JP2012086052A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a control board in an image display and improve efficiency of circulation management of electronic parts.SOLUTION: An image data storage means is divided into two or more storage areas. The two or more storage areas are connected to an image processor through an address bus and data buses. A data storage unit is detachably connected to an arithmetic control unit by a predetermined connection means which connects the address bus and the data bus. The address bus is provided in common to the storage areas of the image data storage means in the connection means. The data bus is provided individually to the storage areas of the image data storage means in the connection means, and also consolidated according to the arithmetic characteristics of the image processor in the arithmetic control unit.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine provided with a control device for controlling an image display device such as a pachinko machine or a revolving game machine.

  As an image display device for gaming machines that can quickly and efficiently cope with increasing the memory capacity without changing the design of the control board, the control unit is mounted on the control board, the image ROM is mounted on the ROM board, A standard interface that enables access between the image ROMs is mounted on the control board, and the change of the storage medium such as the image ROM or the change of the storage capacity of the storage medium can be performed without changing the control board. It has been proposed to be able to do so by changing only. In this image display device for gaming machines, ROM boards can be sequentially added on the data bus, and a unique address can be set for each image ROM. Therefore, a connector portion in which a predetermined number of memories can be inserted and attached to the control board in advance is provided. There is no need to provide it, and it is possible to respond quickly to future increases in memory capacity. Further, by connecting a board having a checksum function, it is possible to prevent the stored contents of each image ROM or the like from being altered (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-218727 A

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a swivel-type gaming machine will not improve its value as a product unless it is differentiated from other gaming machines. Therefore, every time a new model is developed, the control board for controlling the image display device provided in the gaming machine is improved to a higher performance. That is, the number of bits of the controller provided on the control board is gradually increasing.

  On the other hand, in gaming machines such as pachinko machines and swivel-type gaming machines, it is necessary to manage the distribution of electronic parts used in gaming machines in order to prevent unauthorized modification of electronic parts in the control circuit. Therefore, it is preferable that the electronic components used in the gaming machine be shared among different models.

  The prior art described in Patent Document 1 described above is intended to be used in common among different models without changing the design of the control board for controlling the image display device, and increases the storage capacity of the image ROM. It can be dealt with. Therefore, it is not a very effective technique when the control board of the image display device is improved to a high performance one each time a new model is developed.

  Therefore, it is desirable that the image ROM cartridge attached to and detached from the control board can be used in common even if the control board of the image display device is improved. For example, it is desired that the image ROM cartridge can be used in common even if the number of bits of the controller of the control board changes. As a result, the image ROM cartridge can be shared among different models, and the distribution process can be easily managed.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique that achieves both improvement of a control board of an image display device and improvement in the efficiency of distribution management of electronic components.

  1st invention is equipped with the image display apparatus on which the production | presentation of the variable display game which carries out the variable display of identification information is displayed, and the production control apparatus which controls the display in the said image display apparatus, The said variable display game is special. In the gaming machine that generates a special game advantageous to the player when the result is obtained, the production control device includes a calculation control unit and a data storage unit configured separately from the calculation control unit, Image data storage means for storing image data relating to the variable display game is arranged in the data storage section, and the calculation control section is configured to display the image based on the image data stored in the image data storage means. Image signal generating means for generating an image signal to be output to the apparatus is arranged, and the image signal generating means performs overall display control by executing a predetermined program. An image processing device that obtains image data from the image data storage unit and generates an image signal to be output to the image display device based on a command from the operation processing device; and The image data storage means is configured by being divided into a plurality of storage areas, and the plurality of storage areas are connected to the image processing apparatus via an address bus and a data bus, and the data storage unit is connected to the address bus. And a predetermined connection means for connecting the data bus, and is detachably connected to the arithmetic control unit, and the address bus is provided in common to each storage area of the image data storage means in the connection means, A data bus is provided individually for each storage area of the image data storage means in the connection means, and in the arithmetic control unit It is aggregated in accordance with the operation characteristics of the image processing apparatus.

  In a second aspect based on the first aspect, the data storage section further includes program storage means for storing a program executed by the arithmetic processing unit.

  In a third aspect based on the first or second aspect, the presentation control device displays a predetermined initial screen on the image display device in the initial state, and the image data for displaying the initial screen is The display area of the initial screen is divided into a predetermined number of areas, and the image data displayed in each divided area is divided into different image data, and the divided initial screen is displayed. Each data for this is stored in a different storage area of the image data storage means.

  According to a fourth invention, in the first to third inventions, image data of identification information that is variably displayed in the variability display game is divided and stored in a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means.

  In a fourth aspect based on the fourth aspect, in the fourth aspect, in the initial state, the effect control device provides the image display device with a number of pieces of identification information corresponding to the number of combinations of a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means. Image data for displaying and displaying the identification information displayed in the initial state is stored as image data of different identification information in each storage area of the image data storage means.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display device on which an effect of a variable display game for displaying the identification information in a variable manner is displayed, and an effect control device for controlling display on the image display device, and the variable display game is special. In the gaming machine that generates a special game advantageous to the player when the result is obtained, the production control device includes a calculation control unit and a data storage unit configured separately from the calculation control unit, Image data storage means for storing image data relating to the variable display game is arranged in the data storage section, and the calculation control section is configured to display the image based on the image data stored in the image data storage means. Image signal generating means for generating an image signal to be output to the apparatus is arranged, and the image signal generating means performs overall display control by executing a predetermined program. And an image processing device that obtains image data from the image data storage means and generates an image signal to be output to the image display device based on a command from the arithmetic processing device, The image data storage means is configured by being divided into a plurality of storage areas, and the plurality of storage areas are connected to the image processing apparatus via an address bus and a data bus, and the data storage unit includes the address A predetermined connection means for connecting the bus and the data bus is detachably connected to the arithmetic control unit, and the address bus is provided in common to each storage area of the image data storage means in the connection means, The data bus is provided individually for each storage area of the image data storage means in the connection means, and in the arithmetic control unit. It is aggregated in accordance with the operation characteristics of the image processing apparatus. For this reason, it is possible to configure a circuit that simultaneously retrieves image data from a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means, and it is possible to configure a circuit that individually retrieves image data from a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means. . Therefore, the circuit configuration can be determined without significant change in accordance with the number of processing bits of the image signal generation means arranged in the arithmetic control unit. Therefore, the data storage unit can be made common regardless of the number of processing bits of the image signal generating unit arranged in the arithmetic control unit.

  In the second invention, the data storage unit further includes program storage means for storing a program executed by the arithmetic processing unit. Therefore, the image data and the control program can be changed at the same time by simply exchanging the data storage unit.

  In a third aspect, the presentation control device displays a predetermined initial screen on the image display device in an initial state, and image data for displaying the initial screen has a predetermined display area of the initial screen. The image data is divided so that the image data displayed in each divided area is different image data, and each data for displaying the divided initial screen is the image data. It is stored in different storage areas of the storage means. Therefore, it is possible to detect a wiring mistake in the image data storage means at an early stage.

  In the fourth invention, the image data of the identification information that is variably displayed in the variability display game is divided and stored in a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means. Therefore, the image data of the identification information can be efficiently stored in the image data storage unit in accordance with the number of processing bits of the image signal generation unit arranged in the arithmetic control unit.

  In a fifth aspect, in the initial state, the effect control device causes the image display device to display the number of pieces of identification information corresponding to the number of combinations of a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage unit, and the initial state The image data for displaying the identification information displayed in is stored as image data of different identification information in each storage area of the image data storage means. Therefore, it is possible to detect a wiring mistake in the image data storage means at an early stage.

It is a front side perspective view of the pachinko machine of the 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the game board of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a front side perspective view of the pachinko machine in the state where the glass frame etc. of the 1st embodiment of the present invention were opened. It is a block diagram of the whole control system of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the memory of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the memory | storage form of the image data of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the memory of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the memory of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the memory | storage form of the image data of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
A. Structure of Pachinko Device First, the structure of the pachinko device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the pachinko machine 2 of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 10 of the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is the first implementation. It is a front side perspective view of the pachinko machine 2 of the state which opened the glass frame 13 of the form.

  The pachinko machine according to the present embodiment is a so-called CR machine (card reading machine), and is roughly composed of a pachinko machine 2 (game machine body) and a card-type ball lending machine (not shown). These are installed in pairs. The card-type ball lending machine has a built-in card reader / writer, and a card insertion slot or the like into which a card such as a magnetic card or an IC card is inserted is provided on the front surface.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the pachinko machine 2 includes a main body frame 12 (so-called machine frame) fixed to an island where the pachinko machine 2 and the card-type ball lending machine are installed, and the main body frame 12. The front frame 11 is attached to the main body frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by being pivotally supported by the hinge portion 20.

  A game board storage member (so-called back mechanism board) capable of storing the game board 10 is provided on the back side of the front frame 11. The game board 10 is stored in the game board storage member 9 and attached to the upper side of the back surface of the front frame 11.

  The main body frame 12 is arranged on four sides (upper side, bottom side, left side, and right side) with strips made of wood (plywood, etc.) so that the width direction is the front-rear direction, and the strips on each side are positioned at the end positions. It is a frame-like member that is fixed and connected to each other at (four corner positions). A horizontally long reinforcing material is fixed to the bottom portion of the main body frame 12 so as to come into contact with the upper surface of the band plate constituting the bottom side and the inner surfaces of the band plates constituting the left side and the right side. This reinforcing material is a beam provided between the left side portion and the right side portion of the main body frame 12.

  The main body frame 12 is firmly fixed to the island side by nailing, screwing, or the like at four locations on the left and right sides of the upper side and the left and right sides of the bottom side. Further, the band plate and the reinforcing material constituting the four sides of the main body frame 12 may be made of wood such as plywood, or may be other materials (synthetic resin, aluminum, etc.).

  As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, a glass frame 13 is attached to the front frame 11 so as to be openable and closable so as to cover the upper front side. Note that a game area 33 (to be described later) of the game board 10 is visible from the front surface through the glass plate 14 held by the glass frame 13. In addition, the glass plate 14 should just be a member which permeate | transmits light, for example, a transparent synthetic resin plate may be sufficient as it.

  The glass frame 13 is pivotally supported by the front frame 11 so as to be openable and closable at a hinge portion 20 shown in FIG.

  An open / close panel 15 is disposed below the glass frame 13 and is attached to the front frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. Further, an operation panel 16 is attached to the front frame 11 below the opening / closing panel 15.

  The game board 10 is a board-like base material 10a (so-called veneer, shown in FIG. 2) with obstruction nails planted on the front surface. As shown in FIG. A game area 33 is formed by being surrounded. The game area 33 is an area for performing a determination of out or safe (determination of whether or not a prize has been won) while dropping the launched game ball from above, and when the game ball enters the winning opening and becomes effectively safe A predetermined number of game balls are discharged to the upper plate 17 provided on the open / close panel 15 (that is, discharged as a prize ball).

  Further, a key insertion portion 21 of a locking device (not shown) for the front frame 11 and the glass frame 13 is provided at the edge of the front frame 11 on the opening / closing side (right side in FIG. 1).

  In addition, a ball lending switch 23a for causing the card-type ball lending machine to discharge the balls and a card return switch 23b for discharging the cards to the card-type ball lending machine are provided at the lower part of the glass frame 13. Yes.

  The upper plate 17 provided on the open / close panel 15 temporarily holds game balls discharged as prize balls or rental balls. The upper plate 17 is provided with an upper plate ball removal lever 24 for opening and closing a ball path for transferring a game ball of the upper plate 17 to a lower plate 26 described later.

  Further, the operation panel 16 includes an ashtray 25, a lower plate 26, a lower plate ball removal lever 27 for pulling out the balls stored in the lower plate 26, and a firing operation handle for performing a game ball firing operation. 28 are provided.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, speakers 29 for outputting sound effects are provided on the left and right sides of the glass frame 13 and the front surface of the upper plate 17. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a decoration lamp 18, a game board abnormality lamp 41 that notifies various abnormalities, a discharge abnormality lamp 42, and a frame opening notification lamp 43 are provided on the upper part of the glass frame 13.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a sphere storage tank 19 is provided on the upper back side of the front frame 11. The ball storage tank 19 stores game balls appropriately supplied from the island facility side where the pachinko machine 2 is installed, and the game balls in the ball storage tank 19 are discharged from the pachinko machine 2 as prize balls or rental balls. The

  As shown in FIG. 2, a game area 33 surrounded by guide rails 32 is formed in the center of the game board 10, and an image display device (special symbol display device) 34 is provided in the approximate center of the game area. . A sub-variable winning device 38 is provided above the gaming area 33, and a main variable winning device 36 is provided below the gaming area 33. In addition, a nail (only part of which is shown) for guiding a game ball flowing down the game area 33 is implanted in the game area 33, and a direction changing member (which changes the rolling direction of the game ball flowing down the game area 33) ( (Not shown) is provided.

  The display screen of the image display device 34 is composed of, for example, an LCD (liquid crystal display), a CRT (CRT), or the like. A plurality of variable display areas are provided in an area (display area) where the image on the display screen can be displayed. In each variable display area, identification information (special symbol) indicating the result of the variable display game and a character that produces the variable display game are displayed.

  A plurality of start winning openings 37 are provided at predetermined positions on the lower left and right of the game area. Above each start winning opening 37, a nail capable of adjusting the inflow of game balls to the starting winning opening 37 is provided.

  General winning openings 35 are provided on the left and right sides of the image display device 8. A nail that can adjust the inflow of game balls to the general winning opening 35 is provided above each general winning opening 35.

  In the lower right of the game board 10, a special symbol display 50a for displaying the progress state of the variable display game is provided. The special symbol display 50a is composed of, for example, a single-digit 7-segment LED. In the vicinity of the special symbol display 50a, a special symbol storage display 50b for displaying the number of special symbol starting memories is provided. The special symbol memory display 50b is composed of, for example, four LEDs.

B. Configuration of Control System Next, a control system of the pachinko machine 2 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a control system centering on the game control device of the first embodiment.

  The game control device 100 is a control device that performs overall control of the game (including control of the game progress and direct or indirect control of each controlled device for that purpose), and performs the accessory control necessary for pachinko games, etc. A gaming microcomputer 101 (a so-called amuse chip IC) comprising a one-chip microcomputer, an input interface 102, an output interface 103, a bidirectional interface 105, and an external communication terminal are provided. The gaming microcomputer 101 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM.

  The input interface 102 of the game control device 100 includes a special figure start sensor 51, a count sensor 53, a winning opening sensor 54, an inflow monitoring sensor 55, an outflow monitoring sensor 56, a specific winning detection sensor 57, an inner frame opening sensor 58, and a glass frame. A signal from the open sensor 59 is input.

  The special figure start sensor 51 is a sensor that detects one game ball at a time in a start winning opening 37 provided in the game area 33 one by one. In addition, the special figure starting sensor 51 may be provided for each starting winning award port 37. One special figure start sensor 51 may be provided for each of the plurality of start winning ports 37. The count sensor 53 is a sensor that detects one game ball at a time in a main prize winning port of the main variation winning device 36 provided in the game area 33 one by one.

  The winning opening sensor 54 is a sensor that detects a game ball won in a general winning opening 35 provided in the gaming area 33. In addition, the winning opening sensor 54 may be provided for each general winning opening 35. Further, one winning port sensor 54 may be provided for the plurality of general winning ports 35.

  The inflow monitoring sensor 55 is a sensor that detects the game balls that have won the sub-large winning opening 38 one by one. The outflow monitoring sensor 56 is a sensor that detects the game balls discharged from the sorting device 39 one by one after winning the sub-large winning opening 38. The specific winning detection sensor 57 is a sensor that detects game balls that have been distributed by the distribution device 39 and won in the specific winning opening one by one. The inner frame opening sensor 58 is a sensor that detects the opening of the front frame 11. The glass frame opening sensor 59 is a sensor that detects the opening of the glass frame 13.

  On the other hand, from the output interface 103 of the game control device 100, a special symbol display 50a that displays the progress state of the variable display game, a special symbol storage display 50b that displays the number of unexecuted variable display games, and a main variable prize. The main large prize opening solenoid (main large prize opening SOL) 72 that drives the open / close door of the main big prize opening of the device 36 and the secondary large prize opening solenoid (secondary prize) that drives the movable piece 38a provided in the auxiliary variable prize winning device 38. A signal is output to the board external information terminal 74 for transmitting board external information (for example, a big hit signal or the like) to the big prize opening SOL) 73 or the management device of the game shop.

  Further, a signal such as prize ball data is output from the bidirectional interface 105 to the discharge control device 200. That is, when the game control device 100 detects the winning of the game ball by the special figure start sensor 51, the count sensor 53, or the winning hole sensor 54 provided for each winning hole of the game board 10, Information on the number of prize balls set in advance corresponding to the prize value (prize ball data) is transmitted to the discharge control device 200. Then, the discharge control device 200 performs prize ball discharge control for discharging the number of prize balls according to the received prize ball data.

  Further, detection results by various sensors (reset switch 61, half-end sensor 62, overflow sensor 63, discharge ball detection sensor 64) input to discharge control device 200 are transmitted to game control device 100 through bidirectional interface 105. The

  The discharge control device 200 is a control device that controls the discharge of the game ball from the prize ball discharge device 250, and controls the prize ball discharge device 250 based on a prize ball command signal transmitted from the game control device 100. Further, based on a ball rental request signal from a card ball rental unit (not shown), the operation of the prize ball discharge device 250 is controlled to discharge the ball.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the discharge control device 200 includes a one-chip microcomputer 201 including a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, an input interface 202, a bidirectional interface 203, and an output interface 205. Signals from the reset switch 61, half-end sensor 62, overflow sensor 63, and discharged ball detection sensor 64 are input to the input interface 202.

  The reset switch 61 is a switch that generates a signal for stopping the operation of the CPU and executing initialization. The half-end sensor 62 is a sensor that detects that the supply of game balls to the ball storage tank 19 is insufficient. The overflow sensor 63 is a sensor that detects that the game balls discharged to the upper plate 17 by the prize ball discharge device 250 have become excessively stored. The discharged ball detection sensor 64 is a sensor that detects the game balls discharged from the prize ball discharging device 250 one by one.

  Control information (display control command) is transmitted from the output interface 103 to the effect control device 110 that controls the image display device 34 and the like.

  The effect control device 110 is a control device for the image display device 34 in which a display unit (screen) is arranged at substantially the center of the game area 33, and includes a microcomputer including a CPU 111, and is transmitted from the game control device 100. The image display device 34 and the like are controlled based on the above. The image display device 34 variably displays identification information called a special symbol (numbers, symbols, etc.) for each of a plurality of variable display areas, or displays an effect image. The image display device 34 is, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of displaying still images and moving images in color, and may be a CRT.

  For example, when a variable display game is executed, a display control signal including stop symbol combination (result mode) data and variable time data is transmitted from the game control device 100. The effect control device 110 selects the stop mode and the change mode that satisfies the change time, and causes the image display device 34 to display the special symbol (identification information) in a variable manner, and finally a specific symbol combination (result mode). A variable display game that derives and displays

  Note that the variation display mode (variation mode) of the special symbol actually implemented by the control of the effect control device 110 may be uniquely determined by a display control signal from the game control device 100, but the display control described above. The production control device 110 may finally select the variation mode by random number extraction or the like within a range of conditions given by the signal.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the effect control device 110 includes a CPU 111, a control ROM 112, a RAM 113 that provides a work area for the CPU 111 and stores control information transmitted from the game control device 100, a communication interface 115, and an image display device 34. It comprises a GDP (graphic display processor) 116 for controlling display contents, an image ROM 117, and an input interface 118.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the control ROM 112 is connected to the CPU 111 via a data bus that extends over an address bus, and stores invariant data such as a display control program and display control parameters. As shown in FIG. 5, the image ROM (image data storage means) 117 is connected to the GDP 116 by a data bus including an address bus, and stores display data such as images and characters displayed on the image display device 34.

  The CPU 111, the RAM 113, the communication interface 115, the GDP 116, and the input interface 118 are mounted on a calculation control board 110 </ b> A (see FIG. 5) exemplified as a calculation control unit, thereby constituting an image signal generation unit. The control ROM 112 and the image ROM 117 are mounted on a ROM board 119 exemplified as a data storage unit. The ROM substrate 119 is detachably connected to the arithmetic control unit substrate 110A by connection means such as a connector to the effect control substrate. The ROM substrate 119 may be connected by a connection line without using a connector. In this case, terminals (connection patterns) provided on the effect control board 110A or the ROM board 119 serve as connection means.

  The ROM substrate 119 is a ROM cartridge having a fixed shape without using a so-called printed wiring board, and may be provided separately from the effect control board 110A.

  Signals from the magnetic detection sensor 46, the radio wave detection sensor 47, and the vibration detection sensor 83 are input to the input interface 118 of the effect control device 110.

  The magnetic detection sensor 46 detects the magnetic force applied to the pachinko machine 2. For example, when a player brings the magnet close to the pachinko machine 2 with the intention of moving the game ball illegally, a magnetic detection signal is output from the magnetic detection sensor 46. The radio wave detection sensor 47 detects an electromagnetic wave applied to the pachinko machine 2. For example, a radio wave detection signal is output from the radio wave detection sensor 47 when the player brings the electromagnetic wave generation device close to the pachinko machine 2 with the intention of causing the game ball to malfunction.

  The vibration detection sensor 83 is a sensor that is provided in the vibration sensor unit 80 attached to the game board 10 and detects vibration applied to the pachinko machine 2. The effect control device 110 determines the vibration applied to the pachinko machine 2 based on the signal output from the vibration sensor 83 and determines whether the pachinko machine 2 is fraudulent.

  When the display control signal is input to the effect control device 110 from the game control device 100 via the input interface 118, the effect control device 110 performs display control as follows. First, a reception interrupt is applied from the input interface 118 to the CPU 111, and in response thereto, the CPU (arithmetic processing unit) 111 receives a display control signal and stores the received display control signal in the RAM 113. Then, the CPU 111 analyzes the received display control signal. For example, in the case of variable display of a special symbol, the content of the variable display is determined based on the information on the result mode and the variable time included in the received display control signal, and the display data (display that displays the variable display) The data of the symbol code, display position data, and commands such as scrolling are generated and stored in the RAM 113.

  Next, the GDP (image processing apparatus) 116 reads the display data stored in the RAM 113. That is, the character font data stored in the image ROM 117 is read in correspondence with the special symbol, effect symbol, and character code to be displayed, and image data (including a background image) to be displayed is generated according to the display position data. Stored in the display image storage area of the video RAM in the GDP.

  Thereafter, the GDP 116 reads the image data from the display image storage area, generates a display drive signal (image signal) for the image display device 34, and outputs the display drive signal to the image display device 34. As a result, a predetermined display is performed on the screen of the image display device 34.

  Further, the production control device 110 outputs a predetermined acoustic signal to the speaker 29 so that a predetermined sound effect is emitted from the speaker 29. Furthermore, the production control device 110 also controls lighting of various lamps (for example, the decoration lamp 18, the game board abnormality lamp 41, the discharge abnormality lamp 42, and the frame opening notification lamp 43).

C. Next, the progress of the game in the pachinko machine 2 of the present embodiment will be described.

  In the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, a game is played by launching a game ball (pachinko ball) from a hitting ball launching device (not shown) toward the game area. The launched game balls flow down the game area while changing the rolling direction by a direction changing member (not shown) such as a windmill provided at various locations in the game area, and the sub-variable winning device 38, the general winning opening 35, The winning prize opening 37 or the main variable prize winning device 36 is won, or it is discharged from the out opening provided at the bottom of the game area.

  The game ball that has won the general winning opening 35 is detected by the winning opening sensor 54. The game ball won in the start winning opening 37 is detected by a special symbol start sensor 51. The game ball that has won the main variation winning device 36 is detected by the count sensor 53. The game ball that has won the sub-variation winning device 38 is detected by the inflow monitoring sensor 55.

  When game balls are awarded to the general prize opening 35, the main variable prize winning device 36, and the start winning prize opening 37, the number of prize balls corresponding to the type of the winning prize opening is provided from the prize ball discharging device 250 below the game board 6. The lower plate 26 is discharged.

  When the game ball wins the start winning opening 37, the winning game ball is detected by the special symbol start sensor 51. When the special symbol start sensor 51 detects the winning of the game ball, the special symbol random number counter value is extracted at the detection timing of the game ball. The extracted special symbol random number counter value is stored in a predetermined storage area (special symbol start storage area) in the game control device 100 up to a predetermined number (for example, up to four consecutive times) in order of winning detection. The

  The number stored in the special symbol start memory is displayed on a special symbol memory display 50b provided at the lower left of the game board 10.

  Thereafter, when the start condition of the variable display game is established, the game control device 100 plays the variable display game on the special symbol display device 50a and the image display device 34 based on the special symbol start memory.

  Here, the special symbol display device 50a is a display device that accurately informs the progress state of the variable display game, and the image display device 34 displays the effect of the variable display game in order to improve the interest of the player. It is. Therefore, the variation display of the variation display game displayed on the image display device 34 corresponds to the symbol displayed on the special symbol display 50a.

  Specifically, in the special symbol display device 50a and the image display device 34, a variation display game in which the symbol (identification information) is variably displayed starts, and an effect image related to the variation display game is displayed on the image display device 34.

  When winning at the start winning opening 37 is made at a predetermined timing (specifically, when the special symbol random number counter value at the time of winning detection is a winning value), the variable display game is a combination of predetermined symbols. (For example, it stops in a state where three symbols displayed on the image display device 34 are aligned, that is, a jackpot symbol).

  At this time, by driving the secondary big prize opening solenoid 73, the movable piece 38a of the secondary variable prize winning device 38 is expanded for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds), and the game ball can win the secondary big prize opening 38. The jackpot game will start. The game ball that has won the sub-large winning opening 38 is detected by the inflow monitoring sensor 55 and guided to the distribution device 39 via a warp passage (not shown).

  The game ball guided to the distribution device 39 enters the distribution device 39 from the inflow port 39b. Then, the guide rod 39c flows down and falls onto the sorting table 39a. On the distribution table 39a, one specific winning port and two general winning ports are provided. The game ball that has flowed into the specific winning opening is detected by the specific winning detection sensor 57. Also, the outflow monitoring sensor 56 detects the game ball that has flowed into the general winning opening and the game ball that has flowed into the specific winning opening. In other words, the game ball that has flowed into the specific winning opening is detected by both the specific winning detection sensor 57 and the outflow monitoring sensor 56.

  Since the distribution table 39a is rotating at a predetermined speed, the game ball that has entered the distribution device 39 will be awarded to which winning a prize according to the timing of dropping from the guide rod 39c (whether it will win a specific winning entry, Whether or not to win a general prize opening).

  When the game balls that have won the general prize opening are detected by the outflow monitoring sensor 56, a predetermined number of game balls are discharged from the prize ball discharge device 250 to the upper plate 17.

  When a game ball that has won a specific winning opening is detected by the specific winning detection sensor 57, the main large winning opening solenoid 72 is driven to open and close the main large winning opening opening / closing door for a predetermined time ( For example, the game ball is opened for 30 seconds), and the game ball can enter the main prize winning opening 36. That is, when the game ball wins the specific winning opening, the main variable winning device 36 is in an open state (advantageous to the player) from a closed state where the game ball is not received (a disadvantageous state for the player). State).

  The game balls won in the main variation winning device 36 are detected by the count sensor 54, and a predetermined number of game balls are discharged from the prize ball discharging device 250 to the upper plate 17. That is, since the special winning opening is greatly opened for a predetermined time, a game value that a lot of game balls can be acquired during this period is given to the player.

D. Memory Configuration Next, the memory configuration of the presentation control device 110 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment, a case where the GDP 116 processes 16-bit data is shown.

  The control ROM 112 is connected to the CPU 111 by an address bus, a data bus, and control signal lines (CS, OE). For example, when the CPU 111 is a 16-bit CPU, the CPU 111 is connected to the data bus by 16 data lines (D0 to D15) and the number of address lines determined by the address space that can be managed by the CPU 111.

  Control signals (CS, OE) from the CPU 111 are directly input to the control ROM 112. The CPU 111 reads data from the control ROM 112 by these control signals. CS is a chip select signal indicating that the control ROM 112 is selected from the devices connected to the CPU 111. OE is an output enable signal indicating that the CPU 111 can read data from the control ROM 112.

The image ROM 117 is composed of four 16-bit chips (117A to 117D). The segment is not limited to the configuration of the image ROM 117 with four 16-bit chips, and a segment can be selected by a CS signal. The structure contained in one chip | tip may be sufficient.

  The image ROM 117 is connected to the GDP 116 by an address bus, a data bus, and control signal lines (RD, CS1 to CS4). The address bus includes a number of address lines determined by an address space that can be managed by the GDP 116. On the ROM substrate 119, the data bus is constituted by a number (16) of data lines (D0 to D15) corresponding to the number of data bits of each image ROM chip.

  That is, the ROM board 119 outputs four sets of 16-bit data buses individually connected to the image ROM chips 117A to 117D, and n + 1 addresses commonly connected to the image ROM chips 117A to 117D. The bus is output. The data buses (4 × 16 data lines) individually output from each of the image ROM chips 117A to 117D are on the main board 110A (outside of the ROM board 119) of the effect control device 110, and the four image ROM chips. Data lines are connected for each same bit, and are integrated into one 16-bit data bus and input to the GDP 116.

  The GDP 116 reads data from the image ROM 117 in accordance with control signals (RD, CS1 to CS4).

  CS1 to CS4 are input to the image ROM chips 117A to 117D, respectively, and a CS signal corresponding to the image ROM chip selected as an area from which the GDP 116 reads data is output.

  RD is an output enable signal indicating that the GDP 116 is ready to read data from the image ROM 117, and is directly input to all the image ROM chips 117A to 117D.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when the data line and the control signal line of the image ROM 117 are connected to the GDP 116 and the GDP 116 selects CS1, 16-bit data is received from the image ROM chip 117A. Can be read. If the GDP 116 selects CS2, 16-bit data can be read from the image ROM chip 117B. If the GDP 116 selects CS3, 16-bit data can be read from the image ROM chip 117C. If the GDP 116 selects CS4, 16-bit data can be read from the image ROM chip 117D.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a storage form of image data according to the first embodiment.

  On the initial screen displayed when the pachinko machine according to the first embodiment is turned on, an image in which four predetermined pieces of identification information are arranged side by side is displayed. For example, an initial screen “2468” is displayed on the image display device 34 of FIG. 2. When each of these pieces of identification information varies individually, the above-described variation display game is executed. Note that another character or the like may be displayed without displaying the identification information used in the variable display game on the initial screen.

  In the first embodiment, the image data of all identification information used in the variable display game is stored in the image ROM chip. In this case, as indicated by reference numeral 300 in the figure, all image data (the entire image “7”) for displaying one piece of identification information is one image ROM chip (for example, an image ROM chip). 117A).

  In the initial state after the power is turned on, the GDP 116 reads the image data of the identification information for the initial screen from the ROM chip 117A and displays the initial screen.

  A plurality of (for example, three) pieces of identification information are displayed on the initial screen and displayed on the initial screen after completion of the initial state in which various control devices such as the game control device 100 and the effect control device 110 perform initial settings. Demo display may be performed using the identified information. Moreover, you may play a variable display game using the identification information displayed on the initial screen.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, the configuration of the memory of the effect control device 110 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The second embodiment shows a case where the GDP 116 processes 32-bit data.

  In the second embodiment, the configuration of the ROM substrate 119 is the same as that of the first embodiment described above, and the configuration of the main substrate 110A of the effect control device 110 differs with the number of processing bits of the GDP 116 being different.

  In the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment described above, the control ROM 112 is connected to the CPU 111 by an address bus, a data bus, and control signal lines (CS, OE).

  The image ROM 117 is composed of four 16-bit chips (117A to 117D), as in the first embodiment. The segment is not limited to the configuration of the image ROM 117 with four 16-bit chips, and a segment can be selected by a CS signal, and if the segment is divided so that 32-bit data can be read and written from the selected segment, a plurality of segments can be obtained. The structure contained in one chip | tip may be sufficient.

  The image ROM 117 is connected to the GDP 116 by an address bus, a data bus, and control signal lines (RD, CS1, CS2). The address bus includes a number of address lines determined by an address space that can be managed by the GDP 116. On the ROM substrate 119, the data bus is constituted by a number (16) of data lines (D0 to D15) corresponding to the number of data bits of each image ROM chip.

  That is, the ROM board 119 outputs four sets of 16-bit data buses individually connected to the image ROM chips 117A to 117D, and n + 1 addresses commonly connected to the image ROM chips 117A to 117D. The bus is output. The data buses (4 × 16 data lines) individually output from each of the image ROM chips 117A to 117D are on the main board 110A (outside of the ROM board 119) of the effect control device 110, and are connected to the two image ROM chips. Data lines are connected for each same bit, and are aggregated into one 32-bit data bus and input to the GDP 116.

  Specifically, the data lines from the image ROM chip 117A and the data lines from the image ROM chip 117C are connected with respect to the same bit so that the image ROM chips 117A and 117C constitute upper bits (D16 to D31). The Similarly, the data lines from the image ROM chip 117B and the data lines from the image ROM chip 117D are connected with respect to the same bit so that the image ROM chips 117B and 117D constitute the lower bits (D0 to D15).

  The GDP 116 reads data from the image ROM 117 by control signals (RD, CS1, CS2).

  CS1 is input to the image ROM chips 117A and 117B, respectively, and CS2 is input to the image ROM chips 117C and 117D, respectively. CS1 and CS2 output a CS signal corresponding to the image ROM chip selected as an area from which the GDP 116 reads data.

  Therefore, the GDP 116 outputs the data from the image ROM chip 117A and the data from the image ROM chip 117B simultaneously as 32-bit data by outputting CS1, and outputs CS2 from the image ROM chip 117C. And the data from the image ROM chip 117D are simultaneously read as 32-bit data.

  RD is an output enable signal indicating that the GDP 116 is ready to read data from the image ROM 117, and is directly input to all the image ROM chips 117A to 117D.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when the data line and the control signal line of the image ROM 117 are connected to the GDP 116 and the GDP 116 selects CS1, the 32-bit data is read from the image ROM chips 117A and 117B. Data can be read out. If the GDP 116 selects CS2, 32-bit data can be read from the image ROM chip 117C and the image ROM chip 117D.

  Next, a storage form of image data according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  Also in the second embodiment, the pachinko machine displays an initial screen when the power is turned on. An image “2468” is displayed on the initial screen as in the first embodiment. Note that another character or the like may be displayed without displaying the identification information used in the variable display game on the initial screen.

  In the second embodiment, as indicated by reference numeral 310 in the figure, all image data for displaying one piece of identification information is stored in a plurality of image ROM chips 117A and 117B (or image ROM chip 117C and 117D) and stored separately. Specifically, one special symbol displayed in the variable display game is divided into two, and the left part is stored in the image ROM chip 117A and the right part is stored in the image ROM chip 117B. The special symbol displayed in the variable display game is selected so that when it is divided into a plurality of images, the special symbol and the special symbol are divided so as to be different image data.

  In the initial state after the power is turned on, the GDP 116 reads the special symbols for the initial screen from the image ROM chips 117A and 117B and displays the initial screen. As described above, the image data for the initial screen is divided and stored in a plurality of image ROM chips, and the image data read from the plurality of image ROM chips is combined to display the initial screen, whereby the image ROM chip 117A, If 117B is connected in the wrong way, identification information of the wrong shape is displayed. Therefore, it is possible to know whether the image ROM chips 117A and 117B are correctly connected.

  A plurality of (for example, three) pieces of identification information are displayed on the initial screen and displayed on the initial screen after completion of the initial state in which various control devices such as the game control device 100 and the effect control device 110 perform initial settings. Demo display may be performed using the identified information. Moreover, you may play a variable display game using the identification information displayed on the initial screen.

  Further, different special symbols for the initial screen of each digit are read from each image ROM chip 117A and 117B, and the same number as the number of selectable ROM chip combinations (two digits in the second embodiment). The identification information may be displayed on the initial screen.

(Third embodiment)
Next, the configuration of the memory of the presentation control device 110 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The third embodiment shows a case where the GDP 116 processes 64-bit data.

  In the third embodiment, the configuration of the ROM substrate 119 is the same as that of the first and second embodiments described above, and the configuration of the main substrate 110A of the effect control device 110 is accompanied by the difference in the number of processing bits of the GDP 116. Is different.

  In the third embodiment, as in the first embodiment described above, the control ROM 112 is connected to the CPU 111 by an address bus, a data bus, and control signal lines (CS, OE).

  The image ROM 117 is composed of four 16-bit chips (117A to 117D), as in the first embodiment. Not only the configuration of the image ROM 117 with four 16-bit chips, but a segment can be selected by the CS signal, and if the segment is divided so that 64-bit data can be read and written from the selected segment, a plurality of segments can be obtained. The structure contained in one chip | tip may be sufficient.

  The image ROM 117 is connected to the GDP 116 by an address bus, a data bus, and control signal lines (RD, CS). The address bus includes a number of address lines determined by an address space that can be managed by the GDP 116. The data bus is configured on the ROM substrate 119 by a number (16) of data lines (D0 to D15) corresponding to the number of data bits of each image ROM chip.

  That is, the ROM board 119 outputs four sets of 16-bit data buses individually connected to the image ROM chips 117A to 117D, and n + 1 addresses commonly connected to the image ROM chips 117A to 117D. The bus is output. The data buses (4 × 16 data lines) individually output from the image ROM chips 117A to 117D are not aggregated on the main board 110A (outside of the ROM board 119) of the effect control device 110, and remain as they are. The data is input to the GDP 116 as a 64-bit data bus.

  Specifically, the image ROM chip 117A constitutes the most significant bit (D48 to D63), the image ROM chip 117B constitutes the next upper bit (D32 to D47), and the image ROM chip 117C constitutes the next upper bit ( D16 to D31), and the image ROM chip 117D constitutes the least significant bit (D0 to D15).

  The GDP 116 reads data from the image ROM 117 by control signals (RD, CS).

  The CS is output when the GDP 116 selects an image ROM chip from which data is read. Specifically, CS from the GDP 116 is input to all the image ROM chips 117A to 117D. Accordingly, the GDP 116 simultaneously reads data from all the image ROM chips 117A to 117D as 32-bit data.

  RD is an output enable signal indicating that the GDP 116 is ready to read data from the image ROM 117, and is directly input to all the image ROM chips 117A to 117D.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, if the data line and the control signal line of the image ROM 117 are connected to the GDP 116 and the GDP 116 selects CS, all of the image ROM chips 117A to 117D have 64 Bit data can be read.

  Next, a storage form of image data according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  Also in the third embodiment, the pachinko machine displays an initial screen when the power is turned on. An image “2468” is displayed on the initial screen as in the first embodiment. Note that another character or the like may be displayed without displaying the identification information used in the variable display game on the initial screen.

  In the third embodiment, all image data for displaying one piece of identification information is stored in a plurality of image ROM chips 117A to 117D as indicated by reference numeral 320 in the figure. Specifically, one special symbol displayed in the variable display game is divided into four, the leftmost part is the image ROM chip 117A, the second part from the left is the image ROM chip 117B, and the left part is 3 The second part is stored in the image ROM chip 117C, and the rightmost part is stored in the image ROM chip 117D. The special symbol displayed in the variable display game is selected so that when it is divided into a plurality of images, the special symbol and the special symbol are divided so as to be different image data.

  In the initial state after the power is turned on, the GDP 116 reads a special symbol for the initial screen from the ROM chip 117A and displays the initial screen. As described above, the image data for the variable display game is divided and stored in a plurality of image ROM chips, and the image data read from the plurality of image ROM chips is combined to display the initial screen, thereby displaying the image ROM chip 117A. When the connection of -117D is incorrect, identification information of an incorrect shape is displayed. For this reason, it is possible to know whether the image ROM chips 117A to 117D are correctly connected by checking the initial screen.

  A plurality of (for example, three) pieces of identification information are displayed on the initial screen and displayed on the initial screen after completion of the initial state in which various control devices such as the game control device 100 and the effect control device 110 perform initial settings. Demo display may be performed using the identified information. Moreover, you may play a variable display game using the identification information displayed on the initial screen.

  Note that the image data of the initial screen is stored in each of the image ROM chips 117A to 117D in a form in which the entire area of the initial screen is divided into four, and when the power is turned on, these image data are read and the initial screen is displayed. It is also possible. An example thereof will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9A is a diagram showing a state in which the entire area 400 of the initial screen is divided into four and the respective image data 400a to 400d are stored in the image ROM chips 117A to 117D. In this case, each image data of “2”, “4”, “6”, “8” is stored in each of the image ROM chips 117A to 117D. With this configuration, when the production control device 110 is manufactured, if the image ROM chips 117A to 117D are mistakenly attached and the gaming machine is activated, the arrangement of numbers displayed on the initial screen is different, so the gaming machine is activated. Can be found when

  That is, the image data for displaying the initial screen is divided and stored so as to be different image data for each of the image ROM chips 117A to 117D in a form in which the entire area of the initial screen is divided into four regions. As a result, it is possible to make it easier to find mounting mistakes in the image ROM chip.

  On the other hand, FIG. 9B shows a case where the initial screen display is “2222”. In this case, the entire area 410 of the initial screen is divided into four parts, and the respective image data 410a to 410d are stored in the image ROM chips 117A to 117D. Therefore, the image ROM chips 117A to 117D include All “2” image data is stored. In such a configuration, even if the image ROM chips 117A to 117D are erroneously attached at the time of production of the production control device 110, they cannot be found when the gaming machine is activated.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the effect control board (control) including the ROM board (ROM cartridge) 119 including the plurality of image ROM chips 117A to 117D and the image signal generation means (CPU 111 and GDP 116). Block substrate 110A is detachably connected by a connector for connecting an address bus and a data bus. On the connector, the address bus of the image ROM chip is shared, but the data bus of the image ROM chip is independent of each other. Therefore, it is possible to configure a circuit that simultaneously extracts image data from a plurality of image ROM chips, and it is also possible to configure a circuit that individually extracts image data from the plurality of image ROM chips. Therefore, an appropriate circuit configuration can be easily obtained without significant change in accordance with the number of processing bits of GDP arranged in the arithmetic control unit, and the ROM board can be used regardless of the number of processing bits of GDP. Can be made common.

  Further, since the ROM board includes a control ROM 112 that stores a program executed by the CPU, the image data and the control program can be changed at the same time by simply attaching and detaching the ROM board, thereby improving work efficiency. be able to.

  Further, the image data for displaying the initial screen is divided into a plurality of image ROM chips, and different image data is stored in each image ROM chip. Therefore, if the mounting location of the image ROM chip is wrong on the ROM substrate, an erroneous initial screen is displayed in the initial state, so that an erroneous mounting of the image ROM chip can be detected early.

  When the GDP is 32 bits or 64 bits, the GDP simultaneously takes out image data from a plurality of image ROM chips. Correspondingly, image data for displaying identification information is divided and stored in a plurality of image ROM chips. Therefore, the image data of the identification information can be efficiently stored in the image ROM chip corresponding to the number of processing bits of GDP.

  In addition, on the initial screen, identification information of different shapes with the number of digits corresponding to the number of combinations of image ROM chips is displayed. Therefore, if the mounting location of the image ROM chip is wrong on the ROM substrate, an erroneous initial screen is displayed in the initial state, so that an erroneous mounting of the image ROM chip can be detected early.

  The embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative and non-restrictive in every respect. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description of the invention described above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

2 Pachinko machines (game machines)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Game board 34 Image display apparatus 100 Game control apparatus 110 Effect control apparatus 110A Effect control apparatus board | substrate 111 CPU
112 Control ROM
116 GDP
117 Image ROM
119 Image ROM board

The present invention includes an image display device that displays an effect of a variable display game that displays the identification information in a variable manner, and an effect control device that controls display on the image display device, and the variable display game has a special result. In the gaming machine that generates a special game that is advantageous to the player, the effect control device includes an arithmetic control unit and a data storage unit, and the data storage unit stores image data related to the variable display game. Image data storage means for storing is disposed, and the arithmetic control unit includes image signal generation means for generating an image signal output to the image display device based on the image data stored in the image data storage means. The image signal generation means is arranged to perform an overall display control by executing a predetermined program, and an arithmetic processing device from the arithmetic processing device. Based on the decree, the image from the data storing means acquires the image data, and an image processing apparatus for generating an image signal to be output to the image display device, the image data storage means, the plurality of storage areas The plurality of storage areas are each connected to the image processing device, and the image data relating to the variable display game is divided and stored in the plurality of storage areas. The variable display game is controlled by combining image data read from a plurality of storage areas .

According to the present invention, it is possible to configure a circuit that simultaneously retrieves image data from a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means, and configures a circuit that individually retrieves image data from the plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means. be able to.

The embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative and non-restrictive in every respect. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description of the invention described above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.
The following are typical examples of aspects of the present invention other than those described in the claims.
(1) An image display device that displays an effect of a variable display game that displays the identification information in a variable manner, and an effect control device that controls display on the image display device, and the variable display game has a special result. In the gaming machine that generates a special game advantageous to the player, the production control device includes an arithmetic control unit and a data storage unit configured separately from the arithmetic control unit, and the data storage The image data storage means for storing image data relating to the variable display game is arranged in the section, and the calculation control section outputs to the image display device based on the image data stored in the image data storage means. An image signal generating means for generating an image signal to be generated is arranged, and the image signal generating means performs arithmetic processing for performing comprehensive display control by executing a predetermined program. An image processing device that acquires image data from the image data storage means and generates an image signal to be output to the image display device based on a command from the arithmetic processing device, and the image data The storage unit is configured by being divided into a plurality of storage areas, the plurality of storage areas are connected to the image processing apparatus via an address bus and a data bus, and the data storage unit includes the address bus and the data A predetermined connection means for connecting the bus is detachably connected to the arithmetic control unit, and the address bus is provided in common to each storage area of the image data storage means in the connection means, and the data bus Are individually provided for each storage area of the image data storage means in the connection means, and Gaming machine characterized in that it is aggregated in accordance with the operation characteristics of the processing apparatus.
(2) The game machine according to (1), wherein the data storage unit further includes program storage means for storing a program executed by the arithmetic processing unit.
(3) In the initial state, the production control device displays a predetermined initial screen on the image display device, and the image data for displaying the initial screen has a predetermined number of display areas of the initial screen. Are divided so that the image data displayed in each divided area becomes different image data, and each data for displaying the divided initial screen is stored in the image data storage means. The gaming machine according to (1) or (2), wherein the gaming machine is stored in a different storage area.
(4) The image data of the identification information variably displayed in the variability display game is divided and stored in a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means (1) to (3) The gaming machine according to any one of the above.
(5) In the initial state, the effect control device causes the image display device to display the number of pieces of identification information corresponding to the number of combinations of the plurality of storage areas of the image data storage unit, and is displayed in the initial state. (4) The gaming machine according to (4), wherein the image data for displaying the identification information is stored as image data of different identification information in each storage area of the image data storage means.
In the invention of (1), it is possible to configure a circuit that simultaneously extracts image data from a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means, and a circuit that individually extracts image data from a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means is also configured. can do. Therefore, the circuit configuration can be determined without significant change in accordance with the number of processing bits of the image signal generation means arranged in the arithmetic control unit. Therefore, the data storage unit can be made common regardless of the number of processing bits of the image signal generating unit arranged in the arithmetic control unit.
In the invention of (2), the image data and the control program can be changed simultaneously only by exchanging the data storage unit.
In the invention of (3), a wiring error in the image data storage means can be detected early.
In the invention of (4), the image data of the identification information can be efficiently stored in the image data storage unit in correspondence with the number of processing bits of the image signal generation unit arranged in the arithmetic control unit.
In the invention of (5), a wiring error in the image data storage means can be detected early.

Claims (5)

An image display device on which an effect of a variable display game for displaying the identification information in a variable manner is displayed;
An effect control device for controlling display in the image display device,
In the gaming machine that generates a special game advantageous to the player when the variable display game has a special result,
The production control device
A calculation control unit, and a data storage unit configured separately from the calculation control unit,
In the data storage unit, image data storage means for storing image data relating to the variable display game is arranged,
The arithmetic control unit is provided with image signal generation means for generating an image signal output to the image display device based on the image data stored in the image data storage means,
The image signal generation means includes
An arithmetic processing unit that performs overall display control by executing a predetermined program;
An image processing device that acquires image data from the image data storage unit based on a command from the arithmetic processing device and generates an image signal to be output to the image display device;
With
The image data storage unit is configured by being divided into a plurality of storage areas, and the plurality of storage areas are connected to the image processing apparatus via an address bus and a data bus,
The data storage unit is detachably connected to the arithmetic control unit by a predetermined connection means for connecting the address bus and the data bus,
The address bus is provided in common for each storage area of the image data storage means in the connection means,
The data bus is provided individually for each storage area of the image data storage means in the connection means, and is aggregated according to the calculation characteristics of the image processing apparatus in the calculation control unit. A gaming machine.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the data storage unit further includes program storage means for storing a program executed by the arithmetic processing unit. In the initial state, the production control device displays a predetermined initial screen on the image display device,
The image data for displaying the initial screen is divided so that the display area of the initial screen is divided into a predetermined number of areas and the image data displayed in each divided area is different image data. And
The game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each data for displaying the divided initial screen is stored in a different storage area of the image data storage means.   4. The image data of identification information that is variably displayed in the variability display game is divided and stored in a plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means. The gaming machine described. The production control device
In the initial state, the number of the identification information corresponding to the number of combinations of the plurality of storage areas of the image data storage means is displayed on the image display device,
5. The image data for displaying the identification information displayed in the initial state is stored as image data of different identification information in each storage area of the image data storage unit. Game machines.

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