JP2001212308A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To diversify display patterns of special images while reducing processed in a main control board of a pachinko game machine. SOLUTION: In the display patterns shown in the figure 16, patterns have the same variation period of images from the start of variation to the finalization of special images if the patterns belong to the same basic pattern, but the variation display of display regions 50a and 50c is different. The classification is made based on the value of an extracted classification random number FRND. At the time, if the extracted classification random number FRND is a prescribed value, an advance notice of jackpot is given. The advance notice of jackpot means it is announced previously that a jackpot image will be displayed before the same special images are finally displayed in three digits. The advance notice of jackpot is also executed with a certain probability when the result will be out. An advance notice of reach condition may be also executed based on the random number FRND. The advance notice of a next-to-win condition means it is previously announced that a next-to-win condition will be generated before variation of symbols is stopped and finalized in display region 50b. The advance notice of reach condition is also executed with a certain probability when the next-to-win condition will not by actually generated.

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,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a control configuration of an image control board that controls display of an image corresponding to the progress or content of a game.

[0002]

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

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

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

[0005]

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

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball game machine in which a game ball fired on a game board enters a specific entrance or a specific ball. A decision unit for determining whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the player according to a random number value extracted due to a timing of passing through the passage opening; and determining whether or not to shift to a game content advantageous to the player. A winning / failing image determining means for determining the type of the winning / failing image to be shown; and displaying the image on the screen variably each time the determining means determines whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player, and then determining the winning / failing image. Image control means for controlling to display a still image with a hit / fail image by means, and a basic variation pattern which is selected as one of conditions as to whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player by at least the hit / fail determination means. Basic Moving pattern determination means, and the basic fluctuation pattern determination means, the hit / fail image determination means and the hit / fail determination means on the main control board, the image control means on the image control board, the ball game machine equipped with And a display pattern selecting means for allocating the basic variation pattern determined by the basic variation pattern determining means of the main control board to two or more display patterns on the image control board, and a jackpot notice or a reach notice. And a notice determining means for determining whether or not to execute.

[0007] Here, it is determined whether or not to provide a game content advantageous to the player due to the timing at which a game ball fired on the game board enters a specific entrance or passes through a specific passage. The term "determined" naturally includes a state where the player enters a state directly advantageous to the player by the value of the random number extracted due to the timing of entering a specific entrance or passing through a specific passage. A predetermined winning opening (entrance opening) is opened by a value of a random number extracted based on a timing at which a ball enters a specific opening or passes through a specific passing opening, and a specific winning opening which has been opened is specified. A state in which a gaming machine such as a so-called "third-type gaming machine (rights)" or an "arranged ball gaming machine" has an advantage indirectly advantageous to the player when the gaming ball passes through the area. The game content to be played is also included. It should be noted that the configuration may be such that a game ball as a prize ball is paid out upon entry of a ball (in this case, it is often called a “winning opening”), or a configuration may not be provided.

[0010] Each time the main control board determines whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the player, the hit / fail image may be an image showing the determination result to the player. Or an image indicating a game or a win or loss in a game, an image indicating a race result in a race scene, or the like, to determine whether or not a game content advantageous to the player is executed. It may be configured as shown. In addition, the type of the winning / failing image is not limited to a type of simply determining whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player according to the display mode, but also an image or advantageous game content indicating the advantageous game content. Even if the image indicates that the image is not displayed, the type is classified according to the difference in the display mode of the image. The image is displayed on the screen, and includes a figure indicating a numeral, a character, a person or an animal, a specific color of a specific shape, and the like. The screen means not only the screen of the CRT and the liquid crystal display, but also the dot matrix display and the 7-segment LED.
Etc. refers to a display unit of a device capable of displaying the image. Note that “still in the hit / fail image” refers to a display mode in which a fluctuating image appears as determined by the hit / fail image, and also includes a mode in which the player image appears to be determined even if the image is not completely still.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine, the basic variation pattern of the image determined by the basic variation pattern determining means of the main control board is displayed on the image control board by two or more display pattern selecting means. Image control means variably displays the images according to the allocated display patterns, and statically displays the images determined by the image determination means on the main control board, and controls the jackpot notice and the reach notice. Work as directed on the board.

Thus, the ball game machine according to the first aspect can reduce the number of image fluctuation patterns to be created on the main control board, thereby reducing the processing load on the main control board. It is possible to increase the degree of freedom of image processing without reducing the number of fluctuation patterns to be variably displayed on the image control board, and it is possible to control the jackpot notice or the reach notice by the image control board. Has an effect.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the jackpot announcement by the announcement determination means has a different occurrence probability according to the selected basic variation pattern.

Thus, the ball game machine according to the second aspect has the effect that the probability of occurrence of the jackpot notice can be changed according to the basic fluctuation pattern.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, whether or not to execute the jackpot announcement by the announcement determination means is predetermined for each display pattern to be sorted.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the ball game machine has an effect that a big hit notice can be executed in accordance with the sorted display pattern.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment of the present invention
It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the following examples, and can take various forms as long as they fall within the technical scope of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment includes a substantially rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 12, and a known card reader (hereinafter, referred to as a left side) of the outer frame 11.
Also called a prepaid card unit. ) 13 are provided. The front frame 12 is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 by upper and lower left and right hinges 14. Front frame 1
An upper plate 15 is provided below 2, and the upper plate 15 is provided with a lending button 16, a settlement button 17, and a balance display unit 18. When the prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 19 of the card reader 13, the stored balance is displayed on the balance display section 18, and when the lending button 16 is depressed, the game balls are lent, and the game balls are discharged from the payout slot of the upper plate 15. Is discharged.

A window-shaped metal frame 20 is removably attached to the front frame 12. A sheet glass 21 is doubly fitted into the metal frame 20. A game board 22 is housed behind the glass sheet 21. Upper plate 1
5, a lower plate 23 is provided below the front frame 12, and the lower plate 2
A firing handle 24 is attached to the right side of 3.
A rotating ring (not shown) is provided on the outer periphery of the firing handle 24, and when rotated clockwise, a game ball can be played on the game board 22.
Can be fired on. The upper plate 15 and the lower plate 23 are connected, and are configured to guide game balls to the lower plate 23 when the upper plate 15 becomes full of game balls.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine 10 as viewed from the back. As shown in the figure, a mechanism board 26 to which the game board 22 described above is detachably attached is housed in the outer frame 11 described above. A ball tank 27, a guide gutter 28, and a payout device 29 are provided on the mechanism panel 26 from above. With this configuration, if there is a winning of a game ball in the winning opening on the game board 22, a predetermined number of game balls are delivered from the ball tank 27 via the guiding gutter 28 by the payout device 29 to the above-mentioned upper plate 15
Can be discharged. The main control board 30 and the prize ball control board 31 are detachably attached to the mechanism board 26.
2, a special symbol display device 32, a firing control board 33 on the lower left portion of the front frame, and an external connection terminal board 50 on the left side of the special symbol display device 32 are attached. The structure related to the payout of game balls and the like centering on the mechanism board 26 is the same as that of the conventional structure, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Pachinko machine 1
As shown in the figure, the electric circuit of 0 includes the main control board 30, the prize ball control board 31, the special symbol display device 32, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board 35.
And so on. In this circuit diagram, a so-called relay board and a power supply circuit for transferring signals are not described.

The main control board 30 includes a ROM storing a game control program and a RAM serving as a work area for operations and the like.
And an external input / output circuit for inputting / outputting data from / to each board or various switches and various actuators. On the input side of the main control board 30, a first-type starting port switch 36a, ordinary symbol operation switches 38a and 39a, an accessory continuous operation switch (hereinafter, simply referred to as "V switch") 40a, a count switch 40b, a prize. The ball payout switch 29a, the full tank switch 43, the supply switch 44, the touch switch 24a, and the like are connected. On the output side, a special winning opening solenoid 40c, a V solenoid 40d, a normal accessory solenoid 36b, an external connection terminal board 50, and the like are connected.

The first-type starting port switch 36a is in the ordinary electric accessory 36 on the game board 22, the ordinary symbol operating switches 38a and 39a are in the ordinary symbol operating gates 38 and 39, respectively, and the V switch 40a is a special winning opening. 40, the count switch 40b is also in the special winning opening 40,
The prize ball payout switch 29a is below the ball cutting motor 29b in the payout device 29, and the full tank switch 43 is the lower plate 23.
The replenishment switch 44 is mounted inside the ball tank 27. Here, the V switch 40a is a special winning opening 4
The count switch 40d indicates that all game balls winning in the special winning opening 40 indicate that the game balls winning in 0 have passed through the special device operation area (hereinafter, referred to as “special area”).
The prize ball payout switch 29a is a game ball discharged to the upper plate 15 by the ball cutting motor 29b, the full tank switch 43 is that the lower plate 23 is full of game balls, and the supply switch 44 is a ball tank. The touch switch 24a is built into the firing handle 24 to detect the presence of a game ball in the player 27 and to detect that the player is touching the firing handle 24, respectively. Also, the special winning opening solenoid 40c connected to the output side is used for opening and closing the special winning opening 40, the V solenoid 40d is used for opening and closing the special winning area in the special winning opening 40, and the ordinary accessory solenoid 36b is used for opening and closing the ordinary electric accessory 36. Things.

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

The prize ball control board 31 drives and controls the ball cutting motor 29b in accordance with a command command from the main control board 30, and pays out a game ball as a prize ball to a player when a prize is won. Prepaid card unit 1
3 and the CR settlement display board 42, etc.
It may be configured as a logical operation circuit using a microcomputer, or may be configured as a discrete circuit. The CR settlement display board 42 includes the above-described lending button 16 of the upper plate 15, the settlement button 17, the balance display section 18, and the like. The prize ball control board 31 pays out game balls in accordance with a command from the main control board 30, and the main control board 30 detects whether or not game balls corresponding to winning are paid out.

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

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

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

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

The processing executed by the 8-bit one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter simply referred to as "microcomputer") in the main control board 30 of the pachinko machine 10 having the above-described circuit configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. To The flowchart shown in FIG.
Represents the main processing executed by the microcomputer, and is a processing periodically executed by a hard interrupt every about 2 ms. In this embodiment, steps S100 to S100
Each process up to 200 is a process that is executed only once in the interrupt process, and is referred to as “main process”, and steps S210 and S220 are repeatedly executed as long as time permits within the extra time after executing the main process. Is referred to as “residual processing”.

When a hardware interrupt is executed by the microcomputer, it is first determined whether or not the interrupt is a normal interrupt (step S100). This determination process is performed by using R
This is performed by determining whether or not the value of the predetermined area of the AM is a predetermined value. When the processing executed by the microcomputer shifts to this processing, it is determined whether the normal processing may be performed. For. When the power is turned on or runaway of the microcomputer due to noise or the like is considered as an abnormal case, the runaway of the microcomputer can be considered to be almost nonexistent due to the improvement of technology in recent years. When the power is turned on, the value of the predetermined area of the RAM is different from the predetermined value. If it is determined that the symbol is not normal, a predetermined value is written to a predetermined area of the memory, and each initial value is written to a work area of the memory, such as a special symbol and a normal symbol as an initial symbol. In step S110), the process proceeds to a residual process.

When the affirmative determination is made, a process of updating initial random numbers is executed (step S120). As shown in FIG. 6, this process is an increment process that increments the value of the initial random number by one each time this process is executed. The value of the initial random number before this process is executed is incremented by one. When the random number value of is “249” which is the maximum value, it returns to the initial value “0” in the next processing, and “0” to “2”
The 250 integers up to "49" are repeatedly created in ascending order. The success / failure random number update process (step S130) subsequent to step S120 is an increment process of incrementing by +1 each time the process is executed in the same manner as the initial random number update process. However, as shown in FIG. In the next process, the value of the initial random number at that time is set to an initial value (hereinafter, referred to as the initial value).
It is called "update initial value". ), And +1 for each interrupt
If the value of the initial random number at that time is further reduced by "1" (hereinafter referred to as "update maximum value") to the value of "1" less than the initial value of the update, the value of the initial random number at that time is set as the initial value in the next process.
250 integer values up to “249” are repeatedly created.

That is, the value of +1 is incremented every time an interrupt is processed, and the elements constituting the random numbers are set to integer values from “0” to “249”, which are not different from the initial random numbers at all. Then, in the next interrupt processing, the update initial value at that time is used as an initial value, and +1 is added for each interrupt until the update maximum value is reached, and the next update initial value is used as the initial value. As a result, the pass / fail random number is set to 250 integer values from “0” to “249” as elements constituting the random number, and is incremented by one for each interrupt processing. Since the value is changed to the value determined by the initial random number at that time, the value of the pass / fail random number can be made unpredictable. In addition, the components of the random number determined by the update initial value and the update maximum value do not change at all from the 250 integer values of “0” to “249”, which are the same as the conventional pass / fail random numbers, so that the elements constituting the random number are not changed. Has a uniform appearance rate.

Big hit symbol random number update processing (step S1)
40) is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 15 integers from “0” to “14”, and is incremented by 1 every time this processing is performed, and returns to the initial value “0” when exceeding the maximum value. The fifteen random numbers “0” to “14” are the same three digits “000”, “111”, “222”, and “33” displayed on the screen.
3 "," 444 "," 555 "," 666 "," 77 "
7 "," 888 "," 999 ", [AAA]," BB
B "," CCC "," DDD ", and" EEE ". The out-of-design symbol random number update process (step S150)
It is composed of a random number for the left symbol, a random number for the middle symbol, and a random number for the right symbol, and is used as a missing symbol when the jackpot is not a big hit. The left symbol random number is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates fifteen integers from “0” to “14”, and is incremented by one every time this processing is performed, and returns to the initial value “0” when exceeding the maximum value. The medium symbol random number is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates fifteen integers from "0" to "14". Return to "0". The random number for the right symbol is "0" to "1".
It is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 15 integers of "4". The counter is set to 1 each time the medium symbol random number returns to "0", and returns to "0" when it exceeds the maximum value. The normal symbol random number updating process (step S160) is performed based on 7 of “0” to “6”.
Is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates integers,
In this process, the value is incremented by 1 and exceeds the maximum value, the initial value “0”
Return to

The above-described random number updating processing (step S12)
0 to S160), the initial random number, the success / failure random number, the jackpot symbol random number, the off symbol random number, and the normal symbol random number are updated, respectively. Input processing of each switch is performed. In the present embodiment, the full tank switch 43, the supply switch 44, the touch switch 24a, the first-type start-up switch 36a, the V switch 40
a, count switch 40b, normal symbol operation switch 3
Processing for checking the operating status of each switch such as 8a and 39a, and other prize detection switches (not shown) provided in the prize port is executed. By this input processing, the first
When there is an input to the seed starting port switch 36a, it means that the game ball has won the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port, and the value of the random number at the time of this interrupt processing is extracted and compared with the determined value. Is done.

The pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment is configured as a probability varying machine, and the judgment value is "1" at the time of normal probability, and "1", "3", "5", "7" at the time of high probability. "
"9". As described above, the appearance rate of each of the 250 integer values of “0” to “249” constituting the random number is uniform, and is extracted at the timing when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port. The value of the random number is randomly extracted as compared with 2 ms, which is the minute time of the hard interrupt, because the winning timing cannot be adjusted in minute time units, and the random number functions as a complete random number. Accordingly, the probability that the value of the extracted pass / fail random number matches the pass / fail judgment value and becomes a big hit is 1/250 at the time of normal probability, and 1/50 (= 5/2) at the time of high probability.
50). The reason why the probability of generating the jackpot changes from the low-probability state to the high-probability state is that, in the present embodiment, the values of the above-described jackpot symbol random numbers in the interrupt processing at the time of the jackpot occurrence are “1,” “3,” and “3”. 5 "," 7 ",
This is the case of "9", "11", and "13" (hereinafter, referred to as "high-probability random number"), and shifts to high probability at a probability of 7/15 when a big hit occurs. Then, during the high probability, if the value of the jackpot symbol random number when the jackpot is generated again is a high probability random value, the high probability state continues. That is, there is a possibility that the high probability will continue at a probability of 7/15 every time the state becomes the high probability state once. When the success / failure determination process (step S180) ends, an image output process (step S190) is subsequently performed. This image output processing will be described later in detail.

The subsequent output processing (step S200)
In accordance with the progress of the game, the main control board 30 includes a special symbol display device 32, a prize ball control board 31, a launch control board 33, a lamp control board 34, a sound control board 35, and a special winning opening solenoid 4.
Output processing is executed for each of various solenoids such as 0c. That is, when it is detected by each of the input processes (step S170) that a game ball has been won at each of the winning ports on the game board 22, the prize ball control board 31 pays out the game ball as a prize ball. The process of outputting ball data, the process of outputting sound data corresponding to the game state to the sound control board 35, and the error signal being sent to the symbol control board 32b to notify that the pachinko machine 10 is in error when there is an abnormality. , And a jackpot process when a jackpot occurs.

The remaining process subsequent to the above-described process includes an out-of-design symbol random number updating process (step S210) and an initial random number updating process (step S220). The remaining processes are exactly the same as the above-described steps S150 and S120, respectively. is there. These two processes form an infinite loop and are repeatedly executed as long as time permits until the next interrupt is executed. The time required to execute the main processing of steps S100 to S200 described above differs for each interruption depending on whether or not to execute the jackpot processing, a difference in a special symbol display mode, and the like. As a result, the number of times the residual process is executed also differs for each interrupt, and the updated (added) values of the out-of-design symbol random number and the initial random number are not uniform by executing the interrupt process shown in FIG. 5 once. Disappears. This eliminates the possibility that the initial random number and the out-of-design symbol random number are synchronized with the pass / fail random number. In this embodiment, since the update of the random number is changed by the value of the initial random number, there is no possibility of synchronization. Also, the above-described ordinary symbol random number updating process (step S160) may be configured to be executed in the remaining process.

By executing the above-described processes, the pachinko machine 10 executes the following operation. Game balls are fired on the game board 22 by the firing motor 33a in accordance with the amount of rotation of the firing handle 24 operated by the player, and the shot game balls are fired on the ordinary electric accessory 3 as a first type starting port.
6 is detected by the first-type start-up switch 36a, the special symbol is displayed in a special symbol display area 50a to 50c (see FIG. 8) on the screen of the LCD 32a of the special symbol display device 32 (see FIG. 8) for a predetermined time, and then stopped. Work to display.
This special symbol that is displayed statically is a predetermined specific symbol,
For example, when the same three-digit symbol such as "777" is displayed, a game state that is advantageous to the player is provided as a big hit state. Whether or not the jackpot state is reached is determined by whether or not the value of the random number determined when the game ball is detected by the first-type start-up switch 36a is a predetermined value.

When the jackpot state is reached, the special winning opening 40 is opened for about 30 seconds or until the count switch 40b detects that 10 game balls have been won, whichever comes first. At this time, the special winning opening 40 is opened. When the V-switch 40a detects that the game ball that has won inside passes through the special area, the large winning opening 40 is once closed and then opened again, and this opening operation is repeated up to 16 times. Usually, 15 game balls are paid out as prize balls for one game ball winning. Therefore, when one big hit state occurs, about 2400 (= 15 × 10 × 16) pieces are obtained. Game balls can be acquired as prize balls. The prize ball discharging operation is executed by the prize ball control board 31. The V solenoid 40d that opens and closes the special area of the special winning opening 40 is for closing the special area when one game ball passes through the special area. In addition, although the ordinary electric accessory 36 wins the game ball even in the normal state, when the value of the normal symbol random number extracted at the timing when the game ball passes the ordinary symbol operation gate 38 or 39 is a predetermined value, the Entrance is enlarged and winning is easy. The time required for the ordinary electric accessory 36 to expand is 0.3 seconds in the normal state and 1.5 seconds in the case of the high probability described above. Also, the normal symbol operation gate 38
Alternatively, the normal symbol fluctuating time from the time when the game ball passes through 39 to the time when it is fluctuated and then stands still is 20 seconds in a normal state, and 5 seconds to 6 seconds in a high probability. This allows
At high probability, it is less likely to be stored on hold,
The number of times of deriving the determination result of whether or not to enlarge the ordinary electric accessory 36 by the ordinary symbol can be made larger than that in the ordinary state.

Here, the above-described image output processing (step S190) will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The command code shown in FIG. 9 is a code transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b of the special symbol display device 32. As shown in FIG. 9, the transmission command codes of the main control board 30 and the symbol control board 32b of this embodiment are: 1. When power is turned on. 2. Customer waiting demo; 3. While the design is changing. 4. At the start of the jackpot During the jackpot, 6. At the end of the jackpot, 7.
At the time of abnormal operation, it can be roughly classified into seven types.

1. The power-on command is a command code transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b when the pachinko machine 10 is powered on.
Is composed of a two-byte instruction having an identification number of When the symbol control board 32b receives this command, a demo screen at the time of power-on is displayed on the screen of the LCD 32a according to the control program written in the ROM.

2. Demo for waiting for customers
This command is transmitted after the power-on demonstration screen is completed or when it is determined that the player has not touched the firing handle 24 for a predetermined time (usually about 3 minutes).
, And a 2-byte instruction with an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board 32b receives this command, the LCD is controlled according to the control program written in the ROM.
A demo screen waiting for a customer is displayed on the screen 32a. For example, the variation patterns of the special symbols which are variably displayed on the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c shown in FIG. 8 are sequentially displayed. Further, the hold storage display sections 51a to 51d are sequentially lit and displayed. At this time, a background image and a character corresponding to each variation pattern are displayed on the background screen 52. The customer waiting demonstration screen displays all the variation patterns in order until the player operates the firing handle 24, makes one round, and then repeatedly displays it. In addition, the player operates the firing handle 2
4 can be detected by the input of the touch switch 24a. In this embodiment, since the input of the touch switch 24a is input to the main control board 30, the detection between the main control board 30 and the emission control board 33 is performed while the one-way communication from the main control board 30 is performed. Is possible. Of course, the on / off information of the touch switch 24 a is transmitted from the main control board 30 to the emission control board 33. The input of the touch switch 24a is inputted to the launch control board 33, and there is no prize in any or all of the prize ports for a predetermined time, or a switch is provided in the out port 41 of the game board 22, and the switch is provided. It may be configured to determine that the player is not executing a game by not turning on for a predetermined time.

3. The symbol changing command is a command transmitted when the special symbol is changed. As shown in FIG. 9, (1) basic changing pattern code, (2) left stationary symbol designating code, (3) middle stationary symbol designating And four types of command codes, (4) right stationary symbol designating code (hereinafter, these four command codes may be collectively referred to as "image display command").
are categorized.

(1) Basic variation pattern code The basic variation pattern code is configured as nine types of two-byte instructions from a one-byte instruction of 30H as an operation number and nine types of one-byte instructions of 01H to 09H as identification numbers. I have. The nine types of one-byte instructions will be described later in detail. (2) Left stationary symbol designation code The left stationary symbol designation code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 31H and 15 types of identification numbers of 01H to 0FH. When the identification number is 01H, "0" is designated as a left stationary symbol. ”, 02H is“ 1 ”, 03H is“ 2 ”, 04H is“ 3 ”, 05
"4" for H, "5" for 06H, "6" for 07H, "7" for 08H, "8" for 09H, 0AH
Is "9" for 0BH, "A" for 0CH, "B" for 0CH, "C" for 0DH, "D" for 0EH, 0FH
In this case, the character "E" is displayed in the special symbol display area 50a as a special symbol.

(3) Middle stationary symbol designation code The middle stationary symbol designation code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 32H and 15 types of identification numbers of 01H to 0FH, and the identification number is the same as the left stationary symbol designation code. It has the same meaning as the identification number, and is used for displaying the designated character as a special symbol in the special symbol display area 50b.
(4) Right stationary design designation code The right stationary design designation code is an instruction code composed of an operation number of 33H and 15 types of identification numbers of 01H to 0FH, and the identification number is the same as the identification number of the left still design designation code. It has the same meaning, and is for displaying the character designated by each in the special symbol display area 50c as a special symbol. The fluctuating time code, the left, middle and right stationary symbol designating codes are command codes that are transmitted almost simultaneously in two-byte units when a game ball fired on the game board 22 wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port. And its contents are determined as follows.

As described above, the game ball is usually the electric accessory 3.
When the player wins No. 6, the value of the random number at the time, the value of the jackpot symbol random number, the value of the missing symbol random number, and the value of the ordinary symbol random number are extracted. The extracted random number value is compared with the determination value “1” at the time of normal probability, and the determination value “1”, “3”, “5”, “7”, “9”, and “11” at the time of high probability.
If a match is found, a jackpot will be generated, and if not, it will be missed. At the time of the occurrence of the jackpot when they match, the extracted jackpot symbol random value is incremented by one, and this value is used as the identification number of the left, middle, and right stationary symbol designating code. That is, the identification numbers of the left, middle and right stationary symbol designating codes are the same. If they do not match and are out, the left, middle, and right stationary symbols are specified by adding +1 to each of the left symbol, middle symbol, and right symbol random values of the extracted symbol symbols. Code identification number. At this time, if the three identification numbers coincide with each other by accident, a process is performed in which the value of the identification number of the right stationary symbol designating code differs by a value “1”.

4. Jackpot start The jackpot start demonstration command code indicates that a jackpot has occurred after the left, middle and right special symbols displayed in the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c display the same symbol until the jackpot operation is started. Command used to display an image that appeals to the player that
It consists of an operation number of 40H and an identification number of 01H.
When this command code is received by the symbol control board 32b, LC
On the screen of D32a, characters such as "big hit" are displayed to display an image that makes the character happy, and the sound control board 35 performs a process of outputting a sound effect.

5. Jackpot Medium The jackpot medium command is a code before opening, a code during opening,
It is classified into five commands of a 10 count winning code, a V passing code, and a round display code. (1) The pre-opening code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, an image notifying the player that the special winning opening 40 will be opened is displayed on the background screen. The processing displayed on 52 is executed. (2) The open code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 02H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this instruction code, an image that informs the player that the special winning opening 40 is open is displayed. Execute the process to be displayed. (3) 10-count prize code is 50H operation number and 0
The main control board 30 is provided with a count switch 40b for detecting that a game ball has entered the special winning opening 40.
Alternatively, this command code is transmitted each time the signal is detected by the V switch 40a. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the value is incremented and the value is displayed on the background screen 52 each time the command code is input. As a result, the number display from zero to ten pieces is displayed on the screen every time a game ball wins in the special winning opening 40.

(4) The V passage code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 04H. The main control board 30 detects by the V switch 40a that the game ball has passed through the special area in the special winning opening 40. Then, this instruction code is transmitted. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the character "V" is displayed in a large size on the screen to inform the player that the special winning opening 40 is closed and then opened again. (5) The round display code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 05H.
Transmits this command code each time the device is opened again after the completion of the opening operation. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the value is incremented and the value is displayed on the background screen 52 each time the command code is input. This allows
The player is notified of the number of times the special winning opening 40 has been opened.

6. Jackpot end The jackpot end command consists of a jackpot end demo command code and a high probability shift command code. The jackpot end demonstration command code indicates that the game ball does not pass through the special area when the jackpot operation is finished, that is, when the big winning port 40 finishes the opening operation 16 times, or when the opening does not continue up to 16 times. This is an instruction code transmitted when an error occurs, and is composed of an operation number of 60H and an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, a message is displayed to inform the player that the big hit has ended. The high-probability transition command code includes an operation number of 61H and identification numbers of 01H to 02H. When the identification number is 01H, the high probability state continues, and when the identification number is 02H, the high probability does not continue. The high-probability transition command code may be transmitted from the main control board 30 as in this embodiment, or may be configured to be determined by the symbol control board 32b from the value of the image display command described above.

7. The operation abnormal operation command is an instruction command transmitted when an abnormality occurs in the pachinko machine 10. In this specific example, the command is based on the E1 error code of 70H01H, the E2 error code of 70H02H, and the E3 error code of 70H03H. It is configured.
In this specific example, the E1 error code is a ten-count abnormal error and is output when no game ball is detected when the special winning opening 40 is opened, and the E2 error code is a switch when the lower plate 23 is full and the tank is full. The E3 error code is output when the supply switch 44 is turned on. The error message displayed by transmitting these abnormal-time commands is erased by the 70H04H error release code transmitted when the abnormality is cleared.

Next, using the command code described above, L
The process of variably displaying a special symbol on the screen of the CD 32a will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, first, a process of determining (selecting) the basic variation pattern according to FIGS. 10 and 11 will be described. The microcomputer of the main control board 30 reads the result of determination as to whether or not it is successful in step S180 of the main routine (step S300 in FIG. 10), reads whether or not there is a reach (step S310), and reads whether or not there is a time reduction (step S32).
0), a still symbol is read (step S330). The presence or absence of the reach is determined by whether or not the left stationary symbol and the middle stationary symbol coincide with each other even when an out-of-position symbol is displayed. When the random number value extracted using the reach random number is a predetermined value, the reach is determined. It may be configured to determine whether to execute the display. The time saving means that, in the high probability state described above, the fluctuation time of the left, middle, and right special symbols that are variably displayed in the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c is shortened as compared with the normal state. As described above, at the time of high probability, the ordinary electric accessory 36
Is extended, and the number of times of ordinary symbol determination results can be increased. As a result, when the probability is high, the number of winnings in the ordinary electric accessory 36 is increased, and the fluctuation time of the special symbol is also shortened. The derivation of the symbol determination result can be increased.

By executing the processing of steps S300 to S330, the result of the hit / fail judgment, the presence / absence of reach, the presence / absence of time saving, and each stationary symbol are read. In the subsequent processing, the basic fluctuations are performed in accordance with the read data. The pattern is determined (step S340), and the process returns to the return. As shown in FIG. 11, the determination of the basic variation pattern proceeds to the process of step S340 (STP
1) First, a jackpot (STP)
2) or out (STP3). In the case of departure, further sorting is performed with reach (STP4) or without reach (STP5). Jackpot (STP
2) If it is assigned to either reach (STP4) or no reach (STP5) in the off state (STP3), it is assigned according to whether or not there is a time saving (STP6 to STP11).

There is a time reduction of the big hit (STP2) (STP
6) is further sorted according to whether or not the specific symbol is the high-probability symbol according to the stationary symbol (STP12 to STP).
P13). Similarly, the time saving (STP7) of the jackpot (STP2) is further sorted by a stationary symbol depending on whether or not the specific symbol is the high-probability symbol (STP1).
4-STP15). Out of reach (STP3) reach (S
The time savings of TP4) (STP9) are further divided into two (STP16 to STP17) depending on whether or not the symbols are before and after the big hit symbol. Here, the symbols before and after the big hit refer to symbols whose right stationary symbol is close to the left and middle stationary symbols.

The STP 12 sorted by the above sorting process is the basic pattern 1 (STP 18),
P13 is basic pattern 2 (STP19), STP14 is basic pattern 3 (STP20), STP15 is basic pattern 4 (STP21), STP8 is basic pattern 5 (STP21).
TP22), STP16 is the basic pattern 6 (STP2
3), STP 17 is the basic pattern 7 (STP 24), S
TP10 is the basic pattern 8 (STP25), STP11
Corresponds to the basic pattern 9 (STP26). The basic pattern 1 (STP18) has a fluctuating time of 1 from the start of the change of the special symbol until each symbol is stopped and the special symbol is determined.
It is set to 0 seconds. Similarly, the basic pattern 2 (ST
P19) is 7 seconds, and basic pattern 3 (STP20) is 30
Second, basic pattern 4 (STP21) is 25 seconds, basic pattern 5 (STP22) is 8 seconds, basic pattern 6 (STP21).
23) is 20 seconds, basic pattern 7 (STP24) is 28 seconds
Second, the basic pattern 8 (STP25) is set to 7 seconds, and the basic pattern 9 (STP26) is set to 15 seconds. Note that these fluctuation times can be changed as appropriate.

The symbol control board 32b having received the image display command including the basic variation pattern executes a "display pattern selection routine" shown in FIG. When the microcomputer of the symbol control board 32b determines that the image display command has been transmitted from the main control board 30 (step S40).
0), the basic variation pattern and each static symbol are read from the command code (steps S410 to S420), the display pattern is sorted from the read data (step S430), and the process returns to the return. If no image display command is transmitted from the main control board 30 in step S400, the process returns to the return. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration in which each of the nine basic patterns of the basic variation pattern is divided into two or more display patterns.

FIG. 14 specifically shows a configuration for distributing a basic variation pattern consisting of nine basic patterns to two or more display patterns. The basic pattern 1 is a jackpot specific symbol, that is, “111”, “333”, “5”.
55 "," 777 "," 999 "," BBB "or" D
DD "is displayed, and there is a shortage of time.
In this basic pattern 1, each of the special symbol display areas 50a to 50a
When the special symbol determined according to the static symbol designating code is "1", the time of the variable display on the display region 50c starts to fluctuate on each display region at the same time, and then changes for 4 seconds on the display region 50a. Scrolled and displayed and stopped at the symbol "1", displayed on the display area 50b for 6 seconds, and displayed on the display area 50c and stopped for 10 seconds. Stationary with the pattern of.

When the static symbol of each special symbol is "D",
After starting to change simultaneously on each display area, the display area 50
a, the display is scrolled and displayed for 4 seconds and stopped at the symbol "D" on the display area 50b. The display is scrolled and displayed for 7 seconds on the display area 50b and stopped at the symbol "D".
It scrolls and displays for 0 seconds and stops at the symbol "D". When the static symbol of each special symbol is "3", the symbol starts to change simultaneously on each display area, and then scrolls and scrolls on the display area 50a for 5 seconds to stop at the symbol "3".
On the display area 50b, the image is scrolled and displayed for 7 seconds and stopped at the symbol "3". On the display area 50c, the image is scrolled and displayed for 10 seconds and stopped at the symbol "3".

When the static symbol of each special symbol is "7",
After starting the fluctuation on each display area at the same time,
That is, the scroll change display is performed with the same three-digit design, and after 10 seconds, the display is simultaneously stopped at the design of “7”. That is, in the basic pattern 1, the change start time and the change time on the display area 50c are made to be the same while the change time on the display areas 50a and 50b is different depending on the seven kinds of the same three-digit specific symbol. Is set. As a result, in the basic variation pattern 1, the display patterns are sorted into seven types according to the seven types of stationary symbols.

The basic pattern 2 includes non-specific symbols of jackpots, ie, “000”, “222”, “444”, “6”.
66 "," 888 "," AAA "," CCC "or" E "
EE "is displayed and there is a reduction in time.
In this basic pattern 1, each of the special symbol display areas 50a to 50a
When the static symbol of each special symbol determined according to the static symbol designating code is “0”, the variable display time on the variable symbol 50c starts changing on each display region at the same time, and then changes for 4 seconds on the display region 50a. The display is scrolled and displayed in a state of “0”, and the display is stopped at a pattern “0”. The display is scrolled and displayed in a display area 50b for 5 seconds, and the display is stopped in a pattern of “0”. Stationary with the pattern of.

When the static symbol of each special symbol is "E",
After starting to change simultaneously on each display area, the display area 50
On a, a scroll change display is performed for 4 seconds and the image is stopped at the symbol “E”. On the display region 50b, a scroll change display is performed for 6 seconds and the image is stopped at the symbol “E”.
It scrolls and displays for a second and stops at the symbol "E".
When the static symbol of each special symbol is "2", the symbol starts to change simultaneously on each display region, and then is scroll-variably displayed on the display region 50a for 5 seconds and stops at the symbol of "2", and the display region 50b Above, scroll change display for 6 seconds and "2"
, And is scrolled and displayed for 7 seconds on the display area 50c to stop at the symbol "2".

When the static symbol of each special symbol is "8",
After starting the fluctuation on each display area at the same time,
That is, the scroll change display is performed with the same pattern of the same three digits, and after seven seconds, the pattern is simultaneously stopped at the pattern "8". That is, in the basic pattern 2, the eight types of three-digit identical non-specific symbols are used.
The change start is set to be the same as the change time on the display area 50c, while the change time is different on the display areas 50a and 50b. As a result, in the basic variation pattern 2, the display patterns are divided into eight types by eight types of stationary symbols.

By the same processing as that for the basic patterns 1 and 2, the basic patterns 3 to 9 are also changed and the display area 50 is changed.
The display pattern can be divided into two or more so that the variation time on the display areas 50a and 50b is different due to the difference in the still symbol while the variation time on the c is the same.

According to the specific example described in detail above, in the same basic pattern, the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c
In the display area 50, the fluctuation time from the start of the change of the special symbol to the time when all the special symbols are stopped and fixed is the same.
The variation time on a and 50b can be assigned to two or more display patterns having different variation times in correspondence with the stationary symbols. Thereby, while reducing the number of basic variation patterns created on the main control board 30 and reducing the processing load, the number of display patterns in which the special symbols fluctuate on the screen of the LCD panel 32a is increased to display the special symbols. Can be varied in various ways. Also, the display patterns belonging to the same basic pattern have the same time from the start of the change of the special symbol to the determination of the special symbol. Therefore, when checking the performance of the machine based on the concept of the change time of the special symbol, the number of the basic change patterns is limited. Only has to be checked, and the test time can be shortened.

Next, a second specific example will be described with reference to FIGS. In the second specific example, the “display pattern selection routine” shown in FIG. 15 is used in place of the “display pattern selection routine” shown in FIG. 12 used in the first specific example, and FIG. 16 is used instead of the table in FIG. The other configurations are substantially the same as those of the first specific example. In the second specific example, when an image display command is transmitted from the main control board 30 (step S500), the basic variation pattern is read (step S51).
0), the value of the distribution random number FRND is extracted (step S520), the display pattern is distributed from the extracted random number value (step S530), and the process returns to the return. If no image display command has been transmitted from the main control board 30 in step S500, the process returns to the return. The distribution random number FRND is +1 every minute time.
When it reaches the maximum value of "99", it returns to "0" next time and is configured as a counter for repeatedly creating 100 integers from "0" to "99", and is executed by the microcomputer of the symbol control board 32b. When the process proceeds to this processing, the value is extracted. The timing at which the image display command is transmitted from the main control board 30 is unpredictable timing because it is related to the timing at which the gaming ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36. Therefore, the distribution random number FRND, which is a counter, literally functions as a random number.

When the value of the sorting random number FRND is extracted, a display pattern is selected according to the chart shown in FIG. If the display patterns shown in FIG. 16 belong to the same basic pattern, the change time from the start of the change to the determination of all the special symbols is the same, but the display areas 50a and 50c
The above variable display is different. This distribution is performed according to the value of the extracted distribution random number FRND. At this time, if the value of the extracted distribution random number FRND is a predetermined value, a jackpot announcement is performed. The jackpot notice is
It means that a special symbol is displayed in advance to display a big hit symbol before it is determined with the same three digits. This jackpot notice is executed with a certain probability even in the case of a miss. Further, it is also possible to configure so that the reach announcement is executed based on the value of the random number FRND. The reach announcement refers to an advance notice of a reach state before the symbol in the display area 50b is stopped and fixed. This reach announcement is also performed with a certain probability even when the reach is not actually reached.

In the second specific example, the distribution of the display patterns is performed based on the value of the random number FRND. This allows
In addition to the effect similar to that of the first specific example, there is an effect that the display patterns can be made different even when the three static symbols have the same display mode without the display pattern being fixed by the static symbols. Also, there is an effect that the jackpot notice and the reach notice can be instructed and executed by the symbol control board 32b by the value of the random number FRND.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a pachinko machine 10 employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine viewed from the back.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a configuration of a game board 22 of the pachinko machine 10;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a “main routine” executed by a main control board 30;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an update process of an initial random number created in a “main routine”.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of updating a pass / fail random number created in a “main routine”;

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

9 is a chart showing command codes transmitted from the main control board 30. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing of a “basic variation pattern determination routine”.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing distribution to basic patterns 1 to 9;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing of a “display pattern selection routine”.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing distribution to display patterns.

FIG. 14 is a chart showing a variation time of a display pattern.

FIG. 15 is a “display pattern selection routine” of a second specific example.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a table showing distribution of display patterns based on the value of a distribution random number FRND.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine 22 ... Game board 24 ... Shooting handle 24a ... Touch switch 30 ... Main control board 31 ... Prize ball control board 32 ... Special symbol display device 32a ... LCD panel unit (LCD) 32b ... Symbol display device control substrate (design) Control board) 33 Launch control board 34 Lamp control board 35 Sound control board 36 Normal electric accessory (starting port) 36a Type 1 starting port switch 37 Normal symbol display device 40 Large winning port 40a Role Object continuous operation switch (VSW) 40b ... Ten count switch (Count SW) 50a, 50b, 50c ... Special symbol display area 52 ... Background screen hero, bad ... Character

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[Submission date] May 11, 2001 (2001.5.1
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According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball game machine in which a game ball fired on a game board enters a specific entrance or a specific ball. A decision unit for determining whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the player according to a random number value extracted due to a timing of passing through the passage opening; and determining whether or not to shift to a game content advantageous to the player. A winning / failing image determining means for determining the type of the winning / failing image to be shown; and displaying the image on the screen variably each time the determining means determines whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player, and then determining the winning / failing image. An image control means for controlling to display a still image with a hit / fail image by means, and at least one of a condition for determining whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the player by the hit / fail determination means,
Whether two or more basic fluctuation patterns of the pass / fail image to be determined
Comprising a basic change pattern determining means for determining et One basic variation pattern, and the basic variation pattern determined hand
Image display including basic fluctuation pattern determined by step
Image display command transmission means for generating and transmitting commands
And the basic variation pattern determining means and the image display command.
De transmission means, the spruce image determination means and the advisability determining unit to the main control board, the image control unit to the image control board, a respective comprises pinball game machine, further, the image control board, the image Sent by the display command sending means.
Receives the image display commands, distributed from the basic variation pattern determined by the basic change pattern determining means of said main control board into two or more display patterns
A display pattern selecting means you select one of the, extracted jackpot announcement or reach notice by the image control board
Notice determining means for determining whether or not to execute based on a value of a random number .

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According to the third aspect of the present invention, the ball game machine has an effect that a big hit notice can be executed in accordance with the sorted display pattern. The ball according to claim 4.
The gaming machine receives the image display command from the main control board.
From the value of the random number extracted when received, the display pattern
And the jackpot notice or reach notice
The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game is executed.
It is.

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[Claims] A game content advantageous to a player according to a random number value extracted based on a timing at which a game ball fired on a game board enters a specific entrance or passes through a specific passage. Determining whether or not to perform the game, determining whether or not to shift to the game content advantageous to the player, determining whether or not the type of the winning image is determined, and determining whether or not the game is advantageous to the player. Image control means for controlling the image to be displayed statically with the hit / fail image by the hit / fail image determining means, after variably displaying the image on the screen every time it is determined whether or not the game content is to be determined; Basic variation pattern determining means for determining a basic variation pattern selected as one of the conditions as to whether or not to make the game content advantageous to the basic content, the basic variation pattern determining means, the hit / failure image A ball game machine comprising a determining means and the hit / fail determination means on a main control board, and the image control means on an image control board, respectively, further comprising: a basic variation pattern of the main control board on the image control board. Display pattern selecting means for allocating the basic fluctuation pattern determined by the determining means to two or more display patterns, and notice determining means for determining whether to execute jackpot notice or reach notice. Ball game machine to do. 2. The jackpot notice by the notice determination means is:
The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the occurrence probabilities are different according to the selected basic fluctuation pattern. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein whether or not to execute the jackpot announcement by the announcement determination means is predetermined for each display pattern to be sorted.
The ball-and-ball game machine described in 1.