JP2009055994A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of giving a strong impact to a player and increasing a desire to play. <P>SOLUTION: While a big winning game is executed, a slot game is executed in the interval time between respective round games. Then, when executing the slot game, a movable body 600 is moved and spot pressing is guided. Also, corresponding to the number of times of executing the round game, the form of spot pressing guide (difficulty or the like) is changed. Thus, the player is made to recognize the timing of stopping desired identification information (identification pattern such as a watermelon), the strong impact is given to the player, and the desire to play is increased. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a pachinko gaming machine.

  In a conventional pachinko machine, when a game ball enters the passing area of the game board, a big hit lottery is performed, and after three pieces of identification information consisting of a plurality of symbols fluctuate, the combination stops according to the result of the big win lottery On the other hand, an effect display using a character image or the like is performed in accordance with the variation of the identification information. And if you win a lottery lottery, for example, after all the three pieces of identification information are stopped and displayed so that they have the same design, a lot of balls are offered to the player by repeatedly opening the winning prize opening for a predetermined number of times. To do.

  In other words, the biggest concern for the player in pachinko games is to win the jackpot, and the game will proceed while expecting that all three pieces of identification information will be stopped and displayed in the same way. . However, since the player cannot be involved in the stop display of the identification information, the player continues to watch the change and stop display of the identification information automatically repeated. In particular, when a state in which a change and stop display are repeated many times without being stopped and displayed in a specific combination based on three pieces of identification information, in other words, when a state that does not become a big hit is performed continuously for a long time, the player gradually There is a risk that the willingness to play will decline.

  For this reason, various ideas have been proposed in order to improve the player's willingness to play, and as one of them, the player is technically involved in changing identification information (such as special symbols). In addition, a gaming machine has been proposed that increases the willingness to play games by providing profits.

  For example, a player can perform a stop operation on a symbol that is variably displayed, and when predetermined identification information is available, the player can have technical intervention by providing an advantageous gaming state. A pachinko gaming machine has been proposed that eliminates the monotony of the game (Patent Document 1).

  Conventionally, when the timing at which the special symbol is displayed coincides with the timing at which the stop button is pressed, a reach is generated, and for a player with excellent dynamic visual acuity, the arrangement when the special symbol is stopped A pachinko gaming machine that makes it possible to quickly hold expectations has been proposed (Patent Document 2).

On the other hand, by placing movable bodies (movable objects) such as dolls and models that are movably provided on the game board, the impact of the movable body on the player is improved and the entertainment is improved. It has been proposed to increase motivation for games. For example, it is proposed that a doll strikes the symbol display device just before the final variation symbol of the reach effect stops, and the linkage between the symbol display and the movable body is enhanced to produce an attractive effect. (Patent Documents 3, 4, and 5).
JP 2004-81556 A JP 2004-208879 A JP 2006-288694 A JP 2001-157757 A JP 2001-25546 A

  However, the interlock between the symbol display and the movable body is performed in accordance with the contents predetermined on the gaming machine side, and the player cannot participate in the interlock. Therefore, by providing the information that can be technically involved in the identification information (special symbol etc.) that the player fluctuates, and further giving the player a great impact on the technical involvement, It is desirable to provide a gaming machine that can further increase motivation for gaming.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and its purpose is to provide a player with a great impact on the technical involvement of a stop operation with respect to the player's identification information. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of increasing motivation.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 of the present application satisfies a predetermined condition, a game board having a game area in which a game ball rolls, a movable body movably provided on the game board, and Provided in the game area, a display means for displaying a variation display and a stop display of identification information, a stop operation means for displaying the identification information variably displayed on the display means by a stop operation by a player, and A jackpot lottery means for performing a jackpot lottery for determining whether or not to execute a jackpot game consisting of an arbitrary number of round games advantageous to the player, when the game ball passes through the specified area, and a result of the jackpot lottery Is a winning game execution control means for performing control to execute the jackpot game, and the round game when the jackpot game is being executed. Slot game execution control means for executing a slot game for stopping and displaying the identification information variably displayed on the display means in a predetermined manner in accordance with the timing of the stop operation of the stop operation means by the player at the time of the time. And a movable body control means for controlling the movement of the movable body in a movable mode for guiding a stop operation of the stop operation means by a player according to the number of times of execution of the round game when the slot game is executed. It is characterized by that.

  In the invention of claim 1, when the jackpot game is executed, the slot game is executed between the interval times of round games, that is, from the end of a certain round game to the start of the next round game. In the slot game, a movable body provided in the game area may move to guide the player to operate the stop operation means. Therefore, the player can have a great impact and can be helpful for the player in performing the stop operation in the slot game, and the motivation for the game can be increased. In particular, for a player who is not good at pushing, the stop operation is facilitated and the motivation for the game can be increased by looking at the movable mode of the movable body. In addition, a player who is good at pushing can advance the game with a feeling similar to that of a revolving game machine. In this way, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of further increasing the willingness to play a game by giving a significant impact to the player with respect to technical involvement by a stop operation on the player's identification information. Become.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the movable body control means is executed at an interval time of each round game executed after a predetermined number of round games out of an arbitrary number of round games executed in the jackpot game. In the slot game to be performed, the movable body is controlled to move in a movable manner that guides the stop operation of the stop operation means by the player.

  In the invention of claim 2, among the round games executed a plurality of times, the movable body moves in the slot game at the interval time of each round game executed after a predetermined number of round games are completed, and the game Guides the user to operate the stop operation means. Therefore, the player can have a great impact and can be helpful for the player in performing the stop operation in the slot game, and the motivation for the game can be increased. In addition, after the round game has ended a predetermined number of times, in other words, when the number of round games exceeds the predetermined number of times, operation guidance for the stop operation means by the movable body is performed. For this reason, it is possible to give the player the advantage that the number of rounds is increased and the slot game can be easily performed, which has a great impact on the player and further increases the motivation for the game. It is possible to provide a gaming machine that can be used.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the movable body control means is executed at an interval time of each round game according to the number of round games to be executed among any number of round games executed in the jackpot game. In the slot game, the difficulty level of the guidance for the stop operation of the stop operation means by the movement of the movable body is changed.

  In the invention of claim 3, when the round game is executed a plurality of times, it becomes difficult to guide the stop operation of the stop operation means by moving the movable body at the time of executing the slot game as the number of executions of the round game increases. The degree is changed. That is, the difficulty level of the guidance for the stop operation of the stop operation means becomes easy or difficult. Therefore, when the difficulty level becomes easy, the player is given both the benefit of increasing the number of round games and the benefit of facilitating the difficulty of guidance for the stop operation. It is possible to provide a gaming machine that can make a great impact on the player and can further increase the motivation for the game. On the other hand, when the difficulty level becomes difficult, the benefit of increasing the number of round games is given, but on the other hand, it becomes difficult to guide the stop operation, so it has a big impact on the player and increases the motivation for the game It is possible to provide a gaming machine that can be used.

  In the gaming machine according to the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine capable of further increasing the willingness to play a game by giving a large impact to the player with respect to technical involvement by a stop operation on the identification information of the player. It becomes possible.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Composition of gaming machine]
An overview of the gaming machine in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the embodiment described below, a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine also referred to as a “digipachi” is shown as a preferred embodiment for the gaming machine according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 2, the pachinko gaming machine 10 has a main body frame 12 on which a game board 14 is mounted rotatably attached to a wooden base frame 18 fixed to an island facility via a hinge. ing. That is, the main body frame 12 is supported by using one end of the main body frame 12 as a rotation fulcrum, and is attached to the base frame 18 so as to be freely opened and closed. The main body frame 12 and the base frame 18 constitute a gaming machine main body. Various components are disposed inside the opening 12a in the main body frame 12, and a door 11 is pivotally attached to the main body frame 12 so as to be openable and closable forward. As shown in FIG. 2, this door 11 is for closing the main body frame 12 from the front, and a game is normally performed in the closed state. Further, an upper plate 20, a lower plate 22, a firing handle 26, and the like are disposed on the front surface of the main body frame 12.

  Inside the opening 12a of the main body frame 12, a rotary reel device 500, a liquid crystal display device 32, a game board 14 and the like are disposed. In addition, description is abbreviate | omitted in order to make an understanding easy about various components (not shown) other than the game board 14, the rotary reel apparatus 500, and the liquid crystal display device 32 in FIG.

  The game board 14 is entirely formed of a plate-shaped resin (a member having permeability) having permeability. Examples of the transparent member include various materials such as acrylic resin, polycarbonate resin, and methacrylic resin. In addition, the game board 14 has a game area 15 on the front side thereof in which the launched game ball can roll. The game area 15 is an area surrounded by a guide rail 30 (specifically, an outer rail 30a shown in FIG. 3 to be described later) where a game ball can roll. A plurality of game nails 13 are driven into the game area 15 on the game board 14. As described above, the game board 14 is an example of a game board having a game area in which a game ball rolls.

  The liquid crystal display device 32 has a structure in which a flat liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between a transparent electrode and a protective plate having transparency, and the liquid crystal element is oriented so as to be transmissive in the non-conducting region. This is a single flat liquid crystal panel on which an image is displayed by changing the orientation of the liquid crystal element. That is, in the liquid crystal display device 32, the region other than the region where image display is performed has transparency, and the rear member can be visually recognized.

  Further, the liquid crystal display device 32 has a display area 32a that enables display of an image relating to a game. The display area 32a is disposed so as to overlap all or part of the game board 14 from the front side. In other words, the display area 32 a is disposed in front of the game board 14 so as to overlap at least all or a part of the game area 15 in the game board 14. Specifically, the liquid crystal display device 32 is disposed in front of the game board 14 so that the display area 32 a overlaps all or part of the game area 15 and all or part of the game area outer area 16. . In the liquid crystal display device 32, various images such as an effect image for effect and an ornament image for decoration are displayed in the display area 32a. Therefore, when the gaming board 14 is viewed from the front (front side), the gaming member of the gaming board 14 can be visually recognized due to the transparency of the liquid crystal display device 32, and the rotating reel device 500 can be viewed by the transparency of the gaming board 14. Visible.

  A protective plate 19 having transparency is disposed on the door 11, and a liquid crystal display device 32 is disposed to face the protective plate 19. For this reason, the protection plate 19 and the liquid crystal display device 32 face the game board 14 in a state where the door 11 is closed.

  The firing handle 26 is provided so as to be rotatable downward and to the left with respect to the main body frame 12. A firing solenoid (not shown) as a driving device is provided on the back side of the firing handle 26. Further, a touch sensor (not shown) is provided on the peripheral edge of the firing handle 26. When the touch sensor is touched by the player, it is detected that the firing handle 26 is gripped by the player. When the firing handle 26 is held by the player's left hand and is turned counterclockwise by a predetermined angle or more, power is supplied to the firing solenoid (not shown) and stored in the upper plate 20. The game balls are sequentially fired on the game board 14 and the game proceeds.

  A launching device 130 (see FIG. 11) including the firing handle 26, a firing solenoid (not shown), a touch sensor (not shown), and the like is installed on the lower left side with respect to the game board 14. Also, an ashtray 28 is provided on the right side of the lower tray 22 for the convenience of a player who plays while smoking. Thus, unlike the conventional gaming machines, the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is provided with the launch handle 26 on the left side and the ashtray 28 on the right side, that is, the left and right sides are opposite. .

  Further, a launch power increase button 82 (see FIG. 4) and a launch power decrease button 84 (see FIG. 4) are provided in the vicinity of the launch handle 26 in the main body frame 12, for example, by the player's left hand index finger. Pressing the firing power increase button 82 increases the momentum of the game ball to be fired, and pressing the launch power decrease button 84 decreases the momentum of the game ball to be fired. That is, the momentum of the game ball to be launched is adjusted by operating the launch power increase button 82 (see FIG. 4) and the launch power decrease button 84.

  Further, a firing stop button 27 (see FIG. 1) is provided in the vicinity of the firing handle 26 in the main body frame 12. By operating the firing stop button 27, the game ball can be forcibly stopped even when the firing handle 26 is being operated.

  Furthermore, an operation button 80 that can be operated by a player is provided on the front surface of the upper plate 20. The operation buttons 80 include a left symbol stop button (hereinafter referred to as “left button”) 80a, a middle symbol stop button (hereinafter referred to as “middle button”) 80b, and a right symbol stop button (hereinafter referred to as “right button”). 80c), which are arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction. The operation button 80 is used to stop the change display by the rotary reel device 500.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the lower left side of the game board 14, a special symbol display 35, a normal symbol display 33, special symbol hold lamps 34a to 34d, normal symbol hold lamps 50a to 50d, and Round number indicators 51a to 51d are provided.

  The special symbol display 35 is composed of a plurality of 7-segment LEDs. The 7-segment LED is repeatedly turned on and off when a predetermined special symbol variation display start condition is satisfied. By turning on / off the 7-segment LED, 10 numeric symbols from “0” to “9” are variably displayed as special symbols (also referred to as first identification information). As a special symbol, when a specific numeric symbol (for example, a numeric symbol such as “21”, “50”, or “64”) is stopped and displayed, the jackpot game that is advantageous to the player from the normal game The gaming state shifts to any one of the big hit games of 2 rounds, 5 rounds, 10 rounds, and 15 rounds described later.

  In the case of this big hit game, the shutter 40 is controlled to the open state, and the game ball can be received in the big winning opening 39. On the other hand, when a number symbol other than a specific number symbol is stopped and displayed as a special symbol, the normal gaming state is maintained. As described above, a game in which a special symbol is variably displayed and then stopped and the game state is shifted or maintained according to the result is referred to as a “special symbol game”.

  Below the special symbol indicator 35, a normal symbol indicator 33 is provided. The normal symbol display 33 is composed of, for example, two display lamps of a red LED and a green LED, and these display lamps alternately turn on and off alternately, and are variably displayed as a normal symbol.

  Below the normal symbol display 33, special symbol holding lamps 34a to 34d are provided. The special symbol hold lamps 34a to 34d display the number of executions of the special symbol variable display held by turning on or off (so-called “hold number”, “hold number related to special symbols”). For example, when the execution of the special symbol fluctuation display is held once, the special symbol hold lamp 34a is turned on.

  Below the normal symbol display 33, normal symbol holding lamps 50a to 50d are provided. The normal symbol hold lamps 50a to 50d display the number of executions of fluctuation display of the normal symbols that are held by turning on or off (so-called “hold number”, “hold number related to normal symbols”). Similar to the special symbol, when the execution of the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is held once, the normal symbol holding lamp 50a is turned on.

  On the left side of the special symbol display 35, round number displays 51a to 51d are provided. The round number indicators 51a to 51d display the number of rounds of the currently executed round game (round game) during the execution of the jackpot game. The round number indicators 51a to 51d are composed of four dot LEDs, and there are two patterns of lighting and extinguishing for each dot LED, so that at least 16 patterns can be displayed (4 of 2). Squared pattern). The round number display 51 may be composed of a plurality of 7-segment LEDs, a liquid crystal display unit, a transmissive liquid crystal display unit, and the like.

  Further, in the liquid crystal display device 32 and the rotary reel device 500 arranged in front of the game board 14 (front side), an effect image related to the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display 35 is displayed.

  For example, during the variable display of the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display 35, the rotary reel device 500 displays the identification symbol consisting of numbers, symbols and the like in a variable manner. Further, the special symbol that has been variably displayed on the special symbol display 35 is stopped and displayed, and the identification symbol for production is also stopped and displayed on the rotary reel device 500. As described above, the rotary reel device 500 is an example of a display unit that performs a change display and a stop display of identification information when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

  In addition, when a special numerical symbol is stopped and displayed as a special symbol on the special symbol display 35, an effect image that allows the player to grasp that it is a big hit is displayed in the display area 32a of the liquid crystal display device 32. Specifically, when a specific numeric symbol is stopped and displayed as a special symbol on the special symbol display 35, the combination of the identification information for presentation displayed on the rotary reel device 500 is a specific display mode (for example, The display is stopped in a state where all the same symbols are aligned in a plurality of symbol rows), and a character image such as “big hit!” Is displayed in the display area 32a of the liquid crystal display device 32. Is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the two guide rails 30 (30a and 30b), the stage 55, the passing gates 54a and 54b, the stage 57, the starting port 25, the shutter 40, the big winning port 39, the ordinary electric accessory 48, and the general winning item Game members such as the mouths 56 a, 56 b, 56 c, 56 d, the movable body 600, and the rotating combination 700 are provided on the game board 14. Furthermore, speakers 46 a and 46 b (see FIG. 4) are provided on the upper portion of the door 11.

  A stage 55 is provided in the upper part of the game board 14, and a stage 57 is provided in the approximate center of the game board 14.

  The guide rail 30 provided on the left side of the game board 14 includes an outer rail 30a that partitions (defines) the game area 15 and an inner rail 30b disposed inside the outer rail 30a. The launched game balls are guided by guide rails 30 provided on the game board 14 and moved to the upper part of the game board 14, and the plurality of game nails 13 and the stage 55 provided on the game board 14 are described above. , 57 etc., it flows down toward the lower side of the game board 14 while changing its traveling direction.

  A warp port 24 is formed at the left end of the stage 55. When a game ball enters the warp port 24, the game ball is guided behind the stage 57 via the first warp path 47 behind the game board 14. The game ball guided behind the stage 57 is discharged to the front side of the game board 14 from a discharge port (not shown) surrounded by the stage 57 and flows down to the game board 14.

  The start opening 25 described above is provided with an ordinary electric accessory (may be referred to as an ordinary electric combination for short). The ordinary electric accessory 48 includes a pair of opposed blade members and an ordinary electric agent solenoid 118 (see FIG. 11) that opens and closes the blade member. When the blade member is closed, it is possible to enter the start port 25 only from above the blade member, and when it is open, it is possible to enter the start port 25 from above and from the left and right of the blade member. Thus, the game ball can easily enter the start opening 25. The ordinary electric accessory solenoid 118 (see FIG. 11) is driven and controlled by the main CPU 66. Details of this will be described later.

  A winning area is provided in the start opening 25 described above. This winning area includes a start winning ball sensor 116 (see FIG. 11). When a game medium such as a game ball is detected by the start winning ball sensor 116, it is determined that the game ball has won. When the game ball wins, the special symbol display by the special symbol display 35 is started. Also, if a game ball wins during the special symbol variation display, the special symbol variation display based on the winning of the game ball to the start port 25 is executed until the special symbol during the variation display is stopped and displayed ( Start) is put on hold. Thereafter, when the special symbol that has been variably displayed is stopped and displayed, the variably displayed suspended special symbol is started. Note that an upper limit is set for the number of times the execution of the special symbol variable display is suspended. For example, the special symbol variable display is suspended up to four times.

  In addition, as another condition (start of variable display of a predetermined special symbol), the special symbol is stopped and displayed. In other words, every time a predetermined special symbol variable display start condition is satisfied, the special symbol variable display is started.

  Passage gates 54 a and 54 b are provided on both the left and right sides of the game board 14. The passing gates 54a and 54b are provided with passing ball sensors 114 and 115 (see FIG. 11). The passing ball sensors 114 and 115 detect that the game ball has passed through the passing gates 54a and 54b. When the passing ball sensors 114 and 115 detect the passing of the game ball, the normal symbol display is started on the normal symbol display 33, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, the normal symbol change display is stopped. . As described above, this normal symbol is a light emitting display of a red LED or a green LED.

  When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed as a predetermined light emission display, for example, a red LED, the blade member of the normal electric accessory 48 provided at the start port 25 is changed from the closed state to the open state, and a game ball is placed at the start port 25. Easy to enter. In addition, when a predetermined time has elapsed after the blade member is opened, the blade member is closed to make it difficult for the game ball to enter the start opening 25. As described above, a game in which a normal symbol is displayed in a variable manner and then stopped and the open / closed state of the blade member varies depending on the result is referred to as a “normal symbol game”.

  Similarly to the special symbol variation display, when the game ball passes through the passing gates 54a and 54b during the normal symbol variation display, the passing gate is displayed until the normal symbol in the variation display is stopped and displayed. The execution (start) of the normal symbol variation display based on the passing of the game ball to 54a and 54b is suspended. After that, when the normal symbol that has been variably displayed is stopped and displayed, the variably displayed normal symbol that has been suspended is started.

  The big prize opening 39 is provided with a shutter 40 that can be opened and closed on the front side (front side). The shutter 40 is driven so as to be in an open state in which it is easy to accept a game ball when a special numerical symbol is stopped and displayed as a special symbol on the special symbol indicator 35 and the gaming state is shifted to the jackpot gaming state. . As a result, the special winning opening 39 is in an open state where it is easy to accept a game ball.

  On the other hand, the special winning opening 39 provided on the back side (rear side) of the shutter 40 has a general area (not shown) having a count sensor 104 (see FIG. 11), and a predetermined number of gaming balls ( The shutter 40 is driven to open until a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses. When a condition for winning a predetermined number of game balls in the grand prize opening 39 or elapse of a predetermined time is satisfied in the open state, the shutter 40 is driven so as to be in a closed state in which it is difficult to accept the game balls. .

  As a result, the special winning opening 39 is in a closed state where it is difficult to accept a game ball. A game from an open state in which the special winning opening 39 is in a state in which it is easy to accept game balls to a closed state in which the special winning opening 39 is in a state in which it is difficult to receive game balls is referred to as a round game (round game). Accordingly, the shutter 40 is opened during the round game and is closed between the round games. A round game is counted as the number of rounds such as “1” round and “2” round. For example, the first round game may be referred to as the first round and the second round as the second round.

  Subsequently, the shutter 40 driven from the open state to the closed state is driven to the open state again after a predetermined interval time has elapsed. That is, when a predetermined interval time elapses after the round game ends, the game can continue to the next round game. A game from the first round game until the end of the (final) round game that cannot continue to the next round game is called a jackpot game.

  During the execution of the jackpot game, the number of rounds from the first round to the last round game (maximum number of continuous rounds) varies depending on the special symbols that are stopped and displayed. For example, in the present embodiment, the number of rounds of the jackpot game is set to four types of 2, 5, 10, and 15 in accordance with the numerical symbols that are stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 35.

  In addition, after the jackpot game, after the jackpot game ends, either the normal gaming state in which the winning probability for the jackpot game is a normal probability, or the probability change gaming state in which the winning probability for the jackpot game is higher than the normal probability Transition. In other words, there are two types of jackpot games: a normal jackpot game that enters a normal gaming state after the end of the jackpot game, and a probability variable jackpot game that enters a probability variation gaming state after the end of the jackpot game. The jackpot lottery for determining whether or not to shift to the jackpot game is performed based on the jackpot determination table shown in FIG. Details will be described later.

  Further, when the game balls win or pass through the general areas in the general winning ports 56a to 56d and the big winning port 39 described above, the preset number of the game balls is the upper plate 20 or the lower plate 22 (see FIG. 2). To be paid out.

  Further, when it is determined that a winning is made at the start opening 25 described above, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the upper plate 20 or the lower plate 22 (see FIG. 2).

  In addition, a movable body 600 and a rotating accessory 700 are provided on the right side of the rotary reel device 500 and surrounded by the stage 55.

[Configuration and arrangement of rotating reel device]
5A and 5B are explanatory views showing a schematic configuration of the rotary reel device. FIG. 5A is a perspective view and FIG. 5B is a side view. The rotary reel device 500 includes three types of rotary reels 510a, 510b, 510c and rotary reels 510a, 510b, 510c in which identification information including a plurality of types of identification symbols is arranged, and a rotary shaft 520 that supports the rotary reels 510a, 510b, 510c in a rotatable manner. , Drive motors 540a, 540b, and 540c, which are stepping motors that rotationally drive the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c, are provided.

  Each of the drive motors 540a, 540b, and 540c includes a cylindrical central axis and a rotor that rotates in the circumferential direction with respect to the central axis, and the drive motors 540a, 540b, 540c is fixed to the rotating shaft 520. Further, the rotor is coupled to the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c. For this reason, when power is supplied to the drive motors 540a, 540b, and 540c, the rotor is driven to rotate, and the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c rotate.

  The rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c are formed by arranging a plurality of identification symbols as identification information on the side surface of the cylindrical body. The identification information includes a plurality of identification symbols such as red 7, blue 7, white 7, DON, watermelon, bell, red cherry, blue cherry, and replay.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the arrangement of the rotary reel device, in which a liquid crystal display device 32 is disposed so as to be superposed on the protective plate 19, and the game board 14 can roll the game ball behind it. It arrange | positions so that it may face in the state which left | separated. Further, a rotating reel device 500 is disposed behind the game board 14 with an interval sufficient to secure a path for game balls. In addition, the gaming board 14 has transparency at least at a portion facing the rotary reel device 500, and the display mode of the rotary reel device 500 can be visually recognized through the transparent portion and the liquid crystal display device 32. become.

  Behind the game board 14, three consecutive identification symbols are arranged to face each other for each rotating reel, so that the identification symbols are arranged in a 3 × 3 matrix for the player. Visible. The visible 3 × 3 matrix area is referred to as an effective area. Further, by independently controlling the rotation of the drive motors 540a, 540b, and 540c, the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c rotate from the top to the bottom. Further, by stopping and controlling the drive motors 540a, 540b and 540c, combinations of identification symbols of the rotary reels 510a, 510b and 510c are displayed.

  That is, the identification symbol is composed of three columns of symbols, left symbol, middle symbol, and right symbol arranged in the horizontal direction, and each of the symbols is variably displayed so as to rotate from top to bottom, and a 3 × 3 matrix. The display is stopped so that the identification symbols are arranged in a shape. For convenience of explanation, the identification symbol of the rotating reel 510a is the left symbol, the symbol string of the left symbol is the left column, the identification symbol of the rotating reel 510b is the middle symbol, the symbol symbol of the middle symbol is the middle column, and the identification symbol of the rotating reel 510c. This arrangement is referred to as the right symbol, and the symbol string of the right symbol is referred to as the right column.

  In the operation button 80, the left button 80a (see FIG. 4) corresponds to the left symbol (left column), the middle button 80b corresponds to the middle symbol (middle column), and the right button 80c corresponds to the right symbol (right column). When the left button 80a (see FIG. 4) is pressed during the change, the drive motor 540a is stopped and the left symbol is stopped and displayed. The same applies to other symbols.

  These left button 80a, middle button 80b, and right button 80c are electrically connected to a sub CPU 206 described later. When the left button 80a is pressed, the left symbol stop signal is input to the sub CPU 206, when the middle button 80b is pressed, the middle symbol stop signal is input to the sub CPU 206, and when the right button 80c is pressed, the right symbol stop signal is input. It is like that.

  The left symbol stop signal is a signal for stopping and displaying the left symbol in the symbol sequence of the identification symbol that is variably displayed on the rotary reel device 500. In the present embodiment, the sub CPU 206 (see FIG. 11) that has received this signal performs control for stopping and displaying the left symbol in the symbol row being variably displayed on the rotary reel device 500. That is, the left button 80a corresponds to the left symbol, and when the left button 80a is pressed, the left symbol is stopped and displayed.

  Further, the middle symbol stop signal is a signal for stopping and displaying the middle symbol in the symbol sequence of the identification symbol being variably displayed on the rotary reel device 500. In the present embodiment, the sub CPU 206 (see FIG. 11) that has received this signal performs control for stopping and displaying the middle symbols in the symbol row being variably displayed on the rotary reel device 500. That is, the middle button 80b corresponds to the middle symbol, and when the middle button 80b is pressed, the middle symbol is stopped and displayed.

  The right symbol stop signal is a signal for stopping and displaying the right symbol in the symbol string of the identification symbol being variably displayed on the rotary reel device 500. In the present embodiment, the sub CPU 206 (see FIG. 11) that has received this signal performs control for stopping and displaying the right symbol in the symbol row being variably displayed on the rotary reel device 500. That is, the right button 80c corresponds to the right symbol, and when the right button 80c is pressed, the right symbol is stopped and displayed.

  That is, the left button 80a, the middle button 80b, and the right button 80c each have a function of stopping the identification symbols that are variably displayed (that is, the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol). In this way, the operation button 80 displays the identification information (red 7, blue 7, white 7, DON, watermelon, bell, red cherry, blue cherry, replay) variably displayed on the display means (rotary reel device 500). It is an example of the stop operation means to display a stop by the stop operation by a player.

  Since the firing handle 26 is provided on the left side as described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the right hand is the front edge of the upper plate 20 while the firing handle 26 is operated with the left hand. In this case, when the left button 80a, the middle button 80b, and the right button 80c are pressed at a desired timing, the operation for stopping the changing identification symbol is performed.

[Decorative design]
The decorative symbols displayed on the rotary reel device 500 in the pachinko gaming machine 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the rotary reel device 500, identification information is displayed by the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c of the slot machine, and the left column identification symbol, the middle column identification symbol, and the right column identification symbol are variably displayed. As shown in FIG. 7, 21 identification symbols are determined in a predetermined display order for each of the identification symbol in the left column, the identification symbol in the middle column, and the clothing identification symbol in the right column. Specifically, as the type of each symbol, each symbol of red 7, blue 7, white 7, DON, watermelon, bell, red cherry, blue cherry or replay is arranged. Each identification symbol is displayed in a variable manner in the direction of the arrow. According to the example shown in FIG. 7, 21 identification symbols are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c, but the number may be more or less than this, and the rotating reel 510a. , 510b, 510c can be set as appropriate.

[Structure and operation of movable device]
The structure and operation of the movable body 600 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the appearance and operation of the movable body 600. The movable body 600 is a doll body in which the right hand operates, and the doll body performs an operation of lifting the smoke pipe held in the right hand and hitting the left hand with the smoke pipe.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a driving device 604 that drives the movable body 600. The driving device 604 is a device that operates the right hand of the movable body 600 once for each rotation of the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c. A columnar shaft body 610 is erected inside the main body of the movable body 600, and a cylindrical portion 620 connected to the right hand of the movable body 600 is rotatably fitted to the shaft body 610.

  The cylindrical portion 620 is provided with two extending pieces 622 and 624 extending in the radial direction with respect to the rotation center at different positions. A protrusion 626 is erected on the extending piece 624. Further, a torsion spring 630 is loosely inserted on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 620, one end 630 a of the torsion spring 630 is engaged with the protrusion 626, and the other end 630 b of the torsion spring 630 stands inside the main body of the movable body 600. The protrusions 640 are engaged. In addition, a protrusion 642 is provided at a position opposite to the protrusion 640 with respect to the shaft body 610 in the main body of the movable body 600, and the extending piece 624 contacts the protrusion 642, and the cylindrical portion 620 rotates. Is regulated.

  The torsion spring 630 has an angle formed by the one end 630a and the other end 630b with respect to the center larger than an angle formed by the protrusion 640 and the protrusion 642 with respect to the shaft body 610 in a state where no force is applied from the outside. I am using something. For this reason, in a state where the torsion spring 630 is attached to the cylindrical portion 620 and both ends of the torsion spring 630 are engaged with the protrusion 626 and the protrusion 640, the rotation of the extending piece 624 is restricted by the protrusion 642. The torsion spring 630 has a spring property in the direction in which both ends open (the direction of the thick arrow in the figure). Therefore, in a state where the extended piece 624 is in contact with the protrusion 642, a biasing force in the direction in which the torsion spring 630 opens is always applied to the extended piece 624. As a result, the extended piece 624 is maintained in contact with the protrusion 642.

  A motor 650 is provided in the vicinity of the cylindrical portion 620, and an extending piece 652 is provided on the rotating shaft of the motor 650. The extending piece 622 exists within the rotation range of the extending piece 652. That is, the extension piece 652 and the extension piece 622 come into contact with each other by the rotation of the motor 650, and the extension piece 622 is pressed by the extension piece 652, so that the cylindrical portion 620 biases the torsion spring 630. It will turn in the direction that resists. In conjunction with this rotation, the right hand of the movable body 600 operates.

  FIG. 9D shows a case where the extended piece 652 is in the basic position. When the motor 650 is in a stopped state, the extended piece 652 is returned to the basic position. Further, when the extended piece 652 is in the basic position, the extended piece 652 and the extended piece 622 are not in contact with each other, and therefore, the extended piece 624 is positioned at the position of the protrusion 642 by the bias from the torsion spring 630. It is in. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8A or 8D, the movable body 600 is in a state where the smoke pipe is put on the left hand.

  Until the rotation of the motor 650 is started and the extended piece 652 and the extended piece 622 come into contact with each other, the state where the smoke pipe is put on the left hand is maintained as shown in FIG. When the motor 650 further rotates, as shown in FIG. 8B, the extending piece 652 and the extending piece 622 come into contact with each other, the extending piece 622 is pressed by the extending piece 652, and the cylindrical portion 620 rotates. Move. In conjunction with this, the right hand of the movable body 600 operates, and as shown in FIG. 8B, the smoke pipe is lifted with the right hand.

  Then, the right hand of the movable body 600 operates until the contact state between the extending piece 652 and the extending piece 622 is released, and the smoke pipe is lifted with the right hand as shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the contact state between the extension piece 652 and the extension piece 622 is released by the rotation of the motor 650, the extension piece 624 returns to a position where the extension piece 624 comes into contact with the protrusion 642 by the biasing force from the torsion spring 630. Then, as shown in FIG. 8D, the smoke pipe is put on the left hand. Such an operation is repeated by the rotation of the motor 650. Thus, the movable body 600 is an example of a movable body that is movably provided on the game board (game board 14).

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a main part of a rotating accessory 700 provided at the lower part of the movable body 600. The rotating object 700 has a reel body that is driven by a rotary motor (not shown), and identification information is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the reel body as shown in FIG. The rotating combination 700 is driven and controlled so that the identification information fluctuates and stops.

  FIG. 10B shows the arrangement of identification information formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating accessory 700, and a plurality of identification symbols (blue cherry, watermelon, red 7, bell, red cherry, replay) that are identification information. ) Is displayed. In addition to the identification information, the outer peripheral surface of the rotating object 700 includes a character design (billy) that imitates a porcupine that is not identification information. Then, in the eye-pressing mode to be described later, one of the plurality of identification symbols is displayed so as to be visible to the player by the rotation control of the rotating object 700. In the case of a gaming state other than the eye-push mode described later, billy is displayed.

[Landing mode]
In the full-length mode, each spinning reel 510a, 510b, 510c is rotated at the interval time between round games when the jackpot game is executed, and among these, the central spinning reel 510b is played by the player. In this mode, the operation is stopped by operating the middle button 80b. For example, at the interval time between each round game during the jackpot game, the rotating combination 700 and the rotating reel device 500 are displayed in a variable manner, and the rotating combination 700 is automatically stopped first to identify the target symbol (for example, “Watermelon”) is notified to the player.

  Next, the left and right rotating reels 510a and 510c are automatically stopped to display “watermelon” on the left and right, and reach the “watermelon” state (see FIG. 32 described later). Further, the central rotary reel 510b is stopped by the player operating the middle button 80b. At this time, when the “watermelons” that are identification symbols to be pressed are aligned on the active line, the pressing succeeds, and when they are not aligned, the pressing fails. Then, the game state (whether or not it is in a probable change state) is determined depending on whether or not the game result in the eye-pressing mode satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, a game that is executed at each interval time is successful for at least five times). It is determined whether to notify. In other words, a player who is good at pushing is more likely to know the current gaming state.

  In the above example, the left rotating reel 510a and the right rotating reel 510c are automatically stopped so that “watermelon” is displayed in advance, and only the center rotating reel 510b is operated by the player operating the middle button 80b. Although the case where it stops is demonstrated, you may make it a player stop all the rotation reels 510a, 510b, 510c.

[Reel rotation and movement of movable body]
Next, with reference to the timing chart shown in FIG. 30, the guide pushing operation by the movable body 600 will be described. When the eye pushing mode is executed, the eye pushing timing is guided by the operation of the smoke pipe of the movable body 600 provided in the game board 14.

  Here, four levels of difficulty are set for the eye guidance, and the difficulty of the eye guidance becomes difficult in the order of level 1, level 2, level 3, and level 4. Hereinafter, this will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 6A shows the timing of rotation of the central rotary reel 510b when the identification symbol to be pressed is “watermelon”, and FIGS. The operation timing of each movable body 600 is shown.

  FIG. 7A shows the timing when the “14” watermelon of the central rotary reel shown in FIG. 7 passes through the effective area on the front surface of the game board 14, and every time the rotary reel 510b makes one rotation. "Watermelon" will appear. This time of one rotation is shown as “period T”.

  9 (B), the motor 650 shown in FIG. 9 rotates once in the period of “cycle T” shown in FIG. 30 (A) and is shown in FIG. The movable body 600 is moved so that the state of d), that is, the timing at which the movable body 600 strikes the smoke pipe is synchronized with the timing of the appearance of “watermelon” shown in FIG. Accordingly, the player increases the probability of stopping the “watermelon” identification symbol by pressing the middle button 80b at the timing of striking the smoke tube while watching the operation of the smoke tube of the movable body 600.

  In this processing, the sub CPU 206 (see FIG. 11) displays the timing data for starting and stopping the rotation of the motor 650 (see FIG. 9) on the drive circuit 240, that is, when the rotating object 700 displays “watermelon”. The motor 650 starts rotating so that the right hand hits the left hand with the smoke pipe of the right hand of the movable body 600 immediately before the “watermelon” passes through the effective area, and the extension is performed when the middle button 80b is operated. Data for controlling the piece 652 (see FIG. 9) to be positioned at the basic position is transmitted. The drive circuit 240 controls the rotation of the motor 650 based on the data from the sub CPU 206. That is, the sub CPU 206 detects that an identification symbol (for example, a watermelon) to be stopped on the central rotating reel 510b of the rotating reel device 500 has passed a predetermined rotational position by monitoring by the sub CPU 206. The driving device 604 is driven to rotate the extending piece 652 at the basic position as shown in FIG.

  Thereby, the operation of hitting the right hand smoke tube of the movable body 600 is performed at the timing when the “watermelons” are aligned. Specifically, when it is detected that the “14th” watermelon of the central rotary reel shown in FIG. 7 has passed through the effective area of the game board 14, the central rotary reel is driven by driving the driving device 604. Immediately before the “14th” watermelon enters the effective region, an operation of hitting the right hand smoke tube of the movable body 600 is performed. Even if the middle button 80b is pressed immediately before the watermelon enters the effective area, the “No. 14” watermelon stops in the effective area by sliding four frames.

  As described above, the sub CPU 206 is an example of a movable body control unit that controls the movement of the movable body 600 in a movable manner that guides the stop operation of the stop operation means (the operation button 80) by the player when the slot game is executed. It is.

  In addition, the sub CPU 206 is an example of a movable body control means that performs control to move the movable body in a movable manner that guides the timing of the stop operation of the stop operation means (operation button 80) by the player when the slot game is executed. It is.

  Further, in the operation of “level 2” shown in FIG. 30C, the motor 650 shown in FIG. 9 makes one rotation at “2T” which is twice the “cycle T” shown in FIG. The state of (d) shown in FIG. 8, that is, the timing at which the movable body 600 strikes the smoke pipe is synchronized with the timing of the appearance of “watermelon” shown in FIG. 30 (A). In this case, each time the “watermelon” appears twice in the effective area of the central rotary reel 510b, the movable body 600 strikes the smoke tube once, and the player is more conscious than “level 1” described above. It becomes difficult to take the timing of pressing. In other words, the “level 2” is more difficult to push the eyes than “level 1”.

  In the operation of “level 3” shown in FIG. 30D, the motor 650 shown in FIG. 9 makes one rotation at “3T” which is three times the “cycle T” shown in FIG. The movable body 600 is moved so that the state (d) shown in FIG. 8, that is, the timing when the movable body 600 strikes the smoke pipe is synchronized with the timing of the appearance of “watermelon” shown in FIG. In this case, whenever the “watermelon” appears three times in the effective area of the central rotating reel 510b, the movable body 600 hits the smoke tube once, and the player is more conscious than “level 2” described above. It becomes difficult to take the timing of pressing. In other words, the “level 3” is more difficult to push the eyes than “level 2”.

  In the operation of “level 4” shown in FIG. 30E, the motor 650 shown in FIG. 9 makes one rotation at “4T” which is four times the “cycle T” shown in FIG. The movable body 600 is moved so that the state (d) shown in FIG. 8, that is, the timing when the movable body 600 hits the smoke pipe is synchronized with the timing of the appearance of “watermelon” shown in FIG. In this case, every time “watermelon” appears four times in the effective area of the central rotating reel 510b, the movable body 600 hits the smoke tube once, and the player is more conscious than “level 3” described above. It becomes difficult to take the timing of pressing. In other words, the “level 4” is more difficult to push the eyes than “level 3”.

  As described above, the difficulty level of the guide guidance is set so as to become difficult in the order of level 1, level 2, level 3, and level 4.

[Explanation of the jackpot determination table] FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the jackpot determination table used in the jackpot lottery. As shown in the drawing, the jackpot lottery is determined by a random number value of “1 to 400”, and is set so that the winning probabilities for various jackpot games are different between the normal gaming state and the probability variation gaming state. This lottery is performed by random lottery by the main CPU 66 shown in FIG.

  Specifically, in the normal gaming state, when the random number is 1 to 392, it is “disconnected”, when it is 393, “2R normal jackpot game”, when it is 394, “2R probability variable jackpot game”, when 395 “5R normal jackpot game” in the case of 396, “10R normal jackpot game” in the case of 397, “10R normal jackpot game” in the case of 398, “15R normal jackpot game” in the case of 399 , 400, it becomes “15R probability variation big hit game”.

  Further, in the probability variation gaming state, the random number is 1 to 320, “disconnected”, 321 to 330 is “2R normal jackpot game”, 331 to 340 is “2R probability variation jackpot game”, 341 to 350. “5R normal jackpot game” in the case of 351 to 360, “5R probability jackpot game” in the case of 351 to 360, “10R normal jackpot game” in the case of 361 to 370, “10R probability jackpot game” in the case of 371 to 380, 381 In the case of ˜390, “15R normal jackpot game”, and in the case of 391-400, “15R probability variable jackpot game”.

  That is, the main CPU 66 performs a jackpot lottery to determine whether or not to execute a jackpot game consisting of an arbitrary number of round games advantageous to the player, when the game ball passes through a specific area provided in the game area. It is an example of a jackpot lottery means.

[Electric configuration of gaming machine]
A control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the main control circuit 60 as game control means includes a main CPU 66 as a control means, a main ROM (read only memory) 68, and a main RAM (read / write memory) 70 as an example of storage means. ing. The main control circuit 60 controls the progress of the game.

  The main CPU 66 is connected to a main ROM 68, a main RAM 70, and the like, and has a function of executing various processes according to a program stored in the main ROM 68. In particular, the main CPU 66 performs a jackpot lottery to determine whether or not to execute a jackpot game consisting of an arbitrary number of round games advantageous to the player, when the game ball passes through a specific area provided in the game area. It has a function as a jackpot lottery means.

  Further, the main CPU 66 has a function as a jackpot game execution control means for performing control to execute the jackpot game when the result of the jackpot lottery is a win.

  Further, the main CPU 66 displays the display means (the rotating reel device 500) according to the timing of the stop operation of the stop operation means (operation button 80) by the player during the round game interval time when the jackpot game is being executed. ) Has a function as a slot game execution control means for executing a slot game for stopping and displaying the identification information variably displayed in a predetermined manner.

  In the main ROM 68, a program for controlling the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 by the main CPU 66 is stored, and in addition, various tables referred to when making a big hit determination by random number lottery are also stored. .

  The main RAM 70 has a function of storing various flags and variable values as a temporary storage area of the main CPU 66. Specific examples of data stored in the main RAM 70 include the following.

  The main RAM 70 includes a control state flag, a jackpot determination random number counter, a jackpot symbol determination random number counter, a loss symbol determination random number counter, a reach pattern selection random number counter, an effect condition selection random number counter, a big prize opening number counter, A prize winning counter, a waiting time timer, a prize winning opening time timer, data indicating the number of reserved symbols related to special symbols, data indicating the number of reserved symbols related to normal symbols, data for supplying a command to the sub-control circuit 200 described later, Variables are positioned.

  The control state flag indicates the control state of the special symbol game or the normal symbol game. In the following description, when the control state flag is simply referred to, it indicates the control state of the special symbol game, and when it is referred to as the normal control state flag, it indicates the control state of the normal symbol game.

  The jackpot determining random number counter is for determining the jackpot of a special symbol. The jackpot symbol determination random number counter is for determining a special symbol to be stopped when a special symbol jackpot is determined. The random symbol counter for losing symbol determination is for determining a special symbol to be stopped and displayed when it is not a big hit. The reach pattern selection random number counter is for determining whether or not to perform reach. The production condition selection random number counter is for determining a production variation pattern. These counters are stored and updated so that the main CPU 66 sequentially increases “1”, and various functions of the main CPU 66 are executed by extracting random numbers from the counters at a predetermined timing. In the present embodiment, such a random number counter is provided, and the main CPU 66 stores and updates the random number counter so as to increase “1” according to a program. You may comprise so that an apparatus like a generator may be provided.

  The waiting time timer is for synchronizing processing executed in the main control circuit 60 and the sub control circuit 200. The special prize opening time timer is for measuring the time for driving the shutter 40 and opening the special prize opening 39. Note that the timer in this embodiment is stored and updated in the main RAM 70 so as to be subtracted by the predetermined cycle at a predetermined cycle. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the CPU itself may include a timer. .

  The big prize opening number-of-times counter indicates the number of times the big prize opening is opened (so-called round number) in the big hit gaming state. The grand prize winning prize counter indicates the number of game balls that have won the big winning prize during one round and passed through the count sensor 104. Further, the data indicating the number of reserved symbols related to the special symbol is that when the game ball is won at the start opening 25, but when the special symbol variation display cannot be executed, the special symbol game is suspended. This indicates the number of times the symbol game is held. Furthermore, the data indicating the number of reserved symbols related to the normal symbol is that when the game ball passes through the passing gates 54a and 54b, but the normal symbol variation display cannot be executed, the normal symbol game start is reserved, but the reserved symbol is held. It shows the number of times the normal symbol game is held.

  The main control circuit 60 also has a reset clock pulse generation circuit 62 that generates a clock pulse of a predetermined frequency, an initial reset circuit 64 that generates a system reset signal when the power is turned on, and a sub control circuit 200 described later. A serial communication IC 72 for supplying commands is provided. The reset clock pulse generation circuit 62, the initial reset circuit 64, and the serial communication IC 72 are connected to the main CPU 66. The reset clock pulse generation circuit 62 generates a clock pulse every predetermined period (for example, 2 milliseconds) in order to execute a system timer interrupt process to be described later.

  Various devices are connected to the main control circuit 60. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the count sensor 104, the general winning ball sensors 106, 108, 110, 112, the passing ball sensor 114, 115, a start winning ball sensor 116, a normal electric accessory solenoid 118, a large winning opening solenoid 120, a firing stop switch 122, and a backup clear switch 124 are connected.

  The count sensor 104 is provided in a general area in the special winning opening 39. The count sensor 104 supplies a predetermined detection signal to the main control circuit 60 when the game ball passes through the general area at the special winning opening 39.

  The general winning ball sensors 106, 108, 110, and 112 are provided in the general winning ports 56a to 56d, respectively. The general winning ball sensors 106, 108, 110, and 112 supply a predetermined detection signal to the main control circuit 60 when the game balls pass through the general winning ports 56 a to 56 d.

  The passing ball sensors 114 and 115 are provided in the passing gates 54a and 54b, respectively. The passing ball sensors 114 and 115 supply a predetermined detection signal to the main control circuit 60 when the game balls pass through the passing gates 54a and 54b, respectively.

  The ordinary electric accessory solenoid 118 is connected to a blade member of the ordinary electric accessory 48 provided at the start port 25 via a link member (not shown), and in accordance with a drive signal supplied from the main CPU 66, The blade member is in an open state or a closed state.

  The big prize opening solenoid 120 is connected to the shutter 40 shown in FIG. 4, and drives the shutter 40 in accordance with a drive signal supplied from the main CPU 66 to make the big prize opening 39 open or closed.

  The firing stop switch 122 is turned on and off by operating the firing stop button 27 shown in FIG. That is, when the firing stop button 27 is not pressed, the firing stop switch 122 is turned off, and when the firing stop button 27 is pressed, the launch stop switch 122 is turned on. In addition, the firing stop switch 122 supplies a detection signal corresponding to the operation of the firing stop button 27 to the main control circuit 60.

  The backup clear switch 124 is built in the pachinko gaming machine 10 and has a function of clearing backup data in the event of a power interruption or the like in accordance with the operation of the game hall manager.

  The main control circuit 60 is connected to a payout / launch control circuit 126. The payout / launch control circuit 126 is connected to a payout device 128 that pays out game balls, a launch device 130 that fires game balls, and a card unit 150 that reads information stored in the card.

  The payout / launch control circuit 126 receives a prize ball control command supplied from the main control circuit 60 and a lending ball control signal supplied from the card unit 150, and transmits a predetermined signal to the payout device 128. Then, the payout device 128 pays out the game ball. Further, the payout / launch control circuit 126 performs a control of launching a game ball by supplying a launch signal to the launch device 130.

  In addition, the launching device 130 is provided with devices for launching a game ball such as the launching handle 26, launching solenoid (not shown), and touch sensor (not shown). When the firing handle 26 is gripped by the player and rotated counterclockwise, the firing solenoid (not shown) is based on the firing strength adjusted by the firing power increase button 82 and the firing power decrease button 84. The game balls stored in the upper plate 20 are sequentially fired onto the game board 14 by a firing solenoid (not shown). Even when the launch handle 26 is rotated, if the launch stop button 27 is pressed, the power supply to the launch solenoid (not shown) is stopped and the launch of the game ball is stopped. The

  Further, a lamp 74 is connected to the main control circuit 60. The main control circuit 60 supplies a lamp (LED) control signal to the lamp 74. The lamp 74 includes incandescent bulbs, LEDs, and the like. Specifically, the special symbol holding lamps 34a to 34d (see FIG. 3), the normal symbol holding lamps 50a to 50d (see FIG. 3), and the special symbol indicator 35 ( 7 segment LED, see FIG. 3), normal symbol display 33 (display lamp, see FIG. 3) and the like.

  On the other hand, the sub-control circuit 200 is connected to the serial communication IC 72. The sub-control circuit 200 controls the driving of the rotary reel device 500, the display control of the liquid crystal display device 32, the control related to the sound generated from the speaker 46, the lamp 132 according to various commands supplied from the main control circuit 60. Control and so on. Note that the lamp 132 includes an incandescent lamp, an LED, or the like, specifically, a decorative lamp (not shown) that displays light and dark on the game board 14.

  In the present embodiment, the main control circuit 60 is configured not to supply commands to the sub control circuit 200 and not to supply signals from the sub control circuit 200 to the main control circuit 60. The present invention is not limited to this, and there is no problem even if it is configured such that a signal can be transmitted from the sub control circuit 200 to the main control circuit 60.

  The sub control circuit 200 includes a sub CPU 206, a program ROM 208, a work RAM 210, a display control circuit 250 as display control means for performing display control in the liquid crystal display device 32, and a sound control circuit 230 that performs control related to sound generated from the speaker 46. And a drive circuit 240 that controls the rotary reel device 500 and controls the lamp 132 and the movable movable for production. The sub-control circuit 200 executes an effect according to the progress of the game in accordance with a command from the main control circuit 60.

  A program ROM 208, a work RAM 210, and the like are connected to the sub CPU 206. The sub CPU 206 has a function of executing various processes according to the program stored in the program ROM 208. In particular, the sub CPU 206 controls the sub control circuit 200 in accordance with various commands supplied from the main control circuit 60. The sub CPU 206 functions as various means described later.

  The program ROM 208 includes a program for controlling the game effect of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and the fluctuation and stop operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 by the sub CPU 206, and an identification pattern to be stopped when the rotary reel device 500 is stopped by pushing. A program for determining, a program for driving and controlling the movable body 600, and the rotating accessory 700 are stored.

  The program ROM 208 stores a plurality of types of effect patterns. This effect pattern relates to the progress of the effect display that is executed in association with the change display of the special symbol. In addition, the program ROM 208 stores effect patterns during execution of a plurality of types of jackpot games. The effect pattern during execution of the jackpot game relates to the progress of the effect display executed in connection with the round game in the jackpot game.

  In the present embodiment, the main control circuit 60 uses the main ROM 68 and the sub control circuit 200 uses the program ROM 208 as storage means for storing programs, tables, and the like. As long as it is a storage medium readable by a computer equipped with a computer, a program, a table, and the like are recorded on a storage medium such as a hard disk device, a CD-ROM and a DVD-ROM, and a ROM cartridge. May be. Of course, the main ROM 68 may be used as an alternative to the program ROM 208. Even if these programs are not recorded in advance, they may be downloaded after the power is turned on and recorded in the main RAM 70 in the main control circuit 60, the work RAM 210 in the sub control circuit 200, and the like. . Furthermore, each program may be recorded on a separate storage medium.

  The work RAM 210 has a function of storing various flags and variable values as a temporary storage area of the sub CPU 206. For example, various variables such as a stop display mode determining random number counter for determining the stop display mode of identification information, a timer variable for controlling reach effect time, and an effect display selection random number counter for selecting an effect pattern Etc. are positioned.

  Further, the work RAM 210 has an area for storing position information of each identification symbol formed on each rotary reel 510a, 510b, 510c in the rotary reel device 500, and each of the rotary reels 510a, 510b, 510c is rotated by each rotation. Each time the position of the identification symbol changes, the position information of each identification symbol is updated. For this reason, the position of each identification symbol of each rotary reel 510a, 510b, 510c is monitored by the sub CPU 206.

  In this embodiment, the main RAM 70 is used as the temporary storage area of the main CPU 66 and the work RAM 210 is used as the temporary storage area of the sub CPU 206. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any readable / writable storage medium may be used.

  The drive circuit 240 includes a drive circuit 242 and a decoration data ROM 244 and is connected to the sub CPU 206. The drive circuit 240 controls the drive motors 540a, 540b, and 540c of the rotary reel device 500 via the drive circuit 242, and controls the light emission of the lamp 132. According to the present embodiment, when winning the jackpot lottery, it is necessary to align the identification symbol (or DON) of “7” (red 7 or blue 7), but when the operation button 80 is operated, If “7” is outside the effective area, but there is “7” within 4 frames thereafter, the sub CPU 206 sends a drive circuit 240 to the drive circuit 240 so that “7” is slid and displayed within the effective area. Data specifying the number of sliding frames is transmitted together with the stop command.

  In addition, the drive circuit 240 controls the drive of the movable body 600 and the rotating accessory 700 via the drive circuit 242. According to the present embodiment, the sub CPU 206 determines identification symbols to be aligned in the push mode executed at the interval time during the jackpot game, and transmits the push identification data to the drive circuit 240. The drive circuit 240 performs control to change and stop the rotating accessory 700 so as to display an identification symbol corresponding to the eye identification symbol data from the sub CPU 206.

  Further, the drive circuit 240 performs the operations from FIG. 8C to FIG. 8D when the identification symbol to be pressed passes through the effective area based on the eye identification symbol data from the sub CPU 206, that is, The rotation of the motor 650 is controlled so that the timing of performing the operation of hitting the smoke pipe is reached. For example, when “watermelon” is stopped and displayed on the rotating accessory 700, the player operates the operation button 80 at the timing when the right hand of the movable body 600 hits the smoke tube, and “watermelon” is stopped and displayed. The probability that In the present embodiment, the timing at which the right hand of the movable body 600 strikes the smoke pipe is targeted for forward pressing (operating in the order of the left button 80a, the middle button 80b, and the right button 80c). In the case of the above operation, there may be a case where it does not stop at the identification symbol to be pressed.

  The display control circuit 250 includes an image data processor (hereinafter referred to as VDP) 212, an image data ROM 216 that stores various image data, a D / A converter 218 that converts image data as an image signal, and a reset signal when the power is turned on. The initial reset circuit 220 is generated.

  The VDP 212 described above is connected to the sub CPU 206, the image data ROM 216, the D / A converter 218, and the initial reset circuit 220.

  The VDP 212 includes a so-called sprite circuit, a screen circuit, a pallet circuit, and the like, and is a device that can perform various processes for causing the liquid crystal display device 32 to display an image. That is, the VDP 212 performs display control for the liquid crystal display device 32. Further, the VDP 212 includes a storage medium (for example, a video RAM) as a buffer for displaying an image on the display area 32 a of the liquid crystal display device 32. By storing the image data in a predetermined storage area of the storage medium, an image is displayed on the display area 32a of the liquid crystal display device 32 at a predetermined timing.

  In the image data ROM 216, various image data such as special image data, background image data, and effect image data are separately stored. Of course, related image data indicating a related image is also stored.

  The VDP 212 reads various image data such as background image data and effect image data from the image data ROM 216 in response to an image display command supplied from the sub CPU 206, and generates image data to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 32. The VDP 212 superimposes the generated image data in order from the image data located at the rear, stores the image data in a buffer, and supplies the data to the D / A converter 218 at a predetermined timing. The D / A converter 218 converts the image data as an image signal and supplies the image signal to the liquid crystal display device 32, thereby causing the liquid crystal display device 32 to display an image.

  The sound control circuit 230 includes a sound source IC 232 that performs control related to sound, a sound data ROM 234 that stores sound data of various effect sound effects including BGM, and an amplifier 236 (hereinafter referred to as AMP) for amplifying sound signals. Etc.).

  The sound source IC 232 is connected to the sub CPU 206, the initial reset circuit 220, the audio data ROM 234, and the AMP 236. The sound source IC 232 controls sound generated from the speaker 46.

[Main control main processing]
The main control main process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S9, initialization setting processing is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 reads a startup program from the main ROM 68 in response to power-on, initializes a flag or the like stored in the main RAM 70, or performs a process of returning to a state before power-off. If this process ends, the process moves to step S10.

  In step S10, initial value random number update processing is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of updating the initial value random number counter. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S11, the main CPU 66 determines whether or not the system timer monitoring timer value is 3. In this process, the main CPU 66 refers to the system timer monitoring timer value stored in the main RAM 70. If the system timer monitoring timer value is 3, the process moves to step S12, and the system timer monitoring timer value is 3. If not, the process proceeds to step S10.

  In step S12, a system timer monitoring timer reset process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of resetting the system timer monitoring timer stored in the main RAM 70. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S13.

  In step S13, timer update processing is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 is a waiting time timer for synchronizing the main control circuit 60 and the sub control circuit 200, and a big prize for measuring the opening time of the big prize opening 39 that is opened when a big hit occurs. Processing to update various timers such as a mouth open time timer is executed. If this process ends, the process moves to step S14.

  In step S14, a special symbol control process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a special symbol control process. The special symbol control process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to step S15.

  In step S15, normal symbol control processing is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 extracts a random value in accordance with the detection signal from the passing ball sensor 114, refers to the normal symbol winning table stored in the main ROM 68, and determines whether or not the normal symbol lottery has been won. Determination is performed, and processing for storing the determination result in the main RAM 70 is performed. If this process ends, the process moves to step S16.

  In step S16, a symbol display device control process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 determines the special symbol display 35 and the normal symbol display 33 according to the result of the special symbol control process stored in the main RAM 70 in step S14 and step S15 and the result of the normal symbol control process. And a process of storing a control signal for driving the round number display 51 in the main RAM 70. The main CPU 66 transmits a control signal to the special symbol display 35 in step S19 described later. The special symbol display 35 displays the special symbol in a variable manner and a stop manner based on the received control signal. Based on the received control signal, the normal symbol display 33 displays the normal symbol in a variable manner and stops. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S17.

  In step S17, game information data generation processing is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of generating a game state command related to game information data to be transmitted to a stand computer or a hall computer (not shown) and storing it in the main RAM 70. If this process ends, the process moves to step S18.

  In step S18, symbol reserved number data generation processing is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 detects detection signals from the start winning ball sensor 116 and the passing ball sensors 114 and 115 detected in the switch input detection process (FIG. 14, step S46) in the system timer interruption process described later, The special symbol holding lamps 34a to 34d and the normal symbol holding lamps 50a to 50d are driven based on the update result of the holding number data stored in the main RAM 70 that is updated in accordance with the execution of the special symbol and normal symbol variation display. The control signal for storing is stored in the main RAM 70. If this process ends, the process moves to step S19.

  In step S19, port output processing is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of outputting a control signal stored in the main RAM 70 to each port in the above steps. Specifically, the special symbol holding lamps 34a to 34d (see FIG. 3), the special symbol indicator 35 (7-segment LED, see FIG. 3), and the normal symbol indicator 33 (display LED, see FIG. 5) are lit. LED power supply (common signal) and solenoid power supply for driving the solenoid are supplied. If this process ends, the process moves to step S20.

  In step S20, a storage / game state command control process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 determines whether a certain change flag or a short-time state flag is set in a predetermined area of the main RAM 70, and determines that a certain change flag or a short-time state flag is set. Processing for generating a command and transmitting it to the sub-control circuit 200 is performed. Further, the main CPU 66 determines whether or not the jackpot flag and jackpot end flag are set in a predetermined area of the main RAM 70. If it is determined that the jackpot flag and jackpot end flag are set, the main CPU 66 generates a jackpot command and jackpot end command. Then, processing to transmit to the sub-control circuit 200 is performed. If this process ends, the process moves to step S21.

  In step S21, an effect control command output control process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs an output control process to the sub-control circuit 200 for the effect control command and the data of the number of lotteries after the big hit. If this process ends, the process moves to step S22.

  In step S22, a payout process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 checks whether or not a game ball has won a prize winning port 39, a starting port 25, and general winning ports 56a to 56d, and if there is a winning, a payout request command corresponding to each. Is transmitted to the dispensing / launching control circuit 126. In the present embodiment, 15 game balls are awarded as prize balls when winning the grand prize opening 39, and 5 game balls and general prize openings 56a to 56d are awarded as prize balls when winning the start opening 25. When winning, 10 game balls are paid out to the player as prize balls. If this process ends, the process moves to step S12.

[System timer interrupt processing]
Further, the main CPU 66 may interrupt the main process and execute the system timer interrupt process even when the main process is being executed. The main CPU 66 generates a clock pulse every predetermined period (for example, 2 milliseconds), and executes the following system timer interrupt process in response to this. The system timer interrupt process will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S41, a process for saving each register is performed. In this processing, the main CPU 66 performs processing for saving values used in the program being executed stored in each register (storage area) of the main RAM 70. If this process ends, the process proceeds to step S42.

  In step S42, the system timer monitoring timer value is incremented by one. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of incrementing the value of the system timer monitoring timer stored in the main RAM 70 by one. The system timer monitoring timer is a monitoring timer for executing a predetermined process (such as a special symbol control process) on the condition that the timer interrupt process is started a predetermined number of times (three times). If this process ends, the process moves to step S43.

  In step S43, random number update processing is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of updating a random number value such as a jackpot determination random number counter stored in the main RAM 70. If this process ends, the process moves to step S44.

  In step S44, an input port reading process is performed. In this processing, the main CPU 66 performs processing for reading detection signals from the respective ports. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S46.

  In step S46, a switch input detection process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of detecting a detection signal from each switch such as the start winning ball sensor 116. The switch input detection process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to step S47.

  In step S47, processing for restoring each register is performed. In this processing, the main CPU 66 performs processing for restoring the values saved in step S42 to the respective registers. If this process ends, the process moves to step S48.

  In step S48, an interrupt permission process is performed. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished, and the address before the interruption is restored.

[Switch input detection processing]
The switch input detection process will be described below with reference to FIG. In step S50, a prize ball related switch check process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 checks whether or not the detection signals from the count sensor 104, the general winning ball sensors 106, 108, 110, and 112 and the starting winning ball sensor 116 are received, and when the detection signal is received. , 1 is added to the winning ball counter corresponding to the count sensor 104, the general winning ball sensors 106, 108, 110, 112, and the starting winning ball sensor 116. If this process ends, the process moves to step S52.

  In step S52, a special symbol related switch check process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of checking whether or not a detection signal from the start winning ball sensor 116 has been received. When the detection signal from the start winning ball sensor 116 is received, it is determined whether or not the holding number is an upper limit (for example, 4), and the jackpot determination random number value and the jackpot symbol determination random number value of the special symbol game Are extracted and stored in a special symbol storage area of the main RAM 70. If this process ends, the process moves to step S54.

  In step S54, a normal symbol related switch check process is performed. In this process, the main CPU 66 performs a process of checking whether or not the detection signals from the passing ball sensors 114 and 115 have been received. Further, when the detection signals from the passing ball sensors 114 and 115 are received, it is determined whether or not the reserved number is an upper limit (for example, four), and a random number value for determining the hit of the normal symbol game is extracted. A process of storing in the normal symbol storage area of the RAM 70 is performed. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S58.

  In step S58, other switch check processing is performed. In this processing, the main CPU 66 performs processing for checking other switches (for example, a full tank switch that is turned on when the lower plate 22 is filled with game balls, an error detection switch, etc.). When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

[Special symbol control processing]
The subroutine executed in step S14 in FIG. 13 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 16, the numerical values described in the side from step S72 to step S81 indicate the control state flags corresponding to those steps, and one step corresponding to the numerical value according to the numerical value of the control state flag. Will be executed and the special symbol game will proceed.

  First, as shown in FIG. 16, a process for loading a control state flag is executed (step S71). In this process, the main CPU 66 reads the control state flag. If this process ends, the process moves to step S72.

  Note that in steps S72 to S81, which will be described later, the main CPU 66 determines whether to execute various processes in each step based on the value of the control state flag, as will be described later. This control state flag indicates the game state of the special symbol game, and enables one of the processes from step S72 to step S81 to be executed. In addition, the main CPU 66 executes processing in each step at a predetermined timing determined according to a waiting time timer or the like set for each step. Before reaching the predetermined timing, the process ends without executing the process in each step, and another subroutine is executed. Of course, the system timer interrupt process is also executed at a predetermined cycle.

  In step S72, a special symbol memory check process is executed. Details will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to step S73.

  In step S73, a special symbol variation time management process is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 sets the value (02) indicating the special symbol display time management to the control state flag when the control state flag is the value (01) indicating the special symbol variation time management. Set the waiting time after confirmation (for example, 1 second) in the waiting time timer. That is, it is set so that the process of step S74 is executed after the waiting time after determination has elapsed. If this process ends, the process moves to step S74.

  In step S74, a special symbol display time management process is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 has a value (02) indicating that the control state flag indicates special symbol display time management, and whether or not the lottery for shifting to the special gaming state is won when the waiting time after determination has elapsed. Judging. When winning, the main CPU 66 sets a value (03) indicating special game start interval management in the control state flag, and sets a time (for example, 10 seconds) corresponding to the special game start interval in the waiting time timer. That is, after the time corresponding to the special game start interval elapses, the process of step S75 is set to be executed. On the other hand, when not winning, the main CPU 66 sets a value (08) indicating the end of the special symbol game. That is, it is set to execute the process of step S81. If this process ends, the process moves to step S75.

  In step S75, a special game start interval management process is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 has a value (03) indicating that the control state flag indicates special game start interval management, and when the time corresponding to the special game start interval elapses, the main winning prize read from the main ROM 68 is obtained. Data for opening the mouth 39 is stored in the main RAM 70. Then, in the process of step S19 in FIG. 13, the main CPU 66 reads data for opening the big prize opening 39 stored in the main RAM 70, and sends a signal for opening the big prize opening 39 to the big prize opening solenoid. 120. As described above, the main CPU 66 and the like perform opening / closing control of the special winning opening 39. That is, one round game in which a predetermined advantageous gaming state (a gaming state from the open state where the big winning opening 39 easily accepts the game ball to the closed state where the big winning opening 39 hardly accepts the game ball) is provided a plurality of times. A special game that may be repeated is executed.

  Further, the main CPU 66 sets a value (04) indicating that the special winning opening is being opened to the control state flag, and sets the upper opening limit time (for example, 30 seconds) to the special winning opening opening timer. That is, it is set to execute the process of step S78. Further, the main CPU 66 assigns a predetermined number (for example, “15”) to the round number display counter in the main RAM 70. Further, the main CPU 66 uses the special game execution time timer in the main RAM 70 to start measuring the special game execution time. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S77.

  In step S77, a waiting time management process before reopening the big winning opening is executed. In this processing, the main CPU 66 sets the special winning opening opening number counter when the control status flag is a value (06) indicating the waiting time management before the big winning opening reopening and the time corresponding to the interval between rounds has elapsed. The memory is updated so that “1” is increased. The main CPU 66 sets a value (04) indicating that the special winning opening is open in the control state flag. The main CPU 66 sets an opening upper limit time (for example, 30 seconds) in the big prize opening time timer. That is, it is set to execute the process of step S78. If this process ends, the process moves to step S78.

  In step S78, a special winning opening opening process is executed. In this process, when the control status flag is a value (04) indicating that the big prize opening is being opened, the main CPU 66 has passed the condition that the big prize opening prize counter is “10” or more, and the opening upper limit time ( It is determined whether or not any of the conditions that the big prize opening time timer is “0” is satisfied. The main CPU 66 updates a variable positioned in the main RAM 70 in order to close the special winning opening 39 when any of the conditions is satisfied. The main CPU 66 sets a value (05) indicating monitoring of the winning ball remaining ball in the control state flag. The main CPU 66 sets the special ball remaining ball monitoring time (for example, 1 second) in the waiting time timer. That is, it is set so that the process of step S79 is executed after the winning ball residual ball monitoring time has elapsed. Note that the main CPU 66 does not execute the above-described processing when none of the conditions is satisfied. If this process ends, the process moves to step S79.

  In step S79, a special winning opening residual ball monitoring process is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 has a value (05) indicating that the control state flag indicates monitoring of the winning ball in the winning prize mouth, and the count sensor 104 corresponding to the winning prize port 39 when the remaining winning ball in the winning prize mouth monitoring time has elapsed. It is determined whether or not a condition that the game ball has not passed through or a condition that the special winning opening opening number counter is a predetermined number or more (the final round) is satisfied. When either condition is satisfied, the main CPU 66 sets a value (07) indicating the special game end interval in the control state flag, and sets a time corresponding to the special game end interval in the waiting time timer. That is, after the time corresponding to the special game end interval elapses, the setting of step S80 is performed.

  On the other hand, when neither condition is satisfied, the main CPU 66 sets a value (06) indicating the waiting time management before reopening of the big winning opening to the control state flag. Further, the main CPU 66 updates the storage so that “1” is subtracted from the round number display counter stored in the main RAM 70. Further, the main CPU 66 sets a time corresponding to the interval between rounds in the waiting time timer. That is, after the time corresponding to the interval between rounds has elapsed, the setting of step S78 is performed. If this process ends, the process moves to step S80.

  In step S80, a special game end interval process is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 sets the value (08) indicating the end of the special symbol game when the control state flag is a value (07) indicating the special game end interval and the time corresponding to the special game end interval has elapsed. Set to control status flag. That is, it is set to execute the process of step S81.

  In step S81, a special symbol game end process is executed. In this process, when the control state flag is a value (08) indicating the end of the special symbol game, the main CPU 66 decreases the data indicating the number of reserved pieces related to the special symbol related to the current special symbol game by “1”. Update the memory. Further, the main CPU 66 sets data indicating a start memory number designation command indicating that the start memory information is decreased by “1” in a predetermined storage area in the main RAM 70. Then, the main CPU 66 updates the special symbol storage area in order to perform the next fluctuation display. The main CPU 66 sets a value (00) indicating a special symbol storage check. That is, it is set to execute the process of step S72. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

  As described above, the special symbol game is executed by setting the control state flag. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, the main CPU 66 sets the control status flag to “00”, “01”, “02”, when the jackpot determination result is out of order in the special gaming state. By setting “08” in order, the processing of step S72, step S73, step S74, and step S81 shown in FIG. 16 is executed at a predetermined timing.

  Further, when the main CPU 66 is not in the special gaming state and the result of the jackpot determination is a jackpot, the main CPU 66 sets the control state flags in order of “00”, “01”, “02”, “03”, The processing of step S72, step S73, step S74, and step S75 shown in FIG. 16 is executed at a predetermined timing, and control to the special gaming state is executed. Further, when the control to the special gaming state is executed, the main CPU 66 sets the control state flag in order of “04”, “05”, “06”, thereby performing step S78 shown in FIG. The process of step S79 and step S77 is executed at a predetermined timing, and a special game is executed.

  When the jackpot game end condition is satisfied, “04”, “05”, “07”, “08” are set in this order, so that the processing from step S78 to step S81 shown in FIG. It will be executed at the timing and the special game will end. Further, in this embodiment, there was no passing of a game ball to a specific area until a predetermined time elapses (Punk, in this embodiment, one ball is also played in the special winning opening 39 during the special game. It is also a special game end condition that the round game of the maximum number of continuous rounds (in the present embodiment, “15” rounds or “2” rounds) is finished).

[Special symbol memory check processing]
The subroutine executed in step S72 in FIG. 16 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 17, the main CPU 66 determines whether or not the control state flag is a value (00) indicating a special symbol storage check (step S101). If it is determined that the control state flag is a value indicating a special symbol memory check, the process proceeds to step S102. If it is determined that the control state flag is not a value indicating a special symbol memory check, this subroutine is terminated. To do.

  In step S <b> 102, the main CPU 66 determines whether or not the number of holdings related to the special symbol in the starting memory number data is “0”. In this process, if the main CPU 66 determines that the number of reserved symbols relating to the special symbol in the starting memory number data stored in the main RAM 70 is all “0”, the process moves to step S112 to indicate the number of reserved symbols. If it is determined that the data is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S104.

  In step S104, a process of setting a value (01) indicating special symbol variation time management as a control state flag is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 stores a value indicating special symbol variation time management in the control state flag. If this process ends, the process moves to step S105.

  In step S105, a jackpot determination process is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 selects a jackpot determination value stored in the special symbol determination table. Then, the main CPU 66 refers to the random number value extracted at the time of starting winning and the jackpot determination value. That is, the main CPU 66 determines whether or not to make a jackpot gaming state (special gaming state) advantageous to the player. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S106.

  In step S106, a symbol determination process is executed. In this process, if the main CPU 66 determines that the jackpot is determined in step S105, the main CPU 66 extracts the jackpot symbol determining random value extracted at the time of starting winning, and displays the special symbol display based on the jackpot symbol determining random value. A special symbol to be stopped and displayed on the device 35 is determined, and data indicating the special symbol is stored in a predetermined area of the main RAM 70. If the jackpot is not determined to be a big win (missing), the main RAM 70 stores data indicating the special symbol determined to be the special symbol to be stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 35. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S109.

  Note that the symbol designation command stored in the predetermined area of the main RAM 70 by the process of step S106 is stopped from the main CPU 66 of the main control circuit 60 to the sub CPU 206 of the sub control circuit 200 by the process of step S21 of FIG. Supplied as

  In step S109, a variation pattern determination process is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 extracts a rendering condition selection random value. The main CPU 66 selects a special symbol variation pattern command from the variation pattern table stored in the main ROM 68 based on the special symbol determined in step S106. Specifically, a special symbol variation pattern command corresponding to the special symbol determined in step S106 is selected and stored in a predetermined area of the main RAM 70.

  The special symbol variation pattern command for effect stored in this way is supplied as a variation pattern designation command from the main CPU 66 of the main control circuit 60 to the sub CPU 206 of the sub control circuit 200 by the process of step S21 in FIG. The sub CPU 206 of the sub control circuit 200 executes an effect display according to the received variation pattern designation command. If this process ends, the process moves to step S110.

  In step S110, a process of setting a variation time corresponding to the determined variation pattern for production in a waiting time timer is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 reads the variation time corresponding to the effect variation pattern determined by the process of step S109 from the table, and stores a value indicating the variation time in the waiting time timer. Then, a process of clearing the storage area in which the jackpot determination random number value used for the current variation display is stored is executed (step S111). When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

  In step S112, a demonstration display process is executed. In this process, the main CPU 66 stores a variable for supplying a demonstration display command to the sub control circuit 200 in the main RAM 70 in order to perform a demonstration display. As a result, the display of the demonstration screen is executed in the sub-control circuit 200. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

  The sub control circuit 200 receives various commands from the main control circuit 60 and performs various processes such as a display process. Among these processes, the control process according to the present invention will be described below.

[Sub control main processing]
The sub control main process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S151, initialization processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 reads the activation program from the program ROM 208 and initializes and sets a flag stored in the work RAM 210 in response to power-on. If this process ends, the process moves to step S152.

  In step S152, random number update processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of updating the random number stored in the work RAM 210. If this process ends, the process moves to step S153.

  In step S153, command analysis control processing is performed. In this processing, the sub CPU 206 performs processing for analyzing commands received from the main control circuit 60 and stored in the reception buffer of the work RAM 210. The command analysis control process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to step S154.

  In step S154, a rotating reel control process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of transmitting data for display on the rotary reel device 500 to the drive circuit 240. The rotating reel control process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to step S155.

  In step S155, display control processing is performed. In this processing, the sub CPU 206 transmits data for display on the liquid crystal display device 32 to the display control circuit 250. In the display control circuit 250, the VDP 212 reads various image data such as background image data and effect image data from the image data ROM 216 based on data for displaying the effect image from the sub CPU 206, and superimposes them. The image is displayed on the display area 32 a of the liquid crystal display device 32. The display control process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to step S156.

  In step S156, a sound control process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 transmits data for outputting sound to the sound control circuit 230. The sound control circuit 230 reads various sound data such as music data, sound effect data, and voice data from the sound data ROM 234 based on the data for outputting the sound from the sub CPU 206, superimposes the sound, and uses the AMP 236. Amplified and output from the speaker 46. If this process ends, the process moves to step S157.

  In step S157, lamp control processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 transmits data for lighting the lamp to the drive circuit 240 in this process. The drive circuit 240 reads various lighting pattern data from the decoration data ROM 244 based on the data for lighting the lamp from the sub CPU 206 and lights the lamp 132. If this process ends, the process moves to step S152.

[Sub control command reception interrupt processing]
The sub control command reception interrupt process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S171, a process for saving the register is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of saving the program being executed stored in each register (storage area). If this process ends, the process moves to step S172.

  In step S172, processing for storing the input command in the reception buffer is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of storing the input command in the reception buffer area of the work RAM 210. In this process, the stored command is analyzed in the process of step S153 in FIG. If this process ends, the process moves to step S173.

  In step S173, processing for restoring the register is performed. In this processing, the sub CPU 206 performs processing for restoring the program saved in step S171 to each register. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

[Command analysis control processing]
The command analysis control process shown in step S153 of FIG. 18 will be described using FIG. In step S1710, command analysis processing is performed. In this processing, the sub CPU 206 analyzes various commands received from the main control circuit 60 and performs processing corresponding to the received commands. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S1720.

  In step S1720, effect content determination processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining an effect content determination process based on various commands transmitted from the main control circuit 60. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S1730.

  In step S <b> 1730, the sub CPU 206 performs eye pressing mode setting processing. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a full press mode setting process. The eye pressing mode setting process will be described later. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

[Pressing mode setting process]
The eye pressing mode setting process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S1810, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not an interval time command between a plurality of round games executed in the jackpot game is received from the main control circuit 60 in the process of step S1710 of FIG. Do. If it is determined that the interval time command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1820. If it is not determined that the interval time command has been received, this subroutine is terminated.

  In step S1820, a process for setting the eye pressing mode flag is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of storing the full press mode flag in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S1830.

  In step S1830, a process for setting the eye pressing mode counter is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of storing the initial value (for example, “14”) of the full-length mode counter in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210 based on the number of interval times. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished. Here, the number of times that the eye push mode is executed is equal to the number of intervals between round games (round games) executed in the jackpot game. Therefore, when the 15 round jackpot game is won, The initial value is “14”. Similarly, when the big hit is 5 rounds, the initial value of the push-mode counter is “4”.

[Rotating reel control processing]
The rotating reel control process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S <b> 2110, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the eye pressing mode flag is set in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. If it is determined that the eye-pressing mode flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2170. If it is not determined that the eye-pressing mode flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2120.

  In step S2120, a variable display process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of transmitting data for starting the rotation of the rotary reel device 500 to the drive circuit 240 based on a command from the main control circuit 60. The drive circuit 240 performs a process of starting the rotation of the rotary reel device 500 based on data from the sub CPU 206. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2130.

  In step S2130, the sub CPU 206 performs processing for determining whether or not a jackpot command has been received from the main control circuit 60 in the command analysis control processing in step S153 of FIG. If it is determined that the jackpot command has been received, the process proceeds to step S2140. If it is not determined that the jackpot command has been received, the process proceeds to step S2150.

  In step S2140, a jackpot stop display process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of controlling the rotary reel device 500 so that the identification symbols of the rotary reels 510a, 510b, 510c of the rotary reel device 500 are in the big hit stop mode. The jackpot stop mode of the present embodiment is a stop mode in which three “red 7”, “blue 7”, and “DON” (see FIG. 7) are arranged on the effective line. Here, since the effective lines are in a 3 × 3 matrix shape, the effective line is a total of 5 lines including 3 horizontal rows and 2 diagonal lines. The jackpot stop display process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2160.

  In step S2150, a disconnection stop display process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of controlling the rotary reel device 500 so that the identification symbols of the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c of the rotary reel device 500 are in a stoppage state. The miss stop display process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2160.

  In step S2160, standby processing is performed. In this process, when the sub CPU 206 stops the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c by the operation of the operation button 80 by the player, the effect time of the effect content determined in step S1720 of FIG. 20 remains. In addition, a process is performed in which the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c are kept in a stopped state and a standby state is performed while displaying minute shaking until the production time elapses. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

  In step S2170, an eye pressing mode execution process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a full press mode execution process. The eye pressing mode execution process will be described later. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

[Big hit stop display process]
The jackpot stop display process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S2200, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the operation button 80 has been operated. If it is determined that the operation button 80 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S2210. If it is not determined that the operation button 80 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S2220.

  In step S2210, a rotating reel stop process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 determines that the rotating reel 510a is pressed when the left button 80a is pressed, the rotating reel 510b is pressed when the middle button 80b is pressed, and the right button 80c is pressed when the right button 80c is pressed. Then, a process of stopping the rotating reel 510c is performed. If this process ends, the process moves to step S2220.

  In step S2220, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether there is a rotating reel among the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c. If it is determined that there is a rotating reel, the process proceeds to step S2240. If it is not determined that there is a rotating reel, the process proceeds to step S2230.

  In step S2230, standby processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a stop mode by the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c until the time limit is reached when all the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c are stopped before the time limit monitored in step S2240. Perform the process of waiting while maintaining. If this process ends, the process moves to the step S2260.

  In step S2240, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the time since the rotation of the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c is within the time limit. If it is determined that the time is within the time limit, the process proceeds to step S2200. If it is not determined that the time is within the time limit, the process proceeds to step S2250.

  In step S2250, a rotating reel stop process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of stopping all the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c that are rotating. If the time limit is exceeded while all the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c are rotating, the reels may be stopped in a big hit stop mode. If this process ends, the process moves to the step S2260.

  In step S2260, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the stop display mode of the rotary reel device 500 is the big hit stop mode. If it is determined that the big hit stop mode is set, this subroutine is terminated. If it is not determined that the jackpot is stopped, the process proceeds to step S2270.

  In step S2270, re-variation processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of rotating the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c again. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2280.

  In step S2280, a rotating reel stop process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of stopping the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c so that the stop mode of the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c is a big hit stop mode. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

  That is, according to the present embodiment, when the big hit lottery in the main control circuit 60 is won, the operation of the operation button 80 by the player stops the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c so as to be in the big hit stop mode. If it is not possible, the drive control is performed so as to re-variate and automatically enter the big hit stop mode.

[Outgoing stop display processing]
The disconnection stop display process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S2310, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the operation button 80 has been operated. If it is determined that the operation button 80 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S2310. If it is not determined that the operation button 80 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S2320.

  In step S2320, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not a third stop operation (operation to stop all rotation reel stops) has been performed. If it is determined that the third stop operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S2350. If it is not determined that the third stop operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S2330.

  In step S2330, a rotating reel stop process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 determines that the rotating reel 510a is pressed when the left button 80a is pressed, the rotating reel 510b is pressed when the middle button 80b is pressed, and the right button 80c is pressed when the right button 80c is pressed. Then, a process of stopping the rotating reel 510c is performed. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2340.

  In step S2340, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not there is a rotating reel that is rotating. If it is determined that there is a rotating reel that is rotating, the process proceeds to step S2350. If it is not determined that there is a rotating reel, the process proceeds to step S2380.

  In step S2350, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not a stop operation has been performed at a timing that results in a jackpot stop mode. If it is determined that the stop operation has been performed at the timing of the big hit stop mode, the process proceeds to step S2360. If it is not determined that the stop operation has been performed at the timing of the big hit stop mode, the process proceeds to step S2370.

  In step S2360, rotating reel stop processing is performed. In this processing, the sub CPU 206 shifts the identification information for stopping the last one rotating reel by one frame so that the combination of identification information when the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c are stopped does not become a big hit stop mode. To perform the process. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2370.

  In step S2370, standby processing is performed. In this process, when all the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c are stopped before the time limit monitored in step S2380, the sub CPU 206 stops using the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c until the time limit is reached. The process to wait while maintaining When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

  In step S2380, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the time since the rotation of the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c is within the time limit. If it is determined that the time is within the time limit, the process proceeds to step S2310. If it is not determined that the time is within the time limit, the process proceeds to step S2390.

  In step S2390, a rotating reel stop process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of stopping all the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c that are rotating. In addition, all the rotation reels are stopped so that the rotation modes of the rotation reels 510a, 510b, and 510c become the detachment stop mode. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

  That is, according to the present embodiment, the timing at which the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c are put into the big hit stop mode by the operation of the operation button 80 by the player even though the big hit lottery in the main control circuit 60 is not won. Then, when the operation button 80 is operated, the last rotating reel that is rotating is driven and controlled so as to be forcedly stopped.

[Full-length mode execution processing]
The eye pressing mode execution process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S2410, a variable display process is performed. In this processing, the sub CPU 206 performs processing for starting the rotation of the rotary reel device 500. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2420.

  In step S2420, a press symbol setting process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 generates an identification symbol to be aligned in the full-press mode, for example, generates a random number in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210, arbitrarily extracts a random number, and selects an identification symbol corresponding to the extracted random number as an identification symbol determination table. By performing the determination with reference to, processing for setting an identification symbol to be pressed is performed. If this process ends, the process moves to the step S2430.

  In step S2430, a rotating accessory driving process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of rotating and stopping the rotating accessory 700 and notifying the player of the identification symbol set in step S2420. For example, when “watermelon” is set as the identification symbol to be pressed, the rotating combination 700 shown in FIG. 10 is rotated to display the identification symbol of “watermelon” (reference numeral 700 in FIG. 32). reference). If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2440.

  In step S2440, movable device drive processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a movable device driving process. The movable device driving process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2450.

  In step S2450, a press stop display process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs an eye-press stop display process. The eye-press stop display process will be described later. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2460.

  In step S2460, the eye-pressing result determination process is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the identification symbols (for example, “watermelon”) set in step S2420 are aligned with three valid lines based on the position information of the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c at the time of stop. The process which determines is performed. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2470.

  In step S2470, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the eye pressing is successful based on the determination result of step S2460. That is, when the identification symbols set in step S2420 are aligned on three valid lines, the target is a success, and otherwise, the target is a failure. If it is determined that the target has been successfully pressed, the process proceeds to step S2480. If it is not determined that the target has been successfully pressed, the process proceeds to step S2520.

  In step S2480, the value of the success counter is incremented by one. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of adding 1 to the value of the success counter stored in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2490.

  In step S2490, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether the value of the success counter has reached a predetermined value (for example, 5 times) or more. If it is determined that the value of the success counter is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the process proceeds to step S2500. If it is not determined that the value of the success counter exceeds the predetermined value, the process proceeds to step S2520.

  In step S2500, a process of setting a success flag is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of storing the successful push flag in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2520.

  In step S2520, a process of decrementing the value of the full press mode counter is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of decrementing the value of the full press mode counter stored in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2530.

  In step S2530, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the value of the full press mode counter is zero. If it is determined that the value of the eye-pressing mode counter is 0, the process proceeds to step S2540. If it is not determined that the value of the eye-pressing mode counter is 0, this subroutine is terminated.

  In step S <b> 2540, the sub CPU 206 performs processing for clearing the eye pressing mode flag, the eye pressing mode counter, the eye pressing success flag, and the success counter stored in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

[Moving device drive processing]
The movable device driving process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S <b> 311, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the number n (the number of digested round games) of the jackpot game is “n ≦ 2”. If it is determined that n ≦ 2, the process proceeds to step S312. If it is determined that n ≦ 2 is not satisfied, the process proceeds to step S313.

  In step S312, the movable body 600 is moved with a difficulty level of “level 4”. That is, as shown in FIG. 30 (E), the smoke tube of the movable body 600 is moved at a cycle 4T that is four times the cycle T at which the identification pattern “watermelon” to be pressed appears at the display position. By this, the player is notified of the timing of pressing.

  In step S313, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the number n of round hit games is “2 <n ≦ 5”. If it is determined that 2 <n ≦ 5, the process proceeds to step S314. If it is determined that 2 <n ≦ 5 is not satisfied, the process proceeds to step S315.

  In step S314, the movable body 600 is moved with the difficulty level of “level 3”. That is, as shown in FIG. 30D, the smoke pipe of the movable body 600 is moved at a cycle 3T that is three times the cycle T at which the identification pattern “watermelon” that is the target of appearance appears at the display position. By this, the player is notified of the timing of pressing.

  In step S315, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the number of round games n of the jackpot game is “5 <n ≦ 10”. If it is determined that 5 <n ≦ 10, the process proceeds to step S316. If it is determined that 5 <n ≦ 10 is not satisfied, the process proceeds to step S317.

  In step S316, the movable body 600 is moved with the difficulty level of “level 2”. That is, as shown in FIG. 30C, the smoke tube of the movable body 600 is moved at a cycle 2T that is twice the cycle T at which the identification symbol “watermelon” to be pressed appears at the display position. By this, the player is notified of the timing of pressing.

  In step S317, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the number of round games n of the jackpot game is “10 <n ≦ 15”. If it is determined that 10 <n ≦ 15, the process proceeds to step S318. If it is determined that 10 <n ≦ 15 is not satisfied, this subroutine is terminated.

  In step S318, the movable body 600 is moved with the difficulty level of “level 1”. That is, as shown in FIG. 30B, by moving the smoke pipe of the movable body 600 at a period T in which the identification pattern “watermelon” to be pressed appears at the display position, the timing of the pressing is set. Inform the player.

  As described above, as the number of round games of the jackpot game progresses, the operation of the movable body 600 is changed so that the difficulty level of the push operation becomes easier. For this reason, as the number of round games of the jackpot game progresses, it becomes easier to arrange desired identification symbols (for example, watermelons) in the slot game executed at the interval time of each round game.

[Press stop display processing]
With reference to FIG. 27, the eye stop display process will be described. In step S301, the sub CPU 206 automatically stops the left rotating reel 510a and the right rotating reel 510c. At this time, control is performed so that the identification symbol (for example, watermelon) set as the target to be pressed stops in the effective area of the left rotating reel 510a and the right rotating reel 510. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 32, the “watermelon” stopped on the left rotating reel 510a and the “watermelon” stopped on the right rotating reel 510c are in a reach state. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S302.

  In step S302, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the middle button 80b for stopping the central rotating reel 510b has been pressed. If it is determined that the middle button 80b has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S304. If it is not determined that the middle button 80b has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S303.

  In step S303, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the predetermined time has elapsed. If it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, the sub CPU 206 proceeds to step S304 and determines that the predetermined time has not elapsed. Then, the process proceeds to step S302.

  In step S304, the sub CPU 206 stops the central rotating reel 510b. When this warping is finished, this subroutine is finished.

[Display control processing]
The display control process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S2810, effect display processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of transmitting data to the display control circuit 250 so as to perform an effect display based on the effect content determined in step S1720 of FIG. The display control circuit 250 reads various image data from the image data ROM 216 (see FIG. 11) based on the data from the sub CPU 206, generates image data by superimposing them, and displays the image on the liquid crystal display device 32. Process. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2820.

  In step S2820, it is determined whether or not the eye pressing mode is in effect. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the eye pressing mode flag is set in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. That is, if the eye-push mode flag is set, the eye-push mode is in effect, and if the eye-push mode flag is not set, the eye-push mode is not set. If it is determined that the eye pressing mode is being performed, the process proceeds to step S2840. If it is not determined that the eye-pressing mode is in progress, this subroutine is terminated.

  In step S <b> 2840, the sub CPU 206 performs a process for determining whether or not the success flag is set in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. If it is determined that the success flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2850. If it is not determined that the success flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2860.

  In step S2850, game state notification image display processing is performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of transmitting data to the display control circuit 250 so that the gaming state notification image is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 32. Based on the data from the sub CPU 206, the display control circuit 250 reads out various image data including the game state notification image from the image data ROM 216 (see FIG. 11), generates the image data by superimposing them, and the liquid crystal display device A process for displaying a gaming state notification image on the display 32 is performed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 33, by displaying an image 95 “probably changing!”, The player is notified of the current gaming state. If this process ends, the process moves to a step S2860.

  In step S2860, a process is performed to determine whether or not the eye pressing mode has ended. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of determining whether or not the eye pressing mode flag is set in a predetermined area of the work RAM 210. That is, if the eye-push mode flag is set, the eye-push mode is in effect, and if the eye-push mode flag is not set, it indicates that the eye-push mode has ended. If it is determined that the eye pressing mode has ended, the process proceeds to step S2870. If it is not determined that the eye-pushing mode has ended, this subroutine ends.

  In step S2870, an identification information display end process and a gaming state notification image display end process are performed. In this process, the sub CPU 206 performs a process of transmitting data to the display control circuit 250 so as to end the identification information display and the gaming state notification image display. This data does not include data for displaying the identification information and the gaming state notification image. The display control circuit 250 reads out various image data from the image data ROM 216 (see FIG. 11) based on the data from the sub CPU 206, and generates image data by superimposing the image data on the liquid crystal display device 32. Processing to erase the display of the state notification image is performed. When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished.

[Description of display screen]
The operation of the movable body 600 and the rotating accessory 700 and the display screen of the liquid crystal display device 32 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram showing a display mode of the liquid crystal display device 32 when not in the full-push mode. As shown in the figure, when the mode is not the full-push mode, the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c of the rotary reel device 500 start rotating in response to winning of the start opening 25. Then, when the player operates the operation button 80, the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c are stopped. In the present embodiment, even when the operation button 80 is not operated, the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c are automatically stopped when a predetermined time elapses.

  If, as a result of the jackpot lottery, various types of jackpot games are won, the identification symbols (red 7, blue 7, DON, etc.) corresponding to these wins are stopped. Thus, the rotating reel device 500 is an example of a display unit that displays the result of the slot game by a combination of stop modes of a plurality of identification information.

  FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example when the eye pressing mode is executed. As shown in the figure, when the full-push mode is executed, that is, between the round games executed in the jackpot game, the rotary reels 510a, 510b, and 510c of the rotary reel device 500 start to rotate. Thereafter, the left rotating reel 510a and the right rotating reel 510c are stopped, and the middle rotating reel 510b is stopped by the operation of the middle button 80b. At this time, if the “watermelon” displayed on the rotating combination 700 can be stopped, the target is successful, and if the “watermelon” cannot be stopped, the target fails.

  FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example when the success flag is set and a game state notification image is displayed in the process of step S2850 of FIG. As shown in the figure, an image 95 of “probably changing!” Is displayed above the liquid crystal display device 32 to notify the player that the current gaming state is in the probability changing state.

  In this way, in the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, guidance of the stop operation for the identification information (identification symbol displayed on the rotating reel) by the player is performed by moving the movable body 600 and the rotating accessory 700. Therefore, it has a great impact on the player and can be helpful for the player when performing the stop operation in the slot game, and can increase motivation for the game. In particular, for a player who is not good at pushing, it is possible to perform a stop operation in a timely manner by looking at the movable state of the movable body 600 and the rotating member 700, and to increase the motivation for the game. Become. In addition, it is possible for a player who is good at pushing to advance the game with a feeling similar to that of a spinning machine. In this way, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of further increasing the willingness to play a game by giving a significant impact to the player with respect to technical involvement by a stop operation on the player's identification information. Become.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when a jackpot game is executed, a slot game is executed at an interval time of each round game (round game), and the guide guidance by the movable body 600 is performed in this slot game. For this reason, a big impact can be given to the player during the jackpot game. Further, the difficulty level of the guide guidance by the movable body 600 becomes easier as the number of executions of the round game increases. For example, as shown in FIG. 30, the difficulty level of the guide guidance is set so as to gradually become easier in the order of level 4, level 3, level 2, and level 1.

  Therefore, both the benefit of increasing the number of round games for the player and the benefit of facilitating the difficulty of pushing guidance are given, giving the player a great impact and playing the game Can be further enhanced.

[Modification]
Next, a modification of the above-described embodiment will be described. In the above-described embodiment, when the jackpot game is executed, the movable body 600 is all moved during the interval time between the round games of the jackpot game, and the identification symbol (for example, watermelon) to be stopped is displayed. Although the example of performing the eye guidance for facilitating the stop has been described, in the modification, it is set so that the eye guide by the movable body 600 is not performed until a predetermined number of round games are executed.

  Since the modification is different only in the processing procedure of the “movable device driving process” shown in FIG. 26, the movable device driving process which is the difference will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step S331, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the number n (the number of digested round games) of the jackpot game is “n ≦ 5”. If it is determined that n ≦ 5, the process proceeds to step S332. If it is determined that n ≦ 5 is not satisfied, the process proceeds to step S333.

  In step S332, the movable body 600 is not moved. That is, when the number of round games has not reached 5, the guide to the movable body 600 is not performed in the slot game executed between the round games.

  In step S333, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the number of round games n of the jackpot game is “5 <n ≦ 10”. If it is determined that 5 <n ≦ 10, the process proceeds to step S334. If it is determined that 5 <n ≦ 10 is not satisfied, the process proceeds to step S335.

  In step S334, the movable body 600 is moved with the difficulty level of “level 2”. That is, as shown in FIG. 30C, the smoke tube of the movable body 600 is moved at a cycle 2T that is twice the cycle T at which the identification symbol “watermelon” to be pressed appears at the display position. By this, the player is notified of the timing of pressing.

  In step S335, the sub CPU 206 determines whether or not the number of round games n of the jackpot game is “10 <n ≦ 15”. If it is determined that 10 <n ≦ 15, the process proceeds to step S336. If it is determined that 10 <n ≦ 15 is not satisfied, this subroutine is terminated.

  In step S336, the movable body 600 is moved with a difficulty level of “level 1”. That is, as shown in FIG. 30B, by moving the smoke pipe of the movable body 600 at a period T in which the identification pattern “watermelon” to be pressed appears at the display position, the timing of the pressing is set. Inform the player. Thereafter, this subroutine is terminated.

  As described above, in the gaming machine according to the modification, until the number of round games of the jackpot game reaches the predetermined number, the push guidance by the movable body 600 is not executed, and the number of round games of the jackpot game reaches the predetermined number. In this case, the guide guidance by the movable body 600 is executed. Therefore, the player can be strongly interested in reaching the predetermined number of round games during the jackpot game. In addition, when the number of round games reaches a predetermined number, the guide to the push by the movable body 600 is performed in the slot game executed at the interval time, so that a big impact is given to the player and the game is played. Motivation can be further enhanced.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, in step S2420 of FIG. 25, an identification symbol is set by random number lottery while referring to the identification symbol determination table. In this case, the identification that is referred to in the case of the probability variation state and the normal state (non-probability variation state). The symbol determination table may be changed. Specifically, in the identification symbol determination table in the probability variation state, a relatively large number of identification symbols, bell and replay are easily selected, and in the identification symbol determination table in the normal state, the number is relatively small. Watermelon, red cherry, and blue cherry that are identification symbols may be easily selected.

  As a result, in the eye-pressing mode, even if the eye-opening fails and the notifying condition of the gaming state is not satisfied, the gaming state can be predicted by observing the tendency of the stop display of the rotating accessory 700. Also good. Further, in this embodiment, it is possible to perform a four-frame slide. However, by setting the sliding range to three or two frames, the difficulty of pushing can be increased. You may increase the opportunity to refer to 600.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example of facilitating the difficulty of pushing guidance as the number of round games increases has been described. On the contrary, the difficulty of pushing guidance is made difficult. It may be used. That is, the sub CPU 206 (movable body control means) is executed at an interval time of each round game according to the number of round games executed out of the arbitrary number of round games (round games) executed in the jackpot game. In the slot game, it is possible to change the difficulty level of guidance for the stop operation of the operation button 80 by the movement of the movable body 600.

[Another embodiment]
FIG. 34 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a pachinko gaming machine according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 2, the identification information is changed and stopped using the rotating reel device 500. In the pachinko gaming machine of another embodiment shown in FIG. 34, the liquid crystal display device 32 is used as the gaming board. 14, and the liquid crystal display device 32 displays the identification symbols (see FIG. 7) of the rotating reels 510 a, 510 b, 510 c (see FIG. 5) instead of the rotating reel device 500. Here, the liquid crystal display device 32 in the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 2 is a liquid crystal panel having transparency, but in the pachinko gaming machine of another embodiment shown in FIG. 34, the liquid crystal display device 32 has transparency. It does not have to be a liquid crystal panel.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 34, a spacer 31 is provided behind (on the back side) the game board 14, and this spacer 31 serves as a flow path for game balls in front of the liquid crystal display device 32 (on the front side). Is forming. The spacer 31 is made of a permeable material. In the present embodiment, the spacer 31 is formed of a material having transparency. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a part of the spacer 31 may be formed of a material having transparency. Moreover, you may form with the material which does not have permeability | transmittance.

  Other configurations are the same as those of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. Also, in the pachinko gaming machine of another embodiment shown in FIG. 34, since there is no rotating reel device 500, processing corresponding to the processing in step S154 shown in FIG. 18 is performed in step S155.

  Then, by stopping the images of the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c (see FIG. 2) that are variably displayed by operating the operation buttons 80, it becomes possible for the player to determine whether or not a big win is won.

  In another embodiment, since the rotary reel device 500 is image-displayed by the liquid crystal display device 32, it is possible to stop and display specific identification information by a mechanical rotation like the pachinko machine shown in FIG. Although it becomes more difficult than the reel device 500, instead, the operation timing of the operation button 80 can be grasped by observing the operation of the movable body 600, so that it is possible to improve the fun of the game.

  In another embodiment in which the game board 14 is transparent, the display area 32 a of the liquid crystal display device 32 is disposed so as to be visible through the game board 14. Further, instead of the liquid crystal display device 32, for example, a plasma display or the like can be used.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the movable body 600 is operated in association with the rotation of the rotating reels 510a, 510b, and 510c in the slot game executed at the interval time between each round game during the jackpot game. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the movable body 600 may be operated in association with the rotation of the rotating reels 510a, 510b, 510c in the variable display game. For example, when the big hit lottery is won, “Red 7” may be displayed on the rotating combination 700 as a premium effect, and the movable body 600 may be operated at the timing when “Red 7” is aligned. As described above, the movable body 600 of the present embodiment is applicable to a game that uses fluctuation and stop of the rotary reel device 500.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the stop operation guidance for the identification information by the player is performed by moving the movable body 600, so that the player is greatly impacted and the stop operation is performed in the slot game. In doing so, it becomes a reference for the player, and it is possible to increase motivation for the game. In particular, for a player who is not good at pushing, it is possible to perform a stop operation in a timely manner by looking at the movable mode of the movable body, and it is possible to increase motivation for the game. In addition, it is possible for a player who is good at pushing to advance the game with a feeling similar to that of a spinning machine. In this way, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of further increasing the willingness to play a game by giving a significant impact to the player with respect to technical involvement by a stop operation on the player's identification information. Become.

  In the above-described embodiment, the first type pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be a pachinko gaming machine provided with both, and another mode.

  As mentioned above, although the gaming machine of the present invention has been described based on the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration of each part may be replaced with an arbitrary configuration having the same function. it can.

  It is extremely useful for making a great impact on players and giving them a strong desire to play games.

1 is a perspective view showing an overview of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the general view in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a front view showing an overview of a game board in a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view which shows the general view in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view showing the principal part outline of the rotation reel device in the pachinko game machine of one embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows arrangement | positioning of the rotation reel apparatus in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows arrangement | positioning of the identification symbol of each rotation reel in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the movable body in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the drive mechanism and operation | movement of a movable body in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the rotation accessory in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the main control circuit and sub control circuit which are comprised in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the jackpot determination table used in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing performed in the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a timing chart which shows the timing of rotation of a reel and operation of a movable object of a pachinko game machine of one embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display screen of the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display screen of the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display screen of the pachinko game machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the general view in the pachinko game machine of another embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pachinko machine 11 Door 12 Main body frame 12a Opening 13 Game nail 14 Game board 15 Game area 16 Game area outer region 18 Base frame 19 Protection plate 20 Upper plate 22 Lower plate 24 Warp port 25 Start port 26 Launch handle 27 Launch stop button 28 Ashtray 30 Guide rail 30a Outer rail 30b Inner rail 31 Spacer 32 Liquid crystal display device 32a Display area 33 Normal symbol display 34a-34d Special symbol hold lamp 35 Special symbol indicator 39 Grand prize opening 40 Shutter 46a, 46b Speaker 47 First warp Route 48 Normal electric accessory 50a-50d Normal symbol holding lamp 51a-51d Round number indicator 54a, 54b Pass gate 55, 57 Stage 56a, 56b, 56c, 56d General winning port 60 Main control circuit 62 Reset clock pulse generation Circuit 64 initial reset circuit 66 main CPU
68 Main ROM
70 Main RAM
72 IC for serial communication
74 lamp 80 operation button 80a left button 80b middle button 80c right button 82 firing power increase button 84 firing power decrease button 104 count sensor 106, 108, 110, 112 general winning ball sensor 114, 115 passing ball sensor 116 starting winning ball sensor 118 Ordinary electric accessory solenoid 120 Grand prize opening solenoid 122 Launch stop switch 124 Backup clear switch 126 Dispensing / launching control circuit 128 Dispensing device 130 Launching device 132 Lamp 150 Card unit 200 Sub control circuit 206 Sub CPU
208 Program ROM
210 Work RAM
212 VDP
216 Image data ROM
218 D / A converter 220 Initial reset circuit 230 Audio control circuit 232 Sound source IC
234 Audio data ROM
236 Amplifier (AMP)
240 drive circuit 242 drive circuit 244 decoration data ROM
250 display control circuit 500 rotary reel device 510a, 510b, 510c rotary reel 520 rotary shaft 540a, 540b, 540c drive motor 600 movable body 604 drive device 610 shaft body 620 cylindrical portion 622, 624 extended piece 626 projection 630 torsion spring 650 motor 652 Extended piece 700 Rotating accessory

Claims (3)

A game board having a game area in which a game ball rolls;
A movable body movably provided on the game board;
Display means for performing a change display and a stop display of identification information when a predetermined condition is satisfied;
Stop operation means for displaying the identification information variably displayed on the display means by a stop operation by the player;
A jackpot lottery means for performing a jackpot lottery to determine whether or not to execute a jackpot game consisting of an arbitrary number of round games advantageous to the player, when the game ball has passed through a specific area provided in the game area;
A jackpot game execution control means for performing control to execute the jackpot game when the jackpot lottery result is a win,
The identification information variably displayed on the display means in a predetermined manner according to the timing of the stop operation of the stop operation means by the player at the interval time of the round game when the jackpot game is being executed. Slot game execution control means for executing a slot game to be stopped and displayed;
And a movable body control means for controlling the movement of the movable body in a movable mode for guiding a stop operation of the stop operation means by a player according to the number of times of execution of the round game when the slot game is executed. A gaming machine characterized by that.   The movable body control means is provided by a player in a slot game that is executed at an interval time of each round game that is executed after a predetermined number of round games are completed among an arbitrary number of round games that are executed in a jackpot game. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein control is performed to move the movable body in a movable manner that guides the stop operation of the stop operation means.   The movable body control means includes the movable body in a slot game executed at an interval time of each round game according to the number of round games executed out of an arbitrary number of round games executed in a jackpot game. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the difficulty level of the guidance of the stop operation of the stop operation means by changing the position of the stop operation means is changed.

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