JP2007167508A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the monotonousness of the stop aspects in the combination of symbols by stop control confined to the specified one area by diversifying the appearance of the aspects more. <P>SOLUTION: In the game machine, when "water melon-red 7-water melon" lines up on a validated prize winning line L1 while "red 7-red 7-red 7" is established on prize winning lines L3A and L3B, a sub CPU 82 makes a line display on a liquid crystal panel 39d in such a manner as to connect lines rising to the right and falling to the right along the prize winning lines L3B and L3A (S212 and S213). When "water melon-water melon-water melon" lines up on the validated prize winning line L1 while "red 7-red 7-red 7" is established on a prize winning line L2B or a prize winning line L2A, the sub CPU 82 also makes a line display on the liquid crystal panel 39d in such a manner as to connect lines on a lower stage or an upper stage along the prize winning line L2B or the prize winning line L2A (S214-S217). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that gives a player a payout based on a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on a symbol display section.

  Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine, for example, there is a pachislot machine. In a general pachislot machine, one or a plurality of pay lines are provided, and a payout is awarded to a player according to a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the pay lines.

Patent Document 1 below discloses a pachislot machine that performs stop control based on one table selected from a plurality of stop tables. In this pachislot machine, the type of stop control in the next bonus game is determined at the end of the bonus game. Based on the stop table selected according to the determined type of stop control, the combination of bonus symbols is stopped and displayed on a predetermined winning line among a plurality of winning lines in the next bonus game. The Therefore, the player can predict the subsequent game situation from the winning line in which the combination of bonus symbols is stopped when the bonus is established.
JP 2004-337403 A (paragraphs [0085] to [0104], [0137])

  However, in the conventional pachislot machine as shown in Patent Document 1 above, the winning line where the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination such as a bonus varies depending on the number of inserted medals, the stop table, etc. Is always determined based on whether or not a predetermined combination of symbols is stopped and displayed on the activated pay line. For this reason, the stop mode of the combination of symbols by the stop control tends to be monotonous performed only on the activated winning line. In particular, with a pachislot machine that determines whether or not there is a winning line with only one winning line, even if the symbol is stopped and displayed outside the area defined by this one winning line, the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination Is always drawn on one winning line and displayed in a stopped state, so that the stop mode is more monotonous.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such problems. Three reels (for example, reels 2 to 4) arranged in three rows on which a plurality of symbols are drawn, and the three reels are provided. A symbol display unit (for example, display windows 5 to 7) that displays a plurality of drawn symbols in three columns, and a start signal that outputs a signal instructing the start of a unit game based on the start operation being performed. Based on the output means (for example, the start lever 30 and the start switch 30S) and the detection of the signal output by the start signal output means, each unit game can be selected by lottery from a plurality of predetermined winning combinations. Based on the detection of the winning combination determining means (for example, the microcomputer 63) for determining the winning combination and the signal output by the start signal output means, the reel rotating means (for example, the spindle) for rotating the reel. Stopping that outputs a signal for instructing to stop the rotation of the reel performed by the reel rotating means based on the stop operation performed with the ping motor 45, the motor drive circuit 73, the reel position detection circuit 77, and the microcomputer 63). Based on the signal output means (for example, the reel stop signal circuit 78), the winning combination determined by the winning combination determination means and the detection of the signal output by the stop signal output means, the reel rotation means stops the reel rotation. Reel stop control means (for example, a stepping motor 45, a motor drive circuit 73, a reel position detection circuit 77, and a microcomputer 63) for performing control, and a plurality of areas spanning the three reels of the symbol display section by the reel stop control means (For example, areas defined by winning lines L1, L2A, L2B, L3A, L3B) Payout giving means (for example, a hopper 72, a medal detection unit 72S, a hopper) for giving a payout to a player based on a combination of symbols stopped and displayed in a specific area (for example, an area defined by the winning line L1) In a gaming machine comprising a drive circuit 76, a payout completion signal generating circuit 80 and a microcomputer 63) and a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal panel 39d) for displaying information relating to the game,
A reel (for example, the middle reel 3) disposed in the center of the three reels has a first symbol (for example, a symbol “watermelon”) and a second symbol (for example, a symbol different from the first symbol, for example). The symbol “red 7”) is adjacent to the reel in the rotation direction, and the other two reels (for example, the left reel 2 and the right reel 4) other than the reel disposed in the center are 1 symbol has a symbol arrangement part sandwiched adjacent to the second symbol,
The payout means is advantageous to the player on the condition that the special symbol combination consisting only of the first symbol or the special symbol combination consisting of the first symbol and the second symbol is stopped and displayed in a specific area. A special game (for example, BB game)
As a result of the special symbol combination being stopped and displayed in a specific area, the display unit is different from the specific area in the plurality of areas (for example, winning lines L2A, L2B, L3A, L3B). In a region defined by (1), a display that makes a predetermined symbol combination consisting only of the second symbol stopped and displayed stand out.

  According to this configuration, when a special symbol combination consisting only of the first symbol or a special symbol combination consisting of the first symbol and the second symbol is stopped and displayed in a specific area, a special symbol advantageous to the player is obtained. A game occurs. At this time, in the central reel, the first symbol and the second symbol are adjacent to the symbol arrangement part in the rotation direction of the reel, and in the other two reels, the first symbol is adjacent to the second symbol. Since there is a sandwiched symbol arrangement location, a predetermined symbol combination consisting only of the second symbol is stopped and displayed in the other area of the symbol display section. At the same time, the display unit makes a display that highlights that the predetermined symbol combination is stopped and displayed. Therefore, even if the occurrence of the special game is determined based only on the special symbol combination that is stopped and displayed in one specific area, the predetermined symbol combination is assigned to the other area for the player. It is possible to give a sense that a special game has occurred. For this reason, predetermined symbol combinations that are stopped and displayed in other regions other than the specific one region are added to the stop mode, and the stop mode of the combination of symbols by the stop control is diversified. It becomes possible to prevent a monotonous thing to be performed only in the region. In addition, when a special game is generated based on a symbol combination that is stopped and displayed in one specific area, the predetermined symbol combination is stopped and displayed in the other area, and the stop display is made prominent. It is possible to impress a person with a feeling that a special game has occurred by arranging the predetermined symbol combinations in other areas.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, as described above, the stop mode of the combination of symbols by the stop control is diversified and is prevented from becoming monotonous performed only in one specific area. Become so.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an appearance of a pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment.

  Three reels 2 to 4 arranged in three rows in the horizontal direction are rotatably provided inside the cabinet at the center of the main body of the pachislot machine 1. A plurality of symbols (hereinafter referred to as symbols) are drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 2 to 4. A transparent reel display window 39 is provided at the front of each of these reels 2 to 4, and this reel display window 39 is attached to a device front panel 38 that forms the front of the cabinet of the pachislot machine 1. . The symbols drawn on the reels 2 to 4 are observed in three rows of three through the display windows 5 to 7 formed in the reel display window 39. The display windows 5 to 7 constitute a symbol display unit that displays a plurality of symbols drawn on the reels 2 to 4 in three columns. The reel display window 39 is provided with a total of five pay lines L1, L2A, L2B, L3A, and L3B, three laterally and two diagonally. Of the plurality of areas defined by the five pay lines L1, L2A, L2B, L3A, and L3B, the area within the display windows 5 to 7 defined by the pay line L1 gives a dividend to the player. It constitutes a specific area to be referred to. Further, on the lower right side of the display windows 5 to 7, a medal insertion slot 8 is provided for a player to insert medals.

  Prior to the start of the game, when a player inserts a medal from the medal insertion slot 8 or operates a stored medal insertion button 26-28 described later, a winning line L1 formed in the center of the display windows 5-7 is activated. Is done. In the present embodiment, the remaining four pay lines L2A, L2B, L3A, and L3B shown in FIG. 1 are not validated. Hereinafter, the activated winning line L1 is referred to as an activated winning line.

  In addition, on the device front panel 38 on the left side of the display windows 5 to 7, game operation indicators 9 to 12, BET lamps 13 to 15, a stored number display unit 16, and a start lamp 17 are provided from the top. . The game operation indicators 9 to 12 and the BET lamps 13 to 15 are controlled to be turned on according to the game situation, and the game situation at that time is notified to the player. The stored number display unit 16 is composed of a three-digit 7-segment LED (light emitting diode) and displays the number of medals currently credited in the machine. The start lamp 17 blinks when the reels 2 to 4 are operable.

  A bonus count display section 18, a WIN lamp 19, a payout number display section 20, and an insert lamp 21 are provided on the apparatus front panel 38 on the right side of the display windows 5 to 7 from the top. The bonus count display unit 18 is made up of three-digit 7-segment LEDs, and digitally displays the number of remaining RB games that can be won when the bonus game is established. The WIN lamp 19 is turned on when a winning combination symbol is arranged on the activated winning line. The payout number display unit 20 is made up of a three-digit 7-segment LED, and displays a payout awarded to a player in a unit game, that is, a medal payout number by winning. The insert lamp 21 is lit when a medal can be accepted at the medal slot 8.

  The reel display window 39 is configured by laminating a liquid crystal panel 39d to be described later as an electrical display panel, and various information relating to the game such as a game effect image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 39d. A cross key 23, a “◯” button 24, an “x” button 25, a 1 stored medal insertion button 26, a 2 storage medal insertion button 27, and a 3 storage medal insertion button 28 are provided on the lower left side of the device front panel 38. ing. The cross key 23 is operated in the four directions of up, down, left, and right, and is used together with the “o” button 24 and the “x” button 25 to select information displayed on the liquid crystal panel 39d. The stored medal insertion buttons 26 to 28 are replaced with one or three for one game instead of inserting a medal into the medal insertion slot 8 when the number of medals is displayed on the stored number display unit 16 and credited. Used when betting medals.

  Also, below the reel display window 39, a stored medal settlement button 29, a start lever 30, and stop buttons 31, 32, 33 are provided from the left side. The stored medal settlement button 29 is used to switch between whether to play a game by crediting a medal into the machine or directly by inserting a medal into the medal slot 8 and playing all the medals credited inside the machine. Used when paying out and paying. When the start lever 30 is operated by the player, the reels 2 to 4 start rotating all at once. The stop buttons 31 to 33 are arranged corresponding to the respective reels 2 to 4, and the operation is activated when the rotation of each of the reels 2 to 4 reaches a constant speed, and according to the player's operation The rotation of each reel 2 to 4 is stopped.

  A medal tray 34 is provided at the lower front of the pachi-slot machine 1. The medal tray 34 stores medals paid out from the medal payout opening 35. In addition, a payout display unit 36 is provided at the upper front portion of the pachislot machine 1 to indicate a symbol combination that results in a winning combination and how many medals are paid out in response to the winning of the winning combination. A pair of speakers 96, 96 are provided on the left and right sides.

  2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the reel display window 39 of the pachislot machine 1, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the reel display window 39. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the reel display window 39 is provided at the front of each reel 2-4. As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (i), the reel display window 39 has a transparent acrylic plate 39a, a reel glass base 39b, a bezel metal frame 39c, a liquid crystal panel 39d, a liquid crystal holder 39e, a diffusion, from the front side of the device. A sheet 39f, a light guide plate 39g, a rear holder 39h, and an antistatic sheet 39i are arranged. In the diffusion sheet 39f, the light guide plate 39g, and the rear holder 39h, openings 5a, 5b, and 5c that form the display window 5, openings 6a, 6b, and 6c that form the display window 6, and openings that form the display window 7 7a, 7b, 7c are formed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the reel display window 39 is attached to the equipment front panel 38. As shown in FIG. 2, each bracket 39ba provided so as to protrude in the vertical direction of the reel glass base 39b is attached to the back of the equipment front panel 38 by screws 39j. It is done with screws. In FIG. 3B, illustration of each bracket 39ba provided on the reel glass base 39b is omitted.

  In addition, a pair of cold cathode fluorescent lamps 40a are provided as light sources of the liquid crystal panel 39d at the upper and lower ends of the light guide plate 39g. A pair of cold cathode tubes 40b for illuminating the symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 2 to 4 are provided on the upper and lower sides of the windows 5c, 6c and 7c of the rear holder 39h.

  The liquid crystal panel 39d is a transparent electrical display panel made of ITO or the like that is disposed on the front surface of each reel 2 to 4 and through which each reel 2 to 4 is seen, and the back side around the display portion is a liquid crystal holder 39e. Is held by. The light guide plate 39g is made of a light transmissive resin panel, and is formed with a lens cut that guides light emitted from the cold cathode tube 40a on the side to the back side of the liquid crystal panel 39d. The diffusion sheet 39f is made of a light-transmitting resin sheet, and constitutes diffusion means for diffusing the light guided by the light guide plate 39g and making the light irradiated to the liquid crystal panel 39d uniform. The liquid crystal holder 39e holding the liquid crystal panel 39d, the diffusion sheet 39f, and the light guide plate 39g are integrated and the periphery thereof is inserted into the bezel metal frame 39c. By this insertion, the front side around the display portion of the liquid crystal panel 39d is held by the bezel metal frame 39c.

  The liquid crystal panel 39d, the liquid crystal holder 39e, the diffusion sheet 39f, and the light guide plate 39g integrated by being fitted to the bezel metal frame 39c are further inserted into the reel glass base 39b so that the front surface of the display portion of the liquid crystal panel 39d can be seen. The reel glass base 39b is supported in an open state. The transparent acrylic plate 39a is pressure-bonded to the front surface of the reel glass base 39b when the reel glass base 39b is attached to the device front panel 38 with screws 39j, thereby closing the opening on the front surface of the display unit of the liquid crystal panel 39d.

  The rear holder 39h is made of a white resin plate, and a bezel metal frame 39c supported by the reel glass base 39b, a liquid crystal holder 39e holding the liquid crystal panel 39d, a diffusion sheet 39f and a light guide plate 39g from the back to the reel glass base 39b. keeping. The rear holder 39h also functions as a reflecting plate that reflects light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40a to the light guide plate 39d toward the liquid crystal panel 39d. The antistatic sheet 39i is transparent and is adhered to the back surface of the rear holder 39h with a double-sided tape, and covers the back surfaces of the openings 5c, 6c, and 7c formed in the rear holder 39h.

  Each of the reels 2 to 4 is configured as a rotary reel unit shown in FIG. 4 and is attached to a frame 41 via a bracket 42. Each of the reels 2 to 4 has a reel band 44 attached to the outer periphery of the reel drum 43. A symbol row is drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the reel band 44. Each bracket 42 is provided with a stepping motor 45, and the reels 2 to 4 are rotated by driving the stepping motor 45.

  The structure of each reel 2-4 is shown in FIG. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, a lamp case 46 is provided inside the reel drum 43 behind the reel band 44. In each of the three chambers of the lamp case 46, reel back lamps 47a and 47b are provided. 47c are attached. These reel back lamps 47 a to 47 c are configured by attaching LEDs 47 that emit a plurality of different colors to a substrate 48, as shown in FIG. 5B, and the substrate 48 is attached to the back surface of the lamp case 46. ing. A photo sensor 49 is attached to the bracket 42. The photo sensor 49 detects that the shielding plate 50 provided on the reel drum 43 passes through the photo sensor 49 as the reel drum 43 rotates.

  The reel back lamps 47a to 47c are controlled to be lit by a lamp driving circuit 89 (see FIG. 8) described later. When the reel back lamps 47a to 47c are turned on, among the symbols drawn on the reel band 44, three symbols located at the front of each reel back lamp 47 are individually illuminated from behind, and each display window 5 is illuminated. Three symbols are projected on each of -7.

  FIG. 6 shows a symbol row in which 21 types of symbols drawn on the reel band 44 of each of the left, middle, and right reels 2 to 4 are arranged. Each symbol is assigned a symbol number (code number) of “0” to “20”, and these code numbers are stored in a program ROM 65 (see FIG. 7) described later as a data table. On each reel 2 to 4, there are 8 "red 7", "cherry", "bell", "watermelon", "replay", "BAR", "special role" and "blank" with nothing written A symbol string composed of different types of symbols is shown. Each reel 2 to 4 is rotationally driven so that the symbol row moves in the direction of the arrow in the figure.

  As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the middle reel 3 disposed in the center of the three reels 2 to 4 has a symbol “watermelon” (code numbers “3” and “3”) as the first symbol. 5 ”) and a symbol“ red 7 ”(code number“ 4 ”), which is a second symbol different from the first symbol, has symbol arrangement positions adjacent to each other in the rotation direction of the middle reel 3. Further, the left reel 2 and the right reel 4 other than the middle reel 3 disposed in the center have the symbol “watermelon” (code number “4”) as the symbol “red 7” (code numbers “3” and “5”). ")) Is arranged adjacent to the symbol arrangement part.

  The gaming state of the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes “general gaming state”, “BB (big bonus) internal winning state”, “RB (regular bonus) internal winning state”, and “RB gaming state”. Each of these four game states basically realizes the type and operation of a winning combination (internal winning combination) that may be determined in an internal lottery process (see FIG. 23, S6) described later. It is distinguished by the type of bonus such as BB or RB that is possible. Here, the winning combination is determined in the internal lottery process, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination determined in the internal lottery process is actually stopped on the activated winning line by the player's stop operation. When displayed, a display combination is established. In the present embodiment, the winning combination of the pachislot machine 1 includes a “Cherry” small role, a “Bell” small role, “Replay (replay)”, “RB”, “BB1”, “BB2”, and “Lose”. There is.

  The bonus winning flag of RB, BB1 or BB2 is from when each bonus is determined as a winning combination until the combination of symbols corresponding to the determined bonus is actually stopped and displayed on the activated pay line. It is carried over to the game after the next time and held as a carryover combination in a control RAM 66 (see FIG. 7) described later. The other winning flags of the winning combination are valid only in the unit game won, and are not carried over to the next unit game. The unit game means that the reels 2 to 4 rotate according to the player's operation on the start lever 30 and then the reels 2 to 4 stop rotating according to the player's operation on the stop buttons 31 to 33. Until this time, medals are paid out according to the combination of symbols arranged on the activated pay line, or before the start of the next unit game is permitted (the next game starts). .

  The “general gaming state” is a gaming state at the time of starting the game (see S1 in FIG. 23) by turning on the power of the pachislot machine 1.

  “BB internal winning state” is a state in which a bonus combination of BB1 or BB2 that has been won internally is not displayed on the activated pay line, and the bonus winning flag is carried over. It is. The “RB internal winning state” is a state in which the winning combination flag of the bonus has been carried over without the symbol combination corresponding to the bonus being displayed on the activated pay line yet being internally won for the RB bonus. It is. These “BB internal winning state” and “RB internal winning state” are collectively referred to as “internal winning state (carry-over state)” hereinafter.

  In addition, a combination of symbols corresponding to the internally winning BB1 or a combination of symbols corresponding to the internally winning BB2 is displayed on the activated pay line and the display combination of BB1 or BB2 is established, A special game advantageous to the player, which ends on the condition that a predetermined condition is satisfied, is hereinafter referred to as “BB game”. The predetermined condition for ending this “BB game” is that, in this embodiment, 465 medals determined in advance are paid out to the player. In the “BB game”, “RB game state” in which an RB game advantageous to the player is played continuously occurs. One RB game is played with a limit of 12 games and 8 winnings. When the BB operating flag is “ON” (see FIG. 18A, FIG. 33, S172), this RB game is continuously performed a plurality of times until the predetermined condition is satisfied. "It has become.

  Also, when the combination of symbols corresponding to the internally won RB is displayed on the activated pay line and the display combination of RB is established, the “RB gaming state” is generated in the same manner as the above “BB gaming”, and the RB game Is done. In the “RB gaming state” generated when the RB display combination is established, the above-mentioned RB game, which is performed up to 12 games and 8 winnings, is performed only once.

  7 and 8 show circuit configurations configured on the main control board 61 and the sub control board 62 that control the game processing operation of the pachislot machine 1 described above.

  The control unit in the main control board 61 shown in FIG. 7 includes a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as a microcomputer) 63 as a main component, and a circuit for random number sampling is added thereto. The microcomputer 63 includes a main CPU (central processing unit) 64 that performs a control operation according to a preset program, a program ROM (read only memory) 65 that is a program storage means, and a control RAM (random access) with a backup function. -Memory) 66.

  Connected to the main CPU 64 are a clock pulse generating circuit 67 and a frequency divider 68 for generating a reference clock pulse, a random number generator 69 for generating a random number in a certain range, and a sampling circuit 70 for specifying one of the generated random numbers. Has been. Further, an I / O port (input / output port) 71 for transmitting / receiving a signal to / from a peripheral device (actuator) described later is connected. The program ROM 65 is divided into storage units so as to store various tables (see FIGS. 9 to 18) to be described later, a sequence program for executing a game on the pachislot machine 1, and the like. In the control RAM 66, an insertion number counter for counting the number of medals inserted in a unit game by a bet operation by the medal insertion into the medal insertion slot 8 or the stored medal insertion buttons 26 to 28, and the number of medals paid out during a BB game (payout) BB counting payout number counter, a bonus end number counter for counting the number of medals that can be paid out during BB games, an effective line counter for counting the number of activated pay lines, etc. A symbol storage area for storing the code number of the symbol stopped and displayed on L1 is provided.

  The main actuators whose operation is controlled by a control signal from the microcomputer 63 include a stepping motor 45 that rotationally drives the reels 2 to 4, various lamps (BET lamps 13 to 15, a start lamp 17, a WIN lamp 19, an insert lamp. 21), various display units (game operation indicators 9 to 12, stored number display unit 16, bonus count display unit 18, payout number display unit 20), and hopper 72 for storing medals. These are driven by a motor drive circuit 73, each lamp drive circuit 74, each display unit drive circuit 75, and a hopper drive circuit 76, respectively. These drive circuits 73 to 76 are connected to the main CPU 64 via the I / O port 71 of the microcomputer 63.

  As main input signal generating means for generating an input signal necessary for the microcomputer 63 to generate a control signal, the inserted medal sensor 8S for detecting a medal inserted from the medal slot 8 and the operation of the start lever 30 are used. There are a start switch 30S for detecting the stored medal, a stored medal insertion switch 26S-28S for detecting the operation of the stored medal insertion button 26-28, and a stored medal adjustment switch 29S for detecting the operation of the stored medal adjustment button 29. When a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 8 or any one of the stored medal insertion buttons 26 to 28 is operated, a bet operation is detected by the inserted medal sensor 8S or the stored medal insertion switches 26S to 28S (FIG. 24, FIG. 24). As described above, the winning line L1 is validated (see S44 and S44). Further, when the start lever 30 is operated after the medal is inserted, a start signal instructing the start of the unit game is output from the start switch 30S, and the winning combination is determined by the microcomputer 63.

  The start lever 30 and the start switch 30S constitute start signal output means for outputting a start signal instructing the start of the unit game based on the start operation performed on the start lever 30 by the player. In addition, the microcomputer 63 determines a winning combination determining unit for each unit game by lottery from among a plurality of predetermined winning combinations based on the detection of the start signal output by the start signal output unit. Is configured.

  Further, as the input signal generating means, there is a reel position detection circuit 77 that receives the output pulse signal from the photosensor 49 and detects the rotational position of each reel 2-4. The photo sensor 49 is included in the driving mechanism of each reel 2 to 4 and is not shown in the figure. The reel position detection circuit 77 counts the number of drive pulses supplied to each of the stepping motors 45 after the rotation of the reels 2 to 4 is started, and writes this count value in a predetermined area of the control RAM 66. Accordingly, the control RAM 66 stores a count value corresponding to the rotation position within one rotation range for each of the reels 2 to 4. The photo sensor 49 generates a reset pulse every time the reels 2 to 4 make one rotation. This reset pulse is given to the main CPU 64 via the reel position detection circuit 77, and the count value of the drive pulse counted by the control RAM 66 is cleared to "0". By this clearing process, the deviation generated between the movement display of each symbol and the rotation of each stepping motor 45 is eliminated every rotation. The stepping motor 45, the motor drive circuit 73, the reel position detection circuit 77, and the microcomputer 63 detect reel rotation means for rotating the reels 2 to 4 based on the detection of the start signal output by the start signal output means. It is composed.

  Further, as the input signal generating means, the reel stop signal circuit 78 for generating a stop signal for stopping the corresponding reels 2 to 4 when the stop buttons 31 to 33 are operated, and the number of medals paid out from the hopper 72 are counted. And a payout completion signal generation circuit 80. These are also connected to the main CPU 64 via the I / O port 71. The payout completion signal generation circuit 80 receives a medal when the medal count value actually paid out input from the medal detection unit 72S reaches the payout number data represented by the count signal input from each display unit drive circuit 75. Generate a signal to detect the completion of payout.

  The reel stop signal circuit 78 outputs a stop signal instructing to stop the rotation of the reels 2 to 4 performed by the reel rotating means based on the stop operation performed on the stop buttons 31 to 33 by the player. Stop signal output means is configured. Further, the stepping motor 45, the motor drive circuit 73, the reel position detection circuit 77, and the microcomputer 63 are based on the winning combination determined by the winning combination determining means and the detection of the stop signal output by the reel stop signal circuit 78. The reel rotation control unit is configured to control the reels 2 to 4 to stop rotating the reels 2 to 4. Further, the hopper 72, the medal detector 72S, the hopper drive circuit 76, the payout completion signal generation circuit 80, and the microcomputer 63 are selected from among a plurality of areas spanning the reels 2 to 4 of the display windows 5 to 7 by the reel stop control means. Based on the combination of symbols stopped and displayed in one specific area defined by the pay line L1, the payout award means for awarding a payout with medals to the player is configured. In this embodiment, the payout awarding means is a special symbol combination “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” consisting only of the symbol “watermelon” or a special symbol combination “watermelon-red 7” consisting of the symbol “watermelon” and the symbol “red 7”. -A BB game which is a special game advantageous to the player is generated on the condition that "watermelon" is stopped and displayed on a specific area, that is, the activated pay line L1.

  Further, a sub-control unit communication port 79 is connected to the I / O port 71, and the microcomputer 63 sends a signal to the sub-control board 62 via the sub-control unit communication port 79. The sub control board 62 shown in FIG. 8 is provided with a main control unit communication port 88 for receiving this signal. Communication between the sub control unit communication port 79 and the main control unit communication port 88 is performed only in one direction from the sub control unit communication port 79 to the main control unit communication port 88. In the present embodiment, the signal sent from the sub-control unit communication port 79 to the main control unit communication port 88 is a 7-bit command type indicating the control type and a maximum 24-bit length command content. It is composed of the parameters represented.

  The sub control board 62 performs a game effect process based on a control signal from the main control board 61. The control unit in the sub-control board 62 is configured with the microcomputer 81 as a main component. Similarly to the microcomputer 63 on the main control board 61, the microcomputer 81 includes a sub CPU 82 that performs a control operation according to a preset program, a program ROM 83 that is a program storage unit, and a control RAM 84 with a backup function. A clock pulse generation circuit 85 for generating a reference clock pulse and a frequency divider 86 are also connected to the sub CPU 82. Further, the sub CPU 82 further transmits / receives signals to / from the main control unit communication port 88 and an actuator described later. / O port 87 is connected.

  The program ROM 83 stores a program used when the sub CPU 82 performs control processing on the sub control board 62, an effect table referred to when determining effect data, a line display pattern table (see FIG. 19) described later, and the like. ing. The control RAM 84 has a working memory area for storing information related to pachislot games. The work memory area includes an area for storing a winning combination identifier indicating the type of winning combination, an area for storing a flag indicating a gaming state, an area for storing an effect identifier that is effect data determined by the effect table, and a liquid crystal panel. The area includes an area for storing an effect flag indicating the type of information displayed in 39d. The values of these identifiers and flags are updated based on various commands transmitted from the main control board 61, the calculation processing result of the sub CPU 82, and the like.

  As actuators whose operation is controlled by a control signal from the microcomputer 81, there are reel back lamps 47a to 47c built in the reels 2 to 4, respectively. Lighting of the reel back lamps 47 a to 47 c is controlled by a driving signal from a lamp driving circuit 89 connected to the I / O port 87. Further, as the input signal generating means for generating an input signal necessary for the microcomputer 81 to generate a control signal, there are the above-described cross key 23, “◯” button 24 and “×” button 25.

  The I / O port 87 is connected to an image control work RAM 98, a VDP (video display processor) 90, and a sound source IC 91. The VDP 90 is connected to a character ROM 92 storing character data, a video RAM 93 which is a color display display buffer memory, and an image control work RAM 98 is also connected. The microcomputer 81 fetches information such as the type of the winning flag from the main control board 61 via the main control unit communication port 88, and determines an effect identifier based on the fetched information and the like. Then, an effect image to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 39d is selected according to the determined effect identifier. Then, the effect image selected by controlling the VDP 90 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 39d.

  The liquid crystal panel 39d constitutes a display unit that displays information related to the pachislot game. In the present embodiment, the liquid crystal panel 39d has a special symbol combination such as “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” or “watermelon-red 7-watermelon” stopped in a specific area defined by the pay line L1. The symbol “red” which is stopped and displayed in other areas defined by the winning line L2A and the winning lines L2B, L3A, and L3B, which is different from the specific area defined by the winning line L1 among the plurality of areas. A line display (see FIGS. 37, S213, S215, S217, and FIGS. 38A to 38C) that highlights a predetermined symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” consisting of only 7 ”is performed.

  The sound source IC 91 is connected with a sound ROM 94 storing sound data and a power amplifier 95, and the power amplifier 95 is connected with the above-described speakers 96 and 96. The microcomputer 81 controls the sound source IC 91 and the power amplifier 95 based on information input from the main control board 61 via the main control unit communication port 88, and operates a medal insertion sound, a start lever operation sound, and a stop button operation. Sound effects such as sounds and game sounds during bonus games are output from the speakers 96 and 96.

  Next, various tables stored in the program ROM 65 of the main control board 61 and the program ROM 83 of the sub control board 62 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram conceptually showing a symbol combination table used in a display combination specifying process (see FIG. 23, S15) described later.

  The symbol combination table stores the relationship among the symbol combination, medal payout number and display combination displayed on the activated pay line for the left reel (1st) 2, the middle reel (2nd) 3, and the right reel (3rd) 4. ing. In the same figure, when the combination of symbols represented in the respective columns of the left reel 2, the middle reel 3, and the right reel 4 is stopped and displayed on the activated pay line L1, the display combination represented in the corresponding display combination column is displayed. At the same time, the number of medals shown in the corresponding payout number column is paid out to the player.

  As shown in the figure, “bell-bell-bell” is arranged along the activated pay line L1, whereby the small combination of “bell” is specified as the display combination. At this time, if the number of inserted medals is 1, 8 medals are determined as the payout number, and if the number of inserted medals is 3, 15 medals are determined as the payout number. Further, “Cherry-ANY-ANY” is arranged along the activated pay line L1, and the small part of “Cherry” is specified as the display combination. At this time, if the number of inserted medals is 1, 3 medals are determined as the payout number, and if the number of inserted medals is 3, 5 medals are determined as the payout number. Note that “ANY” represents any symbol. In addition, by arranging “Replay-Replay-Replay” along the activated pay line L1, “Replay” is specified as the display combination, and 0 medals are determined as the payout number. However, when “Replay” is specified as the display combination, the same number of medals as the number inserted in the game in the unit game are automatically inserted in the next unit game (see S43 in FIG. 24). Further, by arranging “BAR-BAR-BAR” along the activated pay line L1, “RB” is specified as a display combination, and 0 medals are determined as the payout number. When “RB” is specified as the display combination, as described above, the RB game is played only once. Further, by arranging “watermelon-red 7-watermelon” along the activated pay line L1, “BB1” is specified as the display combination, and 0 medals are determined as the payout number. Further, by arranging “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” along the activated pay line L1, “BB2” is specified as the display combination, and 0 medals are determined as the payout number. When “BB1” or “BB2” is specified as the display combination, the BB game is activated as described above. When symbol combinations other than the above are arranged along the activated pay line L1, “losing” is specified as the display combination, and 0 medals are determined as the payout number.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually showing an internal lottery table determination table used in an internal lottery process (see FIG. 23, S6) described later.

  In the internal lottery table determination table, each gaming state described above, the type of the internal lottery table used in the internal lottery process, and the number of lotteries executed in the internal lottery process are associated with each other. As shown in the figure, in the internal lottery process in the general gaming state, an internal lottery table for general gaming state, which will be described later, is determined as the internal lottery table, and “6” is set as the number of lotteries. In the internal lottery process in the internal winning state (carry-over state), an internal lottery table for carry-over state described later is determined as the internal lottery table, and “3” is set as the number of lotteries. In the internal lottery process in the RB gaming state, an internal lottery table for RB gaming state, which will be described later, is determined as the internal lottery table, and “2” is set as the number of lotteries.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram conceptually showing an internal lottery table determined by referring to the internal lottery table determination table shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 11A shows an internal lottery table for a general gaming state, and FIG. ) Is a carry-over state internal lottery table, and FIG. 10C is an RB gaming state internal lottery table.

  The internal lottery table for the general gaming state shown in FIG. 5A is an internal lottery table used in the general gaming state, and the internal lottery table for carryover state shown in FIG. 5B and the RB shown in FIG. The internal lottery table for gaming state is an internal lottery table used for the internal winning state and the RB gaming state, respectively. Each internal lottery table is used when determining a winning combination in an internal lottery process (see S6 in FIG. 23) described later. In the internal lottery table, a lower limit value and an upper limit value, which are numerical data for classifying random numbers in the range of “0” to “16383” generated by the random number generator 69 and extracted by the sampling circuit 70 into any winning number, are set. It is set for each number of inserted medals. As shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C, each winning number is associated with each winning combination.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, in the internal lottery table for the general gaming state, a lower limit value and an upper limit value for dividing random numbers in the range of “0” to “16383” into respective winning numbers “0” to “6” are stored. Has been.

  The winning number “0” corresponding to “losing” has a lower limit value “2996” and an upper limit value “16383” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “4503” when the number of inserted medals is 3. A numerical range of the upper limit value “16383” is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “0” in the internal lottery process is “13388/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “11881/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “1” corresponding to “Bell” has a lower limit value “2264” and an upper limit value “2929” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “2303” when the inserted number of medals is 3. ", The numerical value range of the upper limit value" 4302 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “1” in the internal lottery process is “666/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “2000/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “2” corresponding to “Cherry” has a lower limit value “2930” and an upper limit value “2995” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “4303” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical range of the upper limit value" 4502 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “2” in the internal lottery process is “66/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “200/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “3” corresponding to “Replay” includes a lower limit value “19” and an upper limit value “2263” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “58” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical range of the upper limit value" 2302 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “3” in the internal lottery process is “2245/16384” regardless of the number of inserted medals.

  The winning number “4” corresponding to “RB” includes a lower limit value “15” and an upper limit value “18” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “46” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical range of the upper limit value" 57 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “4” in the internal lottery process is “4/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “12/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “5” corresponding to “BB1” has a lower limit value “0” and an upper limit value “6” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “0” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical range of the upper limit value" 23 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “5” in the internal lottery process is “7/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “24/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “6” corresponding to “BB2” includes a lower limit “7” and an upper limit “14” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit “24” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical range of the upper limit" 45 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “6” in the internal lottery process is “8/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “22/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3.

  As described above, in the internal lottery table for the general gaming state shown in FIG. 5A, each of the three except the winning numbers “0” and “3” is more when the number of inserted medals is three. The probability that the winning number is determined is high.

  In the internal lottery table for carryover state as shown in FIG. 5B, the lower limit value and the upper limit value for dividing the random numbers in the range of “0” to “16383” into the winning numbers “0” to “3” are shown. It is remembered.

  The winning number “0” corresponding to “losing” has a lower limit value “2777” and an upper limit value “16383” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “4445” when the number of inserted medals is 3. A numerical range of the upper limit value “16383” is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “0” in the internal lottery process is “13407/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “11939/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “1” corresponding to “Bell” has a lower limit value “2245” and an upper limit value “2910” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “2245” when the inserted number of medals is 3. ", The numerical value range of the upper limit value" 4244 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “1” in the internal lottery process is “666/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “2000/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “2” corresponding to “Cherry” has a lower limit “2911” and an upper limit “2976” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit “4245” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical value range of the upper limit" 4444 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “2” in the internal lottery process is “66/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “200/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “3” corresponding to “Replay” includes a lower limit “0” and an upper limit “2244” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit “0” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical value range of the upper limit value" 2244 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “3” in the internal lottery process is “2245/16384” regardless of the number of inserted medals.

  In this way, in the internal lottery table for carryover state shown in FIG. 5B, the winning number excluding the winning numbers “0” and “3” is more when the number of inserted medals is three than when the number is one. The probability that “1” and “2” are determined is high. Also, as shown in FIG. 5B, in the internal winning state, it corresponds to the winning numbers “5” and “BB2” corresponding to the winning numbers “4” and “BB1” corresponding to “RB”. The winning number “6” is not determined.

  In the internal lottery table for the RB gaming state as shown in FIG. 5C, the lower limit value and the upper limit value that divide random numbers in the range of “0” to “16383” into the winning numbers “0” to “2”. Is remembered.

  The winning number “0” corresponding to “losing” has a lower limit value “5460” and an upper limit value “16383” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “16383” when the inserted number of medals is 3. A numerical range of the upper limit value “16383” is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “0” in the internal lottery process is “10924/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “1/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “1” corresponding to “Bell” has a lower limit “0” and an upper limit “5393” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit “0” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical range of the upper limit value" 16182 "is assigned. The winning probability at which the winning number is determined to be “1” in the internal lottery process is “5394/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “16183/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3. The winning number “2” corresponding to “Cherry” has a lower limit value “5394” and an upper limit value “5459” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and a lower limit value “16183” when the number of inserted medals is 3. ", The numerical value range of the upper limit value" 16382 "is assigned. The winning probability that the winning number is determined to be “2” in the internal lottery process is “66/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 1, and “200/16384” when the number of inserted medals is 3.

  In this way, in the internal lottery table for RB gaming state shown in FIG. 6C, when the inserted number is 1, the probability that the winning number “0” is determined is very high, and the inserted number is 3 In this case, the probability that the winning number “1” is determined is very high. Also, as shown in FIG. 5C, in the RB gaming state, the winning numbers “3” corresponding to “Replay”, the winning numbers “4” corresponding to “RB”, and “BB1” are supported. The winning number “6” corresponding to the winning numbers “5” and “BB2” being played is not determined.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram conceptually showing an internal winning combination determination table used when determining a winning combination based on the winning number determined by the internal lottery table shown in FIG.

  In the internal winning combination determination table, each winning number and each winning combination are associated with each game state.

  The winning numbers “0”, “1”, and “2” include “losing” indicated by numerical data “00000000”, “bell” indicated by numerical data “00100000”, and numerical data “00010000” regardless of the gaming state. “Cherry” indicated by “is associated with each winning role.

  The winning number “3” is associated with “Replay” indicated by the numerical data “00000001” as the winning combination in the general gaming state and the internal winning state, and in the RB gaming state, the winning combination is associated with the winning number “3”. It is not done.

  In addition, the winning numbers “4”, “5”, and “6” include “RB” indicated by numerical data “00000010”, “BB1” indicated by numerical data “00000100”, numerical data “ “BB2” indicated by “00001000” is associated with the winning combination. In the internal winning state and the RB gaming state, the winning combination is not associated.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram conceptually showing a reel stop initial setting table used in a reel stop initial setting process (see FIG. 23, S7) described later.

  The reel stop initial setting table is used when determining a stop table used for stop control of each of the left, middle, and right reels 2 to 4. In this table, the value of the stop select counter (see FIG. 21) determined according to each winning combination is associated with the type of stop table used for stop control of each reel 2-4.

  As shown in the figure, when “0” corresponding to the winning combination “lost” is determined as the value of the stop select counter, the stop table for loss is determined as the stop table. The losing stop table is a stop table in which any symbol combination corresponding to any winning combination cannot be stopped and displayed on the activated pay line. Further, when “1” corresponding to the winning combination “bell” is determined as the value of the stop select counter, the bell stop table is determined as the stop table. The bell stop table is a stop table capable of stopping and displaying the symbol combination of the small part of “Bell” on the activated pay line. When “2” corresponding to the winning combination “cherry” is determined as the value of the stop select counter, the cherry stop table is determined as the stop table. The cherry stop table is a stop table that can stop-display the symbol combination of the small part of “cherry” on the activated pay line. When “3” corresponding to the winning combination “replay” is determined as the value of the stop select counter, the replay stop table is determined as the stop table. The replay stop table is a stop table capable of stopping and displaying the symbol combination of “Replay” on the activated pay line. When “4” corresponding to the winning combination “RB” is determined as the value of the stop select counter, the RB stop table is determined as the stop table. The RB stop table is a stop table that can stop-display the symbol combination “RB” on the activated pay line. When “5” corresponding to the winning combination “BB1” is determined as the value of the stop select counter, the stop table for BB1 is determined as the stop table. The BB1 stop table is a stop table that can stop-display the symbol combination “BB1” on the activated pay line. When “6” corresponding to the winning combination “BB2” is determined as the value of the stop select counter, the stop table for BB2 is determined as the stop table. The BB2 stop table is a stop table that can stop-display the symbol combination “BB2” on the activated pay line.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram conceptually showing a pull-in priority table used in a bonus + small combination sliding frame number determination process (see FIG. 31) described later.

  The pull-in priority order table gives priority to controlling the pull-in of symbols in the stop control process in a game where bonuses are carried over (internal winning state) and a small role other than a bonus is determined as a winning combination. Referenced when determining the display combination to be established. In this drawing priority order table, a priority order is set for each type of winning combination. As shown in the figure, the winning combination “Replay” is assigned to priority 1, the winning combinations “BB1”, “BB2” and “RB” are assigned to priority 2, and the winning combination “Bell” is assigned to priority 3. 4 is associated with the winning role “Cherry”.

  Therefore, when “Replay” is determined as a winning combination in the internal winning state, a stop operation is performed at a timing at which either the symbol corresponding to the bonus or the symbol corresponding to “Replay” can be drawn. Thus, the symbol corresponding to “replay” is preferentially drawn over the symbol corresponding to the bonus, and the stop control is performed. In addition, when “BELL” is determined as a winning combination in the internal winning state, if a stop operation is performed at a timing at which both the symbol corresponding to the bonus and the symbol corresponding to “BELL” can be drawn, The symbol corresponding to the bonus is preferentially drawn over the symbol corresponding to “Bell”, and the stop control is performed. Similarly, when “Cherry” is determined as a winning combination in the internal winning state, a stop operation is performed at a timing at which both the symbol corresponding to the bonus and the symbol corresponding to “Cherry” can be drawn. Thus, the symbol corresponding to the bonus is preferentially drawn over the symbol corresponding to “Cherry” and the stop control is performed.

  15, FIG. 16 and FIG. 17 are diagrams conceptually showing a stop table determined based on the above-described reel stop initial setting table (see FIG. 13). FIG. 15 shows a stop table for BB1, FIG. FIG. 17 is a stop table for BB2.

  In each stop table, a “stop operation position” and a “stop control position” are shown for each of the left, middle, and right reels 2, 3, and 4. Each numerical value in the “stop operation position” column represents a code number of a symbol located on the middle pay line L1 in the display windows 5 to 7 when the stop buttons 31 to 33 are operated. Each numerical value in the column of “stop control position” represents a code number of a symbol that is stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 when each stop button 31 to 33 is operated at the corresponding “stop operation position”.

  The BB1 stop table shown in FIG. 15 is a stop table used when “BB1” is determined as the winning combination. As shown in the figure, in the left reel 2, when the stop button 31 is operated at the timing of “stop operation position” where the code numbers become “4” to “8”, the corresponding “stop control position” is indicated. The stop control is performed so that the symbol with the code number “4” is positioned on the winning line L1. Similarly, in the middle reel 3 and the right reel 4, when the stop buttons 32 and 33 are respectively operated at the timing of “stop operation position” where the code numbers become “4” to “8”, the corresponding “stop control” is performed. The stop control is performed so that the symbol of the code number “4” indicated by “position” is positioned on the pay line L1. Therefore, when this stop table is used, if each stop button 31 to 33 is operated at the timing of “stop operation position” where the code numbers become “4” to “8”, the middle stage validation is performed. The symbol combination “watermelon-red 7-watermelon” is stopped and displayed on the winning line L1. At this time, the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed on the diagonally downward winning line L3A and the diagonally upward winning line L3B (see FIG. 38A).

  The stop table for BB2 shown in FIG. 16 is a stop table used when “BB2” is determined as the winning combination. As shown in the figure, in the left reel 2 and the right reel 4, when the stop buttons 31 and 33 are operated at the timing of the “stop operation position” where the code numbers are “4” to “8”, it corresponds. Stop control is performed so that the symbol of the code number “4” shown in the “stop control position” is positioned on the pay line L1. In the middle reel 3, when the stop button 32 is operated at the timing of “stop operation position” where the code numbers become “5” to “9”, the code number “5” indicated in the corresponding “stop control position” is displayed. The stop control is performed so that the symbol "" is positioned on the winning line L1. Therefore, when this stop table is used, the timing of the “stop operation position” when the code number is “4” to “8” and the “stop operation position” where the code number is “5” to “9”. When the stop buttons 31 to 33 are respectively operated at the “stop operation position” timing at which the code number is “4” to “8”, the symbol combination “ “Watermelon-Watermelon-Watermelon” is stopped. At this time, the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed on the upper pay line L2A (see FIG. 38C).

  The stop table for BB2 shown in FIG. 17 is also a stop table used when “BB2” is determined as the winning combination as in FIG. As shown in the figure, in the left reel 2 and the right reel 4, when the stop buttons 31 and 33 are operated at the timing of the “stop operation position” where the code numbers are “4” to “8”, it corresponds. Stop control is performed so that the symbol of the code number “4” shown in the “stop control position” is positioned on the pay line L1. In the middle reel 3, when the stop button 32 is operated at the timing of “stop operation position” where the code numbers become “3” to “7”, the code number “3” indicated in the corresponding “stop control position” is displayed. The stop control is performed so that the symbol "" is positioned on the winning line L1. Therefore, when this stop table is used, the timing of the “stop operation position” when the code number is “4” to “8”, and the “stop operation position” where the code number is “3” to “7”. When the stop buttons 31 to 33 are respectively operated at the “stop operation position” timing at which the code number is “4” to “8”, the symbol combination “ “Watermelon-Watermelon-Watermelon” is stopped. At this time, the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed on the lower pay line L2B (see FIG. 38B).

  18A and 18B are diagrams conceptually showing an operation time table referred to by the main CPU 64 when a bonus display combination is established. FIG. 18A shows a BB operation time table, and FIG. 18B shows an RB operation. Shows the hour table.

  Each operation time table includes a storage area and data stored in the storage area, and is used in a bonus operation check process (see FIG. 23, S21) described later.

  The BB operating flag storage area in the BB operating time table shown in FIG. 6A stores data of the BB operating flag indicating that the BB is operating, and the storage area for the payable number of sheets includes BB. Stored is the maximum number of medals that can be paid out from when the operating flag is turned on until it is cleared. In this embodiment, the maximum number data is set to “465”.

  In the RB operation time storage area in the RB operation time table shown in FIG. 5B, RB operation flag data indicating that the RB is operating and the gaming state is in the RB gaming state is stored. In addition, in the storage area for the possible number of games, data on the maximum number of games that can be performed from when the RB operating flag is turned on until it is cleared is stored. Stores the maximum number-of-winnings data that can establish a winning in which medals are paid out after the RB operating flag is turned on and cleared. In the present embodiment, the maximum game number data and the maximum winning number data are set to “12” and “8”, respectively.

  Data such as the payable number in each table is read out from the program ROM 65 and stored in the control RAM 66 at the address indicated in the storage area during the game, and is sent to the sub-control board 62 to the control RAM 84. Is also remembered.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram conceptually showing a line display pattern table used in a game effect control process (see FIG. 37) described later.

  The line display pattern table is stored in the program ROM 83 of the sub control board 62. In this table, the combination of the code number of the symbol stopped on the activated pay line L1 in the middle of the display windows 5 to 7 is associated with the line display mode (display line pattern) displayed on the liquid crystal panel 39d. It has been.

  As shown in the figure, when the symbol code number combination “4”-“4”-“4”, that is, the symbol combination “watermelon-red 7-watermelon” is stopped and displayed on the activated pay line L1. On the diagonally downward winning line L3A and diagonally upward winning line L3B, a line display is made to make the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” stand out (FIG. 38 (a)). When the symbol code number combination “4”-“3”-“4”, that is, the symbol combination “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” is stopped and displayed on the activated pay line L1, the lower row is displayed. A line display that highlights that the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed on the winning line L2B is performed (see FIG. 38B), and a symbol is displayed on the activated winning line L1. Code number combination “4”-“5”-“4”, that is, when the symbol combination “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” is stopped and displayed, the symbol combination “red 7-red 7— A line display is performed to highlight that the red 7 ″ has been stopped (see FIG. 38C).

  Next, various storage areas in the control RAM 66 of the main control board 61 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 20A is a diagram conceptually showing the internal winning combination storing area in the control RAM 66, and FIG. 20B is a diagram conceptually showing the carryover combination storing area in the control RAM 66.

  The internal winning combination storage area stores data representing the type of winning combination determined by the internal lottery process (S6 in FIG. 23) with reference to the internal winning combination determination table shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the internal winning combination storing area is composed of 8 bits of bit 0 to bit 7, and a numerical value shown in the data column is set in each bit. When the winning combination is “BELL” indicated by the numerical data “00100000”, the numerical value “0” is set in bits 0 to 4, 4, 6 and 7 of the internal winning combination storing area, and the numerical value “1” is set in bit 5. "Is set. If the winning combination is “Cherry” indicated by the numerical data “00010000”, a numerical value “0” is set in bits 0 to 3 and 5 to 7 in the internal winning combination storing area, and a numerical value is set in bit 4. “1” is set. When the winning combination is “BB2” indicated by the numerical data “00001000”, the numerical value “0” is set in bit 0 to bit 2 and bit 4 to bit 7 of the internal winning combination storing area, and the numerical value is set in bit 3. “1” is set. When the winning combination is “BB1” indicated by the numerical data “00000100”, the numerical value “0” is set in the bit 0, bit 1, bit 3 to bit 7 of the internal winning combination storing area, and the numerical value is set in the bit 2. “1” is set. When the winning combination is “RB” indicated by the numerical data “00000010”, the numerical value “0” is set in bit 0, bit 2 to bit 7 of the internal winning combination storing area, and the numerical value “1” is set in bit 1. Is set. When the winning combination is “replay” indicated by numerical data “00000001”, the numerical value “0” is set in bits 1 to 7 of the internal winning combination storing area, and the numerical value “1” is set in bit 0. The When the winning combination is “losing” indicated by numerical data “00000000”, the numerical value “0” is set in all the bits 0 to 7 of the internal winning combination storing area.

  In addition, in the carryover combination storage area, data of a carryover combination flag indicating the type of the carryover combination determined by the internal lottery process (see S6 in FIG. 23) is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the carryover combination storage area is composed of 8 bits of bit 0 to bit 7, and a numerical value shown in the data column is set in each bit. When the carryover combination is “BB2” indicated by the numerical data “00001000”, a numerical value “0” is set in bits 0 to 2 and bits 4 to 7 in the carryover combination storage area, and a numerical value “1” is set to bit 3. Is set. In addition, when the carryover combination is “BB1” indicated by the numerical data “00000100”, the numerical value “0” is set in bits 0 and 1 to 3 to 7 in the carryover combination storage area, and the numerical value “ 1 "is set. When the carryover combination is “RB” indicated by the numerical data “00000010”, the numeric value “0” is set in bits 0 and 2 to 7 in the carryover combination storage area, and the numeric value “1” is set in bit 1. Set.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram conceptually showing a stop select counter storage area in the control RAM 66.

  In the stop select counter storage area, data (winning number) representing the winning combination and carryover combination determined in the internal lottery process (see S6 in FIG. 23) is stored as the value of the stop select counter.

  When “losing” is determined as the winning combination in the internal lottery process, a numerical value “0” is set in the stop select counter storage area. When the small combination of “Bell” is determined as the winning combination, the numerical value “1” is set in the stop select counter storage area. When the small combination of “cherry” is determined as the winning combination, the numerical value “2” is set in the stop select counter storage area. When “replay” is determined as the winning combination, the numerical value “3” is set in the stop select counter storage area. When “RB” is determined as the winning combination or “RB” is set as the carryover combination in the carryover combination storage area, a numerical value “4” is set in the stop select counter storage area. Further, when “BB1” is determined as the winning combination or “BB1” is set in the carryover combination storage area as the carryover combination, the numerical value “5” is set in the stop select counter storage area. When “BB2” is determined as the winning combination or “BB2” is set in the carryover combination storage area as the carryover combination, the numerical value “6” is set in the stop select counter storage area.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram conceptually showing a random value storage area in the control RAM 66.

  In this random value storage area, random values extracted by the sampling circuit 70 in the processing of FIG. 23 and S4 described later are stored. As shown in the figure, in the random value storage area, any value of “0” to “16383” sampled by the sampling circuit 70 is set.

  Next, the control operation of the main CPU 64 of the main control board 61 will be described with reference to the main flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 64 performs an initialization process at the start of the game (see FIG. 23, S1). Specifically, the contents stored in the control RAM 66 are initialized, the communication data is initialized, and the like. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs a clear process for the designated RAM area at the end of the game (S2). In this process, the designated storage area in the control RAM 66 used for the previous game is cleared.

  Next, the main CPU 64 performs a medal insertion / start check process described later (S3). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 extracts the random number R for lottery generated by the random number generator 69 by the sampling circuit 70 (S4), and the extracted random number R is stored in the random number storage area (see FIG. 22) of the control RAM 66. Store. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs a gaming state monitoring process described later (S5), and then performs an internal lottery process described later (S6). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs a reel stop initial setting process described later (S7). Next, the main CPU 64 sets a start command in the communication data storage area of the control RAM 66 (S8). The start command is a command including information such as the gaming state identified in S5 and the winning combination lottered in the internal lottery process in S6.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not 4.1 seconds have elapsed since the start of the previous reel rotation (S9). When this determination is “No”, the wait process (S10) is performed until 4.1 seconds elapse. In the weight process, a process of invalidating an input based on an operation of starting the game of the player (here, a process of waiting for the start of rotation of the reels 2 to 4) is performed.

  When 4.1 seconds have elapsed since the start of the previous reel rotation, the main CPU 64 sets a game monitoring timer in a predetermined area of the control RAM 66 (S11). In this process, an initial value is set in the game monitoring timer, and “40000 [msec]” is set as an initial value in an automatic stop timer used for automatically stopping the rotation of the reels 2 to 4. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 requests rotation start of all the reels 2 to 4 (S12), starts rotation of all the reels 2 to 4, and subsequently sets a reel stop permission command in the communication data storage area of the control RAM 66. (S13). The reel stop permission command is a command including information for permitting the rotation of the reels 2 to 4 to be stopped based on the operation of the stop buttons 31 to 33. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs a stop control process (to be described later) for stopping the rotation of the reels 2 to 4 (S14).

  Next, the main CPU 64 performs a display combination specifying process described later (S15). The display combination specified in the display combination specifying process does not match the type of winning combination determined by the internal lottery process (see S6), and the display combination displayed on the activated winning line is incorrect. If it is an illegal hit, an error check process for displaying an illegal error on the payout number display unit 20 and the liquid crystal display device 22 is performed (S16). If the display combination is normal and not an illegal hit, the main CPU 64 sets the display combination command in the communication data storage area of the control RAM 66 (S17). The display combination command is a command including information such as a combination type of symbols that are actually displayed on the activated pay line.

  Next, the main CPU 64 performs medal payout processing (S18). In the medal payout process, a process is performed in which the number of medals (see FIG. 9) corresponding to the display combination specified in the display combination specifying process (see S15) is given to the player as a payout. In the medal payout process, if a game is being played with credit, the number of stored medals displayed on the stored number display unit 16 is increased by the number of medals paid out by winning, and the medal slot 8 is displayed. If a game is being played with the medal being inserted, the number of medals won by winning is paid out to the medal tray 34. Subsequently, a payout end command (payout command) including information on the completion of the medal payout process is set in the communication data storage area of the control RAM 66 (S19).

  Next, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the RB operating flag or the BB operating flag is “ON” (S20). If this determination is “No” and none of the flags is “ON”, a bonus operation check process described later is performed (S21). On the other hand, if the determination in S20 is “Yes” and at least one of the operating flags is “on”, a bonus end check process described later is performed (S22). After the process of S21 or S22, the game process returns to S3 and the next new unit game is started.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 24, the medal insertion / start check process performed in FIGS. 23 and S3 will be described.

  In this medal insertion / start check process, the main CPU 64 first checks the insertion medal sensor 8S and the stored medal insertion switches 26S to 28S (see S41 in FIG. 24). Subsequently, whether or not a medal has been inserted, that is, whether or not the inserted medal sensor 8S has detected insertion of a medal, or whether or not the stored medal insertion switches 26S to 28S have detected operations of the stored medal insertion buttons 26 to 28. It discriminate | determines (S42). If this determination is “No”, the process returns to S41, and the processes of S41 and S42 described above are repeated. On the other hand, when a medal is inserted and the determination in S42 is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 updates the inserted number counter based on the detection signal from the inserted medal sensor 8S or the stored medal insertion switches 26S to 28S (S43). ). In this insertion number counter updating process, when the number of inserted medals reaches “3”, updating of the inserted number counter is prohibited, and the player is notified that additional insertion of medals is prohibited.

  Next, the main CPU 64 sets “1” in the effective line counter to enable the winning line L1 (S44), and controls the bet command including information such as the value of the inserted number counter updated in S43. The communication data storage area of the RAM 66 is set (S45). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the start switch is on, that is, whether or not there is a detection signal from the start switch 30S based on the operation of the start lever 30 (S46). If this determination is “No”, the process returns to S41, and the above-described processes of S41 to S46 are repeated. On the other hand, when the determination in S46 is “Yes”, the medal insertion / start check process ends.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 25, the gaming state monitoring process performed in FIGS. 23 and S5 will be described.

  In this gaming state monitoring process, first, the main CPU 64 refers to the control RAM 66 to determine whether or not the BB operating flag or the RB operating flag is “ON” (see S61 in FIG. 25). When this determination is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 sets the gaming state to the RB gaming state (S62). If the determination in S61 is “No”, then the main CPU 64 refers to the carryover combination storage area of the control RAM 66 and determines whether or not a carryover combination is set (S63). When this determination is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 sets the gaming state to the BB internal winning state or the RB internal winning state according to the type of the carryover combination (S64). When the determination in S63 is “No”, the main CPU 64 sets the gaming state to the general gaming state (S65). When the gaming state is set in S62, S64 or S65, the gaming state monitoring process ends.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 26 and 27, the internal lottery process performed in FIGS. 23 and S6 will be described.

  In this internal lottery process, first, the main CPU 64 refers to the internal lottery table determination table (see FIG. 10), determines the type of the internal lottery table and the number of lotteries based on the gaming state (see FIG. 26, S71), The determined lottery count is set in the lottery count counter. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 sets the same value as the number of lotteries as a winning number in the winning number storage area of the control RAM 66 (S72). Therefore, “6” is set in the winning number storage area in the general gaming state, “3” in the carryover state, and “2” in the RB gaming state. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 refers to the determined internal lottery table (see FIG. 11) and obtains the lower limit L of the random number value corresponding to the winning number set in the winning number storage area and the value of the inserted number counter ( S73), the lower limit L is subtracted (R-L) from the random value R extracted in the processing of FIGS. 23 and S4 and stored in the random value storage area (see FIG. 22) of the control RAM 66 (S74). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not a digit is obtained by subtraction in S74, that is, whether or not the random value R set in the random value storage area is less than the lower limit L (S75). When this determination is “No”, the random value R is larger than the lower limit value L, or the lower limit value L and the random value R are equal (L ≦ R).

  If the determination in S75 is “No”, then the main CPU 64 refers to the internal lottery table determined in S71, and the random number value corresponding to the winning number set in the winning number storage area and the value of the inserted number counter Is obtained (S76), and the upper limit value U is subtracted (R-U) from the random number value R stored in the random value storage area of the control RAM 66 (S77). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the value obtained as a result of the subtraction in S77 is “0” (S78). If this determination is “No”, the random value R is not equal to the upper limit value U, and then the main CPU 64 determines whether or not a digit is obtained by subtraction in S77 (S79). .

  If the random value R is equal to the upper limit value U (R = U) and the determination in S78 is “Yes”, or if the random number value R is smaller than the upper limit value U (R <U), the determination in S79 is “Yes” ", Since the random number value R belongs to the numerical value range defined by the lower limit value L and the upper limit value U (L≤R≤U), the main CPU 64 currently wins the winning number set in the winning number storage area. Is stored in the internal lottery result information storage area of the control RAM 66 (S80).

  Next, the main CPU 64 refers to the internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 12) and determines a winning combination based on the winning number stored in the internal lottery result information storage area in S80 (S81). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs a logical product of the numerical data of the winning combination determined in S81 and the operating combination check data (“000011110”), and the obtained bit data and the carryover combination storage area (see FIG. 20B). ) Is set in the carryover combination storage area (S82). The operating combination check data is check data for checking whether or not bonuses such as RB, BB1, and BB2 are determined as winning combinations. By the processing of S82, both the bonus determined in the current unit game and the carryover combination carried over to the present are set in the carryover combination storage area. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs a logical OR operation between the numerical data of the winning combination determined in S81 and the bit data set in the carryover combination storage area, and the obtained bit data is stored in the internal winning combination storage area (FIG. ))) (S83). When the determination of S75 is “Yes” and the random value R is below the lower limit L (R <L), the determination of S79 is “Yes” and the random value R is greater than the upper limit U (U <R), Alternatively, when the process of S83 is completed, the main CPU 64 subsequently subtracts “1” from the value of the lottery number counter (S84), and then determines whether or not the value of the lottery number counter is “0” (S84). S85). If this determination is “No”, the process returns to S73, and the processes of S73 to S85 described above are repeated.

  On the other hand, if the random number R is compared with the lower limit L and the upper limit U by the number of lotteries set in the lottery counter in S71, and the determination in S85 is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 determines that the internal winning symbol With reference to the winning combination determination table, the winning combination is determined based on the winning number (“0”) stored in the internal lottery result information storage area (see S86 in FIG. 27). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs the logical product of the winning combination numerical data (“00000000”) determined in S86 and the operating combination check data (“000011010”) in the same manner as in S82, and the obtained bit data. The logical sum of (“00000000”) and the bit data set in the carryover combination storage area is set in the carryover combination storage area (S87). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs a logical OR operation between the numerical data of the winning combination determined in S86 and the bit data ("00000000") set in the carryover combination storage area, and uses the obtained bit data as the internal winning combination storage area. (S88), and the internal lottery process is terminated.

  If the random number R does not belong to any of the winning number ranges other than the winning number “0” by the above-described processing of S86 to S88, the internal winning combination storing area is lost or carried over. A bonus will be set.

  Next, the reel stop initial setting process performed in FIGS. 23 and S7 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In this reel stop initial setting process, first, the main CPU 64 acquires the winning number determined in the internal lottery process (see FIG. 23, S6) (see FIG. 28, S101), and the acquired winning number is “0”. It is determined whether or not (S102). When the winning combination determined in this unit game is “losing” corresponding to the winning number “0” and the determination in S102 is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 displays the internal winning combination storing area (see FIG. 27, S88). 20 (a)) and the above-mentioned operating combination check data (“00001110”) are logically ANDed (S103), and the obtained value is “0”, that is, bit data “ It is determined whether or not it is “00000000” (S104). If no carryover combination is set in the carryover combination storage area (see FIG. 20B) and the result of the process in S103 is “0” and the determination in S104 is “Yes”, or this unit When the winning combination corresponding to the winning number other than the winning number “0” is determined in the game and the determination in S102 is “No”, the main CPU 64 determines the winning number acquired in S101, that is, the internal lottery process. The winning number corresponding to the winning combination is stored in the stop select counter storage area (see FIG. 21) of the control RAM 66 (S105).

  Also, in this unit game, the “losing” corresponding to the winning number “0” is determined, and the carryover combination is set in the carryover combination storage area, and the result of the process of S103 is not “0”. When the determination is “No”, the main CPU 64 numbers the bonus bit data stored in the internal winning combination storing area (when bit 1 is “on”, it is “2”, and bit 2 is “on”. "" Is set to "3"), "2" is added according to the bonus, and then set again in the stop select counter storage area (S106).

  Next, the main CPU 64 refers to the reel stop initial setting table (see FIG. 13), and based on the data set in the stop select counter storage area by the process of S105 or S106, the stop control process (FIG. 23, S14). The stop table to be used in (see) is determined, and the determined stop table is stored in a predetermined area of the control RAM 66 (S107).

  Next, the stop control process performed in FIGS. 23 and S14 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the stop control process, first, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the stop buttons 31 to 33 are pressed by turning the reels 2 to 4 at a constant speed and the effective stop buttons are “on”. (Refer to FIG. 29, S111). If none of the stop buttons 31 to 33 is operated and the determination in S111 is “No”, then the main CPU 64 determines whether the value of the automatic stop timer (see FIG. 23, S11) has become “0”. It is determined whether or not (S112). If this determination is “No”, the process returns to S111, and the processes of S111 and S112 described above are repeated.

  On the other hand, when the value of the automatic stop timer is “0” and the determination in S112 is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 sets the reel on the right side among the rotating reels as the target of stop control (S113). Whether or not the reel subjected to the stop control is the third stop reel, that is, the rotation of any two reels 2 to 4 has already stopped, and the reel subjected to the stop control is the last. It is determined whether or not the reel is controlled to be stopped (S114). When this determination is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 performs an automatic third stop process. The automatic third stop process is activated when the reels 2 to 4 are automatically stopped based on the fact that the automatic stop timer is set to “0” regardless of the stop operation performed by the player on the stop buttons 31 to 33. A process of establishing “losing” is performed so that the display combinations shown in FIG. 9 are not arranged on the winning line.

  When the effective stop switch is turned “ON” and the determination in S111 is “Yes”, the determination in S114 is “No”, or when the processing in S115 is finished, the main CPU 64 will be described later. A sliding frame number determination process (see FIG. 30) is performed (S116), and then a reel stop command is set in the communication data storage area of the control RAM 66 (S117). The reel stop command is a command including information that can identify any of the reels 2 to 4 to be stopped. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 waits for the reels to rotate by the number of sliding frames determined in the sliding frame number determination process in S116 (S118), and then requests the reels to stop rotating (S119).

  Next, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the reel requested to stop in S119 is a reel that is controlled to stop after the second stop, that is, whether or not the reel is the last controlled to be stopped among the reels 2 to 4. Is determined (S120). If this determination is “Yes”, the combination of symbols that are stopped and displayed on the activated pay line by the first stop reel and the second stop reel that are currently stopped for the prediction of the display combination, The data is stored in a symbol storage area (not shown) of the control RAM 66 (S121). If the reel that requested the rotation stop in S119 is not after the third stop and the determination in S120 is “No”, or when the processing in S121 ends, the main CPU 64 sets the number of sliding frames determined in the processing in S116. Based on this, the rotation of the reel requested to stop the rotation in S119 is stopped, and it is determined whether or not the reel stop control is the last reel stop (S122). If this determination is “No”, the process returns to S111 and the processes of S111 to S122 are repeated. On the other hand, if the determination in S122 is “Yes”, the stop control process ends.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 30, the sliding frame number determination process performed in FIG. 29 and S116 will be described.

  In the sliding frame number determination process, first, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the winning combination is only a bonus such as RB, BB1, and BB2, that is, the internal winning combination storing area and the carryover combination storing area (FIG. 20 (a), It is determined whether or not only the bonus is set (see (b)) (see FIG. 30, S131). When this determination is “Yes”, the stop table corresponding to the bonus determined in the reel stop initial setting process (see FIG. 23, S7) is set in a predetermined area of the control RAM 66 (S132), and the process goes to S136. Move.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S131 is “No”, then the main CPU 64 determines whether the winning combination includes not only a bonus but also a small combination, that is, “Bell” or “ It is determined whether or not a small role such as “Cherry” is determined as a winning combination (S133). When this determination is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 performs a bonus + small role sliding frame number determination process (see FIG. 31) described later (S134), and ends the sliding frame number determination process.

  If the bonus is not carried over and a winning combination other than the bonus is determined, and the determination in S133 is “No”, the main CPU 64 performs the above-described reel stop initial setting process (see FIG. 23, S7). A stop table corresponding to the determined winning combination is set in a predetermined area of the control RAM 66 (S135).

  When the processing of S132 or S135 is completed, the main CPU 64 determines the number of sliding frames based on the stop operation position set in the stop table set in S132 or S135, and the determined number of sliding frames is controlled by the control RAM 66. (S136), the sliding frame number determination process is terminated.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 31, the bonus + small combination sliding frame number determination process performed in FIG. 30 and S134 will be described.

  In the bonus + small combination sliding frame number determination process, first, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the table control flag is “ON” (see FIG. 31, S141). The table control flag is a flag that is set when the number of sliding frames is determined using the stop table determined in the reel stop initial setting process (see FIG. 23, S7). When the table control flag is “ON” and the determination in S141 is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 determines the number of sliding frames based on the stop operation position set in the stop table determined in the reel stop initial setting process. Then, the determined number of sliding symbols is set in a predetermined area of the control RAM 66 (S142), and the bonus + small portion sliding symbol number determining process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the table control flag is not “on” and the determination in S141 is “No”, the main CPU 64 can display the drawing target symbol on the activated pay line with the number of sliding symbols “0”. Is determined (S143). Here, the symbol to be drawn in is a symbol corresponding to a bonus carried over or a winning combination determined in the current unit game. If the drawing target symbol is not in the stop operation position and the determination in S143 is “No”, then, can the main CPU 64 display the drawing target symbol on the activated pay line with the number of sliding symbols “1”? It is determined whether or not (S144). If the drawing target symbol is not one frame away from the stop operation position and the determination in S144 is “No”, then the main CPU 64 validates the drawing target symbol with the number of sliding symbols “2”. It is determined whether or not the image can be displayed above (S145). If the drawing target symbol is not in a position two frames away from the stop operation position and the determination in S145 is “No”, then the main CPU 64 validates the drawing target symbol with the number of sliding symbols “3”. It is determined whether or not the image can be displayed above (S146). If the drawing target symbol is not at a position three frames away from the stop operation position and the determination in S146 is “No”, then the main CPU 64 validates the drawing target symbol with the number of sliding symbols “4”. It is determined whether or not the image can be displayed above (S147).

  In the processes of S143 to S147, when both the symbol corresponding to the bonus and the symbol corresponding to the small role other than the bonus are located within the range of the number of sliding frames, the above-described pull-in priority table Based on (see FIG. 14), a symbol corresponding to a winning combination or carryover combination having a higher priority (lower value) is handled as a drawing target symbol.

  If the drawing target symbol is not located at a position four frames away from the stop operation position and the determination in S147 is “No”, the main CPU 64 generates a stop table corresponding to the winning combination corresponding to the drawing target symbol in the control RAM 66. The area is set (S148), and the table control flag is turned on (S149). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 determines the number of sliding symbols based on the stop operation position set in the stop table set in the control RAM 66 in S148, and sets the determined number of sliding symbols in a predetermined area of the control RAM 66 ( S150), the bonus + small combination sliding frame number determination process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the drawing target symbol is in the stop operation position and the determination in S143 is “Yes”, the drawing target symbol is in a position one frame away from the stop operation position and the determination in S144 is “Yes”. If the drawing target symbol is at a position two frames away from the stop operation position and the determination in S145 is “Yes”, the drawing target symbol is at a position three frames away from the stop operation position and the determination in S146 is made. If “Yes”, or if the drawing target symbol is four frames away from the stop operation position and the determination in S147 is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 controls the corresponding number of sliding symbols. It is set in a predetermined area of the RAM 66 (S151), and the bonus + small portion sliding frame number determining process is terminated.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 32, the display combination specifying process performed in FIGS. 23 and S15 will be described.

  In this display combination specifying process, first, the main CPU 64 obtains the leading address of the symbol storage area provided in the control RAM 66 (see S161 in FIG. 32). In the area specified by the head address of the symbol storage area, combinations of code numbers of symbols arranged on the winning line L1 are set. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the value of the effective line counter set in FIG. 24, S44 is “0” (S162). When this determination is “No”, the main CPU 64 determines the display combination and symbol combination based on the symbol combination stored in the area specified by the start address of the symbol storage area and the symbol combination table (see FIG. 9). The number of medals to be paid out is determined (S163). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 subtracts “1” from the value of the effective line counter (S164), and determines again whether the value of the effective line counter is “0” (see S162). At this time, since the value of the effective line counter is “0”, this determination is “Yes”, and the display combination specifying process ends.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 33, the bonus operation check process performed in FIGS. 23 and S21 will be described.

  In the bonus operation check process, first, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the display combination actually displayed on the activated pay line L1 is BB1, BB2, or RB (see FIG. 33, S171). . If this determination is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 performs an operation process for setting an operating flag or the like based on the bonus operation time table corresponding to the type of bonus (S172).

  Specifically, when the display combination is “BB1” or “BB2”, the main CPU 64 performs the BB operation time process based on the BB operation time table (see FIG. 18A). In this BB operation process, the BB operation flag is set to “ON” based on the BB operation table, and “465”, which is the payout possible number at the time of BB operation, is set in the bonus end number counter. Is started. Further, when the display combination is “RB”, the main CPU 64 performs RB operation processing based on the RB operation table (see FIG. 18B). In this RB operation process, the RB operation flag is set to “ON” based on the RB operation table, and “12” which is the possible number of games during the RB game and “8” which is the number of possible winnings are respectively set. Once set, the RB game is started.

  When the processing of S172 is completed, the main CPU 64 refers to the carryover combination storage area (see FIG. 20B) of the control RAM 66 and clears the bit data of the bonus carryover combination corresponding to the operating flag set in S172. Then, the bonus operation check process is terminated (S173).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 34, the bonus end check process performed in FIGS. 23 and S22 will be described.

  In the bonus end check process, first, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not the BB operating flag or the RB operating flag is “ON” (see S181 in FIG. 34). When a BB game or an RB game is being performed and the determination in S181 is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 subtracts “1” from the number of games that can be played, and subtracts “1” from the number of games that can be won if a winning is achieved ( S182). Subsequently, the main CPU 64 determines whether or not at least one of the number of possible games and the number of possible winnings is “0” (S183). If this determination is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 performs RB end time processing such as clearing the RB operating flag (S184).

  If the BB operating flag or the RB operating flag is not “on” and the determination in S181 is “No”, neither the number of possible games or the number of possible winnings is “0” and the determination in S183 is “No”. Or when the process of S184 ends, the main CPU 64 refers to the value of the bonus end number counter stored in the control RAM 66 and determines whether or not the payout possible number is “1” or more. Is discriminated (S185). If the payout possible number is “1” or more and the determination in S185 is “Yes”, the main CPU 64 updates the payout number counter in BB (S186). In this process, during the BB game, a process of adding the payout number of medals in the current unit game to the payout number of medals paid out until the previous unit game is performed. Subsequently, the main CPU 64 performs a process of subtracting the payable number according to the payout number (S187). Specifically, a process of updating the value of the bonus end number counter is performed by subtracting the payout number of medals in the current BB game from the value of the bonus end number counter.

  On the other hand, if the payable number is “0” and the determination in S185 is “No”, the main CPU 64 performs BB end time processing such as clearing the BB operating flag (S188). At this time, since the RB operation flag may be on, this processing includes processing at the end of RB. When the process of S187 or S188 ends, the bonus end check process ends.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 35, for example, a periodic interrupt process performed by the main control board 61 every 1.1 [msec] will be described.

  In this periodic interrupt processing, first, the main CPU 64 performs input port check processing for confirming signal input to the I / O port 71 (see FIG. 35, S191), and then performs communication data transmission processing (see FIG. 35). S192). The communication data transmission process is a process for transmitting the command information set in the communication data storage area of the control RAM 66 in the main control board 61 to the sub control board 62. Next, the main CPU 64 performs a reel control process for controlling the rotation of the reels 2 to 4 (S193), performs a 7SEG drive process (S194), and subsequently performs a lamp drive process (S195). In the 7SEG driving process, the LEDs constituting the stored number display unit 16, the bonus count display unit 18, the payout number display unit 20, and the like are turned on or off according to the display numerical value. In the lamp driving process, various lamps (BET lamps 13 to 15, start lamp 17, WIN lamp 19, insert lamp 21) are turned on or off according to the timing of turning on or off each lamp. Next, the main CPU 64 performs timer management processing for updating the values of the automatic stop timer and the game monitoring timer (S196), and ends the periodic interrupt processing.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 36 and FIG. 37, the game process controlled by the sub CPU 82 of the sub control board 62 will be described.

  FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing an outline of sub control processing performed by the sub CPU 82.

  In the sub control process, first, the sub CPU 82 determines whether or not game data is received from the main control board 61 (see S201 in FIG. 36). The game data is data included in a command transmitted between the end of the internal lottery process and the like and the start of rotation of the reels 2 to 4 when the player operates the start lever 30. If no game data has been received from the main control board 61 and the determination in S201 is “No”, the sub-control processing ends. On the other hand, if the determination in S201 is “Yes”, the sub CPU 82 determines whether or not a medal insertion signal, that is, a bet command (see S45 in FIG. 24) has been received (S202). If this determination is “Yes”, then the sub CPU 82 determines whether or not the effect flag is “on” based on the game data received in S201 (S203). When the effect flag is “on” and the determination in S203 is “Yes”, the effect flag is set to “off” and the screen of the liquid crystal panel 39d is produced from the game effect screen displaying the effect image at the same time. Switching to a normal screen that does not display an image (S204).

  If the bet command has not been received and the determination in S202 is “No”, if the effect flag is not “on” and the determination in S203 is “No”, or when the processing of S204 ends, the sub CPU 82 Stores the internal winning information in a predetermined storage area of the control RAM 84 (S205). Subsequently, the sub CPU 82 performs various control processes according to the information sent from the main control board 61 (S206), and then determines whether or not various effect execution commands have been sent from the main control board 61 (S206). S207). The effect execution command is a command for instructing effect processing such as output of sound effects from the speakers 96, 96 and effect image display on the liquid crystal panel 39d. When the effect execution command is received and the determination in S207 is “Yes”, the sub CPU 82 performs a game effect control process described later (S208). On the other hand, if the effect execution command has not been received and the determination in S207 is “No”, the sub-control processing ends.

  FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing details of the game effect control process performed in FIG. 36, S208.

  In this game effect control process, first, the sub CPU 82 executes a game effect corresponding to the winning combination based on the effect execution command (see S207 in FIG. 36) received from the main control board 61 in the sub control process described above. (Refer to FIG. 37, S211). Subsequently, on the basis of the display combination command received from the main control board 61, the sub CPU 82 determines that the combination of symbols stopped on the middle winning pay line L1 in the display windows 5 to 7 is the code of each reel 2 to 4. It is determined whether or not the combination is a symbol of number “4” (S212). If this determination is “Yes” and the symbol combination “Watermelon-Red 7-Watermelon” is aligned on the activated winning line L1, the symbol combination “Red 7-Red 7-” is displayed on the winning lines L3A and L3B. Red 7 ”is stopped. At this time, the sub CPU 82 refers to the line display pattern table (see FIG. 19), and in accordance with the corresponding display line pattern corresponding to the symbol code number combination “4”-“4”-“4”, FIG. As shown by a plurality of rectangular dotted lines in (a), line display is performed on the liquid crystal panel 39d in such a manner that right-up and down-right lines are connected along the winning lines L3B and L3A (S213).

  On the other hand, if the determination in S212 is “No”, the sub CPU 82 determines, based on the display combination command received from the main control board 61, the symbol that has stopped on the validation pay line L1 in the middle stage of the display windows 5-7. It is determined whether or not the combination is a symbol combination in which the left reel 2 and the right reel 4 are “4” and the middle reel 3 is “3” (S214). If this determination is “Yes” and the symbol combination “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” is aligned on the activated winning line L1, the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is displayed on the winning line L2B. Is stopped. At this time, the sub CPU 82 refers to the line display pattern table (see FIG. 19), and in accordance with the corresponding display line pattern corresponding to the symbol code number combination “4”-“3”-“4”, FIG. As shown by a plurality of rectangular dotted lines in (b), line display is performed on the liquid crystal panel 39d in such a manner that the lower line is connected along the winning line L2B (S215).

  On the other hand, if the determination in S214 is “No”, the sub CPU 82 determines the symbol of the symbol stopped on the enabling pay line L1 in the middle of the display windows 5 to 7 based on the display combination command received from the main control board 61. It is determined whether or not the combination is a combination of symbols in which the left reel 2 and the right reel 4 are “4” and the middle reel 3 is “5” (S216). If this determination is “Yes” and the symbol combination “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” is aligned on the activated winning line L1, the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is displayed on the winning line L2A. Is stopped. At this time, the sub CPU 82 refers to the line display pattern table (see FIG. 19), and according to the corresponding display line pattern corresponding to the symbol code number combination ““ 4 ”-“ 5 ”-“ 4 ”” ”in FIG. As shown by a plurality of rectangular dotted lines in (c), line display is performed on the liquid crystal panel 39d in such a manner that the upper line is connected along the winning line L2A (S217).

  When the process of S213, S215, or S217 is finished, the game effect control process is finished.

  According to the pachislot machine 1 according to this embodiment, as described above, the special symbol combination “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” including only the symbol “watermelon” or the symbol “watermelon” and the symbol “red 7” is included. When the special symbol combination “watermelon-red 7-watermelon” is stopped and displayed on the activated pay line L1, a BB game advantageous to the player is generated. At this time, the central reel 3 has the symbol “watermelon” and the symbol “red 7” adjacent to the symbol arrangement position in the rotation direction of the reel 3, and the other two reels 2 and 4 have the symbol “watermelon” as the symbol “ Since there is a symbol arrangement part sandwiched adjacent to red 7 ″, a predetermined symbol consisting only of the symbol “red 7” is placed on the winning line L2A, the winning line L2B, the winning line L3A, and the winning line L3B. The combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed. At the same time, a line display that highlights that the predetermined symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed is performed by the liquid crystal panel 39d (see FIGS. 38A to 38C). . Therefore, the occurrence of the BB game is determined based only on a special symbol combination such as “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” or “watermelon-red 7-watermelon” stopped on the activated pay line L1. However, for the player, the predetermined symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is arranged on the winning line L2A, the winning line L2B, the winning line L3A, the winning line L3B, etc. Can give a feeling that a BB game has occurred.

  For this reason, the predetermined symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” that is stopped and displayed along other winning lines L2A, L2B, L3A, L3B, etc. other than the activated winning line L1 is added to the stop mode. Accordingly, the stop mode of the symbol combination by the stop control is diversified to prevent the monotonous operation performed only on the activated pay line L1. Further, when a BB game is generated based on the symbol combination that is stopped and displayed on the activated pay line L1, the predetermined symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed on the other winning lines. Then, the stop display is highlighted by the line display by the liquid crystal panel 39d, so that the predetermined symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is given to the player as the winning lines L2A, L2B, L3A. , L3B and the like, it is possible to make a stronger impression that the BB game has occurred.

  In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which line display is performed on the liquid crystal panel 39d in a manner in which the winning lines are connected by a plurality of rectangular dotted lines along the winning lines other than the activated winning line L1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The line display mode on the liquid crystal panel 39d may be any as long as a predetermined symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” that is stopped and displayed on a winning line other than the activated winning line L1 is highlighted. Any display mode may be used.

  For example, line display may be performed as shown in FIGS. 39 (a) and 40 (a) are line displays performed in place of FIG. 38 (a) in FIGS. 37 and S213, and FIGS. 39 (b) and 40 (b) are FIGS. 37 and S215. Line display performed in place of 38 (b), FIGS. 39 (c) and 40 (c) show line display performed in place of FIG. 38 (c) in FIGS. 37 and S217. 39 and 40, the same parts as those in FIG. 38 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the line display shown in FIGS. 39A to 39C, one semi-transparent straight dotted line is a winning line L2A, L2B, where the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed. It is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 39d along L3A and L3B. At this time, the symbol “red 7” drawn on each of the reels 2 to 4 is observed in a state where it overlaps with each dotted line.

  Further, in the line display shown in FIGS. 40A to 40C, the rectangular frame is displayed on the winning lines L2A, L2B, L3A, and L3B where the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” is stopped and displayed. It is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 39d in such a manner as to surround each of the positioned symbols “red 7”.

  In addition, the display unit that performs line display may not be the liquid crystal panel 39d as in the present embodiment, and can be appropriately changed as long as the line display is performed along each winning line.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the middle reel 3 has the symbol arrangement locations of “watermelon”, “red 7”, and “watermelon” in the code numbers “3” to “5” has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The middle reel 3 only needs to have a symbol arrangement location where the symbol “watermelon” and the symbol “red 7” are adjacent in the rotation direction. In addition, the number of symbol arrangement positions of each reel 2 to 4 as in the above embodiment does not need to be one for each reel, and can be changed as appropriate.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the specific one area is the area defined by the pay line L1 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The specific one area may be an area defined by a winning line other than the winning line L1.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the gaming machine according to the present invention is applied to a pachislot machine has been described. However, the present invention is applied to other gaming machines that give a dividend to the player based on the combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the symbol display unit. The invention can also be applied. Even when the present invention is applied to such a gaming machine, the same effects as the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the pachislot machine by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the reel display window part of the pachi-slot machine shown in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the reel display window part shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the reel unit which comprises the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of each reel which comprises the reel unit shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the symbol row drawn on the outer peripheral part of each reel shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure comprised by the main control board of the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure comprised by the sub control board of the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the symbol combination table used for the pachi-slot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the internal lottery table determination table used for the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the internal lottery table used for the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the internal winning combination determination table used for the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the reel stop initial setting table used for the pachi-slot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the drawing priority order table used for the pachi-slot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the stop table for BB1 used for the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the stop table for BB2 used for the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the stop table for BB2 used for the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the table at the time of an operation | movement used for the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the line display pattern table used for the pachislot machine shown in FIG. (A) is a figure which shows notionally the internal winning combination storing area in control RAM provided in the main control board of the pachislot machine shown in FIG. 1, (b) is the main of the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows notionally the carryover combination storage area in the control RAM provided in the control board. FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing a stop select counter storage area in a control RAM provided on a main control board of the pachislot machine shown in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows notionally the random value storage area in the control RAM provided in the main control board of the pachi-slot machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the outline of the game processing by main CPU of the pachislot machine shown in FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing details of medal insertion / start check processing shown in FIG. 23. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the game state monitoring process shown in FIG. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the detail of the internal lottery process shown in FIG. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the detail of the internal lottery process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the reel stop initial setting process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the stop control process shown in FIG. FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing details of a reel sliding frame number determination process shown in FIG. 29. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the bonus + small part sliding frame number determination process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the display combination specific process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the bonus operation | movement check process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the bonus completion | finish check process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the outline of the regular interruption process by main CPU of the pachi-slot machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the outline of the sub control process by sub CPU of the pachislot machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the game effect control process shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the line display performed with a liquid crystal panel. It is a figure which shows the 1st modification of the line display performed with a liquid crystal panel. It is a figure which shows the 2nd modification of the line display performed with a liquid crystal panel.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachi slot machine 2-4 ... Reel 5-7 ... Display window 8 ... Medal insertion slot 8S ... Insertion medal sensor 39 ... Reel display window part 39d ... Liquid crystal panel 61 ... Main control board 62 ... Sub control board 63, 81 ... Microcomputer 64 ... Main CPU
65, 83 ... Program ROM
66, 84 ... Control RAM
71 ... I / O port 72 ... Hopper 72S ... Medal detection unit 76 ... Hopper drive circuit 80 ... Payout completion signal generation circuit 90 ... VDP (video display processor)
L1, L2A, L2B, L3A, L3B ... winning line

Claims (1)

Three reels arranged in three rows with a plurality of symbols drawn on them,
A symbol display unit for displaying a plurality of symbols drawn on these three reels in three rows;
Start signal output means for outputting a signal for instructing the start of the unit game based on the start operation being performed;
A winning combination determining means for determining a winning combination in each unit game by lottery from a plurality of predetermined winning combinations based on detecting the signal output by the start signal output means;
Reel rotating means for rotating the reel based on detection of the signal output by the start signal output means;
Stop signal output means for outputting a signal for commanding stop of rotation of the reel performed by the reel rotating means based on the stop operation being performed;
Reel stop control means for controlling the reel rotation means to stop the rotation of the reel based on the winning combination determined by the winning combination determination means and detection of the signal output by the stop signal output means;
Payout awarding means for awarding a player a payout based on a combination of symbols stopped and displayed in a specific area of the plurality of areas extending over the three reels of the symbol display portion by the reel stop control means; ,
In a gaming machine comprising a display unit for displaying information relating to a game,
The reel disposed in the center of the three reels has a symbol arrangement portion in which a first symbol and a second symbol different from the first symbol are adjacent to each other in the rotation direction of the reel, The other two reels other than the reel disposed at the center have a symbol arrangement portion in which the first symbol is sandwiched adjacent to the second symbol,
The payout award unit is provided on the condition that the special symbol combination consisting only of the first symbol or the special symbol combination consisting of the first symbol and the second symbol is stopped and displayed in the specific one area. , Generate a special game in favor of the player,
As a result of the special symbol combination being stopped and displayed in the specific one area, the display unit is stopped and displayed in another area different from the specific one area among the plurality of areas. A gaming machine characterized by displaying a predetermined combination of symbols consisting of only the symbols.

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