JP2006255078A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a decoration video of a story style over a plurality of pattern games. <P>SOLUTION: When losing ready-to-win is decided on the basis of prize-winning of a pachinko ball into a special pattern starting port, a variation pattern corresponding to the setting result of a pointer is selected. Then, a cursor value corresponding to the selected result of a variation pattern is selected, the selected result of the cursor value is set to the pointer, and animation data corresponding to the selected result of the variation pattern is reproduced. In this case, when the pachinko ball newly prize-wins into the special pattern starting port, a variation pattern corresponding to a new pointer value is selected and animation data corresponding to the selected result of the variation pattern is reproduced. Thus, by cutting off the decoration video of the story style into a plurality of pieces of animation data, the decoration video of the story style combined like a story can be generated in the advancing order of the story. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of performing a symbol game in which identification symbols are sequentially displayed in a variable state and a variable stop state, and a jackpot and a miss are notified by a combination of the identification symbols in the variable stop state.

Some of the above gaming machines are configured to play a jackpot game based on the variable stop of the identification symbol in a jackpot manner. The jackpot game is a repeat of the jackpot round that opens and closes the variable winning opening, and the jackpot round is displayed during the jackpot round. This jackpot round display is to display an image according to the current number of continuations of the jackpot round. JP 2002-346089 discloses a video that is connected to the previous jackpot round display image in a story. A technique for generating a round display is disclosed. In the case of this configuration, it is possible to select a plurality of moving image data in a fixed order and reproduce the moving image data in the selection order, thereby generating a video that is connected in a story-like manner to the previous video.
JP 2002-346089 A

  In the gaming machine described in the above technical field, it has been proposed to generate a decorative image that is connected in a story to the decorative image of the previous symbol game in the current symbol game. This decorative image refers to a narrative-like image that produces a variable display of the identification symbol, and it is a role that sensibly conveys whether the identification symbol is variably stopped in the big hit mode or the off mode by the ending of the story. have. When displaying this story-like decoration video across a plurality of symbol games, a method of displaying a plurality of moving image data in a fixed order cannot sufficiently cope.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine having a good taste that can generate a story-like decoration video over a plurality of symbol games.

<About Claim 1>
The gaming machine according to claim 1 is a gaming machine that performs a symbol game in which an identification symbol is sequentially displayed on a symbol display in a variable state and a variable stop state, and a jackpot and a loss are notified by a combination of the identification symbol in a variable stop state. 1) Start port sensor-12) It is characterized in that it includes moving image data reproducing means.
1) The start port sensor detects that a game ball has won the start port and outputs a start signal. The special symbol start port 24 in FIG. 2 and the special symbol start sensor 25 in FIG. It is an example of a mouth sensor.
2) The signal output means outputs a signal at a constant period, and the timer circuit 55 in FIG. 3 is an example of the signal output means.
3) The random number updating means updates the random value based on detecting the output signal from the signal output means. Step S5 in FIG. 5 is an example of random number updating means, and the random counter R3 is an example of random number values.
4) The random number acquisition means acquires the update result of the random number update means based on detecting the start signal from the start port sensor, and step S33 in FIG. 7 is an example of the random number acquisition means.
5) The jackpot determining means determines whether or not to hit the jackpot based on comparing the result obtained by the random number acquiring means with the jackpot value, and step S45 in FIG. 9 is an example of the jackpot determining means.
6) The first recording means is one in which identification information and new identification information are recorded for each of a plurality of variable information for jackpot, and the variable information refers to information for setting a time required for the symbol game, Identification information refers to information for selecting variable information from a plurality of options, and new identification information refers to information for selecting new variable information from a plurality of common options. 3 is an example of the first recording means, and FIG. 13 shows the recording data of the first recording means. The variation pattern in FIG. 13 is an example of variable information, and the pointer value and the cursor value are examples of identification information and new identification information.
7) The second recording means is one in which identification information and new identification information are recorded for each of a plurality of variable information for detachment, and the variable information refers to information for setting the time required for the symbol game, Identification information refers to information for selecting variable information from a plurality of options, and new identification information refers to information for selecting new variable information from a plurality of common options. The ROM 52 in FIG. 3 is an example of the second recording means, and FIGS. 14 and 15 show the recording data of the second recording means. The variation patterns in FIGS. 14 and 15 are examples of variable information, and the pointer value and the cursor value are examples of identification information and new identification information.
8) The variable information selecting means selects the one corresponding to the identification information set in the pointer from the plurality of variable information for the big hit when the big hit determining means determines the big hit, and is used for the winning when the big hit determining means determines the loss The information corresponding to the identification information set in the pointer is selected from the plurality of variable information. Steps S65 and S72 in FIG. 12 are an example of variable information selection means. When a big hit is determined, variable information is selected in step S65 in FIG. 12, and when it is determined that a miss has occurred, in step S77 in FIG. Selection of variable information is performed. This pointer is not limited to the one indicating the address of the identification information that is the instruction target, but refers to variable information that identifies the identification information that is the instruction target.
9) When the big hit determining means determines the big hit, the identification information selecting means selects one corresponding to the selection result of the variable information selecting means from the plurality of new identification information for the big hit, and when the big hit determining means determines that it is out One corresponding to the selection result of the variable information selection means is selected from a plurality of new identification information for detachment. Steps S66 and S78 in FIG. 12 are an example of identification information selection means. When a big hit is determined, new identification information is selected in step S66 in FIG. In S78, new identification information is selected.
10) The pointer setting means sets the selection result of the identification information selection means to the pointer. Steps S66 and S68 in FIG. 12 are examples of pointer setting means. When a big hit is determined, the selection result of new identification information is set as a pointer in step S66 in FIG. In step S78, the selection result of the new identification information is set to the pointer. Therefore, in the later symbol game, the variable information for big hit or the variable information for loss is selected based on the new identification information set in the pointer.
11) The moving picture data designation means designates selection of a plurality of moving picture data according to the selection result of the variable information selection means, and the video data designation processing of FIG. 32 is an example of the moving picture data designation means. .
12) The moving image data reproducing means displays an image on the symbol display based on reproducing the designation result of the moving image data designation means. 3 is an example of moving image data reproducing means, and FIGS. 34 and 35 are examples of moving image data reproduced by the moving image data reproducing means.
<About claim 2>
The gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising story selection means for selecting a story from a plurality of stories, wherein the moving picture data designation means is responsive to a selection result of the variable information selection means and a selection result of the story selection means. It is characterized in that it performs control for designating selection of moving image data. Specific examples of the gaming machine according to claim 2 are described in the second and third embodiments.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the game ball wins the start opening, it is determined whether the game is a big hit or miss. For example, when the game ball is judged to be missed, the one corresponding to the setting result of the pointer is selected from a plurality of variable information for miss. Then, new identification information is selected in accordance with the selection result of the detachable variable information. Then, the required time according to the variable information selection result is set, and it is designated to select the moving image data according to the variable information selection result. When a variable start command is output in this state, the moving image data designation result is reproduced, and an image corresponding to the moving image data reproduction result is displayed on the symbol display. Then, when the required time setting result has elapsed, a variable stop command is output, and the reproduction of the moving image data is stopped. In this case, when the game ball is newly won at the starting point, new variable information corresponding to the new identification information is selected, and new video data corresponding to the new variable information is reproduced. By dividing the video into a plurality of moving image data, it is possible to generate a story-like decorative video in the order of the progress of the story.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the plurality of stories can be generated in the order of progress by dividing the decorative video into moving image data for each of the plurality of stories, the preference is improved.

1. Description of Mechanical Configuration As shown in FIG. 1, an outer frame 1 is installed on the Taijima island of the pachinko hall. The outer frame 1 has a rectangular tube shape whose front and rear surfaces are open. A front frame 2 is mounted on the front end surface of the outer frame 1 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis on the left side. A horizontally long rectangular lower plate 3 positioned at the lower end is fixed to the front surface of the front frame 2, and a lower plate 4 whose upper surface is open is fixed to the front surface of the lower plate 3. An upper plate 5 is disposed above the lower plate 3. The upper plate 5 is attached to the front frame 2, and an upper plate 6 having an open upper surface is fixed to the front surface of the upper plate 5.

  A handle base 7 is fixed to the front surface of the lower plate 3 at the right end, and a firing handle 8 is rotatably attached to the handle base 7. A firing motor 9 is fixed to the rear of the firing handle 8, and a hitting ball 10 is connected to a rotation shaft of the firing motor 9. The firing motor 9 corresponds to a driving source of the hitting ball 10, and when the shooting handle 8 is rotated, a driving power is supplied to the shooting motor 9, and the upper plate is driven based on the driving of the hitting ball 10. Play the game balls in 6 out of the upper plate 6. The game ball is equivalent to a pachinko ball.

  A window frame 11 is mounted on the front surface of the front frame 2. This window frame 11 has a circular hole-shaped window portion 12, and a transparent glass window 13 is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the window portion 12. Speakers 14 are fixed to the rear surface of the window frame 11 at the upper left corner and the upper right corner, and a net-like speaker cover 15 is disposed in front of each speaker 14. Each speaker cover 15 is fixed to the window frame 11, and the game sound reproduced by each speaker 14 is emitted through the front speaker cover 15.

  A lamp cover 16 is fixed to the window frame 11 between both speakers 14, and a plurality of illumination LEDs 17 are arranged behind the lamp cover 16. Each of these illumination LEDs 17 is fixed to the window frame 11, and the lamp cover 16 is illuminated from behind based on the fact that the illumination LEDs 17 emit light.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a game board 18 is attached to the front frame 2, and the game board 18 is covered from the front by the glass window 13 of the window frame 11. An outer rail 19 and an inner rail 20 are fixed to the front surface of the game board 18. A launch passage 21 is formed between the outer rail 19 and the inner rail 20, and the game ball that is hit by the hitting ball 10 is discharged into the game area 22 through the launch passage 21. A plurality of obstacle nails 23 are driven into the game area 22, and the game balls released into the game area 22 fall within the game area 22 while hitting the obstacle nails 23. This game area 22 refers to a circular area surrounded by the outer rail 19 and the inner rail 20 (the remaining area of the launch passage 21), and corresponds to a rolling area that is the maximum range in which the game ball can roll.

  A pocket-shaped special symbol starting port 24 whose upper surface is open is fixed in the game area 22. A special symbol start sensor 25 (see FIG. 3) consisting of a proximity switch is fixed in the special symbol start port 24, and the special symbol start sensor 25 detects that a game ball has won a prize in the special symbol start port 24. Then, a special symbol start signal is output. The special symbol start port 24 and the special symbol start sensor 25 correspond to a start port and a start port sensor, and the special symbol start signal output from the special symbol start sensor 25 corresponds to a start signal.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a prize opening base plate 26 is fixed in the game area 22, and a square cylindrical large winning opening 27 whose front surface is open is fixed to the prize opening base plate 26. A count sensor 28 (see FIG. 3) comprising a proximity switch is fixed in the special winning opening 27, and the count sensor 28 detects that a game ball has won the special winning opening 27 and outputs a count signal. To do. The big winning opening 27 corresponds to a variable winning opening.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a door 29 is attached to the winning prize base plate 26 so as to be rotatable about a horizontal shaft 30 at the lower end. The door 30 is mechanically connected to a plunger of a grand prize opening solenoid 31 (see FIG. 3). The front face of the special winning opening 27 is opened based on closing the front face and turning the door 29 in a horizontal state where the door 29 is tilted forward.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a display base plate 32 is fixed in the game area 22, and a special symbol display 33 is fixed to the display base plate 32. The special symbol display 33 is composed of an LED display. The special symbol display 33 displays either “2” or “7” as a big hit symbol and “−” as a miss symbol. Is done. These jackpot symbols “2” to off symbol “−” correspond to special symbols, and the player displays either of the jackpot symbols “2” or “7” on the special symbol display 33. Based on the fact that the big hit is informed on the basis of the display of the off symbol “-”, the outage is informed.

A decorative symbol display 34 is fixed to the display base plate 32. The decorative symbol display 34 is composed of a color liquid crystal display having a larger display area than the special symbol display 33, and the decorative symbol display 34 displays decorative symbols and narrative symbols. The decorative symbol is composed of three columns of numeric symbols that visually create a state in which the type of the special symbol is determined, and the numeric symbols in each column correspond to symbol elements of the decorative symbol. The narrative design functions as a component of the narrative animation screen that visually creates a state where the combination of the decorative design is determined, and the player receives the judgment result of the big hit and miss according to the display content of the animation screen. Informed. The decorative design functions as an identification design.
2. Description of Electrical Configuration The main control circuit 50 in FIG. 3 is the highest-level control means for controlling the game content, and has a CPU 51, ROM 52 and RAM 53. A control program and control data are recorded in the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50, and the CPU 51 executes a control operation based on the control program and control data in the ROM 52 using the RAM 53 as a work area. The main control circuit 50 includes random number update means, random number acquisition means, jackpot determination means, first recording means, second recording means, variable information selection means, identification information selection means, pointer setting means, required time setting means, This corresponds to variable start command means, timing means, and variable stop command means.

  The input circuit 54 shapes the special symbol start signal from the special symbol start sensor 25 and the count signal from the count sensor 28 and outputs the waveform to the main control circuit 50. The main control circuit 50 receives the special signal from the input circuit 54. A prize ball command is set based on detecting either the symbol start signal or the count signal. The timer circuit 55 outputs a pulse signal to the main control circuit 50 periodically (specifically, every 4 msec). The main control circuit 50 executes a processing operation every time the pulse signal from the timer circuit 55 is detected. To do. The timer circuit 55 corresponds to signal output means.

  The solenoid circuit 56 cuts off the power of the special winning opening solenoid 31, and the main control circuit 50 opens and closes the door 29 of the special winning opening 27 based on driving control of the solenoid circuit 56. The LED circuit 57 displays a special symbol on the special symbol display 33, and the main control circuit 50 controls the display content of the special symbol display 33 based on driving control of the LED circuit 57.

  The payout control circuit 60 controls the payout operation of the prize balls, and has a CPU 61, a ROM 62, and a RAM 63. A control program and control data are recorded in the ROM 62 of the payout control circuit 60, and the CPU 61 performs a pachinko ball payout operation based on the control program and control data in the ROM 62 with the RAM 63 as a work area. The payout control circuit 60 receives a prize ball command from the main control circuit 50, and sets a drive signal based on detecting the prize ball command.

  The motor circuit 64 is provided with a drive signal setting result from the payout control circuit 60, and supplies a driving pulse signal to the stepping motor 65 based on the drive signal from the payout control circuit 60. The stepping motor 65 corresponds to a drive source of a prize ball payout device for paying out game balls as prize balls into the upper plate 6. The upper balls 6 have prize balls based on the driving of the stepping motor 65. The number of prize balls according to the command is paid out.

  The effect control circuit 70 comprehensively controls the effect contents of the decorative symbol game, and includes a CPU 71, a ROM 72, and a RAM 73. A control program and control data are recorded in the ROM 72 of the effect control circuit 70, and the CPU 71 executes processing operations based on the control program and control data in the ROM 72 using the RAM 73 as a work area. The effect control circuit 70 receives a command from the main control circuit 50, and the effect control circuit 70 sets the command based on detecting the command from the main control circuit 50. The timer circuit 74 periodically outputs a pulse signal to the effect control circuit 70 (specifically, every 4 msec), and the effect control circuit 70 executes a processing operation every time the pulse signal from the timer circuit 74 is detected. To do.

  The symbol control circuit 80 includes a CPU 81, a ROM 82, a RAM 83, a VDP 84, a VROM 85, and a VRAM 86. The CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 sets control data based on a command from the effect control circuit 70, and instructs the VDP 84 to select video data in accordance with the control data setting result. The corresponding video data is selected from the VROM 85, and a display signal is generated based on the selection result of the video data. The VDP 84 transmits the display signal setting result to the LCD circuit 87, and the LCD circuit 87 displays an image corresponding to the display signal from the VDP 84 on the decorative design display 34. A series of operations of the CPU 81 and the VDP 84 are performed based on a control program and control data recorded in the ROM 82, and the RAM 83 and the VRAM 85 function as work memories for the CPU 81 and the VDP 84. The symbol control circuit 80 corresponds to moving image data specifying means and moving image data reproducing means.

  The sound control circuit 90 includes a CPU 91, a ROM 92 and a RAM 93. The CPU 91 of the sound control circuit 90 selects sound data corresponding to the command from the effect control circuit 70 from the ROM 92, generates a sound signal based on the selection result of the sound data, and transmits it to the speaker circuit 94. The speaker circuit 94 outputs sound corresponding to the sound signal from both speakers 14. The series of operations of the CPU 91 is performed based on the control program and control data recorded in the ROM 92, and the RAM 93 functions as a work memory for the CPU 91.

The illumination control circuit 100 includes a CPU 101, a ROM 102, and a RAM 103. The CPU 101 of the illumination control circuit 100 selects illumination data corresponding to the command from the effect control circuit 70 from the ROM 102, generates an illumination signal based on the selection result of the illumination data, and transmits it to the LED circuit 104. In other words, the LED circuit 104 causes the illumination LED 17 to emit light with contents corresponding to the illumination signal. The series of operations of the CPU 101 is performed based on the control program and control data recorded in the ROM 102, and the RAM 103 functions as a work memory of the CPU 101.
3. Explanation of gaming functions 3-1. Special Symbol Game Function When a player inserts a game ball into the upper plate 6 and rotates the launch handle 8, the game ball is launched into the game board 18 and falls while hitting the obstacle nail 23. When this game ball wins in the special symbol start opening 24, a set number of game balls are paid out as prize balls in the upper plate 6 from the prize ball payout device, and the special symbol game is started. In this special symbol game, special symbols are sequentially displayed on the special symbol display 33 in a variable state and a variable stop state, and a special symbol is notified to the player according to the type of the special symbol in the variable stop state. The outline of the game is as follows.

The special symbol display 33 displays any of the special symbols “2”, “7”, and “-” in a stationary state, and when the game ball effectively wins in the special symbol starting port 24, the special symbol is displayed. Begins to fluctuate. This variation means that the type of special symbol changes, and the special symbol change order is set in a loop form of “2” → “7” → “−” → “2” →. . This special symbol informs the player of the big hit based on the variable stop at either “2” or “7”, and informs the player of the loss based on the variable stop at “−”. Yes, the required time from the start of change to the stop of change in three rows is referred to as a special symbol change display time.
3-2. Big hit game function When the big win symbol is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 33, the big hit game is started. This big hit game opens the big winning opening 27 and generates an advantageous state of the player allowing the game balls to win in the big winning opening 27. The big winning opening 27 has an upper limit number of game balls. The open state is maintained until the number condition for winning or the time condition for reaching the upper limit time is satisfied. The opening / closing operation based on the number condition and the time condition of the big prize opening 27 is called a big hit round, and the big hit round is repeated a fixed number of times (specifically, 15 times). During the big hit round, the big hit round is displayed on the decorative symbol display 34. During the big hit round display, game sounds are output from both speakers 14 in conjunction with the display contents, and the plurality of illumination LEDs 17 emit light in association with the display contents.
3-3. Special symbol game hold function The special symbol game is put on hold when the game ball is effectively won in the special symbol start port 24 during the special symbol game in which the special symbol game cannot be started immediately or during the big hit game. An upper limit value is set for the number of times this special symbol game is held, and the special symbol game is not held when the game ball wins in the special symbol start port 24 with the number of times the hold has reached the upper limit value. A winning of a game ball in which the special symbol game is not held is referred to as an invalid winning, and a winning in which the special symbol game is held is referred to as an effective winning.
3-4. Decorative design game function (design game function)
When the game ball effectively wins in the special symbol start opening 24, the decorative symbol game is started in conjunction with the special symbol game. This decorative symbol game displays a moving image on the decorative symbol display 34, outputs game sounds according to the display content of the moving image from both speakers 14, and emits a plurality of illumination LEDs 17 according to the display content of the moving image. The outline of the decorative design game is as follows.

  On the decorative symbol display 34, any one of the symbol symbols “1” to “8” is displayed in a stationary state as the symbol element in the left column, the symbol element in the middle column, and the symbol element in the right column of the decorative symbol. The three rows of symbol elements start to fluctuate in synchronization with the start of fluctuation of the special symbol. The variation (variable) of the decorative symbols means that the symbol elements in each column change while moving. The movement direction of the symbol elements in each column is set from top to bottom, and the symbol elements in each column are changed. The change order is set as a loop of “1” → “2” → “3”... → “7” → “8” → “1”.

The decorative elements in the three rows of decorative symbols are (1) left row, (2) right row, (3) variable stop in the order of the middle row (variable stop), the player is in the three rows of variable stop state Big hits and misses are reported by the combination of. The state where the design stops in a combination where there is a visual possibility that the symbol elements in the left column and the symbol elements in the right column are big hits is called the reach state. The reach action screen is displayed on the display unit 34, and it is implied by the development of the reach action screen whether or not the final middle row of symbol elements stops changing with the same target symbols as the left and right columns. In other words, in addition to notifying the jackpot and misses themselves, the decorative symbol game is intended to give the player a mood change such as a feeling of pounding and harassment based on visualizing the special symbol game. Is.
3-5. Stochastic Fluctuation Function The stochastic fluctuation mode is a high probability mode in which the jackpot is determined with a constant probability higher than the invalid state of the probability fluctuation mode. This probability variation mode is applied from the first special symbol game immediately after the jackpot game ends based on the fact that the jackpot is generated with the special symbol “7”, and the jackpot is generated with the special symbol “2”. Therefore, it will be abolished from the first special symbol game immediately after the end of the jackpot game.

  When the special symbol is “7”, the decoration symbol is stopped at the probability variation symbol. When the special symbol is “2”, the decoration symbol is stopped at the non-stochastic variation symbol. On / off of the probability variation mode is notified by the variation stop of the variation symbol and the variation suspension of the non-stochastic variation symbol. The probability variation symbol refers to an odd jackpot symbol, and four patterns of “111”, “333”, “555”, and “777” are set as the probability variation symbol. The non-stochastic variation symbol refers to an even number of jackpot symbols, and four types of “222”, “444”, “666”, and “888” are set as the non-probability variation symbol.

FIG. 4 is a time chart showing the flow of the game. When the big hit occurs in the probability variation symbol, the special symbol stops changing at “7”, and the decorative symbol stops varying in the probability variation symbol in synchronization with the special symbol “7”. Then, the probability variation mode is turned on, and 15 jackpot rounds are repeated. When the big hit occurs in the non-stochastic variation symbol, the special symbol is “2” and the variation stops, and the decoration symbol is synchronized with the special symbol “2” and the variation is stopped in the non-probability variation symbol. Then, the probability variation mode is turned off, and 15 jackpot rounds are repeated.
4). Internal processing of main control circuit 50 4-1. Main Processing When the main power is turned on, the CPU 51 of the main control circuit 50 initializes all data in the RAM 53 in the power-on processing in step S1 of FIG. 5, and determines the setting state of the timer interrupt flag in step S2. This timer interrupt flag is turned on in the timer interrupt process based on the CPU 51 receiving a pulse signal from the timer circuit 55. When the CPU 51 detects that the timer interrupt flag is turned on in step S2, step S3 is performed. And the timer interrupt flag is turned off.

When the timer interrupt flag is turned off in step S3, the CPU 51 proceeds to the input process in step S4, and sequentially executes the input process in step S4 to the data acquisition process in step S6. When the data acquisition process in step S6 is completed, the big hit determination process in step S7 to the big hit game process in step S12 are executed alternatively based on the set state of the main control flag, and the timer interrupt flag is turned on in step S2. The process proceeds to step S3 based on newly detecting. The main control flag is initially set to the big hit determination process in the power-on process in step S1.
4-2. Input Process When the CPU 51 proceeds to the input process of step S4 in FIG. 5, it determines the output state of the special symbol start signal from the input circuit 54 in step S21 of FIG. When it is detected that there is no special symbol start signal, the start signal flag is turned off in step S22. When the special symbol start signal is detected in step S21, the start signal flag is turned on in step S23. That is, when the game ball wins in the special symbol start port 24, a special symbol start signal is output from the input circuit 54, and the start signal flag is turned on.

In step S24, the CPU 51 determines the output state of the count signal from the input circuit 54. Here, when it is detected that there is no count signal, the count signal flag is turned off in step S25, and when it is detected that there is a count signal in step S24, the count signal flag is turned on in step S26. That is, when the game ball wins the big winning opening 27, a count signal is output from the input circuit 54, and the count signal flag is turned on.
4-3. Counter Update Processing When the CPU 51 proceeds to the counter update processing in step S5 in FIG. 5, “1” is added to the current measurement values of the random counters R1 to R4. These random counters R1 to R4 are added from a common initial value “0” to a different upper limit value, then returned to the initial value “0” and added cyclically. It is as follows.
(1) The random counter R1 corresponds to a random value for selecting a variation pattern, and is added cyclically by returning to the initial value “0” after being added from the initial value “0” to the upper limit value “100”. The
(2) The random counter R2 corresponds to a random value that assigns the determination result to complete detachment and detachment reach at the time of determination of detachment, and is added to the upper limit value “49” from the initial value “0” and then the initial value “ It returns to 0 and is added cyclically.
(3) The random counter R3 corresponds to a random number value for determining big hits for lottery occurrence, and is added from the initial value “0” to the upper limit value “498” and then changed to the initial value “0”. Return and add cyclically.
(4) Random counter R4 corresponds to a random number value for determining a bonus for drawing a jackpot symbol. After being added from initial value “0” to upper limit value “19”, it is returned to initial value “0” and circulated. Are added.
4-4. Data Acquisition Process When the CPU 51 finishes the counter update process in step S5 in FIG. 5, the CPU 51 proceeds to the data acquisition process in step S6, and determines the setting state of the start signal flag in step S31 in FIG. If it is detected that the start signal flag is turned on, the process proceeds to step S32, and the measured value of the counter N1 is compared with the upper limit value MAX (specifically, 4) recorded in the ROM 52. The counter N1 measures the number of special symbol games held, and the CPU 51 determines that the number of special symbol games held has not reached the upper limit value when “N1 <MAX” is detected in step S32. And it transfers to step S33 and acquires the present measured value of random counter R1-R4.

  The RAM 53 of the main control circuit 50 is provided with four reserved data areas E1 to E4 as shown in FIG. The order of use “1” to “4” is assigned to these four reserved data areas E1 to E4, and the CPU 51 of the main control circuit 50 acquires the measured values of the random counters R1 to R4 in step S33 of FIG. Then, in step S34, the acquisition results of the random counters R1 to R4 are stored in the area with the smallest usage order among the unused reserved data areas. For example, when the random counters R1 to R4 are stored in the reserved data area E1 in the usage order “1” and the reserved data area E2 in the usage order “2”, the blank reserved data area E3 having the smallest usage order “3” The acquisition results of the random counters R1 to R4 are stored.

  When the CPU 51 stores the acquisition results of the random counters R1 to R4 in step S34 of FIG. 7, it updates the number of special symbol games held based on adding “1” to the counter N1 in step S35.

When proceeding to step S36, the CPU 51 determines the setting state of the count signal flag. If it is detected that the count signal flag is turned on, the process proceeds to step S37, and “1” is added to the current measured value of the counter N2. This counter N2 indicates how many pachinko balls have won in the big winning opening 27 in one big hit round, and is reset to “0” based on the end of each big hit round.
4-5. Big hit determination process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set to the big hit determination process, the CPU 51 shifts from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 5 to the big hit determination process in step S7. In step S41 in FIG. It is determined whether or not the random counters R1 to R4 are stored in the reserved data area E1. Here, when it is detected that the random counters R1 to R4 are stored in the reserved data area E1, the setting state of the probability variation flag is determined in step S42. If the probability variation flag is turned on, the process proceeds to step S43. If the probability variation flag is turned off, the process proceeds to step S44.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the big hit determination data is recorded in the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50. The jackpot determination data indicates a correlation between the setting state of the probability variation mode and the jackpot value. When the CPU 51 proceeds to step S43 in FIG. 9, the ten jackpot values “for the probability variation mode” are displayed from the jackpot determination data. 7-457 "is selected, and one big hit value" 7 "for the non-stochastic variation mode is selected when the process proceeds to step S44.

  When the big hit value is selected, the CPU 51 detects the acquisition result of the random counter R3 from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53 in step S45 of FIG. 9, and compares it with the selection result of the big hit value. Here, when it is detected that the acquisition result of the random counter R3 is different from any of the selection results of the jackpot value, it is determined that it is out, and the jackpot flag is turned off. Further, when it is detected that the acquisition result of the random counter R3 is the same as one of the selection results of the big hit value, it is determined that the big hit and the big hit flag is turned on. That is, when the probability variation mode is on, the big hit is determined with a fixed high probability of “10/499”, and when the probability variation mode is off, the big hit is determined with a fixed low probability of “1/499”. .

  In the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50, special symbol selection data is recorded as shown in FIG. This special symbol selection data indicates the correlation between the random counter R4 and the special symbol, and when the CPU 51 proceeds to step S46 in FIG. 9, it determines the set state of the big hit flag. If it is detected that the big hit flag is on, the process proceeds to step S47, where the random counter R4 is detected from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53, and the special symbol corresponding to the detection result of the random counter R4 is selected from the special symbol selection data. For example, when the detection result of the random counter R4 is “10”, the special symbol “7” is selected, and when the detection result of the random counter R4 is “18”, the special symbol “2” is selected.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the big hit flag is turned off in step S46 of FIG. 9, the CPU 51 selects the special symbol “-” in step S48. In step S49, the random counter R2 is detected from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53, and compared with ten outreach values “0 to 9”. These outlier reach values are recorded in the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50. When the CPU 51 detects in step S49 that the detection result of the random counter R2 is the same as any of the ten outlier reach values, the outlier reach value is detected. And the turn-off reach flag is turned on. Further, when it is detected that the detection result of the random counter R2 is not the same as any of the 10 outreach values, it is determined that it is completely out, and the outreach flag is turned off.

When the CPU 51 proceeds to step S50, the jackpot information command is set as shown in the following (1) to (4). In step S51, the big hit information command setting result is transmitted to the effect control circuit 70. In step S52, the variation pattern setting process is set in the main control flag.
(1) When the special symbol setting result is “7”, “probable big hit” is set as the big hit information command.
(2) When the special symbol setting result is “2”, “non-probable variation big hit” is set as the big hit information command.
(3) When the big hit flag is turned off and the outreach reach flag is turned on, “outgoing reach” is set as the big hit information command.
(4) When both of the jackpot flag and the miss reach flag are turned off, “completely miss” is set as the jackpot information command.
4-6. Fluctuation Pattern Setting Process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set in the fluctuation pattern setting process, the CPU 51 proceeds from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 5 to the fluctuation pattern setting process in step S8, and in step S61 in FIG. To determine the setting state of the big hit flag. Here, when the ON of the big hit flag is detected, the process proceeds to step S62.

  In step S62, the CPU 51 detects the random counter R1 from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53, and compares the detection result of the random counter R1 with 11 normal hit determination values “0 to 10” for big hits. These normal reach determination values are recorded in the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50. When the CPU 51 detects in step S62 that the detection result of the random counter R1 is different from any of the normal hit determination values for big hits, the step is executed. The process proceeds to S63.

  In the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50, as shown in FIG. 13, a big hit variation pattern table is recorded. This variation pattern table shows the correlation between the pointer P (identification information), the variation pattern (variable information) for jackpot, the cursor value (new identification information), and the variation display time (required time). “1111” to “1000” are set in the variation pattern. These big hit variation patterns “1111” to “1000” determine the combination of three rows of decorative symbols after generating an image of the old tale “Momotaro” as a story-like reach action screen.

  CPU51 will select the variation pattern table for big hits from ROM52, if it transfers to step S63 of FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step S64, and the current set value of the pointer P is detected. The pointer P functions as a cursor for accessing the variation pattern table, and when the CPU 51 detects the pointer P in step S64, the process proceeds to step S65.

  When proceeding to step S65, the CPU 51 selects a variation pattern according to the detection result of the pointer P from the variation pattern table for big hits. In step S66 of FIG. 12, a cursor value corresponding to the variation pattern selection result is selected from the big hit variation pattern table, and the cursor value selection result is set to the pointer P. For example, when the detection result of the pointer P is “30”, the variation pattern “1100” and the cursor value “10” are selected, and the cursor value “10” is set to the pointer P. The pointer P is initially set to “10” in the power-on process in step S1 of FIG.

  When the CPU 51 sets the cursor value to the pointer P in step S66 of FIG. 12, the counter N3 is reset to “0” in step S67. The counter N3 measures the number of continuous selections of the fluctuation pattern “normal reach” for outreach, and when the CPU 51 resets the counter N3 in step S67, the process proceeds to step S68. Here, a variation display time corresponding to the variation pattern selection result is selected from the variation pattern table for big hits, and the process proceeds to step S93. This variable display time refers to the time required from the start of change to the stop of the change of special symbols and decorative designs. The display time of the video of the old story “Momotaro” is set as the length of the video data according to the change display time. ing.

  When the CPU 51 detects in step S62 that the detection result of the random counter R1 is the same as one of the normal reach determination values for jackpot, the CPU 51 selects the fluctuation pattern “normal reach” in step S69. This variation pattern “normal reach” determines a combination of three columns of decorative symbols without generating a story-like reach action screen. When the variation pattern “normal reach” is selected in step S69, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S70. Here, the pointer P is reset to “10”, and the counter N3 is reset to “0” in step S71. In step S72, the variation display time “Tn” corresponding to the variation pattern selection result “normal reach” is selected, and the process proceeds to step S93.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the big hit flag has been turned off in step S61, the CPU 51 determines the set state of the release reach flag in step S73. If it is detected that the outreach flag is turned on, the process proceeds to step S74, the random counter R1 is detected from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53, and the detection result of the random counter R1 is set to 21 normal reach determination values “0 to 0”. 20 ”. These normal reach determination values are recorded in the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50. When the CPU 51 detects in step S74 that the detection result of the random counter R1 is different from any of the outlier normal reach determination values, the step is executed. The process proceeds to S75.

  In the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50, as shown in FIG. 14, a first fluctuation pattern table for outreach is recorded. This first variation pattern table shows the correlation between the pointer P, the random counter R1, the variation pattern for outlier reach, the cursor value, and the variation display time. The variation patterns for outlier reach include "1" to " 2000 "is set. These fluctuation patterns “1” to “2000” for outlier reach are used to determine the combination of three rows of decorative symbols after generating an image of the old tale “Momotaro” as a story-like reach action screen.

  When the CPU 51 proceeds to step S75 in FIG. 12, the CPU 51 selects the first fluctuation pattern table for detachment from the ROM 52. In step S76, the current set value of the pointer P is detected. In step S77, the random counter R1 is detected from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53. The detection result of the pointer P in the first fluctuation pattern table for outlier reach. A pattern corresponding to the detection result of the random counter R1 is selected from the variation pattern group corresponding to. For example, when the detection result of the pointer P and the detection result of the random counter R1 are “10” and “65”, “11” corresponding to the random counter R1 is selected from the variation pattern groups “1” to “2111” corresponding to the pointer P. Is selected.

  When the CPU 51 selects the variation pattern in step S77 of FIG. 12, the process proceeds to step S78. Here, a cursor value corresponding to the selection result of the fluctuation pattern is selected from the first fluctuation pattern table for outlier reach, and the selection result of the cursor value is set to the pointer P. For example, when the variation pattern selection result is “11”, the cursor value “30” is selected, and the cursor value detection result “30” is set to the pointer P.

  When the CPU 51 sets the pointer P in step S78 of FIG. 12, the counter N3 is reset to “0” in step S79. In step S80, the variation display time corresponding to the variation pattern selection result is selected from the first variation pattern table for outlier reach, and the process proceeds to step S93. For example, when the variation pattern selection result is “11”, the variation display time “Tb” is selected.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the detection result of the random counter R1 is the same as any of the normal reach determination values “0 to 20” for detachment in step S74 of FIG. 12, “1” is added to the counter N3 in step S81. Then, the process proceeds to step S82, and the addition result of the counter N3 is compared with the upper limit value MAX (specifically 3) recorded in the ROM 52. If “N3 <MAX” is detected, the process proceeds to step S83, and the fluctuation pattern “normal reach” is selected. Next, in step S84, the variation display time “Tn” corresponding to the variation pattern selection result “normal reach” is selected, and the process proceeds to step S93.

  When the CPU 51 detects “N3 = MAX” in step S82, the CPU 51 resets the counter N3 to “0” in step S85. Then, the process proceeds to step S86, and the second fluctuation pattern table for detachment is selected from the ROM 52. As shown in FIG. 15, the second variation pattern table shows the correlation between the pointer P, the variation pattern for outlier reach, the cursor value, and the variation display time. In the second variation pattern table, the variation pattern, the cursor value, and the variation display time are uniquely set for the pointer P, and the random counter R1 is not set.

  When the CPU 51 selects the second variation pattern table for outreach in step S86 in FIG. 12, the CPU 51 detects the current set value of the pointer P in step S87. In step S88, a variation pattern corresponding to the detection result of the pointer P is selected from the second variation pattern table for outlier reach. For example, when the detection result of the pointer P is “40”, the variation pattern “2000” is selected. That is, when the normal reach is determined again with the variation pattern “normal reach” for the outreach selected twice in succession, the variation pattern “normal reach” is not selected, and the outreach for generating the old tale “Momotaro” is generated. The variation pattern is forcibly selected according to the current set value of the pointer P.

  When the CPU 51 selects the variation pattern in step S88 of FIG. 12, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S89. Here, the cursor value corresponding to the selection result of the variation pattern is selected from the second variation pattern table for outlier reach, and the selection result of the cursor value is set to the pointer P. In step S90, a variation display time corresponding to the variation pattern selection result is selected from the second variation pattern table for outlier reach, and the process proceeds to step S93. For example, when the variation pattern selection result is “2000”, the cursor value “10” and the variation display time “Ta” are selected, and the cursor value detection result “10” is set to the pointer P.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the outreach flag is turned off in step S73 in FIG. 12, the CPU 51 selects the fluctuation pattern “normal out” in step S91. This variation pattern “normally out” determines a combination of three rows of decorative symbols without generating a story-like reach action screen. When the CPU 51 selects the variation pattern “normally out” in step S91, the process proceeds to step S92. To do. Here, the variation display time “Th” corresponding to the variation pattern selection result “out of normal” is selected, and the process proceeds to step S93.

In step S93, the CPU 51 sets the variation pattern selection result in the variation pattern information command. Then, in step S94, a variation pattern information command is transmitted to the effect control circuit 70, and the process proceeds to step S95. Here, the selection result of the fluctuation table time is set in the timer T1, and the main control flag is set in the special symbol fluctuation start process in step S96. In other words, the variation control pattern 70 is transmitted to the effect control circuit 70 in addition to the determination results of the probable big hit, the non-probable big hit, the outreach reach and the complete outage.
4-7. Special symbol variation start process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set to the special symbol variation start process, the CPU 51 proceeds from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 5 to the special symbol variation start process in step S9. In step S101, a special symbol variation start signal is output to the LED circuit 57. Then, the LED circuit 57 starts the special symbol variation display based on detecting the special symbol variation start signal.

When the CPU 51 outputs the special symbol variation start signal in step S101, the CPU 51 transmits a decorative symbol variation start command to the effect control circuit 70 in step S102. This decoration symbol variation start command corresponds to a variable start command. When the CPU 51 transmits the decoration symbol variation start command in step S102, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S103 and sets a special symbol variation stop process in the main control flag.
4-8. Special Symbol Fluctuation Stop Process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set in the special symbol fluctuation stop process, the CPU 51 shifts from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 5 to the special symbol fluctuation stop process in step S10. In step S111, the remaining variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is updated based on subtracting the set value ΔT1 from the current measured value of the timer T1. Then, the process proceeds to step S112, and the subtraction result of the timer T1 is compared with “0”.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the subtraction result of the timer T1 is “0” in step S112, it determines the end of the special symbol game and the decorative symbol game, and outputs a special symbol fluctuation stop signal to the LED circuit 57 in step S113. This special symbol fluctuation stop signal instructs to stop the special symbol fluctuation display according to the selection result of the jackpot determination process, and the LED circuit 57 changes the special symbol fluctuation based on the provision of the special symbol fluctuation stop signal. The display stops at any one of the selection results “2”, “7”, and “−”.

  When the CPU 51 outputs a special symbol variation stop signal to the LED circuit 57 in step S113, the CPU 51 transmits a decorative symbol variation stop command to the effect control circuit 70 in step S114. This decoration symbol variation stop command corresponds to a variable stop command, and the effect control circuit 70 informs the symbol control circuit 80 that the variation display of the decoration symbol game is stopped based on detecting the decoration symbol variation stop command. The sound control circuit 90 is instructed to stop the sound effect of the decorative symbol game, and the electric control circuit 100 is instructed to stop the electric effect of the decorative symbol game.

  When the CPU 51 transmits the decorative symbol variation stop command in step S114, it determines the set state of the big hit flag in step S115. If it is detected that the big hit flag is off, the process proceeds to step S116, and the big hit determination process is set in the main control flag.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the big hit flag is turned on in step S115, the CPU 51 compares the special symbol selection result with “7” in step S117. Here, when it is detected that the selection result of the special symbol is “7”, the process proceeds to step S118, and the probability variation mode is turned on based on turning on the probability variation flag. And it transfers to step S120 and sets a big hit game start process to a main control flag. If it is detected in step S117 that the special symbol selection result is “2”, the process proceeds to step S119, and the probability variation mode is turned off based on turning off the probability variation flag. And it transfers to step S120 and sets a big hit game start process to a main control flag.

When proceeding to step S121, the CPU 51 subtracts the number of special symbol games held based on subtracting "1" from the counter N1. Then, the process proceeds to step S122, and the reserved data area of the RAM 53 is organized. In this process, the random counters R1 to R4 in the reserved data area E1 are erased, and when the random counters R1 to R4 are stored after the holding data area E2 is included, the random counters R1 to R4 are used one order before. For example, when the random counters R1 to R4 are stored in the reserved data area E1, the reserved data area E2, and the reserved data area E3, the random counters R1 to R4 of the reserved data area E1 are deleted. The random counters R1 to R4 in the hold data area E2 and the random counters R1 to R4 in the hold data area E3 are moved to the previous hold data area E1 and hold data area E2.
4-9. Big hit game start process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set in the big hit game start process, the CPU 51 shifts from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 5 to the big hit game start process in step S11, and in step S131 in FIG. The counter N4 is set to “15”. The counter N4 measures the number of repetitions of the big hit round. When the CPU 51 sets the counter N4 in step S131, the process proceeds to step S132.

  In step S132, the CPU 51 transmits a big hit round start command to the effect control circuit 70. Then, the effect control circuit 70 instructs the symbol control circuit 80 to start playing the video data for the big hit round based on detecting the big hit round start command. That is, when either “2” or “7” is stopped and displayed as a special symbol on the special symbol display 33, the big hit round display is started.

When the CPU 51 transmits a big hit round start command in step S132, the timer T2 is reset to “0” in step S133. This timer T2 measures the interval time between the big hit rounds, and when the CPU 51 resets the timer T2 in step S133, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S134 and sets the big hit game process in the main control flag.
4-10. Big hit game processing When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set to the big hit game processing, it shifts from the data acquisition processing in step S6 in FIG. 5 to the big hit game processing in step S12, and in step S141 in FIG. The setting state of the accessory flag is determined. The special electric accessory flag is turned on when the special winning opening 27 is opened and turned off when the special winning opening 27 is closed. When the CPU 51 detects that the special electric accessory flag is turned off in step S141, the special electric accessory flag is turned on. The process proceeds to S142, and the measured value of the timer T2 is compared with “0”. The timer T2 is reset to “0” in the big hit game start process, and the CPU 51 detects “T2 = 0” in the next big hit game process after the big hit game start process is completed, and proceeds to step S143.

  When proceeding to step S143, the CPU 51 compares the measured value of the counter N4 with “0”. The counter N4 is reset to “15” in the big hit game start process, and the CPU 51 detects “N4 = 15” in the next big hit game process after the big hit game start process is completed, and proceeds to step S144.

  When proceeding to step S144, the CPU 51 resets the winning number measuring counter N2 to “0”. In step S145, a big hit round time (specifically, 30 seconds) is set in the timer T3, and in step S146, the big prize opening 27 is opened based on turning on the big prize opening solenoid 31. Next, the special electric accessory flag is turned on in step S147, and "1" is subtracted from the counter N4 in step S148.

  When the special winning opening 27 is open, the CPU 51 detects that the special electric accessory flag is turned on in step S141, and proceeds to step S149. Here, based on subtracting the set value ΔT3 from the timer T3, the remaining open time of the special winning opening 27 is updated, and the process proceeds to step S150.

  In step S150, the CPU 51 compares the subtraction result of the timer T3 with “0”. When “T3> 0” is detected, the process proceeds to step S151, and the current measured value of the counter N2 is compared with the upper limit value MAX (specifically 10).

  When the CPU 51 detects “T3 = 0” in step S150 or “N2 = MAX” in step S151, the CPU 51 closes the special winning opening 27 based on turning off the special winning opening solenoid 31 in step S152. In step S153, the special electric accessory flag is turned off, and in step S154, an interval time (specifically, 3 sec) is set in the timer T2.

  In the closed state of the special winning opening 27, the CPU 51 detects the off of the special electric accessory flag in step S141, and determines “T2> 0” in step S142. Then, the process proceeds to step S155, and the remaining interval time is updated based on subtracting the set value ΔT2 from the timer T2. When “T2 = 0” is detected in this state, the process proceeds to step S146 through steps S143 to S145, and the special winning opening 27 is opened again. In other words, when the special symbol is “2” or “7”, the big hit round is repeated 15 times with a fixed interval time, and the counter N4 is subtracted from “15” to “0”.

When the interval time following the final 15th big hit round has elapsed, the CPU 51 determines “T2 = 0” in step S142, and determines “N4 = 0” in step S143. In step S156, a big hit round stop command is transmitted to the effect control circuit 70, and in step S157, the big hit determination process is set in the main control flag. Then, the effect control circuit 70 instructs the symbol control circuit 80 to stop playing the video data for the big hit round based on detecting the big hit round stop command. In other words, the jackpot round display ends in synchronization with the elapse of the interval time following the last jackpot round.
5. Internal processing of effect control circuit 70 5-1. Main Processing When the main power is turned on, the CPU 71 of the effect control circuit 70 initializes all data in the RAM 73 in the power-on processing in step S201 in FIG. 20, and determines the setting state of the timer interrupt flag in step S202. The timer interrupt flag is turned on in the timer interrupt process based on the CPU 71 receiving the pulse signal from the timer circuit 74. When the CPU 71 detects that the timer interrupt flag is turned off in step S202, the CPU 71 executes step S203. If the timer interrupt flag is detected to be on in step S202, the process proceeds to step S204. Here, the timer interrupt flag is turned off, and the counter update process in step S205 to the command process in step S206 are executed in this order.
5-2. INT Interrupt Processing When the CPU 71 of the effect control circuit 70 detects the strobe signal (INT signal) from the main control circuit 50, it starts the INT interrupt processing. The strobe signal is transmitted together with the command by the main control circuit 50. When the CPU 71 starts the INT interrupt process, the CPU 71 receives the command in step S301 in FIG. 21, and records the command reception result in the RAM 73 in step S302. . Then, the process proceeds to step S303, and the command processing flag is set according to the type of command. This command processing flag is initially set in the command waiting process, and FIG. 22 shows the relationship between the type of command and the setting contents of the command processing flag.
5-3. Counter Update Processing When the CPU 71 proceeds to step S203 in FIG. 20, the CPU 71 adds “1” to the current measurement value of the random counter R11 in step S211 in FIG. This random counter R11 selects a symbol element in the left column of the decorative symbol, a symbol element in the middle column, and a symbol element in the right column from the symbol element group “1-8”, and is composed of a three-digit counter. Has been. As shown in FIG. 24, the first digit of the random counter R11 is added from “0” to “7” and then returned to “0” to be cyclically added. “1” is added every time the carry is added from “7” to “0”, and the second digit is added by “1” every time the carry is added from “7” to “0”. The

  When the CPU 71 updates the random counter R11 in step S211 of FIG. 23, the first digit and the third digit of the update result of the random counter R11 are compared in step S212. If it is detected that the two are different, the process proceeds to step S213, and the update result of the random counter R11 is stored in the completely out of symbol area of the RAM 73. That is, as shown in FIG. 24, the complete out symbol area stores basic data of complete out symbols with different left and right columns. The stored data in the complete out symbol area is stored in the next step S213. Updated.

When the CPU 71 detects that the first digit and the third digit of the random counter R11 are the same in step S212 of FIG. 23, the CPU 71 compares the first digit and the second digit of the random counter R11 in step S214. If it is detected that the two are different from each other, the process proceeds to step S215, and the update result of the random counter R11 is stored in the outreach symbol area of the RAM 73. That is, as shown in FIG. 24, the outreach symbol area stores basic data of outreach symbols in which the left column and the right column are the same and the middle column is different. It is updated in the next step S215.
5-3. Counter Update Processing When the CPU 71 proceeds to the counter update processing in step S205 of FIG. 20, “1” is added to the current measurement value of the random counter R12. This random counter R12 corresponds to a jackpot symbol random value for drawing a jackpot symbol, and is added from the initial value “0” to the upper limit value “3” and then returned to the initial value “0” and added cyclically. The
5-4. Command processing When the CPU 71 shifts to the command processing in step S206 in FIG. 20, the command waiting processing in step S401 to the big hit round stop command processing in step S407 in FIG. 25 are alternatively performed based on the setting state of the command processing flag.
5-4-1. Command Waiting Processing When the CPU 71 detects that the command processing flag is set to command waiting processing, the CPU 71 returns to step S202 of FIG. 20 through the command waiting processing of step S401 of FIG. That is, the command waiting process is a process of waiting for a command from the main control circuit 50, and no substantial processing operation is performed.
5-4-2. Jackpot Information Command Processing When the CPU 71 detects that the command processing flag is set to jackpot information command processing, the CPU 71 detects a jackpot information command from the RAM 73 in step S311 of FIG. Here, when it is determined that the detection result of the big hit information command is “probable big hit”, the process proceeds to step S312 to acquire the current measured value of the random counter R12.

  Decorative symbol selection data is recorded in the ROM 72 of the effect control circuit 70. As shown in FIG. 27, the decoration symbol selection data indicates the correlation between the random counter R12, the jackpot information command, and the decoration symbol, and the CPU 71 acquires the measurement value of the random counter R12 in step S312 of FIG. If so, the process proceeds to step S316. Here, a decoration symbol corresponding to the acquisition result of the random counter R12 and the detection result of the jackpot information command is selected from the decoration symbol selection data. For example, when the acquisition result of the random counter R12 is “1”, the decorative symbol “333” is selected. That is, when the big hit information command is “probable big hit”, the decoration symbol is selected from “111”, “333”, “555”, and “777”.

  When the CPU 71 determines in step S311 of FIG. 26 that the detection result of the big hit information command is “non-probable big hit”, the CPU 71 acquires the measured value of the random counter R12 in step S313, and in step S317, the random counter is obtained from the decorative symbol selection data. A decorative design is selected according to the acquisition result of R12 and the detection result of the jackpot information command. For example, when the acquisition result of the random counter R12 is “2”, the decoration symbol “666” is selected. That is, when the jackpot information command is “non-probable variation jackpot”, the decoration symbol is selected from “222”, “444”, “666”, and “888”.

  When CPU 71 determines in step S311 of FIG. 26 that the detection result of the jackpot information command is “outgoing reach”, it detects the update result of random counter R11 from the outreach symbol area of RAM 73 in step S314. Then, the process proceeds to step S318, and an outreach symbol is set based on adding “1” to each digit of the first to third digits of the random counter R11. For example, when the storage result of the random counter R11 is “010”, “1” is added to the number in each column, and the outlier reach symbol is set to “121”.

  When CPU 71 determines in step S311 of FIG. 26 that the detection result of the jackpot information command is “completely missed”, it detects the update result of random counter R11 from the completely missed symbol area of RAM 73 in step S315. Then, the process proceeds to step S319, and a completely off symbol is set based on adding “1” to each digit of the first to third digits of the random counter R11. For example, when the storage result of the random counter R11 is “001”, “1” is added to the numbers in each column, and the completely out of symbol is set to “112”.

When the CPU 71 sets the decoration symbol, the CPU 71 transmits the decoration symbol setting result to the symbol control circuit 80 in step S320, and sets a command waiting process in the command processing flag in step S321.
5-4-3. Fluctuation Pattern Information Command Processing When the CPU 71 detects that the command processing flag is set to variation pattern information command processing, the CPU 71 detects a variation pattern information command from the RAM 73 in step S331 in FIG. In step S332, an effect pattern corresponding to the detection result of the variation pattern information command is selected from the effect selection data. This effect selection data is recorded in the ROM 72 of the effect control circuit 70, and as shown in FIG. 29, shows the correlation between the variation pattern information command and the effect pattern. For example, when the detection result of the variation pattern information command is “1111”, the effect pattern “Momotaro 1111” is selected, and when the detection result of the variation pattern information command is “normal reach”, the effect pattern “normal reach” is selected.

When the CPU 71 selects an effect pattern in step S332 in FIG. 28, the effect pattern selection result is transmitted to the symbol control circuit 80, the sound control circuit 90, and the illumination control circuit 100 in step S333, and the command processing flag is set as a command in step S334. Set to wait processing. A plurality of video data is recorded in the VROM 85 of the symbol control circuit 80, and when the CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 detects the selection result of the effect pattern, the VDP 84 selects the video data corresponding to the reception result of the effect pattern. The VDP 84 selects video data from the VROM 85 according to the designation result of the CPU 81. Each of these video data is compressed in the MPEG2 format, and the VDP 84 decompresses the video data selection result and records it in the VRAM 86. A plurality of sound data is recorded in the ROM 92 of the sound control circuit 90, and the CPU 91 of the sound control circuit 90 selects sound data corresponding to the reception result of the effect pattern from the ROM 92 and records it in the RAM 93. A plurality of illumination data is recorded in the ROM 102 of the illumination control circuit 100, and the CPU 101 of the illumination control circuit 100 selects the illumination data corresponding to the reception result of the effect pattern from the ROM 102 and records it in the RAM 103.
5-4-4. Decoration symbol variation start command processing When the CPU 71 detects that the command processing flag is set to the decoration symbol variation start command processing, the CPU 71 transmits a start command to the symbol control circuit 80, the sound control circuit 90, and the illumination control circuit 100, Set the command processing flag to command wait processing. When the CPU 91 of the sound control circuit 90 detects the start command, it outputs a game sound corresponding to the sound data selection result from the speaker 14. When the CPU 101 of the illumination control circuit 100 detects the start command, the illumination LED 17 emits light in a pattern corresponding to the selection result of the illumination data.

When the CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 detects the start command, it outputs the start command to the VDP 84. Then, the VDP 84 reproduces the selection result of the video data on the decorative symbol display 34 to display the moving image plane, and superimposes the numeric character data in three horizontal rows in front of the moving image plane so that the symbol elements in the left column and the middle are displayed. The symbol elements in the column and the symbol elements in the right column are changed in a loop in the setting order. Then, the numeric character data in the left column and the numeric character data in the right column are sequentially stopped by the setting result in the left column and the setting result in the right column, and finally the numeric character data in the middle column is Stop at the middle row setting result. The stop timing of the character data of the numbers in each column is set by the CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 in accordance with the reception result of the effect pattern, and the final middle row is stopped before the effect time corresponding to the effect pattern elapses. Set to do.
5-4-5. Decoration Symbol Variation Stop Command Processing When the CPU 71 detects that the command processing flag is set to the decoration symbol variation stop command processing, the CPU 71 causes the symbol control circuit 80, the sound control circuit 90, and the illumination control circuit 100 to perform step S405 in FIG. Send a stop command and set the command processing flag to command wait processing. Then, the CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 stops the reproduction processing of the video data based on instructing the VDP 84 to stop the reproduction of the video data, and the CPU 91 of the sound control circuit 90 stops the reproduction processing of the sound data. The CPU 101 of the control circuit 100 stops the illumination data reproduction process.
5-4-6. Big hit round start command processing When the CPU 71 detects that the command processing flag is set to the big hit round start command processing, the big hit round is sent to the symbol control circuit 80, the sound control circuit 90, and the illumination control circuit 100 in step S406 of FIG. Send a start command and set the command processing flag to command wait processing.

When receiving the jackpot round start command, the CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 transmits it to the VDP 84. Then, the VDP 84 selects video data for the big hit round from the VROM 85. Then, the video data selection result is decompressed and recorded in the VRAM 86, and the video data decompression result is reproduced to display a big hit round display on the decorative symbol display 34. When receiving the big hit round start command, the CPU 91 of the sound control circuit 90 selects the big hit round sound data from the ROM 92. Then, the selection result of the sound data is recorded in the RAM 93, and the game sound for the big hit round is output from the speaker 14 based on the reproduction of the sound data recording result. When the CPU 101 of the lighting control circuit 100 receives the big hit round start command, it selects the big hit round lighting data from the ROM 102. And the selection result of electrical decoration data is recorded on RAM103, and based on reproducing | regenerating the recording result of electrical decoration data, the illumination LED 17 is light-emitted for a big hit round.
5-4-7. Big hit round stop command processing When the CPU 71 detects that the command processing flag is set to the big hit round stop command processing, the big hit round is sent to the symbol control circuit 80, the sound control circuit 90, and the illumination control circuit 100 in step S407 of FIG. Send a stop command and set the command processing flag to command wait processing. Then, the CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 stops the process of reproducing the video data for the big hit round on the basis of instructing the VDP 84 to stop the reproduction of the video data for the big hit round, and the CPU 91 of the sound control circuit 90 is used for the big hit round. The sound data reproduction process is stopped, and the CPU 101 of the illumination control circuit 100 stops the reproduction process of the big hit round illumination data.
6). Internal processing of the symbol control circuit 80 A plurality of video data is recorded in the VROM 85 of the symbol control circuit 80. FIG. 30 shows a list of video data recorded in the VROM 85. The video data “normal reach” and “normally out” display the background without displaying the character, and no narrative effect is generated. Video data “Momotaro 1” to “Momotaro 2000” generate a story of an old tale “Momotaro” as a video by displaying a character in front of the background. FIG. 31 shows video data “Momotaro 1” to “Momotaro 2000”. The contents of the production of "" are shown.

  As shown in FIGS. 30 and 31, the video data “Momotaro 1” and “Momotaro 2” start from the same beginning when the peach flows through the river, and “Momotaro 1” ends with the ending of the old woman picking up the peach. "Momotaro 2" ends with the ending that the old woman does not pick up the peach. The video data “Momotaro 10” and “Momotaro 20” start from the same beginning when the old woman divides the peach with a kitchen knife, “Momotaro 10” ends with the ending of Momotaro appearing from the peach, and “Momotaro 20” is from the peach It ends with the ending of the appearance of scarecrow.

  The video data “Momotaro 100” and “Momotaro 200” start from the same beginning where Momotaro collects monkeys, rabbits, and dogs, and “Momotaro 100” ends with a joy that monkeys, rabbits, and dogs delight under Momotaro, “Momotaro 200” ends with the ending of monkeys, rabbits and dogs escaping from Momotaro. The video data “Momotaro 1000” and “Momotaro 2000” start from the same beginning when Momotaro, monkey, fox, and dog fight the demon, and “Momotaro 1000” ends with Momotaro, monkey, fox, and dog defeating the demon. At the end, “Momotaro 2000” ends with the ending that the demon beats Momotaro, monkey, rabbit and dog.

The CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 instructs the VDP 84 to select video data, and the video data designation processing of the CPU 81 is as follows.
6-1. Video Data Specifying Process When the CPU 81 proceeds to step S501 in FIG. 32, it detects the reception result of the effect pattern. Then, the process proceeds to step S502, and the detection result of the effect pattern is compared with “out of normal”. Here, when it is determined that the detection result of the production pattern is “out of normal”, the process proceeds to step S 503, and video data “out of normal” is designated in the VDP 84. Next, the process proceeds to step S504, and the reproduction order “1” is designated in the VDP 84.

  If the CPU 81 detects in step S502 that the effect pattern detection result is not “out of normal”, it compares the effect pattern detection result with “normal reach” in step S505. If it is determined that the effect pattern detection result is “normal reach”, the process proceeds to step S506, and the video data “normal reach” is designated in the VDP 84. Next, the process proceeds to step S507, and the reproduction order “1” is designated in the VDP 84.

  When the CPU 81 detects that the detection result of the effect pattern is not “normal reach” in step S505, the CPU 81 determines that the detection result of the effect pattern is any one of “Momotaro 1” to “Momotaro 2000”. Then, the process proceeds to step S508, and the first digit of the result of detection of the effect pattern is compared with “0”. If it is determined that the lower first digit is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S509, and video data corresponding to the detection result of the lower first digit is designated in the VDP 84. That is, when the first digit of the effect pattern is “1”, the video data “Momotaro 1” is designated, and when the lower digit is “2”, the video data “Momotaro 2” is designated.

  When the CPU 81 designates the video data “Momotaro 1” or “Momotaro 2” in step S509, the reproduction order “1” corresponding to “Momotaro 1” and “Momotaro 2” is selected from the reproduction data table of FIG. 33 in step S510. . This reproduction data table is recorded in the ROM 82 of the symbol control circuit 80. When the CPU 81 selects the reproduction order “1” in step S510 in FIG. 32, the reproduction order “1” is designated in the VDP 84 in step S511.

  In step S512, the CPU 81 compares the second digit of the effect pattern detection result with “0”. If it is determined that the lower second digit is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S513, and video data corresponding to the detection result of the lower second digit is designated in the VDP 84. That is, the video data “Momotaro 10” is designated when the lower second digit is “1”, and the video data “Momotaro 20” is designated when the lower second digit is “2”.

  When the CPU 81 designates the video data “Momotaro 10” or “Momotaro 20” in step S513, the reproduction order “2” corresponding to “Momotaro 10” and “Momotaro 20” is selected from the reproduction data table of FIG. 33 in step S514. . Then, the process proceeds to step S515 in FIG. 32, and the reproduction order “2” is designated in the VDP 84.

  When proceeding to step S516, the CPU 81 compares the lower third digit of the effect pattern detection result with “0”. If it is determined that the lower third digit is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S517, and video data corresponding to the detection result of the lower third digit is designated in the VDP 84. That is, when the lower third digit is “1”, the video data “Momotaro 100” is designated, and when the lower third digit is “2”, the video data “Momotaro 200” is designated.

  When the CPU 81 designates the video data “Momotaro 100” or “Momotaro 200” in step S517, the reproduction order “3” corresponding to “Momotaro 100” and “Momotaro 200” is selected from the reproduction data table of FIG. 33 in step S518. . Then, the process proceeds to step S519 in FIG. 32, and the reproduction order “3” is designated in the VDP 84.

  In step S520, the CPU 81 compares the fourth digit of the detection result of the effect pattern with “0”. If it is determined that the lower fourth digit is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S521, and video data corresponding to the detection result of the lower fourth digit is designated in the VDP 84. That is, when the lower fourth digit is “1”, the video data “Momotaro 1000” is designated, and when the lower fourth digit is “2”, the video data “Momotaro 2000” is designated.

  When the CPU 81 designates the video data “Momotaro 1000” or “Momotaro 2000” in step S521, the reproduction order “4” corresponding to “Momotaro 1000” and “Momotaro 2000” is selected from the reproduction data table of FIG. 33 in step S522. . Then, the process proceeds to step S523 in FIG. 32, and the reproduction order “4” is designated in the VDP 84.

  When the video data type and playback order are designated by the CPU 81, the VDP 84 selects video data corresponding to the type designation result from the VROM 85, decompresses the video data selection result, and stores it in the VRAM 86. Then, based on the transmission of the start command from the CPU 81, the decompression result of the video data is reproduced according to the designation result of the reproduction order, and the decorative symbol display 34 generates the video for the decorative symbol game. Hereinafter, the display contents of the decorative symbol display 34 will be described.

  When the production pattern “Momotaro 1111” is set, the video data “Momotaro 1”, “Momotaro 10”, “Momotaro 100”, and “Momotaro 1000” are designated, and the playback order “1” is assigned to “Momotaro 1” and “Momotaro 10”. "And" 2 "are designated, and the reproduction orders" 3 "and" 4 "are designated for" Momotaro 100 "and" Momotaro 1000 ". Therefore, since the video data is reproduced in the order of “Momotaro 1” → “Momotaro 10” → “Momotaro 100” → “Momotaro 1000”, as shown in FIG. Until the end, the story of the old tale “Momotaro” is replayed at once with a single decorative pattern game. As shown in FIG. 29, the effect pattern “Momotaro 1111” is selected based on the fact that the effect control circuit 70 receives “1111” as a variation pattern information command. As shown in the big hit variation pattern table, the variation pattern “1111” is set when the big hit is determined. That is, when the jackpot symbol stops variably in this decorative symbol game, the story of “Momotaro” is completed with the ending of Momotaro getting rid of the demon.

  When the production pattern “Momotaro 1” is set, the video data “Momotaro 1” is designated, and the reproduction order “1” is designated for “Momotaro 1”. Accordingly, since the video data “Momotaro 1” is reproduced alone, as shown in FIG. 35A, “Momotaro” starts at the beginning of the peach flow, and stops at the end when the old woman picks up the peach. This production pattern “Momotaro 1” is selected based on the fluctuation pattern information command “1” as shown in FIG. 29, and as shown in the first fluctuation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. When the variation pattern information command “1” is set, the cursor value “20” is set to the pointer P. Accordingly, “1110” is selected as the next variation pattern in the variation pattern table for big hits in FIG. 13, and “10”, “20”, “110” is selected in the first variation pattern table for outreach in FIG. “210” and “2110” are selection targets of the next variation pattern, and “20” is a selection target of the next variation pattern in the second variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG.

  When “10” is selected from the first variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. 14 as the next variation pattern, the production pattern “Momotaro 10” is set, and the video data “Momotaro 10” and the reproduction order “2” are set. It is specified. Therefore, only the video data “Momotaro 10” is reproduced, and as shown in FIG. 35 (b), the remaining story of “Momotaro” begins with the beginning of the old woman breaking the peach, and the ending of Momotaro appears from the peach. Stop. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, since the cursor value “30” is set to the pointer P, “1100” is selected as the next variation pattern in the variation pattern table for jackpot of FIG. In the first variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. 14, “100”, “200”, and “2100” are selection targets for the next variation pattern, and in the second variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. “200” becomes the selection target of the next variation pattern.

  When “100” is selected as the next variation pattern from the first variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. 14, the production pattern “Momotaro 100” is set, and the video data “Momotaro 100” and the reproduction order “3” are set. It is specified. Therefore, only the video data “Momotaro 100” is played back, and as shown in FIG. 35 (c), the remaining story of “Momotaro” begins with Momotaro passing the dumplings to monkeys, rabbits, and dogs. A dog / dog stops on the way with a joyful joy under Momotaro. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, since the cursor value “40” is set to the pointer P, “1000” is selected as the next variation pattern in the variation pattern table for jackpot in FIG. In the first fluctuation pattern table for outreach in FIG. 14, “2000” is a selection target of the next fluctuation pattern, and in the second fluctuation pattern table for outlier reach, “2000” is the next fluctuation pattern. It becomes the selection target.

  When “2000” is selected from the first variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. 14 as the next variation pattern, the production pattern “Momotaro 2000” is set, and the video data “Momotaro 2000” and the reproduction order “4” are set. It is specified. Therefore, only the video data “Momotaro 2000” is reproduced, and as shown in FIG. 35 (d), the remaining story of “Momotaro” begins with the beginning of Momotaro, monkey, fox and dog fighting the demon, and the demon is Momotaro. -Complete with the ending of defeating monkeys, rabbits and dogs. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, the cursor value “10” is set to the pointer P. Therefore, “1111” is selected as the next variation pattern in the variation pattern table for jackpot of FIG. In the first variation pattern table for 14 outliers, “1”, “2”, “11”, “21”, “111”, “211”, “2111” are the selection targets of the next variation pattern, In the second fluctuation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. 15, “2” becomes the selection target of the next fluctuation pattern. That is, when the story of “Momotaro” is completed, the selection target of the variation pattern is set to start the story with “the beginning of the peach flowing through the river”. The initial setting for this selection is the same whether either Oni or Momotaro wins.

According to the said Example 1, there exists the following effect.
The type of video of “Momotaro” generated in the decorative symbol game this time is stored in the RAM 53 of the main control circuit 50 as a pointer P, and when the video of “Momotaro” is generated next in the decorative symbol game, the pointer P is stored. A variation pattern corresponding to the result was selected, and moving image data was selected based on the variation pattern selection result. For this reason, since the video of “Momotaro” connected in a story to the ending of the previous “Momotaro” can be surely generated in the present decorative symbol game, the preference of the decorative symbol game is enhanced.

  When the variation pattern for generating the “normal reach” video for outreach is selected, the counter N3 is added. When the variation pattern for generating the “Momotaro” video is selected, the counter N3 is reset. When the addition result of the counter N3 reaches the upper limit value, the variation pattern for generating the video “Momotaro” instead of “normal reach” was forcibly selected. This limits the time interval between the occurrence of “Momotaro” video and the next occurrence of “Momotaro” video, so the player recognizes the connection of “Momotaro” video. It becomes easy.

  The CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 designates the numerical value of each digit of the effect pattern and the reproduction order in the VDP 84, and the VDP 84 reproduces the moving image data in accordance with the designation result of each digit in order with the designation result of the reproduction order. The video is played back. For this reason, since it is not necessary to record the moving image data of “Momotaro” in the VROM 85 in a plurality of combinations, the recording amount of the VROM 85 is reduced.

1. Description of Mechanical Configuration and Electrical Configuration As shown in FIG. 36, the game board 18 has a pocket-shaped left special symbol starting port 201, a middle special symbol starting port 202, and a right special symbol starting port 203 whose upper surface is open. It is fixed. In these left special symbol start opening 201 to right special symbol start opening 203, as shown in FIG. 37, left special symbol start sensor 204 to right special symbol start sensor 206 are fixed. When a pachinko ball wins in 201 to the right special symbol start opening 203, the left special symbol start signal 204 to the right special symbol start sensor 206 to the main control circuit 50 through the input circuit 54 to the left special symbol start signal to the right special symbol start. A signal is output.

  As shown in FIG. 36, a left winning opening base plate 207 and a right winning opening base plate 208 are fixed to the game board 18. The left winning entrance base plate 207 and the right winning entrance base plate 208 are fixed with a square cylindrical left main entrance 209 and a right main entrance 210 that are open at the front, and the left main entrance 209 and the right main prize are received. The mouth 210 is connected to a common ball passage. This ball passage is fixed to the rear surface of the game board 18 and rolls into the common ball passage when the pachinko ball wins in the left big winning opening 209 and the right big winning opening 210. A count sensor 28 is fixed in the ball path, and the main control circuit 50 is passed from the count sensor 28 through the input circuit 54 regardless of whether the pachinko ball wins in the left big prize winning hole 209 or the right big prize winning hole 210. A count signal is output at

  As shown in FIG. 36, a left door 213 and a right door 214 are mounted on the left winning opening base plate 207 and the right winning opening base plate 208 so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis at the lower end. As shown in FIG. 37, the left door 213 and the right door 214 are connected to the plunger of the left big prize opening solenoid 215 and the plunger of the right big prize opening solenoid 216, and the main control circuit 50 is connected via the solenoid circuit 56. The left door 213 and the right door 214 are individually rotated based on the disconnection of the left big winning port solenoid 215 and the right big winning port solenoid 216, and the front of the left big winning port 209 and the right big winning port Open and close the front of 210 individually.

As shown in FIG. 36, a left display base plate 217 and a right display base plate 218 are fixed to the game board 18, and a special symbol display 33 is fixed to the right display base plate 218. On these left display base plate 217 and right display base plate 218, a left decorative symbol display 219 and a right decorative symbol display 220 made of a color liquid crystal display are fixed, and as shown in FIG. Controls the display content of the left decorative design indicator 219 and the display content of the right decorative design indicator 220 individually through the LCD circuit 87.
2. Description of the gaming function When a pachinko ball wins one of the left special symbol starting port 201 to the right special symbol winning port 203, a set number of pachinko balls are paid out into the upper plate 6 as prize balls, The symbol game and the decorative symbol game are started. This decorative symbol game is performed by alternatively using the left decorative symbol display 219 and the right decorative symbol display 220. When the pachinko ball wins in the left special symbol starting port 201, the left decorative symbol display is displayed. The decorative symbol game is performed using the device 219, and when the pachinko ball wins in the right special symbol starting port 203, the decorative symbol game is performed using the right decorative symbol display 220, and the pachinko ball is the middle special symbol. When winning in the start opening 202, the display object of the decorative symbol game is selected from the left decorative symbol display 219 and the right decorative symbol display 220.

  When the special symbol display 33 is stopped and the big hit symbol “2” or “7” is displayed, the big hit game is played. This jackpot game is performed by alternatively using the left big winning opening 209 and the right big winning opening 210, and when the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed in a combination of jackpots on the left decorative symbol display 219, When the winning opening 209 is used and the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed on the right decorative design indicator 220 in a combination of jackpots, the right large winning opening 210 is used. There is a difference between these jackpot games. When the left big winning opening 209 is used, the number of continuations of the big hit round is set to a relatively large value (specifically, 15 times), and the right big winning opening 210 is used. Sometimes the number of continuations of the big hit round is set to a relative minority value (specifically, 10 times).

When the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed on the left decorative symbol display 219 with an odd jackpot combination, the probability variation mode is turned on as a privilege, and the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed on the right decorative symbol display 220 with an odd jackpot combination. Sometimes the time reduction mode is turned on as a privilege, and both the probability variation mode and the time reduction mode are displayed when the decoration symbol is stopped and displayed in an even combination of jackpots on either the left decorative symbol display 219 or the right decorative symbol display 220. Is turned off. This time reduction mode shortens the special symbol variation display time and decorative symbol variation display time compared to the time reduction mode OFF state, and is activated when a variation pattern that produces a narrative effect is selected. It is activated when a variation pattern that does not generate a narrative effect is selected.
3. Internal processing of main control circuit 50 3-1. Main Process When the main power is turned on, the CPU 51 of the main control circuit 50 proceeds to step S2 through the power-on process of step S1, as shown in FIG. If it is detected that the timer interrupt flag is turned on, the process proceeds to step S3, and the timer interrupt flag is turned off. Then, the input process of step S4 to the data acquisition process of step S6 are executed in order, and the jackpot determination process of step S7 to the winning mouth determination process of step S13 are alternatively executed based on the set state of the main control flag.
3-2. Input Process When the CPU 51 proceeds to the input process in step S4 in FIG. 38, it determines the output state of the left special symbol start signal in step S161 in FIG. If it is detected that the left special symbol start signal is output, the left start signal flag is turned on in step S162. If it is detected that the left special symbol start signal is not output, the left start signal flag is determined in step S163. Turn off. That is, when the pachinko ball wins in the left special symbol start port 201, the left special symbol start signal is output from the input circuit 54, and the left start signal flag is turned on.

  When proceeding to step S164, the CPU 51 determines the output state of the medium special symbol start signal. If it is detected that the medium special symbol start signal is output, the medium start signal flag is turned on in step S165. If it is detected that the medium special symbol start signal is not output, the medium start signal flag is detected in step S166. Turn off. That is, when the pachinko ball wins in the medium special symbol start port 202, the medium special symbol start signal is output from the input circuit 54, and the medium start signal flag is turned on.

  When proceeding to step S167, the CPU 51 determines the output state of the right special symbol start signal. If it is detected that the right special symbol start signal is output, the right start signal flag is turned on in step S168. If it is detected that the right special symbol start signal is not output, the right start signal flag is determined in step S169. Turn off. That is, when the pachinko ball wins the right special symbol start port 203, the right special symbol start signal is output from the input circuit 54, and the right start signal flag is turned on.

When proceeding to step S170, the CPU 51 determines the output state of the count signal. If it is detected that the count signal is output, the count signal flag is turned on in step S171. If it is detected that the count signal is not output, the count signal flag is turned off in step S172. That is, the count signal is output from the input circuit 54 and the count signal flag is turned on regardless of whether the pachinko ball wins either the left big prize opening 209 or the right big prize opening 210.
3-3. Counter Update Processing When the CPU 51 proceeds to the counter update processing in step S5 of FIG. 38, “1” is added to the current measurement values of the random counters R1 to R5. The addition contents of the random counters R1 to R4 are as described in “4-3. Counter update process”, and the addition contents of the random counter R5 are as follows.
(5) The random counter R5 corresponds to a random value for drawing a decoration symbol game display object from the left decoration symbol display 219 and the right decoration symbol display 220, and the initial value “0” to the upper limit value “9”. Is added to the initial value “0” and then cyclically added.
3-4. Data Acquisition Process When the CPU 51 proceeds to the data acquisition process of step S6 in FIG. 38, it determines the setting state of the left start signal flag in step S181 of FIG. If it is detected that the left start signal flag is turned on, the measured value of the counter N1 is compared with the upper limit value MAX in step S182. If “N1 <MAX” is detected, a left winning is set in the start port flag in step S183.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the left start signal flag is turned off in step S181, the CPU 51 determines the set state of the middle start signal flag in step S184. If it is detected that the medium start signal flag is turned on, the measured value of the counter N1 is compared with the upper limit value MAX in step S185. If “N1 <MAX” is detected, a medium winning is set in the start port flag in step S186.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the middle start signal flag is turned off in step S184, the CPU 51 determines the setting state of the right start signal flag in step S187. If it is detected that the right start signal flag is turned on, the measured value of the counter N1 is compared with the upper limit value MAX in step S188, and if “N1 <MAX” is detected, a right winning is set in the start port flag in step S189.

  When the CPU 51 proceeds to step S190, the CPU 51 acquires the current measurement values of the random counters R1 to R5, and stores the acquisition results of the random counters R1 to R5 in the unused use data area in the unused usage data area in step S191. To do. Then, the process proceeds to step S 192, and winning opening data is stored in the RAM 53. The winning opening data refers to the setting result of the start opening flag, and is stored in the same area as the reserved data area in which the random counters R1 to R5 are stored in step S191. For example, when the random counters R1 to R5 are stored in the holding data area E2, as shown in FIG. 41, the setting result of the start port flag is stored as winning prize data in the holding data area E2.

  When the CPU 51 stores the winning opening data in step S192 of FIG. 40, the CPU 51 resets the start opening flag to wait for winning in step S193. Then, the process proceeds to step S194, and the number of special symbol games held is added based on adding "1" to the counter N1.

  When proceeding to step S195, the CPU 51 determines the setting state of the count signal flag. When it is detected that the count signal flag is turned on, the process proceeds to step S196, and “1” is added to the current measured value of the counter N2.

The big hit game using the left big prize opening 209 and the big hit game using the right big prize opening 210 are performed alternatively, and the left big prize opening 209 and the right big prize winning opening 210 may be opened simultaneously. Rather, the common count signal flag is turned on regardless of whether the pachinko ball has won a prize in either the left big prize opening 209 or the right big prize opening 210. That is, the counter N2 measures the number of pachinko balls won for the left big prize opening 209 in the state where the big big prize game 209 is being played using the left big prize opening 209, and the big big prize game is played using the right big prize opening 210. In this state, the number of winning pachinko balls for the right big winning opening 210 is measured.
4-5. Big hit determination process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set to the big hit determination process, the CPU 51 proceeds from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 38 to the big hit determination process in step S7, and in step S41 in FIG. It is determined whether or not random counters R1 to R5 are stored in the reserved data area E1. Here, when it is detected that the random counters R1 to R5 are stored in the hold data area E1, the setting state of the probability variation flag is determined in step S42. For example, when it is detected that the probability variation flag is turned on, ten jackpot values for the probability variation mode are selected from the jackpot determination data of FIG. 10 in step S43, and when the probability variation flag is detected to be off, the jackpot of FIG. One jackpot value for the non-stochastic variation mode is selected from the determination data.

  When the CPU 51 selects the jackpot value, it detects the acquisition result of the random counter R3 from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53 in step S45 of FIG. 42, and determines whether or not to hit the jackpot value based on the comparison with the selection result of the jackpot value. Here, when the big hit is determined, the big hit flag is turned on, and when it is determined that the big hit is made, the big hit flag is turned off.

  When the CPU 51 determines the big hit or miss in step S45, the CPU 51 determines whether the big hit flag is on or off in step S46. If it is detected that the big hit flag is turned on, the process proceeds to step S47, where the random counter R4 is detected from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53, and the special symbol corresponding to the detection result of the random counter R4 is detected from the special symbol selection data of FIG. select.

  When the CPU 51 detects that the big hit flag is turned off in step S46 of FIG. 42, the CPU 51 selects the special symbol “-” in step S48. Then, in step S49, the random counter R2 is detected from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53, and the outreach and complete outage are determined based on comparison with 10 outreach reach values “0 to 9”. Here, when the outreach is determined, the outreach flag is turned on. When the complete reach is determined, the outreach flag is turned off.

When the CPU 51 proceeds to step S50, the jackpot information command is set as shown in the following (1) to (4). Then, in step S51, the setting result of the jackpot information command is transmitted to the effect control circuit 70, and in step S52, winning prize determination processing is set in the main control flag.
(1) When the special symbol setting result is “7”, “bonus with bonus” is set as the jackpot information command.
(2) When the special symbol setting result is “2”, “no bonus bonus” is set as the jackpot information command.
(3) When the big hit flag is turned off and the outreach reach flag is turned on, “outgoing reach” is set as the big hit information command.
(4) When both of the jackpot flag and the miss reach flag are turned off, “completely miss” is set as the jackpot information command.
4-6. Winning mouth determination process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set in the winning mouth determination process, the CPU 51 proceeds from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 38 to the winning hole determination process in step S13, and in step S601 in FIG. Thus, the storage result of the winning opening data is detected from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53. And it transfers to step S602 and compares the detection result of winning opening data with a middle prize. Here, when it is detected that the detection result of the winning prize data is a middle prize, the process proceeds to step S603, and the storage result of the random counter R5 is detected from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53.

  Winning lottery data is recorded in the ROM 52 of the main control circuit 50. As shown in FIG. 44, the winning prize lottery data indicates the correlation between the random counter R5 and the winning prize data. When the CPU 51 detects the random counter R5 in step S603 of FIG. 43, the process proceeds to step S604. , Winning mouth data corresponding to the detection result of the random counter R5 is selected from the winning mouth lottery data. Then, the winning opening data “medium winning” recorded in the reserved data area E1 is rewritten to the selection result of the winning opening data. That is, when the random counter R5 is within the range of “0” to “5”, the left winning is selected as the winning opening data, and the winning opening data “middle winning” in the reserved data area E1 is rewritten to “left winning”. Further, when the random counter R5 is in the range of “6” to “9”, the right winning is selected as the winning opening data, and the winning opening data “middle winning” in the reserved data area E1 is rewritten to “left winning”.

When the CPU 51 proceeds to step S605 in FIG. 43, the display unit designation command is set as shown in the following (1) to (2). In step S606, the setting result of the display device designation command is transmitted to the effect control circuit 70, and in step S607, the variation pattern setting process is set in the main control flag.
(1) When a left winning is recorded as winning opening data in the hold data area E1, the display designation command is set to “left display”.
(2) When a right winning is recorded as winning opening data in the reserved data area E1, the display designation command is set to “right display”.
4-7. Fluctuation Pattern Setting Process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set in the fluctuation pattern setting process, the CPU 51 proceeds from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 38 to the fluctuation pattern setting process in step S8. FIG. 45 shows the details of the fluctuation pattern setting process. When the CPU 51 selects the fluctuation pattern “normal reach” for outlier reach or selects the fluctuation pattern “normal outage” for complete deviation, the process proceeds to step S97. Then, the setting state of the time reduction flag is determined. The time reduction flag is turned on when the time reduction mode is on and turned off when the time reduction mode is off. When the CPU 51 detects that the time reduction mode is on in step S97, the process proceeds to step S98.

  In step S98, the CPU 51 changes the variation pattern selection result “normal reach” or “out of normal” to “simultaneous stop of all drawings”. This fluctuation pattern “simultaneous stop of all figures” is to stop the fluctuation of three rows of decorative symbols at the same time without generating a story-like animation screen. When changed to "", the process proceeds to step S99.

In step S99, the CPU 51 changes the selection result of the fluctuation display time to “Ts” corresponding to the fluctuation pattern selection result “simultaneous stop of all drawings”. This variation display time “Ts” is set to the shortest value among all the variation display times, and when the variation display time “Ts” is selected, the special symbol variation start signal and the decorative symbol variation are processed by the special symbol variation start process. A special symbol variation stop signal and a decorative symbol variation stop command are output in the shortest required time after the start command is output.
4-8. Special symbol variation start process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set to the special symbol variation start process, the CPU 51 proceeds from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 38 to the special symbol variation start process in step S9. In step S101 of FIG. 16, a special symbol variation start signal is output to the LED circuit 57, a decoration symbol variation start command is transmitted to the effect control circuit 70 in step S102, and a special symbol variation stop process is performed on the main control flag in step S103. Set.
4-9. Special Symbol Fluctuation Stop Process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set to the special symbol fluctuation stop process, the CPU 51 proceeds from the data acquisition process at step S6 in FIG. 38 to the special symbol fluctuation stop process at step S10. FIG. 46 shows the details of the special symbol fluctuation stopping process in step S10 of FIG. 38. When the CPU 51 determines that the big hit flag is turned on in step S115 of FIG. 46, the CPU 51 proceeds to step S117 and displays the special symbol setting result. Compare with “7”.

  If the CPU 51 determines that the special symbol setting result is “2” in step S117, the probability variation flag is turned off in step S119, and the time reduction flag is turned off in step S611. In other words, the probability variation mode is turned off when the special symbol is stopped at “2” in the probability variation mode on state, and the time reduction mode is turned off when the special symbol is stopped at “2” in the time reduction mode on state. Is done.

  When the time reduction flag is turned off in step S611, the CPU 51 detects the winning mouth data storage result from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53 in step S612, and compares the winning mouth data detection result with the left winning data. The winning slot data in the reserved data area E1 is erased together with the random counters R1 to R5 in the reserved data area E1 when arranging the reserved data areas E1 to E4 in step S122, and is randomly added to the reserved data areas E2 to E4. When the counters R1 to R5 and winning prize data are stored, the use order is moved to the previous reserved data area.

  If the CPU 51 determines in step S612 that the winning opening data detection result is a left winning, it sets "15" to the counter N4 in step S613. Here, when the winning slot data in the hold data area E1 is set to either left winning or right winning, and the detection result of the winning slot data is right winning, the CPU 51 proceeds from step S612 to step S614, and the counter N4 Set “10” to. The counter N4 measures the number of continuations of the big hit round. When a bonus hit without a bonus occurs based on the pachinko ball winning in the left special symbol starting port 201, the number of continuations of the big hit round is "15 times. Is set to "10" and the number of continuations of the big hit round is set to "10 times" when a bonus hit without a bonus occurs based on the winning of the pachinko ball in the right special symbol start opening 203 When a big hit without a bonus occurs based on winning in the starting port 202, the number of continuations of the big hit round is determined by lottery to either “15” or “10”.

  When the CPU 51 determines in step S117 that the special symbol setting result is “7”, in step S615 the CPU 51 detects the winning mouth data storage result from the reserved data area E1 of the RAM 53, and the winning mouth data detection result is the left winning. Compare with Here, when it is determined that the detection result of the winning opening data is a left winning, the probability variation flag is turned on in step S118, the time reduction flag is turned off in step S616, and "15" is set to the counter N4 in step S617. .

When the detection result of the winning opening data is the right winning, the CPU 51 determines in step S615 that the detection result of the winning opening data is not the left winning, and turns on the time reduction flag in step S618. In step S619, the probability variation flag is turned off, and in step S620, "10" is set in the counter N4. That is, when the big hit with a bonus is determined based on the winning of the pachinko ball in the left special symbol starting port 201, only the probability variation mode is turned on, and the number of continuations of the big hit round is set to “15”. . Also, when a big hit with a bonus is determined based on the winning of the pachinko ball in the right special symbol start opening 203, only the time reduction mode is turned on, and the number of continuations of the big hit round is set to “10”. . In addition, when the big hit with a bonus is determined based on the winning of the pachinko ball in the middle special symbol start opening 202, the probability variation mode and the time reduction mode are alternatively turned on by lottery, and the number of continuations of the big hit round Is set to “15 times” or “10 times” according to the lottery result.
4-10. Big hit game start process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set to the big hit game start process, the CPU 51 shifts from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 38 to the big hit game start process in step S11. FIG. 47 shows the jackpot game start process in step S11 of FIG. 38. The CPU 51 transmits a jackpot round start command in step S132, resets the timer T2 to “0” in step S133, and performs the main control in step S134. Set the flag to jackpot game processing.
4-11. Big hit game process When the CPU 51 detects that the main control flag is set to the big hit game process, the CPU 51 shifts from the data acquisition process in step S6 in FIG. 38 to the big hit game process in step S12. FIG. 19 also shows the big hit game process of step S12 of FIG. 38. When the counter N4 is set to “15”, the CPU 51 performs a big hit round of “15 times” as the big hit game, and the counter N4 is “10”. "Is set to" 10 times "jackpot round as a jackpot game.
5. Internal Processing of Effect Control Circuit 70 When the main power is turned on, the CPU 71 of the effect control circuit 70 proceeds to steps S201 to S206 in FIG. When it is detected in step S206 that the command processing flag is set to the variation pattern information command processing, the variation pattern information command is detected from the RAM 73 in step S331 in FIG. 48, and the display designation command is detected in step S335.

  In the ROM 72 of the effect control circuit 70, effect selection data is recorded as shown in FIG. This effect selection data shows the correlation between the fluctuation pattern information command and the production pattern, and the production pattern is set for each display designation command in the fluctuation pattern information command excluding normal reach, out of normal, and all figure simultaneous stop. Yes. That is, “Momotaro 1” to “Momotaro 2000” of the same system are set as the production patterns in the display designation command “left display”, and “ “Piglet 1” to “piglet 2000” are set.

  When proceeding to step S332 in FIG. 48, the CPU 71 selects an effect pattern corresponding to the variation pattern information command and the display device designation command from the effect selection data. And it transfers to step S333 and the selection result of an effect pattern is transmitted to the symbol control circuit 80. FIG. For example, when the detection result of the variation pattern information command is “1”, “Momotaro 1” and “piglet 1” are selected according to the detection result of the display unit designation command, and the detection result of the variation pattern information command is “all figures”. When “Simultaneous stop” is selected, “Simultaneous stop for all drawings” is selected regardless of the detection result of the display unit designation command.

If CPU71 transmits the selection result of an effect pattern to the symbol control circuit 80 by step S333 of FIG. 48, it will transfer to step S336. Here, the detection result of the display unit designation command is transmitted to the symbol control circuit 80, and command waiting processing is set in the command processing flag in step S334.
6). As shown in FIG. 50, in the VROM 85 of the symbol control circuit 80, in addition to the video data “Momotaro 1” to the video data “normal out” in FIG. Video data “piglet 2000” and video data “simultaneous stop of all drawings” are recorded. The video data “stop all drawings simultaneously” displays the background without displaying the character. This video data “simultaneous stop of all figures” has the reproduction time set to the shortest value among all video data, and the CPU 81 receives the effect pattern “simultaneous stop of all figures” and the timing of the change stop in the left column of the decorative symbols And the middle column's fluctuation stop timing and right column's fluctuation stop timing are set to the same shortest value, and the left, middle, and right columns of the decorative design immediately before the end of the playback time of the video data "All-Figure Simultaneous Stop" At the same time, the change is stopped at the setting result. Video data “pig 1” to “pig 2000” generate a story of an old tale “three little pigs” by displaying a character in front of the background, and FIG. The contents of the production of the images of “Pig 1” to “Pig 2000” are shown.

  As shown in FIG. 50 and FIG. 51, the video data “pig 1” and “pig 2” start from the same beginning in which the mother pig collects three piglets. Will end with the joy that the three piglets will be happy with the proposal that the mother pig will build a house, and the "pig 2" will end with the ending that the three piglets will escape with the proposal that the mother pig will build the house . The video data “pig 10” and “pig 20” start from the same beginning that the eldest boy pigs built a spider's house, and “the piglet 10” blows a wolf and destroys the spider's house It ends with a ending, and “Piglet 20” ends with a ending that will not break the spider's house even if the wolf blows. The video data “pig 100” and “pig 200” start from the same beginning when the next boy pig builds a tree house, and “the piglet 100” blows the breath and breaks the tree house It ends with the ending, and the “pig 200” ends with the ending of the wooden house not breaking even if the wolf blows. The video data “pig 1000” and “pig 2000” start from the same beginning that three boy pigs built a brick house, and “pig 1000” is a brick house even if a wolf hits the body. It ends with an unbroken ending, and the “pig 2000” ends with a wolf hitting the body and breaking the brick house.

The CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 instructs the VDP 84 to select video data, and the video data designation processing of the CPU 81 is as follows.
CPU81 will detect the reception result of an effect pattern, if it transfers to step S701 of FIG. In step S702, the detection result of the production pattern is compared with “normally out”, the detection result of the production pattern is compared with “normal reach” in step S703, and the detection result of the production pattern is “simultaneous stop of all drawings” in step S704. Compare with For example, when the production pattern “normally out” is determined in step S702, the video data “normally out” is designated in the VDP 84 in step S705, and when the production pattern “normal reach” is determined in step S703, the video data “normal reach” is obtained in step S706. In step S704, when it is determined that the effect pattern “all-pictures simultaneous stop” is specified, video data “all-pictures simultaneous stop” is designated in step S707.

  When the detection result of the production pattern is any one of “Momotaro 1” to Momotaro “2000” and “Little 1” to “Little 2000”, the CPU 81 determines that the production pattern detection result is “simultaneous stop of all drawings” in step S704. In step S708, the reception result of the display unit designation command is detected.

  When the CPU 81 detects the reception result of the display designation command in step S708, the CPU 81 compares the detection result of the display designation command with the “right display” in step S709. If it is determined that the detection result of the display unit designation command is “right display unit”, the process proceeds to the piglet video data designation process in step S711, and the detection result of the display unit designation command is “left display unit”. If it is determined, the process proceeds to Momotaro video data designation processing in step S710.

  In step S710, the Momotaro video data designation process selects the type of video data corresponding to the first to fourth digits of the production pattern from the video data related to “Momotaro” in FIG. 30, and selects the playback order in FIG. The playback order corresponding to the selection result of the video data is selected from the data, and the selection result of the video data and the selection result of the playback order are designated to the VDP 84. The VDP 84 has the selection result of the video data and the playback order of the video data. When designated, video data corresponding to the designated result is selected from the VROM 85, and based on receiving a start command from the CPU 81, the video data selection result is reproduced on the left decorative symbol display 219 in the designated reproduction order. . That is, when the display designation command “left display” is transmitted from the main control circuit 50 to the effect control circuit 70, the story of “Momotaro” is displayed on the left decorative design display 219 as described in the first embodiment. Is displayed.

  The piglet video data designation processing in step S711 selects the type of video data corresponding to the first to fourth digits of the production pattern from the video data relating to “three piglets” in FIG. The playback order corresponding to the video data selection result is selected from the 53 playback order selection data, and the video data selection result and the playback order selection result are designated to the VDP 84. The reproduction order selection data in FIG. 53 is recorded in the ROM 82 of the symbol control circuit 80. The VDP 84 uses the video data corresponding to the designation result from the VROM 85 when the video data selection result and the video data reproduction order are designated. And the video data selection result is reproduced in the designated reproduction order based on the reception of the start command from the CPU 81. That is, when the display designation command “right display” is transmitted from the main control circuit 50 to the effect control circuit 70, the story of “three little pigs” is displayed on the right decorative design display 220 as an image. Hereinafter, the display content of the right decorative design indicator 220 will be described.

  When the performance pattern “pig 1111” is set, video data “pig 1”, “pig 10”, “pig 100”, and “pig 1000” are designated, and “pig 1” and “pig 10”. The reproduction orders “1” and “2” are designated for “Pilot”, and the reproduction orders “3” and “4” are designated for “Pig 100” and “Pig 1000”. Accordingly, since the video data is reproduced in the order of “pig 1” → “pig 10” → “pig 100” → “pig 1000”, as shown in FIG. The story of the old tale “Three Little Pigs” is played all at once in a decorative pattern game, from the beginning of collecting piglets to the end when the wolf hits the brick house and the brick house does not break. The This effect pattern “pig 1111” is selected based on the fact that the effect control circuit 70 receives the fluctuation pattern information command “1111” and the display device designation command “right display device” as shown in FIG. The main control circuit 50 sets the variation pattern “1111” when determining the big hit, as shown in the big hit variation pattern table of FIG. In other words, the story of “Three Little Pigs” is completed with the ending that the brick house does not break even if the wolf hits the brick house when the jackpot symbol fluctuates in this decorative game.

  When the performance pattern “piglet 1” is set, the video data “piglet 1” is designated, and the reproduction order “1” is designated for “piglet 1”. Accordingly, since the video data “pig 1” is reproduced alone, as shown in FIG. 55 (a), the story of “three piglets” at the beginning when the mother pig collects three piglets. And the mom pigs made a proposal to build a house and stopped halfway with the joy that the three piglets were pleased with. As shown in FIG. 49, the effect pattern “piglet 1” is selected based on the variation pattern information command “1” and the display designation command “right display”. As shown in the first variation pattern table, the cursor value “20” is set to the pointer P when the variation pattern information command “1” is set. Accordingly, “1110” is selected as the next variation pattern in the variation pattern table for big hits in FIG. 13, and “10”, “20”, “110” is selected in the first variation pattern table for outreach in FIG. “210” and “2110” are selection targets of the next variation pattern, and “20” is a selection target of the next variation pattern in the second variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG.

  When “10” is selected as the next variation pattern from the first variation pattern table for outreach in FIG. 14, the production pattern “piglet 10” is set, and the video data “piglet 10” and the reproduction order “2” are set. Is specified. Therefore, only the video data “pig 10” is reproduced, and as shown in FIG. 55 (b), the remaining story of “three pigs” begins with the beginning of the eldest son's house building a cocoon house, The wolf blows and stops on the way with the ending that destroys the house. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, since the cursor value “30” is set to the pointer P, “1100” is selected as the next variation pattern in the variation pattern table for jackpot of FIG. In the first variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. 14, “100”, “200”, and “2100” are selection targets for the next variation pattern, and in the second variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. “200” becomes the selection target of the next variation pattern.

  When “100” is selected as the next variation pattern from the first variation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. 14, the production pattern “pig 100” is set, and the video data “pig 100” and the reproduction order “3” are set. Is specified. Therefore, only the video data “pig 100” is reproduced, and as shown in FIG. 55 (c), the remaining story of “three piglets” begins with the beginning of the next boy pig building a tree house, The wolf hits the body and stops halfway with the end of breaking the wooden house. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, since the cursor value “40” is set to the pointer P, “1000” is selected as the next variation pattern in the variation pattern table for jackpot in FIG. In the first fluctuation pattern table for outreach in FIG. 14, “2000” is a selection target of the next fluctuation pattern, and in the second fluctuation pattern table for outlier reach, “2000” is the next fluctuation pattern. It becomes the selection target.

  When “2000” is selected from the first variation pattern table for outreach in FIG. 14 as the next variation pattern, the production pattern “2000” is set, and the video data “piggy 2000” and the reproduction order “4” are set. It is specified. Therefore, only the video data “pig 2000” is reproduced, and as shown in FIG. 55 (d), the remaining story of “three little pigs” starts with the beginning of the construction of the brick house by the three boy pigs. It ends with the ending that the wolf hits the body and breaks the brick house. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, the cursor value “10” is set to the pointer P. Therefore, “1111” is selected as the next variation pattern in the variation pattern table for jackpot of FIG. In the first variation pattern table for 14 outliers, “1”, “2”, “11”, “21”, “111”, “211”, “2111” are the selection targets of the next variation pattern, In the second fluctuation pattern table for outlier reach in FIG. 15, “2” becomes the selection target of the next fluctuation pattern. That is, when the story of “three piglets” is completed, the selection target of the variation pattern is set to start the story with “the mom pig collects three piglets”. The initial setting of this selection target is the same even when the wolf hits the brick house and the brick house does not break.

According to the said Example 2, there exist the following effects.
Based on the transmission of the display designation commands “left display” and “right display” from the effect control circuit 70 to the symbol control circuit 80, from among a plurality of stories of “Momotaro” and “Three Little Pigs” A story was selected, and an image corresponding to the selection result of the story was displayed on the left decorative symbol display 219 and the right decorative symbol display 220. For this reason, the player can enjoy both the video of the story of “Momotaro” and the video of the story of “Three Little Pigs”, which increases the game's preference. The effect control circuit 70 corresponds to story selection means.

  In Example 1 above, the story of “Momotaro” was displayed on the decorative symbol display 34, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the story of “Momotaro” in Example 2 and “Three Little Pigs” You may alternatively display the story. Hereinafter, Example 3 which displays alternatively the story of “Momotaro” and the story of “three little pigs” will be described.

The video data “Momotaro 1” to “Momotaro 2000” in FIG. 30 and the video data “Pig 1” to “Pig 2000” in FIG. 50 are recorded in the VROM 85 of the design control circuit 80. When the CPU 81 proceeds to step S524 in FIG. 56, the detection result of the effect pattern is compared with the effect pattern for “Momotaro” described below. The production pattern for “Momotaro” ends with a video that ends the story “Momotaro”. In step S524, the CPU 81 detects that the production pattern is the same as one of the following production patterns for “Momotaro”. When it is determined that there is, the story flag is set to “three piglets” in step S525.
"Momotaro 2, Momotaro 21, Momotaro 211, Momotaro 2111, Momotaro 2111, Momotaro 20, Momotaro 210, Momotaro 2110, Momotaro 200, Momotaro 1100, Momotaro 2100, Momotaro 1000, Momotaro 2000"
When CPU 81 determines in step S524 that the effect pattern detection result is different from any of the above-mentioned effect patterns for “Momotaro”, the effect pattern detection result is set to the following “three little pigs” in step S526. Compare with the production pattern. The production pattern for these “three little pigs” ends with a video that ends the story “three little pigs”, and the CPU 81 detects the production pattern in step S526, When it is determined that it is the same as one of the performance patterns for “Kobuta”, the story flag is set to “Momotaro” in step S527.
“Pig 2, piglet 21, piglet 211, piglet 1111, piglet 2111, piglet 20, piglet 210, piglet 1110, piglet 2110, piglet 200, piglet 1100, piglet 2100, piglet Pig 1000, Piglet 2000 "
If the CPU 81 determines in step S508 that the first digit of the effect pattern is not “0”, it determines the setting state of the story flag when video data is specified in step S509. Here, when it is detected that the story flag is set to “Momotaro”, video data “Momotaro 1” or “Momotaro 2” is designated according to the detection result of the first digit of the production pattern, and the story flag is “ When it is detected that “three piglets” is set, video data “three piglets 1” or “three piglets 2” is designated according to the detection result of the first digit of the production pattern. To do.

  If the CPU 81 determines in step S512 that the second digit of the effect pattern is not “0”, it determines the setting state of the story flag when video data is specified in step S513. Here, when it is detected that the story flag is set to “Momotaro”, the video data “Momotaro 10” or “Momotaro 20” is designated according to the detection result of the second digit of the production pattern. When it is detected that “three piglets” is set, video data “three piglets 10” or “three piglets 20” is designated according to the detection result of the second digit of the production pattern. To do.

  If the CPU 81 determines in step S516 that the lower third digit of the effect pattern is not “0”, it determines the setting state of the story flag when video data is designated in step S517. Here, when it is detected that the story flag is set to “Momotaro”, the video data “Momotaro 100” or “Momotaro 200” is designated according to the detection result of the third digit of the production pattern, and the story flag is “ When it is detected that “three piglets” is set, video data “three piglets 100” or “three piglets 200” is designated according to the detection result of the third digit of the production pattern. To do.

If the CPU 81 determines in step S520 that the lower fourth digit of the effect pattern is not “0”, it determines the setting state of the story flag when video data is specified in step S521. Here, when it is detected that the story flag is set to “Momotaro”, the video data “Momotaro 1000” or “Momotaro 2000” is designated according to the detection result of the fourth digit of the production pattern, and the story flag is “ When it is detected that “three piglets” is set, video data “three piglets 1000” or “three piglets 2000” is designated according to the detection result of the fourth digit of the production pattern. To do. That is,
According to the said Example 3, there exist the following effects.

  The CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 selects a story from a plurality of stories of “Momotaro” and “Three Little Pigs” based on selectively setting “Momotaro” and “Three Little Pigs” in the story flag. It was set as the structure to do. For this reason, when the video of the content that ends the story “Momotaro” is displayed in this decorative pattern game, the “three little pigs” will be displayed based on the story flag “Three Little Pigs” in the next decorative design game. When the video is displayed and the video of the content that will end the story “Three Little Pigs” is displayed in this decorative design game, the video of “Momotaro” will be displayed in the next decorative design game based on the story flag “Momotaro” It will be displayed. For this reason, the player can enjoy both the video of the story of “Momotaro” and the video of the story of “Three Little Pigs”, which increases the game's preference. The CPU 81 of the symbol control circuit 80 corresponds to story selection means.

The figure which shows Example 1 (a is a front view which shows the whole structure of a pachinko machine, b is a side view) Front view showing game board Block diagram showing electrical configuration Time chart showing the flow of the game Flow chart showing main processing of main control circuit Flow chart showing input processing of main control circuit Flow chart showing data acquisition processing of main control circuit Diagram showing the pending data area of the main control circuit The flowchart which shows the big hit judgment processing of the main control circuit The figure which shows the control data for the big hit judgment of the main control circuit The figure which shows the control data for special design selection of the main control circuit Flow chart showing variation pattern setting process of main control circuit The figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for jackpot The figure which shows the 1st fluctuation | variation pattern table for outlier reach The figure which shows the 2nd fluctuation pattern table for outlier reach Flow chart showing special symbol variation start processing of main control circuit Flow chart showing special symbol fluctuation stop processing of main control circuit The flowchart which shows the big hit game start processing of the main control circuit The flowchart which shows the big hit game processing of the main control circuit Flow chart showing main process of effect control circuit The flowchart which shows the INT interruption processing of the production control circuit Diagram showing the relationship between commands and command processing flags Flow chart showing counter update processing of effect control circuit Diagram for explaining the contents of random counter addition Flow chart showing command processing of effect control circuit The flowchart which shows the jackpot information command processing of the production control circuit The figure which shows the control data for the decoration design selection of an effect control circuit Flow chart showing variation pattern information command processing of effect control circuit The figure which shows the control data for effect pattern selection of an effect control circuit The figure which shows the record contents of the video data of the design control circuit The figure explaining the contents of the production of the video data A flowchart showing video data designation processing of the symbol control circuit The figure which shows the control data for the reproduction | regeneration order selection of a symbol control circuit Illustration showing the contents of the production of the old tale “Momotaro” Illustration showing the contents of the production of the old tale “Momotaro” The figure which shows Example 2 (front view which shows a game board) Block diagram showing electrical configuration Flow chart showing main processing of main control circuit Flow chart showing input processing of main control circuit Flow chart showing data acquisition processing of main control circuit Diagram showing the pending data area of the main control circuit The flowchart which shows the big hit judgment processing of the main control circuit Flowchart showing winning mouth determination processing of main control circuit The figure which shows the control data for winning a prize judgment of the main control circuit Flow chart showing variation pattern setting process of main control circuit Flow chart showing special symbol fluctuation stop processing of main control circuit The flowchart which shows the big hit game start processing of the main control circuit Flow chart showing variation pattern information command processing of effect control circuit The figure which shows the control data for effect pattern selection of an effect control circuit The figure which shows the record contents of the video data of the design control circuit The figure explaining the contents of the production of the video data A flowchart showing video data designation processing of the symbol control circuit The figure which shows the control data for the reproduction | regeneration order selection of a symbol control circuit A figure showing the production contents of the old tale `` Three Little Pigs '' A figure showing the production contents of the old tale `` Three Little Pigs '' The figure which shows Example 3 (The flowchart which shows the video data designation | designated process of a symbol control circuit)

Explanation of symbols

Reference numeral 24 is a special symbol start port, 33 is a special symbol display, 34 is a decorative symbol display, 50 is a main control circuit, 70 is an effect control circuit, and 80 is a symbol control circuit.

Claims (2)

In the configuration of performing a symbol game in which the identification symbol is sequentially displayed on the symbol display in the variable state and the variable stop state, and the jackpot and the release are notified by the combination of the identification symbol in the variable stop state,
A start port sensor that detects that a game ball has won the start port and outputs a start signal;
Signal output means for outputting a signal at a constant period;
Random number updating means for updating a random value based on detecting an output signal from the signal output means;
Random number acquisition means for acquiring an update result of the random number update means based on detecting a start signal from the start port sensor;
Jackpot determining means for determining jackpot and loss based on comparing the acquisition result of the random number acquiring means with a jackpot value;
A first record in which identification information for selecting variable information and new identification information for selecting new variable information are recorded for each of a plurality of variable information for jackpots for setting the time required for the symbol game. Means,
Second record in which identification information for selecting variable information and new identification information for selecting new variable information are recorded for each of a plurality of variable information for detachment for setting a required time for symbol game Means,
When the big hit determining means determines a big hit, the one corresponding to the identification information set in the pointer is selected from a plurality of variable information for the big hit, and when the big hit determining means determines a loss, the plurality of variable information for releasing Variable information selecting means for selecting the one corresponding to the identification information set to the pointer from,
When the big hit determining means determines a big hit, the one corresponding to the selection result of the variable information selecting means is selected from a plurality of new identification information for the big hit, and when the big hit determining means determines a loss, Identification information selection means for selecting the new identification information according to the selection result of the variable information selection means,
Pointer setting means for setting the selection result of the identification information selection means to the pointer;
Movie data designation means for designating selection of a plurality of movie data according to the selection result of the variable information selection means;
A game machine comprising: moving image data reproducing means for displaying an image on the symbol display based on reproducing the designation result of the moving image data designation means. A story selection means for selecting a story from a plurality of stories is provided.
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the moving image data specifying means performs control to specify that moving image data is selected according to the selection result of the variable information selecting means and the selection result of the story selecting means. .

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