JP7168258B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to gaming machines.

When a lottery for a jackpot game that is advantageous to the player is held when a predetermined starting condition is met, the gaming machine changes the decorative symbols on the display means to display the judgment result (for example, patent Reference 1).

JP 2008-246019 A

By the way, in a gaming machine, an effect may be executed while an effect image is displayed on a predetermined display means.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to improve interest in a production using a production image or the like.

The present invention, which achieves the above object, is implemented as a game machine as follows. This gaming machine (for example, pachinko gaming machine 100) is a special game determination means (for example, a special symbol determination unit 234) that determines whether or not to perform a special game, and based on the determination result by the special game determination means, Effect control means (e.g., effect control unit 300) capable of displaying game effects on display means, and command transmission means (e.g., output control unit 240) capable of transmitting commands corresponding to the progress of the game to the effect control means. and, the effect control means can receive commands transmitted from the command transmission means, can display a predetermined game effect, can display effect symbols on the display means, and It is possible to execute a variable performance of changing and then stopping the performance pattern, and when receiving a specific command related to the variable performance, the performance pattern is stopped and displayed, and when the performance pattern is displayed, the light-emitting performance is displayed. It is executable, the light emitting effect includes a first light emitting effect and a second light emitting effect, and the effect patterns include a first effect pattern and a second effect pattern different from the first effect pattern. , the first light emitting effect can be executed while the second effect symbol is displayed, the light emitting image can be displayed in the first light emitting effect, and the second effect symbol is the In the specific variation performance performed based on the execution of the special game not being covered by the light-emitting image, the second light-emitting performance can be executed, and in the case where the specific variation performance is performed, the specific When the specific command related to the variable effect is received, the time from the execution of the second light emitting effect to the stop display of the effect symbol is a first time, and when the specific variable effect is performed, When the next specific command is received without receiving the specific command related to the specific variation effect, the time from the execution of the second light emission effect to the stop display of the effect symbol is the first time. is a second time that is longer than

It should be noted that the above-mentioned reference numerals in this column are given for illustrative purposes when describing the present invention, and the present invention is not limited by these reference numerals.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the interest in the production using the production image or the like.

1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment; FIG. (a) is an enlarged view showing an example of a display device arranged at the lower left of the game board, and (b) is a partial plan view of the pachinko game machine. It is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the control unit of the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an image/sound control unit and a lamp control unit according to the embodiment; It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the game control part of this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation|movement of the basic process by a game control part. It is a flow chart showing the operation of the power-off processing by the game control unit. It is a flowchart which shows the main control processing of a game control part. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a starting opening switch process. 4 is a flowchart showing the details of gate switch processing; It is a flow chart which shows the contents of special design processing. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a jackpot determination process. It is a flow chart which shows the contents of fluctuation pattern selection processing. It is a flow chart which shows the contents of processing during suspension. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a customer waiting setting process. It is a flow chart showing the contents of normal design processing. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a special winning opening process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a game state setting process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of an electric tulip process. It is a diagram showing a configuration example of the random number used in the present embodiment, (a) is a diagram showing a configuration example of the jackpot random number, (b) is a diagram showing a configuration example of the jackpot pattern random number, (c ) is a diagram showing a configuration example of a reach random number, and (d) is a diagram showing a configuration example of a winning random number. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of a variation pattern and a table used in variation pattern selection processing. It is a block diagram for explaining a configuration example of the RAM of the game control unit, (a) is a block diagram showing the configuration of the storage area, (b) is a block diagram showing the configuration of each storage unit shown in (a) is. It is a block diagram for explaining a configuration example of the RAM of the effect control unit, (a) is a block diagram showing the configuration of a reserved storage area, (b) is a block showing the configuration of each of the storage unit shown in (a) It is a diagram. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a prior determination process. It is a flow chart which shows operation of a production control part, (a) is a figure showing main processing, and (b) is a figure showing interruption processing. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of command reception processing; 27 is a flow chart showing the contents of the pre-determination effect selection process and the effect selection process of FIG. 26. FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing the contents of the jackpot effect selection process of FIG. 26; FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing the contents of the ending effect selection process of FIG. 26; FIG. FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing the contents of a customer waiting command reception process of FIG. 26; FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content of production|presentation button processing. It is a variation performance pattern table for big hits in a low probability time saving non-playing state. A variable effect pattern table for small hits and losses in a low probability time saving non-game state is shown. It is a figure which shows one mode of the production|presentation which a production|presentation control part performs using an image display part. It is a figure which shows one mode of the production|presentation which a production|presentation control part performs using an image display part. It is a figure which shows one mode of the production|presentation which a production|presentation control part performs using an image display part. 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FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of sound output in example 3 of variation presentation and example 4 of variation presentation; FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of sound output in example 7 of variation presentation and example 8 of variation presentation; (a) and (b) are diagrams for explaining the relationship between an event when a command is missed and a chance eye lighting effect. (a) and (b) are diagrams for explaining the relationship between an event when a command is missed and a ready-to-win effect. (a) and (b) are diagrams for explaining the execution timing relationship between an event when a command is missed and a lighting effect using decorative symbols.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[First embodiment]
[Basic configuration of game machine]
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine 100 according to this embodiment.
A pachinko gaming machine 100 as an example of the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1 is configured to pay out prize balls when a game ball hit by a player's instruction operation wins. This pachinko game machine 100 comprises a game board 110 on which game balls are launched, and a frame member 150 surrounding the game board 110.例文帳に追加The game board 110 is detachably attached to the frame member 150 .

The game board 110 has a game area 111 for playing a game with game balls, a rail member 112 forming a passage for the game balls shot from below to rise to an upper position of the game area 111, and a game board 110. A guide member 113 for guiding game balls is provided on the right side of the area 111 .
In the present embodiment, an image display section 114 for displaying various images for presentation is arranged at a position of the game area 111 that is easily visible to the player. The image display unit 114 has a display screen such as a liquid crystal display, and displays, for example, decorative symbols for informing the player of the symbol lottery result (symbol fluctuation result) as the player progresses the game. An effect image due to the appearance of a character or an item, or an effect image using a hold display, which will be described later, is displayed.
In addition, a movable accessory 115 and a board lamp 116 used for various effects are provided on the front surface of the game board 110 . The movable accessory 115 performs various effects by operating on the game board 110, and the board lamp 116 performs various effects by emitting light.

The game area 111 is provided with game pegs, windmills and the like (not shown) for changing the direction in which the game ball falls. Also, in the game area 111, various accessories related to prize winning and lottery are arranged at predetermined positions. In addition, the game area 111 is provided with a discharge port 117 for discharging out of the game area 111 those game balls that have hit the game area 111 but have not entered the winning opening.

In this embodiment, as various accessories related to winning and lottery, when a game ball wins, a special symbol lottery (jackpot lottery) starts 121 and 2nd start port 122, and when a game ball passes through, normal A starting gate (hereinafter simply referred to as a gate) 124 for starting a symbol lottery (opening/closing lottery) is arranged on the game board 110 . In FIG. 1, the gates 124 are provided on the left and right sides of the game area 111, respectively, the left gate 124 is described as 124L, and the right gate 124 is described as 124R. Further, the first starting port 121 and the second starting port 122 referred to herein refer to a prize winning port that triggers the operation of one predetermined special symbol display device. Specifically, the first start port 121 and the second start port 122 are provided with switches (first start port switch 211 and second start port switch 212, which will be described later) that detect the passage of game balls at the time of winning. It is When the game ball enters the first start port 121 or the second start port 122, the switch detects the passage of the game ball, which triggers the activation of the special symbol display.

The second starting port 122 is provided with an electric tulip (opening/closing member) 123 as a normal electric accessory, in which a pair of tulip-shaped blades are opened and closed by an electric solenoid and lighted. In the electric tulip 123, when the blades are closed, it is difficult for the game ball to enter the second start port 122, but when the blades are opened, the entrance of the second start port 122 expands and the game ball enters the second start port 122. Designed for easy access. When the electric tulip 123 wins the normal pattern lottery, the wings open for a specified time (for example, 0.15 seconds to 1.8 seconds) and for a specified number of times (for example, 1 time to 3 times) while lighting or blinking.

A pachinko game machine 100 has, as game states, a low-probability state with a low winning probability and a high-probability state with a higher winning probability than the low-probability state, based on the winning probability of a jackpot lottery. Then, the state is controlled to either the low probability state or the high probability state based on a predetermined condition.
In addition, the pachinko game machine 100 has two game states: an electric sapo state in which there are few chances of winning the second starting port 122, and an electric sapo state in which there are more chances to win a prize in the second starting port 122 than in the no electric sapo state. have. Then, for example, under a predetermined condition such as triggered by the number of lotteries of a big hit or a special symbol lottery, it is controlled to either the state of no power supply or the power supply state. The electric sapo state is, for example, shortening the normal symbol fluctuation time, extending the opening time of the electric tulip 123, or increasing the winning probability of the normal symbol lottery. It is a game state controlled by combination.
In addition, the pachinko game machine 100 has, as game states, a time-saving no state with a long special symbol variation time and a time-saving state with a shorter special symbol variation time than the no time-saving state.
In addition, in this Embodiment, an electric support state and a time saving state shall be controlled simultaneously. Further, in the following description, the electric sapo state and time saving state are simply referred to as the time saving state, and the electric sapo no state and no time saving state are simply referred to as no time saving state.

In addition, in the present embodiment, as other accessories related to winning and lottery, there is a large winning opening 125 as a special electric accessory that is opened according to the result of the special symbol lottery, and a lottery is performed even if the game ball wins. A normal prize winning port 126 is provided on the game board 110.例文帳に追加A special winning opening door 125</b>D for opening and closing the special winning opening 125 is provided in the special winning opening 125 . In the following description, the opening/closing state and opening/closing operation of the big winning opening door 125D may be referred to as the opening/closing state and opening/closing operation of the big winning opening 125 for convenience.
In this embodiment, a display 130 for displaying the lottery results and the number of pending games is arranged at the lower left position of the game board 110 .

By the way, in the pachinko gaming machine 100 shown in FIG. 1 , the second starting opening provided with the electric tulip 123 and the big winning opening 125 are arranged in the right area of the game area 111 . Therefore, in the pachinko game machine 100 of the present embodiment, when trying to win the second start opening 122 or the big winning opening 125, the game ball is made to flow down to the area on the right side of the game area 111. .

In addition, on the back side of the game board 110, there are a game control board for determining the winning of special symbols, etc., an effect control board for comprehensively controlling effects, an image control board for controlling effects by images and sounds, various lamps and Various substrates (not shown) such as a lamp control substrate for controlling the performance by the movable accessory 115 are attached. A switching power supply (not shown) that converts the supplied 24V AC power into DC power and outputs the DC power to various substrates is arranged on the rear surface of the game board 110 .

When the player touches the handle 151 and rotates the lever 152 clockwise, the frame member 150 shoots game balls at predetermined time intervals (for example, 100 balls per minute) with a hitting force corresponding to the operation angle. Equipped with a launcher (not shown) that fires electrically. In addition, the frame member 150 includes a supply device (not shown) that sequentially supplies game balls to the shooting device one by one at a timing that is interlocked with the player's operation of the lever 152, and a game ball that the supply device supplies to the shooting device. and a plate 153 for temporarily storing. To this plate 153, balls to be paid out by a payout unit are put out, for example.
In this embodiment, the plate 153 is formed integrally with the upper and lower plates. A configuration example in which the handle 151 of the launcher emits light under predetermined conditions is also conceivable.

The frame member 150 also includes a stop button 154 for temporarily stopping the shooting of the game balls even when the player is touching the handle 151 of the shooting device, and a game ball accumulated in the tray 153. and an eject button 155 for dropping it into a box (not shown) and ejecting it.
The frame member 150 also includes a speaker 156 and a frame lamp 157 for announcing the game state and situation of the pachinko gaming machine 100 and performing various effects. The speaker 156 performs various productions using music, voice, and sound effects. The frame lamp 157 is composed of a light-emitting body such as an LED, and performs various effects with light depending on the pattern of lighting and blinking and the difference in emission color. As for the frame lamp 157, a configuration example is conceivable in which it is possible to perform an effect of changing the irradiation direction of light.
The frame member 150 also has a transparent plate (not shown) for separating the game board 110 from the player.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2(a) is an enlarged view showing an example of the display 130 arranged at the lower left of the game board 110. FIG. 2(b) is a partial plan view of the pachinko gaming machine 100. FIG.
The indicator 130 of the pachinko game machine 100, as shown in FIG. A second special symbol display 222 that operates correspondingly and a normal symbol display 223 that operates corresponding to the passage of the gate 124 are provided. The first special symbol display device 221 variably displays the special symbols based on the winning of the first starting port 121, and then stops the display to display the lottery result. The second special symbol display device 222 variably displays the special symbols based on the winning of the second starting port 122, and then stops the display to display the lottery result. The normal symbol display device 223 variably displays the normal symbols based on the passage of the game ball through the gate 124, and then stops the display to display the lottery result. In this embodiment, the first special symbol display device 221 and the second special symbol display device 222 are each composed of a display device in which LEDs are arranged, and the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is displayed depending on the lighting mode. Similarly, the normal symbol display device 223 is also composed of a display device in which LEDs are arranged, and the lottery result of the normal symbol lottery is displayed according to the lighting mode thereof.

In addition, the display device 130 is a first special symbol reservation display device 218 that operates in response to the suspension on the first special symbol display device 221, and a second special symbol display device 218 that operates in response to the suspension on the second special symbol display device 222. A 2 special design reservation display 219 and a normal design reservation display 220 which operates corresponding to the reservation by the normal design display 223 are provided. In this embodiment, the first special symbol reservation display device 218, the second special symbol reservation display device 219 and the normal symbol reservation display device 220 are each composed of a display device in which LEDs are arranged, and the number of reservations is determined by the lighting mode. Is displayed.

Here, the hold will be explained. When the game ball enters the first starting port 121 or the second starting port 122 during the variable display operation of the special symbols (while the variable display for one prize is being performed), the special symbols are changing. Secondly, it is not possible to start the variable display operation of the special symbols based on the subsequent prize winning. Therefore, subsequent winnings are stored up to a specified number (for example, 4), and the right to start the special symbols for the winning game ball is not retained until the variable display operation for the first winning game ball is completed. Reserved.
It should be noted that the same processing as that for the special symbols is performed for the normal symbols. The fact that such a reservation is made and the number of reservations (unchanged number) are displayed on the first special symbol reservation display 218, the second special design reservation display 219 and the normal design reservation display 220.

Furthermore, the indicator 130 has a status indicator 224 that displays the status of the pachinko gaming machine 100 . In this embodiment, the status indicator 224 is composed of a display device in which three LEDs are arranged. One of the three LEDs lights to notify whether the state of the pachinko game machine 100 is a high probability state in which the winning probability of the special symbol lottery is high. In addition, the other one is for notifying by lighting whether or not the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is a time-saving state with a short special symbol variation time. Still another one is to notify by lighting whether or not the player is in an advantageous state by hitting to the right (by changing the hitting force of the game ball).

In addition, the indicator 130 has a round number indicator 225 for displaying the number of rounds when the big winning opening 125 is activated in the big winning game performed according to the lottery result of the special symbol lottery. Incidentally, the jackpot game will be described later. The round number indicator 225 is composed of a display device in which LEDs are arranged, and the number of operation rounds of the big winning opening 125 in the jackpot game is displayed according to the lighting mode thereof.

The frame member 150 of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is provided with an input device for the player to make an input for the performance. As shown in FIG. 2B, in the present embodiment, as an example of an input device, a production button 161, a production key 162 adjacent to the production button 161 and composed of a plurality of keys arranged in a substantially cross shape, are arranged on the frame member 150 . In the illustrated example, consider a case where an effect for accepting an operation of selecting one image from among a plurality of images is performed. In this case, for example, the player operates a production key 162 consisting of four keys arranged in a cross to designate one of a plurality of images displayed on the image display section 114 and press the production button 161. By operating it, it is possible to perform an effect such as selecting the instructed image. As for the form of the input device, in addition to the production button 161 and production key 162 shown in the drawings, various input forms such as levers and handles can be adopted according to the contents of production.

[Configuration of control unit]
Next, a control unit that performs operation control and signal processing in the pachinko gaming machine 100 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the control unit of the pachinko game machine of this embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an image/sound control section and a lamp control section according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit includes, as main control means, a game control section 200 for determining whether a special symbol is won or the like. In addition, as a sub-control means, it is provided with an effect control unit 300 that controls the effect in general, and a payout control unit 330 that performs payout control of the payout balls.

[Structure and function of the game control unit]
The game control unit 200 includes a CPU 201 that performs arithmetic processing when determining winning of special symbols, etc., a ROM 202 that stores programs executed by the CPU 201, various data, etc., and a working memory for the CPU 201. and a RAM 203 .

The game control unit 200 controls the game state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 in either a high probability state or a low probability state, or in either a no time saving state or a time saving state. As a result, the game state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is a high probability state and time saving state high probability time saving game state, a low probability state and time saving state low probability time saving game state, a high probability state and no time saving state high It becomes one of the low probability time saving non-gaming state, the low probability state and the low probability time saving non-gaming state which is the non-working time saving state. And the game control part 200 switches a high probability state and a low probability state based on a predetermined|prescribed condition, and switches a time saving no state and a time saving state. In addition, the game control unit 200, in the time saving state, controls such as making the winning probability of the normal symbol lottery higher than in the time saving state, shortening the normal symbol fluctuation time, extending the opening time of the electric tulip 123, etc. I do.

The game control unit 200 performs a special symbol lottery when a game ball has entered the first starting port 121 or the second starting port 122 . Then, a special game such as a jackpot game is performed according to the determination result of the special symbol lottery. In the special game, the game control unit 200 performs a predetermined number of rounds to maintain an open state until the large winning opening 125, which is a special electric accessory, satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, 29.5 seconds have elapsed or 10 game balls have been won). control to repeat only Then, the game control section 200 controls the opening/closing operation interval when the big winning opening 125 is opened.

In addition, the game control unit 200 performs a normal symbol lottery triggered by the passage of the game ball through the gate 124 . Then, the operation of the electric tulip is controlled according to the determination result of the normal symbol lottery.
In addition, the game control unit 200, the game ball has entered the first start port 121 or the second start port 122 during the special symbol variation, and the game ball has passed through the gate 124 during normal symbol variation. Set the hold that occurs due to
In addition, the game control unit 200, the determination result of the special symbol lottery and the normal symbol lottery, the change information of the high probability state and the low probability state, the change information of the time saving no state and the time saving state, the setting information of the reservation, etc. accompanying the game control Information is sent to the effect control unit 300 by a command to be described later.

Furthermore, the game control unit 200, when the game ball wins the first start port 121, the second start port 122, the large winning prize port 125 and the normal winning prize port 126, one game ball hits according to the place where the game ball wins. The payout controller 330 is instructed to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls. For example, when a game ball enters the first starting port 121, three prize balls are awarded, when a game ball enters the second start port 122, four prize balls are awarded, and when a game ball enters the big prize winning port 125, thirteen prizes are awarded. When a game ball wins a ball or a normal winning hole 126, an instruction command (command) is sent to a payout control unit 330 so as to pay out 10 prize balls respectively. Even if it is detected that the game ball has passed through the gate 124, the payout control unit 330 is not instructed to pay out the prize balls associated therewith.
When the payout control unit 330 pays out prize balls according to the instruction of the game control unit 200 , the game control unit 200 acquires information on the number of paid out prize balls from the payout control unit 330 . Thereby, the number of awarded balls is managed.

The game control unit 200 includes, as detection means, a first start opening detection unit (first start opening switch (SW)) 211 for detecting the winning of a game ball to the first start opening 121, as shown in FIG. , the second start opening detection unit (second start opening switch (SW)) 212 that detects the winning of the game ball to the second start opening 122, the electric tulip opening and closing unit 213 that opens and closes the electric tulip 123, and the gate 124 A gate detection unit (gate switch (SW)) 214 for detecting passage of a game ball is connected.
Furthermore, the game control unit 200 includes a large winning opening detection unit (large winning opening switch (SW)) 215 for detecting the winning of a game ball into the large winning opening 125, and a large winning opening door 125D of the large winning opening 125. A large winning opening door opening/closing unit 216 that is set to a closed state and a projecting inclined open state, and a normal winning opening detection unit (normal winning opening switch (SW)) 217 that detects the winning of a game ball into the normal winning opening 126. , are connected.

In addition, the game control unit 200 includes a first special symbol holding display 218 that displays the unvaried holding number of prizes won in the first start port 121 during the variation of the special symbols, and a second special symbol during the variation of the special symbols. A second special symbol reservation display 219 for displaying the unvaried reserved number of winning prizes in the starting port 122, and a normal symbol reservation display for displaying the unvaried reserved number passed through the gate 124 during the fluctuation of the normal symbols. 220 and are connected.
Furthermore, the game control unit 200 includes a first special symbol display device 221 that displays the fluctuation display of special symbols and the result of the special symbol lottery performed by winning a game ball to the first start port 121, and a second start port. A second special pattern display 222 for displaying the variable display of special patterns and the result of the special pattern lottery performed by the winning of the game ball to 122, and the normal pattern display for displaying the variable display of normal patterns and the result of the normal pattern lottery. A device 223 and a state display device 224 for displaying the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 are connected.

Detection signals detected by the first start switch 211 , the second start switch 212 , the gate switch 214 , the big win switch 215 and the normal win switch 217 are sent to the game controller 200 . In addition, the control signal from the game control unit 200 is the electric tulip opening/closing unit 213, the large winning opening door opening/closing unit 216, the first special symbol reservation display device 218, the second special symbol reservation display device 219, and the normal design reservation display device 220. , the first special symbol indicator 221, the second special symbol indicator 222, the normal symbol indicator 223 and the state indicator 224. Thereby, the game control unit 200 performs various controls related to the above-described number of awarded balls to be paid out.

Further, the game control unit 200 is connected with a board external information terminal board 350 for transmitting various information to a host computer (not shown) installed in the hall. Then, the game control unit 200 transmits information about the number of paid out prize balls and information indicating the state of the game control unit 200 acquired from the payout control unit 330 to the host computer via the board external information terminal board 350. do.

[Configuration and function of payout control unit]
The payout control unit 330 includes a CPU 331 that performs arithmetic processing when controlling the payout of balls, a ROM 332 that stores programs executed by the CPU 331 and various data, and a RAM 333 that is used as a working memory for the CPU 331. and have.
Then, the payout control section 330 controls the payout of the payout balls based on the command sent from the game control section 200 .
Specifically, the payout control unit 330 acquires a command to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls from the game control unit 200 according to the location (first start port 121, etc.) where the game ball has won. Then, the payout drive unit 334 is controlled so as to pay out the number of prize balls specified by the command. The payout drive unit 334 here is configured by a drive motor for sending out game balls from a game ball storage unit.

The payout control unit 330 also includes a payout ball detection unit 335 for detecting the number of prize balls actually paid out from the game ball storage unit by the payout drive unit 334, and a game ball storage unit (not shown). A ball presence detection unit 336 for detecting whether or not the balls are stored, and a tray 153 for holding game balls used when a player plays a game and paid-out prize balls are in a full tank state. The full-tank detector 337 is connected. The payout control unit 330 receives the detection signals detected by the payout ball detection unit 335, the ball presence detection unit 336, and the full tank detection unit 337, and performs predetermined processing according to these detection signals.
Further, the payout control unit 330 is connected with a frame external information terminal board 340 for transmitting various kinds of information to a host computer installed in the hall. The payout control unit 330 provides, for example, information on the number of prize balls instructed to be paid out to the payout drive unit 334, information on the number of prize balls actually paid out detected by the payout ball detection unit 335, and the like. is transmitted to the host computer via the frame external information terminal board 340 . In addition, similar information is transmitted to the game control unit 200 as well.

[Configuration and functions of production control unit]
The effect control unit 300 includes a CPU 301 that performs arithmetic processing when controlling the effect, a ROM 302 that stores programs executed by the CPU 301 and various data, a RAM 303 that is used as a working memory for the CPU 301, and a date and time and a real-time clock (RTC) 304 that measures the
The effect control unit 300 sets the content of the effect based on the result of determination as to whether or not the special symbol lottery is won or not sent from the game control unit 200 and the variation pattern, for example. At that time, an operation input from the user using the effect button 161 or the effect key 162 may be received, and the effect contents corresponding to the operation input may be set. In this case, for example, a signal (operation signal) corresponding to an operation is received from a controller (not shown) such as the production button 161, and the operation content identified by this operation signal is reflected in the setting of production.
Further, when the game is interrupted for a predetermined period, the effect control unit 300 instructs setting of a screen display for customer waiting as one of the effects.
Furthermore, the effect control unit 300 sets the content of effect based on the change information of the high probability state and the low probability state and the change information of the no time saving state and the time saving state received from the game control unit 200 .
In addition, effect control section 300 sends a command instructing execution of the set effect content to image/sound control section 310 and lamp control section 320 .

Further, the production control unit 300 is connected to an image/sound control unit 310 that controls production using images and sounds, and a lamp control unit 320 that controls production using various lamps and movable accessories 115. It is

[Structure and function of image/sound control unit]
As shown in FIG. 4, the image/sound control unit 310 stores a CPU 311 that performs arithmetic processing when controlling the image and sound representing the content of the effect, and a program that is executed by the CPU 311, various data, and the like. A ROM 312 , a RAM 313 used as a work memory for the CPU 311 , a VDP (Video Display Processor) 314 , a CGROM 315 , and an SNDROM 316 are provided.

The image/sound control unit 310 controls the image displayed on the image display unit 114 and the sound output from the speaker 156 based on the command sent from the effect control unit 300 .
Specifically, the CGROM 315 stores pattern images and background images to be displayed during the game on the image display unit 114, decorative patterns for notifying the player of the lottery result, characters and characters for displaying the advance notice effect to the player. Image data such as items are stored. The SNDROM 316 also stores various audio data such as music, voice, and effect sounds such as jingles to be output from the speaker 156 in synchronization with the image data or independently of the image data.
CPU311, based on the pending number command or the variable effect start command sent from the effect control unit 300, analyzes the animation pattern, creates a display list that summarizes commands related to drawing, and transmits the display list to the VDP314. conduct.

Based on the display list received from the CPU 311, the VDP 314 reads image data and sound data stored in the CGROM 315 and SNDROM 316, respectively. Furthermore, the VDP 314 uses the read image data to perform background image display, pattern image display, pattern image variation, drawing processing for character/item display, etc., and audio processing using the read sound data. . Then, the VDP 314 controls screen display on the image display unit 114 based on the rendered image data. Also, the VDP 314 controls the sound output from the speaker 156 based on the sound-processed sound data.
In this embodiment, the VDP 314 is configured to perform audio processing in addition to drawing processing, but this is not a limitation, and a processor dedicated to audio processing may be provided separately.

[Structure and function of lamp controller]
The lamp control unit 320 stores a CPU 321 that performs arithmetic processing when controlling the light emission of the board lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 and the operation of the movable accessory 115, and the programs and various data that are executed by the CPU 321. A ROM 322 and a RAM 323 used as a work memory for the CPU 321 are provided.
Then, the lamp control section 320 controls the lighting/blinking of the board lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157, the emission color, etc. based on the command sent from the effect control section 300. FIG. Also, it controls the operation of the movable accessory 115 .

Specifically, the ROM 322 of the lamp control unit 320 stores lighting/blinking pattern data and emission color pattern data (emission pattern data) are stored. The CPU 321 selects and reads out the light emission pattern data stored in the ROM 322 corresponding to the command sent from the effect control section 300 . Then, the lamp control unit 320 controls the light emission of the board lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 based on the read light emission pattern data.
Further, the ROM 322 of the lamp control unit 320 stores operation pattern data of the movable accessory 115 corresponding to the content of the effect set by the effect control unit 300 . The CPU 321 controls the motion of the movable accessory 115 based on the read motion pattern data.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the game control unit 200, the effect control unit 300, the image/sound control unit 310, the lamp control unit 320, and the payout control unit 330 are each provided on the rear surface of the game board 110. A game control board as a sub-board, an effect control board as a sub-board, an image control board, a lamp control board, and a payout control board are individually configured.
In addition, in the configuration example described with reference to FIG. 4, the effect button 161 and the effect key 162 are connected to the effect control unit 300 and controlled by the effect control unit 300, but are not limited to this. The effect button 161 and the effect key 162 may be connected to the lamp control section 320 and controlled by the lamp control section 320 .

[Functional configuration of game control unit]
Next, the functional configuration of the game control section 200 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the game control section 200. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the game control unit 200 includes a random number acquisition unit 231, a normal symbol determination unit 232, a special symbol variation control unit 233, and a special symbol determination unit 234 as functional units that execute various lottery processes. , and a normal symbol variation control unit 236.
In addition, the game control section 200 includes a variation pattern selection section 235 as a functional section that executes processing associated with special symbol variation.
Furthermore, the game control unit 200 includes a large winning opening operation control unit 237, an electric tulip operation control unit 238, and a prize ball processing unit 239 as functional units that perform operation control of various accessories and data processing related to prize balls. , an output control unit 240 and a random number control unit 241 .

The random number acquisition unit 231 acquires a random number value used for the special symbol lottery and a random number value used for the normal symbol lottery. In the case of the random number used for the special symbol lottery, specifically, on the condition that the game ball has won the first start port 121 or the second start port 122, for each type of random number, a numerical value within a predetermined range One numerical value (random value) is selected (acquired) from among them. The acquired random number value is used for determination by the special symbol determination unit 234 . Although details will be described later, the random numbers used in the special symbol lottery include a jackpot random number indicating whether or not the jackpot is a jackpot, a pattern random number indicating the type of jackpot, a variation pattern random number, a reach random number, and the like.
In addition, in the case of the random number used in the normal symbol lottery, specifically, one number (random number) is selected (obtained) from a predetermined range of numbers on the condition that the game ball has passed through the gate 124. ) is done. The acquired random number value is used for determination by the normal symbol determination unit 232 . In addition, as the random numbers used in the normal symbol lottery, in addition to the winning random numbers indicating whether or not winning, there are cases where the symbol random numbers indicating the type of winning, the variation pattern random numbers, and the like are set.
The special symbol variation control section 233 controls the variation of the special symbol on the first special symbol display device 221 or the second special symbol display device 222 according to the lottery result when the special symbol lottery is performed.

The special symbol determination unit 234 uses a random number table as shown in FIG. type”, and “whether it is a small win or not when the big win is not won”. That is, the random number acquisition unit 231 acquires a random number value related to the special symbol triggered by the detection of the passage of the game ball by the first start port switch 211 or the second start port switch 212, which is the detection means, and determines the special symbol. The unit 234 determines whether or not to play a special game (jackpot game, etc.) advantageous to the player based on the obtained random number value. It should be noted that the aforementioned lottery for the special symbol (big hit lottery) refers to processing in the random number acquisition unit 231 and the special symbol determination unit 234 .

Here, the "jackpot" is classified into a plurality of types according to the game state that occurs after the jackpot game ends. Specifically, the type of jackpot is determined by a combination of no time-saving state or time-saving state, and a high-probability state or a low-probability state. That is, as the type of jackpot based on the gaming state that occurs after the end of the jackpot game, after the end of the jackpot game, a jackpot that becomes a high probability time saving game state (hereinafter referred to as a high probability time saving game state jackpot), a low probability time saving game state A jackpot (hereinafter referred to as a low-probability time-saving game state jackpot), a high-probability time-saving no-game state jackpot (hereinafter, a high-probability time-saving no-game state jackpot), a low probability time-saving no-game state jackpot (hereinafter, low There can be a jackpot in a probability time-saving non-playing state). These jackpots are associated with individual special symbols, respectively, and the type of jackpot is determined according to the type of special symbols won in the special symbol lottery.

Also, the "jackpot" may be divided into a big win in which the jackpot game time is long and a large amount of game balls can be expected to be paid out, and a jackpot game in which the jackpot game time is short and almost no game balls can be expected to be paid out. The former is called "long hit" and the latter is called "short hit". For example, in the "long win", a round is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times) until the open state of the big prize opening 125 satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, 29.5 seconds have elapsed or 10 game balls have won a prize). be In addition, in the "short hit", a round in which the big winning opening 125 is opened for a certain period of time (for example, 0.9 seconds) is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, twice).

In addition, the "small win" when the big win is not won is a small win game in which the big winning port 125 is opened for a certain period of time (for example, 0.9 seconds) for a predetermined number of times (for example, twice). done. When the small prize is won, the game state before winning the small prize is continued even after the small prize is finished. That is, when the game state at the time of winning the small hit is the high probability time saving game state, the high probability time saving game state is continued even after the small win game ends, and the game state does not shift. Similarly, when the game state at the time of winning the small win is the low-probability time-saving no-game state, the low-probability time-saving no-game state is continued even after the small-win game ends, and the game state does not shift.
Also, a "minor win" is a kind of "lose", and none of the above game states that are advantageous to the player are set.

The variation pattern selection section 235 selects a variation pattern (variation time) of special symbols to be displayed on the first special symbol display device 221 and the second special symbol display device 222 . Specifically, the variation pattern selection unit 235 is a variation pattern (for example, 13.5 seconds or more ), the variation pattern is determined based on the determination result of whether or not. Then, based on the variation pattern selected by the variation pattern selection unit 235, the special symbol variation control unit 233 controls the variation of the special symbols. Details of the operation of the variation pattern selection section 235 and the special symbol variation control section 233 will be described later.
Here, "ready-to-win" is an effect for making the player expect a big win in decorative symbols, which will be described later.

The normal symbol determination unit 232 determines whether or not the lottery result of the normal symbol is "whether or not" using a random number table as shown in FIG. That is, the normal symbol determination unit 232 determines, based on the random number value for the normal symbol lottery acquired by the random number acquisition unit 231, whether or not the auxiliary game of opening and closing the electric tulip 123 is to be performed. Also, when a plurality of types of wins are set in the normal symbol lottery, the normal symbol determination unit 232 determines the "win type" when the determination result is a win. The normal symbol lottery is a process performed by the random number acquisition unit 231 and the normal symbol determination unit 232 .
The normal symbol variation control section 236 controls the normal symbol variation by the normal symbol display device 223 according to the lottery result when the normal symbol lottery is performed.
The electric tulip operation control unit 238 opens the electric tulip 123 only for a specified time and a specified number of times when the normal symbol determination unit 232 determines “hit” in the normal symbol lottery, and the game ball enters the second start port 122. A state in which it is easy to win a prize is generated. Further, when it is judged as "off", such an open state of the electric tulip 123 is not generated. The operation pattern of the electric tulip 123 will be described later, but there are, for example, an operation pattern that opens once with an opening time of 0.15 seconds and an operation pattern that opens three times with an opening time of 1.80 seconds.

When the special symbol determination unit 234 determines "big win" in the special symbol lottery, the big winning opening operation control unit 237 performs a big winning opening with an operation pattern specified based on the type of the big winning as a big winning game. 125 opening operation. In addition, when the special symbol determination unit 234 determines "small hit" in the special symbol lottery, the big winning opening operation control unit 237 opens the big winning opening 125 for a specified time and specified number of times as a small winning game. .
The prize ball processing unit 239 sets commands for managing the number of prizes won to various accessories related to prizes and lotteries, and for controlling the payout of prize balls according to the prizes.
The output control section 240 controls the output of control commands from the game control section 200 to the effect control section 300 and the payout control section 330 .
The random number control unit 241 updates various random values acquired by the random number acquisition unit 231 at predetermined timings.

[Basic operation of game machine]
Next, the basic operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100 will be described.
When the power is turned on, the game control unit 200 of the pachinko game machine 100 performs initialization and initial setting of various devices as basic processing at startup. After performing the basic processing, the game control section 200 repeatedly executes the main control processing, which is a series of processing relating to the progress of the game. Moreover, when shutting off the power, the game control unit 200 executes a series of power shut-off processes.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of basic processing by the game control unit 200. As shown in FIG.
When the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on, the game control unit 200 first permits access to the RAM 203 (see FIG. 3) (step (hereinafter, step is described as "S") 601). Then, the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the RAM clear switch for clearing the RAM 203 is ON (S602).
When the RAM clear switch is OFF (No in S602), next, the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the backup flag regarding the operation at the time of power shutdown is ON (S603).
When the backup flag is ON (Yes in S603), next, the game control unit 200 determines whether the checksum created at the time of power shutdown is normal (S604).
If the checksum is normal (Yes in S604), then the game control unit 200 executes return processing (S605). In this return process, the game control unit 200 sets the sub-control means such as the effect control unit 300 when returning from the power-off state. Specifically, the game control unit 200 controls the game state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 when the power is cut off (whether the jackpot game is in progress, either the high probability state or the low probability state, the time saving state and the time saving non-state). (either) is output to the effect control unit 300 to set the sub-control means. Also, in this return process, the game control unit 200 turns off the backup flag.

On the other hand, if the RAM clear switch is ON (Yes at S602), the backup flag is OFF (No at S603), or the checksum is abnormal (No at S604), then the game control unit 200 is initialized. As processing, the stored contents of the RAM 203 are cleared (S606), and the work area of the RAM 203 is set (S607). Then, the game control unit 200 outputs a command for setting (initializing) the sub-control means to the effect control unit 300, and sets the sub-board (sub-control means) (S608). Setting the sub-board includes clearing the RAM 303, RAM 313, and RAM 323 mounted on each sub-board.

After the return process (see S605) ends, or after the setting of the sub board (see S608) ends, the game control unit 200 sets various counters and timers used for game control (S609). Then, the game control unit 200 allows interrupts (S610), disables interrupts (S611), designs random number control processing (S612), initial value random number update processing (S613), and determines whether or not the power shutdown flag is ON. (S614) is repeatedly executed as a loop process.
Here, interrupt permission (S610) and interrupt prohibition (S611) are provided to enable execution of interrupt processing during execution of this loop processing (S610 to S614). In this embodiment, the main control process in the game control is executed by this interrupt process. Details of the main control process will be described later.
In the symbol random number control process (S612), the game control unit 200 updates the variation pattern random number used in the special symbol lottery.
In the initial value random number update process (S613), the game control unit 200 updates the initial values of various random numbers used in game control.
In the determination of the power cutoff flag, if the power cutoff flag is OFF (No in S614), the power of the pachinko game machine 100 is not cut off, the game control unit 200, loop processing (S610 ~ S614) and main control by interrupt Execute the process repeatedly. On the other hand, if the power cutoff flag is ON (Yes in S614), the game control unit 200 starts processing for cutting off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 (power cutoff processing).

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the power-off processing by the game control unit 200. As shown in FIG.
In the power-off processing, the game control unit 200 first clears the setting of the output port for performing various outputs (S701). Next, the game control unit 200 creates a checksum and stores it in the RAM 203 (S702). Next, the game control unit 200 turns ON the backup flag (S703), prohibits access to the RAM 203 (S704), and shifts to an infinite loop.

[Main control processing of game machine]
Next, the main control processing of the pachinko gaming machine 100 will be described.
In the main control process, the game control unit 200 controls the game in the pachinko game machine 100, instructs the production control unit 300, which is a sub-control means, to control the production, and issues a prize ball to the payout control unit 330. to control the payout of

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the main control process of the game control unit 200. As shown in FIG.
The main control process consists of a series of processes in game control, and is repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals (for example, 4 milliseconds). In this embodiment, the game control unit 200 generates an interrupt at predetermined intervals, and when the interrupt is permitted (see S610) in the loop processing shown in FIG. 6, the main control as the interrupt processing Execute the process. As shown in FIG. 8, in the main control process, a random number update process, a switch process, a symbol process, an electric accessory process, a winning ball process, and an output process are sequentially executed (S801 to S806).

In the random number update process (S801), the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the random number control unit 241, and updates the values of various random numbers used in game control by the game control unit 200. The details of setting the random number and updating the random value will be described later.

As the switch process (S802), a starting port switch process and a gate switch process are performed.
In the starting port switch process, the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the random number acquisition unit 231, monitors the states of the first starting port switch 211 and the second starting port switch 212 in FIG. When it becomes, the processing for the special symbol lottery is executed. In addition, although it will be described in detail later, when the preliminary determination process is performed in the first start opening switch 211 and the second start opening switch 212, each function (subroutine) of the special symbol determination unit 234 and the variation pattern selection unit 235 is called, Execute processing for prior determination.
In the gate switch process, the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the random number acquisition unit 231, monitors the state of the gate switch 214 in FIG. Execute the process.
Details of these switch processes will be described later.

As the symbol processing (S803), special symbol processing and normal symbol processing are performed.
In the special symbol processing, the game control unit 200 calls each function (subroutine) of the special symbol variation control unit 233, the special symbol determination unit 234, and the variation pattern selection unit 235, and executes the special symbol variation and the processing accompanying this symbol variation. do.
In the normal design process, the game control section 200 calls the functions (subroutines) of the normal design determination section 232 and the normal design fluctuation control section 236, and executes the normal design fluctuation and the process associated with this design fluctuation.
Detailed contents of these symbol processing will be described later.

As the electric accessory processing (S804), the big winning opening processing and the electric tulip processing are performed.
In the big winning opening process, the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the big winning opening operation control unit 237, and controls the opening operation of the big winning opening 125, which is a special electric accessory, based on a predetermined condition.
In the electric tulip process, the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the electric tulip operation control unit 238, and controls the opening operation of the electric tulip 123 which is a normal electric accessory based on predetermined conditions.
The detailed contents of these electric accessory processes will be described later.

In the prize ball processing (S805), the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the prize ball processing unit 239, and sets a command for controlling the number of prizes won and the payout of prize balls according to the prize.

In the output process (S806), the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the output control unit 240, outputs a command for effect control to the effect control unit 300, and outputs a command for payout control to the payout control unit 330. Output. The effect control command is generated in each process from S802 to S804 and stored (set) in a control command storage area provided in the RAM 203 . The payout control command is generated in the process of S<b>805 and stored (set) in a control command storage area provided in the RAM 203 . A storage area is set in the RAM 203 for each type of control command.

The output control unit 240 sequentially checks the control command storage areas of the RAM 203, and if control commands are stored in the individual storage areas (that is, control commands are generated in the processing of S802 to S805). ), the control command is read out and output to the output destination (effect control unit 300 or payout control unit 330).

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, output processing is performed at the end of a series of main control processing. That is, the commands generated in each process of S802 to S805 by each function as the first processing means are stored in the corresponding storage area of the RAM 203 in each process. After these processes, the output control unit 240 as a second processing means collectively outputs the commands generated in each process accumulated in the storage area of the RAM 203 . In other words, in the present embodiment, when the main control process is executed for one cycle, the commands generated during the execution of the one cycle are output after the final command generation during the execution of the one cycle.

[Modification of Basic Operation of Gaming Machine]
In the operation examples described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8, interrupts are permitted in the loop processing portion of the basic processing, and main control processing consisting of a series of processing is executed as interrupt processing. However, the main control process only needs to be configured to be repeatedly executed at fixed time intervals, and specific implementation means (execution procedure) are not limited to the examples shown in FIGS. For example, the main control process may be incorporated into a series of operations of the basic process, the elapsed time may be measured at a predetermined timing, and the main control process may be returned to at regular time intervals (for example, 4 milliseconds). Further, while incorporating the main control process into the series of operations of the basic process, as in the operations described with reference to FIGS. It may be configured to return to the main control process incorporated during the basic process.

When outputting a command generated by the basic processing, in principle, each time a command is generated, it is stored in the command storage area of the RAM 203, and the function of the output control unit 240, which is the second processing means, is called. Output. The basic process is different from the main control process related to the progress of the game, and is a special process such as an initial operation that is performed only when the power is turned on. In addition, since the basic processing may change due to branching based on conditions such as the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 when the power is turned on, the generated commands are output promptly so that there is no omission in the output processing. processing. In the case where commands are continuously generated by a plurality of related processes, a plurality of commands are stored in the command storage area of the RAM 203 and collectively output according to a request for specific processing. can be

[Random Number Update Processing by Game Control Unit]
A random number as determination information used for various lotteries in game control such as a special symbol lottery is counted by a counter, and starting from a predetermined initial value, the random number update process (S801) of the main control process shown in FIG. It is incremented by 1 each time. Then, the value at the time each lottery is performed is acquired by the starting port switch process (Fig. 9) and the gate switch process (Fig. 10), and is used in the special design process (Fig. 11) and the normal design process (Fig. 16). be. This random number counter is an infinite loop counter, and after the counted random number reaches the set maximum random number (for example, 299 for the jackpot random number shown in FIG. 20(a), which will be described later), , returns to the initial value again. Also, since the random number update process is performed at regular intervals, if the initial value of each random number is specified, there is a risk that the winning value will be estimated based on the information on the update interval and the initial value. Therefore, after returning from the main control process to the basic process shown in FIG. 6, the initial value of each random number is randomly changed in the initial value random number update process of S613.

[Starting port switch processing by game control unit]
FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the contents of the starting port switch process in the switch process shown in S802 of FIG.
In this start opening switch process, a process for winning at the first start opening 121 and a process for winning at the second start opening 122 are sequentially performed. Referring to FIG. 9, the game control unit 200 first determines whether or not a game ball has entered the first starting port 121 and the first starting port switch 211 has been turned ON (S901). When the first starting port switch 211 is turned ON, next the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the unvaried pending number U1 in the winning of the first starting port 121 is less than the upper limit (S902). . In the example shown in FIG. 9, the upper limit is four. If the pending number U1 has reached the upper limit (No in S902), the unvaried winnings cannot be held any longer, so the processing for winnings in the first start port 121 is terminated.

On the other hand, when the pending number U1 is less than the upper limit value (Yes in S902), the random number acquisition unit 231 of the game control unit 200 acquires a random number value for determination based on this winning prize, and stores it in the RAM 203 (S903). . Here, since the first starting port 121 wins a prize, a random number value for the special symbol lottery is obtained. The random number value acquired at this time is the value updated by the random number update processing in S801. Then, the random number determines the result of the special symbol lottery in the later special symbol processing. The random number here refers to the jackpot random number that determines the jackpot, small hit or loss, the type of jackpot (time saving state or no time saving state after the end of the jackpot game, high probability state and low probability state, long hit, short Pattern random number value (jackpot pattern random number value) that determines the hit), variation pattern random number value for specifying the variation pattern in the pattern variation, change pattern (variation time) that can execute the reach production described later when losing Reach random values that determine whether or not, etc. are included.

Next, the game control unit 200 performs preliminary determination processing (S904). The pre-determining process is a winning ball (reserved ball) for which random numbers have already been acquired by winning at the start gate, but random numbers have not yet been determined by the special symbol processing described later. This is processing for judging the random number before it is judged (pre-judgment).

And, production control section 300 of form of this execution, random number is decided by special design processing on the basis of the decision result of the random number which is decided by previous decision processing (preliminary decision result), than the decision result is notified A notice effect suggesting the determination result can be performed before the game. This advance notice effect is, for example, in response to the occurrence of a winning ball (reserved ball) for which random numbers have already been acquired by winning at the start gate but random numbers have not yet been determined by special symbol processing, and the image display unit. This is performed using a pending display effect (described later) displayed in 114, or the like. The advance notice performance based on this advance determination suggests to the player the judgment result when the random number judgment by the special symbol processing is performed after that regarding the reserved ball corresponding to the advance judgment related to the notice performance. As a result, the player can play the game while having expectations for the reserved ball. The details of the advance notice effect based on the prior determination will be described later.

Then, the game control unit 200 adds 1 to the value of the number of reservations U1 (S905).
After that, the game control unit 200 sets a pre-determination result command including pre-determination information by the pre-determination process of S904 in the RAM 203 in order to notify the effect control unit 300 of the pre-determination result (S906).
Furthermore, the game control unit 200 sets a pending number increase command for notifying the production control unit 300 of the increase in the pending number U1 by S905 in the RAM 203 (S907), and ends the processing for winning in the first start port 121. .

Next, a process for winning a prize at the second starting port 122 is performed. Referring to FIG. 9, next, the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the game ball has entered the second starting port 122 and the second starting port switch 212 has been turned ON (S908). When the second starting port switch 212 is turned ON, next, the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the unchanged pending number U2 in the winning prize of the second starting port 122 is less than the upper limit value (S909 ). In the example shown in FIG. 9, the upper limit is four. If the pending number U2 has reached the upper limit (No in S909), the unvaried winnings cannot be held any longer, so the processing for winnings in the second start port 122 is terminated.

On the other hand, when the number of reservations U2 is less than the upper limit (Yes in S909), the random number acquisition unit 231 of the game control unit 200 acquires the random number for the lottery based on the winning this time, and stores it in the RAM 203 (S910). . Here, since the second start port 122 wins a prize, the random number for the special symbol lottery (jackpot random number, jackpot pattern random number, reach random number, variation pattern random number, etc.) is acquired in the same manner as in the above S903. be. The random number value acquired at this time is the value updated by the random number update processing in S801. Then, the random number determines the result of the special symbol lottery in the later special symbol processing.

Next, the game control unit 200 performs preliminary determination processing (S911). The content of this preliminary determination process is the same as that of S904 described above.
Then, the game control unit 200 adds 1 to the value of the number of reservations U2 (S912).
After that, the game control unit 200 sets a pre-determination result command including pre-determination information by the pre-determination process of S911 in the RAM 203 in order to notify the effect control unit 300 of the pre-determination result (S913).
Furthermore, the game control unit 200 sets the pending number increase command for notifying the production control unit 300 of the increase in the pending number U2 by S912 in the RAM 203 (S914), and ends the processing for winning in the second start port 122. .

[Gate switch processing by game control unit]
FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the contents of gate switch processing when a game ball passes through the gate 124. As shown in FIG.
In this gate switch process, the game control unit 200 first determines whether the game ball has passed through the gate 124 and the gate switch 214 has been turned ON (S1001). If the gate switch 214 is turned ON, then the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the unchanged pending number G is less than the upper limit (S1002). In the example shown in FIG. 10, the upper limit is four. If the pending number G has reached the upper limit value (No in S1002), the gate switch process is terminated because the unvaried winnings cannot be held any longer.

On the other hand, when the number of reservations G is less than the upper limit (Yes in S1002), the random number acquisition unit 231 of the game control unit 200 acquires a random number value for the lottery for this winning prize, and stores it in the RAM 203 (S1003). . Here, since the gate 124 wins a prize, a random number (such as a winning random number) for the normal symbol lottery is acquired.

Next, the game control unit 200 adds 1 to the value of the number G of reservations (S1004).
After the value of the number of reservations G is added in S1004, the game control unit 200 sets the number of reservations G increase command for notifying the production control unit 300 of the increase in the number of reservations G in S1004 in the RAM 203 (S1005), The processing for the winning at the gate 124 ends.

[Special symbol processing by game control unit]
FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the contents of the special symbol processing out of the symbol processing shown in S803 of FIG.
In this special symbol processing, the special symbol variation control unit 233 of the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not the jackpot game flag is turned on in the flag setting (hereinafter referred to as flag setting) set in the RAM 203 ( S1101). Here, the jackpot game flag is a flag that is set to identify that the result of the special symbol lottery is a jackpot.

When the jackpot game flag is ON, the pachinko gaming machine 100 is already hitting the jackpot, so the special symbol processing is terminated without starting the special symbol variation (Yes in S1101). On the other hand, if the jackpot game flag is OFF (No in S1101), then the special symbol variation control section 233 determines whether the current state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is during special symbol variation (S1102). If the special symbol is not fluctuating (No in S1102), then the special symbol fluctuation control unit 233 performs processing regarding the reserved numbers U1 and U2 (see FIG. 9) of the unvaried special symbols (S1103 to S1106). In the present embodiment, since the reservation number U1 related to the winning of the first start opening 121 and the reservation number U2 related to the winning of the second start opening 122 are distinguished, this process is also performed individually for each corresponding start opening. .

Specifically, the special symbol variation control unit 233 first determines whether or not the pending number U2 related to the winning of the second starting port 122 is 1 or more (S1103). When the number of reservations U2 is 1 or more (Yes in S1103), the special symbol variation control unit 233 subtracts 1 from the value of the number of reservations U2 (S1104). On the other hand, when the number of reservations U2=0 (No in S1103), the special symbol variation control unit 233 next determines whether the number of reservations U1 related to the winning of the first starting port 121 is 1 or more (S1105). When the number of reservations U1 is 1 or more (Yes in S1105), the special symbol variation control section 233 subtracts 1 from the value of the number of reservations U1 (S1106). On the other hand, if the pending number U1=0 (No in S1105), it means that there is no winning to start the special symbol lottery, so the special symbol variation is not started, and the customer waiting setting process of another routine is performed. is executed to terminate the process (S1116).
In addition, in the present embodiment, the processing relating to the pending number U2 related to the winning of the second starting port 122 is given priority. That is, when the number of reservations U2 is 1 or more, the process for the number of reservations U2 is performed, and when the number of reservations U2=0, the process for the number of reservations U1 is performed (see S803 to S806). On the other hand, regardless of which of the first starting port 121 and the second starting port 122 wins, it is also possible to perform control such that the pending numbers U1 and U2 are subtracted in order of winning.

After subtracting the number of reservations U1 or the number of reservations U2 in S1104 or S1106, the special symbol variation control unit 233 turns OFF the customer waiting flag set in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1107). The customer waiting flag is a flag for identifying that the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in a customer waiting state, and is set in the customer waiting setting process (S1116, see FIG. 15 described later).

Next, the special symbol variation control unit 233 executes a big hit determination process and a variation pattern selection process by separate routines (S1108, S1109). Although details will be described later, this jackpot determination process and fluctuation pattern selection process set information (jackpot pattern, game state, variation patterns, etc.) are determined. In addition, these information are included in the variation start command sent to the production control unit 300 .

After that, the special symbol variation control section 233 is displayed by the first special symbol display device 221 and the second special symbol display device 222 shown in FIG. Start the variation of the special design to be (S1110). Then, a variation start command including setting information (jackpot pattern, game state, variation pattern, etc.) indicating the setting contents is generated and set in the RAM 203 (S1111). The variation start command set in S1111 is transmitted to the effect control section 300 in the output process shown in S806 of FIG.

When it is determined that the special symbol is fluctuating in S1102 (Yes in S1102), or after the fluctuation start command is set in S1111, the special symbol fluctuation control section 233 determines whether or not the fluctuation time has elapsed (S1112 ). That is, it is determined whether or not the elapsed time from the start of the variation of the special symbols in S1110 has reached the variation time set in the variation pattern selection process of S1109. If the variation time has not elapsed (No in S1112), the special symbol variation is continued, and the special symbol processing ends as it is.

On the other hand, when the variation time has passed (Yes in S1112), the special symbol variation control unit 233 first determines the variation of the special symbols in the first special symbol display device 221 and the second special symbol display device 222 in the jackpot determination process of S1108. It stops at the pattern decided by (S1113). A fluctuation stop command for stopping the decorative symbols, which will be described later, is set in the RAM 203 (S1114). Then, a process during stop of another routine is executed (S1115). The contents of the processing during suspension will be described later. The fluctuation stop command set in S1114 is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process shown in S806 of FIG.

[Jackpot determination processing by the game control unit]
FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the content of the big hit determination process (S1108 in FIG. 11).
In this jackpot determination process, the special symbol determination unit 234 of the game control unit 200 first determines the jackpot random number in the special symbol lottery of this time (S1201), and determines whether or not the jackpot or small hit is made (S1202). , S1205). Whether or not a big win or a small win is made is whether or not the value of the big win random number acquired in S903 or S910 of FIG. (See FIG. 20(a)).

If the result of the random number determination in S1201 is a big hit (Yes in S1202), then the special symbol determination unit 234 determines a big hit symbol random number value (S1203). Depending on the result of this determination, the type of jackpot (high-probability time-saving gaming state jackpot, low-probability time-saving non-gaming state jackpot, etc.) is determined. Which jackpot will be won is determined by whether the value of the jackpot pattern random number obtained in S903 or S910 of FIG. 9 matches with which of the values preset for each type of jackpot (FIG. b) see).

After the above determination, the special symbol determination unit 234 sets the symbol (jackpot symbol) representing the type of the jackpot determined by the determination of the jackpot symbol random number in the RAM 203 as setting information (S1204).

If the result of the random number determination of S1201 is a small hit (No in S1202, Yes in S1205), then the special symbol determination unit 234 is a symbol representing a small hit (hereinafter referred to as a small hit symbol) as setting information. It is set in the RAM 203 (S1206).

If the result of the random number determination in S1201 is neither a big hit nor a small hit (No in S1202 and S1205), then the special symbol determination unit 234 stores a symbol indicating that the lottery has been lost (hereinafter referred to as a lost symbol) as setting information in the RAM 203. (S1207).

[Variation pattern selection processing by game control unit]
FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the contents of the variation pattern selection process (S1109 in FIG. 11).
In this variation pattern selection process, the variation pattern selection unit 235 of the game control unit 200 first refers to the game state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 (no time saving state or time saving state, and high probability state or low probability state). (S1301). Then, using the judgment result of S1202 of the big hit judging process (FIG. 12), it is judged whether or not the special symbol lottery of this time has made a big hit (S1302). Then, if it is a big win (Yes in S1302), the variation pattern selection unit 235 reads a variation pattern table for big wins from the ROM 202 and sets it in the RAM 203 (S1303).

On the other hand, if there is no big hit (No in S1302), then the variation pattern selection unit 235 determines a random value for determining whether or not to perform a so-called ready-to-win effect to make the player expect a big win. (S1304). Whether or not to perform the reach effect is determined by determining whether or not the value of the reach random number obtained in S903 or S910 of FIG. 9 matches a preset value (see FIG. 20(c)). .
As a result of the determination using the random number value, if the reach effect is performed (Yes in S1305), the variation pattern selection unit 235 reads the variation pattern table for reach from the ROM 202 and sets it in the RAM 203 (S1306). Also, when the ready-to-win effect is not performed (No in S1305), the variation pattern selection unit 235 reads the variation pattern table for losing from the ROM 202 and sets it in the RAM 203 (S1307).
Here, the fluctuation pattern table is a plurality of fluctuation patterns prepared in advance (variation time 3 seconds, 7 seconds, 13 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 90 seconds, etc.) and fluctuation pattern random number values is a table that associates

Next, the variation pattern selection unit 235 uses the variation pattern random value obtained in S903 or S910 of FIG. 9 and the variation pattern table set in S1303, S1306, and S1307 to determine the variation pattern random value (S1308 ). That is, the variation pattern selection unit 235 refers to the variation pattern table set in the RAM 203 and selects a variation pattern according to the random value of the variation pattern random number. Therefore, even if the same random number value is acquired, the game state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 (whether it is a time saving state or no time saving state, and whether it is a high probability state or a low probability state), the result of the special symbol lottery (whether it was a big hit or not , whether or not the ready-to-win effect is to be performed when the jackpot is not achieved), etc. Since the variation pattern table referred to differs depending on the difference, the determined variation pattern differs.

Thereafter, the variation pattern selection unit 235 sets the variation pattern selected in S1308 to the RAM 203 as setting information (S1309). The setting information of the variation pattern set in S1309 is included in the variation start command set in S1111 of FIG. 11, and is transmitted to the effect control section 300 in the output process shown in S806 of FIG. Details of the variation pattern selected in the present embodiment and its setting will be described later.

[Stopping process by game control unit]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the contents of the in-stop process (S1115 in FIG. 11).
In this stopping process, the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not a flag indicating a time saving state in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (hereinafter referred to as a time saving flag) is ON (S1401). When the time saving flag is ON (Yes in S1401), the game control unit 200 subtracts 1 from the value of the lottery number (fluctuation number) J in the time saving state (S1402), and whether or not the lottery number J has become 0. is examined (S1403). And if the lottery frequency J=0 (Yes in S1403), the time saving flag is turned OFF (S1404). The operation to turn on the time saving flag and the setting of the initial value of the lottery number J are performed in the game state setting process (FIG. 18) in the big winning opening process (FIG. 17) described later.

If the time saving flag is OFF (No in S1401) or after the time saving flag is turned OFF in S1404, or if the value of the lottery number J after subtracting in S1402 is not 0 (No in S1403), then game control The unit 200 checks whether a flag indicating a high-probability state (hereinafter referred to as a high-probability flag) is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1405). In addition, when both this high probability flag and the previous time saving flag are ON, it is in a high probability time saving gaming state, and when the high probability flag is ON and the time saving flag is OFF, it is in a high probability time saving non-game state. be.

When the high probability flag is ON (Yes in S1405), the game control unit 200 subtracts 1 from the value of the number of times of lottery (number of fluctuations) X in the high probability state (S1406), and whether the number of times of lottery X becomes 0 It is checked whether or not (S1407). Then, if the lottery number of times X=0 (Yes in S1407), the high probability flag is turned OFF (S1408). The operation to turn on the high probability flag and the setting of the initial value of the lottery number X are performed in the game state setting process (FIG. 18) in the big winning opening process (FIG. 17) described later.

If the high-precision flag is OFF (No in S1405) or after the high-precision flag is turned OFF in S1408, or if the value of the lottery number X after subtraction in S1406 is not 0 (No in S1407), then The game control unit 200 determines whether or not the special symbol lottery of this time has won a big hit (S1409). Then, if it is a jackpot (Yes in S1409), then the game control unit 200 determines the type of jackpot (S1410). In addition, here, as an example of determination of the kind of jackpot, it is determined whether or not it is a long hit.

Here, the judgment as to whether or not it is a big win can be made based on the judgment result of the big win judging process (FIG. 12). For example, if any of the symbols shown in the chart of FIG. 20(b), which will be described later, is set, the answer is Yes in S1409. If the winning design or the small winning design is set in the RAM 203 by the big hit determination process, it is No in S1409.

When the type of jackpot is long hit (Yes in S1410), the game control unit 200 turns on the long hit game flag (S1411). As a result, the setting of the game state of the RAM 203 becomes a big win game state (long win game state) in which the kind of big win is a long win. It should be noted that here in the long hit, it does not distinguish between a high probability state and a low probability state. Whether the high-probability state or the low-probability state is established is specified by turning ON the corresponding flag in the game state setting process (FIG. 18) in the later-described large winning opening process (FIG. 17).

If the type of jackpot is not a long hit (No in S1410), the game control unit 200 turns on the short hit game flag (S1412). As a result, the setting of the gaming state of the RAM 203 becomes a big winning gaming state (short winning gaming state) in which the kind of big winning is a short winning. As in the case of long winning, there is no distinction between high probability state and low probability state in short winning.

After turning ON the jackpot game flag in S1411 or S1412, the game control unit 200 initializes the values of the lottery times J and X (S1413). Moreover, the game control unit 200 turns off the time saving flag when the time saving flag is ON in S1401 and the lottery number J is not 0 in S1403 (S1414). Similarly, when the high probability flag is ON in S1405 and the lottery number X is not 0 in S1407, the high probability flag is turned OFF (S1414).

After initializing the lottery numbers J and X in S1413, the game control unit 200 starts an opening operation (S1417). Here, the contents of the opening operation differ depending on which of S1411 and S1412 the winning game flag is turned ON. In other words, the opening operation is set according to the determination result of the special symbol lottery.
Thereafter, the game control unit 200 sets an opening command for performing an opening operation effect corresponding to the jackpot game flag in the effect control unit 300 to the RAM 203 (S1418), and ends the stop processing. This opening command is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process shown in S806 of FIG.

On the other hand, if the result of this special symbol lottery is not a big win (No in S1409), then the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the result of this special symbol lottery is a small win (S1415). ). If it is not a small hit (No in S1415), the stop processing is terminated.
On the other hand, if it is a small hit (Yes in S1415), the game control unit 200 starts a small hit game (S1416). As a result, the setting of the game state of the RAM 203 becomes the small winning game state. In addition, in the small winning game, as described above, the big winning opening 125 is opened and closed a predetermined number of times, and the game ends after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

[Customer waiting setting processing by game control unit]
FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing the contents of the customer waiting setting process (S1116 in FIG. 11).
In this customer waiting setting process, the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not the customer waiting flag is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1501). Here, the customer waiting flag is a flag that is set to identify that the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in a customer waiting state.

If the customer waiting flag is ON, the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in the customer waiting state, so the process is terminated (Yes in S1501). On the other hand, when the customer waiting flag is OFF, the game control unit 200 generates a customer waiting command, sets it in the RAM 203 (S1502), and turns on the customer waiting flag (S1503). The customer waiting command set in S1502 is transmitted to the effect control section 300 in the output process shown in S806 of FIG. It should be noted that the customer waiting flag is set in a state in which the fluctuation of the special symbol is stopped and there is no reservation.

[Normal symbol processing by game control unit]
FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing the contents of the normal design process among the design processes shown in S803 of FIG.
In this normal design process, the normal design variation control section 236 of the game control section 200 first checks whether or not the auxiliary game flag is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1601). Here, the auxiliary game flag is a flag that is set when winning the normal symbol lottery. The state in which the auxiliary game flag is set is a state in which the electric tulip 123 is opened according to the electric tulip processing (FIG. 19) described later and it is easy to win the second start port 122 (auxiliary game state).

When the auxiliary game flag is ON, it is already in the auxiliary game state and the normal design is stopped, so the normal design process is terminated without starting the normal design fluctuation (Yes in S1601). On the other hand, if the auxiliary game flag is OFF (No in S1601), then the normal symbol variation control section 236 determines whether the current state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is during normal symbol variation (S1602). If the normal symbol is not fluctuating (No in S1602), then the normal symbol fluctuation control section 236 determines whether or not the number G of reserved normal symbols (see FIG. 10) for the non-fluctuation is 1 or more (S1603). If the number of reservations G=0 (No in S1603), it means that there is no winning for starting the lottery of normal symbols, so the process is terminated without starting the normal symbol variation.

On the other hand, when the number G of reservations is 1 or more (Yes in S1603), the normal symbol variation control unit 236 subtracts 1 from the value of the number of reservations G (S1604). Then, the normal symbol determination unit 232 determines the winning random number in the current normal symbol lottery, and determines whether or not the normal symbol lottery is won (S1605). Whether or not the player has won the lottery is determined by determining whether or not the value of the winning random number obtained in S1003 of FIG. 10 matches the value set as the winning value in a table or the like shown in FIG. It is determined.

Next, the normal design variation control unit 236 normally sets the design according to the result of the normal design lottery (S1606). That is, when winning the normal symbol lottery, the symbol representing the winning (hereinafter referred to as winning symbol) is set in the RAM 203 as setting information. On the other hand, when the normal symbol lottery is not won, a symbol indicating that the lottery is lost (hereinafter referred to as a lost symbol) is set in the RAM 203 as setting information.

Next, the normal design variation control section 236 sets the normal design variation time (S1607). This variable time is set based on the time saving flag set in the processes of S1404 and S1414 in FIG. 14 and S1804 and S1807 in FIG. 18 described later. That is, if the time saving flag is ON at the time of setting in S1607, it is set to a short time (for example, 1.5 seconds), and if the time saving flag is OFF, it is set to a long time (for example, 4.0 seconds). be done. After this setting, the normal symbol variation control section 236 starts the normal symbol variation in the normal symbol display device 223 shown in FIGS. 2(a) and 3 based on the setting contents of S1607 (S1608). In addition, it is also possible to determine the variation pattern of normal symbols by lottery. In this case, for example, when the game ball passes through the gate 124, the random number acquisition unit 231 normally acquires the fluctuation pattern random number value of the symbol, and in S1607, the normal symbol fluctuation control unit 236 normally obtains the fluctuation pattern random number value of the symbol. The variable time is set by the determination.

After starting the variation of the normal symbol in S1608, or when it is determined that the symbol is normally varying in S1602 (Yes in S1602), the normal symbol variation control unit 236 determines whether or not the variation time has elapsed (S1609 ). That is, it is determined whether or not the elapsed time from the start of the normal symbol variation in S1608 has reached the variation time set in S1607. If the variation time has not elapsed (No in S1609), the normal symbol variation is continued, so the normal symbol processing ends as it is.

On the other hand, when the variation time has ended (Yes in S1609), the normal symbol variation control section 236 stops the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display 223 (S1610). Then, the normal symbol variation control section 236 determines whether or not the determination result of S1605 is winning (S1611). If it is elected (Yes in S1611), the auxiliary game flag is turned ON (S1612). On the other hand, if the lottery is lost (No in S1611), the normal symbol processing is terminated without turning ON the auxiliary game flag.

[Large winning opening processing by game control unit]
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the contents of the big winning opening process in the electric accessory process shown in S804 of FIG.
In this big winning opening process, the big winning opening operation control section 237 of the game control section 200 first checks whether or not the big winning game flag is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1701). When the jackpot game flag is OFF, there is no winning to the big winning hole 125, so the big winning hole process is terminated (No in S1701). On the other hand, if the jackpot game flag is ON (Yes in S1701), then the jackpot operation control unit 237 controls the opening operation control during the jackpot that is started in the pachinko gaming machine 100 stop processing (FIG. 14). It is determined whether or not it is in the middle of an operation (S1702).

If the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in the process of opening (Yes in S1702), then the big winning opening operation control unit 237 determines whether or not a preset opening operation time (opening time) has elapsed. (S1703). If the opening time has not elapsed, the opening operation at the big winning opening 125 is continued, so the big winning opening process is terminated (No in S1703). On the other hand, if the opening time has elapsed (Yes in S1703), then the large winning opening operation control unit 237 sets the operation of the large winning opening 125 (S1704), and initializes the number of winning prizes C (C=0). Then (S1705), 1 is added to the value of the number R of rounds for operation of the large winning opening 125 from the current value (S1706), and the operation of the large winning opening 125 is started (opened) (S1707).

In the operation setting of S1704, the operation pattern of the big winning opening 125 and the number of rounds to be operated in the operation pattern (the number of operation rounds) are set. Examples of the case where the big winning opening 125 is activated include a case of a big win or a short win in a special symbol lottery, and a case of a small win. The operation pattern and the number of rounds are variously set according to the types of these wins. In addition, in the jackpot game, it is stipulated that the operation of the jackpot 125 is continuously performed a plurality of times (a plurality of rounds). As an example, in the case of a long hit, for example, 15 rounds (15R) are operated, and one opening of 29.5 seconds is performed in one round. In the case of a short hit, for example, two rounds (2R) are operated, and one opening of 0.9 seconds is performed in one round. To explain further, it opens for 0.9 seconds, closes for 1.0 seconds, and then opens for 0.9 seconds. On the other hand, in the case of a small hit, for example, the door is opened for 0.9 seconds, closed for 1.0 seconds, and then opened for 0.9 seconds. Here, when the operation with a short hit and the operation with a small hit are compared in the above example, both are opened twice for 0.9 seconds. In other words, the action of the big winning hole 125 seen by the player is the same in the case of a short win and the case of a small win. you can't.

It is stipulated by law that the cumulative opening time of the big winning opening 125 must be set within 1.8 seconds in the case of a small winning. On the other hand, in the case of a big win (long win or short win), the big winning opening 125 must be opened continuously a plurality of times. Therefore, when trying to make it difficult to visually distinguish between the operation of the small hit and the operation of the short hit as described above, in the small hit, within the range where the open cumulative time in one operation is within 1.8 seconds, An operation mode is set in which the big winning opening 125 is opened two or more times, and in the short winning, the same number of rounds as the number of openings of the small winning is set.

Next, the big winning opening operation control section 237 determines whether or not the opening time in the operation pattern set in S1704 has elapsed (S1708). If the open state of the large winning opening 125 has not passed the opening time (No in S1708), then the large winning opening operation control unit 237 determines that the winning number C of the large winning opening 125 is a specified number (for example, 9). pieces) or more (S1709). If the opening time has not elapsed and the number of winning prizes C is less than the specified number, the operation state (open state) of the large winning prize port 125 is continued, so the large winning prize port processing is terminated (No in S1709). ). On the other hand, if the opening time has elapsed (Yes in S1708) or if the number of winning prizes C has reached the prescribed number (Yes in S1709), the large winning prize gate operation control unit 237 ends the operation of the big prize winning gate 125 (closes). (S1710).

Next, the large winning opening operation control unit 237 determines whether or not the number of rounds R for operating the large winning opening 125 has reached the maximum value set in S1704 (S1711). Then, if the maximum value has not been reached, the remaining operations are performed, so the big winning opening process is terminated (No in S1711).

If the number of rounds R for the operation of the large winning opening 125 reaches the maximum value (Yes in S1711), then the large winning opening operation control section 237 starts the ending operation (S1712). Here, the content of the ending action corresponds to the state of the jackpot game flag among the ending actions set in each game of the long hitting game and the short hitting game.
After that, the big winning opening operation control unit 237 sets an ending command for performing an effect in the ending operation corresponding to the big winning game flag in the effect control unit 300 in the RAM 203 (S1713). This ending command is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process shown in S806 of FIG.

Next, after resetting the number of rounds R for the operation of the big winning opening 125 to 0 (S1714), the big winning opening operation control unit 237 performs the ending operation in which the elapsed time from the start of the ending operation is set in advance. It is determined whether or not the required time (ending time) has elapsed (S1717). If the ending time has not elapsed, the ending operation is continued, so the big winning opening process is terminated (No in S1717). On the other hand, if the ending time has elapsed (Yes in S1717), then the big winning opening operation control section 237 turns OFF the jackpot game flag after the game state setting process by the game control section 200 (S1718). The big winning opening process is ended (S1719). The contents of the game state setting process will be described later.

In S1702, when it is determined that the pachinko gaming machine 100 is not in the opening (No in S1702), then the big winning opening operation control section 237 determines whether or not the ending is in progress (S1715). Then, if the ending is in progress (Yes at S1715), the operations after S1717 are executed.

On the other hand, if the pachinko gaming machine 100 is not in the ending state (No in S1715), then the large winning opening operation control section 237 determines whether or not the large winning opening 125 is operating (opening) (S1716). If not in operation (No in S1716), the operations from S1705 onward are executed, and if in operation (Yes in S1716), the operations from S1708 onward are executed.
It should be noted that the effect performed in the small hit game described above is the same as the effect performed in the short hit game, and it is not possible to distinguish between the short hit and the small hit from the effect.

[Game state setting process]
FIG. 18 shows the contents of the game state setting process (S1718) by the game control unit 200, which is executed when the ending time has passed (Yes in S1717).
When the game state setting process is performed, as a premise, the jackpot game flag is ON in S1701 of FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 18, the game control unit 200 first determines the type of the jackpot (S1801, S1802, S1803, S1806). These judgments can be made, for example, based on the type of symbol set in the RAM 203 as setting information in the big hit judging process (FIG. 12). In addition, since these determinations are substantially the same as S1202, S1203, and S1205 of the jackpot determination process (FIG. 12), the determination results of S1202, S1203, and S1205 may be used.

If it is a small hit (Yes in S1801), the game state setting process is terminated because the game state is not changed.
If the type of jackpot is a jackpot in a low-probability time-saving gaming state (No in S1801, Yes in S1802, S1803), the game control unit 200 turns on the time-saving flag (S1804). Thereby, the setting of the game state of RAM203 will be in a low probability time-saving game state. Also, the game control unit 200 sets the initial value of the lottery number J (S1805), and ends the game state setting process. The initial value of the lottery number J is 100 times in the illustrated example. Therefore, if the lottery in the low-probability time-saving gaming state is performed 100 times, the low-probability time-saving gaming state ends and the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state is entered.

On the other hand, if the type of jackpot is a jackpot in a low-probability time-saving no-game state (No in S1801, Yes in 1802, and No in S1803), the game control unit 200 performs processing without turning on both the time-saving flag and the high-accuracy flag. finish. Therefore, the setting of the game state of the RAM 203 for the game after this big hit is a low probability time saving non-game state.

If the type of jackpot is a jackpot in a high-probability time-saving game state (No in S1801 and S1802, Yes in S1806), the game control unit 200 turns on the time-saving flag (S1807), and sets the initial value of the lottery number J. (S1808). The initial value of the lottery number J in this case is 10000 in the illustrated example. In addition, the game control unit 200 turns on the high probability flag (S1809), and sets the initial value of the lottery number X (S1810). The initial value of the lottery number X is 10000 in the illustrated example. Thereby, the setting of the game state of RAM203 will be in a high probability time-saving game state. Then, when the lottery in the high-probability time-saving gaming state is performed 10000 times, the high-probability time-saving gaming state ends, and the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state is entered.

On the other hand, if the type of jackpot is a jackpot in a high-probability time-saving no-game state (No in S1801, S1802, and S1806), the game control unit 200 turns ON only the high-probability flag (S1809), and the initial value of the lottery number X (10000 times) is set (S1810). As a result, the setting of the gaming state of the RAM 203 becomes the high probability time saving non-gaming state. Then, when the lottery in the high-probability time-saving no-game state is performed 10000 times, the high-probability time-saving no-game state ends and the low-probability time-saving no-game state is entered.

[Electric tulip processing by game control unit]
FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing the contents of the electric tulip process in the electric accessory process shown in S804 of FIG.
In the electric tulip process, the electric tulip operation control section 238 of the game control section 200 first checks whether or not the auxiliary game flag is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1901). When the auxiliary game flag is OFF, since the electric tulip 123 is not opened, the electric tulip processing is terminated (No in S1901). On the other hand, if the auxiliary game flag is ON (Yes in S1901), then the electric tulip operation control unit 238 determines whether or not the electric tulip 123 is in operation (S1902).

If the electric tulip 123 is not in operation (No in S1902), the electric tulip operation control unit 238 sets the operation pattern of the electric tulip 123 (S1903), and operates the electric tulip 123 according to the set operation pattern (S1904). . Here, the operation pattern is set based on the time saving flag set in the processes of S1404, S1414 in FIG. 14, S1804, S1807 in FIG. 18, and the like. For example, if the time saving flag is OFF at the time of setting in S1903, an operation pattern that opens once with an opening time of 0.15 seconds is set, and if the time saving flag is ON, 1.80 seconds open An operating pattern is set to open three times in time. Thus, normally, when the time saving flag is ON (when the time saving state), the electric tulip 123 is opened multiple times for a long time, and the winning support (electric chew support) that makes it easier to win the second start port 122 is done. It should be noted that the operation pattern of the electric tulip 123 in the case of the time saving flag is ON or OFF (type of auxiliary game) is prepared a plurality, normal design process (see FIG. 16) according to the type of hit determined by the operation It may be configured to set a pattern.

When it is determined in S1902 that the electric tulip 123 is in operation (Yes in S1902), or after the electric tulip 123 is operated in S1904, the electric tulip operation control unit 238 determines that the opening time in the set operation pattern has elapsed. It is determined whether or not it has been done (S1905). If the open time has not passed, the electric tulip 123 continues to operate (open state), so the electric tulip process is terminated (No in S1905). On the other hand, if the opening time has passed (Yes in S1905), the electric tulip operation control unit 238 turns off the auxiliary game flag and ends the electric tulip processing (S1906).

[Method of judging by random numbers]
Here, the method of determination based on random numbers performed in the jackpot determination process (FIG. 12), variation pattern selection process (FIG. 13), normal symbol process (FIG. 16), etc. will be described in detail.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration example of random numbers (decision table) used in the special symbol lottery and the normal symbol lottery in the present embodiment.
Fig. 20(a) shows a configuration example of the jackpot random number used in the special symbol lottery, Fig. 20(b) shows a configuration example of the jackpot random number used in the special symbol lottery, and Fig. 20(c) shows a special symbol lottery. A configuration example of reach random numbers used and a configuration example of hit random numbers used in normal symbol lottery are shown in FIG. 20(d), respectively.

Referring to FIG. 20(a), as a determination value of the jackpot random number, the game state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 at the time of jackpot determination is a jackpot when the game state is a low probability state and the game state at the time of jackpot determination is a jackpot when the game state is a high probability state. 2 types and a small hit are set. The range of values of random numbers (random numbers for big hits) is 300 from 0 to 299. In the case of a special symbol lottery (jackpot lottery) in a low probability state, only one winning value is set, and the winning probability is 1/300. In addition, in the case of the special symbol lottery in the high probability state, the winning value is set to 10, and the winning probability is 10/300 (=1/30). That is, in the illustrated example, if the special symbol lottery is performed by winning the start ports 121 and 122 in a high probability state, the probability of winning becomes ten times as compared with the case where the special symbol lottery is performed in a low probability state. In addition, the winning value of the small win is set to three regardless of whether it is in a low probability state or a high probability state, and the winning probability is 3/300 (=1/100).
Here, a special symbol lottery in a low-probability state will be described as an example. It is determined whether or not the winning value of the jackpot lottery in the low-probability state in (a) matches "5". Although detailed description is omitted, the same applies to the special symbol lottery in the high probability state and the special symbol lottery for the small hit.

Referring to FIG. 20(b), five types of jackpot symbols are prepared: low-probability symbol A, low-probability symbol B, high-probability symbol A, high-probability symbol B, and latent probability symbol. Here, the low-probability pattern A and the low-probability pattern B are patterns representing a low-probability state jackpot, among which the low-probability pattern A is a long hit (8 rounds) and a low-probability time-saving game state jackpot. indicates that there is The low-probability symbol B indicates that it is a long hit (4 rounds) and a jackpot in a low-probability time-saving game state. The high-probability pattern A and the high-probability pattern B indicate a long hit (15 rounds) and a high-probability time-saving game state jackpot. The high-probability symbol C and the high-probability symbol D indicate a long hit (8 rounds) and a high-probability time-saving game state jackpot. The high-probability symbol E indicates that it is a short hit (2 rounds) and a high-probability time-saving no-game state jackpot. The latent certainty pattern is a pattern representing a short hit (two rounds) and a high probability short time non-playing state jackpot. Therefore, the high-probability pattern B and the latent-probability pattern have the same game state after the jackpot game, but the latent-probability pattern is a condition for carrying out a latent performance that does not clearly notify the player of the high-probability state. Therefore, it is provided separately from the high probability pattern B. The range of random number values is 250 from 0 to 249. In addition, in the jackpot symbol random number, a winning value is set for each of the first start port 121 and the second start port 122 that trigger the special symbol lottery.

In the low-probability symbol A, 35 values are assigned as winning values to both the first starting port 121 and the second starting port 122 . Therefore, the probability of winning the low-probability symbol A when winning the jackpot is 35/250 (=7/50).
In the low-probability symbol B, 15 values are assigned as winning values to both the first starting port 121 and the second starting port 122 . Therefore, the probability of winning the low-probability symbol B when winning the jackpot is 15/250 (=3/50).

In the high-probability pattern A, 20 values are assigned as winning values when winning the first starting port 121. - 特許庁Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol A is 20/250 (=2/25) when winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121.例文帳に追加
On the other hand, 150 values are assigned as winning values when the second starting port 122 wins. Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol A when winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the second starting port 122 is 150/250 (=15/25).

In the high-probability pattern B, five values are assigned as winning values when winning the first starting port 121. - 特許庁Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol B when winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121 is 5/250 (=1/50).
On the other hand, 25 values are assigned as winning values when the second starting port 122 wins. Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol B when winning the special symbol lottery started by winning the second starting port 122 is 25/250 (=1/10).

In the high-probability symbol C, 25 values are assigned as winning values when winning the first starting port 121. - 特許庁Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol C is 25/250 (=1/10) when winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121.例文帳に追加
On the other hand, 10 values are assigned as winning values when the second starting port 122 wins. Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol B is 10/250 (=1/25) when the player wins the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the second starting port 122.例文帳に追加

In the high-probability pattern D, 25 values are assigned as winning values when winning the first starting port 121. - 特許庁Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol D when winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121 is 25/250 (=1/10).
On the other hand, 10 values are assigned as winning values when the second starting port 122 wins. Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol D when winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the second starting port 122 is 10/250 (=1/25).

In the high-probability pattern E, 25 values are assigned as winning values when winning the first starting port 121. - 特許庁Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol E when winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121 is 25/250 (=1/10).
On the other hand, five values are assigned as winning values when the second starting port 122 wins. Therefore, the probability of winning the high-probability symbol E when winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the second starting port 122 is 5/250 (=1/50).

In the latent probability pattern, 100 values are assigned as winning values when the first starting port 121 is won. Therefore, the probability of winning a latent symbol in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121 is 100/250 (=2/5).
On the other hand, the second starting port 122 is not assigned a winning value in the latent certainty pattern, and when the second starting port 122 wins, the winning in the latent certainty pattern does not occur.

Here, taking the low-probability symbol A as an example, the jackpot symbol random number (see S903, S910) acquired with the opportunity of winning the first start port 121 or the second start port 122 is shown in FIG. ), it is determined whether the winning value of the low-probability symbol A matches “0 to 34”. Although detailed description is omitted, the same applies to the special symbol lottery such as the low-probability symbol B.

As described above, by differentiating the winning probabilities of the types of jackpots in the case of winning the first starting hole 121 and the winning of the second starting hole 122, various game characteristics can be provided. In addition, the arrangement of the first starting port 121 and the second starting port 122 on the game board 110 is devised so that either one of the first starting port 121 and the second starting port 122 can be aimed easily in a specific state (mode). , it is possible to encourage players to actively participate in games.

Next, determination of reach random numbers will be described. In addition, the reach random number is set according to the number of reservations as described later. Here, as an example, the reach random number when the pending number is 0 will be described.
With reference to FIG. 20 (c), the range of random number values is 250 from 0 to 249, and the variation pattern (variation time) that can execute the reach effect (for example, 13.5 seconds or more) lottery result ( 22 random numbers are assigned to "with reach", and 228 random numbers are assigned to the lottery result (without reach) that does not make the ready-to-win effect a viable variation pattern (for example, less than 13.5 seconds). That is, in the illustrated example, if the special symbol lottery does not win big, the ready-to-win effect is performed with a probability of 22/250 (=11/125). Here, the ready-to-win effect is a effect performed in the image display section 114 when special symbols are changed. Hereinafter, the production at the time of the special pattern fluctuation that does not make the reach production a variable pattern that can be executed is called a production without reach, and the production at the time of the special pattern fluctuation that makes the reach production a variation pattern that can be executed in response to this is a production with reach. call.

Here, if the reach is explained as an example, the reach random number (see S903, S910) acquired with the opportunity of winning the first start port 121 or the second start port 122 is the reach in FIG. It is determined whether or not it matches the winning value "0 to 21". Although detailed explanation is omitted, the same applies to the special symbol lottery without reach.

In many cases, at the time of special symbol fluctuation, the display control of the first special symbol indicator 221 and the second special symbol indicator 222 (hereinafter referred to as special symbol indicators 221 and 222 when not distinguished) is interlocked. , the image display unit 114 performs an effect using decorative patterns. The decorative pattern is formed by displaying three lines of patterns each consisting of a series of numerals 1 to 9, for example, written in succession in the vertical direction. Then, at the same time when the variable display of the special symbols on the special symbol displays 221 and 222 is started, the decorative symbols displayed on the image display section 114 start scrolling. Further, after a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the variable display of the special symbols (start of scrolling of the decorative symbols), the special symbols are stopped and displayed, and at the same time, the decorative symbols are fixed and stopped. In general, when the determination result of the special symbol lottery is a big hit, the same three numbers are arranged in a horizontal or oblique straight line in the stationary display of the decorative symbols. The effect using the decorative design that is performed along with the variable display of this special design is called a variable effect.

In the ready-to-win production, the following operations are performed with respect to decorative symbols as a variable production. First, any two patterns (sequences) are temporarily stopped before the decorative patterns scrolling in the vertical (horizontal) direction are fixed and stopped. At this time, the same numbers are temporarily stopped on a horizontal (vertical) or diagonal straight line. To explain further, if the decorative symbols are scrolled in the vertical direction, the same numbers are temporarily stopped in one row in the horizontal direction.
Next, the scroll speed for the last line is gradually slowed down, giving the player a sense of anticipation that three identical numbers will line up on a straight line. After the last line is temporarily stopped, the three symbols are fixed and stopped.
Here, in the ready-to-win effect, the SP ready-to-win effect or the SP/SP ready-to-win effect may be performed before the three symbols are fixed and stopped. In addition, the SP reach effect is generally called super reach or special reach, and is a effect that makes you expect a bigger hit than reach, and is a moving image effect in which various characters appear and stories develop. . In addition, SP and SP reach are generally called super super reach and special special reach, and are effects that make you expect a bigger hit than SP reach, and animation images in which various characters appear and stories develop. It is a production of
Further, as shown in FIG. 21, which will be described later, in the present embodiment, when the variation time is longer (for example, 90 seconds or 60 seconds), SP ready-to-win or SP/SP ready-to-win effects are set to be executed. . It should be noted that the above-mentioned variable production that is performed together with the ready-to-win production is also referred to as a ready-to-reach variable production.
On the other hand, in the non-reach production, until the decorative pattern that scrolls in the vertical (horizontal) direction is fixed and stopped, the production that gives the player a sense of expectation, such as the production with reach, is not performed. The symbols are determined and stopped in a state where the same numbers are not aligned on a diagonal straight line.

In this way, the ready-to-win random number performs a ready-to-win effect as a variation pattern in which the ready-to-win effect can be executed in the image display unit 114 when the result of the judgment of the big hit random number is a loss, or the ready-to-win effect can be executed. It is determined whether to perform a no-reach production that does not use a variation pattern. In addition, the ready-to-win random number changes the execution ratio of the ready-to-win effect according to the number of reservations, thereby enabling efficient game progress and giving the player a moderate sense of expectation.
In addition, when a jackpot is won, a reach effect is performed, and finally, the decorative patterns are fixed and stopped in a state where the same numbers are aligned on a horizontal (vertical) or diagonal straight line. can be done. On the other hand, in the ready-to-win effect in the case of winning a small prize or losing, the decoration pattern is determined and stopped in a state where the same numbers are not aligned on the straight line.

Next, the determination of the winning random number used in the normal symbol lottery will be described.
Referring to FIG. 20 (d), the range of random number values is 10 from 0 to 9, one value is assigned as the winning value when the time saving flag is OFF, and the winning value when the time saving flag is ON Nine values are assigned. Therefore, when the game ball passes through the gate 124 and the normal symbol lottery is performed in the absence of time-saving state, the game is won with a probability of 1/10. On the other hand, if a game ball passes through the gate 124 in the time-saving state and a normal symbol lottery is performed, the player wins with a probability of 9/10.

Here, taking the time saving flag OFF as an example, the hit random value (see S1003) acquired with the passage of the game ball through the gate 124, the first start port 121 or the second start port 122 is shown in FIG. It is determined whether it matches with "0" which is the winning value of the time saving flag OFF in d). Although detailed description is omitted, the same applies to the normal symbol lottery with the time saving flag ON.

In addition, although not particularly shown, it is possible to set a plurality of wins with different contents of the auxiliary game (opening pattern of the electric tulip 123) performed when a win is determined in the normal symbol lottery. In this case, for example, like the jackpot pattern random number (see FIG. 17(b)) specifying the type of jackpot in the special pattern lottery, the winning pattern random number for specifying the type of win in the normal symbol lottery is set. Then, the game control unit 200 acquires the random number of the winning random number and the random number of the winning symbol random number in the gate switch process (see FIG. 10) by the random number acquisition unit 231, and the normal symbol determination unit 232 acquires the random number of the winning symbol random number. Determine the type of win based on random numbers.
It should be noted that the range of random numbers, the percentage of winning values, and the values of winning values shown in the configuration examples of random numbers in FIG. 20 are merely examples, and are not limited to the illustrated values.

[Setting example of fluctuation pattern]
Next, a setting example of a variation pattern and a table used in the variation pattern selection process shown in FIG. 13 will be described.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a setting example of variation patterns and tables used in the variation pattern selection process shown in FIG. In addition, FIG. 21 shows a setting example of the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. Although illustration is omitted, a table for setting the variation pattern selected in the variation pattern selection process is separately provided for other game states such as the high probability time saving gaming state.
In addition, FIG. 21 shows a setting example when a game ball has entered the first starting port 121. As shown in FIG. Regarding the case where the game ball wins in the second start port 122, a table for setting the variation pattern selected in the variation pattern selection process may be provided separately, or the game ball wins in the first start port 121. A table to be referred to in each case may be shared and referred to.

As shown in FIG. 21, the special symbol variation control unit 233 determines the variation pattern based on the big winning symbol and the variation pattern random number when the determination result of the special symbol lottery is a big win (Yes in S1302 of FIG. 13). . Specifically, in the special symbol variation control unit 233, the variation pattern random number value (see S903) acquired together with the jackpot random number value by the random number acquisition unit 231 matches any of the variation pattern random number values assigned to each jackpot symbol. determine the variation pattern based on whether For example, when the jackpot design is "high probability design A" and the variation pattern random number is "51", it matches the variation pattern random number range "50 to 69" allocated to "high probability design A" in FIG. Therefore, "PB3" is selected as the variation pattern. In addition, the special symbol variation time in this "PB3" is "90.18 seconds".

In addition, the special symbol variation control unit 233, when the determination result of the special symbol lottery is lost (No in S1302 of FIG. 13), the number of reservations U1 of the first special symbol lottery, the reach random number, and the variation pattern random number determine the variation pattern. Specifically, the special symbol variation control unit 233, when the pending number U1 of the first special symbol lottery is "0", the reach random number (see S903) acquired together with the jackpot random number by the random number acquisition unit 231 , determines whether it is assigned to the reach random number range "0 to 21" assigned to the pending number "0" of "missing" in FIG. 21 or to the reach random number range "22 to 249". Then, when the obtained reach random number is included in the reach random number range “0 to 21”, the variation pattern random number (see S903) obtained together with the jackpot random number by the random number obtaining unit 231 is the reach random number range “0 to 21”, the variation pattern is determined based on which of the variation pattern random values assigned to “21” matches. For example, when the variation pattern random number is "51", it matches the variation pattern random number range "50 to 89", so "PR4" is selected as the variation pattern.

As described above, the game control unit 200 controls the variation pattern random number value (see S903 and S910 in FIG. 9) acquired when the game ball enters the starting holes 121 and 122, the game state of the pachinko gaming machine 100, the reach A variation pattern of special symbols is determined based on conditions such as the presence or absence of performance and the number of reservations. Information on the determined special symbol variation pattern is included in the variation start command and sent from the game control section 200 to the effect control section 300 . In the effect control unit 300, as will be described later, as the effect at the time of the special symbol variation, the effect corresponding to the variation time specified based on the information of the variation pattern included in the variation start command (executable in the variation time) is produced. is selected and executed.

[Configuration of RAM of game control unit and RAM of effect control unit for performing advance notice effect based on prior determination]
Next, the configurations of the RAM 203 of the game control unit 200 and the RAM 303 of the effect control unit 300 in this embodiment for executing the advance notice effect based on the prior determination will be described.
FIG. 22 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the RAM 203 (see FIG. 3) of the game control section 200 according to this embodiment. 22(a) is a block diagram showing the configuration of the storage area 204, and FIG. 22(b) is a block diagram showing the configuration of each of the storage units shown in FIG. 22(a).

As shown in FIG. 22(a), the RAM 203 has a storage area 204 as a special symbol holding storage area for storing the jackpot random numbers obtained by the jackpot random number lottery. This storage area 204 has eight storage units corresponding to the maximum value of the number of reservations of the first start port 121 and the number of reservations of the second start port 122 (when the upper limit of each number of reservations is 4) . Specifically, the storage area 204 includes a first storage unit 204a, a second storage unit 204b, a third storage unit 204c, a fourth storage unit 204d, a fifth storage unit 204e, a sixth storage unit 204f, and a seventh storage. It has a section 204g and an eighth storage section 204h.

Further, as shown in FIG. 22(b), each of these storage units 204a to 204h is an area for storing information indicating whether the starting gate (first starting gate 121 or second starting gate 122) has won a prize. , an area for storing the acquired jackpot random numbers, an area for storing the pattern random numbers, an area for storing the reach random numbers, and an area for storing the variation pattern random numbers. That is, each of the storage units 204a to 204h stores a jackpot random number, a pattern random number, a reach random number, and a variation pattern random number.

Here, each random number is stored in order from the first storage unit 204a. More specifically, for example, when no random number is stored in any of the first storage unit 204a to the eighth storage unit 204h, the obtained random number is stored in the first storage unit 204a. Further, for example, when random numbers are already stored in the first storage unit 204a to the fourth storage unit 204d, the obtained random numbers are stored in the fifth storage unit 204e.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the RAM 303 (see FIG. 3) of the effect control section 300 according to this embodiment. FIG. 23(a) is a block diagram showing the configuration of reserved storage areas 305 and 306, and FIG. 23(b) is a block diagram showing the configuration of each of the storage units shown in FIG. 23(a).
As shown in FIG. 23(a), the RAM 303 has a first reservation storage area 305 and a second reservation storage area 306 as reservation status storage areas for storing the status of the reservation ball. The first reservation storage area 305 and the second reservation storage area 306 correspond to the reservation of the winning to the first start gate 121 and the reservation of the winning to the second start gate 122, respectively. have. Specifically, the first reserved storage area 305 has a first storage section 305a, a second storage section 305b, a third storage section 305c, and a fourth storage section 305d. The second reserved storage area 306 has a first storage section 306a, a second storage section 306b, a third storage section 306c, and a fourth storage section 306d.

Further, as shown in FIG. 23(b), each of these storage units 305a to 305d and 306a to 306d includes a hold flag storage area for turning ON/OFF the hold flag and a notification flag storage area for turning ON/OFF the notification flag. and a region. The reserve flag is a flag for identifying the presence or absence of a reserve ball for each of the storage units 305a to 305d and 306a to 306d. That is, for example, when the number of pending prizes to the first starting port 121 is 3, the pending flags are turned ON in the three pending flag storage areas of the first to third storage units 305a, 305b, and 305c. The notification flag is a flag for setting whether or not to perform the notice effect based on the preliminary determination result for each reserved ball. In the pachinko gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, the effect control unit 300 can set whether or not to perform the advance notice effect based on the result of prior determination according to the game state and effect situation. Therefore, the notification flag is turned ON when the announcement effect is performed, and the notification flag is turned OFF when the announcement effect is not performed. For example, when the notice effect is performed for the third held ball out of the three held balls, the notification flag is turned ON in the notification flag storage area of the third storage section 305c.

Although not shown, the RAM 203 has an area (hereinafter referred to as a prior determination information storage area) in which prior determination information is stored, in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 22(a). The pre-determination information is information obtained by the pre-determination process (see S904 and S911 in FIG. 9) based on the above random numbers. The content of the prior determination information is the same as the information obtained as various determination results in the special symbol processing (see FIG. 11), and specifically, whether or not the big hit (and whether or not the small hit), the big hit In the case of , it is information for indicating the type of the jackpot, whether the variation pattern (variation time) is a length capable of executing the ready-to-win effect, and the contents of the variation pattern. The pre-determination information stored in the pre-determination information storage area is stored together with information (hereinafter referred to as retention information) related to the hold corresponding to the winning ball (reserved ball) for which the pre-determination process has been performed, or independently of this hold information. At the timing, it is included in the pre-determination result command and sent from the game control section 200 to the effect control section 300. - 特許庁

[Pre-judgment processing]
Next, the preliminary determination processing (see S904 and S911 in FIG. 9) will be described in detail.
In the pre-determination process in the present embodiment, the game control unit 200 performs pre-determination as follows using a random number table similar to the random number configuration example described with reference to FIGS. 20 and 21 .

FIG. 24 is a flow chart showing the details of the preliminary determination processing (S904 and S911 in FIG. 9) according to this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 24, the game control unit 200 first determines whether or not the game state is a high probability state (S2401), and when it determines that it is a high probability state (Yes in S2401), A table is selected to determine the jackpot random number and jackpot pattern random number in advance (S2402). On the other hand, when it is determined as No in S2401, a table for low probability state is selected, and a jackpot random number and a jackpot symbol random number are pre-determined (S2403).

After the prior determination of the jackpot random number and the jackpot pattern random number of S2402 or S2403, the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the game state is the time saving state (S2404), and determines that it is the time saving state (Yes in S2404), The table for the time saving state is selected, and the reach random number is pre-determined (S2405). Furthermore, the table for time saving state is selected, and the fluctuation pattern random number is pre-determined (S2406).
On the other hand, when it is determined as No in S2404, the table for time saving non-state is selected, and the reach random number is determined in advance (S2407). Furthermore, the table for time saving no state is selected, and the fluctuation pattern random number is determined in advance (S2408).

Thereafter, the game control unit 200, the result of the pre-determination of the jackpot random number obtained as described above, the result of the pre-determination of the jackpot pattern random number, the pre-determination result of the reach random number, and the pre-determination result of the variation pattern, It is stored in the advance judgment information storage area as advance judgment information (S2409). Furthermore, in order to transmit the preliminary determination information to the effect control section 300, the preliminary determination result command including the preliminary determination information is set in the RAM 203 (S2410).

Here, the above-mentioned preliminary determination is based on the random number value acquired according to the winning of the game ball to the starting ports 121 and 122 (see S903 and S910 in FIG. 9) and the determination table used in the big hit determination process (FIG. 20 ) and a judgment table having the same structure as the one shown in FIG. That is, the determination itself after selecting the determination table to be used is the same as the determination in the big win determination process (see S1201 in FIG. 12). Therefore, in the present embodiment, the subroutine (see S1108 in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12) of the jackpot determination process used in the special symbol process (see FIG. 11) is called to determine the random number in the prior determination.

With such a configuration, in the present embodiment, there is no need to prepare a processing function (subroutine) for determining random numbers in addition to the jackpot determination process in order to determine random numbers in the preliminary determination process. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of control instructions and suppress an increase in the size of the program relating to the jackpot determination process and the advance determination process. Further, as described above, when the determination table used for the preliminary determination has the same configuration as the determination table used for the big win determination, the determination table used for the big win determination may also be used for the preliminary determination.

In addition, here only the prior determination (whether it is a big hit or not) on the special symbol lottery was described, but in the present embodiment, the variation pattern when performing the variable display and the stop display of the special symbol is also read ahead (preliminary determination). I do. The selection of the variation pattern in the special symbol lottery is a random number for variation pattern selection (see S903 and S910 in FIG. 9) acquired according to the winning of the game ball to the starting ports 121 and 122 and the variation pattern table (FIG. 21 (see S1109 of FIG. 11 and FIG. 13). Therefore, even in the look-ahead of the variation pattern, using the random number value for selecting the variation pattern acquired at the time of winning and the look-ahead table of the same configuration as the variation pattern table used in the variation pattern selection process of the special symbol process, it is selected. Fluctuation patterns can be read ahead.

In this case, in order to foresee the variation pattern selected in the variation pattern selection process, the subroutine of the variation pattern selection process (see S1109 of FIG. 11 and FIG. 13) used in the special symbol process (see FIG. 11) is called and used. be able to. Moreover, regarding the look-ahead table used for the look-ahead of the variation pattern selection, the variation pattern table used in the variation pattern selection process of the special symbol processing may be used. By configuring in this way, it is possible to reduce the number of control instructions related to prefetching of variation pattern selection and suppress an increase in program size.

It should be noted that, if the pre-determination process and the jackpot determination process at the time of special symbol variation are performed in the same subroutine using the same determination table group, the execution time of each process is different, so the pre-determination result and the special symbol variation There may be a case where the judgment result by the big hit judging process of (1) is different. That is, it is a case where the game state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 (whether it is a high probability state or a low probability state, or whether it is a time saving state or a time saving no state) changes before the start of the special symbol variation after the execution of the preliminary determination process. In this case, since different types of determination tables are used according to the gaming state, the specific determination table used for determination differs between when the preliminary determination process is executed and when the big win determination process is executed. . Therefore, even if the same random number obtained at the time of winning to the starting ports 121 and 122 is used, the preliminary determination result and the determination result of the jackpot determination process may differ. In such a case, in the production control unit 300, after the execution of the preliminary determination process, if the game state changes before the start of the special symbol variation, the production based on the preliminary determination result is not executed (prohibition) control, etc. can be done.

In addition, according to the command output from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 as described above, the effect control unit 300 controls, for example, the image display unit 114, the board lamp 116, the speaker 156, the frame lamp 157, and the like. For example, when the effect control unit 300 receives a command indicating the start of the door opening error, the effect control unit 300 displays a message such as "Please call a staff member" or an image indicating an abnormal state to the image display unit. 114 to display. In addition, the effect control unit 300 causes the speaker 156 to output an alarm or the like indicating an abnormal state, and restricts the output of music, voice, sound effects, and the like. Moreover, the production|presentation control part 300 lights the board lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 in red, for example as a mode which shows an abnormal state.

In addition, here, it was explained that the effect control unit 300 uses all of the image display unit 114, the board lamp 116, the speaker 156, and the frame lamp 157 to notify that an error has occurred. A mode using a part may be used. Also, the mode of notification may be switched according to the content of the error. For example, when a door open error occurs in area 020 in FIG. 24-3, all of image display section 114, board lamp 116, speaker 156, and frame lamp 157 may be used as described above. Also, when a payout error occurs in the area 021 in FIG. 24-3, the image display unit 114 and the speaker 156 notify that the error has occurred. This makes it possible for a store clerk of a game parlor (pachinko hall) to easily determine the degree of urgency of an error that has occurred in a game machine.

[Operation of production control unit]
Next, the operation of the effect control section 300 will be described.
FIG. 25 is a flow chart showing the operation of the effect control section 300. As shown in FIG.
The operation of the effect control section 300 consists of main processing shown in FIG. 25(a) and interrupt processing shown in FIG. 25(b). Referring to FIG. 25(a), the effect control unit 300 performs initial setting at the time of activation (S2501), and after performing cycle setting of CTC (Counter/Timer Circuit) (S2502), according to the set cycle. , While updating the random number used in the effect control (S2503), interrupt processing is accepted.

Interrupt processing is performed periodically according to the cycle set in S2502. Referring to FIG. 25(b), in this interrupt process, the effect control unit 300 receives a command from the game control unit 200 and performs command reception processing (S2511). In this command reception process, the effect contents (effect pattern) are selected. In addition, the effect control unit 300 performs effect button processing for accepting the player's operation of the effect button 161 or the like (S2512). Thereafter, the effect control section 300 performs command transmission processing for transmitting a command including information on the selected effect pattern to the image/sound control section 310 and the lamp control section 320 (S2513). As a result, effects such as image display and sound output on the image display unit 114, movement of the movable accessory 115, and light emission of the board lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 are performed.

[Command reception processing by production control unit]
FIG. 26 is a flow chart showing the contents of the command reception process (S2511 in FIG. 25(b)).
In this command reception process, the effect control unit 300 first determines whether or not the pre-determination result command and the pending number increase command have been received (S2601). It should be noted that the pre-determined result command and the pending number increase command are set in the starting opening switch process shown in FIG. ) is a command transmitted to the effect control unit 300.
And, when the effect control unit 300 determines that it has received the pre-determination result command and the reservation number increase command (Yes in S2601), it adds 1 to the value of the reservation number held in the RAM 303 (S2602). Furthermore, the effect control unit 300 performs a pre-determination effect selection process based on the pre-determination result command and the reservation number increase command (S2603). The details of the pre-determination effect selection process will be described later.

If the received command is not the prior determination result command and the pending number increase command (No in S2601), the effect control unit 300 determines whether the received command is the variation start command (S2604). This variation start command is a command that is set in the special symbol processing shown in FIG. 11 in the game control unit 200 (S1111) and transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output processing (S806) shown in FIG.
When the received command is the variation start command (Yes in S2604), the effect control section 300 executes effect selection processing (S2605). In addition, when the fluctuation start command is received, a random number value for effect control used in the effect selection process is acquired. This random value is a random value that is periodically updated in S2503 of the main processing shown in FIG. 25(a). Details of the effect selection process will be described later.

If the received command is not the pre-determination result command, the pending number increase command and the variation start command (No in S2601 and S2604), the effect control unit 300 determines whether the received command is the variation stop command (S2606). This fluctuation stop command is a command that is set in the special symbol processing shown in FIG. 11 in the game control unit 200 (S1114) and transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process (S806) shown in FIG.
When the received command is the fluctuation stop command (Yes in S2606), the effect control section 300 executes the process during the end of the fluctuation effect (S2607). In addition, in the processing during the end of the variation effect, the effect control unit 300 analyzes the received variation stop command and sets a variation effect end command for instructing the end of the effect of the symbol variation in the RAM303.

If the received command is not a pre-determination result command, a hold number increase command, a variation start command and a variation stop command (No in S2601, S2604 and S2606), the effect control unit 300 starts the opening operation of the jackpot game with the received command It is determined whether or not it is an opening command for opening (S2608). This opening command is a command that is set in the stopped process shown in FIG. 14 (S1418) and transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process (S806) shown in FIG.
When the received command is an opening command (Yes in S2608), the effect control section 300 executes a jackpot effect selection process (S2609). Details of the jackpot effect selection process will be described later.

If the received command is not a pre-determination result command, a hold number increase command, a variation start command, a variation stop command and an opening command (No in S2601, S2604, S2606 and S2608), the effect control unit 300 determines that the received command is a jackpot game (S2610). This ending command is a command that is set in the big winning opening process shown in FIG. 17 (S1713) and transmitted to the effect control section 300 in the output process (S806) shown in FIG.
If the received command is an ending command (Yes at S2610), the effect control unit 300 executes ending effect selection processing (S2611). Details of the ending effect selection process will be described later.

If the received command is not a pre-determination result command, a pending number increase command, a variation start command, a variation stop command, an opening command and an ending command (No in S2601, S2604, S2606, S2608 and S2610), then the effect control unit 300 , a customer waiting command reception process for shifting the received command to the customer waiting state is executed (S2612). Details of the customer waiting command reception process will be described later.

FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing the contents of the preliminary determination effect selection process (S2603) and the effect selection process (S2605) of FIG.
In the pre-determination effect selection process, the effect control unit 300 first analyzes the pre-determination result command received from the game control unit 200 (S2801). Furthermore, the effect control unit 300 analyzes the pending number increase command received from the game control unit 200 (S2802). Then, the effect control unit 300 selects the effect pattern (predetermined effect pattern) used in the predetermined effect based on the predetermination result command and the pending number increase command (S2803).

Here, as the pre-judgment performance pattern, various performance patterns can be provided that give advance notice of the random number determination result by the special symbol processing before the start of variation based on the random number determination result by the special symbol processing. For example, an effect such as a pending display effect or a continuous advance notice effect can be provided as a pre-determination effect pattern. In the present embodiment, when a reserved ball occurs, a display representing the number of reserved balls is displayed on the first special symbol reservation display 218 and the second special symbol reservation display 219 of the display 130 (see FIG. 2). At the same time, the image display unit 114 performs a hold display suggesting the occurrence of a hold and the number of holds (hold display effect). Therefore, in this holding display effect, by reflecting the preliminary judgment result in the display mode of the holding display, etc., the judgment result when the random number judgment by the special symbol processing is performed after that with respect to the holding ball is sent to the player. It can be a pre-judgment production to suggest.

In addition, although the case where the pending display effect is used as a pre-determination effect is explained here, by reflecting it in the contents of various effects performed before the start of the fluctuation based on the determination result of the random number by the special symbol processing, various notice effects It becomes possible to do For example, a production using a production image displayed on the image display unit 114, a production by light emission of the board lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157, a production by the movement of movable accessories, a production by sound output such as music and sound effects, etc. It can be set as a judgment production pattern.

In addition, the pre-determination effect is executed along with the symbol variation for the other winning balls performed prior to the symbol variation for the winning ball (reserved ball) for which the pre-determination has been performed. In the present embodiment, the upper limit of the number of holding balls is four per starting port (first starting port 121 or second starting port 122) (see FIG. 9). Moreover, priority is given to digestion of the ball held in the second starting port 122 . In this case, for example, if the preliminary determination is made for the held ball with the second starting port 122, before the pattern fluctuation for the held ball is performed, including the fluctuation currently fluctuating (referred to as the fluctuation), Symbol variation is performed for a maximum of four winning balls. In the notice effect related to the reserved ball that has been pre-determined, if multiple pattern changes are performed before the pattern change is performed for the reserved ball, the notice effect that spans the multiple pattern changes (continuous notice effect ).

Then, the effect control unit 300 sets the pending number command including the value of the added pending number and the information of the pre-determined effect pattern selected in the pre-determined effect selection process to the RAM 303 (S2804). In order to notify the CPU 311 of the image/sound control unit 310 of the selected pre-determined effect pattern, the number-of-holds command includes information indicating the pattern. By receiving the pending number command, the CPU 311 creates a display list or the like for causing the VDP 314 to draw and output images and sounds corresponding to the selected pre-determined effect pattern. Based on the display list or the like, the VDP 314 reads image data and sound data for representing the selected pre-determination effect pattern from the CGROM 315 and SNDROM 316, and expresses the pre-determination effect using the image display unit 114 and the speaker 156. .

In the effect selection process, the effect control unit 300 first analyzes the received variation start command (S2811). Also, 1 is subtracted from the number of reservations held in the RAM 303 (S2812). Then, the effect control unit 300 displays on the image display unit 114 based on various setting information (information such as the type of jackpot, the game state after the jackpot game, and the fluctuation pattern) obtained from the analysis result of the fluctuation start command. A variation production pattern for symbol variation by image is selected (S2813).

Finally, the production control unit 300 sets a variable production start command for instructing the execution start of the selected production in the RAM303 (S2814). The variable effect start command includes information indicating the pattern in order to notify the CPU 311 of the selected variable effect pattern. When the CPU 311 receives the variable effect start command, the VDP 314 draws images and sounds corresponding to the selected variable effect pattern, and creates a display list or the like for output processing. Based on the display list or the like, the VDP 314 reads out image data and sound data for representing the selected variable effect pattern from the CGROM 315 and SNDROM 316, and expresses the variable effect using the image display unit 114 and the speaker 156.

Although not described in detail, in the process of selecting a variation performance pattern for symbol variation in S2813, a variation performance pattern is determined based on the variation pattern. Based on the variable effect pattern determined here, the variable display of decorative symbols, the background effect, the advance notice effect, etc. are determined. In addition, the variable display of decorative symbols is effect display performed by the image display unit 114 along with the variable display of the special symbols performed by the first special symbol display device 221 or the second special symbol display device 222 . In the variable display of the decorative symbols, a ready-to-win effect or the like is executed. It should be noted that, unlike the present embodiment, when a plurality of variation production patterns are set for the variation pattern, the production random number (one of the random numbers updated in S2503 of FIG. 25 (a) , Acquire production random value when receiving fluctuation start command) may be used to select a fluctuation production pattern by lottery.

FIG. 28 is a flow chart showing the contents of the jackpot effect selection process (S2609) in FIG.
In this jackpot effect selection process, the effect control unit 300 first analyzes the received opening command (including information about the type of the jackpot pattern) (S3001), and selects a pattern of effect (jackpot effect pattern) (S3002). . Then, the effect control unit 300 reads out the image data and sound data used for the effect by the selected big win effect pattern from the ROM 302, sets the big win effect start command instructing the selected effect together with these data in the RAM 303, The jackpot effect selection process is terminated (S3003). As a result, the effect during the big hit is determined. It should be noted that in the selection of the jackpot effect pattern (S3002), determination may be made based on a random number obtained when the command is received.

FIG. 29 is a flow chart showing the content of the ending effect selection process (S2611) of FIG.
In this ending effect selection process, the effect control unit 300 first analyzes the received ending command (including information about the type of jackpot symbol) (S3101), and selects a pattern of effect (ending effect pattern) (S3102). . Then, the effect control unit 300 reads the image data and sound data used for the effect by the selected ending effect pattern from the ROM 302, sets the ending effect start command for instructing the selected effect together with these data in the RAM 303, Ending effect selection processing is ended (S3103). It should be noted that in the selection of the ending effect pattern (S3102), determination may be made based on a random number obtained when the command is received.

FIG. 30 is a flow chart showing the contents of the customer waiting command reception process (S2612) of FIG.
The effect control unit 300 determines whether or not a customer waiting command for shifting to a customer waiting state has been received (S3201). When the customer waiting command is received (Yes in S3201), the effect control section 300 starts measuring the elapsed time (S3202), and turns ON the measurement flag in the RAM 303 (S3203). On the other hand, if the received command is not a customer waiting command (No in S3201), the effect control unit 300 determines whether or not the measurement flag held in the RAM 303 is ON (S3204). If the measurement flag is OFF (No in S3204), the customer waiting command reception process is terminated.

When the measurement flag is ON (after turning ON in Yes or S3203 in S3204), the production control unit 300 next determines whether the measurement time has reached a predetermined time-up time (for example, 10 seconds). is determined (S3205). If the time has not expired (No in S3205), the customer waiting command reception process is terminated. On the other hand, when the time is up (Yes in S3205), the effect control unit 300 turns off the measurement flag held in the RAM 303 (S3206), and transmits a customer waiting effect command for performing a customer waiting effect (demonstration effect) to the RAM 303. is set to end the customer waiting command reception process (S3207).

When the command receiving process is completed as described above, any one of a variable performance start command, a variable performance end command, a big hit performance start command, an ending performance start command, and a customer waiting performance command is set in the RAM 303. - 特許庁

FIG. 31 is a flow chart showing the content of the effect button processing (S2512 in FIG. 25(b)).
In this effect button processing, the effect control unit 300 first determines whether or not the operation means such as the effect button 161 is operated by the player during a predetermined acceptance period (effective period) (S3301). Here, the operation of the operation means includes pressing the effect button 161 to turn it on, and pressing the center key or the peripheral key of the effect key 162 to turn it on. Further, when an operation device other than the effect button 161 and the effect key 162, such as a touch panel, is provided in the pachinko gaming machine 100, detection of the operation of the device is included. The effect control unit 300 receives operation signals from the controllers of these devices and detects that an operation has been performed.

If the operation means such as the production button 161 is operated (Yes in S3301), the production control unit 300 sets the production button command including the information indicating the operation content of the operation means in the RAM 303, and ends the production button processing. (S3302).

After that, the effect control unit 300 performs the command transmission process (S2513) in FIG. Send to control unit 320 . Based on the received command, the image/sound control unit 310 and the lamp control unit 320 display an image on the image display unit 114, output sound, operate the movable accessory 115, emit light from the board lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157, and the like. to execute the set production.

[Variation production pattern table]
32 and 33 are diagrams showing setting examples of the variable effect patterns and tables used in the variable effect pattern selection (S2813) in the effect selection process of FIG. 27(b). In addition, FIG. 32 shows a variation effect pattern table for big hits in the low probability time saving non-playing state, and FIG.

A plurality of variable performance patterns are set in the variable performance pattern table for big win shown in FIG. For the variation patterns “PA1” to “PA6”, “PB1” to “PB14”, and “PC1 to PC2” set using FIG. 21 above, the variation production patterns “EA1” to “EA6”, “ EB1” to “EB14” and “EC1 to EC2” are associated on a one-to-one basis.
In addition, a plurality of variable performance patterns are set in the variable performance pattern table for small hits and losses shown in FIG. With respect to the variation patterns "PD1 to PD2" and "PR1" to "PR10" set using FIG. are mapped.

Here, the variable performance is a performance for notifying the determination result of the special symbol lottery (that is, whether or not the player has won a big hit) in a dramatic manner by displaying the decorative symbols in a variable manner and then stopping the display.
In addition, in the illustrated variable performance pattern, "pseudo-continuous times", "normal", "SP reach", "SPSP reach" and "stop pattern" are set. In addition, "-" in each column of the illustrated table indicates that the corresponding effect is not executed.

Here, the "pseudo-continuous number" is the number of pseudo-continuous effects (pseudo-runs). This pseudo-continuous production is a production that makes it appear as if a plurality of times of variable display of the decorative symbols is being performed in the variable display of the special symbols for one variation. In the pseudo-continuous effect, the effect control section 300 temporarily stops the decorative symbols after varying the decorative symbols before entering the ready-to-win state, and then restarts the variable display of the decorative symbols. In other words, in the pseudo-continuous effect, after the start of the variation of the decorative pattern, the temporary stop and re-fluctuation of the decorative pattern are repeated for the set pseudo-continuous number of times, and then the fixed stop is performed. End the variable display. Here, the term "temporary stop" refers to a pseudo-stopped state in which the decorative patterns appear to be stopped at first glance, but actually the patterns are slightly swaying. In other words, the temporary stop of the decorative symbols is treated as a continuous variation in terms of game control. Further, the determination and stoppage of the decorative symbols means a state in which the special symbols are determined as the stopped symbols in the variable display for one variation of the special symbols. In the pseudo-continuous effect, the effect control unit 300 may restart the variable display of the decorative symbols after the ready-to-win state. Furthermore, in the pseudo-continuous effect, the effect control section 300 may restart the variable display of the decorative symbols without temporarily stopping the decorative symbols after varying the decorative symbols. Moreover, even when any of these pseudo-continuous effects are performed, a light emission effect, which will be described later, may be executed. For example, when an image is displayed that notifies that a pseudo-continuous effect will be performed by being displayed without fluctuation, a light-emitting effect using this image may be performed.
In the illustrated example, the "pseudo-continuous number" is set to "-", "1", "2", "3", that is, between 0 and 3 times. In addition, the pseudo-continuous number of times is set in association with the degree of expectation (reliability), which is the degree of expectation for a big win. That is, the degree of expectation is set to be higher as the number of pseudo consecutive times is larger.

"Normal" indicates the type of ready-to-win effect. In the illustrated example, one of "N1", "N2", and "N3" is executed as the type of ready-to-win effect.
"SP reach" indicates the type of SP reach effect. In the illustrated example, one of "SP1", "SP2", and "SP3" is executed as the type of SP ready-to-win effect. In addition, the order of "SP1", "SP2", and "SP3" is set such that the higher the number, the higher the degree of expectation.

"SPSP reach" indicates the type of SPSP reach effect. In the illustrated example, one of "SPSP1", "SPSP2" and "SPSP3" is executed as the type of SPSP ready-to-win effect. In addition, the order of "SPSP1", "SPSP2", and "SPSP3" is set such that the higher the number, the higher the degree of expectation.

A "stop symbol" indicates a combination of decorative symbols displayed as a stop symbol. In the illustrated example, the types of stop symbols are "777", "666", "444", "RRR", "5X5" and the like. In the illustrated example, the type of stop symbol is set according to the type of jackpot. For example, in low-probability symbol A and low-probability symbol B, which are jackpots that are in a low-probability state after the jackpot, even-numbered stop symbols "444" and "666" are set. Further, in the high-probability symbol A and the high-probability symbol C which are the high-probability state after the big win, the odd stop symbols "777" and "111" are set.

Now, the effect control section 300 determines the variable effect pattern based on the table shown in FIG. Specifically, the effect control unit 300 selects a variation pattern corresponding to the variation pattern set in the variation pattern selection process (see FIG. 13) based on the table shown in FIG.
For example, in FIG. 32, when the "big win symbol" is "high probability symbol A" and the variation pattern is "PB1", "EB1" is selected as the variation effect pattern. Then, in this variable effect pattern "EB1", the "pseudo-continuous number" is "-", that is, the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed. Also, "N1" is executed as "normal", "SP1" is executed as "SP reach", and "SPSP1" is executed as "SPSP reach".

[Production image]
FIGS. 34-1 and 34-2 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 34-1, the effect image is displayed on the image display unit 114 under the control of the effect control unit 300. FIG. In this embodiment, the effect images displayed on the image display unit 114 include the decorative pattern 41, the moving image 51, the reserved image 52, the reserved number display 55, and the fourth pattern 56. FIG. In addition, although the details will be described later, the image display unit 114 displays a low-probability background image 58, a high-probability background image 80, a button operation image 61, a transition image 63, an SP image 64, a special background image 68, and a pending change inflection image 69. , a jackpot suggesting image 70, a hitting right image 74, and a zone image 77 may be displayed.

[Decorative pattern 41]
As shown in FIG. 34-1(1), the image display section 114 displays three decorative patterns 41. As shown in FIG. In addition, when the three patterns constituting the decorative pattern 41 are individually described, the pattern arranged on the left side is the "left decorative pattern 41", the pattern arranged in the center is the "middle decorative pattern 41", and the pattern on the right side. The pattern arranged in the 1 is sometimes called a "right decorative pattern 41". When the left decorative pattern 41 and the right decorative pattern 41 are collectively described, they may be referred to as "left and right decorative patterns 41".

Decorative pattern 41 of the present embodiment is configured by combining a plurality of image elements. In this embodiment, as image elements that can form the decorative pattern 41, there are provided a numeral element 411 representing a numeral, a numeral decorative element 412 decorating the numeral element 411, and a character element 413 representing a character.

Here, in the present embodiment, as the display mode of the decorative pattern 41, there are a mode with high decorativeness and a mode with low decorativeness. For example, as shown in FIG. 34-1(1), in the highly decorative display mode, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed with a numeral element 411, a numeral decorative element 412, and a character element 413. FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 39(1), for example, in a mode with low decorativeness, the character element 413 is not displayed, and the decorative pattern 41 is displayed by the number element 411 and the number decoration element 412. FIG. Here, the display mode of the decorative pattern 41 is switched according to the change of the game state or the progress of the production. Although details will be described later, for example, the decorative pattern 41 in the display mode with low decorativeness is displayed in the production and SP production executed in the high probability time-saving gaming state, and the decorative pattern 41 in the display mode with high decorativeness is other than these. displayed when

The production control unit 300, in the variable production of the decorative patterns 41, variably displays the three decorative patterns 41 by, for example, vertical scrolling, and then temporarily stops the left decorative pattern 41 (for example, the number "0"). Next, the right decorative pattern 41 (for example, the number "9") is temporarily stopped, and then the middle decorative pattern (for example, the number "2") is temporarily stopped. After passing through the state in which all the decorative patterns 41 are temporarily stopped in this manner, all the decorative patterns 41 are finally fixed and stopped in accordance with the stop display of the special pattern. Incidentally, the combination “029” of the decorative symbols 41 that are stopped and displayed as shown in FIG. In addition, the decorative pattern 41 in which the three pieces are not aligned is sometimes referred to as a misaligned decorative pattern 41 .

Although switching between two display modes of the decorative pattern 41 with high decorativeness and low decorativeness has been described here, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the display mode of the decorative pattern 41 may be switched in three or more modes. For further explanation, the display mode may be switched according to the size of the decorative pattern 41, for example. Specifically, it may have a plurality of low-decorative modes in which the character element 413 is not displayed as the decorative pattern 41 . And, when the size of each decorative pattern is relatively small as in the SP reach production, a display mode with lower decorativeness is adopted, and when the size of the decorative pattern is relatively large as in the high-probability time-saving gaming state may adopt a more decorative display mode.

[Variation image 51]
As shown in FIG. 34-1 (1), the image display unit 114 shows that the special symbol is being changed (the decorative symbol 41 is being displayed in a variable manner) by the special symbol variation control unit 233 (see FIG. 5, etc.). A variation image 51 indicating that is displayed. That is, the variable image 51 is displayed as an image related to the variable display of the special symbols during the variable display of the special symbols. Then, the variable image 51 is displayed in the area where the variable image 51 is displayed (in the illustrated example, the lower central portion of the display area of the image display unit 114) at the start of the variable display of the special symbol, and the special symbol is displayed. The display disappears when the fluctuation stops. A variable pedestal is displayed in the area where the variable image 51 is displayed.

Here, the display mode of the variation image 51 is determined based on the preliminary determination result of the preliminary determination process. In addition, the variation image 51 changes its display mode, such as color, pattern, shape, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “color, etc.”), based on the preliminary determination result of the preliminary determination process, and informs the expectation of winning the jackpot. or suggest. For example, when white, blue, yellow, green, red, and gold are set as the colors of the variation image 51, the degree of expectation may be set to be higher the later in this order.

[Reserved image 52]
As shown in FIG. 34-1(1), the image display unit 114 displays a pending image 52 based on the information in the storage area corresponding to the current pending ball in the RAM 303 (see FIG. 3, etc.). In other words, the pending image 52 is an image indicating that the right to judge the big win is suspended. Further, in the present embodiment, the display mode of the pending image 52 on the screen is determined based on the preliminary determination result of the preliminary determination processing.
In addition, a variable pedestal is displayed in the area where the reserved image 52 is displayed. The variable pedestal of the variable image 51 and the variable pedestal of the reserved image are displayed in different modes.

In addition, the pending image 52 changes its display mode, such as color, based on the result of preliminary determination by the preliminary determination process, and notifies or suggests the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. Furthermore, it is set such that when the result of preliminary determination by the preliminary determination process is a big hit, the color of the type with a higher degree of expectation is displayed than in the case of a loss. For example, when white, blue, yellow, green, red, and gold are set as the colors of the reserved image 52, the expectations may be set higher in this order.

Here, as described above, winning at the first starting port 121 causes up to four holds. Therefore, a maximum of four pending images 52 are displayed on the image display unit 114 due to the winning at the first starting port 121 . Further, in the present embodiment, the plurality of pending images 52 are displayed side by side in the area on the right side of the variable image 51 in order from a position closer to the variable image 51 toward a position farther away, that is, from left to right. be.

Although a detailed description is omitted, even winning a prize at the second starting port 122 causes up to four holds. Therefore, a maximum of four pending images 52 are displayed on the image display unit 114 by winning the prize at the second starting port 122 .
Further, in the present embodiment, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are basically configured in the same or similar form. Broadly speaking, the variable image 51 is also an example of the reserved image 52 .

Further, in the following description, the maximum of four reserved images 52 displayed are "first reserved image 52", "second reserved image 52", and "third Reserved image 52" and "fourth reserved image 52" may be referred to.

[Pending number display 55]
As shown in FIG. 34-1(1), the image display unit 114 displays a pending number display 55 based on the information in the storage area corresponding to the pending ball in the RAM 303 (see FIG. 3, etc.). This pending number display 55 is an image showing the pending number. Here, the number of pending images 52 displayed on the image display unit 114 changes according to the number of pending prizes for each of the first starting port 121 and the second starting port 122 .

[4th pattern 56]
As shown in FIG. 34-1 (1), the image display unit 114 displays a special symbol based on the winning of the first starting port 121 or the second starting port 122 by the special symbol variation control unit 233 (see FIG. 5, etc.). A fourth pattern 56 is displayed to indicate that the pattern is being changed (during display of the decorative pattern 41). The fourth symbol 56 is controlled by the effect control unit 300 and displayed in different modes according to the variation and stoppage of the special symbol.

In the illustrated example, the fourth pattern 56 is three images each corresponding to the decorative pattern 41 and displayed in the lower left corner of the image display area of the image display section 114 . This fourth pattern 56 is displayed as an image smaller in size than the decorative pattern 41 . Further, as described above, the decorative pattern 41 may be displayed in a display mode with high decorativeness or in a display mode with low decorativeness. displayed only in the form.

The fourth pattern 56 is displayed (for example, vertically scrolled) in a manner indicating that the special pattern is fluctuating as the first starting port 121 or the second starting port 122 is won. Then, the fourth symbol 56 stops when the special symbols stop changing. In the illustrated example, the number indicated by the stopped fourth symbol 56 matches the number indicated by the decorative symbol 41 . Therefore, the fourth pattern 56 can also be regarded as one aspect of the decorative pattern 41 . To explain further, in the example of FIG. 34-1(1), as the fourth pattern 56, a number corresponding to "029" of the decorative pattern 41 is displayed.

[Low probability background image 58]
As shown in FIG. 34-1(1), the image display unit 114 displays a low-probability background image 58 that notifies or suggests the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. The low-probability background image 58 is an image representing a scene (stage) in production. In this embodiment, the low-probability background image 58 is displayed over the entire image display area of the image display unit 114 . Further, when a plurality of stages are set in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state, the display content as the low-probability background image 58 may differ for each stage. By displaying the low-probability background image 58, the player can recognize the set stage.

[Example of production performed while the decorative pattern 41 is displayed]
In this embodiment, various effects are performed while the decorative pattern 41 is displayed on the image display portion 114 . For example, an example of the effect when the decorative pattern 41 is displayed includes a light emitting effect. In addition, although the details will be described later, examples of effects when the decorative pattern 41 is displayed include an operation effect, a middle pattern boost effect, a chance eye display effect, a pending change effect, a character action effect, a promotion boost effect, and a ready-to-win effect. Including performances.

[Luminous effect]
In the present embodiment, a lighting effect is executed. The light emitting effect is a effect of causing a specific light emitting body provided in the pachinko gaming machine 100 to emit light. Specific light emitters include, for example, the display screen of the image display unit 114, the movable accessory 115, the board lamp 116, and the like. When the image display unit 114 is used to realize the light emission effect, the light emission effect is to display on the image display unit 114 an image that appears to the player as if it were emitting light. In other words, the light emission effect is to display an image simulating light on the image display unit 114 .

In the present embodiment, the lighting effect is executed according to the progress of the effect. More specifically, the lighting effect is executed when the decorative pattern 41 is displayed or when the fourth pattern 56 is displayed. For example, the lighting effect is executed according to the result of the lottery using the effect random number, which is one of the random numbers updated in S2503 of FIG. 25(a). Also, for example, the lighting effect is executed based on the preliminary determination result of the preliminary determination process.

In the present embodiment, for example, the light emission effect is executed in the image display area of the image display unit 114 or in an area overlapping the image display area. Also, the light emission effect may be executed in the whole or part of the image display area of the image display section 114 . Further, in the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in the image display area of the image display section 114, the light emitting effect may be executed. In addition, in the vicinity of the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in the image display area of the image display section 114, the light emitting effect may be executed. In addition, in the whole or part of the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in the image display area of the image display section 114, the light emission effect may be executed. Also, in the image display area of the image display unit 114, at least a part of the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed and in the vicinity of the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed, the light emission effect may be executed. In addition, in this embodiment, as will be described later, a light emitting effect using the decorative pattern 41 is executed. On the other hand, it is also possible not to execute the lighting effect using the fourth pattern 56 . A surprise can be provided to the player by executing the lighting effect.

Now, the lighting effect includes displaying the stop-time lighting image 57, displaying the reach eye lighting image 59, displaying the reach line image 60, displaying the covering lighting image 62, and reducing. A symbol luminescence image 65 is displayed, a different symbol luminescence image 66 is displayed, a same symbol luminescence image 79 is displayed, a chance eye luminescence image 67 is displayed, and a double eye luminescence image 71 is displayed. the pre-stop luminous image 72 is displayed; the target symbol luminous image 73 is displayed; And display of promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 is included. Below, stop-time light-emitting image 57, reach-eye light-emitting image 59, reach-line image 60, covered light-emitting image 62, reduced symbol light-emitting image 65, different symbol light-emitting image 66, same symbol light-emitting image 79, chance eye light-emitting image 67, double eye The luminous image 71, the pre-stop luminous image 72, the target symbol luminous image 73, the reach-flavoring symbol luminous image 75, the after-flavoring symbol luminous image 76, and the promotion symbol luminous image 78 will be described in order. In the following description, the light-emitting image 57 when stopping, the light-emitting image 59 of the reach eye, the light-emitting image 60 of the reach line, the light-emitting image 62 of covering, the light-emitting image 65 of the reduced symbol, the light-emitting image of different symbol 66, the light-emitting image of the same symbol 79, the light emitting of the chance eye. When the image 67, double eye luminous image 71, pre-stop luminous image 72, target symbol luminous image 73, ready-to-win luminous image 75, after-influence symbol luminous image 76, promotion symbol luminous image 78 are not distinguished, They are collectively simply referred to as "luminescence images".

The luminescent image may be displayed in any color. In addition, the luminescent image may inform or suggest the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot by the color displayed. For example, if white, blinking white, blue, yellow, green, red, zebra pattern, and rainbow are set as the colors of the luminescent image, the expectations are set to be higher the later in this order. good too. In particular, when a zebra-patterned luminescent image is displayed, the probability of winning a big prize may be extremely high. For example, when displaying a zebra-patterned light-emitting image, the probability of winning the jackpot may be set to 80%. Further, when displaying a rainbow-colored luminous image, the probability of winning the jackpot may be set to 100%.
In the case of performing a light-emitting effect using the decorative pattern 41, a light-emitting effect using the variable image 51, a light-emitting effect using the reserved image 52, and a light-emitting effect along with the zone effect, the color of the light-emitting image used for this light-emitting effect is As described above, it may be changed depending on the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. On the other hand, when the light emission effect using the reserved number display 55 or the light emission effect using the fourth pattern 56 is performed, the color of the light emission image used for the light emission effect should not change depending on the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. may
Each emission image will be described in detail later.

[Variation production example 1]
Next, with reference to FIGS. 34-1 and 34-2, the variable effect (variation effect example 1) of the decorative pattern 41 performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114 will be specifically described. Variation production example 1 is a variation production example of the decorative pattern 41 in the low probability time saving non-gaming state. In addition, variation production example 1 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a loss.

As shown in FIG. 34-1 (1), the effect control unit 300 stops the highly decorative decorative design 41 in the image display unit 114 in accordance with the end of the variation of the previous special design. It is assumed that there is Also, at this time, the image display unit 114 displays the decorative pattern 41 , the variable image 51 , the pending image 52 , the pending number display 55 , the fourth pattern 56 , and the low-probability background image 58 . Further, the pending number display 55 of the first starting port 121 indicates "1", and the pending number display 55 of the second starting port 122 indicates "0".

Then, as shown in FIG. 34-1(2), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started along with the start of the variable display of the next special design. In this way, when the variable display of the next special symbol is started, the first pending image 52 moves to the display position of the variable image 51 . Further, when the variable display of the next special symbol is started, the pending number display 55 of the first starting port 121 is switched from "1" to "0". In the drawing, when the decorative pattern 41 is shown to be fluctuating (scrolling) at a particularly high speed, the decorative pattern 41 is indicated by an arrow (↓) for easy understanding. Also, the fourth pattern 56 starts to be displayed in a variable manner.

Then, as shown in FIG. 34-1(3), the left decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the fixed stop position until the start of fluctuation after being scrolled at a low speed. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 (the number "4").
The light emission image 57 at the time of stop is an image for making it appear to the player that it emits light when the decorative symbol 41 is temporarily stopped or fixedly stopped. The stop emission image 57 is, for example, an image imitating light. The stop light emission image 57 may be displayed in any color. Further, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in the image display area of the image display section 114 . In the illustrated example, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed. In addition, the light emission image 57 at stop may be displayed on the whole or part of the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed.

In addition, when representing that the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped in the drawing, it is expressed by using a display similar to a double quotation mark around the decorative pattern 41 for easy understanding.
Then, as shown in FIG. 34-1(4), the stop light emission image 57 that had been displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 disappears.

Then, as shown in FIG. 34-1(5), the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the fixed stop position until the start of fluctuation after being scrolled at a low speed. At this time, a light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 (the number "5").
Then, as shown in FIG. 34-1(6), the stop light-emitting image 57 that had been displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 disappears.

Then, as shown in FIG. 34-1(7), the middle decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the fixed stop position until the start of fluctuation after being scrolled at a low speed. At this time, a light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the middle decorative pattern 41 (the number "2").
Then, as shown in FIG. 34-1(8), the stop light-emitting image 57 that had been displayed around the display area of the middle decorative pattern 41 disappears.

Then, as shown in FIG. 34-2 (9), after the three decorative patterns 41 continue to temporarily stop for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second), the three decorative patterns 41 are fixed and stopped as the special patterns stop changing. do. Here, the combination "425" of the decorative symbols 41 that are stopped and displayed as shown in FIG. In addition, the fourth symbol 56 also stops along with the stop of the fluctuation of the special symbols. At this time, the combination “425” of the fourth symbols 56 matches the combination of the decorative symbols 41 .

[Variation production example 2]
FIG. 35 is a diagram showing one aspect of an effect performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114. As shown in FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 2) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIG. Variation production example 2 is a variation production example of the decorative pattern 41 in the low probability time-saving non-gaming state. In addition, variation production example 2 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a loss. In the following description, differences from example 1 of variable effect will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 1 of variable effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIG. 35(1), the effect control section 300 stops the highly decorative decorative design 41 in the image display section 114 in accordance with the end of the variation of the previous special design. It is assumed that there is Further, the reservation number display 55 of the first start port 121 indicates "4", and the reservation number display 55 of the second start port 122 indicates "0".

Then, as shown in FIG. 35(2), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started along with the start of the variable display of the next special design. In this way, when the variable display of the next special symbol is started, the second, third, and fourth pending images 52 move toward the display position of the variable image 51 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 35(3), the three decorative symbols 41 are temporarily stopped at the fixed stop position until the start of fluctuation. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of each of the three decorative patterns 41 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 35(4), after the three decorative symbols 41 continue to be temporarily stopped for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds), the three decorative symbols 41 are fixed and stopped along with the stop display of the special symbols. do. In addition, the fourth symbol 56 is also stopped along with the stop of the fluctuation of the special symbols.

[Variation production example 3]
FIGS. 36-1 to 36-3 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control section 300 using the image display section 114. FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 3) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 36-1 to 36-3. Variation production example 3 is an example of variation production of the decorative pattern 41 in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. In addition, variation production example 3 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a loss. In the following description, differences from example 1 of variable effect will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 1 of variable effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIG. 36-1 (1), the effect control unit 300 stops the determination of the highly decorative decorative design 41 in the image display unit 114 as the variation of the previous special design is completed. shall be
Then, as shown in FIG. 36-1(2), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started along with the start of variation of the next special design.

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-1(3), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, a light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 36-1(4), the stop light emission image 57 that had been displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 disappears.

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-1(5), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 . At this time, the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, which is the number "4". As a result, reach is established, and reach effect is executed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 36-1(6), the stop light-emitting image 57 that had been displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 disappears.

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-1(7), a reach eye emission image 59 is displayed around each display area of the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are reach eye eyes. In addition, a reach line image 60 crossing the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are reach lines, is displayed. Also, at this time, the first specific sound is output from the speaker 156 .

The ready-to-win luminescence image 59 is an image for making the player see as if the right and left decorative symbols 41, which are ready-to-win eyes, are emitting light. The reach eye emission image 59 is, for example, an image imitating light. The reach eye emission image 59 may be displayed in any color. Further, the reach eye emission image 59 is displayed, for example, in the image display area of the image display unit 114 in the vicinity of the area where each of the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the reach eye, is displayed. More specifically, the reach eye emission image 59 is displayed in the vicinity of the area where the left decorative design 41 is displayed and in the vicinity of the area where the right decorative design 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the reach eye emission image 59 is displayed around the area where each of the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the reach eye, is displayed. Further, the reach eye emission image 59 may be displayed in the whole or part of the area where each of the left and right decorative patterns 41 as the reach eye is displayed. The reach eye emission image 59 of the present embodiment is displayed when the reach is established.

The reach line image 60 is an image that notifies or suggests that reach has been established. The reach line image 60 is, for example, an image imitating light. The reach line image 60 may be displayed in any color. In the illustrated example, the reach line image 60 is displayed across the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the reach lines. The reach line image 60 of the present embodiment may be displayed when the reach is established, or may be displayed after the reach is established.
The reach line image 60 has a width (length in the vertical direction) shorter than that of the reach eye emission image 59 and a lateral length (length in the horizontal direction) longer than that of the reach eye emission image 59 . Further, the reach line image 60 is displayed so as to partially overlap the display area of the reach eye emission image 59 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-1(8), the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 36-2(9), the button operation image 61 is displayed between the left decorative design 41 and the right decorative design 41. FIG. Although the middle decorative pattern 41 is not displayed in the illustrated example, the middle decorative pattern 41 is variably displayed at high speed even in the ready-to-win effect. Also, the middle decorative pattern 41 may be temporarily hidden in the ready-to-win effect.

The button operation image 61 is an image prompting the player to operate the effect button 161 (see FIG. 2(b)). By displaying this button operation image 61 , the player can recognize that it is time to operate the effect button 161 . In the illustrated example, an image imitating the effect button 161 is displayed as the button operation image 61 . As the button operation image 61, an image simulating the effect button 161 that is not operated and an image simulating the effect button 161 that is being operated may be repeatedly displayed so as to be switched. The image simulating the effect button 161 being operated includes, for example, an image simulating the effect button 161 whose height is lower than that in the non-operated state. As the button operation image 61, a moving image simulating the effect button 161 is displayed so that the height of the effect button 161 is gradually lowered. , may be displayed so as to gradually change to an image simulating the effect button 161 being operated.

Then, when the player operates the effect button 161 while the button operation image 61 is being displayed, the covering light emitting image 62 is displayed as shown in FIG. 36-2(10). In this way, the operation performance is performed.
The operation effect, as shown in FIGS. 36-2(9) and 36-2(10), is a effect performed based on the reception of the operation of the effect button 161 by the player. The operation effect includes, for example, displaying a effect image on the image display unit 114, moving the movable accessory 115, and the like. In the example shown in FIG. 36-2 (10), a covering light emission image 62 is displayed as the operation presentation.

The covering light-emitting image 62 is an image for making the player see as if the image covering the effect image displayed on the image display section 114 is emitting light. The covered luminescent image 62 is, for example, an image imitating light. The covering light emission image 62 may be displayed in any color. In the illustrated example, the covering luminescent image 62 is displayed in part of the image display area of the image display section 114 so as to cover the left and right decorative patterns 41 . Also, the covering light emission image 62 may be displayed on the entire image display area of the image display section 114 . In this embodiment, when the player operates the effect button 161 while the button operation image 61 is being displayed, the covering light emission image 62 is displayed. The covering light emission image 62 is larger in display size than the stop light emission image 57 (see FIG. 36-1(3)) and the reach eye light emission image 59 (see FIG. 36-1(7)). Further, the covering light emission image 62 may be displayed in a region including the display regions of the stop light emission image 57 and the reach eye light emission image 59 .

When the covered luminous image 62 is displayed, part of the decorative pattern 41 and the low-probability background image 58 is covered with the covered luminous image 62 to change the visibility, making it difficult for the player to visually recognize. On the other hand, since the variable image 51, the pending number display 55, and the fourth pattern 56 are not covered with the covering light emitting image 62, the visibility does not change, and the player can easily recognize them.

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-2 (11), a transition image 63 is displayed.
The transition image 63 is an image that notifies or suggests that the SP ready-to-win effect will be executed. Here, although a predetermined image is displayed as this transition image 63 , it may be a monochrome image displayed over the entire image display area of the image display section 114 . For example, by displaying a white image as the transition image 63 on the image display unit 114, a so-called whiteout may be performed. Also, a so-called blackout may be executed by displaying a black image as the transition image 63 on the image display unit 114 . Note that the decorative pattern 41 may be hidden when the transition image 63 is displayed. This makes it easier for the player to concentrate on the SP reach executed after the transition.
In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41 and the variable image 51 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-2 (12), the SP image 64 is displayed.
The SP image 64 is an image showing that the SP ready-to-win effect is being executed. This SP image 64 is, for example, a moving image in which a character appearing in the content that is the theme of the pachinko gaming machine 100 plays a mini game.

When the SP image 64 is displayed, the left and right decorative patterns 41 move to the corners (upper left corner and upper right corner) of the image display area in the image display section 114 . The left and right decorative patterns 41 have a small size and low decorativeness. More specifically, the left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed by numerical elements 411 and numerical decoration elements 412, respectively. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. Also, at this time, a reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed around each display area of the left and right decorative patterns 41 .

The reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is an image for showing the player as if the reduced decorative symbol 41 is emitting light. The reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is, for example, an image imitating light. The reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 may be displayed in any color. In addition, the reduced pattern light emitting image 65 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where each of the reduced left and right decorative patterns 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed around the area where each of the reduced left and right decorative patterns 41 is displayed. Further, the reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 may be displayed in the whole or part of the area where the reduced left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed. In the present embodiment, when the decorative pattern 41 is switched to a less decorative display mode and displayed in reduced size, a reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed. The reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 has a smaller display size than the stop light-emitting image 57 (see FIG. 36-1(3)) and the reach eye light-emitting image 59 (see FIG. 36-1(7)). Further, the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is displayed above the display area of the stop light-emitting image 57 and the display area of the reach eye light-emitting image 59 . Further, the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is displayed outside the display area of the stop light-emitting image 57 and the display area of the reach eye light-emitting image 59 in the horizontal direction. In addition, while the light emission image 57 at stop and the reach eye light emission image 59 are displayed in the vicinity of the display area of the decorative design 41, the reduced design light emission image 65 may be displayed overlapping the display area of the decorative design 41. .

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-2(13), the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 36-2 (14), the middle symbol fan effect is executed.
The middle pattern fanning performance is a performance for fanning whether or not the middle decorative pattern 41, which is the same pattern as the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the ready-to-win pattern, is temporarily stopped. In the illustrated example, as the middle pattern fanning effect, a middle decorative pattern 41 that is a pattern different from the left and right decorative patterns 41 that are reach stitches, and a middle decorative pattern 41 that is the same pattern as the left and right decorative patterns 41 that are reach stitches. is displayed. In addition, in the middle pattern fan effect, the middle decorative pattern 41 which is a pattern different from the left and right decorative patterns 41 which are the reach stitches is not displayed, and the middle pattern which is the same pattern as the left and right decorative patterns 41 which are the reach stitches is not displayed. A decorative pattern 41 may be displayed. In addition, in the middle pattern fanning effect, the middle decorative pattern 41 that is the same pattern as the left and right decorative patterns 41 that are the reach stitches is not displayed, and the middle pattern that is different from the left and right decorative patterns 41 that are the reach stitches is displayed. A decorative pattern 41 may be displayed. In addition, when the middle decorative pattern 41, which is a pattern different from the left and right decorative patterns 41 that are reach stitches, is displayed in the middle pattern fan effect, this middle decorative pattern 41 is different from the left and right decorative patterns 41 that are reach stitches. Any pattern may be displayed as long as it is a different pattern.

In the illustrated example, in the middle pattern fan effect, a middle decorative pattern 41 (number "3") which is a pattern different from the left and right decorative patterns 41, and a middle decorative pattern 41 (which is the same pattern as the left and right decorative patterns 41) are displayed. The number "4") is displayed. Also, at this time, a different design light-emitting image 66 is displayed around the display area of the middle decorative design 41 (number "3") which is a design different from the left and right decorative designs 41 . Also, at this time, around the display area of the middle decorative pattern 41 (number "4") which is the same pattern as the left and right decorative patterns 41, the same pattern luminous image 79 is displayed.

The different symbol light-emitting image 66 is an image for showing the player as if the middle decorative symbol 41, which is a symbol different from the right and left decorative symbols 41, which are the ready-to-win symbols, is emitting light. The different design light emitting image 66 is, for example, an image imitating light. The different design light-emitting image 66 may be displayed in any color. Also, the different symbol light-emitting image 66 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where the target middle decorative symbol 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the different design light emission image 66 is displayed around the area where the target middle decorative design 41 is displayed. Also, the different design light-emitting image 66 may be displayed on the whole or part of the area where the target middle decorative design 41 is displayed.

The same symbol light emission image 79 is an image for making the player see as if the middle decorative symbol 41, which is the same symbol as the left and right decorative symbols 41, which are the ready-to-win numbers, is emitting light. The pattern light emission image 79 is, for example, an image imitating light. The same-pattern light emission image 79 may be displayed in any color. Further, the same symbol light emission image 79 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where the target middle decorative symbol 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the same symbol luminescent image 79 is displayed around the area where the target middle decorative symbol 41 is displayed. Further, the same symbol light-emitting image 79 may be displayed on the whole or part of the area where the target middle decorative symbol 41 is displayed.
The different design light-emitting image 66 and the same design light-emitting image 79 are larger in display size than the reduced design light-emitting image 65 (see FIG. 36-2 (12)). In addition, the different symbol light-emitting image 66 and the same symbol light-emitting image 79 are displayed below the display area of the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 . Further, while the light emission image 57 (see FIG. 36-1 (3)) and the reach eye light emission image 59 (see FIG. 36-1 (7)) are displayed near the display area of the decorative pattern 41, The different design light emission image 66 and the same design light emission image 79 may be displayed overlapping the display area of the decorative design 41 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-2 (15), the middle decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the pattern of the numeral "3" which is different from the left and right decorative patterns 41. FIG. Also, at this time, the different symbol light-emitting image 66 and the same symbol light-emitting image 79 are not displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 36-2 (16), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is hidden as the transitional image 63 is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-3 (17), three decorative patterns 41 are displayed. These three decorative patterns 41 are large in size and highly decorative. That is, the three decorative patterns 41 are displayed by a numeric element 411 , a numeric decorative element 412 and a character element 413 . Also, in the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped in the combination of "434". Thus, by displaying the decorative symbols 41 in the combination of "434", the player is informed that the special symbol lottery result is lost. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. At this time, the variable image 51 is displayed again.

Then, as shown in FIG. 36-3 (18), along with the stop display of the special symbol, the decorative symbol 41 is fixed and stopped. Also, “434” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . That is, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "434".

As described above, in the variable effect example 3, as shown in FIG. 36-2 (14), the light emission effect using the middle decorative pattern 41 different from the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are reach marks, is executed. This makes the player pay attention to the middle decorative pattern 41 different from the left and right decorative patterns 41, and gives the player a feeling of uneasiness that the middle decorative pattern 41 different from the left and right decorative patterns 41 stops. It is possible to realize a highly entertaining presentation in which the person can wait for the result with excitement.

[Variation production example 4]
FIGS. 37-1 to 37-4 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control section 300 using the image display section 114. FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 4) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 37-1 to 37-4. Variation production example 4 is an example of variation production of the decorative pattern 41 in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. Variation performance example 4 is an example of variation performance when the lottery result of the first special pattern lottery is a loss and the lottery result of the next special pattern lottery is a big win in two continuous special pattern lotteries. In the following description, differences from example 3 of variable effect will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 3 of variable effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIGS. 37-1(1) and 37-1(2), the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 is fixed and stopped in the image display section 114, and then the decorative pattern 41 starts to change. be done.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-1(3), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the chance eye display effect is started.
The chance eye display effect is an effect of displaying a chance eye as shown in FIGS. 37-1(3) to 37-1(5). Here, the chance eye is three decorative patterns 41 combined with different patterns of the same color. The chance eye display effect informs or suggests, for example, that there is a high possibility of winning a big hit in the next and subsequent special symbol variable displays. The chance eye display effect is one aspect of the advance notice effect. Any color may be used as the predetermined same color. As a chance eye, at least a part of each of the three decorative patterns 41 should be displayed in the same color. At least a part of each of the three decorative designs 41 includes, for example, the numerical element 411, the numerical decorative element 412, the character element 413, etc. of each of the three decorative designs 41. FIG. In the illustrated example, the entire three decorative patterns 41 are changed to green as a chance eye display effect. Incidentally, the chance eye display effect is regarded as a same color effect in which a plurality of effect symbols are displayed in a predetermined same color pattern in a mode of notifying that the special game will not be played. Further, the execution timing of the chance eye display effect is not limited to when the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped. For example, the chance display effect may be performed when the decorative pattern 41 starts to fluctuate, or the chance display effect may be performed while the decorative pattern 41 is fluctuating. Further, for example, the variation of the decorative symbols 41 may be started after the chance display effect is performed, or the chance symbol display effect may be performed immediately after the start of the variation of the decorative symbols 41 . Also, for example, the ready-to-win state may be established after the chance eye display effect is executed after the decorative pattern 41 starts to fluctuate. Further, the chance eye emission image 67, which will be described later, may be displayed even when any of the chance eye display effects are performed.

In the example shown in FIG. 37-1(3), the overall display color of the left decorative pattern 41 is changed to green. Also, at this time, a chance eye emission image 67 is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 .

As shown in FIGS. 37-1(3) to 37-1(5), the chance eye light-emitting image 67 is an image for making the player see as if the three decorative symbols 41, which are chance eyes, are emitting light. is. The chance light emission image 67 is, for example, an image imitating light. The chance eye emission image 67 may be displayed in any color. In the illustrated example, when a chance eye is displayed, the decorative symbol 41 constituting the chance eye is temporarily stopped. displayed around. Also, the chance eye light-emitting image 67 may be displayed in the vicinity of the area where the decorative design 41 is displayed instead of being displayed around the area where the decorative design 41 is displayed. Also, the chance eye light-emitting image 67 may be displayed on the whole or part of the area where the decorative pattern 41 constituting the chance eye is displayed. In addition, the chance eye light-emitting image 67 is not displayed when the left and right decorative symbols 41 are temporarily stopped but the middle decorative symbols 41 are not temporarily stopped. It may be displayed by stopping. Further, the chance eye emission image 67 may be displayed in a color different from the color of the stop emission image 57 and the color of the reach eye emission image 59 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-1(4), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the entire display color of the right decorative pattern 41 is changed to green. Also, at this time, a chance eye emission image 67 is displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 . Further, at this time, the display color of the left decorative design 41 remains green, and the chance eye emission image 67 is continuously displayed around the display area of the left decorative design 41 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-1(5), the middle decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the overall display color of the middle decorative pattern 41 is changed to green. Also, at this time, a chance eye emission image 67 is displayed around the display area of the middle decorative pattern 41 . At this time, the display color of each of the left and right decorative patterns 41 remains green, and the chance eye light emission image 67 is continuously displayed around the respective display areas of the left and right decorative patterns 41. .

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-1 (6), after the three decorative symbols 41, which are the chance eyes, continue to temporarily stop for a predetermined time (for example, one second), the three decorative symbols are displayed as the special symbols stop changing. 41 is fixed stop. At this time, the display color of each of the three decorative patterns 41 has returned to the color before being changed to green. Also, at this time, the chance light emission image 67 is not displayed. That is, the left decorative pattern 41, the right decorative pattern 41, and the middle decorative pattern 41 are arranged in order from the decorative pattern 41 having the longest duration of the light emitting performance executed by displaying the chance eye light emitting image 67.例文帳に追加Also, the combination "758" of the decorative symbols 41 that are stopped and displayed as shown in FIG. In addition, the fourth symbol 56 is also stopped along with the stop of the fluctuation of the special symbol. At this time, the combination “758” of the fourth symbols 56 matches the combination of the decorative symbols 41 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-1(7), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started along with the start of variation of the next special design. Also, at this time, a special background image 68 is displayed.
The special background image 68 is an image that notifies or suggests that the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is highly likely to be a jackpot. In the present embodiment, a strip-shaped image is displayed above the image display area in image display section 114 as special background image 68 . In addition, the special background image 68 of the present embodiment includes the characters "Chance!?". Note that the special background image 68 may be displayed over the entire image display area of the image display section 114 . Also, the special background image 68 may be displayed based on the result of preliminary determination by preliminary determination processing. Further, the display start timing of the special background image 68 may be before the change of the target special symbol as well as when the target special symbol changes. It should be noted that displaying the special background image is regarded as executing a special effect that makes the player expect that a special game will be played.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-1(8), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, a light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 . Also, at this time, the pending change effect is started. In the illustrated example, a pending change bias image 69 is displayed in part of the display area of the change image 51 .

As shown in FIGS. 37-1(8) and 37-2(9) to 37-2(12), the pending change effect is changed in advance by changing the display mode such as the color of the changing image 51. Based on the preliminary determination result by the determination process, it is an effect that informs or suggests the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. In the illustrated example, the display color of the variable image 51 changes from white to red as the pending change effect. The pending change effect includes displaying a pending change inciting image 69. - 特許庁In addition, the pending change effect includes changing the display mode such as the color of the pending image 52 .

As shown in FIG. 37-1(8) and FIGS. 37-2(9) to 37-2(11), the pending change hint image 69 indicates whether or not the display mode of the fluctuation image 51 will change. It is an image. As the pending change bias image 69, an image of a specific color is displayed in a part of the display area of the change image 51. FIG. The specific color may be any color including colors that can be displayed as the variable image 51 . In the illustrated example, a red image is displayed in a portion of the display area of the variation image 51 as the pending change bias image 69 . Further, when the pending change hint image 69 is displayed, the display area of the pending change hint image 69 may be widened or narrowed. Further, the pending change bias image 69 may be any effect image that acts on the variable image 51 to change the display mode such as the color of the variable image 51, and is not limited to an image of a specific color. Further, the pending change bias image 69 is not limited to acting on the changing image 51 , and may act on the pending image 52 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-2(9), the stop light-emitting image 57 that had been displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 disappears.
Then, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (10), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 . At this time, the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, which is the number "5". As a result, the ready-to-win state is established and the ready-to-win effect is executed. Also, at this time, the pending change effect is continuously performed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 37-2(11), the stop light-emitting image 57 that had been displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-2(12), a reach eye emission image 59 and a reach line image 60 are displayed. Also, at this time, the performance of the action of the character is performed.
The character action effect is an effect in which the movable character 115 moves to the front side of the image display section 114 to cover the whole or part of the image display area of the image display section 114 . In addition, the movable accessory 115 may emit light as a role product motion effect. In addition, the movable accessory 115 may move to a position different from the front side of the image display section 114 as a role product motion effect. In addition, as a role object action effect, the movable role object 115 may emit light without moving.

In the illustrated example, the movable accessory 115 moves to the front side of the image display section 114 and covers a part of the image display section 114 . Also, the movable accessory 115 has moved to a position overlapping a part of the area where the reach eye emission image 59 is displayed. Also, at this time, the movable accessory 115 emits light. Also, at this time, the display color of the variable image 51 changes to red due to the pending change effect. Also, at this time, the second specific sound is output from the speaker 156 . This second specific sound is different from the first specific sound output from the speaker 156 when the reach eye emission image 59 is displayed in the variation effect example 3.
Then, as shown in FIG. 37-2(13), the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-2(14), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41 and the variable image 51 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (15), the SP image 64 is displayed. At this time, the left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a small size and low decorativeness. Also, at this time, a reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (16), the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (17), a big win suggestion image 70 is displayed. The big win suggestion image 70 is an image that notifies or suggests that the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a big win. The jackpot suggestive image 70 of the present embodiment includes the characters "Success!".

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (18), the decorative pattern 41 of double eyes is temporarily stopped on the image display section 114. Then, as shown in FIG. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the combination of "555". By displaying the decorative symbols 41 in combination of "555" in this manner, the player is informed that the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a big win. Also, at this time, the size of the decorative pattern 41 is larger than that of the display mode shown in FIG. 37-3(17). In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. In addition, the variable image 51 maintains the non-display state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), a double eye luminous image 71 is displayed around each display area in the double eye decorative pattern 41. FIG.
The double eyes light emitting image 71 is an image for making the player see as if the double eyes decorative pattern 41 is emitting light. Here, the decorative pattern 41 of the parallel pattern is three decorative patterns 41 having the same pattern. The double eye emission image 71 is, for example, an image imitating light. The double eye emission image 71 may be displayed in any color. Also, the double eye luminescence image 71 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where each of the double eye decorative patterns 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the double eye luminescent image 71 is displayed around the area where each of the double eye decorative patterns 41 is displayed. Also, the double eye luminescence image 71 may be displayed on the whole or part of the area where each of the double eye decorative patterns 41 is displayed. The double eye luminous image 71 is larger in display size than the reduced pattern luminous image 65 (see FIG. 37-2 (15)). Further, in the illustrated example, the double eye luminescence image 71 is displayed below the reduced symbol luminescence image 65 .

When the double eye emission image 71 is displayed, the fourth pattern 56 maintains a state in which three patterns are variably displayed. Also, at this time, the variable image 51 maintains the non-display state.
Then, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (20), the double eye emission image 71 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (21), a promotion promotion effect is performed.
The promotion-inciting production is a production to incite whether or not to be promoted. Here, the promotion is a decoration that informs or suggests that the game state will be more advantageous to the player after temporarily stopping the decorative pattern 41 that informs or suggests that the lottery result of the special pattern lottery is a big win. It is an effect to change to the pattern 41. In the illustrated example, a button operation image 61 is displayed as the promotion promotion effect.

Then, when the player operates the effect button 161 while the button operation image 61 is being displayed, the decorative pattern 41 is again displayed in the combination of "555" as shown in FIG. 37-3 (22). In other words, as a result of the performance inciting promotion, the player is not promoted.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (23), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is hidden as the transitional image 63 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (24), the decorative pattern 41 is displayed on the image display section 114. FIG. At this time, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a highly decorative manner. That is, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed by a numeric element 411 , a numeric decorative element 412 and a character element 413 . At this time, the variable image 51 is displayed again.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-4 (25), after a first predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) has passed since the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 was displayed, as shown in FIG. 37-4 (26), A pre-stop light-emitting image 72 is displayed around each display area of the three decorative patterns 41 .
The before-stop light-emitting image 72 is an image that is shown to the player as if the decoration pattern 41 of double eyes, which is temporarily stopped and before the fixed stop, is emitting light. The pre-stop emission image 72 is, for example, an image imitating light. The pre-stop emission image 72 may be displayed in any color. In addition, the pre-stop emission image 72 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where each of the double decorative patterns 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the pre-stop light-emitting image 72 is displayed around the area where each of the parallel decorative patterns 41 is displayed. In addition, the pre-stop emission image 72 may be displayed on the whole or part of the area where each of the double-sided decorative patterns 41 is displayed. Further, for example, while the light-emitting image 57 at stop (see FIG. 37-1 (8)) is displayed near the display area of the decorative pattern 41, the light-emitting image 72 before stopping overlaps the display area of the decorative pattern 41. may be displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 37-4(27), the pre-stop emission image 72 is hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 37-4 (28), along with the stop display of the special symbol, the decorative symbol 41 is confirmed and stopped on the image display section 114. FIG. Also, “555” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . In other words, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "555".

As described above, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the ready-to-win effect is being executed, the ready-to-win light emitting image 59 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Also, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the ready-to-win effect is not being executed, the double eye light emitting image 71 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to execute the first light emission effect when the expectation effect for expecting the performance of the special game is executed, and the second light emission effect is executed when the expectation effect is not executed. It is possible to perform a production.
The ready-to-win effect, the same color effect, the special effect, the pending change effect, the character action effect, the operation effect, and the display of the pending image 52 are examples of expected effects.

For example, when the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the ready-to-win numbers, are displayed in the ready-to-win effect, if the ready-to-win light emission image 59 is displayed, it may appear that the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the ready-to-win numbers, are emitting light. be. In this way, if the first light emitting effect is executed when the expected effect is being executed, for example, it is possible to realize a highly interesting effect in which the expected effect and the first light emitting effect are combined. On the other hand, if the expected effect is not executed and the light emitting effect is not executed, the effect may become less interesting than the case where the expected effect is executed and the first light emitting effect is executed. be. Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the expected effect is not executed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the expectation effect is not executed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

In addition, in variation effect example 4, as shown in FIGS. 37-1(3) to 37-1(5), when the chance eye display effect is executed, the chance eye light emission image 67 is displayed and light is emitted. perform the performance. Also, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the chance eye display effect is not executed, the double eye light emission image 71 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emitting effect can be executed when the chance eye display effect is being executed, and the second light emitting effect can be executed when the chance eye display effect is not being executed. .

If the first light emitting effect is executed while the eye of chance display effect is being executed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the eye of chance display effect and the first light emitting effect can be realized. On the other hand, if the light-emitting effect is not executed when the chance eye display effect is not executed, the attraction of the effect is reduced compared to the case where the first light-emitting effect is executed while the chance eye display effect is being executed. There is a risk of Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the chance eye display effect is not executed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the chance eye display effect is not being executed, the second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

Further, in the variation effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the special background image 68 is displayed, the reach eye light emission image 59 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. In addition, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the special background image 68 is not displayed, the double eye light emission image 71 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emitting effect can be executed when the special background image 68 is displayed, and the second light emitting effect can be executed when the special background image 68 is not displayed. .

If the first light emission effect is executed when the special background image 68 is displayed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the display of the special background image 68 and the first light emission effect can be realized. On the other hand, when the light emission effect is not executed when the special background image 68 is not displayed, the effect is less interesting than when the first light emission effect is executed when the special background image 68 is displayed. There is a risk of Also, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the special background image 68 is not displayed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the special background image 68 is not displayed, the second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

Further, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the holding change effect is being executed, the reach eye light emitting image 59 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the pending change effect is not being executed, the double eyes light emission image 71 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emission effect can be executed when the suspension change effect is being executed, and the second light emission effect can be executed when the suspension change effect is not being executed.

If the first light emission effect is executed when the hold change effect is being executed, for example, it is possible to realize a highly interesting effect in which the hold change effect and the first light emission effect are combined. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when the pending change effect is not executed, there is a risk that the effect will be less interesting than the case where the first light emitting effect is executed while the pending change effect is being executed. There is In addition, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the pending change effect is not executed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the pending change effect is not being executed, the second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

In addition, in the variable production example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the role product action production is being executed, the movable role product 115 is caused to emit light to execute the light emission production. Also, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the character action effect is not being executed, the double eyes light emitting image 71 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emission effect can be executed when the character action effect is being executed, and the second light emission effect can be executed when the character action effect is not being executed. .

If the first light emission effect is executed while the character object action effect is being executed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the character object action effect and the first light emission effect can be realized. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when the role object motion effect is not being executed, the effect is less interesting than the case of executing the first light emitting effect while the role object motion effect is being executed. There is a risk of Also, if the first light emitting effect is executed even when the accessory action effect is not being executed, the player may become bored with the first light emitting effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the role object action effect is not being executed, the second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

Further, in the variable effect example 3, when notifying that the special game will not be played, for example, as shown in FIG. Further, in the variable effect example 4, when notifying that a special game will be played, for example, as shown in FIG. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emitting effect can be executed when notifying that the special game will not be played, and the second light emitting effect can be executed when notifying that the special game will be played. .

By executing the first light emitting effect when notifying that the special game will not be performed, the player can be entertained even when notifying that the special game will not be performed. Further, when notifying that a special game will be played, a second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed to give the player a special feeling of notifying that the special game will be played. be able to.

In addition, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a highly decorative display mode, the reach eyes light emission image 59 is displayed to perform the light emission effect. Run. Also, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a display mode with low decorativeness, the double eyes light emission image 71 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. That is, in the present embodiment, when the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a display mode with high decorativeness, the first light emission effect can be executed, and the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a display mode with low decorativeness. When there is, it is possible to execute the second light emission effect.

For example, if the reach eye light emission image 59 is displayed when the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 is displayed, the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 may appear to emit light. In this way, when the first light emitting effect is executed when the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 is displayed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the display of the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 and the first light emitting effect. can be realized. On the other hand, when the decorative pattern 41 with low decorativeness is displayed and the light emitting effect is not executed, compared to the case where the decorative pattern 41 with high decorativeness is displayed and the first light emitting effect is executed, There is a possibility that the interest of the performance will be reduced. Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the decorative pattern 41 with low decorativeness is displayed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the decorative pattern 41 with low decorativeness is displayed, the second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

Further, in the variation production example 1, as shown in FIGS. 34-1(3) to 34-1(7), the decoration pattern 41 is temporarily stopped in order, and the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed to execute the light emission production. do. In addition, in the variation effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), the double eye light emission image 71 is displayed in the state where the decorative patterns 41 are arranged, and the light emission effect is executed. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to execute the first light emitting effect while stopping the effect symbols in order, and it is possible to execute the second light emitting effect in a state where the effect symbols are complete.

For example, if the first light emitting effect is executed while stopping the effect symbols in order, it may appear that the effect symbols are emitting light in the order in which they stop. In this way, when the first light emitting performance is executed while sequentially stopping the performance patterns, for example, a highly entertaining performance combined with sequentially stopping the performance patterns and the first light emitting performance can be realized. On the other hand, if the light emitting performance is not executed in the state where the performance patterns are aligned, there is a possibility that the performance is less interesting than the case where the first light emitting performance is executed while stopping the performance patterns in order. Further, when executing the first light emitting effect even when the effect symbols are aligned, the player may get tired of the first light emitting effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the second light emission effect, which is different from the first light emission effect, is executed when the effect symbols are aligned. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

In addition, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the ready-to-win effect and the character action effect are being executed, the ready-to-win light emitting image 59 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when neither the ready-to-win effect nor the character action effect is being executed, the double eyes light emitting image 71 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. That is, in the present embodiment, a first expectation effect for expecting a special game to be played, and a second expectation effect different from the first expectation effect for expecting a special game to be played are executed. In this case, the first light emitting effect can be executed, and the second light emitting effect can be executed when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed.

When the first light emission effect is executed while the first expectation effect and the second expectation effect are being executed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the first expectation effect, the second expectation effect and the first light emission effect is produced. can be realized. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed, the first light emitting effect is executed while the first expected effect and the second expected effect are being executed. There is a possibility that the entertainment of the production may be lowered compared to the case where Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when neither the first expectation effect nor the second expectation effect is executed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emitting effect, and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

In addition, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the ready-to-win effect and the character action effect are being executed, the ready-to-win light emitting image 59 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (15), when the ready-to-win effect is executed and the role product action effect is not executed, the reduced symbol luminous image 65 is displayed to execute the luminous effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when neither the ready-to-win effect nor the character action effect is being executed, the double eyes light emitting image 71 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Two decorative patterns 41 (left and right decorative patterns 41) are used in both the lighting effect of displaying the reach eye light emitting image 59 and the light emitting effect of displaying the reduced pattern light emitting image 65. On the other hand, three decorative patterns 41 are used in the light emission effect for displaying the double eyes light emission image 71 .

That is, in the present embodiment, when the first expected effect and the second expected effect are being executed, the first light emitting effect can be executed, and the first expected effect is executed and the second expected effect is executed. The second light emitting effect can be executed when the player is not playing, and the third light emitting effect can be executed when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed. The number of performance symbols used for the first light emitting effect is equal to the number of performance symbols used for the second light emitting effect, and the number of effect symbols used for the first light emitting effect is equal to the number of effect symbols used for the third light emitting effect. Different from the number of patterns.

When the first light emission effect is executed while the first expectation effect and the second expectation effect are being executed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the first expectation effect, the second expectation effect and the first light emission effect is produced. can be realized. On the other hand, when the first expected effect is executed and the second expected effect is not executed, or when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed, when the first light emitting effect is executed, There is a risk that the player will get bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the first expected effect is executed and the second expected effect is not executed, the second light emission effect different from the first expected effect is executed. Further, when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed, the third light emission effect different from the first expected effect and the second expected effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.
Further, for example, when the ready-to-win state is established, when the first expected effect or the second expected effect is being executed, the player can obtain the light-emitting effect using the two decorative patterns 41 which are the ready-to-win numbers. It is possible to pay attention to which symbols are aligned to establish a reach. Further, for example, when notifying that a special game will be played, etc., when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed, the light emitting effect using the three decorative symbols 41 which are double eyes. By performing , the player can be made to pay attention to the combination of the decorative symbols 41 of double eyes. That is, by varying the number of performance symbols used in the light emission effect according to the performance, the player can be made to pay attention to the performance symbols to be focused on according to the performance.

In addition, in the variable production example 4, as shown in FIGS. When it changes, the reduced pattern light emission image 65 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. Also, as shown in FIGS. 37-3 (17) to 37-3 (19), when the display mode of the decorative pattern 41 changes from the decorative pattern 41 with a small size to the decorative pattern 41 with a large size, double eyes A light emitting image 71 is displayed to execute a light emitting effect. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emission effect can be executed when the size of the decorative pattern 41 becomes smaller, and the second light emission effect can be executed when the size of the decorative pattern 41 becomes larger.

For example, by displaying a luminous image around the display area of the performance pattern whose size is reduced, the player can recognize the existence of the performance pattern even if the size of the performance pattern is reduced. Further, for example, by displaying a luminous image around the production pattern of which size is increased, it is possible to realize a more impactful production using the production pattern of which size is increased. That is, by executing the light emitting effect corresponding to the size of the effect pattern, the player can be given interest according to the effect.

Further, in the variable effect example 3, as shown in FIG. 36-2 (10), when executing the operation effect, the covering light emitting image 62 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Further, in the variation effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the operation effect is not executed, the double eyes light emission image 71 is displayed and the light emission effect is executed. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emission effect can be executed when the operation effect is executed, and the second light emission effect can be executed when the operation effect is not executed.

If the first light emission effect is executed when the operation effect is executed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the operation effect and the first light emission effect can be realized. On the other hand, if the light emission effect is not executed when the operation effect is not executed, the effect may become less interesting than the case where the first light emission effect is executed when the operation effect is executed. Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the operation effect is not executed, the player may get tired of the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the operation effect is not executed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

Further, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the ready-to-win effect is being executed, the ready-to-win light emitting image 59 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the ready-to-win effect is not being executed, after the ready-to-win light emitting image 59 is displayed, the double eye light emitting image 71 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. do. That is, in the present embodiment, when the expected effect is being executed, the first light emitting effect can be executed, and when the expected effect is not being executed, the second light emitting effect is executed after the first light emitting effect is executed. It is possible to execute a lighting effect.

If the first light emitting effect is executed when the expected effect is being executed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the expected effect and the first light emitting effect can be realized. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when the expected effect is not executed, the effect may become less interesting than the case where the first light emitting effect is executed while the expected effect is being executed. . Also, if the first light emitting effect is executed even when the expected effect is not being executed, for example, in one variable effect, after the first light emitting effect is executed when the expected effect is executed, the first light emitting effect is executed again when the expected effect is not executed. When executing the light emitting effect, the player may become bored with the first light emitting effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the expectation effect is not executed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. As a result, for example, in one variable effect, even if the light emitting effect is executed when the expected effect is not executed after the light emitting effect is executed when the expected effect is not executed, the player is prevented from getting tired of the light emitting effect. , the player can be given interest in accordance with the performance.

In addition, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIGS. 37-1(3) to 37-1(5), the light-emitting effect is performed so that the timing of displaying the chance eye light-emitting image 67 is different for each of the decorative patterns 41. Run. Further, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), a double eye light emission image 71 is displayed so that the double eye decoration patterns 41 can be seen to emit light all at once, and a light emission effect is executed. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emission effect can be executed so that the execution timings of the effect symbols are different, and the second light emission effect can be executed so that the execution timings of the effect symbols are the same. is.

For example, if the first light emitting effect is executed so that each execution timing in the effect pattern is different, it is possible to make it appear that the effect symbol is emitting light each time the first light emitting effect is executed. On the other hand, even if the execution timings of the respective light emitting effects in the effect symbols are the same, if the first light emitting effect is executed, the player may get tired of the first light emitting effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the execution timing of each light emitting effect in the effect pattern is the same, the second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

In particular, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIGS. 37-1 (3) to 37-1 (6), the start timing of each light emitting effect in the plurality of decorative patterns 41 is different, but the end timing is the same. and As a result, the left decorative design 41, the right decorative design 41, and the middle decorative design 41 are arranged in order from the decorative design 41 having the longest duration of light emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIGS. 37-3 (19) and 37-3 (20), by setting the start timing and the end timing of each light emitting effect in the plurality of decorative patterns 41 to be the same, the plurality of decorative patterns 41 The duration time of the light emitting effect in each is the same. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to execute the first light emitting effect so that the duration of each of the plurality of performance symbols is different, and the second light emission is performed so that the duration of each of the plurality of performance symbols is the same. It is possible to perform a production.

By executing the first light emitting performance so that the duration time of each of the plurality of performance symbols is different, the player can not only perform the new light emitting performance but also the continuing light emitting performance. can be focused on. Further, by executing the second light emitting effect so that the duration time of each of the plurality of effect patterns is the same, the light emitting effect with more impact can be realized by using the plurality of effect patterns.

[Variation production example 5]
FIGS. 38-1 to 38-3 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control section 300 using the image display section 114. FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 5) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 38-1 to 38-3. Variation production example 5 is a variation production example of the decorative pattern 41 in the low probability time-saving non-gaming state. In addition, variation production example 5 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a jackpot. In the following description, differences from example 4 of variation presentation will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 4 of variation presentation will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 38-1 (1), the effect control unit 300 stops the highly decorative decorative design 41 in the image display unit 114 as the variation of the previous special design is completed. It is assumed that there is Also, at this time, two left decorative patterns 41 indicating consecutive numbers (the numbers "9" and "0" in the illustrated example) are displayed. Also, at this time, two middle decorative patterns 41 indicating consecutive numbers (in the illustrated example, the numbers "3" and "2") are displayed. Also, at this time, two right decorative patterns 41 indicating consecutive numbers (in the illustrated example, the numbers "0" and "9") are displayed. That is, in the variable effect example 5, a plurality of sets of three decorative symbols 41 are displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-1(2), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started along with the start of the variable display of the next special design.
Then, as shown in FIG. 38-1(3), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-1(4), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the right decorative design 41 is temporarily stopped at the design of the numeral "7" and the design of the numeral "8" which are the designs that match the left decorative design 41.例文帳に追加As a result, the double reach is established, and the reach performance is executed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-1(5), the reach eye emission image 59 is displayed around each display area in the left and right decorative patterns 41 which are the reach eye of the number "7". Also, a reach line image 60 crossing the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the reach lines of the number "7", is displayed. On the other hand, the reach eye luminescence image 59 is not displayed around each display area in the left and right decorative patterns 41 that are the reach eye of the number "8". Also, the reach line image 60 crossing the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the reach stitches of the number "8", is not displayed. That is, at this time, the light emitting effect using the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are the reach eyes of the number "8", is not executed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 38-1(6), the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-1(7), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41, the variable image 51, and the pending image 52 are hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 38-1(8), the SP image 64 is displayed. At this time, the left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a small size and low decorativeness.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-2 (9), a middle pattern fanning effect is performed. In the illustrated example, the middle decorative pattern 41 of the number "6" and the middle decorative pattern 41 of the number "7" are displayed. Also, at this time, a different design light-emitting image 66 is displayed around the display area of the middle decorative design 41 of the number "6". Also, at this time, around the display area of the middle decorative pattern 41 of the number "7", a luminous image 79 of the same pattern is displayed. Also, at this time, the target symbol light emitting image 73 is displayed around each display area of the decorative symbols 41 on the left and right of the number "7". In other words, an effect is performed to encourage whether or not the decorative patterns 41 can be combined with the combination of "777". It should be noted that the target symbol light-emitting image 73 is not displayed around the respective display areas of the left and right decorative symbols 41 of the number "8". In other words, no lighting effect using the left and right decorative patterns 41 of the number "8" is performed.

The target symbol luminous image 73 is an image to be shown to the player as if the right and left decorative symbols 41, which are the same symbols as the middle decorative symbols 41 to be targeted in the middle symbol boosting performance, are emitting light. The target symbol light-emitting image 73 is, for example, an image imitating light. The target symbol light-emitting image 73 may be displayed in any color. Also, the target symbol light-emitting image 73 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where each of the target left and right decorative symbols 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the target symbol light-emitting image 73 is displayed around the area where each of the target left and right decorative symbols 41 is displayed. Further, the target symbol light-emitting image 73 may be displayed in the whole or part of the area where each of the target left and right decorative symbols 41 is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-2 (10), the middle decorative pattern 41 with the number "6" is temporarily stopped. As a result, the player learns that the middle decorative pattern 41, which is the same pattern as the left and right decorative patterns 41 of the number "7", did not temporarily stop, that is, the decorative patterns 41 did not line up in the combination of "777". suggested for Also, at this time, the different symbol light-emitting image 66 and the target symbol light-emitting image 73 are not displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 38-2(11), the middle decorative pattern 41 is hidden. Also, at this time, the SP ready-to-win effect continues, and the SP image 64 continues to be displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-2 (12), the middle pattern fanning effect is performed again. In the illustrated example, the middle decorative pattern 41 of the number "8" and the middle decorative pattern 41 of the number "9" are displayed. Also, at this time, around the display area of the middle decorative pattern 41 of the number "8", a luminous image 79 of the same pattern is displayed. Also, at this time, a different design light emission image 66 is displayed around the display area of the middle decorative design 41 of the number "9". Also, at this time, the target symbol luminescent image 73 is displayed around each display area of the decorative symbols 41 on the left and right of the number "8". In other words, an effect is performed to stir up whether or not the decorative patterns 41 are aligned in the combination of "888". It should be noted that the target symbol light-emitting image 73 is not displayed around the respective display areas of the decorative symbols 41 on the left and right of the number "7". In other words, no lighting effect using the left and right decorative patterns 41 of the number "7" is performed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-2 (13), a big win suggestion image 70 is displayed. At this time, the target symbol light-emitting image 73 is not displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 38-2 (14), the double-sided decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the combination of "888". Thus, by displaying the decorative symbols 41 in combination of "888", the player is informed that the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a big win. Also, at this time, the size of the decorative pattern 41 is increased. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-2(15), a double eye luminous image 71 is displayed around each display area in the double eye decorative pattern 41. FIG.
Then, as shown in FIG. 38-2(16), the double eye emission image 71 is hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 38-3 (17), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is hidden as the transitional image 63 is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-3 (18), the decorative pattern 41 is displayed on the image display section 114. FIG. At this time, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a highly decorative manner. That is, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed by a numeric element 411 , a numeric decorative element 412 and a character element 413 . In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the combination of "888", and above the decorative pattern 41 temporarily stopped at the combination of "888" in the image display section 114, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed. is temporarily stopped by the combination of "799". Also, at this time, the variable image 51 and the pending image 52 are displayed again.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-3 (19), the pre-stop light-emitting image 72 is displayed around each display area in the double-sided decorative pattern 41 . Also, at this time, the pre-stop emission image 72 is not displayed around the respective display areas of the three decorative symbols 41 temporarily stopped by the combination of "799". In other words, no lighting effect is performed using the three decorative symbols 41 temporarily stopped by the combination of "799".
Then, as shown in FIG. 38-3 (20), the pre-stop emission image 72 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 38-3 (21), along with the stop display of the special symbol, the decorative symbol 41 is confirmed and stopped on the image display section 114. FIG. Also, “888” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . In other words, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "888".

As described above, in the variable production example 5, as shown in FIG. A reach eye light emission image 59 is displayed using a part of a plurality of sets, and a light emission effect is executed. Also, as shown in FIG. 38-3 (19), when the ready-to-win effect is not being executed and a plurality of sets of decorative patterns 41 are being displayed, a part of the plurality of sets is used to stop. A pre-luminescence image 72 is displayed to execute a luminescence effect. That is, in the present embodiment, when a plurality of sets of performance symbols are displayed, a part of the plurality of sets can be used to execute the first light emitting effect or the second light emitting effect, and a special game is performed. The first light emission performance can be executed when the expectation performance to expect something is being executed, and the second light emission performance can be executed when the expectation performance is not executed.

When a plurality of sets of production patterns are displayed, by executing a light emitting effect using a part of the plurality of sets, when a plurality of sets of production patterns are displayed, the production pattern used for the light emission production is It is possible to draw the player's attention. Also, if the first light emission effect is executed when the expected effect is being executed, for example, it is possible to realize a highly interesting effect in which the expectation effect and the first light emission effect are combined. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when the expected effect is not executed, the effect may become less interesting than the case where the first light emitting effect is executed while the expected effect is being executed. . Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the expected effect is not executed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the expectation effect is not executed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

[Variation production example 6]
FIG. 39 is a diagram showing one aspect of an effect performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114. As shown in FIG.
Next, with reference to FIG. 39, the variable effect of the decorative pattern 41 performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114 (variation effect example 6) will be specifically described. Variation production example 6 is a variation production example of the decorative pattern 41 in the high probability time-saving gaming state. In addition, variation production example 6 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a loss. In the following description, differences from example 1 of variable effect will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 1 of variable effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIG. 39(1), the production control section 300 stops the low decorative decorative design 41 in the image display section 114 as the variation of the previous special design is completed. It is assumed that there is Note that the image display unit 114 displays a right-handed image 74 . Also, in the image display section 114, a high-precision background image 80 is displayed.

The right hitting image 74 as an example of the information image is an image for prompting the player to shoot the game ball to the right area of the game area 111 .
The high-probability background image 80 is an image that notifies or suggests a high-probability time-saving gaming state. The high-precision background image 80 represents a scene (stage) for presentation. In this embodiment, the high-definition background image 80 is displayed over the entire image display area of the image display unit 114 . Further, when a plurality of stages are set in the high-probability time-saving non-gaming state, the display content as the high-probability background image 80 may differ for each stage. By displaying the high-definition background image 80, the player can recognize the set stage.

Then, as shown in FIG. 39(2), the variation of the decorative symbol 41 is started along with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol.
Then, as shown in FIG. 39(3), the three decorative symbols 41 are temporarily stopped at the positions fixed and stopped until the start of fluctuation. At this time, a light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around each display area of the three decorative patterns 41 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 39(4), after the three decorative patterns 41 continue to temporarily stop for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds), the three decorative patterns 41 are fixed and stopped along with the stop display of the special patterns. do. Here, the combination "243" of the decorative symbols 41 displayed stopped as shown in FIG. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed. In addition, the fourth symbol 56 is also stopped along with the stop of the fluctuation of the special symbols. At this time, the combination of the fourth pattern 56 is “243”, which matches the combination of the decorative patterns 41 .

In addition, in the variable production example 6, the time period during which the decorative pattern 41 temporarily stops is shorter than the variable production examples 1 to 5. Thereby, for example, compared with the low probability time-saving no-game state, in the high-probability time-saving gaming state in which the variation time of the special design is short, it is possible to realize the effect by the decorative design 41 .

[Variation production example 7]
FIGS. 40-1 and 40-2 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114. FIG.
Next, with reference to FIGS. 40-1 and 40-2, the variable effect of the decorative pattern 41 performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114 (variation effect example 7) will be specifically described. Variation production example 7 is an example of variation production of the decorative pattern 41 in the high-probability time-saving gaming state. Variation production example 7 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a loss. In the following description, differences from example 6 of variable effect will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 6 of variable effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIGS. 40-1(1) and 40-1(2), the variation of the decorative pattern 41 starts from the state where the decorative pattern 41 with low decorativeness is fixed and stopped in the image display section 114. be done.

Then, as shown in FIG. 40-1(3), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 40-1(4), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 40-1(5), a ready-to-win effect is executed.
The ready-to-win production is a production to incite whether or not to execute the ready-to-win production. Specifically, in the ready-to-win effect, after the left decorative pattern 41 temporarily stops, the scrolling right decorative pattern 41 decelerates, and the pattern that matches the pattern displayed as the left decorative pattern 41 stops. An effect is executed to arouse whether or not to do so.
In the illustrated example, a right decorative pattern 41 (number "6"), which is the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, is displayed. At this time, the ready-to-win fanning design light-emitting image 75 is displayed around the display area of the left decorative design 41 and around the display area of the right decorative design 41 .

The ready-to-win-flavor pattern light-emitting image 75 is an image to be shown to the player as if the left and right decorative patterns 41 used for the ready-to-win-flavor effect are emitting light. The reach fanning pattern light emitting image 75 is, for example, an image simulating light. The ready-to-win fanning symbol light-emitting image 75 may be displayed in any color. Also, the ready-to-win-flavor pattern light-emitting image 75 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where each of the left and right decorative patterns 41 used for the ready-to-win-flavor effect is displayed. In the illustrated example, the ready-to-win-flavor pattern emission image 75 is displayed around the area where each of the left and right decorative patterns 41 used for the ready-to-win-flavor effect is displayed. Also, the ready-to-win fanning symbol light-emitting image 75 may be displayed on the whole or part of the area where each of the left and right decorative symbols 41 used for the ready-to-win fanning effect is displayed. In addition, while the light-emitting image 57 at stop (see FIG. 40-1 (3)) is displayed in the vicinity of the display area of the decorative pattern 41, the reach fanning design light-emitting image 75 overlaps the display area of the decorative pattern 41. may be displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 40-1 (6), the right decorative pattern 41, which is the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, is temporarily stopped to establish a ready-to-win state, and the ready-to-win effect is executed. Also, at this time, a reach eye emission image 59 is displayed. Also, at this time, the third specific sound is output from the speaker 156 . The third specific sound is the first specific sound output from the speaker 156 when the reach eye light-up image 59 is displayed in the variable effect example 3, and when the reach eye light-up image 59 is displayed in the change effect example 4. This sound is different from any of the second specific sounds output from the speaker 156 at .
Then, as shown in FIG. 40-1(7), the reach eye emission image 59 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 40-1(8), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41, the variable image 51, and the pending image 52 are hidden. Note that the right shot image 74 maintains the displayed state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 40-2(9), the SP image 64 is displayed. At this time, the left and right decorative patterns 41 move to the ends (left end and right end) of the image display area in the image display section 114 . The left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a small size. Also, at this time, a reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 40-2(10), the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 40-2 (11), the middle decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the pattern of the number "7" which is different from the left and right decorative patterns 41. FIG.
Then, as shown in FIG. 40-2 (12), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is hidden as the transitional image 63 is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 40-2 (13), three decorative patterns 41 are displayed. These three decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a large size. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. Also, at this time, the variable image 51 and the pending image 52 are displayed again.

Then, as shown in FIG. 40-2 (14), along with the stop display of the special symbol, the decorative symbol 41 is fixed and stopped. Here, the combination "676" of the decorative symbols 41 that are stopped and displayed as shown in FIG. Also, “676” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . In other words, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "676".

[Variation production example 8]
FIGS. 41-1 and 41-2 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114. FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 8) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 41-1 and 41-2. Variation production example 8 is an example of variation production of decorative design 41 in high probability time saving game state. Variation production example 8 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a jackpot. In the following description, differences from example 7 of variation effect will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 7 of variation effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIGS. 41-1(1) and 41-1(2), the decorative pattern 41 starts to change from a state in which the decorative pattern 41 with low decorativeness is fixed and stopped in the image display section 114. be done.

Then, as shown in FIG. 41-1(3), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 41-1(4), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 41-1(5), the ready-to-win effect is executed. In the illustrated example, a right decorative pattern 41 (number "6"), which is the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, is displayed. Also, at this time, the ready-to-win fanning design light-emitting image 75 is displayed around the display area of the left decorative design 41 and around the display area of the right decorative design 41 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 41-1(6), the right decorative pattern 41, which is the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, is temporarily stopped, whereby the ready-to-win state is established and the ready-to-win effect is executed. Also, at this time, a reach eye emission image 59 is displayed. Also, at this time, the speaker 156 outputs the third specific sound, that is, the sound output from the speaker 156 when the reach eye emission image 59 is displayed in the seventh variation effect example.
Then, as shown in FIG. 41-1(7), the reach eye emission image 59 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 41-1(8), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41, the variable image 51, and the pending image 52 are hidden. Note that the right shot image 74 maintains the displayed state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 41-2(9), the SP image 64 is displayed. At this time, the left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a small size. Also, at this time, a reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 41-2(10), the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 41-2 (11), a big win suggestion image 70 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 41-2(12), the decorative pattern 41 of double eyes is temporarily stopped on the image display section 114 . In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the combination of "666". Thus, by displaying the decorative symbols 41 in combination of "666", the player is informed that the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a big win. At this time, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a large size. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 41-2(13), a double eye luminescence image 71 is displayed around each display area in the double eye decorative pattern 41. FIG. At this time, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. Also, the right shot image 74 maintains the displayed state. In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 41-2(14), the double eye emission image 71 is hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 41-2 (15), along with the stop display of the special symbol, the decorative symbol 41 is confirmed and stopped on the image display section 114. FIG. Also, “666” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . In other words, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "666".

As described above, in the variation effect example 8, as shown in FIG. 41-2 (13), when the right-handed shot image 74 is displayed, the double eye light emission image 71 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. Further, in the variation effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-4 (26), when the right-handed shot image 74 is not displayed, the pre-stop light emission image 72 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emission effect can be executed when the information image is displayed, and the second light emission effect can be executed when the information image is not displayed.

As described above, when the right-handed image 74, which is an example of the information image, is displayed, the double eye emission image 71 is displayed. can give a strong impression that it is a big hit. In this way, if the first light emission effect is executed while the information image is being displayed, for example, it is possible to realize a highly interesting effect in which the information image display and the first light emission effect are combined. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when the information image is not displayed, the effect may become less interesting than when the information image is displayed and the first light emitting effect is executed. . Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the information image is not displayed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the information image is not displayed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

In addition, in the variation effect example 8, as shown in FIG. 41-1 (6), when the ready-to-win effect is executed, the reach-eye light emitting image 59 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 41-2 (13), when the ready-to-win effect is not being executed and the right-hand shot image 74 is being displayed, the double eyes light emitting image 71 is displayed to perform the light emitting effect. Run. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to execute the first light emitting effect when the expected effect to expect the special game to be played is being executed, and when this expected effect is not being executed, When the right shot image 74 is displayed, the second light emission effect can be executed.

If the light emitting effect is executed when the expected effect is being executed, for example, it is possible to realize a highly interesting effect in which the expected effect and the light emitting effect are combined. Also, if the light emission effect is executed while the information image is being displayed, for example, it is possible to realize a highly interesting effect in which the display of the information image and the light emission effect are combined. On the other hand, if the light emission effect executed when the expected effect is executed and the light emission effect executed when the information image is displayed are the same, the player may get tired of the light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the expected effect is not being executed and the information image is displayed, a light emitting effect different from the light emitting effect executed when the expected effect is being executed is executed. is doing. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

Further, in the high probability time-saving gaming state, as shown in FIGS. 40-1 (5) and 41-1 (5), compared to the low probability time-saving non-gaming state, reach before establishment, two decorative symbols 41 at the same time can be easily executed. That is, in the high-probability time-saving gaming state, the probability of simultaneously executing the light-emitting effect using the two decorative symbols 41 before reaching reach is higher than in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state.

In the high-probability time-saving gaming state, the winning probability of the jackpot lottery is higher than in the low-probability time-saving non-playing state, so the player tends to pay attention to the special game such as the ready-to-win effect, and the ready-to-win is established. It is easy to focus on whether or not to do so. Therefore, in the present embodiment, in the high-probability time-saving gaming state, the probability of executing the light emitting effect using the two decorative patterns 41 at the same time before the reach is established is higher than in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. . As a result, in the high-probability time-saving game state, it is possible to enhance the performance effect of inciting whether or not reach is established, and to excite the player more.

Further, in the variation effect example 8, as shown in FIG. 41-1 (8)) is terminated without returning to the background before displaying. In other words, in the present embodiment, when notifying that a special game is performed in the high probability time-saving gaming state, after developing into SP reach, 3 without displaying the background image that was displayed before SP reach development One decorative pattern 41 is determined and stopped. In this case, for example, in the high-probability time-saving gaming state, after notifying that the special game will be performed, by performing the jackpot game without returning to the background before the development of the SP reach, the notification that the special game will be performed Continuity with the jackpot game is guaranteed. Therefore, compared with the case of returning to the background before the development of the SP reach after reporting the execution of the special game, it is possible to suppress cooling of the player's excitement heightened by the notification of the execution of the special game.

In addition, even in the case of notifying that the special game is performed in the high-probability time-saving gaming state, after displaying the decorative pattern 41 of double eyes, the transition image 63 is displayed, and then the high-precision background image 80 is displayed. may be displayed. In other words, after notifying that the special game will be played, the background may be returned to the background before the development of the SP reach.

[Variation production example 9]
FIGS. 42-1 to 42-3 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control section 300 using the image display section 114. FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 9) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 42-1 to 42-3. Variation production example 9 is a variation production example of the decorative pattern 41 in the low probability time-saving non-gaming state. Variation production example 9 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a jackpot. In the following explanation, mainly the points different from the example 4 of the variable effect will be explained, and the explanation of the points that are the same as the example 4 of the variable effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIGS. 42-1(1) and 42-1(2), the decorative pattern 41 starts to change from a state in which the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 is fixed and stopped in the image display section 114. be done.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-1(3), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 42-1(4), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-1(5), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 . At this time, the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, which is the number "3". As a result, the ready-to-win state is established and the ready-to-win effect is executed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 42-1(6), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-1(7), a reach eye emission image 59 and a reach line image 60 are displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 42-1(8), the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 42-2(9), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41, the variable image 51, and the pending image 52 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-2 (10), a medium-symbol boost effect is performed. In the illustrated example, the middle decorative pattern 41 with the number "2" and the middle decorative pattern 41 with the number "3" are displayed. Also, at this time, a different design light-emitting image 66 is displayed around the display area of the middle decorative design 41 of the number "2". Also, at this time, around the display area of the middle decorative pattern 41 of the number "3", a luminous image 79 of the same pattern is displayed. At this time, the left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a small size and low decorativeness.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-2 (11), the middle decorative pattern 41 with the number "3" is temporarily stopped. At this time, an after-flashing design light-emitting image 76 is displayed around the display area of the middle decorative design 41 . Also, at this time, the light emitting effect using the left and right decorative patterns 41 is not performed.
The after-flashing symbol light-emitting image 76 is an image that is shown to the player as if the middle decorative symbol 41 temporarily stopped after execution of the middle-symbol stirring effect is emitting light. The post-flashing design light-emitting image 76 is, for example, an image imitating light. The post-flashing design light-emitting image 76 may be displayed in any color. Further, the post-flashing design light-emitting image 76 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where the middle decorative design 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the post-flashing design light emission image 76 is displayed around the area where the middle decorative design 41 is displayed. Further, the after-flashing design light-emitting image 76 may be displayed on the whole or part of the area where the middle decorative design 41 is displayed. Further, while the light emission image 57 (see FIG. 42-1 (3)) and the reach eye light emission image 59 (see FIG. 42-1 (7)) are displayed in the vicinity of the display area of the decorative pattern 41, The after-flashing design light-emitting image 76 may be displayed overlapping the display area of the decorative design 41 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-2 (12), the double-sided decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped in the combination of "333". Thus, by displaying the decorative symbols 41 in the combination of "333", the player is informed that the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a big win. Also, at this time, the size of the decorative pattern 41 is increased. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-2(13), a double eye luminescence image 71 is displayed around each display area in the double eye decorative pattern 41. FIG.
Then, as shown in FIG. 42-2(14), the double eye emission image 71 is hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 42-2 (15), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is hidden as the transitional image 63 is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-2 (16), the decorative pattern 41 is displayed on the image display section 114. FIG. At this time, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a highly decorative manner. That is, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed by a numeric element 411 , a numeric decorative element 412 and a character element 413 . Also, at this time, the variable image 51 and the pending image 52 are displayed again.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-3 (17), the pre-stop light-emitting image 72 is displayed around each display area of the three decorative patterns 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 42-3 (18), the pre-stop emission image 72 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42-3 (19), along with the stop display of the special symbol, the decorative symbol 41 is confirmed and stopped on the image display section 114. FIG. Also, “333” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . In other words, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "333".

As described above, in the variable production example 9, as shown in FIG. 42-1 (11), the post-flashing design luminous image 76 is displayed around the area where the middle decorative pattern 41 is displayed, and the luminous production is executed. On the other hand, the lighting performance using the left and right decorative patterns 41 is not executed. That is, in the present embodiment, when executing the light emitting effect, the light emitting effect using some of the displayed effect patterns is executed, and the other effect is performed among the displayed effect patterns. The light emitting effect using the pattern is not executed. By doing so, it is possible to strongly impress the player with the symbols used for the light emitting effect among the displayed effect symbols.

[Variation production example 10]
FIG. 43 is a diagram showing one aspect of an effect performed by the effect control unit 300 using the image display unit 114. As shown in FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 10) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIG. Variation production example 10 is an example of variation production of the decorative pattern 41 in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. In addition, variation production example 10 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a loss. In the following description, differences from example 1 of variable effect will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 1 of variable effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIG. 43(1), the production control section 300 stops the highly decorative decorative design 41 in the image display section 114 in accordance with the end of the variation of the previous special design. there is At this time, the zone image 77 is displayed on the image display section 114 .
The zone image 77 is an image that notifies or suggests that the zone effect is being executed. Note that the zone effect is an example of an advance notice effect that is executed based on the preliminary determination result of the preliminary determination process. This zone effect is, for example, a effect suggesting that there is a high possibility of a big hit in the variable display of the next special symbol. The zone image 77 of this embodiment includes characters "ΔΔZone".

Then, as shown in FIG. 43(2), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started along with the start of the variable display of the next special design.
Then, as shown in FIG. 43(3), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped.
Then, as shown in FIG. 43(4), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped.
Then, as shown in FIG. 43(5), the middle decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped.

Then, as shown in FIG. 43(6), after the three decorative symbols 41 continue to temporarily stop for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second), the three decorative symbols 41 are fixed and stopped as the special symbols stop fluctuating. Here, the combination "345" of the decorative symbols 41 stopped and displayed shown in FIG. 43(6) is an example of a combination when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is lost. In addition, the fourth symbol 56 is also stopped along with the stop of the fluctuation of the special symbols. At this time, the combination “345” of the fourth symbols 56 matches the combination of the decorative symbols 41 .

As described above, in the variable effect example 10, as shown in FIGS. 43(2) to 43(6), when the zone image 77 is displayed, the light emission effect is not executed. Further, in the variation effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the zone image 77 is not displayed, the double eye light emission image 71 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible not to execute the light emission effect when the expectation effect that makes the player expect the special game to be performed is being executed, and when the expectation effect is not executed, It is possible to execute a lighting effect.

When the light emission effect is executed when the expected effect is being executed, the player may pay attention to one of the expected effect and the light emission effect, but may not notice the other. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the expected effect is being executed, the light emitting effect is not executed, and when the expected effect is not being executed, the light emitting effect is executed, so that the player can feel the expected effect. and ignorance of the lighting effects.

In addition, in the variable effect example 10, as shown in FIGS. 43(2) to 43(6), when the variable image 51 is displayed and the ready-to-win effect is not executed, the light emission effect is not executed. Further, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-2 (12), when the variable image 51 is displayed and the ready-to-win effect is being executed, the ready-to-win light emitting image 59 is displayed and the light emitting effect is executed. do. Further, in the variation effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-3 (19), when the variation image 51 is not displayed and the ready-to-win effect is not executed, the double eyes light emission image 71 is displayed to perform light emission effect. Run.

That is, in the present embodiment, a first expectation effect is executed to expect the special game to be played, and a second expectation effect different from the first expectation effect is executed to make the player expect that the special game will be played. If not, it is possible to execute neither the first light emitting effect nor the second light emitting effect. Further, when the first expected effect and the second expected effect are being executed, the first light emitting effect can be executed, and when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed, the second expected effect is executed. It is possible to execute a lighting effect.

When the first expectation performance is executed and the second expectation performance is not executed, the light emission performance is not executed, and when the first expectation performance and the second expectation performance are executed, the first light emission performance is executed. Thus, it is possible to give the player a special feeling that the first expected effect and the second expected effect are executed. On the other hand, when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed, the light emitting effect is not executed, the first expected effect is executed and the second expected effect is not executed, or the first expected effect is executed. And there is a possibility that the entertainment of the production will be lowered compared to the case where the second expected production is executed. Also, if the first light emission effect is executed even when neither the first expected effect nor the second expected effect is executed, there is a possibility that the special feeling of executing the first expected effect and the second expected effect will be reduced. There is Therefore, in the present embodiment, when neither the first expectation effect nor the second expectation effect is executed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the special feeling of the execution of the first expected effect and the second expected effect from becoming small, and to provide the player with an interest corresponding to the effect.

[Variation production example 11]
FIGS. 44-1 to 44-3 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control section 300 using the image display section 114. FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 11) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 44-1 to 44-3. Variation production example 11 is a variation production example of the decorative pattern 41 in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. In addition, variation production example 11 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a jackpot. Note that this example 11 of variable effect is an example of effect corresponding to example 4 of variable effect. may omit the description.

First, as shown in FIGS. 44-1(1) to 44-1(3), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started from the state where the highly decorative decorative design 41 is confirmed and stopped in the image display section 114. , the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-1(4), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 44-1(5), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 . Also, at this time, the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, which is the number "4". As a result, the ready-to-win state is established and the ready-to-win effect is executed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-1(6), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 44-1(7), a reach eye emission image 59 and a reach line image 60 are displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-1(8), the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-2(9), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41, the variable image 51, and the pending image 52 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 44-2 (10), the SP image 64 is displayed. At this time, the left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a small size and low decorativeness. Also, at this time, a reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-2(11), the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 44-2 (12), a big win suggestion image 70 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-2 (13), the decorative pattern 41 of double eyes is temporarily stopped on the image display section 114 . In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the combination of "444". By displaying the decorative symbols 41 in combination of "444" in this way, the player is informed that the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a big win. Also, at this time, the size of the decorative pattern 41 is increased. Also, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which the three decorative patterns 41 are variably displayed. In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 44-2(14), a double eye luminous image 71 is displayed around each display area in the double eye decorative pattern 41. FIG. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-2(15), the double eye emission image 71 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 44-2 (16), a promotion promotion effect is performed. A button operation image 61 is displayed in the promotion promotion effect.
Then, when the player operates the effect button 161 while the button operation image 61 is being displayed, the decoration pattern 41 is displayed as a combination of "777" as shown in FIG. 44-3 (17). In this way, the player is informed that the promotion has been performed by displaying the decorative symbols 41 in the combination of "777". Also, at this time, a promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 is displayed around each display area of the three decorative symbols 41 . In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.

The promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 is an image that is shown to the player as if the double decorative symbol 41 after promotion is emitting light. The promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 is, for example, an image imitating light. The promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 may be displayed in any color. In addition, the promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the area where each of the double decorative symbols 41 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 is displayed around the area where each of the parallel decorative symbols 41 is displayed. In addition, the promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 may be displayed in the whole or part of the area where each of the double decorative symbols 41 is displayed. For example, while the light emission image 57 (see FIG. 44-1 (3)) and the reach eye light emission image 59 (see FIG. 44-1 (7)) are displayed near the display area of the decorative pattern 41, The double eye luminous image 71 (see FIG. 44-1 (14)) and the promotion symbol luminous image 78 may be displayed overlapping the display area of the decorative pattern 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-3 (18), the promotion symbol light-emitting image 78 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 44-3 (19), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is hidden as the transitional image 63 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-3 (20), the decorative pattern 41 is displayed on the image display section 114. FIG. At this time, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a highly decorative manner. Also, at this time, the variable image 51 and the pending image 52 are displayed again.

Then, after the second predetermined time (for example, 1.5 seconds) has elapsed since the decorative pattern 41 was displayed on the image display section 114, as shown in FIG. A pre-stop emission image 72 is displayed around the area. In addition, the second predetermined time is shorter than the first predetermined time from when the double decorative pattern 41 is displayed in the highly decorative display mode to when the pre-stop light-emitting image 72 is displayed in the variable effect example 4.
Then, as shown in FIG. 44-3 (22), the pre-stop emission image 72 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 44-3 (23), the decorative design 41 is fixed and stopped in the image display section 114 as the special design stops changing. Also, “777” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . In other words, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "777".

As described above, in the variable effect example 11, as shown in FIG. 44-1(7), when the ready-to-win effect is executed, the ready-to-win light-emitting image 59 is displayed to execute the light-emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 44-2 (14), when the ready-to-win effect is not being executed, the double eye light emitting image 71 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Also, as shown in FIG. 44-3 (17), when the ready-to-win effect is not being executed, after displaying the double eye luminous image 71, the promotion symbol luminous image 78 is displayed and the luminous effect is executed. do. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to execute the first light emission effect when the expectation effect for expecting the performance of the special game is executed, and the second light emission effect is executed when the expectation effect is not executed. It is possible to execute the effect, and when the expected effect is not executed, the third light-emitting effect can be executed after the second light-emitting effect is executed.

If the first light emitting effect is executed when the expected effect is being executed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the expected effect and the first light emitting effect can be realized. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when the expected effect is not executed, the effect may become less interesting than the case where the first light emitting effect is executed while the expected effect is being executed. . Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the expected effect is not executed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the expectation effect is not executed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. Furthermore, in this embodiment, after execution of the second light emission effect, the third light emission effect different from the first light emission effect and the second light emission effect is executed. As a result, for example, in one variable performance, even if the light emitting performance is executed twice when the expected performance is not executed, the player is prevented from getting tired of the light emitting performance, and the interest corresponding to the performance is provided. can be given to the player.

Further, in the variable effect example 2, as shown in FIG. 35(3), when notifying that the special game will not be played, the light emitting image 57 at stop is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. In addition, in the variable effect example 11, as shown in FIG. 44-2 (14), when notifying that a special game will be played, the double eyes light emitting image 71 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 44-3 (17), in the case of notifying that a special game will be played, after displaying the double eye luminous image 71, the promotion symbol luminous image 78 is displayed to execute the luminous effect. do. That is, in the present embodiment, when notifying that the special game is not played, the first light emitting effect can be executed, and when notifying that the special game is being played, the second light emitting effect is executed. It is possible, and when notifying that a special game will be played, the third light emitting effect can be executed after the second light emitting effect is executed.

By executing the first light emitting effect when notifying that the special game will not be performed, the player can be entertained even when notifying that the special game will not be performed. Further, when notifying that a special game will be played, a second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed to give the player a special feeling of notifying that the special game will be played. be able to. Furthermore, in this embodiment, after execution of the second light emission effect, the third light emission effect different from the first light emission effect and the second light emission effect is executed. As a result, for example, even when the light emitting effect is executed twice in one variable effect, the player is prevented from getting tired of the light emitting effect, and the special feeling of notifying that the special game will be performed is enhanced. can be further enhanced.

Further, in the variable effect example 11, as shown in FIG. 44-1(7), when the pending image 52 is displayed, the reach eye light emitting image 59 is displayed to execute the light emitting effect. Further, as shown in FIG. 44-2 (14), when the reserved image 52 is not displayed, the double eye emission image 71 is displayed to execute the emission effect. That is, in the present embodiment, the first light emission effect can be executed when the reserved image 52 is displayed, and the second light emission effect can be executed when the reserved image 52 is not displayed.

If the first light emission effect is executed when the reserved image 52 is displayed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the display of the reserved image 52 and the first light emission effect can be realized. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when the reserved image 52 is not displayed, the player's interest may decrease compared to the case where the first light emitting effect is executed when the reserved image 52 is displayed. There is Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the pending image 52 is not displayed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the pending image 52 is not displayed, the second light emitting effect different from the first light emitting effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

[Variation production example 12]
FIGS. 45-1 to 45-3 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control section 300 using the image display section 114. FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 12) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 45-1 to 45-3. Variation production example 12 is an example of variation production of the decorative pattern 41 in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. In addition, variation production example 12 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a jackpot. Note that this example 12 of variable effect is an example of effect corresponding to example 4 of variable effect. may omit the description.

First, as shown in FIGS. 45-1(1) to 45-1(3), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started from the state where the highly decorative decorative design 41 is confirmed and stopped in the image display section 114. , the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-1(4), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 45-1(5), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 . Also, at this time, the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, which is the number "2". As a result, the ready-to-win state is established and the ready-to-win effect is executed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-1(6), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 45-1(7), a reach eye emission image 59 and a reach line image 60 are displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-1(8), the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are hidden.
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-2(9), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41, the variable image 51, and the pending image 52 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 45-2 (10), the SP image 64 is displayed. At this time, the left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a small size and low decorativeness. Also, at this time, a reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-2(11), the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 45-2 (12), a big win suggestion image 70 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-2 (13), the decorative pattern 41 of double eyes is temporarily stopped on the image display section 114 . In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped in the combination of "222". Thus, by displaying the decorative symbols 41 in combination of "222", the player is notified that the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a big win. Also, at this time, the size of the decorative pattern 41 is increased. Also, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which the three decorative patterns 41 are variably displayed. In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 45-2(14), a double eye luminous image 71 is displayed around each display area in the double eye decorative pattern 41. FIG. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. In addition, the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 are maintained in a non-display state.
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-2(15), the double eye emission image 71 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 45-2 (16), a promotion promotion effect is performed. A button operation image 61 is displayed in the promotion promotion effect.
Then, when the player operates the effect button 161 while the button operation image 61 is being displayed, the decorative pattern 41 is again displayed in the combination of "222" as shown in FIG. 45-3 (17). In other words, as a result of the performance inciting promotion, the player has not been promoted.
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-3 (18), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is hidden as the transitional image 63 is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 45-3 (19), the decorative pattern 41 is displayed on the image display section 114. FIG. At this time, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed by combining "222" in a highly decorative mode. Also, at this time, the variable image 51 and the pending image 52 are displayed again.

Then, after a third predetermined time (for example, two seconds) has passed since the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 was displayed, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in a combination of "777" as shown in FIG. At the same time, the pre-stop light emitting image 72 is displayed around each display area of the three decorative patterns 41 . In this way, the player is informed that the promotion has been performed by displaying the decorative symbols 41 in the combination of "777". Note that the third predetermined time is shorter than the first predetermined time from when the double decorative pattern 41 is displayed in the highly decorative display mode to when the pre-stop light-emitting image 72 is displayed in the variable effect example 4. Further, the third predetermined time is longer than the second predetermined time from when the double decorative pattern 41 is displayed in the highly decorative display mode to when the pre-stop emission image 72 is displayed in the eleventh variable effect example.
Then, as shown in FIG. 45-3 (21), the pre-stop emission image 72 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 45-3 (22), the decorative design 41 is fixed and stopped in the image display section 114 as the special design stops changing. Also, “777” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . In other words, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "777".

As described above, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIGS. After the lapse of a first predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) from the display in the high display mode, the pre-stop light emission image 72 is displayed to execute the light emission effect. In addition, in the variable effect example 11, as shown in FIGS. 44-3 (20) and 44-3 (21), the first predetermined time after the decorative pattern 41 of double eyes is displayed in a highly decorative display mode. After the lapse of a second predetermined time (for example, 1.5 seconds) shorter than the above, the pre-stop light emission image 72 is displayed to execute the light emission effect.

That is, in the present embodiment, it is better to display a double decorative pattern 41 (hereinafter referred to as a non-promoted pattern 41) that suggests that the player will not be in an advantageous state after the promotion promotion effect. , the light emitting effect is executed after the double decorative pattern 41 is displayed, rather than displaying the double decorative pattern 41 (hereinafter referred to as promotion pattern 41) suggesting that the player will be in an advantageous state. It takes a long time to be done.

When the player is promoted after the performance of promoting the promotion, the fact that the player has been promoted can be emphasized by executing the light emission performance after the lapse of a relatively short first predetermined time after displaying the promotion pattern 41.例文帳に追加Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 45-3 (19) and 45-3 (20), the non-promoted pattern 41 is displayed after the promotion-inflicting production, and then the first predetermined time is reached. After a third predetermined time (for example, 2.5 seconds) which is long and shorter than the second predetermined time has passed, the player is promoted and the light emitting effect is executed. Therefore, for example, even when the non-promoting pattern 41 is displayed after the promotion-inviting performance, the player expects to be promoted before the light-emitting performance is executed. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the non-promoting pattern 41 is displayed after the promotion-inducing effect, the time from the display of the non-promoting pattern 41 to the execution of the light-emitting effect is set to a relatively long second predetermined time. By doing so, the time for arousing whether or not to promote after displaying the non-promoting pattern 41 is ensured.

[Variation production example 13]
FIGS. 46-1 to 46-3 are diagrams showing one mode of effects performed by the effect control section 300 using the image display section 114. FIG.
Next, another specific example (variation effect example 13) of the variation effect of the decorative pattern 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 46-1 to 46-3. Variation production example 13 is an example of variation production of the decorative pattern 41 in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state. In addition, variation production example 13 is an example of variation production when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a loss. In the following description, differences from example 3 of variable effect will be mainly described, and description of points that are the same as example 3 of variable effect may be omitted.

First, as shown in FIG. 46-1(1), the highly decorative decorative pattern 41 is fixed and stopped in the image display section 114 . Also, at this time, the first pending image 52 is displayed in blue.

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-1(2), the variation of the decorative design 41 is started along with the start of the variable display of the next special design. At this time, the first pending image 52 moves to the display position of the moving image 51 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-1(3), the left decorative pattern 41 scrolled at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the left decorative pattern 41 .
Then, as shown in FIG. 46-1(4), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-1(5), the right decorative pattern 41 scrolling at a low speed is temporarily stopped. At this time, the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed around the display area of the right decorative pattern 41 . Also, at this time, the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the same pattern as the left decorative pattern 41, which is the number "6". As a result, the ready-to-win state is established and the ready-to-win effect is executed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 46-1(6), the light emission image 57 at stop is not displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-1(7), a reach eye emission image 59 and a reach line image 60 are displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 46-1(8), the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-2(9), a button operation image 61 is displayed.
When the player operates the effect button 161 while the button operation image 61 is being displayed, the decorative pattern 41 in the character "SP" stops as shown in FIG. 46-2 (10). The middle decorative pattern 41 of "SP" is a specific pattern that informs that the SP effect will be performed by being displayed without shaking and fluctuating. Also, at this time, the covering light emission image 62 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the left and right decorative patterns 41, which are reach eyes, part of the variable image 51, part of the pending number display 55, part of the fourth pattern 56, and part of the low probability background image 58, It is covered with a covering luminescent image 62 . On the other hand, the middle decorative pattern 41 of “SP” is not covered with the covering luminescent image 62 .

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-2 (11), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, as the transitional image 63 is displayed, the decorative pattern 41 and the variable image 51 are hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-2 (12), the SP image 64 is displayed. At this time, the left and right decorative patterns 41 are displayed in a small size and low decorativeness. Also, at this time, a reduced pattern light-emitting image 65 is displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 46-2(13), the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is hidden.

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-2 (14), the middle decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped at the pattern of the numeral "5" which is different from the left and right decorative patterns 41. FIG.
Then, as shown in FIG. 46-2 (15), a transition image 63 is displayed. In the illustrated example, the decorative pattern 41 is hidden as the transitional image 63 is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-2 (16), three decorative designs 41 are displayed. These three decorative patterns 41 are large in size and highly decorative. Also, in the illustrated example, the decorative symbols 41 are temporarily stopped in a combination of "656". By displaying the decorative symbols 41 in the combination of "656" in this way, the player is informed that the special symbol lottery result is lost. In addition, the fourth pattern 56 maintains the state in which three patterns are variably displayed. At this time, the variable image 51 is displayed again.

Then, as shown in FIG. 46-3 (17), along with the stop display of the special symbol, the decorative symbol 41 is fixed and stopped. Also, “656” is displayed as the fourth symbol 56 . That is, the display of the decorative pattern 41 and the display of the fourth pattern 56 are matched with the combination of "656".

[Explanation of layers]
47A and 47B are diagrams showing the relationship of images related to the effect used in Example 13 of the variable effect of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 47(a), when the effect control unit 300 executes the variable effect, the image display unit 114 displays various images constituting the variable effect. In the variable effect example 13 of the present embodiment, the image display unit 114 includes a low probability background image 58, left and right decorative patterns 41 (not shown), a variable image 51, a pending image 52, a pending number display 55, and a fourth pattern 56. , a covering light-emitting image 62, and a decorative pattern 41 of "SP" are displayed, respectively.

Then, as shown in FIG. 47(b), the image display unit 114 displays various images by superimposing and drawing a plurality of different layers. Here, for the plurality of layers, the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 100 on the player side is the upper layer, and the rear side of the pachinko gaming machine 100 on the opposite side to the player is the lower layer. The plurality of layers of this embodiment are configured in order from the highest layer to the lowest layer, first layer L1, second layer L2, third layer L3, fourth layer L4 and fifth layer L5. be.

In this embodiment, the decorative pattern 41 of "SP" is drawn on the first layer L1. In addition, the covering luminescent image 62 is drawn on the second layer L2. Then, on the third layer L3, a variation image 51, a pending image 52, a pending number display 55 and a fourth pattern 56 are displayed respectively. Further, left and right decorative patterns 41 are drawn on the fourth layer. A low probability background image 58 is displayed on the fifth layer L5.

In this embodiment, each image is drawn on a plurality of layers configured as described above, so that an image drawn on a higher layer is drawn at a position that overlaps with an image drawn on a lower layer. Even if it is, it is covered by the image of the lower layer and is not hidden.
For example, the “SP” decorative pattern 41 is an image that the player expects to win a big win. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the "SP" decorative pattern 41 is displayed on the highest layer, so that when the covering luminous image 62 is displayed on the entire screen on the lower layer, However, it is not hidden by the cover luminescent image 62 .
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the reserved number display 55 and the variable image 51 which are images other than the "SP" decorative pattern 41, the reserved image 52, the fourth pattern 56 (not shown), the left and right decorative patterns 41 and the low probability The background image 58 may be covered with the covering luminescent image 62 when the covering luminescent image 62 is displayed.

As described above, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 37-1(5), when the chance eye light emitting image 67 is displayed when the chance eye light emitting image 67 is being executed, the light emitting effect can be executed. . In addition, in the variable effect example 13, as shown in FIG. 46-2 (10), when the chance eye display effect is not executed, the left and right decorative patterns 41 and the middle decorative pattern 41 are displayed. In this case, it is possible to display the covering luminous image 62 and execute the luminous effect. Then, as shown in FIGS. 47(a) and 47(b), the covering luminous image 62 covers at least a part of the left and right decorative patterns 41 and does not cover the middle decorative pattern 41. As shown in FIGS. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to execute the first light emitting effect when the expected effect to expect the special game to be played is being executed, and when this expected effect is not being executed, When the first image and the second image different from the first image are displayed, the second light emission effect can be executed. Then, the light emission image displayed when the second light emission effect is being executed overlaps at least a part of the first image and does not overlap the second image.

If the first light emitting effect is executed when the expected effect is being executed, for example, a highly interesting effect combining the expected effect and the first light emitting effect can be realized. On the other hand, if the light emitting effect is not executed when the expected effect is not executed, the effect may become less interesting than the case where the first light emitting effect is executed while the expected effect is being executed. . Further, if the first light emission effect is executed even when the expected effect is not executed, the player may become bored with the first light emission effect. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the expectation effect is not executed, the second light emission effect different from the first light emission effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from getting tired of the light emission effect and to give the player an interest corresponding to the effect.

In addition, when the luminous image is displayed so as to overlap the effect image, the luminous image can give a stronger impression to the player, but the player may not notice the effect image over which the luminous image overlaps. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a specific effect image that the player wants to pay particular attention to is not illuminated with a light emitting image, so that even when the light emitting effect is being performed, the player can It suppresses not noticing a specific production image.

[Explanation of sound production]
In this embodiment, when the pattern variation is started, the image/sound control section 310 of the effect control section 300 causes the image display section 114 to display decorative patterns and causes the speaker 156 to output a predetermined sound. Below, the effect of the sound output from the speaker 156 along with the execution of the variable effect will be specifically described using the variable effect example 3, the variable effect example 4, the variable effect example 7, and the variable effect example 8 as examples. do.

FIG. 48-1 is an explanatory diagram of the sound output in example 3 and example 4 of variation presentation.
First, the sound effect of variation effect example 3 will be specifically described. Note that the description of the sound output in the variation effect example 3 below corresponds to FIGS. 36-1(1) to 36-3(18).

As shown in FIG. 48-1(a), in the variation effect example 3, the previous symbol variation is stopped and the next symbol variation is started. Here, in the present embodiment, the song M1 was reproduced and output from the speaker 156 as BGM in the previous pattern variation. In this embodiment, even when the next symbol variation is started, the same music M1 as the previous symbol variation is continuously output from the speaker 156 as BGM.

Then, when the left decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped and the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed, the speaker 156 outputs the first temporary stop effect sound T1 emphasizing the temporary stop. Further, when the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped and the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed, the speaker 156 outputs the first temporary stop effect sound T1.
After that, when the reach is established and the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are displayed, the speaker 156 outputs the first reach emission effect sound R1. For the first reach light emission sound effect R1, a sound reminiscent of light emission can be used, such as "killer".

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the first button sound effect B1 is output from the speaker 156 along with the button operation image 61 being displayed. As the first button sound effect B1, for example, a sound such as “Byon” can be used to inform the player of the display of the button operation image 61 and to prompt the operation of the effect button 161 . After that, when the covering light emission image 62 is displayed, the covering light emission effect sound H1 for emphasizing the light emission is output. Then, when the transition image 63 is displayed, the SP image 64 is displayed, and the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is displayed, the first SP development sound effect S1 for emphasizing the development of the SP reach is output. Further, in the present embodiment, at the timing of development to the SP ready-to-win effect, the output of the music M2, which is the BGM used during execution of the SP ready-to-win effect, is started in place of the music M1.

After that, when the different symbol light emission image 66 is displayed in the middle symbol fan effect, the different symbol light emission effect sound I1 for emphasizing the light emission is output. Note that, in the present embodiment, the music M2 is stopped at the timing when the different design light-emitting image 66 is displayed. Then, a second temporary stop effect sound T2 emphasizing the temporary stop is output along with the temporary stop of the middle decorative pattern 41 .

Then, the decorative pattern 41 becomes a highly decorative display mode, and is temporarily stopped at the misaligned stitch. Furthermore, the decorative pattern 41 is fixed and stopped. At this time, BGM is not output as described above. Further, the sound effect is not newly output after the second temporary stop sound effect T2 is output for a certain period of time as the middle decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped. That is, in the present embodiment, after the middle decorative pattern 41 temporarily stops and the output time of the second temporary stop effect sound T2 ends, there is a silent period in which no sound is output from the speaker 156. FIG.

After that, as the new special symbol starts to fluctuate, the variable performance using the decorative pattern 41 is started, and the music M1 is output from the speaker 156 as BGM.

Next, the effect sound of variation effect example 4 will be described. Note that the explanation of the sound output of the variation effect example 4 below corresponds to FIGS. 37-1(6) to 37-4(28).

As shown in FIG. 48-1(b), in variation effect example 4, the previous symbol variation is stopped and the next symbol variation is started. Here, in the present embodiment, the song M1 was reproduced and output from the speaker 156 as BGM in the previous pattern variation. Then, in this embodiment, the same music M1 as before is continuously output from the speaker 156 even when the next pattern variation is started.

After that, when the left decorative pattern 41 temporarily stops and the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed, the first temporary stop effect sound T1 is output from the speaker 156 . Further, when the right decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped and the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed, the speaker 156 outputs the first temporary stop effect sound T1.
After that, when the reach is established and the reach eye emission image 59 and the reach line image 60 are displayed, the speaker 156 outputs the second reach emission sound effect R2. For the second reach light-up sound effect R2, a sound suggestive of light emission, such as "Kira-ri-ra-n", can be used. In addition, this second reach light effect sound R2 is a different sound from the first reach light effect sound R1 in the variable effect example 3 described above.

In this embodiment, when the transition image 63 is displayed, the SP image 64 is displayed, and the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is displayed, the first SP development sound effect S1 is output. In the present embodiment, at the timing of development to the SP ready-to-win effect, output of the music M2, which is BGM used during execution of the SP ready-to-win effect, is started instead of the music M1.

After that, when the big win suggestive image 70 is displayed, a big win suggestive sound effect E1 is output to make the player expect a big win. Note that the music M2 is stopped at the timing when the big win suggestion image 70 is displayed. Further, when the double stitches decorative pattern 41 temporarily stops, a double stitches temporary stop effect sound T3 for emphasizing the double stitches temporary stop is output. Further, along with the display of the double eye light emission image 71, a double eye light emission effect sound K1 for emphasizing the light emission of the double eye is output.

Further, along with the display of the button operation image 61 in the boosting performance, the second button sound effect B2 is output, and the piece of music M3 is output as BGM. For the second button sound effect B2, for example, a sound that emphasizes the display of the button operation image 61 to the player and urges the operation of the effect button 161 can be used, such as "piyo yon".
Then, as a result of promotion promotion, the decorative pattern 41 of double eyes is displayed again. Also, the output of the music piece M3 ends at the timing of the redisplay of the decorative pattern 41 of the second row.

After that, at the timing of the display of the pre-stop light emission image 72 after the lapse of the first predetermined time after the decorative pattern 41 is displayed in the highly decorative mode, the light emission of the decorative pattern 41 is emphasized in the highly decorative mode. A first pre-stop light emitting sound effect K2 is output. Then, the decorative pattern 41 is fixed and stopped. At this time, BGM is not output. Further, the sound effect is not newly output after the first pre-stop light-emitting sound effect K2 is output for a certain period of time. That is, in the present embodiment, after the output time of the first pre-stop light-emitting effect sound K2 ends, there is a silent period during which no sound is output from the speaker 156 .

After that, BGM and sound effects are output from the speaker 156 with the start of the opening action in the jackpot game.

FIG. 48-2 is an explanatory diagram of the sound output in example 7 and example 8 of variation presentation.
First, the sound effect of variation effect example 7 will be specifically described. Note that the description of the sound output in the variation effect example 7 below corresponds to FIGS. 40-1(1) to 40-2(14).

As shown in FIG. 48-2(a), in variation effect example 7, the previous symbol variation is stopped and the next symbol variation is started. Here, in the present embodiment, the music M4 in the high-probability time-saving gaming state was reproduced and output from the speaker 156 as BGM in the previous pattern variation. Then, in this embodiment, the same music M4 as before is continuously output from the speaker 156 even when the next pattern variation is started.

After that, when the left decorative pattern 41 temporarily stops and the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed, the first temporary stop effect sound T1 is output from the speaker 156 . Furthermore, along with the display of the ready-to-win fanning symbol light-emitting image 75 in the ready-to-win fanning production, a ready-to-win fanning effect sound O1 for emphasizing the ready-to-win fanning effect is output. Then, at the timing when the reach is established, the speaker 156 outputs the third reach light effect sound R3. For the third reach light emission sound effect R3, a sound reminiscent of light emission, such as "Kira", can be used. Further, the third reach light effect sound R3 is different from both the first reach light effect sound R1 in the variable effect example 3 and the second reach light effect sound R2 in the variable effect example 4 described above.

After that, when the transition image 63 is displayed, the SP image 64 is displayed, and the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is displayed, the second SP development sound effect S2 in the high-probability time-saving gaming state is output. As the second SP development sound effect S2, a sound emphasizing the development of SP reach can be used. In addition, in the present embodiment, at the timing of development to the SP reach production, instead of the music M4, output of the music M5 in the high-probability time-saving gaming state, which is BGM used during execution of the SP reach production, is started.

After that, in the present embodiment, a second temporary stop effect sound T2 emphasizing the temporary stop is output at the timing of the temporary stop of the middle decorative pattern 41 . Also, the music M5 is stopped at the timing when the middle decorative pattern 41 is temporarily stopped.
Furthermore, the decorative pattern 41 is fixed and stopped. At this time, BGM is not output as described above. Further, the sound effect is not newly output after the second temporary stop sound effect T2 is output for a certain period of time. That is, in the present embodiment, after the middle decorative pattern 41 temporarily stops and the output time of the second temporary stop effect sound T2 ends, there is a silent period in which no sound is output from the speaker 156. FIG.

After that, as the new special symbol starts to fluctuate, the variable performance using the decorative pattern 41 is started, and the music M4 is output from the speaker 156 as BGM.

Next, the effect sound of variation effect example 8 will be described. Note that the description of the sound output in the eighth variable effect example below corresponds to FIGS. 41-1(1) to 41-2(15).

As shown in FIG. 48-2(b), in variation effect example 8, the previous symbol variation is stopped and the next symbol variation is started. Here, in the present embodiment, the song M4 was reproduced and output from the speaker 156 as BGM in the previous pattern variation. Then, in this embodiment, the same music M4 as before is continuously output from the speaker 156 even when the next pattern variation is started.

After that, when the left decorative pattern 41 temporarily stops and the light emission image 57 at stop is displayed, the first temporary stop effect sound T1 is output from the speaker 156 . Further, a ready-to-win fanning effect sound O1 is output along with the display of the ready-to-win fanning symbol light-emitting image 75 in the ready-to-win fanning production. Then, at the timing when the reach is established, the speaker 156 outputs the third reach light effect sound R3. For the third reach light emission sound effect R3, a sound reminiscent of light emission, such as "Kira", can be used. Further, the third reach light-up sound effect R3 in this example 8 of variation production is the same sound as the third reach light-up sound effect R3 in example 7 of variation production described above.

After that, when the transition image 63 is displayed, the SP image 64 is displayed, and the reduced symbol light-emitting image 65 is displayed, the second SP development sound effect S2 is output. Further, in the present embodiment, at the timing of development to the SP ready-to-win effect, output of the music M5, which is the BGM used during execution of the SP ready-to-win effect, starts to be output instead of the music M4.

After that, when the big win suggestion image 70 is displayed, the big win suggestion sound effect E1 is output. Note that the music M5 is stopped at the timing when the big win suggestion image 70 is displayed. Furthermore, at the timing when the double eyes decoration pattern 41 temporarily stops, a double eyes temporary stop effect sound T3 is output.

Then, at the timing when the pre-stop light emission image 72 is displayed, a second pre-stop light emission effect sound K3 such as "Kira", which is associated with light emission, is output. Then, the decorative pattern 41 is fixed and stopped. At this time, BGM is not output. Further, the sound effect is not newly output after the second pre-stop light-emitting sound effect K3 is output for a certain period of time. That is, in the present embodiment, after the output time of the second pre-stop light-emitting effect sound K3 ends, there is a silent period in which no sound is output from the speaker 156 .

After that, BGM and sound effects are output from the speaker 156 with the start of the opening action in the jackpot game.

It should be noted that the silent period in each of the variable effect examples described above is a period in which the speaker 156 does not output sound. good too. To explain further, instead of the silent period described above, a silent period during which the speaker 156 suppresses sound may be provided. For example, when playing a game with the pachinko gaming machine 100 (see FIG. 1) installed in a hall, the speaker 156 may output a sound that is not audible to the player.

As described above, for example, in the variable effect example 4, as shown in FIG. 48-1(b), the first pre-stop light emitting effect sound K2 is output at the timing of the light emitting effect for displaying the display of the pre-stop light emitting image 72. After that, a silent period is provided during which no sound is output from the speaker 156 . That is, in the present embodiment, the sound effect is not executed for a predetermined period after the light emission effect is executed.

When the sound effect is executed, the player can be impressed with the sound effect, but the impression of the effect executed before the start of the sound effect tends to fade. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the sound effect is not executed for a predetermined period after the execution of the light emission effect so that the player can enjoy the lingering sound of the executed light effect.

Also, in the low-probability time-saving no-game state, as shown in FIGS. 48-1 (a) and (b), for example, when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is lost and when it is a jackpot, the reach eyes A different sound is output when the luminescent image 59 is displayed. On the other hand, in the high-probability time-saving gaming state, as shown in FIGS. 48-2 (a) and (b), for example, when the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is lost and when it is a jackpot, reach eye emission The sound output when the image 59 is displayed is the same. That is, in the present embodiment, in the low-probability time-saving non-gaming state, there are more sound patterns that are output during the light-emitting effect during the ready-to-win effect than in the high-probability time-saving game state. By doing so, even in a low-probability time-saving no-game state, the player is prevented from getting tired of the light emitting effect.

[Event 1 when a command is missed]
FIGS. 49(a) and (b) are diagrams for explaining the relationship between the event when the command is missed and the chance eye light effect. Specifically, FIG. 49(a) is a timing chart when no command is missed, and FIG. 49(b) is a timing chart when a command is missed. Here, the eye-of-chance light emission effect is an effect of executing the eye-of-chance display effect and displaying the eye-of-chance light-emitting image 67 (see FIG. 37-1 (5)).

As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 100, commands are transmitted from the game control section 200 to the effect control section 300 as the game progresses. Here, for example, the command transmitted by the game control unit 200 may be missed by the effect control unit 300 when an event such as communication abnormality occurs between the game control unit 200 and the effect control unit 300 . In other words, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the effect control section 300 may not be able to receive commands from the game control section 200 .

Below, processing of game control part 200 and production control part 300 when production control part 300 misses a command is explained, referring to Drawing 49 (a) and (b). Concretely, first, with reference to FIG. 49(a), a description will be given of the processing when no commands are missed. Then, referring to FIG. 49(b), a description will be given of the processing when a command is missed.

In the following description, it is assumed that the fluctuation start command and the pre-determination result command include a command specifying the number of reservations, that is, a command specifying the number of reservations.
Also, the chance eye light emitting effect in the following description is executed according to the scenario of the look-ahead effect, that is, the schedule data of the look-ahead effect. Here, the schedule data of the look-ahead effect specifically designates the contents of the effect to be executed in each of the plurality of consecutive symbol variations.

The schedule data of the look-ahead effect in the illustrated example designates that the chance eye light emitting effect is executed in each of the three consecutive symbol variations including the symbol variation (the variation) that is executed at the time of winning (Fig. See t13, t15, t17). Further, the schedule data of the look-ahead effect designates the color of the chance eye light-emitting image 67 (see FIG. 37-1 (5)) displayed in each symbol variation. For example, in the schedule data of the look-ahead effect, a blue chance light emission image 67 is displayed in the first and second chance light emission effects, and a green chance light emission image 67 is displayed in the third chance light emission effect. specify what to do, etc.

In addition, the production|presentation control part 300 has several schedule data previously, and selects and sets one schedule data according to a prior determination result command. Also, here, the schedule data will be described as an example of designating an effect for three consecutive symbol variations including the variation, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the schedule data may designate an effect in a plurality of symbol variations that do not include the variation.

Now, as shown in FIG. 49(a), when the command is not missed, the game control section 200 starts the variation of the special symbol (see t11 in the figure). At this time, the game control section 200 transmits a variation start command to the effect control section 300 . Then, the effect control section 300 starts the variation of the decorative symbols in response to receiving the variation start command.

Also, here, the number of reservations is "2" when the special symbols start to fluctuate. That is, in the game control unit 200, the number of reservations recognized is "2". Further, the variation start command transmitted by the game control unit 200 includes a pending number designation command, and the pending number is designated as "2" in this pending number designation command. Therefore, the production control unit 300 that has received the fluctuation start command recognizes the number of reservations as "2". In addition, in this case, the number of reservations recognized by both the game control unit 200 and the effect control unit 300 will be in a state of matching each other.

Then, the game control unit 200 transmits a pre-determination result command along with the entry (winning) to the first start port 121 (see t12 in the figure). The effect control unit 300, which has received this pre-determination result command, performs processing for executing a chance eye light emitting effect, which is one aspect of the advance notice effect. Specifically, the effect control unit 300 sets schedule data for the prefetch effect.

Also, with the winning of the first starting port 121 (see t12 in the figure), the number of reservations recognized in the game control unit 200 becomes "3". In addition, the production control unit 300 recognizes the number of reservations as "3" by receiving the prior determination result command including the number of reservations designation command.

Then, the effect control unit 300 executes the chance light emission effect at the timing of temporarily stopping the decorative symbols (see t13 in the figure). Then, although illustration is omitted, the game control unit 200 transmits a change stop command to the effect control unit 300 at the timing when the change in the special symbol stops. Along with this, the production control unit 300 stops the decorative symbols.

Then, when the game control unit 200 transmits the next variation start command to the effect control unit 300, the effect control unit 300 starts the variation of the decorative symbols (see t14 in the figure). In addition, the effect control unit 300 executes the chance light emission effect at the timing of temporarily stopping the decorative symbols (see t15 in the figure). Then, although not shown, the game control unit 200 transmits a variation stop command to the effect control unit 300, and the effect control unit 300 determines and stops the decorative symbols. Further, when the next variation start command is transmitted, the effect control section 300 starts the variation of the decoration pattern (see t16 in the figure), and then executes the chance eye light emitting effect (see t17 in the figure).

Next, referring to FIG. 49(b), the processing when a command is not received will be described. The processing of the game control section 200 shown in FIG. 49(b) is the same as the processing of the game control section 200 shown in FIG. 49(a).

In addition, in the example of FIG. 49(b), the effect control unit 300 is in the game from the entrance to the first start port 121 until the timing of receiving the next variation start command (see t12 to t14 in the figure). Assume that an event occurs in which a command from control unit 200 cannot be received. As a result, the effect control unit 300 misses the variation start command (see t14 in the figure). In addition, after the timing of receiving the next fluctuation start command (see t14 in the figure), and the timing of receiving the next fluctuation start command (see t16 in the figure), the effect control unit 300 is the game control unit The event that commands from 200 cannot be received shall be resolved. As a result, the effect control unit 300 further receives the next variation start command (see t16 in the figure).

Now, as shown in FIG. 49(b), even in the case of missing a command, the first starting port 121 starts changing the special symbol (see t11 in the figure) as in FIG. 49(a) above. The game control unit 200 transmits a pre-determination result command to the effect control unit 300 (see t12 in the figure). Then, the effect control unit 300 executes the chance light emission effect (see t13 in the figure).

Then, the game control unit 200 stops the variation of the special symbol and starts the variation of the next special symbol (see t14 in the figure). Originally, the production control unit 300 receives the fluctuation stop command and the fluctuation start command at this timing, stops the temporarily stopped (swinging) decorative pattern, and starts the next fluctuation. However, in this example, the production control unit 300 misses the command due to the occurrence of an event in which the production control unit 300 cannot receive the command from the game control unit 200 (see the cross mark in the figure). Therefore, the effect control unit 300 continues the swinging state of the decorative pattern without fixing and stopping the swinging decorative pattern after executing the chance eye light emitting effect.

Further, since the variation of the next special symbol has started (see t14 in the figure), the number of reservations recognized by the game control unit 200 is "2". On the other hand, since the effect control unit 300 has missed the variation start command including the number of reservations designation command, the number of reservations does not recognize that it will be "2", and the state of recognizing the number of reservations as "3" continues. do. That is, the number of reservations recognized by the effect control unit 300 is different from the number of reservations that should be recognized. In other words, the number of reservations recognized by both the game control unit 200 and the effect control unit 300 do not match each other. In such a state, the effect control unit 300 does not execute the chance light emission effect (see the cross mark in the figure) even when the decorative pattern is temporarily stopped (see t15 in the figure).

Then, when the game control unit 200 transmits the next variation start command to the production control unit 300, since the event that the production control unit 300 cannot receive the command from the game control unit 200 is resolved, the production control unit 300 receives the variation start command and starts variation of the decorative design (see t16 in the figure). Moreover, the production|presentation control part 300 recognizes the number of reservations as "1" by receiving a fluctuation start command. To explain further, the effect control unit 300 receives the pending number designation command included in the variation start command, and changes the recognized pending number from "3" to "1".

Here, when the command is not missed, the number of reservations recognized by the effect control unit 300 decreases by one when the number of reservations specified command included in the variation start command is received. However, in the example in FIG. 49(b), the number of reservations changes from "3" to "1", that is, the number of reservations decreases by 2, which is different from the case where no commands are missed. be done. In this way, when a situation different from the original change in the number of reservations is recognized, the effect control unit 300 does not execute the chance light emission effect. That is, when the effect control unit 300 detects an abnormality regarding the number of reservations to be recognized, it prohibits the chance-eye light-emitting effect. To explain further, when a difference occurs in the number of reservations recognized by the game control unit 200 and the effect control unit 300, the effect control unit 300 performs a process of resetting all the schedule data of the prefetch effect. In the illustrated example, by performing this reset process, even at the timing when the decorative symbols are temporarily stopped (see t17 in the figure), the effect control unit 300 is set in the schedule data of the prefetch effect. Do not execute the lighting effect (see the cross mark in the figure). In other words, the chance eye light emitting effect, which is the planned light emitting effect, is not performed.

It should be noted that, when a command is missed as described above, if the process of resetting the schedule data for the look-ahead effect is not performed, the chance-eye light-emitting effect will not be executed in variations other than the variation that originally executes the chance-light light-emitting effect. problems such as In these cases, there are situations where unintended fluctuations provoke the player, and situations where intended fluctuations do not provoke the player. Therefore, in the illustrated example, in order to avoid these situations, a process of resetting the schedule data of the look-ahead effect is performed. To explain further, in the illustrated example, execution of the chance eye light emitting effect is prevented in spite of not being the so-called look-ahead change targeted by the schedule data of the look-ahead effect.

FIGS. 50(a) and (b) are diagrams for explaining the relationship between the event when the command is missed and the ready-to-win effect. Specifically, FIG. 50(a) is a timing chart when no command is missed, and FIG. 50(b) is a timing chart when a command is missed. Here, the ready-to-win light emission effect is an effect to display the right and left decorative symbols 41 and the ready-to-win light emitting image 59 (see FIG. 36-1 (7)).

Below, other processes by the game control unit 200 and the effect control unit 300 when the effect control unit 300 misses a command will be described with reference to FIGS. 50(a) and 50(b). Specifically, first, with reference to FIG. 50(a), the processing in the case where no command is missed will be described, and then, with reference to FIG. Explain the process.

The processing of the game control section 200 shown in FIGS. 50(a) and 50(b) is the same as the processing of the game control section 200 shown in FIGS. 49(a) and 49(b). Moreover, the production|presentation control part 300 shown by FIG.50(a) and FIG.50(b) shall perform reach light emission production|presentation in each fluctuation|variation.

First, as shown in FIG. 50(a), the game control unit 200 starts to change the special symbol (see t21 in the figure), and the game control unit 200 transmits a change start command to the effect control unit 300. Then, the effect control unit 300 starts varying the decorative symbols. At this time, the number of reservations recognized by the game control unit 200 and the effect control unit 300 is "2".

Then, the game control unit 200 transmits a pre-determination result command along with the ball entering the first starting port 121 (see t22 in the figure). Note that unlike the example shown in FIG. 49, in the example shown in FIG. 50, the effect control unit 300 does not set the schedule data for the prefetch effect.

And the production|presentation control part 300 performs reach light emission production|presentation in predetermined timing (refer t23 in a figure). Then, although illustration is omitted, the game control unit 200 transmits a change stop command to the effect control unit 300 at the timing when the change in the special symbol stops. Along with this, the effect control unit 300 stops the decorative symbols.

Then, when the game control unit 200 transmits the next variation start command to the effect control unit 300, the effect control unit 300 starts the variation of the decorative symbols (see t24 in the drawing). In addition, the effect control section 300 executes the ready-to-win light effect at a predetermined timing (see t25 in the drawing). Then, although not shown, the game control unit 200 transmits a variation stop command to the effect control unit 300, and the effect control unit 300 determines and stops the decorative symbols. Then, along with the transmission of the next variation start command, the effect control unit 300 starts the variation of the decorative pattern (see t26 in the figure), and then executes the reach light emission effect at a predetermined timing (t27 in the figure). reference).

Next, referring to FIG. 50(b), the processing when a command is missed will be described. In the illustrated example, similarly to the example shown in FIG. 49, during the period from the ball entering the first starting hole 121 to the timing of receiving the next variation start command (see t22 to t24 in the figure), It is assumed that an event occurs in which the performance control unit 300 cannot receive a command from the game control unit 200 . As a result, the effect control unit 300 misses the variation start command (see t24 in the drawing). Also, in the illustrated example, after the timing of receiving the next variation start command (see t24 in the figure), and the timing of receiving the next variation start command (see t26 in the figure), effect control It is assumed that the event that the unit 300 cannot receive commands from the game control unit 200 is resolved. As a result, the effect control unit 300 further receives the next variation start command (see t26 in the drawing).

First, as in FIG. 50(a) above, also in FIG. 50(b), after starting the fluctuation of the special symbol (see t21 in the figure), the game control unit 200 transmits a pre-determination result command to the effect control unit 300 (see t22 in the figure). And the production|presentation control part 300 performs reach light emission production|presentation (t23 reference in the figure) in predetermined timing.

Then, the game control unit 200 stops the variation of the special symbol and starts the variation of the next special symbol (see t24 in the figure). Originally, the production control unit 300 receives the fluctuation stop command and the fluctuation start command at this timing, fixes and stops the temporarily stopped decorative symbol, and starts the next fluctuation. However, in this example, the production control unit 300 misses the command due to the occurrence of an event in which the production control unit 300 cannot receive the command from the game control unit 200 (see the cross mark in the figure). Therefore, the effect control unit 300 continues the swinging state without fixing and stopping the decorative symbols. In addition, the number of reservations recognized by both the game control unit 200 and the effect control unit 300 does not match each other. And, in such a state, the effect control unit 300 does not execute the reach light emission effect (see the cross mark in the figure) even when the timing for executing the reach light effect next time comes (see t25 in the figure).

Then, when the game control unit 200 transmits the next variation start command to the performance control unit 300, since the event that the performance control unit 300 cannot receive the command from the game control unit 200 is resolved, the performance control The unit 300 receives the variation start command and starts variation of the decorative design (see t26 in the figure). In addition, the production control unit 300 recognizes the number of reservations as "1" by receiving the variation start command including the number of reservations designation command. Here, the effect control unit 300 receives the reservation number designation command, and recognizes the change in the reservation number, which is different from the case where the command is not missed, that the reservation number changes from "3" to "1". However, unlike the case shown in FIG. 49(b), the effect control unit 300 performs processing without prohibiting the ready-to-win effect. That is, the production control unit 300 executes the ready-to-win lighting production (see t27) at a predetermined timing.

As described above, unlike the case shown in FIG. 49(b), even when a command is missed, the ready-to-win lighting effect is executed in accordance with the fluctuation start command received next after the command is missed. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 49(b) above, when a command is missed, compared to a mode in which special processing is executed, the processing of the effect control unit 300 when a command is missed is simplified.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 49(a), the control for resetting the schedule data of the look-ahead effect is performed when the schedule data of the look-ahead effect set the chance eye light-emitting effect, that is, the light-emitting effect using the decoration pattern. is not limited to For example, in the schedule data of the look-ahead effect, a pending change effect, that is, a look-ahead effect using the variable image 51 and the pending image 52 may be set.

In addition, the decorative pattern is an image that the player more easily pays attention to than the variable image 51 and the reserved image 52 . Therefore, as in the example shown in FIG. 49(b), misrecognition of the player is more effectively suppressed by prohibiting execution of the look-ahead effect using decorative symbols. To explain further, the player tends to pay attention to the decorative pattern, and the special game is performed by performing the light emitting effect using the decorative pattern even though it is not the prefetch variation targeted by the schedule data of the prefetch effect. This prevents the player from erroneously expecting to be beaten.

Also, in the above description, the effect control unit 300 described the control of resetting the schedule data of the prefetch effect, but the present invention is not limited to this. Even if there is no prohibition control, that is, even if there is an omission of a command, the effect control unit 300 does not reset the schedule data of the prefetch effect and performs control to execute the prefetch effect according to the schedule data of the prefetch effect. good. Such control simplifies the processing of the effect control unit 300 as compared with the case where the effect control unit 300 performs control for resetting the schedule data of the prefetch effect.

Also, in the above description, it has been described that the fluctuation start command and the pre-determination result command include the pending number designation command, but the present invention is not limited to this. At another timing, or with another command, the mode may be such that the number-of-holds designation command is transmitted from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 . Further, instead of the number-of-holds specifying command, a command indicating an increase or decrease of the number of reservations may be transmitted from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 .

Further, in the above description, even if there is a command missing, the ready-to-win effect is executed according to the next received variation start command after the command is missed. is not limited to For example, even when a command is missed, the jackpot light emission effect may be executed in accordance with the next received variation start command after the command is missed. Here, the jackpot light emission effect is a effect of displaying the double eyes decorative pattern 41 and the double eyes light emission image 71 (see FIG. 37-3 (19)).

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FIGS. 51(a) and (b) are diagrams for explaining the timing relationship between an event when a command is missed and a lighting effect using decorative symbols. Specifically, FIG. 51(a) is a timing chart showing the execution timing of the decorative design effect when no command is missed, and FIG. 51(b) is the execution timing of the decorative design effect when the command is missed. is a timing chart showing

Next, referring to FIGS. 51(a) and 51(b), the change in the swing time of the decorative symbols when the effect control section 300 misses the command will be described. Specifically, with reference to FIG. 51(a), processing when no commands are missed will be described. Also, the processing when a command is not received will be described with reference to FIG. 51(b).

It should be noted that, in each of Figure 51 (a) and (b), the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is lost, and a variation example of executing the reach light emitting effect (see "reach lost" in the figure) and the special symbol lottery is a jackpot, and the ready-to-win lighting effect and the jackpot lighting effect are executed (see "jackpot" in the figure).

First, a variation example of "reach out" when no command is missed as shown in FIG. 51(a) will be described. In this variation example, the effect control unit 300 starts the variation of the decorative design as the effect control unit 300 receives the variation start command (see t31 in the figure). And the production|presentation control part 300 performs reach light emission production|presentation at predetermined timing (refer t32 in a figure). Then, the effect control unit 300 determines and stops the decorative symbols in response to receiving the change stop command (see t34 in the figure). Here, the time from the timing (see t32 in the drawing) of executing the ready-to-win lighting effect to the timing (see t34 in the drawing) of fixing and stopping the decorative symbols is defined as time T1.

Next, a variation example of the "jackpot" when no commands are missed as shown in FIG. 51(a) will be described. In this variation example, the effect control unit 300 starts the variation of the decorative design as the effect control unit 300 receives the variation start command (see t31 in the figure). Then, the effect control unit 300 executes the ready-to-win light-emitting effect at a predetermined timing (see t32 in the figure), and then executes the jackpot light-emitting effect (see t33 in the figure). Then, the effect control unit 300 determines and stops the decorative symbols in response to receiving the change stop command (see t34 in the figure). Although illustration is omitted, a jackpot game is executed after the decorative symbols are fixed and stopped.

Here, time T2 is the time from the timing (see t33 in the figure) of executing the jackpot light emitting effect to the timing (see t34 in the figure) of fixing and stopping the decorative symbols. This time T2 is shorter than time T1 (T2<T1).

Next, a variation example of "reach out" when the command shown in FIG. 51(b) is missed will be described. In addition, in this example, the production control unit 300 fails to receive the command from the game control unit 200, and the production control unit 300 misses the next fluctuation change stop command (see t34 in the figure). Also, in the next fluctuation, until the timing of receiving the next fluctuation stop command (see t35 in the figure), the event that the production control unit 300 cannot receive the command from the game control unit 200 is resolved, and the production control unit 300 Shall receive the following fluctuation stop command:

In the example shown in FIG. 51(b), the effect control unit 300 starts the variation of the decorative design as the effect control unit 300 receives the variation start command (see t31 in the figure). And the production|presentation control part 300 performs reach light emission production|presentation at predetermined timing (refer t32 in a figure).

And, originally, the production control unit 300 receives a fluctuation stop command, and temporarily stops (swings) the decorative symbols that are fixed and stopped, but in this example, the production control unit 300 receives a command from the game control unit 200 command is lost due to an event that cannot receive the command (see the cross mark in the figure). Along with this, the effect control unit 300 continues the state in which the decorative pattern is swinging without fixing and stopping the swinging decorative pattern.

And the production|presentation control part 300 fixes and stops a decorative design with receiving the next fluctuation|variation stop command (refer t35 in a figure). Here, time T3 is the time from the timing (see t32 in the drawing) of executing the ready-to-win effect to the timing (see t35 in the drawing) of fixing and stopping the decorative symbols.

Next, a variation example of the "jackpot" when the command shown in FIG. 51(b) is missed will be described. In this example, it is assumed that the effect control unit 300 misses the fluctuation stop command (see t34 in the figure) due to an event that the effect control unit 300 cannot receive the command from the game control unit 200. In addition, the event that the production control unit 300 cannot receive the command from the game control unit 200 is resolved until the next fluctuation stop command is received (see t36 in the figure), and the production control unit 300 stops the next fluctuation. shall receive commands.

Also, although illustration is omitted, the jackpot game is executed after the timing at which the production control unit 300 originally receives the fluctuation stop command and stops the decorative symbols. Then, the timing of receiving the next variation stop command (see t36 in the drawing) is the timing of receiving the variation stop command in the pattern variation that is first started after the jackpot game.

In the example shown in FIG. 51(b), the effect control unit 300 starts the variation of the decorative design as the effect control unit 300 receives the variation start command (see t31 in the figure). Then, the effect control unit 300 executes the ready-to-win light-emitting effect at a predetermined timing (see t32 in the figure), and then executes the jackpot light-emitting effect (see t33 in the figure).

And, originally, the production control unit 300 receives a fluctuation stop command, and temporarily stops (swings) the decorative symbols that are fixed and stopped, but in this example, the production control unit 300 receives a command from the game control unit 200 command is lost due to an event that cannot receive the command (see the cross mark in the figure). Therefore, the effect control unit 300 continues the swinging state of the decorative symbols without fixing and stopping the swinging decorative symbols. Then, the effect control unit 300 determines and stops the decorative symbols upon receiving the next variation stop command (see t36 in the figure).

Here, time T4 is the time from the timing (see t33 in the figure) of executing the jackpot light emitting effect to the timing (see t36 in the figure) of fixing and stopping the decorative symbols. This time T4 is longer than time T3 (T4>T3) because it includes time for executing a jackpot game, for example. On the other hand, when no command is missed as shown in FIG. 51(a), time T2 is shorter than time T1. That is, the length relationship of each time is reversed depending on whether or not a command is missed.

Now, the production of FIG. 51 executed by the production control unit 300 described above can be understood as follows. That is, the time T1 from when the ready-to-win light-emitting effect is executed to when the effect control unit 300 receives the variation stop command of the variation in which the ready-to-win light-emitting effect is executed is the time T1 from when the big win light-emitting effect is executed to when the big win light-emitting effect is performed. A performance control unit issues a variation stop command for a variation that is longer than the time T2 until the performance control unit 300 receives the variation stop command of the executed variation, and the light emission performance at the time of reach is executed after the light performance at the time of reach is executed. The time T3 until the effect control unit 300 receives the variation stop command next to the variation stop command without being received by the 300 is the variation stop command of the variation in which the big win light effect is executed after the big win light effect is executed. is shorter than the time T4 until the production control unit 300 receives the fluctuation stop command next to the fluctuation stop command without the production control unit 300 receiving the fluctuation stop command.

It should be noted that, unlike the example shown in the figure, when a command is missed due to an event in which the production control unit 300 cannot receive a command from the game control unit 200, for example, the temporarily stopped (swinging) decoration pattern is hidden. In addition, a mode of displaying an image notifying an error may also be adopted. On the other hand, as in the example shown in FIG. 51(b), when a command is missed, the swinging decorative pattern is not fixed and stopped, and the swinging decorative pattern is continued. Continuity with the production that has been executed so far is guaranteed by executing the production that causes it. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable. In addition, by continuing the state in which the decorative pattern is swinging, when the phenomenon that the performance control unit 300 cannot receive the command from the game control unit 200 is resolved and the fluctuation stop command is received, it swings. It is possible to execute a continuous production that does not give the player a sense of incongruity, such as fixing and stopping the decorative symbols that are displayed.

Also, in the variation of the "jackpot" when the command shown in FIG. 51(b) is missed, the temporarily stopped decorative symbols are displayed for a long time. As a result, the pachinko gaming machine 100 can prevent the player from feeling a sense of incongruity, as compared with a mode in which, for example, the temporarily stopped decorative pattern is hidden and an error notification image is displayed. It is possible to suggest to a store clerk or the like of a game parlor (pachinko hall) where is installed that an event has occurred in which the performance control unit 300 cannot receive a command from the game control unit 200.例文帳に追加

In each of FIGS. 51(a) and 51(b), as "big win", the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is a big win, and the ready-to-win light emitting effect and the big win light emitting effect are executed. It is not limited to this. For example, the lottery result of the special symbol lottery may be a big hit, and a variation example in which the ready-to-win lighting effect and the chance eye lighting effect are executed. This example of variation can be understood as follows. That is, the time T1 from when the ready-to-win effect is executed to when the effect control unit 300 receives the variation stop command for the variation in which the ready-to-win light-emitting effect is executed is the time from when the chance-eye light-emitting effect is performed to when the chance-eye light-emitting effect is performed. A performance control unit 300 receives a variation stop command of a variation in which the ready-to-win light emission performance is executed after the ready-to-win light-emission performance is executed for a longer time than the time until the performance control unit 300 receives the variation stop command of the executed variation. The time T3 until the performance control unit 300 receives the next variation stop command after the variation stop command is the time T3 to produce the variation stop command of the variation in which the chance light emission effect is executed after the big win light emission effect is executed. It is shorter than the time until the effect control section 300 receives the next variation stop command of the variation stop command without the control section 300 receiving it.

In addition, in each of FIGS. 51(a) and 51(b), an example of variation of "out of reach" and an example of variation of "jackpot" have been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, over the variation of a plurality of special symbols, the production as described above may be executed. To explain further, for example, as a variation example, the lottery result of the first special symbol lottery is a loss and the chance light emission effect is executed, and the lottery result of the next special symbol lottery is a big hit and the big win light emission effect is executed. good too. The relationship between this variation example and the variation example of the "reach outage" described with reference to FIGS. That is, the time T1 from when the ready-to-win effect is executed to when the effect control unit 300 receives the variation stop command for the variation in which the ready-to-win light-emitting effect is executed is the time from when the chance-eye light-emitting effect is performed to when the chance-eye light-emitting effect is performed. A performance control unit 300 receives a variation stop command of a variation in which the ready-to-win light emission performance is executed after the ready-to-win light-emission performance is executed for a longer time than the time until the performance control unit 300 receives the variation stop command of the executed variation. The time T3 until the effect control unit 300 receives the variation stop command next to the variation stop command is the variation stop command of the variation in which the chance eye light emission effect is executed after the chance eye light effect is executed. is shorter than the time until the performance control unit 300 receives the variation stop command of the variation in which the next big win light emission performance is executed without the performance control unit 300 receiving the variation stop command.

Moreover, in the above description, the production control unit 300 has explained that the fluctuation stop command is missed, but the present invention is not limited to this. When the effect control unit 300 fails to fetch a predetermined command (specific command), the above processing may be performed. Here, the specific command includes, for example, a change start command and an ending command.

In the present embodiment, the light emission effect using one decorative pattern 41, the light emission effect using two decorative patterns 41, and the light emission effect using three decorative patterns 41 have been described. . Here, as the light emitting effect using the decorative pattern 41, at least one or more decorative patterns 41 may be used in any light emitting effect.

Further, in the present embodiment, it has been described that the light emitting image in the light emitting effect is displayed in the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed or around the area where the decorative pattern 41 is displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this. . That is, the luminescent image may be displayed in any of the image display areas of the image display section 114 .

Further, in the present embodiment, it has been explained that the light emitting image is displayed and the light emitting effect is executed when the expectation effect for expecting the special game to be played is being executed.
Here, executing the light-emitting effect while executing the expected effect means executing the light-emitting effect related to this expected effect while executing the expected effect, and executing the light-emitting effect related to this expected effect while executing the expected effect. includes executing a light emitting effect that is not related to this expected effect. An example of the light emission effect related to the expectation effect is the display of the ready-to-win light emission image 59 when the ready-to-win effect is being executed as the expectation effect. The light emitting effect that does not relate to the expected effect is, for example, a light emitting effect that is independent of the expected effect. An example of the light emission effect independent of the expected effect is the display of the covering light emitting image 62 as the effect related to the change when the reserved image 52 is displayed as the expected effect.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the decorative pattern 41 is displayed and an image imitating light (luminescence image) is displayed to realize the light emitting effect using the decorative pattern 41, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the decorative pattern 41 itself may be displayed in a mode imitating light, thereby realizing a light emitting effect using the decorative pattern 41 .

Further, the luminescent image may be displayed so as to move from a part of the area where the luminescent image is displayed on the image display unit 114 to another part of the area, or the luminescent image is displayed. The entire area may be displayed simultaneously. Also, the luminescent image may be, for example, a white image. Also, the luminescence image may be an image with higher luminance than the image displayed nearby.
Further, during execution of the light emission effect using two or more decorative patterns 41, the size of each of the decorative patterns 41 used in the light emission effect may be the same or different.
Further, the expected effect described in the present embodiment is not limited to the expected effect or the above described effect described as an example of the expected effect, as long as it is an effect that makes one expect that a special game will be played.

Also, afterimages of the luminescent image may be displayed after the luminescent image is displayed until it is hidden. Further, after the luminous image is displayed in a manner in which the player can easily recognize the luminous image, the luminous image is displayed in a manner in which the luminous image is gradually difficult to be visually recognized by the player, and finally the luminous image is not displayed. can be In other words, the non-display of the luminescent image includes the display of an afterimage of the luminescent image or the luminescent image in a form that is difficult to see, and then the luminescent image is finally hidden.

In addition, after one luminous image (for example, the reach eye luminous image 59) is displayed in the display area of the decorative pattern 41, when this one luminous image is hidden, it is different from this one luminous image. 1 light emitting image (for example, the reach line image 60) may be displayed in the display area of the decorative pattern 41. FIG. When one light-emitting image is hidden and another light-emitting image is displayed in the display area of the decorative pattern 41, the light-emitting effect using the one light-emitting image is not performed, but the other light-emitting image is not displayed. A light emission effect using one light emission image is performed.

[Pachinko machine settings]
Now, when there is a setting in the pachinko gaming machine 100, it is better not to change whether or not to execute the light emitting effect by the setting. Alternatively, it is better not to change the effect content of the light emitting effect, such as an image change executed in the light emitting effect, by setting. In other words, regardless of the setting of the pachinko gaming machine 100, it is preferable to execute the same lighting effect. By executing the same light-emitting effect in this way, it is possible to prevent a player who is not playing the game from guessing the settings of the pachinko gaming machine 100.例文帳に追加

The setting of the pachinko gaming machine 100 consists of, for example, six stages (setting 1 to setting 6). As setting 1 progresses to setting 6, the winning probability of the jackpot lottery increases. For example, in setting 1, the probability of a big win is 1/300, and in setting 6, the probability of a big win is 1/250. At this time, the winning probability (high probability) of the jackpot lottery when the game state becomes the high probability state is preferably set in common within a range not exceeding 10 times the winning probability of the low probability state. For example, setting 1 should be low probability 1/300 and high probability 1/30, and setting 6 should be low probability 1/250 and high probability 1/30. By doing so, the performance of the so-called probability variable state in which the game state is a high probability time-saving game state is the same regardless of the setting, and the player feels the discomfort in the game state in which the most balls can be obtained in the pachinko game machine 100. You can get rid of your comfort.

41 ... Decorative design (an example of production design)
100 Pachinko game machine (an example of a game machine)
200... Game control unit (an example of a reservation storage means)
234... Special symbol determination unit (an example of special game determination means)
240... Output control unit (an example of command transmission means)
300 ... Production control unit (an example of production control means)

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special game determination means for determining whether or not to play a special game;
an effect control means capable of displaying a game effect on a display means based on the result of determination by the special game determination means;
A command transmission means capable of transmitting a command according to the progress of the game to the effect control means,
The production control means is
capable of receiving a command transmitted from the command transmitting means and capable of displaying a predetermined game effect;
A production pattern can be displayed on the display means,
It is possible to execute a variable production that stops after changing the production pattern,
When a specific command related to the variable production is received, the production pattern is stopped and displayed,
A light emitting effect can be executed when the effect pattern is displayed,
The light emitting effect includes a first light emitting effect and a second light emitting effect,
The production patterns include a first production pattern and a second production pattern different from the first production pattern,
It is possible to execute the first light emitting effect while displaying the second effect pattern,
In the first light emission effect, a light emission image can be displayed,
The second production pattern is not covered with the light emitting image,
In a specific variation effect performed based on the determination of execution of the special game, the second light emission effect can be executed,
When the specific command related to the specific variable effect is received in the case where the specific variable effect is performed, the time from the execution of the second light emitting effect to the stop display of the effect symbol is a first time. can be,
When the specific variable effect is performed, when the next specific command is received without receiving the specific command related to the specific variable effect, the effect symbol is stopped and displayed after the second light emission effect is executed. A game machine, wherein the time until the game is played is a second time longer than the first time .

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