JP7178720B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

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

Some gaming machines, typified by pachinko machines, display a pending icon corresponding to a pending symbol variation and a variable icon corresponding to a symbol variation being executed, and change the mode of these icon images. . For example, Patent Document 1.

JP 2015-131249 A

Changing the aspect of the variable icon is an effective effect from the viewpoint of improving the interest of the game in the symbol variation corresponding to the variable icon, but there is still room for improvement from the viewpoint of increasing the interest of the game.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a gaming machine capable of enhancing the interest of a game when changing the mode of the variable icon.

According to the present invention, a gaming machine that executes a win-or-fail judgment to determine whether or not a jackpot will be won with the start of symbol variation, and withholds the start of symbol variation until a variation start condition is satisfied, Effect control means for controlling the effect means and effect control means for executing a plurality of effects by controlling the effect means, wherein the effect means includes image display means, and the display area of the image display means includes a pattern. A first display area in which a first display corresponding to the design variation is displayed while the variation is pending, and a second display area in which the second display corresponding to the design variation is displayed during the execution of the design variation. The first display and the second display indicate the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation by the display mode, and are displayed in the first display area along with the start of the symbol variation. The first effect that is performed when the first display that has been displayed moves to the second display area is a third display that has the same display identity as the image that constitutes at least a part of the first display. It is displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the third display, the second display is in a display mode different from the first display, and is performed in the pattern variation when the first effect is performed. In the second effect, a fourth display having display identity with the third display operated in the first effect is displayed on the image display means after the third display, and the result of the operation of the fourth display. The second display is an effect that can be in a different display mode from the end of the first effect, and the display of the first display corresponding to the pattern change during the suspension of the pattern change in which the first effect is performed The mode is different from all the display modes of the second display that can be at the end of the first effect, and the display mode of the first display corresponding to the symbol variation in which the first effect is performed is a specific display mode. and the specific display mode includes an image having display identity with both the third display and the fourth display, and the third effect performed during the symbol variation is the symbol variation is executed after the first display in a display mode other than the specific display mode is displayed in the first display area during the pending of, and the third display is displayed on the image display means during the pattern variation. The fourth display is displayed without the second display, and as a result of the operation of the fourth display, the second display can be in a different display mode from the time when the pattern variation starts, and the second display is finished. The display mode of the second display that can be displayed is the same as the display mode of the second display that can be displayed at the end of the third effect. There is provided a gaming machine characterized by:

According to the present invention, the third display and the fourth display having the same identity as the image forming the first display can be displayed in the above-described order in the same pattern variation, so that the display mode of the second display. can change step by step, it is possible to strongly give the player a feeling that the degree of expectation for winning a big win is increased in the pattern variation, and furthermore, the display mode of the first display corresponding to the pattern variation in which the first performance is performed. is a special display (so-called special hold) that is different from all possible display modes of the second display after the first effect, so the player expects a hold change that improves the expectation of winning the big win suggested by the hold. Thus, a gaming machine is provided that can enhance interest in the first performance.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game machine. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a pattern display device arranged in area II shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a bird's-eye view showing a group of operation buttons arranged in area III shown in FIG. 1 and its surroundings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a game board installed in the game machine. FIG. 5 is a rear view of the game machine. 6(a) to 6(c) are diagrams showing movable positions of the effect shield 85. FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the control configuration of the gaming machine. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the gaming machine. Fig. 9(a) is a lottery table for special figure propriety determination, Fig. 9(b) is a lottery table for special figure 1 stop design lottery, Fig. 9(c) is for special figure 2 stop design lottery is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table of . FIG. 10(a) is a lottery table for special figure variation pattern derivation at the time of special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, and FIG. 10(b) is special figure variation used when special figure variation pattern HNP is determined. It is a figure which shows typically the lottery table for pattern derivation. FIG. 11(a) is a state transition diagram showing the transition of the special figure variation pattern derivation state, and FIG. 11(b) is a diagram showing the average variation time relationship for each special figure variation pattern derivation state. 8 is a diagram showing each display area of a main display section 81. FIG. FIG. 13(1) shows the degree of expectation of winning a big win with respect to the normal reserved icon and the variable icon, and FIG. 13(2) shows the degree of expectation of winning a big win with respect to the horse icon and other reserved icons. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display mode of the main display section 81 in symbol variation. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display mode of the main display section 81 in symbol variation. FIG. 16-1 is a diagram showing a display mode of the main display section 81 in symbol variation. FIG. 16-2 is a diagram showing a display mode of the main display section 81 in symbol variation. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a time chart of the display mode of the main display section 81 in symbol variation. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the flow of the prize-winning effect determination process. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the horse holding effect determination process. FIG. 20(a) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining the final pending color, and FIG. 20(b) schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a suggestion target. FIG. 21(a) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a pseudo change suggesting a change of hold, and FIG. 21(b) schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a hold color immediately after the start of change. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the flow of the effect determination process at the start of fluctuation. FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a flow of horse rampage effect determination processing. FIG. 24(a) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a suggested target, and FIG. 24(b) schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a suggested reserved color.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same constituent elements, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate. In the following description, unless otherwise specified, the terms "front", "rear", "left", "right", "upper", and "lower" refer to the front side (player side) of the gaming machine 10 as shown in FIG. ) shall be designated as viewed from the
In the following description, "advantage (advantage)" refers to being advantageous to the player, and unless otherwise specified, prize balls (game Medium) refers to being advantageous in terms of the amount of acquisition (not limited to the payout of game balls, but including the payout of medals).

<Features of the present invention>
Before describing the details of the gaming machine 10 in this embodiment, the features of the invention (the present invention) described in this embodiment will be described.
In describing the features, the configuration in parentheses exemplifies the configuration of the present embodiment corresponding to the immediately preceding configuration, and the description of the gaming machine 10 after this description also has the same usage in the parentheses. may describe the configuration.

The present invention
A gaming machine that executes a win-or-fail decision to determine whether or not a big win is won with the start of pattern variation, and suspends the start of pattern variation until a variation start condition is satisfied,
performance means and
Production control means (first sub-control board 200) for controlling the production means to execute a plurality of productions;
with
The rendering means includes image display means (main display section 81),
The display area of the image display means includes a first display area (suspended icon display area 812) in which a first display (suspended icon) corresponding to the symbol variation is displayed while the symbol variation is suspended, and execution of the symbol variation. A second display area (variation icon display area 813) in which a second display (variation icon) corresponding to the symbol variation is displayed,
The first display and the second display indicate the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation by the display mode,
The first effect performed when the first display displayed in the first display area moves to the second display area with the start of the pattern variation constitutes at least part of the first display. A third display (CA1) having the same display as the image that was displayed is displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the third display, the second display is in a display mode different from the first display. It is a production (FIGS. 14(c) to 15(f)),
The second effect performed in the symbol variation in which the first effect was performed is the fourth display (CA2) having the same display as the third display operated in the first effect, after the third display. Effect that can be displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the fourth display, the second display can be in a display mode different from that at the end of the first effect (FIGS. 16-1 (g) to (j) ) and
The display mode of the first display (FIG. 14(b)) corresponding to the pattern variation during the suspension of the pattern variation in which the first effect is performed is the display of the second display that can be at the end of the first effect. All of the modes (as shown in FIG. 20(a), the display modes of the second display that can be the end of the first effect are white, blue, green, red, and rainbow colors),
It is a gaming machine characterized by

Here, "a third display having display identity with an image that constituted at least a part of the first display" means that the third display has features that are visible (appearance) from the first display. I agree that I am taking over. More specifically, (a) when the third display is a display in which an image related to a character that constitutes at least a part of the first display has changed within a range in which the same character can be visually recognized, (b) the third If the display is a display in which the image related to the item constituting at least part of the first display has changed within a range that the same item can be visually recognized, (c) the third display replaces at least part of the first display; When at least one of the following conditions is satisfied when the image related to the text that constitutes the text is the same text and the display has changed within a visible range, "the image that constituted at least a part of the first display and the display may be treated as being "a third indication having the same identity as Conversely, within the range that satisfies the above (a), (b), and (c), the third indication is allowed to change in shape, color, size, etc. compared to the first indication. be.
Similarly, a "fourth representation having visual identity with a third representation" also agrees that the fourth representation inherits visible (visual) features from the third representation, and As long as the conditions equivalent to (a), (b), and (c) are satisfied, the fourth representation is allowed to change in shape, color, and size compared to the third representation.
However, although it is preferable in the practice of the present invention that the features inherited from the first representation to the third representation and the features inherited from the third representation to the fourth representation are common, they do not necessarily have to be common. In other words, the present invention allows the first representation and the fourth representation to have no visible (visual) features.

According to the present invention, the third display and the fourth display having the same identity as the image forming the first display can be displayed in the above-described order in the same pattern variation, so that the display mode of the second display. can change step by step, it is possible to strongly give the player a feeling that the degree of expectation for winning a big win is increased in the pattern variation, and furthermore, the display mode of the first display corresponding to the pattern variation in which the first performance is performed. is a special display (so-called special hold) that is different from all possible display modes of the second display after the first effect, so the player expects a hold change that improves the expectation of winning the big win suggested by the hold. It is possible to strengthen the interest in the first performance.

The gaming machine 10 having the above characteristics will be specifically described based on the following embodiments.

<Regarding the structure of the game machine 10>
First, the structure of the game machine 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG.
1 is a front view of the gaming machine 10, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a pattern display device 90 arranged in the area II shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a game board 50 installed in the game machine 10, and FIG. 5 is a rear view of the game machine 10. FIG.
It should be noted that each configuration shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is only necessary for explaining the gaming machine 10 of this embodiment, and configurations and functions not shown here are added to the gaming machine 10. You may Also, the game machine 10 does not necessarily have all of the configurations illustrated here, and some configurations or functions may be omitted within the scope that does not impair the effects of the present invention.

The game machine 10 of the present embodiment is a so-called pachinko machine, and shoots game balls onto a front area (hereinafter referred to as a "game area 50a") of a game board 50 on which a large number of game nails (not shown) are erected. Then, when a game ball enters a winning hole (for example, the big winning hole 55 or the like), a prize ball is obtained. In the following description, the entry of a game ball into a winning hole may be simply expressed as "winning (into a winning hole)".

The game machine 10 is configured to cover the front side of the game board 50 with a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 15 that opens forward and backward, a middle frame 17 that detachably holds the game board 50 on the front side of the opening of the outer frame 15, and the game board 50. and a front frame 20 that has been formed.

The middle frame 17 is rotatably supported around the left end by a hinge mechanism (not shown) on the same side as the hinge mechanism 21 , and can be opened and closed to the front side of the outer frame 15 . The middle frame 17 is locked and unlocked by the cylinder lock 23 (the door key is inserted into the cylinder lock 23, and the door key is moved in the direction opposite to the unlocking direction of the front frame 20 (to the right in this embodiment). turn) is possible.

The front frame 20 is rotatably supported by a hinge mechanism 21 centering on the left end side, and can be opened and closed with respect to the middle frame 17 . The front frame 20 is locked and unlocked by a cylinder lock 23 (insert the door key into the cylinder lock 23 and turn the door key in the direction opposite to the unlocking direction of the middle frame 17 (left in this embodiment). ) is possible.
In addition, the front frame 20 includes a transparent member 25 arranged to cover the game area 50a, and the transparent member 25 protects the game area 50a and the game board 50 as seen through.
In addition, the front frame 20 is provided with an upper ball tray 27 and a lower ball tray 29 for storing game balls, and the upper ball tray 27 and the lower ball tray 29 are separated vertically and provided integrally with the front frame 20. .
The front frame 20 also has an operation handle 31 on the right side of the lower ball receiving tray 29, and by rotating the operating handle 31, the game balls stored in the upper ball receiving tray 27 are shot toward the game area 50a. It's like

Although not shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the middle frame 17 is provided with a middle frame door open sensor 76 for detecting whether the middle frame 17 is open or closed with respect to the outer frame 15. , and a front frame door open sensor 77 for detecting whether the front frame 20 is in an open state or a closed state with respect to the middle frame 17 . In this embodiment, each of these open door sensors is ON in the open state and OFF in the closed state. However, these open door sensors may be configured to be OFF when the door is open and to be ON when the door is closed.
Thereby, the game machine 10 can detect both the opening/closing state of the middle frame 17 with respect to the outer frame 15 and the opening/closing state of the front frame 20 with respect to the middle frame 17 .

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a group of operation buttons to be operated by the player are arranged on the upper surface of the upper ball receiving tray 27 . This operation button group is provided with a ball lending button 39a and a return button 39b for accepting return operation of the prepaid card as a main operation unit 39 electrically connected to the main control board 100, which will be described later. 1 As an operation unit electrically connected to the sub-control board 200, an effect button that can accept a player's operation for switching the effect that occurs during the game or for obtaining various information related to the gaming machine 10. 37, and cursor buttons 38 (up cursor button 38a, down cursor button 38b, left cursor button 38c, right cursor button 38d, middle cursor button 38e) for instructing up, down, left, and right operations, respectively. included. Each operation unit is provided with a sensor for detecting an operation, and the control board to be connected detects the operation of each operation unit based on changes in the detection state of the sensor.
Further, the up cursor button 38a and the down cursor button 38b are used to adjust the volume of sound output from the speaker 33, which will be described later, and the left cursor button 38c and the right cursor button 38d are used to adjust the volume of the sound output from the speaker 33, which will be described later. To adjust the brightness of device 80, etc., middle cursor button 38e is operated to determine the results of these adjustments.
A movable decorative body 22 that is operated by an actuator such as a motor (not shown) is provided on the side of the upper bulb tray 27 .

Below the lower ball receiving tray 29, a ball removing mechanism 36 for discharging game balls stored in the lower ball receiving tray 29 downward is provided. By operating the ball extraction mechanism 36, a bottom opening (not shown) formed on the bottom surface of the lower ball receiving tray 29 is opened, and the game ball is naturally dropped from the bottom opening and discharged.
Although not shown, the upper ball receiving tray 27 is provided with a mechanism for moving the stored ball to the lower ball receiving tray 29 by operating it, similar to the ball removing mechanism 36. By operating both mechanisms 36, it is possible to eject the stored balls.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of speakers 33 (33a, 33b) are provided on the left and right sides of the upper frame portion 32 of the front frame 20, respectively. The upper frame portion 32 and the left and right side frame portions 34a, 34b of the front frame 20 are formed of light-transmitting covers, and frame lamps 35 (35a, 35b, 35c) are provided inside the covers, respectively. there is The speaker 33 and the frame lamp 35 can emit sound or turn on or off in conjunction with effects or error effects that occur during the game.

The effect display device 80 is composed of a main display section 81 arranged substantially in the center of the game board 50 and a sub-display section 82 arranged around the main display section 81 . The sub-display section 82 further includes an upper sub-display section 82a arranged above the main display section 81, a left sub-display section 82b arranged on the left side of the main display section 81, and a main display section 81. and a right sub-display portion 82c disposed on the right side of the .
Here, the main display section 81 is a fixed liquid crystal display device, and the upper sub-display section 82a, left sub-display section 82b, and right sub-display section 82c are movable liquid crystal displays operated by actuators such as motors (not shown). It is a display device.

The main display unit 81 can display the variable display of the symbol row performed in conjunction with the variable display in the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92, which will be described later, and various other effects. can also be displayed.
In the variable display of the symbol rows (decorative symbols) displayed on the main display portion 81, the displayed decorative symbols form three symbol rows. The direction of the variable display of each pattern row is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, the depth direction, or a combination thereof (diagonal direction).
Here, the depth direction is actually a two-dimensional variable display on the display screen of the main display section 81. However, the pattern row extends from the back of the main display section 81 to the front or the opposite direction. It refers to a virtual direction recognized by a player in a display mode using a technique (for example, the perspective method) that makes the player recognize that the display is changing.
In addition, the decorative patterns in this embodiment include "1 pattern" imitating the number "1", "2 patterns" imitating the number "2", "3 patterns" imitating the number "3", "4 patterns" imitating the number "4", "5 patterns" imitating the number "5", "6 patterns" imitating the number "6", "7 patterns" imitating the number "7" , "8 symbols" imitating the number "8", and "9 symbols" imitating the number "9", and these symbols are provided in each symbol row. In the following description, "1 pattern", "3 patterns", "5 patterns", "7 patterns", and "9 patterns" are collectively referred to as "odd number patterns", and "2 patterns" and "4 patterns". , “6 symbols” and “8 symbols” may be collectively referred to as “even number symbols”.

Each of the sub display units 82 is not only provided mainly for displaying an effect image related to the effect, but also configured to be movable.
The initial positions of the upper sub-display portion 82a are on the upper side of the main display portion 81, the left sub-display portion 82b is on the left side of the main display portion 81, and the right sub-display portion 82c is on the main display. It is on the right side with reference to the portion 81 , and each of the sub-display portions 82 is configured to be movable from these initial positions to a position overlapping the display area of the decorative pattern in the main display portion 81 .

Note that liquid crystal display devices are employed for all of the effect display devices 80 (the main display portion 81, the upper sub-display portion 82a, the left sub-display portion 82b, and the right sub-display portion 82c) in the present embodiment. A device that can display images (still images and moving images).

A rendering shield 85 is arranged between the main display section 81 and the sub-display section 82 . Furthermore, the effect shield 85 is composed of an upper left effect shield 85a, an upper right effect shield 85b, a lower left effect shield 85c, and a lower right effect shield 85d. It is configured to be movable in the direction of shielding the main display section 81 by pressing.

A plurality of light emitting diodes (hereinafter abbreviated as “LEDs”) are arranged on the lower right side of the main display section 81 , and these LEDs constitute the display area of the pattern display device 90 . A special symbol and a normal symbol are displayed on the symbol display device 90 .
Also, the pattern display device 90 is arranged at a position that is more difficult for the player to visually recognize than the main display section 81, and the display area of the pattern display device 90 is smaller than the display area of the main display section 81. .
The arrangement and number of LEDs associated with the pattern display device 90 in this embodiment are as shown in FIG. not to be

The special symbol is a symbol stopped and displayed as a result of a symbol variation that determines whether or not to activate the special electric accessory (for example, the special electric accessory 65). The special symbols in this embodiment include a first special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display device 91 and a second special symbol displayed on the second special symbol display device 92 .
In addition, the special design may be abbreviated as "special design", the first special design as "special design 1", and the second special design as "special design 2".

The normal symbol is a symbol stopped and displayed as a result of a symbol variation that determines whether or not to operate the normal electric accessory (for example, the normal electric accessory 61). The normal design in this embodiment is displayed on the normal design display device 93 .
In addition, the normal symbol may be abbreviated as "general figure", and the normal electric accessory may be referred to as "electric chew".

The symbol display device 90 is provided with a first special symbol reservation lamp 94, a second special symbol reservation lamp 95, and a normal symbol reservation lamp 96 in addition to the display devices described above.
The first special symbol reservation lamp 94 can specify the number of reserved special symbol 1 symbol variations, and the second special symbol reservation lamp 95 can specify the number of reserved special symbol 2 symbol variations. And, the normal design reservation lamp 96 can specify the number of design fluctuations of the normal design that is reserved, and both of the lighting modes of the two LEDs (in this embodiment, only right lighting = 1, left and right lighting = 2, blinking on the right side + constant lighting on the left side = 3, blinking on the left and right sides = 4) makes it possible to specify the number of corresponding symbol variations.

In the following description, the symbol variation that stops and displays the special symbol after the special symbol is variably displayed by the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92 is referred to as "symbol variation of the special symbol". In the description, the symbol variation in which the normal symbol is stopped and displayed after the normal symbol display device 93 is variably displayed may be referred to as "symbol variation of the normal symbol".
In addition, in the following description, the variation display of the symbol row (decorative symbol) displayed on the main display unit 81 is distinguished from the "symbol variation of the special symbol" and the "symbol variation of the normal symbol". It may be referred to as "symbol variation".
It should be noted that, in the following description, when simply referred to as "symbol variation", it means the symbol variation of special symbols unless otherwise specified.

On the front surface of the game board 50, as shown in FIG. 4, obstacles such as a large number of game nails (not shown), windmills 52, and decorative members are arranged so that the launched game balls roll. A game area 50a is defined in .
In addition, on the left side and the upper side of the game area 50a, curved outer rails 51 and inner rails 53 are provided to guide game balls shot by rotating the operation handle 31 to the upper part of the game area 50a. It is The outer rail 51 is located outside the inner rail 53 with respect to the center of the game area 50a. Here, the windmill 52 is a peg-shaped mechanism for changing the falling direction of the game ball.

The gaming machine 10 is capable of adjusting the strength of the launch of the game ball depending on the magnitude of the rotational operation amount (for example, the rotation angle) of the operating handle 31. Various obstacles are placed in the game area 50a so that the game ball rolls on either X (so-called left-handed hitting) or the second flow path Y (so-called right-handed hitting) where the game ball hit harder rolls. are placed. Although not shown, the operating handle 31 is provided with a touch sensor for determining whether or not the player is operating it.

FIG. 4 shows the main winning opening 55, the first starting opening 57, the second starting opening 59, the gate 63, and the general winning opening 67, but the illustrated winning opening is an example. , and the number and arrangement thereof may be changed as appropriate.

The big winning opening 55 is arranged in the lower right part of the game area 50a. A large winning opening sensor 72 is attached to the large winning opening 55, and the winning of the large winning opening 55 is determined based on the detection result of the large winning opening sensor 72. In the embodiment, 15) prize balls are provided.
In addition, in this embodiment, as compared with the case of rolling from the first flow path X, more game balls roll toward the big winning opening 55 when rolling from the second flow path Y. Each obstacle is placed.

A special electric accessory 65 is arranged above the big prize opening 55 . The special electric accessory 65 is a member that switches between an open state in which it is easy to win a prize in the big prize opening 55 and a closed state in which it is difficult to enter a ball. Transition to one of the states.
More specifically, the special electric role product 65 will be in an open state in at least a part of the jackpot game that is set due to the fact that the jackpot is derived by the special figure success/failure determination that will be described later. Winning to the winning opening 55 is permitted. In this way, when the special electric accessory 65 is in the open state, it becomes easy to win a prize in the big prize opening 55. Therefore, the jackpot game in which the chance of winning prize balls is greatly increased is an advantageous game state. It can be said that
In the jackpot game, the open state and the closed state of the special electric accessory 65 are alternately set, and one open state (sometimes referred to as “round”), and the total number of rounds generated in one jackpot is “number of rounds”. ”) ends based on the fact that a predetermined number (10 in this embodiment) of game balls enter the big winning port 55, and the special electric accessory 65 is closed. .
In addition, one open state is also ended based on the passage of a sufficient time (30s (seconds) in this embodiment) for a predetermined number of game balls to enter the big winning opening 55. do.
Here, when the special electric accessory 65 is set from the open state to the closed state based on the winning of 10 game balls in one round, it cannot be immediately closed. Therefore, in one round, more than 10 game balls may enter the big winning slot 55, and this winning may be referred to as over winning.

The first starting port 57 is arranged in the central lower part of the game area 50a. A first starting hole sensor 70 is attached to the first starting hole 57, and the winning of the first starting hole 57 is determined based on the detection result of the first starting hole sensor 70, and is associated with the first starting hole 57. The determined number (4 in this embodiment) of prize balls are awarded. In at least a part of the case where the winning prize related to the first starting port 57 is determined, the symbol variation of the special figure 1 will be performed.
In addition, in the game area 50a according to the present embodiment, more game balls roll toward the first start port 57 when rolling from the first flow path X than when rolling from the second flow path Y. It is assumed that an obstacle such as a game nail is arranged so as to roll.

The second starting port 59 is arranged in the lower right part of the game area 50a. A second starting hole sensor 71 is attached to the second starting hole 59, and the winning to the second starting hole 59 is determined by the detection result of the second starting hole sensor 71, and is associated with the second starting hole 59. The determined number (1 in this embodiment) of prize balls are awarded.
In at least a part of the case where the winning prize related to the second starting port 59 is determined, the symbol variation of the special figure 2 will be performed.
In addition, in the game area 50a according to the present embodiment, more game balls roll toward the second start port 59 when rolling from the second flow path Y than when rolling from the first flow path X. It is assumed that an obstacle such as a game nail is arranged so as to roll.

A normal electric accessory 61 is arranged in the flow path connected to the second starting port 59 . The normal electric accessory 61 is a member that switches between an open state in which it is easy to enter a game ball in the second starting port 59 or a closed state in which it is difficult to enter a game ball. transitions to either an open state or a closed state.
More specifically, the normal electric accessory 61 is in an open state in at least a part of the game per normal pattern that is performed by winning with the pattern variation of the normal pattern, and accordingly the winning to the second start port 59. is allowed. In this way, when the normal electric accessory 61 is in the open state, it becomes easier to win the second starting port 59. Therefore, while suppressing the reduction of the game ball by the prize ball, the pattern fluctuation of the special figure 2 It can greatly increase the chances of being executed.

The gate 63 is arranged in the right central portion of the game area 50a. A gate sensor 74 is attached to the gate 63 , and winning to the gate 63 is determined based on the detection result of the gate sensor 74 . In at least a part of the case where the winning prize related to the gate 63 is determined, the pattern variation of the normal pattern will be performed.
In addition, in this embodiment, as compared with the case of rolling from the first flow path X, when rolling from the second flow path Y, more game balls roll toward the gate 63. things are placed.

The general winning opening 67 is arranged in the lower left part of the game area 50a. A general winning slot sensor 73 is attached to the general winning slot 67, and the winning to the general winning slot 67 is determined by the detection result of the general winning slot sensor 73, and the number associated with the general winning slot 67 ( In this embodiment, 4) prize balls are provided.
In addition, in this embodiment, as compared with the case of rolling from the second flow path Y, more game balls roll toward the general winning opening 67 when rolling from the first flow path X. Each obstacle is arranged, but each obstacle may be arranged so that many game balls roll toward the general winning opening 67 when rolling from the second flow path Y. . Also, a plurality of general winning openings 67 may be provided.

The out port 69 is arranged at the bottom of the game area 50a. A game ball that is hit into the game area 50a and does not enter the above-described winning holes falls into an out hole 69 and is processed as an out ball.
In addition, in this embodiment, an out ball sensor 75 (not shown) is provided for detecting a game ball entering the winning hole and the out hole (hereinafter referred to as "out ball").

In addition to the sensors described above, the game board 50 also has a magnetic detection sensor for detecting magnetism and a radio wave detection sensor for detecting radio waves (sometimes are also omitted) are provided.

On the back of the game board 50, as shown in FIG. A second sub-control board case 309 storing a control board 300, a power control board case 509 storing a power control board 500, and a payout control board case 409 storing a payout control board 400 are attached. In addition to the rear surfaces of the control board case 209 and the second sub-control board case 309, an opening/closing cover 45 that covers part of the rear surface of the main control board case 109 is detachably attached.
A RAM clear switch 43 is provided on the main control board 100 .
Further, the substrate case and cover covering each substrate are made of a member having transparency, and the corresponding substrate can be visually recognized through each case and cover.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the first sub-control board 200 is provided with a volume adjustment section 83 operated for volume adjustment and a brightness adjustment section 84 operated for brightness adjustment. . The first sub-control board case 209 houses the first sub-control board 200 so as to expose the volume adjustment section 83 and the brightness adjustment section 84 to the outside. It is installed so as to avoid 84. Therefore, in the state shown in FIG. 5, that is, in a state in which the first sub-control board 200 is housed in the first sub-control board case 209 and the opening/closing cover 45 is attached, the volume control unit 83 and the brightness control unit 84 are Operation is possible.
The volume adjustment unit 83 and the brightness adjustment unit 84 are so-called rotary switches, and in the present embodiment, the volume adjustment unit 83 can be adjusted to any one of three levels: high volume, medium volume, and low volume. is possible, and the luminance adjustment unit 84 can be adjusted to any one of three stages of high luminance, medium luminance, and low luminance. Note that the volume adjustment unit 83 and the brightness adjustment unit 84 are not limited to rotary switches, and slide switches may be employed. Also, the volume control unit 83 and the brightness control unit 84 may be switches provided on a board different from the first sub-control board 200 as long as they are electrically connected to the first sub-control board 200. . Furthermore, as long as it is provided on the back side of the game board 50, its installation position does not matter.

The power supply control board 500 generates a normal power supply circuit 501 for generating normal power supply to the electronic and electric parts such as the above-mentioned control board, and a backup power supply based on the primary power supply supplied from the power supply equipment of the game island. It is composed of a backup power supply circuit 502 and a power failure detection circuit 503 that detects a power failure (when the voltage supplied by the normal power supply reaches a predetermined voltage drop).
In addition, the power switch 40 is connected to the power control board 500, and on the premise that primary power is supplied from the power supply facility of the game island, when the power switch 40 is turned on, the power control board 500 is turned on. A normal power supply is generated by the normal power supply circuit 501, and power is supplied to electronic components and electrical components including the above-described control boards (main control board 100, first sub-control board 200, second sub-control board 300, and payout control board 400). is supplied.
In addition, when the power failure detection circuit 503 detects the power failure, the power supply control board 500 outputs a power failure signal (NMI signal) to the main control board 100, the first sub control board 200, and the payout control board 400 respectively. Send to
The backup power supply circuit 502 is charged when power is supplied to the game machine 10 from the power supply facility on the game island.
In addition, the backup power supply circuit 502 may be provided on the payout control board 400, the power failure detection circuit 503 is not provided on the power control board 500, and the main control board 100, the first sub control board 200, and the payout control board 400 may be provided.

A game ball tank 46 for storing game balls supplied from the ball supply facility of the game island is arranged on the back surface of the game board 50 above the opening/closing cover 45 . The game ball tank 46 is further connected to a payout passage 49 connected to the upper ball tray 27 via a tank rail 47 and a payout unit 48, and the balls put out by the payout unit 48 pass through the payout passage 49. is paid out to the upper ball receiving tray 27.

So far, the structure of the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment has been described, but these are only specific examples, and the present invention can also be implemented with another structure.

<Regarding the operation of the production shield 85>
Next, the operation of the effect shield 85 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6(a) to 6(c). 6(a) to 6(c) are diagrams showing movable positions of the effect shield 85. FIG.
As described above, the effect shielding body 85 is composed of an upper left effect shielding body 85a, an upper right effect shielding body 85b, a lower left effect shielding body 85c, and a lower right effect shielding body 85d. The shield 85 is shown in its initial position. At this position, substantially the entire display area of the main display section 81 is visible.
FIG. 6B shows a state in which part of the display area (about 30% of the entire area) of the main display section 81 is covered by the effect shield 85 .
FIG. 6C shows a state in which the entire display area of the main display section 81 is covered by the effect shield 85 (a state in which the display area of the main display section 81 is shielded). .
In this manner, the upper left effect shielding body 85a, the upper right effect shielding body 85b, the lower left effect shielding body 85c, and the lower right effect shielding body 85d operate in conjunction with each other in the planar direction of the display area of the main display section 81. In the following description, the position of the effect shielding body 85 shown in FIG. 6(a) is the original position, the position of the effect shielding body 85 shown in FIG. 6(b) is the first operating position, and FIG. The position of the effect shield 85 may be referred to as a second operating position.
In addition, the "cover lid" in this embodiment means that the object to be covered (in this embodiment, the effect shield 85) is placed in front of the object to be covered (in this embodiment, the display area related to the main display section 81). It refers to the presence of something that is positioned and covered between the player's side and the object, making some or all of the covered thing invisible or difficult to see.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6(c), the upper left effect shield 85a has a convex portion imitating the character "heaven" on the front side (the front side when the main display section 81 side is defined as the back side). , the upper right effect shielding body 85b has a convex part imitating the character "below" on the front surface side, and the lower left effect shielding body 85c has a convex part imitating the character "no" on the front surface side The lower right effect shielding body 85d has a convex portion imitating the character "so" on the surface on the front side. The shape of the front side (player side) of these effect shields 85 is not limited to the shape of this embodiment, and any shape may be adopted. The position makes the entire shape visible.

<Regarding the control configuration of the gaming machine 10>
Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the control configuration of the gaming machine 10 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the control configuration of the gaming machine 10. As shown in FIG. The control configuration shown in FIG. 7 is necessary for explaining the gaming machine 10 of this embodiment, and the gaming machine 10 may have a control configuration not shown in FIG.

The main control board 100 includes a CPU 101 that performs various arithmetic processes related to games, a ROM 102 that stores data such as control programs and various lottery tables, a RAM 103 that functions as a temporary storage area and a buffer memory, and a peripheral board. , an I/O port 104 for inputting and outputting signals to and from each device, and a random number circuit 105 for generating random numbers (hard random numbers) by operating in a system separate from the program processing by the CPU 101. are connected to each other via an internal bus.

The CPU 101 reads various control programs stored in the ROM 102 and performs arithmetic processing, thereby executing various processes related to the main control of the game.
The RAM 103 is backed up by backup power generated in a backup power supply circuit, which will be described later. Specifically, among the information stored in the RAM 103, when power is restored after a power failure, various types of information are backed up so that the game machine 10 can be restored to the state immediately before the power failure. is configured to For example, in addition to data such as the stack pointer and each register that were held when a power failure occurred, the state of the gaming machine 10 at that time (game stop state or game possible state), the current special drawing lottery state, the current Information related to the game such as the normal drawing lottery state is backed up.

In the present embodiment, at least, in addition to the area in which such game-related information is stored (sometimes referred to as the game-related area of the RAM 103), the complement of the checksum related to the game-related area of the RAM 103 and An area in which a backup flag is stored (sometimes referred to as a game-related backup information area of the RAM 103) is backed up. When power is restored, the gaming machine 10 is restored using various information stored in the backed-up game-related area of the RAM 103 and the game-related backup information area of the RAM 103 .
Note that the specific method of backup in this embodiment is not limited at all. For example, the area to be backed up in the RAM 103 may be implemented with a configuration that can hold data in a non-volatile manner even in a power failure state. As another example, in the RAM 103, different hardware is provided for a first memory configured to be able to hold data in a non-volatile manner even in a power failure state and a second memory referred to when the game machine 10 operates. In that case, the gaming machine 10 saves the information to be backed up from the second memory to the first memory when the power is cut off, and transfers the saved information from the first memory to the first memory when the power is restored. It is sufficient to recover to the second memory.

In addition, the main control board 100 includes a first start sensor 70, a second start sensor 71, a large winning sensor 72, a general winning sensor 73, a gate sensor 74, an out ball sensor 75, a middle frame door open sensor 76, It is electrically connected to the front frame door open sensor 77 and the like, and is configured so that detection signals from these sensors can be input to the CPU 101 via the I/O port 104 . Although illustration is omitted, in addition to these sensors, the main control board 100 is also electrically connected to a full-tank detection sensor, a magnetic detection sensor, and a radio wave detection sensor. , detection signals from these sensors can be input to the CPU 101 .

In addition, the main control board 100 includes a first special symbol display device 91, a second special symbol display device 92, a normal symbol display device 93, a first special symbol reservation lamp 94, a second special symbol reservation lamp 95, and a normal symbol reservation lamp. 96 , is electrically connected to the normal electric accessory solenoid 62 and the special electric accessory solenoid 66 , and configured to be able to control these via the I/O port 104 .
Similarly, the main control board 100 is electrically connected to the main operation section 39 and the RAM clear switch 43, and is configured to detect the operation of the main operation section 39. FIG.

The main control board 100 and the first sub-control board 200 are connected by eight parallel signal lines and one strobe line. They are communicably connected only in the direction, and various effect control commands are transmitted from the main control board 100 to the first sub-control board 200 .
Data cannot be transmitted from the first sub-control board 200 to the main control board 100, and the first sub-control board 200 cannot request the main control board 100 to transmit data. is configured to
Also, in this embodiment, a parallel transmission method is used for data transmission from the main control board 100 to the first sub-control board 200, but a serial transmission method may be used.

The first sub-control board 200 is a CPU 201 that performs various arithmetic processing related to game effects based on the effect control command from the main control board 100, a ROM 202 that stores data such as effect control programs and various lottery tables, and a temporary storage area. A RAM 203 functioning as a work area or buffer memory, and an I/O port 204 for inputting/outputting signals between peripheral boards and devices are provided. It is configured to execute the main control related to the game effect according to the control program stored in the.
The first sub-control board 200 is electrically connected to the effect button 37 and the cursor button 38, and is configured to detect the operation of the operation section.

In addition, the first sub-control board 200 instructs the second sub-control board 300 to display an image to be displayed on the second sub-control board 300 in the effect control processing based on the effect control command from the main control board 100, and instructs the adjustment of the brightness. Luminance adjustment command, audio control command for instructing audio to be output to audio control board 310, volume adjustment command for instructing volume adjustment, lamp control data for controlling lighting of various lamps such as frame lamp 35, and movable decoration It generates movement control data and the like for controlling movement of movable bodies such as the body 22, the sub-display section 82, and the effect shielding body 85. FIG.
Here, the first sub-control board 200 is connected to the second sub-control board 300 and the audio control board 310 so as to be capable of two-way communication, and each control command (image control command, brightness adjustment command, audio control command, While the volume adjustment command) is transmitted from the first sub-control board 200 to the second sub-control board 300 or the audio control board 310, as a response, a response command (ACK command) indicating that the control command was successfully received ) is transmitted from each control board (second sub-control board 300, audio control board 310) to first sub-control board 200.

The first sub-control board 200 is also electrically connected to the frame lamp 35 and transmits lamp control data via the I/O port 204 . The lighting of the frame lamp 35 is controlled by lamp control data transmitted from the first sub-control board 200 .
The lamp control data is generated according to the luminance determined based on the result of adjustment by operating the luminance adjusting section 84, the left cursor button 38c, and the right cursor button 38d. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the frame lamp 35 can be lit with the luminance determined based on the adjustment result. The brightness in this embodiment can be set in a range of 10 steps from brightness 1 to brightness 10, and the brightness increases in this order. Also, every time the brightness is adjusted, the first sub-control board 200 sends a brightness adjustment command including data specifying the brightness after the adjustment (hereinafter referred to as "brightness specifying data") to the second sub-control board. Send to 300. The adjusted brightness is also reflected in the brightness of the displayed image.

The second sub-control board 300 includes a CPU 301 that performs various arithmetic processing related to image effects based on image control commands from the first sub-control board 200, a ROM 302 that stores image control programs and various data, and a temporary storage area. and an I/O port 304 for inputting/outputting signals between peripheral boards and devices. It is configured to execute such main control.
In addition, although not shown, the second sub-control board 300 includes a VDP that generates image data in accordance with the content of the effect determined by the effect content determining means 225, which will be described later, based on the control signal received from the CPU 301; A sound source IC for generating acoustic data in accordance with the content of the presentation based on a control signal received from the CPU 301 is mounted. The VDP is a so-called image processor, which reads image data stored in the image ROM according to instructions from the CPU 301, and transmits image data generated by image processing to the main display unit 81 and the sub display unit 82. do. The VDP is also connected to a high-speed VRAM used for developing and processing image data read out from the image ROM.

The audio control board 310 includes a CPU 311 that performs various arithmetic processing related to audio effects based on audio control commands from the first sub-control board 200, a ROM 312 that stores audio control programs and audio data, and a work that serves as a temporary storage area. It has a RAM 313 that functions as an area and buffer memory, and an I/O port 314 that inputs and outputs signals between peripheral boards and devices. It is configured to perform various controls. Therefore, the audio control board 310 reads the audio data stored in the ROM 312 according to the audio control command received from the first sub-control board 200, synthesizes the read audio data, and produces the final audio data after synthesis. can be transmitted to the speaker 33 via an amplifier, and the speaker 33 can be caused to output sound.

The payout control board 400 is mainly composed of a CPU, a ROM and a RAM (all not shown).
In addition, the payout control board 400 is connected to the main control board 100 so as to be capable of two-way communication, and controls the payout unit 48 based on the payout control command from the main control board 100 to pay out game balls. is executed, and the ball feeding mechanism and the shooting mechanism are synchronously driven based on the operation amount of the operation handle 31 to control shooting of the game ball.

The power supply control board 500 is based on the primary power supply supplied from the power supply equipment of the game island, the normal power supply circuit for generating the normal power supply to the electronic parts and electrical parts such as the above-mentioned control board, and the backup circuit for generating the backup power supply. It is composed of a power supply circuit and a power failure detection circuit (both not shown) that detects a power failure (when the voltage supplied by the normal power supply reaches a predetermined voltage drop).
Also, the power switch 40 is connected to the power control board 500, and on the premise that primary power is supplied from the power supply facility of the game island, when the power switch 40 is turned on, the power control board 500 is turned on. A normal power supply is generated by the normal power supply circuit, and power is supplied to electronic components and electrical components including the above-described control boards (main control board 100, first sub-control board 200, second sub-control board 300, and payout control board 400). supplied.
In addition, the power supply control board 500 sends a power interruption signal (NMI signal) to each of the main control board 100, the first sub control board 200, and the payout control board 400 when the power interruption is detected by the power interruption detection circuit. Send.
The backup power supply circuit is charged when power is supplied to the game machine 10 from the power supply facility on the game island.
In addition, the backup power supply circuit may be provided on the payout control board 400, the power failure detection circuit may not be provided on the power supply control board 500, and the main control board 100, the first sub control board 200, and the payout control board 400 You may make it provide for each.

<Regarding the functional configuration of the game machine 10>
Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the functional configuration of the gaming machine 10 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the gaming machine 10. As shown in FIG. Note that the functional configuration shown in FIG. 8 is necessary for explaining the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, and the gaming machine 10 may have functional configurations not shown in FIG. 9 to 11 will be referred to as necessary when describing the functional configuration.

The main control board 100 includes, as shown in FIG. Control means 140, symbol display control means 145, electric accessory control means 150, game state control means 155, main information storage means 160, main error control means 165, main command management means 170, power recovery process execution means 175, and power It is provided with disconnection processing executing means 180, and these means functionally represent what is realized by each control configuration on the main control board 100 described using FIG.

The main information storage means 160 is a means for temporarily storing data read by means provided on the main control board 100, data derived by calculations in the means, etc., in corresponding storage areas. . In particular, the data (effect control command) stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160 is transmitted by the command transmission means to the sub-command management means 270 of the first sub-control board 200, which will be described later. be done.

The winning-ball determining means 110 determines whether or not a game has been won in each winning hole based on the detection result of the sensor provided in each winning hole.

The main random number generating means 115 can generate a plurality of types of random numbers with different update ranges by the random number circuit 105, and at the timing when it is determined that a prize has been awarded to the winning slot, the random number circuit 105 generates one or more random numbers corresponding to the winning slot. Get (latch) a random number.
More specifically, the main random number generating means 115, when it is determined that the first starting port 57 or the second starting port 59 wins, generates a random number for special figure win/loss determination, a special figure stop symbol, which will be described later. Obtain a random number for the lottery and a random number for the special pattern variation pattern lottery. When it is determined that the gate 63 has won a prize, the main information storage means 160 stores the random numbers for determining whether the normal pattern is right or wrong, the random numbers for the normal pattern stop pattern lottery, and the random numbers for the normal pattern fluctuation pattern lottery, which will be described later. Store in the storage area.
The random number circuit 105 monitors whether or not the multiple types of random numbers that it updates are normally updated. Information indicating that the abnormality has occurred is written in a specific storage area. Therefore, the CPU 101 can grasp that an update error has occurred in the random number circuit 105 .

The main suspension control means 120 performs control related to suspension of the symbol variation of the special figure and suspension of the symbol variation of the normal figure. Regarding the special figure 1, the random number for the special figure right or wrong determination, the random number for the special figure stop pattern lottery, and the random number for the special figure fluctuation pattern lottery, which were obtained as a result of winning the first start port 57, It is withheld (stored) as the operation suspension information of FIG.
More specifically, the main reservation control means 120 is added by 1 each time the operation reservation information of the special figure 1 is reserved, and the operation reservation information of the special figure 1 is used (in the lottery of the special figure lottery means 130 used) is decremented by 1 for each (hereinafter referred to as "special figure 1 suspension counter"), and the value of the special figure 1 suspension counter reaches the upper limit (4 in this embodiment, the The operation suspension information is stored in the storage area corresponding to the current special figure 1 suspension counter of the main information storage means 160, and each time the operation suspension information is used, the used operation suspension information is cleared, and the remaining operation suspension Control is performed to move (shift) information from the current storage area to the storage area corresponding to the special figure 1 reservation counter which is 1 less than the current special figure 1 reservation counter in order from the smallest special figure 1 reservation counter.
In addition, the main reservation control means 120 performs the same control as the above-described control separately from the special figure 1 for the special figure 2 and the general figure, and the special figure 2 reservation counter is called the special figure 2 reservation counter.
Further, in the following description, "suspension of operation suspension information" may be expressed as "suspension of pattern variation".
In addition, when the main reservation control means 120 updates (adds or subtracts) the operation reservation information (reservation counter) of the special figure 1 or the special figure 2, the effect control including the special figure 1 reservation counter and the special figure 2 reservation counter A command (pending command) is generated and stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160 .
It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, when both the operation pending information corresponding to the special figure 1 and the operation holding information corresponding to the special figure 2 are reserved, the operation pending information corresponding to the special figure 2 is preferentially The priority variation used is done.

A pre-determination means 125 executes pre-determination for a look-ahead performance targeting the operation suspension information at least in part when the operation suspension information of the special figure is suspended at a predetermined pre-determination timing.
More specifically, the pre-determination means 125 reads each random number of the operation suspension information suspended this time, and pre-determines each of the special figure propriety determination, the special figure stop symbol lottery, and the special figure fluctuation pattern lottery, which will be described later. Run. In each preliminary determination, a lottery table (not shown) that is the same as or equivalent to the lottery table used in the lottery corresponding to each preliminary determination is used. Therefore, the results of these preliminary determinations are the same as the results of the lottery executed later.
Further, the pre-determination means 125 generates an effect control command (pre-determination command) including the derived result of the pre-determination, and stores the command in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160 .
In addition, as described above, the pre-determination command is transmitted at least in part when the operation suspension information of the special figure is suspended at the predetermined timing of the pre-determination (generated and stored in the main information storage means 160 transmission command area), so it will be sent following the pending command described above. Here, the timing of the predetermined pre-judgment means that it is not during the jackpot game, furthermore, in this embodiment, when the operation suspension information of the special figure 1 is suspended during the normal figure high probability described later , since the prior determination is restricted, the transmission of the prior determination command corresponding to the prior determination is also restricted.

The special figure lottery means 130 includes a special figure suitability determination means 131, a special figure stop pattern lottery means 132, and a special figure fluctuation pattern derivation means 133, and the special figure suitability determination means 131, the special figure stop pattern lottery means 132, and the special figure. The processing by each means is executed in order of the fluctuation pattern deriving means 133 . The special figure lottery means 130 reads out the earliest operation suspension information among the operation suspension information held in the main information storage means 160 when the special figure fluctuation start condition is satisfied.
It should be noted that "the special figure fluctuation start condition is satisfied" is, for example, not during the jackpot, neither the special figure 1 nor the special figure 2 is in the process of pattern fluctuation, the special figure 1 and the special figure 2 all the conditions for the presence of the operation pending information in at least one of the

9(a) to 9(c), 10(a), and 10(b) are diagrams schematically showing the lottery table used in the main control board 100, and are explained below. Reference as necessary in
In the lottery using the lottery table, including those other than these lottery tables, the lottery values stored in the lottery table are sequentially added to the read random numbers according to a predetermined order (there is only one lottery value to be targeted). , the number of times of addition is one), and the result corresponding to the lottery value with carry (overflow) is derived as the result of the lottery. Similarly, in the description of the lottery tables, names are given to the lottery tables for convenience of explanation. Often these names do not specify the area where the data is stored. The illustrated lottery table may include items described for convenience of explanation, and "-" and "0" as lottery values, but these do not necessarily indicate data stored in each ROM. is not. A result with a lottery value of "-" or "0" will not win the lottery. Furthermore, when the same lottery value as the random number range used for the lottery (the number of random numbers that can be obtained in the range) is described in the lottery table, the result is derived 100%. you don't have to. Also, if the total value of the lottery values used in one lottery coincides with the random number range used in the lottery, the last addition of the lottery values always generates a carry, so that addition is not necessary. Well, in that case, the lottery value itself used for the addition becomes unnecessary.

The special figure suitability determination means 131 reads the random number for the special figure suitability determination for each pattern variation, and uses the read random number and the lottery table for the special figure suitability determination to determine by lottery whether to win a big hit or a loss. Execute the special figure propriety determination to be determined.
FIG. 9(a) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for special figure propriety determination, and the lottery table is commonly used for special figure 1 and special figure 2. FIG. Since the range of random numbers used in the determination is 0 to 65535, if the special figure lottery state is low probability (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "special figure low probability"), 230/65536 (about 1/284.9), the jackpot was derived and no jackpot was derived. It will fail.
Similarly, when the special figure lottery state has a high probability (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as "special figure high probability"), a big hit is derived with a probability of 499/65536 (about 1/131.3), If the big hit is not derived, it becomes a loss.

The special figure stop symbol lottery means 132 reads the random number for the special figure stop symbol lottery when the result of the special figure success/failure determination is a big hit, and uses the read random number and the lottery table for the special figure stop symbol lottery. The stop pattern of the special figure is determined by lottery.
FIG. 9(b) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for the special figure 1 stop symbol lottery, and the range of random numbers used in the lottery is 0-99. Therefore, when the big hit is derived in special figure 1, the probability of 50/100 (1/2) is symbol A, the probability of 40/100 (1/2.5) is symbol B, 10/100 (1 /10), the symbol C is determined as the stop symbol.
Here, the pattern A has 8 rounds, and after the jackpot game ends, the special pattern is low and the normal pattern is high (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "normal pattern", and the jackpot related to the pattern is may be referred to as a “normal jackpot”). On the other hand, the pattern B has 9 rounds, and after the jackpot game ends, the pattern that becomes a special pattern high probability and a normal pattern high probability (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a "variable probability pattern") It is sometimes called "big hit"). Furthermore, the pattern C is a definite variable pattern that has 16 rounds and becomes a special pattern high probability and a general pattern high probability after the end of the big hit game. Therefore, it can be said that the symbol C is more advantageous than the symbol B in terms of the number of rounds, and the symbols B and C are more advantageous than the symbol A in both the number of rounds and the subsequent special symbol lottery state.
Figure 9 (c) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for the special figure 2 stop symbol lottery, the range of random numbers used in the lottery is 0 to 99, similar to the special figure 1 stop symbol lottery. be. Therefore, when the jackpot is derived in the special figure 2, the pattern a stops at a probability of 65/100 (about 1/1.53), and the pattern b stops at a probability of 35/100 (about 1/2.85). determined as a design.
Here, the pattern a has 16 rounds, and is a probability variable pattern that becomes a special pattern high probability and a normal pattern high probability after the end of the big hit game, and the pattern b has the number of rounds 4, and is a special pattern after the end of the big hit game. It is a normal pattern with a low figure and a normal figure with high accuracy. Therefore, it can be said that the symbol a is a more advantageous symbol than the symbol b in both the number of rounds and the subsequent special drawing lottery state.
In addition, when the special figure stop pattern lottery means 132 does not result in a big hit as a result of the special figure success/failure determination, the special figure 1 loses the symbol D, and the special figure 2 loses the symbol c as the stop symbol. Determined uniformly In addition, this embodiment is the ratio of special figure high probability after the end of the big hit game by special figure 1 (50/100) and the ratio of special figure high probability after the end of the big hit game by special figure 2 (65/100) is different (the design variation of the special figure 2 is more advantageous than the design variation of the special figure 1). Although the details are omitted, this difference is that when the game ball passes through the V winning area (not shown) provided in the big winning opening 55 during the jackpot game (the sensor provided in the V winning area detects the game ball If it is detected), it has a function to make a special figure high probability after the end of the big hit game, and whether or not to provide a round (in this embodiment, the ninth round) that makes it easier to pass through the V winning area is a stop symbol of the special figure. It is realized by changing by

The special figure variation pattern derivation means 133 includes a plurality of types of special figure variation pattern lottery tables to be referred to when determining the special figure variation pattern, and the current special figure variation pattern derivation state and the result of this special figure propriety determination. Based on this, select one special figure variation pattern lottery table for determining this special figure variation pattern, and use the selected special figure variation pattern lottery table and the random number for the special figure variation pattern lottery to select one special figure A figure variation pattern is determined, and variation time is determined based on the determined special figure variation pattern.
Although details such as transition conditions will be described later, the special figure variation pattern derivation state in this embodiment includes a special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, a special figure variation pattern derivation state PB, and a special figure variation pattern derivation state PC. exist. Then, the above-described special figure variation pattern determination method is adopted in the special figure variation pattern variation of the special figure 1 in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, and in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC, the special figure 2 is adopted in the symbol variation, and the symbol variation of the other special figure in each special figure variation pattern derivation state is determined by one special figure variation pattern predetermined according to the result of the special figure propriety determination.

FIG. 10(a) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for special figure variation pattern derivation at the time of special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, and the range of random numbers used in the lottery is 0-999. Therefore, if the result of the special figure propriety determination is lost during the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure variation pattern HNP, 52/1000 (about 1/19.2) with a probability of special figure fluctuation pattern HRP, 13/1000 (about 1/76.9) with a probability of HSP1-A, 11/1000 (about 1/90.9) with a probability of HSP1-B , HSP2-A with a probability of 9/1000 (about 1/111), HSP2-B with a probability of 7/1000 (about 1/143), HSP3-A with a probability of 5/1000 (1/200), 3/ HSP3-B is determined with a probability of 1000 (approximately 1/333). In this case, the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A to the special figure variation pattern ASP3-C are not determined. In addition, details will be described later using FIG. 10 (b), but when the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP is determined, the special figure fluctuation pattern is further identified.
If the result of the special figure success/failure determination is a big hit during the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A, 110/1000 (about 1/about 9.09) with a probability of special figure variation pattern ASP1-B, 135/1000 (about 1/7.41) with a probability of special figure variation pattern ASP2-A, 165/1000 (about 1/about 6. 06) with a probability of special figure variation pattern ASP2-B, 180/1000 (about 1/5.56) with a special figure variation pattern ASP3-A, with a probability of 220/1000 (about 1/4.56) Special figure variation pattern ASP3-C is determined with a probability of figure variation pattern ASP3-B, 100/1000 (1/10). In this case, the special figure variation pattern HNP ~ special figure variation pattern HSP3-B are not determined.
It should be noted that, in the description of the special figure variation pattern of the present embodiment, when the two special figure variation patterns are described with "~" in between, the order described in FIG. 10 (a) or FIG. 10 (b) described later Therefore, the description of the special figure variation pattern existing between the special figure variation pattern described before and the special figure variation pattern described later is omitted.
Also, although not shown, even in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC, as in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure variation according to the result of the special figure propriety determination Pick a pattern.

Figure 10 (b) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for deriving the special figure fluctuation pattern used when the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP is determined, and as described above, in the lottery, the special figure 1 reservation A special figure variation pattern is further specified using the value of the counter.
First, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP includes a special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-A with a fluctuation time of 3200 ms (milliseconds), a special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-B with a fluctuation time of 5600 ms, fluctuation There is a special figure variation pattern HNP-C with a time of 8000ms and a special figure variation pattern HNP-D with a variation time of 11200ms, and the variation time is longer in this order.
The range of the random number used in this lottery (different from the random number used in the lottery according to the lottery table shown in FIG. 10A) is 0-999. Therefore, at the start of the symbol variation, if the special figure 1 pending counter = 3 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "holding 3"), the special figure variation pattern HNP with a probability of 1000/1000 (1/1) -A is determined, in this case, special figure variation pattern HNP-B ~ special figure variation pattern HNP-D is not determined. Also, at the start of the pattern variation, if the special figure 1 pending counter = 2 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "holding 2"), the special figure with a probability of 150/1000 (about 1/6.67) Variation pattern HNP-A is determined with a probability of 850/1000 (about 1/1.18) special figure variation pattern HNP-B, in that case, special figure variation pattern HNP-C and special figure variation pattern HNP -D is never determined. At the start of the pattern variation, if the special figure 1 pending counter = 1 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "holding 1"), the special figure variation pattern HNP-A with a probability of 50/1000 (1/20) However, the special figure variation pattern HNP-B with a probability of 150/1000 (about 1/6.67) and the special figure variation pattern HNP-C with a probability of 800/1000 (1/1.25) are determined, In the case, the special figure variation pattern HNP-D is not determined. At the start of the pattern variation, if the special figure 1 pending counter = 0 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "holding 0"), the special figure variation pattern HNP-B with a probability of 50/1000 (1/20) However, the special figure variation pattern HNP-C with a probability of 100/1000 (1/10), the special figure variation pattern HNP-D with a probability of 850/1000 (about 1/1.18) is determined, in that case , the special figure variation pattern HNP-A is not determined. In the following description, in addition to the above-mentioned "Holding 3", "Holding 2", "Holding 1", and "Holding 0", when the special figure 1 reservation counter = 4, it is called "Holding 4" There is
Thus, when the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP is determined, the special figure fluctuation pattern (variation time) that is likely to be determined by the value of the special figure 1 reservation counter at the start of the symbol fluctuation differs. More specifically, the smaller the value of the special figure 1 pending counter at the start of the symbol variation, the easier it is to determine a long symbol variation (the larger the value of the special figure 1 pending counter at the start of the symbol variation, the shorter the variation time is easier to determine).
In addition, such a special figure variation pattern (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "basic special figure variation pattern") also exists in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC, and the corresponding basic The type of special figure fluctuation pattern and the length of each are different, but the tendency (holding counter (special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PB and special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC, special figure 2 holding counter value) value and determination Toku-zu variation pattern (variation time) relationship) is the same as the Toku-zu variation pattern derivation state PA.

In addition, the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, at the start of the symbol variation, the effect control command (variation start command ) and stores the command in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160 .

Like the special figure lottery means 130, the general pattern lottery means 135 reads out the earliest operation suspension information among the operation suspension information held in the main information storage means 160 when the pattern of the general pattern is not fluctuating. , Using the read random number, the general pattern suitability determination is performed to determine the suitability of the general pattern, and the normal electric accessory 61 is controlled to the open state by the general pattern suitability determination. In the case, the normal pattern stop pattern lottery that determines the normal pattern stop pattern by lottery, and the normal pattern fluctuation pattern lottery that determines the normal pattern fluctuation pattern (fluctuation time) by lottery are executed.
More specifically, in the judgment of the general figure lottery, the state of the general figure lottery state is high probability (sometimes abbreviated as "normal figure high probability") and the state of the general figure lottery state is low probability There is a case where it is abbreviated as "low probability"), and the drawing of the lottery table is omitted. While losing with a probability of 1/65536, it will be a hit with a probability of 1/65536, and the remaining probability of 65535/65536 will be a loss. It should be noted that in the general pattern low probability, it may not be per general pattern (65536/65536 will be lost).

In the normal stop symbol lottery, as in the special stop symbol lottery, a lottery table (not shown) for the normal stop symbol lottery is selected from a plurality of types of stop symbols with different patterns of opening the normal electric accessories 61. One stop symbol is determined by the lottery used. In addition, when it becomes a loss in the general pattern right or wrong determination, the stop pattern is uniformly determined in the same way as the special figure 1 and special figure 2.

Also, in the normal figure fluctuation pattern lottery, as with the special figure fluctuation pattern lottery, one normal figure fluctuation by lottery using the lottery table (not shown) for the general figure fluctuation pattern lottery from multiple types of normal figure fluctuation patterns. A pattern is determined.

In this way, it can be said that the probability that the normal map hit is derived is higher than the normal map low probability, and the degree of advantage is higher than the normal map low probability.

A jackpot game control means 140 determines a demonstration time related to a jackpot start demonstration and a demonstration time related to a jackpot end demonstration in accordance with the determined jackpot pattern when the result of the special win/fail lottery is a jackpot.
In addition, when the big win starts, the big win game control means 140 generates an effect control command (big win start command) including a demonstration time related to the big win start demonstration, stores it in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160, and ends the big win. Sometimes, an effect control command (jackpot end command) including a demonstration time related to the jackpot end demonstration is generated and stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160. - 特許庁

The symbol display control means 145 variably displays the special symbol 1 on the first special symbol display device 91 according to the variation time based on the special symbol variation pattern of the special symbol 1, and determines by the special symbol stop symbol lottery after the variation time has elapsed. The special figure 1 is stopped and displayed with the stopped pattern. Similarly, according to the variation time based on the special symbol variation pattern of the second special symbol, the special symbol 2 is variably displayed on the second special symbol display device 92, and the stop determined by the special symbol stop symbol lottery after the variation time has elapsed The special figure 2 is stopped and displayed in the design.
In addition, the symbol display control means 145 has a special figure game timer for managing the time (variation time, stop display time) related to the display of the special figure 1 and the special figure 2, and when the special figure is stopped and displayed (At the timing when the value of the special game timer becomes "0"), an effect control command (fluctuation stop command) for requesting fixed stop display of the decorative pattern is generated, and the command is transmitted to the main information storage means 160. Store in the command storage area.
Here, the final stop display of the decorative symbols means the final stop display of the decorative symbols in the symbol variation, and is different from the temporary stop display of the decorative symbols that may occur during the execution of the symbol variation. In the temporary stop display of the decorative symbols, for example, the stationary displayed decorative symbols are shaken up and down in small increments (so-called shaking fluctuation). There is a difference between the stop display mode of the decorative symbols that are fixedly stopped and the stop display mode of the decorative symbols that are temporarily stopped, such as that the symbols do not fluctuate. Therefore, the player can recognize whether the decorative symbol stop display is a fixed stop display or a temporary stop display.

In addition, the symbol display control means 145 causes the normal symbol display device 93 to variably display the normal symbol according to the normal symbol variation pattern (variation time) of the normal symbol, and after the variation time elapses, the normal symbol by the normal symbol stop symbol lottery. The determined stop pattern is stopped and displayed.
In addition, the symbol display control means 145 has a normal pattern game timer for managing the time (fluctuation time, stop display time) relating to the display of the normal pattern.

When the result of the special figure lottery is a big hit, the electric role product control means 150 outputs a control signal to the special electric role product solenoid 66 after the stop display of the special figure, and turns the special electric role product 65 into a special figure. It is opened according to the opening pattern corresponding to the stop pattern. The jackpot game is a game state in which one opening and closing operation of the special electric accessory 65 is regarded as one round game, and the round game is continuously executed for a specified number of rounds (16R, 9R, and 8R in this example). be.

In addition, when the electric accessory control means 150 wins the normal figure win/loss lottery, it outputs a control signal to the normal electric accessory solenoid 62 to move the normal electric accessory 61 according to the opening pattern corresponding to the normal figure stop symbol. open up.

The game state control means 155 controls the special figure lottery state. Specifically, the game state control means 155, as described above, at the start of the jackpot game, irrespective of the pattern associated with the jackpot, the special figure low probability, at the end of the jackpot game associated with the normal jackpot, the special figure low probability is maintained, and at the end of the jackpot game related to the probability variable jackpot, the special figure is high probability.

In addition, the game state control means 155 controls the normal drawing lottery state. Specifically, the game state control means 155, at the start of the big win, regardless of the pattern related to the big win, normal pattern low probability, at the end of the jackpot game related to the normal big win, until the symbol variation is performed 100 times. High probability (after 100 symbol fluctuations, normal low probability), and at the end of the jackpot related to the probability variable jackpot, until the next jackpot game starts (for example, a finite number of times sufficient to derive the jackpot) (For example, including the case of setting 5000 times).

In addition, the game state control means 155 controls the above-described special figure variation pattern derivation state. The transition of this special figure variation pattern derivation state will be described with reference to FIGS. 11(a) and 11(b). In addition, FIG. 11(a) is a state transition diagram showing the transition of the special figure variation pattern derivation state, and FIG. 11(b) is a diagram showing the relationship of the average variation time for each special figure variation pattern derivation state. .
As shown in FIG. 11 (a), the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state is the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA corresponding to the special figure low certainty and the general figure low certainty, the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA corresponding to the special figure high certainty and the general figure high certainty It consists of a figure variation pattern derivation state PB and a special figure variation pattern derivation state PC corresponding to a special figure low certainty and a normal figure high accuracy, and a special figure according to the special figure lottery state and the general figure lottery state except during the jackpot game. The figure fluctuation pattern derivation state is set. Then, the transition conditions between the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA to the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC include transition conditions (i) to transition conditions (iii). The transition condition (i) is the end of the jackpot game related to the probability variable jackpot, the transition condition (ii) is the end of the jackpot game related to the normal jackpot, and the transition condition (iii) is the end of the 100th symbol variation. In addition, when the jackpot game related to the normal jackpot is started in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC, the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC is set again after the end of the jackpot game (symbol in the transition condition (iii) counting of variations starts from 0).

Also, as shown in FIG. 11 (b), the average variation time of each of the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB, and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC (in the special figure variation pattern derivation state Appearance rate for the fluctuation time of the special figure fluctuation pattern that can be selected (derived by multiplying the winning probability of the special figure fluctuation pattern against the probability that the result of the special figure suitability determination is derived, any The sum of the variation time derived by multiplying the probability that can occur in the symbol variation) is the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC, and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB are shortened in order. . This is mainly due to the difference in the length of the variation time of the basic special figure variation pattern with the highest rate of selection in each special figure variation pattern derivation state.
Furthermore, in this embodiment, the difference between the average variation time of the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA and the average time of the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC is the average variation time of the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC and the special figure variation pattern derivation greater than the difference in state PB.

In addition, the game state control means 155, when the special figure lottery state, the general figure lottery state, and the update of the special figure variation pattern derivation state occur, the effect control command (game state designation command) including each state after the update is generated, and the command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160 .

As described above, the main information storage means 160 is means for temporarily storing data read by each means, data derived by calculations and the like by each means, etc. in corresponding storage areas.

The main error control means 165 monitors the input information of the I/O port 104 and determines whether the gaming machine 10 is in an error state. When it is determined that an error state exists, an effect control command (error command) including information that can specify the error state is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160 .
In this embodiment, the error states determined by the main error control means 165 include, for example, a main board error based on the occurrence of the update abnormality described above, a magnetic error based on magnetic detection by the magnetic detection sensor, and a radio wave detection by the radio wave detection sensor. A radio wave error based on, a right hitting error based on the detection of a game ball by the gate sensor 74, a detection of opening of the middle frame 17 by the middle frame open door sensor 76 or a detection of opening of the front frame 20 by the front frame open door sensor 77 There are door open errors, full tank errors based on the detection of game balls by the full tank detection sensor, and so on. It should be noted that the presence or absence of occurrence of an error state according to this embodiment is monitored during a playable state, which will be described later.
To summarize the conditions for the occurrence of some of these errors, the main board error is an error state indicating an update error of the random number circuit 105, as described above, and occurs when the update error occurs. Magnetic error is an error state that occurs when magnetic detection by the magnetic detection sensor occurs continuously for 500 ms, and radio wave error is the number of radio wave detections by the radio wave detection sensor (cumulative number of times since the power was turned on immediately before) a total of 5 times. It is an error condition that occurs if it occurs. Also, a right-handed error occurs when the gate sensor 74 detects the game ball three times during normal times (special low probability and normal low probability) (the number of detections is reset after 1000 ms have passed since the last detection). A full-tank error is an error that occurs when the full-tank detection sensor is ON, that is, when a game ball is detected by the full-tank detection sensor.

In addition, in this embodiment, among these error states, the main board error, the magnetic error, and the radio wave error are treated as error states of relatively high importance (hereinafter simply referred to as "error states of high importance"). ing. Therefore, when an error state of high importance occurs, the main error control means 165, in addition to processing to turn on the security signal, causes the payout control board 400 to restrict the shooting of game balls. A game progress control process is executed to prevent progress.
Here, the security signal is a kind of signal that is output from an external terminal board (not shown) provided in the game machine 10 toward equipment (data display machine, hall computer) outside the game machine. Including the following description, turning on the security signal means starting the output of the security signal, and turning off the security signal means ending the output of the security signal. In addition, in the present embodiment, the processing for turning off the security signal does not consider the elapsed time after the security signal is turned on. The security signal may not be turned off before the time elapses. In this embodiment, when a magnetic error and a radio wave error occur, the process of turning on the security signal may be executed, but the payout control board 400 may not execute the above-described game progress regulation process. .
In addition, in the event of an error state of high importance, the first sub-control board 200 and the second sub-control board 300 execute a notification effect that enables identification of which error state has occurred. .
Furthermore, these error states with high importance can be canceled (the error state can be ended) only by power failure and power recovery, and the security signal related to the error state can be turned off by the power failure. (the ON state is maintained until the power is cut off).
It should be noted that the above-described error state with a high degree of importance is merely an example, and other error states may be provided as the error state.

On the other hand, in the case of a right-handed error, a door open error, and a full tank error, which are error states of relatively low importance (hereinafter simply referred to as "error states of low importance"), shooting of game balls is not restricted, A state in which the game can be progressed is maintained. In addition, when these error states occur, the first sub-control board 200 and the second sub-control board 300 execute a notification effect that can specify which error state has occurred.
In addition, the right hitting error ends when the execution of the notification effect related to the error state ends, and the door open error detects the closed state of the middle frame 17 by the middle frame door open sensor 76, or the front frame door open The process ends when the sensor 77 detects the closed state of the front frame 20, and the full-tank error ends when the game ball is no longer detected by the full-tank detection sensor. When the end conditions of these error states are satisfied, an effect control command (return command) indicating that the end conditions are satisfied is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.例文帳に追加
In addition, the above-mentioned error state with a low degree of importance is an example, and as the error state, after a predetermined time has passed since the big winning hole 55 during the big win game is closed, the big winning hole sensor Other error states such as an abnormal winning error that occurs when a game ball is detected by 72 may be provided, and when these error states are provided, a notification effect related to the error state is executed. It should be noted that the abnormal prize winning error may be ended when the execution of the notification effect related to the error state is ended, as in the case of the above-described right-handed error.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, an error state with a high degree of importance is executed with priority over the above-described error state with a low degree of importance. Therefore, when an error state of high importance is occurring, door opening notification, which will be described later, is not executed, and there is no opening notification suppression period.

In addition, in an error state with a high degree of importance, the error state is displayed in a display area including all of the display areas where pending icons and variable icons, which will be described later, are displayed (in this embodiment, the entire display area related to the main display unit 81). A notification image is displayed. On the other hand, in an error state with a low degree of importance, an image notifying the error state is displayed in a display area that does not overlap with the display areas where the pending icon and the variable icon are displayed.
Further, an error state with a high degree of importance is canceled by power failure and power recovery, and the suspension icon becomes a white normal icon by power failure and power recovery.

The main command management means 170 transmits the effect control command to the first sub control board 200 when the effect control command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160 .
In principle, each effect control command is transmitted according to the order stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160. FIG.

The power restoration process execution means 175 includes a return state setting means 176 and a playable state transition means 179 .

The return state setting means 176 determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the RAM 103 when the power is restored, the state at the time of the power failure immediately before the power is restored, the state of the RAM clear switch 43 when the power is restored, and the state of the middle frame open when the power is restored. Based on the state of the door sensor 76, a return state setting process for setting the return state is executed. The return state set by the processing includes a game stop state and a playable state (either with RAM clear processing or without RAM clear processing).
Specifically, when there is an abnormality in the RAM 103 at the time of power restoration, the game stop state is set regardless of the state of the RAM clear switch 43 and the state of the middle frame door open sensor 76 at the time of power restoration. Also, if there is no abnormality in the RAM 103 when the power is restored and the RAM clear switch 43 is ON (depressed state) when the power is restored, the RAM is cleared on the condition that the middle frame door open sensor 76 is ON when the power is restored. Clear processing is executed and a playable state is set (when the middle frame door open sensor 76 is OFF at the time of power restoration, the RAM clear processing is not executed and a playable state is set), and the power is restored. If there is no abnormality in the RAM 103 and the RAM clear switch 43 is OFF (not pressed) at the time of power recovery, the game ready state is set without executing the RAM clear processing. It should be noted that when the RAM clear processing is executed, the special figure low probability and general figure low probability will be set.
Here, the game stop state means that the game cannot be progressed by not executing the processing according to the detection result of the sensor provided in each prize winning opening (the detection result of the sensor itself may not be seen). This is the return state. The playable state is a return state in which progress of the game is possible by executing processing according to the detection result of the sensor provided in each winning hole.

Whether or not there is an abnormality in the RAM 103 is determined by a RAM abnormality check performed at the beginning of the recovery state setting process (specifically, whether or not a backup flag is stored in the backup information area of the target area ( whether or not the backup flag is ON), and if the backup flag is stored (when the backup flag is ON), it is stored in the target area and the backup information area related to the area. A process of deriving the checksum of the complement of the data, and judging that the target area is normal if the calculation result is 0, and otherwise judging that the target area is abnormal. ) to the area of the RAM 103 related to the game.

The playable state transition means 179 executes playable state transition processing for shifting to the playable state when the playable state is set.
Specifically, in the playable state transition process, when the output of the security signal is ON, the process of turning OFF the output of the security signal and the initialization of the device are executed.
In addition, in the initial settings of the device, a launch permission command for permitting the launch of game balls is transmitted to the payout control board 400, a state is set in which entry of a game ball into each winning hole is enabled, and the random number circuit 105 is activated. Processing such as setting of data for setting the data is executed.

The power-off processing executing means 180 executes power-off processing based on receiving a power-off signal from the power control board 500 .
Specifically, for the area related to the game in the RAM 103, a process of deriving the checksum of the area and storing the complement of the checksum in the backup information area related to the game of the RAM 103; A process of turning ON a backup flag indicating that the power-off process has been executed (stores the backup flag in the game-related backup information area of the RAM 103) is executed.

The first sub-control board 200, as shown in FIG. It comprises adjustment means 255, sub-information storage means 260, and sub-command management means 270, and these means are realized by each control configuration on the first sub-control board 200 described using FIG. It is functionally represented.
Here, the sub-information storage means 260 temporarily stores the data read by the means provided in the first sub-control board 200, the data derived by the calculation in the means, etc. in the corresponding storage areas. It is a means. Also, the effect control command transmitted from the main command management means 170 is stored in the received command storage area of the sub information storage means 260 by the sub command management means 270 . In the following description, the fact that the effect control command transmitted from the main command management means 170 is stored in the received command storage area of the sub-information storage means 260 by the sub-command management means 270 is simply referred to as the effect control command. It may be expressed as reception.

The sub-random number generation means 210 can generate random numbers (software random numbers) updated by program processing by the CPU 201, and acquires the random numbers at the timing when each lottery (details will be described later) by the normal performance control means 220 is executed.

The normal production control means 220 includes production mode control means 221, production route determination means 222, sub-suspension control means 223, prefetch production control means 224, production content determination means 225, decorative pattern control means 226, and jackpot production control means 227. Prepare.

The production mode control means 221 controls the transition of the production mode in the form of consistency with the special figure variation pattern derivation state managed by the main control board 100 side when the game state designation command is received.
Production mode in the present embodiment is roughly divided into a normal mode, a low probability time-saving mode, a probability variable mode, the normal mode in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, the probability variation mode in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB, the special figure variation A low certainty short working hours mode respond|corresponds to pattern derivation|leading-out state PC.

Effect route determination means 222, when receiving a pre-determination command, based on the result of the pre-determination included in the command (in this embodiment, the special figure variation pattern), the effect corresponding to the currently reserved symbol variation Determine (set) the route. In addition, when the special figure variation pattern corresponding to the symbol variation is the above-described special figure variation pattern HNP, the effect route determination means 222 does not determine the effect route when the pre-determination command is transmitted. At the start of pattern variation, the production route is determined based on the special figure variation patterns (special figure variation pattern HNP-A to special figure variation pattern HNP-D) included in the variation start command.
Here, the production route is the production from the start to the end of the pattern variation, and defines the process of the production that notifies the result of the special figure propriety determination in the design variation, and is executed in the design variation. The content of the effect is determined according to the effect route corresponding to the symbol variation by the effect content determining means 225, which will be described later.

In this embodiment, in the normal mode, one production route different from each other corresponds to each of the special figure variation patterns shown in FIGS. 10(a) and 10(b). And these production routes are the loss production route that informs that the result of the special figure judgment in this pattern change is a loss (not a big hit), and the result of the special figure judgment in this pattern change. It is roughly divided into a big hit production route for announcing that it is a big hit. Further, the losing production route includes a non-developing losing production route in which the development production is not executed and a development losing production route in which the development production is executed. Here, the development effect means that after the decorative patterns are in the ready state (a state in which the decorative patterns are stopped and displayed except for one pattern row, and the remaining pattern rows are variably displayed), this pattern fluctuation In this embodiment, there are two types of development effects A and B that differ in content from each other. These development effects are executed also in the jackpot effect route. Below, the contents of the production route corresponding to each special figure variation pattern will be described.

In the development production A and development production B corresponding to the losing production route, a series of productions corresponding to each development production are executed, and at the end of the production, it is informed that the result of the special figure success/failure determination in this pattern variation is not a big hit. be. On the other hand, in the development production A and the development production B corresponding to the big hit production route, a series of productions corresponding to each development production are executed in the same way as the development production corresponding to the losing production route, and at the end of that, the pattern change of this time is performed. It is notified that the result of the special figure success judgment in is a big hit. That is, both the development performance A and the development performance B can be said to be performances for informing whether or not the result of the special figure success/failure determination in the current symbol variation is a big hit.
In this embodiment, one effect route corresponds to one special figure variation pattern. Therefore, in the following description, the production route for the special figure variation pattern may simply be represented by the special figure variation pattern. However, a plurality of production routes may correspond to one special figure variation pattern, and in this case, one production route is determined from a plurality of production routes corresponding to the determined special figure variation pattern. should be

The production route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern HNP-A to the special figure variation pattern HNP-D and the special figure variation pattern HRP corresponds to the above-described non-developed losing performance route.
Specifically, in the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-A to the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-D, the decorative pattern is not in the reach state and the decorative pattern is separated (all the pattern rows are stopped, and each pattern row The same decorative pattern is not stopped) corresponds to the production route that informs that the result of the special pattern propriety determination in the current pattern variation is lost. Here, the same decorative pattern refers to a decorative pattern that imitates the same number, and parts other than the numbers (character images, etc., which will be described later) that constitute the decorative pattern may be different. Note that the different decorative patterns refer to decorative patterns imitating different numbers.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern HRP, the decorative pattern is in a reach state without passing through a pseudo-variation, and after that, the decorative pattern is stopped and displayed with a loose eye without executing the development production described later. A production route that notifies that the result of the special figure propriety determination is a loss corresponds. Here, the pseudo-variation is the period before the development effect is started (the period until the decorative pattern reaches the reach state in the pattern variation in which the development effect is executed), the decoration pattern based on a certain rule. Stop (for example, like "5 symbols - 7 symbols - 6 symbols", the stop of the decorative pattern in which 7 symbols are stopped in the middle symbol row) refers to a period divided by the like. Therefore, it can be said that pseudo fluctuations occur only when the number of pseudo fluctuations is two. In other words, if the variation of the decorative symbols until forming the ready-to-win state is one time, it can be said that the pseudo variation does not occur, and in that case, it can also be said that one pseudo variation is executed. Although the maximum number of pseudo fluctuations in the present embodiment is three, the maximum number of pseudo fluctuations is not limited to this, and any number of times of two or more may be employed.

The special figure variation pattern HSP1-A to special figure variation pattern HSP3-B correspond to the above-described development loss effect route.
Specifically, in the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-B, the decorative pattern becomes a reach state without passing through the pseudo fluctuation, and then the result of the special figure propriety determination in this pattern fluctuation A development route for informing that the game is lost is executed, and after the completion of the development performance, the decorative pattern is stopped and displayed in a loose pattern. It should be noted that the types of development production corresponding to these special figure fluctuation patterns are different from each other, the above-mentioned development production A corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A, and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-B is the above-mentioned Development production B corresponds.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-B, the decorative pattern becomes a reach state through two pseudo fluctuations, and then the result of the special figure propriety determination in this pattern fluctuation is a loss. A developmental effect is executed to notify that, and after the end of the developmental effect, the decorative pattern is stopped and displayed in a loose pattern. In addition, as with the special figure variation pattern HSP1-A and the special figure variation pattern HSP1-B, the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure variation patterns are different from each other, and the special figure variation pattern HSP2-A has a development effect A Corresponds, development production B corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-B.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-B, the decorative pattern becomes a reach state through three times of pseudo fluctuation, and then the result of the special figure propriety determination in this pattern fluctuation is a loss. A developmental effect is executed to notify that, and after the end of the developmental effect, the decorative pattern is stopped and displayed in a loose pattern. In addition, like the special figure variation pattern HSP1-A and the special figure variation pattern HSP1-B, the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure variation patterns are different from each other, and the special figure variation pattern HSP3-A has a development effect A Corresponds, development production B corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-B.

The special figure variation pattern ASP1-A and the special figure variation pattern ASP1-B correspond to the above-described jackpot production route.
Specifically, in the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-B, the decorative pattern becomes a reach state without passing through the pseudo fluctuation, and then the result of the special figure propriety determination in this pattern fluctuation A development performance to inform that the jackpot is won is executed, and after the completion of the development performance, the decorative patterns are stopped and displayed with the patterns aligned (all the pattern rows are stopped, and the same decorative patterns are stopped in each pattern row). Corresponds to the production route to be performed. It should be noted that the types of development production corresponding to these special figure fluctuation patterns are different from each other, the above-mentioned development production A corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-A, and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-B is the above-mentioned Development production B corresponds.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B, the decorative pattern becomes a reach state through two pseudo fluctuations, and then the result of the special figure success judgment in this pattern fluctuation is a big hit. A developmental effect is executed to notify that, and after the end of the developmental effect, the decorative patterns are stop-displayed with matching patterns. In addition, like the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A and the special figure variation pattern ASP1-B, the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure variation patterns are different from each other, and the special figure variation pattern ASP2-A has a development effect A Corresponds, development production B corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B, the decorative pattern becomes a reach state through three times of pseudo fluctuation, and then the result of the special figure success/failure determination in this pattern fluctuation is a big hit. A developmental effect is executed to notify that, and after the end of the developmental effect, the decorative patterns are stop-displayed with matching patterns. In addition, like the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A and the special figure variation pattern ASP1-B, the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure variation patterns are different from each other, and the special figure variation pattern ASP3-A has a development effect A Corresponds, development production B corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-B.
In the special figure variation pattern ASP3-C, the decorative pattern becomes a reach state through three times of pseudo variation, and then the development effect is executed to inform that the result of the special figure suitability determination in this pattern variation is a big hit. , and after the end of the development effect, the decorative patterns are stopped and displayed with matching patterns. Incidentally, the special figure variation pattern ASP3-C corresponds to a development effect C different from both the development effect A and the development effect B.

Thus, in this embodiment, by associating the same development production, the production route corresponding to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-A to the production route corresponding to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A, the special figure A production route corresponding to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-B for the production route corresponding to the fluctuation pattern HSP1-B, and a special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-A for the production route corresponding to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-A The corresponding production route is the production route corresponding to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-B The production route corresponding to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B is the production route corresponding to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-A The effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern ASP3-A is associated with the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern ASP3-B with respect to the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern ASP3-B. As a result, the contents of the productions of the associated production routes match from the start to just before the end (the timing at which the result of the special figure propriety determination is indicated by the development production related to the production route). Therefore, it is possible to make the player feel the expectation of winning the jackpot in the symbol variation in which the development performance A and the development performance B are executed. Further, the above-mentioned special figure variation pattern for determining the effect route in which the development effect A and the development effect B are executed can also be said to be a special figure variation pattern that expects a big hit.
It should be noted that the special figure variation pattern ASP3-C does not have a corresponding development loss production route. Therefore, at the time when the development performance C is executed in the symbol variation, the player can definitely recognize the winning of the big win. Therefore, it can be said that the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern is the effect route for which the big win is decided, and the special figure variation pattern can be said to be the special figure variation pattern for which the big win is decided.

Also, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), if the result of the special figure propriety determination is a loss, within the range where the number of pseudo fluctuations is the same, the special effects corresponding to the production route in which the development production A is executed Figure variation pattern (eg, special figure variation pattern HSP1-A), special figure variation pattern (eg, special figure variation pattern HSP1-B) corresponding to the production route in which development production B is executed becomes difficult to be determined in this order. Then, if the result of the special figure suitability determination is a big hit, the special figure variation pattern corresponding to the production route in which the development production A is executed within the range where the number of pseudo variations is the same ASP1-A), and a special figure variation pattern (for example, a special figure variation pattern ASP1-B) corresponding to the production route where the development production B is executed are likely to be determined in this order.
Therefore, the developed performance B can increase the expectation of winning a big win as compared with the developed performance A. - 特許庁

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), if the result of the special figure propriety determination is a loss, the special figure fluctuation pattern (for example, , Special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A), Special figure fluctuation pattern corresponding to the production route with the number of pseudo fluctuations (for example, special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-A), The number of pseudo fluctuations is 3 times It becomes difficult to be determined in order of the special figure variation pattern (for example, special figure variation pattern HSP3-A) corresponding to the route. Then, if the result of the special figure suitability determination is a big hit, the special figure variation pattern corresponding to the production route in which the pseudo variation does not occur in the range of the same kind of development production (for example, the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A), Special figure fluctuation pattern corresponding to the production route with the number of pseudo fluctuations of 2 times (for example, special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-A), special figure fluctuation pattern corresponding to the production route with the number of pseudo fluctuations of 3 times (for example , It becomes easier to be determined in order of special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-A).
Therefore, as the number of times the pseudo variation is executed increases, the expectation of winning the big win can be heightened.

Also, as described above, in the special figure variation pattern HSP1-A, special figure variation pattern HSP1-B, special figure variation pattern HSP-C, special figure variation pattern ASP1-A, and special figure variation pattern ASP1-B, pseudo variation It becomes a reach state without going through, and in the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-A, the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-B, the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-A, and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B, through two pseudo fluctuations In reach state, special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-A, special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-B, special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-A, special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-B, and special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-C, three times pseudo It becomes reach state through fluctuation.
Therefore, the time to reach the reach state is the special figure fluctuation pattern that becomes the reach state without passing through the pseudo fluctuation, the special figure fluctuation pattern that becomes the reach state with two pseudo fluctuations, and the reach state with three pseudo fluctuations. It becomes longer in order of special figure fluctuation pattern.

Further, during the execution of the development effects A and B, images are displayed by the main display unit 81, sounds (BGM) are produced by the speaker 33, and sounds are produced by the frame lamps 35 in a mode corresponding to each development effect. Lamp lighting is executed. Although details will be described later, in the present embodiment, at the end of each development production, whether or not the decorative symbols are displayed in a stationary manner after the development production ends A cover effect is executed to notify whether the result is a big hit or not.
In addition, during the period from the start of the pattern variation to the start of each development effect, that is, the period from the start of the pattern variation to the decorative pattern forming the ready-to-reach state, in a manner different from any development effect, Display of an image by the main display unit 81, output of sound (BGM) by the speaker 33, and lighting of the lamp by the frame lamp 35 are executed.

Sub-reservation control means 223, when receiving a reservation command (hereinafter simply referred to as the occurrence of a reservation winning prize), to the information of the special figure 1 reservation counter and the special figure 2 reservation counter included in the command Based on this, the display area of the main display portion 81 is set with effect data for displaying an image (referred to as a “suspended icon” in this embodiment) corresponding to the pending symbol variation. In the present embodiment, the pending icon is an image corresponding to the symbol variation related to the special figure 1 in the case of the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB or special figure variation pattern derivation. If it is the state PC, it is an image corresponding to the pattern variation according to the special figure 2. In addition, although the details will be described later, the pending icon is an image that suggests the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot in the corresponding pending pattern variation depending on the mode of the icon, and the mode (color or shape) of the image is It is determined by the information included in the pre-determination command transmitted following the hold command.
Further, the sub-suspension control means 223 sets effect data for displaying an image corresponding to the current pattern variation (referred to as a “variation icon” in this embodiment) in the display area of the main display section 81 . Similar to the pending icon, the details will be described later, but the variation icon is an image that suggests the degree of expectation of winning a big win in the corresponding pattern variation being executed depending on the aspect of the icon.
In the following description, unless otherwise specified, the term "suspended change" is used to mean both a change in the pending icon and a change in the variable icon.

The look-ahead effect control means 224 determines the contents of the look-ahead effect based on the result of the pre-determination included in the command when the pre-determination command is received.
The look-ahead effect is the degree of expectation for the result of the special figure propriety determination in the design variation of the look-ahead target over one or more design variations before the design variation of the look-ahead target starts, and the design variation of the look-ahead target This is an effect that suggests the content of the effect to be executed.
Although the details will be described later, the first effect and the second effect in this embodiment are also determined by the effect control means 224 .

The performance content determination means 225 determines the content of performance to be executed in the current pattern variation according to the performance route already determined by the performance route determination means 222 when receiving the variation start command.
More specifically, the effect content determination means 225 determines the content of the effect (effect pattern) for each effect execution timing in the pattern variation, such as a lottery for determining the type of cut-in effect, which will be described later, through the effect route determination means 222. It is determined by a lottery or the like using a performance pattern lottery table corresponding to the performance route determined by. By doing so, it is possible to change the content of the performance related to (executed according to) the determined performance route, and to connect the performance in one symbol variation. Also, even if the same production route is determined, the production to be executed can be diversified.
Furthermore, although the details will be described later, the first effect and the second effect in this embodiment are also determined by the effect content determining means 225 .
It should be noted that the timing to determine the content of the production, for example, the start of the pseudo variation (including the start of the pattern variation), if there are multiple times the start of the pseudo variation in one symbol variation, each pseudo The lottery is executed at the start of the fluctuation.

The decorative design control means 226 determines the final combination of decorative design stop designs (left design, middle design, right design) based on the determined stop design of the special design when the variation start command is received. do.
Specifically, the pattern B, the pattern C, and the pattern a correspond to the odd-numbered patterns, the patterns A and the patterns b correspond to the even-numbered patterns, and the patterns D and the patterns c correspond to the loose stitches.
In addition, when the combination of decorative symbols to be stopped corresponds to the stop symbol of the special symbol, it is not necessary to have the above-mentioned correspondence relationship. If it is a combination that does not increase the expectation of the combination of decorative symbols to be stopped, in some cases (ratio lower than the ratio of the above-mentioned correspondence relationship), a combination of decoration symbols different from the above-mentioned correspondence relationship is adopted. Even in such a case, it can be said that the combination of decorative symbols to be stopped corresponds to the stop symbol of the special figure.

The big-hit performance control means 227, when receiving a big-hit start command, determines the contents of the big-hit performance for notifying that the big-hit game is in progress, based on the information or the like included in the command. Incidentally, the big win effects include a start demonstration effect for notifying the start of the big win game, a round effect for notifying that the round game is in progress, and an end demo effect for notifying the end of the big win game.

The normal effect control means 220 reads the effect data of each device corresponding to the effect at the execution timing of each effect according to the content of the effect determined by the above-described means provided in the first sub-control board 200 . If the read effect data includes effect data related to an image, an image control command is generated based on the effect data, and the command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the sub-information storage means 260 . Further, when the read performance data includes performance data related to sound, a voice control command related to sound is generated based on the performance data, and the command is stored in a transmission command storage area of sub-information storage means 260. - 特許庁

In particular, the normal performance control means 220, when the return state at the time of power recovery becomes a game-enabled state (with RAM clear processing), informs that the game has become possible with RAM clear processing. When the return state at the time of power recovery becomes a playable state (without RAM clear processing), it is notified that the game has become possible without RAM clear processing. Read out the performance data for
Furthermore, when the return state at the time of power recovery is the game stop state, the normal performance control means 220 informs that the execution of the RAM clearing process is necessary in addition to the game stop state. Read out the performance data for
Although the details of these notifications are omitted, it is preferable that the execution continues for a certain period of time (for example, 30 seconds) after the start of execution, regardless of the performance device that executes the notification.

The sub-error control means 230 determines an error effect pattern when an error command is transmitted, and reads effect data for executing an error effect according to the error effect pattern.
Note that the error effect is executed with priority over the variation effect related to the symbol variation (execution of the error effect regulates the execution of the variation effect). Here, when the error effect is preferentially executed, when the device related to the execution of the error effect and the device related to the execution of the variable effect are the same device, only the error effect is executed in the device. However, it also includes that the error effect is executed in the device in a manner that is easier to recognize than the variable effect.
In addition, the sub-error control means 230 independently (independently of the main error control means 165) determines whether or not the game machine 10 is in an error state, and executes an error effect when it is determined to be in an error state. Effect data may be read out, and the error state is, for example, a right-handed error state determined based on the number of wins at the gate 63 when the normal game is low probability.

The lamp control means 240 holds lamp control data for controlling the lighting of various lamps such as the frame lamp 35 . If there is effect data, the lamp control means 240 reads the lamp control data based on the effect data, and transmits the read lamp control data to the frame lamp 35 .

If the effect data read by the normal effect control means 220 includes the effect data corresponding to the movable accessory (the movable decorative body 22, the sub-display section 82, and the effect shielding body 85), the movable accessory control means 245 Then, based on the performance data, the movable control data for controlling the movement of the movable accessory is read from the ROM 202 and transmitted to the movable body to control the movement of the movable body.

The volume adjustment means 250 executes volume adjustment processing for adjusting volume and volume adjustment command generation processing for generating the above-described volume adjustment command.

The luminance adjustment means 255 executes luminance adjustment processing for adjusting luminance and luminance adjustment command generation processing for generating the above-described luminance adjustment command.

As described above, the sub-information storage means 260 temporarily stores the data read by the means provided in the first sub-control board 200, the data derived by the calculations in the means, etc. in the corresponding storage areas. It is a means to

The sub-command management means 270 receives the effect control command transmitted from the main control board 100, and stores the received effect command in the received command storage area of the sub-information storage means 260. When an image control command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the sub-information storage means 260 , the image control command is transmitted to the second sub-control board 300 . Furthermore, when the storage area stores a voice control command or a volume adjustment command, the subcommand management means 270 transmits these commands to the voice control board 310 . In principle, these commands are transmitted according to the order in which they are stored in the transmission command storage area of sub-information storage means 260. FIG.

As described above, the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment uses changes in the mode of the pending icon and the variable icon to suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot in the symbol variation corresponding to the image, thereby increasing the interest in the game. We are trying to improve. The details of this function will be described below.

<Overview of changes in status related to pending icons and variable icons>
First, the outline of the mode change related to the pending icon and the variable icon will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. FIG.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing areas in which the pending icon and the variable icon are displayed on the main display section 81. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 13(1) shows the degree of expectation for winning a big win with respect to the normal reserved icon and the variable icon, and FIG. 13(2) shows the degree of expectation for winning a big win with respect to the horse icon and other reserved icons.

The main display portion 81 shown in FIG. 12 shows a state in which a certain symbol variation is being executed and two symbol variations are suspended. Therefore, in this scene, the variable display area 811 shows how the decorative symbols are displayed in a variable manner. In this scene, the suspended icon display area 812 displays the icon image ag1 and the icon image ag2 as suspended icons in order from the right, and the variable icon display area 813 displays the symbol variation that is being executed. An icon image ag0 is displayed as a variable icon that changes. Also, the two circles indicated by dashed lines in the pending icon display area 812 indicate areas where the third and fourth pending icons are displayed. , icon image ag3 and icon image ag4 are displayed as pending icons.
Note that FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment in which the variable display area 811, the pending icon display area 812, and the variable icon display area 813 are included in the display area of the main display unit 81, but at least some of these , may be provided in the display area of the sub-display section 82 .

In this embodiment, an icon image corresponding to a suspended icon is displayed in a suspended icon display area 812 below a variable display area 811 in which a decorative pattern is variably displayed among display areas related to the main display section 81, An icon image corresponding to the variable icon is displayed in a variable icon display area 813 below the variable display area 811 . Then, the icon image corresponding to the pending icon displayed in the pending icon display area 812 moves toward the variable icon display area 813 each time the preceding symbol variation corresponding to itself is executed, The image moves from the reserved icon display area 812 toward the variable icon display area 813 when the symbol variation corresponding to itself is executed, and becomes an icon image corresponding to the variable icon. The display mode of the pending icon image and the icon image will be described later.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the icon images displayed in the pending icon display area 812 include circular icon images indicated by icon image ag1, icon image ag2, icon image ag3, or icon image ag4 (hereinafter, “ In addition to the icon image that imitates a horse's face (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a "horse icon").

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, in this embodiment, the icon image displayed in the variable icon display area 813 is displayed on the pedestal image dg on which the icon image is placed. Therefore, the player can easily identify whether the icon image corresponds to the reserved icon or the icon image corresponding to the variable icon.

Next, as shown in FIG. 13(1), there are a total of five types of stages with different colors as modes of the normal icon in this embodiment.
Specifically, the white normal icon shown in FIG. 13(1)-(a), the blue normal icon shown in FIG. 13(1)-(b), and the icon shown in FIG. 13(1)-(c) There are green normal icons, red normal icons shown in FIGS. 13(1)-(d), and rainbow-colored normal icons shown in FIGS. 13(1)-(e), details of which will be described later. In accordance with this order, the expectation of winning the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation increases. Here, the rainbow-colored normal icon is a display mode indicating that the corresponding symbol variation will result in a big hit, and can be said to indicate that the expectation that the corresponding symbol variation will result in a big win is 100%.
It should be noted that each normal icon includes characters of "white", "blue", "green", "red", or "rainbow", but these characters are described for convenience of explanation. A character that does not actually exist.

In addition, in the present embodiment, as a special icon image showing that the horse rampage effect, which is a characteristic effect of the present invention, is executed in the symbol variation corresponding to the reserved icon, (2) to (f) in FIG. is displayed in the pending icon display area 812 . In the following description, displaying a horse icon in the pending icon display area 812 may be referred to as a horse pending effect.
Since the horse holding effect has the relationship as described above with the horse rampage effect, it can be rephrased as a effect for notifying that the horse rampage effect will be executed in the target symbol variation.

As shown in FIGS. 13(2) to 13(f), the symbol variation corresponding to the horse icon has a higher expectation of winning the jackpot than the symbol variation corresponding to the white normal icon, and the pattern corresponding to the horse icon. Expectations for winning a big win are higher for pattern variations corresponding to red normal icons than for variations. Further, as described above, the red normal icon is the icon image with the second highest expectation of winning the jackpot among the normal icons, next to the rainbow color.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the degree of expectation for winning a big win suggested by a specific display mode (horse icon) is the lowest of the expectations for winning a big win suggested by display modes (normal icons) other than the specific display mode. In other words, higher and lower than the highest. More specifically, the degree of expectation for winning a jackpot suggested by a specific display mode (horse icon) is determined by a display mode (normal rainbow icon ), it is higher than the lowest expectation of winning the jackpot and lower than the highest expectation of winning the jackpot.

Next, based on FIGS. 14 and 15, a description will be given of the flow of shifting from the horse holding presentation to the horse rampaging presentation.
Specifically, FIGS. 14(a) and 14(b) show scenes in which the horse holding production is performed, and FIGS. 14(c) to 15(f) show the horse rampage production. illustrates the scene.
In the present embodiment, when the horse holding effect is performed, the horse rampage effect is always performed at least once, and as will be described later, the horse holding effect and the horse rampage effect are performed continuously. Because it is, it can be regarded as an integrated production.
Incidentally, in the following description, the horse rampage effect that is performed after shifting from the horse reservation effect may be referred to as the horse rampage effect at the start or the horse rampage effect (at the start).

FIG. 14(a) shows a scene in which a horse icon is newly displayed in the pending icon display area 812 (a scene in which the horse pending effect is started) by starting winning during execution of a certain symbol variation. Therefore, in this scene, the variable display area 811 shows how the decorative symbols are displayed in a variable manner. In this scene, the reserved icon display area 812 displays one white normal icon (ag1) on the far right, and a horse icon (ag2) is displayed next to it. , a white normal icon (ag0) is displayed as a variation icon corresponding to the symbol variation being executed.
A horse icon (ag2) is displayed second from the right in the pending icon display area 812 . This is because when a starting prize corresponding to a horse icon occurs, the sub-reservation control means 223 determines the horse icon as the reserved icon for the starting prize. The control for determining the horse icon as the pending icon for the starting prize will be described later.
Also, in the variable icon display area 813, a white normal icon (ag0) is displayed as a variable icon being executed.

FIG. 14(b) is the next scene of FIG. 14(a), and this scene shows the timing at which the symbol variation next to the symbol variation executed in the scene of FIG. 14(a) is started. ing. Therefore, the variable display area 811 shows how the decorative symbols are displayed in a variable manner. In this scene, the reserved icon display area 812 displays the horse icon (ag2) on the far right, and the variable icon display area 813 displays the white normal icon (ag1), which is the symbol being executed. It is displayed as a variation icon corresponding to the variation.

FIG. 14(c) shows the next scene of FIG. 14(b). It is shown. Therefore, the variable display area 811 shows how the decorative symbols are displayed in a variable manner.
In the scene of FIG. 14(c), since the symbol variation corresponding to the white normal icon (ag1) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene of FIG. 14(b) has ended, the variable icon display area It has disappeared from 813. On the other hand, the icon image (ag2) corresponding to the symbol variation started in the scene of FIG. Accordingly, no icon image is displayed above the pedestal image dg displayed in the variable icon display area 813 .
Here, since the next symbol variation is the symbol variation corresponding to the horse icon (ag2) displayed in the reserved icon display area 812 in the scene of FIG. Move (slide) from the reserved icon display area 812 to the variable icon display area 813 . Along with this movement, the icon image is displayed as a normal white icon with a movement such that a horse image (CA1) having the same display as the horse icon (ag2) pops out. (ag2). Then, the horse image (CA1) is displayed on the main display portion 81, and the horse runs up while holding the white normal icon (ag2) displayed between the reserved icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813.
It should be noted that the mode in which the horse image (CA1) moves to the white normal icon (ag2) displayed between the reserved icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813 is not limited to running up while holding it. It is sufficient if the player can grasp that the white normal icon (ag2) displayed between the reserved icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813 is moving. Further, the horse image (CA1) may be displayed in the main display portion 81, may be displayed in the variable display area 811, or may be displayed across the variable display area 811 and the pending icon display area 812. However, it may be displayed across the variable display area 811 and the variable icon display area 813, may be displayed across the pending icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813, or may be displayed over the variable display area 811 and the pending icon It may be displayed across both the display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813, or may be displayed across other display areas of the main display section 81 or in a display area other than this.
Further, in the present embodiment, the horse icon corresponding to the "first display" is separated into a white normal icon corresponding to the "second display" and a horse image corresponding to the "third display". Although illustrated, in the implementation of the present invention, it is sufficient if the characteristics of the image (holding icon) corresponding to the "first display" are inherited by the image corresponding to the "third display", and the embodiment is not limited to the above. For example, the "first display" may treat one image that maintains its characteristics as the "third display", or treat a plurality of images each inheriting its characteristics as the "third display". may Also, the "third display" may be displayed after the "first display" disappears once.

FIG. 14(d) is the next scene of FIG. 14(c), in which the symbol variation executed in the scene of FIG. 14(c) is continued, and the horse of FIG. 14 ( It shows that a white normal icon (ag2) is displayed in a display manner different from the horse icon (ag2) displayed in the reserved icon display area 812 in the scene b). Here, the variable icon displayed on the pedestal image dg in the variable icon display area 813 is the white normal icon (ag2) held by the horse image (CA1) in the scene of FIG. 14(c).
In this scene, when the white normal icon (ag2) is displayed in the variable icon display area 813, the horse image (CA1) is displayed at a position that does not overlap the normal icon (ag2).
In the present embodiment, in the scene of FIG. 14(d), the variable icon corresponding to the "second display" is displayed in the variable icon display area 813, but at this timing, the "second display" is not necessarily displayed. Display" need not be displayed, and the timing at which the "second display" is displayed is not limited as long as it is after the "third display" is displayed within the same symbol variation.

FIG. 15(e) is the next scene of FIG. 14(d). In this scene, the pattern variation that was executed in the scene of FIG. It shows that the horse image (CA1) displayed at a position not overlapping the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the icon display area 813 is moving to the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 again. ing. At this time, it is desirable that the horse image (CA1) is different from the timing shown in FIG. This is because the different motion modes make it easier for the player to understand that the effects are different.
Therefore, FIG. 15E shows that the horse image (CA1) kicks the normal white icon (ag2) in the variable icon display area 813. FIG.

FIG. 15(f) is the next scene of FIG. 15(e). In this scene, the symbol variation that was executed in the scene of FIG. As a result of moving the horse image (CA1) to the white normal icon (ag2) displayed in the icon display area 813, the variable icon display area 813 is displayed in the scene of FIG. This indicates that a blue normal icon (ag2) is displayed in a display manner different from that of the normal white icon (ag2). Here, the display mode in which the variable icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813 can be is not limited to blue as illustrated, but includes green, red, rainbow colors, and even white (see FIG. 15 ( There are cases where the mode does not change from the scene of e)).

Next, with reference to FIGS. 16-1 and 16-2, a description will be given of the flow of executing a wild horse effect that can be executed at a later timing than the wild horse effect at the start.
Here, the timing after the horse rampage effect at the start is after the timing at which the horse rampage effect ends if the horse rampage effect at the start is executed in the same symbol variation. Say things.
In the following description, the horse rampage effect executed at the above timing may be referred to as a middle stage horse rampage effect or a horse rampage effect (middle stage). However, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the horse rampage effect in the middle stage can be executed in the second pseudo-variation or the third pseudo-variation.
In addition, although the details will be described later, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage is a performance that can be executed in the symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start is executed, and even in the symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start is not executed. It is a rendition that can be performed.

FIG. 16-1 is a diagram for explaining one aspect of the horse rampage presentation in the middle stage. Specifically, it is performed after the horse rampage presentation at the start shown in FIGS. , are illustrated.
FIG. 16-1(g) is a scene in which the horse rampage effect in the middle of the above is started. The beginning of the fluctuation or the third pseudo fluctuation is illustrated. In FIG. 16-1(g), the blue normal icon that was displayed in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene of FIG. A horse image (CA2) having the same display as the horse image (CA1) displayed on the main display unit 81 in the scene f) is displayed, and the horse image (CA2) is displayed in the variable icon display area 813. It shows how it runs towards the blue normal icon that is being used.
The horse image (CA2) in FIG. 16-1(g) is an image in which the horse image (CA1) in FIG. Alternatively, it may be an image displayed after the horse image (CA1) in FIG. 15(f) disappears.

FIG. 16-1 (h) is the next scene of FIG. 16-1 (g). The icon display area 813 displays blue normal icons. Then, the horse image (CA2) is displayed so as to be superimposed on the variable display area 811. FIG. At this time, the horse image (CA2) is displayed larger than any of the horse images (CA1) displayed in the horse rampage presentation at the start. With this, you can expect more than the horse rampage at the start? can remind the player.

Figure 16-1 (i) is the next scene of Figure 16-1 (h). In the scene of 16-1(h), the horse image (CA2) displayed on the main display section 81 makes a motion of kicking the blue normal icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813 violently. It is desirable that this action be more violent than the horse image (CA1) moving to the white normal icon in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene of FIG. 15(e). By doing so, the player can expect a stronger pending change (higher expectation of winning the jackpot) compared to the horse rampage presentation at the start. can remind the player.

Figure 16-1 (j) is the next scene of Figure 16-1 (i). As a result of the horse image (CA2) of 16-1(i) violently kicking the blue normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813, the image shown in FIG. This indicates that a red normal icon (ag2) with a higher expectation of winning a big win than the blue normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene has been displayed. Here, the display mode in which the variable icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813 can be is not limited to the red color shown in the figure, and includes green, rainbow colors, and even blue (FIG. 15(i)). 15(i)), but white is not included (the aspect does not change from the scene of FIG. 15(i)).

FIG. 16-2 is a diagram for explaining one aspect of the horse rampage presentation in the middle stage. More specifically, it shows the horse rampage effect in the middle stage, which is performed after the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIGS. .
FIG. 16-2(g') is a scene in which the horse rampage production in the middle stage is started. Figure 16-1 (g) illustrates the start of the second pseudo-variation or the third pseudo-variation, while Figure 16-2 (g') shows the second pseudo-variation or the third The difference is that it shows the time when the reach state is formed in the pseudo fluctuation of .
Since the rest is the same as the description regarding FIG. 16-1(g), the description is omitted here.

FIG. 16-2(h') is the next scene of 16-2(g').
Figure 16-2(h') is the same as the description for Figure 16-1(g) except that the reach state formed in the scene of 16-2(g') continues. Therefore, the description here is omitted.

FIG. 16-1(i') is the next scene of FIG. 16-1(h'). It illustrates that the effect image corresponding to the development effect A is displayed in the development effect display area 814 . At this time, the horse image (CA2) becomes smaller than the scene 16-2 (g') and escapes out of the development effect display area 814. FIG. By doing so, the player's interest can be smoothly shifted from the horse rampage effect (horse image (CA2)) in the middle stage to the effect image corresponding to the development effect A.
Here, the decorative symbols variably displayed in the variable display area 811 are not displayed here, but are positioned so as not to hinder the visual recognition of the effect image corresponding to the development effect A (outside the development effect display area 814 or sub-display). 16-1(h'), and may be variably displayed by a pattern smaller than the decorative pattern in FIG. 16-1(h').

As described above with reference to FIGS. 16-1 and 16-2, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage is a performance that can be executed in the pattern variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start is executed, suggesting a pending change. There are cases where the target is the development production A and cases where the development production A is the target of the suggestion.
In addition, as described above, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage may be executed even in a pattern variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start was not executed. Since the illustrated image is used, the overall flow is the same. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.
Further, the horse rampage production in the middle stage may be subject to suggestion of development B, and in this case, the flow of production is that the image displayed in development production display area 814 corresponds to development production B. However, since it is generally the same as the flow illustrated in FIG. 16-2, detailed description will be omitted.

Thus, in this embodiment, the horse icon may be displayed in the pending icon display area 812 (see FIGS. 14(a) and 14(b)), and the displayed horse icon is the pending icon display. When moving from the area 812 to the variable icon display area 813, it becomes a white normal icon and is displayed in the variable icon display area 813 (see FIG. 14(d)). During the pattern variation, the horse image (CA1) displayed in the main display section 81 is operated on the normal icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813, thereby changing the display mode (color) of the normal icon. There is a possibility (see FIG. 15(f)).
In addition, when the horse icon (CA1) having display identity with the horse icon displayed in the reserved icon display area 812 is displayed in the variable icon display area 813 from the reserved icon display area 812, the main display unit 81, and by displaying the horse image (CA1) in such a way that it operates on the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 (see FIG. 15(e)), the variable icon display area There is a possibility of changing the display mode of the normal icon (ag2) displayed in 813 .
Furthermore, the horse image (CA1) displayed on the main display unit 81 and the horse image (CA2) having the same display are displayed so as to act on the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813. Thus (see FIG. 16-1(i)), there is a possibility that the display mode of the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 is changed.

Here, the timing chart of FIG. 17 will be used to explain how the above-described horse holding effect, horse rampage effect at the start, and horse rampage effect in the middle stage can be combined and executed.
FIG. 17 shows a timing chart of FIGS. 14(a) to 16-2(i'). 17 correspond to (a), (b), (c), . . . in FIGS. 14 to 16-2(i′).
FIG. 17(a) shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed once at the start of the target symbol variation (the period indicated as "the variation").
FIG. 17(b) shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed twice during execution of the target symbol variation, and the second suggestion target is a pending change.
FIG. 17(c) shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed twice during execution of the target symbol variation, and the second suggestion target is the development effect.
FIG. 17(d) shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed once in the middle stage of the target symbol variation, and the suggested target is a pending change.
FIG. 17(e) shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed once in the middle stage of the target symbol change, and the suggested object is the development effect.

First, the case shown in FIG. 17(a) will be described.
After the horse icon (ag2) is displayed in the pending icon display area 812 as the pending icon corresponding to the "first display" (FIGS. 14(a) and (b)), the pattern variation corresponding to the horse icon is started. When the horse icon moves to the variable icon display area 813 along with the start, the horse rampage effect at the start is performed (FIG. 14(c)).
In the horse rampage effect at the start, the horse image (CA1) corresponding to the "third display" is displayed on the main display unit 81, and the horse image operates (FIG. 14(c) ) to FIG. 15(e), the display mode (color) of the variable icon corresponding to the “second display” is made different from the reserved icon (horse icon) corresponding to the “first display” (FIG. 15(f) ).
Therefore, it can be said that the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. 17(a) (FIGS. 14(c) to 15(f)) corresponds to the "first effect" of the present invention.
As described above, the "first effect" of the present invention changes the display mode of the second display (fluctuation icon), so it can be said to be a type of pending change effect that is widely known to players. Since the suspension change effect based on the operation of the image (more precisely, the third display (horse image) that inherits the characteristics of the display) that was displayed as the first display (holding icon) until now is novel, it is a novelty that attracts the player's interest. can attract strongly.

17(b) and 17(c) are similar to the horse rampage presentation at the start shown in FIG. 17(a). Since it is executed according to the flow shown in f), it can be said to correspond to the "first effect" of the present invention, and has the same effect as the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. 17(a).
Although the details will be described later, all of the horse rampage presentation at the start is executed according to the flow corresponding to one of the timing charts shown in FIGS. 17(a) to (c) in this embodiment. In other words, the horse rampage effect at the start executed in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment all corresponds to the "first effect" of the present invention.

Next, the case shown in FIG. 17(b) will be described.
The horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. 17(b) corresponds to the "first effect" as described above.
The wild horse production in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17(b) is a production performed in the same symbol variation as the wild horse production at the start corresponding to the "first production".
Furthermore, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17(b) has a display identity with the horse image (CA1) corresponding to the "third display" operated in the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. The horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display" is displayed after the "third display" (FIG. 16-1(g)).
Furthermore, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. The display mode (color) of the variable icon corresponding to "second display" may be different from the display mode (display mode of the pending icon shown in FIG. 15(f)) at the end of the "first effect". It is a performance. In addition, as described above, there is a case where the display mode (color) of the variable icon corresponding to the "second display" does not change (when the display mode of the pending icon shown in FIG. 15(f) remains). is.
Therefore, it can be said that the horse rampage effect (FIGS. 16-1(g) to (j)) in the middle stage shown in FIG.
As described above, the "second effect" of the present invention is a pending change effect that can be executed in the same pattern variation as the "first effect" (may or may not be executed), and The action of the "fourth display" that inherits the features of the "third display" that operates in the "first effect" works. In other words, as a result of inheriting the display characteristics in the order of "first display (suspended icon)" → "third display (image that operates at the start of fluctuation)" → "fourth display (image that operates during fluctuation)" It is a pending change effect that can change the display mode of the "second display (fluctuation icon)".
While taking over the characteristics of the display step by step, the holding change performance in which the holding change is triggered twice by the same symbol variation is novel, and can strongly attract the player's interest.

As described above, the "fourth display (horse image CA2)" that operates in the horse rampage production in the middle stage shown in FIG. Compared to the “third display (horse image CA1)” that operates in the horse rampage production in the middle stage shown in (b), it is displayed larger on the main display unit 81 (especially at the timing of FIG. 16-1 (h). Is displayed).
Thus, in the flow of effects shown in FIG. 17B, the display mode of the "second display (fluctuation icon)" can be changed step by step, and the "third display (horse image CA1)" to the "second 4 display (horse image CA2)" is added, it is possible to give the player a strong conviction that the degree of expectation for winning a big win will increase in the pattern variation.

Next, the case shown in FIG. 17(c) will be described.
The horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. 17(c) corresponds to the "first effect" as described above.
The horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17(c) is a performance performed in the same symbol variation as the horse rampage effect at the start corresponding to the "first effect".
Furthermore, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17(c) has the same display identity as the horse image (CA1) corresponding to the "third display" operated in the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. The horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display" is displayed after the "third display" (FIG. 16-2(g')).
However, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. This is an effect that makes the introduction of the development effect A lively (lively), and the display mode of the variable icon corresponding to the "second display" does not change.
Therefore, it can be said that the horse rampage production in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17(b) and 17(c) have a common name, but whether or not it corresponds to the "second effect" of the present invention depends on the mode. It can be said that it is a divided performance.

As shown in FIGS. 17(a) to 17(c), the display mode of the "first display (holding icon)" corresponding to the symbol variation in which the rampage horse effect at the start corresponding to the "first effect" is performed is , horse icons (FIG. 13(b)) used for the horse holding effect, and the horse icons are the horse image (CA1) corresponding to the "third display" and the horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display". Both contain images that have visual identity.
Therefore, it can be said that the horse icon corresponds to the "specific display mode" of the present invention.

In addition, the horse icon is in the display mode of "first display (suspended icon)" corresponding to the symbol variation during suspension of the symbol variation in which the rampage horse effect at the start corresponding to the "first effect" is performed. , Since it is an image corresponding only to the pending icon, it is different from all of the display modes (white, blue, green, red, rainbow) of the "second display (variable icon)" that can be at the end of the "first effect" I can say. In other words, if the "first display (suspended icon)" corresponding to the design change becomes a horse icon corresponding to the "specific display mode" while the design change is pending, the design change ends. The "second display (variable icon)" at times is never a horse icon.
That is, the horse icon is a special one (so-called special suspension) that is different from all of the display modes that the "second display (fluctuation icon)" can be due to the "first effect", so that the player can hit the jackpot suggested by the suspension. It is expected that the performance will improve the expectation of winning, and interest in the "first performance" can be strengthened.

Next, the case shown in FIG. 17(d) will be described.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 17(d), the horse holding effect is not executed during the period in which the target symbol variation is pending. A normal icon is displayed in the pending icon display area 812 (first display area) as a “first display (suspended icon)”.
As shown in FIG. 17(d), the horse rampage effect in the middle stage is executed in the symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start is not performed. The horse image (CA1) corresponding to the "third display" is not displayed, while the horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display" is displayed.
Furthermore, the middle stage of the horse rampage effect shown in FIG. image) is diverted, as a result of the operation of the horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display", the display mode (color) of the variable icon corresponding to the "second display" is changed to It is an effect that may be a display mode different from the display mode (any of the display modes of the pending icon) at the start of the symbol variation. In addition, although the details will be described later, the display mode (color) of the variation icon corresponding to the "second display" may not change (the display mode at the start of the pattern variation may remain).
Therefore, it can be said that the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17(d) corresponds to the "third effect" of the present invention. 17(b) and 17(d), although the horse rampage production in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17(b) and FIG. It can be said that it is a production that divides whether it corresponds to "production".

Here, the display mode of the "second display (variable icon)" that can be the result of the "first effect" is all of the display modes of the normal icons (white, blue, green, red, rainbow) as described above. Therefore, the display mode of the second display that can be at the end of the "second effect" (horse rampage effect in the middle stage illustrated in FIG. 17(b)) in which the "first effect" is performed in advance, and the The display mode of the second display that can be at the end is the same.
In this way, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage illustrated in FIG. As a result of the display of the "fourth display", the "second display" is changed, but it is the same as the horse rampage production in the middle stage shown in FIG. Since it has a change pattern, the player can have the same sense of anticipation for the "third effect" as for the "second effect".

In the following, the effect control for realizing the horse holding effect, the horse rampage effect at the start, and the horse rampage effect described so far will be described in detail.

<Production judgment process at the time of winning>
The winning effect determination process will be described with reference to FIG.
The effect determination process at the time of winning is based on the effect controller command (pre-determination command) including the result of the pre-determination of the pre-determination means 125 transmitted from the main control board 100 when the starting prize is generated. 200 is performed by the prize-winning performance determination means 223 . In the prize-winning effect determination processing, whether or not to perform the horse-holding effect, the final color of the horse-holding effect when performing the horse-holding effect, and the content suggested by the horse-holding effect are determined.
A step S202 decides a pre-reading notice system. This is based on the special figure fluctuation pattern shown in FIG. decide whether to do In the present embodiment, the gaming machine of the present invention is provided with processing for the case of winning other notices in order to explain the case of winning the horse reservation notice, which is the characteristic notice of the present invention. are omitted.

A step S204 decides whether or not it is decided to perform a horse reservation effect based on the special figure variation pattern. Here, among the special figure variation patterns shown in FIG. 10, in the case of HNP and ASP3-C, no horse holding effect is performed. This is because the horse holding effect is an effect in which the horse rampage effect is executed in the target pattern variation, and is not suitable for a variation pattern with a short variation time. . In addition, the horse holding production is a production that increases the expectation of winning the big hit by the horse rampage production in the target pattern fluctuation, and is not suitable for the fluctuation pattern that confirms the big hit, so the special figure fluctuation pattern is decided on ASP3-C. Do not do this if

A step S206 is a subroutine (a subroutine (a horse pending effect determination processing). The contents of the horse holding effect determination process will be described with reference to FIG.

A step S208 decides whether or not to carry out a normal holding change effect different from the horse holding effect when it is determined in the step S204 not to perform the horse holding effect. The normal hold change effect is a hold change effect that is different from the horse hold effect. For example, by changing the display mode of the hold, it is suggested that a predetermined character will appear or a predetermined ready-to-win effect will be achieved. etc. When it is determined to carry out the normal hold change effect in step S208, it is carried out in a subroutine (normal hold change effect determination process) for determining the content of the normal hold change effect in step S210. Incidentally, in this embodiment, the detailed description of the processing contents of the normal suspension change effect determination processing will be omitted.

A step S212 decides whether or not to perform a look-ahead zone effect when it is determined in the step S208 that the normal holding change effect is not to be performed. The look-ahead zone effect is a effect that foretells whether or not the game will enter a period (zone) in which a predetermined effect is frequently performed. If it is determined in step S212 that the look-ahead zone effect is to be performed, a subroutine (look-ahead zone effect determination process) for determining the content of the look-ahead zone effect is performed in step S214. In this embodiment, the detailed description of the processing contents of the look-ahead zone effect determination processing is omitted.
If it is determined in step S212 that the look-ahead zone effect is not to be performed, the winning effect determination process is terminated.

FIG. 19 explains the horse holding effect determination process described in step S208 of FIG.
A step S302 draws a lottery for the final reserved color when the horse reserved effect is performed, based on the final reserved color determination table shown in FIG. 20(a).
The final pending color determination table shown in FIG. 20(a) will be described.
As shown in FIG. 20(a), the final colors of the reservation when the horse reservation effect is performed are white, blue, green, red, and rainbow color, and the winning expectation of these jackpots is shown in FIG. 13(a). ).
Further, the final reserved color is selected by lottery based on the special figure fluctuation pattern determined by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133.
If the Toku-zu variation pattern is determined to be HRP, the final color of the suspension will be white with a probability of 85/100, the final color of the suspension will be blue with a probability of 10/100, and the final color of the suspension will be blue with a probability of 5/100. The final color is determined to be green. If the special figure variation pattern is determined to HSP1-A, the final color of the reservation is white with a probability of 65/100, the final color of the reservation is blue with a probability of 20/100, and with a probability of 10/100 The pending final color is determined to be green, and with a probability of 5/100 the pending final color is determined to be red. If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to HSP1-B, the final color of the reservation is white with a probability of 55/100, the final color of the reservation is blue with a probability of 20/100, and with a probability of 15/100 The pending final color is determined to be green and with a probability of 10/100 the pending final color is determined to be red. If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to HSP2-A, the final color of the reservation is white with a probability of 50/100, the final color of the reservation is blue with a probability of 25/100, and with a probability of 17/100 The pending final color is determined to be green, and with a probability of 8/100 the pending final color is determined to be red. If the special figure variation pattern is determined to HSP2-B, the final color of the reservation is white with a probability of 45/100, the final color of the reservation is blue with a probability of 23/100, and with a probability of 19/100. The pending final color is determined to be green and with a probability of 13/100 the pending final color is determined to be red. If the special figure variation pattern is determined to HSP3-A, the final color of the reservation is white with a probability of 20/100, the final color of the reservation is blue with a probability of 25/100, and has a probability of 25/100. The pending final color is determined to be green, and with a 30/100 probability the pending final color is determined to be red. If the special figure variation pattern is determined to HSP3-B, the final color of the reservation is white with a probability of 15/100, the final color of the reservation is blue with a probability of 21/100, and with a probability of 29/100. The pending final color is determined to be green and with a probability of 35/100 the pending final color is determined to be red.
Also, if the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to ASP1-A, the final color of the pending with a probability of 15/100 is white, the final color of the pending with a probability of 22/100 is blue, 33/100 There is a probability that the pending final color is green, a 29/100 probability that the pending final color is red, and a 33/100 probability that the pending final color is rainbow. If the special figure variation pattern is determined to ASP1-B, the final color of the reservation is white with a probability of 12/100, the final color of the reservation is blue with a probability of 18/100, and the probability of 40/100 The pending final color is determined to be green, with a probability of 28/100 the pending final color is determined to be red, and with a probability of 2/100 the pending final color is determined to be rainbow. If the special figure variation pattern is determined to ASP2-A, the final color of the pending with a probability of 15/100 is white, the final color of the pending with a probability of 20/100 is blue, with a probability of 25/100 The pending final color is determined to be green, with a probability of 35/100 the pending final color is determined to be red, and with a probability of 5/100 the pending final color is determined to be rainbow. If the special figure variation pattern is determined to ASP2-B, the final color of the pending with a probability of 10/100 is white, the final color of the pending with a probability of 17/100 is blue, with a probability of 23/100 The pending final color is determined to be green, with a probability of 44/100 the pending final color is determined to be red, and with a probability of 6/100 the pending final color is determined to be rainbow. If the special figure variation pattern is determined to ASP3-A, the final color of the pending is blue with a probability of 15/100, the final color of the pending is green with a probability of 25/100, and the probability of 51/100 The pending final color is determined to be red, and with a probability of 9/100 the pending final color is determined to be rainbow. If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to ASP3-B, the final color of the pending with a probability of 10/100 is blue, the final color of the pending with a probability of 20/100 is green, with a probability of 60/100 The pending final color is determined to be red, and with a probability of 10/100 the pending final color is determined to be rainbow.
In this way, when it is determined to be a loss by the special figure right or wrong determination means 131, it is not determined to be a rainbow color as the final color of the reservation, and only when it is determined to be a big hit by the special figure right or wrong determination means 131, the reservation Rainbow color is determined as the final color. Therefore, the player can know that the game will be a big hit when the rainbow-colored hold appears.
Also, if it is determined to be a loss by the special figure right or wrong determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be HRP by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, it is not determined to be red as the final color of the reservation. In addition, it is determined to be wrong by the special figure propriety determination means 131, and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be one of HSP1-A, HSP1-B, HSP2-A, and HSP2-B by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133 13(a), the probability that white is determined as the final pending color is the highest, and the probability that red is determined as the final pending color is lowest. Furthermore, if the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be either HSP3-A or HSP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation means 133, it is white as the final color of the reservation. The probability of being determined is set lower than the probability of being determined to be red as the final color of the reservation, but as shown in FIG. When the special figure variation pattern is determined by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133 to be either HSP3-A or HSP3-B, the probability is low, so the winning expectation of the big hit shown in FIG. is possible. Furthermore, even when the special figure success/failure determination means 131 determines that the game is lost, a reservation of a color with a high degree of expectation for winning a jackpot may appear, so that the player's interest is improved when these reservations appear. be able to.
On the other hand, if the special figure variation pattern is determined to be a big hit by the special figure suitability determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be one of ASP1-A, ASP1-B, ASP2-A, and ASP2-B by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133 sets the probability that red is determined as the pending final color to be higher than the probability that white is determined as the pending final color. In addition, when the special figure variation pattern is determined to be either ASP3-A or ASP3-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the final color of the reservation is white. is not determined by By setting in this way, it is possible to achieve the degree of expectation for winning a big hit as shown in FIG. 13(a). Here, it is determined to be a big hit by the special figure suitability determination means 131, and the special figure variation patterns are ASP1-A, ASP1-B, ASP2-A, ASP2-B, ASP3-A, ASP3- by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133. B, there is a low probability that the pending final color will be rainbow. However, if it is determined to be a loss by the special figure right or wrong determination means 131, it is not determined to be the rainbow color as the final color of the reservation, so it is possible to set the winning expectation degree of the big hit shown in FIG. 13 (a) becomes. Furthermore, if the rainbow color appears as the final reserved color, it will be a big hit, so if the probability that the rainbow color is determined as the final reserved color is too high, there is a risk that the player's interest will be reduced.

Returning to FIG. 19, in step S304, an object suggested by the horse image (CA2) displayed on the main display section 81 described in FIGS. 16-1 and 16-2 is determined during the horse holding effect. This decision is made using the suggestion target decision table of FIG. 20(b).
Here, the suggestion target determination table shown in FIG. 20B will be described.
First, "none", "pending change", "development effect A", and "development effect B" shown in FIG. 20(b) will be described.
If it is determined to be "none", the presentation progresses according to the flow shown in FIG. 17(a).
When "suspended change" is determined, the effect progresses according to the flow shown in FIG. 17(b).
When "advancement production A" or "advancement production B" is determined, the production progresses according to the flow shown in FIG. 17(c).

Then, as shown in FIG. 20(b), when the special figure variation pattern is determined by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133 to HRP, HSP1-A, and HSP1-B, the suggestion target is only "none" It is determined.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be HSP2-A by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 80/100, and the suggested target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 10/100 ”, and the suggestion target is determined to be “development effect A” with a probability of 10/100.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be HSP2-B by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 80/100, and the suggested target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 10/100. ”, and the suggestion target is determined to be “development effect B” with a probability of 10/100.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be HSP3-A by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 70/100, and the suggested target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 15/100 ”, and the suggestion target is determined to be “development effect A” with a probability of 15/100.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be HSP3-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 70/100, and the suggested target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 15/100. ”, and the suggestion target is determined to be “development effect B” with a probability of 15/100.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP1-A and ASP1-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined only as "none".
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP2-A by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 60/100, and the suggested target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 20/100. ”, and the suggestion target is determined to be “development effect A” with a probability of 20/100.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP2-B by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 60/100, and the suggested target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 20/100. ”, and the suggestion target is determined to be “development effect B” with a probability of 20/100.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP3-A by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 50/100, and the suggested target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 25/100. ”, and the suggestion target is determined to be “development effect A” with a probability of 25/100.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP3-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 50/100, and the suggested target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 25/100. ”, and the suggestion target is determined to be “development effect B” with a probability of 25/100.

In this way, by using the lottery table shown in FIG. 20(b), the lottery value for which the suggestion target is "none" (the effect flow shown in FIG. 17(a)) is While the figure fluctuation pattern is assigned higher than the case of a big hit, the suggested target is "suspended change" (the flow of production shown in FIG. 17 (b) ) Regarding the lottery value, the special figure fluctuation pattern is assigned higher than the case of the big hit. Therefore, the degree of expectation for winning a big win in the symbol variation in which the first performance and the second performance are executed is higher than the degree of expectation in winning the big win in the pattern variation in which the first performance is executed but the second performance is not executed. .
Therefore, it is possible to enhance the effect of the presentation of the present invention.

Returning to FIG. 19, in step S306, it is determined whether or not the suggestion target is determined to be "suspended change" in step S304. Determine variation. The number of pseudo fluctuations suggesting pending changes is determined using the pseudo fluctuation table suggesting pending changes shown in FIG. 21(a).
Here, the pseudo-variation table suggesting pending changes in FIG. 21(a) will be described.
"Pseudo 2" described in FIG. 21(a) suggests that the hold changes at the time of the second pseudo change in the variation of the horse hold production, and "pseudo 3" indicates that the horse hold It is suggested that the suspension changes at the third pseudo-variation in the relevant variation of the production.
By the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, when the special figure variation pattern is determined to HSP2-A or HSP2-B, since HSP2-A or HSP2-B is a variation pattern that performs two pseudo variations, all In this case, "pseudo 2" is determined.
By the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, when the special figure variation pattern is determined to HSP3-A or HSP3-B, HSP3-A or HSP3-B is a variation pattern that performs three times of pseudo variation, so 50/ It decides on "pseudo 2" with a probability of 100 and "pseudo 3" with a probability of 50/100.
By the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, if the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP2-A or ASP2-B, since ASP2-A or ASP2-B is a variation pattern that performs two pseudo-variation, all In this case, it is determined to be "Pseudo 2".
By the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, when the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP3-A or ASP3-B, ASP3-A or ASP3-B is a variation pattern that performs three times of pseudo variation, so 20/ It decides on "pseudo 2" with a probability of 100 and "pseudo 3" with a probability of 80/100.
By determining a pseudo variation suggesting a change in hold in this way, the degree of expectation for winning a big win can be increased as the timing at which the change in hold is delayed in the variation in which the horse hold performance is performed.

Returning to FIG. 19, a step S310 sets a horse rampage effect (middle stage) such that the final color of the suspension determined in step S302 changes in the pseudo variation suggesting the suspension change determined in step S308.

A step S312 decides the reserved color immediately after the start of variation using the reserved color determination table immediately after the start of variation shown in FIG. 21(b).
Here, the table showing the rules regarding the determination of the reserved color immediately after the start of variation shown in FIG. 21B will be described.
In FIG. 21(b), when the final pending color determined in step S302 is "white", the pending color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined to be "white". If the final pending color determined in step S302 is "blue", the pending color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined to be "white" or "blue". If the final pending color determined in step S302 is "green", the pending color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined to be "white", "blue" or "green". If the final pending color determined in step S302 is "red", the pending color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined to be "white", "blue", "green" or "red". If the final pending color determined in step S302 is "rainbow", the pending color immediately after the start of fluctuation is set to either "white", "blue", "green", "red", or "rainbow". decide.
In this way, when the reserved color immediately after the start of the change is determined based on the previously determined final reserved color, the reserved color with a higher expectation of winning the jackpot than the final reserved color is not decided as the reserved color immediately after the start of the fluctuation. is preferable. This is because if the final reserved color is a reserved color with a lower degree of expectation for winning a big win than the reserved color immediately after the start of variation, a so-called downhill state may occur, which may reduce the player's interest.
In addition, since it includes the case where the reserved color immediately after the start of the fluctuation and the final reserved color are the same, the horse rampage production is not a production that always increases the expectation of winning the jackpot, and thus the player's expectation and frustration. Both can be awakened.
In this embodiment, the actual lottery table (lottery value assigned to each reserved color) for determining the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation based on the final reserved color may be appropriately set for the purpose of improving the interest of the player. Therefore, it is omitted here.

Returning to FIG. 19, a step S314 sets the reserved color immediately after the start of the variation determined in the step S312 to be the reserved color of the horse rampage effect (at the start).
Next, step S316 is a process performed when it is determined in step S306 that "pending change" has not been determined. In step S316, it is determined whether or not the suggestion target is determined to be "development effect A" or "development effect B" in step S304. If "none" is determined in step S304), the process proceeds to step S322.

A step S318 sets a pseudo variation in which a developmental effect corresponding to the suggested object determined in the step S304 is performed, and a horse rampage effect (middle stage) is performed, and the process ends.
A step S320 sets the color of the variation icon to the final pending color determined in the step S302 at the start of the pseudo variation in which the horse rampage effect set in the step S318 is performed, and ends this processing.

A step S322 sets the final reserved color determined in step S302 to be the reserved color of the horse rampage effect (at the start), and ends this process.

<Production determination process at the start of fluctuation>
The effect determination process at the start of variation will be described with reference to FIG. 22 . In the effect determination process at the time of start of variation, whether or not to perform the horse holding effect at the timing when the symbol change starts, the content of the effect accompanying the horse holding effect, etc. are determined.
That is, in the present embodiment, the horse holding effect includes the winning effect determination process (see FIG. 18) performed at the timing when the game ball wins, and the variation start effect determination process (see FIG. 22) performed at the timing when the symbol variation starts. ) is determined by two determination processes.
By repeating the determination timing a plurality of times in this way, the performance patterns of horse holding performance can be increased without increasing the number of symbol variation patterns.

In step S402, in the pre-evolution announcement system determination processing, it is determined whether or not to develop the performance during the pattern fluctuation including the horse rampage performance that develops from the horse holding performance, and if it is to be developed, the performance mode and the like are determined. The pre-evolution notice system determination processing determines the pre-evolution notice system based on the special figure variation pattern determined by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133 .
In step S404, it is determined whether or not it has been decided in step S402 to develop into a horse rampage presentation. Here, the conditions under which the horse rampage effect is performed in step S404 are: (1) In the process of determining the effect at the time of starting prize winning, the pre-advance notice of the horse rampage effect has not been determined (the horse rampage effect is (Including cases where what was decided in advance notice before development is cleared) (2) Pseudo fluctuation pattern of 2 pseudo fluctuations or pseudo fluctuation pattern of 3 pseudo fluctuations (3) Reserved color at the start of pattern fluctuation is "white", it can be decided to perform a horse rampage effect. If it is decided to execute the wild horse effect, the process proceeds to step S406, and if it is decided not to execute the wild horse effect, the process proceeds to step S408.

Step S406 is a subroutine (horse rush effect determination processing) for determining a suggested effect and a suggested reserved color as the horse rush effect contents when it is determined in step S404 to perform a horse rush effect. The content of the horse rampage effect determination process will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 23, the horse rampage effect determination process will be described.
A step S502 determines an object suggested by the horse image (CA2) displayed on the main display section 81 described in FIGS. 16-1 and 16-2. This decision is made using the suggestion target decision table of FIG. 24(a).
Here, the suggestion target determination table shown in FIG. 24A will be described.
First, the "suspension change", the "development effect A", and the "development effect B" shown in FIG. 24(a) will be described.
When "suspended change" is determined, the effect progresses according to the flow shown in FIG. 17(d).
When "advanced production A" or "advanced production B" is determined, the production progresses according to the flow shown in FIG. 17(e).
It should be noted that "suspension change", "development effect A", and "development effect B" described in FIG. 24(a) are the same as those in FIG. 20(b).

If the special figure variation pattern is determined to be HSP2-A or HSP3-A by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "suspended change" with a probability of 50/100, and the probability of 50/100 , the suggestion target is determined as "development production A".
If the special figure variation pattern is determined to be HSP2-B or HSP3-B by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "suspended change" with a probability of 50/100, and the probability of 50/100 , the suggestion target is determined as "development production A".
If the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP2-A or ASP3-A by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "suspended change" with a probability of 50/100, with a probability of 50/100 , the suggestion target is determined as "development production A".
If the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP2-B or ASP3-B by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133, the suggested target is determined to be "suspended change" with a probability of 50/100, with a probability of 50/100 , the suggestion target is determined as "development production B".

Returning to FIG. 23, in step S504, it is determined whether or not the suggestion target is determined to be "suspension change" in step S502. Decide on a color. The pending color suggesting the pending change is determined using the suggested pending color determination table of FIG. 24(b).
Here, the reserved color determination table suggesting the reserved change of FIG. 24(b) will be described.
As shown in FIG. 24(b), the colors of the hold when suggesting the change of hold are white, blue, green, red, and rainbow colors, and the winning expectation of these jackpots is shown in FIG. 13(a). As shown.
In addition, a lottery is performed based on the special figure fluctuation pattern determined by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133 for the reserved color suggesting the reserved change.
If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to HSP2-A, the pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 50/100 is white, and the pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 25/100 is blue. A pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 17/100 is determined to be green, and a pending color that suggests a pending change is determined to be red with a probability of 8/100. If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to HSP2-B, the pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 45/100 is white, and the pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 23/100 is blue. A pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 19/100 is determined to be green, and a pending color that suggests a pending change is determined to be red with a probability of 13/100. If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to HSP3-A, the pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 20/100 is white, and the pending color that suggests a pending change is blue with a probability of 25/100, A pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 25/100 is determined to be green, and a pending color that suggests a pending change is determined to be red with a probability of 30/100. If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to HSP3-B, the pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 15/100 is white, and the pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 21/100 is blue. There is a 29/100 probability that the pending final color is determined to be green, and a 35/100 probability that the pending color that suggests a pending change is red.
Also, if the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to ASP2-A, the final color of the hold with a probability of 15/100 is white, and the hold color that suggests a change with a probability of 20/100 is blue, 25 The pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of /100 is green, the pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 35/100 is red, and the pending color that suggests a pending change is rainbow with a probability of 5/100. It is determined. If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to ASP2-B, the pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 10/100 is white, and the pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 17/100 is blue, The retained color that suggests a retained change with a probability of 23/100 is green, the retained color that suggests a retained change with a probability of 44/100 is red, and the retained color that suggests a retained change with a probability of 6/100 is rainbow. is determined by If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to ASP3-A, the pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 15/100 is blue, and the pending color that suggests a pending change is green with a probability of 25/100, The pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 51/100 is determined to be red, and the pending color suggesting a pending change is determined to be rainbow with a probability of 9/100. If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to ASP3-B, the pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 10/100 is blue, and the pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 20/100 is green, A pending color that suggests a pending change with a probability of 60/100 is determined to be red, and a pending color that suggests a pending change is determined to be rainbow with a probability of 10/100.
In this way, when it is determined to be a loss by the special figure suitability determination means 131, it is not determined to be a rainbow color as a reservation color suggesting a reservation change, only when it is determined to be a big hit by the special figure suitability determination means 131. , is never determined to be iridescent as the pending color suggesting a pending change. Therefore, the player can know that the game will be a big hit when the rainbow-colored hold appears.
In addition, it is determined to be a loss by the special figure propriety determination means 131, and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be either HSP2-A or HSP2-B by the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133. Also shown in FIG. 13 (a) The probability that white is determined as the pending color suggesting a pending change is highest, and the probability that red is determined as a pending color suggesting a pending change is lowest so as to achieve the expected degree of expectation. Furthermore, if the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be either HSP3-A or HSP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the hold suggesting a hold change The probability of being determined to be white as a color is set lower than the probability of being determined to be red as a pending color that suggests a pending change, but as shown in FIG. When it is determined to be a loss by 131, the special figure variation pattern HSP3-A, HSP3-B in the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133 is determined to be a low ratio, so the big hit shown in FIG. 13 (a) It is possible to set it as a winning expectation level. Furthermore, even when the special figure success/failure determination means 131 determines that the game is lost, a reservation of a color with a high degree of expectation for winning a jackpot may appear, so that the player's interest is improved when these reservations appear. be able to.
On the other hand, if the special figure variation pattern is determined to be either ASP2-A or ASP2-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the suspension suggesting a suspension change The probability of red being determined as the color is set higher than the probability of being determined as white as the pending color suggesting the pending change. In addition, if the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be either ASP3-A or ASP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the reservation suggesting a change in the reservation The color is never determined to be white. By setting in this way, it is possible to achieve the degree of expectation for winning a big hit as shown in FIG. 13(a). Here, it is determined to be a big hit by the special figure propriety determination means 131, and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be one of ASP2-A, ASP2-B, ASP3-A, and ASP3-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133. In this case, the probability of being determined to be rainbow as the pending color suggesting pending change is low. However, if it is determined to be a loss by the special figure right or wrong determination means 131, it is not determined to be a rainbow color as a reservation color that suggests a reservation change, so the winning expectation of the big hit shown in FIG. 13 (a) becomes possible. Furthermore, if the rainbow color appears as the final color of the reservation, it will be a big hit, so if the probability that the rainbow color is determined as the reservation color suggesting the change of the reservation is too high, there is a possibility that the interest of the player will be reduced.
In the present embodiment, the pending final color determination table of FIG. 20(a) is used as the pending color determination table suggested in FIG. 24(b). By doing so, it is possible to reduce the data capacity. However, the pending color determination table suggested in FIG. 24(b) does not necessarily need to be diverted from the final pending color determination table in FIG. 20(a), and may be a different lottery table.

Returning to FIG. 23, a step S508 determines the number of pseudo fluctuations suggesting a pending change by using the pseudo fluctuation table suggesting a pending change shown in FIG. 21(a). Since FIG. 21A uses the table used in step S308 of FIG. 19, the description is omitted here. By using the data in this way, it is possible to reduce the data volume. However, it is not always necessary to use the pseudo-fluctuation table of FIG. 21(a), and a different lottery table may be used.
Next, a step S510 sets a horse rampage effect (middle stage) such that the pseudo change suggesting the pending change determined in the step S508 changes to the pending color suggesting the pending change determined in the step S506.
Step S512 is a process performed when it is not determined in step S504 that the suggestion target is determined to be "suspended change" (when "development effect A" or "development effect B" is determined). In step S512, a horse rampage effect (middle stage) is set to be performed in a pseudo variation in which a development effect corresponding to the suggestion target determined in step S502 is performed, and this processing ends. Therefore, in this case, the horse holding image is not displayed, and the horse image (CA2) is abruptly displayed during the pattern variation, and the horse rampage effect is performed. By configuring in this way, the horse rampage effect may be performed even when the horse holding image is not displayed, so that the player's interest in the horse rampage effect can be improved.

Returning to FIG. 22, a step S408 determines whether step-up effect is determined in step S402, and if step-up notice is determined, the process proceeds to a subroutine (step-up effect determination process) of step S410. In this embodiment, the detailed description of the step-up effect determination process will be omitted.
Also, in step S402, it is determined whether or not the step-up effect is determined, and if the step-up notice is not determined, the process proceeds to step S412, in which it is determined whether or not the cut-in effect is determined in step S402. If so, the process proceeds to a subroutine (cut-in effect determination process) of step S414. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the detailed description of the processing contents of the cut-in effect determination processing will be omitted.
In step S402, it is determined whether or not the cut-in effect has been determined, and if the cut-in effect has not been determined, this processing is terminated.

<About other modifications>
Modifications not described in the above description are listed below.

In addition, if the first display corresponding to the design variation does not become a specific display mode (corresponding to the horse icon) while the design variation is pending, the display mode of the second display at the start of the design variation and the The display mode of the second display at the end of the symbol variation may become the same.
That is, when the suspended icon displayed in the suspended icon display area 812 is a normal icon (when the horse icon is not displayed), the display mode of the variable icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813 at the start of the pattern variation , and the display mode of the variation icon at the end of the symbol variation may be the same.
By doing so, if the horse icon is not displayed in the pending icon display area 812, the variable icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813 may not change. It is possible to increase the player's interest in doing things.

In addition, the degree of expectation for winning a jackpot suggested by a specific display mode (corresponding to a horse icon) is determined by selecting a display mode (corresponding to a rainbow-colored normal icon) that confirms winning of a jackpot among display modes other than the specific display mode. Among the display modes excepted, the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot is higher than that with the lowest degree of expectation for winning the jackpot (corresponding to the white normal icon) and lower than the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot with the highest degree (corresponding to the normal red icon).
By configuring in this way, the specific display mode definitely indicates the pending change, but by positioning it in this way, it is possible to arouse both the player's sense of anticipation and frustration. .

In addition, if the first display (suspended icon) corresponding to the design variation does not become a specific display mode (if it does not become a horse icon) while the design variation is pending, the second display at the start of the design variation The display mode of (variation icon) and the display mode of the second display at the end of the symbol variation may be the same. This is because if the first display (suspended icon) corresponding to the symbol variation does not become a specific display mode (if it does not become a horse icon) while the pattern variation is pending, the pending color that suggests the pending change is , using the pending color determination table suggesting pending changes in FIG. 24(b). Then, based on the determined reserved color, in accordance with the rules for determining the reserved color immediately after the start of the variation shown in FIG. The display mode of the second display (variation icon) at the start of the variation may be the same as the display mode of the second display at the end of the symbol variation.
By doing so, when the specific display mode (horse icon) is not obtained, the display mode of the second display becomes the same at the start of the symbol variation and at the end of the symbol variation. Since the display mode of the second display (variable icon) may not change, it is possible to increase interest in the specific display mode of the first display.

<Appendix>
This embodiment includes the following technical ideas.
(1)
A gaming machine that executes a win-or-fail decision to determine whether or not a big win is won with the start of pattern variation, and suspends the start of pattern variation until a variation start condition is satisfied,
performance means and
A production control means for controlling the production means to execute a plurality of productions;
with
The rendering means includes image display means,
In the display area of the image display means, a first display area for displaying a first display corresponding to the design variation while the design variation is pending, and a second display corresponding to the design variation while the design variation is being executed. a second display area in which is displayed;
The first display and the second display indicate the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation by the display mode,
The first effect performed when the first display displayed in the first display area moves to the second display area with the start of the pattern variation constitutes at least part of the first display. A third display having the same display as the image that was displayed is displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the third display, the second display has a different display mode from the first display. can be,
In the second effect performed in the pattern variation in which the first effect was performed, the fourth display having the same display as the third display operated in the first effect is displayed after the third display. A rendering that is displayed on a means, and as a result of which the fourth display operates, the second display can be in a display mode different from that at the end of the first rendering,
The display mode of the first display corresponding to the pattern variation during the suspension of the pattern variation in which the first effect is performed is different from all the display modes of the second display that can be at the end of the first effect,
A gaming machine characterized by:
(2)
There is a case where the second production is executed in the pattern variation in which the first production is performed, and a case in which the second production is not executed in the pattern variation in which the first production is performed,
The expected degree of winning the big win in the symbol variation in which the first performance and the second performance are executed is compared to the expectation of winning the big win in the symbol variation in which the first performance is performed and the second performance is not performed. expensive,
(1) The gaming machine described in (1).
(3)
In a part of the case where the second effect is executed in the symbol variation in which the first effect is performed, the expected degree of winning the big hit suggested by the second display at the end of the first effect, and the second There is no change in the expectation of winning the jackpot suggested by the second display at the end of the second production,
The gaming machine according to (1) or (2).
(4)
The display mode of the first display corresponding to the pattern variation in which the first effect is performed is a specific display mode,
The specific display mode includes an image having display identity with both the third display and the fourth display,
The third effect performed during the symbol variation is executed after the first display in the display mode other than the specific display mode is displayed in the first display area while the symbol variation is pending, and is executed during the symbol variation. , the fourth display is displayed without displaying the third display on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the fourth display, the second display is in a display mode different from that at the start of the pattern variation. It is a possible production,
The display mode of the second display that can be at the end of the second effect and the display mode of the second display that can be at the end of the third effect are the same.
The gaming machine according to any one of (1) to (3).

10 Game Machine 15 Outer Frame 17 Middle Frame 20 Front Frame 21 Hinge Mechanism 22 Movable Decorative Body 23 Cylinder Lock 25 Transparent Member 27 Upper Sphere Receptacle 29 Lower Sphere Receptacle 31 Operation Handle 32 Upper Frame Part 33 (33a, 33b) Speakers 34a, 34b Left and right frame parts 35 (35a, 35b, 35c) Frame lamp 36 Ball extraction mechanism 37 Production button 38 Cursor button 38a Up cursor button 38b Down cursor button 38c Left cursor button 38d Right cursor button 38e Center cursor button 39 Main operation part 39a Ball Lend button 39b Return button 40 Power switch 43 RAM clear switch 46 Game ball tank 47 Tank rail 48 Payout unit 49 Payout passage 50 Game board 50a Game area 51 Outer rail 52 Windmill 53 Inner rail 54 Protective member 55 Big winning opening 57 First start Mouth 59 Second start port 61 Ordinary electric accessory 62 Ordinary electric accessory solenoid 63 Gate 65 Special electric accessory 66 Special electric accessory solenoid 67 General winning port 69 Out port 70 First start sensor 71 Second start sensor 72 Special winning opening sensor 73 General winning opening sensor 74 Gate sensor 75 Out ball sensor 76 Middle frame open door sensor 77 Front frame open door sensor 80 Effect display device 81 Main display section 82 Sub display section 82a Upper sub display section 82b Left sub display section 82c Right sub-display unit 83 Volume control unit 84 Brightness control unit 85 Effect shield 85a Upper left effect shield 85b Upper right effect shield 85c Lower left effect shield 85d Lower right effect shield 90 Symbol display device 91 First special symbol display device 92 Second special symbol display device 93 Normal symbol display device 94 First special symbol reservation lamp 95 Second special symbol reservation lamp 96 Normal symbol reservation lamp 100 Main control board 101 CPU
102 ROMs
103 RAM
104 I / O port 105 random number circuit 109 main control board case 110 entering ball determination means 115 main random number generation means 120 main reservation control means 125 prior determination means 130 special figure lottery means 131 special figure success or failure determination means 132 special figure stop symbol lottery means 133 special figure fluctuation pattern derivation means 135 normal figure lottery means 140 jackpot game control means 145 symbol display control means 150 electric accessary control means 155 game state control means 160 main information storage means 165 main error control means 170 main command management means 175 return Power processing executing means 176 Return state setting means 179 Playable state transition means 180 Power interruption processing executing means 200 First sub-control board 201 CPU
202 ROMs
203 RAM
204 I/O port 209 First sub-control board case 210 Sub-random number generating means 220 Normal effect control means 221 effect mode control means 222 effect route determination means 223 sub-hold control means 224 look-ahead effect control means 225 effect content determination means 226 decoration design Control means 227 Jackpot production control means 230 Sub-error control means 240 Lamp control means 245 Movable role control means 250 Volume adjustment means 255 Brightness adjustment means 260 Sub-information storage means 270 Sub-command management means 300 Second sub-control board 301 CPU
302 ROMs
303 RAM
304 I/O port 309 Second sub-control board case 310 Audio control board 311 CPU
312 ROMs
313 RAM
314 I/O port 400 Payout control board 409 Payout control board case 500 Power control board 501 Normal power supply circuit 502 Backup power supply circuit 503 Power failure detection circuit 509 Power supply control board case 811 Variation display area 812 Hold icon display area 813 Variation icon display area 814 Development effect display area X First channel Y Second channel ag0 Icon image ag1 Icon image ag2 Icon image ag3 Icon image ag4 Icon image CA1 Horse image CA2 Horse image dg Pedestal image

Claims (1)

A gaming machine that executes a win-or-fail decision to determine whether or not a big win is won with the start of pattern variation, and suspends the start of pattern variation until a variation start condition is satisfied,
performance means and
A production control means for controlling the production means to execute a plurality of productions;
with
The rendering means includes image display means,
In the display area of the image display means, a first display area for displaying a first display corresponding to the design variation while the design variation is pending, and a second display corresponding to the design variation while the design variation is being executed. a second display area in which is displayed;
The first display and the second display indicate the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation by the display mode,
The first effect performed when the first display displayed in the first display area moves to the second display area with the start of the pattern variation constitutes at least part of the first display. A third display having the same display as the image that was displayed is displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the third display, the second display has a different display mode from the first display. can be,
In the second effect performed in the pattern variation in which the first effect was performed, the fourth display having the same display as the third display operated in the first effect is displayed after the third display. A rendering that is displayed on a means, and as a result of which the fourth display operates, the second display can be in a display mode different from that at the end of the first rendering,
The display mode of the first display corresponding to the pattern variation during the suspension of the pattern variation in which the first effect is performed is different from all the display modes of the second display that can be at the end of the first effect,
The display mode of the first display corresponding to the pattern variation in which the first effect is performed is a specific display mode,
The specific display mode includes an image having display identity with both the third display and the fourth display,
The third effect performed during the symbol variation is executed after the first display in the display mode other than the specific display mode is displayed in the first display area while the symbol variation is pending, and is executed during the symbol variation. , the fourth display is displayed without displaying the third display on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the fourth display, the second display is in a display mode different from that at the start of the pattern variation. It is a possible production,
The display mode of the second display that can be at the end of the second effect and the display mode of the second display that can be at the end of the third effect are the same.
A gaming machine characterized by:

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