JP2005087403A - Game machine, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of providing expectations for a drawing result and executing various kinds of variable display. <P>SOLUTION: In this game machine 1, various kinds of programs (a prevision judgement program 86, a performance data extraction program 87 and a dramatic performance activation drawing program 88) for executing performance by patterns are stored inside a ROM 61b. Also, a drawing result storage area 81 for storing the result of big winning drawing and performance tables (a 0th performance table 82, a 1st performance table 83, a 2nd performance table 84 and a 3rd performance table 85) storing performance data for executing the performance by the patterns are constructed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a so-called pachinko gaming machine that provides a game using a game ball as a medium.

  As this type of gaming machine, for example, gaming machines that are classified as “first type” in the internal rules of customs law (rules concerning customs business and laws concerning optimization of business) are known.

  This gaming machine has a variable display device composed of a liquid crystal display unit or the like at the center of the game board, and is composed of numbers, patterns, etc. such as “1” to “7” on the effective line of this variable display device. By displaying the displayed symbols based on various effects, the current gaming state is notified to the player.

  In addition, obstacles such as windmills and game nails are provided at various locations on the game board, and the game balls launched at the top of the game board change their courses irregularly due to contact with these obstacles. It falls below the game board.

  In addition, a control device is incorporated inside the gaming machine, and the control device regards the start winning as a result of the operation of the game ball entering the start chuck (start winning device) arranged below the variable display device. A jackpot lottery program is executed to determine whether or not a special gaming state has been won when the winning is established.

  Further, in many of such gaming machines, when a start winning is established during the variable display of the symbols displayed on the variable display device, the gaming machine control device has the number of winning game balls mounted on the gaming machine. Store in memory in main controller. The stored number of game balls (the number of rights to establish a start prize) is notified to the player by lighting a specific reserved ball display lamp provided on the game board.

  The number of lighting of the specific hold display lamp means that there is a right to establish a start prize, that is, a right to assign a random value that is a big hit (or a change of symbols and a stop display). For this reason, when the right to allocate a random number is consumed once, the number of lighting of the specific hold display lamp decreases by one. Here, “digest” means that a lottery for assigning a random value that is a big hit is performed. Therefore, in the following description, “digestion of the right to allocate a jackpot random value” is referred to as “lottery”. In addition, the number of specific reserved display lamps is determined to be a maximum of four by the current law (the law of customs: the law on customs business etc. and the law on the optimization of duties).

  By the way, in the variable display device, a design effect is performed as a lottery is performed.

  This effect is an effect associated with the result of the lottery. For example, when the lottery result is a big hit, a big win effect is executed, and when the lottery result is lost, a lost effect is executed.

  In this way, the player can predict how the game will develop by executing the effects associated with each lottery result.

  However, on the other hand, for players who frequently play games, they often get tired of the content of the production itself associated with each lottery result, and when this production is executed, the game develops like this In many cases, the production lacked freshness.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of such a technical background, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of giving a sense of expectation to a lottery result and performing various variable displays.

  Therefore, the present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above problems. The present invention provides a lottery means for performing a lottery for determining whether or not a big game is to be brought into an advantageous gaming state when a game ball enters a winning device provided in the game area, and a memory for storing a lottery result of the lottery Means, storage means for storing the production data associated with the lottery result in association with the production data of the production output after the production of the production data, and the lottery stored before the previous production is executed. Foresight determination means for foreseeing the content of the result, and extraction means for sequentially extracting appropriate effect data from the storage means based on the foresight determination result of the foresight determination step.

  As the winning device according to the present invention, a start chucker (starting winning device) is preferable, but a lottery opportunity for determining whether or not to perform the opening control of the start chucker by entering a game ball provided on both sides in the game area. It is good also as the through chucker which comprises.

  Here, when the winning device is a start chucker, the lottery executed by the lottery means is a lottery for assigning a random value that is a big hit. The lottery result is stored in the storage means. The fact that the lottery result is stored in the storage means and the number of game balls that have entered the start chucker are notified to the player by turning on a specific reserved ball display lamp provided on the game board.

  In other words, the gaming machine of the present invention pre-reads the lottery result performed on the so-called holding ball by the foresee determination means, and extracts and outputs effect data corresponding to the lottery result.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the effect data extracted after the output of the effect data is associated with the content of the effect. That is, the effect corresponding to the result of the lottery performed on the holding ball can be an effect having a story property or an effect having continuity.

  Thus, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to add continuous interest to the contents of the effect to be executed. Therefore, the player can play the game with a sense of expectation as to what kind of production will be performed next, and what kind of production will be used for the next production.

  In addition, when the foresee determination unit according to the present invention foresees and determines that there is a lottery result for shifting to an advantageous gaming state among the lottery results stored in the storage unit, the extraction unit produces an effect from the storage unit. It is characterized by extracting data.

  For example, a case where four specific holding ball display lamps are lit (that is, four holding balls are stored) will be described. The fact that four hold balls are stored means that four lottery results (hereinafter referred to as “hold storage”) performed on the four hold balls are sequentially stored in the storage means.

  Therefore, the lottery result of the lottery performed on the holding ball by the foresight determination means according to the present invention is foreseeable. It is assumed that it is determined by the foresight determination means that the third lottery result (that is, the third reserved ball) is a big hit. Then, the extraction means extracts effect data corresponding to the jackpot.

  The extracted effect data (ie, the effect data corresponding to the third lottery result) depends on the effect contents based on the effect data corresponding to the lottery result for the first reserved ball and the lottery result for the second reserved ball. It is related to the production contents by the production data.

  “Associated” here means that the content of the production is tailored to the story, or the content of the production is developed in time series. For example, if it is predicted that the third lottery result will be a big hit, if the production data corresponding to the lottery result for the first holding ball is the production showing “state at school”, the second hold The production data according to the lottery result for the ball is an effect indicating “running in time for the start time of start of work”, and the production data according to the lottery result for the third reserved ball is an effect indicating “state of being praised by the teacher” An example can be given.

  In this way, the gaming machine of the present invention, when there is a lottery result of `` big hit '' during hold storage, to produce dramatic effects that are related to each other by the scenario or related in time series, It is possible to provide a novel production to the player.

  In addition, the gaming machine of the present invention notifies that there is a “big hit” in the hold memory, but does not notify the player until which of the hold balls is digested to shift to the “big hit”. Therefore, the player can wait for the performance for the reserved memory to be executed while increasing the expectation for “big hit”.

  In the above description, the case where there is a “big hit” in the pending storage has been described. Of course, the same processing as described above is also performed when there is a result of “losing” in the pending storage. Also good.

  Furthermore, the reliability of the jackpot may be associated with the contents of the effect data according to the present invention. The reliability is made different depending on the number of lottery results stored in the storage means.

  For example, an effect with high reliability is performed when the number of reserved memories is small, or an effect with low reliability is performed when the number of reserved memories is large.

  Needless to say, when the number of reserved memories is small, it is possible to intentionally perform an effect with low reliability, and provide a gap between the reliability and the lottery result to make the reliability unexpected.

  In addition, the gaming machine of the present invention may perform a lottery on whether or not to extract effect data to be associated with the lottery result based on the foresee determination result by the extracting means.

  That is, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, in the case where there is a reserved memory, the contents of the effects to be executed are not effects associated with each other.

  Therefore, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to make the execution of the production surprising.

Further, the present invention stores a lottery step for performing a lottery for determining whether or not a big hit is made to shift to an advantageous gaming state when a game ball enters a winning device provided in the game area, and a lottery result of the lottery A storage step for storing in the storage means the production data associated with the lottery result in association with the production data of the production output after the production by the production data, and before the previous production is executed. The computer can execute a foresight determination step for predicting the contents of the stored lottery result and an extraction step for sequentially extracting appropriate effect data from the storage means based on the foresight determination result of the foresee determination step It is also a program. The extracted effect data is associated with the content of the effect data to be extracted after this effect data.

This program is the ROM (Read Only) of the main controller that controls the entire gaming machine.
It is preferable that the program is stored in a memory and executed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  Further, when the gaming machines are connected to each other through a network such as the Internet or a LAN, the program of the present invention may be distributed to each gaming machine through the network.

  In this way, by programming the control related to the performance, versatility is enhanced and it can be applied to a large number of gaming machines.

  In addition, the present invention provides a lottery step for performing a lottery for determining whether or not a big hit is made to shift to an advantageous gaming state when a game ball enters a winning device provided in the game area, and a lottery result of the lottery. Storage step for storing, storage step for storing the production data associated with the lottery result in the storage means in association with the production data for the production output after the production based on the production data, and before the previous production is executed Further, a foresight determination step for foreseeing the contents of the stored lottery result and an extraction step for sequentially extracting appropriate effect data from the storage means based on the foresee determination result of the foresee determination step can be executed by a computer. It is also a recording medium on which various programs are recorded. The extracted effect data is associated with the content of the effect data to be extracted after this effect data.

  The recording medium may be a storage device such as a ROM, MO (Magnet Optical), CD (Compact Disk), or magnetic storage medium.

  Thus, versatility can be improved by recording the above-mentioned program on a recording medium.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of giving a sense of expectation to a lottery result and performing various variable displays.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the present embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine that is classified as “first type” in the internal rules of the Act on the Optimization of Business Administration (the Rules on Customs Business etc. and the Act on Business Optimization) will be described as an example.

  The gaming machine 1 shown in the present embodiment has an outer frame 3 fixed to a so-called “island” of a game store where the gaming machine 1 is installed as shown in FIG. 1, and one side held by the outer frame 3. A front frame 4 provided to be openable and closable with respect to the outer frame 3 and a window frame 5 provided to be openable and closable at the upper front of the front frame 4 are provided. The main components of the gaming machine 1 are attached to the front frame 4 in a collective manner.

  As main components provided in the table frame 4, a game board 6 having a game area formed on the board surface, a game ball (game medium) to be supplied to the game machine 1, and a prize ball paid out from the game machine 1 are temporarily stored. Receptacle 2, launch drive device 7 for launching the game ball onto the top of the game board 6, operation handle 8 for operating the launch drive device 7, and paying out a predetermined number of prize balls into the saucer 2 as required. Examples include a game ball payout device 53, a main control device 50 that processes main control relating to games, a sub-control device 60 that controls various devices based on commands output from the main control device 50, and the like.

  The window frame 5 provided on the front frame 4 includes a see-through window 9 through which a player can look into the previous game board 6 in the frame. Further, glass is fitted into the see-through window 9, and a decoration LED 10, a decoration lamp 11, and a speaker (sound generator) 12 are provided on the outer periphery of the see-through window 9.

  The tray 2 provided on the front frame 4 is attached below the window frame 5.

  A spiral slope is formed inside the tray 2, and a game ball borrowing port 2 a leading to the CR unit 70 is provided at the most upstream part. Further, a prize ball payout exit 2b for prize ball payout is provided downstream thereof. A storage ball alignment path 2c that aligns the game balls in the tray 2 in a line and guides them into the game machine 1 is formed at the most downstream portion. A game ball supply port 2d communicating with the launch drive device 7 is provided at the end of the storage ball alignment path 2c. Further, on the front surface of the tray 2, ball removal buttons 2 e and 2 f for discharging the game balls in the tray 2 to the outside of the tray 2 are provided.

  An ashtray 20 is provided at the lower left of the tray 2. An operation handle 8 is provided at the lower right of the tray 2. The operation handle 8 includes a main switch for operating the firing drive device 7 provided on the back surface of the front frame 4 and a touch antenna for detecting the presence or absence of the operation. The batting force of the game ball can be adjusted by the opening operation for the operation handle 8.

  More specifically, the outputs of the main switch and the touch antenna are input to a launch control device 52 provided on the back of the gaming machine, and the launch drive device 7 transfers the game ball to the game board 6 under the control of the launch control device 52. Has been launched. Further, the launch drive device 7 incorporates a launcher for launching the game ball, an electric motor (both not shown) for continuously swinging the launcher, and the like. The hitting force of the game ball is adjusted by reflecting the output on the amount of movement of the launcher.

  In addition, regarding the launch of the game ball, in the present embodiment, a firing stop button 21 is provided on the left side of the tray 2. The launch stop button 21 is an external operation device for temporarily stopping the launch operation of the game ball while the operation handle is fixed based on the player's judgment. The player operates (presses down) the launch stop button 21. ), It is possible to temporarily stop the launch of the game ball at an arbitrary timing while maintaining the opening degree of the operation handle 8.

  A game ball payout device 53 (see FIG. 3) is provided on the back side of the front frame 4, and stores a game ball as a prize ball, a prize ball counting device for counting game balls to be paid out as a prize ball, and the gaming machine 1. And a prize ball alignment rail for sending the game balls in the game ball tank provided to the prize ball counting device to the prize ball counting device (both not shown). Then, the required number of game balls required at that time are counted by a prize ball counting device and paid out as prize balls in the previous tray 2.

  The game ball payout device 53 is connected to the payout control device 51.

The payout control device 51 controls the award ball payout operation by the game ball payout device 53 based on the control command output from the main control device 50. In addition to the game ball payout device 53, the payout control device 51 is connected with a ball lending signal control device 71. The payout control device 51 operates the CR unit 70 via the ball lending signal control device 71. The required number of game balls are supplied into the tray 2.

  The game board 6 is made of a substantially square plywood as shown in FIG. 2, and is stored and fixed in a game board storage frame (not shown) formed on the back surface of the front frame 4. Further, a guide rail 13a and a game ball regulation rail 13b are provided on the front surface of the game board 6, and a game area is constituted by an area surrounded by the guide rail 13a and the game ball regulation rail 13b.

  In the game area, an obstacle 14 such as a game nail or a windmill, various winning devices 25, 26, 27, and 28 in which a winning opening through which a game ball can enter and a game ball that has not won a prize are played. An out port 15 that discharges to the outside of the area and a variable display device 100 that displays various symbols based on the effects are provided.

  Further, on the upper part of the variable display device 100, a normal symbol display device (LED display device) 18 for notifying the result of the success / failure determination relating to the opening control of the start chucker 26, which will be described in detail later, by symbols such as “O” and “X”. And a pass hold number display lamp 16 for displaying the hold number of rights related to the execution of the determination, a specific hold number display lamp 19 for displaying the start winning hold number, and the like. Further, on both sides of the variable display device 100, there are provided through-chuckers 49 that trigger the random number lottery executed in the open / close control determination.

  The obstacles 14 such as game nails and windmills have a function of changing the direction of the fall of the game balls launched on the game board 6 to make the processing of the game balls interesting, and various winning devices 25, 26, 27, 28 and the function of guiding the game ball in the vicinity of the through chucker 49.

  In addition, as a winning device, a general winning device 25 that leads to payout of a predetermined number of winning balls (game balls) by entering a game ball, triggering the execution of a jackpot lottery program to be described in detail later, The start chucker (starting prize-winning device) 26 that is a trigger for starting the game, the large winning device 27 having an opening / closing door 27c that is opened when shifting to the special gaming state, and the start chucker 26 are opened for a certain period of time. For example, an opening winning device 28 serving as a trigger for the purpose can be exemplified.

  Each winning device has a built-in sensor (not shown) for detecting the passage of the game ball, and the output of the sensor is input to the input port of the main controller 50. Further, in the present specification, an operation in which a game ball enters a winning opening provided in these winning devices 25, 26, 27, 28 is referred to as winning. In particular, when a game ball enters the start chucker 26, this winning may be referred to as a “start winning”.

  The start chuck 26 is provided at the approximate center of the game board 6 and below the variable display device 100. Further, on both sides of the start winning opening 26a formed in the start chucker 26, a movable portion having a function of moving outward from the starting winning opening 26a under the execution of the opening control and further expanding the opening area of the starting winning opening 26a. A piece 26b is provided.

  The movable piece 26b is connected to a solenoid incorporated in the start chuck 26 via a link mechanism, and moves outward or inward of the start winning opening 26a depending on whether the solenoid is energized. The solenoid is connected to the movable object control device 67, and control relating to the energization is processed by the movable object control device 67 under the control of the main control device 50.

The normal symbol display device 18 is a display device for displaying a normal symbol for notifying the result of the determination on whether or not the start control of the start chucker 26 is executed. For example, “O”, “X”, etc. Display the symbol. More specifically, “○” is displayed in response to winning / failing determination, and “×” is displayed in response to a loss.

  In addition, this win / no-win determination is referred to as “small hit” by those skilled in the art and players, and the opening control of the start chuck 26 is started on the condition of the win for the small hit. In addition, when the opening control is executed, the movable piece 26b provided in the start chuck 26 moves outward at a predetermined cycle, and the opening of the winning opening 26a is widened compared to the normal time, so that the game ball wins the winning opening 26a. It becomes easy to do. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game advantageously during this time.

  Also, the right to execute the determination is established by passing the game ball to the previous through chucker 49. In other words, when the game ball passes through the through chucker 49, a lottery right for random lottery related to the determination of whether or not the bonus is won is obtained, and the main control device 50 performs the determination of whether or not the bonus is made on the condition that the lottery right is established. Yes. In addition, for example, the lottery right may be suspended with an upper limit of the number of reservations 4, and the number of reservations can be confirmed from the number of lighting of the passage reservation number display lamp 16.

  The big winning device 27 includes a big winning opening 27a having a wider opening compared to other winning openings, a V zone (continuous winning area) 27b opened inside the large winning opening 27a, and a normal gaming state. An open / close door 27c is provided for preventing the game ball from entering the large winning opening 27a. In addition, the open / close door 27c is opened / closed under open / close control that is executed while the special game state continues, and a passage leading to the inside of the special winning opening 27a is secured.

  Similarly to the start chuck 26 described above, the open / close door 27c is connected to a solenoid (not shown) provided on the back surface of the game board 6 via a link mechanism. The movable object control device 67 controls the opening and closing thereof.

  In addition, the open / close control is a control that allows the game ball to enter (win) the big winning opening 27a by opening / closing the normally closed open / close door 27c under the execution of the open / close control. Further, under the special gaming state, the unit operation period of the open / close door 27c is set as one round, and the round is normally digested with 15 to 16 rounds as an upper limit. And it is the structure in which opening and closing control occurs sequentially with digestion of this round.

  Next, the opening winning device 28 will be described. The opening winning device 28 is formed with an opening 28a through which a game ball can enter, and in the present embodiment, a total of two locations are provided on both sides of the large winning device 27. Further, when a game ball is won through the opening 28a, the movable piece 26b provided in the start chucker 26 is opened for a certain period of time, so that the game ball can easily enter the start chucker 26.

  The specific number-of-holds display lamp 19 includes a plurality of lamps, and displays the number of held start prizes according to the number of lighting of the lamps. The lamp lighting control is managed by the lamp control device 62, which is one of the sub-control devices. When there is a start prize worth a hold, the number of lamps to be lit is received in response to the start prize. It is a mechanism to increase one. In addition, when the held start winning is exhausted with the execution of various controls, the number of lamps that are turned on is controlled to be reduced by one.

The variable display device 100 is provided in the approximate center of the game board 6 and displays image data (identification information) having a motif as a pattern based on various effects. If the display of symbols is described as an example, each image data is continuously variably displayed on an effective line provided in the symbol display area as if it were a symbol on the rotating drum. In addition, a character image and a background image are displayed together with a design,
The effects of these symbols, character images, and background images are provided to the player visually and provide unexpectedness and fun.

  In this specification, these character images and background images are included, and may be simply referred to as “symbols”.

  The variable display device 100 is controlled by the main controller 50. The main control device 50 is a jackpot random number lottery control program (lottery means: hereinafter simply referred to as a jackpot lottery program 80 (see FIG. 3)) for determining whether or not to shift to a game state advantageous to the player when the start winning prize is established. )).

  Further, in order to notify the player of the determination result, main controller 50 further executes random number lottery for determining a symbol variation pattern, a temporary stop symbol, and a final stop symbol. In this random number lottery, a random number lottery is executed for a data selection table corresponding to “Atari”, a data selection table corresponding to “losing”, or the like based on a lottery result obtained by executing the previous jackpot lottery program 80. Then, a control command corresponding to the variation pattern data set to the random number range value including the random number extracted by this random number lottery, the type data of the fixed stop symbol, etc. is generated, and the symbol control which is one of the sub-control devices 60 It is transmitted to the device 61.

  The main control device 50 is a device that executes main control (basic program) related to games, and is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 50a that is a basic processing device and a RAM (temporarily storing data used for processing by the CPU 50a). A random access memory (Random Access Memory) 50c and a ROM (Read Only Memory) 50b storing various programs processed by the CPU 50a are provided.

  An example of a program recorded in the ROM 50b will be described. A random number lottery execution program used for the big hit lottery program 80 and the like, and control commands to be output to the various sub-control devices 60 based on the lottery result by the big hit lottery program 80. An output control program to be generated / output can be exemplified.

  Further, the main control device 50 is connected to a sub control device 60 such as a symbol control device 61, a lamp control device 62, and a sound control device 63. The main control device 50 is connected to each sub control device 60. A control command including a preceding command and a subsequent command is transmitted.

  The lamp control device 62, which is one of the sub-control devices, controls the effect using the electrical accessories based on the control command output from the main control device 50.

  More specifically, the control program for the specific hold number display lamp 19 and the passing hold number display lamp 16 and the program for controlling the light emission of the decoration LED 10 provided on the front of the game machine and the electric decoration incorporated in various winning devices are recorded. ROM 62b, a CPU 62a for processing a program recorded in ROM 62b based on a control command output from main controller 50, and a RAM 62c for temporarily storing data used for processing in CPU 62a.

  The voice control device 63 is a device for controlling the speaker 12 provided on the front surface of the gaming machine 1, and the ROM 63b in which a program used for controlling the speaker 12 is recorded, and the program recorded in the ROM 63b is the main control device 50. CPU 63a that processes based on the control command output from the CPU 63, and RAM 63c that temporarily stores data used for processing in the CPU 63a.

  The symbol control device 61 generates image data based on a control command output from the main controller 50 and transmits it to a video display processor (VDP) 65, and various symbols are transmitted via the video display processor 65. A function of displaying on the variable display device 100 is provided. The symbol control device 61 will be described in detail later.

  Next, various controls processed by the control system of the gaming machine 1 including the main control device 50 and the sub control device 60 will be described.

[Basic program]
First, as shown in FIG. 4, the main controller 50 starts up a basic program upon power-on, and executes an initial setting process (S100). In this initial setting process, a power-off check process, a RAM area initialization, a normal activation command transmission process to each sub-control device, an error state recovery process, and a system timer interrupt process are executed.

  Among these, the power-off check process assigns whether or not the power is turned on after the power-off occurs, that is, whether the power-on is started from recovery from power-off or from the normal state (operating state). In this embodiment, the items to be checked in the distribution are (1) the RAM clear switch shut-off state, (2) the flag value set when the power-off occurs, and (3) the contents of all RAM areas. Are set as check items.

  If it is determined as a result of the power-off check processing that the power-off recovery has been initiated, initialization of the RAM and transmission of a normal activation command to each sub-control device are executed. The error at the time is released.

  Further, main controller 50 executes a system timer interrupt process after initialization of various data.

  This system timer interrupt process is a process for periodically executing the main routine as a machine cycle during operation of the gaming machine with steps 101 to 113 described later as a main routine. The timer is updated based on the reset signal of the built-in clock, and the machine cycle is established based on the value of this timer.

  Subsequently, after the initial setting process, the main control device 50 proceeds to the subsequent step 101 to set a random number lot value range for random lottery executed in the jackpot lottery program 80 described in detail later. In addition, a random number update process that continuously updates random numbers within the set random number range value is executed.

  Further, after the random number update process, the main controller 50 performs a start winning ball detection sensor (specific winning ball detection sensor) 47, a special winning ball detection sensor (special winning ball detection sensor) as one process of the input management process (S102). 48) The sensor output obtained from the passing ball detection sensor 46 and the like is read through the input port.

  Here, the starting winning ball detection sensor 47 is a sensor that detects a game ball that has won the start chucker 26. The big winning ball detection sensor 48 is a sensor that detects a game ball won in the big winning device 27. The passing ball detection sensor 46 is a sensor that detects a game ball won in the through chucker 49.

In the winning management process, the input port is checked and the edge of the switch provided in the main controller 50 is detected. In addition to these port and switch checks, the winning information of all winning devices can be individually counted, and the signals obtained by these checks and the winning information of all winning devices can be used in various processes thereafter. Execute data conversion processing to convert data. Here, the winning information corresponds to whether or not a game ball has been detected, the timing of establishment of a winning game ball, and the like.

  Next, the main controller 50 executes an abnormality monitoring process such as a supply ball run-out error or a pan full error (S103), and then executes a normal symbol control process (S104).

  In the normal symbol control process, the success / failure determination related to the success / failure of the small hit is executed. In this determination of success / failure, random number lottery is executed using the winning information acquired by the passing ball detection sensor 46 (for example, winning establishment timing) as a parameter for random number extraction. Further, based on the result of this determination, normal symbols such as “◯” and “x” to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 18 are determined.

  Next, main controller 50 executes a special symbol control process (S105). In the special symbol control process, the jackpot lottery program 80 is executed based on information obtained by establishment of the start winning prize (for example, winning establishment timing), and a preceding command corresponding to the lottery result by the execution of the jackpot lottery program 80 is prepared. In addition, designation of a symbol corresponding to the fixed stop symbol to be displayed and variation pattern data used for displaying this symbol are selected by random number lottery, and a subsequent command corresponding to the selected data is prepared.

  Next, main controller 50 performs output management processing (S106). In the output management process, a control command to be transmitted to each sub control device (symbol control device 61, voice control device 63, lamp control device 62, payout control device 51, etc.) is edited and sent to each sub control device at an appropriate timing. In response, the control command is transmitted. At the same time, the desired data is also transmitted to the external central control device 54 (such as a hall or test organization).

  Subsequently, the variable symbol display control process is executed (S107). In this process, the control command generated in the special symbol control process is transmitted to the variable display device 100 and the normal symbol display device 18, and various symbols are displayed on the variable display device 100 and the normal symbol display device 18 as described above.

  Subsequently, the main control device 50 executes a normal symbol electric accessory control process (S108). In the normal symbol electric accessory control process, referring to the result of the small hit / no-go determination obtained in the previous normal symbol control process, the movable piece 26b is opened / closed based on this determination. More specifically, opening control is executed under the condition of winning a small hit, and under this opening control, a voltage is applied to a solenoid provided in the start chuck 26 to open the movable piece 26b.

  Next, the main controller 50 executes a special winning area control process (S109).

  The big winning area control process refers to the lottery result obtained by the execution of the big hit lottery program 80, and performs the open / close control of the big prize device 27 in response to the winning of the lottery by the big hit lottery program 80.

  More specifically, in response to the start of the first round accompanying the transition to the special gaming state, the main controller 50 applies a voltage to the solenoid of the big prize device 27 through the movable object controller 67 at an appropriate timing. Then, the open / close door 27c is operated. In addition, energization of the solenoid when a predetermined time is reached after the operation of the opening / closing door 27c is reached, or when the number of game balls (winning number) entering the big winning opening 27a reaches an upper limit value is satisfied. Is stopped, and the opening / closing control of the opening / closing door 27c is once ended. Further, the end of the opening / closing control is regarded as the end of the first round.

Further, the main control device 50 receives a game ball entering the V zone 27b inside the special winning opening 27a during the first round, and starts the subsequent second round after the end of the first round. . Then, upon the start of the second round, the opening / closing control of the opening / closing door 27c is started again. In the same manner, on the condition that a winning is made in the V zone 27b, the round is further developed into the third round, the fourth round, etc., with a maximum of 15 to 16 rounds as an upper limit.

  In addition, if there is no winning in the V zone 27b during the round, the special game state is terminated after the completion of the round without waiting for all the rounds to be completed. The control state is returned to the control state corresponding to the normal gaming state. In this way, in the special winning area process, the opening / closing control of the opening / closing door 27c is executed up to, for example, 15 to 16 rounds based on the presence / absence of continuation of the round.

  Subsequently, main controller 50 performs a payout control process (S110).

  In this payout control process, the presence / absence of a winning is determined based on the outputs of various sensors obtained in the input management process in step 102, and at the time of winning, a payout of a winning ball corresponding to the winning is executed via the game ball payout device 53. To do.

  Further, a lamp / LED control process (S111) and an audio control process are executed (S112). In the lamp / LED control process, based on the lottery result by the execution of the big hit lottery program 80, the player is provided with the light effect by the blinking of the decorative lamp 11 and the decorative LED 10. In addition, the number of lighting of the specific hold number display lamp 19 is changed.

  Also, in the audio output control, the execution result of the big hit lottery program 80 is read into the audio control device 63, and a sound effect according to the progress of the game is given to the player via the audio generation device 12 constituted by a speaker or the like. provide.

  Then, as the final process of the main routine, main controller 50 determines whether or not the power has been turned off (S113), and once exits from the process routine when the power is turned off. If it is determined that the gaming machine is still in operation, the process returns to step 101 and the main routine from step 101 to step 113 is repeated again.

  Thus, various controls are executed in the control system of the gaming machine 1, and various devices of the gaming machine 1 are controlled by executing these various controls. In addition, a game is provided to the player through these controls.

  Then, the symbol control apparatus 61 of this embodiment is explained in full detail. As shown in FIG. 3, the symbol control device 61 according to the present embodiment outputs from the main control device 50 a ROM 61b that stores various programs related to effects by symbols and various data tables, and an image generation program recorded in the ROM 61b. CPU 61a that performs processing based on the control command, and RAM 61c that temporarily stores data used for processing in CPU 61a.

  FIG. 5 shows an image diagram inside the ROM 61b. In the ROM 61b, various programs for performing an effect based on symbols are stored, and the number of start winnings to be held (that is, the number of balls to be held) and the jackpot lottery performed in the main controller 50 in accordance with the start winnings A lottery result storage area (storage means) 81 for storing the result of the above and an effect table (storage means) 82, 83, 84, 85 in which effect data for performing effects by symbols are stored are constructed.

The various programs related to the effects based on symbols correspond to the lottery results based on the judgment results (predictive judgment means) 86 for prefetching the contents of the lottery results stored in the lottery result storage area 81 and the judgment results by the prospective judgment program 86. An effect data extraction program (extracting means) 87 for extracting effect data to be attached from each table, and a dramatic effect activation lottery program 88 for performing a lottery as to whether or not to execute the foresee determination program 86 are included.

  The effect tables include four effect tables, a 0th effect table 82, a first effect table 83, a second effect table 84, and a third effect table 85. The production data stored in these production tables are associated with each other. These effect data are associated with stories. Hereinafter, the production based on the production data associated with the story order will be referred to as “dramatic production”.

As shown in FIG. 6, this dramatic effect is in the process of turning on and off, and the effect data A group (A1, A2, A3, A4... A _k ) stored in the 0th effect table 82 corresponds to “start”. The effect data B group (B1, B2, B3, B4... B _l ) stored in the first effect table 83 is effect data having a content corresponding to “approval”. The effect data C group (C1, C2, C3, C4... C _m ) stored in the second effect table 84 is effect data having a content corresponding to “turn”, and the effect stored in the third effect table 85. Data D group (D1, D2, D3, D4... D _n ) is effect data having a content corresponding to “conclusion”.

These production data are outputted in the order of production data A _k → production data B _l → production data C _m → production data D _n, so that a dramatic production of the start-up roll can be output.

  For example, the effect data A1 stored in the 0th effect table 82 is effect data for the effect of “walking to go to school”, and the effect data B1 stored in the first effect table 83 is “start time” The production data C1 for the production, the production data C1 stored in the second production table 84 is the production data for the production of the “running to enter the classroom before the start of work”, the third The production data D1 stored in the production table 85 can be “production in time for the start of work” as production data for production.

  Moreover, the reliability that the gaming state shifts to the jackpot (hereinafter referred to as jackpot reliability) is associated with the effect data. For example, the jackpot reliability associated with the effect data A1, B1, C1, D1 is 100%, the jackpot reliability associated with the effect data A2, B4, C3, D2 is 60%, and the effect data A3, B2, C2, The jackpot reliability associated with D4 can be 30%.

  Further, instead of associating the jackpot reliability with the effect data itself, the jackpot reliability may be associated with the dramatic effect pattern itself. For example, the dramatic effect when k, l, m, n = 1 (that is, the effect when the output pattern of the effect data is output in the order of A1, B1, C1, and D1) has a jackpot reliability of 100%, k , L, m, n = 2 dramatic effects (that is, effects when the output pattern of the effect data is output in the order of A2, B2, C2, D2) is an example where the jackpot reliability is 60% I can give you.

  In addition, the ROM 61b stores not only the dramatic effect but also the normal effect table 89 storing the effect data for the normal effect, and the effect data for losing when the lottery result is lost by executing the jackpot lottery program. The offending effect table 90 is constructed. Note that there is no relevance between the effect data stored in the normal effect table 89 and the effect data stored in the outlier effect table 90.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the effect data to which the jackpot reliability is given based on the number of balls to be held, that is, the number of lottery results stored in the lottery result storage area 81 is used.

For example, when the number of lottery results stored in the lottery result storage area 81 is one (that is, one holding ball), the effect data having a jackpot reliability of 20% is used for the effect, and the lottery result stored. When the number is two (that is, two reserved balls), the effect data with a jackpot reliability of 40% is used for the effect, and the number of stored lottery results is three (that is, three reserved balls). In the case of, production data having a big hit reliability of 60% is used for production.

  The above is the detailed configuration of the ROM 61b of the symbol control device 61 according to the present embodiment.

  Next, dramatic effect control executed by the main controller 50 and the symbol controller 61 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  7 and 8 show flowcharts of dramatic effect control according to the present embodiment. The dramatic effect control according to the present embodiment is roughly divided into two processes: (1) a process related to the presence / absence of a start prize and (2) a process related to effect data.

  First, the CPU 50a of the main controller 50 determines that the specific winning ball detection sensor (starting winning ball detection sensor) 47 shown in FIG. 3 indicates that a game ball has entered the start chucker 26 (that is, that there has been a starting winning). It is determined whether or not a signal (indicated signal) is output (S01). If the CPU 50a determines that the signal indicating that the start winning prize has not been output, the process of step 01 is repeated until the signal is output.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 01 that the CPU 50a has transmitted a signal indicating that there has been a start winning from the specific winning ball detection sensor 47, the CPU 50a has the jackpot lottery program 80 executed in accordance with the starting winning. The lottery result by execution is judged (S02). When the lottery result is a jackpot, the CPU 50a sets a jackpot flag (S03). On the other hand, if the lottery result is not a jackpot in step 02, the process proceeds to step 04 without setting a jackpot flag.

  Then, the CPU 61a of the symbol control device 61 executes the prediction determination program 86 stored in the ROM 61b (S04), and executes a dramatic effect activation lottery program 88 for performing a lottery as to whether or not to execute the dramatic effect ( S05). The dramatic effect activation lottery program 88 draws whether or not to execute the foresight determination program 86 by assigning a random value.

  Then, if the lottery result by the dramatic effect activation lottery program 88 is a result of not executing the prediction determination program 86 (does not activate the dramatic effect), the above-described normal effect process is performed (S07).

  On the other hand, if the lottery result is the result of executing the prediction determination program 86 (invoking a dramatic effect) in step 05, the CPU 61a determines whether there are two or more reserved memories (S08). Here, if there is only one reserved storage, the process proceeds to step 06, and the normal effect is executed instead of the dramatic effect.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 07 that the number of stored storages is two or more, the CPU 61b determines whether or not the main control device 50 has set a jackpot flag (S09). Here, when the CPU 61a determines that the big hit flag is not set, the effect data is extracted from the offending effect table storing the offending effect data, and the effect processing is ended (S10).

On the other hand, if the CPU 61a determines in step 08 that the jackpot flag is set, an effect table is selected in order to extract effect data for performing a dramatic effect (
S11). The selection of the production table is selected according to the number of reserved balls. When there is one reserved ball, the 0th effect table 82 is selected (S12), when there are 2 reserved balls, the first effect table 83 is selected (S13), and when there are 3 reserved balls, the second effect table 84 is selected. (S14), and when there are four reserved balls, effect data is selected from the third effect table 85 (S15). When the effect table is selected, the CPU 61a executes the effect data extraction program 87. By executing this program, effect data is extracted in consideration of the jackpot reliability, the number of reserved memories, and the like.

  Next, an effect table for extracting effect data of effects to be output next time is determined (S16). Numbers are assigned to the four effect tables, for example, “0” for the 0th effect table 82, “1” for the first effect table 83, “2” for the second effect table 84, and “2”. “3” is assigned to the 3 effect table 85.

  In step 15, “1” is added to the assigned number in order to determine the effect table storing the effect data of the effect to be output next. Then, the CPU 61a determines that the effect table worth the number obtained as a result is used to extract effect data of the effect to be output next.

  For example, when the effect table used this time is the 0th effect table 82, “1” is added to the number “0” assigned to the 0th effect table 82. Then, it becomes “1”, the effect table worth “1” becomes the first effect table 83, and the effect table to be used next time is the first effect table 83.

  In step 16, the CPU 61 a determines whether the number calculated in step 15 is greater than “3” (that is, whether it is “4”) (S 17). Here, if the CPU 61a determines that the number calculated in step 15 is greater than “3”, that is, if the calculated number is “4”, the effect table to be used next time is the fourth effect table. . However, since there is no effect table called the fourth effect table, in step 17, the CPU 61a determines that the effect table to be used next time is the 0th effect table 82 (S18).

  If the CPU 61a determines in step 16 that the number calculated in step 15 is "3" or less, the process returns to step 01 and the above-described processing is repeated.

  The above is the dramatic effect control of the present embodiment.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, by executing the dramatic effect, it is possible to give continuous fun to the effect content to be executed. Therefore, the player can play the game with a sense of expectation as to what kind of production will be performed next, and what kind of production will be used for the next production.

  Furthermore, when there is a lottery result of “big hit” during the on-hold storage, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment outputs a dramatic production in which the production data are associated with each other by a scenario or related in time series. Therefore, a novel presentation can be provided to the player.

  In addition, according to the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to increase the willingness to see the player's performance, so it is possible to add additional interest to the game.

In addition, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment does not always perform a dramatic effect in all cases where there is a reserved memory, by lottery whether or not to perform a dramatic effect by the dramatic effect activation lottery program 88. Therefore, according to the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to make the generation of the dramatic effect irregular and make the generation of the dramatic effect surprising.

It is the perspective view which looked at the game machine shown to this Embodiment from diagonally upward. It is an enlarged view of the game board provided in the gaming machine shown in the present embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of the game machine shown to this Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the basic control shown to this Embodiment. It is a block diagram in ROM of the symbol control apparatus shown to this Embodiment. It is an image diagram of effect data stored in each effect table shown in the present embodiment. It is a flowchart of dramatic production control of this embodiment. It is a flowchart of dramatic production control of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Receptacle 2a Game ball borrowing port 2b Prize ball discharge port 2c Reserving ball alignment path 2d Game ball supply port 2e, 2f Ball release button 3 Outer frame 4 Front frame 5 Window frame 6 Game board 6a Opening 7 Launch drive device 8 Operation handle 9 Perspective window 10 Decoration LED
11 Decorative Lamp 12 Speaker (Sound Generator)
13a Guide rail 13b Game ball regulation rail 14 Obstacle 15 Out port 16 Passage hold number display lamp 17 Variable display device 18 Normal symbol display device 19 Specific hold number display lamp 20 Ashtray 21 Launch stop button 25 General winning device 26 Start chucker 26a Start Prize opening 26b Movable piece 27 Large winning device 27a Large winning port 27b V zone 27c Open / close door 28 Opening winning device 28a Open port 46 Passing ball detection sensor 47 Start winning ball detection sensor 48 Large winning ball detection sensor 49 Through chucker 50 Main control Device 51 Discharge control device 52 Launch control device 53 Game ball payout device 54 Centralized control device 60 Sub control device 61 Design control device 62 Lamp control device 63 Voice control device 65 Video display processor 67 Movable object control device 70 CR unit 1 ball lending signal control device 80 jackpot lottery program (selecting means)
81 lottery result storage area (storage means)
82 0th effect table (storage means)
83 1st effect table (storage means)
84 Second effect table (storage means)
85 Third effect table (storage means)
86 Prediction determination program (prediction determination means)
87 Production data extraction program (extraction means)
88 Dramatic production activation lottery program 89 Normal production table 90 Outlier production table 100 Variable display device (display device)

Claims (6)

A lottery means for performing a lottery to determine whether or not to make a transition to an advantageous gaming state when a game ball enters a winning device provided in the gaming area;
Storage means for storing the lottery result of the lottery;
Storage means for storing the production data associated with the lottery result in association with the production data of the production output after the production of the production data;
Foresee determination means for foreseeing the content of the stored lottery results before the previous performance is executed;
Extraction means for sequentially extracting appropriate effect data from the storage means based on the prediction determination result of the prediction determination step;
A gaming machine comprising:   When the foreseeing determination unit foresees and determines that there is a lottery result for shifting to an advantageous gaming state among the lottery results stored in the storage unit, the extraction unit stores the effect data from the storage unit. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the game machine is extracted. The content of the production data is associated with reliability for the jackpot,
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reliability varies depending on the number of lottery results stored in the storage means.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the extraction means performs a lottery to determine whether or not to extract effect data to be associated with the lottery result based on the foresee determination result. A lottery step for performing a lottery to determine whether or not to make a transition to an advantageous gaming state when a game ball enters a winning device provided in the gaming area;
Storing a lottery result of the lottery;
A storage step of storing the production data associated with the lottery result in the storage means in association with the production data of the production output after the production by the production data,
A foresight determination step for foreseeing the content of the stored lottery results before the previous performance is executed;
Based on the foresight determination result of the foresight determination step, an extraction step for sequentially extracting appropriate effect data from the storage means;
A program executable by a computer. A lottery step for performing a lottery to determine whether or not to make a transition to an advantageous gaming state when a game ball enters a winning device provided in the gaming area;
Storing a lottery result of the lottery;
A storage step of storing the production data associated with the lottery result in the storage means in association with the production data of the production output after the production by the production data,
A foresight determination step for foreseeing the content of the stored lottery results before the previous performance is executed;
Based on the foresight determination result of the foresight determination step, an extraction step for sequentially extracting appropriate effect data from the storage means;
A recording medium recording a program executable by a computer.

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