| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide, in a Pachinko game machine of such a type that a game state after completion of a special game is announced by opening and closing operation of a variable prize pocket during a special game while regularly or possibly keeping the game state secret, a novel announcement method which may not cause reduction in interest on the game of a player who does not want announcement of the game state. <P>SOLUTION: In the Pachinko game machine, the opening pattern of the variable prize pocket in at least one unit game of one or two or more unit games is varied between when shift to the special game state is determined and when the shift to the special game state is not determined. The opening pattern performs substantially the same or similar operation from the start of the unit game to a second predetermined time, and performs a different operation in at least part of the time zone from the second predetermined time to a first predetermined time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
