JP2010119700A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of making game performances abundant without increasing operative members. <P>SOLUTION: The previous-announcement performance, while including a common performance partly, as a whole, is divided into a plurality of performance groups only exclusively executed. A main previous announcement that a performance purpose or its history is not common to other performance groups and a sub-previous-announcement able to appear commonly in other performance groups are combined to form each performance group. A performance lottery for determining a previous-announcement performance includes a preceding process ST56 for randomly determining which one out of the groups a previous-announcement performance to be executed belongs to from a control command from a main control part and a determination process ST57-67 for randomly determining previous-announcement actions from one or a plurality of lottery tables specified corresponding to the performance group determined by the preceding process. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a ball ball game machine or a slot machine that generates a big hit state by a lottery process caused by a gaming operation, and more particularly to a gaming machine that can easily realize various notice effects.

  A ball and ball game machine such as a pachinko machine has a symbol start port provided on the game board, a symbol display unit for displaying a series of symbol variation modes such as stopping a plurality of display symbols after varying a predetermined time, and an opening / closing plate It is configured with a grand prize opening that opens and closes. When the detection switch provided at the symbol start port detects the passing of the game ball, the game ball is in a winning state and the symbol display unit changes the display symbol for a predetermined time. After that, when the symbol stops in a predetermined manner such as “7, 7, 7”, a big hit state is established, and the big winning opening is repeatedly opened to generate a profit state advantageous to the player.

  The symbol display unit is usually composed of a liquid crystal display and executes various symbol effect operations including a reach effect and a notice effect. The reach effect is a symbol effect that keeps the player in a big hit state in one step and excites the player, and is executed in synchronization with the lamp effect and the sound effect. In addition, the notice effect is a symbol effect in which a character or the like is suddenly made to appear in the middle of the changing motion of the symbol, and a subsequent big hit state is invited, and is often accompanied by an audio effect.

  By the way, even with such a devised production operation, there is a tendency for a player to get bored within a relatively short period of time, so that the product life of a gaming machine is generally short. For this reason, it is necessary to continuously develop gaming machines having different contents of production, and there is a strong demand for a configuration that facilitates diversification of contents of production and design changes.

  However, the conventional gaming machine has a problem that the appearance rate of each production cannot be easily grasped when the production contents are complicated and diversified. Therefore, for example, if the appearance rate of a specific effect is changed during the development of a new model, this will affect the appearance rate of other effects, and extra time and cost will be required to complete the development. There was a problem that occurred.

  In particular, there is a strong demand for diversification of not only the types of production but also the content of the production, and even if the production of the production is complicated and diversified, a structure that can reliably grasp the reliability of each notice production is adopted. If possible, it is preferable that a plurality of people can share and be involved in the development of a new model. Here, the reliability means an expected value indicating that the notice effect is forewarning the invitation of the big hit state.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above requirements, and a gaming machine capable of easily grasping the appearance rate of each effect and the reliability of the notice effect and reducing the development cost even if the effect operation is diversified. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention executes a lottery for determining whether or not a game state advantageous to the player is generated, and determines an outline of the production contents corresponding to the result of the lottery. A main control unit that outputs a control command that specifies the determination content together with the result of the success / failure, and a specific effect including a notice effect that can predict the result of the effect by executing the effect lottery based on the control command An announcement control unit that specifies the content, and the announcement effect partly includes a common effect, but as a whole, a plurality of only executed exclusively The production group is composed of a main notice whose production intention and story are not common to other production groups, and a sub-announcement that can appear in common in other production groups. In the effect lottery, which of the plurality of effect groups belongs to which notice effect is to be executed is specified corresponding to the preceding process that is randomly determined based on the control command and the effect group determined in the preceding process. And a determination process for randomly determining the main notice and the sub notice based on one or more lottery tables.

  In the present invention, it is preferable to provide an effect mode that is randomly determined each time the control command is received, and in the preceding process, the effect group should be determined using a different selection table for each effect mode. It is. Moreover, it is effective that the sub-notice includes a lamp light emitting operation and / or an audio output operation in addition to the symbol operation displayed on the display device.

  The sub-notice typically includes characters and characters that appear only once on the display device.

  Preferably, the present invention preferably provides a pseudo-variation effect that repeats the operation of restarting the symbol variation operation a plurality of times again after temporarily stopping the symbol variation operation using a plurality of symbols implemented in the display device, A game machine for notifying the result of the success / failure by stopping the changing symbol after a typical symbol changing operation, wherein the preceding notice effect to be executed during the final symbol changing operation is After the determination process, the notification effect in the pseudo-variation effect is determined corresponding to the determined final notification effect. In this case, in the pseudo-variation effect, it is preferable that a notice effect that does not exceed the player's expectation (game value) in the final notice effect is executed.

  The circuit configuration includes a main control unit that outputs the control command, an upstream sub-control unit that receives the control command, and a downstream sub-control that executes a rendering operation based on an instruction from the upstream sub-control unit. It is preferable that the production control unit is arranged in the upstream sub-control unit. Further, the symbol effect is realized based on the direct control by the effect control unit, or only the lamp effect and the sound effect are realized based on the direct control by the effect control unit. It is simple.

  According to the present invention described above, since the appearance rate of each effect and the reliability of the notice effect can be easily grasped, the development cost can be suppressed even if the effect operations are diversified.

  Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine GM according to the present embodiment. The illustrated pachinko machine GM includes a rectangular frame-shaped wooden outer frame 1 that is detachably mounted on an island structure, and a front frame 3 that is pivotably mounted via a hinge 2 fixed to the outer frame 1. It consists of A game board 5 is detachably attached to the front frame 3 from the front side, and a glass door 6 and a front plate 7 are pivotally attached to the front side so as to be opened and closed.

  The front plate 7 is provided with an upper plate 8 for storing game balls for launch, and a lower plate for storing game balls discharged from the upper plate 8 in response to a player's switch operation at the lower portion of the front frame 3. 9 and a firing handle 10 are provided. The launch handle 10 is interlocked with the launch motor, and a game ball is launched by a striking rod that operates according to the rotation angle of the launch handle 10.

  A chance button 11 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the upper plate 8. The chance button 11 does not function normally, but when the game state becomes the button chance state, the built-in lamp is turned on and can be operated. The button chance state is a game state provided as necessary.

  On the right side of the upper plate 8, an operation panel 12 for ball lending operation for the card-type ball lending machine UT (see FIG. 3) is provided, a remaining amount display unit 12a for displaying the remaining amount of the card with a three-digit number, and a predetermined amount A ball lending switch 12b for instructing lending of game balls for the amount of money and a return switch 12c for instructing to return the card at the end of the game are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 5 is provided with a guide rail 13 formed of a metal outer rail and an inner rail in an annular shape, and a liquid crystal color display is provided at the approximate center of the game area 5 a inside thereof. A display device DISP is disposed, and a lottery result display unit 14 using 7-segment LEDs and two LED lamps 19 are disposed on the display device DISP. Further, an effect rotating body ROT is arranged on the right side of the display device DISP. The effect rotating body ROT swings and rotates at the time of the notice effect, and notifies the invitation of the big hit state with a predetermined reliability.

  The display device DISP is a part that functions as an effect symbol display unit that variably displays an effect symbol (for example, a three-digit effect symbol “7, 7, 7”) directly related to the special symbol related to the big hit state, and a background image And various characters are also displayed in animation. On the other hand, the lottery result display unit 14 functions as a special symbol display unit. After the blinking operation is performed in synchronization with the variable display operation of the display device DISP, the big win lottery process is performed in accordance with the stop operation of the display device DISP. The result of the success or failure is displayed deterministically.

  In this embodiment, the big hit state is divided into a probable big hit and a normal big hit, but the display device DISP notifies whether it is a probable big hit, a normal big hit or a loss by an arrangement of effect symbols in a stopped state. On the other hand, the lottery result display unit 14 notifies this by a predetermined stop pattern. Specifically, the display device DISP has “7, 7, 7”, “6, 6, 6”, “2, 5, 2”, etc., depending on whether it is a probable big hit, a normal big hit, or a loss. The lottery result display unit 14 displays stop symbols of “77”, “66”, and “-” in the case where two 7-segment LEDs are provided, for example, when the effect symbols are stopped and displayed. The probability variation jackpot means a jackpot state in which a game in which the winning probability of the jackpot is increased (a game in the probability variation state) is started after the special gaming state similar to the case of the normal jackpot is completed.

  On the other hand, the two LED lamps 19 are portions that normally function as symbol display units. When a game ball that has passed through the gate 18 is detected, the display content fluctuates for a predetermined time. The success / failure state determined based on the random number for lottery extracted at the time of passing is displayed. In this embodiment, when both of the two LED lamps are turned on and stopped, a hit state is obtained, and when one or two of the LED lamps are stopped in an unlit state, a lost state is obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a design starting port 15, a big winning port 16, four normal winning ports 17, and a gate 18 that is a left and right passing port are arranged at appropriate positions in the game area 5 a of the game board 5. . Each of the winning holes 15 to 17 and the gate 18 has a detection switch inside, so that the passage of the game ball can be detected.

  In this embodiment, the symbol start opening 15 is enlarged or reduced by an electric tulip having a pair of opening and closing claws. When the LED lamp 19 which is a normal symbol display portion is displayed in a stopped state after the fluctuation, The nail is enlarged for a predetermined time. When a game ball wins the symbol start opening 15, the display symbols of the display device DISP that is the effect symbol display section and the lottery result display section 14 that is the special symbol display section are changed for a predetermined time. It stops at the stop symbol determined based on the lottery result corresponding to the winning timing of the game ball.

  The big prize opening 16 is opened and closed by an opening / closing plate 16a that can be opened forward, but the symbols after the fluctuation stoppage of the production symbol display portion DISP are arranged such as “6, 6, 6”, “7, 7, 7”, etc. When it is an effect symbol ("66" or "77" is displayed on the lottery result display unit 14), a special game state called "big hit" is started, and the opening / closing plate 16a is opened.

  After the opening / closing plate 16a of the big prize opening 16 is opened, the opening / closing plate 16a is closed when a predetermined time elapses or when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls wins. Such an opening / closing operation is continued as a big hit round, for example, up to 16 times, and is controlled in a state advantageous to the player.

  By the way, at the lower part of the display device DISP, two variable holding number display portions HO1 and HO2 each having four LED lamps are provided. Here, the variable holding number display sections HO1 and HO2 display the variable holding number of the special symbol and the normal symbol, in other words, the lottery holding number of the big hit lottery process and the winning lottery process. Specifically, it means that a game ball is detected at the symbol start port 15 or the gate 18 during the changing operation of the special symbol display unit 14 or the normal symbol display unit 19, and the limit is four. The subsequent lottery process is put on hold. For example, when N LED lamps are lit in the special symbol fluctuation hold number display section HO1, the next big hit lottery process is executed after the fluctuation operation being executed in the display device DISP is completed, and the fluctuation operation is performed. A series of processes of starting is continued N times.

  In this embodiment, a pseudo continuous variation operation (hereinafter abbreviated as pseudo ream) may be executed in the display device DISP in a manner similar to this continuous variation operation. Here, the pseudo-ream refers to an effect in which immediately after it is assumed that the varying motion being executed has been completed, the varying motion is continued to increase the player's expectation. This pseudo-ream is characterized in that after the symbol variation being executed stops in a losing state, the symbol variation is resumed without decreasing the number of variation-holding balls (that is, without going through the next big hit lottery process). is there.

  In this embodiment, when the big hit lottery is won, the number of symbol fluctuations to be continuously executed (the number of consecutive pseudo-continuations) is increased. Therefore, it is possible to increase the player's expectation due to the start of the pseudo-ream and the large number of consecutive times of the pseudo-ream. In order to enhance the effect of the pseudo-ream, the notice operation with a higher expectation is executed as the number of pseudo-reams increases.

  FIG. 14 (e) shows an example in which the number of consecutive pseudo-continuations is four. The first temporary stop symbol is “1 ・ 2 ・ 3” in the lost state, but the player thinks that the player has lost. Then, the word “chance!” Is displayed on the display device DISP, and after the voice notification “not yet” is made, the changing operation is resumed.

  After that, the same operation is repeated, but the winning state can be predicted while the player is excited by the notice effect until “6, 6, 7” or “6, 7, 7”. As a notice effect, for example, the number and size of characters that temporarily appear on the display device DISP (for example, a fan that dances on the screen) increase each time the number of pseudo fluctuations is increased, thereby indicating a winning state. is doing.

  In this example, after reaching the reach state “4 · ↓ · 4”, the vehicle is stopped at the final stop symbol “4 · 4 · 4” to notify the normal hit state. In FIG. 14 (e), the case where the number of consecutive pseudo-continuations is four has been described. However, the transition from pseudo-variation 1 to the final variation is pseudo-continuous twice, from pseudo-variation 1 → pseudo-variation 2 to final. When shifting to fluctuation, it becomes three times of pseudo-ream.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an overall circuit configuration of the pachinko machine GM that realizes each operation including the above-described effect operation. As shown in the figure, this pachinko machine GM includes a power supply board 20 that receives AC 24V and outputs various DC voltages, a system reset signal SYS, etc., a main control board 21 that plays a central role in game control operations, and a main control board. An effect control board 22 that executes a lamp effect and an audio effect based on the control command CMD received from the control board 21; a liquid crystal control board 23 that drives the display device DISP based on the control command CMD ′ received from the effect control board 22; Based on a control command CMD "received from the main control board 21, a payout control board 24 for controlling the payout motor MO to pay out the game ball, and a launch control board 25 for firing the game ball in response to the player's operation, , It is structured around.

  However, in this embodiment, the control command CMD output from the main control board 21 is transmitted to the effect control board 22 via the command relay board 26 and the effect interface board 27. The control command CMD ′ output from the effect control board 22 is transmitted to the liquid crystal control board 23 via the effect interface board 27, and the control command CMD ″ output from the main control board 21 is the main board relay board. It is transmitted to the payout control board 24 via 28.

  The main control board 21, the effect control board 22, the liquid crystal control board 23, and the payout control board 24 are each equipped with a computer circuit including a one-chip microcomputer. Thus, the circuits mounted on the control boards 21 to 24 and the operations realized by the circuits are collectively referred to as a function. In this specification, the main control unit 21, the effect control unit 22, the liquid crystal control unit ( Sometimes referred to as a symbol control unit) 23 and a payout control unit 24. All or part of the effect control unit 22, the liquid crystal control unit (symbol control unit) 23, and the payout control unit 24 is a sub-control unit.

  By the way, the pachinko machine GM is roughly divided into a frame side member GM1 surrounded by a broken line in FIG. 3 and a board side member GM2 fixed to the back of the game board 5. The frame side member GM1 includes a front frame 3 on which a glass door 6 and a front plate 7 are pivotally attached, and a wooden outer frame 1 on the outside thereof. Is fixedly installed. On the other hand, the board side member GM2 is replaced in response to the model change, and a new board side member GM2 is attached to the frame side member GM1 instead of the original board side member. All except the frame side member G1 is the panel side member GM2.

  As shown in the broken line frame in FIG. 3, the frame-side member GM1 includes a power supply board 20, a payout control board 24, a launch control board 25, and a frame relay board 32, and these circuit boards are Each is fixed in place on the front frame 3. On the other hand, on the back of the game board 5, a main control board 21, an effect control board 22, and a liquid crystal control board 23 are fixed together with the display device DISP and other circuit boards.

  And the frame side member GM1 and the board | substrate side member GM2 are electrically connected by the connection connectors T1-T4 concentratedly arranged in one place. In this embodiment, the connection connectors T1 to T4 are centrally arranged at the lower left of the game board 5 as viewed from the back. Then, with the glass door 6 open, the left end of the game board 5 is locked to the front frame 3 from the front side of the front frame 3 to secure a rotation fulcrum, and the game board 5 is rotated around the secured rotation fulcrum. By doing so, the game board 5 is fitted inside the front frame 3. When the game board 5 is fitted, all the connection connectors T1 to T4 are connected, and the connection between the frame side member GM1 and the board side member GM2 is completed, and the pachinko machine GM is operable. .

  As shown in FIG. 3, the power supply board 20 is connected to the main board relay board 28 through the connection connector T2, and is connected to the power supply relay board 30 through the connection connector T3. The main board relay board 28 outputs the system reset signal SYS, the RAM clear signal CLR, the voltage drop signal ABN, the backup power supply BU, DC12V, and DC32V received from the power board 20 to the main controller 21 as they are. Similarly, the power relay board 30 also outputs the system reset signal SYS received from the power board 20 and the AC and DC power supply voltages to the effect interface board 27 as they are. The production interface board 27 outputs the received system reset signal SYS to the production control unit 22 and the liquid crystal control unit 23 as they are.

  On the other hand, the payout control board 24 is directly connected to the power supply board 20 without going through the relay board, and the system reset signal SYS, the RAM clear signal CLR, the voltage drop signal ABN, the backup, which are received by the main control unit 21. The power supply BU is directly received together with other power supply voltages.

  Here, the system reset signal SYS output from the power supply board 20 is a signal indicating that the AC power supply 24V is supplied to the power supply board 20, and the one-chip microcomputer or other IC element of each of the control units 21 to 24 by this signal. The power is reset. The RAM clear signal CLR received from the power supply board 20 by the main control unit 21 and the payout control unit 24 is a signal that determines whether or not to initialize all areas of the built-in RAM of the one-chip microcomputer of each control unit 21 and 24. Thus, it has a value corresponding to the ON / OFF state of the initialization switch operated by the attendant.

  The voltage drop signal ABN received from the power supply board 20 by the main control unit 21 and the payout control unit 24 is a signal indicating that the AC power supply 24V has started to drop. By receiving this voltage drop signal ABN, each control unit In 21 and 24, necessary end processing is started prior to a power failure or business end. The backup power source BU is a DC 5V DC power source that retains data in the built-in RAM of the one-chip microcomputer of the main control unit 21 and the payout control unit 24 even after the AC power source 24V is cut off due to business termination or power failure. Therefore, the main control unit 21 and the payout control unit 25 can resume the game operation before power-off after power-on (power backup function). This pachinko machine is designed to retain the stored contents of the RAM of each one-chip microcomputer for at least several days.

  On the other hand, the effect control unit 22 and the liquid crystal control unit 23 are not provided with the power supply backup function described above. However, as described above, the system reset signal SYS is commonly supplied to the effect control unit 22 and the liquid crystal control unit 23 via the power relay board 30 and the effect interface board 27. A power supply reset operation is realized at a timing substantially synchronized with the control units 21 and 24.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the main control unit 21 transmits a control command CMD ″ to the payout control unit 25 via the main board relay board 28, while the payout control unit 25 indicates a game ball payout operation. A prize ball counting signal and a status signal CON related to an abnormality in the payout operation are received, and the status signal CON includes, for example, a replenishment signal, a payout shortage error signal, and a lower plate full signal.

  The main control unit 21 is connected to each game component of the game board 5 via the game board relay board 29. And while receiving the switch signal of the detection switch built in each winning opening 16-18 on a game board, solenoids, such as an electric tulip, are driven. The main control unit 21 is also connected to the symbol display board 33 via the game board relay board 29 to drive the LED group as a light emitter.

  The LED group that is lighted and driven in the main control unit 21 includes a 7-segment LED that constitutes the lottery result display unit 14 and two LED lamps that constitute the normal symbol display unit 19. In addition, the main control unit 21 also directly displays the variable hold number display units HO1 and HO2 indicating the number of game balls that have passed through the gate 18 and the symbol start port 15 and the LEDs that display the number of jackpot rounds. The lighting is controlled.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the effect interface board 27 includes a command relay board 26, a power supply relay board 30, a frame relay board 31, an effect control board 22, a lamp connection board 34, and a liquid crystal control board 23. And connected to.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the effect control unit 22 includes a one-chip microcomputer 40 that executes processing such as sound effects, lamp effects, and data transfer, an EPROM 41 that stores a control program for the one-chip microcomputer 40, and the one-chip microcomputer. An audio reproduction LSI 42 that generates an audio signal based on an instruction from 40; an audio memory (phrase ROM) 43 that stores compressed audio data that is basic data of the audio signal to be reproduced; and a watchdog timer WDT. Configured.

  The one-chip microcomputer 40 is configured to output a drive signal for swinging and rotating the effect rotation body ROT when necessary.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the control command CMD and the strobe signal (interrupt signal) STB output from the main control board 21 are sent to the one-chip microcomputer 40 of the effect control board 22 via the buffer 48 of the effect interface board 27. Is supplied. Then, the effect control unit 22 acquires the control command CMD by the reception interrupt process activated by the strobe signal STB. In addition to (a) error notification and other notification control commands, the control command CMD acquired by the effect control unit 22 includes (b) control for specifying an outline of various effect operations resulting from winning at the symbol start opening. A command (variation pattern command) and a control command (variation stop command) for ending the variation operation are included. Here, the outline of the production operation specified by the variation pattern command includes the production total time from the production start to the production end, and the result of winning or failing in the big hit lottery. The presence / absence of reach production and the presence / absence of pseudo-ream are also specified by the variation pattern command, but the specific content of the production content is not specified.

  Therefore, when the effect control unit 22 acquires the variation pattern command CMD, the effect lottery is subsequently performed, and the effect outline specified by the acquired variation pattern command is further specified. For example, the specific contents of the reach effect and the notice effect are determined. Then, in accordance with the determined specific game content, a lamp effect by blinking the LED group or the like and a sound effect preparation operation by the speaker are performed, and the liquid crystal control unit 23 is synchronized with the effect operation by the lamp or the speaker. The control command CMD ′ related to the rendered symbol effect is output. In this case, the effect control unit 22 outputs a control command CMD ′ to the effect interface board 27 together with a strobe signal (interrupt signal) STB ′ for the liquid crystal control unit 23.

  When the presentation control unit 22 receives a notification control command or other control command related to the display device DISP, the presentation control unit 22 outputs the control command CMD ′ to the presentation interface board 27 together with the interrupt signal STB ′. To do. As described above, in this specification, the control command output by the effect control unit 22 is generally expressed as the control command CMD ′. However, the control command determined based on the variation pattern command is particularly the effect command CMD. Sometimes called '.

  Corresponding to the configuration of the effect control board 22, the effect interface board 27 is configured to receive an 8-bit control command CMD 'and a 1-bit interrupt signal STB'. These data CMD ′ and STB ′ are output to the liquid crystal control board 23 as they are via the buffer circuit 45. The effect interface board 27 receives the lamp driving control signal output from the effect control unit 22 and outputs it via the buffer circuit 46. The lamp drive control signal output from the effect interface board 27 is supplied to the LED lamp group via the lamp connection board 34, and as a result, a lamp effect corresponding to the control command CMD output from the main control unit 21 is realized. Is done.

  On the other hand, the audio signals AOL0 and AOR0 output from the audio reproduction LSI 42 of the effect control board 22 are amplified by the digital amplifier 44 mounted on the effect interface board 27 and output. As a result, an audio effect corresponding to the control command CMD output from the main control unit 21 is realized.

  Next, an outline of the program of the main control unit 21 that controls the game operation in an integrated manner will be described. The control program of the main control unit 21 is composed of a system reset process (not shown) that is activated based on the restoration or input of the power supply voltage, and a timer interrupt process (FIG. 5A) that is activated by a timer interrupt. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, when a timer interrupt occurs, first, a power supply monitoring process is executed (ST10). In the power supply monitoring process (ST10), the level of the voltage drop signal ABN supplied from the power supply board 20 is determined, and when this is an abnormal level, a necessary data backup process is executed.

  Next, the random number counters BG and RG used in the normal symbol processing (ST16) and the special symbol processing (ST17) are updated by software (ST11). When the random number update process (ST11) ends, a timer subtraction process is performed for the timer that manages the time of each gaming operation (ST12). The timer to be subtracted here is mainly used for managing the opening time of the electric tulip and the special winning opening and other game effect times.

  Subsequently, ON / OFF signals of various switches including a winning detection switch of the symbol start port 15 are inputted, and ON / OFF signals are stored as winning switch data DT of the work area (ST13). Further, in this switch input process, if the detection switch of the symbol start port 15 is in the ON state, it is determined whether or not the variable holding number D has reached the upper limit value (= 4) (ST31 to ST32 in FIG. 5B). ).

  Here, the variable hold number D is nothing but the display number of the special symbol variable hold number display section HO1, and means the lottery hold number of the big hit lottery process. If the variable holding number D <4, this is incremented (+1) (ST33), and the random number value BG for big hit lottery updated in the process of step ST11 is stored (ST34). Then, including the case where the variable hold number D = 4, a prize ball number command specifying the prize ball number is transmitted to the payout control unit 24 (ST35).

  Even when the gate detection switch is in the ON state, the same processing as that in FIG. 5B is executed except that the prize ball processing (ST35) is not executed, and the number of variable suspensions is less than 4. For example, the random number value RG for winning lottery updated in the process of step ST11 is stored in the memory.

  After the switch input process (ST13) is completed as described above, an error management process is performed (ST14). The error management process includes a determination as to whether an abnormality has occurred inside the device, such as whether or not the supply of game balls has stopped or the game balls are clogged. Next, after executing the management process based on the prize ball counting signal received from the payout control unit 24 (ST15), the normal symbol process is performed (ST16). The normal symbol processing means determination as to whether or not to operate an ordinary electric accessory such as an electric tulip.

  Specifically, when it is determined that the game ball has passed the gate based on the winning switch data DT, the random number value RG stored in the process of step ST13 is compared with the winning value and the winning lottery process is performed. Executed. If the comparison result is a winning state, the operation mode is changed to the winning operation mode. In addition, if it is a hit, processing for the operation of a normal electric accessory such as an electric tulip is performed.

  Subsequently, special symbol processing is performed (ST17). The special symbol process is a determination as to whether or not to operate a special electric accessory such as the special winning opening 16. If it is determined that the game ball has passed the symbol start port 15 based on the winning switch data DT, the random hit value lottery process is executed by comparing the random value BG stored in the process of step ST34 with the big win winning value. . Then, if the lottery result is a winning state, the operation mode is changed to the big hit operation mode. Also, if it is a big hit, processing for the operation of a special electric accessory such as a big prize opening is performed.

  FIG. 5C is a flowchart illustrating the main part of the special symbol process in some detail. First, it is determined whether or not the present is a big hit (ST71), and if it is not a big hit, the operation status M is determined (ST72). The operation status M manages a series of special symbol fluctuation processing, and the operation status M is set to zero in the initial state.

  If the operation status M = 0, the number D of the special symbols is determined (ST73). If D> 0, after decrementing (-1) (ST74), the process proceeds to step ST34. The random number BG stored in the above process is acquired and the big hit lottery process is executed (ST76). Then, a variation pattern command is generated by lottery processing based on the result of the determination, and is transmitted to the effect control unit (ST77), and the operation status M is set to 1 (ST78). As described above, the variation pattern command defines not only the success / failure result of the big hit lottery but also the outline of the effect operation such as the total time of the symbol variation operation including the reach effect.

  When the special symbol variation start processing (STST73 to ST78) is executed in this way, the special symbol variation processing (ST79) is performed at the next timer interruption according to the value of the operation status M (= 1). Executed. In the changing process (ST79), the symbol changing operation of the special symbol display unit 14 is started, and this symbol changing operation is continued until the symbol changing timer managing this becomes zero.

  The symbol variation timer is decremented in the timer subtraction process (ST12) at each timer interruption, but when the symbol variation timer becomes zero, the operation status M is changed from 1 to 2 and the variation processing is finished (ST79). Therefore, at the subsequent timer interruption, the variation end process (ST80) is executed. In the variation end process (ST80), the symbol variation operation of the special symbol display unit 14 is terminated and a variation stop command is transmitted to the effect control unit 22 to set the operation status to zero.

  The special symbol process (ST17) is roughly as shown in FIG. If the winning / losing result of the big win lottery process (ST76) is in the winning state, the change end process (ST44) is changed to the operation mode during the big win, and the process for the operation of the special electric accessory such as the big prize opening. Is executed.

  After such special symbol processing (ST17), the lighting operation of the LEDs managed by the main control unit 21 is advanced (ST18), and the solenoid driving processing for realizing the opening / closing operation of the electric tulip, the big prize opening, etc. is executed. Then, the timer interrupt is finished (ST19).

  Next, the operation content of the effect control unit 22 that receives the control command CMD from the main control unit 21 will be described (see FIG. 6). The operation of the effect control unit 22 includes a main process (FIG. 6A) that is started when the CPU is reset, and a reception interrupt process that is started when the control command CMD is received from the main control unit 21 (FIG. 6). (B)).

  As shown in FIG. 6A, when the CPU is reset, after the one-chip microcomputer 40 is initialized (ST41), the suitability of the check data (management data) is checked (ST42). Here, the check data is an operation result (check sum value) of the addition operation performed on a predetermined area of the RAM area in step ST52. For example, when the power of the CPU is reset, the check data naturally does not match, so the entire area of the RAM is cleared (ST44).

  On the other hand, in the case of CPU reset by the watchdog timer, the check data may match. This is a case where the program is in a runaway state, but no unreasonable data is written in the work area of the RAM. Therefore, in such a case, backup restoration processing is executed so that the interrupted control operation can be resumed without any problem (ST43). In the backup restoration process, for example, the presently performed effect operation (audio effect or lamp effect) and other control operations are initialized so that they can be restarted from an appropriate separation position.

  Thereafter, an initialization process is executed for the sound reproduction LSI mounted on the effect control board 22 (ST45). Next, the processes of steps ST46 to ST52 are repeated in an infinite loop. First, after setting the CPU to an interrupt enabled state (ST46), an interrupt waiting process is executed (ST47). The interrupt waiting process is a process for confirming the completion of a timer interrupt process (not shown) activated every 4 ms, for example. In this interrupt waiting process, as shown in FIG. 6C, first, a clear pulse is transmitted to the watchdog timer mounted on the effect control board 22 to avoid the CPU being forcibly reset (ST12). Next, while updating the random number used in the effect lottery or the like (ST13), it waits for the completion of the timer interrupt process (ST14). In the timer interrupt process (not shown), a confirmation flag is set when a timer interrupt is received. Therefore, in step ST14, this confirmation flag is repeatedly checked. When the confirmation flag setting state is confirmed, the confirmation flag is reset and the subroutine processing is terminated (ST15).

  When the interruption waiting process (ST47) is completed in this way, the control command CMD acquired in the reception interruption process (FIG. 6B) is analyzed, and an initial process for subsequent processes is executed (ST48). . This control command analysis process (ST48) includes an effect lottery process based on the control command CMD and a transmission process of the control command CMD 'to the liquid crystal control unit. Details will be described later. As shown in FIG. 6B, in the reception interrupt process, the received control command is stored in the command storage area (ST10 to ST11).

  When the control command analysis process (ST48) is finished, the scenario is advanced for the sound effect and the lamp effect started by the control command CMD '(ST49), and the sound data output process corresponding to the advanced scenario is executed (ST50).

  Subsequently, a button handling process related to the chance button 11 is executed (ST51), and thereafter, an addition operation is performed on a predetermined area of the RAM area, the checksum value as a result of the operation is stored, and the process returns to step ST46 ( ST52).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a main part of the received command analysis process (ST48). In the received command analysis process (ST48), it is first determined whether or not the control command CMD newly received from the main control unit 21 is a fluctuation pattern command (ST90). If not, the corresponding processing corresponding to this is executed (ST91). Note that the handling process includes a process of transferring the acquired control command CMD to the liquid crystal control unit 23 as it is.

  On the other hand, if the command is a variation pattern command, a notice lottery process (ST92) for effect lottery is executed to determine the effect content of the symbol effect synchronized with the lamp effect and the sound effect, and the effect command CMD ′ indicating the determined content Is transmitted to the liquid crystal control unit 23 (ST93). The production command CMD ′ is precisely composed of a plurality of N control commands (2 bytes * N), and after the first 2-byte production command CMD ′ is transmitted in the process of step ST93. In accordance with the execution timing of the notice effect, the notice command effect command CMD ′ for the notice effect is sequentially transmitted in the scenario progress process (ST49).

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, in this embodiment, the variation pattern commands output from the main control unit 21 are simplified to be 31 types for convenience. The fluctuation pattern commands are roughly divided into fluctuation patterns 16 to 31 that are output from the main control unit 21 when the winning state is in the big win lottery and fluctuation patterns 1 to 15 that are output when the player is in the lost state. ing. The winning state includes a probable big hit and a normal big hit.

  In any of these winning states, the display device DISP always executes a reach effect, but the reach effect is a reach effect 1 to reach effect 10 (effects NO1 to effect 1) that are commonly executed in both the lost state and the winning state. Ten types of NO10) are prepared. These ten types of reach effects have the same basic configuration regardless of whether they are in a winning state or a lost state, and are configured so that the result of the determination cannot be determined until a final stop symbol is determined. However, since the notice effect is determined by lottery in consideration of the success / failure result of the jackpot lottery process, the player must infer the final result based on the notice effect executed during the effect operation. Is possible.

  An example of the symbol effect accompanied by the reach effect is as illustrated in FIG. 12, and here, the effect content of effect NO4 (no pseudo-continuity) executed when the variation pattern command of A008H or A103H is received is shown. Illustrated. As shown in the figure, the contents of the notice effect vary greatly depending on which of the notice effects of the notice effect groups G1 to G4 is executed, but the basic configuration other than this notice effect is selected by the notice effect groups G1 to G4. Or, regardless of whether or not the big hit lottery is successful (A008H / A103H).

  That is, when the liquid crystal control unit 23 receives the effect command CMD ′ output by the effect control unit 22 in the transmission process of step ST93, the liquid crystal control unit 23 starts the symbol variation operation (T0), and then, for example, between timings T1 and T2, The left and right symbols are stopped in the order of “left symbol” → “right symbol”. Thereafter, an appropriate symbol effect is executed to excite the player, and then the “middle symbol” is stopped. At this time, the three symbols are in a temporary stop state in which the fixed stop has not been stopped. Thereafter, when a variable stop command designating a variable stop operation is received at timing T3, the three symbols are fixedly stopped.

  Note that the “left symbol” and “right symbol” to be stopped are determined by lottery based on the production command CMD ′ in the liquid crystal control unit 23. Similarly, the “middle symbol” to be finally stopped is also selected by lottery based on the production command CMD ′, but the stop symbol corresponding to the success / failure result of the big hit lottery process specified by the production command CMD ′ is selected. Of course.

  Hereinafter, the notice effect operation shown in FIG. 7B will be described. During a series of symbol effects, the notice operation with the final change (see FIG. 14E) is first determined by the processing of steps ST55 to ST65. The In addition, when the pseudo-variation effect is executed prior to the final change, the effect content is determined by the processes of steps ST66 to ST67. In the example of FIG. 12, since the pseudo-continuous effect is not executed, all the operations at timings T0 to T3 correspond to the final change (see FIG. 14E), and the notice effect in the final change is It is determined by the processing of steps ST55 to ST65.

  To explain based on the above, in the notice effect operation (ST92), the effect mode transition lottery is first executed (ST55). Here, the production mode defines a background image displayed on the display device DISP. In this embodiment, every time the variation pattern command is received, any one of the production modes EN1 to EN6 is appropriately selected. The lottery has been decided.

  In the production modes EN1 to EN6, for example, any one of “spring-outdoor scenery”, “summer-outdoor scenery”, “autumn-outdoor scenery”, “winter-outdoor scenery”, “indoor scenery”, or “special background” The background image is drawn on the display device. In this embodiment, the atmosphere of the gaming machine is changed by executing a transition lottery of the effect mode EN every time a variation pattern command is received a plurality of times (for example, 30 times). In addition, it is possible to increase the variation of the notice effect by executing the notice effect consistent with the effect mode EN, such as causing a character corresponding to the season to appear.

  In order to realize such an operation, in this embodiment, various notice effects are grouped into a plurality of sets of notice effects groups G1 to G4, and which notice effect groups G1 to G4 are to be executed. Is different for each production mode EN. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, when the production mode is EN1 to EN4 and the background of the display device DISP is “outdoor scenery of spring, summer, autumn, winter” Any one of the notice effect groups G1 to G3 excluding the notice effect group G4 is selected at random according to the variation pattern command received from the main control unit 21 (see FIG. 8).

  On the other hand, when the effect mode is EN5 and the background of the display device DISP is “indoor scenery”, either the notice effect group G3 or G4 is selected corresponding to the variation pattern command (see FIG. 9). When the production mode is EN6 and the background of the display device DISP is “special background”, one of the lottery groups G1 and G2 is selected corresponding to the variation pattern command ( (See FIG. 10).

  By the way, in the present embodiment, the notice effects belonging to the notice effect groups G1 to G4 are the main notice operation whose effect intention and story are not common to other effect groups, and the sub-notice action that can appear in common in other effect groups. And are combined. Specifically, in the main notice operation of this embodiment, for example, the production area and the production timing are individually defined. On the other hand, the sub-notice operation is executed in common with other notice operations without defining the production area and the production timing.

  FIG. 11 illustrates a case where the notice effect groups G1 to G4 and the execution areas A to D of the main notice correspond one-to-one. In this case, all the main notices are divided based on the effect area in which they are executed. Specifically, the main notice A that uses only the central area of the display device DISP, the lower part of the display device DISP. The main notice B that uses only the area, the main notice C that uses the entire area of the display device DISP, and the main notice D that uses the effect rotating body ROT are divided.

  The main notice A to the main notice D are configured to be executed exclusively by any one, and the main notice A to the main notice D and the notice effect groups G1 to G4 correspond one-to-one. Therefore, based on the execution area of the main notice, the player can grasp to some extent which notice effect groups G1 to G4 are executed.

  For example, since the main notice D is executed using the effect rotator ROT, if the effect rotator ROT rotates and swings, it can be specified that the notice effect belonging to the notice effect group G4 has been executed. Further, when the main notice is executed using the upper area of the display screen, it can be specified that it belongs to the notice effect group G3.

  On the other hand, when the main notice is executed using the lower area of the display screen, the main notice is specified only as belonging to one of the notice effect groups G2 and G3, and the main notice is used using the center area of the display screen. Is executed, it cannot be specified whether it belongs to any of the notice effect groups G1 to G3. As described above, in this gaming machine, various effects are realized by combining the notice effects that allow the player to specify the notice effect groups G1 to G3 and the notice effects that cannot be specified.

  Returning to FIG. 7B, the description will be continued. When the rendering modes EN1 to EN6 are determined by the transition lottery in step ST55, any one of the selection tables of FIGS. 8 to 10 corresponds to the determined rendering mode ENi. Is selected (ST56). As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the selection table prescribes which notice effect groups G1 to G4 belong to the notice effect group based on the variation pattern command received from the main control unit 21. For example, when a variation pattern command of A008H or A103H is received, an effect having the same basic configuration (effect NO4 with reach effect) is selected except for the result of the determination, and a notice to be executed during the effect of this NO4 Only a specific notice effect group is selected for the effect. For example, when the change pattern command A008H in the lost state is received, the selection probabilities of the notice effect groups G1, G2, and G3 are 3: 2: 5, and the notice belonging to a specific notice effect group selected at random. Only production is performed.

  In this way, when the notice effect groups G1 to G4 are determined corresponding to the received variation pattern command, the content of the main notice is determined corresponding to the decided notice effect group (ST58, ST60). , ST62, ST64). Specifically, first, an instruction table as shown in FIG. 13A is referred to, and a lottery table to be used is specified corresponding to the notice effect groups G1 to G4 determined in the processes of steps ST56 to ST57. Is done. For example, when the notice effect group G1 using the center of the screen is won, the lottery table TBL_Am is selected to determine the specific contents of the main notice, and the specific contents of the sub notice a to the sub notice d are determined. Therefore, the lottery tables TBL_Aa to TBL_Ad are selected.

  As described above, since the main notice has an area in which it is executed, separate lottery tables TBL_Am, TBL_Bm, TBL_Cm, and TBL_Dm are exclusive for each notice effect group G1 to G4. (See FIG. 13). On the other hand, the sub-notice is not restricted by the production area and the production timing, and can be executed in common with other notice operations. Therefore, the lottery tables TBL_Aa to TBL_Da described in FIG. Can be shared. Typically, a symbol notice that causes a character or character to appear on the display device for a certain period of time, a lamp notice that blinks the lamp, or a sound notice that outputs some sound corresponds to the sub notice a. Can be made common regardless of the notice effect groups G1 to G4.

  In any case, if a lottery table such as TBL_Am or TBL_Aa is specified, the contents of the main notice and the sub notice are specifically determined based on the specified lottery table. FIG. 13B illustrates a lottery table TBL_Cm used for determining the main notice when the production group G3 of the main notice effect C using the entire screen of the display device DISP is selected. . For convenience, it is assumed that five types of C1 to C5 are prepared as main notices using the entire screen, but the selection rate (%) of which to select is specified for each variation pattern command. Has been.

  The same applies to the sub-notice a to the sub-notice d, and the selection rate of what sub-notice is executed is defined for each variation pattern command. However, as described above, the lottery table for sub-notice can be used regardless of the difference in the notice effect group.

  When the sub notices a to d are confirmed, the sub notices a to d belonging to the notice effect group G1 are effects that can appear during the symbol variation effect in which the main notice A appears. Further, the sub-notice abce belonging to the notice effect group G2 is an effect that can appear when the main notice B appears. The same applies to the notice effect groups G3 and G4, and the main notice that is exclusively selected (corresponding to the notice effect group) and the sub notice that can appear during the effect in which the main notice appears are grouped as the notice effect group. It has become.

  By configuring in this way, even when there is a combination of notice effects that cannot appear at the same time due to the display area of the effect and the circumstances of the story, first select the notice effect group, perform each notice lottery belonging to that group, Just by executing the notice effect selected in the lottery, the consistency of the effect can be achieved. In addition, a lot of notices can be made without lottery of a certain notice effect (presence or absence of appearance) and a process (so-called prohibition process) for determining whether or not a lottery for other notice effects is performed according to the lottery result. Production can be realized.

  When the main notice and the sub notice for the final change are determined based on the notice effect group configured as described above, it is next determined whether the symbol change operation includes a pseudo change effect (pseudo-continuous). (ST66). As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, it is configured to specify whether or not to execute the pseudo-continuous effect and the number of consecutive times based on the variation pattern command received from the main control unit 21. FIG. 14 (e) is an effect example in the case where it is defined that the normal pattern is obtained by the variation pattern command and that the number of consecutive times is four. Here, the pseudo fluctuation 1 that temporarily stops at “1, 2, 3”, the pseudo fluctuation 2 that temporarily stops at “6, 6, 7”, and the pseudo fluctuation 3 that temporarily stops at “6, 7, 7” The final variation including the reach effect is continuously performed, and the pseudo variation effect is executed four times in succession.

  By the way, although it is described as the final variation in FIG. 14E, this final variation is a common effect that is executed when any variation pattern command is received, except for the presence or absence of the reach effect. . Therefore, in the present embodiment, as described above, the contents of the effect of the final change are determined by the processing of steps ST56 to ST65 in FIG. 7 based on the effect modes EN1 to EN6 determined by lottery.

  The effect contents of the pseudo variation are determined by the determination process of step ST67 so as to be consistent with the notice operation during the final variation determined in steps ST56 to ST65, and to correspond to the number of consecutive pseudo-continuations. FIG. 14A is a flowchart showing an algorithm for determining the effect content of the pseudo-series, and FIGS. 14B to 14D show a lottery table for determining the effect content by lottery.

  First, in general terms, in this embodiment, in order to effectively excite the player by the pseudo-continuous production, a series of pseudo-variations are performed with respect to the time from the first pseudo-continuous production to the final pseudo-continuous production. As the game progresses, the player's expectations are increased. Specifically, the content of the effect is determined in the reverse direction from the final effect, and the effect of the pseudo-run that is executed earlier than the value of the pseudo-run that is executed later (the value associated with the player) is determined. The value is controlled not to exceed.

  More specifically, the final variation effect content has already been determined in steps ST56 to ST65, and the final effect value is determined, for example, in any one of four stages based on the determined content. Although not particularly limited, for example, gold rank (= 3) when notifying the winning state, silver rank (= 2) when notifying the lost state, but performing a highly anticipated reach production. In the case of executing a reach production with a copper rank (= 1) and a high expectation, the production value of the final change is uniformly determined as a loss rank (= 0). This rank corresponds to, for example, the size and number of appearances of a character that appears during one pseudo change.

  Then, based on the effect value of the final change determined in this way, the effect value of the pseudo change just before the final change is determined with reference to the lottery table TBL_3. For example, if the effect value of the final change is 2 (silver rank), one of the effect values 0, 1 and 2 of the immediately preceding pseudo change is selected at random. That is, the lottery table TBL_3 is set so that the game value 3 (gold rank) exceeding the production value 2 is not selected. In the example of FIG. 13B, if the effect value of the final change is a silver rank (= 2), the effect values 0, 1, and 2 of the immediately preceding pseudo change are 10:30:60 probabilities. The lottery will be decided.

  The same applies to the lottery table TBL_2 (FIG. 13C) and the lottery table TBL_1 (FIG. 13D), and a pseudo-continuous effect having an effect value that does not exceed the effect value of a pseudo-run to be executed later is selected. It is configured as follows. Note that when the number of performances of the pseudo-series is 3, only the lottery tables TBL_3 and TBL_2 are used, and when the number of performances of the pseudo-series is 2, only the lottery table TBL_3 is used. Further, when the number of performances of the pseudo-ream is one, since the pseudo-ream corresponds to the final variation, the content of the final variation is not used without using the lottery tables of FIG. 13 (b) to FIG. 13 (d). Is determined.

  Based on the above, the determination algorithm of the pseudo-ream will be explained in a confirming manner. As shown in FIG. 13A, first, the number of pseudo fluctuations, which is the number of times of pseudo-continuous rendering, is set to a variable N, and the pointer M of the lottery table is initially set to 3 (ST70).

  Next, the production value for the final variation of the pseudo-series is determined on the basis of the state of success or failure that is finally notified and the content (production value) of reach production executed until the notification operation (ST71). . As described above, in this embodiment, the gold rank (= 3), the silver rank (= 2), the copper rank (= 1), or the loss rank (= 0) is determined, and the determination content (0 ˜3) are stored in the array RANK (N) (ST72). With this process, the array RANK (i) stores the effect value of the quasi-continuous execution executed.

  Next, the value of the variable N is determined (ST73), and if N = 1, the process ends. This is because, as described above, it is not necessary to use the lottery table when the number of productions of the pseudo-ream = 1.

  On the other hand, if N> 1, the lottery table TBL_M is selected based on the value of the pointer M, and the lottery table TBL_M is referred to, based on the production value stored in the array RANK (N). The production value of the -1st pseudo-run is determined by lottery and stored in the array RANK (N-1) (ST74). For example, when referring to the lottery table TBL_3, if the effect value of the final change is a gold rank and RANK (4) = 3, the effect value RANK (3) of the pseudo-continue immediately before the final change is Any one of 1, 2, and 3 is selected with a probability of 10:80:10.

  Subsequently, after decrementing the values of the pointer M and the variable N (ST75), it is determined whether or not the value of the variable N is 1 (ST76). Here, if N = 1, the production values of all the pseudo-reams have been determined, so the processing is finished as it is. On the other hand, if N> 1, pseudo-ream performance values RANK (2) to RANK (1) are determined in the same procedure as described above.

  For convenience, the array RANK (i) stores the effect value of the i-th pseudo-continuous effect, but actually, the pseudo-continuous effect content corresponding to the effect value is specifically described. Of course, it is specified. For example, the number and size of characters temporarily appearing on the display device DISP are determined based on the production value.

  Returning to FIG. 7 and continuing the description, the content of the notice effect including the pseudo-ream is specifically determined as described above (ST57 to ST67). Therefore, next, the scenario is set so that the determined notice effect can be executed at an appropriate timing, and the notice effect process is finished (ST68). Thereafter, when the transmission timing grasped by the scenario progress process (ST49) is reached, an effect command CMD ′ for specifying the specific content of the notice effect is transmitted from the effect control unit 22 to the liquid crystal control unit 23, and FIG. A notice effect as shown in FIG. 14 (e) is executed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, a method peculiar to the selection of the notice effect is adopted. Therefore, the appearance rate of each effect and the reliability of the notice effect are developed regardless of how the types of the main notice and the sub notice are increased. On the side, it can be grasped relatively easily.

  Here, for example, a gaming machine having a jackpot probability of 1/300 is assumed. In the variation pattern lottery in the main control unit 21, it is assumed that the probability of selecting the control command A104 when winning is 1/10 and the probability of selecting A009 when lost is 1/100.

  Here, if the production mode in the production control unit 22 is EN1 to EN4, the appearance rate at which the notice production C3 appears in the big hit state is [hit probability] * [variation pattern selection rate] * [production group selection rate (FIG. 8)] * [selectivity of C3 (FIG. 13)], it is 1/300 * 1/10 * 1/5 * 1/10 = 1 / 150,000.

  On the other hand, the appearance rate at which the notice effect C3 appears in the lost state is [loss probability] * [variation pattern selection rate] * [effect group selection rate (FIG. 8)] * [C3 selection rate (FIG. 13)] 299/300 * 1/100 * 1/10 * 1 / 5≈1 / 5017.

  Therefore, the big hit reliability when the notice effect C3 appears under the above conditions can be grasped as (1 / 150,000) / (1/5017 + 1 / 150,000) ≈3%.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described in detail, the concrete description content does not specifically limit this invention. In particular, in this embodiment, an audio effect and a lamp effect are executed in the upstream sub-control unit (effect control unit) that receives a control command from the main control unit, and a symbol effect is executed in the downstream sub-control unit (liquid crystal control unit). However, it is not limited at all.

  For example, all effects (typically, symbol effects, sound effects, and lamp effects) are executed in the upstream sub-control unit, or a plurality of effects including symbol effects are executed in the upstream sub-control unit. It is also preferable to execute the remaining effects in the downstream sub-control unit.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine shown in an embodiment. It is the front view which illustrated in detail the game board of the pachinko machine of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the pachinko machine of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of an effect control board and an effect interface board. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement content of a main control part. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement content of an effect control part. It is a flowchart explaining a command analysis process and a notice lottery process. It is a selection table used in the production modes 1 to 4. It is a selection table used in the case of production mode 5. It is a selection table used in the case of production mode 6. It is drawing which shows the game area of a notice production group and a main notice. It is drawing which shows the execution timing of reach production or notice production. This is an example of a lottery table for determining a main notice effect and a sub notice effect. It is drawing explaining the determination procedure of a pseudo | simulation series.

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21 main control part 22 production control part DISP display device G1-G4 production group ST56 preceding process,
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Claims (9)

Control that executes a lottery for determining whether or not to generate a game state advantageous to a player, determines an outline of the production content corresponding to the result of the lottery, and specifies the content of the determination together with the result of the success A main control unit that outputs a command, and an effect control unit that executes an effect lottery based on the control command and identifies a specific effect content including a notice effect that can predict the success / failure result. A gaming machine configured with
Although the notice effect partially includes an effect common to other groups, as a whole, it is divided into a plurality of effect groups that are executed exclusively,
The production group is configured by combining a main notice that the production intention and story are not common with other groups and a sub notice that can appear in common with other production groups,
In the effect lottery, a preceding process that randomly determines which of the plurality of effect groups belongs to the notice effect based on the control command;
And a determination process for randomly determining the main notice and the sub notice based on one or more lottery tables specified corresponding to the production group determined in the preceding process. A gaming machine characterized by Provide a production mode that is randomly determined each time the control command is received,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein in the preceding process, the effect group is determined by using a different selection table for each effect mode.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sub-notice includes a lamp light emitting operation and / or an audio output operation in addition to the symbol operation displayed on the display device.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the sub-notice includes a character or character that appears on the display device only for a period of time. After temporarily stopping the symbol variation operation using a plurality of symbols performed on the display device, again providing a pseudo variation effect that repeats the operation of resuming the symbol variation operation a plurality of times, after the final symbol variation operation, A gaming machine for notifying the result of the success / failure by stopping the changing symbol,
After determining the final notice effect to be executed during the final symbol variation operation by the preceding process and the determination process,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a notice effect during the pseudo-variable effect is determined in correspondence with the determined final notice effect.   The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein in the pseudo-variation effect, a notice effect that does not exceed a player's expectation in the final notice effect is executed.   A main control unit that outputs the control command; an upstream sub-control unit that receives the control command; and a downstream sub-control unit that executes an effect operation based on an instruction from the upstream sub-control unit The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the production control unit is arranged in an upstream sub-control unit.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a symbol effect is realized based on direct control by the effect control unit.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein only a lamp effect and a sound effect are realized based on direct control by the effect control unit.