JP7266835B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to gaming machines typified by pachinko gaming machines and the like.

A pachinko game machine as an example of a game machine is provided with an effect control means capable of controlling an effect. The effect control means can display various images using the image display means. For example, in the gaming machine described in Patent Literature 1 below, the effect control means displays a cut-in image so that the player can understand that the expectation of winning a big win is high.

JP 2006-263218 A

By the way, many effects, such as the effect of displaying a cut-in image (so-called cut-in notice effect), simply display a certain image on the image display means, and therefore cannot be recognized as an effect alone. ing. Therefore, the player only pays attention to whether or not the performance is executed, and there is room for improvement in improving the interest of the performance.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. That is, the problem is to provide a game machine capable of enhancing the interest of presentation.

The gaming machine of the present invention is
A game machine that includes a performance control means capable of controlling performance and can be controlled to a special game state when it is determined to be a hit ,
The production control means is
The step-up notice effect is composed of notice steps from one step to a predetermined step, and a step-up notice effect for displaying an image related to each notice step can be executed,
capable of executing a success/failure effect indicating a success mode or a failure mode in at least one advance notice step in the step-up notice effect;
When the success mode is shown by the success/failure effect, another announcement effect is executed to suggest that the degree of expectation for winning judged to be a win increases, and the process proceeds to the next announcement step, while the failure mode is shown by the success/failure effect. If so, proceed to the next notice step without showing the success mode and without executing the other notice effect,
During the execution of the step-up notice performance, the performance symbols indicating the result of winning are not stopped and displayed in a winning mode or a losing mode, and the performance symbols are hit after the step-up notice performance is executed. This game machine is characterized by stopping and displaying in a mode or a losing mode.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to enhance the interest of the presentation.

1 is a perspective view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment; FIG. It is a perspective view showing the structure of the gaming machine frame provided in the gaming machine. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment; FIG. It is a front view of a game board provided in the gaming machine. It is an enlarged view of the A portion shown in FIG. 4, and is a view showing display devices provided in the gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the game control board side of the gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the effect control board side of the gaming machine. It is a hit classification determination table. It is the table|surface which shows the various random numbers which the microcomputer for game control acquires. (A) is a big hit determination table, (B) is a ready-to-win determination table, (C) is a normal symbol hit determination table, and (D) is a normal symbol variation pattern selection table. It is a special figure variation pattern determination table. It is an electric chew opening pattern determination table. It is a figure for demonstrating the flow of production|presentation. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the infantile weak SP reach; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a child strong SP reach; It is a figure for demonstrating high school weak SP reach. It is a figure for demonstrating the high school strong SP reach. It is a figure for demonstrating pro SP reach. It is a figure for demonstrating the pro strong SP reach. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a special growth effect that is executed in a young state; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a special growth effect executed in high school; FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a scene change that is executed in a young state; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a scene change that is executed in a high school state; FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the growth SP development production performed in a young state. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a growth SP development effect executed in a high school state; It is a figure for demonstrating a phoenix stock production|presentation. It is a figure for demonstrating the phoenix revival development production. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the heroine step-up notice effect; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the flow of advance notice step 1 in the "infant state"; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the flow of advance notice step 2 in the "high school state"; FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the flow of advance notice step 3 in the "space state"; FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the flow of advance notice step 2 in the "infant state"; FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the flow of advance notice step 3 in the "high school state"; FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the flow of advance notice step 3 in the "infant state"; 4 is a flowchart of main control main processing; 10 is a flowchart of main-side timer interrupt processing; 6 is a flowchart of sensor detection processing; It is a flow chart of gate passage processing. 4 is a flowchart of normal operation processing; 4 is a flowchart of special action processing; It is a flowchart of a special symbol standby process. It is a flowchart of big hit determination processing. It is a flow chart of variation pattern selection processing. It is a flow chart of variation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of processing during special symbol fluctuation. It is a flowchart of special design decision processing. It is a flowchart of a game state management process. It is a flowchart of special electric accessary product processing. It is a flowchart of a game state setting process. 9 is a flowchart of sub-control main processing; 4 is a flowchart of reception interrupt processing; 10 is a flowchart of 1 ms timer interrupt processing; 10 is a flowchart of 10 ms timer interrupt processing; 8 is a flowchart of received command analysis processing; It is a flow chart of the fluctuation effect start processing. (A) is a phoenix stock effect lottery table, and (B) is a phoenix revival jackpot effect lottery table. (A) is a growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 3 big wins, and (B) is a growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 3 losers. (A) is a growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 2 big wins, and (B) is a growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 2 losers. (A) is a failure effect executable determination table for pseudo-3, and (B) is a failure effect executable determination table for pseudo-2. (A) is a pre-reach special growth failure effect lottery table, (B) is a post-reach special growth failure effect lottery table, and (C) is a growth SP development failure effect lottery table. It is an SP reach lottery table. (A) is a heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for pseudo 3 big wins, (B) is a heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for pseudo 3 losers, and (C) is a heroine step-up notice effect lottery for pseudo 2 big wins. (D) is a heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for pseudo 2 loses, (E) is a heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for pseudo 1 jackpot, and (F) is a heroine step for pseudo 1 loss. It is an up notice effect lottery table. This is a character announcement effect lottery table. It is a figure which shows the production|presentation design as an example of a change. As a modified example, (A) is a diagram showing a variable performance in a childhood state, (B) is a diagram showing a variable performance in a high school state, and (C) is a diagram showing a variable performance in a professional state. .

1. Structure of Gaming Machine A pachinko gaming machine PY1, which is an embodiment of the present invention, will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the left-right direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 will be described as being the same as the left-right direction for the player facing the pachinko gaming machine PY1. Also, the front direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 is defined as the direction toward the player facing the pachinko gaming machine PY1, and the rear direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 is defined as the direction away from the player facing the pachinko gaming machine PY1. do.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko game machine PY1 of the embodiment has a game machine frame 2. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the game machine frame 2 includes an outer frame 22, an inner frame 21 and a front door 23 (front frame). The outer frame 22 is a vertically rectangular frame that forms the outer shell of the pachinko game machine PY1. The inner frame 21 is arranged inside the outer frame 22, and is a vertically rectangular frame on which the later-described game board 1 is attached. The front door 23 is arranged on the front side of the outer frame 22 and the inner frame 21 and has a vertical rectangular shape to protect the game board 1 . The front door 23 is a portion facing the player, and is decorated with various decorations.

The game machine frame 2 is configured with a hinge portion 24 on the left end side. The front door 23 is rotatable with respect to the outer frame 22 and the inner frame 21 by the hinge portion 24, and the inner frame 21 is rotatable with respect to the outer frame 22 and the front door 23. It's becoming An opening 23a is formed in the center of the front door 23, and a transparent plate 23t is attached to the opening 23a so that the player can visually recognize a game area 6, which will be described later. Although the transparent plate 23t is a glass plate in this embodiment, it may be a transparent synthetic resin plate. That is, the transparent plate 23t may be one that allows the game area 6 to be visually recognized from the front.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the front door 23 has a handle 72k (game ball hitting means) for shooting game balls with a shooting intensity corresponding to the rotation angle, and a hitting ball supply tray (for storing game balls). An upper tray) 34 and a surplus ball receiving tray (lower tray) 35 for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated in the batted ball supply tray 34 are provided. Further, the front door 23 is provided with an effect button (input unit) 40k and a select button 42k that can be operated by the player at the time of an effect executed as the game progresses. The select button (cross key) 42k is composed of an up button, a down button, a left button, and a right button. Further, the front door 23 is provided with a decorative frame lamp 212 and a speaker (not shown in FIG. 1) for outputting sound.

A game board 1 shown in FIG. 4 is attached to the game machine frame 2 . As shown in FIG. 4, the game board 1 is formed with a game area 6 surrounded by a rail member 62 in which a game ball shot by operating the handle 72k flows down. Also, the game board 1 is provided with a large number of board lamps 54 for decoration. In the game area 6, a plurality of game pegs for guiding game balls are projected. The game board 1 is formed by integrating a plate-shaped member arranged on the front side and a back unit arranged on the rear side (a unit for attaching various control boards, an image display device 50, a harness, etc., which will be described later). It is.

An image display device 50 (effect display means, image display means), which is a liquid crystal display device, is provided near the center of the game area 6 . Note that the image display device may be another image display device such as an organic EL display device. The display screen 50a (display unit) of the image display device 50 has a production design display area for performing variable display of production design EZ (decorative design) synchronized with variable display of the first special design and the second special design described later. . The effect of displaying the effect symbol EZ is called the effect symbol variation effect. The production design fluctuation production is sometimes called "decorative design fluctuation production" or simply "variation production". In this embodiment, as will be described later, the effect symbols EZ include a child effect symbol EZa, a high school effect symbol EZb, and a professional effect symbol EZc, which have different display modes (see FIG. 13). When collectively referring to the effect pattern EZa for children, the effect pattern EZb for high school and the effect pattern EZc for professionals, it may simply be referred to as "effect pattern EZ".

The effect symbol display area is composed of three effect symbol display areas, for example, "left", "middle" and "right". A left performance symbol EZ1 is displayed in the left performance symbol display area, a middle performance symbol EZ2 is displayed in the medium performance symbol display area, and a right performance symbol EZ3 is displayed in the right performance symbol display area. The left effect symbol EZ1 includes the effect symbol for children EZa displayed in the left effect symbol display area, the high school effect symbol EZb displayed in the left effect symbol display area, and the professional effect symbol displayed in the left effect symbol display area. It is a production design which collectively means the production design EZc. In addition, the medium production pattern EZ2 includes a production pattern for children EZa displayed in the medium production pattern display area, a high school production pattern EZb displayed in the medium production pattern display area, and a professional production pattern EZb displayed in the medium production pattern display area. It is a production design which collectively means the production design EZc. The right performance symbol EZ3 includes a performance symbol for children EZa displayed in the right performance symbol display area, a high school performance symbol EZb displayed in the right performance symbol display area, and a professional performance symbol displayed in the right performance symbol display area. It is a production design which collectively means the production design EZc.

Each of the effect symbols EZ consists of a plurality of symbols representing numbers "1" to "9", for example. The image display device 50 is a first special symbol displayed by a first special symbol indicator 81a and a second special symbol indicator 81b, which will be described later, by a combination of the left performance symbol EZ1, the middle performance symbol EZ2, and the right performance symbol EZ3. And the result of the variable display of the second special symbol (that is, the result of the jackpot lottery) is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

For example, when a jackpot is won, the performance symbol EZ is stopped and displayed with double numbers such as "777". In addition, when it is a miss, the performance symbol EZ is stopped and displayed with a loose pattern such as "637". This makes it easier for the player to grasp the progress of the game. That is, the player generally grasps the result of the jackpot lottery by the image display device 50 rather than by the first special figure display device 81a or the second special figure display device 81b. In addition, the position of the effect symbol display area may not be fixed. Further, as a mode of variable display of the effect symbols EZ, for example, there is a mode of scrolling in the vertical direction.

The image display device 50 displays, in addition to the effect symbol variation effect using the effect symbol EZ as described above, a jackpot effect performed in parallel with the jackpot game, a demonstration effect for waiting for customers (customer waiting effect), and the like. 50a. In addition, in the effect symbol variation effect, effect images other than the effect symbol EZ such as a background image and a character image are displayed in addition to the effect symbol EZ such as numbers.

Further, the display screen 50a of the image display device 50 has a pending icon display area for displaying a pending icon HA (effect pending image) according to the number of stored first special figure pending and second special figure pending, which will be described later. By the display of the pending icon HA, the storage number of the first special figure pending displayed in the first special figure pending display 83a described later, the second special shown in the second special pending display 83b described later It is possible to clearly indicate to the player the number of stored figures that are reserved.

A center frame 61 (inner wall portion) is arranged near the center of the game area 6 and in front of the image display device 50 . At the bottom of the center frame 61, a stage 61s capable of guiding a game ball rolling on the upper surface to the first starting port 11 described later is formed. A warp 61w is provided on the left side of the center frame 61 to allow game balls to flow in from the entrance and flow out to the stage 61s from the exit. A plate movable body 55k that can move up and down is provided on the upper portion of the center frame 61. As shown in FIG. The board movable body 55k is movable from an origin position above the display screen 50a to an effect position overlapping the center of the display screen 50a in the front-rear direction.

Below the image display device 50 in the game area 6, there is provided a first starting winning device 11D having a first starting port 11 in which the ease with which a game ball enters is always constant. The first starting port 11 is also referred to as a first ball-in port, a fixed ball-in port, a first starting prize-winning port, or a first starting region. Further, the first start winning device 11D is also called first ball entry means, fixed ball entry means, or first start prize winning device. Winning of the game ball to the first starting port 11 triggers lottery for the first special symbol (big hit lottery, ie, acquisition and determination of big hit random numbers, etc.).

Further, below the first starting port 11 in the game area 6, a normal variable winning device (normal electric accessory, so-called electric chew) 12D having the second starting port 12 is provided. The second starting hole 12 is also referred to as a second ball entry hole, a variable ball entry hole, a second starting winning hole, or a second starting region. The electric chew 12D is also referred to as a second ball entry means, a variable ball entry means, or a second starting winning device. Winning of the game ball to the second starting port 12 triggers a second special symbol lottery (jackpot lottery).

The electric chew 12D has an electric chew opening/closing member 12k (ball opening opening/closing member) that takes an open state and a closed state, and opens and closes the second starting port 12 by operating the electric chew opening/closing member 12k. The electric tuning opening/closing member 12k is driven by an electric tuning solenoid 12s, which will be described later. When the electric chew opening/closing member 12k is in an open state, it is possible to enter a game ball into the second starting port 12, and when it is in a closed state, it is impossible to enter a game ball into the second starting port 12.例文帳に追加Become. That is, the second starting hole 12 is a starting hole in which the ease with which a game ball enters can be changed. In addition, if the electric chew makes it easier for the ball to enter the second starting port when the electric chew opening and closing member is in the open state than when it is in the closed state, 2 It does not have to be something that makes it impossible to enter the starting hole.

Also, on the right side of the first starting port 11 in the game area 6, a big winning device (special electric accessory) 14D having a big winning port 14 is provided. The special winning opening 14 is also called a special winning opening. The big winning device 14D is also called an attacker (AT), a special winning means, or a special variable winning device. The big winning device 14D has an AT opening/closing member 14k (special winning opening opening/closing member) that takes an open state and a closed state, and opens and closes the big winning opening 14 by the operation of the AT opening/closing member 14k. The AT opening/closing member 14k is driven by an AT solenoid 14s, which will be described later. A game ball can enter the big winning opening 14 only when the AT opening/closing member 14k is in an open state.

A gate 13 through which game balls can pass is provided on the right side of the center frame 61 . The gate 13 is also called a passage opening or a passage area. Passage of the game ball to the gate 13 is a trigger for execution of a normal symbol lottery (that is, normal symbol random number (hit random number) acquisition and determination) that determines whether or not to open the electric chew 12D. Furthermore, a plurality of general prize winning openings 10 are provided in the lower portion of the game area 6 . Also, at the bottom of the game area 6, an out port 19 is provided for discharging out of the game area 6 game balls that have been hit into the game area 6 but have not won in any of the winning openings.

In the game area 6 in which various winning openings are arranged, there are a left game area 6L (first game area) on the left side of the center in the horizontal direction (first game area) and a right game area 6R (second game area) on the right side. There is. A hitting method of shooting a game ball so that the game ball flows down the left game area 6L is called left hitting. On the other hand, a hitting method of shooting a game ball so that the game ball flows down the right game area 6R is called right hitting. In the pachinko machine PY1 of this embodiment, the flow path through which the game balls flow down when the game is played with the left hand is called the first flow path R1, and the flow path through which the game balls flow down when the game is played with the right hand. , the second flow path R2.

A first starting port 11, a general prize winning port 10, an electric tube 12D, and an out port 19 are provided on the first flow path R1. A player can aim to win a prize to the first starting opening 11 or the general winning opening 10 by hitting a game ball so as to flow down the first flow path R1. In addition, since no gate is arranged on the first flow path R1, the electric tube 12D will not be opened when the player is hitting to the left.

On the other hand, a gate 13, a general prize winning port 10, a big prize winning device 14D, an electric tube 12D, and an out port 19 are provided on the second flow path R2. By hitting the game ball so as to flow down the second flow path R2, the player can aim to pass through the gate 13, or win a prize in the general winning opening 10, the second starting opening 12, and the big winning opening 14. can.

Also, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the display devices 8 include a first special symbol display device 81a that variably displays the first special symbol, a second special symbol display device 81b that variably displays the second special symbol, and a normal symbol. A normal map display 82 for variably displaying (normal map) is included. The first special symbol is also referred to as the first special symbol or special symbol 1, and the second special symbol is also referred to as the second special symbol or special symbol 2. In addition, the normal pattern is also called a general pattern.

In addition, in the display device 8, the first special figure suspension display 83a that displays the number of storage of the operation suspension (first special figure suspension) of the first special figure display 81a, the operation suspension of the second special figure display 81b (Second special figure suspension) 2nd special figure suspension display 83b for displaying the number of memories, and normal figure suspension display 84 for displaying the number of operation suspension (normal figure suspension) of the normal figure display 82 is

The variable display of the first special symbol is performed with the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 11 as a trigger. The variable display of the second special symbol is performed with the winning of the game ball to the second starting port 12 as a trigger. In the following description, the first special symbol and the second special symbol may be collectively referred to as a special symbol (special symbol). Moreover, the 1st special figure indicator 81a and the 2nd special figure indicator 81b may be generically called the special figure indicator 81. As shown in FIG. Also, the first special figure reservation display 83a and the second special figure reservation display 83b may be collectively referred to as the special figure reservation display 83. In addition, the first special figure reservation and the second special figure reservation may be collectively referred to as special figure reservation.

In the special figure display device 81, the special symbols are variably displayed (variable display) and then stopped, so that a lottery (special symbol lottery, jackpot lottery) based on the winning of the first start port 11 or the second start port 12 is performed. Notify the results. A special symbol to be stopped and displayed (a stop symbol, a special symbol derived and displayed as a display result of variable display) is one special symbol selected from a plurality of types of special symbols by a special symbol lottery. When the stop pattern is a predetermined specific special pattern (a special pattern of a specific stop mode, i.e., a jackpot pattern), an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the stopped and displayed specific special pattern (that is, the type of the jackpot won) is selected. A jackpot game (an example of a special game) is performed to open the big winning hole 14.例文帳に追加In addition, the opening pattern of the big winning opening in the special game will be described later.

Specifically, the special symbol indicator 81 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) arranged side by side, and displays a special symbol according to the result of the jackpot lottery by its lighting mode. be. For example, if you win a jackpot (one of the multiple types of jackpots described later), ``○○●●○○●●'' (○: lights up, ●: lights out) 1, 2, from the left A jackpot pattern in which the fifth and sixth LEDs are lit is displayed. In addition, if the game is lost, a lost pattern is displayed in which only the rightmost LED lights up, such as "●●●●●●●○". A mode in which all the LEDs are extinguished may be adopted as the lost pattern. In addition, the lost design is not a specific special design. In addition, before the special symbols are stopped and displayed, the special symbols are variably displayed for a predetermined variable time. It is a mode. It should be noted that the variable display mode may be anything, such as blinking all the LEDs all at once, unless each LED is stopped (lighted up in a specific mode).

In this pachinko game machine PY1, when there is a winning (entering a ball) of a game ball into the first start port 11 or the second start port 12, the value of various random numbers such as jackpot random numbers (numerical information , determination information) is temporarily stored in the special figure reservation storage unit 105 described later. Specifically, if the winning to the first start port 11 is stored as the first special figure reservation, it is stored in the first special figure reservation storage unit 105a described later, and if the winning to the second start opening 12 is the second special It is stored in the later-described second special figure suspension storage unit 105b as figure suspension. There is an upper limit to the number of special figure reservations that can be stored in each special figure reservation storage unit 105, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is "4".

The special figure reservation stored in the special figure reservation storage unit 105 is terminated when the variable display of the special symbol based on the special figure reservation becomes possible. Digestion of the special figure reservation means to determine the jackpot random number or the like corresponding to the special figure reservation, and to execute the variable display of the special symbol for showing the determination result. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine PY1, when the variable display of the special symbols based on the winning of the game ball to the first start port 11 or the second start port 12 cannot be performed immediately after the winning, that is, the execution of the variable display of the special symbols. Even if a prize is won during execution of a special game, the right of a jackpot lottery for the prize can be reserved up to a predetermined number.

And the number of such special figure reservations is displayed on the special figure reservation indicator 83. Specifically, each special figure reservation indicator 83 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of special figure reservations by lighting the LEDs by the number of special figure reservations.

The variable display of normal symbols is performed with the passage of the game ball to the gate 13 as a trigger. The normal symbol display device 82 notifies the result of the normal symbol lottery based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 13 by displaying the normal symbol variably (variably displaying) and then stop-displaying it. A normal pattern to be stopped and displayed (a normal pattern stop pattern, a normal pattern derived and displayed as a display result of variable display) is one normal pattern selected from a plurality of types of normal patterns by a normal pattern lottery. When the stop-displayed normal symbol is a predetermined specific normal symbol (a normal symbol in a predetermined stop mode, that is, a normal winning symbol), the second starting port 12 is opened in an opening pattern according to the current game state. Auxiliary game is played to make it possible. The opening pattern of the second starting port 12 will be described later.

Specifically, the normal symbol display device 82 is composed of, for example, two LEDs (see FIG. 5), and displays normal symbols corresponding to the result of the normal symbol lottery according to the lighting mode thereof. For example, if the lottery result is a win, a normal win pattern with both LEDs lit up is displayed, such as "○○" (○: lit, ●: unlit). When the lottery result is a loss, a normal losing pattern is displayed, such as "●○", in which only the right LED lights up. A mode in which all the LEDs are extinguished may be employed as a normal losing pattern. It should be noted that the normal losing design is not a specific normal design. Before the normal symbols are stopped and displayed, the normal symbols are variably displayed for a predetermined variable time. It should be noted that the variable display mode may be anything, such as blinking all the LEDs all at once, unless each LED is stopped (lighted up in a specific mode).

In the pachinko game machine PY1, when a game ball passes through the gate 13, the value of the normal symbol random number (hit random number) acquired for the passage is stored in the normal pattern reservation storage unit 106 described later as normal pattern reservation. memorized once. There is an upper limit to the number of normal pattern reservations that can be stored in the general pattern reservation storage unit 106, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is "4".

The normal pattern reservation stored in the normal pattern reservation storage unit 106 is terminated when the variable display of the normal pattern based on the normal pattern reservation becomes possible. The digestion of the normal pattern reservation means that the normal design random number (hit random number) corresponding to the normal pattern reservation is determined, and the normal design variable display is performed to show the determination result. Therefore, in this pachinko game machine PY1, when the variable display of the normal symbols based on the passage of the game ball through the gate 13 cannot be performed immediately after the passage, that is, during the execution of the variable display of the normal symbols or during the execution of the auxiliary game, a prize is won. Even if there is, with a predetermined number as the upper limit, it is possible to reserve the right of the normal symbol lottery for the passage.

And the number of such normal map reservations is displayed on the normal map reservation display 84 . Specifically, the normal map hold indicator 84 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of normal map reserves by lighting the LEDs by the number of normal map reserves.

2. Electrical Configuration of Gaming Machine Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the pachinko game machine PY1 includes a game control board 100 (main control board) for controlling game profits such as jackpot lottery and game state transitions, and effects executed as the game progresses. Effect control board 120 (sub-control board) for controlling related, payout control board 170 and the like for controlling payout of game balls. The game control board 100 constitutes a main control section, and the effect control board 120 constitutes a sub-control section together with an image control board 140 and a sub-drive board 162 which will be described later.

In addition, the sub-control unit includes at least the effect control board 120, and can control the game effect using the effect means (image display device 50, speaker 620, board lamp 54, board movable body 55k, frame lamp 212, etc.) Just do it.

The pachinko game machine PY1 also has a power board 190. As shown in FIG. The power supply board 190 (power supply unit) inputs 24 VAC power from the outside, and supplies various voltages (5 VDC, 12 VDC, 18 VDC, 24 VDC, and 37 VDC) necessary for the operation of the pachinko game machine PY1 based on the 24 VAC power supply. is generated. The power board 190 supplies the generated power to the game control board 100, the effect control board 120, and the payout control board 170, and supplies the other devices via these boards.

A backup power supply circuit 192 is provided on the power supply board 190 . The backup power supply circuit 192, when the power is not supplied to the pachinko game machine PY1, to the game RAM (Random Access Memory) 104 of the game control board 100 and the effect RAM 124 of the effect control board 120, which will be described later. to supply power. Therefore, the information stored in the game RAM 104 of the game control board 100 and the performance RAM 124 of the performance control board 120 is retained even when the pachinko game machine PY1 is powered off. A power switch 191 is connected to the power board 190 . ON/OFF operation of the power switch 191 switches on/off of the power supply. In addition, a backup power supply circuit for the game RAM 104 of the game control board 100 may be provided in the game control board 100 or a backup power supply circuit for the effect RAM 124 of the effect control board 120 may be provided in the effect control board 120 .

As shown in FIG. 6, the game control board 100 is mounted with a game control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as "game control microcomputer") 101 for controlling the progress of the game of the pachinko game machine PY1 according to a program. The game control microcomputer 101 includes a game ROM (Read Only Memory) 103 storing a program for controlling the progress of the game, a game RAM 104 used as a work memory, and programs stored in the game ROM 103. A game CPU (Central Processing Unit) 102 for execution and a game I/O (Input/Output) port unit 118 for inputting/outputting data and signals are included. The game RAM 104 is provided with the above-described special figure suspension storage unit 105 (first special figure suspension storage unit 105a and second special figure suspension storage unit 105b) and normal figure suspension storage unit 106 . Note that the game ROM 103 may be externally attached.

Various sensors and solenoids are connected to the game control board 100 via the relay board 110 . Therefore, a signal is input from each sensor to the game control board 100, and a signal is output from the game control board 100 to each solenoid. Specifically, as the sensors, a first starting opening sensor 11a, a second starting opening sensor 12a, a gate sensor 13a, a special winning opening sensor 14a, and a general winning opening sensor 10a are connected.

The first starting hole sensor 11 a is provided in the first starting hole 11 and detects a game ball that has entered the first starting hole 11 . The second starting hole sensor 12a is provided in the second starting hole 12 and detects a game ball that has entered the second starting hole 12 . The gate sensor 13 a is provided inside the gate 13 and detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 13 . The big winning hole sensor 14 a is provided in the big winning hole 14 and detects a game ball that has entered the big winning hole 14 . The general winning hole sensor 10 a is provided in the general winning hole 10 and detects a game ball that has entered the general winning hole 10 .

As solenoids, an electric tuning solenoid 12s and an AT solenoid 14s are connected. The electric chew solenoid 12s drives the electric chew opening/closing member 12k of the electric chew 12D. The AT solenoid 14s drives the AT opening/closing member 14k of the big winning device 14D.

Furthermore, the game control board 100 includes a special figure indicator 81 (first special figure indicator 81a and second special figure indicator 81b), a general figure indicator 82, a special figure reservation indicator 83 (first special figure reservation display Device 83a and second special figure reservation indicator 83b), and general figure reservation indicator 84 are connected. That is, display control of these display devices 8 is performed by the game control microcomputer 101 .

The game control board 100 also transmits various commands and signals to the payout control board 170 and receives signals from the payout control board 170 for payout monitoring. The payout control board 170 includes a card unit CU (which is installed adjacent to the pachinko game machine PY1 and enables ball lending based on information such as an inserted prepaid card) and a prize ball payout device 73. , and a launcher 72 is connected via a launch control circuit 175 . Launcher 72 includes a handle 72k (see FIG. 1).

The payout control board 170 drives the prize ball motor 73m of the prize ball payout device 73 based on the signal from the game control microcomputer 101 and the signal from the card unit CU connected to the pachinko game machine PY1 to release the prize balls. or pay out rental balls. The game balls to be paid out are detected by the prize ball sensor 73 a for counting, and a detection signal by the prize ball sensor 73 a is output to the payout control board 170 .

When the player operates the handle 72k (see FIG. 1) of the shooting device 72, the touch switch 72a detects contact with the handle 72k, and the shooting volume 72b detects the amount of rotation of the handle 72k. Then, the shooting solenoid 72s is driven so that the game ball is shot with an intensity corresponding to the magnitude of the detection signal of the shooting volume 72b. In this pachinko game machine PY1, one game ball is shot in about 0.6 seconds.

The game control board 100 also transmits various commands to the effect control board 120 . The connection between the game control board 100 and the effect control board 120 is a unidirectional communication connection that allows only transmission of signals from the game control board 100 to the effect control board 120 . That is, between the game control board 100 and the effect control board 120, a unidirectional circuit (for example, a circuit using a diode) is interposed as communication direction control means (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 7, the effect control board 120 is mounted with a one-chip microcomputer for effect control (hereinafter "effect control microcomputer") 121 for controlling the effect of the pachinko game machine PY1 according to a program. The performance control microcomputer 121 includes a performance ROM 123 storing a program for controlling performance as the game progresses, a performance RAM 124 used as a work memory, and a program stored in the performance ROM 123. A performance CPU 122 and a performance I/O port unit 138 for inputting and outputting data and signals are included. Note that the performance ROM 123 may be externally attached.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the effect control board 120 is connected to the image control board 140 and also to the sub-drive board 162 (sub-drive circuit). The effect control microcomputer 121 of the effect control board 120 causes the image CPU 141 of the image control board 140 to perform display control of the image display device 50 based on the command received from the game control board 100 . The effect control microcomputer 121 transmits control signals via the image input circuit 147 of the image control board 140 . The image CPU 141 then transmits a control signal to the image display device 50 via the image output circuit 148 of the image control board 140 .

The image RAM 143 of the image control board 140 is a memory for developing image data. The image ROM 142 of the image control board 140 stores still image data and moving image data to be displayed on the image display device 50, specifically, characters, items, graphics, characters, numbers, symbols (including decorative patterns), and background data. Image data such as images are stored. The image CPU 141 of the image control board 140 reads out image data from the image ROM 142 based on a command from the effect control microcomputer 121 . Then, display control is executed based on the read image data.

A speaker 620 is connected to the image control board 140 . The effect control microcomputer 121 outputs sounds, music, sound effects, etc. from the speaker 620 via the sound CPU 149 of the image control board 140 based on commands received from the game control board 100 . The audio CPU 149 performs audio control of the speaker 620 via the audio control circuit 150 based on a command from the image CPU 141 . Acoustic data such as voice output from the speaker 620 is stored in the performance ROM 123 of the performance control board 120 . However, the sound data may be stored in the image ROM 142 of the image control board 140 .

Although the image control board 140 controls the sound of the speaker 620, an audio control board may be provided separately from the image control board 140, and the sound control of the speaker 620 may be controlled by this sound control board. In this case, the sound control board may be connected to the effect control board 120 or may be connected to the effect control board 120 via the image control board 140 . Also, a CPU may be mounted on the audio control board, and in that case, the CPU may be caused to execute the audio control. Furthermore, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the audio control board, and acoustic data may be stored in the ROM.

Also, as shown in FIG. 7, the effect control microcomputer 121 performs lighting control of lamps such as the frame lamp 212 and the board lamp 54 via the sub-drive board 162 based on the command received from the game control board 100. . Specifically, the production control microcomputer 121 creates light emission pattern data (data for deciding on/off and emission color, also referred to as lamp drive data) that determines the light emission mode of each lamp, and emits light from each lamp according to the light emission pattern data. to control. In addition, the data stored in ROM123 for production|presentation of the production|presentation control board 120 is used for preparation of light emission pattern data.

Furthermore, the production control microcomputer 121 performs drive control of the board movable body 55k via the sub-drive board 162 based on the command received from the game control board 100. FIG. Specifically, the effect control microcomputer 121 creates operation pattern data (also referred to as drive data) that determines the operation mode of the board movable body 55k, and according to the operation pattern data, drives and controls the motor for driving the board movable body 55k. I do. Data stored in the performance ROM 123 of the performance control board 120 is used to create the operation pattern data.

A CPU may be mounted on the sub-drive board 162, and in that case, the CPU may control the lighting of the lamps and the drive control of the board movable body 55k. Furthermore, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the sub-drive board 162, and data relating to light emission patterns and operation patterns may be stored in the ROM.

Also, the effect control board 120 is connected with an input section detection sensor (effect button detection sensor) 40a and a select button detection sensor 42a. The input unit detection sensor 40a detects that the input unit 40k (see FIG. 1) is pressed. When the input section 40k is pressed down, a detection signal is output to the effect control board 120 from the input section detection sensor 40a. The select button detection sensor 42a detects that the select button 42k (see FIG. 1) has been pressed. When the select button 42k is pressed down, a detection signal is output to the effect control board 120 from the select button detection sensor 42a.

6 and 7 are functional block diagrams for explaining the electrical configuration of the pachinko game machine PY1, and the boards shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are not the only ones provided. Except for the game control board 100, any plurality of boards shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 may be configured as one board, and one board shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 may be configured as a plurality of boards. good.

3. Explanation of Big Wins, etc. In the pachinko game machine PY1 of this embodiment, there are "big wins" and "losses" as a result of the big win lottery (special symbol lottery). At the time of the "big win", the special figure display 81 stops displaying the "big win pattern". At the time of "missing", the special symbol display 81 stops displaying the "losing symbol". When a big win is won, a "jackpot game" for opening the big prize opening 14 is executed in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the stopped special symbol (type of the big win). A jackpot game is also called a special game.

In this form, the jackpot game includes multiple round games (unit open games), the opening (also referred to as OP) before the first round game starts, and the ending after the final round game ends. (also referred to as ED). Each round game starts with the end of the OP or the end of the previous round game and ends with the start of the next round game or the start of the ED. The closing time (interval time) of the big winning hole between round games is included in the open round game before closing.

There are multiple types of jackpots. The types of jackpots are as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, there are roughly two types in this embodiment. There is a variable jackpot and a normal jackpot. The variable probability jackpot is a jackpot that controls the game state after the jackpot game to a high probability state, which will be described later. The normal jackpot is a jackpot in which the game state after the jackpot game is controlled to a normal probability state (low probability state) described later.

More specifically, the probability variable jackpot and normal jackpot that can be won in the special drawing 1 lottery (first special pattern lottery) open the big winning mouth 14 for a maximum of 29.5 seconds per 1R from 1R to 8R. On the other hand, 9R to 16R are jackpots in which the big winning opening 14 is opened for a maximum of 0.1 second per 1R. In other words, although the total number of rounds for these jackpots is 16R, the actual number of rounds is 8R. The substantial number of rounds is the number of rounds in which game balls can win up to the winning upper limit number (8 in this embodiment) per round. In these jackpots, from 9R to 16R, the opening time of the big prize hole 14 is extremely short, and the rounds are such that prize balls cannot be expected. It should be noted that, when the "probability variable jackpot" is won by the lottery of the special figure 1, the "special figure 1_probability variation pattern" is stopped and displayed on the first special figure display device 81a, and when the "normal jackpot" is won, "Special figure 1_normal symbol" is stop-displayed on the first special figure indicator 81a.

In addition, the probability variable jackpot and normal jackpot that can be won in the lottery of the special figure 2 (lottery of the second special pattern) are jackpots that open the big prize opening 14 for a maximum of 29.5 seconds per 1R from 1R to 16R. In other words, these jackpots have a substantial number of rounds of 16R. When the "probability variable jackpot" is won by the lottery of the special figure 2, the "special figure 2_probability variation pattern" is stopped and displayed on the second special figure display device 81b, and when the "normal jackpot" is won, the second "Special figure 2_normal symbol" is stopped and displayed on the special figure indicator 81b.

Even if any jackpot is won, after the jackpot game, it is controlled to an electric support control state (high base state), which will be described later. The electric sapo control state continues until the next jackpot election when it is controlled in accordance with the high probability state. On the other hand, when it is controlled along with the normal probability state (low probability state), the number of times of electric support (time saving number of times) is set to 100 times. The number of electric sapo is the upper limit execution number of times of variable display of special symbols in the electric sapo control state.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the distribution rate of the jackpot in the lottery of the special figure 1 and the lottery of the special figure 2 is 65% for the probability variable jackpot and 35% for the normal jackpot. However, if a jackpot is won based on the lottery of special figure 1, a jackpot game with a substantial number of rounds of 8 rounds will be executed, and if a jackpot is won based on the lottery of special figure 2 The lottery of the special figure 2 is set to be more advantageous for the player than the lottery of the special figure 1 in that the jackpot game with the typical number of rounds of 16 rounds is executed.

Here, in the pachinko game machine PY1, the lottery as to whether or not the jackpot is a big win is performed based on the "jackpot random number", and the lottery for the type of the winning jackpot is performed based on the "win type random number". As shown in FIG. 9A, the jackpot random number takes a value in the range of 0-65535. The winning type random number takes a value in the range of 0-99. In addition to the jackpot random number and the winning type random number, the random number obtained based on the winning of the first start port 11 or the second start port 12 includes a "reach random number" and a "variation pattern random number".

The ready-to-win random number is a random number that determines whether or not to generate a ready-to-win in the effect symbol variation effect indicating the result when the result of the big hit determination is a loss. Reach is a state in which only one of the plurality of performance symbols EZ that is variably displayed remains. It is a state (for example, a state of "7↓7") which is a combination of performance symbols EZ indicating a jackpot winning. Incidentally, the effect symbol EZ that is stopped and displayed in the ready-to-win state may be displayed as if it is slightly swaying within the display screen 50a, or may be displayed so as to be repeatedly enlarged and reduced. This reach random number takes a value in the range of 0-255.

Also, the fluctuation pattern random number is a random number for determining a fluctuation pattern including fluctuation time. The fluctuation pattern random number takes a value in the range of 0-99. Random numbers acquired based on passing through the gate 13 include normal symbol random numbers (hit random numbers) shown in FIG. 9(B). The normal symbol random number is a random number for a lottery (normal symbol lottery) for determining whether or not to perform an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 12D. The normal symbol random number takes a value in the range from 0 to 65535.

4. Explanation of Game State Next, the game state of the pachinko game machine PY1 of this embodiment will be explained. The special figure indicator 81 and the normal figure indicator 82 of the pachinko game machine PY1 respectively have a probability variation function and a variation time shortening function. The state in which the probability variation function of the special figure indicator 81 is operating is called "high probability state", and the state in which it is not operating is called "normal probability state (non-high probability state)". In the high probability state, the jackpot probability is higher than in the normal probability state. That is, the jackpot determination is performed using a jackpot determination table that has more values of jackpot random numbers that are determined to be a jackpot than the jackpot determination table used in the normal probability state (see FIG. 10(A)). That is, when the probability variation function of the special figure indicator 81 is activated, the probability that the display result of the variable display of the special symbol by the special figure indicator 81 (that is, the stop symbol) is a jackpot symbol is higher than when it is not activated. becomes higher.

Moreover, the state in which the variable time reduction function of the special figure indicator 81 is operating is called "time saving state", and the state in which it is not operating is called "non-working time saving state". In the time saving state, the fluctuation time of the special symbol (the time from the start of the fluctuation display to the time of derivation display of the display result) is shorter than the non-time saving state. That is, the variation pattern is determined using a variation pattern table that is determined so that a variation pattern with a short variation time is selected more than in the non-time saving state (see FIG. 11). That is, when the variable time shortening function of the special figure display 81 operates, it becomes easy to select a short variable time as the variable display of the special symbol compared to when it is not operating. As a result, in the time saving state, the pace of digestion of the special figure reservation becomes faster, and the effective winning of the starting opening (the winning that can be stored as the special figure reservation) is likely to occur. Therefore, it is possible to aim for a big hit under the smooth progress of the game.

The probability variation function and the variation time reduction function of the special figure indicator 81 may operate simultaneously, or only one of them may operate. Then, the probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the normal figure indicator 82 are designed to operate in synchronization with the variation time shortening function of the special figure indicator 81 . That is, the probability fluctuation function and the fluctuation time reduction function of the normal figure display 82 operate|moves in a time saving state, and do not operate|move in a non-time saving state. Therefore, in the time-saving state, the winning probability in the normal symbol lottery is higher than in the non-time-saving state. That is, the value of the normal design random number (hit random number) determined to be a hit is determined using a normal design hit determination table that is larger than the normal design hit determination table used in the non-time saving state, and the hit determination (normal design determination) is performed ( See FIG. 10(C)). In other words, when the probability variation function of the normal pattern indicator 82 is activated, the probability that the display result of the variable display of the normal symbol by the normal symbol indicator 82 becomes a normal winning symbol is higher than when it is not activated. .

In addition, in the time saving state, the fluctuation time of the normal design is shorter than in the non-working time saving state. In this form, the variation time of the normal pattern is 7 seconds in the non-time saving state, but is 1 second in the time saving state (see FIG. 10(D)). Furthermore, in the time saving state, the opening time of the electric chew 12D in the auxiliary game is longer than the non-time saving state (see FIG. 12). That is, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 12D is operating. In addition, in the time-saving state, the number of times the electric chew 12D is opened in the auxiliary game is greater than in the non-time-saving state (see FIG. 12). That is, the function of increasing the number of openings of the electric chew 12D is activated.

When the probability variation function and variation time reduction function of the normal map display 82 and the opening time extension function and opening frequency increase function of the electric chew 12D are operating, compared to when these functions are not operating As a result, the electric chew 12D is frequently opened, and game balls enter the second starting port 12 frequently. As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of balls awarded to the number of balls fired, increases. Accordingly, the state in which these functions are activated is referred to as the "high base state" and the state in which they are not activated is referred to as the "low base state." In the high base state, you can aim for a big hit without greatly reducing the number of game balls you have. Note that the high base state is a state in which so-called electric support control (control for supporting winning to the second starting port 12 by the electric chew 12D) is being executed. Therefore, the high base state is also called an electric sapo control state or an easy ball entry state. On the other hand, the low base state is also referred to as a non-electric support control state or a non-entering easy state.

A high base state may not be one in which all of the above functions are active. That is, operation of one or more of the probability variation function of the normal map display 82, the variation time shortening function of the normal map display 82, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 12D, and the opening frequency increasing function of the electric chew 12D. Therefore, it is sufficient that the power tube 12D can be opened more easily than when the function is not activated. Also, the high base state may be controlled independently without accompanying the time saving state.

In the pachinko game machine PY1 of this embodiment, the game state after the jackpot game by winning the probability variable jackpot is a high probability state, a time saving state and a high base state. This game state is particularly referred to as a "high accuracy high base state". The high-probability-high base state ends when the variable display of the special symbols is performed a predetermined number of times (10000 times in this embodiment), or when a big win is won and the big win game is executed. That is, in this form, the high-probability-high base state substantially continues until the next jackpot election. It should be noted that the end condition of the high-probability-high base state may be only that the jackpot is won and the jackpot game is executed.

In addition, the game state after the jackpot game by winning the normal jackpot is a normal probability state (non-high probability state, ie, low probability state), time saving state and high base state. This game state is particularly referred to as "low certainty high base state". The low-probability-high base state ends when the variable display of the special symbol is executed a predetermined number of times (100 times in this embodiment), or when a big win is won and the big win game is executed.

When the pachinko game machine PY1 is played for the first time, the game state after the power is turned on is the normal probability state, the non-time saving state, and the low base state. This game state is particularly referred to as a "low probability low base state". The low probability low base state is referred to as "normal game state". Also, the state during execution of the special game (jackpot game) is referred to as "special game state (jackpot game state)". Further, a state in which at least one of the high-probability state and the high-base state is controlled is referred to as a "privilege game state".

In a high base state such as a high probability high base state or a low probability high base state, it is possible to advance the game more advantageously by entering the game ball into the right game area 6R (see FIG. 4) by hitting to the right. This is because it is easier to open the electric chew 12D than in the low base state due to the electric sapo control, and it is easier to win the second start opening 12 than to win the first start opening 11. . Therefore, the game ball is passed to the gate 13 which triggers the normal symbol lottery, and the game ball is hit to the right to win the game ball to the second starting port 12.例文帳に追加As a result, it is possible to obtain a larger number of starting prizes (winning at the starting opening) than when hitting left. In addition, in this pachinko game machine PY1, the game is played by hitting to the right even during the jackpot game.

On the other hand, in the low base state, the game can be played more advantageously by entering the game ball into the left game area 6L (see FIG. 4) by hitting to the left. Since the electric sapo control is not executed, it is difficult to open the electric chew 12D compared to the high base state, and winning the first starting port 11 is easier than winning the second starting port 12. It is because Therefore, left-handed hitting is performed in order to make the game ball enter the first starting port 11.例文帳に追加This allows you to get more starting prizes than hitting right.

5. Rendering State Next, the rendering state of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the effect flow of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 13, in this embodiment, there are "infant state", "high school state", and "professional state" as the effect states in the effect being executed. The level of expectation for winning the jackpot (hereinafter simply referred to as the 'expectation level of winning') is set to increase in the order of 'childhood state', 'high school state' and 'professional state'.

Here, the performance state means a state of performance in which the player can recognize the same performance idea (performance image) among the variable performances executed based on one lottery of special symbols. Therefore, the production state is different from the production mode, which means the production mode in the variable production executed over a plurality of lotteries of special symbols. Also, for example, if only the display mode of the production pattern EZ is changed, or if only the background image is changed, the change is not enough to change the production idea (production image) in the variable production, so the production state does not change. Assume that it is not a change.

The "childhood state (first presentation state)" is a presentation state that reminds one of the childhood days of the main character of the pachinko game machine PY1. In the variable performance in the "childhood state", as shown in FIG. 13, the childhood performance pattern EZa reminiscent of the childhood of the main character can be variably displayed and stopped on the display screen 50a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the effect pattern for childhood EZa includes a effect pattern showing the childhood of the main character and the number "7", and the childhood of the rival character who is the rival of the main character and the number "9". , and a production pattern showing the childhood of an older sister character who is the older sister of the main character and "1".

In addition, in the "childhood state", a natural background image Ha is displayed on the display screen 50a as shown in FIG. 13 so that the childhood of the main character can be easily recognized. The natural background image Ha is a background image showing a mountain scenery. In the "infant state", a character image of "infant" is displayed on the display screen 50a so that the player can easily recognize the "infant state".

"High school state (second presentation state)" is a presentation state that reminds the high school days of the main character of the pachinko game machine PY1. As shown in FIG. 13, in the ``high school state'' variable presentation, the high school presentation pattern EZb reminiscent of the high school days of the main character can be variably displayed and stopped on the display screen 50a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the high school production pattern EZb includes a production pattern showing the high school days of the main character and the number "7", and the high school days of the rival character who is the rival of the main character and the number "9". , and a production pattern showing the high school days and "1" of the older sister character who is the older sister of the main character.

Also, in the "high school state", the city background image Hb is displayed on the display screen 50a so that it is easier to recognize that the main character has grown up than in the "childhood state". The city background image Hb is a background image showing the scenery of the city. In the "high school state", a character image of "high school" is displayed on the display screen 50a so that the player can easily recognize the "high school state".

The "professional state (third (predetermined) effect state)" is a state of effect reminiscent of the professional era of the main character of the pachinko game machine PY1. In the variable effect in the "professional state", as shown in FIG. 13, the professional effect symbol EZc, which reminds of the main character's professional days, can be displayed variably and stopped on the display screen 50a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the professional production pattern EZc includes a production pattern showing the professional era of the main character and "7", and a professional era and "9" of the rival character who is the rival of the main character. , and a production pattern showing an older sister character who is an older sister of the main character as an adult and "1".

Further, in the "professional state", the space background image Hc is displayed on the display screen 50a so that it is easier to recognize that the main character has grown more than in the "high school state". The space background image Hc is a background image showing space. In the "professional state", a character image of "professional" is displayed on the display screen 50a so that the player can easily recognize that the player is in the "professional state".

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the high school performance symbol EZb is made larger than the infant performance symbol EZa. That is, the proportion of the high school performance symbol EZb in the display screen 50a is made larger than that of the child performance symbol EZa. Therefore, when the "infant state" shifts to the "high school state", the effect symbol EZ (high school effect symbol EZb) appears large (enlarged), and the player sees the transition to the "high school state". It is possible to make it easier for the user to recognize that the degree of winning expectation has increased. Furthermore, the production pattern EZc for professionals is made larger than the production pattern EZb for high school. That is, the proportion of the professional production pattern EZc in the display screen 50a is made larger than that of the high school production pattern EZb. Therefore, when the "high school state" shifts to the "professional state", the effect pattern (professional effect pattern EZc) looks large (enlarged), so that the player can shift to the "professional state" and win. It is possible to make it easier to recognize that the degree of expectation has increased.

In this way, in this embodiment, by sequentially increasing the numbers and characters of the performance pattern EZ each time the performance state is switched, it is shown more clearly that the degree of winning expectation increases step by step. In the "infant state", the high school effect symbol EZb and the professional effect symbol EZc are not displayed, and in the "high school state", the child effect symbol EZa and the professional effect symbol EZc are not displayed. In the "professional state", the performance symbol EZa for children and the performance symbol EZb for high school are not displayed. Further, the town background image Hb and the space background image Hc are not displayed in the "childhood state", the natural background image Ha and the space background image Hc are not displayed in the "high school state", and the "professional state" is displayed. In this case, the natural background image Ha and the town background image Hb are not displayed. As described above, the types of effect states, the types of effect symbols EZ, and the types of background images are completely associated (linked) one-to-one, thereby further clarifying the classification of the effect states. As a result, it is possible to enjoy the view of the world in the three production states in spite of the one-time variable production.

In the above description, as the childhood performance symbol EZa, the childhood performance symbol EZa showing the childhood of the main character and the number "7", and the childhood performance symbol EZa showing the childhood of the rival character who is the rival of the main character and the number "9". The design EZa and the effect design for childhood EZa showing the childhood of the older sister character who is the older sister of the main character and "1" have been explained. However, there are a total of children's production patterns EZa that show numbers from "1" to "9", and each child's production pattern EZa has a character that evokes the childhood of the main character. It is a production pattern EZa.

In the above description, the high school production pattern EZb shows the high school days of the main character and the number "7", and the high school production pattern EZb shows the high school days of the main character's rival character and the number "9". EZb, the high school production pattern EZb showing the high school days and "1" of the older sister character, who is the older sister of the main character, has been explained. However, as the high school production pattern EZb, there are a total of high school production patterns EZb showing numbers from "1" to "9", each with a character that reminds the main character of his high school days. The production pattern is EZb. Each of the high school performance symbols EZb is displayed in a state in which each character of the child performance symbols EZa has grown and is larger than the child performance symbols EZa.

Also, in the above description, the professional production pattern EZc is a professional production pattern EZc showing the main character's professional age and "7", and a professional production pattern showing the professional age and "9" of a rival character who is a rival of the main character. EZc, the production pattern EZc for professionals showing the figure of the main character's older sister character in adulthood and "1" was explained. However, as the professional production pattern EZc, there are a total of professional production patterns EZc showing numbers from "1" to "9", each with a character reminiscent of the main character's professional era. The production pattern is EZc. Each of the professional performance symbols EZc is displayed such that each character of the high school performance symbols EZb has grown and is larger than the high school performance symbols EZb.

In the present embodiment, the performance symbols for children EZa, the performance symbols for high school EZb, and the performance symbols for professionals EZc are not colored to suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot. Also, the natural background image Ha, the city background image Hb, and the space background image Hc are not colored to suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot.

Further, in the present embodiment, as one of the advance notice effects suggesting that the degree of expectation for winning has increased, a character advance notice effect in which a predetermined character is displayed can be executed. As shown in FIG. 13, in the "infant state", a character announcement effect for a child is executed as a character announcement effect. In the child character announcement effect, the child character announcement image Ya is displayed on the display screen 50a, and it is possible for the player to understand that the winning expectation is high in the "childhood state". The child character preview image Ya shows an enemy character and the characters "Are there any challengers?" (see FIG. 22(B)). It should be noted that the character forewarning effect of this embodiment can be executed before reach, and is not executed after reach.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, in the "high school state", a high school character announcement effect is executed as a character announcement effect. In the high school character announcement effect, the high school character announcement image Yb is displayed on the display screen 50a, and it is possible for the player to understand that the expectation of winning is increasing in the "high school state". The high school character preview image Yb shows an enemy character and the words "Are there any challengers?" (see FIG. 23(B)). However, in the high school character preview image Yb, the enemy character and the text "Are there any challengers?" In other words, the player is shown as if the child character preview image Ya was enlarged to become the high school character preview image Yb. In this way, in the high school character announcement effect in the "high school state", the characters of the enemy character and "Is there anyone to challenge?" , it is possible to make it easier to recognize that it is a character announcement performance in a performance state with a high winning expectation. As shown in FIG. 13, in the high school character preview image Yb, the characters "Are there any challengers?"

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, in the "professional state", as the character foretelling effect, a professional character foretelling effect is executed. In the professional character announcement effect, the professional character announcement image Yc is displayed on the display screen 50a, and it is possible for the player to understand that the winning expectation is high in the "professional state". The professional character preview image Yc shows an enemy character and the words "Are there any challengers?" However, in the professional character preview image Yc, the enemy character and the characters "Are there any challengers?" In other words, the player sees the high school character preview image Yb enlarged to become the professional character preview image Yc. In this way, in the professional character announcement effect in the "professional state", the characters of the enemy character and "Is there anyone to challenge?" It is possible to make it easier to recognize that it is a character announcement performance in a performance state with a high winning expectation. As shown in FIG. 13, in the professional character preview image Yc, the characters "Are there any challengers?"

As a result, in this form, in the order of "childhood state" ⇒ "high school state" ⇒ "professional state", the display objects (enemy characters and the characters "Is there anyone to challenge?") in the character announcement effect to be executed are enlarged. do. This makes it easy to understand the high degree of expectation for winning in the character announcement effect. In addition, in the "childhood state", the high school character notice effect and the professional character notice effect are not executed, and in the "high school state", the child character notice effect and the professional character notice effect are not executed, In the "professional state", the child character preview effect and the high school character preview effect are not executed. In this way, not only the type of production state, the type of production pattern EZ, and the type of background image, but also the type of character announcement production is completely related (linked) on a one-to-one basis, making the division of production state clearer. ing.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 13, the reach display mode (“1↓1”) in the “high school state” is shown larger than the reach display mode (“1↓1”) in the “childhood state”. In addition, the reach display mode (“1↓1”) in the “professional state” is displayed larger than the reach display mode (“1↓1”) in the “high school state”. In this way, in this form, by increasing the reach display mode (reach mode) in the order of ``childhood state'' ⇒ ``high school state'' ⇒ ``professional state'', the player is in a production state with a high degree of expectation of winning. It is possible to make it easier to recognize that it is a reach of

In this embodiment, the child character preview image Ya, the high school character preview image Yb, and the professional character preview image Yc are not colored to suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot. Also, the reaching mode in the "childhood state", the reaching mode in the "high school state", and the reaching mode in the "professional state" are not colored to suggest the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot.

By the way, in the variable performance of the pachinko game machine PY1, SP (Super Reach) can be executed in addition to Do Not Disturb and Normal Reach. The misalignment is a variable effect in which the combination of the effect symbols EZ1, EZ2, and EZ3 is stopped and displayed in a separate pattern (for example, "179", see FIG. 4). Normal ready-to-win is a variable effect in which the SP development effect is not executed after forming the above-described ready-to-win, and the remaining effect symbol EZ that continues to be displayed in a variable manner is stopped and displayed. SP ready-to-win (high expectation effect) is a variable effect in which the SP development effect is executed after forming the above-described ready-to-win, and the variable time after reaching is longer than normal ready-to-win.

As shown in FIG. 13, the SP reach executed in the "infant state" is the infant SP reach. The child SP reach is an SP reach that evokes the childhood of the main character, and the child SP reach includes a child weak SP reach and a child strong SP reach. The child strong SP reach is set so that the winning expectation is higher than the child weak SP reach. Child Strong SP Reach is an effect indicating whether or not the hero character in his childhood fights a rival character in his childhood in baseball and wins. On the other hand, the childish weak SP reach is an effect indicating whether or not the main character in his childhood challenges a predetermined mission, and the remaining one effect pattern EZ, which is a big win, is shown.

Specifically, the juvenile weak SP reach is as shown in FIG. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 14(A), a young hero character image Ka1 showing the main character in his childhood is displayed in a state in which the production pattern EZ is "1↓1" and the reach is reached. Then, in a situation where the childhood hero character challenges a predetermined mission and wins the jackpot, as shown in FIG. A suggestive image Ka2 for grabbing the symbol EZ (“1”) is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 14(C-1), the performance symbol EZa for childhood is stopped and displayed at "111", and a winning notification indicating that the player has won the jackpot is made. On the other hand, if the main character in his childhood challenges a predetermined mission and fails, as shown in FIG. "9") is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 14(C-2), the effect symbol EZa for childhood is stopped and displayed at "191", and a loss notification indicating that the game is lost is made.

Young strong SP reach is specifically as shown in FIG. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 15(A), in a state where the production pattern EZ is "1↓1" and reachable, there is a childhood face-to-face scene showing a face-to-face scene between the main character in his childhood and a rival character in his childhood. An image Ta1 is displayed. Then, if the jackpot has been won after the baseball battle, as shown in FIG. A winning image Ta2 is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 15(C-1), the effect symbol EZa for childhood is stopped and displayed at "111", and a winning notification indicating that the player has won a big win is made. On the other hand, if the situation is a loss after the baseball battle, as shown in FIG. is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 15(C-2), the effect symbol EZa for childhood is stopped and displayed at "191", and a loss notification indicating that the game is lost is made.

Specifically, the low high school SP reach is as shown in FIG. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 16A, a high school hero character image Kb1 showing the hero character in high school is displayed in a state in which the effect symbol EZ is "1↓1" and is ready. Then, if the high school hero character challenges a predetermined mission and wins the jackpot, as shown in FIG. A suggestive image Kb2 for a high school grabbing the symbol EZ (“1”) is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 16(C-1), the high school performance symbol EZb is stopped and displayed at "111" to announce that the player has won the jackpot. On the other hand, if the high school hero character challenges a predetermined mission and fails, as shown in FIG. "9") is displayed as an image Kb3 suggesting that the high school is lost. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 16(C-2), the high school performance symbol EZb is stopped and displayed at "191" to notify that the game is lost.

Here, the low high school SP reach shown in FIG. 16 and the child low SP reach shown in FIG. 14 are compared. The high school hero character image Kb1 shown in FIG. 16A is larger than the young hero character image Ka1 shown in FIG. 16(B-1) and the high school failure suggestive image Kb3 shown in FIG. It is larger than the childhood failure suggestive image Ka3 shown in 14(B-2), and the main character has grown up. In this way, not only is the character shown in the display image grown, but also the display image itself is enlarged, so that the high school low SP reach has a higher expectation of winning than the childish low SP reach. It is easy to understand that it is. Then, by associating (linking) the degree of growth of the character with the size of the display image, the relationship between the "childhood state" and the low SP reach for young children, and the relationship between the "high school state" and the low SP reach for high school can be played. It is possible to make people understand easily.

Specifically, the high school strong SP reach is as shown in FIG. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 17(A), in a state where the production pattern EZ is "1↓1" and reachable, a high school face-to-face scene showing a face-to-face scene between a main character in high school and a rival character in high school is shown. An image Tb1 is shown. Then, if the jackpot has been won after a baseball battle, as shown in FIG. A winning image Tb2 is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 17(C-1), the high school performance symbol EZb is stopped and displayed at "111" to announce that the player has won the jackpot. On the other hand, if the situation is a loss after the baseball battle, as shown in FIG. is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 17(C-2), the high school performance symbol EZb is stopped and displayed at "191" to notify that the game is lost.

Here, the high school strong SP reach shown in FIG. 17 and the child strong SP reach shown in FIG. 15 are compared. The high school face-to-face image Tb1 shown in FIG. 17A is larger than the childhood face-to-face image Ta1 shown in FIG. The high school battle victory image Tb2 shown in FIG. 17B-1 and the high school battle defeat image Tb3 shown in FIG. It is larger than the childhood battle defeat image Ta3 shown in 15 (B-2), and shows the victory or defeat of the main character in a matured state. In this way, not only is the character shown in the display image grown up, but also the display image itself is enlarged, so that the high school strong SP reach has a higher expectation of winning than the child strong SP reach. It is easy to understand that it is. Then, by associating (linking) the degree of growth of the character with the size of the display image, the relationship between the "childhood state" and the high school SP reach, and the relationship between the "high school state" and the high school SP reach can be played. It is possible to make people understand easily.

Specifically, the weak pro SP reach is as shown in FIG. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 18A, a professional hero character image Kc1 representing the professional hero character is displayed in a state where the performance symbol EZ is "1↓1" and is ready. Then, if the main character in the professional era challenges a predetermined mission and wins the jackpot, as shown in FIG. An image Kc2 suggesting that the player grabs the symbol EZ (“1”) is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 18(C-1), the professional performance symbol EZc is stopped and displayed at "111", and a winning notification indicating that the jackpot has been won is made. On the other hand, if the high school hero character challenges a predetermined mission and fails, as shown in FIG. 18 (B-2), the production pattern EZ ( "9") is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 18(C-2), the professional effect symbol EZc is stopped and displayed at "191", and a loss notification indicating that the game is lost is made.

Here, the low pro SP reach shown in FIG. 18 and the low high school SP reach shown in FIG. 16 are compared. The professional hero character image Kc1 shown in FIG. 18A is larger than the high school hero character image Kb1 shown in FIG. 18(B-1) and the professional failure suggesting image Kc3 shown in FIG. 18(B-2) are also the high school suggesting image Kb2 shown in FIG. It is larger than the image Kb3 suggesting high school failure shown in (B-2), and the main character has grown up in his professional days. In this way, not only is the character shown in the display image grown, but also the display image itself is enlarged, so that the player has a higher expectation of winning the low pro SP reach than the low high school SP reach. It is easy to understand that it is. By associating (linking) the degree of growth of the character with the size of the display image, the relationship between the "high school state" and the low high school SP reach, and the relationship between the "professional state" and the low pro SP reach can be played. It is possible to make people understand easily.

Specifically, the pro-strong SP reach is as shown in FIG. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 19(A), a professional face-to-face scene showing a face-to-face scene between a main character in the professional era and a rival character in the professional era is shown in a state where the production pattern EZ is "1↓1" and reach. An image Tc1 is shown. Then, if the player wins the jackpot after going through a baseball battle, as shown in FIG. A winning image Tc2 is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 19(C-1), the professional performance symbol EZc is stopped and displayed at "111", and a winning notification indicating that a jackpot has been won is made. On the other hand, in the case of a losing situation after a baseball battle, as shown in FIG. is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 19(C-2), the professional effect symbol EZc is stopped and displayed at "191" to notify that the game is lost.

Here, the pro strong SP reach shown in FIG. 19 and the high school strong SP reach shown in FIG. 17 are compared. The professional face-to-face image Tc1 shown in FIG. 19A is larger than the high school face-to-face image Tb1 shown in FIG. 19(B-1) and the professional battle victory image Tc3 shown in FIG. It is larger than the high school battle defeat image Tb3 shown in 17(B-2), and shows the victory and defeat of the main character as he matured in his professional days. In this way, not only is the character shown in the display image grown, but also the display image itself is enlarged, so that the player has a higher expectation of winning the pro strong SP reach than the high school strong SP reach. It is easy to understand that it is. Then, by associating (linking) the degree of growth of the character with the size of the display image, the relationship between the "high school state" and the high school strong SP reach, and the relationship between the "professional state" and the pro strong SP reach are played. It is possible to make people understand easily.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the types of SP reach are roughly divided into three types: child SP reach, high school SP reach, and professional SP reach. Then, the winning expectation is set to be higher in the order of "children's SP reach", "high school SP reach", and "professional SP reach". In addition, high school SP reach and professional SP reach are not executed in the "infant state". Also, in the "high school state", the child SP reach and the professional SP reach are not executed. Also, in the "professional state", the child SP reach and the high school SP reach are not executed.

In this way, the types of the effect state and the types of the SP reach are completely related (linked) one-to-one, thereby making the classification of the effect state clearer. In addition, since the probability of winning increases in the order of "childhood state" ⇒ "high school state" ⇒ "professional state", in SP reach, "childish weak SP reach" ⇒ "childish strong SP reach" ⇒ " High school weak SP reach" ⇒ "High school strong SP reach" ⇒ "Professional weak SP reach" ⇒ "Pro strong SP reach" is set so that the expectation of winning will be higher. Therefore, even if there are many types of SP reach, by clearly distinguishing the type of effect state, the type of SP reach, and the strength of SP reach, it is possible to tell the player how much SP reach is executed now. It is possible to easily predict whether it is a degree. That is, it is possible to prevent the player from having difficulty in grasping the winning expectation level of the executed SP reach. It should be noted that “children weak SP reach”, “high school weak SP reach” and “professional weak SP reach” correspond to “weak high expectations production (weak SP reach)”, “child strong SP reach” and “high school strong SP reach” Reach" and "Pro Strong SP Reach" correspond to "Strong High Expectation Performance (Strong SP Reach)".

Here, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, it is possible to shift from the "infant state" to the "high school state", and from the "high school state" to the "professional state". However, the transition of the effect state is accompanied by a pseudo continuous effect (predetermined effect). Here, the pseudo-continuous effect means an effect in which the effect symbol EZ is variably displayed once or a plurality of times in the variable effect based on one special symbol lottery. In this form, in one special symbol lottery, a pseudo-continuous effect in which the variable display of the effect symbol EZ is performed only once, a pseudo-continuous effect in which the variable display of the effect symbol EZ is performed twice, and a pseudo-continuous effect in which the variable display of the effect symbol EZ is performed twice. There is a pseudo-continuous effect in which the variable display is performed three times. Below, a pseudo continuous effect in which the variable display of the effect symbol EZ is performed only once (predetermined first number of times) is called "pseudo 1", and the variable display of the effect symbol EZ is performed twice (predetermined second number of times). A pseudo-continuous effect in which the effect symbol EZ is displayed three times is called a "pseudo-3". The probability of winning is set to increase in the order of "pseudo 1"→"pseudo 2"→"pseudo 3".

In this embodiment, it is always set to "pseudo 1" when it is in the "infant state". Also, when it is "high school state", it is always set to "pseudo 2". In addition, when it is in the "professional state", it is always set to "pseudo 3". Therefore, when the "childhood state" shifts to the "high school state", a new variable display of the performance symbol EZ is always started, and the state becomes "pseudo 2". Also, when the "high school state" shifts to the "professional state", a new variable display of the effect symbol EZ is always started, and the state becomes "pseudo 3".

In this way, the type of effect state and the number of times of variable display of the effect symbol EZ in the pseudo-continuous effect (quasi-continuous number) are completely associated (linked). As a result, the player can easily grasp the relationship that the degree of winning expectation increases by seeing the new variable display (pseudo continuous effect) of the effect symbol EZ when the effect state is switched. In addition, by setting the winning expectation in the order of "Pseudo 1" ⇒ "Pseudo 2" ⇒ "Pseudo 3", the order of "Childhood state" ⇒ "High school state" ⇒ "Professional state" It means that it is set so that the winning expectation is high.

Next, various effects when the effect state is switched will be described. In this form, as an effect when the effect state is switched, there is a special growth effect. As shown in FIG. 13, when the special growth effect is executed in the "infant state" before reaching reach, it is possible to shift to "high school state", and the special growth effect is performed in "high school state" before reaching reach. Once executed, it can transition to the "pro state". It should be noted that the special growth effect can be executed even after the reach, but the special growth effect executed before the reach will be described below.

First, based on FIG. 20, the special growth effect executed in the "infant state" will be described. FIG. 20(A) shows a state in which the effect symbol EZa for childhood is variably displayed in the "childhood state". In FIG. 20A, the natural background image Ha is displayed on the display screen 50a because the child is in the "infant state". Here, the natural background image Ha is a moving image (predetermined moving image) showing a mountain scenery and a bird flying from the left side to the right side of the display screen 50a. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 20A, the natural background image Ha when the moving bird is on the left side of the display screen 50a will be referred to as the "first natural background image Ha1".

After that, as shown in FIG. 20(B), a special growth promotion image TS1 showing the father character who is the father of the main character is displayed on the right side of the display screen 50a. At the same time, the natural background image Ha that has been displayed until then is displayed in a stopped (still) state in the left display area 50b that is almost to the left of the display screen 50a. Here, FIG. 20(B) shows a point in time when a little time (for example, 1 second) has passed from the point in time shown in FIG. 20(A). Therefore, in FIG. 20(B), the moving bird is located on the right side of the display screen 50a, and the natural background image Ha at this time is called "second natural background image Ha2". In other words, the “second natural background image Ha2” is a “still image” in which the natural background image Ha stops halfway when the special growth-inducing image TS1 is displayed. In this way, in FIG. 20B, the display of the special growth fanning image TS1 and the stillness of the natural background image Ha make it possible for the player to pay attention to the subsequent transition of the effect.

20(C-1) and FIG. 20(C-2). In FIG. 20C-1, a special growth transition image TS2 is displayed in which the father character grabs while deforming the left display area 50b. Note that the second natural background image Ha2 is still displayed in the left display area 50b. On the other hand, in FIG. 20(C-2), the natural background image Ha (second natural background image Ha2) displayed in the left display area 50b is reproduced as a moving image on the entire display screen 50a, and an effect for childhood is displayed. The variable display of the symbol EZa is largely shown on the display screen 50a. Note that in FIG. 20(C-2), the simulated continuous effect is not being executed, and the effect symbol for childhood (not shown), which is variably displayed in a small size on the display screen 50a, is easily seen in a large size on the display screen 50a. It just came to be. In this way, FIG. 20(C-2) shows that it is a fake effect for the special growth effect. Therefore, the effect shown in FIG. 20(B)→FIG. 20(C-2) can be called "special growth false effect".

After passing through FIG. 20(C-1), in FIG. 20(D), in the sub-display area (upper left display area) 50c, which is the upper left part of the display screen 50a, the same natural display as when stationary in FIG. 20(B) is displayed. A background image Ha (second natural background image Ha2) is displayed. In addition, in the main display area 50d of the display screen 50a excluding the sub-display area 50c, an image TS3 inciting childhood growth is displayed to incite whether the main character in his childhood will grow or remain as he is without growing. be. That is, in FIG. 20(D), while the still second natural background image Ha2 is displayed in the sub-display area 50c (first display area), the main display area 50d (second display area) displays images of childhood. A childhood growth fanning production (specific production) is executed to incite whether the main character will grow or not.

20(E-1) and FIG. 20(E-2). In FIG. 20(E-1), a high school special growth success image TS4 (specific success mode) is displayed showing that the hero character in childhood has grown into the hero character in high school. This allows the player to grasp that the transition to the "high school state" has been successful. After that, as shown in FIG. 20(F-1), the town background image Hb is displayed, and the variable display of the high school effect symbol EZb is newly started as a pseudo-continuous effect. That is, Pseudo 2 is executed. In this way, it is possible to give the player a sense of exhilaration due to the fact that the player is in a "high school state" and the degree of expectation for winning has increased due to the pseudo-continuous effect.

On the other hand, in FIG. 20(E-2), a high school special growth failure image TS5 (specific failure mode) is displayed, which indicates that the hero character in childhood was not able to grow into the hero character in high school. This allows the player to understand that the transition to the "high school state" has failed. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 20(F-2), the natural background image Ha (second natural background image Ha2) displayed in the sub-display area 50c is reproduced as a moving image on the entire display screen 50a. The variable display of the performance symbol EZa for childhood is largely shown on the display screen 50a. In other words, it appears to the player that the performance has resumed from the state where it was stopped in the sub-display area 50c. In this way, the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed, and the player is discouraged by the maintenance of the "childhood state".

Note that in FIG. 20 (F-2), the simulated continuous effect is not being executed, and the effect symbol EZa for childhood, which was variably displayed in a small size on the display screen 50a, is now easily visible in a large size on the display screen 50a. Only. In short, in FIG. 20(B), FIG. 20(C-1), FIG. 20(D), FIG. 20(E-1) or FIG. A small effect pattern for childhood (not shown) is variably displayed in the display area at the end of the display screen 50a, although it is not shown in a large size in the entirety of the display screen 50a.

20(B)⇒FIG. 20(C-1)⇒FIG. 20(D)⇒FIG. 20(E-1) or FIG. 20(E-2) equivalent to a performance. Then, the high school special growth success image TS4 shown in FIG. 20(E-1) corresponds to the "specific success mode" indicated by the special growth effect in the "infant state". On the other hand, the high school special growth failure image TS5 shown in FIG. 20(E-2) corresponds to the "specific failure mode" indicated by the special growth effect in the "childhood state".

Next, based on FIG. 21, the special growth effect executed in the "high school state" will be described. However, the following description will focus on the difference from the special growth effect executed in the "infant state" described above. FIG. 21(A) shows a state in which the high school performance symbol EZb is variably displayed in the "high school state". Further, in FIG. 21A, the city background image Hb is displayed on the display screen 50a because it is the "high school state". Here, the city background image Hb is a moving image (predetermined moving image) showing a view of the city and a bird flying from the left side to the right side of the display screen 50a. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 21(A), the city background image Hb when the moving bird is on the left side of the display screen 50a will be referred to as the "first city background image Hb1".

After that, as shown in FIG. 21(B), a special growth fanning image TS1 is displayed on the right side of the display screen 50a. At the same time, in the left display area 50b, the town background image Hb that has been displayed until then is displayed in a stopped (still) state. Here, FIG. 21(B) shows a point in time when a little time (for example, 1 second) has passed from the point in time shown in FIG. 20(A). Therefore, in FIG. 21(B), the moving bird is located on the right side of the display screen 50a, and the city background image Hb at this time will be referred to as "second city background image Hb2". In other words, the "second town background image Hb2" is a "still image" in which the town background image Hb stops halfway when the special growth encouragement image TS1 is displayed. In this way, in FIG. 21B, the display of the special growth fanning image TS1 and the stillness of the town background image Hb make it possible for the player to pay attention to the subsequent transition of the effect.

Then, in FIG. 21(C-1), a special growth transition image TS2 is displayed in which the father character grabs while deforming the left display area 50b. The second town background image Hb2 is still displayed in the left display area 50b. On the other hand, in FIG. 21(C-2), the town background image Hb (second town background image Hb2) displayed in the left display area 50b is reproduced as a moving image on the entire display screen 50a, and the high school effect is displayed. The variable display of the symbol EZb is largely shown on the display screen 50a. In this way, FIG. 21(C-2) shows that it is a fake effect for the special growth effect.

After passing through FIG. 21(C-1), in FIG. 21(D), the same town background image Hb (second town background image Hb2) as when it is stationary in FIG. 21(B) is displayed in the sub-display area 50c. be. In addition, in the main display area 50d, a high school growth teasing image TS6 is displayed to incite whether the main character in high school will grow or remain as it is without growing. That is, in FIG. 21(D), while the still second town background image Hb2 is displayed in the sub-display area 50c (first display area), the main display area 50d (second display area) shows the image of high school. A high school growth fanning production (specific production) is executed to incite whether the main character will grow or not.

Then, in FIG. 21(E-1), a professional special growth success image TS7 (specific success mode) is displayed showing that the high school hero character has grown into a professional hero character. This allows the player to understand that the transition to the "professional state" has been successful. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 21(F-1), the space background image Hc is displayed, and the variable display of the professional effect symbol EZc is newly started as a pseudo-continuous effect. That is, Pseudo 3 is executed. In this way, it is possible to give the player a sense of exaltation due to the fact that the player is in a "professional state" and the degree of expectation for winning has increased by the pseudo-continuous effect.

On the other hand, in FIG. 21(E-2), a professional special growth failure image TS8 (specific failure mode) is displayed indicating that the high school hero character failed to grow into the professional hero character. This allows the player to understand that the transition to the "professional status" has failed. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 21(F-2), the town background image Hb (second town background image Hb2) displayed in the sub-display area 50c is reproduced as a moving image on the entire display screen 50a. The variable display of the high school performance symbol EZb is largely shown on the display screen 50a. In other words, it appears to the player that the performance has resumed from the state where it was stopped in the sub-display area 50c. In this way, the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed, and the player is discouraged by the maintenance of the "high school state".

Here, the production shown in FIG. 21 (B) ⇒ FIG. 21 (C-1) ⇒ FIG. 21 (D) ⇒ FIG. 21 (E-1) or FIG. equivalent to a performance. Then, the professional special growth success image TS7 shown in FIG. 21(E-1) corresponds to the "specific success mode" indicated by the special growth effect in the "high school state". On the other hand, the professional special growth failure image TS8 shown in FIG. 21(E-2) corresponds to the "specific failure mode" indicated by the special growth effect in the "high school state".

As described above, the special growth effect (second effect) of this form is suddenly executed during the variable effect (first effect) in the “childhood state” or during the variable effect (first effect) in the “high school state”. may occur. In this case, the natural background image Ha or the town background image Hb displayed during the variable effect stops halfway. As a result, it is possible to give a surprise to the player who thinks that the natural background image Ha or the town background image Hb will not stand still as a moving image, and it is possible to make the player pay attention to the subsequent transition of the effect. be.

Then, as shown in FIG. 20(D), the still second natural background image Ha2 is displayed in the sub-display area 50c, while the image TS3 supporting childhood growth is displayed in the main display area 50d. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 21D, a static second town background image Hb2 is displayed in the sub-display area 50c, while a high school growth-inspiring image TS6 is displayed in the main display area 50d. In this way, the player is made to pay attention to how the background images Ha2 and Hb2, which are stationary in the middle, are reproduced, and to pay attention to the development of the childhood growth fanning performance or the high school growth fanning performance which stimulates the growth of the main character. is possible.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 20(E-1) or FIG. 21(E-1), a high school special growth success image TS4 or a professional special growth success image TS7 indicating that the main character has grown is displayed on the display screen 50a. Then, as shown in FIG. 20 (F-1) or FIG. 21 (F-1), the state is switched to a good effect state, and a pseudo-continuous effect is executed. As a result, it is suggested to the player that the degree of expectation for winning will increase, and it is possible to give the player a sense of exhilaration. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 20(E-2) or FIG. 21(E-2), a high school special growth failure image TS5 or a professional special growth failure image TS8 indicating that the main character does not grow is displayed on the display screen 50a. 20 (F-2) or FIG. 21 (F-2), the effect is restarted from the continuation of the background images Ha2 and Hb2 that were stationary halfway through without changing the effect state. Therefore, the player is disappointed without being suggested that the winning expectation is high. In this way, it is possible to provide novel interest that the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot is different depending on whether or not the performance is resumed from the continuation of the background images Ha2 and Hb2 that are stationary midway.

As described above, according to this special growth effect, it is possible to greatly attract the player's interest by making the effect appear to stop temporarily. On top of that, it is possible to disappoint the player if the static performance is resumed while showing the static performance, and to give the player a sense of exhilaration if the static performance is not resumed. . In this way, it is possible to provide amusement through a novel presentation using the interruption and resumption of the presentation. In particular, the player is made to grasp the present state of the production by the still image that is still in the middle, and expects the transition to a better state of production by the growth of the main character. It is possible to raise it.

Also, as can be seen from the comparison between the special growth effect in the "childhood state" shown in FIG. 20 and the special growth effect in the "high school state" shown in FIG. 21, the professional special growth success shown in FIG. The image TS7 is displayed such that the character has grown and is larger than the high school special growth success image TS4 shown in FIG. 20(E-1). Also, in the professional special growth failure image TS8 shown in FIG. 21(E-2), the character is grown and displayed larger than the high school special growth failure image TS5 shown in FIG. 20(E-2). ing. Therefore, by showing the growth of the character and the enlargement of the display image to the player, the player can easily recognize that the special growth effect in the "high school state" is the special growth effect in the advantageous effect state. It is possible.

In addition, in this form, there is a scene change as an effect when the effect state is switched. As shown in FIG. 13, the scene change can be executed following the pre-reach character announcement effect (children's character announcement effect or high school character announcement effect). That is, the scene change is not executed unless the character announcement effect is executed. However, the scene change is not always executed after the character announcement effect, and only the character announcement effect may be executed. When the scene change is executed following the child character announcement production, it is possible to shift to "high school state", and when the scene change is executed following the high school character announcement production, "professional state" It is now possible to move to Note that scene changes are never executed after reach.

First, based on FIG. 22, the case where a scene change is executed following the child character announcement effect will be described. FIG. 22(A) shows a state in which the effect symbol EZa for childhood is variably displayed in the "childhood state". After that, as shown in FIG. 22(B), a child character announcement effect is executed on the display screen 50a. That is, as described above, the child character preview image Ya showing the enemy character and the words "Is there anyone to challenge?" is displayed. The execution of this child character foretelling effect allows the player to grasp that the degree of expectation for winning has increased.

Then, when the scene change is executed, as shown in FIG. 22(C-1), the child character preview image Ya that has been displayed until then rotates clockwise with respect to the display screen 50a. do. That is, the child character preview image Ya (display image) being displayed is deformed and appears to rotate clockwise. After that, as shown in FIG. 22(D), the town background image Hb is displayed, and the variable display of the high school performance symbol EZb is newly started as a simulated continuous performance. That is, Pseudo 2 is executed. In this way, it is possible to give the player a high-school state and a pseudo-continuous effect, which gives the player a sense of excitement with a higher degree of expectation for winning. When the scene change is not executed, after the child character announcement effect shown in FIG. 22(B), as shown in FIG. restarted in its entirety. In this way, the pseudo continuous effect is not executed, and the "infant state" is maintained.

Next, based on FIG. 23, a case where a scene change is executed following the high school character announcement effect will be described. FIG. 23(A) shows a state in which the high school performance symbol EZb is variably displayed in the "high school state". After that, as shown in FIG. 23(B), a high school character announcement effect is executed on the display screen 50a. That is, as described above, the high school character preview image Yb showing part of the enemy character and the characters "Are there any challengers?" is displayed. As a result, the player can grasp that the winning expectation has increased.

Then, when the scene change is executed, the high school character preview image Yb that has been displayed until then rotates clockwise with respect to the display screen 50a, as shown in FIG. 23(C-1). do. That is, the displayed high school character preview image Yb (display image) is deformed and appears to rotate clockwise. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 23(D), the space background image Hc is displayed, and the variable display of the professional effect symbol EZc is newly started as a pseudo-continuous effect. That is, Pseudo 3 is executed. In this way, it is possible for the player to be in a "professional state" and to be given an uplifting feeling in which the degree of expectation for winning is further heightened by the pseudo-continuous effect. When the scene change is not executed, after the high school character announcement effect shown in FIG. 23(B), as shown in FIG. restarted in its entirety. In this way, the "high school state" is maintained without executing the pseudo-continuous effect.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the scene change is executed after the character announcement effect (children's character announcement effect or high school character announcement effect), the scene change shown in FIG. 22 (C-1) or FIG. 23 (C-1) As described above, the display images (children's character preview image Ya, high school character preview image Yb) being displayed are deformed, so that it is possible to surprise the player. After the child character preview image Ya or the high school character preview image Yb is deformed, the effect state changes. In other words, the increase in the winning expectation due to the execution of the character announcement effect and the increase in the winning expectation due to the change in the effect state occur continuously. Therefore, it is possible to give the player a greater uplifting feeling. Furthermore, since the pseudo-continuous effect is executed continuously after the scene change, it is possible to enjoy a series of novel effects such as the character announcement effect, the scene change, and the pseudo-continuous effect.

Also, as can be seen from the comparison between the scene change in the "childhood state" shown in FIG. 22 and the scene change in the "high school state" shown in FIG. rotates in a state in which the character and the characters "Is there anyone to challenge?" are displayed larger than the child character preview image Ya shown in FIG. Therefore, by showing the characters and enlarged letters to the player, it is possible to easily recognize that the scene change in the "high school state" is the scene change in the more advantageous production state.

In addition, in this form, there is a growth SP development effect (development effect) as an effect when the effect state is switched. As shown in FIG. 13, the growth SP development effect can be executed after reach and before development to SP reach. However, in the case of normal reach, since it does not develop into SP reach, growth SP development effect is not executed. Also, it is possible that the growth SP development effect is not executed and the SP reach is developed. When the growth SP development effect is executed in the "infant state", it is possible to shift to the "high school state", and when the growth SP development effect is executed in the "high school state", it shifts to the "professional state". It is possible to It should be noted that the growth SP development effect is not executed before reach.

First, based on FIG. 24, the growth SP development effect executed in the "infant state" will be described. After reaching reach in the "childhood state" (see FIG. 13), when the growth SP development effect is executed, as shown in FIG. While running towards it, a high school entrance first introductory image KN1 showing the characters "Enroll in high school!" is displayed. Since it is after reach, as shown in FIG. 24A, the reach mode (“1”, “1”) is displayed on the upper side of the display screen 50a. Next, as shown in FIG. 24(B), a high school entry second introductory image KN2 showing the face of the main character in his childhood and the words "I am in high school" is displayed on the display screen 50a. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 24C, the display screen 50a displays a third introductory image KN3 showing the main character in his childhood looking up and saying "I'm going to school!" be.

24(D-1) and FIG. 24(D-2). In FIG. 24(D-1), the characters "entrance" and a high school entrance growth success image KN4 showing that the main character in childhood has grown into the main character in high school are displayed. This allows the player to grasp that the transition to the "high school state" has been successful. Then, as shown in FIG. 24(E), the town background image Hb is displayed, and the variable display of the high school performance symbol EZb is newly started as a pseudo-continuous performance. That is, Pseudo 2 is executed. After that, high school SP reach (weak high school SP reach or strong high school SP reach) is executed after reaching reach in a short time in the "high school state". In this way, if the high school entrance growth success image KN4 is displayed even after reach in the "childhood state", it is possible to develop into high school SP reach through transition to "high school state" and pseudo-continuous production. .

On the other hand, in FIG. 24(D-2), the characters "non-enrolment" and a high school entrance growth failure image KN5 indicating that the main character in childhood failed to grow into the main character in high school are displayed. This allows the player to understand that the transition to the "high school state" has failed. Then, the infant SP reach (the infant weak SP reach or the infant strong SP reach) is executed in the "infant state". In other words, the high school SP reach is not executed because the transition to the "high school state" has not occurred.

24(A) ⇒ FIG. 24(B) ⇒ FIG. 24(C) ⇒ FIG. 24(D-1) or FIG. It corresponds to (first development production). The high school entrance growth success image KN4 shown in FIG. 24D-1 corresponds to the success mode (success mode of the development effect) shown in the growth SP development effect in the "infant state". On the other hand, the high school entrance growth failure image KN5 shown in FIG. 24(D-2) corresponds to the failure mode (failure mode of the development effect) indicated by the growth SP development effect in the "infant state".

Next, based on FIG. 25, the growth SP development effect executed in the "high school state" will be described. However, the following description will focus on the difference from the growth SP development effect executed in the "infant state" described above. After reaching reach in the "high school state" (see FIG. 13), when the growth SP development effect is executed, as shown in FIG. While running toward the player, a professional promotion first introductory image KN6 showing the characters "Promote to professional!" is displayed. Next, as shown in FIG. 25B, a professional promotion second introductory image KN7 showing the face of the main character in high school and the characters "I am a pro" is displayed on the display screen 50a. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 25(C), a display screen 50a displays a third introductory image KN8 showing the high school hero character looking up and saying "I'm getting promoted!" be.

In FIG. 25(D-1), the characters "promoted" and a professional promotion growth success image KN9 showing that the main character in high school has grown into the main character in professional age are displayed. This allows the player to understand that the transition to the "professional status" has been successful. Then, as shown in FIG. 25(E), the space background image Hc is displayed, and the variable display of the professional effect symbol EZc is newly started as a pseudo-continuous effect. That is, Pseudo 3 is executed. After that, after reaching reach in a short time in the "pro state", pro SP reach (pro weak SP reach or pro strong SP reach) is executed. In this way, if the professional promotion success image KN9 is displayed in spite of being reached in the "high school state", it is possible to develop into a professional SP reach through the transition to the "professional state" and the pseudo-continuous effect. .

On the other hand, in FIG. 25(D-2), the characters "not promoted" and a professional promotion growth failure image KN10 indicating that the high school hero character failed to grow into the professional hero character are displayed. This allows the player to understand that the transition to the "professional status" has failed. Then, high school SP reach (weak high school SP reach or strong high school SP reach) is executed in the "high school state". In other words, since the player has not transitioned to the "pro state", the pro SP reach is not executed.

25(A)⇒FIG. 25(B)⇒FIG. 25(C)⇒FIG. 25(D-1) or FIG. 25(D-2) (Second development production). Then, the professional promotion growth success image KN9 shown in FIG. 25(D-1) corresponds to the success mode (success mode of development rendering) shown in the growth SP development rendering in the "high school state". On the other hand, the professional promotion growth failure image KN10 shown in FIG. 25(D-2) corresponds to the failure mode (failure mode of the development effect) indicated by the growth SP development effect in the “high school state”.

As described above, in this embodiment, even after reach, if the success mode (high school entrance growth success image KN4 or professional promotion growth success image KN9) is shown in the growth SP development production, the game state changes, and the production pattern EZ and the main character Characters get bigger. Therefore, it is possible to give the player a surprise that the display object can be enlarged by changing the presentation state even immediately before the SP reach. Furthermore, if the "childhood state" (pseudo 1), as shown in FIG. 24, a growth SP development effect corresponding to the main character in childhood is executed, and if the "high school state" (pseudo 2), FIG. As shown in , a growth SP development effect corresponding to the main character in high school is executed. In this way, by linking (linking) the type of production state and the type of growth SP development production on a one-to-one basis, for example, a growth SP development production corresponding to the main character in high school regardless of the "childhood state" can be performed. It is possible to prevent inconsistencies in renditions as they are executed.

25A, 25B, and 25C, as can be seen from the comparison between the growth SP development effect in the "childhood state" shown in FIG. 24 and the growth SP development effect in the "high school state" shown in FIG. In the images shown in (D-1) and (D-2), the characters and characters are displayed larger than the images shown in FIGS. It is designed to be Therefore, by showing the character and the enlargement of the characters to the player, it is possible to easily recognize that the growth SP development production in the "high school state" is the growth SP development production in the advantageous production state. is.

By the way, in this embodiment, even if a failure mode in the growth SP development effect (high school entrance growth failure image KN5 or professional promotion growth failure image KN10) is shown, as shown in FIG. , the production state changes. Therefore, the phoenix stock effect, which is a prerequisite for executing the phoenix resurrection development effect, will be described below. The phoenix stock effect is an effect for stocking the phoenix that can change the failure mode to the success mode, and can be executed during the variable effect before reach.

FIG. 26(A) shows a state in which the effect symbol EZa for childhood is variably displayed in the "childhood state". After that, as shown in FIG. 26B, a phoenix introduction image FS1 indicating that a phoenix has flown is suddenly displayed on the display screen 50a. 26(C-1) and FIG. 26(C-2).

In FIG. 26C-1, the display screen 50a displays a fireball-shaped phoenix and a phoenix appearance image FS2 showing the characters "phoenix stock". This indicates to the player that the phoenix has been successfully stocked. Then, as shown in FIG. 26(D), the display screen 50a again shows the variable display of the effect symbol for childhood EZa, and the figure of the phoenix and the "phoenix stock" are displayed in the lower right portion of the display screen 50a. A phoenix stock image ST showing characters is displayed. The phoenix stock image ST indicates that the phoenix is stocked, and continues to be displayed until an effect for digesting the phoenix (such as a phoenix resurrection development effect, which will be described later) is executed. Thus, the effect shown in FIG. 26(B)→FIG. 26(C-1) is the “phoenix stock effect”.

On the other hand, after the phoenix introduction image FS1 shown in FIG. 26(B) is displayed, the display screen 50a again shows the variable display of the effect symbol EZa for infant in FIG. 26(C-2). In other words, the phoenix is never stocked without the phoenix appearing image FS2 being displayed. In short, it is a fake production to the phoenix stock production. Therefore, the effect shown in FIG. 26(B)→FIG. 26(C-2) can be called "phoenix stock fake effect". FIG. 26 shows the phoenix stock effect or the phoenix stock fake effect executed in the "childhood state", but the phoenix stock effect or the phoenix stock fake effect executed in the "high school state" or "professional state" is the same. Therefore, the description is omitted.

In this form, only one phoenix can be stocked at most. Also, when the phoenix is stocked during the variable performance, the stocked phoenix is always consumed (the phoenix stock image ST is hidden) until the end of the variable performance.

Next, based on FIG. 27, the case where the phoenix resurrection development presentation is executed after the growth SP development presentation in the "childhood state" is displayed with the failure mode (high school entrance growth failure image KN5) will be described. The phoenix resurrection development effect is an effect that is not executed unless the phoenix stock image ST is displayed. In FIG. 27(A), although the growth SP development effect in the "infant state" has been executed, the high school entrance growth failure image KN5 is displayed. However, the phoenix stock image ST is displayed in the lower right portion of the display screen 50a.

Then, as shown in FIG. 27(B), the phoenix resurrection development effect is started on the display screen 50a, and the phoenix stock image ST displayed in the lower right portion of the display screen 50a disappears and becomes like a fireball. A phoenix digested image FS3 showing a phoenix is displayed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 27C, the display screen 50a displays the third introductory image KN3 showing the main character in his childhood looking up and saying "I'm going to school!" be.

Then, as shown in FIG. 27(D), the characters "entrance" and a high school entrance growth success image KN4 showing that the main character in childhood has grown into the main character in high school are displayed. In this way, it is possible for the player to understand once that the transition to the "high school state" has failed, and then to reactivate and grasp that the transition to the "high school state" has succeeded. The effect shown in FIG. 27(B)→FIG. 27(C)→FIG. 27(D) is the “phoenix resurrection development effect (predetermined resurrection success effect)”.

After that, as shown in FIG. 27(E), the town background image Hb is displayed, and the variable display of the high school effect symbol EZb is newly started as a pseudo-continuous effect. That is, Pseudo 2 is executed. Then, after reaching reach in a short time in the "high school state", high school SP reach (low high school SP reach or high high school SP reach) is executed. Although FIG. 27 shows the phoenix resurrection development effect executed in the "childhood state", the phoenix resurrection development effect executed in the "high school state" is substantially the same, so the description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, in this embodiment, even if the growth SP development rendering shows a failure mode (high school entrance growth failure image KN5 or professional promotion growth failure image KN10), the phoenix resurrection development rendering is executed as shown in FIG. There is In this case, after that, the effect state changes (pseudo-continuous effect is executed), the effect symbol EZ, the main character, etc. become larger, and the SP reach is executed in a more advantageous effect state. Therefore, it is possible to give the player a surprise that there is still a chance to revive even if the failure mode is once shown in the growth SP development effect. In other words, it is possible to provide the player with the game interest that the game state can still change even after the disadvantageous result in which the state of the performance does not change is shown in the second half of the performance after reach.

The phoenix stock image ST displayed (stocked) by executing the phoenix stock effect does not necessarily disappear by executing the phoenix resurrection development effect. That is, even if the phoenix stock image ST is displayed, the phoenix resurrection development effect may not be executed, and it may disappear after developing into the SP reach. Specifically, there are the following two cases where the phoenix stock image ST disappears (digests) after developing into SP reach.

That is, in the first case, when the game progresses to SP reach, the phoenix stock image ST may be consumed even if the game shifts to weak SP reach, which is disadvantageous to the player. In this case, the weak SP reach is changed to a strong SP reach that is advantageous to the player (not shown). Specifically, when developing into SP reach in the "infant state", even if it once shifts to juvenile weak SP reach, juvenile strong SP reach is executed by digesting the phoenix stock image ST. Also, when the high school state develops into the SP reach, even if it shifts to the high school weak SP reach, the high school strong SP reach is executed by digesting the phoenix stock image ST. In addition, when the player develops into SP reach in the "pro state", even if the player shifts to the weak pro SP reach once, the strong pro SP reach is executed by digesting the phoenix stock image ST.

In the second case, if the phoenix stock image ST still remains when the production pattern EZ is displayed in the losing mode at the end of the SP reach, it is deleted. In this case, the performance symbol EZ is changed from the losing mode to the big win mode. That is, the player is shown that he or she has won the jackpot by digesting the phoenix stock image ST (not shown) after suggesting a loss at the end of the SP reach. As described above, in the present embodiment, after the phoenix stock image ST is displayed, by digesting the phoenix stock image ST, it is possible to change a disadvantageous result to an advantageous result for the player.

In the above, the characteristics of the above effects will be described. In the conventional gaming machine, one variable effect may change the effect symbol EZ or change the character image. However, like the pachinko game machine PY1 of this embodiment, the effect pattern EZ, background image, character image, notice effect (character notice effect), SP development effect, and SP reach are all associated in a one-to-one relationship (string It is not Therefore, simply changing the production pattern EZ or changing the character image does not change the world view of the production.

On the other hand, in this form, the purpose is to create three worldviews of performance in one variable performance, and for this purpose, the feature is that the three performance states are clearly divided. That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the effect pattern EZ, background image, character image, notice effect (character notice effect), growth SP development effect, and SP reach are provided for each of the three effect states, and all of these are provided. They are associated (linked) on a one-to-one basis. Thus, every time the performance state is changed in one variable performance, the player can experience a totally different world view of the performance, and novel game interest can be provided.

In particular, in this embodiment, the number of simulated repetitions and the switching of the effect state are completely linked. Therefore, every time the pseudo-continuous effect is executed, the effect state is switched, the degree of expectation for winning is increased, and the effect is switched to a different view of the world. In this way, it is possible to provide a novel game interest in which the pseudo continuous effect, the effect state, and the winning expectation are intertwined.

In addition, most of the players understand that the degree of expectation for winning increases when the pseudo-continuous effect is executed. Therefore, the player can easily understand the game property that the degree of winning expectation increases in the order of pseudo 1 "childhood state" ⇒ pseudo 2 "high school state" ⇒ pseudo 3 "professional state". Is possible. Furthermore, when the game state is switched, the displayed objects (numbers and characters in the production pattern EZ, enemy characters and characters in the character advance notice production, ready-to-reach mode, and SP ready-to-reach characters) become larger, so that the player feels that the displayed objects are large. It is possible to easily understand the relationship that the probability of winning is high. In other words, the larger the displayed object is, the higher the winning expectation is. In this manner, in this embodiment, it is possible to allow the player to enjoy an effect in which the degree of expectation for winning increases in a completely different manner from the conventional method without making the game complex.

In addition, in this embodiment, if a success mode is indicated by a mission effect such as a special growth effect or a growth SP development effect, a pseudo continuous effect is executed and the effect state is switched. In other words, from the player's point of view, when a success mode is shown in the special growth effect or the growth SP development effect, the degree of expectation for winning increases due to the pseudo-continuous effect, and the degree of expectation for winning increases due to the switching of the effect state (expansion of the displayed object). Both heights can be grasped. Therefore, the player is expected to have success in the mission presentation, and the mission presentation (special growth presentation, growth SP development presentation) can be made more interesting.

In addition, in this embodiment, the number of pseudo-runs (effect state) and the type of SP reach are completely associated (linked) on a one-to-one basis. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the SP reach with a low winning expectation is executed in spite of the effect state (“professional state” (pseudo 3)) with a high winning expectation. In other words, in the conventional gaming machine, the SP reach with a low winning expectation may be executed in spite of the false 3, and the player's expectation may be spoiled. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine PY1 of the present embodiment, in pseudo 3 (“professional state”), only professional SP reach is always executed as SP reach. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the execution of SP reach that is unexpected for the player (SP reach with low expectation for winning), and prevent the player from losing his sense of expectation.

6. Heroine Step-Up Notice Effect Next, the heroine step-up notice effect of this embodiment will be described. First, as one of the notice effects suggesting that the degree of expectation for winning a big hit is high, there is a step-up notice effect. The step-up notice effect is composed of notice steps from one stage to a predetermined step, and is an effect of displaying an image related to each notice step. In this form, there is a heroine step-up notice effect as one of the step-up notice effects. The heroine step-up notice effect consists of three notice steps from notice step 1 to notice step 3. At each notice step, an image showing each girl character related to the main character of this pachinko machine PY1 is displayed. It is designed to display.

FIG. 28 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the heroine step-up notice effect in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 28, in advance step 1, the first heroine success/failure effect is executed, in advance step 2, the second heroine success/failure effect is executed, and in advance step 3, the third heroine success/failure effect is executed.

The first heroine success/failure effect, which will be described in detail later, is a effect indicating whether or not the entire first heroine character related to the main character is displayed on the display screen 50a (see FIG. 29). In this first heroine success/failure effect, a success mode showing the entire first heroine character (see FIG. 29 (B-1)) or a failure mode showing the entire first heroine character (see FIG. 29 (B-2)) is shown.

The second heroine success/failure effect, which will be described in detail later, is a effect indicating whether or not the entire second heroine character related to the main character is displayed on the display screen 50a (see FIG. 30). In this second heroine success/failure effect, a success mode showing the second heroine character as a whole (see FIG. 30 (B-1)) or a failure mode not showing the second heroine character as a whole (see FIG. 30 (B-2)). is shown.

The third heroine success/failure effect, which will be described in detail later, is a effect indicating whether or not the entire third heroine character related to the main character is displayed on the display screen 50a (see FIG. 31). In this third heroine success/failure effect, a success mode showing the entirety of the third heroine character (see FIG. 31(B-1)) or a failure mode not showing the entirety of the third heroine character (see FIG. 31(B-2)). is shown.

Here, the conventional step-up notice effect will be described. In the conventional step-up notice effect, for example, when it is composed of three notice steps from notice step 1 to notice step 3, which notice step can be reached among notice step 1 → notice step 2 → notice step 3 Whether or not it was entertaining. In other words, when it is up to the advance notice step 1, only the effect image for the advance notice step 1 is displayed, suggesting that the winning expectation is not so high. In this case, the player is hardly given an uplifting feeling.

On the other hand, when the advance notice step 1→the notice step 2 is reached, the effect image for the notice step 1 and the effect image for the notice step 2 are displayed, suggesting that the winning expectation is somewhat high. In this case, it is possible to give the player a sense of exhilaration to some extent. Further, when the advance notice step 1 → notice step 2 → notice step 3 is reached, the effect image for the notice step 1, the effect image for the notice step 2, and the effect image for the notice step 3 are displayed, and the winner is won. It suggests that expectations are very high. In this case, it is possible to give the player a great sense of exhilaration.

However, such a conventional step-up notice effect has the following problems. That is, even if the step-up notice effect is executed, in most cases, it reaches only the notice step 1 or the notice step 1→the notice step 2, so the player cannot easily see the effect image for the notice step 3. . In this case, the player feels regret that the step-up notice effect ended in the middle. Thus, there is a problem that the player cannot fully enjoy the step-up notice effect to the end.

Therefore, in the heroine step forewarning effect of this embodiment, in order to deal with the above-described problems, it is possible to reach to the forewarning step 3 without fail without reaching only the forewarning step 1 or the forewarning step 2. Thus, when the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, the player can always see all of the effect image for the notice step 1, the effect image for the notice step 2, and the effect image for the notice step 3. . And there is no feeling of regret that the heroine step-up notice production ended in the middle. As described above, it is possible for the player to enjoy the heroine step-up notice effect to the end without fail.

In the heroine step-up notice effects, the first heroine success/failure effect executed in advance notice step 1, the second heroine success/failure effect executed in advance notice step 2, and the third heroine success/failure effect executed in advance notice step 3 are detailed below. explain.

In FIG. 29, in advance notice step 1, the first heroine success/failure effect executed in the "childhood state" is shown. The heroine step-up notice effect of this form is not started in the "high school state" or "professional state", but can be started only in the "childhood state". That is, the first heroine success/failure effect is executed only in the "childhood state". In the first heroine success/failure effect, first, as shown in FIG. 29A, the first heroine character introductory image Qa1 is displayed on the display screen 50a while the glass-like panel spreads over the entire display screen 50a together with the first heroine character. 50a. Note that the natural background image Ha is displayed behind the first heroine character introduction image Qa1 because the first heroine success/failure presentation is in the "childhood state".

29(B-1) and FIG. 29(B-2). In the case shown in FIG. 29(B-1), a first heroine character success image Qa2 is displayed on the display screen 50a in which a glass-like panel spreads over the entire display screen 50a together with the first heroine character. This shows the success mode of the first heroine success/failure effect. That is, the first heroine character success image Qa2 corresponds to the success mode of the first heroine success/failure effect (success/failure effect). After that, a scene change is executed (see FIG. 28). That is, as shown in FIG. 29C, the first heroine character success image Qa2 rotates clockwise with respect to the display screen 50a together with the natural background image Ha. Next, as shown in FIG. 29(D), a high school special growth success image TS4 is displayed showing that the main character in childhood has grown into the main character in high school. As a result, it is possible for the player to grasp that the degree of expectation for winning will increase after the transition to the "high school state". Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 29(E), the town background image Hb is displayed, and the variable display of the high school performance symbol EZb is newly started as a pseudo-continuous performance. That is, Pseudo 2 is executed. Then, the process proceeds to advance notice step 2 shown in FIG. As described above, if the success mode of the first heroine success/failure effect in the advance notice step 1 is indicated, the effect condition improves and the pseudo-continuous effect is executed, thereby making it possible to give the player a sense of exhilaration. be.

On the other hand, in the case shown in FIG. 29(B-2), the first heroine character failure image Qa3, which does not show the first heroine character because the glass panel is broken, is displayed on the display screen 50a. This indicates the mode of failure of the first heroine success/failure effect. That is, the first heroine character failure image Qa3 corresponds to the failure mode of the first heroine success/failure effect (success/failure effect). When the first heroine character failure image Qa3 is displayed, unlike the case where the first heroine character success image Qa2 is displayed, the effect state does not change thereafter, and the pseudo continuous effect is not executed. Therefore, the player will be disappointed. However, in the heroine step-up notice effect of this embodiment, even if the first heroine character failure image Qa3 (failure mode) is displayed in the first heroine success/failure effect, the process proceeds to the notice step 2 shown in FIG. reference).

In FIG. 30, in advance notice step 2, the second heroine success/failure effect executed in the "high school state" is shown. Note that the notice step 2 shown in FIG. 30 is a notice step (effect) following the success mode in the first heroine success/failure effect of the notice step 1 shown in FIG. In the second heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. 30, first, as shown in FIG. 30(A), a second heroine character introduction image Qb1 is displayed while a glass-like panel spreads over the entire display screen 50a together with the second heroine character. is displayed on the display screen 50a. Since the second heroine success/failure effect is in the "high school state", the city background image Hb is displayed behind the second heroine character introduction image Qb1.

30(B-1) and FIG. 30(B-2). In the case shown in FIG. 30(B-1), a second heroine character success image Qb2 is displayed on the display screen 50a in which a glass-like panel spreads over the entire display screen 50a together with the second heroine character. This indicates the success mode of the second heroine success/failure effect. That is, the second heroine character success image Qb2 corresponds to the success mode of the second heroine success/failure effect (success/failure effect). After that, a special growth success effect is executed (see FIG. 28). That is, as shown in FIG. 30C, a special growth transition image TS2 is displayed in which the father character grabs while deforming the left side display area 50b displaying the town background image Hb. Next, as shown in FIG. 31(D), a professional special growth success image TS7 is displayed showing that the high school hero character has grown into a professional hero character. As a result, the player can be made to understand that the probability of winning will increase after shifting to the "professional state". Note that the effect shown in FIG. 30(C)→FIG. 30(D) is the special growth success effect. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 30(E), the space background image Hc is displayed, and the variable display of the professional effect symbol EZc is newly started as a pseudo-continuous effect. That is, Pseudo 3 is executed. Then, the process proceeds to advance notice step 3 shown in FIG. As described above, if the success mode of the second heroine success/failure effect in the advance notice step 2 is indicated, the effect condition improves and the pseudo-continuous effect is executed, thereby making it possible to give the player a sense of exhilaration. be.

On the other hand, in the case shown in FIG. 30(B-2), the second heroine character failure image Qb3, which does not show the second heroine character due to the broken glass panel, is displayed on the display screen 50a. This indicates the mode of failure of the second heroine success/failure effect. That is, the second heroine character failure image Qb3 corresponds to the failure mode of the second heroine success/failure effect (success/failure effect). When the second heroine character failure image Qb3 is displayed, unlike the case where the second heroine character success image Qb2 is displayed, the effect state does not change thereafter, and the pseudo continuous effect is not executed. Therefore, the player will be disappointed. However, in the heroine step-up notice effect of this embodiment, even if the second heroine character failure image Qb3 (failure mode) is displayed in the second heroine success/failure effect, the process proceeds to the notice step 3 shown in FIG. reference).

FIG. 31 shows the third heroine success/failure effect executed in the "professional state" in advance notice step 3. FIG. Note that the notice step 3 shown in FIG. 31 is a notice step (effect) following the success mode in the second heroine success/failure effect of the notice step 2 shown in FIG. In the third heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. 31, first, as shown in FIG. 31A, the third heroine character introduction image Qc1 is displayed while the glass-like panel is spreading over the entire display screen 50a together with the third heroine character. is displayed on the display screen 50a. Note that the space background image Hc is displayed behind the third heroine character introduction image Qc1 because the third heroine success/failure presentation is in the "professional state".

31(B-1) and FIG. 31(B-2). In the case shown in FIG. 31(B-1), a third heroine character success image Qc2 is displayed on the display screen 50a in which a glass-like panel spreads over the entire display screen 50a together with the third heroine character. This indicates the success mode of the third heroine success/failure effect. That is, the third heroine character success image Qc2 corresponds to the success mode of the third heroine success/failure effect (success/failure effect). After that, the phoenix stock effect is executed (see FIG. 28). That is, as shown in FIG. 31(C), a phoenix introduction image FS1 indicating that the phoenix has flown is displayed. Next, as shown in FIG. 31D, a phoenix appearing image FS2 showing a fireball-shaped phoenix and the characters "phoenix stock" is displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 31(E), the display screen 50a shows the variable display of the professional production pattern EZc in a large size, and the figure of the phoenix and the "phoenix stock" appear in the lower right part of the display screen 50a. A phoenix stock image ST showing the characters is displayed. In this way, it is indicated that the phoenix is stocked. Note that in FIG. 30(E), the variable display of the professional effect symbol EZc is not newly started, and the variable display of the professional effect symbol (not shown), which was small and difficult to see at the end of the display screen 50a, is changed. , is larger and easier to see on the entire display screen 50a. Therefore, the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed. Further, in FIG. 30(E), since the space background image Hc is displayed again on the display screen 50a, the rendering state has not changed. In this way, when the success mode is indicated by the third heroine success/failure effect in the notice step 3, the effect state is not switched and the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed, but the phoenix that is advantageous to the player is stocked. By doing so, it is possible to give the player a sense of exhilaration. As described above, the heroine step-up notice effect is finished, and the pro strong SP reach is executed after the reach in the "professional state".

On the other hand, in the case shown in FIG. 31(B-2), the third heroine character failure image Qc3 that does not show the third heroine character is displayed on the display screen 50a because the glass panel is broken. This shows the mode of failure of the third heroine success/failure effect. That is, the third heroine character failure image Qc3 corresponds to the failure mode of the third heroine success/failure effect (success/failure effect). When the third heroine character failure image Qc3 is displayed, unlike the case where the third heroine character success image Qc2 is displayed, the phoenix is not stocked. Naturally, the effect state does not change, and the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed. As described above, the heroine step-up notice effect is finished, and the pro strong SP reach is executed after the reach in the "professional state".

FIG. 32 shows the second heroine success/failure effect executed in the "infant state" in advance notice step 2. FIG. Note that the notice step 2 shown in FIG. 32 is a notice step (effect) that follows the failure mode in the first heroine success/failure effect of the notice step 1 shown in FIG. The second heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. 32 is the same as the second heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. explain.

In the second heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. 32, the second heroine character introduction image Qb1 is displayed together with the natural background image Ha, as shown in FIG. 32(A). In the case shown in FIG. 32(B-1), the second heroine character success image Qb2 is displayed together with the natural background image Ha. After that, as shown in FIG. 32(C), after a special growth transition image TS2 is displayed, as shown in FIG. A high school special growth success image TS4 is displayed. As a result, it is possible for the player to grasp that the degree of expectation for winning will increase after the transition to the "high school state". Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 32(E), the town background image Hb is displayed, and the variable display of the high school performance symbol EZb is newly started as a pseudo-continuous performance. That is, Pseudo 2 is executed. Then, the process proceeds to advance notice step 3 shown in FIG.

On the other hand, in the case shown in FIG. 32B-2, the second heroine character failure image Qb3 is displayed together with the natural background image Ha. Therefore, the effect state ("infant state") does not change, and the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed. However, it proceeds to advance notice step 3 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 33, in advance notice step 3, the third heroine success/failure effect executed in the "high school state" is shown. Note that the notice step 3 shown in FIG. 33 is a notice step (effect) following the success mode in the second heroine success/failure effect of the notice step 2 shown in FIG. The third heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. 33 is the same as the third heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. explain.

In the third heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. 33, the third heroine character introduction image Qc1 is displayed together with the town background image Hb, as shown in FIG. 33(A). In the case shown in FIG. 33B-1, the third heroine character success image Qc2 is displayed together with the town background image Hb. After that, as shown in FIG. 33(C), the phoenix introducing image FS1 is displayed, and then, as shown in FIG. 33(D), the phoenix appearing image FS2 is displayed. Then, as shown in FIG. 33(E), the variable display of the high school performance symbol EZb is enlarged and the town background image Hb is displayed. That is, the pseudo continuous effect is not executed, and the effect state does not change. However, the phoenix stock image ST is displayed in the lower right portion of the display screen 50a, suggesting that the winning expectation is high. As described above, the heroine step-up notice effect is completed, and after reaching high school in "high school state", high school strong SP reach is executed.

On the other hand, in the case shown in FIG. 33B-2, the third heroine character failure image Qc3 is displayed together with the town background image Hb. Therefore, phoenixes are not stocked. As described above, the heroine step-up notice effect is completed, and after reaching high school in the "high school state", high school strong SP reach is executed.

In FIG. 34, in advance notice step 3, the third heroine success/failure effect executed in the "infant state" is shown. Note that the notice step 3 shown in FIG. 34 is a notice step (effect) following the failure mode in the second heroine success/failure effect of the notice step 2 shown in FIG. The third heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. 34 is the same as the third heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. explain.

In the third heroine success/failure effect shown in FIG. 34, the third heroine character introduction image Qc1 is displayed together with the natural background image Ha, as shown in FIG. 34(A). In the case shown in FIG. 34B-1, the third heroine character success image Qc2 is displayed together with the natural background image Ha. After that, as shown in FIG. 34(C), the phoenix introducing image FS1 is displayed, and then, as shown in FIG. 34(D), the phoenix appearing image FS2 is displayed. Then, as shown in FIG. 34(E), the variable display of the effect symbol for childhood EZa is enlarged and the natural background image Ha is displayed. That is, the pseudo continuous effect is not executed, and the effect state does not change. However, the phoenix stock image ST is displayed in the lower right portion of the display screen 50a, suggesting that the winning expectation is high. As described above, the heroine step-up notice effect is completed, and the child strong SP reach is executed after the reach in the "infant state".

On the other hand, in the case shown in FIG. 34B-2, the third heroine character failure image Qc3 is displayed together with the natural background image Ha. Therefore, phoenixes are not stocked. As described above, the heroine step-up notice effect is completed, and after reaching high school in the "infant state", high school strong SP reach is executed.

Thus, according to the heroine step-up notice effect of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28, the heroine success/failure effects (the first heroine production and third heroine success/failure production) are executed. Then, on the premise that the final notice step 3 can always be reached, the success or failure mode of each heroine's success or failure will be shown, and each time the success mode is shown, the winning expectation will increase. It is suggested. Therefore, in this heroine step-up notice effect, it becomes a game that determines how many success modes are shown in the heroine success/failure effects from the notice step 1 to the notice step 3, and how many notice steps can be advanced. It is clearly different from the conventional step-up notice production. As a result, it is possible to provide amusement by novel step-up notice effects.

Further, according to this heroine step-up notice effect, if the first heroine success/failure effect in the notice step 1 shows a success mode (see FIG. 29(B-1)), the effect condition improves and the pseudo continuous effect is performed. executed. Also, if the second heroine success/failure effect in advance notice step 2 indicates a success mode (see FIG. 30 (B-1) and FIG. 32 (B-1)), the effect condition improves and a pseudo continuous effect is executed. be. In this way, it is possible for the player to see a novel effect in which the effect state is switched and the pseudo-continuous effect is executed, even though the heroine step-up notice effect is being executed.

Here, in the heroine step-up notice effect of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. I'm trying not to be a loser because I'm elected. In other words, the success mode of the first heroine success/failure effect is indicated, resulting in a "high school state" (see FIG. 29(E)), while the success mode of the second heroine success/failure effect is indicated, resulting in a "professional state" (see FIG. 30). (E)), when the success mode is shown in the third heroine success/failure effect, the winning notification for the jackpot is always made after that, and the losing notification is never made. In other words, when success mode is shown in all the heroine success/failure effects, the phoenix is stocked in the "professional state" which is the best effect state (see FIG. 31(E)). At this time, there is no transition to a better performance state, and a big win is determined. In this way, in the heroine step-up notice effect, it is possible for the player to grasp the confirmation of the big win by a new way of showing.

Also, in the heroine step-up notice effect of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. , pro-weak SP reach is never performed. Also, as shown in FIG. 33, regardless of whether the success mode or the failure mode is indicated by the success/failure effect of the third heroine in the "high school state", high school strong SP reach is executed and high school low SP reach is executed. no. Also, as shown in FIG. 34, even if either the success mode or the failure mode is indicated by the success/failure effect of the third heroine in the "childhood state", the child strong SP reach is executed, and the child weak SP reach is executed. no. In short, if the heroine step-up notice production is executed, it will definitely develop into SP reach, and strong SP reach (childish strong SP reach, high school strong SP reach, professional strong SP reach) will be executed, and weak SP reach (childhood Weak SP Reach, High School Weak SP Reach, Professional Weak SP Reach) are never executed. In this way, if the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, the player can obtain a strong SP reach with a higher expectation of winning, so that the execution of the heroine step-up notice effect itself can give a great sense of exhilaration.

Further, in the heroine step-up notice effect of this embodiment, the increase in the winning expectation when only the success mode is shown in the first heroine success/failure effect is set to be relatively small. That is, when the scene change is executed by the display of the first heroine character success image Qa2, the winning expectation is not so high. Also, when only the success mode is shown in the success/failure presentation of the second heroine, the increase in the winning expectation is set to be high to some extent. That is, when the second heroine character success image Qb2 is displayed and the special growth success effect is executed, the winning expectation is somewhat high. Also, the increase in the degree of winning expectation when only the success mode is shown in the success/failure presentation of the third heroine is set to be very high. In other words, when the third heroine character success image Qc2 is displayed and the phoenix stock effect is executed, the winning expectation is very high. In this way, even in the heroine step-up notice effect, the more the success mode is shown in the latter notice step, the higher the winning expectation is. As a result, it is possible to make the player feel a greater sense of anticipation as he progresses to the latter half of the advance notice step, and to provide a step-up notice performance that makes it difficult for the player to get bored.

In this form, when the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, the pre-reach special growth effect, scene change, post-reach special growth effect, growth SP development effect, and phoenix revival development effect are not executed. . However, as a modification, before the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, the pre-reach special growth effect, scene change, post-reach special growth effect, growth SP development effect, and phoenix revival development effect may be executed. , the heroine step-up notice effect may be executed after the effect state has changed from the "infant state". Alternatively, even after the heroine step-up notice production has been executed, the pre-reach special growth production, scene change, post-reach special growth production, growth SP development production, and phoenix revival development production may be executed, and the production state is changed. may be changed.

7. Operation of Game Control Microcomputer 101 [Main Control Main Processing] Next, the operation of the game control microcomputer 101 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that counters, timers, flags, statuses, buffers, etc. appearing in the explanation of the operation of the game control microcomputer 101 are provided in the game RAM 104 . The game control microcomputer 101 provided on the game control board 100 reads and executes the main control main processing program shown in FIG. 35 from the game ROM 103 when the pachinko game machine PY1 is powered on. As shown in the figure, in the main control main process, initial setting is first performed (step S001). In the initial settings, for example, stack setting, constant setting, interrupt time setting, game CPU 102 setting, SIO, PIO, CTC (circuit for managing interrupt time) setting, various flags, status and counters, etc. reset, etc. The initial value of the flag is "0" or "OFF", the initial value of the status is "1", and the initial value of the counter is "0". Note that the initial setting (S001) is executed only once after the power is turned on, and is not executed thereafter.

After the initial setting (S001), interrupts are prohibited (S002), and the normal design/special design main random number update process (S003) is executed. In this normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process (S003), various random number counter values shown in FIG. 9 are updated by adding one. When each random number counter value reaches the upper limit, it returns to "0" and is added again. The initial value of each random number counter may be a value other than "0", or may be changed randomly. Also, each random number may be a so-called hardware random number generated using a known random number generating circuit such as a counter IC.

When the normal design/special design main random number update process (S003) ends, the interrupt is permitted (S004). While interrupts are enabled, it is possible to execute main-side timer interrupt processing (S005). The main-side timer interrupt processing (S005) is executed based on an interrupt pulse that is repeatedly input to the game CPU 102 at a cycle of, for example, 4 msec. That is, it is executed at a cycle of 4 msec, for example. And, after the main side timer interrupt processing (S005) is completed, before the next main side timer interrupt processing (S005) is started, various counters by normal design / special design main random number update processing (S003) Value update processing is repeatedly executed. If an interrupt pulse is input to the game CPU 102 in the interrupt disabled state, the main timer interrupt processing (S005) is not started immediately, but is started after the interrupt is permitted (S004).

[Main Side Timer Interrupt Processing] Next, the main side timer interrupt processing (S005) will be described. As shown in FIG. 36, in the main side timer interrupt processing (S005), output processing (S101) is first executed. In the output process (S101), commands set in the output buffer provided in the game RAM 104 of the game control board 100 in each process described below are output to the effect control board 120, the payout control board 170, and the like.

In the input process (S102) that follows the output process (S101), various sensors (first start sensor 11a, second start sensor 12a, gate sensor 13a, big prize The detection signals detected by the mouth sensor 14a, the general winning mouth sensor 10a (see FIG. 6), etc. are read and stored (set) in the output buffer of the game RAM 104 as winning ball information. Also, a detection signal from the lower tray full switch for detecting the fullness of the lower tray 35 is taken in and stored in the output buffer of the game RAM 104 as lower tray full data.

The normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process (S103) performed next is the same as the normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process (S003) performed in the main control main process of FIG. That is, the updating process of various random number counter values (including the normal symbol random number counter value) shown in FIG. ) until the start of the next main-side timer interrupt process (S005)).

After normal design/special design main random number update process (S103), sensor detection process (S104), normal operation process (S105), and special operation process (S106), which will be described later, are executed. Thereafter, other processing (S107) is executed, and the main side timer interrupt processing (S005) ends. As other processing (S107), based on the number of special-figure 2 reserved balls described later, the second special-figure reservation display 83b is controlled to a display mode indicating the number, or based on the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls described later. It controls the display mode which shows the number of the 1st special figure reservation indicator 83a. Then, the processing of steps S002 to S004 of the main control main processing is repeatedly executed until the next interrupt pulse is input to the game CPU 102 (see FIG. 35), and when the interrupt pulse is input (after about 4 msec), The main side timer interrupt processing (S005) is executed again. In the output processing (S101) of the main-side timer interrupt processing (S005) executed again, the commands set in the output buffer of the game RAM 104 in the previous main-side timer interrupt processing (S005) are output.

[Sensor detection process] As shown in FIG. 37, in the sensor detection process (S104), first, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed through the gate 13, that is, whether or not the game ball has been detected by the gate sensor 13a ( S201). If the game ball has passed through the gate 13 (YES in S201), a gate passage process, which will be described later, is performed (S202). On the other hand, if the game ball has not passed through the gate 13 (NO in S201), the process skips the gate passing process (S202) and proceeds to step S203.

In step S203, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the second start hole 12, that is, whether or not a game ball has been detected by the second start hole sensor 12a (S203). When the game ball has not won the second start port 12 (NO in S203), the process proceeds to step S207, but when the game ball has won the second start port 12 (YES in S203), the special figure 2 Whether the number of pending balls (the number of second special pending, specifically the number of the counter that counts the number of second special pending provided in the game RAM 104) has reached "4" (upper limit storage number) (S204). Then, if the number of special 2 pending balls has reached "4" (YES in S204), the process proceeds to step S207, but if the number of special 2 pending balls is less than "4" (in S204 NO), 1 is added to the number of reserved balls of special figure 2 (S205).

Then special figure 2 relation random number acquisition processing is done (S206). In the special figure 2 random number acquisition process (S206), the jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A), the hit type random number counter value (label-TRND-AS), the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC) and fluctuation Obtain the pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (that is, obtain the random value group shown in FIG. 9 (A)), the obtained random values of the second special figure reservation storage unit 105b of the current special figure 2 Stored in the storage area of the second special figure reservation storage unit 105b corresponding to the number of reservation balls.

Subsequently, in the sensor detection process (S104), it is determined whether or not the game ball has entered the first starting hole 11, that is, whether or not the game ball has been detected by the first starting hole sensor 11a (S207). When the game ball has not won the first start port 11 (NO in S207), the process is finished, but when the game ball has won the first start port 11 (YES in S207), the special figure 1 is reserved. Whether the number of balls (the number of the first special figure reservation, specifically the numerical value of the counter that counts the number of the first special figure reservation provided in the game RAM 104) has reached "4" (upper limit storage number) Judge (S208). Then, if the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls has reached "4" (YES in S208), the process ends, but if the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls is less than "4" (NO in S208) ), and add "1" to the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls (S209).

Subsequently, special figure 1 related random number acquisition processing (S210) is performed, and this processing ends. In the special figure 1 related random number acquisition process (S210), like the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (S206), the jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A), the hit type random number counter value (label-TRND-AS) , Obtain the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC) and the fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (that is, obtain the random value group shown in FIG. 9 (A)), and obtain the obtained random value It is stored in the storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 105a corresponding to the current number of special figure reservation balls among the first special figure reservation storage unit 105a.

[Gate Passing Process] As shown in FIG. 38, in the gate passing process (S202), the number of normal pattern reserved balls (the number of normal pattern reservations, specifically a counter that counts the number of normal pattern reservations provided in the game RAM 104 value) is 4 or more (S301), and if the number of normal design reserved balls is 4 or more (YES in S301), the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the number of normal design reserved balls is not 4 or more (NO in S301), "1" is added to the number of normal design reserved balls (S302), and normal design random number acquisition processing is performed (S303). In the normal symbol random number acquisition process (S303), the normal symbol random number counter value (label-TRND-H value, see FIG. 9(B)) is acquired, and the acquired random value is stored in the normal symbol reservation storage unit 106 of the game RAM 104. Among them, it is stored in a storage area according to the current number of normal design reserved balls.

[Normal Operation Processing] The game control microcomputer 101 performs sensor detection processing (S104) and then normal operation processing (S105) (see FIG. 36). As shown in FIG. 39, in the normal operation process (S105), first, it is determined whether or not the power chew 12D is in operation (S401). If the electric chew 12D is not in operation (NO in S401), then it is determined whether or not the normal symbol is stopped (S402). If the normal symbols are not being stopped and displayed (NO in S402), then it is determined whether or not the normal symbols are being displayed in a variable manner (S403). If the variable display of normal symbols is not in progress (NO in S403), then it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of normal symbols is "0" (S404). If the number of reserved balls in the normal design is "0" (YES in S404), this process ends.

In step S404, if the number of reserved balls of normal symbols is not "0" (NO in S404), hit determination processing is performed (S405). In the hit determination process (S405), the normal symbol random number counter value (label-TRND-H value) stored in the normal pattern reservation storage unit 106 is read, and based on the normal symbol hit determination table shown in FIG. 10 (C) It is determined whether it hits or not. Then, a pattern determination process is performed to set the normal pattern stop pattern data according to the result of the hit determination in a predetermined storage area of the game RAM 104 (S406). That is, in the symbol determination process (S406), if it is "losing", data corresponding to "general figure losing symbol" is set, and if "hitting", data corresponding to "normal winning symbol" is set.

Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 101 performs normal symbol variation time determination processing (S407). In normal design fluctuation time determination processing (S407), referring to the normal design fluctuation pattern selection table shown in FIG. Choose a pattern. On the other hand, if the game state is a non-time-saving state, a normal design variation pattern in which the normal design variation time is 7 seconds is selected.

Next, the game control microcomputer 101 decrements the number of normal symbol reserved balls by one (S408). Then, the storage location (storage area) of each general pattern reservation in the general pattern reservation storage unit 106 is shifted by one from the current position to the side to be read, and the memory corresponding to the fourth reservation in the general pattern reservation storage unit 106 Clear the area (storage area farthest from the read side) (S409). In this way, it is made to be digested in the order in which the general map reservation was reserved. After that, the game control microcomputer 101 starts variable display of normal symbols in the normal symbol variation pattern selected in step S407 (S410). Along with this, in order to inform the effect control board 120 of the start of normal symbol variation, a normal symbol variation start command is set.

If it is during the fluctuation display of the normal design in the above step S403 (YES in S403), then it is determined whether or not the fluctuation time of the normal design has passed (S411), and if it has not passed, the process is finished. On the other hand, if it has passed (YES in S411), the variable display of normal symbols is stopped with the display result (normal winning symbol or normal losing symbol) according to the determination result of the normal symbol random number (S412). Then, a normal symbol fluctuation stop command for informing the effect control board 120 of the normal symbol fluctuation stop is set (S413), and the normal symbol stop time is set (S414), and this process is finished.

Also, if the stop display of the normal design is in progress at step S402 described above (YES at S402), then it is determined whether or not the stop time of the normal design set at step S414 has passed (S415). If not, terminate the process. On the other hand, if it has passed (YES in S415), it is determined whether or not the normal pattern stop pattern data of the normal winning pattern is set (S416), and if it is not the data of the normal winning pattern (that is, if it is not a hit (NO in S416)), and this processing ends. On the other hand, if it is normal winning pattern data (that is, if it is winning (YES in S416)), the opening pattern of the electric chew 12D is set (S417). Specifically, if it is in the time saving state, the opening pattern during the time saving state (see the electric chew opening TBL2 in FIG. 12) is set as the opening pattern of the electric chew 12D. On the other hand, if it is in the non-time-saving state, the open pattern (see electric-tube open TBL1 in FIG. 12) during the non-time-saving state is set as the open pattern of the electric chew 12D. Then, according to the opening pattern set in step S417, the electric chew 12D is operated (S418).

Also, if the electric chew 12D is in operation in the above-described step S401 (YES in S401), then it is determined whether or not the operation time of the electric chew 12D has elapsed (S419). Finish processing. On the other hand, if it has passed (YES in S419), the operation of the electric chew 12D is terminated (S420).

[Special Action Processing] After the normal action processing (S105), the game control microcomputer 101 performs special action processing (S106) (see FIG. 36). As shown in FIG. 40, in the special operation process (S106), the processing relating to the special figure display 81 and the big winning device 14D is divided into four stages, and "special operation statuses 1, 2, 3, 4" are added to each stage. are assigned. Then, when the "special action status" is "1" (YES in S1301), the game control microcomputer 101 performs special symbol standby processing (S1302), and the "special action status" is "2". In case (NO in S1301, YES in S1303), special symbol fluctuation processing (S1304) is performed, and if "special operation status" is "3" (NO in S1301, S1303, YES in S1305) , Special symbol determination processing (S1306) is performed, and when the "special action status" is "4" (S1301, S1303, S1305 are all NO), special electric accessary product processing (S1307) is performed. Note that the special operation status is "1" by default.

[Special Symbol Standby Processing] As shown in FIG. 41, in the special symbol standby processing (S1302), first, whether or not the number of reserved balls of the second starting port 12 (that is, the number of special figure 2 reserved balls) is "0". is determined (S1401). If the special figure 2 reserved ball number is "0" (YES in S1401), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value group acquired due to the winning of the second start port 12, the first start It is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of mouth 11 (that is, the number of reserved balls of special figure 1) is "0" (S1407). And, if the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is also "0" (YES in S1407), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value group acquired due to the winning of the first start port 11, the customer It is determined whether or not the wait flag is ON (S1415). If it is ON (YES at S1415), this process is terminated, and if it is not ON (NO at S1415), the customer waiting command is set in the output buffer of the game RAM 104 (S1416), and the customer waiting flag is turned ON ( S1417), this process ends.

If the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is not "0" in step S1401 (NO in S1401), that is, the storage of the random number counter value group acquired due to the winning of the second start port 12 (reservation information of special figure 2 ), if there is one or more, special figure 2 jackpot determination processing (S1402) and special figure 2 variation pattern selection processing (S1403) to be described later are performed. After that, the game control microcomputer 101 decrements the number of special figure 2 reserved balls by 1 (S1404). Then, the storage location (storage area) of various counter values in the second special figure reservation storage unit 105b is shifted by one to the side read from the current position, and the first reservation in the second special figure reservation storage unit 105b Clear the storage area corresponding to (S1405). Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 101 executes special figure 2 fluctuation start processing (S1406), and proceeds to step S1413. In the special figure 2 fluctuation start process (S1406), while setting the special operation status to "2", the fluctuation start command is set in the output buffer of the game RAM 104, and the fluctuation display of the second special symbol is started. In addition, the variation start command (also called the special figure 2 variation start command) set in the special figure 2 variation start process (S1406) includes the special figure stop design data set in the special figure 2 big hit determination process (S1402) Information and special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1403) information of the variation pattern set in (information including information on variation time) is included.

Also, if the number of special 2 reserved balls is "0" but the number of special 1 reserved balls is not "0" (YES in S1401 and NO in S1407), that is, there is no reservation information of special 2, If there is one or more memories of the random number counter value group acquired due to the winning of the 1 start port 11 (reservation information of special figure 1), special figure 1 jackpot determination processing (S1408) and special figure to be described later 1 fluctuation pattern selection processing (S1409) is performed. After that, the game control microcomputer 101 decrements the number of special figure 1 reserved balls by 1 (S1410). Then, the storage location (storage area) of various counter values in the first special figure reservation storage unit 105a is shifted by one to the side read from the current position, and the fourth reservation in the first special figure reservation storage unit 105a (S1411). In this way, the first special figure reservation is digested in the order in which it was reserved. Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 101 executes special figure 1 fluctuation start processing (S1412), and proceeds to step S1413. In the special figure 1 fluctuation start process (S1412), while setting the special operation status to "2", the fluctuation start command is set in the output buffer of the game RAM 104, and the fluctuation display of the first special symbol is started. In addition, the variation start command (also called the special figure 1 variation start command) set in the special figure 1 variation start process (S1412) is the special figure stop pattern data set in the special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408) Information and information (information including information on fluctuation time) of the fluctuation pattern set in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409) is included.

When proceeding to step S1413, it is determined whether or not the customer waiting flag is ON, and if it is ON, the customer waiting flag is turned OFF (S1414), and the process is finished. As described above, in this embodiment, the variable display of the special symbols based on the first special figure reservation is performed only when the second special figure reservation is "0" (YES in S1401). That is, digestion of the second special figure reservation is executed with priority over digestion of the first special figure reservation.

[Special figure 2 jackpot determination process (special figure 1 jackpot determination process)] Special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402) and special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408) have the same processing flow, so based on FIG. will be explained together. As shown in FIG. 42, in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402) or the special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408), first, as the determination value, the jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A value) is read (S1501 ). Specifically, in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402), in the first storage area of the second special figure reservation storage unit 105b of the game RAM 104 (that is, the storage area corresponding to the first second special figure reservation) Read the stored jackpot random number counter value. Also, in the special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408), the first special figure reservation storage unit 105a of the game RAM 104 is stored in the first storage area (that is, the storage area corresponding to the first item of the first special figure reservation). Read the jackpot random number counter value.

Next, the jackpot determination table (FIG. 10(A)) is set (S1502). Next, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON, that is, whether or not the state is a high probability state (S1503). Then, if it is not a high probability state (NO in S1503), that is, if it is a normal probability state (non-high probability state), the table for the non-high probability state (jackpot judgment It is determined whether or not it is a big hit based on the values "1" to "210") (S1504). On the other hand, if it is in a high probability state (YES in S1503), whether it is a big hit based on the table for the high probability state (jackpot judgment value is "1" to "1660") out of the big hit judgment table (Fig. 10 (A)) It is determined whether or not (S1505).

If the result of the jackpot determination (S1504, S1505) is "jackpot", the hit type random number counter value (label-TRND-AS value) is read, and the hit type is determined based on the hit type determination table shown in FIG. (S1506). After determining the hit type (S1506), the jackpot flag is turned ON (S1507), and the special figure stop pattern data (see FIG. 8) corresponding to the hit type is set in the hit type buffer provided in the game RAM 104. (S1508) to finish the process. On the other hand, if the result of the big hit determination (S1504, S1505) is "losing", the special figure stop design data (01H) corresponding to the losing design is set (S1508) and the process ends.

[Special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (special figure 1 variation pattern selection process)] Special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1403) and special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1409) Because the flow of processing is the same A collective description will be given with reference to FIGS. 43 and 44. FIG. As shown in FIG. 43, special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1403) or special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1409) first determines whether the gaming state is a time saving state (whether the time saving flag is ON) (S1601).

If it is not a time saving state (NO in S1601), that is, if it is a non time saving state, then it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1602). If it is ON (YES in S1602), with reference to the non-time-saving state jackpot normal table (part corresponding to the non-time-saving state and jackpot of the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 11), the fluctuation pattern random number counter value A variation pattern is selected based on (label-TRND-value of T1) (S1603). As shown in FIG. 11, when the variation pattern is determined, the variation time is also determined.

In the variable performance of the pachinko game machine PY1, as described above, SP (super reach) can be executed in addition to slamming and normal reach. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the variation pattern is selected so as to be able to perform Dohazure, Normal Reach, and SP Reach. In addition, in the variable production of this embodiment, simulation 1, simulation 2, and simulation 3 can be executed in order to correspond to the production state (“childhood state”, “high school state”, “professional state”). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, variation patterns are selected so that Pseudo 1, Pseudo 2, and Pseudo 3 can be executed. And in this form, as described above, since the effect state, the number of pseudo-runs, and the type of SP reach are associated one-to-one, only when the pseudo 3 variation pattern is selected, the professional SP reach Only when the pseudo 2 variation pattern is selected, it becomes a variation pattern that can become a high school SP reach, and only when the pseudo 1 variation pattern is selected, it becomes a child SP reach. It becomes a variation pattern that can be obtained.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the variation pattern is provided with a variation pattern indicating execution of the heroine step-up notice effect. And in this form, when the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, the strong SP reach is always executed. Variation patterns P2 and P11 indicating execution of reach are selected. In the case of Pseudo 2, when the heroine step-up notice effect is to be executed, the variation patterns P4 and P13 indicating the execution of high school strong SP reach are selected. Further, in the case of pseudo 1, when the heroine step-up notice effect is to be executed, the variation patterns P6 and P15 indicating the execution of the childish strong SP reach are selected. In addition, in this form, it is possible to select a variation pattern that indicates the execution of the heroine step-up notice effect only in a non-time saving state, but as a modified example, a variation pattern that indicates the execution of the heroine step-up notice effect is selected even in a time saving state. You may make it possible to do so.

In step S1602 shown in FIG. 43, if the jackpot flag is not ON, it is determined whether or not the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC value) is a reach establishment random value (S1604). In addition, as shown in FIG. 10(B), the reach establishment random number is "1" to "30" if it is a non-time saving state, and is "1" to "10" if it is a time saving state. That is, the time-saving state is less likely to reach when losing than the non-time-saving state. This is in order to speed up the digestion speed of the special figure pending by making it possible to select more short reach no loss with short fluctuation time in the time saving state.

If the reach random number counter value is a reach establishment random value (YES in S1604), that is, in the case of reach loss, there is a reach loss table in a non-time saving state (non-out of the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 11 With reference to time saving state and part corresponding to loss with reach), a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (S1605).

On the other hand, if the reach random number counter value is not a reach establishment random value (NO in S1604), that is, in the case of reach no loss, the reach no loss table during the non-time saving state (out of the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 11 The part corresponding to the non-time-saving state and reach-less loss) is referred to, and the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (S1606). At the time of loss without reach, the function of shortening variation according to the number of held balls works. That is, when the number of reserved balls in the special design is "3" or "4", a variation pattern with a shorter fluctuation time than when the number of reserved balls in the special design is "0" to "2" is selected. (See FIG. 11).

Also in step S1601, if it is determined that the gaming state is a time saving state (YES in S1601), as shown in FIG. The part corresponding to the time saving state among the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table) is performed in the same flow as the above steps S1602 to S1606 (S1607 to S1611).

That is, if it is a jackpot, a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value by referring to the portion corresponding to the jackpot in the time saving state of FIG. 11 (S1608). Also, if there is a reach loss, a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value by referring to the part corresponding to the time saving state in FIG. 11 and the loss with reach (S1610). Moreover, if it is a reach-less loss, a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value by referring to the portion corresponding to the reach-less loss in the time saving state of FIG. 11 (S1611).

In addition, in the special figure variation pattern determination table in the time saving state (the part corresponding to the time saving state of the special figure variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 11), the function of shortening variation according to the number of pending balls when there is no reach It works when the number of held balls is "2" to "4". That is, shortening variation is more likely to be selected than during the non-time saving state. In addition, the fluctuation time as shortening fluctuation is shorter during the time saving state than during the non-working time saving state. That is, the special figure variation pattern determination table in the time saving state is a table such that the variation time is shorter than the special figure variation pattern determination table in the non time saving state.

After selecting the variation pattern as described above, as shown in FIG. 43, the selected variation pattern is set (S1612), and this process ends. Information on the variation pattern set in step S1612 is included in the variation start command set in step S1406 or S1412 in the special symbol standby process (S1302), and sent to the effect control board 120 by the output process (S101).

[Special symbol fluctuation process] As shown in FIG. 45, in the special symbol fluctuation process (S1304), first, the special symbol fluctuation time (variation time determined according to the fluctuation pattern selected in step S1403 or S1409, FIG. 11 See) has passed (S1801). If it has not passed (NO in S1801), this process is terminated immediately. As a result, the variable display of the special symbols is continued.

On the other hand, if the fluctuation time has elapsed (YES in S1801), a fluctuation stop command is set (S1802), and the special action status is set to "3" (S1803). Then, after performing other processing such as stopping the variable display of the special symbols with the symbols (jackpot symbols or losing symbols) corresponding to the set special symbol stop symbol data (S1804), this processing is finished.

[Special symbol determination process] As shown in FIG. 46, in the special symbol determination process (S1306), first, the special symbol stop time (stop time determined according to the variation pattern selected in step S1403 or S1409, see FIG. 11) (S1901). If it has not elapsed (NO in S1901), this process is terminated immediately. As a result, the stop display of the special symbols is continued. On the other hand, if the stop time has elapsed (YES in S1901), a game state management process, which will be described later, is performed (S1902).

Next, it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1903). If the jackpot flag is ON (YES in S1903), an opening pattern (see FIG. 8 for details) corresponding to the type of jackpot won is set (S1904). At this time, the value of a round counter that counts the number of unit open games (round games) executed during the jackpot game is set to the number of rounds corresponding to the type of jackpot won. Note that the setting of the release pattern (the set of data corresponding to the release pattern) may be performed for each round.

The game control microcomputer 101 performs game state reset processing following step S1904 (S1905). In the game state reset process (S1905), first, if the probability variation flag is ON, the probability variation flag is turned OFF, and if the time saving flag is ON, it is turned OFF. In other words, during execution of the jackpot game, it is controlled to a non-high probability state and a non-time saving state. After that, in order to start the jackpot game, a jackpot opening command is set (S1906), and the opening of the jackpot game is started (S1907). Then, the special action status is set to "4" (S1908), and this processing ends.

Also, if the jackpot flag is not ON in step S1903 (NO in S1903), the jackpot game is not started, so the special action status is set to "1" (S1909), and this process ends.

[Game State Management Processing] As shown in FIG. 47, in the game state management processing (S1902), first, it is determined whether or not the variable probability flag is ON (S2001). If it is ON (YES in S2001), the value of the probability variation counter that counts the number of variations of the special symbols executed during the high probability state is decremented by 1 (S2002), and whether the value of the probability variation counter is "0" Judge (S2003). If it is "0" (YES in S2003), the variable probability flag is turned OFF (S2004), and the process proceeds to step S2005. If the determination result of step S2001 or S2003 is NO, the process immediately proceeds to step S2005.

In step S2005, it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON. If it is ON (YES in S2005), decrement the value of the time saving counter that counts the number of variations of the special symbols executed during the time saving state by 1 (S2006), and determine whether the value of the time saving counter is "0" (S2007). If it is "0" (YES in S2007), turn off the time saving flag (S2008) and proceed to step S2009. If the determination result of step S2005 or S2007 is NO, the process immediately proceeds to step S2009. In step S2009, a game state designation command including information on the current game state (information on whether the variable probability flag and the time saving flag are ON or OFF), information on the value of the variable probability counter and the value of the time saving counter, etc. The data is set in the output buffer of the RAM 104, and this processing ends.

[Special Electric Accessory Process (Big Win Game)] As shown in FIG. 48, in the special electric accessary process (S1307), it is first determined whether or not the jackpot end flag is ON (S2201). The jackpot end flag is a flag indicating that the jackpot game in progress has completely opened the jackpot 14 .

If the jackpot end flag is not ON (NO in S2201), it is determined whether or not the big prize opening 14 is open (S2202). If it is not open (NO in S2202), whether or not the time has come to open the big winning port 14, that is, whether the opening time of the jackpot game has passed and the opening start time of the first round game has arrived, or Then, it is determined whether or not the interval time (closing time) until the once-closed big winning port 14 is reopened has passed and the opening start time has arrived (S2203).

If the determination result in step S2203 is NO, the process ends. On the other hand, if the determination result in step S2203 is YES, the big winning opening 14 is opened according to the opening pattern (see FIG. 8) corresponding to the type of big win (S2204).

In the following step S2205, round designation command transmission determination processing is performed. In the round designation command transmission determination process (S2205), it is determined whether or not the opening of the large winning opening 14 in step S2204 is the first opening during one round game, and if so, the jackpot game being executed A round designation command including information on the number of rounds is set in the output buffer of the game RAM 104 . It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the large winning opening 14 is not opened a plurality of times during one round game. Therefore, in step S2205, the round designation command is always set.

In step S2202 of the special electric accessory processing (S1307), if the large winning opening 14 is open (YES in S2202), it is determined whether or not the conditions for closing the large winning opening 14 are established (S2206). In this form, the closing condition is that the number of prizes to be won into the big winning hole 14 in the round game reaches the specified maximum number of winnings (8 per 1R in this form), or the time to close the big winning hole 14 (that is, the predetermined opening time (see FIG. 8) has passed since the opening of the big winning opening 14) is satisfied. Then, if the conditions for closing the big winning opening 14 are not met (NO in S2206), the process is finished.

On the other hand, if the conditions for closing the big winning opening 14 are satisfied (YES in S2206), the big winning opening 14 is closed (blocked) (S2207). Then, it is determined whether or not one round game ends due to the closing of step S2207 (S2208). If one round game has not ended (NO in S2208), this process ends. On the other hand, when one round game is completed (YES in S2208), the value of the round counter is decremented by 1 (S2209), and it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter is "0" (S2210). . If it is not "0" (NO at S2210), the process ends as it is to start the next round game.

On the other hand, if it is "0" (YES in S2210), as a jackpot ending process for ending the jackpot game, a jackpot ending command is set (S2211), and a jackpot ending is started (S2212). Then, the jackpot end flag is set (S2213), and the process ends.

Also, if the jackpot end flag is ON in step S2201 (YES in S2201), the final round has ended, so it is determined whether or not the jackpot ending time has elapsed (S2214). If the ending time has not passed (NO in S2214), the process ends. On the other hand, if the ending time has passed (YES in S2214), the jackpot end flag is turned OFF (S2215), the jackpot flag is turned OFF (S2216), and the special action status is set to "1" (S2217). As a result, in the next main timer interrupt process (S005), the special symbol standby process (S1302) is executed again as the special action process (see FIG. 40). After that, a game state setting process (S2218), which will be described later, is performed, and this process ends.

[Playing State Setting Processing] As shown in FIG. 49, in the gaming state setting processing (S2218), first, the type of jackpot is a probability variable jackpot (stop pattern is special figure 1_jackpot pattern 1 or special figure 2_jackpot pattern 1, see FIG. 8) ) (S2301). If it is not a probability variable jackpot (NO in S2301), the time saving flag is turned ON (S2306), the time saving counter is set to "100" (S2307), and the process proceeds to step S2308. As a result, the game state after the big hit game this time becomes the normal probability state, time saving state and high base state (that is, low probability high base state). This low-probability-high base state ends when either condition is established that the variable display of the special symbol is performed 100 times or that the next jackpot is won.

On the other hand, if it is a probability variable jackpot in step S2301, the probability variable flag is turned ON (S2302), and the time saving flag is turned ON (S2303). And "10000" is set to the variable probability counter (S2304), "10000" is set to the time saving counter (S2305), and the process proceeds to step S2308. As a result, the game state after the current jackpot game becomes a high-probability state, a time-saving state, and a high-base state (that is, a high-probability-high-base state). This high-probability-high base state will continue until the next jackpot is substantially won. Since it is almost impossible that the variable display of the special symbol is executed until the value of the variable probability counter and the value of the time reduction counter change from "10000" to "0", the probability variable flag and the time reduction flag will start the next jackpot game. This is because it is not turned off until the It should be noted that the high probability state may be continued until the next jackpot is won by using only the probability variation flag without providing the probability variation counter.

In step S2308, the game state specifying command including information on the current game state (information on whether the variable probability flag and the time saving flag are ON or OFF), information on the value of the variable probability counter and the value of the time saving counter, etc. The data is set in the output buffer of the RAM 104, and this processing ends.

8. Operation of Effect Control Microcomputer 121 [Sub Control Main Processing] Next, the operation of the effect control microcomputer 121 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that counters, timers, flags, statuses, buffers, etc. appearing in the description of the operation of the effect control microcomputer 121 are provided in the effect RAM 124 . The effect control microcomputer 121 provided in the effect control board 120 reads out and executes the sub-control main processing program shown in FIG. 50 from the effect ROM 123 when the power of the pachinko game machine PY1 is turned on. As shown in the figure, in the sub-control main processing, CPU initialization processing is first performed (S4001). In CPU initialization processing (S4001), stack setting, constant setting, setting of CPU 122 for effect, setting of SIO, PIO, CTC (circuit for managing interrupt time), etc. are performed.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the power-off signal is ON and the contents of the performance RAM 124 are normal (S4002). If the determination result is NO, the effect RAM 124 is initialized (S4003), and the process proceeds to step S4004. On the other hand, if the determination result is YES (YES in S4002), the process proceeds to step S4004 without initializing the RAM 124 for effect. That is, if the power cutoff signal is not ON, or if the contents of the RAM 124 for effects are not normal even if the power cutoff signal is ON (NO in S4002), the RAM 124 for effects is initialized, but the power cutoff signal is generated due to a power failure or the like. is turned ON but the contents of the effect RAM 124 are maintained normally (YES in S4002), the effect RAM 124 is not initialized. Incidentally, if the effect RAM 124 is initialized, the values of various flags, statuses, counters and the like are reset. Also, these steps S4001 to S4003 are executed only once after the power is turned on, and are not executed thereafter.

In step S4004, interrupts are prohibited. Next, random number seed update processing is executed (S4005). In the random number seed update process (S4005), the values of various effect determination random number counters are updated. The random numbers for determining the effect include the random numbers for determining the effect pattern for determining the effect pattern EZ, the random numbers for determining the variable effect pattern lottery for determining the variable effect pattern, and the random numbers for determining the effect for determining the various effect effects. etc. The random number update method can be the same method as the random number update process performed by the game control board 100 described above. Instead of adding 1 to the random value at the time of updating, it is also possible to add 2 at a time. This also applies to the random number update process performed by the game control board 100 described above.

When the random number seed update process (S4005) ends, the command transmission process is executed (S4006). In the command transmission process ( S4006 ), various commands stored in the output buffer in the performance RAM 124 of the performance control board 120 are transmitted to the image control board 140 . The image control board 140 that has received the command executes various effects (variation effect, opening effect associated with the jackpot game, round effect, ending effect, etc.) using the image display device 50 according to the command. In addition, along with the execution of various effects by the image control board 140, the effect control board 120 outputs sound from the speaker 620 via the sound control board 161, or outputs the board lamp 54 and the frame lamp via the sub-drive board 162. 212 is made to emit light, and the board movable body 55k is driven. The effect control microcomputer 121 subsequently permits an interrupt (S4007). Thereafter, steps S4004 to S4007 are looped. While interrupts are enabled, reception interrupt processing (S4008), 1 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009), and 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010) can be executed.

[Receiving interrupt processing] Receiving interrupt processing (S4008) is performed based on the strobe signal (STB signal) sent from the game control board 100 being input to the external INT input section of the effect control microcomputer 121. That is, unless the strobe signal is input to the external INT input section of the effect control microcomputer 121, the reception interrupt process (S4008) is not performed. As shown in FIG. 51, in the reception interrupt process (S4008), various commands transmitted from the game control board 100 are stored in the reception buffer of the effect RAM 124 (S4101). This reception interrupt process (S4008) is a process that is executed with priority over other interrupt processes (S4009, S4010).

[1 ms timer interrupt processing] 1 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009) is executed each time an interrupt pulse of 1 msec cycle is input to the effect control board 120. As shown in FIG. 52, in the 1 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009), first, input processing (S4201) is performed. In the input process (S4201), switch data (edge data and level data) is created based on detection signals from the input section detection sensor 40a (see FIG. 7) and the select button detection sensor 42a.

Subsequently, lamp data output processing (S4202) is performed. In the lamp data output process (S4202), the lamp data created in the other process (S4305) in the 10ms timer interrupt process (S4010) described later is sub-driven in order to make the board lamp 54 and the frame lamp 212 emit light at a timing suitable for the effect. Output to substrate 162 . That is, the board lamp 54 and the frame lamp 212 are caused to emit light in a predetermined light emission mode according to the lamp data.

Next, drive control processing is performed (S4203). In the drive control process (S4203), drive data (board movable body drive data) is created and output in order to drive the board movable body 55k at a timing suitable for performance such as SP reach and big win performance. That is, the board movable body 55k is driven in a predetermined operation mode according to the drive data.

After the drive control process (S4203), the watchdog timer process (S4204) for resetting the watchdog timer is performed, and this process ends.

[10 ms timer interrupt processing] 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010) is executed each time an interrupt pulse with a period of 10 msec is input to the effect control board 120. As shown in FIG. 53, in the 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010), first, received command analysis processing, which will be described later, is performed (S4301).

Subsequently, switch state acquisition processing is performed to store the switch data created in the input processing (S4201) of the 1 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009) in the effect RAM 124 as switch data for the 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4302). Then, based on the switch data stored in the switch state acquisition process (S4302), the switch process for setting the display contents of the display screen 50a is performed (S4303).

Subsequently, voice control processing (S4304) is performed. In the audio control process (S4304), audio data (data for controlling the output of audio from the speaker 620) is created, output to the audio control board 161, time management of audio production, and the like are performed. As a result, the speaker 620 outputs a sound that matches the performance to be executed. Then, other processing such as updating random numbers for various effects is executed (S4305), and this processing ends.

[Received Command Analysis Processing] As shown in FIG. 54, in the received command analysis processing (S4301), the effect control microcomputer 121 first determines whether or not a game state designation command is received from the game control board 100 (S4401). ), and if received, mode status setting processing is performed (S4402). In the mode status setting process (S4402), the received game state designation command is analyzed, and the value of the mode status is set based on the game state information included in the game state designation command. The value of the mode status is set to "1" if it is a normal game state, is set to "2" if it is a high probability high base state, and is set to "3" if it is a low probability short time state. In this way, the effect control microcomputer 121 can grasp the current game state.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not the variation start command (special figure 1 variation start command or special figure 2 variation start command) is received from the game control board 100 (S4403), and if received Variation effect start processing, which will be described later, is performed (S4404).

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not a fluctuation stop command (special figure 1 fluctuation stop command or special figure 2 fluctuation stop command) is received from the game control board 100 (S4405), and if received Fluctuation production end processing is performed (S4406). In the fluctuation production end processing (S4406), the fluctuation stop command is analyzed, and based on the analysis result, the fluctuation production end command for ending the fluctuation production is set in the output buffer of the production RAM124.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not an opening command is received from the game control board 100 (S4407), and if received, performs an opening effect selection process (S4408). In the opening effect selection process (S4408), the opening command is analyzed, and based on the analysis result, the pattern (contents) of the opening effect to be executed during the opening of the jackpot game is selected. Then, an opening performance start command for starting the opening performance with the selected opening performance pattern is set in the output buffer of the RAM 124 for performance.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not a round designation command is received from the game control board 100 (S4409), and if received, performs a round effect selection process (S4410). In the round effect selection process (S4410), the round designation command is analyzed, and based on the analysis result, the pattern (contents) of the round effect to be executed during the round game of the jackpot game is selected. Then, a round effect start command for starting the round effect in the selected round effect pattern is set in the output buffer of the RAM 124 for effect.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not an ending command is received from the game control board 100 (S4411), and if received, performs ending effect selection processing (S4412). In the ending effect selection process (S4412), the ending command is analyzed, and based on the analysis result, the pattern (contents) of the ending effect to be executed during the ending of the jackpot game is selected. Then, an ending effect start command for starting the ending effect with the selected ending effect pattern is set in the output buffer of the RAM 124 for effect.

Subsequently, the production control microcomputer 121 performs other processing (S4413) based on received commands other than the above commands (for example, processing for performing customer waiting production based on the reception of the customer waiting command, normal symbol fluctuation Processing for performing normal figure fluctuation production based on the reception of the start command) is performed, and the received command analysis processing (S4301) is finished.

[Variation Production Start Processing] As shown in FIG. 55, in the variation production start processing (S4404), the production control microcomputer 121 first analyzes the fluctuation start command (S4501). In the variation start command, the information of the special figure stop pattern data set in the special figure 1 jackpot determination process and the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (see FIG. 42), the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process and the special figure 2 variation pattern It includes information on the variation pattern (including the number of pseudo-runs and whether or not the heroine step-up notice effect is executed) set in the selection process (see FIGS. 43 and 44), information specifying the current game state, etc. . In addition, the information which the microcomputer 121 for production|presentation control acquired here can be suitably utilized also in the process performed after this. Next, the effect control microcomputer 121 refers to the mode status value currently set (S4502).

Subsequently, the production control microcomputer 121 executes a variation production pattern selection process (S4503). Once the variable production pattern is determined, the time of the variable production, presence or absence of reach production, content of reach production, presence or absence of SP reach, content of SP reach, presence or absence of production button production (SW production), content of production button production, production development The details of the contents of the variable production including the configuration etc. will be determined.

Here, in this embodiment, when selecting a variable production pattern, whether or not to execute various productions is decided by lottery. Specifically, whether the phoenix stock effect is executed, whether the phoenix resurrection jackpot effect is executed, whether the special growth effect before reach is executed, whether the scene change is executed, whether the special growth effect is executed after reach, growth Whether or not there is an SP development effect, whether or not a phoenix resurrection development effect is to be executed, etc. are determined. The pre-reach special growth effect is a special growth effect executed before reach, and the post-reach special growth effect is a special growth effect executed after reach. Hereinafter, the presence or absence of execution of various effects will be described in order.

The effect control microcomputer 121 first determines whether or not the phoenix stock effect is executed by lottery. Note that the phoenix stock effect that determines whether or not to be executed here is not the phoenix stock effect when the success mode is indicated by the third heroine success/failure effect of the heroine step-up notice effect. This is because whether or not to execute the phoenix stock effect when the third heroine success/failure effect of the heroine step-up notice effect indicates a success mode is determined by various tables shown in FIG. 62, as will be described later.

In order to decide whether or not to execute the phoenix stock production, the production control microcomputer 121 specifically acquires a phoenix stock production random number, and classifies them according to the content of production as shown in FIG. 56(A). One table is determined based on the analysis result of the variation start command (variation pattern) from among the plurality of tables. Then, by using the selected table to determine the acquired phoenix stock effect random number, it is determined whether or not to execute the phoenix stock effect.

Here, as shown in FIG. 56(A), the effect content is determined based on the variation pattern. For example, if variation patterns P1 and P21 (see FIG. 11) are a big hit and a pseudo 3 as the variation pattern, a pseudo 3 big win will be the effect shown in FIG. 56(A). Further, if the variation pattern is a big win and a pseudo 2 variation pattern P3, P22 (see FIG. 11), a pseudo 2 big win is produced as the effect shown in FIG. 56(A). If the variation pattern is a loss and a variation pattern P10, P16, P31, P34 (see FIG. 11) that results in pseudo 3, the effect shown in FIG. 56A is a pseudo 3 loss. If the variation pattern is a loss and a pseudo 2 variation pattern P12, P17, P32, P35 (see FIG. 11), the effect shown in FIG. 56A is a pseudo 2 loss.

As can be seen from FIG. 56(A), in the case of a big win, the phoenix stock effect (FIG. 26(B)→FIG. 26(C-1)) is set to be executed more easily than in the case of a loss. there is Also, the greater the number of pseudo-runs, that is, in the case of pseudo-3, the phoenix stock effect is more likely to be executed than in the case of pseudo-2. In this way, the winning expectation is set higher when the phoenix stock effect is executed than when it is not executed. Also, as can be seen from FIG. 56(A), when the pseudo 1 (infant state) is finally reached, the phoenix stock effect is not executed. This is because the phoenix stock effect can be executed only when the probability of winning is relatively high.

In this embodiment, whether or not the phoenix stock effect is to be executed is determined before determining whether or not the phoenix resurrection jackpot effect and the phoenix resurrection development effect, which will be described later, are to be executed. This is because the phoenix resurrection jackpot effect and the phoenix resurrection development effect are not executed unless the phoenix is stocked (the phoenix stock image ST is displayed) when the phoenix stock effect is executed. In other words, unless execution of the phoenix stock production is decided, it is naturally not decided to execute the phoenix resurrection jackpot production and the phoenix resurrection development production.

The performance control microcomputer 121 then determines by lottery whether or not the phoenix revival jackpot performance is to be executed. The phoenix resurrection jackpot performance is a performance in which the performance pattern EZ is displayed in the losing mode at the end of the SP reach, and then the performance pattern EZ is changed to the big win mode by digesting the phoenix stock image ST. The production control microcomputer 121 specifically acquires the phoenix revival jackpot random number, and selects a variation start command (variation One table is determined based on the analysis result of pattern). Then, the selected table is used to determine the acquired phoenix resurrection big win random number, thereby determining whether or not to execute the phoenix resurrection big win presentation.

As can be seen from FIG. 56(A), the phoenix resurrection jackpot effect is, as the content of the effect, when the pseudo 3 jackpot and execution of the phoenix stock is decided, or when the pseudo 2 jackpot and the execution of the phoenix stock production is decided. can be executed only if Then, when it is determined that the phoenix stock is to be executed with the pseudo 3 jackpots, the phoenix revival jackpot performance is set to be executed more easily than when it is the pseudo 2 jackpots and the performance of the phoenix stock performance is determined. It is In this way, in the case of pseudo 3 (professional state), the phoenix stock resurrection jackpot effect is more likely to be executed than in pseudo 2 (high school state), thereby making it easier to give the player a great sense of exhilaration due to the resurrection. It is possible. In other words, it is possible to make the player think that the professional state is more advantageous than the high school state.

The effect control microcomputer 121 subsequently determines whether or not to execute a pre-reach special growth effect, whether or not to execute a scene change, whether or not to execute a post-reach special growth effect, whether or not to execute a growth SP development effect, and whether or not to execute a phoenix revival development effect. determines whether or not to execute Specifically, based on the analysis result of the fluctuation start command (variation pattern) from the tables shown in FIGS. to determine a single table.

That is, if the content of the effect is pseudo 3 big wins (fluctuation patterns P1, P21), the growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 3 big wins shown in FIG. 57(A) is determined. If the content of the effect is pseudo 3-loss (fluctuation pattern P10), the growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 3-loss shown in FIG. 57(B) is determined. If the content of the effect is pseudo 2 big wins (fluctuation patterns P3, P22), the growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 2 big wins shown in FIG. 58(A) is determined. If the content of the effect is pseudo 2-loss (fluctuation patterns P12, P32), the growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 2-loss shown in FIG. 58(B) is determined. Then, the production control microcomputer 121 acquires the growth production pattern random number and determines the growth pattern random number acquired using the determined table to determine whether or not the pre-reach special growth production is executed and whether or not the scene change is executed. , determine whether or not to execute special growth effects after reach, whether or not to execute growth SP development effects, and whether or not to execute phoenix resurrection development effects.

Here, in the tables shown in FIGS. 57(A), (B) and FIGS. 58(A), (B), the ◯ column means that the corresponding effect is executed. For example, it is assumed that the growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 3 big wins shown in FIG. 57(A) is determined and the growth effect pattern random number is "0". In this case, since the effects corresponding to the column of ◯ are "pre-reach special growth effect" and "scene change", the execution of the pre-reach special growth effect and the execution of the scene change are determined. In this case, by executing the pre-reach special growth effect in the "childhood state", the state shifts to the "high school state" and becomes "pseudo 2" by the pseudo-continuous effect. Furthermore, by executing the "scene change" in the "high school state", the state shifts to the "professional state" and becomes "pseudo 3" by the pseudo continuous effect.

Also, in the tables shown in FIGS. 57(A)(B) and 58(A)(B), execution of the phoenix stock effect has been determined in advance and non-execution of the phoenix resurrection jackpot effect has been determined. Growth effect patterns Q4, Q7, Q9, Q14, Q17, Q19, S5 and S15 for executing the phoenix resurrection development effect can be selected only when the player is present. That is, when execution of the phoenix stock effect has not been determined, or when execution of the phoenix resurrection jackpot effect has been determined, the tables shown in FIGS. , the lottery is executed with growth effect patterns Q4, Q7, Q9, Q14, Q17, Q19, S5 and S15 excluded. As a result, it is possible to prevent production contradictions such as executing the phoenix resurrection development production even though the phoenix stock production is not executed, or executing the phoenix resurrection development production and then further executing the phoenix resurrection jackpot production. It is possible.

In the special growth effect, as described above, when a success mode is shown (high school special growth success image TS4 or professional special growth success image TS7 is displayed), and when a failure mode is shown (high school special growth failure image TS5 or display of professional special growth failure image TS8). In the tables shown in FIGS. 57(A)(B) and 58(A)(B), if the production corresponding to the column of ◯ is "pre-reach special growth production" or "post-reach special growth production" , means the case of executing the "pre-reach special growth effect" or the "post-reach special growth effect" in the "success mode". A case of executing the "pre-reach special growth effect" or the "post-reach special growth effect" in the "failure mode" will be described later.

In addition, in the growth SP development production, as described above, when a success mode is shown (high school entrance growth success image KN4 or professional promotion growth success image KN9 is displayed), and when a failure mode is shown (high school entrance growth failure image KN5 or display of professional promotion growth failure image KN10). In the tables shown in FIGS. 57(A), (B) and FIGS. 58(A), (B), if the effect corresponding to the circled column is "Growth SP development effect", only the "success mode" of " It means the case of executing "growth SP development effect". A case of executing the "growth SP development effect" in the "failure mode" will be described later.

By the way, the variation pattern is set so that pseudo-3 has a higher winning expectation than pseudo-2 (see FIG. 11). In simulation 3, the presentation state changes twice, while in simulation 2, the presentation state changes once. Therefore, when the effect state changes twice, the winning expectation is higher than when the effect state changes only once. In other words, the greater the number of times the presentation state changes, the higher the winning expectation, which is advantageous to the player. Hereinafter, each of the pre-reach special growth effect, scene change, post-reach special growth effect, growth SP development effect, and phoenix resurrection development effect may be referred to as "growth effect".

In the pseudo 3 jackpot growth production pattern lottery table shown in FIG. 57(A), except for the phoenix resurrection development production, the growth production executed in the latter half of the variable production (after reach) (special growth production after reach, growth SP development production) ) is relatively larger than the distribution rate of the growth effect (pre-reach special growth effect, scene change) executed in the first half of the variable effect (before reach). On the other hand, in the growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 3 losing shown in FIG. , scene change) is relatively larger than the distribution rate of growth effects (post-reach special growth effects, growth SP development effects) that are executed in the latter half of the variable effect (after reach). It's becoming

Similarly, in the growth production pattern lottery table for pseudo 2 jackpots shown in FIG. 58(A), the growth production (special growth production after reach, growth SP development production) is relatively larger than the distribution ratio of the growth production (pre-reach special growth production, scene change) executed in the first half of the variable production (before reach). On the other hand, in the growth effect pattern lottery table for pseudo 2 losing shown in FIG. , scene change) is relatively larger than the distribution rate of the growth effect (special growth effect after reach, growth SP development effect) that is executed in the latter half of the variable effect (after reach). It's becoming

As described above, from the player's point of view, when the development effect is executed in the second half of the variable effect, the expectation of winning is higher than when the development effect is executed in the first half of the variable effect, and the player wins the jackpot. becomes easier. In this way, when the main character grows up and is displayed large in the second half of the variable presentation, it is possible to provide a novel uplifting feeling that it is easy to win the jackpot. In other words, it is possible to make the player less likely to get bored even with a long-time variable effect by making the player expect more of the change in the effect state after the ready-to-win (execution of the pseudo-continuous effect).

In addition, in the tables shown in FIGS. 57A, 57B and 58A, 58B, the apportionment rate of the phoenix resurrection development effect is set relatively low. This is because the phoenix resurrection development effect can be rarely executed even in the growth effect to make a premium effect. However, as can be seen from the comparison between FIG. 57(A) and FIG. 57(B), the apportionment rate of the phoenix resurrection development effect is greater in the case of a big win than in the case of a loss. Similarly, as can be seen from the comparison between FIG. 58(A) and FIG. 58(B), the apportionment ratio of the phoenix resurrection development effect is greater in the case of a big win than in the case of a loss. Therefore, when the phoenix resurrection and development performance is executed, it is set so that it is easy to win the jackpot.

Next, when executing the "pre-reach special growth effect" in the "failure mode" and the "post-reach special growth effect" in the "failure mode", the "growth SP development effect" in the "failure mode" is executed. A case will be described. It should be noted that in this form, the scene change and the phoenix resurrection development production do not show the failure mode. When the effect control microcomputer 121 determines any one growth effect pattern out of the growth effect patterns Q1 to Q9 and Q11 to Q19 using the tables shown in FIGS. ), it is determined which growth effect can be used to indicate the failure mode by referring to the pseudo 3 failure effect executable determination table. For example, it is assumed that the growth effect pattern Q4 is determined according to the table shown in FIG. In this case, by referring to the column of △ in the growth effect pattern Q4 according to the table shown in FIG. 59(A), it is determined that it is possible to show the failure mode in the post-reach special growth effect and the growth SP development effect. do.

58A and 58B, the production control microcomputer 121 determines one growth production pattern out of the growth production patterns S1 to S5 and S11 to Q15. By referring to the pseudo-2 failure effect executable determination table shown in B), it is determined which growth effect can be used to indicate the failure mode. For example, it is assumed that the growth effect pattern S4 is determined according to the table shown in FIG. In this case, referring to the column of Δ in the growth effect pattern S4 according to the table shown in FIG. 59(B), it is determined that the failure mode can be shown in the pre-reach special growth effect and the growth SP development effect. do.

The above description is for the case of pseudo 3 big wins, pseudo 2 big wins, pseudo 3 loses, and pseudo 2 loses. In the case of pseudo 1 child SP reach jackpot (variation patterns P5, P23), or in the case of pseudo 1 child SP reach loss (variation patterns P15, P33), special growth effect before reach, special growth effect after reach and growth SP It is judged that it is possible to show the failure mode in all of the development effects. In addition, in this form, when the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, or in the case of pseudo 1 normal reach failure, or failure, not only the growth effect in the success mode, but also the growth effect in the failure mode will not be executed. there is

60(A) (B) ( It is determined using the table shown in C). For example, it is determined that it is possible to show a failure mode in the after-reach special growth effect and the growth SP development effect by the growth effect pattern Q4 with the effect contents of pseudo 3 jackpots. In this case, a failure effect random number is acquired, and the acquired failure effect random number is determined using the post-reach special growth failure effect lottery table shown in FIG. 60(B). Thereby, it is determined whether or not to show a failure mode in the post-reach special growth effect. Also, a failure effect random number is acquired, and the acquired failure effect random number is determined using the growth SP development failure effect lottery table shown in FIG. 60(C). Thereby, it is determined whether or not to show a failure mode in the growth SP development effect. When non-execution of the effect (non-failure mode) is determined using the tables shown in FIGS. 60A, 60B, and 60C, the growth effect itself is not executed.

Here, from the pre-reach special growth failure effect lottery table shown in FIG. 60(A), the post-reach special growth failure effect lottery table shown in FIG. 60(B), and the growth SP development failure effect lottery table shown in FIG. 60(C) As can be seen, the distribution rate for failing in the pseudo 3 jackpot is set smaller than the distributing rate for failing in the pseudo 3 loss. Therefore, it is set so that the degree of expectation for winning is higher when the mode of failure is not shown in the growth effect. Furthermore, the distribution rate of failure mode with pseudo 3 jackpots is lower than the distribution rate of failure mode with pseudo 1 jackpot, and the distribution rate of failure mode with pseudo 3 losses is in failure mode with pseudo 1 loss. It is set lower than the distribution ratio. In this way, in the order of simulation 1 (childhood state) ⇒ simulation 2 (high school state) ⇒ simulation 3 (professional state) (the higher the number of simulation repetitions and the better the production state), the failure mode is less likely to be shown in the growth production. It has become.

In addition, a pre-reach special growth failure effect lottery table shown in FIG. 60(A), a post-reach special growth failure effect lottery table shown in FIG. 60(B), and a growth SP development failure effect lottery table shown in FIG. 60(C). 60(A)→FIG. 60(B)→FIG. 60(C). As a result, in the case of a big win, among the growth effects, the growth effect executed in the second half, that is, the growth SP development effect is set so that the failure mode is less likely to be shown than the pre-reach special growth effect. ing. In this way, the effect reliability of the growth SP development effect (reliability of the final result) is increased, and the player is made to pay attention to the transition of the growth SP development effect in particular among the growth effects.

In addition, the production control microcomputer 121 determines the type of SP reach in the case of the production contents (variation patterns P1, P3, P5, P10, P12, P14, P21 to P23, P31 to P33) for executing SP reach. Specifically, along with acquiring the SP reach lottery random number, from among a plurality of tables classified according to the content of the production as shown in FIG. determine one table. And which SP reach is performed is determined by determining the acquired SP reach lottery random number using the selected table.

As can be seen from FIG. 61, when the content of the effect is pseudo 3 big wins or pseudo 3 losses (fluctuation patterns P1, P10, P21, P31), only either pro-strong SP reach or pro-weak SP reach is executed. . Also, when the content of the effect is pseudo 2 big wins or pseudo 2 losses (fluctuation patterns P3, P12, P22, P32), either high school strong SP reach or high school weak SP reach is executed. Also, when the content of the effect is a pseudo 1 big hit or a pseudo 1 loss (variation patterns P5, P14, P23, P33), only either the young strong SP reach or the young weak SP reach is executed. Thus, only the SP reach that is related according to the number of pseudo-runs (effect state) can be executed. Therefore, for example, it is possible to prevent inconsistency in presentation such that a child SP reach (a child strong SP reach or a child weak SP reach) is executed in spite of the "professional state".

Then, it is set so that the distribution rate for execution of the strong SP reach increases in the order of pseudo 1 jackpot→pseudo 2 jackpot→pseudo 3 jackpot. On the other hand, it is set so that the distribution rate for executing weak SP reach increases in the order of pseudo 3 loses→pseudo 2 loses→pseudo 1 loses. In this way, when the number of pseudo runs is large, in other words, the performance state is good, the strong SP reach is easily executed, and the performance reliability (reliability for the final result) is high.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, when a variation pattern (variation patterns P2, P4, P6, P11, P13, P15) indicating the execution of the heroine step-up notice effect is selected, the variation for the heroine step-up notice effect A performance pattern is selected. Details of the heroine step announcement effect are determined using various tables shown in FIG. 62 by the announcement effect selection process (S4505) described later.

It returns to description of the fluctuation|variation production|presentation start process (S4404) shown in FIG. Effect control microcomputer 121, after selecting the variation effect pattern in step S4503, executes the notice effect selection process (S4504). In the notice effect selection process (S4504), a random number for deciding the notice effect is obtained, and one table is selected based on the analysis result of the fluctuation start command from among a plurality of tables classified according to the presence or absence of reach. do. The selected table is used to determine the obtained random number for determining the announcement effect, thereby selecting the announcement effect. As a result, the content of the notice effect such as the so-called chance-up notice effect and the pending change notice effect is determined.

In this embodiment, when the variation patterns (variation patterns P2, P4, P6, P11, P13, P15) indicating execution of the heroine step-up notice effect are selected, in the notice effect selection process (S4504), the heroine step The detailed content of the up notice effect is determined. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 62, one table is determined based on the analysis result of the variation start command (variation pattern) from among a plurality of tables classified according to the contents of presentation.

That is, if it is the variation pattern P2, the heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for pseudo 3 big wins shown in FIG. 62(A) is selected. If it is the variation pattern P11, the heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for false 3 failure shown in FIG. 62(B) is selected. If the variation pattern is P4, the heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for pseudo 2 big wins shown in FIG. 62(C) is selected. If it is the variation pattern P13, the heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for false 2 failure shown in FIG. 62(D) is selected. If it is the variation pattern P6, the heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for pseudo one jackpot shown in FIG. 62(E) is selected. If it is the variation pattern P15, the heroine step-up notice effect lottery table for pseudo 1-loss shown in FIG. 62(F) is selected. Then, the heroine step-up notice effect random number is acquired, and the selected table is used to determine the acquired heroine step-up notice effect random number, thereby determining the details of the heroine step-up notice effect.

Here, as shown in FIG. 62(A), in the case of the pseudo 3 jackpot, all of the first heroine success/failure effect, the second heroine success/failure effect, and the third heroine success/failure effect (step-up notice There is an effect pattern W1). On the other hand, in the case of false 3 failures, the first heroine success/failure effect and the second heroine success/failure effect show the success mode, but the third heroine success/failure effect always shows the failure mode. That is, only the step-up notice effect pattern W3, which indicates a failure mode in the success/failure effect of the third heroine, is selected. In this way, from the player's point of view, if the first heroine success/failure effect, the second heroine success/failure effect, and the third heroine success/failure effect all show a success mode, the big win is determined.

Also, as shown in FIG. 62(A), in the case of the pseudo 3 jackpot, the allocation rate is very high at 80% when the third heroine success/failure effect shows a success mode (step-up notice effect pattern W1). is set. Also, as shown in FIG. 62(C), in the case of a pseudo two-jackpot, the sum of the distribution ratios of the third heroine success/failure effect (step-up notice effect patterns W11 and W12) showing a success mode is 70%. is set high. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 62(D), in the case of a pseudo 2-loss, the distribution rate of the case where the success mode is shown in the third heroine success/failure effect (step-up notice effect patterns W15, W16) The total is set as low as 30%. In this way, if the success mode of the third heroine success/failure effect is shown, it suggests that the expectation of winning is extremely high.

Also, as shown in FIG. 62(A), in the case of the pseudo 3 jackpot, the distribution rate is very high at 80% when the second heroine success/failure effect shows a success mode (step-up notice effect pattern W1). is set. Also, as shown in FIG. 62(C), in the case of a pseudo two-jackpot, the sum of the distribution ratios for the second heroine success/failure effect (step-up notice effect patterns W11 and W13) is 60%. is set high. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 62(D), in the case of a pseudo 2-miss, the distribution rate of the second heroine success/failure effect (step-up notice effect patterns W15, W17). The total is set as low as 40%. In this way, if the success mode of the second heroine success/failure effect is shown, it suggests that the expectation of winning is somewhat high.

Also, as shown in FIG. 62(C), in the case of a pseudo two-jackpot, the sum of the apportionment ratios of the first heroine success/failure effects (step-up notice effects patterns W12 and W14) showing a success mode is 40%. is set low. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 62(D), in the case of a pseudo 2-miss, the distribution rate of the case where the success mode is shown in the first heroine success/failure effect (step-up notice effect patterns W16, W18) The total is set as high as 60%. In this way, even if the success mode of the first heroine success/failure presentation is shown, it suggests that the expectation of winning the jackpot is not very high.

As you can see from the above explanation, in the heroine step-up notice effect of this form, the success mode of the first heroine success/failure effect ⇒ the success mode of the second heroine success/failure effect ⇒ the success mode of the third heroine success/failure effect, in the order of success, will lead to a big hit. It is set so that the expectation of winning is high. In other words, the expectation of winning is higher when the success mode is indicated by the second heroine success/failure presentation than when the success mode is indicated by the first heroine success/failure presentation, and the success mode is indicated by the second heroine success/failure presentation. It is set so that the expectation of winning is higher when the third heroine success/failure effect shows a success mode than when it is the case. As a result, it is possible to make the player feel a greater sense of anticipation for the success mode as the advance notice step in the latter half progresses, and it is possible to create a heroine step-up notice effect that gradually increases the sense of exhilaration. be.

Returning to the description of the advance notice effect selection process (S4504) shown in FIG. In this embodiment, whether or not to execute the character announcement effect is also determined in the announcement effect selection process (S4504). Specifically, along with obtaining a character preview effect random number, one is selected from a plurality of tables classified according to the content of effect as shown in FIG. determine one table. Then, the selected table is used to determine the acquired character advance notice effect random number, thereby determining whether or not to execute the character advance notice effect.

For example, when the content of the effect is a pseudo three-jackpot (fluctuation patterns P1, P21) and the random number for the character advance notice effect is "0", the character advance notice effect for professionals is selected according to the character advance notice effect lottery table shown in FIG. Decide to run. Further, when the content of the effect is a pseudo two-jackpot (fluctuation patterns P3, P22) and the random number for the character advance notice effect is "0", the high school character advance notice effect is executed according to the character advance notice effect lottery table shown in FIG. Then decide. In addition, when the content of the effect is a pseudo 1 jackpot (fluctuation patterns P5, P23) and the character advance notice effect random number is "0", the character advance notice effect lottery table shown in FIG. Then decide. In this way, only the character foretelling effects associated one-to-one with the number of pseudo-runs, in other words, the effect state can be executed. Therefore, for example, it is possible to prevent inconsistency in rendering such that a professional character foretelling rendering is executed in spite of the "infant state".

Here, as can be seen from the character notice effect lottery table shown in FIG. 63, the distribution ratio for executing the professional character notice effect for pseudo 3 big wins is the distribution ratio for executing the professional character notice effect for pseudo 3 loses. is set higher than Also, the distribution rate for execution of the high school character foretell performance for the pseudo 2 jackpot is set higher than the distribution rate for the execution of the high school character foretell performance for the pseudo 2 loss. Also, the distribution rate for executing the child character foretelling effect for the pseudo one big win is set higher than the distribution rate for executing the child character foretelling effect for the pseudo one losing. In this way, it is set so that the winning expectation is higher when the character announcement effect is executed than when it is not executed.

Then, it is set so that the distribution rate for execution of the character announcement effect increases in the order of pseudo 1 jackpot→pseudo 2 jackpot→pseudo 3 jackpot. On the other hand, it is set so that the apportionment rate for executing the character announcement effect increases in the order of pseudo 3 fail→pseudo 2 fail→pseudo 1 fail. In this way, it can be said that the greater the number of pseudo-runs, in other words, the better the rendering state, the higher the rendering reliability (reliability for the final result) when the character announcement rendering is executed.

It returns to description of the fluctuation|variation production|presentation start process (S4404) shown in FIG. After the advance notice effect selection process (S4504), the effect symbol selection process for selecting the effect symbols EZ1, EZ2, and EZ3 to be stopped and displayed finally in the variable effect is executed (S4505). Specifically, a random number for determining the performance pattern is acquired, and one table is selected based on the analysis result of the fluctuation start command from among a plurality of tables classified according to the presence or absence of reach and the number of pseudo-runs. do. Then, the performance symbol EZ is selected by determining the acquired performance symbol determination random number using the selected table. In the production pattern EZ of this form, the display mode differs according to the number of pseudo-runs, so the production patterns (children's production pattern EZa, high school production pattern EZb, professional production pattern EZc) are selected according to the number of pseudo-runs. do. In this way, the combination of the performance symbols EZ1, EZ2 and EZ3 in the temporary stop display of the pseudo-continuous performance and the combination of the performance symbols EZ1, EZ2 and EZ3 to be finally stop-displayed are determined.

In addition, in this embodiment, the effect diagram selection process (S4505) is performed after the variable effect pattern selection process (S4503) accompanied by the presence or absence of execution of the phoenix resurrection jackpot effect. As a result, in the variable production pattern selection process (S4503), when the execution of the phoenix resurrection jackpot production is determined, in the production design selection process (S4505), production patterns EZ1, EZ2, and EZ3 that are finally stopped and displayed are displayed. It is decided to change the combination of from the losing mode to the jackpot mode. As a result, it is possible to change the performance pattern EZ to the big win mode by digesting the phoenix stock image ST after displaying the performance pattern EZ in the losing mode at the end of SP reach by executing the phoenix resurrection big win performance. In short, it is possible to avoid the performance contradiction that the performance pattern EZ is determined before the execution of the phoenix resurrection jackpot performance is determined and the performance pattern EZ cannot be changed from the losing mode to the big winning mode.

After selecting the performance pattern EZ in step S4505, the performance control microcomputer 121 sets a variable performance start command for starting the selected variable performance pattern, the advance notice performance and the performance pattern EZ in the output buffer of the performance RAM 124. (S4506), and the process ends. When the variable effect start command set in step S4506 is transmitted to the image control board 140 by the command transmission process (S4006), the variable effect synchronized with the variable display of the special symbol is started on the display screen 50a. That is, various effects as shown in FIG. 13 and heroine step-up notice effects as shown in FIGS. 29 to 34 are executed.

9. Effects of the present embodiment As described above in detail, according to the pachinko machine PY1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. . In other words, the heroine step-up foretelling performance is not ended at the foretelling step 1 or the foretelling step 2 before the final stage, and the player can always enjoy up to the foretelling step 3 of the final stage. In this way, it is possible to provide novel entertainment that is completely different from the existing step-up notice effect that may end at the notice step before the final stage.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1 of the present embodiment, in the heroine step-up notice effect, for example, when the first heroine success/failure effect is executed, the player enters the success mode (the first heroine character shown in FIG. 29 (B-1) If the success image Qa2) is shown, the player can proceed to the next announcement step 2 while knowing that the performance state is switched to a good state ("high school state") and the expectation of winning will increase. On the other hand, even if the player is shown the failure mode (the first heroine character failure image Qa3 shown in FIG. 29B-2), the player can proceed to the next notice step 2. In this way, it is possible to enjoy the novel step-up notice effect that the player can proceed to the next step regardless of whether it is a success mode or a failure mode.

Further, according to the pachinko machine PY1 of the present embodiment, in the heroine step-up notice effect, on the premise that the notice step 3 of the final stage can be reached without fail, each of the notice step 1 to the notice step 3 succeeds or fails. Heroine success/failure effects (first heroine success/failure effect, second heroine success/failure effect, and third heroine success/failure effect) are executed. Therefore, in this heroine step-up notice effect, it is a game that enjoys whether or not how many success modes are shown in the three notice steps. Therefore, it is possible to provide an amusement that is different from the conventional step-up advance notice effect in which the user enjoys to which advance notice step the player can proceed.

Further, according to the pachinko machine PY1 of this embodiment, in the heroine step-up notice effect, in all the notice steps from the notice step 1 to the notice step 3, the heroine success/failure effects (first heroine success/failure effect, second heroine success/failure effect, When the success mode is shown in the third heroine success/failure effect), the winning notification (see FIG. 19 (C-1)) is always executed after that. In other words, the jackpot is confirmed, and there is no loss. Therefore, it is possible for the player to grasp the determination of the big win by a new way of showing the step-up notice effect.

Further, according to the pachinko machine PY1 of this embodiment, if the success mode (the first heroine character success image Qa2 shown in FIG. As shown in 29(E), a pseudo-continuous effect is executed with variable display of the high school effect symbol EZb. In addition, if the success mode (the second heroine character success image Qb2 shown in FIG. 30(B-1)) is displayed by the second heroine success/failure effect in the "high school state", as shown in FIG. A pseudo-continuous effect is executed with variable display of the effect symbol EZc. In this way, it is possible to provide the player with novel interest that the degree of expectation for winning is increased by the pseudo-continuous effect even though the heroine step-up notice effect is being executed.

Further, according to the pachinko machine PY1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. Reach) execution is confirmed. In other words, when the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, weak SP reach, normal reach loss, and unsuccessful action do not occur. In this way, by making the execution of the heroine step-up notice effect itself highly likely to win, it is possible to increase the excitement given to the player when the heroine step-up notice effect is executed.

Further, according to the pachinko game machine PY1 of the present embodiment, when the special growth effect is executed in the "infant state" during the execution of the variable effect, the natural background image Ha stops halfway and the image shown in FIG. 2, the second natural background image Ha2 is displayed in the sub-display area 50c. Further, when the special growth effect is executed in the "high school state" during the execution of the variable effect, the city background image Hb stops halfway and the second image is displayed in the sub display area 50c as shown in FIG. 21(D). A city background image Hb2 is displayed. In this way, it is possible to surprise the player who thinks that the natural background image Ha or the town background image Hb is continuously switched with the lapse of time as a moving image, and is novel and interesting. It is possible to provide

Further, according to the pachinko game machine PY1 of the present embodiment, when the special growth effect is executed in the "infant state", as shown in FIG. While the natural background image Ha2 is shown, the main display area 50d also shows a childhood growth fanning effect (a specific effect) to agitate whether or not the main character in childhood grows up. Further, when the special growth effect is executed in the "high school state", as shown in FIG. In 50d, a high school growth agitation production (specific production) is also shown to incite whether the main character in high school will grow or not. In this way, it is possible to make the player pay attention mainly to the stage of childhood growth or the stage of high school growth while slightly conscious of the second natural background image Ha2 or the second town background image Hb2, which are static images. Therefore, it is possible to provide amusement by novel production.

Further, according to the pachinko machine PY1 of the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. If TS5 (specification failure mode) is indicated, as shown in FIG. 20 (F-2), the reproduction continues from where the natural background image Ha stopped halfway. Therefore, the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot does not change, and the player is disappointed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 20(E-1), if the high school special growth success image TS4 (specified success mode) is displayed, the natural background image Ha is not reproduced from the continuation when it stopped halfway, and the As shown in 20(F-1), it is suggested that the expectation of winning the jackpot increases after shifting to the "high school state". Therefore, the player feels an exhilaration. In this way, it is possible to provide novel interest that the degree of expectation for winning a jackpot is different depending on whether or not the moving image (natural background image Ha) that has been frozen once is reproduced (changed).

Further, according to the pachinko game machine PY1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. -1), if the high school special growth success image TS4 (specific success mode) is shown, as shown in FIG. is executed. Further, as shown in FIG. 21(D), after the high school growth inciting effect is executed in a state where the stationary second town background image Hb2 is displayed, as shown in FIG. When the success image TS7 (specified success mode) is shown, as shown in FIG. 21 (F-1), a pseudo-continuous effect accompanied by variable display of the professional effect symbol EZc is executed. In this way, the player expects a pseudo-continuous effect to be executed through the high school special growth success image TS4 or the professional special growth success image TS7 when the natural background image Ha or the town background image Hb, which is a moving image, stops. It is possible to provide novel interest.
10. Modifications Modifications will be described below. In the description of the modified example, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same configurations as those of the pachinko game machine PY1 of the above configuration, and the description thereof is omitted. Of course, the configurations according to the modified examples may be combined as appropriate. Moreover, technical features in the above embodiments and modifications below can be deleted as appropriate unless they are described as essential in this specification.

In the above mode, as shown in FIG. 28, the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, which consists of the notice steps 1 to 3 from the first stage to the third stage. However, the step-up notice effect to be executed does not always have to be composed of notice steps 1 to 3 of stages 1 to 3, and the number of notice steps can be changed as appropriate. For example, a step-up notice effect may be executed in which the number of notice steps is only two, or four or more.

Also, in the above mode, a heroine step-up announcement effect is executed in which an image showing each girl character related to the main character is displayed in each announcement step. However, the images displayed in each of the advance notice steps of the step-up advance notice effect are not limited to those showing each girl character related to the main character, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, an image in which a wolf character transforms, or an image in which a certain character's recollection scene is gradually shown may be displayed in each advance notice step.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28, the heroine success/failure effects (first heroine success/failure effect, second heroine , 3rd heroine success/failure performance) was executed. However, at least one announcement step among the announcement steps configured in the step-up announcement effect may indicate a success mode or a failure mode.

In addition, in the above form, the heroine success/failure effects (first heroine success/failure effect, second heroine success/failure effect, third heroine success/failure effect) show the success mode in all of the advance notice steps 1 to 3 from stage 1 to stage 3. If so, the notification of winning is executed (the jackpot is determined). However, for example, if at least the third heroine success/failure presentation in the final stage, the third heroine success/failure effect, is shown, the winning notification may be executed (the jackpot is confirmed). Further, for example, if a specific number of success modes are shown in the heroine success/failure presentation, winning notification may be executed. Further, even if the heroine success/failure effect is shown in all of the advance notice steps 1 to 3 from the 1st to the 3rd stages, the big win may not be confirmed.

Also, in the above mode, as shown in FIG. 28, if the first heroine success/failure effect is shown in a success mode, the scene change (see FIGS. 29(C) and (D)) is performed to switch the effect state, so that the player wins. It suggests that expectations are high. Also, it was suggested that if the second heroine's success/failure effect is shown in a success mode, the expectation of winning will increase by switching the effect state through the special growth success effect (see FIGS. 30(C) and (D)). . Also, it was suggested that if the success mode of the third heroine success/failure effect is shown, then the phoenix stock effect (see FIGS. 31(C) and (D)) is executed, thereby increasing the expectation of winning. However, the effect executed when a success mode is indicated by the success/failure effect of each advance notice step can be changed as appropriate. Therefore, for example, a hold change effect of changing the display mode of the hold icon HA (hold image) or an effect of displaying a cut-in image may be executed to suggest that the winning expectation is high.

Further, in the above-described form, even if the third heroine success/failure effect in the advance notice step 3 shows a success mode, the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed. However, even when the third heroine success/failure effect in the advance notice step 3 indicates a success mode, a pseudo-continuous effect (for example, pseudo-4) may be executed.

In addition, in the above-described form, in either case where the success mode is indicated by the first heroine success/failure effect in advance notice step 1, or when the success mode is indicated by the second heroine success/failure effect in advance notice step 2, the pseudo continuous effect is performed. is always executed. However, for example, the pseudo-continuous effect may be executed only when a certain special success mode or a certain special pseudo-continuous display mode is indicated in the first heroine success/failure effect of the advance notice step 1. Further, the pseudo-continuous effect may be executed only when a special success mode or a certain special pseudo-continuous display mode is indicated in the second heroine success/failure effect in the advance notice step 2. Alternatively, even if a success mode is indicated by the first heroine success/failure effect or the second heroine success/failure effect, the pseudo continuous effect may not be executed.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28, when the heroine step-up notice effect is executed, the strong SP reach is always executed. However, weak SP reach, normal reach, and unsuccessful may be executed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the natural background image Ha as the moving image is stopped halfway and the second natural background image Ha2 is displayed in the sub-display area 50c as shown in FIG. 20(D). In addition, the city background image Hb as a moving image is stopped halfway and a second city background image Hb2 is displayed in the sub-display area 50c as shown in FIG. 21(D). However, moving images that stop midway are not limited to background images, but include moving character images, moving item images, production patterns, images prompting the operation of operating means, SP reach images (battle images and race images), etc. It can be changed as appropriate.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the special growth effect (second effect) is executed while the variable effect (first effect) is being executed, the natural background image Ha or the town background image Hb as the moving image is stopped halfway. made it However, the relationship between the first effect and the second effect, which is the trigger for stopping the moving image, can be changed as appropriate. For example, when executing an effect (second effect) to prompt the operation of the operation means such as the input unit 40k (effect button) during the execution of the SP reach (first effect), the SP reach image as a moving image is stopped. You can let them do it. Further, when the RTC effect (second effect) is executed while the variable effect (first effect) is being executed, a predetermined moving image displayed in the variable effect may be stopped.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20D, the stationary second natural background image Ha2 is displayed in the smaller sub-display area 50c (first display area), while the larger main display area 50d ( In the second display area), a childhood-growth-encouragement production (specific production) is executed to incite whether or not the main character in childhood grows up. As shown in FIG. 21(D), while the still second town background image Hb2 is displayed in the smaller sub-display area 50c (first display area), the larger main display area 50d (second display area) is displayed. Executed a high school growth fanning production (specific production) that incites whether the main character in high school will grow or not. However, while still moving images (second natural background image Ha2, second town background image Hb2) are displayed in the larger main display area 50d, specific effects (childhood growth promotion effects, high school growth promotion effects) are displayed. Effect) may be executed in the smaller sub-display area 50c.

Further, in the above embodiment, after the performance (specific performance) encouraging childhood growth is executed as shown in FIG. 20(D), the high school special growth success image TS4 (specific success mode) shown in FIG. 20 (F-1), it suggests that the expectation of winning increases by not displaying the natural background image Ha from the continuation of the time when it stopped halfway, as shown in FIG. 20 (E-2). When the high school special growth failure image TS5 (specified failure mode) shown is displayed, the natural background image Ha is displayed from where it stopped halfway, as shown in FIG. 20(F-2). However, you may display so that it may become opposite to the above. That is, if the high school special growth success image TS4 shown in FIG. 20(E-1) is displayed, it suggests that the natural background image Ha is displayed from the continuation of when it stopped halfway, and that the winning expectation is high. On the other hand, if the high school special growth failure image TS5 shown in FIG. 20 (E-2) is displayed, it is suggested that the natural background image Ha is not displayed from the continuation of the time when it stopped midway, and the expectation of winning is increased. You can choose not to. In this case, it is advantageous for the player when the moving image that has been stopped once is played back, so it is possible to provide novel interest.

Further, in the above embodiment, after executing the high school growth promotion (specific production) as shown in FIG. 21(D), the professional special growth success image TS7 (specific success mode) shown in FIG. 21(F-1), the town background image Hb is not displayed from the continuation of the time when it was stopped halfway, suggesting that the expectation of winning increases. When the professional special growth failure image TS8 (specified failure mode) shown is displayed, the city background image Hb is displayed from where it stopped halfway, as shown in FIG. 21 (F-2). However, you may display so that it may become opposite to the above. That is, if the professional special growth success image TS7 shown in FIG. 21(E-1) is displayed, it suggests that the city background image Hb will be displayed from the continuation of when it stopped halfway, and that the winning expectation will be high. On the other hand, if the professional special growth failure image TS8 shown in FIG. 21(E-2) is displayed, it is suggested that the city background image Hb is not displayed from the continuation of when it stopped halfway and the expectation of winning is high. You can choose not to. In this case, it is advantageous for the player when the moving image that has been stopped once is played back, so it is possible to provide novel interest.

Further, in the above embodiment, after the performance (specific performance) encouraging childhood growth is executed as shown in FIG. 20(D), the high school special growth success image TS4 (specific success mode) shown in FIG. If so, the pseudo-continuous effect accompanied by the variable display of the high school effect symbol EZb was always executed. Further, as shown in FIG. 21(D), after executing the high school growth fanning production (specific production), if the professional special growth success image TS7 (specific success mode) shown in FIG. 21(E-1) is displayed, the professional A pseudo-continuous effect accompanied by a variable display of the effect symbol EZc was always executed. However, the pseudo-continuous effect may be executed only when a special specific success mode or a certain special pseudo-continuous display mode is shown in the childhood growth stimulating effect or the high school growth stimulating effect. Alternatively, even if a specific success mode is shown in the childhood growth encouragement production or the high school growth encouragement production, the pseudo-continuous production may not be executed.

Also, in the above mode, the production states are a "childhood state" reminiscent of the hero character's childhood, a "high school state" reminiscent of the hero character's high school days, and a "professional state" reminiscent of the hero character's professional days. was established. However, there may be only two effects states, or four or more effects states may be provided. In addition, the production state is not limited to a production state in which the main character is reminiscent of a certain era. ) can be changed as appropriate. For example, a presentation state reminiscent of wolves, a presentation state reminiscent of soccer, and a presentation state reminiscent of baseball may be provided. In this case, the player can have three different views of the world by being able to change to a wolf-reminiscent effect state, a soccer-remembering effect state, and a baseball-reminiscent effect state in one variable effect. It is possible to enjoy the performance consisting of.

Also, in the above mode, the presentation state is changed from the "childhood state" through the "high school state" to the "professional state". However, the presentation state may be changed suddenly from the "childhood state" to the "professional state" without going through the "high school state".

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the production state ("childhood state", "high school state", "professional state") and the production mode during the variable production ("natural background image Ha and childhood production pattern EZa ”, “City background image Hb and high school production pattern EZb”, “Universe background image Hc and professional production pattern EZc”), character preview production (“children’s character preview production”, “high school character preview production”, "Professional character notice effect"), reach mode, growth SP development effect, SP reach ("child SP reach", "high school SP reach", "professional SP reach") are all related one-to-one. ). However, the production state, the production mode during the variable production, the character announcement production, the reach mode, the growth SP development production, and the SP reach all do not have to be related one-to-one. Alternatively, any three, any four, or any five may be associated in a one-to-one relationship.

Therefore, for example, only the number of pseudo-runs and the type of SP reach may be associated on a one-to-one basis. In this case, it is possible to provide novel interest in that the type of SP reach can be guessed from the number of pseudo-runs. Alternatively, only the number of pseudo-continues and notice effects (for example, character notice effects, step notice effects, pending change notice effects, cut notice effects, etc.) may be associated on a one-to-one basis. In this case, it is possible to provide novel interest in that the forewarning effects that can be seen are different depending on the number of pseudo-runs. Alternatively, only the number of pseudo-continues and the effect mode during the variable effect may be associated on a one-to-one basis. In this case, since the performance mode during the variable performance is always changed each time the pseudo-continuous performance is executed, it is possible for the player to easily grasp the current pseudo-continuous number. Alternatively, only the type of advance notice effect and the type of SP reach may be associated on a one-to-one basis. In this case, it is possible to provide novel interest that the type of SP reach can be guessed just by looking at the preview effect. Also, the reach mode and the type of SP reach may be associated on a one-to-one basis. In this case, it is possible to provide novel interest in that the type of SP reach can be guessed when the reach mode is seen.

In addition, in the above mode, every time the production state is switched, the numbers and characters of the production pattern EZ, the characters of special growth production, the enemy characters and characters of character advance notice production, the reach mode, the characters of growth SP development production, and the characters of SP reach. A predetermined display object such as is made larger. However, the displayed objects to be enlarged are not limited to those described above, and may be part of the background image (buildings, etc.), items, etc., and can be changed as appropriate.

In addition, in the above-described form, each time the production state is switched, predetermined display objects (numbers and characters in the production pattern EZ, characters in special growth production, enemy characters and characters in character advance notice production, reach mode, characters in growth SP development production) , character of SP Reach) increased. However, it is not always necessary to enlarge the displayed object each time the presentation state is switched, and it is possible to appropriately change the displayed object if the displayed object is deformed according to a certain rule. For example, each time the presentation state is switched, the number of displayed objects may increase, the displayed objects may become round, the displayed objects may break, or the displayed objects may extend in one direction.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 22C-1 or FIG. By transforming, the production state was changed. However, the rendering state may be changed by transforming the display image into pieces, transforming it into a predetermined number of segments, or transforming it so that the display image is lengthened or shortened.

Further, in the above mode, when a scene change is executed following the character announcement effect, the effect state is changed. However, regardless of the execution of the character announcement effect, the effect state may be changed when the display image being displayed is deformed like a scene change. It should be noted that the effect state may be changed only by displaying a predetermined display image such as cut-in notice effect without deforming the display image being displayed.

Further, in the above-described form, when a scene change is executed following the pre-reach character announcement effect, the effect state is changed. However, the character foretelling effect may be executed even after the ready-to-win state, and the effect state may be changed when the scene change is executed following the character foretelling effect after the ready-to-win state. Incidentally, following the character advance notice effect, a special growth effect (mission effect) indicating a success mode or a failure mode may be executed, and if the success mode is indicated by the special growth effect, the effect state may change.

In addition, in the above mode, the special growth effect (special growth effect in the "childhood state" or the special growth effect in the "high school state") enables the success mode (high school special growth success image TS4 or When the professional special growth success image TS7) shown in FIG. 21(E-1) was displayed, the rendering state was changed. However, if an effect other than the special growth effect is executed and the effect indicates a successful mode, the effect state may be changed.

Further, in the above embodiment, before the success mode or failure mode is shown in the special growth effect, the still image is displayed in the sub-display area 50c (moving image is stopped), and the main display area 50d 20(D) or the high school growth image TS6 shown in FIG. 21(D) was displayed. However, the images displayed in the main display area 50d and the sub-display area 50c can be changed as appropriate. For example, the sub-display area 50c may continue to display a predetermined moving image in parallel with the special growth effect.

Further, in the above mode, the failure mode (high school special growth failure image TS5 shown in FIG. 20 (E-2) or If the professional special growth failure image TS8) shown in FIG. 21(E-2) was displayed, the resurrection state did not change thereafter. However, even after the failure mode is shown in the special growth effect, the effect (specific revival success) such as the phoenix revival development effect shown in FIG. Effect) may be executed, and the effect state may be changed as a resurrection.

In addition, in the above form, before developing into SP reach, the success mode (Fig. 24 (D- 1) If the high school entrance growth success image KN4 shown in FIG. 25(D-1) or the professional promotion growth success image KN9) shown in FIG. However, before progressing to SP reach, a development effect other than the growth SP development effect is executed, and if the development effect indicates a successful mode, the effect state may be changed. Before developing into SP reach, if a specific effect (for example, a cut-in image display effect) is executed without executing a effect (mission effect) indicating a success mode or a failure mode, the effect state is changed. You can do it.

Further, in the above embodiment, the number of pseudo-runs and the type of effect state are associated on a one-to-one basis. However, the number of pseudo-runs and the types of rendering states may be associated in a one-to-multiple relationship. Alternatively, the number of pseudo-runs and the type of effect state may be associated in a plural-to-one relationship. Therefore, for example, Pseudo 1 or Pseudo 2 may be set as "infant state", Pseudo 3 may be set as "high school state", and Pseudo 4 may be set as "professional state".

Further, in the above-described form, there are a child weak SP reach and a child strong SP reach as the child SP reach. However, the number of types of infant SP reach may be one, or three or more. Also, as the high school SP reach, there was a high school weak SP reach and a high school strong SP reach. However, the number of types of high school SP reach may be one, or three or more. In addition, as the professional SP reach, there was a professional weak SP reach and a professional strong SP reach. However, the number of types of professional SP reach may be one, or three or more.

Further, in the above-described form, the winning expectation is set to be higher in the order of childish weak SP reach→childish strong SP reach→high school weak SP reach→high school strong SP reach→professional weak SP reach→professional strong SP reach. However, the order of the degree of expectation of winning in the SP reach can be changed as appropriate. The winning expectation may be set to be higher in the order of pro strong SP reach.

Further, in the above embodiment, the production mode of the variable production in the "childhood state" is set to the first production mode in which the childhood production pattern EZa and the natural background image Ha are displayed, and the production mode of the variable production in the "high school state" is changed. , a second production mode in which the high school production pattern EZb and the town background image Hb are displayed, a production mode of the variable production in the "professional state" is changed to a third production mode in which the professional production pattern EZc and the space background image Hc are displayed. It was made into a mode (see FIG. 13). However, the first effect mode, the second effect mode, and the third effect mode are not limited to the above-described effect modes, and can be appropriately changed if it can be recognized that the effect modes during the variable effect are different. .

Further, in the above-described form, the performance symbol for children EZa, the performance symbol for high school EZb, and the performance symbol for professional EZc are not colored to suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot. However, the performance symbols for children EZa, the performance symbols for high school EZb, and the performance symbols for professionals EZc may be given colors that suggest the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. For example, "blue" may be given to the performance symbol EZa for children, "green" may be given to the performance symbol EZb for high school, and "red" may be given to the performance symbol EZc for professionals. In this way, when the performance symbol EZ changes due to the switching of the performance state, it is possible for the player to easily understand that the degree of winning expectation increases. It should be noted that the colors applied to the infant performance symbol EZa, the high school performance symbol EZb, and the professional performance symbol EZc may be part of or the entirety of the performance symbol EZ.

Further, in the above embodiment, the natural background image Ha, the city background image Hb, and the space background image Hc are not colored to suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot. However, the natural background image Ha, the city background image Hb, and the space background image Hc may be colored to indicate the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. For example, "blue" may be applied to the natural background image Ha, "green" may be applied to the city background image Hb, and "red" may be applied to the space background image Hc. In this way, when the background image changes due to the switching of the effect state, it is possible for the player to more easily understand that the degree of expectation for winning increases. The colors applied to the natural background image Ha, the city background image Hb, and the space background image Hc may be part of or the entirety of each of the background images.

In addition, in the above-described form, each time a pseudo-continuous effect is executed during a variable effect, the effect mode during the variable effect is switched (a childhood effect pattern EZa reminiscent of the childhood of the main character and a natural background image Ha are displayed. Rendering mode ⇒ Rendering mode in which a high school rendering pattern EZb reminiscent of the high school days of the main character and a town background image Hb are displayed ⇒ A rendering mode in which a professional rendering pattern EZc and a space background image Hc are displayed to evoke the professional days of the main character ). However, every time the pseudo-continuous effect is executed during the variable effect, the effect symbol (children's effect pattern EZa⇒high school effect pattern EZb⇒professional effect pattern EZc) or background image (natural background image Ha⇒city background image Hb⇒ Either one of the space background images Hc) may be switched. Also, the color of the performance pattern may be switched (for example, switching from "blue" to "green" to "red") every time the pseudo-continuous performance is executed during the variable performance.

Further, in the above-described form, each time the pseudo-continuous effect (predetermined effect) is executed, the effect mode during the variable effect is switched. However, the predetermined effect for switching the effect mode during the variable effect is not limited to the pseudo-continuous effect, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, among the notice effects (predetermined effects) such as pending change effect, step-up notice effect, character notice effect, cut-in notice effect, etc., each time the same notice effect is executed during the variable effect, the effect mode is switched. can be In this way, since the switching of the performance mode during one variable performance is triggered by the repetition of the predetermined performance such as the advance notice performance, it is possible to enhance the interest by the switching of the performance mode.

In the above form, in the case of pseudo 1, only the child SP reach is performed, in the case of pseudo 2, only the high school SP reach is performed, and in the case of pseudo 3, only the professional SP reach is performed. . However, in the case of Pseudo 1, only the child SP reach (first high expectation performance) is executed, and in the case of Pseudo 2, only the high school SP reach (second high expectation performance) is executed. can be Alternatively, in the case of pseudo 2, only the high school SP reach (first high expectation performance) is executed, and in the case of pseudo 3, only the professional SP reach (second high expectation performance) is executed. can be Alternatively, in the case of pseudo 1, only the infant SP reach (first high expectation performance) is executed, and in the case of pseudo 3, only the professional SP reach (second high expectation performance) is executed. can be

Further, in the above embodiment, the number of pseudo runs and the types of SP reach (children's SP reach, high school SP reach, professional SP reach) are associated one-to-one. However, it is not necessary to establish a one-to-one relationship between the number of pseudo-runs and the type of SP reach. For example, in the case of pseudo 1, any of the child SP reach, high school SP reach, and professional SP reach is performed, in the case of pseudo 2, high school SP reach or professional SP reach is performed, and in the case of pseudo 3 , only pro SP reach may be performed. In this way, it is possible to prevent the SP reach with a low expectation of winning, such as the young SP reach, from being executed despite the high expectation of winning as in Pseudo 3.

Also, in the above form, in the case of pseudo 1, the development effect to the infant SP reach (growth SP development effect) is always the growth SP development effect (first development effect) in the "childhood state", and in the case of pseudo 2, The high school SP reach development production (growth SP development production) is always a growth SP development production (second development production) in the “high school state”. However, it is not necessary to establish a one-to-one relationship between the number of pseudo-runs and the type of development effect. For example, in the case of Pseudo 1, a growth SP development effect in the "childhood state" or the growth SP development effect in the "high school state" is executed, and in the case of Pseudo 2, only the growth SP development effect in the "high school state" is executed. You can let it be.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, in the child character preview effect, the child character preview image Ya showing the enemy character and the characters "Is there anyone to challenge?" is displayed as the first display mode. In the high school character preview effect, as the second display mode, a high school character preview image Yb showing an enemy character larger than that in the first display mode and the words "Are there any challengers?" is displayed. In the professional character preview effect, a professional character preview image Yc showing an enemy character larger than that in the second display mode and the words "Are there any challengers?" is displayed as the third display mode. However, the first display mode, the second display mode, and the third display mode described above are not limited to the display mode showing the enemy character and the characters "Are there any challengers?", and can be changed as appropriate. For example, the first display mode is a display mode reminiscent of the childhood days of the main character, the second display mode is a display mode reminiscent of the high school days of the main character, and the third display mode is a display mode reminiscent of the professional days of the main character. It is also possible to adopt a display mode in which the

Further, in the above embodiment, the child character preview image Ya, the high school character preview image Yb, and the professional character preview image Yc are not colored to suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot. However, the child character preview image Ya, the high school character preview image Yb, and the professional character preview image Yc may be colored to indicate the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. For example, the child character preview image Ya may be colored "blue," the high school character preview image Yb may be colored "green," and the professional character preview image Yc may be colored "red." In this manner, the player can easily grasp the degree of expectation for winning by showing not only the character size and character size but also the color of the character preview images Ya, Yb, and Yc. Is possible. The color applied to each character preview image Ya, Yb, and Yc may be a part or the whole of the reach mode.

Further, in the above-described form, the reaching mode in the "childhood state", the reaching mode in the "high school state", and the reaching mode in the "professional state" are not colored to suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot. However, the reach mode in the "childhood state", the reach state in the "high school state", and the reach state in the "professional state" may be colored to indicate the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. For example, the reach mode in the "childhood state" may be colored "blue", the reach mode in the "high school state" may be colored "green", and the reach mode in the "professional state" may be colored "red". In this way, by showing the player not only the size of the reach state but also the color, it is possible to make the player more easily grasp the degree of expectation for winning. In addition, the color applied to each reach mode may be a part or the whole of the reach mode.

Further, in the above-described form, the number of pseudo-runs and the type of character announcement effect (children's character announcement effect, high school character announcement effect, professional character announcement effect) are associated one-to-one. However, it is not necessary to establish a one-to-one relationship between the number of pseudo-runs and the type of character announcement effect. For example, in the case of simulation 1, any one of a child character announcement effect, a high school character announcement effect, and a professional character announcement effect is executed, and in the case of simulation 2, a child character announcement effect or a professional character announcement effect is executed. An effect is executed, and in the case of Pseudo 3, only the professional character announcement effect may be executed.

In the above embodiment, in the case of Pseudo 1 (when the predetermined first condition is satisfied), the child SP reach (first high expectation effect) may be executed, but the high school SP reach (second high Expectation level performance) and Pro SP reach (third high expectation level performance) were not executed. On the other hand, in the case of Pseudo 2 (when the predetermined second condition is satisfied), the high school SP reach is sometimes executed, but the child SP reach and the professional SP reach are not executed. However, the first condition and the second condition for switching the type of SP reach are not limited to pseudo 1 or pseudo 2, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, the case where a predetermined first condition is satisfied is a case where a success mode is indicated by a predetermined mission effect before reach, and the case where the predetermined second condition is satisfied is a case where a predetermined mission effect is performed after reach. is shown. Further, for example, the case where the predetermined first condition is satisfied is the case where the cut-in notice effect is executed before the reach, and the case where the predetermined second condition is satisfied is the case where the cut-in notice effect is executed after the reach. In any case, it's fine.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, even if the professional effect pattern EZc is displayed in the largest size among the effect patterns EZ, the entire display mode of the professional effect pattern EZc fits within the display screen 50a. It was like However, as in the modification shown in FIG. 64, the production pattern EZd may be enlarged further than the professional production pattern EZc so that the entire display mode of the production pattern EZd does not fit within the display screen 50a. In other words, the end portion of the production pattern EZd may be cut off. With this effect symbol EZd, it is possible to give the player a greater impact by enlarging the effect symbol EZ.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, any of the variable effects in the "childhood state", the "high school state", and the "professional state" can be displayed on the display screen 50a. The display area in which the player can visually recognize the variable effect has not changed. However, as in the modification shown in FIG. 65(A), in the variable effect in the "childhood state", the outer portion of the display screen 50a is blacked out or a movable body is arranged, and the variable effect is performed within the display screen 50a. may be made smaller. In addition, as in the modification shown in FIG. 65(B), even in the variable effect in the "high school state", the outer part of the display screen 50a is blacked out or a movable body is arranged, and the variable effect is performed within the display screen 50a. The visible display area may be reduced. However, as shown in FIG. 65(B), the display area 50e in which the variable effect can be visually recognized in the "high school state" is larger than the display area 50f in which the variable effect can be visually recognized in the "childhood state" as shown in FIG. 65(A). Enlarge. Further, as shown in FIG. 65(C), in the variable effect in the "infant state", the variable effect is made visible on the entire display screen 50a. 65(A) ⇒ FIG. 65(B) ⇒ FIG. 65(C) As shown in FIG. 65(A) ⇒ FIG. 65(B) ⇒ FIG. The available display area increases step by step. As a result, it is possible to further emphasize that the predetermined display object is enlarged, and to further enhance interest in the enlargement of the display object.

In the above embodiment, the game machine is configured to determine the transition to the high-probability state based on the type of winning jackpot symbol. It may be configured as a game machine that controls to a high probability state by In addition, in the above-described form, once it is controlled to a high probability state, it is configured as a gaming machine (a so-called variable loop type gaming machine) that continues to control the high probability state until the start of the next jackpot game. It may be configured as a game machine that cuts the number of times. Also, it may be configured as a so-called one-kind-two-kind machine, or a honeycomb type game machine. In other words, the invention shown in this specification can be preferably applied to gaming machines with various game characteristics regardless of the game characteristics of the gaming machines.

Also, as a special game, a small winning game (a special game in which the total opening time of the big winning opening is as short as a predetermined time (for example, 1.8 seconds) or less) may be performed. A state in which a small winning game is being executed is called a small winning game state.

In addition, there may be a plurality of (for example, two) large winning openings (large winning devices). In this case, a first big winning hole, a first big winning hole sensor capable of detecting a game ball that has won the first big winning hole, a second big winning hole, and a game that has won the second big winning hole The game machine is provided with a second big winning hole sensor capable of detecting a ball.

In the above embodiment, four random numbers such as a jackpot random number are obtained as random numbers (determination information) obtained based on the winning of the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12, but only one random number , and based on the random number, whether or not it is a big win, the type of win, the presence or absence of reach, and the type of variation pattern may be determined. That is, it is possible to arbitrarily set the number of random numbers to be obtained based on the starting prize and what is determined in each random number.

Further, in the above embodiment, the pachinko game machine is controlled to a jackpot game state (special game state) under the control condition that the jackpot has been won and the special symbol indicating that has been stop-displayed. On the other hand, it may be configured as a slot machine (rotary type game machine, pachislot game machine).

Also, the variation patterns and the types of effects described in the above embodiments are merely examples, and can be changed as appropriate. Also, the distribution ratios of various tables are merely examples, and can be changed as appropriate.

Also, any type of slot machine may be used. In the case of a so-called normal machine (type A slot machine) that increases the number of medals obtained by winning a big bonus or regular bonus, the state in which the big bonus or regular bonus is executed corresponds to the special game state. In addition, if it is a so-called ART machine or AT machine that increases the medals acquired during a special game period such as ART (Assist Replay Time) or AT (Assist Time) that can frequently win small roles, the state during ART or AT corresponds to the special game state. In addition, in normal machines, the control condition for the special game state is that after winning the big bonus or regular bonus, each combination of symbols that triggers the transition to the big bonus or regular bonus is placed on the activated pay line. It is to be derived and displayed as a reel display result. Also, in the ART machine and AT machine, the control condition for the special game state is, for example, after winning the execution lottery of ART or AT, reaching the activation timing of ART or AT by digesting the prescribed number of games. be.

In the above specification, "establishment of a predetermined control condition" means that a jackpot is won in the lottery for the first special symbol or the lottery for the second special symbol, and the jackpot symbol indicating the winning is stopped and displayed. is.

11. Inventions Shown in the Above-described Embodiments The above-described embodiments show inventions of the following means. In the description of the means described below, the corresponding structural names and expressions in the above-described embodiments and the reference numerals used in the drawings are added in parentheses for reference. However, the constituent elements of each invention are not limited to this appendix.

<Means A>
The invention according to means A1 is
In a game machine (pachinko game machine PY1) equipped with a production control means (production control microcomputer 121) capable of controlling production,
The production control means is
It consists of advance notice steps (advance step 1 to advance notice step 3) from one step to a predetermined step (three steps), and an image (an image showing each girl related to the main character) is displayed at each advance step. This game machine is characterized in that a step-up notice effect (heroine step-up notice effect) can be executed (see FIGS. 29 to 34).

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, a step-up notice effect can be executed in which a related image is displayed in each of the notice steps from the first stage to the predetermined stage. As a result, the player can enjoy the performance that progresses step by step, and it is possible to enhance the interest of the performance.

The invention according to means A2 is
In the gaming machine according to means A1,
The production control means is
When the step-up notice effect is executed, it does not end at the notice step (notice step 1 or notice step 2) before the predetermined stage, and the step up to the notice step (notice step 3) of the predetermined stage is performed. This game machine is characterized by reaching (see FIG. 28).

According to the gaming machine of this configuration, if the step-up notice effect is executed, the notice step of the predetermined stage is reached without fail. In other words, the step-up notice effect does not end at the notice step before the predetermined stage, and the player can always enjoy up to the notice step of the predetermined stage. In this way, it is possible to provide novel entertainment that is completely different from existing step-up notice effects.

The invention according to means A3 is
In the gaming machine according to means A2,
The production control means is
Success mode (first heroine character success image Qa2, second heroine character success image Qb2) or failure mode (first heroine character failure image Qa3, second heroine character failure image Qb3) in at least one announcement step in the step-up announcement effect ) can be executed (first heroine success/failure effect, second heroine success/failure effect),
When the success mode is shown by the success/failure effect, the next notice step is performed while suggesting that the degree of expectation for winning is high (switching to a good effect state). This game machine is characterized by proceeding to a notice step (see FIG. 28).

According to the gaming machine of this configuration, when the success/failure effect is executed in the step-up notice effect, if the success mode is shown to the player, the degree of expectation for winning increases, and the next notice is given. You can go step by step. On the other hand, the player can proceed to the next step even if the failure mode is indicated. In this way, it is possible to enjoy the novel step-up notice effect that the player can proceed to the next step regardless of whether it is a success mode or a failure mode.

The invention according to means A4 is
In the gaming machine according to means A3,
The production control means executes the success/failure production (first heroine success/failure production, second heroine success/failure production, third heroine success/failure production) in each of the advance notice steps from the first stage to the predetermined stage in the step-up advance notice production. It is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the game machine of this configuration, in the step-up notice performance, on the premise that the notice steps up to the predetermined stage can be reached without fail, each of the notice steps from the 1st stage to the predetermined stage indicates a success mode or a failure mode. A success/failure effect is executed. Therefore, in this step-up notice performance, it becomes a game of whether or not how many success modes are shown in the notice steps from the first stage to the predetermined stage, and provides a different interest from the conventional step-up notice performance. Is possible.

The invention according to means A5 is
In the gaming machine according to means A4,
The production control means is
If all the success modes (first heroine character success image Qa2, second heroine character success image Qb2, third heroine character success image Qc2) are shown by the success/failure effects executed in each of the notice steps, the player wins. This gaming machine is characterized in that it notifies (see FIG. 19(C-1)) but does not give a loss notice (see FIG. 19(C-2)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, in the step-up notice effect, when success mode is indicated by the success/failure effect executed in each of the notice steps, winning notification is always executed thereafter. Therefore, it is possible for the player to grasp the determination of the big win by a new way of showing the step-up notice effect.

The invention according to means A6 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means A3 to means A5,
The production control means is
When a success mode is indicated by the success/failure effect, it is possible to execute a pseudo continuous effect with variable display of the effect symbols (high school effect symbol EZb, professional effect symbol EZc) (Fig. 29 (E), Fig. 30 ( E) See) is a game machine characterized by the following.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, in the step-up notice effect, when the success mode is indicated by the success/failure effect, the pseudo-continuous effect accompanied by the variable display of the effect symbols is executed. Therefore, it is possible to provide the player with a novel interest that the degree of winning expectation is increased by executing the pseudo-continuous effect even during the execution of the step-up notice effect.

The invention according to means A7 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means A2 to means A6,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a high expectation effect (SP reach) that suggests that the expectation of winning is higher than normal reach,
As the high-expectation production, a low-high-expectation production (weak SP reach (children's low SP reach, high-school weak SP reach, professional-weak SP reach)) or suggesting that the winning expectation is higher than the low-high-expectation production It is possible to perform strong high expectation performance (strong SP reach (children strong SP reach, high school strong SP reach, professional strong SP reach)),
The gaming machine is characterized in that when the step-up notice performance is executed, the high-high expectation performance is executed, but the low-high expectation performance is not executed.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, the execution of the high-expectation-degree effect after that is determined only by executing the step-up notice effect. In this way, by making the execution of the step-up notice effect itself very high in winning expectation, it is possible to enhance the excitement given to the player when the step-up notice effect is executed.

By the way, in the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-263218, the effect control means displays a cut-in image, thereby making it possible for the player to grasp that the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot is high. . However, many of the effects such as the effect of displaying a cut-in image (so-called cut-in notice effect) only display a certain image on the image display means, and therefore cannot be recognized as an effect alone. ing. Therefore, the player only pays attention to whether or not the performance is executed, and there is room for improvement in improving the interest of the performance. Therefore, the invention according to the means A1 to A7 described above, for the game machine described in JP-A-2006-263218, the production control means is composed of advance notice steps from one step to a predetermined step, and each The difference is that it is possible to execute a step-up notice effect in which a related image is displayed in the notice step. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a game machine capable of enhancing the entertainment of the presentation (to produce an action and effect).

<Means B>
The invention according to means B1 is
In a game machine (pachinko game machine PY1) that controls to a special game state (jackpot game state) advantageous to a player based on the establishment of a predetermined control condition,
Equipped with production control means (production control microcomputer 121) capable of controlling production,
The production control means is
A first effect (fluctuation effect) for displaying a predetermined moving image (natural background image Ha, town background image Hb) on display means (image display device 50) can be executed,
A second effect (special growth effect) in which still images (second natural background image Ha2, second town background image Hb2) obtained by stopping the moving image in the middle are displayed on the display means during execution of the first effect. (see FIGS. 20 and 21).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the second effect is executed during the execution of the first effect, a still image is displayed in which the moving image displayed in the first effect stops halfway. Therefore, it is possible to surprise the player who thinks that moving images are continuously switched with the passage of time, and it is possible to provide novel interest.

The invention according to means B2 is
In the gaming machine according to means B1,
The production control means is
When the second effect is executed while the first effect is being executed, the still image is displayed in the first display region (sub display region 50c) of the display means, and the second display region of the display means. This game machine is characterized in that it is possible to execute specific effects (childhood growth stimulating effects, high school growth stimulating effects) in (main display area 50d) (see FIGS. 20(D) and 21(D)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the second effect is executed, it is executed in the second display area of the display means while showing the player the still image displayed in the first display area of the display means. We will also show the specific production that will be done. Therefore, it is possible to make the player pay attention mainly to the specific performance while making the player slightly conscious of the still image, and it is possible to provide the amusement by the novel performance.

The invention according to means B3 is
In the gaming machine according to means B2,
The production control means is
After the execution of the specific effect, either the specified success mode (high school special growth success image TS4, professional special growth success image TS7) or the specified failure mode (high school special growth failure image TS5, professional special growth failure image TS8) is displayed on the display means. The game machine is characterized in that the moving image is displayed from the continuation of when the moving image is stopped halfway, based on the indication of whether the moving image is stopped.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the specific effect is executed in the second display area of the display means while the still image is displayed in the first display area of the display means. After that, based on indicating either the specified success mode or the specified failure mode, the moving image is displayed from where it was stopped halfway. As described above, it is possible to provide amusement by a novel effect of temporarily stopping the moving image and reproducing the moving image based on the display mode (specified success mode or specified failure mode) after the specified effect. .

The invention according to means B4 is
In the gaming machine according to means B3,
The production control means is
When displaying the specific failure mode (high school special growth failure image TS5 shown in FIG. 20 (E-2), professional special growth failure image TS8 shown in FIG. 21 (E-2)), the moving image The image is displayed from the continuation when it was stopped halfway (see FIG. 20 (F-2) and FIG. 21 (F-2)).
When displaying the specific success mode (high school special growth success image TS4 shown in FIG. 20 (E-1), professional special growth success image TS7 shown in FIG. 21 (E-1)), the moving image It suggests that the possibility of entering the special game state without displaying from the continuation when the image is stopped in the middle is high (switching to a good effect state (Fig. 20 (F-1), Fig. 21 (F-1) See)) is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, when the specified failure mode is indicated, the moving image is reproduced from where it stopped halfway. Therefore, the possibility of entering the special game state does not change, and the player is disappointed. On the other hand, if the specified success mode is shown, it is suggested that the possibility of entering a special game state without reproducing the continuation of when the moving image stopped halfway is increased. Therefore, the player feels an exhilaration. It is possible to provide novel interest that the suggestion of the possibility of entering a special game state differs depending on whether or not the temporarily stopped moving image is reproduced.

The invention according to means B5 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means B2 to means B4,
The production control means is
When the specific success mode (high school special growth success image TS4 shown in FIG. 20 (E-1), professional special growth success image TS7 shown in FIG. 21 (E-1)) is displayed on the display means after execution of the specific effect , the display means executes a pseudo-continuous effect accompanied by variable display of the effect symbols (children's effect symbol EZa, high school effect symbol EZb) (Fig. 20 (F-1), Fig. 21 (F-1) See) is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the specific effect is executed in the second display area of the display means while the still image is displayed in the first display area of the display means. After that, when the specified success mode is indicated, the pseudo-continuous effect is executed by the display means. Therefore, it is possible to provide the player with a novel interest that, when the motion picture image is stilled, the player expects a pseudo-continuous effect that is executed through the specific success mode.

By the way, in the gaming machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-331108, the effect control means displays a moving image showing that the characters and the background move, thereby enhancing the interest of the effect. However, the player naturally thinks that the animation image will be continuously switched with the lapse of time with respect to the effect using the animation image. In other words, it is not considered at all that the moving image stops in the middle. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the performance using moving images to overturn the stereotypes of the players and improve the interest. Therefore, the invention according to the means B1 to B5 described above can execute a first effect of displaying a predetermined moving image on the display means for the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-331108. , and is different in that it is possible to execute the second effect of displaying a still image obtained by stopping the moving image on the display means during the execution of the first effect. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of providing amusement through novel presentation (to produce an action and effect).

<Means C>
The invention according to means C1 is
In a game machine (pachinko game machine PY1) equipped with a production control means (production control microcomputer 121) capable of controlling production,
The production control means is
It is possible to sequentially change the production state in the production (variable production) being executed from the first production state ("infant state") to the predetermined production state ("professional state"),
Predetermined display items displayed in the production state each time the production state is changed (numbers and characters in production pattern EZ, characters in special growth production, enemy characters and characters in character advance notice production, reach mode, growth SP development production This game machine is characterized in that it is possible to suggest that the degree of expectation for winning (the degree of expectation for winning a jackpot) will increase by increasing the character, SP reach character).

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, every time the effect state in the effect being executed changes, the displayed object gradually becomes larger, suggesting that the degree of winning expectation increases. In other words, the larger the displayed object is, the higher the winning expectation is. Therefore, it is possible for the player to grasp the winning expectation level in a novel and easy-to-understand method.

The invention according to means C2 is
In the gaming machine according to means C1,
The production control means is
By deforming the display image (children's character preview image Ya or high school character preview image Yb) being displayed on a predetermined display means (image display device 50), the effect state is changed (see FIG. 22 or FIG. 23). See) is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, the display image being displayed is deformed, thereby changing the effect state and increasing the size of the displayed object. Therefore, it is possible to entertain the performance of the process until the display object becomes large.

The invention according to means C3 is
In the gaming machine according to means C1 or means C2,
The production control means is
A specific effect showing a success mode (high school special growth success image TS4 or professional special growth success image TS7) or a failure mode (high school special growth failure image TS5 or professional special growth failure image TS8) (special growth effect in "childhood state" or Special growth production in "high school state") can be executed,
When the specific effect indicates a success mode, the effect state is changed (see FIG. 20 (F-1) or FIG. 21 (F-1)), and when the specific effect indicates a failure mode, the effect This gaming machine is characterized in that it is possible to keep the state unchanged (see FIG. 20 (F-2) or FIG. 21 (F-2)).

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, when the success mode is indicated by the specific effect, the effect state changes and the displayed object becomes larger. On the other hand, if the failure mode is indicated by the specific effect, the effect state does not change and the displayed object does not become large. In this way, it is possible to entertain the performance of the process until the displayed object becomes large.

The invention according to means C4 is
In the gaming machine according to means C3,
The production control means is
After showing the failure mode by the specific production, a specific resurrection success production (shown in FIG. 27(B) ⇒ FIG. 27(C) ⇒ production such as the phoenix resurrection development production shown in FIG. 27(D)) is executed. This game machine is characterized in that it is possible to change the performance state.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, if the failure mode is indicated by the specific effect, the player feels that the effect state does not change and becomes discouraged. However, after that, when a specific resurrection success effect is executed, the effect state changes and the displayed object becomes larger. In this way, it is possible for the player to see a novel effect of reviving and enlarging the displayed object.

The invention according to means C5 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means C1 to means C4,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a high expectation effect (SP reach) that suggests that the expectation of winning is higher than normal reach,
Before executing the high-expectation production, a development production ( Growth SP development production in "childhood state" or growth SP development production in "high school state") can be executed,
When the development performance indicates a success mode, the performance state is changed (see FIG. 24(E) or FIG. 25(E)). On the other hand, when the development performance indicates a failure mode, the performance state is not changed. It is a game machine characterized by being able to

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, if a success mode is shown in the development effect immediately before the high-expectation effect is executed, the effect state changes and the display object becomes larger. In this way, it is possible to give the player a surprise that the display object can be enlarged by changing the effect state even immediately before the high-expectation effect.

The invention according to means C6 is
In the gaming machine according to means C5,
The production control means is
It is possible to change the effect state by executing a predetermined resurrection success effect (phoenix resurrection development effect) after indicating the failure mode by the development effect (Fig. 27(B) ⇒ Fig. 27(C) ⇒ (See FIG. 27(D)).

According to the gaming machine of this configuration, if the failure mode is indicated by the development effect, the player feels that the effect state does not change and becomes discouraged. However, after that, when a predetermined resurrection success effect is executed, the effect state changes and the displayed object becomes larger. In this way, it is possible for the player to see a novel presentation in which the display object is revived and enlarged even immediately before the high-expectation presentation.

The invention according to means C7 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means C1 to means C6,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a pseudo-continuous effect in which the variable display of the effect pattern is executed once or multiple times,
The game machine is characterized in that it is possible to execute variable display of the performance symbols as the pseudo-continuous performance each time the performance state is changed (see FIG. 13).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, each time the effect state changes, the display object becomes larger and the variable display of the effect symbols is executed as a pseudo-continuous effect. In this way, it is possible to more easily understand that the winning expectation is high by both the enlargement of the displayed object and the execution of the pseudo-continuous effect.

By the way, like the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-263218, in most gaming machines in recent years, colors indicate a high degree of expectation for winning. For example, if a blue pending image is displayed, it suggests that the expectation of winning is relatively low, and if a red pending image is displayed, it suggests that the expectation of winning is relatively high. However, the method of suggesting the degree of expectation of winning by color has been very common in recent gaming machines. On the other hand, recent gaming machines have come to suggest a high degree of expectation for winning by various advance notice effects, but these effects are too complicated, and it is difficult for players to anticipate winning. On the contrary, there was a problem that it was difficult to grasp. Therefore, the invention according to the means C1 to C7 described above, for the gaming machine described in JP-A-2006-263218, the effect control means, the effect state in the effect being executed to a predetermined number from the first effect state It is possible to change to the production state in order, and it is different in that it is possible to suggest that the expectation of winning increases by increasing the predetermined display object displayed in the production state each time the production state is changed. are doing. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine that allows players to grasp the degree of expectation for winning in a novel and easy-to-understand manner (to produce an effect).

<Means D>
The invention according to means D1 is
In a game machine (pachinko game machine PY1) equipped with a production control means (production control microcomputer 121) capable of controlling production,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a variable effect in which the effect pattern (EZ) is stopped after being displayed in a variable manner,
Each time a predetermined effect (pseudo continuous effect) is executed during the variable effect, the effect mode of the variable effect is switched (effect of displaying a childhood effect pattern EZa reminiscent of the childhood of the main character and a natural background image Ha) Mode ⇒ Rendering mode of displaying high school production pattern EZb reminiscent of the high school days of the main character and city background image Hb ⇒ Rendering mode of displaying professional production pattern EZc reminiscent of the main character's professional days and space background image Hc) It is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, every time the predetermined effect is executed during the variable effect, the effect mode of the variable effect is switched. In this way, by triggering the switching of the presentation mode during one variable presentation by repeating a predetermined presentation, it is possible to enhance the interest of the switching of the presentation mode.

The invention according to means D2 is
In the gaming machine described in means D1,
The production control means is
The game machine is characterized in that the performance mode of the variable performance is switched (see FIG. 13) each time a pseudo-continuous performance accompanied by the variable display of the performance symbols is executed as the predetermined performance during the variable performance.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, the performance mode changes every time the pseudo-continuous performance is executed during the variable performance. In this way, by associating the number of times the variable display of the performance symbols is executed in the pseudo-continuous performance (the number of pseudo-continuous performances) and the performance mode during the variable performance, it is possible to further enhance the interest by switching the performance mode. is.

The invention according to means D3 is
In the gaming machine according to means D2,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a high expectation effect (SP reach) that suggests that the expectation of winning is higher than normal reach,
When the variable display of the performance symbols is executed a predetermined first number of times (once) as the pseudo-continuous effect (in the case of pseudo 1), a predetermined first high-expectation-level effect (childhood) is performed as the high-expectation-level effect. SP reach) can be executed, but without executing a predetermined second high expectation production (high school SP reach),
When the variable display of the performance symbols is executed a predetermined second number of times (twice) as the pseudo-continuous performance, the second high-expectation-level performance can be executed as the high-expectation-level performance. 1. This game machine is characterized by not executing a high-expectation effect (see FIG. 13).

According to the gaming machine of this configuration, when the variable display of the performance symbols is executed for the predetermined first number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, only the first high-expectation-level performance is executed as the high-expectation-level performance. On the other hand, when the variable display of the performance symbols is performed a predetermined second number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, only the second high-expectation-level performance is executed as the high-expectation-level performance. In this way, by associating not only the number of times the variable display of the effect pattern is executed in the pseudo-continuous effect and the effect mode during the variable effect, but also the type of high-expectation effect, completely different game characteristics can be achieved by switching the effect mode. It is possible to enjoy.

The invention according to means D4 is
In the gaming machine according to means D3,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a development production (growth SP development production) that suggests development to the high expectation production,
When the variable display of the performance symbols is executed the first number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, the first development performance (growth SP development performance in the "infant state") can be executed as the development performance (Fig. 24) On the other hand, without executing the second development effect (growth SP development effect in "high school state"),
When the variable display of the performance symbols is performed the second number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, the second development performance can be executed as the development performance (see FIG. 25), while the first development performance can be executed. This gaming machine is characterized by not executing.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the variable display of the performance symbols is executed for the first number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, the development performance to the first high-expectation performance is always the first development performance. On the other hand, when the variable display of the performance symbols is performed for the second number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, the development performance to the second high-expectation performance is always the second development performance. In this way, by associating the types of developmental effects with the types of high-expectation-level effects, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the effects are inconsistent.

The invention according to means D5 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means D2 to D4,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a notice effect that can suggest a high degree of winning expectation,
When the variable display of the performance symbols is executed a predetermined first number of times as the pseudo-continuous effect, the display mode of the announcement effect can be set to a predetermined first display mode (children's character preview image Ya). without using the second display mode (high school character preview image Yb),
When the variable display of the performance symbols is executed a predetermined second number of times as the pseudo continuous performance, the display mode of the advance notice performance can be the second display mode, but the first display mode is not used. It is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the variable display of the performance symbols is executed for the predetermined first number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, the performance mode during the variable performance becomes the first performance mode, and the advance notice performance is performed. The display mode becomes the first display mode. On the other hand, when the variational display of the performance symbols is executed a predetermined second number of times as the pseudo continuous performance, the performance mode during the variable performance becomes the second performance mode, and the display mode of the advance notice performance is changed to the second display mode. become. In this way, not only the number of times the variable display of the performance pattern is executed in the pseudo-continuous performance and the performance mode during the variable performance but also the display mode of the advance notice performance are related to each other, thereby further increasing interest by switching the performance mode. is possible.

By the way, in the gaming machine described in JP-A-2003-230710, during one (once) variation performance, the performance mode during the variation performance does not change. Therefore, there is a possibility that the player will not be able to easily see the different presentation modes. In addition, it is difficult for the player to understand what triggered the change in the presentation mode during the variable presentation. As described above, there is room for improvement in interest in the switching of the presentation mode during the variable presentation. Therefore, the invention according to the means D1 to D5 described above, in the gaming machine described in JP-A-2003-230710, the effect control means, when executing a predetermined effect, the effect mode during the variable effect When the predetermined first performance mode is set and the performance mode during the variable performance is the first performance mode, when the predetermined performance is executed again, the performance mode during the variable performance is changed to the predetermined second performance mode. It is different in that As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of increasing interest by switching between presentation modes (provides an action and effect).

<Means E>
The invention according to means E1 is
In a game machine (pachinko game machine PY1) equipped with a production control means (production control microcomputer 121) capable of controlling production,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a high expectation effect (SP reach) that suggests that the expectation of winning is higher than normal reach,
When a predetermined first condition is satisfied (in the case of pseudo 1), a predetermined first high expectation performance (child SP reach) can be executed as the high expectation performance, and the first high expectation performance is executed. Without executing the second high expectation performance (high school SP reach) that suggests that the winning expectation is higher than the performance,
When the predetermined second condition is satisfied after the predetermined first condition is satisfied (in the case of pseudo 2), the second high-expectation-level effect can be executed as the high-expectation-level effect. 1. This game machine is characterized by not executing a high-expectation effect (see FIG. 13).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the predetermined first condition is established, the first high-expectation-level effect is executed as the high-expectation-level effect. Then, when the second condition is established after the predetermined first condition is established, only the second high-expectation-level performance having a higher winning expectation than the first high-expectation-level performance is executed, and the first high-expectation-level performance is executed. No performance is performed. In this way, by limiting the types of high-expectation-level effects according to the conditions to be met, it is possible to avoid execution of unexpected high-expectation-level effects.

The invention according to means E2 is
In the gaming machine described in means E1,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a pseudo-continuous effect in which the variable display of the effect pattern is executed once or multiple times,
When the variable display of the performance symbols is executed a predetermined first number of times (once) as the pseudo-continuous performance (in the case of pseudo 1), the first high-expectation-level performance can be executed as the high-expectation-level performance. On the other hand, without executing the second high expectation effect,
When the variable display of the performance symbols is performed a predetermined second number of times (twice) as the pseudo-continuous performance (in the case of pseudo-2), the second high-expectation performance can be executed as the high-expectation performance. On the other hand, the gaming machine is characterized in that the first high-expectation effect is not executed (see FIG. 13).

According to the gaming machine of this configuration, only the first high-expectation-level effect can be executed as the high-expectation-level effect when the variable display of the effect symbols is executed a predetermined first number of times as the pseudo-continuous effect. On the other hand, when the variable display of the performance symbols is executed a predetermined second number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, only the second high-expectation-level performance can be executed as the high-expectation-level performance. In this way, the number of times the variable display of the production pattern is executed in the pseudo-continuous production and the type of the high-expectation-level production are related. As a result, it is possible to avoid execution of the unexpected first high-expectation-level effect despite the fact that the expectation of winning is high due to the execution of the pseudo-continuous effect.

The invention according to means E3 is
In the gaming machine described in means E2,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a development production that suggests developing to the high expectation production,
When the variable display of the performance symbols is executed the first number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, the first development performance (growth SP development performance in the "childhood state") can be executed as the development performance, Without executing the second development production (growth SP development production in “high school state”),
When the variable display of the performance symbols is executed the second number of times as the pseudo continuous performance, the second development performance can be executed as the development performance, but the first development performance is not executed. It is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the variable display of the performance symbols is executed for the first number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, the development performance to the first high-expectation performance is always the first development performance. On the other hand, when the variable display of the performance symbols is performed for the second number of times as the pseudo-continuous performance, the development performance to the second high-expectation performance is always the second development performance. In this way, by associating the types of developmental effects with the types of high-expectation-level effects, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the effects are inconsistent.

By the way, in the gaming machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-267297, it is possible to execute a high expectation performance (SP reach) that suggests that the expectation of winning a big win is higher than normal reach. Here, among the high expectation performances, a predetermined first high expectation performance and a second high expectation performance suggesting that the winning expectation is higher than the first high expectation performance may be provided. . In this case, for example, when the player determines that the winning expectation is low, the player predicts execution of the first high expectation performance as the high expectation performance, and if the player determines that the winning expectation is high. predicts execution of the second high-expectation-level presentation as the high-expectation-level presentation. However, if the first high-expectation-level performance is executed as the high-expectation-level performance despite the player's determination that the winning expectation is high, the first high-expectation-level performance is unexpected. You will be discouraged by the execution of Therefore, the invention according to the above-described means E1 to E3 is a game machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-267297. A predetermined first high-expectation-level performance can be executed, while a second high-expectation-level performance suggesting that the winning expectation is higher than the first high-expectation-level performance is not executed, and a predetermined first condition is established. When a predetermined second condition is satisfied after the is satisfied, the second high-expectation-level effect can be executed as the high-expectation-level effect, but the first high-expectation-level effect is not executed. ing. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of avoiding the execution of an unexpected high-expectation-level effect (providing an action and effect).

PY1 Pachinko machine 50 Image display device 50a Display screen 50b Left display area 50c Sub-display area 121 Effect control microcomputer EZa Children's effect pattern EZb High school effect pattern EZc Professional effect pattern Ha Natural background image Ha2 Second natural background image Hb City background image Hb2 Second city background image Hc Space background image TS4 High school special growth success image TS5 High school special growth failure image TS7 Professional special growth success image TS8 Professional special growth failure image

Claims (1)

A game machine that includes a performance control means capable of controlling performance and can be controlled to a special game state when it is determined to be a hit ,
The production control means is
The step-up notice effect is composed of notice steps from one step to a predetermined step, and a step-up notice effect for displaying an image related to each notice step can be executed,
capable of executing a success/failure effect indicating a success mode or a failure mode in at least one advance notice step in the step-up notice effect;
When the success mode is shown by the success/failure effect, another announcement effect is executed to suggest that the degree of expectation for winning judged to be a win increases, and the process proceeds to the next announcement step, while the failure mode is shown by the success/failure effect. If so, proceed to the next notice step without showing the success mode and without executing the other notice effect,
During the execution of the step-up notice performance, the performance symbols indicating the result of winning are not stopped and displayed in a winning mode or a losing mode, and the performance symbols are hit after the step-up notice performance is executed. A gaming machine characterized in that a stop display is made in a mode or a losing mode.

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