JP2002143435A - 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 the prescribed number of times or not (step S310) and in the case of positive judgement in the step S310, lizhi occurrence frequency is set high (step S320). In the case of negative judgement in the step S310, on the other hand, lizhi occurrence frequency is set low. Thus, a success/failure and a variation time code or the like are determined by a main control board 30 and according to the determination or the like of lizhi presence/absence and the instructed success/failure pattern and variation time code or the like, a picture pattern control board 32b can control the occurrence frequency of lizhi corresponding to the condition of the number of times of failure display.

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, since the reach ratio is fixed for each model and the reach is not generated in accordance with the progress of the game, models that reach easily, models that rarely occur, etc. And the game balance between 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]

According to the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine, comprising: a main control board for deciding whether or not to provide a game which is advantageous to a player; Means, a hit / fail image determining means for determining a type of a hit image that informs the player that the game content is advantageous according to the determination of the applicability determining means, or an off-image that informs the player that the advantageous game content is not advantageous; In a gaming machine in which an image control board displays the hit image or an out-of-focus image on a screen in accordance with the determination of the no image determination means, a game in which the image control board determines a game situation based on data transmitted from the main control board Status determining means, and a reach control means for determining whether or not to display a reach image according to the game status determined by the game status determining means, and displaying the reach image in accordance with the determination When a game machine characterized by comprising a. According to the gaming machine of the first aspect, by appropriately correcting the reach occurrence frequency by the image control board according to the game situation, the player is less likely to get tired of the game, and the sense of expectation of the reach can be improved, The above problem can be suitably solved.
That is, the monotonicity of the reach is eliminated, the reliability of the jackpot changes, and the gambling of the player can be enhanced. For example, if reach does not occur for a long time, occasionally forcibly generate reach to increase the expectation of big hits,
In the case where the frequent reach occurs and the big hit does not occur, the reach can be reduced to increase the reliability of the reach to the big hit.

Further, since it is determined whether or not to display a reach image on the image control board, it is necessary to transmit data on whether or not to generate reach, as compared with a configuration in which the occurrence of reach is determined by the main control board. However, since the image control board determines whether or not to generate reach, the control is simplified. Further, it is impossible to determine whether or not to generate a reach on the main control board and adjust the occurrence of the reach according to the progress of the game according to game rules or the performance of the main control board. The board is free to control until the image is determined if it follows the contents instructed by the main control board.It is practical to use the image control board to determine the occurrence of reach according to the game situation, even if it is a game rule. There is an effect that the property is extremely high.

[0008] Here, the "acceptance image determination means" is a hit image for notifying that the game content is advantageous to the player in accordance with the determination of the "acceptance determination means", or notifying that no advantageous game content is set. 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 "game status determination means" may be any configuration that determines the game status including all or a part of the data transmitted from the main control board. Based on the number of missed images displayed after the end of the big hit, the number of times the symbol fluctuates, the number of missed reach displays, the time of the symbol fluctuating, etc., a configuration can be considered, and each element may be determined independently. Or a configuration in which an element of elapsed time is added to these determinations.

The "reach control means" is one of the means for displaying a reach image so that the player does not get bored with the game according to the game situation determined by the game situation determination means. That is, it is sufficient to display the reach image independently of the image control board, and it is not necessary to determine the reach on the main control board, and it is not necessary to match the reach with the main control board. At this time, the fluctuation time (variation pattern) determined by the main control board may be added to the requirement of the reach control. Note that the presence or absence of the reach is determined by the image control board.However, in the case of the configuration in which the pass / fail image is determined by the main control board, there is a case where the presence / absence of the reach of the determined out-of-order image does not coincide with the determined presence or absence of the reach. After execution, there is a case where a process of confirming and displaying the symbol designated by the main control board is required.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine, the reach control means determines whether or not to display a reach image by a random number, and the game state determined by the game state determination means. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a reach occurrence frequency adjustment unit that adjusts the occurrence frequency of the reach determined by the reach determination unit. According to the gaming machine of the second aspect, the same problem as the invention of the first aspect is achieved and the same effect is produced. In addition, since the frequency of the reach is adjusted by the image control board, the frequency of the reach is reduced. It can be suitable.

The "reach occurrence frequency adjusting means" controls the occurrence frequency of the reach in accordance with the game situation determined based on the data transmitted from the main control board, and sets the frequency of the reach image generation so that the player is not bored with the game. Any means may be used as one of the objectives to adjust. As a specific mode, for example, a configuration instructing to display a large number of reach images when a state in which few reach images are generated continues for a long time,
Alternatively, when a large number of reach images are generated and the reliability of the jackpot is reduced, a configuration in which the frequency of reach is reduced may be considered.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine, the hit image determining means for determining the type of a hit image by the hit / fail image determining means is provided on the main control board, and the type of a missed image is determined by the hit / fail image determining means. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein an out-of-focus image determining means is provided on the image control board. According to the gaming machine of the third aspect, in addition to the above object, the above problem can be suitably solved, and the image control board has the reach control means and the off image determination means. Therefore, it is possible to use the off image according to the presence or absence of the reach determination. This eliminates the need for control coordination between the main control board and the image control board. Therefore, it is possible to adjust the occurrence of the reach according to the game situation by simply determining the decision of the hit and the variation pattern and the like on the main control board and the image control board just by following the instructed decision of the hit and the variation pattern, etc. The burden on the main control board can be reduced.

[0014] According to a specific aspect of the third aspect, the symbol transmitted from the main control board to the image control board is not included in the transmission data from the main control board to eliminate the symbol determination random number. An out-of-design symbol determination random number is provided, an out-of-design symbol is determined according to the random number extracted from the out-of-design symbol determination random number, and the out-of-design symbol determination random number is extracted based on a timing at which data is transmitted from the main control board to the image control board. No.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first or second aspect, the hit / fail image determination means is provided on the image control board. Claim 4
According to the invention, in addition to the above-mentioned problem can be appropriately solved, since the image control board has a reach control means, a pass / fail image determination means, it is possible to use the pass / fail image according to the presence or absence of the reach determination, the main control board and Control matching with the image control board is not required. Therefore, the reach control image can be displayed in accordance with the game situation only by following the decision of success / failure and the variation pattern on the main control board, and the decision on the success / failure and the variation pattern instructed on the image control board. The main control board does not know the success / failure image (big hit or missed design, etc.), but knows the fluctuation time (pattern) of the image. It suffices to transmit the signal, and it does not cause any control problem even though it is a hard groove for one-way communication. Further, the load on the main control board can be further reduced by determining even the pass / fail image by the image control board.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a reach determining random number, a jackpot symbol determining random number, and an off symbol determining random number are provided on an image control board, and a big hit symbol is included in data transmitted from the main control board to the image control board. The image control board determines whether or not there is a reach according to the reach determination random number, and extracts a big hit symbol and a missed symbol based on the timing at which data is transmitted from the main control board to the image control board. The jackpot symbol and the off symbol are determined according to the extracted random numbers.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine, the gaming state determining means determines a gaming state based on the number of times the out-of-order image is displayed.
A gaming machine according to item 1. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the above problem can be appropriately solved, and the occurrence frequency of the reach image can be appropriately controlled in accordance with the frequency of the deviated image. For example, it is effective to increase the number of reach images when there is a lot of departure, and to raise the player's expectation.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine, the game situation judging means judges a game situation based on the frequency of occurrence of the reach image. It is a gaming machine. According to the invention of claim 6, the problem can be appropriately solved, and the occurrence frequency of the reach image can be appropriately controlled according to the frequency of the reach image.
Moderate reach can be secured. For example, when the number of reach images is small, the number of reach images can be increased, and the expectation of the reach to the big hit can be increased. When the number of reach images is large, the number of the reach images can be reduced, so that the reliability of the reach to the big hit can be increased.

[0019]

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 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, 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 operating gate 38 and 39 on the left and right of the special symbol display device 32 used to start changing the symbol displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 37,
6, 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. With this configuration, the above-described firing handle 2
When the player rotates the gun 4, 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 respectively 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, 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 on.

The lamp control board 34 is mainly composed of a driving element such as a transistor. Upon receiving a command from the main control board 30, the ordinary 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 are provided. 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 circuit configuration described above 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 interrupt processing, and the element constituting the random number is set to an integer value from "0" to "299", which is not different from the initial random number 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 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.

The big hit symbol random number updating process (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, 30 of “0” to “299” constituting the random number of success / failure
The appearance rate of each of the zero integer values 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 2 ms which is the minute time of the hard interrupt. By comparison, the winning timing cannot be adjusted in minute time units, so it will be a randomly extracted value,
The pass / fail 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 changing command is a special symbol changing command. As shown in FIG. 6, (1) changing time code, (2) left still symbol design code, (3) middle still 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").

The above-mentioned variable time code, left, middle and right stationary symbol designating codes are used for symbol control almost simultaneously by two bytes at a time when 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.

As described above, in the main control board 30, when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36, the value of the random number at the time of winning, the value of the big hit symbol random number, and the value of the off symbol random number are respectively extracted. . The extracted random number value is compared with the randomness value “1” at the time of the normal probability, and the randomness value “1”, “3”, “5”, “7”, “9”, “11” at the high probability. If it matches with "13", a big hit occurs, and if it does not match, it falls off. A big hit occurs when the value matches the pass / fail judgment value, and the extracted big hit 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. The identification numbers of the codes are the same. If it does not match with the pass / fail judgment value, it will be out of place, and the left, middle, and right stationary values will be obtained by adding +1 to each of the left symbol random number, the middle symbol random value, and the right symbol random value of the extracted symbol random numbers. It is the identification number of the symbol designating code. At this time, if the three identification numbers coincide with each other, a process of setting the identification number value of the right still symbol designating code to a value different by “1” is performed. The variable time code mentioned above is
When the identification numbers of the left, middle and right stationary design designation codes all match, the value is large. When the identification numbers of the left and middle stationary design designation codes match even if they do not all match, the intermediate value is used. Sorted by value. Since the other command codes in FIG. 6 are well known, the details are omitted.

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 following the above-described process includes a lost symbol random number updating process (step S65) and an initial random number updating process (step S70), and 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 start opening winning command indicating that the ordinary electric accessory 36, which is the first type starting opening, has a winning (step S81). 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 winning / decreasing data indicating a random number lottery result performed due to winning in the ordinary electric auditors product 36 is performed (step S82). 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. Next, reception processing of each command (see FIG. 6) such as the above-described image display command is performed (step S83). In addition, since data indicating the fluctuation time of a special symbol, which will be described later, and whether or not the symbol is valid are also transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b, a reception process is performed. The data relating to the number of out-of-reach display, the number of out-of-reach non-reach, and the reach are created with reference to the hit / failure data from the main control board 30 and the reach determination data performed by the symbol 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 the game situation based on the data transmitted from the main control board 30, and adjusts the later-described reach occurrence frequency with reference to the game situation data. An image is created with reference to the command and data received in the above step and the reach determination performed by the symbol control board 32b,
Image output processing is performed on the LCD 32a (step S
84). Further, other processing is performed (step S8).
5), return to return

The details of the processing in step S84 will be described. When the microcomputer of the symbol control board 32b (hereinafter, simply referred to as the symbol control microcomputer) receives the image display command, a variation pattern of the special symbol is determined from the received variation time and the identification numbers of the left, middle, and right stationary symbol designating codes. Execute the process to be created. That is, the symbol control board 32b
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. 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 the reach, as described later,
It is determined whether the fluctuation is a normal fluctuation or a reach fluctuation.Furthermore, in the fluctuation of the reach, it is determined whether or not various fluctuations such as a trick fluctuation are performed depending on whether a fluctuation time value is larger or smaller than a predetermined value. Based on the fluctuation time, each symbol stationary time from the start of the fluctuation of the left, middle, and right symbols of the special symbol to the stationary symbol is determined.

When the variation pattern of the special symbol is created in this way, as shown in FIG. 9, in the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c, according to the created variation pattern,
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.

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 to reach, the main control board 30
, The microcomputer of the symbol control board 32b performs a process of matching the received left symbol with the middle symbol. 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 of incrementing the received medium symbol identification number by +1 or -1 is performed.

(Reach Determination Processing of Specific Example 1) As described above, the main routine of the symbol control board 32b has been described. Next, the reach determination control in accordance with the winning of the first-type starting port will be described. 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 updating routine shown in FIG. 10, the reach generation determination routine shown in FIG. 11, and the reach generation shown in FIG. The frequency adjustment 1 routine is 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, a reach determination random number update routine is performed as shown in FIG. First, the count value N, which is a reach determination random number, is incremented and updated by, for example, +1 to maintain the randomness of occurrence of 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). If it is determined in step S100 that there is an output request, the process proceeds to step S110, and outputs a count value N. 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.

Here, the symbol control board 32b sets one type of the judgment value for generating the reach among the elements 0 to 29 of the reach judgment random number, and extracts the judgment value for the occurrence of the reach. , And reach, and does not occur at other determination values. That is, the determination value A = 0, the number of the determination values is 1, the reach determination probability is 1/30, and the reach reliability is 10%. 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. If the value of the pass / fail random number extracted by the main control board 30 is the same as the pass / fail decision value (big hit), the symbol control board 32b forcibly extracts the reach random number decision value. 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.

Next, the reach occurrence determination routine shown in FIG. 11 using the above-described determination value will be described. First, the reach determination count value N is read from the counter (step S2).
10). The reach determination count value N is equal to the aforementioned determination value A.
It is determined whether or not is equal to (Step S220). If an affirmative determination is made in step S220, a reach command is generated and a reach display is instructed on the LCD 32a (step S23).
0), if a negative determination is made in step S220, a non-reach command is generated, a non-reach display is instructed on the LCD 32a (step S240), and the process returns to the return. Step S230
Is determined to display the reach symbol, 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 illustration is omitted, after the reach is determined, a random number for reach pattern determination may be extracted. 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.

The pachinko machine 10 is provided with a game situation judging means for judging a game situation based on the data transmitted from the main control board 30, and a reach deciding means according to the game situation judged by the game situation judging means. Reach frequency adjusting means for adjusting the determined frequency of occurrence of reach. That is, the game situation is determined by data such as the change time of the special symbol, the number of times of change, the number of times of deviation display, the number of times of non-reach variation, the number of reach reach, the number of reach displays, etc., and the symbol control board 32b A counter for counting and a memory for storing are provided, and a reach image is displayed according to the data indicating the game situation. For example, reach occurrence frequency (reach determination probability) = f
Means given by the general formula of (t, n, m) may be mentioned. Here, t = variation time, n = number of out-of-display times, m = number of out-of-reach display times, and the longer the fluctuation time t is, the higher the probability of occurrence of reach is. And a reach control means for increasing the probability of occurrence of the reach and decreasing the probability of occurrence of the reach as the number of out-of-reach display times m 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. Then, a means for clearing the variables t, n, m to zero when a big hit occurs is provided. In addition, means for alternately switching between a state in which the reach determination probability is high and a state in which the reach determination probability is low for each predetermined number of symbol fluctuations, means for randomly changing the reach occurrence frequency each time the number of times of departure reaches the predetermined number of times, a big hit operation at the end of each big hit Means for changing the reach occurrence frequency after the end (including means for alternately changing the reach occurrence frequency and means for changing the reach occurrence frequency at random) are included. Here, data such as the number of times the special symbol fluctuates, the number of out-of-displays, the number of reach displays, and the number of out-of-reach displays are created on the symbol control board 32b.
b, and is appropriately updated and stored in the memory of the symbol control board 3.
2b includes means for judging a game situation based on the data. It is preferable to provide a means for resetting these data when a big hit occurs. The number of fluctuations, the number of out-of-display times, and the like are created and updated based on the pass / fail data, stationary symbols, and the like transmitted from the main control board 30, and the game situation is determined based on these data. The game status is determined based on the data. Hereinafter, various modes of adjusting the reach occurrence frequency will be specifically described with reference to flowcharts.

(Processing Example of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 1 of Specific Example 1) The reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 routine shown in FIG. 12 adjusts the reach occurrence frequency in accordance with the number of out-of-display times. The symbol control board 32b is repeatedly executed during the operation of the pachinko machine 10 due to the hardware interruption by. First, it is determined whether or not the number of off-displays is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (step S310). If the determination is affirmative, the reach frequency is set higher than the reach frequency set in step S330 (step S320).
Exit on return. For example, if it is determined that the number of fluctuations at which the reach is reached is low, a process of increasing the reach occurrence frequency is performed. If a negative determination is made in step S310, the reach occurrence frequency is lower than the reach occurrence frequency set in step S320. Set (step S330) and exit to return. Adopting the number of out-of-reach non-reach displays or the like as the number of out-of-display times may be mentioned. In this way, the main control board 30 determines the success / failure and the fluctuating time code, etc., and the symbol control board 32b determines the presence / absence of reach, etc., and according to the instructed success / failure pattern and the fluctuating time code, etc. The frequency of reach. According to the above processing, when the reach does not occur, the reach can be forcibly generated, and the expectation from the reach to the jackpot can be increased. Note that it is also possible to alternately switch the reach occurrence frequency every predetermined number of symbol fluctuations, for example, every 30 times.

(Explanation of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 2) In Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 1, the reach occurrence frequency is increased by judging whether or not the number of out-of-display times is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, but reach reach frequency adjustment 2 is out of reach. When the number of display times is equal to or more than a predetermined number, the frequency of occurrence of reach is reduced. For other configurations, the illustration and description of the reach frequency adjustment 1 are referred to. That is, as in the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 2 routine of FIG. 13, it is determined whether or not the number of out-of-reach displays is equal to or more than a predetermined number (step S410). On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the reach occurrence frequency is increased to be greater than the reach frequency set in step S420, and the routine returns. For example, when the out-of-reach display frequently occurs at the time of determination in step S410, a process of reducing the reach occurrence frequency is performed.

(Effect of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 2) As described above, according to the present routine, when the reach occurs but the out-of-reach increases, the reach occurrence frequency is suppressed.
The reliability from the reach to the jackpot can be increased, and a sharp game can be provided. Further, since the symbol control board 32b can independently adjust the presence or absence of the reach and the occurrence of the reach, the occurrence frequency of the reach can be freely changed according to the game situation without burdening the main control board 30.

(Explanation of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 3) In the reach occurrence frequency adjustments 1 and 2 described above, the reach occurrence frequency is increased or decreased according to the number of out-of-display times or the number of out-of-reach display times. The reach occurrence frequency is increased or decreased according to whether or not the symbol change time is equal to or longer than the reference set time. For other configurations, the illustration and description of the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 1 or 2 are cited. That is,
As in the reach occurrence frequency adjustment 3 routine of FIG. 14, the symbol control board 32b determines whether or not the change time of the special symbol is equal to or longer than a predetermined time (step S510). If the determination is affirmative, the reach occurrence frequency is set in step S530. The reach frequency is increased from the reach frequency set in step S520 (step S520). If the determination is negative, the reach frequency is decreased below the reach frequency set in step S520 (step S530), and the process returns to the return.

(Effect of Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 3) According to Reach Occurrence Frequency Adjustment 3 described in detail above, when the fluctuation time of the special symbol is long, the frequency of occurrence of the reach increases, and the player's expectation of the jackpot is large. Can be optimized, and a sharp game can be provided. Further, since the symbol control board 32b can independently determine the presence or absence of the reach and adjust the frequency of occurrence of the reach, the frequency of occurrence of the reach can be freely changed according to the game situation without burdening the main control board 30. .

In the reach frequency adjustments 1 to 3 described above, the factor of the elapsed time is not taken into account. However, a configuration in which the factor of the elapsed time is taken into consideration may be adopted. That is, it is also possible to implement a configuration in which the change time of the special symbol per unit time (or minute), the number of display times, and the number of reach display times are used instead of the change time of the special symbol, the number of display times of the out-of-reach display times. . As a result, an appropriate reach is performed in consideration of the elapsed time factor. The description and illustration are incorporated by reference.

As described above, the main control board 30 determines the success / failure, the big hit symbol, the off symbol, and the variation time, and the symbol control board 32b determines the presence or absence of the reach to change the image. After the fluctuation time specified by the main control board 30 elapses, it is determined by the stationary symbol. In addition, the symbol control board 32b determines the game situation in response to various data transmitted from the main control board 30, and determines that it is necessary to increase or decrease the frequency of the reach on the symbol control board 32b. And so on to adjust the frequency of the reach display. Hereinafter, this trick display will be described in detail.

(Temporary Reach Symbol Display Processing) First, even if the symbol control board 32b determines the non-reach symbol to be displayed as a non-reach symbol by the reach determination random number, the symbol control substrate 32b will play the game. If it is determined that the reach frequency needs to be increased depending on the situation, a process for adjusting the reach display is required. Therefore,
As shown in the “tentative reach symbol display routine” in FIG. 15, a variation pattern of the temporary reach symbol is created from the non-reach symbol (for example, “768”) (step S610). The variation time according to the variation pattern is the same as the time instructed from the main control board 30, but the variation time may be extended or shortened depending on the game situation. Next, the temporary reach symbol is displayed in a variable manner (step S620). That is, when the non-reach symbol is displayed on each of the stationary symbols for the off symbol, the reach symbol is forcibly replaced with the reach symbol by the symbol control board 32b. Then, the unreachable non-reach symbol is confirmed and displayed (step S630), and the process returns to the return.

FIG. 16 shows an example of the fluctuation display by the processing of FIG. 15 described above. For example, the symbol control board 32b sets the non-reachable symbol “768” as a non-reachable symbol, but displays this symbol by replacing it. First, the left symbol "7" is swayed up and down or left and right, and the middle and right symbols are scrolled. Then, "77" is swayed up and down or left and right slightly on the left and middle symbols. The right symbol is scroll-displayed. After that, for example, "7" for the left symbol and the middle symbol,
"6" is displayed in a static manner in order, and then the right symbol is scroll-displayed, and then the still symbol is displayed at "8" and the static symbol is displayed at "768" which is a non-reach symbol. Or "7
6 "is displayed subtly swinging up and down or left and right, and then once all the symbols are scrolled and displayed.
"768", which is a non-reach symbol transmitted from
To display still images sequentially. In this manner, non-reach is displayed in the static display, but in the fluctuation display, the temporary reach display allows the player to determine that the player is reaching, so that the reach occurrence frequency can be adjusted. The trick display may be performed continuously or intermittently according to the reach frequency adjustment request.

Even when the reach display adjustment process is unnecessary, trick display can be performed to enhance the taste. That is, as shown in the “trick display routine” of FIG.
It is determined whether or not the reach display matching process is unnecessary (step S710). If the determination is affirmative, it is determined whether trick display is necessary (step S720). If the determination is affirmative, the trick display is performed (step S730). Exit on return. If a negative determination is made in step S710 or step S720, a fluctuation display is performed according to the fluctuation time transmitted from the main control board 30 (step S740), and the process returns to the return.

FIG. 18 shows an example of a variable display by the processing in step S730 in FIG. 17 described above. For example, the symbol control board 32b displays the off-reach symbol, for example, the left symbol as “7”.
Scroll vertically and vertically to display the middle symbol and right symbol, and then slightly oscillate "77" vertically and horizontally to the left symbol and middle symbol, while the right symbol Causes scroll display. Thereafter, the symbol control board 32b replaces and displays the symbols, for example, statically displays “77” in the left symbol and the middle symbol in order, then scrolls and displays the right symbol in a stationary manner with “5”. Alternatively, after "77" is slightly oscillated vertically or horizontally and the right symbol is scrolled, and then all the symbols "775" are slightly oscillated vertically or horizontally (or scrolled). , "775". Such trick display increases the degree of attention to the player's screen.

Next, even when the symbol control board 32b decides to display the out-of-reach pattern by the reach determination random number and determines the out-of-reach pattern as the reach symbol, the symbol control board 32b needs to reduce and adjust the frequency of the reach. In some cases, it is necessary to perform processing for matching the display. Therefore, FIG.
As shown in “Temporary non-reach symbol display routine”, a variation pattern of the temporary non-reach symbol is created from the off-reach symbol (eg, “775”) (step S810). The variation time according to the variation pattern is the same as the time instructed from the main control board 30, but the variation time may be extended or shortened depending on the game situation. Next, the temporary non-reach symbols are variably displayed (step S820). That is, when the reach symbol is displayed on each of the stationary symbols for the off symbol, the non-reach display is forcibly replaced with the non-reach symbol by the symbol control board 32b. Then, the out-of-reach reach symbol is fixedly displayed (step S830), and the process returns to the return.

FIG. 20 shows an example of the fluctuation display by the processing of FIG. 19 described above. For example, the symbol control board 32b replaces "775", which is a stationary reach symbol, with a temporary non-reach symbol, and displays it. For example, the left symbol is slightly swayed up and down or left and right with "7", and the middle symbol and the right symbol are displayed. Is scroll-displayed, and then "76" is slightly and vertically swung up and down or left and right on the left symbol and the middle symbol, while the right symbol is scroll-displayed. Then, for example, "7" for the left symbol and the right symbol,
"5" is displayed in order, and the middle symbol "6" is swayed up and down or left and right, and then the middle symbol is statically displayed at "7". Display still. Alternatively, after the “76” is slightly oscillated vertically or horizontally, all the symbols are scrolled once, and then the left symbol and the middle symbol are changed to “7”.
7 ”, the display is slightly swayed up and down or left and right, and the right symbol is scrolled and displayed.
5 "to display a still image. In this manner, the reach is displayed in the static display, but the non-tentative reach display in the variable display allows the player to determine that the reach is not applied,
Reach occurrence frequency can be adjusted.

(Effect of Specific Example 1) According to the present embodiment described in detail above, the presence or absence of the reach is executed by the symbol control board 32b, and the reach is increased when the number of off-displays increases. On the other hand, when the number of out-of-reach displays increases, the reach is reduced to reduce the reach, and when the special symbol fluctuates for a long time, the reach frequency is controlled so as to increase the frequency of the reach. It is possible to provide a game that is optimized and sharp. In addition, since the symbol control board 32b can independently adjust the occurrence of the reach, the occurrence frequency of the reach can be changed according to the game situation without putting a burden on the main control board 30. Further, it is possible to realize matching of the out-of-design and the reach determination display transmitted from the main control board 30.

(Explanation of Specific Example 2) In the above embodiment,
The determination of the off symbol has been executed by the main control board 30, but in the specific example 2, this is determined by the symbol control board 32b. Therefore, since the reach determination and the off symbol determination are performed by the symbol control board 32b, the off symbol corresponding to the presence or absence of the reach determination can be used. The details will be described below.

First, the symbol random numbers which are out of the main control board 30 are deleted, and the steps of the symbol random number updating process which are out of the main processing and the residual processing of the main routine of FIG. 21 are deleted. From the symbol control board 3
2b. Correspondingly,
As shown in FIG. 22, the symbol random number 0
14 are provided. The out-of-design symbol random number is extracted by the symbol control board 32b based on the timing at which data is transmitted from the main control board 30, and the out-of-design symbol is determined by the extracted random numbers. Other random numbers are the same as in the first embodiment.

Next, details of the determination of the off symbol will be described. The symbol control board 32b executes the above-mentioned out-of-design symbol random number updating process in a separate routine. The off symbol random number of the symbol control board 32b is composed of a random number for left symbol, a random number for middle symbol, and a random number for right symbol, and is used as an off symbol when there is no big hit. The left symbol random number is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 15 integers of “0” to “14”, and is incremented by one every time this process is performed, and is an initial value “0” when the maximum value is exceeded.
Return to The medium symbol random number is also configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 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 also "0" ~
The counter is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 15 integers of “14”. 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, the counter returns to “0”.

The random number updating process is performed, and
The processing shown in FIG. 23 is performed. That is, it is determined whether or not the symbol control board 32b has received the pass / fail determination data from the main control board 30 (step S1010). If the determination is negative, the process returns to the return. If the determination is affirmative, the symbol random number is extracted (step S1020). A non-reach symbol according to the extraction of the non-reach symbol random number is determined (step S1030), it is determined whether or not reach display is performed, and if it is affirmative, a non-reach symbol for reach is created (S1050). Create it (S1060) and exit to return.

The main control board 30 is a symbol control board 32b.
The symbol control board 32b comes off due to the timing of transmitting the pass / fail judgment data, and the symbol random number is extracted. However, the symbol random number comes off due to the timing at which the image display command and other data are transmitted from the main control board 30. The timing may be extracted, or the timing synchronized with the start winning detection by the main control board 30 may be extracted by extracting a symbol random number deviated due to the timing at which the start winning command is received.

Further, in the second specific example, when the symbol control microcomputer attempts to increase or decrease the reach display, an out-of-position symbol can be used according to the presence or absence of the reach determination. In that case, the following processing is executed. Is done. (1) In the case of a non-reach out-of-reach stationary symbol despite having been determined to be reach, the symbol control microcomputer performs processing for matching the left symbol and the middle symbol. For example, a process of changing the identification number of the middle symbol to the identification number of the left symbol is performed. (2) In the case of non-reach, but determined to be a non-reach stationary symbol The symbol control microcomputer performs processing to make the left symbol and the middle symbol inconsistent. For example, the identification number of the middle symbol is +1 or -1.
Is performed.

(Effect of Specific Example 2) According to the specific example 2, since the symbol control board 32b determines both the reach and the deviated symbol, the deviated symbol is used according to the presence or absence of the reach determination. Thus, there is an effect that the trick display processing of the temporary reach display processing (FIGS. 15 and 16) and the temporary non-reach symbol display processing (FIGS. 19 and 20) of the first specific example is unnecessary.

(Explanation of Specific Example 3) Specific Examples 1 and 2 above
In the above, the determination of the big hit symbol was performed by the main control board 30, but it is also possible to determine this by the symbol control board 32b. In this specific example 3, the determination of the pass / fail and the fluctuating time (or fluctuating pattern) are determined by the main control board 30, and the symbol control board 32b determines the feasibility and fluctuating time (or fluctuating pattern) instructed by the main control board 30. , A jackpot symbol and an off symbol are determined, and the occurrence of reach is adjusted according to the game situation.

That is, the big hit symbol random number and the off symbol random number are deleted from the main control board 30, and the big hit symbol random number updating process and the off symbol random number updating process are deleted from the main processing and the remaining processing of the main routine of FIG. The random number update result is not transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b. Corresponding to this, as shown in FIG. 25, the symbol control board 32b is provided with jackpot symbol random numbers 0 to 14 and off symbol random numbers 0 to 14. The extraction of the jackpot symbol random numbers and the off symbol random numbers is performed by the symbol control board 32b based on the timing at which data is transmitted from the main control board 30. A deviation symbol is determined by the extracted random numbers. Since the determination of the out-of-design symbol random number has been described in the specific example 2, the determination of the big hit symbol random number will be described here. Other random numbers are the same as in the first and second embodiments.

Next, details of the determination of the big hit symbol will be described.
The symbol control board 32b executes the above-described jackpot symbol random number updating process in a separate routine. The jackpot symbol random number is
The counter is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 15 integers of “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. Each of the fifteen random numbers “0” to “14” has the same three digits “111”, “222”, “333”, “444”,
"555", "666", "777", "888",
"999", [AAA], "BBB", "CCC",
They correspond to “DDD”, “EEE”, and “FFF”, respectively.

While the random number updating process is performed,
The processing shown in FIG. 26 is performed. That is, it is determined whether or not the symbol control board 32b has received the success / failure determination data from the main control board 30 (step S1210). If the determination is negative, the process returns to the return. If the determination is affirmative, a jackpot symbol random number is extracted (step S1220). The big hit symbol according to the big hit random number extraction is determined (step S1230), and the process returns to the return.

The main control board 30 is a symbol control board 32b.
The symbol control board 32b extracts the big hit symbol random number due to the timing of transmitting the hit / fail judgment data, but the big hit symbol random number is generated due to the timing at which the image display command and other data are transmitted from the main control board 30. It may be extracted, and further, by extracting a jackpot symbol random number due to the timing at which the start winning command is received,
The timing may be synchronized with the start winning detection by the main control board 30.

(Effect of Specific Example 3) According to the specific example 3 described above, in addition to the effect of the specific example 2, the fluctuation time of the special symbol is known on the main control board 30 although the big hit symbol and the off symbol are unknown. Therefore, it is sufficient to transmit the image data based on the establishment of the new start condition in consideration of the elapse of the fluctuation time, and there is no control problem even though the hardware configuration is one-way communication. There is.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the specific examples described above, and it is needless to say that changes can be made within the scope intended by the present invention. For example, the reach control is adjusted by the symbol control board 32b independently, and the main control board 30 does not need to determine the occurrence of the reach,
The variation time (fluctuation pattern) of the special symbol determined by the main control board 30 may be added to the reach generation requirement. In the above embodiment, the main control board 30 is the symbol control board 32b.
The symbol control board 32b extracts the reach determination random number due to the timing of transmitting the pass / fail determination data to the main controller 30. However, the symbol control board 32b extracts the reach determination random number due to the timing at which the image display command and other data are transmitted from the main control board 30. By extracting the reach determination random number due to the timing at which the start winning command is received,
The timing may be synchronized with the start winning detection by the main control board 30. Further, in the specific examples 2 and 3, the out-of-design symbol random number or the big hit symbol random number and the reach random number are configured as separate bodies. Is also good.

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

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a “reach occurrence frequency adjustment 3 routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing processing of a “temporary reach symbol display routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of adjustment of temporary reach fluctuation display of a special symbol displayed on the LCD 32a.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing processing of a “trick display routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a trick display of a special symbol displayed on the LCD 32a.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the processing of a “temporary non-reach symbol display routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a temporary non-reach variation display of a special symbol displayed on the LCD 32a.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a “main routine” executed by a main control board 30 of a specific example 2.

FIG. 22 is a random number table of the second embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing processing of a “missing symbol determination routine” executed by the symbol control board 32b.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the processing of a “main routine” executed by the main control board 30 of Example 3;

FIG. 25 is a list of random numbers in Example 3;

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the processing of a “big hit symbol determination 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

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Claims (6)

[Claims] An information determining means provided on a main control board for determining whether or not to make a game content advantageous to a player, and informing that the game content is advantageous to the player according to the determination of the appropriateness determining means. Hit / fail image determining means for determining the type of a hit image or an out-of-sync image notifying that no advantageous game content is provided; and the image control board displays the hit image or the out-of-sync image on a screen according to the determination of the hit / fail image determining means. A game status determining means for determining a game status based on data transmitted from the main control board; and displaying a reach image according to the game status determined by the game status determining means. And a reach control means for determining whether or not the image is displayed, and displaying a reach image in accordance with the determination. 2. A reach determining means for determining whether or not to display a reach image by a random number, and a reach determined by the reach determining means according to a game situation determined by the game situation determining means. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a reach occurrence frequency adjusting unit that adjusts the occurrence frequency of the game. 3. A hit image determining means for determining a type of a hit image by said hit / fail image determining means is provided on said main control board, and a hit image determining means for determining a kind of a hit image by said hit / fail image determining means is image control. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is provided on a substrate. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said image determination means is provided on said image control board. 5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said gaming status determination means determines a gaming status based on the number of times the out-of-focus image has been displayed. 6. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said gaming status determining means determines a gaming status based on a frequency of occurrence of said reach image.