JP2008229104A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control one performance not to diminish the performance effect of another performance in a Pachinko game machine asynchronously reproducing two or more voices. <P>SOLUTION: This Pachinko machine retains a plurality of types of performance patterns including a performance pattern with a priority period in which a priority period for securing the execution of a performance of a prescribed content from a prescribed timing is set in a part of a display process. Besides the performance pattern, this Pachinko game machine retains interrupt performance data to be executed when a prescribed game condition is established. When the performance pattern with the priority period is selected, and if a prescribed game condition is established in a period except the priority period, starts the interrupt performance and, if a prescribed game condition is established in the priority period, delays a timing for starting the interrupt performance till the priority period is finished. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to an effect control technique in a ball game machine.

  Various types of pachinko machines are popular as bullet ball machines. Among conventional pachinko gaming machines, when a game ball enters a start port formed on a game board, a lottery value is randomly acquired as a result. The acquired lottery values are temporarily stored, for example, up to four as reserved balls. The reserved balls are sequentially read one by one. The read lottery value is determined whether or not the winning symbol is determined, and a symbol called a special symbol is variably displayed.

When the special symbol is stopped and displayed in the winning mode, the gaming state shifts to a special game as a so-called “big hit”. A special game is composed of a plurality of unit games. The big prize opening formed on the game board is opened at the start of the unit game. The unit game ends when a predetermined period, for example, 30 seconds elapses from the start of the unit game, or when nine or more game balls are won in the big prize opening during the unit game. At this time, the grand prize opening is also closed. During a unit game, if the game ball passes through a specific area called a V zone provided in the special winning opening, the unit game is continued to the next unit game. At this time, the grand prize opening is opened again. The unit game can be continued up to a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times. When the game balls fall into the big prize opening, more game balls than usual are paid out as prize balls.
A general player plays a game for the purpose of opening a special winning opening in order to obtain a lot of prize balls, that is, shifting the gaming state to a special game (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  As described above, there is a “deviation” between the execution timing of the success / failure determination and the notification timing, that is, a special symbol variation display period. When the variation display of the special symbol is started, the player expects the special symbol to stop in a winning manner. Therefore, during the special symbol variation display period, there are many cases where an effect that further enhances the player's expectation for the big hit is executed by displaying the symbols for the purpose of production called decoration symbols and performance symbols. In the following, such an effect linked to the special symbol variation display is referred to as a “basic effect”).

Some ball game machines have operation buttons for accepting operation inputs from players. When the player presses this operation button, a special effect is executed (hereinafter, such an effect executed asynchronously with the basic effect is called an “interrupt effect”).
JP 2003-230714 A JP 2005-152150 A

  When the operation button is pressed during the basic effect, the interrupt effect image is usually displayed superimposed on the basic effect image. Some types of interruption effects, for example, a type that excites a basic effect by making a predetermined character appear, and other types that produce an effect that differs from the basic effect by an effect that uses the entire display screen. is there.

  Some of the basic effects may include important effects that strongly suggest a jackpot. For example, the jackpot is often announced during the basic performance, or the possibility of jackpot is often displayed as the reliability. If such an important effect is hidden by the interrupt effect, the game entertainment will be lost. The present inventor has conceived that in designing a ball game machine capable of executing an interrupt effect, it is necessary to devise so that the interrupt effect does not diminish the effect of the basic effect. In particular, if the basic effect sound and the interrupt effect sound are reproduced simultaneously, the sound becomes a dissonance, which may give the player even an uncomfortable feeling.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and its main purpose is to efficiently adjust the execution timing of each effect in a ball game machine in which two or more effects are executed asynchronously. It is to provide the technology for.

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a ball game machine.
This ball game machine is provided at a predetermined position in the game area with a game board formed with a game area, a start winning opening through which a game ball can enter, and a predetermined position in the game area. When the winning lottery that can be entered into a state where it is possible to enter the ball and the winning lottery means to execute the lottery lottery when the game ball has entered the starting winning port, The special game control means for executing the special game advantageous to the player by opening the special winning opening and the production pattern showing the display process of the production image should ensure the execution of the production of the predetermined content from the predetermined timing. An effect pattern holding means for holding a plurality of types of effect patterns including an effect pattern with a priority period whose priority period is set as a part of the display process, and an effect of selecting any effect pattern according to the result of the lottery A turn selection means, an effect control means for displaying and reproducing an effect image according to the selected effect pattern, and an interrupt for holding interrupt effect data that is executed when a predetermined game condition is established, separately from the effect pattern When the effect holding means, the interrupt effect executing means for executing the interrupt effect by the interrupt effect data for a predetermined period when the predetermined game condition is established, and the effect pattern with the priority period are selected, it is outside the priority period. Effect adjusting means for starting an interrupt effect when a predetermined game condition is satisfied, and delaying a start timing of the interrupt effect until the priority period ends when the predetermined game condition is satisfied during the priority period; .

  Here, the effect may be a device prepared for enhancing amusement entertainment such as an image, sound or vibration. The “priority period” may be set as a period in which an important basic effect that is not desired to be interfered with by the interrupt effect is to be executed during the basic effect. In the following, the basic effects executed during the priority period are particularly called “priority basic effects”.

  According to such an aspect, by delaying the execution timing of the interrupt effect until the priority basic effect ends, it becomes easy to eliminate the interference of the interrupt effect with the priority basic effect. In addition, since the interruption effect is executed after the priority basic effect is finished, the effect of the interruption effect is easily exhibited without being omitted. In this way, the execution timing of the interrupt effect can be delayed until a time zone during which the interrupt effect can be executed, rather than simply prohibiting the execution of the interrupt effect during the priority basic effect.

  The effect pattern holding means may hold an effect pattern with a priority period for reproducing audio data during the priority period, and the interrupt effect holding means may hold interrupt effect data for reproducing audio data.

  According to such an aspect, it becomes easy to prevent the occurrence of dissonance due to the simultaneous reproduction of the sound of the priority basic effect and the sound of the interrupt effect. In particular, if a plurality of speech sounds are played simultaneously, it may cause a player's discomfort, but according to such an aspect, it is easy to prevent the speech sounds of the basic effect and the interrupt sound from overlapping. Become.

This gaming machine may further include priority value holding means for holding a priority value indicating the level of importance of the effect for each of the plurality of types of effect patterns with priority periods and interrupt effect data.
The effect adjusting means selects an effect pattern with a priority period, establishes a predetermined game condition during the priority period, and sets the interrupt effect data more than the importance indicated by the priority value of the effect pattern with the priority period. In an interrupt priority situation that is a situation of high importance indicated by the priority value, the progress of the effect by the effect pattern with the priority period may be stopped and the interrupt effect may be started even during the priority period.

  According to such an aspect, the priority of the priority basic effect and the importance of the interrupt effect, i.e., comparing the priority values of each, it is determined which of the priority basic effect and the interrupt effect is the more important effect. Reasonable and relatively specific. When the interrupt effect is more important, the interrupt effect can be prioritized even during the priority period, so that the execution of the effect can be rationally determined according to the importance.

  The effect adjusting means may resume the effect by the effect pattern with the priority period after the interrupt effect is ended in the interrupt priority situation.

  According to such an aspect, even if priority is given to the interrupt effect, it can be executed after the interrupt effect without omitting the priority basic effect. For this reason, it becomes easy to exhibit both the effect of the priority basic effect and the effect of the interrupt effect.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, in a ball game machine in which two or more effects are executed asynchronously, the effect of the effects as a whole can be enhanced by efficiently adjusting the execution timing of each effect.

FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine.
Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, and extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output. The operation button 82 is a button that the player operates to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Further, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start port 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expanding mechanism of the start port 62. When the start port 62 is expanded, the game ball easily enters the start port 62. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened when the special symbol 192 is stopped in a mode indicating “big hit”. The big winning opening 66 is provided above the out opening 58 and the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided substantially in the center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and an effect linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). A lottery (hereinafter referred to as “winning lottery”) is executed in response to the entry of the game ball into the start port 62. After the winning / losing lottery, the variable symbol 192 starts to be displayed. The special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the success / failure lottery, and shows the result of the success / failure lottery in a mode when the variable display is stopped. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The special symbol display device 61 circulates numbers in the range of 0 to 9 as the variable symbolic display of the special symbol 192. When the special symbol 192 is stopped in a manner showing a win, a “big win” is generated, and the big winning opening 66 is opened.

The result of the winning / failing lottery is either a big hit or a failure, but the big hit can be further divided into two types of “normal win” and “probable win”. When the probability change wins, the subsequent winning lottery is executed with a higher win probability than usual. A game state that is advantageous to a player in which the winning probability of winning / failing lottery is set higher than usual is called “probability varying game”. The probability variation game continues until a big hit occurs again. In other words, it will continue until a normal win occurs.
The special symbol 192 is stopped and displayed as a stop symbol, which is 0 for normal hit, 1 for likely change, and 2 to 9 for miss.

  The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the effect symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variable symbol display of the special symbol 192. The production symbol 190 is a symbol for visually producing the result display of the success / failure lottery. On the screen of the effect display device 60, an effect image including a variation display mode of the effect symbol 190 is reproduced and displayed as a moving image. The variation display of the effect symbol 190 is linked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. That is, the variation display of the effect symbol 190 is started when the variation of the special symbol 192 is started, and the variation display of the effect symbol 190 is also stopped when the variation of the special symbol 192 is stopped. Moreover, according to the stop symbol of the special symbol 192, in other words, the stop symbol of the effect symbol 190 is also determined according to the result of the lottery. The screen of the effect display device 60 is provided with a left variation column, a center variation column, and a right variation column. In each variation column, the effect symbol 190 is variably displayed in the vertical direction from top to bottom. This is an effect that mimics the reel of a slot machine. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED.

  Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in the present embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. When adopting a technique in which the effect symbol 190 is not displayed and the effect symbol 190 is not displayed, the special symbol 192 may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60.

  The variable display of the special symbol 192 and the effect symbol 190 is stopped after the elapse of the display time determined prior to the display. When the special symbol 192 and the effect symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. At this time, the effect symbol 190 simulating the game of the slot machine takes a display mode in which the three symbols are matched. In the special game, the grand prize winning slot 66 is temporarily closed after being opened for about 30 seconds or after 9 or more game balls are dropped. If at least one game ball is dropped while the big prize opening 66 is open, the big prize opening 66 is opened again. In this way, the opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated up to a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times, on condition that at least one game ball is dropped while the big prize opening 66 is opened once.

  The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passing of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers a lottery (hereinafter referred to as “normal symbol lottery”) for expanding the start port 62.

  When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, the normal symbol lottery is executed, and the normal symbol is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 for a predetermined time. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. The normal symbol display device 59 includes two lamps. The operation in which the respective lamps alternately flash is an operation corresponding to “ordinary symbol variation display”. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a lapse of a predetermined time, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%, and the game ball easily enters the start port 62. At this time, one of the two lamps of the normal symbol display device 59 is lit up.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. The effect display device 60 includes a plurality of movable accessories 140 that operate in accordance with the gaming state. A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect display device 60, and an operation hold lamp 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right of the game area 52, which is a symmetrical position. . The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. In other words, the lottery value can be stored up to four. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. In this way, it is possible to store a lottery value of normal symbols with an upper limit of four. The game effect lamp 90 is provided in the game area 52 and plays a role of effect by blinking.

  In the case of normal winning, a variable shortening game (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate) is started in the normal game after the special game ends. In the variation shortening game, the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the effect symbol 190 is shortened than usual. The variation time of the special symbol 192 and the effect symbol 190 is returned to the original variation time after the variation display of the predetermined number of variations is made. Hereinafter, when the probability variation game and the variation shortening game are collectively referred to as “specific game”. The specific game is a form in the normal game, and is more likely to shift to the special game than in the normal game. In general, a probability variation game is often more advantageous for a player than a variation shortening game.

FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine.
The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes the liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and in particular, display contents according to the lottery result by the main board 102. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set base 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment.
In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and an operation button 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

The main board 102 includes an incoming ball judging means 110, a winning / failing lottery means 112, a symbol determining means 114, a holding control means 116, a main display control means 118, a special game control means 120, a specific game execution means 122, and an opening / closing control means 124. . The sub-board 104 includes a pattern storage means 130, an effect determination means 132, an effect display control means 134, an accessory control means 136, an operation input detection means 208, an interrupt effect storage means 210, an interrupt effect execution means 212, and an interrupt adjustment. Means 214 and priority value storage means 216 are provided.
Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 obtains a random number value as a “win / fail lottery value” in order to determine whether or not to shift from the normal game to the special game when the game ball enters the start port 62. One winning / failing lottery value is acquired from the range of 0 to 65535. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, the determination result of winning or losing is associated with the winning / losing lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined according to the associated winning range setting.

  The winning / failing lottery means 112 refers to a success / failure determination table (hereinafter referred to as “non-probability variation appropriateness / prohibition table”) for determination of success / failure with a low probability except when the probability variation game is being executed. Reference is made to a success / failure table (hereinafter, referred to as a “probability change success / failure table”) for determination of success / failure by probability. In the non-probability change acceptance / rejection table, a success / failure lottery value in the range of 0 to 255 is determined to be winning. In the probability variation success / failure table, the success / failure lottery value in the range of 0 to 2500 is determined to be winning. The success / failure lottery means 112 executes the success / failure lottery by referring to any of the success / failure tables and determining whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win. The determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is indicated by the special symbol 192 on the special symbol display device 61 by a variable display. Further, the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is also indicated by a variation display of the effect symbol 190.

  The symbol determining means 114 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol 192 to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the result of the lottery determination. Further, the symbol determining means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 according to the result of the normal symbol lottery. The stop symbol is a symbol indicating whether or not to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The symbol determination unit 114 holds a pattern determination table for determining a variation pattern.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a “pattern determination lottery value” for determining the variation pattern at the start of variation of the special symbol 192. The pattern determination lottery value is a random number generated in the range of “0 to 255”. The pattern determination table is a determination table that defines the correspondence between the pattern determination lottery value and the variation pattern of the special symbol. The symbol determination means 114 determines a variation pattern from the pattern determination table and the pattern determination lottery value. Thus, the variation time of the special symbol 192 is determined.

  The symbol determination means 114 holds a plurality of types of variation patterns having various variation times. Each variation pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation display of the special symbol 192 is stopped when the variation time elapses.

Further, the symbol determining means 114 determines the stop symbol pattern of the special symbol according to the “symbol lottery value” generated in the range of 0 to 255. The symbol determination means 114 generates a symbol lottery value at the time of execution of the success / failure lottery. When the winning / losing lottery value is a win, it is determined based on the symbol lottery value whether it is a normal hit or a probable change. Note that if the winning / failing lottery value is off, any one of a plurality of types of off symbols is determined as a stop symbol.
The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the variation pattern and stop symbols to the main display control unit 118 and the effect determination unit 132 as a result of the success / failure lottery.

  When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, the symbol determination means 114 acquires a lottery value for determining a normal symbol, and determines a stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the lottery value. When the stop symbol of the normal symbol is a specific symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 widens the start port 62 for a predetermined time.

  The holding control means 116 holds the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the winning / failing lottery means 112 as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value is accumulated until the number of holds reaches a predetermined upper limit. The upper limit of the number of holds is 4. The hold control means 116 holds the upper limit of four as a result of the normal symbol lottery.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to variably display the special symbol 192. The main display control means 118 transmits a change start command and a change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol 192, thereby allowing the special display by the main display control means 118. The variation display of the effect symbol 190 by the symbol 192 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

  The special game control means 120 controls the execution of the special game when the winning lottery is a win. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously continued a plurality of times, and is constituted by one or a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. The unit game is repeated up to 15 times, for example, and the grand prize opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. If the number of continuations of the unit game has not reached the upper limit number, the special game control means 120 starts the next unit game after the end of the current unit game. When the upper limit number of unit games is exhausted, the special game is terminated.

  The specific game execution means 122 executes control for shifting the game state from the normal state to the specific game state, and control for returning the specific game state to the normal state. The specific game in the present embodiment has a probability change in which the winning probability of the winning / failing lottery is switched from a normal probability state to a high probability state, and a short time in which the symbol variation time is switched from a normal time to a short time.

The specific game execution means 122 executes the probability variation game by setting the normal game after the special game to a high probability state when the probability change has occurred. At this time, the specific game executing means 122 sets a probability change success / failure table as a success / failure table to be referenced by the success / failure lottery means 112 for the success / failure lottery. In principle, the high-probability state is continued until the next jackpot occurs, and during that time, the probability of the hit determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is maintained at a high value. If the normal win occurs in the high probability state, the normal game after the end of the special game is in the low probability state. In other words, the specific game execution means 122 sets a non-probability change success / failure table as a success / failure table to be referenced by the success / failure lottery means 112 for the success / failure lottery.
In addition, when the normal winning occurs, the specific game execution means 122 executes the variable reduction game by setting the normal game to the time-short state after the special game. The short time is continued until the number of changes in the special symbol after the special game reaches a predetermined number, for example, 100 times.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage means 130 of the sub-board 104 holds a plurality of effect pattern data indicating the moving image reproduction process as the entire effect image including the variation display of the effect symbol 190. In the production pattern, a pattern for displaying a normal out symbol, a pattern for displaying a symbol out of reach after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a jackpot symbol through a reach state are displayed. When the pattern is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. Each effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation of the effect symbol 190 is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 132 selects an effect pattern having the same variation time as that of the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the combination of stop symbols of the effect symbols 190 and their arrangement and effect pattern according to the result of the lottery determination, according to the stop symbol of the special symbol 192 and the variation pattern of the special symbol 192.

  The stop mode of the effect symbol 190 is formed as a combination of the three effect symbols 190. In the case of a big hit, that is, a transition to a special game, three identical effect symbols 190 such as “777” and “111” are stopped and displayed side by side. When it is a probable hit, the effect symbols 190 indicating the same odd number are arranged. That is, in the case of the probability variation, any one of “1, 3, 5, and 7” is stopped side by side. On the other hand, in the case of a normal hit, three of “2, 4, 6” are stopped side by side.

  When the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, a combination that does not have the three effect symbols 190 such as “312” and “946” is selected. However, if the determination result is that the game does not shift to the special game, and the variation pattern of the special symbol indicating the loss with reach is selected, only one such as “191” or “727” is selected. A combination in which the production symbols 190 are not aligned is selected. In the moving image reproduction process by the effect pattern, a moving image other than the variation display of the effect symbol 190 is also reproduced. For example, the player's sense of expectation for the jackpot may be aroused by playing a special video that suggests the possibility that the change is a hit variation. In an effect mode called so-called super reach or the like, various animations and live-action moving image reproduction are often performed in addition to the change display of the effect symbol 190.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the effect symbol 190 is displayed so as to be more conspicuous than the special symbol 192. Therefore, the player recognizes the success / failure based on whether or not the same number of effect symbols 190 are arranged, and recognizes the success or failure of the probability change transition based on whether or not the arranged numbers are odd. The effect determining unit 132 sends information on the stop symbol and the effect pattern of the effect symbol 190 to the effect display control unit 134.

  The effect display control means 134 displays an effect image including the effect symbol 190 on the effect display device 60 according to the selected effect pattern. In other words, the effect display control means 134 executes the basic effect. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect display control means 134, the accessory control means 136 causes the movable accessory 140 to act in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

  The operation input detection unit 208 detects an operation input such as a press on the operation button 82. The interrupt effect storage unit 210 stores various interrupt effect data executed in response to pressing of the operation button 82. In addition to this, an interrupt effect may be executed at various triggers such as a game condition that is established at random, or the game ball 68 passing through. In the case of the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, there is a possibility that a plurality of types of interrupt effects are simultaneously reproduced in various combinations. The interrupt effect executing means 212 executes an interrupt effect based on the interrupt effect data.

  However, in order to simplify the description below, the description will mainly focus on the relationship between the interrupt effect executed when the operation button 82 is pressed and the basic effect by various effect patterns.

  The priority value storage means 216 holds a “priority value” for each priority basic effect and interrupt effect. The priority basic effect will be described later. The priority value is an index indicating the absolute importance of the effect, and is set in a range of “0 to 100”. The higher the priority value, the more important the production. It is desirable that the priority values of the effects do not match each other. The priority value storage means 216 holds an interrupt effect priority value table 230 and a basic effect priority value table 240. Each data structure will be described with reference to FIGS. The interrupt adjusting unit 214 adjusts the execution timing of the priority basic effect and the interrupt effect when the operation button 82 is pressed during the priority basic effect. Specifically, this will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a time chart of an interrupt delay process for delaying the execution timing of the interrupt effect when the operation button 82 is pressed during the basic effect.
In the figure, it is assumed that a certain effect pattern A is selected, and the variation display of the effect symbol 190 starts at time t ₀ and ends at time t ₇ . Of the basic production period (t _{0 to} t ₇ ) by the production pattern A, a period corresponding to time t ₃ to time t ₅ is set in advance as a “priority period”. The basic effect executed during the priority period, that is, the priority basic effect is an effect that does not want to receive the interference of the interrupt effect. For example, when displaying an important message suggesting a jackpot or performing a rare performance, there is a case where it is desired to eliminate the intervention due to the interrupting performance. The designer of the production pattern may arbitrarily set what production is the priority basic production and what period is the priority period.

  A priority value is set for each of the priority basic effects and the interrupt effects. The priority value will be described in detail after FIG. When the priority value of the priority basic effect is larger than the priority value of the interrupt effect, the interrupt delay process shown in FIG. 4 is executed. In other words, the interrupt delay process is executed when the priority of the priority basic effect is higher than the importance of the interrupt effect.

In the figure, the operation button 82 at time t ₁ in the basic effect is depressed. When the operation input detection unit 208 detects pressing, the interrupt adjustment unit 214 determines whether or not it is during the priority period. Since the time t ₁ is not in the priority period, the interrupt presentation execution section 212 immediately executes an interrupt effect. In this case, the interrupt effect is simultaneously executed while maintaining the progress of the basic effect. For example, if it is an interrupt effect in such a manner that a predetermined character runs around on the screen of the effect display device 60, the interrupt effect execution means 212 superimposes this character on the basic effect. Further, the interrupt effect execution means 212 outputs the sound of the interrupt effect from the speaker 18 so as to be superimposed on the sound of the basic effect. Thus, it comes to time t ₂ from time t _1, the basic performance and interrupt production is concurrent.

In the figure, even at the time t ₄ during the priority period operation button 82 is pressed again. Since the pressing is during the priority period, the interrupt adjusting unit 214 sets the “A flag” here. The A flag indicates a delayed execution reservation for an interrupt effect. When the A flag is on, the interrupt effect execution means 212 delays the execution timing of the interrupt effect until the priority period ends. When the priority period ends at time t _5, the interrupt production execution means 212 starts to execute the interrupt production. For this reason, it is possible to execute the interrupt effect without omitting the interference effect while eliminating the interference of the interrupt effect with the important priority basic effect. With such an interrupt delay process, it is possible to achieve both the effect of the priority basic effect and the effect of the interrupt effect.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 in the present embodiment can execute seven types of interrupt effects as the operation button 82 is pressed. Although details will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6, IDs “01” to “07” are assigned to the respective interrupt effects (hereinafter, such IDs are referred to as “interrupt effect IDs”). Called). When the player presses the operation button 82, the interrupt effect execution means 212 executes a lottery (hereinafter referred to as “interrupt effect lottery”), and selects any interrupt effect data. The condition for executing an interrupt effect is that the pressing of the operation button 82 is detected and selected by an interrupt effect lottery.

  The duration of the basic effect is determined by the variation pattern selected by the symbol determining means 114. Therefore, when the operation button 82 is pressed just before the end of the basic effect, the end timing of the interrupt effect may exceed the end timing of the basic effect. Therefore, it may be set such that execution of the interrupt effect is prohibited just before the end of the basic effect.

FIG. 5 is a time chart of basic delay processing for interrupting the basic effect and executing the interrupt effect when the operation button 82 is pressed during the basic effect.
When the priority value of the interrupt effect is smaller than the priority value of the priority basic effect, the interrupt delay process shown in FIG. 4 is executed. On the other hand, when the priority value of the interrupt effect is larger than the priority value of the priority basic effect, the basic delay process shown in FIG. 5 is executed.

Also in the figure, it is located effect pattern A is selected, the variable display of the performance symbols 190 is started at time t _0, and ends at time t _6. Of the basic effect period (t _{0 to} t ₆ ) based on the effect pattern A, a period corresponding to time t ₁ to time t ₄ is set in advance as a “priority period”. The priority period corresponds to a portion from the point P ₁ (time t ₁ ) to the point P ₃ (time t ₄ ) among the start point P ₀ to the end point P ₅ of the basic performance process. It is assumed that pressing of the operation button 82 is detected at a time point (time t ₂ ) corresponding to the point P ₂ during the priority period.

Since this is a press during the priority period, and the interrupt effect is more important, the interrupt adjustment unit 214 sets the “B flag” here. The B flag indicates a delayed execution reservation for basic effects. When B flag is turned on, the interruption adjusting means 214 reconstructs an effect process of P ₂ or later. Hereinafter, the reconstructed content of the production is referred to as “composite production”. Interrupt the adjustment means 214, once suspends the basic performance at time _2, which corresponds to the point _{P 2.} And, as production process and later, to execute the only interrupt production from the time t ₂ to time t _3, to run from the time t ₃ to interrupt production is completed until time t ₅ to resume the priority basic production. From time _{t 5} to time _{t 6} is to execute the effect from the point _{P 4} at the fundamental effect process to the point _{P 5.} That becomes a form of point P ₂ 20 percent write effect of the basic effect is inserted, as a result, the effect content corresponding to the point P ₃ to the point P ₄ of the basic effect is omitted. The length of the omitted P ₃ to P ₄ corresponds to the length of the interruption effect.

In this way, even while inserting an interrupt directing in priority basic effect is controlled so as Produce time as a whole does not exceed the time t _6. According to the basic delay process, it is possible to execute the priority basic effect without omitting the priority basic effect while preferentially executing the interrupt effect more important than the priority basic effect.

Similar to interrupt delay process, if near the end on the operation button 82 of the basic effect is depressed, there is a possibility that the end timing of the priority base effect after resumption will exceed the time t _6. Therefore, it is desirable not to set a priority period just before the end of the basic effect.

  According to the adjustment method of the performance execution timing shown in the present embodiment, even when three or more types of performance are simultaneously executed, the “priority to be given the highest priority” can be made more than the other effects simply by comparing the priority values. You can run it first.

FIG. 6 is a data structure diagram of the interrupt effect priority value table 230.
The priority value storage unit 216 holds an interrupt effect priority value table 230. The interrupt effect ID column 232 shows the interrupt effect ID. The selection probability column 234 indicates the probability that each interrupt effect data will be selected by the interrupt effect lottery. For example, the interrupt effect data of the interrupt effect ID: 01 (hereinafter simply referred to as “interrupt effect (01)”) is selected with a probability of 35%, but the interrupt effect (07) is 3%. This is a rare performance that can only be selected with probability. The priority value column 236 shows the priority value of each interrupt effect. In the interrupt effect priority value table 230, higher priority values are set for interrupt effects with lower selection probabilities. For this reason, the interrupt effect (01) that is relatively likely to occur is subject to the interrupt delay process and is likely to be delayed, but the rare interrupt effect (07) is likely to be preferentially executed by the basic delay process. In this way, the difference in importance between interrupt effects that are rare and have a large contribution to game entertainment and those that are not so can be quantitatively set by numerical parameters called priority values.

FIG. 7 is a data structure diagram of the basic effect priority value table 240.
The priority value storage means 216 holds not only the interrupt effect priority value table 230 but also the basic effect priority value table 240. The pattern ID column 242 indicates a pattern ID that uniquely identifies the effect pattern. The winning selection probability column 244 and the missed selection probability column 246 indicate probabilities of selection by the effect determining means 132 when the winning / losing lottery is won or lost, respectively.

According to the figure, the effect determining means 132 selects the effect pattern of pattern ID: 01 (hereinafter referred to as “effect pattern (01)”) with a relatively high probability of 20% when the winning lottery is won. However, when the success / failure lottery is off, the production pattern (01) is selected only with a low probability of 5%. That is, when the variation display of the effect symbol 190 by the effect pattern (01) (hereinafter referred to as “variation display (01)”) is started, the player is likely to be urged to expect a big hit. It can be said that the effect pattern (01) is an effect pattern that suggests a win to the player.
On the other hand, the effect determining means 132 selects the effect pattern (10) with a low probability of 5% when the winning lottery is winning, but selects the effect pattern (10) with a high probability of 30% when the winning lottery is missed. . It can be said that the effect pattern (10) is an effect pattern that suggests the player to miss.

  The priority period column 248 indicates the priority period in the effect pattern. The priority value column 250 indicates the priority value for each priority basic effect. For example, the variation time of the effect pattern (01) is 30 seconds, of which the period from 15 to 20 seconds is the priority period, and the priority value is “70”. On the other hand, the priority value of the priority period of the variation pattern (11) suggesting deviation is “40”. Further, no priority period is set for the variation pattern (12). The priority value for the effect pattern that suggests winning is set generally or uniformly higher than the priority value for the effect pattern that suggests a miss. For this reason, in the case of an effect display that suggests a win, the priority basic effect is more likely to be prioritized than the interrupt effect. That is, the interrupt delay process is easily executed.

  Furthermore, according to such priority value setting, the player can search for the possibility of winning by pressing the operation button 82. For example, if the basic effect is given priority even when the operation button 82 is pressed, it can be estimated that an effect pattern having a high probability of winning is selected. On the other hand, if the interrupt effect is given priority when the operation button 82 is pressed, it can be assumed that an effect pattern that cannot be expected to win is selected. In this way, by pressing down the operation button 82, it is possible to realize the gameability of guessing the possibility of success or failure by searching for which presentation has priority.

  Further, the priority value of a rare performance pattern that is difficult to select is set generally or uniformly higher than the priority value of a common performance pattern that is easy to select. For example, if the probability of winning or failing the lottery is 1/400, the probability that the production pattern (02) is selected is (1/400) × 10% + (399/400) × 1% = about 1.02. %. That is, it can be said that the effect pattern (02) is an effect pattern that is selected very rarely. If an interrupting effect is executed during a rare priority basic effect by the effect pattern (02), it may lead to a decrease in game entertainment. By setting a high priority value to an effect pattern with a low selection probability, a basic effect with high rarity is more likely to be prioritized than an interrupt effect. That is, the interrupt delay process is easily executed.

  In the present embodiment, it is desirable that the priority values are different from each other. This is because, when an interrupt effect is executed during a priority basic effect, if the priority values are not the same, the interrupt adjustment means 214 can avoid overlapping effects by giving priority to one of the effects. is there. When a plurality of speech sounds are reproduced at the same time, none of the speech sounds can be easily heard. When the speech sound is reproduced at the time of the priority basic effect and the speech sound is simultaneously reproduced at the time of the interrupt effect, it is desirable to set different priority values for the priority basic effect and the interrupt effect.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine.
The process shown in the figure is a process repeatedly executed as a loop process. First, a winning process is executed when a game ball wins the starting port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, etc., or when the game ball passes through the operation port 68 (S10), and it must be in a special game. If the special game lottery is executed (S14), the special game control process is executed (S14). If the special game is in progress (Y of S12), the special game control process is executed (S16). Award ball payout according to various winnings in the processing up to S16 is processed (S18).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG.
In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). Details of the success / failure determination process will be described with reference to FIG. The main display control means 118 starts the variable display of the special symbol 192 and transmits a change start command to the sub-board 104. Receiving this, the effect determining means 132 selects the effect pattern, and the effect display control means 134 starts the variable display of the effect symbol 190 (S36).
At the timing of S36, both the A flag and the B flag are turned off.

  If the winning / losing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped. If the symbol is changing in S32 (Y in S32), the processing from S34 to S36 is performed. Processing is skipped. If the symbol variation has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is continued (S40). Details of the variation display process will be described with reference to FIG. When the symbol is not changing (N of S38), the process of S40 is skipped.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process in S34 of FIG.
First, the success / failure lottery means 112 determines whether or not the lottery value read from the hold control means 116 is successful (S50). If the probability variation game is in progress, the probability variation determination table is judged. If not in the probability variation game, the success / failure judgment is made by a non-probability variation success / failure table. If it is a big hit (Y of S52), the special game control means 120 turns on the special game flag (S54). When the special game flag is on, the special game is executed after the end of the change.

Furthermore, if it is a probability change hit (Y in S58), the specific game execution means 122 turns on the probability change flag (S60). If it is a normal hit (N in S58), the probability variation flag is turned off (S62). When the probability variation flag is on, the probability variation game is executed from the beginning of the variation following the variation.
If the winning lottery is out (N in S52), the special game control means 120 turns off the special game flag (S56).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the variation display process in S40 of FIG.
First, the interrupt adjustment unit 214 determines whether the A flag is on (S100). The A flag is a flag indicating a state in which execution conditions for an interrupt effect are established during the priority basic effect and execution of the interrupt effect is reserved after the priority basic effect ends. A flag is established at the time of the interrupt delay processing, A flag is established at time t ₄ in terms of the FIG.

If the A flag is on (Y in S100), the interrupt adjusting unit 214 determines whether the timing for ending the priority period has been reached (S102). If it is the end timing of the priority basic effect (Y in S102), the interrupt effect execution means 212 starts by superimposing the interrupt effect on the basic effect (S104). The timing in terms of the FIG. 4 is a time t _5. The basic performance also proceeds as it is (S124). If it is not the end timing of the priority basic effect (N in S102), only the progress of the priority basic effect is continued (S124).

On the other hand, when the A flag is off (N in S100), the interrupt adjusting unit 214 determines whether the B flag is on (S106). The B flag is a flag that is satisfied when an execution condition for an interrupt effect is established during the priority basic effect and the priority basic effect is paused. A flag is established when the basic delay processing, B flag in terms of the FIG. 5 is satisfied at time t _2. When the B flag is on (Y in S106), since the interrupt adjusting unit 214 generates a composite effect pattern (described later), the effect display by the composite effect pattern is continued as it is (S124).

Even when the B flag is off (N in S106), if the pressing of the operation button 82 is not detected (N in S108), the current effect display is continued (S124). When both the A flag and the B flag are off (N in S100, N in S106), when the operation button 82 is pressed (Y in S108), the interrupt adjusting unit 214 has already executed the interrupt effect. Determine (S110). If the interruption effect is being executed (Y in S110), the current effect is continued (S124). If the interrupt effect is not being executed (N in S110) and not in the priority period (N in S112), the interrupt effect executing means 212 starts the interrupt effect (S122). In FIG. 4, the interruption effect that starts at time t ₁ is equivalent.

  When the operation button 82 is pressed during the priority period (Y in S112), the interrupt adjusting unit 214 compares the priority value of the priority basic effect with the priority value of the interrupt effect (S114). If the priority value of the interrupt effect is larger (Y in S114), the basic delay process shown in FIG. 5 is executed. That is, the interrupt adjusting means 214 generates the combined effect pattern shown in FIG. 5 (S116), and temporarily interrupts the priority basic effect. The interrupt adjusting means 214 turns on the B flag (S118). Thereafter, the interrupt effect execution means 212 executes only the interrupt effect, and after that, the effect display control means 134 resumes the priority basic effect.

  On the other hand, if the priority value of the priority basic effect is larger (N in S114), the interrupt delay process shown in FIG. 4 is executed. The interrupt adjusting unit 214 turns on the A flag (S120). Thereby, execution of the interrupt effect after the end of the priority basic effect is reserved.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process in S16 of FIG.
A special game is a game that is executed after a symbol change when the winning or failing lottery is won and the special game flag is turned on. First, if the special winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S70), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S72), and the open / close control means 124 opens the special winning entry 66 (S74). . If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S72 and S74 are skipped (Y in S70). If a predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize winning opening 66 was opened (Y in S76), or the opening time has not passed (N in S76), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When the player has entered the ball (Y in S78), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S80). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S78), the processing after S80 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

If the number of rounds of the unit game has reached 15 after closing the special winning opening 66 in S80 (Y in S82), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S84), and the special game control means 120 ends the special game (S86). When it is a winning hit (Y in S92), the specific game executing means 122 sets a probability changing success / failure table as a winning / failing table for the winning / failing lottery (S94), and when it is a normal winning (N in S92), An uncertain change determination table is set (S96). In the case of a normal hit, the specific game execution means 122 starts a variation shortening game.
If the number of rounds has not reached 15 (N in S82), 1 is added to the number of rounds, and the flow in S16 is terminated (S90).

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine 10 shown in this embodiment is effective in interfering with an interrupting effect for a particularly important effect, such as a priority basic effect, even when an interrupting effect is executed during the basic effect. Can be eliminated. In particular, it is easy to prevent a dissonance from occurring due to the superimposition of the priority basic effect sound and the interrupt effect sound. Further, by comparing the priority value of the priority basic effect with the priority value of the interrupt effect, it is possible to prioritize the effect with higher importance. For this reason, even when there are many types of effects that can be executed simultaneously, a more important effect can be executed with priority over other effects with a simple mechanism.

  Since the execution timing of the interrupt effect can be rationally adjusted, the period during which the operation button 82 can be pressed does not have to be excessively limited. For example, if the operation button 82 is disabled during the priority period, it is possible to prevent the priority basic effect and the interrupt effect from being executed simultaneously. However, the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment can execute an interrupt effect even when the operation button 82 is pressed during the priority period, and therefore can provide a more interactive effect.

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. is there.

  It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the functions to be fulfilled by the constituent elements described in the claims are realized by the individual function blocks shown in the present embodiment or their linkage.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a time chart of the interruption delay process which delays the execution timing of an interruption production when the operation button is pressed during the basic production. FIG. 10 is a time chart of basic delay processing for interrupting a basic effect and executing an interrupt effect when an operation button is pressed during the basic effect. FIG. It is a data structure figure of an interruption effect priority value table. It is a data structure figure of a basic effect priority value table. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process in S34 of FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail a variation display process in S40 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process in S16 of FIG. 8 in detail.

Explanation of symbols

  10 Pachinko machines, 17 launch handle, 20 lottery hold lamp, 50 game board, 52 game area, 58 out port, 59 normal symbol display device, 60 production display device, 61 special symbol display device, 62 start port, 64 center ornament , 66 winning prize opening, 68 working opening, 69 passing detection device, 72 general winning opening, 73 general winning detection device, 74 starting winning detection device, 76 ordinary electric accessory solenoid, 78 winning detection device, 80 winning winning solenoid, 82 operation buttons, 90 game effect lamps, 100 game control devices, 102 main board, 104 sub-board, 110 entry determination means, 112 winning / failing lottery means, 114 symbol determination means, 116 hold control means, 118 main display control means, 120 Special game control means, 122 specific game execution means, 124 opening / closing control means, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 190 effect symbols, 192 special symbols, 208 operation input detection means, 210 interrupt effect storage means, 212% Include effect execution means, 214 Interrupt adjustment means, 216 Priority value storage means, 230 Interruption effect priority value table, 240 Basic effect priority value table.

Claims (4)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start prize opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, into which a game ball can enter;
A large winning opening which is provided at a predetermined position in the game area and can be opened so that a game ball can enter;
A lottery means for performing a lottery for the game, when a game ball has entered the starting prize opening,
A special game control means for executing a special game advantageous to a player by opening the big prize opening when the result of the winning / losing lottery is winning;
As an effect pattern indicating the display process of the effect image, a plurality of types of effect patterns including an effect pattern with a priority period in which a priority period in which the execution of an effect with a predetermined content is to be secured from a predetermined timing is set as part of the display process Production pattern holding means for holding
Production pattern selection means for selecting any production pattern according to the result of the success / failure lottery,
Effect control means for displaying and reproducing effect images according to the selected effect pattern;
Apart from the production pattern, an interruption production holding means for holding interruption production data executed when a predetermined game condition is established,
When the predetermined game condition is established, an interrupt effect execution means for executing an interrupt effect by the interrupt effect data for a predetermined period;
When the effect pattern with priority period is selected, the interrupt effect is started when the predetermined game condition is established outside the priority period, and when the predetermined game condition is satisfied during the priority period, Production adjustment means for delaying the start timing of the interruption production until the priority period ends;
A ball game machine characterized by comprising: The effect pattern holding means holds an effect pattern with a priority period for reproducing audio data during the priority period,
2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the interruption effect holding means holds interruption effect data for reproducing audio data. Priority value holding means for holding a priority value indicating the level of importance of the production for each of the plurality of types of production patterns with priority periods and interrupt production data,
The effect adjusting means selects an effect pattern with a priority period, the predetermined game condition is established during the priority period, and the interruption is greater than the importance indicated by the priority value of the effect pattern with a priority period. In an interrupt priority situation where the priority level indicated by the priority value of the effect data is high, the progress of the effect by the effect pattern with the priority period is stopped and the interrupt effect is started even during the priority period. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   4. The ball game machine according to claim 3, wherein, in the interrupt priority situation, the effect adjusting unit restarts the effect by the effect pattern with the priority period after the interrupt effect is ended.

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