JP7288650B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to gaming machines.

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a game machine capable of executing an effect (referred to as an image displacement effect) in which an image is displayed in a display area to a state in which the image is displaced from the display area (for example, , see Patent Document 1 below).

JP 2016-198359 A

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the amusement of the game by utilizing the image displacement effect.

A gaming machine according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a display device having a display area, and a display device in which a reference image is displayed in the display area, and the reference image is displayed three-dimensionally with respect to the display area. an effect execution means for executing an image displacement effect in which the image is displayed as if it were physically displaced, wherein the reference image is three-dimensionally displaced with respect to the display area in the image displacement effect. A suggestive image suggesting the progress of the game is displayed in the specific area generated by the change to the displayed state as if the game had been played.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to improve the entertainment of the game by utilizing the image displacement effect.

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the identification design and the pending|holding image which were displayed on the display apparatus (display area). FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining image displacement effect; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a vibration effect during an image displacement effect; FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a first specific example regarding a vibration effect during an image displacement effect; FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a second specific example regarding vibration effects during image displacement effects; FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a third specific example regarding vibration effects during image displacement effects; FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a fourth specific example regarding vibration effects during image displacement effects; FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a fifth specific example regarding vibration effects during image displacement effects; It is a figure for demonstrating rotation production|presentation using image displacement production|presentation. FIG. 11 is a diagram (a continuation of FIG. 10) for explaining the rotation effect using the image displacement effect; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a first specific example regarding a rotation effect using an image displacement effect; FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a second specific example regarding a rotation effect using an image displacement effect; FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a third specific example regarding a rotation effect using an image displacement effect; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a fourth specific example regarding a rotation effect using an image displacement effect; FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a fifth specific example regarding a rotation effect using an image displacement effect; FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an image displacement effect during an operation effect; FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a fourth specific example regarding an image displacement effect during an operation effect; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining game progress suggestions using an image displacement effect; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a first specific example regarding a game progress suggestion using an image displacement effect; FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a fourth specific example regarding game progress suggestion using image displacement effect;

1) Basic Configuration of Gaming Machine Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

The game machine 1 is equipped with a game board 90 . The game board 90 is made of a substantially square plywood board, and a guide rail 903 forming a passage for guiding a game ball fired by operating a shooting device 908 (shooting handle) to the game area 902 has a substantially arc shape. is provided as follows.

The game area 902 is provided with a display device 10, a starting prize winning port 904, a big winning prize port 906, an out port, and the like. A display area 11 of the display device 10 is an area viewed through an opening formed in the game board 90 . In addition, in the game area 902, a plurality of game nails are provided as obstacles that change the flowing state of the game balls when the falling game balls collide with each other. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes in various modes according to the conditions when it collides with the game nail.

In such a gaming machine 1 , game balls are shot toward the game area 902 by operating the shooting device 908 . When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning opening such as a starting winning opening 904 or a big winning opening 906, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by a payout device.

Descriptions of components of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1 and the lower and upper trays for storing game balls, will be omitted. For these, those having the same structure as known gaming machines can be applied.

The lottery for the jackpot is executed by winning/failure determining means provided on a control board (not shown) triggered by the entry of a game ball into the starting winning opening 904 (a plurality of such starting winning openings may be provided). Specifically, when the game ball enters the start winning hole 904, a numerical value (win/fail determination information) is obtained from the random number source, and if the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot numerical value, the jackpot is won. , if it is different, it is lost. In the present embodiment, notification of the success/failure judgment results is started in the order in which the numerical values are obtained (so-called variation starts), but there is success/failure judgment information for which the notification of the success/failure judgment results has not yet been completed. In this case, the newly acquired propriety determination information is stored as pending information in storage means provided on a control board (not shown). The fact that the pending information is stored in the storage means is displayed as a pending image (a pending pattern) 80 (see FIG. 2).

In the present embodiment, as the pending image 80, the notification effect for notifying the result of the success/failure determination has been started (the identification pattern 70 (identification symbol group 70g) indicating the success/failure determination result has started to change), but the success/failure determination The notification of the result is not completed (the variation of the identification pattern 70 (identification pattern group 70g) is not stopped in the mode indicating the result of the judgment). ), and a pre-variation pending image 82 corresponding to the one in which the notification effect for notifying the success/failure determination result has not started (the identification pattern 70 (identification symbol group 70g) indicating the success/failure determination result has not started to change). is displayed (see FIG. 2). An upper limit is set for the maximum storage number of pending information corresponding to the pre-variation pending image 82 . In this embodiment, the maximum number of stored pieces of pending information (property determination information) obtained by winning the starting prize-winning port 904 (so-called "special figure 1") is four.

In this embodiment, similar to a known game machine, the player is notified of the win/loss determination result by combining identification symbols 70 (see FIG. 2) displayed in the display area 11 of the display device 10 . Specifically, an identification pattern group 70g (left identification pattern group 70gL, middle identification pattern group 70gC, right identification pattern group 70gR) including a plurality of identification patterns 70 starts to change, and finally each identification pattern group 70g. One identification pattern 70 is selected from the list and stopped. When a jackpot is won, the combination of the identification symbols 70 selected from each identification symbol group 70g and stopped becomes a predetermined combination (for example, three sets of the same identification symbols 70). In the case of losing, it becomes a combination other than that (other than the combination that becomes a jackpot). In each drawing, only "numbers (characters)" forming the identification pattern 70 are illustrated, but a pattern in which the numbers and characters or the like are combined can be set as the identification pattern 70. FIG.

2) Basic Mode of Image Displacement Effect Various effects are executed as a notification effect (effect from the start of variation of the identification symbols 70 to the stop with a combination indicating the result of the success/failure determination) for informing the result of the success/failure determination. In the present embodiment, it is possible to execute an image displacement effect (see FIG. 3) as one type of effect. In other words, the image displacement effect can occur as part of a series of effects for informing the result of the suitability determination of the target. The image displacement effect is also generally called a “shake effect” or the like. The image displacement effect will be described in detail below. In addition, unless otherwise specified, the term "image" (reference image 20, etc.) in the following description includes both still images and moving images.

The basic aspect of the image displacement rendering is as if the reference image 20 is displaced from the display area 11 of the display device 10 from the reference state (see FIG. 3A) in which the reference image 20 is displayed in the display area 11. is changed to the displacement state displayed in (see FIG. 3(b)). The reference image 20 is an image displayed in the display area 11 in the reference state. In this embodiment, an image displayed on the entire display area 11 in the reference state is set as the reference image 20 . However, a configuration in which only part of the image displayed in the display area 11 in the reference state is displaced as the reference image 20 may be employed. The reference image 20 may be either a still image or a moving image, but the content of the image represented by the reference image 20 from the reference state to the displaced state is maintained in a manner that the player can see the same. By doing so, the player will have the impression that the image displayed in the reference state is shifted from the display area 11 .

Various modes of displacement of the entire reference image 20 with respect to the display area 11 are conceivable. In this embodiment, the reference image 20 is displayed (three-dimensionally display) is made. More specifically, in this embodiment, the reference image 20 is displayed as if it were rotated so that the left edge of the reference image 20 faces the back side and the right edge of the reference image 20 faces the front side. done. However, such a displacement mode is only an example. The reference image 20 may be displayed as if it were displaced along the planar direction (either up, down, left, or right) (display as if displaced two-dimensionally). A display may be made as if 20 were displaced to the back (back). Alternatively, a mode in which the amount of displacement of the reference image 20 changes with the lapse of time (for example, a mode in which the reference image 20 shakes) may be employed. Further, a mode in which the contour shape of the reference image 20 changes (for example, a mode in which the contour of the reference image 20 is distorted) may be adopted. Moreover, it is also possible to adopt a mode in which a part of the reference image 20 is positioned outside the display area 11 due to displacement (a mode in which a part of the image is cut off). Alternatively, the reference image 20 may be divided into a plurality of parts, and each part may be displayed as if it were displaced with respect to the display area 11 .

In addition, in the displaced state of the image displacement effect, a frame image 20K along the outer edge of the reference image 20 is displayed (see FIG. 3(b)). The frame image 20K indicates a portion corresponding to the outer edge of the display area 11 in the reference state. In this embodiment, the frame image 20K is not displayed in the standard state. In other words, since the image displacement rendering is an rendering in which the reference image 20 is displayed as if it were displaced from the display area 11, the frame image 20K is displayed in a displaced state in order to represent the displacement. The player has the impression that the outer edge of the display area 11 in the standard state has shifted to the position displayed as the frame image 20K in the displaced state. Since the display area 11 has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed roughly, in the case of an image displacement effect in which the reference image 20 is three-dimensionally displaced as in the present embodiment, the frame image 20K in the displaced state is three-dimensional. In other words, it has a square shape (substantially parallelogram shape in plan view). In this embodiment, from the reference state to the displaced state, the shape of the frame image 20K changes so as to gradually move away from the outer edge of the display area 11, and finally reaches the illustrated state. Note that the frame image 20K may not be displayed at all.

The reference image 20 in this embodiment includes an identification pattern 70 (see FIG. 3(b)). Specifically, the reference image 20 includes at least the identification pattern 70 and a background image displayed as its background. The image layer displaying the identification pattern 70 and the image layer displaying the background image are separate layers, and the former layer is set in front of the latter layer. The displayed aspect can be constructed. However, a configuration in which the reference image 20 does not include the identification pattern 70 may be adopted. For example, if the reference image 20 includes a background image but does not include the identification pattern 70, the image displayed in the reference state can be displayed as if it were displayed while preventing the identification pattern 70 from becoming difficult to see when the image displacement effect occurs. It is possible to give the impression to the player that the region 11 is shifted. Further, in the present embodiment, since the shift of the reference image 20 with respect to the display area 11 is realistically expressed, the continuity of variation of the identification pattern 70 (identification pattern group 70g) is maintained even in the displaced state ( However, in the displaced state, the variation of the identification pattern 70 may temporarily stop (pseudo stop).

Note that the reference image 20 in this embodiment does not include the reserved image 80 . That is, the position where the reserved image 80 is displayed does not change even in the displaced state. However, this does not mean denying that the reference image 20 includes the reserved image 80 .

3) Effects Related to Image Displacement Effects Hereinafter, various effects related to image displacement effects will be described. It should be noted that it is not necessary to be able to execute all of the effects described below. Only some may be viable.

3-1) Vibration Effect During Image Displacement Effect The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a vibration device 60 (see FIG. 1) that generates vibrations that can be felt by the player playing the game. Since the vibrating device 60 itself is known, detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the operation unit that can be operated by the player vibrates as the vibration device 60, and the vibration of the operation unit is transmitted to the player who touches the launcher 908 (shooting handle) through the housing. is configured as follows. The operation unit in this embodiment is a member provided on the lower left side of the game machine 1 and displaceable in the front-rear direction. The vibration of the push button 61 may be transmitted to the player. Also, the source of the vibration may be something different from the member that the player can operate. For example, a speaker (woofer) may be used as a vibration source. When the vibrating device 60 is driven, not only the vibration but also the sound (audible sound) caused by the vibration is generated, so that the player can grasp that the vibrating device 60 has vibrated without touching the shooting device 908. It is possible.

In this embodiment, vibration is generated by the vibration device 60 when an image displacement rendering occurs, that is, when a change from the reference state to the displacement state occurs (see FIG. 4). The image displacement effect is an effect in which the reference image 20 appears to be displaced with respect to the display area 11. By generating vibration when the image displacement effect is generated, it is as if the reference image 20 is displaced by the vibration. It is possible to give an impression to the player. In other words, since the image displacement effects can be shown more realistically, the amusement of the game is improved.

Hereinafter, specific examples in which items related to the vibration effect during the image displacement effect are improved, embodied, modified, etc. will be described. It should be noted that, as far as possible, a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of techniques described using the following specific examples are combined and applied.

○First Specific Example In the above embodiment, it was explained that the vibration effect occurs when the image displacement effect occurs. A certain setting may be used. In other words, even if the image displacement effect is generated, the setting is such that the vibration effect is not necessarily generated.

As an example, it is conceivable to make a setting such that whether or not to generate the vibration effect is determined according to the scene in which the image displacement effect is generated. For example, it is assumed that it is possible to execute a ready-to-win effect in which it is indicated whether or not the win/loss determination result will result in a big win depending on the mode of the ending. Although a vibration performance is generated for at least a part of the image displacement performance generated during the ready-to-win performance, the vibration performance is not generated for the other image displacement performance. Since the ready-to-win performance is a performance in which a player can expect a big win and is a performance to which the player pays attention, the sense of anticipation of the ready-to-win performance is achieved by generating a vibration performance during the ready-to-win performance. improve. In addition, a "battle effect" is known as one aspect of the ready-to-win effect, in which an ally side character and an enemy side character fight and the ally side character wins a big win when the ally side character wins. (For example, when an ally side character attacks, an image displacement effect and a vibration effect are generated) (see FIG. 5), the battle effect can be made more realistic. It is possible.

○Second specific example When a certain type of image displacement effect (see Fig. 6) does not generate a vibration effect (no vibration) (see Fig. 6(a)), a vibration effect occurs during the same type of image displacement effect. It is assumed that the probability of occurrence of an event advantageous to the player after that is different from the case (with vibration) (see FIG. 6(b)). In other words, the image displacement effect itself is of the same type (the effect mode may not be completely the same. The mode may be different as long as the player feels that it is the same type. For example, the so-called "chance up") However, depending on whether or not vibration occurs at that time, the probability that an event advantageous to the player will occur afterward will differ.

As an example of an event that is advantageous to the player, it is possible to exemplify "a win as a result of the win/loss determination". With such a setting, the image displacement effect with vibration has a higher so-called big win reliability than the image displacement effect without vibration. In other words, when vibration is generated in the image displacement effect and the displacement of the reference image 20 is emphasized, the reliability of the big win is higher than when the vibration is not generated. It is possible.

As another example of an event that is advantageous to the player, it is possible to mention the provision of a privilege in terms of performance. For example, there is an increase in the number of new songs that can be selected by the player, and new images are provided through so-called mobile-linked services.

○Third Specific Example Assume that a normal mode (see FIG. 7(a)) and a special mode (see FIG. 7(b)), which is a mode different from the normal mode, occur as a kind of image displacement rendering. The special mode is shown as if the reference image 20 were displaced with respect to the display area 11 more than in the normal mode. If the image displacement rendering is performed as if the reference image 20 were three-dimensionally displaced as in the above embodiment, the magnitude of the distortion of the reference image 20, which has a substantially parallelogram shape in plan view, is normally By making the special mode larger than the mode (differentiating the shape of the parallelogram), it is conceivable to represent the difference in magnitude of displacement between the normal mode and the special mode.

On the premise of this, when the image displacement effect is in the normal mode, vibration is not generated by the vibrating device 60, but when the image displacement effect is in the special mode, vibration is generated by the vibrating device 60. . In other words, since the special mode is a performance giving an impression as if the distortion of the image was increased due to the application of a large impact, vibration is generated as if to indicate the impact in the special mode. By doing so, it is possible to make the image displacement effect (the difference between the normal mode and the special mode) more realistic.

In this example, if it is set that the reliability of the jackpot is higher when the special mode occurs than when the normal mode occurs, there is vibration as described in the second specific example. The image displacement effect of (1) has a higher so-called big hit reliability than the image displacement effect of no vibration.

It should be noted that methods other than the above-described methods are also conceivable as methods for expressing the difference in magnitude of displacement between the normal mode and the special mode. For example, it is conceivable to make the mode of the frame image 20K different between the normal mode and the special mode. Compared to the frame image 20K in the special mode, the frame image 20K in the normal mode has a shape that is closer to a straight line (for example, the frame image 20K in the special mode has a wavy shape). It is conceivable to make the displacement of the reference image 20 with respect to the display area 11 appear larger. Further, by making the frame image 20K in the special mode thicker than the frame image 20K in the normal mode, the displacement of the reference image 20 with respect to the display area 11 in the special mode can be made to appear larger. Conceivable.

○Fourth Concrete Example The mode of vibration generated during the image displacement effect need not be constant. For example, a normal vibration mode and a special vibration mode in which the vibration is larger than the normal vibration mode (the shake transmitted to the player is large) are set, and if the normal vibration mode occurs together with the image displacement effect, The configuration is such that a special vibration mode may occur.

In the case of the configuration as in this example, if the configuration is such that the normal mode and the special mode image displacement effects occur as described in the third specific example, the normal vibration mode in the normal mode is ( (see FIG. 8(a)), and in the special mode, a special vibration mode (see FIG. 8(b)) should be generated. In other words, it is possible to create an effect form in which the magnitude of displacement of the reference image 20 with respect to the display area 11 in the displaced state and the magnitude of vibration are linked (the greater the displacement of the reference image 20, the greater the vibration).

O Fifth Concrete Example The method of setting the difference in vibration mode is not limited to differentiating the magnitude of vibration. For example, a first vibration mode in which vibration occurs continuously for a certain period of time and a second vibration mode in which vibration occurs intermittently for a certain period of time are set, and the first vibration mode may occur along with the image displacement effect. If there is, the second vibration mode may occur together with the image displacement effect.

In the case of this example, it is preferable to have a configuration in which the mode of image displacement rendering and the mode of vibration are linked. Specifically, since vibration occurs intermittently in the second vibration mode, the reference image 20 is changed in accordance with the vibration. For example, when the image displacement effect is such that the reference image 20 shakes (the frame image 20K shakes) in the displaced state, the vibration mode is set to the second vibration mode, and the "shaking of the reference image 20" is set to the second vibration mode. It is shown as if the timing of occurrence and the timing of vibration by the vibration device 60 are linked (the reference image 20 is shaken in accordance with the vibration) (see FIG. 9). On the other hand, in the case of the image displacement effect in which the shape of the reference image 20 (the shape of the frame image 20K) is maintained in the displaced state, the vibration mode is set to the first vibration mode.

3-2) Rotation Effect Using Image Displacement Effect It is possible to execute a rotation effect using image displacement effect. As described above, the image displacement effect includes the reference state and the displacement state. A rotating effect is a effect that is executed during a post-state that is executed after the displacement state. Specifically, it is as follows.

The reference state is a state in which a reference image 20 is displayed in the display area 11 (see FIG. 10(a)). The displaced state is a state in which the reference image 20 is three-dimensionally displaced with respect to the display area 11 (see FIG. 10(b)). Here, the displacement state can also be regarded as a state in which the plate-shaped image 30 having a plate-like shape is displayed. In other words, it can be regarded as a state as if the plate on which the reference image 20 is displayed on one side (front surface) is tilted with respect to the planar direction of the display area 11 .

After that, by rotating the plate-shaped image 30, the image (hereinafter referred to as the effect image 21) existing on the other side (back side) of the plate-shaped image 30 is displayed as if it were revealed. state (see FIG. 11(a)). The production is a rotating production. In other words, in the rotating effect (post state), the rotation of the plate (plate-shaped image 30) causes the reference image 20 displayed on the front side (front side) of the plate to disappear. The effect image 21 (the part that was not visible in the displaced state) displayed on the side) appears as if it were revealed.

After the post-state, a display is made as if the effect image 21 were expanded toward the outer edge of the display area 11 (completion state). In this embodiment, the effect image 21 is expanded until it is displayed on substantially the entire display area 11 (see FIG. 11(b)). As a result of performing a series of image displacement effects, if the reference state changes to the completed state, the change is the scene where the reference image 20 is displayed in the display area 11 (the scene shown in FIG. 10A). Therefore, it can be considered that the scene is switched to the scene where the effect image 21 is displayed in the display area 11 (the scene shown in FIG. 11B). In the examples shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a scene change occurs in which the background image changes from the "day" state to the "night" state.

As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the reference image 20 is displayed as if it were three-dimensionally displaced with respect to the display area 11, and as a result, the portion including the reference image 20 is a plate. 30), it is possible to perform an interesting scene change.

Examples of scene switching include a style of production (for example, a change in the character used as a motif), a change in the basic mode of the reserved image 80, a change in the basic mode of the identification pattern 70, a combination of these, and the like. be able to. If the occurrence of a scene change is set as an event advantageous to the player (for example, a so-called chance-up indicating that the corresponding win/loss determination result increases the probability that the result will be a big win), the occurrence of the rotation effect will be pleasing to the player. It can be said that there is.

Hereinafter, specific examples in which items related to the rotation effect using the image displacement effect are improved, embodied, modified, etc. will be described. It should be noted that, as far as possible, a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of techniques described using the following specific examples are combined and applied.

First Concrete Example Although it has been described that the effect image 21 is set as an image after the scene is switched, it is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the type of effect image 21 displayed as a rotating effect (post state) can suggest the probability that the win/loss determination result will be a big win (big win reliability). It is assumed that three types of images that can be displayed as the effect image 21 are set, including characters "?" The degree of reliability of the big win is suggested depending on whether the aspect of the effect image 21 (the image displayed as if it existed behind the reference image 20) displayed by the rotating effect is one of the above three types. (“?” has the lowest jackpot reliability, and “extreme heat” has the highest jackpot reliability).

As described above, the rotating effect (post-state) is the effect of displaying a new image (effect image 21) existing behind the reference image 20, but the purpose of using the image is not limited to scene switching.

○Second specific example It is assumed that the transition from the displacement state to the posterior state may or may not occur (see Fig. 13). Specifically, depending on whether or not the plate-shaped image 30 (plate) with the reference image 20 displayed on one side (surface) rotates to reveal the effect image 21, the post-state It shall be indicated whether the transition to In a state in which the plate-like image 30 is tilted with respect to the plane direction of the display area 11, a “tilt” is generated to indicate that the plate-like image 30 is about to rotate. should be In addition, what kind of thing may be the aspect of "flashing?" A mode in which the plate-shaped image 30 is displayed as if it were slightly shaking (see FIG. 13(b)) can be exemplified.

After that, when the plate-shaped image 30 rotates and the effect image 21 becomes clear (see FIG. 13(c)), it is assumed that the transition to the post-state has been realized, and then the transition to the completed state is performed to switch the scene. Occur. On the other hand, if the plate-shaped image 30 does not rotate and the effect image 21 is not revealed, it is considered that the transition to the post-state has not been realized (see FIG. 13(d)). In other words, scene switching does not occur.

If the occurrence of scene switching is set as an event that is advantageous to the player (for example, a so-called chance increase), it is interesting to hope that the plate-like image 30 will rotate and the scene switching will occur when the "promotion" occurs. A certain playability can be realized.

○Third specific example Set so that the transition from the post-state to the completed state may or may not occur. Specifically, it depends on whether or not the plate-shaped image 30 rotates to reveal the effect image 21, and then the effect image 21 expands to a predetermined size (for example, until it reaches the outer edge of the display area 11). , to indicate whether or not the scene change is realized by transitioning to the completed state. In a state where the effect image 21 is revealed, it is preferable to generate a "flip" to determine whether the effect image 21 expands to a predetermined size (see FIG. 14(a)). It should be noted that the mode of "inciting" may be of any type. A mode in which the effect image 21 is displayed so as to change its size (so that the outer edge of the effect image 21 approaches or separates from the outer edge of the display area 11) can be exemplified.

When the effect image 21 expands to a predetermined size, a scene change occurs assuming that the transition to the completed state has been achieved (see FIG. 14(b)). On the other hand, when the effect image 21 does not expand to the predetermined size, it is assumed that the transition to the completed state has not been realized (see FIG. 14(c)). In other words, scene switching does not occur.

If the occurrence of scene switching is set as an event that is advantageous to the player (for example, a so-called chance increase), it is interesting to expect that the effect image 21 expands to a predetermined size when the "flashing" occurs. can be realized.

○Fourth Specific Example The rotation direction of the plate-like image 30 in the rotating effect is changeable. The rotation direction described in the above embodiment is a direction (hereinafter referred to as the first direction) as if the right edge of the plate-like image 30 in the displaced state were displaced forward (the left edge moved backward) ( 15A) rotates in a different direction, for example, in a direction in which the right edge of the plate-like image 30 is displaced backward (the left edge is forward) (hereinafter referred to as the second direction). (see FIG. 15(b)).

It is conceivable that the probability of occurrence of an event advantageous to the player differs depending on which one of the plurality of rotation directions is selected. For example, compared to the case where the plate-like image 30 rotates in the first direction, the result of the winning/failure determination is a big hit when the plate-like image 30 rotates in the second direction. The setting is such that there is a high probability that By doing so, it is possible to draw attention to the direction of rotation of the plate-shaped image 30 in the rotation effect.

Fifth Concrete Example As described above, the plate-like image 30 rotates in the rotating effect. Since the plate-like image 30 appears as a result of being displayed as if the reference image 20 were displaced with respect to the display area 11, the image may not look like a "plate". be. A situation in which the plate-shaped image 30 does not look like a “plate” leads to a decrease in the presentation effect.

In order to reduce the possibility of such a situation, an image that appears to rotate the plate-shaped image 30 or prompts the rotation of the plate-shaped image 30 at the time of transition from the displacement state to the post-state ( Below, the rotated image 31) is displayed. For example, an image representing a "rotary table" is displayed as the rotated image 31 (see FIG. 16). A plate-shaped image 30 is placed on a rotating image 31 representing a "rotary table", and the plate-shaped image 30 rotates as the "rotary table" rotates. By displaying the rotated image 31 in this way, it becomes easier to see the plate-like image 30 as if it were an "object" by a device represented by the rotated image 31 or the like. In other words, the possibility that the plate-like image 30 cannot be seen like a "plate" is reduced.

Using the rotating image 31 as a “rotating table” is merely an example. Other examples include an image representing a "wind" blowing in the direction of rotating the plate-shaped image 30, an image representing a "character" rotating the plate-shaped image 30, and the like.

3-3) Image Displacement Effect During Operation Effect It is possible to execute an operation effect for prompting the player to operate the operating means. Since the operation effect itself is known, detailed description is omitted, but it is an effect that provides an operation means that the player can operate and prompts the player to operate the operation means. Any operation means may be used as long as it can be operated by the player. In the following, an example of an operation presentation prompting the operation of the push button 61 (see FIG. 1) will be described, but the operation presentation prompting the operation of the operation unit described above may also be used.

In the operation presentation, an image (operation request image) is basically displayed in the display area 11 to indicate to the player that the push button 61 as an operation means is to be operated. For example, an image representing the push button 61 (hereinafter referred to as an operation image 40) is displayed as the operation request image, or an operation effective period (in this embodiment, an operation effective period) during which the operation of the push button 61 is reflected in an effect. ) is displayed, and an explanation image 42 explaining the required operation mode is displayed. Note that the required operation mode includes a single operation in which the operation means is operated only once, a continuous operation in which the operation means is operated continuously (so-called "continuous hitting" when the operation means is the push button 61), and a state in which the operation is performed. A maintenance operation to maintain (so-called "long press" when the operation means is the push button 61) can be exemplified. It is assumed that the operation effects described below require continuous operations (continuous hits), but the required operation mode can be changed as appropriate. Further, it is assumed that the operation presentation described below is a presentation mode in which the player is requested to defeat the enemy character by successive operations. Defeating an enemy character is set as a successful ending, and not being able to defeat an enemy character is set as a failure ending. Suppose that it is set to be higher (it is determined that the success/failure determination result is a failure when the result is a failure).

In this embodiment, an image displacement effect is generated in the middle of such an operation effect. In other words, the image displacement effect is executed during a part of the period during which the operation effect is being executed. As described above, the image displacement effect is a effect in which the image (reference image 20) appears to be displaced from the display area 11. Therefore, it is necessary to display the operation request images such as the operation image 40 and the meter image 41. Generally, it is not preferable to execute the image displacement effect together with the operation effect of , but in the present embodiment, the image displacement effect is executed during the operation effect as follows.

The operation effect (the operation effect in which the image displacement effect is generated) in this embodiment is roughly divided into a first period, a second period, and a third period. The operation effect progresses in the order of the first period, the second period, and the third period. During the first period, the operation image 40 and the meter image 41 are displayed. It can be said that the start of the operation presentation is indicated to the player by displaying the operation image 40 and the meter image 41 . Since the first period is also an operation valid period, when the push button 61 is operated (when hit repeatedly) during this period, it is reflected in the presentation. For example, every time the push button 61 is operated, an image as if the enemy character is being damaged is displayed (see FIG. 17(a)).

After the first period, it shifts to the second period. The second period is a period during which the image displacement effect occurs. That is, the reference image 20 is displayed as if it were shifted from the display area 11 . Since the image displacement effect is generated during the operation effect, the image displacement effect is generated while ensuring the continuity of the operation effect. The reference image 20 in this embodiment includes an element representing an enemy character and an element representing its background. In other words, the reference image 20 is displayed as if the reference image 20 is shifted from the display area 11 so that the basic elements constituting the operation effect are included in the reference image 20 (see FIG. 17(b)).

On the other hand, during the second period (image displacement effect), the operation of the push button 61 is not reflected in the effect. That is, the second period is the operation ineffective period. In order for the operation of the operation effect to be reflected in the effect, some kind of change must occur in the reference image 20 (in this embodiment, an image as if the enemy character is being damaged is displayed). In the state in which the reference image 20 is displayed as if it is displaced from the display area 11, it is difficult to control the reference image 20 to change when the push button 61 is operated. is large), the operation of the push button 61 is not reflected in the performance.

As will be described later, the third period is an operation valid period in which the operation of the push button 61 is again reflected in the effect. In other words, the second period is an operation ineffective period in which the operation of the push button 61 is not reflected in the effect, but is a period in the middle of the operation effect (state in which the operation effect is not finished). An image showing it is displayed. Specifically, an image (hereinafter referred to as , referred to as a standby image 43) is displayed. In the present embodiment, when the first period transitions to the second period, the explanation image 42 (an image indicating that "continuous tapping" is requested) is maintained while the operation image 40 is included in the reference image 20. ) is replaced with an image including the characters “waiting” (see FIG. 17(b)). The “standby” image corresponds to the standby image 43 . Other aspects of the standby image 43 include "(paused)", "pause mark (a mark of two vertically long rectangles)", and the like. With such a standby image 43, the player can understand that although the operation of the push button 61 is not currently reflected in the performance, the situation may shift to a situation where the operation of the push button 61 is reflected in the performance in the future. easier to feel.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the operation image 40 and the meter image 41 are also displayed during the second period (see FIG. 17B). However, the change of the meter image 41 (decrease of the meter, etc.) is stopped during the second period. This makes it easier for the player to feel that the second period is not the operation valid period (the operation non-valid period).

After the first period, it will shift to the third period. In the third period, the state in which the reference image 20 is displaced from the display area 11 is resolved. As in the first period, the third period is a period in which the operation of the push button 61 is reflected in the effect, so an image similar to that in the first period is displayed in the display area 11 . That is, the operation request image (the operation image 40, the meter image 41, the explanation image 42) and the enemy character are displayed (see FIG. 17(c)). The total length of the operation effective period through the operation effect is the sum of the operation effective period in the first period and the operation effective period in the third period. The change in the meter image 41 (decrease in the meter, etc.), which has stopped in the second period, is restarted with the transition to the third period. By doing so, the player can easily feel that the valid operation period has come again. If the push button 61 is operated (hit repeatedly) during the third period, it will be reflected in the presentation as in the first period. For example, every time the push button 61 is operated, an image is displayed as if the enemy character is being damaged.

Thus, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to execute an interesting effect (a combined effect of the operation effect and the image displacement effect) in which the image displacement effect is generated during the operation effect.

During the period in which the image displacement effect is generated in the operation effect (the second period in the above-described embodiment), the operation of the operating means is not reflected (the operation is not valid period), so that during the operation effect It is possible to suppress an increase in the effect control load due to the occurrence of the image displacement effect.

During the operation ineffective period (the second period in the above embodiment), the standby image 43 is displayed as if to indicate that the operation effective period will shift in the future. is reflected in the effect (the third period in the above embodiment).

Hereinafter, specific examples in which the items related to the image displacement effect during the operation effect are improved, embodied, modified, etc. will be described. It should be noted that, as far as possible, a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of techniques described using the following specific examples are combined and applied.

○ First specific example The operation effect (operation effect in which the image displacement effect occurs) in the above embodiment has a first period (operation effective period), a second period (operation non-effective period), and a third period (operation effective period). Although it was explained that it progresses like this, this is just an example. It is sufficient that the image displacement effect is generated during the operation effect, and the operation ineffective period is set during the image displacement effect. For example, a configuration in which an operation ineffective period in which the standby image 43 is displayed starts simultaneously with the start of the operation effect (a configuration in which the operation ineffective period is from the start of the operation effect until a predetermined time elapses). good too.

Second Specific Example In the above-described embodiment, the period during which the image displacement effect is occurring is the operation ineffective period, but the period during which the image displacement effect is occurring may be the operation valid period. The reason why the period during which the image displacement effect is generated is set as the operation ineffective period is to suppress an increase in the control load. good too.

○Third specific example In a certain type of operation effect, it is set that the image displacement effect may or may not occur. Then, it is assumed that there is a high probability that the outcome of the operation presentation will be a successful outcome (in other words, the probability that the success/failure determination result will be a big hit). In other words, the setting is such that the occurrence of the image displacement effect is a so-called chance-up. In this way, it is possible for the player to pay attention to whether or not the image displacement effect is generated in the operation effect.

○Fourth Specific Example In the above embodiment, the change in the meter image 41 (decrease in the meter, etc.) stops during the period in which the image displacement effect is occurring, that is, during the operation ineffective period, and then when the operation effective period starts. Although it has been described that the game is restarted, the meter image 41 may not be displayed during the period in which the image displacement effect is occurring (see FIG. 18). Even in this way, the player can easily feel that the period during which the image displacement effect is occurring is not the operation valid period (the operation non-valid period).

As in the above embodiment, the first period (operation valid period), the second period (operation non-valid period), and the third period (operation valid period), that is, the operation non-operation period during the operation valid period When the effective period is set, the meter image 41 is erased at the end of the previous operation effective period (first period), and the meter image is displayed again at the start of the subsequent operation effective period (third period). 41 is displayed, the state of the meter image 41 at the end of the previous effective period of operation may be taken over to the state of the meter image 41 at the start of the subsequent effective period of operation. preferable. If the setting is such that the meter decreases or increases over time, make sure that the meter amount at the end of the previous operation effective period matches the meter amount at the start of the subsequent operation effective period. do it.

Note that the meter image 41 described in the above embodiment and this example is merely an example. The meter image 41 may be anything as long as it visually indicates to the player the remaining operation valid period. For example, it is assumed that the meter image 41 also includes a "number" itself (such as a countdown) that indicates the remaining operation valid period.

Even if the meter image 41 is not displayed in the second period, it is preferable to keep the operation image 40 displayed (see FIG. 18). This is because if the operation image 40 is not displayed, it becomes difficult to understand that the second period is in the middle of the operation effect (that the operation effect is continuing). In other words, the player may feel that the operation effect has ended when the second period is started. However, in the second period, it is not denied that the operation image 40 is not displayed in the same way as the meter image 41 is displayed.

○ Fifth specific example A sensor that can detect a part of the player's body is provided, and the player's own hand, etc. is detected by the sensor. , and an image displacement effect may be generated during the operation effect.

3-4) Suggestion of Game Progress Using Image Displacement Effect It is possible to suggest progress of the game by using image displacement effect. In this embodiment, it is suggested that post-rendering may be executed using image displacement rendering. Any specific aspect of the post-production may be used. The post-effect in this embodiment is a ready-to-win effect in which whether or not the win/loss determination result is a jackpot is indicated by the mode of ending of the effect. During a series of notification performances (performances from the start of variation of the identification pattern 70 to the stop with the combination indicating the success/failure determination result) for informing a certain success/failure determination result, the post-fact performance does not occur in the case where the post-fact performance occurs. In other words, the probability that the result of the winning/losing determination will be a big win is higher than in other cases.

Since the image displacement effect is displayed as if the reference image 20 were displaced with respect to the display area 11, in the displaced state, a portion of the display area 11 other than the portion where the reference image 20 is displayed is inevitably displayed. (This portion is hereinafter referred to as a specific region 12). The specific area 12 is used to suggest the progress of the game. Specifically, an image indicating a post-effect that may occur in the future (hereinafter, the image is referred to as a suggestive image 50) is displayed in the specific area 12 (see FIG. 19(a)). . The suggestive image 50 may directly or indirectly represent (implicit) the post-effect. As the suggestive image 50 directly representing the post-effect, an image including characters representing the name of the post-effect can be exemplified. An example of the suggestive image 50 indirectly representing the post-production is an image including a character appearing in the post-production. In addition, the suggestive image 50 may be partially hidden by the reference image 20 . In this way, the suggestion image 50 is displayed in the specific area 12 generated by the occurrence of the image displacement effect, so that the player feels that the effect suggested by the image (post effect) will occur. impression will be received.

Post-rendering is not always executed after image displacement rendering. A post-facto effect may or may not be executed. Assuming that the ending in which the post-effect is executed after the image displacement effect is the advanced ending, and the ending in which the post-effect is not executed is the non-progressive ending, the reference image 20 is in its original state (the state in which it is not displaced with respect to the display area 11). If it does not return to the original state, it is a progressive ending (see FIG. 19B), and if it returns to the original state, it is a non-progressive ending (see FIG. 19C). In other words, returning the reference image 20 to its original state means that the suggestive image 50 displayed in the specific area 12 becomes invisible (disappears), so that the player can visually recognize that the post-effect will not be performed. It is possible to grasp it objectively (as an image), and it becomes an easy-to-understand flow of production.

When the progress ends, the suggestive image 50 is enlarged to a predetermined size. In other words, the specific area 12 where the suggestive image 50 is displayed is enlarged to a predetermined range. In the present embodiment, when the game ends, the suggestive image 50 (specific area 12) is enlarged to substantially cover the entire display area 11 (see FIG. 19B). By doing so, the player can visually (as an image) grasp that the transition to the post-effect is to be performed, and the flow of the effect is easy to understand.

Hereinafter, specific examples of improvements, realizations, modifications, etc. of the game progress suggestions using the image displacement effects will be described. It should be noted that, as far as possible, a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of techniques described using the following specific examples are combined and applied.

○First Specific Example A plurality of types of post effects may be set that may suggest progress using image displacement effects. A suggestive image 50 associated with each post-effect is provided. The suggestive images 50 are distinguishable from each other and directly or indirectly represent post-effects suggested by the respective suggestive images.

When multiple types of post-effects are set in this way, it is conceivable that the suggestive image 50 associated with each post-effect is to include the reliability element 51 . For example, post-effect A, post-effect B, and post-effect C are set, and the reliability of the jackpot of each effect increases in that order (post-effect C is the highest). In this case, the suggestive image A (see FIG. 20(a)) of the post-effect A has a “one star mark”, and the suggestive image B (see FIG. 20(b)) of the post-effect B has a “two star mark”. , the suggestive image C (see FIG. 20(c)) of the post-effect C includes the "three-star mark". In other words, it is assumed that the reliability element 51 indicating the degree of reliability of the big win includes the "mark of the number of stars". By doing so, at the stage when the suggestive image 50 is displayed (the stage at which the player does not know whether or not the post-performance will be executed), the standard of the reliability of the big win that may be executed is grasped. It is possible to For example, when the suggestive image C is displayed, the player strongly desires that the progress will end.

Second Specific Example It is assumed that the suggestive image 50 is the first image of the post-effect (the first frame image of the post-effect that is a video). As in the above-described embodiment, when the progression ends, the suggestive image 50 is enlarged to substantially the entire area of the display area 11, and if post-effects occur thereafter, the suggestive image 50 is displayed on substantially the entire area of the display area 11. The suggestive image 50 thus obtained may be matched with the image at the start of the post-effect. By doing so, it is possible to smoothen the flow from the image displacement effect (the image displacement effect at the end of the progress) to the post effect.

○Third Specific Example In the above-described embodiment, it was explained that the post-effect is not necessarily executed after the suggestive image 50 is displayed in the specific area 12. However, the suggestive image 50 is displayed in the specific area 12. After is displayed, the setting may be such that the post-production is always executed. In other words, the post effect corresponding to the suggestive image 50 displayed in the specific area 12 may always occur.

○Fourth Concrete Example It is assumed that the aspect of the suggestive image 50 suggests the probability that the post-effect will be executed afterward (probability that it will be the progress ending). For example, as the image displacement effect, it is assumed that a plurality of types of effects with different sizes of the suggestive image 50 (the specific region 12) can occur. Depending on the size of the suggestive image 50, it is assumed that the probability of subsequent occurrence of the post-rendering is different.

As in the above-described embodiment, when the post-rendering effect is executed when the suggestive image 50 is enlarged to a predetermined size, the larger the size of the suggestive image 50 displayed in the image displacement effect, the , the probability that it will be the end of the progress (the post-production will occur) should be high. In other words, it can be said that the larger the size of the specific region 12, the higher the probability of the progress ending. The larger the size of the suggestive image 50, the smaller the amount of change until it reaches the predetermined size. In this way, the size of the suggestive image 50 and the probability of the progress ending are linked to form an easy-to-understand presentation. In the example shown in FIG. 21, the size of the suggestive image 50 (specific region 12) is larger in the presentation of FIG. 21(b) than in the presentation of FIG. 21(a). expensive.

It should be noted that the method of setting the difference in the mode of the suggestive image 50 is not limited to that based on the size of the image. For example, a setting is made such that a plurality of suggestive images 50 representing the same post-production but with different color tones (for example, different background colors of the suggestive images 50) can be displayed. It is also conceivable to suggest the probability of the ending.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is by no means limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention.

The gaming machine 1 according to the above-described embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but it can also be applied to other gaming machines such as a reel-type gaming machine equipped with a display device, except for items that utilize the unique configuration of pachinko gaming machines. Similar technical ideas are applicable.

Specific means (gaming machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.

・ Means 1-1
A display device having a display area, a vibrating device that generates vibration that a player can feel, and a reference image that is displaced from the display area from a reference state in which the reference image is displayed in the display area. and an effect execution means for executing an image displacement effect in which the displacement state is changed to a displacement state displayed as if it had occurred, and when the image displacement effect changes from the reference state to the displacement state, the vibration by the vibration device is generated. A game machine characterized by the fact that it may occur.
According to the gaming machine described above, since the image displacement effect can be shown more realistically, the amusement of the game is improved.

・ Means 1-2
When vibration is generated by the vibrating device in the image displacement effect, there is a higher probability that an event advantageous to the player will subsequently occur, compared to when vibration is not generated by the vibrating device in the image displacement effect. The gaming machine according to means 1-1, characterized in that it is set so that
According to the game machine, when vibration occurs and the displacement of the reference image is emphasized, an advantageous phenomenon is more likely to occur than when vibration does not occur, which is easy to understand. It is possible to realize

・ Means 1-3
The image displacement effect is set so as to generate a normal mode and a special mode in which the displacement of the reference image with respect to the display area is larger than that of the normal mode, and when the image displacement effect is the special mode is the game machine according to means 1-1 or 1-2, wherein vibration is generated by the vibration device.
By doing so, it is possible to create an effect mode that gives the impression that the displacement of the reference image with respect to the display area has increased as a result of the occurrence of the vibration.

・ Means 2-1
a display device having a display area; a reference state in which a reference image is displayed in the display area; and a displacement state in which the reference image is displayed as if it were displaced from the display area after the reference state. , and after the displacement state, an image displacement effect is executed including a post-state in which the portion including the reference image is rotated to reveal the effect image that existed on the back side of the reference image. A game machine characterized by comprising a performance executing means for executing a game.
According to the gaming machine described above, since the flow until the effect image becomes clear is novel, it is possible to improve the amusement of the game.

・ Means 2-2
The displaced state is a state in which the reference image is three-dimensionally displaced with respect to the display area, and a plate-shaped image representing the reference image is displayed on one side. The means 2-1 characterized in that the state is a state in which the plate-like image is rotated so that the effect image existing on the other side of the plate-like image becomes apparent. The game machine described.
In this way, by using the reference image displaced three-dimensionally with respect to the display area as a plate, it is possible to realize an effect mode as if the effect image existed on the opposite side of the reference image. .

・ Means 2-3
After the post-state, the effect image is displayed so as to expand toward the outer edge of the display area, thereby switching the scene from the state in which the reference image is displayed to the state in which the effect image is displayed. The gaming machine according to means 2-1 or 2-2, characterized in that
With such a configuration, the scene switching from the state in which the reference image is displayed to the state in which the effect image is displayed can be made interesting.

・ Means 3-1
A display device having a display area, and an image displacement rendering that changes from a standard state in which a reference image is displayed in the display area to a displaced state in which the reference image is displayed as if it were displaced with respect to the display area. An image displacement effect execution means to be executed, an operation means operable by a player, and an operation effect execution means for executing an operation effect to prompt the player to operate the operation means, and during the operation effect. A gaming machine characterized in that the image displacement effect can occur.
According to the gaming machine described above, it is possible to execute an interesting effect (a combined effect of the operation effect and the image displacement effect) in which the image displacement effect is generated during the operation effect.

・ Means 3-2
The game machine according to means 3-1, wherein the period during which the image displacement effect is generated in the operation effect is an operation ineffective period in which the operation of the operating means is not reflected in the effect.
By setting the period during which the image displacement effect is occurring in the operation effect as an operation ineffective period in which the operation of the operation means is not reflected, the increase in the effect control load caused by the occurrence of the image displacement effect during the operation effect can be reduced. can be suppressed.

・ Means 3-3
In the operation effect, after the operation non-valid period, an operation valid period is set in which the operation of the operation means is reflected in the effect. The gaming machine according to means 3-2, characterized in that the game machine according to means 3-2 is characterized by displaying that the operation of the operation means will be reflected in the future without being reflected.
By doing so, it is possible to clearly indicate that the operation of the operating means will be reflected in the presentation in the future, although the operation is currently in the invalid period.

・ Means 4-1
A display device having a display area, and an image displacement presentation in which a state in which a reference image is displayed in the display area is changed to a state in which the reference image is displayed as if it were displaced with respect to the display area. and an effect execution means for suggesting progress of a game in a specific area generated by changing to a state in which the reference image is displayed as if it were displaced with respect to the display area in the image displacement effect. A game machine characterized by displaying a suggestive image.
The above game machine can execute an interesting effect in which the progress of the game is suggested by using the image displacement effect (using the specific area generated by the image displacement effect).

・ Means 4-2
The gaming machine according to means 4-1, characterized in that, when the reference image does not return to its original state after the suggestive image is displayed, the post-performance shown in the suggestive image is executed.
Returning the reference image to its original state means that the suggestive image displayed in the specific area becomes invisible (disappears). Therefore, by setting the transition to the post-effect when the reference image does not return to its original state, the flow of the effect becomes easy to understand.

・ Means 4-3
Means 4- characterized in that, after the suggestive image is displayed, when the specific area in which the suggestive image is displayed is expanded to a predetermined range, the post-performance shown in the suggestive image is executed. 2. The gaming machine described in 2.
By doing so, the player can visually (as an image) grasp that the transition to the post-effect is to be performed, and the flow of the effect is easy to understand.

1 Gaming machine 10 Display device 11 Display area 12 Specific area 20 Reference image 20K Frame image 21 Effect image 30 Plate-like image 31 Rotation image 40 Operation image 41 Meter image 42 Explanation image 43 Standby image 50 Suggestion image 51 Reliability element 60 Vibration device 61 push button (operating means)
70 identification pattern

Claims (2)

a display device having a display area;
an effect executing means for executing an image displacement effect in which a reference image is displayed in the display area, and the reference image is displayed in the display area as if it were displaced from the display area;
with
If the ending after the image displacement effect is executed is not a non-progressive ending but a progressive ending, one of a plurality of types of post- effects is executed ,
In the image displacement effect, the reference image is displayed as if it were displaced with respect to the display area. A suggestive image suggesting one of the post-productions as the target post-production is displayed,
The game machine is characterized in that, after the image displacement effect, the reference image returns to the size of the reference state, the specific area disappears, and the suggestive image is not displayed, which is defined as the non-advancement ending. The image displacement effect and the post effect are executed as part of the notification effect from when the identification pattern for informing the result of the success/failure judgment starts to change until it stops in a manner indicating the result of the success/failure judgment,
The plurality of types of post-production effects have different degrees of reliability, which is the probability that the result of the judgment result will be a hit,
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the suggestive image includes a reliability element that suggests the reliability corresponding to the type of the post-effect that is the target post-effect.

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