JP7130010B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

In a game machine such as a pachinko machine, various effects are executed at a predetermined timing such as during symbol variation. Various characters often appear in these productions, and the production (dialogue production) based on the lines uttered by the characters is one of the most widely used productions. In this dialogue rendering, dialogue characters corresponding to the dialogue sound are often displayed on the screen together with the output of the dialogue sound (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2019-98045 A

In the conventional dialogue production, if the dialogue sound suddenly starts to be output while the player is not paying attention to the voice, the player tends to miss the beginning part of the dialogue sound, thereby resulting in the production effect of the dialogue production. could not be fully demonstrated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine that can effectively prevent a player from missing a dialogue sound when a dialogue effect is executed.

The present invention comprises a dialogue effect executing means for executing a dialogue effect of outputting a dialogue sound and displaying a dialogue character corresponding to the dialogue sound, and the dialogue effect executing means reproduces the dialogue sound data to reproduce the dialogue sound data. In a gaming machine capable of outputting dialogue sound, specific dialogue sound data having a silent period of a predetermined time before the output period of the dialogue sound is provided as the dialogue sound data, and the dialogue production executing means outputs sound effect data. A sound effect can be output by reproducing the dialogue effect, and the dialogue effect execution means substantially simultaneously starts displaying the dialogue character, reproducing the sound effect data, and reproducing the specific dialogue sound data, thereby reproducing the dialogue. The output of the speech sound is started with a delay of the predetermined time from the start of the character display and the start of the output of the sound effect, and the sound effect includes a first sound effect whose output is finished after the start of the output period of the speech sound. There is a second sound effect other than the first sound effect, and the degree of reliability regarding the occurrence of a profit state advantageous to the player is made different between when the first sound effect is output and when the second sound effect is output. be.

According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively prevent the player from failing to hear the dialogue sound when the dialogue effect is executed.

1 is an overall front view of a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine. It is an exploded perspective view of the glass door of the pachinko machine. It is a principal part top view which shows the production|presentation button of the same pachinko machine, a cross operation means, a sound volume adjustment operation means, a light amount adjustment operation means, etc. FIG. It is a front cross-sectional view of the operation effect means of the pachinko machine and its vicinity. It is a side cross-sectional view of the operation effect means of the pachinko machine and its vicinity. It is a front cross-sectional view showing a state in which the effect button of the pachinko machine is pressed. It is a front view of the game board of the pachinko machine. It is a front view of the game information display means of the pachinko machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation|movement of the board movable body of the same pachinko machine. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine. It is a block diagram of the control system of the pachinko machine. It is a diagram showing the normal symbol hit probability and variation time for each game state of the pachinko machine, and the opening and closing pattern of the second special symbol starting means. It is a figure which shows the correspondence of the jackpot mode, the special profit state, the special game state, and the jackpot presentation mode about the 1st, 2nd special pattern of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the volume level setting table of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the sound volume adjustment alerting|reporting image of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the light quantity adjustment alerting|reporting image of the same pachinko machine. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a changing state of the volume and the volume adjustment notification image when the volume adjustment knob is operated while the volume adjustment notification image is being displayed in the pachinko machine; It is a figure which shows reset conditions and reset processing of the sound volume level of the same pachinko machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the image production|presentation in the hold change notice of the same pachinko machine, and sound production|presentation. 21 is a diagram showing the volume history of the sound effects shown in FIG. 20, divided into normal sound effects and specific sound effects; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between a first volume LP1 (dB), a second volume LP2 (dB), and a synthesized volume LP (dB) obtained by synthesizing them; It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of image production|presentation and sound production|presentation in the normal fluctuation|variation (during probability variable state) of the same pachinko machine. FIG. 24 is a diagram showing part of the volume history of the sound effects shown in FIG. 23, divided into normal sound effects and specific sound effects; It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (1/2) of the image effect and sound effect in the normal fluctuation of the pachinko machine (during the normal game state). It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (2/2) of the image effect and sound effect in the normal fluctuation (during the normal game state) of the same pachinko machine. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing part of the volume history of the sound effects shown in FIG. 26, divided into normal sound effects and specific sound effects; It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (1/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (low reliability) of the same pachinko machine. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (2/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (low reliability) of the same pachinko machine. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (3/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (low reliability) of the same pachinko machine. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (4/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (low reliability) of the same pachinko machine. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (5/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (low reliability) of the same pachinko machine. FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a portion from 42s to 61s in the volume history of the sound effects shown in FIG. 30, divided into normal sound effects and specific sound effects. FIG. 33 is a diagram showing the portion 92s to 96s in the volume history of the sound effects shown in FIG. 32, divided into normal sound effects and specific sound effects. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (1/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (high reliability) of the same pachinko machine. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (2/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (high reliability) of the same pachinko machine. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (3/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (high reliability) of the same pachinko machine. It is an explanatory view showing the flow (4/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (high reliability) of the same pachinko machine. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow (5/5) of the image effect and the sound effect in the ready-to-win effect (high reliability) of the same pachinko machine. FIG. 38 is a diagram showing the portion from 42s to 61s in the volume history of the sound effects shown in FIG. 37, divided into normal sound effects and specific sound effects. It is a figure which shows an example of the variation of dialogue production|presentation (alpha) of the same pachinko machine. It is the figure which compared the time chart of dialogue production|presentation (alpha)1 and (alpha)3 of the same pachinko machine. It is the figure which compared the time chart of dialogue production|presentation (alpha)2 and (alpha)5 of the same pachinko machine. It is the figure which compared the time chart of dialogue production|presentation (alpha)7, (alpha)8, (alpha)9 of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the variation of dialogue production|presentation (alpha) of the pachinko machine which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the variation of dialogue production|presentation (alpha) of the pachinko machine which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the volume level setting table of the pachinko machine which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the history of the sound volume in the normal sound production|presentation and specific sound production|presentation at the time of setting a hole setting value to T7 with the same pachinko machine for every volume level. It is the figure which showed the history of the sound volume in the normal sound production|presentation and specific sound production|presentation at the time of setting a hole setting value to T3 in the same pachinko machine for every volume level. It is a figure which shows the volume level setting table of the pachinko machine which concerns on the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the history of the sound volume in the normal sound production|presentation and specific sound production|presentation at the time of setting a hole setting value to T7 with the same pachinko machine for every volume level. It is the figure which showed the history of the sound volume in the normal sound production|presentation and specific sound production|presentation at the time of setting a hole setting value to T3 in the same pachinko machine for every volume level. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a modified example of a combination of normal sound effects and specific sound effects;

Embodiments of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 44 illustrate a first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine. 1 and 2, a gaming machine body 1 includes an outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 arranged in front of the outer frame 2. As shown in FIG. The front frame 3 is pivotally attached to the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and detachable via a vertical first hinge 4 arranged at one end in the left-right direction, for example, the left end. The outer frame 2 can be locked in the closed state by a locking means 5 provided on the opposite side, for example, the right end side.

The front frame 3 has a middle frame 6 and a glass door 7 arranged in front of the middle frame 6. - 特許庁The glass door 7 is pivotally attached to the middle frame 6 so as to be openable and detachable via a vertical second hinge 8 arranged at one end in the left-right direction, for example, the left end. can be locked in the closed state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the outer frame 2 is formed in a rectangular shape by a pair of left and right vertical frame members 2a and 2b and a pair of upper and lower horizontal frame members 2c and 2d. A front cover member 9 made of, for example, synthetic resin is attached to the front lower portion of the outer frame 2 so as to connect the front lower portions of the left and right vertical frame members 2a and 2b along the front edge of the lower horizontal frame member 2d. there is The front cover member 9 protrudes forward from the left and right vertical frame members 2a and 2b, and the middle frame 6 is arranged on the upper side thereof. In the outer frame 2, an outer frame upper hinge metal fitting 11 constituting the first hinge 4 is disposed, for example, at the upper left portion, and an outer frame lower hinge metal fitting 12 is disposed above the front cover member 9 at the lower left portion.

The middle frame 6 is made of synthetic resin, and has a rectangular frame portion 13 which can contact the front edge side of the outer frame 2 on the upper side of the front cover member 9, and a game board provided on the upper side in the frame portion 13. A mounting portion 14 and a lower mounting portion 15 provided on the lower side in the frame portion 13 are integrally provided, for example. A game board 16 is detachably attached to the game board mounting portion 14, for example, from the front side. In the middle frame 6, a main body frame upper hinge metal fitting 19 constituting the first hinge 4 and a main body frame upper hinge metal fitting 20 constituting the second hinge 8 are arranged, for example, at the upper left portion of the first and second hinges 4, 8. Main body frame lower hinge metal fittings 21 are arranged, for example, in the lower left part.

The glass door 7 has a resin door base 22 formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the front side of the middle frame 6 . The door base 22 is formed with window holes 24a of a glass window 24 corresponding to the front side of the game area 23 formed on the game board 16. For example, a plurality of windows (four here) are formed around the window holes 24a. Various production means such as an upper speaker 25, a first frame movable body 26, a second frame movable body 27, and an air blowing means 28 are arranged.

On the upper front side of the door base 22, a side unit 30 is attached to at least a part of the outer periphery of the window hole 24a, for example, a substantially L-shaped part corresponding to the upper side and the right side of the window hole 24a, and the other part, For example, an upper decorative cover 31 is mounted on the left side of the window hole 24a. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, for example, with the front frame 3 opened, the side unit 30 can be used to remove the fixing screw 30a, the fixing lever 30b, etc. on the back side of the front frame 3 without using special tools. It can be easily attached and detached by operating. Normally, the front frame 3 is commonly used for a plurality of models, and by mounting a different game board 16 for each model on the front frame 3, the playability and design unique to the model are realized. In the machine, a part of the front side of the front frame 3 is made into a side unit 30 which is more easily detachable than other parts, and the side unit 30 has a design with a sense of unity with the game board 16 and a unique function. By doing so, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in design and function for each model while standardizing most of the front frame 3 .

A first frame movable body 26, a second frame movable body 27, a blowing means 28, and the like are mounted on the side unit 30 of the present embodiment. The first frame movable body 26 can be slid substantially in the front-rear direction by being driven by drive means (not shown). The second frame movable body 27 can be slid substantially in the front-rear direction by being driven by drive means (not shown), and can be pushed by the player. The air blowing means 28 can blow air toward the player's hands at the timing when the player operates the frame second movable body 27, for example.

On the front side of the lower part of the door base 22, an upper tray 33 for storing game balls put out from the putting out means 32 arranged on the rear side of the middle frame 6 and supplying them to the shooting means 17, and the upper tray 33 is full. A lower tray 34 for storing surplus balls, etc., and a firing handle 35 operated to operate the firing means 17 are arranged, and a lower decorative cover 36 that substantially covers the upper tray 33, the lower tray 34, etc. from the front side is attached. It is The lower decorative cover 36 is formed, for example, in a forward-facing bulging shape, and is provided with operation means such as an operation presentation means 37, a cross operation means 38, a sound volume operation means 39, and a light amount operation means 40, for example. (Fig. 4).

The operation effect means 37 is used for advance notice effect during pattern fluctuation and other effects, and as shown in FIGS. A movable performance means 42 arranged inside the performance button 41 and a vibration generating means 43 for vibrating the performance button 41 are provided and arranged in the lower decorative cover 36. - 特許庁

The movable effect means 42 includes a substantially spherical rotating body 44, a horizontal shaft member 45 that rotatably supports the rotating body 44, a light emitting substrate 46 arranged in the rotating body 44, and a rotating body 44. 44, and a support frame 48 for supporting the shaft member 45, the rotation driving means 47, and the like.

Rotating body 44 is formed in a hollow shape from a light-transmitting synthetic resin, and is rotatably supported by shaft member 45 via cylindrical rotating shafts 49a and 49b fixed to both left and right sides thereof. The shaft member 45 passes through the inside of the rotating body 44 from side to side, and a light emitting substrate 46 is fixed to the substantially central portion thereof. The light emitting substrate 46 is for illuminating the rotating body 44 from the inside, and for example, a plurality of LEDs 50 are arranged on the upper surface side thereof.

The support frame 48 is formed in a substantially U-shape when viewed from the front by a pair of left and right vertical frames 48a and 48b and a horizontal frame 48c connecting the lower ends of the vertical frames 48a and 48b to the left and right. Left and right ends of the shaft member 45 are detachably fixed to the upper parts of the frames 48a and 48b. A rotary drive means 47 such as a stepping motor is fixed to one of the vertical frames 48a and 48b (here, the right vertical frame 48b) with the drive shaft 47a protruding inward. A driven gear 51 is provided on one of the left and right rotating shafts 49a and 49b (here, the right rotating shaft 49b). The mounted drive gear 52 is in mesh. As a result, when the rotation driving means 47 operates in the forward or reverse direction, the driving force is transmitted to the rotating body 44 via the driving gear 52 and the driven gear 51, and the rotating body 44 rotates around its axis in the horizontal direction. do.

The support frame 48 is supported by the door base 22 via, for example, a production button base 53 fixed to its lower side. The production button base 53 is made of sheet metal, for example, and has a rectangular mounting plate 54 arranged substantially horizontally along the lower surface side of the horizontal frame 48c, and a mounting plate 54 extending downward from both left and right edges of the mounting plate 54. A pair of left and right connecting plates 55a and 55b, base plates 56a and 56b extending laterally outward from the lower edges of the left and right connecting plates 55a and 55b, and downward extending from the rear edge side of the mounting plate 54, for example. The mounting plate 54 is fixed to the horizontal frame 48c, and the support plate 57 is fixed to a fixing member 58 mounted on the front side of the door base 22, for example.

The production button 41 constitutes a cover body that covers the movable production means 42 inside, and is made of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin. It is integrally provided with a substantially spherical operating portion 62 formed so as to substantially close the upper end side of the body portion 61 . The trunk portion 61 is provided with notch portions 64a and 64b formed upward from the lower end side on the left and right side surfaces thereof. The production button 41 is mounted from above so as to cover the movable production means 42 while the rotating shafts 49a and 49b are loosely fitted in the left and right cutouts 64a and 64b. It is exposed upward through a button hole 65 formed in the cover 36 .

A substantially circular elevating plate 66 disposed substantially horizontally between the horizontal frame 48c and the base plates 56a and 56b is detachably fixed to the lower end of the effect button 41. As shown in FIG. An insertion hole 67 is formed substantially in the center of the elevating plate 66 , and the upper portion of the effect button base 53 is vertically inserted through the insertion hole 67 .

The elevating plate 66 has a plurality of guide pins 68 projecting downward, for example, two guide pins 68 on each of the left and right sides, for a total of four. These guide pins 68 are for guiding the effect button 41 in the vertical direction, and are inserted downward into guide holes 69 formed in the base plates 56a and 56b. A coil spring 70 is attached to each guide pin 68 . This coil spring 70 has a diameter larger than that of the guide hole 69 and is arranged between the lift plate 66 and the base plates 56a and 56b. is elastically biased.

The effect button 41 is held at the upper non-operating position (indicated by the solid line in FIGS. 5 and 6 and by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 7) by restricting the upward movement of the elevator plate 66 by the horizontal frame 48c. Between the horizontal frame 48c and the elevating plate 66, a plurality of cushioning members 71 made of an elastic material such as silicone rubber are arranged. The upward movement is restricted by coming into contact with the lower surface side of the horizontal frame 48c via. The buffer member 71 may be attached to either the horizontal frame 48c or the lifting plate 66. As shown in FIG.

A vibration generating means 43 is attached to the lower side of the performance button base 53. - 特許庁The vibration generating means 43 includes a vibrating device 72 and a vibrating base 73 that vibrates when the vibrating device 72 is operated. 53 are mounted on base plates 56a and 56b. A plurality of guide pin insertion holes 75 are provided in the vibration base 73, and the guide pins 68 are inserted downward into the guide pin insertion holes 75, respectively.

The vibrating device 72 is composed of a motor having an eccentric weight 72a attached to a drive shaft. It is detachably fixed to substantially the center of the lower surface of the vibration base 73 . By activating the vibration device 72, the vibration base 73 supported via the cushion member 74 vibrates with respect to the production button base 53, and the vibration causes the guide pin 68 inserted through the guide pin insertion hole 75 to move. transmitted to the effect button 41 via the

By the way, the production by the movable body has the aspect of the movable production that appeals to the player's sense of sight or touch through the action of the movable body, and the aspect of the sound production that similarly appeals to the player's sense of hearing. Of course, there are movable bodies that do not substantially generate sound effects, such as when the movement sound of the movable body is extremely low or when there is no sound.

Of the two movable bodies (the rotating body 44 and the effect button 41) of the operation rendering means 37, the rotating body 44 rotated by the drive of the rotation driving means 47 can be visually recognized by the player. In addition to being able to do so (movable effect), it is possible to audibly recognize the operation sound such as "clattering" caused by the driving of the rotation driving means 47 (sound effect). In addition, regarding the effect button 41 that vibrates by driving the vibration device 72, the player can recognize the vibration of the effect button 41 by the tactile sense of the hand (movable effect), and also the operation sound (vibration sound) generated by the vibration. ) can be audibly recognized (sound effect).

Here, among the movable effects and sound effects related to the operation of the effect button 41, the movable effect appealing to the player's tactile sense is not realized unless the player touches the effect button 41, but the sound appealing to the player's sense of hearing. The effect is established regardless of whether the player touches the effect button 41 or not. However, regarding the sound effect, the volume of the generated operation sound (vibration sound) changes depending on whether the player is touching the effect button 41 or not, and furthermore, whether or not the player is pressing it.

That is, when the player operates the vibrating device 72 without touching the effect button 41, the operating sounds are (1) the operating sound of the vibrating device 72, and (2) the vibration between the vibration base 73 and the guide pin 68. (3) contact sound between the lifting plate 66 and the horizontal frame 48c (through the buffer member 71); (4) contact sound from other joints (play); On the other hand, when the vibration device 72 is operated while the player is touching the effect button 41, the operation sound (1) is the same as when the player is not touching the effect button 41, but the game is played. The user's hand acts as a buffer material to limit the driving of the effect button (predetermined portion) 41 by the vibration device (driving means) 72, and the vibration of the effect button 41 is suppressed, so the contact sounds of (2) to (4) becomes smaller than when the player does not touch the effect button 41, and the operation sound becomes smaller as a whole. Furthermore, when the vibration device 72 is activated while the player is not only touching the production button 41 but also pressing it, the elevating plate 66 of the production button 41 moves to the horizontal frame 48c as shown in FIG. , and at least the contact sound of (3) is not generated, so the operating sound is further reduced. Thus, the volume of the vibration sound of the production button 41 (the volume of the specific sound production) becomes the maximum volume when the player does not touch the production button 41 (when the specific volume change operation is not performed).

As shown in FIG. 4, the cross-shaped operation means 38 has four operation keys 38a to 38d for up, down, left, and right, and is used when operations such as cursor movement up, down, left, and right are required, such as when selecting menu items. . The volume operation means (B operation means, first operation means) 39 is used for volume adjustment by the player, and is provided with a plus key 39a and a minus key 39b as shown in FIG. By operating the two operation keys 39a and 39b, the player setting value (Otsu value) relating to the sound volume can be set in a plurality of steps, for example, any of five steps from M1 to M5. The light amount operation means 40 is used for light amount adjustment by the player, and as shown in FIG. 4, has a plus key 40a and a minus key 40b. As a result, the light quantity level can be set in a plurality of steps, for example, any one of three steps from 1 to 3.

In this embodiment, the volume operation means 39 dedicated to volume adjustment and the light amount operation means 40 dedicated to light amount adjustment are provided. It may also be used for adjustment.

As shown in FIG. 2, a glass unit 80 is detachably mounted on the back side of the door base 22 to substantially close the window hole 24a from the rear side, and is attached to the edges of the first and second hinges 4 and 8. A vertical hinge end side reinforcing sheet metal 81a arranged along the edge of the opening and closing end side, a vertical opening and closing end side reinforcing sheet metal 81b arranged along the edge of the opening and closing end side, and left and right sides arranged below the window hole 24a. The direction lower reinforcing sheet metal 81c is detachably fixed by screws or the like. Further, on the door base 22, a glass door upper hinge metal fitting 82a and a glass door lower hinge metal fitting 82b constituting the second hinge 8 are disposed, for example, at the upper left portion and the lower left portion, respectively.

Further, for example, a ball feeding unit 83a, a lower plate guide unit 83b, and the like are mounted on the back side of the lower reinforcing sheet metal 81c. The ball feeding unit 83 a is for feeding the game balls in the upper tray 33 to the shooting means 17 one by one, and is arranged corresponding to the front side of the shooting means 17 . The lower tray guide unit 83b guides surplus balls when the upper tray 33 is full and foul balls that have returned without reaching the game area 23 despite being shot by the shooting means 17 to the lower tray 34. For example, it is arranged adjacent to the ball feeding unit 83a on the side of the first and second hinges 4 and 8 thereof.

Further, a door opening switch 84 capable of detecting whether or not the front frame 3 is open with respect to the outer frame 2 is provided, for example, on the upper side of the middle frame 6 . For example, the door opening switch 84 is configured to be ON when the front frame 3 is opened forward with respect to the outer frame 2 and to be OFF when the front frame 3 is closed.

As shown in FIG. 8, the game board 16 includes a base plate 85 such as a plywood board, and in front of the base plate 85, a guide rail 86 for guiding game balls shot from the shooting means 17 is arranged in an annular shape. In addition, in the game area 23 inside the guide rail 86, in addition to unit parts such as a central display frame unit 87, a start winning unit 88, a normal winning unit 89, etc., a large number of game nails (not shown) are arranged. A game information display means 90 is arranged outside the area 23, for example, on the lower side. Of course, the game information display means 90 may be arranged within the game area 23 .

As shown in FIG. 9, the game information display means 90 is provided with four LED groups composed of, for example, eight LEDs 100. A total of 32 LEDs 100 are normal symbol display means 91 and normal reserved number display means. 92, first special symbol display means 93, second special symbol display means 94, first special reserved number display means 95, second special reserved number display means 96, fluctuation shortening notification means 97, right hitting notification means 98 and number of rounds A predetermined number of them are assigned to the notification means 99 . That is, the eight LEDs 100 belonging to the first and second LED groups 90a and 90b constitute the first and second special symbol display means 93 and 94, respectively, and the eight LEDs 100 belonging to the third LED group 90c are two. Eight LEDs 100 belonging to the fourth LED group 90d are divided into the first special reserved number display means 95, the second special reserved number display means 96, the normal reserved number display means 92, and the fluctuation shortening notification means 97, respectively. , two of them constitute normal symbol display means 91, the other two constitute right-handed informing means 98, and the remaining four constitute round number informing means 99, respectively.

On the plurality of unit parts 87 to 89 of the game board 16, normal symbol starting means 101, first special symbol starting means 102, second special symbol starting means 103, big winning means 104, a plurality of normal winning means 105, etc. is provided. In addition to the liquid crystal display means (image display means) 106, movable bodies such as a first board movable body 107, a second movable board 108, and a third movable board 109 are arranged on the rear side of the base plate 85. there is Of course, the image display means is not limited to the liquid crystal display means.

The central display frame unit 87 constitutes a display frame for the liquid crystal display means 106 and the movable bodies 107 to 109, and an opening window 110 corresponding to the liquid crystal display means 106 on the rear side is formed substantially in the center. It is detachably attached from the front side to an attachment hole (not shown) formed in the front-rear direction penetrating portion 85 . This central display frame unit 87, as shown in FIG. The decorative frame 112 is arranged in a substantially gate shape extending from the left and right sides to the upper part on the front side of the front side, and is arranged between the decorative frame 112 projecting forward on the inner peripheral side of the front mounting plate 111 and the left and right lower ends of the decorative frame 112. and a stage 113 to be performed. The game balls that are shot by the shooting means 17 and enter the upper part of the game area 23 are distributed to the left and right at the top of the decoration frame 112, and are distributed to the left and right flow paths 114a and 114b, respectively, on the left side and the right side of the central display frame unit 87, respectively. or flow down.

The central display frame unit 87 is provided with a warp entrance 115 through which game balls can flow in at least one of the left flow path 114a and the right flow path 114b, for example, the left flow path 114a. The game ball that flows into the warp entrance 115 while flowing down the left flow path 114a freely rolls in the left-right direction on the stage 113, and then moves to the center drop portion 116 provided corresponding to the center in the left-right direction of the game area 23. and the other portion to the front. In addition, on the upper side of the stage 113, an intrusion prevention means 117 is provided to prevent the game ball from entering the rear side due to rebounding or the like.

The first board movable body 107 and the third board movable body 109 are both arranged in a horizontally long shape in front of the liquid crystal display means 106, and both left and right sides thereof are supported outside the opening window 110 so as to be vertically movable. They can be moved up and down individually by an up-and-down driving means (not shown). The first movable body 107 of the board has an origin position (FIG. 10(a)) on the upper side of the opening window 110, and a maximum movement position (FIG. 10(b)) substantially in the center in the vertical direction. , the origin position is below the opening window 110 (FIG. 10(a)), and the maximum operation position is below the opening window 110 (FIG. 10(c)). When both the first board movable body 107 and the third board movable body 109 move to the maximum operating position, they are vertically adjacent to each other on the central front side of the liquid crystal display means 106 (FIG. 10(e)). .

The second board movable body 108 is a three-dimensional object formed in a predetermined shape such as a character, is arranged in front of the first board movable body 107, and can vertically move integrally with the first board movable body 107. At the same time, it can be rotated about the center axis in the front-rear direction with respect to the first board movable body 107 by being driven by a rotation drive means (not shown). In this embodiment, the second movable board 108 is always visible from the front side through the opening window 110. For example, when the first movable board 107 is at the origin position, the second movable board 108 is open. At least a portion may be hidden above the window 110 so that it cannot be visually recognized from the front side.

The second movable board 108 performs a "swaying motion" (Fig. 10(d)) in which it reciprocates within a predetermined angular range, and a "rotating motion" in which it rotates 360 degrees or more (Fig. 10(e)). is possible. Note that the rocking motion can be performed regardless of the position of the first board movable body 107, but the rotating motion can be performed only when the first board movable body 107 is at the maximum motion position, for example.

The starting winning unit 88 is arranged below the central display frame unit 87 as shown in FIG. 8, and is detachably attached to the base plate 85 from the front side. As shown in FIG. 8, the normal winning unit 89 is arranged below the central display frame unit 87 and to the left of the starting winning unit 88, and is detachably attached to the base plate 85 from the front side.

The normal symbol starting means 101 is for starting the variable display of normal symbols by the normal symbol display means 91, and is composed of a passage gate or the like through which the game ball can pass, and is a passage detection means ( (illustration omitted). As shown in FIG. 8, the normal symbol starting means 101 is provided, for example, on the front side of the front mounting plate 111 on the right side of the central display frame unit 87, so that game balls flowing down the right flow path 114b can pass through. ing.

The normal symbol display means 91 is for variably displaying normal symbols, and is composed of, for example, two LEDs 100 in the game information display means 90 as shown in FIG. Based on the detection, after the two LEDs 100 constituting the normal symbol emit light in the light emission pattern during normal fluctuation, the hit judgment randomness included in the normal random number information acquired when the game ball is detected by the normal symbol starting means 101 If the numerical value matches a predetermined hit determination value, the variation is stopped in a win mode, and in other cases, the change is stopped in a losing mode. In addition, the two LEDs 100 that constitute the normal pattern can display one or more winning modes and one or more losing modes depending on the combination of their light emission modes (for example, lighting / extinguishing). The light emission pattern is such that, for example, a plurality of specific types (here, two types) of light emission modes are switched every predetermined time (for example, 128 ms).

Further, when the normal symbol starting means 101 detects the game ball during the normal holding period including during the symbol fluctuation of the normal symbol display means 91 and during the normal profit state, the normal random number information acquired thereby is predetermined. The set upper limit reserved number, for example, 4, is reserved and stored, and each time the normal reserved period ends, one is consumed and the normal pattern is varied. The stored number of normal random number information (normal reserved number) is notified to the player by the normal reserved number display means 92 or the like. The normal reserved number display means 92 is composed of, for example, two LEDs 100 in the game information display means 90 as shown in FIG. Depending on the combination, it is possible to display 5 types of normal reserved numbers from 0 to 4.

The first special symbol starting means 102 is for starting the symbol variation by the first special symbol display means 93, and is composed of a non-opening/closing type winning means having no opening/closing means, and detects a winning game ball. A detection means (not shown) is provided. This first special symbol starting means 102 is provided, for example, in the starting winning unit 88 as shown in FIG. Since there is a winning route via the stage 113 from the warp entrance 115 on the side of the flow path 114a, the probability of the game ball flowing down the left flow path 114a is higher than that of the game ball flowing down the right flow path 114b. It is possible to win a prize at In addition, when a game ball wins the first special symbol starting means 102, a predetermined number of game balls per one win are paid out as prize balls.

The second special symbol starting means 103 is for starting the symbol variation by the second special symbol display means 94, and by operating the opening/closing part 118, the game ball can It is composed of opening and closing type winning means that can be changed to a closed state (which is difficult to win a prize), and has a game ball detection means (not shown) for detecting a winning game ball, and stops after the normal symbol display means 91 changes. When the pattern becomes a winning mode and a normal profit state occurs, the opening/closing part 118 changes from the closed state to the open state for a predetermined time.

This second special symbol starting means 103 is arranged on the front mounting plate 111 in the right part of the central display frame unit 87 and downstream of the normal symbol starting means 101 as shown in FIG. A game ball flowing down 114b can win a prize. The opening/closing part 118 can swing around a rotating shaft in the left-right direction provided on the lower side, for example. In the open state, the front side of the front mounting plate 111 is tilted downward to the rear so that the game balls are awarded backward. When a game ball wins the second special symbol starting means 103, a predetermined number of game balls per one win are paid out as prize balls.

The first special symbol display means (symbol display means) 93 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs 100 in the game information display means 90 as shown in FIG. 9, and the first special symbol starting means 102 detects the game ball. On the condition that, after the eight LEDs 100 constituting the first special symbol emit light in the light emission pattern during special fluctuation, the first special random number information acquired when the game ball is detected by the first special symbol starting means 102 is included in the When the received big hit judgment random value coincides with a predetermined big hit judgment value, the variation is stopped in the first big win mode, and in the other cases, the fluctuation is stopped in the first losing mode. When the stop symbol after the variation of the first special symbol display means 93 becomes the first jackpot mode, the first special profit state occurs.

The second special symbol display means (symbol display means) 94 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs 100 in the game information display means 90 as shown in FIG. 9, and the second special symbol starting means 103 detects the game ball. On the condition that, after those eight LEDs 100 constituting the second special symbol emit light in the light emission pattern during special fluctuation, the second special random number information acquired when the game ball is detected by the second special symbol starting means 103 is included in the When the received big hit judgment random value coincides with a predetermined big hit judgment value, the variation is stopped in the second big win mode, and in the other cases, the variation is stopped in the second losing mode. When the stop symbol after the variation of the second special symbol display means 94 becomes the second jackpot mode, the second special profit state occurs.

The first and second special symbol display means 93 and 94 are provided with one or more of the first and second jackpot modes and one or more of the first and second jackpot modes by combining the light emission mode (for example, lighting/extinguishing) of each of the eight LEDs 100. The second deviation mode can be displayed, and the special fluctuating light emission pattern switches, for example, a plurality of specific types (here, two types) of light emission modes at predetermined time intervals (eg, 128 ms).

Also, the first and second special symbols are started during the special holding period including during the symbol variation of the first special symbol display means 93, during the symbol variation of the second special symbol display means 94, and during the first and second special profit states. When the means 102 and 103 detect game balls, the first and second special random number information acquired thereby are retained and stored up to a predetermined upper limit retained number, for example, four each. Then, when the reserved memory on the side of the second special pattern is 1 or more at the time when the special reserved period ends, one reserved memory of the second special pattern is digested to change the second special pattern, and the first special pattern is changed. When only the reserved memory on the side of the special design is 1 or more, one reserved memory of the first special design is digested to change the first special design. As described above, in this embodiment, both the first special symbol and the second special symbol are not fluctuating, and when both the first special symbol side and the second special symbol side have reserved memory, is to preferentially change the second special symbol.

The stored numbers (first and second special reserved numbers) of the first and second special random number information are notified to the player by the first and second special reserved number display means 95 and 96, the liquid crystal display means 106, and the like. be. Here, the first and second special reserved number display means 95 and 96 are each composed of two LEDs 100 in the game information display means 90 as shown in FIG. ), it is possible to display five kinds of first and second special reserved numbers from 0 to 4.

The big winning means 104 is an opening/closing type winning means having an opening/closing plate 119 capable of switching between an open state in which game balls can win and a closed state in which game balls cannot win. , is arranged downstream of the second special symbol starting means 103 and upstream of the first special symbol starting means 102, and flows down the right flowing path 114b than the game ball that has flowed down the left flowing path 114a The game ball that has been played has a higher probability of winning. This big winning means 104 is the first special symbol that occurs when the first and second special symbols of the first and second special symbol display means 93 and 94 stop in the first and second big winning modes (specific modes) after the variation. , in the second special profit state, the opening/closing plate 119 is opened forward according to one or more kinds of opening patterns, and the game balls falling thereon are allowed to enter inside. When a game ball wins in the big winning means 104, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as prize balls per winning. In the following explanation, the first special profit state and the second special profit state are collectively referred to as "special profit state" (profit state).

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, one of a plurality of types of special profit states is selected corresponding to the first and second jackpot modes A1-A3 and B1-B3. There are two types of opening patterns, 10R and 2R, for the big winning means 104 in the special profit state of this embodiment. An opening pattern is assigned to each. The 10R open pattern is configured to perform 10 rounds with a so-called payout ball, and the 2R open pattern is configured to perform 2 rounds without a payout ball.

Here, in the round with balls, after the big winning means 104 is opened, the number of winning prizes to the big winning means 104 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 9), or when a predetermined time (for example, 28 seconds) elapses. It is set so as to close the big winning means 104, and if the player shoots to the right aiming at the big winning means 104 on the side of the right flow path 114b, the maximum number of game balls are easily won and a lot of prize balls are won. can be obtained. On the other hand, in a round without balls, the big winning means 104 is set to be opened for a very short time (for example, 0.2 seconds×2), and the player hits rightward aiming at the big winning means 104. However, it is difficult to win a game ball, and the player cannot expect to win a prize ball. In addition, an open pattern having both rounds with paid balls and rounds without paid balls may be provided.

In addition, the liquid crystal display means 106 can variably display the effect symbol 120 in parallel with the variable display of the first and second special symbols by the first and second special symbol display means 93 and 94. It is possible to display various images such as the first and second reserved images X1 to X4 and Y1 to Y4 indicating the second special reserved number, and the suspended image Z during fluctuation.

Here, the production pattern 120 has a plurality of pattern rows (here, three in the left-right direction) composed of a plurality of patterns such as number patterns. 2, the pattern main body 120a composed of numbers such as 1 to 8, etc., and a decoration part 120b such as a character attached to the pattern main body 120a are combined. It should be noted that the effect pattern 120 can be arbitrarily changed in display mode, such as enlargement or reduction, change in display position, or deletion of the decorative portion 120b.

The performance symbols 120, for example, start to fluctuate by vertical scrolling or the like for each symbol row according to a predetermined variation pattern approximately at the same time as the first and second special symbols start to fluctuate, and the stop symbols on a predetermined effective line are in a predetermined mode. For example, the first and second special symbols are stopped at the same time as the final stop. In the effect pattern 120, for example, when all the stop symbols on the effective line are the same, it is a big hit effect mode, and when it is not, it is a disappointing effect mode, and the first and second special symbols are the first and second big hit modes. In this case, the performance symbol 120 becomes a big hit performance mode, and when the first and second special symbols become the first and second loss modes, the performance symbol 120 becomes a loss performance mode.

Also, with respect to the first and second reserved images X1 to X4, Y1 to Y4, and the suspended image Z during fluctuation, the first and second special symbol starting means 102 and 103 detect the game ball. 2. When the number of special reserved images increases, the first and second reserved images X1-, Y1- are additionally displayed on the liquid crystal display means 106, and the first and second special symbol display means 93, 94 are displayed. When the first and second special reserved numbers decrease based on the start of the new fluctuation of the first and second special symbols, for example, the suspended image Z during fluctuation is erased, and the first and second reserved images X1 to , Y1~ toward the front side of the queue (for example, the right side of the screen) by one piece at a time, and move the first and second pending images X1 and Y1 pushed out to, for example, a predetermined position to create a new change. The image Z is changed to the middle reserved image Z.

On the back side of the game board 16, as shown in FIG. 11, a back case 121 for supporting the liquid crystal display means 106 on the back side of the game board 16 is attached. A main board case 122 housing a board 122a, a sub board case 123 housing a sub control board 123a, and the like are detachably mounted.

A volume adjustment knob (first operation means, second operation means) 140 is connected to the sub-control board 123a. The volume adjustment knob 140 is used by hall personnel to select the volume, and can be switched between a plurality of levels (here, 10 levels corresponding to the hall setting values T0 to T9, see FIGS. 15 and 18). It is composed of a rotary switch, and as shown in FIG. As described above, the volume control knob 140 is arranged on the rear side of the gaming machine body 1, and in order to operate it, it is necessary to unlock and open the front frame 3. Therefore, it can be operated by anyone other than those involved in the hall. I can't.

In addition, on the back side of the front frame 3, a back cover 125 is detachably attached to cover the back side of the game board 16 in an openable and closable manner. A payout means 32 and a payout passage 127 are installed respectively, and when a game ball enters a winning opening of a big winning means 104 or the like, or when there is a ball lending command from an automatic ball lending machine (not shown), the game is played. A game ball in a ball tank 126a is put out by a putting-out means 32 via a tank rail 126b, and the game ball is guided to an upper tray 33 through a putting-out passage 127.例文帳に追加The back cover 125 is arranged to cover substantially the entire sub board case 123 including the volume control knob 140 and a portion of the upper side of the main board case 122 from the rear side.

A substrate mounting table 128 is detachably attached to the lower back side of the front frame 3. On the rear side of the substrate mounting table 128, a power supply board case 129 in which a power supply board 129a is stored, and a dispensing control board 130a. are detachably attached to the payout board case 130 in which is stored.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the control system of this pachinko machine. In the block diagram of FIG. 12, boards other than the main control board 122a and the sub-control board 123a are omitted.

The main control board 122a comprehensively controls game operations, and includes normal random number generation processing means 141, normal start port check processing means 142, normal random number storage means 143, and normal symbols. Processing means 144, normal symbol display control means 145, normal profit state generating means 146, special random number creation processing means 147, special start opening check processing means 148, special random number storage means 149, special symbol processing means 150, special symbol display control means 151, special profit state generation means 152, special game state generation means 153, control command transmission means 154, and the like.

The normal random number generation processing means 141 is configured to repeatedly generate a hit determination random number or the like used for determining whether or not the changed normal pattern is to be a win mode at predetermined time intervals. The normal starting port check processing means 142 performs processing based on the detection of the game ball by the normal symbol starting means 101. Based on the normal symbol starting means 101 detecting the game ball, the normal random number generation processing means 141 Ordinary random number information such as the generated hit judgment random number is acquired, and the ordinary random number information is stored in a first-in, first-out type ordinary random number storage means 143 up to a predetermined upper limit reserved number (for example, 4). It is

The normal symbol processing means 144 performs processing related to variable display of normal symbols, and when the normal symbol display means 91 is in a state in which variable display is possible and one or more hit determination random values are stored in the normal random number storage means 143. (the normal pending number is 1 or more), the hit determination random value is extracted from the top of the queue of the normal random number information stored in the normal random number storage means 143, and the hit determination random value is stored in advance. A hit/lose determination is performed according to whether or not it matches with a predetermined hit determination value, and based on the hit/lose determination result, the type of stop design after the variation of the normal design is selected and the normal design is selected. It is configured to select variable times.

In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the hit probability (for example, 1/1.3) during the special game state (during the time saving state and the variable probability state) to be described later is the hit probability during the other normal game state. (eg, 1/10), and the variation time during the special game state (eg, 2.7 seconds) is set to be shorter than the variation time during the normal game state (eg, 27 seconds). .

The normal symbol display control means 145 performs display control of the normal symbol display means 91 based on the normal symbol processing by the normal symbol processing means 144, and the normal symbol display means 91 is put into a state in which the variable display is possible and the normal random number storage means. On the condition that one or more normal random number information is stored in 143 (the normal reserved number is 1 or more), the normal design display means 91 starts to change the normal design, and the normal design processing means 144 selects it. Based on the lapse of the selected variation time, the stop symbol selected by the normal symbol processing means 144 is used to stop the variation of the normal symbol.

The ordinary profit state generating means 146 is the second special symbol when the stop symbol after the change of the ordinary symbol display means 91 becomes the winning mode based on the result of the winning determination by the ordinary symbol processing means 144. The opening/closing portion 118 of the starting means 103 is adapted to generate a normal profit state in which it changes to an open state according to, for example, one of a plurality of types of opening/closing patterns. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, there is a normal opening/closing pattern (for example, 0.2 seconds x 1 time open) and an extended opening/closing pattern (for example, opening time longer than the normal opening/closing pattern). 2 seconds × 3 times) are set, the normal opening and closing pattern is selected during the normal game state, and the extended opening and closing pattern is selected during the special game state.

Special random number generation processing means 147, jackpot determination random number used to determine the jackpot / loss, symbol determination random number used to select the stop pattern after the variation of the special symbol, etc., variation pattern random number used to select the variation pattern, other predetermined It is configured to perform special random number generation processing for repeatedly generating random numbers.

The special start opening check processing means 148 performs processing based on the winning of the game ball to the first and second special symbol starting means 102 and 103, and any one of the first and second special symbol starting means 102 and 103 , the first and second special random number information such as the big hit determination random number and the big hit pattern random number created by the special random number creation processing means 147 are obtained, and the first and second special random number information are obtained. The special random number information is stored in the special random number storage means 149 up to a predetermined maximum reserved number (for example, 4).

Further, the special starting port check processing means 148 has a prefetch determination means 148a. This look-ahead determining means 148a is, for the first and second special random number information acquired when the game ball wins the first and second special symbol starting means 102, 103, a predetermined timing, for example, when acquiring the first and second special random number information, whether or not the big hit determination random number value contained in the first and second special random number information matches the first and second big hit determination value (whether it is a big hit or not), etc., is determined in advance. This look-ahead determination result is transmitted to the sub-control board 123a or the like by a pending addition command transmitted based on winning of a game ball in one of the first and second special symbol starting means 102 and 103, for example. It should be noted that the look-ahead determination may be based not only on whether or not the game is a big hit, but also on the type of variation pattern or the like.

The special symbol processing means 150 performs processing relating to the variable display of the first and second special symbols and the performance symbols, and when the first and second special symbol display means 93 and 94 are in a state in which variable display is possible. , from the queue of the second special random number information if the second special reservation number is 1 or more, from the queue of the first special random number information if only the first special reservation number is 1 or more, the top jackpot determination random A numerical value is taken out, and a big hit/loss is determined according to whether or not the big hit determination random number matches a predetermined big hit determination value, and first and second special symbols are determined according to the big hit determination result. The stop pattern mode, the variation pattern of the effect pattern, etc. are determined.

The stop symbol modes of the first and second special symbols are the first and second jackpot modes A1 based on the jackpot symbol random numbers included in the first and second special random number information, for example, when the jackpot determination result is a jackpot. ~ A3, B1 ~ B3 (Fig. 14), if the big hit determination result is a loss, for example, one or more first and second loss modes based on the newly acquired winning symbol random number value is selected from In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, in the case of a big hit, the types of first and second special profit states and special game states type) is determined. That is, when the jackpot modes A1 and B1 are selected, the jackpot type is "10R probability variation", when the jackpot modes A2 and B2 are selected, the jackpot type is "10R time saving", and when the jackpot modes A3 and B3 are selected. The jackpot type in this case is "2R probability variation (probability)".

Here, the special game state is a game state advantageous to the player generated after the end of the special profit state, and in this embodiment, two types of a time saving state and a variable probability state are provided. During the time saving state, for example, the variation time of the first and second special symbols is switched to a shortened variation time shorter than the normal variation time, and the probability that the normal symbol will be in a winning mode is higher than the normal probability (eg, 1/10). probability (for example, 1/1.3), normal symbol fluctuation time from normal fluctuation time (for example, 27 seconds) to shortened fluctuation time (for example, 2.7 seconds), second special symbol starting means 103 in normal profit state The opening/closing pattern can be switched from a normal opening/closing pattern (for example, 0.2 seconds×1 time open) to an extended opening/closing pattern (for example, 2 seconds×3 times open) (FIG. 13). The time saving state ends when the next special profit state occurs or when the first and second special symbols fluctuate a predetermined number of times (for example, 50 times).

In addition, during the variable probability state, the probability that the first and second special symbols become the first and second jackpot modes is switched to a high probability (for example, 1/35) higher than the normal probability (for example, 1/350). Switching similar to the state is also performed together. The probability variable state ends when the next special profit state occurs, but other end conditions such as the number of fluctuations of the first and second special symbols may be added. Incidentally, the variable probability state that occurs after the end of the special profit state of 2R is a so-called sudden probability change (hereinafter referred to as sudden probability), and the performance pattern related to the start of the special profit state is, for example, an irregular specific performance mode.

In addition, this pachinko machine is equipped with a setting change function, and when the power is turned on, the hall staff performs a predetermined setting change operation, and the probability of a big hit, that is, the probability that the first and second special symbols will be in a big win mode ( The probability of winning in a random number lottery) can be changed in multiple stages (here, 6 stages of settings 1 to 6).

The special symbol display control means 151 controls the display of the first and second special symbol display means 93 and 94. Based on the special symbol processing by the special symbol processing means 150, the first special symbol display means 93 or the second Along with starting the variation of the first and second special symbols by the two special symbol display means 94, based on the elapse of the variation time corresponding to the selected variation pattern, the first and second selected stop symbols are displayed. It is designed to stop the fluctuation of special symbols.

The special profit state generating means 152 is for generating a special profit state (profit state) that is advantageous to the player. When the stopped symbols after the variation become the first and second jackpot modes (predetermined modes), the big winning means 104 is set to a predetermined opening pattern, for example, one of the two types of opening patterns 10R and 2R shown in FIG. is configured to generate a special benefit condition that opens in accordance with.

The special game state generating means 153 is for generating a special game state advantageous to the player, and after the end of the special profit state, either a time-saving state or a probability variable state corresponding to the first and second jackpot modes. special game state (FIG. 14).

The control command transmitting means 154 transmits a predetermined control command to the sub-control board 123a or the like to give a control command. Based on the special symbol processing by the special symbol processing means 150, the first and second Sub-control board 123a, in this order, a reservation subtraction command designating the subtraction of the special reservation number, a variation pattern command designating the variation pattern of the performance design 120, and a special design command designating the stop design mode of the first and second special designs. A function of transmitting a variation stop command to the sub-control board 123a side to instruct the variation stop when the variation of the first and second special symbols is completed, It has a function of transmitting a waiting-for-customer command when the first and second special symbols are waiting for variation due to the end of the variation of the first and second special symbols.

Next, the control operation of the sub-control board 123a will be described. The sub-control board 123a includes the liquid crystal display means 106, the illumination means 155, the speakers 18 and 25, the first frame movable body 26, the second frame movable body 27, the blower means 28, the first board movable body 107, the second movable board. It controls effects by various effects means such as the body 108 and the board third movable body 109, and includes a special reserved number display control means 161, a pre-reading advance notice effect control means 162, a pattern fluctuation effect control means 163, and a normal notice effect control means 164. , customer waiting control means 165, volume setting means 166, light amount setting means 167, and the like. The illumination means 155 is composed of a large number of LEDs (not shown) arranged on the front frame 3 side and the game board 16 side.

Note that the types of effects produced by the various production means include image effects in which an image including a moving image is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 106 or the like, light emission effects by the illumination means 155 or the like, sound effects by generating sound, rotating body 44, effects, etc. There are movable performances by movable bodies such as the button 41, the first frame movable body 26, the second frame movable body 27, the first board movable body 107, the second board movable body 108, the third board movable body 109, and the like.

Sound effects include normal sound effects in which sounds are output from speakers 18 and 25 based on sound data, and specific sound effects in which operation sounds are generated by driving movable bodies (predetermined parts) by driving means. Here, the volume of the normal sound effect changes as the volume level changes due to the volume adjustment operation described later, but the volume of the specific sound effect does not change even if the volume level changes due to the volume adjustment operation. However, regarding the volume of the specific sound production, if the player can touch the movable body that is driven, the volume of the action sound may change depending on whether the player is touching the movable body. have a nature.

In this way, the sub-control board 123a includes a display effect executing means capable of executing a display effect of displaying an image including a moving image on the liquid crystal display means (display means) 106, and outputs sounds from the speakers (audio output means) 18 and 25. and a sound effect executing means capable of executing the sound effect to be output. Note that the moving image displayed in the display effect is configured by, for example, connecting a plurality of scenes.

The special reserved number display control means 161 controls the display of the first and second special reserved numbers on the liquid crystal display means 106. Corresponds to the first reserved images X1 to X4 for the number (maximum 4), the second reserved images Y1 to Y4 for the second special reserved number (maximum 4), and the first and second special symbols during fluctuation It is configured to display on the liquid crystal display means 106 a pending image Z during fluctuation.

In this embodiment, since the reserved memory of the second special symbol is preferentially digested over the reserved memory of the first special symbol, the second special symbol side is given priority with respect to the reserved display, and as shown in FIG. The second reserved images Y1 to Y4 are partially overlapped and displayed in front of the reserved images X1 to X4. When a pending addition command relating to the first and second special pending numbers is received from the main control board 122a, one additional display of the first and second pending images X1-, Y1- is displayed at the end of the queue. Also, when receiving a hold subtraction command related to the first and second special hold numbers from the main control board 122a, the first and second hold images X1 ~, Y1 ~ toward the front side of the queue one by one Along with shifting, the first and second retained images X1 and Y1 pushed out are moved to a predetermined position, for example, and changed to a suspended image Z during variation. In the present embodiment, the display color (display mode) of the first and second pending images X1 ~, Y1 ~, and the changing pending image Z is set to, for example, "white" by default, and when executing the pending change effect described later is changed in accordance with the scenario selected by the look-ahead announcement effect control means 162.

The pre-reading notice effect control means 162 controls the pre-reading notice effect. The look-ahead notice effect is based on the result of look-ahead determination by the look-ahead determination means 148a on the main control board 122a side, and the stop symbols after the variation of the first and second special symbols become the first and second jackpot modes and the special profit state. will occur, etc. Based on the look-ahead determination result, multiple design variations (target variation) corresponding to the special random number information subject to the look-ahead determination (pre-read zone middle), for example, "continuous effect" that executes the same mode of effect, "suspended change effect" that changes (changes) the display mode of the first and second pending images X1 ~, Y1 ~ based on the result of pre-reading determination, etc. There is

The pattern variation effect control means 163 controls various effects related to the variable display of the effect pattern 120, that is, image effects, light emission effects, sound effects, movable effects, etc. When receiving a variation pattern command from the main control board 122a (2) image production, light emission production, sound production, and movable production relating to the variable display of the production pattern 120 based on the fluctuation pattern scenario corresponding to the specified fluctuation pattern and the advance notice production scenario selected by the normal advance notice production control means 164. etc., and when a variation stop command is received, the stop pattern selected based on the stop pattern command and the variation pattern command stops the variation of the performance pattern 120, and the accompanying image performance, light emission performance, Sound production, movable production, etc. are stopped.

The normal notice effect control means (dialogue effect executing means) 164 executes the normal notice effect. The normal notice effect is based on the big hit determination result of the big hit determination processing on the main control board 122a side, etc., and announces whether or not the stop pattern after the pattern change will be a big hit mode during the pattern change. There are "pseudo-continuous", "SU effect", "timer effect", "resurrection effect", "premier effect", "button effect", "word effect", and the like.

Here, "pseudo-run" is an effect in which the effect pattern 120 is changed a plurality of times on the liquid crystal display means 106 while the first and second special symbols fluctuate once. It is designed to be highly reliable. In addition, the "SU effect" is a predetermined effect step including the display of the effect pattern 120 on the liquid crystal display means 106 during the fluctuation of the first and second special symbols, for example, in multiple stages according to the reliability of the big hit (for example, SU1 to SU3), and is set so that, for example, the higher the stage of the production step, the higher the reliability of the big hit. The "timer effect" is, for example, a effect in which a timer image is displayed at a predetermined timing on the liquid crystal display means 106 to measure time (for example, countdown). It is

The ``resurrection performance'' is a performance that revives from a state in which a loss or the like is displayed and becomes, for example, a big hit mode, and the ``premium performance'' is a performance that has a very low appearance rate and, for example, a probability variable big hit is determined when it appears. "Button effect" is, for example, when it is determined that the operation of the effect button 41 satisfies a predetermined operation condition (operation established) during the operation valid period during the fluctuation of the first and second special symbols, Accordingly, a predetermined post-operation effect is executed. In addition, the "line effect" is a effect in which the character speaks a line, and is controlled so that the reliability of the big win varies depending on the type of the line spoken.

When the normal notice effect control means 164 receives the variation pattern command from the main control board 122a, the information obtained from the variation pattern command (here, the big hit determination result and the variation pattern selection result) and the setting value (settings 1 to 6 Either) and the normal notice effect selection table, whether or not to execute a lottery for the normal notice effect (with lottery/no lottery) and the like are selected. In addition, when the lottery execution is selected for at least one of the plurality of normal notice effects, the normal notice effects include, for example, the big hit determination result, the set value (any one of settings 1 to 6), and each normal notice effect. select one of a plurality of scenarios based on a scenario selection table for

The customer waiting control means 165 starts the variation of the first and second special symbols by the first and second special symbol display means 93 and 94 after the customer waiting start condition including the reception of the customer waiting command is satisfied. It controls the performance etc. during the customer waiting state (during the fluctuation stop state in which the pattern is not changed) until the customer waiting end condition is satisfied.

After the start of the customer waiting state, a pre-customer waiting production is first performed. In this pre-customer waiting effect, the liquid crystal display means 106 continues to display the image of the effect pattern 120 which has been stopped due to the last pattern change, and the illumination means 155 emits light in a predetermined customer waiting light emission mode, and the speaker 18, 25 continues to output predetermined BGM.

When a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses from the start of the pre-customer-waiting production, the production shifts to the customer-waiting production. A menu display operation notification image that notifies the operation method for displaying the menu screen while continuing to display the image, a volume adjustment operation notification image that notifies the operation method for volume adjustment, and an operation method for light amount adjustment. display of a light amount adjustment operation notification image, etc., is started. In this way, during the execution of the pre-customer-waiting effect, that is, during the period from the start of the customer-waiting state until, for example, 30 seconds have passed, the menu display operable period and the sound volume/light amount adjustment operable period are set. , the menu display operation notification image, the volume adjustment operation notification image, and the light amount adjustment operation notification image for notifying it are not displayed.

After that, when the demonstration start condition is met (for example, 180 seconds have passed since the start of the customer waiting state), the customer waiting effect is shifted to the demonstration effect. In the demo production, "model image demo" that runs an image movie of the model in question, "model logo" that displays the model logo image showing the logo of the model in question, and "company logo" that displays the company logo image that shows the logo of the manufacturer in question. ”, “immersion prevention display” for displaying an immersion prevention display image, etc. are sequentially performed.

After the start of the demonstration effect, the customer waits for a predetermined time, for example, until the customer waiting end condition such as the start of the variation of the first and second special symbols by the first and second special symbol display means 93 and 94 is satisfied. To repeatedly execute a demonstration performance continuously while interposing a performance or without intervening a customer waiting performance.

Volume setting means (volume level setting means, volume level changing means, first volume level changing means, set volume changing means) 166 adjusts the volume of sounds (BGM, sound effects, notification sounds, etc.) output from the speakers 18 and 25. The level is set or changed in a plurality of stages, and the hall setting value (value A) obtained by the volume adjustment knob (A operation means, second operation means) 140 arranged on the rear side of the game machine main body 1 , the player setting value (Otsu value) obtained by the volume operation means (Otsu operation means, first operation means) 39 arranged on the front side of the gaming machine main body 1, and the volume level setting table stored in advance. Based on this, the volume level is set in a plurality of stages, for example, in eight stages from 0 (silent) to 7 (maximum volume). Note that the volume adjustment by the volume operation means 39 can be performed during a predetermined volume adjustment enabled period. The volume adjustable period can be arbitrarily set, but for example, all periods except for a certain period at power-on may be set as the volume adjustable period.

For example, as shown in FIG. 15, the volume level setting table contains 10 levels of hall setting values T0 to T9 by the volume control knob 140 and five levels of player setting values M1 to M5 by the volume control means 39. Corresponding volume level assignments and initial positions of player settings M1-M5 for each hall setting T0-T9 are set. Of the hall set values T0 to T9, the ones usually selected by hall staff are T3 to T7 for the normal mode and T8 and T9 for the power saving mode. When T8 or T9 for the power saving mode is selected, the power saving mode is turned ON, and when the power saving start condition is established, for example, a predetermined time has passed since the start of the customer waiting state, the light amount is set to be lower than that in the normal mode. It is controlled to emit light (or turn off) in the light emission mode during power saving. When T3 to T7 for the normal mode are selected, the power saving mode is turned off.

In the volume level setting table shown in FIG. 15, the corresponding relationship between the player setting values M1 to M5 and the volume level is common to the hall setting values T3 to T7 for the normal mode, but the initial positions are different. . That is, for any of the hall set values T3 to T7, volume levels 3 to 7 are assigned to the player set values M1 to M5, respectively, but the initial positions for the hall set values T3 to T7 are set by the player. It is set to values M1 to M5 (that is, volume levels 3 to 7). Thus, with regard to the hall set values T3 to T7 for the normal mode, the larger the hall set value, the higher the initial sound volume level.

With regard to hall set values T8 and T9 for the power saving mode, the corresponding relationships between the player set values M1 to M5 and the volume levels are all the same, but the initial positions are different. That is, for both the hole set values T8 and T9, similar to the case of the hole set values T3 to T7, the player set values M1 to M5 are assigned the volume levels 3 to 7, respectively. The initial positions for T8 and T9 are set to player settings M1 and M5 (ie volume levels 3 and 7), respectively. Thus, the larger the hall set values T8 and T9 for the power saving mode, the higher the initial sound volume level.

Of the hall set values T0 to T2 that are not normally selected in game halls, the hall set value T0 is for making a silent state, and the sound volume levels corresponding to the player set values M1 to M5 are all 0 (silent). It's becoming The hall set value T1 is for presentation purposes. For example, the volume level corresponding to the minimum level player set value M1 is 1, and the volume levels corresponding to the other player set values M2 to M5 are the same as the hall set value T3. , and the initial position is set to the player set value M1 (that is, volume level 1). The hall set value T2 is for factory shipment, for example, the volume level corresponding to the minimum stage player set value M1 is 2, and the sound volume corresponding to the other player set values M2 to M5 is the hall set value T3 and the like. They are the same, and the initial position is set to the player set value M1 (that is, volume level 2). In this way, the initial positions for the hole set values T0 to T2 are all set to the minimum player set value M1.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, regarding the volume level when outputting the error sound, regardless of the player's set value by the volume operation means 39, the maximum volume level corresponding to the hall set value at that time (here, the player's set value volume level corresponding to M5).

Here, the error sound is a notification sound that is output when a predetermined error occurs. In this embodiment, not only normal error sounds but also specific notification sounds, for example, various security notification sounds output when the power is turned on (RAM clear notification sound, backup recovery notification sound, setting change notification sound, setting confirmation notification sound, etc.) ) is also output at the volume level for the error sound. The same applies to embodiments to be described later, unless otherwise specified.

Further, the volume setting means 166 includes volume adjustment notification means 166a, reset means 166b, and the like. The volume adjustment notification means 166a is for displaying the volume adjustment notification image PV on the liquid crystal display means 106, for example, and during the volume adjustment notification period started when the player operates the volume operation means 39, the liquid crystal A volume adjustment notification image PV is displayed on the display means 106 .

The volume adjustment notification image PV is for notifying the volume setting status by the player's operation. For example, as shown in FIG. Volume display graphics 171-175 are provided. The volume display figures 171 to 175 are formed, for example, in a vertical belt shape having a length corresponding to the player's set value, and are aligned in the left-right direction with the lower ends aligned. Each of the volume display figures 171 to 175 can be displayed in two different display modes, for example, "outline" and "solid". By setting the display mode of the number to "solid" and the others to "outline", the player's set value relating to the sound volume is notified. For example, in the case of the player setting value M3, as shown in FIG. 16, the three volume display figures 171 to 173 from the left are "solid" and the other volume display figures 174 and 175 are "outline". , respectively.

In this way, the volume adjustment notification image PV indicates the range of player setting values (first information) that can be selected by operating the volume operation means 39 by the number of displayed volume display figures, and also indicates the volume display by "solid coloring". The number of figures displayed indicates the player's setting value (second information) at that time. In the following description, the volume adjustment notification images PV corresponding to the player setting values M1 to M5 are distinguished as PV1 to PV5, respectively.

In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, the initial position differs for each hall setting value. Therefore, when the volume adjustment knob 140 is operated while the volume adjustment notification image PV is displayed, the The adjustment notification image PV changes together. For example, as shown in FIGS. 18A to 18E, when the hole setting value is set to T3 and the player setting value is set to M1 (initial position), the hole setting value is displayed while the volume adjustment notification image PV is being displayed. is changed in order of T3->T4->T5->T6->T7, the volume level changes in order of 3->4->5->6->7 according to the initial position corresponding to the hall setting value after change, and the volume adjustment The notification image PV also changes sequentially in the order of PV1→PV2→PV3→PV4→PV5 in accordance with the initial position corresponding to the changed hole setting value.

The resetting means (second sound volume level changing means) 166b is for resetting the sound volume level, and when a predetermined reset condition is satisfied, the player setting value (that is, the sound volume level) corresponds to the hall setting value. It is designed to reset to the initial position (specific volume level). In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 19, first and second reset conditions are provided as reset conditions for resetting the volume level, and the first reset condition is "when the volume adjustment knob 140 is switched". , the second reset condition (predetermined condition) is ``when the demonstration start condition is established during the customer waiting state (for example, 180 seconds have passed since the start of the customer waiting state), and the player setting value is smaller than the initial position''. ing.

For example, (a)→(b), (b)→(c), (c)→(d), and (d)→(e) in FIG. 18 all show the situation when the first reset condition is established. After switching the volume control knob 140, the player setting value (that is, the volume level) is set to the initial position corresponding to the new hall setting value. Further, for example, when the hall set value is set to T5, 180 seconds have passed since the start of the customer waiting state, and the player set value at that time is M1, which is smaller than the initial position M3 (specific sound volume level 5). If (sound volume level 3) or M2 (sound volume level 4) (predetermined condition satisfied), the player setting value is reset to M3 (specific volume level 5).

In this manner, the reset means 166b adjusts the volume level so that the volume of the normal sound effect and the volume of the specific sound effect are in a predetermined balance, regardless of the player's volume adjustment operation, based on the establishment of the predetermined condition. It constitutes a changeable second volume level changing means.

The light amount setting means 167 sets the light amount when the illumination means 155 made up of various light emitting substrates on the frame side and the board side is caused to emit light. Then, the light amount level is set to any one of a plurality of stages (for example, three stages 1 to 3). As described above, in this embodiment, the light amount level can be adjusted only by operating the light amount operation means 40 without providing an operation means for hall personnel such as the volume control knob 140 . Also, the light intensity level for error notification light emission is, for example, always the maximum light intensity level, and cannot be changed by the light intensity operating means 40 . It should be noted that the light amount adjustment by the light amount manipulating means 40 can be performed during a predetermined light amount adjustable period. The light amount adjustable period can be set arbitrarily, but for example, all periods except for a certain period when the power is turned on may be set as the light amount adjustable period.

Further, the light amount setting means 167 has a light amount adjustment notification means 167a. The light amount adjustment notification means 167a is for displaying the light amount adjustment notification image PL on the liquid crystal display means 106, for example, and during the light amount adjustment notification period including the case where the player operates the light amount operation means 40, the liquid crystal display means 106 displays a light amount adjustment notification image PL.

For example, as shown in FIG. 17, the light amount adjustment notification image PL includes a plurality of (here, three) light amount display figures 181 to 183 corresponding to the number of stages of the light amount level. The light amount display figures 181 to 183 are formed, for example, in a vertical belt shape having a length corresponding to the light amount level, and are aligned in the left-right direction with their lower ends aligned, for example. Each of the light amount display figures 181 to 183 can be displayed in two types of display mode, for example, "blank" and "solid". The light amount level is notified by setting the display mode to "solid" and the others to "blank". For example, when the light amount level is set to 1, as shown in FIG. 17, only the first light amount display figure 181 is "solid", and the other light amount display figures 182 and 183 are "outline". ” is displayed.

Next, a specific example of the symbol variation effect in this pachinko machine will be described. First, specific examples of the pending change effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 20 and 21, but before that, the purpose of this pending change effect will be described.

In recent years, with the spread of smartphones, the use of applications such as SNS, games, comics, and video sites has rapidly spread, and many players can be seen holding smartphones while playing pachinko/pachislot games. is becoming Such players are preoccupied with operating their smartphones, watching videos played, and enjoying SNS, so their eyes are not on the pachinko/pachislot board but on their own smartphones. often

One of the reasons why such phenomenon occurs is considered to be the game characteristics of pachinko/pachislot machines. That is, pachinko and pachislot are designed to repeat winning games while maintaining a predetermined probability and a predetermined output rate (output rate per predetermined time). number of times (time)), and the player ends up spending a lot of time on the game. For this reason, most of the time spent in the game for the player is time spent in a bored game.

That's why pachinko and pachislot manufacturers have been thinking about effects and notices that keep players from getting bored from various angles, and have created interesting effects and notices so that players can endure repeated failure games. rice field. However, as mentioned above, recent players are using smartphones to overcome boredom during the game, and they are interested in the effects and notices that manufacturers have made efforts to think. There is a situation in which there is no In this embodiment, as described above, in order to deliver more effective effects and notices to players who are interested in using smartphones during games, for example, effects and notices are constructed in consideration of the following points. I have to.

First of all, when considering a gimmick to change the situation where the player's interest is (smartphone) > (effect or notice) to (smartphone) < (effect or notice), spend money on playing games. It means that we do not dare to create a relationship of (smartphone) < (directing and notice) at all times. If you try to build a relationship of (smartphone) < (production and notice) in all the time spent in the game, the visual flashiness and complexity of the production and notice will increase, and on the contrary, the important part will be the player. It leads to the fact that it does not reach (I understand that it is flashy, but the reliability and expectations are not well conveyed). In addition, it is simply assumed that players who are interested in using smartphones are enjoying content that they are particularly interested in from among the many content available. It is nearly impossible to execute in time, and in that respect, there is honestly no chance of winning even if you challenge the smartphone head-on. In consideration of these, in the present embodiment, it is selected not to dare to create a relationship of (smartphone) < (effect and notice) in all the time spent on the losing game.

In this case, the next important thing is how to create a gimmick that changes the situation where the player's interest is (smartphone) > (effect or notice) to (smartphone) < (effect or notice). or set to For example, for effects and notices aimed at changing to (smartphone) < (effects and notices), if you set the frequency of appearance in one losing game to be high, even if such effects and notices appear As a result, the frequency of derivation of deviation results increases. In this way, it is effective for first-time players, but the effect gradually fades for known players, and it is possible that it will eventually fall into (smartphones) > (effects and advance notices). become more sexual. Of course, this does not mean that it is not good as a performance or notice of the game machine, but setting the appearance frequency in one losing game high or setting it so that it appears multiple times during one losing game. By doing so, as described above, it is also possible to employ a configuration that provides effects and notices that are more effective only for first-time players.

However, in order to make it more effective not only for first-time players, but also for known players, the production aimed at changing the interest (smartphone) < (production and notice) It is desirable to set the frequency of appearance in one lost game of notice and notice to be low. In other words, by setting the appearance frequency of such effects and notices low, the aim is to change the player's interest from (smartphone) > (effects and notices) to (smartphone) < (effects and notices). It is possible to set the reliability of the effects and notices that have been made high (reliability at the time of appearance is relatively high due to the decrease in the appearance rate in the losing game), so the frequency of deriving the winning result when it appears Can be set higher. This makes it possible to change the target of interest of the player from (smartphone)>(effect or notice) to (smartphone)<(effect or notice), regardless of whether it is the first time or is known.

The most important point is that the effects and notices for changing the target of the player's interest to (smartphone) < (effects and notices) are shown in Fig. 20 as follows. It is possible to achieve a more effective performance or notice.

The pending change effect shown in FIG. 20 is executed during reach fluctuation or before reach change in the normal game state, and in order to suggest the possibility that the production pattern 120 will become a big hit mode due to the change, hold during fluctuation Change the display color of image Z from the default white (usually reserved) to red (red reserved) Colors indicating relatively high reliability (here, red or higher) are more likely to change than colors indicating low reliability (here, blue and green).

Regarding this pending change effect, the image effect will first be described. FIG. 20(a)), a pre-suspension change effect for effecting a change on hold is started. At this time, on the screen of the liquid crystal display means 106, in addition to the image of the "arrow" related to the pre-suspension change effect, there is a pending image including the pending image Z during fluctuation, and the effect pattern 120 reduced and retracted to the corner of the screen. Although it is displayed, for example, the "arrow" image and the reserved image are excluded from the target of toning down, and other parts including the production pattern 120 are set as the target of toning down, so that the "arrow" image and the reserved image and are visually conspicuous. At this time, the pending image including the pending image Z during fluctuation is displayed in default white (normal pending).

Here, for the tone down of the image, the priority of each layer (non-target layer) that displays the "arrow" image and the reserved image that are not to be is higher than the priority of each layer (target layer) that displays , and a specific layer that displays tone-down data such as black translucent is arranged between the non-target layer and the target layer. It should be noted that, for example, when an "arrow" appears, in addition to tone down, highlighting such as effect processing may be performed. After the "arrow" appears, the "arrow" flies, approaches and collides (hits) with the changing pending image Z (FIG. 20(b)→(c)), and the collided changing pending image The display color of Z changes from white to red (FIG. 20(d)). At this time, for example, the tone-down ends when or just before the "arrow" hits the pending image Z during variation. Note that the effect before change of hold in FIG. 20 is a success pattern when change of hold is performed, but a failure pattern when change of hold is not performed may be provided. This failure pattern can be configured, for example, so that the "arrow" does not hit the suspended image Z during change.

Next, the sound effect of the hold change effect shown in FIG. 20 will be described. First, with regard to the normal sound effect consisting of voice output from the speakers 18 and 25, one type of BGM1 is continuously output throughout the entire hold change effect, and as a volume increase effect that temporarily increases the volume, "Arrow "Appearance sound" (1st sound), "Arrow" approaching "Flicking sound (3rd sound)", "Arrow" collision and color change "Collision change sound" (2nd sound ) are output respectively. In addition, regarding the specific sound effect in which the operation sound is generated by driving the predetermined parts by the driving means, the vibrating sound produced by the vibrating device 72 vibrating the effect button 41 is generated in parallel with the "collision change sound" in the normal sound effect, for example. occur.

In addition, FIG. 20 shows the change history of the volume (dB) of the execution sound due to the sound effects (normal sound effect and specific sound effect). 15) are displayed numerically and graphically. As is clear from the figure, in this hold change effect, regardless of the volume level, the final section (2s to 3s) included in the latter half section of the hold change effect (0 to 3s) is a jackpot mode (specific mode). The volume (second volume) of the "collision change sound" etc. generated when suggesting the possibility of becoming is the "appearance sound" generated at the start (0s) included in the first half section of the hold change effect (specific notice) and so on (first volume). In addition, after the start of the hold change effect, the volume (third volume) such as the “sounding sound” that occurs in the middle section (1s) before the final section is the same as the “appearance sound” that occurs at the start of the hold change effect It is smaller than the volume (first volume).

Thus, in the pending change effect (specific effect) shown in FIG. 20, the first half section that does not yet suggest the possibility of becoming a big hit mode (specific mode) and the second half section that suggests the possibility of becoming a big win mode (specific mode) In the first half section, the sound (first sound) related to the hold change effect (specific effect) is output at the first volume, and in the second half section the sound (second sound) related to the hold change effect (specific effect) is output at the first volume. Output is performed at a second volume higher than the first volume, and furthermore, after the first half of the section in which the sound is output at the first volume is executed, before the second half of the section in which the sound is output at the second volume is executed, the A sound (third sound) relating to the pending change effect (specific effect) is output at a third volume smaller than the first volume.

As described above, by generating the "appearance sound" or the like to be executed when the notice appears at the first sound volume, it is possible to first make the player aware that the notice has appeared. That is, it is possible to invite the player's line of sight from the smartphone to the liquid crystal screen on the game machine board. In the example of FIG. 20, in addition to this, since the screen is toned down on the liquid crystal screen, it is possible to further give a different impression to the player who shifts his eyes to the liquid crystal screen. , the player's line of sight can be more fixed on the liquid crystal screen. Of course, the screen is not limited to a toned-down screen, and a white-out screen may be used. At that time, an image of an "arrow" may be already displayed to provide a mechanism to keep the player's eyes glued. can be

Next, it is desirable that the volume (third volume) of the "sounding sound" to be generated subsequent to the "appearing sound" is lower than the volume of the "appearing sound" (first volume). The point of this is that the role of the sound output here is just a "flashing sound". That is, a player who has shifted his eyes from the smartphone to the liquid crystal screen may stop operating the smartphone and look at the liquid crystal screen in anticipation that an effect with a relatively high degree of expectation will be executed. It is conceivable, but the "inciting sound" executed at this timing is a sound effect for inciting whether the subsequent change in the pending image (effect suggesting the degree of expectation) will be executed or not. Execution at a volume higher than the 1st volume or the 2nd volume gives the player an excessive sense of expectation, and when the highly anticipated performance is not executed after that, the player is given a great disappointment. Considering the risk of falling. In particular, since this is the moment when the player's interest is shifted from the smartphone to the LCD screen, if the production and notice are constructed without considering such risks, the pending image will change (expectation) as a result. Even if a similar effect or notice is executed after that, the known player will not be able to understand the timing (the appearance of the effect or notice). At the timing of the smartphone, there is a high possibility that you will not be able to move your line of sight from the smartphone to the LCD screen. After taking these into consideration, the volume of the "fighting sound" (third volume) is the volume of the "appearing sound" (first volume), and the volume of the subsequent "collision change sound" (second volume) ).

Next, when a "collision-changing sound" or the like is generated following the "flashing sound" or the like, that is, when a change in the pending image (a production that suggests the degree of expectation) is executed, the "collision-changing sound" or the like is generated. It is desirable to set the volume (second volume) higher than the volume (first volume) of "appearing sound" and the like (third volume) of "sounding sound". One of the purposes of such a setting is to increase interest in the change of the hold image (effect that suggests the degree of expectation) to the player who has already shifted his eyes from the smartphone to the liquid crystal screen. to maximize the atmosphere. The second purpose is to once again appeal to players who unfortunately could not catch their eyes at the time when the announcement was made. Some players are not interested in the appearance of the notice and are only interested in the result of the notice. By generating a "collision change sound" etc. with , it is possible to effectively direct the eye to the liquid crystal screen.

In this way, the reservation change notice shown in FIG. 20 attracts the player's attention more than in the case of simply executing the reservation change effect (effect of only changing the color of the reservation with the effect image). For example, even a player who concentrates on operating a smartphone and does not pay attention to the liquid crystal presentation can be made to pay attention to the liquid crystal presentation. And by combining this kind of performance that deprives the smartphone of the line of sight and the normal performance that is not so, in a more optimal way, it is possible to execute the performance that deprives the smartphone of the line of sight more effectively. Become. In other words, not only one of the productions, but also the coexistence of each, and by being creative and ingenious in executing them with more optimal timing and expression, we can realize unprecedented production expressions and solve recent problems. It is possible to deprive a certain smartphone of a player's line of sight and attention.

Further, in the example of FIG. 20, since the production button 41 is vibrated at the timing of outputting the "collision change sound" or the like to generate the vibrating sound, for example, the sound volume level is set low by operating the sound volume operation means 39. Even players who are concentrating on their smartphones can be appealed to by the vibrating sound generated at a substantially constant volume regardless of the volume level, effectively drawing their attention.

In the numerical value and graph of the sound volume change history shown in FIG. and the volume of the execution sound by the specific sound production are separately displayed. Of the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect, only the normal sound effect changes the volume of the execution sound according to the change in the volume level (set volume), and the specific sound effect changes the volume level (set volume). However, it does not change the volume of the execution sound. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 21, the change history of the volume due to the normal sound effect has substantially the same shape at each volume level, and the volume level is changed from 3 (first set volume) to 7 (second set volume). The rate of increase (volume ratio), which is the rate of change in volume, is always about 1.2. On the other hand, the volume of the vibration sound in the specific sound effect is 80 dB regardless of the volume level. The value of 80 dB, which is the volume of the specific sound effect, is larger than the volume of the normal sound effect at the minimum volume level 3 in the same period, and the volume of the normal sound effect at the maximum volume level 7. is smaller than

On the other hand, looking at the volume change history (Fig. 20) that combines the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect, the volume level is The rate of increase in volume when is changed from 3 to 7 is about 1.2 (first volume ratio), but the period in which both the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect occur (specific period) The middle rate of increase is smaller than 1.2 (second volume ratio). Note that the synthetic volume LP (dB) obtained by synthesizing the first volume LP1 (dB) and the second volume LP2 (dB) is obtained by the formula shown in FIG.

Thus, in the hold change effects shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, when the minimum volume level (first set volume) that can be changed by the player operation is set to 3 and the maximum volume level (second set volume) 7, a non-specific period in which the volume ratio of the execution sound when the sound effect is executed is the first volume ratio, and a specific period in which the second volume ratio is smaller than the first volume ratio. is provided. Also, during the non-specified period, the normal sound effect is executed, but the specific sound effect is not executed, and during the specific period, the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect are executed. Further, the volume of the specific sound effect is set lower than the volume of the normal sound effect during the specific period when the maximum sound volume level (second set volume) 7 is set.

When the hall set value by the volume control knob 140 is set to T4, the initial position of the volume level is set to volume level 4 corresponding to the player set value M2, as shown in FIG. In this case, in the example of 2s to 3s in FIG. 21, when the volume level is set to 3 (first level), the volume of the normal sound effect is smaller than the volume of the specific sound effect, so the specific sound effect While the volume of the normal sound effect is more difficult to hear (listen to) than the volume of the specific sound effect, when the volume level is set to 7 (third level), the volume of the normal sound effect is higher than the volume of the specific sound effect. Therefore, the volume of the normal sound effect is easier to listen to (listen to) than the specific sound effect. Furthermore, when the volume level is set to 4 (second level), the volume is higher than when it is set to volume level 3 (first level) and when it is set to volume level 7 (third level). , the difference between the volume due to the specific sound effect and the volume due to the normal sound effect is small. In this case, the reset means (second volume level changing means) 166b changes (resets) the volume level to volume level 4 (second level) when a predetermined reset condition is satisfied (FIG. 19). It's becoming Approximately the same can be said for the cases where the hall setting values are set to T5 and T6, but in these cases, the second level (volume level 5 for T5, When set to level 6), the difference between the volume of the specific sound effect and the volume of the normal sound effect is smaller than when set to volume level 7 (third level), but volume level 3 Greater than if set to (first level).

In addition, a first hold change effect shown in FIG. 20 and a second hold change effect obtained by excluding a specific sound effect from the first hold change effect are provided, and the first hold change effect is more effective than the case where the second hold change effect appears. It may be controlled so that the possibility of the big hit mode is higher when the performance appears. In addition, in the pending change effect shown in FIG. 20, the display mode of the variable pending image Z corresponding to the change was changed, but the display mode of the first pending images X1 to X4, the second pending images Y1 to Y4, etc. You may change at arbitrary timings. Also, the display mode other than the display color, such as the shape and size, may be changed with respect to the reserved image.

Subsequently, regarding the effect during normal fluctuation (symbol fluctuation by normal fluctuation pattern), specific examples are divided into the probability change state (special game state) shown in FIG. 23 and the normal game state shown in FIGS. explain.

The normal fluctuation in the probability variable state (high probability medium) has a short fluctuation time of about several seconds, and in the example of FIG. Start → high speed fluctuation → stop) is repeated. Further, in the example of FIG. 23, high-precision BGM is continuously output as a normal sound effect, and a "start sound" is output as a symbol variation sound in accordance with the start of symbol variation and high-speed variation. A "stop sound" is output in accordance with the stop.

Also, in the example of FIG. 23, various advance notices are executed in specific symbol variations. That is, at each timing of the elapsed time 8s, 10s, and 12s corresponding to three consecutive pattern fluctuations, the vibrating device 72 vibrates the production button 41 in accordance with the pattern stop and the output of the "stop sound". A sound is generated (specific sound production). Also, at the timing of the elapsed time 14s corresponding to the next pattern change, as shown in FIG. sound is output. Furthermore, at the timing of the elapsed time 16s corresponding to the next pattern variation, as shown in FIG. The upward movement of the movable body 109 is performed (specific sound production). At the timing of the elapsed time 18 to 19s corresponding to the next pattern change, as shown in FIG. will be

Also, FIG. 24 shows the volume of the execution sound of the normal sound effect and the volume of the execution sound of the specific sound effect separately in the range from 6s to 14s in FIG. As shown in FIG. 24, the change history of the volume due to the normal sound effect has substantially the same shape at each volume level, and the volume level is changed from 3 (first set volume) to 7 (second set volume). The rate of increase (volume ratio), which is the rate of change in volume, is always about 1.2. On the other hand, the volume of the vibration sound in the specific sound effect is 80 dB regardless of the volume level. The volume is substantially the same as or smaller than the volume of the normal sound effect at 6.

On the other hand, looking at the volume change history (Fig. 23) that combines the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect, the volume level is changed from 3 to 7 during the period in which the specific sound effect does not occur (non-specified period). The rate of increase, which is the rate of change in volume, is about 1.2, but for example, at the timings of 8 s, 10 s, and 12 s, both the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect (vibration sound) are generated. (Specific period), the rate of increase is smaller than 1.2. In addition, both the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect occur at the timings of the elapsed time 16s, 18s, and 19s, but among them, the increase rate at the time of the elapsed time 16s is 1.2, which is the same as the non-specific period. there is This is because the moving sound of the third movable body 109 on the board is about 50 dB, which is very small compared to the sound from the speaker, and hardly affects the change of the overall sound volume.

In the normal variation during the normal game state (low probability) shown in FIG. 25 and FIG. 26, one pattern variation is first performed in the period of elapsed time 1s to 9s, and the variation starts at the elapsed time 1s, After performing high-speed fluctuation in 2s to 5s, the left pattern, the right pattern, and the middle pattern are stopped in order in 6s to 9s, and finally stopped. In addition, as a normal sound effect, normal BGM is continuously output, and as a pattern fluctuation sound, a "start sound" is played at each stop of the left pattern, the right pattern, and the middle pattern in accordance with the start of the pattern fluctuation. At the same time, a "stop sound" is output. Also, at 3s during the high-speed fluctuation, the SU1 false effect of the SU effect appears, for example, a predetermined dialogue is displayed on the screen and a predetermined “SU sound” is output from the speakers 18 and 25 .

In addition, in the next pattern variation that is performed in the period of elapsed time 10s to 23s, SU1, SU2, and SU3 presentations of SU presentation are sequentially executed at 11s, 12s, and 13s during high-speed variation, and predetermined lines are displayed on the screen respectively. Along with the telop display, "SU sound" is output from the speakers 18 and 25, and in the subsequent 14s to 16s, SU3 confirmation effect, that is, an image indicating SU3 confirmation is displayed on the screen. Further, during the SU3 finalization effect, after a "determined sound" is output as a volume increase effect, the character's words (character voice) are output as voice.

In addition, in the next symbol variation that is performed from the elapsed time 24 s, at the start of variation, the vibration sound (specific sound effect) of the effect button 41 is generated (normal sound effect) in accordance with the output of the "start sound" (normal sound effect). and special sound production). This is an example of a jackpot suggestive effect (first special effect) capable of suggesting the possibility of a jackpot mode due to the pattern variation, and indicates that the possibility of a jackpot mode is higher than when no vibration sound is generated. showing.

FIG. 27 shows the volume of the execution sound of the normal sound effect and the volume of the execution sound of the specific sound effect separately for the range from 22s to 26s in FIG. As shown in FIG. 27, the change history of the volume due to the normal sound effect has substantially the same shape at each volume level, and the volume level is changed from 3 (first set volume) to 7 (second set volume). The rate of increase (volume ratio), which is the rate of change in volume, is always about 1.2. On the other hand, the volume of the vibration sound in the specific sound effect is 80 dB regardless of the volume level, which is higher than the volume of the normal sound effect at the volume level 6 and the volume of the normal sound effect at the volume level 7. is also small.

On the other hand, looking at the volume change history (FIGS. 25 and 26) that combines the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect, the volume level is changed from 3 to 7 during the period when the specific sound effect does not occur (non-specified period). The rate of increase, which is the rate of change in volume when the volume is changed to , is about 1.2. period), the rate of increase is less than 1.2.

Also, when comparing the normal fluctuation in the variable probability state (special game state) shown in FIG. 23 and the normal fluctuation in the normal game state (low probability) shown in FIGS. During the state (special game state), the average sound volume of the execution sound due to the normal sound effect is larger than during the normal game state (an example of a case where they are different). On the other hand, regarding the volume of the specific sound effect, there is no difference between the variable probability state (special game state) and the normal game state. That is, in the present embodiment, during the probability variable state (special game state) than during the normal game state, the volume due to the normal sound effect is larger than the volume due to the specific sound effect. ), it is easier (easier to hear) to hear the operation sounds such as the vibrating sound due to the specific sound effect in response to the sound from the speakers 18 and 25 due to the normal sound effect during the normal game state than during the normal game state.

In addition, when the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect are executed at the same time, the rate of increase in the volume when the volume level is changed from 3 to 7 (sound effect when set to the minimum volume level The volume ratio of the sound effect when set to the maximum volume level) is divided into normal fluctuations during the variable probability state (special game state) shown in FIG. 23 and during normal game states (low probability In comparison with the normal fluctuation in), the probability variation state (special game state) is larger than the normal game state.

Also, in both the normal game state and the variable probability state (special game state), the volume of each execution sound when both the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect are executed is the minimum volume level (here When the volume level is set to 3), the volume of the normal sound effect is lower than the volume of the specific sound effect, and the volume of the normal sound effect is harder to hear than the specific sound effect. When the volume level is set to the maximum volume level (here, volume level 7), the volume of the normal sound effect is louder than the volume of the specific sound effect, and the volume of the normal sound effect is louder than the specific sound effect. It is easy.

28 to 32 and 35 to 39, which have a difference in the reliability of the big hit, will be described with respect to the performance during the reach fluctuation (pattern fluctuation after the reach by the reach fluctuation pattern). In the ready-to-win production A (low reliability of big win) shown in FIGS. 28 to 32, the production is performed with the theme of a battle between a monster and a kappa, the main character. In the initial period of the reach variation (elapsed time 0s to 41s), the image effect and the corresponding normal sound effect are executed, and the specific sound effect (operation sound) is not executed.

In this early stage, the image production scenes are "reach title display" → "monster appearance" → "mini monster appearance" → "main character (kappa) appearance" → "mini monster attack" → "main character dodge & prepare" → " The main character attacks and repels mini-monsters”→“monsters reappear”→“monsters attack the main character” in order, and each of these scenes consists of one or more cuts (cut division).

Here, the cut division is the timing at which, in a series of moving images composed of a plurality of scene images, for example, the continuity of the images is cut off to switch the scene images (including not only still images but also moving images). , for example, when switching from a first scene to a second scene. By switching the scene, for example, the display content of the liquid crystal effect shifts from the image of the friendly character drawn in the first scene to the image of the monster drawn in the second scene. In this manner, by switching the scene, the image of the character to be displayed on the liquid crystal screen can be displayed in the ready-to-win effect.

As a result, the content drawn in the first scene can be instantly switched to the second scene, so if you want to display a different character or switch to a different scene as described above, you can change the display content. This is an effective technique when you want to make a sudden change. Of course, cuts may change in the middle of a scene.

On the other hand, without using the cut split, by expressing the image on the LCD so that it transitions to either the top, bottom, left, or right (image like when you shake the video camera left, right, up, or down), for example, from the ally character to the opposite side There is also a technique to change the display target of the liquid crystal effect to the monster located in. In this way, by making the images on the LCD screen transition while maintaining continuity, it is possible for the player to perceive the positional relationship between the characters and the surrounding environment as described above. can. When creating images such as reach effects, techniques such as cut divisions and image transitions as described above are combined to produce one image in a more optimal form.

Also, in each scene, text telops are displayed as necessary. For example, in the "Reach title display" scene (0s-3s), the title telop such as "Monster VS Kappa" (Fig. 28 (a)), part of the scene from "Monster appearance" to "Mini monster appearance" (5s- In 9s), monster dialogue telops such as "Gao" are shown (Fig. 28(b), (c)), and in the second half of the scene of "main character avoidance & set up" (17s-18s), hero dialogues such as "exterminate!" (Fig. 28(d)) In the scenes from "monster reappearance" to "monster attacking the hero" (32s-41s), monster dialog telops such as "Gao" (Fig. 29(e)) are displayed on the screen respectively. be done. It should be noted that the performance pattern 120 is retracted and displayed at the corner of the screen.

Here, regarding the "ready-to-win title display" scene, the display mode of the title telop, for example, the display color may be changed to indicate the reliability of the ready-to-win effect. In addition, before displaying the telop of the reach title and/or reading out the reach title (which will be described later), the first and second characters (monsters and kappa here) are displayed on the screen as characters used in the reach production. You may make it display. As a result, after the player is made aware of the contents of the ready-to-win effect, the display and voice output of the ready-to-win effect can be executed, so that the player can enjoy the ready-to-win effect more easily than when all the ready-to-win effects are displayed at once. It is possible to make it easy to grasp the contents. In addition, when the reliability differs depending on the type of character appearing in the ready-to-win production (when branching to the ready-to-win production according to the character to appear), the characters scheduled to appear are indicated in advance. By doing so, it is possible to execute the display related to the ready-to-win title after notifying the content of the ready-to-win effect at the branch destination. Also, in this case, if the character telop is used when the reach title is displayed to suggest the degree of reliability as described above, the player will be notified of the content of the reach effect and suggested the degree of reliability in stages. Since the information can be transmitted to the player at once, the player can easily grasp the information as compared with the case where the information is transmitted all at once. In addition, it is desirable to read out the reach title by voice, which will be described later, in a state in which all these contents are in place. However, it is not limited to this, and may be configured to display a telop of the reach title, suggest reliability, display the first and second characters that appear, etc. while reading the reach title or after reading the reach title. . As a result, the player can feel the unexpectedness, so that it is possible to enhance the attraction of the performance at the timing of starting the ready-to-win performance.

In addition, in the normal sound production in the opening period, a plurality of types of BGM are sequentially reproduced according to the scene, and a sound (telop voice) corresponding to the telop displayed on the screen is reproduced. That is, when the telop related to the reach title of "Monster VS Kappa" is displayed (0s-3s), the telop voice reading the reach title is displayed, while the telop related to the monster's dialogue is displayed (5s-9s, 32s-41s), During the telop display (17s-18s) relating to the hero's lines, the main character's voice is output from the respective speakers.

At this time, when a specific sound (here, the main character's voice corresponding to the main character's serif telop) is output (elapsed time 17s, 18s), the playback of the BGM up to that point is paused, and when the specific sound ends, Reproduction of BGM is restarted. Also, at this time, the resumed BGM is different from the immediately preceding BGM. In this way, when a specific sound (main character's voice) is output at the timing of switching from the first BGM to the second BGM, a BGM stop period (output stop period) is provided from the stop of the first BGM to the start of the second BGM. , a specific sound (predetermined sound different from the first and second BGM) may be output during this BGM stop period. Also, in this case, at the timing when the BGM stop period ends, that is, at the timing when the second BGM is output, the scene from ``main character avoids & prepares'' (first scene) to ``hero attacks & repels mini monsters'' scene (second scene) is to be performed. Note that the BGM stop period may be a mute period during which no sound is output from the speaker.

In addition, in the normal sound production in the opening period, in addition to the telop voice corresponding to the telop, the ready-to-win production voice corresponding to each scene of the ready-to-win production is output, and the volume increase production is executed at an arbitrary timing. For example, in a part of the scene (19s-29s) of "the main character attacks and repels mini-monsters", mini-monster dialogue voices (mini-voices) that are not displayed as telops are output. In addition, in the "main character evasion & stance" scene (15s-18s), when the main character evades mini-monster attacks, an 'avoidance sound' is output, and when the main character takes a stance, a 'stance sound' is output. attacks and repels mini-monsters”, a part of the scene (21s, 31s) outputs an “attack sound” when the main character attacks and a “repulsion sound” when the mini-monsters are repelled.

In the mid-stage period of reach fluctuation (elapsed time 42s to 63s), a specific sound effect (operation sound) is executed in addition to the image effect and the corresponding normal sound effect. During this middle stage, the image production scenes progress in the order of "protagonist ready" -> "monster and hero are about to collide" -> "character effect" -> "rainbow effect" -> "defeat" -> "monster falls down".

During this middle stage, button effects and corresponding movable object effects are the main focus, and telops are not displayed on the screen except for some. First, in the scene (42 s to 48 s) of "protagonist ready" → "monster and hero are about to collide", the screen is toned down (visibility is suppressed), and after the fade-in image of the effect button 41 is displayed on the screen. (FIG. 30(f)), a button depression guidance image and a gauge image for causing the player to press the effect button 41 are displayed, and the valid operation period is started (FIG. 30(g)). The button-press guidance image is composed of, for example, a moving image showing how the effect button 41 is pressed and a character image such as "Press!". Also, the gauge image shows the remaining time of the valid period of operation, etc. in real time. At this time, the images related to the button effect, that is, the fade-in image of the button, the button press guidance image, the gauge image, etc. are excluded from the target of the tone down, and the other parts including the effect pattern 120 are the target of the tone down. Therefore, it is desirable to make the button effect-related image visually conspicuous.

In addition, during the display period (42 s to 45 s) of the fade-in image of the effect button 41, a “fade-in sound” is output from the speaker as a volume increase effect, and the rotating body 44 of the movable effect means 42 swings and the board An operation sound is generated by the rising operation of the third movable body 109 (FIG. 30(f)→(g)). At this time, since the rattling motion of the rotating body 44 is relatively loud, the volume level is changed from 3 to 7 at the time point 42s when the rotating body 44 swings. The rate of increase, which is the rate of change in volume, is smaller than 1.2. On the other hand, the moving sound of the board third movable body 109 is about 50 dB, which is very small compared to the sound from the speaker.

Here, it is possible to provide a pattern in which the rotating body 44 does not swing at the pre-fade notification, that is, a pattern in which an operating sound such as "rattling" is not generated. Alternatively, the operation sound may be generated by swinging the first board movable body 107, the third board movable body 109, etc., instead of the rotating body.

In addition, during the display period (46s to 48s) of the button pressing guidance image, a pressing guidance voice such as "Press the button" and a "pressing guidance sound" as a volume increase effect are output from the speaker. The third movable body 109 is temporarily stopped at a predetermined position, and the second board movable body 108 swings and the rotating body 44 rotates. At the time when the button-press guidance image is displayed, the reproduction of the BGM is suspended, and the button-press guidance voice or the like is output while the BGM is stopped.

Here, the pressing guidance sound is continuously output until the player presses the effect button 41 and the effective period of the operation expires. , the output is stopped a predetermined number of times (for example, once) (47s in the example of FIG. 30), and is not continued until the end of the valid operation period. Of course, the pressing guidance voice may be continuously output until the end of the operation effective period, but in that case, the possibility that the output of the pressing guidance voice is cut off in the middle increases. In this case, if the pressing guidance voice is in the middle of being output at the end of the valid operation period, the output may be continued until the end.

When the effect button 41 is pressed during the valid operation period, the valid operation period ends and the button-press guidance image and the like are faded out from the screen (49s). Further, in the subsequent "rainbow effect" scenes (51a to 60s), for example, a rainbow effect (rainbow effect) is performed in which the entire screen becomes a rainbow color gradation.

Further, when the effect button 41 is pressed, the effect button 41 is vibrated by driving the vibrating device 72, and a "vibrating sound" is output from the speaker (49s~). In this way, by vibrating the effect button 41 when the player presses the effect button 41, the player can surely recognize the vibration. Vibration sound is generated by vibrating the production button 41 with the vibration device 72, but as described above, the volume of the specific sound production is set when the player does not touch the production button 41 (when the specific volume change operation is performed). When the player is not performing a specific volume change operation), the maximum volume is reached, and when the player touches and presses the effect button 41 (when a specific volume change operation is performed), the vibration device (driving means) 72 The driving of the effect button (predetermined portion) 41 by the touch is limited, and the volume of the vibration sound is suppressed compared to the state in which the effect button 41 is not touched. Therefore, by outputting a "vibration sound" from a speaker when vibrating the effect button 41, it is possible to compensate for the decrease in volume of the actual vibration sound.

As described above, the volume can be changed by the normal sound effect by the player operating the volume control means 39 even when the normal sound effect is not being executed. A change in the sound volume due to the specific sound effect by touching or pressing the finger 41 can be executed only while the specific sound effect is being executed. Note that the "vibration sound" from this speaker may be output only during the vibration period (49s to 53s) of the effect button 41, but in the example of FIG. After that, for a certain period of time (up to 56s), the "vibrating sound" is continuously output from the speaker.

Here, the vibration sound (normal sound effect) output from the speaker may be output in a period shorter than the actual vibration effect and the vibration sound (specific sound effect) generated therewith. Also, a plurality of types of vibrating sounds may be provided to be output from the speaker. Further, it may be configured such that a plurality of vibration sounds are respectively output from the speaker according to the actual vibration presentation and the length and vibration pattern of the vibration sounds generated accordingly. In addition, even if the length of the actual vibrating effect and the vibrating sound that accompanies the vibrating sound and the vibration pattern are different, one type of vibrating sound may be output from the speaker. The vibrating sound output from the speaker is preferably similar to the vibrating sound generated with the actual vibration performance, but is not limited to this, and may not be similar to the vibrating sound output from the speaker. Even in this case, by outputting the vibration sound in parallel with the actual vibration sound, both of them can synchronize and cooperate to generate a unique vibration sound, and it is possible to enhance the interest.

Further, when the vibration sound is actually output from the speaker, there may be a case where the vibration sound is output and a case where the vibration sound is not output. In addition, when executing a vibration effect at the end of the reach to notify the winning or losing, a vibrating sound is output from the speaker, and when executing a vibration effect as a suggestion of reliability during fluctuation, vibration from the speaker It may be configured not to output sound. With this, it is possible to configure different rendering modes according to the role of the vibration rendering. Of course, it is configured to output a vibrating sound from the speaker both in the case of executing the vibration effect at the time of the effect of notifying the win or loss at the end of the reach and in the case of executing the vibration effect as an indication of the reliability during the fluctuation. good too.

Further, when the effect button 41 is pressed, the following post-operation effects are executed by the movable bodies 107 to 109 (49s to 54s). That is, the board third movable body 109 resumes its upward movement (from 49s), and when it reaches the maximum operating position, it waits at that position (from 51s). Subsequently, the first board movable body 107 starts to move downward (from 51s), reaches the maximum operating position, and vertically integrates with the third board movable body 109 (53s). An effect is performed, and as shown in FIG. 30(h), for example, the board second movable body 108 rotates (53s to 54s). During this post-operation effect, a "moving sound" corresponding to the motion of the movable bodies 107 to 109 is output from the speaker as a sound volume increase effect. Also, at a predetermined timing after the effect button 41 is pressed, the reproduction of the BGM is started after the button is pressed (52s~).

When the post-operation effect (49s to 54s) ends, the first board movable body 107 and the third board movable body 109 start to move to their respective origin positions (FIG. 30(h)→(i)). At a predetermined timing during movement, the main character's voice corresponding to successful button depression is output from the speaker, and at the timing when each of the movable bodies 107 and 109 reaches their respective origin positions, a "return to origin sound" is output from the speaker as a volume increase effect. ' is output.

In the "defeat" and "monster fall" scenes (61s-63s) after the end of "Rainbow Effect", the main character's dialogue is displayed on the screen, and the main character's voice corresponding to the dialogue is output from the speaker. Finally, the line of the fallen monster (monster voice) is output. It should be noted that the reproduction of the BGM is stopped during the "defeat" scene, and at the start of the "monster falls" scene (62s), reproduction of a new BGM is started in the middle of outputting the voice of the main character.

FIG. 33 shows the volume of the normal sound effect and the volume of the specific sound effect separately for the period from 42s to 61s in FIG. As shown in FIG. 33, from 42 s in which the rotating body 44 swings and the third board movable body 109 rises as the specific sound effect, 43 s to 45 s in which only the third board movable body 109 rises is performed. After that, for the period from 46 s to 47 s in which the rotating movement of the rotating body 44 and the swinging movement of the second movable board 108 are performed, the volume of the specific sound effect is the normal sound for all settable volume levels. It is smaller than the volume of the production.

After that, at time 48s, as the specific sound effect, the shaking motion of the second movable body 108 of the board ends and only the rotating motion of the rotating body 44 is performed. Also, since the BGM is stopped and the pressing guidance voice ends and the volume drops sharply, the volume of the specific sound effect is louder than the volume of the normal sound effect in the case of the minimum volume level 3. It is smaller than the volume of the normal sound production at volume level 4 above.

Subsequently, during the period from 49s to 53s in which the vibration sound of the effect button 41 is generated, the volume of the specific sound effect is kept higher than the volume of the normal sound effect at the minimum volume level 3. Specifically, the volume of the specific sound effect in the period from 49s to 52s is larger than the volume of the normal sound effect at the minimum volume level 3 and smaller than the volume of the normal sound effect at the minimum volume level 4, and 53s. The volume of the specific sound effect at the point of time is higher than the volume of the normal sound effect at volume level 4 and smaller than the volume of normal sound effect at volume level 5.例文帳に追加After 54s after the end of the vibration sound of the effect button 41, except for 55s when the volume of the normal sound effect drops sharply, the volume of the specific sound effect is the normal sound effect in the case of all settable volume levels. is lower than the volume of

In the final period of the reach variation (elapsed time 64s to 98s), the image presentation and the corresponding normal sound presentation are performed, and the specific sound presentation (operation sound) is not performed except for the vibration sound of 93s to 95s.

In this final period, the image production scene is "The hero chases & defeats the monster trying to attack again" → "Golden effect" → "Black background" → "Golden effect" → "The hero waves the flag. ”→”Golden Effect”.

In the scene of "the main character pursues and defeats a monster that is about to attack again", after the effect pattern 120 in retreat display is enlarged and displayed as shown in FIG. As shown in 31(k), it temporarily stops in a normal jackpot mode such as "4.4.4" (70s-77s). During this scene, for example, before the enlarged display of the effect pattern 120 (64s to 67s), the main character's lines are displayed as telops, and the main character's voice corresponding to the lines is output. Also, as a volume increase effect. A "beating sound" or the like is output from the speaker when the monster is defeated.

In the subsequent "golden effect" scene (78s to 80s), as shown in FIG. A re-fluctuation (full rotation) is started, the BGM is switched, and a "re-fluctuation sound" is output from the speaker as a volume increase effect.

Then, the button effect is performed again in the next scene of "golden effect" across the "black background" where the entire screen is blacked out. That is, after the pre-fade notification is performed on the screen from the end of the "black background" to the beginning of the "golden effect" (FIG. 32(m)), the fade-in image of the effect button 41 is displayed (FIG. 32(n)). )), and subsequently, a button-pressing guidance image and a gauge image are displayed, and the operation valid period is started (FIG. 32(o)). Note that in the pre-fade notification, for example, an image in which the effect button 41 rotates is displayed.

In addition, after the pre-button effect voice for notifying the start of the button effect is output at the timing straddling the pre-fade notification and the button fade-in, the pressing guidance voice such as "press the button" is displayed in the button pressing guidance image. is output after the display of Furthermore, as a volume increase effect, a "background changing sound" is output from the speaker during the "black background" scene, and a "fade-in sound" is output during the display of the fade-in image.

Regarding the content of pre-fade notification, when blacked out, the effect button image, an image similar to the effect button image, or a related image for deriving the effect button image is displayed, and these images are blacked out images. By being displayed on the front side, the image display related to the operation effect is displayed so as to be more conspicuous (FIG. 32(m)). As a result, the player can perceive that the operation timing of the performance button 41 will come soon before the fade-in image of the performance button image and the operation button image is actually displayed.

Here, whether or not to execute the pre-fade notification may be determined according to the reliability of the operation effect or the ready-to-win effect. The possibility that the subsequent operation effect will be successful than if it is not executed (if the operation result indicates that the change is a win, success = big hit notification, otherwise, the operation effect will be successful). As a result, an effect suggesting a predetermined degree of reliability is executed) may be configured to increase. Further, when the pre-fade notification is executed, the subsequent operation effect may be always successful.

As described above, by blacking out the background at the time of the pre-fade notification, the visibility of the scene image on the screen is reduced, and the pre-fade notification can be performed using the entire liquid crystal screen. It is conceivable that the user's awareness and attention can be directed from the scene image to the pre-fade notification, but a screen mode other than blackout (black background) may be executed to make the pre-fade notification stand out. The screen mode is a screen mode (at least a scene image) that is more conspicuous than the scene image (scene moving image) that has been executed before the pre-fade notification is executed and that is being executed in a hierarchy with a low display priority even during the execution of the pre-fade notification. It is sufficient if the display priority is set higher than that of the image).

As for the pre-button effect voice, any voice content that suggests the appearance of the operation effect to be executed thereafter may be used. Also, the reliability may be set to differ depending on the content of the voice before the button effect. It may be configured to suggest the reliability of the operation presentation by the content of the voice to be played. In addition, not limited to this, for example, when there are a plurality of operation buttons used in operation effects, a voice with a high possibility of deriving a highly reliable operation button or a highly reliable operation button is derived. A voice with a low probability may be prepared.

Also, as a form of pre-fade notification, the content of the pre-button effect voice that is executed substantially at the same time may be displayed as lines. In this case, unlike the telops displayed during the reach, the words, which are the content of the voice to be reproduced, may be displayed as characters in such a manner as to use the entire liquid crystal screen.

Also, the scene is switched during execution of the pre-fade notification, but in this case, the scene is switched in a display layer having a lower display priority than the pre-fade notification, so that the player does not feel uncomfortable. , the scene can be switched during execution of the pre-fade notification. In that case, the switching scene image may be configured so that the player can visually recognize it. It may be configured such that the mode in which the scene image is switched can be visually recognized. As a result, the pre-fade notification can improve the interest of the production, and the player can also visually recognize the switching of the scene images, so that the player can grasp the connection of the scene images and feel more uncomfortable. It is possible to produce a performance without

In addition, by configuring the scene image to progress behind the pre-fade notification in this way, even if the ready-to-win effect is executed in a pattern in which the pre-fade notification is not executed, it will not appear visually. Since the content of the effect progresses as the scene image progresses, it is possible to execute the ready-to-win effect without making the player feel uncomfortable. In this way, by switching the scene image during execution of the pre-fade notification, or advancing the content of the scene image without switching, it is possible to achieve the effects described above.

When the effect button 41 is pressed during the valid period of operation, the valid period of operation ends and the scene "the main character waves the flag" (FIG. 32(p)) starts, and the button-press guidance image and the like are displayed from the screen. faded out. Also, after the main character's voice regarding the re-lottery of symbols is output, a "flag waving sound" is output as a volume increase effect.

From the end of the scene "the hero waves the flag" to the beginning of the "golden effect", after the effect pattern 120 that is being changed again is enlarged and displayed (93s to 94s), as shown in FIG. 7.7” or the like is finally stopped and confirmed (95s-98s). In addition, from the enlarged display of the production pattern 120 to the final stop (93 s to 95 s), the production button 41 is vibrated by driving the vibration device 72, and the "vibration sound" is output from the speaker (normal sound production). A special production that is performed together with a sound production). This is an example of a big-hit notification effect (second special effect) capable of informing that the stopped symbols will be in a big-hit mode (specific mode). It should be noted that this big hit notification effect (second special effect) is different from the big hit suggestion effect (first special effect) shown in FIG. (BGM, vibrating sound, etc.) from the speaker is relatively low. Also, this big hit notification effect (second special effect) has a longer effect time than the big win suggestion effect (first special effect) shown in FIG.

FIG. 34 shows the volume of the normal sound effect and the volume of the specific sound effect separately for the period from 92s to 96s in FIG. As shown in FIG. 34, during the period from 93s to 95s when the vibration sound of the effect button 41 is generated as the specific sound effect, the volume of the specific sound effect is higher than the volume of the normal sound effect when the minimum volume level is 3. remains large. Specifically, the volume of the specific sound effect at the time points of 93s and 95s is higher than the volume of the normal sound effect at the minimum volume level 3 and smaller than the volume of the normal sound effect at the volume level 4, The volume of the specific sound effect at the time of 94s is higher than the volume of the normal sound effect at volume level 4 and smaller than the volume of normal sound effect at volume level 5.例文帳に追加

Next, a ready-to-win effect B (big hit reliability high) shown in FIGS. 35 to 39 will be described. In the ready-to-reach production B shown in FIGS. 35 to 39, similarly to the ready-to-reach production A shown in FIGS. 28 to 32, a production is performed on the theme of a battle between a monster and the main character Kappa. In the initial stage period (elapsed time 0s to 39s) of the ready-to-win effect, the image effect and the corresponding normal sound effect are executed, and the specific sound effect (operation sound) is not executed.

In this initial period, the scene of the image production is "reach title display" (Fig. 35 (a)) → "appearance of main character (kappa)" (Fig. 35 (b)) → "repeat attack and avoid each other" 35(c))→“monster defense”→“monster counterattack” (FIG. 36(d))→“friend character”→“monster avoidance”→“monster counterattack”→“mutual attack and defense” (FIG. 36(e))→ The game progresses in the order of ``holding up the main character''->``setting up a monster & launching an attack'', and each of these scenes consists of one or more cuts.

In each of these scenes, character telops are displayed as necessary. For example, in the "ready title display" scene (0s to 3s), the title telop such as "Monster VS Kappa" (Fig. 35(a)), and in the "main character (kappa) appearance" scene (4s to 13s), the main character's dialogue A telop (FIG. 35(b)) is displayed on the screen. Also, the effect pattern 120 is displayed in a retracted manner at the corner of the screen.

The reach title of this reach effect B is the same as the reach effect A, "Monster VS Kappa", but the display mode of the title telop is different from the reach effect A (Fig. 28 (a)), which has a low reliability of the big hit. there is In this way, the display mode of the reach title may be configured to suggest the reliability. Various examples have already been shown for the "ready-to-win title display" scene (FIG. 28) in the ready-to-win effect A, and all of these examples are applicable to this ready-to-win effect B as well.

In addition, in the normal sound production in the opening period, a plurality of types of BGM are sequentially reproduced according to the scene, and a sound (telop voice) corresponding to the telop displayed on the screen is reproduced. That is, when the telop related to the reach title of "Monster VS Kappa" is displayed (0s to 3s), the telop voice reading the reach title is displayed, while the telop related to the main character's lines is displayed (4s to 13s, 35s), the main character's voice is displayed. The monster voice is output from the speaker during the display of the telop regarding the lines (22s, 28s, 38s to 39s), and the friend's voice is output during the display of the telop regarding the line of the ally character (26s).

Further, in the example of FIG. 35, when switching from the ready-to-win effect BGM1 to the ready-to-win effect BGM2 (elapsed time 14 s), the BGM stop period ( Output stop period) is provided, and at the timing of executing the reach effect BGM2 (second BGM), a scene from ``appearance of the main character (kappa)'' (1st scene) to ``repeatedly attacking and dodging each other'' (2nd scene) Changes are coming. Also, during the BGM stop period, a "change sound" (predetermined sound different from the first and second BGM) for emphasizing the scene change is output. Note that the BGM stop period may be a mute period during which no sound is output from the speaker.

In addition, in the normal sound production in the opening period, in addition to the telop voice corresponding to the telop, the ready-to-win production voice corresponding to each scene of the ready-to-win production is output, and the volume increase production is executed at an arbitrary timing. For example, in a part of the scene (16s) where "each other repeatedly attacks and dodges", the voice of the monster (monster voice) that is not displayed as a telop is output, and similarly, part of the "monster counterattack" scene In 23s), a monster voice is output, and in the "mutual offense and defense" scene, in 29s, the ally voice of the ally character is output, in 31s, the monster voice is output, and in 33s, the main character's voice is output. Here, in the "attack and defense against each other" scene (Fig. 36(e)), the main character and the monster appear on the screen, and the ally character does not appear, but the voice is played by the main character, the monster, and the ally character. Sound is being output. In other words, the ally characters (characters less important than the main character) do not appear as images on the screen, and only voices such as lines are output.

In addition, for example, in the "Reach title display" scene (0s to 3s), an "emphasized sound" is output in response to the reading voice of the Reach title, and a part of the "Main character (kappa) appearance" scene (6s to 8s, 12s and 14s), "action sounds" corresponding to various actions of the main character are output, and at the end of the scene, the above-mentioned "change sound" is output. , "Counterattack sound" is output in response to the counterattack action of the monster. Note that in the ready-to-win effect A (FIG. 28), no emphatic sound is output during the "ready-to-win title display". In this way, during the telop display of the reach title, whether or not to output a sound (other than the BGM) other than the telop voice corresponding to the telop display, or the type of the sound (including BGM) suggests the reliability. It may be configured as

It should be noted that it is desirable to display the corresponding ally character as a scene image while the ally voice 1 is being output (20 s to 21 s) during the initial period. In that case, it is desirable to also display a telop image corresponding to the voice. The telop image may indicate the reliability of the ready-to-win effect by changing the display mode (display color, etc.). Of course, even when the teammate voice 1 is being output and the corresponding teammate character is displayed as a scene image, the telop image may not be displayed.

Also, when the scene is expressed so that the corresponding ally character is not displayed in the scene image, such as during the output of ally voice 2 (29s), only the voice may be played and the telop image may not be displayed. . In this way, the expression of scene images and telop images (whether or not they are displayed, etc.) may be changed according to the content of the voice to be reproduced. Also, even when the teammate voice 2 is being output and the corresponding teammate character is not displayed in the scene image, the telop image may be displayed. Originally, it is desirable not to display the telop image when the image of the corresponding ally character is not displayed, but when using the telop image to suggest the reliability, display the telop image. may be configured.

In this embodiment, the expression method is changed as described above according to the type of voice. may be configured to always display both a character image (scene image) and a telop image, or any one of them. On the other hand, for characters that are less important than the main character, such as ally characters, both the character image (scene image) and the telop image, or either of them, are not displayed even during voice output. You may In this way, it is also possible to vary the effect mode during voice output as described above, according to the importance of the target character, the degree of contribution during reach, the display frequency, and the like. Also, even if the character is the same character, the effect mode may be changed as described above according to the progress level and content of the ready-to-win effect. By configuring in this way, when there is a character with a relatively high frequency of speaking or a character with a low frequency of speaking in the ready-to-win production, each time the voice of the character is reproduced, the scene image can be switched. There is no need to display characters, and the number of scene images can be reduced to reduce performance data. Also, when creating a scene image, it is possible to create a scene image with a high degree of freedom without being bound by the output voice.

Also, in the ready-to-win effect, in a scene in which a character whose voice is to be output utters a line for the first time, it is desirable to display the character corresponding to the voice output in the scene image. Moreover, it is more preferable to display a telop image at that time. Also, at that time, the telop image may be changed in a mode according to the reliability. Also, when outputting the voice after that, it is not always necessary to display the corresponding character as a scene image or to display a telop image. It is desirable to configure such a production mode as shown below.

Also, when the voice is output, if the corresponding character is not displayed in the scene image, it is desirable not to display the other characters as well. This prevents the player from misunderstanding that the voice being output is the voice of a different character. In that case, it is desirable to display a background image or the like on the screen. Also, even if a character different from the character corresponding to the voice is displayed, for example, when an ally character's voice is output, a different ally character is displayed, and when an enemy character's voice is output, a different enemy character is displayed. It is desirable to display a character having the same attribute as the character to be played so as to avoid confusion between characters having different attributes such as friends and enemies. On the other hand, when the voice of the ally character is reproduced, a character having different attributes from the character corresponding to the voice may be intentionally displayed, such as displaying an enemy character. Depending on the situation, it may work more effectively. In addition, the attributes of characters with different attributes are not limited to enemy/ally, but include gender, good/bad, animal types, and various other attributes.

In the mid-stage period of the reach variation (elapsed time 40s to 67s), in addition to the image presentation and the corresponding normal sound presentation, the specific sound presentation (operation sound) by the movable body presentation is executed. During this middle stage, the image production scenes progress in the order of "protagonist set up" → "button production effect background" → "character effect" → "rainbow effect" → "monster falls down".

First, in the scene (40s-41s) where the main character is set up, after the monster's dialogue (monster voice) is output from the speaker, the main character's dialogue is displayed on the screen across the next "button production effect background". A telop is displayed, and the main character's lines (main character voice) corresponding to the telop display are output from the speaker.

Further, when the "button production effect background" scene (42s to 48s) is started, after the pre-fade notification is performed on the screen (FIG. 37(f)), the fade-in image of the production button 41 is displayed ( FIG. 37(g)), then the button press guide image and the gauge image are displayed, and the valid operation period starts (FIG. 37(h)). Note that in the pre-fade notification, for example, an image in which the effect button 41 rotates is displayed. In addition, after the voice before button performance for notifying the start of button performance is output during the pre-fade notification, the pressing guidance voice such as "press the button" is output after the display of the button pressing guidance image is started.

In this ready-to-win effect B, blackout (black background) is not performed at the time of pre-fade notification, but blackout (black background) may be performed similarly to the ready-to-win effect A. Also, the reliability may be suggested by whether or not blackout is executed, or by the type of screen mode including the blackout. In addition, although various examples have already been given regarding the pre-fade notification in the ready-to-win effect A, all of these examples are applicable to this ready-to-win effect B as well.

Also, during the pre-fade notification on the screen, a "pre-fade notification sound" is output from the speaker as a volume increase effect, the rotating body 44 of the movable effect means 42 swings, and the board third movable body 109 rises. An action sound is generated by the action. At this time, since the operation sound such as "rattling" caused by the swinging motion of the rotating body 44 is relatively loud, the sound volume level was changed from 3 to 7 at the time of 42s to 44s when the swinging motion of the rotating body 44 was performed. The rate of increase, which is the rate of change in the volume in the case of 1.2, is smaller than 1.2. On the other hand, the moving sound of the third board movable body 109 is about 50 dB, which is very small compared to the sound from the speaker. .2.

Here, it is possible to provide a pattern in which the rotating body 44 does not swing at the pre-fade notification, that is, a pattern in which an operating sound such as "rattling" is not generated. Alternatively, the operation sound may be generated by swinging the first board movable body 107, the third board movable body 109, etc., instead of the rotating body.

In addition, during the display period (46s to 48s) of the button pressing guidance image, a pressing guidance voice such as "Press the button" and a "pressing guidance sound" as a volume increase effect are output from the speaker. The third movable body 109 is temporarily stopped at a predetermined position, and the second board movable body 108 swings and the rotating body 44 rotates. At the time when the button-press guidance image is displayed, the reproduction of the BGM is suspended, and the button-press guidance voice or the like is output while the BGM is stopped.

When the effect button 41 is pressed during the valid operation period, the valid operation period ends, and the button press guidance image and the like are faded out from the screen (49s to 50s). Further, in subsequent “rainbow effect” scenes (51a to 60s), for example, a rainbow effect is performed in which the entire screen becomes a rainbow color gradation.

Further, when the effect button 41 is pressed, the effect button 41 is vibrated by driving the vibrating device 72, and a "vibrating sound" is output from the speaker (49s~). In this way, by vibrating the effect button 41 when the player presses the effect button 41, the player can surely recognize the vibration. Vibration sound is generated by vibrating the production button 41 with the vibration device 72, but as described above, the volume of the specific sound production is set when the player does not touch the production button 41 (when the specific volume change operation is performed). When the player is not performing a specific volume change operation), the maximum volume is reached, and when the player touches and presses the effect button 41 (when a specific volume change operation is performed), the vibration device (driving means) 72 The driving of the effect button (predetermined portion) 41 by the touch is limited, and the volume of the vibration sound is suppressed compared to the state in which the effect button 41 is not touched. Therefore, by outputting a "vibration sound" from a speaker when vibrating the effect button 41, it is possible to compensate for the decrease in volume of the actual vibration sound. Note that the "vibration sound" from this speaker may be output only during the vibration period (49s to 53s) of the effect button 41, but in the example of FIG. After that, for a certain period of time (up to 56s), the "vibrating sound" is continuously output from the speaker.

Although various examples have already been given regarding the vibration effect in the ready-to-win effect A and the vibration sound output from the speaker performed in parallel with it, all of these examples are applicable to this ready-to-win effect B as well.

Further, when the effect button 41 is pressed, the following post-operation effects are executed by the movable bodies 107 to 109 (49s to 54s). That is, the board third movable body 109 resumes its upward movement (from 49s), and when it reaches the maximum operating position, it waits at that position (from 51s). Subsequently, the first board movable body 107 starts to move downward (51s~), reaches the maximum operating position, and vertically integrates with the third board movable body 109 (53s), as shown in FIG. 37(i). As shown, the movable bodies 107 to 109 are brought together, and for example, the board second movable body 108 rotates (53s to 54s). During this post-operation effect, a "moving sound" corresponding to the motion of the movable bodies 107 to 109 is output from the speaker as a sound volume increase effect. At a predetermined timing after the effect button 41 is pressed, the reproduction of the BGM is started after the button is pressed (52s~).

When the post-operation effect (49s to 54s) ends, the first board movable body 107 and the third board movable body 109 start to move to their origin positions (FIG. 37(i)→(j)). At a predetermined timing during movement, the main character's voice corresponding to successful button depression is output from the speaker, and at the timing when each of the movable bodies 107 and 109 reaches their respective origin positions, a "return to origin sound" is output from the speaker as a volume increase effect. ' is output.

In the "Monster Falls" scene (61s-67s) after the end of "Rainbow Effect", the dialogue of the monster just before it collapses is displayed on the screen, and the monster's voice corresponding to that dialogue is output from the speaker. Finally, when the monster falls down (FIG. 38(k)), the monster voice is output again, and a "falling sound" is output as a volume increase effect. When the scene is changed from "Rainbow Effect" to "Monster Falls", the BGM stops almost at the same time as the scene change. It is supposed to start.

FIG. 40 shows the volume of the normal sound effect and the volume of the specific sound effect separately for the period from 42s to 61s of FIG. As shown in FIG. 40, from 42 s to 44 s in which the rotating body 44 swings and the third board movable body 109 rises as the specific sound production, to 45 s in which only the third board movable body 109 rises. After that, for the period from 46 s to 47 s in which the rotating movement of the rotating body 44 and the swinging movement of the second movable board 108 are performed, the volume of the specific sound effect is the normal sound for all settable volume levels. It is smaller than the volume of the production.

After that, at time 48s, as the specific sound effect, the shaking motion of the second movable body 108 of the board ends and only the rotating motion of the rotating body 44 is performed. Also, since the BGM is stopped and the pressing guidance voice ends and the volume drops sharply, the volume of the specific sound effect is louder than the volume of the normal sound effect in the case of the minimum volume level 3. It is smaller than the volume of the normal sound effect in the case of volume level 4 above.

Subsequently, during the period from 49s to 53s in which the vibration sound of the effect button 41 is generated, the volume of the specific sound effect is kept higher than the volume of the normal sound effect at the minimum volume level 3. Specifically, the volume of the specific sound effect in the period from 49s to 52s is larger than the volume of the normal sound effect at the minimum volume level 3 and smaller than the volume of the normal sound effect at the minimum volume level 4, and 53s. The volume of the specific sound effect at the point of time is higher than the volume of the normal sound effect at volume level 4 and smaller than the volume of normal sound effect at volume level 5.例文帳に追加After 54s after the end of the vibration sound of the effect button 41, except for 55s when the volume of the normal sound effect drops sharply, the volume of the specific sound effect is the normal sound effect in the case of all settable volume levels. is lower than the volume of

In the final period of the reach fluctuation (elapsed time 68s to 98s), the image effect and the corresponding normal sound effect are executed, and the specific sound effect (operation sound) is not executed. In this final period, the image production scene is "Main character Banzai" → "Golden curtain" → "Golden effect" → "Golden effect & Golden curtain" → "Golden effect" → "Golden curtain" → "Gold folding screen" ”.

In the scene of "Banzai the main character", after the effect pattern 120 in the retreat display is enlarged (68s to 73s) as shown in FIG. 38(l), "4.4. 4” or the like is temporarily stopped in a normal jackpot mode (74s to 77s). Then, in the subsequent "golden curtain" scene, the BGM is changed, the effect pattern 120 is covered with the golden curtain as shown in FIG. ' is output. Then, in the "golden effect" scene, as shown in FIG. 38(o), a golden effect is executed in which the entire screen becomes gold, and at the same time, the production pattern 120 reappears and re-fluctuation (full rotation) is started.

In the subsequent “golden effect & golden curtain” scene (82s to 89s), the production pattern 120 continues to change, and the production pattern 120 is hidden by the golden curtain (Fig. The hidden state (FIG. 39(q)) is alternately repeated. Further, after passing through the “golden effect” and “golden curtain” scenes (90s-93s), in the “golden folding screen” scene (94s-98s), the re-changing production pattern 120 is displayed against the background of the golden folding screen. After the display is enlarged (94s-95s), as shown in FIG. 39(r), the game is finally stopped in a normal jackpot mode such as "4.4.4" and confirmed (96s-98s).

Next, a specific example of dialogue effects as an example of symbol variation effects will be described with reference to FIGS. 41 to 44. FIG.

The dialog effect of this embodiment is composed of an image effect for displaying a character image and words on the liquid crystal display means 106, and a sound effect for outputting a dialogue sound and a sound effect. Of course, it is possible to execute a lighting effect, a movable body effect, etc. in parallel with these image effects and sound effects, but effects other than the image effects and sound effects are omitted here.

FIG. 41(a) is a diagram showing the types of dialogue effects α and their contents. In the lottery performed at the start of the variation of the first and second special symbols, for example, when the dialogue effect α is selected from among a plurality of types of symbol variation effect, for example, 10 types of α1 to α10 shown in FIG. 41(a) Any of the dialogue effects is selected by lottery. The lottery for selection of the dialogue effects α1 to α10 is performed, for example, based on a selection table (not shown) in which allocation ratios of the dialogue effects α1 to α10 are set for each variation pattern. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 41(a), it is assumed that the selection table is set so that the reliability of the big win increases step by step from speech production α1 to α10.

Dialogue effects α1 to α10 include the type of dialogue, the type of character (character), the facial expression of the character (character), the tone of the dialogue sound, the length of the lip-syncing action by the character (lip-syncing length), the color of the dialogue characters, normal They are classified according to multiple items such as the type of sound effect.

As shown in FIG. 41(b), five types of lines L1 to L5 are provided. The line production α1 is the line L1 of "I feel a curse", and the line production α2 is "The key to breaking the curse is here." "To" is the line L2, for line effects α3 and α4 is the line L3 "This is...", for line effects α5 and α6 is the line L4 "It was great luck if you draw a fortune", and for line effects α7 to α10 are assigned the line L5 of "I feel great". That is, the big hit reliability increases in the order of the lines L1 to L5. It should be noted that the lines L1 to L5 are not constant in length, and the line L3, "This is...", is the shortest line, and the line L4, "It was great luck when I drew the omikuji", is the longest.

Two types of characters, a boy character C1 and a girl character C2, are provided as (assumed to be) characters to utter these lines, and the character images shown in FIG. Is displayed. In the following description, characters C1 and C2 refer to character images displayed on the liquid crystal display means 106. FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 41(a), the character C1 responds to the lines L1 and L3 in the dialogue effects α1, α3, and α4, and the character C1 responds to the lines L2 and L4 in the dialogue effects α2, α5, and α6. is assigned to character C2, and either character C1 or C2 is assigned to speech L5 in the case of speech effects α7 to α10. In addition, in the dialogue performances α7 to α10 to which the dialogue L5 is assigned, the dialogue performances α9 and α10 of the character C2 have higher reliability than the dialogue performances α7 and α8 of the character C1.

As shown in FIG. 41(d), each of the characters C1 and C2 can switch between four types of facial expressions: a happy facial expression FE1, a surprised facial expression FE2, an anxious facial expression FE3, and a calm facial expression FE4. The facial expressions of these characters are determined according to the type of dialogue, and as shown in FIG. A calm expression FE4 is applied to the dialogue L2, a surprised expression FE2 is applied to the dialogue L3 in the dialogue effects α3 and α4, dialogue L4 in the dialogue effects α5 and α6, and dialogue effects α7 to α10. A happy expression FE1 is assigned to the case line L5.

The speech sounds are voice representations of the speeches L1 to L5, and are output from the speakers 18 and 25 by reproducing the speech sound data. The speech sounds have different voice quality for each of the characters C1 and C2 that emit them (assumed to be the ones). It is assumed that one of four voice tones (an example of the output mode of dialogue sounds) of voice tone V1 of shyness, tone of surprise V2, tone of anxiety V3, and tone of calmness V4 is output.

When the dialogue sound is output, a lip-syncing action is performed in parallel with the character image. This lip-syncing motion (speech motion) is a motion of moving the mouth as if the character image were uttering a line. Therefore, it is ideal that the execution time of the lip-syncing action (lip-syncing length) is the same as the length of each line sound. It is necessary to prepare a private image, which puts pressure on the storage capacity. Therefore, in this embodiment, the number of types of lip-sync lengths is narrowed down to three types, for example, short S, medium M, and long L, and the three types of lip-sync lengths are selected according to the length of each line. is assigned any of In the example of FIG. 41(a), the lip-syncing length of S (short) for the line L3 of "This is..." is used for the line L1 of "I feel a curse" and the line L5 of "I feel great." On the other hand, M (middle) lip-synch length is L (long) lip-synch length for line L2, "Here is the key to undo the curse" and line L4, "It was great luck if you drew a fortune." assigned.

The serif characters are characters representing the serifs L1 to L5, and are displayed on the liquid crystal display means 106 together with the character images. It is assumed that the serif characters are displayed in one of two types of character colors, white W and red R, as shown in FIG. In addition, serif characters may be displayed in the form of subtitles on the lower side of the screen or the like, or may be displayed in balloons for character images. Also, in the example of FIG. 41(a), the reliability of the big win is higher when the serif character color is R (red) than when the serif character color is W (white) for the serifs L3, L4, and L5. Note that the serif character color may be provided in a plurality of display modes other than color, such as font type and size.

The sound effects include normal sound effects output from the speakers 18 and 25 by reproducing sound effect data, and specific sound effects emitted by driving the movable body (predetermined portion) by the driving means. As the normal sound effect of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 41(g), one of two types of normal sound effect SE1 expressed as "pikeen" and normal sound effect SE2 expressed as "babang" is used. is output. In the example of FIG. 41(a), the type of normal sound effect corresponds to the serif character color. is R (red), the normal effect sound SE2 of "Babang" is output.

Further, the specific effect sound of the present embodiment is a vibrating sound generated by vibrating the production button 41 by operating the vibration device 72, and as shown in FIG. It is designed to occur in parallel with the sound.

42 to 44 show time charts of image effects and sound effects for some of the dialogue effects α1 to α10. First, the time chart of the dialogue effect α1 shown in FIG. 42(a) will be described. As shown in FIG. 41(a), in the line production α1, line type L1 (feels cursed), character type C1 (boy), character expression FE3 (anxiety), tone of voice V3 (anxiety), lip length M (middle), serif character color W (white), normal sound effect SE1 (pikeen), and specific sound effect are set, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 42(a), in the dialogue effect α1, the display of the boy character C1 on the liquid crystal display means 106 is first started. Of the four types of facial expressions FE1 to FE4, the character image has, for example, a calm facial expression FE4 (FIG. 41(d)) set as the default, and the character image appears in the state of the default facial expression FE4 (FIG. 41(d)). 42 (A1)). Note that facial expressions other than the multiple types of facial expressions (here, the four types of FE1 to FE4) that are switched according to the type of speech may be set as default.

Then, at a predetermined timing after the start of display of the character image, display of the words "I feel a curse" corresponding to the words L1 on the liquid crystal display means 106 is started, and the expression of the character image changes to the words L1. 42 (A2)). Here, serif characters are displayed in white W. It should be noted that the timing of starting the display of the dialogue characters and the timing of the change in the facial expression of the character image do not have to be the same. Also, the character image may appear with an expression corresponding to the dialogue. Also, the display of the dialogue characters may be started substantially simultaneously with the start of the display of the character image. In this case, it is desirable that the character image has an expression corresponding to the words from the time of appearance.

Substantially simultaneously with the start of the display of the dialogue characters, reproduction of dialogue sound data corresponding to the dialogue L1 of "I feel a curse", reproduction of sound effect data corresponding to the normal sound effect SE1 of "Pikin", and vibration device 72 Vibration of the production button 41 is started by the operation of . Here, in the dialog sound data (specific dialog sound data), a silent period during which no voice is output is provided for a predetermined amount of time before the dialog sound period corresponding to the output of the dialog sound. does not have a silent period. Therefore, the output of the normal sound effect SE1 and the vibrating sound (specific sound effect) of "Pikin" is started substantially simultaneously with the start of the display of the serif characters, and after a predetermined time, the output of the serif sound of "I feel a curse". is started.

Also, substantially simultaneously with the start of outputting the dialogue sound, a lip-syncing action (speech action) using the character image is started (Fig. 42 (A3)). It is desirable that the expression of the character image during this lip-syncing action maintains the anxious expression FE3 that has changed corresponding to the line L1.

Reproduction of dialogue sound data and sound effect data ends when output of dialogue sound and normal effect sound ends, respectively, and vibrating sound (specific sound effect) ends substantially at the same time as normal effect sound ends, for example. In addition, the length of the lip-syncing action of the character image (lip-syncing length) is set to M (medium), and the lip-syncing action is finished after outputting the dialogue sound. Also, after the lip-syncing action of the character image ends, the display of the dialogue characters ends, and the display of the character image ends at a predetermined timing after that. In other words, the lip-syncing action (speech action) by the character image ends after the end of the output of the dialogue sound and before the end of the display of the dialogue characters.

As described above, since the display of the dialogue characters corresponding to the dialogue sound is started before the output of the dialogue sound is started, and the effect sound is output, it is possible to effectively prevent the player from missing the dialogue sound. can.

Next, the time chart of the dialogue effect α3 shown in FIG. 42(b) will be described in comparison with the time chart of the dialogue effect α1 shown in FIG. 42(a). 41(a), the dialogue type L3 (this is...), the character type C1 (boy), the character facial expression FE2 (surprise), the tone of voice V2 (surprise), and the lip length S are shown in FIG. (short), serif character color W (white), normal sound effect SE1 (pikeen), and specific sound effect are set.

The dialog effect α3 shown in FIG. 42(b) has a dialog character and a dialog sound corresponding to the dialog L3, and the facial expression of the character image changes to a surprised facial expression FE2 corresponding to the dialog L3. 42 (B2) and (B3)), and the lip-syncing length of the character image is S (short) corresponding to the line L3. .

In this way, in the dialogue effect α3 of FIG. 42(b), the length of the dialogue L3 is shorter than the dialogue L1 of the dialogue effect α1, and the lip-syncing length is correspondingly shorter. And the end timing of the lip-syncing action is earlier than the dialogue effect α1. By varying the output period of the speech sound according to the length of the speech and ending the reproduction of the speech sound data at the same time as the output of the speech sound is completed, the audio reproduction channel can be quickly released. Note that the lip-syncing operation ends after the end of outputting the speech sound. On the other hand, although the dialogue length is different between the dialogue effects α3 and α1, the display periods of the dialogue characters are substantially the same. In addition, common sound effects are used for the speech production α3 and the speech production α1 in spite of the different types of speech.

Next, the time chart of the dialogue effect α2 shown in FIG. 43(a) will be described. As shown in FIG. 41(a), in the dialogue production α2, dialogue type L2 (the key to breaking the curse is here), character type C2 (girl), character expression FE4 (calm), voice tone V4 (calm), The lip-sync length L (long), serif character color W (white), normal sound effect SE1 (pickin), and specific sound effect are set respectively.

As shown in FIG. 43(a), in the dialogue effect α3, the display of the girl character C2 is first started on the liquid crystal display means 106 (FIG. 43(A1)). The facial expression of the character image at that time is, for example, the default calm facial expression FE4. Then, at a predetermined timing after the display of the character image is started, the liquid crystal display means 106 starts to display the words "here is the key to undo the curse" corresponding to the words L2. At that time, the facial expression of the character image changes to the facial expression corresponding to the dialogue, but in the case of dialogue production α3, the facial expression corresponding to the dialogue L2 is FE4, which is the same as the default facial expression, so the facial expression of the character image remains the default. It is maintained (Fig. 43 (A2)).

Substantially simultaneously with the start of the display of the dialogue characters, the dialogue sound data corresponding to the dialogue L2 of "Here is the key to undo the curse" and the sound effect data corresponding to the normal sound effect SE1 of "Pikin" are reproduced. , the vibration of the production button 41 by the operation of the vibration device 72 is started. Here, the dialog sound data is provided with a silent period during which no voice is output for a predetermined time before the dialog sound period corresponding to the output of the dialog sound, whereas the silent period is provided in the sound effect data. Therefore, the output of the normal sound effect SE1 and the vibrating sound (specific sound effect) of "Pikin" starts almost simultaneously with the start of the display of the serif characters, and after a predetermined time, "The key to undoing the curse is here." ni” starts to be output. Further, substantially simultaneously with the start of outputting the dialogue sound, a lip-syncing action (speech action) using the character image is started (Fig. 43 (A3)).

Reproduction of dialogue sound data and sound effect data ends when output of dialogue sound and normal effect sound ends, respectively, and vibrating sound (specific sound effect) ends substantially at the same time as normal effect sound ends, for example. Also, the length of the lip-syncing action of the character image (lip-syncing length) is L (long), and the lip-syncing action is finished after outputting the speech sound. Also, after the lip-syncing action of the character image ends, the display of the dialogue characters ends, and the display of the character image ends at a predetermined timing after that. The display period of the dialogue characters is substantially the same as that of the dialogue effects α1 and α3 (FIG. 42).

Next, the time chart of the dialogue effect α5 shown in FIG. 43(b) will be described while comparing it with the time chart of the dialogue effect α2 shown in FIG. 43(a). As shown in FIG. 41(a), in the line production α5, line type L4 (I was lucky if I drew the omikuji), character type C2 (girl), character expression FE1 (joy), voice tone V1 (joy), mouth It is set to length L (long), serif character color W (white), normal sound effect SE1 (pikeen), and with specific sound effect.

The dialogue effect α5 shown in FIG. 43(b) is that the dialogue characters and dialogue sound correspond to the dialogue L4, and the facial expression of the character image corresponds to the dialogue L4. 43(B2) and (B3)) differs from the dialogue effect α2 of FIG. 43(a).

Thus, in the dialogue effect α5 of FIG. 43(b), although the type of dialogue is different from the dialogue effect α2 and the length of the dialogue is different, the display period of the dialogue characters is substantially the same, and the lip-sync length is also different. They are almost the same. In this way, by using a common lip-syncing action for different lines, it is possible to reduce the amount of image data, although the presentation is somewhat unnatural. If the lip-sync length is set as close as possible to the display period of the serif characters, the unnaturalness of the presentation can be minimized. In addition, although the speech effects α5 and the speech effects α2 are different in the type of dialogue, a common sound effect is used.

Next, the time chart of the dialogue effect α7 shown in FIG. 44(a) will be described. As shown in FIG. 41(a), in the line production α7, line type L5 (I feel great), character type C1 (boy), character expression FE1 (joy), voice tone V1 (joy), lip sync Long M (medium), serif character color W (white), normal sound effect SE1 (pikeen), and specific sound effect are set respectively.

As shown in FIG. 44(a), in the dialogue production α7, the display of the boy character C1 on the liquid crystal display means 106 is first started. The facial expression of the character image at that time is, for example, the default calm facial expression FE4. Then, at a predetermined timing after the display of the character image is started, the display of the words "I feel great" corresponding to the words L5 on the liquid crystal display means 106 is started. At that time, the facial expression of the character image changes to a joyful facial expression FE1 corresponding to the line L5.

Substantially simultaneously with the start of the display of the dialogue characters, the dialogue sound data corresponding to the dialogue L5 of "I'm in the best mood", the sound effect data corresponding to the normal sound effect SE1 of "Pikin", and the vibration Vibration of the production button 41 by the operation of the device 72 is started. Here, the dialog sound data is provided with a silent period during which no voice is output for a predetermined time before the dialog sound period corresponding to the output of the dialog sound, whereas the silent period is provided in the sound effect data. Therefore, the output of the normal sound effect SE1 and the vibrating sound (specific sound effect) of "Pikin" is started almost simultaneously with the start of the display of the serif characters, and after a predetermined time, "It feels great." The output of the dialogue sound is started. Further, substantially simultaneously with the start of outputting the dialogue sound, a lip-syncing action (speech action) by the character image is started.

Reproduction of dialogue sound data and sound effect data ends when output of dialogue sound and normal effect sound ends, respectively, and vibrating sound (specific sound effect) ends substantially at the same time as normal effect sound ends, for example. In addition, the length of the lip-syncing action of the character image (lip-syncing length) is set to M (medium), and the lip-syncing action is finished after outputting the dialogue sound. Further, after the lip-syncing action of the character image ends, the display of the dialogue characters ends, and the display of the character image ends at a predetermined timing after that. The display period of the dialogue characters is substantially the same as the dialogue effects α1, α3 (FIG. 42), α2, α5 (FIG. 43).

Next, the time chart of the dialogue effect α8 shown in FIG. 44(b) will be described while comparing it with the time chart of the dialogue effect α7 shown in FIG. 44(a). In the dialogue production α8, as shown in FIG. 41(a), dialogue type L5 (I feel great), character type C1 (boy), character expression FE1 (joy), voice tone V1 (joy), lip sync It is set to long M (medium), serif character color R (red), normal sound effect SE2 (baburn), and specific sound effect.

The dialogue effect α8 shown in FIG. 44(b) has a dialogue type L5 (it feels great), a character type C1 (boy), a character expression FE1 (joy), a voice tone V1 (joy), and a lip length M (medium). 44(a) is common to the dialog effect α7 shown in FIG. 44(a), and differs from the dialog effect α7 shown in FIG. That is, in the dialogue effect α7 shown in FIG. 44(a), the dialogue character color is W (white) and the normal sound effect SE1 (Pickeen) is selected accordingly, whereas the dialogue effect shown in FIG. 44(b) is selected. In the dialogue production α8, the dialogue character color is R (red), and accordingly, the normal sound effect SE2 (baburn), which is flashier than the normal sound effect SE1 (pickin), is selected. In this way, in the dialogue production α of the present embodiment, the types of sound effects are assigned according to the display mode (here, color) of the dialogue characters.

44(b) is different from the dialogue effect α7 shown in FIG. The sound output start timing is usually common regardless of the length of the sound effect.

44(b) and the dialogue effect α7 shown in FIG. 44(a) have the same dialogue type L5 (I feel great), character type C1 (boy), etc. The reliability of the big hit differs depending on the color of the words and the sound effect (FIG. 41(a)).

Next, the time chart of dialogue effect α9 shown in FIG. 44(c) will be described while comparing it with the time chart of dialogue effect α7 of FIG. 44(a). As shown in FIG. 41(a), in the dialogue production α9, dialogue type L5 (I feel great), character type C2 (girl), character expression FE1 (joy), voice tone V1 (joy), lip sync Long M (medium), serif character color W (white), normal sound effect SE1 (pikeen), and specific sound effect are set respectively.

The speech effect α9 shown in FIG. 44(c) includes speech type L5 (I feel great), character expression FE1 (joy), voice tone V1 (joy), lip length M (medium), and speech character color W (white). ), and the normal sound effect SE1 (pikeen) is common to the dialogue production α7 shown in FIG. The big hit reliability differs depending on the difference (FIG. 41(a)).

As described above, in the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, the normal notice effect control means (dialogue effect execution means) 164 displays the dialogue characters and outputs the sound effects substantially simultaneously when executing the dialogue effect α. After starting, it is configured to start outputting the speech sound with a delay of a predetermined time. In addition, it is possible to output a sound effect according to the display mode of the dialogue character. The sound effects are common in both cases.

The normal notice effect control means (word effect execution means) 164 is configured to start displaying dialogue characters after starting display of the character image, and to start outputting dialogue sounds after starting display of the dialogue characters. there is Approximately at the same time as the dialogue sound is output, the speech movement using the character image is started, and after the output of the dialogue sound is completed, the speech movement using the character image is completed before the display of the dialogue characters is completed.

In addition, the utterance action by the character image is common between the case of the first line and the case of the second line. In addition, the expression of the character image is changed according to the speech before starting the output of the speech sound.

Further, as dialogue sound data, specific dialogue sound data having a silence period of a predetermined time before the output period of the dialogue sound is provided, and the normal notice effect control means (diaphragm effect execution means) 164 controls the display of the dialogue characters and the specific dialogue. By starting the reproduction of the sound data substantially at the same time, the output of the dialogue sound is started with a predetermined time delay from the start of display of the dialogue characters.

In addition, the normal notice effect control means (word effect execution means) 164 starts outputting the word sound with a predetermined time delay after starting the display of the word character, and lengthens the output period of the word sound according to the length of the word. Although the length is different, the length of the display period of serif characters is substantially the same.

Further, a non-specific period in which the volume ratio of the execution sound when the sound effect is executed is the first volume ratio between the case where the first setting volume is set and the case where the second setting volume is set. , and a specific period in which the volume non is a second volume ratio smaller than the first volume ratio, and during the non-specified period the normal sound effect is executed but the specific sound effect is not executed, and during the specific period the normal sound effect is performed. and a specific sound production. Further, the second set volume is the upper limit of the set volume that can be changed by the set volume changing means based on the volume adjustment operation by the player, and the volume of the specific sound effect is set to the second set volume. The volume is set lower than the normal sound production during the specific period.

Further, based on the volume adjustment operation by the player, the volume level in the normal sound effect is changed to at least a first level, a second level having a volume higher than the first level, and a volume higher than the second level. A first volume level changing means capable of changing to a third level that is increased, and a second volume level changing means capable of changing the volume level without depending on the volume adjustment operation based on the establishment of a predetermined condition, When set to the first level by the first sound volume level changing means, the volume of the normal sound effect is set to be more difficult to hear than the specific sound effect, and when set to the third level. , the volume of the normal sound effect is set to be easier to hear than the specific sound effect, and when the second level is set, the first level is set and/or the third level The difference between the volume of the specific sound effect and the volume of the normal sound effect is set to be smaller than when the level is set, and the second volume level changing means changes the volume when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The level is changed to the second level.

In addition, the sound volume of the execution sound when the normal sound effect is executed is different between the normal game state and the special game state, and the sound volume level changing means can When set to the minimum volume level, the volume of the normal sound effect is set to be harder to hear than the specific sound effect, and when set to the maximum volume level, it is set to be louder than the specific sound effect. The volume of normal sound effect is set so that it is easy to hear.

In addition, a first special effect that can suggest the possibility that the stop symbol will be in a specific mode when the specific sound effect is executed during the execution of the normal sound effect, and the specific sound effect is executed during the execution of the normal sound effect. A second special performance capable of notifying that the stop pattern will be in a specific mode when the second special performance is performed, and the first special performance has a volume of the normal sound performance with respect to the volume of the specific sound performance compared to the second special performance. is configured to be relatively small. Furthermore, the presentation time of the second special presentation is made longer than the presentation time of the first special presentation.

Further, the volume of the normal sound effect can be changed based on the normal volume change operation by the player, the volume of the specific sound effect can be changed based on the specific sound volume change operation by the player, and the volume by the normal volume change operation can be executed even when the normal sound effect is not being executed, and the volume change by the specific sound volume change operation can be executed only while the specific sound effect is being executed. Furthermore, the specific sound volume change operation is a contact and/or pressing action on a predetermined part, and during execution of the specific sound effect, it is possible to execute an operation guidance notification that guides the player to the specific sound volume change operation.

In addition, it comprises a display effect executing means capable of executing a display effect composed of a series of moving images connecting a plurality of scenes, and a sound effect executing means capable of executing a sound effect outputting sound from the audio output means, During execution of the display effect, the sound effect executing means starts executing the second sound effect after executing the first sound effect, and after passing through a silence period in which no sound is output from the sound output means, the display effect executing means The scene of the display effect is changed from the first scene to the second scene at the timing of executing the second sound effect. Further, the sound effect executing means starts outputting the second BGM after the BGM stop period after stopping the output of the first BGM, and the display effect executing means changes the scene of the display effect from the first scene at the timing of outputting the second BGM. It is designed to change to the second scene. Further, during the period when the BGM is stopped, a predetermined sound different from each BGM is output from the audio output means.

In addition, it is possible to execute a specific notice during the variable display of the pattern, and the specific notice includes a first half section that does not yet suggest the possibility of the specific mode, and a second half section that suggests the possibility of the specific mode after the first half section. and has an audio output means capable of outputting a sound relating to the specific notice when executing the specific notice, wherein the audio output means outputs the sound relating to the specific notice at a first volume when executing the first half section , the second half section is executed, the sound relating to the specific notice is output at a second volume that is higher than the first volume. Further, after execution of the first half section and before execution of the second half section, the sound relating to the specific notice is output at a third volume that is lower than the first volume.

FIG. 45 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the content of dialogue production α (FIG. 41) in the first embodiment is changed so that sound effects can be output according to the output mode of dialogue sounds. shows an example. FIG. 45 is different from FIG. 41 of the first embodiment only in gray portions. The different parts will be mainly described below.

As shown in FIG. 45(a), in the dialogue production α of the present embodiment, two types of facial expression and tone of voice (an example of output mode of dialogue sound) of the character are provided for dialogue L3 (this is...). ing. In other words, the speech effects α3 and α4 are both L3 in the type of dialogue (this is...), while the facial expression and voice tone of the character are FE3 and V3, which correspond to anxiety, and the dialogue effect α4 is used. are FE1 and V1 corresponding to joy.

In addition, the dialogue effects α3 and α4 have the same dialogue character color of W (white), but normal sound effects are output in accordance with the character's expression and tone of voice. That is, in dialogue production α3, a normal sound effect SE3 (grunt) is output corresponding to character expression FE3 (anxiety) and voice tone V3 (anxiety) (FIG. 45(g)), and in dialogue production α4, character expression FE1 ( joy), and a normal sound effect SE1 (pikeen) is output corresponding to the voice tone V1 (joy).

In addition, the speech productions α3 and α4 have the same speech and characters, and the reliability of the big hit differs depending on the character's facial expression, tone of voice, and type of sound effect.

In this way, a plurality of character facial expressions and voice tones (speech sound output modes) are provided for the same speech, and sound effects are output according to the character's facial expressions and speech sound output modes (for example, voice tones). Different degrees of reliability may be used.

It should be noted that the characters may have the same facial expressions but different voice tones, and may be configured to output a sound effect corresponding to the voice tones. Alternatively, the voice tone may be the same, but the facial expression of the character may be different, and a sound effect corresponding to the facial expression of the character may be output. Also, the display mode (display color) of the serif characters may be changed according to the difference in the sound effect.

FIG. 46 exemplifies the third embodiment of the present invention, showing an example in which the first embodiment is partially modified to have different sound effects for each type of character image. FIG. 46 differs from FIG. 41 of the first embodiment only in gray portions. The different parts will be mainly described below.

In the dialogue production α of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 46A, the normal sound effect SE1 is assigned to the character C1, and the normal sound effect SE2 is assigned to the character C2. As a result, among the dialogue productions α7 to α10 to which the dialogue L5 is assigned, the dialogue productions α9 and α10 of the character C2 and the normal sound effect SE2 are more reliable than the dialogue productions α7 and α8 of the character C1 and the normal sound effect SE1. degree is high.

FIGS. 47 to 49 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the present invention, in which the volume level setting table (FIG. 15) in the first embodiment is changed so that the volume level adjustable range is different for each hall setting value. example. Note that portions that are not particularly mentioned in the following description are common to the first embodiment.

In the sound volume level setting table of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 47, for the normal mode hole setting values (values A) T3 to T7, the player setting values (values B) M1 to M5 The level changes by a predetermined step value, and the predetermined step value differs for each of the hall set values T3 to T7, and the greater the hall set value, the greater the predetermined step value. Further, the volume level corresponding to the minimum player set value M1 is the same for all of the hall set values T3 to T7. For example, the volume levels corresponding to the hall set value T3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 corresponding to the player set values M1 to M5. On the other hand, the sound volume levels corresponding to the hole set value T7 are 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 corresponding to the player set values M1 to M5, and the predetermined step value is 7 in this case.

As described above, in the volume level setting table of the present embodiment, the first A value (for example, T3) is selected by operating the volume adjustment knob (A operation means) 140, and the first A value is selected by operation of the volume operation means (B operation means) 39. When the 1st Otsu value (eg M1) is selected, the first predetermined value (eg 3) is set, the 1st A value (eg T3) is selected, and the 2nd Otsu value that is larger than the 1st Otsu value (for example, M2) is selected, the second predetermined value (for example, 6) is set, the second A value (for example, T4) is selected, and the first B value (for example, M1) is selected, the third A predetermined value (eg, 3) is set, the second A value (eg, T4) is selected, and when the second B value (eg, M2) is selected, a fourth predetermined value (eg, 7) is set, and the first The amount of change (eg, 3) between the predetermined value and the second predetermined value is made different from the amount of change (eg, 4) between the third predetermined value and the fourth predetermined value, and the first value (eg, T3) is selected. , when the upper limit B value at that time (eg M5) is selected, the first upper limit predetermined value (eg 15) is set, the second A value (eg T4) is selected, and the upper limit B value at that time ( For example, when M5) is selected, a second upper limit predetermined value (for example, 19) is set, and the first upper limit value and the second upper limit value are different, so the volume adjustment knob 140 is operated on the game hall side. By doing so, it is possible for the player to change the adjustable range of the sound volume level. Moreover, since the first predetermined value and the third predetermined value are the same, it is possible to change the upper limit of the volume adjustable range by operating the volume control knob 140 .

In addition, while the volume of the normal sound effect changes according to the volume level setting, the volume of the specific sound effect is constant regardless of the volume level setting. When the first A value (for example, M3) is selected by the means) 39, the second A value (for example, T4 ) is selected, the volume of the normal sound effect is relatively higher than the volume of the specific sound effect.

In this embodiment, the initial position (default player setting value) differs for each of the hole setting values T3 to T7 for the normal mode. That is, as shown in FIG. 47, the initial positions for the hall set values T3 to T7 are M1 to M5, respectively. is also large.

The hall set value T8 for the power saving mode is, for example, the same setting as the hall set value T3, which has the smallest upper limit value of the sound volume level among the hall set values T3 to T7 for the normal mode. Further, the hall set value T9 for the power saving mode is set to be the same as the hall set value T7, which has the largest upper limit value of the sound volume level among the hall set values T3 to T7 for the normal mode, for example. The same is true for the initial position.

Further, among the hall set values T0 to T2 that are not normally selected on the game hall side, in the hall set value T0 for silence, the volume levels corresponding to the player set values M1 to M5 are all 0 (silence). The hall set value T1 is for presentation, for example, the volume level corresponding to the minimum level player set value M1 is 1, and the volume levels corresponding to the other player set values M2 to M5 are the same as, for example, the hall set value T3. It has become. The hall set value T2 is for factory shipment, for example, the volume level corresponding to the minimum stage player set value M1 is 2, and the sound volume level corresponding to the other player set values M2 to M5 is, for example, the hall set value T3. is the same as The initial positions for the hole set values T0 to T2 are all set to the minimum M1, for example.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, regarding the volume level when outputting the error sound, regardless of the player's set value by the volume operation means 39, the maximum volume level corresponding to the hall set value at that time (here, the player's set value volume level corresponding to M5). As described above, the volume level of the error sound is always the upper limit value corresponding to the hole set value at that time, and thus cannot be changed by the player operating the volume control means 39. It is possible for the user to change the volume by operating the volume control knob 140 .

FIG. 48 and FIG. 49 are obtained by modifying FIG. 21 in the first embodiment according to the present embodiment. When the upper limit value is set to T7 (first selection value) where the maximum value is set, the player setting value (volume setting value) by the volume operation means (first operation means) 39 is set to M1 (first volume setting value) to M5 Fig. 48 shows the change in volume when set to (second volume setting value). FIG. 49 shows changes in volume when the player setting value (volume setting value) is set to M1 (first volume setting value) to M5 (second volume setting value). As shown in FIG. 47, when the hole setting value is set to T3 (second selection value) and T7 (first selection value), the player setting value The volume level (second corresponding volume level) when the value is set to M5 (second volume setting value) is low. Also, the volumes corresponding to volume levels 3 (first corresponding volume level), 10, 17, 24 and 31 (second corresponding volume level) in FIG. It is made to be common with the corresponding volume.

Comparing FIG. 48 and FIG. 49, the lower limit value (first corresponding volume level) of the volume level is common, and the upper limit value (second corresponding volume level) is lower in FIG. 49 (1.097) is smaller than that in FIG. 48 (1.200). 48 in which the hole set value is set to T7 (first selection value) and in the case of FIG. 49 in which the hole set value is set to T3 (second selection value), the player When the set value is set to M1 (first volume set value), the volume of the specific sound effect is louder than the volume of the normal sound effect, and the volume of the specific sound effect is easier to hear than the normal sound effect. It has become. 48 in which the hole set value is set to T7 (first selection value) and in the case of FIG. 49 in which the hole set value is set to T3 (second selection value), the player When the setting value is set to M5 (second volume setting value), the volume of the specific sound effect is smaller than the volume of the normal sound effect, and the volume of the specific sound effect is difficult to hear compared to the normal sound effect. It has become.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the first B value is selected by the volume operation means (B operation means) 39, the volume adjustment knob (A operation means) 140 selects the first A value. The volume of the normal sound effect is relatively higher than the volume of the specific sound effect when the 2nd A value is selected.

In addition, a volume for changing the player setting value (volume setting value) regarding the volume level of the normal sound effect to M1 (first volume setting value) and M5 (second volume setting value) is arranged on the front side of the main body. A volume operation means (first operation means) 39 capable of changing the setting value, and a plurality of hall setting values (selection values) arranged on the rear side of the main body, M1 (first volume setting value) and a second corresponding volume level corresponding to M5 (second volume setting value), and a plurality of hall setting values. (Selection value) includes at least T7 (first selection value) and T3 (second selection value), which is smaller than T7 (first selection value) and has a lower second corresponding volume level corresponding to player setting value M5 (second volume setting value). In addition, even if the volume control knob 140 is set to either the hall setting value T7 (first selection value) or T3 (second selection value), the volume operation means 39 adjusts the player setting value M1 (second selection value). 1 volume set value), the volume of the specific sound effect is easier to hear than the volume of the normal sound effect, and the volume adjustment knob 140 adjusts the hall set values T7 (first selected value) and T3 ( 2nd selected value), when the player set value M5 (second volume set value) is set by the volume operation means 39, the volume of the normal sound effect It is configured so that the volume of the specific sound production is hard to hear.

FIGS. 50-52 illustrate a fifth embodiment of the present invention wherein, for at least some hall setting values in the volume level setting table, the volume level corresponding to each player setting value is at least some hall setting values. Although the set values are common, an example is shown in which the maximum sound volume level is varied by varying the range of the player set values between the hall set values.

The volume level setting table (FIG. 50) of the present embodiment corresponds to the 10-level hall setting values T0 to T9 by the volume control knob 140 and the 10-level player setting values M1 to M10 by the volume control means 39. However, the possible range of player setting values differs for each hall setting value. As in the fourth embodiment, the hall set value T0 is for silence, T1 is for presentation, T2 is for factory shipment, T3 to T7 are for normal mode, and T8 and T9 are for power saving mode.

For the hall set values T3 to T7 for the normal mode, the volume levels corresponding to the player set values M1 to M10 are all the same. It changes by a predetermined step value (here, 9) until the sound volume level 86 corresponding to the value M10.

On the other hand, regarding the possible range of the player setting values, the upper limit is different for each of the hole setting values T3 to T7, and the lower limit is common. That is, the lower limit of the possible range of the player set values is M1 for each of the hole set values T3 to T7, whereas the upper limit of the possible range of the player set values is M6 for each of the hole set values T3 to T7. ~M10. As a result, the upper limit values of the volume level for the hall set values T3 to T7 are 50, 59, 68, 77, and 86, respectively, and the larger the hall set value, the larger the upper limit value of the volume level.

As described above, in this embodiment, the sound volume level corresponding to each player setting value is common for each of the hall setting values T3 to T7 for the normal mode, and the upper limit of the range that the player setting value can take is made different. Therefore, by operating the volume adjustment knob 140, it is possible to change the upper limit of the adjustable range of the volume level, and even if the volume adjustment knob 140 is changed, the player is unlikely to feel uncomfortable when adjusting the volume. There is an advantage.

In this embodiment, the initial positions corresponding to the hole set values T3 to T7 for the normal mode are set at the upper limit of the possible range of the player set values. That is, as shown in FIG. 50, the initial positions for the hall set values T3 to T7 are M6 to M10, respectively. is also large.

The hall set value T8 for the power saving mode is, for example, the same setting as the hall set value T3, which has the smallest upper limit value of the sound volume level among the hall set values T3 to T7 for the normal mode. Further, the hall set value T9 for the power saving mode is set to be the same as the hall set value T7, which has the largest upper limit value of the sound volume level among the hall set values T3 to T7 for the normal mode, for example. The same is true for the initial position.

Further, with respect to the hole set value T0, the sound volume levels corresponding to the player set values M1 to M10 are all 0 (no sound). Regarding the hole set value T1, the sound volume levels corresponding to the player set values M1 to M10 are all the same as in the case of the hall set values T3 to T7, and the upper limit of the range that the player set value can take is, for example, the hall set value T3. is the same M6 as in the case of . Regarding the hall set value T2, the volume levels corresponding to the player set values M1 to M10 are all the same as the hall set values T3 to T7, and the upper limit of the possible range of the player set values is, for example, the hall set value T4. is the same M7 as in the case of .

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the volume level for outputting the error sound is set to the maximum volume level corresponding to the hall setting value at that time, regardless of the player's setting value by the volume control means 39 .

As described above, in the volume level setting table of the present embodiment, the first A value (for example, T3) is selected by operating the volume adjustment knob (A operation means) 140, and the operation of the volume operation means (B operation means) 39 When the first B value (eg M1) is selected, the first predetermined value (eg 5) is set, and the first B value (eg T3) is selected and is greater than the first B value. A second predetermined value (e.g. 14) is set when a value (e.g. M2) is selected, and a second predetermined value (e.g. T4) is selected and a first otsu value (e.g. M1) is selected. 3 predetermined value (e.g. 5) is set, and when the 2nd A value (e.g. T4) is selected and the 2nd B value (e.g. M2) is selected, the fourth predetermined value (e.g. 14) is set; When the second value (for example, T4) is selected and the third value (for example, M7) larger than the second value is selected, the fifth predetermined value (for example, 59) is set, and the first predetermined value is set. (e.g. 5) and the third predetermined value (e.g. 5) are the same, the second predetermined value (e.g. 14) and the fourth predetermined value (e.g. 14) are the same, and the third B value (e.g. M7) is Since it is not included in the selectable first selection range (for example, M1 to M6) when the first first value (for example, T3) is selected, the player operates the volume adjustment knob 140 on the game hall side. It is possible to change the adjustable range of the volume level by Moreover, since the upper limit of the player setting value (value B) that can be selected by operating the volume operation means (Otsu operation means) 39 differs between the normal mode hall setting values (specified value A) T3 to T7, the volume By operating the adjustment knob 140, it is possible to change the upper limit of the adjustable range of the sound volume level.

FIG. 51 and FIG. 52 are modified from FIG. 21 in the first embodiment according to the present embodiment. FIG. 51 shows changes in volume when the player's setting value is set to M1 to M10 by the volume operation means (first operation means) 39 when T7 is set as shown in FIG. FIG. 52 shows changes in volume when the player setting values are set to M1 to M6 when the upper limit of the level is set to T3, which is the minimum. As shown in FIG. 50, when the hall set value is set to T3, the changeable range of the volume level by the volume control means 39 is 5 (first level) to 50 (second level) (second changeable range). When the hall set value is set to T7, the changeable range of the volume level by the volume control means 39 is 5 (first level) to 86 (third level) (first changeable range). It's becoming Also, the volume corresponding to the range of volume levels 5 to 86 in FIG. 51 is made common to the volume corresponding to the range of volume levels 3 to 7 in FIG.

As is clear from FIGS. 51 and 52, when the player setting value is set to M2 (sound volume level 14) or less, the volume of the specific sound effect is larger than the volume of the normal sound effect, and the volume of the normal sound effect is higher. On the other hand, while the volume of the specific sound effect is easy to hear, when the player setting value is set to M3 (volume level 23) or higher, the volume of the specific sound effect is higher than the volume of the normal sound effect. It is small, and the volume of the specific sound effect is difficult to hear compared to the normal sound effect.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the volume level of the normal sound effect placed on the front side of the main body is set to 5 (first level), 50 (second level), which is higher than that, and 50 (second level), which is higher than that. A volume operating means (first operating means) 39 capable of changing the volume level for changing to a large 86 (third level), and a range in which the volume level can be changed by the volume operating means 39 arranged on the rear side of the main body. The changeable range switchable by the changeable range switching operation is provided with a volume adjustment knob (second operation means) 140 capable of changing the changeable range switching operation for switching the changeable range when set to the hall setting value T7 , 5 (first level), 50 (second level) and 86 (third level), and 5 (first level) and 50 ( the second changeable range including 86 (second level) and excluding 86 (third level), and when the volume level of the normal sound effect is set to 5 (first level), the volume of the normal sound effect On the other hand, the volume of the specific sound effect is easy to listen to, and when the volume level of the normal sound effect is set to 50 (second level) or 86 (third level), the specific sound is reduced to the volume of the normal sound effect. The sound volume of the performance is configured to be difficult to hear.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in the embodiment, in a lottery for determining the type of dialogue production α, dialogue productions α1 to α10 are provided in which items such as the type of dialogue and the type of character (character) are set in advance, and these dialogue productions α1 to α10 are provided. However, for example, a selection lottery for the type of dialogue is performed, and based on the result, a selection lottery for the type of character (character) is performed. It may be configured to determine the type.

In the dialogue production, the display of dialogue characters may be started substantially at the same time as the start of display of the character image. Also, the timing of starting the display of the dialogue characters and the timing of the change in the facial expression of the character image do not have to be the same. After starting the display of the dialogue characters, the facial expression of the character may be changed substantially at the same time as the character starts lip-syncing.

In the embodiment, a plurality of voice tones are provided as an example of output mode of dialogue sounds, but the output mode is not limited to voice tone, tone, tempo, and the like may be used. Although a plurality of types of character colors are provided as an example of the display mode of the serif characters, the display mode is not limited to the character color, and may be the type of font, size, type of effect, or the like.

Although only one type of specific sound effect pattern is provided in the embodiment, a plurality of types may be provided. In FIG. 53, there are two patterns of vibrating sound (specific effect sound) generated by vibrating the production button 41 by operating the vibrating device 72: a continuous pattern (FIG. 53(a)) and an intermittent pattern (FIG. 53(b)). For example, depending on the type of normal sound effect, a continuous pattern vibration sound is generated when the normal sound effect is SE1 (Pikeen), and an intermittent pattern vibration sound is generated when the normal sound effect is SE2 (Babaan). It shows an example of what to do.

Note that it is not necessary to have a one-to-one correspondence between normal sound effects and specific sound effects. For example, sound effects can be diversified by combining multiple types of normal sound effects and multiple types of specific sound effects. In this case, only one of the normal sound effect and the specific sound effect may be output.

Sound effects (normal sound effects and specific sound effects) may not be output in some cases. Even if the sound effect is not output, by starting the display of the dialogue characters before starting the output of the dialogue sound, a certain effect can be expected in terms of preventing the player from missing the dialogue sound.

In the embodiment, the specific effect sound produced by driving the movable body (predetermined portion) by the drive means is exemplified by the vibration sound produced by the vibration of the effect button 41 caused by the operation of the vibration device 72, but it is not limited to this. Instead, the operation sound of the rotating body 44 that reciprocates by driving the rotation driving means 47, or the collision sound of the first board movable body 107 descending at high speed, may be used as the specific effect sound.

In the embodiment, the output of the sound effect is started substantially at the same time as the display of the dialogue character is started. It does not have to be substantially at the same time as the start timing.

Also, it is possible to output a plurality of types of sound effects (for example, a normal sound effect and a specific sound effect). (For example, a specific sound effect) may be output earlier (or later). When the second sound effect is started before the first sound effect (for example, when the character image starts to be displayed), the output of the second sound effect may be finished at substantially the same time as the first sound effect is started to be output, After the output of the first sound effect is started, the output of the second sound effect may be finished before the output is finished, the first sound effect and the second sound effect may be finished substantially at the same time, or the first sound effect may be finished. The second sound effect may end after the end of .

The button effect and the dialogue effect may be combined, and the dialogue effect α may be executed when the player operates the effect button 41 or the like during the effective operation period of the button effect. In this case, the display of the character image may be started at the time of the button presentation, and the output of the sound effect and the display of the dialogue characters may be started substantially at the same time as the player's button operation.

Further, the present invention can be similarly implemented in various pinball game machines such as an arrange ball machine and a mammoth game machine, as well as game machines other than pinball game machines such as slot machines.

164 normal notice effect control means (dialogue effect execution means)

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a dialogue effect executing means for executing a dialogue effect for outputting a dialogue sound and displaying a dialogue character corresponding to the dialogue sound;
In a gaming machine in which the dialogue effect executing means is capable of outputting the dialogue sound by reproducing dialogue sound data,
The dialogue sound data includes specific dialogue sound data having a silent period of a predetermined time before the output period of the dialogue sound,
The dialogue production execution means can output sound effects by reproducing sound effect data ,
The dialogue effect executing means starts display of the dialogue characters, reproduction of the sound effect data, and reproduction of the specific dialogue sound data at substantially the same time, so that the display of the dialogue characters and the output of the sound effects are performed at substantially the same time. starting to output the speech sound with a delay of the predetermined time;
The sound effects include a first sound effect whose output is finished after the start of the output period of the dialogue sound and a second sound effect other than the first sound effect,
The degree of reliability regarding the occurrence of a profit state advantageous to the player is differentiated between when the first sound effect is output and when the second sound effect is output.
A gaming machine characterized by:

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