JP7242091B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with effect control means for controlling effects.

For example, in a game machine such as a pachinko game machine, when a game ball wins in a starting hole, it is determined whether or not to execute a special game advantageous to the player, and after the symbols are variably displayed, a symbol indicating the result of the determination is displayed. Stop is displayed. Among this type of game machines, there is one that executes various advance notice effects such as a step-up effect and a dialogue notice during the variable display of symbols (see Patent Document 1, for example).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2020-39398

By the way, it cannot be said that the effects performed by the conventional game machines are sufficiently interesting, and there is a demand for further improvement of the interestingness.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of executing highly entertaining presentations.

The gaming machine of the first invention for solving the above-mentioned problems,
determination means for determining whether or not to execute a special game advantageous to the player;
special game execution means for executing the special game when the determination means determines that the special game is to be executed;
and a production control means for controlling production,
The production control means is
Based on the result of the determination, a win notification effect for notifying that the special game is to be executed, a change display for changing the predetermined effect image so that the number indicated by the predetermined effect image increases, and a predetermined light emitting means. and a prior suggestion effect that suggests in advance that the change display will be performed by emitting light ,
The advance suggestion effect includes a first light emission effect in which the light emitting means emits light in a first emission color and a second light emission effect in which the light emitting means emits light in a second emission color,
When the second light emitting effect is executed, the possibility of executing the hit notification effect is higher than when the first light emitting effect is executed,
The production control means is
Regardless of whether the prior suggesting effect is the first light emitting effect or the second light emitting effect, the change display is always executed after the prior suggesting effect is executed,
a first case of displaying the effect image in a common display color common to the first display color after the changing display is executed in a state where the effect image in the first display color is displayed; and the first display. a second case of displaying the effect image in a second display color different from the color,
In the second case, the possibility of executing the hit notification effect is higher than in the first case,
The production control means is
A third case in which the changing display is started using the effect image showing a first number, and the changing display is started using the effect image showing a second number larger than the first number. There is a fourth case and
The fourth case is characterized in that the possibility of executing the winning notification effect is higher than in the third case.

According to this gaming machine, as the number represented by the predetermined effect image increases, the display color of the effect image may be maintained or changed, and the display color may change. However, compared to the case where the display color is maintained, there is a high possibility that the winning notification effect will be executed. Therefore, the player can be made to pay attention not only to the size of the number represented by the predetermined effect image but also to the display color of the effect image, and the display color of the number can be made different before and after the change display. Thus, it is possible to improve the player's expectation for the execution of the winning notification effect, and as a result, it is possible to obtain a high effect.

According to this invention, it is possible to execute a highly entertaining presentation.

Front view of gaming machine 1 Front view of game board 2 Enlarged view of main display 40 in FIG. Block diagram showing a configuration example of a control device provided in the game machine 1 Explanatory diagram for explaining the game state of the game machine 1 Explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of production in the normal game state Explanatory diagram for explaining the pseudo continuous effect Explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of effects in the first effect mode and the second effect mode Explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of the advance notice effect dedicated to the second effect mode A time chart exemplifying a plurality of production patterns of the second production mode exclusive announcement production Explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of the advance notice effect dedicated to the first effect mode A time chart exemplifying a plurality of production patterns of the first production mode exclusive notice production Explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of a series of productions that make up the increase production Explanatory diagram for explaining the reliability of the jackpot such as increased production A screen diagram showing a specific example of an increase effect that is performed when normal reach is directly developed into SPSP reach (Part 1) A screen diagram showing a specific example of an increase effect that is performed when normal reach is directly developed into SPSP reach (Part 2) A screen diagram showing a specific example of the increase effect that is performed when normal reach is directly developed into SPSP reach (Part 3) A screen diagram showing a specific example of the increase effect that is performed when developing from normal reach to SP reach via SP reach (Part 1) A screen diagram showing a specific example of the increase effect that is performed when developing from normal reach to SP reach via SP reach (Part 2) A screen diagram showing a specific example of the increase effect that is performed when developing from normal reach to SP reach via SP reach (Part 3) Explanatory diagram for explaining storage areas of the main RAM 83 and information stored in each storage area. Flowchart illustrating interrupt processing executed in the main control board 80 Detailed flowchart of sensor detection processing in step S2 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of pre-determination processing in steps S211 and 219 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of special symbol processing in step S3 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of big hit determination processing in step S308 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of variation pattern selection processing in step S309 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of special figure stop time processing in step S317 of FIG. A flowchart illustrating a game state setting process executed at the end of the jackpot game in the main control board 80 Flowchart illustrating interrupt processing executed in the sub-control board 90 Detailed flowchart of operation acceptance processing in step S40 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of command reception processing in step S10 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of pending command reception processing in step S13 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of the fluctuation start command reception process in step S16 of FIG. Detailed flowchart of the variable effect pattern setting process in step S163 of FIG. Detailed Flowchart (Part 1) of the Notice Effect Pattern Setting Process in Step S164 of FIG. Detailed flowchart (2) of the notice effect pattern setting process in step S164 of FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating interrupt processing executed in the image sound control board 100; Detailed flowchart of image display control processing in step S71 of FIG.

Hereinafter, a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine) 1 according to an embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention will be described with appropriate reference to the drawings.

[Configuration example of gaming machine 1]
First, a configuration example of the gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 1 is a front view of the game machine 1, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gaming machine 1 includes a gaming machine frame 30 and a gaming board 2 mounted inside the gaming machine frame 30 . The game machine frame 30 includes a front frame 31 having a decorative surface, a main body frame for mounting the game board 2 and the like, and an outer frame for fixing the game machine 1 to island facilities of the hall. there is The front frame 31 supports a glass plate arranged in parallel with the game board 2 at a predetermined interval, and the glass plate and the game board 2 form a game area 3 in which game balls can flow down. ing.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front frame 31 includes a shooting handle 32 for shooting game balls, an upper tray 33 for storing game balls to be supplied to a shooting device (not shown), and an upper tray. A lower tray 34 for storing game balls which cannot be stored in 33 is provided. When the player grips the shooting handle 32 and rotates it clockwise, the game balls stored in the upper tray 33 are guided to the shooting device and shot with the shooting intensity according to the rotation angle of the shooting handle 32.例文帳に追加The shot game ball moves along the rail member 4 located on the left side of the game area 3, is guided to the upper position of the game area 3, and comes into contact with the game nails, windmills, etc. provided in the game area 3. As a result, it flows down the game area 3 along the game board 2 while changing its moving direction.

A ball return prevention piece 6 is provided at the end of the rail member 4, and the ball return prevention piece 6 prevents the game ball that has once entered the game area 3 from returning to the launching device side. A stop button is provided at a position close to the shooting handle 32, and the player can temporarily shoot the game ball by operating this stop button without returning the shooting handle 32 to its initial posture. It is possible to stop.

When the player makes a "left shot" by rotating the shooting handle 32 by a small rotation angle, the game ball is shot with a relatively weak shooting strength, and the game ball flows down the left game area 3L. On the other hand, when the player hits to the right by rotating the shooting handle 32 by a large rotation angle, the game ball is shot with a relatively strong shooting intensity, and the game ball is positioned on the upper right side of the center decoration 10. After moving along the rail member 4, it flows down the right game area 3R.

A first starting port 21, a second starting port 22, an opening/closing member 23, and three general winning ports 24 are provided in the passage path of the game ball in the left game area 3L ( See Figure 2). In addition, on the passage path of the game ball in the right game area 3R, there are the second starting port 22, the opening and closing member 23, one general winning port 24, the gate 25, and the first big winning port as accessories related to winning and judgment. 26, an opening/closing member 27, a second prize winning opening 28, and an opening/closing member 29 are provided (see FIG. 2).

In the process of flowing down the game area 3 along the game board 2, the game ball shot from the shooting device passes through the first starting hole 21, the second starting hole 22, the general winning hole 24, the first big winning hole 26, and the There is a case where one of the second big prize openings 28 is won. In this case, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the upper tray 33 or the lower tray 34 according to the place where the prize was won. Game balls that do not win any prizes are ejected from the game area 3 through an ejection port formed at the lower end of the game board 2 .

A center decoration 10 is provided in an opening formed in the center of the game board 2 . The center decorative body 10 includes a stage portion 11 having a game ball rolling surface on which game balls can roll, and a warp portion 12 having a warp entrance and a warp exit at both ends. A game ball flowing down the left game area 3L may enter the warp portion 12 from the warp entrance, and this game ball is discharged from the warp exit and guided to the stage portion 11. - 特許庁A guide groove is formed at the center of the stage portion 11 in the left-right direction so that the game ball rolling on the stage portion 11 falls toward the first starting port 21 . Therefore, the game ball guided to the stage portion 11 via the warp portion 12 enters the first start port 21 more than the game ball flowing down the left game area 3L without passing through the warp portion 12. easy.

The first starting port 21 is a starting area that is always open. The second starting port 22 is a starting area that is closed when the opening/closing member 23 as a normal electric accessory is not operating, and is opened when the opening/closing member 23 is operated. In the gaming machine 1, when a game ball wins the first starting hole 21 (or the second starting hole 22), it is determined whether or not to execute a special game (jackpot game) advantageous to the player. Then, on the first special symbol display device 41 (or the second special symbol display device 42), which will be described later, the symbols are variably displayed, and the symbols (jackpot symbols or losing symbols) indicating the result of the determination are stopped and displayed. Here, when the jackpot symbols are stopped and displayed, a jackpot game is executed to open the first jackpot 26 or the second jackpot 28 .

In the following description, the judgment executed according to the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 21 is called "first special symbol judgment", and is executed according to the winning of the game ball to the second starting port 22. This determination is called "second special symbol determination", and these are collectively referred to as "special symbol determination".

The first big winning opening 26 is a special winning area opened according to the result of the special symbol determination. An opening/closing member 27 , which is a plate for opening and closing the first big winning hole 26 , is provided at the opening of the first big winning hole 26 . The first big prize winning opening 26 is normally closed by the opening/closing member 27 . On the other hand, when a predetermined jackpot symbol is stop-displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 (or the second special symbol display device 42), the opening/closing member 27 is operated to open the first big winning hole 26.例文帳に追加A jackpot game is executed. During this jackpot game, there are a plurality of long open round games in which the opening/closing member 27 maintains the open posture (see FIG. 2) in which the first big prize winning port 26 is opened, and then returns to the closed posture in which the first big prize winning port 26 is closed. times. In addition, in each long open round game that opens the first big winning hole 26, in this embodiment, 10 game balls win the first big winning hole 26, or the first big winning hole 26 is opened It continues until 25 seconds have passed since it was done.

The second big winning opening 28 is a special winning area opened according to the result of the special symbol determination. An opening/closing member 29 , which is a blade member for opening and closing the second big winning hole 28 , is provided at the opening of the second big winning hole 28 . The second big winning opening 28 is normally closed by the opening/closing member 29 . On the other hand, when a predetermined jackpot symbol is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 (or the second special symbol display device 42), the opening/closing member 29 is operated to open the second big winning port 28.例文帳に追加A jackpot game is executed. During this jackpot game, there are a plurality of long open round games in which the opening/closing member 29 maintains the open posture (see FIG. 2) in which the second big winning port 28 is opened, and then returns to the closed posture in which the second big winning port 28 is closed. times. In addition, in each long open round game that opens the second big winning hole 28, in this embodiment, 10 game balls win the second big winning hole 28, or the second big winning hole 28 is opened. It continues until 25 seconds have passed since it was done.

In this way, during the jackpot game, a plurality of long opening round games are performed in which the first jackpot 26 (or the second jackpot 28) is opened for a long time, so the player can hit right during the jackpot game. By doing so, more prize balls can be obtained than when the jackpot game is not performed.

For convenience of explanation, FIG. 2 shows that the opening/closing members 27 and 29 are in an open posture to open the big prize openings 26 and 28 when the performance symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the display screen 70 of the image display device 7. Although a state in which the opening and closing members 27 and 29 are open is shown in the figure, actually, the opening and closing members 27 and 29 are not in the open posture during the variable display of the performance symbols. Further, in the long opening round game, either one of the first big winning opening 26 and the second big winning opening 28 is used, so in practice, these big winning openings are opened at the same time as shown in FIG. never Further, which one of the first big winning hole 26 and the second big winning hole 28 is used for the big winning game is set in advance according to the type of big winning.

An opening/closing member 23 (see FIG. 2) is arranged close to the second starting port 22 . The opening/closing member 23 can change its posture between a closed posture in which the opening/closing member 23 closes the second starting port 22 and an open posture in which the second starting port 22 is opened (see FIG. 2).

The second starting port 22 is normally closed by an opening/closing member 23 . On the other hand, when the game ball hit right by the player passes through the gate 25, no prize ball is paid out, but it is determined whether or not to open the second start port 22.例文帳に追加Here, when it is determined that the second starting port 22 is to be opened, the opening/closing member 23 maintains the open posture for a predetermined time and then returns to the closed posture for a specified number of times. In this way, the second starting port 22 is in a state in which it is difficult for the game ball to pass when the opening/closing member 23 is not operating, whereas it is in a state in which the game ball can easily pass by operating the opening/closing member 23. Become.

In addition, in the following description, the determination executed on the condition that the game ball passes through the gate 25 is referred to as "normal symbol determination".

The general winning hole 24 is always open like the first starting hole 21, and is a winning hole from which a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out by winning of game balls. However, unlike the first starting hole 21 and the like, even if a game ball wins the general winning hole 24, no determination is made.

[Configuration example of main display 40]
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the main display 40 in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the main display device 40 includes a first special symbol display device 41, a second special symbol display device 42, a normal symbol display device 43, a first special symbol reservation display device 44, and a second special symbol. It is composed of a holding display 45, a normal drawing holding display 46, a round display 47, a game state display 48, a shooting direction display 49, and the like.

The first special symbol display device 41 is configured to have eight LEDs indicated by "ip", and when the first special symbol determination is performed, the symbol is variably displayed and then the first special symbol is displayed. The determination result of the first special symbol determination is notified by stop-displaying the symbol indicating the determination result of the determination. Specifically, for example, by sequentially lighting the eight LEDs, the symbols are displayed in a variable manner, and each LED is set for a predetermined fixed time (for example, 0.6 (seconds) to stop and display the pattern.

The second special symbol display device 42 is configured to have eight LEDs indicated by "a to h", and when the second special symbol determination is performed, the symbol is variably displayed and then the second special symbol is displayed. The determination result of the second special symbol determination is notified by stop-displaying the symbol indicating the determination result of the determination. Specifically, for example, by sequentially lighting the eight LEDs, the symbols are displayed in a variable manner, and each LED is set for a predetermined fixed time (for example, 0.6 (seconds) to stop and display the pattern.

The first special symbol display device 41 (or the second special symbol display device 42) is a symbol indicating the determination result of the first special symbol determination (or the second special symbol determination), and notifies that it is a big hit. "symbol" or "losing pattern" for notifying that the game is a loss is stopped and displayed. In addition, in the gaming machine 1, a plurality of different jackpot patterns are prepared according to the type of jackpot. A big winning game is performed to open the second big winning hole 28 .

The normal symbol display device 43 is composed of two LEDs indicated by "s to t", and when the normal symbol determination is performed, the symbol is variably displayed and then the determination result of the normal symbol determination is displayed. The determination result of the normal symbol determination is reported by stop-displaying the symbol. Specifically, for example, the above two LEDs are alternately lit to perform a variable display of the pattern, and each LED is lit for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds) in a lighting mode according to the determination result of the normal pattern determination. The pattern is stopped and displayed by lighting it. Here, when the winning symbols are stopped and displayed, an auxiliary game is performed in which the second starting port 22 is opened by operating the opening/closing member 23 in an opening pattern according to the current game state.

In the following description, the symbols displayed on the first special symbol display 41 and the second special symbol display 42 are called "special symbols", and the symbols displayed on the normal symbol display 43 are "normal symbols". shall be called Also, the special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display 41 is called "first special symbol", and the special symbol displayed on the second special symbol display 42 is called "second special symbol". may be distinguished.

The first special symbol reservation display 44 is configured with two LEDs indicated by "u to v", and displays the number of reservations for the first special symbol determination according to the lighting mode of these LEDs. The second special symbol reservation indicator 45 is configured with two LEDs indicated by "w~x", and displays the number of reservations for the second special symbol determination according to the lighting mode of these LEDs. In addition, in this embodiment, the upper limit of the number of reservations is set to "4". The normal pattern holding display 46 is configured with two LEDs indicated by "q to r", and displays the number of normal pattern judgment holdings according to the lighting mode of these LEDs.

The round display device 47 is used in a jackpot game executed in response to a jackpot corresponding to the jackpot pattern that is stopped when the jackpot pattern is stopped and displayed on the first special pattern display device 41 or the second special pattern display device 42. Displays the number of rounds of the long open round game. The round indicator 47 includes a 4R LED, a 6R LED, an 8R LED, and a 10R LED. The number of game rounds is reported.

The game state display device 48 is composed of three LEDs indicated by “a1 to a3”, and displays the game state of the game machine 1 according to lighting modes of these LEDs. The shooting direction indicator 49 is composed of two LEDs indicated by "y to z", and displays the shooting direction of the game ball by lighting modes of these LEDs. That is, it displays whether the player should hit left or right.

[Configuration example of effect means provided in gaming machine 1]
As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the game board 2 and the front frame 31 are provided with a decorative member 13, a movable decorative member 14, a frame lamp 37, a speaker 38, a performance indicator 125, and various effects. A production 1st special figure suspension display 126, a production 2nd special figure suspension display 127 and the like are provided. An image display device 7 is provided behind the game board 2 .

The decorative member 13 incorporates a board surface lamp 5 (see FIG. 4) configured with a plurality of LEDs, and can change the lighting or blinking pattern of each LED or change the emission color of each LED. By doing so, various productions are performed with light.

The movable decorative member 14 is arranged in front of the image display device 7 and behind the decorative member 13 . A plurality of LEDs are built in the movable decorative member 14, and the movable decorative member 14 performs a predetermined effect by movement of the movable decorative member 14 itself and/or light. In this embodiment, a predetermined space is provided between the game board 2 and the display screen 70 of the image display device 7 so that the movable decorative member 14 can move. It is constructed so that it can move up and down. The movable decorative member 14 is usually placed in an initial position (see FIG. 2) where most of it is hidden behind the decorative member 13 and only the lower end of the movable decorative member 14 is visible. On the other hand, the movable decorative member 14 emits a predetermined light when, for example, the image display device 7 or the speaker 38 is used to execute a notice effect with relatively high reliability of the big win or when the big win is suggested. It emits light in a pattern and falls into an operating position covering most of the display screen 70 .

The frame lamp 37 includes a plurality of LEDs built in various parts of the front frame 31, and the pattern of lighting and blinking of each LED can be changed, and the emission color of each LED can be changed. Various effects are performed with light.

The image display device 7 is a liquid crystal display device that displays an effect image on its display screen 70 , and the player can view the display screen 70 through an opening formed in the center of the game board 2 . On this display screen 70, the same number of reserved images (holding (icon), and a variation suggestive image (the icon) that suggests that the special symbol is being variably displayed. The image display device 7 is not limited to a liquid crystal display device as long as it can display an effect image, and may be another image display device such as an EL display device.

The speaker 38 outputs sound effects such as music, voice, and sound effects in synchronization with or asynchronously with the display effects performed on the display screen 70 to perform sound effects.

The performance display device 125 is configured with two LEDs, and variably displays the symbols according to the variable display of the special symbols and the performance symbols, and determines the special symbols according to the stop display of the special symbols and the performance symbols. The symbol that informs the determination result of is stopped and displayed. This performance display 125 notifies the determination result of the special symbol determination by the combination of lighting/lighting out of each LED and the lighting color.

The production first special figure suspension display 126 is configured with two LEDs, and the combination of lighting and extinguishing of each LED is the same as that displayed on the first special figure suspension display 44. 1 Display the pending number of special symbol determination. The effect second special figure suspension display 127 is configured with two LEDs, and the combination of lighting and extinguishing of each LED is the same as that displayed on the second special figure suspension display 45. 2 Display the pending number of special symbol determination.

[Configuration Example of Input Means Provided in Gaming Machine 1]
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the front frame 31 is provided with a first effect button 35 and a second effect button 36 as input means for inputting by the player. The first effect button 35 is a push button for inputting operation information when pressed by the player. The second effect button 36 is a push button for inputting operation information when the player grips the grip portion of the second effect button 36 and presses the second effect button 36 . In the gaming machine 1, an effect corresponding to the operation of the first effect button 35 or the second effect button 36 may be performed.

Further, the first effect button 35 has a built-in first effect button lamp 352 (see FIG. 4) composed of a plurality of LEDs for causing the first effect button 35 to emit light, and the second effect button 36 has a second A second effect button lamp 362 (see FIG. 4) composed of a plurality of LEDs for causing the effect button 36 to emit light is incorporated. In the gaming machine 1, in order to prompt the player to operate the first effect button 35 during the valid period during which the operation of the first effect button 35 is effective, the first effect button lamp 352 is set to any one of a plurality of light emitting colors. luminous color. Further, the first effect button 35 has a built-in vibration motor 353 constituted by an eccentric motor for vibrating the first effect button 35, and in the game machine 1, the effect pattern for notifying the big win is displayed on the display screen 70. A big win is notified by vibrating the first effect button 35 accompanying the display. Further, in the gaming machine 1, in order to prompt the player to operate the second effect button 36 during the valid period during which the operation of the second effect button 36 is valid, the second effect button lamp 362 is selected from among a plurality of light emitting colors. It emits light in one of the emission colors.

Note that the configuration of the input means is not limited to that illustrated in this embodiment, and other configurations may be used. That is, for example, in the present embodiment, the game machine 1 has two input means, but the number of input means may be one or three or more. In addition to the push buttons, a touch panel capable of detecting a player's touch operation, for example, an optical sensor capable of detecting a player's hand held over the display screen 70, can be moved back and forth and left and right to designate a position and direction. Other input means such as a joystick that can be held by the player or an input means that can be held by the player to change the posture may be used.

[Configuration of control device provided in game machine 1]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a control device provided in the gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG.
A control device for controlling the operation of the game machine 1 is provided on the back side of the game board 2 . As exemplified in FIG. 4, the control device of the gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 80 that controls the progress of a game using game balls, and a sub-control board that comprehensively controls effects based on information from the main control board 80. It is composed of a control board 90, an image sound control board 100 that controls effects by images and sounds, and a lamp control board 120 that controls effects by various lamps and movable members. In this embodiment, the main control board 80 functions as a game control section that controls the progress of the game, and the sub control board 90, the image sound control board 100, and the lamp control board 120 function as an effect control section that controls effects. . The configuration of the control device is not limited to this, and for example, the sub-control board 90, the image sound control board 100, and the lamp control board 120 may be configured by one board.

<Configuration Example of Main Control Board 80>
The main control board 80 has a main CPU 81 , a main ROM 82 and a main RAM 83 . The main CPU 81 performs various arithmetic processes related to determination and the number of awarded balls to be paid out, based on programs stored in the main ROM 82 . The main RAM 83 is used as a storage area for temporarily storing various data used when the main CPU 81 executes the above programs and as a work area for data processing.

The main control board 80 includes a first starting sensor 211, a second starting sensor 221, a gate sensor 251, a first big winning sensor 261, a second big winning sensor 281, a general winning sensor 241, and a second starting sensor. The opening solenoid 222, the first big winning opening solenoid 262, and the second big winning opening solenoid 282 are connected. Although the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment includes four general winning hole sensors 241 corresponding to the four general winning holes 24, only one general winning hole sensor 241 is shown in FIG. It is written.

The first starting hole sensor 211 detects that a game ball has entered the first starting hole 21 and outputs the detection signal to the main control board 80 . The second starting hole sensor 221 detects that a game ball has entered the second starting hole 22 and outputs the detection signal to the main control board 80 . The gate sensor 251 detects passage of a game ball through the gate 25 and outputs the detection signal to the main control board 80 . The first big winning hole sensor 261 detects that a game ball has entered the first big winning hole 26 and outputs the detection signal to the main control board 80 . The second big winning hole sensor 281 detects that a game ball has entered the second big winning hole 28 and outputs the detection signal to the main control board 80 . The general winning hole sensor 241 detects that a game ball has entered the general winning hole 24 and outputs the detection signal to the main control board 80 .

The second starting solenoid 222 is an electric solenoid connected to the opening/closing member 23 so as to transmit driving force, and operates the opening/closing member 23 based on a control signal from the main control board 80 to perform the second starting. Opening and closing the mouth 22. The first big winning opening solenoid 262 is an electric solenoid connected to the opening/closing member 27 so as to be able to transmit driving force, and operates the opening/closing member 27 based on a control signal from the main control board 80 to The big prize opening 26 is opened and closed. The second prize winning opening solenoid 282 is an electric solenoid connected to the opening/closing member 29 so as to transmit driving force, and operates the opening/closing member 29 based on a control signal from the main control board 80 to The big prize opening 28 is opened and closed.

Although not shown in the figure, the game machine 1 supplies game balls to the upper tray 33 or the lower tray 34 by controlling a drive motor that feeds out game balls from a ball tank provided on the back side of the game board 2. It has a payout control board. When the main CPU 81 receives a detection signal from the first starting opening sensor 211, the second starting opening sensor 221, the first big winning opening sensor 261, the second big winning opening sensor 281, or the general winning opening sensor 241, A payout control board is instructed to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls according to the place where the game ball has won, and the number of prize balls to be paid out is managed based on information from the payout control board.

Also, the main CPU 81 acquires various random numbers as acquired information at the timing when the detection signal from the first start sensor 211 is input, and executes the first special symbol determination using the acquired random numbers. Also, the main CPU 81 acquires various random numbers as acquired information at the timing when the detection signal from the second start sensor 221 is input, and executes the second special symbol determination using the acquired random numbers. Here, the various random numbers are specifically jackpot random numbers, pattern random numbers, reach random numbers, and variation pattern random numbers.

A jackpot random number is a random number for determining a jackpot or a loss. The symbol random number is a random number for determining the type of jackpot (the number of rounds of the jackpot game, the game state after the jackpot game ends, etc.) when it is determined to be a jackpot. The ready-to-reach random number is a random number for determining whether to perform the ready-to-win effect or the non-reachable effect when it is determined that the game is lost. The variation pattern random number is a random number for determining the variation pattern of the special symbols when the special symbols are variably displayed.

The main CPU 81 acquires these random numbers at the timing when the game ball enters the first start port 21 (or the second start port 22). It is determined whether or not to execute a jackpot game based on whether or not it matches the numerical value (winning value). Here, when it is determined to execute a jackpot game based on the fact that the jackpot random number matches the winning value, the symbol random number obtained together with the jackpot random number is stored in the main ROM 82 (compared with the symbol random number). ) Determine the type of jackpot based on which random value of the predetermined random values matches.

Here, as the types of jackpots, "4R probability variable jackpot" in which the game is controlled in a probability variable game state after executing a jackpot game including four long open round games, and a jackpot game including six long open round games. "6R probability variable jackpot" in which the game is controlled in the probability variable gaming state after executing , "8R probability variable jackpot" in which the game is controlled in the probability variable gaming state after executing the jackpot game including 8 long open round games, 10 An example is "10R probability variable jackpot" in which the game is controlled in a probability variable game state after executing a jackpot game including a long open round game.

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 determines not to execute the jackpot game based on the fact that the obtained jackpot random number does not match the winning value, the reach random number obtained together with the jackpot random number is stored in the main ROM 82. Based on whether or not it matches with a predetermined random number (random number corresponding to the presence of reach) (which is compared with the random number of reach), it is determined whether to perform the presentation with reach or the presentation without reach. In addition, the main CPU 81 determines the variation pattern of the special symbols when the special symbols are variably displayed, based on the variation pattern random number obtained together with the jackpot random number, regardless of the result of determination based on the jackpot random number. Thereby, the fluctuation time of the special symbol is determined.

When the main CPU 81 determines that a jackpot game is to be executed and determines the type of jackpot, the main CPU 81 connects the first jackpot 26 (or the second jackpot) via the first jackpot solenoid 262 (or the second jackpot solenoid 282). By controlling the opening and closing of the second prize winning port 28), a jackpot game corresponding to the type of jackpot is executed.

Also, the main CPU 81 acquires a random number (normal symbol random number) at the timing when the detection signal from the gate sensor 251 is input, and executes normal symbol determination using the acquired normal symbol random number. Then, when it is determined to open the second starting port 22 as a result of the normal design determination, by controlling the opening and closing of the second starting port 22 via the second starting port solenoid 222, the second starting port 22 is opened. Execute the auxiliary game to play.

In addition, the main control board 80 includes a first special symbol display 41, a second special symbol display 42, a normal symbol display 43, a first special symbol reservation display 44, a second special symbol reservation display 45, a general A figure hold indicator 46, a round indicator 47, a game state indicator 48, and a shooting direction indicator 49 are connected.

The main CPU 81 controls these displays 41 to 49 constituting the main display 40 to execute the display processing described above with reference to FIG.

<Configuration example of sub-control board 90>
The sub-control board 90 includes a sub-CPU 91 , sub-ROM 92 , sub-RAM 93 , and RTC (real time clock) 94 . The sub CPU 91 performs arithmetic processing when controlling effects based on programs stored in the sub ROM 92 . The sub-RAM 93 is used as a storage area for temporarily storing various data used when the sub-CPU 91 executes the above programs and as a work area for data processing. The RTC 94 measures the current date and time (date and time).

In the sub-control board 90, when the first effect button 35 (see FIG. 1) is operated (pressed down), the operation information (operation signal) indicating that fact is output to the sub-control board 90 First effect button detection A sensor 351 is connected. For example, the operation member of the first effect button 35 pressed by the player is provided with a light shielding piece, and the first effect button detection sensor 351 detects the above when the operation member is placed at the depressed operation position. It is composed of a photointerrupter that detects the light blocking piece and outputs the detection signal (operation signal) to the sub-control board 90 . The sub CPU 91 can specify that the first effect button 35 has been "single-pressed" based on the fact that the operation signal from the first effect button detection sensor 351 is input once during the effective period. Further, the sub CPU 91 can specify that the first effect button 35 has been "continuously hit" based on intermittent input of the operation signal from the first effect button detection sensor 351 multiple times during the effective period. is. Further, from the first effect button detection sensor 351, when the operation member of the first effect button 35 that has been operated (depressed) returns from the operating position to the initial position, operation information (return signal) indicating that fact is sent. It is output to the sub-control board 90 . Therefore, the sub CPU 91 detects that the return signal has not been input even after a predetermined time (for example, 0.8 seconds) has passed since the operation signal was input from the first effect button detection sensor 351. It is possible to specify that the 1 effect button 35 is "long pressed".

Further, the sub-control board 90 has a second effect button detection sensor that outputs operation information (operation signal) indicating that the second effect button 36 (see FIG. 1) is operated to the sub-control board 90. 361 is connected. The operation member of the second effect button 36 pushed forward by the player is provided with a light shielding piece, and the second effect button detection sensor 361 blocks the light when the operation member is placed at the pushed operation position. It is composed of a photointerrupter that detects a piece and outputs the detection signal (operation signal) to the sub-control board 90 .

The sub CPU 91 sets the effect contents based on the game information regarding the special symbol determination, the normal symbol determination, the jackpot game, etc. transmitted from the main control board 80 . At that time, the input of operation information from the first effect button 35 and the second effect button 36 may be received, and the effect content corresponding to the operation information may be set. The sub CPU 91 transmits to the image sound control board 100 and the lamp control board 120 a command for instructing the execution of the set effect content.

<Configuration Example of Image Sound Control Board 100>
The image sound control board 100 controls the image display by the image display device 7 and the output of the effect sound by the speaker 38 . In this embodiment, the image sound control board 100 includes an image sound control CPU 101, a control ROM 102, a control RAM 103, a VDP (Video Display Processor) 104, a CGROM 105, a VRAM 106, an audio DSP (Digital Signal Processor) 107, an audio ROM 108, an SDRAM 109, and an amplifier 110 .

The control ROM 102 is composed of a mask ROM, and contains various tables such as a control program for the image sound control CPU 101, a display list generation program for generating a display list, and a display list generation table used for processing to generate a display list. is stored. Here, the display list consists of a group of commands for instructing the execution of drawing in units of frames. It includes various parameters such as angle and transmittance. The control RAM 103 is used as a storage area for temporarily storing various data used when the image sound control CPU 101 executes the control program and as a work area for data processing.

The image sound control CPU 101 sends image data (effect data) stored in the CGROM 105 to the VDP 104 based on the control program, various tables such as the display list creation table, commands received from the sub-control board 90, and the like. An instruction to display on the image display device 7 is given. This instruction is mainly performed by outputting a display list. The image sound control CPU 101 also instructs the sound DSP 107 to output the sound data stored in the sound ROM 108 from the speaker 38 .

The CGROM 105 stores performance data necessary for executing a variable performance associated with variable display of special symbols, a performance associated with a big win game, and the like. The CGROM 105 is composed of flash memory, EEPROM, EPROM, mask ROM, etc., and includes sprite data (single image data) consisting of a collection of pixel information in a predetermined range of pixels (for example, 32×32 pixels), and a plurality of image data. Compressed movie data or the like consisting of a collection of . The pixel information is composed of color number information specifying a color number for each pixel and an α value indicating the transparency of the image. Further, the CGROM 105 stores, without compression, palette data in which color number information specifying a color number and display color information for actually displaying colors are associated with each other.

Note that only part of the image data stored in the CGROM 105 may be compressed. As a method for compressing movie data, various known compression methods such as MPEG4 can be used.

The VRAM 106 is composed of an SRAM capable of writing and reading image data at high speed, and includes a display list storage area, a development storage area, a frame buffer, etc., although not shown in the figure. ing.

The display list storage area temporarily stores the display list output from the image sound control CPU 101 . The development storage area stores image data that has been decompressed after being read from the CGROM 105 . The frame buffer is a frame buffer that is also used for drawing and displaying image data displayed on the display screen 70 .

The VDP 104 decompresses the image data stored in the compressed state in the CGROM 105 and stores the decompressed image data in the expansion storage area. Also, the VDP 104 performs drawing processing on the frame buffer using the image data stored in the development storage area based on the display list stored in the display list storage area. The VDP 104 also generates RGB signals as video signals indicating the colors of the image from the image data stored in the frame buffer, and outputs the generated RGB signals to the image display device 7 .

Acoustic ROM 108 , SDRAM 109 , and amplifier 110 are connected to acoustic DSP 107 . The sound ROM 108 stores various sound data related to music, voice, sound effects, warning sounds, and the like. The SDRAM 109 is used as a working area for data processing by the audio DSP 107 and the like. The audio DSP 107 reads audio data corresponding to instructions from the image audio control CPU 101 from the audio ROM 108 to the SDRAM 109, executes data processing, and outputs the processed audio data to the speaker 38 (via the amplifier 110). The amplifier 110 adjusts the sound volume in accordance with the sound volume instruction obtained from the image sound control CPU 101 via the sound DSP 107 and causes the speaker 38 to output the sound data.

In this embodiment, a case where the VDP is in charge of drawing management and the audio DSP is in charge of sound management will be described. You may In this case, there is no need to provide an acoustic DSP separately.

<Configuration Example of Lamp Control Board 120>
The lamp control board 120 includes a lamp CPU 121, a lamp ROM 122, and a lamp RAM 123. The frame lamp 37, the board lamp 5, the movable decorative member 14, the effect display 125, the effect first special figure reservation display 126, the effect second special A figure holding display 127, a first effect button lamp 352, a second effect button lamp 362, and a vibration motor 353 are connected. The lamp ROM 122 stores programs executed by the lamp CPU 121, light emission pattern data, operation pattern data, vibration pattern data, and the like. Here, the light emission pattern data is data indicating the light emission pattern of each of the frame lamp 37, the board surface lamp 5, the LED built in the movable decorative member 14, and the like. The motion pattern data is data indicating the motion pattern of the movable decorative member 14 and the like. The vibration pattern data is data indicating the vibration pattern of the first effect button 35 vibrated by the driving force of the vibration motor 353 .

The lamp CPU 121, based on the program stored in the lamp ROM 122, the frame lamp 37, the board surface lamp 5, the movable decorative member 14, the production indicator 125, the production 1st special figure reservation indicator 126, the production 2nd special figure reservation Arithmetic processing is performed when controlling the operation of the display device 127 and the like.

The lamp CPU 121 reads the light emission pattern data corresponding to the command received from the sub-control board 90 from among the light emission pattern data stored in the lamp ROM 122 to the lamp RAM 123, and controls the frame lamp 37, the board surface lamp 5, and the movable decorative member. 14, the light emission of the first effect button lamp 352 and the second effect button lamp 362 is controlled. The lamp CPU 121 also reads the operation pattern data corresponding to the command received from the sub-control board 90 from among the operation pattern data stored in the lamp ROM 122 to the lamp RAM 123, and controls the motor for operating the movable decorative member 14. control the drive. The lamp CPU 121 also reads vibration pattern data corresponding to the command received from the sub-control board 90 from the vibration pattern data stored in the lamp ROM 122 to the lamp RAM 123 and controls the driving of the vibration motor 353 .

The lamp CPU 121 also controls the variable display and stop display of the symbols on the effect display 125 based on commands from the sub-control board 90 . In addition, based on the command from the sub-control board 90, the lamp CPU 121 displays the number of reservations related to the first special symbol determination by the production first special figure reservation display 126, and the production second special figure reservation display 127. 2 Control the display of the number of reservations related to special symbol determination.

[About game status]
Next, the game state and game flow of the gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the game state of the gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the gaming machine 1, in the present embodiment, is in one of three gaming states of "normal gaming state", "probability variable gaming state", and "time-saving gaming state". is controlled.

In the "normal game state", special symbol determination is performed in a low probability state in which the probability of being determined to execute a jackpot game is relatively low, and a support function (so-called It is a game state in which a function called "electric sapo" etc.) is not given. In the normal game state, the probability that the special symbol determination determines that the big winning game is executed is set to a relatively low probability (for example, 1/200). In addition, the probability that the second starting port 22 is determined to be opened by the normal design determination is set to a relatively low probability (eg 1/11), and the fluctuation time of the normal design is relatively long (eg 20 seconds). and the opening time of the second starting port 22 when it is determined to open the second starting port 22 is set to a relatively short time (for example, 0.1 seconds×1 time).

The "probability variation gaming state" is a gaming state in which the special symbol determination is performed in a high probability state with a relatively high probability of being determined to execute a jackpot game, and the above support function is provided. That is, in the variable probability gaming state, the probability of being determined to execute a jackpot game by special symbol determination is set to a relatively high probability (for example, 1/80). In addition, the probability that the second starting port 22 is determined to be opened by the normal symbol determination is set to a relatively high probability (eg 11/11), and the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is relatively short (eg 1.5 seconds), and the opening time of the second starting port 22 when it is determined to open the second starting port 22 is set to a relatively long time (for example, 1.5 seconds×3 times).

"Time-saving game state" is a game state in which the special symbol determination is performed in the low probability state and the support function is provided. That is, in the time-saving gaming state, the probability of being determined to execute a big hit game by special symbol determination is set to a relatively low probability (for example, 1/200). In addition, the probability that the second starting port 22 is determined to be opened by the normal symbol determination is set to a relatively high probability (eg 11/11), and the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is relatively short (eg 1.5 seconds), and the opening time of the second starting port 22 when it is determined to open the second starting port 22 is set to a relatively long time (for example, 1.5 seconds×3 times).

Comparing these game states with respect to the fluctuation time of special symbols, the fluctuation time of special symbols in "probability variable gaming state" and "time-saving gaming state" is relative compared to the fluctuation time of special symbols in "normal gaming state" It is likely to be set to a relatively short time. In addition, the probability of being determined to execute a special game (jackpot probability), the probability of being determined to open the second start port 22 (winning probability of normal symbol determination), and the variation of normal symbols The time and the opening time of the second starting port 22 are merely examples, and it goes without saying that other probabilities and times may be used.

In the following description, the state in which the game ball can easily enter the second starting port 22 due to the provision of the support function will be referred to as a "high base state". A state in which it is difficult for a game ball to enter the second starting port 22 is called a "low base state".

[Game flow]
A game ball hit right by the player does not enter the first starting hole 21, but enters the second starting hole 22. - 特許庁However, in the low base state, it is difficult to open the second starting port 22, and even if it is opened, the opening time is extremely short. Therefore, when the game is controlled in the low base state (corresponding to the "normal game state" in the present embodiment), the player will play the game by hitting the first starting port 21 to the left. Become.

When the game ball struck left in the normal game state wins the first starting port 21, the first special symbol determination is executed, and after the first special symbol is variably displayed, the determination result of the first special symbol determination is displayed. As the first special symbol to be shown, a jackpot symbol or a losing symbol is stopped and displayed.

Here, when the losing symbol is stopped and displayed, the big win game is not performed, and the game state does not change. On the other hand, when the jackpot pattern is stopped and displayed as the first special pattern, a jackpot game is executed in which a long opening round game is performed a predetermined number of times according to the jackpot pattern, and after the jackpot game is finished, a variable game state or a short-time game state is established. will control the game.

In addition, as a jackpot design (special design) that informs that the judgment result of the special design judgment is a jackpot, a "probability variation design" that informs the probability variation jackpot and a "normal design" that informs the normal jackpot are prepared. there is Then, when the "probability variation pattern" is stop-displayed as a jackpot symbol for notifying that the determination result of the first special symbol determination in the normal game state is a jackpot, the game is controlled in the probability variation game state after the jackpot game ends, When the "normal symbol" is stopped and displayed, the game is controlled in the normal game state after the jackpot game ends (see FIG. 5).

In addition, when the game state shifts to the probability variable game state or the time-saving game state triggered by the end of the jackpot game, that is, when the low base state shifts to the high base state, it is easy to win the game ball to the second start port 22. With the above-mentioned support function, the second starting port 22 makes it easier for the game ball to win than the first starting port 21.例文帳に追加For this reason, when the game is controlled in the high base state (in this embodiment, "probability variable gaming state" or "time saving gaming state" corresponds to this), the player hits rightward aiming at the second start port 22 The game will be played by Therefore, when the game is controlled in the variable probability game state or the time reduction game state, basically, the second special symbol determination is performed.

In addition, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is configured so that the probability variation gaming state continues substantially until the next big hit, and in this probability variation gaming state, the "probability variation pattern" is stopped and displayed as the second special symbol. In that case, the game is controlled again in the variable probability game state after the end of the big hit game. On the other hand, when the "normal symbol" is stop-displayed as the second special symbol in the variable probability game state, the game is controlled in the time-saving game state after the jackpot game ends.

Further, when the "probability variation pattern" is stopped and displayed as the second special symbol in the time-saving gaming state, the game is controlled in the probability variation gaming state after the jackpot game ends, and when the "normal symbol" is stop-displayed. After the jackpot game ends, the game is controlled again in the time-saving game state. On the other hand, when the second special symbol determination (or the first special symbol determination) is performed a specified number of times (100 times in this embodiment) in the time saving game state, if the big hit does not occur, the game state is the time saving. The game state is returned to the normal game state.

[About variable production]
Next, a description will be given of the variation effect that is performed using the display screen 70 and the like as the first special symbol is variably displayed and then stopped displayed in the normal game state.

In the gaming machine 1, when the game ball wins the first starting port 21 and the first special symbol determination is executed, the first special symbol is variably displayed on the first special symbol display device 41, and then the first special symbol is displayed. A first special symbol indicating the determination result of the symbol determination is stopped and displayed. The display screen 70 is provided with a performance symbol display area 73 (see FIG. 2) in which a performance symbol for notifying the determination result of the first special symbol determination is displayed. Along with the display, a variable performance including variable display of performance symbols is performed (see FIG. 2). Then, when the first special symbol is variably displayed for the variation time corresponding to the variation pattern selected when the first special symbol determination is executed, the first special symbol is stopped and displayed, The effect symbol is stopped and displayed in a mode showing the determination result of the first special symbol determination.

A so-called ready-to-win effect may be performed during the variable display of such effect symbols. Specifically, in the performance symbol display area 73 of the display screen 70, for example, a part of the symbol row of the performance symbols in which the numbers 1 to 9 are continuously written in the vertical direction from the bottom to the top is displayed in the horizontal direction. Three rows are displayed, and when the variable display of the first special symbol is started, these symbol rows are variably displayed (scrolled) so as to scroll from top to bottom (for example, FIG. 15 (A) and (B)). On the other hand, when the ready-to-win production is performed, first, for example, the left row production pattern (left pattern) and the right row production pattern (right pattern) before all the production patterns are stopped and displayed. sequentially, or simultaneously, pseudo-stop so as not to stop completely. FIG. 2 exemplifies a state in which three left symbols are pseudo-stopped, three right symbols are pseudo-stopped, and the middle row of symbols continues to be scrolled. In addition, the pseudo-stop is a production that causes the production pattern to sway on the spot without moving it, and in the following explanation, a real stop that completely stops the production pattern (sometimes simply referred to as "stop display") ), it may be called a pseudo-stop.

When the same performance pattern as the left pattern and the right pattern stops on the effective line in a simulated manner, the ready-to-win state is established, and a ready-to-win performance is performed to make the player expect three identical performance patterns to be aligned. In this ready-to-win production, for example, the middle pattern row is scrolled while the ready-to-win patterns (left and right patterns) are pseudo-stopped. This is an effect in which the medium pattern is stopped on the effective line to notify the winning or losing.

Although detailed description is omitted, other display objects such as characters and items are used for such a ready-to-win effect in addition to the effect pattern. Further, in the following description, in the variable effect in which the ready-to-win effect is performed, the effect performed before the ready-to-win is established may be referred to as "pre-reach effect".

The type of reach effect will be described in detail later, but if the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "losing", the three performance symbols indicating the reach losing eyes (for example, "323") are pseudo-stopped to notify the loss. Then, these three performance symbols are actually stopped as the losing symbol is stopped and displayed as the first special symbol. On the other hand, when the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "losing" and the ready-to-win effect is not performed, the three performance symbols indicating the loose eyes (for example, "629") are pseudo-stopped in order to notify the failure. , these three performance symbols are actually stopped in accordance with stop display of the losing symbol as the first special symbol. In this way, when it is determined that the big win game is not to be executed, the three performance symbols representing the reach-losing or the loose eye are quasi-stopped and then permanently stopped to report the loss (non-execution of the big-hit game). A loss notification effect is executed.

When this loss notification effect is executed, the jackpot game is not executed, and if the right to determine the first special symbol is reserved, the first special symbol and the performance symbol are set for a predetermined fixed time (for example, 0.6 seconds). is stopped and displayed, the first special symbol determination is performed, and the next variable display of the first special symbol is immediately started.

On the other hand, when the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "big hit", the ready-to-win effect is usually executed during the variable display of the first special symbol, and doubles (for example, "333") are displayed to notify the big hit. These three performance symbols are actually stopped along with the pseudo-stop of the three performance symbols and the stop display of the jackpot symbol as the first special symbol. In this way, when it is determined that a big win game is to be executed, there is a winning notification effect in which the three performance symbols are stopped in a simulated manner in a manner indicating a big win, and then actually stopped to notify a big win (execution of the big win game). executed. When this winning notification effect is executed, a big winning game is executed.

[Screen Configuration of Display Screen 70]
FIG. 2 illustrates the screen configuration of the display screen 70 in the normal game state. When the game is controlled in the normal game state, a suspended icon display area 71, the icon display area 72, and the effect symbol display area 73 are formed on the display screen 70 as illustrated in FIG. As described above, the effect symbol display area 73 displays the left symbols constituting the left symbol row, the middle symbols constituting the middle symbol row, and the right symbols constituting the right symbol row. display area.

<Holding icon display area 71>
The pending icon display area 71 (see FIG. 2) is a display area in which a pending icon indicating that the first special symbol determination is pending is displayed. In the gaming machine 1, when the game ball wins the first start port 21 in a situation such as during the variable display of the special symbols or during the jackpot game, when the special symbol determination and the variable display of the special symbols cannot be started immediately, the first special The right to determine the symbol is reserved up to a predetermined number (four in this embodiment).

Thus, when the right of the first special symbol determination is reserved, the reserved icon display area 71 displays the same number of reserved icons as the number of reserved first special symbol determination indicated by the first special symbol reservation display 44. be done. FIG. 2 illustrates a state in which two pending icons are displayed in the pending icon display area 71 in order to suggest that the pending number of the first special symbol determination is "2".

It should be noted that, if a pending icon is displayed in the pending icon display area 71 when a highly reliable ready-to-win effect such as SPSP reach (see FIG. 6G), which will be described later, is performed, the display area used for the ready-to-win effect will be In addition to being restricted, the display of the pending icon may reduce the interest of the ready-to-win production. For this reason, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the display objects and the pending icons that constitute the pending icon display area 71 are displayed during the pre-reach effect, during the normal reach described later, and during the character reach. During story reach, a configuration is employed in which the display objects and pending icons forming the pending icon display area 71 are not displayed.

Further, when the game is controlled in the normal game state, basically no game balls enter the second starting port 22.例文帳に追加Therefore, in the normal game state, basically, the right of the second special symbol determination is not reserved, and a pending icon relating to the second special symbol determination is displayed on the display screen 70, or this pending icon is displayed. A display area for displaying is not formed.

<Applicable icon display area 72>
The icon display area 72 is a display area for displaying the icon as a variation suggestive image suggesting that the first special symbol is displayed in a variable manner. The icon is displayed in the icon display area 72 with the start of the variable display of the first special symbol, and is erased from the icon display area 72 at the timing when the first special symbol is stopped and displayed, for example. However, the erasing timing of the icon is not limited to this, and the icon may be erased during the variable display of the first special symbol. The icon may be erased.

By the way, when the game ball wins in the first starting port 21 in a state where the special symbol is not variably displayed and the right to judge the special symbol is not reserved, the variable display of the 1st special symbol is started. Accordingly, the icon is displayed in the icon display area 72 . On the other hand, in a state where the pending icon is displayed in the pending icon display area 71, when the changing display of the pattern corresponding to the icon displayed in the icon display area 72 ends, the suspended icon display area 71 displays The first special symbol determination corresponding to the earliest pending icon (the pending icon displayed at the position closest to the icon display area 72) is executed. Then, as the variable display of the first special symbol is started in accordance with the execution of the first special symbol determination, the first pending icon shifts from the pending icon display area 71 to the icon display area 72, It will be displayed as a new icon. In this way, the suspended icon (here, the icon) shifted to the icon display area 72 is displayed larger than when displayed in the suspended icon display area 71 (see FIG. 2). Therefore, it is possible to make the player pay more attention to the icon displayed in the icon display area 72 than to the suspended icon displayed in the suspended icon display area 71 .

In addition, when another pending icon different from the first pending icon is displayed in the pending icon display area 71, the pending icon display area 71 , the other pending icons shift toward the icon display area 72 . As is clear from the description so far, in the gaming machine 1, the icon corresponding to the suspended icon displayed in the suspended icon display area 71 may be displayed in the icon display area 72. Therefore, the following description will be given. In this case, when the pending icon and the icon are not distinguished, they may be collectively referred to simply as "icon".

(About icon change effect)
By the way, the pending icon is usually displayed as a white pending icon (the default pending icon). On the other hand, when a suspended icon is displayed in the suspended icon display area 71, an icon change effect may be performed in which the color of the suspended icon changes. When this icon change effect is performed, the white pending icon changes to a pending icon in colors such as blue, green, and red that suggest the reliability of the big win. The colors suggesting the jackpot reliability illustrated here are arranged in order from low jackpot reliability to high jackpot reliability. Red indicates that the judgment result of the first special symbol judgment corresponding to the red pending icon is "big hit", or that the fluctuation time of the special symbol is set to a relatively long time even though it is "losing". easy to be selected. Green is likely to be selected when a "big hit" or "losing" is set to a medium variation time of the special symbol. Blue color is likely to be selected when it is "losing" or when it is "losing" and the fluctuation time of the special symbol is set to a relatively short time. In this embodiment, the white pending icon jackpot reliability is set to about 1%, the blue pending icon jackpot reliability is set to about 3%, and the green pending icon jackpot reliability is set to about 15%. , and the jackpot reliability of the red pending icon is set to about 45%.

Here, the case where the icon change effect in which the display color of the suspended icon is changed only once while the suspended icon is displayed in the suspended icon display area 71 is performed has been described as an example. Then, other icon change effects may be performed. That is, for example, when a white pending icon is displayed in the pending icon display area 71, it changes to a blue pending icon and then to a green pending icon. An icon change effect may be performed in which the display color of the pending icon changes multiple times. Further, when a white suspended icon shifted from the suspended icon display area 71 to the icon display area 72 is displayed as the icon, an icon change effect may be performed in which the display color changes.

Further, the display color of the pending icon displayed in the pending icon display area 71 changes, and then, when the pending icon is shifted to the icon display area 72 and displayed as the icon, the display color changes. In some cases, an icon change effect is performed in which the display color of the icon changes in both the reserved icon display area 71 and the icon display area 72 . In addition, an icon change effect may be performed in which the suspended icon is initially displayed in a display color other than white (for example, blue), or an icon change effect in which the display color of the suspended icon whose initial color is other than white is changed. .

As described above, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment displays on the display screen 70 the reservation information indicating that the special symbol determination right is reserved, and it is possible to change the display mode of the reservation information. . In the following description, pending icons or icons whose display color is a color other than white may be called "special icons" to distinguish them from normal pending icons or icons whose display color is white.

[Modified example of display control of pending information]
Note that the display control of the pending information is not limited to that exemplified in this embodiment, and may be as follows. That is, in the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, a case where the display colors of the icons (the pending icon and the corresponding icon) are four colors of white, blue, green, and red will be described as an example, but in other embodiments, Other colors such as gold, which suggests that the reliability of the big win is higher than red, and rainbow colors, which are selected only when a "big win" is made, may be prepared.

In addition, in the present embodiment, an example will be described in which an icon change effect is performed to change the display color of an icon (a pending icon or the icon in question). The effects are not limited to those exemplified in the present embodiment, and may be an icon change effect that changes the shape and size of the icon, an icon change effect that changes the display color in addition to the shape and size of the icon, and the like.

Further, in the present embodiment, in addition to the icon change effect for the pending icon displayed in the pending icon display area 71, the icon change effect for the icon displayed in the icon display area 72 can be executed. However, in other embodiments, a configuration in which only the former icon change effect can be executed may be adopted without providing the icon display area 72 (without displaying the icon).

Also, in this embodiment, a case where a pending icon as pending information is displayed on the display screen 70 and the display color of the pending icon is changed will be described as an example. On the other hand, in another embodiment, for example, four color LEDs that can change the emission color are provided, and the same number of LEDs as the number of reservations for the first special symbol determination are lit, and the emission color of one of the LEDs is turned on. You may make it change the display mode of pending|holding information by changing.

[Flow of production accompanying the variable display of the first special symbol]
Next, with reference to FIG. 6, the flow of the effect accompanying the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state will be described. Here, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying the flow of effects associated with the variable display of the first special symbols in the normal game state.

When the first special symbol determination is executed in the normal game state, the first special symbol display device 41 variably displays the first special symbol, and stops the first special symbol indicating the result of the first special symbol determination. Is displayed. On the other hand, on the display screen 70, along with the start of the variable display of the first special symbol, the variable display of the three symbol rows in the production symbol display area 73 (see FIG. 2) is started (FIG. 6). (A)). Specifically, in the production pattern display area 73, for example, a part of the production pattern pattern row in which the numbers "1" to "9" are continuously written in the vertical direction from the bottom to the top are arranged horizontally three times. are displayed in columns, and along with the start of the variable display of the first special symbols, these symbol columns (for example, the left column, the middle column, the and right column) scrolls from top to bottom.

Here, when the determination result of the first special symbol determination performed at the start of the variable display of the first special symbol is "losing" and it is decided not to execute the ready-to-win effect, the variable display of the first special symbol is performed. At the end of , the three production patterns showing loose eyes (for example, "458") are pseudo-stopped, and as the loss pattern is stopped and displayed as the first special pattern, these three production patterns are actually stopped. is performed (see FIG. 6(B)).

On the other hand, if the result of the first special symbol determination is "jackpot", or if it is determined to perform a reach effect even though it is "losing", that is, as the variation pattern of the first special symbol, the reach effect is When the variation pattern to be executed is selected, one or a plurality of ready-to-win effects are performed during the variation display of the first special symbol. When the ready-to-win effect is performed, first, the normal ready-to-win effect (normal reach) is performed (see FIG. 6(D)). When this normal reach is performed, prior to the start of the normal reach, the left symbol in the performance symbol display area 73 is pseudo-stopped on the effective line, and the right symbol common to the left symbol moves to the effective line. A pre-reach effect is performed in which the row of symbols is scrolled at a low speed (see FIG. 6(C)). As a result of this ready-to-win pre-production, when the mutually common left and right symbols are pseudo-stopped on the effective line, the ready-to-win is established, and the left and right symbols are pseudo-stopped as ready-to-win symbols on the effective line. A normal reach is carried out to variably display the middle pattern row so as to expect that the medium symbols common to the two will stop between these reach symbols.

In addition, during the pre-reach performance in which the performance symbols are variably displayed in a state in which the ready-to-win state is not established, an advance notice performance for notifying that the winning notification performance may be executed may be executed. Examples of this notice effect include, for example, a dialogue notice effect and a step-up notice effect. The speech announcement effect is, for example, an effect including an effect display showing how a predetermined character utters a word, and is an effect that suggests the reliability of the big win by the content and display color of the word. The step-up notice production is a production that can be changed in stages up to a predetermined number of stages or less, and is a production that suggests the reliability of the jackpot depending on how many stages the production finally changes. be.

However, this kind of advance notice effect is not limited to during the ready-to-win effect, and may be executed when ready-to-win is established or during one of the ready-to-win effects among the five types of ready-to-win effects. For example, there is a case where an announcement effect called a group announcement representing a state in which a large number of characters move in a predetermined direction on the display screen 70 is executed when ready-to-win is established. In addition, an effect of displaying a predetermined cut-in image in response to the operation of the first effect button 35 for the first effect button operation promotion effect, which is called a cut-in that suggests the reliability of the big win depending on the type of the cut-in image. may be executed at the end of the SPSP reach.

In the present embodiment, the reach effects that can be executed with the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state include normal reach, character reach (character reach effect), SP reach (SP reach effect), SPSP reach ( There are five kinds of ready-to-reach effects, SPSP reach-to-play effect) and story reach (story-to-reach effect).

The aforementioned normal reach (see FIG. 6(D)) is the reach effect with the lowest jackpot reliability among the five types of reach effects (for example, jackpot reliability: about 1%). This normal reach is a reach effect whose effect execution time is shorter than SP reach, SPSP reach, and story reach, which will be described later, and when reach is established, normal reach is performed first. During this normal reach, there is a case where a pseudo-continuous effect is performed to make it appear as if the variable display of the performance symbols is being performed a plurality of times during the variable display of the first special symbol once. This pseudo continuous effect will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 7 and the like.

For example, at the start of the variable display of the first special symbol, if the variable effect pattern of the effect pattern that notifies the winning in the normal reach is set, the winning and losing notification effect (hit notification effect or losing notification effect) is performed at the end of the normal reach. (See FIG. 6(E)). Specifically, if the determination result of the first special symbol determination this time is "big hit", the same middle symbol (for example, 2 middle symbols) as the reach symbol (for example, 2 left symbols and 2 right symbols) After quasi-stopping the three performance symbols indicating double eyes (for example, ``222'') by quasi-stopping on the effective line, these 3 cues are displayed along with the stop-and-display of the jackpot symbol as the first special symbol. A winning notification effect is performed in which the pattern is actually stopped as it is. On the other hand, if the judgment result of the first special pattern judgment this time is "losing", the middle pattern (for example, 3 middle patterns) different from the reach pattern (for example, 2 patterns on the left and 2 patterns on the right) is selected as the effective line. After pseudo-stopping the three performance symbols indicating the reach-losing eye (for example, ``232'') by pseudo-stopping upward, these three performance symbols are stopped as the first special symbol is stopped and displayed. A loss notification effect that makes the main stop as it is is performed.

On the other hand, when a variable production pattern that develops from normal reach to another reach production is set, the following production is performed. For example, if normal reach (see FIG. 6 (D)) develops into character reach (see FIG. 6 (I)) and a variable effect pattern is set to notify the winning or losing at character reach, character reach at the end of normal reach A predetermined development suggestive effect that suggests the development to character reach is performed, and high-speed scrolling of the middle pattern row is resumed, and the reach effect develops to character reach. Although not shown in the figure, in this character reach, for example, predetermined characters are aligned in the central area of the display screen 70, or to SPSP reach (or story reach) illustrated in FIG. A predetermined effect display is performed to expect the development of the game. That is, when developing from normal reach to character reach, the win-loss notification effect is executed in character reach (see FIGS. 6 (I) and (H)), and when character reach develops to SPSP reach (see FIG. 6 (I) ) and (G)), and the case where character reach develops into story reach (see FIGS. 6(I) and (G)).

Among the five types of reach production, character reach is the reach production with the next lowest jackpot reliability after normal reach (for example, jackpot reliability: about 2%), and in most cases, other reach productions from character reach ( Here, the loss notification effect (see FIG. 6 (H)) is performed in character reach without developing into SPSP reach or story reach), but if the determination result of the first special symbol determination this time is "jackpot" For example, a hit notification effect (see FIG. 6(H)) may be performed in character reach. In addition, if a variable production pattern that develops from character reach to another reach production (in this embodiment, SPSP reach or story reach) is set, from character reach to SPSP reach (see FIG. 6 (G)) or The ready-to-win effect develops in the story reach (see FIG. 6(G)).

On the other hand, depending on the variation production pattern set at the start of the variable display of the first special symbol, the reach production may develop from normal reach (see FIG. 6 (D)) to SP reach (see FIG. 6 (F)). be. Here, the SP reach is a reach performance with a higher jackpot reliability than the character reach but a lower jackpot reliability than the SPSP reach and the story reach (for example, jackpot reliability: about 13%). When developing from normal reach to SP reach, the following effects are performed. That is, after the middle symbol same as the ready-to-win symbol has passed over the active line, the high-speed scrolling of the middle symbol row is resumed, and the ready-to-win symbols (left and right symbols) pseudo-stopped on the active line are in the ready-to-win state. 18B and 18C). Then, an SP ready-to-win effect image is displayed in the central area of the display screen 70 (see FIG. 18(D)), and a predetermined effect display that makes players expect a big win is performed.

When it develops to this SP reach, the hit-loss notification effect is executed in SP reach (see FIGS. 6 (F) and (H)), and the reach effect develops from SP reach to SP SP reach (or story reach). There are two cases (see FIGS. 6F and 6G). In addition, as mentioned above, the reliability of the jackpot of SP reach is relatively low, so the possibility of executing a hit notification effect in SP reach or developing from SP reach to SPSP reach (or story reach) is low. There is a feature that the loss notification effect is easily executed in the SP reach.

So far, the flow of production has been described in the case where reach production develops from normal reach to character reach, or in the case where reach production develops from normal reach to SP reach. 1 Depending on the variation pattern of the special symbol, if the reach production directly develops (straight development) from normal reach (see FIG. 6 (D)) to SPSP reach (or story reach) without going through character reach or SP reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (G)).

Here, the story reach (see FIG. 6 (G)) is a reach effect with the highest jackpot reliability among the five types of reach effects illustrated in FIG. 6 (for example, jackpot reliability: about 45% ), SPSP reach (see FIG. 6 (G)) is a reach production with a high jackpot reliability next to story reach (that is, a reach production in which the jackpot reliability is higher than SP reach and lower than story reach) (for example , jackpot reliability: about 27%).

Although detailed explanation is omitted, in SPSP reach, an SPSP reach effect image is displayed on the display screen 70, and, for example, a battle effect in which the player's character and the enemy character battle is executed. Then, if the judgment result of the first special symbol judgment this time is "jackpot", a victory effect and a hit notification effect in which your character wins over the enemy character are executed, and if it is "losing", your character wins. A defeat effect of losing to an enemy character and a loss notification effect are executed.

As will be described in detail later, in the case of normal reach, a power icon (an example of a predetermined effect image) may be displayed in the lower right display area of the display screen 70 (for example, FIG. 15 (D )reference). This power icon is an icon indicating how much power is accumulated in the player's own character who battles with the enemy character, and is an icon indicating any number from "00" to "100". During normal reach, an increase effect (an example of a change display) is executed to increase the number indicated by this power icon, and when the power of your character reaches MAX (when it reaches MAX), that is, the number indicated by the power icon reaches "100", at that point the development from normal reach to SPSP reach (or story reach) is confirmed. FIGS. 17B to 17E illustrate how the ready-to-win effect develops from normal ready-to-win to SPSP-to-win in response to the number indicated by the power icon reaching “100”.

On the other hand, if the number indicated by the power icon does not reach the MAX during normal reach (if it does not reach MAX), the winning/losing notification effect is executed during normal reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (H)). There are cases where normal reach develops into character reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (I)) and cases where normal reach develops into SP reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (F)).

Here, if the power icon is displayed and it develops into SP reach, the increase effect that increases the number indicated by this power icon will be executed even during SP reach, and the number indicated by the power icon will be MAX (main) during SP reach. In the embodiment, when reaching "100"), it develops from SP reach to SPSP reach (or story reach) (see FIGS. 6 (F) and (G)), and the number indicated by the power icon is MAX during SP reach If it does not reach the SP reach, the winning/losing notification effect (hit notification effect or losing notification effect) is executed (see FIGS. 6(F) and (H)).

On the other hand, if character reach develops while the power icon is displayed, a character reach effect may be executed to show that a predetermined character is aiming to acquire an icon (MAX icon) containing the character MAX. . Here, when the MAX icon display effect of displaying the MAX icon acquired by the predetermined character is performed, the MAX icon moves to the power icon and the number indicated by the power icon is changed to "100". The display is performed, and thereafter, it develops from character reach to SPSP reach (or story reach) (see FIGS. 6(I) and (G)). Conversely, if the MAX icon is hidden because the specified character cannot acquire the MAX icon, character reach will not develop into SPSP reach (or story reach), and character reach will be used to notify the winner. (Hit notification effect or loss notification effect) is executed (see FIGS. 6(I) and (H)).

[Regarding pseudo continuous effects]
Next, the pseudo continuous effect will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the pseudo continuous effect. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, there are cases where the pseudo-continuous effect is executed before the ready-to-win state is established or after the ready-to-win state is established. The pseudo continuous effect is a effect for making it look as if the variable display of the effect symbol was performed multiple times during the variable display of the special symbol (for example, the first special symbol) once, and in this embodiment, As a pseudo-continuous effect, an effect of pseudo-stopping and displaying three performance symbols, a left symbol, a middle symbol, and a right symbol, including a middle 7 symbol (a middle row effect symbol whose number is 7) is performed (for example, See FIG. 15(H)).

In addition, in FIG. 7, the "variation" of the special symbol means the variable display of the first special symbol which is performed in the normal game state, and the "stop" of the special symbol means the variable display of the first special symbol. It shall mean the stop display of the first special symbol to be performed. In addition, the "fluctuation" of the effect symbols means the variable display of the effect symbols accompanying the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state, and the "pseudo stop" of the effect symbols means the above-mentioned pseudo continuous effect, "Stop" of the production pattern means the final stop of the production pattern.

(When the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed)
FIG. 7(A) exemplifies the variable display of the effect symbols when the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed. When the pseudo continuous effect is not executed, as illustrated in FIG. 7A, the variable display of the effect symbol is performed once during the variable display of the first special symbol once. In this way, when the pseudo continuous effect is not executed, the reliability of the jackpot is relatively low (for example, the reliability of the jackpot: about 1%), and in most cases, the no reach effect (variable effect that does not include the reach effect) (See FIGS. 6A and 6B), or even if the ready-to-win performance is executed, only normal reach and character reach with low reliability of jackpot are executed, and these are performed. A loss notification effect will be executed with a low reliability reach.

(When a pseudo-continuous effect that develops to the pseudo-second row is executed)
FIG. 7(B) exemplifies the variable display of the performance symbols when the pseudo-continuous performance is executed only once during the single variable display of the special symbols. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the reliability of the big win when the pseudo-continuous effect is executed only once during the variable display of the first special symbol is higher than when the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed. , is set to a relatively low probability of about 6%.

When one pseudo-continuous effect is executed during one variable display of the first special symbol, as illustrated in FIG. 7B, after the variable display of the first special symbol is started ( (shorter than the fluctuation time of the first special symbol) is applied, the first short variation, which is the variation performance of the pseudo first streak related to the performance symbol, is performed, and the pseudo continuous streak is performed following the first short variation. executed. In the present embodiment, this pseudo-continuous effect is configured as an effect in which three effect symbols including the middle seven symbols are displayed in a pseudo-stop manner for a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds), and a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the pseudo-continuous effect. Then, the variable display (for example, scroll display) of the three symbol rows is resumed, and the second short variation, which is the pseudo second consecutive variable effect related to the effect symbol, is started. FIGS. 15(H) and (I) exemplify how the second pseudo-continuous variation effect is started in response to the execution of the pseudo-continuous effect following the first short variation.

As illustrated in FIG. 7(B), if the variation effect does not develop after the pseudo third row, the second short variation will be the final short variation, so from the middle of the variation display of the first special symbol The second short fluctuation continues until the fluctuation display of the first special symbol ends.

In addition, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, with respect to the variable display of the first special symbol that is performed when the game is controlled in the normal game state, the reach effect is not executed (the no reach effect is executed). When the variation pattern of the special symbol is selected, the pseudo-continuous performance is not executed, but the ready-to-win performance is executed (the performance with reach is executed). Regarding the part, a configuration is adopted in which one or a plurality of pseudo-continuous effects are executed. Therefore, when the pseudo continuous effect is executed during the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state, some kind of ready-to-win effect is executed. In addition, the pseudo-continuous effect may not be executed before the start of the ready-to-win effect, and the pseudo-continuous effect may be executed during the execution of the ready-to-win effect (for example, during the normal ready-to-win effect illustrated in FIG. 6(D)).

As illustrated in FIG. 7B, when the second short variation is the final short variation, the ready-to-win effect is performed in the second short variation. For this reason, the time required for the second short variation, which is the pseudo second variation effect, is likely to be longer than the time required for the first short variation, which is the variation effect for the first pseudo variation (Fig. 7(B)).

(When a pseudo continuous effect that develops to the pseudo third row is executed)
FIG. 7(C) exemplifies the variable display of the performance symbols when the pseudo-continuous performance is executed twice during the single variable display of the first special symbol. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the jackpot reliability when the pseudo-continuous effect is executed twice during the variable display of the first special symbol once is set to a relatively high probability of about 20%. there is

When the pseudo-continuous effect is executed twice during the variable display of the first special symbol once, the pseudo-continuous effect is executed once as described above based on FIG. 7(B). First, the first short variation is performed, and following this first short variation, the first pseudo continuous effect is performed (see FIG. 7(C)). This first pseudo-continuous effect is similar to the pseudo-continuous effect described above with reference to FIG. 7(B). The display (for example, scroll display) is resumed, and the second short variation, which is the pseudo second-run variation effect related to the effect symbol, is started (see, for example, FIGS. 15(H) and (I)).

As illustrated in FIG. 7(C), when the variable effect finally develops to the pseudo third run, the second short change is followed by the second pseudo continuous effect (for example, FIG. 16 (D)). Then, when a predetermined time has passed since the start of the second pseudo-continuous effect, the variable display (for example, scroll display) of the three symbol rows is resumed, and the pseudo-third-continuous variable effect related to the effect symbol is resumed. 3 short fluctuation is started (see FIG. 7(C) and FIG. 16(E)). As illustrated in FIG. 7C, this third short variation is continued from the middle of the variation display of the first special symbol until the variation display of the first special symbol ends.

In addition, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the larger the number of pseudo-continuous effects executed during the variable display of the first special symbol at one time, the higher the reliability of the big win. It is characterized by being easy to develop into reach and story reach. For this reason, when the pseudo continuous effect is executed twice during the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state, for example, normal reach directly develops to SPSP reach (or story reach), or normal reach to SP reach. (or character reach), and then develop into SPSP reach (or story reach). The gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is capable of executing the pseudo-continuous effect once or twice during the normal reach (see FIG. 6(D)), and by executing the pseudo-continuous effect during the normal reach, It is possible to effectively improve the player's sense of expectation for the development of SPSP reach (or story reach).

In addition, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, for example, when the pseudo-continuous effect is executed twice during the normal reach, the reach effect (high reliability reach) with higher jackpot reliability than the normal reach is always performed from the normal reach. An evolving structure is adopted. Therefore, the time required for the third short fluctuation (see FIG. 7(C)) in which high reliability reach is performed tends to be longer than the time required for the second short fluctuation described above based on FIG. 7(B), In addition, there is a feature that the time required for the first short fluctuation and the second short fluctuation within the same fluctuation is longer (see FIGS. 7B and 7C).

As is clear from the explanation so far, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, during the fluctuation display of the first special symbol once, the effect symbol is displayed by taking a time shorter than the variation time of the first special symbol. There is a case where the short fluctuation display is executed a plurality of times to display the fluctuation, and the larger the number of times of the short fluctuation display executed during the fluctuation display of the first special symbol at one time, the easier the jackpot game is executed. Adopted. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game while expecting that the number of times of the short fluctuation display performed within the same fluctuation will increase. It is possible to recognize whether

[About production mode]
Although not shown in the drawings, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the normal effect mode and the first A production mode and a second production mode are prepared, and when a predetermined time elapses after the start of the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state, the normal production mode is changed to the first production mode (or the second production mode). The production mode may change to production mode). That is, until a predetermined time (shorter than the fluctuation time of the first special symbol) elapses after the variable display of the first special symbol is started, the effect is controlled in the normal effect mode, and after the predetermined time elapses. , the effect may be controlled in the first effect mode (or the second effect mode).

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, for example, when the first variation pattern in which the variation time of the first special symbol is the first time is selected, the production mode is changed from the normal production mode to the first production mode. When the second variation pattern in which the variation time of the first special symbol is the second time is selected, it is preset to change the performance mode from the normal performance mode to the second performance mode. The sub CPU 91 specifies the variation pattern of the first special symbol based on the variation start command transmitted from the main control board 80 at the start of the variation display of the first special symbol in the normal game state, and produces an effect based on the specified result. control mode.

Although detailed explanation is omitted, when the production mode changes from the normal production mode to the first production mode (or the second production mode), the background image displayed on the full screen on the display screen 70, the variable display of the production pattern Along with this, the effect sound (variable effect sound) output from the speaker 38, the display mode of the effect pattern, etc. will change. However, in this embodiment, there is no difference in the jackpot reliability with respect to the normal production mode, the first production mode, and the second production mode, and the production mode changes from the normal production mode to the first production mode, or from the normal production mode. Even if the performance mode changes to the second performance mode, the reliability of the big win does not change (increase).

On the other hand, when the performance is controlled in the first performance mode, a dedicated performance specific to the first performance mode, which is not executed when the performance is controlled in the normal performance mode or the second performance mode, is executed, and the second performance mode is executed. It is characterized in that, when the performance is controlled in the performance mode, a dedicated performance peculiar to the second performance mode, which is not executed when the performance is controlled in the normal performance mode or the first performance mode, is executed.

[Regarding mode-specific effects]
Next, with reference to FIG. 8, a dedicated effect in the first effect mode and a dedicated effect in the second effect mode will be described. Here, FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of effects in the first effect mode and the second effect mode.

<Dedicated production in the first production mode>
In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIGS. 8B, 8C, and 8E, as a dedicated effect for the first effect mode, a first effect mode transition effect, a first effect mode dedicated A notice effect and a mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode are prepared.

The first production mode transition effect is a production that notifies that the production mode changes from the normal production mode to the first production mode. It is a production that displays a pseudo stop. When the variable display of the first special symbol and the effect symbol in the normal game state is started (see FIG. 8(A)), the first effect mode shifts to the pseudo-stop of the left 1 symbol, the right 3 symbol, and the middle 2 symbol in order. Effect (see FIG. 8 (B)) may be executed, and when the first effect mode transition effect is executed, the first effect mode exclusive notice effect (see FIG. 8 (C)) starts. be done.

11 and 12, the advance notice effect dedicated to the first effect mode (an example of the first effect: see FIG. 8(C)) is the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode (see FIG. 8(E) (see FIG. 8C and 8E). And, there is a case where the loss notification effect is executed without developing into the first effect mode exclusive mission effect (see FIGS. 8(C) and (D)).

A mission performance dedicated to the first performance mode (see FIG. 8(E)) is a mission performance executed only when the performance is controlled in the first performance mode, and is composed of a front stage performance and a rear stage performance. Here, the pre-stage effect is a effect showing how a predetermined character performs a mission. The post-stage effect is an effect for informing the success or failure of the mission, and the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode of the success pattern in which the post-stage effect (notifying the success of the mission) is executed following the pre-stage effect is executed; There is a case where the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode of the failure pattern in which the post-stage effect (informing the failure of the mission) is executed following the pre-stage effect is executed.

In this way, a success pattern and a failure pattern are prepared as mission effects dedicated to the first effect mode, and when the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode of the success pattern is executed, a hit notification effect is executed (FIG. 8 (E ) and (F)), and when the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode of the failure pattern is executed, the failure notification effect is executed (see FIGS. 8(E) and (D)). Therefore, the player can easily recognize whether or not the winning notification effect will be executed based on the effect contents of the latter stage effect constituting the mission effect exclusively for the first effect mode.

<Dedicated production of the second production mode>
In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIGS. 8(G), (H), and (J), as a dedicated effect of the second effect mode, a second effect mode transition effect, a second effect mode dedicated A notice effect and a mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode are prepared.

The second effect mode transition effect is a effect that notifies that the effect mode changes from the normal effect mode to the second effect mode. It is a production that displays a pseudo stop. When the variable display of the first special symbols and the performance symbols in the normal game state is started (see FIG. 8(A)), the shift to the second performance mode in which the left 3 symbols, the right 1 symbol, and the middle 2 symbols are simulated in order. Effect (see FIG. 8 (G)) may be executed, and when this second effect mode transition effect is executed, the second effect mode exclusive notice effect (see FIG. 8 (H)) starts. be done.

9 and 10, the second effect mode-dedicated advance notice effect (an example of the second effect: see FIG. 8(H)) is the second effect mode-dedicated mission effect (FIG. 8(J) (see FIG. 8(H) and (J)). and a case where the failure notification effect is executed without developing into the second effect mode dedicated mission effect (see FIGS. 8(H) and (I)).

The mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode (see FIG. 8(J)) is a mission effect that is executed only when the effect is controlled in the second effect mode. It consists of production and post-production. Here, the pre-stage effect is a effect showing how a predetermined character performs a mission. The latter stage effect is an effect for notifying the success or failure of the mission, and the second effect mode dedicated mission effect of the success pattern in which the latter effect (notifying the success of the mission) is executed following the former effect is executed; There is a case where the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode of the failure pattern in which the post-stage effect (informing the failure of the mission) is executed following the pre-stage effect is executed.

In this way, a success pattern and a failure pattern are prepared as mission effects dedicated to the second effect mode, and when the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode of the success pattern is executed, a hit notification effect is executed (Fig. 8 (J ) and (F)), and when the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode of the failure pattern is executed, the failure notification effect is executed (see FIGS. 8(J) and (I)). Therefore, the player can easily recognize whether or not the winning notification effect will be executed based on the effect contents of the latter stage effect that constitutes the second effect mode dedicated mission effect.

In the present embodiment, the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode (see FIG. 8(E)) and the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode (see FIG. 8(J)) are both higher than normal reach and character reach. is also set at about 10% higher. For this reason, even if it does not develop into the first production mode dedicated mission production or the second production mode exclusive mission production, the first production mode transition production and the second production mode transition production are executed, and these mode transition productions are performed. Subsequently, by executing the advance notice effect dedicated to the first effect mode (or the advance notice effect dedicated to the second effect mode), it is possible to moderately increase the player's expectation for the big win.

As described above, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, even when the five kinds of ready-to-win effects described above are not executed based on FIG. By executing the performance or the dedicated performance of the second performance mode, the player can expect a big hit even when the ready-to-win is not established, and the period in which the ready-to-win by the performance pattern is not established continues for a long time. Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the occurrence of the problem that the player's sense of expectation for the big win is remarkably lowered.

In addition, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment may execute one or more pseudo-continuous effects prior to the first effect mode transition effect (or the second effect mode transition effect). If not executed (see FIG. 7A), if one pseudo-continuous effect is executed (see FIG. 7B), if two pseudo-continuous effects are executed (see FIG. 7C) ), the possibility of developing into the first production mode exclusive mission production (or the second production mode exclusive mission production) after the first production mode transition production (or second production mode transition production) increases. ing.

For this reason, by executing the first production mode transition production (or second production mode transition production) after executing the pseudo-continuous production, the mission production dedicated to the first production mode (or the mission production dedicated to the second production mode) It is possible to effectively improve the player's sense of expectation for development.

(Concrete example of the announcement effect dedicated to the second effect mode)
Next, a specific example of the second effect mode exclusive notice effect (see FIG. 8(H)) will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. Here, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of the second effect mode exclusive notice effect. FIG. 10 is a time chart illustrating a plurality of effect patterns of the second effect mode-dedicated advance notice effect. When starting the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state, a variable start command is transmitted from the main control board 80 to the sub-control board 90 . Information indicating the variation pattern of the first special symbol is included in this variation start command, and based on this information, the sub CPU 91 selects one of the following three production patterns for the dedicated production in the second production mode. , and instructs the image sound control board 100 and the lamp control board 120 to execute the effect of the set effect pattern.

Here, the first production pattern, as illustrated in FIGS. 8 (G), (H), (I), after executing the second production mode transition production and the second production mode dedicated announcement production , a performance pattern in which a failure notification performance is executed without executing a mission performance dedicated to the second performance mode. The second production pattern is, as illustrated in FIGS. 8(G), (H), (J), and (F), a second production mode transition production, a second production mode exclusive notice production, and a second production mode transition production. This is an effect pattern in which a hit notification effect is executed after a dedicated mission effect for the 2 effect mode is executed. The third effect pattern, as illustrated in FIGS. 8(G), (H), (J), and (I), includes a second effect mode transition effect, a second effect mode exclusive notice effect, and a second effect mode transition effect. This is a performance pattern in which the mission performance dedicated to the second performance mode is executed, and then the failure notification performance is executed.

When any one of these three effect patterns is set by the sub CPU 91, the following effect is executed as the second effect mode exclusive notice effect. That is, for example, when the second effect mode transition effect (see FIG. 8 (G)) is executed to display three effect symbols indicating the reverse order such as "321" in a pseudo-stop manner, the effect symbol "small symbol short fluctuation display ” is started (see FIG. 9A).

When the above-described pseudo-continuous effect is executed based on FIG. (See, for example, FIGS. 15(C) to 15(G)), at least before and after the pseudo-continuous effect is performed, the effect symbol is displayed in a large effect symbol display area 73 (see FIG. 2). (See, for example, FIGS. 15(H) to 15(I)). On the other hand, during the execution of the advance notice effect dedicated to the second effect mode, the effect symbols are displayed in the upper right area of the display screen 70 from beginning to end in small symbols. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 10, during the second variation period in which the second effect mode-dedicated notice effect is executed, the variable display of the effect symbol and the pseudo stop display (in FIG. 10, "pseudo stop" notation) are alternately repeated, the variable display of the effect pattern is a short variable display that is performed over a shorter time than the current first special symbol variable time.

The "small pattern short fluctuation display" (see FIG. 9A) of the above-mentioned production pattern means that the production pattern is displayed in the upper right area of the display screen 70, and from the fluctuation time of the first special pattern 10(A) to (D) show the "small pattern short fluctuation display" of the production pattern started in the step of FIG. 9(A). Display" is denoted as "Short Variation A".

When the “small symbol short variation display” (short variation A) of the performance symbols illustrated in FIG. 9(B)). In this embodiment, as a character search effect associated with the short variation A, a character search effect showing a failed attempt to find a friendly character (see "search (discovery failure)" in FIGS. 10B to 10D). ) may be executed. The character search effect associated with this short variation A is, as illustrated in FIGS. This is executed for 6 seconds until the period during which the pseudo-stop display (hereinafter also referred to as "pseudo-stop period") ends. This also applies to the case where the character search effect is executed in accordance with the short fluctuations after the short fluctuation B.

Up to this point, we have explained the character search effect that fails to find an ally character. may be executed. That is, after the effects illustrated in FIGS. 9A and 9B are executed, the effects illustrated in FIGS. 9A and 9B may be executed again.

In FIG. 10(C), after the character search effect of failing to find an ally character is executed with a short variation A, the character search effect of failing to discover an ally character is executed (following the short variation A). The flow of production executed even with short fluctuation B is exemplified. Further, in FIG. 10(D), after the character search effect of failing to find an ally character is executed with the short variation A, the character search effect of failing to find an ally character is also executed with the short variation B. Further, the flow of the effect is illustrated in which the character search effect in which the discovery of the ally character fails is also executed in the short change C (following the short change B).

On the other hand, the “small pattern short variation display” (short variation A) of the production pattern illustrated in FIG. (D)) may be executed. In FIG. 10(A), along with the short variation A and the simulated stop display of the performance pattern (following the short variation A), a character search effect is executed in which character A, who is one of the allied characters, is successfully found. The flow of production is illustrated.

FIG. 10(A) exemplifies the effect pattern in which the character search effect that succeeds in finding an ally character is executed the earliest. ) is executed, the effect symbol "small symbol short variation display" is restarted (see FIG. 9(C)). A search effect (see FIG. 9(D)) may be executed.

FIG. 10B shows a character search effect in which character B, one of the ally characters, is successfully discovered after one character search effect in which an ally character is unsuccessfully discovered is executed. Flow is illustrated. Also, in FIG. 10(C), after the character search effect of failing to find an ally character is executed twice, the character search effect of successfully discovering character C, which is one of the ally characters, is executed. The flow of production is illustrated. Also, in FIG. 10(D), after three character search effects failing to find an ally character are executed, a character search effect succeeding in discovering character D, one of the ally characters, is executed. The flow of production is illustrated.

As is clear from the description so far, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as the second effect mode exclusive notice effect, no matter which effect pattern shown in FIGS. Specifically, it is configured to execute a character search effect in which a friendly character is successfully found.

As exemplified in FIG. 9(D), when the character search effect that succeeds in finding an ally character is executed, the small pattern short variation is resumed (FIG. 9(E) (see FIG. 9(F)), and a suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character is executed (see FIG. 9(F)). This suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character is an anticipation effect that makes the player expect that the hit notification effect will be executed, and the action of the discovered character will cause the second effect mode exclusive announcement effect (see FIG. 8(H)). This is an effect that suggests whether or not the game will develop from the second effect mode dedicated mission effect (see FIG. 8(J)).

As shown in FIG. 10, in this discovered character suggestive effect, the degree of expectation for development to develop into the second effect mode exclusive mission effect differs depending on the type of allied character discovered in the character search effect. , followed by character C suggesting a discovered character, character B suggesting a discovered character, and character A suggesting a discovered character. The execution probability of the suggestive presentation corresponding to the discovered character increases (increases the degree of expectation for development of the second presentation mode-dedicated mission presentation). That is, the probability that the development of the second production mode-dedicated mission production is suggested is the highest when the character A performs the suggesting production corresponding to the discovered character, the suggesting production corresponding to the discovered character by the character B, and the discovery by the character C. The probability of execution of the suggestive effect corresponding to the discovered character, which suggests that the suggestive effect corresponding to the character does not develop into the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode, increases in the order of the suggestive effect corresponding to the character and the suggestive effect corresponding to the discovered character by character D.

Note that, in this embodiment, when the character search effect that successfully discovers character A is executed, the suggestive effect corresponding to character A is executed along with the short variation B that continues for 24 seconds (=6 seconds×4) ( (See FIG. 10A), when the character search effect for successfully finding character B is executed, the suggestive effect corresponding to character B is executed along with the short fluctuation C that continues for 18 seconds (=6 seconds×3). (See FIG. 10B). Further, when the character search effect that successfully discovers character C is executed, the suggestive effect corresponding to character C is executed along with the short fluctuation D that continues for 12 seconds (=6 seconds×2) (FIG. 10(C) ), when the character search effect that successfully discovers character D is executed, the suggestive effect corresponding to character D is executed along with the short change E that continues for 6 seconds (=6 seconds x 1) (Fig. 10 ( D)).

Thus, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIGS. A second production pattern that performs a plurality of short fluctuation displays (short fluctuation A to short fluctuation E) and a suggestive production corresponding to the discovered character of each character (an example of expected production) in a second production pattern unique to the second production mode. It is possible to execute a special announcement effect for the effect mode (see FIG. 10: an example of the second effect).

As is clear from the notation of FIG. 10, in the second production mode-dedicated advance notice effect in the present embodiment, the earlier the execution timing of the character search effect that succeeds in discovering an ally character, the faster the execution timing of the second effect mode-dedicated mission effect. It is characterized by high development expectations. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game while expecting to succeed in discovering the ally character at an early stage.

Also, as is clear from the notation in FIG. 10, in the second production mode exclusive announcement effect in the present embodiment, the longer the execution time of the corresponding suggestive effect corresponding to the discovered character, the longer the second production mode exclusive mission effect. It is characterized by high expectations for the development of Therefore, the player can easily and sensuously recognize the degree of expectation for the development of the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode based on the execution time of the corresponding suggesting effect.

(Specific example of advance notice effect dedicated to first effect mode)
Next, a specific example of the first effect mode exclusive notice effect (see FIG. 8(C)) will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG. Here, FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of the advance notice effect dedicated to the first effect mode. FIG. 12 is a time chart illustrating a plurality of effect patterns of the first effect mode-dedicated advance notice effect. Information indicating the variation pattern of the first special symbol is included in the variation start command transmitted from the main control board 80 at the start of the variation display of the first special symbol in the normal game state, and the sub CPU 91 receives this information. Based on, with respect to the exclusive effect of the first effect mode, one of the following three effect patterns is set, and the image sound control board 100 and the lamp control board 120 are instructed to execute the effect of the set effect pattern. There is

Here, the first effect pattern is, as illustrated in FIGS. 8B, 8C, and 8D, after executing the first effect mode transition effect and the first effect mode exclusive notice effect. , a performance pattern for executing a failure notification performance without executing a mission performance dedicated to the first performance mode. As illustrated in FIGS. 8(B), (C), (E), and (F), the second effect pattern includes a first effect mode transition effect, a first effect mode exclusive notice effect, and a first effect mode. This is a performance pattern in which a winning notification performance is executed after a mission performance dedicated to 1 performance mode is executed. As illustrated in FIGS. 8(B), (C), (E), and (D), the third effect pattern includes a first effect mode transition effect, a first effect mode exclusive notice effect, and a first effect mode. This is an effect pattern in which the mission effect dedicated to 1 effect mode is executed, and then the failure notification effect is executed.

When any one of these three effect patterns is set by the sub CPU 91, the following effect is executed as the first effect mode exclusive notice effect. That is, for example, when the first effect mode transition effect (see FIG. 8(B)) is executed in which three effect symbols indicating the order such as "123" are displayed in a pseudo-stop manner, a short fluctuation of the effect symbol is started. (See FIG. 11(A)).

In the short fluctuation of the production pattern in FIG. 11(A), although not shown in the drawing, the production pattern is displayed in a large size in the production pattern display area 73 (see FIG. 2), and the first special pattern of this time is displayed. The performance pattern is variably displayed over a period of time shorter than the variable time. This is the same for the short variation of the production pattern in FIG. It corresponds to the short fluctuations of these effect symbols, and in this embodiment, the time required for short fluctuations 1 to 4 is all fixed to 4 seconds (see FIG. 12).

When 4 seconds have passed since the short fluctuation of the production design illustrated in FIG. 11(A) was started, the production design is hidden (see FIG. 11(B)). "Non-display" in FIG. 12 represents a period in which the effect pattern is not displayed immediately after the short fluctuation 1, immediately after the short fluctuation 2, immediately after the short fluctuation 3, and immediately after the short fluctuation 4, respectively. In the mode, the non-display time during which the production pattern is hidden is fixed to 3 seconds.

Here, regarding the variable display of the production pattern, when comparing the first production mode exclusive notice production (see FIG. 12) and the pseudo-continuous production (see FIG. 7), it takes a shorter time than the first special symbol fluctuation time. Both are common in that the production pattern is displayed with a short fluctuation. On the other hand, in the pseudo-continuous production, immediately after the short fluctuation display of the production pattern (the first short fluctuation and the second short fluctuation in FIGS. 7 (A) to (C)), three patterns including the middle 7 patterns While the production pattern is displayed in a pseudo-stop manner, in the first production mode exclusive announcement production, short fluctuations of the production patterns (short fluctuation 1 to short fluctuation 4 in FIGS. 12 (A) to (D)) were performed. Both are different in that the effect pattern is hidden immediately after.

In addition, in the first production mode exclusive notice effect, the period during which the effect pattern is hidden (non-display period) is provided because the display area secured by the effect pattern being hidden is used to This is for performing various effects during the non-display period, but if the effect pattern is hidden even temporarily, the player can check whether or not the variable display of the first special pattern is continuing. may not be easily identifiable. For this reason, in other embodiments, the non-display period is set so that the player can easily recognize that the variable display of the first special symbol is continuing without hindering various effects. may be a period during which the performance symbols displayed in the small symbols are variably displayed.

Returning to the description of FIG. 11, when a non-display period in which the production pattern is hidden starts, during this non-display period, point addition production (see FIG. 11 (C)), arrival notice (success) (FIG. 11) (D)) or an arrival notice (failure) (see FIG. 11(E)) is executed. In FIG. 12, the point addition effect is indicated as "point addition", the arrival notice (success) is indicated as "arrival notice (success)", and the arrival notice (failure) is indicated as "arrival notice (failure)". there is

In the first production mode exclusive notice effect in the present embodiment, as the short fluctuation 1 is started, a predetermined display area (for example, immediately above the icon display area 72, the effect symbol in the effect symbol display area 73 A point image is displayed in a display area that does not interfere with short fluctuations of This point image is an effect image that informs whether or not the judgment effect (see FIGS. 11(H), 12(C) and (D)) will be developed.

In the above-mentioned point addition effect, an effect display is performed in which the points to be added to the points indicated by the point images are displayed, and the display of the point images is updated to show the value obtained by adding the added points. For example, when the point addition effect is performed with the point image representing the character "15pt" displayed, for example, the character "+28" is displayed as the additional point, and instead of the character "15pt", "43pt" ( =15+28), the display of the point image is updated.

Such a point addition effect is executed once or a plurality of times in the first variation period in which the first effect mode exclusive notice effect is executed, and the addition points are variable. During the first fluctuation period, one or more point addition effects are executed, and when the final point indicated by the point image reaches "100", it develops into a judge effect (see FIG. 11(H)). . On the other hand, if the final point indicated by the point image does not reach "100", the judgment performance does not develop. This judgment effect judges whether or not it will develop into a mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode, and is configured as a effect to notify the result of the judgment, and when judged as "passed", the first effect If it develops into a mode-dedicated mission production (see FIGS. 11(H) and (I)) and is judged as "failed", the failure notification production is executed without developing into the first production mode-dedicated mission production. (See FIGS. 11(H) and (G)).

In this way, the judge effect is a effect for judging whether or not the mission effect for exclusive use in the first effect mode develops, and notifying the result of the judgment. The production mode dedicated mission production is never executed. Further, the advance notice effect dedicated to the first effect mode of the present embodiment is configured so as not to develop into a judgment effect unless the final points indicated by the point image reach "100". Therefore, when the final point indicated by the point image does not reach "100", not only the judgment effect but also the exclusive mission effect for the first effect mode is not executed, and the failure notification effect is executed. .

The arrival notice (success) (see FIG. 11(D)) is an effect for notifying that the point indicated by the point image will reach "100", and when the arrival notice (success) is executed, the point image The final point shown always reaches "100". Therefore, when the arrival notice (success) is executed, the point indicated by the point image reaches "100", and at least the judgment effect develops. In FIG. 12(C), the arrival notice (success) is executed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 1, and the point addition effect executed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 2, and the short fluctuation By the point addition effect executed during the non-display period following 3, the point indicated by the point image reaches "100", and as a result, a series of effects in which the judge effect starts with the start of the short fluctuation 4. Flow is illustrated.

In addition, in FIG. 12 (D), the arrival notice (failure) is executed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 1, the point addition effect is executed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 2, and the short fluctuation 3 The arrival notice (success) is executed during the subsequent non-display period, and although it does not appear in FIG. The flow of a series of productions from which the production is started is illustrated.

As is clear from the comparison between FIG. 12(C) and FIG. 12(D), when the arrival notice (success) is executed, the point indicated by the point image does not immediately reach "100", and then A pattern (pattern exemplified in FIG. 12(C)) that reaches “100” by the point addition effect, and a point immediately after the arrival notice (success) is executed without executing the point addition effect after that. There is a pattern in which the point indicated by the image reaches "100" (the pattern illustrated in FIG. 12(D)).

The arrival notice (failure) (see FIG. 11(E)) is an effect functioning as a false effect of the arrival notice (success), which foretells that the points indicated by the point image will not reach "100". However, execution of the arrival notice (failure) does not necessarily mean that the point indicated by the point image does not reach "100". In addition to the pattern that does not reach (see FIG. 12(B)), the point indicated by the point image reaches "100" by the point addition effect executed after the arrival notice (failure), resulting in a judgment effect. The point indicated by the point image reaches "100" due to the pattern (see FIG. 12 (C)) or the arrival notice (success) executed after the arrival notice (failure), and as a result, the pattern (Fig. 12(D)). Also, as illustrated in FIG. 12A, there is a pattern in which the arrival notice (failure) is never executed during the first fluctuation period.

Note that the arrival notice (success) and arrival notice (failure) can be any effect as long as the player can easily recognize the possibility that the points indicated by the point image will reach "100". For example, as an arrival notice (success), there is a display effect showing a predetermined character holding up a placard with the number "100" written thereon. As an example, there is a display effect showing a state in which a predetermined character leaves without holding up a placard on which the number "100" is written.

As is clear from the description so far, in the first production mode exclusive notice effect of the present embodiment, the effect pattern following any short variation of short variation 1, short variation 2, short variation 3, and short variation 4 In the non-display period (see FIG. 11 (B)), point addition effect (see FIG. 11 (C)), arrival notice (success) (see FIG. 11 (D)), or arrival notice (failure) (see FIG. 11 (E)) is executed. Then, even if the point addition effect performed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 4 does not reach "100" (see FIG. 12A), or the non-display following the short fluctuation 4 When the arrival notice (failure) is executed during the display period (see FIG. 12) (see FIG. 12(B)), the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode (see FIG. 11(I)) does not develop, A loss notification effect (see FIG. 11(G)) is executed.

On the other hand, the point addition effect (see FIG. 11 (C)), the arrival notice (success) (see FIG. 11 (D)), or the arrival notice (failure) (see FIG. 11 (E)) follows the short fluctuation 4 If executed during the non-display period before the non-display period, that is, the non-display period following short fluctuation 1, the non-display period following short fluctuation 2, or the non-display period following short fluctuation 3, the effect The symbols are displayed again, and a short variation of the performance symbols (see FIG. 11(F)) is executed.

For example, as the point addition effect of FIG. 11 (C), when the first point addition effect is executed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 1 in FIG. 12 (A), the effect pattern in FIG. 11 (F) As the short variation of , short variation 2 is executed (see FIG. 12(A)). In this case, after that, the production progresses in the order of FIG. 11(B) and FIG. 11(C), and the second point addition production is executed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 2 (FIG. 12 ( A)). Further, for example, as the arrival notice (success) of FIG. 11 (D), when the arrival notice (success) is executed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 3 in FIG. A short variation 4 is executed as a short variation of the effect symbol (see FIG. 12(D)). In this case, with the start of the short fluctuation 4, the judge effect (see FIGS. 11(H) and 12(D)) is started, and whether or not the first effect mode exclusive mission effect develops is notified.

Also, for example, as the arrival notice (failure) in FIG. A short variation 3 is executed as a short variation of the effect symbol in F) (see FIG. 12(B)). In this case, after that, the production progresses in the order of FIG. 11(B) and FIG. 11(C), and the second point addition production is executed during the non-display period following the short fluctuation 3 (FIG. 12 ( B)).

In the first production mode exclusive notice production, if the production progresses to the judge production (see FIG. 11 (H)), if the judge production is judged as "failed", the first production mode exclusive mission production No progress is made, and a loss notification effect is executed (see FIGS. 11(H) and (G)). On the other hand, when judged as "passed" in the judge production, it develops into a mission production dedicated to the first production mode (see FIG. 11 (I)), and after the mission production exclusive to the first production mode suggests winning or losing. A notification effect (or failure notification effect) is executed (see FIGS. 11(I) and (J)).

Thus, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIGS. Multiple times of short fluctuation display (short fluctuation 1 to short fluctuation 4), point addition production, arrival notice (success), arrival notice (failure), and judge production 1st production mode exclusive notice production (see FIG. 12: an example of the first production) performed in the production pattern of . The first effect pattern here is a general term for effect patterns that are not selected when the effect is controlled in another effect mode, but can be selected when the effect is controlled in the first effect mode. A large number of effect patterns are prepared as the first effect pattern, some of which are illustrated in FIGS. 12A to 12D.

Although not shown in FIG. 12, in the first presentation mode exclusive announcement presentation of the present embodiment, the points indicated by the point image are increased by executing the point addition presentation one or more times. Therefore, it is possible to effectively improve the player's expectation that the points indicated by the point image reach "100" and develop into the first production mode dedicated mission production through the judge production, and as a result, As such, it is possible to obtain a high performance effect.

Note that if the points indicated by the point image may reach "100" as a result of executing the point addition effect multiple times, the point indicated by the point image may reach "100" by performing the point addition effect once. It may arrive. Also, even if the point addition effect is executed one or more times, the point indicated by the point image does not reach "100" (that is, the judge effect is not executed, so it does not develop into the first effect mode dedicated mission effect. )In some cases.

In addition, in the advance notice effect dedicated to the first effect mode of the present embodiment, the first condition is that the point indicated by the point image reaches "100", and the second condition is that the judge effect is judged as "passed". , are not satisfied, the mission production dedicated to the first production mode is not developed. For this reason, due to the fact that there is only one condition for developing into the first production mode exclusive mission production, the first production mode exclusive announcement production becomes monotonous and the production effect of the first production mode exclusive announcement production becomes monotonous. It is possible to effectively suppress the problem of deterioration.

In addition, in the first production mode exclusive notice effect of the present embodiment, it is suggested in advance that the point indicated by the point image reaches "100" by the arrival notice (success), that is, it develops into a judge effect, When the arrival notice (success) is executed, the point indicated by the point image always reaches "100". Therefore, it is possible to effectively suggest that the judgment effect will be executed by the synergistic effect of the point addition effect and the arrival notice (success).

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the hit notification effect is executed in the first effect mode, the judge effect (see FIG. 11 (H)) and the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode (see FIG. 11 (I)) must go through Since the judge effect is a effect executed as a result of execution of the point addition effect (see FIG. 11(C)) or the arrival notice (success) (see FIG. 11(D)), these point addition effects It can be said that the arrival notice (success) is an "expected effect" that makes one expect that the hit notification effect will be executed in the first effect mode.

FIG. 12 exemplifies some effect patterns out of many effect patterns of the first effect mode-dedicated advance notice effect executed by the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. Thus, the start timing (expected effect start timing) at which the point addition effect or the arrival notice (success) is started is variable depending on the selected effect pattern.

In the first production mode-dedicated advance notice effect, a plurality of timings (starting timing of expected effect) are provided to heighten the player's expectation for the execution of the winning notification effect (that is, the big win), and the timing is selected. The number and combination of timings change depending on the production pattern. For example, in the production pattern exemplified in FIG. 12(A), the first point addition production is started (following the short fluctuation 1) and the start timing of the non-display period, and the second point addition production is started. The start timing of the non-display period (following the short fluctuation 2) and the third point addition effect are started The start timing of the non-display period (following the short fluctuation 3) and the fourth point addition effect are started It is possible to improve the player's expectation for the big win at four timings, ie, the start timing of the non-display period (following the short fluctuation 4). Further, for example, in the effect pattern illustrated in FIG. It is possible to improve the player's sense of expectation for the big win at two timings, ie, the start timing of the non-display period following variation 3).

For this reason, according to the exclusive notice effect for the first effect mode of the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain an extremely high effect compared to the effect in which the timing and the number of timings for increasing the expectation of the player for the big win are fixed. is.

Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, even if the point addition effect is executed, the judgment effect may not be executed after that (see, for example, FIGS. 12A and 12B), When the arrival notice (success) is executed, the judgment performance is always executed thereafter (see, for example, FIGS. 12(C) and (D)). Therefore, the player can enjoy the first presentation mode exclusive notice performance while expecting that the arrival notice (success) will be executed rather than the point addition performance with respect to the expectation performance that expects a big win.

It should be noted that, when the first effect mode exclusive notice effect is executed during the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state, the determination result of the first special symbol determination performed at the start of the variable display of the first special symbol is a "jackpot", the judgment effect is always executed and the game is always judged as "passed". Then, after that, it develops into a dedicated mission effect in the first effect mode, and a winning notification effect is executed (see FIGS. 11(H) to 11(J)). On the other hand, when the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "losing", the longer the variation time of the first special symbol, the easier the judgment performance is executed, and conversely, the shorter the variation time of the first special symbol, the judgment performance. becomes difficult to execute. Further, when the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "losing" and the judgment performance is executed, the longer the fluctuation time of the first special symbol is, the easier it is to be judged as "passed", and conversely, the first special symbol. The shorter the fluctuation time of , the easier it is to be judged as "failed". Here, if it is judged as "passed", although it develops into the first production mode dedicated mission production, the judgment result of the first special symbol judgment performed at the start of the fluctuation is "losing", so the first production After the mode dedicated mission effect, a failure notification effect is executed (see FIGS. 11(H) to 11(J)).

In addition, when the sub CPU 91 shifts the effect mode to the first effect mode during the variable display of the first special symbol in the normal game state and executes the first effect mode exclusive notice effect (see FIG. 8(C)). , Based on the variation start command transmitted from the main control board 80 at the start of the variation display of the first special symbol, the first short which is the number of times the short variation display is performed during the first variation period (see FIG. 12) The number of fluctuations (in this embodiment, it is fixed to four times of short fluctuation 1 to short fluctuation 4), and when the point addition effect (see FIG. 11 (C)) is performed, its start timing (expected effect start timing), When the arrival notice (success) (see FIG. 11 (D)) is performed, the start timing (expected effect start timing), and when the arrival notice (failure) (see FIG. 11 (E)) is performed, the start timing and the start timing of the judgment performance (see FIG. 11(H)).

On the other hand, when the sub CPU 91 shifts the effect mode to the second effect mode during the variable display of the first special symbols in the normal game state and executes the second effect mode exclusive notice effect (see FIG. 8(H)). , Based on the variation start command transmitted from the main control board 80 at the start of the variation display of the first special symbol, the second short which is the number of times the short variation display is performed during the second variation period (see FIG. 10) The number of fluctuations (in this embodiment, any one of 2 short fluctuations A to B to 5 short fluctuations A to E: see FIG. 10) and the production of the suggested character corresponding to the discovered character performed during the second fluctuation period Contents (which character among characters A to D is to be executed for the discovery character corresponding suggestion effect) are set.

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the variation start command transmitted from the main control board 80 at the start of the variation display of the first special symbol accompanied by a change in the performance mode to the first performance mode (or the second performance mode) Based on this, the effect pattern of the first effect mode exclusive notice effect (or the effect pattern of the second effect mode exclusive notice effect) is set to an appropriate effect pattern according to the determination result of the first special symbol determination by the sub CPU 91. be done. For this reason, it is possible to execute the advance notice effect dedicated to the first effect mode and the advance notice effect dedicated to the second effect mode, which are highly interesting.

[About the increase effect]
Next, with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14, the increasing effect executed in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment will be described. Here, FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of a series of effects that constitute the increased effect. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the reliability of the jackpot such as an increased effect.

As described above with reference to FIG. 6, when it develops into normal reach (see FIG. 6(D)), a power icon (see, for example, FIG. 15(D)) that indicates how much power the own character has accumulated during battle with an enemy character is displayed. ) is displayed, and an increase effect for increasing the number indicated by this power icon may be executed (see FIG. 13(B)). This power icon has a function of notifying whether or not the SPSP reach (or story reach) illustrated in FIG. SPSP reach (or story reach) is developed, and unless the number indicated by the power icon finally reaches "100", SPSP reach (or story reach) is not developed.

The increase effect in the present embodiment includes a first increase effect (see FIG. 13(C)), a second increase effect (see FIG. 13(E)), a third increase effect (see FIG. 13(J)), and a It is composed of 4 increase effects (see FIG. 13(K)), and there are cases where all of these 4 increase effects are executed, and there are cases where only a part of these 4 increase effects are executed.

(Omen production)
In addition, when the increase effect is executed, the first increase effect is always executed, and for a part of the case where the first increase effect is executed, the precursor effect (Fig. 13 (A )) may be executed. When the first increase effect is executed, the power icon used for the first increase effect is displayed (see FIG. 13(B)), but as is clear from the descriptions in FIGS. , a pattern in which the power icon is displayed and the first increase performance is executed without executing the precursor performance, and a pattern in which the power icon is displayed and the first increase performance is executed after the precursor performance is executed. And there is.

The portent performance is a performance suggesting in advance that the first increase performance will be executed, and is characterized in that the portent performance is not performed when the first increase performance is not executed. The portent effect in this embodiment is a effect of causing the board lamp 5 (see FIG. 4) to emit light in a predetermined emission color, and as illustrated in FIG. There is an effect, an indication effect of causing the board lamp 5 to emit light in green, and an indication effect to cause the board surface lamp 5 to emit light in red. Although not shown in the figure, when the board lamp 5 emits light in blue, a predetermined blue sound is output from the speaker 38, and when the board lamp 5 emits green light, a predetermined green sound is output. A sound is output from a speaker 38, and a predetermined production sound corresponding to red is output from the speaker 38 when the board lamp 5 emits red light.

As exemplified in FIG. 14A, the reliability of the bonanza effect that causes the board lamp 5 to emit blue light is set to about 7%, and the bonanza reliability of the omen effect that causes the board lamp 5 to emit green light is about It is set to 10%, and the jackpot reliability of the sign effect that makes the board lamp 5 emit red light is set to about 21%. Therefore, the player can recognize in advance that the first increase performance will be executed based on the fact that the precursor performance is executed, and the winning notification performance is executed with the symbol variation in which the precursor performance is executed. It is possible to easily recognize how likely it is to be performed based on the color of light emitted from the board surface lamp 5 (and the effect sound output from the speaker 38) in the prognostic effect.

In this embodiment, the case where the first increase effect is always executed after the execution of the precursor effect will be described as an example, but in other embodiments, even if the first increase effect is not executed, Adopting a configuration that the portent performance may be executed, in other words, a configuration that there are times when the first increase performance is performed after the portent performance and when the first increase performance is not performed after the portent performance. You may In the case of adopting such a configuration, for example, when an indication effect that causes the board lamp 5 to emit blue light is executed, the possibility that the first indication effect will be executed after that is relatively low, and the board lamp 5 is turned off. When the sign performance of emitting light in green is executed, the possibility that the first sign performance is executed after that is medium, and when the sign performance of causing the board lamp 5 to emit light in red is executed, it is carried out after that. It is conceivable to adopt a configuration such that the possibility that the first precursor effect will be executed is relatively high (or that the first precursor effect will always be executed).

In addition, in the present embodiment, a case where two effect means, the board lamp 5 and the speaker 38, are used for the portent effect will be described as an example. is not limited to those exemplified in . That is, in other embodiments, one or three or more effect means may be used for the omen effect. You may use the directing means different from . In addition, the combination of effect means in the case of using a plurality of effect means for the omen effect can be changed as appropriate.

(First increase effect)
Returning to the description of FIG. 13, when the increase effect is executed, the power icon is displayed after the predictive effect (see FIG. 13A) is executed or without the predictive effect being executed (see FIG. 13A). 13(B)). The power icon is an effect image that shows, in numbers, how much power the player character has accumulated during the battle with the enemy character. (for example, see FIGS. 15 to 17 and FIGS. 18 to 20). Since the initial value of the number indicated by the power icon is "00", when the first increase effect is executed for the first time after the power icon is displayed, the number indicated by the power icon will change from "00" to "00". A first increase effect is executed to update the display of the power icon so that it changes to a number greater than (see, for example, FIGS. 15(D) to (G)).

Note that the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment can execute the first increase effect a plurality of times, and the number of times the first increase effect is executed changes according to the number of times the above-described pseudo continuous effect is executed based on FIG. is configured to For example, when the pseudo continuous effect is not executed during the normal reach, even if the first increase effect is executed, the number of executions is one.

On the other hand, when one pseudo-continuous effect is executed during normal reach, the variable display of the effect symbol before the pseudo-continuous effect is performed is the first short variation, which is the pseudo-first-run variable display related to the effect symbol. (See FIG. 7(B)), and the variation display of the performance symbols after the pseudo-continuous performance is performed is the second short variation (see FIG. 7(B)), which is the pseudo second streak variation display related to the performance symbols. ). In this way, during the normal reach, if two short fluctuations, the first short fluctuation and the second short fluctuation, are performed with one pseudo-continuous effect interposed, the first short fluctuation during the first short fluctuation The increasing effect is executed, the first increasing effect is executed for the second time during the second short fluctuation, and as a result, the first increasing effect is executed twice.

Further, when the pseudo-continuous effect is executed twice during the normal reach, the variable display of the effect symbol before the first pseudo-continuous effect is performed is the pseudo-first-stretch variable display related to the effect symbol. 1 short variation (see FIG. 7(C)), and the variation display of the effect symbol from the first pseudo-continuous effect to the second pseudo-continuous effect is the pseudo second effect related to the effect symbol. is the second short fluctuation (see FIG. 7C), which is a fluctuation display of . Then, the variation display of the performance symbols after the second pseudo-continuous performance is performed becomes the third short variation (see FIG. 7(C)) which is the pseudo third-run variation display related to the performance symbols. In this way, during normal reach, if the first short variation, the first pseudo-continuous effect, the second short variation, the second pseudo-continuous effect, and the third short variation are performed in order, 1 during the first short variation The first increase performance is executed for the first time, the first increase performance is executed for the second time during the second short fluctuation, and the first increase performance is executed for the third time during the third short fluctuation, and as a result, three times A first increase effect is executed.

In FIG. 13, after the first increase effect (see FIG. 13(C)) is executed, the pseudo continuous effect (see FIG. 13(D)) is executed, and then the first increase effect (see FIG. 13(C) ) is executed again. Also, FIGS. 15(E) to 15(G) exemplify how the number indicated by the power icon is increased from "00" to "19" by the first increase effect for the first time, and FIGS. (C) illustrates how the number indicated by the power icon is increased from "19" to "45" by the second first increase effect, and FIGS. , the number indicated by the power icon is increased from "45" to "89" by the first increase effect.

For example, in the first case where the first increase effect is executed once during normal reach (when the pseudo continuous effect is not executed), and in the second case where the first increase effect is executed twice during normal reach ( The second case is characterized in that the number indicated by the power icon tends to become a larger value than the first case. In addition, when comparing the second case and the third case in which the first increase effect is executed three times during the normal reach (the case in which the pseudo continuous effect is executed twice), the third case , the number indicated by the power icon tends to be larger than in the second case.

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the greater the number of times the pseudo-continuous effect is executed, the higher the reliability of the big win. Thus, there is a correlation between the pseudo continuous effect and the first increase effect. Therefore, by increasing the number of executions of the first increase effect, the player's expectation for the development of SPSP reach (or story reach) is improved, and by increasing the number of times of execution of the pseudo-continuous effect, the player's expectation is improved. It is possible to improve a player's expectation for execution of a winning notification performance by variation, and to obtain a high performance effect by a synergistic effect between the pseudo-continuous performance and the first increase performance.

Returning to the description of FIG. 13, as a result of executing the first increase effect one or more times during normal reach, if the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX ("100" in this embodiment), The reach effect develops directly from normal reach to SPSP reach (or story reach) (see FIGS. 13(C) and (G), FIGS. 6(D) and (G)).

(Second increase effect)
On the other hand, when the number indicated by the power icon does not reach the MAX as a result of executing the first increase effect one or more times during the normal reach (when MAX is not reached), when the second increase effect is executed (see FIGS. 13(C) and (E)). This second increase effect is a effect of further increasing the number indicated by the power icon increased by the first increase effect. FIG. 16(I) and FIGS. 17(A)-(B) illustrate the execution of the second increase effect in which the number indicated by the power icon, which has been increased to "89" by the first increase effect, reaches the MAX. It is

Here, the first increase effect and the second increase effect have the following differences. That is, the first increase effect is always executed once when the power icon is displayed, whereas the second increase effect may or may not be executed. It is different from the increase production. Further, the number of executions of the first increase effect is variable as described above, whereas the number of times of execution of the second increase effect is fixed to one time. In addition, when the first increase effect is executed one or more times, the number indicated by the power icon may or may not reach the MAX, whereas when the second increase effect is executed. , the number indicated by the power icon always reaches MAX.

As is clear from the above description, the second increase effect is a effect that functions as a definite notification effect that definitely notifies that the number indicated by the power icon has reached MAX. For this reason, during normal reach, if the second increase effect is executed after the first increase effect, the normal reach directly develops into the SPSP reach (or story reach), and the win/loss notification effect ( Win notification effect or loss notification effect) is executed (see FIGS. 13(C), (E), (G), (H) and FIGS. 6(D), (G), (E)).

When the number indicated by the power icon does not reach the MAX (maximum non-reaching) and the second increase effect is not executed even though the first increase effect has been executed one or more times, the winning/losing notification effect is performed as it is with the normal reach. When executed (see FIGS. 13(C) and (F), FIGS. 6(D) and (E)) and when the number indicated by the power icon has not reached MAX (MAX non-reaching state), There is a case where normal reach develops into SP reach (see FIGS. 13(C) and (I), and FIGS. 6(D) and (F)).

As described above, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the number indicated by the power icon does not reach the MAX during normal reach, the loss notification effect may be executed as it is, but it develops into SP reach. Sometimes. Therefore, by adopting a configuration in which a failure notification effect is always executed when the number indicated by the power icon does not reach the MAX, the number indicated by the power icon does not reach the MAX. It is possible to effectively suppress the occurrence of the problem that the player's expectation for the big win is remarkably lowered, and to maintain the player's expectation for the big win for a long period of time.

(3rd increase effect)
As described above, when the number indicated by the power icon does not reach MAX and SP reach develops, the third increase effect is executed during SP reach (see FIGS. 13(I) and (J)). This third increase effect is a effect of further increasing the number of the power icon that has been increased by the first increase effect one or more times. FIG. 18 exemplifies a series of effect displays showing how the number of the power icon increased to "38" by the first increase effect during normal reach is gradually increased by the third increase effect.

The first increase effect and the second increase effect described above are effects performed regardless of the player's operation of the first effect button 35 (or the second effect button 36). On the other hand, the third increase effect is an effect performed in response to an operation by the player, and is composed of a first effect button operation promotion effect and a power addition effect. The first effect button operation promotion effect (for example, see FIG. 18(E)) is an effect that prompts the player to operate the first effect button 35, and includes a first effect button image imitating the first effect button 35, This is an effect that displays a valid period gauge that indicates the remaining time of the valid period in which the operation of the first effect button 35 is effective. The power addition effect (see, for example, FIGS. 18F to 18G) displays a number (addition number) that is added to the number indicated by the power icon in accordance with the operation of the first effect button 35 during the valid period. After that, the display of the power icon is updated so that the number indicated by the power icon represents the number obtained by adding the added number. In FIGS. 18F to 18G, after "+13" is displayed as the additional number, the power icon indicating "38" is displayed so as to indicate "51" (=38+15) obtained by adding the additional number. is exemplified how the display of is updated.

In the third increase effect, the number indicated by the power icon is increased step by step by alternately repeating the first effect button operation promotion effect and the power addition effect. When the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX as a result of the execution of the third increase effect configured with such multiple power addition effects, a fourth increase effect (Fig. 13 (K )) is not executed, it develops into SPSP reach (or story reach), and the win-lose notification effect (hit notification effect or loss notification effect) is executed in the reach effect of the development destination (Fig. 13(J), (L), (M)).

Thus, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, not only when the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX during normal reach, but also when the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX during SP reach, SPSP It will develop into reach (or story reach). For this reason, even if the number indicated by the power icon does not reach MAX during normal reach, by displaying the power icon even during SP reach and executing the third increase effect, SPSP reach (or story reach) It is possible to keep the player's expectation for the big win over a long period of time by making the player expect the game to develop.

(4th increase effect)
In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 13, when the third increase effect (for example, see FIG. 13 (J)) is executed, then the fourth increase effect (see FIG. 13 (K)) is executed. Sometimes it doesn't work. The fourth increase effect (see, for example, FIG. 20A) is an effect that is executed for a part of cases where the number indicated by the power icon does not reach MAX even though the third increase effect is executed. It has a function to ensure that the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX. That is, while the above-described second increase effect is executed during normal reach, the fourth increase effect is different from the second increase effect in that it is executed during SP reach, which is different from normal reach. This is common with the second increase effect in that the number indicated by the icon always reaches the MAX, and similarly to the second increase effect, the confirmation notification that definitely notifies that the number indicated by the power icon reaches the MAX. It can be said that it is a production that functions as a production.

On the other hand, when the fourth increase effect is not executed after the third increase effect, if the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX due to the third increase effect, SPSP reach develops (FIGS. 13 (J) and (L) See), if the number indicated by the power icon does not reach the MAX, the winning/losing notification effect (win notification effect or losing notification effect) will be executed in SP reach (see FIGS. 13(J) and (M)). ).

Up to this point, when the win-lose notification effect is executed in normal reach, when the normal reach develops into SP reach and the win-lose notification effect is executed, the normal reach directly develops into SPSP reach (or story reach) and the win-lose notification effect is executed. In this case, the increase effect executed when the normal reach develops to the SP reach (or story reach) via the SP reach and the winning/losing notification effect is executed has been explained. On the other hand, when normal reach develops into character reach (see FIG. 6(I)), a different effect than the increase effect described above based on FIG. 13 is executed during character reach as a effect using the power icon. be done.

Specifically, as the character reach, a reach effect is executed showing that a predetermined character aims to acquire an icon (MAX icon) including the letters MAX. Here, when a predetermined character succeeds in acquiring the MAX icon, the MAX icon is displayed in a large size in the center area of the display screen 70, and this MAX icon moves to the power icon, and the number indicated by the power icon is changed to "100". A change effect display is performed to change to . When this change effect display is executed, whatever the number indicated by the power icon is less than "100", that number reaches MAX (that is, "100").

In this way, when the MAX icon is displayed large during character reach and the above change effect display is performed, a predetermined development effect is performed, and character reach develops into SPSP reach (or story reach). becomes (see FIGS. 6(I) and (G)).

On the other hand, when the predetermined character fails to obtain the MAX icon, the MAX icon is not displayed large in the central area of the display screen 70, and the power icon indicating a number less than "100" continues to be displayed. It is informed that character reach does not develop into SPSP reach (or story reach). In this case, in most cases, a loss notification effect is executed in which the three production patterns showing the reach-losing numbers are pseudo-stopped and then the real stop is performed, but although the possibility is extremely low, the three production patterns showing the doubles are pseudo-stopped. A win notification effect may be executed after the game is stopped (see FIGS. 6(I) and (H)).

(About power icon jackpot reliability)
FIG. 14B illustrates the jackpot reliability for each power icon rank. The power icon described above with reference to FIG. 13 and the like has a feature that the number indicated by the power icon increases as part of the first to fourth increase effects is executed. be. Then, when the number indicated by the power icon finally reaches MAX, it is notified that it will develop into SPSP reach (or story reach), and when the number indicated by the power icon does not finally reach MAX, SPSP Reach (or story reach) is notified that it will not develop.

In this way, the power icon, which notifies whether or not SPSP Reach (or Story Reach) develops depending on whether the number reaches MAX, may change the display color according to the change in the number. There is also the other characteristic that there is In the present embodiment, the display color of the power icon can be changed in order of blue, yellow, green, red, gold, and rainbow by the increase effect described above with reference to FIG. The display of the power icon is controlled so that the display color of the icon does not change from yellow to blue or from gold to green.

As exemplified in FIG. 14, the power icon has six ranks, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, depending on the display color and numerical range. are categorized. The power icon of the first rank has a blue display color and can take any numerical value from '00' to '19'. In addition, the reliability of the jackpot that displays the power icon of the first rank (blue) is about 1%, and if the rank of the power icon does not rise from the first rank to a higher rank, the winning The possibility that the notification effect will be executed is extremely low. Also, the maximum number indicated by the power icon of the first rank (blue) is "19". For this reason, while the power icon of the first rank (blue) is displayed, normal reach does not progress directly to SPSP reach (or story reach). ) and (E)), develops from normal reach to SP reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (F)), or develops from normal reach to character reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (I)) (See FIG. 14(B)).

The power icon of the second rank has a yellow display color and can take any numerical value from '20' to '50'. In addition, the reliability of the jackpot for displaying the power icon of the second rank (yellow) is about 3%, and if the rank of the power icon does not rise from the second rank to a higher rank, the hit The possibility that the notification effect will be executed is quite low. Also, the maximum number indicated by the power icon of the second rank (yellow) is "50". For this reason, while the power icon of the second rank (yellow) is displayed, normal reach does not progress directly to SPSP reach (or story reach). ) and (E)), develops from normal reach to SP reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (F)), or develops from normal reach to character reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (I)) (See FIG. 14(B)).

The power icon of the third rank has a green display color and can take any numerical value from '51' to '99'. In addition, the reliability of the jackpot that displays the power icon of the third rank (green) is about 7%, and if the rank of the power icon does not rise from the third rank to a higher rank, the hit The possibility that the notification effect will be executed is relatively low. Also, the maximum number indicated by the power icon of the third rank (green) is "99". For this reason, normal reach does not progress directly to SPSP reach (or story reach) while the power icon of the third rank (green) is displayed. ) and (E)), develops from normal reach to SP reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (F)), or develops from normal reach to character reach (see FIGS. 6(D) and (I)) (See FIG. 14(B)).

The power icon of the fourth rank is displayed in red, and the number indicated by the power icon is only "100". In addition, the reliability of the jackpot that displays the power icon of the 4th rank (red) is about 23%, and if the rank of the power icon does not rise from the 4th rank to a higher rank, the hit The possibility that the notification effect will be executed is high, and the hit notification effect will be executed approximately once every four times when the power icon of the fourth rank is displayed. Also, since the number indicated by the 4th rank (red) power icon is "100", when the 4th rank (red) power icon is displayed, the development to SPSP reach (or story reach) is strong. If the 4th rank (red) power icon is displayed during SP reach, then it will develop into SPSP reach (or story reach), and the 4th rank (red) power icon will be displayed during normal reach. In that case, it will develop directly into SPSP reach (or story reach) without going through other reach effects such as SP reach.

The power icon of the fifth rank is displayed in gold, and the number indicated by the power icon is only "100", which is the same as the power icon of the fourth rank. In addition, the reliability of the jackpot that displays the power icon of the 5th rank (gold) is about 49%, and if the rank of the power icon does not rise from the 5th rank to a higher rank, the hit The possibility that the notification effect will be executed is extremely high, and the hit notification effect will be executed approximately once every two times when the power icon of the fifth rank is displayed. In addition, since the number indicated by the 5th rank (golden) power icon is "100", when the 5th rank (golden) power icon is displayed, the development to SPSP reach (or story reach) is strong. Then, if the 5th rank (gold) power icon is displayed during SP reach, then it will develop into SPSP reach (or story reach), and the 5th rank (gold) power icon will be displayed during normal reach. In that case, it will develop directly into SPSP reach (or story reach) without going through other reach effects such as SP reach.

The power icon of the sixth rank has a display color of rainbow, and the number indicated by the power icon is "77" or "100". The 6th rank (rainbow color) power icon that shows the number "77" is the number that stops at the rainbow color "77" while the number of the 3rd rank (green) power icon increases. be. The reliability of the effect of displaying the power icon of the sixth rank (rainbow color) is 100%, and when the power icon of the sixth rank (rainbow color) is displayed, the big win becomes strong. If the 6th rank (rainbow color) power icon showing the number "100" is displayed during normal reach, it will develop directly into SPSP reach (or story reach) without going through SP reach, In the ready-to-win production, the winning notification production is always executed. Also, if the 6th rank (rainbow color) power icon showing the number "100" is displayed during SP reach, then it will develop into SPSP reach (or story reach), and be sure to A hit notification effect is executed.

Also, if the 6th rank (rainbow color) power icon showing the number "77" is displayed during normal reach, the number will remain as rainbow color "77" and will develop into SP reach. . If the number is maintained as the rainbow-colored "77" even during the SP reach, the hit notification effect is always executed in the SP reach. On the other hand, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the number indicated by the power icon may change from rainbow-colored "77" to rainbow-colored "100" during SP reach. (or story reach), and the hit notification effect is always executed in the reach effect of the development destination.

In addition, for example, after executing the increase effect (for example, the first increase effect) with the power icon of the first rank (blue: an example of the first display color) displayed, the first rank (blue: common display color) example), and a second case of displaying a power icon of the second rank (yellow: an example of the second display color). Comparing the first case and the second case here, the second case has a higher possibility of executing the winning notification effect than the first case (higher jackpot reliability), In addition, since the number indicated by the power icon becomes a larger number (a number closer to MAX), it can be said that there is a high possibility that SPSP reach or story reach will be executed. Also, the rank of the power icon does not necessarily increase by one level. power icon may change to a 4th rank (red) power icon.

(Regarding the jackpot reliability of the movable decorative lighting effect)
In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, when the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX during normal reach and develops directly into SPSP reach (or story reach), and when the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX during SP reach. When developing into SPSP reach (or story reach), and when the number indicated by the power icon reaches MAX due to the change effect display by the MAX icon during character reach and develops into SPSP reach (or story reach), A movable decoration lighting effect may be executed. In this movable decorative light emitting effect, the movable decorative member 14 is moved from the initial position to the operating position, and the movable decorative member 14 (the color LED incorporated in the movable decorative member 14) placed at the operating position emits a predetermined light. It is a production that emits light in color.

In the movable decorative light emitting effect, the movable decorative member 14 may emit white light or may emit red light. As illustrated in FIG. 14C, the movable decorative member 14 emits white light. The jackpot reliability of the effect is about 21%, and the jackpot reliability of the movable decorative light emitting effect in which the movable decorative member 14 emits red light is about 60%.

In the present embodiment, the case where the movable decorative light emitting effect is always executed when the SPSP reach (or story reach) develops will be described as an example, but the movable decorative light emitting effect in which the movable decorative member 14 emits white light will be described as an example. is performed, when the movable decorative light emitting effect in which the movable decorative member 14 emits red light is performed, and when the movable decorative light emitting effect is not performed. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to cause the movable decorative light emitting effect to function as a so-called chance-up effect.

(Increase effect when developing directly from normal reach to SPSP reach)
Next, with reference to FIGS. 15 to 17, a specific example of the increase performance performed when the normal reach is directly developed to the SPSP reach will be described. Here, FIGS. 15 to 17 are screen diagrams showing a specific example of the increase effect that is performed when the normal reach (see FIG. 6(D)) develops directly into the SPSP reach (see FIG. 6(G)).

In FIG. 15(A), in the display screen 70, with two pending icons displayed in the pending icon display area 71, the first special symbol determination corresponding to the icon displayed in the icon display area 72 is performed. In order to notify that the determination result is "losing", along with the stopping display of the losing pattern as the first special pattern, the three production patterns showing the loose eyes of "836" are actually stopped. exemplified. In this way, when a predetermined fixed time (in this embodiment, 0.6 seconds) elapses after the losing symbol is stopped and displayed as the first special symbol, the earliest pending icon displayed in the pending icon display area 71 is displayed. The first special symbol determination corresponding to the icon (here, green pending icon) is executed. Then, when the determination result of this first special symbol determination is "jackpot" and a variation effect pattern that develops directly from normal reach to SPSP reach is selected as the variation pattern of the first special symbol, the following effects is done.

That is, as the variable display of the first special symbol is started in response to the execution of the first special symbol determination corresponding to the first pending icon (here, the green pending icon), the pending icon display The first suspended icon displayed in the area 71 shifts to the icon display area 72, and the remaining suspended icons displayed in the suspended icon display area 71 shift to the icon display area 72 side within the suspended icon display area 71. , and the scroll display of three symbol rows is started (see FIGS. 15A and 15B).

When a predetermined time elapses after the start of the scrolling display of the three pattern rows, a dialogue forewarning effect image showing a manner in which a prescribed character utters a dialogue is displayed on a display screen 70, and the dialogue is output from a speaker 38.例文帳に追加A speech announcement effect is executed (see FIG. 15(C)). This speech notice effect is a notice effect suggesting the degree of reliability of the big win based on the type of the predetermined character, the content of the words spoken by the predetermined character, the color of the text of the words, etc. FIG. In order to suggest that the price is slightly higher, a state in which a dialogue forewarning effect image showing a state in which a predetermined character utters the dialogue "Maybe this change is a chance!?" is displayed is exemplified. It should be noted that, with the start of this dialog forewarning effect, the three symbol rows are variably displayed in the upper right region of the display screen 70 with small symbols displayed. Various effects are performed using the central area.

After a predetermined period of time has passed since the speech announcement effect was executed, the power icon is displayed in the lower right region of the display screen 70 (see FIGS. 15(D) and 13(B)). This power icon, as described above, is an icon that indicates how much power is accumulated in the player's own character who battles with the enemy character, and its initial value is "00". Therefore, FIG. 15D illustrates a state in which a power icon indicating the number "00" is displayed. Note that the power icon indicating the number "00" is a power icon classified as the first rank, so its display color is blue and its jackpot reliability is about 1% (Fig. 15 (D) , see FIG. 14(B)).

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 15, there is a case where an indication effect using the board surface lamp 5 and the speaker 38 is executed before the power icon is displayed. This portent effect is as described above with reference to FIG. 13(A) and the like.

When the power icon indicating the initial value "00" is displayed as described above, 1 The first increase effect is executed for the first time (see FIGS. 15(E) to 15(G)). The first increase effect may be any effect as long as it increases the number indicated by the power icon, but in this embodiment, a predetermined character throws one item at the power icon, It is configured as an effect that increases the number indicated by the icon. FIGS. 15(E) to 15(G) illustrate how the first increase effect is executed to increase the number indicated by the power icon from "00" to "19".

Note that the power icon immediately after the first increase effect is executed for the first time indicates "19" as exemplified in FIG. 15(G), and as exemplified in FIG. It is a power icon classified into the first rank. Before and after the first increase effect illustrated in FIGS. 15(E) to (G) is executed, the number indicated by the power icon increases from "00" to "19", but the rank of the power icon is the rank. It remains 1 and does not change. Therefore, in the first increase effect of the first time, the display color of the power icon does not change from blue, and the reliability of the big win indicated by the power icon remains about 1% (Fig. 14 (B), Fig. 15 (E) and (G)).

In this way, when the first short variation, which is the variation display of the pseudo first run related to the effect symbol, is performed, the pseudo-continuous effect is executed (see FIG. 15(H)). Specifically, the scrolling speed of the left symbol row slows down and the left symbols (for example, left two symbols) are stopped in a simulated manner. The right pattern (for example, the right 3 patterns, which is different from the stopped left pattern) is pseudo-stopped, after which the scroll speed of the middle pattern row is reduced, and 7 patterns ( An effect display is performed in which the middle 7 symbols) are stopped in a simulated manner.

In this way, when 7 patterns in the middle row are pseudo-stopped after the pseudo-stop of the left and right symbols, which are different from each other, the pseudo-first variation display (first short variation) related to the pseudo-figure pattern is simulated. The second change display (second short change) is started (see FIGS. 15(H) and (I)). Specifically, after the characters “×2” suggesting the start of the pseudo second variable display are largely displayed in the central region of the display screen 70, the characters “×2” are displayed on the upper left of the display screen 70. It moves to the square area and is displayed small, and along with this, the scroll display of the three symbol rows in the effect symbol display area 73 is resumed.

In the second short variation developed in this way, the first increase effect is executed for the second time (see FIGS. 16A to 16C). In the second first increase effect, a predetermined character throws two items at the power icon, and effect display is performed to increase the number indicated by the power icon from "19" to "45".

Note that the power icon immediately before the second first increase effect is executed indicates "19" as exemplified in FIG. See FIG. 14(B)). On the other hand, the power icon immediately after the first increase effect is executed for the second time indicates "45" as exemplified in FIG. See FIG. 14(B)). In the second first increase performance, since the number indicated by the power icon has not reached the MAX, the player sees the power icon, and at this point there is a possibility that SPSP reach (or story reach) will not develop. High can be easily recognized. On the other hand, the second first increase effect here is an increase effect in which the power icon of the first rank is changed to the power icon of the second rank, so the display color of the power icon changes from blue to yellow. (See FIGS. 15(G) and 16(C)), and the player can easily recognize that the reliability of the big win has increased to about 3% based on the changed display color of the power icon. is possible.

Thus, when the second first increase effect is executed in the second short fluctuation, the second pseudo-continuous effect is executed thereafter (see FIG. 16(D)). Specifically, the scrolling speed of the left symbol row slows down and the left symbols (for example, the left 4 symbols) are stopped in a simulated manner. A right pattern (for example, right 5 patterns) which is different from the stopped left pattern is pseudo-stopped, and then the scroll speed of the central pattern row is lowered and the middle 7 patterns are pseudo-stopped.

In this way, when the 7 patterns in the middle row are pseudo-stopped after the pseudo-stop of the left and right symbols, which are different from each other, the pseudo-second row fluctuation display (second short fluctuation) related to the production pattern follows. The pseudo third-run variation display (third short variation) is started (see FIGS. 16(D) and (E)). Specifically, after the characters “×3” suggesting the start of the pseudo third variable display are largely displayed in the central area of the display screen 70, the characters “×3” are displayed on the upper left of the display screen 70. It moves to the square area and is displayed small, and along with this, the scroll display of the three symbol rows in the effect symbol display area 73 is resumed.

In the third short variation developed in this way, the third first increase effect is executed (see FIGS. 16(F) to (H)). In the third first increase effect, a specified character throws three items at the power icon to increase the number indicated by the power icon from "45" to "89".

Note that the power icon immediately before the third first increase effect is executed indicates "45" as exemplified in FIG. See FIG. 14(B)). On the other hand, the power icon immediately after the first increase effect is executed for the third time indicates "89" as exemplified in FIG. See FIG. 14(B)). In the third first increase effect, the number indicated by the power icon has not reached the MAX, so the player sees the power icon, and at this point there is a possibility that SPSP reach (or story reach) will not develop. High can be easily recognized. On the other hand, the third first increase effect here is an increase effect of changing the power icon of the second rank to the power icon of the third rank, so the display color of the power icon changes from yellow to green. (See FIGS. 16C and 16H), and the player can easily recognize that the reliability of the big win has increased to about 7% based on the changed display color of the power icon. is.

In FIG. 16(I), although the first increase effect was executed three times, the number indicated by the power icon did not reach "100", and the predetermined character uttered the words "Unfortunately...". An example is shown in which a failure-indicating production is performed to express the disappointment. Here, the execution of the second increase effect (see FIG. 13(E)) after the first increase effect (see FIG. 13(C)) three times is set at the start of the variable display of the first special symbol this time. If so, the following effects will occur.

That is, when the number indicated by the power icon does not reach the MAX even though the first increase effect is executed, the second increase effect is executed to make the number reach the MAX (Fig. 17(A) and (B)). In FIGS. 17A and 17B, a companion character who is a friend of the predetermined character that appeared in the first increase effect appears, and the friend character attacks the power icon with a ray gun to increase the power. It illustrates how the second increase effect is executed to change the number of the icon to MAX "100". In addition, FIG. 17B also illustrates how a predetermined character is pleased that the number of the power icon has reached MAX as a result of the execution of the second increase effect.

Note that FIG. 17(B) exemplifies a state in which a power icon of the fourth rank (red) indicating the number "100" is displayed as a result of the execution of the second increase effect. Instead of the 4th rank (red), the 5th rank (gold) power icon indicating the number "100" or the 6th rank (rainbow) power icon indicating the number "100" may be displayed. be.

Thus, when the second increase effect is executed during normal reach and the number of the power icon reaches MAX, a predetermined development effect is performed (see FIGS. 17(C) and (D)). Specifically, in the effect symbol display area 73 (see FIG. 2), for example, the left three symbols and the right three symbols are virtually simultaneously stopped to establish a ready-to-win state, and the middle symbol row is scrolled at a low speed. A display is made (see FIG. 17C). At that time, the effect patterns constituting the middle pattern row are temporarily visible, but after that, the scroll speed of the middle row pattern row increases and the middle pattern becomes difficult to identify. . Then, in the process of moving to the upper left area of the display screen 70 while the left 3 designs are reduced, they rotate once clockwise about the scroll direction as the axial direction and then move to the upper left area. In the process of moving to the upper right area of the display screen 70 while being reduced, it rotates clockwise once with the scroll direction as its axis and then moves to the upper right area (see FIGS. 17C and 17D). After that, until the final stage of the variable display of the first special symbol, the left three symbols are displayed in the upper left area in a pseudo-stop manner, and the right three symbols are maintained in a pseudo-stop manner in the upper right area (FIG. 17). (E) to (H)).

When the development effect is performed in this way, an SPSP ready-to-win effect image, which is a effect image related to SPSP ready-to-win, is displayed on the display screen 70, and SPSP ready-to-win is started (see FIGS. 17(D) and (E)). . As a result, although not shown in FIG. 17(E), for example, an effect display is performed showing how the player's own character, whose power has accumulated to MAX, battles an enemy character. After that, when the end of the SPSP reach is reached, a first effect button operation promotion effect is performed to prompt the player to operate the first effect button 35 (see FIG. 17(F)). Specifically, a first effect button image imitating the first effect button 35 and a validity period gauge indicating the remaining time of the validity period during which the operation of the first effect button 35 is valid are displayed.

A cut-in occurs at the timing when the first effect button 35 is operated during the effective period related to the first effect button operation promotion effect, or at the timing when the effective period ends without the first effect button 35 being operated. (See FIG. 17(G)). This cut-in is one of the forewarning effects that foretell the possibility of a big win. For example, a predetermined cut-in image is displayed superimposed on the effect image (other than the ready-to-win pattern) displayed on the display screen 70. It is a production that makes This cut-in includes a weak cut-in that superimposes a weak cut-in image representing one character, a medium cut-in that superimposes a medium cut-in image representing two characters, and three characters. There is a strong cut-in that superimposes a strong cut-in image, and when these cut-ins are arranged in order from the lowest to the highest reliability of the big hit, the order is weak cut-in, medium cut-in, and strong cut-in. FIG. 17(G) illustrates how a strong cut-in occurs among these three types of cut-ins (see FIG. 17(G)).

When the cut-in occurs in this way and the SPSP reach ends, a second effect button operation promotion effect is performed to prompt the player to operate the second effect button 36 (see FIG. 17(H)). In the second effect button operation promotion effect, during the effective period, a second effect button image imitating the second effect button 36, characters indicating the operation content of the second effect button 36 "Press!" A valid period gauge showing the remaining time of the

When the second effect button 36 is operated during the valid period related to the second effect button operation promoting effect, as an operation corresponding effect corresponding to the operation, the three effect patterns showing doubles are stopped in a simulated manner, and then the main effect is performed. A stop notification effect is performed (see FIGS. 17(H) and (I)).

It should be noted that here, since the determination result of the first special symbol determination performed at the start of the variable display of the first special symbol this time is "jackpot", a hit notification effect is performed as an operation corresponding effect, but this time When the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "losing", as the performance corresponding to the operation, the three performance symbols showing the reach-losing eye are pseudo-stopped, and then the loss notification performance is performed for the real stop.

(Increase effect when developing from normal reach to SP reach via SP reach)
Next, with reference to FIGS. 18 to 20, a specific example of an increase effect that is performed in the case of developing from normal reach to SP reach via SP reach will be described. Here, FIGS. 18 to 20 are executed when developing from normal reach (see FIG. 6(D)) to SP reach (see FIG. 6(F)) to SPSP reach (see FIG. 6(G)). It is a screen diagram showing a specific example of the increase effect that is displayed. Here, in the case where the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "losing" and a variation performance pattern that develops from normal reach to SP reach via SP reach is selected as the variation pattern of the first special symbol, A description will be given of the flow of effects after the first increase effect is executed one or more times during normal reach.

In FIG. 18(A), during normal reach, the number indicated by the power icon does not reach MAX even though the first increase effect is executed one or more times, and the above-described based on FIG. 16(I) Similarly, the manner in which the failure-suggesting effect is being executed is illustrated. The number indicated by the power icon here is "38", and since it is a power icon classified into the second rank, its display color is yellow.

After the failure suggestive effect (see FIG. 18 (A)) is executed, the second increase effect (see FIG. 13 (E)) may develop into SP reach (see FIG. 13 (I)) instead of being executed. )reference). In this case, the development effect (see FIGS. 18B and 18C) is executed following the failure suggestive effect (see FIG. 18A), and the SP reach is started (see FIG. 18D )reference). It should be noted that the development effect here is performed in the same manner as the development effect described above based on FIGS. detailed description is omitted.

When the development effect is performed in this way, an SP ready-to-win effect image, which is a effect image related to SP ready-to-win, is displayed on the display screen 70, and SP ready-to-win is started (see FIGS. 18(C) and (D)). . When the SP reach is started in this manner, the third increase effect is executed (see FIGS. 13(I) and (J)). This third increase performance is a performance that alternately repeats the first performance button operation promotion performance and the power addition performance, and each time the power addition performance is executed, the number indicated by the power icon increases step by step. Become.

FIG. 18(E) illustrates a state in which the first effect button operation promotion effect constituting the third increase effect is being performed. A first effect button image imitating the first effect button 35 and an effective period gauge indicating the remaining time of the effective period during which the operation of the first effect button 35 is effective are displayed. When the first effect button 35 is operated during the valid period related to the first first effect button operation promotion effect, or when the effective period ends without the first effect button 35 being operated, power addition effect is performed (see FIGS. 18(F) and (G)). Specifically, "+13" is displayed in the central area of the display screen 70 as an additional number to be added to the number indicated by the power icon, and immediately after that, the power icon indicating "38" adds the additional number to "51". ” (=38+15). Since the number indicated by this updated power icon is "51", the power icon here is displayed as a power icon of the third rank (green).

When the first power addition effect is executed in this manner, the second first effect button operation promotion effect is performed (see FIG. 18(H)). Note that the first effect button operation promotion effect here is performed in the same manner as the first effect button operation promotion effect described above based on FIG. .

When the first effect button 35 is operated during the effective period related to the second first effect button operation promotion effect, or when the effective period ends without the first effect button 35 being operated, the power addition effect is performed. (See FIGS. 18(I) and 19(A)). Specifically, "+16" is displayed in the central area of the display screen 70 as an additional number to be added to the number indicated by the power icon, and immediately after that, the power icon indicating "51" adds the additional number to "67". ” (=51+16). The number indicated by this updated power icon is "67". Therefore, the power icon here is a power icon of the third rank (green), and although the number has increased from "51" to "67", the display color remains green.

When the second power addition effect is executed in this manner, the third first effect button operation promotion effect is performed (see FIG. 19B). Note that the first effect button operation promotion effect here is performed in the same manner as the first effect button operation promotion effect described above based on FIG. .

When the first effect button 35 is operated during the effective period related to the third first effect button operation promotion effect, or when the effective period ends without the first effect button 35 being operated, the power addition effect is performed. (See FIGS. 19C and 19D). Specifically, "+22" is displayed in the central area of the display screen 70 as an additional number to be added to the number indicated by the power icon, and immediately after that, the power icon indicating "67" adds the additional number to "89". '' (=67+22). The number indicated by this updated power icon is "89". Therefore, the power icon here is a power icon of the third rank (green), and although the number has increased from "67" to "89", the display color remains green.

When the third power addition effect is executed in this manner, the fourth first effect button operation promotion effect is performed (see FIG. 19(E)). Note that the first effect button operation promotion effect here is performed in the same manner as the first effect button operation promotion effect described above based on FIG. .

When the first effect button 35 is operated during the effective period related to the fourth first effect button operation promotion effect, or when the effective period ends without the first effect button 35 being operated, the power addition effect is performed. (See FIGS. 19F and 19G). Specifically, "+9" is displayed in the center area of the display screen 70 as an additional number to be added to the number indicated by the power icon, and immediately after that, the power icon indicating "89" adds the additional number to "98". ” (=89+9). The number indicated by this updated power icon is "98". Therefore, the power icon here is a power icon of the third rank (green), and although the number has increased from "89" to "98", the display color remains green.

The power addition effect exemplified in FIGS. 19F and 19G is the last power addition effect among the power addition effects of a plurality of times constituting the third increase effect. Although this final power addition effect has been executed, if the number indicated by the power icon does not reach MAX, the failure suggestive effect may be executed in the same manner as described above with reference to FIG. 18(A). (See FIG. 19(H)).

Here, since the effect pattern is set to develop the reach effect from the SP reach to the SP reach, the fourth increase effect is executed so that the number indicated by the power icon reaches the MAX (Fig. 19 ( I) and FIG. 20(A)). In FIGS. 19(I) and 20(A), a fellow character different from the fellow character that appeared in the second increase effect (see FIG. 17(A)) appears, and the fellow character that has appeared is "+2". A state is exemplified in which a fourth increase effect is executed in which a number is presented and the number of the power icon is changed from "98" to "100". In addition, FIG. 20A also shows a predetermined character happily thanking fellow characters for reaching the MAX number of the power icon as a result of executing the fourth increase effect. exemplified.

Note that FIG. 20(A) exemplifies how a fourth rank (red) power icon indicating the number “100” is displayed as a result of the execution of the fourth increase effect. Instead of the 4th rank (red), the 5th rank (gold) power icon indicating the number "100" or the 6th rank (rainbow) power icon indicating the number "100" may be displayed. be.

In this way, when the fourth increase effect is executed during SP reach and the number of the power icon reaches MAX, the development effect is executed (see FIGS. 20A and 20B). Specifically, a predetermined development effect image is displayed on the display screen 70 to represent how the ready-to-win effect develops from SP ready-to-win to SP ready-to-win. Then, an SPSP ready-to-win effect image, which is an effect image related to the SPSP ready-to-win game, is displayed on the display screen 70, and the SPSP ready-to-win game is started (see FIGS. 20B and 20C). As a result, although not shown in FIG. 20(C), for example, an effect display showing a state in which the own character whose power has accumulated to the MAX battles an enemy character is performed. After that, when the end of the SPSP reach is approached, the first effect button operation promotion effect is performed (see FIG. 20(D)) in the same manner as described above with reference to FIG. 17(F).

Then, at the timing when the first effect button 35 is operated during the effective period related to the first effect button operation promotion effect, or at the timing when the effective period ends without the first effect button 35 being operated, the cut-in is performed. is generated (see FIG. 20(E)). FIG. 20(E) illustrates how a weak cut-in out of the weak cut-in, medium cut-in, and strong cut-in described above occurs. In some cases.

When the cut-in occurs in this way and the end of SPSP reach is reached, the second effect button operation promotion effect is performed in the same manner as described above with reference to FIG. 17(H) (see FIG. 20(F)). On the other hand, when the second effect button 36 is operated during the effective period related to the second effect button operation promotion effect, as the operation corresponding effect corresponding to the operation, reach losing eyes (here, "454") After pseudo-stopping the three production symbols showing , a loss notification production is performed (see FIG. 20(G)).

In addition, here, since the judgment result of the first special symbol determination performed at the start of the variable display of the first special symbol is "loss", the case where the loss notification effect is performed as the operation corresponding effect is taken as an example. As explained above, when the judgment result of the first special symbol judgment this time is "big hit", as an operation corresponding production, the three production symbols showing double eyes are stopped in a simulated manner, and then the hit notification production is performed. done.

(Modified example of increased effect)
Up to this point, a specific example of the increase effect has been described, but the following configuration may be adopted for the increase effect. That is, in this embodiment, the case where the initial value of the number indicated by the power icon is fixed to "00" will be described as an example, but the initial value of the number indicated by the power icon may be variable. That is, in addition to the first increase effect of changing the number indicated by the power icon from "00" to a number larger than "00", the number indicated by the power icon is changed to a predetermined value larger than "00" (for example, "15"). ”) to a number larger than the predetermined value.

When adopting such a configuration, the predetermined value may be any number between the minimum number "00" and the maximum number "100" indicated by the power icon. For example, the predetermined value may be appropriately changed according to the determination result of the first special symbol determination or the variation pattern of the selected first special symbol. In this case, for example, the initial value is determined by a performance lottery, and when the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "big win", the predetermined value is likely to be determined to a relatively large value, which is "losing". In this case, it is conceivable to adopt a configuration in which the predetermined value is easily determined to be a relatively small value. In addition, when the variation pattern of the first special symbol in which the variation time of the first special symbol is relatively short is selected, the predetermined value is likely to be determined to be a relatively small value, and the variation time of the first special symbol is When a relatively long first special symbol variation pattern is selected, if a configuration is adopted in which the predetermined value is likely to be determined to a relatively large value, the initial value of the number indicated by the power icon (here, the predetermined value) can indicate the reliability of the jackpot.

Further, in this embodiment, the case where the first increase effect is executed irrespective of the operation by the player has been described as an example. A configuration may be adopted in which the first effect button operation promotion effect is executed during the effective period, and the first increase effect is executed each time the first effect button 35 is operated during the effective period.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the number of executions of the first increase effect changes according to the number of times of execution of the pseudo-continuous effect has been described as an example, but in other embodiments, the number of times of execution of the pseudo-continuous effect A configuration in which the number of executions of the first increase effect is changed or a configuration in which the number of times of execution of the first increase effect is fixed may be adopted.

Also, in the present embodiment, the case where the number indicated by the power icon always reaches MAX when the second increase effect is executed has been described as an example, but in other embodiments, the second increase effect is executed. In this case, a configuration may be employed in which the number indicated by the power icon sometimes reaches MAX and sometimes does not reach MAX. Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the number indicated by the power icon always reaches MAX when the fourth increase effect is executed has been described as an example, but in other embodiments, the fourth increase effect is executed. In this case, a configuration may be employed in which the number indicated by the power icon sometimes reaches MAX and sometimes does not reach MAX.

Also, in this embodiment, the case where the maximum value of the number indicated by the power icon is "100" will be described as an example, but the maximum value is not limited to this. It goes without saying that it may be

The RAM configuration of the main control board 80 for realizing the effects described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 20 and the processing performed by each control board will be described below.

[Configuration example of main RAM 83]
FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram for explaining storage areas of the main RAM 83 and information stored in each storage area. As exemplified in FIG. 21A, the main RAM 83 includes a determination storage area 830 as a storage area for storing acquisition information acquired when a game ball wins the first start hole 21, and a special FIG. 1-first reservation storage area 831, special figure 1-second reservation storage area 832, special figure 1-third reservation storage area 833, and special figure 1-fourth reservation storage area 834 are provided. In addition, in the main RAM 83, as a storage area for storing the acquisition information acquired when the game ball wins the second start port 22, the above-mentioned determination storage area 830, special figure 2 / first reservation storage area 835 , Special figure 2/second reserved storage area 836, Special figure 2/third reserved storage area 837, and Special figure 2/fourth reserved storage area 838 are provided.

The determination storage area 830 is a storage area for storing various information used for the special symbol determination when the special symbol determination is actually executed. Special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831 to special figure 1/fourth reservation storage area 834 is a storage area in which various information related to the first special design determination is stored, special figure 2/first reservation storage area 835 ~ special figure 2/fourth reserved storage area 838 is a storage area in which various information related to the second special symbol determination is stored. When both the first special symbol determination and the second special symbol determination are suspended, the second special symbol determination is prioritized over the first special symbol determination. Therefore, in the determination storage area 830, when the second special symbol determination is suspended in the execution of the suspended special symbol determination, it is stored in the special figure 2 first suspension storage area 835 Various information is shifted, and when only the first special symbol determination is reserved, various information stored in the special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831 is shifted.

As exemplified in FIG. 21(B), the reserved storage areas 831 to 838 are areas for storing information for withholding the right to determine the special symbol. , an area for storing pattern random numbers, an area for storing reach random numbers, an area for storing variation pattern random numbers, an area for storing pre-determination information that is information indicating the result of pre-determination, and the like.

Here, the jackpot random numbers, pattern random numbers, reach random numbers, and variation pattern random numbers are as described above. The pre-determination information is information obtained by pre-determination processing (see FIG. 24), which will be described later, based on the jackpot random number, symbol random number, reach random number, and variation pattern random number. Preliminary judgment information is specifically, winning start information, information indicating whether the judgment result of special symbol judgment is a jackpot, information indicating what kind of jackpot if it is a jackpot, Information indicating the variation pattern of the special symbol, information indicating the game state of the gaming machine 1, and the like are included. Here, the winning starting gate information is acquired when the game ball wins the first starting gate 21 with the jackpot random number, the pattern random number, the reach random number, and the variation pattern random number stored in the same reserved storage area. It is information indicating whether it was acquired with the opportunity of winning the game ball at the second start port 22 or whether it was acquired. Pre-determination information including these information is stored in the same reservation storage area as the jackpot random numbers, pattern random numbers, reach random numbers, and variation pattern random numbers used in the pre-determination process.

In the gaming machine 1, each time a game ball wins the first start hole 21, the five pieces of information described with reference to FIG. · Stored in one of the first reserved storage area 831 to special figure 1/fourth reserved storage area 834. In addition, each time the game ball wins the second starting port 22, the above five information is, in order from special figure 2 first reservation storage area 835, special figure 2 first reservation storage area 835 to special figure 2 Stored in any of the fourth reserved storage areas 838 .

For example, information is stored in the determination storage area 830 and information is not stored in any of the special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831 to special figure 1/fourth reservation storage area 834, the first When the game ball wins in the starting port 21, five pieces of information related to the first special symbol determination newly acquired according to the win are stored in the special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831. Also, for example, in the first start port 21 in a state in which five pieces of information are stored in each of the judgment storage area 830, the special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831, and the special figure 1/second reservation storage area 832 When the game ball wins, five pieces of information related to the newly acquired first special symbol determination are stored in the special figure 1/3rd reservation storage area 833 according to the win.

Also, when the information stored in the special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831 is shifted to the determination storage area 830 when executing the first special symbol determination, the special figure 1/second reservation storage area 832 and later The information stored in the reserved storage area related to the first special symbol determination is shifted to the special figure 1/first reserved storage area 831 side. For example, the information stored in the special figure 1/first reserved storage area 831 with the information stored in each of the special figure 1/first reserved storage area 831 to special figure 1/third reserved storage area 833 When it is shifted to the judgment storage area 830, the information stored in the special figure 1/second reservation storage area 832 is shifted to the special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831, Special figure 1/third reservation storage The information stored in the area 833 is shifted to the special figure 1/second reserved storage area 832 .

Such shift processing of information is performed in the same manner in the special figure 2/first reservation storage area 835 to special figure 2/fourth reservation storage area 838 in which the information related to the second special symbol determination is stored. In addition, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when both the first special symbol determination and the second special symbol determination are reserved, that is, the special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831 and the special figure 2/first reservation If information is stored in both of the storage areas 835, prior to the shift process targeting the special figure 1/first reserved storage area 831 to special figure 1/fourth reserved storage area 834, the special figure 2/second 1 reserved storage area 835 to special figure 2 · 4th reserved storage area 838 for the shift processing is performed preferentially.

By the way, even if a game ball enters the first starting port 21 or the second starting port 22 during the variable display of the special symbols or during the jackpot game and various random numbers are obtained, the special symbol determination and the variable display of the special symbols are not performed. cannot be done immediately. Therefore, when various random numbers are acquired under such circumstances, the main CPU 81 stores the acquired random numbers, etc. to 838. On the other hand, when the special symbols are not variably displayed, the determination of the special symbols is not suspended, and the jackpot game is not in progress, the main CPU 81 receives various random numbers and the like as a result of winning the starting game. It stores directly in the judgment storage area 830 .

[Interrupt processing by main control board 80]
Next, interrupt processing executed in the main control board 80 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating interrupt processing executed in the main control board 80. FIG. The main control board 80 repeats the series of processes illustrated in FIG. 22 at regular time intervals (for example, 4 milliseconds) during normal operation except for special cases such as power-on and power-off. . It should be noted that the processing of the main control board 80, which will be described based on the flowcharts of FIG.

First, the main CPU 81 executes a random number update process for updating various random numbers including jackpot random numbers, symbol random numbers, reach random numbers, variation pattern random numbers, and normal symbol random numbers (step S1). A jackpot random number, a symbol random number, a reach random number, a fluctuation pattern random number, and a normal symbol random number are incremented by "1" each time the process of step S1 is performed. A loop counter is used as a counter for performing the processing of step S1, and each random number is reset to "0" and updated after reaching a preset maximum value.

Following the process of step S1, the main CPU 81 acquires various random numbers in response to input of detection signals from the first starter sensor 211, the second starter sensor 221, and the gate sensor 251. A sensor detection process including processing is executed (step S2). This sensor detection processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Following the process of step S2, the main CPU 81 executes special symbol determination, causes the first special symbol display 41 or the second special symbol display 42 to variably display the special symbol, and then determines the result of the special symbol determination. A special design process including a process of stopping and displaying a special design showing is executed (step S3). This special symbol processing will be described in detail later based on FIG.

Following the process of step S3, the main CPU 81 executes normal symbol determination, causes the normal symbol display 43 to variably display the normal symbol, and then stops and displays the normal symbol indicating the result of the normal symbol determination. A normal design process is executed (step S4).

Following the process of step S4, the main CPU 81 controls the second starting port solenoid 222 for operating the opening/closing member 23 when it is determined to open the second starting port 22 as a result of the normal symbol determination. A second starting port opening/closing control process for opening and closing the second starting port 22 is executed (step S5).

Subsequent to the process of step S5, the main CPU 81 determines that it is a "jackpot" in the big win determination process executed in the special symbol process of step S3. A large winning opening opening/closing control process is executed to open and close the first large winning opening 26 (or the second large winning opening 28) by controlling the opening solenoid 282 (step S6).

Following the processing of step S6, the main CPU 81 executes prize ball processing for controlling the payout of prize balls according to the winning of game balls (step S7).

Following the processing of step S7, the main CPU 81 transmits to the sub-control board 90 various commands set (stored) in the main RAM 83 in the processing steps before step S7 and information necessary for determining the effect contents. Processing is executed (step S8).

[Sensor detection processing by main control board 80]
FIG. 23 is a detailed flowchart of sensor detection processing in step S2 of FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 23, following the random number update process in step S1, the main CPU 81 causes the gate sensor 251 to detect the passage of the game ball through the gate 25 based on the presence or absence of the input of the detection signal from the gate sensor 251. It is determined whether or not it has been detected (step S201). Here, when it is determined that the gate sensor 251 has detected the passage of the game ball through the gate 25 (step S201: YES), the number F of pending normal symbol determination stored in the main RAM 83 is the preset normal It is determined whether or not it is less than the maximum pending number Fmax ("4" in this embodiment) of symbol determination (step S202).

When the main CPU 81 determines that the number of reservations F is less than "4" (step S202: YES), it updates the number of reservations F to a value obtained by adding "1" (step S203), and the random number update process of step S1 is performed. With respect to the normal symbol random number updated each time, the value of the timing when the passage of the game ball to the gate 25 is detected is acquired and stored in a predetermined area of the main RAM 83 (step S204).

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 executes the process of step S204, when it determines that the gate sensor 251 has not detected passage of the game ball through the gate 25 (step S201: NO), the number of reservations F is less than "4". If it is determined that it is not (step S202: NO), the second starting hole sensor 221 detects the winning of the game ball to the second starting hole 22 based on the presence or absence of the input of the detection signal from the second starting hole sensor 221. It is determined whether or not (step S206). Here, when it is determined that the second starting opening sensor 221 has detected the winning of the game ball to the second starting opening 22 (step S206: YES), the second special symbol determination pending number T2 stored in the main RAM83 is less than the preset maximum number of reservations T2max ("4" in this embodiment) for second special symbol determination (step S207).

When the main CPU 81 determines that the number of reservations T2 is less than "4" (step S207: YES), the main CPU 81 updates the number of reservations T2 by adding "1" (step S208), and the random number update process of step S1 is performed. With regard to the jackpot random number, symbol random number, reach random number, and variation pattern random number updated each time, the value of the timing at which the winning of the game ball to the second starting port 22 is detected is obtained (step S209).

In this way, according to the establishment of the acquisition condition that the winning of the game ball to the second start port 22 is detected in a state where the number of reservations T2 is less than the maximum number of reservations T2max, various random numbers related to the second special symbol determination are generated. is obtained. In addition, when various random numbers are acquired in a situation where the second special symbol determination and the variable display of the second special symbol can be immediately executed, these random numbers are directly stored in the judgment storage area 830 and cannot be executed immediately. When various random numbers are obtained in the situation, these random numbers are stored in any area of special figure 2/first reservation storage area 835 to special figure 2/4th reservation storage area 838.

After executing the process of step S209, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not the current state is the high base state (step S210). A time saving game flag is stored in the main RAM 83 . This time-saving game flag is set to "OFF" when controlling the operation of the opening/closing member 23 so that the second start port 22 is in a low base state in which it is difficult for the game ball to enter, and the game ball is set to the second start port 22. is a flag that is set to "ON" when controlling the operation of the opening/closing member 23 so as to achieve a high base state in which is easy to win. In step S210, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not the current state is the high base state based on whether or not the time saving game flag is set to "ON".

When the main CPU 81 determines that the current state is the high-base state (step S210: YES), that is, when the time-saving game flag is set to "ON", the pre-determination regarding suspension of the second special symbol determination is performed. Processing is executed (step S211). Specifically, based on various random numbers obtained in response to the winning of the game ball in the second starting port 22, the later-described jackpot determination processing (see FIG. 26) and variation pattern selection processing (see FIG. 27) are executed. Prior to being performed, based on various random numbers acquired in the process of step S209, it is determined in advance whether or not it will be a big hit, and when the second special symbol determination is executed, the variation of the second special symbol. A pre-determination process for pre-determining which variation pattern is to be selected as a pattern is executed. The pre-determination information, which is the result of this pre-determination process, is stored in the same reserved storage area as the jackpot random numbers used in the pre-determination process.

It should be noted that when the game ball wins the second starting port 22 in a state where the number of reservations T2 for the second special symbol determination is "0", neither during the jackpot game nor during the variable display of the special symbols, The acquired random numbers are directly stored in the determination storage area 830, and the second special symbol determination based on these random numbers is immediately executed. In this case, since the second special symbol determination is not suspended, the prior determination process relating to the second special symbol determination is not performed. Such pre-determination processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 24 .

When the main CPU 81 executes the process of step S211 or determines that it is not in the high base state (step S210: NO), the main CPU 81 sets a hold command relating to the second special symbol determination to the main RAM 83 (step S212). This pending command is a command for notifying that the second special symbol determination has been suspended, and is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 by the transmitting process of step S8. It should be noted that if the processing of step S212 is performed without performing the prior determination processing of step S211, a pending command that does not include the prior determination information is transmitted to the sub-control board 90. FIG. On the other hand, when the process of step S212 is performed after the preliminary determination process of step S211 is performed, a pending command including the preliminary determination information is transmitted to the sub-control board 90. FIG.

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 executes the process of step S212 and determines that the second starting hole sensor 221 has not detected the winning of the game ball to the second starting hole 22 (step S206: NO), the second starting hole sensor 221 When it is determined that the number of reservations T2 for special symbol determination is not less than "4" (step S207: NO), the first starting opening sensor 211 detects whether or not a detection signal is input from the first starting opening sensor 211. It is determined whether or not winning of the game ball to the first starting port 21 is detected (step S214). Here, when it is determined that the first starting opening sensor 211 has detected the winning of the game ball for the first starting opening 21 (step S214: YES), the number T1 of pending first special symbol determination stored in the main RAM83 is less than the preset maximum number of reservations T1max ("4" in this embodiment) for the first special symbol determination (step S215).

When the main CPU 81 determines that the number of reservations T1 is less than "4" (step S215: YES), the main CPU 81 updates the number of reservations T1 by adding "1" (step S216), and the random number update process of step S1 is performed. With regard to the jackpot random number, symbol random number, reach random number, and variation pattern random number updated each time, the value of the timing at which the winning of the game ball to the first start port 21 is detected is obtained (step S217).

In this way, according to the establishment of the acquisition condition that the winning of the game ball to the first start port 21 is detected in a state where the number of reservations T1 is less than the maximum number of reservations T1max, various random numbers related to the first special symbol determination are generated. is obtained. In addition, when various random numbers are acquired in a situation where the first special symbol determination and the variable display of the first special symbol can be immediately executed, these random numbers are directly stored in the judgment storage area 830 and cannot be executed immediately. When various random numbers are obtained in the situation, these random numbers are stored in any one of special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831 to special figure 1/4th reservation storage area 834.

After executing the process of step S217, the main CPU 81 determines whether the current state is the high base state (step S218), similarly to the process of step S210. Here, if it is determined that the current state is not the high base state (step S218: NO), that is, if the time saving game flag is set to "OFF", prior determination processing related to the suspension of the first special symbol determination is executed (step S219). Specifically, based on various random numbers obtained in response to the winning of the game ball in the first start port 21, the later-described jackpot determination process (see FIG. 26) and variation pattern selection process (see FIG. 27) are executed. Prior to being performed, based on various random numbers acquired in the process of step S217, it is determined in advance whether or not it will be a big hit, and when the first special symbol determination is executed, the variation of the first special symbol. A pre-determination process for pre-determining which variation pattern is to be selected as a pattern is executed. The pre-determination information, which is the result of this pre-determination process, is stored in the same reserved storage area as the jackpot random numbers used in the pre-determination process.

It should be noted that when the game ball wins the first start port 21 in a state where the holding number T1 of the first special symbol determination is "0", neither during the jackpot game nor during the variable display of the special symbol, The acquired random numbers are directly stored in the determination storage area 830, and the first special symbol determination based on these random numbers is immediately executed. In this case, since the first special symbol determination is not suspended, the preliminary determination process relating to the first special symbol determination is not performed. Such pre-determination processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 24 .

When the main CPU 81 executes the process of step S219 or determines that the high base state is established (step S218: YES), the main CPU 81 sets a hold command relating to the first special symbol determination to the main RAM 83 (step S220). This pending command is a command for notifying that the first special symbol determination has been suspended, and is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 by the transmitting process of step S8. If the process of step S220 is performed without performing the prior determination process of step S219, a pending command that does not include the prior determination information is transmitted to the sub-control board 90. FIG. On the other hand, when the process of step S220 is performed after the preliminary determination process of step S219 is performed, a pending command including the preliminary determination information is transmitted to the sub-control board 90. FIG.

[Preliminary determination processing by main control board 80]
The preliminary determination processing executed by the main control board 80 will be described below with reference to FIG. 24 . Here, FIG. 24 is a detailed flowchart of the preliminary determination processing in steps S211 and S219 of FIG. In addition, here, the prior determination processing performed when the right of the first special symbol determination is reserved will be described as an example, except that the random numbers and tables used are different, the right of the second special symbol determination Similar pre-determination processing is also performed when is suspended.

When the main CPU 81 determines in the processing of step S210 in FIG. NO), big hit determination processing is executed (step S2191). Specifically, in the case of a low probability state ("normal game state" corresponds to this in the present embodiment), the low probability jackpot random number table is read from the main ROM 82 and set in the main RAM 83. On the other hand, in the case of a high probability state (corresponding to "probability variable gaming state" in this embodiment), the high probability jackpot random number table is read from the main ROM 82 and set in the main RAM 83 . 23 (or step S217 in FIG. 23) matches any of the winning values stored in the jackpot random number table set in the main RAM 83. Based on this, it is determined whether or not it will be determined as a big hit at the start of the fluctuation.

Next, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not it is determined to be a big win at the start of the variation based on the determination result of step S2191 (step S2192). Here, when it is determined that it is a big hit at the start of the fluctuation (step S2192: YES), the big hit fluctuation pattern selection table is read from the main ROM 82 and set in the main RAM 83 (step S2193).

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 determines that it is not a big win at the start of the variation (step S2192: NO), it determines whether or not the ready-to-win effect is performed during the variation (step S2194). Specifically, based on whether or not the reach random number obtained together with the jackpot random number used in the jackpot determination process in step S2191 matches the winning value of the reach random number stored in the main ROM 82, the It is determined whether or not a ready-to-win performance is performed during variation.

When the main CPU 81 determines that the ready-to-win effect is to be performed (step S2194: YES), it reads the change pattern selection table for ready-to-win losing from the main ROM 82 and sets it in the main RAM 83 (step S2195).

By the way, if the determination result of the first special symbol determination is "losing" and the reach effect is not performed during the variation, the first special symbol is based on the number of reservations of the first special symbol determination at the start of the variation. is determined. And, before and after the reserved first special symbol determination is digested, the number of pending first special symbol determination may differ. For this reason, the special symbol variation pattern acquired before the first special symbol determination is digested may differ from the special symbol variation pattern selected when the first special symbol determination is actually digested. be. In other words, for the right of the first special symbol determination in which the ready-to-win effect is not performed during the variation, it may not be possible to obtain an accurate variation pattern of the first special symbol prior to the first special symbol determination.

Therefore, when the main CPU 81 determines that the ready-to-win effect is not performed (step S2194: NO), the process proceeds to step S2197 without performing the fluctuation pattern random number determination process of step S2196 described later.

When the main CPU 81 sets the big hit variation pattern selection table or the reach-losing variation pattern selection table, the main CPU 81 executes variation pattern random number determination processing (step S2196). Specifically, the variation pattern random number acquired at the time of starting entrance winning together with the jackpot random number used in the processing of step S2191 is among the random values specified in the variation pattern selection table set in the main RAM 83 Based on which random number value matches, the variation pattern of the special symbol to be selected in the special symbol determination performed at the start of the variation is specified.

When the main CPU 81 executes the process of step S2196 or determines that the ready-to-win effect is not performed (step S2194: NO), the main CPU 81 generates advance determination information and stores it in the main RAM 83 (step S2197). The area in which this advance determination information is stored is as described above with reference to FIG.

In this way, the main CPU 81, based on the acquired information such as the jackpot random number acquired when the game ball wins the first start hole 21 (or the second start hole 22), Prior to performing the determination process and the variation pattern selection process, the variation pattern (that is, variation time) of the first special symbol (or the second special symbol) is acquired.

[Special symbol processing by main control board 80]
Next, details of the special symbol processing executed by the main control board 80 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 25 is a detailed flowchart of the special symbol processing in step S3 of FIG.

As illustrated in FIG. 25, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not the jackpot game is in progress based on whether or not the jackpot game flag stored in the main RAM 83 is set to "ON" ( step S301). This jackpot game flag is a flag indicating whether or not a jackpot game is being executed, and is set to "ON" at the start of the jackpot game, and set to "OFF" at the end of the jackpot game. Here, when it is determined that the jackpot game is in progress (step S301: YES), the process proceeds to the normal symbol process of step S4.

When the main CPU 81 determines that the jackpot game is not being performed (step S301: NO), the main CPU 81 determines whether or not the special symbols are being variably displayed (step S302). Here, if it is determined that the special symbols are not displayed in a variable display (step S302: NO), it is determined whether or not the pending number T2 of the second special symbol determination stored in the main RAM 83 is "1" or more. (step S303). Here, when it is determined that the number of reservations T2 is equal to or greater than "1" (step S303: YES), the number of reservations T2 is updated to a value obtained by subtracting "1" (step S304).

When the main CPU 81 determines that the number of reservations T2 is not "1" or more (step S303: NO), whether or not the number of reservations T1 of the first special symbol determination stored in the main RAM 83 is "1" or more. (step S305). Here, when it is determined that the number of reservations T1 is equal to or greater than "1" (step S305: YES), the number of reservations T1 is updated to a value obtained by subtracting "1" (step S306).

When the main CPU 81 executes the process of step S304 or the process of step S306, it executes the information shift process (step S307). Specifically, when the process of step S307 is executed following the process of step S304, the information stored in the special figure 2/first reservation storage area 835 is shifted to the determination storage area 830. Execute the shift process do. At that time, if information is also stored in the reserved storage area after the special figure 2 second reserved storage area 836, shift processing to shift these information to the special figure 2 first reserved storage area 835 side are also executed. On the other hand, when executing the shift processing following the processing of step S306, the shift processing for shifting the information stored in the special figure 1/first reservation storage area 831 to the determination storage area 830 is executed. At that time, if information is also stored in the reserved storage area after the special figure 1 second reserved storage area 832, shift processing to shift these information to the special figure 1 first reserved storage area 831 side are also executed.

When the main CPU 81 stores information necessary for second special symbol determination (or first special symbol determination), such as jackpot random numbers and symbol random numbers, in the determination storage area 830 by the shift processing in step S307, based on these information, , the big hit determination process of step S308 and the variation pattern selection process of step S309 are executed.

It should be noted that the first start of the game ball is not during the jackpot game nor during the variable display of the special symbols, and both the number of reservations T1 for the first special symbol determination and the number of reservations T2 for the second special symbol determination are "0". When winning the opening 21 (or the second starting opening 22 ), information such as the jackpot random number and the symbol random number obtained in accordance with the winning is directly stored in the determination storage area 830 . In such a case, the big hit determination process and the variation pattern selection process are executed without executing the shift process of step S307.

The main CPU 81 executes a jackpot determination process based on the random numbers stored in the determination storage area 830 (step S308). By executing this jackpot determination process, it is determined whether or not a jackpot has occurred, and when it is determined that a jackpot has occurred, the type of jackpot (jackpot pattern) is determined. Then, setting information of special symbols indicating the results of these processes is set in the main RAM 83 . This jackpot determination process will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Following the jackpot determination process of step S308, the main CPU 81 executes a variation pattern selection process of selecting a variation pattern of special symbols (step S309). This variation pattern selection process will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Following the process of step S309, the main CPU 81 determines whether the special symbol setting information set in the process of step S308, whether this special symbol setting information relates to the first special symbol determination, or to the second special symbol determination. A change start command including information indicating whether the change is relevant, setting information of the change pattern selected in the process of step S309, information regarding the game state of the gaming machine 1, etc. is set in the main RAM 83 (step S310). This variation start command is a command for instructing the start of the effect associated with the variation display of the special symbols, and is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 by the transmission processing of step S8. As a result, the variable effect including the variable display of the effect symbols on the display screen 70 is started.

Following the processing of step S310, the main CPU 81 starts variable display of special symbols based on the setting information of the variation pattern included in the variation start command set in the processing of step S310 (step S311). At that time, when the processing of steps S308 to S310 is performed in a state in which the information related to the first special symbol determination is stored in the determination storage area 830, the first special symbol in the first special symbol display 41 start to change display. On the other hand, when the processing of steps S308 to S310 is performed in a state in which the information relating to the second special symbol determination is stored in the determination storage area 830, the second special symbol in the second special symbol display 42 Start variable display.

Next, the main CPU 81 starts measuring the elapsed time after starting the variable display of the special symbols in step S311 (step S312). When the main CPU 81 executes the process of step S312, or determines that the special symbols are being changed and displayed (step S302: YES), the elapsed time when measurement is started in the process of step S312 is changed to that of step S309. It is determined whether or not the variation time of the variation pattern selected in the pattern selection process has been reached (step S313). Here, when it is determined that the elapsed time has not reached the fluctuation time (step S313: NO), the process proceeds to the normal design process of step S4.

When the main CPU 81 determines that the elapsed time has reached the fluctuation time (step S313: YES), it sets a fluctuation end command for notifying the end of the fluctuation display of the special symbol in the main RAM 83 (step S314). This fluctuation end command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 by the transmission processing in step S8. As a result, a process of stopping and displaying the performance symbols that have been variably displayed on the display screen 70 in a manner indicating the determination result of the special symbol determination is performed.

Following the process of step S314, the main CPU 81 terminates the variable display of the special symbols started in the process of step S311 (step S315). Specifically, the special symbol (big win symbol or losing symbol) set in the process of step S308 is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display device which has been variably displaying the special symbol. It should be noted that the stop display of this special symbol is continued until at least a predetermined symbol determination time (for example, 0.6 seconds) elapses.

In this way, the main CPU 81 variably displays the special symbols on the first special symbol display device 41 or the second special symbol display device 42, and then displays the special symbols (big winning symbols or losing symbols) indicating the judgment result of the big winning judging process. The first special symbol display device 41 or the second special symbol display device 42 is stopped and displayed.

Following the process of step S315, the main CPU 81 resets the elapsed time that started to be measured in the process of step S312 (step S316), and when the special figure is stopped, including the process of starting the jackpot game in the case of a jackpot, etc. Processing is executed (step S317). This special figure stop processing will be described later in detail based on FIG.

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 determines that the reserved number T1 of the first special symbol determination is not equal to or greater than "1" (step S305: NO), the jackpot game is not in progress and the special symbol determination right is not reserved. In addition, a win-waiting command for notifying that a win-waiting state in which special symbols are not variably displayed is set in the main RAM 83 (step S318). Although not shown in FIG. 25, when the process of step S318 is executed, the prize waiting state flag stored in the main RAM 83 is set to "ON". When the main CPU 81 determines that the pending number T1 of the first special symbol determination is not equal to or greater than "1" (step S305: NO), it determines whether or not the prize waiting state flag is set to "ON". When the winning waiting flag is set to "ON", the winning waiting flag is already set, so the process proceeds to the normal symbol process of step S4 without executing the process of step S318.

[Big Win Determination Processing by Main Control Board 80]
FIG. 26 is a detailed flowchart of the big hit determination process in step S308 of FIG. The main CPU 81 first executes a jackpot determination based on the jackpot random number stored in the determination storage area 830 (step S3081). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the jackpot random number stored in the determination storage area 830 matches a preset winning value. The winning value here is the winning value of the jackpot defined in the high-probability jackpot random number table or the low-probability jackpot random number table. When the jackpot determination is executed in a high probability state (corresponding to "probability variable gaming state" in this embodiment), the winning value stored in the jackpot random number table for high probability is used. On the other hand, when the jackpot determination is executed in the low-probability state (corresponding to the "normal game state" in this embodiment), the winning value stored in the jackpot random number table for the low-probability time is used. be.

In this way, the main CPU 81 stores in the determination storage area 830 the acquired information such as the jackpot random number acquired when the game ball enters the first start port 21 or the second start port 22. When the condition is satisfied, it is determined whether or not to execute a jackpot game advantageous to the player based on the jackpot random number.

Following the processing of step S3081, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not the determination result of the big win determination is "big win" (step S3082). Here, when it is determined that the determination result of the big win determination is not "big win" (step S3082: NO), that is, when the determination result of the big win determination is "losing", setting information of the losing pattern is set in the main RAM 83. (Step S3083). As a result, during the process of step S315, the lost symbol set here is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41 or the second special symbol display . In this case, the jackpot game is not performed.

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 determines that the determination result of the jackpot determination is "jackpot" (step S3082: YES), the jackpot symbols stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 or the second special symbol display device 42 are displayed. is executed (step S3084). Specifically, when the symbol random number stored in the determination storage area 830 together with the jackpot random number used for the jackpot determination in step S3081 relates to the first special symbol determination, the symbol random number is , any one of the jackpot symbols is selected based on which jackpot pattern random value specified in the symbol determination table for the first start opening prize matches. Further, when the symbol random number relates to the second special symbol determination, it is determined which jackpot symbol random value specified in the symbol determination table for the second starting opening prize matches the symbol random number. Based on that, select one of the jackpot symbols.

Then, the main CPU 81 sets the setting information of the selected jackpot symbol in the main RAM 83 (step S3085). As a result, at the time of the processing of step S315, the jackpot pattern set here is stopped and displayed on the first special pattern display device 41 or the second special pattern display device 42, and then the jackpot game corresponding to the jackpot pattern is played. will take place.

[Variation pattern selection processing by main control board 80]
FIG. 27 is a detailed flowchart of the variation pattern selection process in step S309 of FIG. After executing the big win determination process in step S308 of FIG. 25, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not the result of determination in step S3081 is a big win (step S3091). Here, when it is determined to be a big hit (step S3091: YES), the big hit variation pattern selection table is read from the main ROM 82 and set in the main RAM 83 (step S3092).

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 determines that it is not a big hit (step S3091: NO), the reach random number stored in the determination storage area 830 is the winning value of the reach random number stored in the main ROM . corresponding random number), it is determined whether or not to perform a ready-to-win effect that makes the player expect a big win (step S3093). Here, if it is determined that the ready-to-win effect is to be performed (step S3093: YES), the change pattern selection table for reach-losing is read from the main ROM 82 and set in the main RAM 83 (step S3094). Conversely, if it is determined that the reach effect is not performed (step S3093: NO), the change pattern selection table for no reach loss is read from the main ROM 82 and set in the main RAM 83 (step S3095).

The main CPU 81 refers to the variation pattern selection table set in the main RAM 83 by the processing of step S3092, the processing of step S3094, or the processing of step S3095, and executes variation pattern random number determination processing (step S3096). Specifically, when the big hit variation pattern selection table or the reach loss variation pattern selection table is set in the main RAM 83, the variation pattern corresponding to the variation pattern random number stored in the judgment storage area 830 is set. Select one variation pattern by reading from the variation pattern selection table. Also, when the reach-less loss variation pattern selection table is set in the main RAM 83, based on the number of reservations T1 for the first special symbol determination (or the number of reservations for the second special symbol determination T2) stored in the main RAM 83 One variation pattern is selected by specifying the number of reservations and reading the variation pattern corresponding to the specified number of reservations from the fluctuation pattern selection table for reach-less loss. By selecting the special symbol variation pattern in this manner, the special symbol variation time is inevitably determined.

When the variation pattern is selected, the main CPU 81 sets the setting information of the selected variation pattern in the main RAM 83 (step S3097). The variation pattern setting information is included in the variation start command and sent to the sub-control board 90 together with the symbol setting information set in the main RAM 83 by the big win determination process of step S308.

[Special figure stop processing by main control board 80]
FIG. 28 is a detailed flowchart of the special figure stop processing in step S317 of FIG. After resetting the elapsed time by the process of step S316, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not it is a jackpot (step S3171). Here, when it is determined that it is a jackpot (step S3171: YES), the jackpot game flag stored in the main RAM 83 is set to "ON" (step S3172).

Next, the main CPU 81 sets the variable probability game flag stored in the main RAM 83 to "OFF" (step S3173), and similarly sets the time saving game flag stored in the main RAM 83 to "OFF" (step S3174). ). Here, the probability variation game flag is a flag indicating whether or not the probability of being determined to be a big hit in the special symbol determination is a relatively high high probability state.

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the gaming state is controlled by setting the variable probability gaming flag and the time saving gaming flag. That is, when controlling the gaming state to the "variable probability gaming state", both the variable probability gaming flag and the time saving gaming flag are set to "ON". Moreover, when controlling the game state to the "normal game state", both the probability variation game flag and the time saving game flag are set to "OFF". Further, when the game state is controlled to the "time saving game state", the probability variation game flag is set to "OFF" and the time saving game flag is set to "ON".

Following the process of step S3174, the main CPU 81 sets an opening command for notifying that the jackpot game will start in the main RAM 83 (step S3175). This opening command includes information such as the type of jackpot and the opening pattern of the first jackpot 26 (or the second jackpot 28) during the jackpot game. sent to.

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 determines that it is not a jackpot (step S3171: NO), it determines whether or not the variable probability game flag is set to "ON" (step S3176). Here, when it is determined that the variable probability game flag is set to "ON" (step S3176: YES), that is, when the special symbol determination is performed in a high probability state, the high probability stored in the main RAM 83 The remaining number of games K is updated to a value obtained by subtracting "1" (step S3177). This high-probability game remaining number K indicates the remaining number of times special symbol determination is executed in a high-probability state.

Following the process of step S3177, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not the remaining number of high-probability games K is "0" (step S3178). Here, when it is determined that the high probability game remaining number K is "0" (step S3178: YES), the probability variation game flag is set to "OFF" (step S3179). As a result, special symbol determination is performed in a low probability state.

If the main CPU 81 executes the process of step S3179, if it determines that the variable probability game flag is not set to "ON" (step S3176: NO), or if the high probability game remaining number K is not "0" When determined (step S3178: NO), it is determined whether or not the time saving game flag is set to "ON" (step S3180). Here, if it is determined that the time saving game flag is set to "ON" (step S3180: YES), the remaining time saving game count J stored in the main RAM 83 is updated to a value obtained by subtracting "1" (step S3181). This time-saving game remaining number J indicates the remaining number of times the special symbol determination is executed in the time-saving state (high base state).

Following the process of step S3181, the main CPU 81 determines whether or not the remaining time saving game count J is "0" (step S3182). Here, if it is determined that the remaining number of time saving games J is "0" (step S3182: YES), the time saving game flag is set to "OFF" (step S3183). As a result, the support function for facilitating the entry of the game ball into the second starting port 22 is no longer provided.

[Game State Setting Processing by Main Control Board 80]
FIG. 29 is a flow chart illustrating a game state setting process executed in the main control board 80 when the jackpot game ends. In the gaming machine 1, the big winning game is executed by the big winning opening opening/closing control process of step S6, but when the ending period of the big winning game ends, the game state setting for setting the gaming state of the gaming machine 1 after the big winning game ends. Processing is performed.

The main CPU 81 determines whether or not the ending period of the jackpot game has ended during the jackpot game (step S631). Here, if it is determined that the ending period has ended (step S631: YES), for example, based on the pattern setting information set in the main RAM 83, it is determined whether or not the current jackpot is a variable probability jackpot (step S632). Here, if it is determined to be a probability variation jackpot (step S632: YES), the probability variation game flag is set to "ON" (step S633), and the high probability game remaining number K is set to, for example, "10000" (step S634 ). By performing the processing of step S633 and the processing of step S634, the high probability state continues until special symbol determination is performed 10000 times.

Next, the main CPU 81 sets the time saving game flag to "ON" (step S635), and sets the time saving game remaining number J to, for example, "10000" (step S636). By performing the processing of step S635 and the processing of step S636, the high base state continues until special symbol determination is performed 10,000 times. Thus, by performing a series of processes from step S633 to step S636, the game is controlled in the variable probability game state until 10000 special symbol determinations are executed after the big hit game is completed.

On the other hand, when the main CPU 81 determines that the current jackpot is not the variable probability jackpot (step S632: NO), that is, when the current jackpot is the normal jackpot, the time saving game flag is set to "ON" as in the processing of step S635. (step S637), and the number of time-saving game cuts J is set to, for example, "100" (step S638). Thus, by performing the processing of step S637 and the processing of step S638, the game is controlled in the time-saving game state from the end of the jackpot game to the execution of 100 times of special symbol determination.

[Interrupt processing by sub-control board 90]
When the game machine 1 is powered on, the sub CPU 91 of the sub control board 90 sets an interrupt period, which is a period for performing interrupt processing, which will be described later. Then, the sub CPU 91 repeats a random number update process for updating the effect random number or the like used for determining the contents of the effect at a predetermined cycle shorter than the interrupt cycle. That is, while the gaming machine 1 is running, the sub CPU 91 repeats the random number update process at predetermined intervals and repeats the interrupt process at the interrupt period.

The interrupt processing executed in the sub-control board 90 will be described below with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating interrupt processing executed in the sub-control board 90. FIG. The sub CPU 91 repeatedly executes a series of processes illustrated in FIG. 30 at regular time intervals (for example, 4 milliseconds) in the same manner as the interrupt process performed by the main control board 80 (see FIG. 22). The processing performed by the sub-control board 90, which will be described based on the flowcharts of FIG.

When the sub CPU 91 receives a command from the main control board 80, the sub CPU 91 first executes command reception processing for performing processing according to the command (step S10). This command reception processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Following the processing of step S10, the sub CPU 91 executes operation acceptance processing for performing processing according to the operation when the first effect button 35 or the second effect button 36 is operated (step S40). This operation acceptance processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Following the processing of step S40, the sub CPU 91 executes command transmission processing (step S50). Specifically, the command set in the sub-RAM 93 by the command reception process of step S10 and the process of step S40 is transmitted to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120). By executing this command transmission process, the image sound control board 100 is instructed to execute effects such as image display and output of effects sounds, and lighting of various lamps and execution of effects by movable accessories and the like are executed by the lamps. Instructions are given to the control board 120 .

Following the processing of step S50, the sub CPU 91 executes data transfer processing (step S60). Specifically, since data relating to image sound control is transmitted from the image sound control board 100 , the data is transferred to the lamp control board 120 . As a result, the lamp control board 120 controls the rendering by the rendering means such as the frame lamp 37, the board lamp 5, the movable decorative member 14, etc. so as to synchronize with the rendering performed by the image display device 7 (display screen 70) and the speaker 38. be done.

[Operation reception processing by sub-control board 90]
FIG. 31 is a detailed flowchart of the operation acceptance process in step S40 of FIG. Sub-CPU 91 determines whether or not the valid period is valid (step S401), as illustrated in FIG. 31, following the command reception process of step S10 (see FIG. 30). Specifically, based on the setting information of the valid period set in the sub-RAM 93 and the elapsed time from the start of the variable display of the special symbol, it is determined whether or not the valid period is in effect. If the valid period setting information is not set in the sub-RAM 93, it is determined that the valid period is not in effect. If it is determined in step S401 that the valid period is not in effect (step S401: NO), the operation acceptance process ends and the process proceeds to command transmission process in step S50 (see FIG. 30).

On the other hand, if the sub CPU 91 determines that it is in the effective period (step S401: YES), whether or not an operation signal indicating that the first effect button 35 has been operated has been input from the first effect button detection sensor 351. , it is determined whether or not the first effect button detection sensor 351 has turned "ON" (step S402). Here, if it is determined that the first effect button detection sensor 351 is not "ON" (step S402: NO), that is, the operation signal indicating that the first effect button 35 has been operated has not been input. If so, the process proceeds to step S405, which will be described later.

When the sub CPU 91 determines that the first effect button detection sensor 351 has turned "ON" (step S402: YES), that is, when an operation signal indicating that the first effect button 35 has been operated is input, It is determined whether or not the operation of the first effect button 35 is a valid operation (step S403). Specifically, the operation of the first effect button 35 is a valid operation based on whether or not the effective period setting information set in the sub-RAM 93 is the effective period setting information related to the first effect button 35. Determine whether or not

When the sub CPU 91 determines that the operation of the first effect button 35 is a valid operation (step S403: YES), the sub RAM 93 outputs a first effect button operation notification command for notifying that the first effect button 35 has been operated. (step S404). This first effect button operation notification command is transmitted to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120) by the command transmission process of step S50, and the operation corresponding effect corresponding to the operation of the first effect button 35 is executed. will be

When the sub CPU 91 executes the process of step S404, or determines that the first effect button detection sensor 351 is not "ON" (step S402: NO), or the operation of the first effect button 35 is valid. If it is determined that it is not an operation (step S403: NO), the second effect button based on whether an operation signal indicating that the second effect button 36 has been operated is input from the second effect button detection sensor 361. It is determined whether or not the detection sensor 361 has turned "ON" (step S405). Here, when it is determined that the second effect button detection sensor 361 is not "ON" (step S405: NO), a series of operation acceptance processing ends, and the processing proceeds to command transmission processing in step S50. .

On the other hand, when the sub CPU 91 determines that the second effect button detection sensor 361 has turned "ON" (step S405: YES), a second effect button operation notification command for notifying that the second effect button 35 has been operated is executed. is set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S406). This second effect button operation notification command is transmitted to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120) by the command transmission process of step S50, and the operation corresponding effect corresponding to the operation of the first effect button 35 is executed. will be

[Command Reception Processing by Sub Control Board 90]
FIG. 32 is a detailed flowchart of command reception processing in step S10 of FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 32, the sub CPU 91 first determines whether or not a command has been received from the main control board 80 (step S11). Here, if it is determined that the command has not been received (step S11: NO), the process proceeds to step S40 described above.

When the sub CPU 91 determines that it has received a command from the main control board 80 (step S11: YES), the command is sent from the main control board 80 in accordance with the process of step S212 or step S220 of FIG. It is determined whether or not it is a reserved command (step S12). Here, if it is determined that the command is not a hold command (step S12: NO), the process proceeds to step S15, which will be described later.

When the sub CPU 91 determines that the received command is a hold command (step S12: YES), the sub CPU 91 executes hold command reception processing (step S13). This pending command reception process will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

When the sub CPU 91 determines that the received command is not the hold command (step S12: NO), is the command the fluctuation start command transmitted from the main control board 80 according to the process of step S310 of FIG. 25? It is determined whether or not (step S15). Here, if it is determined that the received command is not the variation start command (step S15: NO), the process proceeds to step S17, which will be described later.

When the sub CPU 91 determines that the received command is the variation start command (step S15: YES), the sub CPU 91 executes variation start command reception processing (step S16). This fluctuation start command reception processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

When the sub CPU 91 determines that the received command is not the variation start command (step S15: NO), the command is the variation end command transmitted from the main control board 80 according to the process of step S314 of FIG. It is determined whether or not (step S17). When the sub CPU 91 determines that it is a variation end command (step S17: YES), it ends the variable display of the performance symbols and stops the performance symbols in a manner indicating the determination result of the special symbol determination executed at the start of the symbol variation. A change effect end command instructing execution of the process to be displayed is set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S18).

The special symbol indicating the determination result of the first special symbol determination (or the second special symbol determination) is transmitted to the image sound control board 100 and the lamp control board 120 by the command transmission process of step S50. is stopped on the first special symbol display device 41 (or the second special symbol display device 42), the production symbol showing the determination result of the first special symbol determination (or the second special symbol determination) is displayed on the display screen. 70 will be stopped and displayed.

When the sub CPU 91 determines that the received command is not the fluctuation end command (step S17: NO), whether the command is the opening command transmitted from the main control board 80 according to the process of step S3175 in FIG. It is determined whether or not (step S19). Here, when it is determined that the received command is an opening command (step S19: YES), an image is displayed to start an opening effect in which the type of jackpot is notified and the player is urged to hit right during the opening period of the jackpot game. An opening effect start command for instructing the sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120) is set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S20).

On the other hand, when the sub CPU 91 determines that the received command is not the opening command (step S19: NO), the command is the prize waiting command transmitted from the main control board 80 according to the process of step S318 in FIG. It is determined whether or not there is (step S21). Here, if it is determined that the received command is a prize waiting command (step S21: YES), a prize waiting state notification for notifying the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120) that the state has shifted to the prize waiting state A command is set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S22). Conversely, if it is determined that the received command is not a prize waiting command (step S21: NO), other processing is executed (step S23).

[Hold command reception processing by sub-control board 90]
FIG. 33 is a detailed flowchart of the pending command reception process in step S13 of FIG. When the sub CPU 91 determines that the received command is a pending command (step S12: YES), as illustrated in FIG. is updated to the new value (step S131). Specifically, when the pending command related to the first special symbol determination is received, the number of pending of the first special symbol determination is updated to a value obtained by adding "1", and the pending command related to the second special symbol determination is When it is received, it is updated to a value obtained by adding "1" to the pending number of the second special symbol determination.

Following the process of step S131, the sub CPU 91 determines whether or not the received pending command includes pre-determination information (step S132). Here, if it is determined that the received hold command does not contain the pre-determination information (step S132: NO), the hold icon display command is set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S133). This pending icon display command is a command for instructing display of a pending icon that does not include icon change effect setting information (icon change effect pattern information to be described later). It is sent to the lamp control board 120 .

For example, when the image sound control CPU 101 of the image sound control board 100 receives the hold icon display command related to the first special symbol determination that does not include the setting information of the icon change effect, the drawing process by the VDP 104 is controlled to display the hold icon. A white pending icon is displayed in the display area 71 . Since no icon change effect is set for this white pending icon, the above-described icon change effect is not performed.

On the other hand, when the sub CPU 91 determines that the received pending command includes the prior determination information (step S132: YES), the sub CPU 91 stores the prior determination information in the sub RAM 93 (step S134). Next, the sub CPU 91 executes an icon change effect lottery (step S135). Specifically, first, an icon change effect random number is acquired and stored in the sub-RAM 93 . This icon change effect random number is incremented by "1" each time the random number update process described above is performed, and the sub CPU 91 acquires the count value at the time of receiving the hold command as the icon change effect random number, and the change effect random number is Whether or not to execute the icon change effect is determined based on whether or not it matches with any of the random numbers relating to the icon change effect random numbers stored in advance in the sub ROM 92 .

In addition, although not shown in the figure, the sub ROM 92 is associated with the preliminary determination result related to the first special symbol determination, the variation pattern of the first special symbol, and the random number value related to the icon change effect random number. table is stored. The sub CPU 91 refers to this table, and the acquired icon change effect random number is the determination result of the first special symbol determination and the first special symbol determination specified from the advance determination information stored in the sub RAM 93 in the process of step S134. Whether or not to execute the icon change effect is determined based on whether or not it matches with any of the random numbers associated with the variation pattern. In addition, in this table, more random number values are associated with "big win" than with "losing" with respect to the preliminary determination result related to the first special symbol determination. Also, the longer the variation time of the first special symbol is, the more random numbers are associated with the variation pattern. Therefore, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the higher the reliability of the big win, the easier it is to execute the icon change effect. Conversely, the lower the reliability of the big win, the more difficult it is to execute the icon change effect.

The sub CPU 91 determines whether or not to execute the icon change effect based on the lottery result of step S135 (step S136). A performance lottery is carried out to select one performance pattern from a plurality of performance patterns of icon change performance, and information indicating the selected icon change performance pattern is set in a sub RAM 93 (step S137).

It should be noted that here, the case where the lottery for determining whether or not to execute the icon change effect and the lottery for selecting the effect pattern of the icon change effect are separate lotteries has been described as an example, but the icon change effect is executed. It may be determined by one lottery whether or not the icon change effect is to be executed and, if executed, in what effect pattern the icon change effect is to be executed.

When the sub CPU 91 executes the process of step S137 or determines not to execute the icon change effect (step S136: NO), the sub CPU 91 sets a pending icon display command in the sub RAM 93 (step S138). Specifically, when the information indicating the effect pattern of the icon change effect (icon change effect pattern information) is set in the sub-RAM 93 by the process of step S137, the icon change effect is stored as the setting information of the icon change effect. A pending icon display command including pattern information is set in the sub-RAM 93 . On the other hand, if the icon change effect pattern information is not set in the sub-RAM 93, a pending icon display command that does not include the icon change effect pattern information is set in the sub-RAM 93 as in the processing of step S133).

The pending icon display command set in the sub-RAM 93 in the process of step S138 is transmitted to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120) by the command transmission process of step S50 (see FIG. 30). On the other hand, if the received pending icon display command contains icon change effect pattern information, the image sound control CPU 101 of the image sound control board 100 uses the icon change effect pattern information as setting information for the icon change effect. The setting information is stored in the control RAM 103, and based on this setting information, the VDP 104 and the audio DSP 107 are instructed to execute the processing necessary for realizing the icon change effect.

[Variation start command reception processing by sub-control board 90]
FIG. 34 is a detailed flowchart of the fluctuation start command reception process in step S16 of FIG. When the sub CPU 91 determines that the command received from the main control board 80 is the variation start command (step S15: YES), it executes a series of variation start command reception processing illustrated in FIG.

That is, the sub CPU 91 acquires the value at the time when the variation start command is received from the main control board 80 and stores it in the sub RAM 93 with respect to the effect random number appropriately updated by the random number update processing in the sub control board 90 (step S161). . Then, a variation start command analysis process for analyzing the received variation start command is executed (step S162).

In this variation start command, as described above, the symbol setting information indicating the determination result of the big hit determination process, and whether the symbol setting information relates to the first special symbol determination or the second special symbol determination Winning start opening information indicating whether or not it is a thing, setting information of the variation pattern of the special symbol, information indicating the game state of the gaming machine 1, and the like are included. Therefore, by analyzing the fluctuation start command, it is possible to specify the type and result of the special symbol determination. In other words, it is possible to specify whether it is a big win or a loss, and if it is a big win, what kind of big win it is. Further, by specifying whether or not the variation pattern is a variation pattern for losing based on the setting information of the variation pattern, it is possible to determine whether it is necessary to perform the effect with reach or the effect without reach. . Also, based on the setting information of the variation pattern, it is possible to specify the variation time of the special symbol. Also, the current game state of the gaming machine 1 can be specified based on the information indicating the game state.

After analyzing the fluctuation start command, the sub CPU 91 executes a fluctuation production pattern setting process for setting a fluctuation production pattern of the fluctuation production accompanying the fluctuation display of the special symbols based on the analysis result (step S163). By executing this variable effect pattern setting process, the variation mode of the effect pattern, the presence or absence of the ready-to-win effect, the presence or absence of the pseudo-continuous effect (whether or not to display short fluctuation of the effect pattern), the type of the effect pattern constituting the ready-to-win pattern, The type and content of the ready-to-win effect, the content of the pseudo-continuous effect (number of times of short fluctuation display), the type of effect symbol to be stopped and displayed, etc. are determined. This variation effect pattern setting process will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Following the process of step S163, the sub CPU 91 executes various advance notice effects (for example, step-up effect, dialogue notice, group notice , cut-in, etc.) is executed (step S164). This advance notice effect pattern setting process will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS.

Next, the sub CPU 91 sub-submits a variable effect start command for instructing the start of the variable effect in the variable effect pattern set in the processing of step S163 and the execution of the notice effect in the notice effect pattern set in the process of step S164. It is set in the RAM 93 (step S167).

This variable effect start command includes at least information indicating the variable effect pattern set by the process of step S163 and information indicating the notice effect pattern set by the process of step S164. It is transmitted to the image sound control board 100 and the lamp control board 120 by command transmission processing. As a result, the variable effect and the advance notice effect whose effect patterns are determined in the sub-control board 90 are realized by the image sound control board 100 and the lamp control board 120 .

Following the process of step S167, the sub CPU 91 updates the number of reservations stored in the sub RAM 93 by subtracting "1" (step S168). Specifically, when the variation start command received from the main control board 80 notifies the start of the variation display of the first special symbol, the value obtained by subtracting "1" from the number of suspensions of the first special symbol determination update to On the other hand, when the received variation start command notifies the start of the variation display of the second special symbol, the number of suspensions of the second special symbol determination is updated to a value obtained by subtracting "1".

[Variation production pattern setting processing by sub-control board 90]
FIG. 35 is a detailed flowchart of the variable effect pattern setting process in step S163 of FIG. Following the process of step S162, the sub CPU 91 sets an effect symbol to be finally confirmed and displayed (mainly stopped) on the display screen 70 along with the stop display of the first special symbol (or the second special symbol) (step S1631). Specifically, based on the symbol setting information included in the variation start command received from the main control board 80, at the end of the symbol variation, the special symbol (jackpot symbol) indicating the big win is stopped and displayed, or It is specified whether a special symbol (loss symbol) indicating a failure is stopped and displayed. Then, when it is specified that the jackpot pattern is stopped and displayed, a production pattern (for example, a production pattern showing double eyes) for notifying the big win is set as the production pattern to be actually stopped, and the losing pattern is stopped and displayed. When it is specified, a production pattern for notifying a loss is set. In addition, when setting the production pattern for notifying the loss, if the loss is notified after the reach production is performed, the reach loss eyes are set as the production pattern for notifying the loss, and the reach production is performed. When notifying that there is no loss, a loose pattern is set as a production pattern for notifying the loss.

Next, the sub CPU 91 determines whether or not it is necessary to perform a ready-to-win effect accompanying the variable display of the special symbol this time, based on the setting information of the variation pattern of the special symbol included in the received variation start command. is determined (step S1632). For example, when a variation pattern in which the variation time of the special symbol is longer than a predetermined time is selected, a ready-to-win production is executed, and when a variation pattern in which the variation time of the special symbol is less than the predetermined time is selected, a ready-to-win production is performed. is stored in the sub ROM 92, the magnitude relationship between the variation time of the special symbol specified based on the received variation start command and the predetermined time stored in the sub ROM 92 is determined. By comparing, it is possible to determine whether or not it is necessary to perform an effect with reach.

Here, when it is determined that it is necessary to perform the effect with reach (step S1632: YES), a variable effect pattern of effect with reach is set (step S1633). For example, from the variable effect pattern selection table for the effect with reach, in which a plurality of types of variable effect patterns of the effect with reach are associated with each combination of the determination result of the special symbol determination and the variation pattern of the special symbol, step S161 Any one variation performance pattern corresponding to the performance random number acquired in the processing of (1) is read out, and information indicating the variation performance pattern is set in the sub-RAM 93. - 特許庁

On the other hand, when the sub CPU 91 determines that there is no need to perform the effect with reach (step S1632: NO), it sets a variable effect pattern of effect without reach (step S1634). For example, one of the production random numbers corresponding to the production random numbers obtained in the process of step S161 from the no-reach variable production pattern selection table in which a plurality of types of variable production patterns of the non-reach production are associated with each variation pattern of the special symbol. A variable performance pattern is read, and information indicating the variable performance pattern is set in a sub-RAM 93. - 特許庁

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, by performing the process of step S1633 or the process of step S1634, it is possible to determine with what kind of variation pattern the effect pattern is variably displayed, and which reach effect is performed when the ready-to-win effect is performed. , in what flow to develop the ready-to-win effect, whether to change the effect mode, in what pattern to change the effect mode, etc. will be determined.

[Notice effect pattern setting process by sub-control board 90]
FIG. 36 is a detailed flowchart of the advance notice effect pattern setting process in step S164 of FIG. 34, and illustrates the process performed when the variation start command relating to the first special symbol determination is received in the normal game state. Following the processing of step S163, the sub CPU 91 determines whether or not to execute an increase effect (step S1641). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when executing the non-reach production, and even when executing the normal reach, the increase production is not executed when the fluctuation time of the first special symbol is less than the predetermined time. there is Therefore, the sub CPU 91 specifies which of the ready-to-win effect and the non-reachable effect to execute based on the variable effect pattern set by the variable effect pattern setting process of step S163, and specifies to execute the no-reach effect. In this case, it is determined that the increase effect is not executed. Further, even when execution of the ready-to-win performance is specified, if the variation time of the first special symbol specified based on the variation start command is less than a predetermined time, it is determined that the increase performance is not executed. . In this step S1641, when it determines with not performing an increase production|presentation (step S1641: NO), a process is advanced to step S1648 mentioned later.

On the other hand, when the sub CPU 91 determines to execute the increase effect (step S1641: YES), based on the symbol setting information included in the variation start command received from the main control board 80, the sub CPU 91 selects the current first special symbol. It is determined whether or not the determination result of the determination is "big hit" (step S1642). Here, when it is determined that it is a "jackpot" (step S1642: YES), the effect pattern selection table for the jackpot increase effect is read from the sub-ROM 92 and set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S1643). If determined (step S1642: NO), the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for losing is read from the sub-ROM 92 and set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S1644).

These increasing effect-related effect pattern selection tables select effect patterns of omen effect (see FIG. 14(A)), increasing effect (see FIG. 13), and movable decoration light emitting effect (see FIG. 14(C)). is a table referenced for The sub CPU 91 refers to the increased effect related effect pattern selection table set in the sub RAM 93 by the processing of step S1643 or the process of step S1644, and selects the effect pattern of the sign effect, the increased effect, and the movable decoration light emitting effect. Effect pattern selection processing is executed (step S1645).

Although not shown in the figure, in the increase effect-related effect pattern selection table stored in the sub ROM 92, the variation pattern of the first special symbol, the effect pattern of the sign effect, the effect pattern of the increase effect, and the movable decoration. A rendering pattern of the lighting rendering and a random value are associated with each other. In the process of step S1645, the sub CPU 91 performs the foreshadow effect corresponding to the variation pattern of the first special symbol specified by the variation start command received from the main control board 80 and the effect random number obtained in the process of step S161. By reading out the effect pattern, the effect pattern of the increased effect, and the effect pattern of the movable decorative light emitting effect from the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect set in the sub-RAM 93, the foreshadow effect, the increased effect, and the movable decorative light emitting effect are respectively obtained. 1 production pattern is selected.

Then, the sub CPU 91 selects the effect pattern information related to the increase effect, that is, the effect pattern of the omen effect, the effect pattern of the increase effect, and the effect pattern of the movable decoration light emitting effect selected in the process of step S1645, and the effect pattern related to the increase effect ( It is set in the sub-RAM 93 as setting information for the portent effect, the increase effect, and the movable decoration light emission effect) (step S1646). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the effect pattern set by the sub CPU 91 is transmitted to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120) by transmitting the variable effect start command including the increased effect related effect pattern information. A sign effect, an increase effect, and a movable decorative light emission effect will be realized.

In addition, regarding the portent effect, when comparing the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for the big win and the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for the loss, there are the following tendencies. In other words, there is a feature that the indication effect is more likely to be executed by referring to the jackpot increased effect related effect pattern selection table than to the case of referring to the losing increased effect related effect pattern selection table. Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 14(A), the sign effect includes the sign effect that the board lamp 5 emits light in blue (blue sign effect: the reliability of the big win is about 7%), and the board lamp 5 in green. There is a sign effect that emits light (green sign effect: jackpot reliability is about 10%) and a sign effect that makes the board lamp 5 emit red light (red sign effect: jackpot reliability is about 21%). When selecting an effect pattern for an omen effect by referring to the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect, when arranging these omen effects in order of the selection probability from the highest to the lowest, the red omen effect, the green omen effect, and the blue omen effect can be obtained. in order. On the other hand, when selecting the effect pattern of the predictive effect by referring to the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for losing, if the above three predictive effects are arranged in order from the highest to the lowest, the blue predictive effect and the green predictive effect are obtained. , in order of red omen production.

In addition, regarding the increase effect, when comparing the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for the big win and the effect pattern selection table related to the increase effect for the loss, there are the following tendencies. In other words, the final rank of the power icon tends to be higher when referring to the jackpot-related effect pattern selection table than when the losing-increasing effect-related effect pattern selection table is referred to. Characteristic. Also, when referring to the jackpot increase effect-related effect pattern selection table, the final rank of the power icon may be the sixth rank (rainbow color: see FIG. 14(B)). There is a feature that the final rank of the power icon does not become the sixth rank (rainbow color) when referring to the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for losing.

In addition, regarding the movable decoration light emitting effect, when comparing the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for the big win and the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for the loss, there are the following tendencies. That is, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, since the movable decoration light emitting effect is executed only when developing into SPSP reach (or story reach), the variable effect pattern that does not develop into SPSP reach (or story reach) is set in step S163. When it is set by processing, there is a feature that the movable decoration light emitting effect is not executed even if either of the increasing effect related effect pattern selection tables is referred to.

Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 14(C), the movable decorative light emitting effect includes a movable decorative light emitting effect in which the movable decorative member 14 emits white light (white movable decorative light emitting effect: jackpot reliability is about 21%). , and a movable decorative light emitting effect in which the movable decorative member 14 emits red light (red movable decorative light emitting effect: the reliability of the big win is about 60%). When the effect pattern of the light emitting effect is selected, if these movable decorative light emitting effects are arranged in order from the highest selection probability to the lowest, the order is the white movable decorative light emitting effect and the red movable decorative light emitting effect. On the other hand, when selecting the effect pattern of the movable decoration light emitting effect by referring to the effect pattern selection table related to the increased effect for losing, if the above two movable decoration light emitting effects are arranged in order from the highest to the lowest selection probability, the white movable decoration It becomes the order of light emitting effect and red movable decorative light emitting effect.

Returning to the description of FIG. 36, when the process of step S1646 is executed, or when it is determined that the increase effect is not executed (step S1641: NO), the sub CPU 91 displays the first It is determined whether or not to shift to the 1 production mode (step S1648). As described above with reference to FIG. 8 and the like, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when shifting to the first effect mode, at least the first effect mode transition effect (see FIG. 8B) and the first effect mode dedicated Although the production exclusively for the first production mode is performed, including the advance notice production (see FIG. 8(C)), the variation pattern of the first special symbol in which the production for this first production mode is carried out is predetermined. . Therefore, in the above step S1648, for example, the sub CPU 91 performs an effect exclusively for the first effect mode in which the current first special symbol variation pattern specified based on the variation start command received from the main control board 80 is performed. It is determined whether or not to shift to the first effect mode based on whether or not this is a predetermined variation pattern. Here, when it is determined not to shift to the first effect mode (step S1648: NO), the process proceeds to step S1658 (see FIG. 37) to be described later.

When the sub CPU 91 determines to shift to the first effect mode (step S1648: YES), for example, based on the symbol setting information included in the variation start command received from the main control board 80, the first It is determined whether or not the determination result of the special symbol determination is "big hit" (step S1649). Here, when it is determined that it is a "big hit" (step S1649: YES), the foretelling effect pattern selection table dedicated to the first effect mode for big win is read out from the sub-ROM 92 and set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S1650), and "big win" is performed. If it is determined that it is not (step S1649: NO), the first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table for losing is read from the sub-ROM 92 and set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S1651).

These first effect mode-dedicated notice effect pattern selection tables are tables referred to for selecting the effect pattern of the first effect mode-dedicated notice effect described above based on FIGS. The sub CPU 91 refers to the first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table set in the sub RAM 93 by the processing of step S1650 or step S1651, and selects the effect pattern of the first effect mode exclusive notice effect. A mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection process is executed (step S1652).

Although not shown in the figure, in the first effect mode dedicated notice effect pattern selection table stored in the sub ROM 92, the first special symbol variation pattern, the first effect mode dedicated notice effect effect pattern, random are associated with numerical values. In the process of step S1652, the sub CPU 91 performs the first effect corresponding to the variation pattern of the first special symbol specified by the variation start command received from the main control board 80 and the effect random number acquired in the process of step S161. One performance pattern of the first performance mode exclusive notice performance is selected by reading performance patterns of the mode exclusive notice performance from a first performance mode exclusive notice performance pattern selection table set in a sub RAM 93. - 特許庁

Then, the sub CPU 91 stores the first effect mode-dedicated notice effect pattern information, that is, the effect pattern of the first effect mode-dedicated notice effect selected in the process of step S1652 as setting information of the first effect mode-dedicated notice effect in the sub RAM 93. set (step S1653). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the sub CPU 91 sets by transmitting the variable effect start command including the first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern information to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120). A special announcement effect for the first effect mode is realized in the effect pattern.

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, by the processing of steps S1652 and S1653, the first short fluctuation number (in this embodiment, , short fluctuation 1 to short fluctuation 4 (fixed to 4 times) are set. Also, when the point addition effect (see FIGS. 11C and 12) is executed, one or a plurality of start timings (expected effect start timings) of the point addition effect are also set. Further, when the arrival notice (success) (see FIGS. 11(D) and 12) is executed, the start timing (expected effect start timing) of the arrival notice (success) is also set. In addition, when the arrival notice (failure) (see FIGS. 11(E) and 12), which is a fake effect of the arrival notice (success), is executed, one or more start timings of the arrival notice (failure) are set. are set together.

Regarding the first effect mode exclusive notice effect, the following tendency is observed when comparing the big win first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table and the losing first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table. That is, when the determination result of the first special symbol determination this time is "jackpot" and the shift to the first effect mode is made in the middle of the variable display of the first special symbol, the latter stage effect to inform the success of the mission is executed. 1st production mode dedicated mission production (see FIG. 11(I)) of the success pattern is always executed. That is, when the determination result of the first special symbol determination this time is "jackpot", it always develops into the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode, so when referring to the first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table for the jackpot selects the first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern in which the judgment effect (see FIG. 11(H)) is executed to notify that the player is judged as "passed", and notifies that the player is judged as "failed". There is a feature that the first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern in which the judge effect (see FIG. 11(H)) is executed is not selected.

On the other hand, if the judgment result of the first special symbol judgment this time is "losing", there are times when it develops into the first production mode dedicated mission production (see FIG. 11 (I)) and times when it does not. When the 1st effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table is referred to, the first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern in which the judgment effect (see FIG. 11(H)) is executed to notify that the judgment is "passed" is performed. When selected, when a first performance mode dedicated notice performance pattern is selected in which a judgment performance informing that a judgment is made as "failed" is executed, and when the judgment performance is not executed and the first performance mode is selected. There is a time when the exclusive notice effect pattern of the first effect mode is selected when the exclusive notice effect ends.

In addition, regarding the arrival notice (success) (see FIGS. 12C and 12D), it is better to refer to the first production mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table for the big win. Compared to the case of referring to the performance pattern selection table, there is a feature that the probability of executing the arrival notice (success) is high. Also, when referring to the first production mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table for losing, the first production mode exclusive notice effect pattern in which the arrival notice (success) is executed may be selected, but the first effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern for the big win may be selected. The arrival notice (success) is executed at an earlier timing in the case of referring to the 1st production mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table than in the case of referring to the 1st production mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table for failure. There is a feature that the announcement effect pattern dedicated to the first effect mode is easily selected.

As described above, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the arrival notice (success) is more likely to be executed in the case of "jackpot" than in the case of "losing", and the occurrence timing is earlier. there is In addition, regarding the effect pattern of the first effect mode exclusive notice effect in which the point addition effect is executed a plurality of times, a notice effect pattern selection table exclusive to the first effect mode for jackpot and a notice effect pattern selection table exclusive to the first effect mode for loss are provided. , the former table is associated with more random values than the latter table. For this reason, there is a feature that the number of executions of the point addition effect is likely to be larger in the case of "big win" than in the case of "losing". Therefore, a player who expects a big win can enjoy the game while expecting that the arrival notice (success) will occur at the earliest possible timing and that more point addition effects will be executed.

Following the process of step S1653, the sub CPU 91 determines whether or not to execute the mission effect exclusively for the first effect mode (step S1654). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as the variation pattern of the first special symbol, after the first production mode exclusive notice production (see FIG. 8 (C)) is executed, the first production mode exclusive mission production (FIG. 8 (E )) is not executed, and a variation pattern B in which the first production mode exclusive mission production is executed after the first production mode exclusive notice production is executed (variation time is longer than the fluctuation pattern A), are provided. Therefore, in step S1654, the sub CPU 91, for example, based on whether the variation pattern of the first special symbol specified based on the variation start command received from the main control board 80 is the variation pattern B, It is determined whether or not to execute a mission presentation dedicated to the first presentation mode. Here, when it is determined not to execute the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode (step S1654: NO), the process proceeds to step S1658 which will be described later.

On the other hand, when the sub CPU 91 determines to execute the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode (step S1654: YES), it reads out the mission effect pattern selection table dedicated to the first effect mode from the sub ROM 92 and sets it in the sub RAM 93 (step S1655). ), the mission effect pattern selection table dedicated to the first effect mode set in the sub-RAM 93 is referred to, and the mission effect pattern selection process dedicated to the first effect mode for selecting the effect pattern of the mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode is executed (step S1656).

Although not shown in the figure, in the first effect mode dedicated mission effect pattern selection table stored in the sub ROM 92, the determination result of the first special symbol determination, the variation pattern of the first special symbol, and the first effect Effect patterns of mode-dedicated mission effects are associated with random numbers. In the process of step S1656, the sub CPU 91 determines the result of the first special symbol determination and the variation pattern of the first special symbol specified by the variation start command received from the main control board 80, and the effect acquired in the process of step S161. 1 performance of the mission performance dedicated to the first performance mode is performed by reading the performance pattern of the mission performance dedicated to the first performance mode corresponding to the random number from the mission performance pattern selection table dedicated to the first performance mode set in the sub RAM 93. Choose a pattern.

Then, the sub CPU 91 stores the first effect mode dedicated mission effect pattern information, that is, the effect pattern of the first effect mode dedicated mission effect selected in the process of step S1656 as setting information of the first effect mode dedicated mission effect in the sub RAM 93. set (step S1657). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the sub CPU 91 sets by transmitting the variable effect start command including the mission effect pattern information dedicated to the first effect mode to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120). A mission effect dedicated to the first effect mode is realized in the effect pattern.

When the sub CPU 91 executes the process of step S1657, when it determines not to shift to the first effect mode (step S1648: NO), or when it determines not to execute the first effect mode dedicated mission effect (step S1654 : NO), as illustrated in FIG. 37, it is determined whether or not to shift to the second effect mode during the variable display of the first special symbol this time (step S1658). As described above with reference to FIG. 8 and the like, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when shifting to the second effect mode, at least the second effect mode transition effect (see FIG. 8 (G)) and the second effect mode dedicated Although the production exclusively for the second production mode including the advance notice production (see FIG. 8(H)) is carried out, the variation pattern of the first special symbols in which the production exclusively for the second production mode is carried out is determined in advance. . Therefore, in the above step S1658, for example, the sub CPU 91 performs an effect exclusively for the second effect mode in which the variation pattern of the current first special symbol specified based on the variation start command received from the main control board 80 is performed. It is determined whether or not to shift to the second effect mode based on whether or not it is a predetermined variation pattern. Here, when it is determined not to shift to the second effect mode (step S1658: NO), a series of the notice effect pattern setting process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S167 (see FIG. 34) described above.

When the sub CPU 91 determines to shift to the second effect mode (step S1658: YES), for example, based on the symbol setting information included in the variation start command received from the main control board 80, the first It is determined whether or not the determination result of the special symbol determination is "big hit" (step S1659). Here, if it is determined to be a "big hit" (step S1659: YES), the second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table for big win is read from the sub-ROM 92 and set in the sub-RAM 93 (step S1660), and "big win" is performed. If it is determined not (step S1659: NO), the second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table for losing is read from the sub ROM 92 and set in the sub RAM 93 (step S1661).

These second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection tables are tables referred to for selecting effect patterns of the above-described second effect mode exclusive notice effect based on FIGS. The sub CPU 91 refers to the second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table set in the sub RAM 93 by the processing of step S1660 or step S1661, and selects the effect pattern of the second effect mode exclusive notice effect. A mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection process is executed (step S1662).

Although not shown in the figure, in the second effect mode dedicated notice effect pattern selection table stored in the sub ROM 92, the first special symbol variation pattern, the second effect mode dedicated notice effect effect pattern, random are associated with numerical values. In the process of step S1662, the sub CPU 91 performs the second effect corresponding to the variation pattern of the first special symbol specified by the variation start command received from the main control board 80 and the effect random number obtained in the process of step S161. One effect pattern of the second effect mode exclusive notice effect is selected by reading the effect pattern of the mode exclusive notice effect from the second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table set in the sub RAM 93. - 特許庁

Then, the sub CPU 91 stores the second effect mode-dedicated notice effect pattern information, that is, the effect pattern of the second effect mode-dedicated notice effect selected in the process of step S1662 as setting information of the second effect mode-dedicated notice effect in the sub RAM 93. set (step S1663). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the variable effect start command including the second effect mode dedicated notice effect pattern information is transmitted to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120), and is set by the sub CPU 91. A special announcement effect for the second effect mode is realized in the effect pattern.

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, by the processing of steps S1662 and S1663, the second short fluctuation number (in the present embodiment, , 2 times of short fluctuations A to B to 5 times of short fluctuations A to E: see FIG. (whether to execute the suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character corresponding to which character). As is clear from the notation in FIG. 10, in the present embodiment, from the start of the second production mode-dedicated advance notice effect to the start of the discovered character suggestive effect, according to the effect content of the discovered character suggestive effect. time is fixed. For example, the suggestive effect corresponding to the discovered character of character A (see FIG. 10A) is started at the timing when 6 seconds have passed since the start of the second effect mode exclusive announcement effect (see FIG. 10). Further, for example, the suggestive effect corresponding to the discovered character of character C (see FIG. 10C) is started at the timing when 18 seconds (=6 seconds×3) have passed since the second effect mode exclusive announcement effect was started. (See FIG. 10). For this reason, the image sound control CPU 101 of the image sound control board 100, based on the second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern information included in the variable effect start command received from the sub-control board 90, corresponds to the discovered character to be executed. It is possible to easily specify the type of suggestive effect and the start timing thereof.

As for the second effect mode exclusive notice effect, the following tendency is observed when comparing the big win second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table and the losing second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern selection table. That is, when the judgment result of the first special symbol judgment this time is "jackpot" and the transition to the second production mode is performed in the middle of the variable display of the first special symbol, the latter production for notifying the success of the mission is executed. The second production mode exclusive mission production (see FIG. 9(H)) of the success pattern is always executed. That is, when the determination result of the first special symbol determination this time is "jackpot", it always develops into the second production mode dedicated mission production, so when referring to the second production mode exclusive notice production pattern selection table for big win , the second production mode exclusive announcement production pattern in which the discovered character-corresponding suggestion production is executed, which suggests that the mission production will be developed into the second production mode exclusive mission production is selected, and the second production mode exclusive mission production is not developed (non- (Development) is characterized in that the announcement effect pattern dedicated to the second effect mode in which the discovered character-corresponding suggestive effect is executed is not selected.

On the other hand, if the judgment result of the first special symbol judgment this time is "losing", there are times when it develops into the second production mode dedicated mission production (see FIG. 9 (H)) and times when it does not. When the 2nd production mode exclusive notice production pattern selection table is referred to, the second production mode in which the discovery character corresponding suggestive production (see FIG. 9(F)) that suggests development to the second production mode exclusive mission production is executed. When the exclusive notice effect pattern is selected, the second effect mode exclusive notice effect pattern in which the discovered character suggestive effect (see FIG. 9(F)) that suggests non-development to the second effect mode exclusive mission effect is executed. There is when is selected and when .

Further, the suggestive effect corresponding to the discovered character in the development suggestive mode suggesting the development to the dedicated mission effect in the second effect mode has the following features. That is, no matter which one of the announcement performance pattern selection table dedicated to the second performance mode for big win and the announcement performance pattern selection table dedicated to the second performance mode for losing, the development to the mission performance dedicated to the second performance mode is suggested. However, when arranging the discovery character suggestion effects in the development suggestion mode in descending order of selection probability, the discovery character suggestion effect by character A and the discovery character suggestion effect by character B can be executed. , followed by character C suggesting a discovered character, followed by character D suggesting a discovered character. Conversely, with respect to the discovery character corresponding suggestive effects of the non-development suggestive mode suggesting that the mission effects dedicated to the second effect mode are not developed (that is, non-developed), when arranging in order from the highest selection probability to the lowest, Character D , the suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character by character C, the suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character by character B, and the suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character by character A.

Since the advance notice effect pattern selection table dedicated to the second effect mode for jackpot and the advance notice effect pattern selection table dedicated to the second effect mode for loss are configured in this way, the degree of expectation for the development of the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode is low. Arranging them in descending order from lowest to highest, the order is the suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character by character D, the suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character by character C, the suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character by character B, and the suggesting effect corresponding to the discovered character by character A.

Following the process of step S1663, the sub CPU 91 determines whether or not to execute the mission effect exclusively for the second effect mode (step S1664). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as the variation pattern of the first special symbol, after the second production mode exclusive notice production (see FIG. 8 (H)) is executed, the second production mode exclusive mission production (FIG. 8 (J )) is not executed, and a variation pattern D in which the second production mode exclusive mission production is executed after the second production mode exclusive notice production is executed (variation time is longer than the fluctuation pattern C), are provided. Therefore, in step S1664, the sub CPU 91, for example, based on whether the variation pattern of the first special symbol specified based on the variation start command received from the main control board 80 is the variation pattern D, It is determined whether or not to execute a second presentation mode dedicated mission presentation. Here, when it is determined not to execute the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode (step S1664: NO), the series of notice effect pattern setting processing is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S167 (see FIG. 34).

On the other hand, when the sub CPU 91 determines to execute the mission effect dedicated to the second effect mode (step S1664: YES), it reads out the mission effect pattern selection table dedicated to the second effect mode from the sub ROM 92 and sets it in the sub RAM 93 (step S1665). ), referring to the second effect mode dedicated mission effect pattern selection table set in the sub-RAM 93, the second effect mode dedicated mission effect pattern selection process for selecting the effect pattern of the second effect mode dedicated mission effect is executed (step S1666).

Although not shown in the figure, in the second effect mode dedicated mission effect pattern selection table stored in the sub ROM 92, the determination result of the first special symbol determination, the variation pattern of the first special symbol, and the second effect Effect patterns of mode-dedicated mission effects are associated with random numbers. In the process of step S1666, the sub CPU 91 determines the result of the first special symbol determination specified by the variation start command received from the main control board 80, the variation pattern of the first special symbol, and the effect acquired in the process of step S161. 1 performance of the mission performance dedicated to the second performance mode is performed by reading the performance pattern of the mission performance dedicated to the second performance mode corresponding to the random number from the mission performance pattern selection table dedicated to the second performance mode set in the sub RAM 93. Choose a pattern.

Then, the sub CPU 91 stores the second effect mode dedicated mission effect pattern information, that is, the effect pattern of the second effect mode dedicated mission effect selected in the process of step S1666 as setting information of the second effect mode dedicated mission effect in the sub RAM 93. set (step S1667). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the sub CPU 91 sets by transmitting the variable effect start command including the mission effect pattern information dedicated to the second effect mode to the image sound control board 100 (and the lamp control board 120). A special mission effect for the second effect mode is realized in the effect pattern.

In addition, in the notice effect pattern setting process, for example, processing for setting effect patterns of other notice effects such as dialogue notice and group notice is also performed. are omitted.

[Interrupt processing by image sound control board 100]
Next, interrupt processing executed in the image sound control board 100 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 38 is a flowchart illustrating interrupt processing executed in the image sound control board 100. FIG. The image sound control board 100 repeatedly executes a series of processes illustrated in FIG. 38 at regular time intervals (for example, 33 milliseconds) during normal operation except for special cases such as power-on and power-off. .

First, the image sound control CPU 101 executes image display control processing for controlling image display on the display screen 70 based on the command received from the sub-control board 90 (step S71). This image display control processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Following the processing of step S71, the image sound control CPU 101 executes sound effect output control processing for outputting various sound effects from the speaker 38 in synchronization with or asynchronously with the screen display performed on the display screen 70. (step S72).

Following the processing of step S72, the image sound control CPU 101 executes data transmission control processing (step S73). Specifically, data relating to image sound control performed in the image sound control board 100 is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 . In response, the sub-control board 90 transfers the data received from the image sound control board 100 to the lamp control board 120 by the data transfer processing in step S60 of FIG. As a result, the frame lamp 37, the board surface lamp 5, the movable decorative member 14, and the like are controlled so as to synchronize with the presentation performed by the display screen 70 and the speaker .

[Image display control processing by image sound control board 100]
FIG. 39 is a detailed flowchart of the image display control process in step S71 of FIG. The image sound control CPU 101 first determines whether or not a command transmitted from the sub-control board 90 has been received (step S711). Here, if it is determined that the command has not been received (step S711: NO), the process proceeds to step S72.

On the other hand, when the image sound control CPU 101 determines that it has received a command from the sub-control board 90 (step S711: YES), it sets the setting information included in the command in the control RAM 103 (step S712). Then, based on the setting information set in the control RAM 103, it determines how the effect image should be displayed on the display screen 70, creates a display list for controlling the drawing processing of the VDP 104, and displays it in a predetermined area of the control RAM 103. (step S713), and the display list is set in the display list storage area of VRAM 106 (step S714). The VDP 104 executes drawing processing based on the display list set in the display list storage area, thereby realizing the effect display instructed by the sub-control board 90 .

[Other Modifications]
In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be, for example, in the following forms. That is, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to one type of pachinko gaming machine called a so-called variable loop type, but the present invention is applied to one type of pachinko gaming machine called a so-called ST machine, It may also be applied to other game machines such as a pachinko game machine called a so-called 1 type 2 type mixed type.

Further, the configuration of the gaming machine 1 and the operation mode of each member described in the above embodiment are merely examples, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be realized with other configurations and operation modes. In addition, the order of processing, set values, random values, threshold values used for determination, etc. in the flowcharts described above are merely examples, and other orders and values may be used without departing from the scope of the present invention. It goes without saying that The drawings and the like exemplified in the above embodiments are merely examples, and may be in other aspects.

[Reference Invention]
Hereinafter, inventions related to the embodiments disclosed in this specification are disclosed as reference inventions.

(Reference invention 1)
The gaming machine of Reference Invention 1-1 is
determination means for determining whether or not to execute a special game advantageous to the player;
a special symbol display control means for causing a predetermined special symbol display means to variably display the special symbol, and then stopping and displaying the special symbol indicating the result of the determination;
a special game execution means for executing the special game when a special symbol indicating that the special game is determined by the determination means to be executed is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display means;
and a production control means for controlling production,
The production control means is
Based on the result of the determination, a winning notification effect for notifying that the special game is executed, an expectation effect for expecting that the winning notification effect is executed, and the special during the variable display of the special symbol a plurality of short-variation displays in which the performance symbols are variably displayed over a period of time shorter than the variation time of the symbols, and
During the first variation period in which the special symbol is variably displayed, the short variation display of the performance symbol a plurality of times and the expected performance (for example, point addition performance and arrival notice (success): Fig. 12 (A) ~ ( D)), and when executing the first effect (for example, the first effect mode exclusive notice effect: see FIG. 12) performed in the first effect pattern, and
During the second variation period in which the special symbols are variably displayed, the short variation display of the performance symbols for a plurality of times and the expected performance (for example, suggested characters corresponding to the discovered characters illustrated in FIGS. 10A to 10D) and when executing a second effect (for example, a second effect mode exclusive notice effect: see FIG. 10) performed in a second effect pattern different from the first effect pattern. and

According to this gaming machine, during the first fluctuation period and during the second fluctuation period, the short fluctuation display of the production pattern a plurality of times and the expected production are executed in mutually different production patterns. Therefore, a synergistic effect of the first effect and the second effect makes it possible to obtain a high effect.

Further, the gaming machine of Reference Invention 1-2 is the gaming machine of Reference Invention 1-1,
The production control means is
When executing the first effect, the first short fluctuation number, which is the number of times the short fluctuation display is performed a plurality of times during the first fluctuation period, and the expected effect during the first fluctuation period (for example, Set the expected production start timing at which point addition production and arrival notice (success) will start,
When executing the second effect, the second short fluctuation number, which is the number of times the short fluctuation display is performed a plurality of times during the second fluctuation period, and the expected effect performed during the second fluctuation period ( For example, it is characterized by setting the production content of the suggested production corresponding to the discovered character).

According to this gaming machine, by appropriately setting the number of times of the first short fluctuation, the expected performance start timing, the number of times of the second short fluctuation, and the contents of the expected performance, respectively, the highly interesting first performance and It is possible to execute a second effect.

(Reference invention 2)
The gaming machine of Reference Invention 2-1 is
determination means for determining whether or not to execute a special game advantageous to the player;
special game execution means for executing the special game when the determination means determines that the special game is to be executed;
and a production control means for controlling production,
The production control means is
Based on the result of the determination, it is possible to execute a win notification effect for notifying that the special game will be executed, and a change display for changing the effect image so that the number indicated by the predetermined effect image increases. can be,
a first case of displaying the effect image in a common display color common to the first display color after the changing display is executed in a state where the effect image in the first display color is displayed; and the first display. a second case of displaying the effect image in a second display color different from the color,
The second case is characterized in that the possibility of executing the winning notification effect is higher than in the first case.

According to this gaming machine, as the number represented by the predetermined effect image increases, the display color of the effect image may be maintained or changed, and the display color may change. However, compared to the case where the display color is maintained, there is a high possibility that the winning notification effect will be executed. Therefore, the player can be made to pay attention not only to the size of the number represented by the predetermined effect image but also to the display color of the effect image, and the display color of the number can be made different before and after the change display. Thus, it is possible to improve the player's expectation for the execution of the winning notification effect, and as a result, it is possible to obtain a high effect.

Incidentally, the inventions of Reference Inventions 1 and 2 may be combined.

1 game machine (pachinko game machine), 7 image display device, 21 first start opening, 22 second start opening, 23 opening/closing member, 26 first big prize opening, 28 second big prize opening, 35 first production button, 36 second production button, 41 first special symbol display, 42 second special symbol display, 70 display screen, 80 main control board, 81 main CPU, 90 sub control board, 91 sub CPU, 100 image sound control board, 101 image sound control CPU, 120 lamp control board, 121 lamp CPU, 211 first start opening sensor, 221 second start opening sensor, 351 first effect button detection sensor, 352 first effect button lamp, 361 second effect button detection Sensor, 362 Second presentation button lamp.

Claims (1)

determination means for determining whether or not to execute a special game advantageous to the player;
special game execution means for executing the special game when the determination means determines that the special game is to be executed;
and a production control means for controlling production,
The production control means is
Based on the result of the determination, a win notification effect for notifying that the special game is to be executed, a change display for changing the predetermined effect image so that the number indicated by the predetermined effect image increases, and a predetermined light emitting means. and a prior suggestion effect that suggests in advance that the change display will be performed by emitting light ,
The advance suggestion effect includes a first light emission effect in which the light emitting means emits light in a first emission color and a second light emission effect in which the light emitting means emits light in a second emission color,
When the second light emitting effect is executed, the possibility of executing the hit notification effect is higher than when the first light emitting effect is executed,
The production control means is
Regardless of whether the prior suggesting effect is the first light emitting effect or the second light emitting effect, the change display is always executed after the prior suggesting effect is executed,
a first case of displaying the effect image in a common display color common to the first display color after the changing display is executed in a state where the effect image in the first display color is displayed; and the first display. a second case of displaying the effect image in a second display color different from the color,
In the second case, the possibility of executing the hit notification effect is higher than in the first case,
The production control means is
A third case in which the changing display is started using the effect image showing a first number, and the changing display is started using the effect image showing a second number larger than the first number. There is a fourth case and
A gaming machine characterized in that, in the fourth case, the possibility of executing the winning notification effect is higher than in the third case.

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