Game machine

Abstract

To provide a game machine which can suppress depression of a motivation of a player for a game.SOLUTION: In a normal state, a recommended game method is that a specific stop button corresponding to a specific display column is firstly operated, and a not-recommended game method is that a predetermined stop button corresponding to a predetermined display column is firstly operated. When a game is performed in the not-recommended game method in the normal state, a specific display can be displayed in the game in which a navigation performance is not performed, but the specific display is not displayed in the game in which the navigation performance is performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 470

Claims

1. Game control means capable of controlling the progress of a game, Effect control means capable of controlling the progress of an effect, Variable display means capable of variably displaying symbols in a plurality of display columns, A plurality of stop buttons provided corresponding to the plurality of display columns and operable by a player to perform a stop operation, Effect display means capable of performing an effect display, Notification means capable of notifying the operation order of the plurality of stop buttons and controlled by the game control means, Section control means capable of controlling a plurality of sections including a favorable section in which notification by the notification means is possible and a non-favorable section in which notification by the notification means is not possible, In the favorable section, state control means capable of controlling a plurality of states including a favorable state in which notification by the notification means can be generated and a normal state set as a state in which notification by the notification means can be performed but the notification frequency is lower than that in the favorable state, The favorable state is a state in which the payout rate exceeds 1, In the normal state, it is a gaming method in which it is recommended to first operate a specific stop button corresponding to a specific display column among the plurality of display columns, and it is defined that it is not recommended to first operate a predetermined stop button corresponding to a predetermined display column different from the specific display column among the plurality of display columns, When the game is played in the non-recommended gaming method in the normal state, it is possible to disadvantage the processing related to the favorable state compared to when the game is played in the recommended gaming method, The effect display means, In a game in which notification by the notification means is performed, it is capable of executing a navigation effect for notifying an operation order according to the content of the notification by the notification means, When the game is played in the non-recommended gaming method in the normal state, it is possible to display a specific display in a game in which the navigation effect is not performed, A gaming machine characterized in that, even when the game is played in the non-recommended gaming method in the normal state, the specific display is not displayed in a game in which the navigation effect is performed.

2. Game control means capable of controlling the progress of a game, Effect control means capable of controlling the progress of an effect, Variable display means capable of variably displaying symbols in a plurality of display columns, A plurality of stop buttons provided corresponding to the plurality of display columns and operable by a player to perform a stop operation, Effect display means capable of performing an effect display, notification means that can notify the operation order of the plurality of stop buttons and is controlled by the game control means; section control means capable of controlling a plurality of sections including an advantageous section in which notification by the notification means is possible and a non-advantageous section in which notification by the notification means is not possible; state control means capable of controlling a plurality of states including a normal state in which the ball payout rate is 1 or less and an advantageous state in which the ball payout rate exceeds 1 in the advantageous section; and In the normal state, it is a gaming method in which it is recommended to first operate a specific stop button corresponding to a specific display column among the plurality of display columns, and it is not recommended to first operate a predetermined stop button corresponding to a predetermined display column different from the specific display column among the plurality of display columns. It is defined as a gaming method; When the game is played using the non-recommended gaming method in the normal state, it is possible to make the processing related to the advantageous state less favorable than when the game is played using the recommended gaming method; The effect display means is capable of executing a navigation effect for notifying the operation order of the plurality of stop buttons in a game in which notification by the notification means is not performed; is capable of displaying a specific display in a game in which the navigation effect is not performed when the game is played using the non-recommended gaming method in the normal state; A gaming machine characterized in that even when the game is played using the non-recommended gaming method in the normal state, the specific display is not displayed in a game in which the navigation effect is performed.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein when the navigation effect is performed in the normal state, the effect display means does not display the specific display even when the game is played using the non-recommended gaming method and regardless of the operation order notified by the navigation effect.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, characterized in that in a game in which the navigation effect is performed, even when the game is played using the non-recommended gaming method and regardless of the operation order notified by the navigation effect, the processing related to the advantageous state is not disadvantaged.

5. The navigation effect can notify the operation order included in the non-recommended gaming method. When the guidance effect means performs the navigation effect in the normal state, regardless of the operation order notified by the navigation effect and even when the game is played according to the recommended game method, the specific display is not displayed. The gaming machine according to claim 4, characterized in that in the game in which the navigation effect is performed, regardless of the operation order notified by the navigation effect and even when the game is played according to the recommended game method, the processing related to the advantageous state is not disadvantaged.

6. A first light emitting means provided in plurality in the vicinity corresponding to the plurality of display columns and capable of notifying the operation order of the plurality of stop buttons by its light emission pattern. The gaming machine according to claim 5, characterized in that in the game in which the notification by the first light emitting means is performed, when a stop operation is performed regardless of the notified operation order, the notification by the first light emitting means is terminated.

7. A second light emitting means provided corresponding to each of the plurality of stop buttons and capable of emitting light for each of the plurality of stop buttons. The operation order of the plurality of stop buttons can be notified by the light emission pattern of the second light emitting means. The gaming machine according to claim 6, characterized in that in the game in which the notification by the second light emitting means is performed, when a stop operation is performed regardless of the notified operation order, the notification by the second light emitting means is terminated.

8. When the player performs a specific effect operation, a result effect display is displayed on the effect display means, and an operation-linked effect capable of displaying a promotion effect display for promoting the performance of the specific effect operation in a situation where the player can perform the specific effect operation can be executed on the effect display means. The operation-linked effect according to claim 7, characterized in that the game in which the navigation effect is performed in the normal state is less likely to be executed than the game in which the navigation effect is performed in the advantageous state, or can be executed in the game in which the navigation effect is performed in the advantageous state, but is not executed in the game in which the navigation effect is performed in the normal state.

9. An effect setting means capable of setting effects is provided. The gaming machine according to claim 8, characterized in that when the setting by the effect setting means is performed while the specific display is being displayed on the effect display means, at least a part of the specific display can be made not to be displayed.

10. The gaming machine according to claim 9, wherein, in a situation where the operation order of the plurality of stop buttons is being displayed as the navigation guidance, and a power failure occurs in a situation where at least a part of the plurality of display columns is changing, after the return from the power failure, the operation order of the plurality of stop buttons is not displayed.

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