JP2011183094A - Game table - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a player clearly recognize that it is during a freeze performance. <P>SOLUTION: The freeze performance is executed at the operation timing of a start lever 135. During the freeze performance, reels 110-112 are not rotated and the operation of stop buttons 137-139 is invalid, but the stop buttons 137-139 are lighted and displayed. Although a player performs a stop operation since the stop buttons 137-139 are lighted and displayed, no change occurs and the stop buttons 137-139 are put out. The player has the feeling of incompatibility in the behavior of a slot machine 100, and clearly recognizes that it is under the freeze performance at present. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine represented by a slot machine, a pachinko machine and the like.

  Conventionally, prior to the start of a game, an internal lottery of a winning combination is performed in the game control unit, and based on the lottery result and a stop operation performed by the player, a reel on which a plurality of symbols are drawn is controlled to stop the reel. There has been proposed a game stand that pays out a game medium such as a medal to a player when the mode becomes a certain winning mode. In particular, in recent years, an increasing number of game machines have been used to perform various effects according to the game state using an image display device or the like, and in addition to the pleasure of stopping the reels, a device for increasing the interest of the game machine has been made.

  However, on the other hand, such a game stand has a relatively short time from the internal lottery of the winning combination until the reel stop operation is performed and one game is completed. There are many cases where one game ends, and there is a problem in performing effective performance control. Therefore, in order to secure the time for performing the production, a game machine has been proposed in which the operation reception of the start lever and the stop button is intentionally stopped for a certain period of time and the time for performing the production is secured (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-20791 A

  However, in the above-described invention, there is a problem that the player is confused because the player does not recognize that the progress of the game is stopped for the execution of the effect.

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a gaming machine that performs control for stopping the progress of a game for a certain period in relation to effect control, and that provides a gaming machine that allows a player to easily recognize that the game is in a suspended period. With the goal.

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine according to the present invention includes a lottery that determines whether or not an internal lottery of a plurality of rotatable reels having a plurality of types of symbols and a plurality of types of predetermined roles is determined by lottery. Means, a stop operation means provided corresponding to the plurality of reels, and individually stopping the rotation of the reels, based on a lottery result of the lottery means and an operation of the stop operation means. Judgment for determining whether or not to win a winning combination based on a combination of a reel stop control means for performing stop control relating to a stop, a plurality of operating means including the stop operating means, and a symbol combination of an internal winning combination by the lottery means And a standby processing means for waiting for execution of the next game control process based on establishment of a predetermined condition, the standby processing means being in the standby process. Also, and executes the induction notifying process of operating the operation acceptance notification means.

  With the above configuration, in the present invention, a notification that the next operation is valid is performed even though the subsequent game processing is in the standby state, and the player performs the game operation. By seeing that the game console does not react even if it goes, it can recognize again that it is currently in standby processing.

It is a perspective view showing the appearance of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an inside view of the slot machine. It is a control block diagram of a slot machine. (A) It is a figure which shows the design drawn on the reel. (B) A payout chart showing combinations of winning combinations and the number of payouts. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a main control part main process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a reel rotation process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a reel stop control process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a main control part timer interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a command setting process. (A) It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a 1st sub control part main process. (B) It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a 1st sub control part command reception interruption process. (C) It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a 1st sub control part timer interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a lamp control process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the main control part main process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the reel stop control process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a standby process. It is a control block diagram of the slot machine in the third embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the main control part main process in 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a game state control process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the lamp control process in 3rd Embodiment. It is the figure which arranged the flow of control processing in time series. 3 is a timing chart showing a flow of control processing. It is a timing chart showing a flow of control processing using sound. It is the figure which arranged the flow of the control processing in 2nd Embodiment in time series. It is the timing chart which showed the flow of the control processing in 2nd execution form. It is the figure which arranged the flow of the control processing in 3rd Embodiment in time series. It is the timing chart which showed the flow of the control processing in 3rd execution form.

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

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a slot machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A slot machine 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a main body 101 and a front door 102 that is attached to the front surface of the main body 101 and can be opened and closed with respect to the main body 101. Inside the center of the main body 101 (not shown), three reels (left reel 110, middle reel 111, right reel 112) having a plurality of types of symbols arranged on the outer peripheral surface are stored and rotated inside the slot machine 100. It is configured to be able to. These reels 110 to 112 are rotationally driven by a driving device such as a stepping motor.

  In the present embodiment, an appropriate number of symbols are printed on the belt-like member at equal intervals, and the reels 110 to 112 are configured by affixing the belt-like member to a predetermined circular cylindrical frame member. When viewed from the player, the symbols on the reels 110 to 112 are generally displayed three in the vertical direction from the symbol display window 113 so that a total of nine symbols can be seen. Then, by rotating the reels 110 to 112, the combination of symbols that can be seen by the player varies. That is, each of the reels 110 to 112 functions as a display device that displays a plurality of combinations of symbols in a variable manner. In addition to the reel, an electronic image display device such as a liquid crystal display device can also be used as such a display device. In this embodiment, three reels are provided in the center of the slot machine 100. However, the number of reels and the installation position of the reels are not limited to this.

  A backlight (not shown) for illuminating the individual symbols displayed on the symbol display window 113 is disposed on the back of each of the reels 110 to 112. It is desirable that the backlight is shielded for each symbol so that the individual symbols can be illuminated evenly. In the slot machine 100, an optical sensor (not shown) including a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit is provided in the vicinity of each of the reels 110 to 112. The light projecting unit and the light receiving unit of the optical sensor are provided. A light shielding piece of a certain length provided on the reel passes between the two. Based on the detection result of the sensor, the position of the symbol on the reel in the rotation direction is determined, and the reels 110 to 112 are stopped so that the target symbol is displayed on the winning line.

  The winning line display lamp 120 is a lamp indicating the winning line 114 that is valid. The effective pay line is determined in advance by the number of medals bet as a game medium. There are five pay lines 114. For example, when one medal is bet, the middle horizontal pay line is valid, and when two medals are betted, the upper horizontal win line and the lower horizontal pay line are added. If three are valid and three medals are bet, five lines including a right-down winning line and an upper-right winning line are valid as winning lines. The number of winning lines 114 is not limited to five. For example, when one medal is bet, the middle horizontal winning line, the upper horizontal winning line, the lower horizontal winning line, the right Five down-line winning lines and upper-right winning lines may be set as valid winning lines, and the same number of winning lines may be set as valid winning lines regardless of the number of bets.

  The notification lamp 123 is, for example, a lamp that informs the player that a specific winning combination (specifically, a bonus) has been won internally in an internal lottery to be described later or that a bonus game is in progress. The game medal insertable lamp 124 is a lamp for notifying that the player can insert a game medal. The replay lamp 122 informs the player that the current game can be replayed (the medal need not be inserted) when winning a replay which is one of the winning combinations in the previous game. It is a lamp. The reel panel lamp 128 is an effect lamp.

  The bet buttons 130 to 132 are buttons for inserting a predetermined number of medals (referred to as credits) stored electronically in the slot machine 100. In this embodiment, each time the bet button 130 is pressed, a maximum of 3 cards are inserted, 2 when the bet button 131 is pressed, and 3 when the bet button 132 is pressed. It has become so. Hereinafter, the bet button 132 is also referred to as a MAX bet button. The game medal insertion lamp 129 lights up the number of lamps corresponding to the number of inserted medals, and when a prescribed number of medals are inserted, the game start is informed that the game can be started. The lamp 121 is turned on.

  The medal slot 141 is an slot for a player to insert a medal when starting a game. That is, the medal can be inserted electronically by the bet buttons 130 to 132, or an actual medal can be inserted (insertion operation) from the medal insertion slot 134. is there. The stored number display 125 is a display for displaying the number of medals stored electronically in the slot machine 100. The game information display 126 is a display for displaying various types of internal information (for example, the number of medals paid out during a bonus game) as numerical values. The payout number display 127 is a display for displaying the number of medals to be paid out to the player as a result of winning a winning combination. The stored number display 125, the game information display 126, and the payout number display 127 are 7-segment (SEG) displays.

  The start lever 135 is a lever type switch for starting the rotation of the reels 110 to 112. That is, when a desired number of medals is inserted into the medal insertion slot 134 or the bet buttons 130 to 132 are operated and the start lever 135 is operated, the reels 110 to 112 start rotating. The operation on the start lever 135 is referred to as a game start operation.

  The stop button unit 136 is provided with stop buttons 137 to 139. The stop buttons 137 to 139 are button-type switches for individually stopping the reels 110 to 112 that have started rotating by operating the start lever 135, and are associated with the reels 110 to 112. Hereinafter, the operation on the stop buttons 137 to 139 is referred to as a stop operation, the first stop operation is referred to as a first stop operation, the next stop operation is referred to as a second stop operation, and the last stop operation is referred to as a third stop operation. Note that a light emitter may be provided inside each stop button 137 to 139, and when the stop button 137 to 139 can be operated, the light emitter may be turned on to notify the player.

  The medal return button 133 is a button that is pressed to remove a medal when the inserted medal is jammed. The payment button 134 is a button for adjusting the medals electronically stored in the slot machine 100 and the bet medals and discharging them from the medal payout exit 155. The door key hole 140 is a hole into which a key for unlocking the front door 102 of the slot machine 100 is inserted.

  Below the stop button unit 136 is provided a title panel 162 for displaying the model name and pasting various types of certificate. At the lower part of the title panel 162, a medal payout opening 155 and a medal tray 161 are provided.

  The sound hole 143 is a hole for outputting the sound of a speaker provided inside the slot machine 100 to the outside. The side lamps 144 provided on the left and right portions of the front door 102 are decorative lamps for exciting games. An effect device 160 is disposed above the front door 102, and a sound hole 143 is provided above the effect device 160. The effect device 160 includes a shutter (shielding device) 163 including two right shutters 163a and a left shutter 163b that can be opened and closed in a horizontal direction, and a liquid crystal display device 157 (not shown) disposed on the back side of the shutter 163. , Hereinafter referred to as an effect image display device). When the right shutter 163a and the left shutter 163b are opened in the horizontal direction in front of the effect image display device 157, the display screen of the effect image display device 157 (not shown) is displayed. The slot machine 100 has a structure that appears on the front side (player side). In addition, even if it is not a liquid crystal display device, it should just be comprised so that various effect images and various game information can be displayed, for example, a multi-segment display (7-segment display), a dot matrix display, an organic EL display, a plasma display , A reel (drum), or a display device including a projector and a screen. Further, the display screen has a rectangular shape and is configured so that the player can visually recognize the entire display screen. In the case of this embodiment, the display screen is rectangular, but may be square. In addition, a decorative object (not shown) may be provided on the periphery of the display screen, and a part of the peripheral edge of the display screen may be hidden by the decorative object, so that the display screen looks irregular. In the present embodiment, the display screen is a flat surface, but may be a curved surface.

  FIG. 2 is a front view showing the slot machine 100 with the front door opened. The housing 101 is a box body that is surrounded by the upper surface plate 261, the left side plate 260, the right side plate 260, the lower surface plate 264, and the back plate 242, and that opens to the front surface. Inside the housing 101, a main control board storage case 210 that stores a main control board is disposed at a position that does not overlap with the ventilation port 249 provided on the upper portion of the back plate 242. The three reels 110 to 112 are arranged below the bottom. On the side plate 260 on the left side of the main control board storage case 210 and the reels 110 to 112, a sub control board storage case 220 containing a sub control board is disposed. Further, an external concentrated terminal plate 248 that is connected to the main control board and outputs the information of the slot machine 100 to an external device is attached to the side plate 260 on the right side.

  The lower surface plate 264 is provided with a medal payout device 180 (device for paying out medals accumulated in a bucket), and has a power supply board above the medal payout device 180, that is, below the reels 110 to 112. A power supply device 252 is provided, and a power switch 244 is provided on the front surface of the power supply device 252. The power supply device 252 converts the AC power supplied from the outside to the slot machine 100 into a direct current, converts it into a predetermined voltage, and supplies it to each control unit and each device such as the main control unit 300 and the first sub control unit 400. Furthermore, a power storage circuit (for example, a capacitor) for supplying power to a predetermined part (for example, the RAM 308 of the main control unit 300) for a predetermined period (for example, 10 days) even after the external power source is cut off is provided. Yes.

A medal auxiliary storage 240 is arranged on the right side of the medal payout device 180, and an overflow terminal is arranged behind this (not shown). The power supply device 252 is provided with a power cord connecting portion for connecting a power cord 265, and the power cord 265 connected thereto extends to the outside through a power cord hole 262 provided in the back plate 242 of the housing 101. ing.
The front door 102 is hinged to the left side plate 260 of the housing 101 via a hinge device 276, and an effect device 160 and an effect control board for controlling the effect device 160 are provided above the symbol display window 113. (Not shown), an upper speaker 272 is provided. Below the symbol display window 113, there are provided a medal selector 170 for selecting inserted medals, and a passage 266 through which medals pass when the medal selector 170 drops illegal medals etc. on the medal tray 161. Yes. Further, a bass speaker 277 is provided at a position corresponding to the sound hole 143.

  Next, the circuit configuration of the control unit of the control unit of the slot machine 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. This figure shows a circuit block diagram of the control unit.

  The control unit of the slot machine 100 can be broadly divided into main effects according to a main control unit 300 that controls the progress of the game and a command signal (hereinafter simply referred to as “command”) transmitted by the main control unit 300. And a second sub-control unit 500 that controls various devices based on a command transmitted from the first sub-control unit 400.

<Main control unit>
First, the main control unit 300 of the slot machine 100 will be described. The main control unit 300 includes a basic circuit 302 that controls the entire main control unit 300. The basic circuit 302 includes a CPU 304, control program data, lottery data used in the internal lottery of a winning combination, and reel stop. A ROM 306 for storing a position, a RAM 308 for temporarily storing data, an I / O 310 for controlling input / output of various devices, and a counter timer 312 for measuring time and frequency It is installed. Note that another storage device may be used for the ROM 306 and the RAM 308, and this is the same for the first sub-control unit 400 described later. The CPU 304 of the basic circuit 302 operates by inputting a clock signal of a predetermined period output from the crystal oscillator 314 as a system clock. Further, when the power is turned on, the CPU 304 transmits the frequency division data stored in the predetermined area of the ROM 306 to the counter timer 312. The counter timer 312 sets the interrupt time based on the received frequency division data. An interrupt request is transmitted to the CPU 304 at every interrupt time. In response to this interrupt request, the CPU 304 monitors each sensor and transmits a drive pulse. For example, when the clock signal output from the crystal oscillator 314 is set to 8 MHz, the frequency division value of the counter timer 312 is set to 1/256, and the data for frequency division of the ROM 306 is set to 47, the interrupt reference time is 256 × 47 ÷ 8 MHz. = 1.504 ms.

  The basic circuit 302 includes a random number generation circuit 316 that is used as a hardware random number counter that changes a numerical value in a range of 0 to 65535, and a start signal output circuit 338 that outputs a start signal (reset signal) when the power is turned on. When the activation signal is input from the activation signal output circuit 338, the CPU 304 starts game control (starts a main control unit main process described later).

  In addition, a voltage monitoring circuit 330 that monitors the voltage and a WDT 313 (watchdog timer) are provided.

  Further, the basic circuit 302 is provided with a sensor circuit 320, and the CPU 304 is inserted from various sensors 318 (a bet button 130 sensor, a bet button 131 sensor, a bet button 132 sensor, and a medal slot 141 every interruption time). Medal medal acceptance sensor, start lever 135 sensor, stop button 137 sensor, stop button 138 sensor, stop button 139 sensor, settlement button 134 sensor, medal medal payout sensor paid out from medal payout device 180, index sensor for reel 110, The index sensor of the reel 111, the index sensor of the reel 112, etc.) are monitored.

  When the sensor circuit 320 detects the H level of the start lever sensor, a signal indicating this detection is output to the random number generation circuit 316. Receiving this signal, the random number generation circuit 316 latches the value at that timing and stores it in a register that stores the random value used for the lottery.

  Two medal acceptance sensors are installed in the internal passage of the medal insertion slot 141 and detect whether or not a medal has passed. Two start lever 135 sensors are installed inside the start lever 135 and detect a start operation by the player. The stop button 137 sensor, the stop button 138 sensor, and the stop button 139 are installed in each of the stop buttons 137 to 139, and detect the operation of the stop button by the player.

  The bet button 130 sensor, the bet button 131 sensor, and the bet button 132 sensor are installed in the bet buttons 130 to 132, respectively, and a medal stored electronically in the RAM 308 is inserted as an inserted medal into the game. Detecting the case input operation. The settlement button 134 sensor is provided on the settlement button 134. When the settlement button 134 is pressed once, the medals stored electronically are settled. The medal payout sensor is a sensor for detecting a medal paid out by the medal payout device 180. Each of the above sensors may be a non-contact type sensor or a contact type sensor.

  The index sensor of the reel 110, the index sensor of the reel 111, and the index sensor of the reel 112 are installed at predetermined positions on the mounting bases of the reels 110 to 112, and each time a light shielding piece provided on the reel frame passes. Becomes L level. When detecting this signal, the CPU 304 determines that the reel has made one rotation, and resets the rotational position information of the reel to zero.

  The main control unit 300 is provided with a drive circuit 322 for driving a stepping motor provided on the reels 110 to 112, and a drive circuit 324 for driving a solenoid provided on a medal selector 170 for selecting inserted medals. A driving circuit 326 for driving a motor provided in the medal payout device 180 is provided, and various lamps 339 (a winning line display lamp 120, a notification lamp 123, a game medal insertion possible lamp 124, a re-game lamp 122, a game medal insertion lamp, and the like. 129 is provided with a drive circuit 328 for driving the game start lamp 121, the stored number display 125, the game information display 126, and the payout number display 127).

  Further, an information output circuit 334 (external concentration terminal board 248) is connected to the basic circuit 302, and the main control unit 300 is connected to an external hall computer (not shown) or the like via the information output circuit 334. The game information (for example, game state) of the slot machine 100 is output to the information input circuit 652 provided.

  In addition, the main control unit 300 includes an output interface for transmitting a command to the first sub control unit 400 and enables communication with the first sub control unit 400. Note that information communication between the main control unit 300 and the first sub control unit 400 is one-way communication, and the main control unit 300 is configured to be able to transmit signals such as commands to the first sub control unit 400. However, the first sub-control unit 400 is configured not to transmit a signal such as a command to the main control unit 300.

<Sub control unit>
Next, the first sub control unit 400 of the slot machine 100 will be described. The first sub-control unit 400 includes a basic circuit 402 that receives a control command transmitted from the main control unit 300 via an input interface and controls the entire first sub-control unit 400 based on the control command. The basic circuit 402 includes a CPU 404, a RAM 408 for temporarily storing data, an I / O 410 for controlling input / output of various devices, and a counter timer 412 for measuring time and frequency. It is installed. The CPU 404 of the basic circuit 402 operates by inputting a clock signal of a predetermined period output from the crystal oscillator 414 as a system clock, and controls the control program and data for controlling the entire first sub-control unit 400, lighting of the backlight A ROM 406 in which data for controlling patterns and various displays is stored is provided.

  The CPU 404 transmits the frequency division data stored in the predetermined area of the ROM 406 to the counter timer 412 via the data bus at a predetermined timing. The counter timer 412 determines an interrupt time based on the received frequency dividing data, and transmits an interrupt request to the CPU 404 at each interrupt time. The CPU 404 controls each IC and each circuit based on the interrupt request timing.

  The first sub-control unit 400 is provided with a sound source IC 418, and the sound source IC 418 is provided with speakers 272 and 277 via an output interface. The sound source IC 418 controls sound output from the amplifiers and speakers 272 and 277 in accordance with a command from the CPU 404. The sound source IC 418 is connected to an S-ROM (sound ROM) in which audio data is stored. The audio data acquired from the ROM is amplified by an amplifier and output from the speakers 272 and 277.

  Further, the first sub-control unit 400 is provided with a drive circuit 422, and various kinds of lamps 420 (upper lamp, lower lamp, side lamp 144, title panel 162 lamp, stop button lamp) are connected to the drive circuit 422 via an input / output interface. ).

  In addition, the CPU 404 transmits and receives signals to the second sub control unit 500 via the output interface. The second sub-control unit 500 of the slot machine 100 controls the effect image display device 157 and various effect drive devices 165. The second sub-control unit 500 may be configured by a plurality of control units such as a control unit that controls the effect image display device 157 and a control unit that controls the various effect drive devices 165, for example. . The second sub-control unit performs display control of the effect image display device 157 and controls various effect drive devices 165.

  Next, the symbol arrangement applied to each of the reels 110 to 112 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a diagram in which the arrangement of symbols applied to each reel (left reel 110, middle reel 111, right reel 112) is developed in a plane.

<Pattern arrangement>
In each reel 110 to 112, a plurality of types (eight types in this embodiment) of symbols shown on the right side of the figure are arranged in a predetermined number of frames (21 frames of numbers 0 to 20 in this embodiment). Also, numbers 0 to 20 shown at the left end of the figure are numbers indicating the arrangement positions of symbols on the reels 110 to 112. For example, in the present embodiment, the “replay” symbol is assigned to the number 1 frame of the left reel 110, the “bell” symbol is assigned to the number 1 frame of the middle reel 111, and the “number” frame of the number 11 of the right reel 112 is “ "Watermelon" design is arranged respectively.

<Type of winning prize>
Next, the types of winning combinations of the slot machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure shows the types of winning combinations (including actuating combinations), symbol combinations corresponding to each winning combination, and the operation or payout of each winning combination. Among the winning combinations in this embodiment, the big bonuses (BB1, BB2) and the regular bonus (RB) are used as a combination for shifting to the bonus game, and the replay (replay) is a replay without newly inserting a medal. Each winning combination is sometimes distinguished from a winning combination and sometimes called an “acting combination”. However, in the “winning combination” in this embodiment, a big bonus, a regular bonus, and a replay that are operating combinations are included. included. In addition, “winning” in the present embodiment includes a case where a symbol combination of an actuator not accompanied by a medal payout (without medal payout) is displayed on an active line, for example, a big bonus, regular Includes bonuses and replay wins.

  The winning combination of the slot machine 100 includes a big bonus (BB1, BB2), a regular bonus (RB), a small combination (cherry, watermelon, bell), and replay (replay). Needless to say, the type of winning combination is not limited to this and can be arbitrarily adopted.

  “Big Bonus (BB1, BB2)” (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “BB”) is a special combination (operating combination) in which a big bonus game (BB game), which is a special game, is started by winning a prize. . Corresponding symbol combinations are “white 7-white 7-white 7” for BB1, and “blue 7-blue 7-blue 7” for BB2. Further, flag carryover is performed for BB1 and BB2. That is, when BB1 and BB2 are won internally, a flag indicating this is set (stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 308 of the main control unit 300), but even if BB1 and BB2 are not won in the game, a prize is won. Until then, the flag indicating the internal winning is maintained, and even after the next game, BB1 and BB2 are being internally selected, and the symbol combination corresponding to BB1 “white 7-white 7-white 7”, the symbol corresponding to BB2 The combination “blue 7-blue 7-blue 7” is in a state of winning a prize.

  The “regular bonus (RB)” is a special combination (operating combination) in which a regular bonus game (RB game) is started by winning. The corresponding symbol combination is “REG-REG-REG”. Note that the RB carries over the flag as well as the above-mentioned BB. However, in the big bonus game (BB game), the start of the big bonus game without the start condition that the regular bonus game (RB game) is won internally or the symbol combination is displayed on the winning line. A regular bonus game may be set to automatically start such that when a regular bonus game is started later and one regular bonus game is completed, the next regular bonus game is immediately started. “Short (cherry, watermelon, bell)” (hereinafter, simply referred to as “cherry”, “watermelon”, “bell”) is a winning combination in which a predetermined number of medals are paid out by winning. The symbol combinations are “cherry-ANY-ANY” for cherry, “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” for watermelon, and “bell-bell-bell” for bell. The corresponding payout number is as shown in FIG. In the case of “cherry-ANY-ANY”, the symbol of the left reel 110 may be “cherry”, and the symbol of the middle reel 111 and the right reel 112 may be any symbol.

  “Replay” is a winning combination (operating combination) in which a game can be performed without inserting a medal (game medium) in the next game by winning, and no medal is paid out. The corresponding symbol combination is “replay-replay-replay” for replay.

<Type of gaming state>
Next, the types of gaming state of the slot machine 100 will be described. In the present embodiment, the gaming state of the slot machine 100 is roughly classified into a normal game, a BB game, an RB game, and an internal winning game of a big bonus (BB) and a regular bonus (RB). However, it may be divided into a general game, a BB game, and an RB game.

<Normal game>
The winning combinations that are internally won for normal games include a big bonus (BB), regular bonus (RB), replay (replay), and small roles (cherry, watermelon, bell).

  “Big Bonus (BB)” is a special combination (operating combination) in which a big bonus game (BB game), which is a special game, is started by winning. “Regular Bonus (RB)” is a special combination (operating combination) that starts a regular bonus game (RB game) upon winning. The “replay” (replay) is a winning combination (operating combination) in which a game can be played without winning a medal in the next game by winning, and no medal is paid out. The “small role” is a winning combination in which a predetermined number of medals are paid out by winning. In addition, the internal winning probability of each combination is a range of random values obtained at the time of internal lottery from numerical data corresponding to the range of lottery data associated with each combination from lottery data prepared for normal games. It is calculated by the value divided by the numerical data (for example, 65535). The lottery data prepared for the normal game is divided into several numerical ranges in advance, and each combination and lose is associated with each numerical range. It is determined whether the random number value obtained as a result of executing the internal lottery is a value corresponding to the lottery data corresponding to which combination, and the internal lottery combination is determined. This lottery data is provided with settings 1 to 6 in which the winning probabilities of at least one combination are different, and a game shop clerk can arbitrarily select and set any set value.

  In normal games, the result of the internal lottery is set to be largely lost (big bonus (BB), regular bonus (RB), replay (replay) and small role won), and the medal to be won The total number is less than the total number of medals inserted. Therefore, it is a gaming state that is disadvantageous for the player. However, when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when a specific symbol combination is displayed), it is a gaming state that may be changed to increase the probability of internal winning of replaying. In this case, When a predetermined number of medals are paid out by winning a small role, there are cases where the total number of medals to be acquired exceeds the total number of medals inserted, resulting in a gaming state that is beneficial to the player.

<BB game>
The BB game is set to be in a gaming state that is beneficial to the player. That is, the BB game is in a gaming state in which the total number of medals to be acquired exceeds the total number of medals inserted. In this embodiment, the BB game is started by winning a big bonus (BB), and an RB game (described later) can be continuously executed repeatedly, and a predetermined number (for example, during the game) The process ends when more than 465 medals are obtained. However, the BB game does not allow the RB game to be executed continuously and repeatedly, and sets the role to start the RB game (the symbol combination is, for example, replay-replay-replay), and if this role is won internally, or The RB game may be set to start when winning. Furthermore, in the BB game, when the BB general game excluding the RB game during the BB game is executed a predetermined number of times (for example, 30 times), or the number of the RB games executed during the BB game is a predetermined number of times. It may be made to end when it reaches (for example, three times).

<RB game>
The RB game is set so as to be in a gaming state that is beneficial to the player. That is, the RB game is in a gaming state in which the total number of medals to be acquired exceeds the total number of medals inserted. In this embodiment, the RB game is started by winning a regular bonus (RB), and one predetermined role is set to a variation that increases the probability of internal winning (for example, “setting 1” “normal game”). Increase the internal winning probability 1/15 of “small role 1” to an internal winning probability 1 / 1.2 which is a predetermined value) and win a predetermined number (for example, 8 times) It ends when there is. A BB game ends when a predetermined number of wins are made (for example, 8 times) or when the number of RB games executed during the RB game reaches a predetermined number of times (for example, 8 times). You may make it do.

<Big winning (BB) and regular bonus (RB) internal winning games>
The winning combination that is internally won for the internal winning game of the big bonus (BB) and the regular bonus (RB) includes a replay and a small role. The big bonus (BB) and the regular bonus (RB) are not won internally, and are game states in which a symbol combination corresponding to the big bonus (BB) or the regular bonus (RB) can be won.

  However, the probability of the internal winning of the replay may be changed from the next game that has been internally won to the big bonus (BB) and the regular bonus (RB), for example, the probability of increasing the internal winning probability of the replay is changed. Until the symbol combination corresponding to the big bonus (BB) and regular bonus (RB) wins, the total number of medals to be acquired is almost the same as the total number of inserted medals, and is compared with the normal game. The gaming state may be beneficial to the player.

<Main control unit main processing>
Next, the main control unit main process executed by the CPU 304 of the main control unit 300 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the flow of main processing of the main control unit.

  As described above, the main control unit 300 is provided with the start signal output circuit (reset signal output circuit) 338 that outputs the start signal (reset signal) when the power is turned on. The CPU 304 of the basic circuit 302 to which this activation signal has been input performs reset start by a reset interrupt, and executes main control unit main processing shown in FIG. 6 in accordance with a control program stored in advance in the ROM 306.

  When the power is turned on, first, various initial settings are made in step 1001. In this initial setting, setting of the stack initial value to the stack pointer (SP) of the CPU 304, setting of interrupt inhibition, initial setting of the I / O 310, initial setting of various variables stored in the RAM 308, operation permission to the WDT 313, and initial setting Set the value. In step 1003, medal insertion / start operation acceptance processing is executed. Here, it is checked whether or not a medal has been inserted, and the winning line display lamp 120 is turned on in response to the insertion of the medal. Note that when a re-win is won in the previous game, a process of inserting the same number of medals as the number of medals inserted in the previous game is performed, so that it is not necessary for the player to insert medals. Also, it is checked whether or not the start lever 135 has been operated.

  In step 1005, the number of inserted medals is determined, and an effective winning line is determined. In step 1007, the random number generated by the random number generation circuit 316 is acquired. In step 1009, the winning combination lottery table stored in the ROM 306 is read according to the current gaming state, and an internal lottery is performed using this and the random value acquired in step 1007. As a result of the internal lottery, when any winning combination (including an operating combination) is won internally, the flag of the winning combination is turned ON. Further, in this embodiment, in this step, based on the internal lottery result, a lottery for determining whether or not to execute a freeze effect to be described later is also performed. When the effect execution is determined, a standby process flag (freeze for each effect type) is determined. Set production execution flag).

  In step 1011, reel stop data is selected based on the internal lottery result.

  In step 1013, rotation of all reels 110 to 112 is started. Details will be described later. In step 1015, the stop buttons 137 to 139 can be received. When any one of the stop buttons is pressed, the reel stop control in which one of the reels 110 to 112 corresponding to the pressed stop button is selected in step 1011. Stop based on data. Details will be described later. When all the reels 110 to 112 are stopped, the process proceeds to Step 1017. In step 1017, a winning determination is performed. Here, when a picture combination corresponding to some winning combination is displayed on the activated winning line 114, it is determined that the winning combination is won. For example, if “bell-bell-bell” is aligned on the activated winning line, it is determined that the player has won the bell. In step 1019, if any winning combination with payout is won, the number of medals corresponding to the winning combination is paid out according to the number of winning lines. In step 1021, game state control processing is performed. Thus, one game is completed. Thereafter, returning to step 1003 and repeating the above-described processing, the game proceeds.

  Next, the reel rotation process will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 1301, it is determined whether or not the standby processing flag is on. Here, the standby processing flag is a flag that is turned on when a freeze effect is selected in the current game. In the present embodiment, flag management is performed based on the freeze effect flag determined when the start lever 135 is operated.

  In step 1303, a standby timer is set according to the type of effect time of the selected freeze effect.

  In step 1305, it is determined whether or not an assumed invalid time of the stop buttons 137 to 139 has elapsed. The assumed invalid time is a time during which reception notification of the acceptance of the stop buttons 137 to 139 is prohibited until the timing at which the acceptance of the stop buttons 137 to 139 of the normal game becomes valid (stop button wait time + time to reel constant speed rotation). is there. If the assumed invalid time has not elapsed, the monitoring process is repeated.

  In step 1307, a stop button reception valid command is set in the transmission buffer.

  In step 1309, it is determined in step 1303 whether or not the standby timer has become zero.

  In step 1311, it is determined whether or not the stop buttons 137 to 139 are operated when the standby timer is not yet 0 (the production has not ended). This processing is performed in order to prevent the stop button 137 to 139 from being notified of the acceptance of the stop button 137 to 139 during the subsequent freeze effect when the operation of the stop button 137 to 139 is performed even once during the freeze effect. It is processing of.

  In step 1313, when the stop buttons 137 to 139 are operated, a stop button reception invalid command is set in the transmission buffer.

  In step 1315, if the standby timer is 0 (the current freeze effect ends) in step 1309, the standby processing flag is turned off.

  In step 1317, the reels 110 to 112 are driven to rotate.

  In step 1319, a reel rotation control command is set in the transmission buffer.

  Next, the reel stop control process will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 1201, it is determined whether or not it is a reception invalid time of the stop buttons 137 to 139 (for example, when 4.1 seconds have not elapsed since the previous game). If not, the monitoring process is repeated until the invalid time has elapsed.

  In step 1203, the acceptance valid commands for the stop buttons 137 to 139 are set in the transmission buffer.

  In step 1205, it is determined whether or not the stop buttons 137 to 139 are operated. If not, the monitoring process is repeated until it is operated.

  In step 1207, when the stop buttons 137 to 139 are stopped, a stop button reception invalid command is set in the transmission buffer.

  In step 1209, the reels 110 to 112 are stopped.

  In step 1211, it is determined whether or not all of the reels 110 to 112 are stopped. If all are not stopped, the process returns to step 1201 to repeat the process.

  Next, the main control unit timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 304 of the main control unit 300 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the flow of the main control unit timer interrupt process.

  The main control unit 300 includes a counter timer 312 that generates a timer interrupt signal at a predetermined cycle (in this embodiment, about once every 2 ms), and the main control unit timer interrupt is triggered by this timer interrupt signal. The process is started at a predetermined cycle.

  In step 1101, timer interrupt start processing is performed. In this timer interrupt start process, a process of temporarily saving each register value of the CPU 304 to the stack area is performed.

  In step 1103, the WDT 313 is periodically updated (to prevent detection of processing abnormality) so that the WDT 313 count value exceeds the initial setting value (32.8 ms in the present embodiment) and no WDT interruption occurs. In the embodiment, the restart is performed once every about 2 ms, which is the period of the main control unit timer interrupt.

  In step 1105, input port state update processing is performed. In this input port status update process, the detection signals of the sensor circuits 320 of the various sensors 318 are input via the input ports of the I / O 310 to monitor the presence or absence of the detection signals, and each of the various sensors 318 is partitioned in the RAM 308. Store in the provided signal state storage area.

  In step 1107, various game processes are performed. Specifically, an interrupt status is acquired (various interrupt statuses are acquired based on signals from various sensors 318), and processing according to this status is performed (for example, the interrupt status of each acquired stop button 137 to 139). Based on the stop button reception process).

  In step 1109, timer update processing is performed. Various timers are updated for each time unit.

  In step 1111, command setting transmission processing is performed, and various commands are transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400. The output information transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400 is composed of 16 bits in this embodiment, bit 15 is strobe information (indicating that data is set when ON), bits 11 to 11 14 is a command type (in this embodiment, a basic command, a start lever reception command, an effect command accompanying the effect lottery process, a rotation start command accompanying the start of rotation of the reels 110 to 112, and an operation of the stop buttons 137 to 139. Bits 0 to 10 are command data (predetermined corresponding to the command type), stop button reception command, stop position information command accompanying the stop processing of the reels 110 to 112, payout number command and payout end command accompanying medal payout processing, etc. Information). Further, in the present embodiment, a command related to the freeze effect set in the reel rotation process and the reel stop control process described above is also transmitted. Details will be described later.

  In the first sub-control unit 400, it is possible to determine the production control according to the change of the game control in the main control unit 300 by the command type included in the received output schedule information, and it is included in the output schedule information. Based on the information of the command data, the contents of effect control can be determined.

  In step 1113, an external output signal setting process is performed. In this external output signal setting process, game information stored in the RAM 308 is output to an information input circuit 652 separate from the slot machine 100 via the information output circuit 334.

  In step 1115, device monitoring processing is performed. In this device monitoring process, first, the signal states of the various sensors 318 stored in the signal state storage area in step 1105 are read, and the presence or absence of errors relating to medal insertion abnormality and medal payout abnormality is monitored. (Not shown) Error processing is executed. Further, the medal selector 170 (medal blocker in which a solenoid provided in the medal selector 170 operates), various lamps 339, and various 7-segment (SEG) indicators are set according to the current gaming state.

  In step 1117, it is monitored whether the low voltage signal is on. If the low voltage signal is on (when power supply is detected to be cut off), the process proceeds to step 1121. If the low voltage signal is off (when power supply is not cut off), the process proceeds to step 1119.

  In step 1119, various processes for ending the timer interrupt end process are performed. In this timer interrupt end process, the value of each register temporarily saved in step 1101 is set in each original register. Thereafter, the process returns to the main process of the main control unit shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, in step 1121, a specific variable or stack pointer for returning to the power-off state at the time of power recovery is saved as a return data in a predetermined area of the RAM 308, and power-off processing such as initialization of input / output ports is performed. After that, the process returns to the main process of the main control unit shown in FIG.

  Next, the command setting transmission process will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 1401, it is determined whether or not the operation unit is currently being operated. Here, the operation unit refers to the bet buttons 130 to 132, the start lever 135, the stop buttons 137 to 139, the settlement button 134, and the like. In the present embodiment, when these operations are detected, an effect that prompts the next operation is performed. Is configured to stop.

  In step 1403, when an operation is detected in step 1401, the operation detection flag on command is turned on.

In step 1405, an operation detection flag is transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400. In step 1407, if no operation is detected in step 1401, the operation detection flag is turned off.

In step 1409, the operation detection flag off command is transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400. In step 1411, the basic command, the start lever reception command, the effect command accompanying the effect lottery process, and the rotation of the reels 110 to 112 are started. Rotation start command, stop button reception command accompanying reception of operation of stop buttons 137 to 139, stop position information command accompanying stop processing of reels 110 to 112, payout number command and payout end command accompanying medal payout processing, freeze Send commands related to performance.

  Next, the first sub control unit 400 will be described with reference to a flowchart with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 10A is a flowchart of main processing executed by the CPU 404 of the first sub control unit 400. FIG. 5B is a flowchart of command reception interrupt processing of the first sub control unit 400. FIG. 5C is a flowchart of the timer interrupt process of the first sub control unit 400.

  First, in step 1501 of FIG. When the power is turned on, an initialization process is first executed at 1501. In this initialization processing, initialization of input / output ports, initialization processing of a storage area in the RAM 408, and the like are performed.

  In step 1503, it is determined whether or not the timer variable is 10 or more. This process is repeated until the timer variable becomes 10. When the timer variable becomes 10 or more, the process proceeds to step 1505.

  In step 1505, 0 is assigned to the timer variable.

  In step 1507, command processing is performed. The CPU 404 of the first sub control unit 400 determines whether a command has been received from the main control unit 300.

  In step 1509, an effect control process is performed. In this effect control process, if there is a new command in 1507, a process such as reading effect data corresponding to this command from the ROM 406 is performed, and a freeze effect or the like is executed.

  In step 1511, if there is a command to the sound source IC 418 in the effect data read in step 1507, this command is output to the sound source IC 418.

  In step 1513, if there is a command to various lamps 420 in the effect data read in step 1507, this command is output to the drive circuit 422. Details will be described later.

  In step 1515, when the effect data read in step 1507 includes a control command to be transmitted to the second sub-control unit 500, the control command is set to be output, and the process returns to step 1503.

  Next, the command reception interrupt process of the first sub-control unit 400 will be described using FIG. This command reception interrupt process is a process executed when the first sub-control unit 400 detects a strobe signal output from the main control unit 300. In step 1601 of the command reception interrupt process, the command output from the main control unit 300 is stored in the command storage area provided in the RAM 408 as an unprocessed command.

  Next, the first sub control unit timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 404 of the first sub control unit 400 will be described with reference to FIG. The first sub-control unit 400 includes a hardware timer that generates a timer interrupt at a predetermined cycle (in this embodiment, once every 2 ms). Execute in the cycle.

  In step 1701 of the timer interruption process of the first sub-control unit 400, 1 is added to the value of the timer variable storage area of the RAM 408 described in step 1503 in the first sub-control unit main process shown in FIG. Stored in the original timer variable storage area. Accordingly, in step 1503, the value of the timer variable is determined to be 10 or more every 20 ms (2 ms × 10).

  In step 1703 of the first sub-control unit timer interrupt process, transmission of a control command to the second sub-control unit 500 set in step 1601, update processing of a production random number value, and the like are performed.

  Next, the lamp control process will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 1801, it is determined whether or not there is a stop button reception valid command in the commands transmitted from the main control unit.

  In step 1803, if there is a stop button reception valid command in the determination in step 1801, a stop button lamp lighting command is transmitted to the drive circuit 422.

  In step 1805, if there is no stop button reception valid command in the determination in step 1801, it is determined whether or not there is a stop button reception invalid command in the commands transmitted from the main control unit.

  In step 1807, if there is a stop button reception invalid command in the determination in step 1805, a stop button lamp turn-off command is transmitted to the drive circuit 422.

  The processing from step 1801 to step 1807 is repeatedly executed for all stop buttons 137 to 139.

  In step 1809, it is determined whether or not there is an operation detection flag command in the commands transmitted from the main control unit.

  In step 1811, if there is an operation detection flag command in the determination in step 1809, all stop button lamp turn-off commands are transmitted to the drive circuit 422.

  In step 1813, other lighting control of the upper lamp, the lower lamp, the side lamp 144, the title panel 162 lamp, etc. is performed.

  Next, the flow of the above-described control processing will be described in time series with reference to FIG.

  First, from the state A in which the previous game is finished and the stop buttons 137 to 139 are all turned off, the freeze effect starts at the timing when the player operates the start lever 135. After a predetermined time has elapsed, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are all turned on. Since the stop buttons 137 to 139 are all lit, the player misunderstands that the stop operation of the reels 110 to 112 is valid, and enters the state C in which the stop operation is performed. However, since the freeze production is currently being performed, the reels 110 to 112 are not rotating, and the player feels uncomfortable with the operation of the slot machine 100 and his own operation, and clearly recognizes that the freeze production is currently being performed. . Next, since the stop operation has been performed, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are in a state D in which they are all turned off. Thereafter, the reels 110 to 112 start to rotate at the timing when the freeze effect is finished, and after a certain period of time, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are in a fully lit state E. In addition, after the state B is entered, even when the operation of the operation unit other than the stop buttons 137 to 139 is detected, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are all turned off (state F).

  The flow of these control processes will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 20. A freeze effect is started at the timing when the start lever 135 is operated. Thereafter, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are turned on after a predetermined time has elapsed until the constant speed rotation state is reached in the normal game. When other operation units are operated in this state, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are turned off. Thereafter, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are turned off at the timing when the stop buttons 137 to 139 are operated. Then, the freeze effect is finished, the reels 110 to 112 start to rotate, and the stop buttons 137 to 139 are fully lit at a timing when the reels 110 to 112 are rotated at a constant speed after a certain time has elapsed. Thereafter, each stop button is turned off in accordance with the stop operation.

  As a modification, the wait sound and the reel rotation sound may be notified during the freeze effect. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 21, a freeze effect is performed at the timing when the start lever 135 is operated. At that timing, a wait sound is output from the speakers 272 and 277, and then a reel rotation sound is output. Sound. However, since the reels 110 to 112 are stopped because the freeze effect is being performed, the player feels uncomfortable with the behavior of the slot machine and clearly recognizes that the freeze effect is being performed.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14, 22, and 23. In the second embodiment, in the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which the operation timing of the start lever 135 is triggered by the execution of the freeze effect is triggered by the fact that the reel rotation speed has reached a constant constant speed rotation. It was.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing main control unit main processing according to the second embodiment. Step 1001 to step 1011 and step 1017 to step 1021 in the main control unit main process in FIG. 5 described above are the same as step 2001 to step 2011 and step 2017 to step 2021 in the main control unit main process in the second embodiment. Since the process is performed, the description is omitted. Since steps 2013 and 2015 are different, these steps will be described.

  In step 2013, rotation of all reels 110 to 112 is started.

  In step 2014, a reel stop control process is performed. Details will be described later.

  Next, the reel stop control process in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 2101, it is determined whether or not the rotation of the reels 110 to 112 has reached a constant speed.

  In step 2103, a stop button reception valid command is set in the transmission buffer.

  In step 2105, it is determined whether or not the standby processing flag is on. Here, the standby processing flag is a flag that is turned on when a freeze effect is selected in the current game. In the present embodiment, flag management is performed for a freeze effect that is executed when the rotation of the reels 110 to 112 reaches a constant speed.

  In step 2107, if the standby process flag is on in the determination in step 2105, the standby process is executed. Details will be described later.

  In step 2109, the reels 110 to 112 are controlled to stop based on the stop operation of the stop buttons 137 to 139 performed by the player.

  Next, standby processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 2201, a standby timer set in accordance with the production time of the present freeze effect is checked.

  In step 2203, it is determined whether or not the standby timer is 0, that is, whether or not the freezing effect has ended.

  In step 2205, if the standby timer is not 0 in the determination in step 2203, it is determined whether or not the stop operation of the stop buttons 137 to 139 has been performed.

  In step 2207, when a stop operation of the stop buttons 137 to 139 is performed, a stop button reception invalid command is set in the transmission buffer. This process is a process for not receiving notification of the acceptance of the stop buttons 137 to 139 during the subsequent freeze effect period when the stop operation of the stop buttons 137 to 139 is detected even once during the freeze effect.

  In step 2209, when the standby timer is 0 in the determination in step 2203, a stop button reception valid command is set in the transmission buffer.

  Next, the flow of control processing in the second embodiment described above will be described in chronological order with reference to FIG.

  First, from the state A in which the previous game is finished and the stop buttons 137 to 139 are all turned off, the player operates the start lever 135, the reels 110 to 112 start to rotate, and the constant speed rotation state. At this timing, the freeze effect is started, and the stop buttons 137 to 139 are all turned on. Since the stop buttons 137 to 139 are all lighted, the player assumes that the stop operation of the reels 110 to 112 has become effective, and enters the state C in which the stop operation is performed. However, since the freeze is currently being produced, the reels 110 to 112 remain rotating without stopping, so the player feels uncomfortable with the operation of the slot machine 100 and his own operation, and clearly shows that the freeze is currently being produced. recognize. Next, since the stop operation has been performed, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are in a state D in which they are all turned off. Thereafter, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are in a fully lit state E at the timing when the freeze effect is finished. In addition, after the state B is entered, even when the operation of the operation unit other than the stop buttons 137 to 139 is detected, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are all turned off (state F).

  The flow of these control processes will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 23. The stop buttons 137 to 139 are turned on when the start lever 135 is operated and the reels 110 to 112 are rotated at a constant speed. When other operation units are operated in this state, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are turned off. Thereafter, when the stop buttons 137 to 139 are operated, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are turned off. During this time, the freeze effect is executed, and the reels 110 to 112 are in a rotating state. Then, at the timing when the freeze effect is finished, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are fully lit. Thereafter, each stop button is turned off in accordance with the stop operation.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 to 18, 24, and 25. In the third embodiment, in the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which the operation timing of the start lever 135 is set as an operation timing of the start effect is performed when the operation of the bet buttons 130 to 132 becomes effective. It was.

  In the present embodiment, the bet button lamp 425 is controlled by the drive circuit 422 of the first sub-control unit 400 as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the main process of the main control unit in the third embodiment. Step 1001 to Step 1011 and Step 1017 to Step 1019 in the main control unit main process of FIG. 5 described above are the same as Step 3001 to Step 3011 and Step 3017 to Step 3019 in the main control unit main process in the third embodiment. Since the process is performed, the description is omitted. Since steps 3013, 3015 and 3021 are different, these steps will be described.

  In step 3013, rotation of all reels 110 to 112 is started.

  In step 3014, a reel stop control process is performed.

  In step 3021, game state control processing is performed. Details will be described later.

  Next, the gaming state control process will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 3101, it is determined whether or not the standby process flag is on. Here, the standby processing flag is a flag that is turned on when a freeze effect is selected in the current game. In the present embodiment, flag management is performed for a freeze effect that is executed when the bet buttons 130 to 132 are operated.

  In step 3103, a standby timer is set according to the type of effect time of the selected freeze effect.

  In step 3105, a bet button acceptance valid command is set in the transmission buffer.

  In step 3107, it is determined in step 3103 whether or not the standby timer has become zero.

  In step 3109, it is determined whether or not the bet buttons 130 to 132 are operated when the standby timer is not yet 0 (the production has not ended). This process is performed so that, when the bet buttons 130 to 132 are operated even once during the freeze effect, the reception validity notification of the bet buttons 130 to 132 is not performed during the subsequent freeze effect time. It is processing of.

  In step 3111, when the bet buttons 130 to 132 are operated, a bet button reception invalid command is set in the transmission buffer.

  In step 3113, if the standby timer is 0 (the current freeze effect ends) in step 3107, the standby processing flag is turned off.

  In step 3113, other game state control processing is executed.

  In step 3117, it is determined whether or not a re-game winning has occurred.

  In step 3119, a bet button acceptance valid command is set in the transmission buffer.

  Next, the lamp control processing in the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 3201, it is determined whether or not there is a bet button reception valid command in the commands transmitted from the main control unit.

  In step 3203, if there is a bet button acceptance valid command in the determination in step 3201, a bet button lamp lighting command is transmitted to the drive circuit 422.

  In step 3205, if there is no bet button reception valid command in the determination in step 3201, it is determined whether or not the command transmitted from the main control unit 300 includes a bet button reception invalid command.

  In step 3207, if there is a stop button reception invalid command in the determination in step 3205, a bet button lamp turn-off command is transmitted to the drive circuit 422.

  In step 3209, it is determined whether or not there is an operation detection flag command in the commands transmitted from the main control unit 300.

  In step 3211, if there is an operation detection flag ON command in the determination in step 3209, a bet button lamp turn-off command is transmitted to the drive circuit 422.

  In step 3213, other lighting control of the upper lamp, the lower lamp, the side lamp 144, the title panel 162 lamp, etc. is performed.

  Next, the flow of control processing in the above-described third embodiment will be described in chronological order with reference to FIG.

  First, the freeze effect starts at the timing when any of the stop buttons 137 to 139 is operated for the third stop (final stop) in the previous game. Thereafter, the bet buttons 130 to 132 (only 132 will be described below) are turned on. Since the player turns on the bet button 132, the player thinks that the bet operation is valid and enters the state C in which the bet operation is performed. However, since the freeze operation is currently being performed, the betting operation is not effective, and the player feels uncomfortable with the operation of the slot machine 100 and his own operation, and clearly recognizes that the freeze operation is currently being performed. Next, since the bet operation has been performed, the bet button 132 is turned off. Thereafter, at the timing when the freeze effect is finished, the bet operation becomes valid and the state E is turned on. Further, after the state B is entered, the bet button 132 is also turned off (state F) when an operation of the operation unit other than the bet button 132 is detected.

  The flow of these control processes will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 25. After the third stop is performed at any of the stop buttons 137 to 139, the freeze occurs at the timing when the reels 110 to 112 are completely stopped. The production starts and the bet button 132 is lit. When another operation unit is operated in this state, the bet button 132 is turned off. Thereafter, at the timing when the bet button 132 is operated, the bet button 132 is turned off. Then, the bet button 132 is turned on at the timing when the freeze effect is finished. Thereafter, the bet button 132 is turned off in accordance with the operation of the bet button 132.

  As described above, in the present invention, a plurality of rotatable reels provided with a plurality of types of symbols, lottery means for determining whether or not an internal lottery of a plurality of types of predetermined roles is determined by lottery, Stop operation means provided corresponding to the reels, for stopping the rotation of the reels individually, and stop control for stopping the rotation of the reels based on the lottery result of the lottery means and the operation of the stop operation means. A reel stop control means, a plurality of operation means including the stop operation means, and a determination means for determining whether or not the winning combination is determined based on whether or not the winning combination is a symbol combination of the winning combination by the lottery means. And a standby processing means for waiting for execution of the next game control process based on the establishment of a predetermined condition. The standby processing means is configured to receive the operation even during the standby process. News And characterized by performing the induction notifying process of operating the device.

  In the embodiment described above, it is called a freeze effect, and when the effect is being executed, the player is in a standby state when the operation of the game machine is temporarily standby (stopped). After the completion, a notification that guides an operation to be performed next is performed.

  Therefore, if the player is a normal game, the game table should perform an action according to the operation performed by the player, but nothing is actually performed, so the player feels uncomfortable with that state, You can clearly recognize that the freeze is currently being produced.

  In another aspect of the present invention, the guidance notification is further performed at the same timing as the operation reception notification executed in a normal game.

In the above-described embodiment, as the guidance notification, the stop buttons 137 to 139 are turned on during the freeze effect, but the notification timing is configured to be performed when the reels 110 to 112 are in the constant speed rotation state. In the normal game, the guidance notification is performed at the same timing as when the stop button reception becomes valid in the constant speed rotation state, so that the player can naturally perform the operation according to the guidance notification without feeling uncomfortable. it can.

  In another aspect of the present invention, the standby processing unit further stops the guidance notification when detecting the operation of the operation unit a predetermined number of times.

  In the above-described embodiment, the guidance notification is stopped when the operation means such as the start lever 135 and the bet button 132 is operated a plurality of times while the guidance notification is being executed.

  Therefore, even if the player misunderstands that the gaming machine has failed due to the guidance notification during the standby process, if the operation means is operated multiple times, the guidance notification is stopped. It is quickly resolved.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the standby processing further includes a start unit that starts rotation of the reel, and a stop operation reception notification unit that notifies that the operation of the stop operation unit is valid. The means starts the standby process based on the operation detection of the start means, and performs the guidance notification by the stop operation reception notification means.

  In the above-described embodiment, a freeze effect is started in response to an operation of the start lever 135, and the lamps provided in the stop buttons 137 to 139 are controlled to be turned on / off to perform guidance notification.

  Therefore, since the freeze effect and the guidance notification are performed by the operation means that the line of sight always faces during the game operation of the start lever 135 and the stop buttons 137 to 139, the player can be surely recognized the guidance notification.

  Further, in another aspect of the present invention, a bet unit that performs a betting operation necessary for the game is further provided, and the standby processing unit executes the standby process based on all the plurality of reels being stopped. In addition, the guidance notification is performed in response to detection of the operation of the betting means.

  In the above-described embodiment, the freeze effect is started after all the reels 110 to 112 that are easy for the player to concentrate on the effect after finishing one game, and then the bet button 132 is used for guidance notification. .

  Therefore, the guidance notification is performed before and after the effect that the player pays attention to, so that the player can reliably recognize the guidance notification.

  Further, in another aspect of the present invention, the standby processing means further performs the guidance notification by using a sound effect that is output during a normal game.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the start lever 135 is operated and the reels 110 to 112 are rotated at a constant speed, the guidance notification is performed by the weight sound and the reel rotation sound.

  Therefore, even in the guidance notification that does not involve the rotation of the reels 110 to 112, the guidance notification can be performed without causing the player to feel uncomfortable.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, it has only illustrated the specific example and does not specifically limit this invention. Further, the actions and effects described in the embodiments of the invention only list the most preferable actions and effects resulting from the present invention, and the actions and effects according to the present invention are described in the embodiments of the present invention. It is not limited to what was done.

  The present invention can be applied to game machines represented by slot machines, pachinko machines and the like.

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Claims (6)

Multiple rotatable reels with multiple types of designs,
Lottery means for determining whether or not internal lottery of a plurality of types of predetermined roles is determined by lottery;
Stop operation means provided corresponding to the plurality of reels and individually stopping rotation of the reels;
Reel stop control means for performing stop control related to the stop of rotation of the reel based on the lottery result of the lottery means and the operation of the stop operation means;
A plurality of operation means including the stop operation means;
A determination means for determining whether or not a winning combination is determined based on whether the winning combination is a symbol combination of the winning combination by the lottery means;
A game machine equipped with
Standby processing means for waiting for execution of the next game control process based on the establishment of the predetermined condition;
The game stand characterized in that the standby processing means executes a guidance notification process for operating the operation reception notification means even during the standby process.   The gaming table according to claim 1, wherein the guidance notification is executed at the same timing as the operation reception notification executed in a normal game.   2. The game table according to claim 1, wherein the standby processing unit stops the guidance notification when detecting the operation of the operation unit a predetermined number of times. Starting means for starting rotation of the reel;
Stop operation reception notification means for notifying that the operation of the stop operation means is valid;
Further comprising
4. The game stand according to claim 1, wherein the standby processing unit starts the standby processing based on operation detection of the start unit and performs the guidance notification by the stop operation reception notification unit. 5. . It further comprises a betting means for performing a betting operation necessary for the game,
4. The standby processing unit performs the standby processing based on the fact that all of the plurality of reels are stopped, and performs the guidance notification in response to operation detection of the betting unit. The game table described in 1.   The game stand according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the standby processing means performs the guidance notification by using a sound effect generated during a normal game.

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