JP7221246B2 - game machine - Google Patents

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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine on which games can be played.

As a gaming machine, game balls, which are game media, are shot into a game area by a shooting device, and when the game balls enter a prize winning area such as a prize winning opening provided in the game area, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the player. There is something that can be done. Furthermore, a variable display device capable of variably displaying (also referred to as “fluctuation”) identification information is provided, and when the display result of the variable display of the identification information on the variable display device is a specific display result, the game state (game There is a so-called pachinko machine configured to change the state of the machine (ie, more specifically, the state in which the game machine is controlled) to give a predetermined game value to the player.

After setting a predetermined number of bets for one game of predetermined game media, the player operates the start lever to start variable display of the identification information by the variable display device, and the player starts each variable display. By operating a stop button provided corresponding to the display device, the variable display of the identification information is stopped within the range of the predetermined maximum delay time from the operation timing, and the variable display of all the variable display devices is stopped. Winning occurs according to the display result derived when the game is stopped, predetermined game media are paid out according to the winning, and when a specific winning occurs, the game state is changed to a predetermined game value by the player. (so-called slot machines).

The game value is defined as the state of the variable winning ball device provided in the game area of the gaming machine that is advantageous to the player who is likely to win the ball, or the state that is advantageous to the player. It is to generate a right or to be in a state in which the conditions for paying out prize balls are likely to be established.

In a pachinko game machine, a predetermined specific display mode is derived and displayed as a display result of variable display of special symbols (identification information) that is started on the variable display device based on the winning of a game ball in a starting winning hole. If you do, a "jackpot" will occur. It should be noted that the derivation display means that the symbol (final stop symbol) is finally stopped and displayed. When a big win occurs, for example, the big win opening is opened a predetermined number of times, and the game shifts to a big win game state in which the ball is likely to win. Then, in each open period, when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of the large winning openings are won, the large winning opening is closed. The number of openings of the big winning opening is fixed to a predetermined number (for example, 15 rounds). An opening time (for example, 29 seconds) is determined for each opening, and even if the number of winnings does not reach a predetermined number, the big winning opening is closed after the opening time has elapsed. Hereinafter, the opening period of each big winning slot may be called a round. Moreover, the game in a round may be called a round game.

In addition, in the variable display device, patterns other than the final stop pattern (for example, the middle pattern among the left, middle, and right patterns) continue for a predetermined period of time and are stopped and shaken in a state in which they match a specific display result. Big wins can occur before the final result is displayed due to moving, scaling, or deformation, multiple symbols fluctuating in sync with the same symbol, or the positions of the displayed symbols changing. The production performed in the state where the sexuality is continuing (hereinafter, these states are referred to as the reach state) is called the reach production. In addition, the reach state and its state are referred to as a reach state. Further, the variable display including the reach effect is called the reach variable display. Then, if the display result of the pattern variably displayed on the variable display device is not a specific display result, it becomes "missing" and the variable display state ends. A player plays a game while enjoying how to generate a big hit.

Some of such gaming machines are configured to be able to execute a plurality of special effects (ready-to-win effects) in parallel. For example, Patent Literature 1 describes executing a ready-to-win effect in each of four divided display areas. Further, for example, Patent Document 2 proposes a gaming machine that displays a title indicating the type of ready-to-win effect at the start of the ready-to-win effect.

JP 2011-110062 A (paragraph 0147, FIG. 29) JP 2016-101428 A

However, there is still room for improving the marketability of the game machine having the functions and configurations of both Patent Documents 1 and 2.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine with improved marketability .

(Means A) The game machine according to the present invention is
A gaming machine that can be controlled to an advantageous state for a player by executing variable display of specific identification information and deriving a specific display result as a result of the variable display of the specific identification information,
game control means;
production control means;
a display means;
The game control means is
Determining whether or not to be controlled to the advantageous state when the game medium enters the starting area,
perform variable display of the specific identification information;
Based on the result of the determination, a first variation pattern that is a variation pattern controlled to the advantageous state, a second variation pattern that is a variation pattern controlled to the advantageous state, and a variation pattern that is not controlled to the advantageous state , a fourth variation pattern that is a variation pattern that is not controlled to the advantageous state, a fifth variation pattern that is a variation pattern that is controlled to the advantageous state, and a variation pattern that is not controlled to the advantageous state Determine any one of a plurality of variation patterns including a sixth variation pattern,
When the first variation pattern is determined, a first command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the second variation pattern is determined, a second command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the third variation pattern is determined, a third command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the fourth variation pattern is determined, a fourth command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the fifth variation pattern is determined, a fifth command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the sixth variation pattern is determined, a sixth command is transmitted to the effect control means,
The production control means is
variable display of the decoration identification information corresponding to the variable display of the specific identification information can be executed using the display means;
It is possible to execute a special reach, a specific reach with a higher expectation of being controlled to the advantageous state than the special reach, and a predetermined reach with a higher expectation of being controlled to the advantageous state than the specific reach,
When the first command is received, it is possible to notify that the predetermined reach is controlled to the advantageous state,
When the second command is received, it is possible to notify that the specific reach is controlled to the advantageous state,
When the third command is received, it is possible to notify that the predetermined reach is not controlled to the advantageous state,
When the fourth command is received, it is possible to notify that the specific reach is not controlled to the advantageous state,
When the fifth command is received, it is possible to notify that the special reach is controlled to the advantageous state,
When the sixth command is received, it is possible to notify that the special reach is not controlled to the advantageous state,
When the first command or the third command is received, the decoration identification information is displayed in a ready-to-reach mode, then a common performance is executed, and immediately after the common performance, a title corresponding to the predetermined reach is announced. is executable and
When the second command or the fourth command is received, the decoration identification information is displayed in the ready-to-win mode, then the common performance is executed, and immediately after the common performance, the title corresponding to the specific ready-to-reach. is capable of performing notification;
When the fifth command or the sixth command is received, the special ready-to-win can be executed without executing the common effect after displaying the decoration identification information in the ready-to-win mode,
When the first command is received, after the execution of the common effect, the title notification corresponding to the predetermined reach can be executed in either a normal mode or a variation mode with a higher degree of expectation than the normal mode. , it is possible to suggest the degree of expectation by changing the presentation mode of the predetermined reach at a plurality of timings after the title notification corresponding to the predetermined reach is completed,
When the second command is received, after the common effect is executed, the title notification corresponding to the specific reach can be executed in either a normal mode or a change mode with a higher expectation than the normal mode. , It is possible to suggest the degree of expectation by changing the presentation mode of the specific reach at a plurality of timings after the title notification corresponding to the specific reach is completed,
When the third command is received, after the common effect is executed, the title notification corresponding to the predetermined reach can be executed in either a normal mode or a change mode with a higher degree of expectation than the normal mode. , it is possible to suggest the degree of expectation by changing the presentation mode of the predetermined reach at a plurality of timings after the title notification corresponding to the predetermined reach is completed,
When the fourth command is received, after the execution of the common effect, the title notification corresponding to the specific reach can be executed in either a normal mode or a change mode with a higher degree of expectation than the normal mode. , It is possible to suggest the degree of expectation by changing the presentation mode of the specific reach at a plurality of timings after the title notification corresponding to the specific reach is completed,
When the first command is received, a character display is displayed in a predetermined area of the display means for indicating that the control is to be in the advantageous state, and then the display means is displayed in an area including the predetermined area of the display means. displaying the decoration identification information in a form indicating that it is controlled in an advantageous state;
When the second command is received, a character display is displayed in the predetermined area of the display means for indicating that the control is to be performed in the advantageous state, and thereafter, in an area including the predetermined area of the display means. displaying the decoration identification information in a form indicating that it is controlled to the advantageous state;
When the first command is received and when the third command is received, the specific reach is not executed,
not executing the predetermined reach when the second command is received and when the fourth command is received;
The common effect executed when the first command is received, the common effect executed when the second command is received, and the common effect executed when the third command is received. , and the common effect executed when the fourth command is received can be executed in the same display mode .
(Means 1) A gaming machine according to another aspect is a gaming machine capable of playing a game, and executes a special effect (for example, character effects A and B among super ready-to-win effects A to C). A possible special effect execution means (for example, a part that executes steps 87IWS012, 87IWS014, 87IWS105, 87IWS142, and 87IWS148 in the effect control CPU 120), and the special effect execution means is the first special effect (for example, the super reach effect A A first pattern (for example, super ready-to-win effect A) for executing the character effect A), and a second pattern (for example, super a ready-to-reach effect B), and a third pattern in which the first special effect and the second special effect can be executed in parallel (for example, a super ready-to-reach effect C in which the character effect A and the character effect B can be executed in parallel). , and when executing the special effect according to the third pattern, a first effect display corresponding to the first special effect (for example, a character effect A) is displayed), and a second effect display corresponding to the second special effect (for example, display of character effect B) is displayed. In the second effect display area (for example, the display area on the right side of the image display device 5), the state in which the first effect display and the second effect display are respectively displayed is switched to the state in which the common effect display is displayed. possible (for example, from a state in which character presentation A and character presentation B shown in FIG. 20-18(D) are being executed in parallel, common presentation 2 shown in FIG. It is characterized by being able to switch to the state where According to such a configuration, it is possible to enhance the performance effect when the special performance is executed.

(Means 2) In means 1, when the special effect execution means executes the special effect according to the third pattern, the common effect display is displayed from the state in which the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed. state (for example, from the state in which character presentation A and character presentation B shown in FIG. 20-18(D) are being executed in parallel, common presentation 2 shown in FIG. 20-19 (E)), and furthermore, the state in which the common effect display is displayed can be switched to the state in which the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed (for example, shown in FIG. 20-19 (E) The state in which the common presentation 2 is being executed is switched to the state in which the character presentation A and the character presentation B shown in FIG. 20-19(F) are being performed in parallel. According to such a configuration, it is possible to enhance the performance effect when the special performance is executed.

(Means 3) In means 1 or 2, the special effect executing means performs the first special effect in different effect periods depending on whether the special effect is executed according to the first pattern or the special effect is executed according to the second pattern. and the second special effect (for example, as shown in FIG. 20-11, the effect period of character effect B in super reach effect B is longer than the effect period (A1+A2) of character effect A in super reach effect A ( B1+B2) is longer), and when the special effect is executed by the third pattern, the first special effect and the second special effect are executed in the same effect period (for example, as shown in FIG. 20-11, In the super ready-to-win effect C, the character effect A and the character effect B may be executed in parallel during the same effect period (C1+C2)). According to such a configuration, it is possible to suitably execute the special effect by the third pattern.

(Means 4) In any one of means 1 to 3, information display means (for example, A portion for executing steps 87IWSA06, 87IWS012, 87IWS014, 87IWS105, and 87IWS145 in the effect control CPU 120), and the notification display means displays only one notification display even in the state where the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed. (for example, as shown in FIGS. 20-18 to 20-20, only one fourth pattern display area 87IW101, 87IW102 and a telop display 87IW105 are displayed). According to such a configuration, it is possible to suitably execute the special effect by the third pattern.

(Means 5) In any one of means 1 to 4, the special effect executing means displays an action prompting display (for example, an operation prompting display 87IW108) for promoting the action of the player during execution of the special effect. (for example, the part that executes step IWS152 in the effect control CPU 120), and based on the fact that the player's action is detected during the action promotion display, it is informed that the player is controlled to be in an advantageous state. It is possible (for example, the effect control CPU 120 executes step 87IWS157 when Y in step 87IWS154), and even in the state where the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed, only one action promotion display is displayed. display (eg, display only one prompting display 87IW108, as shown in FIG. 20-19(H)). According to such a configuration, it is possible to suitably execute the special effect by the third pattern.

(Means 6) Another aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention is a gaming machine in which a game can be played and which can be controlled to an advantageous state (for example, a jackpot game state) that is advantageous to the player, and a predetermined effect is provided. Predetermined effect executing means capable of executing (for example, stored effect) (for example, the part that executes step 87IWS107 in the effect control CPU 120) and the predetermined effect is executed a predetermined number of times (for example, 1 to 3 times) Based on this, a specific effect executing means (for example, steps 87IWS127, 87IWS133, and 87IWS139 in the effect control CPU 120 that can execute a specific effect (for example, advance notice effects A to C) suggesting that the effect is controlled in an advantageous state is executed. and the specific effect execution means executes a specific effect (for example, pre-reach announcement effect A) based on the first predetermined number of times (for example, 3 times) of the predetermined effect being executed as a predetermined number of times. After that, a specific effect (for example, pre-reach announcement effect B) can be executed based on the fact that the predetermined effect has been executed a second predetermined number of times (for example, two times) different from the first predetermined number of times as a predetermined number of times ( For example, the effect control CPU 120 sets the retention number counter to 3 in step S87IWS007, executes step S87IWS127, executes the pre-reach announcement effect A, and then sets the retention number counter to 2, which is one less in step S87IWS113. Based on this, step 87IWS133 is executed to execute pre-reach announcement effect B). According to such a configuration, it is possible to enhance the performance effect when executing the predetermined performance and the specific performance.

(Means 7) Still another aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention is a gaming machine capable of playing a game and being controllable to an advantageous state (for example, a jackpot game state) that is advantageous to the player. Predetermined effect executing means capable of executing effect (for example, stored effect) (for example, part that executes step 87IWS107 in effect control CPU 120, and predetermined effect is executed a predetermined number of times (for example, 1 to 3 times) Based on this, a specific effect executing means (for example, steps 87IWS127, 87IWS133, and 87IWS139 in the effect control CPU 120 that can execute a specific effect (for example, advance notice effects A to C) suggesting that the effect is controlled in an advantageous state is executed. , and the specific effect execution means provides a first specific effect (e.g., pre-reach announcement effect A) based on the fact that the predetermined effect has been executed a first predetermined number of times (e.g., three times) as a predetermined number of times. After executing, a second specific effect (for example, pre-reach announcement effect B) can be executed based on the fact that the predetermined effect is executed a second predetermined number of times (for example, twice) as a predetermined number of times (for example, effect After the control CPU 120 sets 3 to the pooled number counter in step S87IWS007 and executes step S87IWS127 to execute the pre-reach announcement effect A, in step S87IWS113 it sets the pooled number counter to 2, which is one less. Then step 87IWS133 is executed to execute pre-reach announcement effect B), and when the predetermined effect is executed a specific number of times greater than the first predetermined number of times before executing the first specific effect, the first specific effect is executed. After that, the second specific effect can be executed based on the fact that the predetermined effect has been executed a number of times less than the second predetermined number of times (for example, as shown in FIG. When the next storage performance is executed before, by treating it as having been executed for the next pre-reach announcement performance B, one less than two times is performed after the pre-reach announcement performance A is executed. is executed and the advance notice effect B before reach is executed).According to such a configuration, when executing the predetermined effect and the specific effect, the effect of the effect can be enhanced. can be done.

(Means 8) Still another aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention is a gaming machine capable of playing a game and being controllable to an advantageous state (for example, a jackpot game state) advantageous to the player. A common effect execution means (for example, for effect control) capable of executing a common effect (for example, character effect D in super ready-to-win effect D) that is executed in common when it is controlled to the state and when it is not controlled to the advantageous state A part that executes steps 87IWS012, 87IWS014, and 87IWS105 in the CPU 120) and a specific sound output means capable of outputting a specific sound (for example, specific sounds S1 to S4) after the common effect is executed when controlled in an advantageous state (For example, a part that executes step 87IWS175 in the effect control CPU 120), and the common effect execution means can execute a plurality of types of common effects including at least the first common effect and the second common effect ( For example, a character effect D can be executed using a plurality of characters C1 to C4). It is possible to output sound (for example, as shown in FIGS. 20-6 and 20-12, in the super ready-to-win effect D, which character effect D is executed depends on which character C1 to C4 is used). It is characterized in that the sounds S1 to S4 are output differently). According to such a configuration, it is possible to enhance the presentation effect when the specific sound is output.

It is a front view of the pachinko game machine in this embodiment. It is a configuration diagram showing various control boards and the like mounted in the pachinko game machine. It is a flow chart which shows an example of game control main processing. It is a flow chart showing an example of timer interrupt processing for game control. It is a flow chart which shows an example of special design process processing. It is a flow chart which shows an example of production control main processing. It is a flow chart which shows an example of production control process processing. It is a figure for demonstrating a variation pattern and the kind of reach. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example. FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing an example of an advance notice effect determination process; FIG. It is a figure which shows the determination ratio in an advance notice production|presentation determination process. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example of a modification. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example of a modification. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation operation example of a modification. It is a flowchart which shows the production|presentation control main process in the characteristic part 87IW. 9 is a flowchart showing variable display start setting processing; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a pre-reach announcement effect determination table; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a stored effect determination table; FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a waiting time determination table; FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of a character determination table; It is a flow chart which shows production processing during variable display. It is a flow chart which shows production processing during variable display. It is a flow chart which shows production processing during variable display. It is a flow chart which shows production processing during variable display. It is a time chart for explaining the execution timing of the effects to be executed in the super ready-to-win effects A to C. It is a time chart for explaining the execution timing of the production executed in the super ready-to-win production D. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an effect example when a pre-reach announcement effect is executed; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an effect example when a pre-reach announcement effect is executed; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an effect example when a pre-reach announcement effect is executed; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an effect example when a pre-reach announcement effect is executed; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining another effect example when the pre-reach announcement effect is executed; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of an effect when a super ready-to-win effect C is executed; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of an effect when a super ready-to-win effect C is executed; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of an effect when a super ready-to-win effect C is executed;

(Basic explanation)
First, the basic configuration and control of the pachinko game machine 1 (also the configuration and control of a general pachinko game machine) will be described.

(Structure of pachinko machine 1, etc.)
FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko game machine 1, showing the arrangement layout of the main members. A pachinko game machine (game machine) 1 is roughly composed of a game board (gauge board) 2 forming a game board surface and a game machine frame (underframe) 3 supporting and fixing the game board 2 . A game area is formed in the game board 2, and a game ball as a game medium is shot from a predetermined ball shooting device and hit into the game area.

At a predetermined position of the game board 2 (in the example shown in FIG. 1, on the right side of the game area), a variable display (also called a special game) of special symbols (also called special symbols) as a plurality of types of special identification information is displayed. A first special symbol display device 4A and a second special symbol display device 4B are provided. Each of these consists of a 7-segment LED or the like. The special symbols are represented by numbers indicating "0" to "9" and lighting patterns such as "-". The special symbol may include a pattern in which all LEDs are turned off.

The "variable display" of special symbols means, for example, that a plurality of types of special symbols are variably displayed (the same applies to other symbols described later). Variations include updating display of a plurality of patterns, scrolling display of a plurality of patterns, deformation of one or more patterns, enlargement/reduction of one or more patterns, and the like. In the variation of special symbols and normal symbols, which will be described later, a plurality of types of special symbols or normal symbols are updated and displayed. In the variation of decorative patterns, which will be described later, a plurality of types of decorative patterns are scrolled or updated, and one or more decorative patterns are deformed or enlarged/reduced. Note that the variation also includes a mode in which a certain symbol is displayed blinking. At the end of the variable display, a predetermined special symbol is stopped and displayed (also referred to as derivation or derivation display) as a display result (the same applies to variable display of other symbols to be described later). Variable display may be expressed as variable display or variation.

The special symbols variably displayed on the first special symbol display device 4A are also called "first special symbols", and the special symbols variably displayed on the second special symbol display device 4B are also called "second special symbols". Also, a special game using the first special game is called a "first special game", and a special game using the second special game is called a "second special game". In addition, the number of special symbol display devices that variably display the special symbols may be one.

An image display device 5 is provided near the center of the game area on the game board 2 . The image display device 5 is composed of, for example, an LCD (liquid crystal display) or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence), and displays various effects images. The image display device 5 may be composed of a projector and a screen. Various effect images are displayed on the image display device 5 .

For example, on the screen of the image display device 5, in synchronism with the first special game and the second special game, a plurality of types of decorative patterns (such as patterns showing numbers) as decoration identification information different from the special patterns. variable display is performed. Here, in synchronization with the first special game or the second special game, decorative patterns are variably displayed (for example, up and down direction scroll display and update display). In addition, the variable display of the special figure game and the decorative pattern that are executed in synchronism is generically called simply variable display.

A display area may be provided on the screen of the image display device 5 for displaying suspended display corresponding to the variable display whose execution is suspended and active display corresponding to the variable display being executed. Suspended display and active display are also collectively referred to as variable display corresponding display corresponding to variable display.

The number of variable representations that are reserved is also referred to as the number of reserved memories. The reserved memory number corresponding to the first special game is also referred to as the first reserved memory number, and the reserved memory number corresponding to the second special game is also referred to as the second reserved memory number. The sum of the first reserved memory count and the second reserved memory count is also referred to as the total reserved memory count.

In addition, at a predetermined position of the game board 2, a first suspension display 25A and a second suspension display 25B each including a plurality of LEDs are provided. , the number of first reserved memories is displayed, and the second reserved display 25B displays the number of second reserved memories according to the number of lit LEDs.

Below the image display device 5, a winning ball device 6A and a variable winning ball device 6B are provided.

Winning ball device 6A, for example, forms a first starting winning opening that is kept in a constant open state in which game balls can enter, for example, by a predetermined ball receiving member. When a game ball enters the first start winning hole, a predetermined number (for example, three) of prize balls are paid out, and the first special game can be started.

The variable winning ball device 6B (ordinary electric accessory) forms a second starting winning hole that changes between a closed state and an open state by a solenoid 81 (see FIG. 2). The variable winning ball device 6B is provided with, for example, an electric tulip-shaped accessory having a pair of movable winglets. comes close to the winning ball device 6A, and the closed state in which the game balls do not enter the second starting winning opening (also referred to as the second starting winning opening being closed). On the other hand, the variable winning ball device 6B is in an open state in which the game ball can enter the second start winning opening (second start It is also said that the prize-winning mouth is open.). When the game ball enters the second start winning hole, a predetermined number (for example, three) of prize balls are paid out, and the second special game can be started. Note that the variable winning ball device 6B may be any device that changes between a closed state and an open state, and is not limited to a device provided with an electric tulip-shaped accessory.

At predetermined positions of the game board 2 (in the example shown in FIG. 1, four positions on the left and right sides of the game area), there are provided general winning holes 10 which are always kept open by predetermined ball receiving members. In this case, when the player enters one of the general winning openings 10, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls are paid out as prize balls.

Below the winning ball device 6A and the variable winning ball device 6B, a special variable winning ball device 7 having a large winning hole is provided. The special variable winning ball device 7 is provided with a large winning opening door that is driven to open and close by a solenoid 82 (see FIG. 2), and the special winning opening as a specific area that changes between an open state and a closed state by the large winning opening door. Form.

As an example, in the special variable winning ball device 7, when the solenoid 82 for the big winning door (for the special electric accessory) is in the OFF state, the big winning door closes the big winning door, and the game ball is pushed out. You will not be able to enter (pass through) the prize gate. On the other hand, in the special variable prize winning ball device 7, when the solenoid 82 for the special prize winning port door is in the ON state, the special prize winning port door opens the big prize winning port, making it easier for the game ball to enter the big prize winning port. Become.

When game balls enter the big winning hole, a predetermined number (for example, 14) of game balls are paid out as prize balls. When the game balls enter the big winning hole, more prize balls are paid out than when the game balls enter the first starting winning hole, the second starting winning hole and the general winning hole 10, for example.

Entering a game ball into each winning hole including the general winning hole 10 is also called "winning". In particular, winning a prize to a starting opening (first starting winning opening, second starting winning opening starting opening) is also referred to as starting winning.

A normal symbol display 20 is provided at a predetermined position of the game board 2 (the left side of the game area in the example shown in FIG. 1). As an example, the normal symbol display device 20 is composed of a 7-segment LED or the like, and performs variable display of normal symbols as a plurality of types of normal identification information different from special symbols. The normal symbols are represented by numbers indicating "0" to "9", lighting patterns such as "-", and the like. The normal pattern may include a pattern in which all the LEDs are turned off. Such a variable display of normal patterns is also called a normal pattern game.

A passage gate 41 through which game balls can pass is provided on the left side of the image display device 5 . Based on the game ball passing through the passage gate 41, the normal game is executed.

Above the normal pattern display 20, a normal pattern holding display 25C is provided. The general pattern suspension display 25C includes, for example, four LEDs, and displays the normal pattern suspension storage number, which is the number of general pattern games whose execution is suspended, by the number of lit LEDs.

The surface of the game board 2 is provided with, in addition to the above structure, a windmill for changing the flowing direction and speed of the game ball and a large number of obstacle nails. At the bottom of the game area, an out port is provided for taking in game balls that have not entered any of the winning ports.

Speakers 8L and 8R for reproducing and outputting sound effects and the like are provided at the left and right upper positions of the game machine frame 3, and a game effect lamp 9 for game effects is provided at the periphery of the game area. ing. The game effect lamp 9 includes an LED.

At a predetermined position (not shown in FIG. 1) of the game board 2, a movable body 32 that operates according to the performance is provided.

A ball hitting operation handle (operation knob) 30 operated by a player or the like to shoot a game ball toward the game area from the ball shooting device is provided at the lower right portion of the game machine frame 3 .

At a predetermined position of the game machine frame 3 below the game area, game balls paid out as prize balls and game balls lent from a predetermined ball lending machine are held (stored) so as to be supplied to the ball shooting device. ) is provided with a batted ball supply plate (upper plate). Below the upper plate, there is provided a batted ball supply plate (lower plate) from which prize balls are dispensed when the upper plate is full.

A stick controller 31A that can be held and tilted by a player is attached to a predetermined position of the gaming machine frame 3 below the game area. The stick controller 31A is provided with a trigger button that can be pressed by the player. An operation on the stick controller 31A is detected by a controller sensor unit 35A (see FIG. 2).

At a predetermined position of the gaming machine frame 3 below the game area, there is provided a push button 31B that allows the player to perform a predetermined instruction operation such as a pressing operation. An operation on the push button 31B is detected by a push sensor 35B (see FIG. 2).

The pachinko game machine 1 is provided with a stick controller 31A and a push button 31B as detection means for detecting actions (operations, etc.) of the player, but detection means other than these may be provided.

(Overview of Game Progress)
A game ball is shot toward a game area by a player's rotating operation of a ball-hitting operation handle 30 provided in the pachinko game machine 1 . When the game ball passes through the passage gate 41, the normal pattern display device 20 starts the normal pattern game. In addition, when the game ball passes through the passage gate 41 during the period during the execution of the previous normal game (when the game ball passes through the passage gate 41 but the normal game based on the passage cannot be executed immediately) , the normal game based on the passage is suspended up to a predetermined upper limit number (for example, 4).

In this normal pattern game, if a specific normal pattern (normal pattern per pattern) is stopped and displayed, the display result of the normal pattern becomes "normal pattern per pattern". On the other hand, if a normal pattern (normal pattern losing pattern) other than the normal pattern per pattern is stop-displayed as the determined normal pattern, the display result of the normal pattern becomes "normal pattern losing". When it comes to "normal game", the variable winning ball device 6B is opened for a predetermined period of time and the opening control is performed (the second start winning opening is opened).

When a game ball enters the first starting winning hole formed in the winning ball device 6A, the first special symbol game by the first special symbol display device 4A is started.

When the game ball enters the second starting winning hole formed in the variable winning ball device 6B, the second special symbol game by the second special symbol display device 4B is started.

In addition, when the game ball enters (wins) the start winning opening during the period during which the special game is running, or during the period when it is controlled to the big win game state or the small win game state described later (although the start win has occurred If the special game based on the starting prize cannot be executed immediately), the execution of the special game based on the entry is suspended up to a predetermined upper limit number (for example, 4).

In the special symbol game, if a specific special symbol (a big hit symbol, for example, "7", the actual symbol differs depending on the type of the big hit described below) is stopped and displayed as a fixed special symbol, it becomes a "big win" and a big winning symbol. If a predetermined special symbol (a small winning symbol, for example, "2") different from the symbol is stop-displayed, it becomes a "small winning". Also, if a special symbol (losing symbol, for example, "-") different from the big-hit symbol or the small-hit symbol is stop-displayed, it becomes "losing".

After the display result in the special game becomes "big win", the game is controlled to a big win game state as an advantageous state for the player. After the display result in the special game becomes "minor win", it is controlled to the small win game state.

In the jackpot game state, the jackpot formed by the special variable winning ball device 7 is opened in a predetermined manner. The open state is the timing of the elapse of a predetermined period (for example, 29 seconds or 1.8 seconds) and the timing until the number of game balls entering the big winning opening reaches a predetermined number (for example, 9). It will continue until whichever comes first. The predetermined period is an upper limit period during which the big winning opening can be opened in one round, and is hereinafter also referred to as an upper limit opening period. One cycle in which the big winning opening is opened in this way is called a round (round game). In the jackpot game state, the round can be repeatedly executed until it reaches a predetermined upper limit number of times (15 times or 2 times).

In the jackpot game state, the player can get a prize ball by entering the game ball into the big winning hole. Therefore, the jackpot gaming state is an advantageous state for the player. The larger the number of rounds in the jackpot game state and the longer the upper limit period of opening, the more advantageous the player is.

In addition, a jackpot type is set in the "jackpot". For example, a plurality of types of opening modes (number of rounds and upper limit period of opening) of the big winning opening and game states after the jackpot game state (normal state, time saving state, variable probability state, etc. described later) are prepared, and the jackpot is obtained according to these. type is set. As the jackpot type, there may be provided a jackpot type in which a large number of prize balls can be obtained, and a jackpot type in which a small number of prize balls or almost no prize balls can be obtained.

In the small winning game state, the big winning opening formed by the special variable winning ball device 7 is opened in a predetermined opening mode. For example, in the small winning game state, the same opening mode as the big winning game state when some jackpot types etc.), the big prize opening is opened. In addition, you may provide a small-hit classification also in a "small-hit" like a big-hit classification.

After the jackpot game state is finished, depending on the jackpot type, it may be controlled to a time-saving state or a variable probability state.

In the time saving state, the control (time saving control) that shortens the average special figure fluctuation time (period of varying the special figure) than the normal state is executed. In the time-saving state, by shortening the average normal figure fluctuation time (the period during which the normal figure is changed) than in the normal state, and by improving the probability of becoming a "normal figure hit" in the general figure game than in the normal state, etc. Control (high opening control, high base control) that makes it easier for game balls to enter the second start winning opening is also executed. Since the time-saving state is a state in which the variation efficiency of the special symbols (especially the second special symbols) is improved, it is an advantageous state for the player.

In the variable probability state (probability variable state), in addition to the time-saving control, the variable probability control in which the probability that the display result is a "jackpot" is higher than in the normal state is executed. The variable probability state is a state in which the variation efficiency of the special symbols is improved, and in addition, a "big hit" is likely to occur, so it is a further advantageous state for the player.

The time saving state and the variable probability state are continued until one of the end conditions such as execution of the special game for a predetermined number of times and start of the next big win game state is established first. The end condition that the special figure game of a predetermined number of times has been executed is also referred to as a number cut (number cut time reduction, number cut probability variable, etc.).

The normal state means a game state other than a special state such as an advantageous state such as a jackpot game state that is advantageous to the player, a time saving state, a variable probability state, etc., and the display result in the normal game is "normal game". The pachinko gaming machine 1, such as the probability and the probability that the display result in the special game will be a "jackpot", returns to the initial setting state of the pachinko gaming machine 1 (for example, when the system is reset, a predetermined return after power-on) It is the state controlled in the same way as when processing is not executed).

The state in which probability variable control is executed is also called a high probability state, and the state in which probability variable control is not executed is also called a low probability state. A state in which time-saving control is performed is also referred to as a high-based state, and a state in which time-saving control is not performed is also referred to as a low-based state. Combining these, the short-time state is also called a low-probability-high base state, the probability-variable state is a high-probability-high base state, and the normal state is a low-probability-low base state. The high probability state and the low base state are also referred to as the high probability low base state.

After the small win game state is over, the game state is not changed, and the game state before the display result of the special figure game becomes "small win" is continuously controlled (however, "small win" occurs). If the special game at the time is the special game for the predetermined number of times in the above cut, the game state is naturally changed). In addition, there may not be a "small hit" as a display result of a special figure game.

In addition, the game state may change based on the fact that the game ball has passed through a specific area (for example, a specific area within the big winning opening) during the jackpot game state. For example, when the game ball passes through the specific area, it may be controlled to the probability variable state after the big hit game state.

(Progress of production, etc.)
In the pachinko gaming machine 1, various effects (effects such as notifying the progress of the game and exciting the game) are executed according to the progress of the game. The production will be described below. The effect is performed by displaying various effect images on the image display device 5. In addition to or instead of the display, sound output from the speakers 8L and 8R and/or the game effect lamp 9 It may be performed by turning on/off, operation of the movable body 32, or the like.

As an effect executed according to the progress of the game, the first special game or the second In response to the start of the 2 special figure game, the variable display of the decoration pattern is started. At the timing when the display result (also called fixed special pattern) is stopped and displayed in the first special game or the second special game, a fixed decorative pattern (combination of three decorative patterns), which is the display result of variable display of decorative patterns, is displayed. ) is also stopped (derived).

During the period from the start of the variable display of the decorative design to the end of the variable display, the variable display of the decorative design may be in a predetermined ready-to-win state (ready-to-win state is established). Here, the ready-to-win mode means that when the decorative symbols stopped and displayed on the screen of the image display device 5 constitute a part of the jackpot combination described later, the decorative symbols that are not stopped and displayed are displayed in a variable manner. It is the aspect that is continuing.

Further, a ready-to-win effect is executed in response to the above-described ready-to-win mode during the variable display of decorative symbols. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the ratio of the display result (the display result of the special game or the display result of the variable display of the decoration pattern) to the "big win" (also called the "big win reliability" or "big win expectation") depends on the performance mode. A plurality of different types of ready-to-win effects are executed. The ready-to-win performance includes, for example, a normal reach and a super-to-win with higher reliability than the normal reach.

When the display result of the special game is a "big hit", a fixed decorative pattern that is a predetermined big hit combination is derived as a display result of the variable display of decorative patterns on the screen of the image display device 5 (decoration The display result of the variable display of the pattern becomes a "jackpot"). As an example, the same decoration patterns (for example, "7" etc.) are stop-displayed together on predetermined effective lines in the "left", "middle" and "right" decoration pattern display areas 5L, 5C and 5R. .

In the case of a ``variable probability big hit'' controlled to a variable probability state after the end of the big win game state, odd decorative patterns (for example, "7" etc.) are stopped and displayed together, and the variable probability state is entered after the end of the big win game state. In the case of an uncontrolled "non-probability variable jackpot (normal jackpot)", even-numbered decorative symbols (for example, "6") may be stopped and displayed together. In this case, odd-numbered decorative patterns are also called probability variable patterns and even-numbered decorative patterns are also called non-probable variable patterns (normal patterns). After becoming a ready-to-win mode with non-probability variation symbols, a promotion performance may be executed to finally become a "probability variation big hit".

When the display result of the special figure game is "small hit", on the screen of the image display device 5, as a display result of the variable display of decorative patterns, a fixed decorative pattern (for example, " 1, 3, 5", etc.) are derived (the display result of the variable display of the decorative pattern becomes a "minor hit"). As an example, decoration symbols constituting a chance eye are stopped and displayed on predetermined effective lines in the “left”, “middle” and “right” decoration symbol display areas 5L, 5C and 5R. In addition, when the display result of the special game is a "big hit" of some jackpot types (jackpot types in the same manner as the small win game state), and when it becomes a "minor hit" , a common fixed decoration pattern may be derived and displayed.

If the display result of the special game is "Loss", the variable display mode of the decorative pattern does not become the ready-to-win mode, and the fixed decorative pattern of the non-reach combination (" Also referred to as "non-reach loss".) may be stopped (the display result of the variable display of the decorative pattern becomes "non-reach loss"). In addition, when the display result is "losing", after the mode of variable display of the decorative pattern becomes the ready-to-win mode, the display result of the variable display of the decorative pattern is a predetermined ready-to-win combination ("reach losing") that is not a big hit combination. (Also called) fixed decorative pattern is displayed stop (the display result of the variable display of the decorative pattern is "reach lost").

The effects that can be executed by the pachinko gaming machine 1 include displaying the variable display corresponding display (suspended display and active display). In addition, as other effects, for example, a notice effect for notifying the reliability of the big hit is executed during the variable display of the decorative symbols. The notice effect includes a notice effect for notifying the reliability of the big win in the variable display during execution and a pre-reading notice effect for notifying the reliability of the big win in the variable display before execution (variable display whose execution is suspended). As the pre-reading advance notice effect, an effect of changing the display mode of the display corresponding to the variable display (suspended display or active display) to a mode different from normal may be executed.

Also, in the image display device 5, the decorative patterns are temporarily stopped during the variable display of the decorative patterns, and then the variable display is restarted, so that one variable display is simulated as a plurality of variable displays. A pseudo continuous effect may be executed.

During the big winning game state, the performance during the big winning is executed to report the big winning game state. As the effect during the big win, the effect of notifying the number of rounds or the promotion effect indicating that the value of the big win game state is improved may be executed. Also, during the small-hit game state, an effect during the small-hit game for notifying the small-hit game state is executed. It should be noted that during the small winning game state, some of the jackpot types (jackpot types in the jackpot game state in the same manner as the small hit game state, for example, the jackpot type in the subsequent game state high probability state) jackpot game By executing a common performance in both states, the player may not know whether the current state is a small win game state or a big win game state. In such a case, by executing a common performance after the end of the small winning game state and after the end of the big winning game state, it is made impossible to distinguish whether the state is a high probability state or a low probability state. may

Further, for example, when a special game or the like is not being executed, a demonstration (demonstration) image is displayed on the image display device 5 (customer waiting demonstration effect is executed).

(Substrate configuration)
The pachinko game machine 1 is equipped with a main board 11, an effect control board 12, a sound control board 13, a lamp control board 14, a relay board 15, etc., as shown in FIG. In addition, various boards such as a payout control board, an information terminal board, a launch control board, and a power supply board are arranged on the back surface of the pachinko game machine 1 .

The main board 11 is a control board on the main side, and the progress of the above-mentioned games in the pachinko gaming machine 1 (execution of a special game (including management of suspension), execution of a general-purpose game (including management of suspension), jackpot game state, small hit game state, game state, etc.) has a function to control. The main board 11 has a game control microcomputer 100, a switch circuit 110, a solenoid circuit 111, and the like.

The game control microcomputer 100 mounted on the main board 11 is, for example, a one-chip microcomputer, and includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 101, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 103. , a random number circuit 104 and an I/O (Input/Output port) 105 .

The CPU 103 executes a program stored in the ROM 101 to perform processing for controlling the progress of the game (processing for realizing the functions of the main substrate 11). At this time, various data stored in the ROM 101 (variation patterns described later, effect control commands described later, data such as various tables referred to when making various decisions described later) are used, and the RAM 102 is used as the main memory. . The RAM 102 is a backup RAM that retains stored contents for a predetermined period of time even if the power supply to the pachinko game machine 1 is stopped in part or in its entirety. All or part of the program stored in the ROM 101 may be developed in the RAM 102 and executed on the RAM 102 .

The random number circuit 104 counts updatably numerical data representing various random numbers (game random numbers) used to control the progress of the game. The game random numbers may be updated (updated by software) when the CPU 103 executes a predetermined computer program.

The I/O 105 includes, for example, an input port to which various signals (detection signals to be described later) are input, various signals (first special symbol display device 4A, second special symbol display device 4B, normal symbol display device 20, first reservation It includes an output port for transmitting a signal for controlling (driving) the indicator 25A, the second hold indicator 25B, the normal figure hold indicator 25C, and a solenoid drive signal).

The switch circuit 110 receives detection signals from various switches (gate switch 21, starting switch (first starting switch 22A and second starting switch 22B), count switch 23) for detecting game balls A detection signal indicating that the switch has been turned on by entering) is captured and transmitted to the game control microcomputer 100. The transmission of the detection signal means that the passage or entry of the game ball has been detected.

Solenoid circuit 111, a solenoid drive signal from the game control microcomputer 100 (for example, a signal to turn on the solenoid 81 and the solenoid 82), to the solenoid 81 for normal electric accessories and the solenoid 82 for the big winning entrance door transmit.

The main board 11 (game control microcomputer 100), as part of the control of the progress of the game, produces a production control command (a command to specify (notify) the progress of the game, etc.) according to the progress of the game. 12. The effect control command output from the main board 11 is relayed by the relay board 15 and supplied to the effect control board 12. - 特許庁The effect control command includes, for example, various determination results on the main board 11 (for example, the display result of the special game (including the jackpot type), the variation pattern used when executing the special game (details will be described later). )), game status (for example, start and end of variable display, opening status of big winning slots, occurrence of winning, number of reserved memories, game status), commands specifying error occurrence, and the like.

The effect control board 12 is a sub-side control board independent of the main board 11, receives the effect control command, and produces effects based on the received effect control command (various effects according to the progress of the game, (including various notifications such as driving of the movable body 32, error notification, power failure recovery notification, etc.).

The performance control board 12 is equipped with a performance control CPU 120, a ROM 121, a RAM 122, a display control section 123, a random number circuit 124, and an I/O 125.

The effect control CPU 120 executes a program stored in the ROM 121 to execute a process for executing the effect together with the display control unit 123 (a process for realizing the above function of the effect control board 12, and the effect to be executed (including the decision, etc.). At this time, various data (data such as various tables) stored in the ROM 121 are used, and the RAM 122 is used as a main memory.

The effect control CPU 120 displays the execution of the effect based on the detection signal from the controller sensor unit 35A and the push sensor 35B (a signal that is output when an operation by the player is detected and appropriately indicates the operation content). The controller 123 may also be instructed.

The display control unit 123 includes a VDP (Video Display Processor), a CGROM (Character Generator ROM), a VRAM (Video RAM), etc., and executes an effect based on an effect execution instruction from the effect control CPU 120 .

The display control unit 123 causes the image display device 5 to display a performance image by supplying a video signal corresponding to the performance to be executed to the image display device 5 based on the performance execution instruction from the performance control CPU 120 . The display control unit 123 further supplies a sound designation signal (a signal designating the sound to be output) to the sound control board 13 in order to output sound synchronized with the display of the effect image and turn on/off the game effect lamp 9 . Also, it supplies a lamp signal (a signal specifying the lighting/extinguishing mode of the lamp) to the lamp control board 14 . Further, the display control unit 123 supplies a signal for operating the movable body 32 to the movable body 32 or a driving circuit for driving the movable body 32 .

The audio control board 13 is equipped with various circuits for driving the speakers 8L and 8R, drives the speakers 8L and 8R based on the sound designation signal, and outputs the sound designated by the sound designation signal from the speakers 8L and 8R. Let

The lamp control board 14 is equipped with various circuits for driving the game effect lamp 9, drives the game effect lamp 9 based on the lamp signal, and turns on/off the game effect lamp 9 in a manner specified by the lamp signal. do. In this manner, the display control unit 123 controls sound output and lighting/extinguishing of the lamp.

The effect control CPU 120 executes voice output, lamp lighting/extinguishing control (supply of sound designation signals and lamp signals, etc.), and control of the movable body 32 (supply of signals for operating the movable body 32, etc.). You may do so.

The random number circuit 124 counts updatably numerical data indicating various random numbers (random numbers for effects) used for executing various effects. The effect random number may be updated by effect control CPU 120 executing a predetermined computer program (updated by software).

I / O 125 mounted on the production control board 12 has an input port for taking in production control commands transmitted from, for example, the main board 11, and various signals (video signal, sound designation signal, lamp signal). and an output port of

Boards other than the main board 11, such as the effect control board 12, the sound control board 13, and the lamp control board 14, are also called sub-boards. A plurality of sub-boards may be provided for each function as in the pachinko game machine 1, or one sub-board may be configured to have a plurality of functions.

(motion)
Next, the operation (action) of the pachinko game machine 1 will be described.

(Major operations of the main substrate 11)
First, main operations in the main board 11 will be described. When power supply to the pachinko game machine 1 is started, the game control microcomputer 100 is activated, and the CPU 103 executes the game control main process. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing game control main processing executed by the CPU 103 on the main substrate 11. As shown in FIG.

In the game control main process shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 103 first sets interrupt prohibition (step S1). Subsequently, necessary initial settings are performed (step S2). Initial settings include stack pointer setting, internal device register setting (CTC (counter/timer circuit), parallel input/output port, etc.), setting to make RAM 102 accessible, and the like.

Next, it is determined whether or not the output signal from the clear switch is ON (step S3). The clear switch is mounted, for example, on the power board. When the clear switch is turned on and the power is turned on, an output signal (clear signal) is input to the game control microcomputer 100 through the input port. If the output signal from the clear switch is ON (step S3; Yes), initialization processing (step S8) is executed. In the initialization processing, the CPU 103 performs RAM clear processing for clearing flags, counters, and buffers stored in the RAM 102, and sets initial values in the work area.

Moreover, CPU103 transmits the production|presentation control command which instruct|indicates initialization to the production|presentation control board 12 (step S9). When the effect control CPU 120 receives the effect control command, for example, the image display device 5 displays a screen for notifying that the control of the gaming machine has been initialized.

If the output signal from the clear switch is not ON (step S3; No), it is determined whether backup data is stored in the RAM 102 (backup RAM) (step S4). When the power supply to the pachinko gaming machine 1 is stopped due to an unexpected power failure or the like (power failure), the CPU 103 executes the power supply stop processing immediately before the pachinko game machine 1 becomes inoperable due to the stoppage of the power supply. In this process when the power supply is stopped, a process of turning on a backup flag indicating that data is to be backed up in the RAM 102, a data protection process of the RAM 102, and the like are executed. Data protection processing includes adding an error detection code (checksum, parity bit, etc.) and backing up various data. The data to be backed up includes not only various data for progressing the game (including various flags, states of various timers, etc.), but also the states of backup flags and error detection codes. In step S4, it is determined whether or not the backup flag is ON. If the backup flag is off and backup data is not stored in the RAM 102 (step S4; No), an initialization process (step S8) is executed.

If backup data is stored in the RAM 102 (step S4; Yes), the CPU 103 checks the backed up data (using an error detection code) to determine whether the data is normal (step S5). In step S5, for example, it is determined whether or not the data in the RAM 102 matches the data when the power supply was stopped, using a parity bit or a checksum. If it is determined that they match, it is determined that the data in the RAM 102 is normal.

If it is determined that the data in the RAM 102 is not normal (step S5; No), the internal state cannot be returned to the state when the power supply was stopped, so initialization processing (step S8) is executed.

When it is determined that the data in the RAM 102 is normal (step S5; Yes), the CPU 103 performs recovery processing (step S6) to return the internal state of the main board 11 to the state when the power supply was stopped. In the recovery process, the CPU 103 sets the work area based on the contents stored in the RAM 102 (the contents of the backed up data). As a result, the game state at the time of stopping the power supply is restored, and when the special symbols are fluctuating, the fluctuation of the special symbols is resumed from the state before restoration by executing the game control timer interrupt process described later. will be

And CPU103 transmits the production|presentation control command which instruct|indicates restoration from a power failure to the production|presentation control board 12 (step S7). In accordance with this, an effect control command that specifies the game state before the power outage that is backed up, and if the special game is being executed, the effect control that specifies the display result of the special game that is being executed You may make it transmit a command. These commands can use the same commands as the commands set for transmission in the special symbol process described later. When the effect control CPU 120 receives the effect control command specifying the restoration time from the power failure, for example, the image display device 5 notifies that the power failure has been restored or is being restored from the power failure. Display the screen for The effect control CPU 120 may perform appropriate screen display based on the effect control command.

After completing the recovery process or the initialization process and transmitting the effect control command to the effect control board 12, the CPU 103 executes the random number circuit setting process for initializing the random number circuit 104 (step S10). Then, the register of the CTC built in the game control microcomputer 100 is set so that the timer interrupt is periodically applied every predetermined time (for example, 2 ms) (step S11), and the interrupt is permitted (step S12 ). After that, loop processing is entered. Thereafter, an interrupt request signal is sent from the CTC to the CPU 103 at predetermined time intervals (for example, 2 ms), and the CPU 103 can periodically execute timer interrupt processing.

When the CPU 103 that has executed such game control main processing receives an interrupt request signal from the CTC and accepts the interrupt request, it executes the game control timer interrupt processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. When the timer interrupt process for game control shown in FIG. 4 is started, the CPU 103 first executes a predetermined switch process, thereby, through the switch circuit 110, the gate switch 21, the first start port switch 22A, and the second start port. It is determined whether or not detection signals have been received from various switches such as the switch 22B and the count switch 23 (step S21). Subsequently, by executing predetermined main-side error processing, an abnormality diagnosis of the pachinko game machine 1 is performed, and a warning can be generated if necessary according to the diagnosis result (step S22). After that, by executing a predetermined information output process, for example, jackpot information (information indicating the number of occurrences of jackpots, etc.), start information (start Data such as information indicating the number of wins, etc.), probability change information (information indicating the number of times the odd state has occurred, etc.) is output (step S23).

Following the information output process, a game random number update process for updating at least part of the game random numbers used on the main board 11 side by software is executed (step S24). After that, the CPU 103 executes a special symbol process (step S25). CPU103 by executing the special symbol process processing for each timer interrupt, management of execution and suspension of the special symbol game, control of the big hit game state and small hit game state, control of the game state, etc. are realized (details later).

Following the special symbol process, the normal symbol process is executed (step S26). By the CPU 103 executing normal symbol process processing for each timer interrupt, management of execution and suspension of the normal symbol game based on the detection signal from the gate switch 21 (based on the game ball passing through the passage gate 41), It is possible to control the opening of the variable winning ball device 6B based on the "normal game hit". The execution of the normal pattern game is performed by driving the normal pattern display device 20, and the normal pattern reservation number is displayed by lighting the normal pattern reservation display device 25C.

After executing the normal symbol process processing, as part of the game control timer interrupt processing, processing when power failure occurs, processing for paying out prize balls, and the like may be performed. After that, the CPU 103 executes command control processing (step S27). The CPU 103 may transmit and set an effect control command in each of the processes described above. In the command control process of step S27, a process of transmitting the effect control command set for transmission to the sub-side control board such as the effect control board 12 is performed. After executing the command control process, after permitting the interrupt, the game control timer interrupt process is terminated.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of the process executed in step S25 shown in FIG. 4 as the special symbol process process. In this special symbol process process, the CPU 103 first executes a starting winning determination process (step S101).

In the starting winning determination process, the occurrence of starting winning is detected, and the process of storing the pending information in a predetermined area of the RAM 102 and updating the pending storage number is executed. When a starting prize is generated, a random number value for determining the display result (including the jackpot type) and the variation pattern is extracted and stored as pending information. Further, based on the extracted random number value, a process of prefetching and judging a display result or a variation pattern may be executed. After storing the pending information and the number of pending memories, the transmission setting for transmitting the effect control command for designating the determination result such as the generation of the start winning, the number of pending memories, and the prefetch determination to the effect control board 12 is performed. . The effect control command at the time of starting winning thus set to be transmitted is transmitted from the main board 11 to the effect control board 12 by, for example, executing the command control process of step S27 shown in FIG. is transmitted to

After executing the starting prize determination process in S101, the CPU 103 selects and executes one of the processes of steps S110 to S120 according to the value of the special figure process flag provided in the RAM102. In addition, in each process (steps S110 to S120) of the special symbol process process, transmission setting for transmitting the effect control command corresponding to each process to the effect control board 12 is performed.

The special symbol normal process of step S110 is executed when the value of the special symbol process flag is "0" (initial value). In this special symbol normal process, it is determined whether or not to start the first special symbol game or the second special symbol game based on the presence or absence of pending information. In addition, in the special symbol normal processing, based on the random number value for determining the display result, whether or not the display result of the special symbol or the decorative symbol is a "big hit" or "small hit", and the type of the big hit in the case of "big hit". is determined (predetermined) before the display result is derived and displayed. Furthermore, in the special symbol normal process, a fixed special symbol (any one of a big hit symbol, a small winning symbol, or a losing symbol) to be stopped and displayed in the special symbol game is set according to the determined display result. After that, the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "1", and the special symbol normal process ends. In addition, the special figure game using the second special figure may be executed with priority over the special figure game using the first special figure (also called special figure 2 priority digestion). Also, the winning order of the game balls to the first start winning opening and the second starting winning opening may be stored, and the condition for starting the special game may be established in the order of winning (also called winning order).

When making various decisions based on random numbers, various tables stored in the ROM 101 (tables in which decision values to be compared with random numbers are assigned to decision results) are referred to. Other decisions on the main board 11 and various decisions on the effect control board 12 are the same. Various tables are stored in the ROM 121 of the effect control board 12 .

The variation pattern setting process of step S111 is executed when the value of the special figure process flag is "1". In this variation pattern setting process, one of a plurality of variation patterns is selected using random numbers for determining the variation pattern based on the result of pre-determination as to whether the display result is a "big hit" or a "small hit." including the process of determining In the variation pattern setting process, when the variation pattern is determined, the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "2", and the variation pattern setting process ends.

The variation pattern is the execution time of the special game (special figure fluctuation time) (also the execution time of variable display of decorative patterns), the form of variable display of decorative patterns (whether or not there is a reach, etc.), and the variable display of decorative patterns. It specifies the content of the production (type of reach production, etc.), and is also called a variable display pattern.

The special symbol variation process of step S112 is executed when the value of the special symbol process flag is "2". This special symbol variation processing includes a process of setting for varying the special symbols in the first special symbol display device 4A and the second special symbol display device 4B, and the elapsed time after the special symbol starts to vary. It includes processing to measure Also, it is determined whether or not the measured elapsed time has reached the special figure variation time corresponding to the variation pattern. Then, when the elapsed time from the start of the special symbol variation reaches the special symbol variation time, the value of the special symbol process flag is updated to "3", and the special symbol variation processing ends.

The special symbol stop processing of step S113 is executed when the value of the special symbol process flag is "3". In this special symbol stop processing, the first special symbol display device 4A and the second special symbol display device 4B stop the variation of the special symbol, and stop display (derivate) the fixed special symbol which is the display result of the special symbol. It includes a process to set for Then, when the display result is "big hit", the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "4". On the other hand, when the big hit flag is off and the display result is "small hit", the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "8". Moreover, when the display result is "losing", the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "0". When the display result is "small hit" or "losing", when it is controlled to the time saving state or the probability variable state, and when the end of the number cut is established, the game state is also updated. When the value of the special figure process flag is updated, the special symbol stop processing ends.

The jackpot opening preprocessing of step S114 is executed when the value of the special figure process flag is "4". This jackpot opening pre-processing includes processing for making settings for starting the execution of the round in the jackpot game state and opening the jackpot, based on the fact that the display result is "jackpot". is When opening the big winning opening, a process of supplying a solenoid driving signal to the solenoid 82 for the big winning opening door is executed. At this time, for example, an upper limit opening period for opening the big winning opening and an upper limit execution number of rounds are set according to the type of the jackpot. When these settings are completed, the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "5", and the big hit opening pretreatment is completed.

The process during jackpot opening of step S115 is performed when the value of a special figure process flag is "5". In this process during the opening of the big win, there is a process of measuring the elapsed time from opening the big winning hole, and based on the measured elapsed time and the number of game balls detected by the count switch 23, the big winning hole is counted. It includes processing for determining whether or not it is time to return from the open state to the closed state. Then, when returning the large winning opening to the closed state, after executing processing such as stopping the supply of the solenoid drive signal to the solenoid 82 for the large winning opening door, the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "6", The process during jackpot opening is terminated.

The jackpot opening post-processing of step S116 is executed when the value of the special figure process flag is "6". This jackpot opening post-processing includes processing for determining whether or not the number of executions of rounds in which the jackpot is opened has reached a set upper limit number of executions, and processing for judging whether or not the number of executions of rounds in which the jackpot is opened has reached a set upper limit number of executions. It includes processing to make settings for terminating . Then, when the number of executions of the round has not reached the upper limit number of executions, the value of the special process flag is updated to "5", while when the number of executions of the round reaches the upper limit number of executions, the special process flag The value is updated to "7". When the value of the special figure process flag is updated, the jackpot release post-processing ends.

The jackpot end processing of step S117 is executed when the value of the special figure process flag is "7". This jackpot end processing includes a process of waiting until a waiting time corresponding to a period in which an ending production is executed as a production operation for notifying the end of the jackpot game state, and a probability change corresponding to the end of the jackpot game state. It includes processing for performing various settings for starting control and time saving control. When such setting is performed, the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "0", and the jackpot ending process ends.

Small hit opening pretreatment of step S118 is executed when the value of the special figure process flag is "8". This small hit opening pre-processing includes a process of setting to open the big winning opening in the small win game state based on the display result being "small win". At this time, the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "9", and the small hit opening preprocessing ends.

Small hit during opening processing of step S119 is executed when the value of the special figure process flag is "9". In this process during opening of the small prize, there is a process of measuring the elapsed time from opening the big winning opening, and the timing of returning the big winning opening from the open state to the closed state based on the measured elapsed time. It includes processing for determining whether or not When the big winning opening is returned to the closed state and the end timing of the small winning game state comes, the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "10", and the small winning open processing is ended.

Small hit end processing of step S120 is executed when the value of the special figure process flag is "10". This small-hit end processing includes processing of waiting until a waiting time corresponding to the period in which the performance operation for informing the end of the small-hit game state is executed elapses. Here, when the small winning game state ends, the game state in the pachinko game machine 1 before entering the small winning game state is continued. When the waiting time at the end of the small winning game state has passed, the value of the special figure process flag is updated to "0", and the small winning end processing ends.

(Major operations of production control board 12)
Next, main operations in the effect control board 12 will be described. In the effect control board 12, when the power supply voltage is supplied from the power supply board or the like, the effect control CPU 120 is activated, and the effect control main processing as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 is executed. When the production control main processing shown in FIG. Perform register setting of the mounted CTC (counter/timer circuit). Also, an initial operation control process is executed (step S72). In the initial motion control process, control for initial motion of the movable body 32, such as control for driving the movable body 32 to return it to the initial position and control for confirming a predetermined motion, is executed.

After that, it is determined whether or not the timer interrupt flag is turned on (step S73). The timer interrupt flag is set to ON every time a predetermined time (for example, 2 milliseconds) elapses based on, for example, the CTC register setting. At this time, if the timer interrupt flag is off (step S73; No), the process of step S73 is repeated and waits.

Also, on the side of the effect control board 12, an interrupt for receiving the effect control command from the main board 11 is generated in addition to the timer interrupt that occurs each time a predetermined time elapses. This interrupt is an interrupt generated when, for example, the effect control INT signal from the main substrate 11 is turned on. When an interrupt occurs due to the effect control INT signal being turned on, the effect control CPU 120 automatically sets interrupt prohibition, but when using a CPU that does not automatically enter an interrupt prohibition state, interrupt It is desirable to issue a prohibition instruction (DI instruction). The effect control CPU 120 executes, for example, a predetermined command reception interrupt process in response to the interruption caused by the effect control INT signal being turned on. In this command reception interrupt process, the effect control command is taken in from a predetermined input port for receiving the control signal transmitted from the main board 11 via the relay board 15 among the input ports included in the I/O 125 . The effect control command taken in at this time is stored in the effect control command reception buffer provided in the RAM 122, for example. After that, the effect control CPU 120 ends the command reception interrupt process after setting the interrupt permission.

If the timer interrupt flag is ON at step S73 (step S73; Yes), the timer interrupt flag is cleared to be turned off (step S74), and command analysis processing is executed (step S75). In the command analysis process, for example, after reading various effect control commands that are transmitted from the game control microcomputer 100 of the main board 11 and stored in the effect control command reception buffer, the read effect control command Corresponding settings and controls are performed. For example, the read production control command is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 122, or the read production control command is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 122 so that the content specified by the production control command can be confirmed by the production control process processing or the like. It turns on the provided reception flag. Further, when the effect control command specifies the game state, the display control unit 123 may be instructed to display a background corresponding to the game state.

After executing the command analysis process in step S75, the effect control process process is executed (step S76). In the effect control process processing, for example, the display operation of the effect image in the display area of the image display device 5, the sound output operation from the speakers 8L and 8R, the lighting operation of the decorative light emitters such as the game effect lamp 9 and the decorative LED, and the movable body 32 Control to operate various production devices such as driving operation of is performed. Further, determination, determination, setting, and the like are performed according to the effect control command and the like transmitted from the main substrate 11 regarding the control contents of the effect operation using various effect devices.

Random number update processing for production|presentation is performed following the production|presentation control process processing of step S76 (step S77), and at least one part of the random number for production|presentation used by the production|presentation control board 12 side is updated by software. After that, the process returns to step S73. Other processing may be performed before returning to the processing of step S73.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an example of processing executed in step S76 of FIG. 6 as the effect control process processing. In the effect control process shown in FIG. 7, the effect control CPU 120 first executes a pre-reading notice setting process (step S161). In the pre-reading notice setting process, for example, based on the effect control command at the time of start winning transmitted from the main substrate 11, determination, determination, setting, etc. for executing the pre-reading notice effect are performed. Also, a process for displaying a pending display is executed based on the number of pending memories specified from the effect control command.

After executing the process of step S161, the effect control CPU 120 selects and executes one of the processes of steps S170 to S177 as described below according to the value of the effect process flag provided in the RAM 122, for example.

The variable display start waiting process in step S170 is a process executed when the value of the effect process flag is "0" (initial value). This variable display start waiting process is a process of determining whether or not to start variable display of decorative patterns on the image display device 5 based on whether or not a command designating the start of variable display has been received from the main substrate 11. and so on. When it is determined to start the variable display of the decoration pattern on the image display device 5, the value of the effect process flag is updated to "1", and the variable display start waiting process is terminated.

The variable display start setting process in step S171 is a process executed when the value of the effect process flag is "1". In this variable display start setting process, based on the display result and the variation pattern specified by the effect control command, the display result of the variable display of the decorative pattern (determined decorative pattern), the form of the variable display of the decorative pattern, the ready-to-win effect, and various other Whether or not to execute various effects such as advance notice effects, its mode, execution start timing, etc. are determined. Then, an effect control pattern (collection of control data for instructing the display control unit 123 to execute the effect) reflecting the determination result or the like is set. After that, based on the set effect control pattern, the display control unit 123 is instructed to start execution of variable display of decorative symbols, the value of the effect process flag is updated to "2", and the variable display start setting process is terminated. The display control unit 123 causes the image display device 5 to start variable display of the decorative design in response to an instruction to start execution of variable display of the decorative design.

The effect process during variable display in step S172 is a process executed when the value of the effect process flag is "2". In this variable display effect processing, the effect control CPU 120 instructs the display control unit 123 to display the effect image based on the effect control pattern set in step S171 on the display screen of the image display device 5. , driving the movable body 32, outputting voices and sound effects from the speakers 8L and 8R by outputting commands (sound effect signals) to the voice control board 13, and outputting commands (illumination signals) to the lamp control board 14. Various effects are controlled during the variable display of decorative patterns, such as turning on/off/blinking the game effect lamp 9 and decorative LEDs by output. After performing such effect control, for example, an end code indicating the end of the variable display of the decorative pattern is read from the effect control pattern, or a command designating to stop display of the fixed decorative pattern is received from the main board 11. Corresponding to the fact that the player has done so, the fixed decoration pattern which becomes the display result of the decoration pattern is stopped and displayed. When the fixed decoration pattern is stopped and displayed, the value of the production process flag is updated to "3", and the production process during variable display ends.

The special figure per waiting process of step S173 is a process executed when the value of the production process flag is "3". In this special figure hit waiting process, the effect control CPU 120 determines whether or not an effect control command designating the start of the big hit game state or the small hit game state is received from the main substrate 11 . Then, when receiving the production control command designating the start of the jackpot game state or the small hit game state, if the command designates the start of the jackpot game state, the value of the production process flag is set to "6". ”. On the other hand, if the command designates the start of the small-hit game state, the value of the production process flag is updated to "4", which is the value corresponding to the small-hit production process. Also, when the waiting time for receiving the command has passed without receiving a command designating the start of the big win game state or the small win game state, it is determined that the display result in the special figure game was "losing". Then, the value of the production process flag is updated to "0" which is the initial value. When the value of the production process flag is updated, the special figure per waiting process is terminated.

The production process during the small hit of step S174 is a process executed when the value of the production control process flag is "4". In this small-hit mid-performance process, the performance control CPU 120 sets, for example, a performance control pattern corresponding to the performance content in the small-hit game state, and executes various performance controls in the small-hit game state based on the set content. . Further, in the small-hit middle production process, for example, in response to receiving a command designating to end the small-hit game state from the main board 11, the value of the production process flag is set to a value corresponding to the small-hit end production. It is updated to a certain "5", and the effect processing during the small hit is ended.

The small hit end production process of step S175 is a process executed when the value of the production control process flag is "5". In this small hit end effect processing, the effect control CPU 120 sets, for example, an effect control pattern corresponding to the end of the small win game state, etc., and various effect control at the end of the small win game state based on the setting content. to run. Thereafter, the value of the effect process flag is updated to the initial value of "0", and the small winning end effect process is terminated.

The effect process during the big hit in step S176 is a process executed when the value of the effect process flag is "6". In this big-hit production process, the production control CPU 120 sets, for example, production control patterns corresponding to the production contents in the big-hit game state, and executes various production controls in the big-hit game state based on the set contents. Also, in the big-hit production process, for example, in response to receiving a command designating to end the big-hit game state from the main board 11, the value of the production control process flag is changed to a value corresponding to the ending production process. 7", and the effect processing during the big hit is ended.

The ending effect process of step S177 is a process executed when the value of the effect process flag is "7". In this ending effect processing, the effect control CPU 120 sets, for example, effect control patterns corresponding to the end of the jackpot game state, etc., and controls various effects of the ending effect at the end of the jackpot game state based on the set contents. Execute. After that, the value of the effect process flag is updated to the initial value of "0", and the ending effect process is terminated.

(Modified example of basic explanation)
The present invention is not limited to the pachinko game machine 1 described in the basic description above, and various modifications and applications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention.

The pachinko gaming machine 1 described in the above basic description is a payout type gaming machine that pays out a predetermined number of game media as prizes based on the occurrence of winning, but the game media are enclosed and points are awarded based on the occurrence of winning. It may be an enclosed game machine.

Only one type of pattern (for example, a symbol indicating "-") is displayed during the variable display of the special pattern, and the variable display may be performed by repeating the display and extinguishing of the relevant pattern. Further, even if the pattern is displayed during the variable display, the pattern may not be displayed when the variable display is stopped (the symbol indicating "-" may not be displayed as a display result).

In the above basic explanation, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is shown as the gaming machine, but medals are inserted to set a predetermined number of bets. A slot machine capable of executing a game (for example, a big bonus , regular bonus, RT, AT, ART, and CZ (hereinafter referred to as a slot machine equipped with one or more bonuses, etc.).

The program and data for realizing the present invention are not limited to being distributed/provided on a detachable recording medium to a computer device or the like included in the pachinko game machine 1. It may be distributed by being installed in a storage device possessed by the software. Further, the program and data for realizing the present invention can be distributed by being downloaded from another device on the network connected via a communication line or the like by providing a communication processing unit. I don't mind.

The game can be executed not only by inserting a detachable recording medium, but also by temporarily storing the program and data downloaded via a communication line in an internal memory or the like. Alternatively, it may be directly executed using hardware resources of other devices on a network connected via a communication line or the like. Furthermore, the game may be executed by exchanging data with another computer device or the like via a network.

In this specification, expressions for comparing various ratios such as the execution ratio of effects (expressions such as “high”, “low”, “different”) indicate that one is a ratio of “0%”. may contain. For example, the ratio of one is "0%" and the other is "100%" or less than "100%".

(Description of Characteristic Portion 31AK)
Next, the characteristic portion 31AK of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining variation patterns and types of reach in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8A, in the present embodiment, the variable display mode of the decorative pattern does not become the ready-to-win mode, and the display result is "losing". , The variable display mode of the decorative pattern becomes the ready-to-win mode, and the display result is "losing". Variation patterns PB2-1 to PB2-6, PB3-1 to PB3-4, etc. are prepared.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, in the present embodiment, ready-to-win effects such as normal reach and super-to-win A to E are executed. In this embodiment, the ready-to-win effect is also referred to as a suggestive effect suggesting that the jackpot state is controlled. The reliability (jackpot reliability) when each reach is executed is normal reach < super reach E < super reach D < super reach C < super reach B, as represented by the number of black stars in FIG. <It becomes higher in the order of super reach A.> In addition, you may provide the reach which confirms that it will become a big hit.

In this embodiment, super reach is performed via normal reach. Further, during the ready-to-win effect of the super reach, there is a case where a developing effect to develop (promote) to a more reliable reach is executed. Variation patterns PA3-1 to PA3-4, etc. and variation patterns PB3-1 to PB3-4, etc. shown in FIG. 8A are variation patterns corresponding to execution of the development effect. Note that FIG. 8A shows a variation pattern in which the reliability level develops to super reach, which is one level higher, but a variation pattern in which the reliability level develops by two levels or more is also provided. Also, a variation pattern in which the development effect is executed multiple times may be provided.

In this embodiment, except for the normal reach which has the lowest reliability, the title of the reach is announced at a predetermined timing after establishment of the reach. As shown in FIG. 8B, the notification mode of the title differs depending on the type of reach. Specifically, for the super reach E, which has the lowest reliability among the super reach, the title of the reach is notified only by display, and for the other super reach, the title is notified by display and sound. In this way, the title notification is executed by more production devices for reach with a high degree of reliability than for reach with a low degree of reliability. As a result, it is possible to effectively arouse the player's sense of anticipation, thereby improving the performance effect. Note that the notification mode of the title may be arbitrarily changed depending on the reliability or not depending on the reliability. Also, even in the same ready-to-win effect, the notification mode may be changed according to the actual display result or the like. Also, the font (Gothic, Mincho, etc.) and typeface (linear script, square script, etc.) of title characters may be changed according to the type of reach.

The notification of the title of the reach (title notification) is not limited to indicating the title itself such as the name of the reach, but may indicate the name of the character appearing in the reach effect, the content of the reach effect, and the like.

(Example of production operation of characteristic part 31AK)
Next, an example of an effect operation in this embodiment will be described. The following production operations are executed by the production control CPU 120 executing the production control process based on the production control command transmitted from the main substrate 11. FIG. 9 and 10 are diagrams showing an example of the effect operation of super reach in the present embodiment. FIG. 9(A) shows that variable display of decorative patterns is performed in the "left", "middle" and "right" decorative design display areas 5L, 5C and 5R of the image display device 5. FIG. . After that, for example, as shown in FIG. 9(B), the decorative symbols showing the numbers 7 on the "left" and "right" stops and the ready-to-win state is entered. After that, the production branches according to the type of reach.

(Super Reach A)
In the case of super reach A, as shown in FIG. 9C, the character 31AK001, which is an ally character, is displayed on the image display device 5, and the ready reach effect is started. Here, for example, an animation using the character 31AK001 is displayed. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the start of the super ready-to-win effect, such as when the introductory portion of the ready-to-reach effect (also referred to as super ready-to-win effect) ends, the entire screen of the image display device 5 appears as shown in FIG. 9(D). , the title 31AK002 of Super Reach A (here, the characters "SP Reach A") is displayed, and the sound corresponding to the Reach title name (here, "Super Reach A") is output from the speaker 8. , Super Reach A are announced. After that, the title 31AK002 of Super Reach A is erased, and as shown in FIG. The subsequent part of the ready-to-win effect of super ready-to-win A is executed. A production in which characters confront each other is also called a battle production. In the battle production, if an ally character wins, it becomes a big hit, and if the ally character is defeated, it becomes a loss.

It should be noted that when the lines are displayed on the image display device 5 during the super ready-to-win effect, a sound corresponding to the lines may be output from the speaker 8 . In addition, the words are not limited to being displayed in balloons as shown in FIG.

(Super Reach B)
In the case of super reach B, as shown in FIG. 9C, the character 31AK001 is displayed on the image display device 5 and the ready reach effect is started. Here, for example, an animation using the character 31AK001 is displayed. When a predetermined period of time elapses after the start of the super ready-to-win effect, such as the end of the introduction part of the super ready-to-win effect, as shown in FIG. , characters of "SP reach B") are displayed, and a voice corresponding to the title name of reach (here, "super reach B") is output from the speaker 8, thereby announcing the title of super reach B. be. After that, the title 31AK005 of Super Reach B is deleted, and as shown in FIG. The subsequent part of the ready-to-win effect of super ready-to-win B is executed.

In this way, in super ready-to-win A and super ready-to-win B, the title of ready-to-win is reported when a predetermined period has passed since the start of the super ready-to-win effect. By doing so, the title can be notified after the introduction part of the super ready-to-win effect is shown to the player, so that the effect of the title notification can be enhanced.

Also, in Super Reach A (Fig. 9 (C) → (D) → (E) ...) and Super Reach B (Fig. 9 (C) → (F) → (G) ...), the title is In the introductory part until the notification is given, the super ready-to-win effect is executed in a common effect mode (FIG. 9(C)). By doing so, it is possible to make the player pay attention to which super reach will be achieved after the start of the super reach effect and which title will be announced. In super reach A and super reach B, it is not limited to making the production mode until the title is announced completely common, but at least one You may make it make the part into a common production mode. For example, in the introductory portion of Super Reach A and Super Reach B, a Super Reach production (for example, a production that displays an enemy character or suggests an enemy character) is executed in a manner related to the title notified after that. can be By doing so, the performance effect is improved, and the player pays attention to the performance. In this way, the title notification may be executed after making it possible to specify which super reach is to be achieved.

(Super Reach D)
In the case of super reach D, as shown in FIG. 9(H), the title 31AK007 of super reach D (here, the characters "SP reach D") is displayed in a part of the center of the image display device 5. At the same time, the title of Super Reach D is announced by outputting a voice corresponding to the title name of Reach from the speaker 8 (here, "Kill the enemy"). In this way, in super reach D, the title is announced at the start of the super reach effect. Further, under the title 31AK007, an expectation level suggestion display 31AK008 that suggests the level of expectation of the reach is displayed. The degree of expectation is represented by the number of black stars as shown in FIG. 9(H). Here, the degree of expectation is the degree of expectation for a big hit, but it does not have to be completely consistent with the degree of reliability of the reach.

It should be noted that the voice notification of Super Reach D is not to notify the title name as it is, but to notify the contents of Reach. As described above, in this embodiment, the notification mode of title notification by sound is varied depending on the type of reach. As a result, the notification mode of the title notification is diversified, and the interest is improved.

After the title is announced in Super Reach D, the character 31AK001 is displayed on the image display device 5 as shown in FIG. 9(I). At this time, the title 31AK007 and the expectation suggestive display 31AK008 continue to be displayed in a reduced size in the upper right portion of the image display device 5 or the like. By doing so, the player can grasp the degree of expectation of the reach even during the reach performance. In addition, FIG. 9(I) shows the effect contents common to FIG. 9(C) (super reach A, super reach B), but a super reach effect dedicated to super reach D may be executed.

After that, as shown in FIG. 9(J), character 31AK009, which is an enemy character, is displayed, dialogue 31AK004 of character 31AK001 is displayed, and a super reach D reach effect is executed in which character 31AK001 and character 31AK009 confront each other. be.

(Super Reach E)
In the case of super reach E, as shown in FIG. 10A, the title 31AK010 of super reach E (here, the characters "SP reach E") is displayed in the upper left part of the image display device 5. Thus, the title of Super Reach E is announced. Note that in Super Reach E, the title is not announced by voice. In addition, along with the display of the title 31AK010, the character 31AK001 and the enemy character 31AK011 are displayed, the line 31AK004 of the character 31AK001 is displayed, and the reach effect of the super reach E in which the character 31AK001 and the character 31AK011 confront each other is performed. executed. In this way, in Super Ready-to-Wear E, titles are announced together with the progress of the ready-to-win effect. In super reach E, the title 31AK010 continues to be displayed during the reach effect.

In the ready-to-win performance of super ready-to-win E with low reliability of big hit, the title is notified without stopping the progress of the ready-to-win performance, thereby preventing the player from having excessive expectations. On the other hand, in the reach effects of super reach A, super reach B, and super reach D, the progress of the reach effect is stopped and the title is announced (Fig. 9 (D), (F), ( H)). By doing so, the title notification can be executed in accordance with the super ready-to-win effect, and the effect of the effect is improved. It should be noted that the title notification may be performed without stopping the progress of the reach even in the super reach performance such as the super reach A, the super reach B, and the super reach D. Contrary to this embodiment, in the ready-to-win effect of super ready-to-win with high reliability of big win, the title may be notified without stopping the progress of the ready-to-win effect. In the ready-to-win performance of super ready-to-win with low reliability of big win, the progress of the ready-to-win performance may be stopped and the title may be announced.

(Title notification timing)
As described above, in this embodiment, in super ready-to-reach A and super ready-to-reach B, the title is notified after a predetermined period of time has passed after the start of the super ready-to-win effect, and in super ready-to-win D and super ready-to-e E, the super ready-to-win effect is announced. The title is announced at the start. By doing so, the title notification can be executed according to the ready-to-win effect, and the effect of the effect is improved. In this embodiment, in super reach A and super reach B with high reliability of big hit, the title is notified after a predetermined period has passed after the start of super reach performance, and super reach D and super reach D with low reliability of big hit are announced. In E, the title is notified at the start of super reach production, but in the case of reach with high reliability of big hit, the title is notified at the start of super reach production, and in the case of reach with low reliability of big hit, super. The title may be announced after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the ready-to-win effect.

(title display area)
In addition, in this embodiment, in super reach A and super reach B, the title is announced on the entire screen (first area) of the image display device 5, and in super reach D and super reach E, the image display device 5 A title is announced in a part (second area) of the screen of . By doing so, the title notification can be executed according to the ready-to-win effect, and the effect of the effect is improved. In particular, when the hit reliability is high, title notification is performed in a wider display area than when the reliability is low, so effective title notification is possible. Note that the title notification on the entire screen of the image display device 5 may be displayed in a size that fits in the entire screen, or the title may be displayed on the entire background as a background for title notification. It may be a thing (title notification using the entire screen) or the like. In addition, the display areas for title notification may be differentiated between super reach A and super reach B, and the display areas for title notification may be differentiated between super reach D and super reach E.

The method of differentiating the display area for title notification according to the ready-to-win effect is not limited to the example of this embodiment, and the display area for title notification may be arbitrarily changed according to the ready-to-win effect. For example, when the hit reliability is high, the title notification may be performed in a narrower display area than when the reliability is low. Further, when the display area for title notification is changed according to the ready-to-win effect, the display area may be changed as in this embodiment, or the display location may be changed.

(Expectation indication)
In this embodiment, in the title announcement in super reach A and super reach B with high reliability of big hit, super reach D with lower reliability of big hit than super reach A and super reach B is displayed without displaying expectation indication. In the title notification in , the expectation level suggestion display was displayed. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the production from becoming repetitive. In addition, in the title announcement in the super reach E, which has a lower hit reliability than the super reach D, the expectation suggestive display is not displayed. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the player from losing his sense of expectation due to the display of the expectation suggesting display indicating that the reliability is low in the reach with the low reliability. At least a part of the super reach A, the super reach B, and the super reach E may display the expectation level suggestion display.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 9(H), the indication indicating the degree of expectation is not limited to the one indicated by the number of black stars. You may make it display the numerical value which carried out. In addition, as shown in FIG. 9H and the like, in the case of indicating by the number of black stars, half of the black stars may be displayed to increase the number of levels of expectations.

(Title display end timing)
In addition, in this embodiment, in super reach A and super reach B, after the title is displayed, the title is erased and the super reach effect is executed. As a result, in the super reach A and the super reach B, attention can be paid to the reach effect. Also, in super reach D and super reach E, after the title is displayed, the title continues to be displayed until a final effect, which will be described later, is executed. As a result, in super reach D and super reach E, the type of reach can be grasped even during the super reach performance. Further, by doing so, the title notification can be executed according to the ready-to-win effect, and the effect of the effect is improved. Note that the display end timing of the title can be changed arbitrarily because the effect can be improved at any time.

In addition, although the production operation of the reach production of the super reach C is omitted here, for example, title notification and expectation suggestive display according to the reliability of the big hit may be executed.

(Decision production)
After each ready-to-win performance is executed, at the timing of deriving the display result (final stage of the variable display), a decision performance for informing whether or not the display result will be a ``jackpot'' is executed. The fixed effects include a fixed effect indicating that the display result is a "big hit" and a fixed effect indicating that the display result is a "loss". In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10(B), an effect is executed in which an image 31AK012 is displayed on the image display device 5 . After that, if the display result is "big hit", an image 31AK013 indicating that the friendly character has won is displayed as shown in FIG. A fixed decoration pattern is derived. If the display result is "losing", an image indicating that the friendly character has been defeated is displayed, and a fixed decorative pattern that is a reach-losing combination is derived.

In this embodiment, even if the title is continuously notified during the ready-to-win effect, the title notification is finished before the final effect is executed. As a result, it is possible to make the player pay attention to the decided effect, and to perform a well-balanced title notification.

In the production operation examples shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, during the ready-to-win production of super ready-to-win, the decoration pattern is reduced in the lower right part of the image display device 5 to execute variable display, but during the ready-to-win production. The display of the decorative pattern may be arbitrary. For example, the decoration pattern may not be displayed during the ready-to-win effect, or the display mode (size, position, shade, number, etc.) may be changed depending on the type of ready-to-win effect.

In addition, when displaying characters permanently displayed during pending display, active display, variable display, and display related to cellphone interlocking on the image display device 5, they are not displayed appropriately during the ready-to-win effect of super reach in order to draw attention to the ready-to-win effect. may be At that time, during low-reliability ready-to-win effects such as super ready-to-win E, these displays may remain displayed. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the player from having excessive expectations due to the low-reliability ready-to-win effect, and to make the player pay attention to the ready-to-win effect in the highly-reliable ready-to-win effect.

(development production)
Next, a description will be given of an example of an effect operation when the development effect is executed. As shown in FIG. 11(A), when the development effect is executed while the ready-to-reach effect of super reach D is being executed (the title notification of super reach D is being executed), as shown in FIG. As shown, the ready-to-win effect is interrupted and an effect is executed in which the screen is torn. After that, when it develops to super reach A, as shown in FIG. 11(C), the title of super reach A is announced, and the reach performance of super reach A is executed. In the case of developing into super reach B, as shown in FIG. 11(D), the title of super reach B is notified, and the reach effect of super reach is executed. In this way, when the development effect is executed, the title notification of the development source reach is switched to the title notification of the development destination reach, so that it becomes easy to understand which reach has developed. As shown in FIG. 11, when the destination reach is a reach in which title notification is performed by display and sound, the title notification is performed again by display and sound.

Note that the development effect is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 11(B), and it may be a effect such that the screen gradually cracks and breaks, or a sandstorm (display of malfunction) is displayed. You may do so. By setting it as such production|presentation, an unexpected production|presentation can be performed. It should be noted that there may be a fake development production such as a production in which the screen gradually cracks but the reach does not develop.

(Expectation suggestion performance)
In the production operation example shown in FIG. 9(H), the expectation suggestive display 31AK008 was designed to display black stars indicating the degree of expectation from the beginning, but five white stars are displayed first, and gradually You may make it perform the expectation degree suggestion production|presentation which suggests an expectation degree by becoming a black star.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12(A), when announcing the title of Super Reach D, an expectation suggestive display 31AK021 of five white stars is displayed first. Then, as shown in FIG. 12B, a black star 31AK022 larger than the star of the expectation suggestive display 31AK021 is displayed, and as shown in FIG. A production that fits in one of the white stars is executed. At this time, the speaker 8 outputs a sound "pin" indicating that the number of black stars indicating the degree of expectation has increased. As shown in FIGS. 12(D) and (E), the same effect is repeated a number of times corresponding to the degree of expectation of reach. At this time, the sound (volume, scale, tone quality, etc.) output from the speaker 8 may be changed stepwise each time it is repeated (every number of stars). At the stage where the number of black stars corresponding to the level of expectation fits in the level of expectation suggestive display 31AK021, the black stars are highlighted by shining as shown in FIG. 12(F). By doing so, it becomes easy to understand that the expectation level suggesting effect has ended.

In the example shown in FIGS. 12A to 12F, black stars are displayed one by one and the expectation level indicated by the expectation level suggestion display is raised one step at a time, but two or more black stars are displayed. It may be displayed so that the degree of expectation rises by two or more levels. Alternatively, a half black star may be displayed to raise the expectation level by half. In this case, different sounds or the same sound may be output according to the number of stars displayed (the number of levels of rising expectations). For example, the same sound may be output when half black stars are displayed and when one black star is displayed. The same sound may be output when two and a half black stars are displayed and when three black stars are displayed. Moreover, there may be a case where the sound is not output. By doing so, the expectation degree suggesting effects are diversified, and the effects of the effects are improved. In addition, the same black star image will be displayed regardless of the number of stages of expectations that increase at once, and the black stars will increase according to the number of stages of expectations that will increase. You may make it perform the production|presentation which does.

(Direction mode)
There may be a plurality of effect modes in the effect device such as the image display device 5, the speaker 8, and the game effect lamp 9. In different effect modes, even when the same command (for example, a command specifying a variation pattern) is transmitted from the main substrate 11, the effect based on the command is executed in different effect modes. In each production mode, the background displayed on the image display device 5, the character, the motif, the sound output from the speaker 8, etc. may be different. The effect mode may be automatically changed according to the number of times of variable display or the game state, or may be changed by the player's operation.

FIGS. 12G to 12L show an example of the effect operation of the title notification and the degree-of-expectation effect in the special mode when the normal mode and the special mode are provided as the effect modes. In the normal mode, title notification and expectation suggesting effects are executed as shown in FIGS. In the special mode, the ready-to-reach performance based on the variation pattern of super ready-to-reach D is the ready-to-reach performance of super ready-to-reach D2 that is different from the ready-to-reach performance of super ready-to-win D. Therefore, when the fluctuation pattern of super reach D is designated, title 31AK023 of super reach D2 is displayed as shown in FIG. 12(G). At this time, a sound corresponding to the title name of READY is output from the speaker 8, but a sound different from that in the normal mode (for example, a sound with a different tone) is output. Also, the expectation level suggestion display 31AK024 in super reach D2 is not star-shaped but diamond-shaped.

After that, as shown in FIG. 12(H), a black rhombus 31AK025 larger than the star of the expectation suggestive display 31AK024 is displayed, and as shown in FIG. The effect is executed so that it fits in one of the white rhombuses. At this time, a sound "pong" is output from the speaker 8 indicating that the black rhombus indicating the degree of expectation has increased. As shown in FIGS. 12(J) and (K), the same effect is repeated a number of times corresponding to the degree of expectation of reach. At the stage where the number of black rhombuses corresponding to the degree of expectation has settled in the expectation suggestive display 31AK024, the black rhombuses are highlighted in such a manner that they shine, as shown in FIG. 12(L). In this way, by varying the notification mode of the title according to the effect mode (state when the ready-to-win effect is executed) determined according to the player's selection, the game state, etc., the effect is diversified and the effect is enhanced. improves.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the effect operation when the super reach D variation pattern is specified, but depending on the effect mode (state when the reach effect is executed), other reach effect ) may be made to have different presentation modes. Depending on the effect mode (the state when the ready-to-win effect is executed), whether or not to report the title of ready-to-win, and the execution ratio of the title to be reported may be varied. For example, when a predetermined effect mode is selected, the title of ready-to-win may not be announced. By doing so, it is possible to execute an effect according to the taste of the player, thereby improving the effect of the effect.

In this embodiment, the expectation level is suggested by the number of black stars in the expectation level indication display, and the expectation level suggestion effect is executed to gradually increase the number of black stars. It is also possible to execute an expectation level suggesting effect in which the number of displays suggesting is gradually reduced. Such an expectation level suggesting effect may be executed in addition to the expectation level suggesting effect of this embodiment, or may be executed instead.

(Another example of development production)
In the case of executing the expectation degree suggesting effect in which the display indicating the degree of expectation of the expectation degree suggesting display is increased step by step, the development effect may be executed after increasing the display indicating the degree of expectation. In this case, when the display indicating the degree of expectation is increased after the development effect, the display to be increased may be displayed all at once instead of step by step. For example, as shown in FIG. 13(A), the title Super Reach D is notified, and after completing the effect of increasing the number of black stars in stages, as shown in FIG. A development effect in which the image 31AK031 is displayed is executed. Here, when an operation to the push button 31B is detected, as shown in FIG. The title of Reach C is announced. In this way, when the development effect is executed, the title notification of the development source reach is switched to the title notification of the development destination reach, so that it becomes easy to understand which reach has developed. Under the title 31AK032, an expectation suggestive display 31AK033 with three black stars is highlighted. Even if the number of black stars increases by two or more, they are displayed at once. It should be noted that after the movable body 32 has moved, it is also possible to execute a development effect in which the title and the expectation suggestive display are changed.

(Notice production)
In this embodiment, as the advance notice effect, a title advance notice for giving notice of the degree of reliability of a big hit is executed according to the title notification mode (for example, the display color of the title, etc.). For example, as shown in FIG. 14(A), the title 31AK036 of Super Reach A is displayed in black, and the sound corresponding to the title name of Reach A is output from the speaker 8, thereby announcing the title of Super Reach A. After that, as shown in FIG. 14(B), a title announcement is executed in which the display color of the title 31AK036 changes to red. Thus, the title is displayed in black when the title announcement is not performed, and the title is displayed in a color other than black when the title announcement is performed. In the title announcement shown in FIG. 14, the display mode (display color) of the title may change after the title of Reach is notified by voice. By doing so, it is possible to enhance the effect of the advance notice effect. Note that the timing at which the title is displayed in a color other than black is not limited to this, and the title may be displayed in a color other than black from the start of display of the title.

Further, when a title announcement is executed in which the display mode (display color) of the title is changed, after the display mode of the title is changed, a sound corresponding to the display mode after the change may be output. By doing so, it is possible to enhance the effect of the advance notice effect. Also, the title notification by voice may be executed after the display mode (display color) of the title is changed. In this case, the sound may be output according to the display mode (display color) of the changed title.

(Execution timing of title notification)
It is preferable that the notification of the title in reach is executed at a timing other than the execution timing of the effect (specific effect) such as the advance effect and the development effect, which increases the expectation of being controlled to the big hit advantage state. By doing so, once the title is announced, an effect that raises the degree of expectation can be executed, so that the player's sense of expectation can be maintained.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing an example of the announcement effect determination process for determining whether or not to execute the announcement effect and the effect mode. The advance notice effect determination process is executed by the effect control CPU 120 within the variable display start setting process of step S171 in FIG. In the advance notice effect determination process, the effect control CPU 120 first determines whether or not the variation pattern specified from the command transmitted from the main board 11 is the super reach variation pattern (step 31AKS001).

If it is a super reach variation pattern (step 31AKS001; Yes), the display color of the super reach title (whether or not to execute a title announcement) is determined (step 31AKS002).

In step 31AKS002, the display color of the super ready-to-win title is determined according to whether the display result is a "big hit" or a "losing", for example, according to the determination ratio shown in FIG. 16(A). As shown in FIG. 16A, the display color of the super reach title is "black", "red", one that changes from "black" to "red", and one that changes from "black" to "fruit pattern". , and those that change from "red" to "fruit pattern" are provided, and the reliability of the big hit increases in this order (ascending order). That is, the reliability of the big win differs depending on the timing of changing the display color of the title. By doing so, the player will pay attention to the change timing of the display color of the title, and the presentation effect will be improved.

In addition, the "fruit pattern" may be displayed in bold and the characters themselves may be "fruit pattern", or the background portion of the title display area may be "fruit pattern". . There may be a pattern displayed as a “fruit pattern” from the beginning. As for the display color that changes, the display color may change after the title notification is executed, as shown in FIG. For the object whose display color changes, there may be a plurality of timings at which the display color changes. Then, the big win reliability may be varied according to the timing at which the display color changes. Also, since the title display period differs depending on the type of super reach, the timing at which the display color changes may differ depending on the type of super reach. In the case of a super reach that has a long title display period (for example, super reach D or super reach E), a plurality of change timings may be provided and one of the change timings may be determined. In the case of super reach with a short title display period (for example, super reach A or super reach B), the number of changing timings may be one or less than in super reach with a long title display period.

When there are a normal mode and a special mode as production modes, in the normal mode the display color of the title is determined by the determination ratio shown in FIG. Determines the display color of the title in different proportions. In the special mode, the pattern of display colors and the order of reliability may be different from those in the normal mode. In this way, by varying the manner of execution of the title announcement (display color and display color change timing) depending on the presentation mode, the presentation is diversified and the presentation effect is improved.

In this embodiment, as the advance notice effect, the advance notice of the big hit reliability is executed according to the display mode of the character's words (for example, the display color of the words, etc.) in the ready-to-win effect of the super reach.

After determining the display color of the title of super ready-to-win, the display color of the character's words in the ready-to-win effect of super ready-to-win (whether or not to execute advance notice of the words) is decided (step 31AKS003).

In step 31AKS003, depending on whether the display result is "big hit" or "losing", the display color of the lines in the ready-to-win effect is determined, for example, by the determination ratio shown in FIG. 16(C). As shown in FIG. 16(C), the display colors of the words in the ready-to-win effect are "white", "red", and those that change from "white" to "red", in this order (ascending order). Reliability is high. That is, the reliability of the big win differs depending on the timing of changing the display color of the words. By doing so, the player will pay attention to the change timing of the display color of the words, and the production effect will be improved. As for the display color changing, the display color may be changed after the words are displayed. For the object whose display color changes, there may be a plurality of timings at which the display color changes. Then, the big win reliability may be varied according to the timing at which the display color changes.

Also, the reliability of the big win may be different depending on the combination of the effect modes of the title notice and the dialogue notice. For example, when the same effect mode (display color) is included in the title notice and the dialogue notice, the reliability of the big win may be increased when the same effect mode is used. Also, the reliability of the big win may differ depending on the combination of the change timings of the presentation modes of the title notice and the dialogue notice. For example, when the change timing is the same, the big win reliability may be higher than when the change timing is different, or the big win reliability may be different depending on which change comes first. By doing so, it is possible to draw attention to the respective change timings of the title notice and the dialogue notice.

If there are a normal mode and a special mode as production modes, the special mode may determine the display color of the words at a rate different from that in the normal mode. In the special mode, the pattern of display colors and the order of reliability may be different from those in the normal mode.

It should be noted that, in place of the speech notice, a notice effect for notifying the reliability of the big hit may be executed by a change in the effect mode of the ready-to-win effect. In that case, in the advance notice effect, a plurality of change timings of the effect mode may be provided so that the reliability of the big win differs according to the change timing.

After determining the display color of the lines in the ready-to-win effect, or when it is determined that the change pattern is not super-ready-to-win (step AK31S001; No), the presence or absence of other advance notice effects and the effect mode are determined (step AK31S004). After that, the decision results in 31AKS002 to 31AKS004 are stored in a predetermined area of RAM 122 (step AK31S005), and the advance notice effect decision processing is terminated.

In this embodiment, it is possible to execute the title notice and the dialogue notice in the case of super reach. and at least one of the speech announcement may be made executable. Further, the title notice and the dialogue notice are explained as being determined by the determination ratio shown in FIG. 16, but the determination ratio is arbitrary, and the determination ratio may be changed according to the type of super reach, for example. By doing so, it is possible to execute the notice effect according to the type of ready-to-win, and the effect of the effect is improved.

In this embodiment, the title notice and the dialogue notice differ in the number of executable rendering modes (the number of display colors that can be displayed). By doing so, the presentation becomes diverse and the presentation effect is enhanced. In the title announcement and the dialogue announcement, the number of executable effects may be changed arbitrarily, and the number and types of executable effects may be the same. By doing so, it is possible to execute a notice effect with a sense of unity, and the player can easily grasp the reliability of the big win.

(Effect production)
When the effect mode between the title notice and the dialogue notice changes, an effect indicating that the effect mode will change may be executed. For example, an action effect image may be displayed on the image display device 5, and an effect effect in which the image affects at least one of the title and the dialogue may be executed. After the action effect is executed, the effect mode (display color) of the title or lines may be changed. The effect mode of effect effect (effect effect image, etc.) may be common to both the title and the dialogue. It should be noted that there may be a case where the effect mode of the title or lines does not change even though the action effect is executed. When the action effect is to be executed, whether or not to execute the effect effect, the execution timing, and the mode of effect may be determined based on the determination results relating to the title notice and the dialogue notice. Such determination may be performed in the process of step AK31S004. For example, depending on the presentation mode of the action presentation, the rate at which the presentation mode of at least one of the title notice and the dialogue notice changes (the rate at which the presentation mode changes due to the action presentation) may be different. It is possible to make the ratio of the dialogue notice and the change of which production mode (the ratio of which effect is applied) different, or the ratio of what color (how many stages) the change is made to be. . By executing such an action effect, the player will pay attention to which of the title or the words will be affected when the action effect image is displayed, thereby improving the effect. In addition, when there are a plurality of production modes, whether or not to execute the action production and the production mode may be determined at different ratios according to the production modes. By doing so, it is possible to execute an action effect corresponding to the effect mode, and the effect of the effect is improved.

As another example of such an action effect, at least one effect mode (display color) of either the title or the dialogue is selected according to the effect content of the ready-to-win effect (for example, the action of the character, the effect content in the battle effect, etc.). may change. By doing so, the player will pay attention to the contents of the ready-to-win effect.

The present invention is not limited to the pachinko game machine 1 described in the characteristic portion 31AK, and various modifications and applications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, all of the features described in the above embodiments are not essential components, and can be omitted as appropriate.

(Sub LCD)
As a sub display device different from the image display device 5 , a sub liquid crystal may be provided on the game board 2 or the game machine frame 3 . Although expressed as a sub-liquid crystal here, the sub-display device may be composed of an organic EL or a dot-matrix LED. The sub-liquid crystal device may be fixed, for example, in the vicinity of the image display device 5, or may be movable or retractable. The sub-liquid crystal executes various effects such as a notice effect and display of a pending display. For example, title notification may be performed in the sub-liquid crystal. When the title is continuously displayed after the title notification as in the super reach D and the super reach E of the above-described embodiment, the sub liquid crystal may display the title and the degree of expectation suggestive display. In this case, after announcing the title on the image display device 5, the sub liquid crystal may display the title and the degree of expectation suggestive display. By doing so, the title and the expectation level suggesting display can be displayed without interfering with the super reach effect on the image display device 5, and the title and the expectation level suggesting display become easy to understand.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to notification of the title of the ready-to-win effect as a suggestive effect has been described. may For example, as a preview effect (for example, a pre-read preview effect), when executing a pre-read zone effect that shifts to a plurality of zones (stages, effect modes, etc.) with different background images and effect modes on the image display device 5, the transitioned zone The present invention may be applied to the title notification of. In the case of presenting a mission ("reach with 7", "annihilate the enemy using a stick controller", etc.) and executing a mission effect that gives the player an advantage when the mission is accomplished, The present invention may be applied to mission title notification.

(Modification 1 of characteristic portion 31AK)
In the above embodiment, when the timing for deriving the display result comes, a decided effect is executed to notify whether or not the display result will be a "big hit", and then the display result is shown ( 10(B)-(D)). Instead of such a determined effect, at a predetermined timing before deriving the display result, an operation effect prompting the operation of the stick controller 31A or the push button 31B is executed, and if a predetermined operation is detected during the operation valid period. The display result may be displayed by displaying the win or loss of the battle effect, temporarily stopping the display result, or the like. By doing so, the display result is shown according to the player's operation, so that the player's willingness to participate in the game can be increased, and the interest is improved.

FIGS. 17 and 18 are diagrams showing an example of a super ready-to-win effect operation in a modified example in which an operation effect is executed and a display result is shown according to the operation. As shown in FIG. 17A, after the image display device 5 enters the reach mode, for example, as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIGS. 17(C)-(F) and 18(G)-(I), a ready-to-win effect is executed in which the character 31AK041 and the character 31AK042 face each other.

Along with the ready-to-win effect, a small button image 31AK043 and a regulation line 31AK044 superimposed on the small button image 31AK043 are displayed at the lower right of the image display device 5, as shown in FIG. 17(C). As a result, an operation effect using the push button 31B is executed, but it is suggested that acceptance of the operation is currently restricted.

In this modified example, a plurality of types of operation effect images are prepared to indicate that an operation effect is to be executed. The reliability of the big win differs depending on which operation effect image is displayed and the operation effect is executed. In addition, the image indicating that the operation effect will be executed during the ready-to-win effect may change to a more reliable mode.

For example, as shown in FIG. 17D, a praying character 31AK045 is displayed, and as shown in FIG. change to

After that, as shown in FIG. 18H, a cannon 31AK048 is displayed, and as shown in FIG. Effect 31AK050 is displayed. Then, the large button image 31AK047 changes to the stick image 31AK051.

As described above, in this modified example, when the operation effect image changes, an action effect indicating that the operation effect image changes is executed. It should be noted that the operation effect image may change without accompanying the effect effect. Further, there may be a case where the operation effect image does not change even though the effect effect is executed. The rate at which the operation effect image changes may differ depending on the type of action effect.

After that, before a predetermined time before the display result is derived, the restriction line 31AK044 is erased as shown in FIG. , a display prompting an operation to pull the stick controller 31A is displayed. Further, at this time, the operation valid period during which the operation to the stick controller 31A is valid.

Here, when an operation of pulling the stick controller 31A is detected, an image 31AK052 indicating that the ally character has won is displayed as shown in FIG. 18(L). After that, at the timing when the fluctuation time ends, as shown in FIG. Note that if no operation is detected within a predetermined operation valid period, the image shown in FIG. 18L is automatically displayed.

In this modified example, there are a small button image, a large button image, and a stick image as operation effect images, and an operation effect using these images is executed in the order of small button image<large button image<stick image. The reliability of the jackpot is high. Even when an operation performance image with low reliability is displayed, it may change to an operation performance image with high reliability during ready-to-win performance, so that the performance effect is improved and the expectation of the player is increased. can be maintained.

17 and 18 omit the notification of the title of the reach and the indication of the degree of expectation. may be executed. The determination of operation effects and operation effect images (whether there is an operation effect, whether there is an operation effect image to be displayed, whether there is an effect effect, etc.) may be executed in step 31AKS004 of FIG.

(Modification 2 of characteristic portion 31AK)
A suggestive display that suggests the degree of expectation of control to an advantageous state such as a jackpot game state may be performed. For example, a shutter effect for performing the first suggestive display and a reach title effect for performing the second suggestive display may be executed. In the shutter effect, the effect of covering the screen with the shutter display is executed after the start of the variable display. In addition, in the ready-to-win effect, after the ready-to-win effect, an effect to display a ready-to-win title indicating the development destination of the ready-to-win effect is executed. A specific image may be included and displayed when either the shutter display or the reach title display is displayed. The ready-to-win title effect may be the same as the title announcement in the above embodiment, or may be another effect determined by another process.

A specific image is an image with a high degree of reliability of a big hit that is displayed including a plurality of types of elements in the image. The multiple types of elements include a banana image as element E1, a melon image as element E2, an apple image as element E3, a watermelon image as element E4, and a strawberry image as element E5. A fruit pattern image composed of these elements E1 to E5 is the specific image. In both the shutter display and the reach title display, all of the elements E1 to E5 are displayed so as to be visible. Also, the display sizes of the elements E1 to E5 forming the specific image are changed and displayed according to the difference in display size between the shutter display and the reach title display. Also, all of the elements E1 to E5 are displayed so as to fit within the shutter display and the reach title display.

When the shutter performance is executed after the start of the variable display, when the fruit pattern image is displayed, the reliability of the big win is higher than when the fruit pattern image is not displayed. In addition, when the ready-to-win title is displayed during execution of the ready-to-win effect, when the fruit pattern image is displayed, the reliability of the big win is higher than when the fruit pattern image is not displayed. When the fruit pattern is not displayed, for example, a plain image that does not include the elements E1 to E5 is displayed. It should be noted that an image pattern other than the fruit pattern image may be prepared as the image indicating the jackpot reliability when the shutter effect and the ready-to-win title effect are executed. For example, white image<blue image<red image<fruit pattern image may be prepared in order of the degree of reliability of the big hit (for example, a red shutter or a reach title with red characters). Then, one of the image patterns may be selected by a predetermined random number lottery depending on whether or not the display result of the variable display is a big win.

When performing the shutter display and the ready-to-win title display, even when the fruit pattern is displayed, the speaker 8 outputs a common sound (melody) and the game effect lamp 9 emits light to notify. The common sound and light emission control of the game effect lamp 9 indicate to the player that the fruit pattern is a special image. When such shutter display and reach title display are performed, common notification for fruit patterns is executed. Also, in the reach title display, a specific sound (voice) is further output after the common notification. Note that the common sound and the specific sound may be partially overlapped in their output periods.

FIG. 19 is a display screen diagram when the shutter effect and the reach title effect are executed. As shown in FIG. 19A, when the shutter effect is executed, the shutter image 31AK061 is displayed on the image display device 5 at the start of the variable display. The shutter image 31AK061 displays a fruit pattern image including all of the elements E1 to E5. Further, when the shutter effect is executed, the speaker 8 outputs a common sound (melody) and the game effect lamp 9 emits a notification. When the closed shutter is opened, as shown in FIG. 19(b), variable display of decorative patterns is started. Downward arrows indicate variable display of left, middle, and right symbols. When the variable display of the left pattern and the right pattern temporarily stops, as shown in FIG. 19(c), the reach state is entered.

Then, as shown in FIG. 19(d), the super ready-to-win effect is started. For example, the variable display is displayed in a small size on the upper right side of the screen, and the character is displayed on the left side of the screen. A reach title image 31AK062 is displayed at the lower right of the screen, and the contents of the super reach to be executed from now on are displayed as a reach title display. The ready-to-win title image 31AK062 displays a fruit pattern image including all of the elements E1 to E5. Also, in the ready-to-win title image 31AK062, characters of "battle ready-to-win" are displayed to indicate that a ready-to-win effect accompanied by a battle effect is to be executed.

Further, when the ready-to-win title effect is executed, the speaker 8 outputs a common sound (melody) and the game effect lamp 9 emits a notification. Furthermore, after outputting the common sound, an effect is executed in which the character emits a specific sound (voice) such as "Hot", which indicates that the reliability of the big win is high. Here, in the reach title effect, the size of the suggestive display to be displayed is smaller than in the shutter effect. However, in the ready-to-win title effect, by outputting the specific sound, it is possible to make it easier for the player to recognize that the fruit pattern image has been displayed. In addition, although the common sound and the specific sound have been explained in the case where the output periods are completely separated, the output periods may partially overlap.

After that, a battle ready-to-win effect is executed as shown in FIG. 19(e). An enemy character is displayed on the left side of the screen, and an ally character is displayed on the right side of the screen. When the ally character wins the battle with the enemy character, the characters "Battle Victory!" are displayed on the upper left of the screen. It is reported that the jackpot has been confirmed by winning the battle. When the battle production ends, the screen returns to the variable display screen with the original number patterns. As shown in FIG. 19(f), all the symbols are stopped, and the jackpot symbol of "777" is displayed.

As shown in FIGS. 19(a) and 19(d), both the shutter image 31AK061 and reach title image 31AK062 are displayed including all the elements E1 to E5 forming the fruit pattern image. In this way, the fruit pattern image can be preferably displayed in both the shutter image 31AK061 and the ready-to-win title image 31AK062 having different display sizes. As a result, it is possible to accurately convey that a fruit pattern image with a high degree of reliability for big wins has been displayed.

Further, the display size of the shutter image 31AK061 shown in FIG. 19(a) is displayed larger than the display size of the reach title image 31AK062 shown in FIG. 19(d). Therefore, attention can be paid to the difference between the display size of the shutter image 31AK061 and the display size of the reach title image 31AK062.

Further, the shutter image 31AK061 shown in FIG. 19(a) and the reach title image 31AK062 shown in FIG. 19(d) are displayed at different timings. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the fruit pattern image, which is the specific image, from becoming difficult to see due to overlapping execution timings.

The determination of the shutter effect (whether or not to use the shutter effect and the mode of effect) may be executed in step 31AKS004 of FIG. In this case, the shutter performance may be determined based on the determination result of the title display color in step 31AKS002 of FIG. For example, when the display color of the title is determined to be a fruit pattern, the fruit pattern shutter effect may be executed more easily. Further, the determination relating to the ready-to-win title effect may also be executed in step 31AKS004 of FIG. 15 together with the determination relating to the shutter effect.

(Description of Characteristic Portion 87IW)
Next, the characterizing portion 87IW of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 20-1 is a flow chart showing the effect control main processing in the characterizing portion 87IW. In addition, in the characteristic portion 87IW, on the display screen of the image display device 5, there is provided a fourth design display area for displaying the fourth design next to the decoration design, the special design and the normal design.

The effect control CPU 120 starts executing the main process when the power is turned on. In the main process, first, an initialization process is performed for clearing the RAM area, setting various initial values, and initializing a timer for determining the activation interval (for example, 4 ms) of effect control (step IWSA01). . Thereafter, the effect control CPU 120 shifts to loop processing for monitoring the timer interrupt flag (step IWSA02). When a timer interrupt occurs, the effect control CPU 120 sets a timer interrupt flag in timer interrupt processing. In the main process, if the timer interrupt flag is set, the effect control CPU 120 clears the flag (step IWSA03) and executes the following effect control process.

In the effect control process, the effect control CPU 120 first analyzes the received effect control command, and performs processing such as setting a flag corresponding to the received effect control command (command analysis process: step IWSA04).

Next, the effect control CPU 120 performs effect control process processing (step IWSA05). In the effect control process processing, the display control of the image display device 5 is executed by selecting the process corresponding to the current control state (effect control process flag) among the processes corresponding to the control state.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 performs the fourth symbol process (step IWSA06). In the fourth symbol process process, a process corresponding to the current control state (fourth symbol process flag) is selected from among the processes corresponding to the control state, and the fourth symbol is displayed in the fourth symbol display area of the image display device 5. display control.

Next, a random number update process is executed to update the count value of the counter for generating random numbers such as the random number for determining the jackpot symbol (step IWSA07). After that, the process moves to step IWSA02.

FIG. 20-2 is a flow chart showing the variable display start setting process (step S171) in the effect control process shown in FIG. In the variable display start setting process, the effect control CPU 120 first reads the variation pattern command from the variation pattern command storage area (the area in which the received variation pattern command (effect control command for enacting the variation pattern) is stored) ( Step 87 IWS001). Next, the effect control CPU 120 stores the variation pattern command read in step 87IWS001 and the display result designation command storage area (received display result designation command (display result (normal big hit, probability variable big hit, sudden probability variable big hit, small hit, or losing The display result (stop design) of the decorative design is determined according to the data (that is, the received display result designating command) stored in the area storing the production control command designating ) (step 87IWS002). . That is, by executing the processing of step 87IWS002 by the effect control CPU 120, the display result of the variable display of the identification information (the decoration pattern is stopped) according to the variable display pattern (variation pattern) determined by the variable display pattern determination means. A display result determining means for determining the pattern) is realized. Incidentally, when a pseudo-run is designated by the variation pattern command, the effect control CPU 120, in step 87IWS002, selects a chance symbol (for example, like "223" or "445") as a temporary stop symbol for the pseudo-run. , a combination of a jackpot pattern that does not become a reach and a pattern that is shifted by one pattern) is also determined. In addition, the effect control CPU 120 stores the data indicating the stop symbol of the determined decorative symbol in the decorative symbol display result storage area. In addition, in step 87IWS002, the effect control CPU 120 may determine whether or not the hit is a big hit based on the received variation pattern command, and may determine the decorative symbols to be stopped based on only the variation pattern command. .

In step 87IWS002, when the received display result designation command indicates "normal jackpot", the effect control CPU 120 selects a decorative pattern in which the three patterns are the same even number pattern as the stop pattern. Decide on a combination. Further, when the received display result specifying command indicates "probability variable big hit", the effect control CPU 120 determines a combination of decoration symbols in which three symbols are the same odd number symbols as the stop symbols.

Further, when the received display result designation command indicates "suddenly variable probability big hit" or "small hit", the effect control CPU 120 determines a combination of decorative symbols such as "135" as the stop symbol. Then, in the case of "missing", a combination of decoration patterns other than the above is determined. However, when the ready-to-win effect is involved, a combination of decorative patterns in which the left and right two patterns are aligned is determined. Also, the combination of the three symbols derived and displayed on the image display device 5 is the decorative symbol "stop symbol".

The effect control CPU 120, for example, extracts a random number for determining a stop symbol, and uses a stop symbol determination table in which data indicating combinations of decorative symbols and numerical values are associated with each other to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol. decide. That is, the stop symbol is determined by selecting the data indicating the combination of decorative symbols corresponding to the numerical value that matches the extracted random number.

As for decorative patterns, a stop pattern (a combination of patterns in which the left, middle, and right are all the same pattern) that reminds us of a big win is called a big hit pattern. Also, a stop symbol that reminds us of a loss is called a lost symbol. In addition, the pattern (odd pattern in this feature part 87IW) that reminds me of being in a definite variable state is also called a definite variable pattern, and the pattern that reminds me of not being in a definite variable state (in this feature part 87IW, even number design) is a non-variable pattern. Also called

Next, the effect control CPU 120 determines the presence or absence of each pre-ready-win announcement effect to be executed before establishment of the ready-win (step 87IWS003). At step 87IWS003, the effect control CPU 120 performs lottery processing based on random numbers using a pre-reach announcement effect determination table for determining whether or not to execute the pre-reach announcement effect for each pre-reach announcement effect. It is determined whether or not to execute the pre-reach announcement effect.

FIG. 20-3 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the pre-reach announcement effect determination table. Among them, FIG. 20-3(A) shows a specific example of the pre-reach announcement effect A determination table for determining whether or not to execute the pre-reach announcement effect A. FIG. Further, FIG. 20-3(B) shows a specific example of the pre-reach announcement effect B determination table for determining whether or not to execute the pre-reach announcement effect B. FIG. Also, FIG. 20-3(C) shows a specific example of the pre-reach announcement effect C determination table for determining whether or not to execute the pre-reach announcement effect C. FIG.

In this characteristic portion 87IW, it is assumed that three types of pre-reach announcement effects A to C can be executed. Further, the pre-reach forewarning effect A is specifically assumed to be a group forewarning effect (for example, a forewarning effect in which images of a plurality of characters and objects appear). In addition, the pre-reach announcement effect B is specifically a cut-in announcement effect (for example, an announcement effect in which a character or background unrelated to the effect executed so far appears). shall be Further, the pre-reach announcement effect C is specifically assumed to be an accessory announcement effect (an announcement effect of a mode in which a movable member (an effect accessory) provided in the game machine operates).

In this characteristic portion 87IW, the pre-ready notice effects A to C are all effects executed before establishment of the ready-to-win state during the variable display of decorative patterns. It is assumed that the execution timing of the pre-reach announcement performance B is early and the execution timing of the pre-reach announcement performance C is the latest.

Further, as shown in FIG. 20-3, when the pre-reach announcement effects A to C are executed, the expectation (reliability) for the big hit is higher than when the pre-reach announcement effects A to C are not executed. Of these, the degree of expectation (reliability) for the big hit is the highest when the pre-reach announcement effect C is executed, and the pre-reach announcement effect C is followed by the pre-reach announcement effect B. is executed, the degree of expectation (reliability) for the big win is high, and the degree of expectation (reliability) for the big win is high when the advance notice performance A before reach is executed next to the advance notice performance B before reach. It is

Note that this characteristic portion 87IW shows a case where a group notice effect, a cut-in notice effect, and a character object notice effect are executed as pre-reach notice effects, but not limited to such modes, for example, a step-up Various advance notice effects such as notice effects, character notice effects, mini-character notice effects, and motif notice effects may be executed.

In addition, it is not limited to the case where three types of pre-reach announcement effects are executed. For example, four or more types of pre-reach announcement effects may be executed, or two types of pre-reach announcement effects may be executed. You may

Further, in this characteristic portion 87IW, as shown in FIG. 20-3, the pre-reach announcement effects A to C are determined using separate tables. In the processing, the presence or absence of pre-reach announcement effects A to C may be collectively determined.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is decided to execute at least one pre-reach announcement effect (step 87IWS004). When execution of any pre-reach announcement effect is not determined, the process proceeds to step 87IWS010. When execution of at least one pre-reach announcement effect is determined, the effect control CPU 120 determines whether or not to execute a storage effect for each determined pre-reach announcement effect (step 87IWS005). At step 87IWS005, the effect control CPU 120 performs a lottery process based on random numbers using a stored effect determination table for determining whether or not to execute a stored effect for each decided advance notice effect before reach, and performs a lottery process based on the stored effect. Decide whether to execute

FIG. 20-4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the stored effect determination table. In this characteristic portion 87IW, as shown in FIG. 20-4, in the case of a big hit, it is decided to execute the accumulation effect at a higher rate than in the case of a loss. Further, in this characterizing part 87IW, as shown in FIG. 20-4, even in the case of losing, it is decided to execute the accumulation effect at a relatively high rate of 60%.

The “accumulation effect” is an effect executed in such a manner that a predetermined number (one to three items in this example) of items are accumulated. In this characteristic portion 87IW, when it is decided to execute the accumulation effect, after the accumulation effect is executed and a display is made as if a predetermined number of items are accumulated, a predetermined waiting time is passed. , the pre-reach announcement effect is executed. In this characteristic part 87IW, when it is determined not to execute the accumulation effect, the pre-reach announcement effect is executed as it is at the timing of executing the pre-reach announcement effect without executing the accumulation effect. be.

It should be noted that the manner of determining the retention effect is not limited to the mode shown in this characteristic portion 87IW. For example, depending on the type of pre-reach announcement effect, the presence or absence of the retention effect may be determined at different ratios. In this case, for example, when the pre-reach announcement effect C (character object announcement effect) is lost compared to the pre-reach announcement effect B (cut-in announcement effect), the retention effect is determined at a higher rate. You may

Also, for example, depending on the number of pre-reach announcement effects that are executed during one variable display, or the number of pre-reach announcement effects that are executed, the presence or absence of the retention effect is determined at different rates. may be configured. In this case, for example, even when the same cut-in notice effect is executed, the reserve is stored at a different rate depending on whether the cut-in notice effect is executed first or the cut-in notice effect is executed second. It may be configured to determine the presence or absence of an effect.

Also, for example, when determining the presence or absence of the retention effect for two or more pre-reach notice effects, it differs depending on whether or not execution of the retention effect has already been determined for other pre-reach notice effects. It may be configured to determine the presence/absence of the retention effect based on the ratio. In this case, for example, when it is decided to execute the retention performance for the first pre-reach announcement performance, the retention performance is also executed for the second and third pre-reach announcement performances at a high rate. It may be configured to determine

Next, when there is at least one pre-reach announcement effect determined to execute the retention effect in step 87IWS005, the effect control CPU 120 executes the retention effect for each pre-reach announcement effect determined to have a retention effect. A standby time until the pre-reach announcement effect is executed is determined (step 87IWS006). In step 87IWS006, the effect control CPU 120 performs lottery processing based on random numbers using a waiting time determination table for determining the waiting time for each pre-reach notice effect determined to have a stored effect, and determines the waiting time (waiting time). pattern).

FIG. 20-5 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the waiting time determination table. As shown in FIG. 20-5, in the characteristic portion 87IW, the standby time determination table assigns determination values to standby patterns 1 to 7 as standby patterns of the standby time.

In FIG. 20-5, the waiting pattern 1 is a pattern in which the pre-reach announcement effect is immediately executed without waiting time (that is, the waiting time is 0 seconds) after executing the storage effect. In addition, in the standby pattern 2, immediately after executing the retention effect, the timer display for 5 seconds is started, and when the timer display becomes 0 seconds after 5 seconds have passed (that is, the standby time is 5 seconds), the pre-reach announcement effect is a pattern that executes In addition, in the standby pattern 3, after executing the retention effect, the standby display for 5 seconds is displayed, and then the timer display for 5 seconds is started. , a total waiting time of 10 seconds), and a pattern for executing a pre-reach announcement effect. In addition, in the standby pattern 4, after executing the retention effect, the standby display for 10 seconds is displayed, and then the timer display for 5 seconds is started. , a total waiting time of 15 seconds), and a pattern for executing a pre-reach announcement effect.

In addition, in the standby pattern 5, immediately after executing the storage effect, the timer display for 5 seconds is started, and when the timer display becomes 0 seconds after the 5 seconds have passed (display as if the standby time has become 0 once ), the standby display for another 5 seconds is displayed, and then the timer display for 5 seconds is started again. ), which is a pattern for executing the pre-reach announcement effect.

In addition, in the standby pattern 6, after executing the storage effect, the standby display is displayed for 5 seconds, and then the timer display for 5 seconds is started. Once the standby time is displayed as 0), the standby display is displayed for another 5 seconds, and then the timer display for 5 seconds is started again, and after 5 seconds, the timer display is 0 seconds Then (that is, the waiting time is 20 seconds in total), it is a pattern for executing the pre-reach announcement effect.

In addition, in the standby pattern 7, after executing the storage effect, the standby display is displayed for 10 seconds, and then the timer display for 5 seconds is started. Once the standby time is displayed as 0), the standby display is displayed for another 5 seconds, and then the timer display for 5 seconds is started again, and after 5 seconds, the timer display is 0 seconds Then (that is, the waiting time is 20 seconds in total), it is a pattern for executing the pre-reach announcement effect.

In this characteristic portion 87IW, the timer display is temporarily set to 0 seconds as a waiting pattern (waiting patterns 5 to 7 in this example) for performing the waiting display and the timer display again after the waiting time becomes 0 once. After that, the standby display is uniformly displayed for another 5 seconds, and then the timer display for 5 seconds is started again, but it is not limited to such a mode. For example, once the timer display reaches 0 seconds, it may be configured to provide a standby pattern in which the timer display for 5 seconds is immediately displayed again without displaying the standby display, or once the timer display reaches 0. It may be configured to provide a standby pattern that displays a standby display for 10 seconds after the seconds.

Also, the method of determining the standby pattern is not limited to the mode shown in this characteristic portion 87IW. For example, depending on the type of pre-reach announcement effect, the standby pattern may be determined at different ratios. In this case, for example, when pre-reach announcement effect C (character object announcement effect) is out of reach than pre-reach announcement effect B (cut-in announcement effect), a specific waiting pattern (for example, standby pattern 5 to 7) may be determined at a high rate.

In addition, for example, the standby pattern is determined at different ratios depending on the number of pre-reach announcement effects that are executed during one variable display or the order of the pre-reach announcement effects that are executed. may In this case, for example, even if the same cut-in notice effect is executed, the waiting ratio differs between when the cut-in notice effect is executed first and when the cut-in notice effect is executed second. It may be configured to determine a pattern.

Also, for example, in the case of determining a standby pattern for two or more pre-reach announcement effects, whether a specific standby pattern (for example, standby patterns 5 to 7) has already been determined for other pre-reach announcement effects Depending on whether or not, the standby pattern may be determined at a different rate. In this case, for example, when a specific standby pattern (for example, standby patterns 5 to 7) is determined for the first pre-reach announcement effect, the second and third reach pre-notice effects are also high A ratio may be configured to determine a specific standby pattern (eg, standby patterns 5-7).

Further, for example, depending on the number of pre-reach foretelling effects determined to execute the stored effect, the waiting pattern may be determined at different ratios.

In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 20-5, for example, when looking at waiting patterns 1 to 4, the expectation (reliability) for the big hit is the same regardless of the waiting time, but such a mode Not only that, the degree of expectation (reliability) for the big win may be varied according to the waiting time. For example, the waiting pattern 1 with the shortest waiting time (0 seconds) has the lowest expectation (reliability) for the big hit, and the waiting pattern 2 next to the waiting pattern 1 has the highest expectation (reliability) for the big hit. Waiting pattern 3 next to 2 has the highest degree of expectation (reliability) for the big win, and waiting pattern 4 with the longest waiting time (15 seconds) has the highest degree of expectation (reliability) for the big win. good. According to such a configuration, the longer the waiting time, the higher the expectation for the big win.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 sets 3 to a storage number counter for counting the number of items stored in the storage effect when execution of the storage effect is determined for at least one advance notice effect before reach. (Step 87IWS007). In addition, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to start displaying the stored number display for displaying the number of items stored in the stored effect (step 87IWS008). In step 87IWS008, since no item has been stored yet, for example, the image display device 5 starts to display "0/3" as the number of stored items.

Next, when the performance control CPU 120 has decided to execute the retention performance for at least one pre-reach announcement performance, the suggestion to suggest the pre-reach announcement performance for each pre-reach announcement performance with the retention performance. Control is performed to start displaying the display (step 87IWS009). In step 87IWS009, for example, when the pre-reach forewarning effect A (group forewarning effect) is to be executed, the image display device 5 starts to display the suggestive display A containing the letters "group" in a rectangle as a suggestive display. . Further, for example, when the pre-reach announcement effect B (cut-in announcement effect) is to be executed, the image display device 5 starts displaying the suggestive display B including the letter "ka" in the rectangle as the suggestive display. Further, for example, when the pre-reach announcement effect C (character object announcement effect) is executed, the image display device 5 starts to display the suggestive display C including the character "role" in the rectangle as the suggestive display.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the variation pattern specified by the variation pattern command includes the super ready-to-win effect D (step 87IWS010). If the super ready-to-win effect D is not included, the process proceeds directly to step 87IWS012.

In addition, in this characteristic portion 87IW, there are cases where four kinds of super ready-to-win effects A to D are executed as super ready-to-win effects during the variable display of decorative symbols. In this characteristic portion 87IW, the super ready-to-win effects A to D are effects that are executed in common in the case of a big hit and in the case of a loss. , super ready-to-win effects A to D are executed at a high rate. Therefore, when the super ready-to-win effects A to D are executed, the degree of expectation (reliability) for the big win is higher than when the super ready-to-win effects A to D are not executed.

If the super ready-to-win effect D is included, the effect control CPU 120 determines the type of character that appears during execution of the super ready-to-win effect D (step 87IWS011). At step 87IWS011, the performance control CPU 120 performs lottery processing based on random numbers using a character determination table for determining the type of character, and determines the type of character to appear during execution of the super ready-to-win performance D.

FIG. 20-6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the character determination table. As shown in FIG. 20-6, in the characteristic portion 87IW, determination values are assigned to the characters C1 to C4 in the character determination table. In addition, in the characteristic portion 87IW, when the super ready-to-win effect D is executed, a predetermined music is output as sound during the execution of the super ready-to-win effect D. As shown in FIG. 20-6, When the character C1 is determined, an effect in which the character C1 appears is executed while the super ready-to-win effect D is being executed, and the music M1 is sound-outputted. Further, as shown in FIG. 20-6, when the character C2 is determined, an effect in which the character C2 appears is executed during the execution of the super ready-to-win effect D, and the music M2 is sound-outputted. Further, as shown in FIG. 20-6, when the character C3 is determined, an effect in which the character C3 appears is executed while the super ready-to-win effect D is being executed, and the music M3 is output as sound. Further, as shown in FIG. 20-6, when the character C4 is determined, an effect in which the character C4 appears is executed during the execution of the super ready-to-win effect D, and the music M4 is sound-outputted.

Further, in this characteristic part 87IW, when the super ready-to-win effect D is executed, after the sound output of the predetermined music is finished, a predetermined specific sound is output in the case of a big hit. As shown in FIG. 20-6, when the character C1 is determined, the specific sound S1 is output after the sound output of the music piece M1 is finished. Further, as shown in FIG. 20-6, when the character C2 is determined, the specific sound S2 is output after the sound output of the music piece M2 is finished. Further, as shown in FIG. 20-6, when the character C3 is determined, the specific sound S3 is output after the sound output of the music piece M3 is finished. Further, as shown in FIG. 20-6, when the character C4 is determined, the specific sound S4 is output after the sound output of the music piece M4 is finished.

In this characteristic portion 87IW, the "specific sound" is obtained by using a smaller number of sounds than the number of sounds used in the preceding music, or by deleting or shortening a part of the music. Edited and created.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 determines the variation pattern, the pre-reach pre-notice effect when it is decided to execute the pre-reach pre-notice effect, and the determined character type when the super reach effect D is executed. Select the corresponding process table (step 87IWS012). Then, the process timer in process data 1 of the selected process table is started (step 87IWS013).

The process table is a table in which process data referred to when the effect control CPU 120 executes control of the effect device is set. That is, the effect control CPU 120 controls the effect devices (parts for effect) such as the image display device 5 according to the process data set in the process table. The process table is composed of data in which a plurality of combinations of process timer setting values, display control execution data, lamp control execution data and sound number data are collected. The display control execution data includes data indicating each variation mode constituting the variation mode during the variable display time (variation time) of the variable display of the decorative pattern. Specifically, data related to changing the display screen of the image display device 5 is described. In addition, the process timer set value is set with a variable time in the mode of variation. The effect control CPU 120 refers to the process table and performs control to display the decoration pattern in the variation mode set in the display control execution data for the time set in the process timer set value. Also, the process table is stored in the ROM of the effect control board 80 . Also, the process table is prepared according to each variation pattern.

In addition, in the process table used when performing the effect control for the variation pattern with the ready-to-win effect, the left symbol is stopped when a predetermined time has passed since the start of the variation, and the right symbol is stopped when a predetermined time has passed. Process data indicating to display is set. In addition, instead of setting the symbols to be stopped and displayed in the process table, an image for displaying the symbols is synthesized and generated according to the determined stop symbols, the temporary stop symbols in the simulated run and the sliding effect. may

In addition, the production control CPU 120 controls the production device (the image display device 5 as the production component, the production component as the Various lamps and speakers 8L and 8R as performance parts are controlled (step 87IWS014). For example, a command is output to the display control unit 123 in order to display an image corresponding to the variation pattern on the image display device 5 . In addition, it outputs a control signal (lamp control execution data) to the lamp control board 14 in order to control lighting/extinguishing of various lamps. Also, a control signal (sound number data) is output to the audio control board 13 in order to output audio from the speakers 8L and 8R.

In addition, in this characteristic portion 87IW, the effect control CPU 120 controls such that the decorative pattern is displayed variably according to the variation pattern corresponding to the variation pattern command one-to-one. A variation pattern to be used may be selected from a plurality of types of variation patterns corresponding to .

Further, when a variation pattern including super reach effect A is specified in the variation pattern command, a process table including super reach effect A is selected in step 87IWS012, and step 87IWS014 and step 87IWS014 and steps described later are performed according to the selected process table. By executing the processing of 87IWS 105, the super ready-to-win effect A is executed during the variable display of the decorative symbols.

Further, when a variation pattern including super reach effect B is specified in the variation pattern command, a process table including super reach effect B is selected in step 87IWS012, and step 87IWS014 and step 87IWS014 and steps described later are performed according to the selected process table. By executing the processing of 87IWS 105, the super ready-to-win effect B is executed during the variable display of the decorative symbols.

Further, when a variation pattern including super reach effect C is specified in the variation pattern command, a process table including effect of common display period 1 of super reach effect C is selected in step 87IWS012, and the selected process table is selected. Accordingly, the processes of step 87IWS014 and step 87IWS105, which will be described later, are executed, so that the effect of the common display period 1 of the super ready-to-win effect C is executed during the variable display of the decorative symbols.

Further, when a variation pattern including super ready-to-win effect D is specified in the variation pattern command, a process table including super ready-to-win effect D corresponding to the character type determined in step 87IWS012 is selected, and the selected process is selected. By executing the processing of step 87IWS014 and step 87IWS105 described later according to the table, the super ready-to-win effect D is executed during the variable display of the decorative symbols.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 sets the variable time timer to a value corresponding to the variable time specified by the variable pattern command (step 87IWS015).

Then, the effect control CPU 120 sets the value of the effect control process flag to a value corresponding to the effect process during variable display (step S172) (step 87IWS016).

FIGS. 20-7 to 20-10 are flowcharts showing the effect processing during variable display (step S172) in the effect control process shown in FIG. In the variable display effect process, the effect control CPU 120 first subtracts 1 from the value of the process timer (step 87IWS101) and subtracts 1 from the value of the variable time timer (step 87IWS102). When the process timer times out (step 87 IWS103), the process data is switched. That is, the process timer setting value set next in the process table is set in the process timer (step 87 IWS 104). Also, the control state for the effect device is changed based on the display control execution data, lamp control execution data and sound number data which are set next (step 87IWS105).

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is time to execute the stored effect when it is determined that there is a stored effect (step 87IWS106). It should be noted that whether or not it is time to execute the retention effect can be determined, for example, by confirming the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. If it is not time to execute the retention effect, the process proceeds to step 87IWS115.

If it is time to execute the retention effect, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to execute the retention effect in the image display device 5 (step 87IWS107). For example, a character display such as "GET" is displayed on the image display device 5 to produce an effect as if one item has been accumulated. In addition, the effect control CPU 120 subtracts 1 from the value of the stored number counter (step 87IWS108), and performs control to update the stored number display (step 87IWS109). For example, if the stored number display before execution of the storage effect is "0/3", the stored number display is updated to "1/3" and the stored number of items increases by one. I do.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the value of the accumulated number counter after the subtraction is 0 (step 87IWS110). If the value of the stored number counter is not 0, the process proceeds directly to step 87IWS115. If the value of the accumulated number counter is 0, the effect control CPU 120 sets a notice executable flag corresponding to the type of the pre-reach notice effect (a predetermined number of items accumulate in the reserve effect, and the pre-reach notice effect is executed. A flag indicating that it has become possible) is set (step 87 IWS 111). For example, if the retention performance is executed for the pre-reach announcement performance A, the notice execution enable flag A is set, and if the retention performance is executed for the pre-reach announcement performance B, the notice execution enable flag B is set. is set, and if the storage effect is executed for the pre-reach pre-notice effect C, the advance notice executable flag C is set.

In this characteristic part 87IW, it is possible to execute the accumulation effect by determining that it is time to execute the accumulation effect at various timings in step 87IWS106. For example, if the retention effect is before reaching the executable timing of the pre-reach notice effect targeted, not necessarily after the execution of the pre-reach notice effect one before, before the reach before the reach It is also possible to determine Y in step 87IWS106 and execute the storage effect before executing the advance notice effect.

Therefore, in this characteristic portion 87IW, after a predetermined number of items have accumulated in the accumulation effect and the notice executable flag is set, the pre-reach notice effect may be executed before the next accumulation effect is executed. , the next retention effect may be executed before the pre-reach announcement effect is executed. In this case, as shown in FIG. 20-7, even if the advance notice effect before reach is not yet executed, the execution of the next accumulation effect is not restricted, so the execution timing of the next accumulation effect. In that case, the effect after step 87IWS106 is executed, and the accumulation effect for the next pre-reach announcement effect can be executed to store the items.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 sets the waiting time corresponding to the waiting pattern to the waiting time timer (step 87IWS112). For example, if the standby pattern 1 is determined for the pre-reach announcement effect, a value corresponding to 0 seconds is set in the standby time timer, and if the standby pattern 2 is determined, the standby time timer is set. A value corresponding to 5 seconds is set, and if standby pattern 3 is determined, a value corresponding to 10 seconds is set in the standby time timer, and if standby pattern 4 is determined, the standby time timer is set. A value corresponding to 15 seconds is set, and if standby pattern 5 is determined, a value corresponding to 15 seconds is set to the standby time timer, and if standby pattern 6 is determined, the standby time timer is set. A value corresponding to 20 seconds is set, and if standby pattern 7 is determined, a value corresponding to 25 seconds is set in the standby time timer.

Then, the effect control CPU 120 sets the stored number counter to a number that is one less than the value set last time (step 87IWS113). For example, if the last value set in the storage number counter is 3, 2 is set in the storage number counter in step 87IWS113. Further, for example, if the value previously set in the storage number counter is 2, 1 is set in the storage number counter in step 87IWS113.

In addition, when step 87IWS113 is executed, the effect control CPU 120 also updates the display of the stored number displayed on the image display device 5. FIG. For example, if the stored number counter is set to 2, the stored number display is updated to display such as "0/2". Further, for example, if the stored number counter is set to 1, the stored number display is updated to display such as "0/1". Also, the effect control CPU 120 erases the suggestive display corresponding to the ready-to-win announcement effect in which a predetermined number of items are accumulated.

By executing the processing of step 87IWS007 and step 87IWS113 of the variable display start setting processing, when the accumulation effect is executed for the first pre-reach announcement effect during the variable display of the decoration pattern, the accumulation When 3 is set in the number counter, an effect is executed in which 3 items are stored as a predetermined number in the storage effect, and the storage effect is executed for the second pre-reach announcement effect, the stored number When 2 is set in the counter, an effect is executed in which two items are stored as a predetermined number in the storage effect, and the storage effect is executed for the third pre-reach announcement effect, the number of stores is 1 is set in the counter, and an effect is executed in which one item is stored as a predetermined number in the accumulation effect.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is time to start waiting display (step 87IWS114). Whether or not it is time to start the standby display can be determined, for example, by checking the value of the standby time timer. If it is time to start the standby display, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to start the display of the standby display on the image display device 5 (step 87 S115). For example, the image display device 5 displays characters such as "waiting".

In the characteristic portion 87IW, in the case of the standby patterns 1 and 2, the waiting display is not displayed. Therefore, the determination in step 87IWS114 is not Y, and the waiting display is not displayed. In addition, in the case of waiting patterns 3 to 7, at the timing when a predetermined number of items are stored in the storage effect and the standby time timer is set (see step 87IWS112), it is determined as Y in step 87IWS114, and the processing of step 87IWS115 is executed. It is executed and the display of the waiting display is started. Furthermore, in the case of the standby patterns 5 to 7, even if the timer display is once finished, the determination in step 87IWS114 is Y, the process of step 87IWS115 is executed, and the display of the standby display is started again. Sometimes.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is time to end the waiting display (step 87IWS116). It should be noted that whether or not it is time to end the standby display can be determined, for example, by checking the value of the standby time timer. If it is the end timing of the waiting display, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to end the display of the waiting display on the image display device 5 (step 87 S117). For example, the character display such as "standby" is erased on the image display device 5 .

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is time to start the timer display (step 87IWS118). It should be noted that whether or not it is time to start the timer display can be determined by, for example, confirming the value of the standby time timer. If it is time to start the timer display, the effect control CPU 120 controls the image display device 5 to start displaying the timer display (step 87IWS119). For example, the image display device 5 starts to display a timer display including a display indicating that the remaining time until the pre-reach announcement effect is executed is 5 seconds. After that, as the value of the standby time timer decreases, a display is performed in which the remaining time until the pre-reach announcement effect is executed decreases in the timer display.

In this characteristic portion 87IW, in the case of standby pattern 1, the timer display is not displayed. Therefore, it is not determined as Y in step 87IWS118, and the timer display is not displayed. In the case of waiting patterns 2 and 5, at the timing when a predetermined number of items are stored in the storage effect and the waiting time timer is set (see step 87IWS112), it is determined to be Y in step 87IWS118, and the process of step 87IWS119 is executed. Executed to start displaying the timer display. In the case of standby patterns 3, 4, 6, and 7, at the timing when the display of the standby display is completed (see step 87IWS117), step 87IWS118 determines "Y", and step 87IWS119 is executed to display the timer. Display starts. Furthermore, in the case of the standby patterns 5 to 7, even if the timer display is finished once, it is determined to be Y in step 87IWS118 through the standby display or without the standby display. , the processing of step 87 IWS 119 may be executed and the display of the timer display may be started again.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the end timing of the timer display has come (step 87IWS120). It should be noted that whether or not it is time to end the timer display can be determined, for example, by checking the value of the standby time timer. If it is time to end the timer display, the effect control CPU 120 controls the image display device 5 to end the display of the timer display (step 87 S121). For example, the timer display indicating "0 seconds" on the image display device 5 is erased.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is the period in which the pre-reach announcement effect A can be started (step 87IWS122). It should be noted that whether or not it is possible to start executing the pre-reach announcement effect A can be determined, for example, by confirming the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. In addition, in this characteristic part 87IW, for example, when the pre-reach announcement effect A is executed after executing the storage effect, and when the pre-reach announcement effect A is executed without going through the storage effect, the pre-reach announcement effect Since there may be a time lag in the timing at which A is started, a certain amount of width is provided in the period during which the pre-reach announcement effect A can be started.

If it is the execution start possible period of the pre-reach announcement effect A, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is the case of executing the storage effect for the pre-reach announcement effect A (step 87IWS123). If the stored effect is executed (Y of step 87IWS123), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the notice executable flag A is set (step 87IWS124). If the notice executable flag A is not set (that is, if the predetermined number of items have not yet accumulated in the accumulation effect), the process proceeds to 87IWS128. If the notice executable flag A is set (that is, if a predetermined number of items are stored), the effect control CPU 120 checks whether the standby time timer has timed out (step 87 IWS 125 ). If the wait time timer has not timed out (i.e., the wait time has not yet elapsed), go directly to the 87IWS128. If the waiting time timer has timed out (that is, if the waiting time has passed), the effect control CPU 120 displays the timer display (the timer display that is displayed as "0 seconds"). , erases its timer display (step 87 IWS 126). Then, the effect control CPU 120 executes the pre-reach announcement effect A on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS127).

On the other hand, if the storage effect has not been executed (N of step 87IWS123), the effect control CPU 120 proceeds directly to step 87IWS127, and executes the pre-reach announcement effect A on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS127).

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is a period during which the pre-reach announcement effect B can be executed (step 87IWS128). It should be noted that whether or not it is possible to start executing the pre-reach announcement effect B can be determined, for example, by confirming the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. In addition, in this characteristic part 87IW, for example, when the pre-reach announcement effect B is executed after executing the storage effect, and when the pre-reach announcement effect B is executed without going through the storage effect, the pre-reach announcement effect Since there may be a time difference in the timing when B is started, a certain amount of width is provided in the period in which the execution of the pre-reach announcement effect B can be started.

If it is the period during which the execution of the pre-reach announcement effect B can be started, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the accumulation effect is executed for the pre-reach announcement effect B (step 87IWS129). If the stored effect is executed (Y of step 87IWS129), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the notice executable flag B is set (step 87IWS130). If the notice executable flag B is not set (that is, if the predetermined number of items have not yet accumulated in the accumulation effect), the process proceeds to 87IWS134. If the notice executable flag B is set (that is, if a predetermined number of items are stored), the effect control CPU 120 checks whether the waiting time timer has timed out (step 87 IWS 131 ). If the wait time timer has not timed out (that is, if the wait time has not yet elapsed), the process proceeds directly to the 87IWS134. If the waiting time timer has timed out (that is, if the waiting time has elapsed), the effect control CPU 120 will display the timer display (the timer display indicating "0 seconds"). , the timer display is erased (step 87 IWS 132). Then, the effect control CPU 120 executes the pre-reach announcement effect B on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS133).

On the other hand, if the accumulation effect is not executed (N of step 87IWS129), the effect control CPU 120 proceeds to step 87IWS133 as it is, and executes the pre-reach announcement effect B on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS133).

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is a period during which the pre-reach announcement effect C can be executed (step 87IWS134). It should be noted that whether or not the pre-reach announcement effect C can be executed can be determined by, for example, confirming the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. In addition, in the characteristic part 87IW, for example, when the pre-reach announcement effect C is executed after executing the storage effect, and when the pre-reach announcement effect C is executed without going through the storage effect, the pre-reach announcement effect Since there may be a time lag in the timing at which C is started, a certain amount of width is provided in the period during which execution of the pre-reach announcement effect C can be started.

If it is the period during which the execution of the pre-reach announcement effect C can be started, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the accumulation effect is executed for the pre-reach announcement effect C (step 87IWS135). If the stored effect is executed (Y of step 87IWS135), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the notice executable flag C is set (step 87IWS136). If the notice executable flag C is not set (that is, if the predetermined number of items have not yet accumulated in the accumulation effect), the process proceeds to 87IWS140. If the notice executable flag C is set (that is, if a predetermined number of items are stored), the effect control CPU 120 checks whether or not the waiting time timer has timed out (step 87 IWS 137 ). If the wait time timer has not timed out (that is, if the wait time has not yet elapsed), the process proceeds directly to the 87IWS140. If the waiting time timer has timed out (that is, if the waiting time has elapsed), the effect control CPU 120 will display the timer display (the timer display indicating "0 seconds"). , erases its timer display (step 87 IWS 138). Then, the effect control CPU 120 executes the pre-reach announcement effect C on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS139).

On the other hand, if the storage effect is not executed (N of step 87IWS135), the effect control CPU 120 proceeds to step 87IWS139 as it is, and executes the pre-reach announcement effect B on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS139).

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the super ready-to-win effect C is being executed (step 87IWS140). Whether or not the super ready-to-win effect C is being executed can be determined, for example, by confirming the value of the variable time timer set at step 87IWS015.

Here, the super ready-to-win effects A to C executed in this characterizing portion 87IW will be described. FIG. 20-11 is a time chart for explaining the execution timing of the effects executed in the super ready-to-win effects A to C. FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 20-11 (1), when the super ready-to-win effect A is executed, during the variable display of decorative patterns, left and right patterns stop at the same pattern to generate ready-to-win, and normal ready-to-win is executed. be done. Next, when the super reach is developed, a pre-stage effect (for example, the same effect is performed in the super reach effect A and the super reach effect B. For example, the effect of displaying "Super reach development!" etc.) is executed, and then the character A character presentation A (drawing period A1) in which A appears is executed. Next, the middle stage effect (for example, the same effect in the super reach effect A and the super reach effect B. For example, the effect of displaying "Deathblow!" , the effect that the weapon of the character A flies to the middle pattern during the change, during the effect period A2.) is executed. Next, an operation prompting display prompting the operation of the push button 31B is displayed, and when the operation of the push button 31B is detected (or when the operation effective period elapses), the notification effect A for notifying that the player has won or lost is executed. be.

Next, as shown in FIG. 20-11 (2), when the super ready-to-win effect B is executed, during the variable display of decorative patterns, left and right patterns stop at the same pattern to generate ready-to-win, and normal reach is to occur. executed. Next, when it develops into super reach, a pre-stage production (for example, similar production in super reach production A and super reach production B. For example, production of displaying "Super reach development!", etc.) is executed, and then the character A character presentation B in which B appears (a presentation period B1) is executed. Next, the middle stage effect (for example, the same effect in the super reach effect A and the super reach effect B. For example, the effect of displaying "Deathblow!" , the effect that the weapon of the character B flies to the medium pattern during the change, during the effect period B2) is executed. Then, an operation prompting display prompting the operation of the push button 31B is displayed, and when the operation of the push button 31B is detected (or when the operation effective period elapses), the notification effect B for notifying that the player has won or lost is executed. be.

In this characteristic part 87IW, as shown in FIG. 20-11, the performance period of the front stage performance, the middle stage performance, etc. is the same between when the super ready-to-win effect A is executed and when the super ready-to-win effect B is executed. However, the effect period (B1+B2) in which the character effect B is performed is longer than the effect period (A1+A2) in which the character effect A is performed, and the super ready-to-win effect B is longer than the super ready-to-win effect A. The overall performance period is longer.

Next, the super ready-to-reach effect C is a mode in which the super ready-to-reach effect A and the super ready-to-reach effect B are executed in parallel (more precisely, the character effect A part of the super ready-to-reach effect A and the super ready-to-reach effect B ) are executed in parallel with the character production B portion of . As shown in FIG. 20-11 (3), when the super ready-to-win effect C is executed, the left and right patterns stop at the same pattern during the variable display of decorative patterns, and ready-to-win occurs, and normal ready-to-win is executed. . Next, when it develops into super reach, common effect 1 (for example, effect corresponding to the front stage effect of super reach effects A and B. For example, effect of displaying “W change!” ), the display screen of the image display device 5 is then divided into two areas, one of which is the character presentation A in which the character A appears, and the other of which is the character presentation B in which the character B appears. are executed (divided display period 1; rendering period C1). Next, the common effect 2 (for example, the effect corresponding to the middle stage effect of the super reach effects A and B. For example, the effect of displaying "W special move!") is temporarily switched (common display period 2), and then again. Display is performed such that the display screen of the image display device 5 is divided into two areas, and in one area, a continuation of the character production A (for example, a production in which the weapon of the character A flies to a middle pattern while it is changing) ) and the continuation of the character presentation B (for example, presentation in which the weapon of the character B flies to the middle pattern during the change) is executed in the other area (divided display period 2; presentation period C2). Next, an operation prompting display prompting the operation of the push button 31B is displayed, and when the operation of the push button 31B is detected (or when the operation effective period elapses), the display screen of the image display device 5 is again divided into two areas. In one area, a notification effect A for notifying a big hit or a loss is executed in response to the character effect A, and in the other area, a big hit or loss in response to the character effect B. A notification effect B for notifying that is executed.

In this characteristic portion 87IW, as shown in FIG. 20-11, an effect period (A1+A2) during which the character effect A is executed in the super ready-to-win effect A and the character effects A and B are executed in parallel in the super ready-to-win effect C. The effect period (C1+C2) is the same period (A1+A2=C1+C2). On the other hand, the effect period (B1+B2) in which the character effect B is executed in the super ready-to-win effect B is longer than the effect period (C1+C2) in which the character effects A and B are executed in parallel in the super ready-to-win effect C. (B1+B2>C1+C2). Therefore, even if the character effect B executed in the super ready-to-win effect B is incorporated into the super ready-to-win effect C as it is, the effect period will protrude. are edited such as by shortening or deleting a part of them and incorporated into the super ready-to-win performance C, so that the character performances A and B can be executed in parallel.

In this characteristic portion 87IW, a performance period (A1+A2) in which the character performance A is executed in the super ready-to-win performance A and a performance period (C1+C2) in which the character performances A and B are executed in parallel in the super ready-to-win performance C are performed. are the same, but it is not limited to such an embodiment. For example, the effect period (B1+B2) in which the character effect B is executed in the super ready-to-win effect B and the effect period (C1+C2) in which the character effects A and B are executed in parallel in the super ready-to-win effect C are the same. In this case, the character effect A executed in the super ready-to-win effect A may be edited, such as by adding a part of the effect, and then incorporated into the super ready-to-win effect C. Further, for example, both the effect period (A1+A2) in which the character effect A is executed in the super ready-to-win effect A and the effect period (B1+B2) in which the character effect B is executed in the super ready-to-win effect B are both character effects in the super ready-to-win effect C. A and B may be configured so that they are different from the effect period (C1+C2) in which they are executed in parallel. may be configured to be incorporated into the super reach effect C.

When the super ready-to-win effect C is being executed, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is time to start the split display period 1 (step 87IWS141). Whether or not it is time to start split display period 1 can be determined, for example, by checking the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. Further, in the characteristic portion 87IW, for the common display period 1 of the super ready-to-win effect C, steps 87IWS014 and 87IWS105 are executed according to the process table selected in step 87IWS012 of the variable display start setting process. , common presentation 1 in common display period 1 is executed.

If it is the start timing of the split display period 1, the effect control CPU 120 switches to the process data corresponding to the split display period 1 (step 87IWS142), and restarts the process timer (step 87IWS143). After that, the processing of step 87IWS105 is executed according to the process data switched in step 87IWS142, whereby the character effects A and B in the split display period 1 are executed in parallel.

If it is not the start timing of the split display period 1, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is the start timing of the common display period 2 (step 87IWS144). Whether or not it is time to start the common display period 2 can be determined, for example, by checking the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. If it is the start timing of the common display period 2, the effect control CPU 120 switches to the process data corresponding to the common display period 2 (step 87IWS145), and restarts the process timer (step 87IWS146). After that, the process of step 87IWS105 is executed in accordance with the process data switched in step 87IWS145, whereby common effect 2 in common display period 2 is executed.

If it is not the start timing of the common display period 2, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is the start timing of the split display period 2 (step 87IWS147). It should be noted that whether or not it is time to start split display period 2 can be determined, for example, by checking the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. If it is time to start split display period 2, effect control CPU 120 switches to process data corresponding to split display period 2 (step 87IWS148), and restarts the process timer (step 87IWS149). After that, the process of step 87IWS105 is executed according to the process data switched in step 87IWS148, whereby the character effects A and B in the split display period 2 are executed in parallel.

If it is not the start timing of the split display period 2, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the operation prompting display is being displayed (step 87IWS150). If the operation prompting display is not being displayed (N of step 87IWS150), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is time to start the operation prompting display (step 87IWS151). Whether or not it is time to start the operation prompting display can be determined, for example, by checking the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. If it is time to start the operation prompting display, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to start displaying the operation prompting display on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS152). For example, in the image display device 5, an image simulating the push button 31B is displayed as an operation prompting display, and a character display such as "PUSH" is displayed. Moreover, the effect control CPU 120 sets an operation promotion time timer for measuring an operation effective period during which an operation by the push button 31B can be accepted (step 87IWS153).

If the operation prompting display is being displayed (Y in step 87IWS150), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not an operation signal has been input from the push button 31B (step 87IWS154). If an operation signal has been input from the push button 31B (that is, if the push button 31B has been operated), the process proceeds to step 87IWS156. If the operation signal from the push button 31B is not input (that is, if the push button 31B is not operated), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the operation promotion time timer has timed out (step 87 IWS 155). ). If the operation prompt time timer has not timed out (that is, if the operation valid period has not yet expired), go to step 87IWS159.

If an operation signal was input from the push button 31B at step 87IWS154 (that is, if the push button 31B was operated), or if the operation promotion time timer had timed out at step 87IWS155 (that is, if the operation If the period has ended), the effect control CPU 120 erases the operation prompting display displayed on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS156). Then, the effect control CPU 120 switches to the process data corresponding to the notification display period (step 87IWS157), and restarts the process timer (step 87IWS158). After that, the process of step 87IWS105 is executed according to the process data switched in step 87IWS157, thereby executing the notification effects A and B in the notification display period in parallel.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the super ready-to-win effect D is being executed (step 87IWS159). Here, the super ready-to-win effect D executed in this characterizing portion 87IW will be described. FIG. 20-12 is a time chart for explaining the execution timing of the effects executed in the super ready-to-win effect D. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 20-12, when the super ready-to-win effect D is executed, the left and right symbols stop at the same symbol during the variable display of decorative symbols, and the ready-to-win is generated, and the normal ready-to-win is performed. Next, when it develops into super reach, a character presentation D in which a character appears is executed. In this characteristic portion 87IW, as already described, when the super ready-to-win effect D is executed, the type of character that appears during the execution of the super ready-to-win effect D at the start of variation is determined (step 87IWS011 and FIG. 20). -6), when the character C1 is determined, as shown in FIG. The music M1 is sound-outputted during the period of execution. Further, when the character C2 is determined, as shown in FIG. Music M2 is output as sound. Further, when the character C3 is determined, as shown in FIG. Music M3 is output as sound. Further, when the character C4 is determined, as shown in (4) of FIG. Music M4 is output as sound.

Next, when the execution period of the character presentation D ends, as shown in FIG. 20-12, an operation prompting display prompting the operation of the push button 31B is displayed, and an operation prompting sound is output. Note that the operation prompt display and operation prompt sound are common regardless of the character type (characters C1 to C4). Next, when the operation of the push button 31B is detected (or when the operation effective period elapses), a notification effect is executed to notify that a big win or a loss is made, and if it is a big win, a specific sound is produced. output. In this case, when the character C1 is determined, the notification effect D1 is executed and the specific sound S1 is output as shown in FIG. 20-12(1). Further, when the character C2 is determined, as shown in FIG. 20-12(2), the notification effect D2 is executed and the specific sound S2 is output. Further, when the character C3 is determined, as shown in FIG. 20-12(3), the notification effect D3 is executed and the specific sound S3 is output. Further, when the character C4 is determined, as shown in FIG. 20-12(4), the notification effect D4 is executed and the specific sound S4 is output.

Incidentally, as already explained, the super ready-to-win effect D is a effect that is executed in common between the case of a big win and the case of a loss, but the character effect D included in the super ready-to-win effect D also results in a big win. It can be said that this is a common effect that is executed in common between cases and cases of deviation.

In addition, FIG. 20-12 shows a case where a specific sound is output as a big hit, but in the case of a loss, a common common sound is output regardless of the character type (characters C1 to C4). is output.

It should be noted that, without being limited to the aspect shown by the characteristic portion 87IW, it may be configured such that a dedicated sound is output according to the type of character even in the case of a failure.

In addition, in this characteristic portion 87IW, the output period of the specific sound differs depending on which one of the specific sounds S1 to S4. As shown in FIG. The effect period of the character effect D is designed so that the sound output of the specific sounds S1 to S4 ends at the same timing even when they are output.

It should be noted that, regardless of the aspect shown in the characteristic portion 87IW, the character presentation D is designed so that the presentation periods are uniformly the same, and the sound output start timings of the specific sounds S1 to S4 are designed to be the same. In this case, the sound output of the specific sounds S1 to S4 may end at different timings.

If the super ready-to-win effect D is not being executed, the effect control CPU 120 checks whether or not it is time to start the super ready-to-win effect D (step 87IWS160). Whether or not it is time to start the super ready-to-win effect D can be determined, for example, by confirming the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. If it is time to start the super ready-to-win effect D, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to start outputting the sound of the music corresponding to the type of character from the speakers 8L and 8R (step 87IWS161). Regarding the character effect D portion of the super ready-to-win effect D, the character effect D is executed by executing the processes of steps 87IWS014 and 87IWS105 according to the process table selected in step 87IWS012 of the variable display start setting process. be.

If the super ready-to-win effect is being executed, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the operation prompting display is being displayed (step 87IWS162). If the operation prompting display is not being displayed (N of step 87IWS162), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not it is time to start the operation prompting display (step 87IWS163). Whether or not it is time to start the operation prompting display can be determined, for example, by checking the value of the variable time timer set in step 87IWS015. If it is time to start the operation prompting display, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to stop the sound output of the music (step 87IWS164). Further, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to start displaying an operation prompting display on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS165). For example, in the image display device 5, an image simulating the push button 31B is displayed as an operation prompting display, and a character display such as "PUSH" is displayed. Moreover, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to start outputting the operation prompting sound from the speakers 8L and 8R (step 87IWS166). Moreover, the effect control CPU 120 sets an operation promotion time timer for measuring an operation effective period during which an operation by the push button 31B can be accepted (step 87IWS167).

If the operation prompting display is being displayed (Y of step 87IWS162), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not an operation signal has been input from the push button 31B (step 87IWS168). If an operation signal has been input from the push button 31B (that is, if the push button 31B has been operated), the process proceeds to step 87IWS177. If the operation signal from the push button 31B is not input (that is, if the push button 31B is not operated), the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the operation promotion time timer has timed out (step 87 IWS 169). ). If the operation promotion time timer has not timed out (that is, if the operation validity period has not yet expired), the process proceeds to step 87IWS177.

If an operation signal from push button 31B has been input in step 87IWS168 (that is, if push button 31B has been operated), or if the operation promotion time timer has timed out in step 87IWS169 (that is, operation valid If the period has ended), the effect control CPU 120 erases the operation prompting display displayed on the image display device 5 (step 87IWS170) and stops outputting the operation prompting sound (step 87IWS171). Then, the effect control CPU 120 switches to the process data corresponding to the notification display period (step 87IWS172), and restarts the process timer (step 87IWS173). Thereafter, the process of step 87IWS105 is executed according to the process data switched in step 87IWS172, thereby executing the notification effects (notification effects D1 to D4) during the notification display period.

Next, the effect control CPU 120 confirms whether or not the variation display of this time will result in a big hit (step 87IWS174). It should be noted that whether or not it is a variable display that will result in a big hit can be determined, for example, by confirming the display result designation command stored in the display result designation command storage area. If the variation display is a big hit, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to start outputting specific sounds (specific sounds S1 to S4) corresponding to the type of character from the speakers 8L and 8R (step 87IWS175). On the other hand, if it is a variable display that results in a failure, the effect control CPU 120 performs control to start outputting the common sound from the speakers 8L and 8R (step 87IWS176). Regarding the notification effects D1 to D4 of the super ready-to-win effect D, the processes of steps 87IWS014 and 87IWS105 are executed according to the process table selected in step 87IWS012 of the variable display start setting process. D4 is executed.

Then, if the variable time timer has timed out (step 87IWS177), the effect control CPU 120 updates the value of the effect control process flag to a value corresponding to the special figure per waiting process (step S173) (step 87IWS178).

Next, an effect example when the pre-reach announcement effect is executed will be described. FIGS. 20-13 to 20-16 are explanatory diagrams for explaining an effect example when the pre-reach announcement effect is executed. In addition, in FIGS. 20-13 to 20-16, the effect screen transitions in the order of (A), (B), (C), and so on.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 20-13 to 20-16, it is assumed that it is decided to execute all three pre-reach forewarning effects A to C when starting the variable display of decorative patterns ( (See step 87IWS003), and it is assumed that it is decided to execute the retention effect for all of the pre-reach announcement effects A to C (see step 87IWS005). Also, it is assumed that the standby pattern 4 is determined for the pre-reach announcement performance A, the standby pattern 2 is determined for the pre-reach announcement performance B, and the standby pattern 1 is determined for the pre-reach announcement performance C (see step 87IWS006). ). It is also assumed that 3 is set in the storage number counter (see step 87IWS007). In this example, as shown in FIGS. 20-13 to 20-16, the image display device 5 displays a background image simulating the inside of the sea during the variable display of the decoration pattern.

Then, as shown in FIG. 20-13(A), a suggestive display A87IW001 suggesting the pre-reach announcement effect A, a suggestive display B87IW002 suggesting the pre-reach announcement effect B, and a suggestive display C87IW003 suggesting the pre-reach announcement effect C. The display is started (see step 87IWS009), and the display of the stored number display 87IW004 is started (see step 87IWS008). In the example shown in FIG. 20-13(A), a display including the characters "group" is displayed in a rectangle suggesting a group notice effect as a suggestion display A87IW001, and a rectangle suggesting a cut-in notice effect is displayed as a suggestion display B87IW002. , a display including the character "K" is displayed in a rectangle suggesting a role preview effect as a suggestive display C87IW003, and a display including the character "Yu" is displayed as a stored number display 87IW004. 3” is shown.

Next, when it comes time to execute the first accumulation effect, as shown in FIG. 20-13(B), the first accumulation effect is executed in the image display device 5 (see step IWS107). The example shown in FIG. 20-13(B) shows a case where a character display 87IW005 such as "GET" is displayed as the storage effect. Also, the display of the accumulated number display 87IW004 is updated based on the fact that one item is accumulated by executing the accumulation effect (see step IWS109). The example shown in FIG. 20-13(B) shows a case where the stored number display 87IW004 is updated from "0/3" to "1/3".

Next, when it comes time to execute the second and third accumulation effects, as shown in FIG. 20-13(C), the image display device 5 executes the second and third accumulation effects ( See step IWS107). In addition, the display of the stored number display 87IW004 is updated based on the fact that the storage effect is executed and two items are stored (see step IWS109). The example shown in FIG. 20-13(C) shows a case where the stored number display 87IW004 is updated from "1/3" to "3/3".

It should be noted that the retention effects may be configured to be executed one by one at different timings, or as shown in FIG. can be configured to

Next, when a predetermined number of items (three in this example) are stored in the storage effect, the standby time shifts to the standby time, and based on the standby pattern 4 being determined, FIG. 2, the suggestion display A87IW001 is erased on the image display device 5, and the display of the waiting display 87IW006 is started (see step 87IWS115). At this time, a new value of 2, which is one less than the previous value, is set in the storage number counter (see step 87IWS113), and the storage number display 87IW004 is updated to "0/2". Next, when it is time to start the timer display, as shown in FIG. 20-14(E), the image display device 5 switches to the timer display 87IW007 (see step 87IWS119). In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-14(E), the timer display 87IW007 including the display of "5" is displayed, and the number displayed in the timer display 87IW007 is displayed to decrease. , 5 seconds are counted.

Then, when the waiting time times out and the number displayed in the timer display 87IW007 becomes "0" as shown in FIG. 20-14(F), the timer display 87IW007 is deleted (see step 87IWS126), and the pre-reach announcement effect A is executed in the image display device 5 (see step 87IWS127). In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-14(G), as the pre-reach announcement effect A, a group announcement effect in which a school of fish 87IW008 appears to be swimming in the sea is shown. ing.

Next, after the first pre-reach announcement effect A is executed, when it is time to execute the first and second retention effects for the second pre-reach announcement effect B, FIG. 20-14 ( H), the image display device 5 executes the first and second accumulation effects (see step IWS107). Also, the display of the stored number display 87IW004 is updated based on the fact that the storage effect is executed and two items are stored (see step IWS109). The example shown in FIG. 20-14(H) shows a case where the stored number display 87IW004 is updated from "0/2" to "2/2".

Next, when a predetermined number of items (in this example, 2) are stored in the storage effect, the standby time is entered, and the timer display starts immediately based on the standby pattern 2 being determined. 20-15(I), in the image display device 5, the suggestion display B87IW002 is erased and the display is switched to the timer display 87IW007 (see step 87IWS119). At this time, the stored number counter is newly set to 1, which is one less than the previous value (see step 87IWS113), and the stored number display 87IW004 is updated to "0/1".

When the waiting time times out and the number displayed in the timer display 87IW007 becomes "0" as shown in FIG. 20-15(J), the timer display 87IW007 is erased (see step 87IWS126), and the pre-reach announcement effect B is executed in the image display device 5 (see step 87IWS133). In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-15 (K), as a pre-reach announcement effect B, a cut-in of a mode in which a rocket 87IW009 is launched unrelated to the background image simulating the ocean up to that point A case where the advance notice effect is executed is shown.

Next, after the second pre-reach announcement effect B is executed, when it is time to execute the retention effect for the third pre-reach announcement effect C, as shown in FIG. A retention effect is executed on the display device 5 (see step IWS107). In addition, the display of the accumulated number display 87IW004 is updated based on the fact that one item is accumulated by executing the accumulation effect (see step IWS109). The example shown in FIG. 20-15(L) shows a case where the stored number display 87IW004 is updated from "0/1" to "1/1".

20-16 (M ), the suggestion display C87IW003 and the timer display 87IW007 are immediately erased (see step 87IWS126), and the pre-reach announcement effect C is executed in the image display device 5 (see step 87IWS139). In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-16(M), as the pre-reach announcement effect C, a case is shown in which a character object announcement effect is executed in a mode in which a movable member 87IW010 provided in the gaming machine is operated. there is

In the example shown in FIGS. 20-13 to 20-16, the storage number display for the next reach before notice effect is not displayed during the display of the accumulated number display for the previous reach before notice effect, and the previous reach before A case has been shown in which the stored number display for the advance notice effect is displayed after the items have accumulated to the predetermined number, but the stored number display for the next pre-reach notice effect is displayed, but the mode is not limited to this. For example, the accumulated number display for all pre-reach announcement effects may be started from the start of fluctuation. For example, in FIG. 20-13(A), a storage number display of "0/3" is displayed above the suggestion display A87IW001, and a storage number display of "0/2" is displayed above the suggestion display B87IW002. A reserve number display of "0/1" may be displayed on the display C87IW003 so that the necessary reserve number of items for each pre-reach announcement effect can be displayed in advance from the start of fluctuation.

Also, for example, instead of displaying numerical values as the number of stored items, icon images that are displayed as suggestions for each item accumulated (in this example, characters such as "group", "ka", and "role" It may be possible to recognizably notify that the items are accumulating by performing a display such that the size of the rectangular display including the items expands.

Further, in this embodiment, items are uniformly stored in order of pre-reach announcement effect A (group announcement effect), pre-reach announcement effect B (cut-in announcement effect), and pre-reach announcement effect C (character object announcement effect). Although the case where it is made is shown, it is not limited to such an aspect. For example, in a certain variable display, items are stored in order of pre-reach announcement effect B (cut-in announcement effect), pre-reach announcement effect A (group announcement effect), and pre-reach announcement effect C (character object announcement effect). In another variable display, items are stored in the order of pre-reach announcement effect C (character object announcement effect), pre-reach announcement effect B (cut-in announcement effect), and pre-reach announcement effect A (group announcement effect). Items may be stored in various orders for each variable display, such as . Also, in this case, the degree of expectation (reliability) for the big win may differ according to the order in which the items are stored.

It should be noted that, in this characteristic portion 87IW, after a predetermined number of items have accumulated in the accumulation effect for one pre-reach announcement effect, the next accumulation effect is not necessarily executed after the pre-reach announcement effect is executed. Without limitation, before the pre-reach announcement effect is executed, there is a case where the retention effect for the next pre-reach announcement effect is executed. FIG. 20-17 is an explanatory diagram for explaining another effect example when the pre-reach announcement effect is executed.

In FIGS. 20-17, the effects of FIGS. 20-17(A) and (B) are the same as those shown in FIGS. 20-13(A) and (B). In the example shown in FIG. 20-17, as shown in FIG. 20-17 (C), the second and third storage effects are executed for the pre-reach announcement effect A, and another storage effect is performed. The case where it is executed is shown. In this case, due to the first two accumulation effects, a predetermined number of items (in this example, 3) are accumulated for the first pre-reach announcement effect A, as shown in FIG. 20-17(C). Then, the stored number display 87IW004 is updated from "1/3" to "3/3", and the waiting display 87IW006 starts to be displayed as shown in FIG. 20-17(D). However, since a predetermined number of items have already been accumulated, one item remains after the second and third accumulation effects are executed. In this case, although the pre-reach announcement effect A has not yet been executed, the retention effect further executed after the second and third retention effects is applied to the next pre-reach announcement effect B. As shown in FIG. 20-17(D), the stored number display 87IW004 is updated to "1/2" corresponding to the next pre-reach announcement effect B. Therefore, in this characteristic portion 87IW, as shown in FIG. By treating it as having been executed, there is a case where the pre-reach pre-announcement performance B is executed by executing one reserved performance less than two times after the pre-reach pre-announcement performance A is executed. It should be noted that the presentation modes thereafter are basically the same as those shown in FIGS. 20-14 to 20-16.

20-13 to 20-17, the characteristic portion 87IW shows a case where the pre-reach announcement effects A to C are executed immediately after the waiting time has passed. It is not limited to any form. For example, after the standby time has elapsed, an operation prompting display prompting the operation of the push button 31B is displayed, and based on detection of an operation from the push button 31B (or based on the expiration of the operation valid period), It may be configured to execute pre-reach announcement effects A to C.

Next, an example of an effect when the super ready-to-win effect C is executed will be described. FIGS. 20-18 to 20-20 are explanatory diagrams for explaining examples of effects when the super ready-to-win effect C is executed. In addition, in FIGS. 20-18 to 20-20, the effect screen transitions in the order of (A), (B), (C), . . . In this example, as shown in FIGS. 20-18 to 20-20, on the display screen of the image display device 5, the variable display of the fourth symbol is displayed corresponding to the variable display of the first special symbol. A 4-symbol display area 87IW101 and a 4-symbol display area 87IW102 for displaying the 4-symbol variable display corresponding to the 2-dimensional special symbol variable display are provided. In addition, in this example, it is assumed that the image display device 5 executes the variable display of the decorative symbols corresponding to the variable display of the second special symbols, and as shown in FIGS. It is assumed that the variable display of the fourth symbol is executed in such a manner that the fourth symbol displayed in the symbol display area 87IW102 blinks.

In the variable display in which the super ready-to-win effect C is executed, as shown in FIG. executed. Next, it develops into super reach, and as shown in FIG. 20-18(B), common effect 1 in common display period 1 of super reach effect C is executed. In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-18(B), as the common effect 1, the image display device 5 displays a character display such as "W change!"

Next, as shown in FIG. 20-18(C), in the image display device 5, an effect is performed in which the vicinity of the center of the display screen is divided into two left and right display areas, and FIG. ), character effects A and B in the split display period 1 of the super ready-to-win effect C are executed in parallel (see step 87IWS142). In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-18(D), the character effect A in which the character A87IW103 appears is executed in the display area on the left side of the image display device 5, and in the display area on the right side of the image display device 5 A character presentation B in which the character B87IW104 appears is executed.

As shown in FIG. 20-18(D), in the split display period 1, the image display device 5 also displays a predetermined telop display 87IW105 (in this example, character display of "W is changing!"). Regarding the telop display 87IW105, one common telop display 87IW105 is displayed regardless of the character effect A and the character effect B.

Further, with respect to the fourth symbol display areas 878IW101 and 87IW102, as shown in FIG. 20-18(D), during the divided display period 1, the common fourth symbol display area 878IW101 is displayed regardless of the character effect A and the character effect B. , 87IW102 are displayed.

Next, when it comes to the common display period 2, as shown in FIG. 20-19(E), the common effect 2 in the common display period 2 of the super ready-to-win effect C is executed (see step 87IWS145). In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-19(E), as the common effect 2, the image display device 5 displays a character display such as "W deathblow!".

Next, in split display period 2, as shown in FIG. 20-19(F), character presentations A and B in split display period 2 of super ready-to-win presentation C are executed in parallel. is executed (see step 87 IWS 148). In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-19(F), in the display area on the left side of the image display device 5, there is a character effect A in which the sword 87IW106, which is the weapon of the character A87IW103, flies to a middle pattern while it is moving. At the same time, the character effect B is executed in the display area on the right side of the image display device 5 such that the arrow 87IW107, which is the weapon of the character B87IW104, flies to the middle pattern during the change.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 20-19(F), a predetermined telop display 87IW105 (in this example, character display of "W is changing!") is also displayed on the image display device 5 even in the divided display period 2. Regarding the telop display 87IW105, one common telop display 87IW105 is displayed regardless of the character effect A and the character effect B.

In addition, as for the fourth symbol display areas 878IW101 and 87IW102, as shown in FIG. 20-19(F), even in the divided display period 2, the common fourth symbol display area 878IW101 is displayed regardless of the character effect A and the character effect B. , 87IW102 are displayed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 20-19(G), in the display area on the left side of the image display device 5, the sword 87IW106 pierces the middle symbol, and the symbol (in this example, a combination of "767" symbols) is just out of reach. In the right display area of the image display device 5, the arrow 87IW107 was stabbed into the middle symbol, and the symbol (in this example, a combination of "767" symbols) was stopped and displayed as if it was out of reach. A performance like this is performed.

Next, when it is time to start the operation prompting display, as shown in FIG. 20-19(H), the display of the operation prompting display 87IW108 is started on the image display device 5 (see step 87IWS152). In the example shown in FIG. 20-19(H), as the operation prompting display 87IW108, an image simulating the push button 31B is displayed and a character display such as "PUSH" is displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 20-19(H), regarding the operation prompting display 87IW108, one common operation prompting display 87IW108 is displayed regardless of the character effect A and the character effect B. FIG.

Next, when an operation by the push button 31B is detected or an operation effective period elapses, as shown in FIG. An effect is executed in such a manner that the game is played (see step 87, IWS157). In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-20 (I), in the display area on the left side of the image display device 5, in the notification effect A, the left, middle, and right decoration patterns are finally the same pattern (this is a big hit pattern). In the example, an effect is produced as if the symbol combination of "777" has been replaced with a symbol combination), and in the display area on the right side of the image display device 5, the effect is such that the reach-miss symbol remains unchanged in the notification effect B. The cases where it is done are indicated. Then, in this example, since it is notified that the game will be a big win in the notification effect A, the big win pattern is confirmed and displayed on the image display device 5 as shown in FIG. 20-20(J).

In the example shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the case where one of the notification effect A and the notification effect B will be announced as a big win and finally the big win pattern is confirmed and displayed has been shown, but the notification is performed. It is possible that both the performance A and the notification performance B inform that a big win will occur, and finally the big win pattern is definitely displayed. In this case, for example, the value of the big win is different depending on whether the big win is announced in both the information performance A and the information performance B or only one of them is announced. You may For example, when it is reported that both the information performance A and the information performance B will result in a big hit, it is compared with the case where only one of the information performance A and the information performance B is notified that the big win will be achieved. As a result, it may be configured to increase the ratio of variable probability jackpots or jackpots with a large number of rounds (for example, jackpots of 15 rounds or 16 rounds).

In addition, in the case where the operation button is vibrated or the performance accessory is operated in response to the operation of the operation button in the case of a big win, when only one of the notification effects is used to notify the big win. The mode of vibration of the operation button and the mode of operation of the performance accessory may be changed between when it is reported that a big win will be achieved in both of the reporting performances. In this case, for example, when a big hit is announced only by the notification effect A in the display area on the left side, only the effect accessory provided on the left side is operated and the operation button is weakly vibrated, and the display area on the right side is operated. In the case of notifying that a big hit will be achieved only by the information performance B, only the performance accessories provided on the right side are operated and the operation button is operated with weak vibration to notify that the big win will be achieved by both the information performances A and B. In this case, both the left and right performance accessories may be operated and the operation button may be strongly vibrated. Further, for example, in the case where the gaming machine is provided with only one performance accessory, there are two cases in which it is reported that a big win will be achieved only with the notification performance A and that a big win will be achieved only with the notification performance B. You may change the operation|movement aspect of a role thing. Further, for example, the manner of vibrating operation of the operation button may be made different between the case of informing that the big win will be achieved only by the information performance A and the case of informing that the big win will be achieved only by the information performance B.例文帳に追加In addition, in both of the notification effects A and B, it is not reported that a big hit is achieved, and if the player loses, the action of the performance accessory is not performed, and the vibration operation of the operation button is not performed.

Further, it is configured to output sound of music corresponding to super ready-to-win effect A during execution of super ready-to-win effect A, and to output sound of music corresponding to super ready-to-win effect B during execution of super ready-to-win effect B. In this case, for example, during split display periods 1 and 2, the left speaker 8L outputs the music corresponding to the super reach effect A, while the right speaker 8R outputs the music corresponding to the super reach effect B. It may be configured to output (that is, output different sounds on the left and right). In this case, the left and right speakers 8L and 8R may output a common sound during the common display periods 1 and 2 (furthermore, in this case, in FIG. may be configured to output a common operation-promoting sound from the speakers 8L and 8R).

As described above, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, it is possible to execute a predetermined effect (retention effect in this example), and the predetermined effect is executed a predetermined number of times (1 to 3 times in this example). Based on this, it is possible to execute specific effects (in this example, pre-reach announcement effects A to C) that suggest control to an advantageous state (in this example, a jackpot game state). In this case, after the specific effect (in this example, pre-reach announcement effect A) is executed based on the first predetermined number of times (three times in this example) being executed as the predetermined number of times, the predetermined effect is given. A specific effect (in this example, pre-reach announcement effect B) can be executed based on execution of a second predetermined number of times (two times in this example) different from the first predetermined number of times. Therefore, when executing the predetermined effect and the specific effect, the effect of the effect can be enhanced.

In addition, in this characteristic portion 87IW, there are cases where, as the predetermined effect, a storage effect is executed one by one to accumulate items one by one, or a plurality of storage effects are executed at the same time to accumulate a plurality of items at the same time. was shown, it is not limited to such an aspect. For example, the accumulation effect itself may be configured such that a plurality of items may be accumulated at the same time by executing only one accumulation effect. In this case, for example, an effect may be executed in which the scale of the meter is increased by executing the accumulation effect, and an effect may be executed in which the amount of increase in the scale is different for one accumulation effect. In this way, various modes are conceivable as the predetermined effect (storage effect).

Also, in this characteristic portion 87IW, each time the specific effect (pre-notice effect before reach) is executed, the predetermined number of times decreases to three times, two times, and once. I can't limit it. For example, conversely, the predetermined number of times may increase to 1, 2, and 3 each time the specific effect (pre-reach advance notice effect) is executed. Further, for example, the predetermined number may be changed randomly each time the specific effect (pre-reach advance notice effect) is executed. Further, the predetermined number of times is not limited to 3, 2, or 1, but may be set to a greater number of times, such as 5 or 4, for example. In this case, when the predetermined number is configured to change randomly, the predetermined number of times is a large number such as 5 times or 4 times in a certain pre-reach announcement effect, and the predetermined number of times is 2 times or 1 time in other pre-reach announcement effects. The predetermined number (predetermined number of times) may be largely changed randomly, such as a small number of times. Further, as a result of randomly determining the predetermined number of times, the predetermined number of times may be the same between a certain pre-reach announcement effect and another pre-reach announcement effect.

Further, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, the predetermined number of times is notified (in this example, the stored number display 87IW004 is displayed). Therefore, when executing the predetermined effect and the specific effect, the effect of the effect can be enhanced.

Further, according to this characteristic portion 87IW, it is possible to execute a plurality of types of specific effects (in this example, pre-reach announcement effects A to C). It is possible to execute a suggestive effect (in this example, a suggestive display A87IW001, a suggestive display B87IW002, and a suggestive display C87IW003) before being executed a number of times. Therefore, when executing the predetermined effect and the specific effect, the effect of the effect can be enhanced.

In this characteristic portion 87IW, a case is shown in which the suggestive effect (suggestive display) is executed for all pre-reach forewarning effects determined to have a storage effect. The suggestive effect (suggestive display) may be executed only for a part of the determined pre-reach foretelling effects.

Further, according to the characteristic part 87IW, based on the execution of a predetermined number of predetermined effects, a specific effect is executed after any one of a plurality of types of waiting periods (waiting patterns 1 to 7 in this example) has passed. It is possible, and it is possible to execute an execution timing suggestion effect (timer display 87IW007 in this example) that suggests the execution timing of the specific effect during the waiting period. Therefore, when executing the predetermined effect and the specific effect, the effect of the effect can be enhanced.

Further, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, it is possible to execute a predetermined effect (in this example, a stored effect), and based on the execution of the predetermined effect a predetermined number of times (1 to 3 times in this example), It is possible to execute specific effects (in this example, pre-reach announcement effects A to C) that suggest control to an advantageous state (in this example, a jackpot game state). In this case, after executing the first specific effect (in this example, pre-reach announcement effect A) based on the fact that the predetermined effect has been executed a first predetermined number of times (three times in this example), the predetermined effect is executed a second predetermined number of times (two times in this example) as a predetermined number of times, a second specific effect (in this example, pre-reach announcement effect B) can be executed, and a first specific effect is executed. A second specification is based on the fact that the predetermined performance is executed a number of times smaller than the second predetermined number of times after the first specified performance is executed when the predetermined performance is executed a specific number of times larger than the first predetermined number of times before the execution. Effect can be executed (in this example, as shown in FIG. 20-17, if the next storage effect is executed before the pre-reach announcement effect A is executed, the next pre-reach announcement effect B , there is a case where the pre-reach announcement performance B is executed after the pre-reach announcement performance A is executed, and the one-time retention performance is executed less than two times.) Therefore, when executing the predetermined effect and the specific effect, the effect of the effect can be enhanced.

In addition, in this characteristic portion 87IW, a case is shown where the specific effect is the pre-ready notice effect, but not limited to such an aspect, The configuration indicated by this characteristic portion 87IW may be applied. For example, after the storage effect is executed and a predetermined number of items are accumulated, the ready-to-reach effect is executed when the timer display becomes "0 seconds" via the waiting display or the timer display, When the timer display reaches "0 seconds" during the ready-to-win effect, the final movement of the movable member (directing accessory) in the ready-to-win effect may be performed.

Further, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, it is possible to execute a special effect (in this example, character effects A and B out of super reach effects A to C), and a first special effect (in this example, super reach effect A first pattern (in this example, a super ready-to-win effect A) for executing a character effect A of A), and a second pattern for executing a second special effect (in this example, a character effect B out of a super ready-to-win effect B). 2 patterns (in this example, super ready-to-win effect B) and a third pattern (in this example, character effect A and character effect B are executed in parallel) in which the first special effect and the second special effect can be executed in parallel. A special effect can be executed by any one of a plurality of types of patterns including a super ready-to-win effect C) that can be executed by Then, when the special effect is executed according to the third pattern, the first effect display area (in this example, the image display area on the left side of the display device 5) and a second effect display area (in this example, the image display device 5 20-18), it is possible to switch from the state in which the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed to the state in which the common effect display is displayed (in this example, FIGS. 20-18 (D) in which character presentation A and character presentation B are being executed in parallel is switched to the state in which common presentation 2 is being executed as shown in FIG. 20-19 (E)). Therefore, it is possible to enhance the performance effect when the special performance is executed.

In addition, in this characteristic portion 87IW, as a mode of "switching from the state in which the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed to the state in which the common effect display is displayed", Although the state in which the character presentation A and the character presentation B are being executed in parallel is switched to the state in which the common presentation 2 is being executed has been shown, the present invention is not limited to such a mode. For example, from a state in which a character effect A and a character effect B are being executed in parallel during a super ready-to-win effect C, the super ready-to-win effect C ends and the state returns to the basic screen after the ready-to-win effect. good too.

Further, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, when the special effect is executed by the third pattern, the state in which the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed is switched to the state in which the common effect display is displayed ( In this example, from the state in which the character effects A and B shown in FIG. 20-18(D) are executed in parallel, the state in which the common effect 2 shown in FIG. ), and furthermore, the state in which the common effect display is displayed can be switched to the state in which the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed (in this example, shown in FIG. 20-19 (E) The state in which the common presentation 2 is being executed is switched to the state in which the character presentation A and the character presentation B shown in FIG. 20-19(F) are being performed in parallel). Therefore, it is possible to enhance the performance effect when the special performance is executed.

Further, according to the characteristic part 87IW, the first special effect and the second special effect are performed in different effect periods depending on whether the special effect is executed by the first pattern or by the second pattern. (In this example, as shown in FIG. 20-11, the effect period (B1+B2) of the character effect B in the super reach effect B is longer than the effect period (A1+A2) of the character effect A in the super reach effect A. long). Also, when the special effect is executed by the third pattern, the first special effect and the second special effect are executed in the same effect period (in this example, as shown in FIG. 20-11, the super ready-to-win effect C , character performance A and character performance B are executed in parallel in the same performance period (C1+C2)). Therefore, it is possible to suitably execute the special effect by the third pattern.

In addition, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, it is possible to display a notification display (in this example, the fourth symbol display areas 87IW101 and 87IW102, and the telop display 87IW105) for notifying information about the game, and the first effect display and the second effect display. Only one notification display is displayed even in the state where the display is displayed (in this example, as shown in FIGS. only). Therefore, it is possible to suitably execute the special effect by the third pattern.

In addition, in this characteristic part 87IW, the case where the fourth symbol display areas 87IW101, 87IW102 and the telop display 87IW105 are displayed as the information about the game is shown, but the present invention is not limited to such a mode. For example, even if character production A and character production B are executed in parallel for a right-handed display that instructs a right-handed operation as information related to the game, or a small pattern other than the fourth pattern, one It may be configured to display only right-handed display or small patterns.

Further, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, an action prompting display (in this example, the operation prompting display 87IW108) is displayed for promoting the action of the player during execution of the special effect, and the player is displayed during the action prompting display. is detected, it is possible to notify that the player is controlled to be in an advantageous state (in this example, based on the detection of the operation of the push button 31B, FIG. 20-20 The notification effects A and B shown in (I) are executed). Then, even in the state where the first effect display and the second effect display are displayed, only one action prompting display is displayed (in this example, as shown in FIG. 20-19(H), one operation prompting display 87IW108 only). Therefore, it is possible to suitably execute the special effect by the third pattern.

In addition, according to this characteristic portion 87IW, a common effect (in this example, super reach effect Character presentation D) out of D can be executed. Further, when controlled to be in an advantageous state, it is possible to output specific sounds (in this example, specific sounds S1 to S4) after the common effect is executed. Also, it is possible to execute a plurality of types of common effects including at least a first common effect and a second common effect (in this example, a character effect D can be executed using a plurality of characters C1 to C4). Then, different specific sounds can be output after the first common effect is executed and after the second common effect is executed (in this example, as shown in FIGS. 20-6 and 20-12, In the super ready-to-win effect D, which of the specific sounds S1 to S4 is output differs depending on which character C1 to C4 is used to execute the character effect D). Therefore, it is possible to enhance the presentation effect when the specific sound is output.

Further, according to this characteristic portion 87IW, it is possible to output music (in this example, music M1 to M4) corresponding to the type of common presentation during execution of the common presentation. Then, it is possible to output a specific sound corresponding to the music (in this example, as shown in FIGS. 20-6 and 20-12, depending on which music M1 to M4 is output in the super reach effect D, , which of the specific sounds S1 to S4 is output is different). Therefore, it is possible to enhance the presentation effect when the specific sound is output.

Further, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, it is possible to output the specific sound for different periods after the first common effect is executed and after the second common effect is executed (in this example, in FIG. 20-12 As shown, in the super ready-to-win effect D, one of the specific sounds S1 to S4 with different output periods is output depending on which of the characters C1 to C4 is used to execute the character effect D). Therefore, it is possible to enhance the presentation effect when the specific sound is output.

In this characteristic portion 87IW, the specific sounds S1 to S4 have different output periods, but the specific sounds S1 to S4 may have different output timings. .

In addition, according to the characteristic portion 87IW, it is possible to output an action promoting sound (in this example, an operation promoting sound) for promoting the action of the player during execution of the common effect, and the action of the player is detected. Based on this, it is possible to output specific sounds (in this example, specific sounds S1 to S4 are output based on detection of the operation of the push button 31B). A common action prompting sound can be output during execution of the first common effect and during execution of the second common effect (in this example, a common operation prompting sound is output regardless of characters C1 to C4). do). Therefore, the action of the player can be favorably promoted.

It should be noted that the super ready-to-win effect combining the super ready-to-win effect C and the super ready-to-win effect D shown in the characteristic portion 87IW may be configured to be executable. In this case, for example, character effects using any two of the characters C1 to C4 shown in FIGS. At the time of execution, a configuration may be adopted in which a specific sound corresponding to one of the two notification effects for notifying a big hit is output. Further, for example, in the case of notifying that both notification effects will result in a big hit, it may be configured to output a specific sound different from the specific sound corresponding to any of the characters.

It should be noted that the configuration indicated by the characterizing portion 87IW can be appropriately combined with the configuration indicated by the characterizing portion 31AK to form a gaming machine. For example, in the case of executing the super ready-to-win effects A to D indicated by the characteristic portion 87IW, when a predetermined period of time has passed since the start of the super ready-to-win effects A to D, the super ready-to-win effects A to D are performed in the same manner as the characteristic portion 31AK. A title corresponding to D may be configured to be notified.

1 Pachinko game machine 2 Game board 3 Game machine frames 4A, 4B Special symbol display device 5 Image display device 6A Winning ball device 6B Variable winning ball device 7 Special variable winning ball device 8L, 8R Speaker 9... Game effect lamp 10... General prize winning port 11... Main board 12... Production control board 13... Audio control board 14... Lamp control board 15... Relay board 20... Normal symbol display 21... Gate switches 22A, 22B... Starting port Switch 23 ... Count switch 30 ... Ball operating handle 31A ... Stick controller 31B ... Push button 32 ... Movable body 100 ... Game control microcomputer 101, 121 ... ROM
102, 122... RAM
103 ... CPU
104, 124... random number circuit 105, 125... I/O
120 ... CPU for production control
123: display control unit

Claims (1)

A gaming machine that can be controlled to an advantageous state for a player by executing variable display of specific identification information and deriving a specific display result as a result of the variable display of the specific identification information,
game control means;
production control means;
a display means;
The game control means is
Determining whether or not to be controlled to the advantageous state when the game medium enters the starting area,
perform variable display of the specific identification information;
Based on the result of the determination, a first variation pattern that is a variation pattern controlled to the advantageous state, a second variation pattern that is a variation pattern controlled to the advantageous state, and a variation pattern that is not controlled to the advantageous state , a fourth variation pattern that is a variation pattern that is not controlled to the advantageous state, a fifth variation pattern that is a variation pattern that is controlled to the advantageous state, and a variation pattern that is not controlled to the advantageous state Determine any one of a plurality of variation patterns including a sixth variation pattern,
When the first variation pattern is determined, a first command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the second variation pattern is determined, a second command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the third variation pattern is determined, a third command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the fourth variation pattern is determined, a fourth command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the fifth variation pattern is determined, a fifth command is transmitted to the effect control means,
When the sixth variation pattern is determined, a sixth command is transmitted to the effect control means,
The production control means is
variable display of the decoration identification information corresponding to the variable display of the specific identification information can be executed using the display means;
It is possible to execute a special reach, a specific reach with a higher expectation of being controlled to the advantageous state than the special reach, and a predetermined reach with a higher expectation of being controlled to the advantageous state than the specific reach,
When the first command is received, it is possible to notify that the predetermined reach is controlled to the advantageous state,
When the second command is received, it is possible to notify that the specific reach is controlled to the advantageous state,
When the third command is received, it is possible to notify that the predetermined reach is not controlled to the advantageous state,
When the fourth command is received, it is possible to notify that the specific reach is not controlled to the advantageous state,
When the fifth command is received, it is possible to notify that the special reach is controlled to the advantageous state,
When the sixth command is received, it is possible to notify that the special reach is not controlled to the advantageous state,
When the first command or the third command is received, the decoration identification information is displayed in a ready-to-reach mode, then a common performance is executed, and immediately after the common performance, a title corresponding to the predetermined reach is announced. is executable and
When the second command or the fourth command is received, the decoration identification information is displayed in the ready-to-win mode, then the common performance is executed, and immediately after the common performance, the title corresponding to the specific ready-to-reach. is capable of performing notification;
When the fifth command or the sixth command is received, the special ready-to-win can be executed without executing the common effect after displaying the decoration identification information in the ready-to-win mode,
When the first command is received, after the execution of the common effect, the title notification corresponding to the predetermined reach can be executed in either a normal mode or a variation mode with a higher degree of expectation than the normal mode. , it is possible to suggest the degree of expectation by changing the presentation mode of the predetermined reach at a plurality of timings after the title notification corresponding to the predetermined reach is completed,
When the second command is received, after the common effect is executed, the title notification corresponding to the specific reach can be executed in either a normal mode or a change mode with a higher expectation than the normal mode. , It is possible to suggest the degree of expectation by changing the presentation mode of the specific reach at a plurality of timings after the title notification corresponding to the specific reach is completed,
When the third command is received, after the common effect is executed, the title notification corresponding to the predetermined reach can be executed in either a normal mode or a change mode with a higher degree of expectation than the normal mode. , it is possible to suggest the degree of expectation by changing the presentation mode of the predetermined reach at a plurality of timings after the title notification corresponding to the predetermined reach is completed,
When the fourth command is received, after the execution of the common effect, the title notification corresponding to the specific reach can be executed in either a normal mode or a change mode with a higher degree of expectation than the normal mode. , It is possible to suggest the degree of expectation by changing the presentation mode of the specific reach at a plurality of timings after the title notification corresponding to the specific reach is completed,
When the first command is received, a character display is displayed in a predetermined area of the display means for indicating that the control is to be in the advantageous state, and then the display means is displayed in an area including the predetermined area of the display means. displaying the decoration identification information in a form indicating that it is controlled in an advantageous state;
When the second command is received, a character display is displayed in the predetermined area of the display means for indicating that the control is to be performed in the advantageous state, and thereafter, in an area including the predetermined area of the display means. displaying the decoration identification information in a form indicating that it is controlled to the advantageous state ;
When the first command is received and when the third command is received, the specific reach is not executed,
not executing the predetermined reach when the second command is received and when the fourth command is received;
The common effect executed when the first command is received, the common effect executed when the second command is received, and the common effect executed when the third command is received. , the gaming machine capable of executing the common effect executed when the fourth command is received in the same display mode.

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