Gaming Machines

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of enhancing player's motivation to play a game by increasing a degree of attention to the game and interest in the game.SOLUTION: A game machine 10 can execute a time-shortening game state having a high operation probability of an electric accessory 315b. The time-shortening state includes: an a-time-shortening game state that can be started after completion of a jackpot game; and a c-time-shortening game state that can be started when a jackpot lottery results in a time-shortening pattern stop losing. The game machine 10 executes a RUSH performance for showing that an operation probability of the electric accessory 315b is high and a jackpot game easily occurs when control is shifted to an a-time-shortening game state. An image capable of identifying a reservation number of a second special pattern game is displayed during execution of a RUSH performance. When control is shifted to a c-time-shortening game state during execution of a RUSH performance, a time-shortening game round display (performance) for showing the number of remaining special pattern games executable in a c-time-shortening game state is executed after completion of a RUSH performance, and an image capable of identifying a reservation number of a first special pattern game is displayed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 224

Claims

[Claim 1] A transition determination means for determining whether or not to transition to a game state in which a game advantageous to a player is executed based on the establishment of a determination condition; A predetermined winning means for satisfying the judgment condition based on the entry of a game ball; a result notification information display means for displaying result notification information for notifying a result of the transition determination by the transition determination means; A display means is provided corresponding to the game board, and displays the result notification information; A launching means for launching game balls toward the game board at predetermined intervals when a predetermined game operation is performed; A gaming machine equipped with The predetermined winning means is: A first winning means; a second winning means different from the first winning means, capable of switching between an allowable state in which the entry of the game ball is allowed and a restricted state in which the entry of the game ball is restricted; The result notification information is First result notification information that can be displayed after a predetermined period of time has elapsed on the condition that a gaming ball has entered the first winning means; and second result notification information that can be displayed after a specific period of time has elapsed on the condition that the gaming ball enters the second winning means, This gaming machine is a reserved ball number information image display means capable of displaying reserved ball number information images showing balls that have entered at least the first winning means but are in a reserved state for which the transition determination has not yet been performed, up to a predetermined upper limit number; A suggestive information image display means for displaying a suggested information image different from the reserved number information image, the suggested information image being an information image that can be displayed in any one of a plurality of display modes in response to the entry of a game ball into the first winning means, during at least a plurality of consecutively executed predetermined periods; a specific permissible state generating means for generating a specific permissible state, which is the permissible state for a long period of time in which a predetermined number of game balls can be launched toward the game board by performing the predetermined game operation based on the establishment of a specific condition; Equipped with This gaming machine is The execution of the predetermined specific period for the entry of the game ball into the second winning means is configured to be executed in priority to the execution of the predetermined period for the entry of the game ball into the first winning means in the pending state, During the specific period executed when a game ball enters the second winning means in the specific permissible state during the execution of display of the specific suggestive information image, a specific display image related to the specific permissible state, which is different from the image displayed as the reserved ball number information image, can be displayed on the display means, and the specific suggestive information image can be displayed together with the specific display image at least while the specific display image is being displayed. The predetermined suggestive information image is configured to be displayed in at least a first display mode and a second display mode different from the first display mode as the plurality of display modes, This gaming machine is During the specific period, during a specific period during which the specific display image is displayed on the display means, the specific suggestive information image is displayed together with the specific display image without being changed from the first display mode, The predetermined suggestion information image is configured to be displayed in the second display mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the specific period executed after the predetermined period in which the predetermined suggestion information image is displayed in the first display mode, The result of the transition determination by the transition determination means is notified by stopping the display of a predetermined pattern displayed in a variable manner on the display means, This gaming machine is The predetermined suggestive information image is displayed at a position that does not obstruct the visual recognition of the predetermined variable display of the predetermined pattern on the display means during the specific period, This gaming machine is A gaming machine characterized in that, while the specific display image is displayed on the display means during the specific period, the specified suggestive information image displayed together with the specific display image is displayed for the entire period during which the specific display image is displayed.

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