JP2006271670A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can block the lowered interests in the jackpot performance by carrying out a performance with a different value of "jackpot" added per the type of machine. <P>SOLUTION: A sub control means 550 is provided with a performance control means 552 which works to display a jackpot performance during the generation of the advantageous game status based on a jackpot start command transmitted from the main board, a BGM generation means 576 for generating effect sounds likewise, a frequency of continuation counting means 572 for counting the frequency of continuation during the continuation of the variable probability jackpot and a performance mode alteration means 573 which alters the performance mode of the BGM when the frequency of continuation exceeds the reference frequency. The sub control means 550 is provided with a reference frequency setting table 553 for indicating the relationship between the reference frequency and the jackpot start command and when the jackpot start command is transmitted from the main board, it determines the reference frequency for the performance mode alteration means 573 from the jackpot start command and the reference frequency setting table 553. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine (generally also referred to as a “pachinko machine”) or a revolving type gaming machine (generally also referred to as a “pachislot machine”), and in particular, lottery using a display means. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that causes an effect display to be performed.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a gaming machine that includes a display means on a game board and displays a symbol string made up of decorative symbols such as numbers and symbols, or makes a character or the like appear to give a special effect. In this type of gaming machine, when the game situation satisfies a predetermined condition, the symbol sequence is changed on the display means, and the change is stopped at a predetermined stop symbol based on the lottery result. In addition, a game machine is also known that, when the lottery result is a big hit, displays on the display means that it is a “big hit” after the symbol sequence is stopped, and performs various effects during the big hit operation. In particular, since the “big hit” state is a game state advantageous to the player, a special performance with a high decorative effect is performed so that the interest of the “big hit” can be enhanced and the superiority can be sufficiently improved. In other words, sound effects such as BGM are generated to promote the production effect.

  However, in the above gaming machine, since the same effect is repeated every time a “big hit” occurs, the player may become accustomed to the effect and become easily bored. In other words, if the “big hit” is repeated continuously, it will be extremely blissful for the player, but on the other hand, the same effect will be repeated on the display means each time, and the monotonousness of the display mode will be aroused. As a result, there was a risk of lowering the real thrill of the “hits”.

  Therefore, a gaming machine has been proposed in which the effects displayed during the big hit operation are rich in variations and rich in variability (for example, Patent Document 1). That is, a plurality of presentation modes are prepared, a random number is extracted at the time of a big hit, and one presentation mode is determined from the plurality of presentation modes based on the random number.

JP 2001-224793 A

  However, as in Patent Document 1, in a gaming machine that determines one production mode based on a random number, the advantage in the game, that is, the degree of bliss of the player, and the derived production mode are not related at all. Looking at the production, it was difficult to chew the joy of “big hit”.

  In particular, recently, even in the same series of gaming machines, the probability of occurrence of “big hit” is different from each other, the probability of “probability fluctuation big hit”, in other words, the continuation rate of “big hit” is different from each other. The value of “hit” is changed for each model, but since the value of “hit” is not considered at all in the conventional jackpot production, It was difficult to elevate the mood even when a special performance with a frightening and decorative effect was performed because it was not possible to match the degree of pleasure of the person.

  Therefore, in view of the above situation, the present invention has an object to provide a gaming machine that can suppress a decrease in interest in the jackpot effect by performing an effect corresponding to the value of the “hit”.

Means 1: “Game state detecting means for detecting a game state;
Lottery means for performing lottery based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detection means, advantageous game state generating means for generating an advantageous gaming state advantageous to a player when the lottery result of the lottery means is a big hit, A main control means having a jackpot command sending means for sending a jackpot related command related to the jackpot,
Production execution means for performing the production accompanying the lottery,
An effect control means for deriving a jackpot effect to the effect executing means during the occurrence of the advantageous gaming state based on the jackpot related command transmitted by the jackpot command transmitting means,
Occurrence number recognition means for recognizing the number of occurrences of the jackpot,
When the number of occurrences of jackpot recognized by the occurrence number recognizing means exceeds a reference number, an effect mode changing means for changing the effect mode by the effect control means,
A reference number setting table showing a relationship between the reference number and the jackpot related command;
And when a jackpot related command is transmitted by the jackpot command transmitting means, a reference number determining means for determining the reference number in the effect mode changing means from the jackpot related command and the reference number setting table,
And a sub-control means having the above.

  Here, examples of the “effect execution means” include effect display means such as a liquid crystal display device, an EL display device, a plasma display device, or a CRT. Further, a medium other than the display means, for example, a sound generating means or a movable accessory may be provided as the effect execution means, and these media and the display means may be combined.

  The “game state detecting means” is for detecting a game state that changes in accordance with the player's operation. For example, in a gaming machine that uses a game ball as a game medium, Examples include a switch for detecting a winning state, a counting means for counting the number of game balls entering a winning opening, and a recognition means for recognizing a lottery result based on winning.

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

(1) In gaming machines such as pachinko machines, a large number of gaming balls are opened and closed by repeatedly opening and closing a predetermined number of times, or continuously opening for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of gaming balls are won. A state where it is easy to win a winning opening (so-called “big hit gaming state”).

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

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

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

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

  According to the configuration of the means 1, the contents of the control are shared between the main control means (for example, the main board) and the sub control means (for example, the sub board), and the main control means performs a predetermined lottery based on the gaming state. When the lottery result is “big hit”, a process for generating an advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player is performed. When the lottery result is “big hit”, a big hit related command (for example, big hit start command) related to “big hit” is transmitted from the main control means.

  On the other hand, the sub control means derives the big hit effect to the effect execution means during the occurrence of the advantageous game state (big hit game state) based on the big hit related command transmitted from the main control means. The sub-control means recognizes the number of occurrences of jackpots and determines whether or not the number of occurrences exceeds the reference number. If the number exceeds the reference number, the effect mode derived to the effect execution means is determined. Change at least some of them. Here, the sub control means is provided with a reference number setting table indicating the relationship between the reference number and the jackpot related command. When the big hit related command is transmitted from the main control means, the jackpot related command and the reference number The reference number is determined from the setting table. That is, the reference number preset in the reference number setting table is compared with the recognized number of occurrences of jackpots to determine whether or not to change the effect mode. In particular, in the reference count setting table, a plurality of different reference counts are stored in association with the jackpot related command. Therefore, by changing the jackpot related command transmitted from the main control means for each model, It becomes possible to set the standard number of times corresponding to the model, and in turn, it is possible to change the production mode in consideration of the value of “big hit” that differs for each model.

Means 2: “A launching device for launching a game ball to the game area in response to an operation of the operation handle;
An obstacle nail that is arranged in the gaming area and changes the rolling direction of the gaming ball;
A start opening arranged in the game area and into which the game ball can enter;
Entry state detection means for detecting that the game ball has entered the start opening,
A payout device for paying out a predetermined number of game balls in response to the detection of the game balls by at least the entry state detection means;
When it is detected that the game ball has entered the starting port by the entrance state detection means, the lottery means for performing a predetermined lottery, and the lottery result of the lottery means is advantageous to the player. Main control means having advantageous game state generating means for generating an advantageous gaming state, and a jackpot command transmission means for transmitting a jackpot related command relating to the jackpot;
Production execution means for performing the production accompanying the lottery,
An effect control means for deriving a jackpot effect to the effect executing means during the occurrence of the advantageous gaming state based on the jackpot related command transmitted by the jackpot command transmitting means,
Occurrence number recognition means for recognizing the number of occurrences of the jackpot,
When the number of occurrences of jackpot recognized by the occurrence number recognizing means exceeds a reference number, an effect mode changing means for changing the effect mode by the effect control means,
A reference number setting table showing a relationship between the reference number and the jackpot related command;
And when a jackpot related command is transmitted by the jackpot command transmitting means, a reference number determining means for determining the reference number in the effect mode changing means from the jackpot related command and the reference number setting table,
Sub-control means having

  According to the configuration of the means 2, when a game ball is launched from the launching device in response to the operation of the operation handle, the game ball is placed in a game area in which a number of obstacle nails, a starting port, display means, and the like are incorporated. Led. Then, in the main control means, when the entrance state detection means detects the entrance into the starting port, the lottery means performs lottery. When the lottery result is a predetermined result, an advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player is generated. For example, a large winning opening that is opened and closed is repeatedly opened and closed a predetermined number of times, or is continuously opened for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of gaming balls are won, so that a large amount of gaming balls can easily enter the large winning opening. . When the game balls enter the start opening or the big winning opening, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as prize balls by the payout device. In addition, when the lottery result is “big hit”, the main control means transmits a big hit related command related to “big hit”.

  On the other hand, the sub-control means derives the big hit effect to the effect execution means during the occurrence of the advantageous game state (big hit game state) based on the big hit related command transmitted from the main control means, and the number of occurrence of the big hit is the reference When the number of times is exceeded, at least a part of the effect mode derived to the effect execution means is changed. The reference number is determined from the related command transmitted from the main control means and the reference number setting table.

  Means 3: In the constitution of Means 1 or 2, “The jackpot effect is composed of a main effect composed of a moving image and a sub-effect for promoting the effect of the main effect such as a background of the main effect, The production mode changing means changes the production mode of the sub-production ”.

  According to the structure of the means 3, when the number of occurrences of jackpot exceeds the reference number, the effect mode of the sub-effect is changed. In other words, by changing only the production mode of the secondary production for promoting the production effect without changing the production mode of the main production, while maintaining the concept of the gaming machine by the production with a high decoration effect, It becomes possible to elevate the mood.

Means 4: In the configuration of means 1 or means 2, “the effect executing means includes an effect display means for displaying the jackpot effect, and an effect effect promoting means for promoting the effect by a medium different from the effect display means. Have
The effect mode changing means changes the effect mode in the effect effect promoting means ”.

  According to the configuration of the means 4, as the big hit execution means, there are provided an effect display means for displaying the big hit effect and an effect effect promotion means made of a medium different from the display means such as a sound generating means and a movable accessory. If the number of occurrences of jackpot exceeds the reference number, the effect mode in the effect effect promoting means is changed. Therefore, since the effect mode of the effect effect promoting means that is additionally performed is changed while ensuring the effect with a high decoration effect by the effect display means, it becomes possible to increase interest in the effect mode of the effect effect promoting means. . In other words, it is possible to enhance the interest with respect to the comprehensive performance contents performed on the gaming machine.

  Means 5: The constitution of means 4 is characterized in that “the effect effect promoting means is a BGM generating means for playing BGM as a sound effect of the jackpot effect”.

  According to the configuration of the means 5, BGM (background music) generated as the sound effect of the big hit effect is changed, so that the presence or absence of the change can be recognized through the player's hearing. For this reason, while being able to recognize the change of a production | generation aspect easily, it can be made to grasp | ascertain with the whole body, and it becomes possible to raise a player's mood greatly.

  Means 6: In any one configuration of Means 1 to 5, "The jackpot related command is a jackpot start command for causing the effect execution means to derive that the lottery result is a jackpot" Features.

  Generally, in the gaming machine, when an advantageous gaming state is generated, a big hit start command (also referred to as an “opening command”) is transmitted from the main control means to the sub-control means prior to that, and in the effect execution means (effect display means) The fact that the lottery result is a big hit is displayed. According to the configuration of the means 6, the sub-control can be performed without adding a new command by associating the big hit start command with the reference number of times. The means can determine the reference number for each model. Therefore, it is possible to suppress an increase in burden in transmission processing or the like.

Means 7: In any one of the constitutions of Means 1 to 6, “In the advantageous gaming state, a high probability state in which a probability of occurrence of a big hit is set higher than usual, and a winning of a game medium to the start opening And a time shortening state in which the lottery of the lottery means is performed more frequently than usual.
The occurrence number recognizing means has a continuation number counting means for counting the number of continuations when the lottery result of the lottery means becomes a big hit in the high probability state or the time reduction state,
The production mode changing means changes the production mode when the number of continuations exceeds the reference number.

  According to the structure of the means 7, when the lottery result of the lottery means becomes a big hit when the gaming state is a high probability state or a time shortening state, the number of continuations is counted. That is, when a big hit occurs in the high probability state or the time shortening state, it is counted, and when the high probability state or the time shortening state ends, the count value is cleared. And if the counted number of consecutive big hits exceeds the reference number, the effect mode is changed. In this way, instead of targeting “big hit occurrence status” in gaming machines, which is simply “number of hits per jackpot”, it is intended to target data that matches the level of bliss of the player, such as the number of consecutive hits for jackpots. Thus, it is possible to change the production mode according to the degree of bliss of the player. For this reason, the player's mood can be raised at an appropriate timing, and the interest can be further improved.

Means 8: In any one of the constitutions of means 1 to 6, “in the advantageous gaming state, a normal big hit and a probability fluctuation in which the probability of the next big hit occurring after the big hit is set higher than the normal time is set. Including jackpots,
The occurrence number recognizing means includes a continuation number counting means for counting the number of continuations per probability variation jackpot,
The production mode changing means changes the production mode when the number of continuations exceeds the reference number.

  According to the configuration of the means 8, the number of times of “probability fluctuation big hit” (so-called probable big hit) in which the probability that the next big hit will occur is set higher than usual is counted. That is, the count is cleared when a “probability variation big hit” occurs, and the count value is cleared when a “normal big hit” occurs. Then, when the counted “probability variation jackpot” number of times exceeds the reference number, the effect mode is changed. Thus, even if it processes, it becomes possible to show an effect similar to the means 7.

  Means 9: The constitution of means 7 or means 8 is characterized in that “the reference number in the reference number setting table corresponds to a continuation rate per probability variation set for each model”.

  According to the structure of the means 9, the reference number compared with the number of continuations per probability variation jackpot corresponds to the continuation rate for probability variation jackpots, and the lower the continuation rate (that is, the model whose continuation of probability variation jackpots is difficult) The reference number of times is set to be small. For this reason, the production mode is changed with a relatively small number of continuations as the probability of occurrence of “probability change big hit” is lower. Therefore, it is possible to accurately match the player's degree of bliss with respect to the “probability variation jackpot” and the timing at which the effect mode is changed.

Means 10: In any one of the constitutions of means 1 to 9, “In the reference number setting table, in addition to the relationship between the jackpot related command and the reference number, the derivation of effects different for each jackpot related command and each model. The relationship with the aspect is stored,
The effect control means further includes an effect derivation mode determining means for determining the effect derivation mode from the jackpot related command and the reference number setting table when a jackpot related command is transmitted by the command transmitting unit. The jackpot effect is derived according to the effect derivation mode.

  According to the configuration of the means 10, the derivation derivation mode different for each model is stored in the reference count setting table in association with the jackpot related command, and when the jackpot related command is transmitted from the main control means, the jackpot An effect derivation mode is determined from the related command and the reference number setting table. That is, based on the jackpot related command, the reference count and the effect derivation mode are determined. The effect derivation mode is for determining the content of the effect in the jackpot effect regardless of the number of occurrences of the jackpot effect, and the jackpot effect is derived to the effect execution means according to the determined effect derivation mode. In this way, since the effect is derived in a different manner for each model using the jackpot related command, it is possible to determine the effect pattern for each model in the sub-control means without adding a new command.

Means 11: In the constitution of means 10, “the advantageous gaming state is such that the big hit round operation that makes it easy to win the game medium can be repeated up to a predetermined round,
The effect derivation mode stored in the reference number setting table indicates the maximum number of rounds of the big hit round operation ”.

  In general, in the advantageous gaming state, a big hit round operation of “opening and closing the winning opening continuously for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of game balls are won, so that a large amount of game media can be easily won” Although the process is repeated until a predetermined round, according to the configuration of the means 11, the maximum number of rounds is stored in the reference number setting table as an effect derivation mode, and the sub-control means transmits a jackpot related command from the main control means. Then, based on the jackpot related command, the maximum number of rounds in the gaming machine is recognized. For this reason, the sub-control means can change the effect mode of the big hit effect according to the maximum number of rounds.

Means 12: In the constitution of means 10 or means 11, “the sub-control means
Effect pattern storage means in which a plurality of jackpot effect patterns are stored in association with the effect derivation mode;
When the effect deriving mode is determined by the effect deriving mode determining means, the system further comprises an effect pattern determining means for determining a jackpot effect pattern from the effect deriving mode and the effect pattern storage means. .

  According to the configuration of the means 12, there is provided an effect pattern storage means in which a plurality of jackpot effect patterns and an effect derivation mode are stored in association with each other, and when the effect derivation mode is determined, the effect derivation mode and the effect pattern The big hit production pattern is determined from the storage means. For this reason, from the effect derivation mode (for example, the maximum number of rounds), it is possible to easily determine a big hit effect pattern (for example, in which round a specific effect is performed). That is, the big hit effect pattern is determined by a relatively simple process, and even when the effect pattern needs to be changed, it can be easily dealt with.

  Means 13: The constitution of means 12 is characterized in that “the jackpot effect pattern indicates a target round from which a special effect is derived among a plurality of repeated big hit round operations”.

  According to the configuration of the means 13, the target round from which the special effect is derived is determined by the big hit effect pattern. For example, when the maximum number of rounds is 15, special effects are performed in 14 rounds, when the maximum number of rounds is 10 rounds, special effects are performed in 9 rounds, and when the maximum number of rounds is 5 rounds, special effects are performed in 4 rounds. And so on. In this way, by changing the round from which the special effect is derived according to the maximum number of rounds, even if the models have different maximum round numbers, the special effect can be derived at an appropriate timing in a series of big hit effects Is possible.

Means 14: In the configuration of means 13, “the sub-control means
Special effect storage means in which a plurality of special effects that can be derived to the effect execution means are stored;
Random number extracting means for determining the random number for determining the effect at the time of the big hit effect,
A jackpot effect table that stores the relationship between each of the special effects and each round in association with the extracted random number for effect determination,
A special effect derived in the target round is determined based on the target round determined by the effect pattern determining unit, the effect determining random number extracted by the determining random number extracting unit, and the jackpot effect table. Special production decision means,
And a special effect deriving unit that reads the determined special effect from the special effect storing unit and causes the effect executing unit to derive the special effect corresponding to the target round.

  According to the structure of the means 14, in the sub-control means, a special effect storage means in which a plurality of special effects are stored, and a jackpot effect table in which the relationship between the special effects and each round is stored in association with the random number for determining the effect, Is provided. When the target round is determined at the time of the big hit, the random number for effect determination is extracted, and the special effect derived in the target round is determined from the effect determination random number, the target round, and the big hit effect table. Then, the determined special effect is read from the special effect storage unit, and is derived to the effect execution unit as an effect in the target round. Therefore, the contents of the special effect change randomly, and the variation in the jackpot effect can be enriched and the interest in the effect can be further enhanced.

  Means 15: In the configuration of means 14, "the effect pattern determining means determines a series of rounds as the target round".

  According to the configuration of the means 15, a plurality of consecutive rounds are determined as the target rounds from which the special effects are derived. That is, a plurality of special effects are derived over a plurality of rounds, and the variations of the effects are further abundant, and the interest can be further enhanced.

  Means 16: In the configuration of means 15, “the special effect determining means determines the special effects for a plurality of target rounds in a pattern based on one effect determining random number extracted by the determining random number extracting means. It is characterized by that.

  According to the configuration of the means 16, since the special effects for the plurality of target rounds are determined based on a single random number for determining the effects, the special effects derived for each target round are associated with each other. Is possible. In other words, a plurality of special effects are continuously derived over a plurality of rounds, but by setting the combination pattern in advance, the same effects are repeatedly derived or derived in an order that contradicts each other, It is possible to prevent the special performance from ending in a halfway state.

Means 17: “Game state detecting means for detecting a game state;
A special symbol display for displaying special symbols;
Jackpot determination random number extraction means for extracting a jackpot determination random number based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detection means;
Jackpot symbol random number extraction means for extracting a jackpot symbol random number based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detector;
Fluctuating random number extraction means for extracting a random number for fluctuation based on the random number for jackpot determination and the random number for jackpot symbol,
A jackpot determination table showing the relationship between the extracted jackpot determination random number and the success or failure of the jackpot,
A jackpot symbol table showing the relationship between the extracted random number for the jackpot symbol and the variation stop symbol that is fluctuated and stopped as a lottery result in the special symbol indicator,
A variable table for variable time per hit indicating the relationship between the random number for fluctuation extracted and the fluctuation time of the special symbol in the special symbol display, which is used when the lottery result is a big hit;
A variable time variable time table used when the lottery result is out, showing the relationship between the random number for fluctuation extracted and the fluctuation time of the special symbol in the special symbol display,
When the big hit determining random number is extracted, whether or not the big hit is determined from the big hit determining random number and the big hit determining table, and in the case of the big hit, the normal big hit or after the end of the big hit, A success / failure determination means for determining whether or not a probability variation jackpot in which the probability of a jackpot is set higher than normal,
When the jackpot symbol random number is extracted, stop symbol determining means for determining a variable stop symbol in the special symbol indicator from the jackpot symbol random number and the jackpot symbol table,
When the random number for fluctuation is extracted and determined to be a big hit by the success / failure determination means, the fluctuation time of the special symbol is determined from the random number for fluctuation and the variable table for variable time at hitting time, When the variation random number is extracted and determined to be out of place by the success / failure determination means, the variation for determining the variation time of the special symbol from the variation random number and the variation time variation time table Time determination means,
The special symbol display starts the special symbol variation, and after the lapse of the variation time determined by the variation time determination unit, the special symbol is variably stopped by the variation stop symbol determined by the stop symbol determination unit Design variation control means,
Advantageous game state generating means for generating an advantageous game state advantageous to the player after the special symbol variation stop when the winning / decision determining means is determined to be a big hit,
At the start of the variation of the special symbol, at least a success / failure command sending means for sending a success / failure command related to the presence / absence of a big hit,
And a start command sending means for sending a jackpot start command for deriving that it is a big hit when it is determined that the big hit is determined by the success / failure determining means,
A main control means having
Production display means for displaying production accompanying the lottery,
Production effect promoting means for promoting the production effect by a medium different from the production display means;
An effect control means for deriving a jackpot effect to the effect display means based on the jackpot start command sent by the start command sending means,
Production promotion control means for operating the production effect promotion means based on the jackpot start command,
Continuation number counting means for counting the number of continuations of the probability variation big hit,
An effect mode changing means for changing the effect mode by the effect effect promoting means when the continuation count counted by the continuation count counting means exceeds a reference count;
A reference number setting table showing a relationship between the reference number and the jackpot start command;
And when a big hit start command is sent by the start command sending means, sub-control having a reference number determining means for determining the reference number in the effect mode changing means from the big hit start command and the reference number setting table Means ”.

  According to the configuration of the means 17, the main control means extracts the big hit determination random number and the big hit symbol random number based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detection means, and further uses the random number for variation based on these random numbers. Extract random numbers. Thereafter, whether or not the jackpot is determined is determined from the jackpot determination random number and the jackpot determination table. Further, the fluctuation stop symbol in the special symbol indicator is determined from the jackpot symbol random number and the jackpot symbol table. Furthermore, when it is determined that it is a big hit, the variation time of the special symbol is determined from the random number for variation and the variable table for variation time at the time of hit, while when it is determined that it is out of place, The variation time of the special symbol is determined from the variation random number and the deviation variation time variable table. Then, the special symbol display starts the variation of the special symbol, and after the variation time determined using the variation time variable table has elapsed, the variation is stopped with the variation stop symbol determined using the jackpot symbol table. Further, when it is determined that the game is a big hit, after the special symbol fluctuation is stopped, an advantageous gaming state (that is, a big hit gaming state) advantageous to the player is generated.

  By the way, the main control means transmits at least a success / failure command relating to the presence / absence of a big hit, and if it is determined that it is a big hit, sends a big hit start command for deriving that it is a big hit. Then, the sub-control means receives these control commands and performs processing according to the control commands. In other words, the sub-control means derives the jackpot effect to the effect display means and activates the effect effect promotion means during the occurrence of the advantageous game state (hit game state) based on the jackpot related command transmitted from the main control means. Let Further, the number of continuations of the big hit is counted, and when the number of continuations exceeds the reference number, the effect mode of the effect effect promoting means is changed. When the jackpot start command is transmitted, the reference count is determined from the jackpot start command and the reference count setting table. In other words, even if the sub-control means in each gaming machine is adopted as a common part, it is possible to set an appropriate reference number according to the value of “big hit” in each model, and promote the effect at the appropriate timing. The effect mode of the means can be changed. Further, according to this configuration, it is possible to process complicated control relatively easily by using a plurality of tables.

Means 18: “Game state detecting means for detecting a game state;
A special symbol display for displaying special symbols;
Jackpot determination random number extraction means for extracting a jackpot determination random number based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detection means;
Jackpot symbol random number extraction means for extracting a jackpot symbol random number based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detector;
Fluctuating random number extraction means for extracting a random number for fluctuation based on the random number for jackpot determination and the random number for jackpot symbol,
A jackpot determination table showing the relationship between the extracted jackpot determination random number and the success or failure of the jackpot,
A jackpot symbol table showing the relationship between the extracted random number for the jackpot symbol and the variation stop symbol that is fluctuated and stopped as a lottery result in the special symbol indicator,
A variable table for variable time per hit indicating the relationship between the random number for fluctuation extracted and the fluctuation time of the special symbol in the special symbol display, which is used when the lottery result is a big hit;
A variable time variable time table used when the lottery result is out, showing the relationship between the random number for fluctuation extracted and the fluctuation time of the special symbol in the special symbol display,
When the big hit determining random number is extracted, whether or not the big hit is determined from the big hit determining random number and the big hit determining table, and in the case of the big hit, the normal big hit or after the end of the big hit, A success / failure determination means for determining whether or not a probability variation jackpot in which the probability of a jackpot is set higher than normal,
When the jackpot symbol random number is extracted, stop symbol determining means for determining a variable stop symbol in the special symbol indicator from the jackpot symbol random number and the jackpot symbol table,
When the random number for fluctuation is extracted and determined to be a big hit by the success / failure determination means, the fluctuation time of the special symbol is determined from the random number for fluctuation and the variable table for variable time at hitting time, When the variation random number is extracted and determined to be out of place by the success / failure determination means, the variation for determining the variation time of the special symbol from the variation random number and the variation time variation time table Time determination means,
The special symbol display starts the special symbol variation, and after the lapse of the variation time determined by the variation time determination unit, the special symbol is variably stopped by the variation stop symbol determined by the stop symbol determination unit Design variation control means,
Advantageous game state generating means for generating an advantageous game state advantageous to the player after the special symbol variation stop when the winning / decision determining means is determined to be a big hit,
At the start of the variation of the special symbol, at least a success / failure command sending means for sending a success / failure command related to the presence / absence of a big hit,
And a start command sending means for sending a jackpot start command for deriving that it is a big hit when it is determined that the big hit is determined by the success / failure determining means,
A main control means having
Effect display means for displaying at least an effect related to the big hit;
Special effect storage means for storing a plurality of special effects,
A maximum number of rounds setting table showing the relationship between the jackpot start command and the maximum number of rounds different for each model;
When the jackpot related command is transmitted by the command transmitting means, the effect derivation mode determining means for determining the maximum number of rounds from the jackpot related command and the maximum number of rounds setting table,
An effect pattern determining means for determining a target round from which a special effect is derived based on the determined maximum number of rounds,
Random number extracting means for determining the effect determining random number for extracting the big hit effect,
A jackpot effect table that stores the relationship between each special effect and each round in association with the extracted random number for effect determination,
A special effect derived in the target round is determined based on the target round determined by the effect pattern determining unit, the effect determining random number extracted by the determining random number extracting unit, and the jackpot effect table. Special production determination means,
And the effect display control means for reading the determined special effect from the special effect storage means and deriving the effect display means corresponding to the target round,
And a sub-control means having the above.

  According to the configuration of the means 18, the main control means extracts the jackpot determination random number, the jackpot design random number, and the fluctuation random number in the same manner as the means 17, and determines whether or not the jackpot is successful, the fluctuation stop pattern in the special symbol display, and The special symbol variation time is determined. Then, the special symbol display unit starts the variation of the special symbol, and after the determined variation time has elapsed, the variation is stopped by the variation stop symbol. If it is further determined that the game is a big hit, an advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player is generated after the special symbol fluctuation stop. Further, the main control means transmits at least a success / failure command relating to the presence / absence of the jackpot, and if it is determined that the jackpot is a jackpot, sends a jackpot start command for deriving that it is a jackpot.

  Then, the sub-control means receives these control commands and performs processing according to the control commands. That is, according to the configuration of the means 18, when a jackpot related command is transmitted by the command transmitting means, the maximum number of rounds is determined from the jackpot related command and the maximum round number setting table, and the determined maximum number of rounds is determined. Based on this, the target round from which the special effect is derived is determined. In addition, in the case of a big hit effect, a random number for determining the effect is extracted, and a special effect derived in the target round is obtained based on the extracted random number for determining the effect, the determined target round, and the big hit effect table. decide. Then, the determined special effect is read out from the special effect storage means, and is caused to be derived by the effect display means corresponding to the target round. According to this, since the special effect is derived in a different manner for each model using the jackpot related command, it is possible to determine the effect pattern in the sub-control means without adding a new command. In addition, the contents of the special effects change randomly, so that variations in the jackpot effect can be enriched and the interest in the effects can be further enhanced.

Means 19: “Game state detecting means for detecting a game state;
A special symbol display for displaying special symbols;
Jackpot determination random number extraction means for extracting a jackpot determination random number based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detection means;
Jackpot symbol random number extraction means for extracting a jackpot symbol random number based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detector;
Fluctuating random number extraction means for extracting a random number for fluctuation based on the random number for jackpot determination and the random number for jackpot symbol,
A jackpot determination table showing the relationship between the extracted jackpot determination random number and the success or failure of the jackpot,
A jackpot symbol table showing the relationship between the extracted random number for the jackpot symbol and the variation stop symbol that is fluctuated and stopped as a lottery result in the special symbol indicator,
A variable table for variable time per hit indicating the relationship between the random number for fluctuation extracted and the fluctuation time of the special symbol in the special symbol display, which is used when the lottery result is a big hit;
A variable time variable time table used when the lottery result is out, showing the relationship between the random number for fluctuation extracted and the fluctuation time of the special symbol in the special symbol display,
When the big hit determining random number is extracted, whether or not the big hit is determined from the big hit determining random number and the big hit determining table, and in the case of the big hit, the normal big hit or after the end of the big hit, A success / failure determination means for determining whether or not a probability variation jackpot in which the probability of a jackpot is set higher than normal,
When the jackpot symbol random number is extracted, stop symbol determining means for determining a variable stop symbol in the special symbol indicator from the jackpot symbol random number and the jackpot symbol table,
When the random number for fluctuation is extracted and determined to be a big hit by the success / failure determination means, the fluctuation time of the special symbol is determined from the random number for fluctuation and the variable table for variable time at hitting time, When the variation random number is extracted and determined to be out of place by the success / failure determination means, the variation for determining the variation time of the special symbol from the variation random number and the variation time variation time table Time determination means,
The special symbol display starts the special symbol variation, and after the lapse of the variation time determined by the variation time determination unit, the special symbol is variably stopped by the variation stop symbol determined by the stop symbol determination unit Design variation control means,
Advantageous game state generating means for generating an advantageous game state advantageous to the player after the special symbol variation stop when the winning / decision determining means is determined to be a big hit,
At the start of the variation of the special symbol, at least a success / failure command sending means for sending a success / failure command related to the presence / absence of a big hit,
And a start command sending means for sending a jackpot start command for deriving that it is a big hit when it is determined that the big hit is determined by the success / failure determining means,
A main control means having
Production display means for displaying production accompanying the lottery,
Production effect promoting means for promoting the production effect by a medium different from the production display means;
An effect control means for deriving a jackpot effect to the effect display means based on the jackpot start command sent by the start command sending means,
Production promotion control means for operating the production effect promotion means based on the jackpot start command,
Continuation number counting means for counting the number of continuations of the probability variation big hit,
An effect mode changing means for changing the effect mode by the effect effect promoting means when the continuation count counted by the continuation count counting means exceeds a reference count;
A reference number setting table showing a relationship between the jackpot start command and the reference number and the maximum number of rounds;
When a jackpot start command is transmitted by the start command transmission means, a reference number determination means for determining the reference number in the effect mode changing means from the jackpot start command and the reference number setting table,
Special effect storage means for storing a plurality of special effects,
When the jackpot related command is transmitted by the command transmitting means, the effect derivation mode determining means for determining the maximum number of rounds from the jackpot related command and the reference number setting table;
An effect pattern determining means for determining a target round from which a special effect is derived based on the determined maximum number of rounds,
Random number extracting means for determining the effect determining random number for extracting the big hit effect,
A jackpot effect table that stores the relationship between each special effect and each round in association with the extracted random number for effect determination,
And a special effect derived in the target round based on the target round determined by the effect pattern determining means, the effect determining random number extracted by the determining random number extracting means, and the jackpot effect table. Special production decision means to decide,
Have
The effect control means includes sub-control means for reading the determined special effect from the special effect storage means and deriving the effect display means in correspondence with the target round.

  According to the configuration of the means 19, it is possible to achieve an effect obtained by combining the means 17 and the means 18.

  Means 20: In any one of the means 1 to 19, the game machine is a pachinko machine. A pachinko machine is a gaming machine in which an input medium, which is a medium that a player inputs into the gaming machine, and a game medium, which is a medium used for a substantial game performed by the player, are the same. For example, it is a type of gaming machine in which a game is played using a medium such as a game ball. Specifically, “a launching device that launches a game ball in response to the operation of the operation handle, and appropriate equipment such as a number of obstacle nails, center objects, display means, etc. A game area provided with an appropriate entrance for a game ball such as a mouth, a passage opening, an arrival opening, etc., a rail for guiding the game ball from the launching device to the game area, and a game ball guided to the game area It has a payout means for paying out a predetermined number of game balls as prize balls according to the entrance to the entrance and according to the entrance mode of the game balls to a plurality of entrances.

  In addition, there are various types of pachinko machines, and “typical state detection means for detecting the state of entrance to the entrance (typically, game state detection) represented by what is generally called“ digipachi ” Means), a lottery means for performing a predetermined lottery when the entry is detected by the entrance state detecting means, and a special symbol display means for changing the special symbol according to the lottery result of the lottery means and stopping the fluctuation. "In addition, what further includes an effect display means for causing a decorative symbol sequence consisting of a plurality of decorative symbols to change and display characters etc. at a predetermined timing while the special symbols are changing", Generally represented by what is commonly referred to as “Honeymono” “Represented by those having lottery means for performing lottery by distributing game balls in the role”, generally represented by “Alepati” For example, one game is played with a predetermined number of game balls such as 16, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out in accordance with the manner of entering the game balls into a plurality of entrances in one game. can do.

  According to the means 20, in the pachinko machine, any one of the effects from the means 1 to the means 19 can be achieved.

  Means 21: In any one of the constitutions of Means 1 to 19, “The gaming machine is a pachislot machine”. A pachislot machine is used to insert a medal, which is a game medium, and after a medal is inserted, a symbol string composed of a plurality of symbols is displayed in a variable manner in accordance with the operation of a starting operation means (for example, an operation lever), and then a stop This is a slot machine with a stop operation function that performs a substantial game of stopping the fluctuation of the symbol sequence in accordance with the operation of an operation means (for example, a stop button). If the stop operating means is not operated even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the change in the symbol sequence may be stopped when the predetermined time has elapsed. And, when the combination of symbols at the time of stopping the variation of the symbol row satisfies a specific condition, a predetermined number of medals can be paid out according to the satisfied condition, or the player can acquire a large amount of medals. In addition, a special advantageous state advantageous to the player is generated.

  According to the means 21, any effect of the means 1 to means 19 can be achieved in the pachislot machine.

  Means 22: In any one of the constitutions of means 1 to 19, “the gaming machine is a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine are combined”. Here, “a game machine in which a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine are fused” means that a plurality of (for example, five) game balls are used as one unit of input medium, and after the input medium is input, the starting operation means A symbol string composed of a plurality of symbols is variably displayed in response to an operation of the operation lever (for example, an operation lever), and thereafter, the variation of the symbol string is stopped in response to an operation of a stop operation means (for example, a stop button). If the stop operating means is not operated even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the change in the symbol sequence may be stopped when the predetermined time has elapsed. And, when the combination of symbols at the time of stopping the variation of the symbol row satisfies a specific condition, a predetermined number of medals can be paid out according to the satisfied condition, or the player can acquire a large amount of medals. In addition, a special advantageous state advantageous to the player is generated.

  According to the means 22, in the gaming machine formed by fusing the pachinko machine and the pachislot machine, any one of the effects from the means 1 to the means 19 can be achieved.

  At first glance, there is a game medium in a game machine that does not play a substantial game depending on the medium to be inserted, such as a pachislot machine exemplified above or a game machine in which a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine are fused. However, even with such a gaming machine, it can be assumed that a game played using a game ball or other appropriate article is included in the entire game content. Therefore, even such a gaming machine can be a target of a gaming machine in which a game is played using a gaming medium.

  As described above, in the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to set the reference number corresponding to each model by changing the jackpot related command transmitted from the main control means for each model. The production mode can be changed in accordance with the value of “big hit” which is different for each. Therefore, even if the jackpot effect is repeated, it is possible to suppress a decrease in interest in the jackpot effect.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the pachinko machine with the main body frame and the front frame opened. FIG. 3 is a rear view showing the rear surface configuration of the pachinko machine 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 1 as a gaming machine includes an outer frame 2, a main body frame 3, a game board 4, a front frame 5, and the like. The outer frame 2 is formed in a vertically rectangular frame shape by upper, lower, left and right frame members, and has a lower plate 6 that receives the lower surface of the main body frame 3 at the lower front side of the outer frame 2. A main body frame 3 is attached to the front side of the outer frame 2 by a hinge mechanism 7 so as to be opened and closed forward. The main body frame 3 is formed by integrally molding the front frame body 8, the game board mounting frame 9, and the mechanism mounting frame 10 with a synthetic resin material. The front frame 8 formed on the front side of the main body frame 3 is formed in a rectangular frame shape having a size corresponding to the outer shape excluding the support plate 6 on the front side of the outer frame 2. In the present embodiment, the line-of-sight direction for viewing the front of the pachinko machine 1 is the front side (front side), and the opposite side (for example, the main body frame 3 side with respect to the front frame body 8) is the rear side (back side). And

  The main body frame 3 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material, and a game board mounting frame 9 is formed on the front side, and a mechanism mounting frame 10 is formed on the back side. As a result, the synthetic resin main body frame 3 has a conventional front frame (sometimes called an inner frame, a front frame, etc.) and a mechanism plate (sometimes called a back mechanism plate, a back set plate, etc.). It has a function.

  A game board 4 is attached to the game board mounting frame 9 integrally formed at the rear part of the front frame body 8 so as to be detachable and replaceable from the front. In addition, two engaging projections 33 are formed on the left side of the game board mounting frame 9 in the upper and lower directions, and two engagement recesses 36 (see FIG. 24) are provided on the right side of the game board mounting frame 9 in the upper and lower sides. One is formed. Further, two engaging holes 34 corresponding to the engaging protrusions 33 are formed on the left side of the board surface (front surface) of the game board 4, and the engaging recess 36 is formed on the right side of the board surface of the gaming board 4. Two corresponding engagement hooks 35 are formed on the upper and lower sides. The engaging hook 35 detachably engages the game board 4 and the game board mounting frame 9.

  A guide rail 11 having an outer rail and an inner rail is provided on the surface of the game board 4. Further, a lower speaker 14 is attached to one side of the front lower portion of the front frame body 8 located below the game board mounting frame 9. A launch rail 15 that guides a game ball toward the launch path of the game board 4 is attached to the upper portion in the lower region of the front surface of the front frame 8 in an inclined manner. On the other hand, a lower front member 16 is attached to a lower portion in the lower area of the front surface of the front frame body 8. A lower pan 17 is provided substantially at the center of the front surface of the lower front member 16, and an operation handle 18 is provided closer to one side.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the main body frame 3 is locked to the outer frame 2 on the rear surface of the main body frame 3 (front frame body 8) opposite to the side on which the hinge mechanism 7 is provided. The locking device 19 having both the function to perform and the function to lock the front frame 5 to the main body frame 3 is mounted. The locking device 19 includes a plurality of upper and lower body frame locking hooks 21 that are detachably engaged with a closing tool 20 provided on the outer frame 2 to lock the main body frame 3 in a closed state, and an open side of the front frame 5. There are provided a plurality of upper and lower door locking hooks 23 that are detachably engaged with a closing tool 22 provided on the rear surface and lock the front frame 5 in a closed state.

  Thus, when the key is inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 24 and rotated in one direction, the engagement between the main body frame locking hook 21 and the closing tool 20 of the outer frame 2 is released, and the main body frame 3 is moved. When unlocked and the key is rotated in the opposite direction, the engagement between the door locking hook 23 and the closing tool 22 of the front frame 5 is released, and the front frame 5 is unlocked. It has become. The front end of the cylinder lock 24 is exposed to the front surface of the lower front member 16 through the front frame body 8 and the lower front member 16 so that the unlocking operation can be performed by inserting a key from the front of the pachinko machine 1. Are arranged.

  In the present embodiment, the main body frame 3 is unlocked with respect to the outer frame 2 by rotating the key in the clockwise direction, and the main body frame 3 is unlocked by operating the key in the counterclockwise direction. On the other hand, the front frame 5 is unlocked. Thus, either the main body frame 3 or the front frame 5 can be unlocked only by changing the direction of the rotation operation. The locking device 19 also locks the main body frame 3 so that the engagement between the main body frame locking hook 21 and the closing tool 20 of the outer frame 2 is not released by an external operation other than the key when the main body frame 3 is locked in the closed state. A lock mechanism for locking the hook 21 is further provided. Thus, when the main body frame 3 is locked in the closed state, the main body frame locking hook 21 is locked by the lock mechanism. Further, a rib is formed to project from the side closer to the gap between the outer frame 2 and the main body frame 3 (front frame 8) than the main body frame locking hook 21 (right side in FIG. 2), and the main body frame locking hook 21 is formed by the rib. However, even if an attempt is made to directly operate the main body frame locking hook 21 by inserting a wire or the like from the gap between the outer frame 2 and the main body frame 3 (front frame 8), the rib contacts the rib. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an illegal act of illegally unlocking the main body frame 3 with a wire or the like from the gap between the outer frame 2 and the main body frame 3 (front frame 3).

  A front frame 5 is attached to one side of the front surface of the main body frame 3 by a hinge mechanism 25 so as to be opened and closed forward. The front frame 5 includes a door body frame 26 and an upper plate 28. The door main body frame 26 is formed of a pressed metal frame member, and is formed to have a size that covers a portion extending from the upper end of the front frame body 8 to the upper edge of the lower front member 16. A substantially circular opening window 30 through which a game area 12 of the game board 4 described later can be seen through from the front is formed substantially at the center of the door body frame 26. Further, a window frame 31 having a rectangular frame shape larger than the opening window 30 is provided on the rear side of the door body frame 26, and a transparent plate 32 is attached to the window frame 31.

  In this embodiment, the gaming area 12 formed on the game board 4 is formed by disposing the cylinder lock 24 below the game board 4 and thinning the locking device 19 arranged on the right side of the game board 4. The area of the player can be expanded more than before, and the interest for the player's visual recognition can be enhanced. Further, by enlarging the game area 12, it is difficult to guide the game ball to the variable winning device 70 disposed below the center unit 40 even if the center unit 40 described later is disposed at the center of the game area 12. And does not give the impression. In addition, the opening window 30 of the front frame 8 is enlarged in accordance with the enlargement of the game area 12, and the rigidity of the front frame 8 is reduced. However, the front frame 8 that integrally forms the upper plate 28 is used. Thus, a decrease in rigidity of the front frame 8 is suppressed.

  On the front side of the door body frame 26, an upper plate 28 is provided integrally with the front frame 8 at the lower part around the opening window 30, frame lamps 27 are mounted on the left and right sides, and an upper speaker 29 is mounted on the upper part. Yes. The frame lamp 27 is controlled to be turned on / off according to the effect mode of the effect executed by the image display device 42 (design display means, image display means) described later, and the upper speaker 29 and the lower speaker 14 described above are controlled. The sound output control of a plurality of types of sound output modes is executed according to the effect mode of the effects executed by the image display device 42. In this way, by performing the lighting / extinguishing control of the frame lamp 27 and the sound output control of the upper speaker 29 and the lower speaker 14 in synchronization with the effect executed in the image display device 42, the effect of the effect is enhanced, and the game It is intended to improve the interest of the elderly. The upper speaker 29 and the lower speaker 14 also output a warning sound for notifying that an illegal act has been executed, an information sound for notifying that an error state relating to a game has occurred, and the like.

  Next, the rear surface configuration of the main body frame 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, a ball tank for storing game balls supplied from a ball lifting device installed on the game island is provided on the upper rear surface side of the main body frame 3. 140, a tank rail 141 that connects the ball tank 140 and the payout device 109 and allows the game balls stored in the ball tank to flow down are arranged. The payout device 109 connected to the ball tank 140 by the tank rail 141 is formed in a unit shape, and a predetermined number of game balls are received based on a signal for accepting a game ball from the tank rail 141 and instructing the payout of the game ball. Pay out.

  A substrate protective cover 142 in which a substrate and the like are built is provided below the tank rail 141. The board protective cover 142 plays a role of preventing these boards from being damaged by a sphere dropped from the tank rail 141 and preventing illegal acts on each board. Further, the substrate protection cover 142 protrudes from the back side of the pachinko machine 1, and the main substrate 101 is disposed below the substrate protection cover 142. Further, a sub-integrated board 111 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 5) is arranged on the back side of the main board 101 of the game board 4. Accordingly, the upper part of the main board 101 and the sub-integrated board 111 is covered with the board protection cover 142 protruding to the back side of the pachinko machine 1, and the main board 101 and the sub-integrated board 111 are damaged by the balls dropped from the tank rail 141. Is preventing.

  A launching device 135 is attached to the lower side of the back surface of the main body frame 3. This launching device 135 is configured by integrating a launching hammer that launches a sphere sent to the launching rail 15 and a launching motor that imparts a reciprocating rotation to the launching hammer, and is associated with the operation handle 18. ing. Further, a payout board 105 is provided on the right side of the launching device 135. The payout board 105 drives and controls the payout device 109 based on the receipt of a payout command for instructing payout of game balls from the main board 101.

  Next, various components and devices provided in the game board 4 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the game board 4.

  A game area 12 is defined on the inner side of the guide rail 11 described above, and a center unit 40 is disposed at the center of the game area 12. Note that a passage through which a game ball can pass is formed in the upper left part of the front of the center unit 40 and the lower left and right ends, and a swinging passage member 43 that swings based on the passage of the game ball (ball passing) Part). In addition, a rotating accessory 61 that is rotationally driven and controlled substantially horizontally (substantially parallel) with respect to the front surface of the game board 4 is provided in the upper right portion of the front surface of the center unit 40. In the present embodiment, the rotating accessory 61 is always rotationally driven clockwise during operation (drive).

  Further, the center unit 40 has a ball passage path (not shown) formed inside the back surface of the rotating combination 61, and an inlet 40 a of the ball passage path is formed on the left side of the rotating combination 61. Is provided with an outlet 40b of a ball passage route on the right side. In addition, a ball passage member 49 (ball passage portion) in which a passage through which a game ball can pass is formed in the lower portion of the rotating accessory 61 in the center unit 40.

  Further, in the upper left part of the front of the center unit 40 (above the rocking passage member 43 provided in the upper left part of the front of the center unit 40), the variation of normal symbols is controlled by the lighting control of the light emitter (in this embodiment, LED). A normal symbol display 44 for displaying is provided. In the present embodiment, the normal symbol is variably displayed by alternately turning on the LED built in the normal symbol indicator 44 in red and green, and after a predetermined period, either red or green is stopped. The display result of the normal symbol is derived by displaying.

  Further, an ordinary symbol start memory LED 48 which is constituted by a plurality of light emitters (four lamps in the present embodiment) and is controlled to be turned on / off is provided on the upper right side of the normal symbol display 44. Further, a state display LED 45 that controls lighting of the light emitter (LED in the present embodiment) according to the gaming state is provided below the normal start memory LED 48. A decorative lens cover corresponding to each of the normal symbol display 44, the universal drawing start memory LED 48 and the status display LED 45 is provided on the front surface.

  Further, an image display device 42 is provided at the center rear of the center unit 40 so as to be visible. In the present embodiment, the image display device 42 has three regions of left, middle, and right, and performs variable display of a plurality of types of decorative symbols that can be identified in each region. In addition, an effect image different from the decorative design is also displayed on the image display device 42.

  Further, an upper lamp 88 for irradiating light in front of and under the pachinko machine 1 is provided above the image display device 42, and a part of the upper lamp 88 is visible. The upper lamp 88 is controlled to be turned on / off in synchronism with the effect executed by the image display device 42, and enhances the effect of the content controlled by the image display device 42.

  In addition, a special symbol display 41 is provided in a substantially visible center in the upper left and right direction of the image display device 42. The special symbol display 41 is composed of a plurality of light emitters (four LEDs in this embodiment), and the special symbols are variably displayed by controlling the light emitters to be turned on / off in a predetermined manner. The LED is turned on in a predetermined manner as a display result of the special symbol. Further, on the left side of the special symbol display 41, a jackpot type display LED 46 which is composed of a plurality of light emitters (in this embodiment, two LEDs marked with ○ and ×) and which is controlled to be turned on / off. Is provided.

  Further, the lower part of the front of the image display device 42 is guided by a swing passage member 43 provided in the upper left part of the center unit 40 and a ball passage member 49 provided in the lower part of the rotating accessory 61 of the center unit 40. A stage 50 (ball rolling surface) on which the game ball can roll is provided.

  Further, a front decorative body 80 (decorative member) that constitutes a part of the center unit 40 and forms the outer edge of the center unit 40 is provided. Thus, the front decorative body 80 is provided with the swing passage member 43 and the ball passage member 49 described above, and a decorative lens cover corresponding to the normal symbol display 44, the universal start memory LED 48, and the status display LED 45. Is provided.

  Further, a discharge stage 80 a (ball rolling surface) that forms part of the stage 50 is formed at the lower edge of the front decorative body 80. The discharge stage 80a makes it possible to discharge a game ball that is inclined at a predetermined angle toward the front of the pachinko machine 1 and rolls on the stage 50 to the game area 12.

  The front decorative body 80 has a predetermined thickness forward from the board surface of the game board 4 so as to regulate the flow of game balls in the game area 12, and the game balls flowing down the game area 12 are decorated in the front face. By contacting the outer wall of the body 80, the game ball is guided to one of the left and right sides of the front decoration body 80, and the game ball is allowed to enter so as not to hinder the visual recognition of the image display device 42 and the rotational driving of the rotating accessory 61. Blocking.

  Thus, a part of the outer wall of the front decorative body 80 is formed with the inlet 40a of the ball passage path, the inlet of the spherical passage member 49, and the inlet of the swing passage member 43 provided at the upper left. .

  A gate 74 is provided on the left side of the center unit 40. The gate 74 is provided with a gate switch 74a (see FIG. 6) that detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 74. Note that the normal symbol change display on the normal symbol display 44 described above is started when the game ball passes through the gate 74 and is detected by the gate switch 74a. That is, the normal symbol display on the normal symbol display 44 is permitted in accordance with the detection of the game ball by the gate switch 74a.

  A variable winning device 70 is disposed below the center of the center unit 40. The variable winning device 70 includes a first starting port 72 (starting winning port) through which a game ball can be won from above, a second starting port 73 (starting winning port) provided below the first starting port 72, A start port switch 70a for detecting a game ball won in one start port 72 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 5: start detection means) and a start port switch 70b for detecting a game ball won in the second start port 73 (FIG. 5). (Only the reference numeral is described). Further, on both sides of the second starting port 73, a pair of movable pieces 71 are provided that can be rotated around a lower portion by a solenoid 71a. The second starting port 73 is normally closed by a first starting port 72 positioned above and a movable piece 71 positioned on both sides of the second starting port 73 so that a game ball cannot be won. The solenoid 71a is moved and the movable piece 71 is rotated to control the open state in which the game ball can be won from the left and right directions. In addition, a game ball is won at the first start port 72 and a predetermined number (for example, three) of the game balls is paid out based on the detection by the start port switch 70a. A predetermined number (for example, four) of game balls are paid out based on the winning of the ball and detection by the start port switch 70b.

  The discharge stage 80a formed at the lower edge portion of the front decorative body 80 is located directly above the variable prize-winning device 70, so that the game balls discharged from the discharge stage 80a are transferred to the first start port. 72 and the second starting port 73 are easy to win. However, the ball discharge portion of the discharge stage 80a is formed wider than the diameter of the game ball. For this reason, the rate at which the game ball wins the first start port 72 or the second start port 73 varies depending on the discharge portion of the game ball at the discharge stage 80a. That is, the configuration in which the game balls discharged from the discharge stage 80a are likely to win the first start port 72 and the second start port 73 is that the game balls roll on the stage 50 (on the circular guide portion 54 described later). It means that it is easier to win than when winning at the first start port 72 or the second start port 73 without rolling). The game ball discharged from the discharge stage 80a is not necessarily the first start port 72. Alternatively, the prize is not awarded to the second start port 73.

  Further, when the game ball enters the swing passage member 43 provided at the left and right lower ends of the front decorative body 80, the game ball can be guided toward the center of the game area 12 in which the variable winning device 70 is disposed. That is, even when the game ball is not guided to the stage 50 by the swing passage member 43 and the ball passage member 49 provided at the upper left part of the front face of the front decorative body 80, the front decorative body 80 is positioned at the left and right lower ends. Since the game ball enters the swinging passage member 43 that is guided to the center of the game area 12 in which the variable winning device 70 is disposed, the game ball is not guided to the center of the game area 12. The winning rate to the first start port 72 and the second start port 73 is increased. The swing passage member 43 swings left and right around a rotation axis that protrudes vertically on the front surface of the game board 4 when the game ball passes. In this way, since the swing passage member 43 swings to the left and right when the game ball passes, it is possible to confirm the passage of the game ball and change the game so as not to bore the player. be able to.

  Thus, in order to guide the game ball on the stage 50 by the game ball entering the swing passage member 43, or to guide the game ball toward the center of the game area where the variable winning device 70 is arranged. Thus, when a game ball enters the swing passage member 43, it is possible to enhance the expectation for winning in the first start port 72 and the second start port 73.

  Below the variable winning device 70, a big winning opening / closing device 75 (large winning mouth device) is arranged. The special prize opening / closing device 75 has a special prize opening in a predetermined area. Also, the entrance of the prize winning opening is formed in a horizontally-long rectangular shape, and the prize opening opening / closing device 75 is provided in front of the entrance of the prize winning opening, and can be rotated by a solenoid 76a with the lower part as a fulcrum. And a count switch 75a (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 5) for detecting a game ball won in the big winning opening. It should be noted that the prize winning opening / closing device 75 is normally controlled so that the front door 76 stands up and closes the entrance of the prize winning opening so that the game ball cannot be won, moves the solenoid 76a, and moves the front door 76. The pachinko machine 1 is rotated in the forward direction with the lower part of the pachinko as a fulcrum, and the game ball is controlled to an open state in which a prize can be won. Further, a predetermined number (for example, 14) of game balls are paid out based on the fact that a game ball has won a prize winning opening and is detected by the count switch 75a.

  In addition, at the lowermost part of the game area 12 below the big prize opening / closing device 75, the game area 12 flows down and the game balls that have not won any prize opening or prize device are discharged from the game area 12. An out port 77 is provided. The game area 12 is also provided with a plurality of general winning holes 13 through which game balls can be won from above, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out based on the winning of the game balls in the general winning holes 13. . Note that the game ball that won the general prize opening 13 was detected by the general prize opening switch 13a (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 5), and the game ball won the general prize opening 13 and was detected by the general prize opening switch 13a. Based on this, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls are paid out.

  Although not shown, each device such as the center unit 40 provided in the game area 12 of the game board 4 is provided with a plurality of lamps and LEDs (for example, the upper lamp 88). Then, the effect of the effect is enhanced by controlling the lighting and extinction of the lamp and the LED in accordance with the effect mode of the effect executed by the image display device 42. Hereinafter, these lamps and LEDs may be referred to as game board lamps. Further, although not shown, a plurality of obstacle nails projecting from the front surface of the game board 4 (the side where the game area 12 is formed) change the flow direction of the game ball and makes the behavior of the game ball interesting.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a circuit configuration in the main board group and the peripheral board group. Various boards constituting the main board group and the peripheral board group are attached to the back side of the game board 4.

  The main board group includes a main board 101 and a payout board 105. The main board 101 includes a CPU 102 (privilege grant determining means) as a central processing unit, a ROM 103 as a read-only memory, and a RAM 104 as a readable / writable memory. The CPU 102 controls various games performed in the pachinko machine 1 by executing a game control program stored in the ROM 103, and transmits commands to the peripheral board group and the payout board 105 (effect command, payout command, etc.) Or create. The RAM 104 temporarily stores information such as various data generated in various processes executed on the main board 101 and input signals.

  The main board 101 receives detection signals from the gate switch 74a, the start port switches 70a and 70b, the count switch 75a, the general winning port switch 13a, and the like. And CPU102 performs the process according to these input detection signals. That is, based on the input detection signal, solenoids 71a and 76a, special symbol display 41, normal symbol display 44, special diagram start memory lamp 47 (light emitting member), general diagram start memory LED 48, status display LED 45, jackpot type A drive signal is output to the display LEDs 46 and the like. Further, a payout command for instructing the payout board 105 to pay out the game ball according to the winning is output.

  The payout board 105 includes a payout CPU 106 as a central processing unit, a payout ROM 107 as a read-only memory, and a payout RAM 108 as a readable / writable memory. When a game ball is detected by the above-described start port switches 70a and 70b, count switch 75a, general winning port switch 13a, etc., detection signals are input from the switches to the main board 101, and detection signals are input. Based on this, a payout command for instructing payout of game balls is sent from the CPU 102 mounted on the main board 101 to the payout board 105. The payout board 105 processes the payout command received from the main board 101, and outputs a drive signal for executing the number of payouts according to the payout command to the payout device 109 (payout motor). Based on the input of the drive signal, the payout device 109 pays out the game ball.

  Also, a launching device 135 having a launching motor that launches a game ball toward the game area 12 is connected to the payout board 105. Then, based on the operation of the operation handle 18, the launching device 135 drives the launch motor to launch a game ball. Although not shown, the launching device 135 has a built-in touch sensor for detecting that the player is touching the operation handle 18. The touch sensor detects that the player is touching, and further controls the operation handle 18. Based on the operation of, the firing device 135 can drive the firing motor. In addition, a lower pan full switch for detecting that the lower pan is full is provided, and the operation of the operation handle 18 is controlled so that it cannot be accepted when a detection signal is input from the lower pan full switch. The firing motor 135 may not be able to drive the firing motor. That is, the game balls paid out from the payout device 109 are stored in the upper plate 28, but when the game balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 28 are discharged, the lower plate communicated with the upper plate 28. 17 is stored. In this state, when a game ball is further paid out from the payout device 109, a detection signal is output by a lower plate full tank switch that detects that the lower plate 17 is full, and this detection signal is input. Sometimes, the operation of the operation handle 18 may be controlled so as not to be accepted. In this case, it may be configured such that the operation of the operation handle 18 can be received based on the detection signal from the lower pan full switch being not input.

  The peripheral board group includes a sub-integrated board 111, a lamp relay board 119, an accessory control board 115, and a display control board 120. The sub-integrated board 111 includes an integrated CPU 112 (symbol display control means), an integrated ROM 113, and an integrated RAM 114. The sub-integrated board 111 also includes a sound source IC 128 that controls sound output and a sound ROM 127 as a read-only memory related to sound output. The integrated CPU 112 executes a process based on the effect command received from the main board 101 by executing the effect control program stored in the integrated ROM 113. The integrated RAM 114 temporarily stores information such as various data generated in various processes executed by the sub-integrated board 111, input / output signals, effect commands received from the main board 101, and the like. Then, the integrated CPU 112 reads the effect command received from the main board 101 stored in the RAM 114, transmits the display command to the display control board 120 based on the read effect command, or the effect effect to the lamp relay board 119. A command and a drive signal are transmitted, a sound output mode based on the production command is read out from the sound ROM 127 by the sound source IC 128, and a drive signal corresponding to the read sound output mode is output to the upper speaker 29 and the lower speaker 14, A drive signal is output to the frame lamp 27.

  The lamp relay board 119 transmits the accessory effect command received from the sub-integrated board 111 to the game board lamp and the accessory control board 115. Note that the lamp relay board 119 only transmits the accessory effect command transmitted from the sub-integrated board 111 to the game board lamp and accessory control board 115, and in effect, the game board lamp and accessory control board 115. This is controlled by the sub-integrated board 111. Hereinafter, the lamp relay board 119 may be omitted for explanation.

  The accessory control board 115 includes an accessory CPU 116 as a central processing unit, an accessory ROM 117 as a read-only memory, and an accessory RAM 118 as a readable / writable memory. The display control board 120 includes a display CPU 121 as a central processing unit, a display ROM 122 as a read-only memory, and a display RAM 123 as a readable / writable memory.

  The accessory CPU 116 mounted on the accessory control board 115 outputs a drive signal to the motor 63 and the LED 61a based on the accessory effect command received from the sub-integrated board 111 via the lamp relay board 119. By rotating the motor 61 to output a driving signal, the rotating accessory 61 is controlled to rotate, and by outputting the driving signal to the LED 61a, a predetermined afterglow is displayed. Further, the display CPU 121 mounted on the display control board 120 controls the image display device 42 based on the display command from the sub-integrated board 111.

  Here, a game realized by the game board 4 provided with the various components and devices described above will be described. When the player operates the operation handle 18, a game ball is launched by the launching device 135 provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 1. The game ball launched from the launching device 135 is discharged to the upper part of the game area 12 through the launch rail 15 and the guide rail 11, and flows down toward the out port 77 while colliding with the game nail or the like. Then, when the game ball flowing down the game area 12 passes through the gate 74 and is detected by the gate switch 74a, the normal symbol display 44 changes the normal symbol (the LED is lit in green and red alternately). Is started.

  When a game ball is detected by the gate switch 74a, the normal random number per symbol is extracted from a counter that updates the normal random number per symbol within a predetermined range. Then, when the normal symbol display 44 starts to display the fluctuation of the normal symbol, it is determined whether or not to win based on the determination random number per normal symbol. As a result of the fluctuation display, the mode according to the determination result In this embodiment, the LED is stopped and displayed with a red lighting display if it is a hit, and a green lighting display if it is off.

  In addition, the random number per normal symbol extracted based on the fact that the game ball passes through the gate 74 and the game ball is detected by the gate switch 74a while the normal symbol display 44 is executing the normal symbol variation display is It is possible to store up to a predetermined number (four in this embodiment), and the number of stored random numbers per ordinary symbol is displayed by the number of lighting of the normal start memory LED 48. Specifically, the general-purpose start memory LED 48 is one LED each time a game ball is detected by the gate switch 74a when the passage of the gate 74 is effective (when the number of start memories of the normal symbol is less than 4). Each time the normal symbol display 44 starts to display the fluctuation of the normal symbol, one LED that is lit is extinguished.

  In the present embodiment, when it is determined that the winning is based on the normal random number per symbol determination, the normal symbol variation display is started, and after a predetermined period has elapsed, the display is stopped in a state in which it is lit red, and then the solenoid By moving 71a, the movable piece 71 is rotated to control the variable winning device 70 to be in an open state for a predetermined period. On the other hand, when it is determined to be off based on the determination random number per normal symbol, the normal symbol variation display is started, and after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, it is stopped and displayed in a green state, and the variable winning device 70 is displayed. Do not control to open state. Specifically, when the winning determination is made based on the normal random number per symbol determination, the normal symbol variation display is started, and after a predetermined period has elapsed, the red light is turned on and stopped, and then the solenoid is displayed. 71a is moved to open the movable piece 71 of the second start port 73 for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds). Then, when a predetermined period has passed, the solenoid 71a is moved again to close the movable piece 71. On the other hand, when it is determined that the deviation is based on the determination random number per normal symbol, the normal symbol variation display is started, and after the predetermined period has elapsed, the green piece is lit in green and stopped, and then the movable piece 71 is moved. Although the opening control is not performed, the second starting port 73 is controlled so that the game ball cannot be won, but the first starting port 72 is in a state where the game ball can be won.

  When a game ball is won at the first start port 72 or the second start port 73 and the game ball is detected by the start port switch 70a and the start port switch 70b, the special symbol display 41 changes the special symbol. If it is in a state where display can be started (for example, a state in which no big hit game is being played, and a state in which special symbols and decorative symbols are not being displayed in a variable state), the special symbol display 41 starts the variable symbol variation display, The image display device 42 starts displaying the decorative symbols in a variable manner. When the special symbol and decorative symbol change display is stopped after a lapse of a predetermined period, and the special symbol at the time of the stop is a specific display mode (a combination of lighting of multiple light emitters that will be a big hit: jackpot symbol), The decorative symbol stop symbol (the state in which all the left, middle and right decorative symbols are stopped) is also in a specific display mode (the same decorative symbol combination: jackpot symbol), and the control of the “hit game state” is started.

  That is, the solenoid 76a is driven, and the lower part of the front door 76 that closes the entrance of the big prize opening is pivoted toward the front of the pachinko machine 1 to control the big prize opening opening / closing device 75 to the open state for a predetermined time. (For example, 30 seconds) Or, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls wins the big prize opening and is kept open until the count switch 75a detects it. Thereafter, the solenoid 76a is driven to stand up with the lower portion of the front door 76 as a fulcrum to close the entrance of the prize winning opening, and the prize winning opening / closing device 75 is controlled to be closed. Then, when the open / close cycle (hereinafter referred to as a round operation) from the control of the prize winning opening / closing device 75 to the closed state is controlled, for example, 15 times (15 rounds), the big hit game End the state. As described above, when the game state is controlled to the big hit gaming state, the big winning opening is opened, and the first starting opening 72 and the second starting opening 73 are made to win a game ball in the opened large winning opening. Since it is possible to acquire a large amount of game balls in a shorter time than winning game balls, it is possible to increase the interest of the player.

  Although details will be described later, in this embodiment, the maximum number of rounds executed in the jackpot gaming state differs for each model, for example, set to “15 times”, “10 times” Some are set and others are set to "5 times". That is, in the sub-integrated board 111, one big hit game state is determined based on the control command transmitted from the main board 101 from the three types of big hit game states.

  In the present embodiment, the left, middle and right decorative symbols are controlled to stop in the order of left decorative symbol → right decorative symbol → middle decorative symbol. The decorative symbol stop symbol is a symbol in which all the left, middle and right decorative symbols are stopped when the left, middle and right decorative symbols start to change and the middle decorative symbol is stopped. A combination of

  In addition, when the special symbol at the time of stoppage is a special mode (a combination of lighting of a plurality of light emitters that are probable large hits) among the specific display modes, the stop symbol of the decorative symbol is also a special mode (probable variable big hit symbol: In the present embodiment, the combination of the same odd number of symbols), and after controlling to the jackpot gaming state, the probability of the next jackpot gaming state is increased (in this embodiment, the probability variation state is 1/70, the probability variation state Otherwise, 1/490). That is, it becomes a more advantageous state for the player in the probability variation state. In the probability variation state, the variation time from the start of variation display of the special symbol on the special symbol display 41 to the stop display of the special symbol, and the variation display of the normal symbol on the normal symbol display 44 are started. Control for shortening the fluctuation time from when the normal symbol is displayed until the normal symbol is stopped to a normal state, control for increasing the probability that the normal symbol variation display result of the normal symbol display unit 44 is “winning”, the normal symbol display unit 44. Control for extending the opening time of the movable piece 71 opened based on the fact that the normal symbol variation display is “win” at 44 (in this embodiment, 0.5% in the normal state). Control for increasing the number of times that the variable prize-winning device 70 is opened to the open state more than the normal state (in this embodiment, once in the normal state, the time is shortened). State and probability change In the state, three times), time reduction control and the like is also performed.

  In addition, when the special symbol at the time of the stop is a non-special mode (a combination of lighting of a plurality of light emitters that are non-probable big hits) different from the special mode among the specific display modes, the stop symbol of the decorative symbol is also non- It becomes a special mode (non-probable big hit symbol: in this embodiment, the same even number of symbols), and after controlling to the big hit gaming state, a special number of special times (100 times in this embodiment) is displayed on the special symbol display 41. Control that shortens the variation time of the special symbol and the variation time of the normal symbol until the variation display of the symbol is executed. The result of the variation display of the normal symbol on the normal symbol display unit 44 is “hit”. Time-shortening control, such as control for extending the opening time of the movable piece 71 opened based on the fact that the variable winning device 70 is opened from the normal state, control for increasing the number of times the variable winning device 70 is opened, compared to the normal state, etc. Execution It is. In the short time state, the winning probability to the second start port 73 increases until the special symbol change display is executed a predetermined number of times on the special symbol display 41, and the number of executions of the special symbol change display in the predetermined period is increased. Can be increased, so that the player is in an advantageous state. In the probability variation state described above, in addition to the time reduction control, the probability that the normal symbol change display result is “hit” on the normal symbol display 44 is increased, which is more advantageous to the player than the time reduction state. It becomes a state. The normal state is a state other than the probability variation state and the short time state described above.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, three game balls are won at the first start port 72, and three game balls are won at the second start port 73 when detected by the start port switch 70a. When detected by the mouth switch 70b, four game balls are paid out. As described above, since the first starting port 72 can always win a game ball from above, if there are too many payouts for the winning of the game ball, the starting port (the first starting port 72 and the second starting port 73). ) Will be restrained (by eliminating the disadvantages on the side of the operator, etc.), and as a result, the expectation of the lottery game (determining whether or not to make a big hit game state) will be reduced, which will make the player uncomfortable I will give it. Further, if the number of payouts is too small, the number of game balls required for the lottery game increases, and as a result, excessive investment is required, resulting in a disadvantage to the player. On the other hand, the second start port 73 provides a game advantageous to the player in a short time state and a probability variation state, which will be described later, and performs extension control of the opening time and the number of opening times of the movable piece 71, The winning probability for the second starting port 73 is increased. However, if the number of payouts for winning a game ball is too small, the number of payouts for the shot ball is reduced, and the game ball is reduced in spite of an advantageous game state, which gives the player an uncomfortable feeling. Considering these events, the number of payouts (3, 4) for each of the first start port 72 and the second start port 73 is set.

  The display result of the special symbol on the special symbol display 41 corresponds to the display result of the decorative symbol on the image display device 42. That is, when it is determined that the special symbol display 41 and the image display device 42 do not make a big hit when starting to display the variation of the special symbol and the decorative symbol, the special symbol display 41 has a specific display mode. The LED is turned on in a different state and the special symbol is stopped and displayed, and the display result of the image display device in a different state from the specific display mode (offset symbol: symbol other than the big hit symbol, book In the embodiment, a combination of at least two types of identification information (designs) is derived.

  Further, the decorative symbols that are variably displayed on the image display device 42 are symbols for effects different from the special symbols that are variably displayed on the special symbol display 41. The contents are displayed to the player with the effect being further enhanced by using the decorative design for the effect. In other words, when the LED in the special symbol display 41 is lit and displayed in a specific display mode, the transition to the big hit gaming state is controlled. Even if the LED in the special symbol display 41 is not lit and displayed in a specific display mode, the transition control to the big hit gaming state is not performed.

  In the present embodiment, the state display LED 45 is controlled to be turned on in red in the above-described probability variation state, and is controlled to be turned on in green in the above-described time-short state. Then, when the short-time state and the probability variation state are finished, that is, when the control to the normal state is started, and when it is controlled to the big hit gaming state, the state display LED 45 is turned off.

  In the present embodiment, the jackpot type display LED 46 described above is lit while the jackpot gaming state is being executed. Specifically, depending on the type of the big hit game state, either one or both of the left side LED with ○ of the big hit type display LED 46 and the right side LED with × is turned on. . In this embodiment, since it is possible to control only one type of big hit gaming state, even if the big hit type display LED 46 is controlled to light, there is no effect. The type of the big hit game state can be grasped by controlling the big hit type display LED 46 to be turned on / off corresponding to a plurality of types of the big hit game state.

  For example, as a plurality of types of big hit gaming states, the first big hit gaming state in which “7 times” is set as the number of rounds executed in the big hit gaming state, and the round number executed in the big hit gaming state is “15 times”. When the first big hit gaming state is set to be executable, the right LED (LED marked with x) of the big hit type display LED 46 is turned on during the execution of the first big hit gaming state. In addition, during the execution of the second big hit game state, the control for turning on the LED on the left side of the big hit type display LED 46 (the LED with a circle) may be executed. Thus, the pachinko machine 1 in the present embodiment is configured to be compatible with gaming machines that can be controlled to a plurality of types of big hit gaming states.

  Next, the configuration of the above-described center unit 40 on the stage 50 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the game board 4 as viewed from the upper right.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the swing path member 43 and the front decorative body provided at the upper left part of the front decorative body 80 are provided at the rear left side and the rear right side edge (back side of the pachinko machine 1) of the center unit 40. A ball guiding member 65 (passage constituting member) for guiding the game ball that has entered the ball passage member 49 provided in the upper right portion of 80 to the stage 50 of the game board 4 is located.

  In addition, the ball guide member 65 includes a branch passage 67 (ball passage, passage, passage main body) in which a downstream portion (a branch portion 673 described later) branches into two branches and guides the game ball to one of them, and a swing passage member. 43 and a connecting passage 66 for connecting the ball passage member 49 to the branch passage 67, and the game balls that have entered the swing passage member 43 and the ball passage member 49 are discharged to the connecting passage 66 and then connected to the connecting passage 66. To enter the branch passage 67 from the inlet of the ball guide member 65, flow down the branch passage 67 and discharge to the outside of the ball guide member 65 from one of the upper guide port 68 and the lower guide port 69. Discharged. The upper guide port 68 and the lower guide port 69 are examples of a plurality of discharge ports. The upper guide port 68 is an example of a first discharge port, and the lower guide port 69 is an example of a second discharge port.

  FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of the ball guide member 65. As shown in FIG. 7, a branch passage 67 is formed in the shape of a passage having a width dimension for one game ball inside the ball guide member 65. Further, the branch passage 67 is bent and formed with a predetermined width dimension (a width dimension equal to or smaller than the width dimension of the stage unit 50a), and the game ball is inserted into the depth direction (left side direction in the drawing) and the near side direction (illustrated in the drawing) of the pachinko machine 1. A bent portion 671 (depth guiding passage portion) that flows down while rolling in the right direction), and a game ball that is formed with a width of approximately one gaming ball and has flowed down the bent portion 671, flows down substantially vertically. It consists of a feeding part 672 and a branch part 673 (distribution part) that branches into two branches and distributes to one of the upper guide port 68 or the lower guide port 69. Note that the branch passage 67 in the present embodiment only needs to have at least the feeding portion 672 formed with a width dimension for one game ball, and the bent portion 671 and the branch portion 673 have a width dimension for one game ball. It does not have to be formed.

  The bent portion 671 is composed of a single ball passage in which a plurality of layers of passages are connected at the end thereof, and the game ball Q1 that has entered the swing passage member 43 and the ball passage member 49 passes through the connection passage 66, It is discharged from the entrance of the sphere guide member 65 into the branch passage 67. The game ball Q2 released to the branch passage 67 rolls in the depth direction of the pachinko machine 1 at the bent portion 671, collides with the inner wall of the branch passage 67, weakens its momentum (entry speed), and flows down. Then, it is guided toward the front side of the pachinko machine 1. Thus, in this embodiment, since the branch passage 67 is bent and formed with a predetermined distance width (passage width in the left-right direction in FIG. 7), the game ball that rolls in the bent portion 671 has its momentum (rolling). It is formed so as to collide with the inner wall of the branch passage 67 before the speed) increases and weaken its momentum, and the momentum (rolling speed) of the game ball entering the branch passage 67 can be suppressed or stabilized.

  Note that the game ball guided in the forward direction (right direction in FIG. 7) after flowing down the bent portion 671 again collides with the inner wall of the branch passage 67 and flows down substantially vertically (vertically), and the feeding portion Enter 672. The sending-in part 672 has a width dimension corresponding to one game ball, regulates the game ball, flows down substantially right (vertically), and sends it to the branch part 673. The branching portion 673 has a branching member 67a (branching vibration) projecting from the rear surface (surface far from the stage 50) where the ball guiding member 65 is not exposed at the approximate center of the width in the depth direction of the feeding portion 672. And a projecting member). Then, the game ball Q3 sent from the sending-in part 672 collides (abuts) the center part with the surface of the branching member 67a perpendicularly, and is guided to one of the upper guide port 68 or the lower guide port 69. A game ball Q4 guided to the upper guide port 68 falls on an upper rail 52 described later and rolls toward the circular guide portion 54, and a game ball Q5 guided to the lower guide port 69 is described later. It falls on the lower rail 53 and rolls toward the circular guiding portion 54.

  The upper surface of the branch member 67a (the surface on which the game ball flowing down the branch passage 67 abuts) is formed to be substantially flat, and the branch portion 673 is divided into two regions by the branch member 67a. With this configuration, the game ball flowing down the branch passage 67 collides with the branch member 67a and is irregularly guided to one of the upper guide port 68 and the lower guide port 69. It is possible to prevent the distribution ratio with the rail 53 from being biased. Further, the game ball Q3 fed from the feed portion 672 and having contact with the branching member 67a has a space equal to or greater than one game ball in the left-right direction (so as to have play), that is, the game ball Q3 Since the branch portion 673 is formed so as to increase the degree of freedom, it is possible to prevent the game ball that has come into contact with the branch member 67a from being caught in the branch passage 67 and causing a ball clogging.

  Further, the game ball flowing down the branch passage 67 inevitably collides with the branch member 67a. In addition, the momentum (entry speed) is weakened by rolling in the depth direction and the near side of the pachinko machine 1 in the branch passage 67 and colliding with the inner wall of the branch passage 67, but after being weakened by the branch passage 67 Even if the momentum is above a certain level, the momentum can be completely suppressed by colliding with the branching member 67a. That is, the game ball that has flowed down the branch passage 67 and guided in the front direction of the pachinko machine 1 again collides with the inner wall of the branch passage 67 and flows down almost directly below. And since it collides with the upper part of the branch member 67a substantially perpendicularly, it becomes possible to stop the momentum completely.

  Further, in this embodiment, the momentum (flowing speed) of the game ball is suppressed by the branch passage 67, and the momentum (flowing speed) of the game ball is weakened before it collides with the branching member 67a, so that the load on the branching member 67a is reduced. This can reduce the length of the branch member 67a. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the game ball flowing down the branch passage 67 collides with the upper part of the branch member 67a, but the branch member 67a has a narrow vertically long shape (in FIG. 7, the width dimension in the left-right direction is small and the vertical direction) The durability of the branching member 67a is enhanced.

  Further, the branch member 67a is provided so that the height position of the upper surface of the branch member 67a and the height positions of the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are within a predetermined width dimension (for example, within 2 cm). Yes. That is, the game ball Q3 that is in contact with the branch member 67a falls from the branch member 67a onto the upper rail 52 or the lower rail 53. At this time, the greater the difference between the height position of the upper surface of the branching member 67a and the height positions of the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53, the greater the impact applied to the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53, and the upper rail. 52 and the lower rail 53 become easy to break. In the present embodiment, the load on the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 can be reduced by reducing the difference between the height position of the upper surface of the branching member 67a and the height position of the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53. It becomes possible to make the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 last longer.

  The ball guiding member 65 that forms the branch passage 67 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material (for example, polycarbonate). Thereby, the game ball passing through the branch passage 67 is configured to be visible to the player. The branch passage 67 includes a passage bottom wall, a passage inner wall, and a passage outer wall. The wall surface portion 65a of the sphere guide member 65 serving as the passage outer wall of the branch passage 67 (passage outer wall, sphere viewing portion, outer wall of the route) ) Is the center of the stage 50 as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B (in the figure, the ball guide member 65 located at the right end of the stage 50 as viewed from the player side is illustrated). It is formed in a curved surface shape that rises to the side. Further, as shown in FIG. 8A, the bent portion 671 of the branch passage 67 having such a curved-surface-shaped passage outer wall (wall surface portion 65a) has a passage outer wall located at the front position of the pachinko machine 1. The stage 50 is extended with a slight inclination angle (smooth curved surface) with respect to the depth width direction (front-rear direction) of the stage 50 so that the player can visually recognize it. In other words, the bent portion 671 of the branch passage 67 that guides the game ball in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction with respect to the depth width of the stage 50 is, as viewed from the front, the downstream side (the communication side with the feeding portion 672) is the upstream side (connected). The extending direction of the passage is set so as to be located on the outer side as compared with the communication side with the passage 66. Thereby, the game ball flowing down in the bent portion 671 is gradually guided to the outside along with the flow down. Therefore, when a plurality of game balls pass through the bent portion 671, the game ball R1 passing through the downstream side of the bent portion 671 is positioned outside the game ball R2 passing through the upstream side of the bent portion 671. Thus, the game balls R1 and R2 do not completely overlap in front view. In addition, according to the structure of embodiment, since a depth guidance path part is formed by one path part (it is different from the structure which connected the several channel | path part), a game ball can be guide | induced smoothly. .

  Further, the upper guide port 68 and the lower guide port 69 described above are formed in the curved outer wall (wall surface portion 65a) of the curved surface of the branch passage 67, but the wall surface portion 65a is the depth of the stage 50. By extending with a smooth curved surface with respect to the width direction (front-rear direction), each guide port 68, 69 can also be visually recognized by the player whose opening is the front position of the pachinko machine 1. It has become. That is, when viewed from the front, the opening portion of the lower guide port 69 can be visually recognized at the outer portion with the branch member 67a as a boundary, and the open portion of the upper guide port 68 can be visually recognized at the inner portion with the branch member 67a as the boundary. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 8B, the game balls R3 distributed to the lower guide port 69 side by the branch member 67a are the openings (lower guide ports 69) located on the outside in front view with the branch member 67a as a boundary. The game ball R4 distributed to the upper guide port 68 side by the branch member 67a is discharged from an opening (upper guide port 68) located inward in front view with the branch member 67a as a boundary. Thus, it is possible to clearly recognize which guide port 68, 69 the game ball is discharged from.

  The game ball discharged from the upper guide port 68 is guided to the circular guide portion 54 via the upper rail 52 described later, and the game ball discharged from the lower guide port 69 passes through the lower rail 53 described later. The game ball guided by the circular guide portion 54 is sent to the circular guide portion 54 more vigorously than the game ball flowing down the upper rail 52, so that a later-described guide passage 58 is provided. As a result, it is easy to win the start opening (first start opening 72) (details will be described later). Therefore, whether or not the game ball is likely to win the starting port (first starting port 72) afterwards depending on whether the gaming ball is discharged from the upper guide port 68 or the game ball is discharged from the lower guide port 69. Can be roughly determined. For this reason, the structure which can recognize clearly from which guide opening 68,69 the above-mentioned game balls are discharged | emitted is on stage 50 (including the upper rail 52, the lower rail 53, and the circular guide part 54). It is designed to further enhance the fun of the sphere of game balls. The circular guiding portion 54 is an example of an annular rolling allowance unit. The surface of the circular guiding portion 54 is an example of a rolling surface. The upper rail 52, the lower rail 53, and the circular guide portion 54 are an example of an upper ball rolling surface. On the other hand, the stage 50 and the ball receiving stage 80a are examples of a lower ball rolling surface. Moreover, the upper rail 52, the lower rail 53, and the circular guide | induction part 54 are examples of a rail-shaped channel | path. The upper rail 52 and the circular guide portion 54 are an example of a first guide passage, and the lower rail 53 and the circular guide portion 54 are an example of a second guide passage. The upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are examples of receiving rails. The circular guiding part 54 is an example of a feed rail.

  Further, an LED substrate 94 (light irradiation means) on which a plurality of LEDs 95 are mounted is provided on the back side of the ball guiding member 65 (branch passage 67) formed of a transparent synthetic resin material. The light emitted from the LED 95 is irradiated from the back side of the branch passage 67 through the transparent ball guide member 65 to the center side of the stage 50, so that the entire ball guide member 65 including the branch passage 67 is light-decorated. It has become. Further, it is easier for the player to see which part of the game ball passing through the branch passage 67 is passing through the branch passage 67 by the light emission of the LED 95.

  FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the game board 4 as viewed from the front upper side. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, the center unit 40 is provided with a stage 50 having a predetermined width in the depth direction from the lower outer wall of the front decorative body 80 so as to be positioned in front of and below the image display device 42. It has been. In the stage 50, the game balls introduced from the swing passage member 43 provided at the upper left portion of the front decorative body 80 and the ball passage member 49 provided at the lower portion of the rotating accessory 61 of the center unit 40 roll. A possible area is formed. In addition, the surface of the stage 50 is inclined at a predetermined angle toward the front side of the pachinko machine, and is configured to discharge game balls that roll on the stage 50 toward the front side of the pachinko machine.

  Further, a guide passage 58 (guidance passage) having a passage shape for one game ball is formed at the center of the stage 50. In addition, the guide passage 58 descends below the stage 50 and bends and extends from there to the front surface side, and is connected to the discharge port 51 (ball discharge portion) formed at the center of the lower outer wall of the front decorative body 80. The discharge port 51 is formed directly above the variable winning device 70 on the lower outer wall of the front decorative body 80, and the game ball embedded in the guide passage 58 is guided to the discharge port 51 and discharged right below the discharge port 51. By doing so, it becomes easy to win the first start opening 72. The discharge port 51 is disposed below the discharge stage 80a formed at the lower edge of the front decorative body 80 (a position closer to the first start port 72 than the discharge stage 80a), and is connected to the guide passage 58. It is formed in an opening shape for one connected game ball. For this reason, the game ball discharged from the discharge port 51 can easily win the first start port 72 with a high probability (probability close to 100%).

  In addition, a plurality of support members 57 having a predetermined height (in this embodiment, a height equal to or larger than the diameter dimension of the game ball) are formed on the surface of the stage 50 so as to protrude from the upper surface of the stage 50. A hollow guide portion 54 (which forms the shape of an annular sphere guide passage) is formed in the front side of the pachinko machine 1 at the upper part of the plurality of support members 57 that are formed so as to protrude substantially in the center in the left-right direction of the stage 50. It is placed so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle. The circular guiding portion 54 has a wall portion 54a (both side wall portions as a spherical guiding passage: a protruding portion) that protrudes upward from the surface of the circular guiding portion 54 along the outer periphery and the inner periphery. It has the groove part 54b (bottom part as a bulb | ball guide path) enclosed by the wall part 54a of the inner periphery. Further, the support member 57 has a columnar shape, and the diameter dimension of the cross section thereof is formed with a value smaller than the diameter dimension of the game ball. Thereby, the game ball rolling on the stage 50 is discharged in the front direction of the pachinko machine 1 without stopping on the back side of the support member 57.

  Further, the groove 54b of the circular guiding portion 54 has a predetermined width (in this embodiment, a width wider than the diameter dimension of the game ball), and the game ball can roll. In the present embodiment, the groove portion 54b is formed so as to have a width sufficiently wider than the diameter size of the game ball, and the degree of freedom of the game ball in the circular guide portion 54 is increased, so that the rotation of the game ball in the circular guide portion 54 is increased. Each movement can have a change. In the present embodiment, the outer peripheral and inner peripheral wall portions 54a of the circular guide portion 54 are formed so as to protrude upward from the upper surface of the circular guide portion 54 so as to have a height smaller than the diameter dimension of the game ball. It is possible to visually recognize substantially the entire game ball rolling on the groove portion 54b of the guide portion 54.

  In the present embodiment, the circular guide portion 54 is placed so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle toward the front side of the pachinko machine 1, but the wall portion 54a is formed so as to protrude along the outer periphery of the circular guide portion 54. The game ball that rolls in the groove 54b of the circular guide portion 54 comes into contact with the outer periphery and is bounced inward, and does not fall from the circular guide portion 54 toward the front side of the pachinko machine. That is, the wall portion 54 a is a fall prevention means for preventing the game ball from dropping from the circular guide portion 54. In the present embodiment, the wall portion 54a is formed to protrude so as to have a height smaller than the diameter of the game ball so that the game ball rolling on the groove portion 54b can be visually recognized. However, the wall portion 54a is transparent. By forming the resin 54 (for example, acrylic resin such as ABS resin), the wall 54a protrudes from the upper surface of the circular guide 54 (groove 54b) at a height that is equal to or greater than the diameter of the game ball. It may be formed.

  Moreover, the wall part 54a of the inner periphery of the circular guide part 54 has a notch part from which a part thereof is cut off. In the present embodiment, the circular guide portion 54 has a notch portion 54c drilled in a part on the inner peripheral back side, and a notch portion 54d drilled in a part on the inner peripheral front side, and the inner peripheral front side. The cutout 54d on the side has a wall 54a cut out over a wider area than the cutout 54c on the inner peripheral back side, and the groove 54b corresponding to the cutout 54d on the front side on the inner periphery (notch on the front side on the inner periphery in the groove 54b) The part 54d of the portion 54d located on the front side of the pachinko machine 1 is inclined to the back side of the pachinko machine 1, and the game ball is discharged in the direction of the notch 54d on the front side of the inner periphery. The circular guide portion 54 is placed such that the guide passage 58 is positioned below the hollow portion, and an upper guide passage 55 that connects the notch portion 54c on the back side of the circular guide portion 54 and the guide passage 58 is provided. A lower guide path 56 that connects the guide passage 58 and a part of the notch 54 d on the front side of the circular guide 54 is formed.

  Further, on both the left and right sides of the depth direction in the depth direction of the circular guiding portion 54, the circular guiding portion 54 is placed on the upper portion of the support member 57 formed to project from the stage 50, and the upper guiding opening 68 of the ball guiding member 65 and the circular guiding portion. 54 is connected to the upper rail 52, and the left and right portions of the circular guide portion 54 in the depth direction are placed on the upper portion of the support member 57 formed to protrude from the stage 50, thereby guiding the ball. A lower rail 53 that bridges the lower guide port 69 of the member 65 and the circular guide portion 54 is connected. The upstream ends of the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are installed close to each other with the branch member 67a interposed therebetween (see FIG. 6).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are each formed as a bar-shaped rail member 59a (bar-shaped member) that forms both side wall portions of the guide passage and a bottom portion of the guide passage. The sleeper member 59b increases the strength of the rail 52 and the lower rail 53, and keeps the distance between the rail members 59a constant. In this embodiment, the sleeper member 59b is formed with a width smaller than the diameter dimension of the game ball so that the interval between the rail members 59a is smaller than the diameter dimension of the game ball, and the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are turned. The moving game ball flows down while being held by the rail member 59a. Accordingly, the game balls rolling on the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are visible.

  The upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are provided so as to have a predetermined downward slope from the upper guide port 68 and the lower guide port 69 toward the circular guide portion 54. In this embodiment, since the game ball is sandwiched by the rail member 59a and flows down, rolling in a direction other than the traveling direction, that is, the direction of flowing down to the circular guiding portion 54 is restricted, and one direction, that is, circular guiding is performed. Rolling in the direction of flowing down to the part 54 is permitted.

  Further, the downstream portion of the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 (the side close to the circular guiding portion 54) is curved so that the rolling game ball is fed along the curvature of the circular guiding portion 54. For this reason, the game balls rolling on the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are guided to the circular guide portion 54 without losing their momentum.

  It should be noted that the interval between the rail members 59a may be equal to or greater than the diameter of the game balls so that the game balls roll on the sleeper members 59b. In this case, the rail members 59a may be arranged from the upper surface of the sleeper members 59b. By projecting so as to have a height that is smaller than the diameter of the game ball, the game ball rolling on the sleeper member 59b may be visible, and the rail member 59a may be made of transparent resin (for example, ABS resin). It may be configured such that the game ball can be visually recognized without being limited by the height of the rail member 59a.

  In the present embodiment, since the circular guide portion 54, the upper rail 52, and the lower rail 53 are placed on a plurality of support members 57 having a height equal to or greater than the diameter of the game ball from the upper surface of the stage 50, The game balls that roll on the circular guide portion 54, the upper rail 52, and the lower rail 53 do not contact the game balls that roll on the stage 50. Therefore, the game balls rolling on the circular guide portion 54, the upper rail 52, and the lower rail 53 are bounced by the game balls rolling on the stage 50 and fall on the stage 50, and the circular guide portion 54, the upper portion The interest of the player is reduced by lowering the winning rate to the starting opening (the first starting opening 72 and the second starting opening 73) when the rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are rolling. Can be prevented.

  Note that the game balls that have entered the swing passage member 43 provided at the upper left portion of the front decorative body 80 and the ball passage member 49 provided at the lower portion of the rotating member 61 of the center unit 40 are connected to the ball guide member 65. It is guided to the branch passage 67 by the passage 66. Then, the game ball flowing down the branch passage 67 and discharged from the upper guide port 68 to the upstream end of the upper rail 52 rolls on the upper rail 52 and is guided to the groove portion 54b of the circular guide portion 54 to be guided to the lower guide. The game ball discharged from the opening 69 to the upstream end of the lower rail 53 rolls on the lower rail 53 and is guided to the groove portion 54 b of the circular guide portion 54. In this way, the game ball guided to the circular guide portion 54 rolls on the groove portion 54 b, falls from one of the cutout portions 54 c and 54 d of the circular guide portion 54, and is discharged from the circular guide portion 54.

  In addition, the game ball discharged from the notch 54 c on the inner peripheral back side of the circular guide portion 54 is guided to the guide passage 58 through the upper guide passage 55. On the other hand, the game ball discharged from the notch 54d on the front side of the inner periphery can be guided to the guide passage 58 through the lower guiding path 56, but the lower guiding path 56 is formed narrower than the notch 54d. Therefore, a part of the game balls are not guided to the guide passage 58, but fall onto the surface of the stage 50, roll in the forward direction of the pachinko machine 1, and are discharged from the discharge stage 80a. The game ball that has entered the guide passage 58 is guided to the discharge port 51 formed in the front decorative body 80 and discharged.

  Here, the ball flow of the game ball from the circular guiding portion 54 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the circular guide portion 54. As shown in FIG. 10, when a game ball that has flowed down the upper rail 52 or the lower rail 53 is sent to the circular guide portion 54, the game ball rolls on the circular guide portion 54, thereby causing the circular guide portion 54 to move. It moves by rotating along the passage shape (annular). Thereafter, when the rotational speed of the game ball is decelerated, the game ball falls from one of the notches 54c and 54d formed in the circular guide portion 54 and is discharged from the circular guide portion 54. The game ball P1 discharged from the inner peripheral rear cutout 54c enters the guide passage 58 through the upper guide passage 55, passes through the guide passage 58, and is discharged from the discharge port 51 to the game area 12 again. As described above, the discharge port 51 is formed directly above the variable prize-winning device 70, and thereby the game ball discharged from the discharge port 51, that is, the game discharged from the notch 54c on the inner peripheral back side. The ball P1 has a high winning rate for the start port (first start port 72) (probability close to 100%).

  Next, the flow of game balls discharged from the notch 54d on the front side on the inner circumference will be described. The game balls discharged from the notch 54d on the front side of the inner periphery are divided into those that flow down on the lower guideway 56 and those that fall off the lower guideway 56 and fall on the stage 50 as they are. The game ball P2 flowing down on the lower guide path 56 enters the guide passage 58 in the same manner as the game ball flowing down on the upper guide path 55 (the game ball P1 discharged from the notch 54c on the inner peripheral back side), It passes through the guide passage 58 and is discharged again from the discharge port 51 to the game area 12. As a result, the game ball P2 that is discharged from the notch 54d on the front side of the inner circumference and flows down on the lower guide path 56 has a high winning rate for the starting port (first starting port 72) (probability of nearly 100%). It has become. On the other hand, the game ball P3 that has fallen off the lower guide path 56 and dropped onto the stage 50 rolls on the stage 50 in the forward direction of the pachinko machine 1 and again enters the game area 12 from the discharge stage 80a having a wide ball discharge portion. Discharged. Therefore, the game ball P3 that has been discharged from the notch 54d on the front side of the inner periphery and then dropped onto the stage 50 from the lower guiding path 56 is discharged from the discharge port 51 to the game area 12 again. The winning rate to the starting port (the first starting port 72 or the second starting port 73) is lower than that of P2.

  Note that the game ball that has flowed down the upper rail 52 and is vigorously sent to the circular guiding portion 54 rolls on the circular guiding portion 54 vigorously and is easily sent to the upper guiding path 55 or the lower guiding path 56 as it is. ing. For this reason, the game ball that has flowed down the upper rail 52 is easier to enter the guide passage 58 than the game ball that has flowed down the lower rail 53, and is easy to win a start opening (first start opening 72).

  By the way, in the configuration of the stage 50 as described above, the game balls rolling on the stage 50 are not only the game balls that have fallen on the stage 50 after falling off the lower guide path 56, but also the game area due to the collision with the obstacle nail. A game ball that jumps up from 12 to the stage 50 also rolls. That is, the game ball flowing down the game area 12 below the discharge stage 80a collides with the obstacle nail, jumps up onto the stage 50 (including the discharge stage 80a), rolls the stage 50, and again discharges the stage 80a (ball discharge portion). ) May be discharged to the game area 12. For this reason, when the game ball rolling on the circular guide portion 54 is detached from the lower guide path 56 and falls on the stage 50, the game ball (P3) is bounced by the game ball jumped up on the stage 50. There is. Accordingly, the discharge direction is changed by the collision of the game ball P3 discharged from the discharge stage 80a toward the first start port 72 and the second start port 73 with the jumped game ball, and the start port (the first start port 72 or the first start port 72 or the second start port 73). There is a case where a situation occurs in which there is no possibility of winning at the 2 start opening 73). On the other hand, when the game ball rolling on the circular guide part 54 passes through the upper guide path 55 or the lower guide path 56 and then is discharged from the discharge port 51 to the game area 12 through the guide path 58, the game The balls (P1, P2) are discharged to the game area 12 without being hit by the game balls that have jumped up onto the stage 50. For this reason, the game balls P1 and P2 discharged toward the first start port 72 do not collide with the jumped game balls, so that the start port (the first start port 72 or the second start port 73) wins a prize. There is no case where the game balls P1 and P2 are discharged in a direction in which there is no possibility of doing so.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the height position of the upstream end portion (upper guide port 68) of the upper rail 52 is arranged at a higher position than the lower rail 53 (lower guide port 69). In other words, the upper rail 52 has a larger inclination angle than the lower rail 53. For this reason, the game ball branched and guided to the upper guide port 68 side by the branch passage 67 flows down on the upper rail 52 having a large inclination angle, and is vigorously sent to the circular guide portion 54. On the other hand, the game ball branched and guided to the lower guide port 69 side by the branch passage 67 flows down on the lower rail 53 having a small inclination angle, so that the momentum is suppressed and the game ball is sent to the circular guide portion 54. Therefore, the game ball that has flowed down on the upper rail 52 rolls on the circular guiding portion 54 (moving width: the outer circumference of the circular guiding portion 54) compared to the game ball that has flowed down on the lower rail 53. The number of rotations) increases. Thus, by branching the guiding direction of the game ball by the branch passage 67 (upper rail 52 or lower rail 53), the momentum (flowing speed) of the game ball sent to the circular guide portion 54 can be varied, A change can be made in the mode of the sphere flow on the guide portion 54.

  In the present embodiment, the upstream end of the upper rail 52 at the back position in the depth direction of the circular guide portion 54 (the side far from the player facing the front of the pachinko machine 1) is more than the upstream end of the lower rail 53. Since the height position from the surface of the stage 50 is configured to be high, the lower rail 53 does not hinder the visual recognition of the game ball rolling on the upper rail 53 disposed at the depth position in the depth direction of the stage 50. Even when the game ball rolls on the upper rail 52, the interest of the player is not lowered.

  Further, as described above, the momentum of the game balls that have entered from the swinging passage member 43 and the ball passage member 49 is completely suppressed, and the upper rail 52 at the upper guide port 68 or the lower rail at the lower guide port 69. 53 to the upstream end. Further, since the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are provided so as to have a predetermined downward inclination from the upstream end (the upper guide port 68 and the lower guide port 69) toward the circular guide portion 54, the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53 are provided. The game balls are energized by each and sent to the circular guiding portion 54 with a predetermined momentum. For this reason, it becomes possible to roll the game ball sufficiently with the circular guiding portion 54 without causing the momentum (entry speed) of the game ball entering the swing path member 43 and the ball path member 49, and its performance Can be fully demonstrated. That is, the rolling width of the game ball in the circular guiding portion 54 is caused only by the momentum (rolling speed) urged by the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53, and enters the swinging passage member 43 and the passage member 49. Even when the momentum of the game ball to be played is weak (the approach speed is slow), the movement width (the number of rotations of the game ball) in the circular guiding portion 54 is not reduced due to the influence.

  In the present embodiment, the circular guiding portion 54 is formed of a hollow circular member, and a game ball that rolls on the circular guiding portion 54 is dropped from one of the notches 54c and 54d, whereby the guide passage 58 or the stage 50 is used. The circular guide portion 54 is formed in a circular shape (not hollow) having a plurality of holes, one of the plurality of holes communicates with the guide passage 58, and the other hole is connected to the guide passage 58. You may make it form so that it may not be connected. That is, the circular guiding portion 54 may be formed in a croon shape so that the game ball enters the guide passage 58 only when the game ball falls into the hole communicating with the guide passage 58.

  When the initial velocity of the game ball in the swing passage member 43 provided in the upper left portion of the front decorative body and the ball passage member 49 provided in the upper right portion of the front decorative body 43 is high, the groove portion of the circular guide portion 54 Although the movement width of the game ball in 54b is further widened, the opportunity to go around the groove 54b of the circular guide 54 and be guided to the upper guide 55 and the lower guide 56 is increased. It is possible to improve a sense of expectation for winning a prize at (first start port 72 or second start port 73).

  A special figure start memory lamp 47 is formed on the upper surface of the stage 50 so as to protrude. As shown in FIG. 11, the special figure start memory lamp 47 includes a columnar column 47a erected on the stage 50, and a lighting unit 47b provided at the upper end of the column 47a. Yes. The support column 47a and the lighting unit 47b are each integrally formed of a translucent synthetic resin material, and the lighting unit 47b is formed in a shape simulating a bell, and a lamp is incorporated therein. Also, a reflective paint is applied to the rear surface portion (surface portion facing the image display device 42) of the lighting portion 47b, and the reflective paint application portion (the shaded portion of the lighting portion 47b shown in FIG. 11). ) Constitutes the reflector portion 47c. The reflector unit 47c reflects the light from the built-in lamp to the front (player side) without transmitting to the rear (image display device 42 side), thereby turning on / off the special figure start memory lamp 47 from the player side. Visibility is improved. In addition to the improvement in the visibility of the special figure start memory lamp 47, the effect that can be achieved by providing the reflector portion 47c on the rear surface portion of the lighting portion 47b is to prevent the built-in lamp light from being transmitted rearward, thereby displaying an image. The visibility of image display on the device 42 is also improved.

  Further, two special chart start memory lamps 47 on the stage 50 are located on the left front side of the stage 50 and closer to the front side of the pachinko machine 1 than the lower rail 53, and on the right front side of the stage 50 and on the lower rail. A total of four projecting projections, two at positions closer to the front side of the pachinko machine 1 than 53, are formed on each of the four special figure start memory lamps 47 (lighting portion 47b) formed on the tip portion. Are formed so that all the heights thereof coincide. That is, on the stage 50 inclined downward from the left and right sides toward the center when viewed from the front, the two special figure start memory lamps 47 located on the left and right sides are replaced with two special figure start memory lamps 47 located closer to the center. In comparison, the height of the column 47a is formed to be short, so that the height positions of the lighting portions 47b all coincide. The four special figure start memory lamps 47 are provided at positions close to the center of the stage 50 when viewed from the front, so that lighting indicating the start memory number can be easily confirmed from the player side.

  Further, as described above, each of the four special figure start memory lamps 47 is located on the front side of the pachinko machine 1 with respect to the lower rail 53, in other words, the stage 50 (including the ball receiving stage 80a) is in the game area 12. It protrudes on one end side facing. For this reason, even when the game ball flowing down the game area 12 collides with the obstacle nail and jumps up onto the stage 50 (including the ball receiving stage 80a), the game ball jumped up is not necessarily the stage 50 (ball receiving stage 80a). And may collide with the special chart start memory lamp 47 on the stage 50 and be bounced back to the game area 12 again.

  By the way, the special figure start memory lamp 47 is formed to have a height dimension (height dimension from the stage 50 surface to the upper end of the lighting portion 47b) larger than the diameter of the game ball. Thereby, it is possible to avoid the game ball jumping up from the game area 12 from jumping over the special figure start memory lamp 47 and entering the stage 50. Further, a plurality of special figure start memory lamps 47 (four in the embodiment) are arranged in parallel along one end portion facing the game area 12 of the stage 50 (including the ball receiving stage 80a). For this reason, even when one end portion facing the game area 12 of the stage 50 (including the ball receiving stage 80a) is formed wide as in the present embodiment, it jumps up from the game area 12 by the plurality of special figure start memory lamps 47. Can prevent the invasion of game balls. However, the four special figure start memory lamps 47 are arranged at positions that are symmetric with respect to the center line of the stage 50, respectively, and evenly prevent the game balls that flow from both the left and right sides of the stage 50 and jump up. Can do.

  In the stage 50, a constituent member (hereinafter referred to as a stage base 89 (surface base)) serving as a base is formed of a non-translucent synthetic resin material. As shown in FIG. 12, a light-transmitting synthetic resin is provided at the center portion of the stage 50 below the circular guide portion 54 and at both sides of the stage 50 in the vicinity of the left and right ball guide members 65. A translucent decorative member 90 (translucent portion, translucent member) made of a material is attached. The upper surface of the translucent decorative member 90 forms a flat surface to form a part of the surface of the stage 50, and the shape thereof is formed in an outer peripheral curved shape that is shaped like a “pond”. Note that, on the front end side (player side) of the stage 50, a step is formed toward the front end side by the upper surface of the translucent decorative member 90 and the upper surface of the stage base 89. Thereby, momentum can be applied to the game ball rolling from the stage 50 toward the game area 12.

  Below the translucent decorative member 90, similarly to the translucent decorative member 90, an irregular reflection plate 91 (an irregular reflection portion) made of a transparent synthetic resin material and a lamp substrate 92 (light emitting means) are provided. The irregular reflection plate 91 is made of a plate-like member along the outer peripheral shape of the translucent decorative member 90, and irregular reflection portions 91a for irregular reflection are continuously formed on the upper surface thereof. Note that the uneven portions 91a are formed in a radial pattern with the center position of the stage 50 as the center. Further, the translucent decorative member 90 and the irregular reflection plate 91 are attached to the stage base 89 by screwing together. Further, a positioning flange piece 90a for providing a predetermined interval between the lower surface of the translucent decorative member 90 and the upper surface (uneven portion 91a) of the irregular reflection plate 91 is provided at the outer peripheral end of the translucent decorative member 90. It is erected over the entire circumference. A plurality of lamps 93 are mounted on the upper surface of the lamp substrate 92, and the plurality of lamps 93 are disposed below the translucent decorative member 90 in a state where the lamps 93 are in contact with the lower surface of the irregular reflection plate 91.

  And the light irradiated from the lamp | ramp 93 of the lamp board | substrate 92 is diffusely reflected by the irregular reflection board 91, and illuminates the translucent decoration member 90 from the downward direction. In other words, the translucent decorative member 90 that represents the “pond” on the stage 50 is partially illuminated. Accordingly, the stage 50 (translucent decorative member 90) can be light-decorated, and the game ball rolling on the stage 50 (translucent decorative member 90) is illuminated from below by the light of the lamp 93, The visibility is improved. The light that illuminates the translucent decorative member 90 from below (the light emitted from the lamp 93) is diffusely reflected by the irregular reflection plate 91, so that the lower part of the translucent decorative member 90 is illuminated uniformly.

  Further, the light emitted from the lamp 93 passes through the translucent decorative member 90 and is irradiated upward. For this reason, with respect to the circular guiding portion 54, the upper rail 52, and the lower rail 53, which have a rail shape (a shape in which a plurality of holes are continuously drilled in the groove portions 54b and 59b) like a track with sleepers. The light emitted from the lamp 93 is transmitted upward through the holes of the grooves 54b and 59b. Accordingly, in the game balls that flow down the circular guide portion 54, the upper rail 52, and the lower rail 53, similarly to the game balls that roll on the stage 50 (the translucent decorative member 90), the light from the lamp 93 causes the light from below. Illuminated and its visibility is improved.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 13, the rotating accessory 61 provided in the upper right part of the front of the center unit 40 will be described. FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the rotating unit 60 including the rotating accessory 61 as viewed from the upper right. As shown in FIG. 4, the rotating accessory 61 in the present embodiment is formed in a rod-like housing shape, and can emit multicolor light as a plurality of (eight in the present embodiment) light emitters. The LED 61a (comprised of a combination of a red light emitting element, a green light emitting element, and a blue light emitting element) is provided.

  In the present embodiment, a rotating accessory 61 is provided at the upper right portion of the front surface of the center unit 40. As described above, in the pachinko machine 1, a game ball is launched from the upper left of the game area 12. In general, a player who plays a game with the pachinko machine 1 aims to win the game ball to the first start port 72 and the second start port 73 by causing the game ball to flow down to the left side of the center unit 40. For this reason, in this embodiment, the rotation accessory 61 is provided in the front upper right part of the center unit 40 corresponding to the front right upper part of the game area | region 12 which has the least influence on a player's game.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the rotating unit 60 includes a rotating combination 61 provided at the tip of the rotating shaft (motor shaft 63 a) of the motor 63, a motor 63 that rotationally drives the rotating combination 61, The rotary shaft (motor shaft 63a) is built in, and includes a rotating accessory body 62 provided with various substrates, and a mounting substrate 64 that is screwed to the rotating accessory body 62. In addition, a rotating accessory 61 is attached to the tip of the motor shaft 63a, and a motor substrate 63a is built in the back side of the rotating accessory 61 and a relay board for relaying signals from the accessory control board 115 and the like. A built-in rotating accessory body 62 is located, and a motor 63 is located on the back side thereof. In addition, the mounting board 64 is screwed to the rotating accessory body 62, and a screw is inserted into a mounting hole 64 a formed in the mounting board 64 and screwed to the back side of the game board 4.

  The rotating combination 61 in the present embodiment is a rectangular parallelepiped (also referred to as a rod) by a front plate 611 on the front, upper and lower side plates 612, left and right side plates 613, and a bottom plate 614 on the back (see FIG. 14B). ). Further, the height from the bottom plate 614 to the front plate 611 <the vertical length from the upper side plate 612 to the lower side plate 612 <the horizontal length from the left side plate 613 to the right side plate 613 increases in this order. It is formed as follows. In this embodiment, the rotating accessory 61 may be configured such that at least the lateral length from the left side plate 613 to the right side plate 613 is longer than the other sides, from the bottom plate 614 to the front plate 611. And the vertical length from the upper side plate 612 to the lower side plate 612 may be the same, or one may be longer.

  In addition, the upper and lower side plates 612, the left and right side plates 613, and the bottom plate 614 on the back are integrally formed and open upward from the bottom plate 614. And it seals by mounting | wearing the front plate 611 from upper direction so that opening may be plugged up. The rotating member 61 includes eight LEDs 61a that are configured by a combination of a red light emitting element, a green light emitting element, and a blue light emitting element and capable of emitting multicolor light. A substrate on which an IC (not shown) for controlling the light emission of the LED 61a, a capacitor (not shown) for storing power supplied to the LED 61a and the IC, and the like are mounted.

  In the present embodiment, the upper part is formed substantially in parallel with the front plate 611 from the bottom plate 614 toward the front plate 611, and a plurality of pieces are formed so as to protrude from the one of the side plates 612 and 613 toward the inner side of the rotary member 61. The holding part 614a is provided. The holding portion 614a is formed to have a predetermined height (height in the direction of the front plate 611) from the bottom plate 614, and the substrate described above is placed thereon. In addition, by placing this substrate, the inner region of the rotating accessory 61 is divided into two regions, the front plate 611 side and the bottom plate 614 side. As will be described later, a capacitor, an IC, and the like are mounted on the back side of the substrate (on the bottom plate 614 side of the substrate), and the holding portion 614a is formed to protrude so that the capacitor and the IC can be mounted. That is, the height from the bottom plate 614 may be as long as a capacitor, IC, or the like can be mounted.

  Although not shown, the front plate 611 has a holding portion at a position corresponding to the holding portion 614 a formed on the bottom plate 614 and the side plates 611 and 613. The holding portion 614a formed on the bottom plate 614 and the side plates 611 and 613 and the holding portion formed on the front plate 611 are formed so as to have an interval similar to the thickness of the substrate to be placed. And a board | substrate is inserted in the inside of the rotation accessory 61 in the state which is not mounting | wearing with the front board 611, and a board | substrate is mounted in the holding | maintenance part 614a. Then, by mounting the front plate 611, the substrate is sandwiched and fixed by the holding portion formed on the front plate and the holding portions 614a formed on the bottom plate 614 and the side plates 611 and 613. Further, the rotating member 61 is assembled by screwing the bottom plate 614, the substrate, and the front plate 611 from the bottom plate 614 side with screws and sealing them. At this time, the substrate is in contact with the inner peripheral side surface of the rotating accessory 61 and is sandwiched between the holding portion 614 a formed on the bottom plate 614 and the side plates 611 and 613 and the holding portion formed on the front plate 611. Accordingly, when the rotating member 61 is rotated by being firmly fixed inside the rotating member 61, it rotates integrally with the rotating member 61.

  In addition, a plurality of vent holes 61 b are provided in the bottom plate 614 side and the bottom plate 614 of the upper and lower side plates 612 of the rotating accessory 61. By rotating the rotating member 61, air flows from the vent hole 61 b and circulates the air inside the rotating member 61. Note that the LEDs 61a, ICs, capacitors, and the like mounted on the board built in the rotating accessory 61 are soldered to the board. Further, the LED 61a, IC, capacitor, etc. generate heat when operating, and there is a possibility that the solder melts and peels off from the substrate or a contact failure occurs. For this reason, the air hole 61b is formed, and the LED 61a, the IC, the condenser, etc. are cooled by circulating the air inside the rotating member 61 when the rotating member 61 is rotated, thereby suppressing the temperature rise. is doing. In addition, by mounting a capacitor on a substrate built in the rotating member 61 and storing the capacitor, the LED 61a and the IC can be driven stably.

  FIG. 14A is a side view of the rotating unit 60, and FIG. 14B is a cross-sectional view of the rotating accessory 61 cut along the XY plane in FIG. 14A.

  Although not shown in FIG. 14B, the board on which the LED 61a, IC, capacitor, and the like are mounted is the same as the area surrounded by the upper and lower side plates 612 and the left and right side plates 613 of the rotating accessory 61. It has a region of a certain degree, is in contact with the inner peripheral side surface of the rotating combination 61, and is attached in parallel to the front plate 611 of the rotating combination 61. The LED 61a is mounted on the front surface of the substrate, and the IC and the capacitor are mounted on the back surface of the substrate. 14B, the motor shaft 63a of the motor 63 is provided at the center of the bottom plate 614 of the rotating accessory 61 (the intersection of the bottom plate 614 longitudinal direction center line and the bottom plate 614 short direction center line). The center of the rotating combination 61 and the rotation axis of the rotating combination 61 coincide with each other. That is, in the rotating combination 61 in the present embodiment, the length on the one end side in the longitudinal direction of the bottom plate 614 from the motor shaft 63a is the same as the length on the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the bottom plate 614, and from the motor shaft 63a. The length of one end of the bottom plate 614 in the short direction is the same as the length of the other end of the bottom plate 614 in the short direction.

  In the present embodiment, the LEDs 61a are mounted at equal intervals along the center line in the lateral direction of the substrate in the region on one end side of the left and right side plates 613 from the approximate center of the substrate (see FIG. 4). Further, an IC is mounted on the rear surface of the substrate along the center line in the lateral direction of the substrate in the region on one end side where the LED 61a is mounted, and the lateral direction of the substrate is disposed on the rear surface of the substrate in the region on the other side where no LED is mounted. A capacitor is mounted along the center line. Further, in the present embodiment, the IC is installed at a position close to the longitudinal direction of the substrate from the rotation axis of the rotating combination 61 (the center of the rotating combination 61), and the capacitor is connected to the rotation axis of the rotating combination 61 (of the rotating combination 61). The LED 61a and the IC are installed by disposing each member along the center line in the lateral direction of the substrate and installing it at a position far from the center) in the longitudinal direction of the substrate (position close to the end of the rotating member 61 in the longitudinal direction of the substrate). The weight balance between the one end side on which the capacitor is mounted and the other end side on which the capacitor is mounted is kept even, and the center of gravity of the substrate is at the center of the substrate. Note that the center of the substrate coincides with the center of the rotating combination 61, and the center of gravity of the rotating combination 61 coincides with the center of gravity of the substrate. As described above, the motor shaft 63a is inserted into the center of the rotating combination 61, and the center of the rotating combination 61 and the rotation axis of the rotating combination 61 coincide with each other. (The center of gravity of the substrate built in the rotating combination 61) and the rotation axis of the rotating combination 61 coincide with each other.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the rotating combination 61 is formed so that the weight balance is uniform around the motor shaft 63a, and the center of gravity of the rotating combination 61 coincides with the rotation axis of the rotating combination 61. Therefore, it is possible to prevent centrifugation and to reduce vibration generated by centrifugation. In addition, the motor 63 can be rotated at a high speed, and the motor 63 can be rapidly rotated and stopped, thereby preventing the motor from stepping out.

  The rotating unit 60 configured as described above rotates the rotating accessory 61 at a high speed by driving the motor 63 at a high speed based on the drive signal from the accessory CPU 116 (1200 rotations per minute in this embodiment). Let At this time, the LED 61a is controlled to emit light with predetermined light emission pattern data (for example, data indicating a light emission time, a light emission position, a light emission color, etc.), and thereby an afterimage (afterimage) of a plurality of types (for example, fireworks) is obtained. Display). Generally, a beautiful afterimage can be displayed by increasing the rotation speed of the motor 63. In the present embodiment, it was possible to display an afterimage by rotating the motor 63 at a rotation speed of 600 rotations per minute. However, in order to display a more beautiful afterimage, 1200 rotations per minute. A certain number of rotations is required. In addition, you may comprise so that a still more beautiful shadow may be displayed by making the rotation speed of the motor 63 into 1200 rotations or more per minute.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the motor 63 is rotated at a high speed based on the predetermined light emission pattern data, and the LED 61a is controlled to emit light, thereby displaying a plurality of types of afterimages. In other words, when the rotational driving of the rotating member 61 by the motor 63 is stabilized, the LED 61a is controlled to emit light, thereby displaying a predetermined afterglow. Therefore, stable afterimage display can be performed at all times. In addition, it is possible to give an impression that the display device is provided by rotating the rotary member 61, and the display device is composed of a plurality of LEDs provided over the movable range of the rotary member 61. Since the number of LEDs 61a to be mounted can be reduced as compared with the case where a plurality of types of modes are displayed using, there is an advantage that the manufacturing cost of the pachinko machine 1 can be reduced. However, in order to display the afterglow, the motor 63 must be rotated at a high speed. By rotating the motor 63 at a high speed, the occurrence of vibration and the degree (magnitude) of the vibration are increased. There is a risk of affecting the game balls that flow down and the game balls that roll on the stage 50. The pachinko machine 1 used in the present embodiment is a method of attaching each member constituting the center unit 40 to the game board 4 so that the vibration generated by driving the motor 63 does not affect the rolling of the game ball. Is devised. Hereinafter, a method of attaching each member constituting the center unit 40 to the game board 4 will be described.

  15 is an exploded perspective view of the center unit 40 as viewed from the front side of the game board 4, and FIG. FIG. 20 is a rear view of the game board 4, and FIG. 21 is a rear perspective view of the game board 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the center unit 40 of this embodiment includes a front decorative body 80 and a rear unit 83 that are divided forward and backward with the game board 4 interposed therebetween. Specifically, a front decorative body 80 is located on the front side of the game board 4, and the front decorative body 80 is attached to the game board 4 from the front side. On the contrary, on the back side of the game board 4, a rear unit 83 composed of an attachment unit 81 (attachment member), a back surface decoration body 82 (decoration member), and a rotation unit 60 including a rotation accessory 61 is located. The game board 4 is attached from the back side. Further, the back surface decoration body 82 includes a mounting unit 86, a ball guide member 65, and a stage unit 50a (rolling surface formation) excluding the ball receiving stage 80a formed on the lower edge portion of the front surface decoration body 80 of the stage 50. Member), an upper decorative body 87, and a display unit 85 including the image display device 42 and the display control board 120.

  Further, the game board 4 is formed with a through hole 4a that penetrates the plywood material in the thickness direction. The through hole 4a is greatly opened from the center of the game area 12 to a slightly higher range, and the opening shape substantially matches the outer shape of the front decorative body 80. Among the members constituting the center unit 40, the front decorative body 80 attached from the front side of the game board 4 has a hollow shape in which the center portion and the upper right portion are penetrated in the thickness direction.

  The mounting unit 81 located on the side closest to the game board 4 in the rear unit 83 has an opening penetrating in the thickness direction from the center to the upper right part, and a pair of left and right boss holes 81a on the front side. A boss 81b is formed above the rear side of the opening formed in the upper right part of the mounting unit 81. A plurality of mounting bosses 81 c are also formed on the back side of the mounting unit 81. Further, the attachment unit 81 is shaped so that the front surface facing the back surface of the game board 4 is almost flat, and is attached so that the flat front surface is in contact with the game board 4. When the rear unit 83 is attached to the game board 4, the flat front surface comes into close contact with the back surface of the game board 4 (however, a gap due to manufacturing error or distortion is allowed).

  Further, although the flat front surface of the mounting unit 81 is not fitted into the through hole 4a, a part thereof is in a positional relationship facing the through hole 4a. That is, when the attachment unit 81 is attached to the game board 4, the front surface thereof partially protrudes inside the through hole 4 a and is exposed to the front side of the game board 4 through the through hole 4 a. However, since this exposed part is covered with the front decorative body 80, it is not directly visible to the player.

  Further, the back surface decoration body 82 located on the back surface of the attachment unit 81 includes an attachment substrate 86 formed in a casing shape having an opening, a stage unit 50a attached below the opening of the attachment substrate 86, and the attachment substrate 86. The ball guide member 65 attached to stand on the stage unit 50 a at both ends of the opening, the display unit 85 attached from the back side of the opening of the attachment substrate 86, and the opening of the attachment substrate 86. And an upper decorative body 87 attached thereto. Note that a through-hole for providing a display screen of the image display device 42 is formed in the bottom surface portion of the housing of the mounting substrate 86. The stage unit 50a, the ball guide member 65, and the upper decorative body 87 are each attached to the attachment substrate 86 by inserting and screwing screws from the back side of the attachment substrate 86 (the back side of the bottom surface of the housing). That is, in the stage unit 50a, a portion other than the stage 50 (specifically, a frame portion 50b that decorates the outer periphery of the display screen of the image display device 42 in a frame shape) is screwed to the mounting substrate 86 with screws. Further, the back decorative body 82 is assembled by inserting screws from the back side of the display unit 85 and screwing them into the mounting substrate 86. The display unit 85 is a member in which the image display device 42 and the display control board 120 that controls the display of the image display device 42 are integrated.

  A flange-shaped flange portion 86b is formed on the outer periphery of the opening in the mounting substrate 86, and a plurality of boss holes corresponding to the mounting boss 81c formed in the mounting unit 81 are formed in the flange-shaped flange portion 86b. 86a (attachment part) is formed. Then, the back surface decorative body 82 is positioned by inserting the mounting boss 81 c of the mounting unit 81 into the boss hole 86 a of the mounting substrate 86, and the back side of the mounting substrate 86 is formed in a part of the boss hole 86 a of the mounting substrate 86. Then, the back decorative body 82 is attached to the attachment unit 81 by inserting a screw and screwing it onto the attachment unit 81.

  When the rear decorative body 82 is positioned and attached to the attachment unit 81, the ball guiding members 65 are located at the left and right ends of the opening of the attachment unit 81, and the stage unit 50a is located at the lower end of the opening of the attachment unit 81. 87 is attached to the upper end of the opening of the attachment unit 81 so as to be positioned respectively. Further, the stage unit 50 a is partly formed in a flat shape and is mounted so as to be flush with the flat front surface of the mounting unit 81. Thus, on the back side of the opening of the mounting unit 81, the image display device of the display unit 85 that is mounted from the back side of the opening of the mounting board 86, the ball guiding member 65, the stage unit 50a, the upper decorative body 87. 42 is located. Further, the stage unit 50 a and the ball guide member 65 have a predetermined width from the opening of the mounting unit 81 to the back side in the depth direction, and the stage unit 50 a and the ball guide member are disposed on the back side of the opening of the mounting unit 81. 65, a space in a predetermined range surrounded by the upper decorative body 87 and the image display device 42.

  By the way, in the mounting structure of the back decoration body 82 and the mounting unit 81 described above, as shown in FIG. A loose fitting convex portion 96 for restricting the attachment position to the attachment unit 81 is provided. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 18, a loose fitting concave portion 97 corresponding to the loose fitting convex portion 96 on the rear decorative body 82 side is provided on the back side of the mounting unit 81. In FIG. 18, only the loose fitting recess 97 provided above the boss hole 81 a located on the right side in the rear view is shown, but the same applies to the upper part of the boss hole 81 a located on the left side in the rear view. A loose fitting concave portion 97 corresponding to the loose fitting convex portion 96 is provided. Then, with the back decorative body 82 attached to the attachment unit 81, the loose fitting convex portion 96 is fitted with a slight play (free fitting) in the loose fitting concave portion 97, as shown in FIG. )

  The back decoration body 82 is attached by screwing the boss hole 86a of the mounting board 86 constituting the back decoration body 82 to the mounting unit 81 (mounting boss 81c) as described above. In the configuration, the stage unit 50 a constituting the back decoration body 82 is not directly screwed to the mounting unit 81. Further, the stage unit 50 a is assembled by screwing a portion (frame portion 50 b) other than the stage 50 with screws from the back side of the mounting substrate 86. For this reason, the front-end part of the stage 50 will be arrange | positioned at the back side of the attachment unit 81, without being fixed.

  Therefore, by loosely fitting the loose fitting convex portions 96 provided at the left and right end portions of the front end of the stage 50 into the loose fitting concave portions 97 of the attachment unit 81, the attachment position of the stage 50 that is not screwed is regulated. ing. That is, in the state in which the back decoration 82 is attached to the attachment unit 81, the stage 50 portion of the stage unit 50a is not directly screwed to the attachment substrate 86 and the attachment unit 81. As a result, it is possible to avoid guiding the game ball in a biased direction different from the design on the stage 50. However, when the external force is applied to the stage 50 because the loose fitting convex portion 96 is loosely fitted into the loose fitting concave portion 97 of the mounting unit 81 (for example, the upper surface of the stage 50 is attached to the front end portion of the stage 50 during assembly). However, the distortion generated on the surface of the stage 50 can be suppressed to a minimum, and the stage 50 is prevented from being damaged by an external force. Specifically, in a normal mounting state in which no external force is applied to the stage 50, there is a slight gap between the loose fitting convex portion 96 and the loose fitting concave portion 97, and they do not interact with each other. In a state where external force is applied to the stage 50 and the surface of the stage 50 is distorted, as shown in FIG. 19B, the upper or lower end of the loose fitting convex portion 96 comes into contact with the loose fitting concave portion 97 (FIG. 19). (B) shows an example in which the lower end of the loose fitting convex portion 96 abuts on the loose fitting concave portion 97), and the stage 50 surface is further prevented from being pushed up or pushed down.

  In addition, as described above, the rotation unit 60 includes the rotation combination 61, the motor 63, the rotation combination main body 62, and the mounting substrate 64. In addition, a boss hole 62 a is formed in the rotating accessory body 62 corresponding to the boss 81 b formed in the mounting unit 81. The rotating unit 60 is positioned by inserting the boss 81 b of the mounting unit 81 into the boss hole 62 a of the rotating accessory body 62. At this time, the rotating combination body 62 plays a role of positioning the rotating unit 60, but the rotating unit 60 itself is not attached to the rotating combination body 62. In the present embodiment, the rotation unit 60 is fixed to the game board 4 by inserting screws into the attachment holes 64a formed in the attachment board 64 of the rotation unit 60 and screwing them directly to the back of the game board 4 (see FIG. 20 and FIG. 21). Further, when the rotary unit 60 is fixed to the game board 4, the motor shaft 63 a of the motor 63 is attached so as to be substantially perpendicular to the back surface of the game board 4.

  In order to assemble the rear unit 83, first, the rotating accessory 61 of the rotating unit 60 is inserted from the opening of the mounting unit 81 and protrudes forward from the upper right part of the opening of the mounting unit 81. The boss 81 b formed on the back surface side of the 81 is inserted into the boss hole 62 a of the rotary accessory body 62. In this state, the mounting boss 81c of the mounting unit 81 is inserted into the boss hole 86a of the mounting board 86 from the back side of the mounting unit 81, and a screw is inserted into a part of the boss hole 86a from the back side of the mounting board 86. The rear unit 83 is assembled by screwing with the mounting unit 81. Further, the upper right portion of the mounting board 86 of the back decorative body 82 is scraped off, and the rotation unit 60 can be disposed on the upper right portion of the mounting unit 81. That is, a space for inserting the rotation unit 60 is formed by scraping the upper right portion of the mounting substrate 86, and the rotation unit 60 can be provided as a constituent member in the rear unit 83.

  In the rear unit 83 assembled in this way, since the rotating unit 60 is not screwed to the mounting unit 81, the rotating unit 60 may be detached. In the present embodiment, the anti-sliding member 84 is provided on the back side of the upper right portion of the mounting substrate 86 that has been cut off. The slip-off preventing member 84 is located on the back portion of the rotating accessory main body 62 of the rotating unit 60 when the rear unit 83 is assembled, and prevents the rotating unit 60 from slipping by contacting the rotating accessory main body 62. It is. In addition, when the rotation unit 60 and the attachment unit 81 are screwed to the game board 4, the slip-preventing member 84 and the rotating accessory body 62 are not in contact with each other.

  The front decorative body 80 attached from the front side of the game board 4 is formed in a shape in which the portion of the latter half (connecting insertion portion) facing the game board 4 is completely inserted into the through hole 4a when viewed in the front-rear direction. The front decorative body 80 is attached to the game board 4 in a state where a half of the front decorative body 80 is fitted in the through hole 4a. The rear half of the front decorative body 80 has a thickness as viewed in the front-rear direction that is almost the same as the thickness of the game board 4. For this reason, when the front decorative body 80 is attached to the game board 4, the subsequent half of the body is flush with the back of the game board 4 (so-called flush state).

  Further, the front decorative body 80 is formed with a boss 80b that protrudes rearward from the rear half portion (insertion connecting portion). Two bosses 80b are formed at a lower position of the front decorative body 80, and both of them protrude further rearward from the back of the game board 4 when inserted from the front side of the game board 4 through the through holes 4a. When the front decorative body 80 and the rear unit 83 are attached to the game board 4 from the front and rear, the boss 80b reaches the rear unit 83 through the through hole 4a and is attached by being inserted into the boss hole 81a of the attachment unit 81. The unit 81 is positioned mutually. Thus, in the present embodiment, the front decorative body 80 attached from the front side of the game board 4 and the attachment unit 81 attached from the back side of the game board 4 are configured to position each other. Attachment to the game board 4 becomes easy.

  On the other hand, in a state where the front decorative body 80 is attached to the game board 4, the front half part projects to the front side of the game board 4. The thickness of the front half portion is set to be substantially the same as that of the guide rail 11 or the like, for example. For this reason, when the front decorative body 80 is attached to the game board 4, the front half of the front decorative body 80 projects forward from the board surface within the game area 12, thereby guiding and guiding the flow of the game ball.

  The center unit 40 is assembled by screwing the front decoration body 80 configured as described above and the rear unit 83 to the game board 4 with screws. Note that the opening of the front decorative body 80 and the opening of the mounting unit 81 are formed to have substantially the same size, and the front decorative body 80 and the rear unit 83 are positioned relative to each other so that the center unit 40 is positioned. Is assembled, the opening of the front decorative body 80 and the opening of the mounting unit 81 are matched. As described above, the ball guide member 65, the stage unit 50 a, the upper decorative body 87, and the display unit 85 attached from the back side of the opening of the mounting board 86 are provided on the back side of the opening of the mounting unit 81. Since the image display device 42 is located, in the center unit 40, the ball guide member 65, the stage unit 50a, the upper decorative body 87, and the display unit 85 attached from the rear side of the opening of the attachment substrate 86 from the front side. The image display device 42 is visible.

  As described above, the stage unit 50 a is partly formed flat and attached so as to be flush with the flat front surface of the attachment unit 81, and comes into contact with the lower end portion of the front decorative body 80. 50 is formed. In addition, the upper decorative body 87 enhances the decorativeness around the image display device 42 and is formed of an opaque resin to serve as a blindfold that makes the back of the pachinko machine 1 invisible. Further, by attaching the front decorative body 80 and the rear unit 83 to the game board 4, the rotating accessory 61 penetrates the upper right part of the opening of the front decorative body 80 and protrudes to the front of the game board 4, and directly from the player. It will be in a visible state. That is, the rotating accessory 61 is exposed to the front side of the game board 4 without being covered by the front decorative body 80, and is directly visible to the player.

  The rotating unit 60 is fixed to the game board 4 by inserting a screw into a mounting hole 64a formed in the mounting board 64 and screwing it directly to the back surface of the game board 4. Further, in the present embodiment, the mounting board 64 is divided into an upper part and a left part when viewed from the back side of the game board 4, and three holes are provided as attachment holes 64 a in the part contacting the back side of the game board 4. Is formed. When screwing onto the game board 4, one of the holes is used to screw the upper and left sides of the game board 4 with screws. When the rotary unit 60 is replaced due to a defect or the like, a hole in which a screw is screwed is formed in the back of the game board 4 before, and it is difficult to fix the rotary unit 60 again. For this reason, the rotation unit 60 can be screwed to the game board 4 by screwing with screws using the other holes of the mounting holes 64a. That is, the mounting hole 64a includes a spare hole.

  22 is a cross-sectional view of the game board 4 cut along the ST plane, and FIG. 23 is an enlarged view of FIG. 22 (B).

  As shown in FIG. 22B, in this embodiment, the stage 50 further has a predetermined width in the depth direction (pachinko machine 1 depth direction) from the back of the game board 4, and the end of the stage 50 in the depth direction. The image display device 42 is located at the part position. That is, the image display device 42 is provided at a position deeper on the back side from the game board 4. The rotating unit 60 is attached so that the motor shaft 63a is substantially perpendicular to the game board 4, and a rotating accessory 61 is provided to protrude forward from the surface of the game board 4. In addition, the rotating accessory 61 is disposed in the upper right part of the center unit 40.

  As described above, since the rotating combination 61 is set apart from the image display device 42 by a predetermined distance (distance that sandwiches the stage 50 provided in the center unit 40), the position where the display overlaps is the position of the player's line of sight. Can be different.

  For example, in a display area where the display of the rotary unit 60 and the display of the image display device 42 overlap from any position, information related to the winning can be visually recognized only when the player views from a specific position. In the center unit 40 having a depth, for example, an unprecedented effect can be performed by having a predetermined distance between the display devices, and the player changes the viewing position to see the display. Further gameability can be provided to the player.

  Further, a part of the rotating unit 60 is in contact with the mounting unit 81 (is loosely fitted), but the other part is not in contact with the mounting unit 81 and the back surface decoration 82. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 23, the boss 81 b formed on the mounting unit 81 is inserted into the boss hole 62 a formed on the rotating accessory body 62 of the rotating unit 60, whereby the mounting unit 81 and the rotating unit 60. However, the other portions are not in contact with the rotating unit 60 in a state of being displaced in the vertical and horizontal directions and the front and rear directions in FIG.

  As described above, the game ball that has been inserted into the guide passage 58 provided in the stage 50 is likely to win the first start port 72 and the second start port 73, so that if the stage 50 vibrates, the stage 50 The vibration propagates to each member (circular guide portion 54, upper rail 52, lower rail 53, etc.) provided above, affecting the rolling of the game ball trying to fit into the guide passage 58, There is a possibility that the winning at the first starting port 72 and the second starting port 73 is affected, which is disadvantageous to the player.

  In this embodiment, the rotary unit 60 is directly screwed to the game board 4 and is not screwed to the back decoration body 82 to which the stage 50 is screwed and the mounting unit 81 to which the back decoration body 82 is screwed. 60, it is possible to reduce the propagation of vibrations generated by driving the motor 63 to the attachment unit 81, the back decoration body 82, and the front decoration body 80. As a result, it can comprise so that the winning to the 1st starting port 72 and the 2nd starting port 73 may not be affected.

  Note that the attachment unit 81 and the back decoration 82 attached from the back side of the game board 4 are made of a synthetic resin or the like and become light. For this reason, when the rotation unit 60 is screwed and driven to the attachment unit 81 and the back surface decoration body 82, vibration generated by driving the rotation unit 60 is easily propagated. Further, the back decoration body 82 constitutes a part of the stage 50 and includes a stage unit 50 a related to winning in the first start port 72 and the second start port 73, so that vibration propagates to the back decoration body 82. As a result, vibration is also propagated to the stage 50, which may be disadvantageous to the player.

  On the other hand, in general, the game board 4 is heavy because the board itself is heavy, and various boards such as the main board group and the peripheral board group are provided and various devices such as the image display device 42 are attached. Become. As described above, since the game board 4 is heavy, when the rotary unit 60 is attached to the game board 4 and driven, vibration generated by driving the rotary unit 60 is difficult to propagate to the game board 4. Furthermore, it is difficult for vibration generated by the rotating unit 60 to propagate to the mounting unit 81, the back decoration body 82, and the front decoration body 80 via the game board 4.

  In the present embodiment, the mounting unit 81 and the rotating unit 60 are in contact with each other by inserting the boss 81b formed in the mounting unit 81 into the boss hole 62a formed in the rotating accessory body 62 of the rotating unit 60. However, since the rotation unit 60 is screwed to the game board 4 and vibration is suppressed, vibration does not propagate from the boss 81 b to the mounting unit 81. As described above, in this embodiment, the rotation unit 60 is screwed directly to the game board 4 and is not screwed to the mounting unit 81 and the back surface decoration body 82, so that vibration is transmitted to the mounting unit 81 and the back surface decoration body 82. It can be reduced.

  In the present embodiment, the boss 81b formed on the mounting unit 81 is inserted into the boss hole 62a formed on the rotating accessory body 62 of the rotating unit 60, so that a part of the mounting unit 81 and the rotating unit 60 can be obtained. Although configured to contact, the mounting unit 81 and the rotating unit 60 may be configured not to contact each other by configuring the boss hole 62a and the boss 81b so as not to be provided. In this case, the rotary unit 60 is not positioned, but a normal mounting position can be obtained by providing positioning marks (for example, holes, marks, etc.) corresponding to the mounting holes 64a on the back of the game board 4. You may comprise so that the rotation unit 60 can be attached to.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the rotating combination 61 is formed in the shape of a rod-like housing, and a plurality of types of LEDs 61a are provided therein. Therefore, the motor 63 having a large torque is used. For this reason, the vibration by the motor 63 is increased when the rotary member 61 is rotationally driven. In this embodiment, a method for attaching the game board 4 to the pachinko machine 1 is devised in order to suppress vibrations generated by driving the rotary unit 60. This will be described below. FIG. 24 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1 with the game board 4 attached and the front frame 5 removed. FIG. 25 is an enlarged view of the mounting mechanism of the game board 4.

  As shown in FIG. 24, two engagement protrusions 33 formed on the upper and lower left sides of the game board mounting frame 9 and two engagement holes formed on the upper and lower left sides of the board surface (front surface) of the game board 4. 34, the left side of the game board 4 is locked, two engagement recesses 36 formed on the upper and lower sides of the right side of the game board mounting frame 9, and two on the upper and lower sides of the right side of the board surface of the game board 4. The right side portion of the game board 4 is engaged by the engagement hook 35.

  The engagement hook 35 detachably locks the game board 4 and the game board mounting frame 9 at two positions, a LOCK position where the engagement recess 36 can be locked and a UNLOCK position where the engagement hook 35 is retracted. . As shown in FIG. 25, the engagement hook 35 is formed in a laterally long shape with a synthetic resin material, and can be engaged with and disengaged from the engagement recess 36 of the game board mounting frame 9 at one end in the longitudinal direction. A locking portion 35a that engages and fixes the game board 4 is integrally formed. Further, the engagement hook 35 has a shaft portion 35d projecting from the upper and lower portions, and a rail (not shown) that clamps the shaft portion 35d is formed in the storage recess 39, and the shaft portion 35d is connected to the storage recess 39. The engagement hook 35 can be moved in the left-right direction in the figure by sliding it in the rail. Thus, the engagement hook 35 is rotated so that the locking portion 35a is positioned in the front direction of the pachinko machine 1 with the shaft portion 35d as an axis, and is fitted into the storage recess 39.

  Further, a check portion 35e is provided at the other end of the engagement hook 35 where the engagement portion 35a in the longitudinal direction is not provided to prevent the engagement hook 35 restrained by the storage recess 39 from coming off. Yes. The check portion 35e is engaged with a check protrusion (not shown) provided in the storage recess 39, and is prevented from rotating so that the locking portion 35a is positioned in the back direction of the pachinko machine 1 with the shaft portion 35d as an axis. In addition, the engaging hook 35 is securely restrained in the storage recess 39. In addition, by pressing the check portion 35e in the right direction in the figure, the engagement between the check portion 35e and the check protrusion is released, and the engagement hook 35 can be moved.

  Further, on the right side of the check portion 35e in the figure, a handle portion 35b is integrally formed for operating the LOCK and UNLOCK by moving the engagement hook 35 forward and backward. The handle portion 35b is formed in a substantially square ring shape. Thus, by operating the handle portion 35b and moving the engagement hook 35 to the LOCK position, the locking portion 35a protrudes to the outside of the game board 4 to be locked with the engagement recess 36, and the handle portion 35b. Is operated to move the engagement hook 35 to the UNLOCK position, so that the locking portion 35a is retracted without protruding to the outside of the game board 4 and cannot be locked to the engagement recess 36.

  In this embodiment, the storage recess 39 and the engagement hook 35 provided in the game board 4 are restricted from advancing and retracting the engagement hook 35 at two positions, a LOCK position and an UNLOCK position. In other words, the engagement hook 35 is located above and below the engagement recess 35 so as to be engageable with the first restriction recess 39a and the second restriction recess 39b provided in the game board 4 and located above and below the storage recess 39. A protruding pin-shaped restricting convex portion 35c is provided. Then, the engagement hook 35 is moved to a position where the first restriction concave portion 39a and the restriction convex portion 35c correspond to press the handle portion 35b to engage the check portion 35e with the check protrusion. The restriction convex part 35c is fitted and engaged with the restriction concave part 39a, and the engagement hook 35 is restrained to the LOCK position to restrict the movement in the horizontal direction in the figure. On the other hand, the engagement hook 35 is moved to a position where the second restriction concave portion 39b and the restriction convex portion 35c correspond to press the handle portion 35b to engage the check portion 35e with the check protrusion. The restriction convex part 35c is fitted and engaged with the restriction concave part 39b, and the engagement hook 35 is restrained at the UNLOCK position to restrict the movement in the horizontal direction in the figure.

  In addition, the handle portion 35b of the engagement hook 35 is pressed and the engagement hook 35 is rotated so that the locking portion 35a is positioned in the front direction of the pachinko machine 1 with the shaft portion 35d as an axis. The inserted locking portion 35a presses the engagement recess 36 in the front direction in the figure. As a result, the game board 4 is pressed into the game board mounting frame 9 in the depth direction of the pachinko machine 1 and is securely fixed to the game board mounting frame 9. That is, after the locking hole 34 formed on the left side of the game board 4 is brought into contact with the engagement protrusion 33 formed on the left side of the game board mounting frame 9, the left side of the game board 4 is rotated about the rotation axis. And the engagement board 35 is engaged with the engagement projection 33 by engaging the game board 4 with the game board mounting frame 9 and engaging hooks 35 formed on the right side of the game board 4. The regulation projection 35c is fitted into the first regulation recess 39a from the state in which the engagement hook 35 is restrained at the UNLOCK position by operating and fitting the regulation projection 35c into the second regulation recess 39b. By engaging, the engagement hook 35 moves to a state where it is constrained to the LOCK position, and the engagement portion 35a protrudes outside the game board 4 and engages with the engagement recess 36 formed in the game board mounting frame 9. At the same time, the game board 4 is pressed by pushing the game board 4 in the back direction of the pachinko machine 1. Is fixed to the game board mounting frame 9 is engaged.

  Further, a locking hook 38 is formed in the lower left portion of the game board 4, and an urging lock portion 37 corresponding to the locking hook 38 is provided in the lower left portion of the game board mounting frame 9. When the game board 4 is mounted on the game board mounting frame 9, the urging lock portion 37 urges the locking hook 38 downward to lock it. In addition, it is possible to lock the game board 4 while applying a downward biasing force by biasing the locking hook 38 downward by the biasing lock portion 37. As a result, the game board 4 comes into close contact with the lower edge of the game board mounting frame 9 and is pressed and fixed downward.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the left side of the game board 4 is engaged by the engagement protrusion 33 and the engagement hole 34, and the engagement portion 35a is inserted into the engagement recess 36 to be engaged. By pressing the game board 4 in the back direction of the pachinko machine 1, the game board 4 is firmly fixed and locked to the game board mounting frame 9. In the present embodiment, the game board 4 can be more firmly fixed to the game board mounting frame 9 by pressing and fixing the game board 4 downward by the locking hook 38 and the biasing lock portion 37. Further, since the game board mounting frame 9 is integrally formed with the main body frame 3, that the game board 4 is fixed to the game board mounting frame 9 means that the game board 4 is fixed to the pachinko machine 1. means. In addition, when the pachinko machine 1 is installed in a game arcade, the outer frame 2 is attached to a gaming island where a plurality of gaming machines are arranged by nailing or the like so that the pachinko machine 1 does not vibrate. That is, the propagation of the vibration generated by the motor 63 of the rotating accessory 61 is caused by the propagation suppressing means constituted by any one of the game board 4, the game board 4 and the pachinko machine 1, and the game board 4, the pachinko machine 1 and the game island. Suppressed, the game board 4 can be securely fixed to prevent the occurrence of vibration, and the rolling of the game ball flowing down the surface of the game board 4 is not affected.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the rotating accessory 61 is attached so as to be located on the upper right side of the game area 12, and the engaging hook 35 is located in the vicinity thereof. As described above, the engaging hook 35 and the engaging recess 36 are located. And the game board 4 is firmly fixed. For this reason, the vibration generated by the motor 63 is suppressed by the engagement hook 35 and the engagement recess 36 as the fixing members located in the vicinity, and the propagation of the vibration generated by the motor 63 is suppressed. In addition, the vibration generated by the motor 63 is suppressed and the propagation of the vibration generated by the motor 63 is suppressed by attaching the rotating member 61 so as to be positioned in the vicinity of the locking hook and the urging lock portion 37 as a fixing member. You may comprise. On the other hand, when the rotating accessory 61 is mounted on the left side of the game area 12, the engagement hook 35 and the engagement recess 36 as the fixing members are not positioned in the vicinity, and thus generated by the motor 63. The effect of suppressing vibration is reduced and propagation of vibration generated by the motor 63 is not suppressed. That is, the engagement hook 35 and the engagement recess 36 are engaged so that there is no play, but the engagement protrusion 33 and the engagement hole 34 are engaged so as to have some play. Suppressive effect is weak.

  Further, when the rotating combination 61 is directly screwed to the gaming board 4 fixed to the pachinko machine 1 in this way, vibration from the rotating unit 60 is difficult to propagate to the gaming board 4 and the rotating combination 61 is rotated. In this case, vibrations generated in this case are suppressed and the rolling of the game ball flowing down the game area 12 is not affected. Further, by suppressing the vibration, the propagation of vibration from the game board 4 to the stage 50 is reduced, and the rolling of the game ball on the stage 50 is not affected. As a result, winning in the first start port 72 and the second start port 73 is not affected. Further, by suppressing the vibration of the rotating unit 60, it is possible to prevent the vibration from propagating to the mounting unit 81 from the portion where the mounting unit 81 and the rotating unit 60 are in contact.

  By the way, the game area 12 according to the present embodiment is set larger than the size of a conventional general game area. Specifically, in the conventional general game area, the maximum width dimension is set to approximately 394 mm, and the height dimension is set to 396 mm. On the other hand, in the gaming area 12 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26, the maximum width dimension W1 is set to about 431 mm, and the height dimension H1 is set to 417 mm. For this reason, the image display device 42 having a large display screen having a width dimension W2 of 196 mm and a height dimension H2 of 119 mm is arranged in the approximate center of the game area 12, and the length dimension L Even in the configuration of the present embodiment in which the rotating combination 61 having a diameter of 116 mm is disposed, an area of approximately 60 mm can be secured as the lateral width W3 of the ball passing area on the left and right sides of the center combination (center unit 40). That is, even in the configuration of the present embodiment in which a large center accessory is arranged in the game area 12, a sufficient ball passage area on the left and right sides of the center accessory can be obtained, and a game ball in the game area 12 can be obtained. There will be no hindrance to the ball flow.

  Further, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, the branch passage 67 is disposed on the side portion of the decorative member (the front decorative body 80 and the back decorative body 82). For this reason, without increasing the width of the side portion of the decorative member (even when the image display device 42 is configured to have a large display screen, the center accessory itself having the branch passage 67 is extremely enlarged. In other words, it is possible to increase the guidance distance of the game ball in the branch passage 67 and to improve the interest in the ball flow. Further, the center accessory (the image display device 42 and the decorative member) is disposed at a substantially central position of the game area 12. For this reason, the game area 12 on the left and right sides of the center role, that is, the ball passing area on the left and right sides of the center role can be sufficiently taken, which hinders the ball flow of the game balls in the game area 12. Never come.

  As described above, according to the configuration of this embodiment, the back decoration body 82 in which the branch passage 67 and the stage 50 are integrally assembled and attached to the through hole 4a of the game board 4 from the back side, and the game board 4 And a front decorative body 80 that decorates the front end portion of the rear decorative body 82 that is provided in front of the through hole 4a by being attached to the front surface of the front surface, and the rear decorative body 82 includes a stage unit 50a on which the stage 50 is formed, And a mounting board 86 formed with a boss hole 86a for mounting the back decoration body 82 on the back side of the game board 4. The stage unit 50a is assembled to the mounting base 86 at a portion other than the stage 50. Thereby, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of distortion in the stage 50, and as a result, it is possible to avoid guiding the game ball in a biased direction different from the design on the stage 50.

  Further, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, the mounting substrate 86 is formed in a housing shape having an opening, the stage unit 50a is assembled to the bottom surface of the housing, and the boss hole 86a is formed in the opening. It is formed on the flange-shaped flange portion 86b formed on the outer periphery. As a result, even when an external force (clamping force such as screwing) is applied to the boss hole 86a when the back decorative body 82 is attached to the back side of the game board 4, the flange-shaped flange portion 86b of the mounting board 86 or the side surface of the housing Since external force can be absorbed by the portion (distortion occurs only in the flanged flange portion 86b or the side surface portion of the housing), it is possible to reliably avoid the occurrence of distortion in the stage 50.

  Further, by providing the attachment unit 81, the back decoration body 82 can be attached to the back side of the game board 4 via the attachment unit 81, and the distortion of the stage 50 accompanying the attachment can be further avoided. it can. Further, a loose fitting convex portion 96 is provided at the front end portion of the stage 50, and a loose fitting concave portion 97 into which the loose fitting convex portion 96 is loosely fitted is provided in the mounting unit 81. As a result, even when an external force is applied to the stage 50 (for example, pressing the stage 50 during assembly), distortion generated in the stage 50 can be suppressed to a minimum, and damage to the stage 50 can be prevented.

  In addition, in embodiment, although it comprises by forming a channel | path outer side wall with a transparent material as a ball | bowl visual recognition part which concerns on this invention, it is not restricted to this, The opening part pierced by the channel | path outer side wall is made into a sphere. It is good also as a visual recognition part. Moreover, although the guidance surface part which concerns on this invention is comprised from the smooth curved surface, you may comprise from the flat surface extended not only in this but linearly.

  In general, in the case where the frequency (starting winning rate) of the start winning (the winning of game balls to the first starting port 72 and the second starting port 73) is suppressed at the game hall side, In the embodiment, the guidance of the game ball at the ball guide member 65) is suppressed, in other words, the nail so that the game ball does not easily enter the warp inlet (in this embodiment, the swing path member 43 and the ball path member 49). By adjusting, the frequency of starting winning prizes is suppressed, but when such nail adjustment is performed, most of the game balls that roll on the ball rolling surface are played by collision with obstacle nails. It becomes a game ball that jumps up from the area onto the ball rolling surface. However, the conventional general ball rolling surface has been formed in a continuous and continuous stepped shape. For this reason, the game ball jumped up from the game area is rolled only on the lowermost ball rolling surface adjacent to the game area, and even if it is placed on the ball rolling surface, it is immediately discharged to the game area. The period during which game balls exist on the rolling surface was shortened. On the other hand, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, the ball rolling surface is configured to overlap two upper and lower stages, thereby widening the depth width of the stage 50 (stage unit 50a) as the lower ball rolling surface. The period during which the game ball exists on the ball rolling surface can be lengthened, and as a result, the interest for the ball flow of the game ball on the ball rolling surface is not reduced.

  Further, in the case where the frequency of start winning (start winning rate) is suppressed on the game hall side, the momentum of the game ball in the warp passage (in this embodiment, the ball guide member 65) is suppressed, thereby suppressing the momentum on the stage 50. Although the rolling width of the game ball is narrowed to prevent the game ball from being inserted into the guide passage 58, the start winning frequency may be suppressed. In this embodiment, the game ball is provided on the stage 50. The rolling width of the game ball in the circular guiding portion 54 is due to the momentum applied by the upper rail 52 and the lower rail 53, respectively, and the swing passage member 43 and the front decorative body 43 provided in the upper left portion of the front decorative body. Even if the initial velocity of the game ball in the ball passage member 49 provided in the upper right part of the ball is slow, the movement width is not narrowed by the influence, so the expectation for the start winning prize is not lowered, and the ball rolling A game ball on the surface It does not reduce the interest in the record.

  The configuration of the ball discharge passage according to the present invention is not limited to the guide passage 58 described in the embodiment. Hereinafter, modified examples of the ball discharge passage will be described. However, since other configurations are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, the description thereof is omitted for the sake of convenience. The ball discharge passage of the modified example is a structure of a guide passage (not shown) that extends in communication with the wall portion a54 and the groove portion 54b at the front end portion (the game area 12 side) of the circular guide portion 54. The front end portion (downstream end portion) of the passage serves as a ball discharge portion that discharges the game ball to the game area 12. Then, when the game ball flows into the ball passage by the ball flow on the circular guide portion 54, the game ball is discharged directly from the position above the stage 50 to the game area 12. For this reason, even when the game ball jumps up on the stage 50 due to the collision with the obstacle nail, the game ball discharged from the circular guide portion 54 through the ball discharge passage to the game area 12 jumped up on the stage 50. Since the game ball does not collide with the game ball, the direction of discharge of the game ball discharged from the ball discharge passage does not change. As a result, the game ball is discharged from the ball rolling surface (from the ball discharge passage through the circular guide portion 54). The player's expectation for (emissions) is not impaired.

  In the present embodiment, the circular guiding portion 54 is provided with the wall portion 54a and the groove portion 54b, and the wall portion 54a is projected so that substantially the entire game ball can be visually recognized. A groove may be formed so that substantially the entire game ball can be visually recognized from the surface of the portion 54, and the game ball may be rolled along the groove.

  Next, various control processes executed on the main board 101 in accordance with the game progress of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing an example of main processing executed by the CPU 102 mounted on the main board 101. FIG. 28 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing when a power-off occurs. FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating an example of timer interrupt processing. FIG. 30 is a list chart showing random numbers updated in the main board 101. FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing an example of the game process. FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing the variation start process. FIG. 33 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the big hit determination process. FIG. 34 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the variable display pattern setting process. FIG. 35 is a list chart showing an example of the variable display pattern table. FIG. 36 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the big hit game process. FIG. 37 is a table showing a relationship between a jackpot start command, a jackpot probability, and a jackpot continuation rate. The timer interrupt process is executed by the CPU 102 mounted on the main board 101 at a predetermined timing (in this embodiment, every 4 ms).

  As shown in FIG. 27, when the supply of power to the pachinko machine 1 is started, the CPU 102 executes a power-on process (step S1). In this power-on process, it is determined whether or not the backup data stored in the RAM 104 is normal (is a set value when a power failure occurs). If normal, the backup data stored in the RAM 104 is used. Executes processing to restore the power outage (power recovery processing), and if the backup data is abnormal, clears RAM104 and performs CPU peripheral device settings (normal initial settings: interrupt timing settings, etc.) . When power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is stopped during the game, the current game state is stored in the RAM 104 as backup data. If the RAM erase switch for instructing the clearing of the backup data stored in the RAM 104 is turned on in the power-on process, the RAM 104 is cleared and normal initialization is performed. If the backup data is not stored in the RAM 104 mounted on the main board 101 in the power-on process, the RAM 104 is cleared and normal initialization is performed. In the power-on process, a process of setting a power-on command indicating that the main board 101 has been activated to the sub-integrated board 111 when normal initial setting is executed is also executed. The power-on command notifies the sub integrated board 111 that the main board 101 has been started. Note that the backup data is also stored in the RAM 104 when the power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is stopped (when the power is turned off) when the amusement store is closed, etc. Processing at the time of execution is executed.

  When the power-on process ends, the CPU 102 starts a loop process that repeatedly executes each process for gaming. At the start of this loop processing, the CPU 102 first determines whether or not a power failure notice signal has been detected (step S2). In this embodiment, the power supply voltage used in the pachinko machine 1 is generated by a power supply board (not shown). That is, since the plurality of types of devices mounted on the pachinko machine 1 operate with different power supply voltages, the power supply voltage supplied from the external power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is converted into a predetermined power supply voltage on the power supply board, Supplying to the device. Therefore, when a power failure occurs and the power supply voltage supplied from the external power supply to the power supply board is equal to or lower than the predetermined power supply voltage, a power failure notice signal indicating that the supply of power supply voltage from the power supply board to the main board 101 is stopped is transmitted. Is done. Then, when a power failure notice signal is detected by the CPU 102 mounted on the main board 101 in step S2, a process at the time of occurrence of power interruption is executed (step S4). When the power interruption occurs, the operation of the gaming machine is in a state before the power failure when the power supply voltage supplied to the power supply board after the power failure is restored (24V in this embodiment) (hereinafter referred to as power recovery). This is a process of storing the state at the time of the occurrence of a power failure as backup data in the RAM 104 in order to start from. Although the processing content will be described later, in the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the power failure occurrence processing is not interrupt processing, but as branch processing that is executed immediately after the start of the loop depending on whether or not a power failure warning signal is detected. It is incorporated in the main process (main control process).

  When the power failure warning signal is not detected in step S2, that is, when the power from the external power supply is normally supplied, random number update processing 2 for updating various random numbers used in the game is performed (step S3). . The random number updated in the random number update process 2 will be described later.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process when a power failure occurs (step S4). As described above, the power-off occurrence process is a process executed when a power failure warning signal is detected in the main process. First, the CPU 102 performs an interrupt prohibition setting so that the interrupt process is not executed (step S4a). Then, the checksum of the RAM 104 is calculated and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 104 (step S4b). This checksum is used to check whether or not the contents of the RAM 104 before the power failure is retained at the time of power recovery.

  Next, the CPU 102 sets a specified value indicating that the process at the time of power-off occurrence has been performed in a backup flag provided in a predetermined area of the RAM 104 (step S4c). When the above processing is completed, the CPU 102 prohibits access to the RAM 104 (step S4d) and enters an infinite loop to prepare for the stop of power supply. In this process, if the power supply voltage becomes unstable due to a very short power failure, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “instantaneous power interruption”), the process at the time of the occurrence of power interruption has started. Since the power supply voltage is not stopped, there is a possibility that it is impossible to return from the infinite loop in the above processing. In order to avoid such adverse effects, the CPU 102 of this embodiment is provided with a watchdog timer, and is configured to be reset if the watchdog timer is not updated for a predetermined time. The watchdog timer is periodically updated while the process is normally performed. However, the watchdog timer enters the process when the power is cut off and is not updated. As a result, even when the power interruption occurs due to an instantaneous power failure and the infinite loop shown in FIG. 28 is entered, a reset is applied after a predetermined period of time, and the CPU 102 starts up in the same process as when the power is turned on.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating an example of timer interrupt processing. As described above, in this embodiment, the timer interrupt process is executed every 4 ms by the CPU 102 mounted on the main board 101 during the execution of the main process. In the timer interrupt process, the CPU 102 executes the process from step S11 to step S19 after executing the register saving process (step S10). In the switch input process of step S11, the process of monitoring the detection signals of the above-described switches (gate switch 74a, start port switches 70a and 70b, count switch 75a, general winning switch 13a, etc.) is executed. In the payout operation process in step S12, a payout command for instructing the payout board 105 to pay out the game ball is set based on the signal detected in the switch input process (step S11). In the random number update process 1 in step S13, a process of updating various random numbers used in the game is executed. In this embodiment, the random number updated in the random number update process 1 is different from the random number updated in the random number update process 2 described above. Although the random number will be described later, the random number updated in the random number update process 2 may be updated in the random number update process 1 as well.

  Moreover, in the game process of step S14, the process which controls the pachinko machine 1 according to the progress state of a game is performed. In the normal symbol game of step S15, control processing related to the normal symbol display 44 is executed. In the ordinary electric accessory game in step S16, a process for opening and closing the movable piece 71 is executed. In the special symbol game of step S17, control for variably displaying the special symbol display device 41 is executed based on the result of the game process (step S14). In the special electric accessory game of step S18, the solenoid 76a is controlled to move and the opening / closing control of the front door 76 is executed. In the command transmission output process of step S19, a process of transmitting the effect command set in the game process (step S14) to the sub-integrated board 111 is executed. In the command transmission output process (step S19), a process for transmitting the power-on command set in the power-on process (step S1) to the sub-integrated board 111 when power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is started. Done. In the I / O port output process of step S20, a process of outputting a status signal indicating a gaming state to the outside of the pachinko machine 1 (for example, a management computer), a process of outputting a drive signal to the special figure start memory lamp 47, etc. Execute. When the processing from step S11 to step S20 is executed, the register restoration processing (step S21) is executed, and the processing is terminated.

  Here, various random numbers updated by the CPU 102 mounted on the main board 101 in the random number update process 1 (step S13) and the random number update process 2 (step S3) described above will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 30, in this embodiment, as the various random numbers used in the game, the big hit determination random number used for determining whether or not to generate the big hit gaming state (big hit determination), the big hit gaming state in the big hit determination Is a probability variation determination random number used to determine whether or not to make a probability variation big hit (probability variation determination) when it is determined that a big hit gaming state is not to be generated in the big hit determination, it is out of reach with a reach mode Reach determination random number used for determination (reach determination), variable display pattern random number used for determining the variable display pattern of the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display 41, variable winning device 70 There are normal symbol determination random numbers used for determining whether or not the movable piece 71 is controlled to be in the open state (normal symbol determination). The variable display pattern of the special symbol may be determined using the reach determination random number, and the variable display pattern of the decorative symbol controlled by the image display device 42 may be determined.

  Among these random numbers, in the random number update process 1, per jackpot determination random number related to occurrence of the jackpot gaming state, probability variation determination random number, and normal symbol pertains whether or not the movable piece 71 of the variable winning device 70 is controlled to the open state. Update the decision random number. That is, the random number used for the determination regarding whether or not the big hit gaming state is generated and whether or not the movable piece 71 of the variable winning device 70 is controlled to the open state is updated every 4 ms as a predetermined timing. By doing so, the probability (probability to determine that a big hit gaming state is generated, probability to determine that the movable piece 71 of the variable winning device 70 is controlled to be opened) in a predetermined period in each random number is made constant. It is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged. On the other hand, in the random number update process 2, the reach determination random number and the variable display pattern random number are updated regardless of the occurrence of the big hit gaming state and the display result of the normal symbol. Note that the random numbers updated on the main board 101 are not limited to those described above. In the random number update process 2, the initial value of the big hit determination random number that starts counting next when the counter that updates the big hit determination random number makes one round. The initial value determination random number and the like are also updated.

  FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing an example of the game process (step S14). In the game control process, the CPU 102 first determines whether or not a game ball has won the first start port 72 and the second start port 73 (step S30). Specifically, it is determined whether or not a detection signal is output from the start port switches 70a and 70b, and when the detection signal is output from the start port switches 70a and 70b, the first start port 72 or the second start port. It is determined that the game ball has won 73 (YES in step S30), and if the detection signals from the start port switches 70a and 70b are not output, the game ball has won the first start port 72 and the second start port 73. It is determined that it is not (NO in step S30). When it is determined in step S30 that a game ball has won the first start port 72 or the second start port 73, various random numbers (a big hit determination random number, a probable variation determination random number, etc.) are acquired and held in the RAM 104. It is determined whether or not the value of the ball counter is less than 4 which is the upper limit value (step S31). Then, if the held ball number counter is less than 4 in step S31, start memory storage processing is performed (step S32). If the start port switches 70a and 70b are not turned on in step S30, and if the value of the reserved ball number counter is 4 in step S31, the start storage storing process is not executed. Thereafter, the CPU 102 refers to the value of the process selection flag indicating the progress of the game, and performs any one of steps S40 to S44.

  In the start memory storing process, the process of adding “1” to the held ball number counter and the lighting display mode (the number of lamps to be turned on) of the special figure start memory lamp 47 are changed in accordance with the addition of the held ball number counter. A process, and a process of storing the acquired random number value (in this embodiment, a big hit determination random number, a probability variation determination random number) in a storage area of the start memory provided in the RAM 104 in correspondence with the count value of the reserved ball number counter; I do. Thus, the reserved ball number counter is a counter indicating the number of random values stored in the storage area of the start memory. If the value of the reserved ball number counter is the upper limit value in step S31, the random number value acquired in step S30 is discarded. When it is determined in step S30 that a game ball has won the first start port 72 or the second start port 73, various random numbers may be acquired between step S30 and step S32. For example, in step S30, various random numbers are acquired. In step S31, it is determined that the reserved ball number counter is less than the upper limit value, and then various random numbers may be acquired or may be acquired in the start-up storage process (step S32). Good.

  In the variation start process (step S40) executed when the process selection flag is “0”, the start memory number is confirmed. If the start memory number is not 0, the setting for starting the variation display of the special symbol is made. Do. As will be described in detail later, specifically, it is determined whether or not a big hit gaming state is to be generated, and if a big hit gaming state is to be generated, it is determined whether or not to be a promising big hit. In the variable display pattern setting process (step S41) executed when the process selection flag is “1”, settings relating to the variable display of special symbols and decorative symbols are performed. Specifically, although the details will be described later, the variation display pattern of the special symbol is determined, and the variation time set corresponding to the variation display pattern (the variation display of the special symbol is started on the special symbol display 41). Time from stop until display of stop) is set in the timer. In the changing process (step S42) executed when the process selection flag is “2”, the timer set with the changing time in the change display pattern setting process (step S41) is monitored, and the timer has timed out. Then, the special symbol display 41 performs processing for stopping the special symbol variation display. At this time, if it is determined that the big hit gaming state is made in the variation start process (step S40), the process selection flag is updated to “3”, and if it is not judged that the big hit gaming state is made, the process selection flag is set. Update to “0”.

  In the big hit game start process (step S43) executed when the process selection flag is “3”, a setting for starting the big hit game state is performed. Specifically, the number of opening of the special winning opening / closing device 75 is set. In the big hit game processing (step S44) executed when the process selection flag is “4”, the number of game balls detected by the count switch 75a is determined, and a predetermined number (10 in this embodiment) is determined. When the game ball is won in the big prize opening, or when a predetermined period (30 seconds in this embodiment) has elapsed, a process for closing the big prize opening opening / closing device 75 is performed. Further, if the number of rounds in the big hit gaming state has not reached the predetermined number (15 in this embodiment), the process for making the big prize opening / closing device 75 open again is performed. When the number of rounds reaches a predetermined number, the process selection flag is updated to “0”.

  FIG. 32 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the variation start process (step S40). In the variation start process, the CPU 102 determines whether or not the value of the reserved ball number counter is 0 (step S401). As described above, since the value of the held ball number counter indicates the number of random numbers stored in the start memory storage area, if the value of the held ball number counter is 0 in step S401, the start memory is stored. It is determined that there is not, and the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the value of the reserved ball number counter is not 0 in step S401, a start memory transfer process is executed (step S402). In the start memory transfer process, the process of subtracting 1 from the reserved ball number counter, and after shifting various random numbers stored in the start memory storage area provided in the RAM 104, the start ball storage counter of the start memory storage area A process of reading various random numbers (such as jackpot determination random numbers) stored in the storage area corresponding to 0 is performed. Specifically, various random numbers stored in the storage area corresponding to n (n = 1, 2, 3, 4) of the reserved ball number counter in the storage area of the start memory are stored in the storage area of the start memory. The number is stored in a storage area corresponding to n-1 (n = 0, 1, 2, 3) of the number counter.

  Next, in step S402, it is determined whether or not to generate a big hit gaming state using the big hit determination random number read from the storage area corresponding to 0 of the reserved ball number counter in the storage area of the reserved memory, and the big hit gaming state is determined. In the case of generating, after the big hit determination process for determining whether or not the probability variation big hit is made (step S403), the process selection flag is updated to “1” (step S404). By updating the process selection flag to “1”, the timer interrupt process occurs next, and the variable display pattern setting process (step S41) can be executed when the game process (step S14) is executed.

  FIG. 33 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the big hit determination process (step S403). In the big hit determination process, the CPU 102 determines whether or not a probability variation state flag set in step S57, which will be described later, is ON (is set) (step S51). If the probability variation status flag is ON, a probability variation big hit determination table (not shown) is selected (step S52). (Not shown) is selected (step S53). As an example, in the probability change big hit determination table, the big hit determination value determined to generate the big hit gaming state by matching with the big hit determination random number among 980 big hit determination random numbers from 0 to 979. 14 jackpots are set, and the jackpot probability that is the probability of jackpot is 1/70. On the other hand, in the normal jackpot determination table, two jackpot determination values are set out of 980 jackpot determination random numbers from 0 to 979, and the jackpot probability is 1/495. Although details will be described later, in this embodiment, the probability of a big hit at normal time differs for each model. For example, “1/495”, “1/393”, and “1/270” It is set to either.

  Then, the decision value set in the probability change big hit determination table selected in steps S52 and S53 or the normal time big hit determination table matches the value of the big hit determination random number read in the start memory transfer process in step S402. It is determined whether or not to generate a big hit gaming state depending on whether or not to perform (step S54). The determination value set in the probability change big hit determination table selected in steps S52 and S53 or the normal time big hit determination table, and the value of the big hit determination random number read in the start memory transfer processing in step S402 (the number of the holding ball counter) When it is determined that the big hit gaming state is to be generated based on the fact that the big hit determination random number value stored in the storage area corresponding to 0) matches, after the big hit flag is turned on (set) (step S55) ), It is determined whether or not the probability change big hit is made based on a probability change determination table (not shown) in which a predetermined determination value is set (step S56). Specifically, it is set in the probability variation determination table and the value of probability variation determination random number read in the start memory transition processing in step S402 (value of probability variation determination random number stored in the storage area corresponding to 0 of the reserved ball number counter). It is determined whether or not to make a probable big hit based on whether or not the determination value matches. In the present embodiment, the probability variation entry rate (the proportion of the big hits as the probability variation big hit) is 2/3, that is, the probability variation big hit among the nine probability variation determination random numbers from 0 to 8. Six determination values to be determined are set in the probability variation determination table.

  If it is determined in step S56 that the determination value set in the probability variation determination table and the value of the probability variation determination random number read in the start memory transfer process in step S402 match, the probability variation state is determined. The flag is turned on (set) (step S57). On the other hand, when it is determined in step S54 that a big hit is not made (deviated) and in step S56, it is decided that a probability variation big hit is not made (non-probable big hit is made), the following processing is executed. The process ends without Note that the ON / OFF state (set state, reset state) of the big hit flag and the probability variation state flag is stored in the RAM 104. The OFF state (reset state) of the big hit flag and the probability change state flag is a value of “0”, and the ON state (set state) of the big hit flag and the probability change state flag is a value of “1”. Is set.

  The probability change state flag is a flag indicating the transition control to the probability variation state after the big hit gaming state is finished, and the probability change state flag is set when the big hit gaming state is ended in the big hit gaming processing (step S44). Then, the process of resetting the probability variation state flag and setting the probability variation flag indicating the probability variation state is executed. In the state in which the probability variation flag is set, the probability variation state is controlled as described above. For example, the probability variation big hit determination table in step S52 described above is selected, and the big hit is made in a state other than the probability variation state (normal state, short time state). The probability that it is determined that a gaming state is generated increases. If the probability variation flag is set in the big hit game start processing (step S43), processing for resetting the probability variation flag is executed.

  FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing an example of the variable display pattern setting process (step S41). In the variable display pattern setting process, the CPU 102 determines whether or not a big hit is made as a result of the current variable display, that is, whether or not the big hit flag is set (step S410). If the big hit flag is set (if it is in the ON state), the big hit hour fluctuation display pattern table (see FIG. 35) in which the fluctuation display pattern showing the manner of deriving the big hit symbol is selected is selected (step S411). ). On the other hand, if the big hit flag is not set (in the OFF state), the reach determination random number is acquired and stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 104 and set in the reach determination table in which the predetermined determination value is set. It is determined whether or not reach is made based on whether or not the determined determination value matches the value of the acquired reach determination random number (step S412). In the reach determination table, the reach probability (the ratio of the reach mode) is 1 / 12.5, that is, two determination values out of 25 reach determination random numbers from 0 to 24 are reach determination. Set in the table.

  When it is determined in step S412 that the reach mode is selected, the reach-time variation display pattern table (see FIG. 35) in which the variation display pattern indicating the mode for deriving the outlier design with the reach mode is selected is selected (step S413). ), When it is determined in step S412 that the reach mode is not selected, the shift-time variation display pattern table (see FIG. 35) in which the variation display pattern indicating the mode for deriving the loss symbol without the reach mode is set is selected. (Step S414). Then, the random display pattern random number is acquired and stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 104, and the big hit fluctuation display pattern table, the reach fluctuation display pattern table selected in steps S411, S413, and S414, or the deviation fluctuation. The variation display pattern in which the determination value set in any one of the display pattern tables matches the acquired variation display pattern random number value is determined (step S415).

  Next, a variation display pattern command is set as an effect command for designating the variation display pattern determined in step S415 (step S416), and a variation time corresponding to the variation display pattern is provided in the RAM 104 mounted on the main board 101. A timer (in this embodiment, a valid period timer) is set (step S417). In step S417, the variation time set in the variation display pattern determined in step S415 is set in the effective period timer. Note that the variable display pattern command set in step S416 is transmitted to the sub-integrated board 111 in the command transmission output process (step S19). Further, when a variable display pattern command is transmitted to the sub-integrated board 111 by command transmission output processing, a drive signal is output to the special symbol display 41 in a special symbol game to start the variable symbol variable display.

  Here, the variable display pattern will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 35 is a table showing an example of the variable display pattern. In this embodiment, a plurality of types of variation display patterns from variation number 1 to variation number 20 are provided. Note that the normal fluctuation of the fluctuation number 1 is a fluctuation display pattern used in the case of a deviation without a reach mode. Moreover, each variation display pattern of variation number 2 to variation number 20 is a variation display pattern with a reach mode, and there are cases where a big hit or a loss occurs depending on the result of winning.

  Therefore, in the above-described fluctuation display pattern table at the time of loss, all determination values are assigned to the normal fluctuation of the fluctuation number 1. In addition, in the above-described variation display pattern table at the time of reaching, a variation display pattern in which the winning result is out of the variation display patterns of variation number 2 to variation number 20 is set. Is a variation display pattern in which the winning result is a big hit among the variation display patterns of variation number 2 to variation number 20, and a determination value is assigned to each variation display pattern.

  The variation display pattern command of this embodiment is data of 2 bytes, and each variation display pattern command has a special symbol variation display after the special symbol display 41 starts the variation display of the special symbol. Data for specifying the variation time until stop display and reach production are included. The first byte data of the variable display pattern command includes data indicating that the effect command is a variable display pattern command, and the second byte data of the variable display pattern command includes the variable time and reach effect. Includes data for identification.

  The CPU 102 mounted on the main board 101 sets the data of the first byte in the state of “10H” when the variable display pattern command is determined, and sets the data corresponding to the variable display pattern determined in step S415 as the variable display pattern. Set as the second byte of the command. Thus, the CPU 102 transmits this variable display pattern command to the sub-integrated substrate 111, thereby notifying the sub-integrated substrate 111 of information specifying the variable time and reach effect according to the variable display pattern determined in step S415. .

  In this embodiment, two different fluctuation times are set for one fluctuation display pattern. As described above, the data of the second byte of the variable display pattern command includes data designating the variable time (normal variable time) of the variable display pattern. In this embodiment, by changing the data of the first byte of the variable display pattern command from “10H” to “11H” and setting it, the variable display pattern change time (normal change time) is set to a predetermined period ( For example, it indicates that the time is changed to the subtracted time (shortened fluctuation time). That is, when the normal variation time is set, the variation display pattern command determined in step S415 (the variation display pattern command in which the first byte data is “10H”) is transmitted to the sub-integrated board 111, and the shortened variation time and In this case, after changing the first byte data of the variable display pattern command (the first byte data is “10H” variable display pattern command) determined in step S415 to “11H”, Send.

  The integrated CPU 112 mounted on the sub-integrated board 111 determines that the variable display pattern command has been received when the data of the first byte of the received effect command is “10H” or “11H”. Accordingly, the integrated CPU 112 mounted on the sub-integrated board 111, when the first byte data of the received variation display pattern command is “10H”, data corresponding to the variation time corresponding to the second byte data ( For example, when the first byte data of the received variation display pattern command is “11H”, the variation time corresponding to the second byte data is subtracted for a predetermined period. Set the corresponding data.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the normal variation time is set, the first byte of the variation display pattern command is set to “10H”, and when the reduced variation time is set, one byte of the variation display pattern command is set. The eye is “11H”. The integrated CPU 112 mounted on the sub-integrated board 111 determines whether the fluctuation time is a normal fluctuation time or a shortened fluctuation time based on the first byte data of the received fluctuation display pattern command, and converts it to the second byte data. A process for starting the fluctuation display is performed by grasping the whole fluctuation display time of the original fluctuation display pattern.

  Specifically, the first byte data of the variation display pattern in which the normal variation time is set to each as the normal variation time (when the first byte of the variation display pattern is “10H”) is rewritten to “11H”. Thus, the integrated CPU 112 is notified that the variable display pattern indicated by the data of the second byte is to be executed with the shortened variable time. As described above, in this embodiment, the integrated CPU 112 mounted on the sub-integrated board 111 changes the fluctuation display pattern based on the second byte data based on the first byte data of the fluctuation display pattern command (normally Whether it is a variation time or a shortened variation time).

  Also, in this embodiment, each variation display pattern table (big hit variation display pattern table, reach variation display pattern table, loss variation display pattern table) referred to in the normal state, a short time state and a probability variation state Each variation display pattern table to be referred to is configured by the same variation display pattern table. In step S416, first, “10H” is set as the first byte data as the variable display pattern command corresponding to the variable display pattern determined based on the variable display pattern table, and the variable display pattern is set as the second byte data. Data corresponding to is set. That is, in step S416, a variable display pattern command corresponding to the normal state is first set. Thereafter, it is determined whether the current gaming state, that is, the current gaming state is a normal state, or the current gaming state is a probability variation state and a time reduction state, and the current game state is a probability variation state or a time reduction state. If it is in the state, the first byte of the variable display pattern command is rewritten to “11H”.

  In step S417, when the variation time corresponding to the variation display pattern is set in the effective period timer, the first byte data of the variation display pattern command is referred to. If “10H”, the normal variation time is determined as the effective period. If the timer is set to “11H”, the shortened variation time is set to the effective period timer. By doing so, it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of types of variable display pattern tables according to each gaming state, so that the data amount of the ROM 103 mounted on the main board 101 can be reduced. Note that when the variation time is set in the effective period timer in step S417, the current gaming state may be determined and the variation time set in the effective period timer may be grasped. That is, if the current gaming state is the normal state in step S417, the normal variation time is set in the effective period timer, and if the current gaming state is the probability variation state or the short time state, the shortened variation time is set to the effective period timer. You may make it set to.

  In this embodiment, after the variable display pattern command is set in step S416, the first byte of the variable display pattern command is rewritten according to the gaming state. 2 is combined with the data of the second byte of the determined variable display pattern, selecting “10H” or “11H” as the first byte of data according to the current gaming state. A byte change display pattern command may be set. Further, the first byte of the variable display pattern command may be rewritten before the variable display pattern command is transmitted to the sub-integrated board 111. For example, the variable display pattern command may be rewritten in the command transmission output process (step S19). The gaming state may be determined when transmitting to the integrated board 111, and if the gaming state is a short-time state or a probability variation state, the first byte of the variation display pattern command may be rewritten to “11H”.

  Also, in the normal state, according to the number of starting memories (for example, when the number of starting memories is a predetermined number (for example, three) or more), a shortened variation time is set (the first byte data of the variation display pattern command is “10H”. ”To“ 11H ”) or in accordance with the number of starting memories in the short-time state and the probability variation state (for example, when the number of starting memories is a predetermined number (for example, one) or less) The variation time may be set to “10H” without rewriting the data of the first byte of the variation display pattern command to “11H”.

  In step S417, the fluctuation display pattern command set in step S416 is confirmed. If the first byte is “10H”, the normal fluctuation time among the fluctuation times set in the fluctuation display pattern indicated by the second byte. Is set in the effective period timer, and if the first byte is “11H”, the shortened variation time among the variation times set in the variation display pattern indicated by the second byte is set in the effective period timer.

  Next, the CPU 102 checks whether or not the probability variation state flag is set (step S418). When the probability variation state flag is set, the CPU 102 sets the probability variation big hit command as an effect command indicating that the probability variation big hit (step S418). S419). Then, the process selection flag is updated to “2” (step S420). Note that the probability variation jackpot command set in step S419 is transmitted to the sub integrated substrate 111 in the command transmission output process (step S19) together with the variation display pattern command. As a result, the integrated CPU 112 mounted on the sub-integrated board 111 can recognize that the current variation display results in a probable big hit.

  The special symbol variation time (normal variation time and shortened variation time) described above is set to substantially coincide with the variation time of the decorative symbol designated by the variation display pattern command transmitted to the sub-integrated board 111. In step S415, the variation display pattern having the variation time of the decorative symbol corresponding to the variation time of the special symbol is determined. In other words, the variation time of the special symbol and the variation time of the decorative symbol do not have to completely coincide. The effective period timer set with the variation time in step S417 is started when the variation display pattern command is transmitted to the sub-integrated board 111 in the command transmission output process (step S19), and in the variation process (step S42). When the validity period timer times out, a special driving signal is output to the special symbol display 41 to cause the CPU 102 to stop the special symbol variation display, and the sub-integrated board 111 is instructed to stop the decorative symbol variation display. Send variable stop command). The sub-integrated board 111 performs control for confirming and displaying the stop of the decorative symbol based on the reception of the change stop command.

  In addition, when a plurality of display areas are provided on the display device and symbols are displayed in a variable manner in each display area, the display is stopped at a specific display result when the big hit determination process is performed. When there are multiple display lines to be displayed, when a symbol that has not been stopped on any display line stops at a predetermined symbol, the symbol that is stopped and displayed on the display line becomes a specific display result. Alternatively, a state in which all symbols are variably displayed in a combination such that a specific display result is obtained on any display line is referred to as a reach mode. In other words, the reach mode is a mode (a mode immediately before a big hit) representing a step before a specific display result (big hit display). In this embodiment, there is only one display line as described above, and among the left, middle and right decorative symbols displayed on the image display device 42, a left decorative symbol, a right decorative symbol, and two arbitrary decorative symbols. May be stopped) with the same symbol, and the medium decorative symbol (the remaining decorative symbol when the combination of two arbitrary decorative symbols is stopped) is variably displayed, or the image display device 42 All the decorative symbols displayed on the screen are displayed in a synchronized manner with the same symbol combination (for example, the left, middle, and right decorative symbols are displayed in a synchronized manner so that they always have the same design. State) is called a reach mode. After the reach mode is reached, an effect (for example, frame run) executed by the frame lamp 27, the game board lamp, the image display device 42, the upper speaker 29, the lower speaker 14, and the like. 27 lighting or flashing in a predetermined manner, a predetermined image displayed on the image display device 42, a predetermined voice output at the top speaker 29 and lower speaker 14) of the reach demonstration.

  FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing an example of the jackpot game process (the jackpot game start process (step S43) and the jackpot game process (step S44)). In the jackpot game process, the CPU 102 determines whether or not it is time to start the jackpot game (step S430). If it is time to start the big hit game, a big hit start command is set (step S431). The jackpot start command is also referred to as an opening command, and is used to instruct the image display device 42 (corresponding to the effect display means and the effect execution means of the present invention) to display “a big hit”. It is a command. In particular, in this example, as shown in FIG. 37, a plurality of jackpot start commands (2001H˜ 2009H) is allocated. For example, in a pachinko machine having a jackpot probability of “1/495” and a jackpot continuation rate of “68%”, “2003H” is set as a jackpot start command. The “big hit continuation rate” is the rate at which the probability variation status flag is set in the case of “big hit”, that is, the rate at which “probability big hit” is set.

  The jackpot start command is data having a 2-byte structure. Although details will be described later, the jackpot start command includes a reference count compared with the number of continuations of the jackpot when determining whether the BGM has been changed, The data for specifying the maximum number of rounds in each is included. Specifically, the first byte data of the jackpot start command indicates that the production command is a jackpot start command, and the second byte data is data for specifying the reference number and the maximum number of rounds. It has become.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 36, when it is not time to start the big hit game, it is determined whether it is time to end the big hit game (step S432). If it is time to end the big hit game, a big hit end command is set (step S433). The jackpot end command is also referred to as an ending command, and is a command for instructing the image display device 42 to display “effect of jackpot end”.

  If it is not the timing to end the jackpot game, it is determined whether or not the jackpot game is being played (step S434). If it is during the big hit game, a command during the big hit game is set (step S435). The jackpot game command includes a round number command transmitted at the start of each round and a count command transmitted when a game ball wins a big winning opening during the round and is detected by the count switch 75a. Yes. The round number command is a command for causing the image display device 42 to display that the special winning opening has been opened, and a plurality of types (for example, 16 types) of commands corresponding to the number of rounds are used. The count command is a command for causing the image display device 42 to display the number of game balls (count value) won in the big winning opening in each round. For example, 10 types of commands are used according to the count value. ing.

  Next, processing executed by the integrated CPU 112 mounted on the sub integrated substrate 111 will be described. FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing an example of the sub-main process, and FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing an example of the 16 ms steady process.

  As shown in FIG. 38, when the power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is started, the integrated CPU 112 performs an initial setting process (step S71). In this initial setting process, a process of clearing the integrated RAM 114 mounted on the sub-integrated board 111 is performed. Note that interrupts are prohibited during this initial setting process, and interrupts are permitted after the initial setting process. When the initial setting process (step S71) ends, a loop process for monitoring whether or not the 16 ms elapsed flag T is set is started (step S72).

  In this embodiment, the integrated CPU 112 generates an interrupt every 2 ms and executes a 2 ms steady process. In the 2 ms steady process, a process of counting up the 16 ms progress monitoring counter (adding 1 to the 16 ms progress monitoring counter) is executed, and when the value of the 16 ms progress monitoring counter reaches 8, that is, 16 ms elapses. While the flag T is set, a 16 ms progress monitoring counter is reset (set to 0). In this way, the 16 ms elapsed flag T is set (set) to “1” every 16 ms in the 2 ms steady process, and is normally set (reset) to “0”. If the 16 ms elapsed flag is set in step S72 (the 16 ms elapsed flag T is “1”), the 16 ms elapsed flag is reset (step S73), and then the 16 ms steady process is performed (step S74).

  In the 16 ms steady process, a process for controlling the image display device 42, the frame lamp 27, the game board lamp, the speakers 14 and 29, the rotating unit 60, and the like is executed based on the effect command received from the main board 101. When the 16 ms steady process ends, the process returns to step S72 again, and every time the 16 ms elapse flag T is set, that is, every 16 ms, the above steps S73 to S74 are repeated. On the other hand, if the 16 ms elapsed flag T is not set in step S72 (the 16 ms elapsed flag T is “0”), the loop processing is performed until the 16 ms elapsed flag T is set.

  FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing an example of a 16 ms steady process executed every 16 ms in the sub main process. In the 16 ms steady process, the sub-integrated CPU 112 executes the processes of steps S91 to S95. In the command analysis process of step S91, the effect command received from the main board 101 is analyzed. In the effect control process of step S92, a control process related to the image display device 42 is executed based on the variable display pattern command. Specifically, a notice effect to be described later is set, a decorative symbol stop symbol is determined, and the like.

  Moreover, in the sound control process of step S93, the control process regarding the speakers 14 and 29 for generating the sound effect (for example, BGM) which promotes a production effect is performed. In the lamp control process of step S94, a control process related to the game board lamp and the frame lamp 27 is executed. In the information output process of step S95, a display command is transmitted to the display control board 120, and an accessory effect command is transmitted to the lamp relay board 119. In the random number update process of step S96, a process of updating random numbers used for various settings in the effect control process (step S92) is executed.

  In addition, the process of step S91-step S96 in a 16 ms regular process is complete | finished within 16 ms. Even if it takes 16 ms or more from the start of the 16 ms steady processing to the end of the 16 ms steady processing, the 16 ms steady processing is started from the beginning immediately after the 16 ms has elapsed since the start of the 16 ms steady processing (step S91 described later). Do not execute) That is, when 16 ms elapses during execution of the 16 ms steady process, only the 16 ms elapse flag is set, and when it is determined in step S72 that the 16 ms elapse flag is set after the end of the 16 ms steady process, the 16 ms steady process is performed. To start.

  In this embodiment, the random number update process (step S96) is executed in the 16 ms steady process to update various random numbers. However, the timing (timing) for updating the various random numbers is limited to this. Is not something For example, various random numbers may be updated in one or both of the loop process in the sub-main process and the 16 ms steady process.

  FIG. 40 is a flowchart illustrating an example of command analysis processing (step S91). In the command analysis process, the integrated CPU 112 first determines whether or not an effect command has been received from the main board 101 (step S601). In this embodiment, when an effect command is received from the main board 101, other processes such as a 16 ms steady process are interrupted to generate a command reception interrupt process, and the received command is mounted on the sub-integrated board 111. The data is stored in the received command storage area in the integrated RAM 114. The reception command storage area is provided with a plurality of areas corresponding to the reception order of the production commands, and in the command reception interrupt process, the reception command storage areas are stored in the respective areas corresponding to the reception order of the production commands. In step S601, the contents of the reception command storage area are confirmed, and if the effect command is stored, the effect command in the reception order of the reception command storage area is read out (step S602).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the read effect command is a variable display pattern command (step S603). If the read effect command is a variable display pattern command (YES in step S603), a variable display pattern reception flag is set. Then, it is stored in the variable display pattern storage area in the integrated RAM 114 mounted on the sub-integrated board 111 (step S604).

  On the other hand, if the read effect command is not a variation display pattern command (NO in step S603), it is determined whether the read effect command is a probability change jackpot command (step S605), and if the read effect command is a probability change jackpot command. If (YES in step S605), a probability variation jackpot flag is set (step S606). If the read effect command is not a probability change big hit command (NO in step S605), a flag corresponding to the received effect command is set (step S607).

  FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing an example of the effect control process (step S92). In the effect control process, the integrated CPU 112 performs one of steps S700 to S702 with reference to the value of the process selection flag indicating the progress of the game.

  In the decorative symbol variation start process (step S700) executed when the process selection flag is “0”, a setting for starting the decorative symbol variation display is performed if a variation display pattern command is received. Specifically, the decorative symbol stop symbol is determined according to the variable display pattern command and the probability variation jackpot command, and a notice effect is set.

  In the decorative symbol variation process (step S701) executed when the process selection flag is “1”, when the variation stop command is received, a display command is transmitted to the display control board 120 to stop the decorative symbol variation display. Take control.

  In the jackpot display process (step S702) executed when the process selection flag is “2”, the image display device 42 displays a display indicating the start of the jackpot gaming state or the jackpot according to the jackpot start command transmitted from the main board 101. Control is performed to display the game state (for example, round display).

  FIG. 42 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the decorative symbol variation start process (step S700). In the decorative symbol variation start process, the integrated CPU 112 first determines whether or not the variation display pattern reception flag is set (step S710). The variation display pattern reception flag is a flag that is set in step S604 of the command analysis process (step S91) described above and indicates that a variation display pattern command has been received from the main board 101. That is, if the variable display pattern reception flag is not set in step S710 (NO in step S710), it is determined that a variable display pattern command has not been received, and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the variable display pattern reception flag is set (YES in step S710), the variable display pattern reception flag is reset (step S711), and the variable display pattern based on the received variable display pattern command generates a big hit. It is determined whether it is a variable display pattern (whether it is a hit pattern) (step S712). Whether or not the pattern is a hit pattern can be confirmed by referring to the second byte data of the variable display pattern command.

  If the variation display pattern is not a winning pattern (NO in step S712), a stop symbol of the off symbol is determined (step S713). If the variation display pattern is a hit pattern (YES in step S712), it is determined whether the probability variation big hit flag is set (step S714). If the probability change big hit flag is set (YES in step S714). Then, the stop symbol of the probability variable big hit symbol is determined (step S715). If the probability variable big hit flag is not set (NO in step S714), the stop symbol of the non-probable big hit symbol is determined (step S716). The probability variation big hit flag is reset when the big hit gaming state is started in the big hit display process (step S702). The time when the probability variation jackpot flag is reset is not limited to this. For example, when the variation display of the decorative symbol is stopped in the decorative symbol variation processing (step S701), specifically, when the variation stop command is received. It may be reset, or may be reset when the big hit gaming state is ended in the big hit display process (step S702).

  In this embodiment, a combination symbol is determined as a stop symbol out of the same odd symbol combinations as the probability variation jackpot symbol of the decoration symbol, and the same even symbol combination as the non-probability variation jackpot symbol of the decoration symbol Any combination of symbols is determined as a stop symbol. In step S713, when the stop symbol of the shift symbol is determined, it is determined whether it is a variable display pattern with a reach mode. If the variable display pattern has a reach mode, the left, middle, and right decorative symbols are displayed. Among them, the left and right decorative symbols are the same symbol, and the middle decorative symbol is determined as a stop symbol that is different from the left and right decorative symbols. On the other hand, if it is a variable display pattern not accompanied by a reach mode, the left, middle, and right decorative symbols are determined as stop symbols that are different from each other.

  Next, the integrated CPU 112 executes a notice selection process for determining whether or not a notice effect is to be executed based on the notice determination random number (step S717), and then is stored in a variable display pattern and a notice type storage area described later. A display command is set according to the notice pattern and the decorative symbol stop symbol determined in steps S713, S715, and S716 (step S718). Then, the process selection flag is updated to “1” and the process ends (step S719). The display command set in step S718 is transmitted to the display control board 120 in the information output process (step S95), and based on the display command being received by the display CPU 121 mounted on the display control board 120. Execution of the variation display of decorative symbols is started on the image display device 42. When the notice pattern stored in the notice type storage area is read in step S718, the contents of the notice type storage area are cleared after reading the notice pattern. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the notice effect based on the notice pattern determined when the previous decoration pattern change display is erroneously started in the next decoration design change display from being executed.

  FIG. 43 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the advance notice selection process (step S717). In the notice selection process, the integrated CPU 112 first determines whether or not the variable display pattern is a haunted house reach pattern (step S731). Specifically, it is determined whether the second byte data of the variable display pattern command is “10H” to “14H”. If the second byte data of the variable display pattern command is any one of “10H” to “14H” (YES in step S731), a lightning notice pattern table is selected (step S732), and the process proceeds to step S740.

  On the other hand, if the second byte data of the variable display pattern command is not any of “10H” to “14H” (NO in step S731), it is determined whether the variable display pattern is a hit pattern (step S733). If it is a winning pattern (YES in step S733), it is determined whether the probability variation big hit flag is set (step S734). If the probability variation jackpot flag is set (YES in step S734), the probability variation hit notice pattern table (see FIG. 44) is selected (step S735), and if the probability variation jackpot flag is not set (step S734). NO), the unpredictable hit notice pattern table (see FIG. 44) is selected (step S736). Then, the process proceeds to step S740.

  If the variable display pattern is not a winning pattern (NO in step S733), it is determined whether the variable display pattern is a reach pattern (variable display pattern with a reach mode) (step S737). Whether or not the variation display pattern is a reach pattern can be confirmed by referring to the second byte data of the variation display pattern command. That is, if the data of the second byte of the variable display pattern command is not “01H”, it is a reach pattern. If the variable display pattern is a reach pattern (YES in step S737), the reach failure notice pattern table (see FIG. 44) is selected (step S738), and the variable display pattern is not a reach pattern (in step S737). NO), a normal deviation notice pattern table (see FIG. 44) is selected (step S739). Then, the process proceeds to step S740.

  Next, the integrated CPU 112 extracts a notice determination random number (step S740). The notice determination random number is updated by random number update processing (step S96). Then, the notice pattern table selected at steps S735, S736, S738, and S739 (probable hitting notice pattern table, non-probable hitting notice pattern table, reach break notice chart table, and usually miss notice pattern table), and step A notice pattern is determined based on the notice determination random number extracted in S740 (step S741). When a notice effect is executed (step S742), the notice pattern determined in step S741 is mounted on the sub-integrated board 111. Stored in the advance notice storage area of the integrated RAM 114 (step S743). Then, the process ends. If the notice effect is not executed in step S742, the process ends without executing the subsequent processes.

  FIG. 44 is a list chart showing an example of the notice pattern table. In this embodiment, the above-described operation is performed from the start of the decorative display of the decorative symbols on the image display device 42 until the predetermined mode is displayed (in this embodiment, until the left and right decorative symbols are stopped). The motor 63 is driven and controlled, and after the rotation of the motor 63 (rotating accessory 61) is stabilized, the LED 61a of the rotating accessory 61 is controlled to emit light, so that clear (sun mark 100a), cloud (cloud mark 100b), rain ( A notice effect is executed to execute a notice pattern that displays an afterimage of any one of the umbrella mark 100c), snow (snowman mark), and lightning (lightning mark 100d). In this embodiment, determination values are assigned to the notice pattern tables other than the lightning notice pattern table even when the notice effect is not executed.

  In step S741 described above, the notice pattern table selected in steps S731 to S739 is referred to using the notice determination random number extracted in step S740 to determine whether or not to execute the notice effect and to execute the notice effect. Determines the notice pattern to be executed. In the lightning notice pattern table selected when the variable display pattern command corresponding to the haunted house reach pattern is received, all judgment values are distributed to the notice pattern displaying the lightning mark 100d, and the lightning notice pattern table is displayed. When selected, the lightning mark 100d is controlled to be displayed. This is because when the variable display according to the haunted house reach pattern is executed, an effect display is performed on the image display device 42 in synchronization with the lightning mark 100d displayed by the rotating combination 61, and the remaining of the rotating combination 61 is displayed. This is because an effect that associates the shadow display with the display on the image display device 42 is executed. As described above, the lightning mark 100d is a mode indicating that the change display based on the haunted house reach pattern is started.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the winning determination is made (for example, the big hit determination processing (step S403) by the CPU 102 determines that the big hit determination random number and the hit value match, the sub integrated board 111 determines the big hit. The notice pattern table is configured so as to execute the notice effect by the rotational drive of the rotating accessory 61 at a higher rate than when the determination that the winning combination is received is received. In other words, the probability change hitting notice pattern table and the non-probable hitting notice pattern table selected when hitting are compared to the reach notice pattern table when losing and the notice pattern pattern table when not meeting normally. The number of judgment values assigned to “No notice” is small. Therefore, in the case of winning, the proportion of executing the notice effect by the operation of the rotating combination 61 is higher than in the case of being lost, so that when the rotating combination 61 is driven to rotate, the player's big hit gaming state Can increase expectations for

  In addition, in the probability variation hitting notice pattern table selected in the case of the probability variation big hit, the determination value is not assigned to “no notice”. That is, in the case of a probable big hit, when a change display pattern other than the lightning notice pattern is instructed, the notice effect by the rotational drive of the rotating accessory 61 is always executed. On the other hand, in the case of a non-probable big hit, the determination value is also distributed to “no notice”. For this reason, when the probability variation jackpot is achieved, the proportion of execution of the notice effect is increased compared to the case where the probability variation jackpot is not achieved, so that the player's sense of expectation for the probability variation jackpot is increased when the rotating accessory 61 is driven to rotate. Can do. In addition, in the non-probable change hitting notice pattern table selected when the non-probable change big hit, the determination value is not distributed to the notice pattern displaying the snowman mark. On the other hand, when it is a probable big hit, when it comes off with a reach mode, or when it goes out without a reach mode, the judgment value is assigned to a notice pattern that displays a snowman mark. In this way, when the notice effect based on the notice pattern displaying the snowman mark is executed, it can be recognized that the probability change big hit or miss. Therefore, the player's sense of expectation for the probable big hit can be enhanced when the pre-play effect based on the notice pattern displaying the snowman mark is executed.

  In addition, in the notice pattern for displaying the snowman mark, the notice pattern table (this embodiment) in which the number of judgment values allocated to the notice pattern table that is a big hit (in this embodiment, the predictive pattern table at the time of a probable change) is out of place. In this case, the number of determination values assigned to the reach failure notice pattern table) is about three times as many. In other words, in the notice pattern that displays the snowman mark, the ratio selected when the big hit is higher than when it is lost. Therefore, it is possible to improve the player's expectation for the big hit gaming state when the snowman mark is displayed. As described above, in this embodiment, when the snowman mark is displayed, the ratio of the big hit is average (the reference value), and when the big hit, the probability variation big hit is shown. It is an aspect. In this embodiment, the theoretical jackpot expectation degree when the notice effect based on the notice pattern displaying the snowman mark is executed (the ratio of the notice effect being executed (total appearance rate) is a big hit). The ratio (appearance rate at the time of jackpot); expectation degree of jackpot = appearance rate at the time of jackpot / total appearance rate) is set to be about 7%.

  In addition, the reach-not-notice-notification pattern table that is selected when the detachment is accompanied by the reach mode when the detachment occurs is compared to the normal-notice-time notice pattern table that is selected when the detachment is not accompanied by the reach mode. The number of judgment values assigned to “No notice” is small. For this reason, in the case of a disengagement that does not involve a reach mode, it is possible to prevent the player's sense of expectation for the big hit gaming state from being reduced when the rotating combination 61 does not become the reach mode even if driven to rotate. The expectation of the big hit gaming state by the notice effect executed by rotating the accessory 61 can be maintained until the display result of the decorative symbol is displayed.

  In addition, in the normal deviation notice pattern table that is selected when the deviation is not accompanied by the reach mode, the judgment value is assigned only to the notice pattern that displays the umbrella mark 100c. In the probability change hitting notice pattern table, the determination value is not assigned to the notice pattern that displays the umbrella mark 100c. Also, in the notice pattern that displays the umbrella mark 100c, the notice pattern table (this implementation) in which the number of determination values allocated to the notice pattern table that is a big hit (in this embodiment, the notice pattern table at the time of non-probable change) is out of place. In this embodiment, it is ½ of the number of determination values assigned to the reach failure notification pattern table and the normal release notification pattern table. That is, in the notice pattern that displays the umbrella mark 100c, the ratio that is selected when there is a deviation from the winning pattern is higher. Therefore, when the umbrella mark 100c is displayed, the player's sense of expectation for the big hit gaming state is not so high. Thus, in this embodiment, when the umbrella mark 100c is displayed, the ratio of winning big hits is low (lower than the reference value), in other words, indicating “Samui” and hitting big hits. It is an aspect which shows becoming non-probability big hit. In this embodiment, the theoretical jackpot expectation degree when the notice effect based on the notice pattern displaying the umbrella mark 100c is executed is set to be about 0.1%.

  Further, in this embodiment, the probability change hitting notice pattern table and the non-probability hitting notice pattern table are allocated to the notice pattern that displays the sun mark 100a more than the reach deviation notice pattern table and the usual deviation notice pattern table. The number of determination values is configured to be remarkably large. Moreover, in the notice pattern which displays the sun mark 100a, the judgment value is not normally distributed to the notice pattern pattern table at the time of deviation. And in the notice pattern which displays the sun mark 100a, the ratio selected when it becomes a hit is much higher than when it is off. Therefore, when the sun mark 100a is displayed, the player's sense of expectation for the big hit gaming state can be dramatically improved. Thus, in this embodiment, when the sun mark 100a is displayed, the ratio of jackpots is very high (higher than the reference value), in other words, “hot”. In this embodiment, the theoretical jackpot expectation degree when the notice effect based on the notice pattern displaying the sun mark 100a is executed is set to be about 50%.

  Further, in the notice pattern displaying the cloud mark 100b, the number of judgment values allocated to the notice pattern table that is a big hit (in this embodiment, the notice pattern table at the time of a probable change and the notice pattern table at the time of a non-probable change) is out of place. This is about three times the number of judgment values assigned to the notice pattern table (in this embodiment, the reach notice pattern table at the time of losing reach), which is substantially the same as the notice pattern displaying the snowman mark described above. In other words, in the notice pattern displaying the cloud mark 100b, the ratio selected when the big hit is higher than when the cloud is lost. Therefore, when the cloud mark 100b is displayed, it is possible to improve the player's sense of expectation for the big hit gaming state. As described above, in this embodiment, when the cloud mark 100b is displayed, the ratio of the big hit is the average (reference value), and when the big hit, the probability variation big hit is obtained. It is the aspect shown. In this embodiment, the theoretical jackpot expectation degree when the notice effect based on the notice pattern displaying the cloud mark 100b is executed (the jackpot of the ratio (total appearance rate) at which the notice effect is executed). The ratio (appearance rate at the time of jackpot); expectation degree of jackpot = appearance rate at the time of jackpot / total appearance rate) is set to be about 7%.

  In this way, in this embodiment, in order to indicate that the ratio of being a big hit to the player by the aspect displayed by the after-effect in the notice effect, or that it will be a probable big hit when the big hit, It is possible to focus on the mode displayed by the afterglow. In addition, the sun mark 100a indicates that the ratio of the biggest jackpot is high, the umbrella mark 100c indicates that the ratio of the biggest jackpot is low, and generally tends to recognize sunny weather as a better impression than rainy weather. Therefore, it is possible for the player to easily grasp the level of the big hit ratio. In addition, the ratio which becomes a big hit in each aspect is not restricted to an above-described example. For example, the ratio of the big hit when the cloud mark 100b and the snowman mark are displayed is substantially equal, and the ratio of the big hit when the sun mark 100a is displayed is higher than that of the cloud mark 100b and the snowman mark. The ratio of the big hit when the mark 100c is displayed may be lower than the ratio of the big hit when the cloud mark 100b and the snowman mark are displayed. In addition, the order of the ratios corresponding to each mode is not limited to these, and for example, the ratio when the sun mark 100a is displayed is the ratio when the sun mark 100a is displayed when the cloud mark 100b and the snowman mark are displayed. The ratio of the big hit when the umbrella mark 100c is displayed may be lower than the ratio of the big hit when the cloud mark 100b and the snowman mark are displayed.

  In this embodiment, the integrated CPU 112 is configured to specify whether or not the variable display based on the variable display pattern is a variable display based on the variable display pattern, but the variable display pattern is transmitted. A command that indicates whether a big hit (a probable big hit or a non-probable big hit) is sent separately from the variable display pattern, and the integrated CPU 112 changes based on the variable display pattern based on the command. It may be configured to specify whether or not the display is a variable display that is a big hit.

  Further, the accessory ROM 117 mounted on the accessory control board 115 of the present embodiment stores a plurality of light emission pattern data indicating the rotation mode of the rotating tool 61 and the light emission mode of the LED 61a. If it is determined in the above-described notice selection process (step S717) that the notice effect is to be executed, the lamp effect process (step S94) sets the notice effect and the accessory effect command corresponding to the received variable display pattern, Information is transmitted to the lamp relay board 119 in the information output process (step S95).

  The accessory CPU 116 mounted on the accessory control board 115 selects light emission pattern data corresponding to the accessory effect command from the accessory ROM 117 based on the reception of the accessory effect command via the lamp relay board. Based on the light emission pattern data, a drive signal is output to the motor 63 and the LED 61a.

  The light emission pattern data includes a set value of the process timer, drive data indicating a driving mode of the motor 63 in a period set in the process timer, and a light emission indicating a light emitting mode of the LED 61a in the period set in the process timer. It consists of data that is a collection of multiple control processes that are a combination of data. The accessory CPU 116 refers to the light emission pattern data, drives and controls the motor 63 in the drive mode set in the control process only for the period set in the process timer of the control process, and is set in the control process. The LED 61a is driven and controlled in the light emission mode. When the period set in the process timer of the control process elapses, the control process is switched to the control process set next to the light emission data, and the motor 63 and the LED 61a are controlled based on the control process. .

  Further, as described above, the light emission data is stored in the accessory ROM 117. The light emission data is prepared for each variation display pattern and type of notice effect (light emission mode of the LED 61a (including the fireworks mark 100e displayed in the reach effect)). Therefore, the accessory CPU 116 selects the light emission pattern data to be used according to the type of the variable display pattern and the type of the notice effect. As a result, the rotating combination 61 is driven to rotate in a predetermined light emission pattern in synchronization with the display of the decorative symbols on the image display device 42, and the LED 61a provided inside the rotating combination 61 is controlled to emit light in accordance with the predetermined light emission pattern. Thus, a predetermined afterglow is displayed in front of the image display device 42, and an effect synchronized with the display of the image display device 42 can be executed.

  Here, a method of transmitting a control signal to the motor 63 and the LED 61a by the accessory CPU 116 mounted on the accessory control board 115 will be described. FIG. 45 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a circuit configuration inside the accessory control board 115 and the rotation unit 60. As described above, each of the LEDs 61a of this embodiment is configured by a combination of a red (Red) light emitting element, a green (Green) light emitting element, and a blue (Blue) light emitting element. That is, each LED 61a is configured to be able to display all emission colors by RGB light emission (full color display is possible).

  In addition, an infrared LED 60 a and a power supply unit 60 b that are mounted on a substrate attached to the rotating combination body 62 are provided inside the rotating combination body 62 of the rotation unit 60, and a motor external to the rotation combination body 62 is provided. 63, a phototransistor 60c mounted on a substrate fixed to a motor shaft 63a inserted into the rotating accessory body 62 and a slip ring 60d fixed to the motor shaft 63a are provided. Therefore, the accessory CPU 116 mounted on the accessory control board 115 outputs infrared signals when outputting driving signals for the RGB light emitting elements based on the light emission data set in the control process of the light emission pattern data. A drive signal is output to the LED 60a to blink the infrared LED 60a. The light emission of the infrared LED 60a is received by the phototransistor 60c, and a drive signal is transmitted to the LED 61a. Thus, the drive signal from the accessory control board 115 to the LED 61a is transmitted by wireless communication. The power supply voltage supplied from the power supply unit 60b is supplied to the phototransistor 60c and the LED 61a via the slip ring 60d. Further, the accessory CPU 116 outputs a drive signal to the motor 63 based on the drive data set in the control process. Thereby, the LED 61a can be controlled to emit light in synchronization with the rotational driving of the motor 63, and a predetermined afterglow can be displayed.

  In this embodiment, the afterglow of the sun mark 100a described above is displayed by light emission of the red color of the LED 61 (for example, a warm color such as red; a color that gives a warm feeling to the player), and the player of the LED 61 is displayed. The above-described cloud mark 100b and snowman mark are displayed by light emission of a color that does not give a warm feeling or a cold feeling (for example, white), and the blue color of the LED 61 (for example, a cold color such as blue; gives the player a cold feeling) The umbrella mark 100c described above is displayed by light emission of color. In this embodiment, a high percentage of big hits is indicated by red light emission of the LED 61, and a low percentage of big hits is indicated by blue light emission of the LED 61. And it is shown by the white light emission of LED61 that the ratio which becomes a big hit is normal. Thus, since the emission color of the LED 61 is changed depending on the level of the big hit, the level of the big hit can be easily grasped by the emission color of the LED 61. Furthermore, in this embodiment, by combining with the above-described aspect, it is possible for the player to more easily grasp the level of the ratio of big hit.

Here, an example of the notice effect described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 46 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a notice pattern in a notice effect. 46A is an example of the sun mark 100a, FIG. 46B is an example of the cloud mark 100b, FIG. 46C is an example of the umbrella mark 100c, and FIG. D) is an example of the lightning mark 100d.
Note that the rotating unit 60 in the present embodiment rotationally drives the rotating combination 61 substantially horizontally with the game board 4 so that the rotation range of the rotating combination 61 overlaps a part of the image display device 42 in the front-rear direction. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 46, the rotating combination 61 is driven to rotate in front of the image display device 42, and is rotated to be a quarter of the length in the longitudinal direction of the rotating combination 61. About 1 passes through the position covering the image display device 42 in a fan shape with respect to the central direction of the image display device 42 with the upper right corner of the image display device 42 in the figure as a base point. By configuring in this way, it becomes easy for a player who is paying attention to the image display device 42 to recognize that the rotating accessory 61 has been driven, and further, the effect and rotation executed by the image display device 42. It becomes possible to execute the drive driving control of the accessory 61 more closely synchronized. Further, since it is possible to give an impression that the rotating combination 61 is raised in front of the image display device 42, the display information (the display content of the image display device 42 and the display content of the rotating combination 61 (LED 61a)) is displayed. A three-dimensional effect can be produced.

  Note that the area where the image display device 42 is covered with the rotating accessory 61 is preferably about 25% or less of the entire area of the image display device 42. In other words, the image display device 42 can display various effects, and the area covering the image display device 42 with the rotating accessory 61 (LED 61a) that performs additional effect display of the image display device 42 is made larger than necessary. As a result, the rotating accessory 61 (LED 61a) having a poor effect display content becomes too conspicuous, and there is a possibility that the effect on the pachinko machine 1 is lowered. Therefore, the display of the effect of the image display device 42 and the effect display of the rotating accessory 61 (LED 61a) can be executed in an ideal balance by setting the area covering the image display device 42 by the rotating accessory 61 to about 25% or less. It is possible to increase the production effect in the pachinko machine 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 46 (A) to 46 (D), when the integrated CPU 112 selects any one of the notice patterns by the rotating combination 61 in the notice selection process (step S717), the notice pattern and the variable display pattern are displayed. A display command corresponding to the stop symbol is transmitted to the display control board 120, and an accessory effect command corresponding to the notice pattern and the variable display pattern is transmitted to the lamp relay board 119. The display CPU 121 mounted on the display control board 120 reads process data from the display ROM 122 based on the received display command, sets a timer (indicating switching timing of the display image) based on the process data, and A drive signal is output to the display device 42, and the decorative symbol variation display is started.

  In addition, the accessory CPU 116 mounted on the accessory control board 115 selects a light emission pattern based on the accessory effect command received via the lamp relay board 119, and uses a timer (rotating role) corresponding to the accessory effect command. The drive time of the object 61, the drive start time, etc.) are set, and a drive signal is output to the motor 63 and the LED 61a based on the selected light emission pattern and timer. As a result, the sun mark 100a shown in FIG. 46A, the cloud mark 100b shown in FIG. 46B, and FIG. An umbrella mark 100c shown, and a lightning mark 100d shown in FIG. 46 (D) are displayed.

  For example, in FIG. 46D, the lightning mark 100d is displayed by the afterglow of the rotating character 61, and the flash 42b from the lightning mark 100d displayed by the rotating character 61 on the image display device 42, and the character 42a. Controls how the lightning is shot. Thus, in this embodiment. A predetermined afterglow is displayed by the rotating combination 61, and the display content corresponding to the afterglow is displayed on the image display device 42, thereby associating the display content of the rotating combination 61 with the display content of the image display device 42. In order to execute the notice effect, it is possible to further enhance the effect of the display content of the image display device 42 by a shadow.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 46A to 46D, the afterglow displayed in each notice pattern is displayed in front of the image display device 42 so as to overlap with a part of the image display device 42. (Afterimages are superimposed on a part of the image display device 42). For this reason, it becomes easier for the player who is paying attention to the image display device 42 to recognize that the rotating combination 61 has been driven, and it is also possible to pay attention to the afterglow displayed on the rotating combination 61. It becomes. In addition, since a plurality of types of afterimages are displayed so as to protrude forward from the image displayed on the image display device 42, a further impact can be given to the player.

  Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 46A to 46D, the display content of the image display device 42 located behind the afterglow displayed on the rotating combination 61 can be seen through. That is, in the present embodiment, the rotating combination 61 is rotationally driven so as to cover a part of the image display apparatus 42 in front of the image display apparatus 42 (the movable range of the rotating combination 61 is the display area of the image display apparatus 42). However, as described above, the rotating member 61 is rotated at a high speed (the number of rotations of 1200 rotations per minute) by the motor 63 so that the image display device 42 is partially covered. Since the passing time of the rotating combination 61 is shortened, the image display device 42 can be seen through. Note that when the image display device 42 is seen through when the rotating member 61 is rotationally driven, it is desirable that the rotating speed of the rotating member 61 be 700 rotations or more per minute.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the rotating combination 61 is rotationally driven, the integrated CPU 112 includes a lamp located in the vicinity of the rotating combination 61 among the game board lamps provided in each device provided in the game area 12 and The LED is controlled so as not to emit light. 46A to 46D, the integrated CPU 112 does not output a drive signal to the game board lamp in the lamp control process (step S94). For example, the upper lamp 88 is maintained in an extinguished state. In this way, by maintaining the lamps and LEDs located in the vicinity of the rotating combination 61 in an unlit state, it is possible to prevent the afterglow displayed by the rotating combination 61 (LED 61a) from becoming difficult to see, The afterglow displayed by the rotating accessory (LED 61a) is further emphasized, and the mode (sun mark 100a, cloud mark 100b, umbrella mark 100c, snowman mark, etc.) due to the afterglow can be easily recognized. In addition, even when the LED is provided on the back portion of the rotating agent 61, the LED is displayed by the rotating agent 61 (LED 61a) by not performing the light emission control of the LED when driving the rotating agent 61. It may be prevented that the afterimage becomes difficult to visually recognize.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the afterglow is displayed by the rectangular parallelepiped rotating accessory 61 in which the LED 61a is mounted only on one end side from the longitudinal center of the surface. In addition, you may comprise so that LED61a may be mounted ranging from the longitudinal direction one end of the surface of the rotation accessory 61 to a longitudinal direction other end, In this case, the rotational speed of a motor is set to the rotational speed (1) of this embodiment. It is possible to display a beautiful afterglow even if it is slower than 1200 revolutions per minute (for example, 600 revolutions per minute), but the appearance of the afterglow displayed by increasing the number of LEDs 61a Luminance (brightness) increases, and the display content of the image display device 42 located on the back side of the afterglow is difficult to visually recognize. Further, it is possible to reduce the apparent brightness (brightness) of the afterglow by further reducing the rotation speed of the rotating combination 61, but by reducing the rotation speed of the rotating combination 61, Since the passing time of the rotating combination 61 at a position where the object 61 covers a part of the image display device 42 on the back side becomes longer, a part of the image display device 42 becomes invisible.

  In addition, as described above, in the present embodiment, the center of the rotating combination 61 is rotated with the center of the rotating combination 61 as the rotation axis by matching the center of the rotating combination 61 with the rotation axis of the rotating combination 61. However, an afterimage is obtained by inserting a motor shaft substantially perpendicular to the game board 4 at the longitudinal end portion of the rotating accessory and rotating it around the longitudinal end portion of the rotating accessory and controlling the light emission of the LED. It is also possible to display. However, since the motor shaft and the center of gravity do not coincide with each other, the load applied to the motor increases, making it difficult to rotate the motor at a high speed and to make a sudden rotation and a sudden stop. Moreover, centrifugation occurs and vibration increases. As described above, since the motor cannot be rotated at a high speed, a beautiful afterimage cannot be displayed. These problems can be solved by reducing the centrifugal force by reducing the weight of the rotating tool or reducing the length of the rotating tool, thereby reducing the addition of the motor. By reducing the weight, the number and types of LEDs that can be mounted (single color light emission) are limited, and various effects cannot be performed. The effect of the performance performed by the rotating combination will be diminished.

  In addition, a motor shaft is inserted perpendicularly to the game board 4 at the longitudinal end portion of the rotating accessory, and the afterglow is displayed by reciprocating driving around the longitudinal end portion of the rotating accessory and controlling the light emission of the LED. (For example, a pendulum type machine such as a metronome with an LED attached) is possible, but since it must be stopped once when it is driven from the state driven to one side, the afterglow of the part stopped at one end Brightness (luminance at a predetermined position) increases. In addition, since the rapid rotation and the sudden stop are repeatedly performed, it is difficult to rotate the motor at a high speed and the load on the motor increases. Moreover, centrifugation occurs and vibration increases. As described above, since the motor cannot be rotated at a high speed, a beautiful afterimage cannot be displayed. These problems can be solved by reducing the centrifugal force by reducing the weight of the rotating tool or reducing the length of the rotating tool, thereby reducing the addition of the motor. By reducing the weight, the number and types of LEDs that can be mounted (single color light emission) are limited, and various effects cannot be performed. The effect of the performance performed by the rotating combination will be diminished.

  In addition, a motor shaft provided substantially horizontally with the game board 4 is inserted into the center of the drum, reel, etc., and rotated around the center of the drum, reel, etc., and provided on the surface of the drum, reel, etc. Although the afterglow can be displayed by controlling the light emission of the LED, only a part of the drum and the reel can be visually recognized, and the afterglow cannot be displayed in the entire rotating area. Furthermore, when the pachinko machine 1 is installed in a state where a part of the drum, the reel, etc. enters the back part of the game board 4 and the pachinko machine 1 is attached to the game island, there is a restriction on the area of the back part of the game board 4. It was difficult to increase the size of reels and the like. In other words, when the pachinko machine 1 is attached to the amusement island, the area on the back of the pachinko machine 1 can be used only in an area where the pachinko machines 1 that are back to back are not in contact with each other. is there.

  Further, when a drum, a reel, or the like is installed in front of the image display device 42 so that a part of the image display device 42 is covered, a part of the image display device 42 is always covered by the drum and the reel. For this reason, the region covered by the drum and the reel becomes invisible. In the present embodiment, the motor shaft 63a of the motor 63 is provided substantially perpendicularly to the surface of the game board 4, and the rotating tool 61 is rotationally driven substantially horizontally with the game board 4 using the motor shaft 63a as a rotation axis. The entire rotating area of the rotating combination 61 can be visually recognized, and the afterglow can be displayed in the entire rotating area of the rotating combination 61. In addition, since the size of the rotating combination 61 is not related to the area of the back of the game board 4, it is easy to increase the size of the rotating combination 61.

  The lamp used in the present embodiment is an example of a light emitter, and is not limited thereto. That is, an apparatus configured using LEDs in the present embodiment may be configured using a lamp, or may be configured using another light emitter. In this embodiment, a lens 61c formed of a transparent translucent resin is provided on a part of the front plate 611 located in front of the LED 61a (see FIG. 46G). Then, by forming the part other than the lens 61c in the rotating member 61 with an opaque non-translucent resin, the light from the LED 61a is surely irradiated without being scattered and directed toward the front of the pachinko machine 1. Can be irradiated.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a plurality of types of modes are displayed by light emission points (dots) from the individual LEDs 61a. In this way, the configuration prevents the mode displayed by the LED 61a from becoming unclear (blurred). Moreover, a retro atmosphere can be given and a player's interest can be drawn. The light emission of the LEDs 61a may be made inconspicuous by lowering the transmissivity of the lens 61c of the rotating accessory 61 (semi-transparent). In this case, the LED 61a cannot be directly visually recognized by making the transmittance of the lens 61c low (the light emission of each LED 61a becomes inconspicuous), and the light emission from each LED 61a interferes with each other in the lens 61c, and the lens 61c It is displayed evenly on one side and a smooth mode can be displayed.

  Thus, the luminance of the LED 61a can be changed by changing the transmittance of the lens 61c. Specifically, the luminance of the LED 61a can be increased by increasing the transmittance, and the luminance of the LED 61a can be decreased by decreasing the transmittance of the lens. In this case, the apparent luminance can be changed without changing the actual luminance of the LED 61a. That is, when the brightness of the LED 61a is weak, even if the afterglow is displayed by rotating the rotating tool 61 in front of the image display device 42 and blinking the LED 61a, the display is not clear and impacts the player. Can not give. In this case, the apparent luminance of the LED 61a can be increased by increasing the transmittance of the lens 61c.

  On the other hand, when the brightness of the LED 61a is strong, if the afterglow is displayed by rotating the rotating tool 61 and blinking the LED 61a in front of the image display device 42, the afterglow is too strong (light emission by the LED 61a). The content of the image display device 42 becomes difficult to visually recognize. In this case, the apparent luminance of the LED 61a can be reduced by reducing the transmittance of the lens 61c. In this way, it is possible to realize ideal luminance due to light emission of the LED 61a without depending on the performance of the LED 61a.

  In the present embodiment, the motor 63 and the LED 61a are driven based on the accessory effect command received from the sub-integrated substrate 111 via the lamp relay substrate 119, but the timing for rotating the rotating accessory 61 is limited to this. Absent. For example, after the power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is started, the motor 63 is continuously driven to rotate the rotary member 61, and the drive of the motor 63 is stopped based on the fact that the power supply is stopped. Thus, the rotating accessory 61 may be stopped. In this case, since the rotating combination 61 is always driven to rotate, the execution timing of the effect display by the rotating combination 61 (LED 61a) cannot be grasped, and an afterglow is displayed by the rotating combination 61 (LED 61a). It is possible to further impact the player. Further, in the present embodiment, it is attached to the game board 4 so as to suppress the vibration of the rotation unit 60 including the rotation combination 61 and the motor 63, but the rotation combination 61 is also provided when the configuration is not configured to suppress the vibration of the rotation unit 60. It is effective to keep the state driven at all times. That is, the vibration generated by the motor 63 is the largest when the rotating combination 61 is rotated and when the rotation of the rotating combination 61 is stopped. And when the motor 63 rotates stably, generation | occurrence | production of a vibration is small. For this reason, while the power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is being made, the rotating ball 61 is continuously driven to rotate, thereby preventing the generation of large vibrations and the game ball rolling on the stage 50. And rolling of the game ball flowing down the game area 12 is not affected.

  In addition, the rotating accessory 61 in the present embodiment is formed by a rod-shaped member, but the shape thereof is not limited as long as it is driven to rotate substantially horizontally with respect to at least the front surface of the game board 4. For example, it may have a shape like a fan blade.

  Further, in the present embodiment, eight LEDs 61 a are mounted on the rotating combination 61, but a rotating shaft is inserted in the center of the rotating combination 61, and the rotational axis of the rotating combination 61 and the center of gravity of the rotating combination 61 are included. The number of LEDs to be mounted is not limited. Further, when the rotation axis of the rotating combination 61 and the center of gravity of the rotating combination 61 do not coincide with each other, a screw or the like is screwed into a predetermined position on the back side of the rotating combination 61 (outside the bottom plate 614). It may be adjusted to keep the weight balance even.

  In addition, you may comprise so that several types of production can be performed by the change of the rotation speed of the rotation accessory 61, for example, the rotation speed of 600 rotations per minute, the rotation speed of 1200 rotations per minute, and 1 minute When the rotation unit 60 is configured to be capable of rotating at a rotation speed of 1800 rpm and the special symbol display 41 starts the variable display of the special symbol (the image display device 42 starts the variable symbol variation display). The ratio of driving the rotating combination 61 at a high rotational speed when it is determined to be a big hit, and the ratio of driving the rotating combination 61 at a low rotational speed when it is determined to be disengaged. By configuring so as to increase, the expectation of big hit (ratio of big hit) may be increased when the rotating accessory 61 is rotationally driven at a high rotation speed.

  Further, when the rotating unit 60 is configured to be capable of rotating the rotating accessory 61 in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, and the special symbol display 41 starts to display the variation of the special symbol (the image display device 42). (When starting display of decorative symbols on the display), the ratio of driving in one direction of rotation (for example, counterclockwise) is increased when it is determined to be a big hit, and the other is determined when it is determined to be off The ratio of driving in the rotational direction (for example, clockwise) is increased so that the big hit expectation degree is increased when the rotational drive is performed in one rotational direction (for example, counterclockwise). Also good.

  In FIG. 46, it is executed until a predetermined mode is displayed after the decorative display of the decorative pattern is started on the image display device 42 (in this embodiment, until the left and right decorative symbols are stopped). In the present embodiment, the display of the predetermined afterglow by the rotating accessory 61 has been described. However, in this embodiment, after the predetermined mode becomes the reach mode, all the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed. Also in the reach effect executed at the same time, a variable display pattern (in this embodiment, a variable display pattern for executing the fireworks reach of the variable numbers 14 and 15) is provided to display a predetermined afterglow by the rotating combination 61. A reach effect in which a predetermined afterglow is displayed by the rotating accessory 61 will be described with reference to FIG.

  47 and 48 are explanatory diagrams showing an example of the variation display pattern of the fireworks reach “hit” of the variation number 15. When the variation display pattern of variation number 15 is selected on the main substrate 101 and the variation display pattern command indicating the variation display pattern is received by the sub-integrated substrate 111, the variation display pattern is displayed in the information output process (step S95). A corresponding display command is transmitted to the display control board 120, and an accessory effect command corresponding to the variation display pattern is transmitted to the lamp relay board 119. The display CPU 121 mounted on the display control board 120 reads process data from the display ROM 122 based on the received display command, sets a timer (indicating switching timing of the display image) based on the process data, and A drive signal is output to the display device 42, and the decorative symbol variation display is started.

  In addition, the accessory CPU 116 mounted on the accessory control board 115 selects a light emission pattern based on the accessory effect command received via the lamp relay board 119, and a timer (rotating role) corresponding to the accessory effect command. The drive time of the object 61, the drive start time, etc.) are set, and a drive signal is output to the motor 63 and the LED 61a based on the selected light emission pattern and timer. Thus, as shown in FIGS. 47 (A) to 48 (G), a predetermined afterglow (fireworks, numeral 100f (for example, FIG. E) and “7” shown in FIG. 47 (F), characters) are displayed.

  More specifically, when the fireworks reach effect is executed, the rotating combination 61 is driven to rotate, the LED 61a is controlled to emit light, and the light traces when the fireworks are launched by the afterglow of the rotating combination 61 (fireworks ball guide line). The streaks that appear as the afterglows of the light from the fire attached to is moving toward the sky (upward) is moved from below to display (FIG. 47A). And the fireworks mark 100e is displayed so that a firework may spread radially from the rotating shaft of the rotation accessory 61 (FIG. 47 (B)). At this time, display of fireworks is controlled by the image display device 42 in correspondence with the firework mark 100e displayed by the afterglow of the rotating accessory 61. Then, a mode in which a plurality of fireworks are launched by the afterimage is displayed, and the display of the fireworks is controlled by the image display device 42 (FIG. 47C).

  Next, a mode in which fireworks sparks fall as an afterglow by the rotating accessory 61 and the LED 61a is displayed (FIG. 47D), and a number 100f (in this case, “7”) is formed by the sparks as the afterglow. Is displayed (FIGS. 47E to 47F). Then, the decorative design is stopped and displayed (FIG. 48 (G)). Thus, in this embodiment. A predetermined afterglow is displayed by the rotating combination 61, and the display content corresponding to the afterglow is displayed on the image display device 42, thereby associating the display content of the rotating combination 61 with the display content of the image display device 42. Since the reach effect is executed, it is possible to further enhance the effect of the display content of the image display device 42 by the afterglow.

  As shown in FIG. 48 (G), in a stopped state where the motor 63 is not driven, the rotating position 61 is stopped at a position that does not cover a part of the image display device 42 as an initial position. Further, even when the motor 63 is driven to rotate the rotary combination 61, the rotary combination 61 is controlled to stop at the initial position when the motor 63 is stopped. That is, although not shown in FIG. 45, the rotating unit 60 in this embodiment includes an initial position sensor (position detecting means) for detecting an initial position inside the rotating accessory body 62, and the motor 63 is provided. When stopping, the motor 63 is driven and controlled so as to stop the rotating accessory 61 at a position that does not cover a part of the image display device 42 based on detection by the initial position sensor. Thus, in this embodiment, a part of the image display device 42 is covered with the rotation accessory 61 in a state where the rotation accessory 61 is not rotated, and a part of the display content of the image display device 42 is obtained. This prevents it from becoming invisible.

  As shown in FIG. 48 (G), the rotating member 61 has its rod-shaped casing other than the lens 61c painted on its outer surface with a predetermined color and given a predetermined graphic design. The decorativeness of the front decorative body 80 and the image display device 42 is enhanced even in a stopped state where the drive is not performed. In addition, by painting the color of the external surface of the rod-like housing other than the lens 61c of the rotating accessory 61 and the color of the back side portion of the rotating accessory 61 of the front decorative body 80 with a dark similar color, Since the rotating combination 61 is assimilated with the front decorative body 80 so that the rotating combination 61 is not conspicuous, and the LED 61a can be controlled to emit light, it is possible to make the light emission of the LED 61a stand out (make it stand out). When the afterglow is displayed by the accessory 61 (LED 61a), the player's attention can be further collected. In addition, since the graphic design is not applied to one surface of the rotating agent 61, it is possible to prevent a problem that it is difficult to visually recognize the afterimage when the afterimage is displayed by the rotating agent 61 (LED 61a).

  In this embodiment, the sun mark 100a, the cloud mark 100b, the umbrella mark 100c, the snowman mark, the lightning mark 100d, the fireworks mark 100e, the number 100f, characters, and the like can be displayed by the afterglow. The display mode is not limited to the above-described example. That is, these final modes may be displayed suddenly, or these final modes may be displayed in such a manner that a part of these final modes is displayed to be displayed as a whole. Such a mode may be displayed as if it has moved, or it may be displayed so that the final mode is gradually formed from the previous mode that is the final mode. For example, the above-described cloud mark 100b may be displayed suddenly, or may be displayed as if the cloud mark 100b has moved from outside the driving area of the rotating accessory 61, or the cloud mark 100b may be reduced. By gradually increasing the display from the displayed state, it may be displayed as a distant cloud approaches.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the player can have an impression as if the display area of the image display device 42 has been expanded by rotating and driving the rotating accessory 61 and controlling the light emission of the LED 61a. . That is, it has the rotation unit 60 as a display area expansion means.

  Next, the jackpot display process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing an example of the jackpot display process (step S702), FIG. 50 is an explanatory diagram showing a reference number setting table, and FIG. 51 is an explanatory diagram showing a jackpot presentation table. FIGS. 52 to 55 are explanatory diagrams showing examples of special effects in the jackpot effect, FIG. 56 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration in the main board, and FIG. 57 shows a functional configuration related to the jackpot effect in the sub-control means. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 49, in the jackpot display process, the integrated CPU 112 first determines whether or not a jackpot start command reception flag is set (step S751). This reception flag is a flag that is set in the command analysis process (step S91) described above and indicates that a big hit start command has been received from the main board 101. If the big hit start command reception flag is not set in step S751 (NO in step S751), it is determined that the big hit start command has not been received, and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the reception flag for the big hit start command is set (YES in step S751), the reception flag is reset and the opening screen is displayed on image display device 42 (step S752). The opening screen is a lottery result (for example, a display screen called “big hit”) that is notified prior to the occurrence of the big hit operation. That is, on the main board 101, after this screen is displayed on the image display device 42, the special winning opening is opened, and a state in which a large amount of game balls are likely to win (advantageous gaming state) is set.

  Further, data corresponding to the received jackpot start command is extracted from the reference number setting table 553 (step S753). As shown in FIG. 50, the reference number setting table 553 stores, for example, nine types of jackpot start commands and the reference number in association with each other. The reference number is a numerical value to be compared with the number of continuations of the big hit, and corresponds to the continuation rate of the big hit (see FIG. 37) in this example. Specifically, for the jackpot start command (2001H to 2003H) for models with a jackpot continuation rate of “68%”, the reference count is set to “5” and the jackpot continuation rate is “75%”. For the jackpot start command (2004H to 2006H) in the model, the reference count is set to “10” and for the jackpot start command (2007H to 2009H) in the model with the jackpot continuation rate “84%” The reference count is set to “15”. That is, the reference number in the reference number setting table 553 is set such that the reference number decreases as the jackpot continuation rate decreases (that is, the continuation of the jackpot becomes difficult). For this reason, as the possibility of occurrence of “probability big hit” is low, the production mode is changed with a relatively small number of continuations.

  Further, in the reference number setting table 553, the maximum number of rounds in the jackpot operation is stored in association with the jackpot start command. That is, the reference number setting table 553 also functions as a maximum round number setting table. The maximum number of rounds is the number of times the round operation is repeated until a predetermined number of game balls have won a prize or until a certain time has elapsed, and in this example, each round operation is repeated. Three types of maximum number of rounds corresponding to the model are stored. The maximum number of rounds corresponds to the jackpot probability in the gaming machine (see FIG. 37), that is, the probability of winning the jackpot in the determination of success / failure. Specifically, for a jackpot start command (2001H, 2004H, 2007H) in a model having a jackpot probability of “1/270”, the maximum round number is set to “5” and the jackpot probability is “1/393”. Jackpot start command (2003H, 2006H, 2009H) for models with maximum round number set to “10” and jackpot probability “1/495” for jackpot start commands (2002H, 2005H, 2008H) Is set to “15” as the maximum number of rounds. In other words, the maximum number of rounds in the reference number setting table 553 is set so that the maximum number of rounds increases as the jackpot probability is lower (that is, it is more difficult to generate the jackpot).

  As described above, in step S753, the reference number and the maximum number of rounds corresponding to the big hit start command are extracted from the reference number setting table 553, and based on these data, the special effect effect performed as a part of the big hit effect is performed. A mode is determined, and it is determined whether or not BGM generated as a sound effect is changed.

  When the integrated CPU 112 extracts the maximum number of rounds corresponding to the big hit start command, based on the maximum number of rounds, the big hit effect table 558 shown in FIG. Determination is made (step S754). More specifically, as shown in FIG. 51, when the maximum number of rounds is extracted, first, a target round for executing a special effect is determined among a plurality of repeated round operations. The big hit effect table 558 has effect pattern storage means 555 in which the maximum number of rounds and a combination of target rounds for which a special effect is derived are stored in association with each other, and a combination pattern of rounds is determined based on this. Specifically, when the maximum number of rounds is “5”, that is, when the number of repeated round actions is 5, rounds 1 to 4 are the target rounds for special effects, and the maximum number of rounds is “10”. In this case, 6 rounds to 9 rounds are target rounds for special effects, and when the maximum number of rounds is “15”, 11 rounds to 14 rounds are target rounds for special effects. That is, in any pattern, four rounds are targeted, but when the maximum number of rounds is large (for example, in the case of 10 rounds or 15 rounds), special effects are performed in the rounds executed in the latter half of the rounds. Is set to

  When the target round of the special effect is determined, next, one effect is selected from the 22 types of effect patterns 501 in the jackpot effect table 558 based on the determining random number extracted by the determining random number extracting means (described later). A pattern is determined, and a special effect corresponding to the effect pattern is extracted from the jackpot effect table 558. In this example, 26 kinds of effects (effects A to Z) are provided as special effects, and four special effects corresponding to each effect pattern are extracted in association with the target round. For example, when the maximum round is “15” and the third effect pattern is selected by the random number for determination, effect A is derived for 11 rounds, and effects W, 13 for 12 rounds. An effect X is derived for the round and an effect R for the 14th round.

  Here, specific examples of special effects will be described with reference to FIGS. 52 to 55. Both of these special effects are composed of effects in which two characters (character A and character B) appear and make the player feel humorous with Tsukkomi and blur. The 26 types of special effects are roughly divided into five themes. That is, the production A is related to the “flagging game”, the production B to the production G is related to the “message game”, the production H to the production Q is related to “Cinderella's parody”, and the production S to the production V Is related to “a criminal chasing a criminal”, and production W to production Z are related to “a conversation between a dentist and a patient”. Note that these special effects may be one effect (that is, an effect corresponding to one round) to complete the story, others may be only Tsukkomi, or only blur. In other words, when a story is completed with one production, that production is derived alone, but when Tsukkomi and Blur straddle two or more productions, it is derived as a series of productions. The combinations are set so that Also, in each production, before the tsukkomi and blur are started, the clapperboard (a timepiece tree with a small blackboard that is struck in front of the camera when shooting in a movie, etc.) and a title (name of material) At the end of the production, an ending display consisting of the name of the performer and the like is derived. In addition, when a series of effects is derived across a plurality of effects, the clapperboard and the title are displayed only at the beginning of the series of effects. It is omitted.

  In the effect A, as shown in FIG. 52A, the character A and the character B are lined up to play a flag game. In other words, the game has a red flag in one hand and a white flag in the other hand, and raises or lowers one of the flags in accordance with the call. Here, the operation of raising the red flag in response to the call of “Raise Red” is performed, but in this special production, the character A says “Eat Red” and eat the red flag. Is done. Thereafter, an effect including the character B's tsukkomi (a conversation “Do not eat anything”) is performed on the blur of the character A.

  The effects B to G relate to a so-called message game in which the character A repeatedly describes the contents transmitted from the character B to the character A, as shown in FIGS. 52 (B) to 52 (G). Here, the same content is repeated, but there is an effect that the character A misunderstands the content related to the pachinko machine with the content related to food. Specifically, in the production B, a message “I hope it will continue to change” is performed, whereas in the production C, a blur that makes a mistake as “cutlet is ...” is performed. Similarly, in the production D, a message “You should turn around often is good” is performed. On the other hand, in the production E, there is a blur that makes you misunderstand that “I often turn around sushi ...”. Also, in the production F, a message “Unlimited unlimited all-you-can-eat” is performed. In this way, in the production related to the message game, two productions are paired and are continuously derived over two rounds.

  As shown in FIGS. 53 (H) to 54 (R), the effects H to R are related to an effect in which the character A or character B searches for a woman that matches a pair of shoes, that is, “Cinderella's parody”. . Specifically, in the production H, the character B puts a pair of shoes in front of the masses, and there is a tsukkomi that “I am looking for a woman that is perfect for these shoes”, whereas in the production I, a large woman There is an effect that (similar to the character A) tries to wear the shoes and breaks the shoes. In the production J, the character A puts shoes in front of the masses, and there is a tsukkomi saying "I will make a woman who is perfect for this shoe as a princess". However, when the woman looks back, a noticeable effect is realized when she notices that the character B is a masquerade.

  In the production L, the character A puts a pair of shoes in front of the masses, and a production similar to the production J, “I am looking for a perfect woman for these shoes,” is performed. There will be a production of getting angry, saying, "Is it all bad?" Further, in the production M, an effect in which women are sucked into shoes is performed, and in the production N, an effect in which a large number of large women who are just like the character A gather is performed. Further, in the production O, the character B who puts his shoes in front of the masses is actually a shoe store, and there is a production that there is a large amount of stock. In the production P and the production Q, the character B is a shoe store like the production O. However, when the character A appears and takes away the shoes, or the shoes fly away like a rocket, there is an effect that the shoes disappear (sold out). In addition, in the production R, the character A appears in front of the public with shoes, but since the character B is hugging the character A's face, the production that the woman cannot be searched is performed.

  The effects S to V relate to the operation when the character A or the character B follows the criminal, as shown in FIGS. 55 (S) to 55 (V). Specifically, in the production S, in a scene where the character A and the character B are chasing the criminal while running, a weak sound such as “Wait!” Or “Hot!” Is emitted from the fat character A. Will be directed to the topic of food, "Take my cuts back!" On the other hand, the effects T to V are scenes in which the criminal is chased by the elevator. In the effect T, when the character A gets on the elevator, the effect that the operation of the elevator stops due to overweight is performed. In addition, in the production U, there is an production in which the elevator descending speed is too fast and the elevator is destroyed. Further, in the production V, there is a production in which the elevator rises too much and reaches the universe.

  As shown in FIGS. 55 (W) to 55 (Z), the effects W to Z are related to the dentist. In the effects W, the character A who is a patient treats the character A who is a patient. Done. The effects Y to Z are effects performed following the effect W, and when the patient confirms the state of the teeth with the dentist, the dentist makes a difficult face and makes a statement. Specifically, in the production X, the response “I'm all fat” is made, in the production Y the response is “9-8 is the favorite in the 9th race”, and in the production Z the Greek response The production is made.

  In these special effects, images change in order like a four-frame comic, and each dialogue is displayed by blowing.

  As described above, when the special effect is determined in step S745 of FIG. 49, it is next determined whether or not the timing at which the big hit command is received is during high probability or short time (step S755). That is, it is determined whether or not the big hit that occurred last time is a “probable big hit”, and the big hit is being continued. If the big hit start command is received during the big hit continuation (YES in step S755), the big hit continuation count is added (step S756), and the continuation count after the addition is the reference count determined in step S753. It is determined whether or not it is larger than n (step S757). If the number of continuations for the big hit is larger than the reference number n, a flag for changing the BGM performed during the big hit presentation is set (step S758). For example, in a model in which the reference number is set to “5”, the sound effect during the big hit effect is changed from the first BGM to the second BGM when the big hit continuation number becomes 5 or more. When the big hit start command is received, if the big hit is not continuing (NO in step S755), “1” is set to the number of continuations (step S759), and the big hit display process is terminated.

  Note that although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 49, when a round number command is transmitted from the main board 101 during the big hit effect, the number of round operations based on the round number command is set as the number of round operations. A setting is made to display on the image display device 42 whether it has been opened or not. Further, when a count command is transmitted from the main board 101, setting for displaying on the image display device 42 the number of game balls (count number) won in the big winning opening is performed based on the count command. Is called. Further, when a big hit end command is transmitted from the main board 101, a setting is made to display on the image display device 42 that the big hit operation is ended based on the big hit end command.

  Next, the functional configuration of the main board 101 (corresponding to the main control means of the present invention) and the peripheral board group (referred to as the sub-control means 550) related to the effect control process and the big hit effect process will be described with reference to FIGS. explain.

  The main board 101 obtains a jackpot determination random number (same as the jackpot determination random number), a jackpot symbol random number, a variable variation random number, an effect display pattern random number, and the like, and information on the presence or absence of the jackpot based on these random numbers ( Command), information indicating whether the jackpot is "normal jackpot" or "probability jackpot" (probability variation / non-probability variation command), and information regarding the type of production display pattern, that is, information regarding the variation time of the special symbol (Variable display pattern command) is set as a control command and transmitted from the main board 101 to the sub-control means 550. That is, as shown in FIG. 56, the main board 101 stores in advance a big hit determination table 511, a big hit symbol table 512, a hit varying time varying table 513, a deviation varying time varying table 514, and the like. On the basis of these tables 511 to 514, whether or not the lottery is successful, the stop symbol in the special symbol display 41, and the variation time are determined.

  Further, when a winning at the entrance is detected by the game state detection means (specifically, start port switch) 508, a big hit determination random number is extracted from a random counter (not shown). A jackpot determining random number extracting means 516 and a jackpot symbol random number extracting means 517 for extracting a jackpot symbol random number are provided. Further, a random time random number extraction means 518 is provided for extracting a random time for variation time based on the random number for jackpot determination and the random number for jackpot symbol. When the big hit determination random number is extracted by the big hit determination random number extraction means 516, the hit determination means 530 for determining whether or not the big hit is determined using the big hit determination table 511 and the big hit symbol random number extraction means 517 are used. When the random number for use is extracted, stop symbol determination means 531 is provided for determining a stop symbol in the special symbol display 41 using the jackpot symbol table 512. Further, when the fluctuation time random number is extracted by the fluctuation time random number extraction means 518 and determined to be a big hit by the success / failure determination means 530, the fluctuation time of the special symbol is changed using the variable table 513 for changing the hit time. On the other hand, if the random number for the fluctuation time is extracted and determined to be out of place by the success / failure determination means 530, the fluctuation for determining the fluctuation time of the special symbol using the deviation time variable table 514 Time determining means 532 is provided.

  The main board 101 starts to change the special symbol in the special symbol display 41, and has the stop symbol determined by the stop symbol determination unit 531 after the variation time determined by the variation time determination unit 532 elapses. Special symbol variation control means 534 for stopping the change, and advantageous game state generating means 533 for generating a game state advantageous to the player after the special symbol change is stopped when the winning determination unit 530 determines that the big hit is made Is provided. Also, a jackpot start command setting means 536 for setting a jackpot start command according to the jackpot probability and the continuation rate of each model, a hit / miss command related to the presence / absence of the jackpot determined by the hit / no-go determination means 530, and a variation pattern (time) The command transmission means 535 for transmitting a control command including a variable display command corresponding to) and a jackpot start command is provided. Here, the command transmission means 535 functions as the jackpot related command transmission means, the success / failure command transmission means, and the start command transmission means of the present invention.

  In contrast, as shown in FIG. 57, when the control command transmitted from the main board 101 (corresponding to the main control means) is received by the command receiving means 551, the sub-control means 550 displays an image based on this. Various functions for controlling the display device 42 and the presentation effect promoting means 575 (including the BGM generating means 576) are provided. That is, the sub-control means 550 stores in advance a reference number setting table 553 (see FIG. 50) and a big hit effect table 558 (see FIG. 51) including the effect pattern storage means 555. An effect derivation mode determining unit 554, an effect pattern determining unit 556, a determining random number extracting unit 557, a special effect determining unit 559, and a special effect deriving unit 561 are provided. When the big hit start command is transmitted from the main board 101, the production derivation mode determining means 554 determines the production derivation mode (the maximum number of rounds in this example) from the big hit start command and the reference number setting table 553. is there. The effect pattern determination means 556 determines a big hit effect pattern (a combination of target rounds for which a special effect is derived in this example) from the maximum number of rounds determined by the effect derivation mode determination means 554 and the effect pattern storage means 555. It is. The decision random number extraction means 557 extracts a production decision random number from a random counter (not shown) in the event of a big hit. The special effect determination means 559 is based on the target round determined by the effect pattern determination means 556, the effect determination random number extracted by the determination random number extraction means 557, and the big hit effect table 558. The type of special performance to be executed is determined. Data relating to the type of special effect determined by the special effect determining means 559 is sent to the effect control means 552 and can be displayed on the image display device 42. In other words, the effect control means 552 reads the special effect image determined by the special effect determination means 559 from the special effect storage means 563 of the jackpot effect storage means 562 and derives it to the image display device 42. As a result, the special effects set individually for the four target rounds determined by the effect pattern determining means 556 are executed, and predetermined common jackpot effects are performed for the other rounds. .

  In addition to the reference number setting table 553 described above, the sub-control unit 550 has a functional configuration related to BGM change, in addition to the reference number setting table 553, a reference number determination unit 571, a continuous number counting unit 572, an effect mode change unit 573, and an effect promotion control. Means 574 are provided. When a big hit start command is transmitted from the main board 101, the reference number determination means 571 determines the reference number n from the big hit start command and the reference number setting table 553. The continuation number counting means 572 counts the number of continuations for big hits, and corresponds to the occurrence number recognition means of the present invention. The production mode changing unit 573 changes the BGM generated by the production promotion control unit 574 when the continuation number counted by the continuation number counting unit 572 exceeds the reference number determined by the reference number determination unit 571. Is. That is, when there is no command to change the BGM from the production mode change unit 573, the production promotion control unit 574 generates the first BGM by the BGM generation unit 576, and the BGM is generated from the production mode change unit 573. When instructed to change, the BGM generating means 576 generates the second BGM.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 of this example, the reference number setting table 553 showing the relationship between the reference number and the big hit start command is provided, and when the big hit start command is transmitted from the main board 101, Since the reference number is determined from the big hit start command and the reference number setting table 553, it is possible to set a reference number corresponding to the big hit continuation rate set for each model. The production mode can be changed in consideration of the value “”. In particular, instead of targeting the “big hit occurrence status” of gaming machines, the number of times of “big hit continuation”, which is the number of continuations that matches the level of bliss of the player, is matched to the player's mood. The production mode can be changed. For this reason, a player's mood can be lifted at a suitable timing and an interest can be improved further. Therefore, even if the jackpot effect is repeated, it is possible to reliably suppress the decrease in interest in the jackpot effect.

  Even if the probability of jackpot, the success rate of jackpot, and the maximum number of rounds are different from each other, the sub-control means 550 in each model can be used as a common product, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost and facilitating manufacturing management. Can be achieved.

  Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of this example, the reference number setting table 553 stores the maximum number of rounds that is different for each model in association with the jackpot start command, and the jackpot start command is transmitted from the main board 101. Then, an effect derivation mode is determined from the jackpot start command and the reference number setting table 553. Therefore, it is possible to derive an effect in a different manner for each model using the jackpot start command. In other words, the production pattern can be determined for each model in the sub-control means 550 without adding a new command, so that the burden on the production process can be further reduced. In particular, when the effect derivation mode is determined, since the jackpot effect pattern is determined from the effect derivation mode and the effect pattern storage means 555, the jackpot effect pattern is determined by a relatively simple process, and the effect pattern Even when a need for change or the like arises, it is possible to easily cope with it.

  Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, the sub-control unit 550 associates the special effect storage unit 563 storing a plurality of special effects and the relationship between the special effects and each round with the random number for effect determination. A stored big hit effect table 558 is provided. When the target round is determined at the time of the big hit, the random number for effect determination is extracted, and the special effect derived in the target round is determined from the effect determination random number, the target round, and the big hit effect table. Therefore, the contents of the special effect change randomly, and the variation in the jackpot effect can be enriched and the interest in the effect can be further enhanced. In particular, since a plurality of consecutive rounds are determined as the target rounds for deriving the special effects, the variations of the effects become more abundant and the interest can be surely enhanced. Moreover, since special effects for a plurality of target rounds are determined based on a single effect determination random number, special effects derived for each target round can be associated with each other. In other words, a plurality of special effects are continuously derived over a plurality of rounds, but by setting the combination pattern in advance, the same effects are repeatedly derived or derived in an order that contradicts each other, It is possible to prevent the special performance from ending in a halfway state.

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

  That is, in the said embodiment, what showed the effect aspect in the BGM generation means 576 based on the number of continuation of a big hit was shown, For example, the big hit effect in the image display apparatus 42 is the main effect comprised from a moving image. In addition, it may be configured with a sub-effect for promoting the effect of the main effect such as the background of the main effect, and the effect mode of the sub-effect may be changed while maintaining the main effect. According to this, when the number of occurrences of the big hit exceeds the reference number, the effect mode of the sub-effect is changed. In other words, by changing only the effect mode of the sub-effect, it is possible to enhance the player's mood while maintaining the concept of the gaming machine with the main effect having a high decoration effect. The main effect itself may be changed. However, if the effect mode of the effect effect promoting unit 575 that is additionally performed is changed as in the above-described embodiment, it is possible to increase interest in the effect mode of the effect effect promoting unit 575. In other words, it is possible to enhance the interest with respect to the comprehensive performance contents. In particular, since the BGM generated as the sound effect of the big hit effect is changed, the presence or absence of the change can be recognized by the whole body through the player's hearing, and the player's mood can be greatly enhanced.

  In the above-described embodiment, the effect mode in the BGM generating unit 576 is changed only once. If comprised in this way, even if an effect mode is changed, it will become possible to continue a game in hope of the further change. In other words, it becomes possible to raise the player's mood step by step, and the interest for the big hit effect can be further improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the reference number setting table 553 shows that two pieces of data (that is, the reference number and the maximum number of rounds) are associated with the jackpot start command. However, only the reference number may be associated. Good. That is, the effect mode of the big hit effect in the image display device 42 may be fixed. According to this, the big hit effect table 558 becomes unnecessary, the reference number setting table 553 is simplified, and the burden on the effect process can be further reduced.

  In the above embodiment, the reference number is changed according to the continuation rate of the jackpot, but may be changed according to the probability that the jackpot will occur. Further, in the present example, what is changed in three steps is shown, but it may be changed more finely.

  In the above embodiment, the jackpot start command and the reference count are associated with each other. However, a command other than the jackpot start command, for example, a command indicating the success / failure flag or a command indicating the probability variation flag is associated with the reference count. Also good. In addition, a dedicated command associated with the reference number may be newly set. However, associating with the jackpot start command as in the above embodiment, the sub-control unit 550 can determine the reference number for each model without adding a new command. Therefore, it is possible to suppress an increase in burden in transmission processing and the like.

  In the above embodiment, a command is transmitted from the sub-integrated board 111 to the display control board 120 and display processing is performed in the display control board 120. However, the sub-integrated board 111 and the display control board 120 are combined into one board. You may comprise. However, if the presentation processing in the presentation display is shared as in the above-described embodiment, the burden on the integrated CPU in the sub-integrated board 111 can be reduced, and these processes can be further diversified.

  In the above embodiment, the jackpot determination random number used to determine whether or not to generate a jackpot gaming state, and the probability variation determination random number used to determine whether or not to make a jackpot gaming state when generating the jackpot gaming state, However, it is also possible to make the above two determinations based on one type of random number.

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

It is a front view which shows a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view which shows the pachinko machine of the state which open | released the main body frame and the front frame. It is a rear view which shows the back surface structure of a pachinko machine. It is a front view which shows a game board. It is a block diagram showing an example of circuit composition in a main board group and a peripheral board group. It is the perspective view which looked at the game board from the upper right. It is sectional drawing of a ball guide member. 4A is a cross-sectional view when the ball guiding member is cut along the plane BB in FIG. 4, and FIG. 4B is a cross-section when the ball guiding member is cut along the plane CC in FIG. FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the game board from the front upper direction. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a circular guidance | induction part. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD in a state where a circular guide portion, an upper rail, and a lower rail in FIG. 4 are removed. It is the perspective view which looked at the rotation unit containing a rotation accessory from the upper right. FIG. 4A is a side view of the rotary unit 60, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view of the rotating tool taken along the XY plane of FIG. It is the disassembled perspective view of the center unit seen from the front direction of the game board. It is the disassembled perspective view of the center unit seen from the back direction of the game board. It is a front perspective view which shows a back decoration body. It is a rear perspective view which shows an attachment unit. FIGS. 4A and 4B are cross-sectional views showing the loose fitting convex portion of the stage unit and the loose fitting concave portion of the mounting unit, respectively. It is a rear view of a game board. It is a back perspective view of a game board. FIG. 1A is a front view of the game board, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of the game board cut along the ST plane of FIG. FIG. 23 is an enlarged view of FIG. It is a front view of the state which removed the front frame in the state which attached the game board to the pachinko machine. It is an enlarged view of the attachment mechanism of a game board. It is explanatory drawing which shows the various setting dimensions in a game area | region. It is a flowchart which shows the main process performed by CPU mounted in a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of the power failure generation | occurrence | production performed by CPU mounted in a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interruption process performed by CPU mounted in a main board | substrate. It is a table | surface figure which shows the random number updated by CPU mounted in a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the game process performed by CPU mounted in a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the change start process in a game process. It is a flowchart which shows the big hit determination process in a fluctuation | variation start process. It is a flowchart which shows the change display pattern setting process in a game process. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a fluctuation | variation display pattern table. It is a flowchart which shows the big hit game start process and the big hit game process in a game process. It is a table | surface figure which shows the relationship between a jackpot start command, jackpot probability, and a continuation rate. It is a flowchart which shows the main process performed by the integrated CPU mounted in a sub integration board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the 16ms steady process performed by the integrated CPU mounted in a sub integration board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the command analysis process in a 16ms regular process. It is a flowchart which shows the effect control process in a 16 ms regular process. It is a flowchart which shows the decoration design change start process in an effect control process. It is a flowchart which shows the notice selection process in a decoration design change start process. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a notice pattern table. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the circuit structure inside an accessory control board and a rotation unit. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the notice effect performed by a rotation accessory. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the reach production performed by a rotation accessory. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the reach production performed by a rotation accessory. It is a flowchart which shows the jackpot display process in an effect control process. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a reference | standard frequency setting table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a big hit effect table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the special effect in a big hit effect. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the special effect in a big hit effect. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the special effect in a big hit effect. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the special effect in a big hit effect. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure in a main board | substrate. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure regarding the big hit effect in a sub control means.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 41 Special symbol display 42 Image display device (effect display means, effect execution means)
101 Main board (main control means)
111 Sub-integrated board 508 Game state detection means 511 Big hit determination table 512 Big hit symbol table 513 Hit variation time variable table 514 Outgoing fluctuation time variable table 516 Big hit determination random number extraction means (lottery means)
517 Big hit symbol random number extraction means 518 Fluctuation time random number extraction means 530 NG determination means 531 Stop symbol determination means 532 Fluctuation time determination means 533 Advantageous game state generation means 534 Special symbol fluctuation control means 535 Command transmission means (Big hit related command transmission means , Wrong command sending means, start command sending means)
550 Sub control means 552 Production control means 553 Reference number setting table 554 Production derivation mode determination means 555 Production pattern storage means 556 Production pattern determination means 557 Determination random number extraction means 558 Big hit production table 559 Special production determination means 561 Special production derivation means 571 Reference number determining means 572 Continuous number counting means (occurrence number recognition means)
573 Production mode changing means 574 Production promotion control means 575 Production effect promotion means 576 BGM generation means

Claims (1)

Gaming state detection means for detecting a gaming state;
Lottery means for performing lottery based on the gaming state detected by the gaming state detection means, advantageous game state generating means for generating an advantageous gaming state advantageous to a player when the lottery result of the lottery means is a big hit, A main control means having a jackpot command sending means for sending a jackpot related command related to the jackpot,
Production execution means for performing the production accompanying the lottery,
An effect control means for deriving a jackpot effect to the effect executing means during the occurrence of the advantageous gaming state based on the jackpot related command transmitted by the jackpot command transmitting means,
Occurrence number recognition means for recognizing the number of occurrences of the jackpot,
When the number of occurrences of jackpot recognized by the occurrence number recognizing means exceeds a reference number, an effect mode changing means for changing the effect mode by the effect control means,
A reference number setting table showing a relationship between the reference number and the jackpot related command;
And when a jackpot related command is transmitted by the jackpot command transmitting means, a reference number determining means for determining the reference number in the effect mode changing means from the jackpot related command and the reference number setting table,
And a sub-control means.

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