JP2007135688A - Video game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video game machine which enables reserved balls to win the jackpot lottery with a regular jackpot probability regardless of changes occurring later in the jackpot probability in the jackpot lottery made at the shooting of game balls, and also enables prevention of increase in processing of a main control means with no need of redetermination of a figure variation pattern. <P>SOLUTION: In the video game machine which enables the advance notice of winning according to the color of balls determined by a temporary lottery while making figures vary in a proper pattern by the winning of the starter prize and allows the reservation of the winning of the starter prize during the variation or the jackpot, the main controller 6 is provided with a ready for win attribute decision means 6k which determines a ready for win attribute ON for the balls lost as a result of the temporary lottery at a fixed ratio and a jackpot lottery means 6i which carries out a main lottery at a probability as given at the moment of the variation of the figures and designates a pattern according to the result of the lottery to enable the determination of signals S4 and S5 by which a corresponding pattern is designated to start the variation of the figures, that is, as confined to once. An image display controller 7 is provided with a figure display control means which starts the variation of the figures in a pattern designated by the signals S4 and S5 received and stops it at the figures designated by the signals and a ball movement display means which moves and displays the balls in respective colors corresponding to the result of the temporary lottery and the ready for win attribute. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention includes a launch operation unit similar to a conventional mechanical game machine (actual game machine), and game board surface components such as a prize opening, an out port, and a game nail are similar to the game board surface form of the actual game machine. The present invention relates to a video game machine in which a game board surface arranged in this manner and a game ball or the like that is driven into a game area on the game board surface and flows down are displayed on an image display to virtually play a game.

  In this type of gaming machine, a game is played without using an actual game ball (real ball) made of steel balls, etc., so that the game board surface of the game ball (launch ball) when fired by the operation of the launch operation unit The disappearance position on the image, that is, the entrance position is determined.

  By the way, some of these types of gaming machines have the following gaming board surface forms as in the case of actual gaming machines. That is, it has a start winning opening and a large winning opening that can receive a lot of winning balls by making the opening and closing body open operation easier than other winning openings, and to the starting winning opening There is provided a symbol display unit for stopping the symbol variation after a predetermined time from the start of the symbol variation (display) by entering a ball (winning) and performing a plurality of symbol variations by which the opening / closing body can be opened by the halt symbol. There is something.

In such a video game machine, not only the entry position, but also the type of the stop symbol on the symbol display part by the game ball (start prize ball) entered in the start prize opening, in other words, the opening and closing body is opened. Whether or not to make a big hit state to be operated (special game state) is also determined when the game ball is launched.
Therefore, in the past, as described above, it is possible to grasp at the time of launch of the game ball. There has been proposed a video game machine that gives a feeling (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The notice method includes a method in which a specific character is displayed on the symbol display unit, and a method in which the color, texture, shape, or the like (game ball shape) of the game sphere displayed on the image is different from the normal time. According to the method of displaying a character on the symbol display section, the notice determination time can be set until the symbol is stopped, but this is not particularly different from the case of actual gaming machines that are currently on the market.

According to the method of changing the form of the game ball, it is possible to grasp at the time of launch of the game ball whether the position of the ball is used as the start winning opening, and the form of the game ball can be changed. The feature is utilized and the notice method is further innovative. Patent Document 1 discloses such a technique.
JP 2005-168971 A

The video game machine (prior art) disclosed in Patent Document 1 has the advantage that the notice method is novel as described above, but has the following problems.
That is, in the above prior art, when the entrance position of the game ball determined by the main control means at the time of launch is the start winning opening (start winning prize), an appropriate symbol variation pattern corresponding to that is determined. This symbol variation pattern is a variation form of a plurality of symbols performed in the symbol display unit based on the result of lottery (hit lottery lottery) whether or not to make a big hit state. Notify the result of lottery.

When applying such an effect method based on symbol variation patterns and trying to make a so-called probability variation type video game machine having two types of high and low probability of winning a big hit (hit probability) in the big hit lottery, In the prior art, when there is a change in the probability of high and low during a game, the change in the probability is not correctly reflected for the holding ball. That is, it is not possible to make a big hit lottery with a normal big hit probability (same timing as in the case of an actual pachinko machine = at the start of symbol variation).
Therefore, when there is such a change in probability, in the prior art, it becomes necessary for the main control means to determine the symbol variation pattern again at the start of symbol variation by the reserved ball. This is because, depending on the probability after the change, the lottery result of the big hit / losing may be reversed, and in this case, the stop symbol must be changed.
However, since this increases the processing in the main control means, improvement in this point has been a problem in the past. Details of the reserved ball will be described later.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and even if the jackpot probability in the jackpot lottery at the time of game ball launch changes after that, the jackpot lottery with the regular jackpot probability for the holding ball is performed. It is another object of the present invention to provide a video game machine capable of preventing an increase in processing in the main control means without having to determine the symbol variation pattern again.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention described in claim 1 of the claims is more than the other winning holes due to the opening winning opening and the opening / closing body opening operation by being determined as the big hit in the big hit lottery. A plurality of winning holes from which a winning ball is paid out by entering a gaming ball, an out port where no winning ball is paid out by entering a gaming ball, and the start A symbol display unit for displaying a variation of the symbol, which can stop the variation after a predetermined time from the start of the variation of the symbol based on the game ball entering the winning opening, and can open the opening / closing body by the stopped symbol. A game board surface on which a board surface constituent member is arranged and a game ball that is launched by the operation of the launch operation unit and moves on the game board surface with the winning opening or the out port as an extinction position are mounted on a gaming machine frame Display on the image display An image-type gaming machine that performs a display control on the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means, and a main control means for controlling a gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display Display control means, wherein the main control means determines the extinction position of the game ball to be fired on the game board surface image and the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears as a ball attribute Sphere attribute determining means, probability changing means for changing the big hit probability determined to be a big hit in the big hit lottery between high and low by satisfying the set condition, and the extinction position is determined as the start winning opening With respect to the start winning sphere that is the played game ball, the jackpot tentative lottery is performed with the jackpot probability at the time of launch to generate a tentative lottery result signal, and the figure relating to the start winning sphere At the start of fluctuation, a big hit lottery is performed with the big hit probability at the start of the fluctuation, and the type of symbol fluctuation pattern corresponding to the main lottery result is specified and the symbol fluctuation is started. A jackpot lottery means for selecting a signal, a reach attribute determination means for determining a reach attribute to be divided at a predetermined ratio for the starting winning ball when the result of the jackpot temporary lottery is out of place, and the starting prize When a new starting winning ball is generated during the change of the symbol related to the ball or during the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body, the new starting winning ball is accumulated and stored as a holding ball up to a certain number, and the preceding starting winning ball Alternatively, after the change of the symbol related to the holding ball or the opening of the opening / closing body is ended, the main lottery and the symbol changing are performed by the jackpot lottery means using the subsequent holding ball as a starting winning ball. The start winning ball holding / digesting means for decrementing the number of stored balls and the launch signal including the ball attribute is transmitted for each game ball to be fired, while selecting the movement start / variation pattern designation signal. When a start winning ball is generated based on the launch signal, the temporary lottery result signal and reach attribute relating to the start winning ball are transmitted together with the launch signal, and upon the variation of the symbol relating to the start winning ball Signal transmission means for transmitting the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal selected by the jackpot lottery means, and the image display control means is based on a spherical attribute in the emission signal by receiving the emission signal. , To obtain a ball route representing a path from when the game ball is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears at the winning opening or the outlet, and the firing signal, provisional lottery By receiving the fruit signal and the reach attribute, select the erasure position in the sphere attribute, the provisional lottery result and the form according to the reach attribute, along the acquired sphere route, and in the selected form, The game ball movement display means for moving and displaying the game ball on the game board surface image and the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal are received, and the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal is designated on the symbol display unit. And a symbol display control means for starting the symbol variation with the symbol variation pattern and stopping the symbol at a stop symbol designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal after a predetermined time.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the main control means generates a temporary lottery result signal for the start winning ball by performing a big hit temporary lottery with a big hit probability at the time of launch, The symbol variation that starts the symbol variation at the start of the variation of the symbol, performs a big hit main lottery with the big hit probability at that time, specifies the type of symbol variation pattern (symbol variation pattern) according to the lottery result A jackpot lottery means for selecting a start / variation pattern designation signal is provided. The main control means includes reach attribute determining means for determining reach attributes that are divided at a fixed ratio with respect to the starting winning ball when the result of the big hit temporary lottery is out.
In addition, the main control means, after the change of the symbol related to the start winning ball or the holding ball or the opening and closing body opening operation, the subsequent holding ball is set as the starting winning ball and the big hit main lottery and the symbol fluctuation start / change are started. A start winning ball holding / digesting means for selecting a pattern designation signal is provided.
Then, the signal transmission means of the main control means transmits a firing signal including a ball attribute, and when a starting winning ball is generated, transmits a temporary lottery result signal and a reach attribute related to the starting winning ball together with the firing signal, When the symbol changes related to the starting winning ball, the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal selected by the big hit lottery means is transmitted.

On the other hand, the game ball movement display means provided in the image display control means acquires the ball route by receiving the launch signal, and receives the launch signal, the temporary lottery result signal, and the reach attribute, and the disappearance position in the ball attribute A form corresponding to the temporary lottery result and the reach attribute is selected, and each game ball is moved and displayed on the game board surface image along the acquired ball route and in the selected form.
In addition, the symbol display control means provided in the image display control means receives the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal and receives the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal on the symbol display unit. The change of the symbol is started, and after a predetermined time, it is configured to stop at the stop symbol designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal.

According to this, a variable winning that allows more game balls to be entered than other winning holes due to the opening / closing body opening operation (hit state) by being determined to be a big win in the big win lottery performed by the start winning prize Have a mouth,
Whether it is a start winning prize or a big hit state can be notified in the form of a game ball,
When the starting position of the game ball determined at the time of launch is the start winning opening, the symbol variation is performed with an appropriate symbol variation pattern according to the game winning position,
In addition, when a starting winning ball is generated while the symbol is changing or in a big hit state, the starting winning ball can be held and digested.
In addition, the following effects can be exhibited in a video game machine in which the probability of drawing a big hit in the big hit lottery can change.
That is, even if the jackpot probability in the jackpot lottery at the time of game ball launch changes while the starting winning ball is held, the jackpot lottery can be performed with the regular jackpot probability for the held starting winning ball (holding ball). .
Moreover, conventionally, when the big hit probability changes and the lottery result of the big hit / out is reversed, the main control means needs to determine the symbol variation pattern again (at least change the stop symbol) at the start of symbol variation by the holding ball. However, in the present invention, the determination of the symbol variation pattern is all performed at the start of symbol variation by the starting winning ball (including the starting winning ball related to the holding ball).
Therefore, even if the big hit probability changes as described above and the big hit lottery result is reversed, the symbol change pattern is not determined again in the case of the symbol change, that is, the determination of the one time symbol change pattern (type designation) Therefore, it is possible to provide a video game machine that does not increase the processing in the main control means.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol shows the same or an equivalent part between each figure.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of a video pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part in FIG.
In these drawings, a machine frame (game machine frame) 1 of a video pachinko machine is provided with a fixed frame 2 to be attached to a so-called island pachinko machine installation facility in a pachinko game hall. A movable frame 3 is attached to the fixed frame 2 by a hinge 4 located on the left side so as to be able to open one side. An image display 5 is attached inside the movable frame 3 with the screen facing forward. The image display 5 includes a liquid crystal display, an EL display, and the like, and can display an image whose display form can be electrically changed.
A main controller 6, an image display controller 7, and a card controller 8 are attached to the back side of the movable frame 3.

  Of these, the main control device 6 displays a game board surface image (hereinafter abbreviated as a board image) on the image display 5 through the control of the image display control device 7, and the gaming state in the displayed board image is displayed. It is a device that controls the overall pachinko machine, such as control and prize ball control. Here, the above-mentioned board surface image is an image imitating a game board surface form of an actual pachinko machine. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the guide rail 39, the launch passage 40, the game area 41, the center decoration 42, the symbol display unit 43, the general winning ports 44 to 47, the starting winning port 48, the big winning port (variable winning port) ) 49, an opening / closing body 50 in front of the grand prize winning port 49, a windmill 51, a side lamp 52, an out port 53, and a board surface constituting member such as a number of game nails (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 3, the main controller 6 includes, for example, a CPU 6a, a RAM 6b, a ROM 6c, and an input / output interface 6d. The ROM 6c stores a control program 6c1, a data group 6c2, and a winning rate table 6c3.
In the main controller 6, the CPU 6a executes the control program 6c1 using the RAM 6b as a work area, and controls the gaming state and the like described above while appropriately reading the data group 6c2 and the winning rate table 6c3 in the ROM 6c.

  In the winning rate table 6c3, the proportion of game balls that enter each of the winning ports 44 to 49 shown in FIG. 1 (hereinafter referred to as the winning proportion for each winning port) is made to correspond to the launch intensity of the game balls. It is expressed as The launch intensity of the game ball is associated with an operation amount of a launch operation unit described later.

Hereinafter, the winning rate table 6c3 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the winning rate table 6c3. In this figure, the disappearance position refers to the entry position of the game ball. In this example, since only the winning opening is shown as the winning position, the disappearance position indicates the winning opening.
As shown in the figure, the winning rate table 6c3 represents the winning rate for each winning port, that is, the winning rate, according to the launch intensity (value) of the game ball. For example, when the game ball firing strength is within the range of 11 to 20, the winning openings 44 and 45 shown in FIG. 1 are 0.01%, the winning openings 46 and 47 are 0.00%, and the starting winning opening 48 is 4.00. %, Indicating that the big prize opening 49 wins at 35.00%. The player enters the out port 53 at the remaining rate.

  In this example, the winning percentage according to the above-mentioned launch intensity is 1111 in 10 increments of the launch intensity range, such as 21 to 30 next to the range of 11 to 20 and 31 to 40 next. Up to 1120, a set of winning percentages for each set of winning prizes is set. The winning rate of the big winning port 49 is 0.00% when the opening / closing body 50 is not opened, and the winning rate of the big winning port 49 here is added to the winning rate to the out port 53 as it is. The

The opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 includes continuous opening or intermittent opening that repeats the opening / closing operation at an appropriate time interval. Any of these may be applied, but in this embodiment, continuous opening is applied. Hereinafter, this is abbreviated as opening.
It should be noted that a plurality of winning rate tables 6c3 may be prepared with different winning percentages for each winning opening, and one of them may be selected at random.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main controller 6 includes a ball attribute determining means 6e, an opening / closing body opening / closing signal generating means 6f, a signal transmitting means 6g, a probability changing means 6h, a big hit lottery means 6i, a starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j. And reach attribute determining means 6k and reach effect providing means 6l.
The ball attribute determining means 6e determines the disappearance position on the board image of the game ball fired by the operation of the launching operation section described later, and the board image according to the winning percentage for each winning mouth shown in the winning percentage table 6c3. The life time of the game ball from when it is displayed above until it disappears is determined as a ball attribute.

The opening / closing body opening / closing signal generating means 6f generates an opening signal (opening operation start signal) S2 for opening the opening / closing body 50 when the predetermined first condition is satisfied, and the opening operation start of the opening / closing body 50 is started. After that, it is means for generating a closing signal (opening operation end signal) S3 for performing a closing operation when a predetermined second condition is satisfied.
Here, “predetermined first condition is satisfied” means, for example, that a plurality of symbols to be described later stop at a big hit symbol, or a big hit state (the big winning opening 50 is changed by the opening operation of the opening / closing member 50). This means that a game ball can be entered more easily than the winning holes 44 to 48, that is, a special game state in which more prize balls can be acquired) continues.
Further, “a predetermined second condition is satisfied” means that, for example, a predetermined number of game balls are won (entered) in the big winning opening 49 or after the opening / closing body 50 starts to open. Indicates that a predetermined time elapses. The “predetermined number” is set to 10 here, and the “predetermined time” is set to 30 seconds here.

The signal transmission means 6g is a game ball launch signal (hereinafter abbreviated as a launch signal) S1, which includes the ball attribute determined by the ball attribute determination means 6e, an open signal S2 and a close signal S3 of the opening / closing body 50, and variations in symbols. Is a means for transmitting to the image display control device 7 a symbol variation start signal S4 for starting a symbol, a symbol variation pattern designating signal S5 for designating the type of symbol variation pattern, a jackpot temporary lottery result signal S6 and a reach attribute (signal) S7. is there.
The launch signal S1 is transmitted for each game ball at the time of launch. The jackpot tentative lottery result signal S6 and reach attribute signal S7 are transmitted together with the above-described firing signal relating to the start winning ball when a game ball whose extinction position is the start winning port, that is, a starting winning ball is generated. The opening signal S2 and the closing signal S3 are transmitted when the opening / closing body 50 is opened or opened (when the big hit state is appropriate).
Here, the symbol variation pattern refers to a symbol variation pattern consisting of variation time, stop order, stop symbol type, and the like for the three symbols (L, C, R) displayed on the symbol display unit 43. The three symbols L, C, and R are each composed of a plurality of types of symbols, for example, numerical symbols from 0 to 9, and are cyclically displayed one symbol at a time.

  When the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 for designating such a symbol variation pattern type is transmitted to the image display control device 7 together with the symbol variation start signal S4, the symbol variation pattern is displayed in the symbol display unit 43 from the time of reception of both these signals. The variation of the symbol starts according to the type of the symbol variation pattern designated by the designation signal S5. The symbol variation stops at the stop symbol type when the variation time set in the symbol variation pattern expires.

  The probability changing means 6h is means for changing the probability determined to be a big hit in the big hit lottery (big hit probability) between high and low by satisfying preset conditions. For example, if the big hit probability at the low probability is 1/300, it is 1/30 at the high probability.

The probability changing means 6h is changed to the high probability state from the low probability state when the big symbol lottery at the low probability is determined to be a big hit and the stop symbol after the symbol change is a specific symbol among the big hit symbols. The probability changing means 6h continues such a high probability state until, for example, the next big hit lottery is determined again in the big hit lottery up to a certain number of times, and then returns to the low probability state.
The big hit lottery includes not only the big hit temporary lottery but also the big hit main lottery described later, but the big hit lottery causing the probability fluctuation is only the big hit main lottery described later.

The jackpot lottery means 6i is means for performing a jackpot temporary lottery and a main lottery.
The jackpot provisional lottery is a lottery for determining whether the winning winning ball is a game winning ball whose annihilation position is determined to be the starting winning port 48 by the ball attribute determining means 6e, with the jackpot probability at the time of launch. The signal indicating the temporary lottery result (temporary lottery result signal S6) is given to the signal transmission means 6g and transmitted to the image display control device 7 together with the firing signal S1.

The big hit main lottery is a lottery that determines whether the big hit / off is based on the big hit probability at the time when the change of the symbol related to the start winning ball starts, and the result (the main lottery result) is a symbol change pattern designation signal. It is reflected in the contents of S5. In other words, the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 given to the signal transmission means 6g is a signal to stop at the symbol corresponding to the big hit / loss of the lottery result, and is given to the signal transmission means 6g together with the symbol variation start signal S4. It is transmitted to the image display control device 7.
Further, the lottery result is reflected in the gaming state set by the main controller 6. That is, the main control device 6 controls each part of the pachinko machine to the gaming state according to the main lottery result. If the lottery result is a big hit, the main control device 6 sets the gaming state to the big hit state at the end of the symbol variation by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5.

Specifically, the main lottery is performed as follows.
The jackpot tentative lottery was acquired from a jackpot lottery value acquisition means (not shown) at the time of the determination for the starting winning ball, which is a game ball whose annihilation position was determined at the starting winning port 48 (starting winning determination) as described above. The lottery value is collated with the jackpot value at the time of determination (launch time). The big hit lottery is performed by comparing the lottery value with the big hit value at the time when the change of the symbol related to the start winning ball starts.

  In the present embodiment, as the lottery value, the count value read at the time of the start winning determination of the big win lottery counter (not shown) for loop counting the values from “0 to 592” is used. The value is collated with a jackpot value set in advance in a lottery table (not shown) to determine whether the jackpot is out or missed. According to this, the jackpot probability can be changed by changing the number of jackpot values.

Here, two types of jackpot values, “3, 103”, are set when the probability is low, and “7, 37, 53, 73, 97, 103, 127, 139, 157, 181, 199, 211 are set when the probability is high. , 239, 271, 307, 331, 359, 373, 457, 521 ".
That is, the hit probability is 2 / 593≈1 / 300 when the probability is low, and the hit probability is 20 / 593≈1 / 30 when the probability is high.
Such a change in the jackpot probability is performed by the probability changing means 6h as described above.

The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j preliminarily receives a new starting winning ball when the symbol related to the starting winning ball is fluctuating or during the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 (while it is in the big hit state). It is means for accumulating and storing up to a predetermined number, here four, of the new start winning balls as reserved balls.
The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j uses the following holding ball as the starting winning ball after the preceding starting winning ball or the change of the symbol related to the holding ball or after the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 (after the end of the big hit state). The symbol change start signal S4 and the symbol change pattern designation signal S5 related to the start winning ball are transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g to the image display control device 7.

The number of stored balls is subtracted (decremented) by one each time the change (display) of the symbol for the starting winning ball related to the stored ball is started or ended, that is, every time the stored ball is digested. The When the stored number of reserved balls is subtracted and becomes less than 4, the accumulated number can be stored again up to 4 from that point.
Reference numerals 54 in FIG. 1 denote lamps (holding ball lamps) each indicating a holding ball, which are turned on one by one in order from the left lamp 54 according to the generation of the holding ball, and according to the digestion of the holding ball, for example, on the right side The lamps 54 are turned off one by one in order from the lamp 54, and the number of lit lamps represents the current number of reserved balls.

The reach attribute determining means 6k is a means for determining a reach attribute that is divided into ON or OFF at a predetermined ratio with respect to the starting winning ball when the result of the jackpot temporary lottery (temporary lottery result) is out of place. is there. This reach attribute determination means 6k determines reach attribute ON or OFF using a random number.
In the present embodiment, a reach attribute determination counter (not shown) that counts values from “0 to 499” in a loop count is read when the start winning determination is made, and a preset hit value, here “ The reach attribute ON or OFF is determined using “105-154”. Specifically, the reach attribute ON is determined if the count value of the reach attribute determination counter is a winning value, and the reach attribute OFF is determined if the count value is other than the winning value. In this example, the reach attribute ON is determined with a probability of approximately 1/10, but it is needless to say that the reach attribute is not limited to this probability.
When the temporary lottery result is a big hit, the reach attributes of the starting winning ball are unconditional, that is, all are determined to be ON without going through the determination process of the reach attribute determining means 6k.

When the reach production giving means 6l selects the symbol variation pattern designating signal S5 by the big hit lottery means 6i, the start winning ball in which the result of the big hit main lottery is a big hit and the start winning ball in which the reach attribute is determined to be ON. Is a means for selecting a symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 including a reach effect.
In this embodiment, since the reach attribute of the start winning ball that has been the big hit lottery result is determined to be all ON, the reach effect imparting means 6l is for all start winning balls whose reach attribute is determined to be ON. That is, the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 including the reach effect is selected without asking whether or not the result of the big hit main lottery is a big hit.
Reach production gives a tension to whether or not the remaining symbol stops at a specific symbol, specifically whether it stops at the same symbol as two matching jackpot symbols that have already stopped. An effect to be performed, here an effect display.

Next, the image display control device 7 will be described.
The image display control device 7 receives the emission signal S1 from the main control device 6 and other various signals based on the control of the main control device 6, and displays the board image on the image display 5 by these signals. And display control on the displayed board image.
“Perform display control on the displayed board image” specifically means that the image display 5 is controlled to display control display of the board image itself, for example, a plurality of symbols changes described later and the large display shown in FIG. For example, moving image display of the opening / closing body 50 of the winning opening 49 or moving and displaying of the game ball on the board image is meant.
These displays under the control of the image display control device 7 are based on the control of the main control device 6. In particular, the control display of the board image itself by the image display controller 7 is based on the control of the gaming state in the board image by the main controller 6.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the image display control device 7 includes, for example, a CPU 7a, a RAM 7b, a ROM 7c, an arithmetic processing unit (GPU: graphics processing unit) 7d, a video RAM 7e, an input interface 7f, and an output interface. 7g is provided.

In the ROM 7c, the control program 7c1, game nail data 7c2 representing the position / shape (including size) of the game nail, and each ball attribute, here, the disappearance position / survival time of the game ball based on the launch intensity Sphere route table 7c3 and other data group 7c4 are stored.
The data group 7c4 includes a guide rail 39 for displaying a board image together with the game nail data 7c2, a center decoration 42, a symbol display unit 43, various winning holes 44 to 49, an opening / closing body 50, a windmill 51, a side lamp 52 and an out. Data for display of board surface components such as the mouth 53, board surface background data, and the like are included.
The display data is data representing the position and shape (including size) of each board surface component to be displayed. From these data, the game ball is moved along the ball route (position coordinate data group). It can be moved and displayed and disappeared at the winning ports 44 to 49 and the out port 53.

  In the image display control device 7, the CPU 7a executes the control program 7c1 using the RAM 7b as a work area, reads out the game nail data 7c2 and the data group 7c4 in the ROM 7c as appropriate, and controls the GPU 7d to transmit drawing data to the video RAM 7e. Let it be written. As a result, the image display control device 7 displays the board image on the image display 5 as described above, and performs display control on the displayed board image.

In the present embodiment, the image display control device 7 includes a game ball movement display means 7h, an opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i, and a symbol display control means 7j.
The game ball movement display means 7h receives the firing signal S1 from the signal transmission means 6g of the main controller 6 shown in FIG. 3, and acquires the ball route of each game ball based on the ball attribute in each firing signal S1 ( Generated or selected), and each game ball is moved and displayed on the board image by the ball route.
The ball route is a group of position coordinate data representing the path from when each game ball is displayed (launched) on the board image until it disappears at the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out opening 53 shown in FIG. .
Of course, the disappearance of the game ball at the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out mouth 53 which is the end point of the ball route is at the end of the survival time, and each position coordinate data in the position coordinate data group is the elapsed time. Correspondingly, here, it is expressed every unit time = 16 milliseconds.

  The ball route indicates a route at the center position of the game ball. In the video pachinko machine, the game balls, the winning holes 44 to 49 and the out port 53 are displayed as images, so that the game balls are displayed at the positions of the winning holes 44 to 49 and the out port 53, that is, at the end of the ball route. When the game ball ends and the game ball disappears from the board image, it means that the game ball enters the winning ports 44 to 49 or the out port 53.

The game ball movement display means 7h receives the launch signal S1, and if the extinction position is determined at the start winning port 48, the temporary lottery result signal S6 and the reach attribute signal S7 sent together with the launch signal S1. The game ball is moved and displayed on the board image in the form selected as follows by the reception. The form of the game ball, that is, the color, texture, shape, etc., is selected according to the disappearance position (ball attribute), the provisional lottery result and the reach attribute (ON or OFF) in the signals S1, S6, S7.
In the present embodiment, the game ball selected in silver, green, or red according to the disappearance position in the signals S1, S6, and S7, the provisional lottery result, and the reach attribute is configured to move and display.

The opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i is a means for performing an opening / closing operation display of the opening / closing body 50 on the board image by receiving the opening signal S2 or the closing signal S3 from the signal transmission means 6g.
In this embodiment, the opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i is an open signal transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g at the end of the variation of the symbol related to the starting winning ball whose final lottery result is determined to be a big win, that is, when the symbol is stopped. S2 is received, and the opening operation display of the opening / closing body 50 on the board image is performed.

The symbol display control means 7j receives the symbol variation start signal S4 and the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5, and starts symbol variation (display) on the symbol display unit 43 on the board image, and also the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5. The symbol is changed by the symbol variation pattern designated by the step S5, and after a predetermined time, the symbol is varied by the stop symbol designated by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5.
The symbol change pattern designation signal S5 stops each start winning ball (including the holding ball) at a symbol corresponding to the big hit lottery result obtained when starting the symbol change, and sets the reach attribute. It is a signal that includes in its fluctuation pattern whether to make a reach effect or stop without making it.

Returning to FIG. 1, the front decorative frame 11 is attached to the front surface of the movable frame 3 by the hinge 4 so that the movable frame 3 can be opened in one side.
The front decorative frame 11 is provided with a round opening 12, and the round opening 12 is closed by an image display protection panel 13 made of colorless transparent glass or synthetic resin provided on the back side of the front decorative frame 11. It is. A card insertion slot 14, a lending operation mechanism 15, a return operation mechanism 16, a settlement operation mechanism 17, a firing operation mechanism 18, a ball count indicator 19 and the like are provided on the front surface of the front decorative frame 11 surrounding the round opening 12. Prepare.

The card insertion slot 14 is a slit-like slot into which a card-like recording medium in which valuable information such as points and monetary information is written, here a prepaid card etc. (hereinafter referred to as a card) 22 in which monetary information is written, is inserted. It is. On the back side of the card insertion slot 14, a card detector 23, a card transport mechanism 24, an information reader 25 and an information rewrite device 26 are positioned in a state where they are attached to the back of the front decorative frame 11.
The lending operation mechanism 15 includes a lending operation unit 27 operated by the player, and a lending switch 28 operated via the lending operation unit 27.
The return operation mechanism 16 includes a return operation unit 29 that is operated by the player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11 and a return switch 30 that is operated via the return operation unit 29.

The settlement operation mechanism 17 includes a settlement operation unit 31 that is operated by the player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, and a settlement switch 32 that is operated via the settlement operation unit 31. The settlement switch 32 itself may be arranged on the front side of the front decorative frame 11 so that the player can directly operate the settlement switch 32. In this case, the settlement operation unit 31 can be omitted.
The firing operation mechanism 18 includes a firing operation unit (launching lever) 33 that is turned by a player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, a variable resistor 34 that is operated by the operation of the firing operation unit 33, and a player. A launch stop operating unit 35 operated from the front side of the front decorative frame 11 and a launch stop switch 36 that is turned ON / OFF by the launch stop operating unit 35 are provided. The firing operation mechanism 18 includes a touch sensor (not shown) that detects whether or not the player is touching the firing operation unit 33.
The ball count indicator 19 is attached to the front decorative frame 11 or the movable frame 3 so that the numerical display surface can be seen from the front side of the front decorative frame 11.

Hereinafter, the basic operation of the above-described embodiment will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 1, 3, and 5.
First, when the main control device 6, the image display control device 7, and the card control device 8 are activated by supplying DC power from a power supply device (not shown) provided in the machine casing 1, the control of the main control device 6 is performed. The image display control device 7 controls the image display 5 based on the above and displays the board image on the image display 5.
As described above, this board surface image includes various board surface constituting members 39, 42 to 55, and a large number of game nails that are not shown.

  Now, when the player inserts the card 22 into the card insertion slot 14 (see arrow A in FIG. 1), the card detector 23 outputs a card detection signal to the card control device 8, and controls the card transport mechanism 24 to be pulled in. . As a result, the card 22 is transported into the machine (see arrow B in FIG. 1), and the information reader 25 reads the amount information of the card 22 and outputs it to the card control device 8. The card processing device 8 displays the read money amount information on a balance display (not shown).

  Thereafter, when the player inputs an investment amount corresponding to the number of balls to be borrowed by operating the lending operation unit 27, investment amount information corresponding to the input investment amount is sent from the lending switch 28 to the card control device 8 as a lending signal. Is output. The card control device 8 calculates investment amount information corresponding to the lending signal from the lending switch 28, and whether the amount information (card reading amount information) read and stored from the card 22 is equal to or greater than the investment amount information. Determine whether or not.

  When the card read amount information is equal to or greater than the investment amount information, the card control device 8 uses the investment amount information as it is, and when the card read amount information is less than the investment amount information, the card control amount information is used as the investment amount information. 6 is output. The main control device 6 outputs the ball number information corresponding to the investment amount information output from the card control device 8 to the ball number display 19 and displays the number of balls as a numerical value on this ball number display 19 ( Set as number of balls.)

Specifically, when it is assumed that one lending signal of the lending switch 28 corresponds to 500 yen, the amount information of an integral multiple of 500 yen is written in the card 22. And, for example, when the amount information of 1000 yen is written on the card 22 inserted into the card insertion slot 14 and the player operates the lending operation unit 27 once, it is 500 yen. When the operation is performed twice, the number of balls corresponding to 1000 yen is displayed on the ball number display 19. If the amount information of 500 yen is written on the card 22 and the player operates the lending operation unit 27 twice, the ball number indicator has a number of balls equivalent to 500 yen regardless of the two operations. 19 is displayed.
Note that the card read amount information may be displayed as frequency information on a frequency display (not shown) connected to the card control device 8.

In parallel with the display of the number of balls by the number-of-balls display 19, the card control device 8 controls the information rewriter 26 by subtracting the investment amount information corresponding to the number of balls as a loan from the card read amount information. Then, the amount information of the card 22 is rewritten to the remaining amount information as a result of the subtraction.
When the remaining amount information is “0”, the card control device 8 controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return. When the player operates the return operation unit 29, the card control device 8 receives the return signal from the return switch 30 and controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return.
With these return controls, the card transport mechanism 24 transports the card 22 and projects a part of the card 22 from the card insertion slot 14 so that the card 22 can be taken out from the machine casing 1.

  When the player operates the firing operation unit 33 in the state where the number-of-balls display 19 displays the number of balls, a touch sensor (not shown) is turned on and the variable resistor 34 corresponds to the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33. The variable resistance value is output to the main controller 6. It is assumed that the firing stop operation unit 35 is not operated and the firing stop switch 36 is OFF.

The main control device 6 determines whether or not to fire depending on whether or not the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds a so-called play range, specifically, whether or not the variable resistance value of the variable resistor 34 is a certain value or more. Do. When the determination result indicates that the firing is possible, the main control device 6 generates a firing ON signal at a rate of, for example, 100 per minute, and the variable resistance value at the time of generating the signal for each firing ON signal. In other words, the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33 is acquired.
In addition, the main control device 6 sets the ball attribute which is basic information on what route the game area 41 flows and moves after the game ball drawn as an image is displayed on the image display 5 to be flown and moved. It is determined for each launch ON signal, that is, for each launch ball (game ball launched by the operation of the launch operation unit 33).

The sphere attribute is determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e provided in the main control device 6.
That is, the ball attribute determining means 6e obtains the launch intensity of the game ball according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33, and based on this launch intensity, the disappearance position on the board image of the game ball to be fired and the board face image The survival time of the game ball from when it is displayed until it disappears is determined as a ball attribute.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the relationship between the launch intensity of the game ball and the survival time determined based on the launch intensity. Here, an example in which the survival time obtained based on the launch intensity has a certain width is shown.
The survival time of the game ball is based on the launch intensity of the game ball, but may be obtained directly according to the disappearance position. In addition, the launch strength of the game ball may be included in the ball attribute. In this case, the launch strength is used to determine the position of the board surface component member where the game ball first strikes the game area 41, that is, the landing position. Is done.

The above-mentioned launch intensity is information indicating the strength of launch of the game ball, and is used as basic information for obtaining the disappearance position and survival time of the game ball as described above.
The disappearance position of the game ball indicates a winning ball (entering a ball) in the winning ports 44 to 49, a winning port when winning, or a winning ball indicating whether or not to enter the out port 53 without winning. It is a sphere attribute related to the position. The display of the game ball ends when winning in the winning openings 44 to 49 or entering the out opening 53, and disappears from the board image.
The survival time of the game ball is a ball attribute related to the elapsed time from when the launch operation unit 33 is operated and the game ball is fired until it disappears, that is, from when the display on the board image is started to when it is finished.

The firing signal S1 including each sphere attribute determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e is transmitted from the signal transmitting means 6g to the image display control device 7.
The image display control device 7 receives the firing signal S1 from the signal transmission means 6g, selects (acquires) the moving route of each game ball, that is, the ball route, based on the two ball attributes in the firing signal S1, Each game ball is moved and displayed on the board image displayed on the image display 5 by the ball route.

  In the ball route, after the game ball is launched (displayed) and driven into the upper part of the game area 41 along the guide rail 39, the ball hits the windmill 51 or a game nail (not shown) while flowing down and moving, This is information consisting of a position coordinate data group representing a route from winning to any one or not winning and entering the out mouth 53. Many types of ball routes are set according to the firing signal S1 (ball attribute).

In the winning, the game balls moving down the game area 41 in the board image displayed on the image display 5 are the winning holes 44 to 48 (the opening / closing body 50 is closed in the illustrated example, so the large winning hole 49 is not included). ) Is information representing entering a ball.
Non-winning is information indicating that a game ball moving down the game area 41 in the board image displayed on the image display 5 enters the out port 53 without winning any of the winning ports 44-49. is there.
Note that only when winning at the start winning port 48 is determined as a winning, jackpot / losing information (separate jackpot / losing) is determined.

  For the big hit / off information, the main control device 6 acquires the count value of the big win lottery counter (not shown) at the timing when the winning to the start winning opening 48 is determined as a win, and uses this count value as the lottery value. It is determined by collating with the jackpot value (lottery lottery). The lottery value and the jackpot / losing information (lottery result) are stored in the RAM 6b.

In the video pachinko machine, the winning at the start winning port 48 is determined when the game ball is launched, and at that time, a big hit lottery is also performed. The jackpot probability in the jackpot lottery is performed using the probability at the time of the lottery, that is, the game ball launch time.
However, the jackpot probability changes until the symbol variation is started by the starting winning ball for which the winning to the starting prize opening 48 is determined (the symbol variation start signal S4 is transmitted from the main controller 6), for example, a high probability. In some cases, the state changes from a low probability state to a low probability state, and a high probability state is determined to be a big hit, but a low probability state is determined to be out. The case where “7” or “139” is acquired as the lottery value is mentioned. This is because the lottery values “7” and “139” are jackpot values at high probabilities, but are not jackpot values (outliers) at low probabilities.

  In such a case, with respect to the starting winning ball, the big hit lottery was not performed with the normal big hit probability, that is, the big hit probability at the start of symbol variation. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the big hit lottery performed at the time of determination of winning to the start winning opening 48 (when starting winning ball is launched) is a temporary lottery, and the result of the game ball displayed moving and displayed on the board image is silver or It was decided to use it only for the selection of other special colors, here green or red, and determination of reach attributes.

That is, the temporary lottery result is transmitted as the temporary lottery result signal S6 from the signal transmission means 6g to the image display control device 7 together with the firing signal S1, and the game is performed in a color corresponding to the temporary lottery result, the reach attribute, and the disappearance position of the game ball. The sphere is moved and displayed on the board image.
Details of which sphere color will be described later will be described later, but the ratio of the sphere color to be determined is determined in advance depending on the result of the temporary lottery, the reach attribute, and the disappearance position of the game sphere. Therefore, the color of the game ball that is moved and displayed functions as a notice of whether or not the game can be a big hit state, increasing or decreasing the expectation that the player will have a big hit state, making the game interesting.

In the present embodiment, the lottery value is used in common for both the temporary lottery and the main lottery when winning at the start winning opening 48, and the jackpot value at the low probability is all the jackpot value at the high probability. It has become.
Therefore, although the probability state at the time of the temporary lottery is low, the game ball is a green sphere or a red sphere (colored sphere: irregularly shaped game ball), and the probability state at the subsequent lottery performed thereafter has changed to a high probability. In some cases, the expectation of a big hit will be further increased.

It should be noted that the period until the above-described symbol variation by the start winning ball is started (the symbol variation start signal S4 is transmitted from the main control device 6) is the period until the start winning ball actually wins the start winning port 48. In addition, when the start winning ball is stored as a holding ball, it includes the time until the symbol change by the starting winning ball (holding ball) is started.
That is, at the time of winning at the start winning opening 48, because the symbol is changing due to other preceding start winning balls or during the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50, that is, a big hit state, the starting winning ball is used as a holding ball. This is also included until the symbol variation by the other preceding start winning ball is terminated and the symbol variation by itself (subsequent starting winning ball as a holding ball) is started.

When the game ball is moved and displayed on the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 subtracts the ball number information for each of the firing ON signals, and has the subtracted ball number information. Output to the ball number display 19.
When the firing signal S1 including the ball attribute is sequentially transmitted to the image display control device 7 for each launch ON signal, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5, the image display 5 can play the game ball moving image. (Game ball images moving along the ball route) are displayed one after another.
This game ball moving image is a moving image in which a game ball is shot into the game area 41 from the launch passage 40 in the board image at a rate of 100 shots per minute, and moves down the game area 41.
The game ball moving image displayed on the image display 5 is silver, green, or red as described above.

The number-of-balls display 19 displays numerically the number of balls corresponding to the subtracted ball number information from the main controller 6. That is, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value that is subtracted every time a game ball is launched.
When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the general prize opening 44 to 47 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main control device 6 moves to the general prize opening 44 to 47. The added ball number information obtained by adding the corresponding constant prize ball number information to the current ball number information is output to the possessed ball number display 19, and the held ball number display 19 is the number of balls corresponding to the added ball number information. Is displayed numerically.
Thereby, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value obtained by adding the numerical value subtracted each time a game ball is fired and the constant number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning openings 44 to 47. .

When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the start winning opening 48 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 displays the symbol variation start signal S4, the main lottery result, The design variation pattern designation signal S5 corresponding to the reach attribute is transmitted to the image display control device 7, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5 (performs display control on the board image).
By this control, the image display 5 causes the symbol display unit 43 to start changing the three symbols (L, C, R), and the lottery result (separate big hit / missed) designated by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5. ), That is, after a predetermined time, it is stopped at the stop symbol corresponding to the final lottery result related to the starting winning ball.

  The symbols (stop symbols “L, C, R”) displayed on the symbol display unit 43 by the symbol stop are, for example, “2, 2, 2”, “3, 3,” when the final lottery result is a big hit. 3 ”,...,“ 7, 7, 7 ”,...,“ 9, 9, 9 ”, all have the same display form (big hit symbol) arranged in a line. Further, when the result of the big hit main lottery is out of place, for example, “1, 3, 3”, “5, 9, 1”, “7, 6, 7” are all the same. It becomes a display form in which no numerical values are arranged in a line.

Note that the probability changing means 6h is a big hit at a low probability, and the stop symbol “L, C, R” is a specific symbol of the big hit symbol, here an odd number of the same numerical value symbol, that is, “1, 1, 1”. , “3, 3, 3”, “5, 5, 5”, “7, 7, 7”, “9, 9, 9”, the jackpot probability is changed from low probability to high probability.
Further, the probability changing means 6h continues the high probability state until the next big hit lottery is determined again in the big hit lottery up to a certain number of times, and then returns to the low probability state.
Regardless of whether the probability state is high or low, the probability of winning a jackpot follows the jackpot probability currently set by the probability variation means 6h.

  When the stop symbol in the symbol display unit 43 is a jackpot symbol, the main control device 6 transmits an open signal S2 for displaying the opening / closing body 50 to the image display control device 7 and receives the image. The display control device 7 controls the image display 5. By this control, the image display 5 displays an opening operation image of the special winning opening 49.

The opening action image of the special winning opening 49 is a moving image that opens obliquely forward from a state in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 is vertically closed with the lower side as a fulcrum. When the opening / closing body 50 is opened in this way, a larger number of game balls can be won in the grand prize winning opening 49 than in other general winning opening 44 to 47.
If the game ball wins the big prize opening 49 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5 while the opening / closing body 50 is opened, the main controller 6 has a fixed number of prize balls corresponding to the big prize opening 49. The added ball number information obtained by adding the number information to the ball number information at that time is output to the possessed ball number display 19, and the held ball number display 19 displays the number of balls corresponding to the added ball number information numerically. In other words, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a value obtained by adding the numerical value at the time of winning to the big winning opening 49 and the constant number of winning balls corresponding to the big winning opening 49.

The game balls that have won from the game area 41 to the big prize opening 49 are awarded to a normal area set inside the big prize opening 49 or a specific area called a V zone (both not shown). . Further, the main control device 6 counts up the elapsed time from the start of opening of the opening / closing body 50 and counts up the number of game balls won in the special winning opening 49.
Either the elapsed time counted up reaches the set opening time, here 30 seconds, or the number of prizes received in the counted up big prize opening 49 reaches a predetermined number of prizes such as 10, for example. When the above condition is satisfied, the main control device 6 transmits a closing signal S3 for displaying the opening / closing body 50 to the closing operation to the image display control device 7, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5.
By this control, the image display 5 displays a closing operation image of the special winning opening 49. The closing action image of the special winning opening 49 is a moving image in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 closes in the vertical state shown in FIG.

When the game ball is won in a specific area of the big winning opening 49 during the period from the opening operation to the closing operation of the opening / closing body 50, that is, during the opening, the main control device 6 has won the specific area. Count up (+1). Even if there are a plurality of winning numbers in the specific area while the opening / closing body 50 is opened once (a big hit state), it is not counted up after the first +1 count up (it remains +1).
When this count-up occurs, the main control device 6 contains the opening information for opening the opening / closing body 50 again after the image display control device 7 completes the opening of the opening / closing body 50 once. A signal is transmitted to the image display control device 7, and the image display 5 is controlled again.
By this control, the image display 5 displays a moving image in a form in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 opens obliquely forward with the lower side as a fulcrum.

  The big hit continuation in which the opening / closing body 50 is opened again may be performed until the number of winnings in the specific area that has been counted up reaches a preset number of times such as 16, for example. If there is no winning in the specific area during one opening of the opening / closing body 50, the continuation of the big hit state is completed at that time, so the number of times the opening / closing body 50 continues to open is only possible.

When the stop symbol in the symbol display unit 43 is not a big hit symbol (is a dismissal symbol), the main control device 6 does not transmit an open signal S2 for displaying the opening / closing body 50 to the image display control device 7. And the gaming state will not be a big hit.
Note that the main controller 6 also corresponds to the start winning opening 48 even when the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the starting winning opening 48 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5. The added ball number information obtained by adding the constant prize ball number information to the current ball number information is output to the possessed ball number display 19, and the possessed ball number display 19 displays the number of balls corresponding to the added ball number information as a numerical value. indicate. Also in this case, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value obtained by adding a numerical value subtracted every time a game ball is fired and a constant number of winning balls corresponding to the start winning opening 48.

The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j holds up to four new starting winning balls when a new starting winning ball is generated during the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 or the change of the design as described above. The accumulated balls are stored as spheres, and the number of holding sphere lamps 54 corresponding to the number is turned on.
The starting winning ball holding means 6j is used as the starting winning ball as the starting winning ball after the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 or after the change of the symbol related to the preceding starting winning ball or holding ball. The symbol change start signal S4 and the symbol change pattern designation signal S5 are transmitted to the image display control device 7.

The image display control device 7 that has received the signals S4 and S5, specifically, the symbol display control means 7j, causes the symbol display unit 43 to start changing the three symbols (L, C, R), and after a predetermined time. Then, the main controller 6 is stopped at the stop symbol corresponding to the final lottery result relating to the start winning ball, and the main controller 6 performs an operation according to the stop symbol.
The number of stored balls is decremented by one each time the design variation of the starting winning ball related to the stored ball is started or ended, that is, every time the held ball is digested. The holding ball lamps 54 are also turned off one by one.

  When ending the game, the player operates the settlement switch 32 via the settlement operation unit 31. As a result, a settlement signal is output from the settlement switch 32 to the card controller 8, and the card controller 8 outputs the settlement signal to the main controller 6. The main control device 6 outputs ball number information corresponding to the number of balls displayed on the held ball number display 19 to the card control device 8 and sets the value of the held ball number display 19 to “0”. The number-of-balls display 19 is controlled to clear the number of balls held.

The card control device 8 controls the information rewriter 26 after adding the money amount information corresponding to the ball number information inputted from the main control device 6 to the money amount information of the card 22 taken into the machine casing 1. To do. By this control, the information rewriter 26 rewrites the amount information of the card 22 taken into the machine casing 1 to the amount information added.
Thereafter, the card control device 8 controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return. That is, the card 22 with the amount information rewritten is transported by the transport mechanism 24, a part of the card 22 is projected from the card insertion slot 14, and the card 22 can be taken out from the machine casing 1. That is, the card 22 is discharged out of the machine and the settlement process is completed.

Hereinafter, FIG. 7, FIG. 3, FIG. 5 and FIG. 5 will be used together to describe the relationship between the launch strength, disappearance position and survival time (ball attribute) of the game ball, the launch signal S1, and the ball route table 7c3 for each ball attribute. Will be described.
Among the ball attributes, the extinction position of the game ball is determined by the ball attribute determination means 6e of the main controller 6 based on the launch strength of the game ball. Here, an extinction position determination counter (not shown) that counts a numerical value from 0 to 9999 as the disappearance position of the game ball is used, and the count value when the firing ON signal is generated by this counter and the game ball Determined based on firing intensity.

Now, it is assumed that the launch intensity value 505 is acquired by the ball attribute determining means 6e, and the count value when the firing ON signal is generated by the disappearance position determining counter is 250. In such a case, the ball attribute determination means 6e searches for the winning rate in the column of the firing strengths 501 to 510 of the winning rate table 6c3 shown in FIG. 4, and from here uses the random number (counter) to determine the disappearance position of the game ball. decide.
Specifically, numerical values 1, 2, 2, 1, 450... Are sequentially obtained by multiplying the winning ratios of the winning ports 44 to 49 in this column by 10,000 respectively in order from the winning port 44 side toward the large winning port 49 side. Add. Then, a total value of 6 is obtained at the position of the winning prize opening 47 and a total value 456 is obtained at the position of the start winning prize opening 48.
The count value of the annihilation position determination counter is 250, and this value exceeds the total value 6 of the position of the winning opening 47 and is within the range of the total value 456 of the position of the starting winning opening 48. The mouth 48 is determined as the disappearance position of the game ball.

  Thereby, the extinction position of the game ball is determined based on the launch strength of the game ball and according to the win rate set in the win rate table 6c3, but based on the launch strength of the game ball and in accordance with the win rate. If there is, the disappearance position of the game ball may be determined by a method other than the above-described method.

  Among the ball attributes, the survival time of the game ball has a certain width as shown in FIG. 6, but a specific survival time within the width is determined according to the disappearance position of the game ball. As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of types of survival times having different values are set even in the same extinction position. In this case, among the plural types determined randomly by lottery using the extinction position determination counter, A specific survival time corresponding to one type of extinction position is determined.

  The ball attributes (annihilation position and survival time) determined in this way are included in the firing signal S1 and transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g of the main control device 6 to the image display control device 7. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the four-digit number with the initial “S1” represents the firing signal S1 including the ball attribute.

The sphere route table 7c3 for each sphere attribute is stored in the ROM 7c of the image display control device 7. This ball route table 7c3 is a combination of a ball attribute in the firing signal S1, which is transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g of the main control device 6, here a disappearance position and a survival time, and a game ball movement display of the image display control device 7. It is a comparison table | surface with the movement path | route of the game ball which the means 7h displays on a board surface image, ie, a ball | bowl route.
In the example shown in FIG. 7, a specific sphere route, that is, one type of sphere route corresponds to a specific launch signal (a set of sphere attributes: extinction position and survival time). It may be set so that a plurality of types of sphere routes correspond to a specific launch signal (sphere attribute).
In the example shown in FIG. 7, the ball route is represented by a 4-digit number with an initial “RT”. Specifically, the game route is displayed on the board image and disappears. This is a set of position coordinate data (position coordinate data group) every unit time, for example, every 16 milliseconds.

The position coordinate data is, for example, the image display surface (two-dimensional plane) of the image display 5 including the game board surface as the X and Y planes, taking the X axis in the horizontal direction and the Y axis in the vertical direction in FIG. The lower left corner of the display surface in FIG. 1 is represented as a reference position, that is, X = 0, Y = 0.
The Z-axis may be taken in the direction of the front side (player side) of the game board surface orthogonal to the game board surface, and the position coordinate data may be represented by three-dimensional coordinates of X, Y, and Z.
FIG. 7 illustrates a part of the sphere attribute. A part of the sphere route table 7c3 for each sphere attribute is also exemplified.

When the player operates the firing operation unit 33 shown in FIG. 1 at a certain operation amount, for example, a rotation angle θx between 35 ° and 45 °, the main controller 6 sets a value corresponding to the rotation angle θx. The ball attribute determining means 6e in the apparatus 6 obtains the launch intensity Fx of the game ball according to the launch operation quantity.
The ball attribute determining means 6e obtains the game ball extinction position Px corresponding to the calculated launch strength Fx by lottery using the winning rate table 6c3 and the extinction position determination counter, and subsequently, this extinction position Px (specifically, From the firing intensity Fx and the extinction position Px), the game ball survival time Tx to each extinction position is obtained.

The signal transmission means 6g of the main control device 6 transmits to the image display control device 7 a firing signal S1 including a ball attribute consisting of the game ball extinction position Px determined by the ball attribute determination means 6e and the survival time Tx.
The firing signal S1 is transmitted to the image display control device 7 for each game ball to be fired. Each time the image display control device 7 (game ball movement display means 7h) receives this launch signal S1, each launch signal S1 is transmitted. The ball route corresponding to the ball attribute in the middle is read out (selected) from the ball route table 7c3 for each game ball extinction position and survival time.
As described above, when the ball route table 7c3 is set so that a plurality of types of ball routes correspond to a specific launch signal (a set of the ball attribute: disappearance position and survival time), the game ball movement display means 7h selects one of the sphere routes from the sphere route table 7c3 sequentially or randomly, or using a normal distribution random number or the like.
The image display control device 7 controls the display of the image display 5 and moves and displays the game ball along the ball route selected from the ball route table 7c3.

  Next, in the present embodiment, a series of processing operations from when the launch operation unit 33 shown in FIG. 1 is operated until the game ball is displayed on the board image and then disappears (display ends) from the board image. 8 and 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 5, and 7. FIG.

First, FIG. 8 is used in conjunction with FIG. 1 and FIG.
In FIG. 8, in step 301, it is determined whether or not the launch operation mechanism 18 is ready to launch a game ball.
That is, it is determined whether or not the touch sensor (not shown) of the firing operation unit 33 is ON, the firing stop switch is OFF, and the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds the range of play. This is to determine whether or not the player is actually operating the launch operation unit 33 to launch the game ball. If the determination result in step 301 is No (negative), the firing process is terminated, and if Yes (positive), the process proceeds to the next step 302.

  In step 302, it is determined whether or not a fixed time has elapsed since the previous launch. This is in order not to fire more than 100 shots per minute, for example, and the fixed time is 0.6 seconds here. If it is determined in step 302 that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the firing process is terminated. That is, the main controller 6 does not perform any processing regarding the launch of the game ball. If it is determined that a certain time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step 303.

  In step 303, it is determined whether or not there is a number of balls held (whether the number of balls displayed by the ball holding number display 19 is 1 or more). An idle sound generation signal for generation is transmitted to the voice control device (step 304).

  If the determination result in step 303 is Yes, the sphere attribute is determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e (step 305). Here, the launch intensity of the game ball is obtained according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33, and the survival time is obtained based on the launch intensity and the extinction position of the game ball. Is done.

When the sphere attributes (launch strength, extinction position, and survival time) are determined, the process proceeds to step 306, and the launch signal S1 including the determined sphere attributes is transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g to the image display control device 7, End the firing process.
The above processing is performed for each shot ball.
In step 305, when the disappearance position is determined at the start winning opening 48, a big hit temporary lottery is performed for each start winning ball, a reach attribute is determined, and a temporary lottery result signal S6 and a reach attribute signal S7 are determined. Is transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g to the image display control device 7 together with the firing signal S1, the details of which will be described later.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining display processing by the image display control device 7 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the display processing by the image display control device 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 5, and 7 in FIG. 9.

First, in step 501, the image display control device 7 receives various signals from the main control device 6. In addition to the firing signal S1 transmitted in step 306 in FIG. 8, this signal includes the temporary lottery result signal S6 and the reach attribute signal S7, the symbol variation start signal S4, the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5, There are signals for effect display control such as an open signal S2 and a close signal S3 of the opening / closing body 50.
The firing signal S1 is received by the image display control device 7 for each launch ball, and the other signals are received every time they are transmitted according to the gaming state controlled by the main control device 6.

In step 502, the game ball movement display means 7h obtains a ball route based on the ball attribute in the received launch signal S1, and here selects the ball route RT from the ball route table 7c3 (see FIG. 7), and the ball A game ball is displayed on the image display 5 at position coordinates corresponding to the route RT. Specifically, based on the ball route RT selected by the CPU 7a shown in FIG. 5 from the ball route table 7c3, the GPU 7d reads out the position coordinate data of the game ball that moves when the next frame is updated, and writes it into the video RAM 7e.
When the game ball movement display means 7h receives the temporary lottery result signal S6 and the reach attribute signal S7 along with the firing signal S1, the contents of the signals S1, S6, S7, that is, the disappearance position, the temporary lottery result When the ball color corresponding to the reach attribute is selected and the game ball is moved along the ball route RT, the game ball is displayed in the color of the ball. Details thereof will be described later.

In step 503, it is determined whether or not the processing in step 502 has been completed, that is, whether or not the current frame has been moved. If not completed, the processing in step 503 is repeated, and if completed, step 504 is executed.
When a plurality of game balls are displayed on the board image, the above-described display processing is performed in parallel. In such a case, the determination in step 503 is a determination as to whether or not the processing in step 502 has been completed for all the positions of the plurality of game balls, and if completed, step 504 is executed.

In step 504, effect display control to a gaming state that can cause a special gaming state or a special gaming state, such as symbol variation / stop in the symbol display unit 43 on the board image, opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 of the special prize opening 49, etc. Do.
In step 505, other than the display control performed in step 504, for example, the side lamp 52 in the board image, and lighting / extinguishing control such as electric decoration attached to the front face of the front decorative frame 11 (not shown) (general effect control processing) I do.
In step 506, the processing (control) results of steps 502, 504, and 505 are combined and drawn on the image display 5, that is, displayed.

  Steps 501 to 506 are repeated for a certain period of time, here every 16 milliseconds, so that the image display 5 has various operations such as the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 of the big prize opening 49, the pattern fluctuation, the blinking of the side lamp 52, etc. A game ball (image) is superimposed and moved on the board image on which various effects are displayed.

Next, the details of the ball color selection process of the fired ball (game ball) and the symbol variation pattern selection process will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the main controller 6 when the ball attribute (disappearing position) is determined in the start winning opening 48, that is, when a start winning ball is generated. The processing shown in this figure is executed after the step after step 305 in FIG. 8 instead of step 306 in FIG. For convenience of explanation, steps 305 and 306 in FIG. 8 are shown redundantly in FIG.

In FIG. 10, first, in step 701, it is determined whether or not the extinction position determined by the ball attribute determining means 6 e is the start winning opening 48 for the shot ball to be processed. When this determination result is Yes (positive), that is, when the above-mentioned fired ball becomes a starting winning ball, the following processing is executed for this starting winning ball.
First, a big hit temporary lottery is performed by the big hit lottery means 6i (step 702). The details of the jackpot tentative lottery are as described above. The jackpot tentative lottery is performed with the current jackpot probability.
If the determination result in step 701 is No (No), the process does not proceed to step 702 and subsequent steps. That is, step 306 in FIG. 8 is executed, and then the firing process is terminated.

In step 703, it is determined whether or not the temporary lottery result is a big hit. If the determination result in step 703 is Yes, the temporary lottery result is set to a big hit in step 704, and if it is No (No), the temporary lottery result is set to be out of step.
After the execution of steps 703 and 704, the reach attribute is determined for the start winning ball set to be temporarily out in step 706. The details of the reach attribute determination are as described above.
In the next step 707, it is determined whether or not the determination result of the reach attribute is ON. If the determination result is YES, the reach attribute is set to ON (reach effect is executed) in step 708. Is set to OFF (the reach effect is not executed).

When the above-described steps 305 and 306 and steps 701 to 709 are executed, the annihilation position, the jackpot tentative lottery result (hit or miss) and the reach attribute (ON or OFF) are obtained. Execute. That is, the firing signal S1, the temporary lottery result signal S6, and the reach attribute signal S7 including the disappearance position, the jackpot temporary lottery result, and the reach attribute are transmitted to the image display control device 7.
The image display control device 7 that has received the firing signal S1, the provisional lottery result signal S6, and the reach attribute signal S7 draws the launch ball of the spherical color selected according to the signals S1, S6, and S7 on the board surface image. (See step 506 in FIG. 9).

FIG. 11 illustrates an example of the sphere color selection for each shot sphere that the image display control device 7 that has received the launch signal S1, the temporary lottery result signal S6, and the reach attribute signal S7 performs according to the signals S1, S6, and S7. It is a figure for doing.
This figure shows that the sphere color selection of each projecting sphere, in this example, one color from silver, green, or red is performed according to a predetermined sphere color selection ratio. In this case, the sphere color selection ratio is determined according to the combination of the extinction position, the big hit tentative lottery result (big hit or miss) and the reach attribute (ON or OFF) related to each launch ball.
The spherical color selection is performed by a spherical color lottery using a random number (counter) or the like according to the spherical color selection ratio. The launch ball (image) is driven onto the board image in the sphere color selected by such a sphere color lottery and flows down.

  As shown in this figure, the ball color of the launch ball is selected based on the combination of the extinction position, the jackpot tentative lottery result and the reach attribute, and the ball color selection ratio. It functions as a notice of whether or not it will be a big hit. In other words, the player sees the color of the shot ball that is shot on the board image and flows down, and raises or declines the expectation of whether it will win the start winning opening 48 or a big hit.

The spherical color selection ratio is registered in the image display control device 7, but the ratio may be a fixed value (not adjustable) or a variable value (adjustable by an input device not shown). In the case of a fixed value, it is registered in the ROM 7c, and in the case of a variable value, it is registered in the RAM 7b.
If the number of reserved balls exceeds a certain number, here four, the spherical color selection ratio to the silver sphere with respect to the excess starting winning ball is set to 1/1, that is, the appearance rate of the silver sphere is set to 100%. For example, green or red colored balls (unusual game balls) can be prevented from being displayed for start winnings that are not held.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the process of the main control device 6 at the time of starting the symbol variation by the start winning ball, specifically, the symbol variation pattern selecting process.
Here, at the time of start of symbol variation by the start winning ball, when there is no holding ball, when the winning ball is awarded to the start winning port 48 for which the annihilation position is determined at the start winning port 48, that is, firing at the start winning port 48 The point at which the sphere disappears. For the start winning ball stored as the holding ball, it indicates the time when the reserved ball starts digestion.
Since the main controller 6 always manages the game ball survival time, symbol variation time, starting winnings, number of reserved balls, etc., it can recognize any of the above-mentioned points, and is applicable at the beginning of symbol variation. The symbol variation start signal S4 and the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 related to the starting winning ball can be transmitted to the image display control device 7.

  First, in step 901, the main control device 6 performs a big hit main lottery by the big hit lottery means 6i for the start winning ball to be processed. This jackpot main lottery is performed with the current jackpot probability similarly to the jackpot provisional lottery. According to this, when the probability variation occurs between the time of the temporary lottery related to the start winning ball that is regarded as a holding ball and the digestion of the holding ball, that is, from the start of symbol variation by the starting winning ball related to the holding ball However, a big hit lottery is made for the starting winning ball at a normal big hit probability (with a big hit probability at the start of symbol variation as with an actual pachinko machine). As described above, the lottery method is the same for both the big hit book and the temporary lottery.

In step 902, it is determined whether the lottery result is a big hit. If the determination result in step 902 is Yes, that is, big hit, in step 903, one type of fluctuation pattern is selected by lottery or the like from the fluctuation type: big hit fluctuation pattern.
If the determination result in step 902 is No, that is, if it is not, step 904 is executed. That is, it is determined whether or not the reach attribute (the reach attribute determined in step 707 in FIG. 10) related to the start winning ball being processed is ON. If the determination result is Yes, the variation type: reach deviated variation Any one variation pattern is selected from the patterns by lottery or the like (step 905). The selection ratio of each variation pattern in steps 903 and 905 is shown in FIG.
If the determination result in step 904 is No, the variation type: variation pattern corresponding to the out-of-range variation pattern is selected (step 906).
A plurality of types of deviation variation patterns may be prepared, and a lottery or the like may be selected from them. According to this, even if the final lottery result is out, the symbol variation pattern can be changed.
When the selection in steps 903, 905, and 906 is performed by lottery, for example, a random number (counter) is used. In this case, the random number (counter) value acquired at the time of executing each of steps 903, 905, and 906 is collated to match which of the hit values associated with each variation type and each variation pattern matches. One type of variation pattern corresponding to the hit value is selected. The variation pattern is selected (determined) only once.

The big hit variation pattern is a symbol fluctuation pattern in which the stop symbol becomes a big hit symbol and the stop of the symbol is always completed (the remaining one symbol is stopped) after the reach effect is performed.
The reach loss variation pattern is a symbol variation pattern in which the stop symbol is a symbol that is not a big hit symbol (disconnection symbol), but the symbol stop is always completed after the reach effect is performed.
The deviation variation pattern is a symbol variation pattern in which the stop symbol becomes a deviating symbol and the symbol stop is completed without performing a reach effect.

By executing the above steps 901 to 906, the selection of the specific variation pattern based on the combination of the big hit main lottery result (big hit or miss) and the reach attribute (ON or OFF) is completed.
In step 907, a symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 for designating the selected variation pattern is transmitted to the image display control device 7 together with the symbol variation start signal S4.
The image display control device 7 that has received both signals S4 and S5 starts the variation of the symbol in accordance with the symbol variation pattern designated by the signal S5. This symbol variation stops at the expiration of the variation time set in the designated symbol variation pattern with the symbol stop order and the type of stop symbol set in the designated symbol variation pattern.

  In the symbol variation pattern selection processing described above, the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 for designating the variation pattern is transmitted to the image display control device 7 only once at the start of symbol variation relating to the start winning ball to be processed. , Symbol change, stop. In addition, when the reach attribute is determined to be ON when the game ball is launched, the launch ball that is a colored ball (atypical game ball) that can increase the expectation of becoming a big hit state is out of reach including the reach effect. A variation pattern or a big hit variation pattern is always selected (see FIGS. 11 and 12).

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an example of a variation pattern type and a selection ratio in the design variation pattern selection process.
In this figure, the probabilities in words with high and low probabilities indicate the jackpot probability (normal jackpot probability) at the start of symbol variation, that is, when the jackpot main lottery is performed.
In the illustrated example, the types of variation patterns are shown separately for the high probability state and the low probability state, but the setting contents are the same. The variation pattern selection ratio may be different between the high probability state and the low probability state.

  As shown in the figure, the type of variation pattern is determined by the combination of the big hit main lottery result (big hit or miss) and the reach attribute (ON or OFF), but it varies depending on whether the probability state is high or low. Reach effects are included in the variation patterns 2 to 5 whose types correspond to either the unreach variation pattern or the big hit variation pattern. In the big hit variation pattern, the stop symbol becomes a big hit symbol, and in the reach loss variation pattern, the stop symbol comes off and becomes a symbol.

  When the variation type is a big hit variation pattern, either variation pattern 4 or 5 is selected, and when the variation type is an out-of-reach variation pattern, either variation pattern 2 or 3 is selected (step 903 in FIG. 12). , 904) is set so as to be distributed by lottery at a constant variation pattern selection ratio, as shown in the figure.

  The variation pattern selection ratio is registered in the main controller 6, but the ratio may be a fixed value (not adjustable) or a variable value (adjustable by an input device not shown). In the case of a fixed value, it is registered in the ROM 6c, and in the case of a variable value, it is registered in the RAM 6b.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
A winning opening that allows more game balls to be entered than the other winning openings 44 to 48 by the opening operation (big hit state) of the opening / closing body 50 by being determined to be a big win in the big win lottery performed by the start winning prize. 49,
It is possible to notify the player by the color of the game ball, such as whether to win a start or win a big hit,
When the starting position of the game ball determined at the time of launch is the start winning opening 48, the symbol variation is performed according to an appropriate symbol variation pattern corresponding to the start winning port 48,
In addition, if a start winning ball occurs while the symbol is changing or a big hit state, the starting winning ball can be held and digested (the starting winning ball can be stored as a holding ball and then digested).
And in the video game machine where the probability of drawing a big hit in the big hit lottery can change,
The following effects can be demonstrated.

That is, even if the jackpot probability in the jackpot lottery at the time of game ball launch changes while the starting winning ball is held, the normal winning probability for the held starting winning ball (holding ball), that is, the big hit at the start of symbol variation A lottery can be drawn.
Moreover, conventionally, when the big hit probability has changed and the big hit is off or the big hit is changed to a big hit, the main controller 6 determines the symbol variation pattern again at the start of symbol variation by the holding ball (at least changes the stop symbol) However, in this embodiment, the determination of the symbol variation pattern is performed only once at the start of symbol variation by the start winning ball or the holding ball.
Therefore, even when the jackpot probability changes as described above and the jackpot lottery result is reversed, the symbol variation pattern determination is not performed again in the case of symbol variation, that is, one type of symbol variation pattern is designated, one time It is only necessary to transmit the signals S4 and S5, and the processing in the main controller 6 is not increased.

In the above-described embodiment, the symbol variation start signal S4 is used as a control signal for starting symbol variation, and at the end of the designated variation time, in the designated order and the symbol type, or through the reach effect, or However, the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 (see FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5) is used as the control signal for stopping the symbol, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, as such a control signal, a single control signal in which both signals S4 and S5 are combined may be used, or a symbol variation start signal, a symbol stop order designation signal, a stop symbol designation signal, and a symbol variation stop signal. Thus, three or more signals may be used.
The “symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal” is a generic name for the above-described various forms of control signals.

Moreover, the board image displayed on the image display 5 is not limited to the aspect shown in FIG. For example, a lottery is performed by adding a gate to the board image and a game ball passes through this gate, and if this wins, the movable body built in the start winning opening will open, making it easier to win the starting winning opening Such a board image may be displayed. The present invention is also applicable to pachinko machines other than the example shown in FIG. 1 and other ball game machines.
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the main part of the control means of the video pachinko machine is configured separately into the main control device 6 and the image display control device 7 as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. You may comprise by one control means, without isolate | separating.

  1 shows the case where the main control device 6 includes only the image display control device 7 as its control target. A lamp control device that controls electrical decorations (not shown) attached to the decorative frame 11 is also provided. That is, the main controller 6 can control not only the display of the board image and the game state in the displayed board image, but also the control of the reach effect by voice or lamp.

The gaming state controlled by the main controller 6 shown in FIG. 1 includes, for example, a special gaming state in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 is opened and more prize balls can be obtained, and other than this special gaming state. There is a basic gaming state in which, for example, a game ball is fired and enters the general winning ports 44 to 47 and the out port 53. In addition, even in the normal gaming state, there is a gaming state in which the special gaming state can be invited, such as a gaming state in which the symbol is changed by the symbol display unit 43.
The main control device 6 makes such a gaming state appear by the effect display control on the board image by the image display control device 7, and at the same time, the effect control by the sound and the lamp is added to entertain the player. The game state control includes the start, continuation, and end control of the state.

It is a principal part block diagram of one Embodiment of the image | video type pachinko machine to which this invention was applied. It is a block diagram which takes out and shows the principal part in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the main controller in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the winning rate table in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the image display control apparatus in FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the launching intensity | strength of a game ball determined as a ball attribute by the ball attribute determination means of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1, and survival time. It is a figure which illustrates the relationship of the ball | bowl route table according to the range of the launch intensity | strength of the game ball | bowl for determining a ball | bowl route, a ball attribute, a launch signal, and a ball attribute. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the launching process of the game ball in the main controller in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the display process by the image display control apparatus in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process in a main controller when an extinction position is determined as a start winning opening. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the sphere color selection for every firing ball which the image display control apparatus which received the firing signal, the temporary lottery result signal, and the reach attribute signal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the selection process of the symbol fluctuation pattern in a main controller. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the kind and selection ratio of the variation pattern in the selection process of a design variation pattern.

Explanation of symbols

1: machine frame (game machine frame), 5: image display, 6: main controller (main control means), 6e: ball attribute determination means, 6g: signal transmission means, 6h: probability variation means, 6i: jackpot lottery Means, 6j: Start winning ball holding / digesting means, 6k: Reach attribute determining means, 6l: Reach effect giving means, 7: Image display control device (image display control means), 7c3: Ball route table, 7h: Game ball movement Display means, 7j: Symbol display control means, 33: Launch operation section, 43: Symbol display section, 44 to 47: Winning opening, 48: Start winning opening, 49: Large winning opening (variable winning opening), 50: Opening and closing body 53: Out mouth, S1: Game ball launch signal, S4: Symbol variation start signal, S5: Symbol variation pattern designation signal, S6: Temporary lottery result signal, S7: Reach attribute signal.

Claims (1)

By entering a game ball, including a starting prize opening and a variable prize opening that allows more game balls to be entered than the other prize opening by opening and closing of the opening and closing body by being determined to be a big win in the big win lottery After a predetermined time from the start of a plurality of winning holes from which the winning balls are paid out, an out-out opening where no winning balls are paid out by entering the gaming balls, and a change in the symbols based on the entering of the gaming balls into the starting winning opening The game board surface on which a board surface component member including a symbol display unit for displaying the symbol variation, which can stop the variation and open the opening and closing body by the stop symbol, is displayed, and is fired by the operation of the launch operation unit, A video game machine for playing a game by displaying a game ball moving on the surface of the game board with a winning opening or an out port as an extinction position on an image display mounted on a gaming machine frame,
Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display, and image display control means for performing display control on the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means,
The main control means includes
Sphere attribute determining means for determining the annihilation position on the game board surface image of the game sphere to be fired and the survival time until it disappears after being displayed on the game board surface image;
Probability changing means for changing the jackpot probability determined to be a jackpot in the jackpot lottery between high and low by satisfying the set condition;
The start winning ball, which is a game ball whose annihilation position is determined at the start winning port, generates a temporary lottery result signal by generating a big lottery temporary lottery with a big hit probability at the time of launch, and relates to the start winning ball At the start of symbol variation, a big hit main lottery is performed with the big hit probability at the time of the variation start, the type of symbol variation pattern corresponding to the main lottery result is specified and symbol variation start / variation is started. A jackpot lottery means for selecting a pattern designation signal;
Reach attribute determining means for determining a reach attribute that is divided at a predetermined ratio for the starting winning ball when the result of the jackpot tentative lottery is out,
When a new start winning ball is generated during the change of the symbol related to the starting winning ball or during the opening operation of the opening / closing body, the new starting winning ball is accumulated and stored as a hold ball up to a certain number, and the preceding After the change of the symbol related to the start winning ball or the holding ball or the opening operation of the opening / closing body is finished, the main lottery and the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal by the big hit lottery means with the subsequent holding ball as the starting winning ball And a starting winning ball holding / digesting means for decrementing the stored number of the holding balls,
For each game ball to be fired, a launch signal including the ball attribute is transmitted. When a start winning ball is generated based on the launch signal, the temporary lottery result signal and reach attribute related to the start winning ball are set as the launch signal. And a signal transmission means for transmitting the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal selected by the jackpot lottery means upon variation of the symbol related to the starting winning ball,
The image display control means includes
By receiving the launch signal, based on the ball attribute in the launch signal, obtain a ball route representing the path from the game ball displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears at the winning opening or the outlet, And, by receiving the launch signal, the temporary lottery result signal and the reach attribute, select the disappearance position in the ball attribute, the temporary lottery result and the reach attribute according to the acquired ball route, and In the selected form, game ball movement display means for moving and displaying each game ball on the game board surface image;
Upon receiving the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal, the symbol display unit starts symbol variation with the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal, and after a predetermined time, the symbol variation A video game machine comprising: symbol display control means for stopping at a stop symbol designated by a start / variation pattern designation signal.

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