JP2001170299A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine giving new amusement to a player by avoiding fixed correspondence between full rotation ready and the reliability of winning/failure at the time of being seen from the player. SOLUTION: Whether the winning/failure judging result is winning or failure in the full rotation ready corresponds to the mode of each special pattern varying from a varying direction at the time of starting varying to the other varying direction within each displaying area, thereby the player recognizes the judging result. That is, even the full rotation ready can become a failure depending on the judging result and the reliability of the winning/failure at the time of being seen from the player is made different in accordance with the varying direction mode of the special pattern concerning whether the reach mode becomes winning or the failure. Consequently, the reliability of the winning/ failure at the time of being seen from the player varies depending on the varying direction of the special pattern even in the case of the full rotation ready. Thus the feeling of tension of the player who plays pachinko repeatedly is never lowered and he/she never gets bored.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a fever machine, a blade, a right thing or an arrangement ball, and a coin game machine such as a slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a hit / no-go determination is made based on the establishment of a determination condition (based on the entry of a game ball into a starting winning opening), and the determination result is obtained. In the display device, a plurality of pieces of identification information (special symbols) are variably displayed and then sequentially stopped and displayed. The determination of the special symbol is often displayed by, for example, a combination of three special symbols, and the left, middle, and right symbols are determined by the same symbol such as “7, 7, 7”. In general, it is a "hit", otherwise it is a "miss". Assuming that the order in which the special symbols are sequentially stopped and displayed is left, right, and middle symbols, if the left and right symbols are determined by the same symbol, "hit" or "depending on the middle symbol stopped and displayed last""Off". The state in the stage immediately before the determination as to whether or not this is right or wrong as seen from the player is called a reach state.

In this reach state, for example, the speed of change of the middle symbol, which is finally stopped and displayed, is changed from high speed to low speed, the background image is also changed, or a character appears and performs some action. And various reach actions are developed. The probability of success or failure is determined according to the reach mode. That is, the reliability of the success / failure probability is different for each reach action. For this reason, when a reach action with a high degree of reliability of the success / failure probability is developed, the player greatly expands the expectation of the “hit”, otherwise, the player hardly expects it. .

[0004]

However, as described above, since the reach action and the reliability of the success / failure as seen from the player are fixedly determined in a one-to-one relationship, it is difficult to repeatedly play the pachinko game. In addition, a decrease in the tension of the player and a tiredness have occurred.

[0005] Among the reach actions described above, particularly, in the case of a reach mode called "full rotation reach", the reliability of the hit or fail as seen from the player has always been 100%, which is always "hit". In most cases. Here, the "full rotation reach" means, at least, a reach mode in which a player can visually recognize that the reach state is reached during the fluctuation display of all special symbols, or an arbitrary special symbol is temporarily stopped. This includes a state in which all special symbols are variably displayed again after the player is visually recognized as being in the reach state.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine which gives a new interest to a player by stopping the fixed correspondence between the full-rotation reach and the reliability of the validity as seen from the player. Is to do.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems and Action / Effect To solve the above problems, a first configuration of a ball game machine according to the present invention performs a hit / fail judgment based on satisfaction of a judgment condition, and a result of the hit / judge judgment. A ball game machine in which a plurality of pieces of identification information displayed on a variable display device are displayed in a variable or stopped manner based on the information, and the reliability of the correctness as seen from a player is varied according to a reach mode based on the identification information. In the reach mode,
The so-called full rotation reach further includes a pass / fail reliability setting unit that controls the reliability of the pass / fail to be different according to the variation direction of the identification information.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a second configuration of the ball game machine according to the present invention comprises displaying a plurality of pieces of identification information while sequentially changing the pieces of identification information in a predetermined direction. A variable display device that forms a plurality of identification information display areas on the display screen for stopping and displaying, a plurality of identification information based on the appropriateness determination, and a plurality of identification information variably displayed based on the appropriateness determination. Then, a display control means for confirming and displaying the identification information as the reach mode determined on the display screen, and in the so-called full rotation reach among the reach modes, the player further corresponds to the change direction mode of the identification information. And display control commanding means for issuing a display control command in a reach mode so that the reliability of the pass / fail is different when viewed from above.

[0009] The identification information display area (special symbol display area) of the above-mentioned ball game machine includes at least three variable display sections of a first display section, a second display section, and a third display section. In the arrangement direction where the three display units are located (for example, in the horizontal direction: in this case, the first display unit and the third display unit correspond to the right symbol display unit and the left symbol display unit in the conventional ball game machine, and the second display unit (Which can be regarded as corresponding to the middle symbol display section).

[0010] In this variable display device (special symbol display device), the determination of success or failure is determined when the determination condition is satisfied.
If the result is a hit or miss reach, a plurality of pieces of identification information (special symbols) are variably displayed on the display screen. Then, these special symbols are displayed in the order of the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol on the first display portion, the second display portion, and the third display portion set in the special symbol display area, respectively, in the vertical direction. Fluctuation is started in either direction or in the left-right direction. In this manner, the reach mode in which the player can visually recognize that the player is in the reach state during the variable display of all special symbols, or any special symbol, for example, is variably displayed on the first and third display units. After the left and right symbols are temporarily stopped and the player visually recognizes that they are in the reach state, the middle symbol that is variably displayed on the second display section is temporarily stopped later, and all the special symbols are again displayed. The reach mode in which the variable display is performed is called a so-called full-rotation reach.

[0011] In this full rotation reach, whether the result of the determination is correct or not is determined.
The player is recognized by associating each special symbol with a mode of changing from the change direction at the start of the change to another change direction in the respective display areas. In other words, even in the case of full rotation reach, there is a case that it may be out of place depending on the result of the determination as to whether or not the reach is a hit or an out of place, and the player is required to correspond to the direction of movement of the special symbol. Is controlled so that the reliability of the pass / fail is different. Therefore, even in the full rotation reach, the reliability of the probability of success / failure changes depending on the direction of the change of the special symbol, and it is possible to reduce the tension of the player who repeatedly plays the pachinko game and to cause the tiredness to occur as much as possible. Can be prevented.

At the time of the full rotation reach, the reach mode can be set in various types of fluctuation directions by making the reliability of the validity different from the player's point of view. Specific examples in which the reliability is assumed to be 30%, 50%, and 100% are listed.
First, the first symbol, the second symbol, and the third symbol of the special symbol display area set on the display screen of the special symbol display device are displayed in the order of the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol, respectively. Is changed downward in each display section.

[0013] The middle symbol variably displayed on the second display section keeps its variation, and the left symbol variably displayed on the first display section and the right symbol variably displayed on the third display section. Temporarily stop temporarily with the same symbol. Thereafter, the mode in which the left symbol and the right symbol fluctuate downward in the downward direction is set as a fluctuating direction mode in which the reliability of success / failure when viewed from the player is 30%. In other words, after all of the symbols are stopped and displayed as fixed symbols after performing the variable display based on the variation direction mode, for example, three digits of "5, 5, 5" are displayed together with the same symbol. The probability of "hit" is 30%.

Further, the left symbol variably displayed on the first display portion and the right symbol variably displayed on the third display portion are respectively temporarily stopped at the same symbol, and then temporarily delayed on the second display portion. The middle symbol that is variably displayed is also temporarily stopped. Then, after all the symbols are temporarily stopped, the mode in which all three special symbols fluctuate only upward is set as a fluctuating direction mode in which the reliability of success / failure when viewed from the player is 50%. In other words, after all of the symbols are stopped and displayed as fixed symbols after performing the variable display based on the variation direction mode, for example, three digits of "5, 5, 5" are displayed together with the same symbol. The probability of "hit" is 50%.

Further, the left symbol variably displayed on the first display portion and the right symbol variably displayed on the third display portion are temporarily stopped at the same symbol, respectively, and then temporarily stopped on the second display portion. The middle symbol that is variably displayed is also temporarily stopped. Then, after all the symbols temporarily stop, all three special symbols fluctuate downward. After that, all three special symbols are temporarily stopped at once. Again, the aspect in which all three special symbols fluctuate upward is set as a fluctuating direction mode in which the reliability of success / failure when viewed from the player is 100%. That is, after performing the fluctuation display based on the fluctuation direction mode, when all the symbols are stopped and displayed as fixed symbols, for example, “7, 7,
The probability of "winning" for confirming and displaying the same symbol with the same three digits of "7" is 100%.

[0016] If the result of the determination as to whether or not the hit is made in accordance with the satisfaction of the determination condition is a hit, the special symbol stopped and displayed as the fixed symbol is determined to be a full rotation reach mode in which the three digits are the same symbol. I do. Then, any one of the three fluctuation direction modes described above is selected as the fluctuation display mode of the full rotation reach. The selected full-rotation reach modes are displayed on the first to third display units of the special symbol display device based on the direction of the change, so that the special symbols are variably displayed, and the fixed symbol to be stopped and displayed becomes the same three-digit symbol. To be displayed.

If the result of the determination as to whether or not the right or wrong is made in accordance with the establishment of the determination condition is out of order, for example, the middle symbol is stopped and displayed with a symbol different from other symbols together with the left symbol and the right symbol of the same symbol. It is determined to be in the out-of-rotation reach mode so as to be a determined symbol. Then, of the three change direction modes described above, one of the two change direction modes except for the change direction mode in which the hit probability is 100% is selected as the change display mode of the full rotation reach. The selected full rotation reach mode is variably displayed on the first to third display units of the special symbol display device based on the variability direction mode, and the middle symbol is the other symbol among the fixed symbols stopped and displayed. It is displayed as a different symbol from.

Therefore, as is apparent from the above three examples of the fluctuation direction, as long as the reliability of the success or failure as seen from the player is not 100%, even in the full rotation reach, depending on the fluctuation direction. Becoming out
By the player visually recognizing the whereabouts of the change direction mode, the sense of tension when continuing the game is maintained, and the sense of expectation of the game is increased.

Further, the above-mentioned ball-and-ball game machine includes a success / failure reliability change setting means. Therefore, although the above-mentioned fluctuation direction mode is set so that the reliability of the success or failure when viewed from the player is different, these fluctuation direction modes, that is, each special symbol at the start of the fluctuation in the respective display area is set. Changing the mode of change from the change direction to another change direction, or adding a new change direction mode, and setting the reliability of the correctness as seen by the player in accordance with the new change direction mode. Is also possible.

The above-mentioned ball-and-ball game machine may be a sound device for generating sound information or a light generating device including a lamp, an LED, etc., and a change notification for notifying that the change display state is related to the full rotation reach. Means, determined in accordance with the result of the determination as to whether or not the special symbol is displayed in the special symbol display device. And a fluctuation notification control means for performing control. The notification of the fluctuation display state related to the full rotation reach is, if the result of the hit determination is a hit determination or an out-of-reach, for example, the direction of change of a plurality of special symbols in the special symbol display device is from upward to downward or upward. The light generation device is turned on or blinked for a predetermined time from the time when the light generation device changes downward, or specific audio information is generated from the audio device.

According to this configuration, the fluctuating display state relating to the full-rotation reach is determined by one of an audio device for generating audio information, a light generation device including a lamp, an LED, or the like, or both the audio device and the light generation device. Will do. Therefore, when the direction of movement of the special symbol changes in the full rotation reach, the change is positively recognized by the player, and even if the full rotation reach is a hit or a miss. It is easy to grasp the probability.

Further, the above-mentioned ball game machine includes a game information display control means for displaying and outputting a character of a still image or a moving image corresponding to at least a plurality of special symbol changing direction modes on the special symbol display device. The game information display control means can also output and display the character in a form corresponding to the direction of movement of the special symbol in the special symbol display device from the start of the variation of the plurality of special symbols. According to this configuration, when the direction of movement of the special symbol changes in the full rotation reach, a character of a still image or a moving image appears on the special symbol display device in association with this change, or If so, by adding game information for performing an arbitrary action pattern, the player can easily recognize the pattern.

Further, the above-mentioned ball game machine includes special symbol display control means for displaying and outputting at least a plurality of special symbols in the direction of change in the special symbol display device, and the special symbol display control means. Is the color of each special symbol itself, the color of the background of each special symbol, and at least one of the pattern of the background of each special symbol, in the variation direction mode until the special symbol transitions from the variation state to the fixed state. Accordingly, the visual information is changed to a specific output state.

According to this configuration, when the direction of movement of the special symbol changes in the full rotation reach, it is easy for the player to visually recognize the change by adding visual information mainly based on colors. I have. In this case, the display mode that can be visually recognized as the visual information preferably means that when the direction of the special symbol changes, the color of the special symbol itself that is variably displayed in the special symbol display area is changed, or the special symbol is changed. By specifying the color of the background display in the display area, changing the pattern for displaying the background, and changing both the color and the pattern for displaying the background at the same time. Therefore, the player himself may be able to more accurately grasp the current game state.

[0025]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. Here, a first-type pachinko machine (game machine) of a so-called fever machine type is taken as an example of a game machine, and the surface structure thereof will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the front portion of the pachinko machine 1 includes a main body frame 2, a middle frame 3, a front frame 4, an upper plate portion 5, a lower plate portion 6, and a locking device 7. It is composed of
The main body frame 2 is formed by assembling and fixing a wooden plate-like body into a substantially rectangular frame shape. The middle frame 3 is entirely made of plastic, has a frame portion (not shown) and a lower plate portion (not shown), and is fitted and attached to the inner peripheral side of the main body frame 2.

Here, the frame portion is formed in a substantially rectangular frame shape from the upper end to about 2/3 of the entire middle frame 3 downward, and a frame decoration lamp lens 4b of the front frame 4 is provided at the upper end portion. Correspondingly, an award ball display LED (not shown) and an award ball display LE are provided on the left side.
The D board 4d (see FIG. 4) has a stop display LED on the right.
(Not shown) and a stop display LED board 4f (see FIG. 4) are provided.

The lower plate portion occupies approximately 1/3 of the entire inner frame 3 from the lower end to the upper side. On the left end, the lower plate portion is in a gaming state so as to correspond to the speaker surface 5a formed on the upper plate portion 5. A speaker (not shown) for generating a corresponding sound effect or other sound (hereinafter referred to as audio information or the like) is provided, and a launch device unit 8 (see FIG. 3) for launching a game ball is provided at an approximate center thereof. A supply device (not shown) for supplying the game balls stored in the plate portion 5 is provided. Further, a lower plate 6 is provided below, and a locking device 7 is provided at the center of the right end.

The lower tray portion 6 is provided with an ashtray, a ball-drawing lever, and the like, has an outlet 6a for discharging game balls from the inside of the pachinko machine 1, and has a firing handle for operating the firing device unit 8 at the right end. 9 are provided. A touch switch 9a for detecting that the player is touching is mounted on the firing handle 9, and a fire stop switch 9b for temporarily instructing a stop of the fire is arranged near the touch switch 9a. The locking device 7 has a substantially rectangular shape provided with a keyhole when viewed from the front, and is used for locking when the front frame 4 is closed.

The front frame 4 is entirely made of plastic and has a substantially arc-shaped upper side corresponding to the shape of the game area 11 formed on the game board 10 so that the game board 10 can be visually recognized from the front. Has an opening 4a formed in a substantially bullet shape. A substantially rectangular glass frame (not shown) in which a glass plate is fitted according to the opening 4a is mounted on the back surface. The front frame 4 occupies ２ of the entire front of the pachinko machine 1 and is pivotally mounted on the left end of the middle frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. Further, a frame decoration lamp lens 4b is provided at an upper end portion. Inside the lens 4b, a frame decoration lamp substrate 4g (see FIG. 4) and a plurality of games are provided along an arc portion at the upper end of the opening 4a. An effect lamp (not shown) is provided.

The upper plate 5 is pivotally attached to the left end of the middle frame 3 below the front frame 4 so as to be openable and closable. Dish outer edge 5
In b, a ball removal button, a game ball lending / returning button, and the like are provided. Further, an outlet 5c for discharging game balls from the inside of the pachinko machine 1 is provided. A speaker surface 5a having a plurality of long holes is formed on the left end, and a volume switch board 12 (see FIG. 4) is provided on the back surface. On the left end side of the pachinko machine 1, a prepaid card unit 13 is mounted.

Next, details of the surface structure of the game board 10 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The game board 10 is a substantially rectangular wooden plate-like body, and a back mechanism board 102 described later.
A special symbol display device 16 and a first type start port (see FIG. 3) are provided in a game area 11 formed in a substantially circular shape by an outer rail 14 and an inner rail 15 provided on the surface thereof. An ordinary electric accessory) 17, a variable winning device 18,
An upper left winning opening 19, an upper right winning opening 20, a lower left winning opening 21, a lower right winning opening 22, a large number of obstacle nails 23, a pair of lamp windmills 24 and 25, a pair of windmills 26 and 27, and the like are provided. ,It is configured.

The special symbol display device 16 is disposed substantially at the center of the game area 11 and includes a center role object 28 and a liquid crystal display panel 29. The image screen of the liquid crystal display panel 29 has a substantially rectangular shape, and after displaying one or more special symbols on the display screen while sequentially changing the symbols in a predetermined direction, a special symbol display area for stop display is provided. Is formed. That is, the left special symbol display area 60 for displaying the left special symbol, and the middle special symbol display area 6 for displaying the middle special symbol
1 and a right special symbol display area 62 for displaying a right special symbol
Are formed in this order in the arrangement direction set in a horizontal row. Each special symbol display area 60-62
Is a direction substantially orthogonal to the arrangement direction of these display areas 60 to 62, in this case, a symbol change direction is set in the vertical direction, and a plurality of symbols (special symbols) as identification information are changed in that direction. ) Are sequentially displayed. The liquid crystal display panel 29 changes the special symbols displayed in the display areas 60 to 62 of the video screen when a game ball enters the first type starting port (normally powered accessory) 17. Is stopped and displayed. Then, for example, when the symbols are fixedly displayed with the same three-digit symbol of “7, 7, 7”, a special winning opening (not shown) of the special winning device 30 described later provided in the variable winning device 18 is opened. Is done. The center accessory 28 is mounted on the periphery of the front surface of the liquid crystal display panel 29 so as to protrude in a frame shape, and includes a normal symbol display device 31 and wing portions 32 and 33.

The normal symbol display device 31 is a center accessory 2
8, a 7-segment display 31a
And a normal symbol hold display LED 31b. Further, on both sides of the ordinary symbol display device 31, wing portions 32, 33 extending in a substantially wing shape are disposed, respectively. Further, on the lower side, there are provided special symbol holding display LEDs 35 which are composed of four round green LEDs and are arranged in a horizontal line. In this method, the number of game balls that have entered the first-type starting port (ordinary electric accessory) 17 is held up to four, and each ball is sequentially turned on and shifted to the left. Then, every time the next special symbol starts to fluctuate on the liquid crystal display panel 29, the number of unstarted times is exhausted, and one special symbol hold display LED 3
5 is turned off.

The 7-segment display 31a displays odd numbers 1-9 variably, and fluctuates when a game ball passes through one of the left and right ordinary symbol operation gates 36, 37 described later. After a lapse of a predetermined time, one kind of odd number is definitely displayed. Then, for example, when the confirmation display is made with “7”, the first-type starting port (ordinary electric accessory) 17 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds).

The normal symbol holding display LED 31b is composed of four round red LEDs, and is a 7-segment display 31.
2 is divided into two on each of the right and left sides. In this method, the number of game balls that have passed through the left and right ordinary symbol operation gates 36 and 37 is held up to four, and each time they pass, they are sequentially lit and shifted and displayed. Next 7-segment display 31
Each time the variable display of a is started, the number of unstarted times is exhausted, and one ordinary symbol hold display LED 31b is turned off.

On both left and right sides of the first type starting port (ordinary electric accessory) 17, ordinary symbol operating gates 36 and 37 are provided, respectively. The game balls entered from the gates 36 and 37 pass through the left and right normal symbol operation gate passage detection switches 36s and 37s (see FIG. 4) disposed inside. In addition, the 7-segment display 31a of the normal symbol display device 31 is variably displayed when the game ball passes through the left or right normal symbol operation gate passage detection switches 36s and 37s.

The first-type starting port (ordinary electric accessory) 17 is disposed immediately below the center of the center accessory 28 in the special symbol display device 16, and is a so-called tulip type for opening and closing a pair of left and right wing pieces. Is formed. Inside, there is provided a first-type start-up port (ordinary electric accessory) winning detection switch 17s (see FIG. 4) for detecting the passage of a game ball. When the pair of wings open left and right, the game ball enters an open state in which the ball can enter, and when the pair of wings closes, the game ball enters a closed state in which it is difficult to enter the ball.

The variable prize winning device 18 is disposed below the first type starting port (ordinary electric accessory) 17, and a large prize winning device 30 and a leftward winning prize device 30 are provided on a substrate 41 having a substantially inverted trapezoidal front surface. A winning opening 42 and a right winning opening 43 are provided. Here, the special winning device 30 is formed substantially at the center and opened in a belt shape (not shown), an opening and closing plate 39 for opening and closing the special winning opening, and opening and closing the opening and closing plate 39. Big winning opening solenoid 52 (see FIG. 4) for the operation and an interlocking rod (not shown)
A specific area opening / closing shutter (not shown), an opening / closing shutter solenoid 53 (see FIG. 4) for operating the specific area opening / closing shutter, and a specific area (not shown).
And a region outside the specific region (not shown).

The left winning opening 42 is provided on the left side of the big winning device 30 and has a left winning opening passage detection switch 4 therein.
2s (see FIG. 4) is provided. Further, the right winning opening 43 is disposed on the right side of the special winning device 30, and a right winning opening passage detection switch 43s (see FIG. 4) is provided inside. The out port 46 is disposed immediately below the center of the big winning device 30 in the variable winning device 18. The back ball preventing member 47 is provided below the out port 46, and prevents a game ball that has returned without reaching the game area 11 from returning to the firing position. Foul ball prevention member 48
Is attached to the tip of the inner rail 15 and
9 is a position on the right half side of the game board 10 substantially opposite to the position of the foul ball preventing member 48,
4 are fitted in a fitting manner.

The pair of lamp windmills 24 and 25 are respectively
The special symbol display device 16 is disposed diagonally upward and downward from left to right. The upper left winning opening 19 and the upper right winning opening 20 are respectively provided on the left and right sides of the special symbol display device 16. Inside thereof, an upper left winning opening passage detection switch 19s (see FIG. 4) and an upper right winning opening passage detection switch 2 are respectively provided.
0s (see FIG. 4). The lower left winning opening 21 and the lower right winning opening 22 are respectively disposed diagonally below left and right of the special symbol display device 16. The lower left winning opening passage detection switch 21s (see FIG. 4) and the lower right winning opening passage detection switch 22s (see FIG. 4) are respectively provided therein.
Is provided.

The pair of windmills 26 and 27 are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the special symbol display device 16 and between the special symbol display device 16 and the upper left winning opening 19 or the upper right winning opening 20. The pair of side lamps 50 and 51 are respectively
At both left and right end portions of the game area 11, they are arranged vertically symmetrically and symmetrically. In addition, a large number of obstacle nails 23 are provided in the game area 11 so as to be suitable for the pachinko game in consideration of the positional balance with each of the gaming machines described above.

Next, the back surface structure of the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The front frame 4 is in the middle frame 3 and is supported by a pair of hinges 101 provided at the upper and lower ends of the front frame 4 so as to be openable and closable. The mechanism board 102 is supported by a pair of hinges 103 provided at the upper and lower ends of the mechanism board 102 in the middle frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. The game board 10 is detachably attached to the front side of the middle frame 3. On the left side when viewed from the position of the hinge 101 on the upper end side, a tank ball out detection switch 10 is provided.
A prize ball tank 105 having a tank No. 4 at the tank bottom and a tank rail 106 connected to the prize ball tank 105 are attached. A ball release lever 107 is provided on the right end side of the tank rail 106, and on the downstream side thereof,
A supply ball out detection switch 108 is provided, and a prize ball payout device 109 is further provided downstream thereof.

Subsequently, a game ball distribution section 110 is provided downstream of the prize ball payout device 109. On the lower side of the tank rail 106, a back case 111 with a lid storing the liquid crystal display panel 29 of the special symbol display device 16 is provided.
Main control board cases 112 each storing therein (see FIG. 4) are provided. On the left side of the main control board case 112, a launcher control board case 113 containing a launcher control board 113f (see FIG. 4) and a launch control collective relay board 116 are provided. In the lower left part of the mechanical panel 102, the above-described firing device unit 8 is provided. Similarly, in the lower right part, the supply ball is clogged, the lower plate part is full, the main power supply voltage is abnormal, the firing is stopped, the main control board communication is abnormal, and the prize. Abnormal ball motor etc. 7
A frame control board case 118 containing a frame control unit 150 (see FIG. 4) having a frame status indicator 117 for displaying with segment LEDs is provided.

On the other hand, at the upper right end of the mechanical panel 102, there are a fuse box 119, a power switch 120, a power terminal board 121 and a gaming machine for jackpot, launcher control, ball out, door open, award ball, ball lending, etc. A terminal board 122 provided with a frame external connection terminal is provided. A power cable 123 for receiving power supply from outside is also provided below the terminal board 122. A connection cable 124 extends upward from the frame control board case 118, and a prepaid card unit 13 having a power cable 125.
It is connected to the. A ball passage member 126 for a lower plate portion is provided substantially at the lower end of the center of the mechanism panel 102.

Next, the electronic control unit 130 of the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 4 will be described. Electronic control unit 13
0 includes a main controller 140 having a main board, a frame controller 150 having a frame control board, and a special symbol controller 160 communicating with the main controller 140. The main control unit 140 includes a CPU 141 (main CPU: which is a main part of a display mode determination unit and a command transmission unit), the RAM 14
2. ROM 143 (mode command storage means, high-order display operation program storage means) and input / output interface 1
44 are interconnected by a bus 145;
The CPU 141 controls the whole operation of the pachinko machine 1 using the RAM 142 as a work area by the control program 201 stored in the ROM 143. Further, the main control unit 140 forms the game success / failure determination means mainly by the CPU 141 based on the winning determination program 203 stored in the ROM 143.

The special symbol processing module 2 as a higher-level display operation program module is stored in the ROM 143.
05 is stored. Each of these special symbol processing modules 205 recognizes a series of moving image display patterns to be displayed on the special symbol display device 16 according to a game state as a higher-level display operation represented by a combination of several element display operations. The element commands (mode commands) corresponding to the respective element display operations are arranged in such a manner as to reflect the display area or the execution order of the symbols or images related to the respective element display operations.

Next, on the relay board 200, the touch switch 9a, the firing stop switch 9b, the right normal symbol operation gate passage detection switch 37s, the left normal symbol operation gate passage detection switch 36s, the count detection switch 62, the count detection and identification. Area passage detection switch 63, volume switch 93, upper left winning opening passage detection switch 19s,
Upper right winning opening passage detection switch 20s, lower left winning opening passage detection switch 21s, lower right winning opening passage detection switch 22
s, the left winning opening passage detection switch 42s, the right winning opening passage detection switch 43s, the tank out-of-ball detection switch 104, the replenishment-ball out detection sensor 108, and the like are connected. The output terminal of the relay board 200 is an input / output interface 144.
(Input / output circuit). In addition, a first-type starting port (ordinary electric accessory) winning detection switch 17 s is also connected to the input / output interface 144. The relay board 200 in FIG. 4 is not always constituted by one board. For example, here, various relay boards distributed and arranged in each part of the pachinko machine 1 are shown by being integrated by one block. ing.

The frame control unit 150 includes an arithmetic circuit similar to that of the main control unit 140, and is configured by the CPU 15 which is the main control unit.
1, a ROM 153 storing the control program, and a RAM 152 for providing a work memory area for the control program by the CPU 151. Here, a frame decoration lamp substrate 4g, various LED substrates 4d, 4f, 19f, 20
f, 21f, 22f, 263f, 264f, various lamp substrates 261f, 262f, volume switch substrate 12, ordinary symbol display device substrate 31f, various solenoids 52, 53,
The sound generator 94, the winning ball payout device 109, the launching device control board 113f, and the like are connected. On the other hand, the power supply terminal board 121 and the special symbol control unit 160 are connected to the input / output interface 144 of the main control unit 140.

The outline of the data transmission system from the main control unit 140 to the frame control unit 150 is as follows. First, data is transmitted from the main control unit 140 to the frame control unit 150 in a one-way format. The prize ball operation is performed in the following order. First, the main control unit 140 sets the game ball to the count detection switch 62 or the count detection and specific area passage detection switch 6.
When the ball passes through No. 3, 15 pieces of prize ball number data, when it passes through the first-type starting port (ordinary electric accessory) winning detection switch 17s, six pieces of prize ball number data, otherwise, for example,
Passage detection switches 42s, 43 for the left and right winning openings 42, 43
In the case where the passage of s is detected, for example, the ten pieces of winning ball number data are sent to the frame control unit 150 in the order of detection.
The frame control unit 150 is transmitted as a command signal as an operation command target (that is, the number of unique prize balls is six, ten,
Or 15). The frame control unit 150 receives the winning ball number data from the main control unit 140 and operates the winning ball payout device 109 by transmitting a winning ball payout signal.

FIG. 5 shows the electrical structure of the special symbol control section 160. The special symbol control unit 160
PU 161 (receiving CPU, image display control means), RA
M162, ROM 163 (display control program module storage means), command interface unit 164, image processing LSI unit 303, and bus 1 interconnecting them
66, CG-ROM used by the image processing LSI unit 303
/ RAM unit 168, a liquid crystal interface unit (display interface) 307 for receiving an output signal from the image processing LSI unit 303, and the like. The ROM 163 stores a higher-level control program 211 that controls the entire flow of the image display control process by the CPU 161. For convenience of explanation, the CPU 161, the RAM 162, and the RO
M163 and bus 166 are referred to as CPU unit 301.

The main control unit 140 determines the game state based on the outputs of the various detection switches described above, determines whether or not the game is successful based on the game state, and displays a corresponding symbol according to the determination content. Create data for controlling image display. For example, the main control unit 140 may detect the detection results of the first-type start-up port (ordinary electric accessory) prize detection switch 17s, the count detection switch 62, the count detection and specific area passage detection switch 63, and the like, and the special symbol hit / fail judgment random number. Using the acquired value, etc., a state of waiting for customers who are not playing games, a state of playing games but no start winning (variable preparation state), a state of starting winnings, a special game state, etc. Also judge. In addition, when a winning start is detected, a win / fail determination is performed based on a random number value, and data for controlling a display mode such as a change or determination of a special symbol is created based on the determination result. This data is transmitted as a command signal that targets the special symbol control unit 160 as an operation command.

Further, various lamps such as the frame decoration lamp board 4g and the sound generator 94 are provided in the special symbol control section 1.
Change / stop display mode of special symbol by control of 60, presence / absence of reach, reach display mode (full rotation, frame advance, reverse, enlargement / reduction of symbol, etc.), special game mode, and game mode (probability fluctuation) , Time saving, etc.) and the like are controlled. That is, the lamps connected to these, L
The operation of the ED (that is, the lamp lighting mechanism) or the speaker (the sound output mechanism) is controlled by the frame control unit 150 that has received the operation command from the main control unit 140.

Next, the main controller 140 and the special symbol controller 1
Among the various jobs executed at 60, the main jobs will be described. First, a main job executed by the main control unit 140 will be described with reference to FIG. This is executed by the CPU 141 at a predetermined reset cycle (for example, about every 2 milliseconds) based on a program stored in the ROM 143 of the main control unit 140. First, after setting the stack pointer to a predetermined address of the RAM 142 (S10), it is determined whether the initialization is completed (S2).
0). If the initialization has not been completed (S20: NO),
The initialization job is executed (S170), and if completed (S20: YES), the jobs from the LED job (S30) to the switch job (S70) are executed.

In the LED job (S30), data (command) for displaying the number of ordinary symbols and the number of ordinary design operation reserved balls, data (command) for displaying the number of special symbol activated reserve balls, and the like are output. Constant speed random number job (S40)
Then, the special symbol hit / fail judgment random number memory and the general-purpose counter memory (not shown) in the RAM 142 are updated. In the non-constant-speed random number job (S50), the out-of-touch normal symbol random number memory (not shown) is updated. The general-purpose counter memory (not shown) stores, for example, “0” to “255” for each user reset.
Is used to create the value of, and to execute a command job, a voice creation job, and a decoration job. In the sound creation job (S60), data (command) relating to music and sound is created, and in the switch job (S70),
Reading of various detection switches is performed. That is, various signals such as a firing stop detection signal, a touch detection signal, a volume detection signal, a count detection signal, a specific area passage detection signal, and a normal symbol operation gate detection signal are taken into the main control unit 140 via the external connection terminal board. In addition, the first-type starting port winning detection signal is received from the first-type starting port (ordinary electric accessory) winning detection switch 17s.

Further, it is determined whether or not the count detection switch 62 and the count detection and specific area passage detection switch 63 are abnormal (S80).
0: YES) Jobs from the special symbol main job (S90) to the voice job (S110) are executed. Also,
If there is any abnormality (ball clogging, disconnection, etc.) (S80: N
O), an error job (S120) is executed.

In the special symbol main job (S90), a job of data necessary for the main control unit 140 and the special symbol control unit 160 to operate in cooperation is performed. In the ordinary symbol main job (S100), data for displaying the ordinary symbol and the number of ordinary symbol operation reserved balls is created. In the voice job (S110), voice data (command) corresponding to the game state is output and sent to the frame control unit 150. Further, although the steps are not explicitly described, in the lamp control job, various lamps and LEDs according to the game state are used.
The data (command) of the lighting / flashing control of is output and sent to the frame control unit 150. These voice commands and lamp lighting / flashing control commands are transmitted to the frame control unit 15.
In response to the transmission to 0, processing can be performed such that this is also transmitted to the special symbol control unit 160 as an auxiliary mechanism operation notification signal. As a result, by referring to the reception timing of these commands, the special symbol control unit 160 can accurately grasp the control progress of the voice output and the lighting / flashing of the lamp, and control the display control of the special symbol by voice output or lamp lighting.・ It becomes easy to synchronize with blinking. Thereafter, the prize ball signal job (S130) and the information signal job (S
140), a command job (S150), and a remaining time job (S160).

In the award ball signal job (S130), data relating to award ball payout is created and output, and in the information signal job (S140), data necessary for information output to other control units is created. . Further, in the command job (S150), input and output of commands for special symbol management are performed, and in the remaining time job (S160), non-constant random numbers are called and a general-purpose random number memory (not shown) is updated. Will be

By the way, the determination as to whether or not a winning is made at the time of the start winning and the determination of the display pattern of the special symbol accompanying the determination are naturally performed, so to speak, by repeatedly executing the main job at every reset cycle. With reference to FIG. 7, a description will be given of a success / failure determination job for a success / failure determination at the time of start winning, which is executed in a series of flows of the main job. The various memories used in these jobs are stored in the RAM 142 shown in FIG. 4, and typical ones (142a to 142k) are shown in FIG. First, S200
In step S210, it is confirmed whether or not there is a start winning prize.
The reservation number stored in (see FIG. 8) is incremented by one. If the number of reservations exceeds a certain value (“4” in this embodiment), the winning start is invalidated, and the process skips to S250. If the number of reservations is within a certain value, S2
At 30, a special symbol success / failure determination random number (hereinafter, also referred to as a determination random number) is generated (either by program execution, by using a predetermined random number generation circuit, or by hardware), The read judgment random value is
In S240, the special symbol success / failure determination random number memory 142
a (see FIG. 8: hereinafter also referred to as a judgment random number memory). This memory stores the read determination random value in a shift memory format in a time series of the start winning.

Next, in S250, the oldest first judgment random value stored in the judgment random number memory 142a (see FIG. 8) is read. Then, in S260, the big hit number is read from the big hit number memory 142g (see FIG. 8), and in S270, it is compared with the above-mentioned judgment random value. Judgment. In the case of a jackpot determination, the process proceeds to S280, where a jackpot symbol determination random number is generated,
This is read and the determined random number value is stored in the big hit symbol determined random number memory 142c (see FIG. 8) (S290).
Further, the determination result of “big hit” (“1” in the present embodiment) is stored in the determination result memory 142i (see FIG. 8). The special symbol designated by the jackpot symbol determining random number is based on the special symbol image data stored in the ROM 163 (see FIG. 5), and is displayed in the left special symbol display area 6 in FIG.
0, middle special symbol display area 61 and right special symbol display area 6
2, after passing through a predetermined variable display state, a shape arranged in a special symbol display device 16 in a predetermined arrangement pattern (for example,
"3, 7, 7" is displayed in the same pattern of three digits.

On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a deviation, S270
Then, the process proceeds to S310, and it is determined by a random number whether to perform the off-reach job. That is, in S310,
A reach job determination random number is generated and read. On the other hand, in S320, the reach number stored in the reach number memory 142h (see FIG. 8) is read. S3
At 30, if both match, the job is a missed reach job, and if they do not match, the job is a normal missed job.

In the case of a missed reach job, the process proceeds to S340, and at least two special symbols to be aligned (for example, 3
Among the special symbols of the types, the left symbol and the right symbol) are used as a jackpot symbol determining random number (a random number may be generated separately)
(S340, S350). Also, S
At 360, the symbol during the loss is similarly determined by the random number, and at S370, the determined random number value is stored in the memory symbol number at the loss 142f (see FIG. 8). Also, S3
At 80, the determination result of “out-of-reach” (“2” in this embodiment) is stored in the determination result memory 142i (see FIG. 8).
To memorize. On the other hand, if the job is a normal job, S390
, The special symbols (for example, the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol) are respectively determined by random numbers, and the determined random number values are stored in the corresponding out-of-number memory (S390).
To S440). Further, in S450, "normally out of order"
Is stored in the determination result memory 142i (see FIG. 8).

Next, the general flow of the special symbol main job will be described with reference to FIG. First, in S500,
On the liquid crystal display panel 29 (see FIG. 2) of the special symbol display device 16, the change of each special symbol of the left special symbol display area 60, the right special symbol display area 61, and the middle special symbol display area 62 is started. For example, the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol are scrolled from top to bottom.

Next, in S510, the judgment result for each winning obtained in FIG. 7 is read from the judgment result memory 142i (see FIG. 8). Specifically, in the case of the jackpot determination ("1") (S520: YES), the process proceeds to S600, in which the jackpot number is read from the jackpot number memory 142g (see FIG. 8), and the hit action of the jackpot is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 29. After the reach job S601 to be displayed, the special symbols are arranged in the same symbol in the order of, for example, the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol in the symbol fixing job S602, and are stopped and displayed to be determined. On the other hand, in the case of the out-of-reach reach determination ("2") (S530: YES), the flow proceeds to S590, in which the jackpot number (at least two special symbols to be aligned, for example, the left symbol number and the right symbol number), and the symbol symbol in the middle Is read from each of the memories 142c and 142f (see FIG. 8), and a reach job S591 for displaying the reach action of the off-reach on the liquid crystal display panel 29, wherein each special symbol is, for example, a left symbol, a right symbol, a middle symbol In the order of, the left symbol and the right symbol are aligned with the same symbol, and finally the middle symbol is stopped and displayed with a symbol different from other symbols together with the left symbol and the right symbol of the same symbol in the symbol fixing job S592. . Also, in the case of the normal departure determination ("3") (S540), S
Go to 550, and release each symbol number and release number memory 142
d, 142e, and 142f (see FIG. 8), respectively, and proceeds to S560 to S580, where each special symbol (for example, the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol) is stopped at a timing shifted from each other and fixedly displayed.

As described above, in the special symbol display device 16, a determination as to whether or not a hit is made is made when the determination condition is satisfied.
If the result is a hit or miss reach, a plurality of special symbols are variably displayed on the display screen. And these special symbols are displayed in the left special symbol display area 6
0, middle special symbol display area 61, right special symbol display area 62
Are displayed in the order of a left symbol, a middle symbol, and a right symbol, respectively, and change in one of the up-down direction or the left-right direction is started. As described above, the reach mode in which the player can visually recognize that the player is in the reach state during the variation display of all special symbols, or the variation display in any special symbol, for example, the left and right special symbol display areas 60 and 62 The left and right symbols that have been temporarily stopped temporarily make the player visually recognize that they are in the reach state, and then the middle symbol that is variably displayed in the middle special symbol display area 61 is temporarily stopped, and then stopped again. A reach mode in which all special symbols are displayed in a variable manner is called a so-called full-rotation reach.

In this full-rotation reach, whether the result of the hit / fail judgment is a hit or a miss is determined.
By associating each special symbol with a mode of changing from the direction of change at the start of the change to another direction of change in each of the display areas 60 to 62, the player is recognized. In other words, even in the full rotation reach, there is a case that it may be out of place depending on the result of the determination of the correctness, whether or not the reach mode is hit or out of place, from the player corresponding to the variation direction mode of the special symbol The control is performed so that the reliability of the pass / fail when viewed is different.

At the time of the full rotation reach, the reach mode can be set in various types of fluctuation directions by varying the reliability of the validity of the game as viewed from the player. FIG. 10 shows a variation direction mode in which the reliability of the pass / fail as viewed from the player is 30%, and FIG. 11 shows a variation direction mode in which the reliability of the pass / fail is 50% as viewed from the player. FIG. 12 shows a variation direction mode in which the reliability of pass / fail is 100% when viewed.
Respectively. In addition, the embodiment of the fluctuation direction mode is not limited to the following, and is arbitrary.

Next, with reference to FIG. 10, a description will be given of a variation direction mode in which the reliability of success or failure is 30% as seen from the player. First, the left special symbol display area 60, the middle special symbol display area 61, and the right special symbol display area 62 set on the display screen 250 of the liquid crystal display panel 29 of the special symbol display device 16 are respectively left symbol, middle symbol, right symbol. All the special symbols are displayed in the display areas 60 to 6
In step 2, it is varied downward.

The middle symbol displayed variably in the middle special symbol display area 61 is changed to the left symbol and the right special symbol display area 62 variably displayed in the left special symbol display area 60 while the change is continued. Each of the displayed right symbols temporarily stops at the same symbol as shown in the display screen 250a. Then, as shown in the display screen 250b,
The reliability in which the left symbol and the right symbol fluctuate downward in the downward direction again is set as a variation direction mode with a reliability of 30% as seen from the player. That is, after performing the fluctuation display based on the fluctuation direction mode, when all the symbols are stopped and displayed as the fixed symbols, for example, “5, 5,. The probability of confirming and displaying all three digits of the same symbol "5" is 30%. Conversely, the probability of deviating is 7
In this case, as shown in the display screen 250d, among the fixed symbols that are stopped and displayed, the middle symbol is displayed as a symbol different from other symbols, for example, “5, 4, 5”. Note that the short length of the arrow on the display screen 250A indicates a state in which the special symbol fluctuates at a low speed.

Next, with reference to FIG. 11, a description will be given of a variation direction mode in which the reliability of success or failure is 50% as viewed from the player. First, at the start of the change, all the special symbols are changed in the display areas 60 to 62 in the downward direction. Then, as shown in the display screen 250e, the left symbol variably displayed in the left special symbol display area 60 and the right symbol variably displayed in the right special symbol display area 62 temporarily temporarily stop at the same symbol, respectively. . After that, the display screen 25 is delayed
As shown at 0f, the middle symbol variably displayed in the middle special symbol display area 61 also temporarily stops. Then, after all the symbols are temporarily stopped, as shown in the display screen 250g,
When the player sees the state in which all three special symbols change only in the upward direction again, the reliability of the success or failure is set as the change direction mode of 50%. That is,
After performing the fluctuation display based on this fluctuation direction mode,
When all symbols are stopped and displayed as fixed symbols, if the hit is a hit, as shown in the display screen 250h, for example, there is a probability that all three digits of "5, 5, 5" are fixed and displayed. 50 percent. Conversely, the probability of being off is also 50%. In this case, as shown in the display screen 250i, among the fixed symbols that are stopped and displayed, the middle symbol is different from other symbols, for example, “5,
4, 5 ".

Next, with reference to FIG. 12, a description will be given of a variation direction mode in which the reliability of the success or failure is 100% when viewed from the player. First, at the start of the change, all the special symbols are changed in the display areas 60 to 62 in the downward direction.
Then, as shown in the display screen 250j, the left symbol variably displayed in the left special symbol display area 60 and the right symbol variably displayed in the right special symbol display area 62 are respectively
Temporarily stop with the same symbol. Display screen 2 later
As shown at 50k, the middle symbol variably displayed in the special middle symbol display area 61 also temporarily stops. Then, after all the symbols are temporarily stopped, as shown on the display screen 250l, all three special symbols change downward again. Thereafter, as shown on the display screen 250m, all three special symbols are temporarily stopped simultaneously. After the temporary stop, as shown on the display screen 250n, the reliability in which the three special symbols are simultaneously changed in the upward direction at the same time as seen from the player is set as the variation direction in which the reliability is 100%. I have. That is, after performing the fluctuation display based on the fluctuation direction mode, when all the symbols are stopped and displayed on the display screen 250o as fixed symbols, for example, the same three-digit symbols of "7, 7, 7" are aligned. Is 100%.

Although the above-mentioned changing direction modes are set so that the reliability of the correctness of the game as seen from the player is different, these changing direction modes, that is, each special symbol is changed within the respective display area. By changing the mode of change from the starting change direction to another change direction, or adding a new change direction mode, the reliability of the correctness as seen by the player corresponding to this new change direction mode is changed. It is also possible to set.

Next, three changing direction modes having different degrees of reliability of the validity of the player from the viewpoint of the player are described on the liquid crystal display panel 29.
13 will be described with reference to FIG. 13. First, S700
It is checked whether or not the special symbol processing time stored in the special symbol processing time memory 142k (see FIG. 8) has ended, and if not during the processing time (S700: NO), the process proceeds to S710. If the result of the right / wrong determination performed according to the establishment of the determination condition is a hit (S710: YES), the process proceeds to S720, and the special symbol stopped and displayed as the fixed symbol has three digits of the same symbol so that the full rotation is achieved. Determine the reach mode. Then, in S730, any one of the three change direction modes described above is selected as the change display mode of the full rotation reach. Proceeding to S740, the selected full rotation reach mode is variably displayed in the special symbol display areas 60 to 62 on the display screen 250 of the liquid crystal display panel 29 based on the direction of the change, and the display is stopped. The symbols are displayed so as to have the same three digits.

If the result of the determination as to whether or not the result is correct is satisfied (S710: NO), the process goes to S7.
Go to 50. In S750, for example, the left symbol and the right symbol of the same symbol as well as the middle symbol are determined to be out of full rotation reach modes that become a fixed symbol stopped and displayed with a symbol different from other symbols. In S760, the probability of winning is 100 among the above three fluctuation direction modes.
Except for the percentage change direction mode, one of the two change direction modes is selected as the change display mode of the full rotation reach. Then, the process proceeds to S740, where the selected full-rotation reach mode is variably displayed in the special symbol display areas 60 to 62 of the display screen 250 of the liquid crystal display panel 29 based on the direction of the fluctuation, and is stopped and displayed. Among the determined symbols, the middle symbol is displayed as a symbol different from other symbols. That is, as long as the reliability of the correctness as seen from the player is not 100%, even the full rotation reach may be out of the way depending on the variation direction.

Next, the flow of the full rotation reach notification job included in the means for notifying the fluctuation direction mode in the full rotation reach will be described with reference to FIG. This is shown in FIG.
As a variation notification means shown in (1), an audio device (speaker) for generating audio information, a light generation device (frame decoration lamp, various LEDs) including a plurality of lamps, LEDs, and the like are used in a notification mode relating to a variation direction of a special symbol. Yes, and specifically as follows.

In S800, it is determined whether or not the result of the hit determination based on the winning start is a hit.
800: YES), and proceed to S810. In S810, it is determined whether or not the reliability of the correctness as viewed from the player has selected the variation direction mode of 100%. If the determination is affirmative (S810: YES), the process proceeds to S820 and the variation notification flag 1 is set. Then, in subsequent S830, the fluctuation notification display command 1 is set.

The change notification display command is transmitted to the liquid crystal display panel 29.
For a predetermined time from when the direction of change of the plurality of special symbols on the display screen 250 changes from downward to upward or from upward to downward, the light generation device is turned on or blinked, or a specific sound is output from the audio device. To generate information. Since the fluctuation notification display command 1 is set when the reliability of the success / failure as viewed from the player is 100%, for example, during the fluctuation display, after the temporary stoppage of the three special symbols, 3 When all the three special symbols fluctuate upward at the same time, the notification is started in S840 so as to complement the recognition to the player, and the light generating device is made to blink at a shorter blinking interval, The audio device generates specific audio information in a high frequency range. Next, in S850, it is checked whether or not the special symbol processing time stored in the special symbol processing time memory 142k (see FIG. 8) has ended.
YES) The notification ends in S860, and the fluctuation notification flags 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are deleted in S870.

In S810, it is determined whether the reliability of the validity as viewed from the player has selected the fluctuation direction mode of 100%, and if the determination is negative (S810: N
O) The process proceeds to S880, and it is determined whether or not the change direction mode in which the reliability of the success or failure as viewed from the player is 50% is selected. If the determination is affirmative (S880: YES), S
Proceeding to 890, the fluctuation notification flag 2 is set. The following S
At 900, the fluctuation notification display command 2 is set, and after setting, the process skips to S840. S84
At 0, this fluctuation notification display command 2 is set when the reliability of the success or failure as seen from the player is 50%. For example, after the temporary stop of three special symbols, all three special symbols are displayed. In order to complement the player's perception when only fluctuating in the upward direction, the light generator may be flashed at medium intervals that are neither long nor short,
This is to generate specific audio information in the midrange from an audio device.

Returning to S 880, if the change direction mode in which the reliability of success / failure as seen from the player is 50% is not selected (S 880: NO), the flow proceeds to S 910 to set the change notification flag 3. In subsequent S920, the fluctuation notification display command 3 is set, and after setting, the process skips to S840. In S840, this fluctuation notification display command 3 is set when the reliability of the success / failure as seen from the player is 30%.
For example, after temporarily stopping the left symbol and the right symbol once with the same symbol, when the left symbol and the right symbol fluctuate downward again, so that the player can complement the recognition thereof,
This is for causing the light generating device to blink with a longer blinking interval, or for causing the audio device to generate specific audio information in the low frequency range.

Returning to S800, it is determined whether or not the result of the winning determination based on the winning start is a hit, and if the result is not correct (S80).
0: NO), and skip to S930. In S930, it is determined whether or not the reliability of success / failure as viewed from the player has selected the variation direction mode of 50%. If the determination is affirmative (S930: YES), the process proceeds to S940 and the variation notification flag 4 is set. I do. In subsequent S950, the fluctuation notification display command 4 is set, and the process skips to S840. The fluctuation notification display command 4 is set when the reliability of the success / failure as viewed from the player is 50%. However, since the success / failure determination result is out of order, for example, the temporary stop of three special symbols is performed. Later, when all three special symbols fluctuate only in the upward direction, the light generating device is turned off at a moderate interval that is neither long nor short so that the player can complement the recognition of the departure. Or fade out while generating specific audio information in the midrange from an audio device.

Returning to S930, if the change direction mode in which the reliability of success / failure as seen from the player is 50% is not selected (S930: NO), the flow proceeds to S960, and the change notification flag 5 is set. In subsequent S970, the fluctuation notification display command 5 is set, and after setting, the process skips to S840. In S840, the fluctuation notification display command 5 is set when the reliability of the correctness as viewed from the player is 30%. However, since the result of the correctness determination is out of order, for example, the left symbol and the right After the symbol has been temporarily stopped with the same symbol, when the left symbol and the right symbol fluctuate downward again, the blinking interval of the light generating device is set so that the player can complement the recognition of the departure. It fades out while blinking for a long time or fades out while generating specific audio information in the low frequency range from the audio device.

The operation timing of the light generation device and / or the sound generation device is determined from the start of the change of the plurality of special symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 29 until the display of the change direction of the special symbol is completed. Any period may be used as long as it is effective for causing the player to recognize the variation direction mode or complementing the recognition. In addition, the lighting / flashing of the light generating device and / or the sound generating device or the method of generating sound information is as follows.
The method is not limited to the method described above, and is arbitrary.

The variation notifying means is provided when the color of each special symbol itself changes in a variation direction, for example, when the variation direction of a plurality of special symbols changes from downward to upward or from upward to downward. Alternatively, the color at the time of the change may be changed to a different color to notify the player. In other words, if the color of each special symbol at the time of change is, for example, green,
When the fluctuation direction changes, the color is changed to red. Then, at the start of the next fluctuation, it is returned to green again. In addition, the color of each special symbol itself and the color to be changed are not limited to the above, and may be any color. In addition to making these changes easily visible to the player by adding visual information mainly based on colors, the color of the background display of the special symbol display area, such as changing the color of the background of each special symbol, etc. The pattern for displaying the background may be changed, or both the color and the pattern for displaying the background may be changed at the same time.

Further, as a variation notifying means, a character of a still image or a moving image is output and displayed in accordance with the variation direction of at least a plurality of special symbols output to the liquid crystal display panel 29 of the special symbol display device 16. It is also possible to set the game information display area 63. This means that a game information display area 63 is formed (superimposed) on the lower left of the special symbol displayed in each of the display areas 60 to 62 as shown in FIG. When the change direction of the special symbol and the change direction of the special symbol change, for example, when the change direction of the plurality of special symbols changes from the bottom to the top or from the top to the bottom, the game information display The character is output and displayed in the area 63 in the form of a still image or a moving image.

For example, in the case where the reliability of success or failure as seen from the player is in the direction of change of 50%, after all the symbols are temporarily stopped, all three special symbols change only upward again. The display screen 250 shown in FIG.
As shown in g, the cat character 64 that has been output and displayed at the lower left of the left and right symbols is temporarily erased. Then, as shown in the display screen 250p of FIG.
Game information display area 6 formed at the lower left of each special symbol on the right
The third character 65 is output and displayed. In addition, this ☆
Instead of the character 65, each special symbol display area 60 ~
The lower left of each special symbol displayed variably at 62, or the other display areas 60 to 62 beyond the display areas 60 to 62
It is also possible to use a moving image character that moves to. Therefore, when the direction of movement of the special symbol changes in the full rotation reach, the ☆ character 65 is caused to appear on the special symbol display device in association with these changes, or an arbitrary action pattern is displayed if the character is a moving image. By adding the game information to be performed, the player can easily recognize the game information.

The image data used to display the image of such a still image or moving image character, for example, the cat character 64 or the ☆ character 65 is stored in the ROM 163.
The visual information image data such as the cat character 64 and the ☆ character 65 stored in the ROM 163 is output to the game information display area 63 in the work area of the RAM 162 for image output. May be performed.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The present invention is not limited to this, and is not limited to the wording of each claim unless it deviates from the scope described in each claim, and extends to a range that can be easily replaced by those skilled in the art, and It is possible to appropriately add improvements based on the knowledge that those skilled in the art normally have. In addition, the present invention, in addition to the first-class pachinko machine, so-called right thing, wings, a model called an arrangement ball, various ball game machines such as a general electric machine, or other display device Can be applied to a gaming machine that uses, for example, a slot machine.

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FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming board.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of an electronic control device of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the special symbol control unit.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of a main job in the electronic control device of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart that extracts and shows the flow of the success / failure determination job.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a main memory of a special symbol control unit.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for extracting and showing a flow of a special symbol main job.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a variation direction mode in which the reliability of the success / failure probability is 30%.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a variation direction mode in which the reliability of the pass / fail probability is 50%.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a variation direction aspect in which the reliability of the success / failure probability is 100%.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a full rotation reach job.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a full rotation reach notification job.

FIG. 15 is a front view of a game information display area of the special symbol display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 pachinko machine (ball game machine) 16 special symbol display device 29 liquid crystal display panel (display device) 60 left special symbol display area (first display part) 61 middle special symbol display area (second display part) 62 right special symbol Display area (third display section) 63 Game information display area 250 Display screen

Claims (7)

[Claims] A first determining step of determining whether or not the first determination is satisfied;
A plurality of identification information displayed on the variable display device is changed / stop-displayed based on the result of the determination as to whether or not the reliability of the determination as seen from the player is changed according to the reach mode based on the identification information. A ball-and-ball game machine, comprising, in a so-called full-rotation reach, a reach / reject reliability setting means for controlling so as to vary the reliability of the accept / reject in accordance with the variation direction of the identification information. Ball game machine characterized by that. 2. A variable display device for displaying a plurality of identification information while sequentially changing the plurality of identification information in a predetermined direction, and then forming a plurality of identification information display areas for stopping and displaying the plurality of identification information on a display screen; A determination unit for determining whether or not a determination is made according to a determination condition, and a display control unit for variably displaying a plurality of pieces of identification information based on the determination of the determination and then displaying the identification information as the reach mode determined on the display screen. And a display control command for the reach mode such that the so-called full-rotation reach of the reach mode further has a different degree of reliability as to whether or not it is correct when viewed from the player, in accordance with the direction of change of the identification information. And a display control instructing means for performing the following. 3. The display control unit according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit is configured to set the display control unit to reach the player on at least the variable display device when the determination unit sets the reliability of the determination probability based on the full rotation reach. 2. The control according to claim 1, wherein all identification information is temporarily stopped, or the rotation is forwardly changed and then temporarily stopped again, and further the reverse rotation is changed. Ball game machine. 4. The display control command means includes a change / reject reliability change setting means for changing and / or adding a reach mode set so that the reliability of the correctness as viewed from the player is different. The ball-and-ball game machine according to claim 2. 5. An audio device for generating audio information or a light generating device including a lamp, an LED, or the like, and a variation notifying means for notifying that a variable display state relating to the full rotation reach is obtained, and a determination result based on a determination as to whether or not the rotation is reached. And a variation notification control means for performing a control to report a variation display state related to full rotation reach in a form corresponding to a variation direction of the identification information from the start of variation of the plurality of identification information in the variable display device. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising: 6. A game information display control means for causing the variable display device to display and output a character of a still image or a moving image corresponding to at least a plurality of change directions of identification information, the game information display control means being provided. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the character is output and displayed in such a manner as to correspond to a variation direction of the identification information from the start of the variation of the plurality of identification information in the variable display device. 7. An identification information display control means for causing the variable display device to display and output at least a plurality of identification information in accordance with a change direction aspect of the identification information, the identification information display control means including a color of each identification information itself. A specific output in a form in which at least one of the background color of each piece of identification information and the background pattern of each piece of identification information is made to correspond to a variation direction mode until the identification information transitions from a variation state to a fixed state. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the visual information is changed to a state.