JP2002143434A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a player from getting tired of a game and to excite the feelings of expectation on lizhi (ready to win). SOLUTION: It is judged whether the number of times of failure display is more than a prescribed number of times or not (step S310) and in the case of positive judgement, a lizhi decision random number is changed (step S320). For example, processing is performed for changing a lizhi decision value from A to B and increasing the number of times of lizhi display. A number of times of lizhi display or the like can be adopted in place of the number of times of failure display as well. A success/failure and a variation pattern are determined by a main control board 30 and according to the instructed success/failure and variation patterns, the occurrence frequency of lizhi is controlled corresponding to variation conditions by a picture pattern control board 32b. Then, still picture patterns from the main control board 30 are fixed and displayed and can be matched to game rules by trick display as needed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly, to control for generating reach of a gaming machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game machine, for example, a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine or an arrangement ball type pachinko machine, a judgment condition is satisfied, for example, because there is a prize in a start winning prize port,
In some cases, a determination is made as to whether or not to enter a special game state, a plurality of symbols are variably displayed on the variable display device, and then sequentially displayed statically to display the determination result. Display of this determination result (also called a big hit symbol or a specific display result), for example, a display of a combination of three symbols, for example, 3
If the symbols are aligned, a big hit is displayed and a special game state is generated. On the other hand, if not, a display of a miss is usually made. In this case, when the determination is made,
For example, the three symbols are variably displayed by scrolling or the like, and the three symbols are statically displayed, for example, in the order of left, right, and middle. If the left and right symbols are different, for example, if the left symbol is stopped at 7 and the right symbol is stopped at 8, it is determined that the symbol is off at that point. If the left and right symbols are the same, for example, if both the left and right symbols are 7, the hit or miss is determined by whether or not the symbol in the final still display becomes 7 and this is called reach display. (Or simply reach).

In this reach display, for example, various reach actions such as changing the fluctuation speed of a symbol to be stopped at the end, changing the image of the background, or performing a certain action with a person or the like appearing. Usually, a display is made, and the reliability is set differently for each of the reach actions. For this reason, the player has been excited by the reach action, such as increasing his expectation that the reach action has a high degree of reliability of the reach, and not expecting much otherwise.

[0004]

However, in the conventional device, the reach ratio is fixed for each model and the reach is not generated according to the progress of the game. There are models that hardly occur, and the game balance between the models tends to be impaired.
That is, when the reach does not occur for a long time, or as the number of misses increases even if the reach occurs, the player tends to get tired of the game, and the sense of expectation for the big hit becomes poor.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to prevent a player from getting bored with a game and to increase a sense of expectation for a reach.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is a game machine which determines whether or not the game content is advantageous to a player, and whether or not the game is to be performed. A hit / fail image determining means for determining the type of hit image that informs the player that the game content is advantageous according to the determination of the means or a miss image that informs the user that the advantageous game content is not used, and the hit image or the miss image is determined. Image display means to be displayed, reach determination means to determine based on the reach determination random number whether or not to display the reach image prerequisite to display the hit image, fluctuation state determination means to determine the fluctuation state of the symbol, A gaming machine comprising: a reach determination random number changing unit that changes the reach determination random number in accordance with the change status determined by the change status determination unit. According to the first aspect of the present invention, by appropriately correcting the reach occurrence frequency in accordance with the state of symbol fluctuation, the player is less likely to get tired of the game, and the expectation for the reach can be improved. Solvable. For example, for a long reach,
If it does not occur, occasionally forcibly generate reach to increase the expectation of the jackpot, and if the frequent reach occurs and no large jackpot occurs, forcibly reduce the reach and reach the jackpot Expectations can be increased.

[0007] Here, the "acceptance image determination means" means a hit image for notifying the player that the game content is advantageous according to the determination of the "acceptance determination means" or an error notifying that it is not advantageous game content. Any means may be used as long as it determines the type of image. One or two or more types of hit images may be used. Similarly, one or two or more types of out-of-focus images may be used.

The "fluctuation status judging means" may be any configuration that judges the fluctuation status by including all or a part of the data indicating the fluctuation of the symbol. A configuration in which the determination is made based on the number of reach times, the fluctuation time of the image, and the like is conceivable. A configuration in which each element is determined independently, a configuration in which these elements are comprehensively determined, or a determination in which A configuration may be used in which an element of elapsed time is added to.

The "reach judgment random number changing means" may be any means for changing the probability of occurrence of the reach based on the reach judgment random number, and may be used to increase or decrease the number of elements constituting the random number or to determine the judgment value of the reach. Means for increasing or decreasing the number are conceivable.

[0010] In the gaming machine according to the second aspect, the variation status determination means determines the variation status based on the number of times the out-of-focus image is displayed. . According to the second aspect of the present invention, the above problem can be suitably solved, and when the number of deviated images increases, the reach can be increased to increase the expectation of the big hit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the variation status determination means determines the variation status based on the frequency of occurrence of the reach image. According to the invention of claim 3, when the frequency of occurrence of the reach image is high, the reach determination random number is changed to a low reach determination probability, and when the frequency of the reach image is low, the reach determination random number is changed to a high reach determination probability. it can. This makes it possible to suitably correct the occurrence frequency of the reach image.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine, comprising: a decision unit for deciding whether or not to make a game content advantageous to a player;
Hit / failure image determining means for determining the type of a hit image that informs the player of a game content that is advantageous according to the determination of the hit / fail determination means or a deviating image that informs that the content is not advantageous game content; Image display means for displaying an out-of-focus image; reach determination means for determining whether to display a reach image which is a prerequisite for displaying the hit image based on a reach determination random number; and a big hit accompanying display of the hit image ends. Jackpot end situation judging means for judging whether or not, according to the jackpot end situation judged by the jackpot end situation judging means, reach judgment random number changing means for changing the reach judgment random number, characterized by comprising Gaming machine. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the problem can be appropriately solved, and the occurrence frequency of the reach image can be appropriately controlled each time the big hit ends. For example, if the reach does not occur for a long time after the end of the jackpot, occasionally the reach is forcibly generated to increase the expectation for the jackpot, and if the reach occurs frequently, the medium hit does not occur.
It is possible to forcibly reduce the reach and increase the expectation of the hit of the reach.

[0013]

As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment includes a generally rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 12, and a known prepaid card unit is provided on the left of the outer frame 11. 13 are provided. The front frame 12 is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 by upper and lower left and right hinges 14. An upper plate 15 is provided below the front frame 12, and a lending button 16, a settlement button 17, and a balance display unit 18 are provided on the upper plate 15. When the prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 19 of the prepaid card unit 13, the stored balance is displayed on the balance display section 18, and when the lending button 16 is pressed, the lending of the game ball is executed and the upper plate 15
The game ball is discharged from the payout port of. 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. The game board 2 behind the glass plate 21
2 are stored. Below the front frame 12 of the upper plate 15,
A lower plate 23 is provided, and a firing handle 24 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 23. A rotating ring (not shown) is provided on the outer periphery of the firing handle 24, and a game ball can be fired on the game board 22 by rotating clockwise. The upper plate 15 and the lower plate 23 are connected, and the upper plate 15
Is configured to guide the game balls to the lower plate 23 when the game balls are filled with the game balls.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10, in which a mechanism board 26 for detachably attaching the game board 22 described above 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, the game board 22
If a game ball is won in the upper winning opening, a predetermined number of game balls can be discharged from the ball tank 27 to the above-mentioned upper plate 15 by the payout device 29 through the guiding gutter 28. Also,
A main control board 30 and a prize ball control board 31 are detachable on the mechanism board 26, and a special symbol display device 32 is provided on the game board 22.
A launch control board 33 is attached to the lower left portion of the front frame, and an external connection terminal board 50 is attached to the left side of the special symbol display device 32. 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. The game board 22 has a special symbol display device 32 provided with an LCD panel unit (hereinafter, referred to as "LCD") 32a at the center, a normal electric accessory 36 as a first-type starting port below the special symbol display device, and a special symbol display device. 32, a normal symbol display device 37 provided on the upper portion, left and right normal symbol operation gates 38 and 39 of the special symbol display device 32 used for starting the change of the symbol displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 37, and a normal electric accessory 36
A large winning port 40 at the bottom, an out port 41 at the bottom of the board, other various winning ports, a windmill, a game nail (not shown), and the like are provided. With this configuration, the above-described firing handle 24
Is rotated, the firing motor 33a (see FIG. 4) 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 signals 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, (ten)
Count switch 40b, prize ball payout switch 29
a, a full tank switch 43, a supply switch 44, a touch switch 24a, and the like. On the output side,
The special winning opening solenoid 40c, the V solenoid 40d, the ordinary accessory solenoid 36b, the external connection terminal board 50, and the like are connected.

Here, the first-type starting port switch 36a is in the ordinary electric accessory 36 on the game board 22, and the ordinary symbol actuation switches 38a and 39a are each the ordinary symbol actuation gate 3
8 and 39, the V switch 40a is in a specific area within the special winning opening 40, and the count switch 40b is the special winning opening 4
In FIG. 5, the prize ball payout switch 29a is mounted below the ball cutting motor 29b in the payout device 29, the full tank switch 43 is mounted in the lower plate 23, and the supply switch 44 is mounted in the ball tank 27. Here, the V switch 40a is provided so that the game ball that has won the big winning opening 40 is in a special device operation area (hereinafter, referred to as a special operation area).
It is called "special area." ), The count switch 40b shows all the game balls winning in the special winning opening 40, the prize ball payout switch 29a shows the game balls discharged to the upper plate 15 by the ball cutting motor 29b, and the full switch. 4
3 indicates that the game balls are full in the lower plate 23,
The replenishment switch 44 indicates that a game ball is present in the ball tank 27, and the touch switch 24a is built in the firing handle 24 to indicate that the player is touching the firing handle 24.
Each is for detecting. 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 includes the above-described LCD.
32a, a symbol display device control board (hereinafter simply referred to as a "symbol control board") 32b for driving and controlling the LCD 32a, and an auxiliary unit 32c such as a backlight and an inverter board. I have. The symbol control board 32b is configured as a logic operation circuit centered on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer having a ROM storing an image control program and a RAM serving as a work area for operations and the like, similar to the main control board 30 described above. In addition, an external input / output circuit for input / output with each substrate or various switches and various actuators and a counter for updating random numbers are also provided.

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 13
It also controls the CR settlement display substrate 42 and the like, and 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. When the player presses the firing stop switch 24b, the firing is stopped. Or to turn on the touch lamp 45 when the touch switch 24a built in the firing handle 24 is on.

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.

The above-mentioned special symbol display device 32, prize ball control board 31, launch control board 33, lamp control board 34 and sound control board 35 are transmitted in one direction so that they can be transmitted 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. 5 represents a main process executed by the microcomputer, and is a process periodically executed by a hard interrupt every about 2 ms.
In the present embodiment, each of the processes in steps S10 to S60 is a process that is executed only once in the interrupt process, and is referred to as “main process”, and as long as time is allowed within the time remaining after executing the main process. Step S65 repeatedly executed
And the processing of S70 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 S10). This determination process is performed by the RA as a memory.
This is performed by determining whether or not the value of the predetermined area of M 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. It is for. In unusual cases,
Runaway of the microcomputer due to noise or the like can be considered when the power is turned on, but runaway of the microcomputer can be considered to be almost non-existent 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. Step S15), proceed to residual processing.

When a positive determination is made, the initial random number updating process is executed (step S20). This processing is performed every time this processing is performed on the value of the initial random number.
This is an incrementing process of incrementing the initial random number value by one, and adding +1 to the value of the initial random number before the execution of this process. ”, And 3 from“ 0 ”to“ 299 ”
00 integers are repeatedly created in ascending order.

The success / failure random number update process (step S25) subsequent to step S20 is an increment process of incrementing by +1 each time the process is executed, similarly to the initial random number update process.
In the next process, when the value reaches the maximum value “299”, the value of the initial random number at that time is set as an initial value (hereinafter, referred to as “update initial value”), and the process of adding +1 to each interrupt is continued. When the value reaches a value "1" smaller than the update initial value (hereinafter, referred to as "update maximum value"), in the next process, the value of the initial random number at that time is further set as an initial value and 300 from "0" to "299". Repeatedly create integer values.

That is, the value of +1 is incremented every time an interrupt is processed, and the elements constituting the random number are set to integer values from "0" to "299". 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 300 integer values from “0” to “299” in the elements constituting the random number, and is incremented by one for each interruption process. 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. Also, the components of the random number determined by the update initial value and the update maximum value do not change at all from the same 300 integer values of “0” to “299” as the conventional random number, so the elements constituting the random number Has a uniform appearance rate.

Big hit symbol random number update processing (step S3)
0) is configured as a counter for repeatedly creating 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 “111”, “222”, “333”, and “44” displayed on the screen.
4 "," 555 "," 666 "," 777 "," 88 "
8 "," 999 ", [AAA]," BBB "," CC
C "," DDD "," EEE ", and" FFF ".

Missing symbol random number update processing (step S35)
Is composed of a random number for a left symbol, a random number for a medium symbol, and a random number for a right symbol, and is used as a missing symbol when no big hit occurs. 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". When the left symbol random number returns to "0", it is incremented by +1 for each process and exceeds the maximum value. 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". When the medium symbol random number returns to "0", it is incremented by 1 every time this processing is performed, and when the random number exceeds the maximum value, it returns to "0".

Normal symbol random number update processing (step S40)
Is configured as a counter for repeatedly creating seven integers from “0” to “6”, and is incremented by one in this processing, and returns to the initial value “0” when the maximum value is exceeded.

The above-described random number updating processing (step S20)
Through S40), the initial random number, the pass / fail random number, the jackpot symbol random number, the off symbol random number, and the ordinary symbol random number are updated. In the subsequent processing (step S45), the random number is provided to the pachinko machine 10 and connected to the main control board 30. Input processing of each switch is executed. In the present embodiment, the full tank switch 43, the supply switch 44, and the touch switch 24 described above are used.
a, first-type starting port switch 36a, V switch 40a,
Count switch 40b, normal symbol operation switch 38a
And 39a, and a process of checking the operation status of each switch such as a prize detecting switch (not shown) provided in the other prize port. When there is an input to the first-type starting port switch 36a by this input processing, it means that the game ball has won the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port.

The pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment is configured as a probability varying machine, and at the time of normal probability, the judgment value is "1".
When the probability is high, "1", "3", "5",
“7”, “9”, “11” and “13”. As described above, 300 of “0” to “299” constituting the random number
The appearance rate of each integer value is uniform, and the value of the random number extracted at the timing when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port is compared with 2 ms which is the minute time of the hard interrupt. If this is done, the winning timing cannot be adjusted in minute time units, so that it becomes a value extracted at random, and the success / failure random number functions as a complete random number. Therefore, the probability that the value of the extracted success / failure random number matches the success / failure determination value and becomes a big hit is 1/300 at the time of the normal probability and 1/60 (= 5/300) at the time of the high probability. The reason why the probability of generating the big hit is changed from the low probability state to the high probability state is that, in the present embodiment, the value of the above-mentioned big hit symbol random number in the interrupt processing when the big hit occurs is “1,” “3”,
This is the case of “5”, “7”, “9”, “11”, and “13” (hereinafter referred to as “high-probability random number”), and a high probability of 7/15 when a big hit occurs. Move to
Then, during the high probability, if the value of the big hit symbol random number when the big hit 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.

Subsequently, a hit / fail determination process (step S50) for determining whether or not a big hit has occurred is performed. The main control board 30 determines whether or not the game ball has won the ordinary electric accessory 36 and the first-type starting port switch 36a has been turned on. If the first-type starting port switch 36a has been turned on, the value of the random number at the time of interrupt processing is extracted. And compares it with a pass / fail determination value.

When the success / failure determination processing (step S50) is completed, an image output processing (step S55) is subsequently executed. In the image output process (step S55), the command code shown in FIG. 6 is a code generated by the main control board 30 and transmitted to the symbol control board 32b. The transmission command codes of the main control board 30 and the symbol control board 32b 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.

The above-mentioned symbol change command is a command for a special symbol change. As shown in FIG. 6, (1) a change time code, (2) a left still symbol design code, and (3) a middle static symbol design code. , (4) Right stationary symbol designating code, 4
Command codes (hereinafter, these four command codes are sometimes collectively referred to as "image display commands"). Since the other command codes in FIG. 6 are well known, the details are omitted.

The above-mentioned variable time code, left, middle and right stationary symbol designating codes are used for symbol control almost simultaneously by two bytes each time a game ball fired on the game board 22 wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port. This is a command code transmitted to the board 32b, and its content is determined as follows.

That is, in the main control board 30, when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36, the value of the random number at that time,
The value of the jackpot symbol random number and the value of the off symbol random number are respectively extracted. The extracted random number value is compared with the determination value “1” at the time of normal probability, and is determined at the time of high probability.
“3”, “5”, “7”, “9”, “11” and “1”
Compared with "3", if they match, a big hit occurs, and if they do not match, it is off. If they match, a big hit occurs, and the extracted big hit symbol random value is incremented by 1 and this value is used as the identification number of the left, middle, and right still symbol designating code. Are the same. When it is determined that the winning / failing judgment value does not match and is determined to be out, the left symbol and the symbol obtained by adding +1 to each of the left symbol random number, the middle symbol random number, and the right symbol random number of the extracted unsymbol symbol random numbers respectively. And the identification number of the right stationary symbol designating code. At this time, 3
If the two identification numbers match, processing is performed to make the value of the identification number of the right stationary symbol designating code differ by “1”. The above-mentioned variable time code is a large value when the identification numbers of the left, middle and right stationary symbol designating codes all match, and is an intermediate value when the identification numbers of the left and middle stationary design designating codes match even if they do not all match. And if they do not match at all, they are assigned to smaller values.

In the subsequent output processing (step S60),
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 various solenoids such as a special winning opening solenoid 40c. , Respectively. That is, when it is detected by each of the input processes (step S45) 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. Processing to output ball data,
The process of outputting the sound data corresponding to the game state to the sound control board 35 is the process of outputting the created winning / failure determination data, the starting port winning command, the hold storage data, the error notification command, and the like to the symbol control board 32b. Furthermore, when a big hit occurs, a big hit process is executed.

The remaining process subsequent to the above-described process includes an out-of-design symbol random number updating process (step S65) and an initial random number updating process (step S70), which are exactly the same as the above-described steps S20 and S35, 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 this processing from step S10 to S60 described above differs for each interruption depending on whether the big hit processing is executed, 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. Further, the above-described ordinary symbol random number updating process (step S40) may be configured to be executed in the remaining process.

During the game, the prize ball control board 3 described above
1. The control executed by the lamp control board 34, the sound control board 35, and the like has the same configuration as in the related art, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the main routine executed by the symbol control board 32b will be described with reference to FIG. The symbol control board 32b performs a receiving process of receiving a starting opening winning command indicating that the ordinary electric accessory 36, which is the first type starting opening, has a winning (step S80). In addition, the reception processing of the symbol hold storage is also performed, the symbol hold storage data is stored in the table of the RAM, and the hold storage display sections 51a to 51d (see FIG. 9) are lit. The special symbol is changed if the first-type start-up switch 36a is turned on if there is a hold memory or even without it. Next, a process of receiving the winning / failing determination data indicating the random number lottery result performed due to the winning of the ordinary electric auditors product 36 is performed (step S81). This is because, as described above, the main control board 30 is responsible for the decision of success / failure, generates success / failure decision data indicating whether the success / failure random number is a predetermined value, and transmits this to the symbol control board 32b. In addition, data indicating a game state such as a change time of a special symbol, a change number of the special symbol, a number of times of display of a missing symbol (the number of times of displaying a missing symbol), and a jackpot ending state, which will be described later, are also transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 3.
2b, the receiving process is performed. Data related to the hit / fail and reach determination, such as the number of out-of-reach displays and the number of out-of-reach displays, is created with reference to the hit / fail data transmitted from the main control board 30 and the reach determination result performed by the symbol control board. . These data are stored in the memory of the symbol control board 32b and are updated as appropriate. The symbol control board 32b determines a game situation based on the data transmitted from the main control board 30, and adjusts a later-described occurrence frequency with reference to the game situation data. Next, reception processing of each command such as the above-described image display command (see FIG. 6) is performed (step S82). An image is created with reference to the command and data received in the above-described steps and the reach determination performed by the symbol control board 32b, and an image output process is performed on the LCD 32a (step S8).
3).

Further, other processing is performed (step S8).
4), exit to return.

Next, the details of the image output processing in step S83 will be described. When the microcomputer of the symbol control board 32b (hereinafter referred to as the symbol control microcomputer) receives the image display command, a variation pattern of a special symbol is created from the received variation time and the identification numbers of the left, middle and right stationary symbol designating codes. Execute the processing to That is, as shown in FIG. 8, a table corresponding to each combination of the values of the received image display command is written in the ROM of the symbol control board 32b. The symbol control microcomputer reads the table written in the ROM from the received image display command and creates a special symbol variation pattern. Also, the symbol control microcomputer determines whether or not reach, as described later, and determines whether it is normal fluctuation or reach fluctuation,
Further, even in reach fluctuation, it is determined whether or not various fluctuations such as trick fluctuations are performed depending on whether the value of the fluctuation time is larger or smaller than a predetermined value, and these judgments and the fluctuation time are used to determine the left, middle, and Each symbol stationary time from the start of the change of the right symbol to the stationary symbol is determined.

With respect to the creation of the above-mentioned variation pattern, the off symbol transmitted from the main control board 30 and the symbol control board 3
Since the presence or absence of the reach determined in 2b does not match, in that case, the following processing is executed. (1) Despite the symbol control microcomputer determining that the reach is reached, when the identification number of the non-reach-off stationary symbol is transmitted from the main control board 30, the symbol control microcomputer determines the received left symbol and middle symbol. The matching process is performed. For example,
A process of changing the received middle symbol identification number to the received left symbol identification number is performed. (2) Even if the symbol control microcomputer determines that the reach is not reached, when the identification number of the stationary symbol is reached from the main control board 30, the symbol control microcomputer transmits the received left symbol and the middle symbol. A process for determining a mismatch is performed. For example,
A process for incrementing the received medium symbol identification number by +1 or -1 is performed.

When the special pattern variation pattern is created in this way, as shown in FIG. 9, according to the created variation pattern, in the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c, left,
The process of starting the change of each of the middle and right special symbols and executing the process of statically displaying with the designated still symbol is executed, and the background screen 52 is displayed.
Display control of the background and character displayed above is also executed. On the background screen 52, a background image corresponding to each variation pattern and characters such as a hero (hero) and a bad person (bad) are displayed.

As described above, the main routine of the symbol control board 32b has been described. Next, a description will be given of the reach determination control that accompanies the winning of the first-type starting port. In the reach determination control, when a big hit occurs, a reach always occurs before the big hit occurs. On the other hand, when the big hit does not occur, the reach may or may not occur. It is the reach determination random number that determines whether or not to generate the reach. In connection with this, the reach determination random number update routine shown in FIG.
The reach occurrence determination routine shown in FIG. 12 and the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 routine shown in FIG. 12 are repeatedly executed by the symbol control board 32b throughout the operation of the pachinko machine 10 by a hardware interrupt at a preset timing.

First, as shown in FIG. 10, the reach determination random number updating routine is performed, and the count value N, which is the reach determination random number, is incremented and updated by, for example, +1 to maintain the randomness of the occurrence of the reach. Here, as reach reach random numbers, for example, 30 types of 0 to 29 are set. That is, when the reach determination random number updating routine is started, it is first determined whether there is an output request (step S100). Step S
If it is determined in step 100 that there is an output request, the process proceeds to step S110, where the count value N is output. When it is determined in step S100 that there is no output request, and after performing the processing of step S110, the count value N is incremented (step S120). If the incremented count value N is 30, it is cleared to zero (steps S130 and S140). After executing the processing of step S140, or when a negative determination is made in step S130, the processing exits to "return". That is, the counter repeatedly counts from 0 to 29 as the count value N, and outputs the count value N every time there is a request. The increment is obtained by incrementing the reach determination random number by 30 integers from 0 to 29 every time (for example, every 1.3 ms), and the output request is, for example, the main control board 30.
The symbol control board 32b extracts random numbers by generating the command data at the timing when the command data is transmitted to the symbol control board 32b.

Next, the reach occurrence determination routine of FIG. 11 will be described. First, a reach determination random number is read from the output count value N (step S210). It is determined whether or not the count value N is equal to a determination value A or B described later (step S220). The symbol control board 32b, out of the elements 0 to 29 of the reach determination random number, deviates from the determination value A or B at which the reach is generated, according to the number of symbol fluctuations.
The types are set, and these are switched and used. If the determination value A or B that causes the reach is extracted, the reach is generated, and the reach is not generated with the remaining determination values. That is, the symbol control board 32b has a plurality of reach determination probabilities. If an affirmative determination is made in step S220, reach determination data is generated and a reach display is instructed to LCD 32a (step S230). If a negative determination is made in step S220, non-reach determination data is generated and non-reach display is instructed to LCD 32a (step S240). Exit on return. If it is determined in step S230 that the reach image is to be displayed, the determination of the variation pattern such as the special symbol and the background symbol is basically determined by the variation time code.

In addition, although not shown, a random number for reach pattern determination may be extracted after reach is determined.
The reach pattern determining random number is for determining a reach pattern indicating a type of reach, such as normal reach and long reach, for example. The extraction timing of the reach pattern determining random number may be performed after the reach is determined, or may be extracted in advance at the time of starting winning.

If the value of the extracted pass / fail random number is the same as the pass / fail decision value (big hit), the symbol control board 32b forcibly performs a process of extracting the reach random number decision value A or B. For this reason, the reach determination probability and the reliability of the reach hit are slightly different from the theoretical values, but there is no problem.

By the way, the symbol control board 32b is provided with a fluctuation situation judging means for judging the fluctuation situation of the image, and a reach judgment random number changing means for changing the reach judgment random number according to the fluctuation situation judged by the fluctuation situation judging means. Have. That is, the fluctuation state of the image includes the fluctuation time of the special symbol, the number of fluctuations, the number of off-displays, the number of off-reach displays,
Data such as the number of out-of-reach reach times and the number of reach reach times are provided. A counter for counting these data and a memory for storing the data are provided. For example, the reach determination probability for determining the reach occurrence frequency = f (t, n,
m) means given by the general formula. here,
t = fluctuation time, n = number of out-of-display times, m = number of out-of-reach display times, the longer the fluctuation time t, the higher the frequency of reach, the greater the number of off-time displays n, the higher the frequency of reach, A reach determination random number changing unit is provided to reduce the frequency of occurrence of reach as the number m of reach displays increases. Further, when the number n of out-of-reach displays is large even when the number n of out-of-reach displays is large, a means for suppressing the occurrence frequency of reach is also provided. When a big hit occurs, the variables t, n, and m are provided with means for clearing (resetting) the variables to zero. In addition, a means for alternately switching a reach determination random number with a high reach determination probability and a low reach determination random number for each predetermined number of symbol fluctuations, a means for randomly changing the reach determination probability every time the number of departures reaches a predetermined number of times, and the like. . Furthermore, the symbol control board 32b changes the reach determination random number in accordance with the jackpot end situation judging means for judging whether or not the jackpot associated with the display of the jackpot symbol has ended, and the jackpot end situation judged by the jackpot end situation judging means. And a reach determination random number changing means. For example, there is provided a memory for storing data indicating the jackpot end status, and means for changing the reach determination probability after the end of the jackpot operation every time the jackpot ends (means for alternately changing the reach determination probability according to the end of the jackpot, , Etc.). Hereinafter, various modes of adjusting the reach occurrence frequency will be described with reference to flowcharts and specific examples.

(Reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 routine)
The reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 routine shown in FIG. 12 is for adjusting the reach occurrence frequency in accordance with the number of off-displays.
The symbol control board 3 during the operation of the pachinko machine 10 due to a hardware interrupt at a preset timing
2b is repeatedly executed. The number of times of out-of-touch display is preferably the number of out-of-touch non-reach fluctuations. That is, it is determined whether or not the number of times of display of the off-state is equal to or more than a predetermined number (step S31)
0), if the judgment is affirmative, it is judged that the number of reach should be increased,
By changing the determination value to the reach determination random number with B = 0 to 2, the higher the reach determination probability (1/10) is set (step S320), and the process returns to the return. Here, if a negative determination is made in step S310, it is determined that the number of reach should be reduced, and the determination value is changed to a reach determination random number with A = 0, thereby decreasing the reach determination probability (1/1).
30) (step S330), and the process returns to the return.

That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the range of the judgment value of the reach occurrence, the number of reach hits, the reach determination probability, and the reach reliability are determined according to the determination result of step S310. Two types are set. When the deviation is small, one judgment value A = 0, the reach determination probability is 1/30, and the reach reliability is 10%. When the deviation is large, the judgment value B is 0 to 2. Pieces, reach probability is 1 /
10. The reach reliability is set to 3.3%. The reach reliability is a percentage obtained by multiplying the reciprocal of the reach determination probability by the jackpot probability. The determination value is not limited to the above example, and an appropriate value can be set.

Here, the means for increasing / decreasing the number of reach determination values is used. However, means for increasing / decreasing the number of elements constituting the reach determination random number is also conceivable. For example, if the reach determination random number elements 0 to 29 and the determination value A = 0 are set, and the reach determination random number elements 0 to 9 and A = 0 are set, the reach determination probability becomes 1/30 and 1/10, respectively. The same effect can be obtained. Alternatively, both the element of the reach determination random number and the determination value may be changed. The judgment value of the reach determination probability is not limited to two types, and three or more types can be set according to the rank of the number of times of display error. Further switching of the reach determination probability
Each time the number of out-of-display times or the like reaches a predetermined number, it may be switched randomly by a predetermined random number to give a change.

(Effect of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 1 Routine)
As described above, according to the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 routine, when the reach does not occur, the occurrence of the reach display is forcibly increased, so that the player can appropriately expect the big hit, A sharp game can be provided. Further, since the symbol control board 32b can independently adjust the occurrence of the reach, the occurrence frequency of the reach can be freely changed according to the fluctuation state of the symbols without imposing a burden on the main control board 30.

(Explanation of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 2 Routine)
In the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 routine described above, the reach determination probability is increased by determining whether or not the number of out-of-display times is equal to or more than a predetermined number of times. , Because it is difficult to reach even if there is a lot of reach, it is judged that it is necessary to reduce the reach determination probability, and by adjusting the reach determination random number, it is to increase the reliability of the player to reach is there. For other configurations, the illustration and description of the above embodiment are cited. That is, it is determined whether or not the number of out-of-reach displays is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (step S410). If the determination is affirmative, it is determined that the number of reach should be reduced, and the determination value is changed to a reach determination random number with A = 0. The reach determination probability is set to the lower one (1/30) (step S420), and the process returns to the return. Here, if a negative determination is made in step S410, it is determined that the number of reach should be increased, and the determination value is changed to a reach determination random number with B = 0, 1, 2, thereby increasing the reach determination probability. (1/10) is set (step S430), and the process exits the return.

(Effect of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 2 Routine)
According to the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 2 routine described in detail above, in the case where the number of deviations from the reach increases even if the reach occurs, the occurrence of the reach display is suppressed, so that the reliability of the reach from the reach to the big hit can be given to the player. The game can be optimized, and a sharp game can be provided. Further, since the symbol control board 32b can independently adjust the occurrence of the reach, the occurrence frequency of the reach can be freely changed according to the fluctuation state of the symbols without imposing a burden on the main control board 30.

(Explanation of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 3 Routine)
In the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 and 2 routines described above, the reach occurrence frequency is increased or decreased according to the number of out-of-display times and the number of out-of-reach display times. It changes the decision probability. For other configurations, the illustration and description of the above-described reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 and 2 routines are cited. That is, according to the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 3 routine of FIG. 15, the symbol control board 32b determines whether or not the big hit has ended (step S510). If the determination is affirmative, the reach determination probability is changed after the big hit operation ends (step S510). Step S
520), exit to return. If a negative determination is made in step S510, the process returns to the return. As a mode of changing the reach determination probability, a mode in which the determination values A and B are alternately changed at the end of each big hit, a mode in which a plurality of reach determination random numbers are provided, and the probability is randomly changed at each end of the big hit (for example, the determination value A mode in which A and B are randomly changed by random selection of a random number for changing a judgment value provided separately). The reach determination probability can be set to three or more types depending on the jackpot situation. It is preferable that the extraction of the random number for changing the determination value is performed at the time of confirming the end of the big hit operation. Further, the reach determination probability may be changed after the big hit operation is completed each time the big hit is completed, or the reach determination probability may be changed after the big hit operation is completed every time a predetermined or random number of big hits is completed.

(Effect of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 3 Routine)
As described above, according to the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 3, the reach occurrence frequency is changed at the end of the big hit, so that the player's expectation of the big hit can be optimized according to the jackpot end situation, and the sharpness is effective. Can provide games. Furthermore, since the symbol control board 32b can independently adjust the occurrence of the reach, the occurrence frequency of the reach can be freely changed according to the jackpot ending state without imposing a burden on the main control board 30.

(Explanation of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 4 Routine)
In the above-described reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 to 3 routines, the reach determination probability is changed according to factors such as the number of display errors and the elapsed time factor is not taken into account. Can also. That is, in the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 4 routine, a unit time (or minute) is used instead of the number of times of out-of-display display, the number of times of reach display, and the number of out-of-reach display times.
This is changed to the number of times of display of the special symbol per hit, the number of reach displays, and the number of reach reach display. As a result, appropriate reach generation control in consideration of the elapsed time factor is performed. The description and illustration are referred to above.

(Explanation of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 5 Routine)
In the above-described routines of the reach frequency adjustments 1 to 4, each element of the game situation is considered alone, but it may be configured as a combination of these elements. That is, the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 5 routine in FIG. 16 is a process in which the reach occurrence frequency adjustment routines 1 to 4 are combined and combined,
The symbol control board 32b determines whether the big hit has ended (step S610), determines whether the reach occurrence frequency is equal to or lower than a lower limit value if the determination is positive (step S620), and changes the reach determination random number if the determination is positive. By doing so, the reach determination probability is increased (step S630), and the process returns to the return. If a negative determination is made in step S620, it is determined whether the reach occurrence frequency is equal to or higher than the upper limit (step S640).
If the determination is affirmative, the reach determination probability is decreased by changing the reach determination random number (step S650), and the process returns to the return. If a negative determination is made in step S640, the process returns to the return. As a result, comprehensive reach control is performed in consideration of each element of the game situation, and the player's expectation of reach and reliability of reach can be optimized.

(Explanation of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 6 Routine)
In the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 6 routine, the fluctuation time (fluctuation pattern) of the special symbol determined by the main control board 30 is employed for the game situation. That is, in the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 6 routine of FIG. 17, the symbol control board 32b
It is determined whether the fluctuation time transmitted from the main control board 30 is longer than the set value (step S710). If the determination is affirmative, the reach determination probability is increased by changing the reach determination random number (step S720). On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the reach determination probability is reduced by changing the reach determination random number (step S730), and then the process returns to the return. As a result, when the fluctuation time of the special symbol is long, the frequency of occurrence of the reach increases, and the sense of expectation of the big hit increases. When the fluctuation time is short, the frequency of the reach decreases, but the reliability of the reach increases.

(Explanation of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 7 Routine)
The reach occurrence frequency adjustment 7 routine includes means for alternately switching a reach determination random number having a high reach determination probability and a low reach determination random number alternately every predetermined number of symbol fluctuations. That is, in the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 7 routine of FIG. 18, the symbol control board 32b determines that the symbol change number transmitted from the main control board 30 is a predetermined number of times, for example, 3
It is determined whether or not it has become 0 times (step S810),
If the determination is affirmative, the reach determination probability is changed by changing the reach determination random number (step S820), and step S82 is performed.
After the process of 0, or when a negative determination is made in step S810, the process returns to the return. Thus, the reach occurrence frequency is alternately changed every predetermined number of times the special symbol is changed, thereby preventing the reach from becoming one pattern. It should be noted that data such as the number of out-of-display times, the number of out-of-out-reach fluctuations, the number of out-of-reach reach times, and the number of reach display times may be used in place of the symbol change times, thereby enabling a wide range of reach control. Further, the number of times the symbol is changed is set to a predetermined number of times, but means for changing the predetermined number by a random number, for example, means for changing the number at random such as 11, 32,... May be provided. Further, a means may be provided for randomly changing the reach determination probability by the number-of-times change random number each time the number of symbol changes reaches a predetermined number. By controlling the random frequency of occurrence of the reach, it is possible to make the reach surprising.

(Effects of the Embodiment) According to the present embodiment described in detail above, the main control board 30 determines the success / failure, the big hit symbol, the out-of-design, and the variation time. To determine if there is reach,
The symbol control board 32b judges the game status by receiving the data indicating the game status transmitted from the main control board 30, adjusts the frequency of the reach, changes the symbol, and stops after the designated change time elapses. Confirm with the design. For example,
If the number of out-of-display times is equal to or more than a predetermined number, the reach determination probability is increased, if the number of out-of-reach times is equal to or more than a predetermined number, the reach determination probability is reduced, or if the big hit is over, the reach determination random number is changed. If the time is long, the reach determination probability is increased. Through such processing, the frequency of occurrence of reach can be appropriately controlled in accordance with the game situation, the expectation of the player for the big hit can be optimized, the reliability of the reach can be increased, and a well-defined game can be provided. Furthermore, since the symbol control board 32b can independently adjust the occurrence of the reach, the burden on the main control board 30 is not increased, and the degree of freedom of control is increased.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the specific examples described above, and it is needless to say that the embodiment can be changed within the intended range of the present invention. In the above-described embodiment, the symbol control board 32b extracts the reach determination random number due to the timing at which the main control board 30 transmits the hit / fail judgment data to the symbol control board 32b. The reach determination random number may be extracted due to the timing at which is transmitted, and further, the reach determination random number may be extracted due to the timing at which the start winning command is received, so that the main control board 30 The timing may be synchronized with the start winning detection. In the above-described embodiment, the symbol control board 32b determines the occurrence of the reach independently, and the main control board 30 does not determine the occurrence of the reach. However, the main control board 30 extracts the reach determination random number and changes it according to the game situation. Then, data indicating the reach determination status, the symbol variation status, or the big hit end status may be transmitted to the symbol control board 32b, and the symbol control board 32b may perform the subsequent processing. Further, in principle, the presence or absence of the reach may be determined by the main control board 30 and the reach may be generated by the symbol control board 32b by a random number in a corrective manner so as to generate the reach according to the game situation. Further, in this specific example, the random number and the reach random number are configured separately, but when the main control board 30 is configured to extract the random number, the reach may be generated using the random number. For example, in this specific example, the success / failure random number is a counter of 0 to 299, and the success / failure determination value is “1” (“1”, “3”,
Although “5”, “7”, “9”, 11 ”, and“ 13 ”) are used, the reach random number may be included in the reach determination value using the reach random number.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine 10. FIG.

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;

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

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing of a “main routine” executed by a symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 8 is a chart showing a table for determining a rest time of each symbol from a fluctuation time in the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 9 is a front view illustrating an image on a screen of an LCD 32a.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a “reach determination random number update routine” executed by a symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing of a “reach occurrence determination routine” executed by a symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing of a “reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 routine” executed by a symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 13 is a list chart showing reach determination random number data used in the reach determination executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a process of a “reach occurrence frequency adjustment 2 routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing processing of a “reach occurrence frequency adjustment 3 routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing processing of a “reach occurrence frequency adjustment 5 routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing processing of a “reach occurrence frequency adjustment 6 routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing processing of a “reach occurrence frequency adjustment 7 routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine 22 ... Game board 24 ... Launching handle 24a ... Touch switch 30 ... Main control board 31
... award ball control board 32 ... special symbol display device 32a ... LCD panel unit (LCD) 32b ... symbol display device control board (symbol control board) 33 ... emission control board 34 ... lamp control board 35 ... sound control board 36 ... ordinary electric Accessory (starting port) 36a: First-class starting port switch 37: Normal symbol display device 40: Big winning opening 40a: Accessory continuous operation switch (V
SW) 40b ... (ten) count switch (count SW) 50a, 50b, 50c ... special symbol display area 52 ... background screen hero, bad ... character

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] October 24, 2000 (2000.10.
24)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0043

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Next, the main routine executed by the symbol control board 32b will be described with reference to FIG. The symbol control board 32b performs a receiving process of receiving a starting opening winning command indicating that the ordinary electric accessory 36, which is the first type starting opening, has a winning (step S80). In addition, the reception processing of the symbol hold storage is also performed, the symbol hold storage data is stored in the table of the RAM, and the hold storage display sections 51a to 51d (see FIG. 9) are lit. The special symbol is changed if the first-type start-up switch 36a is turned on if there is a hold memory or even without it. Next, a process of receiving the winning / failing determination data indicating the random number lottery result performed due to the winning of the ordinary electric auditors product 36 is performed (step S81). This is because, as described above, the main control board 30 is responsible for the decision of success / failure, generates success / failure decision data indicating whether the success / failure random number is a predetermined value, and transmits this to the symbol control board 32b. In addition, data indicating the game status such as the fluctuation time of the special symbol, the success / failure , the jackpot end status, etc., which will be described later, are also transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 3.
2b, the receiving process is performed. Special design
Number of variations, out impressions (impressions out symbol), out reach impressions, out non reach impressions like, data related to 及 beauty reach decisions, and spruce data transmitted from the main control board 30, the symbol It is created with reference to the result of the reach determination performed by the control board 32b . These data are stored in the memory of the symbol control board 32b and are updated as appropriate. The symbol control board 32b determines a game situation based on the data transmitted from the main control board 30, and adjusts a later-described occurrence frequency with reference to the game situation data. Next, reception processing of each command such as the above-described image display command (see FIG. 6) is performed (step S8).
2). An image is created with reference to the command and data received in the above-described steps and the reach determination performed by the symbol control board 32b, and an image output process is performed on the LCD 32a (step S83).

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A winning or losing decision means for deciding whether or not a game content advantageous to a player is provided, and a hit image or an advantageous image for notifying that the game content is advantageous to the player in accordance with the determination of the applicability decision means. Pass / fail image determining means for determining the type of a miss image notifying that the game content is not included, image display means for displaying the hit image or the miss image, and whether to display a reach image which is a premise to display the hit image Reach determination means for determining whether or not the image has been reached based on the reach determination random number; change state determination means for determining the change state of the image; reach determination for changing the reach determination random number according to the change state determined by the change state determination means A gaming machine comprising: random number changing means. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the change status determination means determines the change status based on the number of times the out-of-focus image is displayed. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the change status determining means determines the change status based on the frequency of occurrence of the reach image. 4. A winning or losing decision means for deciding whether or not to make a game content advantageous to the player, and a hit image or an advantageous image for notifying that the game content is advantageous to the player in accordance with the decision of the applicability decision means. Pass / fail image determining means for determining the type of a miss image notifying that the game content is not included, image display means for displaying the hit image or the miss image, and whether to display a reach image which is a premise to display the hit image Reach determining means for determining whether or not the jackpot is completed based on the reach determination random number; jackpot end situation judging means for judging whether or not the jackpot accompanying the display of the hit image has ended; and jackpot determined by the jackpot end situation judging means. A gaming machine comprising: a reach determination random number changing unit that changes the reach determination random number according to an end situation.