JP2007160082A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which enhances players' interests in games by implementing an extremely short jackpot game without the knowledge of the players. <P>SOLUTION: The continuation of the angel chance (high-probability state) is notified of by the frequency of ready-for-win performance. The angel chance is continued until the jackpot occurs three times. The loss occurring under the angel chance leads to a control to drop the ready for win performance and the continuation of the angle chance is notified of by the residual frequency of ready for win state in stead of the residual frequency of the jackpot. Moreover, as for the 2R jackpot (extremely short jackpot game) offering the opening position 0.3 sec per two-rounds, the jackpot is notified of on a special figure display part while the loss is notified of at a demonstration figure display part. This can make the players dismiss the 2R jackpot for the mere loss ready for win state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and in particular, to a gaming machine that performs a very short jackpot game.

  Conventionally, in the case of a big hit in a general gaming machine, after a notification that a big hit has been made, a notification that a big hit game will be started is given (display of a big hit game start demonstration screen) In addition, a notification that the jackpot game is being executed is performed (a demonstration screen display during the jackpot game), and after the jackpot game is ended, a notification that the jackpot game has ended is performed (a jackpot game end demonstration screen). In addition to the display unit that displays the notification of the result of the jackpot determination, a demonstration symbol display unit that can attract the player's attention is provided, and the demonstration symbol display unit provides various effects to entertain the player. A game machine that provides notification of jackpot determination while performing is also common.

  In addition, a gaming machine is provided in which a state of “high probability state” having a higher probability of winning a jackpot than usual is provided to vary the probability. The transition to the high probability state is generally performed when the jackpot game is finished. Therefore, by shortening the opening time of the big prize winning game in the jackpot game and reducing the number of times of opening, the jackpot game is extremely shortened, and a state change (probability variation) given to the “high probability state” given after the jackpot game ends. There is also a gaming machine in which an effect (so-called “suddenly probable change”) is made to show only as a benefit to the player (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This “suddenly probable” effect is extremely important before the results are reported on the demo symbol display section in order to make the player feel as if the player has entered a high probability state even though the jackpot game has not been played. A short jackpot game is executed, and after the jackpot game is executed, the display of the game symbol is displayed on the demo symbol display part to hide that the extremely short jackpot game has been executed and In addition to the feeling of disappointment that the privilege of acquiring a large number was not obtained, the game motivation is not reduced.

In addition, when a value-added state (high probability state) in which a jackpot symbol is likely to appear, the high probability state is continued until the jackpot number is reached a predetermined number of times thereafter, and the remaining jackpot number for which the high probability state is continued is notified. A gaming machine that manages such a high probability state has also been proposed (for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2005-160740 A JP-A-11-216256

  However, in a gaming machine in which a sudden probability change that performs an extremely short jackpot game is performed before notifying the result in the demo symbol display unit, a player who is familiar with the game, when sudden probability change is performed, Do you know that there will be a jackpot game where the winning prize opening will be opened very short and paying attention to the opening status of the winning prize opening without paying attention to the production in the demo symbol display part, is it suddenly changed? There is a problem that the player cannot pay attention to the result of “no” and cannot enjoy the effect of notification. On the other hand, in a game machine in which a sudden probability change is performed in which a very short jackpot game is executed before the result is notified on the demo symbol display unit, it is possible to hide it even though it is desired to hide the extremely short jackpot game. There is a problem that it is not possible.

  Also, in a gaming machine that continues a high probability state until a predetermined number of big hits, just watching that the remaining number of times will decrease, just wait for the situation not to be advantageous, There is a problem of losing interest.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a gaming machine that performs an extremely short jackpot game so that the player does not notice it, and thus enhances the player's interest in the game. For the purpose.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, a game ball detecting means for detecting a winning of a game ball in a specific winning opening provided on the game board, and the game ball detecting means Random number obtaining means for obtaining a random value due to detection of a game ball, jackpot determining means for judging whether or not the jackpot is based on the random value obtained by the random number obtaining means, and the jackpot A jackpot determination result notification means for notifying the result of determination by the determination means, and a state in which the game ball can be won in a predetermined winning opening provided on the game board when the jackpot determination means determines that the jackpot A jackpot game control means for executing a jackpot game, a low probability state in which the probability that the jackpot determination means is determined to be a jackpot is a normal probability, and the jackpot determination A probability change control means for changing the probability of being determined to be a jackpot by providing a high probability state in which the probability of being played is higher than the normal probability, and the jackpot determining means determining the jackpot A probability variation jackpot determination that determines whether the jackpot is a probability variation jackpot that is a jackpot that is set to the high probability state by the probability change control means or a non-probability variation jackpot that is not set to the high probability state. A first jackpot game that is executed for a predetermined first time and a second jackpot game that is executed for a second predetermined time shorter than the first predetermined time. A plurality of jackpot games including at least a jackpot game to be executed by the jackpot game control means are selected from the plurality of jackpot games. When the jackpot game selection means and the probability fluctuation jackpot determination means determine that the probability fluctuation jackpot, the jackpot game selection means starts with one or a plurality of jackpot games including at least the second jackpot game. A jackpot game selection control means for selecting a jackpot game, and a high probability state control means for setting the high probability state by the probability change control means when the probability variation jackpot determination means determines that the probability variation jackpot is determined. And the probability variation jackpot determining means draws a lottery whether the jackpot is a probability variation jackpot that is a jackpot that is set to the high probability state by the probability change control means or a non-probability variation jackpot that is not the high probability state The lottery determination means for determining the probability variation and the probability variation The first big hit number counting means for counting the number of big hits, which is the number of times determined as the big hit by the big hit determining means, and the big hit number counted by the first big hit number counting means Is determined to be the probability variation jackpot without performing the determination by the lottery determination means, and the determination control means to continue the probability variation jackpot until the first predetermined number of times Provided with low probability state control means for setting the low probability state when the number of jackpots counted by the first jackpot number counting means is greater than a first predetermined number of times, and when in the high probability state, If it is determined that the jackpot determination means is out of place, there is a possibility that the jackpot determination result notification means may result in a big hit. Without reach demonstration is a presentation showing the, characterized in that to match the number of times the reach effect and the jackpot count is performed.

  Further, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 2, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1, the jackpot determined as the probability variation jackpot by the lottery determination means is the first time, and the jackpot determination means The second jackpot number counting means for counting the number of jackpots that is determined to be the jackpot, the effect means for performing various effects on the gaming machine, and the jackpot game immediately after the jackpot game is executed by the jackpot game control means. A jackpot game end effect control means for effecting by the effect means, and a duration display control for displaying the period in which the high probability state continues in the effect by the jackpot game end effect control means as the number of times the reach effect will be performed in the future. And the duration display control means corresponds to the number of times counted by the second big hit count counting means. And determining the number of times the reach demonstration takes place Te.

  In addition, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, when the second jackpot game is selected by the jackpot game selection means, the jackpot It is characterized by comprising second jackpot game notification control means for notifying the result of determination by the jackpot determination means as a deviation by the determination result notification means.

  In addition, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 4, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 3, the game ball can be won in the predetermined winning opening for the second predetermined time. Unless it is the timing at which the game ball is about to pass over the predetermined entrance, the game ball is a time when it cannot be won.

  In the gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the jackpot game selecting means includes a first jackpot game that is executed for a predetermined period of a first time, and a second predetermined time that is shorter than the first predetermined time. A plurality of jackpot games including at least a jackpot game are provided, the jackpot game executed by the jackpot game control means is selected from a plurality of jackpot games, and the jackpot game selection control means has a probability variation in the probability variation jackpot determination means. When it is determined that the jackpot game, the jackpot game selection means selects a jackpot game from one or a plurality of jackpot games including at least the second jackpot game, and the high probability state control means determines the probability in the probability variation jackpot determination means. When it is determined that the variation is a big hit, the probability change control means can set a high probability state. The lottery determination means of the probability variation jackpot determination means determines whether the jackpot is a probability variation jackpot that is a jackpot that is set to a high probability state by the probability change control means or a non-stochastic variation jackpot that is not a high probability state by lottery. The first jackpot count counting means counts the jackpot number, which is the number of hits determined by the jackpot determination means as the first jackpot determined as the probability variation jackpot by the lottery determination means, and the determination control means If the number of jackpots counted by the first jackpot number counting means is equal to or less than the first predetermined number of times, it is determined that the probability variation jackpot without performing the determination by the lottery judging means, and the probability variation up to the first predetermined number of times The jackpot can be continued. The low-probability state control unit can set the low-probability state when the jackpot number counted by the first jackpot number counting unit is larger than the first predetermined number of times. And, in the high probability state, when it is determined that the jackpot determination means is out of place, the jackpot determination result notifying means does not perform the reach effect that indicates that there is a possibility that the jackpot determination result notifying means may be a big hit, the jackpot The number of times and the number of times that the reach effect is performed can be matched. Therefore, it is possible to make the player perceive a high probability state that continues until the jackpot is generated a predetermined number of times not only as “big jackpot” but also as a “reach effect” is generated a predetermined number of times.

  In addition, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1, the second jackpot number counting means is the jackpot with the jackpot determined as the probability variation jackpot by the lottery judging means as the first jackpot. The number of jackpots, which is the number of times the jackpot is determined by the judging means, is counted, the effect means performs various effects on the gaming machine, and the jackpot game end effect control means immediately after the jackpot game is executed by the jackpot game control means The continuation period display control means can display the period during which the high probability state continues in the effect by the jackpot game end effect control means as the number of times that the reach effect will be performed in the future. The duration display control means can determine the number of times that the reach effect is performed corresponding to the number of times counted by the second jackpot number counting means. Therefore, since the player can take a new view of the continuation of the high probability state, the player's interest in the game can be enhanced.

  Further, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the second jackpot game notification control means selects the second jackpot game by the jackpot game selection means. In this case, the result of determination by the jackpot determination means can be notified as an outage by the jackpot determination result notification means. Therefore, it is possible to hide the “big hit” that caused the second jackpot game and camouflage it as “out of”. Therefore, it is possible to make the player understand the duration of the high probability state as “the number of times that the reach effect is performed” instead of “the number of jackpots”.

  In addition, in the gaming machine of the invention according to claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 3, the second predetermined time is just when a game ball can be won in a predetermined winning opening. As long as it is not the timing when the game ball is about to pass over a predetermined entrance, the game ball can be a time when it cannot win. Therefore, the jackpot that causes the second jackpot game, in which the player cannot win the game ball in the predetermined winning slot and cannot acquire the game ball, is notified by the jackpot determination result notification means as “out of”. By this, it is possible to conceal the “big hit” that cannot acquire a game ball and camouflage it as “out of”.

  Hereinafter, a pachinko machine 1 which is an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the game status display unit 80.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper half of the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, a game board 2 is provided in which a game ball as a game medium launched from a launcher (not shown) flows by operating the launch handle 7. ing. The game board 2 is substantially square (see FIG. 2) and is protected by a glass frame 13 holding a transparent glass plate. Below the game board 2 is provided an upper plate 5 for supplying game balls to the launcher and receiving prize balls. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided immediately below the upper plate 5, and a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6. Further, speakers 48 are respectively provided at the left and right corners of the upper portion of the glass frame 13. In addition, a plurality of lighting lamps 63 for production are provided on the front surface of the glass frame 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 is provided on the front surface of the game board 2. In the approximate center of the game area 4, a symbol display device 8 having a display screen 28 composed of an LCD, various lamps, LEDs and the like is provided. A normal symbol start gate 12 is provided on the left side of the symbol display device 8. Further, a special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is provided below the symbol display device 8, and a big prize opening 16 is provided below the special symbol starting electric accessory 15. Then, the normal winning ports 17 and 19 are provided on the left side of the big winning port 16, and the normal winning ports 18 and 20 are provided on the right side.

  A warp inlet 22 is provided on the left shoulder of the symbol display device 8. Further, a warp outlet 21 is provided in the lower part of the symbol display device 8 so that the game ball that has passed through the warp inlet 22 appears to the warp outlet 21 through the inside of the symbol display device 8 (warp zone). Yes. Since the game ball that has appeared at the warp outlet 21 falls toward the special symbol starter electric accessory 15 provided immediately below the warp outlet 21, it is easy to win the special symbol starter electric accessory 15. In addition to the above, the game board 2 is provided with various illumination lamps, other illumination LEDs, a windmill, and many obstacle nails.

  Next, the symbol display device 8 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the symbol display device 8 includes a display screen 28 in the center. Various images such as moving images and messages are displayed on the display screen 28. Especially when notifying the result of the jackpot determination, the display screen 28 is arranged in a 2 × 2 matrix in the upper left, upper right, lower left, right Four display areas are provided in the following order: a demo symbol display part A, a demo symbol display part B, a demo symbol display part C, and a demo symbol display part D. The demo symbol display parts A to D can display a plurality of types of demo symbols composed of numbers, symbols, etc., and occupy a wider area than the special symbol display part 25 described later so as to attract the player's eyes. Yes.

  In addition, the symbol display device 8 is provided with a special symbol display unit 25 and a normal symbol display unit 24 each including a 7-segment LED at the lower right of the display screen 28. The special symbol display unit 25 is composed of two 7-segment LEDs and displays special symbols such as two-digit numbers and two-letter alphabets. On the other hand, the normal symbol display unit 24 is composed of one LED, the lighting state indicates a normal winning, the unlit indicates a normal winning loss, and the blinking state indicates that the normal winning determination result will be notified from now on. The fluctuation state shown is shown. In addition, a special symbol memory number display LED 60 composed of two LEDs is provided at the lower right of the special symbol display unit 25. The special symbol display electric unit 15 (see FIG. 2) wins the special symbol display unit 25. The number of game balls for which the jackpot determination result is not yet displayed, that is, the number of so-called special symbol operation reserved balls, is shown, the two lower LEDs are the normal symbol memory number display LED 59, and the normal symbol start gate 12 ( The number of game balls that have won a prize (see FIG. 2) and for which the result of the normal hit determination has not yet been displayed on the normal symbol display section 24, so-called normal symbol actuated holding balls are shown. In both the special symbol memory number display LED 60 and the normal symbol memory number display LED 59, only the lower LED is turned on when the number of reserved balls is "1", both LEDs are turned on when the reserved ball is "2", and only the lower LED flashes when the number of held balls is held. “3”, blinking of both LEDs indicates the holding ball “4”.

  Here, the game of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. In the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball wins the special symbol start electric accessory 15, it is determined whether or not to win a big win. "Game" is implemented. The result of the jackpot determination is displayed on the special symbol display unit 25. Then, in the case of a big win, a “hit game state” is generated in which the big prize opening 16 is opened a predetermined number of times and for a predetermined time. In the present embodiment, 15 jackpots (15R jackpot) and 2 jackpots (2R jackpot) are provided for the number of times the jackpot 16 is opened in the jackpot game. When the special winning opening 16 is opened, a predetermined number (for example, 10 balls) of game balls enter or are closed when a predetermined time elapses. In this embodiment, the predetermined time for 15R jackpot is 10 seconds, and the predetermined time for 2R jackpot is 0.3 seconds. Therefore, in the 2R jackpot, unless it is the timing when the game ball is about to pass over the big winning opening 16 when it is opened, the game ball cannot win and the player cannot catch the game ball. It should be noted that the interval between the opening of the big winning opening 16 is 3 seconds for both the 15R jackpot and the 2R jackpot.

  Next, the effect when the jackpot determination result notification and the jackpot game are being performed will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the notification of the result of the jackpot determination and the effect at the time of execution of the jackpot game. As shown in FIG. 4, the special symbol display unit 25 performs stop display after performing variable display. In the variable display, each segment is displayed separately, and in the stop display, numbers are sequentially displayed for each of the seven segments. In the present embodiment, 676 kinds of combinations of special symbols displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 are provided. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the special symbol display unit 25 can display a two-digit symbol, and 26 alphabet combinations from A to Z are displayed. . In this embodiment, 100 combinations of 10 alphabets of A, C, E, F, H, J, L, P, U, and Y are regarded as “special symbols”, and other combinations 576 types are designated as “offset special symbols”.

  Further, while the special symbol display unit 25 is variably displayed, the demo symbol display units A to D provided on the display screen 28 are variably displayed, and the special symbol display unit 25 is stopped and displayed. The stop display of the demo symbol display parts A to D is performed. In the variable display, the symbols displayed in the demo symbol display portions A to D are rotated with the vertical axis at the approximate center in the width direction as the rotation axis. A different symbol is displayed every time the symbol is displayed. First, the rotation speed of the demo symbol display portion A gradually decreases, the rotation stops, and the symbol is stopped and displayed. Then, the rotation speed of the demo symbol display portion B gradually decreases, the rotation stops, and the symbol is stopped and displayed. Thereafter, various displays are performed, and finally the symbols are stopped and displayed on the demo symbol display portions A to D. If the same symbol is displayed (reach display) on the two symbol display units before the symbols are finally displayed on the demo symbol display units A to D, it is determined that the “reach state” is assumed and the jackpot Various special productions (reach production) that enhance the expectation of

  In the present embodiment, the symbols that are stopped and displayed on the demo symbol display parts A to D are rectangular symbols in which numbers from “0” to “9” are written. The symbols that are finally displayed in the demo symbol display portions A to D are all the same symbol, that is, “0, 0, 0, 0”, “1, 1, 1, 1”, “2, 2, 2”. , 2 "," 3, 3, 3, 3 "," 4, 4, 4, 4 "," 5, 5, 5, 5 "," 6, 6, 6, 6 "," 7, 7, 7 , 7 "," 8, 8, 8, 8 ", and" 9, 9, 9, 9 "are stopped and displayed, and the player is informed that 15R is a big hit. In the case of 2R jackpot, all the same symbols, such as 15R jackpot, are not stopped and displayed, but the other symbol combinations, that is, the same symbol combinations as the outliers are stopped and displayed, and the player is out of play. It is pretending to be. Note that the special symbol display unit 25 displays a special symbol for the 2R jackpot that appears to be off.

  In the case of “hit”, after the result of jackpot determination is notified to the special symbol display unit 25, “hit game start demonstration screen” is displayed on the display screen 28. Then, after the display of the “big hit game start demonstration screen” is finished, the “big hit game demo screen” is displayed and the “big hit game” in which the big prize opening 16 is opened is executed. When the “big hit game” ends, the “big hit game end demo screen” is displayed on the display screen 28.

  Further, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, in the jackpot determination, a “high probability state” in which “big hit” is determined with a higher probability than usual is provided. Then, in the jackpot determination, if it is determined that “probability variation jackpot” that applies a high probability in the next jackpot determination, the high probability state is continued until the jackpot is generated three times, and the third jackpot determination In the next jackpot determination, the jackpot determination is performed with a normal probability (low probability).

  In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the high probability state is referred to as “angel chance”, and the display screen 28 is informed that the angel chance is high (high probability state). Production to entertain people. In addition, when it is determined that it is “out of” during the angel chance, the variation pattern is selected so that the reach effect is not performed in the notification of the jackpot determination result in the demo symbol display parts A to D, The player is directed to continue the angel chance while the reach effect is performed three times, not during the jackpot three times.

  In addition, after the angel chance ends, a function (so-called “time reduction”) is provided that shortens the time required to notify the determination result of the normal hit 50 times or 100 times. Whether the short number of times is 50 or 100 is notified together with a message “travel chance” on the jackpot game end demonstration screen after the jackpot game that ends the angel chance ends. In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the time-short state is referred to as “vacation time”.

  Here, referring to FIG. 5 to FIG. 13, the contents of the jackpot game start demonstration screen during angel chance, the jackpot game demonstration screen, the jackpot game end demonstration screen, and the display time thereof, which are the main parts of the present invention. explain. In the present embodiment, in the case of 2R jackpot, a demonstration screen different from that of 15R jackpot is displayed.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents of the demonstration screen when the jackpot that triggered the angel chance and all jackpots during the angel chance were 15R jackpots, and FIG. 6 shows the trigger and the chance to enter the angel chance. It is a figure which shows the content of the demonstration screen when only the big jackpot which became the 2R jackpot and the jackpot during the angel chance is the 15R jackpot. 7 is a screen image diagram of the jackpot game end demonstration screen during the angel chance, FIG. 8 is a screen image diagram of the variable display screen during the angel chance, and FIG. 9 is a screen image diagram of the stop display screen during the angel chance. FIG. 10 is a screen image diagram of a jackpot jackpot game end demonstration screen at which the angel chance ends, and FIG. 11 is a screen image diagram of a variable display screen during the vacation time. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the contents of the demonstration screen when the first jackpot during the angel chance is a 2R jackpot, and FIG. 13 shows the demonstration screen when the last jackpot during the angel chance is a 2R jackpot. It is a figure which shows the content.

  As shown in FIG. 5, on the jackpot game start demonstration screen when the probability change jackpot is entered and the angel chance is entered, a screen with an “angel bonus” informing that the angel chance is entered is displayed for 6 seconds. . A jackpot game demo screen is displayed during the jackpot game. When the jackpot game ends, the jackpot game end demo screen (see screen image 101 in FIG. 7) indicating that the angel chance has been entered is displayed for 6 seconds. Is displayed. As shown in FIG. 7, this jackpot game end demo screen 101 has a description of “Angel chance” and “Chance is 3 times of reach”. It is informing that it is occurring. Although the player is not notified, the reach is not displayed at the end of the angel chance, so that the reach occurs three times, that is, the jackpot occurs three times.

  Then, after the jackpot game end demonstration screen, the layout screen is displayed until the next jackpot determination result is notified. Here, a video that has nothing to do with the notification of the jackpot determination flows, but a history display unit 111 that is displayed at the bottom of the screen image 102 in FIG. 8 is displayed. The history display unit 111 has a display of “MISAKO”, and on the first layout screen after entering the angel chance, all characters of “MISAKO” are displayed in a light gray color. When the reach occurs once during the angel chance, the character “MI” is colored, and when the second reach occurs, the character “SA” is colored, and when the third reach occurs, “KO”. The letter is colored. In each reach, when it reaches around 15R, it becomes orange, and when it reaches around 2R (that is, equivalent to an outlier for the player), it becomes a dark gray color. As a result, the number of digested characters will be colored, and the number of undigested will remain light gray, so the player will have an angel chance remaining and how many reach, and the digested reach will be 15R jackpot It is possible to know if it was or was out of place (2R jackpot).

  A screen image 102 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed during the variable display when the next jackpot (first time) is notified. Here, the history display unit 111 is displayed under the demo symbol display units A to D, and since the first 15R has not been notified yet, the characters “MISAKO” are all light gray. Yes. When the 15R jackpot is notified, a screen image 103 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display screen 28, and the character “MI” in the history display portion is orange.

  On the first jackpot game start demonstration screen, “angel bonus” is displayed to notify that the jackpot game is being started during the angel chance. A jackpot game demo screen is displayed along with the jackpot game, and the jackpot game end demo screen is displayed after the jackpot game ends. Here, a screen almost similar to the image diagram 101 of the jackpot game end demonstration screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, but “chance is for reach twice” is displayed.

  When the next jackpot (second time) is notified, during the variable display, the “MI” character in the history display section 111 is orange and the “SAKO” character is light gray. During the stop display, since 15R is a big hit, the character “SA” in the history display section 111 is also orange, “MISA” is orange, and only “KO” is light gray. . In the jackpot game start demonstration screen, “Angel bonus” is displayed. When the jackpot game is executed, a jackpot game-in-progress demonstration screen is displayed, and after the jackpot game ends, the jackpot game end demonstration screen is displayed. Here, a screen almost similar to the image diagram 101 of the jackpot game end demo screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, but “chance is for one reach” is displayed.

  When the next jackpot (third time) is notified, during the change, the “MISA” character in the history display section 111 is orange and the “KO” character is light gray. During the stop display, since 15R is a big hit, the characters “KO” in the history display section 111 are also orange, and all the characters “MISAKO” are orange. On the jackpot game start demonstration screen, the message “Complete Bonus” that informs that all three reach during the angel chance is a 15R jackpot and the player has acquired a large number of game balls is a special video. (Images that are only displayed here, such as when a character is wearing a different outfit)

  A jackpot game demo screen is displayed along with the jackpot game, and the jackpot game end demo screen is displayed after the jackpot game ends. Since this jackpot game end demo screen is a jackpot game end demo screen for the jackpot where the angel chance ends, as shown in the screen image 104 in FIG. 10, the number of time reductions is 50 times together with the message “travel chance”. Or a screen for informing whether it is 100 times. Then, until the result notification of the normal hit determination of 50 times or 100 times is performed in a state where the variation time is shortened, the “vacation time” is set, and as shown in the screen image 105 of FIG. During the stop display, a message “Vacancy time is in progress” and the remaining number of times are displayed at the bottom of the display screen 28.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, the case where the probability fluctuation jackpot that triggered the angel chance is a 2R jackpot will be described. In the case of 2R jackpot, the jackpot game start demo screen, the jackpot game demo screen, and the jackpot game end demo screen are integrated and displayed on the display screen 28 as one dummy demo screen. The length of this dummy demo screen is the same as the length of the jackpot game end demo screen at the time of 15R jackpot, which is 6 seconds. The dummy demo screen includes a jackpot game demo screen, and a jackpot game is also performed during this time. The jackpot game of 2R jackpot is completed in 6 seconds when the dummy demonstration screen is displayed because the winning opening 16 is only opened twice for 0.3 seconds and the interval between the two is 3 seconds. .

  In addition, this dummy demo screen is the same screen as that displayed on the 15R jackpot jackpot game end demo screen. That is, as in the screen image 101 shown in FIG. 7, “Angel chance” and “Chance are 3 times reach” are displayed. While the jackpot game end demonstration screen is displayed, various performance lamps provided in the pachinko machine 1 are lit, flashing, and music is played from the speaker 48. It is assumed that a similar effect is performed in the lamp and the speaker 48.

  When the display of the dummy demo screen and the 2R jackpot game are completed, a layout screen in which a message “Angel chance is in progress” is displayed as in the case of 15R jackpot. The subsequent display screen 28 is the same as in the case of 15R jackpot.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 12, the case where 2R jackpot is won for the first time will be described. When the 2R jackpot is won for the first time, the “angel chance” message like the screen image 101 shown in FIG. Is displayed as a dummy demo screen in which the jackpot game start demo screen, the jackpot game demo screen, and the jackpot game end demo screen are integrated for 6 seconds. However, the number of times is reduced by “one chance is two times reach”. Note that the 2R jackpot for the second time is the same as for the first time, and the message “Angel chance” and “Chance for one reach” are displayed as a dummy demo screen.

  If at least one of the first and second rounds is a 2R jackpot and the third is a 15R jackpot, the 3rd jackpot game start demo screen will show a “Complete Bonus” message and a special A special video (not a video, such as a character wearing a different outfit) ).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 13, the case where the 2R jackpot is the third time will be described. The third jackpot is a jackpot that ends the angel chance, so as in the case of the 15R jackpot, the jackpot that triggered the angel chance is different from the first and second jackpots. As a dummy demo screen in which the jackpot gaming start demonstration screen, the jackpot gaming in-progress demonstration screen, and the jackpot gaming end demonstration screen are integrated as a screen for notifying whether the number of time reductions is 50 times or 100 times together with the message of 6 Displayed for seconds.

  Therefore, in the jackpot game start demonstration screen, the screen when the angel chance is not in effect (normal screen), the screen with the “angel bonus” display during the angel chance (angel screen), the display of the “complete bonus” during the angel chance There are four types of screens (final screens) and “final bonus” screens (final screens) during angel chance, which are stored in the ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58. In addition, the jackpot game end demonstration screen includes a screen when the angel chance is not in progress (normal screen), a screen with an angel chance “3 chances to reach angel chance” (angel 3 times screen), and “angel chance” Screen with “Chance is twice reach” (angel twice screen), Screen with “Angel chance chance is once reach” (angel once screen), Screen with “travel chance” display (travel 4 screens, which are stored in the ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58 in the same manner as the jackpot game start demonstration screen.

  Although not shown in the screen image diagrams of FIGS. 7 to 11, various photos and videos of female characters are displayed in the background of the demonstration screen. For example, on the travel screen, an image as if a female character is in a resort is displayed.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, in the case of 2R jackpot, the dummy demo screen that integrates the jackpot game start demo screen, the jackpot game demo screen, and the jackpot game end demo screen is displayed for 15R jackpot. It is displayed for 6 seconds, which is the same as the display time of the jackpot game end demo screen. Also, on the dummy demo screen, “angel chance” and “travel chance” messages are displayed and the same effects as the jackpot game end demo screen are made, so camouflage that the jackpot game is being played with 2R jackpot It is possible to make the player recognize that the 2R jackpot is not a “big jackpot” but a “out of reach” displayed as a reach. Therefore, it is possible to make the angel chance continue to appear as “reach three times” instead of “three jackpots”.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an electrical circuit configuration of the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 14, the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, a symbol display board 44, a payout control board 45, an electrical decoration board 46, a relay board 47, and a sub integrated board 58. This control part 40 is provided in the back side (back side) of the pachinko machine 1 (refer FIG. 1).

  The main board 41 that controls the main control of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. The CPU unit 50 includes a CPU 51 that performs various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 that temporarily stores data values generated during arithmetic processes such as flags and counters, a control program, initial values of various data, and the like. And a ROM 53 that stores commands and the like for instructing the circuit board, and these are integrally molded as a single LSI. Further, an interrupt signal generating circuit 57 is connected to the CPU unit 50, and this interrupt signal generating circuit 57 sends an interrupt signal to the CPU 51 every 0.002 seconds (hereinafter, abbreviated as “2 ms”), for example. To give. The CPU 51 executes a control program stored in the ROM 53 every time this interrupt signal is input, and controls the pachinko machine 1 according to this control program.

  Further, the main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54, and sub-boards such as a sub-integrated board 58, a symbol display board 44, a payout control board 45, an electrical decoration board 46, a relay board 47, and a special symbol start-up. It is connected to a start port switch 72 that detects a game ball won in the electric accessory 15. Further, the symbol display board 44 and the electrical decoration board 46 are also connected to the sub-integrated board 58. The sub integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 581, a RAM 582, and a ROM 583, and a speaker 48 is connected thereto. The symbol display board 44 incorporates a CPU 44a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM. Further, the payout control board 45 incorporates a CPU 45a, an unillustrated input interface, RAM and ROM, and the illumination board 46 incorporates a CPU 46a, an unillustrated input interface, RAM and ROM. Further, the I / O interface 54 of the main board 41 is connected to an output port 55 that outputs information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown).

  An electric lamp 63 is connected to the electric board 46. Further, a display screen 28 is connected to the symbol display board 44, and a prize ball payout device 49 is connected to the payout control board 45. Further, the relay board 47 has a large winning opening opening solenoid 70 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the special winning opening 16, an electric accessory opening solenoid 71 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the special symbol starting electric combination 15, Normal symbol operation switch 73 for detecting a game ball won in the symbol start gate 11, a count switch 75 for counting the number of game balls won in the big prize opening 16, and a normal symbol memory number display composed of two LEDs. LED 59, special symbol memory number display LED 60 composed of two LEDs, a special symbol display unit 25 composed of two digits, seven segments, and a normal symbol display unit 24 composed of one digit, seven segments are connected. Yes.

  The payout control board 45 controls the prize ball payout device 49, and the relay board 47 relays the wiring of switches and solenoids, and the normal symbol memory number display LED 59 and the special symbol memory number display LED 60 which are directly controlled from the main board 41. , Relay to the special symbol display unit 25 and the normal symbol display unit 24. The sub-integrated board 58 performs overall control of the symbol display board 44, the electrical decoration board 46, and the speaker 48. The symbol display board 44 displays images displayed on the display screen 28 and demo symbol display portions A to D. Control is performed.

  The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41 and supplies a stabilized DC power. The power supply board 42 is supplied with AC 24V. The power supply substrate 42 is provided with a rectifier composed of a silicon diode bridge (not shown), a smoothing circuit composed of an electrolytic capacitor, a stabilization circuit composed of a regulator IC, and the like. Can be supplied to. In FIG. 14, although not shown in particular, the main board 41, the power supply board 42, the symbol display board 44, the payout control board 45, the electrical decoration board 46, the relay board 47, and the sub-integrated board 58 are all connected by a ground line. ing.

  The ROM 53 stores an initial setting storage area for storing initial values and the like stored in the respective storage areas when the pachinko machine 1 is reset, and various control programs for the CPU 51 to control the pachinko machine 1. Control program storage area, control command table storage area for storing a table of control commands output from the main board 41 to the sub-integrated board 58, and a fluctuation pattern in which information related to a fluctuation pattern for notifying the result of jackpot determination is stored A storage area, a special symbol combination storage area for storing a combination of special symbols displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, and the like are provided.

  Here, the fluctuation pattern will be described. The variation pattern is a type of effect manner when notifying the result of the jackpot determination, and the variation time of the special symbol, the effect pattern on the display screen 28, and the like are designated. In the present embodiment, a plurality of variation patterns are provided, and commands are assigned to the respective variation patterns. Commands corresponding to the variation patterns determined in the main process are transmitted from the main board 41 to the sub-integrated board 58, and The sub-integrated board 58 produces an effect that matches the variation pattern. The command corresponding to each variation pattern and the variation time of the special symbol are stored in the variation pattern storage area of the ROM 53.

  In the present embodiment, the variation patterns are roughly divided into three types of variation patterns: “15R jackpot variation pattern”, “outlier variation pattern”, and “2R jackpot variation pattern”. With respect to these variation patterns, there are provided variation patterns that are subdivided with respect to the effects from the variation display on the display screen 28 to the stop display. Is done. Further, in the sub integrated board 58, it is possible to determine whether it is “15R big hit”, “out of” or “2R big hit” according to the type of the specified variation pattern.

  Next, the storage area of the RAM 52 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the RAM 52. As shown in FIG. 15, in the RAM 52, a counter storage area 5201 for storing various counters, a winning ball flag storage area 5202 for storing a flag indicating whether or not a game ball has been won at each gate or each winning opening, Normal hit relation information storage area 5203 for storing a random number acquired when winning a game ball to the normal symbol start gate 11, normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 for storing the number of normal symbol start operation hold balls, special symbol start Sub-integration from the main board 41, a jackpot related information storage area 5205 for storing random numbers acquired when winning a game ball to the electric accessory 15, a special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 for storing a special symbol operation reserved ball number Command-related storage area 5207 for storing control commands output to the board 58, the payout control board 45, the relay board 47, various types Flag relation storage area 5208 for storing the lugs are provided. Note that a backup battery (not shown) is connected to the RAM 52 so that stored contents are retained even when the pachinko machine 1 is powered off. Further, the RAM 52 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, the counter storage area 5201 will be described. The counter storage area 5201 includes a normal hit determination counter, a big hit determination counter, a probability variation determination counter, a round number determination counter, a hit special symbol determination counter, an extraordinary symbol determination counter, a variation pattern determination counter, a short time count determination counter, and a special symbol. A variable time counter, a special symbol stop time counter, an open time counter, a close time counter, a start demo time counter, an end demo time counter, and the like are stored. These values are fetched and stored in the normal hit relation information storage area 5203, the big hit relation information storage area 5205, etc., respectively, or used as a timer counter in the normal symbol processing and special symbol processing described later.

  In addition, the value of the normal hit determination counter, the probability change determination counter, the round number determination counter, the big hit determination counter, the hit special symbol determination counter, the extraordinary special symbol determination counter, the fluctuation pattern determination counter, and the short-time count determination counter are interrupt signals. In the counter update process (see FIG. 8) of the main process of the control program of the pachinko machine 1 that is executed based on the interrupt signal from the generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 4), time at a constant interval (for example, interrupt signal generation) Is added by a predetermined amount (for example, “1”) every 2 ms). Each counter is provided with a minimum value (lower limit value) and a maximum value (upper limit value), and is configured to circulate within a numerical value in the range from the minimum value to the maximum value. In other words, if the counter value becomes the same as the maximum value as a result of the update, the counter value takes the minimum value in the next update. The special symbol variation time counter, special symbol stop time counter, open time counter, close time counter, start demo time counter, end demo time counter are used as timer counters for measuring the elapsed time, and counter update processing ( The predetermined amount (for example, “1”) is subtracted by a predetermined amount (see FIG. 8).

  Hereinafter, each counter will be described in detail. The value of the normal hit determination counter is used for determining the normal hit. The normal hit determination is performed in response to a winning of a game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12. When it is determined that the hit is normal, the opening / closing member of the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds). The maximum value of the normal hit determination counter is “255”, and the minimum value is “0”.

  The value of the jackpot determination counter is used to determine the jackpot. The maximum value of the jackpot determination counter is “314” and the minimum value is “0”. When “1” is added every interrupt (every 2 ms) and becomes “315” or more, the value returns to “0”. Therefore, the value of the jackpot determination counter takes any value from “0” to “314”, and one period is 630 ms. In addition, when the pachinko machine 1 is activated, the big hit determination counter stores “0” as an initial value. When the value is rounded to the same value as the initial value “0” by updating, a new initial value is set. Acquired, and “1” is added to the initial value. This new initial value is repeatedly executed while the CPU 51 does not perform the main process (see FIG. 8) (until the main process ends and a new main process is started by an interrupt signal). A random number generated by an initial value random number process (a process for generating a random number by a predetermined algorithm) not shown is used. For example, if the random number generated by the initial value random number process is “18”, “19” and “20” are added by update, and when “314” is obtained, the process returns to “0” and “1”. ”And“ 2 ”are added, and when“ 18 ”is obtained, a new initial value is acquired. The maximum value of the jackpot determination counter may be a single set value, or setting means for selecting and setting different values such as setting 1, setting 2, and setting 3 may be provided.

  The value of the determination counter per probability change is used to determine whether the value is per probability change or a non-probability change when it is a big hit. The round number determination counter is used to determine whether the number of rounds is 2R or 15R in the case of per probability fluctuation.

  The winning special symbol determination counter is used to determine the symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 in order to notify when the result of the jackpot determination is a big hit, and the special special symbol determining counter is a jackpot It is used to determine a symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 in order to notify that when the result of the determination is “out”.

  In the present embodiment, the value of the winning special symbol determination counter is set to the maximum value “99” and the minimum value “0” because there are 100 types of winning special symbols. Then, “1” is added every interrupt (every 2 ms), and when it becomes “99” or more, it returns to “0”. The value of the winning special symbol determination counter is read when the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is won and stored in the winning special symbol determining random number column (see FIG. 9) of the jackpot relation information storage area 5205. When the result of the jackpot determination is a jackpot, a combination of special symbols corresponding to the value is determined as a “hit special symbol”.

  Also, the special symbol determination counter value is the maximum value “575” and the minimum value “0”, and “0” is added when “1” is added every interrupt (every 2 ms) and becomes “575” or more. Return to. The value of the special symbol determination counter for miss is also read when the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is won and stored in the special symbol determination random number column (see FIG. 9) in the jackpot relation information storage area 5205. When the result of the jackpot determination is “missing”, the combination of special symbols corresponding to the value is determined as “missing special symbol”.

  The value of the variation pattern determination counter is used to determine the variation pattern. The value of the variation pattern determination counter is the maximum value “99” and the minimum value “0”, and “0” is added when “1” is added every interrupt (every 2 ms) and becomes “99” or more. Return to. Then, in the variation pattern storage area of the ROM 53, “0” to “00” corresponding to each variation pattern in the case of “15R jackpot”, “2R jackpot”, and “out of”. ”Is allocated and stored, and the variation pattern is determined according to the value of the variation pattern determination counter and the result of the jackpot determination.

  In addition, the value of the time reduction number determination counter is used to determine the number of time reduction benefits given after the angel chance, and is set to a maximum value “9” and a minimum value “0” every interrupt (every 2 ms). When "1" is added and "9" or more is reached, the process returns to "0". In this embodiment, if the value of the time reduction number determination counter is an even number, it is 50 times, and if it is an odd number, it is 100 times.

  The special symbol variation time counter is a timer counter used for measuring the time (variation time) from when the special symbol display unit 25 starts to vary until all symbols stop. The variation time is stored as an initial value, and “1” is subtracted every interrupt (2 ms) in the counter update process, and when the value becomes “0”, the timing for terminating the variation is determined. For example, when the variation time is 10 seconds, “5000” is stored as the initial value. The variation time is determined for each variation pattern.

  The special symbol stop time counter is a timer counter used for measuring the time (stop display time) that the symbol is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display unit 25. The stop time is stored as an initial value, and “1” is subtracted every interrupt (2 ms) in the counter update process, and when the value becomes “0”, the timing for stopping the stop display is determined. For example, when the stop display time is 5 seconds, “2500” is stored as the initial value.

  The opening time counter is a counter for measuring the time during which the big winning opening 16 is opened, and the closing time counter is a counter for measuring the time during which the big winning opening 16 is closed, and a start demonstration time counter. Is a counter for measuring the time during which the jackpot game start demo screen is displayed, and the end demo time counter is a counter for measuring the time during which the jackpot game end demo screen is displayed. The stop time is stored as an initial value in the same manner as the time counter, and “1” is subtracted every interrupt (2 ms) in the counter update process, and the timing when the stop display is ended when the value becomes “0”. to decide.

  Next, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram showing a jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52.

  Next, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 will be described. As shown in FIG. 16, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided with a determination area and a first storage area to a fourth storage area. This jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is used in a special symbol process (see FIG. 8, S14) of the main process described later. In the first memory area to the fourth memory area, a random number obtained by a game ball (special symbol operation holding ball) for which a game ball has won the special symbol starting electric player 15 and the jackpot determination result has not yet been notified. Is memorized. In the determination area, the result of the jackpot determination that is currently being performed and a random number based on the jackpot game are stored.

  In the special symbol processing, when the winning of the game ball to the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is confirmed, the value of the special symbol actuated pending ball number storage area 5206 (first memory area to fourth memory area) ( Each value is stored in a storage area of a number corresponding to the number of special symbol operation reservation balls. For example, if the number of special symbol actuated balls is “3”, it is stored in the third storage area. And if the process with respect to the winning ball memorize | stored in the determination area is complete | finished, the process of the following special symbol operation reservation ball | bowl will be performed. Accordingly, the value stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, and the jackpot determination result is notified based on the value stored in the determination area. As the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the value of the second storage area is changed to the first storage area, the value of the third storage area is changed to the second storage area, and the value of the fourth storage area is changed. Shifting to the third storage area in order, the value of the fourth storage area is cleared. Here, the number of storage areas is four. In other words, the number of game balls that have won the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 can store a random number and can hold the operation is four. Therefore, the upper limit of the number of special symbol operation reservation balls is four, and the value of the special symbol operation reservation balls number storage area 5206 does not take a value larger than “4”.

  In each of the judgment area and the first memory area to the fourth memory area, the jackpot random number field probability variation random number field, the round number random number field, the hit special symbol random number column, the extra special symbol random number column, the variation pattern random number column, the short time random number A column is provided, and each value of a jackpot random number, a probability variation random number, a round number random number, a hit special symbol random number, an extraordinary symbol random number, a variation pattern random number, and a short time random number is stored. Specifically, the value of the jackpot determination counter is in the jackpot random number column, the value of the probability variation determination counter is in the probability variation random number column, the value of the round number counter is in the round number random number column, and the special symbol determining random number column is hit The value of the hit special symbol determination counter is determined, the special symbol determination counter value is determined in the special symbol determination random number column, the variation pattern determination counter value is determined in the variation pattern random number column, and the number of times is determined in the short time random number column. Each counter value is stored.

  Next, details of the operation of the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the main process. 18 and 19 are flowcharts of the special symbol process performed in the main process, FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the angel chance process performed in the special symbol process, and FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the special symbol process. It is a flowchart of the normal process performed in it. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  The pachinko machine 1 is controlled by a control program stored in the control program storage area of the ROM 53. The main process of the control program is executed by the CPU 51 when the CPU 51 senses an interrupt signal generated by the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 17). Since the interrupt signal is generated at regular intervals (2 ms in the present embodiment), the main process is repeatedly executed every 2 ms. Note that when the pachinko machine 1 is powered off, the checksum of the RAM 52 is calculated, and a password is generated using, for example, a hash function. When the power is turned on next time, the same process is performed to check the identity of the checksum of the RAM 52 and the generated password. If the identity with the last power-off is not recognized, the CPU 51 of the pachinko machine 1 uses the value stored in the initial setting storage area of the ROM 53, for example, clears the value of each counter or each flag, etc. The pachinko machine 1 is reset. The pachinko machine 1 is also reset when the power of the pachinko machine 1 is turned on while pressing a reset button (not shown). When the pachinko machine 1 is not reset, so-called return processing is performed in which the state of each storage area of the RAM 52 is returned to the same state as when the power was previously turned off.

  In addition, the determination of “big hit”, “normal hit”, etc. of the pachinko machine 1 and control of the game are performed by the CPU 51 of the main board 41, but in the demo symbol display parts A to D which are the main parts of the present invention. Detailed control of effects is performed by the CPU 581 by a control program stored in the ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58. These processes are performed based on various commands transmitted from the CPU 51 of the main board 41, and will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  First, with reference to FIG. 17, the main process performed with the main board | substrate 41 is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 17, when the main process is started by sensing an interrupt signal, a command output process is first performed (S10). In this command output process, a control command is output to the sub integrated board 58 via the I / O interface 54. In addition to the above-mentioned commands, the control command is a special symbol operation holding command indicating the number of special symbol operation holding balls, a normal symbol operation holding command indicating the number of normal symbol operation holding balls, and a timing for stopping the change display of the special symbol. These are all symbol stop commands, a special prize opening command that supports the timing of opening / closing the special prize opening 16, a special prize opening closing command, and the like. The control command output here is a control command stored as an output command in the command relation storage area 5207 in the main process executed last time.

  Next, a switch reading process is performed (S11). This switch reading process detects the winning of a game ball to the normal symbol starting gate 11, the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, and the big winning openings 16,17. Specifically, a start opening switch 72 provided in the special symbol start electric accessory 15, a normal symbol operation switch 73 provided in the normal design start gate 11, and a count switch 75 provided in the special winning opening 16. Is used. If it is determined that a winning is made, the flag corresponding to each switch stored in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 of the RAM 52 is turned ON.

  Note that the main process performing the switch reading process is executed at intervals at which the CPU 51 receives the interrupt signal, that is, every 2 ms. Therefore, considering the speed at which the game ball passes through the switch and the size of the game ball, the switch reading process is performed a plurality of times while one game ball passes through the switch. Therefore, winning of one game ball is detected by a plurality of continuous switch reading processes. Therefore, for example, it is determined that the game ball has won a prize only when the state of “non-detection”, “detection”, and “detection” is reached in three consecutive executions of the switch reading process. At the start of the switch reading process, all the flags in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 are reset.

  When the switch reading process ends, a counter update process is then performed (S12). In this counter update process, the values of the normal hit determination counter, the big hit determination counter, the hit special symbol determination counter, the extraordinary symbol determination counter, and the variation pattern determination counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 are as described above. Only a fixed amount is added, and each value of the special symbol variation time counter and the special symbol stop time counter is subtracted by the predetermined amount. In addition, when the normal hit determination counter, the big hit determination counter, the hit special symbol determination counter, the extraordinary special symbol determination counter, and the fluctuation pattern determination counter exceed the maximum value of each counter, the value of each counter returns to the minimum value. It has been programmed. Further, when each value of the special symbol variation time counter and the special symbol stop time counter becomes “0”, it is programmed not to perform further subtraction.

  When the counter update process ends, a special electric accessory process is performed (S13, see FIG. 22). In this special electric accessory processing, the operation of the big hit gaming state for opening and closing the special winning opening 16 is controlled. This special electric accessory processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

  When the special electric accessory process is completed, a special symbol process (S14) is performed. In this special symbol processing, determination of jackpot, determination of symbols and variation patterns displayed on the display screen 28, instructions, instructions for starting and ending variation of symbols, and the like are performed. This special symbol process will be described later with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

  When the special symbol process is completed, a normal electric accessory process is then performed (S15). In this normal electric accessory processing, a pair of opening / closing members (provided on the special symbol starter electric accessory 15) so that the game ball can easily win the special symbol starter electric accessory 15 in the case of a normal hit. Control of the opening and closing of the so-called tulips is performed. Note that the normal winning determination is performed in the normal symbol processing of the next S16.

  In the next normal symbol process (S16), acquisition of a random number per ordinary symbol, determination per ordinary symbol, and the like are performed. When the flag corresponding to the normal symbol operation switch 73 in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 is set in the switch reading process of S11, the value of the normal hit determination counter is acquired. Then, “1” is added to the number of normal symbol operation reservation balls in the normal symbol operation reservation ball number storage area 5204. The number corresponding to the value stored in the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 in the first storage area to the second storage area of the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 is the value of the normal hit determination counter. Are normally stored as random numbers in the storage area. Then, the value of the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the normal hit determination is performed based on the normal hit random number stored in the determination area, and the determination result is notified. As the value of the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the value of the second storage area is also shifted to the first storage area. Then, based on the value of the normal hit random number, it is determined whether or not “normal hit” is set. Then, the opening / closing member of the special symbol starting electric combination 15 is opened and closed in the next normal electric combination process (S15) of the main process.

  When the normal symbol process is completed, a payout control for paying out the prize balls is performed (S17), and then an error check is performed (S18). If an error has occurred in the pachinko machine 1, an error is displayed on the display screen 28, the illumination lamp 63 is lit or blinked, or an error sound is generated from the speaker 48. Therefore, an error command for transmission to the sub-integrated board 58 in the command output process of S10 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207. Next, an information output process is performed (S19). In this information output process, various types of information such as jackpot information and starting information of the pachinko machine 1 are output via the output port 55 to a game hall management computer (not shown). When the information output process ends, the main process ends. When the interrupt signal is received from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57, the main process is executed again from the beginning.

  Here, a series of flows of the main process will be described by taking as an example the operation of the pachinko machine 1 when a certain game ball wins the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 and is determined to be a big hit. When the player operates a launch handle 7 provided on the lower side of the game board 2 to launch a game ball into the game area 4, the game ball flows down the game area 4. When the game ball wins the special symbol starting electric combination 15, winning of the game ball to the special symbol starting electric combination 15 is detected in the switch reading process, and the corresponding flag in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 is turned ON. (S11). Then, the special symbol display unit 25 stops and the jackpot symbol is stopped and displayed. When the jackpot symbol stop display is completed, the jackpot gaming state flag in the flag-related storage area 5208 is turned ON (S14). Therefore, in the next special electric accessory processing (S13) of the main process to be performed, 16 is released, and the operation in the jackpot gaming state is started. Then, while the main process is repeatedly performed, the operation in the big hit gaming state is performed according to the predetermined condition in the special electric accessory process (S13). When the jackpot gaming state ends, the jackpot gaming state flag is turned OFF, and a series of operations relating to the gaming ball is terminated.

  Next, details of the special symbol process (S14) of the main process will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. As described above, in the special symbol process, determination of jackpot, determination of a special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, determination of a variation pattern, and the like are performed.

  First, the flags used in the special symbol process will be described. The flag relation storage area 5208 stores a display state flag, a jackpot gaming state flag, and the like. The display state flag is a flag indicating the state of the special symbol display unit 25, and is also used in the special electric accessory processing. When the special symbol display unit 25 is fluctuating (during fluctuation), “1” is displayed. When the special symbol display unit 25 is stopped (during display is stopped), “2”, the jackpot game start demonstration screen is displayed. "3" when displayed, "4" when the jackpot game demo screen is displayed, "5" when the jackpot game end demo screen is displayed, when none Stores “0”. The initial value is “0”.

  As shown in FIG. 18, when the special symbol process of the main process is started, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 (S21). In the main process switch reading process (FIG. 17: S11), when the start opening switch 72 provided in the special symbol start electric accessory 15 detects the winning of the game ball, the start of the winning ball flag storage area 5202 is started. The flag corresponding to the mouth switch 72 is ON. Therefore, in S21, it is determined whether or not the flag corresponding to the start port switch 72 is ON. If it is not ON (S21: NO), the game ball wins the special symbol starter electric accessory 15. Since it is not, proceed to S25 as it is.

  When the flag corresponding to the start port switch 72 is ON (S21: YES), since a game ball is won in the special symbol start electric accessory 15, a random number is acquired for the game ball, and the jackpot relation It is stored in the information storage area 5205. However, the number of special symbol operation holding balls that can acquire and store random numbers is four. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is “4” (S22). If the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is “4” (S22: YES), since the random number for this game ball cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S25 as it is.

  When the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is not “4”, that is, any of “0” to “3” (S22: NO), the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 “1” is added to the value (S23). And a random number is memorize | stored in the memory area of the number corresponding to the value of the special symbol action reservation ball number memory area 5206 among the 1st memory areas-the 4th memory area of jackpot relation information memory area 5205 (S24). Specifically, the value of the jackpot determination counter is stored in the jackpot random number column, the value of the hit special symbol determination counter is stored in the hit special symbol determination random number column, and the special symbol determination is determined in the special symbol determination random number column. The value of the counter is stored, and the value of the variation pattern determination counter is stored in the variation pattern determination random number column.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the jackpot gaming state is based on the jackpot gaming status flag (S25). When it is a jackpot game state, the jackpot determination and the notification of the determination result are not performed. Therefore, when the jackpot gaming state flag is ON and the jackpot gaming state is set (S25: YES), the process returns to the main process without doing anything.

  When the jackpot game state flag is not ON (S25: NO), since it is not a jackpot game state, processing related to the control of the special symbol display unit 25 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not the special symbol display unit 25 is changing based on the display state flag (S26). If the display state flag is not “1” and is not changing (S26: NO), it is determined whether or not the display is stopped by the display state flag (S27). When the display state flag is not “2” and the stop display is not being performed (S27: NO), a big hit determination is performed.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 19, it is confirmed whether or not there is a game ball to be subjected to the jackpot determination (S28). If the value in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is not equal to or greater than “1” (S28: NO), there is no game ball to be subjected to the jackpot determination, and the process directly returns to the main process. If it is equal to or greater than “1” (S28: YES), there is a game ball for which a jackpot determination is to be made. The value stored in area 5205 is shifted. That is, the random number stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the random number stored in the second storage area is shifted to the first storage area, and the random number stored in the third storage area is The random number is shifted to the second storage area, the random number stored in the fourth storage area is shifted to the third storage area, and the value of the fourth storage area is cleared (S30).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the probability variation counter is larger than “0” and smaller than “4” (S31). When the value of the probability variation counter is larger than “0” and smaller than “4” (S31: YES), the angel chance is in progress and the state is in a high probability state. Therefore, angel chance processing is performed (S32, see FIG. 20).

  As shown in FIG. 20, in the angel chance process, first, a jackpot determination is performed with a higher probability than usual (S61). If the value in the jackpot random number field of the determination area is a value indicating “big hit” for high probability (S61: YES), “1” is added to the probability variation counter (S62). Then, the jackpot special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 is determined based on the value of the special symbol determination random number field of the determination area (S63), and a special symbol designation command indicating the determined special symbol is related to the command. It is stored in the storage area 5207 (S64). Then, based on the value of the short time random number in the determination area, it is determined whether the short time number is 50 times or 100 times, and the short time number command based on the determination result is stored in the command relation storage area 5207. (S65).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the 2R jackpot (S66). This is determined by whether or not the value of the round number random number is a specific value determined in advance as “2R”. If it is determined that it is 2R (S66: YES), 2R is a big hit. Among the 2R variation patterns, the variation pattern is determined based on the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column of the determination area (S67), and the variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is stored in the command relation. It is stored in area 5207 (S68). Then, the process returns to the special symbol process.

  Also, if it is determined that it is not 2R (S66: NO), 15R is a big hit, so the variation pattern is determined from the 15 variation patterns based on the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column of the determination area. Then, a variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S70). Then, the process returns to the special symbol process.

  If the value of the jackpot random number field in the determination area is not a value indicating “big jackpot” (S61: NO), it is out of order. The off-set special symbol displayed on the symbol display unit 25 is determined (S71), and a special symbol designation command indicating the determined special symbol is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S72). Then, a variation pattern is determined based on the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column of the determination area from the variation patterns of deviation (S73), and a variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is command related. It is stored in the storage area 5207 (S74). Then, the process returns to the special symbol process. In step S73, control is performed so that a pattern that does not perform reach display is selected from the deviation variation patterns. Specifically, a table for selecting a variation pattern at the divergence during the angel chance is provided, and only the variation pattern that does not display reach is assigned to the variation pattern determination random numbers 0 to 99, The variation pattern is determined using this table.

  Further, in the special symbol processing shown in FIG. 19, when the value of the probability variation counter is larger than “0” and not smaller than “4” (S31: NO), the normal probability (low probability) is not in the angel chance. It is. Accordingly, normal processing is performed (S33, see FIG. 21).

  As shown in FIG. 21, in the normal process, first, the value of the probability variation counter is cleared to “0” (S80). Then, the jackpot determination is performed with a normal low probability (S81). If the value in the jackpot random number field in the determination area is a value indicating “big hit” for low probability (S81: YES), based on the value in the special symbol determination random number field in the determination area, The jackpot special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 is determined (S82), and a special symbol designation command indicating the determined special symbol is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S83). Then, it is determined whether or not the jackpot is a probability variation jackpot (S84). If the value stored in the probability variation random number column of the determination area is a value indicating a predetermined “per probability variation”, the probability variation is a big hit (S84: YES). Therefore, “1” is added to the probability variation counter to become “1” (S85). In other words, this jackpot becomes a jackpot that triggers entry into the angel chance. Then, a high-probability command for indicating that the sub-integrated board is in a high-probability state is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S86).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the 2R jackpot (S87). This is determined based on whether or not the value of the round number random number is a specific value determined in advance as “2R”. Therefore, the variation pattern is determined based on the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column of the determination area from the variation patterns of 2R (S88), and the variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is command related. It is stored in the storage area 5207 (S89). Then, the process returns to the special symbol process.

  Further, when it is determined that the 2R jackpot is not found (S87: NO), the 15R jackpot is reached, so that the variation pattern is determined from the 15 variation patterns based on the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column of the determination area. The change pattern designation command indicating the determined change pattern is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S91). Then, the process returns to the special symbol process.

  When the probability variation is not a big hit (S84: NO), it is determined whether or not the 2R big hit is made (S92). This is determined by whether or not the value of the round number random number is a specific value determined in advance as “2R”. If it is determined that it is 2R (S92: YES), 2R is a big hit. Among the 2R variation patterns, the variation pattern is determined based on the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column of the determination area (S93), and the variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is stored in the command relation. It is stored in the area 5207 (S94). Then, the process returns to the special symbol process.

  Also, if it is determined that it is not 2R (S92: NO), it is a 15R jackpot, so the variation pattern is determined from the 15 variation patterns based on the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column of the determination area. Then, a variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S96). Then, the process returns to the special symbol process.

  If the value of the jackpot random number field in the determination area is not a value indicating “big jackpot” (S81: NO), it is out of order. The off-set special symbol displayed on the symbol display unit 25 is determined (S97), and a special symbol designation command indicating the determined special symbol is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S98). Then, a variation pattern is determined based on the value stored in the variation pattern determination random number column of the determination area from the variation patterns of the deviation (S99), and the variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is command related. It is stored in the storage area 5207 (S100). Then, the process returns to the special symbol process.

  In the special symbol process in the main process to be performed next, since the game ball has not won (S21: NO), the process proceeds to S25 as it is. And it is not a jackpot gaming state (S25: NO). However, since “1” is stored in the display state flag and the special symbol display unit 25 is changing (S26: YES), it is determined whether or not the changing time has elapsed (S41). This determination is made based on the value of the special symbol variation time counter. If the value of the special symbol variation time counter is not “0” and the variation time has not yet elapsed (S41: NO), the variation of the special symbol display unit 25 is continued. Therefore, the special symbol process is terminated and the process returns to the main process.

  Then, when the main process is repeated and the value of the special symbol variation time counter becomes “0” and the variation time of the special symbol display unit 25 has elapsed (S21: NO, S25: NO, S26: YES, S41: YES), All symbol stop commands [80H] are stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S42). A predetermined stop display time (for example, 3 seconds) is stored in the special symbol stop time counter, and “2” indicating that the special symbol display unit 25 is in the stop display is stored in the display state flag (S43). ). Then, the special symbol process is terminated and the process returns to the main process.

  In the special symbol process in the main process to be executed next, since the stop display is being performed (S21: NO, S25: NO, S26: NO, S27: YES), it is determined whether or not the stop display time has elapsed. Performed (S51). This determination is made based on the value of the special symbol stop time counter. If the value of the special symbol stop time counter is not “0” and the stop display time has not yet elapsed (S51: NO), the symbol is continuously displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 in a stopped manner. Therefore, the special symbol process is terminated and the process returns to the main process.

  Then, the main process is repeated, and when the value of the special symbol stop time counter becomes “0” and the stop display time of the special symbol display unit 25 has elapsed (S21: NO, S25: NO, S26: NO, S27: YES, S51: YES), it is determined whether or not the result of the jackpot determination that has been stopped is “big jackpot” (S52). If it is a big hit (S52: NO), the big hit game start demonstration screen is displayed, and then the big hit game is executed. Therefore, the big hit game state flag is turned ON, and the initial value “0” is set in the number-of-opens counter. Then, “3” indicating that the jackpot game start demo screen is being displayed is set in the display state flag, and the time for displaying the jackpot game start demo screen is set in the start demo time counter (S53). Then, the jackpot game start demonstration screen display command for instructing to display the jackpot game start demonstration screen is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S54), and the process returns to the main process.

  The start demonstration time counter set in S53 is set to a value indicating “6 seconds” in the case of 15R big hit. Then, in the case of 2R jackpot, a value indicating “1.2 seconds” is set. This is because the dummy demo screen is displayed for 6 seconds in the case of 2R big hit. The jackpot game takes 3.6 seconds because the big winning opening 16 for 0.3 seconds is opened at intervals of 3 seconds. The total is 6 seconds, so the rest is 2.4 seconds, and the jackpot game that triggers the dummy demo screen display by measuring 1.2 seconds on the jackpot game start demo screen and 1.2 seconds on the jackpot game end demo screen Control is performed so that the transmission from the start demonstration screen display command to the transmission of the layout screen display command that triggers the switching from the dummy demo screen to the layout screen (that is, the display end of the dummy demo screen) is 6 seconds.

  If the jackpot is not a big hit (S52), no big hit game or the like is performed, so “0” is stored in the display state flag (S55), and the layout screen display command is stored in the command relation to display the layout screen. It is stored in the area 5207 (S56), and the process returns to the main process.

  As described above, when a game ball wins the special symbol start electric accessory 15 (S21: YES), various random numbers are acquired (S24), a jackpot determination is performed (S31 to S34), a variation pattern or a special A symbol displayed on the symbol display unit 25 is determined, and a control command for starting a change to the sub-integrated board 58 is stored (S40 to S46). And while the main process is repeatedly performed, the special symbol process is also repeatedly performed, and when the variation time has elapsed (S21: NO, S25: NO, S26: YES, S41: YES), control for stopping the variation. The command is stored (S42), and the stop display is performed. Furthermore, when the special symbol processing is repeatedly performed and the stop display time elapses (S21: NO, S25: NO, S26: NO, S27: YES, S51: YES), the notification of the jackpot determination result is terminated and the jackpot is reached. In this case, the jackpot gaming state flag is turned ON to shift to the jackpot gaming state (S53), and the jackpot gaming start demonstration screen display command is stored to display the jackpot gaming start demonstration screen (S53).

  The various commands stored in the command relation storage area 5207 are sequentially transmitted to the relay board 47 one by one in the command output process (S10) of the next main process.

  As described above, in the special symbol processing, the jackpot determination is performed, and various commands for controlling the display of the special symbol display unit 25 and the demo symbol display units A to D for notifying the result are sub-integrated. Preparing to send to board.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 22, the details of the special electric accessory process (S13) of the main process will be described. In the special electric accessory processing, operations in the jackpot gaming state such as opening and closing of the jackpot winning prize opening 16 are controlled. In the 15R jackpot gaming state, the big winning opening 16 is opened, and it is closed when a predetermined time (30 seconds) elapses or when a predetermined number of game balls (for example, 10 balls) are detected. The operation is repeated 15 times. In the case of a 2R jackpot game, the operation of opening and closing the grand prize winning opening 16 for 0.3 seconds is repeated twice.

  First, flags and counters used in the special electric accessory processing will be described. As for the “hit game state flag”, “1” is stored and “ON” is stored when the jackpot is notified in the special symbol process, and “0” is stored and “OFF” otherwise. It has become. The “open flag” is a flag indicating whether or not the special winning opening 16 is open. “1” is stored and “ON” is stored during the open, and “0” is displayed during the close. Is stored and is “OFF”. The “opening number counter” is a counter for counting the number of times that the big winning opening 16 is opened during one big hit gaming state. The “winning ball counter” is a counter for counting the number of game balls won while the big winning opening 16 is released. The display status flag is the same as that used in the special symbol process. When the jackpot game start demonstration screen is displayed, “3”, when the jackpot game demo screen is displayed, “4”, “5” is stored when the jackpot game end demonstration screen is displayed, and “0” is stored when none is stored. The “opening time counter” is a counter for measuring the time during which the big winning opening 16 is opened, and the “closing time counter” is a counter for measuring the time during which the big winning opening 16 is closed. The “start demo time counter” is a counter for measuring the time during which the jackpot game start demo screen is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 22, when the special electric accessory processing is started, first, it is determined whether or not the jackpot gaming state is based on the jackpot gaming status flag (S101). If the jackpot gaming state flag is “OFF” and the jackpot gaming state is not set (S101: NO), the process is terminated without doing anything, and the process returns to the main process.

  First, a process after the “big hit” is notified in the special symbol process will be described. First, the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON”, the jackpot gaming state is set (S101: YES), and the display status flag is “3” and the jackpot gaming start demonstration screen is being displayed (S102: YES). Whether or not the display time has elapsed is determined based on whether or not the value of the start demo time counter is “0” (S120). Since the display time has not yet elapsed (S120: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  When the main processing is repeatedly performed and the display time of the jackpot gaming start demonstration screen has elapsed (S101: YES, S102: YES, S120: YES), the jackpot gaming demo screen display for displaying the jackpot gaming demo screen is displayed. The command is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S121). Then, a big prize opening command for opening the big prize opening 16 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S122). Then, “1” is added to the release number counter, the value of the winning ball counter is initialized to “0”, the release flag is turned ON, and the release time counter is set to the release time (if the 15R jackpot is 30 seconds, “15000” 2R jackpot is set to “15” in 0.3 seconds), and “4” indicating that the jackpot gaming demo screen is being displayed is set to the display status flag (S123). Then, the process returns to the main process.

  Then, in the next special electric accessory processing, it is determined that the jackpot game start demonstration screen is not being displayed (S101: YES, S102: NO), and it is determined whether the jackpot game end demonstration screen is being displayed. (S103). Since the jackpot game end demonstration screen is not being displayed (S103: NO), it is determined whether or not the big winning opening 16 is open. Since the prize winning opening command is set in S122, the prize winning opening solenoid 70 operates to open the prize winning opening 16, and the opening flag is set to ON in S123. Since the release flag is ON, it is determined that the release is in progress (S104: YES), and it is determined whether the release time has elapsed (S105). Since it has just been released and the opening time has not elapsed (S105: NO), it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the big winning opening 16 (S106). If a winning is made (S106: YES), “1” is added to the winning ball counter (S107), and if no winning is made (S106: NO), the adding process is not performed. The value of the winning ball counter is still “1” and is not equal to or greater than the predetermined number (10) (S108: NO), and the process directly returns to the main process.

  Then, when the main process is repeatedly performed and the opening time elapses (S101: YES, 102: NO, S104: YES, S105: YES), or a predetermined number or more is won (SS101: YES, 102: NO, S104). : YES, S105: NO, S108: YES), since it is necessary to close the winning prize opening 16, the closing prize command indicating the closing of the winning prize opening 16 is stored in the command-related storage area 5207 to the sub-integrated board 58. The opening flag is turned OFF (S109), and the predetermined closing time (3 seconds, 1500) of the special winning opening 16 is stored in the closing time counter (S110). Then, the special electric accessory process is terminated and the process returns to the main process.

  In the next special electric accessory processing, since the special winning opening 16 is closed (S101: YES, S102: NO, S103: NO, S104: NO), it is determined whether or not the special winning opening 16 is opened. For the determination, first, it is determined whether or not the opening of the specified number of times (15 times for the 15R jackpot, 2 times for the 2R jackpot) is completed, based on whether or not the value of the opening counter is equal to or more than the specified number. (S114). Since only one opening has been completed yet (S114: NO), it is determined whether or not the closing time has elapsed (S117). Since the closing time has not yet elapsed (S117: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  When the main process is repeatedly performed and the closing time has elapsed (S101: YES, S102: NO, S103: NO, S104: NO, S114: NO, S117: YES), the large winning opening 16 is opened. A winning opening release command is stored in the command-related storage area 5207 (S118). Then, “1” is added to the release number counter, the value of the winning ball counter is initialized to “0”, the release flag is turned ON, and the release time counter is set to the release time (if the 15R jackpot is 30 seconds, “15000” 2R jackpot is set to “15” in 0.3 seconds (S119). Then, the process returns to the main process.

  Then, after the display of the jackpot game start demonstration screen, the display of the jackpot game demo screen is instructed, and the opening and closing of the jackpot 16 is controlled, and when the specified number of times has been opened (S101: YES, S102: NO, S103: NO, S104: NO, S114: YES), the jackpot game end demo screen command for displaying the jackpot game end demo screen is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S115), and the jackpot game The status flag is set to OFF, “5” indicating that the jackpot game end demo screen is displayed is set in the display status flag, and the display time of the jackpot game end demo screen is stored (S116). Then, the process returns to the main process. Here, the display time of the jackpot game end demonstration screen is 6 seconds for 15R jackpot and 1.2 seconds for 2R jackpot.

  Then, in the next special electric game process, the jackpot game end demonstration screen is displayed (S103: YES), but since the display time has not yet passed (S125: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  Then, when the main process is repeatedly performed and the display time of the jackpot game end demonstration screen has elapsed (S101: YES, S102: NO, S103: YES, S125: YES), a layout screen display command for displaying the layout screen is displayed. It is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S126). “0” indicating that a screen other than the big hit determination notification screen or the demo screen is displayed is set in the display state flag (S123). Then, the process returns to the main process.

  The various commands stored in the command relation storage area 5207 are sequentially transmitted to the relay board 47 one by one in the command output process (S10) of the next main process. As described above, in the special electric accessory processing, the jackpot game start demo screen, the jackpot game in-progress demo screen, and the jackpot game end demo screen are displayed in synchronization with the operation of the jackpot game.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 24 to 26, processing related to the demonstration screen display performed on the sub-integrated board 58 will be described. 24 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the storage area of the RAM 582, FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the sub-integrated substrate processing, and FIG. 26 is a flowchart of the variation pattern processing performed in the sub-integrated substrate processing. . In the sub-integrated substrate processing, various processing is performed in response to various commands from the main substrate 41. Here, control of the demonstration screen displayed on the display screen 28, which is a main part of the present invention, will be described.

  In the main processing performed on the main board 41, the special symbol designation command (S64, S72, S85, S97) and the fluctuation pattern designation command (S68, S70, S73, S89, S91, S94, S96) are transmitted, and when the variation time of the special symbol display unit 25 ends, the all symbol stop command (S42) is transmitted, and when the stop display time of the special symbol display unit 25 ends, the jackpot game start demonstration When the screen display command (S54) is transmitted and the display time of the jackpot game start demonstration screen elapses and the jackpot game is started, the jackpot game demo screen display command (S121) is transmitted, and when the jackpot game ends, the jackpot game An end demonstration screen display command (S115) is transmitted. Further, when the probability variation is a big hit and a high probability state is reached, a high probability command (S86) is also transmitted, and during a high probability, a short time command (S65) is also transmitted.

  Here, the flags and counters used in the sub-integrated substrate processing and other storage areas provided in the RAM 582 will be described. The RAM 582 includes a chance flag storage area 5821, a jackpot count storage area 5822, a variation pattern storage area 5823, a special symbol storage area 5824, a judgment result storage area 5825, a short time count storage area 5826, a hit type storage area 5827, and a display demonstration screen. A storage area such as a storage area 5828 is provided.

  As for the in-chance flag, “1” is stored and turned “ON” during the angel chance, and “0” is stored and “OFF” when the angel chance is not being used. The number of jackpots is a counter for counting the jackpot that occurred during the angel chance after the first jackpot that triggered the angel chance. The variation pattern storage area 5823 stores a value indicating the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command, and the special symbol storage area 5824 stores a value indicating the special symbol designated by the special symbol designation command. The result storage area 5825 stores the results of the jackpot determination, that is, the values indicating the disparity, 2R jackpot, and 15R jackpot. In the present embodiment, the 2R jackpot is “1”, the 15R jackpot is “2”, and the loss is “3”.

  In addition, the number of time savings performed after the end of the angel chance is stored in the time reduction number storage area 5826, and the type of jackpot (2R jackpot or 15R jackpot) during the angel chance is stored in the hit type storage area 5827. . The big hit type storage area 5827 is provided with columns from the first time to the fourth time so that the hit type can be stored each time. Here, the 2R jackpot is set to “1” and the 15R jackpot is set to “2”. In the display demo screen storage area 5828, information on the screen selected when displayed on the jackpot game start demo screen, the jackpot game demo screen, the jackpot game end demo screen, and the layout screen is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 25, in the sub-integrated board processing, when a special symbol designation command is received (S201: YES), a value indicating the special symbol designated by the special symbol designation command is stored in the special symbol memory area 5824 (S210). ), Return to S201. Then, the process returns to S201. When a high-probability command is received (S202: YES), the in-chance flag is turned ON and “angel chance” is set (S211), and the value of the jackpot number is initialized to “0” (S212). Then, when the time reduction number command is received (S203: YES), the number of times indicated by the command is stored in the time reduction number storage area 5826 (S213). Then, the process returns to S201.

  When a variation pattern designation command is received (S204: YES), variation pattern processing is performed (S214, see FIG. 26). As shown in FIG. 26, in the variation pattern process, first, a value indicating the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command is stored in the variation pattern storage area 5823 (S230), and the variation pattern storage area 5823 and the special symbol storage area are stored. Based on the value stored in 5824, the determination result is stored in the determination result storage area 5825 (S231). Specifically, if the fluctuation pattern is a 2R fluctuation pattern, “2R jackpot” is stored as “1”, the special symbol is a symbol indicating “big jackpot”, and the fluctuation pattern is a 2R fluctuation pattern. If not, “15 big hits” is taken and “2” is stored and taken. Also, if the special symbol is a symbol indicating “out of”, it is determined as “out of” and “3” is stored.

  Then, a determination is made as to whether or not the determination result is “out of position” (S232). If the determination result is out of position (S232: YES), the symbols displayed in the demo symbol display portions A to D are determined ( S245). Here, control is performed so that the symbols displayed in the demo symbol display portions A to D are not all the same symbol. And the instruction | indication which starts the fluctuation | variation of demonstration symbol display part AD is given to the symbol display board | substrate 44 (S246), and it returns to a sub integrated board | substrate process.

  If the determination result is not “out of” (S232: NO), it is determined whether or not an angel chance is in progress (S233). If the in-chance flag is ON and the angel chance is in progress (S233: YES), “1” is added to the number of jackpots (S234). Then, the value of the determination result storage area 5825 is stored in the column corresponding to the number of jackpots in the hit type storage area 5827.

  If the value of the determination result storage area 5825 is “1” and “2R jackpot” (235: YES), a dummy demo screen and a layout screen are determined (S236). Here, based on the value of the jackpot number stored in the jackpot number storage area 5822, the screen is determined from the “angel three times screen”, “angel twice screen”, “angel once screen”, and “travel screen”. Is done. If the value of the jackpot number is “1”, “Angel 3 times screen”, if the value of the jackpot number is “2”, “Angel 2 times screen”, if the value of the jackpot number is “3”, “Angel 1” “Travel screen” is selected if the value of the “number of times screen” and the number of jackpots is “4”. When the travel screen is selected, “50 times” or “100 times” is displayed based on the time saving number stored in the time saving number storage area 5826.

  If the value of the jackpot number is “1”, the layout screen on which the character “in angel chance” is displayed is selected, and “MISAKO” in the history display unit 111 is displayed in a light gray color. If the value of the jackpot number is “2”, the layout screen on which the character “in angel chance” is displayed is selected, and the history display unit 111 displays the character “MI” in a dark gray color. “SAKO” is a light gray display. If the value of the jackpot number is “3”, the layout screen on which the character “in angel chance” is displayed is selected, and the history display unit 111 displays the character “SA” in a dark gray color. Further, “MI” is displayed in orange or dark gray based on the value stored in the hit type storage area 5827 for the second time, and “KO” is displayed in light gray. If the value of the jackpot number is “4”, the “travel screen” is selected.

  And the symbol displayed on demo symbol display part AD is determined (S237). Here, control is performed so that the symbols displayed in the demo symbol display portions A to D are not all the same symbol. And the instruction | indication which starts the fluctuation | variation of demonstration symbol display part AD is given to the symbol display board | substrate 44 (S246), and it returns to a sub integrated board | substrate process.

  If the value of the determination result storage area 5825 is “2” and not “2R jackpot” but “15R jackpot” (S235: NO), the jackpot game start demonstration screen, the jackpot game in progress demo screen, the jackpot game end demo A screen and a layout screen are determined (S238). Again, each screen is determined based on the value of the jackpot number stored in the jackpot number storage area 5822, and the character color of “MISAKO” in the history display unit 111 depends on the jackpot number and the type of jackpot of the past jackpot. It is determined. The jackpot game start demo screen is the first to third time, the angel screen is selected, and the fourth time, the second to fourth jackpot type is selected from the complete screen or the final screen Is done. If there is a 2R jackpot even once, the final screen is selected, and if all are 15R jackpots, the complete screen is selected. Then, in the jackpot game end demo screen, similarly to the selection of the 2R jackpot dummy demo screen, if the value of the jackpot number is “1”, the “angel three times screen”, and if the jackpot number is “2”, “ “Angel 2 times screen”, if the value of the jackpot number is “3”, the “angel once screen” is selected, and if the value of the jackpot number is “4”, the “travel screen” is selected. The selection of the layout screen is the same as in the case of 2R jackpot.

  And the symbol displayed on demo symbol display part AD is determined (S239). Here, all the symbols displayed on the demo symbol display portions A to D are controlled to be the same symbol, and an instruction is given to the symbol display substrate 44 to start the fluctuation of the demo symbol display portions A to D (S246). Return to the sub-integrated substrate processing.

  If the angel chance is not in progress (S233: NO), if the value in the determination result storage area 5825 is “1” and “2R jackpot” (S240: YES), the dummy demonstration screen and the layout screen are determined ( S241). Even if it is not during an angel chance, if it is 2R jackpot, the dummy demo screen that integrates the jackpot game start demo screen, the jackpot game demo screen, and the jackpot game end demo screen is the same as the display time of the 15R jackpot game end demo screen Displayed for 6 seconds. Here, a message such as “sorry” is displayed. And the symbol displayed on demo symbol display part AD is determined (S242). Here, the symbols displayed in the demo symbol display parts A to D are controlled so that they are not all the same symbol, and an instruction is given to the symbol display board 44 to start the fluctuation of the demo symbol display parts A to D ( S246), the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing.

  If the value of the determination result storage area 5825 is “2” and not “2R jackpot” but “15R jackpot” (S240: NO), the jackpot game start demonstration screen, the jackpot game in progress demo screen, the jackpot game end demo A screen and a layout screen are determined (S243). The normal screen is selected for the jackpot game start demonstration screen, and there is nothing special about the other demo screens, such as a message indicating that the jackpot game is in progress or a message indicating that the jackpot game has ended. A normal screen is selected. And the symbol displayed on demo symbol display part AD is determined (S244). Here, all the symbols displayed on the demo symbol display portions A to D are controlled to be the same symbol, and an instruction is given to the symbol display substrate 44 to start the fluctuation of the demo symbol display portions A to D (S246). Return to the sub-integrated substrate processing.

  As shown in FIG. 25, in the sub-integrated board processing, when an all symbol stop command is received (S205: YES), an instruction to stop and stop the change of the demo symbol display parts A to D is given to the symbol display board 44. (S215). Then, the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing.

  When a jackpot game start demonstration screen display command (at the time of jackpot) or a layout screen display command (at the time of loss) is received (S206: YES), the display screen 28 is displayed based on the value stored in the determination result storage area 5825. A screen display start instruction is given to the symbol display board 44. If the determination result is “1” and 2R jackpot (S220: YES), the symbol display board 44 is instructed to display the dummy demo screen selected in the variation pattern processing (S214) and stored in the display demo screen storage area 5828. (S222). If the determination result is “2” and 15R jackpot (S220: NO), an instruction to display the jackpot game start demo screen selected in the variation pattern process (S214) and stored in the display demo screen storage area 5828 is displayed as a symbol. It is transmitted to the substrate 44 (S223). Then, the process returns to S201. In the case of a loss, the jackpot game start demonstration screen display command is not transmitted.

  When the jackpot game demo screen display command is received (S207: YES), if the determination result is “1” and 2R jackpot (S225: YES), the dummy demo screen is displayed as it is even during the jackpot game. Therefore, it returns to S201 without doing anything. If it is not a 2R jackpot but a 15R jackpot (S225: NO), an instruction to display the jackpot gaming demo screen selected in the variation pattern process (S214) and stored in the display demo screen storage area 5828 is displayed on the symbol display board. 44 (S226). In the case of a loss, the jackpot game demo screen display command is not transmitted.

  When the jackpot game end demonstration screen display command is received (S208: YES), if the determination result is “1” and 2R jackpot (S230: YES), the dummy demo screen is displayed as it is even during the jackpot game. Therefore, it returns to S201 without doing anything. If the 15R jackpot is not the 2R jackpot (S230: NO), an instruction to display the jackpot game end demo screen selected in the variation pattern process (S214) and stored in the display demo screen storage area 5828 is displayed on the symbol display board. 44 (S231). In the case of a loss, the jackpot game end demonstration screen display command is not transmitted.

  When a layout screen display command is received (S209: YES), an instruction to display the layout screen selected in the variation pattern process (S214) and stored in the display demo screen storage area 5828 is transmitted to the symbol display board 44. (S227). Then, the process returns to S201. If no command has been received (S201 to S209: NO), processing on other sub-integrated boards is performed (S228), and the process returns to S201.

  As described above, in the case of 2R jackpot, in the case of 2R jackpot, the special symbol display unit 25 displays the winning special symbol, but the demo symbol display units A to D all display the same symbol. Because it is not, it is possible to conceal that the player is a “big hit”, and further, the jackpot game start demo screen, the jackpot game in progress demo screen, the jackpot game end demo screen are integrated, and the 15R jackpot game end demo screen is integrated. Since the same screen as the screen can be displayed for the same time (six seconds), the player's attention can be attracted to this screen, and it is possible to hide the “big hit”. In addition, since the progress of the angel chance (the remaining number of reach and the end of the angel chance) can be informed on this same screen, the screen can be configured while coordinating with the angel chance status to Can entertain.

  Also, since the fluctuation pattern is selected so that the reach is not displayed at the end of the angel chance, the continuation of the angel chance, that is, the continuation of the high-probability state is not the “period where the jackpot occurs four times” but the “reach” Can be recognized as “until three times occur”, and the player can take a new perspective on the continuation of the high-probability state, so that the player's interest in the game can be enhanced.

  In addition, the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 of the above embodiment corresponds to a “specific winning opening”, the starting port switch 72 corresponds to “game ball detecting means”, and the demo symbol display portions A to A of the display screen 28 are displayed. D corresponds to “a jackpot determination result notifying means”, and the big winning opening 16 corresponds to “a predetermined winning opening”. The CPU 51 that performs the special symbol process S24 shown in FIG. 18 corresponds to the “random number acquisition means”, and performs the angel chance process S61 shown in FIG. 20 and the normal process S81 shown in FIG. The CPU 51 corresponds to “big hit determination means”, and the CPU 51 that performs the special electric accessory processing shown in FIG. 22 corresponds to “big hit game control means”. The CPU 51 that performs S31 shown in FIG. 19, S61 of the angel chance process shown in FIG. 20, and S81 of the normal process shown in FIG. 21 corresponds to the “probability change control means”, and the normal process shown in FIG. The CPU 51 that performs the process of S84 corresponds to “probability variation jackpot determination means”.

  The CPU 51 that performs the processes of S87 and S92 of the normal process shown in FIG. 21 corresponds to the “big hit game selection means”, and the CPU 51 that performs the processes of S84 and S87 of the normal process shown in FIG. Is equivalent to. The CPU 51 that performs the processes of S84 and S85 of the normal process shown in FIG. 21 corresponds to “high probability state control means”, and the CPU 51 that performs the process of S84 of the normal process shown in FIG. 21 corresponds to “lottery determination means”. The CPU 51 that performs the normal processing S80 and S85 shown in FIG. 21 and the angel chance processing S62 shown in FIG. 20 corresponds to the “first big hit count counting means”, and the special symbol processing S31 shown in FIG. The CPU 51 that performs the process of S32 corresponds to a “determination control unit”. The CPU 51 that performs the special symbol processing S31 and S33 shown in FIG. 19 and the normal processing S80 shown in FIG. 21 corresponds to the “low probability state control means”.

  The CPU 581 that performs the process of S212 of the sub-integrated substrate process shown in FIG. 25 and the process of S234 of the variation pattern process shown in FIG. 26 corresponds to the “second big hit number counting means”. The speaker 48 corresponds to the “production means”. The CPU 51 that performs the process of S115 of the special electric accessory process shown in FIG. 22 and the CPU 581 that performs the processes of S208 and S231 of the sub-integrated board process shown in FIG. 25 correspond to “big hit game end effect control means”. The CPU 581 that performs the processes of S236 and S238 of the variation pattern process shown in FIG. 26 corresponds to the “continuation period display control unit”. The CPU 581 performing the process of S237 of the variation pattern process shown in FIG. 26 corresponds to “second big hit game notification control means”.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and various modifications can be made. It goes without saying that the gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, but may be various gaming machines that use gaming media, such as a pachikon machine or a pachislot machine. In the above embodiment, names such as angel chance and vacation time are provided, but these names may not be used.

  In the above embodiment, the display time of the dummy demonstration screen and the jackpot game end demonstration screen is 6 seconds, but this time is not necessarily 6 seconds. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although it is only one kind of time of 6 seconds, you may provide several display time as display time of a dummy demonstration screen and a jackpot game end demonstration screen. For example, the first jackpot during the angel chance is set to 5 seconds, the second jackpot is 6 seconds, the third jackpot is 7 seconds, or the display time is set for each variation pattern. The display time may be determined based on the selected variation pattern, or the display time may be determined by lottery. Also, the display time may be set for each type of jackpot, such as 5 seconds for a 15R jackpot, 6 seconds for a 2R jackpot. A plurality of display times may be set for one jackpot type. It should be noted that the plurality of display times are set such that there is no significant difference between the times. For example, 20% of the shortest time is set as the longest time, or the difference between the shortest time and the longest time is set within 4 seconds.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the high probability state is continued until the big jackpot is generated three times after the big jackpot that triggered the high probability state. However, the number of times to be continued is not limited to three times. It goes without saying that it may be the number of times. Further, the high probability state continuation method is not limited to this. For example, each time it is determined that the jackpot is determined to be a jackpot, it is determined whether or not the probability fluctuation jackpot is set to a high probability state by lottery. In the event that the probability variation jackpot is not determined, a limiter function is provided to end the continuation, so that the display time of the dummy demo screen and the jackpot game end demo screen is the same time, or the same presentation is performed at the same time May be.

  In this case, after the special symbol process S30 shown in FIG. 19, the normal processes S81 (big hit determination) and S84 (probability change big hit determination) shown in FIG. 21 are performed. Then, if it is determined that the probability variation jackpot is determined after the process of S84, “1” is added to the counter that counts the number of continuations of the probability variation jackpot. The CPU 51 that performs this addition processing corresponds to “continuation number counting means”. If the counter value is equal to or greater than the limiter count, the probability variation jackpot is canceled and a non-probability variation jackpot is made. The CPU 51 that performs this processing corresponds to “probability variation jackpot control means”. Then, in the jackpot jackpot game that is regarded as a non-probability variation jackpot, the CPUs 41 and 581 that perform a special effect on the jackpot game end demo screen (such as an effect that informs that the high probability state has ended) are “second specified effects”. It corresponds to “control means” and “second continuous effect control means”.

  Further, in the above embodiment, in the above embodiment, reach display is not performed at the time of losing during the angel chance. However, for example, the probability variation jackpot continuation is 4 times, the angel chance continuation is 6 reach, and even in the outlier, 2 times (difference between the probability variation bonus continuation time and the angel chance continuation reach number) reach display May be performed. Of course, the remaining reach number of angel chances may be displayed on a dummy demo screen for 12R jackpot or a jackpot game end demo screen for 15R jackpot.

  Further, regarding the notification of the jackpot determination result in the demonstration symbol display parts A to D during the angel chance, when notifying the jackpot, after temporarily displaying the symbol for reporting the losing, the variable display is performed again, and the jackpot is won. When notifying the symbol and notifying the disengagement, the reach may be displayed. It should be noted that in the temporary stop display of the symbol for notifying the disengagement, the symbol for notifying the disengagement may be completely stopped, or it appears to the player to be completely stopped but slightly fluctuates. Such a way of stopping may be used, or the display area of the symbol may be stopped, but a character or a character drawn on the symbol may be moving.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the dummy demo screen is treated as an integrated screen of the jackpot game start demo screen, the jackpot game in progress demo screen, and the jackpot game end demo screen. In the 2R jackpot that plays a game (second jackpot game), only the jackpot game demo screen is displayed without displaying the jackpot game start demonstration screen and the jackpot game end demo screen. It may be the same as the display time of the jackpot game end demo screen in the 15R jackpot for performing the 15R jackpot game (first jackpot game), or the display time and the presentation may be the same.

  In the above embodiment, the “first jackpot game” in the claims is a 15R jackpot game and the “second jackpot game” is a 2R jackpot game. However, the contents of each game are not limited to this. Instead, a plurality of types of “first jackpot games” may be provided, for example, a 7R jackpot game and a 15R jackpot game. Also, a plurality of types of “first jackpot games” may be received, for example, a 1R jackpot game and a 2R jackpot game.

  In the above embodiment, the angel chance is notified on the layout screen during the angel chance and is different from the layout screen when the angel chance is not being displayed. You may make it use the same kind of layout screen even if it is not in a chance.

  In the above embodiment, the history display unit 111 notifies the jackpot type during the angel chance by the display color of “MISAKO” or displays “reach is the remaining three times” on the jackpot game end demonstration screen. The remaining number of angel chances is reported, but these are not necessarily displayed.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, after the special symbol display part 25 is stopped and displayed, the demo symbol display parts A to D are stopped and displayed. The stop display timing is not limited to this, and may be simultaneous with the stop display of the special symbol display unit 25 or may be earlier than the stop display of the special symbol display unit 25.

  The gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to the pachinko machine 1 and can be applied to various gaming machines such as a pachikon machine and a pachislot machine.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a game status display unit 80. It is a schematic diagram about the effect at the time of execution of a jackpot determination result alert | report and jackpot game. It is a figure which shows the content of the demonstration screen in case the jackpot used as the opportunity to enter an angel chance, and all jackpots in an angel chance are 15R jackpots. It is a figure which shows the content of the demonstration screen when only the jackpot that triggered the angel chance is a 2R jackpot and the jackpot during the angel chance is a 15R jackpot. It is a screen image figure of the jackpot game end demonstration screen during an angel chance. It is a screen image figure of the jackpot game end demonstration screen during an angel chance. It is a screen image figure of the fluctuation | variation display screen during an angel chance. It is a screen image figure of the stop display screen during an angel chance. It is a screen image figure of the jackpot jackpot game end demonstration screen that will be the end of the angel chance. It is a screen image figure of the change display screen during a vacation time. It is a figure which shows the content of the demonstration screen in case the 1st jackpot in angel chance is 2R jackpot. It is a figure which shows the content of the demonstration screen when the last jackpot in angel chance is 2R jackpot. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical circuit configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 52. FIG. It is. It is a flowchart of a main process. It is a flowchart of the special symbol process performed in the main process. It is a flowchart following FIG. 18 of the special symbol process performed in the main process. It is a flowchart of the angel chance process performed in a special symbol process. It is a flowchart of the normal process performed in a special symbol process. It is a flowchart of the special electric accessory process performed in the main process. It is a flowchart following FIG. 22 of the special electric accessory process performed in the main process. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 582. FIG. It is a flowchart of a sub integrated substrate process. It is a flow chart of change pattern processing performed in sub integrated substrate processing.

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1 Pachinko machine 28 Display screen 41 Main board 48 Speaker 51 CPU
58 Sub-Integrated Board 63 Illumination Lamp 101 Screen Image 102 Screen Image 103 Screen Image 104 Screen Image 105 Screen Image 111 History Display Unit 581 CPU

Claims (4)

A game ball detecting means for detecting a winning of a game ball to a specific winning port provided on the game board;
Random number acquisition means for acquiring a random value due to the detection of the game ball by the game ball detection means;
Jackpot determining means for determining whether or not the jackpot is based on the random number value acquired by the random number acquiring means;
Jackpot determination result notifying means for notifying the result of determination by the jackpot determining means;
A jackpot game control means for executing a jackpot game for allowing the game ball to enter a state in which the game ball can be won in a predetermined winning slot provided on the game board when the jackpot determination means determines that the jackpot is;
A low probability state in which the probability of being determined to be a big hit by the jackpot determining means is a normal probability, and a high probability state in which the probability of being determined to be a big hit is higher than the normal probability. Probability changing control means for changing the probability of being determined to be the jackpot by being,
When the jackpot is determined to be the jackpot by the jackpot determining means, the jackpot is a probability fluctuation jackpot that is a jackpot that is set to the high probability state by the probability change control means, or a non-stochastic fluctuation jackpot that is not the high probability state. A gaming machine having a probability variation jackpot determining means for determining whether or not there is a game machine,
A plurality of jackpot games including at least a first jackpot game that is executed for a first time and a second predetermined time that is shorter than the first predetermined time are provided, and the jackpot game control Jackpot game selection means for selecting the jackpot game to be executed by means from the plurality of jackpot games;
When the probability variation jackpot determining means determines that the probability variation jackpot, the jackpot game selecting means selects the jackpot game from one or a plurality of jackpot games including at least the second jackpot game. Selection control means;
When the probability variation jackpot determination unit determines that the probability variation jackpot, the probability change control unit includes a high probability state control unit that sets the high probability state,
The probability variation jackpot determining means includes
Lottery determination means for determining whether the jackpot is a probability variation jackpot that is a jackpot that is the high probability state by the probability change control means or a non-probability variation jackpot that is not the high probability state;
First jackpot number counting means for counting the number of jackpots, which is the number of times that the jackpot determination means is determined as the jackpot, with the jackpot determined as the probability variation jackpot by the lottery determination means as the first time,
If the number of jackpots counted by the first jackpot number counting means is equal to or less than the first predetermined number of times, it is determined that the probability variation jackpot without performing the determination by the lottery determination means, and the first predetermined number of times Determination control means for continuing the probability variation jackpot until the number of times,
Low probability state control means for setting the low probability state when the number of jackpots counted by the first jackpot number counting means is greater than a first predetermined number of times,
In the case of the high probability state, if it is determined that the jackpot determination means is out of place, the jackpot determination result notification means does not perform a reach effect that is an effect indicating that there is a possibility that the jackpot determination result notification means, A gaming machine, wherein the number of jackpots and the number of times that the reach effect is performed are made to coincide. A second jackpot number counting means for counting the number of jackpots that is the number of times the jackpot determining means determines the jackpot as the first jackpot determined as the probability variation jackpot by the lottery determination means;
Direction means for performing various effects on the gaming machine;
A jackpot game end effect control means for producing an effect by the effect means immediately after the jackpot game is executed by the jackpot game control means;
In the effect by the jackpot game end effect control means, a duration display control means for displaying the period in which the high probability state continues as the number of times the reach effect is performed in the future,
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the duration display control means determines the number of times that the reach effect is performed in correspondence with the number of times counted by the second jackpot number counting means.   When the second jackpot game selection means is selected by the jackpot game selection means, the jackpot determination result notification means includes a second jackpot game notification control means for notifying the determination result by the jackpot determination result means as a loss. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that   As long as the second predetermined time is not the timing at which the game ball is about to pass over the predetermined entrance when the game ball is ready to enter the predetermined winning opening, 4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the ball is a time during which a prize cannot be won.

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