JP2006280991A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2006280991A5
Application number: JP2006206290A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2006-07-28
Publication date: 2007-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 2020-04-24

Claims

A game machine in which a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the player when a game ball is won in the winning area, and the game state is restored based on the retained data held immediately before the power is turned off when the power is turned on. It is possible to perform state return control,
A game control microcomputer that has a RAM, controls the progress of the game, and outputs a payout control command indicating the number of prize balls to be paid out in accordance with a winning;
A payout control microcomputer that has a RAM and performs prize ball payout control based on the payout control command output from the game control microcomputer in accordance with winning;
A backup power supply for retaining the storage contents of the RAM of the game control microcomputer and the payout control microcomputer when the power to the gaming machine is cut off;
Power supply monitoring means for monitoring the power supplied to the gaming machine and outputting a detection signal when a voltage drop is detected;
The power monitoring means outputs the detection signal to the game control microcomputer and the payout control microcomputer,
The game control microcomputer and the payout control microcomputer execute a power-off process including a RAM access prohibition process in response to an input of the detection signal from the power supply monitoring unit.
The game control microcomputer is:
Processing to set a timer interrupt flag in response to the occurrence of a timer interrupt;
A process for determining whether to execute a process for updating a numerical value used for game control or to execute a game control process including a process for outputting the payout control command, based on whether or not the timer interrupt flag is set And run
The dispensing control microcomputer is:
When the power is turned on, on the condition that the memory of the number of prize balls is stored in the RAM, the prize ball payout control of the unpaid prize balls is executed,
It is provided with a delay means for creating a delay time for delaying the timing at which the payout control microcomputer starts the power-off process from the timing at which the game control microcomputer starts the power-off process. A gaming machine.