JP2003024600A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of clearing only a split region corresponding to a clearing instruction in response thereto. SOLUTION: When either of buttons A 320 and B 321 for clearing memories is pushed down, a split region corresponding to the instruction is cleared, so that it is possible to clear a desired split region alone in response to the instruction and yet with ease. In addition, an LED 311 or an LED 312 corresponding to the indicated split region is turned on to indicate the cleared split region, so that it can be easily figured out what split region has been cleared.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a RAM clear function in gaming machines such as pachinko machines and pachi-slot machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional gaming machine, in order to perform a memory clear operation immediately before starting a game, the power is turned on by operating a power-on switch while pressing the clear button. Then, the main CP that controls the game operation control
Since U clears all the memory areas of the RAM it manages, it is possible to newly play today's game without leaving the game data of the previous day.

However, in such a conventional memory clear method, since all the work areas are cleared, for example, even an area which is not desired to be cleared is forcibly cleared. There was a problem that it would end up. For example, this corresponds to the case where the game data or the like in a certain predetermined area of the work area is in trouble due to the control algorithm when it is cleared.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and provides a gaming machine capable of clearing a corresponding divided area in response to a divided area clear instruction operation. The purpose is to

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a main control means for controlling game operation control,
In a gaming machine provided with a memory used as a work area by the main control means, in response to a clear instruction operation of a divided area, which is each area obtained by dividing the memory area of the memory, only the corresponding divided area It was made to feature that it was made to clear.

According to the present invention, only the corresponding divided area is cleared in response to the operation for instructing the clearing of the divided area, so that it is possible to prevent the clear processing from being performed even for the area which does not need to be cleared as in the conventional case. it can.

More specifically, an operating means provided for each of the divided areas and for issuing a clear instruction, and the corresponding divided area is cleared in response to the operation of any one of the operating means. And a clear processing means for performing the same. Further, it is preferable to provide a notifying unit for notifying the divided area cleared by the clear processing unit.

Further, the main control means is configured to be able to control each of the plurality of peripheral devices, and after the clear processing means clears any one of the divided areas, the plurality of peripheral devices are set in a preset priority order. A control signal transmitting means for transmitting a control signal for clearing the memory in each of the peripheral devices to the side of the plurality of peripheral devices may be provided.

Each of the plurality of peripheral devices includes a processor and a random access memory used by the processor as a work area, and the processor is responsive to receiving the control signal. The memory area can be cleared.

For such an operation, the program is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and C
It can be realized by the PU reading and executing the program recorded in this recording medium. As such a recording medium, a semiconductor recording medium such as a ROM or a semiconductor IC, a D
Examples thereof include optical recording media such as VDROM and CDROM, magnetic recording media such as flexible disks, and magneto-optical recording media such as MO. Further, this program may be downloaded from the information processing device via the communication network.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the general configuration and operation of a gaming machine that transmits and receives control commands to perform display control will be described, and then the main operation of the present invention will be described to facilitate understanding of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of the game board 10. In the approximate center of the game board 10, there are three (left, middle, right) display areas, and in each display area, identification information independently composed of numbers and symbols is variably displayed. The possible special symbol display device 100 is arranged, the special symbol starting port 104 is arranged directly below it, and the normal symbol operating gates 102, 102 are arranged on both sides of this special symbol starting port 104. It is set up. Also,
A pair of opening / closing members 120, 120 are special symbol starting ports 104
Are provided so as to be separated from each other so as to be opened and closed.

Further, below the special symbol starting opening 104, a special winning opening 106, a normal symbol display device 108, an out opening 114 are arranged in this order, and further, both diagonally above the special symbol starting opening 104. The lamp display device 110,
110 is provided, and a lamp display device (more specifically, an LED device) near both side ends of the game board 10.
112, 112 are provided.

Then, a game ball is won in the special symbol starting port 104 and a random number is selected, and when the random number is a big hit value, at least one identification information variable display is started in each display area. After that, a predetermined display pattern (eg "7, 7, 7") is displayed on the winning effective line.
Is displayed by the special symbol display device 100, and the special winning opening 106 is controlled to open and close in a predetermined pattern to be in a big hit game state (special game state) advantageous to the player.

Further, when the normal symbol operation gate 102 detects the passage of the game ball, a random number lottery is carried out, and when this random number is a small hit value, the ordinary symbol display device 108.
The display part of is displayed in a predetermined pattern (for example, "7" or "3"), and after that, when the opening / closing member 120 is in the open state and the game ball wins the special symbol starting opening 104, the random number is similarly generated. When the lottery is performed and the random number selected is a big hit value, the variable display in each display area is started, and then a predetermined display pattern (for example, "7, 7, 7") is displayed on the winning effective line as a special symbol. This is performed by the display device 100, and the special winning opening 106 is controlled to be opened and closed in a predetermined pattern to be in a big hit state (special game state) advantageous to the player. On the other hand, the batting that is not won is out 114
Is discharged through.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing only the main part of the gaming machine in which the gaming machine control is performed according to the progress of the game. The main control unit 200 that controls the game operation control is equipped with a microprocessor with a built-in CPU, and various control commands including at least various commands for controlling the special symbol display device 100, which will be described later. A RAM 20 in which a work area is formed and a command data table area 202 for storing a control program describing a series of gaming machine control procedures and a game control program such as control data.
3 is provided, which is an integrated one-chip microcomputer. The game operation is performed by the main control unit 200 repeatedly executing this game control program at a predetermined cycle, and the main control unit 200 controls the game operation control.

In the main control unit 200, through the input port 210, a special symbol starting switch 304, which is provided inside the special symbol starting port 104 to detect winning of the game ball into the special symbol starting port 104, a normal symbol operating gate A normal symbol operation switch 306 provided inside 102 for detecting the passage of a game ball, and a big winning opening switch 308 provided inside the big winning opening 106 for detecting the winning of the game ball into the big winning opening 106. The main controller 200 is connected and can receive each detection signal.

Further, the main controller 200 has an output port 2
A plurality of peripheral devices are controllably connected via 15. More specifically, the main control unit 200 has three display units for displaying special symbols and characters, each of which can be variably displayed independently, and a special symbol display device 100 realized by an LCD or the like, a lamp. Lamp display device 11 for controlling lighting
0, 112, a sound effect generator 116 for generating a sound effect,
For example, a normal symbol display device 108 realized by a 7-segment display device, a starting opening actuating solenoid 300 for controlling opening / closing of the opening / closing member 120 of the starting opening, and opening / closing control of a wide opening / closing member of the special winning opening 106. A peripheral device group such as a special winning opening operating solenoid 302 is connected, and the main control unit 200 can transmit a control signal for controlling each device.

Then, the main control unit 200 can transmit a predetermined number of display control commands to the special symbol display device 100 at a predetermined timing, and the special symbol display device 100 receives the command. Based on the command, the CPU in itself performs fine display control without depending on the main control unit 200. Furthermore, a communication mode is adopted by one-way communication in which only a command is transmitted from the main control unit 200 to the special symbol display device 100.

Further, a power supply circuit 212 for supplying power and a reset circuit 213 for outputting a reset signal at predetermined time intervals are connected to the main control section 200, and the reset circuit 213 is further provided with a main circuit. The pulse signal generated by the periodic timer counter is input from the control unit 200, and the monitor signal for monitoring the current supply state from the power supply circuit 212 is input.

Now, as shown in FIG. 12, the main controller 20
The command for display control sent from 0 to the special symbol display device 100 is an identifier for identifying the classification of the command and is a 1-byte length digital information mode (MODE)
And an event (EVENT), which is 1-byte-long digital information indicating the content (function) of the command to be executed, FIGS. 6 to 9 show the command data table area 202 stored in the ROM 201. A part of the command data for display control is shown.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the commands for display control include "a command (first command) for changing the special symbol and designating a variation pattern", "a special symbol on the left. Command to specify the stop symbol (second command) "," Command to specify the stop symbol in the special symbol (second command) "," Command to specify the stop symbol on the right of the special symbol (second command) " , "Command for stopping special symbols (third command)". The first command is a command including information for designating a variation pattern that determines, for example, in which pattern a pattern is variably displayed, in which pattern a character image is displayed, and the like. The main control unit 200 transmits these five commands to the special symbol display device 100 at a predetermined timing in one variable display control when the game situation is such that the symbol variable display is started.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the special symbol display device 100. The special symbol display device 100 supplies power to the voltage receiving circuit 1140 (including the voltage converting circuit for converting the data level) for receiving the strobe signal and the command from the main control unit 200 and the voltage converting circuit. A power supply circuit 1160 and a CPU 1 that generates control data necessary for display control based on a received command and outputs the control data to an image processing LSI (VDP) 1060.
020 (display control means) and a program ROM 10 containing a program describing the operation procedure of the CPU 1020.
40, a RAM 1090 that functions as a work area and a buffer memory, and an image processing LS that performs image expansion processing.
I (VDP) 1060 and image processing LSI (VDP)
A video RAM 1080 for temporarily storing the image data expanded by 1060, and an image processing LSI (VDP) 10
A character ROM 1180 that stores data necessary for image development by the 60, and an LCD that receives and sends out image data temporarily stored in the video RAM 1080.
Panel interface circuit 1100 and this LCD
LCD panel 1 that outputs a display image using image data sent from panel interface circuit 1100
And 120.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the character RO
M1180 is a ROM title area, a ROM management information area, a character image data area in which actual character data is stored, a palette data area in which character color data is stored, and a scenario data area in which information defining character movement is stored. And the character data is stored in the character image data area in a state of being compressed by a specific compression method. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4B, the palette data area is
Plural types of pairs of color numbers and color codes are stored.

The CPU of the special symbol display device 100
Reference numeral 1020 denotes control data generated in response to a command received by the data receiving circuit 1140, which is an image processing LSI (V
DP) 1060, the image processing LSI (VD
P) 1060 is a video RAM 108 designated by the information acquired from the scenario data area by decompressing the character data acquired from the character image data area and coloring it with the color data acquired from the palette data area.
By temporarily storing the image-developed data at the position 0, and sending the temporarily stored data to the LCD panel interface circuit 1100, the LCD panel 11
Various image displays including a variable display speed change and the like are finely performed by 20.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing command transmission / reception timing. As previously mentioned,
The command consists of a 1-byte long mode (MODE) and a 1-byte long event (EVENT).
In this example, the main control unit 200 transmits the mode (MODE) information triggered by the first rise of the strobe signal (DUSTB) generated by itself when the command changes, and then the two strobe signals (DUSTB). Event (EVENT) information is transmitted triggered by the rising of the eyes. Then, correspondingly, the CPU 1020 of the special symbol display device generates an interrupt when the strobe signal (DUSTB) is transmitted, receives the command by this interrupt processing, and stores it in the RAM 1090.

Next, first, the normal control operation performed by the CPU 1020 of the main control unit 200 and the special symbol display device 100 is shown in FIG. 10 (general flowchart of game control) and FIG.
, And then the characteristic operation of the present invention will be described to facilitate understanding of the present invention. The main control unit 200 executes the series of processing shown in FIG.
This is performed by executing a game control program (not shown) stored in. More specifically, the reset signal supplied from the reset circuit 213 every predetermined time (for example, 4 msec) is used as a trigger to execute from the first step, and this series of processes is repeatedly executed.

First, when the power supply circuit 212 is activated by a power switch (not shown), the main control unit 200 is activated. It is determined whether or not the first process has been executed since the power was turned on ( Step S11
0). In case of the first processing after turning on the power (Yes)
On the other hand, the process proceeds to step S200, while in other cases (No), the process proceeds to step S120.

In step S200, a storage area clearing process is executed as an initialization process of the RAM 203, and then, in step S210, data for performing the initial control process is set in a predetermined area of the RAM 203. On the other hand, in step S120, the count values of various random number generation loop counters (not shown) for the big hit determination, the small hit determination, etc. formed in the RAM 203 are incremented, and in step S130, various kinds of game machine control used. Update the timer value of the timer.

Next, in step S140, a special symbol starting switch 304, a normal symbol operating switch 306,
Input port processing of reading and storing the detection signal output from the special winning opening switch 308 into a register in the unit (not shown) via the input port 210, and then the process proceeds to step S150 to read and store data in the port input processing. Switch check processing for grasping

Next, in step S160, each switch 3
04, 306, 308, etc. are checked for disconnection or short circuit, and if these faults occur (Yes
s) While proceeding to step S220, otherwise (No) proceeding to step S180 (step S
170).

Then, in step S180, the data necessary for the display control of the normal symbol display device 108 is stored in the RAM.
A command necessary for display control of the special symbol display device 100 is stored in a predetermined area 203 (see FIGS. 6 to 9).
Are stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 203, and the timer values of the various timers are decremented (step S190). In step S180, the main control unit 200 determines the mode and event command necessary for the game control by referring to the command data table area 202, and the digital information indicating the determined mode and event is stored in the RAM 203 in a predetermined manner. Store in area.

Next, in step S195, in order to control the opening / closing of the special winning opening 106 and the opening / closing member 120 of the special symbol starting opening 104 in a predetermined pattern, the starting opening operating solenoid 300 and the special winning opening operating solenoid 302 are driven. Then, in step S220, a prize ball setting process for outputting control information for causing a prize ball payout device (not shown) to perform a payout operation is executed, and in steps S230, 240, 250, a game (not shown) is executed. External light information processing for outputting various game data to the machine management device, indicator light control processing for storing a command for controlling lighting of the lamp display devices 110, 112 in a predetermined area of the RAM 203, effect sound generation Device 11
6 executes a sound effect process of storing a command for controlling sound effect generation in a predetermined area of the RAM 203 in correspondence with the game state.

Next, in step S260, R
The data stored in the AM 203 is output to the corresponding device via the output port 215 (port output processing), and the device side receiving this outputs the control operation based on this. Then, first, a strobe signal is output to the special symbol display device 100, and the mode and event data stored in the RAM 203 in step S180 is transmitted as shown in FIG. As a result, the commands shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, for example, are transmitted to and received from the main control unit 200 in the special symbol display device 100.

In step S270, the reset circuit 21
The reset standby process is executed until the reset signal is input from 3, and when the reset signal is input, the process proceeds to step S110 to continue the gaming machine control. It should be noted that, as the reset standby processing, updating of a counter for generating various random numbers described above and the like can be mentioned.

Next, the operation of the CPU 1020 of the special symbol display device 100 which receives the command will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S1100, the CPU 1020 sets its own stack pointer,
Initialization of the RAM 1090, initialization of itself such as register clear, etc. are performed, and it is determined in step S1102 whether a new command has been input. When it is determined that a new display control command has been input (Y
es) While proceeding to step S1104, otherwise (No) proceeding to step S1110.

In step S1104, the data receiving circuit 1140 is used in the interrupt processing described with reference to FIG.
The command received by is copied to the RAM 1090, and whether the command is normal or not is checked. Next, CPU1
020 determines the start address of a processing table (not shown) so as to obtain a necessary command for performing fine display control independently of the main control unit 200, and then in step S1108, the image processing LSI 1060. The data in the necessary area of the RAM 1090 is updated in order to output to.

Next, in step S1110, RA
Based on the symbol control data set in M1090, scroll data to be output to the image processing LSI 1060 is obtained and set in the RAM 1090, the symbol display position is set, and then in step S1112, the symbol speed control is performed. Program ROM for necessary data
It is acquired from the speed table (not shown) built into the 1040 and set in the RAM 1090, and then step S
At 1114, the symbol offset value is updated based on the velocity data, and preparations are made to perform the symbol variation at the set velocity.

Next, in step S1116, RA
The animation data is acquired from the animation processing table (not shown) in which the animation processing data set in M1090 is stored, and the background image is prepared for display.
Set to P output buffer and output enable flag is "1"
It is determined whether or not (step S1118).

If the output permission flag is not "1" (No), the process returns to step S1102 to repeat the series of processes, while the output permission flag is "1" (Yes).
In step S1120, the data set in the VDP output buffer is sent to the image processing LSI 106.
Output to 0. In response to this, the image processing LSI 1060 acquires the data in the character ROM 1180 and develops the image, and the image-developed data is temporarily stored in the video RAM 1080 and then sent to the LCD panel interface circuit 1100 and the LCD panel 1120. The image is displayed by. In this way, at the set display position in the special symbol display device 100, the display of the symbol variation display at the set speed is performed.

13 and 14 respectively show the main controller 20.
It is an example of the transmission timing of the command transmitted from 0 to the special symbol display device 100, and an explanatory diagram of the transmission command. As will be understood by referring to these figures, the main control unit 200, when a predetermined condition such as a game ball winning the special symbol starting opening 104 is satisfied, first, "starts the symbol variation and changes the variation pattern. A command for designating is sent (), and after a lapse of T1 time, a command for designating a left stop design is sent (), and T2 from now on.
Send a command to specify the middle stop symbol after the lapse of time (), then send a command to specify the right stop symbol after the lapse of T3 time (), and all symbols after the lapse of T time from the start of fluctuation. Send the command () to stop. On the other hand, the CPU 1020 of the special symbol display device 100 which has received the first command () carries out a series of variable display control by performing a fine display control such as a change in the changing speed, and triggers the reception of the third command (). After terminating the variable display control, the special symbol lottery result is displayed by performing the stop display with the stop symbol designated by the received second command (,,).

(Characteristic part of the present invention) FIG. 15 is a block diagram of the characterizing part of the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the main control unit 200 receives power supply from the power supply circuit 212,
When the power-on switch 214 provided between the power supply circuit 212 and the main control unit 200 is turned on, power is supplied from the power supply circuit 212 to the main control unit 200, while the power-on switch 214 is turned on. If not, the power supply is not performed.

The main control unit 200 has a ROM 201 in which operation programs and the like are recorded and an R used as a work area.
The AM 203 is connected for operation control, and as shown in FIG. 16, the memory map of the RAM 203 is composed of divided areas A204 and B205 which are obtained by dividing the entire memory area into two. The main control unit 2 includes a button A320 and a button B321 which are dedicated buttons for the respective divided areas for instructing to clear the divided areas A204 and B205.
00, the main control unit 200 can detect this when any button is pressed.

In this embodiment, two buttons are individually provided for each of the divided areas A204 and B205, but different clear areas are instructed according to the number of times of pressing one button. For example, it is detected that one pressing operation has given an instruction to clear the divided area A204, and that two pressing operations have given an instruction to clear the divided area B205. Is also good.

Further, the main control unit 200 has an area A 204
LE is lit so that you can see it when is cleared
Display unit 3 including D311 and LED 312 that is lit so that it can be seen when the B area 205 is cleared
10 are controllably connected. Then, in the present embodiment, when the button A320 or the button B321 is pressed while operating the power-on switch 214, the main control unit detects that an instruction to clear the divided area corresponding to the pressed button is issued. 200 are configured.

Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the main controller 20
0 is connected to a special symbol display device 100, a sound effect generating device 116, ... As peripheral devices. As described above with reference to FIG. 3, the special symbol display device 100 is C
It includes a PU 1020, a program ROM 1040 recording this operation program, and a RAM 1090 used by the CPU 1020 as work air. Further, the sound effect generation device 110 is a voice synthesis LSI to which a CPU 1500, a ROM 1510 for recording this operation program, and a speaker 1540 for expanding a voice are connected.
11530 and a RAM 1520 used by the CPU 1500 as a work area. And CPU
1500 is configured to output a desired voice from the speaker 1540 by driving and controlling the voice synthesizing LSI 1530 according to a command from the main control unit 200.

As described above, at least two of the plurality of peripheral devices described with reference to FIG. 2 include a processor and a RAM used as a work area by the processor. In the example shown in FIG. 15, only the special symbol display device 100 and the sound effect generator 116 are described for the sake of simplicity. For example, in addition to this, peripheral devices such as the lamp display device 110 (112) and the normal symbol display device 108 are configured to include a processor and a RAM used as a work area by the processor, and the main control unit 20 is provided.
It is also possible that 0 is connected so as to be controllable.

(Operation Example 1) The operation example 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S1700,
The power-on switch 214 is turned on (main control unit 200
Button A32 as well as
It is determined whether or not the operation of pressing 0 or the button B321 is detected. When such detection is not performed (No), the wait state is set in step S1700, and when such detection is performed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S1710.

In step S1710, the main controller 2
00 grasps whether the button pressing operation is the operation of the button A320 or the button B321, and when it is grasped that it is the operation of the button A320 (Yes), moves to step S1720. ..
In other cases (No), it is determined that the button B321 is operated, and the process proceeds to step S1740.

Steps S1720 and S1730
In, the main control unit 200 clears the area A 204 and turns on only the LED 311 in order to notify the fact. In this way, the divided area A is cleared, and the LED 311 is controlled to light so that it can be seen. On the other hand, in steps S1740 and S1750, main controller 200 clears region B 205 and turns on only LED 312 to notify the fact. Thus, the divided area B is cleared so that the LED 31 can be seen.
2 is lighting-controlled.

Therefore, according to the first operation example, only the corresponding divided area is cleared in response to the operation of instructing to clear the divided area. Therefore, only the desired divided area can be the target of the clear processing. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the clear processing from being performed on the area that does not need to be cleared as in the conventional case. Moreover, since the corresponding divided area is cleared in response to the pressing operation being performed on one of the buttons A320 and B321 provided for each divided area for issuing the memory clear instruction, the clear instruction operation is easy. , And the corresponding L
Since the ED 311 or the LED 312 is notified as a lighting state, it becomes easy to understand which divided area has been cleared.

(Operation Example 2) FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of the table 1800 stored in the ROM 201, which is used in this operation example. The table 1800 registers the clear priority of the RAM of the peripheral device and the peripheral device to which the priority is assigned in association with each other. In the example of FIG. 18, the priorities “1”, “2”, ... Are assigned to the special symbol display device 100, the sound effect generators 116 ,. Then, the main control unit 200, after having cleared one of the divided areas, first of all, the RAM of the special symbol display device 100.
The control signal for clearing 1090 is transmitted, and the second
A control signal for clearing the RAM 1520 of the sound effect generator 116 is transmitted to the table 1 and so on.
The control signal for clearing the RAM of the peripheral device is transmitted according to the priority order registered in 800.

The operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 19
The operation shown in is executed after the operation shown in FIG. Therefore, when the notification that the divided area of either the A area 204 or the B area 205 is cleared is issued, subsequently, the operation shown in FIG. 19 is automatically executed. Main controller 20
0 is the priority "1" registered in the table 1800
Understanding that the peripheral device is the special symbol display device 100, first the main control unit 200 R of the special symbol display device 100.
A control signal instructing to clear AM1090 is transmitted (step S1900). When the CPU 1010 receives this control signal, it clears the entire memory area of the RAM 1090 (step S1910).

Next, the main control unit 200 makes the table 1800.
It is understood that the peripheral device having the priority order “2” registered in is the sound effect generation device 116, and the sound effect generation device 11
The control signal for instructing to clear the RAM 1520 of No. 6 is transmitted (step S1920). CPU 1500
Upon receiving this control signal, clears the entire memory area of the RAM 1520 (step S1930). Thus, the RAM on the peripheral device side is cleared according to the priority order. Note that FIG. 19 shows only the RAM clears on the two peripheral devices for the sake of easy understanding. However, priority is assigned to the peripheral devices including other peripheral devices, and three are assigned according to the assigned priority. The RAM of the above peripheral device may be cleared.

Therefore, according to the operation example 2, the main controller 2
00 continues to clear one of the divided areas,
A control signal for clearing the RAM in each of the plurality of peripheral devices is transmitted to the peripheral device side in a preset priority order, while each of the plurality of peripheral devices has a CPU
(Processor) and RAM (random access memory) used as a work area by this CPU (processor)
Since the CPU clears the memory area of the RAM in response to the reception of the control signal from the main control unit 200, the RAMs of the plurality of peripheral devices can be automatically cleared in accordance with the priority order. it can. Then, if the priority order is, for example, the RAM capacity in descending order, the clear processing can be performed in order from the one requiring the clear processing time.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications and changes can be made to the above embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, setting the number of regions shown in FIG. 16 to 3 or more, appropriately changing the number of LEDs and buttons corresponding to this, the special symbol display device 100, the sound effect generation device 11 in the configuration of FIG.
The addition of peripheral devices other than 6 and the like can be mentioned.

In the above description, a pachinko machine is used as an example of a game machine, but the present invention can be applied not only to a pachi-slot machine but also to other game machines that perform a game using a game medium. Needless to say.

As described above, according to the present invention, only the corresponding divided area is cleared in response to the instruction to clear the divided area. The effect that it is possible to prevent clear processing is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a game board 10.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram of a special symbol display device 100.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a character ROM memory map and palette data.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing the timing of command transmission / reception.

6 is an explanatory diagram of commands stored in a command data table area 202. FIG.

7 is an explanatory diagram of commands stored in a command data table area 202. FIG.

8 is an explanatory diagram of commands stored in a command data table area 202. FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram of commands stored in a command data table area 202. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a general flowchart for explaining a game control operation of the gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining a control operation of a CPU 1020 of the special symbol display device 100.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of a command.

FIG. 13 is a timing chart showing command transmission timing for displaying symbols.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining command transmission.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of a characteristic part in the embodiment of the present invention.

16 is an explanatory diagram of divided areas in a RAM 203. FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example 1.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a table 1800.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 game board 100 special symbol display device 102 Normal design operation gate 104 Special symbol starting port 106 Grand Prize Winner 110 lamp display device 112 lamp display 114 Out Mouth 116 Sound effect generator 120 Opening / closing member 200 Main control unit 201 ROM 202 Command data table area 203 RAM 210 input ports 213 Reset circuit 212 power supply circuit 215 output ports 300 Start opening solenoid 302 Winning prize operation solenoid 304 Special symbol start switch 306 Normal pattern operation switch 308 Winning prize switch 1020 CPU 1040 program ROM 1060 Image processing LSI 1080 video RAM 1090 RAM 1100 LCD panel interface circuit 1120 LCD panel 1140 Data receiving circuit 1160 power supply circuit 1180 character ROM

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main control means for controlling game operation control,
In a gaming machine provided with a memory used as a work area by the main control means, in response to a clear instruction operation of a divided area, which is each area obtained by dividing the memory area of the memory, only the corresponding divided area A game machine characterized by being able to clear. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein an operating means provided for each of the divided areas and for issuing a clear instruction, and in response to an operation of any one of the operating means,
A game machine comprising: a clear processing unit that clears a corresponding divided area. 3. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 and 2, further comprising notifying means for notifying the divided areas cleared by the clearing processing means. Amusement machine. 4. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein the main control means is configured to be able to control each of a plurality of peripheral devices, and the clear processing means After clearing one of the divided areas, a control signal transmitting means for transmitting a control signal for clearing the memory in each of the plurality of peripheral devices to the plurality of peripheral devices in a preset priority order is provided. A gaming machine characterized by that. 5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of peripheral devices includes a processor and a random access memory used as a work area by the processor, and the processor controls the control. A game machine characterized by clearing a memory area of a random access memory in response to reception of a signal.