Gaming machine

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of increasing a player's interest in a game.SOLUTION: A predetermined number of prize balls are put out on the basis of a fact that a game ball enters ball entry means provided at a position where a game ball shot in a specific direction can enter. Specific data regarding a game is regularly updated by update means. In a predetermined state, when determination is executed by determination means using the specific data and a predetermined determination is made, displacement means is displaced for a predetermined period from a second position where a game ball is difficult to enter the ball entry means to a first position where a game ball can enter the ball entry means. In a predetermined state, a first situation in which the displacement means is not displaced from the second position to the first position for a specific length of time even if a game ball is continuously shot in a specific direction and a second situation in which the displacement means may be displaced from the second position to the first position multiple times for a specific length of time if a game ball is continuously shot in a specific direction may occur.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Claims

[Claim 1] A discrimination means capable of performing discrimination, A specific game execution means capable of executing a specific game in which, if the result of the discrimination by the discrimination means becomes a specific discrimination result, a game ball can be entered into the first ball entry means, In a gaming machine having a second ball entry means different from the first ball entry means, The system is configured to award prize balls of different values, including at least a first prize ball that may be awarded when a game ball enters the first ball entry means, and a second prize ball that may be awarded when a game ball enters the second ball entry means. The system is configured such that a predetermined calculation corresponding to the awarding of prize balls can be performed on the value of a predetermined counter during a predetermined game period. A first display whose form can change in response to the awarding of the first prize ball, and a second display different from the first display, whose form can change in response to the awarding of the first prize ball and the awarding of the second prize ball, are configured to appear during the predetermined game period. The system is configured such that the awarding of prize balls may be restricted based on the result of the predetermined calculation being a specific result. If, during the predetermined game period, the predetermined calculation results in the predetermined result, the system is configured to allow game balls to continue entering the first ball entry means for the predetermined period until the predetermined game ends. The system is configured such that a specific display, which cannot be displayed until the result of the predetermined calculation becomes the specific result, can appear during the predetermined period. The system is configured such that, at least during the predetermined game period in which the specific game is being played, a predetermined event may occur in which the value of the predetermined counter can be erased without the information regarding the progress of the specific game being erased. In a situation where the value of the predetermined counter has been updated from a first value to a second value by the predetermined calculation, the system is configured such that the value of the predetermined counter can be updated from the second value to the first value by an operation performed by the player. A gaming machine characterized in that the conditions in which the second display is displayed include at least a condition in which the form of the displayed second display changes in response to the awarding of prize balls, and a condition in which the form of the displayed second display does not change in response to the awarding of prize balls.

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