JP2002306691A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of performing a variety of game presentation by generators. SOLUTION: The on/off control of a solenoid is started by a CPU during high-speed fluctuation in a variable display device 9 to lay a game presentation device in an operation state for wiggling the hands, feet and head thereof. This operation is a notice of next-to-win. The solenoid is kept in the off-state by the CPU at the starting time of right pattern rocking fluctuation, and the operation state of the game presentation device is ended. Such a processing is performed, whereby a variety of game presentations by generators can be performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine which can be controlled to a specific game state advantageous to a player on condition that the display state of a variable display device is in a specific display mode. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a gaming machine, a game medium such as a game ball is launched into a game area by a launching device, and when a game medium wins a winning area such as a winning opening provided in the game area, a predetermined number of prize balls are obtained. Are paid out to players.
Furthermore, a variable display unit capable of changing the display state is provided,
There is a configuration in which a predetermined game value is provided to a player when a display result of the variable display unit has a predetermined specific display mode.

[0003] The game value means that the state of the variable winning ball device provided in the game area of the gaming machine is in a state that is advantageous for a player who is likely to win a hit ball, or is in a state that is advantageous for the player. In other words, the right is to be generated, or the condition for paying out premium game media is easily established. Further, when a predetermined amount of game balls or coins are awarded or points are added in accordance with establishment of predetermined conditions such as winning, these are referred to as value or valuable value.

In a pachinko gaming machine, it is generally known that the display result of a variable display unit for displaying a special symbol (identification information) is a combination of predetermined specific display modes.
It is called "big hit." When a big hit occurs, for example, the big winning opening is opened a predetermined number of times, and the state shifts to a big hit game state in which a hit ball is easy to win. Then, in each open period, when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning prizes is won, the winning prize opening is closed. The number of opening of the special winning opening is fixed to a predetermined number (for example, 16 rounds). In addition, an opening time (for example, 29.5 seconds) is determined for each opening,
Even if the number of winnings does not reach the predetermined number, if the opening time elapses, the winning port is closed. If the predetermined condition (for example, winning in the V zone provided in the special winning opening) is not satisfied at the time when the special winning opening is closed, the big hit gaming state ends.

Further, in the variable display device, a symbol other than a symbol which is a final stop symbol (for example, a middle symbol of the left and right middle symbols) is stopped and rocked in a state where the symbol continues for a predetermined time and coincides with the specific display mode. There is a possibility that a big hit may occur before the final result is displayed due to the state of being enlarged, reduced or deformed, or the fact that multiple symbols fluctuate synchronously with the same symbol, the position of the displayed symbol is switched, etc. (Hereinafter, these states are referred to as reach states) are referred to as reach effects. A variable display including a reach effect is called a reach variable display. By making the fluctuation pattern different from the fluctuation pattern in the normal state in the reach state, the interest of the game is enhanced. If the display result of the symbol variably displayed on the variable display device does not satisfy the condition for reaching the reach state, the result is "missing" and the variable display state ends. A player plays a game while enjoying how to generate a big hit.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]
It is performed by sound output, lighting / extinguishing of a light-emitting body, display on a display device, or by operation of a character (movable effect device) provided in a game area.

[0007] In the case of performing a game effect by operating a character, the effect is produced by a single character. However, since the effect pattern by the character is limited, there is a problem that the player may be bored. Was. Also, even in the case of performing a game effect with a plurality of characters, since the same thing is provided symmetrically in the game area and the effect is performed by the same operation, various characters corresponding to various game states depending on the character are performed. There is a problem that it is not possible to perform a great game production.

[0008] It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of performing a variety of game effects depending on an accessory.

[0009]

A gaming machine according to the present invention comprises:
A game machine that can be controlled to a specific game state advantageous to a player on condition that the display state of the variable display device (for example, the variable display device 9) is in a specific display mode, and is a movable effect used for a game effect. Apparatus (for example, game production apparatus 25
A, 25B, 29, 30, 33A, 33B), and the plurality of types of movable effect devices have different designs (concepts including shapes, patterns, colors, etc.).

A game control means (for example, CPU 56) for controlling the progress of the game, and an electric component control means (for example, display control CPU 101) for controlling electric parts provided in the game machine in response to a command from the game control means. , A lamp control CPU 351 and a sound control CPU 701), and a movable effect device control means (for example,
CPU 56), and the movable effect device control means may be configured to be included in the game control means.

A plurality of types of movable effect devices may be formed so as to imitate different characters, so that designs are different.

A plurality of types of movable effect devices may have different designs (concepts including size, shape, etc.) so that the designs are different.

By operating the movable staging device,
It is configured to execute advance notice (for example, reach notice, big hit notice, probable change notice) capable of notifying that the display state of the variable display device is in a predetermined display mode (for example, reach, big hit, probable change). Is also good.

[0014] The predetermined display mode may be a reach display mode.

[0015] The predetermined display mode may be a specific display mode.

[0016] The movable staging apparatus may be configured to be capable of performing a plurality of different operations.

Different timings (eg, operation start timing, operation speed, operation interval) for the movable effect device
It may be configured to be able to operate with.

The reliability of the advance notification may be different depending on the type of operation of the movable effect device.

A plurality of movable effect devices can be operated in combination, and the plurality of movable effect devices can be operated in a plurality of different combinations.

The reliability of the advance notice may be different depending on the combination of the movable effect devices that operate.

[0021] The greater the number of movable effect devices that operate in one combination, the higher the reliability of the advance notice may be.

The present invention may be configured to give an instruction to indicate a movable effect device that operates.

[0023] Of the plurality of movable effect devices, the structure may be such that the operation of one movable effect device and the operation of another movable effect device can be operated as if they corresponded.

The operation of the movable effect device and the display content of the variable display device may be operated as if they corresponded to each other.

The electric components (for example, the variable display device 9, the illuminant, and the speaker 27) provided in the gaming machine are configured so that a plurality of types of effects can be performed for one operation of the movable effect device. It may be.

The electronic component control means for controlling the electric parts may be provided so that the electric component control means selects one of the effects from a plurality of types of effects.

[0027]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of a pachinko gaming machine, which is an example of a gaming machine, will be described. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine as viewed from the front (the front part of the game board is not shown), and FIG. 2 is a front view showing the front of the game board. In the following embodiments, a pachinko gaming machine will be described as an example, but the gaming machine according to the present invention is not limited to a pachinko gaming machine, and can be applied to, for example, an image-based gaming machine or a slot machine.

The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes an outer frame (not shown) formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and a game frame attached to the inside of the outer frame so as to be openable and closable. Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 has a glass door frame 2 formed in a frame shape and provided in a game frame so as to be openable and closable. The game frame includes a front frame (not shown) installed to be freely openable and closable with respect to the outer frame, a mechanism plate to which mechanical components and the like are attached, and various components attached to them (excluding a game board described later). And a structure including:

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1
It has a glass door frame 2 formed in a frame shape. On the lower surface of the glass door frame 2, there is a hit ball supply tray (upper tray) 3. A surplus ball receiving tray 4 for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated in the hitting ball supply tray 3 and a hitting operation handle (operation knob) 5 for firing a hitting ball are provided below the hitting ball supply tray 3. Glass door frame 2
A game board 6 is detachably attached to the back of the game board. The game board 6 is a structure that includes a plate-like body constituting the board and various components attached to the plate-like body. A game area 7 is formed on the front of the game board 6.

In the vicinity of the center of the game area 7, there is provided a variable display device (special symbol display device) 9 including a plurality of variable display portions each of which variably displays a symbol as identification information. The variable display device 9 includes, for example, “left”, “middle”,
There are three “right” variable display sections (symbol display areas).
Below the variable display device 9, a start winning port 14 is provided. The winning ball that has entered the start winning port 14 is guided to the back of the game board 6 and detected by the starting port switch 14a. In addition, a variable winning ball device 15 that performs opening and closing operations is provided below the starting winning port 14. Variable winning ball device 1
5 is opened by a solenoid 16.

An opening / closing plate 20 which is opened by a solenoid 21 in a specific game state (big hit state) is provided below the variable winning ball device 15. Opening / closing plate 20
Is a means for opening and closing the special winning opening. One of the winning balls guided to the back of the game board 6 from the opening / closing plate 20 (V winning area)
The winning ball entered is detected by the V winning switch 22, and the winning ball from the opening / closing plate 20 is detected by the count switch 23. On the back of the game board 6, there is also provided a solenoid 21A for switching the route in the special winning opening. On the upper part of the variable display device 9, a special symbol start memory display (hereinafter referred to as a start memory display) 18 composed of four LEDs for displaying the number of effective winning balls in the start winning opening 14, that is, the number of start memories. Is provided. Every time there is a valid start winning, the start memory display 18 increases the number of the lighted LEDs by one.
Each time the variable display of the variable display device 9 is started,
Reduce the number of lit LEDs by one.

When a game ball is won at the gate 32 and detected by the gate switch 32a, the variable display of the display of the ordinary symbol display 10 is started. In this embodiment, the variable display is performed by alternately lighting the left and right lamps (the symbols become visible when lit). For example, when the variable display ends, the left lamp ("O") is turned on. It will be a hit. When the stop symbol on the ordinary symbol display 10 is a predetermined symbol (hit symbol), the variable winning ball device 15 is opened for a predetermined number of times and for a predetermined time. In the vicinity of the normal symbol display 10, a normal symbol start storage display 41 having a display unit of four LEDs for displaying the number of winning balls entering the gate 32 is provided. Each time there is a prize in the gate 32, the ordinary symbol start storage display 41 increases the number of lit LEDs by one. Then, every time the variable display of the ordinary symbol display 10 is started, the number of LEDs to be turned on is decreased by one.

The game area 7 includes a game effect device (movable effect device) 25 (25A) used in various game effects.
And 25B), 29, 30, 33 (33A and 33
B) is provided. Each game production device 25, 29, 3
Reference numerals 0 and 33 are formed so as to have different external shapes, respectively, and are configured to perform different operations. In addition, game production device 25A and game production device 25B
Are formed so as to have different shapes having different sizes and left and right reversed. Furthermore, the game effect device 33A and the game effect device 33B are formed to have different shapes in which the left and right are reversed. As described above, each game effect device 25
A, 25B, 29, 30, 33A, and 33B are formed so as to have different designs (here, shapes such as shapes and sizes). In addition, "the design is different" means
This is a concept that includes different shapes such as shapes and sizes, as well as different colors and patterns. The “different design” also corresponds to, for example, a case where the gaming effect device is formed to imitate a character and the character is different (for example, a case where only the color or pattern is different). . Characters include, for example, objects such as people, animals, plants, and automobiles, imaginary objects, and objects represented by motifs of these persons or animals, and are represented as pictures or structures. Everything that can be done is included. Further, "different shapes" means all cases where appearance shapes are different, for example,
Although different game effect devices are constituted by the same character, the case where the pose of each character is different is also included.

Each of the game effect devices 25A and 25B provided on the left side of the game area 7 is formed in a human shape, and is provided with a solenoid 25 provided on the back of the game board 6.
The hands, feet, and head move according to Aa and 25Ba. Specifically, the game effect devices 25A, 2
When the solenoids 25Aa and 25Ba are repeatedly turned on / off while the stationary state shown in FIG. 3A is in the stationary state shown in FIG. 3A, the operation state shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the game effect devices 25A and 25B are respectively mounted on mounting boards, and are installed in the game area 7 together with the mounting boards. In addition, the mounting substrate is mounted in such a manner that a part thereof overlaps with the launch passage so as not to hinder the passage of the hit ball. Thus, the game area 7 in which the installation area is limited can be effectively used.

The game effect device 29 provided on the right side of the game area 7 is formed so as to have a profile of an animal (for example, a human), and has an eyelid formed by a solenoid 29a provided on the back of the game board 6. Opens and closes, and solenoid 2
The mouth is opened and closed by 9b. Specifically, when the solenoid 29a is turned on when the game effect device 29 is in the state shown in FIG.
The eyelid is closed as shown in FIG.
Is turned on, the mouth is opened as shown in FIG. 3 (D). When the solenoid 29a is turned off, the eyelids return to the open state as shown in FIG. 3C, and when the solenoid 29b is turned off, the mouth returns to the closed state as shown in FIG. 3C. Note that the game effect device 29 is attached along a firing rail arranged on the outer periphery of the game area. Thus, the game area 7 in which the installation area is limited can be effectively used.
Most of the right side of the game area 7 is an installation area of the game effect device 29, which is configured to have no winning opening or the like. Therefore, as shown in FIG. Nails are arranged to block the passage of That is, the right side of the game area 7 is a dedicated area for installing the game effect device.

The game effect devices 33A and 33B provided on the left and right sides of the opening / closing plate 20 in the game area 7 are each formed in a human shape with a handgun in their hands, and are provided on the back of the game board 6. The hands, feet, and head are operated by the solenoids 33Aa and 33Ba that are provided, and a solenoid (not shown) for turning over the game effect device 33A and a fall solenoid for turning the game effect device 33B are provided. ) To fall sideways. The muzzle portions of the pistols constituting the game effect devices 33A and 33B have LEDs 34a and 34a, respectively.
34b are provided. Specifically, the game effect device 3
When the solenoid 33Aa is repeatedly turned on / off while the stationary state illustrated in FIG. 4A is in the stationary state illustrated in FIG. 4A, the operation state illustrated in FIG. Further, when the gaming effect device 33A is in the operating state, the LED 34a is controlled so as to light or blink. Also, when the game production device 33A is in the stationary state shown in FIG. 4A and the falling solenoid is turned on, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the vehicle falls down sideways and falls.

The game effect device 30 provided on the upper part of the variable display device 9 is formed in a box shape imitating a treasure box, and has a solenoid 30a provided on the back surface of the game board 6.
The opening / closing of the lid of the box is thereby performed. Specifically, when the game production device 30 is in the stationary state shown in FIG.
The lid is in an open state as shown in FIG. When the solenoid 30 is turned off, the lid returns to the closed state shown in FIG.

In the above example, each of the game effect devices 25
A, 25B, 29, 30, 33A, and 33B are configured to operate by solenoids, but other motors such as motors (in this case, they may be used in combination with gears or cams) are used. It may be configured to operate using members.

Further, on the left side of the upper part of the game area 7, there is provided a game effect part 36 whose board is cut out in the shape of the sun. The game effect part 36 performs an effect by illuminating the sun with a back lamp 36a provided on the back surface of the game board 6. Specifically, when the game effect device 36 is in the light-off state shown in FIG.
When the back lamp 36a is turned on and light is applied from the back of the portion cut out in the shape of the sun, the sun appears to be shining as shown in FIG. 4 (G).

Further, on the upper left and right sides outside the game area 7,
Two speakers 27 that emit sound effects are provided.
A top frame lamp 28a, a left frame lamp 28b, and a right frame lamp 28c are provided on the outer periphery of the game area 7. Further, decorative LEDs are installed around each structure (such as a special winning opening) in the game area 7. Ceiling lamp 28a,
The left frame lamp 28b, the right frame lamp 28c, and the decorative LED are examples of a decorative illuminant provided in the gaming machine.

In this example, the prize ball lamp 51 is turned on when there is a remaining prize ball near the left frame lamp 28b.
Is provided, and near the top frame lamp 28a, a ball-out lamp 52 that is turned on when the supply ball has run out is provided.
Further, FIG. 1 also shows a card unit 50 that is installed adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine 1 and that allows a ball to be lent by inserting a prepaid card.

The card unit 50 has a usable indicator lamp 151 for indicating whether or not the card unit 50 is in a usable state, and a link stand direction indicator for indicating which side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 the card unit 50 corresponds to. 153, a card insertion indicator 154 for indicating that a card is inserted into the card unit 50, a card insertion slot 155 for inserting a card as a recording medium, and a card reader provided on the back of the card insertion slot 155. A card unit lock 156 is provided for opening the card unit 50 when checking the mechanism of the writer.

The game ball fired from the hitting ball launching device enters the game area 7 through the hitting ball rail, and then descends from the game area 7. When a hit ball enters the starting winning opening 14 and is detected by the starting opening switch 14a, the special display starts variable display (variation) on the variable display device 9 if the variable display of the symbol can be started. If it is not in a state where the variable display of the symbol can be started, the number of start storages is increased by one.

The variable display of the special symbol on the variable display device 9 stops when a certain time has elapsed. If the combination of the special symbols at the time of stopping is a big hit symbol, the game shifts to a big hit gaming state. That is, the opening / closing plate 20 is opened until a predetermined time elapses or until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of hit balls is won. Then, when a hit ball wins in the V winning area while the opening and closing plate 20 is open and is detected by the V winning switch 22, a continuation right is generated and the opening and closing plate 20 is opened again. Generation of the continuation right is permitted a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 rounds).

A special symbol combination in the variable display device 9 at the time of stoppage is a big hit symbol with a probability variation (probably variable symbol).
, The probability of the next big hit increases. That is, it is a more advantageous state for the player, which is a probable change state.

When the ball hits the gate 32, the ordinary symbol display device 10 enters a state where the ordinary symbol is variably displayed. When the stop symbol on the ordinary symbol display 10 is a predetermined symbol (hit symbol), the variable winning ball device 15
Is open for a predetermined time. Furthermore, in the probable state,
The probability that the stop symbol in the ordinary symbol display 10 hits the symbol will be increased, and the opening time and the number of times the variable winning ball device 15 will be opened will be increased. That is, the opening time and the number of times of opening of the variable winning ball device 15 are in a hit state,
It is raised in the case of a certain change state or the like, and changes from a disadvantageous state to a beneficial state for the player. The increase in the number of times of opening means that, for example, a member that does not normally perform the opening operation performs the opening operation (for example, becomes an open state).
It is a concept that also includes

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a circuit configuration of the main board 31. FIG. 5 also shows the payout control board 37, the lamp control board 35, the sound control board 70, the emission control board 91, and the display control board 80.
The pachinko machine 1 is provided on the main board 31 according to the program.
, A gate switch 32a, a starting port switch 14a, a V winning switch 22, a count switch 23, a winning port switch 24a, and a full tank switch 4.
8, Ball out switch 187, Prize ball count switch 30
A switch circuit 58 for giving a signal from the 1A and clear switch 921 to the basic circuit 53;
, The solenoid 21A for opening and closing the opening and closing plate 20, the solenoid 21A for switching the path in the winning opening, the solenoids 25Aa and 25Ba for operating the game effect devices 25A and 25B, and the eyelids of the game effect device 29. Solenoid 29a that opens and closes, game effect device 2
Solenoid 29b for opening and closing the mouth of the game 9 and the game production device 30
Solenoid 30a for opening and closing the lid of the vehicle, and a solenoid 33A for operating the game effect devices 33A and 33B.
a and a solenoid circuit 59 for driving 33Ba in accordance with a command from the basic circuit 53. In addition, the solenoid circuit 59 operates according to a command from the basic circuit 53.
It also drives a falling solenoid (not shown) for performing the overturning operation of the game effect devices 33A and 33B.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, the count switch short-circuit signal is also transmitted to the basic circuit 53 via the switch circuit 58. Further, a gate switch 32a, a starting port switch 14a, a V winning switch 22, a count switch 23, a winning port switch 24a, a full tank switch 4
8, Ball out switch 187, Prize ball count switch 30
The switch such as 1A may be called a sensor. That is, any name can be used as long as it is a game medium detecting means (game ball detecting means in this example) capable of detecting a game ball.

According to the data provided from the basic circuit 53, the jackpot information indicating the occurrence of a jackpot, the effective start information indicating the number of start winning balls used to start variable display of symbols on the variable display device 9, and the probability fluctuation are obtained. An information output circuit 64 for outputting an information output signal such as probability change information indicating occurrence to an external device such as a hall computer is mounted.

The basic circuit 53 includes a ROM 54 for storing a game control program and the like, a RAM 55 as storage means (variable data storage means) used as a work data area (work area) and a stack area (evacuation area),
CPU 56 and I which perform a control operation according to a program
/ O port section 57 is included. In this embodiment, the ROM
The RAM 55 and the RAM 55 are built in the CPU 56. That is, the CPU 56 is a one-chip microcomputer. The one-chip microcomputer only needs to have at least the RAM 55 therein, and the ROM 54 and the I / O port unit 57 may be external or internal.

A part or all of the RAM (may be a RAM with a built-in CPU) 55 is a backup RAM that is backed up by a backup power supply created on the power supply board 910. That is, even if the power supply to the gaming machine is stopped,
Some or all of the contents of 55 are saved.

A hit ball firing device that hits and fires a game ball is driven by a drive motor 94 controlled by a circuit on a firing control board 91. Then, the driving force of the driving motor 94 is adjusted according to the operation amount of the operation knob 5. That is, the circuit on the firing control board 91 is controlled so that the hit ball is fired at a speed corresponding to the operation amount of the operation knob 5.

In this embodiment, the lamp control means mounted on the lamp control board 35 includes the start memory display 18 provided on the game board, the ordinary symbol start memory display 41, the LEDs 34a, 34b, And display control of the back lamp 36a, and the top frame lamp 28a, the left frame lamp 28b, and the right frame lamp 2 provided on the frame side.
8c, display control of the award ball lamp 51 and the ball out lamp 52 is performed. The display control of the variable display device 9 for variably displaying special symbols and the normal symbol display 10 for variably displaying ordinary symbols is performed by display control means mounted on the display control board 80.

FIG. 6 shows a circuit configuration in the display control board 80, in which an LCD (liquid crystal display) 82, which is an example of the variable display device 9, an ordinary symbol display 10, and an output port (port 0) of the main board 31. , 2) are block diagrams shown together with 570, 572 and output buffer circuits 620, 62A.
Output port (output port 2) 572 outputs 8-bit data, and output port 570 outputs a 1-bit strobe signal (INT signal).

The display control CPU 101 controls the control data R
It operates according to the program stored in the OM 102, and receives an INT signal from the main board 31 via the noise filter 107 and the input buffer circuit 105B, and receives a display control command via the input buffer circuit 105A. As the input buffer circuits 105A and 105B, for example, 74HC540 and 74HC14, which are general-purpose ICs, can be used. When the display control CPU 101 does not include an I / O port, an I / O port is provided between the input buffer circuits 105A and 105B and the display control CPU 101.

Then, the display control CPU 101 controls the display of the screen displayed on the LCD 82 according to the received display control command. Specifically, a command corresponding to the display control command is given to the VDP 103. VDP103
Reads necessary data from the character ROM 86. The VDP 103 controls the LCD 8 according to the input data.
2 to generate image data to be displayed on the LCD 2, and output R, G, B signals and a synchronization signal to the LCD 82.

FIG. 6 also shows a reset circuit 83 for resetting the VDP 103, an oscillating circuit 85 for supplying an operation clock to the VDP 103, and a character ROM 86 for storing frequently used image data. The frequently used image data stored in the character ROM 86 is, for example, a person, an animal, or an image composed of characters, figures, or symbols displayed on the LCD 82.

The input buffer circuits 105A and 105B
The signal can be passed only in the direction from the main board 31 to the display control board 80. Therefore, the display control board 8
There is no room for a signal to be transmitted from the 0 side to the main board 31 side. That is, the input buffer circuits 105A and 105B together with the input ports constitute irreversible information input means. Even if a circuit in the display control board 80 is tampered with, a signal output by the tampering is not transmitted to the main board 31 side.

Although the outputs of the output ports 570 and 572 may be output to the display control board 80 as they are, the output buffer circuits 620 and 62A capable of transmitting signals only in one direction.
, The main board 31 to the display control board 8
One-way signal transmission to 0 can be more reliably performed. That is, the output buffer circuits 620 and 62A together constitute an irreversible information output unit with the output ports.

For example, a three-terminal capacitor or a ferrite bead is used as the noise filter 107 for cutting off the high-frequency signal. The effect is eliminated. Note that a noise filter may be provided on the output side of the buffer circuits 620 and 62A of the main board 31.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a signal transmitting / receiving portion in the main board 31 and the lamp control board 35.
In this embodiment, a top frame lamp 28a, a left frame lamp 28b, and a right frame lamp 28c provided outside the game area 7, and a back lamp 36 provided on the game board.
The main board 31 outputs a lamp control command from the main board 31 to the lamp control board 35, indicating that the LED a and the LEDs 34a and 34b are turned on and off, and that the award ball lamp 51 and the ball out lamp 52 are on and off. Further, a lamp control command indicating the number of lighting of the start storage display 18 and the gate passage storage display 41 is also output from the main board 31 to the lamp control board 35.

As shown in FIG. 7, the lamp control commands related to the lamp control are output ports (output ports 0, 3) 570, 5 of the I / O port unit 57 in the basic circuit 53.
73. Output port (output port 3) 57
3 outputs 8-bit data, and output port 570 is 1
It outputs a bit INT signal. In the lamp control board 35, a control command from the main board 31 is transmitted to the CPU for lamp control via input buffer circuits 355A and 355B.
351. When the lamp control CPU 351 does not include an I / O port, an I / O port is provided between the input buffer circuits 355A and 355B and the lamp control CPU 351.

In the lamp control board 35, the lamp control CPU 351 turns on / off the top frame lamp 28a, the left frame lamp 28b, the right frame lamp 28c, the back lamp 36a, and the LEDs 34a and 34b defined according to each control command. According to the light-off pattern, the top frame lamp 28a, the left frame lamp 28b, the right frame lamp 28c, and the back lamp 36
a, outputs a light-on / light-off signal to the LEDs 34a and 34b. The on / off signal includes a top frame lamp 28a, a left frame lamp 28b, a right frame lamp 28c, a back lamp 36a,
Output to the LEDs 34a and 34b. The light-on / light-off pattern is stored in a built-in ROM or an external ROM of the lamp control CPU 351.

On the main board 31, the CPU 56
When there is an unpaid prize ball remaining in the memory content of M55, a control command for instructing lighting of the prize ball lamp 51 is output, and a ball-out switch installed upstream of the payout ball passage on the back of the game board is used for the game. When the ball is no longer detected, a control command for instructing lighting of the ball out lamp 52 is output. In the lamp control board 35, each control command is sent to the CPU 351 for lamp control via the input buffer circuits 355A and 355B.
To enter. The lamp control CPU 351 turns on / off the prize ball lamp 51 and the ball out lamp 52 according to the control commands. The light-on / light-off pattern is stored in a built-in ROM or an external ROM of the lamp control CPU 351.

Further, the lamp control CPU 351 outputs a light-on / light-off signal to the start storage display 18 and the gate passage storage display 41 according to the control command.

As the input buffer circuits 355A and 355B, for example, 74HC54 which is a general-purpose CMOS-IC
0,74HC14 is used. Input buffer circuit 35
5A and 355B are connected to the lamp control board 35 from the main board 31.
The signal can be passed only in the direction toward. Therefore, there is no room for a signal to be transmitted from the lamp control board 35 side to the main board 31 side. For example, even if a circuit in the lamp control board 35 is tampered with, a signal output by the tampering is not transmitted to the main board 31 side. Note that a noise filter may be provided on the input side of the input buffer circuits 355A and 355B.

In the main board 31, the output port 5
Buffer circuits 620 and 63A are provided outside 70 and 573. As the buffer circuits 620 and 63A, for example, 74HC250 and 7HC which are general-purpose CMOS-ICs
4HC14 is used. According to such a configuration, since a signal input from the outside to the inside of the main board 31 is blocked, a signal line to which a signal may be supplied from the lamp control board 70 to the main board 31 is more reliably eliminated. be able to. Note that a noise filter may be provided on the output side of the buffer circuits 620 and 63A.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the voice control command signal transmitting portion of the main board 31 and the voice control board 70. In this embodiment, according to the progress of the game, the voice control command for instructing the voice output of the speaker 27 provided outside the game area 7 is:
It is output from the main board 31 to the voice control board 70.

As shown in FIG. 8, the voice control command is
The data is output from output ports (output ports 0, 4) 570, 574 of the I / O port unit 57 in the basic circuit 53.
Output port (output port 4) 574 outputs 8-bit data, and output port 570 outputs 1-bit I
An NT signal is output. In the audio control board 70, each signal from the main board 31 is supplied to the input buffer circuit 705A,
The data is input to the CPU 701 for voice control via 705B.
If the audio control CPU 701 does not have an I / O port, the input buffer circuits 705A, 705
An I / O port is provided between B and the voice control CPU 701.

The voice synthesizing circuit 702 using, for example, a digital signal processor is
The sound and the sound effect corresponding to the instruction 01 are generated and output to the volume switching circuit 703. The volume switching circuit 703 sets the output level of the voice control CPU 701 to a level corresponding to the set volume and outputs the output level to the volume amplification circuit 704. The volume amplification circuit 704 outputs the amplified audio signal to the speaker 27.

As the input buffer circuits 705A and 705B, for example, 74HC54 which is a general-purpose CMOS-IC
0,74HC14 is used. Input buffer circuit 70
5A and 705B can pass signals only in the direction from the main board 31 to the voice control board 70. Therefore, there is no room for a signal to be transmitted from the voice control board 70 side to the main board 31 side. Therefore, even if a circuit in the voice control board 70 is tampered with, a signal output by the tampering is not transmitted to the main board 31 side. Note that a noise filter may be provided on the input side of the input buffer circuits 705A and 705B.

In the main board 31, the output port 5
Buffer circuits 620 and 67A are provided outside 70 and 574. As the buffer circuits 620 and 67A, for example, 74HC250 and 7HC which are general-purpose CMOS-ICs
4HC14 is used. According to such a configuration, since a signal input from the outside to the inside of the main board 31 is blocked, a signal line to which a signal may be supplied from the voice control board 70 to the main board 31 is more reliably eliminated. be able to. Note that a noise filter may be provided on the output side of the buffer circuits 620 and 67A.

As described above, in order to send commands to the payout control board 37, the display control board 80, the lamp control board 35, and the voice control board 70, an INT signal is output from the output port (output port 0) 570 of the main board 31. Is output to each electric component control board. In this case, for example, the output port 570 has an 8-bit configuration, bit 0 is an INT signal to the payout control board 37, and bit 1 is the display control board 80.
Signal to the lamp control board 35
The NT signal, bit 3 is used for outputting the INT signal to the audio control board 70.

Next, the operation of the gaming machine will be described. FIG.
Is a flowchart showing main processing executed by game control means (CPU 56 and peripheral circuits such as ROM and RAM) on the main board 31. When the power is turned on to the gaming machine and the input level of the reset terminal becomes high level, the CPU 56 starts the main processing after step S1. In the main process, the CPU 56 first performs necessary initial settings.

In the initial setting process, the CPU 56 first sets interrupt prohibition (step S1). Next, the interrupt mode is set to the interrupt mode 2 (step S2), and the stack pointer designated address is set to the stack pointer (step S3). Then, the internal device registers are initialized (step S4). After initializing a built-in device (built-in peripheral circuit) CTC (counter / timer) and PIO (parallel input / output port) (step S5), the RAM is set to an accessible state (step S6).

CPU 56 used in this embodiment
Incorporates an I / O port (PIO) and a timer / counter circuit (CTC). Also, CTC has two external clock / timer trigger inputs CLK / TRG2, 3
And two timer outputs ZC / TO0,1.

CPU 5 used in this embodiment
6, the following three modes are prepared as maskable interrupt modes. When an interrupt that can be masked occurs, the CPU 56 automatically sets the interrupt disabled state and saves the contents of the program counter on the stack.

Interrupt mode 0: The built-in device that has issued the interrupt request receives an RST instruction (1 byte) or a CALL instruction (3 bytes).
Byte) on the internal data bus of the CPU. Therefore, the CPU 56 executes the instruction at the address corresponding to the RST instruction or the address specified by the CALL instruction. Upon reset, CPU 56 automatically switches to interrupt mode 0
become. Therefore, when it is desired to set the mode to the interrupt mode 1 or the interrupt mode 2, it is necessary to perform a process for setting the mode to the interrupt mode 1 or the interrupt mode 2 in the initial setting process.

Interrupt mode 1: When an interrupt is accepted,
In this mode, the camera always jumps to the address 0038 (h).

Interrupt mode 2: The address synthesized from the value (1 byte) of the specific register (I register) of the CPU 56 and the interrupt vector (1 byte: least significant bit 0) output from the built-in device is the interrupt address. Mode. That is, the interrupt address is an address indicated by 2 bytes in which the upper address is the value of the specific register and the lower address is the interrupt vector. Therefore, an interrupt process can be set at an arbitrary (albeit skipped) even address. Each built-in device has a function of sending an interrupt vector when making an interrupt request.

Therefore, when the interrupt mode 2 is set, it is possible to easily process an interrupt request from each built-in device, and it is possible to set an interrupt process at an arbitrary position in a program. Will be possible. Further, unlike the interrupt mode 1, it is easy to prepare an interrupt process for each interrupt occurrence factor. As described above, in this embodiment, the CPU 56 is set to the interrupt mode 2 in step S2 of the initial setting process.

Next, the CPU 56 checks the state of the output signal of the clear switch 921 input via the input port only once (step S7). If ON is detected in the confirmation, the CPU 56 executes a normal initialization process (steps S11 to S15).
When the clear switch 921 is on (when pressed), a low-level clear switch signal is output. Note that, for example, the game clerk can easily execute the initialization process by starting power supply to the game machine while turning on the clear switch 921. That is, the RAM can be cleared.

If the clear switch 921 is not in the ON state, data protection processing of the backup RAM area (for example, processing for stopping power supply such as addition of parity data) is performed when power supply to the gaming machine is stopped. It is confirmed whether or not it has been performed (step S8). In this embodiment, when the power supply is stopped, a process for protecting the data in the backup RAM area is performed. The case where such protection processing has been performed is regarded as backup. After confirming that such a protection process has not been performed, the CPU 56 executes an initialization process.

In this embodiment, the backup RAM
Whether or not there is backup data in the area is confirmed by the state of the backup flag set in the backup RAM area in the power supply stop processing. In this example, as shown in FIG. 10, if “55H” is set in the backup flag area, it means that there is a backup (on state), and if a value other than “55H” is set, there is no backup (off). State).

When the backup is confirmed, the CPU 5
No. 6 performs data check (parity check in this example) of the backup RAM area (step S9). In this embodiment, clear data (00) is set in a checksum data area, and a checksum calculation start address is set in a pointer. In addition, the number of checksum calculations corresponding to the number of data to be checked is set. Then, an exclusive OR of the contents of the checksum data area and the contents of the RAM area pointed to by the pointer is calculated. The calculation result is stored in the checksum data area, the value of the pointer is increased by one, and the value of the number of checksum calculations is decremented by one. The above process is repeated until the value of the number of checksum calculations becomes zero. When the number of checksum calculation times becomes 0, the CPU 56 inverts the value of each bit of the contents of the checksum data area,
The inverted data is used as a checksum.

In the power supply stop processing, a checksum is calculated by the same processing as described above, and the checksum is stored in the backup RAM area. In step S9, the calculated checksum is compared with the stored checksum. If power is restored after an unexpected power outage or other power outage, backup RA
Since the data in the M area should be stored, the check result (comparison result) becomes normal (match). If the check result is not normal, it means that the data in the backup RAM area is different from the data when the power supply is stopped. In such a case, since the internal state cannot be returned to the state at the time of stopping the power supply, the initialization processing executed at the time of turning on the power and not at the time of recovery from the stop of the power supply is executed.

If the check result is normal, the CPU 56
Performs a game state restoration process for returning the internal state of the game control means and the control state of the electric component control means such as the display control means to the state at the time of stopping the power supply (step S10). Then, the saved value of the PC (program counter) stored in the backup RAM area is set in the PC, and the program returns to that address.

As described above, the backup RA and the check data such as the checksum are used for the backup RA.
By confirming whether or not the data in the M area is stored, the gaming state can be accurately returned to the state at the time of stopping the power supply. That is, the reliability of the state restoration processing based on the data in the backup RAM area is improved. In this embodiment, whether or not the data in the backup RAM area is stored is confirmed by using both the backup flag and the check data. However, only one of them may be used. That is, one of the backup flag and the check data may be used as a trigger for executing the state restoration processing.

If "backup available" is not confirmed according to the state of the backup flag, the initialization process described later is performed without performing the game state restoration process described later. It is possible to prevent the game state restoring process from being executed in spite of the fact that it is not performed, and it is possible to return the control state to the initial state by the initialization process.

Further, if the result of the check using the check data is not normal, the initialization process described later is performed without performing the game state restoration process described later. It is possible to prevent the game state restoration processing from being executed based on the backup data having different contents,
The control state can be returned to the initial state by the initialization processing.

In the initialization processing, the CPU 56 first sets R
An AM clear process is performed (step S11). In addition, a predetermined work area (for example, a normal symbol determination random number counter, a normal symbol determination buffer, a special symbol left middle right symbol buffer,
Special symbol process flag, payout command storage pointer,
A work area setting process of setting an initial value to a prize ball flag, a ball out flag, a payout stop flag, or the like, for selectively performing a process according to a control state (step S1)
2). Further, a process of transmitting a payout permission state designating command (hereinafter, referred to as a payable state designation command) indicating that the payout from the ball payout device 97 is possible is performed to the payout control board 37 (step S13). . Also,
Other sub-boards (lamp control board 35, sound control board 70,
A process of transmitting an initialization command for initializing the display control board 80) to each sub-board is executed (step S1).
4). As the initialization command, a command indicating the initial symbol displayed on the variable display device 9 (for the display control board 80) or a command for turning off the prize ball lamp 51 and the ball out lamp 52 (for the lamp control board 35). And).

Then, the register of the CTC provided in the CPU 56 is set so that the timer is interrupted periodically every 2 ms (step S15). That is,
A value corresponding to 2 ms is set in a predetermined register (time constant register) as an initial value.

Execution of initialization processing (steps S11 to S1)
When 5) is completed, the display random number updating process (step S17) and the initial value random number updating process (step S18) are repeatedly executed in the main process. When the display random number update process and the initial value random number update process are executed, the interrupt is prohibited (step S16), and when the display random number update process and the initial value random number update process are completed, the interrupt is enabled. Is performed (step S19). The display random number is a random number for determining a symbol to be displayed on the variable display device 9, and the display random number update process is a process of updating a count value of a counter for generating a display random number. . The initial value random number updating process is a process of updating the count value of a counter for generating the initial value random number. The initial value random number is a random number for determining an initial value of a count value of a counter (a jackpot determination random number generation counter) for generating a random number for determining whether or not to make a big hit. In the game control process described later, when the count value of the big hit determination random number generation counter makes one round, an initial value is set in the counter.

When the display random number updating process is executed, the interrupt is prohibited because the display random number updating process is also executed in the timer interrupt process described later. This is to avoid competing with. That is, if a timer interrupt occurs during the process of step S17 and the count value of the counter for generating the display random number is updated during the timer interrupt process, the continuity of the count value is lost. There are cases. However, such an inconvenience does not occur if the interrupt is prohibited during the processing in step S17.

When a timer interrupt occurs, the CPU 56
After performing the register save processing (step S20), the game control processing of steps S21 to S32 shown in FIG. 11 is executed. In the game control process, the CPU 56 first
Through the switch circuit 58, detection signals of switches such as the gate switch 32a, the starting port switch 14a, the count switch 23, and the winning port switch 24a are input, and their states are determined (switch processing: step S2).
1).

Next, various abnormality diagnosis processes are performed by the self-diagnosis function provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1, and an alarm is issued if necessary according to the result (error process: step S22).

Next, a process of updating the count value of each counter for generating each judgment random number such as a big hit judgment random number used for game control is performed (step S23).
The CPU 56 further performs a process of updating the count value of the counter for generating the display random number and the initial value random number (steps S24 and S25).

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing each random number. Each random number is used as follows. (1) Random 1: Determine whether or not to generate a big hit (for big hit determination = for special symbol determination) (2) Random 2-1 to 2-3: For left and right middle missing symbol determination (3) Random 3: Determine the combination of symbols at the time of big hit (for big hit symbol determination = for special symbol determination) (4) Random 4: If reach, determine the content of reach effect (for reach effect determination) (5) Random 5 ： Determine whether or not to perform the advance notice,
In the case of performing the reach announcement, the effect contents are also determined (for reach announcement determination) (6) Random 6: It is determined whether or not to perform the jackpot announcement,
In the case of performing a jackpot notice, the effect contents are also determined (for jackpot notice determination). (7) Random 7: It is determined whether or not to perform the probable change notice, and in the case of performing the probable change notice, the effect contents are also determined ( (8) Random 8: Decide whether or not to perform re-lottery in the case of a big hit (for re-lottery determination)

Note that random numbers other than the random numbers (1) to (8) (for example, random numbers for initial value determination) are also used to enhance the game effect. In addition, for example, the random numbers (1) to (8) are not synchronized with each other by, for example, periodically setting an initial value (for example, an initial value determined for each random number) to each random number. Is desirable. In step S23, the CPU 56 determines (1) the random number for jackpot determination, (3) the random number for jackpot symbol determination,
(4) random number for reach effect determination, (5) random number for advance notice determination, (6) random number for jackpot advance notice determination, (7) random number for advance notice notice determination, and (8) random number for re-lottery determination Of the counter for generating (1) is performed. That is, these are the random numbers for determination, and the other random numbers are the random numbers for display.

Further, the CPU 56 performs a special symbol process (step S26). In the special symbol process control, a corresponding process is selected and executed according to a special symbol process flag for controlling the pachinko gaming machine 1 in a predetermined order according to a gaming state. Then, the value of the special symbol process flag is updated during each processing according to the gaming state. Further, a normal symbol process is performed (step S27). In the normal symbol process process, a corresponding process is selected and executed according to a normal symbol process flag for controlling the display state of the normal symbol display 10 in a predetermined order. And the value of the normal symbol process flag is
It is updated during each process according to the game state.

Next, the CPU 56 sets a display control command relating to the special symbol in a predetermined area of the RAM 55 and performs a process of transmitting the display control command (special symbol command control process: step S28). Further, a display control command relating to a normal symbol is set in a predetermined area of the RAM 55, and a process of transmitting the display control command is performed (ordinary symbol command control process: step S29).

Further, the CPU 56 performs an information output process of outputting data such as jackpot information, start information, and probability variation information supplied to the hall management computer (step S30).

Further, the CPU 56 issues a drive command to the solenoid circuit 59 when a predetermined condition is satisfied (step S31). The variable winning ball device 15 or the opening / closing plate 20 is opened or closed, the game ball passage in the big winning opening is switched, the game effect devices 25A, 25B, 29, 3
0, 33A and 33B are operated by the solenoid circuit 59 in response to the drive command.
1,21A, 25Aa, 25Ba, 29a, 29b, 3
0a, 33Aa, 33Ba and the solenoid for tipping over are driven.

Then, the CPU 56 sets the winning opening switch 2
A prize ball process for setting the number of prize balls based on the detection signal of 4a is executed (step S32). More specifically, a payout control command indicating the number of winning balls is output to the payout control board 37 in response to a winning detection based on the turning on of the winning opening switch 24a. The payout control CPU 371 mounted on the payout control board 37 drives the ball payout device 97 according to a payout control command indicating the number of winning balls. afterwards,
The contents of the register are restored (step S33), and the interrupt permission state is set (step S34).

With the above control, in this embodiment, the game control process is started every 2 ms.
In this embodiment, the game control process is executed in the timer interrupt process. However, in the timer interrupt process, for example, only a flag indicating that an interrupt has occurred is set.
The game control process may be executed in the main process.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the middle left and right symbols used in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 13, in this embodiment, each of the symbols displayed as the right and left middle symbols is the same 10 symbols in the left and right. Design number 0
Is displayed next, the symbol of symbol number 9 is displayed. And the middle left and right symbols are, for example, "1",
A high-probability state is established when stopping at "3", "5", "7" or "9". That is, they become probable symbols.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of a special symbol processing program executed by the CPU 56. The special symbol processing shown in FIG.
Is a specific process of step S26 in the flowchart of FIG. When performing the special symbol process process, the CPU 56 performs a variation reduction timer subtraction process (step S311), and then performs steps S300 to S300 according to the internal state.
One of the processes of 310 is performed. The fluctuation shortening timer is a timer for setting the fluctuation time when the fluctuation time of the special symbol is shortened.

Special symbol change waiting process (step S30)
0): Start-up switch 14 after hitting the ball in the start-up prize port 14
Wait for 4a to turn on. When the start port switch 14a is turned on, if the number of stored start winnings is not full, the number of stored start winnings is incremented by one and a random number for determining a jackpot is extracted.

Special symbol determination processing (step S301):
When the state in which the variable display of the special symbol can be started, the number of start winning prize stored is confirmed. If the starting prize memory number is not 0,
It is determined whether to make a big hit or an out according to the value of the extracted big hit determining random number. If it is determined to be a jackpot, it is determined whether or not to change the probability according to the value of the random number for jackpot symbol determination, and also to determine whether or not to perform re-lottery according to the value of the random number for re-lottery determination. I do.

Stop symbol setting process (step S302):
The stop symbol of the left and right middle symbols is determined.

Reach operation setting processing (step S30)
3): It is determined whether or not to perform the reach operation based on the combination of the left and right stopped symbols, and if it is decided to reach, the content of the reach effect is determined according to the value of the reach effect determination random number. I do.

Variation mode determination processing (step S304):
It is determined whether or not to perform the reach announcement according to the value of the reach announcement determination random number (if the reach announcement is to be made, the effect contents are also determined). In addition, it is determined whether or not to perform the jackpot notice according to the value of the random number for the jackpot notice determination (if the jackpot notice is given, the effect contents are also determined). It is determined whether or not to give a notice (if a probable change notice is given, the effect contents are also decided). Then, depending on the decision result of whether or not to make a jackpot, whether to make a probable change, whether to make a jackpot notice, whether to make a reach notice, whether to make a probable change notice, etc. decide. Upon completion of the processing, the internal state (process flag) is updated so as to shift to step S305.

All symbols change start processing (step S30)
5): The variable display device 9 is controlled so that all symbols start to change. At this time, the right and left middle final stop symbols and information instructing the variation mode are transmitted to the display control board 80. Upon completion of the process, the internal state (process flag) is updated so as to shift to step S306.

All symbols stop waiting processing (step S30)
6): When a predetermined time (time indicated by the fluctuation reduction timer in step S311) elapses, control is performed so that all symbols displayed on the variable display device 9 are stopped. At this time, information for instructing the display control board 80 to stop all symbols is transmitted. If the stopped symbol is a combination of big hit symbols, the internal state (process flag) is updated so as to shift to step S307. If not, the internal state is updated to shift to step S300.

Opening process of opening the special winning opening (step S30)
7): Control for opening the special winning opening is started. Specifically, the counter and the flag are initialized, and the solenoid 21 is driven to open the special winning opening. The execution time of the special winning opening process is set by the process timer, and the big hit flag (flag indicating that the big hit is being played) is set.
Do the set. Upon completion of the processing, the internal state (process flag) is updated so as to shift to step S308.

Processing during opening of the special winning opening (step S30)
8): Control for transmitting display control command data for the special winning opening round display to the display control board 80, processing for confirming establishment of the closing condition of the special winning opening, and the like are performed. When the final closing condition of the special winning opening is satisfied, the internal state is updated so as to shift to step S309.

Specific area effective time processing (step S30)
9): The presence or absence of the passage of the V winning switch 22 is monitored, and a process of confirming the establishment of the big hit game state continuation condition is performed. If the condition of continuing the big hit gaming state is satisfied and there are still remaining rounds, the internal state is updated so as to shift to step S307. If the big hit game state continuation condition is not satisfied within the predetermined effective time, or if all rounds have been completed, the internal state is set to step S
Update to move to 310.

Big hit end processing (step S310): A display for notifying the player that the big hit gaming state has ended is performed. When the display is completed, the internal state is updated so as to shift to step S300.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a process for judging that the hit ball has won the starting winning opening 14. When the hit ball wins the starting winning port 14 provided in the game board 6, the starting port switch 14a is turned on. For example, in the special symbol change waiting process in step S300 of the special symbol process process, when the CPU 56 determines that the starting port switch 14a has been turned on via the switch circuit 58 as shown in FIG. It is checked whether or not the winning storage number has reached the maximum value of 4 (step S42). If the number of memorized start winnings has not reached 4, the number of memorized start winnings is increased by 1 (step S43), and the value of each random number such as the random number for jackpot determination is extracted. Then, they are stored in the random number value storage area corresponding to the value of the number of stored winning prizes (step S44). If the number of stored start winnings has reached 4, the process of increasing the number of stored start winnings is not performed. That is, in this embodiment, a maximum of 4
The number of hit balls that have been won in each of the starting winning ports 14 can be stored.

In the special symbol process of step S26, the CPU 56 confirms the value of the number of start winning combinations as shown in FIG. 16 (step S51). If the start winning prize memory number is not 0, the value stored in the random number storage area corresponding to the start prize storing number = 1 is read out (step S52), and the value of the starting prize storing number is reduced by one.
In addition, the value of each random value storage area is shifted (step S53). That is, the number of starting winning memories = n (n = 2,
Each value stored in the random number value storage area corresponding to (3, 4) is stored in the random number value storage area corresponding to the number of startup winning storage = n-1.

Then, the CPU 56 determines the hit / miss based on the value read in step S52, that is, the value of the extracted random number for jackpot determination (step S54). Here, the big hit determination random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 299. As shown in FIG. 17, when the probability is low, for example, when the value is “3”, “big hit”
Is determined, and if the value is any other value, it is determined as “outside”. When the probability is high, for example, the values are “3”, “7”,
If it is one of "79", "103", and "107", it is determined as "big hit", and if it is any other value, it is determined as "out".

If it is determined that the big hit is determined, a big hit symbol determining random number (random 3) is extracted and a big hit symbol is determined according to the value (step S55). In this embodiment, each symbol of the symbol number set in the big hit symbol table according to the value of the extracted random 3 is determined as the big hit symbol. With this determination, it is determined whether or not to change the probability. In the big hit symbol table, a left and right middle symbol number corresponding to each of a plurality of combinations of the big hit symbols is set. Next, the CPU 56
A random number for re-lottery determination (random 7) is extracted, and it is determined whether or not to perform a re-lottery effect according to the value (step S5).
6).

Further, the CPU 56 extracts the reach effect determination random number (random 4) and determines the contents of the reach effect according to the value (step S57). As shown in FIG. 18, in this example, six types of reach effects are prepared,
The reach effect to be executed is determined according to the value of the extracted reach effect determination random number. In this example, as shown in FIG. 18, the selectivity of each reach effect in the case of a big hit,
The selection rate of each reach effect in the case of a loss is defined. That is, in this example, the selection table used at the time of the big hit and the selection table used at the time of the off-reach are used. For example, the reach 5 is selected with a probability of 20/100 at the time of the big hit, but is selected with a probability of 1/100 at the time of the off-reach. Here, the reach effect content is determined using the selection table used at the time of the big hit. In addition, the appearance rate for all the fluctuations shown in FIG.
It is a value calculated assuming that the jackpot probability is 1/300 and the reach development rate is 1/10. The big hit reliability shown in FIG. 18 is a value indicating a rate of developing into a big hit when the relevant reach effect is executed.

Further, the CPU 56 extracts the reach announcement determination random number (random 5) and determines whether or not to perform the reach announcement according to the value, and determines which reach announcement effect to perform when the reach announcement is performed. (Step S58). As shown in FIG. 19, in this example, in addition to the case without the reach notice, four kinds of reach notice effects are prepared. CP
U56 determines either no reach announcement or a reach announcement effect to be executed according to the value of the extracted reach announcement determination random number. In this example, as shown in FIG. 19, the selection rate of each reach announcement effect (including no notice) when the reach is set, and the selection of each reach notice effect (including the no notice) when the reach is not set. The rate is defined. That is, in this example, a selection table used at the time of reach and a selection table used at the time of non-reach are used. For example, reach notice 1 is 10 when reach
/ 100 is selected with a probability of 20 /
It is selected with a probability of 100. Here, using the selection table used at the time of the reach, the presence / absence of the reach notice and the effect contents when the reach notice is performed are determined. FIG.
The appearance rate for all fluctuations shown in Fig. 9 has a jackpot probability of 1/3
00, the reach development rate is calculated as 1/10. Also, the reach development reliability is a value indicating a rate of development to reach when a relevant reach announcement effect is executed (including no advance notice).

Further, the CPU 56 extracts the random number (random number 6) for determining the jackpot notice and determines whether or not to perform the jackpot notice according to the value, and to determine which jackpot notice effect to execute when the jackpot notice is given. (Step S59). As shown in FIG. 20, in this example, in addition to a case without a jackpot notice (not shown in FIG. 20), three kinds of jackpot notice effects are prepared. The CPU 56 determines either a jackpot announcement or a jackpot announcement effect to be executed according to the extracted value of the random number for jackpot announcement determination. In addition, in this example, as shown in FIG. 21, each jackpot notice effect (including no notice effect) depends on whether or not to make a big hit, whether or not to reach, and the type of reach effect in the case of reaching. The selectivity is set to be different. By setting in this manner, the reliability of the big hit is made different for each big hit notice effect, and for each combination of the big hit notice effect and the reach effect. For example, the jackpot notice 1 is selected with a probability of 20/100 at the time of the jackpot when the reach production by the reach 1 is executed.
At the time of a miss, it is selected with a probability of 10/100. In addition,
The appearance rate for all the fluctuations shown in FIG.
/ 300, a value calculated when the reach development rate is 1/10. In addition, the jackpot reliability shown in FIG. 22 indicates that the corresponding jackpot notice effect is performed (including no notice).
It is a value indicating the ratio of winning.

Further, the CPU 56 extracts a random number (random number 7) for probabilistic change notice determination and determines whether or not to perform the probable change notice according to the value, and to determine which probable change notice effect is to be executed when performing the probable change notice. (Step S60). As shown in FIG. 23, in this example, in addition to the case where there is no probable change notice, one type of probable change effect is prepared. The CPU 56 determines no probable change notice or 1 based on the extracted random number for probabilistic change notice determination random number. In addition, in this example, as shown in FIG. 23, the selectivity of each probable change announcement effect (including no advance notice) differs depending on the case of the probability change big hit, the case of the reach, and the case of the outreach which does not become the reach. It is set as follows. By setting in this way, the reliability of the jackpot is changed. For example, the probability change notice 1 is selected with a probability of 70/100 when a probability change hit occurs, and is selected with a probability of 5/100 when a loss occurs after a reach, and when a loss occurs without reaching a reach. Is selected with a probability of 1/100. In addition, the appearance rate with respect to all the fluctuations shown in FIG. 23 has a jackpot probability of 1/300 and a reach development rate of 1/10
Is a value calculated as 23 is a value indicating the probability of a probability change when the relevant probability change announcement effect is executed (including no notice). Further, the certainty big hit reliability at the time of the reach shown in FIG. 23 is a value indicating the rate of the certainty change when the relevant certainty notice effect is executed and the reach is further developed.

Then, the CPU 56 determines in steps S54 to S54.
The pattern variation pattern according to the effect content determined in step S60 is determined (step S61).

If it is determined that there is a loss, the CPU 56
Determines the symbols to be stopped in the case of not being a big hit. In this embodiment, the left symbol is determined according to the value read in step S52, that is, the value of the extracted random 2-1 (step S62). Also, random 2-2
The middle symbol is determined according to the value (step S63). Then, the right symbol is determined according to the value of the random 2-3 (step S64). Here, when the determined middle symbol matches the left and right symbols, the symbol corresponding to the value obtained by adding 1 to the value of the random number corresponding to the middle symbol is set as the stop symbol of the middle symbol so as not to match the big hit symbol. I do.

When the left and right symbols are the same, that is, when it is determined that the reach is established (“Yes” in step S65), the CPU 56 performs the processing in steps S57 to S60 described above. Execute C
The PU 56, for example, extracts a random number (random 4) for reach announcement determination in step S57, and determines whether or not to perform reach announcement by using the above-described table at the time of out-of-reach.
Determine the content of the reach announcement stage when performing the reach announcement. Then, a pattern variation pattern is determined according to the effect contents determined in steps S57 to S60 (step S61).

On the other hand, when the left and right symbols do not become the same, that is, when it is determined that the reach is not established (“No” in step S65), the CPU 56 performs the processing in steps S58 to S60 described above. Execute the process. Then, steps S58 to S6
The pattern variation pattern according to the effect content determined at 0 is determined (step S61).

In the high-probability state, when a variation pattern with a reduced variation time is used as the variation pattern at the time of the deviation, in the high-probability state, the CPU 56 uses the normal variation pattern at the time of the deviation or the reduced variation pattern. Whether to use a pattern is determined using, for example, a predetermined random number.

As described above, it is determined whether the display mode of the symbol change based on the winning start is a big hit, a reach mode, or a loss, and the combination of the respective stopped symbols is determined. In addition, it is determined whether to perform a re-lottery effect, a reach announcement, a jackpot announcement, or a probable change announcement, and a variation pattern according to the effect content is determined.

As described above, in this example, the jackpot reliability shown in FIG. 18, the reach development reliability shown in FIG.
The big hit reliability shown in FIG. 2 and the certainty big hit reliability shown in FIG. 23 are the game effect devices 25A, 25B, 29, 30, 33.
A and 33B are configured differently depending on the operation contents. Therefore, the player sets each of the game effect devices 25A, 25A.
By paying attention to the operation contents of B, 29, 30, 33A, and 33B, the interest of the game can be improved. In addition, each game production device 25A, 25B, 29,
The operation contents of 30, 33A and 33B will be described later in detail.

The processing shown in FIG. 16 is the same as the processing in step S30 in the special symbol processing shown in FIG.
This corresponds to the processing when the processing of 1 to S304 is collectively shown.

FIGS. 24 and 25 show the effect contents determined by the CPU 56 and the game effect devices 25A, 25B, 29 and 3.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship with 0,33A, 33B operation pattern. 24 and 25 also include the relationship between the effect contents determined by the CPU 56 and the lighting pattern of the game effect unit 36. As shown in FIG. 24 and FIG.
Each effect content determined by the PU 56 is associated with an operation pattern. Therefore, it is configured such that one operation pattern is determined according to the determined effect contents. That is, by the processing in FIG. 16 described above, whether or not to make a big hit (big hit, certainty change, loss), a reach effect mode in the case of reach, or a re-lottery (re-lottery effect mode in the case of re-lottery) ), A reach announcement (including a reach announcement performance mode when a reach announcement is performed), a jackpot announcement (including a jackpot announcement performance mode when a big hit announcement is performed), or a probable change announcement ( One motion pattern is determined in accordance with the determined effect contents (including a certain-variation notice announcement effect mode when performing a certain-variation notice). For example, as shown in FIG. 24, the display mode of the symbol is determined to be “outside”, and the reach effect by reach 1 and
When it is determined that the effect is to be performed by the reach announcement effect by the reach announcement 1, the effect is determined to be executed by the operation pattern of “reach A2” (the operation pattern A2 illustrated in FIG. 25). EXT data of a fluctuation pattern command described later is assigned to each operation pattern.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation pattern table used in this embodiment. Each operation pattern table is stored in the ROM 54, for example. In this example, the operation pattern table shown in FIG. 26 is configured by a combination of operation blocks. CPU56
Performs a predetermined operation according to the operation pattern table.

As shown in FIG. 26, the operation pattern table is provided corresponding to each effect content determined by the CPU 56 by the processing of FIG. 16 described above. In this example, the operation patterns of the operation patterns 1 to XX are provided. The pattern table is stored in the ROM 54. The operation pattern table includes the solenoids 16, 21, 21A, 25Aa, 2
5Ba, 29a, 29b, 30a, 33Aa, 33Ba
Is set to turn on or off, and data indicating an on or off period. Also,
In the operation pattern table, data indicating that the back lamp 36a is turned on or off, and data indicating a period of turning on or off are set.

FIG. 27 is a flow chart of the game production device 25A, in the solenoid output process in step S31 described above.
It is a flowchart which shows the control processing part of 25B, 29, 30, 33A, 33B. In the solenoid output process, the CPU 56 controls the game effect devices 25A, 25B, 2
It is confirmed whether or not the effects are being produced by 9, 30, 33A, and 33B (step S31a). To check whether or not the production is in progress,
This is performed according to the state of the effect during production flag described later.

If the effect is not being produced in step S31a,
The CPU 56 checks whether or not the variation pattern command transmitted flag is set (step S31b).
Note that the variation pattern command transmission flag is set when a variation pattern command is transmitted in the special symbol command control process of step S28 in the timer interrupt process. At this time, the EXT data of the variation pattern command to be transmitted is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 55, for example. If the variation pattern command transmission completed flag is set, the CPU 56 clears the variation pattern command transmission completed flag (step S31c), and the EXT data of the transmitted variation pattern command (step S31c).
It is confirmed whether or not the effect is to be executed based on the EXT data stored at 28 (step S31d). Specifically, it is confirmed whether or not there is an operation pattern (see FIG. 25) corresponding to the EXT data. When performing an effect (E
If there is an operation pattern corresponding to the XT data)
The CPU 56 selects an operation pattern table corresponding to the EXT data as a use table (Step S31).
e), while setting the production flag (step S)
31f), the effect is started and the corresponding solenoids 16, 21, 21A, 25Aa, 25B according to the use table
a, 29a, 29b, 30a, 33Aa, and 33Ba are controlled (step S31g).

If the effect is being produced in step S31a, C
PU56 is connected to the solenoids 16, 2 according to the use table.
1,21A, 25Aa, 25Ba, 29a, 29b, 3
Drive control of 0a, 33Aa, and 33Ba is continuously performed (step S31h). When the effect ends (step S31i), the CPU 56 clears the effect flag (step S31j). Note that the fluctuation pattern command transmitted flag and EX of the transmitted fluctuation pattern command
The T data and the effect flag are stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 55, for example.

Next, transmission of a display control command from the main board 31 to the display control board 80 will be described. FIG.
8 is an explanatory diagram showing signal lines of a display control command transmitted from the main board 31 to the display control board 80. As shown in FIG. 28, in this embodiment, the display control command is transmitted through eight signal lines of display control signals D0 to D7 through the main board 3.
1 to the display control board 80. The main substrate 3
1 and a display control board 80, a signal line of a display control INT signal for transmitting a strobe signal is also wired.

When a control command is to be output from the game control means to another electric component control board (sub-board), the start address of the command transmission table is set. FIG. 29A is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the command transmission table. One command transmission table is composed of three bytes, and INT data is set in the first byte. In the command data 1 of the second byte,
MODE data of the first byte of the control command is set. Then, in the command data 2 of the third byte, EXT data of the second byte of the control command is set.

Although the EXT data itself may be set in the command data 2 area, the command data 2
May be set to data for specifying an address of a table in which EXT data is stored. For example, if bit 7 (work area reference bit) of command data 2 is 0, EX
Indicates that the T data itself is set. Such EXT data is data in which bit 7 is 0.
In this embodiment, if the work area reference bit is 1, it indicates that the contents of the transmission buffer are used as EXT data. If the work area reference bit is 1, the other 7 bits may be configured to indicate that it is an offset for specifying the address of the table in which the EXT data is stored.

FIG. 29B is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the configuration of the INT data. Bit 0 in the INT data
Indicates whether a payout control command should be sent to the payout control board 37 or not. If bit 0 is "1", it indicates that a payout control command should be sent. Therefore, CPU5
6 is a prize ball process (step S3 of the timer interrupt process)
In 2), “01 (H)” is set in the INT data. Bit 1 in the INT data indicates whether a display control command should be sent to the display output control board 80 or not. If bit 1 is "1", it indicates that a display control command should be sent. Accordingly, the CPU 56 sets “02 (H)” in the INT data in, for example, the special symbol command control process (step S28 of the timer interrupt process).

Bits 2 and 3 of the INT data are bits indicating whether or not a lamp control command and a sound control command are to be transmitted, respectively. The INT data, the command data 1 and the command data 2 are set in the command transmission table pointed to by the pointer in the symbol processing or the like. When these commands are transmitted, the corresponding bit of the INT data is set to “1”, and MOD is added to command data 1 and command data 2.
E data and EXT data are set.

In this embodiment, a ring buffer and a transmission buffer are prepared for the payout control command as shown in FIG. In the prize ball processing, when the prize ball payout condition is satisfied, the number of prize balls according to the satisfied condition is sequentially set in the ring buffer. When sending out a payout control command relating to the number of winning balls,
One piece of data is transferred from the ring buffer to the transmission buffer. In the example shown in FIG. 29C, data corresponding to 12 payout control commands can be stored in the ring buffer. That is, there are 12 buffers. The number of buffers in the ring buffer may be a number corresponding to the number of winning ports for generating prize balls. This is because even in the case of simultaneous winning, data of a payout control command based on each winning can be stored.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a command form of a control command sent from the main board 31 to another electric component control board. In this embodiment, the control command has a 2-byte configuration, the first byte represents MODE (classification of command), and the second byte represents EXT (type of command). The first bit (bit 7) of the MODE data is always "1", and the first bit (bit 7) of the EXT data is always "0". As described above, the control command, which is a command to the electric component control board, is composed of a plurality of data, and is in a form in which each can be distinguished by the first bit. The command form shown in FIG. 30 is an example, and another command form may be used. For example, a control command composed of one byte or three or more bytes may be used. FIG. 30 illustrates a payout control command sent to the payout control board 37,
Control commands sent to other electrical component control boards have the same configuration.

FIG. 31 shows 8-bit control signals CD0 to CD constituting a control command for each electric component control means.
FIG. 7 is a timing chart showing a relationship between the signal No. 7 and an INT signal. As shown in FIG. 31, when a period indicated by A elapses after the MODE or EXT data is output to the output port (any one of the output ports 1 to 4), the CPU 56 outputs the data output. INT which is a signal indicating
Set the signal to high level (ON data). When the period indicated by B elapses therefrom, the INT signal is set to low level (off data). Further, when there is data to be transmitted next, that is, after the MODE data is transmitted, the data of the second byte is transmitted to the output port after a period indicated by C. Regarding the data of the second byte, the periods of A and B are the same as the case of the first byte.
Thus, the capture signal is output for each of the MODE and EXT data.

The period A is a period for the CPU 56 to prepare for sending a command, that is, a period required for processing for setting a sending command in the buffer, and a period for stabilizing data on the control signal line. That is, after the control signals CD0 to CD7 are output on the control signal line, an INT signal is output as a capture signal after a lapse of a predetermined period (period A: a part of the off output period). Also,
The period B (ON output period) is a period for stabilizing the INT signal. The period C (a part of the off-output period) is a period set so that the electric component control means can reliably take in data. In periods B and C,
The data on the signal line does not change. That is, the data output is maintained until the periods B and C elapse.

In this embodiment, a payout control command to the payout control board 37, a display control command to the display control board 80, a lamp control command to the lamp control board 35, and a sound control command to the sound control board 70 are: It is transmitted using the same command transmission processing routine (common module). Therefore, the period of B and C, that is, the period from the rise of the INT signal relating to the first byte to the start of transmission of the second byte of data, is longer than the reception processing time of the electric component control means which takes the longest time for command reception processing. Is also set to be longer.

Each electric component control means detects that the INT signal has risen, and starts a process of fetching 1-byte data by, for example, an interrupt process.

Since the periods B and C are longer than the reception processing time of the electric component control means which takes the longest time for the command reception processing, the game control means controls the command transmission processing for each electric component control means by the common module. However, any of the electric component control means can reliably receive the control command from the game control means.

When a predetermined period elapses after the execution of the INT signal output processing, the CPU 56 is ready to transmit the next data.
It is longer than the period (period A) from sending the data before the T signal output process to starting to output the INT signal. As described above, the period A is a stabilization period in the command signal line, and the periods B and C are periods for securing the time required for the receiving side to capture data. Therefore, by making the period A shorter than the periods B and C, it is possible to obtain an effect that the receiving-side electric component control means can reliably receive a command, and complete the transmission of one command. This also has the effect of shortening the time required.

FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of a display control command sent from the main board 31 for controlling the game to the display control board 80. As shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 32, the commands 8000 (H) to 80XX (H) are display control commands for specifying a special symbol variation pattern in the variable display device 9 that variably displays a special symbol. Note that the command for designating the variation pattern also serves as the variation start instruction.

Commands 91XX, 92XX and 93X
X is a display control command for designating a left middle right stop symbol of a special symbol. The command 8F00 is a special symbol power-on display command (power-on display command) for instructing the initial display of the special symbol. Upon receiving the power-on display command, the display control means performs control to display a predetermined combination of special symbols on the variable display device 9. The command A0XX is a display control command (confirmation command) for instructing the stop of the variable display of the special symbol.

The command BXXX is a display control command sent from the start of the big hit game to the end of the big hit game. However, when the symbol display device 10 is normally controlled by the lamp control means, B1XX (H) and B2XX
(H) is not sent to the display control board 80. Also,
The command C000 (H) is a command for instructing a customer waiting demonstration. By such a command, the previous appearance display and the display of the name of the gaming machine are alternately displayed at a constant cycle.

The command C100 (H) is specially sent when the power-off game state is stored in the backup RAM of the game control means when the power is turned on, and the symbol is changing when the power is turned off. This is a symbol power failure recovery command. Upon receiving the special symbol power failure restoration command, the display control means starts control for displaying the instructed left and right symbols. The designated left and right middle symbols are commands to specify left and right middle stop symbols that are sent after the special symbol power failure recovery command, and commands to specify left and right middle stop symbols that were sent just before the power was turned off. This is the same command as

Commands D000 (H) to D400 (H)
Is a display control command related to a variation pattern of a normal symbol. However, when the symbol display 10 is normally controlled by the lamp control means, those commands are not sent to the display control board 80.

When the display control means of the display control board 80 receives the above-mentioned display control command from the game control means of the main board 31, the display control means 9 and the ordinary symbol display 10 (according to the contents shown in FIG. 32). The display state is changed when the display control means also controls the ordinary symbols.

FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of a lamp control command sent from the main board 31 for controlling the game to the lamp control board 35. As shown in FIG. The ramp control command also has a 2-byte configuration of MODE and EXT. In the example shown in FIG. 33, commands 8000 (H) to 8022
(H) and 8100 (H) to 8122 (H) are lamp control commands for designating a lamp / LED display control pattern corresponding to the special symbol variation pattern on the variable display device 9. Also, the command A0XX (X = arbitrary value of 4 bits) is used for the lamp / stop when the variable display of the special symbol is stopped.
This is a lamp control command for instructing an LED display control pattern. The command BXXX is a lamp control command for instructing a lamp / LED display control pattern from the start of the big hit game to the end of the big hit game. The command C000 is a lamp control command for instructing a lamp / LED display control pattern during a customer waiting demonstration.

The commands 8XXX, AXXX, BX
XX and CXXX are ramp control commands sent from the game control means according to the progress of the game. Upon receiving the above-mentioned lamp control command from the game control means on the main board 31, the lamp control means changes the display state of the lamp / LED according to the contents shown in FIG. Note that the commands 8XXX, AXXX, BXXX, and CXXX
Are used in common with the display control command and the voice control command, for example, in a common control state.

The command E0XX is the start storage display 18
Is a lamp control command indicating the number of lights. For example,
The lamp control means operates the "X
The number of indicators specified by "X" is turned on. The command E1XX is a lamp control command indicating the number of lighting of the gate passage storage display 41. For example, the lamp control means turns on the number of indicators designated by “XX” in the gate passage storage indicator 41.
That is, these commands are commands for instructing control of the light emitter provided for notifying the information of the number of held units. In addition, the command regarding the lighting number of the start storage display 18 and the gate passage storage display 41 may be configured to indicate the increase or decrease of the lighting number.

Commands E200 and E201 are lamp control commands relating to the display state of award ball lamp 51, and commands E300 and E301 are lamp control commands relating to the display state of ball out lamp 52. The ramp control means sends “E2” from the game control means of the main board 31.
01 ”when the lamp control command is received.
The display state of No. 1 is a predetermined display state where there is a prize ball remaining, and when a lamp control command of “E200” is received, the display state of the prize ball lamp 51 is a display state where there is no prize ball remaining. State. Further, when the lamp control command of “E300” is received from the game control means of the main board 31, the display state of the out-of-ball lamp 52 is changed to a display state in which a ball is present, and when the “E301” lamp control command is received, the out-of-ball lamp 52 Is set to the display state in which the ball is out. That is, the command E20
0 and E201 are commands indicating that a light emitting body provided for notifying a player or the like that there is a game ball of a non-winning ball is controlled, and commands E300 and E201 are provided.
Reference numeral 301 denotes a command indicating that a light emitter provided for notifying a player or a game clerk that the supply ball has run out is controlled.

The command E400 is issued when the power of the gaming machine is turned on, or from a specific gaming state (high-probability state or time-saving state, in this example, high-probability state) to a normal state (low-probability state or non-time-saving state, in this example, low probability state). This is a lamp control command for instructing a lamp / LED display control pattern at the time of transition to (state). The command E401 is a lamp / LED display at the time of transition from a normal state (low-probability state or non-time-saving state, in this example, low-probability state) to a specific game state (high-probability state or time-saving state, in this example, high-probability state). This is a lamp control command for instructing a control pattern. Command E402 is
This is a lamp control command for instructing a lamp / LED display control pattern when an error generated during the big hit game is released. The command E403 is a lamp control command for instructing a lamp / LED display control pattern when an error occurs in the count switch 23.
That is, those commands are commands instructing that the gaming state is notified by the light emitting body.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the content of a sound control command sent from the main board 31 for controlling a game to the sound control board 70. MODE and E sound control commands
This is a 2-byte configuration of XT. In the example shown in FIG.
The command 8XXX (X = arbitrary value of 4 bits) is a sound control command for designating a sound generation pattern during the fluctuation period of the special symbol. The command BXXX (X = arbitrary value of 4 bits) is a sound control command for designating a sound generation pattern from the start of the big hit game to the end of the big hit game. Other commands are sound control commands that are not related to the change of the special symbol and the big hit game. When the sound control means of the sound control board 70 receives the above-mentioned sound control command from the game control means of the main board 31, it changes the sound output state according to the contents shown in FIG.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing an example of the command setting process. The command set process is a process including a command output process and an INT signal output process. In the command setting process, the CPU 56 first saves the address of the command transmission table in a stack or the like (Step S331). Then, the INT data of the command transmission table pointed to by the pointer is loaded into the argument 1 (step S332). Argument 1 is input information for a command transmission process described later. Further, the address indicating the command transmission table is incremented by 1 (step S333). Therefore, the address indicating the command transmission table matches the address of the command data 1.

Therefore, the CPU 56 sets the command data 1
Is read and set as argument 2 (step S334).
The argument 2 also becomes input information for a command transmission process described later. Then, a command transmission processing routine is called (step S335).

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a command transmission processing routine. In the command transmission processing routine, the CPU 56 first sets the data set in the argument 1, ie, the INT data, in the work area determined as the comparison value (step S351).
Next, the number of transmissions = 4 is set in the work area determined as the number of processes (step S352). Then, the address of the port 1 for outputting the payout control signal is set to the IO address (step S353). In this embodiment, the address of port 1 is the address of an output port for outputting a payout control signal. The addresses of ports 2 to 4 are the addresses of output ports for outputting display control signals, lamp control signals, and audio control signals.

Next, the CPU 56 shifts the comparison value one bit to the right (step S354). It is determined whether or not the carry bit has become 1 as a result of the shift processing (step S355). The fact that the carry bit has become 1 means that the rightmost bit in the INT data is “1”.
It means that it was. In this embodiment, four shift processes are performed. For example, when it is specified that a payout control command should be sent, the carry bit becomes 1 in the first shift process.

When the carry bit becomes 1, the data set in the argument 2, in this case, the command data 1 (ie, MODE data) is output to the address set as the IO address (step S3
56). When the first shift process is performed, the port 1 address is set in the IO address. At this time, the MODE data of the payout control command is
Is output to

Next, the CPU 56 sets the IO address to 1
While adding (step S357), 1 is subtracted from the number of processes (step S358). If the port 1 is indicated before the addition, the IO address is set to the address of the port 2 by the addition processing for the IO address. Port 2 is a port for outputting a display control command. Then, the CPU 56 checks the value of the number of processes (step S359), and if the value is not 0,
It returns to step S354. The shift process is performed again in step S354.

In the second shift processing, the value of bit 1 in the INT data is pushed out, and the carry flag becomes "1" or "0" according to the value of bit 1. Therefore,
A check is made as to whether it is specified that a display control command should be sent. Similarly, by the third and fourth shift processes, it is checked whether or not it is specified that the lamp control command and the sound control command should be transmitted. As described above, when each shift process is performed, the IO address corresponding to the control command (payout control command, display control command, lamp control command, sound control command) checked by the shift process is included in the IO address. Is set.

Therefore, when the carry flag becomes "1", the corresponding output port (port 1 to port 4)
Is sent to the control command. That is, a single common module can perform a process of transmitting a control command to each electric component control unit.

As described above, since it is determined to which electrical component control means the control command is to be output by only the shift processing, it is determined to which electrical component control means the control command is to be output. Processing has been simplified.

Next, the CPU 56 reads the contents of the argument 1 storing the INT data before the start of the shift processing (step S360), and outputs the read data to the port 0 (step S361). In this embodiment,
The port 0 address is a port for outputting an INT signal for each control signal.
To 4 are a payout control INT signal and a display control IN, respectively.
A port for outputting a T signal, a lamp control INT signal, and a sound control INT signal. In the INT data, the bit corresponding to the output bit of the INT signal corresponding to the control command (payout control command, display control command, lamp control command, sound control command) output in the processing of steps S351 to S359 becomes “1”. Has become. Therefore,
The INT signal corresponding to the control command (payout control command, display control command, lamp control command, sound control command) output to any of the ports 1 to 4 becomes high level.

Next, the CPU 56 sets a predetermined value in the weight counter (step S362), and decrements by one until the value becomes 0 (steps S363 and S36).
4). This process is a process for setting the period B shown in FIG. When the value of the wait counter becomes 0, clear data (00) is set (step S36).
5), and outputs the data to port 0 (step S3)
66). Therefore, the INT signal becomes low level. Then, a predetermined value is set in the weight counter (step S3).
62), and decrement by 1 until the value becomes 0 (steps S368, S369). This process is a process for setting the period C shown in FIG. However, the actual period of C is the time created in steps S367 to S369, and the subsequent processing time (if MODE data is output at this time, the time required for control required until EXT data is output). ) Is added. Thus, by setting the period of C,
Even when commands are continuously transmitted, a predetermined period is set after completion of output of one command until transmission of the next command is started. Can easily identify the breaks in successive commands, and each command is reliably received.

Accordingly, the value set in the wait counter in step S367 is such that the period of C is a period sufficient for all the electric component control means to receive the control command to reliably execute the command receiving process. Value. The value set in the wait counter is such that the period of C is
This value is longer than the time required for the processing in steps S357 to S359 (corresponding to the period A). Note that A
If it is desired to make the period A longer, a wait process for creating the period A (for example, a process of setting a predetermined value in the weight counter and performing subtraction until the value of the weight counter becomes 0) is performed.

As described above, the MODE data of the first byte of the control command is transmitted. Therefore, CPU5
No. 6 adds 1 to the value indicating the command transmission table in step S336 shown in FIG. Therefore, the area of the command data 2 in the third byte is specified. The CPU 56
The contents of the indicated command data 2 are loaded into the argument 2 (step S337). Further, it is determined whether the value of bit 7 (work area reference bit) of the command data 2 is “0” (step S339). If it is not 0, the contents of the transmission buffer are loaded into argument 2 (step S341). If the extended data is used when the value of the work area reference bit is "1", the start address of the command extended data address table is set in the pointer, and the command data is stored in the pointer. The address is calculated by adding the values of bit 6 to bit 0 of 2. Then, the data of the area indicated by the address is loaded into the argument 2.

Since data that can specify the number of winning balls is set in the transmission buffer, the data is set in the argument 2. If the extended data is used when the value of the work area reference bit is “1”, the command extended data address table contains
EXT data that can be sent to the electric component control means is sequentially set. Therefore, if the value of the work area reference bit is “1”, the EXT data in the command extension data address table corresponding to the contents of the command data 2 is loaded into the argument 2.

Next, the CPU 56 calls a command transmission processing routine (step S342). Therefore, M
EXT at the same timing as when sending ODE data
Data is sent.

As described above, the 2-byte control command (dispensing control command, display control command, lamp control command, sound control command) is transmitted to the corresponding electric component control means. When the electric component control means detects the rise of the INT signal, the control command fetch process is started. In any of the electric component control devices, a new signal from the game control means is output before the fetch process is completed. There is no output on the line. That is, a reliable command receiving process is performed in each electric component control unit. In addition, each electric component control means is IN
The control command capturing process may be started at the falling edge of the T signal. Also, the polarity of the INT signal may be reversed from that shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, in the prize ball processing, when the prize ball payout condition is satisfied, data capable of specifying the number of prize balls is stored in a ring buffer capable of storing a plurality of data at the same time. Is transmitted, the data in the ring buffer area pointed to by the read pointer is transferred to the transmission buffer. Therefore, even if a plurality of prize ball payout conditions are satisfied at the same time, the data that can specify the number of prize balls based on the satisfaction of these conditions is stored in the ring buffer, so that the command output processing based on the satisfaction of each condition does not cause any problem. Be executed.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, both a payout stop state designation command or a payout possible state designation command and a command indicating the number of winning balls can be transmitted in one winning ball processing. That is, 1 which is activated every 2 ms
A plurality of commands can be transmitted within one control period. In this embodiment, a plurality of ring buffers are prepared for each control command (display control command, lamp control command, sound control command, payout control command) to each control means. When data capable of specifying a control command is set in the ring buffer of the control command, the lamp control command, and the sound control command, a plurality of display control commands, lamp control commands, and sound control commands are processed in one command control process. Can also be configured to be transmitted. That is, a plurality of control commands can be sent out simultaneously (meaning in the start cycle of the game control process, that is, the 2 ms timer interrupt process). Since such control commands are transmitted at the same time during the progress of the game effect, it is convenient to have such a configuration. However, since the payout control command is generated independently of the progress of the game effect, the display control command,
It is not sent simultaneously with the lamp control command and the sound control command.

Next, display control means will be described as an example of electric component control means other than the game control means.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing the main processing executed by the display control CPU 101. In the main process, first, an initialization process for clearing the RAM area, setting various initial values, and initializing a 33 ms timer for determining a display control activation interval is performed (step S701). Then, in this embodiment,
The display control CPU 101 shifts to a loop process for checking the monitoring of the timer interrupt flag (step S702). In the loop, a process of updating a counter for generating a predetermined random number is also performed (step S71).
0). Then, as shown in FIG. 38, when a timer interrupt occurs, the display control CPU 101 sets a timer interrupt flag (step S711). In the main processing, if the timer interrupt flag is set, the display control CPU 101 clears the flag (step S
703), the following variable display control processing is executed.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that the timer interruption is performed every 33 ms. That is, the variable display control process is activated every 33 ms. In this embodiment, only the flag is set in the timer interrupt processing,
Although the specific variable display control process is executed in the main process, the variable display control process may be executed by a timer interrupt process.

In the variable display control processing, the display control C
The PU 101 first analyzes the received display control command (command analysis execution processing: step S705). Next, the display control CPU 101 performs a display control process (step S708). In the display control process, a process corresponding to the current control state is selected and executed from among the processes corresponding to the control state. Then, the process returns to step S710.

Next, processing for receiving a display control command from the main board 31 will be described. FIG. 39 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a command reception buffer for storing a display control command received from the main board 31. In this example, a ring buffer type command reception buffer capable of storing six display control commands having a 2-byte configuration is used. Therefore, the command receiving buffer is configured by a 12-byte area of the receiving command buffers 1 to 12. Then, a command reception number counter indicating in which area the received command is to be stored is used. The command reception number counter takes a value from 0 to 11. It is not always necessary to use the ring buffer format. For example, three symbol design command storage areas (2 × 3 = 6 byte command receiving buffer) and one other command storage area for designating a variation pattern (for example) A buffer configuration such as 2 × 1 = 2 byte command receiving buffer) may be used. Similarly, the audio control means and the ramp control means may be of a buffer format other than the ring buffer format. In this case, the display control means, the sound control means, and the lamp control means
It is controlled based on the latest command stored in a storage area such as a fluctuation pattern. Thus, it is possible to quickly respond to an instruction from the main board 31.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing the display control command receiving process by the interrupt process. An INT signal for display control from the main board 31 is transmitted to the display control CPU 101.
Is input to the interrupt terminal. For example, when the INT signal from the main board 31 is turned on, the display control CPU 1
01 is interrupted. Then, the reception processing of the display control command shown in FIG. 40 is started.

In the process of receiving the display control command, the display control CPU 101 first saves each register on the stack (step S670). Note that, when an interrupt occurs, the display control CPU 101 automatically sets the interrupt prohibition state. However, if a CPU that does not automatically enter the interrupt prohibition state is used, the display control CPU 101 executes the processing before step S670. It is preferable to issue an interrupt prohibition command (DI command). Next, data is read from the input port assigned to the input of the display control command data (step S671). Then, it is confirmed whether or not this is the first byte of the display control command having the 2-byte configuration (step S).
672).

Whether it is the first byte or not is confirmed based on whether the first bit of the received command is “1”. The first bit being “1” is supposed to be MODE data (the first byte) in the display control command having a 2-byte configuration (see FIG. 30). Therefore, if the first bit is “1”, the display control CPU 101 determines that a valid first byte has been received and stores the received command in the reception command buffer indicated by the command reception number counter in the reception buffer area (step S67
3).

If it is not the first byte of the display control command, it is checked whether the first byte has already been received (step S674). Whether or not the data has already been received is confirmed based on whether or not valid data is set in the reception buffer (reception command buffer).

If the first byte has already been received,
It is checked whether the first bit of the received 1 byte is “0”. And if the first bit is “0”,
Assuming that the valid second byte has been received, the received command is stored in the reception command buffer indicated by the command reception number counter +1 in the reception buffer area (step S675). The first bit being “0” should be the EXT data (the second byte) of the display control command having the 2-byte configuration (see FIG. 30). If the confirmation result in step S674 indicates that the first byte has already been received, the process ends if the first bit of the data received as the second byte is not “0”.

When the second byte of command data is stored in step S675, 2 is added to the command reception number counter (step S676). Then, it is checked whether or not the command reception counter is 12 or more (step S677), and if it is 12, the command reception number counter is cleared (step S678). Thereafter, the saved register is restored (step S679),
Interrupt permission is set (step S680).

The display control command has a two-byte configuration, and the first byte (MODE) and the second byte (EXT) can be immediately distinguished on the receiving side. In other words, the receiving side can immediately detect whether the data as MODE or the data as EXT has been received by the first bit. Therefore, as described above, it can be easily determined whether or not appropriate data has been received. This means that the payout control command,
The same applies to the lamp control command and the voice control command.

FIG. 41 shows a command analysis process (step S
705) is a flowchart illustrating a specific example. The display control command received from the main board 31 is stored in the received command buffer. In the command analysis process, the contents of the command stored in the received command buffer are confirmed.

In the command analysis processing, the display control C
The PU 101 first checks whether or not a received command is stored in the command receiving buffer (Step S68).
1). Whether or not it is stored is determined by comparing the value of the command reception counter with the read pointer. The case where they match is the case where the received command is not stored. When the received command is stored in the command receiving buffer, the display control CPU 1
01 reads out the received command from the command receiving buffer (step S682). After reading, the value of the read pointer is incremented by one.

If the read command read is the left symbol designating command (step S683), the E of the command is read.
The XT data is stored in the left stop symbol storage area of the current storage area (step S684), and the corresponding valid flag is set (step S685). Whether or not the command is the left symbol designating command can be immediately recognized by the first byte (MODE data) of the 2-byte display control command.

If the read received command is a middle symbol designating command (step S686), the E
The XT data is stored in the middle stop symbol storage area for the current storage area (step S687), and the corresponding valid flag is set (step S688). If the read received command is the right symbol designating command (step S68)
9), the EXT data of the command is stored in the right stop symbol storage area of the current storage area (step S690),
The corresponding valid flag is set (step S69)
1). The left middle right stop symbol storage area is provided in, for example, a RAM included in the display control board 80.

If the read received command is a variation pattern command (step S692), the display control CP
U101 stores the EXT data of the command in the variation pattern storage area (step S693) and sets the variation pattern reception flag (step S694). The change pattern storage area is provided in, for example, a RAM included in the display control board 80.

If the read command is another display control command, a flag corresponding to the received command is set (step S695).

FIG. 42 shows the EXT of the variation pattern command.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between data and fluctuation contents (a fluctuation pattern table). As shown in FIG. 42, since the EXT data of the variation pattern command is associated with the variation content, one variation content is specified based on the EXT data of the variation pattern command.

FIG. 43 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of the variation pattern table. The variation pattern table is set in the ROM of the display control board 80. FIG.
As shown in (1), each variation pattern table is provided corresponding to the EXT data of the variation pattern command. Further, each fluctuation pattern table is configured by a plurality of fluctuation blocks, and each fluctuation state (a fluctuation speed, a fluctuation period at the speed, and the like) is set.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing the display control process (step S708) in the main process shown in FIG. In the display control process,
Step S800 according to the value of the display control process flag
To S805. In each process, the following processes are performed.

Display control command reception waiting processing (step S800): It is confirmed whether or not a display control command (variation pattern command) capable of specifying the fluctuation time has been received by the command reception interrupt processing. Specifically, it is determined whether or not a flag indicating that the variation pattern command has been received has been set. Such a flag is set when the received command stored in the received command buffer is a variable pattern command.

Variation pattern table setting process (step S801): A process of setting a variation pattern table according to the received variation pattern command is performed.

All symbols change start processing (step S80)
2): Control is performed so that the fluctuation of the left and right middle symbols is started.

Process during symbol variation (step S803): The switching timing of each variation state (variation speed, background, character) constituting the variation pattern is controlled, and the end of the variation time is monitored. Also, stop control of the left and right symbols is performed.

[0209] All symbol stop wait setting processing (step S80)
4): At the end of the fluctuation time, if a display control command (confirmation command) for instructing to stop all the symbols has been received, the control for stopping the fluctuation of the symbols and displaying the stopped symbol (confirmed symbol) is performed.

Big hit display processing (step S 805): After the end of the fluctuation time, the control of the probability big hit display or the normal big hit display is performed.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing the display control command reception waiting process (step S800). In the display control command reception waiting process, the display control CP
The U101 first checks whether the command non-reception timer has timed out (step S811). The command non-reception timer is set to time out when a display control command indicating a symbol change is not received from the main board 31 for a predetermined period or more. If a timeout occurs, the display control CPU 101 performs control to display a demonstration screen on the variable display device 9 (step S812).
In addition, the main board 31 measures a period during which the display control command indicating the change of the symbol is not transmitted, and transmits a display control command instructing display of the demonstration screen when the measurement period is equal to or longer than a predetermined period. You may do so. With such a configuration, at the time of the demonstration display on the variable display device 9, it is possible to perform an effect by the game effect device 29 or the like. In addition, the main substrate 31
However, if a command instructing to perform a demonstration effect is also transmitted to the lamp control board 35 and the sound control board 70, it is also possible to perform a demonstration effect using a light-emitting body and voice.

If the command non-reception timer has not timed out, the display control CPU 101 checks whether a display control command capable of specifying a fluctuation pattern has been received (step S813). In this embodiment, the display control command capable of specifying the variation pattern is the variation pattern designation command (variation pattern designation # 1) shown in FIG.
~ Variation pattern designation XX-1). When a display control command capable of specifying a variation pattern is received, the value of the display control process flag is changed to a value corresponding to the variation pattern table setting process (step S801) (step S814).

When changing the special symbol, the main substrate 31
The display control command transmitted first to the display control board 80 is a command indicating a fluctuation pattern and a command for designating a stop symbol of the middle left and right symbols. They are stored in the confirmation command buffer.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing the variation pattern table setting process (step S801). In the variation pattern table setting process, the display control CP
U101 specifies a fluctuation pattern table based on the value of the EXT data of the received fluctuation pattern command, and sets the fluctuation pattern table as the fluctuation pattern table to be used (step S821). Then, the display control CPU 101 changes the value of the display control process flag to a value corresponding to the all symbol variation start process (step S802) (step S822).

Here, the transmission form of the fluctuation pattern command and the command for designating the stop symbol of the middle left and right symbols will be described. The fluctuation pattern command and the command for designating the left and right middle symbol stop symbols are transmitted in the display control command control process described above. When these commands are sent, for example, as shown in FIG.
By 56, INT data, command data 1 and command data 2 are set in the command transmission table pointed to by the command transmission number counter. First, first command data (command data for designating a variation pattern set in the command transmission table + 0) constituted by the above three data is transmitted. Then, for the next 2 ms (in this embodiment, C
In the display control command control process executed at the time when the built-in CTC of the PU 56 repeatedly generates the timer interrupt is set to 2 ms, the next command data (the special symbol set in the command transmission table +1) Command data for designating a stop symbol) is transmitted. When such a process is repeated and the special symbol command transmission pointer points to the end code, the command data is not transmitted until the command transmission table is effectively specified by the special symbol command transmission pointer. The command data transmitted in this manner is received by the above-described command reception processing, and is stored in the reception command buffer. Note that each value indicating the command shown in FIG. 47 is an example, and 81 (H), 82 (H), and 83 (H) indicating the special symbol left middle right symbol are, for example, “1”, “2”, respectively. , “3” on the variable display device 9.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing the whole symbol change start process (step S802) in the display control process process. In the all symbol change start process, the display control CPU 101 first starts a change time timer (step S840). Next, the change of the special symbol is started (step S841), and the value of the display control process flag is set to a value corresponding to the symbol change process (step S84).
842).

FIG. 49 shows a process during symbol change (step S8).
It is a flowchart which shows 03). In the symbol change processing, the display control CPU 101 determines in step S821.
The variable display is performed on the variable display device 9 in accordance with the contents indicated in the variable pattern table set in step (step S85).
1). Specifically, the display control CPU 101 controls the VDP 103 so that the display on the variable display device 9 is performed according to the set variation pattern table.

Next, the display control CPU 101 checks whether or not the variable time timer has timed out (step S852). When the variable time timer times out, the value of the display control process flag is changed to a value corresponding to the all symbol stop waiting processing (step S804) (step S853).

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing the all symbol stop waiting process (step S804). In the all symbol stop waiting process, the display control CPU 101 checks whether or not a display control command instructing stop of all symbols has been received (step S871). If a display control command instructing to stop all the symbols has been received, control is performed to stop the symbols with the stored stopped symbols (step S87).
2). Then, a command non-reception timer is started to monitor the time until the reception of the next display control command (step S873).

If a display control command for designating all symbols stop has not been received, it is checked whether or not the monitoring timer has timed out (step S875). If a timeout has occurred, it is determined that some abnormality has occurred, and control is performed to display an error screen on the variable display device 9 (step S876).

When the big hit symbol is displayed in step S872 after performing the process in step S873, the display control CPU 101 sets the value of the display control process flag to a value corresponding to the big hit display process (step S805). (Step S874). Step S872
When the big hit symbol is not displayed (when a missing symbol is displayed), the display control CPU 101 sets the value of the display control process flag to a value corresponding to the display control command reception waiting process (step S800).

FIG. 51 shows a big hit display process (step S8).
It is a flowchart which shows 05). In the big hit display process, the display control CPU 101 determines whether or not it is a probability change big hit (step S881). Display control CPU 10
1 can determine, for example, whether or not it is a probable change big hit based on a confirmed symbol. If it is a probability variable hit, the display control CPU 101 performs display control to display, for example, "variable probability hit" on the variable display device 9 (step S88).
2). Specifically, the display instruction of "probable change big hit" is
Notify 103. Then, the VDP 103 creates image data of the indicated display. The image data is combined with the background image. If it is not a probability change jackpot, the display control CPU 101 sets, for example, “big hit” to the variable display device 9.
Is displayed (step S883).

Thereafter, in the big hit display process, the main board 31
The display control of the variable display device 9 is performed based on the display control command in the big hit game state transmitted from. For example, the number of rounds is displayed. And the main substrate 3
When a display control command indicating the end of the big hit game is received from 1 (step S884), the value of the display control process flag is waited for display control command reception (step S800).
(Step S885).

Next, the operation of the effect control means other than the display control means will be described. First, a lamp control CPU 3 mounted on a lamp control board 35 which is an example of an effect control unit.
The operation of the lamp control means as the illuminant control means including 51 will be described.

FIG. 52 is a flowchart showing a main process executed by the CPU 351 for lamp control. In the main process, the lamp control CPU 351 first executes an initialization process for initializing a register, a RAM including a work area, an output port, and the like (step S44).
1). Next, it is determined whether a lamp control command has been received from the main board 31 (step S442: command confirmation processing). Further, a process of updating the random number according to the content of the received lamp control command is performed (step S44).
3).

Next, a command execution process such as changing lamp data to be used is performed according to the received lamp control command (step S444). In addition,
The lamp control command from the main board 31 is fetched in an interrupt process started in response to the input of the INT signal, and is stored in the RAM.
Are stored in the input buffer formed in the.

Thereafter, in this embodiment, the lamp control CPU 351 shifts to a loop process for monitoring the timer interrupt flag (step S445). And FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, when a timer interrupt occurs, the lamp control CPU 351 sets a timer interrupt flag (step S449). If the timer interrupt flag is set in the main processing, the CPU 351 for the lamp control
Clears the flag (step S44)
6), a lamp process update process and a port output process are performed (steps S447, S448).

In this embodiment, the lighting pattern of the lamps / LEDs that are controlled to blink according to the progress of the game is RO
It is controlled according to the lamp data stored in M.
The ramp data is prepared for each type of control pattern (a control command indicating the type of variation pattern designation shown in FIG. 33 and a control related to other game effects transmitted from the game control means according to the game progress state). Prepared for each command). Lamp data and lamp / LE
Data indicating that D is turned on or off, and data indicating a period of turning on or off (process timer value) are set. That is, the data indicating the lighting pattern of the light emitter is stored in the control data area.

In the ramp process update process, a process of subtracting the value of the timer in which a value corresponding to the process timer value is initially set is performed. When the timer times out, the data set to the next address in the ramp data is updated. The lamp / LED is determined to be turned off or lit accordingly, and a process timer value according to the determination result is set in the timer. Also, when the process timer value is set to the timer, it is the time when the switching of the light-on / off is performed.
Data for turning on or off the LED is output to the corresponding output port.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that the timer interrupt is performed every 2 ms. That is, the ramp process update process and the port output process are activated every 2 ms.

Here, the address map of the ROM mounted on the lamp control board 35 will be described. The ROM area includes a control data area and a control program area.
The control data area includes an initialization data table used for initialization of a register, a RAM, an output port, etc., a storage display LED display table used for turning on / off the start storage display 18, and a lamp described later. Data is stored. In the control program area, a main processing program, initialization processing,
Each program for command recognition processing and command execution processing is stored, and programs for specific lamp / LED processing, lamp process update processing, port output processing, command reception interrupt processing, and timer interrupt processing are also stored.

FIG. 54 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of the lamp data stored in the control data area. In this embodiment, data indicating the lighting pattern of the lamp / LED is stored in the lamp data in the control data area. In the lighting pattern of the lamp / LED stored in the lamp data, the lighting pattern of the lamp / LED as shown in FIG. 54 is defined corresponding to the variation pattern command (80XX (H)). That is, in this example, the lighting pattern of the lamp / LED stored in the lamp data is synchronized with the variation of the display executed on the display control board 80 by the lamp / LE.
D is set to be turned on. Then, the lamp process update process in the main process (step S
447), referring to the lamp data, the lamp L
ON / OFF of the ED is controlled. Therefore, the ramp selected in accordance with the variation pattern command from the main board 31
When the control is performed according to the lighting pattern of the LED, the turning on / off of the lamp / LED is controlled in synchronization with the display on the display control board 80.

Next, the operation of the sound control means (sound control means) including the sound control CPU 701 mounted on the sound control board 70 as an example of the effect control means will be described.

FIG. 55 is a flowchart showing the main processing executed by CPU 701 for sound control. C for sound control
In the main processing, the PU 701 first registers
An initialization process for initializing a RAM including a work area, an output port, and the like is executed (step S461). Next, it is determined whether a sound control command has been received from the main board 31 (step S462: command confirmation processing).
Further, a process of updating the random number according to the content of the received sound control command is performed (step S463).

Next, the sound control CPU 701 performs a command execution process, such as a process of changing voice data to be used, according to the received sound control command (step S464). Note that the sound control command from the main board 31 is captured by an interrupt process started in response to the input of the INT signal, and stored in an input buffer formed in the RAM.

Thereafter, in this embodiment, the sound control C
The PU 701 monitors the timer interrupt flag (Step S4
65). Then, as shown in FIG. 56, when a timer interrupt occurs, the CPU for sound control
701 sets a timer interrupt flag (Step S
469). If the timer interrupt flag is set in the main processing, the sound control CPU 701 clears the flag (step S466), and performs the audio process update processing and the port output processing (steps S467 and S468).

In this embodiment, the sound pattern output from the speaker 27 in accordance with the progress of the game is controlled according to the sound data stored in the ROM. The audio data is prepared for each type of control pattern (see FIG. 3).
4 is provided for each control command indicating the type of change pattern designation and other control commands related to game effects transmitted from the game control means in accordance with the game progress situation.)

The voice synthesizing circuit 702 includes a transfer request signal (SIRQ) and a serial clock signal (SIC).
K), a serial data signal (SI) and a transfer end signal (SRDY). Voice synthesis circuit 702
When SIRQ goes low, SI is fetched one bit at a time in synchronization with SICK, and when SRDY goes low, data consisting of each SI
Is interpreted as two audio data.

Each audio data is set with data corresponding to the serial data signal output to the audio synthesis circuit 702 and data indicating the duration (process timer value) of the audio generated according to the data. I have. That is, the control data stores data indicating an output pattern from the sound generating means (the speaker 27 in this example).

In the voice process updating process, a process of subtracting the value of the timer in which the value corresponding to the process timer value is initially set is performed, and when the timer times out, the data set to the next address in the voice data is deleted. Accordingly, it is determined to change to the output sound, and a process timer value according to the determination result is set in the timer. Further, when the process timer value is set to the timer, the output audio is switched, and therefore, in the port output process (step S468), the output audio is output through the output port for outputting data to the audio synthesis circuit 702.
Data corresponding to the new output voice is output to the voice synthesis circuit 702.

More specifically, the voice control CPU 701
In the port output processing, the SIRQ is turned on (low level), the data (voice command) read from the ROM (voice command data area) is output as SI in synchronization with SICK, and when the output is completed, SRDY is set to low level. I do. When receiving the data by the SI, the voice synthesis circuit 702 generates a voice according to the received data.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that the timer interruption is performed every 2 ms. That is, the voice process updating process and the port output process are activated every 2 ms.

Here, the RO mounted on the sound control board 70 is
The address map of M will be described. The ROM area includes a control data area and a control program area. The control data area stores an initialization data table used when initializing registers, RAMs, output ports, and the like. In the control data area, an address of a program in which a process corresponding to the upper byte (MODE data) of the voice control command is stored, and a MOD
A command upper byte table in which an address table corresponding to the E data is set is stored. In the command execution process (step S466), the contents of the command upper byte table are referred to according to the MODE data of the received voice control command, and the corresponding process (program) is executed. In the process, data in the audio data selection table stored next to the command upper byte table in the control data area is specified according to the address table and the lower byte (EXT data) of the received voice control command. . Then, the audio data indicated by the specified data is selected.

The control program area stores a main processing program and programs for initialization processing, command recognition processing, and command execution processing. Also,
A voice address selection program is also stored.
Further, the control program area stores voice process update processing, port output processing, command reception interrupt processing, and timer interrupt processing.

In this embodiment, the speech synthesis circuit 702
Is stored in the voice command data in the control data area. Then, in the voice process updating process (step S467) in the main process, the voice data is referred to, and the output voice is controlled with reference to the voice command data. FIG. 57 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the content of audio data stored in the control data area. In this embodiment, data (voice command data) indicating a voice output pattern is stored in the voice data in the control data area. As the sound output pattern stored in the sound data, a sound output pattern as shown in FIG. 57 is used as the fluctuation pattern command (80XX (H)).
It is determined corresponding to. That is, in this example, the pattern of the audio output stored in the audio data is set so that the audio output is performed in synchronization with the variation of the display executed on the display control board 80. Then, in the audio process update process (step S467) in the main process, the audio output is controlled with reference to the audio data. Therefore, when the control is performed based on the audio output pattern selected according to the fluctuation pattern command from the main board 31, the audio output is controlled in synchronization with the display on the display control board 80.

Next, examples of various processing timings such as the reach notice processing and the jackpot notice processing of the present example, and the display state of the variable display device 9 and the operation state of the game effect device 25A and the like at that time will be described.

First, the processing in the case of performing an effect according to reach notice 1 (see FIG. 19) will be described. FIG. 58 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timings of the drive processing of the solenoid 25Aa of the CPU 56 and the variable display processing executed by the display control CPU 101 when an effect according to reach notice 1 is performed. FIG. 59 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9 and an operation state of the gaming effect device 25A when the process of FIG. 58 is being performed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 58, high-speed fluctuations are performed in the "left" and "right" symbol display areas of the variable display device 9 at the fluctuation start timing (L1, R1). 59 (A)). During high-speed fluctuation (FIG. 59 (B)), the CPU 56 controls the solenoid 25A.
The on / off control of “a” is started, and the hand, foot, and head of the game effect rendering device 25A are brought into an operation state in which the hands, feet, and head move little by little (FIG. 59 (b)). This operation is a reach notice. Thereafter, at the left symbol replacement timing (L2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the symbol display area of "left", and the control is performed so that the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Then, the start timing (L
In 3), in the "left" symbol display area, the symbol is repeatedly changed in the forward direction and the reverse direction of the changing direction (FIG. 59).
(C)). That is, display control is performed in a so-called fluctuation state. The swing fluctuation means that a display in which the design swings up and down is made. It should be noted that the swing fluctuation may not be a form of swinging the symbol up and down, but may be a form of swinging the symbol right and left.

At the same time as the swing fluctuation starts in the “left” symbol display area, the “right”
In the symbol display area of (3), at the right symbol replacement timing (R2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the "right" symbol display area, and the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Controlled. Then, at the right symbol swing variation start timing (R3), the display is controlled to the swing variation state in the “right” symbol display area (FIG. 59).
(D)). Further, in this example, at the start timing (R3) of the right symbol swing fluctuation, the solenoid 25 is controlled by the CPU 56.
Aa is maintained in the off state, and the operation state of the gaming effect device 25A ends (FIG. 59 (d)). In this example, the case where reach is achieved as shown in FIG. 59 (D) has been described, but there may be cases where reach is not achieved.

Thereafter, the display control C of the display control board 80 is used.
The PU 101 executes the swing fluctuation control of the left and right symbols until the middle symbol is determined. When a display control command instructing stop of all the symbols is received from the main board 31, the swing fluctuation state of the left and right symbols is ended, and the left and right symbols are brought into a fixed state in which the middle symbols do not move.

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect according to the reach notice 2 (see FIG. 19). FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a driving process of the solenoids 25Aa and 25Ba of the CPU 56 and a display control CPU in the case of performing an effect according to the reach notice 2.
5 is a timing chart illustrating an example of processing timing of a variable display process performed by the CPU 101; FIG. 61 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9 and an operation state of the gaming effect devices 25A and 25B when the process of FIG. 60 is being performed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 60, at the start of the change (L1, R1), the high-speed change is performed in the "left" and "right" symbol display areas of the variable display device 9 (see FIG. 60). 61 (A)). During the high-speed fluctuation (FIG. 61 (B)), the CPU 25 controls the solenoid 25A.
The on / off control of a and 25Ba is started, and the hands, feet, and head of the game effect devices 25A and 25B are operated in small steps (FIG. 61 (b)). This operation is a reach notice. Then, the timing of the left symbol replacement (L2)
In the "left" symbol display area, the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed, and the control is performed so that the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Then, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing fluctuation, the display is controlled to be in the swing fluctuation state in the "left" symbol display area (FIG. 61 (C)).

At the same time as the swing fluctuation starts in the “left” symbol display area, the “right”
In the symbol display area of (3), at the right symbol replacement timing (R2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the "right" symbol display area, and the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Controlled. Then, at the start timing (R3) of the right symbol swing variation, the display is controlled to the swing variation state in the “right” symbol display area (FIG. 61).
(D)). Further, in this example, at the start timing (R3) of the right symbol swing fluctuation, the solenoid 25 is controlled by the CPU 56.
Aa and 25Ba are maintained in the off state, and the operation state of the gaming effect devices 25A and 25B ends (FIG. 6).
1 (d)). In this example, a case where reach is achieved as shown in FIG. 61 (D) has been described, but reach may not be achieved. After that, the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 executes the swing fluctuation control of the left and right symbols in the same manner as in the above-described example, and establishes the final state in response to the reception of the display control command.

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect according to reach notice 3 (see FIG. 19). FIG. 62 shows a CPU for lamp control in the case of performing an effect according to reach notice 3.
5 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timings of turning on / off processing of a back lamp 351 and variable display processing executed by a display control CPU 101; FIG.
62 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9 and an effect state of the game effect part 36 when the process in FIG. 62 is being performed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 62, high-speed fluctuation is performed in the left and right symbol display areas of the variable display device 9 at the fluctuation start timings (L1, R1) (see FIG. 62). 63 (A)). During the high-speed fluctuation (FIG. 63 (B)), the back lamp 36a is turned on by the lamp controlling CPU 351 and the sun, which is the game effect part 36, is shining (FIG. 63 (b)). Indicating the state in which the sun is shining in this way is a reach notice. Then, at the timing of the left symbol replacement (L2),
In the "left" symbol display area, a symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed, and control is performed so that the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Then, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing fluctuation, the display control is performed in the swing variation state in the "left" symbol display area (FIG. 63 (C)).

At the same time as the swing fluctuation starts in the “left” symbol display area, the “right”
In the symbol display area of (3), at the right symbol replacement timing (R2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the "right" symbol display area, and the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Controlled. Then, at the right symbol swing variation start timing (R3), the display is controlled to the swing variation state in the “right” symbol display area (FIG. 63).
(D)). In the present example, at the start timing (R3) of the right symbol swing fluctuation, the back lamp 36a is turned off by the lamp control CPU 351 and the lighting state of the game effect part 36 ends (FIG. 63 (d)). After that, the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 executes the swing fluctuation control of the left and right symbols in the same manner as in the above-described example, and establishes the final state in response to the reception of the display control command. In this example,
Although the case where reach is achieved as shown in FIG. 63 (D) has been described, there may be cases where reach is not achieved.

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect according to the reach notice 4 (see FIG. 19). FIG. 64 shows a drive process of the solenoids 25Aa, 25Ba, 29a, 29b of the CPU 56 and a sound output control and a display control CP of the sound control CPU 701 in the case of performing an effect according to the reach notice 4.
9 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing for variable display processing performed by U101. FIG. 65 shows FIG.
Game production devices 25A, 2 when the processing of
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of 5B and 29 and a state of audio output from a speaker 27. The display state of the variable display device 9 is not illustrated, but will be described as being similar to the above-described example (for example, FIG. 59).

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 64, the high-speed fluctuation is performed in the symbol display area of “left” and “right” in the variable display device 9 at the timing of the start of the fluctuation (L1, R1). During the high-speed fluctuation, the CPU 56 starts the on / off control of the solenoids 25Aa and 25Ba, and the gaming effect devices 25A and 25B are brought into operation states in which the hands, feet, and head operate in small increments (FIG. 65).
(B)). Then, the timing of the left symbol replacement (L2)
In the "left" symbol display area, the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed, and the control is performed so that the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Then, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing change, the display control is performed in the swing change state in the “left” symbol display area. In the present example, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing fluctuation, the solenoids 29a and 29b are turned on by the CPU 56, and the gaming effect device 29 closes the eyelids and opens the mouth. (FIG. 65 (c)). Further, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing fluctuation, the CPU 7 for sound control
Under the control of 01, a sound of "loud" is output from the speaker 27 (FIG. 65 (c)). The voice of “noisy” may be output from the speaker 27 on the right side (on the gaming effect device 29 side), for example. In this way, it is possible to produce an effect as if the gaming effect device 29 is saying “noisy”. When a predetermined period (a predetermined period set in the operation pattern table) elapses, the solenoids 29a and 29b are turned off by the CPU 56, and the gaming effect device 29 is returned to the state in which the eyelids are opened and the mouth is opened. Returned to closed state.

At the same time as the swing fluctuation starts in the “left” symbol display area, the “right”
In the symbol display area of (3), at the right symbol replacement timing (R2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the "right" symbol display area, and the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Controlled. Then, at the right symbol swing variation start timing (R3), the display is controlled to the swing variation state in the “right” symbol display area. Further, in this example, at the start timing (R3) of the right symbol swing fluctuation, CP
By U56, the solenoids 25Aa, 25Ba are maintained in the off state, and the game effect devices 25A, 25
The operation state of B ends (FIG. 65 (D)). After that, the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 executes the swing fluctuation control of the left and right symbols in the same manner as in the above-described example, and establishes the final state in response to the reception of the display control command. In this example, a case where reach is achieved as shown in FIG. 64 has been described, but there may be cases where reach is not achieved.

As described above, the game effect devices 25A, 25A
5B, 29, and the game production section 36 are configured to operate, so that the reach announcement can be made depending on the operation state of the game production apparatus.

Each of the reach announcements described above is configured so that the reach development reliability is different from each other as shown in FIG. 19, so that the game production devices 25A, 25B, and 29 are provided.
The game is played by paying attention to the operation of the game and the state of the game effect production section 36, and the interest of the game can be improved.

Also, as described above, the game effect device 25
Since the reach notification is made by combining the operations of A, 25B, and 29 and the state of the game production section 36, for example,
A plurality of game effect devices can be operated in different combinations for each variable display on the variable display device 9.
With this configuration, it is possible to diversify the operation mode of the game effect rendering device.

Also, as described above, the game effect device 25
The operation of A, 25B, and 29 and the state of the game effect part 36 are configured so that the reach development reliability is different depending on the combination (see FIG. 19). Therefore, attention is paid to the combination of the operating game effect devices. By playing the game, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

In each of the above-mentioned reach announcements,
The configuration is such that the greater the number of game effect devices that operate in one combination, the higher the reliability of the reach development (see FIG. 19). Therefore, the game is performed by paying attention to the number of game effect devices that operate. Can be improved.

Also, in the above-described reach notice 3, the processing for notifying (instructing) the game effect device operating on the variable display device 9 is performed, so that the player can be notified of the game effect device operating. It becomes possible.

Further, in the above-mentioned reach 4, the game effect devices 25 A and 25 B and the game effect device 29 are configured to operate as if they correspond to each other, so that a plurality of game effect devices can be used. Various effects can be performed.

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect according to the big hit notice 1 (see FIG. 20). FIG. 66 is a timing chart showing an example of the processing timing of the drive processing of the solenoid 30a of the CPU 56 and the variable display processing executed by the display control CPU 101 when an effect according to the big hit notice 1 is performed. FIG. 67 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9 and an operation state of the gaming effect device 30 when the process of FIG. 66 is being performed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 66, the high-speed fluctuation is performed in the "left" and "right" symbol display areas of the variable display device 9 at the fluctuation start timing (L1, R1). 67 (A)). During high-speed fluctuation (FIG. 67 (B)), the CPU 56 controls the solenoid 30a.
ON / OFF control is started, and an operation state is repeatedly performed in which the lid of the gaming effect device 30 is half-opened or closed (FIGS. 67 (b) to 67 (e)). This operation is a big hit notice. Thereafter, at the left symbol replacement timing (L2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the symbol display area of "left", and the control is performed so that the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Then, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing variation, the display control is performed in the swing variation state in the “left” symbol display area (FIG. 67).
(C)).

At the same time as the swing fluctuation starts in the “left” symbol display area, the “right”
In the symbol display area of (3), at the right symbol replacement timing (R2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the "right" symbol display area, and the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Controlled. Then, at the right symbol swing variation start timing (R3), the display is controlled to the swing variation state in the “right” symbol display area (FIG. 67).
(D)). Further, in this example, at the start timing (R3) of right symbol swing fluctuation, the solenoid 30 is controlled by the CPU 56.
a is maintained in the off state, and the game effect device 3
The operation state of 0 ends (FIG. 67 (f)). Note that, in this example, a case where reach is achieved as illustrated in FIG. 67D is described; however, there may be cases where reach is not achieved.
After that, the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80
Executes the swing fluctuation control of the left and right symbols in the same manner as in the above-described example, and sets the state in a fixed state (a big hit or a loss may occur) in response to the reception of the display control command.

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect according to the big hit notice 2 (see FIG. 20). FIG. 68 is a timing chart showing an example of the processing timing of the drive processing of the solenoid 30a of the CPU 56 and the variable display processing executed by the display control CPU 101 when an effect according to the big hit notice 2 is performed. FIG. 69 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9 and an operation state of the gaming effect device 30 when the process of FIG. 68 is being performed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 68, high-speed fluctuation is performed in the “left” and “right” symbol display areas on the variable display device 9 at the fluctuation start timing (L1, R1). 69 (A)). During high-speed fluctuation (FIG. 69 (B)), the solenoid 56a is controlled by the CPU 56.
ON / OFF control is started, and an operation state is repeatedly performed in which the operation of opening and closing the cover of the game effect device 30 is half-opened or closed (FIGS. 69 (b) to 69 (d)). This operation is a big hit notice. Thereafter, at the left symbol replacement timing (L2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the symbol display area of "left", and the control is performed so that the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Then, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing variation, the display control is performed to the swing variation state in the “left” symbol display area (FIG. 69).
(C)).

At the same time as the swing fluctuation starts in the “left” symbol display area, the “right”
In the symbol display area of (3), at the right symbol replacement timing (R2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the "right" symbol display area, and the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Controlled. Then, at the right symbol swing variation start timing (R3), the display is controlled to the swing variation state in the “right” symbol display area (FIG. 69).
(D)). Further, in this example, at the start timing (R3) of right symbol swing fluctuation, the solenoid 30 is controlled by the CPU 56.
a is maintained in the on state, and the game effect device 3
0 is opened (FIG. 69 (e), FIG. 69).
(F)). In this manner, when the lid of the game effect device 30 is opened at the start timing (R3) of the right symbol swing fluctuation, the case of the big hit notice 1 in which the lid of the game effect device 30 is closed. In comparison, it is set to be a big hit with a high probability. In this example, FIG.
Although the case of reaching is described as shown in (D), there may be cases where it does not reach. Thereafter, the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 executes the swing fluctuation control of the left and right symbols in the same manner as in the above-described example, and receives the display control command in a fixed state (in the case of a large hit, There is).

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect according to the big hit notice 3 (see FIG. 20). FIG. 70 shows an example of the processing timing of the drive processing of the solenoids 30 and 29b of the CPU 56, the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701, and the variable display processing executed by the display control CPU 101 when performing an effect according to the big hit notice 3. It is a timing chart. FIG. 71 shows the operation states of the gaming effect devices 30 and 29 and the speaker 2 when the processing of FIG. 70 is being executed.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a sound output state from a sound output unit 7; In addition,
Although the display state of the variable display device 9 is not shown,
Description will be made assuming that this is the same as the above-described example (for example, FIG. 67).

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 70, high-speed fluctuation is performed in the left and right symbol display areas of the variable display device 9 at the fluctuation start timing (L1, R1). During the high-speed fluctuation, the CPU 56 starts the on / off control of the solenoid 30a, and enters an operation state in which the operation of opening and closing the lid of the game effect production device 30 halfway or repeatedly (FIGS. 71 (B) to 7).
1 (D)). Then, the timing of the left symbol replacement (L2)
In the "left" symbol display area, the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed, and the control is performed so that the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Then, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing change, the display control is performed in the swing change state in the “left” symbol display area. In this example, at the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing fluctuation, the solenoid 29b is turned on by the CPU 56, and the game effect device 29 is turned on.
Is opened (FIG. 71 (c)). further,
At the start timing (L3) of the left symbol swing fluctuation, the sound “Oh!” Is output from the speaker 27 under the control of the sound control CPU 701 (FIG. 71 (c)). The sound "Oh!" Is, for example, on the right side (on the gaming effect device 29 side).
May be output from the speaker 27. In this way, it is possible to produce as if the game rendering device 29 is saying "Oh!" After a predetermined period (a predetermined period set in the operation pattern table) has elapsed, the solenoid 29b is turned off by the CPU 56, and the state of the gaming effect device 29 is returned to a closed state.

At the same time as the swing fluctuation starts in the “left” symbol display area, the “right”
In the symbol display area of (3), at the right symbol replacement timing (R2), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the "right" symbol display area, and the three symbols are changed at a low speed. Controlled. Then, at the right symbol swing variation start timing (R3), the display is controlled to the swing variation state in the “right” symbol display area. Further, in this example, at the start timing (R3) of the right symbol swing fluctuation, CP
The solenoid 30a is maintained in the ON state by U56, and the lid of the game effect device 30 is opened (FIG. 71 (F)). Thus, the game effect device 29
In the case where the lid of the game effect device 30 is opened after the effect by the game effect device 30, the effect of the game effect device 29 is not performed, and the lid of the game effect device 30 is opened. As compared with the case, it is set to be a big hit with a higher probability. Thereafter, the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 executes the swing fluctuation control of the left and right symbols in the same manner as in the above-described example, and receives the display control command in a fixed state (in the case of a large hit, There is). Note that, in this example, the setting is such that the big hit is always obtained when the effect according to the big hit notice 3 is made (see FIG. 22).

As described above, the game effect devices 30, 29
Is operated, so that a big hit notice can be given depending on the operation state of the game effect rendering device.

Each of the above-mentioned jackpot notices is configured so that the jackpot reliability is different from each other as shown in FIG. 22, so that the game is played by paying attention to the operation of the game effect producing devices 30 and 29. It is possible to improve interest.

Also, as described above, the game effect device 3
Since the big hit notice is configured by combining the operations of 0 and 29, for example, for each variable display on the variable display device 9,
A plurality of game effect devices can be operated in different combinations. With this configuration, it is possible to diversify the operation mode of the game effect rendering device.

[0279] In each of the above jackpot notices,
When the reach effects are the same, the larger the number of game effect devices that operate in one combination, the higher the jackpot reliability (see FIG. 22). Therefore, pay attention to the number of game effect devices that operate. By playing the game, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

[0280] Furthermore, in the above-mentioned jackpot notice 3, since the game production device 30 and the game production device 29 are configured to perform operations as if they correspond to each other, a variety of game production devices using a plurality of game production devices are provided. It becomes possible to perform a directing.

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect by Reach 1 (see FIG. 18). FIG. 72 shows the solenoid 29 of the CPU 56 in the case of performing the effect by Reach 1.
4B is a timing chart showing an example of processing timings of a driving process of FIG. 3B, a sound output process by the sound control CPU 701, and a variable display process executed by the display control CPU 101. 73 and 74 are explanatory diagrams showing examples of the display state of the variable display device 9 and the operation state of the gaming effect device 29 when the process of FIG. 72 is being executed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 72, at the middle symbol replacement timing (C1), the symbol three symbols before the stopped symbol is displayed in the "middle" symbol display area of the variable display device 9. Then, control is performed so that three symbols fluctuate at low speed fluctuations. In the left and right symbol display areas, the display is controlled to be in a swing fluctuation state (FIG. 73A). When the middle symbol starts low-speed fluctuation, C
The PU 56 turns on the solenoid 29b. Also, at this time, a sound saying “Oh, you're reachable” is output from the speaker 27 by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701 (FIG. 73A). Next, when a symbol that does not cause a big hit is displayed in the "medium" symbol display area, the solenoid 29b is turned on by the CPU 56, and the sound "CPU!" Is output (FIG. 73 (C), FIG. 73 (D)).

[0283] When the symbol which becomes a big hit is displayed in the "medium" symbol display area by further varying at a low speed, the CP
The solenoid 29b is turned on by U56, and the speaker 2 is controlled by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701.
7 outputs the sound "Stop!" (FIG. 74)
(E)). Then, at the timing (C2) of stopping all the symbols after receiving the display control command instructing the stop of all the symbols from the main board 31, when the big hit symbol is displayed as the fixed symbol, the CPU 29 turns on the solenoid 29b. By the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701, the sound "big hit!" Is output from the speaker 27 (FIG. 74 (G)). On the other hand, when the unsuccessful symbol is displayed as the final symbol at the timing of stopping all symbols (C2), for example, the solenoid 29b is turned on by the CPU 56, and the voice output control of the CPU 701 for sound control causes the speaker 27 to output "Sorry! May be output.

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect by Reach 2 (see FIG. 18). FIG. 75 shows the solenoid 29 of the CPU 56 when performing the effect by the reach 2.
4B is a timing chart showing an example of processing timings of a driving process of FIG. 3B, a sound output process by the sound control CPU 701, and a variable display process executed by the display control CPU 101. FIG. 76 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9 and an operation state of the gaming effect device 29 when the process of FIG. 75 is being performed.

Here, a description will be given of the processing when the "left" and "right" symbol display areas are display-controlled in a swing fluctuation state, and the middle symbol is controlled at a low speed fluctuation. When the middle symbol is in the low-speed fluctuation state, a character that guides a symbol (here, “7”) to be a big hit is displayed on the variable display device 9 (FIG. 76A). When the symbol approaches the stop area, the solenoid 29b is turned on by the CPU 56, and "slightly lower" from the right speaker 27 by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701.
Is output (FIG. 76 (b)). Then, the sound “OK” is output from the left speaker 27 by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701 (FIG. 76).
(B)). At this time, a balloon "OK" is displayed on the variable display device 9 under the control of the display control CPU 101 (FIG. 76 (B), the same applies hereinafter). Also,
When the symbol passes through the stop area, the solenoid 29b is turned on by the CPU 56, and the right speaker 2 is controlled by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701.
7 outputs a sound "a little too low" (FIG. 76 (c)). Then, a sound "OK" is output from the left speaker 27 by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701 (FIG. 76 (C)).

After that, when the symbol returns to the stop area, the CPU
The solenoid 29b is turned on by 56, and the sound "control!" Is output from the right speaker 27 under the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701 (FIG. 76 (d)). Then, by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701, "OK" from the left speaker 27.
Is output (FIG. 76 (D)). Then, when the big hit symbol is displayed as the fixed symbol at the timing of stopping all symbols after receiving the display control command instructing the stop of all symbols from the main board 31 (FIG. 76 (E)), the CP
The solenoid 29b is turned on by U56, and the speaker 2 is controlled by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701.
7 outputs a sound "big hit!"
(E)).

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect by Reach 3 (see FIG. 18). FIG. 77 shows a solenoid 33 of the CPU 56 in the case of performing an effect by the reach 3.
Aa, 33Ba (turnover solenoid for 33A, 33
B) (including a solenoid for tipping over B), illuminant control by the CPU 351 for lamp control, and CP for sound control.
Audio output processing by U701 and display control CPU 10
6 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing with a variable display process executed by No. 1; FIG. 78 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9 and an operation state of the gaming effect devices 33A and 33B when the process of FIG. 77 is being performed.

Here, a description will be given of the processing when the "left" and "right" symbol display areas are display-controlled in a swing fluctuation state and the middle symbol is controlled at a low speed fluctuation. When the middle symbol is in the low-speed fluctuation state, the variable display device 9 displays a character shooting with a symbol that is a big hit (here, “2”) and a symbol that is lost (here, “3”). (FIG. 78 (B)). In addition, the ON / OFF control of the solenoid 33Aa and the solenoid 33Ba by the CPU 56 is started, and the game effect device 33A and the game effect device 33B enter an operating state in which the game effect device 33B operates in small increments (FIG. 78).
(B)). Next, the LEDs 34a and 34b are turned on under the control of the lamp control CPU 351 (see FIG. 7).
8 (c)). At this time, the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701 causes the left and right speakers 27 to output “BA”.
N "is output. In this manner, an effect is produced in which the game effect device 33A and the game effect device 33B are in a fight with a handgun.

After that, the falling solenoid of the game effect device 33A is turned on by the CPU 56, and the game effect device 33A is turned over (FIG. 78 (d)).
Then, at the timing of stopping all the symbols after receiving the display control command instructing the stop of all the symbols from the main board 31,
On the variable display device 9, a symbol (here, “2”) displayed on the winning game effect device (game effect device 33B) side is displayed as a fixed symbol (FIG. 78 (E)).

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect by Reach 4 (see FIG. 18). FIG. 79 shows the solenoid 33 of the CPU 56 in the case of performing an effect by the reach 4.
Aa, 33Ba (turnover solenoid for 33A, 33
B) (including a solenoid for tipping over B), illuminant control by the CPU 351 for lamp control, and CP for sound control.
Audio output processing by U701 and display control CPU 10
6 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing with a variable display process executed by No. 1; FIG. 80 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9 and an operation state of the gaming effect devices 33A and 33B when the process of FIG. 79 is being performed.

Here, a description will be given of the processing when the "left" and "right" symbol display areas are display-controlled in a swing fluctuation state and the middle symbol is controlled at a low speed fluctuation. When the middle symbol is in the low-speed fluctuation state, the variable display device 9 displays a character shooting with a symbol that is a big hit (here, “2”) and a symbol that is lost (here, “3”). (FIG. 80 (B)). In addition, the ON / OFF control of the solenoid 33Aa and the solenoid 33Ba by the CPU 56 is started, and the game effect producing device 33A and the game effect producing device 33B are operated in small steps (FIG. 80).
(B)). Next, the LEDs 34a and 34b are turned on under the control of the lamp control CPU 351 (FIG. 8).
0 (c)). At this time, the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701 causes the left and right speakers 27 to output “BA”.
N "is output. In this manner, an effect is produced in which the game effect device 33A and the game effect device 33B are in a fight with a handgun.

Thereafter, the CPU 56 turns over the solenoid of the game effect device 33A and the game effect device 33.
The solenoid for falling B is turned on, and the game effect device 33A and the game effect device 33B are turned over (FIG. 80 (d)). Then, at the timing of stopping all the symbols after receiving the display control command instructing the stop of all the symbols from the main board 31, the CPU 56 turns off the falling solenoid of the gaming effect device 33B, and the game effect device 33B rises. (Fig. 80)
(E)), the symbol (here, “2”) displayed on the side of the game effect device (game effect device 33B) that has risen on the variable display device 9 is displayed as a fixed symbol (FIG. 80 ( E)).

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect by the reach 5 (see FIG. 18). FIG. 81 shows a solenoid 29 of the CPU 56 in the case of performing an effect by the reach 5.
b, 33Aa, and 33Ba (including a falling solenoid for 33A and a falling solenoid for 33B), drive timing of the illuminant by CPU 351 for lamp control, and audio output processing by CPU 701 for sound control. 6 is a timing chart showing an example of the above. FIG.
Game production device 33 when the process of FIG. 81 is being executed
It is an explanatory view showing an example of an operation state of A, 33B, and an operation state of the game effect device 29. It is assumed that the display state of the variable display device 9 is the same as the content shown in FIG. 78 described above, for example.

Here, a description will be given of the processing when the "left" and "right" symbol display areas are display-controlled in a swing fluctuation state and the middle symbol is controlled at a low speed fluctuation. When the middle symbol is in the low-speed fluctuation state, on / off control of the solenoid 33Aa and the solenoid 33Ba by the CPU 56 is started, and the game effect device 33A and the game effect device 33 are started.
B becomes an operating state in which it operates little by little (FIG. 82).
(B)). Next, the LEDs 34a and 34b are turned on under the control of the lamp control CPU 351 (FIG. 8).
2 (C)). At this time, the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701 causes the left and right speakers 27 to output “BA”.
N "is output. In this manner, an effect is produced in which the game effect device 33A and the game effect device 33B are in a fight with a handgun. Game production device 3
When 3A and the game effect device 33B are striking each other with a handgun, the solenoid 29b is turned on by the CPU 56, and the mouth of the game effect device 29 is opened (FIG. 82 (b)). At this time, the sound control CPU 70
By the audio output control 1, the sound “Ganbare” is output from the right speaker 27 (FIG. 82B).

After that, the falling solenoid of the game effect device 33A is turned on by the CPU 56, and the game effect device 33A is turned over (FIG. 82 (d)).
Then, the solenoid 29b is turned on by the CPU 56, and the mouth of the gaming effect device 29 is opened, and the sound "CPU-701" is output from the right speaker 27 by the sound output control of the sound control CPU 701. (FIG. 82 (c)). Then, at the timing of stopping all the symbols after receiving the display control command instructing the stop of all the symbols from the main board 31, the variable display device 9 is displayed on the side of the game effect device (game effect device 33B) that has won the shooting. A confirmed symbol with the symbol thus displayed as the middle symbol is displayed (see FIG. 78 (E)).

As described above, the game effect devices 33A, 33
Since 3B and 29 are configured to operate, it is possible to perform a reach effect depending on the operation state of the game effect device.

[0297] Further, since the respective reach effects described above are configured to have different jackpot reliability as shown in FIG. 18, the game is played by paying attention to the operation of the game effect devices 33A, 33B, 29. It is possible to improve the interest of the game.

Also, as described above, the game production device 33
Since the reach effect is performed by combining the operations of A, 33B, and 29, for example, a plurality of game effect devices can be operated in different combinations for each variable display on the variable display device 9. With this configuration, it is possible to diversify the operation mode of the game effect rendering device.

Also, as described above, the game effect device 33
A, 33B, 29
Since each is configured to have a different jackpot reliability (see FIG. 18), it is possible to improve the interest of the game by playing the game while paying attention to the combination of the operating game effect devices.

[0300] In each of the above-mentioned reach productions,
The larger the number of game effect devices that operate in one combination, the higher the reliability of the jackpot (see FIG. 18). Therefore, by playing a game by paying attention to the number of game effect devices that operate, It is possible to improve interest.

[0301] In Reach 1 and Reach 2 described above,
Since the effect of the game effect device 29 and the display content of the variable display device 9 are configured to perform an operation as if they correspond to each other, various effects using the game effect device and the variable display device 9 can be performed. It is possible to do.

[0302] Further, in the above-described reach 5, an operation is performed as if the game effect devices 33A and 33B and the game effect device 29 are in response to each other, so that a plurality of game effect devices were used. It is possible to perform various effects.

Next, a description will be given of a process in the case of performing an effect based on the probable change notice 1 (see FIG. 23). FIG. 83 is a timing chart showing an example of the processing timing of the drive processing of the solenoid 29a of the CPU 56 and the variable display processing of the display control CPU 101 in the case of performing an effect based on the probable change notice 1. FIG. 84 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device 29 and a display state of the variable display device 9 when the process of FIG. 83 is being performed. Further, description of the same processing as in the above-described example will be omitted.

In the probable change notice 1, when each symbol display area is controlled to the high-speed change state, the solenoid 29a is turned on by the CPU 56 and the game effect device 29 is turned on.
The eyelid is closed (FIG. 84 (b)). This operation is a probable change notice.

As described above, since the gaming effect device 29 is configured to operate, it is possible to give a probable change notice depending on the operation state of the gaming effect device.

It is to be noted that the probable change notice may be provided with a plurality of effect modes such as a reach notice.
With a configuration in which a plurality of effect modes are provided, it is possible to obtain the same effect as the above-mentioned reach announcement or big hit announcement for the probable change announcement.

[0307] Next, an example of processing in the case of performing a re-fluctuation effect will be described. FIG. 85 shows C in the case where a re-fluctuation effect is performed.
Drive processing of the solenoid 30a of the PU 56 and the sound control C
Audio output control by PU 701 and display control CPU 1
13 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing for variable display processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 86 shows an operation state of the gaming effect device 29 when the process of FIG. 84 is being executed,
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display state of the variable display device 9; Further, description of the same processing as in the above-described example will be omitted.

In the re-fluctuation effect, after the temporary big hit symbol is displayed, and when each symbol display area is further controlled to the high-speed fluctuation state (FIG. 86 (B)), the CPU 56 turns on / off the solenoid 30a. Is started, and the operation of performing a repetitive operation in which the lid of the game effect device 30 is half-opened or closed (FIGS. 86 (b) to 86)
(D)).

During the repetitive operation of the game effect device 30, a character is displayed on the variable display device 9 under the control of the display control CPU 101, and the sound control CPU 70
According to the audio output control 1, the audio “Treasure box!” Is output from the speaker 27 (FIG. 86 (C)). Then, at the timing of stopping all the symbols after receiving the display control command instructing the stop of all the symbols from the main board 31, the CP
By U56, the solenoid 30a is maintained in the ON state, and the cover of the game effect device 30 is opened (FIG. 8).
6 (e)), the fixed symbol is displayed on the variable display device 9 (FIG. 86 (E)).

As described above, since the gaming effect device 30 is configured to operate, it is possible to perform a re-lottery effect depending on the operation state of the gaming effect device.

[0311] Further, as described above, since the processing for notifying (instruction notification) of the game effect device operating on the variable display device 9 is performed, it is possible to notify the player of the game effect device operating. .

As described above, since a plurality of game effect devices having different designs are provided and each game effect device performs various operations, various game effects are performed by a plurality of types of game effect devices. It is possible to improve the interest of the game.

Also, as described above, the effect contents are determined by the main board 31, so that the game effect devices 25A, 25B, 29, 30, 33A,
33B can be controlled. As described above, since the movable effect device control means for controlling the game effect device is included in the game control means, solenoids conventionally provided in the game machine (for example, solenoids 16, 21, 21)
A) Configuration for driving (for example, solenoid circuit 59 and power supply wiring used for driving control of solenoid)
With the aid of a solenoid (for example, solenoids 25Aa, 25Ba, 29a,
29b, 30a, 33Aa, 33Ba, and a falling solenoid) can be driven.

Further, as described above, by operating the gaming effect device, the advance notice that the display content of the variable display device 9 is in a predetermined display mode (reach announcement, big hit announcement, probable change announcement). Is executed, the player can predict the display mode of the variable display device 9 by paying attention to the operation of the gaming effect device, so that the interest of the game can be improved. Becomes
For example, when the predetermined display mode is the reach display mode, it is possible for the player to pay attention to the operation of the gaming effect device, and to play the game in expectation of reaching.
Also, for example, when the predetermined display mode is the specific display mode (big hit display mode), the player pays attention to the operation of the game effect rendering device, and can play a game in expectation of a big hit. Possible.

[0315] Further, as described above, since the game effect device is configured to be able to perform a plurality of different operations, the operation mode of the game effect device can be diversified. For example, it is possible to cause the game effect device 29 to perform a plurality of different types of operations such as an operation for opening and closing the mouth and an operation for opening and closing the eyelids. Further, for example, the game production device 30 is caused to perform an operation of opening and closing the lid in small increments and then opening the lid, and an operation of opening and closing the lid in small increments and then closing the lid. This is also possible. With such a configuration, it is possible to cause the gaming effect device to perform various operations. Also, for example, when the game effect device performs one operation, the reliability (such as the jackpot reliability or the reach development reliability) increases, and when the game effect device performs another operation, the reliability decreases. As described above, the reliability can be made different depending on the type of operation of the gaming effect device.

Further, as described above, by configuring the plurality of game effect devices to operate in different combinations, it is possible to cause the game effect devices to perform various operations in different combinations.

Further, as described above, the reliability of the announcement notification (such as the jackpot reliability and the reach development reliability) differs depending on the combination of the operating game effect devices (for example, see FIG. 19 for the reach development reliability). ), The game is played while paying attention to a combination of operating game effect devices, so that the interest of the game can be improved.

Further, as described above, the greater the number of game effect devices that operate in one combination, the higher the reliability of the advance notice is. For example, as shown in FIG. The reliability in the reach notice 2 in which two game effect devices operate is higher than the reach notice 1 in which one game effect device operates, and the reliability in the reach notice 3 in which three game effect devices operate is further increased. Then, the game is performed while paying attention to the number of operating game effect devices, so that the interest of the game can be improved.

Also, as described above, the variable display device 9
In addition, since the processing for notifying (instruction notification) of the operating game effect device is performed, it is possible to notify the player of the operating game effect device.

Further, as described above, of the plurality of game effect devices, the structure is such that the operation of one game effect device and the other game effect device can be operated as if they corresponded. Various effects using a plurality of game effect devices can be performed.

[0321] Of the plurality of movable effect devices, one operation of one movable effect device may be provided so as to correspond to one operation of another movable effect device. In addition, among a plurality of movable effect devices, one operation of one movable effect device may be provided in correspondence with two or more operations of another movable effect device. In this case, when one operation of one movable effect device is executed, one operation may be selected and executed from two or more operations of another movable effect device. Further, among the plurality of movable effect devices, a configuration in which one operation of one movable effect device is not provided with a corresponding operation of the other movable effect device is included (that is, a device that does not operate in “operation” is included). In this way, when performing one operation of one movable effect device, one operation is selected from two or more operations of another movable effect device (here, select not to operate). However, the configuration may be such that other movable effect devices are not operated. By configuring as described above, in the case where the operation of one game effect device and the other game effect device are operated as if they correspond to each other, various effects using a plurality of game effect devices can be performed. It is possible to do.

Further, as described above, since the operation of the game effect device and the display content of the variable display device 9 can be operated as if they correspond to each other, the game effect device and the variable display device can be operated. 9 and various effects can be performed.

It should be noted that a configuration may be adopted in which a predetermined change in the display mode of the variable display device 9 is provided for one operation of one movable rendering device among the plurality of movable rendering devices. In addition, a plurality of changes in the display mode of the variable display device 9 may be provided for one operation of one movable effect device among the plurality of movable effect devices. In this case, when one operation of one movable effect device is executed, one of a plurality of changes of the display mode of the variable display device 9 may be selected and executed. Further, among a plurality of movable effect devices, one operation of one movable effect device includes a configuration in which a change in the display mode of the corresponding variable display device 9 is not provided (that is, “change” includes:
In this manner, the variable display device 9 includes one that does not change).
One of the plurality of changes in the display mode may be selected (here, the one with no change is selected) so that the display mode of the variable display device 9 is not changed. By configuring as described above, the operation of the game effect device and the variable display device 9
When it is made to operate as if the displayed contents correspond to each other, it is possible to perform various effects using the game effect device and the variable display device 9.

[0324] As described above, the nail for blocking the passage of the game ball is arranged above the game area 7, and the area dedicated to the movable effect device through which the game medium does not pass (in this example, the game effect device 29 (The right side area in the installed game area 7), it is possible to prevent the game medium from entering the installation location of the movable effect device and colliding with the movable effect device. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a trouble such as a failure of the movable effect device due to the collision of the game medium. In addition, since the movable effect device-dedicated area is not included in the movement path of the game medium, the movable effect device installed in the movable effect device-dedicated area does not hinder the operation of the game medium, and It is possible to prevent the game from being hindered by hindering the operation.

Further, as described above, since the movable effect device (movable effect device 29 in this example) is arranged along the outer periphery (firing rail) of the game area 7, the installation area is limited. The game area 7 can be used effectively.

Further, as described above, a state where a part of the mounting board used for installing the movable effect device (in this example, the movable effect device 25) overlaps with the launch path through which the emitted game medium passes. , The game area 7 having a limited installation area can be effectively used. In addition, a part of the mounting substrate used for installing the movable effect device (for example, the movable effect device 25) is a falling area (in this example, the game area 7 in the game area 7) in which the emitted game medium flows down. At least the game medium flows down between a part of the mounting board of the movable effect device and the surface of the game region 7 in a state where the movable effect device overlaps with the region exclusive of the movable effect device and the hitting ball launch path. (It is necessary to have a space capable of performing the same). With such a configuration, the movable effect device can be made to look large by effectively using the game area 7 in which the installation area is limited.

In the above-described embodiment, the game effect device is configured to perform a plurality of different operations. However, the game effect device has different timings (operation start timing, operation end timing, operation speed, operation speed, etc.). (Operation interval, etc.). With this configuration, the movable effect device can be operated at various timings. Also, for example, when the operation start timing is early, the reliability (big hit reliability, reach development reliability, etc.) increases, and when the operation start timing is late, the game reliability decreases. The reliability can be made different depending on the timing of moving the effect device.

In the above-described embodiment, the operation content of the gaming effect device is determined according to the determined variation pattern. However, after the variation pattern is determined, the operation is provided in correspondence with the variation pattern. A plurality of motion patterns (operation patterns for performing an effect based on the corresponding variation pattern, and an operation set so as to produce an effect that matches an effect by another electrical component executed by the variation pattern) (Pattern). That is, for one effect mode, a configuration may be provided in which operations of a plurality of types of movable effect devices are provided correspondingly. With this configuration, for example, when the same variable display is performed on the variable display device 9, for example, the game control device 29 or the game control device 25A is operated in accordance with the variation pattern. Or not be activated. Therefore, when increasing the operation pattern, it is possible not to increase the variation pattern command.

In the above embodiment, the main substrate 3
According to the variation pattern command from 1, a specific effect is performed on each electric component control board (display control board 80, lamp control board 35, sound control board 70).
In response to the variation pattern command from the main board 31, each electric component control board selects the effect content (a plurality of effects corresponding to one variation pattern command (so that each effect matches the operation of the corresponding game effect device). (Set) may be prepared in advance) and executed. That is, even when the game control means determines to execute a different operation from a plurality of types of operations that can be executed by the movable effect device, the same command may be output. With this configuration, the control load on the game control means can be reduced. Also,
Regarding one operation of the game effect device, each electric component (for example, the variable display device 9, various light emitters, the speaker 27, and the like) is provided with a plurality of types of effects (for example, a plurality of different types of electric components provided in the gaming machine). Such effects as displaying balloons and outputting a plurality of types of different sound effects) can be performed, so that various effects using the game effect rendering device can be performed.

In the above embodiment, the main substrate 3
1 determines the content of the effect, and controls the game effect device. However, other electric component control boards (display control board 8
0, the lamp control board 35, and the sound control board 70) to determine a part of the effect contents (for example, whether or not to perform a reach announcement), and to provide a game effect device (for example, a game effect device) for performing a reach announcement effect. 25A, 25B) may be controlled by the other electrical component control board. With this configuration, the control load on the main board 31 is reduced.

[0331] In addition, a game effect is provided for one effect mode (operation of a display character, output sound from the speaker 27, etc.) on each electric component control board (display control board 80, lamp control board 35, sound control board 70). A plurality of types of operation of the device may be provided. For example, for the same motion of the character displayed on the variable display device 9, there may be a case where the eyelids of the game effect device 29 are closed and a case where the mouth of the game effect device 29 is opened. What is necessary is just to comprise. With this configuration, the main board 31 can transmit the same variation pattern command for a plurality of operations in the gaming effect device. Therefore,
The control load on the main board 31 is reduced.

When a plurality of types of operation modes are provided, a relatively prominent game production device (for example, a device installed at a prominent position, a device formed by a prominent shape, a pattern, or the like) is used. It may be configured to be used in many operation modes as compared with other game effect devices.
For example, the movable effect device (for example, the game effect device 30) provided in the central portion of the game area 7 may be used in more operation modes than other movable effect devices. Also, for example, the largest movable effect device (for example, the game effect device 29) may be used in more operation modes than other movable effect devices. With this configuration, the player can easily recognize the effect by the operation of the movable effect device.

In addition to the operation by the movable effect device, or in conjunction with the operation by the movable effect device, an effect (for example, an effect such as a reach announcement) is performed by vibrating the operation means (for example, the hitting operation handle 5). You may do so. In this case, a vibration member such as a vibrator may be built in the operation means. With this configuration, the interest of the game can be further improved.

[0334] The variable display device 9 may be configured to display a character related to the movable effect device (for example, a character imitating a game effect device). With this configuration, the interest of the game can be further improved.

Further, the variable display device 9 may be constituted by a drum.

[0336] Further, some or all of the plurality of movable effect devices may be formed to imitate a character. More specifically, a movable rendering device whose external shape is the shape of a character in an animation, a movable rendering device whose external shape is the shape of a face of a person (for example, an actor) having an external shape, and a numeric shape whose external shape is a number This is applicable to a mobile production device that performs In addition, the shape itself is not limited to the shape of the character. For example, a picture or a photograph of a character in the animation is expressed on the surface of the movable staging device (a directly drawn picture or a picture drawn in advance). (Including the case of being expressed by being attached) also corresponds to a movable effect device formed by imitating a character. With this configuration, the interest of the game can be further improved.

[0337] Further, each movable effect device may be configured in advance as any one of a device for a reach announcement effect, a device for a big hit announcement effect, and a device for a reach effect. With this configuration, the movable effect device that operates in accordance with the effect mode can be specified, so that the game is performed while paying attention to the movable effect device that operates, thereby further increasing the interest of the game. Can be improved.

In the case where the back light 35a is turned on and an effect is produced using the game staging section 36, the back light 35a can be turned on in a plurality of colors. Light emission may be performed.

Further, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of each of the above-described embodiments, when the stop symbol of the special symbol variably displayed on the variable display device 9 based on the winning start is a predetermined symbol combination, the predetermined game value is reduced. Although it was a first-class pachinko gaming machine that can be given to a player, a predetermined game value that can be given to a player when there is a prize in a predetermined area of an electric accessory that is opened based on a start winning prize. Two types of pachinko machines,
A third-type pachinko gaming machine in which a predetermined right is generated or continued when there is a prize in a predetermined electric auditory product that is opened when a stop symbol of a symbol variably displayed based on a start winning prize is a predetermined combination of symbols. The present invention can be applied to such cases.

[0340]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of movable effect devices used for game effects are provided, and the plurality of types of movable effect devices are configured so that their designs are different. Various game effects can be performed by the movable effect device, and the interest of the game can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the movable effect device control means is configured to be included in the game control means, the movable effect device can be controlled by the game control means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of movable effect devices are formed so as to imitate different characters, so that the designs are different, so that different characters are imitated. Various game effects can be performed by a plurality of types of movable effect devices, and the interest of the game can be improved.

According to the invention described in claim 4, since the plurality of types of movable effect devices are configured to have different designs by being formed in different shapes, various types of movable effect devices having different shapes are used. It is possible to perform a great game effect, and it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

[0344] According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the movable staging device is operated, a notice that the display state of the variable display device is in a predetermined display mode can be notified. By paying attention to the operation of the movable effect device, the player can predict the display mode of the variable display device, so that the interest of the game can be improved.

In the invention described in claim 6, the predetermined display mode is the reach display mode, so that the player pays attention to the operation of the movable staging device, and expects to be in reach. It is possible to play games.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, since the predetermined display mode is the specific display mode, it is expected that the player pays attention to the operation of the movable staging apparatus, and thus the specific display mode is achieved. To play the game.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of different operations can be performed by the movable effect device, the operation mode of the movable effect device can be diversified.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since the movable effect device can be operated at different timings, the movable effect device can be operated at various timings. The operation mode can be diversified.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, since the reliability of the advance notice differs depending on the type of operation of the movable effect device, the game is played by paying attention to the type of operation of the movable effect device. This makes it possible to improve the interest of the game.

[0350] According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, a plurality of movable effect devices can be operated in combination, and the plurality of movable effect devices can be operated in a plurality of different combinations. Therefore, it is possible to diversify the operation mode of the movable effect device.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the reliability of the advance notification is configured to be different depending on the combination of the movable effect devices that operate, so that the game is played by paying attention to the combination of the movable effect devices that operate. This makes it possible to improve the interest of the game.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the more the number of movable effect devices that operate in one combination, the higher the reliability of the advance notice is. Therefore, the game is focused on the number of movable effect devices that operate. Is performed, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

[0353] According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, since it is configured to give an instruction to indicate a movable staging apparatus that operates,
It is possible to inform the player of the movable effect device that operates.

[0354] According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to operate as if the operation of one movable effect device and the operation of another movable effect device correspond to each other among the plurality of movable effect devices. Therefore, it is possible to perform various effects using a plurality of movable effect devices.

According to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, since the operation of the movable effect device and the display content of the variable display device can be operated as if they corresponded to each other,
Various effects using the movable effect device and the variable display device can be performed.

[0356] According to the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, the electric component provided in the gaming machine includes:
Since it is configured to be able to perform a plurality of types of effects, it is possible to perform various effects using the movable effect device.

In the invention according to claim 18, since the electric component control means is configured to select one effect from a plurality of types of effects, it is possible to reduce the control burden of the game control means. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine viewed from the front.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming board of the pachinko gaming machine as viewed from the front.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the operation of the gaming effect device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the operation of the gaming effect device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a circuit configuration on a main board.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a display control circuit.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration in the lamp control board.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration in a voice control board.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a main process executed by a CPU on a main board.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a relationship between a backup flag and whether or not to execute a game state restoration process.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a 2 ms timer interrupt process.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing each random number.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a left and right middle symbol.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a special symbol process process.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining that a hit ball has won a start winning opening.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a stop symbol for variable display and a process of determining a variation pattern.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a jackpot determination process.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing types of reach effects and the like.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing types of reach announcement effects and the like.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing types of jackpot announcement effects.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a selection rate and an appearance rate of a jackpot announcement effect.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing the jackpot reliability of the jackpot announcement effect.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing the types and the like of a certain variation notice effect.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the effect contents and the operation pattern of the game effect device.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the effect contents and the operation pattern of the game effect device.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation pattern table.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a solenoid output process.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing signal lines of a display control command.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a command transmission table and the like.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a command form of a control command.

FIG. 31 is a timing chart showing the relationship between an 8-bit control signal and an INT signal which constitute a control command.

FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the content of a display control command.

FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of a lamp control command.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the content of a voice control command.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a command set process.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a command transmission processing routine.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing main processing executed by a display control CPU.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a timer interrupt process.

FIG. 39 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a command reception buffer.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing a command reception interrupt process.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing a command analysis process.

FIG. 42 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of correspondence between EXT data of a variation pattern command and a variation pattern table.

FIG. 43 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a fluctuation pattern table.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing a display control process.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing a display control command reception waiting process of the display control process process.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing a variation pattern table setting process of the display control process process.

FIG. 47 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state in which a fluctuation pattern command and the like are set in the command transmission table.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing a whole symbol change start process of the display control process process.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing a symbol change process of the display control process process.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing an all symbol stop waiting process of the display control process process.

FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing a jackpot display process of the display control process process.

FIG. 52 is a flowchart showing a main process executed by a lamp control CPU.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart showing a timer interrupt process executed by the lamp control CPU.

FIG. 54 is an explanatory diagram showing lamp data in an address map of a ROM mounted on a lamp control board.

FIG. 55 is a flowchart showing a main process executed by a sound control CPU.

FIG. 56 is a flowchart showing a timer interrupt process executed by the sound control CPU.

FIG. 57 is an explanatory diagram showing audio data in an address map of a ROM mounted on the audio control board.

FIG. 58 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in reach notice 1;

FIG. 59 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in the reach notice 1.

FIG. 60 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in reach notice 2;

FIG. 61 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in reach notice 2;

FIG. 62 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in reach notice 3;

FIG. 63 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in reach notice 3;

FIG. 64 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in reach notice 4;

FIG. 65 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in reach notice 4;

FIG. 66 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in the big hit notice 1.

FIG. 67 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in the big hit notice 1.

FIG. 68 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in the big hit notice 2.

FIG. 69 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in the big hit notice 2.

FIG. 70 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in the big hit notice 3.

FIG. 71 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in the big hit notice 3.

FIG. 72 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in Reach 1;

73 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in Reach 1. FIG.

74 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in Reach 1. FIG.

FIG. 75 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in reach 2;

76 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in Reach 2. FIG.

FIG. 77 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in Reach 3;

FIG. 78 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the game effect rendering device in Reach 3.

FIG. 79 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in Reach 4.

FIG. 80 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in Reach 4.

FIG. 81 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in reach 5;

FIG. 82 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in Reach 5.

FIG. 83 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in probabilistic change notice 1;

FIG. 84 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in probable change notice 1.

FIG. 85 is a timing chart showing an example of processing timing in a re-lottery.

FIG. 86 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation state of the gaming effect device in a re-lottery.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko game machine 9 Variable display device 16, 21, 21A, 25Aa, 25Ba, 29a, 2
9b, 30a, 33Aa, 33Ba Solenoid 25A, 25B, 29, 30, 33A, 33B Game production device (movable production device) 31 Main board 35 Lamp control board 56 CPU 59 Solenoid circuit 70 Sound control board 80 Display control board

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Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine controllable to a specific game state advantageous to a player on condition that a display state of a variable display device is in a specific display mode, wherein a plurality of movable effect devices used for a game effect are provided. A gaming machine characterized in that a plurality of types of movable effect devices have different designs. 2. A game control means for controlling the progress of the game, an electric component control means for controlling an electric component provided in the gaming machine in response to a command from the game control means, and for controlling a movable effect device. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a movable effect device control unit, wherein the movable effect device control unit is included in the game control unit. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of types of movable effect devices is formed so as to imitate a different character so as to have different designs. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of types of movable effect devices has a different shape so that the design is different. . 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein by operating the movable effect device, a preliminary notification that can notify that the display state of the variable display device is in a predetermined display mode is executed. A gaming machine according to the item. 6. The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined display mode is a reach display mode. 7. The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined display mode is a specific display mode. 8. The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of different operations can be performed by the movable effect device. 9. The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the movable effect device can be operated at different timings. 10. Depending on the type of operation of the movable effect device,
The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein reliability of the notice is different. 11. The method according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of movable effect devices can be operated in combination, and the plurality of movable effect devices can be operated in a plurality of different combinations. The gaming machine according to any one of the preceding claims. 12. The gaming machine according to claim 11, wherein the reliability of the advance notice differs depending on the combination of the movable effect devices that operate. 13. The gaming machine according to claim 12, wherein the greater the number of movable effect devices that operate in one combination, the higher the reliability of the announcement notification. 14. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein an instruction indicating a movable staging device to be operated is issued. 15. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, of the plurality of movable effect devices, the operation of one movable effect device and the operation of another movable effect device can be operated as if they correspond to each other. The gaming machine according to any one of the above. 16. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation of the movable effect device and the display content of the variable display device can be operated as if they corresponded.
A gaming machine according to the item. 17. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the electric component provided in the gaming machine can perform a plurality of types of effects for one operation of the movable effect device. The gaming machine described. 18. The gaming machine according to claim 17, further comprising electric component control means for controlling electric components, wherein said electric component control means selects one effect from a plurality of types of effects.