Gaming machine

Abstract

To provide pachinko machines that can improve the gameplay experience. [Solution] The pachinko game machine is configured such that, when the right to execute a special game is held, the special game can be started when a game ball passes through a special game activation opening through which a game ball can pass. The machine is configured to transition to a special game standby state in which the special game can be started by passing a game ball through the special game activation opening after a predetermined period has elapsed since a specific symbol stopped on the special symbol display means. In the special game standby state, the machine is configured to execute a specific performance that aims to get the game ball to pass through the special game activation opening. Even if the specific symbol is the same, when the special game is executed triggered by the stopping of the specific symbol, either a first standby pattern in which the predetermined period is the first period, or a second standby pattern in which the predetermined period is longer than the first period, is adopted.

Claims

[Claim 1] In a special symbol display means that displays the change and stopping of special symbols triggered by the entry of a game ball into a designated section, when a specific symbol stops, the right to execute a special game is acquired as a result of the stopping of that specific symbol. When the right to perform the aforementioned special game is possessed, the special game can be initiated when a game ball passes through a special game activation opening through which the game ball can pass. The special symbol display means is configured to transition to a special game standby state in which, after a predetermined period has elapsed since the specific symbol stopped, the special game can be started by passing a game ball through the special game activation opening. In the aforementioned special game standby state, the system is configured to execute a specific animation that aims to guide the game ball through the special game activation opening. Even if the specified symbols are the same, if the special game is executed triggered by the stopping of the specified symbols, the system is configured to adopt either a first waiting pattern in which the predetermined period is the first period, or a second waiting pattern in which the predetermined period is longer than the first period. A pachinko game machine characterized by the following.

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