JP2010035655A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of properly controlling the continuous performance over a plurality of times of information performances and allowing a player to continue a game longer. <P>SOLUTION: The content of the information performance executed thereafter is preliminarily read from the random number newly obtained caused by prize winning when a game ball newly enter a start pocket while the information performance showing the result of jackpot determination is executed. It is determined whether the pending ball number at that time is two or less (S 141) if it is preliminarily read that the information performance not executing ready-to-win performance is carried out thereafter (S 139:NO) and it is determined, by lottery, whether the specific performance carried out continuously over a plurality of times of information performances is executed (S 142) only if the pending ball number is two or less (S 141:YES) from the newly obtained random number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly, to a gaming machine that notifies a player of a result of determination as to whether or not to execute a winning game that is advantageous to the player, using an effect on a display screen or the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a gaming machine that notifies a player of a hit determination result for determining whether or not to execute a hit game advantageous to the player using a display screen for displaying an image, a speaker for generating sound, or the like. ing. In this gaming machine, a random number is acquired due to the passing of the game ball through the start port provided in the gaming board, and it is determined whether or not the random number is a predetermined random number determined to be “winning” in advance. By doing so, it is determined whether or not the winning game is executed. Then, by using various presentation effects (notification effects) for notifying the player of the result of the hit determination using effect means such as a display screen or a speaker, the game performance is enhanced.

Among such gaming machines, in order to increase the player's expectation that a winning game will be executed, a gaming machine that performs continuous effects over a plurality of notification effects has also been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). In this gaming machine, there is provided a predicting means for predicting whether or not a winning game will be executed thereafter by using a random number acquired when the game ball passes through the starting port. And when it is predicted that a winning game will be executed by this prediction means, a continuous effect over a plurality of notification effects can be executed. This increases the player's expectation of winning games.
JP 2003-334366 A

  However, in such a conventional gaming machine, there is a problem that it is difficult to appropriately control continuous effects over a plurality of notification effects, unlike the control of one notification effect. In other words, by executing the continuous performance, the player's expectation for the winning game can be enhanced, but the disappointment of the player when the reach performance is not performed through the continuous performance is a single notification performance. It is larger than the case where the reach production is not executed. Therefore, the presentation cannot be appropriately controlled so as to increase expectation while preventing the player from being greatly discouraged, and there is a possibility that the player interrupts the game.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of appropriately controlling a continuous effect over a plurality of notification effects and allowing a player to continue the game for a longer time. And

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine according to claim 1 is a game ball detecting means for detecting a game ball that has passed through a start port provided in the game board, and the game ball is detected by the game ball detecting means. As a result, a winning random number acquisition means for acquiring a winning random number for determining whether to execute a winning game advantageous to the player, and the winning random number acquired by the winning random number acquisition means A hit determination means for performing a hit determination which is a determination as to whether or not the predetermined random number is determined in advance, and an effect execution means for executing an effect using a demo symbol indicating a determination result of the hit determination means For a notification effect that is an effect indicating the result of the hit determination by making a fixed display after changing the demo symbol, the performance for determining the content of the notification effect including the effect time An effect pattern determination unit for storing a plurality of patterns and an effect pattern determination random number for obtaining an effect pattern determination random number for determining the effect pattern due to the detection of the game ball by the game ball detection unit An effect pattern determining means for determining one of the plurality of effect patterns stored in the effect pattern storage means based on the effect pattern determining random number acquired by the effect pattern determining random number acquiring means. An effect execution control means for causing the effect execution means to execute the notification effect according to the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determination means, the winning random number acquired by the winning random number acquisition means, and the effect pattern The effect pattern determination random numbers acquired by the determined random number acquisition means are sequentially Random number storage means for storing, and among the winning random numbers stored in the random number storing means, a random number for which the result of determination by the winning determination means has not been notified by the notification effect is displayed as a reserved ball display means And a holding ball display control means for controlling the display of the holding ball by the holding ball display means, and the effect pattern determination random number acquisition means newly adds the effect pattern while the notification effect is being executed in the effect executing means. When a determined random number is acquired, it is determined whether or not to execute a specific effect, which is an effect that can be executed continuously over a plurality of variations of the demo symbol, based on the newly acquired effect pattern determination random number. A specific effect execution determining means for performing the effect pattern newly acquired while the notification effect is being executed. If the effect determination random number is a random number that determines the effect pattern of the notification effect that does not execute the reach effect that is an effect that may indicate a win, the stored ball of the reserved ball stored in the random number storage means Only when the number is equal to or less than the predetermined number, it is determined to execute the specific effect.

  Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 2 of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1, the specific effect execution determination unit newly adds the effect pattern while the notification effect is being executed. When the determined random number is acquired, it is determined that the specific effect is executed only when it is not yet determined to execute the specific effect.

  Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the effect pattern determination random number is newly acquired while the notification effect is being executed. A reach effect execution determination means for determining whether or not the effect pattern determination random number for which the effect pattern for executing the reach effect is determined is already stored in the random number storage means, and the specific effect execution determination is made The means performs the specific effect only when the reach effect execution determining means determines that the effect pattern determination random number for determining the effect pattern for executing the reach effect is not yet stored in the random number storage means. It is characterized by deciding to execute.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the reserved ball display control means is configured to perform the specific effect by the specific effect execution determining means. When it is determined to execute, the reserved ball that has been a trigger for determining to execute is displayed in a specific manner.

  The gaming machine according to claim 5 of the present invention has the first hit determining means and the second hit determining means in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Two hit determination means are provided, and the notice execution effect indicating the determination result of the second hit determination means is displayed before the notification effect indicating the determination result of the first hit determination means. While the execution execution control means is determined to execute the specific effect during the notification effect until the determination result of the first hit determination means is indicated, When the winning random number that triggers the determination by the second winning determining means is acquired by the winning random number acquiring means, the number of notification effects for executing the specific effect is increased by one. To.

  According to the gaming machine of claim 1, while the notification effect for informing the result of the hit determination is being performed, the effect pattern determination for determining the effect pattern of the notification effect by passing the game ball through the start port. When a random number is newly acquired, whether or not to execute a specific effect is determined by the newly acquired effect pattern determination random number. This specific effect is an effect that can be executed continuously over a plurality of demo symbol variations, and the player's expectation for winning can be enhanced by executing the specified effect continuously. And, if the effect pattern determination random number newly acquired during the notification effect is a random number that determines the effect pattern of the notification effect that does not execute the reach effect, the holding ball whose result of the hit determination has not been notified to the player yet The specific effect can be executed only when the number of the images is equal to or less than the predetermined number. Therefore, when the specific effect is executed continuously more times than the predetermined number, the notification effect with the reach effect is subsequently executed. Therefore, it is possible to make the player expect the specific effect to continue more times. In addition, it is possible to prevent a series of effects from being finished without performing a reach effect even though a specific effect has been executed more times than a predetermined number. Therefore, the game can be continued for a longer time without discouraging the player.

  In addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1, the gaming machine according to claim 2 of the present invention decides to execute the specific effect only when execution of the specific effect has not yet been determined. can do. Thereby, it is possible to prevent duplication of specific effects, and it is possible to prevent the effects from becoming complicated and confusing the player.

  Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, random numbers for determining the effect pattern for executing the reach effect are still stored in the random number storage means. Only when there is not, the specific effect can be executed. Therefore, since the reach effect is not executed in the middle of a series of specific effects, the specific effect over a plurality of demo symbol variations can be executed continuously without being interrupted.

  Further, in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the gaming machine according to claim 4 of the present invention decides to execute when it is determined to execute the specific effect. It is possible to display the hold ball that has become an opportunity in a specific manner. Therefore, the player can easily grasp that the specific effect is executed.

  In addition, the gaming machine according to claim 5 of the present invention is provided with two determination means of the first hit determination means and the second hit determination means in addition to the effect of the invention according to any of claims 1 to 4. The notification effect indicating the determination result of the second hit determination means can be executed with priority over the notification effect indicating the determination result of the first hit determination means. Thereby, the game content can be diversified using two hit determination means. In addition, while it is determined to execute the specific effect during the notification effect until the determination result of the first hit determination unit is shown, a hit random number that triggers the determination by the second hit determination unit is acquired. Then, the notification effect indicating the determination result of the first hit determination means is postponed accordingly. In addition to this, the number of notification effects for executing the specific effects can be increased by one. Therefore, the specific effect and the determination result of the hit determination means shown at the end of the specific effect can be appropriately adjusted, and a series of effects can be executed smoothly.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper half of the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, a game board 2 is provided in which a game ball as a game medium launched from a launcher (not shown) flows by operating the launch handle 7. ing. This game board 2 is substantially square (see FIG. 2) and is protected by a front frame 13 holding a transparent glass plate. An upper plate 5 is provided below the game board 2 to supply game balls to the launcher and receive prize balls, and an operation button 20 operated by a player is provided at the center of the front surface of the upper plate 5. Is arranged. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided immediately below the upper plate 5, and a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6. Furthermore, speakers 48 are respectively provided at the left and right corners of the upper portion of the front frame 13, and a large number of lighting lamps for production are provided on the front surface of the front frame 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 is provided on the front surface of the game board 2. In the approximate center of the game area 4, a display screen 28 composed of an LCD, a symbol display device 8 having various lamps, LEDs and the like are provided. Below the symbol display device 8, a specific effect described later is mainly provided. The revolving lamp 10 used in FIG. At the center of the rotating light 10, LEDs capable of emitting light of five colors of white, blue, green, yellow, and red are arranged, and the player can be informed of the degree of expectation for jackpot by the difference in the light emission color. it can. Further, a windmill 9 is provided at the lower left of the symbol display device 8, and a normal symbol start gate 12 is provided at the left side of the symbol display device 8. In addition, a first start port 14 through which a game ball can be won from above is disposed below the symbol display device 8. The game ball can be viewed from the left and right only when the opening / closing member is opened. A second starter electric accessory 15 capable of winning a prize is arranged. In addition, a large winning opening 16 is provided below the second starting electric accessory 15, and an out opening 36 for collecting game balls that have not won any winning opening is provided below the large winning opening 16. Is provided.

  A front warp inlet 22 and a rear warp inlet 23 for guiding the game ball from the outside to the inside of the symbol display device 8 are provided at the left end of the symbol display device 8. Further, on the left side of the revolving light 10, a cron 56 for guiding a game ball that has entered the rear warp inlet 23 is provided, and the crurn 56 has three passage holes (not shown) through which the game sphere passes. Is formed. Then, the game ball that has passed through one of the three through holes is guided to the second start electric accessory switch 70 (see FIG. 3) that detects the game ball that has won the second start electric accessory 15. The special symbol display area 11 of the symbol display device 8 includes a normal symbol display unit 24, a special symbol display unit 25, a normal symbol memory number display LED 59, and a special symbol memory number display LED 60 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later. It has been. In addition to the above, the game board 2 is provided with various illumination lamps, other illumination LEDs, a windmill, and many obstacle nails.

  Further, the symbol display device 8 includes a display screen 28 formed of an LCD at the center. Various images such as moving images and messages are displayed on the display screen 28. In particular, three demo symbols indicating the results of the first jackpot determination and the second jackpot determination are displayed in the center of the screen. When the notification effect, which is an effect for notifying the determination result to the player, is started, the demo symbol starts to change, becomes a low-speed change through a high-speed change, and stops in the order of left and right. Then, if the left and right demo symbols are the same, various reach effects are performed indicating that the judgment result may be a big hit. If all the demo symbols are the same, the big hit game is started. The Rukoto. On the other hand, if the left and right demo symbols that have stopped after the low-speed fluctuation are different, the center demo symbol is also stopped without performing the reach effect, indicating that the determination result is off.

  Further, on the left part of the display screen 28, a first reserved ball number display unit 90 for displaying the first special symbol operation reservation ball, and a second reserved ball number display unit 95 for displaying the second special symbol operation reservation ball, Is provided. The first special symbol operation hold ball is a game ball (first hold ball) that has won the first start opening 14 and has not yet been determined for the first jackpot, and the second special symbol operation hold ball is This is a game ball (second holding ball) that has won the second starting electric accessory 15 and has not yet been determined for the second jackpot. In the number of reserved balls 90 and 95, the number of reserved balls is indicated by the number of marks. The marks displayed on the first reserved ball number display 90 are round normal marks 91 and star-shaped identifications. There is a mark 92. Usually, the normal mark 91 indicates the number of the first reserved balls, but when it is determined to execute the specific effect described later, the reserved balls that have been triggered to execute are displayed by the specific marks 92. Thereby, the player can easily recognize that the specific effect is executed, and can further recognize which of the holding balls is the trigger for executing the specific effect.

  Next, the outline | summary of the game in the pachinko machine 1 of this Embodiment and an effect is demonstrated. In the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball wins the first start port 14, a big hit random number, a variation pattern decision random number, and a special symbol decision random number are acquired, and a first big hit determination is performed based on the acquired big hit random number. Also, when a game ball wins the second starting electric accessory 15, various random numbers are acquired and the second jackpot determination is performed. The result of the first jackpot determination is notified to the player by the first special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, and the result of the second jackpot determination is notified by the second special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25. Is done. Further, in order to attract the player's interest more strongly while notifying the player of the result of the jackpot determination in an easy-to-understand manner, the display screen 28 displays various kinds of information in synchronization with changes in the first special symbol and the second special symbol. A notification effect is performed. In this notification effect, various effects (for example, reach effect and a specific effect described later) are executed in accordance with the change of the demo symbol, and a combination of demo symbols indicating the result of the jackpot determination is fixedly displayed. A large number of variation patterns for determining the effect time and the content of the effect are stored, and a table corresponding to the result of the jackpot determination is referred to, and one of the variation patterns is determined by the variation pattern determination random number. Then, according to the determined variation pattern, the notification effect, the reach effect performed during the notification effect, and the variation of the special symbol are controlled. This reach effect is an effect that indicates that there is a possibility of a jackpot, which is performed after the same demo symbols on the left and right stop and reach a reach state. Can make you expect.

  And the pachinko machine 1 can prefetch the content of the notification effect performed after that, and can perform the specific effect over the fluctuation | variation of the demonstration symbol once or several times according to the result of prefetch. More specifically, when a game ball is newly won at the first start port 14 during a notification effect and a random number is acquired, a notification pattern to be executed later is determined by the newly acquired variation pattern determination random number. Determine the contents. Depending on this determination result, an effect that changes the display mode of the holding ball, which will be described later, and a specific effect that uses the rotating lamp 10 and the speaker 48 are executed over one or more notification effects. Here, the fluctuation of the demo symbol becomes a low-speed fluctuation after performing the high-speed fluctuation, and each symbol stops sequentially, but the pachinko machine 1 emits the rotating lamp 10 with a specific color during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol. While producing the sound effect, the speaker 48 generates a sound effect to execute a specific effect over the variation of one or more demo symbols.

  Here, it has been impossible with a conventional gaming machine to appropriately control a specific effect over a plurality of demo symbol variations so as not to impair the player's willingness to play. For example, if the ratio of winning jackpots increases as the number of consecutive executions of a specific effect increases, the player's expectation can be increased each time the specific effect is executed continuously. However, even if the specific effect is executed many times, even if the reach effect is not performed and the specific effect ends, the player is strongly discouraged. Further, if the reach effect is executed while the specific effect is continuously executed, the continuity of the specific effect is interrupted and the player's interest cannot be sufficiently attracted. Furthermore, when a plurality of specific effects are executed in duplicate, the continuity is interrupted and the contents of the effects become complicated. Therefore, every time the pachinko machine 1 determines whether or not to execute the specific effect, the progress of the game is determined, and the specific effect is appropriately controlled according to the determination result. This makes it possible to increase the expectation of jackpot while preventing the player from being greatly discouraged. Details thereof will be described later with reference to the drawings.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, an effect control board 43, a payout control board 45, a lamp driver board 46, a relay board 47, and a sub integrated board 58. This control part 40 is provided in the back side (back side) of the pachinko machine 1 (refer FIG. 1).

  First, the main substrate 41 will be described. The main board 41 that performs main control of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a main board CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. The main board CPU unit 50 includes a CPU 51 for performing various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 for temporarily storing values of data generated during the arithmetic processes, a control program, initial values of various data, and other boards. A ROM 53 that stores commands and the like for instructing these instructions is provided, and these are integrally molded as one LSI. An interrupt signal generation circuit 57 is connected to the main board CPU unit 50, and the CPU 51 stores a control program stored in the ROM 53 every time an interrupt signal is input from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57. Execute.

  Further, the main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54 to detect sub-boards such as the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the relay board 47, and the game balls won to the first starting port 14. A first starter switch 69 that is connected to a second starter electric accessory switch 70 that detects a game ball won in the second starter electric accessory 15 is connected. Further, the I / O interface 54 of the main board 41 is connected to an output port 55 that outputs information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown).

  Next, the payout control board 45 and the relay board 47 will be described. The payout control board 45 incorporates a CPU 45 a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to a prize ball payout device 49. Then, according to the command transmitted from the main board 41, the prize ball payout device 49 is controlled. The relay board 47 includes a normal symbol operation switch 71 for detecting the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12, a big winning opening releasing solenoid 72 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the big winning opening 16, and a second start. An electric accessory opening solenoid 73 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the electric accessory 15, a big prize opening switch 75 for detecting a game ball won in the big prize opening 16, and a normal symbol indicating the result of the normal hit determination are displayed. The normal symbol display unit 24, the first special symbol indicating the result of the first jackpot determination, the special symbol display unit 25 for displaying the second special symbol indicating the result of the second jackpot determination, and the number of normal symbol operation reserved balls are displayed. A normal symbol memory number display LED 59, a special symbol memory number display LED 60 for displaying the first special symbol operation reserved ball number and the second special symbol operation reserved ball number are connected. The normal symbol actuated holding ball number is the number of the holding balls that have passed the normal symbol starting gate 12 and have not yet been determined to be normal. The normal symbol display unit 24, the special symbol display unit 25, the normal symbol memory number display LED 59, and the special symbol memory number display LED 60 are provided in the special symbol display area 11 (see FIG. 2) of the game board 2. Under such a configuration, the relay board 47 relays the wiring of switches and solenoids and relays from the main board 41 to a display unit or the like that is directly controlled. When a game ball wins the first start port 14, the second start electric accessory 15, and the big winning port 16, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out.

  Next, the sub integrated board 58, the effect control board 43, and the lamp driver board 46 will be described. The sub integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 581, a RAM 582, and a ROM 583, and is connected to the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, the operation buttons 20, and the speaker 48. Then, in accordance with a command transmitted from the main board 41, comprehensive control such as production is performed. Further, the effect control board 43 incorporates a CPU 43a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM, and controls the display screen 28. The lamp driver board 46 incorporates a CPU 46 a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to the rotating lamp 10 and the lighting device 35 provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 1. . And based on the command transmitted from the sub integration board | substrate 58, light emission of the rotary lamp 10 and the illuminating device 35 is controlled.

  Next, the power supply substrate 42 will be described. The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41 and the game ball launching device 37, and supplies DC stabilized power to each board and the game ball launching device 37. The game ball launching device 37 includes a launching motor (not shown), a touch sensor provided on the launching handle 7, a launching device stop switch, a firing strength adjustment volume, and the like. The game ball launching device 37 has a fixed interval (in this embodiment, 0.6 seconds). ) Launch one game ball into the game area every time.

  Next, the storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41. As shown in FIG. 4, in the RAM 52, a game ball is placed in each winning opening such as a counter storage area 5201 for storing various counters, a normal symbol starting gate 12, a first starting port 14, a second starting electric accessory 15, and the like. A winning ball flag storage area 5202 for storing a flag indicating whether or not a prize has been won, a normal winning relation information storage area 5203 for storing a random number acquired when a game ball passes through the normal symbol starting gate 12, and a normal symbol operation hold Normal symbol operation reservation ball number storage area 5204 for storing the number of balls, first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 for storing random numbers acquired when winning a game ball to the first start port 14, first special symbol operation reservation ball 1st special symbol actuated reserved ball number storage area 5206 for storing the number, and second big hit function for storing a random number acquired when winning the game ball to the second starting electric accessory 15 Information storage area 5207, second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 for storing the number of second special symbol operation reserved balls, main integrated circuit board 41 to sub-integrated board 58, payout control board 45, lamp driver board 46, relay board 47 A command relation storage area 5209 for storing control commands to be output to, and a flag relation storage area 5210 for storing various flags are provided. Further, the RAM 52 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, each counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 will be described. The counter stored in the RAM 52 includes a random number acquisition counter for acquiring a random number, a timer counter for measuring time, a winning ball counter for counting the number of winning balls, and the like.

  First, the random number acquisition counter will be described. The random number acquisition counter includes a normal hit determination counter, a first jackpot determination counter, a first special symbol creation counter, a first variation pattern determination counter, a second jackpot determination counter, a second special symbol creation counter, and a second variation pattern determination counter. Etc. The values of these counters are determined at regular intervals (for example, in the counter update process of the main process (S12, see FIG. 8)) that is executed based on the interrupt signal from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 3). , A predetermined amount (for example, “1”) is added every 2 ms). Each counter has a minimum value (lower limit value) and a maximum value (upper limit value), and is configured to circulate in a numerical value in a range from the minimum value to the maximum value. In other words, if the counter value becomes the same as the maximum value as a result of the update, the counter value takes the minimum value in the next update. In each random number acquisition counter, “0” is stored as an initial value when the pachinko machine 1 is activated. When the value is rounded to the same value as the initial value “0” by updating, a new initial value is set. Acquired and “1” is added to the initial value. This new initial value is repeatedly executed while the CPU does not perform the main process (see FIG. 8) (until the main process ends and the new main process is started by the interrupt signal). A random number generated by an initial value random number process (a process for generating a random number by a predetermined algorithm) not shown is used. These random number acquisition counters are used in the normal symbol processing (S16, see FIG. 8) and special symbol processing (see FIGS. 9 to 11) of the main process described later, and the first jackpot relation information storage area (FIG. 5). And the like are stored in the storage area of the RAM 52.

  Next, the timer counter will be described. The timer counter is a counter used for measuring time, and a predetermined value is stored as an initial value at the start of time measurement. For example, when measuring 1 second, “500” is stored as an initial value. Then, “1” is subtracted by “1” in the counter update process (S12, see FIG. 8) performed every 2 ms, which is the interval of interrupt signal generation, and it is determined that the time is being measured unless the value is “0”. When the value becomes “0”, it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed. The value of the timer counter is programmed not to be updated after it becomes “0”.

  Next, the winning ball counter will be described. The winning ball counter is used to count the number of game balls that have won the big winning opening 16 while the big winning opening 16 performs one opening / closing operation. The initial value of this counter is “0”, and “1” is added every time a winning is detected in the switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 8) of the main process described later. When the special winning opening 16 is closed, it is initialized.

  Next, the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52. This first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 9 to 11) of the main process described later. As shown in FIG. 5, the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided with a determination area and first to fourth storage areas. In the first to fourth storage areas, the first start port 14 is won. And the random number which the game ball (1st special symbol action | operation hold ball | bowl) which the result of the 1st jackpot determination is not alert | reported yet is memorize | stored is memorize | stored. In the determination area, the result of the first jackpot determination currently being performed and a random number that is the basis of the first jackpot game are stored.

  In each of the determination area and the first to fourth storage areas, a first jackpot random number field in which the value of the first jackpot determination counter is stored, and a first special symbol in which the value of the first special symbol creation counter is stored. A determined random number column and a first variation pattern determining random number column in which the value of the first variation pattern determining counter is stored are provided. When the winning of the game ball to the first start port 14 is confirmed, the memory area corresponding to the value (first special symbol operation reservation ball number) of the first special symbol operation reservation ball number storage area 5206 of the RAM 52 is displayed. Each value is stored, and based on this value, the first jackpot determination, the determination of the first special symbol when determined as the first jackpot, and the determination of the first variation pattern are performed. In the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207 of the RAM 52, a storage area similar to the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided. Then, a random number that is acquired when the game ball wins the second starter electric accessory 15 is stored. In addition, in the ordinary hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52, five storage areas are provided so that ordinary hit random numbers can be held.

  Next, the storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41. The ROM 53 stores an initial setting storage area 5301 for storing initial values stored in the respective storage areas when the pachinko machine 1 is reset, and a control for storing various programs for the CPU 51 to control the pachinko machine 1. Program storage area 5302, control command table storage area 5303 for storing a table of control commands output from the main board 41 to the sub-integrated board 58, etc., and the first and second special symbols displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 A special symbol pattern storage area 5304 for storing patterns, a variation pattern storage area 5305 for storing information such as a table relating to variation patterns of symbols when notifying the determination results of the first jackpot determination and the second jackpot determination, Normal hit judgment, first jackpot judgment, second jackpot judgment, determination of special symbol, etc. A determination table storage area 5306 is provided for storing various tables to be referred to when it is performed. Further, the ROM 53 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, the variation pattern determination table stored in the variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a variation pattern determination table stored in the variation pattern storage area 5305. The variation pattern is a pattern of variation of the demo symbol used when the determination result of jackpot determination (first jackpot determination and second jackpot determination) is shown. Due to this variation pattern, the variation time of the symbols displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 and the demo symbol display unit of the display screen 28, and the display screen 28, the rotating lamp 10, and the lighting device 35 in synchronization with the variation of these symbols. A notification effect pattern to be executed by the speaker 48 or the like is determined. Then, the sub-integrated board 58 controls the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, and the speaker 48 based on the variation pattern determined by the main board 41 to execute the notification effect.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the variation pattern determination table includes a type of jackpot determination (first jackpot determination or second jackpot determination), a gaming state at the time of jackpot determination (during a non-short-time state or a short-time state), and a jackpot determination A plurality of tables are provided in accordance with the results (outgoing or big hit). A plurality of types of variation patterns are assigned to each table, and each variation pattern is associated with a variation pattern determining random number value (0 to 127). When the jackpot determination is performed, a table corresponding to conditions such as the type of jackpot determination and the gaming state is referred to, and one variation pattern is determined based on the value of the variation pattern determination random number acquired together with the jackpot random number. Then, the main board 41 transmits a command for designating the determined variation pattern to the sub-integrated board 58, and the sub-integrated board 58 controls the notification effect according to the designated variation pattern.

  Specifically, an example is given of a case in which the first jackpot determination is determined to be “out of” during the non-time-short state (during the normal state), and the value of the variation pattern determination random number acquired at that time is “0”. In this case, the variation pattern determination table with the type “first jackpot determination”, the game state “non-short-time”, and the determination result “out of” is referred to, and the value of the variation pattern determination random number is “0”. , The variation pattern of “non-reach” is determined. When this variation pattern is determined, the production time is 9 seconds, 1 or 2 when the number of first special symbol actuated balls at the start of the notification effect is 0. In some cases, it is 6 seconds, 3 or 4 seconds, and 4 seconds. According to the fluctuation pattern of “non-reach”, the three demo symbols stop in the order of left and right, the left and right demo symbols become different (without reaching reach), and the central demo symbol also stops. To do.

  Here, the variation pattern of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a variation pattern of “continuous variation twice” and “continuous variation three times” for performing a continuous variation effect. The continuous variation effect is a notification effect in which the change of the demo symbol is performed a plurality of times with a temporary stop during the period from the start of the change of the demo symbol to the final display, that is, during one notification effect. The mode of temporary stop of the demo symbol is to slightly oscillate the demo symbol to cause the player to make an illusion that the demo symbol is not stopped as if it is stopped, This is a mode in which the demo symbol is stopped for a time shorter than the stop display time. According to the continuous variation effect, since it seems that a plurality of determination results are notified in a pseudo manner while notifying the result of one jackpot determination, this effect is also referred to as pseudo continuous variation. In the present embodiment, the reach effect is executed when the change of the demo symbol in the continuous variation effect is performed twice or more, and the demo symbol is changed a maximum of three times in one continuous variation effect.

  During the continuous variation effect, the rotating lamp 10 is caused to emit light every time the demo symbol is changed once, and at the same time, a specific sound effect is generated from the speaker. Below, this effect performed continuously over a plurality of demo symbol variations is referred to as a “specific effect”. In this specific effect, the player can be notified of the number of continuous fluctuations of the demo symbol by changing the color of light emitted from the rotating lamp 10 in accordance with the number of executions. Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the continuous variation effect of 3 times is less likely to be executed at the time of losing and more likely to be executed at the time of the big hit than the continuous variation effect of which the number of changes of the demo symbol is 2 times. In addition, the specific effect may be executed even during the non-continuous variation effect where the change of the demo symbol is one time. Is lower than the rate at which it is executed. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game in the hope that the specific effect is continuously performed over more demo symbol variations, and further, the number of continuous executions of the specific effect is determined by the color of the rotating light 10. Understand and increase the expectation of jackpot. Furthermore, in the pachinko machine 1, the specific effect can be executed over a plurality of notification effects before the execution of the continuous variation effect, and integrated with the specific effect during the continuous change effect, thereby making the player more interesting. It can be strongly attracted. According to the present embodiment, when the specific effect is continuously executed three times or more, the reach effect is subsequently executed, so that the player who hits the jackpot is prevented while preventing the player from being discouraged. The expectation can be enhanced by the continuous specific production. In addition, characteristic technical control is performed so as not to interrupt the continuity of the specific performance. Details thereof will be described later with reference to the drawings.

  Needless to say, the variation pattern determination table used in the present embodiment is merely an example, and the contents of the table can be set as appropriate. For example, more types of variation patterns may be provided, or variation patterns for performing an effect that is executed only when the jackpot is achieved may be provided. Further, a plurality of variation patterns of “continuous variation twice” and “continuous variation three times” may be provided, respectively, or a variation pattern of a continuous variation effect in which a demo symbol variation is performed four times or more may be provided. In addition, the demo symbol variation mode may be any mode in which, after the start of the variation, the mode shifts to the low-speed symbol variation through the high-speed symbol variation, and then the temporary stop or reach establishment / non-establishment. Need not be exactly the same.

  Next, details of the operation of the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a main process in the main board 41, and FIGS. 9 to 11 are flowcharts of a subroutine of a special symbol process performed in the main process. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  The pachinko machine 1 is controlled by a control program stored in the control program storage area of the ROM 53. The main process of the control program is executed by the CPU 51 when the CPU 51 senses an interrupt signal generated by the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 3). Since the interrupt signal is generated at regular intervals (2 ms in the present embodiment), the main process is repeatedly executed every 2 ms.

  First, main processing performed on the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, when the main process is started by sensing an interrupt signal, first, a command output process is performed (S10). In this command output process, control commands are output to the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the lamp driver board 46, the relay board 47, etc. via the I / O interface 54. The control command includes a reserved ball number notification command for notifying the number of held balls to the sub-integrated board 58, a prefetch result notification command for notifying the result of prefetching of the effect based on a random number newly acquired during execution of the notification effect, Special symbol designating command to indicate the special symbol that has been changed, variation pattern designating command to indicate the determined variation pattern and start variation of the demo symbol, special symbol stop command to instruct to stop the changing special symbol, jackpot There are a number of commands, such as a jackpot game start command that indicates starting a game. The control command output here is a control command stored as an output command in the command relation storage area 5209 in the main process executed last time.

  Next, a switch reading process is performed (S11). In this switch reading process, a process of detecting a winning of a game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12, the first start port 14, the second start electric accessory 15 and the big winning port 16 is performed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not a game ball is detected by each switch (see FIG. 3) provided in these winning holes. When a game ball is detected, the flag corresponding to each switch stored in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 of the RAM 52 is turned ON. At the start of the switch reading process, all the flags in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 in the RAM 52 are reset.

  Next, a counter update process is performed (S12). As described above, in this counter update process, each value of the random number acquisition counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 is added by a predetermined amount, and each value of the timer counter is subtracted by a predetermined amount.

  Next, special electric accessory processing is performed (S13). In this special electric accessory processing, processing for transmitting control commands such as a big prize opening command and a big prize opening closing command for instructing the opening / closing operation of the special prize opening 16 to the sub-integrated board 58 is performed. Once opened, the big winning opening 16 closes when 30 seconds, which is the maximum opening time in one opening operation, or when winning of nine game balls is detected.

  In the special electric accessory process, after the jackpot game is completed, a process for controlling the subsequent game state is performed. In the special symbol processing described later, when it is determined that the jackpot is determined and a special symbol indicating the probability variation jackpot is determined, “1” indicating the probability variation state after the subsequent jackpot game ends is set in the probability variation state flag. Stored and “ON”. At the same time, “1” indicating that the time is in the short-time state is stored in the short-time / middle flag and is set to “ON”. In addition, when a normal jackpot special symbol that is not a probability variation jackpot has been determined, only the hour / medium flag is set to “ON”. Further, a jackpot game end command indicating that the jackpot game has ended is stored in the command relation storage area 5209.

  Next, special symbol processing is performed (S14). In this special symbol processing, prefetching of the contents of the effect to be performed thereafter, jackpot determination, determination of the variation pattern of the demo symbol displayed on the display screen 28, instruction, determination of the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, Instructions, instructions for starting and ending changes in demo symbols and special symbols, and the like are given. This special symbol processing will be described later with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  Next, ordinary electric accessory processing is performed (S15). In this ordinary electric accessory processing, when a normal hit is achieved, control of opening / closing (operation during normal hit game) of a pair of opening / closing members (so-called tulips) provided in the second starting electric accessory 15 is performed. . Opening the opening / closing member facilitates winning of the game ball to the second starter electric accessory 15. It should be noted that when the short-time gaming state has occurred, the second starting electric accessory 15 is released for a longer time than when it has not occurred.

  Next, normal symbol processing is performed (S16). In this normal symbol processing, normal random numbers are obtained, normal hit determination, and the like are performed. First, when the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12 is detected in the switch reading process (S11), the value of the normal hit determination counter is acquired as a normal hit random number. The acquired random number is stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value stored in the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 in the first to fourth storage areas of the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52. Usually stored as a random number. Then, the normal hit determination is sequentially performed from the random number in the storage area with the smaller number, and the determination result is notified by changing and stopping the normal symbol display unit 24. Here, when the short-time state has occurred, the variation time of the normal symbol display unit 24 is shortened as compared with the case where the short-time state has not occurred, and it is determined that the normal hit has a higher probability. Therefore, during the time-short state, the rate at which the second starter electric accessory 15 is opened is significantly increased.

  Next, a payout process (S17) for paying out prize balls and an error check (S18) are performed. If an error has occurred in the pachinko machine 1, an error is displayed on the display screen 28, the lighting device 35 is lit or blinked, or an error sound is generated on the speakers 48, 48. Therefore, an error command for transmission to the sub-integrated board 58 in the command output process of S10 is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 of the RAM 52. Next, in the information output process (S19), various kinds of information such as jackpot information, starting information, etc. of the pachinko machine 1 are output via the output port 55 to a game hall management computer (not shown). When the information output process ends, the main process ends. When the interrupt signal is received from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57, the main process is executed again from the beginning.

  Next, details of the special symbol process (S14) of the main process will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. As described above, in the special symbol processing, processing such as prefetching of contents to be performed thereafter, first jackpot determination, second jackpot determination, determination of a pattern variation pattern displayed on the display screen 28, and the like are performed.

  First, the flags used in the special symbol process will be described. The flag relation storage area 5210 of the RAM 52 stores a display state flag, a jackpot gaming state flag, a probability variation flag, and the like. The display state flag is a flag indicating the state of the special symbol display unit 25. When one of the two special symbols is fluctuating (during fluctuating), one is stopped and displayed. “2” is stored in the case (stop display), and “0” is stored in the case where both are not changing and display is not stopped. In the jackpot game state flag, “1” is stored and “ON” is stored during the jackpot game, and “0” is stored and “OFF” otherwise. The probability variation flag is “1” stored in the probability variation state and is “ON”, and “0” is stored in the non-probability variation state and is “OFF”.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the special symbol process of the main process is started, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the first start port 14 (S21). When the first start port switch 69 provided in the first start port 14 detects the winning of the game ball, the first of the winning ball flag storage area 5202 in the main process switch read processing (S11, see FIG. 8). The flag corresponding to the one start port switch 69 is “ON”. Therefore, in S21, it is determined whether or not this flag is “ON”. If it is not “ON” (S21: NO), no game ball has been won at the first start port 14, and the process proceeds to S28.

  When the flag corresponding to the first start port switch 69 is “ON” (S21: YES), since the game ball has won the first start port 14, a random number for the game ball is acquired, It is stored in the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (see FIG. 5). However, the number of first special symbol actuating balls that can acquire and store random numbers is four. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the value in the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is “4” (S22). If the value of the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is “4” (S22: YES), since the random number for this game ball cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S28 as it is.

  When the value of the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is not “4”, that is, any of “0” to “3” (S22: NO), the first special symbol operation reserved ball number “1” is added to the value of the storage area 5206 (S23). And a random number is memorize | stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value of the 1st special symbol action reservation ball number storage area 5206 among the 1st-4th storage areas of the 1st jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (refer FIG. 5). (S24). Specifically, the value of the first jackpot determination counter is stored in the first jackpot random number column, the value of the first jackpot special symbol creation counter is stored in the first jackpot special symbol determination random number column, and the first variation pattern The value of the first variation pattern determination counter is stored in the determined random number column. Then, a reserved ball number notification command for notifying the sub-integrated board 58 of the number of first and second special symbol operation reserved balls at that time is stored in the RAM 52 (S25).

  Next, a pre-read process is performed on the content of the notification effect to be performed thereafter using the acquired jackpot random number and fluctuation pattern determination random number (S26). In the effect prefetching process, first, the latest jackpot random number obtained is applied to the table stored in the judgment table storage area 5307 of the ROM 53, so that the jackpot judgment result is prefetched. Then, the variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 7) corresponding to the pre-read jackpot determination result is referred to, and the content of the notification effect is pre-read by the latest variation pattern determination random number. The result of the look-ahead is “non-reach (no continuous fluctuation)” if the fluctuation pattern is non-reach, and “reach production (no continuous fluctuation)” if the fluctuation pattern performs reach production such as normal reach other than continuous fluctuation production. If the continuous fluctuation is 2 times, “continuous fluctuation is 2 times”, and if the continuous fluctuation is 3 times, “continuous fluctuation is 3 times”. Then, a prefetch result notification command for notifying the sub-integrated board 58 of the prefetch result is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 (S27), and the process proceeds to S28.

  Next, processing related to winning a game ball to the second starter electric accessory 15 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the second starter electric accessory 15 (S28). When it is determined that the flag corresponding to the second starter electric accessory switch 70 provided in the second starter electric accessory 15 is “OFF” and the game ball is not won (S28: NO). ), The process proceeds to S37 (see FIG. 10). If it is determined that a game ball has won the second starter electric accessory 15 (S28: YES), whether or not the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 is “4”. Is made (S29). If it is “4” (S29: YES), since the random number for this game ball cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S37 as it is.

  When the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 is not “4” (S29: NO), “1” is added to the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 (S30). ). Then, various random numbers are stored in each storage area of the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207 (S31), and a pending ball number notification command is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 (S32). Next, in the same way as when the game ball is won at the first start opening 14, pre-read processing is performed for the content of the notification effect performed thereafter (S33), and the result of the pre-read processing is notified to the sub-integrated board 58. Is stored (S34), and the process proceeds to S37.

  Next, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, it is determined whether or not the jackpot gaming state is set (S37). When it is a jackpot game state, the first jackpot determination, the second jackpot determination, and the notification of the determination result are not performed. Therefore, when the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON” and the jackpot gaming state is set (S37: YES), nothing is performed and the process returns to the main process.

  If it is determined that the game state is not a jackpot gaming state (S37: NO), processing relating to control of the special symbol display unit 25 is performed. First, based on the display state flag, it is determined whether any of the first special symbol and the second special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 is changing (S38). When the display state flag is not “1” and the two special symbols are not changing (S38: NO), it is determined by the display state flag whether or not one of them is in a stopped display ( S39). When the display state flag is not “2” and the two special symbols are not stopped and displayed (S39: NO), the first jackpot determination or the second jackpot determination is performed.

  Therefore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, it is confirmed whether or not there is a game ball to be subjected to the jackpot determination. First, it is determined whether or not the value of the second special symbol actuated ball number storage area 5208 of the RAM 52 is equal to or greater than “1” (S41). In the present embodiment, when both the number of first special symbol operation reservation balls and the number of second special symbol operation reservation balls are “1” or more, the second big hit determination is preferentially executed. Therefore, when the number of second special symbol operation reservation balls is “1” or more (S41: YES), the process proceeds to S60 and the second big hit determination is performed. On the other hand, when the number of the second special symbol operation reservation balls is “0” (S41: NO), the value of the first special symbol operation reservation balls number of the first special symbol operation reservation balls number 5206 It is determined whether or not the value is “1” or more (S42). If it is “0” (S42: NO), there is no game ball to be subjected to the jackpot determination, and the process directly returns to the main process. If it is “1” or more (S42: YES), the process proceeds to S44 in order to perform the first jackpot determination.

  In the first jackpot determination, first, “1” is subtracted from the value of the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 (S44). Then, the reserved ball number notification command is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 (S45), and the value of the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is shifted. That is, the random number stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the random number stored in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the storage area one number lower, and the value in the fourth storage area Is cleared (S46).

  Next, a first jackpot determination is performed (S47 to S49). This first jackpot determination is performed by referring to the first jackpot determination table stored in the determination table storage area 5306 of the ROM 53 and using the value stored in the first jackpot random number column (see FIG. 5) of the determination area. Is called. If the probability variation flag is “1” stored and the probability variation state is “ON” (S47: YES), the number of specific values determined as jackpots is larger than that in the non-probability variation state. A large number of first high-probability determination tables are referred to, and the first jackpot determination is performed (S48). On the other hand, if it is in the non-probability variation state in which the probability variation flag is “OFF” (S47: NO), the first low probability determination table is referred to determine (S49).

  Next, processing for determining the variation pattern and processing for determining the first special symbol are performed. First, it is determined whether or not the result of the first jackpot determination is “jackpot” (S50). If it is “big hit” (S50: YES), in the win variation pattern determination process (S51), the variation pattern of the first special symbol indicating the first jackpot is determined, and the determined variation pattern is used as the sub-integrated board 58. The variation pattern designation command instructed in the command is stored in the command relation storage area 5209. Here, the process of determining the variation pattern is performed by the variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 7) based on the value stored in the first variation pattern determination random number column of the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (see FIG. 5). Done with reference. In the sub integrated board 58, the process of starting the change of the demo symbols in the display screen 28 is performed when the change pattern designation command is received.

  Then, in the special symbol determination process (S52), the first special symbol indicating the jackpot is determined, and the special symbol designation command indicating the determined first special symbol is stored in the command relation storage area 5209. This special symbol designation command is transmitted to the sub integrated board 58 in the command output process (S10, see FIG. 8) of the main process to be performed next. Further, the determination of the special jackpot special symbol is made by referring to the special symbol determination table by the value of the first special symbol determination random number field of the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205, and thus whether or not the probability variation jackpot Is decided. On the other hand, if the result of the first jackpot determination is not “big jackpot” (S50: NO), a variation pattern indicating a loss is determined and a command for designating the determined variation pattern is stored (S53). Then, the first special symbol indicating the determination result of the deviation is determined, and the special symbol designation command is stored (S54).

  In the second jackpot determination, various processes are performed in the same flow as the first jackpot determination. First, “1” is subtracted from the value of the second special symbol actuated reserved ball number storage area 5208 (S60), the reserved ball number notification command is stored (S61), and stored in the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207. The value is shifted (S62). Next, a determination is made as to whether or not the probability variation is in progress based on the probability variation flag (S63). A second jackpot determination is made with reference to more second high probability determination tables than in the middle (S64). On the other hand, if it is not in the probability fluctuation state (S63: NO), the second low probability determination table is referred to make a determination (S65).

  Next, processing for determining the variation pattern and processing for determining the second special symbol are performed. First, it is determined whether or not the result of the second jackpot determination is “big jackpot” (S66). If it is “big jackpot” (S66: YES), the variation pattern indicating the second jackpot is determined and determined. A command for designating the variation pattern is stored (S67). Then, the second special symbol indicating the jackpot is determined, and a special symbol designation command is stored (S68). On the other hand, if the result of the second jackpot determination is not “big jackpot” (S66: NO), a variation pattern indicating a deviation is determined, and a command for designating this variation pattern is stored (S69). Then, the second special symbol indicating the loss is determined, and the special symbol designation command is stored (S70).

  Next, the special symbol variation time determined by the already determined variation pattern is stored in the special symbol variation time counter (S76). Then, “1” indicating that one of the two special symbols is fluctuating is stored in the display state flag (S77), the special symbol processing is terminated, and the processing returns to the main processing.

  In the determination of S38 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, when “1” is stored in the display state flag and it is determined that one of the two special symbols is changing (S38: YES). Then, it is determined whether or not the variation time has elapsed (S81). If the value of the special symbol variation time counter set in S76 (see FIG. 11) is “0” and it is determined that the variation time has elapsed (S81: YES), the command related storage area 5209 is stored. A special symbol stop command is stored (S82). This special symbol stop command is a command for instructing to stop the variation of any special symbol that is fluctuating. Then, the predetermined stop display time is stored in the special symbol stop time counter (S83), and “2” indicating that one of the two special symbols is being stopped is stored in the display state flag (S84). ), The process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is determined in S81 that the value of the special symbol stop time counter is not “0” and the variation time has not yet elapsed (S81: NO), the process directly returns to the main process.

  In the determination of S39, “2” is stored in the display state flag, and when it is determined that one of the two special symbols is being stopped (S39: YES), it is set in S83. Based on the value of the special symbol stop time counter, it is determined whether or not the stop display time has elapsed (S85). If the value of the special symbol stop time counter is not “0” and the stop display time has not yet elapsed (S85: NO), the display returns to the main process as it is to continue the stop display. When the value of the special symbol stop time counter is “0”, since the stop display time has elapsed (S85: YES), “0” indicating that the two special symbols are neither changing nor being stopped. Is stored in the display state flag (S86). Next, a game state transition process is performed (S87). In the pachinko machine 1, the non-stochastic fluctuation short-time state that occurs after the end of the jackpot game ends when the jackpot determination is performed 100 times. Therefore, in the process of S87, when the jackpot determination is performed 100 times during the non-probability fluctuation time-saving state, processing for setting the time-shortage flag to “0” is performed. Further, when it is determined that the jackpot is determined to be a jackpot, “1” is stored in the jackpot gaming state flag and is set to “ON”, and the gaming state shifts to the jackpot gaming state. Then, the process returns to the main process.

  As described above, when the game ball wins the first start opening 14 or the second start electric accessory 15 (S21: YES or S28: YES), various random numbers are acquired (S24 or S31) and acquired. Based on the random number, the content of the notification effect performed thereafter is prefetched (S26 or S33). Then, the result of prefetching is notified to the sub integrated board 58 (S27 or S34). Further, the first jackpot determination and the second jackpot determination are sequentially performed based on the acquired random number (S48, 49, 64, 65), and the variation pattern of the notification effect is determined according to the determination result and the gaming state, The sub integrated board 58 is notified (S51, 53, 67, 69). The sub-integrated board 58 determines whether or not to execute a specific effect that is a continuous effect over a plurality of demo symbol variations according to the result of prefetching notified from the main board 41, and controls the specific effect. To do. Hereinafter, the control of effects in the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  Next, processing in the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. In the sub-integrated substrate processing, processing for controlling the display screen 28, the rotating lamp 10, the illumination device 35, the speaker 48, and the like is performed according to a command transmitted from the main substrate 41. That is, the sub-integrated board 58 comprehensively controls the effect according to various determination results performed on the main board 41. The image data of the image displayed on the display screen 28 is stored in a CGROM (not shown) provided on the effect control board 43.

  First, the RAM 582 of the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. The RAM 582 has a special symbol actuated reserve ball number storage area in which the first special symbol actuated reserve ball number and the second special symbol actuated reserve ball number are stored, and a variation pattern store in which a variation pattern designated by the main board 41 is stored Area, command-related storage area for storing control commands output to the production control board 43, etc., flag-related storage area for storing various flags, counter storage area for storing various counters, and specific effect mode being executed Various storage areas such as a specific effect mode storage area are stored.

  As a main flag stored in the flag relation storage area, there is a continuous variation effect execution flag. This flag is a flag for determining whether or not to execute the continuous variation effect control process (see FIG. 16) for controlling the continuous variation effect. Only when this flag is ON, the continuous variation effect is controlled. An effect control process is executed. The sub integrated board processing (see FIGS. 13 to 15) described later is performed by the CPU 581 when the sub integrated board 58 receives a command from the main board 41, and the continuous variation effect control process is performed by the sub integrated board processing. This is performed by the CPU 581 while not being performed.

  In the counter storage area, a remaining fluctuation counter and a reach hold counter are mainly stored. The remaining variation counter is a counter for counting the number of remaining variations of the demo symbol until the specific effect is finished. In addition, after performing a specific effect by pre-reading the content of the effect, when further executing the specific effect during the continuous variation effect, the number of notification effects accompanied by the specific effect by pre-reading and the demo pattern performed during the continuous variation effect Is added to the remaining number of fluctuations counter. The reach hold number counter is a counter that counts the number of hold balls that are reach effects among the already stored hold balls.

  Next, the ROM 583 of the sub integrated board 58 will be described. The ROM 583 includes a program storage area for storing various programs for the CPU 581 to assist in controlling the pachinko machine 1, and a table of control commands output from the sub-integrated board 58 to the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, and the like. A control command table storage area to be stored, a notification effect information storage area in which information related to the notification effect indicating the result of the jackpot determination is stored, and a light emission color determination table for determining the light emission color of the rotating lamp 10 in the specific effect are stored. Various storage areas such as a light emission color determination table storage area are provided.

  Next, the emission color determination table stored in the emission color determination table storage area of the ROM 583 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a light emission color determination table stored in the light emission color determination table storage area of the ROM 583. As shown in FIG. 12, four specific effect modes are stored in the emission color determination table. For each mode, the remaining number of fluctuations of the demo symbol until the specific effect ends, and the rotating lamp 10 The emission color is associated. Then, when it is determined to execute the specific effect, one of the four aspects is determined according to the content of the pre-read notification effect, and the remaining change is made every time the demo symbol is changed once. Processing for causing the rotating lamp 10 to emit light with the emission color corresponding to the value of the number counter is performed.

  In the specific effect mode, “1. non-reach”, “2. reach effect”, “3. There are four modes: “2 continuous fluctuations” and “4. 3 continuous fluctuations”. And if the content of the pre-read notification effect is non-reach, “1. non-reach”, and if the notification effect other than the continuous change effect that executes the reach effect, “2. reach effect”, two continuous changes In the case of the notification effect, the specific effect is executed in the form of “3. Continuous fluctuation 2 times”, and in the case of the notification effect of 3 continuous fluctuations, “4. Further, even when the execution of the specific effect is not determined due to the prefetching, during execution of the continuous variation effect, “3. continuous variation twice” and “4. The specific effect is executed in any manner of “3 fluctuations”.

  And the light emission color of the rotating lamp 10 shows that the expectation degree of jackpot is high in order of white, blue, green, yellow, and red. For example, when a specific effect is executed in the form of “4. 3 consecutive fluctuations” with the highest ratio executed at the time of jackpot, if the remaining number of demonstration symbol fluctuations is 5 times or more, white is 4 times. If it is blue, if it is 3 times, green if it is 2 times, yellow if it is 2 times, and red during the last demo symbol change, it shows that the degree of expectation of jackpot is the highest. On the other hand, when the specific performance is executed in the form of “1. non-reach” that is most frequently executed at the time of falling, it is white when the remaining number of changes is 2, and during the last demo symbol change The rotating lamp 10 emits light in blue. That is, the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 changes only to blue, and the specific effect ends without performing the reach effect. And the emitted light color of the revolving lamp 10 becomes a color with higher expectation degree of jackpot, so that the frequency | count of continuous execution of a specific effect increases. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game with the expectation that the number of continuous executions of the specific effect will increase. Further, according to the present invention, the specific effect is executed in the “1. non-reach” mode only when the number of reserved balls is 2 or less, and the reach is repeated despite the fact that the specific effect is repeated many times. It prevents the situation where even the performance is not performed and prevents the player from being discouraged. In addition, characteristic technical control is performed so as not to interrupt the continuity of the specific performance over a plurality of demo symbol variations.

  Next, sub-integrated board processing and continuous variation effect control processing performed in the sub-integrated board 58 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the sub-integrated board process performed in the sub-integrated board 58, FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the subroutine of the specific effect execution lottery process performed in the sub-integrated board process, and FIG. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the notification effect control process performed in an integrated board | substrate process. FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the continuous variation effect control process performed by the sub integrated board 58. The sub integrated substrate processing is executed by the CPU 581 when a command is received from the main substrate 41. The continuous variation effect control processing is executed by the CPU 581 while the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “ON” and the sub integrated board processing is not performed. These processes are executed by a program stored in the program storage area of the ROM 53.

  As shown in FIG. 13, when the sub-integrated board process is started, first, it is determined whether or not a pending ball number notification command has been received (S101). When the reserved ball number notification command is received from the main board 41 (S101: YES), the first and second special symbol operation reserved ball numbers notified by the command are stored in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area of the RAM 582. Stored (S102). Then, the same number of marks 91 and 92 as the number of reserved balls stored are displayed on the number of reserved balls 90 and 95 in the display screen 28, whereby the number of reserved balls is displayed (S103).

  Next, when the second jackpot random number for which the result of the jackpot determination is notified before the first jackpot random number is acquired, a process for increasing the number of notification effects accompanied by the specific effect is performed once. First, it is determined whether or not it is notified by a command that the number of second reserved balls is increased (S104). If the number of second reserved balls is not increased (S104: NO), the sub-integrated substrate processing is terminated as it is. . If the number of the second reserved balls is increased (S104: YES), it is determined whether or not the remaining variation counter for determining the remaining number of variations of the demo symbol accompanied by the specific effect is “0”. (S105). If it is “0” (S105: YES), since it is not determined to execute the specific effect, the process is ended as it is. If it is not “0” (S105: NO), “1” is added to the value of the remaining fluctuation number counter (S106), and the process ends.

  If the pending ball number notification command has not been received (S101: NO), it is determined whether a prefetch result notification command has been received (S108). As described above, the prefetch result notification command is a command indicating a prefetch result of the content of the notification effect performed thereafter. If it has been received (S108: YES), a specific effect execution lottery process for lottering whether or not to execute the specific effect is performed (S109).

  As shown in FIG. 14, when the specific effect execution lottery process is started, a reach hold counter that counts the number of hold balls that are reach effects among the stored balls already stored is “0”. Is determined (S131). When it is determined that the counter value is not “0” and the reserved ball that will be the reach effect is already stored (S131: NO), the reach effect is performed in the middle of the specific effect and the continuity is interrupted. In order to prevent this, an execution lottery of a specific effect based on the prefetch result is not performed. Then, it is determined whether the pre-read notification effect is a notification effect for executing the reach effect (S132), and the pre-read result notified by the pre-read result notification command is “1. Non-reach” (see FIG. 12). If there is (S132: NO), the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing shown in FIG. If the execution of the reach effect has been prefetched (S132: YES), “1” is added to the reach hold counter (S133), and the process returns to the sub integrated board process.

  If the value of the reach hold number counter is “0” and the hold ball that will be the reach effect is not yet stored (S131: YES), is the pre-read notification effect a notification effect for executing the reach effect? If it is judged (S134) and it is the notification effect which does not perform reach production (S134: NO), it will transfer to judgment of S136 as it is. If the pre-read notification effect is a notification effect for executing the reach effect (S134: YES), “1” is added to the reach hold counter (S135), and the process proceeds to S136.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is in a short time state (S136). The pachinko machine 1 is configured to execute the specific effect based on the prefetch result of the content of the notification effect only in the normal state and not to execute it in the time-short state. Therefore, if the time reduction flag is “ON” and it is determined that the time reduction state is in effect (S136: YES), the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing.

  If it is determined that the time is not short (S136: NO), it is determined whether or not the remaining variation counter is “0” for determining the remaining number of demo symbol variations that accompany the specific variation. (S137). In the present embodiment, in order to prevent a plurality of specific effects from being duplicated and executed to complicate the effects, when the specific effects have already been executed, the specific effect execution lottery is not performed. Therefore, when it is determined that the remaining variation counter is not “0” and the specific effect is already being executed (S137: NO), the process returns to the sub-integrated board process.

  If the value of the remaining fluctuation counter is “0” (S137: YES), whether or not the prefetch result notified by the prefetch result notification command is a prefetch result for the notification effect indicating the determination result of the first jackpot determination. Is determined (S138). If it is not the prefetching result related to the first jackpot determination but the prefetching result related to the second jackpot determination (S138: NO), the pachinko machine 1 returns to the sub-integrated substrate processing as it is without performing a specific effect execution lottery.

  If it is a prefetching result related to the first jackpot determination (S138: YES), it is determined whether or not the execution of the reach effect is prefetched (S139). If it is prefetched to execute the reach effect (S139: YES), a random number is acquired, and a specific effect execution lottery at the time of executing the reach effect is performed based on the acquired random number (S140). The percentage of winning in this execution lottery is higher than the percentage of winning when it is prefetched that the reach effect is not executed. In addition, the pre-read results are set so that the winning ratio becomes higher in the order of “with reach effect (without continuous fluctuation)”, “2 continuous fluctuations”, and “3 continuous fluctuations”.

  Further, if it is prefetched that the reach effect is not executed (S139: NO), it is determined whether or not the sum of the first reserved ball number and the second reserved ball number is “2” or less (S141). . Here, when executing a specific effect over a plurality of notification effects, even if the specific effect is continuously performed many times, the specific effect ends without performing the reach effect. There is a risk that the interest of the player may be impaired. Therefore, it has been pre-read that the reach effect is not executed, and if the number of held balls is “3” or more (S141: NO), the process returns to the sub integrated board process without performing the specific effect execution lottery. When the number of reserved balls is “2” or less (S141: YES), a specific effect execution lottery at the time of non-reach is performed (S142).

  Next, it is determined whether or not a specific effect execution lottery has been won (S143). If it has not been won (S143: NO), the process returns to the sub-integrated board processing. If it is selected (S143: YES), the specific rendering mode corresponding to the result of the prefetching is determined by the emission color determination table (see FIG. 12) (S144). Then, the determined specific effect mode is stored in the specific effect mode storage area of the RAM 582 (S145). Next, the sum of the number of times the demo symbol fluctuates in the notification effect (hereinafter referred to as “final effect”) at the end of the specific effect and “holding ball-1” is calculated (S146). The number of changes in the demo pattern in the final effect is one if the final effect is not a continuous variation effect, and the number of continuous variations if the final effect is a continuous effect. Moreover, the value of “holding ball-1” indicates the number of notification effects until the final effect is performed. Then, the calculated value is set in a remaining fluctuation counter for counting the remaining fluctuation count of the demo symbol until the specific effect is finished (S147). Next, the latest hold display displayed as the normal mark 91 on the first hold ball number display section 90 is changed to the specific mark 92 which is a specific mode (S148), and the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing. In the sub integrated board process (see FIG. 13), when the specific effect execution lottery process (S109) ends, the process ends as it is.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 13, if the prefetch result notification command has not been received (S108: NO), it is determined whether a variation pattern designation command has been received (S111). If received (S111: YES), a notification effect control process for controlling the execution of the notification effect is performed (S112), and the process ends. Details of the notification effect control process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  If the variation pattern designation command has not been received (S111: NO), it is determined whether a special symbol stop command has been received (S114). If it has been received (S114: YES), the notification effect that was being executed is terminated and a process of confirming and displaying the demo symbol is performed (S115), and the process ends.

  If a special symbol stop command has not been received (S114: NO), it is determined whether a jackpot game start command has been received (S117). If it is received (S117: YES), a process for starting the effect during the jackpot game is performed (S118), and the process ends. If the jackpot game start command has not been received (S117: NO), other processing according to the received command is performed (S120), and the sub-integrated board processing ends.

  Next, the details of the notification effect control process will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the notification effect control process is performed in response to receiving a variation pattern designation command from the main board 41. First, the variation pattern designated by the command is stored in the variation pattern storage area of the RAM 582 (S151). Then, it is determined whether or not the designated variation pattern is a variation pattern of a notification effect for executing a reach effect (S152). If the specified variation pattern is a variation pattern of a reach effect (S152: YES), a reserved ball that becomes a reach “1” is subtracted from the value of the reach hold number counter that counts the number of (S153). If it is not the reach effect variation pattern (S152: NO), the process proceeds to S155 as it is.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the designated variation pattern is a variation pattern for executing a continuous variation effect, that is, a variation pattern of “continuous variation twice” or “continuous variation three times” (S155). If it is not a variation pattern for executing a continuous variation effect (S155: NO), it is determined whether the value of the remaining variation counter is “0” (S156), and if it is “0” (S156: YES). The process of executing the notification effect is performed according to the variation pattern, and the variation of the demo symbol starts (S159). Here, in the present embodiment, even when the value of the remaining variation counter is “0” and it is not determined to execute the specific effect, the process of causing the specific effect to be performed at a predetermined ratio is performed. Thereby, the specific effect is executed only once to attract the interest of the player. Next, a process of subtracting “1” from the value of the remaining fluctuation counter is performed (S160). If the counter value is already “0”, no further subtraction is performed. Then, the process returns to the sub-integrated substrate process, and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the value of the remaining fluctuation counter is not “0” (S156: NO), a process of executing a specific effect is performed. First, the emission color determination table (see FIG. 12) is referred to, and the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is determined based on the value of the remaining fluctuation counter (S157). For example, if the specific effect mode of “4. 3 consecutive fluctuations” is determined and the value of the remaining fluctuation counter is “4”, the light emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is blue. Next, a light emission color designation command for designating the determined light emission color is transmitted to the lamp driver board 46 (S158). Upon receiving this command, the lamp driver board 46 performs a process of causing the rotating lamp 10 to emit light in the emission color designated by the command during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol. In addition, simultaneously with the light emission of the rotating lamp 10, a process of generating a sound effect from the speaker 48 is also performed. Then, a process of executing a notification effect is performed according to the variation pattern (S159), the value of the remaining variation counter is subtracted from “1” (S160), and the process returns to the sub integrated substrate process.

  If the specified variation pattern is a variation pattern that executes a continuous variation effect (S155: YES), it is determined whether or not the value of the remaining variation counter is “0” (S163). If it is “0” (S163: YES), the mode of the specific effect of “3. continuous fluctuation 2 times” or “4. 3 continuous fluctuations” is determined according to the type of continuous fluctuation effect (S164) The performed mode is stored in the specific performance mode storage area (S165). Then, the number of changes of the demo symbol performed during the continuous variation effect is set in the remaining variation number counter (S166), the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “ON” (S167), and the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing. When the value of the remaining variation counter is not “0” and the specific effect mode has already been determined (S163: NO), the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “ON” as it is (S167), and the sub Return to integrated substrate processing. When the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “ON”, the CPU 581 executes the continuous variation effect control process during the non-execution of the sub-integrated board process.

  Next, details of the continuous variation effect control process will be described with reference to FIG. When the continuous variation effect control process is started, first, the emission color determination table is referred to, and the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is determined based on the value of the remaining variation counter (S171). Next, a light emission color designation command for designating the determined light emission color is transmitted to the lamp driver board 46 (S172), and it is instructed to cause the rotating lamp 10 to emit light in a predetermined color during the demo symbol variation. Then, a process of starting demo symbol variation is performed (S174), and the variation time of one demo symbol determined according to the variation pattern is set in the variation time counter (S175). After that, a standby state is entered until the fluctuation time elapses (S177: NO). When the fluctuation time elapses (S177: YES), a light emission stop command for stopping the light emission of the rotating lamp 10 is transmitted to the lamp driver board 46 ( In S178, the value of the remaining fluctuation counter is decremented by “1” (S179).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the remaining fluctuation counter is “0” (S180). If it is not “0” (S180: NO), since the change of the demo symbol in the continuous variation effect has not been completed yet, the process of temporarily stopping the demo symbol with the combination indicating the deviation is performed (S181). Returning to the process of S171, the demo symbols are changed again. If the remaining variation counter is “0” (S180: YES), a reach effect start command instructing execution of reach effect is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S182), and the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “OFF”. "(S183), the continuous variation effect control process ends.

  Next, effects and effects of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the content of the specific effect in the pachinko machine 1 as time elapses.

  First, a case will be described in which a continuous variation effect with three demo symbol variations is executed (example 1 in FIG. 17) after a specific effect over three notification effects due to the prefetching of the notification effect. In this example, first, the sum of the first reserved ball number and the second reserved ball number is “3”, and the game ball wins the first start port 14 while the notification effect is being executed. A new random number is acquired. The result of prefetching for this random number is “3 consecutive fluctuations”. And since there is no holding ball as a reach effect while the specific effect is not being executed, a lottery of whether or not to execute the specific effect is performed, and this is won. Then, the mode of “4. Three consecutive fluctuations” (see FIG. 12) is determined. Then, since the remaining number of fluctuations is “5 or less” in the demo symbol fluctuations in the next and subsequent notification effects, the rotating lamp 10 is lit in white during the high-speed fluctuation. Further, during the notification effect in which the remaining number of fluctuations is “4”, the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is blue. The three specific effects so far are continuous notices resulting from the prefetching of the contents of the notification effect.

  Here, the execution lottery of the specific effect is performed after it is confirmed that there is no reserved ball serving as the reach effect other than the newly acquired reserved ball. Therefore, the reach effect is not performed in the notification effect until the continuous variation effect that is the final effect is performed. Therefore, the continuity of the specific performance over the variation of the plurality of demo symbols is not interrupted, and it can be prevented that the player's interest is impaired.

  Next, a continuous variation effect is executed. During the first demonstration symbol variation in the continuous variation effect, the light emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is green, the second is yellow, and the third is red. The specific effect performed during the continuous variation effect is different from the specific effect performed before the continuous variation effect only in the emission color of the rotating lamp 10. Therefore, the six specific effects are a series of continuous effects, and each time the specific effect is performed, the rotating lamp 10 can be made to emit light in a color with a higher expectation degree of jackpot. Therefore, it is possible to attract a player's interest strongly by spending a longer time. Then, the specific effect execution lottery is not newly performed until the specific effect is ended after the execution of the specific effect is determined. Therefore, a plurality of specific effects are not executed redundantly, and it is possible to prevent the specific effects from becoming complicated and impairing the interest of the player. In addition, when it is determined to execute the specific effect, the specific effect is performed in order to display the hold ball that has been triggered as the specific mark 92 on the first reserved ball number display unit 90, and which hold The player can easily recognize whether the ball corresponds to the final change.

  Furthermore, while it is determined to execute the specific performance, the game ball may win the second starting electric accessory 15 in rare cases. In this case, the second reserved ball digested preferentially increases, but in conjunction with this, the number of times the demo symbol fluctuates with a specific effect is increased once. Therefore, a correspondence between a series of specific effects and a final effect executed at the end of the specific effects can be taken, and a series of effects can be executed smoothly.

  Next, when a specific effect resulting from the pre-reading of the content of the notification effect is performed twice in succession, a combination of demo symbols showing deviation is confirmed without executing the reach effect (example 2 in FIG. 17). Will be described. In this example, while the number of reserved balls is “1”, a game ball wins the first starting port 14 and a random number is acquired. The look-ahead result for this random number is “non-reach”. In this case, whether or not the specific effect is executed only when the reserved ball that is the reach effect is not stored and the number of the held balls is “2” or less, not in the short-time state, during the execution of the specific effect A lottery of no is performed. And if the winning lottery for the specific effect is won, the rotating lamp 10 emits white during the demo pattern change of the next notification effect and blue during the demo pattern change of the next notification effect, and the reach effect is not performed. The combination of demo symbols indicating is displayed and the specific effect ends.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when the specific effect over a plurality of demo symbol variations is continuously executed three or more times, the second start electric accessory 15 is rarely executed during the execution of the specific effect. Unless the game ball wins, the reach effect is always executed after that. Therefore, it is possible to make the player expect the specific effect to continue more times. In addition, it is possible to reduce the possibility that a series of specific effects will end without performing a reach effect even though the specific effects are executed three or more times in succession. Therefore, the game can be continued for a longer time without discouraging the player.

  The first start opening 14 and the second start electric accessory 15 of the present embodiment correspond to the “start opening” of the present invention, and the first start opening switch 69 and the second start electric accessory switch 70 are “game”. Corresponds to “sphere detecting means”. Further, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that acquires random numbers in S24, 31 shown in FIG. 9 functions as “winning random number acquisition means” and “effect pattern determination random number acquisition means”, and S48, 49, 64, 65 shown in FIG. The CPU 51 of the main board 41 that performs the jackpot determination functions as “winning determination means”. Further, the display screen 28, the rotating lamp 10, the illumination device 35, and the speaker 48 correspond to “effect execution means”, the change pattern corresponds to “effect pattern”, and the change pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53 of the main board 41 is provided. This corresponds to “production pattern storage means”.

  Further, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines the variation pattern in S51, 53, 67, and 69 shown in FIG. 11 functions as an “effect pattern determining means”, and controls the notification effect according to the effect pattern. The effect control board 43 and the lamp driver board 46 function as “effect execution control means”. Further, the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 and the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207 in the RAM 52 of the main board 41 correspond to “random number storage means”, and the first reserved ball number display unit 90 and the second jackpot display section 90 on the display screen 28. The reserved ball number display section 95 corresponds to “reserved ball display means”. Further, the main board 41, the sub-integrated board 58, and the effect control board 43 that control the display of the display screen 28 correspond to the “holding ball display control means”, and perform the specific effect execution lottery process shown in FIG. 58 CPU 581 functions as “specific effect execution determining means”.

  Further, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 that determines whether or not the reserved ball that will be the reach effect has already been stored in S131 shown in FIG. 14 functions as “reach effect execution determination means”. Further, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that notifies the player of the result of the second jackpot determination in preference to the result of the first jackpot determination in S41 and 42 shown in FIG. 11 functions as “priority execution means”.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. First, in the present embodiment, if the pre-read result of the content of the notification effect to be performed thereafter is out of order, a lottery for determining whether or not to execute the specific effect is performed only when the number of reserved balls is “2” or less. ing. However, the number of reserved balls as a reference is not limited to “2” and can be changed as appropriate. In particular, in the present embodiment, it is possible to store a maximum of eight first reserved balls and second reserved balls together, so that the reference number of reserved balls can be set as appropriate within this range.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the execution lottery of the specific effect is performed only when the gaming state is the normal state according to the result of the pre-reading with respect to the first variation pattern determination random number. Therefore, the specific effect resulting from the prefetching of the content of the notification effect is executed only when the gaming state is in the normal state. However, it is possible to execute a specific effect even during a short time state. In this case, the determination of S136 shown in FIG. Thereby, the production mode in the short-time state can be diversified, and the player can be entertained.

  Further, in the present embodiment, only when the game ball wins the first start opening 14, whether or not to execute the specific effect can be drawn. However, the game ball wins the second start electric accessory 15. Even in such a case, it may be set to perform a lottery for a specific effect. In the present embodiment, the rate at which the second starter electric accessory 15 is opened during the time reduction state is significantly higher than during the normal state, and the second jackpot determination result has priority over the first jackpot determination result. Then, the player is notified. Therefore, even when a game ball wins the second starter electric accessory, by performing the lottery of the specific effect, it is possible to diversify the effects during the short-time state. Moreover, you may change the ratio which wins the execution lottery of a specific production | presentation according to the start port which the game ball used as the opportunity of a lottery wins. Specifically, during the change of the demo symbol in the normal state, the specific effect is more in the case where the game ball wins the second starter electric accessory 15 than in the case where the game ball wins the first start port 14. Set to run at a high rate. In this case, it is possible to entertain the game while making the player strongly expect that the game ball will win the second starting electric combination 15 that is difficult to win in the non-time-short state.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the specific effect is executed during the variation of all the demo symbols from the time when the specific effect is determined by prefetching the content of the notification effect until the specific effect is ended. However, it is not always necessary to execute a specific effect during the variation of all demo symbols. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, in the present embodiment, if the remaining number of fluctuations is “5 or more”, the rotating lamp 10 is always made to emit white light regardless of the specific effect mode, but “5 or more”. In this case, it is possible to provide a specific effect mode in which the rotating lamp 10 is not lit.

  Further, when the specific effect is performed by combining the continuous notice due to the prefetching of the content of the notification effect and a plurality of demo symbol variations in the continuous variation effect, the sub-integrated board 58 and the effect control for controlling the demo symbol variation The board 43 (the effect execution control means in the present invention) includes a stop display by the definite display and a stop display by temporarily stopping the display of the demonstration symbols for a plurality of times until the specific effect ends. be able to. Thereby, a variation can be given to the stop display mode of the demonstration symbol during a series of specific effects, and the player can improve the expectation to the jackpot every time the demonstration symbol variation effect is performed.

  It is also possible to provide a plurality of types of confirmation display and temporary stop modes during the specific performance. For example, when a temporary stop of a demo symbol during a continuous variation effect is performed, an effect for causing a specific character to appear is set. Then, even in the case of performing the final display of the demo symbol immediately before the continuous variation effect is executed, the process of causing the character to appear is performed in the same manner as in the case of temporarily stopping. In this case, since the player can be illusioned that the number of changes in the demo symbol performed during the continuous variation effect is one more than the number of changes actually performed, the player's expectation of jackpot Can be increased.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when combining the continuous notice with the prefetching and the continuous variation effect, in order to avoid the overlap of the specific effect, the continuous variation is performed through one or more “non-reach” notification effects. The production is controlled to be performed once. However, it is also possible to execute a continuous variation effect a plurality of times during a series of specific effects. For example, a series of specific effects may be executed while notification effects are performed in the order of “non-reach”, “non-reach”, “continuous variation effect”, and “continuous variation effect”. As a result, it is possible to obtain the effect of the demonstration symbol confirmation display and temporary stop variation, and the effect of the confirmation display and the effect accompanied by the temporary stop are executed a plurality of times, respectively, and the player's expectation for the jackpot A feeling can be improved. For example, the specific effect may be executed while the notification effect is performed in the order of “continuous fluctuation effect”, “non-reach”, and “normal reach”. That is, if a continuous notice by prefetching and a continuous variation effect involving a plurality of demo symbol variations are integrated into a series of effects, it is possible to spend more time and increase the player's expectation.

  In the present embodiment, in order to ensure the continuity of a series of specific effects, the effects are controlled so that the reach effect is not executed during the specific effects. However, it is also possible to execute a reach effect during a series of specific effects. In this case, it is desirable that the reach effect executed midway is only a simple reach effect that ends in a shorter time than the other reach effects. As a result, a series of effects in which the continuous notice by the pre-reading and the continuous variation effects are combined is performed smoothly, and the player is not uncomfortable due to the prolongation of the effects. Moreover, in order to ensure the continuity of a series of specific effects, the notification effect corresponding to the continuous notice before the execution of the continuous change effect is not only a reach effect but also other effects (for example, a notice effect or a mode transition effect). It is desirable to control so as not to be executed. Thereby, a series of specific effects are smoothly performed without impairing continuity.

  In addition, the specific effect of the present embodiment is an effect of causing the rotating lamp 10 to emit light in any of the five colors and generating a sound effect from the speaker 48 during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol. Can also be changed. For example, it goes without saying that the emission colors of the rotating lamp 10 are not limited to five colors, and the number of consecutive executions of a specific effect (the degree of expectation for jackpots) can be changed by changing the rotation speed and intensity of the emission of the rotating lamp 10. ) May be notified to the player. Further, a character may appear on the display screen 28 during execution of the specific effect, or the background color of the demo symbol on the display screen 28 may be changed. That is, the specific effect may be executed using the display screen 28. In this case, the specific effect may be executed using both the revolving light 10 and the display screen 28, or the revolving light 10 may not be used. Moreover, there may be a case where only the rotating lamp 10 emits light without generating a sound effect, or conversely, a specific effect that generates only a sound effect may be set. Further, the present invention can be realized without notifying the player of the number of continuous executions of the specific effect.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is determined according to the remaining number of fluctuations of the demo symbol, the emission color when the remaining number of fluctuations is “5 or more” is always white. Further, the emission color in the first specific effect may be blue or green. However, it is also possible to simply change the emission color according to the number of continuous executions of the specific effect without considering the remaining number of fluctuations. In this case, even if the emission color does not change to red or yellow, which are colors with high expectation of jackpots, if the number of reserved balls at the time of the specific effect execution lottery is small, you can have high expectations for the jackpots. Can attract people's interests.

  Moreover, you may provide the luminescent color which can light-emit only when the determination result is a big hit. For example, when the determination result is a big hit, the rotating lamp 10 is made to emit light in seven colors at a predetermined rate. Thereby, the aspect of a specific production can be diversified and a player can be entertained. Furthermore, it is also possible to provide a mode of specific effects that can be executed only when the probability variation jackpot. Thereby, it is possible to notify the player that the probability variation is a big hit before the display of the demonstration symbol is confirmed, and the player can be pleased. In addition, it is sufficient that the mode of the specific effect executed during the continuous advance notice by the pre-reading and the mode of the specific effect executed during the continuous fluctuation effect are a continuous series of effects, and the effect modes need to be completely the same. There is no. For example, the revolving lamp 10 may be set to emit light more strongly in the specific effect during the continuous variation effect than in the specific effect during the continuous notice by prefetching. Further, the size of the sound effect may be increased, and the number of LEDs that emit light at the same time can be increased. Thereby, the player's sense of expectation for jackpot can be gradually increased, and the game can be enjoyed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when it is determined to execute the specific effect by pre-reading the content of the notification effect, the mark for displaying the holding ball is always the specific mark 92. However, only a specific effect may be executed without displaying the specific mark 92. In this case, in the process of S148 shown in FIG. Thereby, even if the specific mark 92 is not displayed on the 1st reserved ball number display part 90, the player can play a game expecting that a specific effect will be performed. Therefore, the game can be continued without impairing the sense of expectation for the jackpot. Also, a plurality of types of specific marks 92 may be provided, and the present invention can be realized without using the specific marks 92 themselves. Of course, the mode of the normal mark 91 and the specific mark 92 can be changed. For example, a shape such as a double circle, a triangle, or a quadrangle may be used, and the normal mark 91 and the specific mark 91 may be specified by changing the color of the mark. Needless to say, the mark 92 may be distinguished. It is also possible to provide a plurality of types of specific marks 92 and display the reserved balls that have been pre-read to be a reach effect as predetermined specific marks at a higher rate than the reserved balls that are not to reach. In this case, when the predetermined specific mark is displayed, the ratio of the reach effect is higher than when the other specific mark is displayed, so that the player's expectation can be enhanced.

  Moreover, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes two special symbols, a first special symbol and a second special symbol, and can perform two types of jackpot determination. However, the gaming machine to which the present invention can be applied is not limited to this, and can be applied to a gaming machine having three or more special symbols, and the present invention can be applied to display the result of the normal hit determination. is there. Further, the present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine that does not have priority digestion of the second jackpot determination and performs the jackpot determination in the order of winning, or a gaming machine that has one special gaming machine symbol. In this case, since the reach effect is always performed when the specific effect continues for a predetermined number of times or more, the player can be pleased.

  The gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, and can be applied to various gaming machines such as a pachinko machine.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 52 of a main board 41. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the 1st jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of RAM52. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a ROM 53 of a main board 41. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a variation pattern determination table stored in a variation pattern storage area 5305. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing in the main board 41. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main processing. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the light emission color determination table memorize | stored in the light emission color determination table storage area of ROM583. 4 is a flowchart of sub integrated substrate processing performed in a sub integrated substrate 58. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the specific effect execution lottery process performed in a sub integrated board | substrate process. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the notification effect control process performed in a sub integrated board | substrate process. 10 is a flowchart of continuous variation effect control processing performed in a sub-integrated substrate 58. It is explanatory drawing showing the example of the content of the specific effect in the pachinko machine 1 according to progress of time.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 10 Rotating light 14 1st starting opening 15 2nd starting electric-powered object 28 Display screen 35 Illuminating device 41 Main board 43 Production control board 46 Lamp driver board 48 Speaker 51 CPU
52 RAM
53 ROM
58 Sub-integrated board 69 First start port switch 70 Second start electric accessory switch 90 First reserved ball number display part 91 Normal mark 92 Specific mark 95 Second reserved ball number display part 581 CPU
582 RAM
583 ROM
5205 First jackpot relation information storage area 5207 Second jackpot relation information storage area 5305 Fluctuation pattern storage area

Claims (5)

A game ball detecting means for detecting a game ball that has passed through a start port provided in the game board;
A winning random number acquisition means for acquiring a winning random number for determining whether or not to execute a winning game advantageous to the player due to the detection of the gaming ball by the gaming ball detection means;
A hit determination means for performing a hit determination that is a determination as to whether or not the hit random number acquired by the hit random number acquisition means is a predetermined random number determined in advance;
Effect execution means for executing an effect using a demo symbol indicating the determination result of the hit determination means;
Effect pattern storage means for storing a plurality of effect patterns for determining the content of the notification effect including the effect time for the notification effect that is the effect indicating the result of the hit determination by causing the demonstration symbol to be displayed after being changed. When,
Effect pattern determination random number acquisition means for acquiring an effect pattern determination random number that is a random number for determining the effect pattern due to the detection of the game ball by the game ball detection means,
An effect pattern determining means for determining one of the plurality of effect patterns stored in the effect pattern storage means by the effect pattern determining random number acquired by the effect pattern determining random number acquiring means;
Effect execution control means for causing the effect execution means to execute the notification effect according to the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determination means;
Random number storage means for sequentially storing the winning random number acquired by the winning random number acquisition means and the effect pattern determination random number acquired by the effect pattern determination random number acquisition means;
Among the winning random numbers stored in the random number storage means, a holding ball display means for displaying a random number that has not yet been notified by the notification effect as a result of the determination by the winning determination means, as a holding ball;
A holding ball display control means for controlling display of the holding ball by the holding ball display means;
If the effect pattern determination random number is newly acquired by the effect pattern determination random number acquisition means while the notification effect is being executed in the effect execution means, a plurality of times are obtained by the newly acquired effect pattern determination random number. Specific effect execution determining means for determining whether or not to execute a specific effect that is an effect that can be continuously executed over the fluctuation of the demo design of
The specific effect execution determining means does not execute the reach effect, which is an effect that the effect pattern determination random number newly acquired while the notification effect is being executed may indicate a win. If the effect pattern is a random number to be determined, the game is determined to execute the specific effect only when the number of the reserved balls stored in the random number storage means is equal to or less than a predetermined number. Machine.   The specific effect execution determining means is only when the specific effect is not yet determined to be executed when the effect pattern determination random number is newly acquired while the notification effect is being executed. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein it is determined to execute an effect. When the effect pattern determination random number is newly acquired while the notification effect is being executed, the effect pattern determination random number for determining the effect pattern for executing the reach effect is already stored in the random number storage means. A reach production execution judging means for judging whether or not
The specific effect execution determining means is only when the reach effect execution determining means determines that the effect pattern determining random number for determining the effect pattern for executing the reach effect is not yet stored in the random number storage means. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein it is determined to execute the specific effect.   The holding ball display control means displays, in a specific manner, a holding ball that has been an opportunity to decide to execute when the specific effect execution determining unit determines to execute the specific effect. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The hit determination means is provided with two hit determination means, a first hit determination means and a second hit determination means,
Preferential execution means for causing the effect execution means to execute the notification effect indicating the determination result of the second hit determination means prior to the notification effect indicating the determination result of the first hit determination means;
The effect execution control means performs the determination by the second hit determination means while it is determined to execute the specific effect during the notification effect until the determination result of the first hit determination means is shown. 5. The number of times of the notification effect for executing the specific effect is increased by one when the winning random number that is an opportunity to perform is acquired by the winning random number acquisition unit. Game machines.

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