JP2003310855A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To construct a decision process of another mode without referring to a control history at a main control circuit about occurrence of a specific game. <P>SOLUTION: A labyrinth of 3D-viewpoints is constituted on a liquid crystal screen to carry out performance of conquering a labyrinth according to operation of a stop button by a user. A viewpoint is turned to the left by operation of a left stoppage button and turned to the right by operation of a right stoppage button, and a character is advanced by operation of an intermediate stoppage button. The position of the viewpoint at Dungeon is constituted by a position flag counter which is an XY axis direction parameter on a plane and a direction counter which is the parameter of a direction to which the viewpoint faces. The labyrinth is prepared plurally and a labyrinth to be used is decided by a random number lottery. It is not decided at the beginning which of gateways provided at two places is a start point and which is a goal. It is decided by a random number lottery. When the character can arrive at the goal of the labyrinth within the restricted number of games, BR which is a specific game state is imparted. However, when the character can not arrive at the goal of the labyrinth within the restricted number of games, the game is replayed from its beginning. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slot machine, a pachinko game, which has a variable display means for variably displaying various symbols and a function of controlling the variable display and giving a profit to a player according to the result. The present invention relates to a symbol combination game machine represented by a machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a slot machine has been known as a typical example of this type of gaming machine. The slot machine is provided with a plurality of rotating reels having a plurality of symbols arranged on the outer circumference, and the symbol combination when each spinning reel is stopped is in a predetermined stop state, for example, when the same symbols are aligned in a straight line. The prize is awarded and coins and prizes are paid out. Generally, in order to win this prize, various contingencies are often taken into consideration, and it is important to have a gambling element that the player's skill cannot completely control the result of the game. It is a feature.

In order to realize this "accidentalness", various techniques have been conventionally used, but recently, after executing a winning lottery by software using a microcomputer, reel stop control is performed according to the result of the lottery. The mainstream is a slot machine that employs a control method called "pre-stage determination". For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-72313
The slot machine described in the issue relates to a slot machine with a stop button, which is a so-called pachi-slot gaming machine, and it has random number sampling means for sampling random numbers based on the player's operation of the start switch, and a "winning prize" depending on the size of the winning combination. It has a winning probability table divided into random number ranges of “big hit”, “medium hit”, and “small hit”, and when the sampled random number value is included in the winning section of the winning probability table, the winning combination Judged as winning,
The hit (winning) flag of the winning combination is established. In these winning flags, for example, a predetermined symbol (for example, a "bell" symbol or a "cherry" symbol) is provided on the activated pay line, and a coin payout of about 10 coins can be obtained. This occurs when a winning flag of a prize winning combination called or a predetermined symbol (for example, a "7" symbol or a "BAR" symbol etc.) is prepared, a certain number of games, a state in which a prize is more likely to occur than a normal game state, 100 ~ 4
There is a winning flag of a winning combination called a "bonus combination" that allows a large amount of coins to be paid out, such as about 00 coins.

The state in which the winning flag is established is a state generally called "internal winning", in which the corresponding winning combination is only allowed to be on the winning line, and the winning is not actually made. It has not occurred. In order to generate a prize, it is necessary to operate at a timing (usually within 4 frames) at which the rotating winning symbol can be stopped on the winning line, so-called "pushing" is necessary. If this operation timing is bad, No prizes will be generated despite being internally won,
So-called “missing” will occur.

[0005] This omission can be said to be a failure to push the eye in a broader sense, but there are several patterns in the cause, and firstly, although the design to be aimed at is fixed, the design that fluctuates is changed. There is a pattern that I can not recognize and fail by performing an appropriate stop operation, and secondly, there are multiple winning prizes that may have been internally won in this game, and what pattern should I stop and do? There is a pattern that cannot be specified and fails by performing an appropriate stop operation.

The former can be expected to improve the accuracy to some extent if the player is familiar with the touching technique, but the latter needs to grasp the invisible internal winning state, so no matter how skillful the player is at pushing. It is impossible to improve the accuracy of the press.

To put it the other way around, as long as the internal winning combination is notified,
It can be said that it is possible to realize a gaming state such as a bonus game in which a large amount of coins can be earned even in the normal gaming state. By utilizing such pachislot-specific game playability, a predetermined condition is satisfied. In this case, the fact that internal winning has been achieved for a predetermined period of time, and further, the type of the internal winning combination has been notified, has reduced the dropouts, and a large amount of coins have been paid out as compared to a normal game in which no notification is given. There are gaming machines equipped with a function commonly known as "assist time (AT)". This belongs to "during a normal game" in terms of "game state", which will be described later, but the actual coin payout can be set to be comparable to the bonus game.

Similarly, "Super Time (S)" is provided as a function for providing a coin payout size depending on whether or not support for "winning" the "internal winning state" is provided.
There is something called "T)". This is when the spinning reel is stopped and controlled by the player's stop button operation,
Prepare multiple "stop tables" to determine how many frames to slide from the stopped symbol position to stop, and determine the stop table to be used each time the winning combination is internally won by random number lottery, and then the stop table If the stop operation is not performed according to the stop operation order set in, the stop control will not occur even if it is operated at a timing that can be stopped on the activated winning line By providing a state of "notifying" and a state of not "notifying" the type of the selected stop table, it is possible to realize a large amount of coin payout comparable to the bonus game, as in the "AT function" described above. is there.

For example, when there are three stop buttons for left reel stop, middle reel stop, and right reel stop, "left stop, middle stop, right stop", "left stop, right stop," Six types of "middle stop", "right stop, left stop, middle stop", "middle stop, right stop, left stop", "middle stop, left stop, right stop" are prepared, and a stop table determined by random number lottery The prizes will not be generated unless they are operated in the order of.

Whether or not to generate such a state of navigating the operation method advantageous to the player (hereinafter referred to as "game assistance period" in the present invention) is determined by random number lottery as in the normal bonus winning combination. In recent years, a gaming machine with a game property that presents the “task” to the player and generates the “auxiliary game period” on the condition that the “task” has been achieved has recently become available. Has appeared. This "task" is, for example, "a bell within 20 games".
Win four winning prizes ”,“ Don't win all 10 winning prizes internally ”,“ BG playing during bonus games ”
Please operate the stop button according to the specific sound of M ”, etc., for several game periods after the assignment was presented,
In order to achieve the "task", the player "wins a bonus winning combination", which is the original game quality of a pachislot machine.
Apart from that, they focus on achieving the tasks presented and are glad.

[0011]

The problem to be solved by the invention, however, is that the main control unit, which controls the main game characteristics of the game, such as whether or not the player has won a prize, tends to refer to the parameters determined by the main control unit. There was a problem that the game playability and the game playability determined by the sub-control unit had a stronger correlation than necessary. For example, in the case of a game property such as "Give a bell three times in succession to give an ST game", a "bell prize" in the main control unit and an "auxiliary game" in the sub control unit are generated at the same time, which is constant. A large amount of coins are paid out only during the period, and the balance of game play tends to be lost.

The effect displayed on the liquid crystal screen in the process of generating the auxiliary game tends to be determined by referring to the past game history, and the player's real-time game operation is the effect mode. There is a problem that it is hard to be referred to as a deciding factor of, and it is difficult to feel the feeling of playing a game.

The object of the present invention is, in addition to the basic game playability of winning a prize in a symbol combination gaming machine such as a pachi-slot gaming machine and the payout of the prize associated therewith, is provided with a determination process of awarding of another form. In addition to the original function of stopping the reels with respect to various operation units, such as the stop button, the type of the stopping method is configured to be reflected in the above-mentioned determination process, thereby providing a new game property for the symbol combination gaming machine. Is to produce.

[0014]

The first aspect of the present invention is as follows.
A variable display means for variably displaying various symbols, a winning combination lottery means for performing a lottery of a winning combination, a stopping means operably provided to a player, a lottery result of the drawing means and a stop from the stopping means. A stop control means for stopping and displaying the variable display according to a signal, and a specific game control for determining whether or not a player satisfies a predetermined condition and executing a specific game advantageous to the player according to the determination result. Means and location information control means for updating location information in response to a signal from the stopping means,
A landscape effect control means for controlling a landscape effect displayed based on the location information, wherein the location information control means stops the variable display by the stop control means after the variable display is started. The location information is updated for each one game.

Here, the specific game informs the determined stop order, as will be described later in the embodiments,
The one that informs the winning flag, and the bonus game itself,
It is a game that is more advantageous to the player than a general game, such as one that increases the winning probability of a winning combination and one that allows the stored winning flag to be won.

[0016] Further, the landscape effect includes a scene that shifts to the view of the main character and a map displayed on a plane. Is synchronized with the start of the game by the player's operation of the start lever and the operation of the stop button to end one game, the effect control of the main character acting in the 3D dungeon is performed.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, the landscape effect is characterized in that the background changes depending on the viewpoint from the reference point.

Here, the reference point represents the position on the map of the main character that is the alternation of the player, and is identified by the vertical axis direction data and the horizontal axis direction data on the plane.

Further, in a third aspect of the present invention, the location information includes position information indicating a position of the reference point and direction information indicating a direction of a viewpoint at the reference point.

As a concrete example of the position information and the direction information,
In an embodiment described later, a position flag counter, which is a parameter indicating the current position of the main character that can be operated by the player, and the direction in which the main character is facing (up, down, left and right).
The direction flag counter representing the above is given, and both the counters are updated based on the stop button operation by the player to control the above-mentioned landscape effect.

Further, in a fourth aspect of the present invention, the specific game suggests an operation method advantageous to the player.

As a specific example of suggesting a game method, in the embodiments described later, an ST game is given in which the winning probability of a small winning combination is improved by notifying an appropriate operation sequence, and a battle rush that is a specific game occurs. On the condition that this is done, an appropriate operation sequence is displayed based on the selected stop table.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an external view of a slot machine with a stop button, which is one embodiment of a gaming machine of the present invention, a so-called pachi-slot gaming machine. The pachi-slot gaming machine 1 has a box-shaped cabinet 2 made of plywood in which a front door 3 is openably and closably attached. On the upper part of the front door 3, a game status display lamp 4 which emits and flashes in different display forms when a bonus game occurs or an error occurs, and a speaker which outputs a sound effect during a game or an error sound 5L, 5
R and a payout table 6 in which the number of payouts of each winning combination and a simple game explanation are written are provided. A substantially vertical panel display 7 is provided in the center of the front door 3, and three vertically long rectangular display windows are provided in the center (left display window 8L, middle display window 8C, right display window 8R). Are provided so that the reels in the cabinet (left reel 9L, middle reel 9C, right reel 9R) can be viewed. These reels 3L, 3C, 3
R has a plurality of symbols arranged on its outer peripheral surface and is rotatable, and constitutes a variable display means together with the display windows 8L, 8C, 8R.

On the left side of the panel display section, a 1-BET lamp 10a which lights up when the number of bets is one or more coins, and a 2-BET lamp 1 which lights up when the number of bets is two or more coins
0b, lights up when the number of bets is 3 coins Lights up 3
-A BET lamp 10c is provided. Then, as shown in the enlarged view of the display windows 8L, 8C, 8R shown in FIG.
-When the BET lamp 10a lights up, the center line L1
Becomes an effective winning line (hereinafter abbreviated as an effective line), and when the 2-BET lamp 10b lights up, in addition to the center line L1, a top line L2A and a bottom line L2B
Becomes the effective line, and when the 3-BET lamp 10c is turned on, the cross-down line L3A and the cross-up line L3B become effective lines in addition to the center line L1, the top line L2A, and the bottom line L2B.

On the right side of the panel display section 7, there are provided a bonus information display section 11, a WIN lamp 12, and a payout display section 13. The bonus information display section 11 is composed of 7-segment LEDs and mainly notifies the progress of the bonus game. The WIN lamp 12 lights up with a predetermined probability when a bonus winning combination is internally won, and the player wins 10
0% Notify that the bonus has been internally won. The payout display unit 13 is composed of a 7-segment LED and displays the number of coins paid out when a winning occurs. Display window 8
A liquid crystal display device 14 for displaying various game histories and effects is provided below L, 8C, and 8R, and constitutes an auxiliary effect means.

A coin slot 28 is provided on the right side of the liquid crystal display device 14, a 1-BET switch 16, a 2-BET switch 17, and a MAXBET switch 18 are provided on the right side of the liquid crystal display device, and a credit is provided thereon. Display unit 2
5 are provided. If the 1-BET switch 16 is credited, one coin is bet on the game by one pressing operation, and the 2-BET switch 17 is two coins by one pressing operation. Bet on, MAXBET switch 18 is pressed once,
The maximum number of coins that can be bet in one game, three coins, is bet in the game. By operating these BET switches, the predetermined pay line is activated as described above.

Between the 1-BET switch 16 and the 2-BET switch 17 and the MAXBET switch 18, a cross button 19 for selecting and operating images such as various game data displayed on the liquid crystal display device 14, and the selected contents. A decision button 20 for deciding and a cancel button 21 for canceling the selected contents and returning to the normal display from the selection screen or menu display are provided.

On the 1-BET switch 16 and the 2-BET switch 17, a credit display section 25 having a display section of 7-segment LED is provided. The credit function is a function of internally storing coins within a certain range (for example, 50 coins) without paying out coins at the time of winning, and the current number of stored coins is displayed on the credit display unit 25. When the number of stored coins exceeds 50, coins are paid out to the coin tray 24.

A C / P (credit / payout) switch 22 is provided on the left side of the central portion of the front door 3 so that a player can switch whether to credit or pay out coins acquired in the game by operating a push button. There is. By switching the C / P switch 22, coins are paid out to the coin payout opening 23 at the lower part of the front door, and the paid out coins are stored in the coin tray 24. A start switch 26 is provided on the right side of the C / P switch 22 so as to be rotatable within a predetermined angle range. When the start switch 26 is operated by the player, the three reels 9L, 9C, 9R start to rotate, and the variable display of symbols in the display windows 8L, 8C, 8R is started.

At the center of the front door 3, the liquid crystal display device 14
A stop operation section 15 for stopping the three reels 9L, 9C, 9R that are rotating is provided below the, and constitutes stop means. The stop operation unit 15 includes a left stop button 27L, a middle stop button 27C, and a right stop button 27R. These stop buttons 27L, 27C,
The player can arbitrarily determine the order of stopping 27L.
Generally, the stop operation performed when all reels are rotating is the "first stop operation", the next stop operation is the "second stop operation", and the last stop operation is the "third stop operation". Say. In addition, in this embodiment, operating the left stop button 27L as the first stop operation is “forward pressing”.
That is, operating the middle stop button 27C as the first stop operation is called "middle press", and operating the right stop button 27R as the first stop operation is called "reverse press".

Further, in the case of a game machine having three stop buttons, the stop operation sequence is six kinds in total, and therefore the left stop button 27L is operated as the first stop operation, and the second stop operation is performed. Operate the middle stop button 27C as
Operating the right stop button 27R as the third stop operation is referred to as “pushing left and right”, operating the middle stop button 27C as the first stop operation, and operating the left stop button 27L as the second stop operation. 3 Stop operation Right stop button 27
Operating R is called “middle left / right pressing”, operating the middle stop button 27C as the first stop operation, operating the right stop button 27R as the second stop operation, and operating the left stop button 27L as the third stop operation. The operation is referred to as "middle right left push", the left stop button 27L is operated as the first stop operation, and the right stop button 27R is operated as the second stop operation,
Operating the middle stop button 27C as the third stop operation is referred to as "center-left pressing", the right stop button 27R is operated as the first stop operation, and the left stop button 27L is operated as the second stop operation to perform the third stop operation. Middle stop button 27 as an operation
Operating C is referred to as "middle right / left pressing", operating the right stop button 27R as the first stop operation, operating the middle stop button 27C as the second stop operation, and operating the left stop button 27L as the third stop operation. What you do is called "Right-center-left push" Further, at the center of the front door 3, the liquid crystal display device 14
A coin insertion slot 28 for inserting coins is provided on the right side of the.

FIG. 2 is an example of a circuit block diagram for realizing the operation of the pachi-slot gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. The above-mentioned game control means is roughly composed of two control circuits,
The main control circuit 101 controls various peripheral devices electrically connected based on input signals from various detection means, and the sub control circuit 201 controls the game information transmitted from the main control unit 101 and the cross button 19. , Enter button 20,
The auxiliary effect image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 14 based on the input signal from the cancel button 20, and the speaker 5
Controls sound effects generated from L and 5R.

The main control circuit 101 has a microcomputer 102 arranged on a circuit board as a main component, and a circuit for random number sampling is added thereto. The microcomputer 102 is a ROM 104 in which game programs and data are stored in advance.
It also includes a CPU 103 that performs a control operation according to a game program in the ROM 104, and a RAM 105 that provides a work area required for control processing.

The CPU 103 includes a clock pulse generation circuit 106 for generating a reference clock pulse and a frequency divider 10.
7 and a random number generator 1 for generating random numbers to be sampled
08 and a sampling circuit 109 for sampling a random number based on a signal from a start switch 26 described later.
Are connected. As a random number sampling means, the microcomputer 102 may perform random number sampling by processing by software. In that case, the random number generator 108 and the sampling circuit 109 can be omitted.

ROM 10 of the microcomputer 102
In addition to the control program for controlling various operations of the pachi-slot gaming machine, a winning probability table used for determining whether or not the random number value obtained based on the operation of the start switch 26 is used in a probability lottery process described later. The reels 9L, 9L are operated in response to the operation of the stop buttons 27L, 27C, 27R.
A stop table for determining stop positions of C and 9R, various game information commands to the sub control circuit 201, and the like are stored.

Various peripheral devices (actuators)
Are connected to the CPU 103 via the I / O port 110.

The motor drive circuit 111 drives each of the stepping motors 112L, 112L for rotating the reels 9L, 9C, 9R in response to a drive signal from the CPU 103.
The drive control of C and 112R is performed. In addition, the motor drive circuit 1
Reference numeral 11 controls stop of the stepping motors 112L, 112C, 112R in response to a stop control signal from the CPU 103.

The hopper drive circuit 113 is a CPU 103.
Based on the payout command from, the hopper 114, which is a coin payout device, is driven and controlled.

The 7-segment drive circuit 115 drives and controls various display sections (payout display section 13, credit display section 25, bonus in-progress information display section 11) composed of 7-segment LEDs.

The lamp driving circuit 116 includes various display portions (1-BET lamp 10a, 2-BET lamp 10b, MAXBET (3-BET) lamp 10 which are composed of lamps.
c, WIN lamp 12) is driven and controlled.

In addition, a liquid crystal display device 1 is also used as a display device.
4 and reel backlights described later, these are driven and controlled by the sub control circuit 201.

The start switch 26, the 1-BET switch 16, and the 2-BET switch 1 are the main input signal generating means for generating the input signal necessary for the microcomputer 102 to generate the control signal for each drive circuit.
7, MAXBET switch 18, C / P switch 22,
Input coin sensor 117, reel stop signal circuit 118,
Reel index detection circuit 115, payout detection circuit 11
There are 9 and so on. These are also connected to the CPU 103 via the I / O port 110.

The start switch 26 detects the start operation of the player. The inserted coin sensor 117 detects a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 28 that has passed a selector for selecting odd-shaped coins. The reel stop signal circuit 118 includes each stop button 9L,
When the operation of 9C and 9R is detected, a stop signal is generated. The reel index detection circuit 115 receives a signal from the rotation reference position detection switch in the stepping motor and supplies a symbol position reset signal to the CPU 103. The payout detection circuit 119 receives a signal from the coin detection unit 120 inside the hopper 114, and supplies a payout number signal to the CPU 103.

Next, how each of these drive circuits is controlled in the flow of a series of games will be described. First, since the power switch of the pachi-slot gaming machine 1 is turned on, the random number generator 108 is generating random numbers belonging to a certain numerical range. When the coin insertion by the player is detected by the insertion coin sensor 117, or the coin is credited, the 1-BET switch 16, the 2-BET switch 17,
1-BET by betting operation of MAXBET switch 18
The lamp driving circuit 116 drives the lamp 10a, the 2-BET lamp 10b, and the 3-BET lamp 10c to light. The random number value is sampled by the sampling circuit 109 at the timing when the start switch 26 detects the game start operation of the player. Then, the sampled random number value is compared with the winning probability table stored in the ROM 104, and if there is a winning, a winning flag of the corresponding winning combination is set. This software-like lottery process is called “probability lottery process”, and the details will be described later.

Then, each stepping motor 112L, 1
A drive pulse is supplied to 12C and 112R through the motor drive circuit 111, and each reel 9L, 9C, and 9R starts rotation. The CPU 103 monitors the supplied drive pulse and updates the "pulse counter" secured in the RAM 105. Then, the value of this pulse counter is monitored, and when the predetermined value is reached, it is determined that the symbol has moved by one symbol (also called one frame), and the "symbol counter" secured in the RAM 105 is incremented by 1 To do.

For example, it is a stepping motor which makes one rotation with 400 pulses of 1-2 phase excitation and has two
If one symbol is arranged, the symbol moves by one frame in about 19 pulses, so the CPU 103 determines that one symbol has moved when the value of the pulse counter reaches 19 pulses. Then, the "symbol counter" is incremented by 1. On the other hand, in the reels 9L, 9C and 9R,
An index detection signal is generated every time the reference point of the symbol passes through the center line L1 of the display window 8, and a reset pulse is sent to the CPU via the reel index detection circuit 115.
It is input to 103. The CPU 103 which has detected the input of the reset pulse clears the symbol counter counted up in the RAM 105, and the symbol position which is grasped by software and the symbol position which is actually displayed in the display window 8 are consistent with each other. Reserved.

When the reels 9L, 9C, 9R start rotating and enter a constant speed rotation state after a lapse of a certain time, the operation of the stop buttons 27L, 27C, 27R is validated. When the player performs a stop operation, a reel stop signal is input to the CPU 103 via the reel stop signal circuit 118, and after soft processing such as selection of a stop position is performed, stepping is performed via the motor drive circuit 111. Motor 112L, 1
The stop pulse is supplied to 12C and 112R, and the reel 9
L, 9C and 9R are stop-controlled.

When the stop control of the reels 9L, 9C, 9R is performed, the CPU 103 uses the code number of the symbol on the center line L1 as the stop operation position when receiving the stop signal from the reel stop signal circuit 118, and the RAM1.
The table is stored in a predetermined area 05 and the stop table in which the stop operation position and the symbol to be stopped and displayed on the center line L1 are associated with each other is referred to. Then, the symbol stop position corresponding to the stop operation position is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 105, and how many pulses (how many frames) are left to stop and display the target symbol.
It is calculated whether it should be supplied, and after the calculated number of pulses is supplied, stop control is performed.

When all the reels 9L, 9C and 9R are stopped, a prize search is performed. In the prize search, first, the symbol table stored in the ROM 104 is compared with the symbol stop position stored in the RAM 105, and the display windows 8L, 8C,
Understand what kind of state the stop mode of this game stopped at 8R is. The symbol table is reel 9L,
9C, 9R is configured corresponding to the symbol line drawn on the outer peripheral surface, and the code numbers representing the order of the symbols from the reference position and the symbol codes provided corresponding to the code numbers are associated with each other. It plays the role of a soft reel band. Next, each effective line L1, L2A, L2
B, L3A, and L3B, the stop mode and ROM1
The winning symbol combination table stored in 04 is collated to determine whether or not there is a winning. The winning symbol combination table is a combination of winning symbol combinations and the number of payout coins at the time of winning, and the winning symbol combinations and payout numbers that are valid depending on the gaming state are different. Switch and process.

When the CPU 103 determines “winning” in the winning search, it supplies a payout signal to the hopper drive circuit 113 to pay out a predetermined number of coins from the hopper 114.
At that time, the coin detection unit 123 counts the number of coins paid out from the hopper 114, and when the count value reaches a predetermined number, stops the drive signal to the hopper drive circuit and stops the coin payout.

The block diagram of FIG. 3 shows the sub-control circuit 201.
Represents the configuration of. The sub control circuit 201, based on the game information from the main control circuit 101, the input from the cross button 19, the determination button 20, the cancel button 21, etc., the peripheral devices related to the performance such as the liquid crystal display device 14 and the speakers 5L, 5R. Control.

The sub-control circuit 201 includes a sub-microcomputer as a main constituent element, and the liquid crystal display device 14 is provided.
Image control circuit 250 for controlling the display, speakers 5L, 5R
Sound source IC 230 for controlling the sound output of the sound source, power amplifier 231 as an amplifier, and reel back lamp control circuit 24
It consists of zero. These control circuits are configured on a circuit board different from the main control circuit.

The sub-microcomputer 202 includes a sub-CPU 203, a sub-ROM 204 as a storage means, and a sub-RAM 205. The sub-control circuit 201 in FIG. 3 is provided with a clock pulse generation circuit, a frequency divider, a random number generator, and a sampling circuit, which are similar to the main control circuit, although they are not shown. In the sub ROM 204, a communication sequence program with the main control circuit 201,
An effect selection table for selecting various effects based on the received game information, a sound sequence program, etc. are stored. The sub RAM 205 is used as a work area for executing these control programs.

The sub CPU 203 is connected to the main control circuit 10
Based on the game information command sent from 1, decide what kind of effect the various effect control circuits should perform,
The decision contents are transmitted to each effect control circuit. Furthermore, the character (the monster of the enemy character in the present embodiment) displayed on the liquid crystal display device 14 is selected according to the input signal based on the operation of the cross button 19, the determination button 20, and the cancel button 21 by the player. , The size of the bonus is determined according to the selected character.

The image control circuit 250 includes the image control CPU 2
51, an image control ROM 252, an image control RAM 253,
Image ROM 255, video RAM 256 and image control I
It is composed of C254. The image control CPU 251 receives the parameters determined by the sub-microcomputer 202 through the image control circuit IN port 257, and determines the display content on the liquid crystal display device 14 according to the image control sequence program stored in the image control ROM 252. The image control ROM 252 stores a reception sequence program for image effect commands transmitted from the sub-microcomputer 202, an image control sequence program for controlling the image control IC 254, and the like.
The image control RAM 253 is used as a work area when executing the image control program.

The image control IC 254 is the image control CPU 2
The image corresponding to the display content determined in 51 is displayed in the image ROM.
The image data is formed by using the graphic data stored in 255, is temporarily stored in the video RAM 256, and is output to the liquid crystal display device 14 via the image control circuit OUT port 258 at an appropriate timing to provide a display effect. .

The reel back lamp drive circuit 240 is used for effect display control such as winning effect and advance notice of the winning flag. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the reels 9L, 9C, 9R. Reel strips 29L, 29C, 29 of reels 9L, 9C, 9R
R is composed of a semi-transparent film material, and each symbol such as a "cherry" pattern or a "7" pattern is printed on the surface with light-transmitting colored ink, and the area other than those symbols is covered with light-shielding ink. Masking is done. Reel obi 2
Lamp housing 30 behind 9L, 29C and 29R
L, 30C, 30R are provided so that the light emission of each lamp does not interfere with other symbol areas. Reel back lamps 31L, 31C, 31R are built in each room of the lamp housings 30L, 30C, 30R. The reel back lamp control circuit 240, based on the parameters determined by the sub-microcomputer 202, reel reel lamps 31L, 31C, 31.
The R is controlled to blink. For example, when coins are paid out, the reel back lamps 31L, 31C, 31R of the symbols on the pay line are controlled to blink, or different blinking modes are prepared for each internal winning combination, and when the respective winning flags are established, the effect display is performed. By doing so, it suggests to the player which winning pattern should be aimed.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the reel strips 29L, 29C, 29R developed on a plane. Each reel is provided with 21 symbols, each symbol is given a symbol number of 1 to 21, and is stored in the ROM 104 as a symbol table. The symbol rows 9L ', 9C', 9R 'are reels 9L,
The symbol numbers are moved and displayed in order (from bottom to top) as the 9C and 9R are driven to rotate.

FIG. 7 shows the number of payouts for a winning symbol combination (winning combination) in each gaming state.

Here, the internal winning, winning, and game state will be described. The internal winning is a state in which, as a result of collating the sampled random number value and the winning probability table in the above-mentioned probability lottery process, it is determined to be winning and the winning flag of the corresponding winning combination is set. The winning flag exists for all winning combinations in principle, but due to its characteristics,
It is valid only for games that have been won, and it is not limited to games for which the winning flag has been established, as well as games for which the winning flag has been established, which is a small winning combination that does not carry over the winning flag to the next game, and is carried over until the winning occurs. , A big bonus (BB) and a regular bonus (RB), the internal lottery probability of a winning combination is increased, and it is roughly classified into those of a winning combination called a bonus combination that can obtain a large amount of coins.

Examples of the small winning combination include, for example, a "cherry" winning combination in which the player can win by simply stopping on the active line of the left reel, and a winning "bell" when all three symbols are stopped on the effective line. There are "winning roles" and "watermelon" winning roles. Regular bonuses and big bonuses are also available as bonus prizes. Regular bonus (RB)
Is displayed on the activated pay line, for example, "BAR-BAR-B
This is caused by the fact that "AR" is complete. First, 15 coins are paid out at the time of winning the prize. Then, a one-off bonus game (referred to as a JAC game or accessory game) can be played 12 times or until a prize is generated 8 times. The big bonus (BB) occurs when, for example, "red 7-red 7-red 7" are aligned on the activated line, and 15 coins are paid out at the time of winning. And B
You can play a small combination called B general game or a game with an increased winning probability of RB up to 30 times, and you can play RB up to 3 times during that period. The RB prize from the general game occurs when, for example, "BAR-BAR-BAR" are prepared,
The RB prize from the general game in the BB occurs when "replay-replay-replay" are complete. Since the replay winning combination automatically inserts the same number of coins as the number of inserted coins when a prize is won, it is possible to play a game in the next game without inserting coins. Single bonus (S
B) occurs when, for example, "7 with sword-7 with sword-7 with sword" are aligned on the activated line, and 15 coins are paid out at the time of winning. Then, the JAC game can be played once. This SB is named "Bonus",
The winning flag is not carried over, and the winning flag is effective only for the game of the same time as the small win.

Next, the game state will be described. The game state is
It is roughly divided into three states depending on the presence or absence of the winning flag of the bonus winning combination, the bonus winning combination has not been internally won yet, and the internal winning is performed in the probability lottery process.
Bonus internal winning state (bonus internal winning, also referred to as bonus internal winning) in which bonus winning symbols are not aligned on the active line and winning has not occurred yet, winning symbol is well on the active line during bonus internal winning Are arranged and are roughly classified into a bonus game state (also referred to as bonus operation) in which a bonus game is being played.

Further, during the bonus internal winning, it is divided into BB internal winning and RB internal winning depending on the bonus type. The bonus operation is also divided into the BB operation and the RB operation.

In addition to the bonus winning combination, there is a game state (hereinafter referred to as a specific state) which is advantageous for the player who can obtain a large amount of coins.

For example, with respect to the winning probability table of the SB during the general game called "centralized machine", a high probability table (for example, SB internal winning probability 1/2) and a low probability table (for example, SB internal winning probability 1/20). And a lottery to switch to the high-probability table when using the low-probability table (generally called "rush lottery"), and a lottery to switch to the low-probability table when using the high-probability table (generally "punk lottery" It is known that the coins gradually increase when the high probability table is used.

Further, a plurality of winning combinations called "AT (assist time) function" which can never win at the same time are set (for example, "bell-bell-red 7", "bell-bell-blue 7", "bell-bell-blue 7", Bell-Bell-White 7 "winning combination, right reel" Red 7 "," Blue 7 "," White 7 ", each symbol has 4 or more spaces between each symbol.) Since it does not notify the type, I do not know which "7" to aim for, and in theory, I can only win 1/3 after internal winning, but if it becomes a state to notify the internal winning type called AT period, you should aim Since the type of the "7" symbol can be known, it is known that a specific state in which coins gradually increase and coins are theoretically possible with 100% after the internal winning is achieved, provided that the operator pushes accurately.

In addition, which is called "ST (super time) function", if a predetermined stop order is not performed for one internal winning combination, the winning combination is internally won and an accurate pushing operation is performed. Even if you do, there is also one that performs stop control in which the winning symbols are not arranged. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, for the winning combination “bell”, the stop order table is “from No. 1”.
NO. Up to 6 "6 types are prepared, and when Bell wins internally in the probability lottery process, the stop table to be used is selected by random number lottery or the like. For example, a table in this game"
NO. When the "3" stop table is selected, a prize occurs when the middle stop button 27C is performed by the first stop operation, the left stop button 27L is performed by the second stop operation, and the right reel stop button 27R is performed by the third stop operation. Other than the five types of stop order, stop control is performed in which bell symbols are not aligned on the activated line even if the bell is internally won.

In the normal state, since the stop order is not notified, theoretically, only one-sixth can be won after the internal winning. However, another way of notifying the type of the selected stop table called the ST period is described. If it becomes a state to inform the order that should be stopped order, theoretically 100% after internal winning
It is known that a prize can be won and coins gradually increase.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Even if the winning symbols are the same, the number of payouts is different depending on the game state. For example, the watermelon winning combination is 3 coins to be paid out during the normal game and the bonus internal winning, but BB
It is a payout of 15 cards in the middle general game. Also, "Replay-
"Replay-Replay" is a replay winning symbol during the normal game and during the bonus internal winning, but it is an RB winning symbol in the BB ordinary game, and is a winning character winning symbol of 15 payouts in the JAC game.

Further, in this embodiment, in addition to the bonus winning combination, the above-mentioned "ST" is adopted as a situation advantageous to the player, and the ST function is activated when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the general game. There is. Specifically, when the SB winning combination or the Bell winning combination is internally won, the player is informed of the stop order information necessary for aligning the combinations of the winning symbols. Therefore, when the SB winning combination or the Bell winning combination is internally won during the period of the specific state, the player operates in accordance with the notified stop order to surely generate the winning without causing the omission. You can Hereinafter, the period during which this specific state occurs is referred to as "game assistance period".

The game assistance period is generated by satisfying a certain condition in a predetermined determination process performed during the general game. Specifically, in the 3D maze, the main character is operated to aim at the exit, and if the player successfully escapes within the presented number of games, the game assistance period is provided. Details will be described later.

FIG. 9 shows a winning probability table used in the above-mentioned probability lottery process. The random number value is "0-163
When it is extracted in the range of 83 ″ and belongs to the winning range defined for each winning combination, the internal winning of the corresponding winning combination is achieved.
For example, the random number extracted in this game is “1000
If it is 0, the winning range of the Bell winning combination is “2299 to 1”
Since it belongs to 1024 ", it is an internal winning of the Bell winning combination.
Also, the random number extracted in this game is "15000.
"If it is, the range of loss" 13669-1638
Since it belongs to 3 ", none of the winning combinations are internally won, and loses. The winning range varies depending on the type of winning combination, for example, the winning range of the Bell winning combination has a range of" 8726 ", The winning range of BB has a range of only “38.” In other words, the winning probability is lower.

In FIG. 10A, a main character 303 (hereinafter simply referred to as “main character”) moving in a 3D maze 302 (hereinafter simply referred to as “dungeon”) on a display screen 301 of the liquid crystal display device 14. Yes) is displayed. The main character 303 is configured to proceed through the dungeon 302 and aim for the goal according to the stop operation of the player.

FIG. 10B shows the stop buttons 27L and 27L.
It is a correspondence table of the operation of C and 27R and the action type of the hero 303. The left stop button 27L is operated by the main character 303
Do not move from the current position, but turn to the left at that position (turn 90 ° left) and operate the middle stop button 27C by moving the hero 303 forward one space from the current position and operating the right stop button 27R. Does not move the protagonist 303 from the current position, but turns to the right at that position (turn right 90 °).

Next, with reference to FIGS. 11 to 14, it will be described how the dungeon 302 and the hero 303 displayed on the display screen 301 are changed by the stop operation of the player.

FIG. 12 shows a dungeon map in which the dungeon 302 is represented as a planar map on the left side, and the display screen 301 on the right side. For example, this time, it is assumed that the hero 303 is positioned at the point with an arrow (→) in the upper left of FIG. 12 (a) in the direction of → (right direction) at the start stage. On the right side of FIG. 12 (a), the dungeon 30 spreads in the field of view of the main character at that time.
2 is displayed (hereinafter referred to as a subjective dungeon display). As described above, the protagonist 303 moves the dungeon 302 by the operation of the player, but in the present embodiment, it represents the position of the protagonist as a parameter referred to when determining the display mode of the dungeon subjective display. A position flag counter, which is a parameter, and a direction flag counter, which is a parameter indicating the direction of the viewpoint, are set.

FIG. 11A is a conceptual diagram of the position flag counter. The position flag counter assigns position information of 1 to 10 in the X direction and the Y direction, and increases or decreases the X direction counter and the Y direction counter according to the stop operation type of the player to determine the current position of the main character 303. Is configured to represent. For example, the position of Δ in the drawing is the position of the X-direction counter “5” and the position of the Y-direction counter “2”, and the position of × in the drawing is the X-direction counter “7” and the Y-direction counter “10”.
Is the position.

FIG. 11B is a conceptual diagram of the direction flag counter. The direction flag counter is a counter that identifies direction information indicating whether the hero is facing up, down, left, or right at the position on the dungeon map specified by the position flag counter, and is "1". , Right direction (→) is “2”, down direction is “3”, left direction is “4”
Are assigned numbers.

Returning to FIG. 12, the description will be continued. 12
(B) shows the dungeon subjective display when the middle stop button 27C is operated from the position of FIG. In the middle stop button operation, the hero advances one step as shown in FIG. 12B, so that the dungeon subjective display changes accordingly. That is, in FIG. 12 (a), the right turn passage is seen diagonally to the right front, but in FIG. 12 (b), the right turn passage is seen to the right, not the diagonal right forward. That is, in FIG. 12B, from the start point, the position: X direction “1”, Y direction “1”, direction: rightward (hereinafter, the main character 30 including position information in the X direction and Y direction and direction information).
3) “Location information”).

Similarly, in FIG. 13A, FIG.
The dungeon subjective display when the right stop button 27R is operated from the point is shown. That is, the right stop button 27
Since the operation of R is the right turn operation of the main character 303, the state changed from the leftward state to the downward state.
The location information of the protagonist 303 at this time is “X direction“ 1 ”, Y direction“ 1 ”, downward”.

Similarly, in FIG. 13B, FIG.
From this state, the middle stop button 27C is operated twice to advance downward by 2 squares. The location information on the dungeon map at this time is “X direction“ 1 ”, Y direction“ 3 ”, downward”.

Similarly, in FIG. 14A, FIG.
In this state, the left stop button 27L is operated to turn left. The position information on the dungeon map at this time is “X direction“ 1 ”, Y direction“ 3 ”, rightward”.

Similarly, FIG. 14B is a diagram showing a subjective dungeon display when the player operates the left stop button 27L from the state of FIG. 14A, and the location information "X direction" 1 It can be seen that the position information “X direction“ 1 ”, Y direction“ 3 ”, upward” is changed by turning left from “, Y direction“ 3 ”, rightward”.

FIG. 15 is a list of dungeon maps used in this embodiment. There are four types of dungeon 302 prepared from a dungeon map to a dungeon map, each of which is designed to have a different shape. Further, each dungeon 302 has two entrances / exits, and one is assigned to the entrance (start point) and the other is assigned to the exit (goal point) by the entrance / exit lottery process described later.

FIG. 16A shows that the player has a middle stop button 2
7C is a diagram showing a progress-prohibited display indicating that the user has intended to move forward by operating 7C, but cannot move forward due to a wall in the direction of movement. For example, in the dungeon map of FIG. 15, it is displayed when the middle stop button 27C is operated with the location information “X direction“ 3 ”, Y direction“ 4 ”, downward” ”.

FIG. 16B is a diagram showing a mission achievement screen showing a scene where the player reaches the exit within the limited number of games and wins the BR. In the present embodiment, for a plurality of types of dungeons 302, a BR is a specific game when the goal is reached within the limited number of games determined by random number lottery.
Is provided.

FIG. 17 shows a use dungeon lottery table for deciding which dungeon is to be used in this game from a plurality of prepared dungeons, and one of two entrances / exits for the decided use dungeon. It is a figure which shows the entrance / exit lottery table which determines whether it sets to. In this embodiment, BR which is one form of the specific game state
The condition to grant is to raise the dungeon within the specified number of games, but if it is a single dungeon, the player gets tired and the terrain is grasped while playing a long game, Since a problem such as BR being given only to specific players who are good at playing, we will prepare multiple dungeons, decide the dungeon to use by random number lottery, and also the position of the entrance and exit It is configured to be determined by lottery so that the player cannot easily grasp the shape of the dungeon 302. For example, the random numbers for the effect lottery processing extracted this time are 67 for random number 1 and 23 for random number 2.
If it is, the used dungeon map is “3”, the entrance is “E”, and the exit is “F”. The entrance / exit is determined by the winning location and the other exit.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a limited game number lottery table for determining the number of games within which the BR is to be provided when the dungeon escape is achieved, or the number of limited games is determined.
As for the limited number of games, 50 games, 100 games, 150 games, and 300 games are prepared. Naturally, the greater the number of limited games, the easier the BR is given. In terms of the lottery probability, 100 games are the most easily selected.

FIG. 19 shows an image during BR (Battle Rush). During BR, on the display screen 301,
The order of the stop operation is notified as information necessary for establishing the winning of the internal winning combination. In this embodiment, BR
It works when you win the SB prize or the Bell prize internally. In FIG. 19A, a stop operation sequence display 304 is displayed in the center of the display screen 301, the number of remaining BR games 305 is displayed in the lower left corner, and the number of remaining BR games is acquired in the BR in the lower right corner. The number of coins 306 is displayed. This screen shows the screen that is first displayed when the player wins internally to SB or Bell in the game in BR, and the characters "Press left" and the symbol are displayed on the right side of the center of the display screen 301. , The symbol on the left side of the center is displayed. This is the right stop button 27R as the first stop operation.
Is operated to inform the user to operate the left stop button 27L as the second stop operation.

FIG. 19B shows the display screen 301 when a winning combination (including loss) other than bell or SB is established in the game in BR, and no operation order is notified.

FIG. 20 (a) is a display form when the right stop button 27R is operated by the first stop operation in the notification of the form of FIG. 19 (a) and the operation is performed in a proper pressing order.
The display of the stop operation sequence on the right is an explosion. FIG. 20B shows the left reel 27 in the second stop operation.
Although the user has been informed to operate L, the left stop operation order is displayed with a cross mark in the display mode when the middle stop button 27C is operated by mistake and the stop order is wrong. . FIG. 20C shows a display form when the stop operation is performed in the stop order of the selected stop table, and the three stop operation orders are displayed in an explosive manner.

According to the BR as described above, the player can easily achieve the prize by simply performing the stop operation in accordance with the instruction displayed on the display screen 301, and can obtain many coins. it can.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a game information command table from the main control circuit 101. In the present embodiment, the main control circuit 1 that controls winning determination, coin payout, etc.
01 and the sub-control circuit 201 that controls the liquid crystal display device 14 and the speakers 5L and 5R are configured on different boards, and the battle effect or B processed by the sub-control circuit 201 is performed.
Since game information about the internal winning state of the winning combination processed by the main control circuit and the reel stop situation is required for the production control such as R, both boards are connected with a straight cable and the necessary information is provided. It is transmitting sequentially. The command transmitted is a "start command" transmitted when the player operates the start lever 26, and the spinning reel 9
Stop buttons 27L, 2 to stop L, 9C, 9R
There are a "reel stop command" transmitted when 7C and 27R are operated, and a "1 game end command" transmitted when all of one game is completed.

Each command is represented by 2 bytes of one type of data, the preceding 1 byte indicates the type of the command, and the following 1 byte indicates its content. The start command is composed of 6-byte data, and the data types are composed of three types of "internal winning combination", "gaming state", and "selection stop table". The reel stop command is composed of 4-byte data per one stop operation, and is composed of two kinds of data types, "stop order" and "stop reel".
1 game end command consists of 4-byte data, and the data type is "winning prize type", "bonus game state"
It is composed of two types.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a main work area required for effect control of the sub RAM 205. The reception flag area is for the game information command transmitted from the main control circuit 101, the cross button 19, and the determination button 2
This is an area for identifying whether or not external input data such as 0 and the cancel button 21 exists, and storing the contents. The BR continuation number counter is a counter showing the number of remaining games in the BR game, and when the BR which is the specific game occurs, a prescribed value "100" is set as an initial value. The position flag counter is a counter that identifies the position of the hero in the dungeon 302. The direction flag counter is a counter for identifying the direction (viewpoint direction) in which the hero in the dungeon 302 is facing. The mission continuation flag is a flag that gives BR when the goal of the dungeon 302 is reached while the continuation flag is on, and identifies whether or not it is within the time limit. The BR occurrence flag is a flag for identifying whether or not the BR game is currently being executed. The used dungeon flag is a flag for identifying a dungeon map used in this mission for a plurality of dungeon maps. The entrance / exit flag is a flag that identifies which of the two entrances and exits in each dungeon is the entrance and which is the exit. The limited game number counter is a counter that is set to the number of games determined by random number lottery prior to the start of the game, and is decremented for each game. When it reaches 0, the mission continuation flag is turned off. The progress-prohibited display flag is displayed when the middle stop button 27C is operated.
It is a flag for identifying that the progress is not displayed when there is a wall in front and the user cannot proceed. The BR withdrawal flag is a flag for identifying a temporary interruption of the BR game when a bonus winning combination is internally won during the BR game. The random number for effect lottery processing is an area for storing random number values used for various lottery processing.

Next, the control operation of the main control circuit 101 and the CPU 103 will be described with reference to the main flow charts shown in FIGS.

First, the CPU 103 performs an initialization process (step "abbreviated as ST" 301) before starting the game. Specifically, the status of the previous game and communication data stored in the RAM 105 are cleared, the game parameters necessary for the game are written, and the start address of the sequence program is set.

Next, the CPU 103 determines whether or not there is an automatic coin insertion request, that is, whether or not a replay prize has been won in the previous game (ST302). This judgment is "YE
If "S", coins for the insertion request are automatically inserted (ST
303) and the process proceeds to ST305. When the determination in ST302 is “NO”, whether a new coin has been inserted, that is, whether there is an input from the inserted coin sensor 117 due to the player inserting a coin into the coin insertion slot 28, or various BET switches. It is determined whether or not there is an input due to the operation of 16, 17, or 18 (ST30
4). If this determination is “YES”, the process proceeds to ST305, and if “NO”, the input signal is continuously monitored until the BET operation is performed.

Next, the CPU 103 determines whether or not there is an input by operating the start switch 26 (ST3).
05). If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to ST306, and if "NO", the input signal is continuously monitored until the start switch is operated.

Next, a probability lottery process is performed (ST30
6). In the probability lottery process, the random number for lottery is first set to “0 to 1” by using the random number generator 108 and the sampling circuit 109.
6383 "in the range. Then, using the winning probability table (FIG. 9) that sets a random number value range (winning range) that is won according to the game state and the number of inserted medals, the extracted random number value is Whether or not it belongs to the winning range is determined, and the corresponding internal winning combination (winning flag) is determined.

When the determined winning flag is the SB winning combination or the bell winning combination, the stop table to be used is determined (ST307). The stop table is performed by random number lottery processing using a probability table having a random number range evenly in each of the six kinds of stop tables as shown in FIG.

Next, the main control circuit 101 at the start of the game
The game information of is transmitted to the sub-control circuit (ST308).
As the command to be transmitted, as shown in the "start command" of the game information command table of FIG. 21, the winning flag determined in the probability lottery process, the current game state,
The stop table number or the like determined according to the winning flag is transmitted.

Next, it is judged whether or not the one-game monitoring timer set in the previous game has passed a specified time, for example, 4.1 seconds (ST309). If "YES", the next game is judged. A one-game monitoring timer for the next game is set (ST311), and when "NO", the one-game monitoring timer for the next game is set after the remaining specified time is consumed (ST310) (ST311).

Next, the CPU 103 controls the motor drive circuit 1
11 is controlled to rotate the reels 9L, 9C, 9R (reel rotation processing) (ST312). The reel rotation process is a process in which the constant speed rotation process is performed after the acceleration process is performed from a state where the reels 9L, 9C, 9R are stopped and a certain speed is reached. The stop buttons 27L, 27C and 27R are activated on condition that the constant speed rotation is achieved, and the reels 9L, 9C and 9R can be stopped.

Next, the CPU 103 causes the stop button 27
Whether any of L, 27C, 27R has been operated (stop button ON), that is, the stop sent from the reel stop signal circuit 118 when the stop button 27L, 27C, 27R is operated by the player. Determine if there is a signal. If this determination is “YES”, ST315
If NO, the process proceeds to ST314. S
In the process of T314, it is determined whether or not the value of the automatic stop timer is "0". Automatic stop means that when a certain period of time (for example, 40 seconds) elapses after the reel starts rotating,
Even if the stop buttons 27L, 27C, 27R are not operated and the reels 9L, 9C, 9R are rotating, the stop control is automatically performed. When this determination is "YES", that is, the automatic stop timer is "0".
If it is, ST3 is required to automatically stop the reel.
If it is “NO”, the process proceeds to ST313 to continuously monitor the acceptance of the stop operation.

In the processing of ST315, the CPU 103
"Slip frame number determination process" is performed. In this "slip frame number determination process", the number of slide frames of the reel corresponding to the stop button that has been stopped is determined. Here, the "number of sliding symbols" means what the symbol position (this is called "stop operation position") displayed in the display windows 8L, 8C, 8R when the stop buttons 27L, 27C, 27R are operated. It refers to the number of symbols (number of frames) that slides, whether to slide the symbols to stop the reel (the position where the reels actually stop is referred to as "stop position").

Next, the CPU 103 controls the motor drive circuit 111 so that the reel corresponding to the stop button that has been stopped is rotated by the determined number of slide frames and then stopped (ST316).

Next, the CPU 103 issues a "reel stop command" indicating that the reel has stopped.
1 (ST317). The reel stop command is, as shown in the "reel stop command" of the game information command of FIG. 28, the stop order status (which stop operation is the current stop operation) and the stop reel status (which reel was stopped. ) Is transmitted to the sub control circuit 201.

Next, the CPU 103 determines whether or not all reels have stopped. If this determination is “YES”, the process proceeds to ST319, and if “NO”, it means that the spinning reel still remains, so the process proceeds to ST313.

Next, the CPU 103 performs a winning retrieval process (ST319). In this prize search process, the display window 8
It is determined whether or not the stop mode of the symbols displayed on L, 8C, and 8R indicates that the winning is achieved. If the stop mode indicates that the winning is achieved, the winning flag of the corresponding winning combination is set to R.
It is stored in the AM 105. Specifically, the center line L
The determination is made by collating the code number of the symbol on 1 with the winning symbol combination table stored in the ROM 104.

Then, it is checked whether or not the winning flag and the winning flag match, and it is determined whether or not the winning prize is normal (ST320). When this determination is "NO", an illegal error is displayed and the execution of the game program is stopped. When the determination in ST320 is "YES", coins are paid out according to the type of winning combination and the gaming state (ST322).

Next, when the game state changes due to the termination of the game this time, the shift process is performed (ST32).
3). For example, if it was the final prize of the bonus game,
There are cases where a bonus is internally won in the game this time, cases where the symbol "7-7-7" is stopped on the activated line, and the bonus game is started.

Subsequently, the type of winning combination and the game state that have been established are transmitted to the sub control circuit as one game end command shown in the game information command table of FIG. 21 (ST32).
4).

Next, the sub CPU 2 of the sub control circuit 201
The control operation of No. 03 will be described. First, a reception process for receiving a command transmitted from the main control circuit and an input signal from the cross button 19, the determination button 20, and the cancel button 21 will be described.

FIG. 26 is a flow chart showing the receiving process. The reception process is executed by an interrupt process every 3 ms. First, the input buffer is checked (ST40
0), it is determined whether there is an input signal in the input buffer (S
T401). If this determination is "YES", the reception flag is turned on (ST402), and the content of the reception command is set in the sub RAM 205 (ST403), and the process is terminated. If "NO", the process is terminated.

Next, the main flow chart on the sub control circuit side shown in FIG. 27 will be described. First, sub CPU2
03 checks the reception flag area in the sub RAM 205 to determine whether or not there is an input operation related to the game support menu such as the cross key 17, the determination button 20, the cancel button 21 (ST404). The game support menu includes payout information and explanation of the game method. If this determination is "NO", the process proceeds to ST406, and if "YES", the support menu is displayed and edited in accordance with the input (ST405).

Next, the sub CPU 203 makes the sub RAM 20
Check the reception flag area of 5. The game information regarding the main control circuit 101 stored in the reception flag is, as described above, for stopping the start command generated by the operation of the start switch 26 and the spinning reels 9L, 9C, 9R. Stop button 27
There are reel stop commands that occur when L, 27C, and 27R are operated, and one game end commands that occur after coins have been paid out if all reels have stopped and a prize has been won. Various effect processes are executed by the command.

First, the sub CPU 203 determines whether or not a start command has been received (ST406). If this determination is “NO”, the process proceeds to ST408,
If "YES", "Start production control process"
Move to (ST407). This is to perform the control processing when the BR is in progress. Details will be described later.

Next, the sub CPU 203 determines whether or not a reel stop command has been received (ST408).
If this determination is "NO", the process proceeds to ST410, and if "YES", the process proceeds to the effect control process when the reels are stopped (ST409). This is for notifying the stop order during BR and producing an effect according to the consistency between the notification content and the actual stop operation. Details will be described later.

Next, the sub CPU 203 determines whether or not a one game end command is received (ST41).
0). If this determination is “NO”, ST404
The process returns to the above and the same process is repeated. "YES"
In case of, it shifts to the production control processing at the end of one game (ST4
11). This is a process for updating the subjective display of the dungeon 302, and updating the number of games remaining and the number of coins acquired during BR. Details will be described later.

After the processing of ST411 ends, S
Returning to T404, the same processing is repeated. In this way, the main flow chart of the sub-control circuit 201 repeats the process of branching to the corresponding effect process according to the type of input (switch input or command from the main control circuit 101) from the outside.

FIG. 28 is a flow chart showing the effect control process at the start. First, the sub CPU 203
R execution processing is performed (ST500). BR execution processing is B
The stop order is notified during R. Details will be described later.

Next, the game control process at the end of one game will be described. FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing the effect control process at the end of one game. First, the sub CPU 203 determines the sub RA
The reel stop command of the reception flag stored in M205 is checked, and map update processing for updating the subjective dungeon display of the display screen 301 according to the stop operation type of the player is executed (ST700). Next, the parameter updating process is mainly executed (ST750). The parameter update process mainly performs a subtraction process of the BR continuation number counter in BR.

Next, the map updating process which controls the effect control of the dungeon 302 displayed on the display screen 301 will be described. FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing the map update process. First, the sub CPU 203 turns on the power,
In the state where all the performance related parameters are reset like after the end of BB, or when the escape from the dungeon in the limited game fails and the process is restarted from the beginning.
Initialization processing is performed to select the use map and set the initial values of the dungeon appearance / exit control such as entry / exit assignment (ST701). Next, the reel stop command of the reception area stored in the sub RAM 205 is checked, and a dungeon effect control process for performing a dungeon subjective display according to the player's stop operation is performed (ST702). Next, the position information of the hero 303 updated by the dungeon effect control process is checked to determine whether or not the goal position determined in the initialization process has been reached (ST703),
If the determination is “YES”, the mission achievement effect is performed (ST704), the mission continuation flag stored in the sub RAM 205 is turned off (ST705), the BR occurrence flag is turned on (ST706), at the end of one game Return to the production control process of. The determination in ST703 is “NO”
If so, the process directly returns to the effect control process at the end of one game.

Next, the initialization process will be described with reference to FIG. First, the sub-CPU 203 has the sub-RAM 205.
Of the mission continuation flag is checked to determine whether or not the mission continuation flag is on, that is, whether the number of limited games has not yet been exhausted (ST710). If the determination is "YES", it is still initial. You don't have to
If it returns to the map update process as it is, and the determination is “NO”, it means that the escape from the dungeon this time has failed and the four types of dungeon lottery tables stored in the sub ROM 204 are referred to. Perform a use dungeon lottery process to determine the dungeon to be used this time from a certain dungeon (ST711), then set which of the two entrances and exits in the determined use dungeon is the entrance and the other is the exit An entrance / exit lottery process for determining whether to set is performed (ST712), and the determined use dungeon number, entrance position, direction flag counter initial value, and limited game number counter initial value are set in the sub RAM 205.
Is set in the corresponding storage area of No. 3, the mission continuation flag is turned on (ST713), and the process returns to the map update process.

Next, the dungeon effect control processing for controlling the dungeon subjective display displayed on the display screen 301 in response to the player's stop operation will be described. FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing the dungeon effect control process. First,
The sub CPU 203 refers to the reel stop command of the reception flag stored in the sub RAM 205, and updates the direction flag counter also stored in the sub RAM 205 according to the stop operation type. First, it is determined whether or not the left stop button 27L has been operated (ST720), and "Y
If "ES", the direction flag counter is decremented by -1 (counterclockwise, indicating left turn), and the process proceeds to ST724.
If "O", then it is determined whether or not the right stop button 27R has been operated (ST722), and if "YES", the direction flag counter is incremented by +1 (clockwise, indicating right turn),
It moves to ST724. If the determination is “NO”, it means that the middle stop button 27C has been operated, and the process moves to ST726 to perform the processing when the middle stop button is operated.

In ST724, a correction process for the updated direction flag counter value is performed. That is, when the counter value overflows (counter value becomes “4” or “0”) as a result of addition or subtraction of the direction flag counter, specifically, as shown in FIG. When turning counterclockwise from the counter "1" (upward), decrement the direction flag counter to "0"
Therefore, if the correction is made from "0" to "4" and the direction flag counter "4" (to the left) is turned to the right, if the direction flag counter is added, it becomes "5". Therefore, “4” → “1” is corrected. When the series of processes is completed, the process proceeds to ST730, the game number counter is decremented, the dungeon subjective display is controlled based on the updated position information (ST731), and the process is returned to the map updating process.

The processing after ST726 is the processing when the middle stop button is operated. First, the sub CPU 203 has a position flag counter and a direction flag counter, which are position information stored in the sub RAM 205, and the sub ROM 2
The dungeon map stored in 04 is checked (ST726), and it is determined whether or not there is a passage at a position +1 square in the traveling direction, that is, whether or not the vehicle can move forward (ST727), and "YES" is determined. If so, the position flag counter is added (ST729), the game number counter is subtracted (ST730), and based on the updated position information,
The dungeon subjective display is controlled (ST731), and the process returns to the map update process. If "NO" in the determination in ST727, it means that there is a wall and the process cannot proceed. Therefore, the progress impossible display flag stored in the sub RAM 205 is turned on (ST728), and the game number counter is decremented. (ST730), based on the progress prohibition display flag, a progress prohibition display is displayed on the display screen 301 (ST731), and the process returns to the map update process.

FIG. 36 is a flow chart showing the parameter updating process. First, the sub CPU 203
The reception flag stored in the AM 205 is checked to determine whether or not the bonus is currently in progress (ST751),
If “YES”, the process directly returns to the effect control process at the end of one game. If the determination is “NO”, next, the BR occurrence flag stored in the sub RAM 205 is checked to determine whether or not the current BR is in progress (ST752),
If "YES", the BR continuation number counter stored in the sub RAM 205 is decremented (ST753), and the process returns to the effect control process at the end of one game. If the determination is “NO”, then the mission continuation flag stored in the sub RAM 205 is checked, and it is determined whether or not it is still within the limit game number (ST754). If “YES”, the limit game number is determined. It is determined that the goal has not been reached, the unsuccession continuation flag is turned off (ST755), and the process returns to the effect control process at the end of one game. If the determination is “NO”,
As it is, the process returns to the effect control process at the end of one game.

Next, the flow of game processing when a BR occurs will be described. FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing the BR execution process. First, the sub CPU 203 is a sub RAM.
It is determined whether or not the BR occurrence flag stored in the predetermined area 205 is ON, that is, whether or not BR is in progress (ST50
1) If "NO", the process directly returns to the effect control process at the start. If “YES”, the internal winning combination data of the reception flag is referred to, and BB is used in this game.
It is determined whether or not a bonus winning combination such as RB or RB has been won (ST502). In this embodiment, when a bonus winning combination is internally won during BR, the BR is interrupted to execute the bonus game, and after the bonus game is completed, the BR is restarted from the interrupted state. Therefore S
If the result of the determination in T502 is "YES", that is, if the bonus is internally won, the BR occurrence flag is turned off, and after the bonus game is finished, the BR save flag, which is a determination flag for executing BR again, is turned on. (ST50
3) Return to the effect control process at the start. ST55
If the result of the determination in 2 is "NO", the BR save flag is turned off, the BR flag is turned on (ST504), and then the BR continuation counter of the sub RAM 205 is checked,
It is determined whether or not the BR continuation count has become 0 (ST50
5). If this determination is “YES”, it means that BR has been exhausted the specified number of times, so the BR occurrence flag is turned off (ST506), and the effect control process at the start is returned.

If the determination in ST502 is "NO", then the internal winning combination data of the reception flag is referred to and it is determined whether "bell" or "SB" is internally winning (ST5).
07). If this determination is “YES”, the use stop table No. stored in the reception flag of the sub RAM 205 is referred to, the stop order is notified on the display screen 14 (ST508), and if “NO”, The process directly returns to the effect control process at the start.

Next, during BR, the stop buttons 27L, 27
The effect control process when operating C and 27R will be described.

FIG. 30 shows "production control process when reel is stopped".
It is a flowchart showing. First, the sub CPU 203
Refers to the BR occurrence flag of the sub RAM 205, and BR
It is determined whether or not it is in the middle (ST600), and if “NO”,
Return to the sub side main flow. If the determination in ST600 is "YES", next, the reception flag of the sub RAM 205 is referred to, and the stop order data and the stop reel data are
By collating with the use table No. data (updated at the time of start operation), it is determined whether or not the current stop operation is a proper push order in the order specified in the stop table (ST.
601), if "YES", the display (explosion display) when the stop operation is performed in the proper pushing order in FIG. 20 is displayed at the position of the corresponding stop button (ST602), and ST60.
If "NO" in the determination of 1, the display (X display) when the stop operation is performed in the wrong pressing order in FIG. To do.

In the present embodiment, the ST period is used as a situation that is advantageous to the player due to the achievement of the task. However, as a situation that is advantageous to the player, the above-mentioned A
The winning flag of T or a specific winning combination may be established, or the internal winning probability of the winning combination may be increased.

In addition to the slot machine as in the above-described embodiment, the present invention also provides a pachinko game machine or an arcade game machine equipped with an electric display device, and a home for pseudo-executing the above-mentioned functions on software. The same can be applied to a game for games.

[0136]

The effect on the liquid crystal display is changed according to the type of operation of the stop button performed by the player, and a specific game advantageous to the player is generated by reaching a predetermined effect within the prescribed number of games. Since it is configured, it becomes possible to provide a new game property in addition to the original game property of the symbol combination gaming machine, and the interest of the game is enhanced.

Further, the operation type of the stop button is referred to in the determination, but it is not possible to refer to the existing parameters such as the occurrence of a prize and whether or not the correct push is performed. Instead, since it is configured to refer to a parameter uniquely provided to change the effect, it becomes possible to give a new game characteristic, and the enjoyment of the game is enhanced.

Further, the updating timing of the landscape effect is synchronized with one game in which all reels are stopped and finished after the start lever is operated, so that it is possible to add unity to the two game characteristics, The interest in playing games will increase.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a pachi-slot gaming machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit for realizing the operation of the pachi-slot gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a sub control circuit.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a display window.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a reel and a back lamp.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a symbol row represented on the outer peripheral surface of the reel.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a symbol combination of each winning combination and a payout number.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a stop table that is selected at the time of internal winning of a winning combination bell.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a winning probability table.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of display in a normal effect.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a concept of a dungeon map and a direction flag counter.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a specific example of a dungeon map and subjective dungeon display.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a specific example of a dungeon map and subjective dungeon display.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a specific example of a dungeon map and subjective dungeon display.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a dungeon map.

FIG. 16 is a view showing a progress prohibition display and a mission achievement screen.

FIG. 17 is a view showing a used dungeon lottery table and an entrance / exit lottery table.

FIG. 18 is a view showing a limited game number lottery table.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a specific example 1 of the display during the game assistance period.

FIG. 20 is a view showing a specific example 2 of the display during the game assistance period.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a list of commands transmitted to the sub control circuit.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a main work area of a sub RAM.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main control circuit.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main control circuit.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main control circuit.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing “reception processing”.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the processing of the sub control circuit.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing "production control processing at start".

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing “BR execution processing”.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing "production control processing at the time of stop".

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing "production control processing at the end of one game".

FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing “map update processing”.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing “initialization processing”.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing “dungeon effect control processing”.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing “dungeon effect control processing”.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing “parameter update processing”.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachi-slot gaming machine, 2 ... Cabinet, 3 ... Full-face door, 4 ... Game status display lamp, 5 ... Speaker, 6 ... Payout table, 7 ... Panel display part, 8 ... Display window, 9 ... Reel, 1
0 ... BET lamp, 11 ... Bonus information display section, 12
... WIN lamp, 13 ... Payout display section, 14 ... Liquid crystal display device, 15 ... Coin slot, 16 ... 1-BET switch,
17 ... 2-BET switch, 18 ... MAXBET switch, 19 ... Cross button, 20 ... Enter button, 21 ... Cancel button, 22 ... C / P switch, 23 ... Coin payout port, 24 ... Coin tray, 25 ... Credit display section Two
6 ... Start switch, 27 ... Stop button, 28 ... Coin slot, 29 ... Reel band, 30 ... Lamp housing,
31 ... reel back lamp, 101 ... main control circuit,
102 ... Microcomputer, 103 ... CPU, 10
4 ... ROM, 105 ... RAM, 106 ... Clock pulse generation circuit, 107 ... Frequency divider, 108 ... Random number generator, 10
9 ... Sampling circuit, 110 ... I / O port, 111
… Motor drive circuit, 112… Stepping motor, 11
3 ... Hopper drive circuit, 114 ... Hopper, 115 ... 7
Seg drive circuit, 116 ... Lamp drive circuit, 117 ... Inserted coin sensor, 118 ... Reel stop signal circuit, 119 ...
Payout detection circuit, 120 ... Coin detection unit, 121 ... Reel stop signal circuit, 201 ... Sub control circuit, 202 ... Sub microcomputer, 203 ... Sub CPU, 204 ... Sub ROM, 205 ... Sub RAM, 206 ... Sub microcomputer IN Port, 207 ... Sub-microcomputer OUT port, 240 ... Reel back lamp control circuit, 250 ... Image control circuit, 251 ... Image control CP
U, 252 ... Image control ROM, 253 ... Image control RA
M, 254 ... Image IC, 255 ... Image ROM, 256 ...
Video RAM, 257 ... Image control circuit IN port, 25
8 ... Image control circuit OUT port, 301 ... Display screen, 3
02 ... 3D maze, 303 ... Main character, 304 ...
Push order display, 305 ... Remaining number of games, 306 ... Number of acquisition

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A variable display means for variably displaying various symbols, a winning combination lottery means for performing a lottery of a winning combination, a stopping means operably provided to a player, a lottery result of the lottery means and the above. A stop control means for stopping and displaying the variable display in response to a stop signal from the stop means, and whether or not the player satisfies a predetermined condition is determined, and a specific game advantageous to the player is determined according to the determination result. Specific game control means to be executed, a location information control means for updating location information according to a signal from the stopping means, and a landscape production control means for controlling a landscape production displayed based on the location information, A gaming machine characterized in that the location information control means updates the location information for each game once the variable display is stopped and displayed by the stop control means after the variable display is started. 2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the landscape effect has its background changed depending on a viewpoint from a reference point. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the location information includes position information indicating a position of the reference point and position information indicating a viewpoint direction at the reference point. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the specific game suggests an operation method advantageous to the player.