JP2003159425A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lessen the processing load of the main control substrate of a pinball game machine and increase the degree of processing freedom of the pattern control substrate. <P>SOLUTION: The pinball game machine is built to start to variably display each pattern when image display command is transmitted from the main control substrate 30. The pressing of the variable abbreviated button 25 is effective from the time when the image display command is transmitted to 0.5 second prior to the time when the left special patter stops. Thus, when the image display command is transmitted, the varying of the special patterns starts. The main control substrate 30 does not need to manage whether or not the image control substrate 32 has started to vary the special patterns. Whether or not the special pattern during the varying process has stopped can be evaluated by the value of the variable time code. When the image control substrate 32 receives a variable abbreviated code, it forces to stop the left special pattern at time 0.5 second after receiving the code. Processing after stopping the left special pattern, that is, processing during a period from the time when the left special pattern stops to the time when the center special pattern and the right special pattern stop is the same to the processing conducted during the time when the left special pattern is not forced to stop. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine,
Specifically, it relates to the control configuration of the image control board that controls the display of an image corresponding to the progress or content of the game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gaming machine, for example, a pachinko gaming machine, when a game ball that is fired enters a starting opening or passes through a passing opening, a symbol is displayed for a predetermined time on the screen and then statically displayed (stopped display), If this statically displayed symbol is a combination of predetermined symbols, the game content is in an advantageous state for the player. Whether or not to display a predetermined combination of symbols that is advantageous to the player,
It is determined by the value of the random number selected due to the timing at which the game ball wins the starting opening or passes through the passage opening, and if the selected random number value matches a predetermined value, a plurality of symbols on the screen Combinations, eg "777" or "33"
A combination of predetermined symbols such as "3" is displayed to inform the player that the game contents have become advantageous, and a so-called "big hit" is called to open a special winning opening or the like for a predetermined period of time to give a large amount of money to the player. The game balls are paid out as prize balls. The selected random number value is generally configured as a counter that increments +1 (increment) every minute time such as a hard interrupt to repeatedly create an integer value in a predetermined range, and the timing at which the game ball wins the starting opening is determined. It functions as a random number because it cannot be predicted. In the pachinko gaming machine, the progress and contents of the game such as the selection of the random number value, the determination of the random number value, the opening of the special winning opening, etc. are referred to as a "main control board" (hereinafter, simply referred to as "main control board"). ), The image control processing such as displaying a combination of predetermined symbols on the screen is executed by the image control board (also referred to as “symbol control board”). Communication between the main control board and the image control board has conventionally been performed by means called a so-called “offset method”.

In this offset method, data corresponding to the type of the symbol and the display position of the symbol is transmitted from the main control board to the image control board for a predetermined time, for example, every hard interrupt and a predetermined number of frames per second. I was controlling to display the image. However, transmitting data at every hard interrupt or at every time corresponding to the hard interrupt makes the timing of incrementing the random number value known to the outside of the main control board. There was no fear that this might be illegally used to forcefully generate a big hit. Further, in recent years, various tasteful controls have been made in the display control on the screen for the purpose of providing a more entertaining feeling to the player due to the development of image control technology. For example, in order to have the expectation of a big hit, an animated character image suddenly appears while the design is changing, the background screen is changed, or so-called reach motion or trick motion is included in the variable display mode of the design, etc. Is controlled. These controls are also executed according to instructions from the main control board. However, frequently performing these instructions on the main control board imposes a heavy processing load on the main control board. There has been a problem that the degree of freedom of control is impaired by frequent instructions from the. Therefore, in order to eliminate the possibility of the above-mentioned fraud and increase the degree of freedom of the image control board, an invention called so-called "intelligentization" described below was made.

In a gaming machine that employs an invention called intelligentization, data is transmitted from the main control board to the image control board at the time when the image changes. That is, at the start of the fluctuation of the symbols to be displayed, when the fluctuation speed is changed, when the fluctuation is stationary, and also the background screen and the background screen of different types of characters displayed on the screen corresponding to these displayed symbols. At the time of such a change or when a different type of character is displayed, data is transmitted from the main control board to the image control board to instruct the image control board to change. The gaming machine adopting this intelligent system has an extremely excellent effect of preventing fraud before it is transmitted because the timing of transmission from the main control board to the image control board is different from the increment timing of the random number value. ing.

[0005]

However, even in the gaming machine adopting the above-mentioned intelligent system, the main control board changes the pattern, background, characters, etc. forming the image on the image control board every time the image changes. Since it is necessary to transmit the instructing data, the main control board that executes various controls still has a heavy burden. On the other hand, even in the image control board, there is no change in the configuration instructed by the main control board each time the image changes, and the degree of freedom that the image control board makes its own judgment to perform various image processing is still low. Is the actual situation. The present invention suitably solves these problems, and enables the main control board to perform various controls other than image control more precisely, and in the image control board, the degree of freedom from the main control board is increased and It is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine which is capable of expressing an entertaining image and which provides a player with a sense of entertainment.

[0006]

[Means and Effects for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the ball game machine according to claim 1 is such that a game ball shot on the surface of a game board wins a specific winning opening or a specific passage opening. A main control board that determines whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player according to a random value extracted due to the timing of passing through, and whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player by the main control board Each time it decides whether the image on the screen is variably displayed for a predetermined time, then an image control board that controls to display still image with a win / fail image showing whether the game content is advantageous to the player, and the player operates A ball game machine including a variation time reduction operation means for reducing the variation time of an image by the image control board, and a static display on the screen based on the timing on the main control board. Is said right or wrong The type of image and the relevant image condition determining means for determining the variation time of the image until the corresponding image is stopped, and the data relating to the type and variation time of the relevant image determined by the relevant image condition determining means When the data transmitting means for transmitting to the board and the variable time reduction operating means are operated, the operation data transmitting means for transmitting the data related to the operation to the image control board, and the transmitting means to the image control board by the transmitting means. Winning / disappearing image display control means for variably displaying the winning / prohibiting image based on the data to be displayed, and fluctuation for executing reduction of the fluctuation time variably displayed by the applicable / not-performing image display control means based on the data transmitted by the operation data transmitting means. Shortening means is provided, and by operating the fluctuation shortening means, the type of the big hit symbol or the missed symbol is re-lotted, and the big hit symbol or the missed symbol. Characterized in that changing the pattern.

Here, it is determined whether or not the game content which is advantageous to the player is caused by the timing at which the game ball shot on the game board surface wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. Of course, it is naturally included that a player wins directly to a specific winning opening or is directly advantageous to the player by the value of a random number extracted due to the timing of passing through a specific passing opening. The specified winning opening (ball entrance) is opened according to the value of the random number (random number for determining winning / losing) that is extracted due to the timing of winning a prize or passing through a specific passing opening, and the identification of the opened specific winning opening When the game ball passes through the area, it is in an advantageous state for the player, such as a so-called "type 3 gaming machine (property)" or "arrange ball gaming machine", which is in an advantageous state for the player. Including the game content to play. In the arrangement ball game machine, etc., the fact that the game ball is taken into the board is called "ball entry", and if the combination of the symbols that light up by entering the ball does not become a predetermined combination, it will not be awarded, but here Then, the prize and the ball have the same meaning, that is, the game ball is taken into the board.

The win / loss image condition determining means is a type of win / loss image statically displayed on the screen based on the timing at which a game ball wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening Any means can be used as long as it is a means for determining the variation time of the image, and the winning or rejecting image is given according to the random number value extracted due to the timing at which the game ball shot on the game board surface wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. It is conceivable to adopt a configuration for determining the type and the variation time, but it may be configured to use a random number for determining the acceptance / rejection image and a random number for determining the variation time separately from the random number for determining the acceptance / rejection, or It is also possible to use the decision random numbers as they are or to combine these random numbers. As the type of the hit / miss image, there is more than one type of image to be displayed statically even if it corresponds to a so-called "big hit" that is in an advantageous state for the player, and a so-called "outside" that does not make it in an advantageous state for the player. If there is a large number of still images, the types of these still images are selected based on the above-mentioned timing. The time from the start of fluctuation of at least the image of the portion displaying the right / wrong image to the static display of the image displayed on the screen. Even if the types of right / wrong images are the same, the fluctuation time may be different. This change time is also determined based on the timing without any problem.

The data transmitting means may be any means for transmitting to the image control board data corresponding to the type and variation time of the win / loss image determined by the win / loss image condition determining means, and the win / fail determination is executed based on the win / fail image. In the case of doing, the data of the acceptance / rejection image indicating the acceptance / rejection determination and the data of the variation time are transmitted without transmitting the data regarding the acceptance / rejection determination. It is conceivable that the time-related data is configured to transmit only one and the same data when the hit / miss image and the fluctuation time are determined by the same random number. The operation data transmitting means may be any means that transmits the data related to the operation to the image control board when the variation time reduction operation means is operated, and simply sends the data notifying that the variation time reduction operation means has been operated. It may be configured to transmit, or may be configured to transmit the calculated shortened time.

The hit-or-miss image display control means is means for variably displaying the hit-or-miss image based on the data transmitted by the transmitting means, and variably displays the time image corresponding to the transmitted data since the data was transmitted. Then, a still image may be statically displayed on the hit / miss image corresponding to the transmitted data. The fluctuation shortening means may be any means for executing the shortening of the fluctuation time displayed by the hit / miss image display control means on the basis of the data transmitted by the operation data transmitting means, and it is predetermined when the transmitted data is received. The win / loss image that is variably displayed after time may be statically displayed, or the win / fail image that is variably displayed may be statically displayed according to a result calculated based on the transmitted data. The effective period of the variation time reduction operating means operated by the player may be appropriately changed depending on the type of the ball game machine.

According to the ball-ball game machine according to claim 1, according to a random number value extracted due to the timing at which the game ball shot on the game board surface wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. The main control board determines whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player, and similarly the type of the win / loss image still displayed on the screen based on the timing and the variation of the image until the hit / unmatch image is stopped. The time is determined by the hit / miss image condition determining means, the determined data is transmitted to the image control board by the data transmitting means, and the image control board that receives the transmitted data is advantageous to the player based on the received data. The win / loss image indicating whether or not the game content is changed is displayed by the win / loss image display control means in a static manner and then statically displayed by the win / fail image, but the change time shortening operation means is operated by the player. Then, the operation data transmitting means of the main control board transmits the data related to the operation to the image control board, and the fluctuation reducing means of the image control board causes the fluctuation time of the right / wrong image to be variably displayed based on the received data related to the operation. Work to shorten.

Thus, the main control board need only send the win / fail image and the data relating to the variation time to the image control board each time the game ball enters the starting opening or passes through the passing opening, and controls the image controlling board. The image control board can be greatly simplified, and once the transmission data is received, the time corresponding to the fluctuation time is at least not instructed by the main control board, and during this time, various judgments can be made by themselves. It has an extremely excellent effect that image processing can be freely executed. The effect of free image control in this image control board can be further exerted if the image control board is configured by using a 32-bit or 64-bit microcomputer. In addition, even after the main control board transmits the hit / miss image and the data regarding the variation time,
The player can execute the shortening of the variable time, which has the excellent effect that the player can still display the winning / failing image at the timing selected by himself.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the ball-ball game machine according to a second aspect is the ball-ball game machine according to the first aspect, in which the variation time reduction operation means is operated by a player. It is characterized by further comprising a re-lottery means for re-determining the type of the big hit symbol or the outlying symbol and including the re-determined data in the data related to the operation.

Here, the re-lottery means re-determines the type of the big hit symbol or the deviating symbol due to the timing at which the variation time shortening operation means is operated by the player, and transmits the re-determined data. A means for including in the data related to the operation, a so-called "winning pattern" indicating that the game content is advantageous to the player without changing the determination content as to whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player. Any means may be used as long as it is a means for re-determining the type or the type of a so-called "out-of-game symbol" indicating that the game content is not advantageous to the player, at the timing at which the player operates the variable time reduction operation means.

The ball-ball game machine according to claim 2 is a ball-game machine according to claim 1.
In addition to having the same effect as the ball game machine described in, the player can select the type of big hit symbol or out-of-symbol symbol, so by operating the variation time shortening operation means, it is possible for the player to determine whether it is right or wrong. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling as if it is possible, and to further enhance the impression that the player is participating in the game. That is, in the ball game machine, it is determined whether or not the advantageous game content is determined by the timing at which the game ball wins the specific winning opening or passes through the specific passing opening, and this timing does not allow the player's intention to intervene. Since it is configured, depending on the case, the player simply shoots the game ball aiming at the specific winning opening or the specific passing opening, and whether the content of the game is advantageous or not is left to "luck". Although there may be a problem that may occur, in the ball game machine according to claim 2, since the player can stop the varying image while watching the varying jackpot pattern or the deviating symbol, the varying image of the player can be stopped. It has the effect that the will can be reflected in the game. Further, in the ball-playing machine according to claim 2, the content of the determination of whether or not to win is not changed, but when the game content is advantageous to the player, it is the intention of the player to change the hit symbol. Therefore, there is also an effect that the player can obtain the privilege depending on the type of the winning symbol.

A ball game machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the ball game machine according to the first aspect, at a timing at which the variation time reducing operation means is operated by a player. Re-determination means for determining again whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player, and again determining the type of the big hit symbol or the out-of-match symbol, and including the re-determined data in the data related to the operation. , Is provided. In the ball game machine according to the third aspect, the player can re-lottery whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player by operating the variable time reduction operation means. As a result, in addition to having substantially the same effect as the ball game machine according to claim 1 or claim 2, the game content that is advantageous to the player's will while the player sees the changing state of the changing jackpot symbol or the deviation symbol. It has an excellent effect that it can be decided whether or not.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the ball-ball game machine according to a fourth aspect determines that the game content is advantageous to the player in the ball-ball game machine according to the second or third aspect. It is characterized in that the re-lottery means is executed during the high probability of improving the probability, and the re-lottery means is not executed when the probability is high. The ball game machine according to claim 4 can execute the re-lottery means of the ball game machine according to claim 2 or 3 only during a high probability. This has the effect that depending on the skill of the player's game, it is possible to quickly obtain an advantageous game with a privilege for the player during a high probability, or to obtain a game advantageous for the player during a high probability. . As a result, the skill of the player with respect to the game can be further reflected. Also, depending on the skill of the player, there is a difference in making the game content advantageous, but since it is limited to only during the high probability, it will fuel the joyfulness moderately and there is also a problem from the aspect of soundness. It is possible to exert an effect that the interest of the game can be further enhanced without any occurrence. Furthermore, limiting to a high probability means that the so-called "pachislot gaming machine" has the same function as the so-called "pushing" is enabled when it is in the big hit mode, and the entertainment of the game is interesting. It also has the effect of further increasing the

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The embodiment of the present invention is
It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the following examples and various forms can be adopted as long as they are within the technical scope of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment includes a roughly rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 12, and a known card reader 13 is provided on the left side of the outer frame 11. The front frame 12 is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 by a hinge 14 at the upper and lower left ends. An upper plate 15 is provided below the front frame 12, and this upper plate 15
A lending button 16, a settlement button 17, and a balance display section 18 are provided in the. When the prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 19 of the card reader 13, the stored balance is displayed.
8, the game ball is rented out when the lending button 16 is pressed, and the game ball is discharged from the payout opening of the upper plate 15. A window-shaped metal frame 20 is releasably attached to the front frame 12 with respect to the front frame 12. A plate glass 21 is doubly fitted in the metal frame 20. Plate glass 21
A game board 22 is stored in the back of the. A lower plate 23 is provided below the front frame 12 of the upper plate 15, and a firing handle 24 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 23. A rotation ring (not shown) is provided on the outer circumference of the firing handle 24, and the game ball can be fired onto the game board 22 by rotating clockwise. A fluctuation reduction button 25 is provided near the firing handle 24 on the right side of the lower plate 23. The upper plate 15 and the lower plate 23 are connected to each other, and are configured to guide the game ball to the lower plate 23 when the upper plate 15 is filled with the game balls.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10 viewed from the back side. As shown in the figure, a mechanism board 26 to which the above-mentioned game board 22 is detachably attached is housed in the above-mentioned outer frame 13. The mechanism board 26 is provided with a ball tank 27, a guide gutter 28, and a payout device 29 from above. With this configuration, if there is a prize for a game ball in the prize hole on the game board 22, a predetermined number of game balls are dispensed from the ball tank 27 through the guide gutter 28 by the dispenser 29.
Can be discharged to. In addition, the main control board 30 and the prize ball control board 31 can be attached to and detached from the mechanism board 26.
2, a special symbol display device 32, a launch control board 33 is attached to the lower left portion of the front frame 12, and an external connection terminal board 50 is attached to the left side of the special symbol display device 32.
Since the structure regarding the payout of the game balls centering on the mechanism board 26 is the same as the conventional configuration, its detailed description will be omitted.

Next, the game board 22 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 22 has an LCD panel unit (hereinafter, referred to as “LCD”) 32a that constitutes a special symbol display device 32 in the center, and a normal electric accessory as a first-class starting opening at the bottom thereof. 36, the normal symbol display device 37 on the upper part of the LCD 32a, the normal symbol operation gates 38 and 39 on the left and right of the LCD 32a used to start the fluctuation of the symbols displayed on the normal symbol display device 37, and the special winning opening 40 on the lower part of the normal electric auditors role 36 There are provided an outlet 41 at the bottom of the board, various other winning openings, a windmill, and a game nail (not shown). With this configuration, when the above-mentioned firing handle 24 is rotated, the firing motor 33a driven by the firing control board 33 is driven, and the game ball on the upper plate 15 is fired on the game board 22 via the guide rail. . If the launched game ball wins each prize hole, the game ball is taken into the back surface of the board as a safe ball, and if not won, it is taken into the back surface of the board like an out ball through the out opening 41.

Next, the electrical construction of the above-mentioned pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Pachinko machine 1
The electric circuit of 0 is, as shown in the figure, the main control board 30, the prize ball control board 31, the special symbol display device 32, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board 35 described above.
Etc. The circuit diagram does not include a so-called relay board and power supply circuit for transferring signals.

The main control board 30 is a ROM that stores a game control program and a RAM that works as a work area for operations and the like.
It is configured as a logical operation circuit centering on a built-in 8-bit one-chip microcomputer, and in addition to this, an external input / output circuit for performing input / output to / from each substrate or various switches and various actuators is also provided. On the input side of the main control board 30, a first-type starting opening switch 36a, ordinary symbol operation switches 38a and 39a, an accessory continuous operation switch (hereinafter simply referred to as "V switch") 40a, a count switch 40b, and a prize ball. The payout switch 29a, the full tank switch 43, the replenishment switch 44, the touch switch 24a, the fluctuation reduction switch 25a, and the like are connected. Also,
On the output side, a special winning opening solenoid 40c, a V solenoid 40d, a normal accessory solenoid 36b, an external connection terminal board 50, and the like are connected.

The first-type starting opening switch 36a is in the normal electric auditors product 36 on the game board 22, the normal symbol operating switches 38a and 39a are in the normal symbol operating gates 38 and 39, respectively, and the V switch 40a is the large winning opening. Within a specific area within 40, similarly, the count switch 40b is within the special winning opening 40,
The prize ball payout switch 29a is below the ball cutting motor 29b in the payout device 29, and the full tank switch 43 is the lower plate 23.
The replenishment switch 44 is mounted inside the ball tank 27. Here, the V switch 40a is the special winning opening 4
The count switch 40b indicates that all the game balls that have won in 0 have passed through the special device operation area (hereinafter referred to as "special area")
The prize ball payout switch 29a is a full ball switch 43 for the game balls discharged to the upper plate 15 by the ball cutting motor 29b.
Indicates that the game ball is full in the lower plate 23, the replenishment switch 44 indicates that the game ball exists in the ball tank 27, and the touch switch 24a is built into the firing handle 24 and the player operates the firing handle. 24 is touched, and the fluctuation shortening switch 25a is incorporated in the fluctuation shortening button 25 to detect that the fluctuation shortening button 25 is pressed. Further, the special winning opening solenoid 40c connected to the output side is used for the special winning opening 40, the V solenoid 40d is used for opening and closing the normal electric accessory 36, and the normal accessory solenoid 36b is used for opening and closing the normal electric accessory 36, respectively. It is a thing.

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

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

The firing control board 33 drives and controls the firing motor 33a according to the amount of rotation of the firing handle 24 operated by the player, and when the player presses the firing stop switch 24b, the firing is stopped. Alternatively, it is for turning on the touch lamp 45 when the touch switch 24a built in the firing handle 24 is in the ON state.

The lamp control board 34 is mainly composed of a driving element such as a transistor, and receives a command from the main control board 30, and usually a symbol display device 37, a lamp such as a jackpot lamp and an error lamp, and various LEDs. This is for turning on and displaying the lamps.

The sound control board 35 is composed of a sound source IC, an amplifier, etc., and is for driving and controlling the speaker 46 in response to a command from the main control board 30.

The above-mentioned special symbol display device 32, prize ball control board 31, launch control board 33, lamp control board 34 and sound control board 35 are transmitted in one direction so that they can be transmitted only from the main control board 30. It is configured as a communication circuit.

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

When the hard interrupt is executed by the microcomputer, it is first judged whether or not the interrupt is normal (step S100). This determination process is performed by R as a memory.
This is performed by determining whether or not the value of the predetermined area of AM is the predetermined value. When the processing executed by the microcomputer shifts to the main processing, it is judged whether or not normal processing can be executed. Because of. As an unusual case, a microcomputer runaway or the like may occur when the power is turned on or due to noise or the like. However, it can be considered that there is almost no runaway of the microcomputer due to the improvement of the technology in recent years, and thus it is usually when the power is turned on. When the power is turned on, the value of the predetermined area of the RAM is different from the predetermined value. When it is judged that it is not normal, a predetermined value is written in a predetermined area of the memory, each initial value is written in the work area of the memory such as a special symbol and an ordinary symbol as an initial symbol, that is, an initial setting is made ( (Step S110), the process proceeds to the residual process.

When the affirmative judgment of normal is made, the initial random number updating process is first executed (step S120). As shown in FIG. 6, this process is an increment process that increments the value of the initial random number by +1 each time this process is executed, and increments the value of the initial random number before executing this process by +1 but before executing this process. When the random number value of is the maximum value "329", it returns to the initial value "0" in the next processing, and "0" to "3".
330 integers up to 29 "are repeatedly created in ascending order. The success / failure random number update process (step S130) following step S120 is an increment process that increments by 1 each time the process is executed similarly to the initial random number update process. However, as shown in FIG. 7, the maximum value is set to "329". Then, in the next process, the value of the initial random number at that time is set to the initial value (hereinafter,
It is called "update initial value". ), And +1 for each interrupt
If the processing is continued and reaches a value smaller than the update initial value by "1" (hereinafter referred to as "update maximum value"), the value of the initial random number at that time is further set as the initial value and "0"-
330 integer values up to "329" are repeatedly created. That is, +1 is added for each interrupt process and the elements that make up the random number are integer values from "0" to "329", which is no different from the initial random number. In the interrupt processing of, the update initial value at that time is set as the initial value, and +1 for each interrupt until the update maximum value is reached.
In addition, the next update initial value is set as the initial value.
As a result, the pass / fail random number is set to "0" for the elements that make up the random number.
It is set to 330 integer values up to "329" and incremented by 1 for each interrupt process. However, if the update maximum value is reached, the value will be changed to the value determined by the initial random number at that time in the next interrupt process. Random values can be unpredictable. Further, the constituent elements of the random number determined by the update initial value and the update maximum value are the same as those of the conventional random numbers, "0" to
Since there is no difference from the 330 integer values of "329", the appearance rates of the elements that make up the random numbers are made uniform.

Big hit symbol random number update process (step S14
0) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 15 integers from “0” to “14”, and is incremented by 1 for each main processing and returns to the initial value “0” when the maximum value is exceeded. Each of the 15 random number values “0” to “14” is displayed on the screen and has the same three digits “111”, “222”, “333”, “44”.
4 "," 555 "," 666 "," 777 "," 88 "
8 ”,“ 999 ”,“ AAA ”,“ BBB ”,“ CC
It corresponds to "C", "DDD", "EEE", and "FFF", respectively. The deviation symbol random number updating process (step S150) is
It consists of a random number for the left symbol, a random number for the medium symbol, and a random number for the right symbol, and is used as a deviating symbol when it is not a big hit.
The random number for the left symbol is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 15 integers from "0" to "14", and + for each main process
When it is incremented by 1 and exceeds the maximum value, it returns to the initial value "0". The medium symbol random number is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 15 integers from “0” to “14”, and when the left symbol random number returns to “0”, the process is incremented by 1 and exceeds the maximum value. Return to 0 ". The random number for the right symbol is 1 from "0" to "14"
It is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates five integers, and is 1 for each main process when the medium symbol random number returns to "0" and returns to "0" when the maximum value is exceeded. Ordinary symbol random number update processing (step S160) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates seven integers from "0" to "6", and if this processing is incremented by 1 and exceeds the maximum value, the initial value is set to "0". Return.

Each random number updating process described above (step S12)
0 to S160), the initial random number, the winning and failing random number, the big hit symbol random number, the deviation symbol random number and the ordinary symbol random number are respectively updated, but in the subsequent process (step S170), the gaming machine 10 is connected to the main control board 30. Input processing of each switch is executed. In this embodiment, the full tank switch 43, the replenishment switch 44, and the touch switch 24 described above are used.
a, a first type starting opening switch 36a, a V switch 40a,
Count switch 40b, normal symbol operation switch 38a
And 39a, the variation shortening switch 25a, the prize ball payout switch 29a, and other prize detection switches (not shown) provided at the other winning openings, the process of checking the operating status of each switch is executed. With this input processing,
When there is an input to the seed starting port switch 36a, it is when the game ball has won the ordinary electric auditors product 36 as a starting port, and the value of the random number at the time of this interrupt processing is extracted and compared with the determination value. To be done. The gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is configured as a probability varying machine, and the win / fail judgment value is "1" at the normal probability and "1", "3", "5" at the high probability.
These are "7", "9", and "11".

As described above, "0" that constitutes the random number
The appearance rate of each of the 330 integer values of "-329" is uniform, and the value of the random number of success / failure extracted at the timing when the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as the starting port is a small value of the hard interrupt. Compared with the time of 2 ms, the winning timing cannot be adjusted in minute time units, so that the value is randomly selected, and the winning / retiring random number functions as a perfect random number. Therefore, the probability that the value of the extracted hit / miss random number coincides with the hit / miss judgment value to be a big hit is 1/33 at the normal probability.
It is 0, and becomes 1/55 (= 6/330) at a high probability. The probability of generating this big hit shifts from a low probability state to a high probability state, in the present embodiment, the value of the big hit symbol random number described above in the interrupt process at the time of big hit occurrence,
In the case of "1", "3", "5", "7", "9", "11" and "13" (hereinafter referred to as "high probability random number value"), when a big hit occurs. High probability with a probability of 7/15. Then, during the high probability, if the value of the big hit symbol random number when the big hit is generated again is a high probability random number value, the high probability state continues. That is, there is a possibility that the high probability will continue with a probability of 7/15 every time the high probability state is reached. Proper judgment processing (step S1
When the step 80) ends, the image output process (step S
190) is executed. This image output process will be described in detail later.

Each subsequent output process (step S200)
According to the progress of the game, the main control board 30, the special symbol display device 32, the prize ball control board 31, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, the sound control board 35, the special winning opening solenoid 4
Output processing is executed for each solenoid such as 0c. That is, when it is detected by each of the input processing (step S170) that there is a prize for a game ball on each winning opening on the game board surface 22, the prize ball is given to the prize ball control board 31 to pay out the game ball as the prize ball. The process of outputting the data, the process of outputting the sound data corresponding to the game state to the sound control board 35, an error signal to the symbol control board 32b to notify that there is an error when the gaming machine 10 is abnormal. The output process, and the big hit process when a big hit occurs, are executed.

The remaining process following the above-mentioned process is composed of a deviation pattern random number updating process (step S210) and an initial random number updating process (step S220), which are exactly the same as the above-mentioned step S150 and step S120, respectively. is there. These two processes form an infinite loop and are repeatedly executed until time is allowed until the next interrupt is executed. The time required to execute the main processing of steps S100 to S200 described above differs for each interrupt depending on whether or not the big hit processing is executed, the display mode of the special symbol, and the like. As a result, the number of times the residual process is executed also differs for each interrupt, and the value of the deviation symbol random number and the initial random number updated (added) is not uniform by the interrupt process shown in FIG. 5 being executed once. Disappear. As a result, there is no possibility that the initial random number and the out-of-design random number will be synchronized with the random number. In this embodiment, since the update of the random number is changed by the value of the initial random number, there is no possibility of synchronization. Further, the normal symbol random number updating process (step S160) described above may be executed in the residual process.

By executing the above-mentioned processes, the gaming machine 10 executes the following operation. A game ball is launched onto the game board 22 by the launch motor 33a in accordance with the amount of rotation of the launch handle 24 operated by the player, and the launched game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as the first-class starting opening. If so, it is detected by the first-type starting port switch 36a, and the special symbol is displayed on the screen of the LCD 32a of the special symbol display device 32 for a predetermined period of time after being variably displayed. When this special symbol displayed statically is displayed with a predetermined specific symbol, for example, a three-digit identical symbol such as "777", it is provided as a jackpot state with advantageous game contents for the player.
Whether or not to be a big hit state is determined by whether or not the value of the winning / deciding random number extracted when the game ball is detected by the first type starting opening switch 36a is a predetermined value. When the jackpot is reached, the special winning opening 40 is opened for about 30 seconds or until the count switch 40b detects that 10 game balls have been won, whichever comes first.
At this time, when it is detected by the V switch 40a that the game ball winning in the special winning opening 40 has passed through the special area, the special winning opening 40 is once closed and then opened again, and this opening operation is repeated up to 16 times. . Normally, 15 game balls are paid out as prize balls for one winning game ball, so if one jackpot condition occurs, about 2
400 (= 15 × 10 × 16) game balls can be won as prize balls. This prize ball discharging operation is executed by the prize ball control board. The V solenoid 40d for opening and closing the special area of the special winning opening 40 is for closing the special area when one game ball passes through the special area. The lamp control board 34 and the sound control board 35 described above during the game.
The control executed by is the same configuration as the conventional one, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The above-mentioned image output processing (step S190) will be described in detail with reference to Table 1 below. Table 1
The command code shown in is a code transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b of the special symbol display device 32. As shown in Table 1, the main control board 30 of this embodiment
The transmission command code between the symbol control board 32b and 1.
When the power is turned on, 2. Customer waiting demo, 3. During pattern change, 4. At the start of a big hit, 5. During the big hit, 6. At the end of the big hit, 7. It can be roughly divided into 7 types, when the operation is abnormal.

[0040]

[Table 1]

1. Power-on command The power-on command is a command code transmitted from the main control board 30 to the design control board 32b when the game machine 10 is powered on, and has 2 bytes of an operation number of 10H and an identification number of 01H. It consists of instructions. When the symbol control board 32b receives this command, a demo screen at power-on is displayed on the screen of the LCD 32a according to the control program written in the ROM. For example, screen 3 shown in FIG.
3 special symbol display areas 50a, 50b and 5 on 2a
"7", "7", and a big hit symbol having the same three digits as "7" are displayed on each 0c, and four special symbol reserved memories 51a to 51d are stored.
Is turned on for a predetermined time (about 5 seconds), then turned off, the dojo is displayed on the background screen 52, and a hero (her) is displayed as a character.
o) and the bad guy (bad) are displayed, and after Hero fights with the bad guy for a predetermined time (about 1 minute), the bad guy is defeated and the demo screen showing the characters "Fire" is displayed and "Fire" is displayed by the sound control board 35. The process of outputting the sound effect is executed.

2. Customer waiting demo command is a command sent after the power-on demo screen is finished or when it is determined that the player has not touched the firing handle 24 for a predetermined time (usually about 3 minutes). It is composed of a 2-byte instruction having an operation number of 20H and an identification number of 01H. Design control board 32b
Upon reception of this command, displays a customer waiting demo screen on the screen of the LCD 32a according to the control program written in the ROM. For example, special symbol display areas 50a-5
All the variation patterns of the special symbols that are variably displayed on 0c are displayed in order. At this time, the background image and the character corresponding to each variation pattern are displayed on the background screen 52. This customer waiting demo screen is shot by the game player 2
All the fluctuation patterns are displayed in order until one is operated, and after one cycle, they are repeatedly displayed. Whether or not the player is touching the firing handle 24 can be detected by inputting the touch switch 24a. In the present embodiment, since the input of the touch switch 24a is input to the main control board 30, the detection is performed while the communication between the main control board 30 and the firing control board 33 is one-way communication from the main control board 30. Is possible. Of course, the on / off information of the touch switch 24a is transmitted from the main control board 30 to the firing control board 3
3 is sent. The input of the touch switch 24a is input to the firing control board 33, and there is no prize for a predetermined time in any or all of the winning openings, or the game board 22.
It is also possible to provide a switch at the surface out port 41 and determine that the player is not playing a game by not turning this switch on for a predetermined time.

3. The symbol fluctuation command during the symbol fluctuation is a command transmitted at the time of special symbol fluctuation, as shown in Table 1, (1) fluctuation time code, (2) left stationary symbol designation code, (3) stationary symbol designation code , (4) right static symbol designating code, four kinds of command codes (hereinafter, these four command codes may be collectively referred to as “image display command”),
(5) It is classified as a variable shortening code.

(1) Fluctuating time code The fluctuating time code is composed of 30 types of 1-byte instructions of 30H as operation numbers and 30 types of 1-byte instructions of 01H to 1EH as identification numbers and 2 types of 2-byte instructions. . 30 types of 1-byte instructions are 5 seconds to 35 in 1 second units.
It represents 30 kinds of time of seconds. (2) Left static symbol designating code The left static symbol designating code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 31H and 15 kinds of identification numbers of 01H to 0FH, and when the identification number is 01H, it is "0" as a left static symbol. , 02H is "1", 03H is "2", 04H is "3", 05
"4" for H, "5" for 06H, "6" for 07H, "7" for 08H, "8" for 09H, 0AH
"9" for 0, "A" for 0BH, "B" for 0CH, "C" for 0DH, "D", 0FH for 0EH.
In this case, the character "E" is displayed in the special symbol display area 50a as a special symbol.

(3) Medium still symbol designating code Medium still symbol designating code is an instruction code consisting of 32H operation number and 15 kinds of identification numbers 01H to 0FH, and the identification number is the left still symbol designating code. It has the same meaning as the identification number, and is for displaying the characters designated by each as a special symbol in the special symbol display area 50b. (4) Right static symbol designating code The right static symbol designating code is an instruction code consisting of an operation number of 33H and 15 kinds of identification numbers of 01H to 0FH, and the identification number is the identification number of the left static symbol designating code. It has the same meaning and is for displaying the characters designated by each as a special symbol in the special symbol display area 50c. This variable time code, left, middle and right static symbol designating codes are command codes that are transmitted at the same time by 2 bytes each when the game ball launched on the game board 22 wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as the starting port. And its contents are determined as follows.

As described above, the game ball is an ordinary electric accessory 3
When 6 is won, the value of the random number at that time, the value of the big hit symbol random number, the value of the outlier symbol random number, the value of the ordinary symbol random number are respectively extracted. The extracted win / fail random number value is compared with the win / fail judgment value “1” at the normal probability, and the win / fail judgment values “1”, “3”, “5”, “7”, “9” and “11” at the high probability.
A big hit occurs if they match and if there is no match, it is out. When the big hits coincide with each other, the extracted big hit symbol random number value is incremented by 1, and this value is used as the identification number of the left, middle and right static symbol designating codes. That is, the identification numbers of the left, middle and right still symbol designating codes are the same. When it does not match and is out of alignment, the left symbol, the right symbol, and the left symbol in the left symbol, the random symbol for the extracted symbol, the random number for the left symbol, the random number for the medium symbol, and the random number for the right symbol, respectively, are added to the respective values. The code identification number. At this time, if the three identification numbers coincide with each other, the value of the identification number of the right static symbol designating code is changed to a value different by "1". The variable time code described above is a large value when the identification numbers of the left, middle, and right static symbol designating codes all match, and even if they do not all match, the intermediate values when the identification numbers of the left and middle static symbol designating codes match. , And when they do not match at all, they are distributed to smaller values.

The processing performed by the symbol control board 32b when receiving the image display command consisting of these four command codes will be described below. When the microcomputer of the symbol control board 32b receives the image display command, it executes a process for creating a variation pattern of a special symbol from the received variation time and the identification numbers of the left, middle and right still symbol designating codes. In the ROM of the symbol control board 32b, as shown in the following Table 2, a table corresponding to each combination of values of the received image display command is written. Design control board 32
The microcomputer of b is the ROM from the received image display command
The table written in is read to create a variation pattern of special symbols. This fluctuation pattern is created as follows.

[0048]

[Table 2]

The microcomputer determines whether or not the identification numbers of the left and the middle are the same from the identification numbers of the received left, middle and right static symbol designating codes (that is, whether or not the reach is reached) and normally fluctuates. Then, it is judged whether it is a reach fluctuation, and whether or not the trick fluctuation is performed depending on whether the fluctuation time value is larger or smaller than the predetermined value even with the reach fluctuation, and the special symbol is determined by these judgments and the fluctuation time. Each time from the start of fluctuation of the left, middle and right symbols to the stationary is determined. The display data of the background and characters displayed on the background screen 52 is also created in accordance with the created variation pattern of the special symbol. When the variation pattern is created, the variation of each of the left, middle and right special symbols is started according to the created variation pattern, and the process of statically displaying with the specified static symbol is executed, and the display control of the background and the character is also performed. To be executed. The timing chart shown in FIG. 9 shows an example of the variation pattern of each special symbol. In the timing chart shown in FIG. 9, the left special symbol, the middle special symbol, and the right special symbol start changing at a high speed all at once. The variation of this special symbol is that the special symbols are scroll-displayed in ascending order from each stationary special symbol on the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c, the middle speed is changed in the middle, and the lower speed is changed to the left. The special symbol is stationary with the static symbol specified 6 seconds after the fluctuation starts, the middle special symbol is static with the static symbol specified 1 second after the left special symbol is stationary, and then the right special symbol is Reach changes for 8 seconds and stops at the specified static pattern.

(5) Variation shortening code The variation shortening code consists of the operation number of 34H and the identification number of 01H, and as shown in the timing chart of FIG. This is an instruction code that is valid up to 0.5 seconds ago. This instruction code is
It is transmitted from the main control board 30 to the symbol control board 32b according to the "variation time reduction routine" shown in FIG. 10 (steps S500 to S530). That is, it is judged whether or not the fluctuation starts (step S500), and if the affirmative judgment is made, it is judged whether or not the left symbol is before the stop (step S510), and if the affirmative judgment is made, it is judged whether or not the fluctuation shortening button 25 is pushed down (step S5).
20) If the determination is affirmative, a shortening command is transmitted (step S530), and the process returns. If a negative determination is made in step S500 or S510, the process returns to step S5.
If the determination is negative in 20, the process returns to step S510.
That is, in the present embodiment, each special symbol is configured to start fluctuating from when the image display command is transmitted from the main control board 30, so that the left special symbol is stationary from the time when the image display command is transmitted. The pressing of the variation reduction button 25 is valid until 0.5 seconds before. In the present embodiment, when there is a reserved storage of special symbols, it is configured so that the image display command corresponding to the reserved storage is transmitted after all the changing special symbols are stationary (determined). Even when the image display command is transmitted, the change of the special symbol is started, and the main control board 30 is the image control board 32.
It is not necessary to control whether or not the special symbol starts changing. Whether or not the changing special symbol is stationary can be determined by the value of the changing time code. Step S500
The processes of S530 to S530 relate to the operation data transmitting unit.

When the image control board 32 receives the fluctuation shortening code, the processing for forcibly stopping the left special symbol is executed 0.5 seconds after the fluctuation shortening code is received. Subsequent processing from when the left special symbol is stationary, that is, the processing from when the left special symbol is stationary until the middle special symbol and the right special symbol are static is the same as the process when the left special symbol is not forced to be stationary. Is. The timing chart shown in FIG. 11 shows a variation pattern when the variation shortening button 25 is pressed together with the variation start of the special symbol at the variation pattern shown in the timing chart of FIG. In the timing chart shown in FIG. 11, the variation times of the left, middle and right special symbols are each shortened by 5.5 seconds. Note that the variation shortening means is a process executed so that the variation mode of the special symbol becomes an operation corresponding to the timing chart shown in FIG.

4. Big hit start Big hit start Demo command code is special symbol display area 5
When displaying an image that appeals to the player that a big hit has occurred between the time when the big hit operation is started after the left, middle, and right special symbols displayed in 0a to 50c are displayed. This command is used and is composed of an operation number of 40H and an identification number of 01H. When the pattern control board 32b receives this command code, the LCD 3
On the screen of 2a, "a character such as a big hit is displayed and an image in which the character is pleased is displayed, and at the same time, a process of outputting a sound effect is performed by the sound control board 35. At this time, the symbol control board 32b is operated by the image display command. From, that is, it is determined that a big hit has occurred depending on whether the received left, middle and right still symbol designating code identification numbers match, and if a positive determination is made as a big hit, the value of the number of big hits stored previously is determined. +1 is executed to execute the processing of displaying the number on the background screen 52. This notifies the player of the cumulative number of jackpots that have occurred in the gaming machine 10 during business after the pachinko hall was opened. be able to.

Further, the symbol control board 32b uses the image display command, that is, the identification numbers of the received left, middle and right still symbol designating codes are the same, and the value when the big hit occurs last time. You can judge whether or not it is a big hit in high probability, and if you make an affirmative judgment as a big hit in high probability, the value of the number of big hits in the high probability previously stored is incremented by 1 and that number is displayed on the background screen. The process displayed on 52 is performed. As a result, the player is notified of the number of big hits in a high probability (so-called “number of consecutive chans”).
The number of jackpots in the high probability is cleared to zero when the high probability continuation is not executed, and is displayed again when the high probability continuation big hit occurs again. Design control board 32
b stores the maximum number of high-probability hits since the pachinko hall was opened during business, and updates the value when a large-probability big hit that exceeds this maximum number occurs, and updates this high-probability. The number of big hits in the middle can be displayed together with the cumulative number of big hits.

5. Big hit medium Big hit medium command is code before opening, code during opening, 1
It is classified into five commands of 0 count winning code, V passage code and round display code. (1) The pre-opening code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 01H, and when the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, an image informing the player that the special winning opening 40 will be opened is displayed in the background 52. Execute the process displayed in. (2) The opening code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 02H, and when the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, an image informing the player that the special winning opening 40 is open is displayed. Execute the processing to be displayed. (3) 10 count winning code is 50H action number and 0
It is composed of an identification number of 3H, and the main control board 30 counts that the game ball has entered the special winning opening 40.
This command code is transmitted each time it is detected by the b switch or the V switch 40a. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the value is incremented each time it is input, and the value is displayed on the background 52. As a result, on the screen, the number of pieces from 0 to 10 is displayed every time a game ball is won in the special winning opening 40. (4) The V passage code is composed of the operation number of 50H and the identification number of 04H, and when the main control board 30 detects that the game ball has passed the special area in the special winning opening 40 by the V switch 40a, this command Submit the code. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the character "V" is displayed in a large size on the screen to inform the player that the special winning opening 40 will be opened and then opened again. (5) The round display code is composed of an operation number of 50H and an identification number of 05H, and the main control board 30 has a special winning opening 40.
This command code is transmitted every time the is released again after the end of the releasing operation. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, the value is incremented each time it is input, and the value is displayed on the background 52. As a result, the player is notified of the number of times the special winning opening 40 has been opened.

6. The big hit end command is made up of a big hit end demo command code and a high probability transition command code. The jackpot end demo command code is such that when the jackpot operation ends, that is, when the special winning opening 40 finishes opening operation 16 times, or the gaming ball does not pass through the special area during opening even if it does not continue up to 16 times. Is the instruction code sent when
It consists of an operation number of 60H and an identification number of 01H. When the symbol control board 32b inputs this command code, it displays a message notifying the player that the jackpot has ended. High probability transfer command code is 61H operation number and 0
It consists of an identification number from 1H to 02H. When the identification number is 01H, it means that the high probability state continues, and the identification number is 02H.
The case is when the high probability does not continue. This high-probability shift command code is used in the main control board 3 as in the present embodiment.
The structure may be transmitted from 0, or the design control board 32b may be judged from the value of the image display command described above.

7. In the case of abnormal operation The abnormal operation command is an instruction command sent when an abnormality occurs in the pachinko machine 10. In this specific example, the E1 error code of 70H01H, the E2 error code of 70H02H, and the E3 error code of 70H03H It is configured.
In this specific example, the E1 error code is a ten count abnormal error and is output when no game ball is detected when the special winning opening 40 is opened, and the E2 error code is output when the lower plate 23 is full and the tank switch is full. It is output when 43 is turned on, and the E3 error code is output when the supply switch 44 is turned on. The error message displayed by sending these abnormal commands is deleted by the error release code of 70H04H sent when the error is released.

According to the present embodiment described in detail above, the main control is performed for the display control of the special symbol which is variably displayed on the screen of the LCD 32a every time the game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as the starting port. The board 30 is a pattern control board 32b
The image display command, that is, the variable time code of each two-byte command, the left, middle and right static symbol designating codes only have to be transmitted, which is a very excellent effect. Thereby, there is an effect that the control load on the symbol control board 32b of the main control board 30 can be reduced and the control on the other control boards such as the prize ball control board 31 can be precisely executed. In the board 32b, image control processing such as special symbols can be freely and expressively executed without being restricted by receiving a fine instruction from the main control board 30, and the degree of freedom of control can be significantly increased. It has an extremely excellent effect that it can.

Further, in the present embodiment, the fluctuation reduction button 2
When 5 is pressed, the main control board 30 is configured to only send the variation shortening code, and the symbol control board 32 forces the left special symbol to stand still 0.5 seconds after the variation shortening code is received. The subsequent processing is configured to execute the same operation as the processing when not forcibly stopped. Thereby, there is an excellent effect that the variation reduction process of the special symbol can be executed without increasing the load of the process of the main control board 30 and complicating the process of the symbol control board 30b. Furthermore, since the player can give the impression that the player is selecting the type of the big hit symbol or the out-of-match symbol by depressing the fluctuation reduction button 25, the player can determine whether or not it is right or wrong. It is possible to give such a feeling to the player and to make the player feel that he or she is participating in the game. That is, in the conventional pachinko game machine, it is determined whether or not the game content is advantageous depending on the timing when the game ball wins the specific winning opening or passes through the specific passing opening, and this timing cannot be intervened by the player's intention. Since it is configured like this, in some cases the player simply shoots a game ball aiming at a specific winning opening or a specific passage opening and whether it is possible to generate a jackpot is called "luck". Although there may be a problem that may cause harmful effects, in the present embodiment, the player can reflect the intention of the player in the game because the player can stop the changing special symbol while watching the changing special symbol. It has the effect of giving the impression that

Next, the second embodiment will be described. Second
In this embodiment, the "re-lottery routine" shown in FIG. 12 is executed as the process of the "variable time reduction routine" shown in FIG. 10 used in the first embodiment, and other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment. The configuration is substantially the same as. Therefore, the description and illustration of the common components are based on the first embodiment, and the different configurations will be mainly described. In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, after the processing in steps S600 to S620, if the determination in step S620 is affirmative, the re-lottery processing (step S63).
0) and resend the image display command (step S
640), and return. Step S600 or S
If a negative determination is made at 610, the procedure returns to step S62.
If the determination is negative at 0, the process returns to step S610. That is, in the second embodiment, when the variation reduction button 25 is pressed while the variation reduction button 25 is valid (step S60).
0 to S620), re-lottery processing is executed (step S
630). In this re-lottery processing, the variation reduction button 25 is pressed with the value of the winning / discarding random number extracted at the timing when the game ball executed in the first embodiment wins the ordinary electric auditors product 36 as the starting opening. At the timing, the process of re-extracting the value of the big hit symbol random number or the deviating symbol random number is executed. Then, the above-mentioned image display command is determined based on the result of this processing, and the processing of retransmitting the determined image display command to the symbol control board 32b is executed (step S640). In addition, in the second embodiment, the fluctuation shortening code described in the first embodiment is not transmitted. When the symbol control board 32b receives the retransmitted image display command, based on the retransmitted image display command, the changing left special symbol is stopped at the designated left static symbol 0.5 seconds after the reception, The middle special symbol and the right special symbol which are changing are executed with the respective static symbols designated by the same process as the process when the shortening button 25 is pressed in the first embodiment.

In the second embodiment, the result of the winning or the hitting does not change, but by pressing the variation shortening button 25, the type of the big hit symbol or the miss symbol is re-lotted. This allows
In addition to having the same effect as the first embodiment, by actually pressing the variation reduction button 25, it is possible to change the big hit symbol or the deviation symbol, so the variation reduction button 25 of the first embodiment.
There is an effect that the effect exerted by pressing can be further improved. In addition, although the determination content of the winning or winning is not changed, it is possible to change the big hit symbol when the big hit is generated by the intention of the player. Therefore, the bonus depending on the kind of the big hit symbol, the high probability There is also an effect that the player can obtain a privilege such as shifting to.

Next, the third embodiment will be described. Third
In this embodiment, the "re-lottery routine" shown in FIG. 13 is executed as the processing of the "fluctuation time reduction routine" shown in FIG. 10 used in the first embodiment, and other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment. The configuration is substantially the same as. Therefore, the description and illustration of the common components are based on the first embodiment, and the different configurations will be mainly described. In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, first, it is judged whether or not there is a high probability (step S70).
0), if the determination is affirmative, the processes in steps S710 to S730 are performed, and if the determination is affirmative, re-lottery processing is performed (step S7).
40) and resend the image display command (step S75).
0), return to return. Steps S700 and S710
Alternatively, if a negative determination is made in S720, the process is returned, and if a negative determination is made in step S730, the process returns to step S720. That is, in the third embodiment, the time when the operation of the variation reduction button 25 is effective is limited to a high probability (steps S700 to S700).
720), if the variation shortening button 25 is pressed while the variation shortening button 25 is operated (step S730), the re-lottery processing is executed (step S740). In this re-lottery process, the value of the random number, the big hit symbol random number, and the off symbol random number, which are extracted at the timing when the game ball executed in the first embodiment wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as the starting port, Is extracted again when the fluctuation reduction button 25 is pressed. That is, the random number, the big hit symbol random number, and the out-of-symbol random number value are extracted again at the timing when the fluctuation shortening button 25 is pressed, and the value of the extracted random number is compared with the true / false determination value to determine the true / false. The above-mentioned image display command is determined based on the result of the hit and the jackpot pattern or the deviation pattern, and the determined image display command is assigned to the symbol control board 3
The process of resending to 2b is executed (step S7).
50). In the third embodiment, the variable shortening code described above is not transmitted. When the symbol control board 32b receives the retransmitted image display command, based on the retransmitted image display command, the changing left special symbol is stopped at the designated left static symbol 0.5 seconds after the reception, The middle special symbol and the right special symbol which are changing are executed with the respective static symbols designated by the same process as the process when the shortening button 25 is pressed in the first embodiment.

According to the third embodiment, not only can the fluctuation time be shortened, but also the jackpot symbol or the out-of-pit symbol can be re-lotted, and the value of the random number of success / failure can be determined by the player during a high probability. You can re-draw by your will. Generally, there is some correlation between the display mode in which the display is changed and the update timing of the random number. For example, the so-called "pachi-slot gaming machine" has a function of enabling so-called "pushing" while in the jackpot mode, and the like corresponds to this correlation. Because of this correlation, the player, while looking at the varying symbols, will research at what timing the variation shortening button 25 can be pressed to generate a big hit (actually, the variation shortening button). Whether or not a big hit can be generated by the operation of) is another problem. Also, the player tries to generate a big hit by himself by pressing the fluctuation reduction button, in other words, of the conventional gaming machine. As described above, it has an extremely excellent effect of allowing the player to have a feeling that it is not "luck".

The ball-ball game machine in which the above-mentioned correlation is clear causes a problem in terms of soundness. However, in the present embodiment, the update of the random number in the main control board 30 is configured so as to have no regularity by the initial random number, and the communication configuration between the main control board 30 and the symbol control board 32b is the same as the conventional one. Unlike the configuration, it is one-way communication, and since the pattern control board 32b freely controls the image display once the image display command is transmitted, the main control board 30 and the pattern control board 32b are controlled. It also has the effect that it rarely synchronizes in terms of surface and rarely has the above-mentioned correlation.

For example, even if the above-mentioned correlation is present depending on the configuration of the ball game machine, the configuration is limited to high probability. Since a big hit will eventually occur during a high probability, even if the fluctuation shortening button 25 is pressed to quickly generate a big hit, no particular problem will occur in terms of soundness, and the ambition can be appropriately moderated. There is a suitable effect. In other words, depending on the configuration of the gaming machine, it is possible to achieve the same effect as the effect of the "pushing" in the big hit mode in the pachislot gaming machine, depending on the configuration of the gaming machine. It has the effect that Further, depending on the configuration of the gaming machine, even if it has the above-described correlation, as described above, the configuration of using the value of the initial random number is used to update the random number, and the configuration of using the initial random number to update the jackpot symbol random number. And not. As a result, the regularity between the winning / discarding random numbers and the jackpot random numbers is eliminated, and even if the jackpot can be forcibly generated during the high probability, the jackpot cannot be intentionally generated with the high-probability symbol, and the intention is This has the effect of preventing the possibility of continuing the high probability state.

Although the inventions described in claims 1 to 4 have been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and does not depart from the gist of the invention. It goes without saying that the embodiment can be appropriately changed within the range. For example, the following configuration can be considered as the fourth embodiment. In the above-described third embodiment, the operation valid period of the variation reduction button 25 is limited to high probability, but the operation is valid even when the variation reduction button 25 is not in operation, and the value of the random number is determined at the timing when the variation reduction button 25 is operated. May be extracted again. Further, the fluctuation reduction button 25 may be enabled only during the low probability. Furthermore, the following configuration can be considered as the fifth embodiment. In the third embodiment, when the variation shortening button 25 is operated during a high probability, the random number value is re-extracted.
It is possible to re-extract only the jackpot symbol or the out-of-symbol symbol at the timing when 5 is operated, that is, to execute the process of the "re-lottery routine" shown in FIG. 12 in the second embodiment only during a high probability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a gaming machine 10 adopting the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the gaming machine 10 seen from the back side.

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

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

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

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

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an update process of a winning / discarding random number created in a “main routine”.

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

FIG. 9 is a timing chart showing an example of a variation mode of a special symbol. .

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing of a “variation time reduction routine” executed by the main control board 30.

FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing an example of a variation mode of the special symbol when the variation reduction button 25 is pressed.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the process of a “re-lottery routine” in the second embodiment executed by the main control board 30.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing of a “re-lottery routine” in the third embodiment that is executed by the main control board 30.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Pachinko machine 22 Gaming board 24 Firing handle 24a Touch switch 25 Fluctuation shortening button 25a Fluctuation shortening switch 30 ... main control board 31 ... prize ball control board 32 ... special symbol display device 32a ... LCD panel unit (LCD) 32b ... symbol display device Control board (design control board) 33 ... Launch control board 34 ... Lamp control board 35 ... Sound control board 36 ... Ordinary electric accessory (starting port) 36a・ ・ ・ ・ Type 1 starting port switch 37 ・ ・ ・ Normal symbol display device 40 ・ ・ ・ Large winning port 40a ・ ・ ・ Handpiece continuous operation switch (VSW) 40b ・ ・ ・ Ten Count switch (Count S
W) 50a, 50b, 50c ... Special symbol display area 52 ... Background screen hello, bad ... Character

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A game content advantageous to a player according to a random value extracted due to a timing at which a game ball shot on a game board surface wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. A main control board for deciding whether or not, and an image on the screen is variably displayed for a predetermined time every time the main control board decides whether or not the game content is advantageous for the player, and then the game for the player is advantageous. An image control board that controls to display a still image with a win / fail image indicating whether or not the content is present, and a fluctuation time shortening operation means for shortening a fluctuation time of the image by the image control board by a player operating, A ball game machine including: the main control board, the type of the win / loss image statically displayed on the screen based on the timing, and the pass / fail time of the image until the hit / fail image is determined Picture Condition determining means, a data transmitting means for transmitting to the image control board the data relating to the type and variation time of the hit / miss image determined by the relevant image determining means, when the variation time shortening operation means is operated, Operation data transmitting means for transmitting operation data to the image control board; win / loss image display control means for variably displaying the win / loss image on the image control board based on the data sent by the sending means; A variation reducing means for reducing variation time displayed by the image display control means on the basis of the data transmitted by the data transmitting means, and a big hit symbol or a deviation symbol by operating the variation reducing means. The ball game machine is characterized in that the type of is re-lotted and the jackpot pattern or the out-of-design is changed. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the type of the big hit symbol or the deviating symbol is determined again due to the timing at which the variation time reduction operation means is operated by the player, and the again. A ball drawing game machine comprising: a re-lottery means for including the determined data in the data related to the operation. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein it is again determined whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player due to the timing at which the variation time shortening operation means is operated by the player. In addition, the ball game machine is characterized by further comprising a re-lottery means for re-determining the type of the big hit symbol or the out-of-symbol symbol and including the re-determined data in the data relating to the operation. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the re-lottery means is executed during a high probability of improving the probability of determining the game content advantageous to the player. However, the ball game machine characterized in that the re-lottery means is not executed when the probability is not high.