PINBALL GAME MACHINE

To provide a game machine for enhancing interest in a time-shortening game by giving priority to a ceiling time-shortening game.SOLUTION: Even if a specific losing pattern is selected, ceiling time-shortening game continuation processing is performed (step S1119) during a ceiling time-shortening game (negative determination in step S1114). It is processing for giving more priority to a ceiling time-shortening game that is under execution than a specific time-shortening game. In this case, after display of a specific losing pattern, notification for continuing a ceiling time-shortening game is performed. When the number of losing variation times HN reaches the upper-limit number of times MHN (negative determination in step S1111), ceiling time-shortening start processing (step S1122) is executed without performing specific time-shortening completion processing in cases other than during a specific time-shortening game after execution of specific time-shortening completion processing (step S1121) during a specific time-shortening game. The specific time-shortening completion processing reports completion of a specific time-shortening game temporarily by clearing (initializing) a specific time-shortening flag and the number of time-shortening times.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 31 【課題】天井時短遊技を優先し時短遊技の興趣を高める遊技機を提供する。【解決手段】特定外れ図柄が選択されても、天井時短遊技中であれば（ステップＳ１１１４の否定判定）、天井時短遊技続行処理が為される（ステップＳ１１１９）。これは、特定時短遊技よりも実行されている天井時短遊技を優先する処理である。このとき、特定外れ図柄を表示した後、天井時短遊技を続行する旨の報知が為される。また、外れ変動回数ＨＮが予め定められた上限回数ＭＨＮに至ったとき（ステップＳ１１１１の否定判定）、特定時短遊技中であれば特定時短終了処理（ステップＳ１１２１）が実行された後、特定時短遊技中でなければ特定時短終了処理を行うことなく、天井時短開始処理（ステップＳ１１２２）が実行される。特定時短終了処理は、特定時短フラグ及び時短回数をクリア（初期化）し、一旦特定時短遊技を終了させる旨を報知する処理である。【選択図】図３１