JP2006158828A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can prevent the drop in the attractiveness attributed to the motion of the game media while making the players keep the eyes on the motion of the game balls by causing changes in the flow of the game media almost horizontally. <P>SOLUTION: The pachinko game machine 1 includes the second rolling performance device 100 provided with a patting part 531 which is disposed either in the left or right way within the playing area where the game balls are shot in and can pat the game balls to the left or right by abutting on the game balls and a patting part drive means 532 for moving the patting part 531 to let the patting part 531 pat the game balls and the fourth rolling performance device 102 which guides the game balls patted with a second rolling performance device 100 to the other way, to the left or right, in the playing area. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine (generally referred to as “pachinko machine”) or a spinning-type gaming machine (generally also referred to as “pachislot machine”). The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with display means.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in gaming machines such as pachinko machines, a lot of obstacle nails are provided in a predetermined gauge arrangement in a gaming area in which, for example, a gaming ball is driven as a gaming medium. Wind turbines are provided at appropriate positions. In addition, at an appropriate position in the game area, there are provided a winning opening provided with a blade (so-called tulip) that expands left and right so that the probability of entering the ball changes, and a starting port that expands the blade of the winning port. .

  In this conventional gaming machine, a game ball is driven into the upper part of the game area by a player's operation and enjoyed to enter a desired winning opening, etc., and the game ball is moved from the upper part of the game area. When you flow down to the bottom, you can enjoy the movement of the game ball by making contact with the obstacle nail or windmill, changing the direction and speed, etc., and giving fine movement to the game ball Yes.

  In addition, a fixed stage with a lower center is provided in the game area, and the game ball rolls left and right on the stage and then flows out from the center so that the game ball can be enjoyed. There is also a gaming machine (for example, Patent Document 1). Alternatively, there is a gaming machine in which a fixed stage is provided at the top and bottom and the rolling surface of the stage has a predetermined shape so that the movement of the game ball can be changed and enjoyed (for example, Patent Document 2).

Furthermore, a distribution member extending in a substantially horizontal direction is provided in the game area, and the direction in which the game ball flows down is changed by changing the direction in which the distribution member inclines in accordance with the game situation. There is also a gaming machine that can be enjoyed with the movement (for example, Patent Document 3).
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-057655 JP 2004-147900 A JP 2003-290489 A

  However, in a conventional gaming machine, when a game medium is rolled on a stage extending in a substantially horizontal direction, the movement of the flowing game medium is guided by a curved surface curved from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction. Since the moving direction is changed to a substantially horizontal direction in which the stage extends, the flow of the game medium moves in a predetermined manner, and therefore the flow tends to be monotonous, and the player Depending on the situation, there is a problem that the player gets tired of the movement and flow of the game medium and cannot enjoy the movement of the game medium itself.

  Therefore, in view of the above situation, the present invention makes it possible to change the flow of the game medium in a substantially horizontal direction, thereby causing the player to pay attention to the movement of the game medium and reducing the interest by the movement of the game medium. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can prevent this.

Means 1: “A punching portion that is arranged in any one of the left and right directions in a game area where a game medium is to be driven and that can hit the game medium in the left and right direction by contacting the game medium; A punching means comprising: a punching part driving means for moving the punching part so as to hit the game medium;
And a guiding means for guiding the game medium pushed by the pushing means to either the left or right direction in the game area.

  Here, as the “pushing portion driving means”, “a device that linearly moves the pushing portion”, “a device that rotationally moves the pushing portion around a predetermined axis” using a motor, a solenoid, or the like as power, etc. Is mentioned. The “guide means” includes “things that guide the game medium by a guide surface having a predetermined shape”, “things that guide when the game medium placed on the two rail members rolls”, “conveyor” And the like that the game medium placed on the object is guided by being conveyed by a conveyor.

  By the way, in the game area, the direction of movement of the flowing game medium is changed to the substantially horizontal direction, that is, the left-right direction, and the direction is changed by the obstacle nail conventionally, but in that case, It was difficult to change the game medium to the desired moving direction depending on the flow speed and the contact position of the game medium that contacts the obstacle nail. For example, the curve that smoothly curves from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction. It is conceivable to change the moving direction of the game medium to a desired direction by rolling on the surface, but in this case, the direction changes if the curved surface is rolled. It was monotonous simply by following a predetermined flow. Therefore, a movable reflector is provided on the flow path of the game medium flowing down, and the movement direction of the game medium is changed or not changed by the reflector, thereby creating two kinds of flows. Although it is conceivable to add interest to the movement of the game, even in this case, the flow of the game medium can be predicted depending on whether or not there is a reflecting plate on the flow path, so that it becomes easy to get bored.

  According to the configuration of the means 1, after the game medium is hit by the hitting means from one of the left and right directions in the game area, it is guided to the other of the left and right directions by the guide means. As a result, the game medium is pushed and the movement direction thereof is changed in the left and right direction, and the movement of the game medium which has not moved so far is greatly moved from one to the other in the left and right direction in the game area. It can be realized, and it is possible to make the player pay attention to the movement of the game medium and to enjoy the movement.

  In addition, since the moving direction of the game medium is changed by pushing the game medium, it is possible to change the moving direction more actively and give a strong impact to the player as compared with the case where the game medium is simply reflected by a reflector or the like. In addition to expectation, the difference in impression between when the game medium is hit and when it fails to hit becomes large, and it can be rich in inflection.

  Further, the pushed game medium is guided from one to the other in the left and right direction in the game area by the guide means so that the distance to be guided can be lengthened and various movements can be added to the game medium being guided. In such a case, the game medium guided by the guide means can be sufficiently visually recognized and enjoyed.

  In the hitting area where the game medium can be hit by the hitting portion of the hitting means, the game medium flowing down in the hitting area may be hit, or the game medium is in the hitting area. You may make it hit after making it stop.

Mean 2: In the configuration of the gaming machine,
“A start port arranged in a game area into which a game medium is to be placed and into which the game medium can enter;
Start detection means for detecting the game medium entering the start port;
In response to detection of the game medium by the start detection means, the start port is arranged at a different position in the game area and performs a predetermined opening / closing operation so that the game medium can enter,
Entry detecting means for detecting the game medium that has entered the entrance;
Payout means for paying out a predetermined number of the game media in response to detection of the game media by at least the entry detection means;
A punching portion that is disposed in any one of the left and right directions in the game area and that can press the game medium in the left and right direction by contacting the game medium that has entered the entrance, and A striking means comprising a striking part driving means for moving the striking part so as to strike a game medium;
A discharge port for discharging the game medium that has not been hit by the hitting means to the outside of the game area;
Guiding means for guiding the game medium pushed by the pushing means to either one of the left and right directions in the game area;
A receiving port capable of receiving the game medium guided by the guiding means;
When the game medium is received at the receiving port, a bonus granting means for granting a predetermined bonus to the player is provided.

  Here, the “advance entrance” may be anything that can be opened and closed, or any that changes the probability of entry by opening and closing a movable piece provided in the vicinity of the entrance. Mouth "," receiving port (warp passage entrance) "," movable prize opening (tulip) ", and the like. Examples of the “accepting entrance” include “losing prize opening”, “general prize opening”, “winning prize opening”, “big hit prize opening”, “discharge opening”, and the like.

  In addition, “privilege grant means” include “things that pay out a predetermined number of game media”, “things that increase the probability that game media will enter the entrance where a predetermined number of game media will be paid out when entering”, etc. Can be mentioned.

  According to the configuration of the means 2, when the game medium enters the start port, the entrance opens and closes, and when the game medium enters the entrance, a predetermined number of game media are paid out and entered. If the game medium is not hit by the hitting means, the game medium is sent to the discharge port if the hit is hit by the discharge means. When a game medium is received at a receiving port arranged on the other side in the left-right direction in the gaming area, a predetermined privilege is given. As a result, a predetermined payout is made by the entry of the game medium to the entrance, enhancing the interest, and a predetermined privilege is given to the player when pressed by the pressing means. It is possible to strongly expect the game medium to be hit by the hitting means, and it is possible to entertain the movement by focusing attention on the movement of the hitting means and the game media in the vicinity thereof, and the hitting means. It can be expected that a bonus will be given and the interest will be further enhanced.

Means 3: In the configuration of the gaming machine,
“A start port arranged in a game area into which a game medium is to be placed and into which the game medium can enter;
Start detection means for detecting the game medium entering the start port;
In response to detection of the game medium by the start detection means, the start opening is arranged at a different position in the game area and performs a predetermined opening / closing operation so that the game medium can enter,
Entry detecting means for detecting the game medium that has entered the entrance;
Payout means for paying out a predetermined number of the game media in response to detection of the game media by at least the entry detection means;
A punching portion that is disposed in any one of the left and right directions in the game area and that can push the game media in the left and right directions by contacting the game media that has entered the entrance, and A striking means comprising a striking part driving means for moving the striking part so as to strike a game medium;
A discharge port for discharging the game medium that has not been hit by the hitting means to the outside of the game area;
Guiding means for guiding the game medium pushed by the pushing means to either one of the left and right directions in the game area;
A receiving port capable of receiving the game medium guided by the guiding means;
An acceptance detecting means for detecting the game medium received in the receiving port;
Lottery means for drawing a predetermined lottery result in response to detection of the game medium by the acceptance detection means;
Based on the lottery result of the lottery means, the game apparatus is provided with advantageous game state generating means as privilege providing means for generating an advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player.

  Here, the “advance entrance” may be anything that can be opened and closed, or any that changes the probability of entry by opening and closing a movable piece provided in the vicinity of the entrance. Mouth "," receiving port (warp passage entrance) "," movable prize opening (tulip) ", and the like. Further, examples of the “accepting entrance” include “losing prize opening”, “general prize opening”, “discharge opening”, “winning prize opening”, “big win prize opening”, and the like.

  The “advantageous game state” means a state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state, and various states can be exemplified as follows.

(1) In a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a game ball is opened and closed repeatedly by opening and closing a predetermined number of times, or continuously opening for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of game balls are won. A state in which a large amount of winnings are easily made in the winning opening (so-called “big hit state”).

(2) In a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a state in which the probability of occurrence of a big hit state is higher than usual, a so-called “probability fluctuation state”.

(3) In a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a lottery entrance device for performing a lottery to determine whether or not a big hit state is generated by winning or passing a game ball is set to a state in which a game ball is easier to enter than usual. The state where the lottery lottery is performed more frequently than usual, the so-called “time reduction state”.

(4) In a gaming machine such as a slot machine, a state in which the drum is easily stopped by a pattern for paying out a medal as a game medium during a predetermined game, a so-called “bonus game state”.

(5) In a gaming machine such as a slot machine, a state in which the probability of occurrence of a bonus game state is higher than usual, so-called “probability variation state”.

  According to the configuration of the means 3, when the game medium enters the start port, the entrance opens and closes, and when the game medium enters the entrance, a predetermined number of game media are paid out and entered. If the game medium is not hit by the hitting means, the game medium is sent to the discharge port if the hit is hit by the discharge means. When a game medium is received at a receiving port arranged on the other side in the left and right direction in the gaming area and a game medium is received at the receiving port, a lottery is performed, and an advantageous gaming state corresponding to the lottery result is generated. As a result, when a predetermined payout is performed by the entry of the game medium to the entrance and the interest is enhanced, when the player is hit by the hitting means, an advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player occurs. It is possible to make the player strongly desire that the game medium is pushed by the pushing means, and to focus on the movement of the pushing means and the game media in the vicinity thereof, and to enjoy those movements. Depending on whether or not the game medium is struck, it can be thrilled and thrilled so that it can be rich in intonation.

Means 4: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 3,
“Game state detecting means for detecting a game state that changes in accordance with the player's operation;
And a hitting control means for controlling the hitting unit to hit the game medium by the hitting unit driving means in accordance with the gaming state detected by the gaming state detecting means. It is characterized by that.

  Here, the “gaming state detection means” is to detect a gaming state that changes according to the player's operation. For example, in a gaming machine that uses a game ball as a gaming medium, to a winning opening or a starting hole. And the like, a counting means for counting the number of game balls entering the winning opening, a recognition means for recognizing the lottery result based on the winning, and the like.

  According to the configuration of the means 4, the hitting control means drives the hitting unit in accordance with the game state, so that the player can see the unprecedented movement of the game medium. In order to be in a gaming state in which the hitting unit is driven, for example, a game can be played so that a game medium enters a winning port, a starting port, or the like. Alternatively, as a bonus or a bonus given to the player when the game medium enters the winning opening or the like, the hitting portion may be driven, and an effect of enhancing the interest can be expected.

Means 5: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 4,
“It further includes first rectifying means for distributing the game medium to a hitting area that can be hit by the hitting means”.

  According to the configuration of the means 5, the game medium is circulated to the hitting area by the first rectifying means, and the game medium can be easily hit by the hitting means, and the movement of the hit game medium can be performed. The direction can be easily set to a desired direction. Note that the first rectifying means may be a rectifying device in which the game medium is swirled in a spiral shape (so-called croon), whereby the movement of the game medium can be enjoyed also in the rectifying means.

Means 6: In any one of the constitutions from means 1 to means 5 (means 1, 4, 5),
“The game medium further guided by the guide means further includes a reception port for giving a predetermined privilege to the player when the game medium enters”.

  Here, the “reception port” includes “award port for an accessory”, “reception port (warp passage entrance)”, “movable award port (tulip)”, “starting port”, “losing award port”, “general” “Winning prize opening”, “discharge outlet”, “winning prize opening”, “big win prize opening”, and the like.

  According to the configuration of the means 6, since the receiving destination is provided at the guidance destination by the guiding means, the gaming medium is inserted by the pushing means as compared with the case where the gaming medium is pushed and guided by the guiding means. Since a privilege is granted when the player is pushed, the player is strongly urged to hit the game medium by the pushing means, and attention should be paid to the flow and movement of the game medium in the vicinity of the pushing means. And enjoy the movement.

  Also, when the pushing means is driven when the game medium enters the start opening, etc., it is possible to focus on the flow of game media in the vicinity of both the pushing means and the start opening, etc. It can enhance interest.

Means 7: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 6,
“The pressing means further includes a first character body that is three-dimensionally shaped”. Here, the “character body” means characters such as novels, comics, movies, and plays, animals, plants, or props, or virtual persons, animals, plants, or the like created for this game machine. Props are three-dimensionally shaped.

  According to the configuration of the means 7, the appearance of the hitting means is a character body, and thereby the hitting means itself is visually emphasized as compared with the case of hitting with a plate-like object or the like. It is possible to make the player's line of sight pay attention to the hitting means, thereby making it easier to recognize the movement of the game medium that has not been made by the hitting means.

  In addition, it is desirable that the hitting part is a part of the character body. For example, when the hitting part is the hand or foot of the character body, the hand or foot of the character body moves, so that the game medium is Since it is pushed, it is possible to impart movement to the character body and enjoy not only the movement of the game medium but also the movement of the character body.

Means 8: In the constitution of means 7,
“The pressing portion is a foot of the first character body”.

  According to the configuration of the means 8, since the foot of the character body is the hitting portion, the hitting of the game medium can be realized by the action of the character body kicking the game medium. The batting can be interesting. The motion of the character's feet may be a motion related to sports such as soccer, or may be a motion that poses a character specific to the character body. Thereby, it becomes easy to understand the action of the character body, and the interest can be further enhanced.

Means 9: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 8,
“The guide means has a length that allows the game medium to be guided to be sufficiently visually recognized”. Here, the “sufficiently visible length” is 30 to 80% of the maximum horizontal width of the game area, or 10 to 40 times the maximum diameter of the game medium. Is desirable.

  According to the configuration of the means 9, the length of the guide means is such that the game medium is sufficiently visible, so that the game medium being guided can be sufficiently recognized by the guide means. That is, the movement of the game medium being guided can be shown and the movement can be enjoyed. In addition, when a winning opening etc. where the winning probability is mechanically changed is provided at the guidance destination, if the winning probability changes from moment to moment until the winning opening is reached after the game medium is pushed, It is possible to entertain the desired player by paying more attention to the movement of the game medium.

Means 10: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 9,
“A long guide member that is disposed upstream of the hitting means with respect to the flow of the game medium in the game area and has a rolling surface on which the game medium can roll;
Further, the guide member further includes a rotation drive unit that rotates the game medium on the rolling surface so as to swing.

  Here, “swing” means that the game medium makes at least one reciprocation on the rolling surface, and preferably moves back and forth on the rolling surface for 1.5 reciprocations or more. . In addition, it does not include continuing to swing infinitely on the rolling surface, and after a predetermined time or a predetermined reciprocation (cycle), it is released from the rolling surface and swinging ends. Note that when the game medium is supplied onto the rolling surface, the game medium moves on the rolling surface when the moving speed and direction of the game medium or the rotation state of the rolling surface satisfies a predetermined condition. May be swung.

  “Rotating to swing” means that the guide member is configured to rotate like a seesaw, and the game medium that rolls toward the lower end is the end of the guide medium. Before being released from the game, its end is made higher than the horizontal direction, and the game medium rolls in the opposite direction to the other end, and the same operation is performed at the other end. By repeating the above, the game medium is swung, and the guide member is thus rotated. As such rotation, “according to the length of the guide member, the game medium is swung by periodically rotating the rotation angle and the rotation speed so as to satisfy predetermined conditions”. "A position detection means for detecting the position of the game medium on the rolling surface is provided, and the rotation of the guide member is appropriately controlled by the rotation drive means based on the detection result of the position detection means. And the like ". The position of the rotation center of the guide member may be the end in the longitudinal direction, the center, or another position.

  By the way, for example, by providing a stage-like placement surface extending in the horizontal direction in the game area and supplying the game medium on the placement surface, the movement of the game medium is moved in the horizontal direction. However, in this case, if the placement surface is horizontal, the game medium may be stopped on the placement surface, and there is a problem that the game cannot be performed. Therefore, it is conceivable that the placement surface is inclined, or the central portion is relatively higher or lower than both end portions, but in any case, the game medium flows toward the lower placement surface. Therefore, there is a problem that the movement of the game medium is easily bored. In addition, when the center portion of the placement surface is relatively lower than both ends, there is a possibility that the game medium moves back and forth on the placement surface around the center portion. Although it is possible to add some interest, the game medium is finally released from the center of the placement surface, so that the flow of the game medium can be easily predicted, and the movement of the game medium is not noticed. There is a fear. In addition, it is conceivable that the mounting surface can be tilted so that the tilting direction can be changed. However, even in such a case, there is a problem similar to the above because the game medium simply flows downward.

  In addition, it is conceivable to change the inclination angle of the stage-like mounting surface by a driving means such as a motor. In this case, if the angle is simply changed, the rolling speed of the game medium is changed. For example, it is conceivable to slow down the rolling speed so that the game medium can be seen carefully, but even in that case, the release destination of the finally released game medium is predicted in advance. There is a problem that can be easily bored because it can.

  According to the structure of the means 10, the game medium supplied on the rolling surface is swung by the rotation of the guide member by the rotation driving means upstream of the flow of the game medium in the pushing means. In other words, before reaching the hitting means, the game medium not only flows down but also moves back and forth in the left and right direction, so that the game medium that moves in the left and right direction by the hitting means However, there is a game medium that moves in the left-right direction on the guide member, and it becomes an unprecedented movement of the game medium, making it possible to make the player pay attention to the movement, and entertaining with the movement of the game medium itself, It can be expected that the interest of the elderly will be enhanced.

Means 11: In the constitution of means 10,
“The guide member is capable of discharging the game medium on the rolling surface to either the pushing means side or the left or right side of the game area. It is characterized by that.

  According to the structure of the means 11, the guide member arranged above the hitting means can discharge the game medium to the hitting means side or the side opposite to the hitting means. If the game medium swinging in the left-right direction on the guide member is released to the hitting means side, the hitting means may move in the left-right direction, so that the same game medium moves in the left-right direction. Can be enjoyed twice.

  In addition, since the game medium moves back and forth on the guide member and is released in a predetermined direction, it is difficult to predict in which direction the game medium is released, and the movement of the game medium is further increased. Can be noticed.

  In addition, when a thing that is advantageous to the player, such as a prize opening, is arranged at the guide destination of the guide means, the player first wants the guide member to be released to the pressing means side. However, the game medium may come back and forth on the guide member and may be released to the hitting means side, so it may be returned to the hitting means side. After being released to the game, it can be expected whether or not the game medium will be hit by the hitting means, so that it is possible to produce an unprecedented fun by the game medium and to make it more interesting It can be rich.

  Here, when the inventor of the present application alternately rotates the guide member at a predetermined cycle like a seesaw, the game medium on the rolling surface gradually moves back and forth while swinging back and forth. It was found that it approached the edge and was eventually released from the edge. This is because when the game medium is swung so as not to straddle the rotation center of the guide member, a centrifugal force always acts on the game medium as the guide member rotates, and the centrifugal force rotates. Since the distance from the center is stronger, the distance that the game medium moves away from the center becomes longer than the distance that the game medium moves away from the center, so that the swinging game medium gradually moves away from the center. It seems to move to the end of As a result, the game medium can be given a movement that gradually moves to the end while swinging on the rolling surface, making it possible to realize an unprecedented movement of the game medium. By letting a person expect when the game medium is released from the guide member, it can be exciting and exciting.

Means 12: In the constitution of means 10 or means 11,
“The guide member further includes a weir portion that prevents the game medium from being discharged from the rolling surface at at least one of the end portions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide member.” And

  According to the configuration of the means 12, since the weir portion is provided on at least one of both sides in the width direction of the rolling surface (perpendicular to the game area), the game medium is thereby discharged in the width direction from the rolling surface. It is possible to prevent the game medium from being played and to swing the game medium in the longitudinal direction of the guide member. A predetermined notch may be formed in the middle of the weir, and the game medium is distributed in a predetermined direction by discharging the game medium from the rolling surface from the notch. It can also be made.

  In addition, when a plate-like object such as a game board is arranged on one side of the guide member, the game medium can be released from the rolling surface without providing a weir on the one side. Since there is no game media, it is possible to guide the game media smoothly. If a game board or the like is provided with protrusions, depressions, or openings, which may come into contact with game media on the rolling surface, a dam portion should also be provided on one side thereof. Is desirable.

Means 13: In any one configuration from means 10 to means 12,
“The guide member is characterized in that the rolling surface is an inclined surface in which either one of the end portions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is lower than the other”.

  According to the configuration of the means 13, since the rolling surface is an inclined surface inclined in the width direction, for example, when the inclined surface is such that the game board side is lowered, the above dam portion is not provided. Also, the game medium can be guided by the rolling surface and the game board. In this case, when the dam portion is not provided on the side opposite to the game board side, when the game medium is supplied onto the rolling surface, or when the rolling surface is rolling, the rolling surface Since the game medium may be released from the width direction, the movement of the game medium can be more difficult to predict, and the entertainment can be enhanced.

  In addition, when the rolling surface is an inclined surface that is lower on the side opposite to the game board side, the game medium is surely guided by the rolling surface and the weir portion by providing the above-described weir portion on that side. In addition, when the rolling surface is inclined as compared with the one having only the above-mentioned dam part, even if the game board has a protrusion, a depression, or an opening, etc. Thus, the game medium on the rolling surface can be prevented from coming into contact, and the game medium can be smoothly swung.

Means 14: In any one configuration from means 10 to means 13,
“The guide member is supported so as to be rotatable about a substantially center in a longitudinal direction thereof”.

  By the way, even when the rotation center of the guide member is the end thereof, the game medium on the rolling surface can be swung, but when the rotation of the guide member is rotated at a predetermined period, Since the moving game medium gradually moves in the direction of the end opposite to the center and is released from the end, there is a problem that the flow of the game medium can be easily predicted.

  According to the configuration of the means 14, the center of rotation of the guide member is set to be substantially the center in the longitudinal direction, so that even if the guide member is rotated at a predetermined cycle, it is directed toward any end. Since the game medium can be swung in the direction, the movement of the game medium can be enjoyed. Further, since the guide member only needs to be rotated at a predetermined cycle, the control and configuration of the rotation driving means can be simplified.

  The rotation period of the guide member may be changed. For example, the game medium that swings toward one end is moved to the opposite side across the center, and this time, the other end It can also be made to swing toward the portion, which makes it more difficult to predict the direction in which the game media will be distributed, and can be more inflated.

Means 15: In any one configuration from means 10 to means 14,
“Rotation for detecting the rotation state of the guide member, and changing the rotation of the guide member by the rotation driving means in accordance with the rotation state to release the game medium in a predetermined direction. It further comprises a situation detecting means ”.

  Here, the “rotation state detection means” includes “a detection unit or the like provided on the guide member and detecting the rotation state by detecting the detection unit”, “drive of a motor or the like in the rotation drive unit” And the like which detect the rotation state from the driving state of the part ”.

  According to the configuration of the means 15, the rotation state is changed by stopping the rotation of the guide member or changing the rotation speed in accordance with the rotation state detected by the rotation state detection means. Thus, the game medium is discharged in a predetermined direction, so that it is detected that the guide member is rotating in a desired direction, so that the game medium can be reliably distributed in the predetermined direction. it can. In addition, it is possible to arbitrarily set the degree of distribution by release.

Means 16: In the constitution of means 15,
“The rotation driving means is disposed in the vicinity of one end portion of the guide member, and the rotation state detection means is disposed in the vicinity of the other end portion of the guide member”. And

  According to the configuration of the means 16, the rotation driving means and the rotation state detection means are respectively arranged on both sides of the guide member, so that it is possible to prevent the respective means from interfering with each other.

Means 17: In any one configuration from means 10 to means 16,
“The first straightening means receives the game medium released to the pressing means side by the guide member and is released to the opposite side to the pressing means side by the guide member. It further comprises second rectifying means for receiving the game medium and rectifying it into a predetermined state.

  According to the configuration of the means 17, the game medium released from the guide member is rectified by the first rectifying means and the second rectifying means and delivered to the pushing means and the like, so that it is smoothly delivered to the pushing means and the like. be able to.

Means 18: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 17,
“One of the left and right directions in the game area is further provided with a three-dimensionally shaped second character body”.

  According to the configuration of the means 18, the second character body is arranged on the opposite side of the game area in the left-right direction. That is, since the second character body is arranged at the guidance destination of the guide means, it can be arranged such that the game medium is pushed toward the second character body by the pushing means.

  When the hitting means is the first character body, the game area can have two character bodies arranged on the left and right sides, and the gaming machine should be easy to stop at the player's line of sight. Can do. In addition, the first character body can be the game medium sender side, and the second character body can be the game medium receiver side, which allows the characters to appear to exchange game media, It can be interesting.

Means 19: In the constitution of means 18,
“The second rectification means is a part of the second character body”.

  According to the structure of the means 19, since the 2nd rectification | straightening means is made into a part of 2nd character body, it can also show that a character body receives a game medium from a guide member, and adds interest to a game. Can do. In addition, the second character body is provided with a cup-shaped object (for example, a bowl), and the cup-shaped object is used as the second rectifying means, and the game medium is swirled in a spiral shape (so-called croon). It is good also as what rectifies | straightens, and can enjoy the movement of a game medium by this.

Means 20: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 19,
“A plurality of winning holes that are arranged at a guide destination of the guide means and give different privileges to the player when the game medium enters,
It further comprises guidance means for guiding the game medium to enter any one of the plurality of winning holes ”.

  Here, “a plurality of winning holes giving different privileges” means “a privilege to be given differs depending on each winning port”, “a winning port giving the same privilege among a plurality of winning ports” , Etc. In addition, as “guidance means”, “a plurality of winning holes are opened only by a specific winning hole and led only to the winning hole”, “a plurality of game media storage portions corresponding to the winning holes are provided. Then, the storage unit is guided by moving (for example, linear movement or rotational movement) to a predetermined winning opening ”.

  According to the configuration of the means 20, there are provided a plurality of winning openings with different privileges to be given to the guidance destination when it is hit by the hitting means. As a result, when a game medium is hit, it is possible to make the player expect to be led to a winning opening where the most advantageous privilege is given. The interest in the flow of game media guided by the means can be increased, and the game can be more interesting.

  Further, when combined with the above guide member, the game medium may be distributed after being swung by the guide member and then pushed by the pushing means and guided to the winning opening by the guiding means. It is possible, and there will be multiple turning points in the moving direction of the game medium, and at each turning point, it will be possible to enhance the interest, and finally reach the winning entrance and achieve overcoming those turning points It can be expected to produce a feeling-like effect, and it can be more inflectional.

Means 21: In the configuration of means 20,
"The guiding means is
A plurality of storage units corresponding to the plurality of winning ports, and capable of storing the game media;
And a moving means for moving the storage unit so that the game medium stored in the storage unit enters the corresponding prize winning opening ”.

  Here, the “accommodating section” does not necessarily have to correspond to the number of winning holes, and may be larger or smaller than the number of winning holes. When the number of storage units is larger than the number of winning ports, there is a storing unit for guiding to the same winning port. In addition, when the number of storage units is smaller than the number of winning ports, one storage unit corresponds to a plurality of winning ports, and in this case, it is desirable to move to different winning ports by moving means. .

  In addition, as the “moving means”, “a plurality of accommodating portions reciprocating linearly”, “a plurality of accommodating portions provided on a belt conveyor and moved by the conveyor”, “an accommodating portion Examples include “moving by rotating around a predetermined axis” and “moving by placing the accommodating portion on a predetermined rail and sliding on the rail”.

  According to the configuration of the means 21, since the accommodating portion corresponding to the winning opening is moved by the moving means, for example, when the accommodating portion is constantly moved, the game medium depends on the moving position of the accommodating portion. The accommodation probability changes, so that the timing at which the game medium is pushed by the pushing means can be enjoyed. In addition, the game medium may be moved when stored in the storage unit. In this case, the game medium stored in the storage unit can be enjoyed.

Means 22: In the configuration of means 21,
"The guiding means is
It further comprises a rotating body in which a plurality of the accommodating portions are arranged in the circumferential direction,
The storage unit is moved by rotating the rotating body by the moving means ".

  Here, as the “rotating body”, “the rotating body itself is provided with a housing portion”, “the housing portion and the rotating body are separated, and the housing portion is supported in the circumferential direction by the rotating body. (For example, amusement park-like ferris wheel) ", and the like.

  According to the configuration of the means 22, the accommodating portion moves by the rotation of the rotating body, and by making the rotation speed constant, it is easy to make the accommodation probability accommodated in each accommodating portion substantially the same. It is possible to increase the degree of freedom of design of the accommodating portion and to make it more interesting. Moreover, since the accommodation probability can be changed by changing the rotational speed of the rotating body or by changing the arrangement pitch of the accommodating parts in the circumferential direction, the interest should be further enhanced. Can do.

Means 23: In the constitution of means 21 or means 22,
"The guiding means is
A first accommodation area in which accommodation of the game medium is allowed in all the accommodation units;
Among the plurality of storage units, only a predetermined number of the storage units further includes a second storage area in which the game medium is allowed to be stored ”.

  According to the configuration of the means 23, when the game medium is located in the first accommodation area in the guiding means, the game medium is accommodated in any one of the accommodation units, whereas when it is located in the second accommodation area, the predetermined accommodation It shall be accommodated in any of the parts. In other words, depending on the storage area, the storage probability of being stored in one storage section can be different, and the distribution of game media in the guiding means can be made more complex, and the distribution of game media can be enjoyed. it can.

  In addition, in the case where a specific accommodation portion that gives a privilege (for example, a big hit prize) that is particularly advantageous to the player is included in the second accommodation region, the accommodation portion is accommodated in the specific accommodation portion. However, the accommodation probability can be different, and it can also be made to entertain which accommodation area the game medium is directed to.

Means 24: In the structure of means 23,
"The guiding means is
The game medium pushed from the pushing means through the guide means, or the game medium released by the guide member to the other side in the left-right direction in the game area, Or, respectively, leading to the second accommodating area ”.

  According to the structure of the means 24, the guiding means is used to play the game medium pushed by the pushing means in the first accommodation area, and the game medium released in the direction different from the pushing means by the guide member is the second. The game medium guided to the storage area, or the game medium pressed by the hitting means, is supplied to the second storage area, and the game medium released by the guide member in the direction different from the hitting means is set to the first storage area. Each one is to be guided. Thereby, even if the game medium on a guide member is discharge | released to which side, the opportunity to reach | attain a guidance means can be given. In particular, even if the guide member is not directly released to the guiding means side but is released to the pushing means side, and the interest is lowered, the game medium is directed to the guiding means side by being pushed by the pushing means. , Once again, it can be interesting and inflectional.

  In addition, in the case where the pushed game medium is guided to the first accommodation area, the second accommodation area that is directly released by the guide member has a higher accommodation probability, so that the guide member releases it to the guiding means side. If it is not done, the expectation will be greatly diminished, but this time, expecting to be struck by the punching means, and when it is struck, the expectation can be raised again, It can be exciting.

Means 25: In the structure of means 24,
"The guiding means is
The accommodating portion is
A first accommodating portion that is capable of accommodating the game medium and has a short length extending from an outer periphery of the rotating body toward a central portion thereof;
Than the first housing part, at least the length of the game medium, the second housing part having a long length extending from the outer periphery of the rotating body toward its center part,
The center side of the rotating body with respect to the first housing portion is the second housing area, and the outside of the second housing area is the first housing area.

  According to the structure of the means 25, the accommodating part provided in the rotating body is provided with accommodating parts having different lengths extending in the radial direction of the rotating body. The housing area can be easily formed, and the apparatus configuration can be simplified.

Means 26: In any one configuration from means 23 to means 25,
"The guiding means is
It further includes a partition portion that partitions the first accommodation area and the second accommodation area ”.

  According to the structure of the means 26, since the 1st accommodation area | region and the 2nd accommodation area | region are partitioned off by the partition part, it can prevent that a game medium moves to another accommodation area | region without permission. In addition, it is good also as a partition member which can move a game medium from a 2nd storage area to a 1st storage area.

Means 27: In the configuration of means 26,
“The second rectification means includes the partition portion”.

  In the configuration of the means 27, the second rectifying means is provided with a partition member, so that the game medium can be easily guided to the first accommodation area or the second accommodation area, and the game medium is surely stored in the accommodation section. Can be accommodated.

Means 28: In any one configuration from means 22 to means 27,
"The guiding means is
The extending direction of the rotating shaft of the rotating body is substantially perpendicular to the game area.

  Here, various directions are conceivable as the axial direction of the rotating body. For example, when the axial direction is the same as the vertical direction of the gaming machine, the rotating body rotates on a substantially horizontal plane. , The accommodating part comes closer to or away from the player. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to see the accommodating portion located at a distance.

  According to the structure of the means 28, the axial direction of the rotating body is substantially perpendicular to the game area, and the rotating body rotates on a plane substantially parallel to the gaming area. All of the received storage units are at substantially the same distance to the player, and the storage unit can be seen no matter where it is rotated, and the rotating body and the game medium stored in the storage unit are guided. You can enjoy the movement.

Means 29: In the constitution of means 28,
"The guiding means is
The game medium pressed from the pressing means via the guide means is released to the first accommodation area, and the game medium released to the other side in the left-right direction in the game area by the guide member. , Respectively leading to the second accommodating area ”.

  According to the structure of the means 29, since the accommodation probability of the second accommodation area directly discharged by the guide member is higher, if the guide member is not released to the guiding means side, the expectation is greatly reduced. However, this time, it can be expected to be struck by the punching means, and when it is struck, the expectation can be raised again, so that it can be exciting and exciting.

Means 30: In any one configuration of means 1 to means 29 (means 1, 4 to 29),
“Further provided with a discharge port that is disposed below the hitting means and receives the game medium that has passed through the hitting area by the hitting means without being hit and discharges the game medium to the outside of the game area. It is characterized by that.

  According to the configuration of the means 30, the game medium that has not been hit by the hitting means is discharged out of the game area through the discharge port, and the game medium is invalidated unless pressed by the hitting means. Therefore, it is possible to increase the interest in hitting a game medium by the hitting means, and the expectation of hitting by the hitting means can be further increased, and the interest can be enhanced.

Means 31: In any one configuration from means 10 to means 30,
“A receiving port that is arranged at least at a part of the upper part of the guide member and receives the game medium flowing down the game area and flows down the game medium so as not to come into contact with the guide means and the guide member. It is further provided. "

  According to the structure of the means 31, the game medium received by the receiving port flows down through the front or rear of the guide means and the guide member, so that the game medium does not contact the guide means or the guide member. Can flow down. This prevents other game media from coming into contact with the guide means and the game media rolling on the guide member to prevent the game media from being disturbed, and the receiving port above the guide member. By disposing at the predetermined position, it is possible to arbitrarily set the supply position of the game medium supplied to the guide member, and the game medium can swing well on the guide means and the guide member.

  In addition, in the guide means and the guide member, the game medium moves in the left-right direction, whereas the game medium received in the receiving port moves in the downward direction in the vertical direction. Thus, it is possible to produce an unprecedented motion effect such that the horizontal motion and the vertical motion intersect, and it is possible to have an impact only by the motion of the game medium.

  In addition, when it is assumed to flow down through the front of the guide means and the guide member, the game medium swinging on the guide means and the guide member can be partially hidden by the game medium flowing down. In other words, since the state in which the game medium is partially swayed becomes invisible, the movement of the game medium becomes a concern for some players during that time, and it can be expected to be excited and enhance the interest.

Means 32: In the constitution of means 31,
“A guide path that guides the game medium received by the receiving port through the rear of the guide member and below the guide member, and the game medium guided by the guide path is caused to flow out to the game area. It further includes a game medium guiding path having an outlet.

  According to the configuration of the means 32, the game medium is caused to flow down behind the guide member by the game medium guide path, so that the game medium swinging on the guide member is not blocked by the flowing game medium. , The movement can be seen well.

  In addition, since the game medium guide path (so-called warp path) is provided, the game medium can be well supplied to the game area below the guide member so that the game medium can flow down. It is possible to make the game more interesting by appropriately arranging an accessory, a winning opening, etc. below the guide member.

Means 33: In the configuration of means 32,
“The outlet in the game medium guide path is arranged between the guide means and the guide member in the vertical direction of the game area so that the game medium that has flowed out does not contact the guide means. It is what it is ".

  In the configuration of the means 33, the outlet of the game medium guiding path is disposed between the guide member and the guide means. In particular, when the game medium flows out in front of the guide means, the same as above In addition to the operational effects, it is possible to make the outflowed game medium appear as if it is in contact with the guide means, thereby producing an effect of the movement of the game medium that can enhance interest.

Means 34: In any one configuration of means 1 to means 33 (means 1, 4 to 29),
“It further comprises an entrance that is arranged above the pushing means and guides the entered game medium to a pushing area that can be pushed by the pushing portion”.

  According to the configuration of the means 34, the game medium is supplied to the hitting means through the entrance, and thus the hitting means can be supplied with the game medium from a predetermined position. It is possible to reduce the change in behavior at the beginning of supply of the game medium to be supplied under a predetermined condition so that the game medium can be reliably hit.

Means 35: In the constitution of means 34,
“It further comprises an opening / closing means for opening / closing the entrance”.

  Here, as the “opening / closing means”, “a pair of movable pieces (blades) that opens and closes by turning left and right”, “opening and closing when the movable pieces turn in a direction perpendicular to the game area” Thing ", etc. are mentioned.

  According to the structure of the means 35, the opening / closing means is opened and closed by the opening / closing means, so that the game medium cannot be supplied to the pushing means unless the entrance is opened. This makes it possible to make the game media hit by special and increase its value.

Means 36: In the structure of means 35,
“It further includes a start port that is arranged in the game area and operates to open and close the entrance by operating the opening and closing means when the game medium enters”.

  According to the structure of the means 36, the entrance is opened and closed when the game medium enters the start opening. By this, the entrance is opened by the opening and closing means by allowing the game medium to enter the start opening, and the push is performed. The game medium can be pushed by the hitting means. Note that a plurality of start ports may be provided. In this case, it is desirable that the opening / closing pattern (for example, the number of times of opening / closing and the opening / closing time) differs depending on the start port.

Means 37: In any one configuration from means 34 to means 36,
“The entrance is arranged above the guide member and guides the game medium that has entered the entrance onto the rolling surface of the guide member”.

  According to the configuration of the means 37, the game medium is supplied onto the guide member via the entrance, and thus the game medium can be supplied from a predetermined position to the guide member. It is possible to reduce the change in behavior at the beginning of supply of the game medium and to supply the game medium under predetermined conditions so that the game medium can be stably swung on the guide member.

  In addition, when a receiving port to which a privilege is given is arranged at the distribution destination of the guide member as described above, the player can play a game so that the game medium enters the entrance, and the game medium enters the entrance. Thus, it is possible to actively enjoy the movement of a swinging game medium that has never been seen before.

Means 38: In any one configuration from means 34 to means 37,
“It is provided with a third character body which is provided with the entrance and is three-dimensionally shaped”.

  According to the configuration of the means 38, the third character body having the entrance is provided, and this makes it possible to add fun to the form of the entrance. In addition, since the three character bodies are arranged in the game area together with the first character body and the second character body described above, it becomes possible to form a characteristic game area that has never existed so far. The gaming machine can be easily attracted to interest, and can be differentiated from other gaming machines by enhancing its distinguishability.

Means 39: In the configuration of means 38,
“The entrance is the mouth of the third character body”.

  According to the configuration of the means 39, since the mouth of the third character body is the entrance, it is possible to create an atmosphere in which the game medium is swallowed by the character body, and to expect an effect of enhancing the fun. it can.

Means 40: In the constitution of means 38 or means 39,
“The punching means, the guiding means, the winning port, the guide member, the guiding means, the discharge port, the game medium guiding path, the entrance, the opening / closing means, the first rectifying means, the second rectifying means. The first character body, the second character body, and the third character body are provided in one combination.

  According to the configuration of the means 40, these hitting means and the like are used as one accessory, and thereby a gaming machine called a so-called "feather" can be obtained. Moreover, since they are integrated, the assembly of the gaming machine can be facilitated.

Means 41: In any one configuration from means 15 to means 40,
“The hitting control means moves the hitting part by the hitting driving means in accordance with the turning situation detected by the turning situation detecting means for detecting the turning situation of the guide member. It is characterized by "

  According to the structure of the means 41, the hitting means is operated according to the rotation state of the guide member, whereby the game medium is reliably distributed to the hitting means side in the guide member, and then the hitting means The game medium can be reliably hit by moving the hitting portion.

Means 42: In any one configuration from means 22 to means 41,
“It further comprises rotational position detecting means for detecting the rotational position of the rotating body in the guiding means,
The hitting control means moves the hitting portion by the hitting driving means in accordance with the rotational position detected by the rotational position detecting means.

  Here, as the “rotation position detecting means”, “a rotation position detection unit such as a slit or protrusion for detecting the rotation position is provided in the rotation detection body that rotates together with the rotation body, and the detection unit is detected by the sensor. "Detecting the rotational position by", "Detecting the rotational position from the rotational position of the driving unit such as the motor in the moving means for rotating the rotating body", "Rotating the motor or the like in the moving means for rotating the rotating body" For detecting the rotational position with a pulse for ".

  According to the configuration of the means 42, the hitting means is operated according to the rotational position of the rotating body of the guiding means, whereby, for example, the winning position (for example, a prize opening which is particularly advantageous to the player by the rotational position detecting means) The probability of winning is increased by detecting the timing at which the game medium is most likely to be stored in the specific storage unit corresponding to the jackpot winning opening) and moving the pressing unit of the pressing means at that timing. Can do.

Means 43: In any one configuration from means 34 to means 42,
“It further comprises an entry detecting means for detecting the game medium that has entered the entrance,
The hitting control means moves the hitting portion by the hitting driving means in response to detection of the game medium by the entry detecting means.

  Here, examples of the “entry detecting means” include “a switch for detecting a state of entering a winning opening and a starting opening”, “a counting means for counting the number of game balls entering the winning opening”, and the like. .

  According to the configuration of the means 43, when the game medium enters the entrance, the pushing means is activated. It should be noted that the operation of the pushing means is desirably delayed for the time required for the game medium to reach the pushing area of the pushing means after detecting the entry to the entrance. It is possible to reliably hit the game medium.

  In addition, when the guide member is arranged upstream of the hitting means, the game medium swings on the guide member, so the arrival time of the game medium reaching the hitting means varies, and the hitting means Since the timing of operation and the timing of arrival of the game medium are difficult to coincide with each other, the movement of the game medium that swings on the guide member can be further excited and excited.

Means 44: In any one configuration from means 4 to means 43,
“Lottery means for drawing a predetermined lottery result based on the detection result of the gaming state detection means;
It further comprises advantageous game state generating means for generating an advantageous game state advantageous to the player based on the lottery result of the lottery means.

  According to the configuration of the means 44, when one of the winning holes that are guided by the guiding means is a jackpot winning hole that is highly likely to generate an advantageous gaming state, the player uses the guide member to move the guiding means side, that is, A game medium that is strongly desired to be distributed to the jackpot winning prize side, paying particular attention to the movement of the game medium that swings back and forth on the guide member, and is not likely to be released from the guide member to the jackpot winning prize side It can be an interesting and arousing movement. Further, even if the guide member is distributed to the pushing means side without being distributed to the guiding means side, the game medium is moved to the guiding means side if it is pushed by the pushing means, so the interest is lowered. Can be maintained without.

Means 45: In the constitution of means 44,
“One of the winning holes is a jackpot winning hole that generates the advantageous gaming state by the entry of the game medium”.

  According to the configuration of the means 45, the game medium pressed by the hitting means is such that the jackpot winning opening is arranged at the guide destination guided by the guide means, and thereby the same effect as the above can be obtained. In addition, the game medium can be made particularly special by the pushing means.

Means 46: In the constitution of means 44 or means 45,
“It further includes a main board for controlling the punching control means, the lottery means, and the advantageous gaming state generating means”.

  According to the configuration of the means 46, the hitting control means is provided with the main board for controlling the basics of the game in the gaming machine, and it is possible to prevent illegal operation of the distribution by the guide member. Further, the distribution by the guide member can be easily associated with the occurrence of the advantageous gaming state.

Means 47: In any one configuration from means 10 to means 46,
“It further comprises rolling effect control means for controlling the rotation driving means to release the game medium that rolls on the guide member in a predetermined direction after rocking the game medium”. To do.

  According to the configuration of the means 47, the rotation driving means for rotating the guide member is controlled using a rolling effect control means, that is, a computer having a CPU or the like. Control is possible, and the game medium can be easily swung on the guide member, so that the movement of the game medium can be varied.

Means 48: In the constitution of means 47,
“The rolling effect control means is rotated by the rotation driving means so that the game medium swings at least 1.5 reciprocally on the guide member”.

  According to the means 48, the game medium that rolls on the guide member can be swung at least 1.5 times by the rolling effect control means. That is, the game medium can be swung.

Means 49: In the constitution of means 47 or means 48,
“The rolling effect control means is configured to release the gaming medium in a predetermined direction after the gaming medium rolling on the guide member is swung a predetermined number of times”.

  According to the means 49, when the game medium is discharged by the guide member, the guide member is swung a predetermined number of times, so that the game medium is swung before the game medium is discharged. It is possible to make it unclear whether it will be released, and to make the player feel excited and excited. Note that when the game medium is discharged, the rotation of the guide member may be stopped so that the predetermined direction becomes lower, or the guide member may be discharged in the predetermined direction by reducing the rotation speed.

Means 50: In any one configuration from means 47 to means 49,
“The rolling effect control means releases the game medium in a predetermined direction by stopping the rotation of the guide member by the rotation driving means”.

  According to the means 50, since the rotation of the guide member is stopped when the game medium is released by the guide member, the game medium can be reliably released.

Means 51: In any one configuration from means 47 to means 50,
“The rolling effect control means repeats an operation of stopping the guide member for a predetermined time after the guide member is rotated a predetermined number of times by the rotation driving means”.

  According to the configuration of the means 51, the guide member that repeats rotation at a predetermined cycle, such as a seesaw, stops rotating every predetermined number of times, so that depending on the supply timing of the game medium supplied to the guide member, Since it is possible to predict the direction of release to some extent, it is possible to watch the movement of the guide member so that the game medium is supplied to the guide member at a desired timing, thereby enjoying the movement of the game medium. I can do it.

Means 52: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 51,
The gaming machine is a pachinko gaming machine.
A pachinko machine is a game area that incorporates a launching device that launches a game ball in response to the operation of the operation handle, a number of obstacle nails, a center accessory, a start opening, a prize winning opening, and display means. And a rail for guiding game balls to the game area, and a payout means for paying out a predetermined number of game balls as prize balls when the game balls guided to the game area enter the start opening or the big prize opening. Further, in addition to the above, “when a ball enters the starting port is detected by the ball entering state detecting means (that is, the game state detecting means) for detecting the state of entering the starting port and the ball entering state detecting unit, And a special symbol display means for changing the special symbol in accordance with the lottery result of the lottery means and stopping the fluctuation ”. In addition to the above, there may be a case of “further providing an effect display means for variably displaying a decorative symbol sequence composed of a plurality of decorative symbols and causing a character or the like to appear at a predetermined timing while the special symbol is changing”. .

  According to the means 52, in the pachinko gaming machine, any of the operational effects from the means 1 to the means 51 can be achieved.

Means 53: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 51,
The gaming machine is a slot machine with a stop operation function.
A slot machine with a stop operation function uses a medal as a game medium, and after a medal is inserted, a symbol string composed of a plurality of symbols is variably displayed according to the operation of a start operation means (for example, an operation lever), and thereafter Then, the fluctuation of the symbol sequence is stopped in accordance with the operation of the stop operating means (for example, stop button). If the stop operating means is not operated even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the change in the symbol sequence may be stopped when the predetermined time has elapsed. Then, when the combination of symbols at the time when the variation of the symbol row is stopped satisfies a specific condition, a medal is paid out as a special advantageous state advantageous to the player.

  According to the means 53, in the slot machine with a stop operation function, any one of the effects from the means 1 to the means 51 can be achieved.

Means 54: In any one configuration from means 1 to means 51,
The gaming machine is a gaming machine obtained by fusing a pachinko gaming machine and a slot machine with a stop operation function.
Here, “a gaming machine that is a combination of a pachinko gaming machine and a slot machine with a stop operation function” means that a plurality of (for example, five) gaming balls are thrown in as a unit, and then a starting operation means (for example, In accordance with the operation of the operation lever), a symbol string composed of a plurality of symbols is variably displayed, and thereafter, the symbol string fluctuation is stopped in accordance with an operation of a stop operation means (for example, a stop button). If the stop operating means is not operated even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the change in the symbol sequence may be stopped when the predetermined time has elapsed. Then, when the combination of symbols at the time of stopping the variation of the symbol sequence satisfies a specific condition, the game ball is paid out as a special advantageous state advantageous to the player.

  According to the means 54, in the gaming machine formed by combining the pachinko gaming machine and the slot machine with the stop operation function, any one of the effects from the means 1 to the means 51 can be achieved.

  As described above, in the gaming machine of the present invention, by allowing the flow of the game medium to be changed in a substantially horizontal direction, the player is focused on the movement of the game medium, and the interest by the movement of the game medium is reduced. It is possible to provide a gaming machine that can prevent the above.

Hereinafter, a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a “pachinko machine”) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[Overall Configuration of Pachinko Machine] A description will be given based on FIG.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a main body frame is opened on one side of an outer frame of a pachinko machine and a front frame is opened on one side of the main body frame. Note that FIG. 1 shows a view in which the decorative member in the game area is omitted.
The pachinko machine 1 includes an outer frame 2, a main body frame 3, a front frame 4, a game board 5, and the like. The outer frame 2 is formed into a vertically long rectangular frame shape by upper, lower, left, and right wooden frame members, and has a lower receiving plate 6 that receives the lower surface of the main body frame 3 at the front lower portion of the outer frame 2. On one side of the front surface of the outer frame 2, the main body frame 3 is attached by a hinge mechanism 7 so as to be opened and closed forward. The outer frame 2 may be formed of a light metal such as resin or aluminum.

[Configuration of Main Body Frame] A description will be given based on FIGS. 2 and 4.
2 is a front view showing the entire front side of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the main body frame 3 and the game board 5 of the pachinko machine 1 separated obliquely from the upper right front.
The main body frame 3 is configured by integrally molding the front frame body 11, the game board mounting frame 12, and the mechanism mounting body 13 with a synthetic resin material. The front frame body 11 of the main body frame 3 is formed in a rectangular frame shape having a size corresponding to the outer shape excluding the support plate 6 on the front side of the outer frame 2 (see FIG. 1). A main body frame side hinge device 15 is fixed to the upper and lower portions on one side of the front frame body 11, and a hinge pin and a hinge are connected to the outer frame side hinge device 14 fixed to the upper and lower portions on one side of the outer frame 2. It is mounted so that it can be opened and closed by a hole. That is, the hinge mechanism 7 is configured by the outer frame side hinge tool 14, the main body frame side hinge tool 15, the hinge pin, and the hinge hole.

  On the front side of the front frame body 11, a speaker box portion 16 is integrally formed in the front lower left area of the front frame body 11 positioned below the game board mounting frame 12, and is formed in the front opening portion of the speaker box portion 16. The speaker mounting plate 17 is mounted so as to close the opening. A speaker 18 is mounted on the speaker mounting plate 17. In addition, in the lower region of the front surface of the front frame 11, a firing rail 19 is attached to the upper half of the front frame 11 in an inclined manner. A lower front plate 30 is mounted on the lower half of the lower area of the front surface of the front frame 11. A lower tray 31 capable of storing game balls is provided at a substantially central portion of the front surface of the lower front plate 30, an operation handle 32 is provided on the right side, and an ashtray 33 is provided on the left side. . The lower plate 31 is provided with a ball discharge lever 34 for discharging the game ball downward.

[Configuration of Front Frame] A description will be given based on FIGS. 1 and 2.
The front frame 4 is mounted on one side of the front surface of the front frame body 11 so as to cover a portion extending from the upper end of the front frame body 11 to the upper edge of the lower front plate 30 so as to be opened and closed forward by a hinge mechanism 36. Yes. In addition, a substantially circular opening window 38 through which the game area 37 of the game board 5 can be seen through from the front is formed at a substantially central portion of the front frame 4. Further, a window frame 39 having a rectangular frame shape larger than the opening window 38 is provided on the rear side of the front frame 4, and a transparent plate 50 such as a glass plate or a transparent resin plate is mounted on the window frame 39. . Further, substantially the entire front surface of the front frame 4 is decorated by a front decoration member in which a lamp or the like is provided, and an upper plate 51 is formed at the lower part of the front surface of the front frame 4. Specifically, around the opening window 38, a side decoration device 52 is mounted on the left and right sides, an upper plate 51 is mounted on the lower portion, and an acoustic decoration device 53 is mounted on the upper portion. The side decoration device 52 is mainly configured by a side decoration body 54 in which a lamp substrate is disposed and formed of a synthetic resin material. A plurality of slit-like opening holes that are long in the horizontal direction are arranged in the side decoration body 54 in the vertical direction, and a lens 55 corresponding to a light source disposed on the lamp substrate is incorporated in the opening hole. The acoustic illumination device 53 includes a transparent cover body 56, a speaker 57, a speaker cover 58, a reflector body (not shown), and the like, and these constituent members are assembled together to form a unit. A button 60 that can be operated by the player is provided on the left side of the upper plate 51.

[Configuration of Locking Device] A description will be given based on FIGS. 1 and 4.
A function of locking the main body frame 3 with respect to the outer frame 2 and a function of locking the front frame 4 with respect to the main body frame 3 on the rear side of the free end side opposite to the hinge mechanism 36 of the front frame body 11 The locking device 70 having both of the above is mounted. That is, in this embodiment, the locking device 70 includes a plurality of upper and lower body frame locking hooks 72 that detachably engage with a closing tool 71 provided on the outer frame 2 to lock the body frame 3 in a closed state, From the front of the pachinko machine 1, a plurality of upper and lower door locking hooks 74 that detachably engage with a closing tool 73 provided on the rear side of the front end of the front frame 4 to lock the front frame 4 in a closed state. And a cylinder lock 75 that is exposed through the front frame 11 and the lower front plate 30 so that the key can be inserted and unlocked. Then, a key is inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 75 and rotated in one direction, so that the engagement between the main body frame locking hook 72 and the closing tool 71 of the outer frame 2 is released, and the main body frame 3 is unlocked. By rotating in the opposite direction, the engagement between the door locking hook 74 and the closing tool 73 of the front frame 4 is released and the front frame 4 is unlocked.

[Configuration of Game Board Mounting Frame and Game Board] A description will be given based on FIGS. 1, 3, 4, and 5.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view showing the configuration of the game area 37, and FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the entire rear side of the pachinko machine 1.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the game board mounting frame 12 of the main body frame 3 is provided on the rear side of the front frame body 11, and the game board 5 is mounted so as to be attachable / detachable from the front. . The game board 5 is formed in a substantially square plate shape with a size that fits from the front of the game board mounting frame 12 (see FIG. 10). A guide rail 78 including an outer rail 76 and an inner rail 77 is provided on the board surface (front surface) of the game board 5, and a game area 37 is defined inside the guide rail 78. A predetermined gap is provided between the launch rail 19 and the guide rail 78, and when the launched game ball returns to the guide rail 78, the game ball is discharged from the gap. It is configured to be guided to the lower plate 31. Further, a front structural member 79 made of synthetic resin is attached to the front surface of the game board 5 in the outer region of the guide rail 78.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the game area 37, a number of obstacle nails (not shown) are provided in a predetermined gauge arrangement, and a windmill 90 is provided at an appropriate position in the middle thereof. An accessory 91 is disposed almost at the center of the game area 37, and the design of the accessory 91 characterizes the model and game concept of the pachinko machine 1.

  The accessory 91 is composed of a frame-like decorative body as a whole, and a warp passage is formed along with the warp entrance at the upper edge or the left and right side edges, and a game ball flowing down along the game board surface is provided. When entering the warp entrance, it is taken into the back side of the accessory 91 through a warp passage, which will be described later, and then released again from the middle or lower edge of the accessory 91 to the game board surface.

  The bonus item 91 is provided in the vicinity of its upper edge so as to be openable and closable for a bonus item 92 through which a game ball can be taken. In addition, inside the prize 91, there are provided a jackpot winning slot 93 through which a game ball taken in from the prize winning slot 92 for winning a prize can be won, and a loser winning slot 94. Between the loser winning hole 94 and the prize winning hole 92 for games, the game balls taken from the prize winning hole 92 for roles are changed in various ways while rolling on a predetermined passage. The first rolling effect device 95 is further provided that distributes the payout to either the big hit winning opening 93 or the lost winning opening 94 after the attention is paid to the person.

  The role 91 includes a second rolling effect device 100 capable of hitting a game ball on one distribution side (left side in FIG. 3) of the first rolling effect device 95, and a first rolling effect device. A third rolling effect device 101 is further provided on the other distribution side of 95 (the right side in FIG. 3) to guide the game ball to either the big hit winning opening 93 or the lost winning opening 94 by rotating. The fourth rolling effect device 102 is further provided to guide the game ball placed below the first rolling effect device 95 and hit by the second rolling effect device 100 to the third rolling effect device 101. It has been.

  Further, in the game area 37, a pair of first start winning ports 96 disposed on the left and right sides of the accessory 91 and a second start winning port disposed between the pair of first start winning ports 96. An opening 97 is provided, and when a game ball enters the start winning opening 96, 97, the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory 91 opens and closes. More specifically, when a game ball enters the first start winning opening 96, the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is opened and closed only once at a predetermined interval, and when a game ball enters the second start winning opening 97, a prize for a prize is obtained. The mouth 92 opens and closes only twice at a predetermined interval.

  In addition, a general winning opening 98 is provided in the game area 37. In addition, an effect display device 115 is disposed inside the accessory 91, and the effect display device 115 performs an effect display by, for example, an image such as a moving image or a video, or an operation of a movable member. Examples of the effect display device 115 include liquid crystal display devices, EL display devices, plasma display devices, and display devices such as CRTs. The display surface of the effect display device 115 is mounted on the rear side of the accessory 91 so as to face the opening window, and the accessory 91 is fitted into an assembly hole penetrating in the center of the game board 5, A display device control board box 117 having a rear portion of the accessory 91 and the display device control board 116 of the effect display device 115 is provided so as to protrude to the rear side of the game board 5. Here, the effect display device 115 corresponds to the display means of the present invention.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, at the lower rear side of the game board 5, as a collective bag for receiving the game balls flowing into various winning devices and guiding the game balls to a predetermined position in a portion extending from the center portion to the lower portion. A box mounting base 118 having both the above function and the function as a box mounting portion is provided. The box mounting base 118 is mounted with a sub control board box 130 in which a sub control board 119 such as a sound control board and a lamp control board is housed, and is superposed on the rear side of the sub control board box 130. A main control board box 132 in which the main control board 131 is housed is mounted. Further, in a state where the box mounting base 118, the sub control board box 130 and the main control board box 132 are respectively mounted on the rear side of the game board 5, the game board 5 is moved from the front of the game board mounting frame 12 of the main body frame 3. The box mounting base 118, the sub control board box 130, and the main control board box 132 are arranged so as not to protrude outward from the outline of the game board 5 so that they can be fitted and installed.

[Configuration of Main Body Frame Mechanism Mounted Body, Ball Tank, and Tank Rail] A description will be given based on FIGS. 8 and 9.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the state in which various members are assembled to the main body frame 3 of the pachinko machine 1 from obliquely upper right rear, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the main body frame 3 alone from obliquely upper right rear.
The mechanism mounting body 13 of the main body frame 3 is formed with a tank mounting portion 133, a rail mounting portion 134, a dispensing device mounting portion 135, and the like, and a ball tank 136 is mounted on the tank mounting portion 133. The ball tank 136 is made of a transparent synthetic resin material, and is formed in a box shape opening upward so that a large number of game balls supplied from the island facility can be stored. The storage state of the game balls in the ball tank 136 is visible through the rear side wall of the ball tank 136. In addition, a discharge port 138 for discharging a game ball is formed at the rear corner of the bottom plate portion 137 of the ball tank 136, and the bottom plate portion 137 is formed on an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward the discharge port 138. .

  The mechanism mounting body 13 of the main body frame 3 is integrally formed with a rail mounting portion 134 so as to approach the tank mounting portion 133 downward, and the rail component 139 is mounted on the rail mounting portion 134 so that the tank rail 150 is configured. That is, in this embodiment, the rail mounting portion 134 is formed in a state in which the upper lateral portion of the main body frame 3 is recessed by a predetermined depth, and the back side wall of the recess is used as the front wall portion 151 of the tank rail 150. An inclined rail shelf 155 is formed along the lower edge of the concave portion so as to incline downward from one end (left end toward FIG. 9) to the other end (right end toward FIG. 9). An upward surface extending in the lateral direction of the rail shelf 155 is a rail receiving portion 158.

  The rail constituting member 139 that is mounted on the rail mounting portion 134 and constitutes the tank rail 150 includes a rear wall portion 152 that forms a rail passage between the rail mounting portion 134 and the front wall portion 151, and an inclined lower plate And a partition wall (both not shown) that project along the center in the front-rear direction of the upper surface of the lower plate part and divide the rail passage into front and rear rows (in this embodiment, front and rear rows). It is formed in preparation. The rail constituting member 139 is attached to the rail attaching portion 134 by an appropriate attachment means, thereby forming a tank rail 150 having a plurality of front and rear rows of rail passages. Then, after the game balls discharged from the discharge port 138 of the ball tank 136 (dropped by its own weight) are received at one end of the rail passages in the front and rear rows of the tank rail 150, the game balls are moved along the rail passage by their own weight. And rolling toward the other end of the rail passage. Further, in this embodiment, the rail component member 139 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material, whereby the flow state of the game balls in the rail passage is visually recognized through the rear wall portion 152 of the rail component member 139. It is possible.

  The front wall portion 151 of the tank rail 150 (rail mounting portion 134) separates the first space portion in order to avoid interference with the upper end portion of the rear portion of the equipment (for example, the accessory 91) protruding to the rear side of the game board 5. It is provided in the state. In this embodiment, the rear end of the rail shelf 155 serving as the rear end portion of the main body frame 3 and the rear wall portion of the tank rail 150 are substantially flush with the rear side wall of the ball tank 136. In other words, the tank rail 150 is arranged behind the rear surface of the game board 5 so that the rear wall portion of the ball tank 136 is substantially flush with the rear wall portion of the ball tank 136. Accordingly, a first space portion for avoiding interference with the rear portion of the accessory 91 is provided between the rear side of the game board 5 and the front wall portion 151 of the tank rail 150.

  Above the tank rail 150, a rectifying body 156 for aligning the game balls flowing in the rail passage without overlapping each other is mounted on the upper portion thereof so as to be swingable about the shaft 157. The rectifier 156 is provided with a weight from the center to the bottom.

[Configurations of Dispensing Device Mounting Unit and Ball Dispensing Device] A description will be given based on FIGS. 8 and 9.
A vertically long paying device mounting portion 135 corresponding to a ball paying device (ball paying unit) 170 described below is formed in the vertical direction of one side of the mechanism mounting body 13 of the main body frame 3. The dispensing device mounting portion 135 is formed in a concave shape having an opening on the rear side. In addition, an opening 173 through which a payout motor 172 (see FIG. 4) of the ball payout device 170 can project is formed at a predetermined position on a back wall portion (not shown) having a stepped shape of the payout device mounting portion 135. Yes.

  In a state where the ball paying device 170 is mounted in the recess of the paying device mounting portion 135, a second space portion is provided between the game board 5 and the first space portion, which is at substantially the same level in the front-rear direction. . Thus, the rail passage and the ball passage are arranged at substantially the same level in the front-rear direction. Further, the rear end of the body frame 3, that is, the rear end of the peripheral wall portion of the dispensing device mounting portion 135, the rear end of the rail shelf 155, the rear surfaces of the ball tank 136, the tank rail 150, and the ball dispensing device 170 are substantially the same surface. ing.

  The ball payout device 170 has a vertically long box shape that is substantially the same size as the recess of the payout device mounting portion 135, and is unitized by mounting various parts related to payout. The ball payout device 170 is fitted from the rear opening of the concave portion of the payout device mounting portion 135 and is mounted by appropriate mounting means (for example, mounting means such as an elastic clip, a locking claw, and a screw). It has become.

  Although not shown, the ball dispensing device 170 is formed by dividing the ball passages having inflow ports respectively communicating with the outlets of the rail passages in the tank rail 150 into a plurality of front and rear rows (for example, front and rear rows). Also, the downstream portions of the front and rear rows of ball passages formed in the interior are bifurcated to form front and rear rows of prize balls, a ball rental ball passage and a ball removal ball passage. In addition, a payout member (not shown) made of a rotating body for distributing and paying out game balls to any of the passages is rotated in the forward and reverse directions at a branch portion between the winning ball and the ball passage for lending and the ball passage for ball removal. It is arranged to be possible.

[Equipment on the lower rear side of the main body frame] A description will be given based on Figs.
On the rear side of the front frame body 11 of the main body frame 3, one side (left side in FIG. 5) of the rear lower region of the front frame body 11 located below the game board mounting frame 12 is below the launch rail 19. A launching device unit 194 in which a launching hammer (not shown) for launching a game ball sent to the launching position of the tilted end, a launching motor 192 for operating the launching hammer, etc. are assembled to the mounting substrate 193 and unitized. Is installed. In addition, a power supply board box 196 that houses a power supply board 195 is mounted at a substantially central portion of the rear lower region of the front frame body 11, and the dispensing control board 197 is placed in a state of being superimposed on the rear side of the power supply board box 196. A payout control board box 198 is mounted. The payout control board 197 includes a RAM for storing the number of game balls to be paid out, and transmits a control signal for paying out game balls in accordance with a payout signal transmitted from the main control board 131 to a relay circuit board (not shown). Thus, the operation of the payout motor 172 is controlled.

[Configuration of Rear Cover Body] A description will be given based on FIGS. 5 and 6.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the entire rear side of the pachinko machine 1 from the upper right rear.
The rear end portions of the display device control board box 117 (see FIG. 10) and the main control board box 132 arranged on the rear surface of the game board 5 protrude toward the window opening portion opened in the center portion of the mechanism mounting body 13. . And between the side wall part which comprises one side wall of the window opening part of the mechanism mounting body 13, and the one side wall of the dispensing device mounting part 135 which comprises the other side wall, a substantially square box shape is formed by an opaque synthetic resin material. The formed rear cover body 210 is detachably mounted by a cover hinge mechanism 211.

  The rear cover body 210 is configured integrally with a substantially rectangular rear wall portion 212 and a peripheral wall portion 213 that protrudes forward from the outer peripheral edge of the rear wall portion 212. Of the peripheral wall portion 213 of the rear cover body 210, the wall portion 213 a on one side is attached and detached from above the hinge holes of the hinge body 214 formed at a total of three locations above and below the side wall portion of the mechanism mounting body 13. A hinge body 216 having a hinge pin 215 that can be fitted downward is integrally formed. Further, of the peripheral wall portion 213 of the rear cover body 210, the other wall portion 213b has a locking claw that can be elastically engaged with a locking hole formed in one side wall of the dispensing device mounting portion 135. An elastic closing body 217 is integrally formed.

  That is, in the rear cover body 210, the hinge pins 215 of the upper and lower and intermediate hinge bodies 216 are fitted from above the hinge holes of the hinge body 214 on the side wall portion of the mechanism mounting body 13. In this state, the rear cover body 210 is rotated toward the other side of the mechanism mounting body 13 around the hinge pin 215, and the elastic closing body 217 is inserted into the locking hole on one side wall of the dispensing device mounting portion 135. The rear cover body 210 is held in the closed state on the rear side of the mechanism mounting body 13 by being elastically engaged. Then, the rear cover body 210 covers the entire display device control board box 117 (see FIG. 10) on the rear surface of the game board 5 and a portion extending from a substantially middle portion to the upper end of the main control board box 132 by the rear cover body 210. ing. As a result, the board connector (mainly the board connector for connecting to the display apparatus control board 116) of the main control board 131 exposed at the upper part of the main control board box 132 is hidden from view from behind.

  Further, a portion from the substantially middle portion to the lower end of the main control board box 132 is exposed without being covered by the rear cover body 210. The inspection connector 218 disposed on the main control board 131 is exposed below the main control board box 132, and the inspection connector on the main control board 131 is closed with the rear cover body 210 closed. A board inspection device (not shown) can be connected to the connector 218 for inspection.

  A large number of heat radiation holes 230, 231, 232, and 233 are provided in the rear cover body 210, and internal heat is released from these many heat radiation holes 230, 231, 232, and 233. . In this embodiment, the rear cover body 210 is provided with a large number of slit-like heat radiation holes 230 extending from the peripheral wall portion 213 to the rear wall portion 212, and from the substantially middle height position of the rear wall portion 212 to the upper portion. A large number of elliptical, elliptical, etc. heat radiation holes 231 are provided therethrough, and a large number of elliptical, elliptical, etc. heat radiation holes 232 and a predetermined number of horizontally elongated rectangular heat radiation holes 233 pass through the lower portion of the rear wall 212. It is installed.

  Further, the horizontally long rectangular heat radiation holes 233 have a size corresponding to the size and arrangement position of a plurality of parallel seal portions 235 sealed by the seal screws (sealing members) of the main control board box 132. It penetrates the position. As a result, even when the opaque rear cover body 210 is closed, the plurality of parallel sealing portions 235 of the main control board box 132 are exposed so as to be visible at the portion of the heat radiation hole 233. For this reason, even when the rear cover body 210 is closed, the sealing state of the sealing portion 235 of the main control board box 132 can be easily visually confirmed. Further, since the opaque synthetic resin material can be easily used as a synthetic resin material that is recycled compared to the transparent synthetic resin material, the rear cover body 210 can be manufactured at low cost.

  Of the peripheral wall portion 213 of the rear cover body 210, a predetermined position (two places on the left and right in this embodiment) of the upper wall portion 213c is substantially C-shaped to hold a power cord (not shown) in an appropriately folded state. An elastically deformable cord holder 237 extends toward the rear wall surface of the upper tank rail 150 (the rear wall surface of the rail component 139). A knob for removing the power cord by elastically deforming the cord holder 237 is formed at the tip of the cord holder 237.

  One end of the power cord is detachably connected to the board connector 239 of the distribution board 238, and the power plug at the other end is inserted into a power outlet. As described above, the cord holder 237 is integrally formed on the rear cover body 210 and the power cord is held, so that the power cord hangs and gets caught by foreign objects when the pachinko machine is transported and stored. Problems can be prevented.

[Configuration of Sphere Derivative for Lower Plate, etc. at Rear Lower Part of Body Frame] A description will be given based on FIGS. 2 and 7.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rear cover 210 and various control boards are removed from the perspective view of the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG.
A lower dish ball derivative 253 is attached to the other side portion (hinge portion) of the rear lower region of the main body frame 3 in the recessed portion of the rear step portion of the speaker box portion 16. The lower tray ball derivative 253 is used when the game balls paid out to the upper plate 51 through the upper plate connection path (not shown) from the award and rental ball passages of the ball dispensing device 170 are full. The game ball on the upper plate communication path is for guiding the game ball to the lower plate 31.

  In this embodiment, a board box 254 that houses the interface board 252 is mounted on the outer surface of the rear wall of the lower dish ball derivative 253. The interface board 252 is interposed between the ball lending machine installed adjacent to the pachinko machine 1 and the payout control board 197, and transmits / receives a signal related to ball lending between the ball lending machine and the payout control board 197. Electrical connection is possible.

In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, two jackpot modes are prepared as modes in which the player is provided with a profit, and these are (1) “normal (non-probability variation) jackpot” and (2) “probability variation jackpot”. Are distinguished.
(1) “Normal (non-probable change) big hit” is, for example, a round action that opens and closes the prize winning opening 92 for a feature in a certain pattern is repeated up to 15 rounds. It is called. The player can obtain a lot of prize balls by causing the game balls to enter the prize winning opening 92 for the bonus item during the big hit game. In addition, each round operation | movement will be complete | finished when the conditions of either opening and closing the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory 18 times at predetermined intervals, or 10 winning balls being counted are satisfy | filled. The big hit game ends when the round operation is completed 15 times.

  (2) The “probable big hit” is to enable a big hit game similar to the above (1), but after the big hit game is finished, the probability of the next big hit is set higher than normal (for example, the normal big hit game) When the jackpot probability is 1/320, a privilege of changing to 5 / fold 1/64) is added. For this reason, when the player wins a promising big hit, the next big hit probability becomes high, and it is possible to continuously win the big hit (so-called consecutive resort).

  In addition, the specific numerical values referred to in the above (1) and (2) are the best in the practice of the present invention. In addition, these numerical values can be variously changed and are not limited by the best numerical values.

  Further, when the probability variation state (high probability state) is caused by the “probability big hit” in the above (2), the random variation maintenance lottery (falling lottery) may be performed every time the start winning prize is triggered. The maintenance lottery is performed with a certain probability, and when the lottery is lost with this maintenance lottery, a process of internally returning from the high probability state to the low probability state (normal probability) is performed.

[Functional Configuration of Main Substrate and Peripheral Substrate] A description will be given based on FIG.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing the control configuration.
The control of the pachinko machine 1 is broadly divided into a group of the main board 310 and a group of the peripheral boards 311, and among these, the group of the main board 310 plays game operations (winning detection, winning judgment, special symbol display, awards, etc.). Sphere payout etc.), and a group of peripheral boards 311 controls production operations (light emitting decoration, sound output, liquid crystal display, etc.).

  The main board 310 includes a main control board 131 and a payout control board 197. The main control board 131 includes a CPU 314 as a central processing unit, a ROM 315 as a read-only memory, and a RAM 316 as a readable / writable memory. The CPU 314 controls various games performed in the pachinko machine 1 by executing a control program stored in the ROM 315, and creates a command signal to be output to the peripheral board 311 and the payout control board 197. The RAM 316 temporarily stores various data generated in various processes executed by the main control board 131 and information such as input signals. The main control board 131 includes a gate sensor 317, a first start port sensor 318a, a second start port sensor 318b, a count sensor 319, a big hit prize sensor 330, a lose prize sensor 329, a rotation detection sensor 494, and a rotational position detection sensor 321. The detection signal from etc. is input. On the other hand, the main control board 131 outputs a drive signal to the solenoid 331, the motor 332, the pushing solenoid 325, the rotating body motor 326, and the like. The payout control board 197 includes a CPU 333 as a central processing unit, a ROM 334 as a read-only memory, and a RAM 335 as a readable / writable memory. The payout control board 197 processes the command signal input from the main control board 131 and outputs a drive signal to the ball payout device 170. Thereby, the ball payout device 170 pays out the game ball according to the drive signal.

  Bidirectional communication is performed between the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197 via respective input / output interfaces. For example, when the main control board 131 transmits a prize ball command, payout control is performed in response thereto. An ACK signal is returned from the board 197 to the main control board 131.

  On the other hand, the peripheral board 311 includes, for example, a plurality of illumination control boards 337 and 338 and a waveform control board 339 in addition to the sub-integrated board 336. Between the main control board 131 and the sub-integrated board 336, communication in only one direction is performed between the input / output interface and the input interface, and the main control board 131 and the sub-integrated board 336 communicate with each other. The command is sent, but not the other way around.

  The sub-integrated board 336 also includes electronic components such as the CPU 350, the ROM 351, the RAM 352, and the like, and a predetermined effect control program can be executed by these electronic components. Bidirectional communication is performed between the sub-integrated board 336 and the other illumination control boards 337 and 338 and the waveform control board 339 with each input / output interface. A decoration lamp 353 mainly including the side decoration device 52 and the like is connected to the first illumination control board 337, and a lighting signal of the decoration lamp 353 is sent from the sub-integrated board 336 to the illumination control board 337. When transmitted, the illumination control board 337 performs processing for lighting the decoration lamp 353 in response to the transmission. An effect lamp 354 is connected to the second illumination control board 338 together with the effect display device 115. For example, when a display command for the effect display device 115 is transmitted from the sub-integrated substrate 336 to the illumination control board 338, the illumination control board 338 receives this and performs a process of actually operating the effect display device 115. In addition, although not shown, a driving member such as a motor or solenoid for driving a movable body such as a character body is connected to the electrical decoration control boards 337 and 338, for example.

  The waveform control board 339 performs processing for generating and transmitting / receiving waveform signals such as inaudible ultrasonic waves as well as audible sound waves as acoustic outputs. For example, when an acoustic output command is transmitted from the sub-integrated board 336 to the waveform control board 339, the waveform control board 339 receives this and performs processing for driving the speakers 18 and 57 described above. In addition, an ultrasonic transmission / reception device 356 is connected to the waveform control board 339, and the ultrasonic transmission / reception device 356 enables ultrasonic communication between a plurality of platforms. Normally, a plurality of pachinko machines 1 are installed side by side in the island facility of the hall, but between the pachinko machines 1 equipped with the ultrasonic transmission / reception device 356, mutual ultrasonic communication is possible. By using this communication function, a plurality of pachinko machines 1 can synchronize the effect operation or exchange game information between specific stands.

  The illumination control boards 337 and 338 and the waveform control board 339 are also CPUs 357, 358 and 359 as central processing units, ROMs 370, 371 and 372 as read-only memories, and RAMs 373 and 374 as read / write memories, respectively. , 375.

  Next, communication processing between the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197 will be described in detail. A signal name prefixed with “#” means a negative theory. “High level” means “1” level of the two levels of the binary signal, and “Low level” means “0” level.

[Communication between main control board and payout control board]
Various commands are transmitted between the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197 by serial transfer. The board that has normally received the command transmits an ACK (Acknowledge) signal that indicates that the command has been received normally to the board that has transmitted the command. As main commands from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197, there are commands related to payout of game balls and commands for instructing the payout control board 197 to report the operation state. As commands relating to the payout of game balls, for example, a command for instructing the start of payout of game balls, a command for instructing stop of payout of game balls, and the like are conceivable in addition to commands for specifying the number of payout of game balls. As a main command from the payout control board 197 to the main control board 131, there is a command for transmitting an operation state of the payout control board 197.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing details of the electrical configuration of the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197. The main control board 131 includes a CPU 314 (main CPU) having a serial communication function and a parallel communication function with the outside as a CPU for performing various arithmetic processes in the main control board 131. The CPU 314 has a circuit configuration of an arithmetic processing unit 390 that performs arithmetic processing, a serial IF unit 391 as a serial communication unit that performs serial communication with the outside, and a parallel IF unit 392 that performs parallel communication with the outside. . Exchange of commands with the payout control board 197 is performed via the serial IF unit 391, and exchange of ACK signals with the payout control board 197 is performed via the parallel IF unit 392.

  The serial IF unit 391 receives the parallel data TDa from the arithmetic processing unit 390, receives the transmission buffer register 393 that stores the data, and the data stored in the transmission buffer register 393, converts the data into serial data Dab, and The transmission shift register 394 for serial transfer to the payout control board 197, the serial data Dba from the payout control board 197, the reception shift register 395 for storing the data, the data stored in the reception shift register 395, and the data Is received and stored as parallel data RDa by the arithmetic processing unit 390, and a serial management unit 397 for managing the operation state of each unit in the serial IF unit 391. These are integrated on one chip. Is There. The transmission buffer register 393, the transmission shift register 394, the reception shift register 395, and the reception buffer register 396 are registers each having a storage capacity of 1 byte.

  The serial management unit 397 allows the transmission shift register 394 and the transmission buffer register 393 to transfer data from the transmission buffer register 393 to the transmission shift register 394 when the transmission shift register 394 is not performing serial transfer. The data is erased from the transmission buffer register 393.

  The serial management unit 397 permits the data transfer from the reception shift register 395 to the reception buffer register 396 when the data is not stored in the reception buffer register 396 with respect to the reception shift register 395 and the reception buffer register 396. The processing unit 390 reads the parallel data RDa from the reception buffer register 396 and then erases the data from the reception buffer register 396.

  Note that the transfer rate of serial transfer by the serial IF unit 391 is determined based on a signal obtained by dividing the clock signal for operating the CPU 314. The frequency division ratio of the clock signal that determines the transfer rate can be set by the value of a register (not shown) included in the serial IF unit 391.

  The arithmetic processing unit 390 writes the parallel data TDa to the transmission buffer register 393 by raising the write signal #WRa to the transmission buffer register 393, and raises the read signal #REa to the reception buffer register 396. As a result, the parallel data RDa is read from the reception buffer register 396.

  The arithmetic processing unit 390 receives signals indicating various states in the serial IF unit 391 from the serial management unit 397. Signals that the arithmetic processing unit 390 receives from the serial management unit 397 include a transmission buffer empty signal TEa that is set to a high level when the transmission buffer register 393 is cleared, and a transmission shift register 394 that is performing serial transfer. There is a serial transfer signal TCa that is set to a high level, and a reception data presence signal DFa that is set to a high level when data is stored in the reception buffer register 396.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the payout control board 197 includes a CPU 333 (payout CPU) for performing various arithmetic processes in the payout control board 197, a serial IF chip 398 in which a circuit for serial communication with the outside is formed, and an external And a parallel IF chip 399 on which a circuit for performing parallel communication is formed. Commands are exchanged with the main control board 131 via the serial IF chip 398, and ACK signals are exchanged with the main control board 131 via the parallel IF chip 399.

  The serial IF chip 398 receives the parallel data TDb from the CPU 333, receives the transmission buffer register 400 that stores the data, and the data stored in the transmission buffer register 400, converts the data into serial data Dba, and converts the data into the main control board. The transmission shift register 401 for serial transfer to 131, the serial data Dab from the main control board 131, the reception shift register 402 for storing the data, the data stored in the reception shift register 402, and the data by the CPU 333 A reception buffer register 403 that stores data readable as parallel data RDb, and a serial management unit 404 that manages the operation state of each unit in the serial IF chip 398 are provided, and these are integrated on one chip. . The transmission buffer register 400, the transmission shift register 401, the reception shift register 402, and the reception buffer register 403 are registers each having a storage capacity of 1 byte.

  The serial management unit 404 allows the transmission shift register 401 and the transmission buffer register 400 to transfer data from the transmission buffer register 400 to the transmission shift register 401 when the transmission shift register 401 is not performing serial transfer. The data is erased from the transmission buffer register 400.

  The serial management unit 404 permits the transfer of data from the reception shift register 402 to the reception buffer register 403 when no data is stored in the reception buffer register 403 with respect to the reception shift register 402 and the reception buffer register 403, and the CPU 333. Is configured to erase data from the reception buffer register 403 after reading the parallel data RDb from the reception buffer register 403.

  Note that the timing at which the serial IF chip 398 samples the serially transferred command is determined based on a sampling clock obtained by dividing the clock signal for operating the CPU 314 of the main control board 131. The frequency division ratio of the clock signal for determining the sampling clock can be set by the value of a register (not shown) included in the serial IF chip 398.

  The CPU 333 writes the parallel data TDb to the transmission buffer register 400 by raising the write signal #WRb to the transmission buffer register 400, and raises the read signal #RDb to the reception buffer register 403. Then, the parallel data RDb is read from the reception buffer register 403.

  The CPU 333 receives signals indicating various states in the serial IF chip 398 from the serial management unit 404. The signal received by the CPU 333 from the serial management unit 404 includes a transmission buffer empty signal TEb that is high when the transmission buffer register 400 is cleared, and a high level when the transmission shift register 401 is performing serial transfer. There is a serial transfer in-progress signal TCb and a reception data presence signal DFb which is set to a high level when data is stored in the reception buffer register 403.

  Next, the operation at the time of command transfer between the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197 will be described. The pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment can perform command transfer from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197 and command transfer from the payout control board 197 to the main control board 131.

(About command transmission of main control board)
The operation of the main control board 131 that transmits a command to the payout control board 197 will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing command transmission processing executed by the arithmetic processing unit 390 of the main control board 131. The arithmetic processing unit 390 of the main control board 131 repeatedly executes a scheduled interrupt process at a predetermined interval (in this embodiment, 4 milliseconds (hereinafter referred to as ms)) in order to realize a process for controlling the progress of the game. Then, as part of the regularly executed interrupt process, the command transmission process shown in FIG. 13 is executed when a command is transmitted to the payout control board 197.

  The arithmetic processing unit 390 generates a command for the payout control board 197 when the command transmission process shown in FIG. 13 is started (step S1001). In this embodiment, the command for the payout control board 197 is a 2-byte command larger than 1 byte which is the storage capacity of each register of the serial IF unit 391.

  After the command is generated (step S1001), whether or not “transmission buffer empty signal TEa is high level” and “serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is low level”, that is, “data is stored in transmission buffer register 393” It is determined whether or not “when there is no” and “when the transmission shift register 394 is not performing serial transfer” (step S1002).

  When “the transmission buffer empty signal TEa is at the high level” and “the serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is at the low level” (step S1002), the first byte which is the upper 1 byte among the 2 bytes of the generated command is transmitted. Write to the buffer register 393 (step S1003). Thereafter, after waiting for a preset write standby period Lwa (step S1004), the second lower byte of the generated command is written into the transmission buffer register 393 (step S1005). The transmission process ends.

  Here, the write standby period Lwa is longer than the transmission register delivery period Lbs, which is the period from the writing of the first byte of the command to the transmission buffer register 393 until the transfer of the first byte to the transmission shift register 394. Is a period in which the second byte write process (step S1005 in FIG. 13) can be executed before the end of the scheduled interrupt process, and the period is prolonged until the start of the next scheduled interrupt process. is not. The write standby period Lwa is shorter than the serial transfer period Lsc which is a period until the serial transfer of the first byte of the command is completed, and is shorter than 4 ms which is the interval of the regular interrupt processing. . In this embodiment, the write standby period Lwa is set to 2.5 microseconds (hereinafter referred to as μs). Note that the transmission register delivery period Lbs according to the hardware specifications of the serial IF unit 391 of this embodiment is about 1.25 μs. If the arithmetic processing time of the arithmetic processing unit 390 required for the second byte write processing (step S1005 in FIG. 13) is abnormal in the transmission register delivery period Lbs of the serial IF unit 391, the command shown in FIG. The standby process (step S1004) by the standby process software is not necessary.

  FIG. 14 is a time chart showing the state of each signal on the main control board 131 when the command transmission process is executed. In the command transmission process described above, if it is determined that “the transmission buffer empty signal TEa is at the high level” and “the serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is at the low level” (step S1002 in FIG. 13), the command is sent to the parallel data TDa. Output of the first byte is started (timing ta1). Thereafter, the first byte of the command is written to the transmission buffer register 393 at the rising edge of the write signal #WRa (timing ta2, step S1002 in FIG. 13).

  The transmission buffer register 393 delivers the first byte of the written command to the transmission shift register 394, and is cleared by the serial management unit 397 when the delivery is completed. The transmission shift register 394 outputs the first byte of the command received from the transmission buffer register 393 to the serial data Dab. In serial data Dab during serial transfer, each bit from the first bit D0 to the eighth bit D7 of the command follows the start bit ST, and finally a stop bit SP is output. Thus, when the serial transfer of the first byte of the command is started, the serial transfer in-progress signal TCa becomes high level (timing ta3).

  After writing the first byte of the command (timing ta2, step S1002 in FIG. 13) and after waiting for the write standby period Lwa (step S1004 in FIG. 13), as in the first byte of the command, the transmission buffer The second byte of the command is written to the register 393 (timing ta4, step S1005 in FIG. 13).

  At this time, the transmission shift register 394 is serially transferring the first byte of the command and cannot receive the second byte of the command from the transmission buffer register 393. The byte is stored and held, and the transmission buffer empty signal TEa becomes low level (timing ta4).

  Thereafter, when the serial transfer of the first byte of the command by the transmission shift register 394 is completed, the transmission buffer register 393 delivers the second byte of the command to be stored to the transmission shift register 394, and when this delivery is completed, the serial management unit 397 Cleared and the transmission buffer empty signal TEa becomes high level (timing ta5).

  Thereafter, the transmission shift register 394 outputs the second byte of the command received from the transmission buffer register 393 to the serial data Dab in the same manner as the first byte of the command (timing ta6 to ta7).

  By the operation of the main control board 131 described above, a 2-byte command is transmitted to the payout control board 197. The main control board 131 according to the present embodiment retransmits the command when there is no response of the ACK signal from the payout control board 197 within a predetermined period after transmitting the command to the payout control board 197.

  Conversely, the operation of the payout control board 197 for transmitting a command to the main control board 131 is performed by the CPU 333 instead of the arithmetic processing unit 390, the transmission buffer register 400, and the transmission shift register 394 instead of the transmission buffer register 393. Instead, the transmission shift register 401 is realized by performing the same operation as that of the main control board 131 described above.

  In the present embodiment, the CPU 314 repeatedly executes the scheduled interrupt process in a sense of 4 milliseconds, whereas the serial IF unit 391 executes serial transfer at a transfer rate of 1200 bps (Bit Per Second). Therefore, in the present embodiment, the time for serial transfer of the 2-byte command by the serial IF unit 391 is about 16.7 ms, and the CPU 314 repeatedly executes the scheduled interrupt process about four times during that time. As described above, if the CPU 314 writes a command in the transmission buffer register 393, the serial IF unit 391 can leave the serial transfer of the command to the payout control board 197. The transfer rate of 1200 bps in serial transfer is a transfer rate that can ensure the reliability of command transfer with respect to electrical noise, and can be transferred serially by isolation using a relatively inexpensive photocoupler. The transfer rate.

  Note that the main control board 131 executes other control processing such as storing winning information if there is a win without interrupting the control processing during serial transfer (a state in which there is a command in the transmission buffer register 393). In the case of a pachinko machine, the number of game balls launched into the game board 13 is restricted to a maximum of 100 per minute, so the launch interval of game balls is about 600 ms. Therefore, even if game balls continuously win the winning opening 61, the main control board 131 can process the detection information of the game balls without delay and serially transfer the prize ball commands to the payout control board 197.

(Receipt control board command reception)
The operation of the payout control board 197 that receives a command from the main control board 131 will be described. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing command reception processing executed by the CPU 333 of the payout control board 197. The CPU 333 of the payout control board 197 executes the command receiving process shown in FIG. 15 when receiving a command from the main control board 131 as part of controlling the payout of the game ball.

  When starting the command reception process, the CPU 333 determines whether or not “the reception data present signal DFb is at a high level”, that is, “when data is stored in the reception buffer register 403”. (Step S1101).

  Here, when it is determined in the command reception process that “the received data present signal DFb is at the high level” (step S1101), the 2-byte command transmitted from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197. Among these, the first byte of the command is stored in the reception buffer register 403.

  If “the received data present signal DFb is at the high level” (step S1101), the first byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 is read (step S1102). Thereafter, the second byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 is read via the reception shift register 402 (step S1103), and the command reception process is terminated.

  FIG. 16 is a time chart showing the state of each signal on the payout control board 197 when the command receiving process is executed. When the first byte of the command is output to the serial data Dab by the command transmission process in the main control board 131 described above (timing tb1 to tb2), the first byte of the command is stored in the reception shift register 402 and then received. The first byte of the command is transferred to the buffer register 403, and the received data presence signal DFb becomes high level.

  When the second byte of the command is output to the serial data Dab following the first byte of the command (timing tb1 to tb2), the second byte of the command is stored in the reception shift register 402. At this time, since the first byte of the command has not been read from the reception buffer register 403 and the reception buffer register 403 has not been cleared by the serial management unit 404, the reception shift register 402 has the second byte of the command. Retain memory.

  Thereafter, in the command reception process shown in FIG. 15, when it is determined that “the received data present signal DFb is at the high level” (step S1101 in FIG. 15), the reception buffer The first byte of the command is output from the register 403 to the parallel data RDb, and the first byte of the command is read from the reception buffer register 403 by the CPU 333 (timing tb5 to tb6, step S1102 in FIG. 15).

  When the reading of the first byte of the command is completed, the reception buffer register 403 is cleared by the serial management unit 404, and the reception data presence signal DFb becomes low level (timing tb6). Thereafter, when the second byte of the command is passed from the reception shift register 402 to the reception buffer register, the received presence signal DFb becomes high level (timing tb7). Thereafter, similarly to the first byte of the command, the second byte of the command is read from the reception buffer register 403 (timing tb8 to tb9, step S1103 in FIG. 15). For convenience of explanation, in FIG. 16, the scale of the serial transfer time for the first byte and the second byte of the command is reduced as compared with the scale of the arithmetic processing time of the CPU 333. The serial transfer time between the byte and the second byte requires a considerable time compared to the calculation processing time of the CPU 333. Therefore, the command reception process shown in FIG. 15 is a process that is executed by being divided into a plurality of scheduled interrupt processes as part of the scheduled interrupt process that the CPU 333 repeatedly executes at predetermined intervals.

  Through the operation of the payout control board 197 described above, a 2-byte command transmitted from the main control board 131 is received. The payout control board 197 of this embodiment transmits an ACK signal to the main control board 131 during a predetermined period after receiving the command from the main control board 131.

  In this embodiment, the sampling timing of the serial IF chip 398 is set to 19.2 kilohertz (kHz), which is 16 times the transfer rate (1200 bps). In this embodiment, the serial IF chip 398 performs sampling three times for each of the start bit, each data bit of the command, and each bit of the stop bit, and determines the majority of the values detected by these three samplings. As a result, the reliability of command reception is improved.

  Conversely, the operation of the main control board 131 that receives a command from the payout control board 197 is replaced with the arithmetic processing unit 390 instead of the CPU 333, the reception shift register 395 instead of the reception shift register 402, and the reception buffer register 403. The reception buffer register 396 is realized by performing the same operation as that of the above-described payout control board 197.

  With the above configuration, while the CPU 314 of the main control board 131 performs one timed interrupt processing, the serial IF unit 391 transmits two bytes of commands that can be serially transferred, the transmission buffer register 393 of the serial IF unit 391, and the transmission The data can be stored in the shift register 394, and the CPU 314 of the main control board 131 can shorten the period related to the serial transfer of commands. As a result, the progress of other control processes on the main control board 131 and the complexity of the control program executed on the main control board 131 can be suppressed. Therefore, smooth game control can be realized when commands are divided and serially transferred.

  By the way, although the above-described payout control board 197 is shown to include the CPU 333, the serial IF chip 398, and the parallel IF chip 399, it may be configured as follows. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, the payout control board 197 is formed with a CPU 333 (payout CPU) that performs various arithmetic processes in the payout control board 197 and a circuit that performs serial communication and parallel communication with the outside. A serial IF IF chip 405 can be provided. The serial IF chip 405 includes a parallel IF unit 406 that performs parallel communication with the parallel IF unit 392 of the main control board 131. FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing details of the electrical configuration of the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197 different from those shown in FIG. Further, the configuration other than the above is the same as that shown in FIG.

  The serial management unit 407 of the payout control board 197 shown in FIG. 17 is different from the serial management unit 404 shown in FIG. The serial management unit 407 is different from the serial management unit 404 shown in FIG. 13 in which the data in the reception buffer register 403 is erased by reading from the CPU 333. The serial management unit 407 is based on the buffer clear signal #CBb from the CPU 333. Thus, data is erased from the reception buffer register 403.

(Regarding command transmission of main control board in FIG. 17)
The operation of the main control board 131 that transmits a command to the payout control board 197 will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing command transmission processing executed by the arithmetic processing unit 390 of the main control board 131. The arithmetic processing unit 390 of the main control board 131 repeatedly executes the command transmission process shown in FIG. 18 at a predetermined timing as part of the process for controlling the progress of the game.

  When the command transmission process shown in FIG. 18 is started, the arithmetic processing unit 390 determines the value of the job flag Fj (step S1201). The job flag Fj is a flag indicating a state in the command transmission process, and is set to “0” when the arithmetic processing unit 390 is activated.

  If “job flag Fj = 0”, command output processing for outputting a command to the payout control board 197 is executed (step S1202). If “job flag Fj = 1”, the payout control board 197 is executed. An ACK wait process for confirming the ACK signal from is executed (step S1203). After completing the command output process (step S1202) or the ACK waiting process (step S1203), the command transmission process is terminated. Details of the command output process (step S1202) and the ACK wait process (step S1203) will be described later.

  Details of the command output process (step S1202 in FIG. 18) in the command transmission process shown in FIG. 18 will be described. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing command output processing (step S1202 in FIG. 18). The arithmetic processing unit 390 is. When the command output process shown in FIG. 19 is started, whether or not “transmission buffer empty signal TEa is high level” and “serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is low level”, that is, “data is stored in transmission buffer register 393”. It is determined whether or not “if not” and “if the transmission shift register 394 is not performing serial transfer” (step S1301). If “the transmission buffer empty signal TEa is at the high level” and “the serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is at the low level” (step S1301), it is determined whether or not “check flag Fc = 1” (step S1302). . The check flag Fc is a flag for instructing the payout control board 197 to report the operation state when the ACK signal from the payout control board 197 cannot be confirmed, and is set to “0” when the arithmetic processing unit 390 is activated. Is set.

  If it is not “check flag Fc = 1” (step S1302) and there is a winning of a game ball in the winning opening (step S1303), the payout control board 197 is instructed to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls. The first byte of the winning command to be generated is generated (step S1304).

  On the other hand, if “check flag Fc = 1” (step S1302), the check flag Fc is set to “0” (step S1305), and a check command for instructing the dispensing control board 197 to report the operation state. The first byte is generated (step S1306). The main control board 131 receives the report of the operation state from the payout control board 197 in the form of a command for the main control board 131 from the payout control board 197.

  After the first byte of the winning command or the check command is generated (steps S1304 and S1306), each bit of the generated first byte is inverted, that is, the bit which is “0” among the bits of the first byte. “1” is set, the bit “1” is set to “0”, and the second byte of the command is generated (step S1307). In this embodiment, the first byte of the command is data having a substantial meaning as a command, and the second byte of the command is data for determining whether the command is correct on the payout control board 197 side.

  After the second byte of the command is generated (step S1307), the generated command is transmitted (steps S1308 to S1310). This process (steps S1308 to S1310) is the same as the process (steps S1003 to S1005) in the command transmission process shown in FIG. After transmitting the command (steps S1308 to S1310), the job flag Fj is set to “1” (step S1311), and the command output process is terminated.

  The state of each signal on the main control board 131 when command transmission is executed in the command output process (steps S1308 to S1310) is the same as the state of each signal on the main control board 131 shown in FIG.

  Details of the ACK wait process (step S1203 in FIG. 18) in the command transmission process shown in FIG. 18 will be described. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the ACK wait process (step S1203 in FIG. 17). When the arithmetic processing unit 390 starts the ACK waiting process shown in FIG. 20, it determines whether or not an ACK signal is detected from the payout control board 197 (step S1401). If an ACK signal is detected (step S1401), the job flag Fj is set to “0” (step S1402), and the ACK waiting process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if no ACK signal is detected (step S1401), it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the command transmission (steps S1308 to S1310 in FIG. 19) was completed (step S1403). This predetermined time is a time for waiting for the response of the ACK signal from the payout control board 197, and is set to 100 ms in this embodiment. If the predetermined time has not elapsed (step S1403), the ACK waiting process is terminated as it is, and if the predetermined time has elapsed (step S1403), the check flag Fc is set to “1” (step S1403). S1404) After setting the job flag Fj to “0” (step S1402), the ACK waiting process is terminated.

  By the operation of the main control board 131 described above, a 2-byte command is transmitted to the payout control board 197. Conversely, the operation of the payout control board 197 for transmitting a command to the main control board 131 is performed by the CPU 333 instead of the arithmetic processing unit 390, the transmission buffer register 400, and the transmission shift register 394 instead of the transmission buffer register 393. Instead, the transmission shift register 401 is realized by performing the same operation as that of the main control board 131 described above.

(Regarding command reception of the payout control board in FIG. 17)
The operation of the payout control board 197 that receives a command from the main control board 131 will be described. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing command reception processing executed by the CPU 333 of the payout control board 197. The CPU 333 of the payout control board 197 executes the command receiving process shown in FIG. 21 when receiving a command from the main control board 131 as part of controlling the payout of the game ball. The command reception process shown in FIG. 21 is executed by dividing it into a plurality of scheduled interrupt processes as part of the scheduled interrupt process repeatedly executed by the CPU 333 at predetermined intervals, similarly to the command reception process shown in FIG. Process.

  When starting the command reception process, the CPU 333 determines whether or not “the reception data present signal DFb is at a high level”, that is, “when data is stored in the reception buffer register 403”. (Step S1501).

  Here, when it is determined in the command reception process that “the received data present signal DFb is at the high level” (step S1501), the 2-byte command transmitted from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197. Among these, the first byte of the command is stored in the reception buffer register 403.

  If “the received data present signal DFb is at the high level” (step S1501), the first byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 is read (step S1502), and then stored in the reception buffer register 403 again. The first byte of the command being read is read (step S1503). Thereafter, the first byte of the command read for the first time is compared with the first byte of the command read for the second time (step S1504), and it is determined whether or not they match (step S1505).

  If the first byte of the read command matches the first time and the second time (step S1505), the first byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 is cleared by falling the buffer clear signal #CBb. (Step S1506). As a result, the second byte of the command stored in the reception shift register 402 is transferred to the reception buffer register 403.

  After clearing the reception buffer register 403 (step S1506), the second byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 is collated after being read twice, similarly to the first byte of the command (step S1507). , S1508, S1509) When the first time and the second time match (step S1510), the second byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 is cleared (step S1511).

  Thereafter, the first byte of the read command is compared with the 2-byte date of the read command (step S1512), and it is determined whether or not they match (step S1513). As described above, the second byte of the command is data generated by the main control board 131 by inverting each bit of the first byte of the command.

  If the first byte and the second byte of the read command match (step S1513), an ACK signal is transmitted to the main control board 131 (step S1514), and the command transmission process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the first byte of the read command does not match between the first time and the second time (step S1505), or when the first byte and the second byte of the read command do not match (step S1513), the next time In order to prepare for command reception, the reception shift register 402 and the reception buffer register 403 are cleared (step S1515), and the command transmission process is terminated.

  FIG. 22 is a time chart showing the state of each signal on the payout control board 197 when the command receiving process is executed. For convenience of explanation, in FIG. 22, the scale of the serial transfer time for the first byte and the second byte of the command is reduced compared to the scale of the arithmetic processing time of the CPU 333.

  When it is determined in the command reception process shown in FIG. 21 that “the reception data present signal DFb is at the high level” (step S1501 in FIG. 21), the reception buffer register 403 is detected by the fall of the read signal #REb. The first byte of the command is output to the parallel data RDb, and the first byte of the command is read from the reception buffer register 403 by the CPU 333 (timing tb11 to tb12, step S1502 in FIG. 21). Thereafter, the first byte of the command is read in the same manner as the first time (timing tb13 to tb14, step S1503 in FIG. 21).

  After the second reading of the first byte of the command is completed, the reception buffer register 403 is cleared by the fall of the buffer clear signal #CBb, and the reception data present signal DFb becomes low level (timing tb15, in FIG. 21). Step S1506). Thereafter, when the second byte of the command is transferred from the reception shift register 402 to the reception buffer register, the reception data present signal DFb becomes high level (timing tb16).

  Thereafter, the second byte of the command is read from the reception buffer register 403 in the same manner as the first byte of the command (timing tb21 to tb24, steps S1507 and S1508 in FIG. 21). After the reading of the second byte of the command is completed, the reception buffer register 403 is cleared by the fall of the buffer clear signal #CBb, and the reception data presence signal DFb becomes low level (timing tb25, step S1511 in FIG. 21). .

  Through the operation of the payout control board 197 described above, a 2-byte command transmitted from the main control board 131 is received. Conversely, the operation of the main control board 131 that receives a command from the payout control board 197 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  As described above, according to the configuration shown in FIGS. 17 to 22, it is possible to suppress the progress of other control processes on the main control board 131 and the complexity of the control program executed on the main control board 131. Furthermore, since the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 can be erased according to the convenience of the CPU 333 side of the payout control board 197, for the command serially transferred in units of 2 bytes, The CPU 333 can facilitate the handling in units of 2 bytes.

  Also, the payout control board 197 reads the command redundantly and collates the redundantly read command (steps S1502 to S1505 in FIG. 21), so that the command is transferred from the reception buffer register 403 to the CPU 333. It is possible to prevent the processing from being performed based on an abnormal command that has been rewritten due to the influence of noise or the like.

  The main control board 131 inverts the first byte of the command to generate the second byte (step S1307 in FIG. 19), and the payout control board 197 collates the first byte and the second byte of the command. (Steps S1512 to S1513 in FIG. 21), processing is performed based on an abnormal command that has been rewritten due to the influence of noise or the like during command transfer from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197. Can be prevented.

  Further, since the payout control board 197 that has received the command transmits an ACK signal to the main control board 131, the main control board 131 can confirm whether or not the command has been normally transferred. Further, since the main control board 131 transmits a check command to the payout control board 197 when there is no response of the ACK signal from the payout control board 197, the reason why the command was not normally transferred is the payout control board. It can be determined whether or not it is based on an abnormal operation in 197.

  The configuration shown in FIGS. 12 to 22 can be applied to a substrate such as the sub integrated substrate 336, the illumination control substrates 337 and 338, and the waveform control substrate 339, or the main control substrate 131 and the sub integrated substrate. 336 may be applied to command transfer to and from 336. As a command from the main control board 131 to the sub integrated board 336, there is an effect command for instructing the effect contents of the display image on the effect display device 115.

  Further, a command of 2 bytes or more generated by the sending CPU may be an even number of bytes. As a result, it is possible to efficiently store a command for 2 bytes per one-time interrupt process from the sending CPU to the serial communication unit. For example, the main control board 131 generates a total of 4-byte commands consisting of a 3-byte instruction command defining the production instruction and a 1-byte check command for calculating the checksum of the instruction command as a group of commands. A group of 4-byte commands may be divided into two portions and serially transferred every two bytes by two scheduled interrupt processes.

  The main control board 131 also generates a total of 8 bytes of commands as a group of commands, including a 4-byte inversion command obtained by inverting each bit of the 3-byte instruction command and the 1-byte check command. A group of commands of 8 bytes may be divided into 4 times, and serial transfer may be performed every 2 bytes by 4 scheduled interrupt processes.

  Next, an example of control processing executed by the main control board 131 (particularly the CPU 314) will be described.

[Regarding the start winning process for the prize winning port for an accessory] A description will be given based on FIG.
FIG. 23 shows a routine of the start winning process for the prize winning opening for an accessory.
In this start winning process, it is determined whether or not there is a start winning in the game (step S1601). Specifically, when a game ball enters the first start winning opening 96 or the second start winning opening 97, the first start opening sensors corresponding to the first start winning opening 96 and the second start winning opening 97, respectively. 318a and the second start port sensor 318b output a detection signal, and when the detection signal is input, it is determined that there is a start prize. On the other hand, if no detection signal is input, it is determined that there is no start prize.

  If it is determined that there is a start winning (YES in step S1601), an opening / closing process for opening / closing the prize winning opening 92 for a predetermined number of times is performed in accordance with the start opening sensor 318 that has detected a game ball (step S1602). ). Specifically, when a game ball is detected by the first start port sensor 318a, the prize winning port 92 for an accessory is opened / closed only once for a predetermined time by a solenoid 331 for opening / closing the prize winning port 92 for an accessory. On the other hand, when a game ball is detected by the second start port sensor 318b, the prize winning port 92 for an accessory is opened and closed twice at a predetermined time interval by the solenoid 331. When the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory is opened / closed a predetermined number of times, the opening / closing process is completed and the routine is returned.

[About jackpot processing] It demonstrates based on FIG.
FIG. 24 shows the contents of the jackpot process.
When the game ball enters the jackpot winning opening 93 inside the accessory 91 and is detected by the jackpot winning sensor 330, the condition device is internally activated to execute the jackpot processing. First, a random number is generated in the main control board 131, and a set maximum continuation number that is the number of rounds of the big hit game is set by the generated random number (step S1701). In the present embodiment, the number of rounds is set by a random number from 2, 8, and 16 times. Specifically, for example, it is set by being distributed at a distribution rate as shown in the table shown in Table 1 below.

  When the set maximum number of continuations is set in step S1701, a predetermined round counter is subsequently initialized (for example, the value of the round counter = 2) (step S1702). The round counter is secured in, for example, the RAM, and the value of the round counter is reset with the initialization. The round counter is for counting the number of rounds in the big hit game, and when the value reaches the set maximum number of times, the big hit process ends.

  After the above round counter is initialized, “0” is set to a predetermined winning ball counter (step S1703), and then the opening / closing operation of the prize winning port 92 for an accessory is started at predetermined time intervals (step S1703). S1704). Then, in the next step S1705, it is determined whether or not the number of times the opening / closing of the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is within a set maximum number (for example, 18). If the open / close count is within the set maximum count (YES), it is next determined whether or not the value of the winning ball counter is less than 10 (step S1706). At this time, if the value of the winning ball counter is less than 10 (YES), it is determined whether or not the detection signal of the count sensor corresponding to the big winning opening is turned on (step S1707). When the count sensor is turned ON by winning a prize at the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory (YES), “1” is added to the winning ball counter in the next step S1708, and the determination in step S1604 is performed again. Alternatively, if there is no winning in the big winning opening in step S1707 and the count sensor is not ON (NO), the determination in step S1705 is performed without adding the winning ball number counter.

  In the case of “ordinary big hit” or “probable big hit”, one round is completed when either the maximum number of times set to 18 is reached or the winning ball reaches 10 counts. If either of these two conditions is satisfied, the determination in step S1705 or step S1706 is denied (NO), so that the opening / closing operation of the prize winning port 92 for an accessory is stopped for the end of the round (step S1709). . Then, in the next step S1710, it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter has reached a set maximum continuation count (for example, 16 rounds).

  If the value of the round counter has not reached the set maximum number of continuations (16 rounds) (NO in step S1710), then “1” is added to the value of the round counter (step S1711) and the winning ball counter is “0”. (Step S1703).

  The above processing is the content corresponding to the processing of the first round in the “normal big hit” or “probability big hit”. Thereafter, when the round operation is repeated and it is determined that the value of the round counter has reached the set maximum continuation count (16 rounds) (YES in step S1710), the big hit processing is ended there.

[About the composition of the character]
Next, a specific configuration of the accessory 91 in this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 25 is a front view showing an example of an accessory in the present embodiment, and FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing the accessory shown in FIG. 25 from the upper right front. FIG. 27A is an enlarged front view showing the prize winning port for an accessory, and FIG. 27B is an explanatory view showing a movable piece of the prize winning port for an accessory together with its movement.

  In the present embodiment, the accessory 91 has a prize-winning hole 92 through which a game ball can enter and a game ball that has entered the prize-winning hole 92 is rolled on a predetermined passage. A first rolling effect device 95 that can be distributed to either one of the two sides later, and a game ball that is placed on one of the first rolling effect device 95 (left side in FIG. 25) The second rolling effect device 100 and the first rolling effect device 95 are arranged on the other sorting side (right side in FIG. 25) and rotated to rotate the game ball to either the big hit winning hole 93 or the lost winning hole 94. The third rolling effect device 101 and the third rolling effect device 101 that are arranged below the first rolling effect device 95 and pressed by the second rolling effect device 100 are guided to the third rolling effect device 101. Arranged on the left and right of the fourth rolling effect device 102 and the first rolling effect device 95. The first rectifying means 500a and the second rectifying means 500b for rectifying the flow of the game balls respectively, and the game balls flowing down from above the accessory 91 are contacted with the first rolling effect device 95 and the fourth rolling effect device 102. A warp passage 510 is provided to guide the downstream of the accessory 91 so as not to contact.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the accessory 91 is sized to occupy a relatively wide range of the game area, and can be recognized at a glance. Thereby, while the pachinko machine 1 of this example can be identified easily, it becomes easy to attract a player's interest.

(About the prize winning gates for works)
The prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is a mouth of the character body 455 that is arranged in the center of the accessory 91 and in the vicinity of the upper edge portion, and has a large opening, so that the game ball is swallowed by the character body 455. An atmosphere can be created, and an effect of enhancing the fun of the game can be expected. The character body 455 of this example corresponds to the third character body of the present invention.

  The prize winning opening 92 for the accessory is arranged between the pair of left and right movable pieces 456 (wing members) arranged on the left and right sides of the mouth of the character body 455 and the pair of movable pieces 456, and the game ball is brought into the inside of the accessory. A ball entrance 457 for guiding the game ball, a count sensor 319 as a game ball detection sensor for detecting a game ball that has passed through the ball entrance 457, and a game ball that has passed through the count sensor 319 are delivered to the first rolling effect device 95. And a delivery port 458.

  In the pair of movable pieces 456, when a solenoid 331 disposed on the back surface of the accessory 91 is driven, its plunger (not shown) linearly moves, and the linear motion moves the drive shaft 471 via the link mechanism 470. The movable piece 456 is rotated by rotating it (see FIG. 26). The pair of movable pieces 456 are rotated in a direction in which the leading ends thereof are moved away from each other so that a game ball can enter the mouth of the character body 455 and the leading ends thereof are rotated in directions toward each other. As a result, the game ball cannot enter the mouth of the character body 455 (see FIG. 27A). In other words, the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory can be opened and closed by rotating the pair of movable pieces 456. In this example, the pair of movable pieces 456 are driven by separate solenoids 331, respectively.

  The movable piece 456 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 27A is a front view showing a winning opening for an accessory of this embodiment, and FIG. 27B is an explanatory view showing the operation of the movable piece. As shown in FIG. 5B, the movable piece 456 includes a main movable piece 472 that has a drive shaft 471 that is rotationally driven by the drive of the solenoid 331, and that rotates about the drive shaft 471. A rotation shaft 473 is provided at a position different from the drive shaft 471 of the piece 472, and a sub movable piece 474 that rotates around the rotation shaft 473 as the main movable piece 472 rotates. That is, the movable piece 456 is configured such that the main movable piece 472 is rotatable about the drive shaft 471 and the auxiliary movable piece 474 is rotatable about the rotation shaft 473.

  The main movable piece 472 rotates together with the drive shaft 471 and extends in a predetermined direction. The main movable piece 472 rotates at a leading end of the rotation extending part 475 and a guiding part 476 that guides a game ball. And a guided portion 478 that is provided at a predetermined position of the extending portion 475 and engages with the guide portion 477 of the sub movable piece 474.

  On the other hand, the sub movable piece 474 engages with the guided portion 478 of the main movable piece 472 in addition to the rotation shaft 473 and guide portion 478 capable of guiding the guided portion 478 in the radial direction of the rotation shaft 473. And a guide surface 479 that is substantially parallel to the guide direction of the guide portion 477 and guides the game ball.

  In this movable piece 456, the rotation shaft 473, the guide portion 477, and the guided portion 478 are respectively disposed above the drive shaft 471, and the rotation radius of the main movable piece 472 around the drive shaft 471 is set. The rotation radius of the sub movable piece 474 around the rotation axis is set larger.

  Note that the prize winning port 92 for an accessory in this example corresponds to the entrance of the present invention, and the pair of movable pieces 456, the link mechanism 470, the drive shaft 471, and the solenoid 331 in this example are the same as those in the present invention. It corresponds to the opening / closing means.

  Next, the operation of the movable piece 456 will be described in detail. When the movable piece 456 is in a position (first posture) where the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory is closed, as indicated by a chain line (one-dot and two-dot chain line) in FIG. The guide portion 478 is located at an end portion of the sub movable piece 474 that approaches the rotation shaft 473 of the guide portion 477. In this state, as shown in the drawing, the guide portion 476 of the main movable piece 472 is positioned so as to largely overlap the guide surface 479 of the sub movable piece 474. Although not shown, in this state, the plunger of the solenoid 331 is in a state of being located at the immersive end.

  In this state, the movable piece 456 is rotated (counterclockwise in the figure) by driving the solenoid 331 to open the prize winning port 92 for the accessory (second posture) as shown by the solid line in the figure. ), When the main movable piece 475 is rotated by the rotation of the drive shaft 471, the guided portion 478 pushes the sub movable piece 474 in the rotation direction via the guide portion 477, thereby the sub movable piece. 474 rotates in the same direction as the main movable piece 472.

  At that time, the guided portion 478 of the main movable piece 472 moves in the direction away from the rotation shaft 473 in the guide portion 477 of the sub movable piece 474. Then, when both the main movable piece 472 and the sub movable piece 477 are rotated to the position indicated by the solid line in the same figure, they reach the extended end of the plunger of the solenoid 331, the rotational drive is stopped, and the movable piece 456 is rotated. Stops. In this state, as shown in the drawing, the portion where the guide portion 476 of the main movable piece 472 overlaps the guide surface 479 of the sub-movable piece 474 is reduced, and the position where the guide portion 476 protrudes outward from the guide surface 479. Become.

  As described above, when the movable piece 456 is opened and closed, the guide portion 476 of the main movable piece 472 relatively moves along the guide portion 477 of the sub-movable piece 474, and when the movable piece 456 is opened, the guide portion 476 is opened. Moves to a position protruding outward from the tip of the guide surface 479 of the sub movable piece 474, so that the movable piece 456 itself appears to be longer. However, since the length from the drive shaft 471 which is the rotation center of the movable piece 456 to the outermost end, in other words, the length of the main movable piece 472 itself does not change, in reality, the length of the movable piece 456 is not changed. The length has not changed. In other words, by rotating the position of the guiding portion 476 and the guiding surface 479, it is possible to give the player the illusion that the length of the movable piece 456 has changed. ing.

  As a result, when the movable piece 456 is opened, it is possible to make an illusion that the movable piece 456 is long, so that it is possible to make it seem that the game ball is likely to win the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory, In particular, the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment can be made to want to play a game among a number of gaming machines, and a sense of expectation for winning a prize can be enhanced, thereby enhancing the interest. Actually, since the opening width of the pair of opened movable pieces 456 does not change, the rate of winning is not increased compared to the appearance, and it is possible to prevent the interest from becoming higher than necessary and the burden on the hall side. It is possible to suppress the increase.

  In the movable piece 456, the rotation end of the drive shaft 471, that is, the rotation end of the movable piece 456 is shown to be regulated by the plunger immersing end and the extension end of the solenoid 331. 478 may be configured such that the rotating end of the movable piece 456 is regulated by contacting both ends of the guide part 477, or the rotating end is regulated by both the plunger and the guide part 477. Also good.

(About the first rolling effect device)
Next, the first rolling effect device 95 will be described in detail based on FIG. 28 to FIG. FIG. 28 is a front view showing the first rolling effect device in a schematic configuration. FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of the first rolling effect device. FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing the movement of the game medium in the first rolling effect device. FIG. 31 is a time chart showing the operation of the motor in the first rolling effect device.

  25, 26 and 28, the first rolling effect device 95 is a long guide member 491 having a rolling surface 490 that extends in the left-right direction and on which the game ball can roll. A rotation support shaft 492 that rotatably supports the guide member 491, a rotation drive unit 493 that rotates the guide member 491, and a rotation detection sensor 494 that detects the rotation state of the guide member 491. And.

  The guide member 491 is provided with a weir portion 495 that covers a substantially entire length of the rolling surface 490 from preventing the game ball from dropping from the rolling surface 490 to the front side (the player side with respect to the gaming machine). In addition, the rolling surface 490 is inclined in the front-rear direction so that the front side thereof is lowered, whereby the game ball B thrown on the rolling surface 490 rolls along the weir 495 and guides The game ball B is prevented from coming into contact with the delivery port 458 disposed on the rear side of the member 491.

  The rotation driving means 493 includes a motor 332, a crank portion 496 that is operated by the rotation of the motor 332, and a link portion 498 that transmits the movement of the crank portion 496 to a pin 497 provided at one end of the guide member 491. ing. As shown in FIG. 29, by rotating the motor 332 in a predetermined direction, the guide member 491 rotates around the rotation support shaft 492 like a seesaw via the crank portion 496 and the link portion 498. It has become. Although illustration is omitted, a gear is interposed between the motor 332 and the crank portion 496. In this example, when the motor 332 is rotated once, the guide member 491 rotates like a two-way reciprocating seesaw. It comes to move.

  A rotation detection unit 499 that can be detected by a rotation detection sensor 494 is provided at the end opposite to the pin 497 of the guide member 491 across the rotation support shaft 492. As shown in FIG. 29, the rotation detection sensor 494 is disposed at a position where the rotation detection unit 499 is detected when the guide member 491 is in a substantially horizontal position. Note that the rotation detection sensor 494 and the rotation detection unit 499 of this example correspond to the rotation state detection means of the present invention.

  Next, the operation of the game ball B in the first rolling effect device 95 will be described in detail based on FIG. For convenience, the description will be made assuming that the counterclockwise rotation is positive and the clockwise rotation is negative. The guide member 491 is repeatedly rotated like a seesaw at a predetermined period by the rotation of the motor 332, and in this state, the game ball B is supplied onto the rolling surface of the guide member 491. At this time, for example, when the guide member 491 is inclined so that the right side in the drawing is lowered as shown in FIG. 5A, the game ball B supplied onto the guide member 491 is pulled by the guide member 491 by gravity. Roll in the direction of the right end of Thereafter, when the guide member 491 rotates in the positive direction and the right end thereof becomes higher than the rotation support shaft 492, the game ball B turns back in the rolling direction and moves in the direction of the rotation support shaft 492. Rolls (see (a) in the figure). Since the inertial force acts on the game ball B in the rolling direction, even if the inclination direction of the guide member 491 changes, the rolling direction of the game ball B does not change immediately.

  Then, before the game ball B reaches the rotation support shaft 492, when the guide member 491 rotates in the negative direction and the right end becomes lower than the rotation support shaft 492, the game ball B rolls again. The direction to be turned is turned and rolled in the direction of the right end portion of the guide member 491 (see FIG. 5C). After that, when the guide member 491 is rotated in the positive direction and the right end thereof is higher than the rotation support shaft 492, the direction of rolling is turned back again, and the game ball B is again in the direction of the rotation support shaft 492. (See (D) in the figure). At this time, the turning position of the rolling of the game ball B is closer to the right end of the guide member 491 than the previous turning position. This is because the game ball B rotates about the rotation support shaft 492 with the rotation of the guide member 491, so that centrifugal force acts on the game ball B in a direction away from the rotation support shaft 492, This is because the distance that the game ball B moves in the direction of the end of the guide member 491 is longer than the distance that the game ball B moves in the direction of the rotation support shaft 492.

  As described above, when the guide member 491 rotates like a seesaw, the game ball B on the guide member 491 swings and gradually moves to the end of the guide member 491, and eventually the guide member 491. Is discharged from the end portion (see (g) in the figure). In the process in which the game ball B is released, the game ball B that has rolled to the vicinity of the right end portion of the guide member 491 is placed on the rotation support shaft 492 as shown in FIGS. In some cases, the game ball B may be turned back in direction, and the movement in which the game ball B is unlikely to be released makes the player feel excited and excited. In the above description, the movement of the game ball B on the right side of the rotation support shaft 492 of the guide member 491 is shown, but the game ball B also moves on the left side of the rotation support shaft 492. .

  Incidentally, in this example, the rotation of the motor 332 is stopped at a predetermined cycle as shown in FIG. Specifically, each time the rotation detection unit 499 is detected by the rotation detection sensor 494 a predetermined number of times (here, four times), the motor 332 is stopped for a predetermined time after the detection, thereby the guide member 491 is stopped. However, it stops for a predetermined time at a position where the right end is raised (see FIG. 29A). Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 30 (f), the game ball B swinging on the right side of the rotation support shaft 492 is moved to the left side of the rotation support shaft 492, and the game ball B is swung on the left side thereof. Thus, the game ball B can be released from the left end portion of the guide member 491.

  In the first rolling effect device 95, the length, rotation angle, and rotation speed of the guide member 491 are such that the moving speed, moving direction, and the like of the game ball B supplied on the guide member 491 are predetermined. When the condition is satisfied, the game ball B swings on the guide member 491. When the game ball B is supplied in other conditions, the game ball B is released from any one without swinging on the guide member 491. Is done.

  Further, the rotation control of the motor 332 is controlled by the rolling effect control means that functions by executing a predetermined program in the CPU 314 of the main control board 131 in the main board 310.

(About the second rolling effect device)
Next, the second rolling effect device 100 will be described in detail based on FIG. 32 and FIG. FIG. 32 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the second rolling effect device. FIG. 33 is a rear view showing the configuration of the pressing portion driving means in the second rolling effect device.

  As illustrated, the second rolling effect device 100 is disposed on the left side of the guide member 491 in the accessory 91. In other words, in the game area where the game ball is shot, it is arranged on the left side with respect to the center in the left-right direction. The second rolling effect device 100 includes a hitting portion 531 capable of hitting a game ball in the left-right direction by contacting the game ball, and a hitting portion 531 so that the hitting portion 531 hits the game ball. And a pushing portion driving means 532 for moving the. The second rolling effect device 100 further includes a character body 533 having a different form from the character body 455 described above, and the foot 534 of the character body 533 serves as the pressing portion 531. The second rolling effect device 100 of this example corresponds to the hitting means of the present invention, and the character body 533 corresponds to the first character body of the present invention.

  The pushing portion driving means 532 supports the pushing portion 531 so that the pushing portion 531 can rotate and a rotation shaft 535 for driving the rotation, a first gear 536 fixed to the rotation shaft 535, and a first gear 536. A fan-shaped second gear 537 that meshes with the crank pin 538, a crank pin 538 that is disposed at a predetermined distance from the rotation center of the second gear 537, a crank pin holder 539 that slidably holds the crank pin 538, A pressing solenoid 325 is provided that moves the pin holder 539 in a predetermined direction by the movement of the plunger 540. The punching portion driving means 532 moves by moving the pushing portion 531 together with the legs 534 of the character body 533 by causing the plunger 540 to appear and retract by the pushing solenoid 325 to rotate the rotating shaft 535. It is something to be made. In this example, when the plunger 540 is immersed in the pushing solenoid 325, the foot 534 is raised, and when the plunger 540 is advanced, the foot 534 is lowered.

  Next, the operation of the second rolling effect means 100 will be described. In the second rolling effect device 100, when a game ball is detected by the count sensor 319 of the prize winning port 92 for an accessory, the hitting portion 531 is indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It is possible to hit the game ball by turning it to the position. Specifically, the pushing portion 531 is rotated after a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 to 2.5 seconds) after the game ball is detected by the count sensor 319. As a result, when the game ball that has entered the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory swings on the guide member 491 and reaches the hitting area that can be hit by the second rolling rendering means 100, the hitting portion Since 531 rotates, the game ball can be hit by the hitting portion 531. Actually, since the arrival time at which the game ball reaches the second rolling effect device 100 varies, the timing at which the pushing portion 531 operates and the timing at which the game ball arrives are difficult to match. The movement of the game ball that swings on the guide member 491 can be further enhanced by excitement and excitement.

  The second rolling effect device 100 sends the game ball hit by the hitting unit 531 to the fourth rolling effect device 102, and the game ball that has passed through the hitting area without being hit. The game is discharged out of the game area from a loser winning port 94 disposed on the lower side of the second rolling effect device 100. In addition, this lose prize winning opening 94 is equivalent to the discharge opening of this invention.

(About the third rolling effect device)
Next, the third rolling effect device 101 will be described in detail based on FIG. 34 to FIG. FIG. 34A is a sectional view of the third rolling effect device, and FIG. 34B is an exploded perspective view of the third rolling effect device. FIG. 35 is an enlarged front view showing the vicinity of the third rolling effect device in the accessory. FIG. 36 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the third rolling effect device. FIG. 37 is an explanatory view showing an operation different from that of FIG. 36 of the third effect device. This third rolling effect device 101 distributes and guides the game balls sent from the first rolling effect device 95 or the second rolling effect device 100 to either the big win winning hole 93 or the lost winning hole 94. It is. The third rolling effect device 101 of this example corresponds to the guiding means of the present invention.

  The third rolling effect device 101 includes a plurality of storage units 550 that can store game balls, a rotating body 552 in which a plurality of the storage units 550 are arranged in the circumferential direction, and a storage unit 550 by rotating the rotating body 552. Moving means 551 for moving the. The moving unit 551 rotationally drives the rotating shaft 553 for rotating the rotating body 552, the rotation detecting unit 554 fixed to the rotating shaft 553 for detecting the rotational position of the rotating body 552, and the rotating shaft 553. And a rotating body motor 326. In this example, rotation transmission from the rotating body motor 326 to the rotation shaft 553 is transmitted via a pair of gears 555. Further, in this example, the housing portion 550 is basically configured such that the front side thereof and the outer side in the radial direction of the rotating body 552 are opened.

  The third rolling effect device 101 is arranged on the rear side of the rotating body 552 (the side opposite to the side where the player is located), has a big hit winning opening 93, and has entered the big hit winning opening 93 The big hit guiding part 556 for guiding the ball to the big hit winning sensor 330 and the outer periphery of the rotating body 552 and having a loser winning hole 94 at a predetermined position in the circumferential direction, and the game ball that has entered the lost winning hole 94 is lost. Further, a loss guiding portion 557 for guiding to the sensor 329 is further provided. Note that in this example, the lost ball guiding portion 557 has a lost winning hole 94, covers the outer periphery of the rotating body 552, and the game ball moves outward in the radial direction from the housing portion 550 that is opened in the radial direction. The cylindrical portion 558 that prevents the game and the guiding portion 559 that guides the game ball to the lose prize sensor 329 are configured by separate members, respectively (see FIGS. 36 and 37).

  The housing portion 550 includes a first housing portion 550a having a short length extending from the outer periphery of the rotating body 552 toward the center thereof, and the outer periphery of the rotating body 552 at least as long as the length of the game ball than the first housing portion 550a. In this example, each of the first housing portion 550a and the second housing portion 550b has four circumferences of the rotating body 552. Alternatingly arranged in the direction. In the housing portion 550, one of the second housing portions 550b is a specific housing portion 550c that guides the game ball to the big hit winning opening 93, and the specific housing portion 550c is opened in the front-rear direction of the rotating body 552. At the same time, it is not open in the radial direction. In addition, all the storage units 550 other than the specific storage unit 550c guide the game ball to the lose prize winning port 94.

  The rotating body 552 is formed with a protruding portion 560 that protrudes by a predetermined amount on the front side at a position closer to the center than the first housing portion 550a, and this protruding portion 560 also continues from the outside in the radial direction. The second accommodating portion 550b is provided. That is, the projecting portion 560 of the rotating body 552 is provided with the second housing portion 550b. In this example, as shown in FIG. 34 (B), the protruding portion 560 of the rotating body 552 is configured by a separate member from the main body of the rotating body 552 together with the specific housing portion 550c. Further, the extending direction of the axis of the rotating body 552 is set to be substantially perpendicular to the game board 5.

  The third rolling effect device 101 includes a first accommodation area in which game balls can be accommodated in all the accommodation units 550, that is, the second accommodation unit 550b including the first accommodation unit 550a and the specific accommodation unit 550c. In addition, only the second storage portion 550b including the specific storage portion 550c further includes a partition portion 561 that partitions the second storage area in which the game balls are allowed to be stored. As shown in FIG. 35, the partition portion 561 is inserted into the insertion hole 562 through which the protruding portion 560 of the rotating body 552 can be inserted, and the first housing portion 550a in the rotating body 552 is disposed below the insertion hole 562, as desired. And a plate-shaped partition plate 564 disposed on the front surface of the rotating body 552. The partition portion 561 is further provided with a covering portion 565 that extends forward along the substantially outer periphery of the insertion hole 562 and covers a predetermined range of the outer periphery of the protrusion 560 of the rotating body 552 inserted into the insertion hole 562. Yes. As shown in FIG. 35, the partition portion 561 extends forward from the partition plate 564 on the left side of the insertion hole 562 in the drawing and guides the game ball from the guide member 491 to the insertion hole 562. Is further provided. In this example, the partition plate 564 is formed of a substantially transparent material, and the rotating body 552 can be seen through the partition plate 564.

  In the third rolling effect device 101, the first receiving area is formed by inserting the protruding portion 560 of the rotating body 552 into the insertion hole 562 by the partition portion 561, and the second opening 563 is used to form the second accommodation region. An accommodation area is formed. That is, the game ball from the guide member 491 is accommodated in any one of the four second accommodating portions 550b provided in the protruding portion 560 of the rotating body 552, and is pushed by the pushing portion 531. The game balls are accommodated in any of the eight accommodating portions 550 (the second accommodating portion 550b including the first accommodating portion 550a and the specific accommodating portion 550c) of the rotating body 552.

  In this example, since one of the second storage portions 550b is the specific storage portion 550c that guides the game ball to the big win winning opening 93, the probability that the game ball is stored in the specific storage portion 550c is the guide member. The one that has flowed out from 491 has a probability of 1/4, and the one that has been pushed by the pushing portion 531 has a probability of 1/8.

  Next, the operation of the third rolling effect device 101 will be described. In the third rolling effect device 101, a rotating body 552 having a game ball housing portion 550 is rotated clockwise by a rotating body motor 326 at a predetermined speed. And if a game ball is supplied in the state which rotated the rotary body 552, it will be accommodated in one of the accommodating parts 550. For example, in the case of a game ball that has flowed out from the right end portion of the guide member 491, after being stored in one of the four second storage portions 550b disposed on the protruding portion 560 of the rotating body 552 by the partition portion 561, the rotation is performed. When the game ball moves along with the rotation of the body 552 and the second storage portion 550b is positioned below the center of the rotation body 552, the game ball is located radially outside the rotation body 552 in the second storage portion 550b. Move to the position. On the other hand, in the case of a game ball hit by the hitting portion 531, it is accommodated in any of the accommodation portions 550 in the rotating body 552 via the fourth rolling effect device 102 and the opening 563 of the partition portion 561. After the rotation, the rotary body 552 moves while being maintained at a position radially outside the rotary body 552.

  Then, when the game ball is accommodated in the specific accommodation portion 550c, as shown in FIG. 36, when the game ball moves clockwise with the rotation of the rotating body 552 and reaches the position where the big hit winning opening 93 is opened, Since the rear side of the accommodating portion 550c is opened, a game ball enters the big hit winning opening 93, is detected by the big hit winning sensor 330 through the big hit guiding portion 556, and is then discharged out of the game area. . In addition, since the specific accommodating part 550c is not open | released on the radial direction outer side, even if it arrives at the lose prize winning opening 94, it does not enter.

  On the other hand, when the game ball is accommodated in the accommodating portion 550 other than the specific accommodating portion 550c, as shown in FIG. 37, the game ball moves clockwise as the rotating body 552 rotates, and the cylindrical portion of the lose guiding portion 557 When reaching the loser winning hole 94 opened to 558, these accommodating portions 550 are opened in the radial direction, so that the game ball enters the loser winning hole 94 and passes through the loser guiding part 557. After being detected by the lose prize sensor 329, it is discharged out of the game area. In addition, since the rear side of the storage units 550 other than the specific storage unit 550c is not open, even if the storage unit 550 reaches the big hit winning opening 93, no entry is made.

  As described above, the third rolling effect device 101 includes the plurality of storage units 550 in the rotating body 552, and stores the supplied game balls in either the specific storage unit 550c or the other storage units 550. Thus, the game balls can be guided and distributed to the jackpot winning port 93 or the lost winning port 94. As a result, a big hit can be obtained by being accommodated in the specific accommodation unit 550c, so that the game ball supplied is seriously concerned whether or not it is accommodated in the specific accommodation unit 550c. Until the game ball is accommodated by the rotation of 552, the excitement is enhanced by thrilling and thrilling.

(About the fourth rolling effect device)
Next, the fourth rolling effect device 102 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the fourth rolling effect device 102 transfers the game ball hit by the hitting unit 531 in the second rolling effect device 100 to the third rolling effect device 101. It is a guide. The fourth rolling effect device 102 corresponds to the guiding means of the present invention.

  As shown in the figure, the fourth rolling effect device 102 is arranged below the guide member 491 and extends so as to be gently inclined from the second rolling effect device 100 side to the third rolling effect device 101 side. 571. The guide surface 571 has substantially the same length as the guide member 491, and a part of the lower edge of the opening 563 of the third rolling effect device 101 substantially coincides with the downstream end thereof. An arcuate rocking surface 572 is provided.

  In the fourth rolling effect device 102, the game ball from the second rolling effect device 100 is made to roll on a guide surface 571 having a predetermined length so that the movement of the game ball can be recognized. Thereby, it is enjoyed whether or not the timing at which the game ball reaches the third rolling effect device 101 is the timing at which the game ball is accommodated in the specific accommodation unit 550c by the rotation of the rotating body 552 in the third rolling effect device 101. It is like that. Since the swing surface 572 is provided at the tip of the guide surface 571, the game ball is stored in the storage portion 550 provided in the rotating body 552 after swinging the swing surface. Depending on the swinging condition, the timing of being accommodated in the accommodating portion 550 varies, so that the player can be excited and excited.

  In this example, the guide surface 571 is shown as a smooth surface. However, the guide surface 571 is provided with a plurality of projections and depressions, and the movement of the guided game ball is changed to entertain the movement. You may do it.

(Regarding rectification means)
Next, the rectifying means will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the rectifying means of this example receives a game ball released from the left end of the guide member 491 and moves in the diagonally lower left of the left end of the guide member 491. Is provided with first rectifying means 500a. The first rectifying means 500a includes a partition portion 501 extending in the vertical direction on the left side thereof, a receiving portion 502 for receiving a game ball at the lower end of the partition portion 501 and leading to the back of the accessory 91, and a lower side of the receiving portion 502 And an outflow port 503 through which the game ball received by the receiving unit 502 flows out to the game area. The game ball received by the first rectifying means 500a is rectified by the partition portion 501 and the receiving portion 502 and sent from the outlet 503 to the second rolling effect device 100 disposed below the outlet 503. .

  In addition, a second rectifying unit 500b that receives a game ball released from the right end portion of the guide member 491 and rectifies its movement is provided diagonally to the lower right of the right end portion of the guide member 491. The second rectifying means 500b has a cup shape with an open top, and the game ball received by the second rectifying means 500b is rectified while rotating in a spiral shape, and the third rolling effect device 101 is provided. To be sent to. As shown in the figure, the second rectifying means 500b is a bowl of a character body 504 disposed above the third rolling effect production apparatus 101. By turning the game ball in the bowl, it is interesting. Is increasing. The character body 504 corresponds to the second character body of this example.

  The game balls distributed by the guide member 491 are rectified by the first rectifying means 500a and the second rectifying means 500b, and can be smoothly delivered to the downstream second rolling effect device 100 and the third rolling effect device 101. It is like that.

  In addition, the 2nd rectification | straightening means 500b of this example is provided with a part of partition part 561 of the 3rd rolling effect production apparatus 101, and can guide | invade a game ball reliably to a 2nd accommodation area | region.

(Warp passage)
Next, the warp passage will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the warp passage 510 of this example is arranged on the left and right of the prize winning opening 92 for the bonus, and the receiving port 511 for receiving the game ball flowing down the game board 5, and the receiving Without bringing the game ball received by the mouth 511 into contact with the guide member 491, the guide path 512 that leads to the lower side of the guide member 491, and the game ball guided by the guide path 512 comes into contact with the fourth rolling effect device 102. And an outlet 513 for allowing the game board 5 to flow out. The warp passage 51 of this example corresponds to the game medium guiding path of the present invention. The receiving port 511 is positioned and sized so that the upper part of the receiving port 511 is substantially covered when the movable piece 456 of the prize winning port 92 for an accessory is opened.

  The warp passage 510 is configured so that a game ball that has not won the prize winning hole 92 for the bonus item can be received by the receiving port 511 above the guide member 491, and the game ball is received by the guide member 491 from other than the delivery port 458. Is not supplied. This prevents other game balls from unnecessarily coming into contact with the game ball that swings and rolls on the guide member 491 and the fourth rolling effect device 102 so as not to hinder the swing and rolling of the game ball. It has become.

  Thus, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the game ball is pushed from one side of the accessory 91 (one side in the left-right direction in the game area) to the hitting portion 531 of the second rolling effect device 100. , And the guide surface 571 of the fourth rolling effect device 102 is largely guided to the other side of the accessory 91, so that the game ball is struck and its movement direction is changed in the horizontal direction. It is possible to realize a new movement of the game ball that has been changed and moves greatly from one to the other in the left-right direction in the game area, and can make the player pay attention to the movement of the game ball. It can be enjoyed as well as it can.

  Also, since the direction of movement of the game ball is changed by hitting it, the player can have a stronger impact by changing the direction of movement more actively compared to the case where it is simply reflected by a reflector or the like. Can be expected, and the difference in impression between when the game ball is hit and when it fails to hit becomes large, and it can be rich in inflection.

  Furthermore, since the first rolling effect device 95, the second rolling effect device 100, the third rolling effect device 101, and the fourth rolling effect device 102 are provided inside the accessory 91, the accessory The third rolling effect device having a jackpot winning opening 93 is provided to enter the game ball 91 by swinging the game ball on the guide member 491 of the first rolling effect device 95 in the left-right direction to enjoy the movement. Depending on whether or not it is released to the 101 side, the player can be thrilled and excited. On the other hand, if the game ball is released from the guide member 491 to the second rolling effect device 100 side where the lose winning prize port 94 is arranged, there is a risk that the interest will be reduced. By hitting the game ball by the hitting portion 531, the game ball is guided to the third rolling effect producing device 101 side having the big hit winning opening 93, so that the expectation can be raised again. In the third rolling effect device 101, the side that directly receives the game ball released from the guide member 491 is a second accommodation area that has a high probability of being guided to the big hit winning opening 93. When it is not distributed to the third rolling effect device 101 side, the expectation is greatly reduced, but this time, it is expected to be hit by the pressing portion 531 of the second rolling effect device 100. And when it is pushed, the expectation can be raised again, so that it can be exciting and exciting.

  The present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention as described below. And design changes are possible.

  That is, in the above embodiment, in the third rolling effect production device 101, the rotating body 552 is rotated at a predetermined speed by the rotation motor 326, but is rotated together with the rotating body 552 by the rotation position detection sensor 494. By detecting the rotation detection unit 554, the rotation position of the rotator 552 is detected, and the rotation speed of the rotator 552 is changed according to the gaming state to make it easier to store the game ball in the specific storage unit 550c, It may be difficult to accommodate.

  In the above-described embodiment, the second rolling effect device 100 and the third rolling effect device 101 are each provided with the loser winning sensor 329 for each loser winning port 94. It is also possible to collect the game balls that have entered the losing winning opening 94 and detect them by one losing winning sensor 329.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is shown as a gaming machine. However, a gaming machine other than the pachinko machine, for example, a gaming machine formed by fusing a pachinko machine and a slot machine, or the like may be used. The present invention can be applied.

It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the main body frame was opened by the one side of the outer frame of a pachinko machine, and the front frame was opened by the one side of the main body frame. It is a front view which shows the whole front side of a pachinko machine. It is an enlarged front view which shows the structure of a game area | region. It is the perspective view which isolate | separated the main body frame and game board of a pachinko machine, and shows diagonally from the upper right front. It is a rear view which shows the whole rear side of a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view which shows the whole rear side of a pachinko machine from upper right back. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the back cover, various control boards, etc. from the perspective view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which various members were assembled | attached to the main body frame of the pachinko machine from diagonally upper right back. It is a perspective view which shows a main body frame simple substance from diagonally upper right back. It is a perspective view which shows the game board with which various control board boxes were mounted | worn from lower right back. It is a block diagram which shows a control structure roughly. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the electrical structure of a main control board and a payout control board. It is a flowchart which shows the command transmission process which the arithmetic processing part of a main control board performs. It is a time chart which shows the mode of each signal in the main control board at the time of command transmission processing being performed. It is a flowchart which shows the command reception process which the payout CPU of a payout control board performs. It is a time chart which shows the mode of each signal in the payout control board at the time of command reception processing being performed. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the electrical structure of a main control board and a payout control board. It is a flowchart which shows the command transmission process which the arithmetic processing part of a main control board performs. It is a flowchart which shows a command output process. It is a flowchart which shows an ACK waiting process. It is a flowchart which shows the command reception process which the payout CPU of a payout control board performs. It is a time chart which shows the mode of each signal in the payout control board at the time of command reception processing being performed. It is a flowchart which shows the routine of the start winning process of a prize opening for prizes. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the jackpot process. It is a front view which shows an example of the accessory in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the accessory shown in FIG. 25 from the upper right front. (A) is a front view which shows the winning opening for prizes of this embodiment, (B) is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of a movable piece. It is a front view which shows a 1st rolling effect production apparatus with schematic structure. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of a 1st rolling effect apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the motion of the game medium in a 1st rolling effect apparatus. It is a time chart which shows operation | movement of the motor in a 1st rolling effect apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a 2nd rolling effect apparatus. It is a rear view which shows the structure of the pressing part drive means in a 2nd rolling effect apparatus. (A) is sectional drawing of a 3rd rolling effect device, (B) is an exploded perspective view of a 3rd rolling effect device. It is a front view which expands and shows the 3rd rolling production effect device vicinity in an accessory. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of a 3rd rolling effect apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement different from FIG. 36 of a 3rd production apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 5 Game board 37 Game area 91 Bonuses 92 Prize winning entrance (entrance)
93 jackpot winning entrance (second entrance)
94 Lost prize opening (first entrance)
95 1st rolling effect production device 96 1st starting winning a prize opening (starting opening)
97 Second starting prize opening (starting opening)
100 Second rolling effect device (punching means)
101 Third rolling effect device (guidance means)
102 Fourth rolling effect device (guidance means)
131 Main control board 310 Main board 317 Gate sensor 318 Start sensor 319 Count sensor 321 Rotation position detection sensor 325 Pushing solenoid 326 Rotating body motor 329 Loss winning sensor 330 Big hit winning sensor 331 Solenoid 332 Motor 455 Character body (third Character body)
456 Movable piece 457 Ball inlet 458 Delivery port 490 Rolling surface 491 Guide member 492 Rotation support shaft 493 Rotation drive means 494 Rotation detection sensor 495 Weir 499 Rotation detection section 500a Rectification means 500b Rectification means 501 Partition section 502 Portion 503 Outlet 504 Character body (second character body)
510 Warp Path (Game Media Guide Path)
511 Receiving port 512 Guide path 513 Outlet port 531 Pushing portion 532 Pushing portion drive means 533 Character body (first character body)
534 Feet 535 Rotating shaft 550 Housing portion 550a First housing portion 550b Second housing portion 550c Specific housing portion 551 Moving means 552 Rotating body 561 Partition portion 571 Guide surface 572 Swing surface

Claims (1)

A punching portion that is disposed in any one of the left and right directions in a game area where a game medium is to be driven, and that can press the game medium in the left and right direction by contacting the game medium, and the punching portion includes the game medium. A punching means provided with a punching unit driving means for moving the punching part so as to hit
A gaming machine comprising: guide means for guiding the game medium pushed by the pushing means to either the left or right direction in the game area.

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