioned advance notice object digestion effect is executed. , The expectation level is higher when the expectation degree suggestion effect (“× 1”, “× 2”, etc.) without the advance notice object digestion effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to provide an unexpected effect that the expectation is higher when the notice object is not digested and the specific expectation suggestion effect is executed.

It should be noted that the selection tendency of the advance notice digestion pattern may be different depending on whether the hit / fail determination result is a hit or a miss. For example, in the case of a hit, a pattern with a large number of notice objects acquired is likely to be selected. , It may be easy to select a pattern in which the number of acquired notice objects is small in the case of deviation. As a result, it is possible to obtain a highly expected effect that becomes a big hit as the number of acquired notice objects increases, that is, the more times the expected degree suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the notice object is executed.

Further, even if the number of acquired advance notice objects is the same, the tendency of selecting the advance notice digestion pattern may be different depending on the difference in the digestion timing of the advance notice objects. For example, the pass / fail judgment result is hit between the notice digestion pattern in which the notice object is digested in the first period of the symbol change period and the notice digestion pattern in which the notice object is digested in the second period after the first period. The tendency of selecting the advance notice digestion pattern may be different depending on whether it becomes or is not. Specifically, if the result of success or failure is a hit, the probability of selecting the notice digestion pattern in which the notice object is digested in the second period is increased, and if the result is wrong, the notice object is digested in the second period. The pattern selection probability may be lowered. This is because the expectation suggestion effect, which is executed at a timing close to the fluctuation stop timing of the symbol, can be executed with a higher expectation suggestion effect, which is a big hit. As a result, the notice object is not digested in the first period and the notice object is digested in the second period, as compared with the case where the notice object is digested in the first period and the notice object is not digested in the second period. Can be a highly anticipated production that will be a big hit.

Further, even if the number of acquired notice objects is the same, the tendency of selecting the notice digestion pattern may be different depending on the difference in the number of remaining notice objects at a predetermined timing. For example, a notice is given depending on whether the hit / fail judgment result is a hit or a miss between the notice digestion pattern in which the number of remaining notice objects at a predetermined timing is large and the notice digestion pattern in which the number of notice objects remaining at a predetermined timing is small. The selection tendency of the digestion pattern may be different. Specifically, when the hit / fail result is a hit, the probability of selecting a notice digestion pattern in which the number of notice objects remaining at a predetermined timing is large is increased, and when the hit / fail result is wrong, the number of notice objects remaining at a predetermined timing is increased. The probability of selecting many notice digestion patterns may be lowered. As a result, in a situation where the notice object is digested and the expectation suggestion effect is executed after a predetermined number of notice objects are accumulated, the larger the number of remaining notice objects at the time of execution of the predetermined effect, the more the subsequent symbol fluctuation stops. It is possible to increase the expectation that the notice object will be digested at a timing close to, and it will be possible to produce a highly expected production that will be a big hit. The execution time point of the predetermined effect referred to here may be the timing at which any of the above-mentioned expectation suggestion effects is executed, or the timing at which any of the above-mentioned development effects is started. For example, it may be the timing when the second stage of the above-mentioned development effect (development effect A2, D2, etc.) is started.

Further, the number of noticeable objects that can be acquired may be different depending on the type of effect pattern. For example, in the effect pattern in which the fluctuation time is relatively long, the number of times the expectation suggestion effect can be executed is large, so that the number of acquired notice objects may be relatively large. On the other hand, in the effect pattern in which the fluctuation time is relatively short, the number of times the expectation suggestion effect can be executed is small, so that the number of notice objects acquired may be relatively small. Further, the maximum number of notice objects that can be acquired may be different depending on the type of effect pattern. For example, in the production patterns such as the production patterns 5 and 7 shown in FIG. 28 in which the number of development stages of the production is large, the maximum number of notice objects to be acquired is set to 7, while in the other production patterns, the maximum number of notice objects to be acquired is set to 7. It may be 6 pieces. As a result, when a specific number (for example, 7) of the notice objects is acquired, it is confirmed that the effect patterns 5 and 7 have been selected, and the effect can be made to raise the expectation.

The present invention has been described above based on the examples. It is understood by those skilled in the art that this embodiment is merely an example, and that various modifications are possible for each of these components and combinations of each processing process, and that such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. be. Hereinafter, modification examples will be given.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where only one kind of notice object (for example, "heat" mark) is used is shown. In the modified example, a plurality of types of notice objects are accumulated, and it may be suggested that different types of expectation suggestion effects are executed depending on the types of the accumulated notice objects. For example, a notice object that imitates the appearance of the movable character 66 for suggesting the execution of the character operation effect, a notice object that imitates the character for suggesting the execution of the cut-in effect or the group rehearsal effect, and the illumination strong light emission. A notice object imitating a special decorative lamp for suggesting the execution of the effect, a notice object imitating the effect button 109 or the lever 112 for suggesting the execution of the specific operation effect, or the like may be used. Expectation to be suggested Use abstract figures and symbols such as circles (○), triangles (△), squares (□), and stars (☆) instead of preview objects that directly indicate the suggestion effect. The notice object may be displayed. Further, a notice object with a wording indicating the name of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested such as "character", "button", "group", and "illumination" may be used.

In these multiple types of notice objects, the type of expectation suggestion effect to be suggested and the corresponding type of notice object are acquired and accumulated, and the type corresponding to the type of notice object digested when the notice object is digested. The expectation suggestion effect may be executed. For example, when the notice object is digested for the first type and the second type of expectation suggestion effect, the first type and the second type of notice object may be acquired by the stock effect. After that, the first type of expectation suggestion effect may be executed triggered by the digestion of the first type of notice object, and the second type of expectation suggestion effect may be executed triggered by the digestion of the second type of notice object. .. It should be noted that the correspondence between the notice object and the type of expectation suggestion effect may be established for all the notice digestion patterns, or the correspondence between the notice object and the type of expectation suggestion effect may be established for some of the notice digestion patterns. You may shift it. For example, even when the first type and the second type of notice object are acquired in the stock effect, the second type of expectation suggestion effect is executed with the digestion of the first type of notice object as a trigger. The third type of expectation suggestion effect may be executed triggered by the digestion of the second type of notice object. By preparing such a notice digestion pattern, it is possible to produce an unexpected effect. Further, when the correspondence between the notice object and the type of the expectation suggestion effect is shifted, the expectation suggestion effect with a higher expectation may be executed than when the correspondence between the two is the same.

Further, it may be suggested that the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed, in which the height of the expectation degree differs depending on the type of the accumulated notice object. For example, as the display color type of the notice object, multiple colors such as default color, red, and gold are prepared, and the expectation degree suggestion effect to be suggested depending on which display color of the notice object is accumulated and digested. It may suggest the high degree of expectation of. Even in this case, the type of the advance notice object to be accumulated and digested and the high expectation degree of the expectation degree suggestion effect executed by the digestion of the advance notice object may completely correspond to each other. There may be cases where the correspondence is out of sync.

Further, by combining the types of a plurality of display elements as the types of the advance notice object, both the type of the expectation degree suggestion effect to be suggested and the high degree of expectation may be suggested. For example, the type of the first display element of the notice object may suggest the type of expectation suggestion effect, and the type of the second display element of the notice object may suggest the high expectation of the expectation suggestion effect. .. As the display element of the notice object, the shape, display color, size, presence / absence of incidental display (for example, aura image) of the notice object can be used. For example, a round-shaped red notice object suggests an expectation suggestion effect of the first type of expectation "1", and a star-shaped golden notice object suggests an expectation suggestion effect of the second type expectation "2". May be suggested. In addition, the type of expectation suggestion effect may be indirectly suggested depending on the type of display mode of the notice object, and for example, the execution timing of the expectation suggestion effect and the place where the effect occurs may be suggested.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the accumulated number of the notice objects is indicated by the numerical value such as "x6" attached to the notice object is shown. In the modification, the same number of advance notice objects as the accumulated number may be displayed side by side, and the accumulated number of the advance notice objects may be indicated by the display number of the advance notice objects. For example, when the number of accumulated notice objects is 6, 6 notice objects may be displayed side by side in a vertical row in the area on the left side of the screen. At the time of digesting the notice object, it may be shown that the notice object has been digested by turning off the display of any of the six notice objects. For example, 6 notice objects are displayed before the notice object is digested, and the display is changed to 5 notice objects after the notice object is digested.

When a plurality of types of notice objects are used and a plurality of notice objects are displayed side by side, the type of expectation suggestion effect may be suggested by the display position or display order of the plurality of notice objects. For example, if it is possible to suggest the high degree of expectation of the expected degree suggestion effect according to the type of the displayed notice object, the order of the high degree of expectation of multiple expected degree suggestion effects executed along the effect process. Different types of notice objects may be displayed in order so as to correspond to. For example, as shown in the correction effect pattern of FIG. 35, when the height of the expectation of a plurality of expectation suggestion effects accompanied by the digestion of the notice object is in the order of "2", "1", and "1". After the stock effect, the three notice objects may be displayed in the order of gold, red, and red. Thereby, it may be suggested at which digestion timing the high expectation degree suggestion effect is executed. It should be noted that the order of the notice objects displayed side by side and the order of the plurality of expected degree suggestion effects to be executed may completely correspond to each other, or the correspondence between the two may be different from each other. .. Further, a plurality of notice objects may be digested in a certain direction (for example, from top to bottom) in order, or may be randomly digested. For example, when the top, middle, and bottom three notice objects are displayed, the notice objects may be digested in the order of top, middle, and bottom, or the center notice object may be digested first. .. It may be suggested that the jackpot expectation is high because the notice objects are not digested in order.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where one notice object is digested for each notice object digestion effect is shown. In the modified example, a plurality of notice objects may be simultaneously digested in one notice object digestion effect. Further, it may be suggested that the higher the number of simultaneous digestions of the notice object, the higher the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed. Further, even if the number of notice objects acquired in the stock effect is the same, different expectations may be suggested depending on how the notice objects are digested. For example, it is expected to be a big hit when three notice objects are digested one by one, a total of three times, when one digestion and two digestions are performed twice, and when three objects are digested at the same time. The degree may be different. For example, the higher the number of simultaneous digestions, the higher the expectation of a big hit. Even when the number of simultaneous digestions is large, the degree of expectation of a big hit may differ depending on the timing of simultaneous digestions. For example, the jackpot expectation may be higher in the case where three pieces are simultaneously digested in the second period after the first period than in the case where three pieces are simultaneously digested in the first period of the symbol variation period. In addition, when three pieces are digested at the same time in the first period of the symbol change period, one piece is digested in the first period of the symbol change period, and two pieces are digested at the same time in the second period thereafter. The expectation that the jackpot will be higher may be higher.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where all the notice objects acquired within one symbol change period are digested within the change period is shown. In the modified example, the rehearsal object accumulated by the stock effect may be digested over a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods. That is, the symbol variation in which the advance notice object is accumulated in the stock effect and the symbol variation in which the expectation suggestion effect triggered by the digestion of the accumulated advance notice object may be different. In this case, the stock effect is executed based on the pre-reading result of the lottery value corresponding to the symbol change in which the expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the notice object is executed, and in the symbol change after the symbol change in which the stock effect is executed. Expectation suggestion effects that accompany the digestion of the notice object may be performed. In this case, the expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the notice object may or may not be executed in the symbol change in which the stock effect is executed.

In the modified example, the expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the notice object may be executed during the execution of the special game. For example, the stock effect is executed in the symbol change that becomes a big hit or the symbol change before the big hit, the notice object is left when the change of the big hit symbol stops, and the remaining notice object is executed after that. It may be digested during a special game to perform an expectation suggestion effect. The expectation degree suggestion effect at this time is executed, for example, during the execution of the round of the special game, the execution of the end demo of the special game, and the like. The expectation suggestion effect performed during the round of the special game may be a round-up effect suggesting an increase in the actual number of rounds. For example, when the actual number of rounds is 4R, 8R, 12R, 16R, etc. as the type of special game, the degree of expectation of whether or not 5R or later will continue after the end of 4R, and whether 9R or later will continue after the end of 8R. The degree of expectation of whether or not it may be suggested by the degree of expectation suggestion effect. For example, it is expected that the round continuation is not definite, such as "+ 4R acquisition expectation UP", but the round continuation expectation is high, or the round continuation is definitely notified, such as "+ 4R confirmed!". It may be executed as a suggestion effect. The expectation degree suggestion effect executed at the end of the special game may suggest the transitioned game state after the special game, whether or not there is a transition to the probable change state after the special game, and the time reduction given after the special game. It may suggest the continuation condition of the state. For example, a production that suggests that the transition to the probabilistic state is not definite, such as "probability change expectation UP", but the transition to the probabilistic state is high, or a transition to the probabilistic state such as "probability change confirmation!" Is definite. An effect of notifying the user may be executed as an expected degree suggestion effect.

In the modified example, the stock effect may be executed during the special game, and the expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the notice object may be executed during the symbol change after the end of the special game. In this case, the stock effect executed during the special game may be based on the pre-reading result of the lottery value corresponding to the symbol change during the normal game that is transferred after the end of the special game. For example, when a big hit is obtained in the first symbol change after the end of the special game, the stock effect may be executed during the special game based on the pre-reading result of the first change. The stock effect at this time may be started during the start demo, the round, or the end demo of the special game. In addition, if there is a lottery value that is a big hit as a lottery value held during the special game, the stock effect is executed during the execution of the special game, so that the lottery value during the special game is being held. It may be suggested that it will be a "reserved inner villa" where a big hit will occur. In this case, the expectation suggestion effect that accompanies the digestion of the notice object accumulated in the stock effect that suggests the hold inner villa is during the symbol change in which the hold (big hit hold) that is the target of the hold inner villa is digested. It may be a special production to be executed, or it may be a highly rare production that will not be executed unless a stock production suggesting a pending villa is generated. The expected degree suggestion effect in the case of a pending villa may be executed even if the stock effect is not executed during the special game, and the special game is compared with the case where the stock effect is not executed during the special game. If the stock effect is executed during the period, there is a higher probability that the expectation suggestion effect (special effect) that suggests the hold inner villa will be executed at the time of the subsequent hold digestion. May be good.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where a plurality of notice objects are acquired at the same time at a specific timing in the stock effect, that is, the case where the acquisition period of the notice objects is extremely short is shown. In the modified example, the notice object may be cumulatively acquired over a specific effect period. For example, multiple acquisition timings of the notice object are set within the production period of the stock production, and the production content is such that whether or not the notice object is acquired at each of the multiple acquisition timings is set, and the final at the end of the stock production period. Cumulative number of acquisitions may be displayed.

FIG. 37 shows a display example of the stock effect according to the modified example. As shown in FIG. 37 (a), the wording “chance to acquire intense heat !!” indicating the start of stock production is displayed in the center of the screen, and subsequently, at the timing of acquiring a plurality of notice objects, FIG. 37 (b). The words "acquisition successful!" Or "acquisition failure ..." in FIG. 37 (c) are displayed in the center of the screen. If the advance notice object is successfully acquired, the advance notice object 530 is displayed on the left side of the screen, and the accumulated number of the advance notice objects increases cumulatively according to the number of acquisitions. For example, for 6 times of notice object acquisition timing, success, success, failure, success, failure, success, so that a total of 4 notice objects are acquired. At the end of the stock effect, the final number of acquisitions is displayed as shown in FIG. 37 (d).

In addition, two or more notice objects may be acquired at the same time at one notice object acquisition timing. For example, by displaying "great success +2" or "great success +3", 2 at the same time at one acquisition timing. One or three notice objects may be acquired. For example, when a stock effect that succeeds three times, succeeds once (+2), and fails twice is executed, the number of accumulated notice objects at the end of the stock effect is five.

At the start of the stock effect, a timer effect (time suggestion effect) in which a timer indicating the remaining time until the end of the stock effect period is displayed may be executed. As a result, it is possible to create an effect that encourages whether or not more notice objects can be acquired by the remaining time. The display mode of the time suggestion effect is not particularly limited as long as it can suggest the end of the stock effect, and the remaining time may be indicated by, for example, a display of a digital clock or an analog clock, or a display of a time slider or a meter. In addition, the remaining time may be suggested by the effect display that the length of the fuse connected to the bomb or the cannon gradually shortens, or the remaining time depending on the progress of the effect content displayed in a certain order or with the passage of time. May be suggested.

At the timing when the notice object is not acquired, a display such as "chance up!" May be displayed instead of explicitly indicating the acquisition failure. At the timing when the notice object is not acquired, there may be a case where a display such as "chance up!" Is displayed to increase the expectation, or a case where the display is not performed. In addition, the degree of expectation of the development effect that develops after the end of the stock effect may be suggested according to the number of times of display that raises the degree of expectation such as "chance up!". In addition, any of the above-mentioned expectation degree suggestion effects may be executed at the timing when the notice object is not acquired.

In the above-mentioned examples and modifications, the case where the acquisition period of the notice object and the digestion period of the notice object do not overlap is shown. In the modification, the acquisition period of the advance notice object and the digestion period of the advance notice object may overlap at least partially, and the advance notice object may be acquired (added) after the advance notice object is digested. For example, the notice object may be acquired and digested in the order of acquisition, acquisition, digestion, acquisition, digestion, and digestion within one symbol change period. In addition, the notice object may be added after all the notice objects accumulated in the stock effect have been digested. For example, the notice object may be acquired and digested in the order of acquisition, acquisition, digestion, digestion, acquisition, and digestion within one symbol change period.

In the modified example, a plurality of display patterns at the start of the stock effect are prepared, and the degree of expectation of the number of acquired notice objects and the degree of expectation that the notice object is digested are suggested according to the type of the display pattern at the start of the stock effect. High expectations may be suggested. For example, a plurality of patterns of title display of the stock effect shown in FIG. 26A may be prepared. For example, variations such as a default color, red, and gold may be prepared as the display color of the wording "chance to acquire intense heat !!". In addition, a plurality of patterns of the message "~ Hot development is waiting ♪ ~" written under the title may be prepared, or a plurality of patterns of the background display of the effect of FIG. 26 (a) may be prepared.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where one expectation degree suggestion effect is executed corresponding to one notice object digestion effect is shown. In the modified example, the expectation degree suggestion effect may be executed a plurality of times in response to one notice object digestion effect. For example, when the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed consecutively in a time series, if the notice object digestion effect is executed immediately before each expectation degree suggestion effect, the effect display may become complicated. In addition, in order to show that it corresponds to a plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects, a plurality of notice objects may be simultaneously digested in one notice object digestion effect. For example, when the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed twice after one notice object digestion effect, two notice objects may be digested at the same time. At this time, the notice object digestion effect may be executed so that it can be seen that the two are simultaneously digested. Further, in order to suggest that the second expectation degree suggestion effect is an expectation degree suggestion effect accompanied by digestion of the notice object, a small notice object digestion effect may be displayed on the screen when the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed.

FIG. 38 shows a display example of the expectation degree suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the notice object according to the modification, and shows the case where the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed twice after one notice object digestion effect. FIG. 38A shows a display example before the execution of the notice object digestion effect. FIG. 38B shows an example of display at the start of the notice object digestion effect, in which "super heat !! x 2" indicating the digestion of two notice objects at the same time is displayed, and the notice object 532 on the left side of the screen is displayed. The accumulated number is subtracted from "x4" to "x2". Next, the cut-in effect is executed as shown in FIG. 38 (c), and then the accessory operation effect is executed as shown in FIG. 38 (d). At the time of executing the expectation degree suggestion effect of FIGS. 38 (c) and 38 (d), the object image 534 of “super heat !!”, which is a rehearsal object digestion effect, is displayed small on the right side of the screen. By displaying such an incidental object image 534, it is clarified that the expectation degree suggestion effect is accompanied by the digestion of the notice object, and it can be easily distinguished from the expectation degree suggestion effect not accompanied by the digestion of the notice object.

In the modified example, the effect process in which the notice object is acquired and accumulated over a plurality of consecutive symbol fluctuation periods may be executed. For example, a "stock zone" is prepared as an effect mode in which the advance notice object can be acquired and accumulated, and the advance notice object is acquired and accumulated at any time during the stay in the stock zone, and then the expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the advance notice object. May be executed. The transition to the stock zone may be based on the look-ahead result of the lottery value to be held, and after the lottery value with high expectation is held, the lottery is moved to the stock zone based on the look-ahead of the lottery value, and the lottery is pre-read. In the symbol variation where the value is digested, the expectation suggestion effect triggered by the digestion of the notice object may be executed. In addition, the expectation suggestion effect triggered by the digestion of the notice object may be executed in the fluctuation period before the symbol change in which the pre-read lottery value is digested. An effect of changing the variable object to a display mode with a high degree of expectation may be executed. Further, the notice object may be digested at the start of the symbol change before the symbol change in which the pre-read lottery value is digested, and a specific zone entry effect which means a transition to the effect mode with high expectation may be executed.

In the modification, the notice object may be acquired at any time during the symbol change, instead of the advance notice object being acquired and accumulated only during the specific advance notice object acquisition period. For example, a cut-in effect such as "acquisition of intense heat !!" may be executed at an arbitrary timing during the symbol change, and the notice object may be acquired and accumulated triggered by the execution of the cut-in effect. After that, the accumulated notice object may be digested at an arbitrary timing during the symbol change, and the expectation degree suggestion effect may be executed.

In the modified example, the advance notice object additional effect in which the advance notice object is additionally acquired after the end of the stock effect may be executed. The advance notice object addition effect is executed, for example, within the same symbol change period as the symbol change in which the stock effect is executed, and is executed after at least one of the advance notice objects accumulated in the stock effect is digested. The advance notice object addition effect may be executed after all the advance notice objects accumulated in the stock effect have been digested. In this case, it can be said that the notice object is revived. After all the notice objects have been digested, it will be a production process in which the execution of the high expectation suggestion effect cannot be expected. It is possible to additionally execute the expectation degree suggestion effect of the expectation degree. Therefore, it is possible to perform an effect process with a relatively high degree of expectation as compared with the case where the advance notice object revival effect is not executed.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the acquired number of the notice objects acquired by the stock effect is specified is shown, but in the modified example, the acquired number of the acquired notice objects may be concealed. For example, as shown in FIG. 26 (c), at the timing of notifying the acquisition number of the advance notice object, "the number of intense heat acquisition ??" may be displayed to conceal the acquisition number of the advance notice object. Further, as shown in FIG. 26 (d), when the remaining number of the notice objects is displayed on the left side of the screen, "super heat x?" May be displayed to conceal the remaining number of the notice objects. When concealing the number of acquired notice objects in the stock effect, it may be suggested that the number of acquired notice objects is a predetermined number or more. For example, the acquisition number and the remaining number of the advance notice objects may be concealed only when the advance notice digestion pattern having a relatively high expectation such as the acquisition number of the advance notice objects is 5 or more is selected. In this case, it can be suggested in advance that the expectation is high by concealing the acquired number and the remaining number of the notice objects.

In the modified example, the number of dummy acquisitions may be displayed as the number of acquisitions of the notice objects acquired in the stock effect. For example, when the advance notice digestion pattern in which the number of digestion of the notice object is 5 is selected, the acquisition number of 3 or 4 which is less than 5 may be displayed in the stock effect. That is, the number of acquisitions shown in the stock effect may be an apparent number of acquisitions, and may be less than the total number of advance notice objects digested within the symbol variation period in which the stock effect is executed. In this case, the advance notice object additional effect may be executed before all the advance notice objects acquired in the stock effect are digested, or all the advance notice objects acquired in the stock effect are digested and the remaining number of advance notice objects. The notice object revival effect may be executed after becomes zero. In addition, the possibility of remaining notice objects may be suggested by displaying the remaining number of notice objects with "x?" At the timing when the remaining number of notice objects apparently becomes zero. When the remaining number of the notice objects is displayed as "x?", The expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the notice objects may be executed once or more. It should be noted that an effect process may be prepared in which the expectation suggestion effect accompanied by the digestion of the advance notice object is not executed after the remaining number of the advance notice objects is displayed as "x?". In this case, both the case where the notice object is additionally digested after the remaining number becomes unknown "?" And the case where it is not are prepared, and there is an expectation that the notice object may remain. It can be given to the player.

In the above-described embodiment, when the expectation level of the expectation level suggestion effect defined in the individual production pattern and the expectation level of the expectation level suggestion effect defined in the advance notice digestion pattern are different, the expectation level is relatively high. Was shown in the case of giving priority to. In the modified example, the expectation degree of the expectation degree suggestion effect defined in the advance notice digestion pattern may be prioritized. In this case, if the degree of expectation defined in the individual effect pattern is higher than the degree of expectation defined in the advance notice digestion pattern, the corrected effect pattern may have a higher degree of expectation specified in the notice digestion pattern with a relatively low degree of expectation. .. That is, by reflecting the advance notice digestion pattern, the expectation may be downgraded from the degree of expectation defined in the base individual production pattern.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the accumulated notice object is displayed on the left side of the screen is shown. In the modified example, the notice object may be displayed in a different area of the screen, for example, the outer periphery of the display area such as the lower left side, the upper left side, the right side, the upper right side, the lower right side, the lower center, and the upper center of the display screen. It may be displayed using a part of the vicinity.

In the display area of these notice objects, the effect contents other than the notice object may be displayed. Since the notice object is continuously displayed until the notice object is digested, there may be a display conflict with other effect contents. In order to display the notice object continuously, the notice object display should be displayed on the display layer higher than the other effect displays, and should be displayed so that the display priority is higher than the other effect contents. Is preferable. Here, the "display layer" refers to a layer that specifies the order in which each image data is overlapped when a plurality of image data are superimposed and generated as a display image to be displayed on the effect display device 60. The image data arranged in the relatively higher display layer is arranged on top of the image data arranged in the relatively lower display layer. Therefore, the image of the upper layer is visible on the front side of the image of the lower layer. If the upper layer image is not transparently processed, a part of the lower layer image that overlaps the upper layer image is hidden and invisible, and if the upper layer image is transparently processed, the upper layer image is hidden. A part of the lower layer image that overlaps the image can be seen through depending on the transparency of the transparency processing. When generating a display image, the image data set to have a high display priority is placed in a relatively higher display layer, and the image data set to have a lower display priority is placed in a relatively lower display layer. Placed on the display layer. This prevents the image or display having a high display priority from being hidden under the image or display having a low display priority and disappearing.

It should be noted that more important displays such as the fourth symbol indicating that the symbol is changing, the variation display of the simple symbol, and the hold display for displaying the number of holds are displayed in the upper layer than the notice object. Here, the "fourth symbol" is a design for directing that the degree of simplification of the appearance of the decorative symbol is larger than that of the alternative symbol and does not have an appearance display form corresponding to the portion indicating the symbol type of the decorative symbol. .. The fourth symbol is composed of an image having a simple shape such as a circular shape or a polygonal shape that shows fluctuation by changing to a plurality of colors, and may be, for example, an image showing only blinking due to a color change. The fourth symbol indicates that the symbol is changing due to the change in the display color, indicates that the symbol is stopped due to the stop of the change in the display color, and suggests the result of the change depending on the display color at the time of the stop. On the other hand, the "simple symbol" is a design for directing that has a display form on the appearance corresponding to a part indicating a symbol type such as a number or a character, although the degree of simplification of the appearance of the decorative symbol is larger than that of the alternative symbol. .. The simple symbol is composed of one or a plurality of symbols, and the variation display indicates that the symbol is stopped, and the stop display indicates that the symbol is stopped. The fourth symbol or the simple symbol is configured to change in a certain manner during the variation of the decorative symbol, for example, even when the decorative symbol starts to change or when the decorative symbol is in the reach mode. Even when the temporary stop is displayed with a predetermined combination of symbols, it is configured to be variablely displayed in a certain mode. Further, the hold display for displaying the number of holds is different from the above-mentioned hold object in that the hold change effect is not accompanied. This hold display displays, for example, the number of holds by a number from 0 to 4 or the number of displayed images having a simple circular shape or a polygonal shape.

It should be noted that not only the display of the accumulated notice object but also the display of the notice object digestion effect may have a higher priority on display than other effect contents. Further, the display of the notice object digestion effect may have a lower display priority than the display of higher importance such as the fourth symbol, the simplified symbol, and the hold display.

Hereinafter, aspects of this embodiment are listed.
[Aspect 1]
A game board with a game area formed,
A starting port provided at a predetermined position in the game area and
A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value acquired when the ball enters the starting port.
When the hit / fail determination has a predetermined result, a special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and a special game control means.
An effect display device in which a symbol for showing the result of the hit / fail determination is displayed in a variable manner and an effect is displayed, and an effect display device.
Equipped with a production control means that controls the execution of the production,
It has a plurality of types of expectation degree suggestion effects that suggest the degree of expectation that the hit / fail determination results in a predetermined result, and the expectation degree suggestion effects are plural within one symbol change period from the start of the change of the symbol to the stop of the change. Can be executed once,
A notice object that suggests the execution of the expectation suggestion effect in advance can be displayed, and the notice object is accumulated before the execution of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested, and the notice is triggered by the digestion of the notice object. Expectation suggestion effect that is the suggestion target of the object is executed,
A plurality of the advance notice objects can be accumulated at the same time, and the plurality of accumulated advance notice objects can suggest the execution of a plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects that can be executed at different timings within one symbol fluctuation period.
The notice object has a display mode in which a plurality of display elements are combined, and the combination of each type of the plurality of display elements suggests the execution content of the expectation degree suggestion effect to be suggested.
The type of the first display element of the notice object suggests the type of expectation suggestion effect to be suggested, and the type of the second display element of the notice object is the expectation of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested. A ball game machine that suggests a high degree.

[Aspect 2]
A game board with a game area formed,
A starting port provided at a predetermined position in the game area and
A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value acquired when the ball enters the starting port.
When the hit / fail determination has a predetermined result, a special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and a special game control means.
An effect display device in which a symbol for showing the result of the hit / fail determination is displayed in a variable manner and an effect is displayed, and an effect display device.
Equipped with a production control means that controls the execution of the production,
It has a plurality of types of expectation degree suggestion effects that suggest the degree of expectation that the hit / fail determination results in a predetermined result, and the expectation degree suggestion effects are plural within one symbol change period from the start of the change of the symbol to the stop of the change. Can be executed once,
A notice object that suggests the execution of the expectation suggestion effect in advance can be displayed, and the notice object is accumulated before the execution of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested, and the notice is triggered by the digestion of the notice object. Expectation suggestion effect that is the suggestion target of the object is executed,
A plurality of the advance notice objects can be accumulated at the same time, and the plurality of accumulated advance notice objects can suggest the execution of a plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects that can be executed at different timings within one symbol fluctuation period.
A ball game machine in which a plurality of advance notice objects can be digested at the same time, and the degree of expectation of transition to the special game differs depending on at least one of the digestion number and the digestion timing of the advance notice objects to be digested at the same time.

[Aspect 3]
A game board with a game area formed,
A starting port provided at a predetermined position in the game area and
A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value acquired when the ball enters the starting port.
When the hit / fail determination has a predetermined result, a special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and a special game control means.
An effect display device in which a symbol for showing the result of the hit / fail determination is displayed in a variable manner and an effect is displayed, and an effect display device.
Equipped with a production control means that controls the execution of the production,
It has a plurality of types of expectation degree suggestion effects that suggest the degree of expectation that the hit / fail determination results in a predetermined result, and the expectation degree suggestion effects are plural within one symbol change period from the start of the change of the symbol to the stop of the change. Can be executed once,
A notice object that suggests the execution of the expectation suggestion effect in advance can be displayed, and the notice object is accumulated before the execution of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested, and the notice is triggered by the digestion of the notice object. Expectation suggestion effect that is the suggestion target of the object is executed,
A plurality of the advance notice objects can be accumulated at the same time, and the plurality of accumulated advance notice objects can suggest the execution of a plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects that can be executed at different timings within one symbol fluctuation period.
As an effect process in which the advance notice object is digested after a predetermined number of the advance notice objects are accumulated and the expectation degree suggestion effect is executed, the first effect process including the predetermined effect and the predetermined effect common to the first effect process are performed. There is a second effect process in which the number of remaining notice objects at the time of execution of the predetermined effect is larger than that of the first effect process, including the effect, and the second effect process is more than the case of the first effect process. A ball game machine with a higher expectation of transition to the special game in the case.

[Aspect 4]
A game board with a game area formed,
A starting port provided at a predetermined position in the game area and
A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value acquired when the ball enters the starting port.
When the hit / fail determination has a predetermined result, a special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and a special game control means.
An effect display device in which a symbol for showing the result of the hit / fail determination is displayed in a variable manner and an effect is displayed, and an effect display device.
Equipped with a production control means that controls the execution of the production,
It has a plurality of types of expectation degree suggestion effects that suggest the degree of expectation that the hit / fail determination results in a predetermined result, and the expectation degree suggestion effects are plural within one symbol change period from the start of the change of the symbol to the stop of the change. Can be executed once,
A notice object that suggests the execution of the expectation suggestion effect in advance can be displayed, and the notice object is accumulated before the execution of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested, and the notice is triggered by the digestion of the notice object. Expectation suggestion effect that is the suggestion target of the object is executed,
A plurality of the advance notice objects can be accumulated at the same time, and the plurality of accumulated advance notice objects can suggest the execution of a plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects that can be executed at different timings within one symbol fluctuation period.
The expectation degree suggestion effect may be executed triggered by the digestion of the notice object, or may be executed without the notice object being digested.
From the case where the specific expectation suggestion effect is executed with the digestion of the notice object as a trigger in the situation where the specific expectation suggestion effect suggesting the height of the specific expectation is executed among the expectation suggestion effects. However, a ball game machine having a higher expectation of transition to the special game when the specific expectation suggestion effect is executed without digesting the notice object.

11 1st start port, 12 2nd start port, 60 effect display device, 80 game board, 81 game area, 220 hit / fail determination means, 230 variation pattern determination means, 260 special game control means, 303 effect determination means, 304 effect control means.

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A game board with a game area formed,
A starting port provided at a predetermined position in the game area and
A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value acquired when the ball enters the starting port.
When the hit / fail determination has a predetermined result, a special game control means for executing a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and a special game control means.
An effect display device in which a symbol for showing the result of the hit / fail determination is displayed in a variable manner and an effect is displayed, and an effect display device.
Equipped with a production control means that controls the execution of the production,
It has a plurality of types of expectation degree suggestion effects that suggest the degree of expectation that the hit / fail determination results in a predetermined result, and the expectation degree suggestion effects are plural within one symbol change period from the start of the change of the symbol to the stop of the change. Can be executed once,
A notice object that suggests the execution of the expectation suggestion effect in advance can be displayed, and the notice object is accumulated before the execution of the expectation suggestion effect to be suggested, and the notice is triggered by the digestion of the notice object. Expectation suggestion effect that is the suggestion target of the object is executed,
Each of the plurality of types of expectation suggestion effects is executed at any of a plurality of effect occurrence points having different spatial positions when viewed from the player.
At the time of digestion of the notice object, a digestion effect suggesting one of the plurality of effect occurrence points is executed, and after the execution of the digestion effect, the expected degree of the kind that can be executed at the effect generation location suggested by the digestion effect. Suggestion production is executed,
The notice object is displayed in such a manner that the type of the expectation suggestion effect cannot be determined.
A plurality of the advance notice objects can be accumulated at the same time, and the plurality of accumulated advance notice objects can suggest the execution of a plurality of expectation degree suggestion effects that can be executed at different timings within one symbol fluctuation period.
A ball game machine in which a plurality of advance notice objects can be digested at the same time, and the degree of expectation of transition to the special game differs depending on at least one of the digestion number and the digestion timing of the advance notice objects to be digested at the same time.

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