Game machine

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of suppressing a decrease in a player's willingness of playing a game and a decrease in interest even if a predetermined initialization condition is satisfied and control is shifted to a non-advantageous section.SOLUTION: A game machine can perform control of an advantageous section to multiple states at least including a special state capable of increasing a game value by notification using notification means, a normal state disadvantageous to a player, and a specific state having a higher degree of expectation toward a shift to the special state than to the normal state, and includes a carry-over state for holding a bonus winning combination and a non-carry-over state without holding a bonus winning combination, and the specific state at least includes a first specific state, and a second specific state having a higher degree of advantage than the first specific state, and control can always be performed to the second specific state when it is determined that control is shifted from a non-advantageous section to an advantageous section in the carry-over state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 237

Claims

1. A gaming machine including a variable display unit capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information, a result display being derived by starting and then stopping the variable display on the variable display unit, and a bonus being awarded in accordance with the derived result display, A role determination means capable of determining a winning role from among a plurality of roles including a bonus role; A stop operation detection means for detecting a stop operation for stopping the variable display of the variable display unit; A notification means capable of notifying a player of a stop operation mode advantageous to the player; A section control means capable of controlling the section to either a non-advantageous section in which the notification means cannot notify the user or an advantageous section in which the notification means can notify the user; A state control means for controlling the advantageous zone into a plurality of states including at least a special state in which a game value can be increased by notification by the notification means, a normal state which is disadvantageous to a player, and a specific state in which the expectation of a transition to the special state is higher than that of the normal state; A favorable zone end control means for transitioning to the non-favorable zone when a predetermined end condition is satisfied in the favorable zone; A favorable zone start control means for transitioning to the favorable zone when a predetermined start condition is satisfied in the non-favorable zone, There is a carryover state in which the bonus role is held, and a non-carryover state in which the bonus role is not held, The specific state includes at least a first specific state and a second specific state having a higher degree of advantage than the first specific state, The gaming machine is characterized in that the state control means is capable of controlling the state to the second specific state whenever a transition from the non-advantageous zone to the advantageous zone is determined in the carryover state.

2. A gaming machine including a variable display unit capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information, a result display being derived by starting and then stopping the variable display on the variable display unit, and a bonus being awarded in accordance with the derived result display, A setting unit capable of executing a setting change process for setting one of a plurality of setting values; A role determination means capable of determining a winning role from among a plurality of roles including a bonus role; A stop operation detection means for detecting a stop operation for stopping the variable display of the variable display unit; A notification means capable of notifying a player of a stop operation mode advantageous to the player; A section control means capable of controlling the section to either a non-advantageous section in which the notification means cannot notify the user or an advantageous section in which the notification means can notify the user; A state control means for controlling the advantageous zone into a plurality of states including at least a special state in which a game value can be increased by notification by the notification means, a normal state which is disadvantageous to a player, and a specific state in which the expectation of a transition to the special state is higher than that of the normal state; A favorable zone end control means for transitioning to the non-favorable zone when the special state ends in the favorable zone; A favorable zone start control means for transitioning to the favorable zone when a predetermined start condition is satisfied in the non-favorable zone, When the setting change process is executed, the non-advantageous section is formed, There is a carryover state in which the bonus role is held, and a non-carryover state in which the bonus role is not held, When the setting change process is executed in the carry-over state, the setting can be changed to the non-carry-over state, When it is determined that the vehicle is to transition to the special state, a predetermined period of time before the vehicle is to transition to the special state may be regarded as a precursor state, The special state and the precursor state are states having a higher degree of advantage than the specific state, and the normal state is a state having a lower degree of advantage than the specific state, When the advantageous zone is started by the advantageous zone start control means, the advantageous degree is lower when the non-advantageous zone is in the non-carry-over state than when the non-advantageous zone is in the carry-over state, The specific state includes at least a first specific state and a second specific state having a higher degree of advantage than the first specific state, The gaming machine is characterized in that the state control means is capable of controlling the degree of advantage to be always equal to or higher than the second specific state when a transition from the non-advantageous zone to the advantageous zone is determined in the carryover state.

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