JP2001046668A - Game machine and instruction data storing carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the expectation feeling of a game player in a stage before displaying a ready-for-winning state and to improve amusement by predicting that a state becomes the ready-for-winning one by means of executing deviation display when the updating display of identifying information is stopped in the case of displaying the ready-for-winning state. SOLUTION: When a hit ball wins a prize at a start port 10, the respective rotary drums 4a to 4c of a variable display device 3 start variable displaying. When a display result at the time of stop afterward is the specified display state, the opening/closing board 14 of a variable prize winning ball device 12 is opened. In this case, the left rotary drum 4a is stopped first in the rotation state of the whole drums 4a to 4c in order to previously report ready-for- winning. Before the stop, the left rotary drum 4a is excessively changed in appearance for the portion of two patterns and, then, stopped, that is, deviation display is executed. Then the ready-for-winning state where the two same patterns are aligned on an oblique diagonal line in a state where the right rotary drum 4c is stopped is generated. Thus, the ready-for-winning state is previously recognized so that amusement is enhanced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine and the like, and a command data storage carrier used for controlling the gaming machine. More specifically, a gaming machine including a variable display device capable of updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information, and a control when performing a plurality of types of identification information update display by a variable display unit performing a variable display operation for gaming. The present invention relates to an instruction data storage carrier storing instruction data for instructing an operation of a processor to be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among gaming machines of this type, one generally known in the past is, for example, a gaming machine including a variable display device capable of updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information. In such a gaming machine, the display control for deriving and displaying the display result has been performed on the variable display device after starting the update display of a plurality of types of identification information. And
In such a gaming machine, a reach display mode that gives a player an expectation for a derived display mode of a hit display mode (for example, a combination of big hit symbols) may be displayed on the variable display device.

[0003]

However, in this type of conventional gaming machine, the reach display mode described above is displayed on the variable display device without any warning, so that the reach display mode on the variable display device is not achieved. There was a problem that it was not possible to excite the player with excitement of the player's expectation even before it was displayed.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to excite the player's expectations from the stage before the reach display mode is displayed on the variable display device. It is possible to improve.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variable display device capable of updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information, and a variable display device for performing control for deriving and displaying a display result of the variable display device. A display control unit, wherein the variable display control unit, when displaying the reach display mode, displays a slip display to stop the update display of the identification information when the reach display mode is displayed. It is characterized by being able to give notice.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variable display device capable of updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information, and a display result of the variable display device is a predetermined hit display mode. A game machine which can be controlled to be in an advantageous state for the player on the condition that the display result of the variable display device is determined, and a display of the variable display device according to the determination of the display result determination device. Variable display control means for performing a control for deriving and displaying the result, wherein the variable display control means, when displaying the reach display mode, stopping the update display of the identification information to indicate that the reach display mode is set. It is characterized in that it can be announced by displaying it in a sliding manner.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect, the slip amount by the slip display is a display necessary for completely updating one piece of identification information. It is characterized by less than a quantity.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variable display unit for performing a variable display operation for a game, in which command data for instructing an operation of a processor used for control for updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information is provided. A stored instruction data storage carrier, including a variable display control command data storage area storing variable display control command data for performing control to derive and display the display result of the variable display unit, The command data for variable display control, when displaying the reach display mode, includes command data for giving advance notice by sliding display when stopping the update display of the identification information when the reach display mode is displayed. It is characterized by.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of identification information are updated and displayed by a variable display unit performing a variable display operation for a game, and a display result of the variable display unit is a predetermined hit display. An instruction data storage carrier storing instruction data for instructing an operation of a processor used for control in performing a game which can be controlled to an advantageous state for a player on condition that the mode is selected, and A variable display control command data storage area storing variable display control command data for performing control to derive and display the display result of the variable display unit according to the determination of the variable display control command data, When displaying the reach display mode, a command data for giving advance notice of the reach display mode by displaying a slip when the update display of the identification information is stopped is stopped. Characterized in that it comprises a.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the fourth or fifth aspect, the slip amount by the slip display based on the instruction data completely updates one piece of identification information. Is set to be less than the required display amount.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the operation is as follows. Control of causing the display result of the variable display device to be derived and displayed is performed by the function of the variable display control means. By the further function of the variable display control means, when the reach display mode is displayed, it is possible to foresee by displaying the reach display mode by slipping when the update display of the identification information is stopped.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the operation is as follows. It is possible to control the variable display device capable of updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information to a state advantageous to the player on condition that the display result is a predetermined hit display mode. The display result of the variable display device is determined by the function of the display result determining means. By the function of the variable display control means, control for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display device is performed according to the determination of the display result determination means. By the further function of the variable display control means, when the reach display mode is displayed, it is possible to foresee by displaying the reach display mode by slipping when the update display of the identification information is stopped.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first or second aspect, the following operation is performed. The amount of slip by the slip display is less than the display amount necessary to completely update one piece of identification information.

According to the present invention, a plurality of types of variable display units for performing a variable display operation for a game by reading instruction data recorded in an instruction data storage carrier and executing the instruction data by a processor are provided. In the control for updating and displaying the identification information, the following operation is performed. By executing the variable display control command data stored in the variable display control command data storage area, control for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display unit is performed. Then, when the reach display mode is displayed by executing the command data included in the variable display control command data, the fact that the reach display mode is to be notified is displayed by slip display when the update display of the identification information is stopped. You.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of variable display units for performing a variable display operation for a game by reading instruction data recorded on an instruction data storage carrier and executing the read instruction data by a processor. In the control at the time of performing a game that can be controlled to an advantageous state for the player on the condition that the display result of the variable display unit has a predetermined hit display mode, It works as follows. By executing the variable display control command data stored in the variable display control command data storage area, control for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display unit according to a predetermined determination is performed. Then, when the reach display mode is displayed by executing the command data included in the variable display control command data, the fact that the reach display mode is to be notified is displayed by slip display when the update display of the identification information is stopped. You.

According to the present invention described in claim 6, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 4 or 5, the instruction data recorded on the instruction data storage carrier is read and executed by the processor. Works as follows. The slip amount by the slip display by the command data is set so as not to be less than the display amount necessary to completely update one piece of identification information.

[0017]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine is shown as an example of a gaming machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a coin gaming machine, a slot machine, or the like. Any gaming machine including a display device is eligible. Also,
The present invention is directed to a command data storage carrier that stores command data for commanding the operation of a processor used for control when updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information by a variable display unit that performs a variable display operation for games. If so, all types of instruction data storage carriers are included.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board surface of a pachinko game machine as an example of the game machine according to the present invention. When the player operates a hitting operation handle (not shown), pachinko balls stored in a hitting waiting gutter (not shown) are driven one by one into the game area 2 formed on the front surface of the game board 1. . In the game area 2, a variable display device 3 using a rotating drum capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information is provided, and a starting port 10 is provided. The winning pachinko balls in the starting opening 10 are respectively detected by a starting winning ball detector (starting opening switch) 11.

Based on the detection signal of the starting port switch 11,
Each symbol display section of the variable display device 3 is variably started. The variable display device 3 is formed with nine symbol display sections arranged in a matrix of 3 rows × 3 columns by the symbols of the rotating drums 4a, 4b, 4c, and each of the drum lamps 7a to 7
i is illuminated from behind. Each symbol display section sequentially rotates and displays a predetermined plurality of symbols during variable display. Then, based on the elapse of the predetermined time, the leftmost rotating drum 4a first stops, and then the rightmost rotating drum 4c stops,
Finally, the central rotating drum 4b stops. Note that the stop sequence is not limited to this, and stop control may be performed in the order of, for example, left, center, and right. The number of rotating drums is not limited to three, and may be two or less or four or more. Further, the variable display of the variable display device 3 is stopped by the player pressing the stop button (not shown), or the predetermined time elapses or the player presses the stop button, whichever is earlier. Alternatively, the stop control may be performed based on the fact that it has been performed.

When the display result at the time of stop is a predetermined combination of specific display modes, the opening / closing plate 14 of the variable winning ball device 12 is opened to set a first state advantageous to the player and a predetermined game value. Is set in a state where can be given. If the conditions for the combination of the specific display modes are satisfied when the left and right symbols stop, this is called a reach state.

As described above, the symbols displayed by the variable display device 3 are arranged in a 3 × 3 matrix.
With this matrix, three horizontal lines,
A total of five display lines including two diagonal lines are formed.
In the present embodiment, each of the five lines is a combination effective column (hit line), and a combination of specific display modes (for example, “777” or “FEVER”) is stopped and displayed on this line. Then, the variable winning ball device 12 is controlled to be in the first state. Also,
A specific symbol (for example, red “7”, blue “7”) is called a probability variation symbol, and when a symbol is generated and a big hit occurs, the big hit when variable display is stopped until the big hit occurs twice thereafter. Is five times that of normal times. In addition, if the probability variation symbols become even big hits while the probability is high, the high probability state is maintained from that time until two more big hits occur. However, during the big hit, the probability of the big hit occurrence is returned to the normal value.

If a pachinko ball wins in the starting port 10 during the variable display of the variable display device 3, the start winning is stored. After the variable display of the variable display device 3 is stopped, the variable display device 3 is again stored based on the storage. Is variably started. The upper limit of the starting winning memory is set to, for example, "4". The start prize storage count is displayed by the start storage display 8. In addition, guide members 9 for guiding the pachinko balls above the start port 10 are provided on the left and right of the start port 10 below the variable display device 3.

On the other hand, the variable winning prize ball device 12 is in a second state which is disadvantageous for a player who cannot normally enter the opening 13 because the opening 13 is closed by the opening / closing plate 14 in a normal state. However, when the opening / closing plate 14 is opened, the pachinko ball enters a first state which is advantageous for a player who can win the opening 13. The first state of the variable prize ball device 12 is that the condition of winning a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls into the opening 13 or the lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds), whichever comes first, is satisfied. And the variable winning ball device 12 is switched to the second state. The number of winning balls in the opening 13 is counted by a 10 count switch 16 and a V switch 17. The number of winning balls that have won the variable winning ball device 12 is displayed by the winning number display 18.

On the other hand, a specific winning area is formed at a predetermined position (right side in the figure) in the opening 13, and if a pachinko ball that has won the variable winning ball device 12 wins in this specific winning area, a V switch is activated. 17, after the first state of the variable prize ball device 12 at that time ends and the state changes to the second state, the opening / closing plate 14 is opened again, and the first state is repeatedly and continuously controlled. The upper limit number of the repetition continuation control is set to, for example, 16 times. In the figure, 15
Is a solenoid for driving the opening and closing plate 14 to open and close.

The second state of the variable prize ball device 12 may be a state in which a hit ball cannot be won at all, but a state in which a hit ball is difficult to win.

A cover 5 is provided on the upper part of the variable display device 3 and a number display LED 6 for displaying the number of times the variable continuation ball device 12 performs the repetition continuation control is provided. Further, in the game area 2, a lucky number display LED 19, a rail decoration lamp 20, and a normal winning opening are provided.

FIG. 2 shows each rotating drum 4 of the variable display device 3.
It is a figure which showed the pattern formed on a-4c in the development figure format. Each code has a pattern code 00H-14H (16
Hexadecimal display) is assigned. The left symbol and the middle symbol are the same symbol, but only the right symbol is slightly different in arrangement from the other symbols.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in the pachinko gaming machine. The control circuit 139 provided on the game machine control board 53 includes a main basic circuit 21 for performing game control according to a program for controlling various devices, a start port switch 11 and a V switch 17.
A switch circuit 29 for supplying a detection signal from the main count circuit 16 to the main basic circuit 21, the solenoid 15 is driven in accordance with a command from the main basic circuit 21, and a rail decoration lamp 120 is operated in accordance with data provided from the main basic circuit 21. To output to the management computer for the hall, etc., a large hit information, a probability variation information relating to a variation in the probability of occurrence of a large hit, and effective starting information relating to a winning prize for starting an effective hit ball for variably starting the variable display device. A solenoid / information output circuit 28, 7 for driving a start storage display LED 8, a V display LED 35, a symbol display LED 6, and a lucky number display LED 19 in accordance with data given from the main basic circuit 21.
It includes a seg / LED drive circuit 27 and a sound circuit 26 for driving a speaker 34 in accordance with sound data provided from the main basic circuit 21 to generate a sound effect.

The main basic circuit 21 is provided with a one-chip microcomputer 172. The one-chip microcomputer 172 has a C as a control center.
PU 174 and RAM (random access memory) 17
5 and a security check circuit 176 are provided. This security check circuit 176 has a ROM
The security check process is performed to determine whether or not the program stored in the storage 171 is appropriate. The ROM, RAM, CPU, and the like are built in. The ROM 171 provided in the main basic circuit 21 stores a control program for controlling the gaming machine. The CPU 174 operates according to the control program, and the 7-segment is transmitted through the I / O port 170. Outputs a control command signal to the LED circuit 27 and the like, and outputs a control command signal to the sound circuit 26 via the sound generator 173. Also, signals from the above-described switch circuit 29 and the like are input to the CPU 174 via the I / O port 170.

The control circuit 139 has a sub basic circuit 22, and a signal relating to a game state (for example, a normal game state, a reach state, a big hit state, etc.) from the main basic circuit 21 is supplied to the sub basic circuit 22. , The sub basic circuit 22 supplies a control signal to the drum lamp circuit 30 and the motor circuit 31 according to the input signal. Then, the variable display unit 1 constituting the variable display device 3
38 drum motor left 136a, drum motor middle 136
b, the drum motor right 136c is driven to rotate, and the rotary drums 4a, 4b, 4c are driven to rotate. Then, the drum sensor left 137a, the drum sensor 137b, and the drum sensor right 137c for detecting the rotation reference position of the rotary drum detect the rotation reference position of each rotary drum, and the detection signal is transmitted via the sensor circuit 32. Input to the sub basic circuit 22 and the main basic circuit 21. Further, the drum lamps 7a to 7a
The lighting control of 7i is performed.

The control circuit 139 includes an initial reset circuit 2 for resetting the main basic circuit 21 when the power is turned on.
4 and a clock for periodically (eg, every 2 msec) applying a reset pulse to the main basic circuit 21 and the sub basic circuit 22 to repeatedly execute a predetermined game control program or variable display device control program from the top. Reset pulse generating circuit 23 and main basic circuit 21
And decodes the address signal provided from the main basic circuit 21 in the ROM 171, RAM 175, I
An address decode circuit 25 for outputting a signal for selecting any one of the / O port 170 and the like is provided.

Further, the control circuit 139 of the pachinko gaming machine includes a power supply circuit 33 connected to an AC 24 V AC power supply for generating a plurality of types of DC voltages. The power supply circuit 33 also includes a drum lamp power supply 33A.

The main basic circuit 21, the sub basic circuit 22, the clock reset pulse generating circuit 2 of the control circuit 139
3, address decode circuit 25, initial reset circuit 2
4, power supply circuit 33, drum lamp power supply circuit 33A, sound circuit 26, 7-segment / LED circuit 27, lamp / solenoid / information output circuit 28, switch circuit 29, drum lamp circuit 30, motor circuit 31, sensor circuit 32 A game control means is configured, and the respective circuits constituting the game control means are all provided on a game machine control board 53 as an example of a control board. The main basic circuit 21 and the sub basic circuit 22 are not cables but gaming machine control boards 5.
3, and the length of the connection line is much shorter than when the sub basic circuit 22 is provided on a variable display device control substrate different from the substrate of the main basic circuit 21. Therefore, there is an advantage that the possibility that noise is mixed in the display control signal when the display control signal is transmitted from the main basic circuit 21 to the sub basic circuit 22 is reduced.

In order to prevent noise from being mixed into the display control signal from the sub basic circuit 22 to the variable display device 3, the variable display device 3 may be provided with a noise prevention buffer. Specifically, an element that conducts when a voltage equal to or higher than a predetermined potential, such as a Zener diode or a varistor, is used. When an excessive level of noise is input, the noise is caused to flow to, for example, a ground potential. To

The main basic circuit 21 includes a switch circuit 2
The following signals are provided via 9. The ten-count switch 16 gives a detection signal of a winning ball which has won the variable winning ball device 12 to the main basic circuit 21 via the switch circuit 29. The starting port switch 11 detects a pachinko ball that has won the starting port 10 and detects a detection signal switch circuit 29.
To the main basic circuit 21.

The sub basic circuit 22 includes a main basic circuit 21
And the following display control is performed. First, at normal time, the sub basic circuit 22 includes three rotating drums 4a to 4a.
c is all stopped. When a start winning prize is generated and variably started, all the rotating drums rotate at a high speed. After a lapse of a predetermined time, the rotating drum left 4a stops first, then the rotating drum right 4c stops, and finally, the rotating drum 4b stops.

Depending on the display result at the time of stoppage, a combination of specific display modes (for example, 77
If 7) is completed, it will be a big hit. In this case, the main basic circuit 21 drives the speaker 34 to generate a fanfare sound.

While the variable winning prize ball device 12 is in the open state due to the big hit, the sub basic circuit 22 displays the symbol at the time of stoppage and the drum lamp 7a from the back side on the hit line where the big hit combination is established. To 7i are displayed blinking.

When there is a V prize, a predetermined number of pachinko balls (for example, 10) are won in the variable prize ball device 12 or a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses. After the device 12 is closed, the variable winning ball device 12 is opened again at intervals of 2 seconds. The upper limit of the repetition continuation number is a predetermined number (for example, 1
6 times).

The variable continuation ball device 12 has a repetition count of 1
When the final opening is completed six times, the big hit control ends.

The rail decoration lamp 120 turns on, off, and blinks according to the game state, and the speaker 34 generates a predetermined sound effect according to the game state. The solenoid 15 opens and closes the variable winning ball device 12 under the control of the main basic circuit 21. The start storage number display 8 stores and displays the number of start winnings when there is a start winning during variable display or the like. Winning number display 18
Displays the winning number of pachinko balls in one opening of the variable winning ball device 12. The variable display device 3, the variable winning ball device 12, various LEDs 6, 18, 8, 35, 19,
Or by the rail decoration lamp 120. An electrically operated electric game device is configured. The ten-count switch 16, the V switch 17, and the starting port switch 11 constitute an electrical detection unit.

It should be noted that the variable display device may display a boxing game, for example, and give a predetermined value if the boxer on the player side wins. In other words, the present invention is not limited to the one in which a plurality of types of symbols are scroll-displayed or switched and displayed, and may be one in which the display result is continuously variably displayed even after the display result is derived and displayed. When an error occurs, an error code is displayed for each type of error by the number-of-times display LED 6, and a predetermined error sound is generated from the speaker 34.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation in the case of performing advance notification using the variable display operation of the variable display device 3.

4 (a) to 4 (d) show the advance notification operation of reach. All rotating drums 4 of the variable display device 3
Before the rotation of a, 4b, and 4c starts, only the middle rotating drum 4b shown in (a) reversely rotates by １ ／ symbol to the state shown in (b). Next, only the middle rotating drum 4b rotates in the normal rotation direction by a half symbol to reach the state shown in (c), and thereafter, as shown in (d), all the rotating drums 4a, 4b are rotated.
b and 4c start rotating in the normal rotation direction and are variably started.
The player stops the left rotating drum 4a and the right rotating drum 4c before the variable display device 3 starts variably watching the identification information of the middle variable display portion being reversed in the reverse direction by 1/2 symbol. At this stage, it is possible to recognize in advance that a reach state is reached in which the alignment is stopped and displayed.

4 (e) to 4 (h) show a prior notification operation of a big hit. Before all the rotating drums 4a, 4b, 4c of the variable display device 3 shown in (e) start rotating in the normal rotation direction, all the rotating drums 4a, 4b, 4c
Is reversed by a half symbol to reach the state shown in FIG. Next, (g) shows a state in which all the rotating drums 4a, 4b, and 4c start rotating in the normal rotation direction, and rotate in the normal rotation direction by 図 symbols. Then, all the rotating drums 4a, 4b, 4c continue to rotate in the forward direction as shown in (h), and the variable display device 3 starts variably. The player sees that all the variable display units 4a, 4b, 4c are reversed by 1/2 symbol before the variable start of the variable display device 3 is performed, and when all the variable display units are stopped, It is possible to recognize in advance that a big hit in which the randomness is complete will occur.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram showing another example of the advance notification using the variable display operation of the variable display device.

FIGS. 5A to 5D show advance notification of reach. First, a state in which the variable display device 3 is variably started and all the rotating drums 4a, 4b, 4c are rotating is shown in FIG. And first, the left rotating drum 4a
When stopping, as shown in (b), the scheduled stop position (the position where "7" stops in the horizontal middle hit line in the drawing) is set within a range of less than one symbol as shown in (b). After the passage, the left rotating drum 4a is reversed to return to the scheduled stop position. Thereafter, the right rotating drum 4c stops as shown in (c), a reach state occurs, and finally the middle rotating drum 4b stops as shown in (d). The player
By observing the state when the left variable display section is stopped as shown in (b), it is possible to recognize in advance that a reach will occur.

(E) to (h) of FIG. 5 show a prior notification operation of a big hit. (E) shows a state in which the variable display device 3 is variably started and all the rotating drums 4a, 4b, and 4c are rotating. First, the left rotating drum 4a stops. At this time, as shown in (f), after passing through the scheduled stop position within a range of less than one symbol, the left rotating drum 4a is reversed to return to the scheduled stop position. Next, the right rotating drum 4c stops. In this case as well, as shown in (g), the right rotating drum 4c is reversed after passing through the scheduled stop position within a range of less than one symbol. Return to the scheduled stop position. And finally, the middle rotating drum 4b
Stops and a big hit state is reached as shown in (h). The player can recognize in advance that a big hit will occur by looking at the movement of the right variable display section when the right variable display section is stopped as shown in (g).

As described above, in the case of the other embodiment shown in FIG. 5, when the left rotating drum 4a stops (b),
If the operation state shown in (f) is reached, the player can recognize in advance that a reach will occur, and if the operation state shown in (g) is reached at the stage where the right rotating drum 4c stops next, the player will have a big hit. It can be recognized in advance that this will occur.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram showing another embodiment for performing advance notification using the variable display operation of the variable display device.

(A) to (d) show a case where advance notification of reach is performed. (A) shows a state in which all the rotating drums 4a, 4b, 4c are rotating after the variable display device 3 starts to variably start. Then, first, the left rotating drum 4a stops, and when stopping,
As shown in (b), the left rotating drum 4a is apparently fluctuated by two symbols, and then stopped. In this display operation control, the constant speed feed rotation speed is set to “left =
3 ”, and the symbol NO. May be selected. Next, in the state in which the right rotating drum 4c is stopped, a reach state in which the assortment is aligned on an oblique diagonal line occurs as shown in (c). Next, as shown in (d),
The middle rotating drum 4b stops.

(E) to (h) show the prior notification operation of the big hit. (E) shows a state in which all the rotating drums 4a, 4b, 4c are rotating after the variable display device 3 is started to variably start, and (f) when the left rotating drum 4a stops first. As shown in the drawing, the control is stopped after the same control as described above is performed to fluctuate by two symbols. Further, as shown in FIG.
When c stops, it is apparently fluctuated by two symbols in the same manner as described above and then stopped. In this case, S
At 341, the number of symbols at constant speed feed is set to “right = 8”, and S
At 342, the symbol NO. May be selected. Next, as shown in (h), the middle rotating drum 4b stops and a big hit state in which the "777" assortment is complete occurs.

The player can recognize the occurrence of the reach state by observing the operating state of the left variable display section when the left variable display section shown in (b) and (f) is stopped. By observing the operation state when the display unit is stopped, it is possible to recognize in advance that a big hit will occur.

In the above-described embodiment, the content of the advance notification is to notify both the reach and the big hit. However, it is also possible to notify only the reach or only the big hit in advance. In addition, when the advance notification of only the big hit is performed, all the rotary drums 4a, 4
b and 4c may be stopped simultaneously. Further, in addition to performing the advance notification by the variable display operation of the variable display device, the advance notification may be performed by a lamp and an LED (for example, a lamp incorporated in the cover 5, an LED, and a frequency display LED 6). Further, any type of variable display device may be used as long as the variable display device 3 notifies the reach and the big hit in advance by the variable display operation. For example, LCD, CRT, plasma, dot matrix LED, etc. , Using a display device such as an electroluminescent or fluorescent display tube, or rotating a belt with a plurality of patterns drawn on its surface, or rotating a disk with a plurality of patterns drawn (Rota mint). Furthermore, a single variable display unit may be variably displayed a plurality of times to derive a combination of display results. Further, any method of the advance notification may be used, for example, reverse rotation, slow rotation from the start of the variable operation, blinking, screen turning off momentarily, screen in which the brightness of the screen is reversed, display pattern The shape and size may be deformed.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a main routine for explaining the operation of control circuit 39 shown in FIG.

The main routine program shown in FIG. 7 is executed, for example, once every 2 msec as described above. This execution is performed by the clock reset pulse generation circuit 2 shown in FIG.
3 is started in response to a reset pulse generated once every 2 msec. First, step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S)
The stack set processing is performed by 1 and R is performed by S2.
A determination is made as to whether an AM error has occurred. This determination is made based on the R included in the main basic circuit 21 as described later.
This is performed by reading the contents of a predetermined address of the AM and checking whether or not the value is equal to a predetermined value (6802H in the present embodiment). At the time of program runaway or immediately after power-on, the data stored in RAM is undefined.
The answer to this determination is NO, and control proceeds to S3.

In S3, predetermined initial processing such as writing initial data to a predetermined address of the RAM is performed. Note that, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, this initial processing is performed in a plurality of times. By dividing into a plurality of times, the number of processes performed in response to one reset pulse input is small, and the time required for the process is short, so that the reset pulse generation interval is unstable, for example, immediately after power-on. Therefore, even if a subsequent reset pulse is input in a relatively short time, there is little possibility that the process will shift to the normal game control while the initial processing is incomplete.

After S3, the control proceeds to S15. The processing after S15 will be described later. The predetermined initial data is written to the RAM by executing S3 a plurality of times, so that when the main routine is executed thereafter, the answer to the determination in S2 is YES, and the control proceeds to S4.

Subsequently, in S4, it is determined whether or not the 10-count motor error flag is set. In this process, the 10 count switch 16 and the V switch 17 are connected to the motors 36 of the rotating drums 4a to 4c.
This is for determining whether an abnormality has occurred in a to 36c and the like. If no error has occurred, the control proceeds to S5, where it is determined whether or not the motor recovery flag has been set. The motor recovery flag is set when it is determined that an error has occurred in the motor, the motor is stopped, and a certain error reset operation as described later is performed. Is to be restored to a predetermined initial state.
Therefore, if the motor recovery flag is set, the process proceeds to S6, the motor recovery flag is cleared, the voltage applied to the motor is set to the normal voltage, the motor is turned on, and the process flag is set to the sub CPU command set. It is set to a value of "13" indicating the inside. This process flag is necessary for controlling the pachinko gaming machine while maintaining a predetermined control time in the processing of S7 described below. After S6, the control proceeds to S7. Further, when it is determined in S5 that the motor recovery flag is not ON, that is, during normal operation, the process proceeds from S5 to S7.

The process processing of S7 is a step for performing necessary processing according to various processes of the game, as described later with reference to FIGS.

After the process is executed, in S8, the sub basic circuit 22 shown in FIG.
) Is output from the I / O port to the sub CPU. By this processing, a command for performing display according to the game state is provided to the sub CPU. The contents of these commands will be described later with reference to FIG. 16, but the method of transmitting commands has a feature of the present invention.

Subsequently, in S9, a switch input process for inputting detection signals from various detectors is performed. This content will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, an error recovery check process is performed in S10. This process has a 10 count error, V
This is a process for checking whether or not any reset process for restoring an error of a switch, a motor, or the like has been performed. Actually, this reset processing is performed by releasing the state in the case of disconnection, short circuit or jamming of the 10-count switch and the V switch. If not detected or a motor error has occurred,
The game is performed by passing one game ball through a 10-count switch or a V switch. When the control circuit detects that one game ball has been passed through the 10-count switch in the error state, the control circuit performs a recovery process from the error state in response thereto. Details of the error recovery check processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

Subsequently, in S11, processing for setting a command corresponding to the current game state to the sub CPU to the output port is performed. This processing is described in FIG.
This will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, in S12, a process of outputting the probability variation information and the effective starting information to the hall management computer via the lamp / solenoid / information output circuit 28 (see FIG. 3) is performed.

In step S13, a process is performed to check whether an abnormality such as a disconnection, a short circuit, or a ball jam has occurred in the V switch and the 10 count switch.

Next, in S14, the motor sensors 37a to 37a are output.
In order to know whether or not the detection signal of the reference position of the motor is input from 37c, the motor sensors 37a to 37
A motor step check process for checking an input from c is performed. This processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, in S15, a process of updating the count value of the random 1 counter is performed. This random 1 counter indicates a display result when the variable display device 3 is stopped,
A combination of specific identification information that causes a big hit (for example, 7
77).

Subsequently, in S16, processing for setting data for driving the LED in the I / O port is performed.

Next, the process proceeds to S17, where it is determined whether the number of resets is "0" or "1 to 15". The number of resets means the number of times the main basic circuit 21 has been reset in accordance with a periodic reset pulse issued from the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23. Each time the main basic circuit 21 is reset, it is incremented by one from "0". After reaching “15”, it is set to “0” by being further advanced. If the number of resets is “0”, S
The program proceeds to S18, where processing for changing the lucky number display LED 19 is performed, and the procedure proceeds to S20. When the number of resets is other than "0", select the output data table,
A process for setting LED / lamp data is executed.
Based on this control, display control of the rail decoration lamp 20 and the like described above is performed. After S19, the control proceeds to S20.

At S20, a prize storage area storing process, which will be described later with reference to FIG. The post-processing of S20 proceeds to S21, where random 2 counter, random 3
The updating process of the counter, the random 4 counter, and the random 5 counter is performed. The random 2 counter is used to determine a stop symbol at the time of a big hit. Random 3
The counter is used to determine a left symbol, a middle symbol, and a right symbol at the time of loss. The random four counter is used to determine whether or not to rotate the symbol one symbol more at the time of symbol fluctuation. The random 5 counter is used to determine the stop position of the lucky number display LED 19. The processing in S21 is performed during the time (2) that is reset by the clock reset pulse generation circuit 23.
The processing from S1 to S20 is performed within msec), and the processing is performed using the reset waiting time which is the remaining time. Since the processing time from S1 to S20 is random, the processing time in S21 is also random. As a result of the update processing in S21, the random 2 counter, the random 3
The count values of the counter, the random 4 counter, and the random 5 counter take random values.

FIG. 8A is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the motor step check process shown in S14 of FIG. First, in step S45, a process of inputting a signal from the motor sensor is performed. Subsequently, in S46, it is determined whether or not the output of the motor sensor is ON as a result of the input in S45. If it is ON, the control proceeds to S48; otherwise, the control proceeds to S47.

At S47, a process of setting the value of the sensor ON counter to the initial value "2" is performed because it is determined that the motor sensor is OFF. This sensor ON
The counter is provided to prevent erroneous determination due to chattering of the input of the motor sensor. S4
After 7, the control proceeds to S 52.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the output of the motor sensor is ON, it is determined in S48 whether the value of the sensor ON counter is 0. Sensor O
The N counter is set to the initial value “2” in S47 as described above, and is decremented by 1 in S51 described below each time it is determined that the signal from the motor sensor is ON. Therefore, while the motor step check process is performed three times, only when the signal from the motor sensor is continuously ON, the answer to the determination in S48 becomes YES and the control proceeds to S50. In S50, the drum rotation counter prepared in advance for each drum is incremented by 1, and it is determined that the drum corresponding to the motor sensor has rotated once. After S50, the control proceeds to S51.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S48 that the sensor counter is not yet 0, the control proceeds to S49, where it is determined whether the sensor ON counter is greater than 0. If it is larger than 0, the control proceeds to S51, otherwise, the control proceeds to S52. S51
Then, a process of subtracting 1 from the value of the sensor ON counter is performed.

Subsequently, in S52, it is determined whether or not the processing in S46 to S51 has been completed for all the sensors. If the processing has been completed, this subroutine ends. If not, the processing from S46 onward is repeated again.

As described above, in the motor step check processing, the input from the motor sensor of a certain drum is
Only when it is turned ON three consecutive times, the value of the drum rotation counter is incremented by 1 in S50. If noise is mixed into the input signal from the motor sensor, it is considered that the signal level of the noise increases in a short time and returns to the normal level again in a short time. Therefore, if the determination of YES is made once in S46 due to such noise, the determination of NO is made first in S48, and the process goes from S49 to S51 to decrement the value of the sensor ON counter by one. When the process is performed, since the signal level is OFF, the result of the determination in S46 is NO, and the process proceeds to S47. Therefore, the initial value "2" is set again in the sensor ON counter in S47, so that there is no possibility that the noise may erroneously determine that the drum has rotated once.

FIGS. 8B to 13B show S7 in FIG.
6 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the process processing indicated by. Control jumps to each subroutine with reference to the value of the process flag. This process flag is determined in S56, S60, S65, and S7 described later.
4, S87, S99, S103, S111, S115,
S121, S125, S128, S130, S132,
The values are set to the respective values by the processing of S137, S142, S144, S152 and the like, and are necessary for controlling the pachinko gaming machine while maintaining a predetermined control time. A subroutine program to be executed is selected according to the value of the process flag.

FIG. 8 when the process flag is "0"
The normal processing shown in FIG. 9B is performed. In the case of "1", the drum rotation pre-processing shown in FIG. 9A is performed. In the case of "2", the big hit symbol set shown in FIG. The process is performed. In the case of "3", the lost symbol setting process shown in FIG. 10A is performed, and in the case of "4" to "11", the lost symbol check process shown in FIG. Done
In the case of "12", the processing during the sub CPU command set shown in FIG.
The sub CPU command output process shown in FIG. 1 (c) is performed, and in the case of "14" to "18", the drum stop waiting process shown in FIG. 16 is a middle drum stop process, 17 is a middle symbol stop process at the time of reach, 18 is a middle symbol stop process at the time of reach with a probability variation symbol), and in the case of "19", FIG.
The jackpot check process shown in FIG.
In the case of "20, 21", the pre-opening process (20 is normal time,
21 is a big hit with a probability variation symbol).
In the case of "22 to 25", the processing during opening (22 is before V winning, 23 is after V winning, 24 is before V winning in a jackpot with a probability variation symbol, 25 is after V winning in a jackpot with a probability variation symbol ) Is performed, in the case of "26, 27", post-opening processing (26 is before the V prize, 27 is after the V prize), and in the case of "28", the big hit shown in FIG. Operation end wait processing is performed. A flowchart of the pre-opening process, the during-opening process, and the post-opening process and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 8B is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the normal processing in the process processing shown in S7 of FIG. First, in S53, it is determined whether or not there is a winning memory. The winning memory is incremented by "1" in S177 described later, and is decremented by "1" each time the variable display for the start winning is started.

If there is no winning memory, control is passed to step S54.
Go to the big hit information to the hall management computer OF
The F output and the OFF output of the solenoid 15 are set, and this subroutine ends. On the other hand, if there is a winning memory, the control proceeds to S55, where a timer for outputting valid start information to the hall management computer is set. This timer is for measuring the time for outputting the effective start information to the outside, and is a value corresponding to 0.5 seconds in the present embodiment. Further S5
At 6, the process flag is set to 1 and the pre-rotation time is set to the process timer. In the case of the present embodiment, a value corresponding to 128 ms is set in the process timer. Since the process flag is set to 1 in S56, if S7 in FIG. 7 is performed next, FIG.
The drum rotation pre-processing shown in FIG. After S56, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 9A is a flowchart of the drum rotation pre-processing performed when the value of the process flag is "1" in the processing performed in S7 of FIG. This process is executed when it is determined in the normal process that there is a winning memory.

First, in S57, it is determined whether or not the process timer set in S56 of FIG. 8B has expired. If not, the process proceeds to S58, where the process timer is decremented by one. At S59, a determination is again made as to whether the process timer has expired. If not, the subroutine ends.

If it is determined in step S57 or S59 that the process timer has expired, a process of setting the process flag to 2 is performed in step S60. Since 2 is set in the process flag, a jackpot symbol setting process, which will be described later, will be performed when the process process is performed next.

At S61, the value of the random 1 counter stored in the winning storage area 1 is read. This winning storage area is an area for storing the value of the random 1 counter at the time of the start winning, and a total of four places are prepared in order to hold four winning memories. I have. In S61, the value of the random 1 counter is read from the area 1 for storing the oldest data.

Subsequently, in S62, the read random 1
A determination is made as to whether the value of the counter matches a predetermined jackpot determination value (one way). If they match, the subroutine ends immediately. Therefore, if it is a big hit, the value of the process flag becomes “2”, and the big hit symbol setting processing is performed next as described above. on the other hand,
If it is determined that the value is not the big hit determination value, the control is shifted to S6.
Proceed to 3. In S63, a determination is made as to whether or not the probability variation flag is currently set. The probability variation flag is a flag that is set when a big hit occurs in a specific probability variation symbol as described above. If this flag is set, two big hits occur after the big hit occurs. Up to five times the probability of a big hit occurring.

If it is determined in S63 that the probability variation flag has not been set, the control proceeds to S65. on the other hand,
When it is determined that it is set, the process proceeds to S64,
A determination is made as to whether the read value of the random 1 counter is equal to the jackpot determination value at the time of probability fluctuation. The jackpot determination value at the time of the probability change is predetermined in four ways in addition to the jackpot determination value used in S62. Therefore, when the probability variation flag is set, the probability of a big hit becomes five times as described above as compared with other cases. If it is determined in S64 that the read value of the random 1 counter is equal to one of the jackpot determination values, this subroutine is immediately terminated. If it is determined that they do not match, the process proceeds to S65.
In S65, “3” is set in the process flag.
If the process flag is set to "3"
When the process process shown in S7 is executed next time, a missing symbol setting process is performed.

FIG. 9B is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the big hit symbol setting process executed when the process flag is "2" in the process process shown in S7 of FIG. First, in S66, a process of setting the winning symbol corresponding to the value of the random 2 counter stored in the winning storage area 1 to the left, middle, and right stop symbol numbers with reference to the big hit symbol table is performed.
In this case, when the left middle right symbol arrangement is the same and the hit line is only one line, the left symbol number, the middle symbol number, and the right symbol number may be matched, as in this embodiment. There is no need to use a jackpot symbol table.

At S67, the drum lamp data of the drum lamp control data of which command code is transmitted as "2" among the sub CPU command data as described above in accordance with the hit symbol line set at S66. 1, 2 (reach) and drum lamp data 1, 2
(Big hit) are set respectively. These drum lamp data 1, 2 (reach) and drum lamp data 1,
2 (big hit) is data of 8 bits each. As described above, the display column on the variable display device is 3 × 3 = 9.
There are columns. Drum ramp data 1 and 2 (reach) and drum ramp data 1 and 2 (big hit) each have a total of 16
Bit data, 9 out of the 16 bits
A bit is assigned to each column one bit at a time, and the blinking of the drum lamp in each column is designated by each bit.

In S68, "big hit, reach" is set in the big hit flag, and the flow advances to S69. In S69, S66
A determination is made as to whether or not the stop symbol set in is a probability variation symbol. If the symbol is not the probability variation symbol, the control proceeds to S71. If the symbol is the probability variation symbol, the control proceeds to S7.
Go to 0 respectively. In S70, "big hit, certainty big hit, reach, certainty reach" is set in the big hit flag, and the routine proceeds to S71.

Then, the flow advances to S701 to determine whether or not the number of resets is an odd number. If the number of resets is an odd number, the flow advances to S702 to set the big hit flag D6 (see FIG. 16A) to "1". Is set to the flag state with the jackpot notice, and the process proceeds to S71. On the other hand, if the number of resets is not an odd number, the process proceeds to S703,
It is determined whether or not the number of resets is less than "7". If the number of resets is "7" or more, the process directly proceeds to S71. If the number of resets is less than "7", the process proceeds to S704 and the big hit flag D2 (See FIG. 16A) is set to “1” to set a flag state of reach announcement, and then the process proceeds to S71.
As a result, when the occurrence of the big hit is determined in advance, the number of resets is 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 1, 1
In the case of 1,13,15, the jackpot is notified in advance, so the jackpot is notified in advance with a probability of 1/2 and the number of resets is 0,2
In the cases of 4 and 6, the reach is notified in advance, so that the reach is notified in advance with a probability of 1/4. As a result, if there is no prior notification, the loss is not necessarily determined, and a big hit may occur without the prior notification (when the number of resets is 8, 10, 12, 14). A decrease in the player's willingness to play can be prevented. In addition, you may make it notify a priori about all when it is determined in advance to generate a big hit. Further, the content of the advance notification may be different between the case of the probability variation symbol and the other case so that the player can be identified.

At S71, a process of setting the number of idle rotation symbols based on the current value of the random 4 counter is performed. The number of idle spinning symbols is the number of changes when the number of symbols fluctuating until the symbol stops is changed by a predetermined number. Specifically, when the value of the random 4 counter is an odd number, “1” is set as the number of idle rotation symbols, and when the value is an even number, “0” is set.

In S72, referring to the drum re-rotating table, the number of re-rotating symbols corresponding to random 4 and the waiting time for big hit check are set. The number of re-rotated symbols is used in the following drum control at the time of a big hit. In the present embodiment, before the symbol of the variable display device stops, whether or not a big hit has been determined is determined in S62 or S64 of FIG. 9A. Therefore, when it is determined that a big hit has occurred, in order to enhance the interest of the game, in addition to the stop method of sequentially and sequentially stopping the symbols after a certain period of time after the start of variable display, the symbol for the central drum 4b , The symbol is temporarily changed, the symbol is changed again, and then the symbol is stopped at the big hit symbol. The number of re-rotated symbols set in S72 is the number of symbols that fluctuate again after stopping once. The value of the random 4 counter can take 40 values from 0 to 39, but if it is 0 to 19, the pattern is stopped straight, and if it is 20 to 39, it is stopped once and then re-rotated to win a big hit. Stop at the symbol. That is, when the random 4 counter is 20 to 39, the number of re-rotated symbols in S72 is determined. There are 21 symbols, and it is not meaningful to stop once at the stop symbol, then re-rotate and stop again at the same symbol, so any one of 20 types of re-rotated symbols is set. Is done.

Next, at S73, a process of setting the stop position of the lucky number display LED 19 based on the value of the random 5 counter is performed.

In S74, "12" is set in the process flag. By setting the process flag to 12, the next time the process processing of S7 is executed, the processing during the sub CPU command setting described later with reference to FIG. 11A will be executed. After S74, this subroutine ends.

[0096] By the processing of S62 to S64,
The display result when the display device is stopped is a combination of specific display modes
Is determined. 21 for each rotating drum
The symbol combination is drawn, and it is a combination of symbols that will be a big hit
There are 5 lines of 8 big hits, that is, 40 lines
Therefore, the probability of occurrence of a jackpot on the display is 40/21. ^Three 
≒ 1 / 231.5. On the other hand, it is a big hit on software
The probabilities that can be obtained can be seen from S62 to S64 in FIG.
Is determined by the range of possible values of the random 1 counter
Round. In this embodiment, the random 1 counter is
It takes a value of 0 to 351.
Are five types (when probable). Therefore, the software
As described above, the probability of occurrence of
352.

FIG. 10A shows that the process flag is “3”.
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine program of the lost symbol set performed at the time of. This process is executed when the process flag is set to “3”, that is, when it is determined that the result of the lottery has been lost.

First, at S75, the lower order data of the value of the random 3 counter stored in the winning storage area 1 and
A process of adding the previous left stop symbol number is performed. In S76, it is determined whether or not the result of the addition in S75 is 21 or more.
At 77, 21 is subtracted from the addition result and the process proceeds to S78 S7
A new left stop symbol number is determined by 5-S77, and is set in S78. By determining the stop symbol numbers in S75 to S78, there is an effect that the appearance of each symbol (the appearance) is less biased than in the case where the stop symbols are determined only by random 3.

S79 to S82 and S83 to S86 are processes for performing the same processing as S75 to S78 in the stopped symbol number and to the right of the stopped symbol number, respectively. Except that the values of the three random counters used for the addition are medium and high, respectively, these processes are the same as the processes for determining the stop symbol number left, so the details are omitted here.

In S87, the big hit flag is cleared, the number of re-rotating symbols is cleared, and the big hit check waiting time (24
5 or 490 ms), the address of the big hit symbol table is set, and the process flag is set to 4. The big hit symbol table address is the out-of-touch symbol check process in FIG.
When reading data from the jackpot symbol table in
Indicates the start of the table address. In addition, since "4" is set in the process flag, when the next process process is executed, a missing symbol check process is performed.

FIG. 10B shows that the process flag is “4”.
It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a missing symbol check process performed in the case of ~ "11". This process shows where the reach line is occurring
This is a process for determining whether or not there is a line in which the stop symbol is accidentally formed as a big hit combination as a result of the loss symbol setting process performed in 0 (a). In the case of the variable display device using the rotating drum as in the present embodiment, there are a total of five lines where a big hit may occur. There are eight big hit symbols displayed on the left, middle, and right symbol display sections. Therefore, in this lost symbol check processing, each time the lost symbol check processing is executed once, only one of the eight symbols is checked for the above-mentioned five lines.
The check is performed for all of the eight symbols by repeating the process repeatedly. Process flags 4 to 11 respectively correspond to these eight symbols. Checking only one symbol at a time as described above reduces the number of processes during the execution of this main routine once, and is reset before the predetermined process is completed, so that the game control becomes abnormal. This is to prevent that.

First, in S88, data is read from the big hit symbol table according to the big hit symbol table address set in S87. Then, “5” is set to the variable “number of checks”.

In S89, it is determined whether or not the number of checks is zero. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S99, and if it is not 0, the process proceeds to S90. In S90, it is determined whether or not the big hit symbol table has been completed. When the processing has been completed, the control proceeds to S99, and when not completed, the control proceeds to S91. In S91,
A determination is made as to whether the left symbol of the stop symbol is a hit symbol of the table. If it is not a hit symbol, go to S93,
If it is a winning symbol, the control advances to S92. S92
Then, a determination is made as to whether the right symbol of the stopped symbol is a hit symbol. If it is a hit symbol, control goes to S94,
If it is not a winning symbol, the control proceeds to S93. S9
If YES is obtained in step S1 and YES is obtained in step S92, it is determined that a reach occurs.

In S93, the address of the big hit symbol table is updated, the number of checks is decremented by 1, and the process returns to S89.
When the control has proceeded to S93, the symbol set in the outlier symbol setting process in FIG. 10A is not a big hit combination or a reach combination. Therefore, it is necessary to repeat the processing of S89 to S93 for all five lines. Therefore, the number of checks is decremented by 1 in S93, and this processing is repeatedly executed until the number of checks becomes 0 in S89.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S92 that the reach has occurred, it is not necessary to further check another line of the symbol. Therefore, in this case, the control proceeds to S94, and a check for the reach time is further performed after S94.

First, in S94, drum lamp data 1,
In 2 (reach), data specifying the corresponding line is set. In S95, "reach" is set in the big hit flag.

Then, the flow advances to S951 to determine whether or not the number of resets is an odd number. If the number of resets is not an odd number, the flow advances to S96. To set a flag state with reach notice. As a result, in the case where the reach display is performed when the reach display is performed when it is determined in advance that the jackpot is not to be made a big hit, advance notification that the reach state occurs with a probability of 1/2 is performed. As a result, it is not always determined that reach will not be achieved if advance notice is not given,
Since the reach state may occur without the advance notification of the reach, it is possible to prevent the player's willingness to play. It should be noted that advance notification of reach may be provided for all cases where reach is displayed. Further, the form of the advance notification of the reach may be made different between the case of the probability variation symbol and the other case so that the player can be identified. S96
The number of idle rotation symbols is set by the value of the random 4 counter. In S97, it is determined whether or not the middle symbol of the stopped symbol is a hit symbol. If it is a winning symbol, this line is not just a reach, but a big hit combination. Therefore, in S98, the stop symbol number is forcibly shifted by one to make a missing combination. When it is determined in S97 that the symbol is not a hit symbol, and after S98, the control proceeds to S99.

In S99, the address of the big hit symbol table to be referred next time is set, and 1 is added to the process flag. Therefore, when the process flag is 4 to 10, the unsuccessful symbol check process is continuously performed in the next process process. When the process flag is 11, the sub-C is displayed when the next process process is executed.
Processing during PU command set is performed.

FIG. 11A is a flowchart of the sub CPU command setting in-process executed when the process flag is 12. First, in S100, a process of shifting the winning storage area is performed. By this processing, the contents of the prize storage area 2 are stored in the prize storage area 1, and the contents of the prize storage area 3 are stored in the prize storage area 2.
The contents of the prize storage area 4 are respectively shifted, and the contents of the prize storage area 4 are cleared. In S101, the drum rotation flag is set to a value (00H) indicating normal rotation. The drum rotation flag is a flag indicated by area 8 in FIG. 16A, and is data transmitted from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU. Further, in S102, processing during sub-CPU command setting described later is performed. In S103, 1 is added to the process flag, and the processing during sub-CPU command setting ends. Since the process flag is set to 13, when the next process is executed, the sub CPU shown in FIG.
Processing during command output is performed.

FIG. 11B is a flowchart showing the operation in S102 of FIG.
5 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a sub CPU command set process as control data shown in FIG. First, in S104, processing for setting fixed values to the command headers 0 to 6 shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B is performed. In S105, a process of setting “01” to the command code as the type data is performed. Thereby, it is set so that the drum rotation control data is transmitted as the sub CPU command. S106
Then, the contents of the drum rotation flag set in S101 of FIG. In S107, a process of setting the left, middle, and right values of the stopped symbol number set in the big hit symbol setting process or the lost symbol setting process in the areas 9 to 11, respectively, is performed.

In S108, a process of setting the content of the big hit flag is performed. The big hit flag is 1-byte data, and the value of the drum rotation increase counter is set in bits 0 and 1, bit 3 is set to 1 when reaching, and bit 4 is set to 1 when reaching in the probability variation symbol. Bit 5 is set to 1 when a big hit occurs in the probability variation symbol, and bit 7 is set to 1 when a big hit occurs.

In S109, the number of idle rotation symbols is increased, and in S110, the number of re-rotated symbols is increased in areas 13 and 14 of FIG.
Is set in step S111, the command output counter is set to "1". This command output counter is for counting the number of data transmitted from the main CPU to the sub CPU. If the command output counter is 1, the first data (first byte) of the sub CPU command is used. Will be sent.
In the case of the drum rotation control data, the sub CPU command is output until the command output counter becomes 15 as described later, and in the case of the drum lamp control data, it becomes 13 until the command output counter becomes 13.

FIG. 11C is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a sub CPU command output processing executed when the process flag is 13. First, S1
At 12, the process of turning on the motor, that is, the process of setting the voltage applied to the motor to the normal voltage, is performed. Subsequently, in S113, it is determined whether or not the command output counter is 0. If it is 0, the control proceeds to S114, and if it is not 0, this subroutine program ends immediately.

In S114, 0 is set in the drum rotation counter. Then, the flow advances to S1141, and the big hit notice /
A determination is made whether there is a reach announcement. If neither of the above-mentioned jackpot flags D6 and D2 is set to "1", the flow proceeds to S115, where the left timer stop waiting time (3230) is set in the process timer, and
The process flag is incremented by "1". In the case of the present embodiment, about 0.646 seconds is set as the left drum stop waiting time. Further, since the process flag is incremented by one, the left drum stop waiting process is executed when the next process process is executed.

On the other hand, if at least one of the big hit flag D6 and the big hit flag D2 is set to "1", the flow advances to S1142 to set the left drum stop waiting time (3300) in the process timer and to execute the process. “1” is added to the flag. At S1142, the process timer displays the left drum stop waiting time (337).
0) is set, 3300-3230 = 70
Thus, the time to which the notice time is added by 70 × 2 msec = 140 msec is set.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a drum stop waiting process performed when the process flag is 14 to 18. Process flag is 1
At 4, the left drum stop wait process is performed, at 15 the right drum stop wait process is performed, at 16 the middle drum stop wait process is performed, at 17 the middle drum stop wait process (reach) is performed, and at 18 the middle drum stop wait process is performed. Processing (probable change reach) is performed respectively.

First, in S116, it is determined whether or not the process timer has reached 0. If it is 0, the control proceeds to S119. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S117, in which the process timer is further decremented by 1. In S118, it is determined whether or not the process timer has become 0.
If the process timer is 0, the process proceeds to S119. That is, the process proceeds to S119 and the subsequent steps only after a predetermined time has elapsed until the process timer becomes 0, and the corresponding drum is stopped.

In S119, the data of the drum stop sound is set. In S120, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is 14. Process flag is 1
4 indicates that the process is waiting for the left drum to stop. 1
Otherwise, control proceeds to S122. If it is 14, the process proceeds to S121, the right drum stop waiting time (0.8 seconds) is set in the process timer, the process flag is incremented by 1, and this subroutine program ends. Since the process flag is 15, the next time the process is executed, the right drum stop waiting process is performed, and the process proceeds to S1.
The answer to the determination at 20 is NO.

At S122, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is 15. In cases other than 15, the flow proceeds to S132. If it is 15, the process proceeds to S123, and it is determined whether the drum rotation counter is less than 12. If the drum rotation counter is less than 12, it is determined that the motor has stopped for some reason.
The control advances to 24, where a value (08H) indicating a motor error is set in the error flag, and this subroutine program ends. If it is equal to or greater than 12, the process proceeds to S125, in which the middle timer stop waiting time (0.8 seconds) is set in the process timer, and 16 is set in the process flag. When the process is executed next time because the process flag is set to 16, the middle drum stop waiting process is performed. Subsequently, in S126, a determination is made as to whether or not the jackpot flag has been reached. If it is reach, the process proceeds to S127, but if it is not reach, this subroutine program ends as it is.

In S127, the reach time table prepared in advance is prepared according to the result obtained by subtracting the value in the previous stop symbol number and the number of re-rotated symbols from the value in the stopped symbol number and the number of idle-rotating symbols. A process of calculating the reach time with reference to the process is performed. The reach time indicates a time from when the right drum stops to when the middle drum finally stops. Further, 17 is added to the process flag in S128.
Is set. Since the process flag is set to 17, the next drum processing wait processing (reach) is executed when the next process processing is performed. S
The post-processing of 128 proceeds to S129.

In S129, it is further determined whether or not the big hit flag is a value indicating the probability change reach.
If the reach is certain, the process flag is set to 18 in S130, and the process proceeds to S131. If not, the process proceeds directly to S131. When 18 is set in the process flag, the middle drum stop waiting process (probable change reach) is executed in the next process process.

In S131, the time calculated in S127 is set in the process timer, and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 13 (a) shows a flowchart of a subroutine program of a jackpot check process performed when the process flag is 19. First, in S133, it is determined whether or not the process timer has reached 0. If the process timer is not yet 0, this subroutine program ends immediately and the process timer
Only then does the control proceed to S134.

In S134, processing for turning off the motor, that is, processing for lowering the voltage applied to the motor, is performed. Subsequently, in S135, a process of storing the middle symbol number in the previous middle symbol number storage area is performed.

Subsequently, in S136, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is a big hit.
If it is not a jackpot, 0 is set in the process flag in S137, and this subroutine program ends. Therefore, in this case, the control returns to the normal processing.
If the big hit flag is a big hit, the control proceeds to S138.
In S138, a determination is made as to whether the probability variation counter is 0. This probability variation counter is set to “2” when a large hit occurs in a probability variation symbol. If it is 0, the control immediately proceeds to S140, but if it is not 0, the probability variation counter is decremented by 1 in S139 and S140
Go to 140. That is, the probability variation counter is set to "2" when a large hit is made in the probability variation symbol, and thereafter, is decremented by one each time a big hit occurs. If it is 0, the probability of a big hit is low (normal) probability, and 0
Otherwise, the probability is high.

In S140, a process of clearing the probability variation flag is performed. This is to reduce the probability of the occurrence of the big hit once during the big hit even at the time of the high probability. Then, in S141, the lucky number display LED
Is set to the stop position of the lucky number display LE
The fluctuation time of D is set. Further, in S142, the pre-opening time is set in the process timer. In the case of the present embodiment, a time corresponding to 5 seconds is set as the pre-opening time. Then, the process flag is set to 20, and the process proceeds to S143. Since the process flag is set to 20, the pre-opening process will be performed the next time the process process is executed.

In S143, a determination is made as to whether or not the big hit flag is a positive change big hit. If it is a probability change jackpot, the control proceeds to S144 and 21 is set in the process flag. After S144, and if the big hit flag is not the probability variable big hit, this subroutine ends. If the process flag is set to 21, the pre-opening process (probable change big hit) will be executed the next time the process process is executed. In the processing before opening (probable change big hit), the sound effect, the drum lamp, and the other lamp control are changed from the normal processing before opening, so that the interest of the game is further improved.

FIG. 13 (b) is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a jackpot operation end waiting process which is performed when the process flag becomes 28. First, S1
At 45, a determination is made as to whether the process timer has expired. S1 only after the process timer expires
The control advances to 46, and the jackpot information and the probability variation information transmitted to the hall management computer and the like are turned off.
Subsequently, in S147, a determination is made as to whether or not the big hit flag is a probability variable big hit. If it is not a probability variable hit, the control proceeds to S149. If it is a probability variable hit, the probability variation counter is set to 2 in S148 and then S14.
Go to 9.

In S149, a process of setting the value of the probability variation counter as it is to the probability variation flag is performed.
Subsequently, in S150, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is set, that is, whether or not the probability variation flag is 0. If the value is 0, the control proceeds to S152. After the probability variation information output to the computer is turned on, S152
Proceed to. In S152, the process flag is set to 0 after the release number counter is cleared, and the normal processing is executed thereafter. By the jackpot operation end waiting process, the occurrence probability of the jackpot once returned to the low probability during the jackpot is reset to the high probability when the probability changes.

FIG. 14A is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the error recovery check processing shown in S10 of FIG. First, in S153, a determination is made as to whether or not the error flag has been set. If not, the subroutine program terminates immediately without doing anything. If it is set, the process proceeds to S154.

In S154, V switch error recovery check processing is performed, and in S155, 10 count switch error recovery check processing is performed. In these two processes, it is checked whether or not a process corresponding to a predetermined error flag reset process using a V switch or a 10-count switch has been performed. If it is determined that the operation has been performed, the error flag is reset. For example, if no winning ball is detected or a motor error occurs during one opening of the variable winning ball device 12 during a big hit, in the case of the present embodiment, a game ball is set to the 10 count switch. 1
The error flag is reset by passing through.

In S156, it is determined whether or not the error flag has been set after the processing in S154 and S155. If it is still set, control proceeds to S161. If not, control proceeds to S157.

In S157, it is determined whether the process flag is less than 13. If it is less than 13, the control proceeds to S161. If it is 13 or more, the control is S15
Proceeding to 8, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is greater than 18. If it is larger than 18, the control proceeds to S161. If it is less than 18, control is S159.
Proceed to. By the processing of S157 and S158, the control proceeds to S159 only when the process flag is 13 or more and 18 or less, that is, only when the motor should be rotating. In other cases, it is not necessary to restore the motor again, and the direct control proceeds to S161 as described above.

In S159, a motor recovery flag for causing the drum motor to perform an initial operation using the sub CPU is set. Subsequently, in S160, a sub CPU command set process is performed. This sub CPU command set processing has already been described with reference to FIG. S1 in the sub CPU command set process
At 06, the value of the motor restoration flag (0 at normal time, 1 at restoration) is set as it is.

If it is determined in S156 that the error flag is set, if it is determined in S157 and S158 that the process flag is less than 13 or greater than 18, and after S160 is executed, the control proceeds to S16.
Proceeding to 1, the contents of the error flag are set and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 14B is a flowchart of the sub CPU command output setting process and the subroutine program shown in S11 of FIG. First, in S162, a determination is made as to whether the command output counter is 0. If 0, this subroutine program ends immediately. If it is not 0, the control proceeds to S163, where the sub C
The PU command output is set. Subsequently, the command output counter is incremented by 1 in S164. Further, S165
Then, it is determined whether the command code of the area 7 shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B is “01”. If it is 01, it is transmission of drum rotation control data having a total of 15 areas; otherwise, it is output of drum lamp control data having a total of 13 data. Therefore, if the command code is 01, S16
Proceeding to 6, a determination is made as to whether the command output counter is 15 or less. If it is less than 15, this subroutine program ends. S if it exceeds 15
Proceeding to 168, processing for clearing the command output counter to 0 is performed, and this subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S165 that the command code is not 01, the flow advances to step S167 to determine whether the command output counter is 13 or less. If it is less than 13, this subroutine program ends immediately. If it exceeds 13, the process proceeds to S168, the command output counter is cleared to 0, and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 15A is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the winning storage area storing process shown in S20 of FIG. In S169, it is determined whether or not the starting winning number is “0”. The start winning number is incremented by "1" in S177 described later, and decremented by "1" in S171 described later. If the start winning number is "0", the subroutine program is terminated as it is. If the start winning number is not 0, the process proceeds to S170, and processing for storing the values of the random 1 counter, random 2 counter, and random 3 counter in the corresponding areas of the start winning storage area is performed. The start prize storage area has a plurality (four in the present embodiment) of count value storage areas for storing the value of each random counter in accordance with the number of start prize storage.

Then, the flow advances to S171 to perform a process of subtracting "1" from the starting winning number as described above, and the process returns to S1.
Return to 69. The processing of S169 to S171 is repeatedly performed until the number of start winnings becomes “0”. By this prize storage area storage processing, the value of the random 1 counter, random 2 counter, and random 3 counter corresponding to the start prize are stored in the respective prize storage areas. The hit or miss may be determined at the time of sampling based on the value of the random 1 counter sampled at the time of starting winning, and the result of the determination may be stored in the starting winning storage area. In such a case, if the hit is stored, advance notification of the big hit may be performed from the stage of the variable display operation of the variable display device several times before. Similarly, it may be determined whether or not to reach at the time of the start winning, and advance notification of the reach may be performed from the stage of variable display several times before.

FIG. 15B is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the switch input process shown in S9 of FIG. First, in S172, processing of inputting detection signals of various detectors from the I / O port is performed. Next, in S173, a process of checking whether or not an error such as a disconnection or a short circuit has occurred in the 10-count switch (winning number detector) 16 based on whether or not an error flag is set is performed. If it has occurred, control proceeds to S178.

If the error flag has not been set, the control proceeds to S174, in which it is determined whether or not the signal from the starting port switch is ON. If it is ON, control proceeds to S178, but ON
If not, the control proceeds to S175. In S175, a determination is made as to whether it may be determined that a winning ball has been won in the starting port switch. That is,
A determination is made as to whether or not a winning timing has been reached. In the case of the present embodiment, it is determined that the winning timing has been reached when the start port switch has been ON for a predetermined time and falls to OFF.
A determination process such as 75 is performed.

If it is determined in S175 that it is not the winning timing, the flow proceeds to S178, but if it is the winning timing, the flow proceeds to S176.

At S176, a determination is made as to whether or not the number of stored prizes is four or more. If it is four or more, there is no room for further storage, and control proceeds to S178.
If it is less than 4, the process proceeds to S177, and the winning storage number and the starting winning number are both incremented by one. After S177, the control proceeds to S178.

At S178, processing is performed to determine whether or not an error has occurred in the V switch. If an error has occurred, a V switch error flag is set. Similarly, in S179, a process is performed to check whether an error has occurred in the 10-count switch. If an error has occurred, a 10-count switch error flag is set.

When a pachinko ball is awarded in the starting opening 10 and detected by the starting switch 11, the starting switch 11
A detection pulse having a predetermined pulse width is derived,
The basic circuit 21 is provided. In this case, every time the subroutine of the switch input process is executed during the time of the pulse width of the detection pulse, the determination of YES is continuously performed in S174. Each time the ON counter of the starting port switch is counted up, the count value reaches a predetermined value (for example, 3) or more, and the determination of YES is made in S175 only after the starting port switch is turned OFF again.
It is determined that there is a winning start. On the other hand, there is a case where the output from the start switch 11 is instantaneously determined to be ON due to noise due to static electricity or the like. In such a case, the input from the start switch 11 has a pulse width of The signal becomes almost zero. for that reason,
Even if the determination in S174 is made once and the value of the ON counter is incremented by 1 at the same timing as the timing at which such noise is input, the ON counter that is subsequently performed in S175 when the pulse falls Is determined to be a predetermined number (for example, 3) or not, it is not determined that the opening switch 11 has immediately detected a pachinko ball. Then, when the subsequent switch input processing is executed, the noise has already fallen, so the determination in S175 is always NO, and the ON counter of the starting port switch is cleared. Therefore, there is no possibility that the start port switch is erroneously determined to be ON due to noise.

FIG. 16 shows S11 of FIG. 7 and FIGS.
It is a schematic diagram which shows the content of the sub CPU command shown in (c).

Referring to FIG. 16A, the sub CPU command areas prepared in the game control microcomputer have fixed data ("1FH", "00H").
“01H” “02H” “04H” “08H” “10
H ") are stored therein, and a command code area 7 for indicating whether the following data is data for drum rotation control or drum lamp control. Among the sub CPU command areas 1 to 14 are the sub basic circuits (sub CP
U) 22 is also provided as a sub CPU command input area, and data of each data area of the drum control command area of the basic circuit 21 is transmitted to a corresponding data area of the sub CPU command input area.

When the command code is "01", the next seven areas of the command code are valid,
Each of the drum rotation code areas (00 indicates normal rotation, 01 indicates abnormal recovery) 8 and 2
Left that can take one value (00 to 14 in hexadecimal)
Areas 9, 10, 11 for designating each stop symbol on the middle and right
And a big hit flag (drum rotation increase counters D0, D1,
Reach notice D2, Reach D3, Reach D4 with probability variation symbol, Big hit D5 with probability variation symbol, Big hit announcement D
6, an area 12 for a big hit D7) and an area 13 for storing the number of idle rotation symbols (two patterns of 00 and 01).
And an area 14 for storing the number of re-rotated symbols at the time of a big hit (21 ways from 00 to 14H). The number of re-rotating symbols is to stop the symbol once before the final stop at the time of the big hit, then rotate again and then stop at the last stop symbol to improve the interest of the game at the time of the big hit It is.

When the command code is "02", five areas are effective, and each of the six areas has six values (00 to 05, 00 is normal, 01 is drum rotating, 02
Is an area 8 for storing a drum control code that can be used during a reach or a release interval, 03 is for before opening, 04 is for opening, and 05 is for after opening, and an area 9 for storing drum ramp data at the time of reaching. , And 10,
There are areas 11 and 12 for storing drum lamp data at the time of a big hit.

The sub CPU determines whether the head of the input data is 1F or not, and whether the subsequent 6 bytes match the fixed header, and determines that the sub CPU command has been input. Command code of 7 is 01
Or 02 is determined, and the subsequent 7 or 5 areas are data for drum rotation control,
It is determined whether the data is for drum lamp control.

In general, the drum rotation control data need only be sent to the sub CPU only at the start of the variable operation. The sub CPU controls the drum motor according to the sent drum rotation control data, and is designated by the sub CPU command. Stop the motor with the stop symbol. Therefore, it is not necessary to transmit the drum rotation control data to the sub CPU when the variable display is not performed and after the variable display is started. On the other hand, the drum lamp control data needs to be transmitted regardless of whether or not variable display is being performed. Therefore, two types of sub CPU commands are prepared as described above, and the data of the command code “01” is transmitted only at the start of the variable display, and the data of the command code “02” is transmitted at other times. By doing so, the amount of data transmitted at one time is reduced as compared with the case where data for drum rotation control and data for drum lamp control are transmitted simultaneously, and the time required for transmission is also reduced. Therefore, there is an effect that the burden on the game control microcomputer is reduced.

In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, information for specifying each stop symbol is transmitted from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU, and information indicating the current display symbol is not transmitted. However, the present invention is not limited to this. If necessary, information for designating which symbol is to be displayed is transmitted from the game control microcomputer to the sub C
You may make it transmit to PU.

Referring to FIG. 16B, the drum lamp control code takes any one of 00 to 05H. 00 is the normal state, 01 is the drum rotating, 02 is the reach rotation or off interval, 03 is before opening, 04 is open, 05 is after open Is shown. The drum ramp data 1 and 2 (reach) and the drum ramp data 1 and 2 (big hit) are data specified to indicate which line has a reach or a big hit.

FIGS. 17 to 23 are flowcharts of a control program for the variable display device executed by the sub CPU. FIG. 24A shows a motor control area.
4 (b) is a drum control table referred to at the time of a notice operation, and FIG. 24 (C) shows a motor control data table referred to during acceleration / deceleration of the motor.

FIG. 17A is a flowchart of a main routine of the sub CPU for controlling the variable display device. This main routine is repeatedly executed from the beginning at predetermined time intervals in response to a reset pulse from the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23 shown in FIG.

First, in S201, initialization of an I / O port and setting of an interrupt mask are performed. Then S
At 202, data at a predetermined address in the RAM is read,
By determining whether or not the value is a predetermined value (for example, 6805H), it is determined whether or not the RAM is in a normal state. Immediately after the power is turned on, the contents stored in the RAM are indefinite, and the result of the determination in S202 proceeds to S203, where system initial processing is performed. In this system initial process, predetermined data (6805H described above) is written to a predetermined address of the RAM as described later. Therefore, after the system initial process is completed, the result of the determination in S202 is YES, and the control proceeds to S204. The contents of S203 will be described later with reference to FIG.

In S204, I / O is output, and in S205, the display timer is updated. This display timer is a timer used as a clock for display, and is incremented by one every 8 msec.
Further, in S206, a process of jumping to each process routine is performed according to the value of the operation flag prepared in advance in the program of the sub CPU. This processing is exactly the same as the processing of S7 shown in FIG.
The process flag of FIG. 7 corresponds to the operation flag of FIG. Each process routine will be described later. When the operation flag is 0, the operation is stopped, when the operation flag is 1, the reach / big hit notice is started, when the operation flag is 2, the reach / big hit is being notified, and the operation flag is set. When the number is 3, the drum rotation is started, and when the operation flag is 4, the processing during drum rotation is performed. Subsequently, in S207, a drum lamp data set process, a sub CPU command check process, and a sub CPU command input process are performed. The details of the processing of S207 are shown in FIGS.
FIG. 17A will be described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 17B is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the drum lamp data setting process performed in S207. First, in S237, the drum lamp control code is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 5,
A determination is made as to The drum lamp control code indicates data transmitted from the main CPU and stored in the area 8 in the drum lamp control data of FIG.

When the drum lamp control code is 0, normal processing is performed and the drum lamp is
Data for blinking at s intervals is set.

When the drum lamp control code is 1, the setting of the drum lamp data corresponding to the processing during the rotation of the drum is performed. That is, in S239, data for turning on all the drum lamps is set.

When the drum lamp control code is 2, data is set during the reach rotation or during the off interval. First, in S240, it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is reach. If the reach is reached, the process proceeds to S241, and if not, the process proceeds to S239. In S239, data for turning on all the drum lamps is set as described above. On the other hand, S
At 241, data for lighting the drum lamp corresponding to the reach is set. That is, the middle drum lamp is turned on, and the areas 9 and 1 in FIG.
Data for blinking the left and right drum lamps at 128 ms intervals is set according to the drum lamp data (reach) indicated by 0.

When the drum lamp control code is 3 or 5, drum lamp data corresponding to the pre-opening process and the post-opening process are respectively set. First S24
In FIG. 2, drum lamp data (big hit) transmitted from the main CPU through areas 11 and 12 in FIG.
Is set for blinking the drum lamps of the row determined according to the above at intervals of 256 ms.

When the drum lamp control code is 4, the control of the drum lamp corresponding to the processing during opening is performed. That is, in S243, according to the drum lamp data (big hit) transmitted from the main CPU, data setting for blinking the drum lamp of the line where the big hit occurs at 128 ms intervals is performed. When these processes end, the subroutine program of the drum lamp data setting process ends.

FIG. 18A is a flowchart of a sub CPU command input processing subroutine program for receiving a sub CPU command from the main CPU on the sub CPU side. This processing is performed in S207 of FIG.

First, in S330, the input data is “1”.
F "is determined. This is because, as shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, since the header 0 of the sub CPU command is “1F”, whether or not to start the command input by detecting this header 0 is determined. Is determined. If it is determined in S330 that the input data is 1F, the process proceeds to S331, in which the value of the command input counter is set to 1, and the subroutine program ends. On the other hand, if it is not 1F, the process proceeds to S332, and it is determined whether or not the command input counter is 0. If it is 0, it means that the input of the sub CPU command has not been started, and this subroutine program ends. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S333.

In step S333, the transmitted sub CPU
Sub CPU command set processing for storing one byte of the command in a predetermined storage area is performed. Then S3
At 34, a determination is made as to whether the command input counter is seven. If it is not 7, the control proceeds to S338, and if it is 7, the control proceeds to S335. The processing in S334 is for performing different processing between the headers 1 to 6 of the sub CPU command shown in FIG.
In S335, since the sub CPU command set in S333 is the data of the area 7, that is, the command code, it is determined whether or not the command code is "01". If “01”, FIG.
Since it is the drum rotation control data shown in FIG.
At 336, 14 is set as the command length, and the flow advances to S338. If it is not 1, since the data is the drum lamp control data shown in FIG. 16B, the flow advances to S337 to set 12 as the command length, and then to S338.

In S338, the command input counter is set to 1
The command input counter after the addition in S339 is
A determination is made as to whether the length is less than the command length set in S336 or S337. If the result of the determination in S339 is YES, this subroutine program is immediately terminated, but if NO, the process proceeds to S340, in which processing for indicating that command input has been completed is executed.
That is, the command input flag is set and the command input counter is cleared. As for the command length, 14 or 12 is set in S336 or S337, respectively, and this value is not cleared. Therefore, the result of the determination in S334 is NO, and S338
When the control proceeds from step S339 to step S339, if the counter is 6 or less, the command length set in the previous sub CPU command input processing is used. Or S33
The command length set in 7 is used. Even if the previous command length is used when the counter is 6 or less, since the command length in the current sub CPU command input process is correctly set when the counter becomes 7, the judgment in S339 is: Correct execution is performed based on the command code of the current sub CPU command.

FIG. 18B is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the drum rotation start process executed in S224 of FIG. First, in S341, the motor control flag is set to a value indicating acceleration / deceleration, and the number of symbols for constant-speed feeding is set. The number of the constant-speed feed symbols
After the rotation of the drum starts, it means the number of symbols that are rotated and displayed until each drum stops after reaching a predetermined speed. "1" for the left drum, "11" for the middle drum, right “6” is set for each drum. In addition,
In the case of constant speed feed, one step of the motor is 20 ms, and eight steps are required to send one symbol. Therefore, at the time of constant speed feeding, the symbol is fed at a speed of one symbol per 160 ms. In this embodiment, one motor control area for controlling each of the left, middle, and right drum motors is provided. The motor control area is schematically shown in FIG.

Before explaining the following processing, FIG.
(A) will be briefly described. Referring to FIG. 24A, for example, the left motor control area includes a motor control flag area, a stop symbol number area, a one-step timer area, a next one-step timer data save area, and a current motor step number area. , Sensor ON
It includes an area of a counter, an area of a sensor check counter, an area of sensor mask data, an area of the number of steps in one symbol, an area of a current symbol number, and an area of a constant-speed feeding symbol number.

The motor control flag area uses the lower 5 bits. The least significant bit 0 indicates acceleration / deceleration. In this case, table data is used for motor control. The contents will be described later. Bit 1 indicates constant speed processing. Bit 2 indicates the stop processing. Bit 4 indicates processing during the advance notice. Bit 3 indicates a temporary stop processing corresponding to the temporary stop of the symbol at the time of the big hit. The current motor step number takes any value in the range of 00 to 03. The sensor check counter is used for detecting a motor error. The sensor mask data is 10H for the left motor, 20H for the middle motor, and 40H for the right motor.
H is used. Since the number of steps in one symbol is eight as described above, any one of values in the range of 00 to 07 is stored. The current symbol number indicates the symbol number currently being displayed, and has 21 values as described above, and therefore takes a value of 00 to 14H. As described above, the number of the constant speed feed symbols is 01H for the left motor, 0BH (11 in decimal notation) for the middle motor, and 0 for the right motor.
6H are respectively set.

Referring to S342, first, an initial value of a one-step timer is set for each motor. In this embodiment, 1 is set for the left motor, 2 is set for the middle motor, and 3 is set for the right motor. Subsequently, the number of steps in area 3 of each motor control area is set to an initial value. That is, 0 is cleared. Subsequently, a process of setting a drum control data address is performed with reference to each motor control area on the left, middle, and right sides. The drum control data is provided to make the time required from the start of rotation of the symbol to the end thereof constant regardless of the symbol at the start of rotation. One example is shown in FIG.
4 (c). FIG. 24 (c) shows two drum control data tables as an example, and this table can be sent to the target symbol in a fixed time regardless of the relationship between the symbol at the start of rotation and the target symbol. Thus, a total of 21 types are prepared.

The data table of, for example, DRTB16 in FIG.
It is a data table when 8 steps are sent in 6300 ms. This number of 6300 ms is common to all data tables. In DRTB16, ","
(For example, 16/2, 14 /
2) indicates the number of timer counts per step, that is, the time required for the step feed. The right side of “,” indicates the number of steps to be sent by the timer count per step described on the left side. When the number of steps is summed vertically, in the case of the DRTB 16, the total is 968 steps. As described above, eight steps are required for one symbol, so in 968 steps, 121 symbols, that is, five rotations of the drum and sixteen symbols are fed.

On the other hand, the DRTB 17 is a data table in the case of performing 808 steps of symbol feed during 6,300 ms. The 808 steps correspond to 101 symbols, that is, 4 rotations of the drum and 17 symbols.

When the DRTB 16 and the DRTB 17 are compared, the results are equal in the fifth row from the top and in the sixth row from the bottom. The fifth line from the top corresponds to the start of the rotation of the drum, and the sixth line from the bottom corresponds to the stop of the drum. The data from the 6th line from the top to the 7th line from the bottom is
While rotating the drum at a substantially constant speed, it is used to adjust the time so as to absorb the difference in the number of steps and make the time until the symbol finally stops coincident.

In this way, by keeping the time from the start of rotation of the drum to the stop of the drum constant, the main CPU
Only one type of timer is required to control the variable display. Therefore, there is an effect that the time management of the control for the variable display on the main CPU side can be easily performed.

Referring again to FIG. 18B, after S342, a determination is made in S343 as to whether the big hit flag (see FIG. 16A) transmitted from the main CPU has been reached. It is. If it is not reach, the control proceeds to S345, but if it is reach, S
Proceeding to 344, the medium drum control table 0 is set. By the process of S344, in the case of reach, the symbol displayed for the middle drum at the end of the drum control data returns to the first symbol. In S345, "4" is set in the operation flag, and this subroutine program ends. Since "4" is set in the operation flag, when the main routine program of FIG. 17 is next executed, the drum rotation process is performed in S206.

FIG. 18C shows S229 (see FIG. 16).
9 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a drum rotation process performed in step S. S346, S347, S34
At 8, the left, middle, and right drum control processes are performed. FIG. 20A shows the details of the drum control process.
It will be described later with reference to FIG.

Subsequently, in S349, it is determined whether or not each motor control flag is stopped. If the motor control flag is stopped, the process proceeds to S350, and the operation flag is set to 0. Each motor is stopped because 0 is set in the operation flag. If NO is determined in S349 or if the process of S350 is completed, this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 19A is a flowchart showing the processing in S207 of FIG.
10 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a sub CPU command check process performed in step (a). First S24
At 4, a determination is made as to whether the command input flag is set. This command input flag is a flag set in S340 of FIG. 18A, and indicates whether the reception of the sub CPU command has been completed. If it is set, in S245,
This command input flag is cleared. Then S24
At 6, it is determined whether the headers 1 to 6 of the received sub CPU command are normal data. As shown in FIG. 16A, fixed data is predetermined for the headers 1 to 6, respectively. Therefore, it is to determine whether to make the received command valid depending on whether or not this fixed data is correctly received as headers 1 to 6. S24 if normal
Steps 7 and below are performed, but if not, this subroutine program ends.

At S247, it is determined whether the command code of the received sub CPU command is 2. If it is 2, the control proceeds to S248, otherwise the control proceeds to S249. In S248, a drum lamp control code command extraction process is performed. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG. After S248, the subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, in S249, the command code is 1
A determination is made as to whether If it is 1, the control proceeds to S250, where a drum rotation command extraction process is performed. The details of the drum rotation command extracting process will be described later with reference to FIG. If it is determined in S249 that the command code is not 1, this subroutine program ends because it is determined that the received data is not normal.

FIG. 19B is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the drum lamp control code command fetching process shown in S248. First, in step S251, a drum lamp control code is set from the sub CPU command input area to a storage area in the RAM. Then S25
2, the drum lamps 1 and 2 data (reach) are stored in S25
At 3, the data of the drum lamps 1 and 2 (big hits) are set in the same manner. In S254, the display timer is cleared and the display timer is set to an initial value. In the case of the present embodiment, a value corresponding to 2.048 seconds is set as an initial value. After S254, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 19C is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the drum rotation command fetching process performed in FIG. 19A. First, in S255, after seven from the head (header 1) of the drum rotation control data,
That is, by checking whether or not the drum rotation data of the area 8 is "10H", it is determined whether or not the command is a drum rotation command for abnormal recovery. If normal, control is S2
Proceed to 57. If it is a recovery process, the process proceeds to S256, and 70, which is an initial value, is set in the sensor check counter. After S256, the control proceeds to S257.

At S257, the left of the stop symbol number is set. In S258, the middle stop symbol number is set, and the data of the set middle stop symbol number is set in the storage area. This middle stop symbol number in the storage area is used in S329 of FIG. In S259, the right stop symbol number is set, and in S260, the content input as the sub CPU command is set in the big hit flag. Similarly, S26
1. In S262, the number of idle rotation symbols and the number of re-rotation symbols of the sub CPU command are set as variables in the program.

At S263, a determination is made as to whether the number of re-rotated symbols set at S262 is zero.
If it is 0, the process proceeds to S268, but if it is other than 0, the control proceeds to S264. In S264, the number of re-rotated symbols is subtracted from the middle stop symbol number, and in S265, it is determined whether the subtraction result is 0 or more. 0
If so, the process proceeds to S267.
The process proceeds to step 6, where 21 is added to the calculation result. This allows
The operation result takes any value from 0 to 20. Subsequently, in S267, a process of setting the calculation results of S264 to S266 in the stop symbol number is performed, and the flow proceeds to S2671.

At S2671, it is determined whether or not there is a jackpot notice / reach notice. When at least one of the big hit flags D6 and D2 is "1", the flow proceeds to S2672, and the operation flag is set to "1". As a result, at the next execution of S206, the subroutine program for the reach / big hit notice start shown in FIG. 21A is executed. On the other hand, big hit flags D6 and D
If both are “0”, the process proceeds to S268.

At S268, 3 is set to the operation flag. Since 3 is set in the operation flag, FIG.
In the next execution of S206 of (a), a drum rotation start process is performed. After S268, this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 20A is a flow chart of S34 in FIG.
6 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a drum control process performed in steps S347 and S348. First, in S269, it is determined whether or not the motor control flag is stopped. If it is stopped, this subroutine program ends without doing anything. If the motor is not stopped, the flow advances to S2691 to determine whether or not the motor control flag is being notified. If the motor control flag is being notified, the subroutine program of the notification processing in FIG. 21C is executed. On the other hand, when it is determined in S2691 that the notice is not being given, the process proceeds to S270, and a process of inputting an output from the motor sensor is performed. Subsequently, in S271, it is determined whether the signal from the motor sensor is ON. If it is not ON, the process proceeds to S272. In S272, it is determined whether the ON counter is 0 or not.
If not 0, control proceeds to S273. S2
At 73, the sensor ON counter is decremented by 1, and the process proceeds to S276.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S271 that the sensor is ON, the flow advances to S274 to determine whether or not the content of the sensor ON counter is 3 or more.
If it is 3 or more, nothing is performed and the control proceeds to S276. If it is less than 3, 1 is added to the ON counter in S275 and S27 is executed.
Proceed to 6. By the processing of S270 to S275, while the signal from the sensor is ON, the addition of the ON counter is performed up to 3, and when it is OFF, 1 is subtracted and S is subtracted.
Control proceeds to 276. When the motor is not at the reference position, the output of the motor sensor is OFF, and if the ON counter is 0, the control is performed at S271, S272, S27.
6. If not 0, S until the ON counter reaches 0
271, S272, and S273 are performed.

By using the ON counter in this way, if spike-like noise is mixed in the signal from the motor sensor for some reason, once S274 and S275 are used.
When the drum control process is executed next, the spike noise has fallen to the OFF level even if the ON counter is incremented through S271.
The process proceeds to 272 and S273, and the ON counter is decremented by one. ON when the motor is determined to be at the reference position
This is when the counter is 2 or more, and therefore, there is little possibility that the motor is erroneously determined to be at the reference position due to spike noise.

At S276, the motor control flag sets the acceleration /
A determination is made as to whether deceleration has occurred. If it is not acceleration / deceleration, the flow proceeds to S278, but if it is acceleration / deceleration, the flow proceeds to S277, and drum acceleration / deceleration processing is executed. This processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

In S278, a determination is made as to whether the motor control flag is at a constant speed. If the speed is constant, the drum constant speed process is executed in S279; otherwise, the drum temporary stop process is executed in S280, and the subroutine program ends. S279 drum constant speed processing,
FIG. 2 shows the drum pause process at S280.
This will be described later with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 20B is a diagram showing S277 of FIG. 20A.
6 is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum acceleration / deceleration processing shown in FIG. In S281, FIG.
It is determined whether or not the one-step timer set in S342 has expired. If not, the subroutine program is terminated, and the control proceeds to S282 only after the one-step timer expires. S
At 282, a step check process is performed. The step check process is a process for checking whether any abnormality has occurred in the motor, and details thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. S
At 283, it is determined whether or not the operation flag is set to 0 as a result of the process of S282. The case where the operation flag is 0 indicates a case where the motor is stopped for some reason or a case where the motor should be stopped. If 0, this subroutine program ends. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S284, where timer data for the next one step is set. In S285, it is determined whether or not the number of steps set to 3 (see FIG. 24) in the motor control area has been completed.
If it has not ended, the control proceeds to S296, and if it has ended, the control proceeds to S286.

In S286, it is determined whether or not the drum control table has been completed. If it has been completed (if the data is $ FF), the process proceeds to S288.
If not, the process proceeds to S287.
In S287, the next control data is set in the storage area in the program, and the address of the control data is updated. After S287, the control proceeds to S296.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S286 that the drum control table has been completed, the flow advances to S288 to determine whether the motor currently being controlled is the middle drum motor. If the motor is not the middle drum motor, the control proceeds to S293. If the motor is the middle drum, the control proceeds to S28.
Go to 9 respectively. First, the middle drum will be described.

First, in S289, it is determined whether or not a rotation increase counter for increasing the number of rotations of the middle drum during reach is zero. If it is 0, a determination is made in S291 as to whether or not the number of idle rotation symbols is zero.
If it is 0, the process proceeds to S293. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S292, and the number of steps is one symbol step number (8 steps).
Is set, and the number of idle rotation symbols is decremented by one, and the flow proceeds to S296. On the other hand, if the rotation increase counter is not 0, the process proceeds to S290, the reach rotation increase step number is set as the step number, the rotation increase counter is decremented by 1, and the process proceeds to S296.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S288 that it is not the middle drum and if it is determined in S291 that the number of idle rotation symbols is 0, the flow proceeds to S293, in which the motor control flag is set to a constant speed, and in S294, the initial is set. A determination is made as to whether the step is zero. If it is 0, it is a normal time, so the control directly proceeds to S296. If it is other than 0, since the drum acceleration / deceleration processing is performed in the system initial processing, 0 is set to the stop symbol number in S295. Then, the process proceeds to S296. Since the stop symbol number 0 is “red 7”, “red 777” is aligned at the center of the drum of the variable display device at the time of the initial operation.

At S296, motor output data is set, and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 21 is a subroutine flowchart showing the operation of the reach / big hit notice control. In the reach / big hit notice start control shown in (a), first, in S351, it is determined whether or not there is a big hit notice. If the big hit flag D6 is not set to "1", the process proceeds to S352, and it is determined whether or not there is a reach notice. If the big hit flag D2 is not set to "1", the process returns. On the other hand, if the big hit flag D6 is set to "1", the process goes to S35.
It is determined that there is a jackpot notice by 1 and the process proceeds to S353, and after setting each motor control flag during the notice, S35
5, the operation flag is set to "2". As a result, at the next execution of the program,
The subroutine program during the reach / big hit notice is executed.

On the other hand, if the big hit flag D2 is set to "1", it is determined in S352 that the reach notification has been made, and the flow advances to S354 to set the middle motor control flag during the notice and set the left and right motor control flags. After setting while stopped, the process proceeds to S355.

In the subroutine program during the reach / big hit notice, first, the left drum control is executed in S356, and S35 is executed.
7, the middle drum control is performed, and in S358, the right drum control is performed. Then, a determination is made in S359 as to whether or not each motor control flag is stopped. If at least one of the motor control flags is also being notified, a determination of NO is made in S359. As a result, since the operation flag remains “2”, the control is performed as shown in FIG.
The process proceeds to the subroutine program of the notice processing shown in (c). Then, after the motor control flags are set to be stopped during S374 described later, YES is determined in S359, the process proceeds to S360, and the operation flag is set to "3". As a result, the control is shifted to the control program for starting the drum rotation (see FIG. 18B).

The subroutine program of the notice processing in S2692 is shown in FIG. First S
At 361, it is determined whether or not the one-step timer has expired. If not, the process returns. This one-step timer corresponds to 16/2, 18/18 in the drum control data at the time of notice shown in FIG.
Timer data such as 2, 20/2. The drum control table at the time of this notice is stored in a data table called DRTBAN as shown in FIG.
It is a data table when sending in sec. The data of the drum control table includes timer data such as 16/2 and 18/2 and step number data such as 002 and 001. Timer data such as 16/2 and 18/2 indicate the number of timer counts per step, that is, the time required for the step feed. The step number data such as 002 and 001 is 16 /
The number of steps to be sent is represented by a corresponding timer count number such as 2, 18/2. That is, 1 in the drum control table
“16 / 2,002” described in the line means that the two-step symbol feed operation is performed in a time of 16/2 per one step.

If the 16/2 one-step timer described in the first line of the drum control table at the time of the notice in FIG. The described 16/2 one-step timer is set. This is because the 16/2 one-step timer has 002 steps, so the 16/2 one-step timer is set again. And S
363, the set one-step timer (1
It is determined whether or not 6/2) has been completed. If not completed, the flow advances to S366 to read out the motor control area data shown in FIG. Then, according to S367, step NO. The process of adding "1" to the data is performed. Step NO. Is 8 symbols
Since it is composed of steps, it is for counting up to which step of one symbol the rotating rotating drum is rotating.

Next, at S368, step N in one symbol
O. Is determined to be less than or equal to “4”, and “4” is determined.
If not, the process proceeds to S369, in which the motor step N
O. Is subtracted by "1". Next, S371
With step NO. Is determined to have reached the maximum. If the maximum has not been reached, that is, “8”, the flow proceeds to S373, and the motor step NO. Is set. As a result, the motor step NO. Is subtracted by “1”, the motor control flag is being notified in advance (S353,
The stepping motor of the rotary drum set in step S354) is controlled to rotate in the reverse direction by 1/8 symbol.

If the one-step timer set in step S362 has expired, it is determined that the end of the one-step timer is the second end, and the process in step S3 is completed.
The process proceeds to S364 in which it is determined that the number of steps (002) has been completed according to 63, and it is determined whether or not the drum control table has been completed. Since $ FF in the drum control table at the time of the advance notice indicates the end, and since the $ FF data indicating the end has not reached at this time,
Proceeding to 365, the next control data, that is, the data "18 / 2,001" in the second row of the drum control table at the time of the advance notice is set, and the control data address is updated to the second row of the drum control table at the time of the advance notice. Is an address indicating Next, the processing after S366 described above is performed. At this stage, “1” is added from S367 and step NO. Is "3".
As a result, YES is determined in S368, and S3
By the control of 69 and S373, the stepping motor whose motor control flag is set during the advance notice is further reduced by 1 /
Reverse control is performed for only eight symbols.

At the stage where the one-step timer data set in S362 has been completed next, a YES determination is made in S363, and in S365, the data "20 / 2,00" in the third row of the drum control table at the time of advance notice is given.
"1" is set, and in steps S369 and S373, the stepping motor for which the motor control flag is set during the advance notice is further reversely controlled by 1/8 symbol.

At the stage when the one-step timer set at S362 has expired next, YE is executed at S363.
The determination in S is made, and the data "20 / 2,001" on the fourth row of the drum control table at the time of the advance notice is set. Then, in the state where the “1” addition processing is performed in S367, step NO. Becomes "5" so that S
A determination of NO is made according to 368, and the flow proceeds to S370, where the motor step NO. Is added to "1", and the added motor step number is added. Is set in S373. As a result, the rotation of the stepping motor whose motor control flag is set during the advance notice is controlled by the 1/8 symbol in the normal rotation direction.

If it is determined that the one-step timer has expired three more times from this state, the process of adding "1" in S370 is performed four times, and as a result, the motor control flag is set during the advance notice. The set stepping motor is controlled to rotate in the normal rotation direction by a total of 4/8 symbols, and the stepping motor returns to the initial rotation phase position. Further, since the step NO in one symbol has reached the maximum value “8”, S372
By step NO. Is set to “0”. Then, when the one-step timer set at the end of the drum control table at the time of the notice has expired, the drum control table ends, so that a determination of YES is made in S364, the process proceeds to S374, and each motor control flag is set to “stop”. Set to Medium. As a result, a determination of YES is made in S359, the operation flag is set to "3", and the variable display start control performed after the end of the advance notice control is executed.

As described above, S368 and S36
At step S370, the rotating drum of the stepping motor, which is set during the advance notice by 4 steps, ie, 柄 symbol, is rotated in reverse.
The rotation of the rotary drum is controlled in the normal rotation direction by the reverse rotation control of only two symbols, and the rotary drum returns to the original position. Thereby, it is possible to notify the player of the advance notice.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing steps S270 to S2 in FIG.
75 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a step check process for determining a state of the motor based on a signal from the motor sensor obtained by the process of 75.

This motor sensor detects the rotation reference position of the motor. When the motor is turned on for a predetermined time or more by using the ON counter of FIG. It is determined as detection.

FIG. 22A is a diagram showing S282 in FIG. 20B.
The following shows the specific contents of the program shown in. FIG. 22 (a)
The “motor excitation pattern” shown in S297 is an excitation pattern for exciting the coil of the stepping motor, and there are four types of excitation patterns of the stepping motor including the reference pattern. Of the motor excitation patterns, the motor reference pattern is defined as “0”.

One rotation of the drum corresponds to one rotation of the stepping motor.
Since this corresponds to 68 steps, the number of reference excitation patterns during one rotation of the drum is 168/4 = 42 times, and YES is determined 42 times in S297 during one rotation of the drum. If YES is determined in S297, S
Proceeding to 298, it is determined whether the sensor ON counter is less than two. This sensor ON counter is incremented by 1 in S275 of FIG. 20 and decremented by 1 in S272.
This counter takes a value of 3, and is provided to prevent erroneous determination due to chattering of the output signal of the motor sensor as described above. The sensor ON counter is normally 0, and 3 or 2 when there is a valid input.

If it is determined that the value of the sensor ON counter is 2 or more, the drum has reached the reference position, and as shown in S299, step NO.
To 0 and the current symbol NO. Is set to 0.

Step NO. In one symbol And the current symbol NO.
Briefly, the number of steps corresponding to one symbol is eight steps, so the step number in one symbol is NO. Can take on values from 0 to 7. Also, since the number of symbols drawn on the drum is 21, the current symbol NO. Can take on values from 0 to 20. Then, step NO. If the value of the symbol has reached 8, the current symbol NO. Is added to the value of step NO. Is set to 0, and as a result of addition, the current symbol NO. If the value of has reached 21,
The current symbol NO. Is also set to 0. These processes are shown in FIG.
This is performed in the motor output data setting process shown in FIG. 2 (b). However, if the motor sensor is determined to be ON when the motor reference pattern is reached, both are performed in S299 regardless of the state of the motor output data setting process. It will be set to 0.

Next, in S300, it is determined whether or not the value of the sensor check counter is "100" or more.
The sensor check counter is decremented at S305 every time the motor ON sensor is determined to be OFF at S298 from the initial set value “70” when the power is turned on or when the power is restored. Also, during the variable display, the value of the sensor check counter when the ON determination is made in S298 is S
After initial setting to “100” in 303, 4
Since it is counted down twice, it is "58" in the normal state. Therefore, as long as the operation is normal, the determination of NO is made in both S300 and S302 including the time of power-on and the recovery, and the value of the sensor ON counter is updated to “100” in S303. Note that the sensor check counter is initially set to “70” because “0”
This is to prevent an error from being determined in S306 when the power is turned on or when the power is restored.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S300 that the sensor check counter is less than “100” and in S302 it is determined that the sensor check counter is “82” or more, the process proceeds to S3.
The process proceeds to 07, where 0 is set in the operation flag. That is,
If it is determined that the motor sensor is ON before the drum is rotated about half a revolution after the reference position is detected, a process for stopping the operation of the motor is performed in S304. The cause of this error is, for example, a failure of the sensor or a shift in the reflection position of the motor reference position.

Next, if NO is determined in S298 and the value of the sensor check counter is "100" or more, the sensor check counter is incremented by "1" in S301, and the sensor is turned on in S304.
A determination is made as to whether the counter is less than "105".
If it is equal to or more than "105", the process proceeds to S307, and 0 is set in the operation flag. That is, since the sensor check counter normally has an initial value of 100 as described above, if the ON state of the drum sensor continues for more than five times of the reference pattern, the drum sensor has failed or the drum sensor has failed. May be disconnected, the operation flag is set to 0 by S307.
Is set.

The motor sensor is not determined to be ON when the motor reference pattern is reached (ON counter is less than 2)
In this case, the sensor check ON counter is decremented by "1" in S305. That is, the number of times the motor reference pattern has been reached from the time the motor sensor is turned off to the time the motor sensor is next turned on is counted down in S305. Motor reference pattern is 4 when normal
If two occurrences occur, the drum has made one revolution, and this sensor ON counter takes a value of 100 to 58.
If it is determined in S306 that the value of the sensor ON counter is equal to or less than “7”,
If the non-reflection portion is not detected even after the rotation beyond the rotation, the process proceeds to S307, and the operation flag is set to 0. The motor error in this case may be a failure, the motor or the reel being in contact with a part of the variable display device, or the stepping motor not rotating due to an external force caused by the player trying to stop the drum forcibly. Can be

FIG. 22B is a diagram showing S296 of FIG. 20B.
6 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a motor output data setting process performed in step S. First, S308
Thus, data is read from the corresponding address in the motor control area. In step S309, the motor step number is set to S31.
At 0, the step number in one symbol is incremented by one. In S311, it is determined whether or not the step number in one symbol has reached the maximum value (8 in this embodiment) as a result of the addition. If it is the maximum value, control proceeds to S312; otherwise, control proceeds to S316.

At S312, since the display of one symbol has just been completed, the current symbol number is incremented by one. Subsequently, in S313, it is determined whether or not the current symbol number has reached the maximum value (21 in the present embodiment) as a result of the addition. If it is not the maximum value, the control proceeds to S315, but if it is the maximum value, the current symbol number is set to 0 in S314, and then the flow proceeds to S315.
In S315, a process of setting the step number in one symbol to 0 is performed, and the process proceeds to S316.

At S316, a process of setting a motor excitation pattern according to the motor step number is performed. After S316, this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 23A is a diagram showing S279 of FIG.
5 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a drum constant speed process shown in FIG. First, in S317, it is determined whether the one-step timer has expired. If not, this subroutine ends immediately. When the one-step timer expires, control proceeds to step S3.
The program proceeds to S18, where the step check processing of FIG. In S319, it is determined whether or not the operation flag has become 0 as a result of the step check process. If the operation flag is 0, this subroutine program ends immediately. If the operation flag is other than 0, the control proceeds to S320, where a check is made on the step number in the current symbol. Then, in S321, it is determined whether or not the step number in the symbol is 0. If it is other than 0, the symbol is in the middle of the design, and the control proceeds to S323. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S322, and it is determined whether or not the current symbol number matches the stopped symbol number. When they match, the control proceeds to S324, and when they do not match, the control proceeds to S323. S323
Then, the motor output data is set, and the rotation of the drum is continued. After S323, this subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, if the current symbol number matches the stopped symbol number, "stopped" is set in the motor control flag in S324. At S325, a determination is made as to whether the number of re-rotated symbols is 0. If the number is 0, the subroutine program is terminated.
s) is set, and “temporary stop” is set in the motor control flag. Since the motor control flag is set to the temporary stop, the middle symbol is temporarily stopped for the time set in the process timer, and then the rotation is started again to stop at the stop symbol.

FIG. 23B is a diagram showing S280 of FIG.
5 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a drum pause process shown in FIG. This process is performed when the motor control flag is "temporarily stopped". First, S327
Then, a process of subtracting 1 from the process timer set in S326 is performed, and in S328, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If not, the subroutine program ends. Control proceeds to S329 only after the process timer expires. S3
In step 29, the data in the stop symbol number stored in the stop symbol number storage area is reset as a stop symbol number, a one-step timer (equivalent to 20 ms) at a constant speed is set, and the motor control flag is set to "fixed". Speed "
A process of clearing the number of re-rotated symbols is performed. S329
After this, the program ends. S15 and before drum rotation, big hit symbol set, missing symbol set, missing symbol check, sub CPU command set, sub CPU
Command set, sub CPU command output, drum stop wait, sub CPU command output cassette, and FIG.
The variable display control means for controlling the variable display device according to the contents determined in advance by the predetermined means is constituted by the sub CPU control program shown in FIG.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the contents of the command data transmitted by the command code are included in the sub CPU command transmitted from the main CPU to the sub CPU, including the command code. Data for drum rotation control, such as a stop symbol, may be sent only at the start of drum rotation, and need not be sent in other cases. Therefore, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, it is no longer necessary to constantly transmit data that does not normally need to be transmitted to the sub CPU as a sub CPU command.
The transmission data is reduced, and the time required for transmission can be reduced. Therefore, the time required for transmission can be shortened, and the adverse effect of variable display control on game control can be minimized.

In this embodiment, an example will be described in which the probability of a big hit is improved when a big hit is made with a specific probability variation symbol, and the normal probability and the probability at the time of the high probability are fixed. Was. However, the present invention is not limited to this. By providing a probability setting switch, the probability may be changed during normal times, high probability times, or both, or the probability may not be changed.

In the above-described embodiment, a variable display device in which five lines are defined as hit lines has been described as an example.
The present invention is not limited to this. For example, LCD and LE
In the case where the display unit of each symbol is variably displayed independently using D, a plurality of variable display units that do not form a line may be determined as the hit area.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, in both the case of the reach and the case of the big hit, the line where the combination of the symbols is established is displayed by the drum lamp, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the line may be displayed only in the case of either the reach or the big hit.

The original application of the present invention (Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-1899)
No. 95), and the original application (Japanese Patent Application 2000-
No. 153628), and a further original application (Japanese Patent Application No.
No. 000-122562) and the original application (Japanese Patent Application No. 5-095730) (hereinafter, these original applications are simply referred to as the original applications) in paragraph number 0011 and FIG. The pachinko gaming machine thus configured constitutes a gaming machine. Paragraph number 0 of the original application
012 and the variable display device 3 shown in FIG.
A variable display device capable of displaying a plurality of types of identification information (symbols) updated (updated displayed symbol types) is configured. Paragraph number 0061 of the original application and S15 shown in FIG. 7, paragraph numbers 0076-0 of the original application.
080 and the drum rotation pre-processing shown in FIG. 9A, the paragraph numbers 0081-0089 of the original application and the big hit symbol setting processing shown in FIG. 9B, the paragraph numbers 0090-0093 of the original application, and FIG. 10 (a)
, The missing symbol check process shown in FIG. 10 (b), and the missing symbol setting process shown in FIG.
2 and the processing in the sub CPU command set shown in FIG. 11A, paragraphs 0103 to 010 of the original application.
5 and the sub CPU command set processing shown in FIG. 11B, paragraphs 0106 to 0108 of the original application.
In addition, the processing during the output of the sub CPU command shown in FIG. 11C, the paragraph numbers 0109 to 0115 of the original application and the drum stop waiting processing shown in FIG. 12, the paragraph numbers 0129 and 0130 of the original application, and FIG. Sub CPU command output set processing shown in (b), and
Paragraph Nos. 0148 to 0219 of the original application and FIG.
23, a variable display control means for performing control for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display device. As shown in paragraph number 0044 of the original application and FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (d) and (f), when the variable display control means displays the reach display mode, the variable display control means changes to the reach display mode. Can be notified in advance by displaying a slip when the update display of the identification information is stopped (for example, when the rotating drum stops, an apparently extra-fluctuation display appears).

Also, the pachinko gaming machine shown in paragraph number 0011 of the original application and FIG. 1 and the like is capable of updating a plurality of types of identification information (symbols) (updating the type of symbols being displayed). A display device (variable display device 3), which is advantageous to the player on condition that the display result of the variable display device is a predetermined hit display mode (combination of big hit symbols) (big hit state) A game machine that can be controlled is configured in (1). Paragraph number 0 of the original application
081 and S66 shown in FIG. 9 (b), paragraph numbers 0091 and 0092 of the original application, and FIG.
The display result determining means for determining the display result of the variable display device is constituted by S75 to S86 shown in (a). By a specific example similar to the above-described variable display control means, variable display control means for performing control for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display device according to the determination of the display result determination means is configured. Further, according to a specific example similar to that described above, when displaying the reach display mode, the variable display control means displays a slip display indicating that the reach display mode is to be performed when stopping the update display of the identification information (for example, When the rotating drum stops, it is possible to make an advance notice by making the display seem to be slippery with an extra fluctuation.

Further, as shown in paragraph number 0044 of the original application and FIG. 6B, the slip amount (apparent extra fluctuation amount) by the slip display completely updates one identification information. (For example, an operation amount in which one symbol of 7 which is the target of the slip display is completely updated by an apparently extra change due to the slip when the rotating drum is stopped).

A variable display section (variable display section for performing a variable display operation for a game) is provided by the main basic circuit 21 and the sub basic circuit 22 including the ROM 171 shown in FIG. Command data (data of a control program) for instructing the operation of a processor used for controlling the updating (display of the displayed symbol type) of a plurality of types of identification information (symbols) by the variable display device 3). ) Is stored. In the main basic circuit 21 and the sub basic circuit 22 of the original application, these are executed by, for example, paragraph number 0061 of the original application and S15 shown in FIG. 7, paragraph number 0 of the original application.
076-0080 and the drum rotation pre-processing shown in FIG. 9 (a), paragraphs 0081-0089 of the original application.
And a jackpot symbol setting process shown in FIG.
Paragraph Nos. 0090-0093 of the original application and FIG.
0 (a), the missing symbol setting process shown in FIG. 10A, paragraph numbers 0094 to 0101 of the original application, and the missing symbol check process shown in FIG. 10B, the paragraph number 0102 of the original application, and FIG. 11A. Sub CPU shown in
Processing during command set, paragraph number 0103 of the original application
To 0105 and the sub CPU shown in FIG.
Command set processing, paragraph number 0106 to
0108 and the processing during output of the sub CPU command shown in FIG. 11C, paragraphs 0109 to 0109 of the original application.
115 and the drum stop waiting process shown in FIG. 12, paragraphs 0129 and 0130 of the original application, and FIG.
Sub CPU command output set processing shown in (b),
The display result of the variable display unit is stored in an area in which a program for processing related to variable display control such as the sub CPU control programs shown in paragraphs 0147 to 0218 and FIGS. 17 to 23 of the original application is stored. A variable display control command data storage area for storing variable display control command data for performing control for deriving and displaying is configured. Paragraph number 0044 of the original application and paragraph number 0192 to 0202 of the original application capable of performing the display processing shown in FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (d) and (f).
In addition, the variable display control instruction data is included in a program such as a reach / big hit notice start, reach / big hit notice, notice processing shown in FIGS. 21 (a), (b) and (c), When the reach display mode is displayed, a slip display indicating that the reach display mode is to be made is displayed when the update display of the identification information is stopped (for example, when the rotating drum stops, an apparently extra change may occur. Command data for making a notice by configuring the display.

The main basic circuit 21 and the sub-basic circuit 22 including the ROM 171 shown in the paragraph number 0022 of the original application and FIG. A plurality of types of identification information (symbols) are updated (displayed symbol types are updated) and displayed by the variable display device 3), and the display result of the variable display unit is set to a predetermined hit display mode (big hit symbol). Command data (control program data) for instructing the operation of a processor used for control in performing a game that can be controlled to a state (big hit state) advantageous to the player on the condition that the A stored instruction data storage carrier is configured. Further, in the command data storage carrier, according to a specific example similar to the above-described variable display control command data storage area, a variable display control for performing control for deriving and displaying a display result of the variable display unit according to a predetermined determination. And a variable display control command data storage area that stores command data. Further, according to the same specific example as described above, when the reach display mode is included in the variable display control command data and the display of the reach information is stopped, the update display of the identification information is stopped. Instruction data for displaying a slip (for example, when the rotating drum is stopped, a display that makes it seem as if it is slipped with an extra change) is configured.

Further, as shown in paragraph number 0044 of the original application and FIG. 6B, the slip amount (apparent extra fluctuation amount) by the slip display by the instruction data is one piece of identification information. The amount of display necessary to completely update (for example, the amount of movement in which one symbol, which is the target of slip display, is completely updated due to apparent extra fluctuation due to slip when the rotating drum is stopped) It is set to be less than.

[0236]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. When the reach display mode is displayed, it is possible to foresee the reach display mode, so that it is possible to excite the player's expectation from the stage before the reach display mode is derived and displayed on the variable display device. It is possible to improve interest. Moreover, when the update of the identification information is stopped, a notice is displayed by displaying a slide display with a visual interest in the display operation of the identification information, thereby increasing the interest of the variable display, thereby further improving the interest. Can be done.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. When the reach display mode is displayed, the reach display mode can be notified in advance. Expectations of the player can be raised from the stage before the reach display mode is derived and displayed, and the interest can be improved. Moreover, when the update of the identification information is stopped, a notice is displayed by displaying a slide display with a visual interest in the display operation of the identification information, thereby increasing the interest of the variable display, thereby further improving the interest. Can be done.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained in addition to the effects of the first or second aspect of the present invention. Sliding amount by slip display is 1
Since the amount of information required to completely update one identification information is not enough, the slip display can be clearly shown as a display different from merely updating the identification information, making the notice more impressive for the player can do. as a result,
This makes it easier for the player to notice the notice.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained by reading the instruction data recorded on the instruction data storage carrier and executing the instruction data by the processor. By executing the command data included in the variable display control command data, when the reach display mode is displayed, it is possible to foresee that the reach display mode is to be performed.
It becomes possible to excite the expectation of the player from the stage before the reach display mode is derived and displayed on the variable display device,
Interest can be improved. Moreover, when the update of the identification information is stopped, a notice is displayed by displaying a slide display with a visual interest in the display operation of the identification information, thereby increasing the interest of the variable display, thereby further improving the interest. Can be done.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained by reading the instruction data recorded on the instruction data storage carrier and executing it by the processor. By executing the command data included in the variable display control command data, when the reach display mode is displayed, it is possible to foresee that the reach display mode is to be performed.
In a game that can be controlled to an advantageous state for the player according to the display result of the variable display unit, it is possible to excite the player's expectation from a stage before the reach display mode is derived and displayed on the variable display unit. , Can enhance interest. Moreover, when stopping the update display of the identification information,
A notice is given when a slide display with a visually interesting display operation of the identification information is performed, so that the variable display is more interesting and thereby more interesting.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, by reading the instruction data recorded on the instruction data storage carrier and executing the instruction data by the processor, the effect of the fourth or fifth aspect of the present invention is obtained. The following effects can be obtained. Since the slip amount due to the slip display is less than the display amount required to completely update one piece of identification information, the slip display can be clearly shown as a display different from merely updating the identification information, and the advance notice is provided by the player. Can be more impressive. As a result, the player can easily notice the advance notice.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing various symbols displayed by each rotating drum of the variable display device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a display operation of the variable display device when performing advance notification.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram showing another example of the variable display operation of the variable display device when performing advance notification.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram showing still another example of the variable display operation of the variable display device when performing advance notification.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a main routine of a program for explaining the operation of the main basic circuit shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a motor step check process and a normal process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of drum rotation pre-processing and big hit symbol setting processing.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of a lost symbol setting process and a lost symbol check process.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program showing each process during a sub CPU command set, a sub CPU command set, and a sub CPU command output.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a drum stop waiting process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a jackpot check process and a jackpot operation end waiting process.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of an error recovery check process and a sub CPU command output set process.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a winning storage area storing process and a switch input process.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing a command area for transmitting data from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a main routine executed by the sub CPU and a flowchart of a subroutine program of a drum lamp data setting process.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing subroutine programs for sub CPU command input processing, drum rotation start processing, and drum rotation processing.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing subroutine programs for a sub CPU command check process, a drum lamp control command extraction process, and a drum rotation command process.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of a drum control process and a drum acceleration / deceleration process.

FIG. 21: Reach / big hit notice start processing, reach /
It is a flowchart of a subroutine program showing a jackpot announcement process and an announcement process.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a step check process and a motor output data setting process.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a drum constant speed process and a drum temporary stop process.

FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram showing data contents of a motor control area, a drum control table at the time of notice, and a drum control data table.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a game board, 3 is a variable display device, 4a to 4c are rotating drums, 6 is an opening number display, 12 is a variable winning ball device, 7a
7i are a drum lamp, 8 is a start memory display, 10 is a start port, 11 is a start port switch, 15 is a solenoid, 16
Is a 10 count switch, 17 is a V switch, 21 is a main basic circuit, 22 is a sub basic circuit, 139 is a control circuit, and 53 is a gaming machine control board.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine comprising: a variable display device capable of updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information; and variable display control means for performing control for deriving and displaying a display result of the variable display device. A gaming machine, wherein the display control means is capable of giving a preview when the reach display mode is displayed by displaying the reach display mode in a sliding manner when stopping the update display of the identification information. 2. A variable display device capable of updating and displaying a plurality of types of identification information, which is advantageous to a player on the condition that a display result of the variable display device is in a predetermined hit display mode. A gaming machine which can be controlled to a state, wherein a display result determining means for determining a display result of the variable display device; and a control for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display device in accordance with the determination of the display result determining means. Variable display control means, the variable display control means, when displaying the reach display mode, it is possible to foresee by displaying the reach display mode by slip display when stopping the update display of the identification information A gaming machine, characterized in that there is. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the amount of slip by the slip display is less than a display amount necessary to completely update one piece of identification information. 4. An instruction data storage carrier for storing instruction data for instructing an operation of a processor used for controlling when a plurality of types of identification information are updated and displayed by a variable display section performing a variable display operation for a game. And a variable display control command data storage area storing variable display control command data for performing control to derive and display a display result of the variable display unit, wherein the variable display control command data is In the case of displaying the reach display mode, it includes command data for giving a notice by slip display when stopping the update display of the identification information when the reach display mode is displayed,
Instruction data storage carrier. 5. An update display of a plurality of types of identification information is performed by a variable display section for performing a variable display operation for a game, on the condition that a display result of the variable display section has a predetermined hit display mode. An instruction data storage carrier storing instruction data for instructing an operation of a processor used for control in performing a game that can be controlled to an advantageous state for a player, wherein the variable display unit includes: A variable display control command data storage area storing variable display control command data for performing control to derive and display a display result, wherein the variable display control command data is used to display a reach display mode. And instruction data for making a notice of the reach display mode by making a slip display when stopping the update display of the identification information.
Instruction data storage carrier. 6. The slip amount according to the slip display based on the command data is set so as not to be less than a display amount necessary for completely updating one piece of identification information. Or the command data storage carrier according to 5.