JP2003205104A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine improved in originality and amusements by providing several variable display devices and several special winning ports to generate the special game condition in parallel with each variable display device, and capable of securely imparting the amusements value by driving the several special winning ports with a different timing. <P>SOLUTION: When each display result of a variable display device 310 and an ordinary pattern display device 140 coincides with a special display condition within a predetermined period, a priority drive order deciding means decides assignment of priority order of big-winning ports 24a and 24b as special big- winning ports to be controlled for drive, and a special winning port drive delay means delays the drive of the big-winning port having a low priority order on the basis of the priority order decided by the priority drive order deciding means to drive the only one special winning port of the several big-winning ports 24a and 24b to be controlled for drive into the second condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention executes a display game in which a plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed by a variable display device provided on the front of a game board, and the display result of the variable display device is specified in advance. The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of giving a predetermined gaming value to a player by winning a game ball in a specific winning opening in the case of a display mode.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko machine called a fever machine is generally known as a game machine of this type. In such a fever machine, when a ball launched into the game area formed on the game board wins the starting opening, identification information such as various symbols scrolls in a certain direction in the display area of the variable display device including a liquid crystal screen. The variable display that is sequentially stopped after the elapse of a predetermined time is variably executed.

A state in which the display result when the variable display is stopped and confirmed is in a specific combination such that all of the three confirmed and displayed identification information are the same corresponds to the specific display mode. When the specific display mode is confirmed, a special game state (big hit) occurs, and specifically, the special winning opening, which is a special winning opening, repeatedly opens and closes within a predetermined number of times. Players were given a game value such as being able to win a ball.

Further, a normal symbol display device is provided on the game board, and when the normal symbol display device displays a predetermined symbol, the starting port becomes in a state where it is easy to accept a sphere, thereby executing variable display on the variable display device. Some are designed to be more frequent.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional fever machine, the normal symbol display device only increases the frequency of the variable display in the variable display device depending on the display result, and the essence of the variable display. There was a problem that the original content did not change and lacked novelty.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above. A plurality of variable display devices and a plurality of specific winning openings are provided, and the special game state is parallel in each variable display device. The game machine that can be surely given a game value to the player by increasing the number of specific winning openings by driving the plurality of specific winning openings at different times. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object resides in the inventions of the following items. [1] A display game that variably displays a plurality of types of identification information is executed by a variable display device provided on the front surface of the game board (2), and the display result of the variable display device becomes a predetermined specific display mode. In the case of winning, the specific winning mouth (24a, 24
In a gaming machine that can give a predetermined gaming value to a player by winning a game ball in b), the gaming board (2) has a plurality of variable display devices (310, 140) and a plurality of specific winning openings ( 24a, 24b) are provided, the plurality of variable display devices (310, 140) can independently perform variable display of identification information, and the plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b), The plurality of variable display devices (3
(10, 140), and is driven and controlled in a first state in which the game ball is not accepted and a second state in which the game ball is not accepted, and game control means (10) for controlling the progress of the game.
0) is a specific winning opening drive control means for driving and controlling the plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b) in the first state and the second state, and the plurality of variable display devices (3).
When the display result of (10, 140) becomes a specific display mode within a predetermined period, the priority drive order determining means for allocating and determining the priority order of the specific winning opening to be drive-controlled, and the priority drive order determining means. A gaming machine characterized by including a specific winning opening drive delay means for delaying driving of a specific winning opening having a low priority based on the determined priority.

[2] The specific winning opening (24a, 24b)
Regarding a predetermined number of times from the first state through the second state to return to the first state again, a predetermined one of the plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b) to be drive-controlled is predetermined. After finishing the number of times, a specific winning opening drive control means for starting a predetermined number of other one of the plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b) is provided [1]. The game machine described.

[3] The gaming machine according to [2], wherein the predetermined number of the specific winning openings (24a, 24b) driven and controlled by the specific winning opening drive control means is variable.

[4] When the one specific winning opening is within a predetermined number of times, the first specific winning opening which is scheduled to start the next predetermined number of times is displayed. A game machine according to [2] or [3], which has a display means.

[5] Second display for indicating which specific winning opening is being delayed by the specific winning opening drive delay means
A gaming machine according to [1], which has a display means.

[6] The game machine according to [1], further comprising a third display means for displaying the priority order assigned and determined by the priority drive order determination means.

[7] The plurality of variable display devices (310,
140) is provided with a specific display mode detection means for detecting that one of the display results is the specific display mode, wherein the specific winning a prize drive control means displays the plurality of variable display devices (310, 140). When the specific display mode detecting means detects that the result is a specific display mode, the plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b) are respectively driven and controlled, and the gaming machine according to [1]. .

[8] The specific winning opening drive control means, when the display results of the plurality of variable display devices (310, 140) are expected to be in a specific display mode, the plurality of specific winning openings ( 24a, 24b) are respectively driven and controlled, The gaming machine according to [1].

The present invention operates as follows. The game board (2) is provided with a plurality of variable display devices (310, 140) and a plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b), and the identification information is variably displayed on each variable display device. When each display result is a predetermined specific display mode, the specific winning opening drive control means of the game control means (100) is a specific display mode in order to give a predetermined added value to the player. Specific winning openings (24a, 24b) corresponding to the variable display device according to the first
The driving is controlled from the state to the second state to be accepted.

A plurality of variable display devices (310, 140)
Is capable of independently performing variable display of identification information, and the display result of a plurality of variable display devices (310, 140) may be in a specific display mode within a predetermined period, and the special game state is parallel. Occurs, and the gameplay becomes more innovative and novel.

At this time, the priority drive order determination means allocates and determines the priority order of the specific winning openings (24a, 24b) to be drive-controlled. Also, the specific winning opening drive delay means,
Based on the priority order determined by the priority drive order determination means, the specific winning opening (24a, 24b) having a low priority order
Delay the drive of.

In this way, a plurality of specific winning openings (24
By determining the priority of (a, 24b), only one of the specific winning openings (24a, 24b) to be drive-controlled is driven to the second state.

This is because a plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24a
When a plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b) are simultaneously driven to the second state when b) is arranged in the vertical direction, for example, the winning of the game ball to the lower specific winning openings (24a, 24b) It is possible to prevent the winning rate from being lowered, and it is possible to prevent the winning rate from decreasing, and it is possible to surely give the game value to the player.

For this purpose, the specific winning opening drive control means may control the plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b) so as not to be in the second state at the same time. Specific prize hole (24a,
If one round (one time) is performed until 24b) returns from the first state to the first state through the second state, one specific winning opening among a plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b) to be controlled. The predetermined number of times and another predetermined number of specific winning openings may be alternately performed. Here, the predetermined number may be once or may be a predetermined plurality of times. Further, even if the predetermined number is set once, it can be changed, for example, on the game hall side.

Specific winning openings (24a, 24a) to be drive-controlled
When there is a plurality of b), and one specific winning opening is within the predetermined number of times, the first display means is the other one of the other specific winning openings scheduled to start the next predetermined number of times. Is displayed. By displaying the specific winning opening scheduled to start the next predetermined number of times, it is possible to allow the player to prepare for the winning of the game ball to the expected specific winning opening.

Further, a specific winning opening (24
a, 24b), there is a plurality of specific winning openings (24) which are delayed by the second winning means driving delaying means.
a, 24b) is displayed. Thereby, it is possible to give the player a sense of security. Further, the third display means may display the priority order assigned and determined by the priority drive order determination means.

The specific display mode detecting means detects that the display result of any of the plurality of variable display devices (310, 140) has become the specific display mode. The specific winning opening drive control means drives and controls each of the plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 24b) based on the result detected by the specific display mode detecting means.

It is planned that the display result of the variable display device becomes the specific display mode without detecting the specific display mode because it is scheduled based on the lottery result at the start of the game. The control means, when the display results of the plurality of variable display devices (310, 140) are expected to be in the particular display mode, the plurality of specific winning openings (24a, 2a, 24a, 2).
4b) are driven and controlled.

[0025]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments representative of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 15 show a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The gaming machine according to the present embodiment includes a gaming machine main body 1 for executing a game of launching a ball on a gaming board 2, and a card unit (CR ball lending machine) b provided for lending a ball by inserting a valuable card.
Consists of.

First, an outline of the entire gaming machine body 1 will be described.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine body 1 and a card unit b. The gaming machine main body 1 includes a gaming machine status lamp 422 for notifying a special gaming state of the gaming machine by lighting, a glass frame 11 formed in a frame shape for fixing the front glass, and a glass frame 11 behind the glass frame 11. A glass frame opening detection switch 132 for detecting opening and a game board 2 on which parts for advancing a game by moving a ball shot by a player are attached detachably.

On the lower surface of the glass frame 11, an upper tray 3 for storing lending balls and payout balls, a lower tray 4 for storing balls overflowing from the upper tray 3, and balls stored in the upper tray 3 are provided. There are provided an upper receiving tray ball removing lever 7 for extracting, a lower receiving tray ball removing lever 8 for extracting the balls stored in the lower receiving tray 4, and a hitting ball operating handle 5 for a player to perform a hitting operation. Also, the hit ball operation handle 5
Includes a firing stop switch 65 for stopping the firing of the ball.
Two are provided. An ashtray 6 for smokers is also provided beside the lower tray 4.

Further, as a device for the player to operate the card unit b, a frequency display section 12 for displaying and confirming the remaining frequency of the valuable card, and a lending button 9 for issuing a ball lending instruction. A return button 10 for instructing the return of a valuable card is provided in the vicinity of the upper tray 3, and those output terminals are connected to the operation panel board a on the rear surface of the gaming machine, respectively.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the gaming machine body 1 and the card unit b. On the back surface of the gaming machine main body 1, a control board for each function and parts are included. Here, as a control board, a main board 100 that manages and controls the operation of the entire game,
The instruction information from the main board 100 is received by parallel communication, and the prize ball payout operation and the card unit connection board 90 are performed.
There is provided a payout control board 200 for controlling the ball lending operation by performing card unit communication with 0.

Further, as a control board, a firing control board 600 for controlling the firing of a sphere, a firing motor 653 controlled by the firing control board 600, a power supply board 700 for supplying a predetermined electric power to each board, and a main board 100. For inputting the prize ball information from the payout control board 200, and for inputting the ball lending information from the payout control board 200, and for outputting frame external information (prize ball signal, ball lending signal, ball out signal). A frame external terminal board 800 and a card unit connection board 900 for connecting to the card unit b are also provided.

In the protective cover 93, the display control board 300, the lamp control board 400, and the voice control board 50 are provided.
0 and the like are provided on the game board 2. Each control board is housed in its own case to protect it from dust from the outside, spilled balls from other equipment, static electricity, and electrical noise. Above all, the case of the main board 100 has a structure that can be opened and closed a predetermined number of times by using a dedicated screw.

Next, the flow path of the ball received from the pachinko ball supply device will be described. In FIG. 2, balls supplied from a pachinko ball supply device (not shown) are stored in a tank unit 90 in the upper part of the gaming machine, and the balls are shot units 91 each time a prize ball is paid out and a ball renting operation is performed. , Passes through the payout unit 92 and is delivered to the upper tray 3.

The tank unit 90 stores balls supplied from the pachinko ball supply device, and a prize ball tank ball presence / absence switch 80 is provided on the bottom surface of the tank unit 90.
1 and a ball leveling 94 are provided. The prize ball tank sphere presence / absence switch 801 is a switch for detecting the presence / absence of spheres stored in the tank unit 90, and the switch is input according to the weight of the stored spheres, and the detection signal passes through the frame external terminal board 800. It is output to the outside.

The sphere leveling 94 is for leveling the sphere flowing in the lane of the shoot unit 91 so that the sphere does not rise due to the ball pressure. The bottom surface of the tank unit 90 is inclined, and the spheres are gathered at the portion that joins with the chute unit 91 and fall.

The chute unit 91 divides the balls flowing down from the tank unit 90 into two lanes and aligns them. On the way to the payout unit 95, the bulging by the ball pressure is suppressed by the sphere leveling 94, but the sphere leveling 95 is used to even out the sphere more effectively and send it to the payout unit 92. is there.

A chute ball break switch 131 is provided on the ball passage of the chute unit 91.
The shoot ball out switch 131 is a switch for detecting the presence or absence of a ball up to the payout unit 92, and the detection signal is input to the main board 100 to monitor the presence or absence of a ball. This switch 131 is the award ball tank ball presence / absence switch 80.
1 is similar in usage, but is largely different in whether or not it is connected to the main board 100.

The payout unit 92 forms a ball passage to the upper tray 3 and also has a payout motor 222 for feeding the ball into the ball passage, and a payout stop solenoid 223 for suppressing the flow (fall) of the ball. A path switching solenoid 224 for switching the route between the lending ball and the paying ball, a prize ball detecting switch 130 for detecting the paying ball, a ball lending detecting switch 220 for detecting the lending ball, and the like are provided.

The payout motor 222 and the payout stop solenoid 223 are connected to and controlled by the payout control board 200. When the main board 100 issues a predetermined sphere payout request to the payout control board 200, the payout control board 200 operates the path switching solenoid 224 to set the path of the ball to the payout ball side, and the payout motor 222 and the payout stop. Solenoid 223
The balls are sent to the upper tray 3 by.

When a player requests the lending request signal of a predetermined sphere from the card unit b to the payout control board 200 via the card unit connection board 900, the payout control board 200 switches the path. Solenoid 22
4 is operated to set the path of the ball to the lending ball side, and the payout motor 222 and the payout stop solenoid 223 send the ball to the upper tray 3.

The reason why the ball path is made variable according to the content of the request is that the prize ball detection switch 130 and the ball lending detection switch 220 separately count the predetermined number of balls and surely count them. Further, the prize ball detection switch 130 is connected to the main board 100 and counts a predetermined number of balls as in the payout control board 200, so that it can be confirmed that the payout has been made more accurately.

The overflow ball from the upper tray 3 is the lower tray 4
An overflow switch 133 is provided on the ball passage formed so as to flow downward. The lower saucer 4
When the spheres stored in 1 are filled and the spheres reach the installation position of the overflow switch 133, the switch is input by the sphere pressure of the stored spheres, and the detection signal is input to the main board 100. When the main board 100 detects the input of the overflow switch 133, the main board 100 outputs the instruction information to the payout control board 200 to stop the firing of the sphere.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the game board 2. Game board 2
On the front of, a guide rail 16 for guiding the fired ball to the game area 17, a nail (not shown) and a windmill 15 for changing the flow of the game ball guided to the game area 17,
A variable display device 310 that variably displays a plurality of types of identification information according to each winning opening and a detection signal of the starting opening switch 121 caused by winning in the starting opening 21 which is one of the winning openings,
Left and right normal pattern display device operation gate switch 126a,
By the detection signal of 126b, a normal symbol display device 140 or the like that variably displays a plurality of types of ordinary symbols is provided.

Further, at the bottom of the game board 2, there is provided an outlet 29 for discharging a ball, which has fallen without entering any of the winning openings in the game area 17, to the outside of the gaming machine. ing. When a ball enters the outlet 29, the player is not given any privilege, and no prize ball is paid out.

Further, as a decorative lamp, the variable display device 3 is used.
Special symbol hold LED 420 for notifying the player of the number of holding balls for activating 10 (the maximum number is 4 in the number of balls won in the starting port 21), the holding ball for operating the normal symbol display device 140 Normal symbol hold LED for informing the player of the number (normal symbol display device operation gate switch 126a, the maximum number of balls detected by 126b is 4)
421, side case lamp 423, game frame status lamp 424, center LED 425, gate LED 426,
An attacker LED 427, a side LED 428, etc. are provided.

The winning opening includes a starting opening 21, a right sleeve winning opening 22a, a left sleeve winning opening 22b, a right falling winning opening 23a, a left falling winning opening 23b, a big winning opening 24a, and a big winning opening 24.
There is b. When a game ball wins each prize hole, a switch attached to each prize hole detects the prize ball, and each time the prize ball is detected, a predetermined prize ball assigned to each prize hole is paid out.

Among them, the starting opening 21 is a winning opening for securing the execution right of the variable display which is variably executed on the variable display device 310 as described above, and the large winning opening 24a.
Is for generating a special game state in which a predetermined game value can be given to the player. Further, the special winning opening 24b also creates a special game state in which a predetermined game value can be given to the player. The variable display device 310 and the normal symbol display device 140 will be described in detail later.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the game board 2. Game board 2
Various control boards and their related parts are mounted on the back surface of the same as the one already shown in FIG. As the control board, a display control board 300 that controls the variable display device 310, a lamp control board 400 that controls the decoration lamp, a voice control board 500 that controls voice, and external information for a board connected to an external device. A board external terminal board 850 and the like for outputting (one big hit signal, two big hit signals, a symbol determination frequency signal) are provided.

As a switch for detecting the winning ball of each winning opening, a starting opening switch 121, a right sleeve winning opening switch 122a, a left sleeve winning opening switch 122b, a right falling winning opening switch 123a, a left falling winning opening switch 123b, etc. Are installed near each prize hole. A winning accessory continuous operation device switch 124 and a count switch 125 are provided near the special winning opening 24a. The switch for each winning opening is provided in the vicinity of each winning opening, but it can also be arranged on the passage until the winning ball is discharged out of the gaming machine.

Similar to the big winning opening 24a, the big winning opening 24b
In the vicinity, a big winning opening switch 127 for ordinary symbols is provided.

When a ball is won in each winning port, it is detected by each winning port switch, and each time it is detected, the next predetermined prize ball assigned to each winning port is paid out.
There are 5 starting holes 21, right sleeve winning opening 22a, left sleeve winning opening 2
2b, right drop winning hole 23a, left drop winning hole 23b 8
Departure, special winning opening 24a (feature continuous operation device switch 124
And for the detection of the winning ball by the count switch 125), the special winning opening 24b (normal symbol big winning opening switch 1
For the detection of winning balls by 27), 15 shots are allocated. The number of prize balls is fixed for each winning opening, but it can be changed arbitrarily.

Further, as a switch for detecting the ball for operating the normal symbol display device 140, a right ordinary symbol display device operating gate switch 126a and a left ordinary symbol display device operating gate switch 126b are at predetermined positions on the game board 2. Are provided for detecting the passage of a ball moving in the game area 17, respectively. These left and right normal symbol display device operating gate switches 126a and 126b are provided as passage openings.

The related device for variably operating the winning prize is the special winning prize winning solenoid 134 for opening and closing the door of the special winning prize 24a, and the flow of the balls winning the special winning prize 24a is continuously operated. A direction switching solenoid 135 for switching the direction of the flow of the sphere is provided to either the device switch 124 or the count switch 125, and a normal symbol large winning opening solenoid 136 for opening and closing the door of the large winning opening 24b.

Next, the main components on the game board 2 will be described in more detail. The starting opening 21 is generally called a starting chucker, and winning a ball in the starting opening 21 is set as a starting condition for variable execution of variable display on the variable display device 310 described below. ing.

As shown in FIG. 6, the starting opening 21 has a starting opening switch 121 for detecting the winning of a ball. The start opening switch 121 outputs a detection signal to the main board 100 when it detects a winning ball and turns it on.
The starting port switch 121 may be composed of various sensors such as an optical sensor, a proximity sensor, or a magnetic sensor.

The variable display device 310 has a display area capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information on its screen, and is composed of a liquid crystal unit.
It is also possible to adopt an RT display, a drum unit, a 7-segment display, or the like. When a ball is won in the starting opening 21 and the winning ball is detected by the starting opening switch 121, the right of the variable display by the variable display device 310 is acquired, and the variable display is variably executed.

The variable display of the gaming machine is variably executed by the display control means (display control board 300). Details of each variable display will be described later.

When the display result when each variable display is stopped is determined to be a specific display mode that is a combination of specific identification information predetermined for each variable display, the special winning opening 24a described below is displayed. A special game state in which the game is repeatedly opened and closed within a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times) is formed, whereby the game value is given to the player.

The special winning opening 24a is generally called an attacker, and the winning opening is a ball by the operation of a drive source such as a solenoid (special winning big winning opening solenoid 134 for special symbols, direction switching solenoid 135). It is configured so that it can be changed to a normal closed state where it is difficult to win a prize and an open state where it is easy to win a prize. Special winning prize solenoid 134 for special symbols,
It operates to open and close the door of the special winning opening 24a a predetermined number of times on condition that the specific display mode is confirmed.

The direction switching solenoid 135 is the big winning opening 2
When the door 4a is opened, the passage member is operated so as to guide the winning ball to the accessory continuous operation device switch 124 side, and when the prize continuous ball is detected by the accessory continuous operation device switch 124, next Is the count switch 125
It operates to guide the winning ball to the side.

That is, the special winning opening 24a is controlled to be opened / closed so as to produce a special game state as the addition of a game value when the specific display mode is confirmed by the variable display. Here, the special game state is a state in which the opening / closing operation of maintaining the open state for a predetermined time and then returning to the closed state for a short time is repeatedly performed within a predetermined number of rounds (for example, 15 times).

The predetermined winning number (for example, 10) is the big winning hole 2
4A or when a predetermined time (about 30 seconds) has passed, the door of the special winning opening 24a is closed. When the series of opening / closing operations is finished a predetermined number of times, the special game state is finished.

If a ball is won in the starting opening 21 while the variable display is being changed or the special game state is occurring, the variable display right is acquired but is suspended and is currently in progress. After the variable display of, etc. is completed, the rights that have been reserved are sequentially digested. Here, the variable display hold number is set to a maximum of 4, and the number is notified by the special symbol hold LED 420.

The normal symbol display device 140 performs variable display by turning on the two left and right LED lights. This L
A method other than the ED2 lamp may use a 7-segment display. The LEDs divided into the left and right are respectively assigned "hit" and "off", and when the passage of the sphere is detected by the left and right normal symbol display device operating gate switches 126a and 126b, the normal symbol game by the normal symbol display device 140 Acquire the right and play a normal pattern game.

The normal symbol game is a normal symbol display device 14
0 starts variable display by alternately blinking the left and right LEDs, and when the variable display is started for a predetermined time and stopped, either the left or right lighting display is displayed, and the player can visually confirm the determination result. When the result of the judgment is “win”,
It becomes a special game state.

While the normal symbol display device 140 is variably displayed,
Left and right ordinary pattern display device operation gate switch 126a,
When the passing ball is detected by 126b, the right of the ordinary symbol game is acquired, but it is suspended, and after the ordinary symbol game currently in progress is exhausted, the suspended right is sequentially digested. The maximum number of ordinary pattern games held is 4,
This is notified by the normal symbol holding LED 421.

The special game state is formed by repeatedly opening and closing the special winning opening 24a as well as the special winning opening 24a up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times), thereby giving a game value to the player. Become.

The special winning opening 24b is generally called an attacker, and the operation of the drive source of the solenoid (the large winning opening solenoid 136 for ordinary symbols) causes the winning opening to be normally closed in which it is difficult to win a ball. It is configured so that the state can be changed to an open state in which winning is easy. The normal symbol special winning opening solenoid 136 operates to open and close the door of the special winning opening 24b a predetermined number of times, on condition that the "hit" is confirmed.

That is, the special winning opening 24b is controlled to be opened and closed so as to produce a special game state as a game value addition when "win" is confirmed in the variable display. Here, the special game state, after being maintained in the open state for a predetermined time,
The opening / closing operation of returning to the closed state for a short time is a state in which the opening / closing operation is repeatedly performed within a predetermined number of rounds (for example, 15 times).

The predetermined number of balls (for example, 10) is the winning hole 2
When a prize is won in 4b or a predetermined time (about 30 seconds) elapses, the door of the special winning opening 24b is closed. When the series of opening / closing operations is finished a predetermined number of times, the special game state is finished.

In the variable display device 310 and the ordinary symbol display device 140, a specific display mode (ordinary symbol display device 1
At 40, "winning") may occur in parallel. At this time, the main board (game control means) 100 that controls the progress of the game is a special winning opening 24 that is a plurality of specific winning openings.
a, 24b in the first state (closed state) and the second state (open state)
And a specific winning opening drive control means for controlling the drive respectively,
When the display result of the plurality of variable display devices 310, 140 becomes a specific display mode within a predetermined period, priority driving order determination means for allocating and determining the priority order of the special winning openings 24a, 24b to be drive-controlled, and priority Based on the priority order determined by the drive order determination means, a specific winning opening driving delay means for delaying the drive of the specific winning opening having a low priority order is included.

In the present embodiment, the specific winning opening drive control means includes a plurality of specific winning openings 24a and 24b to be drive-controlled.
After finishing a predetermined number of rounds of one specific winning opening among the plurality of specific winning openings 24a and 24b, a predetermined number of rounds of another one of the specific winning openings is started. . Here, the predetermined number of times is one each, but 2
It may be more than once.

Next, various control boards used for controlling the gaming machine body 1 will be described. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are block diagrams showing various control boards used for controlling the gaming machine body 1 and constituent elements related thereto. 5 and 6,
As the control board, the main board 100, the payout control board 200,
A display control board 300, a lamp control board 400, a voice control board 500, a firing control board 600, and a power supply board 700 are shown.

The display device control board 300 realizes the function of display control means. Further, the display control means sets, for each of the plurality of types of variable display, different combinations of specific identification information forming the specific display mode.

Note that the selection of a plurality of types of variable display is controlled separately from the display control board 300 as in the case of performing variable display variation, or is controlled by another control board or main board 100. The display control board 300 may be set to variably execute variable display based on the selected information.

First, the main substrate 100 shown in FIG. 6 will be described. The main board 100 is a clock circuit 1 inside the main board.
It operates based on the clock generated by 08. Further, the clock generated by the clock circuit 108 is supplied to the internal timer 107.
CPU 10 generates an interrupt signal at a fixed time interval obtained by dividing by
By inputting in 2, the CPU 102
To execute the timer interrupt process. The CPU 102 performs a series of operations by executing divided processing for each interrupt so that the processing is completed in a time shorter than the timer setting time interval.

Starting opening switch 121, right ordinary symbol display device operating gate switch 126a, left ordinary symbol display device operating gate switch 126b, right sleeve winning opening switch 122
The a, the left sleeve winning opening switch 122b, the right falling winning opening switch 123a, and the left falling winning opening switch 123b are switches for detecting the winning of a ball, and the input signals from these switches are sent to the gate circuit 110. Supplied.

The continuous accessory operating device switch 124, the count switch 125, the right award ball detection switch 130a, the left award ball detection switch 130b, and the shoot ball out switch 13
1, each input signal from the glass frame open detection switch 132 and the overflow switch 133 is supplied to the gate circuit 111.
Is supplied to.

The addresses of the gate circuits 110 and 111 are
It is set in the address space of the CPU 102 by the memory mapped I / O method. The address select circuit and the write / read control signal output by the CPU 102 are decoded by the address decode circuit 113 according to the system clock output by the CPU 102 to generate a chip select signal.

With this chip select signal, the gate circuit 1
When 10, 111 are selected, the starting port switch 12
The respective input signals from 1 and the like are output to the data bus through the gate circuit. Each input signal on the data bus is detected multiple times by the interrupt signal generated at regular intervals until the next interrupt processing is executed, chattering prevention processing is performed, and then specified for each input signal. RAM
It is stored in the area.

The input signal from the starting port switch 121 is 5
As an award ball signal for individual award balls, the right sleeve winning edge switch 12
The input signals from 2a, the left sleeve winning opening switch 122b, the right falling winning opening switch 123a, and the left falling winning opening switch 123b are respectively 8 winning balls signals, and further the accessory continuous operation device switch 124 and the count switch 12 are provided.
The input signal from 5 is treated as a prize ball signal of 15 prize balls, and the winning number detected by each switch is stored in the designated RAM area. At the same time, the total number of prize balls is calculated by the CPU 102 and stored in a designated RAM area.

In addition, random number values are set for the input signals from the starting opening switch 121, the right ordinary symbol display device operating gate switch 126a, and the left ordinary symbol display device operating gate switch 126b, and these values are RAM.
It is stored in the area. Based on this data, the game state of the gaming machine body 1 is set and the data is output to each control board.

The output data to each control board is output to the latch circuits 112a to 112g through the buffer 114 provided in the middle of the data bus and further through the output data bus. By arranging the buffer 114 in the middle of the data bus connecting the output latch circuit and the CPU 102, the bus signal becomes a one-way flow, which serves as a countermeasure against fraud.

Start switch 5 pieces prize ball RAM area, left and right sleeve prize opening switch, left and right drop prize opening switch 8 prize ball R
Since there is data in the AM area, the accessory continuous operation device switch, and the 15 count switch prize ball RAM area, C
The PU 102 sequentially outputs the 8-bit prize ball data set for each prize ball to the latch circuit 112a through the data bus and the output data bus. In synchronization with this, the control signal of the interrupt signal and the strobe signal to the payout control board 200 is output to the latch circuit 112e through the data bus and the output data bus.

When the chip select signal obtained by decoding by the address decode circuit 113 controlled by the memory mapped I / O is sequentially output to the latch circuit 112a and the latch circuit 112e, 8-bit prize ball data is latched.
The control signal of the interrupt signal and the strobe signal is latched by the latch circuit 112e at 2a, and the output signal composed of the 8-bit parallel prize ball output signal and the 2-bit control signal of the interrupt signal and the strobe signal is output to the payout control board. Is output as prize ball data.

The payout control board 200 shown in FIG. 7 controls the ball discharge mechanism to discharge the number of prize balls corresponding to the prize ball data. The discharged prize balls are detected by the right prize ball detection switch 130a and the left prize ball detection switch 130b,
The detection signal is output to the gate circuit 211. When the chip select signal is output from the address decoding circuit 213 to the gate circuit 211, the detection signals output from the right award ball detection switch 130a and the left award ball detection switch 130b are output onto the data bus and captured by the CPU 102.

Based on these detection signals, the CPU 102 arithmetically processes the total prize balls actually paid out, subtracts the value from the stored data in the RAM area, and updates the total prize ball data in real time. Further, an output signal is output to the latch circuit 112f for each set number of discharged prize balls, and is pulsed to the outside in synchronization with the chip select signal of the address decoding circuit 113.

A random number value is acquired for each of the input signals of the starting opening switch 121, the right normal symbol display device operating gate switch 126a, and the left normal symbol display device operating gate switch 126b, and based on this, the CPU 102 produces a type of game effect. (Control pattern) is determined, game state effect data is generated and stored in the RAM area.

Further, to the display control board 300, data regarding each stop symbol defining a stop symbol corresponding to the game state effect data is output in time series as display effect data. That is, when the CPU 102 sequentially outputs the 8-bit recognition code and the display state effect 8-bit data to the latch circuit 112b through the data bus, an interrupt signal to the display control board 300 in synchronization with these,
The 2-bit control signal of each strobe signal is the latch circuit 11
2e is output.

These signals are sequentially latched by the latch circuit and output in parallel at the timing based on the chip select signal decoded and output from the address decode circuit 113 controlled by the memory mapped I / O.
Data regarding each stop symbol, fluctuation stop data, and the like are sequentially output to the display control board 300 as display effect data in time series.

The 8-bit parallel lamp display output data and the control signal are output to the lamp control display board 400 through the latch circuit 112c in synchronization with the display effect data. Further, in synchronization with the display effect data, the 8-bit parallel sound source output data and the control signal are output to the voice control board 500 through the latch circuit 112d. That is, a chip select signal is output from the address decode circuit in synchronism with the timing at which each data is output to the data bus, the data on the data bus is latched by the latch circuits 112c and 112d, and the lamp control display substrate 400 and the like are displayed. Is output.

When the game state is the special game state (big hit), the control data of the special symbol special winning opening solenoid 134 is output to the latch circuit 112g in synchronization with the game state effect data, and the chip from the address decoding circuit 113. The select signal is input to the latch circuit 112g. As a result, the control data of the special symbol special winning opening solenoid 134 is output from the latch circuit 112g, the special symbol special winning opening solenoid 134 is driven, and the special winning opening 24a is opened and closed to move the ball to the special winning opening 24a. You will be able to guide.

When the accessory continuous operation device switch 124 arranged in a specific area inside the special winning opening 24a detects a sphere, a sphere detection signal is output, and this signal is output to the data bus via the gate circuit 111 to the CPU 102. It is captured. As a result of the detection processing based on the ball detection signal output from the accessory continuous operation device switch 124, the control data of the direction switching solenoid 135 is output to the latch circuit 112g,
The direction switching solenoid 135 is braked. At the same time, based on the ball detection signal output from the accessory continuous operation device switch 124, round continuation data indicating whether or not to continue the big hit state to the next round is stored in the RAM area.

When the direction switching solenoid 135 is braked, the balls are counted by the count switch 125 arranged in the special winning opening 24a. Count switch 125
When the total count of the data counted in step 1 reaches a predetermined number, the output data of the latch circuit 112g is changed, the special symbol special winning opening solenoid 134, the direction switching solenoid 1
35 becomes inactive and one jackpot round ends. When the round continuation data indicates that the round is continued after a predetermined time, the jackpot state round is further continued by the control method described above.

Right ordinary symbol display device operation gate switch 1
26a, left ordinary symbol display device operation gate switch 126
A random number value is obtained for each input signal from b. Based on this random value, the normal symbol display device 140
The display control data of (ordinary symbol LED1, ordinary symbol LED2) is generated, and this is output from the CPU 102 to the latch circuit 112g through the data bus. Then, every time a chip select signal is output from the address decoding circuit 113, the normal symbol LED display is performed for a fixed time.

When the random number is obtained, the braking data of the normal symbol special winning opening solenoid 136 is output from the CPU 102 to the latch circuit 112g and the chip select signal from the address decoding circuit 113. In response, the latch circuit 112g outputs for a certain period of time to control the normal symbol special winning opening solenoid 136. As a result, a special game state occurs.

When power is supplied to the main board 100, a reset signal is supplied from the power board 700 and each device of the main board 100 is reset. After that, the system reset signal becomes inactive and each device transits to the active state. When the system reset signal changes to the inactive state, the reset signal to the one-chip microcomputer 101 becomes inactive after the elapse of a certain time due to the clock synchronization and the delay processing by the delay circuit 109. As a result, the one-chip microcomputer 101 is put into operation and the operation state of the main board 100 is maintained. After that, the one-chip microcomputer 101 is initialized.

When the power supply externally supplied to the gaming machine is unstable, a power failure detection signal is sent from the power supply board 700 to the NMI (non-maskable interrupt) of the one-chip microcomputer 101.
The data is supplied to the storage unit 105, and the one-chip microcomputer 101 saves each storage area.

Specifically, after detecting the prize ball detection data for a certain period of time, the power failure process determination data is stored in the RAM area to protect the RAM 104. That is, when the power supply voltage is lowered, RA
Backup power DC5VBB is supplied to M104,
The storage state of the RAM 104 is retained.

When the power is next supplied, if the one-chip microcomputer 101 recognizes that the power outage process has been performed based on the presence or absence of the power outage process determination data, the one-chip microcomputer 101 performs the power outage recovery process. At the time of initialization, if the RAM initialization signal is in the active state, the CPU 102 detects the data of the I / O port 106 and initializes the RAM area.

The signal for detecting the ball loss by the shoot ball out switch 131 and the signal for detecting the ball clogging of the prize ball on the lower plate of the game board by the overflow switch 133 are sent to the one-chip microcomputer 101 through the gate circuit 111 and the data bus. It is captured. After the data conversion, these signals are output from the latch circuit 112a to the payout control board 200 in the same configuration as the prize ball output data. The latch circuit 1
The outputs of 12a to 112g are unidirectional and have an irreversible output form.

The main board 100 operates based on the clock generated by the clock circuit 108 inside the main board. Further, the internal timer 107 generates an interrupt signal to the CPU 102 at constant time intervals by the frequency dividing operation. CPU 102
Various processes are performed every fixed time when the interrupt signal is input.

Next, the payout control board 200 shown in FIG. 7 will be described. The payout control board 200 performs one-way communication only for reception from the main board 100, and has 8-bit parallel prize ball data, prize ball data control signal 1, prize ball data control signal 2
The communication data composed of is received.

When the prize ball data control signal 1 is input to the counter circuit 202 of the one-chip microcomputer 201, an interrupt signal is output from the counter circuit 202 to the CPU 203. Thereby, the prize ball data control signal 1 is C
The acquisition of prize ball data is used as a trigger for the PU 203.

The CPU 203 uses the address decoding circuit 2
A chip select signal through a gate circuit 212,
Output to the gate circuit 211, and the gate circuits 212 and 211
The award ball data and various signals input to are fetched through the gate circuit and the data bus and stored in the RAM 205. Then, the payout operation is sequentially performed with the number of prize balls corresponding to the captured prize ball data.

The CPU 203 outputs the prize ball path switching signal to the latch circuit 215 through the data bus, and at the same time, causes the address decoding circuit 213 to output the chip select signal. As a result, the prize ball path switching signal is output to the solenoid 224, and the prize ball path for the payout operation is secured. After that, a stop release signal of the payout stop solenoid signal is output to the latch circuit 214, the payout motor control signals 1, 2, 3, 4 are sequentially output to the payout motor 222, and the motor rotation is controlled by the output timing of the chip select signal. While performing the prize ball payout operation.

Based on the clock of the clock circuit 209,
The internal timer 208 uses a CP to interrupt signals at regular time intervals.
U203 is generated, the detection signal of the prize ball payout ball is taken into the data bus at this interrupt timing, and when the predetermined number of prize balls is detected, the driving of the payout stop solenoid 223 and the payout motor 222 is stopped. In addition, the detection of the prize ball payout ball is performed by the right prize ball detection switch 130 installed in the ball lending path.
a, the left award ball detection switch 130b, and these detection signals are taken into the data bus by outputting a chip select signal to the gate circuit 211.

The ball lending operation is performed by transmitting and receiving a ball lending signal to and from the card unit (CR ball lending machine) b through the gate circuit 211 and the latch circuit 215.
During the ball lending operation, the CPU 203 outputs a ball lending path switching signal to the path switching solenoid 224 through the latch circuit 215 to secure the ball lending path, and detects the right lending ball detection switch 220a and the left lending ball detected on the ball lending path. Switch 2
In 20b, the lent ball is detected, and the payout operation is performed.

In the ball lending operation, information is output from the latch circuit 215 to the outside at regular intervals. Further, when the ball lending signal is normally transmitted and received, the latch circuit 215 outputs the firing permission signal to the firing control board 600 in the active state. When an abnormality occurs in the transmission / reception of the ball lending signal, the launch permission signal changes to the inactive state, and the ball cannot be launched. However, when the sending and receiving of the ball lending signal returns to the normal state, the ball lending signal can be fired.

In addition, in the payout operation, the main substrate 10
When the shoot ball out signal of the shoot ball out switch 131 and the overflow signal of the overflow switch 133 installed in the lower tray 4 of the gaming machine body 1 are transmitted from 0 to the prize ball data, the payout control board 200 performs the payout operation. To stop. Also, the payout operation is restarted by transmitting each cancellation signal to the prize ball data.

When power is supplied to the payout control board 200, a system reset signal is supplied from the power supply board 700, and each device of the payout control board 200 is reset. Then, the reset signal is in the inactive state, and each device transits to the active state.

Due to the delay processing of the clock synchronization / delay circuit 210, the reset signal to the one-chip microcomputer 201 becomes inactive after a lapse of a fixed time after the original reset signal changes to the inactive state. In this way, after a certain time has passed since the original reset signal became inactive,
The one-chip microcomputer 201 is in the operating state, and the operating state of the payout control board 200 is maintained. After that, the one-chip microcomputer 201 is initialized.

When the power supply externally supplied to the gaming machine is unstable, the power supply board 700 sets the N of the one-chip microcomputer 201 to N.
A power failure detection signal is supplied to MI (non-maskable interrupt) 206, and the one-chip microcomputer 201 performs a save operation for each storage area. Specifically, after detecting the prize ball detection data for a certain period of time, the RAM is detected.
Data for power failure determination is stored in the area and the RAM 205 is protected.

When the power supply voltage drops, the power supply board 70
0 to RAM205 as backup power supply DC5V
BB is supplied and the storage state of the RAM 205 is maintained. When the power is supplied again, the one-chip microcomputer 201 recognizes the existence of the power failure processing determination data and performs the power failure recovery processing. At the time of initial setting, if the RAM initialization signal is in the active state, the CPU 203 determines that the I / O port 10
The data of 6 is detected, and the RAM area is initialized.

Next, the display control board 300 shown in FIG. 8 will be described. The display control board 300 mainly controls the variable display device 310 installed on the game board 2. The display control board 300 is a display control ROM that stores a predetermined image processing procedure (program) and image control data.
302, and a display unit control CPU 301 that reads and executes a predetermined image processing procedure.

Further, the display control board 300 has a display control RAM 30 for storing information obtained by executing the image processing procedure by the display control CPU 301.
3, the input / output interface 306 for inputting / outputting the instruction information from the main board 100 and each control IC in the display control board, and the control instruction information by the display control CPU 301 via the input / output interface 306. And an image control IC 304 for generating a specific image.

Further, the display control board 300 is managed by the image control IC 304, and the image data ROM 305 which stores various kinds of images in data and stores them, and the display control CPU 301 normally operate to display the images. It has a test firing test terminal 307 and the like for outputting a signal for confirming that.

Instruction information is input to the display control CPU 301 from the main board 100 by parallel communication via the input / output interface 306. Display control CP
The U 301 executes the content of the input instruction information in accordance with the image processing procedure stored in the display control ROM 302, sorts and stores the information in the display control RAM 303, and gives a specific instruction to the image control IC 304. I do.

The image control IC 304 is a display control CPU.
According to the instruction of 301, referring to the image data ROM 305, a specific video signal is generated and output to the variable display device 310. In the block diagram of FIG. 8, the image control IC 304
Although the VRAM, which is an area for temporarily storing the image data and the palette (color) information generated by the above, is not shown, it may be configured by a one-chip microcomputer in which the VRAM is built in the image control IC 304. .

The reset signal from the power supply board 700 is input from the power supply board 700 to the display control CPU 301 when the game machine main body 1 is powered on. Then, the display control CPU 301 follows the display control board 300 according to the image control procedure stored in the display control ROM 302.
Initialize each control circuit inside.

Next, the lamp control board 400 shown in FIG. 9 will be described. The lamp control board 400 is a gaming machine status lamp 4 installed on the front surface of the gaming machine body 1 or on the gaming board 2.
22, side case lamp 423, various LEDs 424-
Lighting control of 428, 420, 421, etc. is performed.

The lamp control board 400 includes a lamp control ROM 402 which stores a predetermined lamp control processing procedure (program) and control data, a lamp control CPU 401 which reads and executes a predetermined lamp control processing procedure, and a lamp control CPU 401. A lamp control RAM 40 that stores the information acquired by executing the lamp control processing procedure.
3 and instruction information from the main board 100 and the lamp control board 4
Input / output interface 404 for inputting / outputting with each control circuit in 00, and the lamp control board 40 via the input / output interface by the lamp control CPU 401.
It is composed of a driver circuit 405 and the like for driving a lighting signal of each lamp / LED connected to 0.

Instruction information is input to the lamp control CPU 401 from the main board 100 by parallel communication via the input / output interface 404. Lamp control CPU
401 is a lamp control RO that indicates the content of the input instruction information.
This is executed according to the lamp control processing procedure stored in M402, and while the information is organized and stored in the lamp control RAM 403, the driver circuit 405 is operated to turn on / off each connected lamp / LED.

The reset signal from the power supply board 700 is input from the power supply board 700 to the lamp control CPU 401 when the game machine main body 1 is powered on. Then, the lamp control CPU 401 initializes each control circuit in the lamp control board according to the control procedure stored in the lamp control ROM 402.

Next, the voice control board 500 shown in FIG. 10 will be described. The voice control board 500 is the gaming machine body 1
When the game is in the game state, the sound effect, the sound and the like due to the game effect are controlled. Further, when it is not in the gaming state, a warning sound or the like for notifying an abnormal state of the gaming machine body 1 is controlled.

The voice control board 500 has a voice control ROM 502 which stores a predetermined voice processing procedure (program) and control data, a voice control CPU 501 which reads and executes a predetermined voice control procedure, and a voice processing by the voice control CPU 501. A voice control RAM 503 for storing information obtained by executing the procedure, an input / output interface 506 for inputting / outputting instruction information from the main board 100 and each control IC in the voice control board 500, and a voice control CPU 5
A voice control IC 504 that acquires control instruction information via 01 and an input interface to generate a specific voice.
And a voice data ROM 505 which is managed by the voice control IC 504 and stores a variety of voices as data, and an amplifier circuit 507 which amplifies a voice signal generated from the voice control IC 501.

The voice control CPU 501 receives instruction information from the main board 100 through parallel communication via the input / output interface 506. Voice control CPU 501
Displays the content of the input instruction information in the voice control ROM 502.
The audio control procedure is executed in accordance with the audio control procedure stored in FIG. 3, and specific instructions are given to the audio control IC 504 while organizing and storing the information in the audio control RAM 503.

The voice control IC 504 is the voice control CPU 5
01, referring to the voice data ROM 505,
A specific audio signal is generated and output to the amplifier circuit 507. The reset signal from the power board is sent from the power board 700 when the power is turned on to the pachinko machine.
Voice control CPU 501 inputs voice control R.
According to the voice control procedure stored in the OM 503, each control circuit in the voice control board is initialized.

Next, the firing control board 600 shown in FIG. 11 will be described. The firing control board 600 includes the firing motor 6
A signal from the oscillation circuit 601, which is a circuit that generates a pulse for making the rotation speed of the pulse motor used in 53 a predetermined rotation speed, the frequency dividing circuit 602, and the touch sensor 651 in the handle portion 650. , Stop switch 65
2, a reset signal from the power supply board 700, and a firing permission signal from the payout control board 200, and a motor drive signal control circuit 603 for generating a firing motor drive signal, and a pulse motor (firing motor 653). It is composed of a driver circuit 604 and the like for exciting each coil.

The handle portion 650 is a touch sensor 65 for detecting whether or not the player is touching the handle 5.
1. A stop switch 652 that allows the player to arbitrarily stop the firing of the ball, a pulse motor 653 (firing motor) for firing the ball, and the like.

The reset signal from the power supply board 700 is input from the power supply board 700 to the motor drive signal control circuit 603 when the game machine body 1 is powered on, and initializes each circuit of the launch control board 600.

A touch sensor 651 in the handle portion 650.
Outputs a signal that allows the player to shoot if the player is touching the handle 5, and a signal that does not allow the player to shoot if the player is not touching the handle 5. Are output to the motor drive signal control circuit 603, respectively.

The stop switch 652 is a switch provided so that the player can arbitrarily stop the firing of the ball, and when the player operates the stop switch 652, the motor drive signal control circuit 603. A ball firing stop signal is output to, and a ball firing signal is output when the stop switch 652 is not input.

The stop switch 652 outputs the same signal as the state input from the stop switch 652 when the player does not operate the stop switch 652 and the handle 5 is not rotated. To do. That is, due to the internal structure of the handle 5, the signal from the stop switch 652 is input when the handle 5 is not rotating. That is, after the power of the gaming machine main body 1 is turned on, the reset signal is input to the motor drive signal control circuit 603, and each circuit is initialized, the player touches the handle 5 to rotate it. Only then will the ball be fired.

Next, the power supply board 700 shown in FIG. 12 will be described. AC24V supplied from the outside is full-wave rectified by a diode bridge rectifier, and DC power supply DC24
V is generated. A diode is passed through a 24V DC power supply and smoothing is performed with a capacitor to generate a 32V DC power supply.
DC24V and DC32V are unstable power sources.

Supplying 24V DC to the power supply circuit 701,
Stable power supplies DC18V, DC12V, DC5V constant voltage power supplies are generated, and the main board 100 and the payout control board 2 are generated.
00, the lamp control board 400, the voice control board 5
00, the display control board 300, the firing control board 6
00 is supplied.

The generated DC5V constant voltage power source is connected to the capacitor of the backup circuit 702 through a diode to generate a DC5VBB backup power source. The DC5VBB is the main substrate 100 and the payout control substrate 2
00 is supplied. The AC 24V is supplied to the card unit connection board 900, and is used as a power supply for communication between the payout control board 200 and the card unit b and a power supply for the operation panel board a.

The voltage level of the 24V DC power supply is detected by the voltage detection circuit 708 and output to the delay circuit 707. The delay circuit 707 has a delay time of 500 millisecond internal time constant, and the continuous output time of the voltage detection circuit 708 is the delay circuit 70.
If it is not larger than the time constant of 7, the delay circuit 707 does not output the output signal. Therefore, the voltage fluctuation and the power stoppage during the time when the voltage level of the DC24V power supply is smaller than the time constant of the delay circuit 707 are ignored and the power failure detection signal is not output from the power supply board to the outside.

When the delay circuit 707 receives an input signal larger than the time constant, the delay circuit 707 outputs a power failure detection signal to the main board 100, the payout control board 200, and the shift register 7.
It is output to the serial input terminal 04. The 8-bit shift register 704 is constantly input with a clock having a cycle of 20 milliseconds from the clock circuit 706.

Here, the 8-bit data input terminal is fixed to zero. Therefore, when the power failure detection signal is input to the 8-bit shift register 704, a reset signal is sent from the 8-bit shift register 704 after 8 clocks (about 160 msec) to the main board 100, the payout control board 200,
The firing control board 600, the display control board 300,
It is output to the lamp control board 400 and the voice control board 500.

After the power is turned on and after a power failure is restored, the time constant of the delay circuit 707, the power failure detection signal and the reset signal are output in the active state after the power supply to the peripheral circuits is turned on. After the time of the time constant of the delay circuit 707, the power failure detection signal becomes inactive, and the reset signal is output inactive after 8 clocks of the 8-bit shift register 704.
The RAM initialization signal is output to the main board 100 and the payout control board 200 in an active state by manually pressing the RAM initialization switch 705.

Next, the operation of the gaming machine body 1 will be described. When a player operates the handle 5 in FIG. 1, one pachinko ball is driven into the game area 17 formed on the game board 2 one by one. The pachinko ball winning in the starting opening 21 is detected by the starting opening switch 121, and based on the detection signal of the starting opening switch 121, the variable display device 3
At 10, variable display of a plurality of types of identification information is started. Further, when the left and right normal symbol display device operation gate switches 126a and 126b detect a pachinko ball, the normal symbol display device 140 starts variable display of plural kinds of identification information.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing when the variable display device 310 and the normal symbol display device 140 respectively detect that they are in the specific display mode.

In FIG. 13, the specific display mode detecting means of the main board 100 displays the display result of one of the plurality of variable display devices 310, 140, that is, the variable display device 310 or the ordinary symbol display device 140 as the specific display mode. When a new event is newly detected (step S1301: Y), if the new detection is within a predetermined period from the previous detection of the specific display mode (step S1302: Y), special processing is performed (step S1303). If the new detection has passed the predetermined period, normal processing is performed (step S1304).

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing an example of special processing. In FIG. 14, the special winning opening 24a is one specific winning opening and the special winning opening 24b is another specific winning opening. In addition, the priority driving order determination means, one specific winning prize,
The priority order is determined in the order of the other specific winning opening.

If there is one specific winning opening round (a predetermined number of times) (step S1401: Y), the one specific winning opening round is started (a = a-1) (step S140).
2). When the round of one specific winning opening is completed (step S1403: Y), it is determined whether there is another round of the specific winning opening (predetermined number of times) (step S140).
4). If there is no one specific winning opening round (step S1401: N), it is determined whether there is another one specific winning opening round (step S1404). That is, the specific winning opening driving delay means delays the round of the other one specific winning opening while the round of one particular winning opening is delayed.

If there is another round of the specific winning port (step S1404: Y), the round of the other specific winning port is started (b = b-1) (step S140).
5). Next, if the other round of the specific winning opening is finished (step S1406: Y), there is the round of the one specific winning opening, or if there is the round of the other one specific winning opening (a> 0). or b> 0) (step S140
7: Y), and returns to step S1401. In this way, the driving of the one specific winning opening and the driving of the other specific winning opening are alternately repeated once.

If there is no one specific winning opening round and there is no other one specific winning opening round (a = 0 an
db = 0) (step S1407: N), and the special process ends.

As described above, when two special game states occur at the same time, the rounds of the specific winning openings are alternately performed, so that when a plurality of specific winning openings are arranged in the vertical direction, for example, a plurality of specific winning openings are simultaneously played. There will be no rounds of specific winning openings, and the doors of the upper specific winning openings will open, making it difficult to win game balls to the lower specific winning openings, and the winning rate will decrease. Can be prevented.

Although FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 show the case where two special game states occur at the same time, the two special game states occur at different timings, and during the round of one specific winning port, the round of the other specific winning port It can also be applied when the start is scheduled. That is, the rounds of the specific winning openings are alternately performed according to the priority order of the specific winning openings. Further, if the round for one specific winning opening is finished first, the round for another specific winning opening will be continuously performed.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and there are changes and additions within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. However, it is included in the present invention. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the gaming machine according to the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine has been described, but the gaming machine is not limited to a pachinko machine, and a program-controlled smart ball game machine, arrange ball game machine, etc. The present invention can be similarly applied to other gaming machines.

Further, in the above embodiment, the variable display device 310 and the normal symbol display device 140 are shown as the plurality of variable display devices 310, 140, but the present invention is not limited to this, and two variable display devices are shown. However, three or more variable display devices may be provided.

Further, in the embodiment, the game value is set so that the special winning openings 24a and 24b are repeatedly opened and closed within a predetermined number of times. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be set so as to produce various game values, such as temporarily increasing the ratio or changing other prizes to a form in which winning is easy.

In the embodiment, it is planned that the display result of the variable display device becomes the specific display mode without detecting the specific display mode because it is scheduled based on the lottery result at the start of the game. Therefore, when the specific winning opening drive control means of the main board 100 newly draws the specific display mode as shown in FIG. 15 (step S1501: Y),
If it is a lottery within a predetermined period from the lottery of the previous specific display mode (step S1502: Y), special processing (step S1)
The control may be performed so as to shift to 503), and the drive of the specific winning opening to be newly drive-controlled may be delayed.

Furthermore, when a plurality of special winning openings 24a and 24b alternately start a round, by providing the first display means, when one big winning opening is in the round period,
Next, let's display which one of the other big winning openings scheduled to start the round, and prepare the player to win the game ball at the specific winning opening planned. Good.

Further, by providing the second display means, it is possible to display to the player which is the special winning opening 24a or 24b delayed by the specific winning opening driving delay means of the main board 100. You may give a sense of security.
The first display means and the second display means may be provided at a planned special winning opening or a door for opening and closing the delayed special winning opening, or may be provided in the vicinity of the special winning opening.

Further, the third display means may be provided to display the priority order assigned and determined by the priority drive order determination means of the main board 100.

[0157]

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, when the display result of each of the variable display device and the normal symbol display device becomes a specific display mode within a predetermined period, the specific drive prize to be drive-controlled by the priority drive order determination means. The priority of the mouth is assigned and determined, and the specific winning opening driving delay means delays the driving of the specific winning opening of low priority based on the priority determined by the priority driving order determining means, thereby driving Of the multiple specific winning openings to be controlled, only one specific winning opening is the second
Since the special game state is generated in parallel in each variable display device so that it can be driven in a state, novel and highly playable, and by shifting the timing of driving a plurality of specific winning openings For example, even when the specific winning openings are arranged vertically, the game value can be surely given to the player.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the internal structure of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view showing a game board of the game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing an enlarged back side of the game board of the game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an entire circuit configuration of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a main board of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a payout control board included in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a display control board included in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a lamp control board included in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a voice control board included in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a launch control board included in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a power supply board included in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process when it is detected that the variable display device and the normal symbol display device of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention are in a specific display mode, respectively.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of special processing when it is detected that the variable display device and the normal symbol display device of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention are in a specific display mode, respectively.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing another example of the case where the variable display device and the normal symbol display device of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention each detect that they are in a specific display mode.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 ... Game machine body 2 ... Game board 3 ... Upper saucer 4 ... Lower saucer 5 ... Handle 6 ... Ashtray 7 ... Upper saucer ball removing lever 8 ... Lower saucer ball removing lever 9… Lending button 10 ... Return button 11 ... Glass frame 12 ... Frequency display 15 ... Windmill 16 ... Guide rail 21 ... Starting port 22a ... Right sleeve winning opening 22b ... Left sleeve winning opening 23a ... Drop rightward 23b ... Leftward winning slot 24a ... Large prize hole (specific prize hole) 24b ... Large prize hole (specific prize hole) 29 ... Out mouth 100 ... Main board (game control means) 101 ... One-chip microcomputer 102 ... CPU 103 ... ROM 104 ... RAM 105 ... NMI 106 ... I / O port 107 ... Internal timer 108 ... Clock circuit 109 ... Clock synchronization / delay circuit 110, 111 ... Gate circuit 112a to 112g ... Latch circuit 113 ... Address decoding circuit 114 ... buffer 115 ... Reset 116 ... Test firing test signal terminal 121 ... Starter switch 122a ... Right sleeve winning edge switch 122b ... Left sleeve winning opening switch 123a ... Rightward winning prize switch 123b ... leftward winning prize switch 124 ... Switch for continuously operating accessory 125 ... Count switch 126a ... right ordinary pattern display device operating gate switch 126b ... Left ordinary pattern display device operation gate switch 127 ... Large winning opening switch for ordinary symbols 130 ... Award ball detection switch 130a ... Right prize ball detection switch 130b ... Left prize ball detection switch 131 ... Shoot ball out switch 132 ... Glass frame open detection switch 133 ... Overflow switch 134 ... Special winning opening solenoid for special symbols 135 ... Direction switching solenoid 136 ... Large winning opening solenoid for ordinary symbols 140 ... Ordinary symbol display device 200 ... Dispensing control board 201 ... One-chip microcomputer 202 ... Counter circuit 203 ... CPU 204 ... ROM 205 ... RAM 206 ... NMI 207 ... I / O port 208 ... Internal timer 209 ... Clock circuit 210 ... Clock synchronization / delay circuit 211, 212 ... Gate circuit 213 ... Address decoding circuit 214, 215 ... Latch circuit 216 ... Reset 220 ... Ball lending detection switch 220a ... Right ball lending detection switch 220b ... Left ball lending detection switch 222 ... Dispensing motor 223 ... Dispensing stop solenoid 224 ... Path switching solenoid 300 ... Display control board (display control means) 301 ... Display control CPU 302 ... Display control ROM 303 ... Display control RAM 304 ... Image control IC 305 ... Image data ROM 306 ... Input / output interface 307 ... Test firing test signal terminal 310 ... Variable display device 400 ... Lamp control board 401 ... Lamp control CPU 402 ... Lamp control ROM 403 ... Lamp control RAM 404 ... Input / output interface 405 ... Driver circuit 420 ... Special design hold LED 421 ... Normal design hold LED 422 ... Game machine status lamp 423 ... Side case lamp 424 ... Game frame status lamp 425 ... Center LED 426 ... Gate LED 427 ... Attacker LED 428 ... Side LED 500 ... Voice control board 501 ... Voice control CPU 502 ... Voice control ROM 503 ... Voice control RAM 504 ... Voice control IC 505 ... Voice data ROM 506 ... Input / output interface 507 ... Amplifier circuit 510 ... speaker 600 ... Launch control board 601 ... Oscillation circuit 602 ... Divider circuit 603 ... Motor drive signal control circuit 604 ... Driver circuit 650 ... Handle part 651 ... Touch sensor 652 ... Fire stop switch 653 ... Launch motor 700 ... Power board 701 ... Constant voltage power supply device 702 ... Backup power supply 703 ... Voltage detection circuit 704 ... Shift register 705 ... RAM initialization switch 706 ... Clock circuit 707 ... Delay circuit 708 ... Voltage detection circuit 709 ... Power failure detection circuit 800 ... External terminal board for frame 801 ... Award ball tank ball presence / absence switch 850 ... External terminal board for board 900 ... Card unit connection board a ... Operation panel substrate b ... Card unit c ... 24V AC power supply

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Naohisa Kurosawa             3-12-9 Higashi Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Stocks             Company Ace Denken F term (reference) 2C088 AA17 BA03 EB44 EB48 EB62                       EB74

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A display game in which a plurality of types of identification information is variably displayed by a variable display device provided on the front of a game board is executed, and the display result of the variable display device becomes a predetermined specific display mode. In this case, in a gaming machine capable of giving a predetermined gaming value to a player by winning a game ball in the specific winning opening, the game board is provided with a plurality of variable display devices and a plurality of specific winning openings, The plurality of variable display devices can independently perform variable display of identification information, and the plurality of specific winning openings are provided corresponding to the plurality of variable display devices and do not accept game balls. First
The state and the second state to be accepted, the game control means for controlling the progress of the game, the specific winning opening drive control for driving and controlling the plurality of specific winning openings in the first state and the second state, respectively. Means, a priority drive order determination means for allocating and determining a priority order of the specific winning opening to be drive-controlled when the display result of the plurality of variable display devices becomes a specific display mode within a predetermined period, and the priority Based on the priority determined by the driving order determination means,
A gaming machine comprising: a specific winning opening drive delay means for delaying driving of a specific winning opening having a low priority. 2. Regarding a predetermined number of times until the specific winning opening returns from the first state through the second state to the first state again, one of a plurality of specific winning openings to be drive-controlled The special winning opening drive control means for starting a predetermined number of times for another one of the plurality of specific winning openings after the predetermined number of winning openings is completed. Game machine. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein a predetermined number of times of the specific winning opening which is driven and controlled by the specific winning opening drive control means is variable. 4. A first display that indicates which one of the other specific winning openings is scheduled to start the next predetermined number of times when the one specific winning opening is within a predetermined number of times. The game machine according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising means. 5. The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a second display means for displaying which of the specific winning openings is delayed by the specific winning opening drive delay means. 6. A gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a third display means for displaying the priority order assigned and determined by said priority drive order determination means. 7. A specific display mode detecting means for detecting that a display result of any one of the plurality of variable display devices has become the specific display mode, wherein the specific winning opening drive control means includes the plurality of variable modes. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein when the specific display mode detecting means detects that the display result of the display device is in the specific display mode, the plurality of specific winning a prize openings are driven and controlled. 8. The specific winning opening drive control means, when the display results of the plurality of variable display devices are expected to be in a specific display mode, drive control of each of the plurality of specific winning openings. The gaming machine according to claim 1, which is characterized in that.