gaming machines

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of suppressing a decline in interest in a game.SOLUTION: A game machine capable of imparting profits to a player on the basis of a result of a lottery includes: performance execution means for executing a predetermined performance; performance information storage means capable of storing performance information necessary for executing the predetermined performance; and performance display means for displaying an image on the basis of the performance information. As the predetermined performance, a specific performance in which a predetermined object is displayed to be in a normal mode and then changed into an expectation degree mode, can be executed. The specific performance can be changed into the expectation degree mode after a display layer is changed to a display layer different from the display layer in which the object is displayed in the normal mode.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 584

Claims

[Claim 1] A gaming machine that can generate a special gaming state based on the result of a lottery, an outside program stored in an area outside the area in which the program for controlling the progress of the game is stored; a prize medium awarding means for awarding a prize medium based on the winning of a prize; The out-of-area program calculates a difference based on the number of game media consumed in the game and the number of prize media awarded; a game stop means for executing a setting for stopping the progress of the game based on the calculated difference; a game stop canceling means for canceling the stop of the game progress when the game progress is stopped by the game stop means; An operation means that is operated to execute the game stop release means; Equipped with The game stop release means allows the game progress to be resumed by operating the operation means while the game progress is stopped by the game stop means, and initializes the difference; When the out-of-area program executes a process of calculating a difference based on the number of game media consumed in a game and the number of prize media to be awarded, specific storage information used by the program that controls the progress of the game is saved, and specific storage information corresponding to the out-of-area program is set, so that predetermined storage information used by the program that controls the progress of the game can be saved; Furthermore, a symbol display means for displaying a variable symbol based on the result of the lottery; A storage means capable of storing information regarding the variable display of unexecuted symbols as reserved information; a hold display means for displaying a hold corresponding to the hold information; a performance execution means for executing a predetermined performance; a special operation means operable by a player; The hold display means is capable of displaying a hold effect display including a hold pattern display that can be displayed corresponding to the hold information stored in the storage means and a current hold pattern display that corresponds to the variable display of the executed pattern, and a hold number display that displays the number of hold information stored in the storage means, the symbol display means is capable of displaying a first symbol and a second symbol smaller than the first symbol; the effect execution means is capable of controlling the display to a plurality of display states, The plurality of display states include: A first display state in which the hold effect display and the hold number display are displayed, and the first pattern and the second pattern are displayed; a second display state in which the hold effect display is not displayed and the hold number display is displayed, or the hold effect display and the hold number display are not displayed, and the first symbol is not displayed and the second symbol is displayed, or the first symbol and the second symbol are not displayed, the effect execution means, when detecting a special detection means provided in the special operation means within a predetermined time after the second display state is entered, is capable of canceling the second display state without displaying the special display that is to be displayed after the predetermined time has elapsed; In the second display state, even if the predetermined time has elapsed and the special detection means detects something while the special display is being displayed, the second display state is canceled. the effect execution means is capable of executing a predetermined advance notification when the difference reaches a predetermined value smaller than a specific value at which progress of the game is stopped; The advance notice has a higher display priority than the reserved display and the second symbol, and is displayed in front of them, but is displayed in a manner that does not interfere with the visibility of the reserved display and the second symbol. A gaming machine characterized by:

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