JP2003159432A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the burden of a game control means for controlling on a discriminative information display so as to increase the time thereof for the essential game control. <P>SOLUTION: When a display condition starts variation, a CPU on a main board transmits to a display control board a display control command indicating a variation time and a stopped figure pattern. Then, a display control CPU on the display control board determines a variation pattern including a background screen and a character, and also determines whether a big hit forecasting is made or not, whereby the CPU on the main board reduces control burden as to the special pattern variable display. Besides, the game machine can choose and display one of a plurality of background screens, that is, the display control CPU changes to display the background screen according to preset conditions without receiving any instruction from the CPU on the main board. <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 gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a coin gaming machine, and in particular, it includes a variable display device whose display state can be changed, and a display result on the variable display device is specified in advance. The present invention relates to a gaming machine to which a predetermined gaming value can be given when the display mode is displayed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a gaming machine, a variable display device having a variable display portion whose display state can be changed is provided, and when a display result of the variable display portion has a predetermined specific display mode, Some are configured to transition to an advantageous jackpot gaming state. The variable display device has a plurality of variable display portions, and is normally configured to display the display results of the plurality of variable display portions at different times.
On the variable display portion, for example, a plurality of pieces of identification information such as symbols are variably displayed. Generally, the display result of the variable display unit is a combination of predetermined specific display modes.
It is called "big hit". Note that the game value is the right for the state of the variable winning ball device provided in the game area of the gaming machine to be in an advantageous state for a player who easily wins a hit ball, or to be in an advantageous state for a player. Is to be generated.

When a big hit occurs, for example, the big winning opening is opened a predetermined number of times, and a big hit game state where the hit ball is easy to win is entered. Then, in each opening period, when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning holes are won, the winning holes are closed. The number of times the special winning opening is opened is fixed to a predetermined number (for example, 16 rounds). An opening time (for example, 29.5 seconds) is determined for each opening, and the special winning opening is closed when the opening time elapses even if the number of winnings does not reach a predetermined number. If a predetermined condition (for example, winning in a V zone provided in the special winning opening) is not established when the special winning opening is closed, the big hit game is performed even if the predetermined number of times is not reached. The state ends.

In addition, among the combinations of the display modes of “out” other than the combination of “big hit”, when some of the display results of the plurality of variable display portions are not yet derived and displayed, the display results are already displayed. A state in which the display mode of the variable display section that is derived and displayed satisfies a display condition that is a combination of specific display modes is called “reach”. A player plays a game while enjoying how to generate a big hit.

The progress of the game on the gaming machine is controlled by the game control means such as a microcomputer. The identification information, the character image and the background image displayed on the variable display device are controlled by the display control means which operates according to the display control command data from the game control means.
The identification information, the character image, and the background image displayed on the variable display device are generally a microcomputer for display control and a video display processor which generates image data in accordance with an instruction from the microcomputer and transfers the image data to the variable display device side ( VDP), but the program capacity of the display control microcomputer is large. Therefore, the microcomputer of the game control means having a limited program capacity cannot control the identification information and the like displayed on the variable display device, and a microcomputer for display control different from the microcomputer of the game control means ( Display control means) is used.

Therefore, the game control means for controlling the progress of the game needs to send a command for display control to the display control means. The generation of image data such as identification information is performed by the display control means, but it is better that the display position of the changing identification information on the screen is changed by the game control means for controlling the progress of the game. From, it is determined by the game control means. Therefore, the game control means determines the display position of the identification information at every suitable timing, and transmits the display position to the display control means.

As described above, in the conventional gaming machine, since the display position of the changing identification information is determined by the game control means, the control load for the identification information display of the game control means is large, and the game control means However, there is a problem that the processing time that can be spent for other game control is limited. In order to solve such a problem, for example, the game control means transmits to the display control means the speed change point of the identification information (including fluctuation start and fluctuation stop), and the identification information is received according to the speed received by the display control means. It is conceivable to determine the display position of. However, even with such identification information fluctuation control, commands are transmitted from the game control means to the display control means many times during one fluctuation, so that
The control load on the game control means relating to the identification information display is heavy. Furthermore, while the identification information is changing, the game effect sound is also generated according to the changing mode, but the game control means must also perform the control for generating the game effect sound, which further increases the burden.

Therefore, in order to reduce the burden on the game control means, when the game control means determines the hit / off, the symbol variation transfer data and the stop symbol transfer data are used as the display control means, and the display control means There has been proposed a game machine configured to change a character according to a progress state (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). Further, a game machine is proposed in which the display control means is configured to select a stop symbol and a variation pattern according to a determination signal indicating a hit / disappearance from the game control means (for example, Patent Document 2).
reference. ).

[0009]

[Patent Document 1] JP-A-6-15045 (paragraph 00)
61 to 0063, FIGS. 16 and 17)

[0010]

[Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-210058 (paragraph 0)
066-0077, FIG. 25, FIG. 26)

[0011]

However, the display control means changes the character according to the progress of the game,
The load on the game control means is still heavy only by selecting the stop symbol and the variation pattern according to the determination signal.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of further reducing the control load associated with the identification information display of the game control means and increasing the time for the game control means to perform the original game control. And

[0013]

A gaming machine according to the present invention comprises:
A variable display section (for example, the variable display section 9) having a plurality of display areas whose display states can be changed is included, and the identification information displayed in the display area starts to change in accordance with the establishment of the change start condition. A game control device for controlling the progress of a game, which is a game machine capable of giving a predetermined game value to a player on condition that the display result of is a predetermined specific display mode (for example, a jackpot pattern). (Eg CPU
56, etc.), display control means (for example, display control CPU 101, etc.) for performing display control of the variable display section, and sound control means (for example, sound control CPU 70) for generating game sound effects.
1) and the game control means determines the identification information to be stopped and displayed on the variable display section (for example, steps S55, S56, S59, S of the game control means).
60, S61) and a display control command for performing display control can be output to the display control means, and the display control command can specify at least the period during which the variable display of the identification information is performed. (For example, 83H to 85H shown in FIG. 19) and information that can identify the identification information to be stopped determined by the identification information determination means (for example, FIG. 20).
~ Command shown in FIG. 22), the display control means,
When the display control command is received, at least the final display result is displayed regardless of the identification information (eg, FIG.
6, display content determining means for determining the background pattern and characters shown in FIG. 17, and the voice corresponding to the display content based on the determination result of the display content determining means (for example, voice data by the process table shown in FIG. 41). And a voice determining unit, and controls to output a voice based on the determination content of the voice determining unit to the voice control unit (for example, output to the voice control board 80). It is possible to select and display one of them (for example, FIG. 30C), and the display content determining means changes and displays the background screen in accordance with a condition predetermined in advance (for example, FIG. In the variation pattern shown in 30 (C), when the right pattern stops, the background image is switched from "in the room" to "aura"). It is. As described in the embodiments of the invention below, in addition to the state in which the identification information is completely stopped, the identification information is shaken and fluctuated until the finally stopped identification information is determined. This is a concept including so-called shaking stop in which a state (a state in which a fluctuation in the forward direction and a fluctuation in the reverse direction are repeated in the same manner as a normal fluctuation is repeated) is included.

The gaming machine may have a structure in which the voice control means and the display control means are combined.

The voice control means may be configured independently of the display control means, and may generate voice in response to a voice control command from the display control means.

The gaming machine is capable of performing a notice display (for example, a big hit notice) to give a notice that the display contents will be the specific display content when the specific display mode is determined in advance, and the display control means is the game control means. If it is shown that the information capable of specifying the identification information from is in the specific display mode, the notification display execution determining means (for example, in the display control means) for determining whether or not to perform the notification display for predicting the specific display mode It may be configured to include a portion (which executes steps S756 and S757).

Here, the advance notice display of the specific display mode may be configured to be performed by a character (for example, advance notice character A shown in FIGS. 17 and 31).

The gaming machine can display the demonstration screen when the condition for starting the fluctuation of the identification information is not satisfied for a predetermined period, and the display control means
It may be configured to include a demonstration screen display means for measuring a predetermined period and displaying the demonstration screen without receiving a designation from the game control means.

The game control means may be configured to send again the information capable of specifying the identification information when the identification information is confirmed.

Further, the display control means displays the identification information which has been stopped so that the forward and backward fluctuations are repeated in the same manner as a normal fluctuation until all the identification information is fixed ( It may be configured to be a so-called shaking stop state).

Between the game control means and the display control means, data may be transferred only in the direction from the game control means to the display control means.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of a pachinko gaming machine, which is an example of a gaming machine, will be described. 1 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 1 seen from the front, FIG. 2 is an overall rear view showing the internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and FIG. 3 is a rear view of the gaming board of the pachinko gaming machine 1 seen from the back. Although a pachinko gaming machine is shown here as an example of the gaming machine, the present invention is not limited to a pachinko gaming machine, and may be a coin gaming machine or the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is
It has a glass door frame 2 formed in a frame shape. On the lower surface of the glass door frame 2, there is a hit ball supply tray 3. Below the hitting ball supply tray 3, a surplus ball receiving tray 4 for storing the prize balls overflowing from the hitting ball feeder tray 3 and a hitting ball operation handle (operation knob) 5 for firing the hit ball are provided. Behind the glass door frame 2,
The game board 6 is detachably attached. Further, a game area 7 is provided on the front surface of the game board 6.

In the vicinity of the center of the game area 7, a variable display section 9 for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols and a 7 segment L
A variable display device 8 including a variable display 10 by an ED is provided. In this embodiment, the variable display section 9 has three symbol display areas of "left", "middle", and "right". On the side of the variable display device 8, a pass gate 11 for guiding a hit ball is provided. The hit ball that has passed through the passage gate 11 is guided to the starting winning opening 14 via the ball outlet 13. In the passage between the passage gate 11 and the ball outlet 13, there is a gate switch 12 that detects a hit ball that has passed through the passage gate 11. In addition, the winning ball that entered the starting winning opening 14,
It is guided to the rear surface of the game board 6 and detected by the starting opening switch 17. A variable winning ball device 15 that opens and closes is provided below the starting winning opening 14. The variable winning ball device 15 is opened by the solenoid 16.

An opening / closing plate 20 which is opened by a solenoid 21 in a specific game state (big hit state) is provided below the variable winning ball device 15. In this embodiment, the opening / closing plate 20 serves as a means for opening / closing the special winning opening. The winning ball that enters one (V zone) of the winning balls guided from the opening / closing plate 20 to the back surface of the game board 6 is detected by the V count switch 22. The winning ball from the opening / closing plate 20 is detected by the count switch 23. Variable display device 8
In the lower part of the, there is provided a start winning prize memory display 18 having four display parts for displaying the number of winning balls that have entered the starting winning opening 14. In this example, with the upper limit of four, each time there is a start prize, the start prize memory display device 18 increases the number of lit display portions by one. Then, each time the variable display of the variable display unit 9 is started, the number of the display units that are turned on is reduced by one.

The game board 6 is provided with a plurality of winning openings 19, 24. Around the left and right of the game area 7, decoration lamps 25 that blink during the game are provided, and at the bottom,
There is an outlet 26 that absorbs hit balls that did not win. In addition, two speakers 27 that emit a sound effect are provided on the upper left and right sides outside the game area 7. On the outer periphery of the game area 7, a game effect LED 28a and a game effect lamp 2
8b and 28c are provided. And in this example,
A prize ball lamp 51 that lights up when paying out a prize ball is provided near one speaker 27, and a ball break lamp 52 that lights up when a supply ball runs out is provided near the other speaker 27. Further, in FIG. 1, a pachinko game table 1
Also shown is a card unit 50 that is installed adjacent to and allows a ball lending by inserting a prepaid card.

The batted ball launched from the batted ball launching device enters the game area 7 through the batted ball rail, and thereafter, the game area 7
Come down. When a hit ball is detected by the gate switch 12 through the passage gate 11, the displayed number on the variable display 10 is continuously changed. Further, when the ball hits the start winning opening 14 and is detected by the start opening switch 17, if the variation of the symbol can be started, the symbol in the variable display portion 9 starts to rotate. If it is not in a state where the variation of the symbol can be started, the start winning memory is incremented by 1. The start winning award memory will be described later in detail. The rotation of the image in the variable display unit 9 is stopped when a certain time has elapsed. When the combination of the images at the time of stop is the combination of the big hit symbols, the big hit game state is entered. That is, the opening / closing plate 20
However, the game is opened until a fixed time elapses or until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of hit balls are won. Then, when a hit ball enters the specific winning area and is detected by the V count switch 22 while the opening / closing plate 20 is open, a continuation right is generated and the opening / closing plate 20 is opened again. The continuation right is allowed to be generated a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 rounds).

When the combination of the images in the variable display portion 9 at the time of stop is the combination of the big hit symbols accompanied by the probability variation, the probability of the big hit next increases. That is, the high probability state is more advantageous for the player. Further, when the stop symbol on the variable display 10 is a predetermined symbol (hit symbol), the variable winning ball device 15 is opened for a predetermined time. Further, in the high probability state, the probability that the stop symbol on the variable display 10 becomes a winning symbol is increased, and the opening time and the number of times of opening the variable winning ball device 15 are increased.

Next, the structure of the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. On the back surface of the variable display device 8, as shown in FIG. 2, a prize ball 38 is provided on the upper part of the mechanism plate 36, and the prize balls are provided from above the pachinko game machine 1 in a state where it is installed on the game machine installation island. Freebie ball tank 3
8 are supplied. The prize balls in the prize ball tank 38 reach the ball payout device through the guide gutter 39.

On the mechanism plate 36, a variable display control unit 29 for controlling the variable display section 9 via the relay board 30, a game control board covered with a board case 32 and having a game control microcomputer mounted thereon (main board). ) 31, a relay board 33 for relaying signals between the variable display control unit 29 and the game control board 31, and a prize ball board 37 on which a payout control microcomputer for payout control of prize balls is mounted. is set up. Further, the mechanism plate 36 includes
A hitting ball launching device 34 for launching a hitting ball to the game area 7 by utilizing the rotational force of the motor, and a lamp control board 35 for sending a signal to the speaker 27 and the game effect lamps / LEDs 28a, 28b, 28c are installed.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the gaming board of the pachinko gaming machine 1 as viewed from the back. On the back side of the game board 6, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the winning ball aggregate cover 4 for guiding the winning balls won in the respective winning openings and the winning ball device along a predetermined winning path.
0 is provided. Among the winning balls guided to the winning ball collecting cover 40, those winning through the opening / closing plate 20 are controlled by the ball payout device 97 to pay out a relatively large number of prize balls (for example, 15). Those winning through the starting winning opening 14 are controlled by a ball payout device (not shown in FIG. 3) so as to pay out a relatively small number of prize balls (for example, 6). Then, for those winning through the other winning opening 24 and the winning ball device, the ball payout device is controlled so as to pay out a relatively medium number of prize balls (for example, 10 pieces). Note that the relay board 33 is illustrated in FIG.

Signals from the winning ball detection switch 99, the starting opening switch 17 and the V count switch 22 are sent to the main board 31 to perform the prize ball payout control. When the ON signal of the winning ball detection switch 99 is sent to the main board 31, a prize ball number signal is sent from the main board 31 to the prize ball board 37. The fact that there is a winning is detected by the winning ball detection switch 99. In that case, the main ball 31 moves from the winning ball substrate 3
A prize ball number signal is given to 7. For example, when the winning ball detection switch 99 is turned on in response to the start switch 17 being turned on, "6" is output to the prize ball number signal, and the winning ball detection is performed in response to the turning on of the count switch 23 or the V count switch 22. When the switch 99 is turned on, "15" is output to the prize ball number signal. When the winning ball detection switch 99 is turned on when those switches are not turned on, "10" is output to the prize ball number signal.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of the main board 31. Note that FIG. 4 also shows the prize ball substrate 37, the lamp control substrate 35, the sound control substrate 70, the firing control substrate 91, and the display control substrate 80. On the main board 31, a basic circuit 53 for controlling the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program, and signals from the gate switch 12, the starting opening switch 17, the V count switch 22, the count switch 23 and the winning ball detection switch 99 are the basic circuit 53. A switch circuit 58 for giving the variable winning ball device 15, a solenoid circuit 59 for driving the solenoid 16 for opening / closing the variable winning ball device 15 and a solenoid 21 for opening / closing the opening / closing plate 20 in accordance with a command from the basic circuit 53, and the start memory indicator 18
And a lamp / LED circuit 60 for driving the variable display 10 and the decorative lamp 25 by the 7-segment LED.

Further, in accordance with the data given from the basic circuit 53, big hit information indicating occurrence of big hit, effective starting information indicating the number of starting winning balls used for starting image display on the variable display section 9, and probability variation. An information output circuit 64 that outputs the probability variation information indicating that to a host computer such as a hall management computer is included.

The basic circuit 53 includes a ROM 54 for storing a program for controlling a game, a RAM 55 used as a work memory, a CPU 56 for performing a control operation according to the control program, and an I / O port section 57. The ROM 54 and the RAM 55 may be built in the CPU 56 in some cases.

Further, on the main board 31, an initial reset circuit 65 for resetting the basic circuit 53 when the power is turned on.
Then, a periodic reset circuit 66 for periodically (for example, every 2 ms) applying a reset pulse to the basic circuit 53 to re-execute the game control program from the beginning, and an address signal supplied from the basic circuit 53 are decoded. I
Address decode circuit 67 for outputting a signal for selecting one of the I / O ports of the I / O port section 57.
And are provided.

The hit ball launching device for hitting and launching a game ball is driven by a drive motor 94 controlled by a circuit on the launch control board 91. Then, the driving force of the drive motor 94 is adjusted according to the operation amount of the operation knob 5. That is, the circuit on the firing control board 91 controls the ball to be fired at a speed according to the operation amount of the operation knob 5.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration in the display control board 80 together with a CRT 82 which is an example of realizing the variable display section 9, an output buffer circuit 63 of the main board 31 and an audio control board 70. Display control CPU 101
Operates according to a program stored in the control data ROM 102, and the main board 31 moves the input buffer circuit 105
When the strobe signal is input through the Schmitt trigger inversion circuits 105b and 105c, the input buffer 105
A display control command is received via a.

Then, the display control CPU 101 controls the display of the screen displayed on the CRT 82 in accordance with the received display control command. Specifically, the VDP 103 is given a command according to the display control command. VDP103
Reads out the necessary data from the character ROM 86. The VDP 103 uses the CRT 8 according to the input data.
The image data to be displayed on the screen 2 is generated, and the image data is stored in the VRAM 87. Then, the image data in the VRAM 87 is converted into R, G, B signals, converted into an analog signal by the D-A conversion circuit 104, and output to the CRT 82.

FIG. 5 also shows a reset circuit 83 for resetting the VDP 103, an oscillating circuit 85 for giving an operating clock to the VDP 103, and a character ROM 86 for storing frequently used image data. The frequently used image data stored in the character ROM 86 is, for example, a person, an animal, or an image including characters, figures, symbols, or the like displayed on the CRT 82.

In addition to the display control of the variable display section 9, the display control CPU 101 also controls transmission of audio control data. In this embodiment, the display control CPU 101
Since the movement control and display switching control of the background and the character during the special symbol change in the variable display unit 9 are performed, the voice switching timing according to the movement of the special symbol, the background and the character is grasped. Therefore, the voice control data can be easily sent to the voice control board 70.

The input buffer 105a and the Schmitt trigger inversion circuit 105 in the input buffer circuit 105.
b and 105c can pass a signal only in the direction from the main board 31 to the display control board 80. Therefore, there is no room for signals to be transmitted from the display control board 80 side to the main board 31 side. Even if the circuit in the display control board 80 is tampered with, the signal output by the tampering is not transmitted to the main board 31 side.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration example of the voice control board 70. In this embodiment, a voice control command for instructing the voice output of the speaker 27 provided outside the game area 7 according to the progress of the game,
Output from the display control board 80 to the audio control board 70.

As shown in FIG. 6, each signal from the display control board 80 is sent to the voice control CP via the input port 705.
Input into U701. If the voice control CPU 701 has a built-in I / O port, the input port 70
5 is not needed. Then, the voice synthesizing circuit 702 including, for example, a digital signal processor generates a voice or a sound effect according to an instruction from the voice control CPU 701 and outputs the voice or the sound effect to the volume switching circuit 703. The volume switching circuit 703 sets the output level of the voice control CPU 701 to a level according to the set volume and outputs the output level to the volume amplification circuit 704. The volume amplifier circuit 704 outputs the amplified audio signal to the speaker 27.

Next, the operation of the gaming machine will be described. Figure 7
6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU 56 on the main board 31. The CPU 56 performs a game control process according to the game control program stored in the ROM 54. As described above, the process shown in FIG. 7 is activated, for example, every 2 ms by the reset pulse generated by the regular reset circuit 66.

When the CPU 56 is activated, the CPU 56
First, stack setting processing for setting the designated address of the stack pointer is performed (step S1).
Next, initialization processing is performed (step S2). In the initialization processing, the CPU 56 determines whether the RAM 55 contains an error, and if the RAM 55 contains an error, the RAM 56
Processing such as initialization of 55 is performed. Then, after the command code sent to the display control board 80 is set in a predetermined area of the RAM 55 (step S
3), a process of outputting the command code as display control data is performed (step S4).

Next, a process for transmitting a predetermined command for LED lighting control to the lamp control board 35 is performed, and at the same time, the jackpot information, starting information, and probability variation information are sent to the hall management computer via the information output circuit 64. Perform processing to send data such as (data output processing:
Step S5). Further, various abnormality diagnosis processing is performed by the self-diagnosis function provided inside the pachinko gaming machine 1, and an alarm is issued if necessary according to the result (error processing: step S6).

Next, processing for updating each counter indicating each judgment random number used for game control is performed (step S).
7). In step S7, the CPU 56 counts up (adds 1) the big hit determination random number or the like as the determination random number.
I do. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing each random number. Each random number is used as follows. (1) Random 1: Determine whether to generate a big hit (for big hit determination = special symbol determination) (2) Random 2-1 to 2-3: For left and right middle out-of-range symbol determination (3) Random 3: Decide the combination of symbols at the time of big hit (for big hit symbol determination = for special symbol judgment) (4) Random 4: Determine whether to reach at the time of falling off (for reach judgment) (5) Random 5: Special at reach Determine the variation time of the symbol (for determining the variation time).

Note that random numbers other than the random numbers (1) to (5) described above are also used to enhance the game effect. In step S7, the CPU 56 counts up (adds 1) the counter for generating the random number for jackpot determination of (1) and the random number for jackpot symbol determination of (3). That is, they are the judgment random numbers.

Next, the CPU 56 carries out special symbol process processing (step S8). In the special symbol process control, the corresponding process is selected and executed according to the special symbol process flag for controlling the pachinko gaming machine 1 in a predetermined order according to the gaming state. Then, the value of the special symbol process flag is updated during each process according to the game state. Also, a normal symbol process process is performed (step S9). Ordinary pattern process, 7 segment LE
The corresponding process is selected and executed according to the normal symbol process flag for controlling the variable display 10 by D in a predetermined order. Then, the value of the normal symbol process flag is updated during each process according to the game state.

Further, the CPU 56 has a switch circuit 58.
The states of the gate sensor 12, the starting port sensor 17, and the count sensor 23 are input via the, and it is determined whether or not there is a prize for each winning port or winning device (step S1).
0).

Further, a process for updating the symbol determination random number is performed (step S11). That is, (2) random numbers for outlier symbol determination, (4) random numbers for reach determination, and (5) counting up of counters (1 addition) for generating random numbers for variable time determination are performed. However, the random 2-2, when the carry of the random 2-1 occurs,
That is, when the value of the random 2-1 becomes "13" and is returned to "0", it is counted up. Also,
The random 2-3 is counted up when the carry of the random 2-2 occurs, that is, when the value of the random 2-2 becomes “13” and is returned to “0”.

The CPU 56 also performs signal processing with the prize ball substrate 37 (step S12). That is, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the prize ball number signal is output to the prize ball substrate 37. CPU for prize ball control mounted on the prize ball substrate 37
Drives the ball payout device 97 in accordance with the prize ball number signal.
After that, the CPU 56 repeats the symbol determination random number updating process of step S13 until a reset pulse is applied from the regular reset circuit 66 next time.

Next, a method of deciding the symbols which are variably displayed on the variable display portion 9 based on the winning of the starting winning opening 14 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 to 11.
FIG. 9 shows a process for determining that the hit ball has won the starting winning opening 14, and FIG. 10 shows a process for determining a stop symbol for variable display on the variable display section 9. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of determining whether or not to make a big hit.

When a ball hits the starting winning opening 14 provided on the game board 6, the starting opening sensor 17 is turned on. In the switch process of step S10, the CPU 56
When it is determined that the starting opening sensor 17 is turned on through the switch circuit 58 (step S41), it is confirmed whether or not the number of stored winning awards has reached the maximum value of 4 (step S42). If the number of memory of winning a prize for winning does not reach 4, the number of memory of starting award winning is increased by 1 (step S43), and the value of the random number for jackpot symbol determination is extracted. Then, it is stored in the random number value storage area corresponding to the value of the number of memory for winning the winning prize (step S44). It should be noted that if the number of stored winning awards has reached 4, the process of increasing the number of stored starting awards is not performed. That is, in this embodiment, it is possible to store the number of hit balls that have been won at the maximum of four starting winning openings 17.

The CPU 56 confirms the value of the number of stored winning prizes in the special symbol process process of step S8 (step S50). If the number of memory of winning a prize for starting is not 0, the value stored in the random number storage area corresponding to the number of memory of starting award = 1 is read (step S51), the value of the number of memory for starting winning a prize is decreased by 1, and each The value in the random value storage area is shifted (step S52). That is, the value stored in the random number value storage area corresponding to the number of starting winning prizes stored = n (n = 2, 3, 4) is set to the number of starting winning prizes stored = n−
It is stored in the random value storage area corresponding to 1.

Then, the CPU 56 determines the hit / disappearance based on the value read out in step S51, that is, the value of the extracted big hit symbol determination random number (step S53). Here, the big hit symbol determination random number is 0
It takes a value in the range of ˜249. As shown in FIG. 11, when the probability is low, for example, when the value is “3”, it is determined as “big hit”, and when it is any other value, it is determined as “out”. When the probability is high, for example, when the value is any of “3”, “7”, “79”, “103”, and “107”, it is determined as “big hit”, and when it is any other value, “big hit” is determined. Out of place ".

When it is determined to be a big hit, the basic circuit 53 determines a stop symbol based on the value of the big hit symbol determination random number. Here, if the limiter is not operating, the stop symbol is determined from the table including all symbols according to the value of the random number for jackpot symbol determination (steps S54 and S5).
5). If the limiter is operating, the basic circuit 53
Is a stop symbol is determined from a table of symbols that does not include a symbol combination (probability variation symbol) that causes a probability change according to the value of the random number for jackpot symbol determination (steps S54, S5).
6). The limiter is for restricting continuous occurrence of a jackpot due to the probability variation pattern, that is, continuous high probability state. For example, when the high probability state continues four times in a row, the limiter is activated.
Therefore, in the limiter operating state, the stop symbol is determined from the table that does not include the special symbol in which the probability variation is performed.

Further, the CPU 56 extracts a random time for determining the fluctuation time (random 5) and determines the fluctuation time based on the value (step S57). For the fluctuation time,
More on this later.

If it is determined that the data is out of alignment, the CPU 56
Determines whether to reach (step S58).
For example, when the value of random 4, which is a random number for reach determination, is any of “105” to “1530”,
Decide not to reach. Then, when the value of the random number for reach determination is any one of "0" to "104", it is determined to be reach. When it is determined to reach, the CPU 56 determines the reach symbol.

In this embodiment, the left and right symbols are determined according to the value of random 2-1 (step S59). Further, the middle symbol is determined according to the value of random 2-2 (step S60). That is, one of the symbols corresponding to the values 0 to 15 of the values of the random 2-1 and the random 2-2 is determined as the stop symbol. Here, when the determined middle symbol matches the left and right symbols, the symbol corresponding to the value obtained by adding 1 to the value of the random number corresponding to the middle symbol is determined as the middle symbol, and does not match the big hit symbol. To do. Further, the CPU 56 determines the fluctuation time according to the value of Random 5 (step S57).

In step S58, when it is determined not to reach, the right and left middle symbols are determined according to the values of random 2-1 to 2-3 (step S61). As described above, it is determined whether the display mode of the symbol variation based on the start winning is a big hit, the reach mode, or the off mode, and the combination of the respective stop symbols is determined.

In the high probability state, the probability of the next big hit increases, and the time until the variable display of the variable display 10 by the 7-segment LED is settled is shortened, and the variable display of the variable display 10 is reduced. The pachinko gaming machine 1 may be configured such that the number of times the variable winning ball device 15 is opened and the opening time of the variable winning ball device 15 based on the result can be increased, and the probability of a hit based on the variable display result of the variable display 10 is high. It may be configured to be.
Further, the present invention is also applicable to the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which only one or a plurality of these states occur.

For example, when the combination of the stop symbols of the variable display unit 9 becomes a specific symbol, the probability of a big hit does not increase, but the variable winning ball device 15 at the time of a hit is based on the variable display result of the variable display 10. Even in the gaming machine in which the number of times of opening and the time of opening are increased, if it is decided to reach, whether or not to make the left and right stop symbols coincide with the display mode of the specific symbol, that is, in which symbol the reach state is generated The present invention can be applied to a gaming machine that is determined by means such as a predetermined random number. Further, the random numbers and the range of random number values used in this embodiment are examples, and any random number may be used, and the range setting is arbitrary.

As described above, when the hit ball is won in the starting winning opening 14, the basic circuit 53 determines whether the jackpot or the jackpot is the special symbol process process in step S8 (see FIG. 7) and the stop symbol. It is determined, but a display control command corresponding to the determination is given to the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80. Display control CPU 101
Performs display control of the variable display section 9 in response to a display control command from the main board 31.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing an example of a program for special symbol process processing. The special symbol process process shown in FIG. 12 is a specific process of step S8 in the flowchart of FIG. The CPU 56 of the basic circuit 53, when performing the special symbol process processing, according to the internal state thereof, steps S300 to S shown in FIG.
Any one of 308 is performed. In each process, the following process is executed.

Special symbol fluctuation waiting processing (step S30
0): The start winning opening 14 (in this embodiment, the winning opening of the variable winning ball device 15) is hit and the starting opening sensor 17 is turned on. When the starting opening sensor 17 is turned on, the number of memory of winning a prize for starting is increased by +
At the same time, the random number for jackpot determination is extracted. That is, the processing shown in FIG. 9 is executed. Special symbol determination process (step S301): When the variable display of the special symbol can be started, the number of memory for winning a prize is confirmed. If the number of stored winning awards is not 0, it is determined whether the big hit or the big hit should be lost according to the value of the extracted big hit determination random number. That is, the first half of the processing shown in FIG. 10 is executed. Stop symbol setting process (step S302): The stop symbols of the left and right middle symbols are determined. That is, the latter half of the processing shown in FIG. 11 is executed.

Command transmission completion waiting process (step S3)
03): Wait until the display control command for designating the variable time and the stop symbol is sent to the display control board 80.

Waiting process for all symbols stop (step S30
4): When a predetermined time has passed, a display control command for designating a stop symbol is issued to the display control board 80.
Then, it waits for the completion of the transmission.

Big hit display processing (step S305):
If the stop symbol is a combination of jackpot symbols,
The display control command data for the big hit display is controlled to be sent to the display control board 80, and the internal state (process flag) is updated to shift to step S306. If not, the internal state is set to step S3.
Update to move to 08. The combination of the big hit symbols is a combination of right and left middle symbols.
Further, the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 performs a big hit display on the variable display section 9 in accordance with the display control command data. The jackpot display is provided to inform the player of the occurrence of the jackpot. Special winning opening opening processing (step S306): Control for opening the special winning opening is started. Specifically, the counter and the flag are initialized, and the solenoid 21 is driven to open the special winning opening.

Processing during opening of the special winning opening (step S30
7): The control for sending the display control command data of the special winning opening round display to the display control board 80, the processing for confirming the establishment of the closing condition of the special winning opening, etc. are performed. When the closing condition for the special winning opening is satisfied, the internal state is updated so as to shift to step S307 unless the ending condition for the big hit gaming state is satisfied. If the ending condition of the big hit game state is satisfied, the internal state is updated to shift to step S308.

Jackpot end processing (step S308):
A display is provided to notify the player that the jackpot gaming state has ended. When the display ends, the internal flag and the like are returned to the initial state, and the internal state is updated so as to shift to step S300.

The module (step S4 in FIG. 7) for transmitting the display control command in the game control program according to the processing of each step described above outputs the corresponding display control command at the I / O port 57. The strobe signal is output to the output port while being output to the port.

FIG. 13 is waiting for command transmission completion in the special symbol process process shown in FIG. 12 (step S3).
It is a flowchart showing the processing of (03). Step S
When the variable time and the stop symbol are determined in the stop symbol setting process of 302, the sending control of the display control command for instructing them is performed, but step S30
In 3, the CPU 56 waits for the completion of command transmission (step S303a). The command transmission completion is notified from the display control data output process (step S4) in the main process (see FIG. 7).

When the transmission of the display control command is completed, C
The PU 56 starts a fluctuation time timer for measuring the fluctuation time notified to the display control board 80 (step S303b). Then, the special symbol process flag is updated so as to shift to step S304 (step S
303c).

FIG. 14 is a waiting process for all symbols in the special symbol process process shown in FIG. 12 (step S30).
It is a flow chart which shows 4). In step S304, the CPU 56 confirms whether or not the variable time timer has timed out (step S304a). When the time is up, a stop symbol is set as a display control command (step S304b). Then, the display control command data transmission request is set (step S304c), and the special symbol process flag is updated so as to shift to step S305 (step S304d). The display control command data transmission request is referred to in the display control data setting process (step S3) in the main process (see FIG. 7).

Next, the variation of the symbols will be described using a specific example. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of left and right middle symbols used in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 15, in this embodiment, the symbols displayed as the left and right middle symbols are
It is the same 12 patterns on the left and right. In this embodiment, after the symbol starts changing in the variable display portion 9 of the variable display device 8, the middle symbol finally stops. Also, design number 1
When the symbol 2 is displayed, the symbol number 1 is then displayed. And, for example, "one", "three", "five",
"7", "9" and "geta" are the definite patterns.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a background pattern displayed on the variable display section 9 used in this embodiment. In this example, (A) room, (B) flash, (C)
Aura and (D) smoke backgrounds are used. In addition, the display shown in FIG. 16E shows an example of a demonstration screen which is displayed while the game machine is not playing.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a character displayed on the variable display section 9 used in this embodiment. In this example, (A) character A, (B) character B, and (C) character C are used. In addition,
The character A is also used as a jackpot announcement character, and when the character A's eyes are displayed so as to shine, it means that a jackpot announcement has been given. Also, character A
Is also used as a character for establishing a reach, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the display of the character A's foot is displayed so as to kick the right symbol and the left and right symbols are stopped in the same symbol.

CP for display control on the display control board 80
When the U101 receives the display control command relating to the variation time from the main board 31, it determines independently which variation pattern the pattern variation display is performed. In addition, whether or not to give a big hit notice is also decided independently. Then, control is performed to move and display a predetermined background or character in each variation pattern on the screen. Although the background and the character are switched at a predetermined timing, the display control CPU 101 also independently controls them.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a display control command transmitted from the main board 31 used in this embodiment to the display control board 80. In this example, one display control command is 2 bytes (CMD1, CMD2)
Composed of. The first byte (CMD1) is used, as shown in FIG. 19, for notifying the change time, or for instructing the stop of the symbol, or the like. Second byte (CM
D2) is used for designating each stop symbol of the left and right middle symbols.

20 to 22 are explanatory views showing a configuration example of the CMD2. As described above, CMD2 specifies the stop symbol of the left and right middle symbols, but in this example, when the upper 4 bits are 0000 (0 (H)), the left stop symbol is designated, and the upper 4 bits are In the case of 0001 (1 (H)), the right stop symbol is specified, and the upper 4 bits are 0010 (2
In the case of (H)), the intermediate stop symbol is designated.

According to the command structure shown in FIGS. 19 to 22, the stop symbols of the left and right middle symbols are designated by 1 byte, so the stop symbols of the left and right middle symbols are displayed on the display control board 80 at the start of fluctuation. In order to notify, it is necessary to send each as one display control command, but as shown in FIG. 23, the stop symbols of the left and right middle symbols may be composed of 4 bits. In that case, at the start of fluctuation, one display control command (2 bytes) can notify the stop symbols of the left and right middle symbols at once.

FIG. 24 shows the display control board 8 from the main board 31.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the display control command transmitted to 0.
As shown in FIG. 24, in this embodiment, the display control command is transmitted from the main board 31 to the display control board 80 through eight signal lines of the display control signals CD0 to CD7. Further, between the main board 31 and the display control board 80, a signal line of a display control signal INT for transmitting a strobe signal, a supply line of + 5V and + 12V to be a power source of the display control board 80, and a ground level are provided. A signal line for supplying is also wired.

FIG. 25 shows the main board 31 to the game control board 8
FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing an example of the transmission timing of a display control command given to 0. In this example, the 2-byte display control data forming the display control command data is sent every 2 ms as shown in FIG. Then, a strobe signal (display control signal INT) is output in synchronization with each display control data. Since the display control CPU 101 is interrupted at the rising edge of the strobe signal,
The display control CPU 101 can load each display control data by the interrupt processing program.

FIG. 26 shows a display control data setting process (see FIG. 7).
5 is a flowchart showing an operation example of step S3) in the main process shown in FIG. In the display control data setting process, the CPU 56 first confirms whether or not the data transmission flag is set (step S41).
1). If it is not set, it is confirmed whether or not the transmission request flag of the display control command data is set (step S412). If the sending request flag is set, the sending request flag is reset (step S4).
13). Further, the display control command data to be sent is set in the output data storage area (step S41).
4) Set a port output request (step S41)
6). The transmission request flag of the display control command data is set in the special symbol process process. The data transmission flag is set in the display control data output process described later.

FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing the display control data output process (step S4) in the main process shown in FIG. In the display control data output process, the CPU 56 determines whether or not the port output request is set (step S421). If the port output request is set, the port output request is reset (step S422), and the content of the port storage area (first byte of the display control command) is output to the output port 571 (step S423). Then, the port output counter is incremented by 1 (step S424). Furthermore, INT
The signal is set to low level (ON state) (step S42
5), the data transmission flag is turned on (step S42)
6).

When the port output request is not set, it is determined whether the value of the port output counter is 0 (step S431). The value of the port output counter is 0
If not, it is confirmed whether or not the value of the port output counter is 1 (step S432). If the value of the port output counter is 1, it means that the INT signal is off at the first byte of the display control command, so the INT signal is turned off (= 1) (step S43).
3). Also, the value of the port output counter is incremented by 1 (step S434).

When the value of the port output counter is 2 (step S435), the output timing of the second byte of the display control command is reached, so the contents of the port storage area (the second byte of the display control command). Is output to the output port 571 (step S436). Then, the port output counter is incremented by 1 (step S437). Further, the INT signal is set to low level (step S43
8).

When the value of the port output counter is not 2, that is, when it is 3, the INT signal off timing for the second byte of the display control command is reached, so the value of the port output counter is cleared. At the same time (step S441), the INT signal is turned off (high level) (step S442). Further, the data transmission flag is turned off (step S443).

In this embodiment, the display control data output process shown in FIG. 26 is executed once every 2 ms. Therefore, the data output process shown in FIG.
As shown in, 1 byte of data is output every 2 ms.

As described above, when the basic circuit 53 detects the winning of the starting winning opening 14 and then comes into a state where the symbol variation can be started, the basic circuit 53 determines whether to make a big hit or to lose it, and the variable display section 9 The stop symbol in is determined.
Then, the display control board 80 is supplied with a display control command for instructing a variable time and a stop symbol, and command data is supplied to the lamp control board 35. Display control board 8
The display control CPU 101 at 0 analyzes the display control command received from the basic circuit 53, and performs the display control of the variable display unit 9 in the variation time commanded by the display control command. In addition, the CPU mounted on the lamp control board 35
Is the game effect lamp / LED 28a, 29b, 2 in the mode instructed by the command data received from the basic circuit 53.
Control is performed so that 8c blinks.

Hereinafter, an example of a variation pattern of symbols will be described with reference to FIGS. 28 to 33. FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing a variation state that constitutes each variation pattern. FIG. 29
[Fig. 8] is a timing chart showing an example of variation of symbols at the time of leaving without reaching. Further, FIGS. 30 to 33 are timing charts showing an example of variation of the symbols at the time of reach (in the case of a big hit and in the case of not hitting the big hit).

In this embodiment, at the time of disconnection, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, in the “left” symbol display area of the variable display portion 9, first, the symbol is changed according to the pattern a. As shown in FIG. 28, the pattern a is a pattern in which the fluctuation speed is gradually increased at first and then the pattern fluctuation is performed at a constant speed. After that, 2 of the stop design
After the symbol before the symbol is controlled to be displayed, the two symbols are changed according to the pattern b. The pattern b is
As shown in FIG. 28, the pattern is gradually delayed and then stopped.

Further, in the "right" symbol display area of the variable display portion 9, the symbol is changed according to the pattern a. After that, the symbols before two symbols of the stopped symbol are controlled to be displayed, and then the symbols are changed according to the pattern b. In the "medium" symbol display area, first, the symbols are changed according to the pattern a. After that, the symbols before two symbols of the stopped symbol are controlled to be displayed, and then the symbols are changed according to the pattern b.
The display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 is
The left and right symbols are repeatedly changed in the forward and reverse directions of the changing direction until the middle symbol is determined. That is, the left and right symbols,
The display is controlled in a so-called shaking stop state. Then, at the same time when the middle symbol is fixed, the shaking stop state of the left and right symbols is terminated, and the fixed state where the symbol does not move is entered.

While the design is changing, the display control CPU
101 performs display control so that “in the room” (see FIG. 16) is displayed as the background, and also displays character A (see FIG. 17) on the screen so that the character A is appropriately moved. Take control. In addition, C for display control
The PU 101 independently performs the display control of the display two symbols before the stop symbol in the symbol display areas in the left and right. Since the stop symbols in the left and right are notified at the start of fluctuation, and the fluctuation pattern at the time of deviation is predetermined, the display control CPU 101 can recognize the switching timing from the pattern a to the pattern b and replace it. It is also possible to determine the symbol that should be two symbols before.

FIG. 30 shows an example of the variation pattern displayed when the variation time of 19.5 seconds is notified from the main board 31. When the display control CPU 101 is notified of the change time of 19.5 seconds, the display control CPU 101 independently determines which of the plurality of change patterns is to be used. Note that FIG. 30 illustrates three patterns (A) to (C) as a plurality of variation patterns.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 30 (A), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the middle symbol is varied according to the pattern c. The pattern c is a pattern in which the fluctuation speed gradually decreases, the fluctuation is performed at a constant speed (medium speed), and further, the fluctuation is performed at a constant speed (low speed). Then, the display control CPU 101 performs symbol replacement (symbol skipping control) at a predetermined timing so that the symbol stops at the stop symbol notified from the main board 31. The type of the background and the character does not change while the middle symbol changes.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 30 (B), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the middle symbol is varied according to the pattern e. The pattern e is a pattern in which the changing speed is gradually decreased and the changing speed is constant. After that, the variation is performed according to the pattern d.
The pattern d is a pattern in which the fluctuation speed is gradually decreased and the fluctuation is stopped. The display control CPU 1
01 replaces the symbol at a predetermined timing so that the symbol stops at the stopped symbol notified from the main board 31. In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 30B, when the right symbol is stopped, the display control CPU 101 controls the display so that the character A kicks the right symbol (see FIG. 17). Therefore, the player feels as if the reach was established by the character A kicking the right pattern.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 30 (C), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the variation of the middle symbol is performed according to the pattern c. After that, the symbol is stopped for a predetermined period, and the variation is performed according to the pattern f. Pattern f
Is a pattern that changes at a constant speed. Then, the display control CPU 101 replaces the symbols at a predetermined timing so that the symbols stop at the stopped symbols notified from the main board 31. In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 30C, when the right symbol stops, the display control CP
U101 switches the background image to "aura" (see FIG. 16) and switches the character appearing on the screen to character B (see FIG. 17).

Even with the variation patterns of variation time 19.5 seconds shown in FIGS. 30A to 30C, the display control CPU 10
1 shakes the left and right symbols up and down until the middle symbol is determined. Further, the symbol skipping control of the middle symbol is executed at the timing when the right symbol stops. Display control CPU 1
01, the medium stop symbol notified from the main board 31 at the start of fluctuation, and the number of fluctuations of the symbol in the reach fluctuation period (for example, the fluctuation period of the pattern c in FIG. 30A), the replacement symbol is determined. To do. In addition, for example, as a fixed symbol corresponding to the reach symbol,
You may perform display control which changes the fluctuation speed in the pattern c corresponding to a stop design. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the player from seeing through the stop design due to the replacement design.

FIG. 31 shows an example of the variation pattern displayed when the variation time of 24.5 seconds is notified from the main board 31. When the display control CPU 101 is notified of the change time of 24.5 seconds, the display control CPU 101 independently determines which of the plurality of change patterns is to be used. Note that FIG. 31 illustrates three patterns (A) to (C) as a plurality of variation patterns.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 31 (A), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the variation of the middle symbol is performed according to the pattern c. After that, the symbol is stopped for a predetermined period, and the variation is performed according to the pattern f. Then, the display control CPU 101 replaces the symbols at a predetermined timing so that the symbols stop at the stopped symbols notified from the main board 31. In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 31A, when the right symbol stops, the display control C
The PU 101 switches the background image to “flash” (see FIG. 16). Further, when the right symbol is stopped, the display control CPU 1
01 controls the display so that the character A kicks the right symbol (see FIG. 17). Further, the display control CPU 101
When it is determined to give a big hit notice described later, the display control is performed so that the eyes of the character A shine in the right and left symbol variation period.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 31 (B), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the middle symbol is varied according to the pattern c. After that, after the variation according to the pattern g is performed, the symbol is stopped for a predetermined period, and the variation is performed according to the pattern f. The pattern g is a pattern in which a forward variation and a backward variation of 0.9 symbols are performed. Then, the display control CPU 101 replaces the symbols at a predetermined timing so that the symbols stop at the stopped symbols notified from the main board 31. In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 31A, when the right symbol stops, the display control CPU 101 “flashes” the background image (see FIG. 16).
Switch to. In addition, when it is decided to give a big hit announcement, the display control CPU 101 performs display control so that the eyes of the character A shine during the left and right symbol variation period.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 31C, after the left and right symbols are stopped, the middle symbol is varied in accordance with the pattern c. Then, the display control CPU 101
The symbol is replaced at a predetermined timing so that the symbol stops at the stop symbol notified from the main board 31. In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 31 (C), when the right symbol is stopped, the display control CPU 101 switches the background image to “aura” (see FIG. 16) and changes the character appearing on the screen to the character B (FIG. 17). Refer to). In addition, when it is decided to give a big hit announcement, the display control CPU 101 performs display control so that the eyes of the character A shine during the left and right symbol variation period.

Even with the variation pattern of the variation time of 24.5 seconds shown in FIGS. 31A to 31C, the display control CPU 10
1 shakes the left and right symbols up and down until the middle symbol is determined. Further, the symbol skipping control of the middle symbol is executed at the timing when the right symbol stops.

32 and 33 show examples of fluctuation patterns displayed when the main board 31 notifies the fluctuation time of 29.5 seconds. The display control CPU 101 is
When 29.5 seconds is notified as the change time, which of the plurality of change patterns is used is independently determined. Note that FIGS. 32 and 33 exemplify four patterns (A) to (D) as a plurality of variation patterns.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 32 (A), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the middle symbol is varied according to the pattern c. After that, the symbols are stopped for a predetermined period, and the variation is performed according to the pattern h. Pattern h
Is a pattern that changes at high speed. Then, the display control CPU 101 replaces the symbols at the time of temporary suspension so that the symbols stop at the stopped symbols notified from the main board 31. In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 32A, when the right symbol stops, the display control CPU 101
Switches the background image to "flash" (see FIG. 16).
Further, the display control CPU 101, when it is decided to give a big hit announcement, in the left and right symbol variation period,
Display control is performed so that the eyes of the character A shine.

Further, in the variation pattern shown in FIG. 32 (A), when the middle symbol changes at a high speed in the pattern h, the left and right symbols also similarly change at a high speed. Therefore, when the final stop symbol is a combination of big hit symbols, the pause symbol at the time of temporary stop is also a combination of big hit symbols, although the types of symbols are different. Therefore, the player feels that a big hit has occurred at the time of the temporary stop, and the big hit pattern is provided again after the re-changing, so that the interest is again aroused.
The pause symbol is a symbol that the display control CPU 101 uniquely determines by calculating backward from the stop symbol. Since the change speed and the change period of the pattern h are predetermined, the display control CPU 101 can easily back-calculate the temporary stop symbol from the final stop symbol.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 32 (B), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the middle symbol is varied according to the pattern c. Then, after the variation by the pattern g is performed, the middle symbol is stopped for a predetermined period. Then, the display control CPU 101 replaces the symbols at the time of temporary suspension so that the symbols stop at the stopped symbols notified from the main board 31. Further, the left and right middle symbols are changed at high speed in the pattern h. In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 32 (B), when the right symbol stops, the display control CPU 10
1 switches the background image to "aura" (see FIG. 16) and changes the character appearing on the screen to character B.
(See FIG. 17). Also, a display control CPU
When it is decided to give a big hit advance notice, the display control is performed so that the eyes of the character A shine in the right and left symbol variation period.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 33 (C), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the variation of the middle symbol is performed according to the pattern c. After that, the symbol is stopped for a predetermined period, and the variation is performed according to the pattern f. Then, the display control CPU 101 replaces the symbols at a predetermined timing so that the symbols stop at the stopped symbols notified from the main board 31. In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 33C, when the right symbol stops, the display control C
The PU 101 switches the background image to "smoke" (see FIG. 16) and switches the character appearing on the screen to the character C (see FIG. 17). Also, CP for display control
When it is determined to give a big hit announcement, U101 performs display control so that the eyes of the character A are illuminated in the left and right symbol variation period.

In the variation pattern shown in FIG. 33 (D), after the left and right symbols are stopped, the variation of the middle symbol is performed according to the pattern i. The pattern i is a frame advance pattern. After that, the symbol is stopped for a predetermined period, and the variation is performed according to the pattern f. And a display control CPU
101 replaces the symbol at a predetermined timing so that the symbol stops at the stopped symbol notified from the main board 31. Even in the variation pattern shown in FIG. 33D, when the right symbol stops, the display control CPU 101
Switches the background image to "smoke" (see FIG. 16) and changes the character appearing on the screen to character C (see FIG. 17).
Refer to). Further, the display control CPU 101
When it is decided to give a big hit notice, the display control is performed so that the eyes of the character A shine during the right and left symbol variation period.

Fluctuation time 2 shown in FIGS. 32 and 33.
Even for a variation pattern of 9.5 seconds, the display control CPU 101
, Shake the left and right symbols up and down until the middle symbol is determined. Further, the symbol skipping control of the middle symbol is executed at the timing when the right symbol stops.

Next, the operation of the display control CPU 101 will be described. FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing the main processing of the display control CPU 101. In the main process, the display control CPU 101 first initializes the RAM, the I / O port, the VDP 103, etc. (step S70).
1). Then, the display is controlled so that the demonstration screen appears on the variable display unit 9 (step S70).
2). After that, the display random number updating process (the updating process of the counter for generating the display random number) is repeatedly executed (step S703).

FIG. 35 is an explanatory diagram showing random numbers for display. As shown in FIG. 35A, in this embodiment,
As the display random number, there are a big hit announcement random number and a reach random number. The big hit announcement random number is for determining whether or not to give the big hit announcement, and the reach random number is for determining a variation pattern. FIG. 35B shows the relationship between the value of the reach random number and the variation pattern.
In FIG. 35B, A, B, C and D correspond to (A), (B), (C) and (D) in FIGS. 30 to 33. That is, if the value of the extracted random number for reach is the value shown in the upper row, the variation of the symbol is performed in the variation pattern shown in the lower row.

In this embodiment, actual fluctuation control and the like are performed by timer interrupt processing. The timer interrupt is
For example, it occurs every 2 ms. In the timer interrupt process, the display control CPU 101 executes a display control process process (step S711) and a voice process (step S712). In the display control process process, the display control process according to the value of the display control process flag is performed. Further, in the audio processing, control is performed to output appropriate audio control data to the audio control board 70 so that audio output corresponding to the display of the variable display unit 9 is performed.

The display control command from the main board 31 is I
It is received by the display control CPU 101 by the RQ2 interrupt. FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing the IRQ2 interrupt process of the display control CPU 101. In the IRQ2 interrupt process, the display control CPU 101 first confirms whether or not the data receiving flag is set (step S601). If not set, this interrupt is an interrupt by sending the first byte of the display control data in the display control command data. Therefore, the pointer is cleared (step S602) and the data receiving flag is set (step S603). Then, the process proceeds to step S604. The pointer is the display control CPU 1.
01 indicates in which byte of the display control command data storage area in the built-in RAM the received data is stored.

If the data receiving flag is set, the strobe signal is turned off (step S60).
4) The display control CPU 101 inputs data from the input port and stores the input data at the address indicated by the pointer in the display control command data storage area (step S605).

Then, the display control CPU 101 increments the pointer value by 1 (step S606). When the pointer value becomes 2, (step S60
7) Since the reception of the display control command data composed of 2 bytes has been completed, the data reception completion flag is set and the data reception flag is reset (steps S608 and S609). The display control data CMD1 and CMD2 are received by the display control board 80 by the above processing.

FIG. 38 is a display control process process (step S711) in the timer interrupt process shown in FIG.
It is a flowchart showing. In the display control process processing, step S7 is performed according to the value of the display control process flag.
Any one of 20 to S840 is performed. In each process, the following process is executed.

Display control command reception waiting process (step S720): Wait for the display control command from the main board 31 to be received in the IRQ2 interrupt process. That is,
Data reception completion flag (step S60 in FIG. 37)
Wait for 8) to turn on.

Reach operation setting processing (step S75)
0): At the time of reach, it is determined which one of the variation patterns shown in FIGS. 30 to 33 is to be used, and whether or not to give a big hit announcement.

All symbol variation start processing (step S78
0): Control is performed so that the fluctuation of the left and right middle symbols is started.

Process during symbol fluctuation (step S810): The switching timing of each fluctuation state (fluctuation speed, background, character) forming the fluctuation pattern is controlled, and the end of the fluctuation time is monitored. In addition, stop control of the left and right symbols is performed.

All symbol stop waiting setting process (step S84)
0): At the end of the fluctuation time, if the display control command indicating the stop of the middle symbol is received, the fluctuation of the middle symbol is stopped,
Control to display the stop symbol.

FIG. 39 is a flow chart showing the display control command reception waiting process (step S720). In the display control command reception waiting process, the CP for display control
The U 101 first confirms whether or not the command non-reception timer has timed out (step S721). The command non-reception timer times out when the display control command indicating the variation of the symbol is not received from the main board 31 for a predetermined period or longer. When the time-out occurs, the display control CPU 101 controls to display the demonstration screen on the variable display unit 9 (step S722).

If the command non-reception timer has not timed out, the display control CPU 101 confirms whether or not the data reception completion flag is turned on (step S72).
3). As described above, the data reception completion flag is IR
This is set when the display control command (CMD1, CMD2) is received from the main board 31 in the Q2 interrupt process. When the data reception completion flag is turned on, the data reception completion flag is reset (step S7).
24), the value of the display control process flag is changed to a value corresponding to the reach operation setting process (step S750) (step S725).

The display control command first transmitted from the main board 31 to the display control board 80 includes a command indicating the fluctuation time and a command designating the stop symbol of the left and right middle symbols. They are stored in the display control data storage area (see step S607 in FIG. 37).
In addition, hereinafter, the stop symbol sent together with the command indicating the variable time is referred to as a temporary stop symbol.

FIG. 40 is a flow chart showing the reach operation setting process (step S750). In the reach operation setting process, the display control CPU 101 first determines whether or not the command indicating the left and right temporary stop symbols does not reach the reach (step S751). If not, the monitoring timer is set to 7.9 seconds (step S752). 7.9 seconds is the fluctuation time at the time of deviation.
It is a value with a margin for 8 seconds, and when the command for designating the stop symbol of the medium symbol cannot be received before the monitoring timer times out, a predetermined process is performed.

In step S751, after confirming that the left and right temporary stop symbols are the same, the display control CPU
101 is 0.1 at the fluctuation time designated from the main board 31.
The value obtained by adding seconds is set in the monitoring timer (step S7).
53). Then, the reach mode, that is, the variation pattern is determined (step S754). That is, the count value of the counter for generating the reach random number shown in FIG. 35 is extracted, and the variation pattern is determined according to the table shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the big hit announcement is not given in the variation pattern of 19.5 seconds. Therefore,
The display control CPU 101 confirms whether or not the variation time is 19.5 seconds (step S755), and if it is not 19.5 seconds, determines whether or not to give a big hit announcement. here,
When the big hit occurs (step S756), if the value of the big hit announcement random number is 0 or 1, the big hit announcement is given (step S757). When the big hit does not occur, if the value of the big hit announcement random number is 0, the big hit announcement is given (step S758). Whether or not a big hit occurs is determined by whether or not the temporary stop symbols in the left and right notified from the main board 31 match.

Then, the display control CPU 101 determines to use the process table corresponding to the selected variation pattern (step S759). In each process table, each variation state (variation speed, variation period at that speed, etc.) in the variation pattern is set. Further, each process table is set in the ROM. Next, the display control CPU 101 changes the value of the display control process flag to a value corresponding to the all symbol variation start process (step S780) (step S760).

FIG. 41 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the process table. In each process table corresponding to each variation pattern, in time series, the variation speed, the variation period at that speed, the switching timing of the background and the character,
Voice control data etc. are set. Also, a process timer value for determining the fluctuation period at a certain speed is set. Each process table is composed of a plurality of 4-byte unit process data.

FIG. 42 is a flow chart showing the all symbol variation start processing (step S780). In the all symbol variation start process, the display control CPU 101 starts the timer with the process timer value set at the beginning of the process table determined to be used (step S781). Further, the pattern variation control and the background and character display control are started based on the data indicating the variation state set at the 4th byte (step S78).
2). Then, the value of the display control process flag is changed to a value corresponding to the symbol variation process (step S810) (step S783).

FIG. 43 is a process during symbol fluctuation (step S8).
It is a flowchart which shows 10). In the symbol changing process, the display control CPU 101 confirms whether or not the process timer has timed out (step S81).
1). When the process timer times out, the pointer indicating the data in the process table is incremented by +4 (step S812). Then, it is confirmed whether or not the data in the area pointed by the pointer is the end code (step S
813). If it is not the end code, the symbol variation control, the background and character display control are changed based on the data indicating the variation state set in the 4th byte of the process data pointed to by the pointer (step S81).
4), start the timer with the process timer value set in the first and second bytes (step S815).

If it is an end code in step S813, the value of the display control process flag is changed to a value corresponding to the all symbol stop waiting process (step S840) (step S816).

FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing the all symbol stop waiting process (step S840). In the all symbol stop waiting process, the display control CPU 101 confirms whether or not the display control command indicating the stop of the middle symbol is received (step S841). If the display control command indicating the stop of the middle symbol is received, the control for displaying the designated stop symbol is performed (step S842). Then, in order to monitor the time until the next display control command is received,
Start the command no reception timer (step S8)
43).

When the display control command indicating the stop of the middle symbol is not received, it is confirmed whether or not the monitoring timer has timed out (step S845). If a time-out has occurred, it is determined that some abnormality has occurred, and control is performed to display an error screen on the variable display section 9 (step S846).

Step S843 or step S846
After performing the processing of (1), the display control CPU 101 returns the value of the display control process flag to the value corresponding to the display control command reception waiting processing (step S720) (step S720).
844).

As described above, variable display of the special symbols and display control of the background image and the character are performed on the variable display section 9. And in this embodiment,
CPU56 of the game control means, that is, the main board 31, when starting the variation of the special symbol, with respect to the display control means,
First, a display control command including the variable time and the temporary stop symbol is transmitted. Then, the display control means, that is, the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 determines the variation pattern including the background and the character. It also decides whether or not to give a big hit announcement.

Further, when it is necessary to replace the symbols in order to stop the variable display in the temporary stop symbol, the display control C
The PU 101 determines the replacement symbol calculated from the temporary stop symbol and controls the display. Therefore, the game control means does not have to send the display control command until the symbol final stop timing after transmitting the display control command including the variable time and the temporary stop symbol. Therefore, the load required for the display control of the game control means is reduced.

A plurality of fluctuation patterns are prepared corresponding to one fluctuation time, and the display control CPU 101 selects a fluctuation pattern as appropriate, so that the game control means need only manage a small number of fluctuation times. .

Furthermore, the display control means calculates the temporary stop symbol based on the temporary stop symbol in the variation pattern in which the middle symbol is temporarily stopped and all the symbols are changed again, so the game control means determines the temporary stop symbol. Then, as compared with the case of transmitting to the display control means, the load required for the display control of the game control means is reduced. Further, since the switching of the background and the character is also managed by the display control means, the load required for the display control of the game control means is reduced.

Then, the game control means first transmits a temporary stop symbol to the display control means, and further transmits the same stop symbol when the symbol is fixed, so that the symbol variation control can be ensured. . Further, when the stop symbol cannot be received, an error message is displayed, so that the abnormality is immediately recognized. In the above embodiment, only the middle symbol is monitored by the monitor timer, but the command reception of the stop symbols of the left and right symbols may be similarly monitored.

Further, in the display control means, when it takes time to receive the command of the stop symbol after the variable time has elapsed, the temporary stop symbol may be displayed in a swinging manner during that time. . When such display control is performed, it is guaranteed that the symbol will be confirmed by the stop symbol (not the temporary stop symbol) sent from the game control means of the main board 31, and it is not confirmed. Is easily recognized.

Further, the display control means monitors that the condition for variably displaying symbols for a predetermined period or longer is not satisfied, and the demonstration screen is displayed when a time-out occurs. Therefore, the game control means variably displays the symbols for a predetermined period or longer. There is no need to monitor that the conditions that occur are not met. Therefore, also from this, the load required for the display control of the game control means is reduced.

As described above, the display control board 80
In, at the start of the variation of the symbol, the variation time information required for the symbol variation and the temporary stop symbol are transmitted from the main board 31, and the display control CPU 101 of the display control board 80 changes a plurality of variations in the specified variation time. One variation pattern was selected from the variation patterns. However, you may make it output the information which numerically represents each fluctuation time itself, and the display control means may select the fluctuation pattern corresponding to the fluctuation time by the numerical value. Even in that case, since the display control CPU 101 changes the changing speed of the changing symbols and selects replacement symbols, the load required for the variable display control of the game control means is greatly reduced. Further, since the variable time itself is indicated by a numerical value, the display control means can immediately perform processing such as timer setting.

Further, the game control means may transmit information capable of specifying a range such as 25 to 30 seconds as the variation time information given to the display control means. In that case,
The display control means selects and uses one variation pattern from a plurality of variation patterns having the variation time in the range.
However, since the game control means also needs to recognize the variation time of the variation pattern selected by the display control means, for example, the display control means determines the variation pattern to be used based on the combination of the stop symbols.

In the above embodiment, one type of jackpot announcement is illustrated, but there may be a plurality of jackpot announcements.
For example, the jackpot announcement may be realized by displaying a dialogue showing a jackpot announcement of the character displayed on the screen in a balloon. Then, when a plurality of notice modes are used, notices with a high probability of big hits and notices with a low probability of big hits may be divided, and notices with a low probability may be defined as reach notices. That is, the notice used in the present invention may be a big hit notice or a reach notice. Furthermore, the notice used when the probability of a big hit with a probability variation pattern is high may be a probability variation big hit notice. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the shaking stop state and the fixed state described above are defined as the stop state. That is, when the symbol displayed in that state is not changed to the next symbol, it is defined as the stopped state.

FIG. 45 is a flow chart showing the voice processing (step S712 in FIG. 36) executed by the display control CPU 101. The display control CPU 101 is
When the process timer expires and the process data is changed (step S881), the voice control data (see FIG. 41) set in the third byte of the new 4-byte area in the process table is read (step S882). ). Then, the voice control data is transmitted to the voice control board 70 (step S883).

As shown in FIG. 41, voice control data is set in the process table together with the changing speed, the changing period at that speed, the switching timing of the background and the character. That is, as the voice control data, data for designating a voice pattern which is output in association with the variation of the design, the background and the effect by the character is set.

FIG. 46 is a flow chart showing the voice IC control processing. In the voice IC control process, the voice control CPU 701 confirms whether or not voice control data is received from the display control board 80 (step S901).
When the voice control data is received, the data for controlling the voice LSI corresponding to the voice control data is read from the ROM (step S902).

The ROM stores control data for causing the voice synthesizing circuit (voice synthesizing LSI; for example, digital signal processor) 702 to generate a voice corresponding to each voice control data. The voice control CPU 701 is
The control data corresponding to each received voice control command data is read from the ROM.

In this embodiment, the voice synthesis circuit 702 is used.
Are controlled by a transfer request signal (SIRQ), a serial clock signal (SICK), a serial data signal (SI) and a transfer end signal (SRDY). When the SIRQ goes low, the speech synthesis circuit 702 outputs S
SI is fetched bit by bit in synchronization with ICK, SRD
When Y goes to a low level, the data composed of each SI received up to that point is interpreted as one voice reproduction data. Therefore, the voice control CPU 701 turns SIRQ on (low level) (step S903), outputs the control data read from the ROM as SI in synchronization with SICK (step S904), and when the output is completed, sets SRDY to low. The level is set (step S905). Upon receiving the control data by SI, the voice synthesis circuit 702 generates a voice according to the received control data.

In the above embodiment, the voice control board 70 is used.
Was provided independently of the display control board 80,
A circuit for outputting audio may be mounted on the display control board 80. FIG. 47 shows the main substrate 3 having such a configuration.
It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of 1 and other substrates. As shown in FIG. 47, the voice control board 70 is not provided.

FIG. 48 is a block diagram showing the structure of the display control board 80. In this case, the display control board 80 is also equipped with a voice synthesis circuit 702, a volume switching circuit 703, and a volume amplification circuit 704. Their action is
The operation is the same as that of each circuit shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the display control CPU 1
01 executes the voice processing (step S7 in FIG. 36).
12) is executed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, when the process timer times out and the process data is changed (step S881), the display control CPU 101 reads the audio control data set in the third byte of the new 4-byte area in the process table. After that (step S882), a signal is output to the voice synthesis circuit 702 (step S9).
02-S905).

In this way, when the display control board 80 is also equipped with the voice synthesizing circuit 702, the volume switching circuit 703, and the volume amplifying circuit 704, the voice control board 70 is not required, so that the cost of the game machine can be reduced. can do. However, when the display control board 80 and the voice control board 70 are provided independently, the voice control board 70 can be reused for other gaming machines, and the recyclability of the gaming machine is improved.

[0159]

As described above, in the invention according to claim 1, when the display control means receives the display control command from the game control means, at least the identification information which is the final display result is displayed. The display content determining means determines the display content not related to the display content, determines the voice corresponding to the display content, gives a voice output instruction to the voice control means, and the display content determination means
Since it is configured to include a background screen change display means for changing and displaying the background screen according to a predetermined condition uniquely, the control load on the identification information display of the game control means is lightened, and particularly, the game control The means does not have to perform the processing for switching the background image display, and further, the load of the control relating to the voice output control is eliminated, and there is an effect that it is possible to increase the time that the game control means can perform the original game control.

In the invention according to claim 2, since the voice control means is also used as the display control means, there is an effect that the cost of the gaming machine can be reduced.

According to the invention described in claim 3, since the voice control means is constituted independently of the display control means, there is an effect that the recyclability of the gaming machine is improved.

In the invention according to claim 4, if the display control means indicates that the information capable of specifying the identification information from the game control means is in the specific display mode, a notice for notifying the specific display mode is given in advance. Since it is configured to determine whether or not to display, the game control means does not have to perform a process for determining whether or not to give a notice, and again, the burden of control on the identification information display of the game control means. There is an effect that can reduce.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, since the advance notice display of the specific display mode is configured to be performed by the character, there is an effect that the interest of the game can be increased by linking the advance notice and the character. is there.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the display control means is configured to include a demonstration screen display means for measuring a predetermined period and displaying the demonstration screen without being specified by the game control means. The game control means does not need to monitor that the condition for variably displaying the identification information is not satisfied for a predetermined period or longer, and the load required for the display control of the game control means is further reduced.

According to the invention of claim 7, the game control means is configured to send again the information capable of specifying the identification information when the identification information is fixed, so that the identification information is definitely fixed. There is an effect that can be converted.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, until the display control means determines all the identification information, the identification information stopped earlier is subjected to fluctuations in the forward and reverse directions in the same manner as a normal fluctuation. Since it is configured to be displayed repeatedly, it is guaranteed that the identification information is confirmed by the information sent from the game control means, and it is easy to recognize that the identification information is not confirmed.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, between the game control means and the variable display control means, data can be transferred only in the direction from the game control means to the variable display control means. This has the effect of reducing the possibility that an unauthorized signal will be input to the game control means.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an overall rear view showing the internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the gaming board of the pachinko gaming machine as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a circuit configuration on a main board.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a display control board.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration example of a voice control board.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing main processing of a basic circuit.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing each random number.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of determining that a hit ball has won a starting winning opening.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process of determining a variable display stop symbol and a process of determining a reach type.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a big hit determination process.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a special symbol process process.

It is the flowchart which shows the processing of the command transmission completion waiting in the special design process processing.

It is the flowchart which shows the all symbol stop waiting processing in special design process processing.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of left and right middle symbols displayed on the variable display section.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a background pattern displayed on the variable display section.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a character displayed on the variable display section.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a display control command.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of CMD1 of a display control command.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of CMD2 of a display control command.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of CMD2 of a display control command.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of CMD2 of a display control command.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing another example configuration of the display control command.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing display control command data transmitted from the main board to the display control board.

FIG. 25 is a timing chart showing an example of transmission timing of display control command data.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing an operation example of display control data setting processing.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a display control data output process.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing a variation state that constitutes each variation pattern of the symbol.

FIG. 29 is a timing chart showing an example of variation of symbols at the time of non-reach and out of reach.

FIG. 30 is a timing chart showing an example of variation of symbols at the time of reach.

FIG. 31 is a timing chart showing an example of variation of symbols at the time of reach.

FIG. 32 is a timing chart showing an example of variation of symbols at the time of reach.

FIG. 33 is a timing chart showing an example of variation of symbols at the time of reach.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing main processing of the display control CPU.

FIG. 35 is an explanatory diagram showing random numbers for display.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a timer interrupt process of the display control CPU.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing IRQ2 interrupt processing of the display control CPU.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing display control process processing.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing a display control command reception waiting process of the display control process process.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing a reach operation setting process of the display control process process.

FIG. 41 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a process table.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing an all symbol variation start process of the display control process process.

FIG. 43 is a flowchart showing a symbol variation process of the display control process process.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing an all symbol stop waiting process of the display control process process.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing a voice process of the display control CPU.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing a voice IC control process of the voice control CPU.

FIG. 47 is a block diagram showing an example of another circuit configuration on the main board.

FIG. 48 is a block diagram showing another circuit configuration of the display control board.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing another voice process of the display control CPU.

[Explanation of symbols]

9 Variable display 31 Game control board (main board) 53 Basic circuit 56 CPU 70 Voice control board 80 Display control board 101 Display control CPU 102 Control data ROM 103 VDP 105 Input buffer circuit 701 CPU for voice control

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A variable display section having a plurality of display areas whose display states are changeable, wherein the identification information displayed in the display area starts changing in response to the establishment of a change start condition.
A gaming machine capable of giving a predetermined gaming value to a player on condition that the display result of the identification information has become a predetermined specific display mode, and game control means for controlling the progress of the game, It comprises a display control means for performing display control of the variable display section, and a voice control means for generating a game sound effect, wherein the game control means comprises identification information determination means for determining identification information to be stopped and displayed on the variable display section. A display control command for performing display control can be output to the display control means, and the display control command includes at least information for identifying a period in which the variable display of identification information is performed and the identification information determination means. Including information that can identify the determined identification information to stop, the display control means, when receiving the display control command,
At least a display content determining means for determining display content unrelated to the identification information as the final display result, and a voice determining means for determining a voice corresponding to the display content based on the determination result of the display content determining means, It is possible to control the voice control unit to output a voice based on the determination content of the voice determination unit, to select and display one of the plurality of background screens, and the display content determination unit is A gaming machine characterized by including background screen change display means for changing and displaying a background screen according to a predetermined condition without being designated by the game control means. 2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the voice control means is also used as the display control means. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the voice control means is configured independently of the display control means and generates a voice in response to a voice control command from the display control means. 4. It is possible to perform a notice display for notifying that the specific display content will be the specific display content when the specific display mode is determined in advance, and the display control means can specify the identification information from the game control means. Any one of claims 1 to 3 including a notice display execution determining means for determining whether or not to perform a notice display for notifying that the information will be in the specific display mode A game machine described in Crab. 5. The game machine according to claim 4, wherein the advance notice is displayed by a character. 6. The demonstration screen can be displayed when the condition for starting the fluctuation of the identification information is not satisfied for a predetermined period, and the display control means measures the predetermined period and specifies from the game control means. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a demonstration screen display means for displaying the demonstration screen without receiving the demonstration screen. 7. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the game control means sends again the information capable of specifying the identification information when the identification information is confirmed. 8. The display control means displays the identification information, which has been stopped previously, in such a manner as to repeat forward and backward fluctuations in the same manner as a normal fluctuation until all identification information is finalized. A gaming machine according to Item 7. 9. The data can be transferred only between the game control means and the display control means in the direction from the game control means to the display control means. Amusement machine.