JP2014208161A - Reel type game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To greatly enhance player's interest in a game by performing a game in a novel mode.SOLUTION: A reel type game machine includes: main control means; and performance control means for receiving game information from the main control means and executing a game performance by performance means. In the reel type game machine, a reel performance for rotating a reel in a mode differing from a predetermined mode is executed, and the reel is rotated in a predetermined mode after completion of the reel performance. The performance control means executes a special performance by the performance means, based on reception of game information indicating rotation of a reel from the main control means after completion of the reel performance.

Description

  The present invention provides a game in which a predetermined privilege is given to a player in accordance with a symbol combination when a plurality of drums having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on an outer peripheral surface thereof are rotated and the plurality of drums are stopped. It is related with the swivel type game machine which performs.

  2. Description of the Related Art A spinning-type game machine that plays a game by rotating a plurality of spinning cylinders having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on an outer peripheral surface is widely known. In this spinning machine, after the player inserts a specified number of game media (game medals, etc.), when the start lever is operated, the multiple spinning machines start rotating at the same time, and then are installed in each spinning machine. When the player operates the stop button, the spinning cylinder corresponding to the operated stop button is stopped. Then, when all the spinning cylinders are stopped and the symbol combination that establishes the predetermined game combination is stopped and displayed, a predetermined number of game media are paid out to the player according to the established game combination. Or a so-called bonus game called a game state advantageous to the player is started.

  In addition, in order to stop and display the symbol combination that establishes a game when all the spinning cylinders are stopped, when the spinning lever starts to rotate by operating the start lever, In the lottery (internal lottery) to be performed, it is necessary to win a game player. In other words, unless a game combination is won by internal lottery, the symbol combination that establishes the game combination cannot be stopped and displayed no matter what timing the stop button is operated.

  Therefore, when the player who wins the internal lottery is a player who starts a bonus game (bonus member), such as when a chance state for the player occurs, that is before all the cylinders stop. In order to improve the player's interests, a special notice effect is performed. For example, there has been proposed a technique (Patent Document 1) that performs a recreational effect indicating a game result using a liquid crystal screen when a start lever is operated.

JP 2008-67946 A

  Today, however, it has become common sense to perform various types of announcements on LCD screens, and it is difficult to fully excite a player's game entertainment even if such announcements are not novel or interesting. was there.

  The present invention has been made in response to the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and a revolving game machine capable of sufficiently raising the player's gaming interest by playing a game in a novel manner. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve at least a part of the above-described problems, the rotating game machine of the present invention employs the following configuration. That is,
Based on the rotation start unit being operated, the plurality of rotating drums are rotated in a predetermined manner, and the rotation stopping unit is operated in a state where the rotating drum is rotating in the predetermined manner. In the spinning-type gaming machine capable of stopping the spinning cylinder and being able to give a predetermined gaming profit according to the rotation stop result of the plurality of spinning cylinders,
Main control means for controlling the progress of the game;
Effect control means for receiving game information from the main control means and executing effects by the effect means;
A rotating effect execution means for executing a rotating effect that rotates the rotating drum in a mode different from the predetermined mode;
Rotation executing means for rotating the rotating drum in the predetermined manner after the winding effect is completed,
The effect control means executes the special effect by the effect means based on the fact that the game information indicating that the spinning drum is rotated in the predetermined mode is received from the main control means after completion of the spinning effect. This is a spinning machine.

  According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to strongly impress the player that the spinning cylinder is rotating in a special mode different from the normal mode.

In addition, in the above described spinning cylinder type gaming machine of the present invention,
An execution number determination means for determining the number of executions for executing the rotation effect that rotates the rotating drum in a mode different from the predetermined mode;
The spinning effect execution means executes the spinning effect until the number of executions determined by the execution number determination means is reached.

  According to the present invention as described above, by increasing the number of rotations for rotating the rotating drum in a special manner, it is possible to increase the chance of performing an effect that makes the player recognize the rotation in the special manner. Therefore, for example, if the effect content (rotation effect) to be executed is varied depending on the number of rotations of the special mode, a more sophisticated effect can be performed using the rotation of the special mode. As a result, it is possible to excite the current game more effectively.

Further, based on the rotation start unit being operated, the plurality of rotating drums are rotated in a normal manner, and the rotation stopping unit is operated in a state where the rotating drum is rotating in the normal manner. In the spinning-type gaming machine capable of stopping the spinning cylinder and being able to give a predetermined gaming profit according to the rotation stop result of the plurality of spinning cylinders,
When a game condition that allows a specific game profit to be granted is satisfied, it is difficult to distinguish the plurality of rotator from the normal mode after the rotation start unit is operated and before the rotator is rotated in the normal mode. It is provided with a spinning effect execution means for executing a spinning effect that rotates in a special manner,
When the rotation stop unit is operated in a state where the rotating drum is rotating in the special mode in the rotating effect, the rotation position is derived at a stop position that derives a rotation stop result that does not correspond to the provision of the specific game profit. Stop the rotator,
When the rotation stop unit is operated in a state in which the rotating drum is rotating in the normal mode after the end of the rotating effect, the rotation position is derived at a stop position for deriving the rotation stop result corresponding to the given game profit. Stopping the rotator,
After completion of the spinning effect, the rotation of the spinning cylinder in the normal mode may be started based on an operation of a predetermined operation unit different from the rotation start unit.
Further, when the operation unit different from the rotation start unit is operated, the rotation of the spinning cylinder is started, so that the player's intention can be caught and the player's attention can be attracted to the game. As a result, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that something special will occur, and it is possible to greatly excite the player's gaming interest.

  The rotation in the special mode may be any rotation as long as it is difficult to distinguish from the rotation in the normal mode. For example, the rotation speed in the special mode is close to the specified rotation speed (for example, for example, to the extent that the player cannot immediately identify whether the rotation is in the special mode or the normal mode) The speed difference with respect to the prescribed rotational speed can be set as a rotational speed of about 5% of the prescribed rotational speed). In this way, even when the spinning cylinder rotates in a special manner, the player operates the rotation stop unit without noticing that fact. Therefore, if the stopped cylinder starts re-rotation with an operation different from the operation of the rotation start part, this will be felt very novel for the player and greatly excite the player's gaming interest. Is possible.

In addition, in the above described spinning cylinder type gaming machine of the present invention,
Storage means for storing the number of game media loaded in a predetermined slot;
A bet number operation unit operated to set a bet number for one game using the game medium stored in the storage means;
After the end of the spinning production, the rotation of the spinning cylinder in the normal mode is started based on the operation of the betting number operation unit,
When the betting number operation unit is operated to start the rotation of the spinning cylinder in the normal mode after the spinning effect is finished, the number of game media stored in the storage means does not decrease. This may be a feature.

  By doing this, the rotation of the spinning cylinder is started by the player setting the bet number, so that the player's intention can be struck and the player's attention can be attracted to the game. As a result, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that something special will occur, and it is possible to greatly excite the player's gaming interest. In addition, the player's game medium is not actually subtracted, and there is no disadvantage to the player.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a swivel type gaming machine that can greatly increase the game interest of a player by playing a game in a novel manner.

It is a front view showing the appearance of the gaming machine of the first embodiment. It is the perspective view which opened the front door and showed the internal structure of the gaming machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement | sequence of the symbol displayed on the outer peripheral surface of three spinning cylinders. It is explanatory drawing which shows the electrical structure of the game machine of 1st Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed the winning line set to the gaming machine of 1st Example. It is explanatory drawing which matched and showed the game combination set to the gaming machine of 1st Example with the symbol combination which establishes the winning of a game player, and the privilege provided by winning establishment. It is a flowchart which shows the first half part of the game control process which a main control board performs in order to control progress of a game in the game machine of 1st Example. It is a flowchart which shows the second half part of the game control process which a main control board performs in the gaming machine of 1st Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for normal games. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the structure of the internal winning flag. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the structure of the game state flag. It is a flowchart which shows a game state setting process. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the BB general game lottery table. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for RB games. It is a flowchart which shows the rotation rotation process performed in a game control process. It is a flowchart which shows the rotation rotation stop process performed in a game control process. It is a flowchart which shows the rotation stop control process performed in a rotation rotation stop process. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the 1st stop table. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated a mode that the left cylinder was stopped as a 1st cylinder. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the relationship between a 1st stop table and a 2nd stop table. It is a flowchart which shows the special rotation process performed in the rotating cylinder rotation process of 1st Example. It is a flowchart which shows the special rotation stop process performed in a special rotation process. It is explanatory drawing which showed the rotation aspect of the rotating drum by having performed special rotation process. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the specific symbol provided in the 1st modification. It is the flowchart which showed the re-rotation effect process which a sub control board | substrate performs in the gaming machine of the 2nd modification. It is explanatory drawing which showed the advancing aspect of the game at the time of performing the special rotation process of a 3rd modification. It is a flowchart which shows the rotation rotation process of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed the special rotation frequency determination table of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed the rotation aspect of the rotating cylinder by having performed the rotating cylinder rotation process of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing shown about the special rotation flag provided in the modification of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing shown about the special rotation frequency determination table of the modification of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed the relationship between an internal lottery result and the rotation frequency of a rotating drum in the modification of 2nd Example.

Hereinafter, in order to clarify the contents of the present invention described above, various embodiments will be described in the following order.
A. Equipment configuration of the spinning machine:
A-1. overall structure:
A-2. Electrical configuration:
B. Overview of the game:
C. Control details of the spinning machine:
C-1. Game control processing:
C-2. Game state setting process:
C-3. Cylinder rotation processing:
C-4. Cylinder rotation stop processing:
D. Special rotation processing:
E. Variations:
E-1. First modification:
E-2. Second modification:
E-3. Third modification:
F. Second embodiment:
F-1. Modification of the second embodiment:

A. Device configuration of a spinning machine:
A-1. overall structure :
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external appearance of a swivel-type gaming machine 1 (hereinafter abbreviated as “gaming machine 1”). As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 is provided with a housing 3 formed in a box shape and a front door 2 provided so as to cover the front side of the housing 3. The front door 2 has three main areas: a middle area where the game is actually played, an upper area 2u where various effects are performed according to the progress of the game, and a lower area 2d where game medals are paid out. The middle region is configured by a game state display unit 2ma for displaying a game state and an operation unit 2mb for playing a game.

In the upper region 2u, an effect display device 10 is provided in the center, speakers 14 are provided on the left and right of the effect display device 10, and various lamps 12 are provided above the effect display device 10 and the speaker 14. It has been. The effect display device 10 is configured by a so-called liquid crystal display device, and can produce effects by displaying various symbols according to the progress of the game.

A large display window 20 is provided in the center of the game state display section 2ma provided in the middle of the front door 2, and it is possible to visually recognize the rotation of the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c provided therein. It has become. Below the display window 20, various display panels 22 for displaying the state of the game are provided. The display panels 22 store game medals stored as credits inside the gaming machine 1. A credit display unit 22c for displaying the number of sheets is provided. Note that the storage of game medals is the amount of data that is exceeded when the number of game medals inserted into a game medal slot 30 described later exceeds a specified number (the upper limit of the number of game medals required for one game). And storing the number of medals paid out as data instead of actually paying out game medals. The maximum number of game medals that can be stored as credits is 50.

The operation part 2mb provided in the lower middle part of the front door 2 is formed in a shape protruding toward the front, and a game medal insertion slot 30 for inserting game medals is stored on the upper surface as credits. An insertion button 34 and the like are provided for inserting the number of game medals required for one game. Further, on the front surface of the operation unit 2mb, the start lever 36 for starting the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c after the game medal is inserted and the rotation of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped. Rotating drum stop buttons 38a, 38
b, 38c, etc. are provided.

In addition, the operation unit 2mb is provided with a settlement button 40 on the upper surface and a return button 42 on the front surface. Here, the settlement button 40 is a button operated when paying out game medals stored inside the gaming machine 1 to the outside. Even after the game medals are inserted, the game medals that have been inserted are paid out by operating the settlement button 40 until the start lever 36 is operated and the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is started. Is possible. The return button 42 is a button that is operated in order to clear a jammed medal when the inserted game medal is jammed inside the gaming machine 1.

In the lower area 2d of the front door 2, a game medal payout opening 50 through which game medals are paid out,
A receiving tray 52 for receiving the paid game medals is provided.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of the gaming machine 1 with the front door 2 opened. An effect display device 10 is attached to the upper part on the back side of the front door 2, and a pair of speakers 1 are provided on the left and right sides thereof.
4 is attached. A display window 20 is provided substantially at the center of the front door 2, and a door substrate 240 described later is provided below the display window 20. Further, below the door substrate 240, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c and the start lever 36 are attached.

A medal selector 106 serving as a passage for inserted game medals is provided on the left side of the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, and below that is for guiding game medals to the game medal payout port 50. A coin shooter 108 and the like are provided. Medal selector 106
Has a function of selecting game medals inserted from the game medal slot 30 mainly on the basis of dimensions and receiving only game medals conforming to standard dimensions. If a player inserts a game medal before operating the start lever 36, the game medal is selected by the medal selector 106, and only those satisfying the standard are inserted into the hopper 116. Through the coin shooter 108, it is returned to the game medal payout exit 50. On the other hand, when a game medal is inserted after the start lever 36 is operated,
The passage in the medal selector 106 is switched, and the inserted game medal is coin shooter 1
Through 08, the game medal payout exit 50 is returned. In addition, a medal sensor (not shown) is provided inside the medal selector 106, and when a game medal that satisfies the dimensional standard passes, it is detected by the medal sensor, and a signal thereof will be described later. To be supplied.

In the center of the housing 3 to which the front door 2 is attached, there are three rotary cylinders 20a, 20
b and 20c are provided, and a plurality of kinds of symbols are drawn on the outer peripheral surface of each cylinder as described later. A main control board unit 110 storing a main control board 200 (to be described later) for controlling the entire game is provided above the spinning cylinders. A rotating substrate unit 112 in which the rotating substrate 260 to be stored is stored is provided. Further, a sub-control board 220 (to be described later) for controlling various effects performed using the effect display device 10 shown in FIG. A sub-control board unit 111 is provided.

A rear speaker 114 is provided below the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, and further below that, a hopper 116 that collects inserted game medals, a medal payout device 118 that pays out game medals, and a game A power supply board 28 for supplying power to the entire machine 1 is described later
A power supply unit 120 in which 0 is stored is mounted. The game medals paid out from the medal payout device 118 pass through the coin shooter 108 and are paid out from the game medal payout outlet 50. A power switch 120 s for turning on the gaming machine 1 is also provided on the front surface of the power supply unit 120.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Each spinning cylinder has 21 symbols drawn on its outer peripheral surface. In addition, the types of the drawn symbols are the same for any of the spinning cylinders, but the arrangement of the symbols is set to be different for each spinning cylinder.

A-2. Electrical configuration:
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the gaming machine 1 includes a sub control board 220 and a door board 240 centered on the main control board 200.
The rotating substrate 260, the power supply substrate 280, the relay substrate 300, and the like are connected to be able to exchange data.

The main control board 200 is a board that manages the progress and production of the entire game performed in the gaming machine 1. On the main control board 200, a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203 and the like are mounted so as to be able to exchange data with each other via a bus. And the main control board 200
The CPU 201 receives a signal indicating that the start lever 36 has been operated from the door board 240 mounted on the front door 2 and executes a game control process to be described later. The operation of these various substrates is controlled by outputting control commands (or control signals) to 240, the rotating substrate 260, and the like.

Similarly to the main control board 200 described above, the sub-control board 220 also has a CPU 221 and a ROM.
222, RAM 223, and the like are connected by a bus so as to be able to exchange data with each other. The sub-control board 220 includes various lamps 12 and various speakers 1.
4, 114, the effect display device 10, the rotary backlight 20L, and the like are connected. Here, the spinning cylinder backlight 20L is a light that is provided inside each spinning cylinder 20a, 20b, 20c and illuminates a pattern (see FIG. 3) drawn on the surface of the spinning cylinder from the back side. The sub control board 220 analyzes the control command received from the main control board 200, and outputs drive signals to the various lamps 12, the various speakers 14, 114, the effect display device 10, and the rotary backlight 20L, respectively. Various performances are performed.

On the door board 240, the medal selector 106, the insertion button 34 for inserting the stored game medals, the start lever 36 for starting the rotation of the rotating drum, and the stopping of the rotating rotating drum Spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, a settlement button 40 for paying out stored game medals and inserted game medals and ending the game, and various display panels 22 for displaying the game status (for example, A credit display unit 22c) for displaying the number of stored game medals is connected. The door board 240 is connected so as to exchange data with the main control board 200 described above. For this reason, when the start lever 36 provided on the front door 2, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the closing button 34, the adjustment button 40, etc. are operated, the signal is transmitted via the door board 240 to the main control board. 200 is supplied. In addition, a signal that the medal selector 106 detects the passage of the game medal by the built-in medal sensor is also supplied to the main control board 200 through the door board 240.

On the rotating board 260, the rotating motors 24a, 24b, 24c for rotating the three rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, respectively, and the rotating sensors 26a, 26b for detecting the rotational positions of the respective rotating cylinders. , 26c, etc. are connected. The rotating substrate 260 is connected to the rotating sensor 2.
6a, 26b, and 26c, by detecting the rotational position of each of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, by driving the spinning cylinder motors 24a, 24b, and 24c, the respective spinning cylinders 20a,
20b and 20c can be stopped at desired positions. In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, so-called stepping motors (stepping motors) are used for the spinning motors 24a, 24b, and 24c.

Further, the rotor sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c include the rotor substrate 260 and the relay substrate 300.
To the main control board 200 described above. Therefore, the CP of the main control board 200
U201 is based on the detection results of the cylinder sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c, and each cylinder 20a,
It is possible to grasp the timing at which the rotations 20b and 20c start or the timing at which the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b and 20c stop.

The medal payout device 118 is connected to the main control board 200 via the relay board 300, and performs an operation of paying out a predetermined number of game medals based on a control signal from the main control board 200.

These various control boards and power consumed by the boards are supplied from a power supply board 280. In FIG. 4, a state in which power is supplied from the power supply board 280 is represented by a dashed arrow. As shown, the main control board 200 and the sub control board 220 include a power supply board 280.
Electric power is directly supplied from various substrates (door substrate 240, rotor substrate 260, relay substrate 3).
00), power is supplied via the main control board 200. The power supply board 280 has 10
An AC voltage of 0 V is supplied, and this electric power is converted into a DC voltage of a specified voltage and then supplied to each control board and board.

B. Overview of the game:
In the following, the contents of the control performed in order to advance the game in the rotary type gaming machine 1 having the above-described configuration will be described, but as an preparation, an outline of the game performed in the rotary type gaming machine will be described. Keep it.

  When starting a game, a game medal is inserted from the game medal insertion slot 30 and a bet of game medals of a required number (a prescribed number) is required to start the game. In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the prescribed number is fixed to “3”, and when three game medals are bet, the operation of the start lever 36 is validated. When game medals are stored in advance as credits, a predetermined number of game medals can be bet by pressing the insertion button 34. The insertion button 34 corresponds to the “betting number operation unit” in the present invention.

When a predetermined number of game medals are bet and the start lever 36 is operated, the three spinning cylinders 2
0a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate. As described above with reference to FIG. 3, since a plurality of symbols are drawn on each of the spinning cylinders, when the spinning cylinder rotates, these symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the display window 20. Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 1, three turning cylinder stop buttons 38 a, 38 b, and 38 c are provided on the front surface side of the front door 2 corresponding to each turning cylinder. Revolving cylinder 20a
, 20b, 20c, when the rotating cylinder stop button 38a, 38b, 38c is pressed, the rotating cylinder corresponding to the pressed button stops rotating, and accordingly, the display window 20 is variably displayed. The symbol is stopped and displayed at any symbol. In this way, the three cylinders 20a, 20b,
When the rotation of 20c is stopped, one of the symbols is stopped and displayed on each rotating cylinder. In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the size of the display window 20 is set such that three symbols are displayed for each cylinder. Eventually, when the three drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped and displayed, a total of nine symbols in three rows and three columns are displayed on the display window 20. In addition, a plurality of pay lines are set in advance at positions where these nine symbols are displayed.

  Note that when the player operates the start lever 36, the rotation of the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is started. Therefore, the start lever 36 of this embodiment is an aspect of the “rotation start portion” in the present invention. It has become. Further, when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, the spinning cylinder corresponding to the operated button stops, so that the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c of the present embodiment are included in the present invention. This is one mode of the “rotation stop portion”.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a winning line set in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the upper prize line L1, the middle prize line L2, the lower prize line L3, the diagonally upward winning line L4, and the diagonally rightward. A total of five pay lines are set, that is, a downward-facing pay line L5. 3 cylinders 20a,
When 20b and 20c are stopped, some symbol combinations are obtained on these winning lines. If the symbol combination on the winning line is a symbol combination corresponding to one of the game actors, the winning of the game officer is established, and a privilege corresponding to the game officer is given to the player. The

FIG. 6 shows the types of gaming combinations set in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the symbol combinations that establish the winnings of the gaming actors, and the players that are awarded when the winnings of the gaming actors are established. It is explanatory drawing shown matched with the privilege. In FIG. 6, the type of gamer is displayed in the leftmost column, the symbol combination that establishes the winning of the gamer is displayed in the middle column, and the player when the winning of the gamer is established in the rightmost column. The privilege granted to is displayed. For example, in the game combination called “Big Bonus” (hereinafter referred to as “BB”) shown in the top row, there is a combination of symbols called “Red Seven” or a combination of symbols called “Blue Seven”. When they are associated with one of the symbol combinations, a gaming state called a big bonus game (BB game) that is very advantageous for the player is started as a privilege. In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the BB role that has won a prize with the symbol “Red Seven” is called “BB role of Red 7”, and the BB role that has won a prize with the symbol “Blue Seven”. Called “Blue 7 BB” to distinguish.

The BB game of the first embodiment is composed of a BB general game and a regular bonus game (RB game). Here, the BB general game is a game state where a regular bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as an RB combination) in which a winning is not established in a normal game is likely to be established, and in the BB general game, an RB combination is achieved. When winning is established, the RB game is started in the BB game. In addition, the RB game is a game state in which the type of game player to which a game medal is paid out as a bonus increases as compared to a normal game, and the increased game player (increased player) wins with a high probability. When the game player wins a predetermined number of times (for example, eight times) after the game is started, or when a predetermined number of games (for example, 12 games) are performed, the game returns to the BB general game. The BB game in which the BB general game and the RB game are repeated in this way is continued until a predetermined number (for example, 400) of game medals are paid out. Therefore, when the BB game is started, the player can acquire a large amount of game medals. BB game or RB
Each game can be said to be a special game state (special game) advantageous to the player.
Therefore, in this embodiment, the BB role that is a trigger for starting the BB game, and RB
The RB combination that is a game combination that triggers the start of the game is an aspect of the “special game combination” in the present invention.

In addition, a so-called “small role” game role is also provided. First, a game combination called a bell small role is set with a combination of symbols in which the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are all arranged in a “bell” pattern. Is set so that 15 game medals are paid out to the player. Next, a game combination called a watermelon small role is set with a combination of symbols in which all three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are arranged in the pattern of "watermelon". One game medal is paid out to the player. And, for a game role called a cherry small role, as long as the design of the left spinning cylinder 20a is a "cherry" design, the design of the middle spinning cylinder 20b and the right spinning cylinder 20c may be any design. The symbol combination is set, and two game medals are paid out to the small part of cherry.

  In addition, the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment is provided with a game combination called “re-playing combination”, and all of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have a “replay” design. The set of symbols combined in is set. Then, as a privilege for winning a re-gamer, a right to play a game again is given without betting a new game medal. That is, it is possible to play a game once again, assuming that the same number of game medals as betted when the winning of the re-gamer is established, bet.

In addition, when the RB game is started, a winning combination is established with a high probability, and the symbols of the left and right cylinders 20a and 20c are “replay”, and the symbol of the middle cylinder 20b is “ The symbol combination “Bell” is set, and as a bonus, 15 game medals are paid out to the player when the winning combination is established.

Of course, when the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, a winning combination of any game player is not always established. In this case, after betting a specified number of game medals again, the next game is played by operating the start lever 36 and rotating the spinning cylinder. In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the game progresses by repeatedly performing these operations. The progress of such a game is controlled by the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200. Below, the processing content which CPU201 of the main control board 200 is performing in order to control progress of a game is demonstrated.

C. Control details of the spinning machine:
C-1. Game control processing:
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the first half of a game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 for controlling the progress of the game in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment. In addition, FIG.
These are the flowcharts which show the second half part of the game control processing which CPU201 of the main control board 200 performs in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment. This game control process is a process executed after power is turned on to the gaming machine 1 and an initialization process such as a checksum of the ROM mounted on the main control board 200 and the sub control board 220 is further performed. .

As shown in FIG. 7, when the game control process is started, a game state setting process (step 100. Steps are hereinafter abbreviated as “S”) is first performed. Although details of the game state setting process will be described later, in this process, the following process is roughly performed. As described above, the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment is provided with a gaming state such as a big bonus game (BB game) or a regular bonus game (RB game) executed in the BB game. Depending on the state, the ease with which a winning combination of a game player is established, the type of game player with which a winning combination can be established, and the like are different. In the game state setting process, the current game state is detected and it is determined whether or not the end condition is satisfied. If the end condition is satisfied, the game state is ended and the game Processing to switch the state is performed. By switching the game state in this way, it becomes possible to avoid the game becoming monotonous.

Following the game state setting process, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a medal insertion confirmation process (S102). In the medal insertion confirmation process, it is confirmed whether or not a game medal has been inserted from the game medal insertion slot 30 or whether or not the insertion button 34 has been operated when the game medal is stored as credit. As mentioned above, the inserted game medals are
The detection is performed by a medal sensor built in the medal selector 106, and the detection signal is supplied to the main control board 200. When the input button 34 is operated, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 can determine whether or not a game medal has been inserted based on these signals. When a prescribed number of game medals are inserted, the game can be started.

In addition, when the insertion button 34 is operated, the insertion number (first number) is calculated from the number of stored game medals.
The process of subtracting 3) in the embodiment is also performed simultaneously. Further, as the inserted number is subtracted in this way, a control signal notifying the stored number after subtraction is output to the credit display unit 22c for displaying the stored number of game medals. When the display unit 22c receives it, the current stored number of game medals is newly displayed instead of the displayed stored number.

If the insertion of the game medal can be confirmed as described above, it is possible to start the game at any time by operating the start lever 36, but before that, it is confirmed whether or not the settlement button 40 has been operated. (S104). In other words, even after betting game medals, it is possible to settle the medals including the bet game medals before the start lever 36 is operated and the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are rotated. is there. When the settlement button 40 has been operated (S104: yes), by performing the settlement process,
A process of paying out the game medals stored as credits and the inserted game medals is performed (S106). The game medal is paid out from the main control board 200 by the medal payout device 11.
This is done by outputting a control signal indicating the number of game medals to be paid out. When the game medals are paid out in this way, the state returns to the state before the game starts (S100), and the subsequent processing is performed.

On the other hand, if the settlement button 40 has not been operated (S104: no), it is determined whether or not the start lever 36 has been operated (S108). As described above, when the player operates the start lever 36, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. Therefore, the main control board 200 operates the start lever 36 based on the operation signal of the start lever 36. It can be determined whether or not. If the start lever 36 is not operated (S108: no), it is determined that the player has not started the game yet, so confirming whether or not the settlement button 40 is operated (S104), Wait until the start lever 36 is operated. On the other hand, when the start lever 36 is operated (S108: yes), the internal lottery process is started (S110).

In the internal lottery process, a process is performed for determining whether or not the winning of any game combination described above with reference to FIG. It should be noted that even if one of the game actors is won in this lottery (the winning is permitted), the winning of the gaming actor is not immediately established, but by operating the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c. If the symbol combinations corresponding to the winning game combination are not arranged on the effective winning line, it is not possible to establish a prize for the game combination. On the other hand, if the player is not a winning game in the lottery, the rotation stop button 38a is used at any timing.
, 38b, and 38c, the corresponding symbol combinations cannot be arranged on the effective pay line. In this sense, this lottery is called “internal lottery” because it is a lottery performed internally as a precondition for establishing a combination of symbols and establishing a winning combination for a gamer. In addition, the state of winning the internal lottery is called an internal winning state (or simply, internal winning).

This internal lottery is performed using a dedicated table called a lottery table, and in this table, a correspondence relationship between a game combination and an internal lottery random number is set. Here, the internal lottery random number is a random number acquired when the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 receives an operation signal of the start lever 36. In the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment, the internal lottery random number is 2-byte data and can take a random value in the range of 0 to 65535. The random numbers for lottery can be generated by hardware using a dedicated random number generation circuit mounted on the main control board 200, or generated by software using a random number generation program. Is also possible.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lottery table used during a normal game which is the most common gaming state. FIG. 9A collectively shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination. FIG. 9 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. As shown in the drawing, in the lottery table for normal games, a random number value of 0 to 7000 is set for “bell small part”. This means that if the acquired random number value is within this range, the small part of the bell is won internally. Similarly, "
Random values of 7001 to 7200 are set for "Watermelon small character", and "Cherry small character"
Are set to random numbers 7201 to 7300. In addition, random numbers 7301 to 7400 are set for “red 7 BB combination”, and random numbers 7401 to 7500 are set for “blue 7 BB combination”. Furthermore, “Random values of 7501 to 20000 are set for the re-game player. Note that no game player is set for the random value of 20001 to 65535, and therefore the acquired random value is Is in this range, it is “lost”.

In the internal lottery process, as described above, it is detected that the start lever 36 has been operated to obtain an internal lottery random number, and by referring to the lottery table, which game player has won the internal winning combination, Alternatively, it is determined whether any game player has not won the game internally. When any game combination is won internally, the winning game combination is set in the internal winning flag.
Here, the internal winning flag is a flag used for storing the result of the internal lottery, and is set to a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the internal winning flag in the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, internal winning flags (small winning combination etc. internal winning flag) for the small combination, replaying combination, and increasing combination, and internal winning for the BB combination and the RB combination. It is stored separately as a flag (bonus combination internal winning flag), and an area of 1 byte (8 bits) is secured for each. FIG. 10A is an explanatory view exemplifying a data structure of a 1-byte area in which an internal winning flag such as a small role is set. As shown,
Of the 1-byte data, the lower 5 bits are used as an internal winning flag such as a small role. The first bit in these 5 bits is a bit for memorizing the internal winning of the bell small part, and the next bit is for memorizing the internal winning of the watermelon small part Is a bit. Similarly, the following three bits are used for storing the internal winning combination of the cherry small part, the replaying part, and the increasing part, respectively.

FIG. 10B is an explanatory view exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which the bonus combination internal winning flag is set. As shown in the drawing, the lower 3 bits of 1-byte data are used as a bonus combination internal winning flag. The first bit in these three bits is a bit for storing the internal winning of the red 7 BB combination, and the next bit stores the internal winning of the blue 7 BB combination. Is a bit for. Further, the lower bit is a bit for storing the internal winning of the RB combination. FIG.
In the internal lottery process (S110) shown in FIG. 5, it is determined whether or not any game player has been internally won by referring to the lottery table by acquiring an internal lottery random number. If the internal winning is made, a process of setting “1” to the corresponding bit of the internal winning flag shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10B, the most significant bit of 1 byte in which the bonus combination internal winning flag is set is used as a special rotation flag described later. As will be described in detail later, when the corresponding bit of the special rotation flag is set to “1” (when the special rotation flag is turned ON), the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are different from normal ones. It is designed to rotate in a manner.

When the internal lottery process is terminated, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 determines whether or not the internal winning lottery process has won the BB combination (S112). If the internal winning combination is won for the BB combination (S112: yes), the special rotation flag described above with reference to FIG. 10B is set to ON (SS114). On the other hand, if the BB role is not won internally (S112:
no), the process of setting the special rotation flag to ON is not performed.

Subsequently, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 starts the rotating process (S11 in FIG. 7).
6). In the rotation process, it is determined whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, a process of rotating the three rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is performed. In the rotating cylinder rotation process, each rotating cylinder 20a is operated when a predetermined time (for example, 4.1 seconds) elapses after the start lever 36 is operated and the rotation of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is started last time. ,
By outputting a drive signal to the drum motors 24a, 24b, and 24c provided in 20b and 20c, the rotation of the current drum is started. In this embodiment, the rotating drum 20
As rotation modes of a, 20b, and 20c, a predetermined rotation speed (79.898 in the first embodiment) is set in a direction in which the symbol moves from top to bottom as viewed from the display window 20 (hereinafter referred to as a positive direction). rotation/
"Normal rotation" in which the rotating drums 20a, 20b, 20c rotate at a constant speed in "min. These rotation modes can be executed. A method of rotating the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c in a special manner will be described in detail later.

  When the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are thus rotated, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a process of stopping the rotation of the spinning cylinder (rotating cylinder rotation stop process) (S118).

  The details of the spinning rotation stop process will be described later. In this process, the result of the internal lottery performed previously (whether or not to which game player has been won internally) Based on the timing at which 38b and 38c are operated, the current gaming state, and the like, the stop positions of the three cylinders 20a, 20b and 20c are determined, and a process of stopping at the determined positions is performed.

When the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, a game number counting process is performed (S12).
0). As described above, the RB game started in the BB game of the first embodiment is set to end when a predetermined number of games (for example, 12 games) are performed. Therefore, in the game number counting process, first, it is determined whether or not the current game state is an RB game. And RB
If it is determined that the game is in progress, the game is digested once by stopping the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, so that the number of games played in the current game state is “
1 "is added. On the other hand, when it is determined that the RB game is not being played, the game number counting process is terminated without performing the game number addition process.

The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 determines whether or not any game combination has been won following the game number counting process (S122). Here, “a winning combination of a game combination is established” means that the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are stopped and displayed on the winning line. As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment, even if one of the game players is won internally in the internal lottery process (S110), depending on the timing of pressing the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, The symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are not always on the winning line. Therefore, the main control board 200 determines whether or not a winning combination of the game combination won in the internal lottery has been established after stopping the rotation of the spinning cylinder.

If it is determined that no winning combination has been established (S122: no)
The game is ended, and the game state setting process is performed after returning to the head of the game control process of FIG. 7 (S100). In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the internal lottery process (S110) described above.
In the case of winning the big bonus combination (BB combination), the internal combination of the BB combination is carried over only if the corresponding symbol combination on the winning line is not stopped and displayed and the BB combination winning is not established. After the next game, the game is played with the internal winning flag corresponding to the BB combination being set. On the other hand, if another winning combination such as a small role or re-playing role is won internally, if the symbol combination corresponding to the winning winning role cannot be stopped and displayed on the winning line, the internal winning Will be reset without being carried over after the next game.

On the other hand, if it is determined that a winning combination of any game combination has been established (S122: yes), first, it is determined whether or not the winning gaming combination is the BB combination (FIG. 8). S124)
. As described above with reference to FIG. 6, the BB combination is a gaming combination in which a winning combination is established when the “Red Seven” symbol is aligned or the “Blue Seven” symbol is aligned on the winning line. If it is determined that a winning combination of BB is established (S124: yes), the type of winning BB combination (
The BB game flag is set ON according to “Red 7 BB combination” or “Blue 7 BB combination” and all other game status flags are set OFF (S126). Here, the BB game flag is a flag indicating that the game state is set to a game state advantageous to the player called the above-described big bonus game (BB game), and “game” for indicating the current game state. It is a kind of dedicated flag called “status flag”. As will be described in detail later, the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment is provided with a gaming state flag corresponding to each of the gaming states such as BB gaming and RB gaming, and setting (ON / OFF) of these gaming state flags. The game progresses while switching the game state according to the situation. Such a game state flag is set at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which the game state flag is set. In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the lower 4 bits of 1-byte data at a predetermined address on the RAM 203 are used as the gaming state flag. The first bit of these 4 bits is set to the BB game flag corresponding to “Red 7 BB combination” (hereinafter referred to as the red 7 BB combination flag), and the next bit is set to “Blue 7 BB combination”. Corresponding BB game flag (
Hereinafter, the BB game flag of blue 7 is set. In S126, “1” is set to one of the bits according to the type of the BB combination in which the winning is achieved. Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, when a winning combination of BB is established, the gaming machine 1 is switched to the BB game in any gaming state. Therefore, when the BB game flag is set to ON, game state flags other than the BB game flag are set to OFF (that is, “0” is set to all the game state flag bits except the BB game flag). When the game state setting process (S100) is started by returning to the beginning of the game control process with the BB game flag set to ON, it is detected that the BB game flag is ON and the game state is BB game. The above-described series of processing is performed. Details of the process of switching the gaming state to the BB game based on the BB game flag in S100 will be described later.

In the above, the processing performed when the winning winning game combination is the BB combination (S124: yes in FIG. 8) has been described, but when the winning winning game combination is not the BB combination (S124). : No) Next, it is determined whether or not the game combination in which the winning is achieved is an RB combination (S128).
). As described above with reference to FIG. 6, the RB combination is a game combination in which a winning combination is established when the “Bar” symbols are arranged on the winning line. If it is determined that the winning combination of the RB combination has been established (S128: yes), the RB game flag is set to ON (S130). Where RB
The game flag is a game state flag indicating that the game state is the above-described regular bonus game (RB game). Of the 4 bits used for the gaming state flag shown in FIG. 11, the third bit from the beginning is set in the RB gaming flag, and the RB gaming flag is turned ON.
When this is set to “1”, this bit is set to “1”. In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, BB
Since the RB game is performed in the game, even if the RB game is set to ON, the BB game flag remains set to ON. Then, with the RB game flag (and the BB game flag) set to ON, the process returns to the beginning of the game control process and the game state setting process (S100
) Is started, it is detected that the RB game flag (and the BB game flag) is ON, and the RB game is started.

On the other hand, if the winning winning game combination is not the RB combination (S128 in FIG. 8).
: No) This time, it is determined whether or not the winning game player is a re-game player (S132). If a re-game winner is established (S132: yes), the re-game flag is turned on.
(S134). Here, the re-game flag is a flag for storing that the re-game player has won a prize. If this re-game flag is set to ON, in the next game medal insertion confirmation process (S102 in FIG. 7), a game medal is automatically inserted even if it is not inserted by the player. Further, after the medal insertion confirmation process automatically reintroduces game medals, the setting of the regame flag is returned to OFF. Such a re-game flag is also set to a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200, similarly to the game state flag described above. In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the least significant bit in the bit data of 4 bits indicating the gaming state is set in the re-gaming flag.

On the other hand, when the winning game player is not a re-playing game player (S132: no), although a winning game player has been won (S122: yes in FIG. 7), BB
Since it is neither a combination, RB combination, or replay combination, it is determined that the combination is a small combination or an increase combination.
Therefore, a process of paying out the number of game medals according to the winning game player is performed (S13).
6). That is, if the winning small role is a bell small role, 15 game medals are paid out, if it is a watermelon small role, 10 game medals are paid out, and if it is a cherry small role, 2
A process of paying out game medals is performed. Further, when a winning combination of winning combination is established, a process of paying out 15 game medals is performed.

In this process, first, the type of a small combination in which a winning is established is confirmed, and the number of game medals to be paid out is determined according to the result. Then, until the number of game medals stored reaches the upper limit of 50, processing for storing as a credit instead of paying out game medals is performed. Processing to pay out from 118 is performed. Further, when the number of stored game medals increases as a result of the medal payout process (S136), the contents are displayed on the credit display unit 22c described above.

  When the game medals are paid out in this way, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a payout number counting process (S138). As described above, since the BB game of the first embodiment is set to end when the upper limit number (for example, 400) of game medals is paid out, the game paid out after the start of the BB game is set. It is necessary to count the number of medals (number of payouts). Therefore, in the payout number counting process, first, it is determined whether or not the current game state is BB game, and if it is determined that the game is in BB game, the number of game medals paid out in the process of S136. Is added to the number of payouts (the number of payouts). On the other hand, if it is determined that the game is not BB game, the payout number counting process is terminated without performing the process of adding the payout number.

Following the payout number counting process, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a winning number counting process (S140). As described above, the RB game played in the BB game is returned to the BB general game when a winning combination (for example, 8 times winning) of the game player is established a predetermined number of times. As described later, during the RB game of the first embodiment, it is set so that the winning combination of the BB combination and the RB combination is not established, and the establishment of the winning prize of the re-game combination is not included in the number of times. From the above, by counting the number of game medals paid out during the RB game,
It is possible to count the number of times (winning number) that the winning of the small role or the winning combination is established. Therefore, in the winning number counting process, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state is an RB game. If it is determined that the RB game is being played, a process of adding “1” to the number of winnings in the RB game. I do. On the other hand, if it is determined that the RB game is not being played, the winning number counting process is terminated without performing the winning number adding process. When the winning number counting process is thus performed, the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is returned to the beginning, and a new game is started.

C-2. Game state setting process:
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a game state setting process performed by the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment. When the game state setting process is started, first, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs the process shown in FIG.
With reference to the gaming state flag shown in FIG. 1, it is determined whether or not the BB gaming flag (either the red 7 BB gaming flag or the blue 7 BB gaming flag) is set to ON (S200). As described above, the BB game flag is a game state flag indicating that the game state is BB game, and a winning combination of the BB role (either the red BB role or the blue 7 BB role) is established. When it is determined (see S124 in FIG. 8: yes), BB of red 7 according to the type of winning BB combination
Either the game flag or the blue 7 BB game flag is set to ON (S126).
reference).

When it is determined that any BB game flag is set to ON (S200: yes)
s), it is determined whether or not the BB game end condition is satisfied (S202). In the first embodiment, the number of game medals paid out after the start of BB game is set as the BB game end condition, and when the number of game medals paid out reaches a predetermined number (for example, 400), BB game is set. Is set to end. In the game control process described above with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, the number of game medals paid out is counted (S138 in FIG. 8).
When the number of game medals paid out after the game starts reaches a predetermined number, this can be immediately detected. When a predetermined number of game medals are paid out, it is determined that the BB game end condition is satisfied (S202: yes), and the BB game flag and the RB game flag are set to OFF (S204). As described above with reference to FIG. 11, the BB game flag is
This flag is set to ON when the game state is BB game. The RB game flag is a flag that is set to ON when an RB game occurs during the BB game. In S204, considering that the BB game end condition is satisfied, the BB game flag is set to OFF to end the BB game, and the RB game is being played during the BB game, As a precaution, the RB game flag is also set to OFF.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the BB game end condition is not satisfied (S202: no)
Then, it is determined whether or not the RB game flag is set to ON (S206). As described in the game control process described above, the RB game flag is a flag that is set to ON when an RB winning combination is established during the BB game (S128 in FIG. 8: yes) (S130). As a result of the determination, if the RB game flag is not set to ON (S206: no), the BB general game lottery table is selected (S212). As described above, the BB game of the first embodiment is BB
Since it is composed of a general game and an RB game and the RB game flag is not set to ON, it is determined that the current game state is a BB general game, and a lottery table for BB general game is selected. It is.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lottery table used for BB general games.
FIG. 13A shows a range of random numbers assigned to each game combination.
(B) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. FIG.
The BB general game lottery table shown in FIG. 9 is substantially the same as the normal game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. 9, but the BB general game lottery table has “red”. The 7 BB roles, “Blue 7 BB roles”, and “Re-game roles” are not set.
It is a lottery table in which “RB combination” is set in the random number range of these game combinations. Therefore,
In the BB general game, the RB combination is won internally with a relatively high probability, and when the symbol combination corresponding to the RB combination (see FIG. 6) is prepared, it is determined that the winning combination of the RB combination is established (see FIG. 8
S128: yes), the RB game flag is set to ON (S130). As a result, in the determination in S206 of the next game state setting process, it is determined that the RB game flag is set to ON (S206: yes).

Thus, when it is confirmed that the RB game flag is set to ON (S206: y
es), after determining whether or not the RB game end condition is satisfied (S208), if the RB game end condition is not satisfied (S208: no), the RB game lottery table is selected (S214). ). Here, in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, as the RB game end condition, R
Two end conditions are set: the number of times that the winning combination of the gamer after the start of the B game has reached a predetermined number (for example, 8 times) and the predetermined number of times (for example, 12 games) from the start of the RB game are set. If any one of the conditions is satisfied, it is determined that the RB game end condition is satisfied. As described above with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the number of games is counted each time three symbols are stopped and a combination of symbols is obtained in the game control process. At the same time (S120 in FIG. 7), the number of winnings is counted every time a winning combination of a game player is established and a game medal is paid out (S140 in FIG. 8). Therefore, the CP of the main control board 200
U201 immediately detects when the number of games since the start of the RB game reaches a predetermined number, or when the number of established wins reaches the predetermined number, and detects that the RB game end condition is satisfied. be able to.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lottery table used for RB gaming. FIG.
4 (a) shows a random number range assigned to each game combination. FIG. 14 (b)
Indicates a rough ratio of a random number range assigned to each game combination. As is clear from comparison with the BB general game lottery table shown in FIG. 13, the RB game lottery table of FIG. BB role "
, The “re-game player” is not set. However, in the RB gaming lottery table, B
All of the random number range that was set to “RB role” in the B general game lottery table, and “Lose”
“Increased role” is set for a part of the random number range set for. As described above with reference to FIG. 6, 15 game medals are paid out when the winning of “increasing role” is established.
During the RB game, the winning combination of the winning combination is established with high probability, and 15 game medals are paid out each time the winning is established.

In contrast, if it is determined in S208 that the RB game end condition is satisfied (S208: yes), the RB game flag is set OFF to end the RB game (S210). The above-mentioned BB general game lottery table is selected using FIG. 13 (S2
12). As a result, when the RB game is ended, the game is continued by returning to the BB general game state described above.

In the above, when it is determined that the BB game flag is set to ON (S200: yes)
s) has been described. On the other hand, when the BB game flag is not set to ON (S200: no), after selecting the normal game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. 9 (S
216), the game state setting process of FIG. 12 is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process of FIGS.

As described above, the game state setting process (
In S100), a process of selecting an appropriate lottery table according to the setting of the game state flag is performed. Then, depending on which lottery table is selected in the game state setting process, the type of game combination that can be won in the internal lottery and the ease of winning the game combination are switched.

Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 7, when the start lever 36 is operated, an internal lottery is performed and rotation of the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is started (S110, S116).
) In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the BB combination is won by the internal lottery, the game machine 1 rotates in a special mode different from the normal. Below, the rotation rotation process (S116) performed in order to rotate the rotation cylinder 20a, 20b, 20c is demonstrated.

C-3. Cylinder rotation processing:
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the spinning cylinder rotation process performed by the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment to rotate the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. This process is a process executed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, when the spinning cylinder rotation process is started, first, it is determined whether or not the special rotation flag is set to ON (S300). The special rotation flag is a flag that is set to ON when the internal winning combination is won for the BB combination, and as described above with reference to FIG. The most significant bit of is assigned to the special rotation flag. When “1” is stored in this bit, the special rotation flag is set to ON.

As a result of the determination in S300, when it is determined that the special rotation flag is not set to ON (S300: no), normal rotation is started (S302). Here, the normal rotation refers to a predetermined rotational speed (79.898 rotation / in the first embodiment) in a direction in which the symbol moves from top to bottom as viewed from the display window 20 (hereinafter referred to as a positive direction). This is the operation of rotating at constant speed in minutes.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the special rotation flag is set to ON (S300: yes)
), Special rotation processing is started (S304). In this special rotation process (S304), the rotation of the rotating cylinder is started in the forward direction, while the rotating cylinder is rotated at a constant speed at a slightly different rotational speed (79 rotations / minute in the first embodiment). (Ie special rotation). The special rotation process will be described in detail later.

After finishing the special rotation process (S304), the special rotation flag is set to OFF (S3).
06), the normal rotation described above is started (S302). As described above, in the spinning rotation process, when the special rotation flag is not set to ON, the normal rotation immediately starts and the process returns to the game control process of FIG. 7, and the special rotation flag is set to ON. If it has been done, after performing the special rotation, the normal rotation is started and the game control process of FIG. 7 is resumed.

As described above with reference to FIG. 7, in the game control process, the spinning cylinder 2 is rotated by the spinning cylinder rotation process (S116).
After rotating 0a, 20b, 20c, the player's rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b,
In accordance with the button operation of 38c, a process of stopping the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c (rotating cylinder rotation stopping process) is started (S118). In this spinning rotation stop process, one of the game players is won internally in the internal lottery process (S110) performed earlier, and the player turns the rotation stop button 38.
Only when a, 38b, and 38c are operated at an appropriate timing, processing is performed to stop the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c so that the symbol combinations corresponding to the internal winning game combination are aligned on an effective winning line. . In other words, at what timing the player stops the rotation stop button 38.
Even when a, 38b, and 38c are operated, the symbol combinations of the gamers who are not internally won must not be aligned. Such a rotation rotation stopping process is performed as follows.

C-4. Revolving rotation stop processing:
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of the spinning cylinder rotation stop process performed in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment. As described above, the spinning cylinder rotation stop process is executed by the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 (S118 in FIG. 7).

When the rotation rotation stop process is started, first, an internal lottery (
A process of extracting the first stop table is performed according to the result of S110) in FIG. 7 (S400).
Here, the stop table is a dedicated table that is referred to when stopping the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Although the details will be described later, the player turns the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c.
Of the symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the rotator (see FIG. 3), which symbol is displayed on the display window 20 to stop the rotators 20a, 20b, and 20c. Is set in advance. As described above, when a game combination is won by internal lottery, if the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c are operated at an appropriate timing, the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are arranged on the winning line. Thus, it is necessary to stop each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. On the other hand, for gamers who have not won the game internally, no matter what timing the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are operated, the corresponding combination of symbols is not aligned on an effective winning line. It is necessary to stop the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Therefore, different stop tables are provided depending on which game combination is won internally.

In addition, such a stop table includes a first stop table that is referred to when all of the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotating, and a second stop table that is referred to when any one of them has already stopped. And are set. Therefore, in S400 immediately after the rotation rotation stop process is started, the first stop table is first extracted according to the result of the internal lottery. For example, if it is determined that “Bell's small role” has been won internally, the first set for winning “Bell's small role”
Extract stop table. Of course, if no game combination is won, the first stop table set for losing is extracted.

When the first stop table is extracted in this way, it is determined whether or not the rotational speed of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c has reached a predetermined value (79.898 rotations / minute in the first embodiment) (S402).
As described above, prior to the rotation rotation stop processing, in the rotation rotation processing (S116 in FIG. 7),
The normal rotation of the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c is started, and in the normal rotation, the rotation is accelerated until the rotation of the rotating drum reaches a predetermined rotation speed (79.898 rotations / minute). . Therefore, in S402, it is determined whether or not the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c have reached a predetermined rotational speed (S402). When the predetermined rotational speed is reached (S402: yes)
Then, the operation of the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is validated (S404).

Next, it is determined whether or not any of the effective rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c has been operated (S406). As described above, the player selects the rotation stop buttons 38a and 38b.
, 38c, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. Main control board 20
0 can determine whether or not the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c have been operated based on the operation signal. If none of the spinning cylinder stop buttons is operated (S406: no), the process waits until it is operated.

On the other hand, when any of the rotation stop buttons is operated (S406: yes), the operated rotation stop button is invalidated (S408), and when the rotation stop button is operated,
It is detected at which rotational position the spinning cylinder corresponding to the button is located (S410). As described above, the rotation sensors 26a, 26b correspond to the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, respectively.
26c (see FIG. 4), and the rotational positions of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c can be detected. Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the number of symbols among a plurality of symbols (see FIG. 3) drawn on the corresponding rotating cylinder when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated is a predetermined “reference position”. The rotation position of the rotating drum is detected based on whether or not it is displayed on the screen. Here, the reference position is a special position predetermined in order to relatively detect the rotational position of each cylinder.
In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, the position of the middle stage of the display window 20 is set as the reference position for any spinning cylinder.

In this way, when the rotational position of the rotating cylinder where the rotating cylinder stop button has been operated is detected, a process (rotating cylinder stop control process) for stopping the rotating cylinder at an appropriate position is started (S412). The detailed contents of the rotating cylinder stop control process will be described later.

When the spinning cylinder stop control process is performed and the spinning cylinder for which the spinning cylinder stop button has been operated is stopped, it is determined whether or not all of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been stopped (S414). If there is a spinning cylinder that has not been operated yet and the spinning cylinder is still rotating (S414: no), S
Returning to the process of 406, the process waits until an effective rotation stop button is operated, and when operated, the series of processes described above are executed. If it is determined that all the spinning cylinders have been stopped while repeating these processes (S414: yes), the spinning cylinder rotation stopping process of FIG.
And it returns to the game control process shown in FIG.

Here, when the rotation stop button is operated in the rotation rotation stop process (FIG. 16) described above, the rotation stop control process (S412) is performed to stop the corresponding rotation cylinder at an appropriate position.
) Will be explained.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow of the rotation stop control process executed in the rotation rotation stop process. When the rotation stop control process is started, first, it is determined whether or not the rotation cylinder to be stopped is the first rotation cylinder (S500). Here, the first cylinder is the three cylinders 20a, 2
This is the first stop in 0b and 20c. That is, the three rotation stop buttons 38a
, 38b, 38c can be operated in any order, so that the three rotary cylinders 20a, 2
The order of stopping 0b and 20c can take various orders. Therefore, the three cylinders 20a, 20
b and 20c, the first stop which stops is called the "first cylinder" and the second stop which stops second is "
The second cylinder and the third cylinder to be stopped are called “third cylinder” for distinction. If it is determined to stop the first drum (S500: yes), immediately after the start of the rotation rotation stop processing (
While referring to the first stop table extracted in S400 in FIG. 16, the first rotation position of the first cylinder at the time of operation of the rotation stop button previously detected (S410 in FIG. 16) is used. The stop position of the rotating drum is determined (S502). In the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, as the stop position of the rotating drum,
A symbol (stop symbol) to be stopped and displayed at the reference position is determined.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating one of the first stop tables set in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment. On the stop table, the rotation position of the rotating cylinder when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated,
Correspondence with the time (stop time) from when the rotation stop button is operated until the rotation is stopped is set. As described above, in the first embodiment, the rotational positions of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are detected by the symbols displayed at the reference position.
As the rotational position, a symbol number (corresponding to the number assigned to the symbol array in FIG. 3) drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum 20a, 20b, 20c is set. In addition, as described above, when the operation of the rotation stop button is activated, the corresponding rotation is rotating at a constant speed (
When the stop time is determined, it is also determined how many frames will be rotated in the pattern drawn on the spinning cylinder during that time. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 18, instead of the stop time, the “sliding frame number” indicating how many frames are rotated (slid) to stop the rotating cylinder after the rotating cylinder stop button is operated. "Is set. Therefore, by referring to such a stop table, the number of sliding symbols corresponding to the symbol displayed at the reference position when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated can be read to determine the stop symbol.

As an example, a case where the left cylinder 20a is stopped as the first cylinder will be described. As shown in FIG. 19, when the player operates the left rotation stop button (left stop button) 38a, the 10th “Red Seven” symbol is displayed at the middle position (reference position) of the display window 20. Suppose that it is displayed. In this case, referring to the first stop table in FIG. 18, the number of sliding symbols is set to “2” for the symbol “Red Seven” of No. 10. Therefore, slide 1 frame 2 frames
The second “bell” symbol is determined as a stop symbol to be displayed at the reference position. In FIG. 19, the rotating direction of the rotating drum is indicated by a white arrow, and the symbol surrounded by a broken-line circle is a stop symbol.

Here, the maximum stop time set in the stop table is 190 msec,
During this 190 msec, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated by 4 frames in the design. In other words, when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated, it stops from the symbols (5 symbols including the symbol at the reference position) within 4 frames at the maximum from the symbol displayed at the reference position at that time. The design will be determined. Correspondingly, in the stop table (FIG. 18), a numerical value of 0 to 4 is set as the number of sliding symbols according to the design of the reference position.

Thus, the stop position of the rotating drum is determined by the stop time (number of sliding frames) set in the stop table. Therefore, if the stop table is set appropriately in advance, the combination of symbols corresponding to the internal winning game combination will be relatively easily aligned on the effective winning line. It is possible to stop each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c so that the symbol combinations are never aligned on an effective winning line.

When the stop position of the first cylinder is determined as described above, the first cylinder is stopped at the determined position (S504 in FIG. 17). Thereafter, when the second stop table is extracted in accordance with the symbol stopped and displayed on the first cylinder (S506), the cylinder stop control process of FIG. 17 is temporarily ended and the cylinder rotation stop process shown in FIG. Return to. Here, the relationship between the first stop table and the second stop table will be supplementarily described.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the first stop table and the second stop table. As described above, the first stop table stops the first cylinder, that is, the cylinders 20a and 20b.
, 20c is a table that is referred to when all of the three rotating cylinders are rotated. On the other hand, the second stop table is a table that is referred to when stopping the second cylinder and the third cylinder, and the first cylinder that has already stopped has three cylinders 20a and 20a.
The remaining two cylinders except the first cylinder are set as targets depending on which of b and 20c. In addition, as described above, in order to establish a winning combination for a game player who has won an internal winning, the corresponding symbol combinations must be aligned on the winning line. It is necessary not to align with any of the lines. For this reason, which symbol is stopped and displayed on the second or third cylinder may be influenced by the symbols displayed on the already stopped first cylinder. Accordingly, a plurality of second stop tables are prepared in accordance with the symbols stopped and displayed on the first cylinder, and in S506 of FIG. 17, appropriate depending on which symbols are stopped and displayed on the first cylinder. The second stop table is extracted. As described above, the stopping position of each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c depends on the internal winning game combination,
Both the first stop table and the second stop table are set according to the internal winning combination.

In the above, the process performed when the turning cylinder to be stopped is the first rotating cylinder (S500: yes in FIG. 17) has been described. However, when the rotating cylinder to be stopped is not the first rotating cylinder, that is, already When any of the spinning cylinders is stopped (S500: no), the rotating cylinder to be stopped is the second.
It is determined whether or not it is a rotating drum (S508). If it is determined that the cylinder is the second cylinder (S508: yes), referring to the second stop table extracted in S506, the rotation of the second cylinder during the operation of the previously detected cylinder stop button is performed. Based on the position (S410 in FIG. 16), the stop position of the second cylinder is determined similarly to the case of the first cylinder described above (S510). Thereafter, when the second cylinder is stopped at the determined position (S512), the rotation stop control process of FIG. 17 is once ended, and the process returns to the rotation rotation stop process of FIG.

On the other hand, if the symbol to be stopped is not the second cylinder (S508: no), it is determined that the first cylinder and the second cylinder are already stopped and the third cylinder is stopped. Therefore, referring to the second stop table, the stop position of the third cylinder is determined based on the rotation position (S410 in FIG. 16) of the third cylinder when the cylinder stop button is detected previously. (S514). FIG.
As shown in 0, since the stop information (stop time) of both the second and third cylinders is set in the second stop table, the stop position of the third cylinder is determined. The second stop table is also referred to when performing the process. When the third cylinder is stopped at the position thus determined (S516), FIG.
7 is completed, and the process returns to the rotation rotation stop process shown in FIG.

As described above, in the spinning rotation stop process, an appropriate stop table is extracted according to the game player who is won internally, and any of the spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is operated. Each of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is stopped at an appropriate position by determining the stop position with reference to the stop table based on the rotation position at the time of operating the button of the corresponding spinning cylinder. When all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, after returning to the game control process shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, it is determined whether or not any game player has won a prize (FIG. 7 (S122), when a winning of any game combination is established (S122: yes), a game state flag is set according to the established game combination (S of FIG. 8).
124 to S134), or after performing a process of paying out game medals (S136).
To S140), returning to the top of the process again, the series of processes described above following the gaming state setting process are repeated.

Here, as described above, in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment, while repeating the game control processing shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the internal winning of the BB role (S112 of FIG. 7: yes), When the special rotation flag is set to ON (S114), it is determined that the special rotation flag is ON in the rotating cylinder rotation process (S116) (S300: yes in FIG. 15), and as a result, the special rotation process (S304).
) Is executed. In the special rotation process (S304), a process of rotating the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c in the same direction as the normal rotation at a slightly different speed is performed.

D. Special rotation processing:
FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a special rotation process performed in the gaming machine 1 of the first embodiment. This process is the same as the spinning rotation process (S in FIG. 7) executed during the game control process of FIGS.
116), when it is determined that the special rotation flag is ON, the CP of the main control board 200
This process is executed by U201.

When the special rotation process (S304) is started, the rotating cylinder 20a,
The rotation of 20b, 20c is started (S600). Then, the rotation of the rotating drum is a predetermined rotational speed (
The rotation speed is gradually increased while determining whether or not the rotation speed has reached 79 revolutions / minute) (S602). Note that the target rotation speed (predetermined rotation speed) for rotating the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c in the special rotation process is slightly lower than the target rotation speed during normal rotation.
When the target predetermined rotational speed is reached (S602: yes), this time, a process (special rotation stop process) for stopping the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c rotating at the target rotational speed is performed. Execute (S604). This special rotation stop process (S604) is almost the same as the rotating cylinder rotation stop process described above with reference to FIG. 16, but as described below, the reference stop table is always a stop table for losing. Is different.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a special rotation stop process performed in the special rotation process. When the special rotation stop process (S604) is started, first, a process (S700) of extracting a “lack stop table” referred to when the internal lottery result is lost is performed. Then, the operation of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is validated (S702), and then it is determined whether any of the validated spinning cylinder stop buttons has been operated (S704).

Here, as described above, the target rotation speed for special rotation (79 rotations / minute) and the target rotation speed for normal rotation (79.898 rotations / minute) are only slightly different from each other. It is not possible to distinguish whether the rotary drum is rotating specially or normally. Therefore, when the rotation speed of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c reaches the target rotation speed in the special rotation process described above, the player stops the spinning cylinder stop button 38 as in the case of normal rotation.
a, 38b, and 38c are operated. As a result, it is determined that any one of the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c has been operated (S704: yes). Note that until the player operates any of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the player enters a standby state while repeating the determination of S704.

Thus, when any of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is operated (S704).
: Yes), the operated rotating cylinder stop button is invalidated (S706), and the rotational position of the rotating cylinder when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated is detected (S708). As mentioned above, the cylinder 2
Each of 0a, 20b, and 20c is provided with a corresponding rotator sensor 26a, 26b, and 26c, and when the rotator stop button is operated, what number symbol in the corresponding rotator pattern array is displayed at the reference position. It is possible to detect the rotational position of the rotating drum based on what has been done.

When the rotation position of the rotating drum is detected (S708), the stop position of the rotating drum is determined by referring to the stop table for losing extracted in S700, and then the rotating drum is stopped at the determined position (S).
710). Here, in the special rotation stop process, the stop table for losing is always referred to, so any combination of symbols is aligned on the winning line regardless of the timing when the rotation stop button is operated. There is nothing.

As described above, when any of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is operated, and the spinning cylinder corresponding to the operated button is stopped (S710), the spinning cylinder 20a,
It is determined whether all of 20b and 20c have been stopped (S712). If there is still a rotating cylinder, the process returns to the process of S704 and waits until an effective rotating cylinder stop button is operated. If operated, the series of processes described above are executed. If it is determined that all the spinning cylinders have been stopped while repeating these processes (S712: yes), the special rotation stop process (S6)
04) is completed, and the process returns to the special rotation process shown in FIG.

After returning to the special rotation process, it is determined whether or not a predetermined stop time has elapsed since all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c were stopped by the special rotation stop process (S604 in FIG. 21) (
S606). When it is determined that a predetermined stop time (for example, 1.5 seconds) has elapsed (S6)
06: yes), the special rotation process is terminated and the process returns to the rotating cylinder rotation process shown in FIG. After that, as described above, the special reset flag is turned OFF (S306 in FIG. 15), normal rotation is started (S302), and the spinning rotation process in FIG. 15 is terminated and the game control process in FIG. Return. As shown in FIG. 7, in the game control process, when the process returns from the rotation process (S116), the rotation process stop process (S118) is started. In the rotation rotation stop processing (S118), as described above, the rotation stop button is operated by the player after the rotation of the rotation reaches the normal rotation target rotation speed (79.898 / min). Then, referring to the stop table corresponding to the internal winning game combination (here, the BB combination), a process of stopping the rotation of the rotating drum at an appropriate position is performed (see FIGS. 16 and 17).

  As described above, in the special rotation processing, processing for performing special rotation prior to normal rotation, processing for stopping the corresponding rotating cylinder when the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c are operated during the special rotation, Further, after all the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have stopped, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated without operating the start lever 36. Since the special rotation process is performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in this embodiment corresponds to the “rotating drum effect executing means” in the present invention.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing a rotation mode of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c by executing the special rotation process. FIG. 23A shows a normal rotation mode, and FIG.
) Shows the rotation mode when the special rotation process (see FIG. 21) is executed by the internal rotation of the BB combination and the special rotation flag being turned ON. As shown in FIG. 23A, in the normal rotation mode, when the start lever 36 is operated (lever ON), the rotating cylinder 2
The rotation of 0a, 20b, and 20c is started, and after reaching a predetermined rotation speed promptly, it rotates at a constant speed. Then, when the player operates any of the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, the rotation corresponding to the operated button stops. When stopping the spinning cylinder, as described above, the stopping position of the spinning cylinder is determined with reference to the stop table corresponding to the internal lottery result. Thus, every time the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the operation of determining the stop position while referring to the stop table and stopping the spinning cylinder is performed for all the spinning cylinders 20a, 2
Repeat until 0b and 20c stop.

Also, as shown in FIG. 23 (b), the BB combination is won internally and the special rotation flag is O.
As a result of N, the rotating cylinder rotates in the same manner as the normal rotation mode described above even when the special rotation process is performed. That is, the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is started by a start lever operation (lever ON), and when it reaches a predetermined rotation speed, it rotates at a constant speed. Each time one of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is operated, the rotating cylinder corresponding to the operated button is stopped based on the reference result of the stop table. However, in the rotation mode of the special rotation process, the speed when rotating at a constant speed is slightly lower than in the normal rotation mode. In the special rotation process, the stop table referred to when stopping the rotating drum is always a stop table for loss. For this reason, when the spinning cylinder is stopped by the special rotation process, all the spinning cylinders are stopped in a state in which no game combination is aligned on the winning line (that is, lost).

When all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c stop in this way, the predetermined stop time (first
After that state is maintained for 1.5 seconds in the embodiment, the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is automatically started without operating the start lever 36. Thereafter, as in the normal rotation mode described above, the rotating drum quickly reaches a predetermined rotation speed and rotates at a constant speed. When any of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is operated, the stop position is determined with reference to the stop table of the game winning combination (here, the stop table for the BB combination). The rotating cylinder corresponding to the operated rotating cylinder stop button stops. While repeating such an operation, all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped again.

When the special rotation process is executed as described above, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c rotate in substantially the same manner as usual, so that the player can turn the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b,
As a result, all the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped (first spinning cylinder stop). Thus, after the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c stops, the spinning cylinder 20 automatically
The rotation of a, 20b, 20c is started, and it becomes possible to operate the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c again to stop the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c (second rotation stop).
. Thus, in the first embodiment, the rotation of the spinning cylinder can be stopped twice in one game by executing the special rotation process. In particular, after the first stop, it is possible to play a game in a special manner in which the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c that have been stopped once re-rotate.

In the special rotation process of the first embodiment, the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated in a special mode during the normal rotation mode, and once the rotation is stopped, the normal rotation mode is resumed. It is also possible to grasp that the process is accelerated by In the first embodiment, as described above, the special rotation process is performed only when the BB combination is won internally. Therefore, if the special rotation process is executed and the game is advanced in the above-described special manner, a special thing (ie, BB) will eventually occur.
It is possible to notify the player that a game will occur.

As described above, when the special rotation process is performed, all the cylinders 20a and 20b are operated by the player's start lever operation as if the normal rotation process was performed.
, 20c is rotated, and each time the player operates the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the rotation corresponding to the operated button is stopped and displayed. Such a series of movements is not different from the case of the normal rotation process. However, when the special rotation process is performed, when a predetermined time elapses after all the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, Trunk 20a, 20
b and 20c begin to rotate simultaneously. Since rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is usually started by the player's start lever operation, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, When 20c begins to rotate, it will attract the player's attention. As a result, the player expects that something special will happen, so that it is possible to stimulate the player's interest in the game.

In addition, when the special rotation process is performed, the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c do not simply start to rotate without operating the start lever, but immediately before that, the player himself stops the spinning cylinder. By operating the buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, all the rotating drums 20a, 20b, 20c
Is stopped. Therefore, for the player, the trap cylinders 20a and 20
Since b and 20c start to rotate again, this is strongly impressed and it becomes possible to produce a more effective performance.

In addition, since the game player cannot establish a winning combination unless the spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c are operated at an appropriate timing, the player can use the spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c. Unlike the operation of the start lever 36, the operation is an operation that is most concentrated on the game. In addition, the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b,
By operating 38c, it is possible to establish a winning game combination, so the operation of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c can be considered as a kind of opportunity for the player. When the special rotation process is performed, the player cannot distinguish from the normal rotation process at the stage where the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are initially rotated. Then, the player tries to operate the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c and concentrates on the game. After that, when all the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are stopped, they start rotating again.
The player can operate the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c once again. After all, when the special rotation processing is performed, for the player, the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b
, 38c is felt as if the chance to operate is increased, and it becomes possible to further enjoy the game.

Further, the special rotation processing of the first embodiment is performed at the rotating cylinders 20a and 20b at a slightly different speed from the normal speed.
, 20c are rotated at a constant speed, and the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 2 are referenced with reference to the stop table for loss.
This is a process for stopping 0c. This process is almost the same as the process executed at the time of normal rotation or stop, except that the constant rotational speeds of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are slightly different and the stop table to be referenced is fixed. The same processing is executed. Therefore, since most of the processing at the time of normal rotation can be used, it is possible to execute the above-described novel effect without taking the trouble of designing complicated control processing.

E. Modified example:
There are several variations in the first embodiment described above. Hereinafter, these modified examples will be briefly described.

E-1. First modification:
In the first embodiment described above, the rotating drums 20a, 20b, 20 rotated by the special rotation process.
It has been described that when stopping c, a stop table for losing that does not establish any symbol combination is referred to. However, as a stop table to be referred to, a “special loss stop table” for establishing a specific symbol (specific loss symbol combination) other than the symbol combination to be stopped and displayed when winning a game character is provided. The “stop table for losing” may be referenced instead of the stop table for losing.

Here, in the stop table for aligning the specific symbols described above, the number of symbols of symbols (that is, the number of sliding symbols) that can be drawn on the winning line can be freely set.
That is, as described above, in a normal stop table, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b,
Depending on the rotational position of the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c when the 38c is operated, from 0 frames to 4 frames
The number of sliding frames is set within the range of frames (see FIG. 18). Therefore, referring to the normal stop table, only a maximum of 4 symbols can be drawn on the winning line. On the other hand, in the predetermined symbol combination stop table described above, the setting range of the number of sliding frames is not limited to 0 frame to 4 frames, but an appropriate number of frames is set to draw the predetermined symbol combination on the winning line. To do. By referring to the stop table of the predetermined symbol combination in this way, the predetermined symbol combination can always be aligned on the winning line no matter what timing the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are operated. it can. Therefore, if a specific symbol is set as a predetermined symbol combination, the player's sense of expectation can be more effectively enhanced as described below.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a specific symbol provided in the first modification. As shown in the figure, the specific design is such that the red seven symbol is stopped on the left cylinder 20a, the blue seven symbol is stopped on the middle cylinder 20b, and the bar symbol is stopped on the right cylinder 20c. It is a combination. If there is a stop table that always aligns such specific symbols, the rotating cylinder 2 can be obtained by special rotation processing.
The rotation stop button 38a, 38b at any timing while 0a, 20b, 20c is rotating
, 38c are always operated, the specific symbols can be aligned on the winning line. And if this specific symbol is set as a symbol which is not normally arranged, the specific symbol can be stopped and displayed to attract the player's attention to the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b and 20c. In addition, if the player's attention is drawn in this way, the spinning drums 20a, 20b,
When 20c starts re-rotation without permission, it is possible to make the player recognize that more reliably. That is, the stop display of the specific symbol during the special rotation indicates the re-rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, and the specific symbol can be used as a “re-rotating symbol” for a series of games. As a result, as described above, it is possible to more effectively realize the playability of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c that have been stopped once again.

The specific symbols are not limited to those described above, and any symbol combination may be set as long as it is not a symbol combination that is stopped and displayed when a winning combination of a game player is established. For example,
A “blank symbol” that is not involved in any winning of a game player may be provided in the symbol array on the outer peripheral surface of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, and a symbol combination that establishes this blank symbol may be set as a specific symbol. . Then, the specific symbol (blank-blank-blank) is stopped and displayed only when the spinning cylinder stop button 38a, 38b, 38c is operated in the special rotation executed in the state where the bonus combination is won. Thereby, a meaningless symbol combination has a meaning as a so-called “reach eye” only during special rotation during a game in normal rotation, and the game performance can be effectively enhanced.

E-2. Second modification:
In the first embodiment and the first modification described above, after the rotation is stopped by the special rotation process,
It has been described that the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are re-rotated without permission to increase the player's expectation. Here, not only simply rotating the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, but also starting re-rotation, and at the same time, providing an effect to strongly impress the player on the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. It is good.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the re-rotation effect process (S800) of the second modified example. The re-rotation effect process (S800) is a process for performing a special effect when the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are re-rotated, and is performed by the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 described above.

When the re-rotation effect process (S800) is started, first, it is determined whether or not stop signals for all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been received from the main control board 200 (S8).
02). Here, as described above, the main control board 200 is connected to the rotary cylinder sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c that can detect the rotational positions of the rotary cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c (see FIG. 4). The CPU 201 of the control board 200 starts rotation of the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c,
In addition, it is possible to grasp the stop timing of all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c.
In addition, when the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 grasps the timing of the rotation start and the stop of all the rotations, a control signal indicating this is sent to the CPU of the sub control board 220.
221 is transmitted. Therefore, in S802 of the re-rotation effect process, it is determined whether or not a control signal (that is, a stop signal) indicating stop of all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c has been received (S802).

At this time, if any of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is still rotating, or if the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are already stopped, the main control is performed. The CPU 201 of the substrate 200 does not grasp that the all cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, and the stop signal of all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is sent to the CPU 22 of the sub control substrate 220.
It is not transmitted toward 1. Accordingly, in S802, all the cylinders 20a, 20b,
It is determined that the stop signal of 20c has not been received (S802: no), and the standby state is repeated while repeating the determination of S802 until the stop signal is received.

Then, when all the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 recognizes that all the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, and all the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, A stop signal 20c is transmitted toward the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220. In response to this, in the above-described S802, all the cylinders 20a, 20b, 2
It is determined that a stop signal of 0c has been received (S802: yes).

If it is determined in S802 that the stop signals for all the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been received, it is next determined whether or not an operation signal for the start lever 36 has been received from the main control board 200 (S804). Here, as described above, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 can recognize that the start lever 36 has been operated by receiving the operation signal of the start lever 36. At this time, an operation signal indicating the operation of the start lever 36 is transmitted from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220. Therefore, in S804 of the re-rotation effect process, it is determined whether or not an operation signal for the start lever 36 has been received (S804). If it is determined that the operation signal has not yet been received (S804: no), this time, the main control board 200 to the cylinders 20a, 20b,
It is determined whether or not a rotation start signal indicating the rotation start of 20c has been received (S806).

Here, normally, since rotation of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c starts after the operation of the start lever 36, it is determined whether or not a rotation start signal is received unless an operation signal for the start lever 36 is received. do not have to. However, as described above, when the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated again by performing the special rotation process, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate without operating the start lever 36. Therefore, in the re-rotation effect process,
If it is determined in S804 that an operation signal for the start lever 36 has not been received (S804:
no), it is determined whether or not the rotation start signals of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been received (S).
806)

If it is determined that the rotation start signal of the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c has not been received yet (S806: no), the process returns to the above-described S704 to determine whether or not the operation signal for the start lever 36 has been received again (S804). ). Thus, in the re-rotation effect process, the same determination is repeated until either the operation signal of the start lever 36 or the rotation start signal is received from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 (S804: yes or S806: yes). . By repeating such a determination, as will be described below, all the cylinders 20a, 20b
, 20c, it is possible to determine whether or not the rotation started after the stop is a re-rotation.

That is, as described above, normally, the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c starts after the start lever 36 is operated. Therefore, the operation signal for the start lever 36 is transmitted before the rotation start signals for the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are transmitted. as a result,
In step S804, it is determined that an operation signal for the start lever 36 has been received (S804: yes).
). In this case, since it can be determined that the next rotation is not a re-rotation, the re-rotation effect process is terminated. On the other hand, re-rotation of the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c starts without operating the start lever 36. Therefore, it is determined that the operation signal of the start lever is not received in S804 of the re-rotation effect process (S804: no), and it is determined that the rotation start signal of the rotating cylinder is received in the subsequent S806 (S806: yes). In such a case, the rotating drum 20a, 20
It can be determined that b and 20c have started re-rotation.

As described above, when it is determined that the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have started re-rotation (S
806: yes), various kinds of effect data for effecting re-rotation are read (S808).
. Here, as the effect data, data for causing the effect display device 10 to output a special video (special display) at the start of re-rotation, and data for outputting a special sound effect (special sound) from the speaker 14. Etc. are prepared. Further, these effect data are stored in the ROM 222 mounted on the sub-control board 220. Then, when the effect data is read from the ROM 222 (S808), the effect display device 1 is based on the setting contents of the effect data.
0 is instructed to output a special display, and the speaker 14 is instructed to output a special sound (S810). When the special display and the output of the special sound are instructed in this way (S810), the re-rotation effect process is ended.

Thus, when the re-rotation effect process (S800) is executed, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20
When c is re-rotated without operation of the start lever, special effects (special display output and special sound output) that are not performed at the start of normal rotation are performed. As a result, it is possible to strongly impress the player that the rotation (that is, re-rotation) of the current spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is a special rotation different from normal. In this way, the cylinders 20a, 2 once stopped.
Since the spinning effect that 0b and 20c re-rotate freely can be emphasized, it is possible to further increase the player's expectation that something special (ie, BB game) will eventually occur. It becomes.

Further, in the second modification, from the CPU 201 of the main control board 200, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b,
The CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 determines whether or not the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have started re-rotation depending on whether the rotation start signal of 20c or the operation signal of the start lever 36 is received. As described above, since the CPU 221 of the sub control board 220 uniquely determines whether or not the rotation of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is re-rotation, the control performed by the main control board 200 is not complicated. A process of re-rotating the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c can be executed.

E-3. Third modification:
In the first embodiment, the first modified example, and the second modified example described above, after the rotation of the special rotation process is stopped, the spinning cylinder is passed after a predetermined stop time (for example, 1.5 seconds) has elapsed. 20a, 20b
, 20c is automatically re-rotated. However, the cylinder 20a, 20b, 20c
Instead of automatically re-rotating, the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c may be re-rotated in response to the player operating the input button 34.

In the third modified example, in the special rotation process described above (see FIG. 21), whether or not the insertion button 34 is operated by the player instead of determining whether or not a predetermined stop time has elapsed in S606. Judging. In this way, the special rotation process is ended by operating the closing button 34, and normal rotation is immediately started after returning to the above-described rotating cylinder rotation process (see FIG. 15). As a result, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c can be re-rotated in response to the player's input button operation.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram showing the progress of the game when the special rotation process of the third modification is performed. FIG. 26 (a) shows the progress of the game when the special rotation process of the first embodiment, the first modified example, or the second modified example described above is performed, and FIG. ) Shows the progress of the game of the third modified example.

As shown in FIG. 26 (a), when the special rotation process of the first embodiment, the first modified example, or the second modified example described above is performed, the insertion button 34 is operated by the player. After (betting operation), when the start lever 36 is operated (lever ON), the rotating cylinders 20a, 2
0b and 20c start to rotate. And all the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c
Is operated, all the rotary cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are temporarily stopped.
a, 20b, and 20c automatically re-rotate without operating the start lever. With this,
All revolving stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c during rerotation of the revolving cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c.
Is operated, all the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are stopped again.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 26 (b), in the special rotation process of the third modification, after the player performs the betting operation, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are temporarily stopped. Is
A game is played in the same manner as in FIG. On the other hand, in the third modified example, once stopped, the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are not automatically re-rotated, and the stopped state is maintained as it is. Eventually, it is determined that the game has been completed by the player, and the betting operation is performed again to start the next game. As a result, as described above, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are started to rotate again without the start lever operation, triggered by the player's betting operation. Thereafter, as in FIG. 26 (a), all the rotation stop buttons 38 are again played by the player.
All cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are stopped by operating a, 38b, 38c.

As described above, when the special rotation process of the third modified example is performed, the rotating cylinder 20a once stopped,
20b and 20c are rotated again in response to the player's betting operation. Here, the rotating drum 20a, 2
Since the rotation of 0b and 20c is usually started by the start lever operation, the player's intention is drawn by re-rotating the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b and 20c by the bet operation, and the player's attention is attracted to the game. Can do. As a result, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that something special (that is, a BB game) will occur. In addition, unlike the case where the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c that have been stopped temporarily re-rotate after the elapse of a predetermined stop time, the player is actively engaged in the game by performing a game operation (here, a bet operation). Since the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c can be re-rotated while being involved, it is easier for the player to recognize the special effect that the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are re-rotated without operating the start lever. can do.

As described above, if the insertion button 34 is operated as usual, the number of game medals required for one game (three) is subtracted from the game medals stored in the gaming machine 1. The stored number of game medals after subtraction is reflected in the credit display unit 22c. Using this fact, even when the insertion button 34 is operated after the rotation of the special rotation process is stopped, the number of game medals required for one game (three) from the stored number of game medals is simulated. And the number of game medals stored after the subtraction may be reflected on the credit display unit 22c. In this way, it is possible to produce an effect as if a gaming medal has been inserted into the gaming machine 1, so that the player can be confident that a betting operation has been performed. As a result, for the player, although the bet operation should have been performed, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b,
When 20c starts re-rotation, the player's attention can be more effectively attracted by the game. It should be noted that after the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is stopped, the number of game medals stored after pseudo subtraction is returned to the original number. In this way, the number of stored game medals is not actually subtracted.

Further, in the third modified example, since the revolving of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is started with the input button operation as a trigger, the input button 34 that is normally only one time during one game.
The number of operations increases to 2. Here, in general, in a spinning-type gaming machine, various effects that excite the game proceed as triggered by the player's gaming operations (bet operation, lever ON, and spinning stop button operation). By increasing the number of operations (in this case, the input button operation) performed by the player during one game, it is possible to increase the chance of performing the performance. Therefore, the current game (that is, a game that is internally won for the BB role) can be sufficiently increased.

F. Second embodiment:
In the first embodiment, the first modified example, the second modified example, and the third modified example described above, when the special rotation flag is set to ON due to the internal winning of the BB combination, the special rotation It has been described that the process is performed only once. However, the special rotation process may be repeated a plurality of times.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the rotating rotation process of the second embodiment. As shown in the drawing, the rotating rotation process of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, the first modified example, the second modified example, or the third modified example (see FIG. 15), but when the special rotation flag is determined to be ON in the first step (S300) of the rotation process (S300)
Only the processing contents following S300: yes) are different. Therefore, in the following, S300
When the special rotation flag is determined to be OFF (S300: no), the description will be omitted, and the processing after the special rotation flag is determined to be ON will be described.

In the rotating cylinder rotation process of the second embodiment, if it is determined in S300 that the special rotation flag is ON (S
300: yes), before performing the special rotation process, the number of executions of the special rotation process (number of special rotations) is determined by lottery (S304). Therefore, in the second embodiment, the number of special rotations is changed randomly. When randomly determining the number of special rotations,
It is determined by obtaining a 1-byte random number that takes a random value of 0 to 255 and referring to the following table (special rotation number determination table).

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing a special rotation number determination table. This special rotation number determination table is a table stored in the ROM 202 of the main control board 200. As shown in the drawing, the number of times of executing the special rotation process is set from 1 to 3 in the special rotation number determination table according to the range of the random number value. Therefore, in S304, the number of executions of the special rotation process is determined based on the previously obtained random number value. In the special rotation number determination table of the second embodiment, it is almost the same probability that the special rotation number is 1 to 3 times.

When the number of special rotations is determined as described above (S304), the special rotation process described above is executed (S306). When the special rotation process ends, 1 is added to the predetermined area of the RAM 203 as the number of executions of the special rotation process (S308). That is, since the RAM 203 of the main control board 200 of the second embodiment has an area for storing the number of executions of the special rotation process, the first embodiment, the first modification, the second modification described above, Alternatively, as in the third modified example, immediately after the special rotation process is completed, the special rotation flag is not immediately turned OFF, and a process for storing the number of executions of the special rotation process is performed. Prior to the execution of the special rotation process, the process for determining the number of special rotations and the process for counting the number of executions of the special rotation process are executed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the rotation process of the second embodiment. Is done. Therefore, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 that executes the rotating rotation processing corresponds to the “execution count determining means” and the “execution count counting means” in the present invention.

When the number of executions of the special rotation process is stored in this way (S308), it is determined whether or not the number of executions has reached the number of special rotations determined by lottery (S310). At this time, if the number of special rotations is 1, it is determined that the number of executions has reached the number of special rotations (S310: yes). On the other hand, if the number of special rotations is 2 or 3, it is determined that it has not yet been reached (S310: no). In such a case, the process returns to S306 again to execute the special rotation process. When the special rotation process is completed, 1 is added to the number of executions as described above (S308), and it is determined again whether the special rotation number determined by lottery has been reached (S308).
S310). In this way, if it is determined that the number of special rotations has been reached while repeating S306 to S310 (S310: yes), the special rotation flag is turned off and normal rotation is started (S312 and S302). ), The rotation of the rotating drum is completed.

FIG. 29 shows the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20 by executing the rotating process of the rotating cylinder of the second embodiment.
It is explanatory drawing which showed the rotation aspect of c. FIG. 29 (a) shows the rotation mode of the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c when the number of special rotations is 1, and FIG. 29 (b) shows that the number of special rotations is 2.
The rotation mode in the case of rotation is shown. FIG. 29 (c) shows a case where the number of special rotations is three.

As shown in FIG. 29 (a), when the number of special rotations is 1, as described above, the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped by operating the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c. The number of times is two, and the number of times that the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are re-rotated without operating the start lever is one (see FIG. 23). On the other hand, if the number of special rotations is 2,
As shown in FIG. 29 (b), in addition to FIG. 29 (a), the rotation by the second special rotation process is inserted after the rotation by the first special rotation process. As a result, the number of times of stopping the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c by operating the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is three.
Times. Among them, the number of times the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are re-rotated without operating the start lever is two. Further, when the number of special rotations is 3, as shown in FIG. 29 (c), the number of times of stopping the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is 4, and among these, the rotating cylinder 20a
, 20b, 20c is re-rotated three times.

As described above, by increasing the number of special rotations, the cylinder 20a in one game
, 20b, 20c, the number of rotations of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c can be increased. As described above, since the re-rotation of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is a special rotation that starts without operating the start lever, the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 2
By increasing the number of re-rotations of 0c, it becomes possible to attract the player's interest more strongly in the game. Further, when the number of special rotations is increased, the number of times of stopping the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c can be increased by operating the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c. As described above, the operation of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c is a kind of opportunity for the player to align the gaming roles, so that the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b,
By increasing the opportunity to stop 20c, it becomes possible to concentrate the player on the current game (that is, a game that is internally won for the BB role).

Further, by increasing the number of re-rotations of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, the opportunity can be increased when performing an effect that causes the player to recognize the re-rotation as in the second modification described above. Therefore, for example, if the content of the effect to be executed is varied depending on the number of re-rotations, the rotating cylinder 2
A more elaborate performance can be performed using the re-rotation of 0a, 20b, and 20c. As a result, the current game (that is, a game that is internally won for the BB role) can be more effectively excited.

F-1. Modification of the second embodiment:
In the second embodiment described above, it has been described that the special rotation process is executed only when the BB combination is won internally. However, the special rotation process may be performed not only when the BB combination is won internally, but also when a predetermined game combination (for example, a watermelon small combination) is won internally. By doing this, as described above, even if the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c rotate in a special manner, no special thing (that is, the winning of the BB role) is eventually generated, and so-called “gase” The game can be terminated (here, a watermelon small role is established).

In addition to this, in the modified example of the second embodiment, when determining the number of special rotations, a special rotation number determination table to be referred to for the BB role at the time of internal winning, and to be referred to when the internal winning is selected for the watermelon small role. The special rotation frequency determination table to be set is provided separately, and the random number range set according to the special rotation frequency is appropriately changed for each table. By doing this,
As will be described in detail below, the possibility that something special will occur (that is, the expected degree of bonus combination) can be changed depending on the number of rotations of the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c. In the modification of the second embodiment, when the type of the special rotation number determination table to be referred to is determined, any one of the following two types of special rotation flags is turned ON according to the internal lottery result. It is decided depending on whether it is set.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory view showing a special rotation flag provided in a modification of the second embodiment. FIG. 30A shows an internal lottery result in which the special rotation flag is turned ON, and a special rotation flag that is set in accordance with the internal lottery result. As shown in the figure, in the modified example of the second embodiment, the special rotation flag A is set to ON when the BB combination is won internally, and the special rotation is set when the watermelon small combination is won internally. Flag B is set to ON. When the special rotation flag A is set to ON, a special rotation number determination table A, which will be described later, is referred to. When the special rotation flag B is ON, the special rotation, which will be described later, is referred to. The number determination table B is referred to.

FIG. 30B shows a data structure of an area for 1 byte in which the special rotation flag is set. As shown in the drawing, the special rotation flag is assigned with the first 2 bits of the 1-byte area in which the bonus combination internal winning flag is set. When the BB combination is won internally, the first bit corresponding to the special rotation flag A is set to “1”, and when the internal combination is selected for the watermelon small combination, the second bit corresponding to the special rotation flag B is set. The bit is set to “1”.

FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram showing a special rotation number determination table provided in a modification of the second embodiment. In FIG. 31 (a), the special rotation flag A is turned ON by winning the BB combination internally.
A special rotation number determination table A that is referred to in the case of In addition, FIG.
b) shows a special rotation number determination table B that is referred to when the special rotation flag B is turned ON by the internal winning of a watermelon small combination.

As shown in FIG. 31 (a), in the special rotation number determination table A referred to by the internal winning of the BB combination, the random number range (0 to 29) with the special rotation number being 1 is the narrowest. Then, the random number range (30 to 99) in which the number of special rotations is 2 is narrowed.
On the other hand, the random number range (100 to 225) in which the number of special rotations is 3 is the widest. Therefore, if the BB combination is won internally, the probability of the special rotation number being 3 (156/256)
) Is the highest, then the second chance (70/256) is high, and the first chance (30/256)
256) is the lowest.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 31 (b), in the special rotation number determination table B referred to by the internal winning of the watermelon small part, conversely, the random number which makes the special rotation number 3 times The range (230-255) is the narrowest, and then the random number range (2 special rotations)
170 to 229) is narrow, and a random number range (0 to 169) in which the number of special rotations is 1 time.
Is the widest. Therefore, when a watermelon small role is won internally, the probability of one special rotation (170/256) is the highest, and then the probability of two (60/256).
The probability of being 3 times (26/256) is the lowest.

As described above, when the BB role is won internally, the number of special rotations can be easily set,
When a watermelon small role is won internally, the number of special rotations is reduced and it is easier to set. Here, as described above with reference to FIG. 29, when the number of special rotations is one, the spinning cylinder 20a,
The number of rotations 20b and 20c is two, and when the number of special rotations is two, the rotating cylinders 20a and 20b
, 20c has 3 rotations, and when the special rotation is 3 rotations, the rotation number is 4. Therefore, when the internal winning for the BB role and the internal winning for the watermelon small role are as follows: As shown
Different tendencies appear with respect to the number of times the drums 20a, 20b, and 20c rotate during one game.

FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the internal lottery result and the number of rotations of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. As shown in the figure, when a watermelon small part is elected internally,
, 20b, 20c has the lowest probability of 4 rotations, and the probability of 3 rotations is the second lowest after the probability of 4 rotations. On the other hand, the probability that the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated twice is the highest. On the other hand, when the BB role is won internally, contrary to the case where the watermelon small role is won internally, the probability that the number of rotations will be 2 is the lowest, and the number of rotations is 3 times. Is the second lowest next to the probability of 2 times, while the probability of 4 rotations is the highest. Since the special rotation number determination table A and the special rotation number determination table B are set in this way, the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20
Depending on the number of rotations of c (how many times re-rotation is performed), the degree of expectation in which the BB combination is won internally will change. That is, when the number of rotations of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is 4 (rerotation is 3 times), there is a high possibility that the winning combination for the BB role will be made internally.
When the number of rotations of 20b and 20c is 3 times (re-rotation is 2 times), the possibility of winning internally for the BB role and the possibility of winning internally for the small role of watermelon are roughly the same. Become. If the number of rotations is 2 (one re-rotation), there is a high possibility that a watermelon small role is won internally. As described above, when the special rotation process is performed, the internal lottery result (in this case, the BB role is used) when stopping the last rotation (that is, the rotation in the normal mode) among the rotations performed a plurality of times. Or a stop table corresponding to a small watermelon) (see FIG. 23).

As described above, in the modification of the second embodiment, when the stage 20a, 20b, 20c once stopped by the special rotation process is performed, the stage 20 is rotated in one game.
As the number of rotations of a, 20b, and 20c increases, the degree of expectation that a bonus combination will be established increases. By doing so, the player concentrates on the game while hoping that the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated again and again, so that it becomes possible to further attract the player's interest to the game.

Further, in the modified example of the second embodiment, the BB combination is not necessarily aligned if the number of rotations of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c in one game is large. That is, although the probability is low, when the number of rotations of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c becomes four, the small part of the watermelon is stopped, so even if the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c Even if the rotation enters the fourth time, it is not known until the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c stop what kind of symbol combination is finally obtained. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the player's sense of tension while expecting the player to expect something special (ie, BB game) to occur with a high probability.

In the modification of the second embodiment, it has been described that the special rotation flag B is set to ON when the watermelon small winning combination is won internally. However, instead of the case where the watermelon small winning combination is internally won, The special rotation flag B may be set to ON when an internal winning is won. However, as described above, the probability of internally winning a loser is set to be extremely higher than the probability of internally winning a watermelon role (see the lottery table in FIG. 9). B is ON
It is determined appropriately whether or not to turn on the special rotation flag B by lottery so that the probability of becoming is not extremely high. In this way, as in the case of the internal winning of the watermelon small part described above, a part of the case where the internal winning of the loser is won can be used as a so-called “gase”. Even if there is a match for the player, no profit can be obtained, so compared to using the watermelon small role for the gusset, the player's tension can be increased by increasing the disappointment given to the player. The feeling can be further enhanced.

While various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and is not limited to the wording of each claim unless it departs from the scope described in each claim. Improvements based on the knowledge that a person skilled in the art normally has can also be added as appropriate to the extent that those skilled in the art can easily replace them.

  The present invention can be used for a swing type game machine used in a game hall.

1 ... Cylinder-type game machine (game machine), 20 ... Display window,
20a, 20b, 20c ... Cylinder, 34 ... Insertion button (betting number operation section),
36 ... start lever (rotation start part),
38a, 38b, 38c ... rotating cylinder stop button (rotation stop part), 200 ... main control board,
201... CPU (rotation effect execution means), 202... ROM (game player storage means).

Claims (2)

Based on the rotation start unit being operated, the plurality of rotating drums are rotated in a predetermined manner, and the rotation stopping unit is operated in a state where the rotating drum is rotating in the predetermined manner. In the spinning-type gaming machine capable of stopping the spinning cylinder and being able to give a predetermined gaming profit according to the rotation stop result of the plurality of spinning cylinders,
Main control means for controlling the progress of the game;
Effect control means for receiving game information from the main control means and executing effects by the effect means;
A rotating effect execution means for executing a rotating effect that rotates the rotating drum in a mode different from the predetermined mode;
Rotation executing means for rotating the rotating drum in the predetermined manner after the winding effect is completed,
The effect control means executes the special effect by the effect means based on the fact that the game information indicating that the spinning drum is rotated in the predetermined mode is received from the main control means after completion of the spinning effect. This is a spinning machine. In the rotary type gaming machine according to claim 1,
An execution number determination means for determining the number of executions for executing the rotation effect that rotates the rotating drum in a mode different from the predetermined mode;
The spinning machine game machine characterized in that the spinning machine effect execution means executes the spinning machine effect until the number of executions determined by the execution time determination means is reached.

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