JP2000308746A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display interesting images by providing a stop timing instruction means, which transmits data relating to stop timings of multiple patterns forming hit/blank images to variably display the hit/blank images and to display a still pattern indicated by a stop timing. SOLUTION: When a ball is put into a specified prize port (or passed through a specified passage port), a main control board 30 determines whether or not to give an advantage to a player, and selects a variable display pattern to be displayed on the screen and transmits data relating to the variable display pattern. The main control board 30 also transmits data relating to multiple patterns forming hit/blank images and data relating to stop timings of multiple patterns forming hit/blank images. A special pattern display device 32 variably displays hit/blank images according to an indicated variable display pattern, and displays a still image according to indicated stop timing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly, to a communication structure between a main control board for controlling the progress and content of a game and an image control board for displaying and controlling an image corresponding to the progress or content of the game. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gaming machine, for example, a pachinko gaming machine, when a fired game ball wins a starting port or passes through a passing port, a symbol is displayed on a screen for a predetermined period of time and then displayed statically (stop display). If the statically displayed symbol is a combination of a predetermined symbol, the game content is in a state advantageous to the player. Whether or not to display a predetermined combination of symbols to be in a state advantageous to the player,
It is determined by the value of the random number value selected based on the timing at which the game ball wins the starting port or passes through the passing port, and if the selected random value matches a predetermined value, on the screen, for example, A combination of predetermined symbols such as "777" or "333" is displayed to inform that the game contents are advantageous to the player, and a so-called "big hit" is opened with a special winning opening or the like for a predetermined time. A large amount of game balls are paid out to prize balls. The selected random number value is generally configured as a counter that repeatedly generates an integer value within a predetermined range by incrementing by +1 (increment) at every minute time such as a hardware interrupt. It functions as a random number because it cannot be predicted. In the pachinko gaming machine, the progress and content of the game, such as the selection of the random value and the determination of the random value, or the opening of the winning port, are referred to as a "main control board" (hereinafter simply referred to as "main control board"). ), And image control processing such as displaying a combination of predetermined symbols on a screen is executed by an image control board (also referred to as a “symbol control board”). Conventionally, communication between the main control board and the image control board has been executed by a so-called “offset method”.

In this offset method, data corresponding to the type of symbol and the display position of the symbol is transmitted from the main control board to the image control board for a predetermined time, for example, at each hardware interrupt, and a predetermined number of frames are transmitted per second. Was controlled to display the image. However, transmitting data at every hard interrupt or at every time corresponding to the hard interrupt means that the timing of increment of the random number value is known outside the main control board. There was no danger of improper use of this to forcibly generate a big hit. In addition, in recent years, various interesting controls have been performed on display control on a screen for the purpose of developing image control technology and providing a player with more entertainment. For example, in order to give a sense of expectation of a big hit, control such as suddenly appearing a character while the design is changing, changing the background screen, or incorporating a so-called reach operation or a trick operation in the change display mode of the design is performed. It has been done. These controls are also executed by instructions from the main control board, but frequent execution of these instructions by the main control board is a problem that the processing load on the main control board is large. There is a problem that the degree of freedom of control is impaired by frequent instructions from the user. Therefore, in order to eliminate the possibility of the fraud and increase the degree of freedom of the image control board, an invention called "intelligentization" described below has been made.

[0004] In a gaming machine adopting an invention called "intelligentization", data is transmitted from the main control board to the image control board at the time when the image changes. That is, at the start of the fluctuation of the displayed symbols, at the time of the variation of the variation speed, at the time of the stationary variation, and the background screen displayed on the screen corresponding to the displayed symbols and the background screen of different types of characters. At the time of the change or when a different type of character is displayed, data is transmitted from the main control board to the image control board to execute the change of the image, and the change is instructed. The gaming machine adopting this intelligence has an extremely excellent effect of preventing the occurrence of fraud since the timing of transmission from the main control board to the image control board is different from the timing of increment of the random number value. ing.

[0005]

However, even in a gaming machine adopting the above-described intelligent system, the main control board causes the image control board to change the pattern, background, character, etc. constituting the image at each time the image changes. It is necessary to transmit data to instruct, and the burden on the main control board for executing various controls is still large. On the other hand, in the image control board, there is no change in the configuration instructed by the main control board every time the image changes, and the degree of freedom that the image control board independently determines and executes various image processing is still low. Is the actual situation. The present invention suitably solves these problems, enables the main control board to execute various controls other than image control more precisely, and further increases the degree of freedom from the main control board in the image control board. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of expressing an interesting image and providing a player with a sense of entertainment.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine in which a game ball fired on a game board receives a special winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. A main control board that determines whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the player due to the timing of the game, and a screen that is displayed on the screen every time the main control board determines whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the player. And an image control board for controlling the still image to be displayed with a success / failure image indicating whether or not the content of the game is advantageous to the player after the image is variably displayed, wherein the success / failure image is configured by a combination of a plurality of symbols. In the gaming machine, a plurality of types of variation patterns to be variably displayed by the image control board are previously patterned on the main control board, and a variation pattern for selecting any one variation pattern based on the timing is provided. Pattern selecting means, a fluctuation pattern instructing means for transmitting data on the fluctuation pattern selected by the fluctuation pattern selecting means, a symbol instructing means for transmitting data on a plurality of symbols constituting the hit / fail image, and the hit / fail image. Static timing instructing means for transmitting data relating to the static timing of each of a plurality of symbols to be constituted, and a success / failure image variably displayed on the image control board in accordance with the fluctuation pattern instructed by the fluctuation pattern instructing means; And an image variation display means for displaying the symbols designated by the symbol instruction means in accordance with the stationary timing designated by the means.

[0007] Here, a plurality of types of variation modes to be displayed in a variable display are defined in advance by displaying a variation on the screen every time the main control board determines whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the player. A series of image changes until static display, such as a change in the speed of change, a change in the background screen, a change in the type of characters appearing, etc. This means that even if the still displayed image is the same, a different pattern is used if the mode of change is different. Since this variation pattern has a large number of occurrences of still screens that are not advantageous to the player, it is preferable to increase the variation patterns that are not advantageous to the player.

Further, as the data relating to the variation pattern transmitted by the variation pattern designating means, a configuration is conceivable in which the variation pattern is coded and the coded data is transmitted. On the other hand, the image control board may be configured to read a variation pattern corresponding to the received code and display an image on a screen according to the read variation pattern.

In the gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the main control board determines whether or not the game ball fired on the game board surface wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. In addition to determining whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the game, the change pattern to be displayed on the screen by the change is selected by the change pattern selecting means, and data on the change pattern is transmitted by the change pattern instructing means. Then, data relating to a plurality of symbols constituting the hit / fail image is transmitted by the symbol instructing means, and data relating to the rest timing of each of the plurality of symbols constituting the hit / fail image is transmitted by the stationary timing instructing means. On the other hand, the hit / fail image variation display means of the image control means variably displays the hit / fail image in accordance with the fluctuation pattern instructed by the fluctuation pattern instructing means, and the symbol instructed by the symbol instructing means in accordance with the stationary timing instructed by the stationary timing instructing means. Are statically displayed.

This eliminates the need for the main control board to transmit the instruction code to the image control board at each timing corresponding to the change point of the image. On the other hand, the image control board only needs to receive once the data relating to the variation pattern, the data relating to a plurality of symbols constituting the hit / failure image, and the data relating to the timing of stopping the plurality of symbols, and then to the data relating to the variation pattern. Until the data is received, it is released from the main control board and a free image can be displayed on the screen. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the processing load on the main control board can be remarkably reduced as compared with the conventional game machine, and the degree of freedom of the image control board can be increased to further interest on the screen. This provides an extremely excellent effect that a certain image can be expressed. In addition, the variation pattern is configured to be selected based on the timing at which the gaming ball wins or passes through the winning opening, so that the image displayed on the screen has irregularity, and the randomness of the game has Can be secured, and the gambling of the player can be enhanced, and the displayed image is not biased.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the image control board cannot receive the data transmitted by the variation pattern instructing means, it does not variably display the success / failure image, and the symbol instructing means or 2. The game according to claim 1, further comprising: a reception abnormality notifying unit that displays an image indicating that the transmission data has not been normally received after receiving the data transmitted by the stationary timing instruction unit. Machine.

In the gaming machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the data transmitted by the variation pattern instructing means cannot be received, the success / failure image previously displayed statically is displayed without variation display of the success / failure image. However, after receiving the data transmitted by the symbol instructing means or the stationary timing instructing means, the reception abnormality informing means displays an image indicating that the transmission data could not be normally received. This has the effect that the player can recognize that the execution / non-execution determination processing corresponding to the winning or passing of the game ball has been performed, although the success / failure image is not variably displayed. At this time, if the result of the hit determination is a big hit, the big hit processing is executed, so that there is no disadvantage to the player.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the data transmitted by the symbol designating means cannot be received on the image control board, an abnormal symbol indicating that data relating to the symbol could not be received is received. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: an abnormal symbol display means for displaying a symbol which cannot be displayed.

In the gaming machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, when data transmitted by the symbol designating means cannot be received, an abnormal symbol indicating that data relating to the symbol could not be received is displayed. Instead, the abnormal symbol display means displays. As a result, some or all of the symbols constituting the winning / failing image are, for example, symbols such as “X”,
The player can recognize that the data has not been received normally. Then, by displaying “x”, it is possible for the player to recognize that the result of the determination as to whether or not it is correct is out of order. When the result of the hit determination is a big hit, the big hit processing is executed, so that there is no disadvantage to the player.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the image control board fails to receive the data transmitted by the stationary timing instruction means, it is different from the normal fluctuation display and is changing. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: an abnormal change display means for performing an abnormal change display indicating the following.

In the gaming machine according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the stationary timing instructing means cannot receive the data to be transmitted, the abnormal display is different from the normal fluctuation display and indicates that the fluctuation is being performed. The fluctuation display is performed by the abnormal fluctuation display means. As a result, although the hit / fail image is not statically displayed, the player can determine the hit / fail result by looking at the hit / fail image displayed in the abnormally changing display. The timing of performing the abnormal fluctuation is
It is preferable that a predetermined time has elapsed after the approximate change time indicated by the selected change pattern. In addition, abnormal fluctuation display is a fluctuation display of a symbol that is executed when data is normally received,
For example, a change display that is clearly different from a scroll change or the like may be used. For example, a fluctuation change in which a symbol slightly moves right and left or up and down may be considered.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment of the present invention
It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and can take various forms within the technical scope of the present invention. [First Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment includes a largely rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 12, and a known card reader 13 is provided on the left of the outer frame 11. Is provided. The front frame 12 is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 by upper and lower left and right hinges 14. An upper plate 15 is provided below the front frame 12, and a lending button 16, a settlement button 17, and a balance display unit 18 are provided on the upper plate 15. When the prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 19 of the card reader 13, the stored balance is displayed on the balance display section 18, and when the lending button 16 is pressed, the game balls are lent, and the game balls are discharged from the payout slot of the upper plate 15. Is discharged. The front frame 12 has a window-shaped metal frame 20.
Are releasably attached to the front frame 12.
A sheet glass 21 is doubly fitted into the metal frame 20. A game board 22 is housed behind the glass sheet 21. A lower plate 23 is provided below the front plate 12 of the upper plate 15, and a firing handle 24 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 23. A rotating ring (not shown) is provided on the outer periphery of the firing handle 24, and a game ball can be fired on the game board 22 by rotating clockwise. The upper plate 15 and the lower plate 23 are connected, and are configured to guide game balls to the lower plate 23 when the upper plate 15 becomes full of game balls.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine 10 as viewed from the back. As shown in the figure, a mechanism board 26 to which the game board 22 described above is detachably attached is housed in the outer frame 13 described above. A ball tank 27, a guiding gutter 28, and a payout device 29 are provided on the mechanism board 26 from above. With this configuration, if there is a winning of a game ball in the winning opening on the game board 22, a predetermined number of game balls are delivered from the ball tank 27 via the guiding gutter 28 by the payout device 29 to the above-mentioned upper plate 15
Can be discharged. As will be described in detail later,
A main control board 30 and a prize ball control board 31 are detachable on the mechanism board 26, and a special symbol display device 32 is provided on the game board 22.
A launch control board 33 is attached to the lower left portion of the front frame. The structure related to the payout of game balls and the like centering on the mechanism board 26 is the same as that of the conventional structure, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the game board 22 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 22 has an LCD panel unit (hereinafter, referred to as "LCD") 32a constituting the special symbol display device 32 in the center, and a normal electric accessory as a first-type starting port below the LCD panel unit 32a. 36, an ordinary symbol display device 37 on the upper part of the LCD 35, ordinary symbol operation gates 38 and 39 on the left and right of the LCD 35 used to start changing the symbol displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 37, and a large winning port 40 on the lower part of the ordinary electric accessory 36. An opening 41 at the bottom of the board, other winning ports, a windmill, a game nail (not shown), and the like are provided. With this configuration, when the above-described firing handle 24 is rotated, the firing motor 3 driven by the firing control board 33 is provided.
3a is driven, and the game ball on the upper plate 15 is fired on the game board 22 via the guide rail. If the launched game ball wins in each winning opening, the game ball is taken in as a safe ball on the back surface of the board, and if not won, it is similarly taken in as an out ball via the out port 41 on the back surface of the board.

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Pachinko machine 1
As shown in the figure, the electric circuit of the main control board 30, the prize ball control board 31, the special symbol display device 32, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, the sound control board 35,
It is composed of the above-mentioned prepaid card unit 13, the CR settlement display board 42 and the like. In this circuit diagram, a so-called relay board and a power supply circuit for transferring signals are not described.

The main control board 30 includes a ROM storing a game control program and a RAM serving as a work area for calculations and the like.
And an external input / output circuit for inputting / outputting data from / to each board or various switches and various actuators. On the input side of the main control board 30, the first-type starting port switch 36a, the ordinary symbol operation switches 38a and 39a, the accessory continuous operation switch (hereinafter, simply referred to as "V switch") 40a, the count switch 40b, the prize ball The payout switch 29a, the full tank switch 43, the supply switch 44, the touch switch 24a, and the like are connected. The output side is connected to a special winning opening solenoid 40c, a V solenoid 40b, a normal accessory solenoid 36b, and the like.

The first type start switch 36a is in the ordinary electric accessory 36 on the game board 22, and the ordinary symbol actuation switches 38a and 39a are ordinary symbol actuation gates 38 and 3, respectively.
9, the V switch 40a is in a specific area in the special winning opening 40, and the count switch 40b is in the special winning opening 40,
The prize ball payout switch 29a is below the ball cutting motor 29b in the payout device 29, and the full tank switch 43 is the lower plate 16
The replenishment switch 44 is mounted inside the ball tank 27. Here, the V switch 40a is a special winning opening 4
The count switch 40b indicates that all the game balls winning in the special winning opening 40 indicate that the game balls winning in 0 have passed through the special device operation area (hereinafter, referred to as “special area”).
The prize ball payout switch 29a is a game ball discharged to the upper plate 15 by the ball cutting motor 29b, the full tank switch 43 is that the game ball is full in the lower plate 16, and the supply switch 44 is a ball tank. The touch switch 24a is built into the firing handle 24 to detect the presence of a game ball in the player 27 and to detect that the player is touching the firing handle 24, respectively. The special winning opening solenoid 40c connected to the output side is a special winning opening 40, the V solenoid is a special area in the special winning opening 40, and the normal role solenoid 3
Numeral 6b is used for opening and closing the electric accessory 36.

The special symbol display device 32 includes the above-described LCD.
32a and a symbol display device control board (hereinafter simply referred to as a "symbol control board") 32 for driving and controlling the LCD 32a.
b and an auxiliary unit 32c such as a backlight and an inverter board. The symbol control board 32b is configured as a logic operation circuit centered on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer similarly to the main control board 30 described above.

The prize ball control board 31 drives and controls the ball cutting motor 29b in accordance with a command from the main control board 30, and pays out a game ball as a prize ball to a player when a prize is won. It may be configured as a logical operation circuit using a microcomputer, or may be configured as a discrete circuit. The prize ball control board 31 only pays out game balls in accordance with a command from the main control board 30, and the main control board 30 detects whether or not game balls corresponding to winning are paid out.

The firing control board 33 drives and controls the firing motor 33a in accordance with the amount of rotation of the firing handle 24 operated by the player, and stops the firing when the player presses the firing stop switch 24b. Or to turn on the touch lamp 45 when the touch switch 24a built in the firing handle 24 is in an on state.

The lamp control board 34 is mainly composed of a driving element such as a transistor, and receives a command from the main control board 30 to form a normal symbol display device 37, various kinds of lamps such as a jackpot lamp and an error lamp, and various kinds of LEDs and the like. It is for lighting and displaying lamps.

The sound control board 35 is composed of a sound source IC, an amplifier and the like, and is for driving and controlling the speaker 46 in response to a command from the main control board 30.

The transmission to the special symbol display device 32, the prize ball control board 31, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board 35 is performed in one direction so that it can be transmitted only from the main control board 30. It is configured as a communication circuit. 5 and 6 specifically show the one-way communication circuit.

The circuit diagram shown in FIG. 5 shows an interface circuit between the main control board 30 and the symbol control board 32b of the special symbol display device 32. The circuit diagram shown in FIG. 6 shows the receiving circuit of the symbol control board 32b. Are shown in more detail. As shown, the CPU of the main control board 30
The CPU of the symbol control board 32b is connected to the CPU of the symbol control board 32b through an I / O port.
0 is not transmitted. In this specific example, the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 3
Communication data to 2b (hereinafter, also simply referred to as "instruction code") is composed of one command consisting of two bytes and eight parallel signals (MD0 to MD7) and an interrupt request signal (MINT). I have. FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the interrupt request signal (MINT) and the parallel signal. When an interrupt request (MINT) is transmitted from the main control board, an interrupt (INT) is generated for the CPU of the symbol control board 32b.
The PU is configured to store the instruction code in the command reception buffer.

The main control board 30 is connected to the prepaid card unit 13 and the CR settlement display board 42 described above. The CR settlement display board 42 includes the above-described lending button 16 of the upper plate 15, the settlement button 17, the balance display section 18, and the like. The contents of the game provided by the pachinko machine 10 having the above-described circuit configuration are the same as those of the conventional game machine, and thus will be described only briefly.

The firing handle 24 operated by the player
A game ball is fired on the game board 22 by the firing motor 33a according to the amount of rotation of the first type starter switch 36a if the fired game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as the first type starter. The special symbol display device 32 functions to display the special symbol on the screen of the LCD 32a of the special symbol display device 32 for a predetermined period of time, and then to display the special symbol stationary. The special symbol that is statically displayed is a predetermined specific symbol, for example, 3 such as “777”.
When the same symbol is displayed, the game is set to the "big hit" state, and the game contents advantageous to the player are provided. Whether or not the big hit state is determined is based on whether or not the value of the random number determined when the game ball is detected by the first-type start-up switch 36a is a predetermined value. This random number is a counter that is incremented every minute, for example, every 2 ms, and is a counter that repeatedly creates, for example, 250 types of integers from 0 to 249. The timing at which the shot game balls enter the normal electric accessory 36 Functions as a random number because the random timing is unpredictable. When the jackpot is reached, the special winning opening 40 is set for about 30 seconds or 10
The V switch 40a detects that the winning ball has passed through the special area in the special winning opening 40 until the count switch 40b detects that the winning has been completed, whichever comes earlier. Once the special winning opening 40 is closed, it is opened again, and this opening operation is repeated up to 16 times. Normally, 15 game balls are paid out as prize balls for one game ball winning. Therefore, if one big hit state occurs, about 2400
(= 15 × 10 × 16) game balls can be acquired as prize balls. This prize ball discharging operation is executed by the prize ball control board. The V solenoid 40d for opening and closing the special area of the special winning opening 40 is for closing the special area when one game ball passes through the special area.

When the shot game ball passes through the ordinary symbol operation gate 38 or 39, the ordinary symbol operation switch 3
8a or 39a, the normal symbol display device 37
Is displayed statically after the display is changed for a predetermined time, for example, "7"
When a specific symbol is displayed, for example, the ordinary electric accessory 36 is opened until a predetermined time such as about 6 seconds or a predetermined number of game balls such as six, whichever comes earlier. As a result, the chance of the game ball winning the ordinary electric accessory 36 increases, the player can acquire a predetermined number of game balls, and the number of times the special symbol of the special symbol display device 32 is changed and displayed increases. The probability of generating a jackpot condition increases. The configuration up to the opening of the normal electric accessory 36 is substantially the same as the configuration for generating the “big hit” state described above, and therefore the description thereof is omitted. The control executed by the lamp control board 34 and the sound control board 35 during the game has the same configuration as that of the related art, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the main control board 30 and the special symbol display device 3
2 will be described in detail with reference to Table 1 shown on the next page. Table 1 shows the types of instruction codes (hereinafter, also referred to as "commands") and the contents and operation contents of 2-byte instructions corresponding to the commands.

[0034]

[Table 1]

As shown in Table 1, commands of the main control board 30 and the special symbol display device 32 of this embodiment are as follows. 1. When power is turned on. 2. Customer waiting demo; 3. While the design is changing. 4. At the start of the jackpot During the jackpot, 6. At the end of the jackpot, 7. At the time of abnormal operation, it can be roughly classified into seven types.

1. At power-on The power-on command is a command transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b when the game machine 10 is powered on, and is composed of 2-byte instructions of 10H and 01H. When the symbol control board 32b receives this command, the LC according to the control program written in the ROM
A demo screen at power-on is displayed on the screen of D32a.
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, "7", "7", "7" are displayed in special symbol display areas 50a, 50b, 50c on the screen, respectively.
And three digits of the same big hit symbol are displayed, the four special symbol holding memories 51a to 51d are turned on for a predetermined time (about 5 seconds), then turned off, a dojo is displayed on the background screen 52, and a hero (hero) is displayed as a character. And bad guys are displayed,
After the hero wrestles with the villain for a predetermined time (about one minute), the hero is defeated, a demo screen displaying the word “fire” is displayed, and the sound control board 35 outputs a sound effect of “fire”.

2. Customer Waiting Demo The customer waiting demonstration command is transmitted after the power-on demonstration screen is completed, or when it is determined that the player has not touched the firing handle 24 for a predetermined time (usually about 3 minutes). And is composed of two-byte instructions of 20H and 01H. When the symbol control board 32b receives this command, the LC according to the control program written in the ROM
A customer waiting demo screen is displayed on the screen of D32a. For example, all the variation patterns of the special symbols which are variably displayed on the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c are sequentially displayed. This variation pattern will be described in detail in the next section “3. At this time, a background image and a character corresponding to each variation pattern are displayed on the background screen 52. The customer waiting demonstration screen displays all the variation patterns in order until the player operates the firing handle 24, makes one round, and then repeatedly displays it. In addition, the player operates the firing handle 2
4 can be detected by the input of the touch switch 24a. In this embodiment, since the input of the touch switch 24a is input to the main control board 30, the detection between the main control board 30 and the emission control board 33 is performed while the one-way communication from the main control board 30 is performed. Is possible. Of course, the on / off information of the touch switch 24 a is transmitted from the main control board 30 to the emission control board 33. The input of the touch switch 24a is inputted to the launch control board 33, and there is no prize in any or all of the prize ports for a predetermined time, or a switch is provided in the out port 41 of the game board 22, and the switch is provided. It may be configured to determine that the player is not executing a game by not turning on for a predetermined time.

3. The symbol changing command is a command transmitted when the special symbol is changed. As shown in the table, (1) start code,
(2) Left stop design specification code, (3) Middle stop design specification code, (4) Right stop design specification code, (5) Left design fix code, (6) Middle design fix code, (7) Right design fix code , And 7 types of commands.

(1) Start Code The start code is a command transmitted when a game ball fired on the game board 22 wins a prize on the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port. It is composed of 30 types of 1-byte instructions from 01H to 1EH as instructions and 30 types of 2-byte instructions. These 30 types of 2-byte instructions indicate a variation pattern of a special symbol. The 30 kinds of fluctuation patterns of this specific example are 10 kinds of normal fluctuations, 8 kinds of shortened fluctuations, 4 kinds of normal reach, and 4 kinds of semi-long from the fluctuation time of the special symbol, the fluctuation mode and the level of the probability of the jackpot. Reach consists of two types of long reach and two types of full rotation.

The ten kinds of normal fluctuations are the time from the start of the fluctuation of the special symbol to the stop (stop) of all the special symbols on the left, the middle and the right (hereinafter, sometimes simply referred to as the "fluctuation time"). Is a variation pattern in which 10 types of times are set between 5 seconds and 10 seconds. The eight types of shortened fluctuations are based on the four types of patterns, that is, the case where there is one special symbol holding memory, the case where there are two, the case where there are three, the case where there are three, and the case where there are four. This is a variation pattern in which types of variation times are set. The four types of normal reach are variation patterns in which four types of times are set between 8 seconds and 15 seconds. Here, the reach is not necessarily a big hit, but as a premise of the big hit, the left special symbol and the middle special symbol match after the change of the special symbol starts, and the right special symbol is changing and the symbol Refers to a state where has not been determined. The four types of semi-long reach are variation patterns in which four types of times are set between 15 seconds and 25 seconds. The two types of long reach are fluctuation patterns in which the fluctuation time is set to 30 seconds or 35 seconds. The longer the reach time, the higher the probability that the right symbol matches the left symbol and the middle symbol, that is, the probability of a big hit increases. The two types of full rotation refer to a variation pattern in which all symbols start to fluctuate and stop all at once. In this specific example, the fluctuating time is set to 25 seconds at low probability and 20 seconds at high probability. I have.

These 30 kinds of variation patterns are selected based on the value of the counter when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36. The counter that selects this pattern is
It goes without saying that the integers from 0 to 29 are created by the same method as that used for the pass / fail decision random number.

(2) Left stop symbol designation code The left stop symbol designation code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 31H and 15 types of identification numbers from 01H to 0FH. When the identification number is 01H, a left stop symbol is designated. "0", "1" for 02H, "2" for 03H, "3" for 04H, 05
"4" for H, "5" for 06H, "6" for 07H, "7" for 08H, "8" for 09H, 0AH
Is "9" for 0BH, "A" for 0CH, "B" for 0CH, "C" for 0DH, "D" for 0EH, 0FH
In this case, the character "E" is displayed in the special symbol display area 50a as a special symbol.

(3) Middle stop symbol designation code The middle stop symbol designation code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 32H and 15 types of identification numbers of 01H to 0FH, and the identification number is the same as the left stop symbol designation code. It has the same meaning as the identification number, and is used for displaying the designated character as a special symbol in the special symbol display area 50b.

(4) Right stop symbol designation code The right stop symbol designation code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 33H and 15 types of identification numbers from 01H to 0FH, and the identification number is the same as the left stop symbol designation code. It has the same meaning as the identification number, and is used to display a character designated by each as a special symbol in the special symbol display area 50c. still,
The identification numbers of the left, middle, and right stop symbol designating codes are 0 to 0 at the timing when the gaming ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36.
It is selected from each symbol counter that repeatedly creates 14 integer values.

(5) Left symbol determination code The left symbol determination code is an instruction code transmitted to stop (stop) the changing left special symbol, and is composed of an operation number of 34H and an identification number of 01H. I have.

(6) Middle symbol determination code The middle symbol determination code is an instruction code transmitted to stop the changing special middle symbol, and includes an operation number of 35H and 01H.
Is constituted by the identification number.

(7) Right symbol determination code The middle symbol determination code is an instruction code transmitted to stop the changing middle special symbol, and includes an operation number of 36H and 01H.
Is constituted by the identification number.

4. Big hit start Big hit start command is a special symbol display area 50a-50c
Is used to display an image that appeals to the player that a big hit has occurred between the time when the big hit operation is started after the left, middle, and right special symbols displayed on the same symbol are displayed. Command, 40H operation number and 0
It consists of an identification number of 1H. When this command code is received by the symbol control board, a process of displaying characters such as "big hits and displaying an image that makes the character happy" on the screen of the LCD 32a and outputting a sound effect by the sound control board 35 is performed.

5. Jackpot Medium Jackpot Medium command is code before opening, code during opening, 1
It is classified into four commands of a zero count winning code and a V passing code. (1) The pre-opening code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this instruction code, an image notifying the player that the special winning opening 40 will be opened is displayed on the background 52. Execute the process displayed in. (2) The open code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 02H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, an image that informs the player that the special winning opening 40 is open is displayed. Execute the process to be displayed. (3) 10-count prize code is 50H operation number and 0
The main control board 30 is provided with a count switch 40b for detecting that a game ball has entered the special winning opening 40.
Alternatively, this instruction code is transmitted each time the signal is detected by the V switch 40a. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the value is incremented and the value is displayed on the background 52 every time the command code is input.
As a result, the number is displayed from zero to ten each time a game ball wins in the special winning opening 40 on the screen. (4) The V pass code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 04H. When the main board 30 detects that the game ball has passed the special area in the special winning opening 40 by the V switch 40a, the instruction code is given. Send Symbol control board 32
When b inputs this command code, the character "V" is displayed in a large size on the screen to inform the player that the special winning opening 40 is closed and then opened again.

6. Big hit end The big hit end command is used when the big hit operation is finished, that is, when the big winning port 40 finishes the opening operation 16 times, or the game ball does not pass through the special area during opening even if it does not continue up to 16 times. This is an instruction code transmitted when an error occurs, and is composed of an operation number of 60H and an identification number of 01H.
When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, it displays a message informing the player that the big hit has ended, and displays the character "lucky!" When the high probability state continues, and when the high probability does not continue. "Sorry!"
The process of displaying the character of is performed. Here, the high probability continues when the special symbol such as “777” or “333” has a big hit and a big hit occurs after the big hit operation is completed.
/ 50. More specifically, the possible range of the counter used for the pass / fail decision random number is 0 to 0.
It means to change from the range of 49 to 0-49.

7. The operation abnormal operation command is an instruction command transmitted when an abnormality occurs in the pachinko machine 10. In this specific example, the command is based on the E1 error code of 70H01H, the E2 error code of 70H02H, and the E3 error code of 70H03H. It is configured.
In this specific example, the E1 error code is a ten-count abnormal error and is output when no gaming ball is detected when the special winning opening 40 is opened, and the E2 error code is a full switch when the lower plate 16 is full. The E3 error code is output when the supply switch 44 is turned on. Note that the error message displayed by transmitting these abnormal-time commands is erased by the error release signal transmitted when the abnormality is released.

Here, an example of the variation pattern will be specifically described with reference to Table 2 and FIG. Table 2
The timing chart shown in FIG.
This is an example. When the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port, one of the 30 kinds of variation patterns of the start codes shown in Table 1 is selected at the timing of the winning, and the selected instruction code is mainly used. It is transmitted from the control board to the symbol control board 32b (Table 2 numbers). Upon receiving the transmitted command code, the symbol control board 32b starts to simultaneously change the left special symbol, the middle special symbol, and the right special symbol on the special symbol operation areas 50a to 50c (points in the timing chart of FIG. 9).

The main control board 30 transmits the left stop symbol designating code selected at the time of winning, immediately after transmitting the start code (Table 2 number). When the symbol control board 32b receives this instruction code, the symbol speed is adjusted and controlled according to the variation pattern so as to stop and display the left special symbol according to the instruction code (point in the timing chart of FIG. 9). Then, the left special symbol designated at the timing of receiving the left symbol determination code from the main control board 30 is stopped and displayed (Table 2 number) (timing chart point in FIG. 9). The timing at which the main control board 30 transmits the left symbol confirmation code is determined according to the selected variation pattern. With this configuration, the timing at which the variable symbol is stopped and displayed is completely controlled by the main control board 30.

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[Table 2]

By the same procedure, the main control board 30 sequentially transmits the middle stop designating code, the middle designating code, the right stop designating code and the right designating code (Table 2).
), The symbol control board 32b controls the image according to the received instruction code (point of timing chart in FIG. 8). By the processing described above, in this specific example, the special symbol display area 50a is set to “4”, and the special symbol display area 50b is set.
"5" is displayed in the pattern display area 50c.

According to the present embodiment described in detail above, a configuration is adopted in which the main control board 30 transmits a series of special symbol variation patterns to the symbol control board 32b in advance. , The load on the main control board 30 can be significantly reduced, and the degree of freedom in controlling the symbol control board 32b is further enhanced. As a result, the main control board 30 can suitably execute processing with other control boards, that is, each board such as the prize ball control board 31, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board. To play. On the other hand, in the symbol control board 32b, since the degree of being restrained by the main control board 30 has been drastically reduced, an excellent effect that it becomes easier to display and control a story-like image on a screen other than the special symbol display area. Also play. At this time, it is conceivable that the display-controlled image is developed into a story every time a start code is transmitted from the main control board 30. Further, in the present embodiment, a configuration is adopted in which a start code for instructing a symbol variation pattern is selected from among 30 types of patterns at a timing when the gaming ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36, so that the displayed image is displayed. It has an excellent effect of having randomness. Further, in the present embodiment, not only the start code for starting the change of the symbol but also the stationary timing of each special symbol is instructed from the main control board 30, so that a testing machine or the like for the type test authorization of the gaming machine can be used. Also, from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 3
When measuring the transmission timing to the 2b, measuring the timing of transmitting the start code and the timing of transmitting each special symbol determination code enables the real time and accurate measurement of the fluctuation start and stop timing of the special symbol on the screen. It also has an excellent effect that it can be performed. [Second embodiment]

Next, a second specific example will be described. Second
In the specific example, the commands shown in Table 3 below are used instead of the commands shown in Table 1 used in the first specific example, and a variation pattern correspondence table shown in Table 4 is used. Otherwise, the configuration is substantially the same as that of the first specific example. In the second specific example, as shown in Table 3, the left, middle, and right symbol determination codes used in the first specific example are not used, and the main control board 30 is a game ball. When winning the electric accessory 36, start code and left,
Transmit the middle and right stop designating code. That is, designation of each symbol is not instructed to the symbol control board 32b. On the other hand, the symbol control board 32b reads the fluctuation time (stop time) of each special symbol corresponding to the received fluctuation pattern from the table of Table 4, and fluctuates each special symbol according to the read fluctuation time and stops.

In the second specific example, the main control board transmits the selected start code and each stop symbol designating code to the symbol control board 36b at the timing when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that the burden on the main control board 36 can be further reduced. Similarly, in the symbol control board 36b,
Since no symbol stop instruction is received from the main control board 30, the degree of freedom in image control can be further increased, and an extremely excellent effect that images can be freely produced on the screen can be obtained. The configuration for producing a free image on the screen is such that a story is developed every time a start code is transmitted on the background screen 52, and the player wants to know the development and ending of the subsequent story, May be configured so as to obtain a psychological effect that makes the user not want to end in the middle. At this time, if a big hit occurs, the configuration may be such that the end of the story is forcibly displayed, or the story may be developed regardless of whether it is a big hit or not. When composing these stories, the image control device knows in advance that the time of the change pattern of the special symbol is in advance. You can do it. Further, as a configuration for producing a free image on the screen, the development of the story on the background screen 52 is eliminated until the special symbol starts to fluctuate and stops, and the player operates the shooting handle 24 without changing the special symbol. The configuration may be such that the story is developed when the user is operating the.

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[Table 3]

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[Table 4] [Third embodiment]

Next, a third specific example is shown in Table 5 and FIG.
Description will be made according to the timing chart shown in FIG. When the special symbol such as "777" or "333" is transmitted at the time of transmitting the instruction code of "6. Big hit end" of the first embodiment described above, the transition to the high probability is described. The embodiment uses a probability variation determination symbol instead of a specific symbol of a special symbol. Here, the instruction codes shown in Table 5 are obtained by changing only the instruction code of “6. Big hit end” in Table 1 shown in the first specific example, and the other instruction codes have the same contents.

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[Table 5]

In the third specific example, a determination start code is first transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b at the end of the big hit operation, followed immediately by a stop symbol designation code, and a determination symbol determination code at the end of the change. Is sent. In this specific example, the identification number of the start code is 01H
To 05H. The aspect of the design (image) that fluctuates according to this identification number is
This is to change the image of the game. The game may be any game, such as sports, martial arts, a game of shogi or go, etc., as long as it is determined that the game will be a story. Is chosen. In this specific example, the stop symbol designating code is for displaying the character "lucky!"
It consists of two kinds of codes for displaying the character "Sorry!" When not shifting to the high probability. Whether or not to shift to the high probability is determined by the value of a counter (a random number determined to win or fail) selected when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36, and is set to a high probability with a probability of 1/2 of the big hit. In the case of shifting, the counter uses an integer value in the range of 0 to 1 and in the case of shifting to the high probability with a probability of 1/3, the counter uses an integer value in the range of 0 to 2 in the same manner as the above-described pass / fail decision random number. Creating. The main control board 30 stores the value of this counter when the gaming ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36, reads out the value of the counter stored at the end of the big hit operation, and if the read out value is a specific value, the value of the counter is high. Judge to shift to probability.
It should be noted that it may be determined whether or not to shift to a high probability when a game ball has won, and the result of this determination may be stored.

In the case of shifting to a high probability, the character "lucky!" Is displayed after the story that has won the game has been developed, and in the case of not shifting to the high probability, the character of "sorry!" Is displayed. FIG. 10 is a timing chart showing an example of the timing of this change. As shown in the figure, the probability change determination symbol starts changing after the special winning opening 40 finishes the 16th opening operation, and the special symbol starts changing after the changing operation ends. In the figure, the condition device treats the operation until the fluctuation of the probability fluctuation judgment symbol is completed as an operating state.
When the second operation is completed, the operation may be regarded as an operation end (indicated by a dotted line in the figure). At this time, the main control board may transmit the determination start code when the operation of the condition device is completed. It goes without saying that, even before the special winning opening has been opened 16 times, if the game ball does not pass through the special area during opening, the big hit operation ends when the game ball is opened. Also, in this specific example, after the image of the game is variably displayed, a symbol indicating whether or not to shift to high probability is displayed, but like the special symbol, the probability variance determination symbol is variably displayed and the static symbol is displayed. Any structure may be used to indicate whether or not to shift to the high probability with the symbol at the time.

According to the third specific example, whether or not to shift to the high probability is indicated after the big hit operation is completed. This has an excellent effect that the player can keep the pleasure until the big hit operation ends, which is different from the conventional one in which it is already indicated whether or not to shift when the big hit occurs. Further, since a series of fluctuation patterns indicating whether or not to shift to the high probability is transmitted in advance at the end of the big hit operation, the symbol control board 32b can freely develop the story until the determination symbol confirmation code is transmitted. Can be. This effect becomes even more remarkable if the determination start code is designed to indicate the timing of stopping the symbol.

[Fourth Embodiment] Next, a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the fourth specific example,
This is a configuration in which the command codes shown in FIGS. 11 to 13 are used as the command codes during the symbol change shown in Table 3 used in the first specific example, and the first specific example is used for other configurations. To In the fourth specific example, FIG.
As shown in (1), the variation pattern as the start code indicates the variation time of the special symbol, and in this embodiment, 72 patterns are facilitated. The 72 kinds of variation patterns are obtained as a result of the success / failure by the above-mentioned success / failure determination random number which is extracted at the timing when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port. The values of the respective symbol counters which are the bases of the identification numbers of the above-mentioned left, middle and right stop symbol designating codes extracted at the timing of winning the 36, and each element such as whether or not the winning / decreasing random number is in a high probability state. Is determined based on This figure 1
The variation pattern selected by the selection table 1 also includes information on a variation mode such as whether each special symbol stops in order or stops all at once. If the variation patterns stop in order, the variation time of the left special symbol, Information such as the fluctuation time of the special middle symbol is also included. The special symbol selection table shown in FIG. 12 indicates that the special symbol operation areas 50a to 50
The left special symbol, the middle special symbol, and the right special symbol which are stopped and displayed on 50c are designated. This command is also determined based on the value of each of the extracted symbol counters. The symbol stop command shown in FIG. 13 is a command used to stop the left, middle, and right special symbols. Next, the control of the microcomputer of the main control board 30 transmitting commands to the symbol control board 32b using these commands is described in FIG.
The description will be made according to the timing charts shown in FIGS.

When it is detected that the gaming ball has won the ordinary electric accessory 36, the value of the winning / failing random number, the value of each symbol counter, etc. is extracted at this time. It is determined whether or not a big hit is based on the value of the extracted random number,
A big hit symbol or a missing symbol is determined based on the value of each symbol counter. In the case of a big hit, it is also determined whether or not to shift to a high probability after the big hit operation from the big hit symbol. Then, one of the 72 types of variation patterns is selected according to the result of the jackpot determination, the determined type of each symbol, and the state of whether or not the symbol is in the high probability state. When the variation pattern is selected, the microcomputer of the main control board 30 outputs the selected variation pattern as a start code to the symbol control board 32b (point P1 in FIG. 14). After the fluctuation pattern is output, a command designating the left special design, a command designating the middle special design, and a command designating the right special design determined from the selection table of FIG. 12 are transmitted every 4 ms (FIG. 14 points P2, P3, P4). And
When the fluctuation stop time of each special symbol comes, the symbol stop command shown in FIG. 13 is transmitted (FIG. 14, point P5,
P6, P7).

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the microcomputer of the symbol control board 32b, which has received the variation pattern, simultaneously displays each special symbol on the special symbol operating areas 50a to 50c from the time when the variation pattern is received. It starts to fluctuate at low speed, shifts from middle speed to high speed on the way, decelerates and shifts to low speed near the stop time, executes the swinging operation with each specified special symbol, and is instructed to receive the symbol stop command Execute the control to stop at the special symbol. At this time, a character appears on the background screen 52 on the screen based on the selection table of FIGS. 16 and 17 according to the information of the received fluctuation pattern, and the symbol control board 32b executes control to change the background screen. I do. As described above, the variation pattern selected from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b, the special symbols to be stopped and displayed, and the symbol stop command are output.
An error process executed by the symbol control board 32b when the signal 2b is not received due to some cause, for example, electric noise or the like will be described.

The command abnormality correspondence table shown in FIG. 18 shows a process executed by the symbol control board 32b when each command is not input. here,
For convenience, the error processing will be described in eight patterns. Note that “○” in the figure indicates a case where the command is normally received, and “×” indicates a case where the command was not successfully received. 1. Error Processing ER1 Error processing ER1 is a case where a fluctuation pattern and a symbol stop command are normally received, and one or more designated special symbols cannot be received. In the error processing ER1, a process of displaying a character of "communication error" on the screen one second after inputting a fluctuation pattern (a fluctuation start command) and displaying "x" as a designated special symbol that could not be received is executed. You.
If the special symbol that could not be received normally is a special symbol indicating a big hit, a big hit start command is transmitted from the main control board 30 next, so that the big winning opening 40 is suddenly opened and the player is surprised. No problem. In the case of a lost symbol, there is no problem because a command corresponding to the next winning is transmitted. If there is no next prize for a while, or if there is no so-called “hold storage”, the main control board 30 transmits a customer waiting demonstration command after a predetermined time has elapsed, so that the “communication error” does not continue to be displayed.

2. Error processing ER2 Error processing ER2 is a case where the fluctuation pattern and each designated special symbol are normally received, and the symbol stop command cannot be received. In this error processing ER2, the swing fluctuation is executed with the stop symbol after the elapse of the fluctuation time of each special symbol. The swing fluctuation due to this error process may be executed for each special symbol after the fluctuation time of each special symbol, or after the fluctuation time of the right special symbol, that is, after the fluctuation time of all the special symbols. The swing fluctuation may be executed all at once. In the error processing ER2, the same processing as that of the error processing ER1 is performed in the subsequent processing after the fluctuation.

3. Error Processing ER3 In the error processing ER3, the fluctuation pattern is normally received,
This is the case where any one of the designated special symbols and the symbol stop command cannot be received. In this error processing ER3, the swing fluctuation is executed with the stop symbol after the elapse of the fluctuation time of each special symbol. For the designated special symbol that could not be received, the swing fluctuation is executed with the previously received designated special symbol. The start time of the fluctuation is the same as that of the error processing ER2.

4. Error Processing ER4 Error processing ER4 is a case where only the fluctuation pattern is not normally received. In the error processing ER4, the special symbol does not change, and a "communication error" is displayed when the first designated special symbol is received.

5. Error Processing ER5 Error processing ER5 is a case where either the fluctuation pattern or each of the designated special symbols is not normally received. In the error processing ER5, the special symbol does not change, and a "communication error" is displayed when the first special symbol received is received. In addition, the special symbol that could not receive the designated special symbol is "x"
Is displayed. The timing of displaying “x” may be displayed when a stop command for each special symbol is received, or may be displayed all at once after the fluctuation time of all the special symbols has elapsed.

6. Error processing ER6 Error processing ER6 is a case where only the symbol stop command is normally received. In the error processing ER6, the special symbol does not change, and a "communication error" is displayed when a symbol stop command is received, and "x" is displayed as each special symbol.
The timing of displaying the communication error and “x” is the same as in the error processing ER5.

7. Error Processing ER7 Error processing ER7 is a case where only one of the designated special symbols is received. In the error processing ER6, the special symbol does not change, and a "communication error" is displayed when the first designated special symbol is received.

8. Error processing ER8 Error processing ER8 is a case where all commands cannot be received. In this error processing ER8, the special symbol does not change and "communication error" is not displayed. Also in this case, the subsequent processing similar to the error processing ER1 is performed, so that
There is no disadvantage to the player.

In the fourth specific example described in detail above,
Different error processing is executed in response to the combination of the abnormal command of the command of the fluctuation pattern, the designation command of the three special symbols, and the command of the symbol stop command, and the fluctuation is changed unless all the commands can be received. Executing and displaying the error. As a result, the player can recognize that a communication error has occurred. For example, even if the occurrence of a big hit does not appear, the player is alerted to the communication error. The advantage is that the profit can be minimized. Also, it is considered that there is no case where both the big hit display and the big hit occurrence display where all the special symbols are the same are not displayed, and even in such a case, the big hit occurrence voice is output by voice, so the player is not expected. There is no disadvantage. Furthermore, in this specific example, even when the departure symbol is not accurately displayed due to a communication error, since the departure display is executed as much as possible by using the previously designated symbol, the player can recognize the state of the game. It has the effect that it can be done.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a gaming machine according to an embodiment employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the gaming machine according to the embodiment as viewed from the back.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a configuration of a gaming board surface of the gaming machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of the gaming machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows a main control board 30 and a special symbol display device 3 of the embodiment.
It is a block diagram which shows the interface circuit with 2 symbol display device control boards 32b.

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing a receiving circuit of the symbol display device control board 32b.

FIG. 7 shows an interrupt request signal (MINT) and an instruction code (M
6 is a timing chart illustrating the relationship with D0 to MD7).

FIG. 8 is a front view illustrating an image on a screen of an LCD panel unit 32a.

FIG. 9 is a timing chart illustrating a variation pattern of an image on a screen of an LCD panel unit 32a.

FIG. 10 is a timing chart showing an example of a variation timing of a probability variation determination symbol.

FIG. 11 is a chart showing a variation pattern selection table.

FIG. 12 is a table showing a selection table for each special symbol.

FIG. 13 is a chart showing a symbol stop command.

FIG. 14 is a timing chart illustrating a command transmission timing when each special symbol stops sequentially.

FIG. 15 is a timing chart illustrating the command transmission timing when all the special symbols stop at the same time.

FIG. 16 is a chart showing a character selection table.

FIG. 17 is a chart showing a background selection table.

FIG. 18 is a chart showing a command abnormality response.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Pachinko machine 22 Game board 24 Launch handle 24a Touch switch 30 Main control board 31 Prize ball control Substrate 32 ... Special design display device 32a ... LCD panel unit (LCD) 32b ... Design display device control board (design control board) 33 ... Emission control board 34 ... ... Lamp control board 35... Sound control board 36... Apparatus 40... Big winning opening 40a... Accessory continuous operation switch (VSW) 40b... Ten count switch (Count S
W) 50a, 50b, 50c... Special symbol display area 52... Background screen hero, bad...

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A game system which determines whether or not a game ball fired on a game board has a game content advantageous to a player due to a timing of winning a specific winning opening or passing through a specific passing opening. The control board and the main control board determine whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player after variably displaying an image on the screen each time it is determined whether or not the game content is advantageous for the player. An image control board that controls to be statically displayed with the hit / fail image; and in a gaming machine in which the hit / fail image is formed by a combination of a plurality of symbols, the main control board includes: A plurality of types of patterns in advance, a variation pattern selection unit that selects any one variation pattern based on the timing, and a variation pattern selected by the variation pattern selection unit. Change pattern instructing means for transmitting data to be executed, symbol instructing means for transmitting data relating to a plurality of symbols constituting the hit / failure image, and stationary for transmitting data relating to each stationary timing of the plurality of symbols constituting the hit / failure image A timing instructing unit, and the image control board, variably displays a pass / fail image in accordance with the variation pattern instructed by the variation pattern instructing unit, and is instructed by the symbol instructing unit in accordance with the stationary timing instructed by the stationary timing instructing unit. A game machine comprising: a winning / failing image variation display means for displaying symbols in a static manner. 2. When the image control board fails to receive the data transmitted by the variation pattern instructing means, it does not variably display the hit / failure image and transmits the symbol instructing means or the stationary timing instructing means. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: reception abnormality notification means for displaying an image indicating that transmission data was not normally received after receiving the data. 3. When the data transmitted by the symbol designating means cannot be received on the image control board, an abnormal symbol indicating that data relating to the symbol could not be received is displayed instead of the symbol which could not be received. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: an abnormal symbol display unit that performs the operation. 4. When an image transmitted by the stationary timing instruction means cannot be received on the image control board, the image control board performs an abnormal change display, which is different from a normal change display and indicates that a change is being made. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a change display unit.