JP2006238983A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of accurately replaying a direct annunciation and an indirect annunciation to be linked with each other by transmitting a special big winning round command different from a normal big winning round command in the case of acquiring a prescribed variation pattern command among variation pattern commands specified when big winning is judged. <P>SOLUTION: In the case that the variation pattern command instructing the time of pattern variation or the like to a sub-integrated control board 280 is a specific variation pattern command for turning ON a big winning performance change flag especially (S60:YES), the big winning performance change flag is turned ON, and it is made possible to select the special big winning round command for changing a big winning performance at present to the special performance of outputting big winning special BGM with voice and displaying the subtitle 85 of lyrics (S149, S155, S156). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a big hit round command transmitted to a sub-control unit when instructing a player to recognize a big hit game situation, and among predetermined change patterns specified when a big hit is determined, The present invention relates to a gaming machine that can reproduce by accurately associating direct notification and indirect notification by transmitting a special jackpot round command different from a normal jackpot round command when a pattern command is acquired.

Conventionally, gaming machines transmit accurate information by directly informing the player of the game determination result inside the gaming machine based on the identification symbol combination, and also produce video effects / sounds according to the notification by the identification symbol combination. By performing the selection and LED production, it is possible to perform entertainment of a gaming machine that cannot be realized by indirect notification by these performances only by notification by a direct combination of identification symbols, and the accuracy of the gaming machine is a gaming machine. Have made both a good judgment and play.
For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-180951 discloses a display unit on which a screen image including an identification information image composed of a plurality of variable symbols that can be stopped and displayed at a predetermined timing and an effect image is displayed, and a game situation. There is an indirect notification technique in which a gaming machine is provided with a speaker that outputs a sound corresponding to the notification, and the reliability (up) of the jackpot notification is notified by the voice of the character to be output.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-180951 (pages 14 to 16, FIGS. 5 and 6)

Here, since the indirect notification is to play the entertainment of the gaming machine by performing the indirect notification, it can be understood from a paradoxical idea and is an indirect notification that is responsible for the entertainment of the gaming machine. Any notification can be considered as indirect notification.
On the other hand, the prior art only discloses a technique as an example, and does not disclose another indirect notification technique.
In addition, as long as it is a gaming machine, even if entertainment is generated as a result of the indirect notification, it can be accurately transmitted and controlled by notifying the player of the game determination result directly. It is related and must be accurately controlled inside the gaming machine as a control.

Therefore, in the present invention, as a completely new indirect notification that is not disclosed in the prior literature, the identification symbol combination that directly notifies the player of the game determination result is not reported as accurate information at the notification timing. After the notification, the effect state is changed as an indirect notification, so that the notification indicating that the identification symbol combination is not notified with accurate information has been considered.
Then, it is an object of the present invention to propose a control method that can accurately reproduce such indirect notification in association with direct notification and indirect notification as a gaming machine.

  In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to claim 1 is provided with a main control unit that controls an operation state of the gaming machine and a symbol display device that is provided separately from the main control unit and displays a variable symbol. A display control means for controlling, a sound control means for controlling the sound output from the speaker, and an integrated control means for controlling the contents controlled by the display control means and the sound control means. A control unit, and the main control unit includes a jackpot random number acquisition unit that acquires a value of a jackpot random number that is updated within a predetermined range when the game ball wins a start opening, and the jackpot random number acquisition unit. A jackpot determination means for determining whether or not the acquired jackpot random number value matches a jackpot value predetermined in the jackpot determination table, and a notification time for notifying the player of the result of the determination of the jackpot determination means. A variation pattern command for selecting a variation pattern command to be determined from one or a plurality of variation pattern commands specified based on the determination result of the jackpot determination unit; and the variation pattern command selected by the variation pattern selection unit A jackpot gaming state in which a variable winning device that opens and closes a jackpot is determined to be more advantageous to the player than the normal gaming state when it is determined that the jackpot is determined to be a big hit by the judgment result notification means transmitted to the sub-control unit Jackpot game control means for controlling the jackpot game, and the jackpot for specifying the sound output from the speaker and / or the image displayed on the symbol display device in accordance with the start of control of the jackpot game control means A jackpot game that instructs the sub-control unit to recognize the player based on the transmission of the round command When a predetermined variation pattern command is acquired from among the variation pattern commands to be selected when it is determined as a big hit by the line notification control means and the big hit determination means and is determined as a big hit by the variation pattern selection means Jackpot variation pattern storage means for storing that the predetermined variation pattern command has been acquired, and the jackpot game progress notification control means transmits the jackpot round command when the jackpot variation pattern storage means is transmitted. Is stored based on the normal big hit round command every time the big hit game progress notification control means is operated, or is different from the normal big hit round command. Set to output sound and / or display different images A jackpot round command use judging means for judging whether to give an instruction based on a special jackpot round command, wherein the jackpot game progress notification control means sends the jackpot variation pattern storage means to the predetermined jackpot variation pattern storage means when transmitting the jackpot round command. If there is no memory from which the fluctuation pattern command is acquired, an instruction is usually given based on the big hit round command, and the sub control unit is based on the fluctuation pattern command and the big hit round command transmitted from the main control unit. The display device is controlled.

  Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 2, in the gaming machine according to claim 1, it is determined that the jackpot game progress notification control means instructs based on a special jackpot round command by the jackpot round command use determining means. In this case, the sub-control unit instructs the player to recognize the progress of the subsequent big hit game state based on the special big hit round command.

  In the gaming machine according to claim 1, it is stored that a predetermined variation pattern command has been acquired when a jackpot round command for instructing the player to recognize the progress status of the jackpot gaming state is transmitted to the sub-control unit. If it is determined, whether to instruct based on a normal jackpot round command or an instruction based on a special jackpot round command is determined, and when transmitting the jackpot round command, there is no storage in which a predetermined fluctuation pattern command has been acquired. In this case, the instruction is usually made based on the jackpot round command. With this control, even if indirect notification is performed as in the present case, direct notification and indirect notification can be accurately associated with each other and reproduced. Therefore, the player can obtain accurate information about the direct notification while enjoying such indirect notification as entertainment. In addition, the player can expect a game result based on the performance, thereby improving the sense of expectation for the game result, attracting the player's interest, and increasing the interest.

  In addition, when it is determined that the gaming machine according to claim 2 is instructed based on the special jackpot round command, the sub-control unit determines the progress of the subsequent jackpot gaming state based on the special jackpot round command. Therefore, it is possible to indirectly notify the player of the lottery result by accurate internal control in which the effect change during the big hit game is executed. Therefore, the player can obtain accurate information about the direct notification while enjoying such indirect notification as entertainment. In addition, it is possible to improve the player's expectation of predicting the game result based on the performance, attract the player's interest, and increase the interest.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which a gaming machine according to the present invention is embodied in a pachinko machine will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Here, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment outputs and outputs a BGM with sound different from that during the normal big hit round when a predetermined condition is satisfied with respect to the production during the big hit round in the big hit game. The effect control is performed by changing the lyrics of the voice to a special effect displayed on the screen. First, a schematic configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 1 includes an upper hinge 3 </ b> A in which an inner frame 3 made of synthetic resin forms a hinge for attaching an inner frame to a wooden outer frame 2 formed in a rectangular shape in front view. And it is attached to the outer frame 2 through the lower hinge 3B so as to be freely opened and closed. A front cover member 4 made of synthetic resin is attached to the front side of the upper half of the inner frame 3 so as to be freely opened and closed by being pivotally supported at the upper and lower sides of the left end edge portion. In addition, a substantially circular window 5 is opened at a substantially central portion of the front cover member 4, and the game board 41 is passed through two glasses attached to a glass holding frame formed on the outer peripheral edge of the window 5. The gaming area 42 (see FIG. 3) on the upper side (see FIG. 3) can be seen. In addition, a full color light emitting diode is built in the upper left edge of the window portion 5 of the front cover member 4, and an error display illumination lamp 6 for displaying an error during the game is attached. In addition, speakers 7 are arranged at four corners of the front cover member 4 as viewed from the front. Further, the front portion of the front cover member 4 is covered with a synthetic resin front member 4A made of an opaque synthetic resin, and a full-color diode (not shown) is built in along the outer periphery of the window portion 5. Light effects are performed during the game.

A key insertion portion 4B for operating a locking device (not shown) for locking the inner frame 3 and the front cover member 4 is provided at the right edge of the front cover member 4. In order to open the front cover member 4, when a predetermined key is inserted into the key insertion portion 4B and rotated in a predetermined direction, the locking device is unlocked and only the front cover member 4 is opened.
In addition, an upper plate 8 that receives a prize ball to be paid out via a prize ball payout device 22 is disposed below the front cover member 4. The upper plate 8 is pivotally supported on the upper and lower sides of the left edge, and is attached so that it can be opened by lowering a lever (not shown) provided inside after opening the front cover member 4. Further, a ball lending operation unit 8B for operating a card-type ball lending machine (not shown) is provided on the central front portion of the upper plate 8, and operation buttons 8C and 8D are arranged. A lower plate 9 is disposed under the upper plate 8. Further, on the left of the upper end surface of the lower plate 9, switch buttons 9A and 9B that can be used for effect display and the like are arranged.

In addition, the pachinko ball of the upper plate 8 is sent to a launching device (not shown) in which the firing force of the pachinko ball is adjusted by the operation handle 10 via a ball feed mechanism (not shown) communicating with the upper plate 8. Yes. This launching device is composed of a launching solenoid (not shown) for continuously hitting a supplied pachinko ball, a launching control board disposed in a launching control board case 30 that functions as a launching device, and the like. The control board is configured so that the power supplied to the firing solenoid is adjusted via a variable resistor (not shown) attached to the inside of the operation handle 10 so that the firing force of the pachinko ball can be increased or decreased. It is configured. Thereby, when the player adjusts the amount of rotation of the rotation operation member 10A in the operation handle 10, the resistance value of the variable resistor attached in the operation handle 10 is increased or decreased, and the pachinko ball is fired by the firing solenoid. It is configured so that the force can be appropriately adjusted.
In addition, a speaker housing 11 is provided so as to cover the front surface portion of the outer frame 2 below the inner frame 3 over the entire width in the left-right direction and the up-down direction.
Further, when the inner frame 3 is closed, the lower end portion of the inner frame 3 is in contact with the upper end surface portion of the speaker housing 11 by its own weight. Further, a rib portion (not shown) is provided on the front end edge of the bottom surface of the speaker housing 11 so as to project downward to a position facing the lower end surface of the outer frame 2 over the entire width in the left-right direction.

In addition, a game board 41 is attached to a mechanism board 18 formed by metal such as an iron plate, synthetic resin or synthetic resin integrally so that the game board 41 is detachable substantially at the center of the inner frame 3. A mechanism set board 20 made of synthetic resin is attached to the back side of the mechanism board 18 with a hinge so as to be freely opened and closed.
In addition, a prize ball tank 21 opened upward is fixed to the mechanism set board 20 at the uppermost back side of the pachinko machine 1. The prize ball tank 21 has a communication hole formed in an inclined bottom surface, and a tank rail 23 that forms a passage for the pachinko balls to flow out in two rows under the communication hole to send the pachinko balls to the prize ball dispensing device 22. Is attached. The prize ball payout device 22 includes a ball detection switch for confirming a pachinko ball passing through the prize ball passage in the prize ball guide unit 24 and a payout stepping motor for adjusting the payout of the pachinko ball. The prize ball tank 21, tank rail 23, prize ball guide unit 24, prize ball payout device 22, etc. constitute a prize ball and rental ball payout system.

  In addition, an effect display board case 26 in which an effect display board 260 (see FIG. 4) for controlling a liquid crystal display (LCD) 52 (see FIG. 3) and the like is incorporated is disposed below the tank rail 23. . Further, on the side of the effect display board case 26, an accessory driving control board case 27 in which an accessory driving control board for driving and controlling ordinary accessories is provided. Further, on the lower side of the effect display substrate case 26, while driving and controlling each speaker 7, the speaker built in the speaker case 11, and the full color diode such as the error display illumination lamp 6, the effect display substrate 260 is controlled. A sub-integrated control board case 28 in which a sub-integrated control board 280 (see FIG. 4) for performing a causal relationship between display control and sound control related to a speaker or the like is provided. Further, a main control board case 29 in which a main control board 290 (see FIG. 4) for controlling the gaming operation of the pachinko machine 1 is provided is disposed below the sub integrated control board case 28. On the player side front portion of the main control board case 29, a launch control board case 30 in which a launch control board that drives and controls the launch device by operating the operation handle 10 is provided. Further, a payout control board case 31 in which a payout control board for driving and controlling the prize ball payout device 22 is provided is located on the side of the main control board case 29. Further, a power supply board case 32 in which a power supply board for generating and supplying various drive power sources such as DC5V and DC12V from an AC24V supply power source is provided below the payout control board case 31.

Next, the configuration of the game area 42 on the game board 41 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, in this game area 42, each structure such as a prize opening is arranged on a game board 41 made of a plate material of a predetermined thickness, and an annular rail 43 is erected so as to surround it. Has been configured. This rail 43 constitutes an overlapping guide path 44 that guides the launched pachinko ball into the game area 42, and restricts the progress of the pachinko ball driven along the rail 43 on the right shoulder. Step portion 45.
An opening is established in the approximate center of the game area 42, and a symbol display device 48 is disposed on the front side of the opening. The symbol display device 48 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) 52 and the like attached to the back surface portion. The liquid crystal display 52 displays three rows of changing symbols that fluctuate in the vertical direction on the left, middle, and right, and a normal symbol display unit 50 that displays a normal symbol divided into left and right at the lower left corner. Is configured. It should be noted that the three lines of varying symbols that vary in the symbol display device 48 are composed of any of the numerical symbols “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8”. The symbol of the symbol moves from top to bottom, and the sequence of symbols in each row changes from “1” → “2” → ... → “7” → “8” → “1” → ... It has become.

On the other hand, a gate 54 is disposed on the left side of the symbol display device 48. The gate 54 is provided with a gate switch 54A (see FIG. 4) for detecting the passage of the pachinko sphere. Further, normal windmills 55 and 56 are provided outside the left and right lower corners of the symbol display device 48.
In addition, a start port 57 is disposed immediately below the symbol display device 48. The starting port 57 is provided with a starting port switch 57A (see FIG. 4) for detecting the winning of the pachinko ball, and the three rows of changing symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 by detecting the winning of the pachinko ball. The fluctuation starts. If the winning symbol 57 is won while the changing symbol is changing, up to four winnings are stored in a first holding counter (to be described later) of a RAM provided on a main control board 290 (see FIG. 4) described later. It is put on hold as the number of times of change confirmation of the change symbol.

  Further, the normal symbol of the normal symbol display unit 50 is changed by detecting the passage of the pachinko ball through the gate 54. Then, when a pachinko ball enters the gate 54 and the normal symbol on the normal symbol display unit 50 changes and then stops in a predetermined display mode (for example, “11”, “77”, etc.) The tulip-type accessory 57B provided at the upper part of the start port 57 is opened for a predetermined time (in this embodiment, about 1 second), and the probability that a pachinko ball wins the start port 57 increases. In addition, when the pachinko ball passes through the gate 54 while the normal symbol is changing, the number of passages is stored in a second holding counter (to be described later) of a RAM provided on the main control board 290 up to four. Held as a fixed number of changes.

A special winning device 61 is provided below the starting port 57. The special winning device 61 is formed with a large winning port 60 whose front surface is covered with an open / close door 59 having a wide lateral opening. In addition, on each of the left and right sides of the grand prize winning opening 60, winning openings 62, 63 that are open upward are arranged and communicated with a prize ball bowl (not shown) on the back of the game board 41. A winning opening switch (not shown) is provided for detecting the winning. In addition, each of the illumination lamps 62A and 63A is incorporated below the winning prize openings 62 and 63.
In addition, an out port 65 is opened along the rail 43 directly under the special winning device 61. Further, in such a game area 42 surrounded by the rails 43, a plurality of nails are driven together with the respective components to constitute a complicated flow path of the pachinko ball.

Next, the configuration of the control system related to the drive control of the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 4, the control system related to the drive control of the pachinko machine 1 includes a main control board 290, a sub-integrated control board 280, an effect display board 260, and the like.
The main control board 290 includes a CPU 291, ROM 292, RAM 293, and an input / output circuit (I / O) 294, and the CPU 291, ROM 292, RAM 293, and input / output circuit (I / O) 294 are connected by a bus line. Are connected to each other. A clock circuit 295 is connected to the CPU 291 and a predetermined clock signal is input. The input / output circuit (I / O) 294 is connected to a gate switch 54A, a start port switch 57A, and the like. The input / output circuit (I / O) 294 is connected to an opening / closing solenoid 59A for opening / closing the opening / closing door 59 and a solenoid 57C for opening / closing the tulip-type accessory 57B.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the RAM 293 of the main control board 290 stores a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding one by one from 0 to 359 based on the clock signal input from the clock circuit 295 (the maximum value 359 is followed by the minimum value). A big hit counter 293A for storing “Return to 0” is provided. The count value of the big hit counter 293A is read at the timing when the switch signal is input from the start port switch 57A, and it is determined whether or not the big hit counter is based on the read count value. Here, for example, the count value “7” corresponds to the big hit, and the other count values are lost. Here, for example, in normal times, the count value “7” corresponds to the big hit, and in the case of the so-called probability variation mode (when probability variation is acquired), the count value “1, 3, 5, 7” corresponds to the big hit. The other count values are off. Therefore, in the case of the normal gaming state, a big hit is generated with a probability of 1/360, and in the case of a gaming state with a probability variation, a big hit is generated with a probability of 4/360.
When the big hit is drawn, after the fluctuation symbols in the left, middle and right columns change, any one of the symbols “1” to “8” is “111”, “222”,. ········································································ Then, the winning prize opening 60 is continuously opened for a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) until 10 wins are made within 30 seconds or 30 seconds each time. Thus, a so-called jackpot game in which a lot of prize balls are paid out to the player can be performed.

  Here, in the jackpot game, the opening operation based on the number condition (for example, ten winnings within 30 seconds) and the time condition (for example, 30 seconds) of the jackpot game 60 is referred to as a jackpot round. When either the number condition or the time condition is satisfied, the predetermined time elapses and the big hit round is resumed. An upper limit is set for the number of repetitions of the jackpot round (16 in this embodiment), and when the number of repetitions of the jackpot round reaches the upper limit, the jackpot game is unconditionally terminated (S77 in FIG. 25). .

  Also, during the big hit round, the big hit round display is performed on the symbol display device 48. The jackpot round display is to display a moving image such as an animation corresponding to the current jackpot round number, and the current jackpot round number is displayed as a numerical value on the screen (FIGS. 29A to 29C). reference). In addition, during the big hit round, a special big hit BGM that is different from that during normal symbol fluctuations flows. Here, the jackpot BGM is composed of a jackpot normal BGM which is an instrument consisting only of musical instrument accompaniment and a jackpot special BGM which outputs the sound of the artist together with the instrumental as will be described later. In the normal big hit round, the big hit normal BGM is output. However, when the big hit round command is transmitted to the sub integrated control board 280 in a state where the big hit effect change flag described later is turned on, the CPU 291 of the main control board 290. When the production mode for outputting the big hit special BGM is selected, the big hit special BGM is output in the subsequent big hit rounds (see S88 to S95 in FIGS. 14, 16, and 26).

  Further, the RAM 293 stores a normal symbol counter 293B in which a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding 1 from 0 to 9 (returning to the minimum value 0 next to the maximum value 9) based on the clock signal input from the clock circuit 295 is stored. Is provided. The count value of the normal symbol counter 293B is read at the timing when the switch signal is input from each gate switch 54A, and it is determined whether or not it is hit based on the read count value. Here, for example, the case where the count value is “even” corresponds to the win, and the case where the count value is “odd” corresponds to the loss.

  Here, when the pachinko ball passes through the gate 54 (see FIG. 3), the normal symbol counter 293B then stores the numerical value stored when the signal from the gate switch that detects the passage of the pachinko ball is input. Is stored in the parameter storage area 293K as “ordinary symbol count value”.

  In addition, a first holding counter 293C is provided that counts up to a maximum of four winnings in the starting port 57 while the design of the liquid crystal display 52 is changing. Further, a second holding counter 293D is provided that counts up to four passes through the gate 54 while the normal symbol of the normal symbol display unit 50 is changing.

  Further, the RAM 293 has a reach counter 293E that stores a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding one by one from 0 to 142 based on the clock signal output from the clock circuit 295 (the maximum value 142 then returns to the minimum value 0). Is provided. The count value of the reach counter 293E is read at the timing when the switch signal is input from the start port switch 57A, and it is determined whether or not the reach state is based on the read count value. Here, for example, it corresponds to the case of reach loss where the count value “0 to 27” is lost after reaching, and to the case of complete loss where the count value “28 to 142” is immediately lost without reaching reach. Yes.

  In addition, the RAM 293 stores a jackpot symbol selection counter in which a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding 1 from 0 to 7 based on the clock signal output from the clock circuit 295 (returns to the minimum value 0 after the maximum value 7) is stored. 293F is provided. The count value of the jackpot symbol selection counter 293F is read at the timing when a switch signal is input from the start port switch 57A, and a special jackpot symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 52 based on the read count value is displayed. Selected. For example, the count value “0” is a jackpot symbol “111”, the count value “1” is a jackpot symbol “222”, the count value “2” is a jackpot symbol “333”, the count value “3” is a jackpot symbol “444”, The count value “4” corresponds to the jackpot symbol “555”, the count value “5” corresponds to the jackpot symbol “666”, the count value “6” corresponds to the jackpot symbol “777”, and the count value “7” corresponds to the jackpot symbol “888”. ing. Each jackpot symbol specifies a combination pattern of decorative symbols that are stopped and displayed after a series of symbol variations based on various display effects as described later.

  The RAM 293 stores a normal symbol selection counter in which a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding one by one from 0 to 3 based on the clock signal output from the clock circuit 295 (returns to the minimum value 0 next to the maximum value 3) is stored. 293G is provided. Here, for example, the count value “0” is the normal symbol “11”, the count value “1” is the normal symbol “17”, the count value “2” is the normal symbol “71”, and the count value “3” is the normal symbol “17”. 77 ". Each ordinary symbol is a symbol that is stopped and displayed after a series of symbol fluctuations, as is well known.

  Here, when the pachinko ball passes through the gate 54 (see FIG. 3), the normal symbol selection counter 293G receives the numerical value stored when the signal from the gate switch that detects the passage of the pachinko ball is input. The “normal symbol selection count value” at that time is stored in a parameter storage area 293K described later.

  In addition, the RAM 293 stores a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding one by one from 0 to 9 based on the clock signal output from the clock circuit 295 (the maximum value 9 is then returned to the minimum value 0), and the variation pattern selection counter is stored. 293H is provided. The count value of the variation pattern selection counter 293H is read at the timing when the switch signal is input from the start port switch 57A. Note that the count value of the variation pattern selection counter 293H may be configured to be read at the timing when the variation of the variation symbols of the three columns of the liquid crystal display 52 is started. The variation pattern command selected based on the count value of the variation pattern selection counter 293H specifies a variation pattern for displaying a series of symbol variations on the symbol display device 25 based on various display effects as is well known. In this embodiment, as described later, the display effect time is set to “5 seconds” in the complete loss variation pattern as described later. In addition, in the reach loss variation pattern, two types of “20 seconds” and “30 seconds” are set. In addition, three types of variation patterns “22 seconds”, “32 seconds”, and “42 seconds” are set as the big hit variation pattern.

The RAM 293 stores a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding 1 from 0 to 200 based on the clock signal output from the clock circuit 295 (the maximum value 200 then returns to the minimum value 0). 293I is provided. The count value of the lost symbol selection counter 293I is read at the timing when the switch signal is input from the start port switch 57A.
In addition, the RAM 293 stores a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding one by one from 0 to 143 based on the clock signal output from the clock circuit 295 (the maximum value 143 then returns to the minimum value 0). 293J is provided. The count value of the reach lose symbol selection counter 293J is read at the timing when the switch signal is input from the start port switch 57A.

  The RAM 293 stores a numerical value obtained by repeatedly adding 1 by 1 from 0 to 9 based on the clock signal output from the clock circuit 295 (the maximum value 9 is then returned to the minimum value 0). A counter 293L is provided. The count value of the jackpot round command selection counter 293L is read at a timing when a jackpot round is newly started. The count value of the big hit round command selection counter 293L is used to determine whether or not to change the big hit round effect from a normal effect to a special effect with a different BGM or display screen, as will be described later.

The RAM 293 is provided with a parameter storage area 293K in which the count values of the counters 293A to 293J and 293L when a switch signal is input from the start port switch 57A are stored.
Each count value of each of the counters 293A to 293J and 293L and the parameter storage area 293K is initialized to “0” at the time of activation. The first hold counter 293C is decremented by 1 every time the special symbol starts to change. The second hold counter 293D is decremented by 1 every time the normal symbol starts to change.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the ROM 292 stores a variation pattern determination table storage area in which a later-described variation pattern determination table 74 (see FIG. 10) for determining a variation pattern is stored based on the variation pattern count value. 292A and a jackpot round command determination table storage area 292B in which a jackpot round command determination table 78 (see FIG. 14), which will be described later, is determined based on the count value of the jackpot round command selection counter 293L. Is provided.

Hereinafter, the variation pattern determination table 74 stored in the variation pattern determination table storage area 292A of the ROM 292 of the main control board 290 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the variation pattern determination table stored in the variation pattern determination table storage area 292A of the ROM 292 of the main control board 290 of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 10, the variation pattern determination table 74 according to the present embodiment is mainly composed of three pattern groups, is judged to be lost from the count value of the big hit counter 293A, and the reach is determined from the count value of the reach counter 293E. It is determined that there is a loss from the complete loss variation pattern group (variation pattern command 1) selected when it is determined not to occur and the count value of the big hit counter 293A, and a reach is determined from the count value of the reach counter 293E. Reach hit variation pattern group (variation pattern command 2 and variation pattern command 3) selected in the case of hit, and the big hit fluctuation selected when the big hit is judged from the count value of the big hit counter 293A (including normal big hit and probable big hit) Pattern group (variable pattern code Command 12, the variation pattern command 13, the variation pattern command 14, the variation pattern command 15, the variation pattern command 16, the variation pattern command 17) and there is.
First, “big hit (including normal big hit and probability variation big hit)”, “reach loss”, and “complete loss” are determined by each count value, and thereafter, the variation pattern selection counter 293H is determined from the corresponding pattern group of the variation pattern determination table 74. A variation pattern (variation pattern command) is determined based on the count value.
In addition, among the respective variation patterns, some specific variation patterns (the variation pattern command 13, the variation pattern command 15, and the variation pattern command 17) include data for turning on a jackpot effect variation flag described later. Here, the big hit effect change flag is a normal big hit round command (R1 to R16) when a big hit round command for starting the next big hit round is sent from the main control board 290 to the sub integrated control board 280 during the big hit game. ) Instead of the BGM currently output as an effect during the big hit round to the big hit special BGM that outputs the sound of the artist together with the instrumental hit big BGM, and the lyrics telop on the liquid crystal display 52 This is a flag for enabling a lottery to determine whether or not to transmit a command for performing display control (special jackpot round command (UR1 to UR16-2)).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the sub-integrated control board 280 includes a CPU 281, a ROM 282 that stores a drive control program for the speaker 7, the illumination lamp 6, and the like, and a RAM 283 that stores various control signals from the main control board 290. , An input / output circuit (I / O) 284 for receiving various control signals sent from the main control board 290, a drive circuit 71 for driving and controlling the speaker 7, a drive circuit 72 for driving and controlling the error display illumination lamp 6 and the like Is arranged. The CPU 281, ROM 282, RAM 283, and input / output circuit (I / O) 284 are mutually connected by a bus line. A clock circuit 285 is connected to the CPU 281 and a predetermined clock signal is input. The input / output circuit (I / O) 284 is connected to the input / output circuit (I / O) 294 of the main control board 290. The input / output circuit (I / O) 284 is connected to the drive circuits 71 and 72.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the RAM 283 of the sub-integrated control board 280 repeatedly adds one by one from 0 to 13 based on the clock signal input from the clock circuit 285 (the minimum value is next to the maximum value 13). An effect pattern selection counter 283A in which “return to value 0” is stored is provided. The count value of the effect pattern selection counter 283A is read at the timing when the variation pattern command transmitted from the main control board 290 is input (S152 in FIG. 28), and the read count value is stored in the parameter storage area 283B. Remembered.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 8, the ROM 282 of the sub-integrated control board 280 has an effect pattern selection table storage area 282A in which an effect pattern selection table 75 (see FIG. 11) described later is stored, and an effect sound output table described later. The effect sound output table storage area 282B in which 76 (see FIG. 12) is stored, the jackpot effect pattern selection table storage area 282C in which the later-described jackpot effect pattern selection table 79 (see FIG. 15) is stored, and the later-described jackpot effect A jackpot effect sound output table storage area 282D in which the sound output table 80 (see FIG. 16) is stored is provided. Further, the ROM 282 stores various effect pattern commands 1A, 2A,..., 17B (see FIG. 11) described later, and jackpot effect pattern commands R1A, R1B,..., R16B-2 (see FIG. 15). A later-described sub control program (FIG. 28) for performing control related to selection of each effect pattern is stored.

As shown in FIG. 4, the effect display board 260 includes a CPU 261, a ROM 262 for storing a display control program and required display data, a RAM 263 for storing display commands, display information, input / output signals, and the like, and a sub-integrated control board. An input / output circuit (I / O) 264 that receives various control signals sent from the H.280 and a VDP that receives display information sent from the CPU 261 and processes and displays an image on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 52 (Video Display Processor) 265 and the like are provided. The CPU 261, ROM 262, RAM 263, input / output circuit (I / O) 264, and VDP (Video Display Processor) 265 are connected to each other via a bus line. A clock circuit 266 is connected to the CPU 261 and a predetermined clock signal is input. Then, the CPU 261 performs a predetermined effect display on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 52 based on various control signals such as display pattern information input from the sub-integrated control board 280.
9, the ROM 262 has an effect display data table storage area 262A for storing an effect display data table 77 (see FIG. 13) described later, and a jackpot effect display data table 81 (see FIG. 17) described later. ) Is stored and a big hit effect display data table storage area 262B is provided. Further, the ROM 262 stores various effect pattern commands 1A, 2A,..., 17B (see FIG. 13), which will be described later, and jackpot effect pattern commands R1A, R1B,..., R16B-2 (see FIG. 17). A sub control program for performing display control of the liquid crystal display 52 of the corresponding effect pattern is stored.

  Next, an example of the effect pattern selection table 75 stored in the effect pattern selection table storage area 282A of the ROM 282 of the sub integrated control board 280 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the production pattern selection table 75 is produced when the CPU 281 of the sub-integrated control board 280 receives display instruction information (specifically, the variation pattern command and the final stop symbol information) from the CPU 291 of the main control board 290. It is a table used when selecting an effect display instruction information to be output (instructed) to the CPU 261 of the display substrate 260 and an effect pattern (effect pattern command) as control information for controlling the speaker 7.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the effect pattern selection table 75 is displayed when the “variation pattern command” indicating the variation pattern instruction information input from the CPU 291 of the main control board 290 and the final confirmation stop input from the CPU 291. Corresponding to the “count value” representing the “final stop instruction symbol” representing each symbol of the three columns, the “count value” representing the count value of the effect pattern selection counter 283A when the variation pattern command is input from the CPU 291 It consists of “production patterns”. This “effect pattern” represents a display pattern related to effects such as the type of reach that instructs the CPU 261 of the effect display board 260 to display effects on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 52.

For example, when the “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “1”, the effect pattern command 1A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 1A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of symbols for notifying complete loss as instructed by the final stop symbol instructed from the main control board 290.
When the “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “2”, the effect pattern command 2A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 2A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols for notifying reach loss as instructed by the final stop symbol instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach A.
When the “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “3”, the effect pattern command 3A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 3A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols for notifying reach loss as instructed by the final stop symbol instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach B.

The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “12” and the “final stop instruction symbol” is a normal jackpot symbol “222”, “444”, “666”, “888”. If it is, the effect pattern command 12A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 12A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols informing the normal jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach A.
Also, any one of “111”, “333”, “555”, and “777” in which the “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “12” and the “final stop instruction symbol” is the probability variation big hit symbol. If it is, the effect pattern command 12B is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 12B is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols informing the probability variation jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 by the reach A effect.

The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “13” and the “final stop instruction symbol” is a normal big hit symbol “222”, “444”, “666”, or “888”. If it is, the effect pattern command 13A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 13A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols informing the normal jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach A.
Also, any one of “111”, “333”, “555”, and “777” in which the “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “13” and the “final stop instruction symbol” is the probability variation big hit symbol. If it is, the effect pattern command 13B is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 13B is a normal big hit symbol different from the final stop instruction symbol instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach A (for example, when the symbol indicated by the final stop instruction symbol is “777”). “666”) is stopped and displayed, and an effect pattern for changing the design to a combination of decorative symbols for notifying the probability variation jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 in the final round of the subsequent jackpot round is specified.

The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “14” and the “final stop instruction symbol” is a normal big hit symbol “222”, “444”, “666”, “888”. If it is, the effect pattern command 14A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 14A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols for informing the final stop symbol normal jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach B.
The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “14”, and the “final stop instruction symbol” is the probability variation big hit symbol “111”, “333”, “555”, or “777”. If it is, the effect pattern command 14B is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 14B is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols for notifying the final stop symbol probability change big hit instructed from the main control board 290 by the reach B effect.

The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “15” and the “final stop instruction symbol” is a normal big hit symbol “222”, “444”, “666”, “888” If it is, the effect pattern command 15A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 15 </ b> A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols for notifying the normal jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach B.
The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “15”, and the “final stop instruction symbol” is the probability variation big hit symbol “111”, “333”, “555”, or “777”. If it is, the effect pattern command 15B is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 15B is a normal jackpot symbol different from the final stop instruction symbol instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach B (for example, when the symbol instructed by the final stop instruction symbol is “777”). “666”) is stopped and displayed, and an effect pattern for changing the design to a combination of decorative symbols for notifying the probability variation jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 in the final round of the subsequent jackpot round is specified.

The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “16” and the “final stop instruction symbol” is a normal big hit symbol “222”, “444”, “666”, “888”. If it is, the effect pattern command 16A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 16A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols informing the normal jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach C.
The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “16”, and the “final stop instruction symbol” is the probability variation big hit symbol “111”, “333”, “555”, or “777”. If it is, the effect pattern command 16B is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 16B is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols for notifying the probability variation jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 by the reach C effect.

The “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “17”, and the “final stop instruction symbol” is the normal big hit symbol “222”, “444”, “666”, or “888”. If it is, the effect pattern command 17A is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 17A is a command for specifying an effect pattern for stopping and displaying a combination of decorative symbols informing the normal jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach C.
Also, any one of “111”, “333”, “555”, and “777” in which the “variation pattern command” input from the main control board 290 is “17” and the “final stop instruction symbol” is the probability variation big hit symbol. If it is, the effect pattern command 17B is selected regardless of the count value. The effect pattern command 17B is a normal big hit symbol different from the final stop instruction symbol instructed from the main control board 290 by the effect of reach C (for example, when the symbol indicated by the final stop instruction symbol is “777”). “666”) is stopped and displayed, and an effect pattern for changing the design to a combination of decorative symbols for notifying the probability variation jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 in the final round of the subsequent jackpot round is specified.

  Next, an example of the effect sound output table 76 stored in the effect sound output table storage area 282B of the ROM 282 of the sub-integrated control board 280 will be described based on FIG. Here, the effect sound output table 76 is obtained when the CPU 281 of the sub-integrated control board 280 receives display instruction information (specifically, the variation pattern command and the final stop symbol information) from the CPU 291 of the main control board 290. This is a table used when selecting each sound output data set in advance according to the effect pattern selected based on the effect pattern selection table 75 and controlling the output of the speaker 7 via the drive circuit 71.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the effect sound output table 76 includes a selected “effect pattern command” and a “sound output pattern” corresponding to the “effect pattern command”. This “sound output pattern” represents a sound control pattern for controlling the speaker 7 in accordance with the effect display instruction control related to the liquid crystal display 52 performed on the CPU 261 of the effect display board 260.

For example, when the selected production pattern command is “1A”, control is performed so that normal BGM is output from the start of symbol variation until the third symbol stops.
If the selected effect pattern command is “2A”, the BGM is normally output until the second symbol is stopped, and “reach” is performed until the reach A effect is started and the third symbol is stopped. Control to output A ”BGM.
If the selected production pattern command is “3A”, the normal BGM is output until the second symbol is stopped, and “reach” is performed until the reach B production is started and the third symbol is stopped. B ”Control to output BGM.

  If the selected production pattern command is “12A, 12B, 13A, 13B”, the BGM is normally output until the second symbol is stopped, the reach A effect is started, and the third symbol is displayed. Control is performed so that “reach A” BGM is output until it stops.

  If the selected production pattern command is “14A, 14B, 15A, 15B”, the BGM is normally output until the second symbol stops, the reach B effect is started, and the third symbol is displayed. Control is performed so that “reach B” BGM is output until it stops.

  If the selected production pattern command is “14A, 14B, 15A, 15B”, the BGM is normally output until the second symbol stops, the reach B effect is started, and the third symbol is displayed. Control is performed so that “reach C” BGM is output until it stops.

  Next, the effect display data table 77 stored in the effect display data table storage area 262A of the ROM 262 of the effect display board 260 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the effect display data table 77 is obtained when the CPU 261 of the effect display board 260 receives an “effect pattern command” (see FIG. 11) as the effect display instruction information from the CPU 281 of the sub-integrated control board 280. This is used when selecting each effect display data set in advance corresponding to the effect display instruction information and performing display control.

For example, when the “effect pattern command 1A” is input as the effect display instruction information from the sub-integrated control CPU 281, the CPU 261 changes the design on the liquid crystal display 52 based on the video data of complete loss for about 5 seconds. Display control is performed to stop the combination of decorative symbols that notify complete loss in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → third symbol stop.
Further, when “effect pattern command 2A” is input as effect display instruction information from the CPU 281, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the design based on the moving image data of reach loss caused by reach A effect for about 20 seconds. Display control is performed to stop the combination of decorative symbols for reporting reach loss in the order of one symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach A effect → third symbol stop.
When “effect pattern command 3A” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the design is variably displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 on the basis of the moving image data of about 30 seconds of reach loss caused by the reach B effect. Display control is performed to stop the combination of decorative symbols for reporting reach loss in the order of 1 symbol stop → 2nd symbol stop → reach B effect → 3rd symbol stop.

When “effect pattern command 12A” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the symbol on the basis of moving picture data of about 22 seconds, which is a normal jackpot by reach A effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of the decorative symbols that notify the normal jackpot in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach A effect → third symbol stop → normal jackpot display.
Further, when the “effect pattern command 12B” is input as the effect display instruction information from the CPU 281, the design is variably displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 on the basis of the moving image data of about 22 seconds of the probable change due to the reach A effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of decorative symbols that notify the probability variation big hit in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach A effect → third symbol stop → probable variation big hit display.

When “effect pattern command 13A” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the symbol on the basis of moving image data of about 22 seconds, which is a normal jackpot by reach A effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of the decorative symbols that notify the normal jackpot in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach A effect → third symbol stop → normal jackpot display.
When “effect pattern command 13B” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the symbol on the basis of moving image data of about 22 seconds, which is a normal jackpot by reach A effect, 1st symbol stop-> 2nd symbol stop-> reach A production-> 3rd symbol stop-> normal jackpot display instructed from the CPU 281 in the order of "a normal jackpot symbol different from the final stop symbol (for example, instructed by the final stop instruction symbol When the symbol is “777”, display control is performed to stop “666”). However, when the “effect pattern command 13B” is input, a combination of decorative symbols (for example, “777”) that notifies the probable big hit for the displayed normal big hit symbol in the final round (the sixteenth round) of the big hit round to be described later. )) Is performed (see FIG. 29C).

When “effect pattern command 14A” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the display is variably displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 on the basis of moving image data of about 32 seconds, which is a normal jackpot by reach B effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of the decorative symbols that notify the normal jackpot in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach B effect → third symbol stop → normal jackpot display.
Further, when “effect pattern command 14B” is input as effect display instruction information from the CPU 281, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the design on the basis of the moving image data for about 32 seconds of the probable big hit by the reach B effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of decorative symbols that notify the probability variation big hit in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach B effect → third symbol stop → probability variation big hit display.

When “effect pattern command 15A” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the symbol on the basis of moving image data of about 32 seconds, which is a normal jackpot by reach B effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of the decorative symbols that notify the normal jackpot in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach B effect → third symbol stop → normal jackpot display.
When “effect pattern command 15B” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the symbol on the basis of moving image data of about 32 seconds, which is a normal big hit by reach B effect, 1st symbol stop-> 2nd symbol stop-> reach B production-> 3rd symbol stop-> normal jackpot display instructed from the CPU 281 in the order of "a normal jackpot symbol different from the final stop symbol (for example, instructed by the final stop instruction symbol When the symbol is “777”, display control is performed to stop “666”). However, when the “effect pattern command 15B” is input, a combination of decorative symbols (for example, “777”) for displaying the normal jackpot symbol displayed in the final round (the sixteenth round) of the jackpot round, which will be described later, is displayed. )) Is performed (see FIG. 29C).

When “effect pattern command 16A” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the symbol on the basis of moving image data of about 42 seconds, which is a normal jackpot by reach C effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of decorative symbols that notify the normal jackpot in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach C effect → third symbol stop → normal jackpot display.
When “effect pattern command 16B” is input from the CPU 281 as effect display instruction information, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the symbols on the basis of the moving image data for about 42 seconds with a probable change due to the reach C effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of decorative symbols that notify the probability variation big hit in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach C production → third symbol stop → probability variation big hit display.

Further, when “effect pattern command 17A” is input as effect display instruction information from the CPU 281, the liquid crystal display 52 variably displays the symbols based on the moving image data of about 42 seconds, which is a normal jackpot by the reach C effect, Display control is performed to stop the combination of decorative symbols that notify the normal jackpot in the order of first symbol stop → second symbol stop → reach C effect → third symbol stop → normal jackpot display.
Further, when the “effect pattern command 17B” is input as the effect display instruction information from the CPU 281, the design is variably displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 on the basis of the moving image data of about 42 seconds, which is the normal jackpot by the reach C effect, 1st symbol stop-> 2nd symbol stop-> reach C production-> 3rd symbol stop-> normal jackpot display instructed in the order of "a normal jackpot symbol different from the final stop symbol (for example, instructed by the final stop command symbol) When the symbol is “777”, display control is performed to stop “666”). However, when the “effect pattern command 15B” is input, a combination of decorative symbols (for example, “777”) for displaying the normal jackpot symbol displayed in the final round (the sixteenth round) of the jackpot round, which will be described later, is displayed. )) Is performed (see FIG. 29C).

  Next, an example of the jackpot round command determination table 78 stored in the jackpot round command determination table storage area 292B of the ROM 292 of the main control board 290 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the big hit round command determination table 78 is a table used when selecting the big hit round command to be transmitted when the CPU 291 of the main control board 290 instructs the sub integrated control board 280 to start the big hit round. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 14, in the jackpot round command determination table 78, the jackpot round command to be selected is specified for each type of round to be started (16 types from the first round to the 16th round), and the jackpot special symbol is specified. The “big hit symbol type (for example,“ 7 ”)” determined based on the count value of the selection counter 293F, the ON / OFF of the big hit effect change flag provided in the RAM 293, and the big hit round command from the CPU 291 are input. The “hit round command” corresponding to this “count value” and the “count value” representing the count value of the big hit round command selection counter 283L at that time are configured. This “big hit round command” specifies the display content for instructing the CPU 281 of the sub-integrated control board 280 to display the effect on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 52 and the type of sound output from the speaker.

For example, when the start of the first round is transmitted to the sub-integrated control board 280, and the jackpot effect change flag is OFF, the normal jackpot round command regardless of the count value and the type of jackpot symbol “R1” is selected. The normal jackpot round command R1 displays a normal first round image indicating the first round on the liquid crystal display 52 as will be described later, and outputs an instrumental jackpot normal BGM from the speaker 7. This is a command for specifying a big hit effect (see FIGS. 15 to 17).
Further, when the start of the first round is transmitted to the sub integrated control board 280, the big hit effect change flag is ON, and the count value of the big hit round command selection counter 293L is “0 to 8”. In some cases, “R1”, which is a normal jackpot round command, is selected regardless of the type of jackpot symbol that is finally stopped. The normal jackpot round command R1 displays a normal first round image indicating the first round on the liquid crystal display 52 as will be described later, and outputs an instrumental jackpot normal BGM from the speaker 7. This is a command for specifying a big hit effect (see FIGS. 15 to 17).
Further, when the start of the first round is transmitted to the sub integrated control board 280, the big hit effect change flag is ON, and the count value of the big hit round command selection counter 293L is “9” In this case, “UR1” which is a special jackpot round command is selected regardless of the type of jackpot symbol which is finally stopped. The special jackpot round command UR1 displays a telop of lyrics reproduced from the speaker 7 together with a first round image indicating the first round on the liquid crystal display 52 as will be described later. Is a command for specifying the big hit effect for outputting the big hit special BGM output in accordance with the BGM (see FIGS. 15 to 17).

Similarly, when the start of the second round to the 16th round is transmitted to the sub-integrated control board 280, the same determination is performed, and “R2” to “R15”, which are normal big hit round commands, or the special big hit Round commands “UR1” to “UR15” are selected.
However, when the start of the 16th round is transmitted to the sub-integrated control board 280 and the jackpot effect change flag is ON, the special jackpot effect pattern based on the type of the jackpot symbol that is finally stopped and displayed The command is selected from “UR16-1” and “UR16-2”. Specifically, when the big hit symbol is a normal big hit symbol (“2”, “4”, “6”, “8”), “UR16B-1” is selected and the probability variation big hit symbol (“1”) is selected. , “3”, “5”, “7”), “UR16-2” is selected.

Here, the special jackpot round command UR16-1 selected when the jackpot symbol is a normal jackpot symbol is reproduced from the speaker 7 together with the sixteenth round image indicating that it is the sixteenth round on the liquid crystal display 52. A telop of lyrics is displayed, and a special big hit BGM in which the artist's voice is output in accordance with the BGM is output from the speaker 7, and the normal big hit symbol currently displayed is changed again, and the main control board 290 is instructed. This is a command for specifying display control for stopping and displaying the final stop instruction symbol that is a combination of the normal symbols that have been displayed (see FIGS. 15 to 17).
On the other hand, the special jackpot round command UR16-2 selected when the jackpot symbol is a promiscuous jackpot symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 along with the sixteenth round image indicating that it is the sixteenth round. A special big hit BGM in which the artist's voice is output from the speaker 7 in accordance with the BGM is output from the speaker 7, and the normal big hit symbol currently displayed is changed again, and the main control board 290 is instructed. This command specifies display control for stopping and displaying the final stop instruction symbol, which is a combination of the probability variation symbols (see FIGS. 15 to 17).

  Next, an example of the jackpot effect pattern selection table 79 stored in the jackpot effect pattern selection table storage area 282C of the ROM 282 of the sub-integrated control board 280 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the big hit effect pattern selection table 79 is shown when the CPU 281 of the sub-integrated control board 280 receives the big hit round command (see FIG. 14) for instructing the start of the big hit round from the CPU 291 of the main control board 290. It is a table used when selecting a big hit effect pattern (big hit effect pattern command) as effect display instruction information to be output (instructed) to the CPU 261 of the display substrate 260 and control information for controlling the speaker 7.

  As shown in FIG. 15, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a jackpot effect pattern command is uniquely determined based on the input jackpot round command. This “big hit effect pattern command” specifies the display contents for instructing the CPU 261 of the effect display board 260 to effect display on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 52 and the type of sound output from the speaker.

  For example, when the “big hit round command” input from the main control board 290 is the normal big hit round command “R1”, the normal big hit effect pattern command “R1A” is selected. The normal jackpot effect pattern command R1A displays a normal first round image indicating the first round on the liquid crystal display 52, as will be described later, and outputs an instrumental jackpot normal BGM from the speaker 7. This is a command for specifying the big hit effect pattern to be performed (see FIGS. 16 and 17).

  Similarly, when the “big hit round command” input from the main control board 290 is “R2” to “R16”, it is similarly determined, and “R2A” to “R16A” which are normal big hit effect pattern commands are selected. Is done.

  When the “big hit round command” input from the main control board 290 is the special big hit round command “UR1”, the special big hit effect pattern command “R1B” is selected. The normal jackpot effect pattern command R1B displays a normal first round image indicating that it is the first round on the liquid crystal display 52 as will be described later, and outputs a big hit normal BGM that is instrumental from the speaker 7. This is a command for specifying the big hit effect pattern to be performed (see FIGS. 16 and 17).

  Similarly, when the “big hit round command” input from the main control board 290 is “UR2” to “UR16-2”, it is similarly determined, and “R2B” to “R16−” which are special big hit effect pattern commands. 2B "is selected.

Here, the special jackpot round command UR16-1 displays on the liquid crystal display 52 a telop of lyrics reproduced from the speaker 7 together with a 16th round image indicating that it is the 16th round. The final combination which is a combination of decorative symbols for outputting a special jackpot BGM in which the voice is output in accordance with the BGM, re-variing the normal jackpot symbol currently displayed, and notifying the normal jackpot instructed from the main control board 290 This command specifies display control for stopping and displaying the stop instruction symbol (see FIGS. 16 and 17).
On the other hand, the special jackpot round command UR16-2 displays on the liquid crystal display 52 a telop of lyrics reproduced from the speaker 7 together with a 16th round image indicating that it is the 16th round. Outputs a big hit special BGM that is output in accordance with the BGM, re-varies the currently displayed normal big hit symbol, and finally stops as a combination of decorative symbols that notify the probable big hit indicated by the main control board 290 This is a command for specifying display control for stopping and displaying an instruction symbol (see FIGS. 16 and 17).

  Next, an example of the jackpot sound output table 80 stored in the jackpot sound output table storage area 282D of the ROM 282 of the sub integrated control board 280 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the big hit effect sound output table 80 is selected based on the big hit effect pattern selection table 79 when the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280 receives the big hit round command from the CPU 291 of the main control board 290. It is a table used when selecting each sound output data set in advance according to the jackpot effect pattern and controlling the output of the speaker 7 via the drive circuit 71.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the effect sound output table 80 is composed of a selected “hit effect pattern command” and a “sound output pattern” corresponding to this “hit effect pattern command”. This “sound output pattern” represents a pattern in which the speaker 7 is controlled in accordance with the effect display instruction control related to the liquid crystal display 52 performed on the CPU 261 of the effect display board 260.

For example, if the selected jackpot effect pattern command is “R1A”, which is a normal jackpot effect pattern command, control is performed so that the jackpot normal BGM that is instrumental is output during the first round.
If the selected jackpot effect pattern command is “R1B”, which is a special jackpot effect pattern command, control is performed so as to output a jackpot special BGM that outputs the sound of the artist together during the first round. .

  Similarly, when the selected “big hit effect pattern command” is “R2A” to “R16A” which are normal big hit effect pattern commands, the instrumental big hit normal BGM is output, and the special big hit effect pattern command is output. In the case of “R1B” to “R16B (including R16B-1 and R16B-2)”, control is performed so as to output a big hit special BGM that outputs the sound of the artist together.

  Next, the jackpot effect display data table 81 stored in the jackpot effect display data table storage area 262B of the ROM 262 of the effect display board 260 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the effect display data table 81 is displayed when the CPU 261 of the effect display board 260 receives a “hit effect pattern command” as the jackpot effect display instruction information from the CPU 281 of the sub-integrated control board 280. This is used when each jackpot effect display data set in advance corresponding to the instruction information is selected and display control is performed.

For example, when the normal jackpot effect pattern command “R1A” is input as the effect display instruction information from the sub-integrated control CPU 281, the CPU 261 is currently in the first round on the liquid crystal display 52 until the instruction of the jackpot interval command is received. Control is performed so that a normal first round image indicating that the operation is being performed is displayed.
When the special jackpot effect pattern command “R1B” is input as the effect display instruction information from the sub-integrated control CPU 281, the CPU 261 is currently in the first round on the liquid crystal display 52 until the instruction of the jackpot interval command is received. A first round image indicating that the music is being performed is displayed, and a telop of lyrics of the music to be output is displayed.

Similarly, when the “big hit effect pattern command” inputted in the same way is “R2A” to “R16A”, a normal round image showing how many big hit rounds are currently being performed on the liquid crystal display 52 is displayed. In the case of “R1B” to “R15B” which are special jackpot effect pattern commands, a round image indicating how many jackpot rounds are currently being performed is displayed on the liquid crystal display 52. At the same time, control is performed so that the lyrics telop of the music to be output is displayed.
However, when the “big hit effect pattern command” is “R16B-1”, the normal big hit indicated by the main control board 290 is displayed as the normal big hit symbol currently displayed during the display of the 16th round image. Display control is performed again for the combination of symbols to be notified.
Further, when the “big hit effect pattern command” is “R16B-2”, the probability change big hit instructed from the main control board 290 for the currently displayed normal big hit symbol is further displayed during the display of the 16th round image. Display control is performed again for the combination of symbols to be notified.

  In the selection of the big hit round command in the big hit round command determination table 78 described above, once the special big hit round commands “UR1” to “UR16-2” are selected, the big hit round of big hit rounds to be performed thereafter In selecting the round command, control is performed so that the special jackpot effect pattern commands “UR1” to “UR16-2” are always selected regardless of the count value of the jackpot round command selection counter 283L (S88 to S95 in FIG. 26). . As a result, once the big hit special BGM is output, the big hit special BGM is always output in the subsequent big hit rounds, and the lyrics telop is similarly displayed on the liquid crystal display 52.

Therefore, when the display of the liquid crystal display 52 is controlled based on the “big hit effect pattern command” received from the sub integrated control board 280, the effect display board 260 is operated by the main control board 290 by the special big hit round command (“UR1”). ”To“ UR16-2 ”) is selected and display control is performed based on special jackpot effect pattern commands (specifically, effect pattern commands“ R1B ”to“ R16B-2 ”), a normal round In addition to the display effect, the lyrics of the music to be played are displayed. In addition, when the special big hit effect pattern command is selected, the sub integrated control board 280 outputs a big hit special BGM that is output in combination with the sound of the artist instead of the normal big hit big BGM.
As a result, the music played in the big hit round changes, and when a telop is displayed on the liquid crystal display 52, the normal big hit symbol currently displayed can be changed again to the probable big hit symbol in the final round. Since the player's performance is increased, the player can obtain a sense of expectation as if the probability that a big hit is promoted to a probable big hit usually increases.

  In addition, as described above, the movement of the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is stopped when a pachinko ball is won at the start port 57 as a trigger. When the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is fluctuating and when a pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, the count value of the big hit counter 293A etc. acquired at the time of winning is stored and held. In addition, immediately after the changing symbol is stopped, or when the changing symbol is stopped in a predetermined combination (hit symbol), immediately after the “hit game state” is finished, the memory / holding is performed. Based on the count value of the big hit counter 293A and the like, the operation of changing / stopping the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is started. Here, it is possible to hold up to four sets of count values to be stored and held.

  This point will be described in detail. In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18A, the count value of the big hit counter 293A or the like acquired immediately after the pachinko ball wins the start opening 57 is obtained. In addition, five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 that can be stored / suspended up to five sets are secured in the parameter storage area 293K. Of these, four storage areas E1, E2, E3, and E4 are Four first hold LEDs 40 corresponding to each are provided at predetermined positions of the symbol display device 48. Then, when the pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, as shown in FIG. 18B, the count value D0 acquired at the time of winning is stored in the storage area E0 and the count value D0 stored in the storage area E0. Based on the above, the operation of changing / stopping the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is started.

  Thereafter, when the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is fluctuating, and when a pachinko ball wins in the start port 57, as shown in FIG. While storing / holding the value D1 in the storage area E1, one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E1 is turned on. In FIG. 18, the black color of the first hold LED 40 indicates lighting, and the white color indicates non-lighting. After that, when the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is fluctuating, and a pachinko ball wins in the starting port 57, as shown in FIG. The stored count value D2 is stored and held in the storage area E2, and one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E2 is turned on.

  After that, when the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is fluctuating, and a pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, as shown in FIG. The counted value D3 is stored / held in the storage area E3, and one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E3 is turned on. After that, when the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is fluctuating, and a pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, as shown in FIG. The stored count value D4 is stored / held in the storage area E4, and one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E4 is turned on.

  After that, even if the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is fluctuating, and even if a pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3 Since the count values D0, D1, D2, D3, D4 are stored in each of E4 and there is no area for storing / holding the count value to be acquired at the time of winning, it is possible to acquire the count value at the time of winning Not performed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 18 (f), in the state where the count values D0, D1, D2, D3, and D4 are stored in the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4, the storage area E0. When the operation of changing / stopping the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is completed based on the count value D0 stored in the storage area, as shown in FIG. E0 is emptied, the count value D1 stored in the storage area E1 is overwritten in the storage area E0, the count value D2 stored in the storage area E2 is overwritten in the storage area E1, and stored in the storage area E3 The count value D3 is overwritten in the storage area E2, the count value D4 stored in the storage area E4 is overwritten in the storage area E3, the storage area E4 is emptied, and one first hold LED corresponding to the storage area E4 0 to turn off the. In FIG. 19, the black color of the first hold LED 40 indicates lighting and the white color indicates extinction. As a result, as shown in FIG. 19B, the operation of changing / stopping the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is performed based on the count value D1 stored in the storage area E0. Be started. At this time, since the storage area E4 is empty, if the pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, it is possible to store / hold the count value acquired at the time of winning in the storage area E4.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 19B, the count values D1, D2, D3, D4 are stored in the storage area E0 in the state where the count values D1, D2, D3, D4 are stored in the four storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, respectively. When the operation of changing / stopping the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is completed based on the count value D1, the storage area E0 is emptied and 1 stored in the storage area E1 is stored. The set count value D2 is overwritten in the storage area E0, the set count value D3 stored in the storage area E2 is overwritten in the storage area E1, and the count value D4 stored in the storage area E3 is overwritten in the storage area E2. Then, the storage area E3 is emptied, and one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E3 is turned off. As a result, as shown in FIG. 19 (c), based on the count value D2 stored in the storage area E0, the operation of changing / stopping the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is performed. Be started. At this time, since the storage areas E3 and E4 are empty, if the pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, the count value acquired at the time of winning can be stored and held in the storage area E3. If a pachinko ball wins in the mouth 57, the count value acquired at the time of winning can be stored and held in the storage area E4.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 19C, in the state where the count values D2, D3, D4 are stored in the three storage areas E0, E1, E2, respectively, the count value D2 stored in the storage area E0 is set. Based on this, when the operation of changing / stopping the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is completed, the storage area E0 is emptied and the count value D3 stored in the storage area E1 is stored. The area E0 is overwritten, the count value D4 stored in the storage area E2 is overwritten in the storage area E1, the storage area E2 is emptied, and one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E2 is turned off. As a result, as shown in FIG. 19D, based on the count value D3 stored in the storage area E0, the operation of changing / stopping the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is performed. Be started. At this time, since the storage areas E2, E3, E4 are empty, if a pachinko ball wins the start opening 57, it is possible to store / hold the count value acquired at the time of winning in the storage area E2, If the pachinko ball wins at the start opening 57, the count value acquired at the time of winning can be stored and held in the storage area E3, and if the pachinko ball wins at the start opening 57, at the time of the win It is also possible to store / hold the acquired count value in the storage area E4.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 19 (d), in the state where the count values D3 and D4 are stored in the two storage areas E0 and E1, respectively, the design is based on the count value D3 stored in the storage area E0. When the operation of changing or stopping the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the display device 48 is completed, the storage area E0 is emptied and the count value D4 stored in the storage area E1 is overwritten on the storage area E0. Then, the storage area E1 is emptied, and one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E1 is turned off. As a result, as shown in FIG. 19E, based on the count value D4 stored in the storage area E0, the operation of changing / stopping the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is performed. Be started. At this time, since the storage areas E1, E2, E3, and E4 are empty, if a pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, it is possible to store / hold the count value acquired at the time of winning in the storage area E1. Furthermore, if a pachinko ball wins at the start opening 57, the count value acquired at the time of winning can be stored and held in the storage area E2, and if the pachinko ball wins at the start opening 57, The count value acquired at the time of winning can be stored and held in the storage area E3, and if the pachinko ball wins at the start port 57, the count value acquired at the time of winning is stored and held in the storage area E4. It is also possible.

  However, in the case shown in FIG. 19, when the operation of changing / stopping the symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is finished, if the symbol combination device is stopped with a combination of jackpot symbols, the symbol display device 48. The change / stop operation of the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 is not when the change / stop operation of the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 is completed, but for the predetermined combination. Immediately after the “big hit gaming state” is completed, the game is started based on the count values D1, D2, D3, D4 and the like newly stored in the storage area E0.

Next, control processing of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, an interrupt program executed by the main control CPU 291 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 20 is a flowchart of an interrupt program executed by the CPU 291 of the main control board 290. Here, the interrupt program of FIG. 20 operates at regular intervals (for example, every 4 msec) after the power is turned on. 20 to 27 are stored in a ROM 292 and a RAM 293 provided in the main control board 290, and are executed by the main control CPU 291.

  As shown in FIG. 20, first, the CPU 291 performs a later-described start winning process for acquiring each count value based on the winning of a pachinko ball in the starting port 57 in step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 1. Next, in S2, a jackpot determination process, which will be described later, is performed to determine whether or not the jackpot is won based on the count value acquired in S1. Subsequently, in S3, a later-described variation pattern setting process for setting a variation pattern command instructed to the sub integrated control board 280 is performed. Further, in S4, a later-described jackpot control process for performing control related to the jackpot game is performed, and in S5, a later-described jackpot round command selection process for selecting a jackpot round command instructed to the sub-integrated control board 280 is performed. In S6, a command transmission process to be described later for transmitting each command to the sub integrated control board 280 is performed. In S7, a prize ball payout process for paying out a pachinko ball to the player is performed based on winning in the winning openings 62, 63 and the like.

Next, the start winning process executed by the main control CPU 291 in S1 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 21, first, in S11, it is determined whether or not a pachinko ball has been won at the start port 57. This determination is made based on whether or not the start port switch 57A provided at the start port 57 has detected a pachinko ball. Here, when it is determined that no pachinko ball has been won at the start port 57 (S11: NO), the start winning process is terminated, while when it is determined that a pachinko ball has been won at the start port 57 (S11: (YES), it progresses to S12.

In S12, it is determined whether or not the upper limit of storage, that is, whether or not the storage area E4 (see FIGS. 18 and 19) is empty. Here, when it is determined that the storage area E4 is not empty (S12: YES), the start winning process is terminated.
When it is determined that the storage area E4 is empty (S12: NO), the process proceeds to S13. In S13, the count value of each counter such as the current big hit counter 293A is acquired, and as shown in any one of (a) to (f) of FIG. 18, five storage areas E0, E1, E2 , E3, and E4, the count value is stored, and the process proceeds to S4.
Note that when the count values are stored in the storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, E4 in S3, they are preferentially stored in the order of E0 → E1 → E2 → E3 → E4. In other words, if it is not stored in any of the storage areas E0 to E4, the count value is stored in E0. Further, when not stored in the storage areas E1 to E4, the count value is stored in E1. Further, when not stored in the storage areas E2 to E4, the count value is stored in E2. In addition, when it is not stored in the storage area of E3 and E4, the count value is stored in E3.

  Specifically, in the “count value acquisition process”, the main control CPU 291 uses the numerical value stored in the big hit counter 293A when the pachinko ball detection signal is input from the start port switch 57A as the “big hit count value at that time”. Is substituted into the algebra V and stored in the storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, E4 of the parameter storage area 293K.

  At the same time, the main control CPU 291 assigns the numerical value stored in the reach counter 293E when the winning signal is input from the start port switch 57A to the algebra M as the “reach count value” at that time, and stores the parameter. The data is stored in the storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, E4 of the area 293K.

  At the same time, the main control CPU 291 substitutes the numerical value stored in the jackpot symbol selection counter 293F when the winning signal is input from the start port switch 57A into the algebra Y as the “hit symbol selection count value” at that time. And stored in the storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 of the parameter storage area 293K.

  At the same time, the main control CPU 291 assigns the numerical value stored in the variation pattern selection counter 293H when the winning signal is input from the start port switch 57A to the algebra H as the “variation pattern selection count value” at that time. And stored in the storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 of the parameter storage area 293K.

  At the same time, the main control CPU 291 assigns the numerical value stored in the lost symbol selection counter 293I when the winning signal is input from the start port switch 57A to the algebra I as the “lost symbol selection count value” at that time. And stored in the storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 of the parameter storage area 293K.

At the same time, the main control CPU 291 substitutes the numerical value stored in the reach lose symbol selection counter 293J when the winning signal is input from the start port switch 57A into the algebra F as the “reach symbol selection count value” at that time. And stored in the storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 of the parameter storage area 293K.
Regardless of the player's gain such as lose symbol selection count value, reach lose symbol selection count value, etc., the timing of obtaining the count value of the counter used for selecting the effect is input from the start switch 57A. It is not limited to when it is done.

  In S14, it is determined whether or not there is storage, that is, whether or not the count value is stored in the storage area E0 (see FIGS. 18 and 19). Here, as shown in FIG. 18A, when it is determined that one set of count values is not stored in the storage area E0 (S14: NO), the start winning process is terminated. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 18B to 18E, when it is determined that the count value is stored in the storage area E0 (S14: YES), the process proceeds to S15.

  In S15, as shown in (c) to (f) of FIG. 18, when the count value is stored in the storage area E1, one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E1 is turned on, or When the count value is stored in the storage area E2, one first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E2 is turned on, and when the count value is stored in the storage area E3, one count corresponding to the storage area E3 is stored. When the count value is stored in the storage area E4 after the first hold LED 40 is turned on, the process ends after turning on the first hold LED 40 corresponding to the storage area E4.

Next, the jackpot determination process, which is an interrupt program executed by the main control CPU 291 according to the present embodiment in S2, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 22, the main control CPU 291 first determines in S21 whether or not the three symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 are changing. Here, when it is determined that the three symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 are changing (S21: YES), in S22, the main control CPU 291 causes the effect display control CPU 261. The fluctuation display processing time of the fluctuation pattern output in (1) is read from the ROM 292, and it is determined whether or not the fluctuation time has ended. As a result, when the fluctuation time is over (S22: YES), the process proceeds to S23, and when it is determined that the fluctuation time is not over (S22: NO), the result display process is finished. The symbol variation time is, for example, 5 seconds when the symbol variation pattern is “pattern 1”. When the variation pattern is “pattern 2”, it is 20 seconds. When the variation pattern is “pattern 3”, it is 30 seconds. When the variation pattern is “pattern 12, pattern 13”, it is 22 seconds. When the variation pattern is “pattern 14, pattern 15”, it is 32 seconds. When the variation pattern is “Pattern 16, Pattern 17”, it is 42 seconds (see FIG. 10).

  If the processing time of the symbol variation display process has elapsed (S22: YES), in S23, the main control CPU 291 causes the effect display control CPU 261 to stop the variation via the sub-integrated control CPU 281. That is, a definite stop signal for instructing to definitely stop the symbol is output to the effect display control CPU 261 via the sub integrated control CPU 281. Further, in S23, the memory is rewritten for the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 provided in the parameter storage area 293K. For example, at this time, as shown in FIG. 18 (f), when the count value is stored in each of the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, E4, (a) in FIG. After that, as shown in FIG. 19B, the rewriting of the storage for the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 is performed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 19B, when a set of counter values is stored in each of the four storage areas E0, E1, E2, and E3, the storage area E0 is emptied. Then, as shown in (c) of FIG. 19, the rewriting of the storage for the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 is performed.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 19 (c), when the count value is stored in each of the three storage areas E0, E1, and E2, the storage area E0 is emptied, and then FIG. As shown in (d) of FIG. 5, rewriting of storage is performed for the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4. At this time, as shown in FIG. 19D, when the count value is stored in each of the two storage areas E0 and E1, the storage area E0 is emptied, and then ( As shown in e), the rewriting of the memory for the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, E4 is performed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 19E, when the count value is stored in one storage area E0, the storage area E0 is emptied and then shown in FIG. 19A. As described above, the rewrite of the memory for the five storage areas E0, E1, E2, E3, and E4 is performed.

  In S21, when it is determined that the three symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 52 of the symbol display device 48 are not changing (S21: NO), the process proceeds to S24, that is, whether or not there is a memory. Then, it is determined whether or not the count value is stored in the storage area E0 (see FIGS. 18 and 19). Here, as shown to (a) of FIG. 18, when it is judged that the count value is not memorize | stored in the storage area E0 (S24: NO), a result alerting | reporting process is complete | finished. If it is determined that one set of count values is stored in the storage area E0 (S24: YES), the process proceeds to S25.

  In S25, the stored count value of each counter is read from the storage area E0 provided in the parameter storage area 293K. Then, based on the read count value, the following determination process such as jackpot is performed.

Next, in S26, the main control CPU 291 executes a determination process for determining whether or not the “probability change mode”.
First, the main control CPU 291 determines whether or not it is in the “probability variation mode” by substituting “0” into the probability variation algebra L, which will be described later, stored in the parameter storage area 293K. Read). When this probability variable algebra L is “0”, it is determined that the mode is not “probability variation mode”, and “normal jackpot value” stored in the ROM 292 in advance (in the present embodiment, “7”). .) Is read out and stored in the parameter storage area 293K as this “normal jackpot value”. Further, when the probability variation algebra L read from the parameter storage area 293K is “1”, it is determined to be in the “probability variation mode” and the “probability variation hit value” (in this embodiment) stored in the ROM 292 in advance. Are “1”, “3”, “5”, and “7”), and this “probability large hit value” is stored as “big hit value” in the parameter storage area 293K. Therefore, in the case of a normal gaming state that is not “probability change mode”, the occurrence probability of “big hit” is 1/360. Further, in the case of the gaming state of “probability change mode”, the occurrence probability of “big hit” is 4/360.

Next, in S <b> 27, the CPU 291 executes a determination process for determining whether or not it is a “hit”.
In the determination process for determining whether or not it is a “big hit”, first, the algebra V as the “big hit count value” is read from the parameter storage area 293K. Then, it is determined whether or not the algebra V matches the “big hit value” stored in the parameter storage area 293K. If they match, the big hit algebra R (when the power is turned on, “0” is assigned to the big hit algebra R) is set to “1” (the big hit flag is turned ON) in the parameter storage area 293K. If it does not match, “0” is substituted into the jackpot algebra R and stored in the parameter storage area 293K.

Then, the jackpot algebra R is read again from the parameter storage area 293K, and it is determined whether the jackpot algebra R is “0” or “1”. That is, it is determined whether or not “big hit” has occurred.
When the big hit algebra R is “1”, it is determined that “big hit” has occurred (S27: YES), and the normal mode is set in S29. In the normal mode setting, if the current gaming state is the normal mode, the current mode is maintained, and if the current gaming state is the probability variation mode, “0” is substituted into the probability variation algebra L, Change from probability change mode to normal mode.
Subsequently, in S30, the main control CPU 291 executes a sub-process (see FIG. 23) of a “probability change acquisition process” described later.

Next, in S31, the main control CPU 291 executes a determination process for determining whether or not the mode is the probability variation mode. That is, a probability variable algebra L, which will be described later, stored in the parameter storage area 293K is read, and it is determined whether this probability variable algebra L is “0” or “1”.
When the probability variable algebra L is “1”, it is determined that the mode is “probability variation mode” (S31: YES), and in S32, the main control CPU 291 executes a process of selecting a special symbol for probability variation big hit. To do. In the selection of the probable big hit symbol, the algebra Y as the big hit symbol selection count value is read from the parameter storage area 293K, and when the algebra Y is “0”, the big hit symbol designated to the sub integrated control board 280 is “111”. Is stored in the parameter storage area 293K, and when the algebra Y is “2”, the big hit symbol of “333” is stored in the parameter storage area 293K as the big hit symbol instructed to the sub-integrated control board 280, When the algebra Y is “4”, the big hit symbol “555” is stored in the parameter storage area 293K as the big hit symbol to be instructed to the sub integration control board 280, and when the algebra Y is “6”, the sub integration is performed. The big hit symbol “777” is stored in the parameter storage area 293K as the big hit symbol to be instructed to the control board 280.

  In S31, when the probability variation algebra L read from the parameter storage area 293K is “0”, it is determined that the mode is not “probability variation mode” (S31: NO), and a special symbol for normal big hit is selected in S33. Execute. In selecting the normal jackpot symbol, the algebra Y as the jackpot symbol selection count value is read from the parameter storage area 293K, and the jackpot symbol corresponding to the algebra Y is selected. For example, when the algebra Y is “1”, the jackpot symbol “222” is stored in the parameter storage area 293K as the jackpot symbol instructed to the sub integrated control board 280, and when the algebra Y is “3”, The big hit symbol “444” is stored in the parameter storage area 293K as the big hit symbol to be designated to the sub integrated control board 280. When the algebra Y is “5”, the big hit symbol to be designated to the sub integrated control board 280 is “666”. Is stored in the parameter storage area 293K, and when the algebra Y is "7", the big hit symbol of "888" is stored in the parameter storage area 293K as the big hit symbol to be instructed to the sub integrated control board 280.

On the other hand, when the read big hit algebra R is “0” in S27, it is determined as a loss (S27: NO), and the process proceeds to S34. In S34, the main control CPU 291 displays the variable symbols at this time in a reach state in which two symbols out of the three symbols of the variable symbols are aligned (for example, “5, −5” or “7, − , 7 ", etc., where"-"means that the symbol is rotating), and it is determined whether or not it is a reach loss to display a loss.
In this determination, the reach count value stored in the parameter storage area 293K is read, and any of the reach occurrence numerical values stored in advance in the RAM 293 (in this embodiment, “0” to “27”). If they match, it is determined that a loss after reach state is displayed (S34: YES), and a special symbol for reach loss is selected in S35. The selection of the reach lose symbol is performed by reading the algebra F as the reach symbol selection count value from the parameter storage area 293K, reading the reach lose symbol corresponding to the algebra F from the RAM 293, and storing the parameter as a reach lose symbol for instructing the CPU 281 for sub integrated control. Store in area 293K.

  On the other hand, in S34, the reach count value stored in the parameter storage area 293K is read, and the reach generation value stored in advance in the RAM 293 (in this embodiment, “0” to “27”). If it is determined that they do not match (S34: NO), in S36, the lost symbol selection count value I is read from the parameter storage area 293K, and the symbol data of the lost symbol corresponding to the algebra I is read from the RAM 293. The symbol data is stored in the parameter storage area 293K as symbol data to be instructed to the sub-integration control CPU 281.

  Next, in S <b> 37, the CPU 291 turns on a variation pattern acquisition flag provided in the RAM 293. Thereby, as will be described later, a variation pattern command instructed to the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280 is set in the variation pattern setting process of S3.

  Next, the sub-process (S30) of the “probability change acquisition process” will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the probability variation acquisition process executed by the main control CPU of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 23, first, in S41, the main control CPU 291 executes a determination process for determining whether or not the “probability change mode” has been acquired.
In the process of determining whether or not this “probability change mode” has been acquired, first, the main control CPU 291 reads the algebra Y as the “big hit symbol selection count value” from the parameter storage area 293K. Next, the main control CPU 291 determines whether or not the read algebra Y matches any of the even numerical data.
When the read algebra Y matches any of the even numerical data, the main control CPU 291 determines that the “probability change mode” has been acquired, and the algebra Y matches any of the even numerical data. If not, it is determined that the “probability change mode” has not been acquired. Therefore, the probability of acquiring the “probability variation mode” at the time of the big hit determination (S27: YES) is ½.

If the “probability change mode” has not been acquired (S41: NO), “0” is substituted into the probability variable algebra L read from the parameter storage area 293K in S43, and is stored again in the parameter storage area 293K. Then, the sub-process is terminated, and the process returns to the “big hit determination process”.
On the other hand, when the “probability change mode” is acquired (S41: YES), the main control CPU 291 performs “setting of the probability change mode” in S42. That is, “1” is substituted into the probability variable algebra L read from the parameter storage area 293K, and is stored again in the parameter storage area 293K. Then, the sub-process is terminated and the process returns to the “big hit determination process”.

Next, the variation pattern setting process executed by the main control CPU 291 according to the present embodiment in S3 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 24, in the variation pattern setting process, first, the CPU 291 determines whether or not the variation pattern acquisition flag of the RAM 293 is ON in S51. Here, as described above, the fluctuation pattern acquisition flag is turned on after the jackpot determination of the count value acquired during the jackpot determination processing (S37 in FIG. 22).

  If it is determined that the variation pattern acquisition flag is ON (S51: YES), in S52, the CPU 291 executes a determination process for determining whether or not it is “big hit”. Note that the specific processing contents of the determination processing of whether the winning mode of S52, S53, and S56 described below is any one of “big hit”, “probability big hit”, “reach lose”, “complete lose” Since it has already been described in S27, S31, and S34, it is omitted here. On the other hand, when it is determined that the fluctuation pattern acquisition flag is OFF (S51: NO), the fluctuation pattern setting process ends.

If it is determined that the game is a “big hit” (S52: YES), it is further determined whether or not it is a “probable big hit” (S53), and if it is determined that the probability is a big hit (S53: (YES), the process proceeds to S54. If it is determined that the big hit is normal (S53: NO), the process proceeds to S55.
In S54, the main control CPU 291 selects a variation pattern command to be instructed to the sub integrated control CPU 281 from the probability variation pattern group of the variation pattern determination table 74 (see FIG. 10). That is, the algebra H as the variation pattern selection count value is read from the parameter storage area 293K, and when the algebra H is “0”, the variation pattern command 12 instructed to the sub integrated control CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K. When the algebra H is “1-3”, the variation pattern command 13 instructed to the sub-integration control CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K, and when the algebra H is “4”, the sub-integration control CPU 281 is stored. The change pattern command 14 to be instructed is stored in the parameter storage area 293K, and when the algebra H is “5 to 6”, the change pattern command 15 to be instructed to the sub-integration control CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K. Is “7”, the fluctuation pattern instructed to the CPU 281 for sub integrated control Storing the down command 16 to the parameter storage area 293 K, if algebra H is "8-9", and stores the variation pattern command 17 instructing the sub-integrated control CPU281 in the parameter storage area 293 K.

  In S55, the main control CPU 291 selects a variation pattern command instructed to the sub integrated control CPU 281 from the normal big hit variation pattern group in the variation pattern determination table 74 (see FIG. 10). That is, the algebra H as the variation pattern selection count value is read from the parameter storage area 293K, and when the algebra H is “0 to 2”, the variation pattern command 12 instructed to the sub integrated control CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K. When the algebra H is “3”, the fluctuation pattern command 13 instructed to the sub-integration control CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K, and when the algebra H is “4-5”, the sub-integration control The variation pattern command 14 instructed to the CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K. If the algebra H is “6”, the variation pattern command 15 instructed to the sub-integration control CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K, and the algebra H Is “7-8”, the change instructed to the sub-integration control CPU 281 Storing the turn command 16 in the parameter storage area 293 K, if algebra H is "9", and stores the variation pattern command 17 instructing the sub-integrated control CPU281 in the parameter storage area 293 K.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not “big hit” (S52: NO), it is further determined whether or not it is “reach loss” (S56), and when it is determined that it is reach loss (S56: YES). The process proceeds to S57. On the other hand, if it is determined that the loss is complete (S56: NO), the process proceeds to S58.

  Subsequently, in S57, the main control CPU 291 selects a variation pattern command instructed to the sub integrated control CPU 281 from the reach variation variation pattern group of the variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 10). The algebra H as the variation pattern selection count value is read from the parameter storage area 293K. When the algebra H is “0 to 5”, the variation pattern command 2 instructed to the sub integrated control CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K. When the algebra H is “6-9”, the variation pattern command 3 instructed to the sub-integration control CPU 281 is stored in the parameter storage area 293K.

  In S58, the main control CPU 291 stores “1” in the parameter storage area 293K as a variation pattern command instructed to the sub integrated control CPU 281 (see FIG. 10).

  In step S59, the variation pattern command selected in steps S54, S55, S57, and S58 is set in the RAM 283. The set variation pattern command is transmitted to the sub-integrated control board 280 by a command transmission process described later (S162 in FIG. 27).

  Next, in S60, it is determined whether or not the variation pattern command set in S59 is a variation pattern command including data for turning on the big hit effect variation flag. Here, the included variation pattern commands include “13”, “15”, and “17” as shown in FIG.

  If it is determined that the command includes data for turning on the big hit effect change flag (S60: YES), the big hit effect change flag provided in the RAM 283 is turned ON (S61). Thereafter, the command transmission flag for transmitting the variation pattern command set in S62 is turned on (S62), the variation pattern selection flag is further turned off (S63), and the variation pattern setting process is terminated.

  Next, the big hit game process of the interruption program executed by the main control CPU 291 according to the present embodiment in S4 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the jackpot game process executed by the main control CPU of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment. Here, the big hit game processing program is an interrupt program that is repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals while saving variables, and the processing is configured to flow from top to bottom.

  As shown in FIG. 25, first, in S70, the main control CPU 291 executes a determination process for determining whether or not the big hit flag is ON. This determination process is performed by reading the jackpot algebra R from the parameter storage area 293K and determining whether the jackpot algebra R is “0” or “1”. If it is determined that the jackpot flag is OFF (S70: NO), the jackpot game process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the big hit determination flag is ON (S70: YES), it is subsequently determined whether or not the first round of the big hit round is started (S71). As described later, the number of big hit rounds is updated with the 16th round as the maximum number of rounds when 10 winning balls have been won in the big winning opening 60 or when a predetermined period has passed since the opening of the big winning opening 60. The

If it is at the start of the first round (S71: YES), the big hit round command acquisition flag provided in the RAM 293 is turned ON in S72. When the big hit round command acquisition flag is turned ON, a round command corresponding to each big hit round is selected as described later. On the other hand, if it is not at the start of the first round (S71: NO), the process proceeds to S73.
Further, in S73, the main control CPU 291 drives the open / close solenoid 59A that opens and closes the open / close door 59 of the special winning opening 60.

Subsequently, in S74, whether or not 10 winning balls have been won in the grand prize opening 60, that is, whether or not the number of prizes detected by a large winning hole count switch (not shown) has reached ten. Determine.
If the number of winning balls won in the big winning opening 60 has not reached ten (S74: NO), in S75, after the big winning opening 60 is opened, a predetermined time (in this embodiment, about It is 30 seconds.) It is determined whether or not it has elapsed. When it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed since the big winning opening 60 was opened (S75: NO), the big hit game process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when 10 winning balls have been won in the grand prize opening 60 (S74: YES), or when a predetermined time has elapsed after the big prize opening 60 is opened (S75: YES), in S76, The main control CPU 291 closes the open / close door 59 and closes the special winning opening 60.

  Subsequently, in S77, the main control CPU 291 has reached the predetermined maximum number of times (in the case of the present embodiment, “16 times”) that the number of times that the special winning opening 60 is continuously opened has been reached. A determination process for determining whether or not is executed. If it is determined that the number of times that the big winning opening 60 has been opened does not reach the predetermined maximum number of continuations (S77: NO), the counter value for counting the current number of rounds is incremented by "+1" (S78). Further, the big hit round command acquisition flag is turned on (S79). Thereafter, the big hit game process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the number of times that the special winning opening 60 is opened reaches the predetermined maximum number of continuous times (S77: YES), the process proceeds to S80. In S80, the jackpot flag is turned off ("0" is substituted for the jackpot algebra R), and a command for instructing the sub-integrated control board 280 to end the jackpot game is transmitted, and the jackpot game processing is performed. finish.

  Next, the big hit round command selection process, which is an interrupt program executed by the CPU 291 of the main control board 290 in S5, will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 26 is a flowchart of the big hit round command selection process executed by the main control CPU 291 of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 26, first, in S81, the main control CPU 291 determines whether or not the big hit flag is ON. Here, the big hit flag is turned on when it is determined in S28 that the big hit is won. When it is determined that the big hit flag is ON (S81: YES), the process proceeds to the determination process of S82, and when it is determined that the big hit flag is OFF (S81: NO). The jackpot round command selection process ends.

  Next, in S82, the main control CPU 291 determines whether or not the big hit round command acquisition flag is ON. Here, the big hit round command acquisition flag is turned on when the big hit round is started in S28. If it is determined that the big hit round command acquisition flag is ON (S82: YES), the process proceeds to the determination process of S83, and if it is determined that the big hit round command acquisition flag is OFF ( In S82: NO), the big hit round command selection process ends.

  Subsequently, in S83, the CPU 291 determines whether or not the big hit effect change flag is ON. Here, the big hit effect change flag is turned on when it is determined in S61 that a variation pattern command including data for turning on the big hit effect change flag is selected. When it is determined that the big hit effect change flag is ON (S83: YES), the process proceeds to S87, and when it is determined that the big hit effect change flag is OFF (S83: NO). Shifts to S84.

  In S84, a normal jackpot round command corresponding to the current number of rounds is selected. Here, as shown in the jackpot round command determination table 78 in FIG. 14, when the jackpot effect change flag is OFF, the jackpot round command is uniquely determined based on the current number of jackpot rounds. For example, in the case of the second round, “R2” is selected. If it is the 16th round, “R16” is selected.

  Further, the selected normal big hit round command is output (instructed) to the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280 as an effect display command (S85), and the command transmission flag is turned ON (S86). Thereafter, the jackpot round command selection process is terminated.

In S87, it is further determined whether or not the current big hit round is a final round command (16th round) (S87).
If it is not the final round, that is, if it is the first to fifteenth rounds (S87: NO), the process proceeds to S88. On the other hand, if it is the final round, that is, if it is the 16th round (S87: YES), the process proceeds to S98.

  In S88, it is determined whether or not the effect change completion flag is turned on. Here, the effect change completion flag is used to determine whether or not a special jackpot round command for changing the contents of the effect from the normal is selected in the selection of the jackpot round command in the previous rounds. In the pachinko machine 1, in the selection of the big hit round command, once the special big hit round commands “UR1” to “UR16-2” are selected, the big hit round is selected in the subsequent selection of the big hit round command of the big hit round. Regardless of the count value of the command selection counter 293L, the special jackpot round commands “UR1” to “UR16-2” are always selected.

  If it is determined that the effect change completion flag is OFF (S88: NO), the count value of the big hit round command selection counter 293L is substituted for the big hit effect pattern algebra X in S89 and stored in the parameter storage area 293K of the RAM 293. Remember.

  Subsequently, the CPU 291 reads the current jackpot round number and sets a corresponding jackpot round command group from the jackpot round command determination table 78 (see FIG. 14) (S90).

  In S91, the jackpot effect pattern algebra X is read from the parameter storage area 293K, and the corresponding jackpot round command is selected from the jackpot round command determination table 78 (see FIG. 14) (S91). Furthermore, a “hit round command” corresponding to the selected big hit round command is output (instructed) to the CPU 281 of the sub-integrated control board 280 and set in the RAM 293 as an effect display command (S92). The set big hit round command is transmitted to the sub-integrated control board 280 by a command transmission process described later (S162 in FIG. 27). For example, in the second round of the big hit round, when the big hit effect pattern algebra X read from the parameter storage area 293K is “3”, the CPU 291 outputs (instructs) the big hit round to the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280. A normal jackpot round command “R2” is stored in the RAM 293 as a command. Further, in the third round of the big hit round, when the big hit effect pattern algebra X read from the parameter storage area 293K is “9”, the CPU 291 outputs (instructs) the big hit round to the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280. A special jackpot round command “UR3” is stored in the RAM 293 as a command.

  In S94, it is determined whether the jackpot effect pattern command selected in S91 is a normal jackpot round command or a special jackpot round command. When it is determined that the jackpot round command is normal (S94: NO), the jackpot round command acquisition flag is turned off (S102), and the jackpot round command selection process is terminated.

On the other hand, when it is determined that it is a special big hit round command (S94: YES), the big hit effect change completion flag provided in the RAM 293 is turned ON (S95). When the effect change completion flag is turned on, the special jackpot round command is always selected as the jackpot round command for the subsequent jackpot round based on the determination process of S83. As a result, once the big hit special BGM is output, the big hit special BGM is always output in the subsequent big hit rounds, and the lyrics telop is similarly displayed on the liquid crystal display 52.
Thereafter, the big hit round command acquisition flag is turned off (S102), and the big hit round command selection process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the effect change completion flag is ON (S88: YES), a special jackpot round command corresponding to the number of rounds of the current jackpot round is selected (S96). Here, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the big hit effect change completion flag is ON, the special big hit round command is always selected regardless of the count value of the big hit round command selection counter 293L. For example, when the current round is the second round, “UR2” is selected. If the current round is the 15th round, “UR15” is selected.

  Further, the selected special big hit round command is set in the RAM 293 as an effect display command to be output (instructed) to the CPU 281 of the sub-integrated control board 280 (S97), and the command transmission flag is turned ON (S98). Thereafter, the big hit round command acquisition flag is turned off (S102), and the big hit round command selection process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the current jackpot round is the final round (S87: YES), the normal jackpot round command or the special jackpot round command is selected based on the type of the jackpot symbol that is finally stopped (S99). ). Specifically, when the symbol combination that is finally stopped and displayed is a symbol combination that reports a normal jackpot, “UR16-1” is selected, and the symbol combination that reports a probable jackpot “UR16-2” is selected (see FIG. 14).

  Thereafter, the selected special big hit round command is output (instructed) to the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280 as an effect display command (S101), and the command transmission flag is turned ON (S102). Thereafter, the jackpot round command selection process is terminated.

  Next, a command transmission process that is an interrupt program executed by the CPU 291 of the main control board 290 in S6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 27 is a flowchart of command transmission processing executed by the main control CPU 291 of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 27, first, in S111, the main control CPU 291 determines whether or not the command transmission flag is ON. Here, the command transmission flag is turned on when each command is set in the RAM 293 in the processes of S62, S86, S93, S98, and S101. If it is determined that the command transmission flag is ON (S111: YES), the process proceeds to S112, and if it is determined that the command transmission flag is OFF (S111: NO), The effect instruction process ends.

In S162, each command stored in the RAM 283 is transmitted to the CPU 291 of the sub integrated control board 280. Then, the CPU 291 of the sub integrated control board 280 controls the effect display board 260, the speaker 7, the electric lamp 6, and the like as will be described later based on the command received from the sub integrated control board 280.
Thereafter, in S113, the command transmission flag is turned OFF, and the command transmission process ends.

  Next, main control processing, which is an interrupt program executed by the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280 at predetermined intervals, will be described with reference to FIG. Here, as shown below, the CPU 281 provides a “variation pattern command” that designates a symbol variation pattern as instruction information from the CPU 291 of the main control board 290, “final stop symbol information” that designates a symbol to be finally stopped, and a jackpot When a command such as a “big hit round command” for instructing the start of a round is input, the corresponding control processing is executed. FIG. 28 is a flowchart of a main control process executed by the sub-integrated control CPU 281 of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment. Each program shown in the flowchart in FIG. 28 below is stored in the ROM 282 or RAM 283 provided in the sub integrated control board 280 and is executed by the sub integrated control CPU 281.

As shown in FIG. 28, first, the CPU 281 receives each command as instruction information from the CPU 291 of the main control board 290 in S151.
Next, effect pattern selection processing for selecting an effect pattern is performed by the effect pattern selection table 75 (FIG. 11) based on the variation pattern input in S152.
Further, in S103, a big hit effect pattern selection process for selecting a big hit round effect pattern at the time of the big hit effect is performed by the big hit effect pattern selection table 79 (FIG. 15) based on the input big hit round command. Then, based on the selected effect pattern or jackpot effect pattern, in S154, effect instruction processing for instructing the effect to each control unit such as the effect display board 260, the drive circuit 71, and the drive circuit 72 is performed.

  On the other hand, the CPU 261 of the effect display board 260 displays a predetermined image on the liquid crystal display 52 based on the command received from the sub-integrated control board 280. FIG. 29 is a schematic diagram showing an aspect of effects performed based on each command.

  FIG. 29A is a diagram showing a display screen of the liquid crystal display 52 when the normal jackpot effect pattern command “R1B” is selected and transmitted to the effect display board 260 after winning the jackpot. . As shown in FIG. 29A, the current round number “Round 1” is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen, and a normal jackpot symbol 84 is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The speaker 7 outputs a big hit normal BGM which is instrumental.

  FIG. 29B is a diagram showing a display screen of the liquid crystal display 52 when the special jackpot effect pattern command “R9B” is transmitted to the effect display board 260 after winning the jackpot. As shown in FIG. 29B, the current round number “Round 9” is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen, and a normal jackpot symbol 84 is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Further, a telop 85 of the lyrics of the music currently being output is displayed at the center of the screen. The speaker 7 outputs a big hit special BGM for outputting the artist's voice in accordance with the accompaniment music.

  Furthermore, FIG. 29C is a diagram showing a display screen of the liquid crystal display 52 when the special jackpot effect pattern command “R16-2B” is transmitted to the effect display board 260 after winning the jackpot. is there. As shown in FIG. 29 (c), the current round number “Round 16” is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen, and a normal jackpot symbol 84 is re-varied at the bottom of the screen, so that a probabilistic jackpot symbol is newly added. 86 is displayed. Further, a telop 85 of the lyrics of the music currently being output is displayed at the center of the screen. The speaker 7 outputs a big hit special BGM for outputting the artist's voice in accordance with the accompaniment music.

As described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the big hit round command is transmitted from the CPU 291 of the main control board 290 to the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280, for example, the round command related to the second round is transmitted. In this case, the main control CPU 291 selects and transmits the big hit round command from the normal big hit round command “R2” or the special big hit round command “UR2”. Thereafter, the CPU 281 of the sub integrated control board 280 outputs a big hit effect pattern command corresponding to the input big hit round command to the CPU 261 of the effect display board 260. Then, the effect display control CPU 261 controls the display of the liquid crystal display 52 according to the effect display corresponding to the input jackpot effect pattern command.
Here, the variation pattern command for instructing the sub integrated control board 280 regarding the time of symbol variation is a specific variation pattern command (specifically, “13” “15” “ 17 ") (S60: YES), the big hit effect change flag is turned ON, the big hit special BGM with sound is output, and the current big hit effect is changed to a special effect that displays the telop 85 of the lyrics. A special jackpot round command can be selected (S91, S96, S99). Further, once the special jackpot round command is selected (S94: YES), the effect change completion flag is turned ON (S95), and the special jackpot round command is always selected even when a command for the subsequent jackpot round is selected. (S96, S97). With this control, even if indirect notification is performed as in the present case, direct notification and indirect notification can be accurately associated with each other and reproduced. Therefore, the player can obtain accurate information about the direct notification while enjoying such indirect notification as entertainment.
Also, if the music played during the big hit round changes and a telop is displayed on the liquid crystal display 52, there is a possibility that the normal big hit symbol that is currently displayed will be changed again to the probable big hit symbol in the final round. Therefore, the player can obtain a sense of expectation as if the probability that a big hit is promoted to a probable big hit increases. In other words, by linking the content of the displayed symbol variation and the performance, the player can be informed of the lottery result indirectly by the accurate internal control in which the performance change during the big hit game is executed. It is possible, and the player can anticipate the game result based on the performance, thereby improving the sense of expectation for the game result, attracting the player's interest, and increasing the interest.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example, Of course, various improvement and deformation | transformation are possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.
For example, in the present embodiment, the sub-integrated control board 280 controls the speaker 7 and the illumination lamp 6, but the sound control board that controls the speaker 7 independently of the sub-integrated control board 280, and the electrical decoration A lamp control board for controlling the lamp 6 may be provided.

It is the front side perspective view showing the whole pachinko machine concerning this example. It is the back side perspective view showing the whole pachinko machine concerning this example. It is a front view which shows the game board of the pachinko machine which concerns on a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system which concerns on the drive control of the pachinko machine based on a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of RAM of the main control board of the pachinko machine based on a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of ROM of the main control board of the pachinko machine based on a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of RAM of the sub integrated control board of the pachinko machine based on a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of ROM of the sub integrated control board of the pachinko machine based on a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of ROM of the effect display board | substrate of the pachinko machine which concerns on a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the fluctuation pattern determination table stored in the fluctuation pattern determination table storage area of ROM of the main control board of the pachinko machine which concerns on a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the production pattern selection table stored in the production pattern selection table storage area of ROM of the sub integrated control board of the pachinko machine concerning this example. It is a figure which shows an example of the effect sound output table stored in the effect pattern selection table storage area of ROM of the sub integrated control board of the pachinko machine which concerns on a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the production | presentation display data table stored in the production pattern selection table storage area of ROM of the sub integrated control board of the pachinko machine concerning a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the jackpot round command determination table stored in the jackpot round command determination table storage area of ROM of the main control board of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the big hit effect pattern selection table stored in the effect pattern selection table storage area of ROM of the sub integrated control board of the pachinko machine based on a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the big hit effect sound output table stored in the effect pattern selection table storage area of ROM of the sub integrated control board of the pachinko machine concerning a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the big hit effect display data table stored in the effect pattern selection table storage area of ROM of the sub integrated control board of the pachinko machine based on a present Example. In the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment, it is a figure showing how to hold data of five storage areas, how to turn on / off four hold lamps, and the relationship between five storage areas and a first hold LED. . In the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment, it is a figure showing how to hold data of five storage areas, how to turn on / off the hold lamp, and the relationship between the five storage areas and the first hold LED. It is a flowchart figure about the interruption processing program which CPU for main control board control of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. It is a flowchart figure about the "start winning process" which the main control board control CPU of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. It is a flowchart figure about the "hit determination process" which the CPU for main control board control of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. It is a sub-flowchart which shows the sub process of the "probability change acquisition process" which the main control CPU of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. It is a flowchart about the "variation pattern setting process" which the CPU for main control board control of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. It is a flowchart about "big hit game processing" which the CPU for main control board control of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. It is a flowchart about "big hit round command selection processing" which CPU for main control board control of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. It is a flowchart about "command transmission process" which the CPU for main control board control of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. It is a flowchart figure about the interruption program which CPU for sub integrated control control of the pachinko machine concerning this embodiment performs. (A) is a schematic diagram showing the display screen and output sound of the liquid crystal display 52 when the normal jackpot effect pattern command “R1A” is selected, and (b) is a special jackpot effect pattern command “R9B” selected. The schematic diagram which showed the display screen and output sound of the liquid crystal display 52 at the time, (c) shows the display screen and output sound of the liquid crystal display 52 when the special jackpot effect pattern command “R16B-2” is selected. It is a schematic diagram.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 41 Game board 42 Game area 48 Symbol display device 52 Liquid crystal display (LCD)
74 Variation pattern determination table 75 Production pattern selection table 76 Production sound output table 77 Production display data table 78 Big hit round command decision table 79 Big hit production pattern selection table 80 Big hit production sound output table 81 Big hit production display data table 260 Production display board 261 CPU
262 ROM
263 RAM
280 Sub integrated control board 281 CPU
282 ROM
283 RAM
290 Main control board 291 CPU
292 ROM
293 RAM

Claims (2)

A main controller that controls the operating state of the gaming machine;
Provided separately from the main control unit, display control means for controlling a symbol display device for displaying a fluctuating symbol, sound control means for controlling sound output from a speaker, display control means and sound control means A sub-control unit having an integrated control unit that performs control to give a causal relationship to the content controlled by
The main control unit
A jackpot random number acquisition means for acquiring a value of a jackpot random number that is updated within a predetermined range when the game ball wins the start opening;
Jackpot determination means for determining whether or not the value of the jackpot random number acquired by the jackpot random number acquisition means matches a jackpot value predetermined in the jackpot determination table;
Fluctuation pattern selection for selecting, from one or a plurality of variation pattern commands specified based on the determination result of the jackpot determination unit, a variation pattern command for determining a notification time for notifying the player of the determination result of the jackpot determination unit Means,
A determination result notifying unit for transmitting the variation pattern command selected by the variation pattern selecting unit to the sub-control unit;
A jackpot game control means for controlling the variable winning device that opens and closes the jackpot to a jackpot gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal gaming state when it is determined that the jackpot judgment means is a jackpot;
In accordance with the start of the control of the jackpot game control means, the progress status of the jackpot game state is determined based on the transmission of a jackpot round command specifying the sound output from the speaker and / or the image displayed on the symbol display device. Jackpot game progress notification control means for instructing the player to recognize in the control unit;
When a predetermined variation pattern command is acquired from among variation pattern commands to be selected when it is determined that the big hit is determined to be a big hit by the big hit determination unit and the variation pattern selection unit is determined to be a big hit, the predetermined variation pattern Jackpot variation pattern storage means for storing that the command has been acquired, and
When the jackpot game progress notification control means transmits the jackpot round command, if the fact that the predetermined variation pattern command is acquired is stored in the jackpot variation pattern storage means, the jackpot game progress notification control Each time the means is operated, it is instructed based on a normal jackpot round command, or based on a special jackpot round command which is set to output a sound different from the normal jackpot round command and / or display a different image. A jackpot round command usage judging means for judging whether to instruct,
When the jackpot game progress notification control means transmits the jackpot round command, if there is no memory in which the predetermined fluctuation pattern command is acquired in the jackpot fluctuation pattern storage means, an instruction based on the normal jackpot round command is given. ,
The sub-control unit
A gaming machine that controls a symbol display device based on the variation pattern command and the jackpot round command transmitted from a main control unit.   When the jackpot game progress notification control means determines that the jackpot round command use judging means instructs based on the special jackpot round command, the progress status of the subsequent jackpot gaming state is determined based on the special jackpot round command. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the sub-control unit instructs the player to recognize.

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