JP2009106452A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of securely informing a game player of a win doubly winning an internal winning combination under predetermined conditions through providing game values such as tokens (put-out). <P>SOLUTION: When a special internal winning combination and a predetermined internal winning combination made redundant won and a pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined internal winning combination is displayed on a pattern display means, when putting out the game values provided outside, intervals of the put-out are changed by a put-out control means. When the values are stored, a display state of a storage number display means is changed by a storage display control means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that is particularly enjoyed by arranging symbols drawn on a plurality of rotating reels such as a slot machine.

  Conventionally, a plurality of reels in which a plurality of symbols are arranged on each peripheral surface, a plurality of display windows corresponding to each reel, and a symbol appearing on the display window by rotating and stopping each reel are aligned. Amusement machines (so-called pachislot machines) to enjoy are known.

In this type of gaming machine, on the assumption that the player has inserted medals, a start switch for performing an operation for generating a signal for starting the rotation of the reel (hereinafter referred to as “start operation”); Based on an operation by the player who stops the rotation of the reel (hereinafter referred to as “stop operation”), a stop switch that controls the stop of the rotation for each reel, and a signal output by the start switch and the stop switch. And a control unit that controls the operation of the motor and rotates and stops each reel.
In such a pachislot machine, it is determined whether or not there is a winning based on a combination of symbols displayed by a plurality of display windows, and medals are paid out when it is determined that the winning.

  Currently, the mainstream pachislot machine detects a start operation by a player, generates a random number internally, performs lottery, and rotates the reel based on the result of the lottery and the timing of the stop operation by the player. Like to stop. For example, when the result of winning a prize by the internal random lottery described above (hereinafter, the result of the internal lottery is referred to as “internal winning combination”) is determined by the player so that the prize is established. A stop operation is performed. At this time, even after the operation to stop the rotation is performed, since the rotation of the reel is stopped after continuing within a predetermined period (for example, 190 ms), in many aspects, A stop operation at an appropriate timing (so-called “pressing”) is required. When a combination of symbols corresponding to the internal winning combination related to the bonus is displayed on the display window by the player's intention, a bonus game advantageous to the player is activated. For this reason, what combination of symbols is displayed on the display window when the rotation of the reel is stopped is related to the timing of the stop operation, that is, the skill of the player.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a communication environment between a main control board and a sub control board of a slot machine. The slot machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a transmission random number generator for generating communication random numbers, and a communication random number lottery for lottery of communication random numbers generated by the communication random number generator. Has changing means. Then, the transmission timing of the event command is changed by the transmission timing changing means within the range of time required for one symbol of the reel to pass, and the timing at which the sound effect is generated is changed.

Patent Document 2 discloses a game machine including a coin payout device for paying out a stored coin. The gaming machine disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a directing effect on coin payout by changing the coin payout timing by a coin payout device. As the effect, for example, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the timing of coin payout is changed, and the predetermined condition that is satisfied is notified to the player.
JP 2000-157663 A JP-A-2005-204844

  However, in the gaming machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, the timing at which a sound effect is generated is changed (delayed) within the time required for one symbol on the reel to pass, but one symbol on the reel passes. The time required to do this was very short (eg 36 msec). Therefore, even if the generation of the sound effect is delayed within the time required for one symbol on the reel to pass, it is difficult for the player to notice that the sound effect is delayed, and a notification that the predetermined condition has been met is given. It was not suitable for the means.

  In addition, the gaming machine disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a problem that even if a coin is acquired in a game, it cannot be notified that a predetermined condition has been satisfied unless the coin is paid out. That is, in a general gaming machine, inserted coins and coins acquired in a game are credited (stored), and when a certain amount is exceeded, the excess coins are paid out. For this reason, when the amount of credits does not reach a certain amount, only coins acquired in the game are credited, and no payout is performed. Therefore, when the acquired coin is credited, it cannot be notified that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and by giving (paying out) game values such as coins and medals, it is reliably notified that the internal winning combination which is a predetermined condition has been won in duplicate. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can be used.

  In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object of the present invention, a gaming machine of the present invention comprises a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols attached to the outer peripheral surface and a display window for displaying a part of the plurality of symbols. A symbol display means, a throwing operation detecting means for detecting a throwing operation of a gaming value for playing a game, a start operation detecting means for detecting a starting operation on condition that the throwing operation is detected by the throwing operation detecting means, and a start Random value extraction means for extracting one random number value from a predetermined random number range based on detection of a start operation performed by the operation detection means, and a predetermined numerical range for each of a plurality of internal winning combinations. The internal winning combination is determined based on whether or not the random number value extracted by the random value extraction means belongs to a predetermined numerical range based on the detection of the start operation performed by the numerical range defining means and the start operation detection means The symbol changing means for changing the symbol displayed by the symbol display means based on the detection of the start operation performed by the winning combination determining means and the start operation detecting means, and the stop for detecting the stop operation for stopping the fluctuation of the symbol Stop control for controlling the stop of symbol variation performed by the symbol variation unit based on the operation detection unit, the internal symbol combination determined by the internal symbol combination determination unit, and the detection of the stop operation performed by the stop operation detection unit And the internal winning combination determined by the internal winning combination determining means is a special internal winning combination, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the special internal winning combination is displayed by the symbol display means, the bonus The bonus game operating means for operating the game and the bonus game operating means are operated by the bonus game operating means, and the bonus game operating means Bonus game ending means for terminating the operation of the game, game value giving means for determining the number of game values given according to the combination of symbols displayed on the symbol display means, and game value paying means for paying out game values to the outside A payout control means for controlling the game value payout means by controlling the game value payout means, a storage number display means for displaying the number of stored game values, and a storage number display means for controlling the display state. A storage display control means for changing, and the numerical range defining means defines a numerical range in which a special internal winning combination and a predetermined internal winning combination are won, and a special internal winning combination is determined by the internal winning combination determining means. When the winning value is paid out to the outside when the winning combination and the predetermined internal winning combination are won and the combination of symbols corresponding to the predetermined internal winning combination is displayed on the symbol display means , When the payout control means changes the payout interval and the given game value is stored, the storage display control means changes the display state of the stored number display means.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, when the internal winning combination is won in duplicate and the combination of symbols corresponding to the predetermined internal winning combination is displayed on the symbol display means, the given game value is paid out. At this time, the payout control means changes the game value payout interval. Further, when the game value to be given is stored, the display state of the stored number display means is changed by the storage display control means. Therefore, it is possible to reliably notify that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate by giving the game value.

  Moreover, since the state of the display of the storage number display means is changed by changing the mode of the storage number, the player can easily recognize that the display of the storage number display means is different from the normal display. It is possible to reliably notify that the winning combination has been won in duplicate. In addition, when a combination of symbols corresponding to a predetermined internal winning combination is displayed on the symbol display means, the player plays the game while expecting the display state of the stored number display means to change. It can enhance interest.

  Furthermore, since the display state of the stored number display means is changed by changing the counting speed of the stored number, it is possible to make the player pay attention to the stored number display means. As a result, the player can be surely recognized that the display on the storage number display means is different from the normal display state, and it can be notified that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate.

  In addition, the game value payout means rotates a storage member that stores a plurality of game values, a discharge member that is rotatably supported by the storage member and discharges a plurality of game values from a discharge port of the storage member, and a discharge member And a drive unit to be provided. Since the payout control means controls the rotation of the discharge member via the drive unit, the game value payout interval can be easily changed. As a result, it is possible to reliably notify the player that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate.

Hereinafter, a gaming machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter also referred to as “this example”) will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this example, a description will be given of an example in which a player uses a medal as a game value for playing a game and is applied to a gaming machine 1 that plays a game. In addition to medals, coins, game balls, game point data, tokens, etc. are used as the game value, or a medium such as a card that stores the game value information given to or given to the player It can also be applied to a gaming machine that can play a game.

<Description of exterior configuration of gaming machine>
First, with reference to FIG. 1, the external structure of the gaming machine in this example will be described. The gaming machine 1 of this example is an example applied to a so-called pachislot machine, and is a gaming machine that uses a medal to play a game.

  On the front surface of the front door 4 provided on the front surface of the gaming machine 1, a substantially vertical panel display portion 4a, liquid crystal display portion 4b, and fixed display portion 4c are formed. The liquid crystal display unit 4b of this example shows a specific example of information display means. Speakers 2 </ b> L and 2 </ b> R are provided on the upper portion of the front door 4 as notification means for emitting sound effects relating to game effects. In addition, behind the front door 4, three reels 3L, 3C, 3R having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface are provided in a horizontal row so as to be rotatable. Each reel 3L, 3C, 3R rotates at a constant speed (for example, 80 rotations / minute).

  The panel display unit 4a includes a bonus game information display unit 5 that displays information related to the bonus game, BET lamps 6a to 6c that are turned on according to the number of inserted medals, and a payout display unit 7a that displays the number of paid out medals. A credit display section 7b for displaying the number of credited medals is arranged.

  Further, a substantially horizontal pedestal 10 is formed below the panel display 4a and the liquid crystal display 4b. A medal insertion slot 16 for inserting medals is provided on the right side of the pedestal portion 10 and below the fixed display portion 4c. The inserted medals are credited (ie, stored) or consumed to play the game. The number of medals inserted or credited is counted by an inserted number counter or a credit counter (not shown). Further, the pedestal unit 10 has a 1-BET for selecting the number of medals consumed to play one game out of credited medals (hereinafter referred to as “inserted number”) by pressing operation. A switch 11, a 2-BET switch 12, and a maximum BET switch 13 are provided.

  The 1-BET switch 11 selects “1” as the number of inserted sheets by a single pressing operation. The 2-BET switch 12 selects “2” as the number of inserted sheets by a single pressing operation. The maximum BET switch 13 is selected as “3” as the number of inserted sheets by one pressing operation.

  When these BET switches 11 to 13 are pressed, the display line is validated. Hereinafter, the pressing operation of the BET switches 11 to 13 and the operation of inserting a medal into the medal insertion slot 16 will be referred to as “insertion operation”. Further, on the left side of the BET switches 11 to 13, buttons constituting the operation unit 9 are provided. The operation unit 9 performs selection and determination operations to display information such as menus on the liquid crystal display device 31 (see FIG. 4). In FIG. 1, two operation buttons are provided. Of these two operation buttons, one is a button for selecting a menu, and the other is a button for determining the selected menu. An employee of the game hall can set the date stored in the gaming machine 1 by operating the operation unit 9.

  A C / P (Credit / Payout) switch 17 is provided on the left side of the front surface of the pedestal 10. The C / P switch 17 is a switch for switching credit / payout of medals acquired by the player in the game by pressing operation. By switching the C / P switch 17, medals are paid out from the medal payout opening 19 at the lower front, and the paid out medals are stored in the medal receiving portion 18.

  A reel is rotated by a player's operation at the left end portion of the front surface of the pedestal portion 10 to start a change of symbols in display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R (see FIG. 3 described later) described later. The start lever 14 is rotatably attached within a predetermined angle range. Hereinafter, the operation of the start lever 14 performed by the player in order to start the change of the symbol is referred to as “start operation”.

  Further, on the right side of the start lever 14 of the pedestal portion 10, three stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R for stopping the rotation of the three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are provided. In the gaming machine 1 of this example, one game (ie, unit game) basically starts when a start operation is performed and ends when all the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are stopped. To do.

  In this example, the first reel stop operation (that is, the stop button pressing operation) performed when all the reels are rotating is the first stop operation, and the next reel is performed after the first stop operation. The stop operation is referred to as a second stop operation, and the last reel stop operation performed after the second stop operation is referred to as a third stop operation. Further, stop switches 15LS, 15CS, and 15RS (see FIG. 4), which will be described later, are arranged on the back side of the stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R. By these stop switches, pressing operations (that is, stop operations) of the corresponding stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R are detected.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the panel display part 4a, the liquid crystal display part 4b, and the fixed display part 4c provided in the front door 4 of the gaming machine 1 will be described.

  The panel display unit 4a includes a bonus game information display unit 5, BET lamps 6a to 6c, a payout display unit 7a, and a credit display unit 7b. The bonus game information display unit 5 is composed of a 7-segment LED (Light Emitting Diode) and displays information related to the bonus game. The 1-BET lamp 6a, the 2-BET lamp 6b, and the maximum BET lamp 6c are lamps that are turned on according to the number of inserted medals.

  The 1-BET lamp 6a lights up when the number of inserted sheets is one. The 2-BET lamp 6b lights up when the number of inserted sheets is two. The maximum BET lamp 6c is lit when the number of inserted sheets is three. Each of the payout display unit 7a and the credit display unit 7b is composed of a 7-segment LED, and displays the number of medals paid out and the number of medals to be credited when a winning is achieved.

  The liquid crystal display unit 4b includes display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R, window frame display areas 22L, 22C, and 22R, and an effect display area 24. The display content of the liquid crystal display unit 4b includes the symbols displayed on the display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R when the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R rotate and stop (that is, when the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R stop rotating). Of the combination) and the operation of the liquid crystal display device 31.

  The display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R are provided corresponding to the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, and display symbols arranged on the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R and various displays for production. The display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R are provided with a top line 23b, a center line 23c, and a bottom line 23d in the horizontal direction, and a cross-up line 23a and a cross-down line 23e in the diagonal direction as display lines. In the gaming machine 1 of this example, when the player presses the BET switches 11 to 13 or when the player inserts medals into the medal insertion slot 16, the inserted number becomes “2” or “3”. As a condition, five display lines 23a to 23e are activated. This activated display line is hereinafter referred to as an “effective line”.

  Here, in each of the display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R, three symbol display areas (that is, an upper stage, a middle stage, and a lower stage) are provided in the vertical direction (that is, the vertical direction). And when the change of the symbol in each display window 21L, 21C, 21R stops, a symbol stops and is displayed on each of the symbol display area provided in each display window 21L, 21C, 21R. Each of the display lines 23a to 23e is a line that linearly connects the symbol display areas in the display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R when the symbols are stopped.

  The display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R are at least when the corresponding reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are rotating and the corresponding stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R can be pressed. It will be in a permeation | transmission state so that the symbol on 3R can be visually recognized. The window frame display areas 22L, 22C, and 22R are provided so as to surround the display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R, and represent the window frames of the display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R disposed in front of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. ing.

  The effect display area 24 is an area other than the display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R and the window frame display areas 22L, 22C, and 22R in the area of the liquid crystal display unit 4b. In this effect display area 24, an image for definite notification that the bonus has been determined as an internal winning combination, an effect for increasing the interest of the game, information necessary for the player to advance the game advantageously, etc. Is displayed.

  The fixed display unit 4c is an area where a predetermined figure, picture or the like is drawn. The fixed display portion 4c displays information related to winning symbol combinations and medal payout numbers. Note that a still image or a moving image may be displayed by connecting a figure, a picture, or the like drawn on the fixed display unit 4c with an image displayed in the effect display area 24.

  Thus, in order to perform various effects in the gaming machine 1, there are a plurality of types of notification modes. As a notification mode, for example, there is one that outputs sound from the speakers 2L and 2R or displays an image in the effect display area 24.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the configuration of various devices and the like provided inside the gaming machine 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of various devices and the like provided inside the gaming machine 1.

  Above the inside of the gaming machine 1, a control unit including a main control circuit 41 and a sub control circuit 71 for electrically controlling the gaming machine 1 is provided. The three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R described above are rotatably provided in a horizontal row below the control unit. A hopper 57 for storing and paying out medals is provided below the three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. A first discharge port 65 is provided in front of the hopper 57. The medals stored in the hopper 57 are discharged from the first discharge port 65. Further, a second discharge port 66 for receiving medals discharged from the first discharge port 65 is provided on the back side of the front door 4. The medal discharged from the first discharge port 65 is received by the second discharge port 66, passes through the chute 67, and is paid out from the medal payout opening 19 provided on the front side of the front door 4. Stored.

  Next, the configuration of the hopper 57 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the hopper 57. As shown in FIG. 4, the hopper 57 includes a main body 113 including a base 110, a rotating disk 111, and a cover 112, and a bucket 115 that is attached to the cover 112 and accommodates a large amount of medals 114. . The bucket 115 is detachably attached to the main body 113 via an attachment screw 116.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the main body 113 is disassembled with the cover 112 removed. The base 110 is composed of a frame body whose upper part is formed obliquely at an angle of 25 degrees, for example, and a support plate 120 made of a rectangular metal plate is attached to the upper part of the base 110 in an inclined manner. A motor (not shown) as a specific example of the drive unit is attached to the lower surface side of the support plate 120, and the head 121a is fixed to the output shaft of this motor. The head 121 a is positioned by a shaft hole 120 a formed in the support plate 120, and the rotating disk 111 is fixed to the tip via an attachment screw 122. Further, on the medal receiving surface of the support plate 120, a dust discharge hole 120b, a protruding hole 120c of a fixed roller 123, a protruding hole 120d of a movable roller 124, a sensor window 120e for a medal sensor, and the like, which will be described later, are formed. ing.

  In addition, a circular opening 125 having a diameter slightly larger than the medal 114 is formed in the rotating disk 111. Eight circular openings 125 are provided at the same pitch in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk 111. Note that the number of the circular openings 125 may be appropriately increased or decreased according to the size of the rotating disk 111. The upper peripheral edge of the circular opening 125 is formed so as to expand upward, so that the medal 114 can easily enter the circular opening 125.

  A thrust bearing 135 is disposed below the rotating disk 111. The thrust bearing 135 is fitted in a mounting groove (not shown) formed on the back side of the rotating disk 111 and is interposed between the rotating disk 111 and the support plate 120. The thrust bearing 135 receives the load of the medal 114 in the bucket 115, so that the rotating disk 111 can smoothly rotate at the bottom of the bucket 115.

  In addition, a medal delivery guide plate 130 is fixed to the lower side of the rotating disk 111 with an attachment screw 131. The medal delivery guide plate 130 is made of metal and formed in a claw wheel shape, and includes eight guide claws 132 corresponding to the eight circular openings 125 of the rotating disc 111. The guide claw 132 includes a medal holding guide surface 132a arranged on the inner side and a medal sending guide surface 132b arranged on the outer side. The medal holding guide surface 132 a is formed in an arc shape along the circular opening 125 of the rotating disk 111. The medal delivery guide surface 132b is continuous with the inner end portion of the medal holding guide surface 132a, and is formed in an arc shape that bulges outward so as to contact the outer end portion of the medal holding guide surface 132a of the adjacent guide claw 132 at an acute angle. ing. Accordingly, the medal 114 supported by the support plate 120 through the circular opening 125 is held by the medal holding guide surface 132a, and the central axis of the rotating disc 111 is set by the medal sending guide surface 132b as the rotating disc 111 rotates. It is sent out in the direction away from.

  In addition, an outer guide plate 140 having a thickness slightly larger than the thickness of the medal 114 and a cover 112 that covers the outer guide plate 140 are attached to the support plate 120. The outer guide plate 140 is made of a rectangular metal plate, and an arc-shaped medal guide surface 141 that is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the rotating disk 111 is formed at the center thereof. A medal discharge opening 142 is formed on one side of the outer guide plate 140. In the medal discharge opening 142, a notch 143 for the fixed roller 123 and a notch 144 for the movable roller 124 are formed. Further, the medal discharge opening 142 is covered with the support plate 120 and the cover 112 from above and below, whereby the first discharge port 65 is formed.

  The medal guide surface 141 of the outer guide plate 140 is divided into a first guide surface 141a and a second guide surface 141b. The first guide surface 141 a is formed by an arc whose curvature radius is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the rotating disk 111 with the central axis of the rotating disk 111 as the center. The second guide surface 141b is formed with the same radius of curvature as the first guide surface 141a, and is formed by an arc centered at a position slightly decentered from the central axis of the rotating disc 111 toward the medal discharge opening 142. Has been. As described above, since the center of the radius of curvature of the second guide surface 141b is slightly shifted toward the medal discharge opening 142, the medal 114 gradually approaches the medal discharge opening 142 when the medal 114 is discharged. 114 can be discharged smoothly.

  A fixed roller 123 and a movable roller 124 are attached to the support plate 120 via a roller attachment bracket 150. The fixed roller 123 and the movable roller 124 protrude from the upper surface of the support plate 120 by the thickness of one medal. The fixed roller 123 is rotatably attached to the roller mounting bracket 150, and is positioned at the medal discharge opening 142 so that the roller circumferential surface is positioned in the extending direction of the second guide surface 141b of the outer guide plate 140. Has been. The movable roller 124 is provided with an elastic body 124 a made of rubber on its circumferential surface, and is rotatably attached to the tip of the arm 151. The elastic body 124a is not limited to rubber, and synthetic resin or the like may be used.

  The arm 151 is swingably mounted on the roller mounting bracket 150 with the mounting shaft 150a as the center of rotation. Due to the swing of the arm 151, the movable roller 124 moves along the notches 150b and 120d, and closes the discharge port (a position indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 8 described later) and a position that opens the discharge port ( And a position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 6 to be described later. A tension coil spring 152 is attached to the arm 151. The tension coil spring 152 biases the arm 151 so that the movable roller 124 is displaced to a position where the discharge port is closed. When the movable roller 124 is in a position to close the discharge port, the movable roller 124 is set so as to be positioned at the outer peripheral edge of the rotating disk 111.

  Further, in the recess 112a of the cover 112, medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb for detecting the medal 114 discharged from the first discharge port 60, and a light-shielding cover 166 that covers these medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb are attached. Yes. A sensor window 112b is formed at a position corresponding to the medal detectors 40Sa and 40Sb of the recess 112a. The medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb are reflective photosensors, and detect the medal 114 that has passed through the first discharge port 65 through the sensor window 112b. Note that the medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb are not limited to the reflection type photosensors, and a light projecting / receiving type photosensor or the like may be used.

  The driving of the hopper 57 (specifically, a motor) is controlled by the main control circuit 71. The main control circuit 71 includes a main CPU 45, a hopper drive circuit 56, and a payout completion signal circuit 59 (see FIG. 7), which will be described later, and a hopper drive circuit 56 and a payout completion signal circuit 59 are connected to the main CPU 45. ing. The hopper drive circuit 56 is connected to a motor that rotates the rotating disk 111. The medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb are connected to the payout completion signal circuit 51.

  In the hopper 57 described above, the bucket 115, the cover 112, the support plate 120, and the outer guide plate 140 constitute a storage member that stores the medal 114. The rotating disk 111 and the coin delivery guide plate 130 constitute a discharge member that discharges the medal 114 from the first discharge port 60.

  Next, the operation of the hopper 57 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 shows a coin movement state by the coin delivery guide plate 130 and the outer guide plate 140 at the time of coin payout.

  A large amount of medals 114 are accommodated in the bucket 115 (see FIG. 6). When the main control circuit 71 decides to perform the payout, the main control circuit 71 outputs a payout command signal to the hopper drive circuit 56 and drives the motor via the hopper drive circuit 56. The motor rotates the rotating disk 111 in the clockwise direction in FIG. Thereby, the medal 114 accommodated in the bucket 115 is swung and falls into the support plate 120 from the circular opening 125 of the rotating disc 111. The medal 114 that has fallen on the support plate 120 is in contact with the guide surface 141 of the outer guide plate 140 while being pushed by the medal delivery guide plate 130 that rotates together with the rotating disk 111, and on the surface of the support plate 120, the medal discharge opening 142. Move to the side.

  At this time, since the support plate 120 is inclined, the medal 114 sent to the upper side of the central axis of the rotating disc 111 falls by its own weight and is held on the medal holding guide surface 132a of the medal sending guide plate 130. Will be. Further, the medal 114 located below the central axis of the rotating disk 111 falls by its own weight and is in contact with the guide surface 141 of the outer guide plate 140. Then, the medals in contact with the second guide surface 141b of the guide surface 141 are sent so as to be brought closer to the medal discharge opening 142 side by the delivery guide surface 132b of the medal delivery guide plate 130.

  When the medal 114 is positioned at the medal discharge opening 142 due to the rotation of the rotating disk 111, the medal 114 is in contact with the fixed roller 123. In this state, the medal is displaced to the position where the movable roller 124 is opened by the pressing of the medal delivery guide surface 132b of the guide claw 132, and moves in the discharging direction. When the tip of the guide claw 132 comes to a position where it comes into contact with the medal 114, the medal 114 gets over the movable roller 124. As a result, the medal 114 is not subjected to the pushing action from the guide claw 132 and is ejected vigorously in the medal ejection direction by the urging force of the tension coil spring 152 of the movable roller 124.

  The medal 114 ejected vigorously by the return of the movable roller 124 in the closing direction is detected by the medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb. The payout completion signal circuit 51 outputs a medal detection signal to the main CPU 45 every time the medal 114 is detected by the medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb. Similarly, medals 114 are paid out from the first outlet 60 one after another until the predetermined payout number designated by the main CPU 45 is reached.

  That is, the payout completion signal circuit 51 counts the number of medals detected by the medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb. When the count value (that is, the number of medals 114 paid out from the hopper 57) reaches the number data designated by the main CPU 45, a payout completion signal for detecting completion of medal payout is output to the main CPU 45. When the main CPU 45 receives the payout completion signal, the main CPU 45 outputs a payout stop command signal to the hopper drive circuit 56 and stops driving the motor via the hopper drive circuit 56. At this time, the driving of the motor is stopped instantaneously. The hopper 57 of the embodiment is controlled to drive the motor so that ten medals 114 can be paid out per second (one per 0.1 second).

<Description of main control circuit>
Next, a circuit configuration example including a main control circuit 41 that controls the operation of the gaming machine 1 and a sub control circuit 71 will be described with reference to FIG. The sub-control circuit 71 is a liquid crystal display that displays an image on the liquid crystal display unit 4 b based on a peripheral device (that is, an actuator) electrically connected to the main control circuit 41 and a control signal transmitted from the main control circuit 41. This is a circuit for controlling the device 31, the speakers 2L and 2R, the LEDs 101 and the lamps 102.

  The main control circuit 41 includes a microcomputer 42 arranged on a circuit board as a main component, and is added with a circuit for extracting random values. The microcomputer 42 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 45, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 43, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 44.

  The main CPU 45 executes a program stored in the ROM 43 to perform processing relating to the progress of the game, and directly or indirectly controls the operation of each actuator. The main CPU 45 includes a clock pulse generation circuit 48 and a frequency divider 47 for generating a reference clock pulse, a random number generator 49 for generating a random number, and a sampling circuit 46 for extracting a random value from the generated random number. Is connected. The main CPU 45 may be configured to execute generation of random numbers and extraction of random number values. In that case, the random number generator 49 and the sampling circuit 46 may be omitted, but may be left for preliminary use.

  The ROM 43 stores a program (for example, FIGS. 18 to 23 and 26 described later) executed by the main CPU 45 and table data (see FIGS. 10 to 17 described later) referred to by the program. Further, the ROM 43 stores, for example, an internal lottery table (see FIG. 11) for lottering a winning number using a random value extracted by the sampling circuit 46. The ROM 43 stores various control signals and the like for transmission to the sub control circuit 71. Note that no command, information, or the like is transmitted from the sub control circuit 71 to the main control circuit 41, and communication is performed in one direction from the main control circuit 41 to the sub control circuit 71.

  The RAM 44 is used for temporarily storing data when the main CPU 45 executes the program. The RAM 44 stores, for example, information such as an internal winning combination, a carryover combination, and the current gaming state.

  The main actuators whose operation is controlled by a control signal from the microcomputer 42 include a BET lamp (1-BET lamp 6a, 2-BET lamp 6b, maximum BET lamp 6c) and a display unit (bonus game information display unit 5). , A payout display portion 7a, a credit display portion 7b, etc.), a hopper 57 for paying out a predetermined number of medals according to a command from the hopper drive circuit 56, and stepping motors 52L, 52C, 52R for rotating the reels 3L, 3C, 3R. is there.

  Furthermore, a motor drive circuit 51 that controls the rotational operation of the stepping motors 52L, 52C, and 52R, a hopper drive circuit 56 that controls the payout of medals from the hopper 57, and a lamp drive that controls the turning on and off of the BET lamps 6a, 6b, and 6c. Connected to the CPU 31 is a circuit 54 and a display drive circuit 55 that controls display by a display unit (that is, a bonus game information display unit 5, a payout display unit 7a, a credit display unit 7b, etc.). Each of these drive circuits receives a control signal output from the main CPU 45 and controls the operation of each actuator. The display unit drive circuit 55 has a role as a storage display control unit that performs control to change the display state of the credit display unit 7b showing a specific example of the storage number display unit. The change in display state in the credit display unit 7b will be described in detail later.

  Further, a reel stop signal circuit 15 comprising stop switches 15LS, 15CS, 15RS, a start switch 14S, a 1-BET switch 11, a 2-BET switch 12, a maximum BET switch 13, a C / P switch 17, a medal sensor 16S, The reel position detection circuit 53 and the payout completion signal circuit 59 generate an input signal necessary for the main CPU 45 to generate a control signal and transmit it to the main CPU 45.

  That is, the start switch 14S detects the operation of the start lever 14 and outputs a game start command signal for instructing the start of the game. The medal sensor 16S detects medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 16. The stop switches 15LS, 15CS, and 15RS generate a stop command signal for instructing the stop of symbol variation in accordance with the operation of the corresponding stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R.

  The reel position detection circuit 53 receives a pulse signal from a reel rotation sensor provided on the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, and supplies a signal for detecting the rotation position of each reel 3L, 3C, and 3R to the main CPU 45. The payout completion signal circuit 59 detects the completion of payout of medals when the value counted by the medal detection units 40Sa and 40Sb (that is, the number of medals paid out from the hopper 57) reaches a designated value. Generate a signal.

  Further, the gaming machine 1 of this example is provided with a reset switch 60 and a setting key type switch 61 for determining a set value. The reset switch 60 is used to set a set value that is an index for distinguishing the degree of advantage for the player. The setting key type switch 61 is used to start and end an operation for determining a setting value. This set value is a value for adjusting the winning value at the game store. Usually, the set value is set in the range of “1” to “6”. That is, the winning probability increases as the setting 1 increases to the setting 6.

  Further, a reset signal from the reset switch 60 is input to the main CPU 45. Further, the main CPU 45 executes processing for determining a set value based on an input signal from the setting key type switch 61. The random number generator 49 generates random numbers belonging to a certain numerical range, and the sampling circuit 46 outputs one random number value from the random numbers generated by the random number generator 49 at an appropriate timing after the start lever 14 is operated. To extract. The extracted random number value is stored in a random value storage area provided in the RAM 44. For example, in order to determine an internal winning combination based on an internal lottery table (see FIG. 11) stored in the ROM 43, etc. Referenced.

  The reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are configured to rotate once by outputting a drive pulse to the stepping motors 52L, 52C, and 52R a predetermined number of times (for example, 336 times). The number of drive pulses output to each of the stepping motors 52L, 52C, 52R is written in a predetermined area of the RAM 44 as a drive pulse count value.

  On the other hand, a reset pulse is obtained from the reels 3L, 3C, 3R every rotation. When the reset pulse is input to the main CPU 45 via the reel position detection circuit 53, the count value of the drive pulse stored in the RAM 44 is updated to “0”. As a result, the count value of the drive pulse corresponds to the rotational position within one rotation range for each reel 3L, 3C, 3R.

  The symbol arrangement table (see FIG. 9) stored in the ROM 43 is used to associate the rotational positions of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R with the symbols drawn on the reel outer peripheral surface. In this symbol arrangement table, information indicating the code number sequentially given for each fixed rotation pitch of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R and the symbol corresponding to each code number with reference to the rotation position where the reset pulse is generated. Is associated with the symbol code.

  In addition, a symbol combination table (see FIG. 13) is stored in the ROM 43. This symbol combination table is given to the display combination and player after the stop of all reels 3L, 3C, 3R when performing control to stop the rotation of the left reel 3L, the center reel 3C, and the right reel 3R. This is referred to in order to determine the profit (for example, the number of medals to be paid out). A combination of symbols displayed on the effective line is referred to as a “display combination”. The display combination command indicating the display combination is sent from the main control circuit 41 to the sub-control circuit 71 when all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are stopped.

  The main CPU 45 sends an input signal sent from the stop switches 15LS, 15CS, 15RS to the motor drive circuit 51 at the timing when the player operates the stop buttons 15L, 15C, 15R. Further, the main CPU 45 sends a signal for controlling to stop the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R to the motor drive circuit 51 based on the determined stop table (not shown).

  Here, for example, when the random number value generated when the start lever 14 is operated is within the range of the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the internal lottery table (see FIG. 11), that is, the internal lottery is extracted from the extracted random number value. A winning is established when an internal winning combination is determined by the process (random number lottery). At this time, the main CPU 45 supplies a payout command signal to the hopper drive circuit 56 and pays out a predetermined number of medals from the hopper 57.

<Description of sub-control circuit>
Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the example of a circuit structure of the sub control circuit 71 of the gaming machine 1 and its operation will be described. The sub control circuit 71 includes an image control circuit (gSub) 71a and a sound / lamp control circuit (mSub) 71b. The image control circuit (gSub) 71 a or the sound / lamp control circuit (mSub) 71 b is configured on a circuit board different from the circuit board constituting the main control circuit 41.

  Communication between the main control circuit 41 and the image control circuit (gSub) 71a is performed in one direction from the main control circuit 41 to the image control circuit (gSub) 71a, and from the image control circuit (gSub) 71a to the main control circuit. No command, information or the like is transmitted to 41. Communication between the image control circuit (gSub) 71a and the sound / lamp control circuit (mSub) 71b is performed in one direction from the image control circuit (gSub) 71a to the sound / lamp control circuit (mSub) 71b. No command, information or the like is transmitted from the sound / lamp control circuit (mSub) 71b to the image control circuit (gSub) 71a.

  The image control circuit (gSub) 71a includes an image control microcomputer 81, a serial port 82, a program ROM 83, an image ROM (CROM (character ROM)) 84, a video RAM 85, an image control IC 86, a control RAM 87, a calendar IC 88, and a work RAM 89. ing. In the following description, the image control microcomputer 81 has a function of controlling an image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 31 and a function of controlling the sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 of the sound / lamp control circuit 71b. Therefore, it is also called a sub CPU for the main CPU 45.

  The image control microcomputer 81 includes a CPU, an interrupt controller, and an input / output port (a serial port 82 is shown). The CPU provided in the image control microcomputer 81 performs various processes according to the program stored in the program ROM 83 based on the command transmitted from the main control circuit 41. Note that the image control circuit (gSub) 71a does not include a clock pulse generation circuit, a frequency divider, a random number generator, and a sampling circuit. However, the image control microcomputer 81 executes the program stored in the program ROM 83 to cause disturbance. It is configured to extract numerical values.

  The serial port 82 receives a command transmitted from the main control circuit 41. The program ROM 83 stores programs such as effect processing executed by the image control microcomputer 81. The work RAM 89 is provided as a means for temporarily storing information when the image control microcomputer 81 executes this program. The work RAM 89 stores various information.

  The calendar IC 88 stores date data. An operation unit 9 is connected to the image control microcomputer 81. In the embodiment, the operation unit 9 is operated by an employee of a game hall and the like, and date setting is performed. The image control microcomputer 81 stores the date information set based on the input signal transmitted from the operation unit 9 in the calendar IC 88. As a result, the date information stored in the calendar IC 88 is backed up.

  The work RAM 89 and the calendar IC 88 are backup targets. That is, even when the power supplied to the image control microcomputer 81 is shut off, the power is continuously supplied, and the stored information and the like are prevented from being erased.

  The image control IC 86 generates an image corresponding to the effect content (for example, effect data described later) determined by the image control microcomputer 81 and outputs the image to the liquid crystal display device 31. The image control IC 86 includes a control RAM 87. The image control microcomputer 81 also writes and reads information and the like with respect to the control RAM 87. The control RAM 87 is expanded with registers of the image control IC 86 and the like. The image control microcomputer 81 updates the register of the image control IC 86 at every predetermined timing.

  A liquid crystal display device 31, an image ROM 84, and a video RAM 85 are connected to the image control IC 86. The image ROM 84 may be connected to the image control microcomputer 81. In this case, the configuration is effective when processing large-size image data such as three-dimensional image data. The image ROM 84 stores image data necessary for the image control IC 86 to generate an image. The video RAM 85 is used as a storage area for temporarily storing information when the image control IC 86 generates an image. The image control IC 86 transmits a signal to the image control microcomputer 81 every time data in the video RAM 85 is transferred to the liquid crystal display device 31.

  In the image control circuit (gSub) 71a, the image control microcomputer 81 also controls the effects of sound and lamps. The image control microcomputer 81 determines the type of sound / lamp and the output timing based on the determined production content. The image control microcomputer 81 transmits a command to the sound / lamp control circuit (mSub) 71b via the serial port 82 at every predetermined timing. The sound / lamp control circuit (mSub) 71b mainly controls only the output of the sound / lamp according to the command transmitted from the image control circuit (gSub) 71a.

  The sound / lamp control circuit (mSub) 71b includes a sound / lamp control microcomputer 91, a serial port 92, a sound source ROM 93, a sound source IC 94, a power amplifier 95, a program ROM 96, and a work RAM 97.

  The sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 includes a CPU, an interrupt controller, and an input / output port (a serial port is shown). The CPU provided in the sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 performs a process for controlling the output of the sound / lamp according to the program stored in the program ROM 96 based on the command transmitted from the image control circuit (gSub) 71a. .

  The sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 is connected to LEDs 101 and lamps 102. The sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 transmits an output signal (that is, a command) to the LEDs 101 and the lamps 102 in response to a command transmitted at a predetermined timing from the image control circuit (gSub) 71a. As a result, the LEDs 101 and the lamps 102 emit light in a predetermined manner according to the effect.

  The serial port 92 receives a command transmitted from the image control circuit (gSub) 71a. The program ROM 96 stores a program executed by the sound / lamp control microcomputer 91. The work RAM 97 provides a storage area for temporarily storing information when the sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 executes the above-described program.

  The sound source IC 94 generates a sound source based on the command transmitted from the image control circuit (gSub) 71 a and outputs the sound source to the power amplifier 95. The power amplifier 95 is an amplifier, and speakers 2L and 2R are connected to the power amplifier 95. The power amplifier 95 amplifies the sound source output from the sound source IC 94 and outputs the amplified sound source from the speakers 2L and 2R. The sound source ROM 93 stores sound source data and the like for generating a sound source. The sound source data stored in the sound source ROM 93 is supplied to the sound source IC 94.

  The sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 is connected to a volume control unit 103. The volume control unit 103 can be operated by employees of the game hall and the like, and is a means for adjusting the volume output from the speakers 2L and 2R. The sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 performs control to adjust the volume of the sound output from the speakers 2L and 2R based on the input signal transmitted by the volume control unit 103.

<Description of each table configuration>
Next, a configuration example of each table used in the gaming machine 1 of this example will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, an example of a symbol arrangement table in which 21 types of symbols represented on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are arranged will be described with reference to FIG. Each symbol has a symbol position (also referred to as a code number) of “00” to “20”. Information on the correspondence between each symbol and symbol position is stored in the ROM 43 shown in FIG. 7 as a symbol arrangement table. The symbol position is information for identifying the symbol position on the outer peripheral surface of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R. On each of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, a symbol row composed of symbols of “red 7”, “bell”, “watermelon”, “cherry”, and “replay” is represented. Each reel 3L, 3C, 3R rotates so that the symbol row moves in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

  In the gaming machine 1 of this example, “Cherry”, “Bell”, “Watermelon”, “Replay”, “RB”, and Loss are provided as internal winning combinations. Here, “Cherry”, “Bell”, and “Watermelon” are collectively referred to as “small role”, “Replay” is referred to as “internal winning role related to replay operation”, and “RB” is This is called “special internal winning combination relating to the operation of the bonus game” or simply “special internal winning combination”. In addition, when “small role” is displayed as a display combination, it is called “winning”, and “internal winning combination related to re-game operation” and “special internal winning combination related to bonus game operation” are displayed. Is displayed as “actuation” or “establishment”.

  The gaming state used in the gaming machine 1 of the present example includes a general gaming state and a regular bonus gaming state (hereinafter referred to as “RB gaming state”) which is a bonus game in which the probability of winning a small role is higher than the general gaming state. Abbreviated.) As for the general gaming state and the RB gaming state, the type of internal winning combination that may be determined in the internal lottery process (see FIG. 20) for determining the internal winning combination, and the internal winning combination is determined in the internal lottery process. And the maximum number of sliding symbols, whether or not a bonus game is being operated, and the like.

  The general game state includes a normal section having no carryover combination and a carryover section having a carryover combination, and is a general game state in a normal game. A carryover combination is when the combination of symbols corresponding to the internal symbol combination determined in the internal lottery process (see FIG. 20) is displayed along the active line-or when it is allowed for a plurality of games. This is information for identifying the combination of symbols. In the carryover section, “RB” is not determined as the internal winning combination, but in the normal section, “RB” may be determined as the internal winning combination.

  In the RB gaming state, the expected value of the gaming value given to the player for the unit gaming value used for playing the game (for example, one medal consumed to play one game) is the value of the general gaming state. It is relatively higher than the expected value (that is, the degree of advantage is relatively high). This bonus game operates on condition that a combination of symbols corresponding to RB (that is, “red 7-red 7-red 7”) is displayed along the active line. After the operation of the RB is completed, the game state is changed to the general gaming state.

Here, when the combination of symbols corresponding to RB (that is, “red 7-red 7-red 7”) is displayed along the active line, the RB is activated to shift from the general gaming state to the RB gaming state. . There are two types of RB gaming state end conditions as follows.
(1) 12 games are played.
(2) The number of times the combination of symbols corresponding to the small role is displayed along the active line is eight.
In this example, the small winning combination is a case where the internal winning combination is “Cherry”, “Bell”, or “Watermelon” and the display winning combination matches the internal winning combination (FIGS. 12 and 12). 13).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 10, an internal lottery table and an internal lottery table determination table for determining the number of lotteries will be described. This internal lottery table determination table has information on the internal lottery table corresponding to the gaming state and the number of lotteries. In the case of the general gaming state, the internal lottery table for the general gaming state (see FIG. 11A) is selected, and “5” is determined as the number of lotteries. In the RB gaming state, an internal lottery table for the RB gaming state (see FIG. 11B) is selected, and “3” is determined as the number of lotteries.

  The number of lotteries is the number of times necessary to determine the internal winning combination. That is, the number of lotteries is specifically the number of times to determine whether or not the random number value is within a predetermined range (a numerical range indicated by a lower limit value and an upper limit value corresponding to a winning number described later with reference to FIG. 11). It is. In the case of the general gaming state, it corresponds to the winning numbers 1 to 5, and in the case of the RB gaming state, it corresponds to the winning numbers 1 to 3.

  Next, an example of the internal lottery table referred to in the internal lottery process for determining the internal winning combination (corresponding to the winning number) will be described with reference to FIG.

This internal lottery table is provided for each gaming state, and has information on a numerical range defined by a lower limit value and an upper limit value corresponding to the winning number for each inserted number.
FIG. 11A shows an internal lottery table for a general gaming state referred to in the general gaming state.
FIG. 11B shows an internal lottery table for the RB gaming state referred to in the RB gaming state.
In this example, in order to start a game, the number of medals must be three in the general gaming state. On the other hand, in the RB gaming state, the number of inserted medals must be two.

  In the determination of the winning number based on the internal lottery table, the random number value extracted within the range of “0” to “65535” corresponds to the winning number shown in FIG. It is determined whether it is within the numerical range. Then, the random numbers extracted in descending order from the same winning number as the number of lotteries determined by the internal lottery table determination table (see FIG. 10) (“5” in the general gaming state) until the winning number becomes “1”. The numerical value and the numerical range of the lower limit value and the upper limit value corresponding to the winning number are compared. As a result of the lottery, when the random number value is within the numerical range indicated by the lower limit value and the upper limit value, the corresponding winning number is won. Then, the internal winning combination is determined based on the winning number won and the internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 12).

  If the random number is never within the numerical range indicated by the lower limit and the upper limit until the winning number is changed from “5” to “1”, the winning number is “0”, and an internal winning combination is lost. Is determined. In this example, the loser is not an internal winning combination associated with a profit (for example, a medal payout) given to the player. In addition, the symbol combination corresponding to the loss can be considered to be an arbitrary symbol combination different from the symbol combination corresponding to the internal winning combination provided in advance, but usually the symbol corresponding to the loss. No combination is provided.

In the general gaming state, the internal lottery table for general gaming state shown in FIG.
In the case of the general gaming state, the inserted number is “3”, and the numerical range indicated by the lower limit value and the upper limit value corresponding to the winning number “2” is “2185” to “7883”.
The numerical range indicated by the lower limit value and the upper limit value corresponding to the winning number “5” is “1756” to “2001”.
Since the internal winning condition is that the random number value is between the upper limit value and the lower limit value, the probability of winning the RB corresponding to the winning number “5” (upper limit value and lower limit value) The difference of “246”) is low, and it can be seen that the probability of winning the “bell” corresponding to the winning number “2” (the difference between the upper limit value and the lower limit value is “5699”) is high. In other words, it can be said that “bell” has a chance of winning about 23 times that of RB.

In the internal lottery table for the general gaming state referred to in the gaming machine 1 of this example, winning numbers 3 (watermelon) and winning numbers 5 (RB) are set as winning numbers where the numerical ranges of the lower limit value and the upper limit value overlap. Has been. For this reason, when the random value is a value within the numerical range of “1756” to “1876”, “watermelon” and “RB” are internally won simultaneously.
In the gaming machine 1 of this example, in one unit game, “watermelon” and “RB” winning simultaneously at the same time is called “watermelon + RB overlapping winning”. In the case of “watermelon + RB overlapping win”, the player can select winning of “watermelon” or establishment of “RB” by pushing forward. At that time, when “watermelon” wins, control for changing the payout interval of the medal 114 by the hopper 57 and control for changing the display state of the credit display unit 7b are executed.

  Next, an example of an internal winning combination determination table for determining an internal winning combination based on the winning number will be described with reference to FIG. The internal winning combination determination table includes a winning number and internal winning combination information corresponding to the winning number. The internal winning combination information (ie, flag) is provided corresponding to each internal winning combination in order to identify the internal winning combination. The internal winning combination information is composed of 8-bit binary data.

  As can be seen from FIG. 12, as the internal winning combination, “Cherry”, “Bell”, “Watermelon” corresponding to the winning numbers “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “5” , “Replay” and “RB” are set as internal winning combinations. When the winning number is “0”, the internal winning combination is “losing”.

When the winning number is “1” (“Cherry”), “00000001” is determined as the internal winning combination.
When the winning number is “2” (“bell”), “00000010” is determined as the internal winning combination.
When the winning number is “3” (“watermelon”), “00000100” is determined as the internal winning combination.
When the winning number is “4” (“Replay”), “00001000” is determined as the internal winning combination.
When the winning number is “5” (“RB”), the internal winning combination “00010000” is determined.
When the winning number is “0” (losing), “00000000” is determined as the internal winning combination. That is, all 8 bits are set to “0”.
In this way, a different internal winning combination is determined by setting any one bit of 8-bit data to “1”.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 13, what kind of symbols are combined and five internal winning combinations (display combinations) are determined will be described. An example of determining the payout number corresponding to the determined display combination will also be described. In the following description, “ANY” represents an arbitrary symbol.

  FIG. 13 is an example of a symbol combination table showing the relationship between symbol combinations, display combinations, and payout numbers. This symbol combination table corresponds to the display combination corresponding to the combination of symbols stopped and displayed in each of the three symbol display areas connected by one effective line for each number of inserted symbols. Has information on the number of payouts. The display combination is basically information (that is, data) for identifying a combination of symbols displayed along the active line, and a predetermined symbol combination and a profit (for example, medal) given to the player. Payout, gaming state operation). Here, the display combination corresponds to the internal winning combination shown in FIG. 12, and is composed of 8-bit binary data. The number of payouts determined in the symbol combination table is changed in consideration of the number of inserted medals in addition to the symbol combination displayed on the active line.

  When the symbol combination “cherry-ANY-ANY” is displayed along the effective line, “cherry” (that is, data “00000001”) is displayed, and the number of inserted sheets is either 2 or 3. Even in this case, two medals are paid out.

When a combination of symbols “Bell-Bell-Bell” is displayed along the effective line, “Bell” (ie, data “00000010”) is displayed, and the number of inserted sheets is either 2 or 3. Even in this case, 15 medals are paid out.
When a combination of “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” symbols is displayed along the active line, “watermelon” (that is, data “00000100”) is displayed, and the number of inserted sheets is either 2 or 3. Even so, 6 medals are paid out.
When a combination of symbols “Replay-Replay-Replay” is displayed along the effective line, “Replay” (ie, data “00001000”) is displayed, and the number of inserted sheets is either 2 or 3. Even so, medals are automatically inserted.

When a combination of symbols “red 7-red 7-red 7” is displayed along the effective line, “RB” (that is, data “00010000”) serves as a display. In this case, medals are not paid out, but the regular bonus game is activated from the next game, and the RB is in operation.
In this example, when “RB” is established, the RB is in operation, and the state changes from the general gaming state to the RB gaming state. As a result, the probability that a predetermined internal winning combination (cherry, bell, watermelon in this example) is determined as the internal winning combination increases.

  Next, an example of a bonus operation time table referred to in a bonus operation check process described later (FIG. 29 described later) will be described with reference to FIG.

The bonus operating time table shown in FIG. 14 is a flag storage area (operating flag storage area) for switching the RB operating flag to ON or OFF and updating it, a storage area for the value of the number-of-games counter, and winning possible A storage area for the value of the number counter is provided. The RB operating flag is a flag that is referred to in order to identify the current gaming state that is operating.
That is, when the RB gaming state is operating, the RB operating flag is turned on, and when the RB gaming state is not operating, the RB operating flag is turned off.

The game possible number counter is a counter for identifying the number of remaining unit games that can be played in the RB gaming state (that is, the number of possible games). Also, the winning possible number counter is a counter for identifying the number of remaining unit games (that is, the number of possible winnings) in which a combination of symbols corresponding to the small combination can be displayed in the RB gaming state.
In the RB gaming state, “12” and “8” are stored as initial values in the possible game number counter and the possible winning number counter, respectively, based on the bonus operation time table.

  Next, an example of an internal winning combination storage area (display combination storage area), a carryover combination storage area, and an operating flag storage area will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15A shows an example of an internal winning combination storing area for storing information of an internal winning combination (display combination).
In the internal winning combination storage area consisting of 8 bits,
Bit 0 is a storage area corresponding to “cherry”.
Bit 1 is a storage area corresponding to “bell”.
Bit 2 is a storage area corresponding to “watermelon”.
Bit 3 is a storage area corresponding to “replay”.
Bit 4 is a storage area corresponding to “RB”.
Bits 0 to 4 take a value of “0” or “1” depending on the display combination. Bits 5 to 7 are unused storage areas and remain the value of “0”.

FIG. 15B shows an example of a carryover combination storage area for storing information on a carryover combination. In the carryover combination storage area consisting of 8 bits, bit 4 is a storage area corresponding to “RB” and takes a value of “0” or “1”.
For example, when “RB” is won internally, “1” is stored in bit 4 corresponding to the RB in the carryover combination storage area (that is, “00010000” is stored in the carryover combination storage area). .
Bits 0 to 3 and bits 5 to 7 are unused storage areas.

  The internal winning combination storing area is an area that is cleared for each game. However, when “RB” is won internally, “RB” is stored in the carryover combination storage area as a carryover combination. That is, a value of “1” is set in bit 4 of the carryover combination storage area. The process of setting a carryover combination in the internal winning combination storing area is performed by an internal lottery process (see FIG. 20).

  FIG. 15C shows an example of the operating flag storage area. In the operating flag storage area consisting of 8 bits, bit 0 is a storage area corresponding to the RB operating flag (see the bonus operating time table in FIG. 11). Bits 1 to 7 are unused storage areas. Only bit 0 has a value of “0” or “1”, and bits 1 to 7 all have a value of “0”.

  Here, when “1” is stored in bit 0 corresponding to the RB operating flag in the operating flag storage area (that is, when the operating flag storage area is “00000001”), the RB is operating. The flag is turned on, which means that the player is in the RB gaming state.

  On the other hand, when “0” is stored in bit 0 corresponding to the RB operating flag in the operating flag storage area (that is, when the operating flag storage area is “00000000”), the game is in the general gaming state. It is shown that.

  The carryover combination storage area and the operating flag storage area are secured in the work RAM 89. The work RAM 89 is a RAM that stores backup target data. For this reason, even if the gaming machine 1 is turned off, the carryover combination storage area and the operating flag storage area are not cleared.

Next, with reference to FIG. 16, an example of the effect determination table referred to when determining the effect group in the general game state and the RB game state described above will be described. The main CPU 45 performs an effect with reference to an effect determination table in which an effect identifier for identifying the effect contents is stored. The effect determination table is a table referred to in the effect lottery process (see FIG. 34). In the effect lottery process, an effect is performed based on the effect identifier defined in each table.
The RB gaming state effect determination table in FIG. 16A is a table that is referred to in the RB gaming state. The effect identifier is any one of effects G to I.
The general game state effect determination table in FIG. 16B is a table that is referred to in the general game state. The production identifier is any of productions A to F.

  When the gaming machine 1 is in the RB gaming state, the RB gaming state effect determination table is referred to. At this time, when “Cherry” is won as the internal winning combination, the selected effect identifier is any one of effects G, H, and I. The RB gaming state effect determination table stores the probabilities of effects for each effect G, H, and I. For example, the probability that the effect G is selected is “2/128”, the probability that the effect H is selected is “124/128”, and the probability that the effect I is selected is “2/128”. It is. For this reason, when the game machine 1 is in the RB gaming state and “Cherry” is won internally, it can be said that there is a relatively high probability that the effect H is selected.

  When the gaming machine 1 is in the general gaming state, the general gaming state effect determination table is referred to. At this time, when “BELL” is won as the internal winning combination, the selected production identifier is either no production or production A or B. The general gaming state effect determination table stores the probability of effecting for each effect identifier. For example, the probability that an effect is not selected is “32/128”, the probability that an effect A is selected is “64/128”, and the probability that an effect B is selected is “32/128”. is there. For this reason, it can be said that when “Bell” wins the inside, the probability that the effect A is selected is relatively high. Thus, different production identifiers are determined depending on the gaming state and the internal winning combination. For this reason, the player is more interested in guessing the internal winning combination from the production contents associated with the production identifier.

  Next, an example of a hopper drive table used for controlling the drive of the motor provided in the hopper 57 described above will be described with reference to FIG. The main CPU 45 controls driving of a motor provided in the hopper 57 based on the hopper driving table. The hopper drive table is a table that is referred to in the hopper drive control process (see FIG. 26). The hopper drive table stores a plurality of drive patterns and drive control information corresponding to the drive patterns in association with each payout execution number. The hopper drive table shown in FIG. 17 is used when the payout execution number is determined to be six.

  The payout execution number indicates information on the number of medals 114 actually paid out from the hopper 57. That is, the payout execution number is information indicating the number of medals 114 to be actually paid out without including the number of medals to be credited. The payout execution number is determined from the relationship between the type of display combination, on / off of the credit mode switched by the operation of the C / P switch 17 and the stored credit number. For example, in the embodiment, when the credit mode is off and the winning combination (display combination) of the internal winning combination excluding “replay” and “losing” is established, the payout corresponding to the display combination The number of sheets (see FIG. 13) is determined as the payout execution number.

  Even when the credit mode is on, if the number of payouts corresponding to the display combination exceeds 50, which is the number that can be credited, the number exceeding 50 is determined as the payout execution number. . Further, when the credit mode is switched from on to off by operating the C / P switch 17 (that is, when the credited medal is settled), the number of medals credited is determined as the payout execution number. Then, the hopper drive table is selected based on the determined payout execution number.

  The drive control information indicates information on the time for which the main control circuit 71 drives the motor of the hopper 57, and includes “ON” information and “OFF” information. The information “ON” in the drive control information indicates information on the time for which the main control circuit 71 drives the motor of the hopper 57, and the information “OFF” indicates the time in which the main control circuit 71 does not drive the motor of the hopper 57. Indicates information. In the hopper drive table, as shown in FIG. 17, “ON” time information and “OFF” time information are alternately stored for each of the two drive patterns A and B.

  The main CPU 45 outputs a payout command signal to the hopper drive circuit 56 based on the time information “ON”, and outputs a payout stop command signal to the hopper drive circuit 56 based on the time information “OFF”. . Thus, in the gaming machine 1 of the embodiment, the rotation and stop of the motor provided in the hopper 57 are alternately controlled based on the time information of “ON” or “OFF” associated with each drive pattern. It has become.

  Hereinafter, a specific mode for each drive pattern will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the hopper 57 of the embodiment can pay out ten medals 114 in 1.0 second. That is, it is possible to pay out one medal 114 in 0.1 seconds. Different drive control information is associated with the drive patterns A and B, respectively.

  The drive pattern A is associated with information whose “ON” information is “0.6” seconds as drive control information. Based on the drive pattern A, the main CPU 45 outputs a payout command signal for 0.6 seconds to the hopper drive circuit 56. Thereby, the motor of the hopper 57 is controlled to drive for 0.6 seconds. Accordingly, six medals 114 are paid out at regular intervals, and the medals 114 are paid out at a regular rhythm.

  In drive pattern B, as drive control information, “ON” is first “0.2” seconds, “OFF” is “0.4” seconds, “ON” is “0.2” seconds, then “OFF” "Is stored for 0.4 seconds, and finally" ON "is stored for 0.2 seconds. Based on the drive pattern B, the main CPU 45 first outputs a payout command signal for 0.2 seconds, then outputs a payout stop command signal for 0.4 seconds, and then issues a payout command signal for 0.2 seconds. Is output, and then a payout stop command signal is output for 0.4 seconds, and finally a payout command signal is output for 0.2 seconds.

  When the payout command signal and the payout stop command signal as described above are output from the main CPU 45, the motor of the hopper 57 is first driven for 0.2 seconds, and the first and second medals 114 are moved. It is paid out. Subsequently, the motor of the hopper 57 is stopped for 0.4 seconds and then driven for 0.2 seconds, and the third and fourth medals 114 are paid out. Subsequently, the motor of the hopper 57 is stopped for 0.4 seconds and then driven for 0.2 seconds, and the fifth and sixth medals 114 are paid out. Therefore, there is an interval of 0.4 seconds between the second and third payouts of the medal 114 and between the fourth and fifth payouts, and the drive pattern A Based on the payout of the medal 114, the payout interval of the medal 114 is changed.

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Next, an operation performed by the control of the main CPU 45, that is, a process of the main control circuit 41 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

  First, the main CPU 45 starts an initialization process when an employee of the game hall turns on a power switch (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 (step S1). As an initialization process, the main CPU 45 checks whether the RAM 44 is normal, initializes an input / output port, and the like. Further, the main CPU 45 performs a process of storing the determined setting value in a predetermined area of the RAM 44 based on signals supplied from the reset switch 60 and the setting key type switch 61. When the initialization process ends, the main CPU 45 erases the designated storage area (for example, information on the internal winning combination storage area) of the RAM 44 at the end of the game (step S2).

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs a medal acceptance / start check process (see FIG. 15) described later (step S3). After the medal acceptance / start check process, the main CPU 45 extracts a random value and stores the extracted random value in the random value storage area of the RAM 44 (step S4). Specifically, the main CPU 45 extracts a random value from the range of “0” to “65535” by the random number generator 49 and the sampling circuit 46, and stores the extracted random value in the random value storage area of the RAM 44. The random number value extracted by the main CPU 45 is used in the internal lottery process.

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs gaming state monitoring processing (step S5). In the gaming state monitoring process, the main CPU 45 edits the gaming state information for identifying the gaming state in the current unit game based on the RB operating flag, and sets it in the RAM 44.

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs an internal lottery process (see FIG. 20) (step S6). In the internal lottery process, the main CPU 45 refers to the internal lottery table determination table (see FIG. 10), the internal lottery table (see FIG. 11), and the internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 12). decide.

  Next, the main CPU 45 transmits a start command to the sub-control circuit 71 (step S7). The start command includes information such as game state information and an internal winning combination.

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether 4.1 seconds have elapsed since the start of the previous reel rotation (step S8). If 4.1 seconds have not elapsed, the operation is stopped to digest 4.1 seconds as the waiting time (step S9). If 4.1 seconds have elapsed, the process proceeds to step S10.

Next, the main CPU 45 requests the start of rotation of all reels (step S10). Specifically, the main CPU 45 updates all three effective stop button flags, which will be described later, corresponding to each of the stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R to ON. When all the effective stop button flags are updated to ON, the pressing operation of the three stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R becomes effective. Then, the main CPU 45 rotates the reels 3L, 3C, 3R based on the game start command signal output from the start switch 14S.

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs a reel stop control process (see FIG. 21) (step S11). In the reel stop control process, the main CPU 45 performs a process of stopping the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R based on a stop signal output from the stop switches 15L, 15C, and 15R by the player's stop operation.

  Next, the main CPU 45 pays out the display combination and medal in consideration of the effective line counter based on the combination of symbols displayed in the display windows 21L, 21C, and 21R and the symbol combination table (see FIG. 13). The number of sheets is determined (step S12). The main CPU 45 determines the display combination based on the code number of the symbol displayed on the active line and the symbol combination table (see FIG. 13). Further, the main CPU 45 updates the display combination storage area and updates information on the number of payouts corresponding to the display combination.

  Specifically, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the combination of symbols corresponding to the determined internal winning combination is displayed along the active line corresponding to the active line counter. Thereafter, the effective line counter is decremented by “1”, and this process is repeated until the effective line counter becomes “0”. Since “5” is stored in the valid line counter by the medal acceptance / start check process (see FIG. 19), the main CPU 45 determines the display combination and the number of medals to be paid out for each of the five valid lines. .

  Further, when “replay” is determined as the display combination, the main CPU 45 stores the number of replayable medals (“3” in the general gaming state) in the automatic insertion counter. When “Replay” is a display combination, the automatic insertion counter counts the number of medals automatically inserted in the next game.

  When the display combination and the number of payouts are determined, the main CPU 45 performs a process of transmitting a display combination command to the sub-control circuit 71 (step S13). The display combination command includes information on the determined display combination and the number of medals to be paid out.

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs a medal payout-related process for giving medals based on the determined medal payout number (step S14). In the medal payout-related processing, the main CPU 45 updates the credit counter set in the RAM 44 based on the payout number in the credit mode, or drives the hopper 57 by the hopper driving circuit 56 to pay out the medal 114. To do.

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the RB operation flag is on (step S15). When determining that the RB operating flag is on, the main CPU 45 performs a bonus end check process (see FIG. 28) (step S16), and proceeds to the process of step S17.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the RB operation flag is off, or when the bonus end check process ends, the main CPU 45 performs a bonus operation check process (see FIG. 29) (step S17). When the bonus operation check process ends, the main CPU 45 returns the process to step S2 again.

  In this way, the main CPU 45 executes the processing from steps S2 to S17 as processing in one unit game. When the process up to step S17 is completed, the process proceeds to step S2 in order to execute the process in the next unit game.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 19, a medal acceptance / start check process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described. The medal acceptance / start check process is a process for detecting a medal insertion operation and a game start operation performed by the player.

  First, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the value of the automatic insertion counter is “0” (step S41). When the main CPU 45 determines that the value of the automatic insertion counter is not “0”, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S43. Here, the automatic insertion counter is data for identifying whether or not “replay” has been established in the previous unit game. When “replay” is established, medals for the number of replayable games are automatically inserted. On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the value of the automatic insertion counter is “0”, the main CPU 45 permits passage of medals (step S42), and proceeds to the processing of step S45.

  On the other hand, when determining that the value of the automatic insertion counter is not “0”, the main CPU 45 copies the automatic insertion counter to the insertion number counter (step S43) and clears the automatic insertion counter (step S44). Here, the inserted number counter is data for counting game values (for example, medals).

  Next, when the passage of medals is permitted in step S42 or the automatic insertion counter is cleared in step S44, the main CPU 45 sets “3” as the maximum value of the medal insertion number counter (step S45).

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the RB operation flag is on (step S46). When the main CPU 45 determines that the RB operating flag is not on, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S48.

  On the other hand, when determining that the RB operating flag is on, the main CPU 45 changes the maximum value of the medal insertion number counter to “2” (step S47). In this example, the number of inserted medals in the general gaming state is determined to be “3”, and the number of inserted medals in the RB gaming state is determined to be “2”. Therefore, the main CPU 45 performs steps S45 and S47. Thus, the maximum value of the number of medals inserted according to the game state is set.

  Next, when the main CPU 45 determines in the process of step S46 that the RB operating flag is not on, and when the maximum value of the input number counter is changed to “2” in the process of step S47, the process of step S55 described later is performed. When it is determined that the value of the inserted number counter is not the maximum value, or when it is determined that the start switch 14S is not turned on in step S56 described later, it is determined whether or not a medal has passed (step S48). ).

  When determining that the medal has not passed, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S54. On the other hand, when determining that the medal has passed, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the inserted number counter is the maximum value (step S49).

  When the main CPU 45 determines that the inserted number counter is the maximum value in the process of step S49, the main CPU 45 adds “1” to the value of the credit counter (step S53), and proceeds to the process of step S54. Here, the credit counter is data for counting the number of credited medals.

  On the other hand, when determining that the insertion number counter is not the maximum value, the main CPU 45 adds “1” to the value of the insertion number counter (step S50).

  Next, the main CPU 45 stores “5” in the effective line counter (step S51). The valid line counter is data for specifying the number of valid lines, and the display combination is searched based on the valid line counter.

  Next, the main CPU 45 transmits a medal insertion command to the sub control circuit 71 (step S52), and proceeds to the process of step S54. The medal insertion command includes information on the number of inserted medals.

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines that the medal has not passed in the process of step S48, transmits a medal insertion command in the process of step S52, or adds "1" to the credit counter in the process of step S53. The bet switch is checked (step S54). Specifically, the main CPU 45 specifies the bet switch that is turned on when the bet switches 11, 12, and 13 are on, and based on the maximum values of the insertion number counter, the credit counter, and the insertion number counter. Then, the value to be added to the insertion number counter is calculated and the insertion number counter is updated.

  Note that the main CPU 45 sets “5” to the active line counter when it is determined in the process of step S48 that no medal has passed and any of the bet switches is turned on. Further, the value of the inserted number counter is updated based on the type of the bet switch that is turned on, and a medal insertion command including information indicating the value of the inserted number counter is transmitted to the sub-control circuit 71.

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the value of the insertion number counter is the maximum value (step S55). When the main CPU 45 determines that the value of the insertion number counter is not the maximum value, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S48. On the other hand, when determining that the value of the insertion number counter is the maximum value, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the start switch 14S is on (step S56).

  Next, when the main CPU 45 determines that the start switch 14S is not on, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S48. On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the start switch 14S is on, the main CPU 45 prohibits the passage of further medals (step S57), ends the medal acceptance / start check processing, and shifts the processing to the main flow.

  Next, an internal lottery process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The internal lottery process is a process for determining an internal winning combination depending on the gaming state or the like.

  First, the main CPU 45 determines the type and number of lotteries of the internal lottery table corresponding to the gaming state based on the internal lottery table determination table (see FIG. 10) (step S61). That is, the number of lotteries is set to “5” in the general gaming state, and the number of lotteries is set to “3” in the RB gaming state.

Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the carryover combination storage area (see FIG. 15B) is “00000000” (step S62). That is, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the gaming machine 1 is in the RB carryover state. When the carryover combination is “RB”, it is referred to as an RB carryover state.
Normally, in the general gaming state, the probability that “RB” is won internally is low, and the probability that “RB” is established is also low. For this reason, in order to prevent the “RB” won internally from being expired in one game, a carryover combination storage area is provided in which “RB” can be carried over as a carryover combination over a plurality of games. The carryover combination stored in the carryover combination storage area is not cleared when “RB” is established, that is, until the operation of the regular bonus game is started.

  When determining that the carryover combination storage area is “00000000”, that is, when determining that the carryover combination storage area is not in the RB carryover state, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S64 without changing the number of lotteries.

  When determining that the carryover combination storage area is not “00000000”, that is, the main CPU 45 is in the RB carryover state, the main CPU 45 changes the number of lotteries to “4” (step S63). The reason why the number of lotteries is changed to “4” is that, when the RB identifier is stored in the carryover combination storage area, the lottery of “RB” is not performed again. That is, in the RB carryover state, the number of lotteries is only four from the winning numbers 1 to 4 in the internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 12).

  Next, the main CPU 45 sets the same value as the number of lotteries determined in step S61 or the number of lotteries changed in step S63 as a winning number (step S64).

  Next, the main CPU 45 compares the random number value stored in the random value storage area (not shown) with the lower limit value and the upper limit value of the internal lottery table (see FIG. 11) according to the number of inserted medals (step S65). ).

Specifically, the main CPU 45 refers to the internal lottery table determined in step S61, acquires the lower limit (L) based on the winning number, and stores the random value stored in the random value storage area of the RAM 44. The lower limit (L) is subtracted from (R) to obtain (RL).
Further, the main CPU 45 refers to the internal lottery table determined in step S61, acquires the upper limit value (U) based on the winning number, and stores the random value (R) stored in the random value storage area of the RAM 44. The upper limit value (U) is subtracted from (R−U).

  The main CPU 45 determines whether or not the random number value is not less than the lower limit value and not more than the upper limit value based on the calculated (R−L) and (R−U) (step S66). Specifically, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not (R−L) obtained is a positive value and (R−U) is a negative value. In this determination step S66, if the random number value is not between the upper limit value and the lower limit value, the main CPU 45 moves the process to step S71.

  On the other hand, in the determination step S66, when the main CPU 45 determines that the random number value is not less than the lower limit value and not more than the upper limit value, the main winning combination is determined from the internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 12) based on the winning number. Is determined (step S67).

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the determined internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” (step S68). At this time, if the gaming machine 1 is in the RB carryover state and the internal winning combination is “watermelon”, the main CPU 45 determines that the determined internal winning combination is not “watermelon + RB (double winning)”. That is, the main CPU 45 determines that the internal winning combination determined when the gaming machine 1 is not in the RB carryover state and the random number value is in the numerical range of “1756” to “1876” is “watermelon + RB (duplicate winning) ) ”.

  If the main CPU 45 determines that the determined internal winning combination is not “watermelon + RB (duplicate winning)”, the process proceeds to step S70. On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the determined internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (duplicate winning)”, the main CPU 45 performs a process of turning on the special payout flag (step S69).

  When the main CPU 45 performs the process of turning on the special payout flag in step S69 or when it is determined in step S68 that the internal winning combination is not “watermelon + RB (duplicate winning)”, the determined internal winning combination is determined. And the logical sum of the internal winning combination storing area is stored in the internal winning combination storing area (step S70). Then, the main CPU 45 subtracts “1” from the number of lotteries currently stored (step S71).

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the number of lotteries obtained by subtracting “1” in step S71 has become “0” (step S72). When determining that the number of lotteries is not “0” in the determination step 72, the main CPU 45 moves the process again to step S64, and sets the same value as the number of lotteries reduced as the winning number.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the number of lotteries is “0”, the main CPU 45 stores the logical sum of the internal winning combination storage area and the carryover combination storage area in the carryover combination storage area (step S73).

  Next, the main CPU 45 stores the logical sum of the internal symbol combination storage area and the carryover combination storage area in the internal symbol combination storage area (step S74). Thereafter, the internal lottery process is terminated, and the process proceeds to the main flow. Initially, the internal winning combination storing area is “0”, and if it is “0” as it is, it is a so-called loss.

  Next, the reel stop control process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The reel stop control process is a process for stopping the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R based on the internal winning combination or the timing of the stop operation by the player.

  First, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not a valid stop button has been pressed (step S81). When the main CPU 45 determines that a valid stop button has not been pressed, the main CPU 45 shifts the process to step S81 again and waits for the stop button to be pressed.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that an effective stop button has been pressed, the main CPU 45 updates the effective stop button flag corresponding to the stop button 15L, 15C, 15R for which the press operation has been performed to OFF (step S82). That is, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the stop switches 15LS, 15CS, and 15RS have detected pressing operations of the stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R corresponding to the rotating reels 3L, 3C, and 3R.

  The effective stop button flag is information for identifying whether or not the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R corresponding to the pressed stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R are rotating, and the stop buttons 15L, 15C, and 15R Three are provided corresponding to each. When the reels 3L, 3C, 3R corresponding to the pressed stop buttons 15L, 15C, 15R are rotating, the effective stop button flag corresponding to the stop buttons 15L, 15C, 15R is on. When the reels 3L, 3C, 3R corresponding to the pressed stop buttons 15L, 15C, 15R are not rotating, the effective stop button flag corresponding to the stop buttons 15L, 15C, 15R is off.

  In the gaming machine 1 of this example, a drawing priority table (not shown) having information on the relative priority of drawing of the combination of symbols is provided. Based on this table, the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are provided. The stop control is performed. The pull-in priority order table defines a priority order that gives the highest priority order to the replay, and then the order of bonuses and small roles.

  “Withdrawal” basically refers to a symbol display area (hereinafter referred to as “effective symbol display area”) connected by an active line within the range of the maximum number of sliding symbols (4 in this example). This means that the reel corresponding to the stop button on which the stop operation has been performed is stopped so as to display the symbols constituting the corresponding symbol combinations (hereinafter referred to as “drawing target symbols”).

  Here, the number of sliding pieces will be described taking the symbol position of the left reel of the symbol arrangement table (see FIG. 9) as an example. For example, when the internal winning combination is “bell”, when the player performs a stop operation at the symbol position “0”, the bell ahead of the second frame is drawn. In this way, even an unskilled player who does not have the skill to push forward can expect a prize.

When the pressing operation of the stop button is invalidated in step S82, the main CPU 45 determines the number of sliding symbols based on the internal winning combination and the symbol counter (step S83). Subsequently, stop control position waiting processing is performed (step S84). Specifically, the main CPU 45 stops the reel stop control process until a reel control process of an interrupt process (see FIG. 30) described later is performed based on the stop control position determined by the determined number of sliding pieces.
The main CPU 45 restarts the reel stop control process when the corresponding reel is stopped by the reel control process (step S143) of the interrupt process (see FIG. 30).

  Next, the main CPU 45 transmits a reel stop command to the sub control circuit 71 (step S85). The reel stop command includes data indicating the type of the stopped reel, information on a stop control position corresponding to the value of the symbol counter, and the like.

  When the reel stop command is transmitted in step S85, the main CPU 45 subsequently determines whether or not there is a stop button for which the pressing operation is valid (step S86). That is, the main CPU 45 determines which of the three valid stop button flags is on. At this time, if there is a rotating reel among the reels 3L, 3C, 3R, there is a stop button whose effective stop button flag corresponding to that reel is on. For this reason, the main CPU 45 shifts the process to step S81 again and repeats the reel stop control process.

  When the rotation of all the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is stopped and all the three valid stop button flags are off, the main CPU 45 ends the reel stop control process and shifts the process to the main flow.

  Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 22, a medal payout-related process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described. The medal payout related process is a process for executing updating of the credit counter set in the RAM 44 and paying out of medals by the hopper 57 based on the determined medal payout number.

  First, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the determined payout number of medals is 1 or more (step S91). When determining that the determined payout number of medals is smaller than 1, that is, 0, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S101. In this embodiment, the number of medals paid out is 0 when the display combination is “Replay”, “RB”, or “Lose”.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the determined payout number of medals is 1 or more, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the credit mode is on (step S92). The credit mode is switched on and off by operating the C / P switch 17. When the main CPU 45 determines that the credit mode is not on, that is, is off, the main CPU 45 sets the determined payout number of medals in the payout execution number counter (step S93), and proceeds to the process of step S98. For example, if the determined number of medals to be paid out is “6”, “6” is set in the payout execution number counter.

  When determining in the determination step S92 that the credit mode is on, the main CPU 45 performs a process of adding the determined medal payout number to the credit counter (step S94). For example, if the determined payout number of medals is “6” and the credit counter stored in the RAM 44 is “41”, the main CPU 45 updates the credit counter to “47”.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 45 performs a credit number display process (step S95). In the credit number display process, the main CPU 45 outputs a credit display command signal to the display unit drive circuit 55 (see FIG. 7), and displays the credit number on the credit display unit 7b. In this embodiment, the upper limit for displaying the number of credits is “50”.

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the updated (added) credit counter exceeds “50” (step S96). When the main CPU 45 determines that the updated credit counter does not exceed “50”, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S102. On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the updated credit counter exceeds “50”, the main CPU 45 sets a value exceeding “50” in the payout execution number counter (step S97). For example, when the value of the credit counter is “49” and the determined payout number of medals is “6”, the main CPU 45 sets “5”, which is a value exceeding “50”, to the payout execution number counter. Set to.

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs a hopper drive control process (step S98). The hopper drive control process is a process for executing the payout of the medal 114 based on the value set in the payout execution number counter in step S93 or the value set in the payout execution number counter in step S97. Subsequently, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the payout of the medal 114 by the hopper 57 is completed (step S99). That is, when the payout completion signal is output from the payout completion signal circuit 59 (see FIG. 7), the main CPU 45 determines that the payout by the hopper 57 is completed, and if the payout completion signal is not output, the main hopper 57 It is determined that the payout by is not completed.

  When the main CPU 45 determines that the payout of the medal 114 by the hopper 57 is not completed, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S98. On the other hand, when determining that the payout of the medal 114 by the hopper 57 has been completed, the main CPU 45 performs a hopper drive control end process (step S100). That is, a payout stop command signal is output to the hopper drive circuit 56, and the motor of the hopper 57 is stopped. Then, the payout execution number counter is cleared.

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the special payout flag is on (step S101). The special payout flag is a flag that is turned on in the internal lottery process (see FIG. 20) when the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)”. When the main CPU 45 determines that the special payout flag is not on, that is, is off, the main CPU 45 shifts the processing to the main flow. On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the special payout flag is on, the main CPU 45 turns off the special payout flag (step S102) and shifts the processing to the main flow. For example, if the internal winning combination is “Watermelon + RB (duplicate winning)” and the special payout flag is turned on, “Watermelon” was not won and “RB” was not established (so-called “losing” ) In this case, since the number of medals to be paid out is 0, the process proceeds from step S91 to step S101, and the special payout flag is turned off in step S102.

  Next, the credit number display process performed in step S95 of the medal payout related process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the special payout flag is on (step S121). In the credit amount display process, the case where the special payout flag is ON is a case where the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” and “watermelon” wins. This is because, when the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” and “RB” is established or “lost”, in the medal payout-related processing shown in FIG. 22, steps S91 to S101 are performed. This is because the process shifts to

  When the main CPU 45 determines that the special payout flag is not on, that is, is off, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S124. On the other hand, when determining that the special payout flag is on, the main CPU 45 sets the speed of counting the number of credits displayed on the credit display unit 7b to a low speed (step S122). That is, when the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” and “watermelon” wins, the main CPU 45 sets the credit counting count to a low speed. The count speed set to a low speed is set to be slower than the normal count speed.

  Next, the main CPU 45 controls the display unit drive circuit 55 to start execution of addition in a state where the display of the credit number on the credit display unit 7b is changed (step S123), and the process is a flow of medal payout related processing. Move to. In the present embodiment, the display state of the credit number is changed by changing the mode so that a part of the number representing the credit number is missing. Thereby, in the addition of the number of credits of the credit display unit 7b executed by the process of step S123, the number in a state where a part is missing is counted more slowly than usual.

  Here, with reference to FIG.24 and FIG.25, the change of the aspect of the number of credits is demonstrated. FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing a state before “Watermelon” has been won and before the number of credits in the credit display unit 7b is updated (added). FIG. 25 illustrates a state in which the number of credits in the credit display unit 7b is updated from the state shown in FIG. 24. FIG. 25 (a) shows that the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (double winning)”. FIG. 25B is an explanatory diagram when the internal winning combination is “watermelon”.

  As shown in FIG. 24, in the state before the number of credits in the credit display unit 7b is updated (added), the number of credits is “41”. Therefore, when the credit mode is on, all the “6” payout numbers of medals awarded by winning “watermelon” are credited (stored). At this time, assuming that the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)”, the number of credits displayed in the credit display portion 7b is added more slowly than usual. Then, the addition of the number of credits in the credit display unit 7b is executed in a state in which the mode is changed with respect to the number displayed normally, and stops at “47” as shown in FIG. At the same time, the number of payouts on the payout display portion 7a is added up to the medal payout number “6”.

  As shown in FIG. 25A, in “47” in which the aspect of the credit display portion 7b is changed, “4”, which is usually represented by 4 segments, is represented by 3 segments in which one horizontal segment is missing. ing. In addition, “7”, which is usually represented by 3 segments, is represented by 2 segments in which one vertical segment is missing. Therefore, the player can recognize that the credit number on the credit display unit 7b is different from the normal display of the credit number. As a result, it is possible to reliably notify the player that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate by paying out (giving) medals. Moreover, since the credit number of the credit display part 7b is added (counted) more slowly than usual, it is possible to make the player pay attention to the credit display part 7b, and the credit number of the credit display part 7b is equal to the normal credit number. It is possible not to miss what is different from the display.

  Here, the description returns to the credit amount display process. When determining in step S121 that the special payout flag is OFF, the main CPU 45 sets the speed of counting the number of credits displayed on the credit display unit 7b to the basic speed (step S124). The basic speed is a normal count speed, which is a speed higher than the low speed set in step S122.

  Next, the main CPU 45 controls the display unit driving circuit 55 to start displaying the credit amount on the credit display unit 7b in a normal state (step S125), and the process is a flow of medal payout related processing. Move to. For example, as shown in FIG. 24, it is assumed that “watermelon” has won a prize and the number of credits before being updated is “41”. In this case, the addition of the number of credits in the credit display unit 7b in step S125 stops when the number of credits expressed in the normal state is “47” as shown in FIG. At the same time, the number of payouts on the payout display portion 7a is added up to the medal payout number “6”.

  Next, the hopper drive control process performed in step S98 of the medal payout related process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the special payout flag is on (step S131). In the hopper drive control process, the special payout flag is ON when the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” and “watermelon” wins. When the main CPU 45 determines that the special payout flag is not on, that is, is off, the main CPU 45 selects and sets the drive pattern A from the hopper drive table (see FIG. 17) (step S132), and the process of step S134 Migrate to

  On the other hand, when determining that the special payout flag is ON, the main CPU 45 selects and sets the drive pattern B from the hopper drive table (see FIG. 17) (step S133). That is, the main CPU 45 selects the driving pattern B when the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” and “watermelon” wins. Then, the main CPU 45 controls driving of the hopper 57 based on the driving pattern set in step S132 or step S133 (step S134).

  Here, with reference to the timing chart shown in FIG. 27, payout of medals 114 executed by drive control based on drive patterns A and B will be described.

  When the six medals 114 are paid out to the outside by the hopper 57 and the set driving pattern is the driving pattern A, the main CPU 45 determines that “ON” is “0.6” from the hopper driving table. Read drive control information in seconds. Then, the main CPU 45 outputs a payout command signal for 0.6 seconds to the hopper drive circuit 56 based on the read drive control information. As a result, as shown in FIG. 27, the motor of the hopper 57 is driven for 0.6 seconds, and the six medals 114 are paid out at regular intervals.

    When the set driving pattern is the driving pattern B, the main CPU 45 first determines that “ON” is “0.2” seconds and then “OFF” is “0.4” seconds from the hopper driving table. Then, the drive control information that “ON” is “0.2” seconds, “OFF” is “0.4” seconds, and finally “ON” is “0.2” seconds is read. Then, the main CPU 45 outputs a payout command signal for 0.2 seconds to the hopper drive circuit 56 based on the read drive control information, and subsequently outputs a payout stop command signal for 0.4 seconds, and then 0.2. A payout command signal for 2 seconds is output, then a payout stop command signal for 0.4 seconds is output, and finally a payout command signal for 0.2 seconds is output.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 27, the motor of the hopper 57 is first driven for 0.2 seconds, and the first and second medals 114 are paid out. Subsequently, the motor of the hopper 57 is driven for 0.2 seconds after being stopped for 0.4 seconds, and the third and fourth medals 114 are paid out. Subsequently, the motor of the hopper 57 is driven for 0.2 seconds after being stopped for 0.4 seconds, and the fifth and sixth medals 114 are paid out. Therefore, the hopper 57 puts the medal 114 between the second payout and the third payout of the medal 114 and between the fourth payout and the fifth payout at intervals of 0.4 seconds. Pay out.

  As a result, when the internal winning combination is “Watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” and “Watermelon” is won (driving pattern B), the small winning combination is won (driving pattern A) without overlapping the internal winning combination. In comparison, the payout interval of the medal 114 is changed. As a result, it is possible to reliably notify the player that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate by paying out (giving) medals.

  In this embodiment, the case where six medals 114 are paid out to the outside by the hopper 57 has been described. However, the number of medals 114 to be paid out to the outside may be 1 to 5, or 7 to 50. It may be. In the present embodiment, the number of medals 114 paid out by the drive control based on the drive pattern B is 1 to 6. This is because the driving pattern B is selected when the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” and “watermelon” wins.

  For example, it is assumed that the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB (overlap winning)” and “watermelon” wins, and the number of credits before being updated is “48”. In this case, the addition of the number of credits stops at “50”, and “50” displayed on the credit display unit 7b at that time is a state in which the mode changes with respect to the number displayed in the normal state (one number Part is missing). The remaining four sheets are paid out to the outside by the hopper 57, and at this time, the payout interval is changed as compared with the normal time.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 28, a bonus end check process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described. The bonus end check process is a process for performing a check for ending the bonus game when a bonus game end condition is satisfied.

  First, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not a winning corresponding to the display combination (internal winning combination) shown in the symbol combination table (see FIG. 13) has been established (step S141). When the main CPU 45 determines that no winning is achieved, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S144.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that a winning is achieved, the main CPU 45 subtracts “1” from the value of the winning possible number counter (step S142).

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the value of the subtractable winning number counter is “0” (step S143). When the main CPU 45 determines that the value of the possible winning number counter is “0”, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S146. On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the value of the winning possibility counter is not “0”, the main CPU 45 proceeds to the process of step S144.

  When the main CPU 45 determines that no winning has been established in the process of step S141, or when it is determined in the processing of step S93 that the winning possible number counter is not “0”, the main CPU 45 determines from the value of the possible gaming number counter “ 1 "is subtracted (step S144).

  Next, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the value of the possible game number counter subtracted in the process of step S144 is “0” (step S145). When the main CPU 45 determines that the value of the possible game number counter is not “0”, the main CPU 45 ends the bonus end check processing and shifts the processing to the main flow.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the value of the possible game number counter is “0”, or when the value of the possible number of winning counter is “0” in the process of step S14393, the main CPU 45 Processing is performed (step S146), and a bonus end command including bonus end information is transmitted to the sub-control circuit 71 (step S147). Specifically, the main CPU 45 performs processing such as turning off the RB operating flag.

  When the main CPU 45 transmits a bonus end command, the main CPU 45 ends the bonus end check processing and shifts the processing to the main flow.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 29, a bonus operation check process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described. The bonus operation check process is a process for performing a check for operating a bonus game or the like based on the determined display combination type or the like.

  First, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the display combination is “RB” based on the symbol combination table (see FIG. 13) (step S161). That is, it is determined whether or not “red 7-red 7-red 7 (RB)” symbols are aligned on the active line. When determining that the display combination is not “RB”, the main CPU 45 ends the bonus end check process and shifts the process to the main flow.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the display combination is “RB”, the main CPU 45 performs a bonus operation process based on the bonus operation table (see FIG. 14) (step S162). Specifically, the main CPU 45 sets “12” in the possible game number counter and “8” in the possible winning number counter based on the bonus operating time table (see FIG. 14), and the operating flag storage area ( The RB operation flag in FIG. 15 (c) is turned on.

  Next, the main CPU 45 clears the carryover combination storage area (see FIG. 15B) (step S163). Then, the main CPU 45 transmits a bonus start command including bonus start information to the sub control circuit 71 (step S164), and shifts the processing to the main flow.

  Next, an interrupt process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described with reference to FIG. The interrupt process under the control of the main CPU 45 is a process that occurs every predetermined period (for example, 1.1173 milliseconds).

  First, the main CPU 45 interrupts the program being executed, and saves the address indicating the interrupted position and the values of various registers in a predetermined area of the RAM 44 (step S181). In this process, when the interrupt process under the control of the main CPU 45 is completed, the address indicating the position where the saved program is interrupted and the values of various registers are restored, and the program is executed continuously from the point of interruption. Done.

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs an input port check process (step S182). Specifically, the main CPU 45 checks a signal supplied from each switch.

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs a reel control process (step S183). Specifically, when there is a reel rotation start request, the main CPU 45 starts the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R and performs control for rotating at a constant speed.

  Further, in the reel stop control process (see FIG. 21), the main CPU 45 determines that the value of the symbol counter of the corresponding reel is the stop control position when the stop control position is determined by determining the number of sliding pieces. Control is performed to stop the reel when the value becomes the same as the value indicating. For example, when the value indicating the stop control position is “4”, the main CPU 45 stops the corresponding reel when the value of the symbol counter becomes “4”.

  Next, the main CPU 45 performs a lamp / 7SEG drive control process (step S184). Specifically, the main CPU 45 controls driving of the BET lamps 6 a, 6 b, 6 c through the lamp driving circuit 54. By this control, the BET lamps 6a, 6b, and 6c are turned on and off. Further, the main CPU 45 drives and controls the bonus game information display unit 5 via the display unit drive circuit 55. With this control, the number of bonus games is displayed on the bonus game information display unit 5.

  Next, the main CPU 45 refers to the value saved in the RAM 44 in the process of step S141, and restores the register (step S185). Thereafter, the interrupt process under the control of the main CPU 45 is terminated, and the program interrupted by the occurrence of the interrupt process under the control of the main CPU 45 is continuously executed.

<Description of operation of sub-control circuit>
Next, an operation performed under the control of the sub CPU (image control microcomputer 81), that is, processing of the sub control circuit 71 will be described. First, a main board communication process performed by the sub CPU will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the sub CPU receives various commands transmitted from the main control circuit 41 (step S201). Next, the sub CPU extracts type information from the received command (step S202).

  Next, the sub CPU determines whether or not a command of a type different from the previously received command has been received (step S203). When the sub CPU determines that a command of the same type as the previously received command has been received, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S201.

  On the other hand, when the sub CPU determines that a command of a type different from the previously received command has been received, the sub CPU stores a message in the message queue based on the received command (step S204). A message queue is a mechanism for exchanging information between processes. In this example, game information is stored as a message in a message queue, and game information is transferred to an effect registration process (see FIG. 32) described later. After storing the message in the message queue, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S201.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 32, an effect registration process performed under the control of the sub CPU will be described. The effect registration process is a process of registering different effect contents (for example, animation data, LED / sound data) for each determined effect.

  First, the sub CPU extracts a message from the message queue (step S211). At this time, the sub CPU determines whether or not there is a message in the message queue (step S212). When the sub CPU determines that there is no message in the message queue, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S215.

  On the other hand, when the sub CPU determines that there is a message in the message queue, it copies the game information from this message to the video RAM 85 (step S213).

  Next, the sub CPU performs an effect content determination process (see FIG. 33) (step S214). In this example, nine types of effects associated with the effect identifiers A to I are performed.

  Next, the sub CPU registers animation data when it is determined in the process of step S212 that there is no message in the message queue, or after performing the effect content determination process of step S214 (step S215).

  Specifically, the sub CPU registers animation data based on the effect data set in the effect content determination process in step S214 and causes the liquid crystal display device 31 to display an image. As a result, the content of the effect is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 4b (see FIG. 2).

  More specifically, the sub CPU transmits an image display command to the image control IC 86 based on the effect data determined in the effect content determination process. Based on the received image display command, the image control IC 86 selects appropriate image data from the image data developed in the video RAM 85, determines the display position and size of the selected image data, and Data is stored in a frame buffer area provided in the video RAM 85.

  Further, the sub CPU performs a bank switching process for switching the display screen data area and the write data area of the frame buffer area at predetermined intervals. In the bank switching process, the image control IC 86 outputs the image data written in the write image data area to the liquid crystal display device 31, replaces the display image data area with the write image data area, and then displays the next image to be displayed. Write data.

  Next, the sub CPU registers LED / sound data (step S216). Specifically, the sub CPU registers LED / sound data based on the effect data set in the effect content determination process. Then, the sub CPU turns on the LEDs 101 and the lamps 102 via the sound / lamp control microcomputer 91 and outputs sounds such as sound effects from the speakers 2L and 2R.

  When the series of processing ends, the sub CPU proceeds to processing in step S211. The sub CPU executes the effect registration process in about 2 milliseconds.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 33, an effect content determination process performed under the control of the sub CPU will be described. The effect content determination process is a process of setting different effect data for each received various commands.

  First, the sub CPU determines whether or not a start command has been received (step S221). If the sub CPU determines that it has not received the start command, it proceeds to the processing of step S223.

  On the other hand, when determining that the start command has been received, the sub CPU performs an effect lottery process (see FIG. 34) described later (step S222), and proceeds to the process of step S230. The effect lottery process is a process of setting an effect identifier used in the effect determination table.

  When determining that the start command is not received in the process of step S221, the sub CPU determines whether or not a display command is received (step S223). When the sub CPU determines that the display command has not been received, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S225.

  On the other hand, when determining that the display combination command has been received, the sub CPU sets effect data according to the type of display combination or the like (step S224). Thereafter, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S230.

  When determining that the display combination command has not been received in the process of step S223, the sub CPU determines whether or not a bonus start command has been received (step S225). When the sub CPU determines that the bonus start command has not been received, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S228.

  On the other hand, when the sub CPU determines that it has received the bonus start command, the RB gaming state (sub) that is the gaming state managed by the sub CPU, the game / operation state information (sub) held by the sub control circuit 71 (Step S226). The game / operation state information (sub) is an area for storing information on a game state and an operating flag referred to by the sub CPU. The RB gaming state (sub) is a gaming state managed by the sub CPU, and is the same state as the RB gaming state in the main CPU. Then, the sub CPU turns off a carryover flag, which will be described later (step S227), and proceeds to the process of step S230.

  In the gaming machine 1 of this example, when “RB” wins internally, a flag stored in the work RAM 89 is referred to as a “carryover flag”. The carryover flag is a flag that is turned on when “RB” wins internally and continues to be on until “RB” is established.

  If the sub CPU determines in step S225 that the bonus start command has not been received, the sub CPU determines whether a bonus end command has been received (step S228). When determining that the bonus end command has not been received, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S230.

  On the other hand, when the sub CPU determines that the bonus end command has been received in the process of step S228, the sub-control circuit 71 holds the general gaming state (sub) that is the gaming state managed by the sub CPU. The operating state information (sub) is set (step S229). The general game state (sub) is a game state managed by the sub CPU, and is the same state as the general game state in the main CPU. Thereafter, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S230.

  Next, the sub CPU performs an effect execution process based on the effect data set in the game / operation state information (sub) held by the sub control circuit 71 in the processes of steps S222, S224, S227, S228, and S229. (Step S230).

  The effect execution process is a process of reading animation data corresponding to the effect identifier from the image ROM 84 and reading LED / sound data from the program ROM 96 and the sound source ROM 93. When the effect execution process ends, the effect content determination process ends, and the process returns to the effect registration process (see FIG. 32).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 34, an effect lottery process performed under the control of the sub CPU will be described. The effect lottery process is a process of setting an effect group and an effect identifier used in the effect determination table (see FIG. 16).

  First, the sub CPU determines whether or not the current gaming state is the RB gaming state (step S241). When determining that the state is the RB gaming state, the sub CPU refers to the RB gaming state effect determination table and determines the effect identifier based on the internal winning combination (step S242). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S249. At this time, there are three types of effect identifiers to be determined, effects GI.

  On the other hand, when the sub CPU determines in the process of step S241 that the RB gaming state is not set, the sub CPU determines whether or not the internal winning combination is “watermelon + RB overlapping winning” (step S243).

  When the sub CPU determines that the internal winning combination is “duplicate winning of watermelon + RB”, the sub CPU determines whether or not the carryover flag is on (step S244). When the sub CPU determines that the carryover flag is on, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S248.

  On the other hand, when determining that the carryover flag is not on, the sub CPU determines an effect identifier from effects DF of the general game state effect determination table (step S245). If it is determined that the carryover flag is not on, it means that “watermelon + RB” has been internally won in a state that is not in the RB carryover state. Therefore, the sub CPU determines an effect identifier from effects D to F. Thereafter, the sub CPU proceeds to the process of step S249.

When the sub CPU determines in the process of step S243 that the internal winning combination is not “superior winning of watermelon + RB”, it determines whether or not the internal winning combination is “RB” (step S246). When determining that the internal winning combination is “RB”, the sub CPU turns on the carryover flag (step S247), and proceeds to the processing of step S248.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the internal winning combination is not “RB”, the process proceeds to step S248.

  If it is determined in step S244 that the carryover flag is on, if it is determined in step S246 that the internal winning combination is not “RB”, or if the carryover flag is turned on in step S247, the sub CPU Refers to the general game state effect determination table and determines an effect identifier based on the internal winning combination (step S248). Then, the process proceeds to step S251. There are six types of effect identifiers determined in the process of step S248: no effect and effects A to E.

  If it is determined in the determination step of step S244 that the carryover flag is on, “watermelon” has been internally won in the RB carryover state. In this case, in step S248, the sub CPU determines an effect identifier from effects C to F in the general game state effect determination table.

  Next, the sub CPU sets effect data based on the effect identifier determined in the processes of steps S242, S245, and S248 (step S249), and returns the process to the effect content determination process (see FIG. 33).

The configuration and operation of the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention have been described above based on the accompanying drawings.
According to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the internal winning combination in one unit game is “watermelon + RB overlapping winning” and “watermelon” wins, the medals 114 to be awarded are credited (stored). When, the display state of the credit display unit 7b is changed. When the given medal is paid out, the payout interval of the medal 114 by the hopper 57 is changed. Thereby, by giving (paying out) the medal 114, it is possible to reliably notify the player that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate. For example, when the combination of symbols is “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon”, if the display state of the credit display section 7b changes or the payout interval of the medal 114 changes, the player will be given a “watermelon It can be determined that “+ RB overlap win”. As a result, the player is forced to actuate “RB”, and the game in the general gaming state does not become monotonous.

  Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the internal winning combination “watermelon + RB overlap winning” is represented by expressing the number of storages displayed on the credit display unit 7b with a partly missing number. "Changes the display of the credit display portion 7b when" watermelon "wins. Therefore, the player can easily recognize that the display on the credit display unit 7b is different from the normal display, and can reliably recognize that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate. Then, when the “watermelon” wins, the player plays the game while expecting the display on the credit display unit 7b to change, so that the interest of the game can be enhanced.

  Further, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the internal winning combination in one unit game can be achieved by making the counting speed of the storage number displayed on the credit display unit 7b slower than the counting speed at the normal time. The display of the credit display unit 7b is changed when “watermelon” wins with “watermelon + RB overlapping win”. Therefore, it is possible to make the player pay attention to the credit display portion 7b. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from overlooking that the display on the credit display unit 7b has changed, and the player can be sure that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate by giving (paying) the medal 114. Can be notified.

  In addition, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a storage member that stores a plurality of medals 114, and a discharge member that is rotatably supported by the storage member and discharges the plurality of medals 114 from a discharge port of the storage member. And a drive unit that rotates the discharge member. Then, the drive unit is controlled by the main CPU 45 and the hopper drive circuit 56 to rotate and stop the discharge member. As a result, the payout interval of the medals 114 can be easily changed, and the player can be notified that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate.

  In addition, according to the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, in the RB carryover state, even if “watermelon” and “RB” are won internally and “watermelon” wins, the credit display unit 7b is displayed. There is no change or the payout interval of the medal 114 is not changed. In other words, in a single unit game (one lottery), a win with a low probability of “Watermelon + RB overlapping win” is achieved, and only when “Watermelon” wins, the display on the credit display section 7b is changed, The payout interval of 114 is changed. Therefore, a rare value can be given to the change of the display of the credit display unit 7b and the payout interval of the medal 114, and the fun of the game can be enhanced.

  In the case of the RB carryover state, in the subsequent games, the notification related to “RB” is not performed. In this case, since the player tries to determine whether or not the player is in the carryover state with reference to the notification given when the internal winning combination other than “RB” is won internally, the game is more interesting. effective.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, a plurality of effects to be selected according to the internal winning combination are prepared, and the winning probabilities of the effects are varied. In addition, it is configured so that the selected effects are common even if they are different internal winning combinations. For this reason, even if the executed performance is the same, the determined internal winning combination may be different, the interest for predicting the internal winning combination can be increased, and the entertainment of the game can be enhanced.

  Next, the configuration and operation of the gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The gaming machine 300 according to the present embodiment plays a game using medals as a game value for the player to play a game. And after completion | finish of RB, it becomes during the replay time operation | movement in which the probability that a replay wins internally increases. This gaming machine 300 has the same configuration as the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment, and includes an external configuration example (see FIGS. 1 to 6) and an internal block configuration example (see FIG. 7). The detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  In the gaming machine 300, a symbol arrangement table (see FIG. 9), an internal lottery table determination table (see FIG. 10), an internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 10) referred to by the main CPU 45 or the sub CPU (image control microcomputer 81). 12), the symbol combination table (see FIG. 13), the bonus operation time table (see FIG. 14), and the effect determination table (see FIG. 16), the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment and Use the same table. However, a table different from the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment is used for an internal lottery table (see FIG. 35) and an operating flag storage area (see FIG. 36 (c)) described later.

First, an example of an internal lottery table referred to in the internal lottery process for determining an internal winning combination (corresponding to a winning number) will be described with reference to FIG.
In both the normal section and the carryover section in the general gaming state, the gaming machine 300 is in a replay time operation (hereinafter simply abbreviated as “RT operation”) after the end of RB. The probability of winning varies. In this example, when the replay time is in operation, the probability that “Replay” is won internally increases.

This internal lottery table is provided for each gaming state, and has information on a numerical range defined by a lower limit value and an upper limit value corresponding to the winning number for each inserted number.
FIG. 35A shows an internal lottery table for a general gaming state that is referred to in the general gaming state.
FIG. 35B shows an internal lottery table for the RB gaming state referred to in the RB gaming state.
FIG. 35 (c) shows an internal lottery table for RT operation that is referred to during RT operation.
However, FIG. 35 (a) and FIG. 35 (b) are the same as the internal lottery table shown in FIG. 11 (a) and FIG. 11 (b) already described.
In this example, in order to start a game, the number of inserted medals must be three in the general gaming state (including during RT operation). On the other hand, in the RB gaming state, the number of inserted medals must be two.

In the gaming machine 300, when the RB ends, the game machine 300 shifts to a general gaming state and is in an RT operation. The main CPU 45 determines whether or not the RT operation is being performed based on whether or not the RT operation flag is on. There are the following two types of replay time end conditions.
(1) An internal winning combination (in this example, “RB”) in which the RB operates is established.
(2) The RT game number counter to be described later becomes “0”. In other words, in the general gaming state starting after the end of the RB, 500 games are completed.
When the RT is in operation, the RT operation internal lottery table (see FIG. 35C) is selected, and “5” is determined as the number of lotteries.

  The internal winning combination corresponding to the winning number “4” in the RT lottery table for RT operation is “replay”. The numerical range indicated by the lower limit value and the upper limit value corresponding to the winning number “4” is “7589” to “62201”. At this time, since the numerical range of the replay is “54613”, the winning probability of “replay” is higher than that in the general gaming state where the RT is not operating (see FIG. 35A). During RT operation, it is also used when the winning probability of replay is low, but it is not used in this example. Further, when the RT is in operation, when “RB” is established, the RT in-operation flag (see FIG. 36) is turned off, and the replay time ends.

  Next, an example of an internal winning combination storing area (display combination storing area), a carryover combination storing area, and an operating flag storing area will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 36A shows an example of an internal winning combination storing area for storing information of an internal winning combination (display combination).
FIG. 36B shows an example of a carryover combination storage area for storing information on a carryover combination.
However, FIG. 36 (a) and FIG. 36 (b) are the same as the storage areas shown in FIG. 15 (a) and FIG. 15 (b) already described.

  FIG. 36C shows an example of the operating flag storage area. In the operating flag storage area consisting of 8 bits, bit 0 is a storage area corresponding to the RB operating flag. Bit 1 is a storage area corresponding to the RT operating flag. Bits 2 to 7 are unused storage areas. Only bits 0 and 1 have a value of “0” or “1”, and bits 2 to 7 all have a value of “0”.

Here, when “0” is stored in bit 0 corresponding to the RB operating flag in the operating flag storage area, and “0” is stored in bit 1 corresponding to the RT operating flag (that is, The case where the operating flag storage area is “00000000”) indicates that the game state is a general gaming state (except that the RT is operating).
On the other hand, when “1” is stored in bit 1 corresponding to the RT operating flag in the operating flag storage area (that is, when the operating flag storage area is “00000010”), the RT operating flag is on. Therefore, it means that the replay time is in operation. This is also a general gaming state.

  The processing of the main CPU 45 and the sub CPU is almost the same as the processing of the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment (the processing shown in FIGS. 18 to 23, 26, and 28 to 34). For this reason, only different processes among the processes of the gaming machine 300 and the gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

<Description of main control circuit operation>
First, the operation performed by the control of the main CPU 45, that is, the processing of the main control circuit 41 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The flowchart shown in FIG. 37 is different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 18 only in step S307. That is, steps S301 to S306 in FIG. 37 are the same as the processes in steps S1 to S6 in FIG. 18, and steps S308 to S318 in FIG. 37 are the same as the processes in steps S7 to S17 in FIG. Therefore, only the process of step S307 will be described here.

After the process of step S306, the main CPU 45 performs an RT game number counter update process (step S307). Specifically, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the RT game number counter is “0”. When determining that the value of the RT game number counter is not “0” (that is, during RT operation), the main CPU 45 subtracts “1” from the value of the RT game number counter. Further, when the value of the RT game number counter becomes “0” as a result of the subtraction, the main CPU 45 turns off the RT operating flag and transmits an RT end command to the sub-control circuit 71.
Thereafter, the main CPU 45 performs the processing after step S308.

Next, an internal lottery process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The flowchart shown in FIG. 38 is different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 20 only in step S332. That is, step S331 in FIG. 38 is the same as the process in step S61 in FIG. 20, and steps S333 to S345 in FIG. 38 are the same as the processes in steps S62 to S74 in FIG. Therefore, only the process of step S332 will be described here.

After the process of step S331, the main CPU 45 performs an internal lottery table change process (step S332). The internal lottery table changing process is a process for changing to the RT lottery internal lottery table if the RT operating flag is on.
Thereafter, the main CPU 45 performs the processing after step S333.

Next, with reference to FIG. 39, a bonus end check process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described.
The flowchart shown in FIG. 39 is different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 28 only in step S358. That is, steps S351 to S357 in FIG. 39 are the same as the processes in steps S141 to S147 in FIG. Therefore, only the process of step S358 will be described here.

  After the process of step S357, the main CPU 45 turns on the RT operating flag and stores “500” in the RT game number counter (step S358). In other words, since the replay time is activated after the RB ends, the game in the general gaming state in which the winning probability of “replay” is increased is played up to 500 times.

Next, with reference to FIG. 40, a bonus operation check process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described.
The flowchart shown in FIG. 40 is different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 29 in steps S365 and S366. That is, steps S361 to S364 in FIG. 40 are the same as the processes in steps S161 to S164 in FIG. For this reason, only the processing of steps S365 and S366 will be described here.

  After the process of step S364, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the RT operating flag in the operating flag storage area (see FIG. 36C) is on (step S365). When the main CPU 45 determines that the RT in-operation flag is not on, the main CPU 45 ends the bonus operation check processing and shifts the processing to the main flow (see FIG. 37).

  On the other hand, when determining that the RT operating flag is on, the main CPU 45 turns off the RT operating flag, clears the RT game number counter (step S366), ends the bonus operation check process, To the main flow.

  Next, the internal lottery table changing process performed under the control of the main CPU 45 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The internal lottery table changing process is a process for changing the internal lottery table referred to during the RT operation.

First, the main CPU 45 determines whether or not the RT operating flag is on (step S371).
When the main CPU 45 determines that the RT operating flag is ON, the main CPU 45 changes the table to be referred from the general gaming state internal lottery table to the RT operating internal lottery table (step S372), and the processing is changed to the internal lottery processing. Transfer.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 45 determines that the RT operating flag is OFF, the main CPU 45 ends the internal lottery table changing process and shifts the process to the internal lottery process.

  In the gaming machine 300 according to the second embodiment described above, as in the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment, the internal winning combination in one unit game is “watermelon + RB overlapping winning” and “watermelon "" Is won, the display of the credit display unit 7b and the payout interval of the medal 114 are changed. Thereby, by giving (paying out) the medal 114, it is possible to reliably notify the player that the internal winning combination has been won in duplicate.

  Moreover, in the gaming machine 300 according to the second embodiment, even when the replay time is in operation, when the internal winning combination in one unit game is “watermelon + RB overlapping winning” and “watermelon” wins, the credit display The display interval of the unit 7b and the payout interval of the medal 114 are changed. Thereby, even if the replay time is in operation, the player has an expectation that the display of the credit display unit 7b and the payout interval of the medal 114 may change when “watermelon” wins. You can play games. As a result, it is possible to enhance the interest of replay time games that tend to be monotonous games by winning “replay” with high probability.

  In addition, in the gaming machine according to the first and second embodiments described above, as an example of the case where the internal winning combination in one unit game is won in duplicate, “Watermelon + RB overlapping winning” has been described as an example. The case where the internal winning combination according to the present invention is won in duplicate is not limited to this. As a case where the internal winning combination according to the present invention is won in duplicate, various combinations according to symbols used in various gaming machines can be applied, for example, a combination not including “RB” may be used. .

  Moreover, in the gaming machine according to the first and second embodiments described above, the credit display unit 7b is configured by a 7-segment LED. However, as the credit display unit according to the present invention, a 14-segment LED, a 16-segment LED, etc. Can also be used. Moreover, as a credit display part which concerns on this invention, it is not limited to LED, For example, you may use a liquid crystal display and an organic EL display.

  Moreover, in the gaming machine according to the first and second embodiments described above, the display of the credit display unit 7b is changed by making a part of the number representing the number of credits missing. The change in display of the credit display unit 7b according to the invention is not limited to this. As a change in the display of the credit display unit 7b according to the present invention, for example, the display of the number of credits may be changed, or the display of the number of credits may be blinked. In addition, a configuration in which a portion lacking the credit number in the present embodiment is blinked or a color of a part of the credit number may be changed.

  In addition, in the gaming machine according to the first and second embodiments described above, when the internal winning combination in one unit game is “watermelon + RB overlapping winning” and “watermelon” wins, it is displayed on the credit display portion 7b. The counting speed of the number of stored reservoirs is set to be slower than the normal counting speed. However, as the speed of counting the number of storages according to the present invention, when the internal winning combination is “Watermelon + RB overlapping winning” and “Watermelon” wins, it may be configured to be faster than the normal counting speed. .

  In the gaming machine according to the first and second embodiments described above, the payout interval of the medals 114 is changed by stopping the rotational drive of the motor based on the information of the hopper drive table. However, the configuration of the hopper according to the present invention is not limited to this. The configuration of the hopper according to the present invention may be, for example, a configuration in which the payout interval of the medals 114 is changed by controlling the rotational drive speed of the motor to be slow.

  In the gaming machines according to the first and second embodiments described above, the hopper 57 is configured to pay out medals one by one. However, the configuration of the hopper according to the present invention is limited to this. is not. The configuration of the hopper according to the present invention may be a configuration in which a predetermined number of medals are paid out simultaneously, for example, two medals are paid out.

  Further, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the credit display unit 7B and the hopper 57 are controlled by the main control circuit 41 (main CPU 45), but the credit display unit 7B and the hopper 57 are controlled by the sub control circuit 71. It can also be set as the structure controlled. Alternatively, one of the credit display unit 7B and the hopper 57 may be controlled by the main control circuit 41, and the other may be controlled by the sub control circuit 71.

  In the gaming machine according to the first and second embodiments described above, the carryover combination information storage unit and the operating flag storage area are secured in the work RAM 89 that stores the backup target data. For this reason, even if the power of the gaming machine is turned off, the carryover combination information storage section and the operating flag storage area can be stored without being cleared. In this case, the carryover combination information of the previous day and the operating flag can be taken over the next day.

  Further, in the gaming machines according to the first and second embodiments described above, the internal lottery process (in which the number of lotteries is reduced by “1” (see step S71 in FIG. 20 or step S342 in FIG. 38) This lottery count is associated with the winning number of the internal lottery table (see FIG. 11), but an internal lottery table used in the RB carryover state may be provided separately. In the internal lottery table, winning numbers 1 to 4 are stored (that is, a value corresponding to the winning number 5 is not stored.) Therefore, in the RB carryover state, “RB” will not win internally. When referring to such a table, the process of “changing the number of lotteries to 4” in the internal lottery process (step S63 in FIG. 20 or step S334 in FIG. 38) is referred to as “RB carryover”. It may be changed to reference "internal lottery table used in state.

  As mentioned above, although the game machine concerning the 1st and 2nd embodiment of this invention was demonstrated including the effect, this invention is not limited to embodiment described here. It goes without saying that various embodiments are included without departing from the gist of the present invention described in the claims.

It is a perspective view which shows the example of an external appearance structure of the game machine in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the panel display part in the 1st Embodiment of this invention, a liquid crystal display part, and a fixed display part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which opened the front door of the game machine in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the hopper with which the gaming machine in the 1st Embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is a disassembled perspective view of the hopper with which the game machine in the 1st Embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is explanatory drawing explaining the movement state of a medal at the time of paying out a medal with the hopper with which the gaming machine in the 1st Embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the main control circuit in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the sub control circuit in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the symbol arrangement | positioning table in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the internal lottery table determination table in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the internal lottery table in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the internal winning combination determination table in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the symbol combination table in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the table at the time of the bonus action | operation in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the storage area of the internal winning combination, carryover combination, and operating flag in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the production | presentation determination table in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the hopper drive table in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a main flowchart which shows the process example of the main control circuit in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the medal acceptance / start check process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the internal lottery process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the reel stop control process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the medal payout related process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the credit number display process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. In the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention, it is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a predetermined display combination has won a prize, and before the stored number displayed on the stored number display means is updated. FIG. 25A illustrates a state in which the stored number displayed on the stored number display means is updated from the state shown in FIG. 24. FIG. 25A shows that a special internal winning combination and a predetermined internal winning combination are won. FIG. 25B is an explanatory diagram when a predetermined internal winning combination is won. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the hopper drive control process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a timing chart explaining the drive timing of the motor provided in the hopper in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the bonus completion | finish check process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the bonus operation | movement check process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the interruption process by control of the main CPU in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the main board | substrate communication process by control of the sub CPU in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the effect registration process by control of the sub CPU in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the production content determination process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the effect lottery process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the internal lottery table in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the storage area of the internal winning combination, carryover combination, and operating flag in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a main flowchart which shows the process example of the main control circuit in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the internal lottery process in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the bonus completion | finish check process in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the bonus operation | movement check process in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the internal lottery table change process in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,300 ... Game machine, 3L, 3C, 3R ... Reel, 4 ... Front door, 4a ... Panel display part, 4b ... Liquid crystal display part, 4c ... Fixed display part, 6a-6c ... BET lamp, 7a ... Discharge display part 7b: Credit display unit (reserved number display means), 9: operation unit, 14: start lever, 15L, 15C, 15R ... stop button, 31 ... liquid crystal display device, 41 ... main control circuit, 42 ... microcomputer, 45 ... Main CPU, 55 ... Display unit drive circuit, 56 ... Hopper drive circuit, 57 ... Hopper (game value payout means), 71 ... Sub control circuit, 81 ... Image control microcomputer, 91 ... Sound / lamp control microcomputer, 110 ... Base 110, rotating disc, 112, cover, 115, bucket, 120 ... support plate, 123 ... fixed roller, 124 ... movable roller, 130 ... medal delivery guide plate, 14 ... outer guide plate, 150 ... roller mounting bracket

Claims (4)

A symbol display means comprising a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols attached to the outer peripheral surface and a display window for displaying a part of the plurality of symbols;
An input operation detecting means for detecting an input operation of a game value for performing a game;
Start operation detection means for detecting a start operation on condition of detection of the input operation by the input operation detection means;
Random number value extracting means for extracting one random number value from a predetermined random number range based on detection of the start operation performed by the start operation detecting means;
A numerical range defining means for defining a predetermined numerical range for each of a plurality of internal winning combinations,
Internal winning combination determining means for determining an internal winning combination based on whether or not the random value extracted by the random value extracting means belongs to the predetermined numerical range based on detection of the starting operation performed by the starting operation detecting means. When,
A symbol change unit that changes a symbol displayed by the symbol display unit based on detection of a start operation performed by the start operation detection unit;
Stop operation detecting means for detecting a stop operation for stopping the fluctuation of the design,
Stop control means for controlling the stop of symbol variation performed by the symbol variation means based on the internal symbol combination determined by the internal symbol combination determination means and detection of the stop operation performed by the stop operation detection means; ,
Based on the fact that the internal winning combination determined by the internal winning combination determining means is a special internal winning combination, and a combination of symbols corresponding to the special internal winning combination is displayed by the symbol display unit. A bonus game operating means for operating
Bonus game ending means for ending the operation of the bonus game when the bonus game is operated by the bonus game operating means and a predetermined condition is satisfied;
Game value giving means for determining the number of game values given according to the combination of symbols displayed on the symbol display means;
A game value payout means for paying out the game value to the outside;
A payout control means for controlling the gaming value payout means to control a payout interval of the gaming value;
A storage number display means for displaying the storage number of the game value;
Storage display control means for controlling the storage number display means to change the display state,
The numerical range defining means defines a numerical range in which a special internal winning combination and a predetermined internal winning combination are won,
It is given when a special internal winning combination and a predetermined internal winning combination are won by the internal winning combination determining means, and a combination of symbols corresponding to the predetermined internal winning combination is displayed on the symbol display means. When the game value is paid out to the outside, the payout control means changes the payout interval. When the game value to be given is stored, the storage display control means A gaming machine characterized by changing a display state. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the storage display control unit changes a mode of a storage number displayed on the storage number display unit. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the storage display control means changes a counting speed of the storage number displayed on the storage number display means. The gaming value payout means is:
A storage member provided with a discharge port for storing a plurality of game values and discharging the stored game value;
A discharge member that is rotatably supported by the storage member and discharges a plurality of game values stored in the storage member from the discharge port;
A drive unit for rotating the discharge member,
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the payout control unit changes a payout interval of the game value by controlling rotation of the discharge member via the driving unit.

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