JP2008173272A - Game machine, program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the storage capacity of ROM of a main control device by eliminating the use of a data table in controlling the display of special figure displaying units in the main control device of a Pachinko game machine. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine executes an arithmetic processing for calculating a numerical value uniquely determined to an obtained figure random number without using a data table when it determines the display mode of a special figure display device 4. Basically in the processing, each number of special figure display units 4a and 4b constituting the special figure display device 4 is set to (m), and the number of kinds of display for respective special figure display units 4a and 4b is set to (n). Also, the figure random number is set to consecutive integers of as many as (m) to the n-th power. The figure random number is divided (m) times by (n) to set the surpluses in the dividing processes to controlling numerical values corresponding to the display figures of the corresponding display device. As a result, it is possible to obtain the controlling numerical values corresponding to the display kinds of respective special figure display units 4a and 4b for each figure random number without using the data table. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, a program, and a recording medium that are installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

In general, a pachinko gaming machine is known as a variable display (variable display) game that includes a variable display device that displays a plurality of symbols (identification information) in a plurality of display areas and then displays them in a variable manner.
In such a pachinko gaming machine, when a combination of special symbols (identification information) is stopped and displayed on the variable display device as a result of the variable display game, a variable winning device called an attacker cannot win a game ball. The player can acquire a large number of game balls by repeating a single round of the game machine that is closed again after changing from a possible closed state to an open state in which game balls can easily win a prize. A special gaming state is generated.
In such a pachinko gaming machine, as a variable display device, a decorative display device for displaying a variable display game using a decorative design for entertaining the player by performing various stunning displays, A special symbol display device (hereinafter referred to as a special symbol display) that displays a variable symbol display game using a special symbol that has almost no stylistic elements for the purpose of mainly reporting the results of the variable symbol game; The same variation display game (variation display game with the same result of winning / losing) is displayed almost simultaneously on the decorative symbol display device and the special figure display (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this variable display game, a game ball launched on a game area on the game board by a player's launch operation at the start opening provided on the game board and giving an opportunity to start the variable display game wins a prize. A random number for jackpot determination is obtained, and the acquired random number is compared with a preset jackpot determination value. If the acquired random number matches the jackpot determination value, the jackpot is determined and does not match. If this happens, it will be off.

  In addition, the pachinko gaming machine has a main control device (game control device) that decides to pay out a prize ball in response to winning of a game ball, or decides whether or not the above-mentioned variable display game is hit, There is a display control device as a part of the sub-control device that controls the display device for symbols, the special symbol display device is directly controlled by the main control device, and the decorative symbol display device is controlled by the main control device. The display control device controls based on the command.

Here, the main control device acquires a random number for the above jackpot determination at the time of winning a game ball at the start opening, and determines a special symbol to be stopped and displayed on the special figure display as a result of the variable display game. Random numbers (hereinafter referred to as symbol random numbers) are acquired.
In the decorative display device, there are a plurality of combinations of symbols that are stopped and displayed regardless of the result. There are multiple types.

Therefore, in the case of winning, one symbol is selected from a plurality of symbols displayed in a stopped manner based on the symbol random number.
In addition, for example, a 7-segment display used to display numbers from 0 to 9 may be used as the special-purpose display, but it is not always necessary to display numbers using a 7-segment display. Is not limited. Here, since the 7-segment display has seven electric light emitting devices (lamps, LEDs, EL, etc.) that can be turned on and off as segments, each electric light emitting device is turned on and off. There are 128 types of combinations, and a maximum of 128 types of stop display is possible with one display. In addition, by using an 8-segment display with dot-like segments that can be turned on and off in a 7-segment display, up to 256 types of display, that is, 8 bits (1 byte) worth As many stop displays as possible.

  From the above, the special-purpose display unit is not limited to a 7-segment display unit, for example, as long as it includes a plurality of electroluminescent devices. In addition, when a 7-segment display is used, numbers that can be displayed by 7-segment display and some alphabet characters may be used. In this case, a display that can be displayed by one 7-segment display is possible. Since the types are limited, those using two or more 7-segment displays are also known.

Also, whether the symbol random number is a probability variation (probability change) as a high probability state in which the probability of a big hit in the above jackpot determination is higher than usual until the next special gaming state occurs after the special gaming state ends It is also used to determine whether or not. It is also used for determining the number of rounds in the special gaming state.
Here, in the special game state, for example, a variable winning device called a so-called attacker is converted from a closed state in which a game ball cannot be won into an open state in which the game ball is easy to win, and then converted into a closed state again. The operation is one round, and the operation in this round is performed a plurality of times, for example, 15 times or 16 times.

Then, when a special game state in which the probability variation state occurs after the end occurs, the above-described symbol random number is used in determining whether the number of rounds is, for example, 15 (16) times or twice. In addition, when the number of rounds is up to 2 times, the time that the attacker is in an open state is short, the special game state is over immediately, and it seems that a certain change occurred without actually performing the special game state The so-called sudden probability change (surprising) is visible.
When a so-called short time occurs after a special game state that is not probable, if two rounds are selected as the number of rounds in the special game state that does not involve a probable change, this is called a sudden short (short).

  In the control of the special figure display, after the above-mentioned symbol random number is acquired in the main control device, the acquired random number is controlled by referring to the data table stored in the ROM which is the storage device of the main control device. It is converted to a numerical value (display control data). This control numerical value is a numerical value for specifying a control signal from the main control device to the drive circuit of the special-purpose display device having the plurality of electroluminescent devices described above.

In addition, the design random number is composed of a limited number of numerical values (for example, continuous integers) such as 100, and in the data table, one control numerical value corresponds to each random number, and one control numerical value. The numerical value corresponds to one stop symbol of the special figure display. A plurality of random numbers may correspond to the same control numerical value and stop symbol.
In addition, refer to the judgment data table for the design random number to determine whether the generated jackpot is a probability jackpot with probability change, a sudden jackpot with suddenness, or a normal jackpot without probability or suddenness. To decide. That is, whether or not the probability is changed and whether the number of rounds is 15 (16) times or 2 times is determined by the design random number and the data table for determination.

JP 2006-61666 A

By the way, in the display control device, for example, in order to perform display control of a high-definition liquid crystal display device with a color for decorative design, the memory capacity of the ROM for data storage is large. On the other hand, the memory capacity of ROM that can be used for data storage is limited due to restrictions for preventing fraud.
Therefore, when the control based on a new plan that improves the game content of the gaming machine is added in the control performed by the main control device, the data capacity is insufficient, for example, a new control for a new control. It may be difficult to store additional data tables.

  Here, for example, when display control of the special figure display is required, a data storage area on the ROM for storing the newly added data table is secured by deleting the necessary control data table I can't do it. Therefore, the plan of a new pachinko machine that can be performed without increasing the data storage capacity by changing the existing data is not limited in its implementation, but the data after the change is the data before the change. Larger projects will be limited by the ROM storage capacity.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when determining the type of display displayed on the display means by a random number, display control for causing the random number and the display means to perform a predetermined type of display. By using the random number to calculate display control data that is uniquely determined for the random number value without using a data table that associates the data with the data table, the data capacity corresponding to the data table is obtained from the ROM of the main controller. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine, a program, and a recording medium that can reduce the amount of money.

The invention according to claim 1 includes display means for performing display in one display mode selected from a plurality of preset display modes;
Random number generating means for generating a random number consisting of numerical values within a predetermined range;
Random number acquisition means for acquiring the random number generated by the random number generation means in relation to the operation of the player;
Control means for controlling the display means to perform display in a display mode corresponding to the display control data uniquely determined for each value of the random number that can be generated by the random number generation means; In a gaming machine equipped with
The display means includes m display devices each capable of displaying n types corresponding to n sub-display control data of 2 or more, respectively, so that each of the m display devices is provided. The m of display control data consisting of n sub-display control data combinations of n is displayed in a one-to-one correspondence with n display control data of n. It is possible to display the display mode of the power,
The range of random numbers generated by the random number generation means is n to m consecutive integers,
The control means includes display control data calculation means for calculating a value for each display device uniquely determined for each value of random numbers that can be acquired by the random number acquisition means as sub display control data,
The display control data calculation means is obtained by division processing after dividing the random number value acquired by the random number acquisition means by the number n of display types of each display device to obtain a quotient and a remainder. The division process for again dividing the quotient by the number n of display types to obtain the quotient and the remainder is repeated by the number of times obtained by subtracting 1 from the number m of the display device, and every m division processes including the first division process. A value obtained by adding a constant a to each remainder is used as sub display control data for the display device that is predetermined in a one-to-one manner for each division process.

According to the first aspect of the invention, the sub display control data corresponding to the display type of each display device of the display means is calculated by the arithmetic processing, and each display of the display means is calculated using the calculated sub display control data. The type of display corresponding to the sub-display control data on a one-to-one basis can be performed on the apparatus.
Therefore, when the display control data is obtained from random numbers, the data table stored in the ROM is not required, and the storage area for the data table described above can be released and used for other data in the ROM of the control means. Therefore, it is possible to realize a plan for a new pachinko machine that requires more data capacity than the current situation without being limited by the data capacity.

  Further, when there are two or more display devices, the display control data can be calculated for each display device. Therefore, the display in the same range is set with the same setting in the drive circuit of each display device. Control data can be output. That is, the present invention can be effectively applied when it is necessary to output sub display control data for each of a plurality of display devices.

The present invention includes, for example, a plurality of lamps and LEDs, each lamp and LED as a display device, and each display device performs two types of display of lighting and extinguishing, and one 7-segment display. The present invention can be applied to a display unit having a display device capable of various types of display such as 7 segments or 8 segments, or a display unit including a plurality of display devices capable of various types of displays such as 7 segments or 8 segments.
The display device is not limited to a 7-segment or 8-segment display, but may be a device capable of displaying various images, such as a liquid crystal display device, and each display type can be specified. It only has to be like this.

In addition, when the lamps and LEDs are displayed in two types, that is, lighting and extinguishing, each lamp and LED may be considered as a single display device. It may be considered that one display device is constituted by a lamp or LED.
In this case, in a 7-segment or 8-segment display device, each segment that can be turned on and off may be considered as one display device.
Since the present invention requires sub-display control data for each display device, the gaming machine has a plurality of display devices and display means capable of displaying three or more types on each display device. It can be particularly preferably used.

The invention according to claim 2 is the gaming machine according to claim 1,
The display control data calculation means includes
Subtract n from the random number as the value to be divided or the quotient of the previous division process, and subtract 1 from the number of subtractions repeated until the value that is repeatedly subtracted is less than 0 for the first time. The quotient is the quotient,
In addition, the arithmetic processing is characterized in that a value obtained by adding n to the value when it becomes smaller than 0 for the first time after repeated subtraction is used as a remainder.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, since the division process for obtaining the quotient and the remainder can be performed by repeated subtraction, the process on the program that can easily repeat the same process can be made simple and easy to understand.

A third aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the second aspect,
The number m of display devices in the display means is 2 or more,
The range of the random number is an integer that continues from n to the mth power of 0,
The display control data calculation means includes
By using the quotient obtained in the division process that is m-1th from the first division process as the remainder of the mth division process,
The m-th division process is omitted.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the process can be simplified by omitting the m-th division process.
Here, when the range of the random number is an integer consecutive from n to the mth power, the maximum random number is a value obtained by subtracting 1 from the mth power of n. Then, when dividing the random number by n times m times, the quotient in the (m-1) th division becomes smaller than n, and when this quotient is divided by n, the quotient becomes 0 and the remainder is , M−1 is equal to the quotient in the first division.
Therefore, the m-th division can be omitted by setting the m-1 th quotient as the m-th remainder.

The invention according to claim 4 is the gaming machine according to claim 3,
The display control data calculation means includes
The number m of the display devices is 2,
By setting the constant a to 1,
In the first division process as the (m-1) th time, n is repeatedly subtracted from the random number, and the number of subtractions repeated until the value obtained by repeated subtraction becomes smaller than 0 for the first time is used as the remainder of the mth division process. A first value obtained by adding 1 as a constant a,
In the first division process as the (m-1) th iteration, 1 is repeatedly subtracted from the remainder, which is a value obtained by adding n to the value when it is less than 0 for the first time after repeated subtraction, and the value after repeated subtraction is from 0 for the first time. The number of subtractions repeated until it becomes smaller is a second value obtained by adding 1 as a constant a to the remainder of the m−1th division process,
The first value is the display control data of the first display device of the two display devices,
The second value is used as display control data for the second display device of the two display devices.

According to the invention described in claim 4, when the division process is a process of repeating subtraction as described in claim 2, the number of divisions when the value to be divided becomes smaller than 0 is added to the quotient by one. It becomes the value.
Here, when the number m of display devices is 2, and when the m-th multiplication process is omitted as described in claim 3, m−1 = 1, and division by the number n of display types is performed. The division process to be performed is performed only once and becomes the remainder of the mth division process in which the quotient of the first division process is omitted. Here, assuming that the display control data is obtained by adding 1 to the remainder as a constant a, the number of divisions in the first division process is directly the display control data of one of the two display devices, and the processing is performed. Simplified.

Here, by adding 1 as a to the remainder obtained by adding n to the remainder in the first division process, that is, the value when the value that has been repeatedly subtracted is smaller than 0 for the first time, the other It is necessary to obtain display control data for the display device.
Therefore, the value n when the value n to be divided in the division process that repeats the above subtraction is changed to 1, the value to be divided is the remainder, the subtraction of 1 is repeated, and the value when the subtraction is repeated becomes smaller than 0 for the first time. Is the display control data of the other display device. The display control data at this time is a value obtained by adding 1 to the above-mentioned remainder.

The invention according to claim 5 includes display means for performing display in one display mode selected from a plurality of preset display modes;
Random number generating means for generating a random number consisting of numerical values within a predetermined range;
Random number acquisition means for acquiring the random number generated by the random number generation means in relation to the operation of the player;
Control means for controlling the display means to perform display in a display mode corresponding to the display control data uniquely determined for each value of the random number that can be generated by the random number generation means; A program for simulating a game in a gaming machine equipped with
A computer functioning as at least the control means;
The display means includes m display devices each capable of displaying n types corresponding to n sub-display control data of 2 or more, respectively, so that each of the m display devices is provided. The m of display control data consisting of n sub-display control data combinations of n is displayed in a one-to-one correspondence with n display control data of n. It is possible to display the display mode of the power,
The range of random numbers generated by the random number generation means is n to m consecutive integers,
The control means includes display control data calculation means for calculating a value for each display device uniquely determined for each value of random numbers that can be acquired by the random number acquisition means as sub display control data,
The display control data calculation means is obtained by division processing after dividing the random number value acquired by the random number acquisition means by the number n of display types of each display device to obtain a quotient and a remainder. The division process for again dividing the quotient by the number n of display types to obtain the quotient and the remainder is repeated by the number of times obtained by subtracting 1 from the number m of the display device, and every m division processes including the first division process. A value obtained by adding a constant a to each remainder is used as sub display control data for the display device that is predetermined in a one-to-one manner for each division process.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the same effect as that of the first aspect of the invention can be achieved in a simulation of a video game or the like of a gaming machine. Here, the computer includes a game machine such as a so-called video game machine, a portable game machine, and an arcade game machine that includes a memory such as a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM and executes a game based on a program.
Further, a function for reproducing the configuration according to any one of claims 2 to 4 in a simulated manner may be added to the program according to claim 5.

  The invention described in claim 6 is a computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 5 is recorded.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 5 can be obtained.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, control is performed to cause the display means to perform display in a display mode corresponding one-to-one with respect to display control data uniquely determined for each value of the acquired random number. In this case, it is not necessary to use a data table stored in the ROM to obtain display control data from random numbers, and the data storage capacity can be used effectively.
Further, when the display means has a plurality of display devices and there are three or more display types in each display device, sub display control data corresponding to the display type is obtained for each display device. And the processing can be simplified.

  Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, a gaming machine (for example, a ball) that is installed in a place such as a game machine-installed store and that allows a player to play a game based on supply of gaming media (for example, a gaming ball or medal). The configuration and operation of a pachinko gaming machine as a gaming machine will be described.

A pachinko gaming machine has a basic configuration as a so-called digipachi pachinko gaming machine, and includes a gaming board 1 shown in FIG. 1 and is surrounded by a guide rail 2 and the like on the front of the gaming board 1 A game area 2a is formed.
A variable display device (decorative symbol display device) 3 is provided in the game area 2 a on the surface of the game board 1 slightly above the center. The variable display device 3 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and displays a lottery result that is out of the lottery performed by the main controller 231 (to be described later) functioning as a lottery means. A variation display game is displayed, and the lottery result is displayed when the variation display game is missed.

  A variation display game is basically a well-known game, for example, a plurality of decorative symbols (identification information) such as numbers are displayed in a variable manner so as to be switched in a plurality of display areas, and a variation in a variation pattern determined in advance by lottery. When the display time has elapsed, the variable display is terminated, and one decorative symbol is stopped and displayed in each display area, and the combination of the stopped decorative symbols is a special combination. In this case, a special gaming state described later is generated. The variable display device 3 is not limited to the liquid crystal display device, and various known display devices can be used. In many cases, the decorative design includes various characters (characters such as unique characters, existing animations, and talents) and is also referred to as a character diagram.

  Further, in the variable display device 3, not only the decorative symbols are sequentially switched and displayed in the above-mentioned display of the variable display game, but also various stunning displays are performed, and characters and other characters related to the decorative symbols are displayed. Animation display is also performed.

  The variable display device 3 is surrounded by a peripheral wall 31 that prevents the inflow of game balls. In addition, a stage 32 is formed at the bottom portion of the peripheral wall 31 so that a game ball can jump from the lower side and flow in, and a part of the flowed game ball is guided to the normal variation winning device 5 described later. Yes. In addition, the peripheral wall 31 includes, for example, an inflow port for game balls provided on the outside of the side portion, an outflow port for flowing out the game balls toward the stage 32, and a flow path connected to the outflow port from the inflow port. A part of a game ball flowing down around the peripheral wall 31 is guided to the stage 32.

  A special symbol display device (special symbol display device) 4 is provided below the right side of the variable display device 3. The special figure display device 4 includes, for example, special figure indicators 4a and 4b, which are two 7-segment LED display devices, and variably displays special symbols (identification information) in the same manner as the above-described decorative symbols. However, the stunning display like the variable display device 3 is not performed, and the special symbols are simply switched sequentially in the display area of each digit of a plurality of digits, and each display is performed after the above-described variable display time has elapsed. A special game state occurs when a special symbol is stopped and displayed in an area, and a combination of the special symbols stopped and displayed in each display area becomes a predetermined combination. The details of the special figure display device 4 and its control method will be described later.

  The variable display device 3 and the special figure display device 4 display the variable display game corresponding to the same single lottery result almost simultaneously. The variable display device 3 and the special figure display device 4 have the same lottery result. Are displayed sequentially. That is, the variable display game on the variable display device 3 and the variable display game on the special figure display device 4 are performed almost simultaneously, and the winning lottery results displayed are the same. Note that the variable display device 3 and the special figure display device 4 have substantially the same fluctuation display time (start timing and stop timing of fluctuation display), and the result display of the hit error is the same without changing both depending on the situation. Other indications may be different. In this example, the combination of the decorative symbols that are the winning symbols that are stopped when the variable display game ends is different from the combination of the special symbols that are the winning symbols.

  An ordinary variable winning device 5 is provided directly below the variable display device 3. The normal variation winning device 5 has a so-called electric tool as an electric accessory, and serves as a special symbol starting prize opening (special figure starting prize opening) between the two left and right movable pieces 51, 51 constituting the electric accessory. A start winning opening is provided. In the normal state, the movable pieces 51 and 51 are closed with an interval that allows only one game ball to flow down, and the result of a normal symbol variation display game (ordinary variation display game) described later is a hit. In such a case, the two movable pieces 51 are opened for a preset time.

That is, the normal variation winning device 5 is configured to vary between a closed closed state in which the game ball is difficult to win and an open / closed state in which the game ball is more likely to win in comparison with the closed state.
In addition, the start winning opening, as will be described later, triggers a lottery start (variable display) based on the winning of a game ball to the main control device 231 that functions as a lottery means for performing a lottery for determining the winning of the variable display game. The opportunity to start the game).

  In addition, a start winning ball detection sensor 52 for detecting a game ball won in the normal variation winning device 5 corresponding to the normal variation winning device 5 is provided, and the start winning ball detection sensor 52 detects a game ball, That is, based on the fact that the game ball has won the normal variation winning device 5, an opportunity to start the variation display game with the above-described decorative symbols and special symbols is given.

  A special figure reservation number display lamp 7 is provided on the front surface of the upper side portion of the peripheral wall of the variable display device 3. When the starting winning ball detection sensor 52 detects a game ball won in the normal variation winning device 5 during the variable display game, 1 is added to the special figure starting memorized number within the range of the upper limit. Based on this starting winning When a variable display game (variable display game of both decorative symbols and special symbols) is started, 1 is subtracted from the special diagram starting memory number. The number of special figure starting memories, that is, the number of triggers (starting rights) for starting the variable display game is displayed on the special figure holding number display lamp 7.

  Further, a special variable winning device 8 is provided below the variable display device 3 and further below the normal variable winning device 5. A special variable winning device 8 called a so-called attacker is provided with a movable door 81, and in a normal game played normally, the movable door 81 is closed so as not to allow game balls to flow in, and the result of the variable display game is as follows. When it is a win, the game ball is opened so that the game ball can easily flow in based on a predetermined condition and is repeatedly opened and closed as will be described later. In other words, the special variable winning device 8 can be varied between an open state in which the game ball can be won and a closed state in which the game ball is difficult to win (here, the closed state in which the game ball cannot be completely won). It has become a thing.

A special winning ball detection sensor 82 that detects a game ball won in the special variable winning device 8 is provided corresponding to the special variable winning device 8.
In addition, the special variable winning device 8 whose driving source is controlled by the main control device 231 wins a predetermined time and a predetermined number of game balls when released in response to the winning of the variable display game. When one of the two conditions is fulfilled, the block is closed, and the block is opened again, and is controlled to repeat blocking a predetermined number of times (a predetermined number of rounds) based on the establishment of the above condition. . The period from when the special variable winning device 8 is opened until it is closed is referred to as a round. That is, the main control device 231 as the special game state control means sets the special variable winning device 8 to the closed state after allowing the special variable winning device 8 to continuously win a plurality of game balls during the special game state. As one round, the special variable winning device 8 is controlled so that the round is repeated a predetermined number of times.

  On the left and right sides of the variable display device 3, common start ports 9 and 9 are provided. Further, a passing ball detection sensor 91 that detects a game ball that has passed through the general drawing starting ports 9 and 9 is provided corresponding to the normal drawing starting ports 9 and 9, and the passing ball detection sensor 91 detects the gaming ball. That is, based on the fact that the game ball passes (wins) through the ordinary figure starting port 9, a later-described ordinary symbol variation display game (hereinafter referred to as ordinary diagram variation display game) is reproduced as a later-described ordinary symbol (ordinary diagram) display device. (LED display device) 6 is provided with an opportunity to display.

  The universal map display device 6 for displaying the universal map display game displays, for example, a variable display by alternately turning on and off a circle mark and a cross mark that are turned on and off by an LED. A round mark is lit, and a cross mark is lit when there is a loss. It is assumed that the normal figure display device 6 is composed of a 7-segment LED display device, and the numerical value as a normal symbol is sequentially switched and displayed in a variable manner, and then one numerical value is stopped and displayed, and the numerical value that is stopped and displayed is 7 or the like in advance. If the hit value is determined, it may be a win. Note that the result of the hit failure is determined by lottery by the main controller 231.

  Under the above-mentioned general map display device 6, a general map hold number display lamp 10 is provided. When the game ball passes through the normal chart start port 9 during the normal symbol variation display game (when the passing ball detection sensor 91 outputs detection of the game ball), the number of the normal chart start memory is 1 In addition, when the common map change display game is started, a process of subtracting 1 from the general chart start memory number is performed. The normal figure start memory number is displayed on the normal figure hold number display lamp 10.

  Then, as described above, when the normal variation display game is won, the normal variation winning device 5 is released, the winning rate of the game balls to the normal variation winning device 5 is increased, and the opportunity to start the variable display game Has come to increase.

  In addition, a plurality of general winning ports 13, 13 are provided on the left side of the game area. Further, a general winning ball detection sensor 131 for detecting a game ball won in the general winning ports 13 and 13 is provided corresponding to the general winning ports 13 and 13, respectively.

In addition, at the lowermost end portion of the game area 2a below the special variable winning device 8, there is an out port 15 for discharging the game balls that have not won any of the winning areas to the back of the game board 1 outside the game area 2a. Is provided.
In addition, on the front surface of the game board 1, there are provided flow regulation regulating members such as a game nail 16 (only part of which is shown) and a windmill (not shown) which regulate the flow direction of the game ball and change the flow direction. .

Next, the control system of the pachinko gaming machine of this example will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG.
The control system of the pachinko gaming machine is roughly composed of a main control unit 23, a sub control unit 24, and a power supply device 29 that supplies power to the main control unit 23 and the sub control unit 24.
The main control unit 23 includes a main control device 231 composed of, for example, a one-chip microcomputer for a gaming machine. The main control device 231 includes a CPU 23a that executes a program, a program and data used in the program. A stored ROM 23b, a RAM 23c that stores data generated based on a program, various data read from the ROM 23b, and the like, a frequency generation circuit unit 23d, and the like are provided.

  Signals from various sensors provided in the pachinko gaming machine can be input to the main control device 231 (CPU 23A), and the aforementioned start winning ball detection sensor 52, the big winning ball detection sensor 82, and the passing ball detection sensor. 91, a general winning ball detection sensor 131 is connected, and a gaming ball payout detection sensor 232 that detects a winning ball paid out from a gaming ball payout device 251 that pays out a winning ball in response to winning of a game ball, pachinko An error detection sensor 233 for detecting an error in the gaming machine is connected.

The main control device 231 outputs various signals for operating various devices of the pachinko gaming machine. For example, a central control device 234 for collecting and managing data of each gaming machine installed in a game store is connected to the main control device 231 so that data can be input from the main control device 231. The main controller 231 is connected with a payout controller 25, a symbol controller (display controller) 26, a lamp controller 27, and a voice controller 28 as sub-controllers. (Control command) is outputable.
Here, since the payout control device 25 performs the main control of the game in the pachinko gaming machine for substantially paying out the winning ball, it is included in the main control unit 23, and the symbol control related to the effect of the game The device 26, the lamp control device 27, and the sound control device 28 are included in the sub-control unit 24.

The main control device 231 is connected to a special figure display device 4 which is a 7-segment LED display device, and the main control device 231 performs display control in the special figure display device 4.
The payout control device 25 is connected to a game ball payout device 251 that is controlled by the payout control device 25 to pay out a prize ball and a rental ball, and reads out the data of the prepaid card 252 and controls the payout of the game ball. A CR unit 253 is connected via a ball lending signal control device 254. The payout control device 25 pays out a prize ball based on a command from the main control device 231 and pays a ball rental based on a ball lending signal input from the CR unit 253 via the ball lending signal control device 254. Perform control.

  Further, the main control device 231 is connected with a normal variation solenoid 242 that drives the movable pieces 51 and 51 of the above-described normal variation prize-winning device 5 and a special variation solenoid that drives the movable door 81 of the special variation prize-winning device 8. 241 is connected, and these solenoids are controlled by the main controller 231.

  In addition, the main control unit 23 is not directly connected to the main control device 231, but includes a launch control device 236 that controls a launch drive device 235 of a hitting ball launcher (not shown) that launches a game ball into the game area 2a. The launch control device 236 is connected to a rotary operation handle 237 for operating the launch of a game ball, a launch stop button 238, and a touch sensor 239.

  The main control unit 231 of the main control unit 23 controls the progress of the game in the pachinko gaming machine. From the start winning ball detection sensor 52, the big winning ball detection sensor 82, and the general winning ball detection sensor 131, When a detection signal is input, that is, when a game ball wins at each winning opening, a command is output to the payout control device 25 so that the game ball is discharged as a prize ball.

  In addition, when the game ball detection signal is input from the passing ball detection sensor 91, the main control device 231 performs the process of adding the above-mentioned normal figure start memory number and determines whether the normal figure fluctuation display game is missed. The random number used in the lottery process to be acquired is acquired, and the usual figure fluctuation display game is started. At this time, the lottery process determines the hit of the normal variation display game, and the symbol control device 26, the lamp control device 27, and the voice control device 28 are used to display the general variation display game, to notify and produce the result. Output the command.

  In addition, when a game ball detection signal is input from the start winning ball detection sensor 52, the main control device 231 performs a process of adding the above-described special figure start memory number and determines whether the variable display game is missed. A random number used in the lottery process is acquired, and a variable display game is started. At this time, a lottery process is performed to determine whether or not the variation display game has been won, and the special figure display device 4 is controlled to display the special display variation display game. A command is output to the symbol control device 26, the lamp control device 27, the voice control device 28, etc. for production.

  That is, the main control device 231 functions as a lottery means for performing a lottery for winning. In addition, when a game ball detection signal is input from the start winning ball detection sensor 52, in addition to obtaining a hit determination random number for determining a hit or miss in the above-described variation display game, the special figure display device 4 A random number (design random number) for determining a special symbol for determining the display mode (type of special symbol to be stopped and displayed) that is stopped and displayed at the end of the variable display game to be won is acquired.

  These random numbers are acquired by the main controller 231 by the following process. In the main control device 231, for example, a storage area for storing the determination count value and the initial value count value is set in the RAM 23c for each random number. In the main control device 231, the same lower limit value and upper limit value are respectively set for the determination count value and the initial value count value. In the design random number, the lower limit value is 0 and the upper limit value is 99. Has been.

Then, main controller 231 adds 1 to the previously stored count value every very short time in the storage area of the determination count value and the initial value count value, and adds 1 to the count value. Is updated and stored. When the count value that has been updated and stored becomes the upper limit value, a process of updating and storing the upper limit value as the lower limit value is performed instead of the process of adding 1 in the next update.
Here, with respect to the count value for determination and the initial value count value, a process of updating and storing by adding 1 at different times is performed.

  In addition, in the determination count value, in addition to the above-described update storage processing, in the next update storage in which the number of update storage matches the number of random numbers, the processing for updating and storing by adding 1 to the previous determination count value or Instead of processing to update and store the upper limit value as the lower limit value, when the count value for determination is updated and stored, the initial value count value stored in the storage area of the initial value count value is read and used for determination. Processing to update and store in the count value storage area is performed.

  Accordingly, in the count value for determination, if the initial value count value is, for example, 10 in the next update storage after first being updated and stored from 0 to 99, the count value for determination is stored as 10 and then sequentially 1 When the count value for determination reaches 9 after addition, the count value for determination is incremented by 1 in the next update storage and does not become 10 as described above, but again the initial value count value at that time For example, if 35 is 35, 35 is set as the count value for determination.

The random number is determined by reading the determination count value sequentially updated and stored in the determination count value storage area at the timing when the detection signal of the game ball is input from the start winning ball detection sensor 52, and the RAM 23c. Is stored in the storage area for symbol random numbers, that is, by extracting random numbers. Then, when determining the display mode to be stopped and displayed at the end of the winning variation display game in the special symbol display device 4, the symbol random number stored in the symbol random number storage area is read (obtained). .
From the above, the main control device 231 generates a random number including a numerical value within a predetermined range, and a random number acquisition unit that acquires the random number generated by the random number generation unit in association with the player's operation. Function as.

The random number as described above is a pseudo-random number and uses a count value that is counted up every predetermined time. This count value is extracted at a random timing such as winning a game ball at the start opening. By doing so, it is a random number. Therefore, even if it is a random number, regularity will occur with respect to time, but by changing the initial value counted up as described above every time, the regularity with respect to time will be lost, and a more random pseudo It is a random number.
In addition, instead of generating random numbers by software processing in the main controller 231, a random number generator may be provided separately from the main controller 231, and this external random number generator is used as a random number generator. The random number generated by the random number generation means may be extracted and acquired by the main control device 231 as the random number acquisition means at the timing when the game ball detection signal is input from the start winning ball detection sensor 52.

  Further, main controller 231 determines a stop symbol to be displayed as a lottery result of the variable display game corresponding to the lottery result of the winning combination as well as the lottery of the variable display game. Further, the basic variation pattern mainly indicating the variation display time of the variation display game is determined in accordance with the winning lottery result and the lottery result of the stop symbol. In addition, by determining the stop symbol in the case of winning, it is determined whether or not to generate a so-called probability change state (including a probability) after the special gaming state that occurs based on the winning.

Further, the main control device 231 controls the drive source (normal variation solenoid 242) of the movable pieces 51 and 51 of the normal variation winning device 5 when the normal variation display game is won, and the normal variation winning device. 5 is controlled from the closed first state to the opened second state.
Further, when the variation display game is won, the main control device 231 controls the drive source (special variation solenoid 241) of the movable door 81 of the special variation winning device 8 to perform special variation based on a predetermined condition. Control is performed to generate a special game state by changing the winning device 8 from the closed state to the open state.

The symbol control device 26 of the sub-control unit 24 controls the variable display device 3 and the universal display device (LED display device) 6, and the variable display device 3 is connected via the video display processor 261. Has been.
In addition, the result of a win / fail game in the normal map display device 6 is also determined by a lottery process performed by the main control device 231, and the display is controlled based on the result.

The lamp control device 27 of the sub-control unit 24 is provided on the front frame that supports the board-related electrical decoration (LED) 271 provided on the board surface of the gaming board 1 and the gaming board 1 of the pachinko gaming machine. In addition, a frame door-related electrical decoration 272 such as a glass frame that covers the front surface of the game board 1 is connected to control the effects of LEDs, lamps, and the like.
The lamp control device 27 is connected with a special figure hold number display lamp 7 and a universal figure hold number display lamp 10, which can display the hold number by controlling the turning on and off of the LEDs.

  The sound control device 28 is connected to a sound generation device 281 including a sound processor, an amplifier, a speaker, and the like, and the sound control device 28 controls output of effect sound, voice, music, and the like for production.

Below, the detail of a structure of the special figure display apparatus 4 and the control method of the special figure display apparatus 4 concerning this invention are demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 3, the special figure display device 4 includes two 7-segment special figure displays 4a and 4b.
Each special figure indicator 4a, 4b has 7 segments 41-47, respectively. Each of these segments 41-47 has, for example, a built-in LED. When these LEDs are turned on / off, Each segment can be turned on and off.

The two special-figure indicators 4a and 4b are individually connected to drive circuits, and the respective segments 41 to 47 are turned on by a control signal (control numerical value) input from the main controller 231. State or off.
In this example, 10 types of displays are made by adding H to 1 to 9 on each of the two special figure indicators 4a and 4b. Then, the drive circuit of each special figure display 4a, 4b is configured so that when a numerical value of 1 to 10 is input from the main controller 231 as a control numerical value, each segment is shown in FIG. 41 to 47 are turned on and off.

  In FIG. 3, below each control numerical value, the seven numerical values correspond to the seven segments 41 to 47, and the underlined black numerical values indicate the segments 41 to 47, The gray numbers with strikethroughs indicate the segments 41 to 47 that are turned off. The drive circuit turns on or off each of the segments 41 to 47 as shown in FIG. 3 in accordance with the control numerical value as the input control signal.

Here, since the two special figure indicators 4a and 4b perform one kind of display among the ten kinds of indications 1 to 9 and H, respectively, each indication on these two special figure indicators 4a and 4b. The display mode composed of the combinations of the types is 100 types obtained by multiplying 10 by 10.
In addition, the display of the above-mentioned 1-9 and H is a special symbol which is stopped and displayed when the variable display game is won, and in the case of a loss, the same segment is displayed on the two special-figure indicators 4a and 4b. Only one display of “-” (minus, minus) with only 44 lit.

Therefore, in actuality, the display on each of the special figure indicators 4a and 4b is 11 types in which-is added to 1 to 9 and H. The numerical value for control in the case of detachment is, for example, the same 0 in each of the special figure indicators 4a and 4b, and each drive circuit of the special figure indicators 4a and 4b receives 0 respectively. -The special figure displays 4a and 4b are caused to display-.
Also, when the variable display game is out of place, the display mode on the two special figure displays 4a and 4b is one from the above, and is determined by the fact that the variable display game is out of place.

  On the other hand, when the variable display game is won, one display mode is selected from 100 types of display modes. At this time, at the end of the variable display game in the special graphic display device 4, a winning design random number for determining a stop display symbol as a result of the variable display game is used. The design random number is one of 100 numerical values from 0 to 99, and the 100 random numbers correspond one-to-one to 100 types of display modes of the special figure display device 4. It has become.

  Here, conventionally, a data table is used in which control numerical values to be input to the respective drive circuits of the two special figure displays 4a and 4b are associated one by one with each random number of 0 to 99. On the other hand, in the present invention, without using the data table, the control numerical value for each special figure display 4a, 4b is obtained by calculation from the symbol random number acquired when the game ball is won at the start opening. It has become.

In order to obtain control numerical values (first special figure display data, second special figure display data) from the symbol random numbers related to the control of the special figure display device 4 comprising the two special figure displays 4a and 4b. A special figure display control process performed by the main controller 231 will be described.
Note that this special figure display control process is effective when the main control device 231 is a big win / loss judgment process of the variable display game, and is determined by this special figure display control process. When the special figure display data and the second special figure display data are stopped and displayed at the end of the variable display game in the special figure display device 4, each special figure display device 4a, 4b of the special figure display device 4 is displayed. By outputting to the drive circuit, the display mode uniquely corresponding to the symbol random number is displayed.

  The special figure display control process will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this process, for example, a game ball is won at the start winning opening of the normal variation winning device 5, and a start winning signal is input from the start winning ball detection sensor 52 to the main control device 231, and a design random number is acquired. It may be performed until the end of the variable display game corresponding to the input of the start winning signal, but is basically performed when the variable display game corresponding to the start winning signal is started.

In this process, one special control numerical value is selected from ten control numerical values respectively corresponding to ten display types in the two special figure displays 4a and 4b.
Here, the first special figure display data and the second special figure display data as numerical values for control (display control data) temporarily stored during the processing are stored in RAM (RWM (read / write memory)) 23c. Is stored in the work area.

At the beginning of this display control process, 0 is set as the initial value of the first special figure display data (step S1), and 0 is set as the initial value of the second special figure display data (step S2).
Then, as described above, the symbol random number extracted when the game ball is won at the start opening and stored in the symbol random number storage area of the RAM 23c is read (obtained) and stored in the work area of the RAM 23c. That is, the design random number is loaded as a base value in the display control process (step S3). In this example, the design random number is one of 100 numerical values from 0 to 99.

Next, as described above, 1 is added to the first special figure display data stored as the initial value 0, and the update is stored (step S4).
Further, 10 is subtracted from the base value into which the value of the design random number is substituted (step S5).
Next, it is determined whether or not the base value obtained by subtracting 10 is 0 or more (step S6).
If the base value is 0 or more, the process proceeds to step S4. If the base value is smaller than 0, the process proceeds to step S7.

In this process, until the symbol random number becomes smaller than 0, the number of display types (number of symbols) on each of the special symbol displays 4a and 4b is repeatedly subtracted from the symbol random number, and the number of subtractions is calculated as the first special symbol number. This is a process of counting as figure display data.
Here, when the subtraction of 10 is repeated until the base value becomes smaller than 0, the number of subtractions is a value obtained by adding 1 to the quotient obtained by dividing the symbol random number as the base value by the symbol number. .
That is, this process is a process in which 1 is added as a constant to the quotient obtained by dividing the symbol random number by the symbol number within an integer range.

When it is determined in step S6 that the base value has become smaller than 0, 10 is added to the base value as the number of symbols described above (step S7).
In this process, the constant 1 is added to the quotient when the base value is divided by the number of symbols when the process of repeating the subtraction by the number of symbols as described above is repeated until the base value becomes smaller than 0. In this case, a value obtained by adding 10 to the base value becomes a remainder (remainder) of the division.

Here, when the process of dividing and calculating the quotient and the remainder is processed by repeated subtraction, the number of subtractions until the base value that is the number to be divided becomes smaller than the number of symbols (10) that is the number to be divided becomes the quotient. The base value at this time is a remainder.
Here, in order to make the determination easy, by determining whether it is 0 or less, that is, whether it is positive or negative, the number of subtractions is one more than the division quotient. That is, although the division is performed by repeating the subtraction, since the subtraction is performed once more, when the base value becomes smaller than 0, 10 as the number of symbols that are excessively subtracted once is added to the base value. By adding, the base value becomes the remainder when the symbol random number is divided by the symbol number.

Next, 1 is added to the second special figure display data stored in the RAM 23c and the initial value is 0, and is updated and stored (step S8).
Next, 1 is divided from the base value (step S9).
Next, it is determined whether or not the base value is 0 or more. If it is 0 or more, the process returns to step S8, and if it is less than 0, the process proceeds to step S10.

In this process, as described above, 1 is repeatedly subtracted from the base value that is the remainder until the base value that is the remainder when the symbol random number is divided by the number of symbols becomes smaller than 0, and the number of subtractions is set to the second number. This is a process of counting as special figure display data.
This process is also performed by repeating the subtraction process. Since the division number is 1, the division quotient is the same as the division number before division. In this case, since the subtraction is repeated until the number to be subtracted is smaller than the number to be divided, and the number to be subdivided is smaller than 0, the subtraction is repeated by adding a constant 1 to the quotient. It will be a thing.

From the above, the first special figure display data is obtained by adding 1 to the quotient when the random number which is any one of the numerical values of 0 to 99 is divided by 10 which is the number of symbols.
Also, the second special figure display data is obtained by adding 1 to the remainder when a random number which is any one of 0 to 99 is divided by 10 which is the number of symbols.

Next, the first special figure display data obtained as described above is stored in the area of the RAM (RWM) 23c reserved for storing the numerical values for control of the first special figure display 4a. (Step S11).
Further, the second special figure display data obtained as described above is stored (stored) in an area of the RAM (RWM) 23c reserved for storing the numerical values for control of the second special figure display 4a ( Step S12).

  The numerical value for control of the first special figure display 4a and the numerical value for control of the second special figure display 4a stored as described above are special after the variable display game that is a hit in the special figure display device 4 is completed. When the figure is stopped and displayed, the main controller 231 outputs any one of 1 to 9 and H as special symbols corresponding to the control numerical values as described above, which are output to the above-described drive circuit of the special figure display apparatus 4 Is displayed.

  The above processing is 0 to 99, that is, a design random number which is a numerical value within two digits is divided by 10 which is the number of design types to obtain a quotient and a remainder, and a constant 1 is added to these quotient and remainder. It becomes processing.

  At this time, since the remainder is a remainder obtained by dividing the number of symbols, the remainder is one of numerical values from 0 to the number of symbols minus 1, and is always any one of the same numbers as the number of symbols. Here, it becomes one of 10 numerical values from 0 to 9, and when the constant 1 is added to this, it becomes one of the numerical values from 1 to 10 as the above-mentioned numerical values for control, and the obtained second special figure display The data can be used as it is as a numerical value for control.

On the other hand, the symbol random number is a value obtained by multiplying 10 by 10 as a combination of displays when 10 types of display are performed by the two special figure displays 4a and 4b, in other words, each special figure display 4a, A value obtained by raising 10 which is the number of display types that can be displayed by 4b to a power of 2, which is the number of the special-purpose indicators 4a and 4b, that is, the square of 10.
Further, as described above, the random number is a continuous integer because it consists of a count value obtained by adding symbol random numbers by one.

  When the symbol random number starts from 0, 10 squares, that is, 100 symbol random numbers are 0 to 99 as described above. In this case, when the random number is divided by the number of symbols 10, the quotient is one of the numerical values from 0 to the number of symbols minus 1, and is always one of the numerical values of the same number as the number of symbols. Here, it becomes one of 10 numerical values from 0 to 9, and when the constant 1 is added to this, it becomes one of the numerical values from 1 to 10 as the above-mentioned numerical values for control, and the obtained first special figure display The data can be used as it is as a numerical value for control.

In addition, for the design random numbers from 0 to 99, there are 100 display modes of the special figure display device 4 comprising 10 kinds of display combinations for the first special figure display 4a and the second special figure display 4b. The display mode of the special figure display device 4 is uniquely determined with respect to the design random number.
That is, it is necessary to use a data table for obtaining the control numerical value for each special symbol display 4a, 4b from the symbol random number by the arithmetic processing for calculating the control numerical value for each special symbol display 4a, 4b from the above symbol random number. Disappears.

  Therefore, the conventional storage area for the data table for obtaining the above-mentioned control numerical value from the design random number in the ROM 23b of the main controller 231 can be released and allocated to other processing, and a new data capacity increases. It will be possible to develop pachinko machines with new plans by adding controls for pachinko machines. That is, it can be prevented that it is difficult to implement a new project due to the limitation of the storage capacity of the ROM 23b.

  In this example, the number of processes is increased by repeating division as described above, but the capacity as program data may be reduced. In addition, when division is repeated as subtraction, the condition for repeating subtraction is not whether or not the base value to be divided is greater than or equal to the number of symbols to be divided, but whether or not it is greater than or equal to 0. Can be reduced.

  In this case, in this example, while the numerical value for control is 1 to 10, the calculated value is 0 to 9 if the base value to be divided is equal to or greater than the number of symbols to be divided. However, if the condition is set to 0 or more as described above, the calculated value becomes 1 to 10 and the process of adding 1 is not necessary. Capacity can be reduced.

  In addition, as described above, it is necessary to add 10 as the number of symbols to the base value when calculating the remainder. However, when obtaining the second special figure display data, 1 is not added to the remainder of 0 to 9 to make 1 to 10, but 1 is subtracted until the base value becomes smaller than 0. Thus, the processing from step S4 to step S6 described above and the processing from step S8 to step S10 are exactly the same processing except for the numerical values, and the processing from step S4 to step S6 is used in an overlapping manner. The process of adding 1 to the remainder can be omitted, and an increase in the program data capacity due to the addition of 10 as the number of symbols to the base value can be prevented.

  As described above, the data capacity stored in the ROM 23b of the program used in the display control process can be reduced. Here, even if the storage capacity for the data table can be reduced considering the entire storage capacity of the main controller 231 that cannot be rewritten, the data of the display control processing program used instead of the data table If the capacity increases, the data capacity as a whole will not be reduced, but in this example, the data capacity of the program that calculates the numerical value for control as display control data from the design random number becomes extremely small. The capacity can be surely reduced.

The special figure display device 4 serves as display means for performing display in one display mode selected from a plurality of preset display modes.
Further, the special figure display device 4 as the display means is a special figure as two display devices capable of 10 types of display corresponding to control numerical values as ten sub display control data one-to-one. By providing the display devices 4a and 4b, ten square display control data composed of combinations of ten sub display control data for each of the two display devices, two in one-to-one correspondence. This means that 10 square display modes consisting of 10 types of display combinations can be displayed on each of the display devices.

The range of symbol random numbers generated by the main control device 231 as the random number generating means is set as a continuous integer of the number of symbols as the number of display types, where 10 is the power of 2 as the number of display devices, and 0 to 99 starting from 0.
In addition, the main control device 231 in this example has a display mode that has a one-to-one correspondence with display control data that is uniquely determined for each random number value that can be generated by the random number generation unit. For each display device (each special figure display 4a, 4b) that is uniquely determined for each value of the random number that can be obtained by the random number obtaining means. Is functioned as display control data calculating means for calculating as a sub display control data (a numerical value for control for each special figure display 4a, 4b).

  In the above example, the case where the special figure display device 4 as the display means has the special figure indicators 4a and 4b as two display devices each capable of displaying 10 types of symbols has been described. Is also applicable when the display means has m display devices each capable of n types of display.

  Note that n is an integer (natural number) of 2 or more. Here, in the case of a display device that can be turned on and off, there are two types of display, on and off. Basically, only one type can be displayed (when n = 1), and the display is variable (variable). ) And cannot be a display means of the present invention. M is an integer of 1 or more, that is, a natural number.

  In this case, the display means includes m display devices capable of displaying n types corresponding to n sub-display control data (control numerical values) each having a value of 2 or more in a one-to-one manner. The display control data of n to the mth power composed of a combination of n sub display control data for each of the display devices has a one-to-one correspondence with n types of display control data for each of the m display devices. It is possible to display n-th display modes consisting of display combinations.

In addition, since the position of each display device on the game board 1 is determined, it can be specified one by one, in other words, since the order is determined, m display devices that can display n types of display devices. The display mode (type of display by all display devices) is n to the mth power (n ^m ) as described above.
The sub display control data is a numerical value for control for each display device described above, and the display control data is a combination of the numerical values for control for each display device, as described above. n to the power of m (n ^m ).
The display control data and the display mode basically correspond uniquely, and here, they correspond one-to-one. Further, each sub display control data and the display type of each display device correspond one-to-one.

Note that when the number m of display devices is 1, the sub display control data and the display control data are the same.
Further, in the present invention, the number of numerical values that are random numbers is equal to the number of the above-described display modes and the display control data corresponding to the display modes on a one-to-one basis.
That is, the range of random numbers generated by the main control device 231 serving as a random number generation means is set to n to the mth power (n ^m ) continuous integers.

Here, when there are n display types as the same number in a plurality of display devices, a random number as one numerical value is assigned to each display device corresponding to the n display types for each display device. When allocating to the sub display control data, it is conceivable that the design random number is repeatedly divided by n over m times that is the number of display devices, and the remainder in each division is obtained.
In this case, in the first division, the random number is divided by n, and thereafter, the quotient obtained by the division is divided.

  Since each remainder in m divisions is a remainder, it is one of n numbers from 0 to n-1. Each remainder is specified by the number of divisions. Here, when each division is associated with each display device in a one-to-one correspondence, the remainder of each division is The sub display control data can be used as control numerical values corresponding to the display types of the corresponding display devices. That is, sub display control data for each display device corresponding to each random number can be obtained by calculation instead of the data table.

This eliminates the need for a storage area on the ROM 23b that has been necessary for storing the conventional data table, thereby reducing the storage capacity.
At this time, for example, a constant a may be added to each remainder to obtain sub display control data. For example, 1 is added as a constant a to each of the remainders of 0 to n−1 to obtain sub display control data. May be a natural number from 1 to n. Here, the constant a is an integer and may be 0.

  In addition, since the number of processes in the main controller 231 increases because of the repeated processes in the above-described processes, the same processes are repeated, so that each division repeats one program process. If the numerical value in each repetitive process is changed, the data amount of the program becomes smaller than the number of processes, and the data table in which the data amount of the program stored in the ROM 23b is reduced as described above. It is possible to prevent the storage capacity from becoming larger than this.

  Actually, even a method using a conventional data table requires a conversion program that converts a design random number into a numerical value for control of each display device by referring to the data table. The data capacity and the data capacity of the conversion program are combined, and the data capacity of the program of the present invention for calculating the control numerical value from the design random number may be smaller than this data capacity.

  From the above, after dividing the value of the random number acquired by the random number acquisition means by the number n of display types of each display device and performing a division process for obtaining a quotient and a remainder, the quotient obtained by the division process is obtained. The division process for obtaining the quotient and the remainder by dividing again by the number of display types n is repeated as many times as the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the number m of the display device, and is added to each remainder for each m division processes including the first division process. A value obtained by adding the constant a can be used as sub display control data for the display device, which is previously determined on a one-to-one basis for each division process.

  Here, in the process of dividing the design random number by n and the process of dividing the quotient obtained by the division by n, n is repeatedly subtracted from the design random number or the quotient, and the repeatedly subtracted value becomes smaller than n for the first time. It is possible to replace it with a process in which the number of repetitions of subtraction is the quotient and the value obtained by repeatedly subtracting for the first time less than n is used as the remainder.

  Here, the number of processes increases when one division is replaced with one or more subtractions. However, the process is repeated here as well, and one subtraction is performed as in the case of the above divisions. By performing the processing with different numerical values, all the subtraction processing can be performed, the amount of data of the necessary program is not increased, and the data amount of the program is less than that of the division processing. By substituting with a possible subtraction process, there is a possibility that the data amount of the program can be further reduced.

  Here, when division is replaced with repetition of subtraction, the number of repetitions of subtraction when the value to be repeatedly subtracted becomes smaller than n, which is the value to be subtracted, is a quotient, and the subtracted value less than n is the remainder However, as in the above example, subtraction may be repeated until the value to be subtracted becomes smaller than 0, and 1 may be added with the number of repeated subtractions as a constant as a quotient.

In this case, the number of subtractions is always one more than when the subtracted value is smaller than n, so the number of repeated subtractions is a value obtained by adding 1 to the quotient as described above.
Note that the number of subtractions when the subtraction is repeated until the value to be subtracted becomes smaller than 0 as described above is one more than the number of subtractions when the subtraction is repeated until the value to be subtracted becomes smaller than n. Therefore, a value obtained by adding n to a value smaller than 0 described above is a remainder.

  From the above, in the present invention, the main control device 231 as the display control data calculation means repeatedly subtracts n from the random number as the value to be divided or the quotient of the previous division process, The value obtained by subtracting 1 from the number of subtractions repeated until the subtracted value becomes smaller than 0 for the first time is used as a quotient, and the value obtained by adding n to the value when the subtracted value becomes smaller than 0 for the first time after subtraction. It is performed by the arithmetic processing used as a remainder.

As described above, when simply replacing division with repeated subtraction, the number of subtractions when the subtracted value becomes smaller than n is taken as a quotient, and the subtracted value smaller than n is taken as a remainder. do it.
Further, in the repetition of the above division, when the range of the design random number is an integer that continues from 0 to the mth power of n, that is, when the range of the random number is 0 to (n ^m ) −1, The quotient in the (m-1) th division which is one time before is always n or less. Thus, when the quotient of the m−1th division process is divided the mth time, the quotient becomes 0, and the remainder becomes equal to the quotient of the m−1th division. In this case, since m-1 is present, m is 2 or more.

Therefore, the m-th division can be omitted, and the quotient in the m-1th division can be the m-th remainder.
That is, the main control device 231 serving as the display control data calculating unit sets the quotient obtained in the division process that is m−1 times from the first division process as the remainder of the mth division process, thereby obtaining the mth division. Processing can be omitted.

This simplifies the processing. In the above example in which m = 2 and n = 10, the symbol random number is divided only once by 10 and the m-th division process is omitted.
In the present invention, if the earned symbol random number becomes a small value, if the quotient becomes 0 in the repeated division process, both the quotient and the remainder become 0 in the repeated division process thereafter, so the quotient is 0. At this point, the division process is terminated, and all the sub-control display data as the control numerical values of the display device corresponding to the number of divisions thereafter may be set to the minimum value. In this case, for example, it is 0 when the sub control display data is equal to the remainder, and is 1 when the remainder is obtained by adding 1 as a constant a.

  Further, when the quotient becomes n or less for the first time, the division process is omitted, and a constant a is added to the quotient at that time (the remainder of the division process after the division process for which the quotient becomes n or less for the first time). All of the sub-control display data as control numerical values for the display device corresponding to the number of divisions after the next division processing are used as the display control numerical values (sub-display control data) corresponding to the next division processing. It may be the minimum value.

Further, when the number m of display devices is 2 as in the above example, by setting the constant a to 1, in the first division process as the (m-1) th time, n is repeatedly subtracted from the random number. The number of subtractions repeated until the value that is repeatedly subtracted for the first time becomes smaller than 0 is defined as the first value obtained by adding 1 as a constant a to the remainder of the mth division process, In the first division process, 1 is repeatedly subtracted from the remainder, which is a value obtained by adding n to the value when it becomes smaller than 0 for the first time after repeated subtraction, and is repeated until the value after repeated subtraction becomes smaller than 0 for the first time. The number of subtractions is set to a second value obtained by adding 1 as a constant a to the remainder of the (m-1) th division process, and the first value is displayed on the first display device of the two display devices. Control data, the second value is two It can be a display control data of the second display device of the shown device.
Here, if n is 10, the processing shown in the flowchart of the above example is performed.

Note that the present invention can also be applied to a case where the special figure display device as the display means is, for example, a single 8-segment display device in which a dot segment is added to a 7-segment display device. In this case, the number m of display devices is 1, and n as the number of display types composed of 8 segments that can be turned on and off is 256 at the maximum of 2 to the 8th power (2 ⁸ ).

  Note that not all of the maximum display modes that can be displayed by the special figure display device can be used as the winning display mode. That is, in the case of an 8-segment display device, a maximum of 256 types of display can be performed as described above, and one of the display modes (display types) is a disparate display mode (display type). There is a need to.

  Therefore, when there is one 8-segment display device as the special figure display device, n is in the range from the minimum required number of display modes to 255. And the design random number becomes a thing of the range which can respond | correspond one-to-one with the number of display modes, for example. For example, when n = 100, the range of the design random number is a range of 100 integer values from 0 to 99, for example. Then, 100 display types are arbitrarily selected from the remaining display types except for the display types that are out of the maximum display types that can be displayed on the 8-segment display device as described above. It becomes the kind of.

  Then, the remainder when the obtained design random numbers from 0 to 99 are divided by 100 as n is a numerical value from 0 to 99, one-to-one with 100 as the number of display types (the number of display modes). It becomes the numerical value for control corresponding to. In addition, 1 may be added to the remainder as a constant a, and the numerical value for control may be a numerical value from 1 to 100.

The present invention can also be applied to a special-purpose display device as a display means having eight LEDs as a display device that can be turned off and on. In this case, the number m of display devices is 8, The number n of display types in each display device is 2 for turning off and lighting.
In this case, since the number n of display types of each of the eight display devices is 2, the maximum number of display modes is 2 8 (2 ⁸ ).

  Also in this case, it is necessary to set one of the display modes as an out-of-display mode, and it is necessary to select a required number of display modes as the winning display mode from the remaining display modes (255 display modes). is there. Here, for example, if 100 is selected as the winning display mode, the symbol random number is also 100 consecutive integers, for example, any one of 100 numerical values from 0 to 99.

Then, by dividing the symbol random number by 2 as n eight times as m, the value obtained by adding the constant a to the remainder of each time becomes the sub-display control data as the control numerical value described above, and each display device The combination of the sub display control data for each is the display control data.
Here, for example, when the constant a is 0, the numerical value for control is 0 or 1. The numerical value for control of 0 or 1 corresponds to turning off and lighting of each control device.

In this case, since the maximum display type n of each display device is 2, a display type different from the winning display type cannot be used as the display type on each display device in the out-of-display mode. Therefore, the display type of each display device that can be used for the off-display mode is either off or on.
In this case, since the maximum number of display modes is 256, the display mode to be out of the range is, for example, a numerical value from 0 to 255 excluding the numerical value used for the design random number, for example, 0 to 99. Assigning 0 or 1 that is the remainder of each division process to turn off and turn on when any number of 100 to 255, excluding, is repeated 8 times with 2 as n and m as 2 This is a combination of turning off and turning on when the remainder is associated with each display device on a one-to-one basis.

  That is, if the maximum number of display types on the display device is greater than the number of display types used as the winning symbol, the type of display used as the symbol other than the type of display used in the winning symbol However, when all the maximum number of display types in the display device are used as the type of symbol display, the number m of display devices is set to 2 or more. One of the display modes composed of the display combinations needs to be a non-display mode. In this case, there is no off symbol as the display type of each display device, and one of the display modes consisting of a combination of the display of a plurality of display devices becomes a off symbol.

  The present invention can also be applied to the case where the number m of display devices in the display means is 3 or more, and can be applied if the number n of display types in each display device is 2 or more. Also, in the program processing, the m-th power is in the range of 256. For example, the number of display modes including the display mode that becomes the off symbol and the display mode that becomes the winning symbol is 8 bits (1 byte). It is preferable that it is 256 or less corresponding to.

In addition, as described above, the number of numerical values to be used as a design random number is selected based on the design random number as to whether or not the hit is accompanied by a probability fluctuation and whether the number of rounds is normal 15 rounds or two rounds that are sudden or sudden. In addition, at least four multiplied by 2 are required. However, with four, the selection rate in each selection is halved, and the selection rate cannot be set in detail. The number is preferably more than at least about 20 and preferably about 100 or more as described above.
In this case, when the number of display modes of the display means corresponds to the design random number on a one-to-one basis, the number m of display modes is preferably about 20 or more, and more preferably about 100 or more. It is preferable to become.

  The present invention as described above can be applied to a gaming machine including a display unit that displays a display mode uniquely determined with respect to an acquired random number, and in particular, is controlled by the main control device 231 to change. As a display game, the present invention can be suitably applied to a gaming machine provided with a special figure display device that variably displays so-called special symbols (special figures). For example, the present invention can be applied to the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine called a digipachi, but besides that, it is used for a ball game machine including a pachinko gaming machine equipped with the above-described special figure display device (display means). Further, as long as the display means as described above is provided, the present invention can also be applied to a so-called pachislot machine other than a ball game machine.

  In addition, the movement of a game ball in a well-known gaming machine is simulated on the display screen, and the winning of the game ball at the winning opening is determined, and the player's winning game corresponding to the launching and winning of the game ball In the program for calculating the number of balls and simulating the game, the present invention also includes a program that can be executed by a computer by adding the processing of the control system in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. A computer-readable recording medium storing the program is also included in the present invention.

  As mentioned above, although the embodiment to which the invention made by the present inventor is applied has been described, the present invention is not limited by the description and the drawings that form part of the disclosure of the present invention according to this embodiment. That is, it should be added that other embodiments, examples, operation techniques, and the like made by those skilled in the art based on this embodiment are all included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is a front view showing a game board of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the control person of the said pachinko game machine. It is a figure for demonstrating the special figure display apparatus with which the said pachinko game machine was equipped. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the special figure display control process performed with the main control apparatus of the said pachinko game machine.

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4 Special figure display device (display means)
4a First special figure display (first display device)
4b Second special figure display (second display device)
231 Main controller (random number generation means, random number acquisition means, control means, display control data calculation means)

Claims (6)

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Display means for performing display in one display mode selected from a plurality of preset display modes;
Random number generating means for generating a random number consisting of numerical values within a predetermined range;
Random number acquisition means for acquiring the random number generated by the random number generation means in relation to the operation of the player;
Control means for controlling the display means to perform display in a display mode corresponding to the display control data uniquely determined for each value of the random number that can be generated by the random number generation means; In a gaming machine equipped with
The display means includes m display devices each capable of displaying n types corresponding to n sub-display control data of 2 or more, respectively, so that each of the m display devices is provided. The m of display control data consisting of n sub-display control data combinations of n is displayed in a one-to-one correspondence with n display control data of n. It is possible to display the display mode of the power,
The range of random numbers generated by the random number generation means is n to m consecutive integers,
The control means includes display control data calculation means for calculating a value for each display device uniquely determined for each value of random numbers that can be acquired by the random number acquisition means as sub display control data,
The display control data calculation means is obtained by division processing after dividing the random number value acquired by the random number acquisition means by the number n of display types of each display device to obtain a quotient and a remainder. The division process for again dividing the quotient by the number n of display types to obtain the quotient and the remainder is repeated by the number of times obtained by subtracting 1 from the number m of the display device, and every m division processes including the first division process. A gaming machine characterized in that a value obtained by adding a constant a to each remainder is used as sub display control data for the display device that is predetermined in a one-to-one manner for each division process. The display control data calculation means includes
Subtract n from the random number as the value to be divided or the quotient of the previous division process, and subtract 1 from the number of subtractions repeated until the value that is repeatedly subtracted is less than 0 for the first time. The quotient is the quotient,
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a calculation process using a value obtained by adding n to a value when it becomes smaller than 0 for the first time after repeated subtraction is used as a remainder. The number m of display devices in the display means is 2 or more,
The range of the random number is an integer that continues from n to the mth power of 0,
The display control data calculation means includes
By using the quotient obtained in the division process that is m-1th from the first division process as the remainder of the mth division process,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the m-th division process is omitted. The display control data calculation means includes
The number m of the display devices is 2,
By setting the constant a to 1,
In the first division process as the (m-1) th time, n is repeatedly subtracted from the random number, and the number of subtractions repeated until the value obtained by repeated subtraction becomes smaller than 0 for the first time is used as the remainder of the mth division process. A first value obtained by adding 1 as a constant a,
In the first division process as the (m-1) th iteration, 1 is repeatedly subtracted from the remainder, which is a value obtained by adding n to the value when it is less than 0 for the first time after repeated subtraction, and the value after repeated subtraction is from 0 for the first time. The number of subtractions repeated until it becomes smaller is a second value obtained by adding 1 as a constant a to the remainder of the m−1th division process,
The first value is the display control data of the first display device of the two display devices,
The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the second value is used as display control data for the second display device of the two display devices. Display means for performing display in one display mode selected from a plurality of preset display modes;
Random number generating means for generating a random number consisting of numerical values within a predetermined range;
Random number acquisition means for acquiring the random number generated by the random number generation means in relation to the operation of the player;
Control means for controlling the display means to perform display in a display mode corresponding to the display control data uniquely determined for each value of the random number that can be generated by the random number generation means; A program for simulating a game in a gaming machine equipped with
A computer functioning as at least the control means;
The display means includes m display devices each capable of displaying n types corresponding to n sub-display control data of 2 or more, respectively, so that each of the m display devices is provided. The m of display control data consisting of n sub-display control data combinations of n is displayed in a one-to-one correspondence with n display control data of n. It is possible to display the display mode of the power,
The range of random numbers generated by the random number generation means is n to m consecutive integers,
The control means includes display control data calculation means for calculating a value for each display device uniquely determined for each value of random numbers that can be acquired by the random number acquisition means as sub display control data,
The display control data calculation means is obtained by division processing after dividing the random number value acquired by the random number acquisition means by the number n of display types of each display device to obtain a quotient and a remainder. The division process for again dividing the quotient by the number n of display types to obtain the quotient and the remainder is repeated by the number of times obtained by subtracting 1 from the number m of the display device, and every m division processes including the first division process. A program characterized in that a value obtained by adding a constant a to each remainder is used as sub-display control data for the display device that is predetermined in a one-to-one manner for each division process.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 5 is recorded.

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