JP5273852B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine which displays direction according to a game condition without increasing the number of variable patterns. <P>SOLUTION: Some forms of Pachinko machines basically display a reverberation direction when the result of a lottery draw is a win; however, when the execution of an additional variation (the display of additional direction) is determined, the reverberation direction is eliminated to display the additional direction. Therefore, a special variation pattern selected when the result of a lottery draw is a win is switched to a normal variation pattern to display the additional variation to be continuous following the varied pattern display of the normal variation pattern, so that a stationary winning pattern is displayed during the variation stop. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to an effect control technique in a ball game machine.

  Various types of pachinko machines are popular as bullet ball machines. Among conventional pachinko gaming machines, when a game ball is dropped into a starting port formed on a game board, a random determination value is randomly acquired as a result. The acquired winning / losing lottery values are temporarily stored, for example, up to four as reserved balls. Then, the holding balls are sequentially read one by one. The read / failed lottery value thus read is determined to be a winner, the symbol called a special symbol is variably displayed, and the result of the success / failure determination is notified to the player by the stop display mode of the special symbol.

  When notifying the player of the determination result, special symbols may be used to notify the player. However, during the special symbol variation display period, the symbol for the purpose of production called decoration symbol or effect symbol is displayed in a variable manner. Thus, there is a case where an effect that further increases the player's expectation for the jackpot is executed. When the production is performed in this way, the variation pattern that determines the variation mode of the special symbol and the variation pattern that defines the variation mode of the decoration symbol are managed in a one-to-one correspondence to cope with the selection of the variation pattern. An effect pattern can be determined.

By the way, in order to increase the player's expectation and interest, it is desirable that a large number of performance patterns are prepared, but since the data capacity of the storage medium mounted on the gaming machine is limited, the performance pattern data is It cannot be increased unnecessarily. Therefore, a method of adding an additional effect to the basic effect as an effect pattern has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to such a method, even if the basic effect is the same, the variation of the effect can be enriched by changing the additional effect combined therewith. On the other hand, since the variation is ensured by the number of combinations of basic effects and additional effects, the number of effect pattern data can be suppressed, which contributes to the reduction of the data amount. Also, the corresponding variation pattern can be set in the form of a basic variation pattern and additional variation, and the enlargement of the pattern table can be suppressed.
JP 2008-36139 A

  However, since the variation pattern is randomly selected by lottery as described above, the content of the selected variation pattern does not necessarily match the content of the additional variation determined to be assigned. For example, in the case of providing a variation pattern in which the way of displaying the symbol variation differs depending on the result of success / failure, if the same additional variation is accompanied, there is a possibility that a sense of incongruity is produced in the rendering pattern corresponding to one of them.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and its purpose is to provide a ball game that can produce an effect display with a sense of incongruity while maintaining the consistency when an additional variation is accompanied with the determined variation pattern. Is to provide a machine.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention includes a game board on which a game area is formed, a start prize opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area and into which a game ball can enter. , A lottery means for performing the winning / losing lottery upon entering the starting prize opening, a display device provided at a predetermined position in the game area and displaying the variation of the symbol indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery, and the result of the winning / losing lottery A plurality of variation patterns in which the variation process from the start to the end of the variation of the symbol to indicate is determined is held, and one of the plurality of variation patterns is selected by lottery according to the result of the success / failure lottery. A pattern determining means for determining whether or not to additionally display a specific symbol variation having a specific variation process so as to be continuous with the variation display of the symbol according to the variation pattern, and a pattern determining unit; Comprising display control means for controlling the variable display of symbols in accordance with the constant by variation pattern. The pattern determining means sets a specific variation pattern determined in advance when the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined.

  According to this aspect, the specific symbol variation is prepared in a form that can be continued to at least one of the plurality of variation patterns. For this reason, the variation pattern variation can be enriched not only by a plurality of variation patterns but also by a combination of the variation pattern and the specific symbol variation. On the other hand, since a predetermined specific variation pattern is set with the determination that the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined as a trigger, it is possible to eliminate inconsistency between the variation pattern and the specific symbol variation depending on the result of the success / failure lottery. In other words, it is possible to perform an effect display without a sense of incongruity while maintaining the consistency of symbol variation. In addition, the appearance rate of a specific variation pattern can be adjusted by determining whether to give a specific symbol variation, and a new variation pattern can be selected.

  The pattern determining means, as a plurality of variation patterns, causes the symbol to temporarily stop in a form that appears to be stopped on the symbol indicating the result of the lottery, and for a predetermined period from the temporary stop, the symbol A special variation pattern that stops after a predetermined effect image is additionally displayed while maintaining the temporary stop display state, and a design that shows the result of the lottery without temporarily stopping the design The normal variation pattern may be selected when the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined.

  Here, “selection of normal fluctuation pattern when additional display of specific symbol fluctuation is determined” is to determine the presence or absence of the additional display prior to the determination of the fluctuation pattern at the time of winning or failing lottery. In such a case, the normal variation pattern may be selected regardless of the result of the success / failure lottery. Alternatively, the variation pattern may be determined once according to the result of the lottery determination, and when the special variation pattern is selected when the additional display is determined, the variation pattern may be switched to the normal variation pattern.

  According to this aspect, the temporary change of the symbol is performed by selecting the special variation pattern, and a predetermined effect image is displayed in a predetermined period. Therefore, the player's consciousness can be directed to the predetermined effect image for a predetermined period, and the player's interest can be enhanced depending on the effect contents. On the other hand, when the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined, the normal variation pattern is forcibly set to avoid starting the specific symbol variation with a temporary stop of the symbol. The specific symbol variation can be displayed so as to be continuous with the symbol variation display. That is, it is possible to regulate the blank period of the symbol variation, and as a result, it is possible to perform an effect display without continuous discomfort.

  Specifically, the pattern determining means may hold, as the specific symbol variation, the variation content for displaying the winning symbol indicating that the result of the winning / failing lottery is the winning symbol due to the variation stop as the stopped symbol. And when the result of the lottery decision is a win, the special variation pattern is selected, while when the result of the lottery decision is out of the normal variation pattern, the additional display of the specific symbol variation is decided However, the normal variation pattern may be selected exceptionally even if the result of the lottery is a win.

  In such a case, the “specific symbol variation” is displayed after the symbol indicating a deviation (also referred to as “outlier symbol”) is displayed according to the normal variation pattern, and then the variation is resumed to stop the symbol indicating the winning symbol (also referred to as “winning symbol”). It may be accompanied by a so-called revival effect to be displayed. In addition, when a so-called re-lottery effect is performed in which the winning symbol is displayed after temporarily stopping the normal winning symbol and then the variation is resumed, and the winning symbol resulting in a gaming state with a higher profit state is displayed, the normal changing pattern is selected. In an exceptional case, a normal winning symbol may be stopped and displayed, and a winning symbol having a high profit state may be stopped and displayed due to a specific symbol variation thereafter.

  In this aspect, when the result of the lottery is a win, the symbol is basically temporarily stopped and a predetermined effect image is displayed. The effect image may indicate that the result of the winning / losing lottery is a win due to the temporary stop of the design and leave the lingering effect on the effect. On the other hand, when the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined, even if the result of the lottery is correct, the symbol is not temporarily stopped, and the specific symbol variation is continued so as to follow the symbol variation display of the normal variation pattern. Is displayed, and the symbol is stopped and displayed when the fluctuation is stopped. That is, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable due to the symbol variation being resumed over a predetermined period after the winning symbol is temporarily stopped (more precisely, temporarily stopped). In addition, it is possible to prevent the player's sense of expectation from being lost due to the fact that the winning pattern is determined before the specific symbol variation is started due to the duration of the temporary stop state of the symbol for a predetermined period.

  The pattern determining means may determine whether or not to give the symbol depending on whether or not the symbol indicating the result of the lottery is a predetermined symbol as a predetermined criterion for determining the additional display of the specific symbol variation. In this aspect, since the presence / absence of the additional display of the specific symbol variation is associated not with the symbol variation pattern but with the symbol type, the appearance frequency of the specific effect accompanying the specific symbol variation can be determined by the determination frequency of each symbol. it can. Since it can be determined by a method other than the lottery of the variation pattern, it is possible to widen the range of variations of the production selection. In addition, there is an advantage that it is easy to design an effect accompanied by a specific symbol variation, particularly in a specification in which many types of variation patterns are set rather than symbol types.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, and the like are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the bullet ball game machine of the present invention, when an additional change is accompanied with the determined change pattern, it is possible to provide an effect display without a sense of incongruity while maintaining the consistency.

FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example.
The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, and extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start port 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expanding mechanism of the start port 62. When the expansion mechanism of the start port 62 is expanded, the opening width of the start port 62 is expanded and the ease of entering the ball is improved. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering.

  The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided above the out opening 58 and the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62, and the symbol mode when the change display is stopped is determined to be the winning symbol. When the symbol is a symbol, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing.

  The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60.

  The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery for determining whether or not to expand the expansion mechanism of the start port 62. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect display device 60, and an operation hold lamp 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right of the game area 52, which is a symmetrical position. . The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. Furthermore, game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The operation button 82 is a button that the player operates to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variable display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the elapse of the display time determined prior to the display. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. At this time, the decorative pattern 190 simulating the game of the slot machine takes a display mode in which the three patterns are matched. In the special game, the grand prize winning slot 66 is temporarily closed after being opened for about 30 seconds or after 9 or more game balls are dropped. Such opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, a variable time shortening game (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games is started. In the variation time shortening game, the variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is shortened from the normal time. The variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is returned to the original variation time after the variation display of a predetermined variation number is performed. When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, a probability variation game (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the special game ends Be started. In the probability variation game, a lottery with a higher win probability than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early.

FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine.
The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes the liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and in particular, display contents according to the lottery result by the main board 102. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set substrate 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment.
In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a variation pattern determination unit 115, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game. An execution unit 122 and an opening / closing control unit 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in the present embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 accepts a random number value to determine whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the game ball enters the start port 62. Get as a value. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, the determination result of winning or losing is associated with the winning / losing lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined according to the associated winning range setting. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to a success / failure table for determination of success / failure based on a normal probability in normal times, and refers to a success / failure table in which the winning probability is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure tables and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win. The determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 in an effect manner is variably displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112. Moreover, the symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 by lottery. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol or a normal symbol stop symbol.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132.

  The symbol determining means 114 acquires a lottery random number for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68, and determines a stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the lottery random number. When the stop symbol of the normal symbol is a specific symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the normal electric accessory at the start port 62 for a predetermined time.

  The variation pattern determination means 115 selects any variation pattern from a plurality of types of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery. The variation pattern determining means 115 holds a pattern selection table to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined variation pattern to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132. The variation pattern determination means 115 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns in which variation modes from the variation start to the stop when the special symbol is variably displayed are defined. A plurality of types of variation patterns are defined on the assumption that there are various variation times, short and long, and that symbol variation is also performed by a decorative symbol composed of a plurality of symbols in the variation time. In each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  The variation pattern determining means 115 also determines whether or not to additionally display a specific symbol variation having a specific variation process so as to be continuous with the variation display of the symbol according to the selected variation pattern. To do. In the present embodiment, as a reference for determining whether or not to give this specific symbol variation, whether or not the special symbol is stopped is determined depending on whether or not the special symbol stop symbol is a predetermined symbol, details of which will be described later. In the modification, an assignment determination lottery value for determining whether or not to give a specific symbol variation may be acquired, and the assignment may be determined depending on whether or not the result is a predetermined result. When it is determined that the specific symbol variation is given, the variation time value of the specific symbol variation is added as an adjustment value to the variation time value of the selected variation pattern. The variation pattern determining means 115 holds an adjustment table to be referred to in order to determine whether or not to give a specific symbol variation.

  In the pattern selection table of the present embodiment, basically, when the result of the lottery is win, a special variation pattern with a reverberation effect that produces the reverberation is selected, and when it is out of the way, A normal variation pattern not accompanied by a long reverberation effect is selected. However, when the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined, the variation pattern determining means 115 switches to the normal variation pattern even if the special variation pattern has already been selected. The specific contents of the specific symbol variation and the reverberation effect and details of the variation pattern switching process will be described later.

  The hold control means 116 holds the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the winning / failing lottery means 112 as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value is accumulated until the number of holds reaches a predetermined upper limit. The upper limit of the number of holds is 4.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a special symbol variation display according to the variation pattern determined by the symbol determination unit 114. The main display control means 118 transmits the change start command and the change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol, so that the main display control means 118 and the effect display are displayed. The fluctuation display by the control means 134 is synchronized and interlocked. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

  The special game control means 120 controls the execution process of the special game when the result of the lottery determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is configured by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. The unit game is repeated up to 15 times, for example, and the grand prize opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. If the number of continuations of the unit game has not reached the upper limit number, the special game control means 120 starts the next unit game after the end of the current unit game. When the upper limit number of unit games is exhausted, the special game is terminated.

  The specific game execution means 122 executes control for shifting the game state from the normal state to the specific game state, and control for returning the specific game state to the normal state. The specific game in the present embodiment has a probability change in which the winning probability of the winning / failing lottery is switched from a normal probability state to a high probability state, and a short time in which the symbol variation time is switched from a normal time to a short time.

  The specific game executing means 122 shifts the gaming state after the special game to the probability changing state when the winning / failing lottery value is a value to be shifted to the probability changing state. The probability variation state is continued until the next jackpot is generated in principle, and during that time, the probability of the hit determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is maintained at a high value. In addition, the specific game executing means 122 shifts the game state to the time-shortened state after the special game regardless of the winning lottery value. The short time is continued until the number of changes of the special symbol after the special game reaches a predetermined number, for example, 100 times.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage means 130 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative design 190 and the display process thereof are determined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of variation effect patterns in which the variation process from the variation start to the stop in the variation display of the decoration symbol 190 and the effect process are defined, and the variation display of the decoration symbol, and the degree of expectation to the jackpot And a plurality of notice effect patterns suggesting the height of the notice.

  The effect determining unit 132 determines the variation effect pattern according to the result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery unit 112, according to the stop symbol of the special symbol and the variation pattern (variation time value) of the special symbol. The effect determining means 132 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the variation effect pattern, and selects an effect pattern having a display time equal to the variation time of the special symbol. The effect determining means 132 sends information on the determined variation effect pattern to the effect display control means 134.

  In the variation effect pattern, a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-order symbol combination and a out-of-combination symbol combination (also referred to as “out-of-line symbol combination”) are displayed through a reach state that is a big win if one more symbols are aligned. And a pattern for displaying a jackpot symbol combination (also referred to as a “hit symbol combination”) through the reach state. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. For example, reach reach patterns such as normal reach that does not involve development in production such as background switching, and super reach that enhances reliability for jackpots, including development in production by producing a story with a specific character, etc. . Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining unit 132 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  In this embodiment, as described above, when the result of the lottery determination is a win, an effect pattern including a reverberation effect is selected. This reverberation effect temporarily displays the winning symbol combination at the end of the change of the decorative symbol, and displays an effect so that the player can enjoy the winning reverberation. “Temporary stop” here means a display state in which the decorative symbols slightly move in such a manner that the winning symbol combination appears to be stopped in appearance. When the above-described special variation pattern is selected as the variation pattern of the special symbol by the variation pattern determination unit 115, the effect determination unit 132 selects an effect pattern including a reverberation effect as the effect pattern of the decorative design. Then, when an effect pattern including the reverberation effect is selected, the winning symbol combination is temporarily stopped, and the effect image of the reverberation effect is maintained while maintaining the temporary stop display state of the decorative symbol for a predetermined period from the temporary stop. Is displayed. When the reverberation effect ends, the winning combination is stopped and displayed.

  On the other hand, when the result of the lottery determination is unacceptable, an effect pattern that does not include a reverberation effect is selected. In that case, the temporary stop of the decorative symbol as described above is not performed, and the off symbol combination is stopped as it is. However, when the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined by the variation pattern determining means 115 as described above, the switching to the normal variation pattern is performed even if the special variation pattern has already been selected. An effect pattern that does not include is selected. Therefore, after the effect display by the effect pattern corresponding to the normal variation pattern, the effect display by the specific symbol variation is performed, and the winning symbol combination is stopped and displayed at the end of the specific symbol variation.

  The symbol form determining means 131 determines the combination and arrangement of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols in accordance with the result of the lottery by the pass / fail lottery means 112, the special symbol stop symbol, the special symbol variation pattern, and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern. To do. The symbol form determination unit 131 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect display control unit 134. The symbol form determining means 131 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates the transition to the special game, three symbols such as “777” and “111” are arranged. A combination is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols are selected as the numbers arranged as the decorative symbols. For example, when the special symbol is “3”, the decorative symbol is “333”. In the case where the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946” is selected. However, if the determination result is that the game does not shift to the special game, and the variation pattern of the special symbol indicating the detachment with reach or the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol is selected, “191” or “727” is selected. "A combination that does not have only one symbol, such as"

  The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests in advance that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, there are a normal notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a large number of characters are displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the higher the number of stages is, the higher the expectation for the big hit is included.

  The notice effect pattern includes a pattern in which the effect is executed at a timing after the display form of the decorative symbol 190 reaches the reach state and the final stop state of the symbol is notified, and no decorative symbol 190 is stopped. There is a pattern in which the performance is executed at the timing and the reach is reached at the same time.

  The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to display the notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the result of the lottery determination, and determines the notice effect pattern to be displayed. The effect determining means 132 holds a notice determination table that should be referred to in order to determine whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table that should be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice decision table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the result of the lottery, and if the lottery is a win, the notice lottery will be displayed with a higher probability than if it was missed. Correspondence between whether to display the result and the notice effect is determined. Thereby, the high expectation degree to the jackpot can be suggested by displaying the notice effect itself.

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image including the decorative pattern on the effect display device 60 according to the selected change effect pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112.

  The effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the notice effect. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect display control means 134, the accessory control means 136 causes the movable accessory 140 to act in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

  Next, specific contents of the specific symbol variation and the reverberation effect will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect display screen based on a special variation pattern selected when the result of the winning / losing lottery is a win. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen example of an effect display based on the normal variation pattern selected when the result of the lottery is incorrect. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect display screen with specific symbol variation.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the display area 194 of the effect display device 60, the decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed in the substantially central region, and a notice effect is provided so as to be superimposed on the variable display of the decorative symbol 190. The various effect images are displayed. In the example shown in the figure, the left and right symbols are stopped and displayed as “7” after the display of the decorative symbols 190 is started, and the super reach is achieved. Then, after the reach effect has been performed, the central symbol is temporarily stopped at “7” constituting the symbol combination, and the player is informed of the occurrence of the big hit. Just before the temporary stop, a so-called roaring effect is performed in which the central symbol reciprocates at a low speed around “7”. After that, the display of the decorative pattern 190 is once moved to the corner of the screen, and the temporary stop state is maintained, and the jackpot reverberation effect is displayed in the center of the display area 194. In the example shown in the figure, as a reverberation effect, the characters “I did it!” Are displayed along with the firework launch image. Then, after the reverberation effect for the predetermined period, the central symbol “7” is completely stopped and the variation display of the decorative symbol 190 is ended. In this way, the period from the start of change to the complete stop of the decorative symbol 190 is the symbol variation time of the special variation pattern. For this reason, during the process, the central symbol is displayed as a temporary stop (fine motion display) for convenience. The player can obtain a jackpot satisfaction by seeing the reverberation effect.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, such a reverberation effect is not performed when the result of the lottery determination is out of place. In the example shown in the figure, the left and right symbols are stopped and displayed as “7” after the display of the decorative symbols 190 is started, and the super reach is achieved. Then, after the reach effect is performed, the central symbol is turned over through the effect and completely stopped at “6” constituting the symbol combination. 4 and 5, the same kind of super reach effect is selected, but it differs greatly depending on whether or not there is a reverberation effect. That is, even with the same type of variation pattern, the reverberation effect and variation time are longer in the case where the result of winning / failing lottery is winning than in the case where the result is winning.

  In addition, in this embodiment, in addition to the normal winning effect and the off effect, on the condition that the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined, the result of the lottery is once displayed in a form different from the fact, and then To display an additional effect for displaying the actual winning / losing lottery result. In the present embodiment, a rebirth effect is displayed that may be shown to the player as being out of place and then notified of the win. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 6, the left and right symbols are stopped and displayed at “7” after the decorative symbol 190 is started to be displayed in a super reach. Then, after the reach effect is performed, the central symbol is turned over, and it appears that the central symbol is disengaged and temporarily stopped at “6” constituting the symbol combination, immediately before the central symbol is stopped and displayed. The fluctuation has been resumed. That is, after the reach effect is resumed as a revival reach, the central symbol is hit and displayed at “7” constituting the symbol combination. Immediately before the stop, the above-described roaring effect may be performed. In this way, it is possible to change the feeling of disappointment of the player into a climax feeling at a stretch by performing the effect that it was actually a hit and it is a hit, and the gap makes the effect on the effect more effective It becomes like this.

  FIG. 7 is a timing chart in which the configuration of the variation pattern including the same type of effect is compared. The upper part of the figure represents the hit special variation corresponding to FIG. 4 without additional display of the specific symbol variation. The middle part of the figure represents a normal deviation that corresponds to FIG. 5 without additional display of specific symbol fluctuations. The lower part of the figure represents the additional fluctuation corresponding to FIG. 6 accompanied by the additional display of the specific symbol fluctuation. The horizontal axis of the figure represents the passage of time.

  As shown in the figure, even if the hit special variation is accompanied by the super reach effect of the same content, the variation time of the symbol is longer than the normal variation due to the presence of the reverberation effect. On the other hand, when the additional display of the specific symbol variation (also referred to as “additional variation display”) is determined, the reverberation effect is not performed exceptionally even if the result of the success / failure lottery is a win, The revival effect variation (revival variation) is started so as to be continuous with the variation, and the symbol variation is stopped after the revival effect ends. When performing the resurrection variation, the variation pattern of the normal variation is selected as the variation pattern so as not to provide a blank period for the reverberation effect. In other words, even if the winning / raising lottery result is a hit, the variation pattern of the normal variation is selected, and the sense of incongruity due to the production delay or inconsistency is prevented. In the present embodiment, the additional fluctuation is not limited to the case where the result of the lottery is a win, but may be displayed when it is out of place as will be described later.

FIG. 8 is a data structure diagram of a pattern selection table used when determining a special symbol variation pattern.
This pattern determination table shows data to be referred to when the variation pattern determining means 115 determines the variation pattern of the special symbol. The variation pattern determination means 115 acquires the pattern determination lottery value from the range of “0 to 255” prior to the special symbol variation display. Based on the pattern determination lottery value and the result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112, the variation time of the special symbol is determined. Each variation pattern is assigned a variation pattern number (not shown) for identifying the variation pattern.

  If the result of the winning / failing lottery is a win, depending on the range of the pattern determination lottery value, the fluctuation pattern without the reach effect is 10 seconds, the fluctuation pattern with the normal reach A effect is 25 seconds, the normal reach B effect A variation pattern with a variation time of 35 seconds, a variation pattern with an effect of Super Reach C of 55 seconds, and a variation pattern with an effect of Super Reach D of 65 seconds are selected. Here, the effect of normal reach A is an effect of single line reach in which one reach line (referred to as “reach line”) is formed on the effective line set on the screen. The effect of normal reach B is a pattern that generates a big hit with a multi-reach effect. The multi-reach effect is an effect in which a plurality of reach lines are formed on the effective line. The production of Super Reach C involves a change of background and production of a story by a specific character, so the variation time is considerably long. Similarly, the effect of Super Reach D is an effect different from Super Reach C. The variation patterns in the case where the result of the winning / failing lottery is winning is a special variation pattern with the above-mentioned reverberation effect at the end of the variation.

  On the other hand, even if the result of the lottery determination is out of place, the variation pattern without the reach effect, the variation pattern with the effect of normal reach A, the change pattern with the effect of normal reach B, the super reach C depending on the range of the pattern determination lottery value The variation pattern with the production of No. and the variation pattern with the production of Super Reach D are respectively selected. However, the variation patterns when the results of the lottery determination are out of place are all normal variation patterns with no reverberation effect, and the variation time is shortened by the absence of the reverberation effect.

  FIG. 9 is a data structure diagram of a symbol range table used when determining a special symbol and an adjustment table used when determining whether or not to add a specific symbol variation. For convenience of explanation, the illustrated table is described so as to serve as both the symbol range table and the adjustment table, but actually, the table may be provided separately for each table.

  The symbol range table indicates data to be referred to when the symbol determining unit 114 determines a stop symbol of a specific symbol. The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value from a range of “0 to 255” prior to determination of a special symbol stop symbol. In the present embodiment, “0” to “9” are set to be selectable as the stop symbols of the special symbols. Actually, various symbol candidates including those other than numerals can be set, but the types are illustrated for convenience of explanation. In the example shown in the figure, an odd symbol is selected when the result of the winning / failing lottery is a win, and an even symbol is selected when the lottery is missed.

  On the other hand, the adjustment table indicates data to be referred to when the variation pattern determining unit 115 determines whether or not to add the specific symbol variation. The variation pattern determination means 115 acquires stop symbol information of the special symbol determined by the symbol determination means 114 prior to determining whether or not to add the above-described additional variation. If the result of the lottery is a win, if the symbol determined at that time is “1” or “7”, the addition of additional variation is determined and the above-mentioned revival effect is displayed, but other odd symbols are displayed. If this is the case, no additional fluctuation is given. On the other hand, when the result of the lottery is wrong, if the symbol determined at that time is “4”, addition of additional variation is determined, but if it is any other even symbol, additional variation is added. Not. As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, the probability that the revival effect is displayed is set to be considerably higher in the case where the result of the winning / failing lottery is win than in the case of being out of place. Because it has the gameability that the position of "Restoration effect" is actually a hit even if it displays a detachment once, the probability that an exceptional effect that will eventually be removed while the revival effect is displayed is considerably reduced It is. In the modified example, when the result of the lottery determination is out of the range, at least the additional fluctuation accompanied by the “revival effect” may not be selected. That is, in the example shown in the drawing, even if the determined symbol is “4”, the additional variation may not be given.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or when the game ball has passed through the operation port 68 (S10). (N in S12), control processing for normal games such as winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if a special game is in progress (Y in S12), control processing for special game is executed (S16), from S10 to S16 In step S18, prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG.
In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change pattern data. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S46), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). At this time, if the result of the lottery determination is successful, a special variation pattern with a reverberation effect is selected, and if not, a normal variation pattern is selected.

  Subsequently, the variation pattern determining means 115 determines whether or not to add an additional variation (specific symbol variation) to the determined variation pattern based on the determined special symbol stop symbol and the result of the success / failure lottery. Determine (S50). If addition of additional fluctuation is determined (Y in S52), if the result of the lottery is successful (Y in S54), the special fluctuation pattern determined in S48 is switched to the normal fluctuation pattern (S56). The pattern is adjusted (S58). That is, a deviation variation pattern corresponding to the hit variation pattern determined in S48, that is, a different variation pattern but the same variation pattern type is selected, and a variation pattern obtained by continuously adding additional variation is selected as a special symbol. Set as a variation pattern. At this time, the fluctuation time value of the fluctuation pattern is obtained by adding the fluctuation time value of the additional fluctuation to the fluctuation time value of the outlier fluctuation pattern.

  On the other hand, if the result of the lottery determination is out of place (N in S54), the process of S56 is skipped and the variation pattern is adjusted (S58). That is, the variation pattern obtained by continuously adding the additional variation to the out-of-range variation pattern determined in S48 is set as the variation pattern of the special symbol. At this time, the fluctuation time value of the fluctuation pattern is obtained by adding the fluctuation time value of the additional fluctuation to the fluctuation time value of the outlier fluctuation pattern. If addition of additional variation is not determined in S52 (N in S52), the processing from S54 to S58 is skipped.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S60), and selects the decorative symbol effect pattern according to the variation pattern of the special symbols (S62). That is, when a variation pattern with additional variation is determined, the effect pattern is determined according to the variation pattern after adjustment of the variation time value. Then, it is made to appear to stop and be displayed once in the combination of symbols that have been removed, and then an effect pattern for displaying the effect of revival is determined. As a result, if the result of the lottery is a win, the winning symbol combination is stopped and displayed by the revival effect. If the result of the lottery determination is out of place, the out-of-combination symbol combination is stopped and displayed despite the revival effect.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail S16 in FIG.
First, if the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S70), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S72), and the open / close control means 124 opens the special prize opening 66 (S74). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S72 and S74 are skipped (Y in S70). When the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S76), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When the player has entered the ball (Y in S78), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S80). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S78), the processing after S80 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

  If the number of rounds of the unit game has reached 15 after closing the special winning opening 66 in S80 (Y in S82), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S84), and the special game control means 120 ends the special game (S86). If the number of rounds has not reached 15 (N in S82), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S90).

  As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, when the result of the winning / failing lottery is a win, the reverberation effect is basically displayed, but the execution of the additional variation (display of the additional effect) is determined. In the case where it is done, the reverberation effect is omitted and the additional effect is displayed. Therefore, the special variation pattern selected when the result of the lottery is a win is switched to the normal variation pattern, and the additional variation is displayed continuously to the symbol variation display of the normal variation pattern. Stop displaying symbols. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable in terms of performance due to the symbol variation being resumed over a predetermined period after the winning symbol combination is temporarily stopped (precisely temporarily stopped). Further, it is possible to prevent the player from easily recognizing the subsequent addition variation due to the prolongation of the effect by the predetermined period. That is, by executing the additional variation immediately after the variation of the basic variation pattern, it is possible to maintain a high impact on the player when an additional effect appears.

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there. Below, the modification is described.

  In the above embodiment, the possibility of the revival effect remains even when the result of the lottery result is unacceptable. However, when the result is irrelevant, it may be set so that the additional variation is not selected and the revival effect is not performed. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the additional variation accompanied by the revival effect is exemplified as the specific symbol variation. However, in the modified example, an additional variation accompanied by a so-called re-lottery effect may be set. For example, if the result of the winning / failing lottery is a probability variation with a probability shift, it seems to stop at the normal symbol combination without the probability variation transition, and then the variation is restarted and the symbol combination per probability variation is resumed. May be stopped and displayed. That is, after the winning variation pattern per probability variation is selected according to the result of the winning / failing lottery, the normal variation pattern without the reverberation effect may be switched. Then, after a temporary stop at the normal winning symbol combination, a so-called total rotation variation effect display that rotates in a state where the three symbols of the decorative symbol 190 are aligned due to additional variation is performed, and the winning symbol combination per probability variation is displayed. May be stopped.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a conventional type 1 pachinko gaming machine has been shown, but the present invention can also be applied to other types of gaming machines having the function of the first type pachinko gaming machine. For example, the present invention can be applied to a multi-function machine in which a plurality of first type pachinko gaming machines are mixed. In addition, a complex that provides a game corresponding to a special game in the first type pachinko gaming machine as the first special game, and a game corresponding to a special game in the second type pachinko game machine as the second special game. It can also be applied to the machine.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the production | presentation display based on the special variation pattern selected when the result of a successful / bad lottery is winning. It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the production | presentation display based on the normal fluctuation pattern selected when the result of a lottery determination is unsuccessful. It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the effect display accompanying a specific symbol fluctuation. It is the timing chart which compared the structure of the fluctuation pattern containing the same kind of production. It is a data structure figure of the pattern selection table used when determining the variation pattern of a special symbol. FIG. 5 is a data structure diagram of a symbol range table used when determining a special symbol and an adjustment table used when determining the presence / absence of additional display of a specific symbol variation. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows S16 in FIG. 10 in detail.

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  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 60 production display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 start ports, 66 big prize ports, 68 operation ports, 100 game control devices, 102 main boards, 104 sub boards, 112 winning / losing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 115 variation pattern determining means, 120 special game control means, 130 pattern storage means, 131 symbol mode determining means, 132 effect determining means, 134 effect display control means, 190 decorative symbol, 192 special Design, 194 Display area.

Claims (2)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start prize opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, into which a game ball can enter;
Lottery means for executing a lottery for the start winning prize opening,
A display device that is provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area and displays a variation of the symbol indicating the result of the success / failure lottery;
A plurality of variation patterns in which a variation process from the start to the end of the symbol variation for indicating the result of the success / failure lottery is defined is held, and one of the plurality of variation patterns is selected by lottery according to the result of the success / failure lottery. Pattern determining means for selecting according to a predetermined standard whether or not to additionally display a specific symbol variation having a specific variation process so as to be continuous with the variation display of the symbol according to the selected variation pattern ,
Display control means for controlling variation display of the symbol according to the variation pattern determined by the pattern determination means,
The pattern determining means includes
Triggered by determining the additional display of the specific symbol variation, a predetermined specific variation pattern is set ,
As the plurality of variation patterns, the symbol is temporarily stopped with a symbol indicating the result of the lottery drawing so as to appear to be stopped, and the symbol is temporarily displayed for a predetermined period after the temporary stop. A special variation pattern in which a predetermined effect image is additionally displayed while maintaining the stop display state and then stopped to end the variation process, and a symbol indicating the result of the success / failure lottery without the temporary stop of the symbol A normal variation pattern that stops at the end of the variation process, and when the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined, select the normal variation pattern,
As the specific symbol variation, holding the variation content to display a winning symbol indicating that the result of the success / failure lottery is a winning symbol due to the variation stop,
When the result of the success / failure lottery is a win, the special variation pattern is selected, while when the result of the success / failure lottery is not selected, the normal variation pattern is selected and the additional display of the specific symbol variation is determined. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the normal variation pattern is selected even if the result of the success / failure lottery is a win. The pattern determining means, as a predetermined reference for determining the additional display of the specific symbol variation, determines whether to give depending on whether or not the symbol indicating the result of the lottery is a predetermined symbol The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 .

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