JP2008000160A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance amusement while keeping the period of retaining an open state executed after the termination of a special game constant. <P>SOLUTION: After the termination of the special game, the number of times of variation (hereafter referred to as a temporary remaining number of times of variation) which is smaller than the number of times of variation (hereafter referred to as a true remaining number of times of variation) of a special pattern which is the period of retaining the open state is displayed (S111, S112). The true remaining number of time of variation is subtracted (S118) and the displayed temporary remaining number of times of variation is subtracted and displayed (S120) each time the variation of the special pattern is started or stopped is employed. Since the presently displayed temporary remaining number of times of variation is added and displayed (S135) within the range of a value subtracting the presently displayed temporary remaining number of times of variation from the present true remaining number of times of variation when a player operates an operation button 67 during a special period (S132: YES), the amusement of a pachinko game machine is enhanced while keeping the period of retaining the open state constant. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a notification method for a predetermined period in a bullet ball game machine that is in an open extended state in which a game ball can easily enter a start port for a predetermined period after a special game state advantageous to a player ends. .

A conventional pachinko gaming machine (type 1 pachinko gaming machine) extracts a random number when a game ball enters a starting port arranged on the surface of the game board, and the extracted random number is predetermined. When the value matches, the big winning hole which is placed on the game board surface and is normally unable to enter the ball is opened, and a large amount of winning balls can be obtained.
In addition, notification of whether or not the extracted random number value matches a predetermined value, that is, notification of winning or losing is performed by a special symbol confirmation display.
After the big hit game is over, a pachinko gaming machine that shifts to a time shortening state or a high probability gaming state is common.
In this time shortening state, the variation time of the special symbol and the normal symbol (the symbol for notifying whether or not the blade provided at the starting port is opened) is shorter than that in the normal gaming state. Many pachinko machines are in an open extended state during a time reduction state. This open extended state is a state in which the opening time of the blades provided at the starting opening that is opened when a normal symbol is hit becomes longer.
The high-probability gaming state is a state in which the lottery probability of a special symbol or the lottery probability of a special symbol and the lottery probability of a normal symbol become high (easier to hit) in addition to the time shortening state and the open extended state.
As described above, during the time shortening state, the open extension state, and the high probability gaming state, it is possible to perform a big hit lottery without reducing a lot of game balls, so it can be said that the gaming state is more advantageous to the player than the normal gaming state. .

The high-probability gaming state continues until the next big hit occurs, but the time reduction state (open extended state) ends when the special symbol fluctuates a predetermined number of times after the big hit game ends. End up.
In addition, the number of fluctuations in special symbols after the end of the jackpot game, which is the end condition of the time reduction state (open extension state), is constant for any jackpot, but it depends on the type of special symbol that hit the jackpot There are also pachinko machines.
At present, as described in Japanese Patent No. 2799555 (Patent Document 1), the remaining number of fluctuations (special symbol) until the extended extended state is displayed is displayed to give the player a sense of urgency. .

Japanese Patent No. 2799555

As described in the prior art, there are many pachinko gaming machines that are in an open extended state for a predetermined period after the jackpot game ends (until the special symbol fluctuates a predetermined number of times). Since it was constant, it was not interesting.
In addition, as described in Japanese Patent No. 2799555 (Patent Document 1), there are pachinko gaming machines in which the number of fluctuations of the special symbol after the big hit game which is a predetermined period is different depending on the big hit symbol, If the big win symbol is the same, the number of changes in the special symbol for the predetermined period is the same, so the player knows the number of changes in the special symbol for the predetermined period at the moment the big hit, The effect of varying the number of fluctuations of the special symbol after the end of the jackpot game, which is a predetermined period, is not sufficiently exhibited.
Also, once the remaining number of fluctuations (predetermined period) is displayed, even if the remaining number of fluctuations may decrease, it will not increase. I decided to play the game while I was thinking, and there was something unsatisfactory.

  On the other hand, in order to solve the above problems, the number of fluctuations of the special symbol after the end of the special game (after the end of the big hit game), which is the duration of the open extended state, can be randomized or extended open regardless of the big hit symbol A configuration that increases the duration of the open extension state during the state (for example, extracting a specific random number during the open extension state increases the duration of the open extension state) is considered. A pachinko machine that is balanced with the amusement store will be lost (if the profit balance between the player and the amusement store is not well balanced, it will be extremely offset to one side and will not be established as a pachinko gaming machine). It is difficult for a store clerk to check whether or not fraudulent pachinko machines are fraudulent. , It becomes impossible discovery easily even if the unauthorized ROM and open extended state Yo the most number of times is selected has been replaced with unauthorized ROM, such as continued for a long time).

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a main controller that controls the entire game machine,
A plurality of sub-control devices controlled based on commands sent from the main control device;
An operation button connected to the sub-control device and operable by a player,
The main control device determines whether or not to perform a special game that is advantageous to the player based on a random number value extracted when the game ball enters the start opening (hereinafter referred to as “special game lottery”). And after the end of the special game, a lottery for the duration of the open extended state for extending the opening time of the blades provided at the start opening (hereinafter referred to as “open extension period lottery”), and the result of the special game lottery and In addition to notifying the result of the opening extension period lottery by the confirmation display of the special symbol, the display control command including the result of the special game lottery and the result of the opening extension period lottery is transmitted to the sub-control device,
The sub-control device is a bullet ball game machine that performs pseudo-design determination and pseudo-design variation control for performing the pseudo-design of the special design in response to the display control command.
The sub-control device is a production symbol display device that displays the pseudo symbol after the special game is finished, and the number of times the special symbol fluctuates (hereinafter referred to as the duration of the open extended state determined by the open extended period lottery) , "The number of remaining fluctuations") (hereinafter referred to as "temporary remaining fluctuations")
Every time the special symbol variation starts or stops, the main remaining variation number is subtracted and the temporary remaining variation number displayed on the effect symbol display device is subtracted and displayed.
A value obtained by subtracting the currently displayed temporary remaining variation count from the current actual remaining variation count, which is caused by the player operating the operation button during a predetermined period. It is a bullet ball game machine characterized by being added and displayed within the range of.

Sub-control devices include sound control devices that control sound, lamp control devices that control lamps, and image control devices (production design control devices) that control liquid crystal display devices (production design display devices). A configuration in which both the sound and the lamp are controlled by the control device is also conceivable (sound / lamp integrated control device).
The sub-control device that receives the display control command transmitted from the main control device and the sub-control device that performs pseudo-symbol determination and pseudo-symbol variation control may be the same sub-control device or different sub-control devices. You may do with an apparatus. Further, the determination of the pseudo symbol and the variation control of the pseudo symbol may be performed by different sub-control devices.
The sub control device connected to the operation button may be a sub control device that receives a display control command or a sub control device that performs pseudo symbol determination and pseudo symbol variation control.
The relationship between the main control device and the sub control device is preferably one-way communication only by transmitting a signal from the main control device to the sub control device.

In the case of a configuration in which the duration of the open extension state is determined by the type of special symbol (type of jackpot symbol), the open extension period lottery corresponds to a lottery of jackpot symbol (special symbol).
Further, in the case of a ball game machine in which the probability of jackpot lottery is changed, it is preferable that the lottery probability of jackpot be determined by the type of special symbol (type of jackpot symbol).
The display control command transmitted from the main control device to the sub-control device includes a command indicating the variation time of the special symbol in addition to the result of the special game lottery and the result of the extended extended period lottery. In addition, in the case of a ball game machine in which the probability of a big hit lottery is changed (increased), a command indicating the result of a high probability state lottery that is a lottery for determining whether or not to enter a high probability gaming state with a high probability of a big hit lottery Is also included. Note that the command that indicates the result of the high probability state lottery is the special symbol type (big hit symbol) if the configuration determines whether the probability of the big hit lottery is high or not by the special symbol type (big hit symbol). ) Command.

The special symbols are displayed by 7 segments and LEDs under the control of the main controller, and the pseudo symbols are displayed on the liquid crystal display or the like by the sub controller based on the display control command.
Since the special symbol and the pseudo symbol are synchronized, if the special symbol starts to change, the pseudo symbol also starts to change, and if the special symbol stops changing, the pseudo symbol also stops. However, the speed of change is different. In addition, only the pseudo symbol may be temporarily stopped (fluctuation fluctuation).
In addition, the special symbol draws the result of the special game lottery and the result of the extended extended period lottery, but the special symbol is displayed small in the corner of the game area and stops when the fluctuation starts. In addition to high speed fluctuations, the combination of jackpot symbols is not a doublet.
On the other hand, the pseudo symbol is displayed large on the liquid crystal display device provided in the game area, and the combination of the big hit symbol is a doublet, and the symbol becomes a doublet by changing the fluctuation speed etc. It is also configured to produce.
The relationship between the special symbol jackpot symbol and the pseudo symbol jackpot symbol is not a one-to-one relationship. The relationship between the special symbol jackpot symbol and the pseudo symbol jackpot symbol is such that the number of pseudo symbols is greater than one when the special symbol is one.
That is, the player confirms the result of the special game lottery not by looking at the special symbol but by the pseudo symbol. The result of the open extension period lottery cannot be easily determined by looking at the pseudo symbol because the special symbol and the pseudo symbol jackpot symbol are not in a one-to-one relationship.

The duration of the open extended state is the number of fluctuations of the special symbol. That is, when the special symbol fluctuates a predetermined number of times, the open extension state ends. In addition, it becomes a pachinko gaming machine rich in taste, so that there are many kinds of duration of this extended extended state.
The result of the extended extended period lottery drawn by the main control device is transmitted to the sub-control device as a display control command. In addition, the result of the open extension period lottery is referred to as “the number of remaining fluctuations”. The sub control device displays the number of fluctuations smaller than the number of remaining fluctuations on the effect symbol display device after the special game is over (after the big hit is over).
Note that the number of changes less than the number of remaining remaining changes displayed after the end of the special game is referred to as “temporary remaining change number”.
For example, if the number of remaining remaining fluctuations is determined to be 40, the provisional remaining number of fluctuations displayed after the end of the special game is any one of 1 to 39. When the number of remaining fluctuations is determined to be 40, the provisional remaining fluctuations displayed after the end of the special game may be 30 times, or may be 30 times or 20 times. You may do it.
Further, the temporary remaining variation count may not always be displayed after the special game is ended, but the present remaining variation count may be displayed occasionally. In that case, it is preferable that the sub-control device determines whether to display the remaining number of remaining fluctuations or the temporary remaining number of fluctuations.
The temporary remaining fluctuation count displayed after the end of the special game is the fluctuation count displayed before the subtraction display. That is, the number of changes displayed at the very beginning after the special game is over.
Then, the special symbol starts to fluctuate or the special symbol is confirmed and displayed, and the displayed provisional remaining fluctuation count is subtracted.
As a result, the player recognizes that the open extension state is completed when the temporary remaining fluctuation count becomes zero.
In addition, the sub-control device stores the result of lottery for the extended extension period transmitted from the main controller (the number of fluctuations of the special symbol that is the duration of the extended extended state) (the number of remaining fluctuations is stored). ), The special symbol starts to fluctuate or the special symbol is confirmed and displayed, and the remaining fluctuation number is subtracted.

In the present invention, due to the player operating the operation button during a predetermined period, the currently displayed temporary remaining variation count is changed from the current actual remaining variation count to the currently displayed temporary remaining variation count. Addition is displayed within the range of the value minus.
During the predetermined period, it is preferable that a specific change is being performed. In the meantime, while the specific change is being performed, the effect symbol display device is configured to display to prompt the player to operate the operation button.
The predetermined period may be configured to be determined when it occurs (configuration that fixes the generation time), or may be configured to appear at random. In addition, it may be configured to appear only once for a predetermined period from the end of the big hit game to the end of the open extended state, or may be configured to appear any number of times. Furthermore, there may be a configuration in which a predetermined period does not appear.
As an example of fixing the occurrence period of the predetermined period, the displayed temporary remaining fluctuation count becomes a predetermined value (for example, 0, 1, 5, etc.) or the current remaining fluctuation count is a predetermined value. (For example, 10, 20, etc.) is considered.
Further, the determination as to whether or not to perform a specific change may be determined by the main control device or by the sub control device.
As a method of adding and displaying the temporary remaining fluctuation count displayed due to the player operating the operation button, a configuration in which the temporary residual fluctuation count is incremented by one every time the operation button is operated may be used. Then, the random number may be extracted by operating the operation button, and the number added by the extracted random number may be different. There may be a case where the addition display is not performed even if the operation button is operated.
The addition display within the range of the present remaining variation count minus the currently displayed temporary remaining variation count is, for example, the result of the extended extended period lottery is 60 times and is displayed after the end of the special game. If the number of provisional remaining fluctuations is 40 and the displayed number of provisional remaining fluctuations is 10, when the predetermined period is reached, 30 minus 40 is a special symbol after the special game ends. Therefore, the current number of remaining fluctuations is 30 times obtained by subtracting 30 from 60. In other words, since the value obtained by subtracting 10 of the currently displayed temporary remaining number of changes from 30 of the current number of remaining changes is 20, the addition display is performed within the range of 1 to 20. The displayed provisional remaining fluctuation count is between 11 and 30.
In addition, when the predetermined period appears only once from the end of the big hit game to the end of the opening extension period, the value that can be added and displayed for the number of temporary remaining fluctuations during the predetermined period is the lottery for the opening extension period. As a result of this, the remaining number of fluctuations is within the range of the value obtained by subtracting the temporary remaining number of fluctuations displayed after the end of the big hit game.
In addition, when the player does not operate the operation button during a predetermined period, or when the addition is not displayed despite being operated, the displayed number of temporary remaining fluctuations is reduced to 0. In this case, it is preferable to add and display the provisional remaining number of times displayed forcibly within the range of the current number of remaining remaining times. Naturally, the case where the display is forcibly added is a case where the remaining number of fluctuations remains.

Note that the present invention can also be applied to a pachinko gaming machine in which the probability of a big hit lottery is changed (a pachinko gaming machine that changes to a high probability gaming state).
Whether or not to shift to the high probability gaming state after the end of the special game is also notified by a special symbol. That is, depending on the jackpot symbol (special symbol), it is determined whether or not the high probability gaming state or the duration of the open extension period is to be performed (the number of fluctuations of the special symbol). In addition, it may be configured to be in the open extended state during the high probability gaming state, or even if in the high probability gaming state, if the special symbol fluctuates a predetermined number of times, the high probability gaming state is continued but the open extended state. May be configured to end, or when the special symbol fluctuates a predetermined number of times, both the high probability gaming state and the open extended state may be configured to end.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the ball game machine according to claim 2, the number of temporary remaining fluctuations displayed on the effect symbol display device after the special game is finished is selected from a plurality of types of temporary remaining fluctuation times candidates. 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the sub-control device is provided with display selection means for selecting one temporary remaining variation number to be displayed on the symbol display device from the plurality of types of temporary remaining variation number candidates. It is a bullet ball game machine described.

  The bullet ball game machine according to claim 2 is configured such that the duration of the release extension period (the number of remaining fluctuations) and the provisional remaining fluctuation number displayed after the end of the special game are selected from a plurality of types. In other words, the main control unit selects one of a plurality of types for the duration of the extended extension period, and the provisional remaining variation number displayed after the end of the special game is based on the remaining variation number selected by the main control unit. In this configuration, one sub-control device selects from a plurality of types of temporary remaining fluctuation counts.

According to the invention of claim 1, while making a pachinko gaming machine in which the profit balance between the game store and the player is balanced by determining the duration of the extended extended state by the jackpot symbol (special symbol), Since it is not easy for the player to know the exact duration of the extended extended state, the pachinko gaming machine is rich in taste.
Also, since the number of remaining fluctuations of the special symbol that is the duration of the open extended state that is displayed even after the open extended state is once increased, the player continues to be in the open extended state even during the open extended state. You will be playing with unprecedented feelings like me.
In addition, it is said that the player has increased the duration of the open extended state by his / her own power by the player making the operation button operation the cause of the increase in the number of remaining fluctuations of the special symbol that is the duration of the open extended state displayed It seems to be a pachinko machine with a lot of taste.
In addition, since the duration of the open extended state, which is the result of the open extended period lottery, will be notified by a special symbol, the employees of the amusement shop indicated the relationship between the duration of the extended extended state and the special symbol (big hit symbol) It is possible to determine whether or not the contents are illegal by looking at the paper.

According to the invention of claim 2, not only there are a plurality of durations of the opening extension period determined by the opening extension period lottery, but also there are a plurality of types of provisional remaining fluctuation counts displayed after the end of the special game. It becomes difficult for the player to know how long the extended extension period will continue, and the preference will increase.
Further, since the number of temporary remaining fluctuations displayed after the end of the special game is determined not by the main control unit but by the sub control unit, it is not necessary to place a burden on the main control unit.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the following examples and the like, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 50 which is a kind of a ball game machine has a structure in which each part of the configuration is held by a casing composed of a rectangular outer frame 51 and a front frame 52.
The front frame 52 is attached to the outer frame 51 so as to be openable and closable by upper and lower hinges 53 on the left side, and is normally closed as shown in the figure.
A window-shaped glass frame 60 is attached to the front frame 52 so as to be openable with respect to the front frame 52. A plate glass 61 is double-fitted into the glass frame 60, and the game board 10 (see FIG. 2) held by the front frame 52 is stored in the back of the plate glass 61.
An upper plate 55 is attached to the lower side of the glass frame 60 so as to be openable to the front frame 52. A lower plate 63 is fixed to the front frame 52 below the upper plate 55, and is fired on the right side of the lower plate 63. A handle 64 is attached. When the firing handle 64 is turned clockwise, a launching device (not shown) is activated to launch the game ball supplied from the upper plate 55 toward the game board 10.
On the upper left side of the upper plate 55, an operation button 67 that can be operated by the player is provided. When the player operates the operation button 67 during a specific period, it is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 described later. Content changes or the sound output from the speaker 66 changes.
The pachinko machine 50 is a so-called CR machine and includes a prepaid card unit (CR unit) 56 for reading and writing a prepaid card. The pachinko machine 50 includes a lending button 57 and a checkout button 58. And a CR settlement display device having a balance display 59.
In addition, the front frame 52 is provided with a plurality of frame-side decorative lamps 65 and speakers 66 for enhancing the player's taste and informing the player and the store clerk of the game state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 10 is provided with a substantially circular game area 3 surrounded by known guide rails 2a and 2b. A large number of game nails 4 are nailed in the game area 3.
A center case 5 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the game area 3. The center case 5 includes a warp entrance, a warp passage, a stage, and a window 5a for facing a screen 6a of a production symbol display device 6 (which is a liquid crystal display device and displays a pseudo symbol), as in the known case. Yes.
On the upper side of the window 5a, a normal symbol display device 7 of dot matrix and a normal symbol holding storage display device 8 consisting of four LEDs are installed, and on the lower side, a special symbol display device 9 of 7 segments and four LEDs are provided. A special symbol hold storage display device 10 is installed.
A normal symbol operating gate 17 is arranged on the left side of the center case 5.
Below the center case 5, there is disposed a composite winning device 13 in which the first start port 11 and the second start port 12 are unitized.
The first start port 11 is a so-called chucker and can always enter the ball.
The second starting port 12 is an electric tulip, and it opens and closes in the same manner as a known electric tulip. However, since the first starting port 11 is above, a game ball cannot be entered in the illustrated closed state. However, if the normal symbol wins when the game ball passes the normal symbol operating gate 17 and the normal symbol corresponding to the normal symbol display device 7 is confirmed and displayed, the second start port 12 is opened and it is easy to enter the ball. Become.
An attacker-type large winning opening 14 is disposed below the composite winning device 13, and an out hole 15 is provided therebelow.
In addition, on the left and right sides of the big winning opening 14, the normal winning opening 16 is arranged along the guide rail 2b.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the back side of the pachinko machine 50, a mechanism board 70 for detachably attaching the game board 10 is housed in the outer frame 51 described above. The mechanism panel 70 is provided with a ball tank 71, a tank rail 72, and a dispensing device 73 from above. With this configuration, if there is a winning game ball in the winning slot on the game board 10, a predetermined number of gaming balls can be discharged from the ball tank 71 through the tank rail 72 to the above-described upper plate 55 by the payout device 73. .
Also, on the back side of the pachinko machine 50, a main control device 80, a payout control device 81, an effect symbol control device 82, an audio / lamp integrated control device 83, a launch control device 84, and a power supply board 85 are provided (the effect symbol control device). 82, the voice / lamp integrated control device 83, the launch control device 84, and the power supply board 85 correspond to the sub control device), and the frame external connection terminal 79 and the panel external connection terminal 78 are provided in the upper right part of the mechanism panel 70. It has been.

  As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 50 is configured around the main controller 80. In this block diagram, a so-called relay board and power supply circuit for merely relaying signals are not described. Although not shown in detail, the main control device 80, the payout control device 81, the production symbol control device 82, and the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 all have a CPU, ROM, RAM, input port, output port, and the like. However, in this embodiment, the launch control device 84 and the power supply board 85 are not provided with a CPU, ROM, or RAM. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the launch control device 84 may be provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like.

  The main controller 80 includes a first start port switch 11a that detects a game ball that has entered the first start port 11, a second start port switch 12a that detects a game ball that has entered the second start port 12, and a normal A normal symbol operation switch 17 a for detecting a game ball that has entered the symbol operation gate 17, a count switch 14 a for counting the game balls that have entered the big winning port 14, and a game ball that has entered the normal winning port 16 are detected. A detection signal from the normal winning opening switch 16a and the like is input.

The main control device 80 operates in accordance with the installed program, generates various commands related to the progress of the game based on the above-described detection signals, and outputs them to the payout control device 81 and the voice / lamp integrated control device 83. .
The main controller 80 also turns on the special symbol display device 9 and the normal symbol display device 7 connected via the symbol relay board 41, and the special symbol hold storage display device 10 and the normal symbol hold storage display device 8 are turned on. Control.
Further, the main control device 80 controls the opening / closing of the special winning opening 14 by controlling the special winning opening solenoid 14b, and controls the opening / closing of the second starting opening 12 by controlling the ordinary accessory solenoid 12b.
An output signal from the main controller 80 is also output to the test signal terminal, and a management signal such as symbol variation and jackpot is output to the panel external connection terminal 78 and sent to the hall main computer.

The main control device 80 and the payout control device 81 can perform bidirectional communication.
The payout control device 81 operates the prize ball motor 20 in accordance with a command sent from the main control device 80 and pays out a prize ball. The detection signal of the prize ball sensor 21 for counting the game balls to be paid out as prize balls is input to the payout control device 81 and the main control device 80, and both the payout control device 81 and the main control device 80 count the prize balls. Is done.
The payout control device 81 receives signals from the full tank switch 22 and the ball-out switch 23, and when the signal indicating that the lower plate 63 is full is input from the full-tan switch 22 and the ball-out switch 23. When a signal indicating that there are few or no game balls is input to the ball tank 71, the prize ball motor 20 is stopped and the prize ball payout operation is stopped. Note that the full switch 22 and the ball break switch 23 are also configured to continue outputting signals until the state is cleared, and the payout control device 81 causes the prize ball to be output due to the fact that the signal is not output. The driving of the motor 20 is resumed.
Further, the payout control device 81 operates the ball lending solenoid 26 by communicating with the prepaid card unit 56 via the game ball lending device connection terminal 24 and discharges the lending balls. The paid-out lending ball is detected by the ball lending sensor 27, and the detection signal is input to the payout control device 81. The game ball lending device connection terminal 24 is also connected to the checkout display board 25 so as to be capable of two-way communication. The checkout display board 25 requests a checkout button 57 for requesting a game ball to be rented, and a checkout. A checkout button 58 is connected.

Further, the payout control device 81 transmits a firing stop signal to the firing control device 84.
The launch control device 84 controls the launch motor 30 to launch the game ball into the game area 3.
In addition to the payout control device 81, a rotation amount signal from the launch handle 64, a touch signal from the touch switch 28, and a launch stop switch signal from the launch stop switch 29 are input to the launch control device 84.
The rotation amount signal is output when the player operates the launch handle 64, the touch signal is output when the player touches the launch handle 64, and the launch stop switch signal is output by the player pressing the launch stop switch 29. Is output. If the touch signal is not input to the launch control device 84, the game ball cannot be fired, and if the launch stop switch signal is input, the game ball can be launched even if the player touches the launch handle 64. There is no such thing.

The voice / lamp integrated control device 83 corresponds to a sub-control device, receives data and commands transmitted from the main control device 80, and distributes them to data for effect display control, sound control, and lamp control. The command for effect display control is transmitted to the effect symbol control device 82, and the sound control and the lamp control are distributed to each control part (function unit as a sound control device and a lamp control device) included in itself. To do. Then, the function unit as the sound control device controls the sound output from the speaker 66 by operating the sound LSI based on the data for sound control, and the function unit as the lamp control device converts the data for the lamp control. Based on the operation of the lamp driver, various LEDs and various lamps are controlled.
An operation button 67 is connected to the voice / lamp integrated control device 83, and when the player operates the operation button 67, the signal is input to the voice / lamp integrated control device 83.

The voice / lamp integrated control device 83 and the production symbol control device 82 are capable of bidirectional communication.
The production symbol control device 82 is based on the data and commands received from the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 (both those transmitted from the main control device 80 and those generated by the voice / lamp integrated control device 83). Then, the effect symbol display device 6 is controlled to display an effect image such as a pseudo symbol on the screen 6a.

Next, the basic specifications of the pachinko machine 50 will be described with reference to FIG. In this figure, the start port 1 indicates the first start port 11, and the start port 2 indicates the second start port 12.
The normal probability state and the high probability state are distinguished by the jackpot probability of the special symbol. The normal probability state and the time shortened state are different in the average variation time of the special symbol and the average variation time of the normal symbol, that is, the length of the variation time of the symbol. Distinguished by

  The variation shortening function operates in a time shortening state and a high probability state, in which case the average variation time of the special symbol is about 6 seconds and the shortest variation time is about 5 seconds. Even in the normal probability state, if there are two or more reserved memories at the start of the variation of the special symbol, the variation shortening function is activated for the variation of the special symbol, and the variation time becomes the same as described above.

  The opening extension function operates in a time shortening state and a high probability state. In this case, the upper limit of the opening time of the second start port 12 is extended from 0.3 seconds (when not operating) of the base time to 4 seconds. However, if there is a specified number of balls (three in this embodiment), the ball is closed even if the upper limit time has not been reached.

The special symbol jackpot probability differs between the normal probability state (1 / 396.7) and the high probability state (1 / 39.67), but there is no difference between the first start port 11 and the second start port 12.
The normal symbol hit probability is the same (1/2) in the normal probability state, the time shortening state, and the high probability state.

The average variation time of the special symbol, the shortest variation time of the special symbol, the average variation time of the normal symbol, and the opening time (upper limit) of the second start port 12 are as illustrated and described above.
Also, the number of winning balls per winning is as shown. Since the normal symbol operating gate 17 is a passage opening, there is no prize ball.

In this embodiment, the high probability state continues until the next big hit occurs, and the time reduction state continues until the special symbol fluctuates a predetermined number of times.
Although it has been described that the high probability state continues until the next big hit occurs, precisely, the high probability state ends when the special symbol fluctuates 10,000 times. As described above, in the high probability state, since the jackpot probability of the special symbol is 1 / 39.67, the probability that the jackpot will not occur even if the special symbol fluctuates 10,000 times is equal to 0, so that it is almost 10,000. The next jackpot will occur before the special symbol changes.
In addition, the duration of the time shortening state is any one of 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 times, and is determined by a big hit symbol (special symbol) as will be described in detail later.

Next, each process performed by the main controller 80 as a main routine will be described with reference to FIG.
The flowchart shown in FIG. 6 represents the main process executed by the microcomputer of the main controller 80, and is a process periodically executed by a hardware interrupt every about 2 ms. In this embodiment, each process from S10 to S20 is a process that is executed only once in the interrupt process, and is referred to as “main process”, and is repeated as long as time permits within the remaining time after executing this main process. The process of S21 to be executed is referred to as “residual process”.

  When a hardware interrupt is executed by the microcomputer, it is first determined whether or not the interrupt is a normal interrupt (S10). This determination process is performed by determining whether or not the value of a predetermined area of the RAM as a memory is a predetermined value. When the process executed by the microcomputer shifts to this process, a normal process is executed. It is for judging whether it is okay. If it is not a normal interrupt, microcomputer runaway due to noise or the like may be considered when power is turned on, but microcomputer runaway may be considered to be almost impossible due to recent technological improvements, and is usually when power is turned on. When the power is turned on, the value of the predetermined area of the RAM is different from the predetermined value.

  When it is determined that the interrupt is not normal, the initial value is written to the memory work area, that is, the initial value is written to the memory work area, such as writing a predetermined value in the predetermined area of the memory, and making the special symbol and the normal symbol the initial symbol (S11), the process proceeds to the remaining process.

  If a positive determination is made that the interrupt is normal, an initial value random number update process is first executed (S12). This process is an increment process that increments the initial random number value by 1 each time this process is executed. The initial random number value before this process is incremented by +1, but the random number value before this process is executed is the maximum. When the value is “3966”, it returns to the initial value “0” in the next processing, and 3967 integers from “0” to “3966” are repeatedly generated in ascending order.

The jackpot determination random number update process (S13) subsequent to S12 is an increment process that increments by 1 each time the process is executed, as in the initial value random number update process. However, when the maximum value “3966” is reached, the next process is performed. Then, the initial random number value at that time is set as an initial value (hereinafter referred to as “update initial value”), and the process of incrementing by +1 for each interrupt is continued, and a value “1” less than the update initial value (hereinafter, “ In the next processing, 3967 integer values from “0” to “3966” are repeatedly created with the initial random number at that time as the initial value.
That is, +1 is added for each interrupt process, and setting the elements constituting the random number to an integer value from “0” to “3966” is not different from the initial random number. In this interrupt processing, the update initial value at that time is set as the initial value, and +1 is added for each interrupt until the update maximum value is reached, and the next update initial value is set as the initial value. As a result, the random number is set to 3967 integer values from “0” to “3966” as elements constituting the random number, and is incremented by 1 for each interrupt process. Since it is changed to a value determined by the initial value random number at the time, the value of the random number can be made unpredictable. In addition, the constituent element of the random number determined by the update initial value and the update maximum value is the same as the conventional random number of random numbers and does not change from 3967 integer values of “0” to “3966”, so that the constituent elements of the random number The appearance rate is made uniform.
The number of values to be won in the normal probability state is 10, and the values are “775” to “777”, “1775” to “1777”, “2774” to “2777”, and the high probability state The number of values to be won at the time is 100, and the values are “775” to “777”, “1314” to “1333”, “1758” to “1777”, “2758” to “2777”, “3314”. "To" 3333 ".

The jackpot symbol determination random number update process (S14) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 21 integers from “0” to “20”, and is incremented by 1 every time this process is exceeded and is an initial value of “0”. Return to.
The relationship between the jackpot symbol determining random number and the jackpot symbol (special symbol) is as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the jackpot symbol is composed of a combination of two alphabets.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the jackpot symbol (special symbol) is classified into two types, that is, a probability variation symbol (a symbol that is likely to be a probability variation) and a normal symbol (a symbol that is a normal variation). As described above, since there is no portion common to a plurality of probability variation symbols or normal symbols, it is difficult for a player to distinguish between a probability variation jackpot and a normal jackpot only by looking at the jackpot symbol (special symbol).
As described above, if the jackpot symbol is a probabilistic symbol, the high probability gaming state (open extended state) continues until the special symbol fluctuates 10,000 times, and the jackpot symbol is EL or HP of the normal symbol. In some cases, as shown in FIG. 8, the time shortening state (open extension state) continues until the special symbol fluctuates 20 times. The relationship between other normal symbols and duration is as described in FIG.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, even if the duration is the same, the jackpot symbol (ordinary symbol) is not shared. It is difficult to distinguish not only the normal hit but also the duration of the extended extended state.
In addition, the store clerk at the amusement store immediately looks at the paper that describes the relationship between the big hit symbol and the type of hit or the duration as shown in FIG. It becomes possible to detect fraud.
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, there is only one type of “-” in the final display of the loss due to the special symbol, so it is not necessary to select the loss symbol (special symbol).
Further, in this embodiment, only when the jackpot symbol is LL, the jackpot round is 2 rounds (the jackpot 14 is opened twice), and in the case of other jackpot symbols, the round is 15 (the jackpot 14 Open 15 times).

The winning determination random number update process (S15) subsequent to S14 is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates six integers “0” to “5”, and is incremented by 1 for each process and is an initial value when the maximum value is exceeded. Return to "0". The number of values to be won is 3 in both the normal probability state and the high probability state, and the values are “0”, “3”, and “5”.
This winning determination random number update process is used for lottery of normal symbols, and other initial value random numbers, big hit determination random numbers, big hit symbol determination random numbers, reach determination random numbers, and fluctuation pattern determination random numbers are drawn special symbols. Used for.

  The reach determination random number update process (S16) is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 229 integers from “0” to “228”, and is incremented by +1 for each process and is an initial value of “0”. Return to. In the normal probability state, the number of values to be won when the variable time reduction function is not activated is 21, and the values are “0” to “20”. The number is 5, the values are “0” to “4”, the number of values to be won in the high probability state is 6, and the values are “0” to “5”.

  The variation pattern determining random number update process (S17) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 1021 integers from “0” to “1020”, and is incremented by +1 for each process and is an initial value “0”. Return to.

In the subsequent winning confirmation process (S18), the winning confirmation of the start ports 11 and 12 and the input process of each switch provided in the pachinko machine 50 and connected to the main controller 80 are executed.
In this embodiment, when a game ball wins the winning openings 11 and 12, a plurality of random numbers such as a big hit determination random number, a big hit symbol determination random number, a variation pattern determination random number, a reach determination random number, etc. are acquired. The number of possible random numbers is up to 4, and when the reserved memory is full, even if a game ball wins the start opening 11 or 12, only the prize ball is paid out, and the plurality of random numbers are stored in reserve. It is not configured.

  Subsequently, a success / failure determination process (S19) as condition establishment determination means for determining whether or not a big hit is made. This success / failure determination process will be described later. When this success / failure determination process (S19) ends, each output process (S20) such as an image output process is subsequently executed.

  In each output process (S20), as the game progresses, the main control device 80 sends to the production symbol control device 82, the payout control device 81, the launch control device 84, the voice / lamp integrated control device 83, the big prize opening solenoid 14b, and the like. Each output process is executed. That is, when it is detected by the winning confirmation process (S18) that there is a winning game ball at each winning port on the game board 10, the winning ball data is output to the payout control device 81 so as to pay out the gaming ball as a winning ball. The process of outputting the sound data corresponding to the gaming state to the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 is an error signal to the effect symbol control device 82 to notify that the pachinko machine 50 is in error when there is an abnormality. Each of the processes for outputting is executed.

  The remaining process subsequent to this process is composed of the initial value random number update process (S21), but is exactly the same as S12 described above. This process forms an infinite loop and is repeated as long as time is allowed until the next interrupt is executed. The time required to execute this processing from S10 to S20 described above differs for each interrupt depending on whether or not to execute the jackpot processing, the difference in the display mode of special symbols, and the like. As a result, the number of times the remaining process is executed is different for each interrupt, and the initial value random number updated (added) value is not uniform by executing the interrupt process shown in FIG. 6 once. As a result, there is no possibility that the initial random number is synchronized with the random number. In the present embodiment, the big hit determination random number is updated according to the value of the initial random number, so there is no possibility of synchronization. The hit determination random number update process (S15) described above may also be executed in the remaining process.

In the start winning confirmation process shown in FIG. 9, the main controller 80 determines the first start port 11 or the second start port 12 based on the detection signal of the first start port switch 11a and the detection signal of the second start port switch 12a. It is determined whether or not a game ball has entered (S30).
If it is affirmative, read the jackpot determination random number, the jackpot symbol determination random number, the reach determination random number, the variation pattern determination random number, etc. from the corresponding counters to see if the special symbol hold memory is full (four in this embodiment). It is determined whether or not (S31).
If the reserved memory is not full (S31: NO), the above random numbers are stored as special symbol reserved memory, and the number of lighting of the special symbol reserved memory display device 10 is increased by 1 (S32). If there are already four reserved memories (S31: YES), no reserved memories are stored, and the number of lighting of the special symbol reserved storage display device 10 is not increased.
In addition, the increase / decrease in the number of reserved symbols of the special symbol is transmitted to the effect symbol control device 82 via the voice / lamp integrated control device 83, and the special symbol reservation memory display device 10 displays the screen 6 a of the effect symbol display device 6. The same number of pseudo-hold displays as the number of lights.

In the success / failure determination process shown in FIG. 10, main controller 80 determines whether or not the condition device is operating based on the jackpot flag (S40).
If the determination is negative (S40: NO), the special symbol is not changing (S41: NO), and if the confirmed symbol is not being displayed (S42: NO), is there a special symbol hold memory (above, hold memory by S32)? It is determined whether or not (S43).

If there is this reserved memory (S43: YES), the oldest special symbol reserved memory is read (the special symbol reserved memory is deleted from the reserved memory), and the probability variation flag is set (high probability state) It is determined whether or not (S44).
If the determination is affirmative (S44: YES), the read jackpot determination random number is checked against the hit value recorded in the probability variation table (S46). If the determination is negative, the read jackpot determination random number is stored in the normal table. It collates with the recorded hit value (S45).
In this embodiment, as described above, the player wins with a probability of 1 / 396.7 in the normal probability state and wins with the probability of 1 / 39.67 in the high-probability gaming state.

If it is a big hit in the determination in S45 or S46 (S47: YES), the big hit symbol is determined by the big hit symbol determining random number (S48), and the fluctuation pattern is determined by the fluctuation pattern determining random number (S49).
On the other hand, if it is off (S47: NO), the variation pattern is determined based on the reach determination random number and the variation pattern determination random number (S50). In the case of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the display of the special symbol in the case of losing is only one type of “-”, so the losing symbol may not be determined.

Subsequent to S49 or S50, data indicating the lottery results described above, specifically, data indicating any one of normal jackpots, probability variation jackpots, out of reach (with out of reach but with reach display), or out of reach without display of reach A fluctuation start command (display control command) including fluctuation pattern data specifying the fluctuation time and data indicating the duration of the open extended state in the case of a big hit is output to the voice / lamp integrated control device 83, and is also special. The symbol display device 9 is controlled to start the special symbol variation display (S51).
Therefore, based on the fluctuation start command, the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 can determine the jackpot symbol or the off symbol (hereinafter collectively referred to as a fixed symbol), the presence / absence of reach, and the variation time.

  The voice / lamp integrated control device 83 that has received the fluctuation start command performs voice and lamp production control in response to the special symbol fluctuation display, and also sends a fluctuation start command to the production symbol control device 82.

If the special symbol is changing (S41: YES), main controller 80 determines whether the symbol change time (based on the change pattern of S49 or S50) has elapsed as shown in FIG. (S52).
If the determination is affirmative, a symbol stop command is output to the voice / lamp integrated control device 83, and the special symbol display device 9 is controlled to display the final symbol (S53).
Receiving the symbol stop command, the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 ends the voice and lamp presentation in response to the special symbol variation display, and sends a symbol stop command to the presentation symbol control device 82.

If the special symbol that has been confirmed and displayed is a jackpot (S54: YES), main controller 80 performs a confirmed symbol display setting process (S55), and sets a jackpot flag by a conditional device operation start process (S56). set.
Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is set (S57). If the determination is affirmative, the probability variation flag is cleared (S58). If the determination is negative, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is set (time reduction state) (S59). If the determination is affirmative, the time reduction flag is cleared (S60).

When the special symbol that has been confirmed and displayed is not a big hit (that is, missed) (S54: NO), a confirmed symbol display setting process (S61) is performed to determine whether or not the release extension flag is set (S62). . Note that the release extension flag is set during the high probability state and the time reduction state. If the release extension flag is set, the stored release extension number count is decremented by -1 (S63). If the count value becomes 0 (S64: YES), each flag is ended (S65).
In the process of S65, if the current state is a high probability state, the probability variation flag, the time reduction flag, and the release extension flag are ended, and if the current state is a time reduction state, the time reduction flag and the release extension flag are ended. If a negative determination is made in S62, S64, the process returns.

  If the confirmed symbol is being displayed in S42 (S42: YES), as shown in FIG. 11B, it is determined whether or not the confirmed symbol display time set in the confirmed symbol display setting (S55 or S61) has elapsed. If it is judged (S66) and has elapsed (S66: YES), the special symbol display device 9 is controlled by the final symbol display end processing (S67) to end the final display of the special symbol, and the voice / lamp integrated control is performed. The production symbol control device 82 is instructed via the device 83 to end the fixed display of the pseudo symbol.

In the special game process shown in FIG. 12, main controller 80 determines whether or not the condition device is operating based on the jackpot flag (S70).
If the condition device is in operation (S70: YES), it is determined whether or not the special winning opening 14 is open (S71).
The jackpot symbol is not being opened (S71: NO), not being a jackpot start effect (S72: NO), not being an interval (S73: NO), and not being a jackpot end effect (S74: NO) Then, the state of winning the jackpot is stored (S75), and a jackpot start command is transmitted to the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 by the jackpot start effect process (S76), and the big prize opening 14 is opened.

  The voice / lamp integrated control device 83 starts a jackpot voice and lamp production, and sends a jackpot start command to the production symbol control device 82. The effect symbol control device 82 that has received the jackpot command controls the effect symbol display device 6 to display a jackpot start effect (so-called fanfare screen). The big winning opening 14 is opened after the jackpot start effect.

If an affirmative determination is made in S72, S73, or S74, the process returns. If an affirmative determination is made in S71, it is determined based on the detection signal of the count switch 14a whether or not there are 10 winning balls for the special winning opening 14 (S77). It is determined whether or not (S78). If a negative determination is made in S78, the process returns. If a positive determination is made in S77 or S78, the special winning opening 14 is closed (S79).
Subsequently, it is determined whether or not it is the final round (S80). If the determination is negative, an interval command is transmitted to the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 by the jackpot interval processing (S81), and the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 receives an interval. Waiting for the screen display of the effect symbol display device 6 to be changed under the control of the effect symbol control device 82 that has received the command, the special winning opening 14 is opened.
The special game in this embodiment has a case in which the final round is 2 rounds and a case in which the final round is 15 rounds, and these are determined by a special symbol final symbol (big hit symbol).

If the affirmative determination is made in S80, the jackpot operation is not continued, so the jackpot end effect process (S82) is executed, and then the condition device is stopped by the condition device stop process (S83) (the jackpot flag is cleared).
Then, if the jackpot symbol that has been determined and displayed on the special symbol display device 9 in S55 and stored in S75 is a probability variation symbol (S84: YES), a probability variation flag / time reduction flag operation process (S85) is performed, and a probability variation flag and a time reduction flag are displayed. The open extension flag is set, and the open extension counter value is set to 10,000.
If it is not a probable variation (S84: NO), the time reduction flag and the release extension flag are set by the time reduction flag operation process (S86), and the value of the release extension counter is set according to the jackpot symbol (20, 40, 60, 80). , 100 is set.
After the processing of S85 or S86, a jackpot end command is transmitted to the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 (S87).

Next, the processing of the voice / lamp integrated control device 83, which is a sub-control device, will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the processing described below is performed by the voice / lamp integrated control device 83, but may be performed by the effect symbol control device 82 which is the same sub-control device.
As shown in FIG. 13, when the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 receives the change start command (display control command) transmitted from the main control device 80 in the process of S51 (S100: YES), the change start command (display) is displayed. In accordance with the control command), the pseudo symbol to be confirmed and the variation pattern of the pseudo symbol are determined (S101).
Note that the fluctuation start command (display control command) sent from the main control device 80 includes a special game lottery that is a lottery to determine whether or not to play a big hit game, and as a result, a high probability gaming state in which the big hit probability is high after the big hit game ends. Whether or not to perform reach results as a result of a lottery result of a high probability game lottery that is a lottery of whether to make it, a lottery of a period to extend the opening time of the blade provided at the start port after the end of the big hit game The result of reach lottery, which is a lottery, or the result of fluctuation pattern lottery, which is a lottery of special symbol fluctuation time, is included. Note that the lottery results included in the display control command described above may be dedicated commands, respectively, or a plurality of lottery results may be transmitted as one command.
In the present embodiment, whether or not to make a high-probability game after the end of the jackpot game and the duration of the open extended state performed after the end of the jackpot game are determined by the jackpot symbol (special symbol). That is, the high-probability game lottery and the opening extension period lottery are lotteries for determining a big hit symbol.
In addition, the variation pattern determined in the process of S101 includes a specific variation that can increase and display the number of temporary remaining variations described later. That is, in the present embodiment, the lottery for determining whether or not to perform the specific variation is performed by the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 which is a sub-control device.

This specific variation is configured not to be displayed during the normal probability game and when “high probability” is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 (details will be described later).
In the present embodiment, the specific variation can appear even when the number of remaining remaining variations is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 after the big hit game is finished, instead of the number of temporary remaining variations. In other words, the number of provisional remaining fluctuations may not increase even if specific fluctuations appear.
In addition, in this embodiment, the specific variation can appear multiple times from the end of the jackpot game to the end of the extended extended state, or from the end of the big hit game to the end of the extended extended state There may be a case where the specific variation never appears. It should be noted that if a specific variation does not occur once until the extended extended state ends after the jackpot game ends, or if the player does not press the operation button 67 even if the specific variation appears, Although the number of remaining fluctuations is already 0, there is a problem that the open extended state continues, but in this embodiment, when the number of temporary remaining fluctuations becomes 0, there is still a problem. If the remaining number of remaining fluctuations remains, a process (S121, S122, S123) for increasing and displaying the forced temporary remaining fluctuation number is performed, so that no problem occurs.
However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and a configuration may be adopted in which the specific variation is always performed only once after the big hit game is finished and before the open extended state is finished.
In addition, when the specific variation is always performed only once, the timing for generating the specific variation may be random or fixed. In addition, as an example of fixing the occurrence period of the specific fluctuation, the displayed temporary remaining fluctuation count becomes a predetermined value (for example, 0, 1, 5, etc.) or the current remaining fluctuation count is a predetermined value. (For example, 10, 20, etc.) is considered.

Next, a method for determining a pseudo symbol which is the process of S101 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, the pseudo symbol has a so-called pyramid shape in which two squares are placed on three squares and one square is placed on two squares.
Each square has the number 7, the character “Tutankamen” (indicated as “tsu” in FIG. 18), the character of red “sphinx” (indicated as “red” in FIG. 18, the yellow “sphynx”) One of the characters (displayed as “yellow” in FIG. 18) is displayed, and at the time of big hit, three “7” s are aligned downward or three at an angle, and when lost, other display is performed.

When the special symbol is determined and displayed with a combination indicating a probable big hit, any one of the pseudo symbol combinations described in FIG. 18a is displayed. Although only 14 types of combinations are shown in FIG. 18, there are many more combinations.
In FIG. 18 b, when the special symbol is “EL” or “HP” when it is determined that the duration of the time shortened state (open extended state) is a normal jackpot and the special symbol is changed 20 times. Is a combination of pseudo symbols that is displayed in the case of a fixed display. Similarly, FIG. 18c is a normal big hit, and when it is determined that the duration of the time shortening state (open extended state) is until the special symbol fluctuates 40 times, FIG. When the duration of the state (open extended state) is determined until the special symbol fluctuates 60 times, e in FIG. 18 is usually a big hit, and the duration of the time shortened state (open extended state) is the special symbol. When f is determined to fluctuate 80 times, f in FIG. 18 is a normal big hit, and is displayed when the duration of the time shortened state (open extended state) is determined to vary until the special symbol fluctuates 100 times. It is a combination of pseudo symbols.
Although some combinations are shown in FIG. 18, there are actually many more combinations (pseudo symbol combinations indicating a big hit).
As shown in FIG. 18, the combination of pseudo symbols is different depending on the type of jackpot (although the same part exists in a part, it is not displayed in the same combination).
That is, even in the pseudo symbol (big hit symbol), the type of big hit (whether it is probable big hit, normal big hit, or the duration of the time shortening state) is reported. For example, the bottom three of the pyramid type are 7 Even if they are all in the same way, there are times when it is a promising big hit, there are times when the special symbol changes by 20 times, and the duration of the time shortened state (open extended state) may change until the special symbol changes 20 times. Since it cannot be distinguished, the player cannot determine what kind of big hit it is even by looking at the pseudo pattern.

After the processing of S101, it is determined whether or not the fluctuation starting from now is a big hit based on the received fluctuation start command (display control command) (S102). If it is a big hit (S102: YES), the big hit The duration of the open extension period that is performed after the end is set (S103). As described above, the duration of the open extension period is also included in the change start command (display control command) sent from the main controller 80.
The process of S103 is a process for storing the number of special symbol fluctuations (hereinafter referred to as the remaining number of fluctuations), which is the duration of the open extended state.
After the process of S103 or in the case of a negative determination in S102, a signal for starting variation is transmitted to the effect symbol control device 82 according to the determined pseudo symbol and the variation pattern (S104). The effect symbol display device 6 changes the pseudo symbol.

As shown in FIG. 14A, when the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 receives the jackpot end command sent from the main control device 80 by the process of S87 (S110: YES), the remaining fluctuation set in S103. A process of selecting the provisional remaining number of fluctuations that is smaller than the number of fluctuations (S111) is performed, and a command for displaying the selected provisional remaining number of fluctuations on the effect symbol display device 6 is transmitted to the effect symbol display device 82 (S112). ). In the selection process of S111, as shown in FIG. 14B, the number of remaining remaining fluctuations and the medium probability may be selected instead of the number of temporary remaining fluctuations.
As shown in FIG. 14 (b), when the extended extended period (big hit symbol) determines that the duration of the extended extended state is until the special symbol changes 20 times, after the big hit game ends. When the production symbol display device 6 displays “20 times” that is the number of remaining fluctuations, and the result of the lottery for the extended extension period is 40 times, “40 times” that is the number of remaining fluctuations after the big hit game ends. Or “20 times” which is the number of temporary remaining fluctuations is displayed. The voice / lamp integrated control device 83 determines the lottery to display 20 times or 40 times by a random number. Similarly, if the result of the lottery for the extended extension period is 80 times, after the jackpot game is finished, the effect symbol display device 6 displays “80 times” which is the remaining remaining number of times or “60 times” which is the number of temporarily remaining changed times. , “40 times” or “20 times” is displayed. Also, if the result of the lottery for the extended extension period is 10,000 times, that is, if it is determined that the jackpot probability is high after the jackpot game is finished in the high probability game lottery, the effect symbol display is performed after the jackpot game ends. 10000 times is not displayed on the device 6, but “high probability”, “100 times”, “80 times”, “60 times”, “40 times”, or “20 times” is displayed. The
In other words, even if the game is currently in a high probability game, there is a case where the player is not notified that the game is in a high probability game. With such a configuration, various effects can be made, and the pachinko gaming machine becomes interesting. The various effects described above will be described later.
In the present embodiment, as described above, the number of temporary remaining fluctuations displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 after the end of the big hit is not constant, but is not limited to this. For example, the effect symbol display device 6 after the end of the big hit game The temporary remaining fluctuation count displayed on the screen may be fixed to 20 times.

As shown in FIG. 15, when the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 receives the symbol stop command sent from the main control device 80 by the processing of S53 (S115: YES), a pseudo symbol is given to the effect symbol control device 82. A signal to be stopped is transmitted (S116), and the effect symbol control device 82 stops the pseudo symbol which is fluctuating in the effect symbol display device 6.
After the process of S116, it is determined whether or not the present is in the open extended state (S117). In other words, an affirmative determination is made whether the current state is a high-probability gaming state or a time reduction state. If the present state is the open extension state (S117: YES), the number of times minus -1 from the number of remaining remaining fluctuations is set as the number of remaining remaining fluctuations (S118). In the case of a change after the big hit game ends, -1 is subtracted from the remaining change number set in S103.
After the process of S118, it is determined whether or not the number of temporary remaining fluctuations is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 (S119). Here, the negative determination is a case where the number of remaining remaining fluctuations is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 or a case where a high probability is displayed. Note that, as described above, the number of temporary remaining fluctuations may be displayed even if the current state is in a high probability state, so that an affirmative determination may be made even if the current state is during a high probability game.

Although the flowchart is omitted, when the negative determination is made in S119 and the number of remaining fluctuations is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6, the displayed number of remaining fluctuations is displayed in a subtracted manner. .
When an affirmative determination is made in S119, a process of displaying a number obtained by subtracting 1 from the number of temporary remaining fluctuations currently displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 is performed (S120). Next, it is determined whether or not the number of temporary remaining fluctuations subtracted by the process of S120 has become 0 (S121). If an affirmative determination is made in the determination of S121, it is determined whether or not the number of remaining fluctuations is greater than 0 (S122). When the number of remaining fluctuations is greater than 0 (S122: YES), a process of increasing and displaying the temporary remaining fluctuations (displayed as 0) displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 is performed (S123). .
Note that the increasing value can be changed unless the value increasing in S123 is greater than the current number of remaining fluctuations.
For example, the current remaining variation count may be increased and displayed as an increasing value, or when the current remaining variation count remains more than the temporary remaining variation count displayed immediately after the end of the special game. May be displayed again by the number of temporary remaining fluctuations displayed immediately after the end of the special game.
If the current state is a high probability gaming state, the effect symbol display device 6 may display that the probability is high. In other words, after the big hit game is over, by displaying the number of provisional remaining fluctuations, it is assumed that the player is not currently in a high probability gaming state, and when the number of provisional remaining fluctuations becomes zero, ”To notify that the game state is actually a high-probability gaming state. The player is disappointed because the number of temporary remaining fluctuations is displayed after the end of the special game, but knows that it is in a high probability game later and knows that it will become a high probability game immediately after the end of the special game More than pleasure.

As shown in FIG. 16, the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 determines that the variation pattern determined in S101 is a specific variation pattern and the specific variation pattern is varying (S125: YES), the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 determines whether or not the measuring means provided in the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 itself is operating (S126). If the measuring means is not operating (S126: NO), the measuring means is operated. Note that if a negative determination is made in S125, if a positive determination is made in S126, the process returns. Further, although the flowchart is omitted, when the specific variation pattern is completed, the operating measuring unit is configured to end the operation.
In this embodiment, as described in the timing chart of FIG. 19A, the specific period is not always during the specific fluctuation, and a part of the specific fluctuation is set to the specific period. . And the time until the specific period starts and the time of the specific period are determined by the measuring means operated in S127.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 19B, there are a plurality of types of specific fluctuations. The plurality of specific fluctuations have different fluctuation times. Further, the specific period time is 10 seconds for the specific variation A and 10 seconds for the specific variation B, and 8 seconds for the specific variation C, but they may all be the same. Further, all the time from the start of fluctuation to the specific period may be the same. Moreover, you may make it the structure which makes all the periods when the specific fluctuation | variation changes to a specific period.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 determines whether or not the current time is a specific period of a specific change (S130). If it is not the specific period (S130: NO), the process returns. If it is during the specific period (S130: YES), it is determined whether or not the character is operating (S131). Whether or not this character is moving is determined by whether or not the character is in motion because the character performs an effect of increasing the number of temporary remaining fluctuations when displaying the number of temporary remaining fluctuations. It is. If an affirmative determination is made in S131, the process returns. If a negative determination is made, it is determined whether an operation button signal has been received (S132). The operation button signal is a signal output when the operation button 67 is operated. If the determination is negative in S132, the process returns. If the determination is affirmative, the character that performs the display effect of increasing the number of temporary remaining fluctuations described above is operated (S133). After the process of S133, it is determined whether or not the value obtained by subtracting the currently displayed temporary remaining fluctuation count from the current remaining fluctuation count is greater than 0 (S134). If it is greater than 0 (S134: YES), the provisional remaining fluctuation number increase display process is performed within a range of the value obtained by subtracting the currently displayed temporary remaining fluctuation number from the current remaining fluctuation number (S135).

In this embodiment, when the operation button 67 is pressed during a specific period, if the character is not operating, the character performs one operation each time the operation button 67 is pressed, and the character is operated. If the value obtained by subtracting the currently displayed temporary remaining fluctuation count from the current remaining fluctuation count is not 0, the temporary remaining fluctuation count displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 is incremented by one. Note that the character operates even when the value obtained by subtracting the currently displayed temporary remaining variation count from the current remaining variation count is 0, but naturally no increase display is performed.
In addition, the character operates even when the remaining number of remaining fluctuations is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6, but of course, no increase display is performed.
In this embodiment, if the character operates when the value obtained by subtracting the currently displayed provisional remaining fluctuation count from the current remaining fluctuation count is not 0, the temporary remaining fluctuation count is always displayed as +1. However, even if the character moves, it may be a configuration that is not always incremented by +1 and may not be incremented by +1. Further, there may be a case where +3 is given instead of +1. In addition, when the number to be added is plural, it is preferable that a random number is extracted when the operation button 67 is pressed, and the number to be added is determined by the random number. .
Further, when the character moves once, a value obtained by subtracting the currently displayed number of temporary remaining fluctuations from the current number of remaining fluctuations may be increased and displayed as it is.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, every time the special symbol (pseudo symbol) stops, the remaining remaining variation count and the temporary remaining variation count displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 are subtracted ( -1) Although it is configured, it is not limited to this, but may be configured to subtract every time a special symbol (pseudo symbol) starts to change.
In this embodiment, as described, the data related to the open extension period transmitted from the main control device 80 to the sub control device (voice / lamp integrated control device 83) is only the display control command to be sent first, and the open extension is sent. All effects related to the period (calculation and display of the number of remaining fluctuations to be displayed, etc.) are performed by the sub-control device, so that an interesting effect can be achieved without imposing a burden on the main control device 80.

Next, display examples displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 20A, the effect symbol display device 6 has three pseudo symbols, three “7” s in the three squares below the pyramid, and “red” (red sphinx), “ If “Ts” (Tutankamen) is displayed as “red” (red sphinx) at the top, a big hit occurs as shown in FIG. 2B (three “7” s are aligned downward or diagonally). It ’s just a big hit, and anything else can be displayed on the pseudo-patterns in other places).
During the big hit game, as shown in FIG. 20C, the round (the current number of times the big winning opening 14 is opened) is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6. When the big winning opening 14 is opened 15 times, the big hit game ends as shown in FIG. 20D.

As shown in FIG. 20E, when the jackpot game is over, the effect symbol display device 6 displays the combination of the pseudo symbols when the jackpot is won and displays “20 times remaining” on the upper right of the effect symbol display device 6. .
As shown in FIG. 18, the combination of pseudo symbols that has been a big hit is a combination in which the duration of the open extended state is until the special symbols change 60 times. That is, the special symbol is displayed as “FE” or “PE” (see FIG. 8).
However, FIG. 20E displays “20 remaining times” instead of “60 remaining times”. This is because the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 has determined that the number of times of display is 20 based on the display control command including the result of the extended extension period lottery transmitted from the main control device 80. In other words, in this case, the voice / lamp integrated control device 83 is the temporary remaining fluctuation number from among the remaining remaining fluctuation number of 60 times and the temporary remaining fluctuation number of 40 or 20 times smaller than the main remaining fluctuation number. This is an example of selecting 20 times. As described above, even if the combination is displayed with the same pseudo symbol combination, it may be displayed 60 times or 40 times after the big hit.
FIG. 20F shows a state in which the pseudo symbol is fluctuating, and then the pseudo symbol is fixedly displayed as shown in FIG. 20G. When the pseudo symbol is confirmed and displayed (when the special symbol is confirmed and displayed), the remaining variation number (temporary remaining variation number) displayed at the same time is displayed as -1.

FIG. 20H shows the fifteenth variation after the end of the big hit game. In FIG. 20H, the pseudo symbol fluctuates at high speed as usual, but thereafter, as shown in FIG. 21I, the message “Press the button to increase the number of remaining fluctuations !!” is displayed suddenly.
That is, the variation in FIG. 20H is a specific variation, and a specific period occurs immediately after FIG. 21I.
After FIG. 21I, one character and the remaining variation count are displayed as shown in FIG. 21J. When the player presses the operation button 67, the character beats the remaining variation count and is displayed as shown in FIG. 21K. The remaining fluctuation count is incremented by one.
Even if the player operates the operation button 67 while the character is moving, nothing changes, but when the player presses the operation button 67 when the character is not moving as shown in FIG. 21L. As shown in FIG. 21M, the number of remaining fluctuations displayed by the character again over the number of remaining fluctuations is incremented by one. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 21N, the pseudo symbol is fixedly displayed and the remaining number of fluctuations displayed is decremented by one. Then, as shown in FIG. 21O and FIG. 21P, the number of remaining fluctuations displayed is subtracted and displayed each time the pseudo symbol is fixedly displayed.

As described above, when the pseudo symbol (special symbol) fluctuates five times after FIG. 21P, the number of remaining fluctuations displayed becomes zero, but the number of remaining fluctuations increases when the zero is displayed. Is displayed. In this case, the result of the extended extension period lottery is 60 times, and the number of actual fluctuations after the jackpot game ended is 22 times, so the current number of remaining fluctuations is 38 of 60-22, and the remaining fluctuations During the fluctuation in which the number of times is 0, the remaining number of fluctuations is forcibly displayed in the range of 1 to 38. The voice / lamp integrated control device 83 determines how much the increased display is performed with the values of 1 to 38.
In FIG. 21, the number of remaining fluctuations displayed has increased only twice, but if a specific fluctuation appears when the number of remaining fluctuations is five (the result of the extended extension period lottery is 60 times, The number of remaining fluctuations displayed after the big hit game (provisional remaining fluctuations number is displayed as 20), the current number of remaining fluctuations is 45 of 60-15, and the currently displayed remaining number Since the number of fluctuations (temporary remaining fluctuations) is 5, it can be increased to 40 which is 45-5.
Since the player has displayed the remaining number of fluctuations as 20 after the big hit game, the extended extension state will end when the special symbol (pseudo symbol) fluctuates 20 times. Since it increases, it seems that I increased the duration of the extended extended state by my own power. Also, if the remaining number of remaining fluctuations remains even if the player does not press the operation button 67 or the specific fluctuation does not appear, the remaining number of fluctuations on the display (temporary remaining fluctuation number) is forced. Since the display is increased, the player does not stop the game even if the extended extended state continues.

The front view of the ball game machine 50. FIG. The front view of the game board 10. FIG. The back view of the ball game machine 50. FIG. The block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the ball game machine 50. FIG. Specification diagram of a ball game machine 50. The flowchart of the main process which the main control apparatus 80 performs. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the big hit symbol determination random number and the big hit symbol (special symbol). Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between a jackpot symbol, a jackpot game, and an open extended state. The flowchart of the start winning confirmation process which the main control apparatus 80 performs. The flowchart (1) of the success / failure determination process which the main control apparatus 80 performs. The flowchart (2) of the success / failure determination process which the main control apparatus 80 performs. The flowchart of the special game process which the main controller 80 performs. The flowchart of the pseudo | simulation symbol fluctuation | variation process which the audio | voice / lamp integrated control apparatus 83 performs. The flowchart of the temporary remaining fluctuation frequency selection process which the audio | voice / lamp integrated control apparatus 83 performs, and explanatory drawing which shows the temporary remaining fluctuation frequency selected. The flowchart of the pseudo | simulation symbol stop process which the audio | voice / lamp integrated control apparatus 83 performs. The flowchart of the specific period measurement process which the audio | voice integrated lamp control apparatus 83 performs. The flowchart of the fluctuation frequency increase production | presentation process which the audio | voice / lamp integrated control apparatus 83 performs. Explanatory drawing which shows the pseudo | simulation symbol displayed at the time of big hit. Explanatory drawing which shows specific fluctuation | variation. Explanatory drawing (1) which shows the example of a display displayed on the production symbol display apparatus 6. FIG. Explanatory drawing (2) which shows the example of a display displayed on the production symbol display apparatus 6. FIG.

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3... Game area 6... Design symbol display device 7... Normal symbol display device 9... Special symbol display device 10.・ ・ Second starting port 14 ... Grand prize opening 17 ... Normal symbol operation gate 66 ... Operation button 80 ... Main control device 82 ... Production symbol control device 83 ... Voice and lamp integration Control device

Claims (2)

A main controller that controls the entire gaming machine;
A plurality of sub-control devices controlled based on commands sent from the main control device;
An operation button connected to the sub-control device and operable by a player,
The main control device determines whether or not to perform a special game that is advantageous to the player based on a random number value extracted when the game ball enters the start opening (hereinafter referred to as “special game lottery”). And after the end of the special game, a lottery for the duration of the open extended state for extending the opening time of the blades provided at the start opening (hereinafter referred to as “open extension period lottery”), and the result of the special game lottery and In addition to notifying the result of the opening extension period lottery by the confirmation display of the special symbol, the display control command including the result of the special game lottery and the result of the opening extension period lottery is transmitted to the sub-control device,
The sub-control device is a bullet ball game machine that performs pseudo-design determination and pseudo-design variation control for performing the pseudo-design of the special design in response to the display control command.
The sub-control device is a production symbol display device that displays the pseudo symbol after the special game is finished, and the number of times the special symbol fluctuates (hereinafter referred to as the duration of the open extended state determined by the open extended period lottery) , "The number of remaining fluctuations") (hereinafter referred to as "temporary remaining fluctuations")
Every time the special symbol variation starts or stops, the main remaining variation number is subtracted and the temporary remaining variation number displayed on the effect symbol display device is subtracted and displayed.
A value obtained by subtracting the currently displayed temporary remaining variation count from the current actual remaining variation count, which is caused by the player operating the operation button during a predetermined period. A ball game machine characterized by being added and displayed within the range. The number of temporary remaining fluctuations displayed on the effect symbol display device after the special game ends is configured to be selected from a plurality of types of temporary remaining fluctuations number candidates, and the sub-control unit includes the plurality of types of temporary remaining fluctuations number of candidates. 2. A bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising display selection means for selecting one temporary remaining fluctuation number to be displayed on the symbol display device.

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