Gaming machine

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of enhancing interest in a game.SOLUTION: A normal electric generator 72 is arranged upstream of a small winning hole unit 73 that can be won when winning a small win from among winning holes for which a prize can be won in execution of a rightward shooting game. A game machine is also configured to generate a state in which entry into the small winning hole unit 73 is disabled or made difficult, and a state in which entry into the small winning hole unit 73 is enabled or made easy for each established small win type by allowing timing for completing "a time-shortening function" to differ depending on a time-shortening completion condition satisfied in "a time-shortening state" and a type of dynamic display (a small win or not) for allowing the time-shortening completion condition to be satisfied.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Claims

[Claim 1] A launching mechanism capable of launching game balls, A starting ball entry area is provided in the game area where game balls can flow down, A determination means that performs a predetermined determination based on whether a game ball enters the starting ball entry area, When a game ball enters the aforementioned starting ball entry area, a display means is provided to display a predetermined pattern in a changing manner. A variable ball entry means is provided in the game area, and when a specific determination result is obtained by the determination means, the state can be switched between a second state in which it is difficult or impossible for the game ball to enter and a first state in which the game ball can enter from the second state, A gaming machine comprising an update means for updating specific information based on the fulfillment of predetermined update conditions in the aforementioned variable display, This gaming machine is In a specific game state in which the specific information can be updated by the update means, when the specific information reaches a predetermined update state, a specific display is made. The system is configured to generate a predetermined profit state if the conditions for generating a profit state are met after the aforementioned specific display. The system includes a notification control means that executes a predetermined notification mode display using either a first notification mode display or a second notification mode display different from the first notification mode display, This gaming machine is The system is configured to generate a specific benefit based on the fact that a game ball launched by the launching means enters the variable ball entry means in the first state, thereby fulfilling a predetermined game condition. In a predetermined game state prior to the occurrence of the predetermined profit state, if the determination means results in the specific determination result, the system is configured such that performing the first predetermined game operation afterward may be more disadvantageous to the player than performing the second predetermined game operation. The notification control means is, When the determination means determines the specific determination result, the system is configured to perform notification switching, which involves switching the notification mode display so that the first notification mode display is executed at a predetermined timing a predetermined period before the specific information reaches the predetermined update state, and the second notification mode display is executed at a specific timing after the predetermined timing but before the specific information reaches the predetermined update state. The notification switching is configured to be executable when the game state becomes the predetermined game state, This gaming machine is When the specified determination result is reached in the specified game state, the system is configured to execute the specified notification display in the second notification mode display in response to the specified determination result, prompting the player to perform the second specified game operation. This gaming machine is At a minimum, between the predetermined timing and the specific timing when the notification switching is performed, the system is configured to perform a predetermined game operation notification display that is different from the first notification mode display and the second notification mode display, and which is not a game operation instruction display from the game machine to the player, but rather a display that notifies the player that a predetermined game operation can be performed based on the player's judgment, At a minimum, the system is configured to perform a choice notification display that, in a predetermined variation display between the predetermined timing and the specific timing, displays a choice of game selection options that the player can decide on, rather than a game operation instruction display from the game machine to the player. The aforementioned fluctuation display is, A first variation display and a second variation display different from the first variation display, The first variation display is configured to be executable at least in the predetermined game state, The second fluctuation display is configured to be more easily executed at least after the predetermined profit state has occurred. This gaming machine is When the determination means corresponding to the first variable display determines the specific determination result, the variable ball entry means is configured to execute the first state a predetermined number of times. When the determination means corresponding to the second variable display determines the specific determination result, the variable ball entry means is configured to execute the first state a specific number of times. In the predetermined number of cycles, the period from when the variable ball entry means first enters the first state until the last first state ends and it enters the second state is configured to be shorter than the period in the specific number of cycles from when the variable ball entry means first enters the first state until the last first state ends and it enters the second state. A gaming machine characterized by the following features.

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