JP2012100901A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko game machine which can suppress a decline in a player's interest in a game even in a low probability state contrary to the player's expectation while maintaining game property of allowing the player to play while expecting a high probability state by providing a period difficult for the player to discriminate whether a game state is the low probability state or the high probability state.SOLUTION: The Pachinko game machine is configured not to start an opening extension period either after a 2R probability variation big win game or after a 2R normal big win game. When a game progress value reaches a predetermined value after the 2R normal big win game, a period with a relief state set is started to suppress the investment amount of the player.

Description

  The present invention relates to a bullet ball gaming machine that plays a game by firing a game ball on a game board surface.

  When a game ball enters a start opening that can be switched between a closed state and an open state, a winning lottery is executed, and when a corresponding lottery is won, a ball game that executes a winning game that opens the big winning opening The machine is known. When a game ball enters the grand prize opening that is opened during the winning game, a predetermined amount of game ball is paid out to the player. Such a ball game machine is provided with a low probability state in which the above winning lottery is won with a low probability and a high probability state in which the winning lottery is won with a higher probability than the low probability state. One of the low probability state and the high probability state is set after the winning game ends. In addition, after completion of the hit game, the opening time for opening the start port is extended, and the opening frequency for opening the start port is improved. “High open state (so-called open extension function and fluctuation reduction function are activated. Also known is a bullet ball game machine that generates a state of “

  Among such ball game machines, there is known one that sets the low probability state and the high probability state described above so that the player cannot be identified after the hit game is executed (Patent Document 1). . As a result, it is possible to realize “gamability that allows a game to be continued in a state where it cannot be determined whether the game is in a low probability state or a high probability state after the winning game is completed”. In addition, when realizing such gameability, by preventing the above-described high open state from occurring after the winning game ends, it is possible to determine whether the game is in a low probability state or a high probability state. It is possible to give a sense of tension to the player who continues the game due to the “investment burden (payment of game balls, burden of money)”.

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  However, in the conventional ball game machine, when the low probability state is set instead of the high probability state after the hit game, the player's investment burden is only increased steadily. There is a problem of cooling down the entertainment of the game.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of conventional ball game machines, and “when the winning game is finished, it is not possible to determine whether the state is a low probability state or a high probability state. A ball game that keeps the game performance with a sense of tension and suppresses the player's gaming interests from deteriorating due to an increased investment burden when a low probability state is set after the end of the winning game. The purpose is to provide a machine.

In order to solve at least a part of the above-described problems, the bullet ball game machine of the present invention employs the following configuration. That is,
In response to the fact that the game ball has passed through the start gate provided on the game board surface, a normal symbol success / failure determination execution means for executing normal symbol success / failure determination;
When the normal symbol success / failure determination is executed, the normal symbol display unit displays the normal symbol variably over a predetermined normal symbol variation time, and if the normal symbol success / failure determination result is a hit, A normal symbol display control means for causing the symbol to stop and display with a normal symbol, and when the result of the normal symbol success / failure determination is out, the normal symbol is removed and the normal symbol is stopped and displayed with a normal symbol;
The game ball can be changed between an open state where it is easy to enter and a closed state where the game ball is difficult to enter than the open state, and the normal symbol is stopped and displayed as the normal symbol. A starting port that changes to a state,
A big prize opening that switches to an open state where game balls can enter or a closed state where game balls cannot enter,
Special figure success / failure determination execution means for executing special symbol success / failure determination in response to the game ball entering the start opening,
When the special symbol success / failure determination is executed, the special symbol display unit displays the special symbol variably over a predetermined special symbol variation time, and if the special symbol success / failure determination result is a win, Special symbol display control means for causing the symbol to stop and display with a special symbol, and when the result of the special symbol success / failure determination is out of place, special symbol display control means for causing the special symbol to come off and stop and display with a special symbol;
A winning game execution means for executing a winning game in which the special winning opening is opened for a predetermined time by the special symbol being stopped and displayed as the winning special symbol;
After execution of the hit game, a special figure probability setting means for setting a low probability or a high probability higher than the low probability as a special figure probability that the result of the special symbol success / failure determination is a hit,
After the winning game is finished, a normal opening time is set as a starting opening time when the starting port is in an open state, the normal symbol variation time is set to a normal variation time, and the normal symbol is stopped at the hit normal symbol. A low open state generating means for generating a low open state in which the opening frequency of the start port is low by setting a probability per base map to be displayed as a normal probability;
After the winning game is finished, the start opening time is set to an extended opening time longer than the normal opening time, and the normal symbol changing time is set to a shortened changing time shorter than the normal changing time. A high open state generating means for generating a high open state in which the opening frequency of the start port is higher than the low open state by setting the hit probability to be higher than the normal probability;
It is determined whether or not a game progress value indicating a degree of progress of the game in the low open state and the low probability set as the probability per special figure has reached a first limit value. First determination means;
When it is determined that the game progress value has reached the first limit value, any one of the start opening time, the normal symbol fluctuation time, and the probability per base game is set to be more than the low opening state. And a first relief state generating means for generating a first relief state in which the opening frequency of the start port is higher than that in the low opening state and lower than that in the high opening state. It is characterized by that.

  In the ball and ball game machine of the present invention having the above-described configuration, when a hit game is executed, either a high probability or a low probability is given as the probability per special figure that the hit special symbol stops and displays after the hit game. Is set. In addition, after the winning game, either the “low open state” in which the start port is in an open state or the “high open state” in which the start port is in an open state is generated. With such a configuration, after a hit game, the player cannot determine whether the probability per special figure is set to a high probability from the level of opening frequency of the start opening, and when the player is in a low open state Can realize “a game with a sense of tension in a state where it is not possible to determine whether the state is a low probability state or a high probability state after the winning game is finished”.

  In the ball game machine of the present invention, the “game progress value” indicating the degree of progress of the game in the low open state and the low probability per special figure is set to the first. When the limit value is reached, a special “first relief state” that is different from both the low open state and the high open state occurs. In the first relief state, the opening frequency of the start opening is higher than that in the low opening state and lower than that in the high opening state. More than the open state and less than the high open state. That is, when the first relief state occurs, the amount of investment (game ball consumption, money consumption) invested in the game can be suppressed as compared to the low release state, although not as much as the high release state. Opportunities for determining whether or not a special symbol is appropriate can be increased. As a result, a low open state occurs after the end of the hit game, and even if a low probability is set as a probability per special figure, a low probability is set. It can be suppressed by “occurrence of the first relief state”, and as a result, it is possible to prevent the player's gaming interest from being cooled.

  Further, the first relief state is a disadvantageous state for the player because the investment amount cannot be suppressed and the chance of winning a lottery is less than in the high open state. Here, if the first relief state is set to be more advantageous for the player than the high release state, the player's expectation that the high release state will occur after the winning game cannot be sufficiently increased. The gaming value in a high open state will decrease. In this regard, the bullet ball game machine of the present invention, as described above, makes the first relief state more disadvantageous for the player than the high open state, so that the game value in the high open state is prevented from deteriorating. It becomes possible to do.

  The “game progress value indicating the degree of progress of the game” means “how much the player has played with the ball game machine” or “how much the player has played with the ball game machine” Can be used, for example, the number of shot balls launched in a game, the number of used balls used in a game, and a loan of the game balls Cumulative data indicating the amount of money used (such as the number of operations of a rented ball button with a rented ball, the number of game balls paid out as a rented ball), or a game actually performed using a game ball (special symbols) The number of times of the game to be variably displayed or the game to variably display the normal symbol (the number of special symbol variations, the number of regular symbol variations, the number of winning lotteries related to each symbol), etc. can be mentioned. Further, the “starting port opening frequency” can be “a ratio of the time when the starting port is in an open state in a predetermined time”, for example, the same number of times the starting port is opened per predetermined time. In some cases, it can be said that the opening frequency of the starting port is higher when the opening time per one occurrence of the opening state of the starting port is longer.

In addition, the above-described ball game machine of the present invention is
Second determination means for determining whether or not a game progress value indicating a degree of progress of the game in the first relief state has reached a second limit value;
When it is determined that the game progress value has reached the second limit value, any one of the start opening time, the normal symbol variation time, and the probability per base game is set to be more than that in the first relief state. Second relief state generating means for generating a second relief state in which the opening frequency of the start port is higher than that in the first relief state and lower than that in the high release state, by setting the mode advantageous to a person It is good also as providing.

  According to such a configuration, when the game progress value in the first relief state reaches the second limit value, it is possible to generate the “second relief state” in which the relief content is improved as compared with the first relief state. . As a result, it is possible to improve the relief contents for relieving the player in a stepwise manner in accordance with the degree of game progress that requires an investment burden. As a result, it is possible to favorably rescue a player whose investment amount has increased by continuing the game in the first relief state. It should be noted that the “game progress value to be determined by the first determination means” and the “game progress value to be determined by the second determination means” may be a game progress value obtained by a common element, The game progress value calculated | required by a different element may be sufficient. For example, the first determination means determines the first limit value (for example, 100 special symbol variation display) based on the game progress value obtained by “the number of special symbol variation display times (the number of games related to the special symbol)”. The second determining means determines the second limit value (for example, 1000 game ball fires) based on the game progress value obtained by the “number of game balls fired”, and the respective judgment means are different elements. The structure which makes the determination object the game progress value calculated | required may be sufficient. In addition, the first determination means determines the first limit value (for example, 100 special symbol variation display) based on the game progress value obtained by “the number of special symbol variation display times (the number of games related to the special symbol)”. The second determining means determines the second limit value (for example, 200 special symbol variation display) based on the game progress value obtained by “the number of special symbol variation display times (the number of games related to the special symbol)”. As described above, a configuration may be adopted in which each determination means uses a game progress value obtained from the same element as a determination target.

In addition, the above-described ball game machine of the present invention is
When generating the first relief state, it is determined which of the start opening time, the normal symbol fluctuation time, and the probability per ordinary figure is to be set in a mode more advantageous to the player than the low opening state. It is good also as providing an advantageous mode determination means.

  According to such a configuration, the relief elements (start-up release time, normal symbol variation time, probability per ordinary figure) set in the first relief state can be varied, and the relief pattern in the first relief state. Can be diversified. In addition, since the relief element set in the second relief state is related to the relief element set in the first relief state, the relief pattern in the first relief state is diversified so that the second relief state is set. The relief pattern in can also be diversified.

  According to the present invention, after maintaining the winning game, the low probability state after the winning game is maintained while maintaining the “tensioned gaming ability in a state where it cannot be determined whether the low probability state or the high probability state is reached”. Is set, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the player's gaming interests due to an increase in the investment burden.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the board surface structure of a game board. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a symbol display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the screen structure of an effect display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a starting port unit. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the control circuit in the game machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed the display mode of the normal symbol display part. It is explanatory drawing which showed the stop display aspect of the special symbol notionally. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the one aspect | mode of the effect performed with the effect display apparatus 27 in the pachinko machine of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows a game control process. It is a flowchart which shows a special figure holding related process. It is the flowchart which showed the first half part of the special symbol game process. It is the flowchart which showed the second half part of the special symbol game process. It is the flowchart which showed the first half part of the special figure fluctuation display process. It is the flowchart which showed the latter half part of the special figure fluctuation display process. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the big hit lottery table. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the big hit symbol determination table. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the fluctuation pattern table. It is a flowchart which shows a big hit game process. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of jackpot end. It is a flowchart which shows a relief state setting process. It is a flowchart which shows a common figure hold related process. It is a flowchart which shows a normal symbol game process. It is a flowchart which shows a common map change display process. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the lottery table per common figure. It is a flowchart which shows a game setting process per usual figure. It is a flowchart which shows a game process per common figure. It is explanatory drawing which put together the setting item regarding a normal symbol. It is explanatory drawing which put together the setting condition of each item regarding the normal symbol in each state. It is explanatory drawing which shows the setting condition of the opening frequency of a start port. It is a flowchart which shows the relief condition setting process of a 1st modification.

Hereinafter, in order to clarify the contents of the present invention described above, examples will be described in the following order.
A. Pachinko machine configuration:
A-1. Configuration on the front side of the device:
A-2. Game board configuration:
A-3. Configuration of control circuit:
B. Overview of the game:
C. Overview of control:
C-1. Game control processing:
C-2. Special figure hold related processing:
C-3. Special design game processing:
C-4. Jackpot game processing:
C-5. Relief state setting process:
C-6. General map hold related processing:
C-7. Normal design game processing:
C-8. Game processing per usual map:
D. The playability of the pachinko machine of this embodiment:
E. Variation:
E-1. First modification:
E-2. Other variations:

A. Pachinko machine configuration:
A-1. Configuration on the front side of the device:
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the front part of the pachinko machine 1 is mainly composed of a front frame 4, an upper dish part 5, a lower dish part 6, a game board 10, and the like. In FIG. 1, detailed illustration of the game board 10 is omitted. The front frame 4 is attached to a middle frame 3 (not shown), and the middle frame 3 is attached to a main body frame 2 (not shown). The middle frame 3 is formed of a plastic material and is attached to the inside of the main body frame 2. The main body frame 2 is a substantially rectangular frame formed by assembling wooden plate-like members, and forms an outer frame of the pachinko machine 1. One end of the front frame 4 is pivotally supported with respect to the middle frame 3, and one end of the middle frame 3 is pivotally supported with respect to the main body frame 2. The game board 10 is detachably attached to the front side of the middle frame 3, and the front side is covered with the front frame 4.

  The front frame 4 is formed of a plastic material, and a circular window portion 4a is formed at a substantially central portion. A transparent plate such as a glass plate is fitted in the window portion 4a so that the board surface of the game board 10 disposed on the back side can be visually recognized. Further, the front frame 4 is provided with various lamps 4b to 4f for enhancing the game effect. An upper dish portion 5 is provided below the front frame 4, and a lower dish portion 6 is provided below the upper dish portion 5. The front frame 4 is provided with a speaker 5y on the side of the upper plate part 5. From the speaker 5y, sound necessary for the production according to the progress of the game is output. A locking device 9 is provided on the right side of the front frame 4, and a prepaid card type ball lending device 13 (CR unit) is provided on the left side of the front frame 4.

  The upper dish portion 5 is provided with a dish-shaped recess and a dish outer edge portion 5a formed so as to surround the recess. The game ball is thrown into a recess formed in the upper plate part 5 and supplied to the launcher unit 12 (see FIG. 6). The dish outer edge 5a is provided with various buttons such as a game ball lending switch 5b, a return switch 5c, and a discharge button for discharging the inserted game ball. An operation switch SW is provided on the front side of the upper plate 5. The player can intervene in the progress of the game, for example, by selecting a character or a game condition appearing in the game effect by pressing the operation switch SW.

  The lower plate part 6 is provided with a discharge port 6 a for discharging game balls from the inside of the pachinko machine 1, and the discharged game balls are stored in the lower plate part 6. A firing handle 8 is provided at the right end of the lower plate portion 6. The firing handle 8 is provided with a touch switch 8a for detecting that the player is touching the handle. The rotation axis of the launching handle 8 is connected to a launching device unit 12 (not shown) mounted on the back side of the lower pan 6, and when the player rotates the firing handle 8, the movement of the launching handle 8 is caused to the launching device unit 12. Then, a launch motor (not shown) built in the unit rotates, and a game ball is launched with a strength corresponding to the rotation angle. On the left side surface of the launch handle 8, a launch stop switch 8b that is operated by the player to temporarily stop the launch of the game ball is disposed.

A-2. Game board configuration:
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a board surface configuration of the game board 10. As described above, the game board 10 is detachably attached to the front side of the middle frame 3. As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 11 surrounded by an outer rail 14 and an inner rail 15 is formed at the center of the game board 10.

  A central device 26 is provided in the approximate center of the game area 11, a variable winning device 18 is provided in a lower portion of the gaming area 11, and between the central device 26 and the variable winning device 18. A starting port unit 17 is provided. As will be described later, the start port unit 17 is a so-called tulip-type entrance formed by a start port and a pair of blade pieces provided so as to sandwich the start port from both sides. The detailed configuration of the start port unit 17 will be described later with reference to another drawing.

  An effect display device 27 is provided substantially in the center of the central device 26. The effect display device 27 is equipped with a liquid crystal screen, and can change and display various effect symbols such as identification symbols and background symbols. Various symbols displayed on the screen of the effect display device 27 will be described later.

  A symbol display device 28 is provided diagonally to the left of the effect display device 27. In the symbol display device 28, normal symbols and special symbols can be displayed in a variable stop manner. The detailed configuration of the symbol display device 28 will be described later.

  Through gates 36 and 37 are provided on the left and right sides of the game area 11, and gate switches 36s and 37s for detecting the passage of the game ball are provided inside these gates, respectively. Further, lamp wind turbines 24 and 25 are provided between the left and right through gates 36 and 37 and the central device 26. A number of obstacle nails 23 are provided between and around each of these gaming devices.

  In the variable winning device 18 provided below the central device 26, a large winning device 31 is provided substantially in the center. This special prize winning device 31 (special electric accessory) is a large prize opening 31d that opens largely in a substantially rectangular shape, an opening / closing member 31e for opening / closing the special prize opening 31d, and a special prize opening solenoid 31m that operates the opening / closing member 31e. (Refer to FIG. 6). When a predetermined condition to be described later is satisfied, the special winning device 31 starts operating, the special winning opening solenoid 31m opens the opening / closing member 31e, and the special winning opening 31d is opened. As a result, the game ball enters the big winning opening 31d with a high probability, and the big hit gaming state, which is a gaming state advantageous to the player, is started. In addition, a big winning opening switch 31s is provided inside the big winning opening 31d, and it is possible to detect a game ball won in the big winning opening 31d. An out port 48 is provided at the bottom of the game board 10. The game ball that has reached the lower part of the game area 11 without entering the start port of the start port unit 17 or the big winning port 31d is discharged from the out port 48 to the back side of the game board 10. An out switch 48 s is provided below the out port 48 on the back side of the game board 10. The out switch 48s is not only a game ball that has entered the out port 48, but also all of the game balls that have been discharged from the game area 11, such as a game ball that has entered the start port of the start port unit 17 or the big winning port 31d. It is provided at a passing position and can detect a game ball discharged from the game area 11 (that is, a game ball launched by the launching device unit 12 to reach the game area 11). A back ball preventing member 58 is provided below the out port 48. The back ball prevention member 58 has a function of preventing a game ball that has been launched by the launcher unit 12 but returned without reaching the game area 11 from returning to the launch position again.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the symbol display device 28 mounted on the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the symbol display device 28 of this embodiment is configured by incorporating 12 small light emitting diodes (LEDs) in a substantially rectangular area. Of these 12 LEDs, 3 LEDs normally constitute the symbol display unit 29, and the remaining 9 LEDs constitute the special symbol display unit 30. Furthermore, the normal symbol display unit 29 includes one LED for displaying a normal symbol (hereinafter referred to as a normal symbol LED 29a) and two LEDs for displaying the number of reserved normal symbols (hereinafter referred to as a normal symbol). Called hold display LED 29b). Further, the special symbol display unit 30 displays seven LEDs for displaying special symbols (hereinafter referred to as special symbol LED 30a) and the number of special symbols reserved (hereinafter referred to as special symbol reserved number). The two LEDs (hereinafter referred to as special figure hold display LED 30b). The manner in which the symbol display device 28 of this embodiment uses these 12 LEDs to display normal symbols, special symbols, and the number of reserved special symbols will be described later.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen configuration of the effect display device 27 mounted on the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As described above, the effect display device 27 is mainly configured by using a liquid crystal display screen, and on the liquid crystal screen, three identification symbols 27a, 27b, 27c and a background symbol 27d of the background are displayed. ing. Among these, the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c are variably displayed in various ways in accordance with the special symbol variably displayed on the special symbol display unit 30 shown in FIG. It is possible.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the start port unit 17 mounted on the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment. As described above, the start port unit 17 has the start port 17a and the pair of blade pieces 17w provided so as to sandwich the start port 17a from both sides. It has become the entrance to. The pair of blade pieces 17w can take two states, a substantially upright closed state (see FIG. 5A) and an open state rotated outward (see FIG. 5B). is there. As shown in FIG. 5 (a), in the closed state in which the pair of wing pieces 17w are almost upright, the game ball can enter the starting port 17a only from substantially vertically above, and The game ball is relatively difficult to enter. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), when the pair of wing pieces 17w are opened to the outside, the game ball can enter the start port 17a from obliquely above. Compared to the closed state, the game ball can easily enter the start port 17a. In addition, the game ball that has entered the start port 17a is guided to the back side of the game board 10 through a passage provided therein. A start port switch 17s is provided in the middle of the passage inside the start port 17a, and a game ball that has entered the start port 17a is detected by the start port switch 17s.

A-3. Control circuit configuration:
Next, the configuration of the control circuit in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control circuit in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the control circuit of the pachinko machine 1 is composed of a number of control boards, various boards, relay terminal boards, and so on. The main control board 200 that controls the success / failure involved, the sub-control board 220 that controls the control of the game using stage symbols, lamps and sound effects, and the effect display device 27 under the control of the sub-control board 220 It includes an effect control board 230 that performs specific control, a payout control board 240 that controls the operation of paying out rental balls and prize balls, and a launch control board 260 that controls control related to the release of game balls. These control boards include various types of CPUs, such as a CPU that executes various logical operations and calculation operations, a ROM that stores various programs and data executed by the CPU, and a RAM that stores temporary data when the program is executed. Peripheral LSIs are connected to each other via a bus. Further, the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 6 represents the direction in which data or signals are input / output. In FIG. 6, only the CPU 201, ROM 202, and RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200, and the CPU 221, ROM 222, and RAM 223 mounted on the sub control board 220 are shown.

  As shown in the figure, the main control board 200 receives game ball detection signals from the start port switch 17s, the big prize port switch 31s, the gate switches 36s and 37s, the out switch 48s, etc. After deciding whether or not the progress or the winning ball is relevant, commands for instructing various operations are transmitted to the sub-control board 220, the payout control board 240, the launch control board 260, and the like. The main control board 200 also includes a start port solenoid 17m for opening and closing the blade piece 17w provided in the start port 17a of the start port unit 17 and a large winning port solenoid 31m for opening and closing the large winning port 31d. Further, a symbol display device 28 and the like are connected via a relay terminal board, and these various solenoids 17m and 31m and signals are output toward the symbol display device 28, thereby controlling these operations.

  When the sub-control board 220 receives various commands from the main control board 200, the sub-control board 220 analyzes the contents of the command and produces a game according to the result. That is, a command for designating display contents is transmitted to the effect control board 230 that performs display control of the effect display device 27 described above, the amplifier board 224 that drives the speaker 5y, and various decorative LEDs and lamps are driven. A game effect is performed by outputting a drive signal to the decorative drive board 226.

  The payout control board 240 is responsible for various controls relating to so-called ball rental and prize ball payout. For example, when the player operates the ball lending switch 5b or the return switch 5c provided in the above-described upper plate part 5, this signal is transmitted from the ball lending display board 242 to the ball lending device 13 via the relay terminal board. Is done. The ball lending device 13 pays out a ball while communicating data with the payout control board 240. When the main control board 200 transmits a prize ball payout command, the payout control board 240 receives this command and outputs a drive signal to the payout motor 109m, whereby the prize ball is paid out.

B. Overview of the game:
Next, an outline of a game performed in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be briefly described.

  In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, a game is performed as follows. First, when a player throws a game ball into the recess of the upper plate portion 5 and rotates the launch handle 8, the game balls thrown into the upper plate portion 5 are supplied to the launcher unit 12 one by one, The game area 11 is fired as described above with reference to FIG. The strength at which the game ball is launched can be adjusted by the rotation angle of the launching handle 8, and the player can change the rotation angle of the launching handle 8 to aim the reaching position of the game ball. Can do.

  When the launched game ball passes through through gates 36 and 37 provided on the left and right of the game area 11, the normal symbol variation display is started on the symbol display device 28 provided on the lower left side of the effect display device 27. As described above with reference to FIG. 3, the normal symbol display unit 29 is provided in the symbol display device 28, and the normal symbol display unit 29 is mounted with the normal symbol LED 29 a and the universal symbol hold display LED 29 b. Of these, the normal symbol LED 29a is used to display the variation of the normal symbol.

  FIG. 7 (a) is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing how ordinary symbols are variably displayed. In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the normal symbol LED 29a is repeatedly blinked to display the variation of the normal symbol. In FIG. 7, the state in which the normal symbol LED 29a is lit is represented by a radial solid line, and the state in which the normal symbol LED 29a is lit is represented by a broken line. Then, after repeating blinking for a predetermined time, when the symbol of the normal symbol is stopped and displayed (when the normal symbol LED 29a is stopped in the lighting state), the wing piece portion 17w of the starting port unit 17 opens on both sides. Thus, the start port 17a is opened for a predetermined time. In addition, when the out-of-normal symbol is stopped and displayed (when the normal symbol LED 29a is stopped in the off state), the start port 17a is not opened. If the game ball passes through the through gates 36 and 37 during the normal symbol fluctuation display, the passing of the game ball is stored as a normal symbol hold (ordinary symbol hold), and the current normal symbol fluctuation display. After ending, a new variable display is performed. It is possible to store up to four common figure holds, and the number of reserved normal symbols stored (the number of common figure holds) is displayed by the common figure hold display LED 29b.

  FIG. 7B is an explanatory view showing a state in which the number of universal symbols on hold is displayed by the universal symbol hold display LED 29 b provided on the symbol display device 28. When there is no general map hold (that is, when there is no general map hold), both of the two general map hold display LEDs 29b are turned off. When there is one common map hold, the left general map hold display LED 29b is turned off and the right general map hold display LED 29b is lit. When there are two common map holds, the left general map hold display LED 29b is lit in addition to the right general map hold display LED 29b. Next, when there are three common map holds, the right general map hold display LED 29b blinks and the left general map hold display LED 29b lights. Further, when the number of normal map hold increases to the upper limit of four, the left and right general map hold display LEDs 29b blink. As described above, the normal symbol display unit 29 can display 0 to 4 universal symbol hold numbers by turning on, off, or blinking the two universal symbol hold display LEDs 29b.

  Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 3, the symbol display device 28 is provided with the special symbol display unit 30 so that the special symbol (special symbol) can be variably displayed. When a game ball enters the start port 17a, the special symbol is displayed in a blinking manner by the seven LEDs of the special symbol display unit 30 being displayed.

  In addition, even if a game ball has entered the starting port 17a, it is not possible to immediately start the display of variation with the corresponding special symbol (for example, when any special symbol is in the variation display, or a big hit In the case of a game or the like, the ball entering the start port 17a is stored as a special symbol hold (special figure hold). The number of special figure hold is displayed by a special figure hold display LED 30b. The mode of displaying the number of special symbols held using the special figure hold display LED 30b is exactly the same as the case of the general figure hold display LED 29b shown in FIG.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory view conceptually showing the stop display mode of special symbols. As described above with reference to FIG. 3, the special symbol display unit 30 includes seven LEDs, and displays these special symbols by lighting them. As shown in FIG. 8, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, 10 special symbol stop display modes are provided, and a unique lighting state is set for each stop display mode. As shown in the figure, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the stop display modes of the 10 kinds of special symbols are roughly classified into five symbols. First, the stop display mode of the two special symbols shown in the upper left part of the figure corresponds to “15 round (15R) normal winning symbols”, and the stop display mode of the two special symbols shown in the second level from the top Corresponds to “15 rounds (15R) probability variation per symbol”. In addition, the stop display mode of the two special symbols shown in the third row from the top corresponds to “two round (2R) normal winning symbols”, and the stop display mode of the two special symbols shown in the bottom row is “two rounds”. Corresponds to “(2R) Probability variation symbol”. In addition, the stop display modes of the two special symbols shown in the uppermost right side in the figure correspond to “disconnected symbols”.

  The special symbol display unit 30 performs a special symbol variation display by blinking seven LEDs (special symbol LEDs 30a) for a predetermined time, and when the predetermined time has elapsed, the special symbol display unit 30 is stopped and displayed according to any stop display mode. When any of the symbols (so-called jackpot symbol) of “15R normal winning symbol”, “15R probability changing symbol”, “2R normal winning symbol” or “2R probability changing symbol” is stopped and displayed, 31d A jackpot game is started in which the game becomes open (a jackpot is generated). Among the jackpot games of the present embodiment, in the jackpot game corresponding to the “15R normal hit symbol” (15R normal jackpot game) or the jackpot game corresponding to the “15R probability hit bonus symbol” (15R probability variable hit game), the big winning opening 31d The round game in which is opened is repeated 15 times. In addition, in the big hit game corresponding to “2R normal hit symbol” (2R normal big hit game) or the big hit game corresponding to “2R positive variable hit symbol” (2R positive variable big hit game), the round game is configured to be repeated twice. ing.

  Among these, in the “15R normal big hit game” or “15R probability variable big hit game”, the big winning opening 31d is in an open state in such a manner that the game ball can easily enter, so the player can acquire many game balls. . On the other hand, in the “2R normal big hit game” or “2R probability variable big hit game”, although the big winning opening 31d is in an open state, it is closed in a short time, so that almost no game balls can be acquired. In addition, when the “15R normal big hit game” or “2R normal big hit game” is finished, the probability that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in any of the winning symbols is set to a low probability state (low probability state). When the “15R probability variable big hit game” or “2R probability variable big hit game” is finished, the probability that the special symbol is stopped and displayed in any of the winning symbols is set to a state (high probability state) set higher than the low probability state.

  It should be noted that, even if a game ball has entered the starting port 17a, it is not possible to immediately start displaying the variation with the corresponding special symbol (for example, when any special symbol is in the variation display, or the big hit In the case of a game or the like, the ball entering the start port 17a is stored as a special symbol hold (special figure hold). The special figure hold is displayed by a special figure hold display LED 30b. The mode of displaying the number of special symbols held using the special figure hold display LED 30b is exactly the same as the case of the general figure hold display LED 29b shown in FIG.

  In accordance with the above-described change display and stop display of the special symbol, the effect display device 27 performs various effects using the effect symbols. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an aspect of the effect performed by the effect display device 27. As described above with reference to FIG. 4, three identification symbols 27 a, 27 b and 27 c are displayed on the liquid crystal display screen constituting the effect display device 27. When the variation display of the special symbol is started by the special symbol LED 30a described above, also in the effect display device 27, these three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c start the variation display all at once. In the present embodiment, a design in which nine numbers from “1” to “9” are designed as identification symbols is prepared.

  FIG. 9A conceptually shows a state in which the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c are variably displayed at the same time. When a predetermined time elapses after the variable display is started, the left identification symbol 27a is first stopped and displayed in any one of “1” to “9”, and then the right identification symbol 27c is stopped and displayed. The middle identification symbol 27b is stopped and displayed. The combination of the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c that are stopped and displayed on the effect display device 27 is configured to be interlocked with the stop display mode of the special symbol that is stopped and displayed on the special symbol LED 30a. In the present embodiment, when the special symbol is “15R normal hit symbol” or “15R probability variable hit symbol”, the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c of the effect display device 27 are all set ( Same) Stopped display with symbol combination. In addition, when the “2R normal per symbol”, “2R probable per symbol”, and “outgoing symbol” are displayed in a stopped state, the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c are not aligned (only two are the same or all three). Are displayed in combination with symbols).

  Thus, the special symbol displayed by the special symbol LED 30a and the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c displayed by the effect display device 27 correspond to each other, and the changing special symbol is When stopped, the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c are also stopped and displayed. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, the effect display device 27 is provided at a position that is more easily noticeable than the special symbol LED 30 a, and the display screen is large and the display content is easy to understand. It is normal to play a game while watching the screen. Accordingly, when the left identification symbol 27a that is first stopped and displayed on the display screen of the effect display device 27 and the right identification symbol 27c that is subsequently stopped and displayed are the same symbol, it is stopped and displayed last. The middle identifying symbol 27b also stops at the same symbol, and the player pays attention to the variation of the symbol, so that “15R normal big hit” or “15R probability variable big hit” may occur. In this way, the effect of variably displaying the last symbol with two identification symbols stopped at the same symbol is called a reach effect, and it is possible to increase the interest of the player by performing the reach effect. It has become.

C. Game machine control contents:
Below, in order to implement | achieve the game mentioned above, the control content which the pachinko machine 1 of a present Example is performing is demonstrated in detail.

C-1. Game control processing:
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a rough flow of a game control process performed by the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 to control the progress of the game. As shown in the figure, in the game control process, a prize ball-related process, a cumulative out addition process, a general figure hold-related process, a normal symbol game process, a per-general game process, a special figure hold-related process, a special symbol game process, a jackpot Each process such as a game process is repeatedly executed. The time required for one round of processing is about 4 msec. Therefore, these various types of processing are repeatedly executed about every 4 msec. Then, during these processes, various commands are transmitted from the main control board 200 to the various control boards including the sub control board 220. By doing so, the game of the entire pachinko machine 1 proceeds, and the sub-control board 220 controls the production in accordance with the progress of the game. The game control process performed by the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 will be described below according to the flowchart.

  When starting the game control process, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 performs a process (pay ball related process) for paying out a game ball as a prize ball (S50). In this process, among the various switches connected to the main control board 200, whether or not the game ball has entered based on the switch related to the game ball winning (such as the start opening switch 17s or the big winning opening switch 31s). Detect whether or not. When a game ball is detected, the number of prize balls to be paid out is calculated, and then a prize ball number designation command is transmitted to the payout control board 240. When the payout control board 240 receives the prize ball number designation command transmitted from the main control board 200, the payout control board 240 interprets the content of the command, and according to the result, a drive signal is sent to the payout motor 109m mounted on the payout device (not shown). Is outputted to actually pay out the winning ball. Note that the game balls are paid out by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performing the above-described prize ball-related processing. Therefore, it can be said that the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 is “payout execution means for executing payout of a game ball when a game ball enters the start opening or the big winning opening”.

  When the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a process related to a prize ball (S50), this time, a cumulative out addition process is performed (S70). In this process, based on the out switch 48 s connected to the main control board 200, it is detected whether or not the game ball has been discharged from the game area 11. Then, when the discharge of the game ball is detected, “1” is added to the value of the cumulative out counter. As will be described in detail later, the cumulative out counter is a counter for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to grasp the cumulative number of game balls discharged in a predetermined period, and stored in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. Area is reserved. In the following, the number of game balls discharged is also referred to as “out number”.

  When the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs the cumulative out addition process on the winning ball (S70), this time, it performs a general drawing hold related process (S100). In the general-pending holding-related process, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed through the through gates 36 and 37 based on the gate switches 36 s and 37 s. A process of acquiring a random number for drawing a lottery for performing a lottery per common figure) and storing the random number as an ordinary symbol hold (a hold of a normal figure) is mainly performed. When the general symbol hold related process is performed (S100), the normal symbol game process is performed (S200). In the normal symbol game processing, a lottery per common symbol is drawn for the common symbol hold acquired in the above-mentioned general symbol hold related processing, and the normal symbol variation display is started based on the result of the lottery. The main process is to stop display with symbols. When the normal symbol game process is performed (S200), this time, the game process per ordinary figure is performed (S300). In this process, when the normal symbol stopped and displayed in the above-described normal symbol game process is a winning symbol, the pair of wing piece portions 17w provided in the starting port unit 17 are opened on both sides to start the starting port 17a. Mainly performs the process of opening the. In the above, a series of processes (S100 to S300) related to normal symbols have been briefly described, but these processes will be described in detail after a series of processes (S400 to S600) related to the following special symbols. .

C-2. Special figure hold related processing:
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing special figure hold related processing. The special figure hold-related process is a process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 after the process related to the normal symbol (S100 to S300 in FIG. 10) in the game control process (S400). As shown in FIG. 11, in the special figure hold related process (S400), first, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the start port 17a (S402). As a result, when a game ball enters the start port 17a (S402: yes), it is determined whether or not the number of reserved special symbols has reached the upper limit (“4” in this embodiment) (S404). . If the special figure hold number has not reached the upper limit value (S404: no), a random number for special symbols (random number for special drawing lots) is acquired (S406). Here, as the special figure lottery random numbers, the big hit lottery random numbers used for performing the big hit lottery to be described later, or the symbol determination random numbers used for determining the symbols to be stopped and displayed by the symbol display device 28 (big hit symbol determination random numbers). And random numbers such as a reach determination random number for determining whether or not to perform a reach effect on the effect display device 27. Subsequently, these lottery random numbers are stored in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200 as a special figure hold (S408). After storing the special figure hold (S408), after adding "1" to the special figure hold number (S410), the special figure hold related process is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. On the other hand, when there is no game ball in the starting port 17a (S402: no), or when the special figure reservation number has reached the upper limit (here, “4”) (S404: yes) The series of processes (S406 to S410) for acquiring the special figure lottery random number or storing the special figure lottery random number as the special figure hold is omitted, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG.

  As described above, when the special figure hold related process is finished (FIG. 11) and the game control process of FIG. 10 is resumed, the special control game process (S500) described below is started in the game control process.

C-3. Special design game processing:
12 and 13 are flowcharts showing the special symbol game process. When starting the special symbol game process (S500), the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first determines whether or not a big hit game is being played (S502). Here, as will be described in detail later, the special symbol game process is a process in which the special symbol is variably displayed, and when any winning symbol is stopped and displayed, the big hit game is started. Therefore, if the jackpot game is currently being played, it is determined whether or not the jackpot game is being played so that the jackpot game is not started again (S502), and if the jackpot game is not being played. (S502: no), the rest of the special symbol game process that follows is performed. On the other hand, if the game is already a big hit game (S502: yes), the special symbol game process is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. Whether or not the big hit game is in progress is determined by checking the state of the big hit flag. The jackpot flag is a flag that is set to ON during a period when the jackpot game is being performed, and is set to OFF during a period when the jackpot game is not being played. The jackpot flag is stored in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. The storage area is secured at a predetermined address.

  If it is not a big hit game (S502: no), it is determined whether or not the special symbol is changing (S504). As described above with reference to FIG. 3, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with the symbol display device 28, and the symbol display device 28 is capable of displaying special symbols in a variable manner.

  If the special symbol is not changing (S504: no), it is determined whether or not it is during the time for displaying the special symbol as a stop symbol (stop display time for the special symbol) (S506). In other words, the special symbol is provided with a stop display time as a confirmation time for the player to confirm the stop-displayed symbol for a period of time after the symbol change is stopped. Determine whether or not. As a result, when it is confirmed that the special symbol is not variably displayed and the special symbol stop display time has elapsed (S506: no), the number of special symbols held (the number of special symbols held) is “ It is determined whether it is “0” (S508). As described above, the special figure hold number can be stored until the upper limit value “4” is reached. If the special figure hold number is “0” (S508: yes), the special symbol game process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the number of special symbol hold is not “0” (S508: no), the process for starting the special symbol variation display (special symbol variation display processing) is started (S510).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the first half of the special figure variation display process. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the special figure variation display process. As shown in the figure, in the special figure variation display process, first, the oldest special figure hold stored (that is, various random numbers for lottery stored as the special figure hold) is read (S5102). After reading the special figure hold, it is determined whether or not the high-accuracy flag is set to ON (S5104). Here, as described above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a high probability state in which the special symbol has a high probability of hitting and displaying a big hit symbol (hit probability) or a low probability state in which the hit probability is lower than the high probability state. Is set. The high-accuracy flag is a flag that is set to ON when setting a high-probability state (a state in which the probability changing function is activated), and a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200 is secured as its storage area. ing. The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 grasps whether or not the current state is a high probability state from the setting state of the high probability flag. As a result of the determination processing in S5104, if the high-accuracy flag is set to ON (S5104: yes), a high-probability big hit lottery table is selected (S5106), and if the high-accuracy flag is not set to ON (S5106). S5104: no), a low probability big hit lottery table is selected (S5108). The big hit lottery table is a table in which lottery results of “big hit” or “out” are set in association with the big hit lottery random numbers “0” to “599”, and are stored in the ROM 202 of the main control board 200 in advance. Has been.

  FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a jackpot lottery table stored in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 16A shows a jackpot lottery table for low probability, and FIG. 16B shows a jackpot lottery table for high probability. As shown in the drawing, in the jackpot lottery table, lottery results of “big hit” or “out” are set in association with jackpot lottery random numbers “0” to “599”. As is clear from comparison between FIG. 16A and FIG. 16B, the high-probability big hit lottery table shown in FIG. 16B has the low probability shown in FIG. The lottery result of “big hit” is set to a larger number of random numbers than the big hit lottery table. In other words, in the high probability jackpot lottery table, a larger number of “random numbers from which a lottery lottery result can be obtained” is set than the low probability jackpot lottery table (high probability jackpot lottery table). The lottery table is set to obtain a big hit lottery result in 1/30, and the low probability big hit lottery table is set to obtain a big hit lottery result in 1/300). Therefore, when the big hit lottery is performed using the high probability jackpot lottery table of FIG. 16B, the big hit lottery is performed using the low probability big hit lottery table of FIG. 16A. However, a big win lottery result will be obtained with high probability. The fact that a lottery lottery result is obtained is also referred to as “a big hit win occurs”. The low probability jackpot lottery table and the high probability jackpot lottery table are both stored in advance in the ROM 202 of the main control board 200.

  Next, in the special figure fluctuation display process of FIG. 14, with reference to the big hit lottery table selected in the process of S5106 or S5108, it is determined whether or not the big hit lottery random number read as special figure hold is a random number corresponding to “big hit”. Judgment (determines whether or not the big hit lottery result is a big hit) (S5110). As a result, when it is determined that the result of the big hit lottery is a big hit (when the big hit win is generated) (S5110: yes), a process for determining the big hit symbol is performed. In this process, first of all, the jackpot symbol determination random number is extracted from the lottery random numbers read out as the special symbol hold in the step S5102 (S5112), and the extracted jackpot symbol determination random number is referred to by referring to the jackpot symbol determination table. The corresponding jackpot symbol is determined (S5114). The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs the above-described processing to determine whether or not the big hit lottery result is a big win (special symbol success / failure determination). Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “special drawing determination determination execution means” in the present invention.

  FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a jackpot symbol determination table. As shown in FIG. 17, random numbers “0 to 99” are set as the jackpot symbol determination random numbers to be extracted, and “15R normal” is set to the random numbers “0 to 12” and “13 to 24”. "Hit symbol" is set correspondingly, and the random numbers "25-37" and "38-49" of the big hit symbol determination random numbers are set corresponding to "15R probability variation hit symbol". The random numbers “50 to 62” and “63 to 74” of the determined random numbers are set in association with “2R normal winning symbols”, and the big winning symbol determined random numbers “75 to 87” and “88 to 99”. Is set in correspondence with the “2R probability variation symbol”. When the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 extracts the big hit symbol determination random number from the random number for lottery (S5112), the big hit symbol corresponding to the extracted big hit symbol determination random number is referred to this big hit symbol determination table and the current variation is changed. After the display, it is determined as a jackpot symbol to be stopped and displayed (S5114).

  When the big hit symbol is determined in this way, the determined big hit symbol is stored as a symbol for stopping and displaying (stop symbol) (S5116), and then the big hit variation pattern table is selected (S5118). Here, the variation pattern table is a table that is referred to in order to determine a variation pattern from when the variation display of the special symbol is started by the symbol display device 28 to when the special display is stopped. The jackpot variation pattern table is a table that is referred to in order to determine a variation pattern (a jackpot variation pattern) until a special symbol is stopped and displayed as a jackpot symbol. Note that the special symbol is displayed in a variably displayed manner by actually switching the plurality of types of display modes shown in FIG. 8 one after another, so that the special symbol variation pattern is substantially different from the special symbol. Corresponds to the time to be displayed. However, as described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to this embodiment, the special symbol variation display performed by the symbol display device 28 and the variation display of the identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c performed by the effect display device 27 are linked to each other. Therefore, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is determined, the time during which the identification symbols 27a, 27b, 27c are displayed in a variable manner is determined. Then, the CPU 221 of the sub-control board 220 determines the contents of the symbol variation effect for variably displaying the identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c on the screen of the effect display device 27 within the range of the variation display time. ing.

  FIG. 18A is an explanatory diagram illustrating a big hit variation pattern table. As shown in the figure, in the jackpot variation pattern table, a plurality of types of variation patterns are set in association with the variation pattern determination random numbers. Further, the variation pattern is associated with the variation time of the special symbol (hence, the time of the symbol variation effect performed by the effect display device 27). The jackpot variation pattern table is stored in advance in the ROM 202 mounted on the main control board 200.

  In the above, when the jackpot lottery result is a jackpot (when the jackpot is won) (S5110: yes in FIG. 14), after determining the jackpot symbol, the variation pattern table for jackpot (the jackpot variation pattern table) is selected. The processing (S5112 to S5118) has been described. On the other hand, when the big hit lottery result is out (S5110: no), after determining the out symbol as follows, a variation pattern table for out (out variation pattern table) is selected. .

  First, among the random numbers for lottery read out as special figure hold in S5102, random numbers for lottery for determining an out symbol (out symbol determination random number) are extracted (S5120). Subsequently, a missing symbol is determined by referring to an unillustrated symbol determining table (S5122). Like the jackpot symbol determination table shown in FIG. 17, the symbol losing symbol is preset with a symbol losing symbol associated with the symbol deciding random number. For this reason, the out symbol can be determined by referring to the out symbol determination table from the extracted symbol determining random number. Note that, as described above with reference to FIG. 8, in the present embodiment, two types of symbols are set as the off symbol, so these two types of symbols are set in the off symbol determination table. Further, the off symbol determination table is also stored in advance in the ROM 202 of the main control board 200 in the same manner as the jackpot symbol determination table shown in FIG. In this example, in order to determine the off symbol, a new random number for lottery (out symbol determination random number) has been described. The symbol determination random number may be used as an outlier symbol determination random number.

  When the off symbol is determined in this way (S5122), after the off symbol is stored as a symbol to stop display (stop symbol) (S5124), a process for selecting a variation pattern table for separation (outside variation pattern table) is started. To do. In this process, first, it is determined whether or not a reach effect is to be performed on the display screen of the effect display device 27 (S5126). This determination is made based on the reach determination random number read out as the special figure hold in S5102 after the special figure variation display process is started. That is, when the read random number of the reach determination random number is within a predetermined random number range determined in advance, it is determined that the reach effect is performed, and conversely, the random value of the reach determination random number is the predetermined random number. If it is not within the range, it is determined that the reach effect is not performed. As a result, when it is determined that the reach effect is to be performed (S5126: yes), the reach-out / out change pattern table is selected (S5128), and when it is determined that the reach effect is not performed (S5126: no), the reach is performed. A missing deviation pattern table is selected (S5130).

  FIG. 18B is an explanatory diagram illustrating a detachment variation pattern table without reach, and FIG. 18C is an explanatory diagram illustrating a detachment variation pattern table with reach. As shown in the drawing, in the same way as the jackpot variation pattern table described above with reference to FIG. 18A, the reachless variation variation pattern table and the reach variation variation pattern table are associated with a variation pattern determination random number. A variation pattern of a kind is set, and the variation pattern is associated with a variation time of a special symbol (accordingly, a time of a symbol variation effect performed by the effect display device 27), and is mounted on the main control board 200. Stored in the ROM 202 in advance.

  However, unlike the big hit variation pattern table, a plurality of unreachable variation patterns are set in the non-reach variation pattern table, and a plurality of reach-out variation patterns are set in the reach variation pattern table. ing. The non-reach variation pattern is a special pattern variation pattern in which the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c are finally displayed in a deviated manner without going through the reach state on the screen of the effect display device 27. It is. Further, the reach / displacement variation pattern is a special symbol variation pattern in which the three identification symbols 27a, 27b, and 27c are finally displayed in a disengagement state after reaching each other on the screen of the effect display device 27. It is. As apparent from a comparison between FIG. 18B and FIG. 18C, a variation pattern having a variation time longer than that of the unreachable variation pattern table is set in the unreachable variation pattern table. Thereby, the reach time in the reach state is lengthened, so that the player's attention can be attracted to the reach state effect.

  As described above, when the big hit lottery result is a big hit (S5110: yes in FIG. 14), after determining the big hit symbol (S5114), the big hit fluctuation pattern table is selected (S5118). If the big hit lottery result is not a big hit (S5110: no), after determining the off symbol (S5122), either the reach out / out change pattern table or the reach out / out change pattern table is selected (S5128). , S5130). When the variation pattern table is selected in this way, a variation pattern determination random number is extracted from the lottery random numbers read out as special figure hold in the processing of S5102 (S5132 in FIG. 15). Then, using the extracted variation pattern determination random number, the variation pattern is determined by referring to the selected variation pattern table (S5134). Subsequently, after the variable display of the special symbol is started on the symbol display device 28 according to the determined variation pattern (S5136), “1” is subtracted from the number of special symbol hold (S5138).

  When “1” is subtracted from the number of special symbol reservations (S5138), a variation start command (variation pattern designation command and stop symbol designation command) for designating a special symbol variation pattern, a special symbol stop symbol, or the like is issued. After the transmission to the sub-control board 220 (S5140), the special figure variation display process shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 is terminated, and the process returns to the special symbol game process of FIGS.

  In the above, when the special symbol game process shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 is started, it is determined that the jackpot game is not being played (S502: no), and the special symbol is not variably displayed (S504: no). The processing in the case of being performed has been described. In contrast, if the special symbol is not changing (S502: no), but the special symbol is determined to be changing (S504: yes), the special symbol variation pattern and the stop symbol are already determined. This corresponds to the case where special symbol changes have started. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the special symbol variation time has elapsed (S512). As described above, since the variation time of the special symbol is predetermined according to the variation pattern, it is determined whether the predetermined variation time has elapsed by setting the timer at the same time as the variation of the special symbol is started. Can do. As a result, if the variation time has not yet elapsed (S512: no), the special symbol game process of FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the variation time has elapsed (S512: yes), a command (design stop command) indicating that the special symbol during the variation display is to be stopped is transmitted to the sub-control board 220. Then, the special symbol during the variable display is stopped and displayed with a preset symbol (S516). Then, after setting a time (stop display time) for holding the special symbol displayed in a stopped state in a stopped state (S518), it is determined whether or not the set stop display time has passed (S520). As a result, if the stop display time has not elapsed (S520: no), the special symbol game process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 displays the special symbol in a variable manner by performing the above-described processing, and stops the display with the big hit symbol (hit special symbol) or the off symbol (loss special symbol). Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “special drawing display control means” in the present invention.

  After the special symbol is stopped and displayed in this way, after returning to the game control process of FIG. 10, when the special symbol game process of FIGS. 12 and 13 is started again, it is determined that the special symbol is not changing ( S504: no) Subsequently, since it is determined that the special symbol is in the stop display time (S506: yes), it is determined again whether the stop display time has elapsed. (S520). While it is determined that the stop display time has elapsed while repeating such determination (S520: yes), the special symbol that has been stopped (the stop symbol stored in the special symbol variation display process) is now displayed. (S5116 in FIG. 14)) is determined whether or not it is a big hit symbol (S530 in FIG. 13). As a result, when the special symbol that is stopped and displayed is a jackpot symbol (S321: yes), processing for starting the following jackpot game is performed.

  In this process, first, it is determined whether or not the jackpot symbol displayed in a stopped state is a jackpot symbol corresponding to “2R normal jackpot game” or “2R probability variable jackpot game” (2R normal jackpot symbol or 2R probability jackpot symbol). (S532). As a result, if the symbol is 2R normal winning symbol or 2R probability changing symbol (S532: yes), “2” is set as the number of round games (S534), “0.1 second” is set as the opening time (S536). That is, when starting the “2R normal big hit game” or the “2R probability variable big hit game”, the round game in which the big winning opening 31d is opened for 0.1 second is set to be performed twice.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination process in S532, when the 2R normal hit symbol or the 2R probability variable hit symbol is not found (S532: no), that is, the stopped big hit symbol is “15R normal big hit game” or “15R If it is a jackpot symbol (15R normal hit symbol or 15R probability bonus symbol) corresponding to “probable big hit game”, “15 times” is set as the number of round games (S538), and a big winning prize per round game is set. “30 seconds” is set as the opening time of 31d (S540). That is, when starting the “15R normal big hit game” or the “15R probability variable big hit game”, the round game in which the big winning opening 31d is opened for 30 seconds is set to be performed 15 times. As will be described later, in the round game of “15R normal jackpot game” or “15R probability variable jackpot game”, when the number of game balls that have entered the big prize opening 31d reaches 10, the big prize opening 31d is released. Even before 30 seconds elapse, the special winning opening 31d is closed.

  When the big hit game is executed in such a state that the number of round games and the opening time per round game are set in this way, in the “2R normal big hit game” or “2R probability variable big hit game”, the big winning opening 31d The total opening time is 0.2 seconds (0.1 seconds × 2 rounds), and almost (or not at all) the game balls cannot be placed in the grand prize winning opening 31d. Not at all) On the other hand, in the “15R normal jackpot game” or “15R probable big hit game”, the total opening time of the big prize opening 31d is 450 seconds (30 seconds × 15 rounds) (30 rounds before 30 seconds have passed in the round game) When the number of game balls entering the 31d reaches ten, it is less time), and the game balls can be inserted into the big winning opening 31d, so that a lot of game balls can be paid out.

  In this way, the big winning opening 31d is opened for a short time (the game ball is not paid out (or not at all)), “2R normal big hit game” or “2R probability variable big hit game” (short time open game) and the big winning opening 31d. Is configured to execute a “15R normal big hit game” or “15R probability variable big hit game” (long-time open game) that is released for a long time (game balls are paid out more than the short-time open big hit game). Expectations for the start of “15R normal big hit game” or “15R probable big hit game” (long open game) that allows players to receive more game balls in the big hit game It becomes possible to raise.

  Thus, when the number of round games (the number of times of opening of the big prize opening 31d) and the opening time of the big prize opening 31d are set (S534 and S536, or S538 and S540), in order to end the various states when starting the big hit game, A flag corresponding to the state is set to OFF. For example, if the high-accuracy flag is set to ON, the high-accuracy flag is set to OFF. That is, when starting the big hit game, the flag corresponding to the state is set to OFF in order to end the high probability state. In starting the big hit game, there are several states to end in addition to the high probability state, and in the processing of S540, the flags corresponding to these states are also set to OFF. In addition, the state to be ended when starting the jackpot game will be described in detail later.

  If various flags are set to OFF when starting the big hit game (S542), the big hit flag is set to ON so that the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 can recognize that the current big hit game is being played. (S544). As described above, the jackpot flag is a flag that is set to ON during the period when the jackpot game is being executed. When the special symbol game process is performed next with the jackpot flag set to ON, it is determined that the game is a big hit game in the process of S502, so the process for executing the variable display of the symbols (from S504 onward) Processing) is skipped, and the special symbol processing is terminated. That is, the symbol variation display is not performed over the big hit game.

  As described above, when the various settings for starting the big hit game are completed (S532-S544), a command indicating that the big hit game is started (a big hit game start command) is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S546). ). In the jackpot game start command, the type of the jackpot game to be started (“15R normal jackpot game”, “15R probability variable jackpot game”, “2R normal jackpot game”, “2R probability variable jackpot game”) is identified. Information that can be included.

  Thus, when the big hit game start command is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S546), the special symbol game process shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is exited, and the game control process of FIG. 10 is resumed.

  The above is a description of the processing when the special symbol stopped and displayed on the symbol display device 28 is a jackpot symbol (S530: yes). However, when the special symbol stopped and displayed is not a jackpot symbol (S530). : No), the following processing is performed.

  First, it is determined whether or not the release extension flag is set to ON (S548). Here, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a period in which the open extended state (high open state) is set after the “15R normal big hit game” or “15R probability variable big hit game” is executed (open extended period). Is going to start. As will be described in detail later, the open extended state is a state in which the blade piece portion 17w of the start port unit 17 is frequently opened, that is, a time during which the start port 17a is in an open state becomes longer, and the start port 17a. Is the state in which the opening frequency (the ratio of the time during which the start port 17a is in the open state per predetermined time) is high. This open extended state is advantageous for the player because it makes it easier for a game ball to enter the start port 17a, and the number of game balls to be paid out and the chance of lottery lottery increase. The release extension flag is a flag for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to grasp such an open extension state, and the storage area is secured at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. Yes.

  As a result of the process of S548, if it is determined that the open extension flag is set to ON (S548: yes), that is, if it is determined that the set period is the open extended state, the open extension counter indicates “ After subtracting “1” (S550), it is determined whether or not the open extension counter has reached “0” (S552). The release extension counter is a counter for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to grasp the remaining number of games (the number of times of special symbol change display) until the release extension state ends, and the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. The storage area is secured at a predetermined address. As will be described in detail later, the opening extension counter is set with the length (opening extension period) of the period for setting the opening extension state (the number of times of special symbol variation display) when starting the opening extension state. In the process of S550, since it was determined in the previous process (S548) that it is the set period of the open extension state (the open extension period) (S548: yes), the extension extension period is used to stop the special symbol variation display. In order to reduce the remaining number of games (the number of times of special symbol variation display), “1” is subtracted from the open extension counter. As a result, when the remaining number of games in the opening extension period (the number of times the special symbol is changed) is “0” (S552: yes), the opening extension flag is set to OFF to end the opening extension period ( S554). Thereafter, when a game state designation command is transmitted toward the sub-control board 220 (S556), the special symbol game process is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. Here, the gaming state designation command is a command that designates the gaming state determined according to the setting of the high-accuracy flag, the release extension flag, or the like to the sub-control board 220.

  If it is determined in the process of S552 that the remaining number of games in the extended extension period (the number of times the special symbol has been changed) is not "0" (S552: no), the extended extended state has not been released yet, so The symbol game process is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. If it is determined that the open extension state is not currently set (S548: no), a relief state setting process is performed (S558). The relief state setting process is a process for setting a state (relief state) for relieving that the investment amount (investment burden) of the player becomes excessive when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The relief state setting process will be described in detail later. When the relief state setting process is finished (S558), the special symbol game process shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is finished, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. Then, the big hit game process following the special symbol game process is performed (S600).

C-4. Jackpot game processing:
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the big hit game process. When the big hit game process is started, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first determines whether or not the big hit flag is set to ON (S602). As described above, the big hit flag is a flag indicating that the gaming state is a big hit game. When the jackpot flag is not set to ON (S602: no), the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 ends the jackpot game process and returns to the top of the game control process shown in FIG. A series of processes after the process (S50) are repeated. On the other hand, when the big hit flag is set to ON (S602: yes), the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 starts a process for executing the big hit game described below. In this process, first, it is determined whether or not the special winning opening 31d is open (S604). The big prize opening 31d is closed in a normal gaming state, and therefore, the big prize opening 31d is in a closed state immediately after the start of the big hit game. Accordingly, it is determined that the special winning opening 31d is not open (S604: no), and it is determined whether or not the number of round games (number of rounds) has reached a predetermined number (S606). As described above, during the big hit game, the big winning opening 31d is opened and a predetermined number of round games are repeated. Corresponding to this, when the special winning opening 31d is closed (S604: no), it is determined whether or not the number of opening (the number of rounds) of the special winning opening 31d has reached a predetermined number (S606). . In this process, it is determined whether or not the number of round games (see S534 and S538 in FIG. 13) set corresponding to the type of jackpot game started in the special symbol game process has been reached. That is, if “2R normal big hit game” or “2R probability variable big hit game”, the number of rounds has reached “2 times”, and if “15R normal big hit game” or “15R positive variable big hit game”, the number of rounds It is judged whether or not “15 times” has been reached.

  As a matter of course, immediately after the big hit game is started, the number of rounds has not reached the predetermined number (S606: no), and it is determined whether or not the closing time of the special winning opening 31d has elapsed (S608). The closing time of the special winning opening 31d is a time during which the special winning opening 31d is closed between the round game and the round game. In the present embodiment, the closing time of the special winning opening 31d is set to 1 second. Immediately after the big hit game is started, the big prize opening 31d is in a closed state, so it is naturally determined that the closing time of the big prize opening 31d has passed (S608: yes), and the big prize opening 31d is opened. The game is released and a new round game is started (S610). And after transmitting the command (round start command) which shows the start of a round game (S612), the big hit game process shown in FIG. 19 is once complete | finished, and it returns to the game control process of FIG.

  When the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 returns to the game control process, as shown in FIG. 10, after performing a series of various processes after the prize ball related process (S50), the big hit game process (S600) is started again. . As described above, the time required for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to execute the game control process shown in FIG. 10 once is about 4 msec. Accordingly, the big hit game process shown in FIG. 19 is also executed about every 4 msec. Then, when the big hit game is started and the big hit game process of FIG. 19 is executed for the first time, as described above, the big winning opening 31d is opened in S610 and the process is ended as it is, but after about 4 msec, When performing the process of the round, it is determined in S604 that the special winning opening 31d is being opened (S604: yes).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the opening time of the special winning opening 31d has reached a predetermined opening time (S614). As described above, in the big hit game, the big winning opening 31d is opened, but when a predetermined opening time elapses or a predetermined number (four in this case) of gaming balls enter the big winning opening 31d. Closed. In response to this, in S614, it is determined whether or not a predetermined opening time has elapsed since the special winning opening 31d was opened. In this process, it is determined whether or not the opening time set corresponding to the type of jackpot game started in the special symbol game process has elapsed. In this process, it is determined whether or not the opening time (see S536 and S540 in FIG. 13) set corresponding to the type of jackpot game started in the special symbol game process has elapsed. In other words, if “2R normal big hit game” or “2R probability variable big hit game”, “0.1 seconds” has elapsed as an opening time, or if “15R normal big hit game” or “15R probability big hit game” It is determined whether or not “30 seconds” has elapsed as the opening time. If the opening time has elapsed (S614: yes), after closing the big prize opening 31d (S618), the big hit game process shown in FIG. 19 is exited and the game control process shown in FIG. 10 is resumed. On the other hand, if the predetermined opening time has not elapsed (S614: no), it is determined whether or not the number of game balls that have entered the special winning opening 31d has reached a specified number (here, 10) (S616). . When the number of game balls reaches the specified number (S616: yes), the special winning opening 31d is closed (S618). On the other hand, if the specified number has not been reached (S616: no), the game that has entered the big prize opening 31d since the predetermined opening time has not yet passed since the big prize opening 31d was opened. Since the number of balls has not reached the prescribed number, the big hit game process shown in FIG. 19 is exited while the special winning opening 31d is opened, and the process returns to the game control process of FIG.

  While the game control process of FIG. 10 is repeatedly executed, whether a predetermined opening time elapses after the special winning opening 31d is opened (S614: yes), or a predetermined number of special winning openings 31d. The game ball enters (S616: yes), and the special winning opening 31d is closed (S618). Thus, one round game is completed. Next, when the big hit game process is executed, it is determined in S604 that the big prize opening 31d is closed (S604: no), and it is determined whether or not the predetermined number of round games have ended (S606). If the round game is not finished (S606: no), after confirming that the closing time of the big prize opening has reached the predetermined time (S608: yes), the big prize opening 31d is opened again and a new round is made. After the game is started (S610), a round start command is transmitted toward the sub-control board 220 (S612). On the other hand, if it is determined in S606 that the predetermined number of round games have ended (S606: yes), the big hit flag is set to OFF in order to end the big hit game (S620), indicating the end of the big hit game. After the command (big hit game end command) is transmitted to the sub-control board 220 (S622), the big hit end processing is started (S650). As described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the gaming state after the jackpot game is ended is determined according to the type of the jackpot game. In the big hit end process, a process for setting the game state is performed. Note that the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs the above-described processing to thereby win a winning game (a winning game in which the big winning opening is opened for a long time (“15R normal big winning game” or “15R probability changing big winning game”)) or a big winning opening. Is performing a hit game that is released for a short time ("2R normal big hit game" or "2R probability variable big hit game"). Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “winning game execution means” in the present invention.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the big hit end process. When the big hit end process is started, first, it is determined whether or not the big hit game to be ended this time is “15R normal big hit game” (S6502). The type of jackpot game is determined by confirming the jackpot symbol (S5116 in FIG. 14) stored in the special figure variation display process. As a result, if the jackpot game to be ended this time is “15R normal jackpot game (big hit game triggered by stop display of 15R normal hit symbol)”, the release extension flag is set to ON (S6504), and then the extension extension is performed. “100” is set in the counter (S6506). As described above, the open extension flag is a flag for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to know that the “open extension state” in which the start port 17a is frequently opened is set. In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, after the “15R normal big hit game” is finished, the release extension flag is set to ON in order to start a period in which the release extension state is set (open extension period). Further, as described above, the release extension counter is a counter for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to grasp the remaining number of games (the number of times of special symbol change display) until the release extension period ends. In order to set the length of the extended extension period started after the “big hit game” is ended to “100” as the number of games, “100” is set in the extended extension counter. The value of the open extension counter is subtracted in the special symbol game process (S550 in FIG. 13) every time a game (special symbol variation display) is repeated, and 100 games (special symbol variation display) are performed. The release extension flag is set to OFF (S554 in FIG. 13), and the release extension period ends.

  Thus, when the process for setting the open extension state is performed (S6504, S6506), the value of the cumulative out counter is set to “0”. The cumulative out-counter is a jackpot game that is advantageous to the player (a jackpot game in which a lot of game balls are paid out or a high probability state is set after completion) “15R normal jackpot game”, “15R probability variable jackpot game”, This is a counter for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to grasp the cumulative number of outs since the last “2R probability variation big hit game” was performed. That is, the value of the cumulative out counter is the number of game balls that the player has struck into the game area 11 without performing a jackpot game that is advantageous to the player (the degree of investment invested in the game during the so-called “hamari”) ). Here, since it is determined that “15R normal big hit game” has been performed (S6502: yes), “0” is set in the cumulative out counter in order to start counting the cumulative number of outs from this point. In this state, every time the game ball is discharged from the game area 11 (each time the game ball is shot into the game area 11), the value of the cumulative out counter is added in the cumulative out addition process (S70 in FIG. 10). Thus, the cumulative number of outs since the last big hit game advantageous to the player is counted. In this way, when the “15R normal big hit game” is completed, the open extension period is started. In addition, the open extension period ends when the game in the period reaches 100 times or when any big hit game is started.

  The above is a description of the processing when the “15R normal jackpot game” is ended. On the other hand, when ending the “15R probability variation big hit game”, the following processing is performed (S6510: yes). First, in order to start the opening extension period, the opening extension flag is set to ON (S6512), and the value of the opening extension counter is set to “10000”. In other words, after the “15R probability variation big hit game (big hit game triggered by the stop display of the 15R probability variation symbol)” is completed, the processing of the above S6512 and S6514 is performed, so that the next big hit game is substantially started. The open extension period will continue to occur until the game is executed (the probability of playing the big hit game in this embodiment is 1/300 in the low probability state and 1/30 in the high probability state). That is, the value of the release extension counter is subtracted in the special symbol game process (S550 in FIG. 13) every time a game (special symbol variation display) is repeated, and 10000 games (special symbol variation display) When it is performed, it becomes “0”, the release extension flag is set to OFF (S554 in FIG. 13), and the release extension period ends. Since it is very unlikely that any big hit game will be executed until 10,000 games are played (almost zero), 10,000 games (special symbol variation display) are performed and the open extension flag is OFF. The situation set to is virtually non-occurring.

  Thus, when the processing for setting the open extension state is performed (S6512, S6514), in addition, the high-accuracy flag is set to ON to set the high probability state (S6516). As described above, the high-accuracy flag is a flag that is set by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to determine whether or not the current state is set to the high probability state. When the special figure fluctuation display process is performed in a state where the high-accuracy flag is set to ON in this way, it is determined that the high-accuracy flag is set to ON and the high probability big hit lottery table is selected. (S5104 and S5106 in FIG. 14), the big win will be generated with high probability. When the high-accuracy flag is set to ON, “0” is set to the value of the cumulative out counter in order to count the cumulative number of outs from this point (S6508). As described above, when the “15R probability variation big hit game” is completed, the open extension period is started and the high probability state is set. Further, this extended extension period continues until any next big hit game is started. The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 sets the “low probability” or the “high probability” as the “probability per special figure” by performing the above-described processing. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to “probability setting means per special figure” in the present invention.

  The above is a description of the processing in the case of ending the “15R probability variation big hit game”. On the other hand, when the “2R probability variation big hit game (big hit game triggered by the stop display of the 2R probability variation symbol)” is ended (S6518: yes), the high probability flag is turned on to set a high probability state. (S6520), “0” is set to the value of the cumulative out counter in order to count the cumulative number of outs from this point (S6508). Thus, after the “2R probability variation big hit game” is completed, a high probability state is set. Further, unlike the “15R normal big hit game” and “15R probability variable big hit game”, the open extended state is not set (the open extended period is not started), and the frequency of the start port 17a being in the open state remains low ( Low open state is still set).

  In the process of S6518, when it is determined that the big hit game to be ended this time is not “2R probability variable big hit game”, that is, the big hit game to be ended this time is “2R normal big hit game (a big hit triggered by the stop display of the 2R normal hit symbol). In the case of “game” ”(S6518: no), neither the open extension state nor the high probability state is set.

  Here, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, for the following first to fifth reasons, whether the “2R probability variable big hit game” or “2R normal big hit game” has been executed for the player is identified. Makes it difficult. First, a player usually plays a game while looking at the screen of the effect display device 27, but when “2R probability variable big hit game” or “2R normal big hit game” is started, three identification symbols are used. Since 27a, 27b, and 27c are stopped and displayed with symbol combinations that do not match with the same symbol, "2R probability variation big hit game" is executed from the symbol combination of the three identification symbols or "2R normal big hit Whether or not “game” is executed cannot be identified. Second, the player usually plays a game while looking at the screen of the effect display device 27, and the line of sight is facing away from the special symbol display device 28 (see FIG. 2). Even if the “normal hit symbol” or “2R probability variable hit symbol” is stopped and displayed as a special symbol, it is difficult to visually recognize. Thirdly, even if the winning symbol stopped and displayed on the special symbol display device 28 can be confirmed, each winning symbol is similar as shown in FIG. 8, so “2R probability variation winning symbol” or “2R normal winning symbol”. It is difficult to identify. Fourth, in both “2R probability variation big hit game” and “2R normal big hit game”, the round game in which the big winning opening 31d is opened for a short time (0.1 seconds in this case) is performed twice (that is, both In the big hit game, the grand prize winning openings 31d perform the same operation). Fifth, since both the “2R probability variable big hit game” and the “2R normal big hit game” are not set to the extended extension state (the low open state is set) after the big hit game is ended, the big hit game is ended. The frequency at which the start port 17a is opened in the later period is the same. As described above, it is difficult for the player to identify whether the “2R probable big hit game” or the “2R normal big hit game” has been executed, which is actually disadvantageous for the player. (There are few game balls to be paid out, and a low probability state is set after the big hit.) Even when “2R normal big hit game” is executed, it is advantageous to the player (although there are few game balls to be paid out, the big hit After completion, the game is continued while expecting that “2R probability variable big hit game” is executed and the present is set to the high probability state (high probability will generate big hit) By this, the player's gaming interests are invigorated.

  Thus, when the player continues the game, if the executed jackpot game is “2R probability variable jackpot game”, the next jackpot game is executed with a high probability because it is set to a high probability state, It becomes possible to further enhance the player's gaming interest. However, if the executed jackpot game is “2R normal jackpot game”, the game is continued and the game is intensified by expecting that the high probability state is set until a predetermined period elapses. However, since it is not set to a high probability state (it is set to a low probability state), it is difficult to execute the next big hit game, and the number of game balls that the player types into the game area ( The amount of investment) has increased, and as a result, it has started to recognize that it has been set to a low probability state (the executed jackpot game was “2R normal jackpot game”). It can be considered that

  Therefore, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, after the “2R normal big hit game” that is disadvantageous to the player is executed (S6518: no), it is determined that the high probability state is set for the player. By setting a “relief state”, which will be described later, after the expected period of exciting the game entertainment (hereinafter also referred to as “rescue waiting period”), it is possible to prevent the player from cooling down the game entertainment interest. I have to. In the following, first, a process for setting the relief waiting period will be described.

  When the jackpot game ended this time is “2R normal jackpot game” (S6518: no), first, it is determined whether or not the value of the cumulative out counter is “5000” or more (S6522). As described above, the value of the cumulative out counter is determined when a jackpot game advantageous to the player (“15R normal jackpot game”, “15R probability variable jackpot game”, “2R probability variable jackpot game”) is executed, or the game machine concerned Since the counter is set to “0” when the power is turned on, the value of the counter is the number of game balls that the player has shot into the game area 11 after the last advantageous jackpot game is executed. That is, in the processing of S6522, whether or not “5000” or more game balls have been driven into the game area 11 since the last advantageous jackpot game was executed (whether or not “so-called“ hamari ”has occurred). Judging. If the value of the cumulative out counter has reached “5000” or more (S6522: yes), the relief waiting period is set by performing the following processing, and the value of the cumulative out counter has reached “5000” or more. If not (S6522: no), the following process is skipped, and the jackpot end process is terminated without setting the relief waiting period. In other words, setting the relief waiting period means "relieving the player by setting a relief state after a predetermined waiting period". In the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment, Only the player who has paid a predetermined investment amount (5000 game ball launches) after the big hit game is executed is targeted for the relief. In this way, while maintaining the gameability (gameability that can be expected that a high probability state may be set) that should be originally obtained by executing the “2R normal jackpot game”, the game is increased by increasing the investment burden. It is possible to prevent the entertainment from being cooled.

  When it is determined in the process of S6522 that “5000” or more game balls have been driven into the game area 11 (“Hamari” has occurred) since the last advantageous jackpot game was executed (S6522). : Yes), the relief standby flag is set to ON (S6524), and the value of the relief standby counter is set to “50” (S6526). The relief waiting flag is a flag that is set to ON when it is the above-described relief waiting period, and the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 determines whether or not the present is the relief waiting period based on the setting state of the relief waiting flag. To figure out. Further, the relief waiting counter is a counter for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to grasp the remaining number of games (the number of special symbol fluctuation display times) until the relief waiting period ends. In the process of S6524, the relief standby flag is set to ON in order to start the relief standby period, and in the process of S6526, the length of the relief standby period is set to 50 games (the number of times of special symbol variation display). Accordingly, “50” is set to the value of the relief standby counter. Note that storage areas of the relief standby flag and the relief standby counter are secured at predetermined addresses of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  Here, as described above, the relief waiting period is a period in which the player progresses the game while expecting the player to be currently set in a high probability state, thereby enhancing the player's gaming interest. Therefore, even if the low probability state is actually set, it is preferable to continue the relief waiting period for a period during which the high probability state can be expected. Most players feel that if the probability of winning a jackpot is 1 / N, "the jackpot winning will occur before the number of games reaches N". And when playing a game with a pachinko machine whose probability of winning a big hit in a high probability state is 1 / N, if it is not possible to identify whether the current state is a low probability state or a high probability state, Will expect that it may currently be in a high probability state until the number of games reaches at least N. Also, most players tend to expect a high probability state when N × 2 times elapses because the amount of game ball shot (investment amount) also increases. In other words, if the probability of winning a big hit in a high probability state is 1 / N, the length of the rescue waiting period should be not less than N times the number of games and not more than N × 2 times (or less). preferable. In this way, it is possible to suitably set a period in which the game is progressed while expecting that the current state is set to a high probability state to enhance the player's gaming interest. In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the probability of winning a big hit in a high probability state is 1/30 (see FIG. 16B), so the number of games is at least 30 times for the player. It can be expected that a high probability state may be set until it is reached. In the process of S6526, 50 times longer than 30 times and less than 60 times (30 times × 2) are set as the relief waiting period.

  When “50” is set as the value of the relief waiting counter (S6526), after the big hit end process shown in FIG. 20 is finished, the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. 10 via the big hit game process shown in FIG. To do. In addition, after the big hit game that is advantageous to the player (“15R normal big hit game”, “15R probability variable big hit game”, “2R probability variable big hit game”) is completed, The process of setting “0” was performed, but the process was not performed after the big hit game (“2R normal big hit game”) disadvantageous to the player was completed. This is because, as described above, the cumulative out counter is a counter indicating the level of so-called “hamari”, and when the big hit game advantageous to the player is executed, it is assumed that “hamari” has been eliminated, Is set to “0”, but if a big hit game unfavorable to the player is executed, it cannot be said that “Humari” has been eliminated, and the “Humari” state is continued.

  Thus, when the special symbol game process shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is performed in a state where the relief standby flag is set to ON and the value of the relief standby counter is set to “50”, the relief state setting process (FIG. 13) is performed. In S558), a process for allowing the relief waiting period to elapse and a process for setting the relief state after the relief waiting period elapses.

C-5. Relief state setting process:
FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the relief state setting process. When the relief state setting process is started, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first determines whether or not the relief standby flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not it is in the relief standby period (S5580). Immediately after the relief waiting period is started, the relief waiting flag is of course set to ON (S5580: yes). In this case, “1” is subtracted from the value of the relief waiting counter (S5582). In other words, since the relief state setting process is performed every time the special symbol is stopped and displayed (every game), if the present is the relief waiting period, one game has been performed. At the same time, “1” is subtracted from the value of the relief waiting counter in order to reduce the remaining number of times of the relief waiting period. Next, it is determined whether or not the value of the relief waiting counter has become “0”, that is, whether or not the remaining number of games in the relief waiting period has become 0 (S5584). Immediately after the relief waiting period is started, there is still a remaining number of games in the relief waiting period (S5584: no), and the relief state setting process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, during the relief period (with the relief standby flag set to ON), the game is repeatedly performed (the relief state setting process is repeatedly performed), and the value of the relief standby counter eventually becomes “0”. When this happens (when the number of games during the relief period reaches 50) (S5584: yes), the relief waiting flag is set to OFF to end the relief waiting period (S5585). Subsequently, the first relief flag is set to ON (S5586), and the value of the first relief counter is set to “100” (S5588).

  The first relief flag is a flag that is set to ON when the first relief state is set, and the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 is currently in the first relief state based on the setting status of the first relief flag. Know whether or not. In addition, the first relief counter is a counter for the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 to grasp the remaining number of games (the number of special symbol fluctuation display times) until the first relief state ends. In the process of S5586, in order to set the first relief state, the first relief flag is set to ON, and in the process of S5588, the length of the period for setting the first relief state is set to the number of games (variable display of special symbols). The number of first relief counters is set to “100” in order to set 100 times. The first relief state will be described in detail later. In addition, the storage area of the repair standby flag and the repair standby counter is secured at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. When the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 sets the period after the winning game to a low probability state by performing the above-described processing (after “2R normal big hit game”), the “game progress value (here, It is determined whether or not “the number of games)” has reached a “predetermined value (50 games)”. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “first determination unit” in the present invention.

  In the above, the processing when the relief waiting flag is set to ON (during the relief waiting period) (S5580: yes) has been described. On the other hand, when the relief waiting flag is set to OFF (S5580: no), it is determined whether or not the first relief flag is set to ON (S5590). As a result, when the first relief flag is set to ON (S5590: yes), “1” is subtracted from the value of the first relief counter (S5592). That is, the relief state setting process is performed every time the special symbol is stopped and displayed (every game). Therefore, if the first relief state is currently set, one game is performed. Accordingly, “1” is subtracted from the value of the first relief counter in order to reduce the remaining number of times during the period in which the first relief state is set. Next, it is determined whether or not the value of the first relief counter has become “0”, that is, whether or not the remaining number of games in the period in which the first relief state has been set has become 0 (S5594). . Immediately after the period when the first relief state is set, the remaining number of games in the period is still present (S5594: no), and the relief state setting process is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, during the period in which the first relief state is set (with the first relief flag set to ON), the game is repeatedly performed (the relief state setting process is repeatedly performed), and the first When the value of the relief counter becomes “0” (when the number of games in the period in which the first relief state is set reaches 100) (S5594: yes), in order to end the period in which the first relief state is set, After the first relief flag is set to OFF (S5596), the second relief flag is set to ON (S5598) so as to start the period in which the second relief state is set. The second relief state flag is a flag that is set to ON when the second relief state is set, and the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 is currently in the second relief state based on the setting state of the second relief flag. It is grasped whether or not is set. The second relief state will be described in detail later. The second relief flag has a storage area secured at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. Note that the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs the above-described process so that the “game progress value (here, the number of games)” indicating the degree of progress of the game in the first relief state is “predetermined value (number of games). 100 times) ”is determined. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “second determination unit” in the present invention.

  As described above, when the “2R normal big hit game”, which is a big hit game unfavorable to the player, is completed, the cumulative number of outs since the last big hit game advantageous to the player is over is 5,000. In the case where a predetermined degree of “hamari” has occurred, a relief waiting period for 50 games is started. When the relief waiting period ends, a period in which the first relief state for the number of games of 100 is set is started. Further, when the period in which the first relief state is set ends, the period in which the second relief state is set is started.

  The above-described relief waiting flag, first relief flag, and second relief flag are used when the big hit game is started (in the process of setting various flags in the special symbol game process to OFF (S542 in FIG. 13)). , OFF. In other words, the relief waiting period ends when the number of games in the period reaches 50, and ends when any big hit game is started, and the period during which the first relief state is set is the period In addition to the case where the number of games in the game reaches 100, the game ends when any big hit game is started. In addition, the second relief flag is set to OFF only when any big hit game is started. That is, the period during which the second rescue state is set continues until any next big hit game is started.

  In the first relief state, the second relief state, and the open extension state described above, the frequency of opening of the start port 17a (the after-mentioned general purpose described later) is performed by performing processing (S100 to S300 in FIG. 10) related to the normal symbols described below. This is realized by setting the probability of playing a game per figure and the contents of the game per normal figure according to each state. In the following, first of all, the general symbol holding related processing among the processing related to the normal symbol will be described.

C-6. General map hold related processing:
FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a general-purpose hold-related process. The common figure hold-related process is a process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 after the process (S100 in FIG. 10) performed in the game control process. As shown in FIG. 22, in the usual figure hold-related process (S100), first, based on the gate switches 36s and 37s, it is determined whether or not a game ball has passed through the through gates 36 and 37 (S102). As a result, when the game ball passes through the through gates 36 and 37 (S102: yes), whether or not the number of ordinary symbols held (the number of ordinary symbols held) has reached the upper limit (“4” in this embodiment). Is determined (S104). Then, if the number of reserved regular drawings has not reached the upper limit value (S104: no), a random number for random drawing of normal symbols (random number for regular drawing lottery) is acquired (S106). The random number for general drawing lottery is a random number used for performing lottery per general drawing described later. Subsequently, this random number for random drawing is stored in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200 as a general drawing hold (S108). Thus, when the usual figure hold is stored (S108), "1" is added to the number of usual figure hold (S110), the usual figure hold related process is terminated, and the game control process shown in FIG. 10 is resumed. On the other hand, when the game ball does not pass through the through gates 36 and 37 (S102: no), or when the number of reserved drawings reaches the upper limit (here, “4”) (S104: yes) ), A series of processes (S106 to S110) for acquiring a random number for a general drawing lottery or storing a random number for a general drawing lottery as a general map hold is omitted, and the general drawing hold related process is terminated, and then FIG. Return to the game control process shown in FIG.

  As described above, when the common symbol hold-related process ends (FIG. 22) and the game control process of FIG. 10 returns, the game control process starts the normal symbol game process (S200) described below. In this process, the normal symbol LED 29a (see FIG. 3) of the normal symbol display unit 29 is used to perform processing for variably displaying the normal symbol.

C-7. Normal design game processing:
FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the normal symbol game process. When starting the normal symbol game process (S200), the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first determines whether or not a game per game is in progress (S202). Here, as will be described in detail later, in the normal symbol game process, when the normal symbol is variably displayed and the hit normal symbol is stopped and displayed (when the normal symbol LED 29a is turned on), the start port 17a. Is a process of starting a game per ordinary figure that is in an open state for a predetermined period (start-up opening time). Therefore, if a game per game is being played, it is determined whether or not a game per game is being played so that the game per game is not repeated (S202). If the game is not in progress (S202: no), the rest of the normal symbol game process that follows is performed. On the other hand, if the game is already in the normal game (S202: yes), the special symbol game process is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. Whether or not a game per game is being played is determined by checking the status of the flag per game. The per-usage flag is set to ON during a period in which a game per base figure is being performed, and is set to OFF during a period in which a game per base figure is not being performed. The storage area is secured at a predetermined address of the mounted RAM 203.

  If the game is not in the normal game (S202: no), it is determined whether or not the normal symbol is changing (S204). As described above with reference to FIG. 3, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with the symbol display device 28, and the normal symbol LED 29 a of the normal symbol display unit 29 can display the variation of the normal symbol. .

  If the normal symbol is not fluctuating (S204: no), it is determined whether or not the normal symbol hold number (ordinary symbol hold number) is “0” (S206). As described above, the number of pending drawings can be stored until the upper limit value “4” is reached. Then, when the number of held regular symbols is “0” (S206: yes), the normal symbol game process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the number of ordinary symbols on hold is not “0” (S206: no), the processing for starting the variation display of the normal symbol (ordinary variation display processing) is started (S210).

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a common map change display process. When the normal map change display process is started, first, the oldest stored custom map hold (that is, the general drawing lottery random number stored as the general map hold) is read (S2102). After reading the usual hold, it is determined whether or not the open extension flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not it is the open extended state setting period (open extended period) (S2104). As a result, when the release extension flag is set to ON (S2104: yes), a lottery table with high probability is selected (S2108), and when the release extension flag is not set to ON (S2104). : No), a low-probability drawing per lottery table is selected (S2106).

  FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a lottery table per common map stored in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 25A shows a lottery table with a low probability of a normal map, and FIG. 25B shows a lottery table with a high probability of a normal map. As shown in the drawing, a lottery result of “per common figure” or “out” is set in the lottery table per common figure in association with lottery random numbers per common figure from “0” to “99”. Further, as is clear from a comparison between FIG. 25 (a) and FIG. 25 (b), the high-probability lottery table shown in FIG. 25 (b) is the low-lottery table shown in FIG. 25 (a). The lottery result of “per common map” is set to more random numbers than the random table per probability. In other words, in the lottery table with a high probability, a lot of “random numbers from which a lottery result can be obtained per map” is set (high value). The probability per lot drawing table is set to obtain a lottery result per 99 times with a probability of 99/100. The low probability big hit lottery table has a probability of 10/100 per lot. Set to get results). Accordingly, when a lottery per lot using the high probability lottery table shown in FIG. 25 (b) is performed, a lottery per common figure is selected using the low probability big lottery table shown in FIG. 25 (a). A lottery result per ordinary map will be obtained with a higher probability than in the case of going. The fact that a lottery result per ordinary figure is obtained is also referred to as “winning per ordinary figure occurs”. Further, both the low-probability lottery table and the high-probability lottery table are stored in advance in the ROM 202 of the main control board 200.

  In this way, in the period in which the open extension state is set, the winning per hit is generated and the game per run is executed with a higher probability than in other periods, so the start port 17a is opened. Increases frequency.

  24, the lottery random number per common map read out as the general map hold corresponds to “per normal map” by referring to the lottery table selected in the processing of S2106 or S2108. It is determined whether or not the random number is a random number to be determined (determines whether the lottery result per normal map is per normal map) (S2110). As a result, when the result of the lottery per common figure is determined to be “per common figure” (when a win per common figure occurs) (S2110: yes), the fluctuation display of the normal symbol starting after this is displayed. As a result, as a normal symbol to be stopped and displayed, a hit normal symbol (that is, the normal symbol LED 29a is turned on) is set. On the other hand, when it is determined that the result of the lottery per common figure is “out of” (when a win per common figure occurs) (S2110: no), the result of the change display of the normal symbol starting after this is stopped. As a normal symbol to be displayed, an off-normal symbol (that is, the normal symbol LED 29a is turned off) is set. It should be noted that the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 executes the above-described processing to execute “normal symbol determination” that determines whether or not the lottery result per common symbol is per common symbol. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “general purpose determination determination unit” in the present invention.

  Thus, when it is determined whether to stop and display the symbols per ordinary symbol (S2112, S2114), this time, processing for setting the variable symbol display time is performed. In this process, as in the case where the lottery table per map is selected, first, whether or not the open extension flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not it is the open extended state setting period (open extended period). Is determined (S2116). As a result, when the release extension flag is set to ON, a short “1 second” is set as the variable display time (S2120). On the other hand, if the release extension flag is not set to ON, this time, whether or not the first relief flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not the first relief state is set. A determination is made (S2118). As a result, when the first relief flag is set to ON (S2118: yes), as in the case of the extended extension period, a short “1 second” is set as the variable display time (S2120). On the other hand, if it is determined that the first relief flag is not set to ON (S2118: no), it is determined whether or not the second relief flag is set to ON (S2122). 2 When the relief flag is set to ON (S2122: yes), a short display time of “1 second” is set as the variable display time, as in the open extension period or the period set in the first relief state. (S2120). On the other hand, if the second relief flag is not set to ON (S2122: no), the long display time “10 seconds” is set (S2124).

  As described above, when the current period is the open extension period, a lottery per common symbol that is won with a high probability is executed to set a normal symbol or a normal symbol that is lost, and a short display time of “1 second” ”Is set, normal symbol variation display is started (S2126). In addition, if the current period is set to the first relief state or the second relief state, a lottery per common symbol that is won with a low probability is executed to set a normal symbol or a normal symbol that has been lost, and After a short “1 second” is set as the display time, the normal symbol variation display is started (S2126). In addition, if the current period is not any of the above-described periods (the extended extension period, the period set in the first relief state or the second relief state), a lottery per common figure that is won with a low probability is executed, and the winning normal symbol Alternatively, a normal symbol is set off, and a long display time of “10 seconds” is set, and then normal symbol variation display is started (S2126). When the normal symbol variation display is started in this manner, after subtracting “1” from the number of ordinary symbols held (S2128), the ordinary symbol variation display process shown in FIG. 24 is terminated, and the ordinary symbol game process of FIG. Return.

  In the above, when the normal symbol game process shown in FIG. 23 is started, it is determined that the game is not being played per ordinary symbol (S202: no), and the normal symbol is not variably displayed (S204: no). The processing in the case of having been explained. On the other hand, if it is determined that the normal symbol is being displayed in a variable manner (S204: yes), the symbol that is not currently being played per game (S202: no) is already stopped and displayed as a normal symbol. This corresponds to the case where the variable display time is set and the normal symbol variable display is started. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the variable display time has elapsed (S212). As a result, if the variable display time has not yet elapsed (S212: no), the normal symbol game process of FIG. 23 is ended as it is, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the fluctuation display time of the normal symbol has passed (S212: yes), the normal symbol is stopped and displayed with the preset symbol (the normal symbol LED 29a is turned on or off). (S214). Here, when a special symbol is stopped and displayed, a stop display time for displaying the special symbol as a stopped symbol (a confirmation time for the player to confirm the special symbol that has been stopped) is provided. When stop is displayed, no time corresponding to the stop display time is provided. This is because even if the lottery per regular drawing is won once, the start port 17a is only opened, and the player's attention to the lottery per regular drawing (result of stop display of normal symbols) is This is because it is not expensive. Of course, similarly to the case where the special symbol is stopped and displayed, a time corresponding to the stop display time may be provided when the normal symbol is stopped and displayed.

  When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed (S214), it is determined whether or not the stopped symbol is a normal symbol (S216). As a result, when the stopped normal symbol is a normal symbol (S216: yes), the current period is set (open extended state, first relief state, second relief state). In response, a process for setting the content of a game per game (game setting process per game) is performed. Note that the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs normal symbol variation display by performing the above-described processing. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “common map display control means” in the present invention.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the game setting process per common figure. When the per-game game setting process is started, first, the per-game flag is set to ON in order to start a game per game. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the open extension flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not it is the set period of the open extended state (S2304). As a result, the release extension flag is set to ON (S2304: yes), the value of the release number counter is set to “3” (S2306), and the time per one time that the start port 17a is opened ( “1.5 seconds” is set as the start opening time (S2308). The number-of-opening counter is a counter for setting the number of times that the start port is opened during a game per game, and the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 is playing a game per game based on the value of the number-of-releases counter. Know the remaining number of times to open the starting port. Note that storage areas of the opening number counter and the start port opening time are secured at predetermined addresses of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  If the release extension flag is not set to ON (S2304: no), it is determined whether or not the second relief flag is set to ON, that is, whether or not the second relief state is set. Judgment is made (S2310). As a result, when the second relief flag is set to ON (S2310: yes), similarly to the case where the extension extension period is set, “3” is set to the value of the release count counter (S2306). ), “1.5 seconds” is set as the start opening time (S2308).

  On the other hand, when the second relief flag is not set to ON, that is, when the first relief state is set, or when neither the first relief state nor the second relief state is set (S2310). : No), "1" is set to the value of the opening number counter (S2312), and "0.1 second" is set as the start port opening time (S2314).

  Thus, once the contents of the game (the number of times the start opening 17a is opened and the time per opening the start opening 17a) are set according to the currently set state, FIG. After the game per game setting process shown in FIG. 10 is completed, the game control process shown in FIG. 10 is resumed via the normal symbol game process shown in FIG. Then, a game process per game is performed following the normal symbol game process (S300).

C-8. Game processing per usual map:
FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the game processing per ordinary game. When the game processing per game is started, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 first determines whether or not the game per game flag is set to ON (S302). As described above, the big hit flag is a flag indicating that a game is being played per normal game. The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 ends the game process per common figure and returns to the game control process shown in FIG. 10 when the common figure flag is not set to ON (S302: no). On the other hand, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 starts a process for executing a game per game described below when the flag per game is set to ON (S302: yes). In this process, first, it is determined whether or not the start port 17a is in an open state (S304). The starting port 17a is normally closed, and therefore the starting port 17a is in a closed state immediately after the start of the game per usual figure. Therefore, it is determined that the start port 17a is not in the open state (S304: no), and it is determined whether or not the value of the open count counter is “0” (S306). As described above, the number-of-opening counter is a counter indicating the remaining number of times that the starting port 17a is opened during the game per game, and in this process, the value set when starting the game per game (See S2306 and S2312 in FIG. 26), it is determined whether or not the number of times the start port 17a has been opened (the number of start port openings) has been reached. Here, if the state set at the time of starting the game per normal figure is the extended extended state or the second relief state, it is determined whether or not the number of opening of the start port has reached “3 times”. However, when the state set at the time of starting the game per normal figure is the first relief state, or when any of the extended extended state, the second relief state, and the first relief state is not set Determines whether or not the number of opening of the start port is “1”.

  Naturally, immediately after the game per game is started, the number of opening of the starting port is 0 (because the value of the opening number counter is not “0”) (S306: no), the starting port 17a It is determined whether or not the opening waiting time has elapsed (S306). The opening waiting time of the starting port 17a is a waiting time until the starting port 17a is next opened when the starting port 17a is in the closed state during the next game. In this embodiment, the waiting time for opening is set to 0.1 seconds. Immediately after the game is started per game, the start port 17a is in a closed state, so it is of course determined that the opening waiting time has elapsed (S308: yes), and the start port 17a is opened (S310). ). Then, the game process per ordinary game shown in FIG. 27 is once ended, and the process returns to the game control process of FIG.

  When the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 returns to the game control process, as shown in FIG. 10, after performing a series of various processes, the game process (S300) per game is started again. When the game per game is started and the game process per game shown in FIG. 27 is executed for the first time, the start port 17a is opened in S310 as described above, and the process is terminated as it is. When the eye process is performed, it is determined in S304 that the start port 17a is in an open state (S304: yes).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the opening time of the start port 17a has reached a predetermined opening time (S314). As described above, in the game per game, the start port 17a is opened, but is closed after a predetermined opening time. In response to this, in S314, it is determined whether or not a predetermined opening time (starting port opening time) has elapsed since the starting port 17a has been opened. In this process, it is determined whether or not the time set since the start port 17a is opened has reached the value set at the time of starting the game per game (see S2308 and S2314 in FIG. 26). Here, if the state set when starting the game per normal figure is the extended extended state or the second relief state, whether or not the start opening time has reached “1.5 seconds” If the state set at the time of starting the game per usual figure is the first relief state, or the open extension state, the second relief state, or the first relief state is not set. If it is determined, it is determined whether or not the start opening time has reached “0.1 second”.

  If the opening time has elapsed (S314: yes), after the start port 17a is closed (S316), the operation of closing the start port 17a and then closing the start port 17a is completed. Then, “1” is subtracted from the value of the number-of-opening counter in order to reduce the remaining number of times to make the start port 17a open. Thereafter, the game processing per ordinary game shown in FIG. 27 is exited, and the game control processing of FIG. 10 is resumed. On the other hand, when the predetermined opening time has not elapsed (S314: no), since the predetermined opening time has not yet elapsed since the starting port 17a is opened, the starting port 17a is opened. As it is, the game processing per ordinary game shown in FIG. 27 is exited, and the game control processing shown in FIG. 10 is resumed.

  While the game control process of FIG. 10 is repeatedly executed, the time during which the start port 17a is open reaches a predetermined open time (S314: yes), and the start port 17a is closed (S310). ). Then, when the game process is executed next time, it is determined in S304 that the start port 17a is in a closed state (S304: no). Then, it is determined whether or not the number of times the start port 17a has been opened has reached a predetermined number, that is, whether or not the value of the open count counter has become “0” (S306), and the start port 17a has been opened. If it is determined that the predetermined number of times has reached the predetermined number (S306: yes), after setting the flag for the usual figure to OFF in order to end the game for the usual figure (S320), the usual figure shown in FIG. The winning game process is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG. Note that the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs the above-described processing, so that the opening frequency of the start opening is low, and the “high opening state” (open extension state) where the opening frequency is higher than the low opening state. ), A first relief state in which the opening frequency of the starting port is higher than the low opening state and lower than the high opening state, and a state in which the opening frequency of the starting port is higher than the first relief state and lower than the high opening state. The “second relief state” is set. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 is used as the “low open state generating means”, “high open state generating means”, “first relief state generating means”, and “second relief state generating means” in the present invention. It corresponds.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, “10%” or “90” is selected as the “winning probability of lottery per regular symbol” according to the state set when the variable symbol display is started. % ”Is set (see S2106 and S2108 in FIG. 24), and“ 10 seconds ”or“ 1 second ”is set as the“ normal symbol fluctuation display time ”(see S2124 and S2120 in FIG. 24). “0.1 seconds × 1 time” or “1.5 seconds × 3 times” is set as the opening time of the starting port during the game (opening time per opening state × number of opening times) (FIG. 26). In S2306, S2308, S2312, and S2314).

  FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram summarizing the above-mentioned setting items (“winning probability of lottery per regular drawing”, “variable display time of normal symbol”, “opening time of start opening during game per regular drawing”) in a table. is there. “Low frequency” or “high frequency” in the figure indicates the frequency with which the start port 17a is opened. That is, in FIG. 28, the start opening 17a is in the open state when the high probability of “90%” is set as the “probability of lottery per regular drawing” rather than the low probability of “10%”. This shows that the frequency of This is because, of course, a game with a higher drawing probability per base drawing is more likely to be executed per base drawing with the opening 17a open.

  Further, in FIG. 28, as the “normal symbol fluctuation display time”, setting the short time “1 second” rather than setting the long time “10 seconds” increases the opening frequency of the start port 17a. It is shown that. This is because, while the normal symbol is displayed in a variable display, the game per the general figure is not executed according to the result of the variable display, and even if there is a general diagram hold, the variable display based on the general map hold is not Because the change display time is not performed until the end of the change display time, the shorter the change display time, the change display result can be obtained at a short interval, and the game according to the result can be started earlier. is there.

  Also, in FIG. 28, as a matter of course, the “opening time of the start opening during a game per game” is longer than the short “0.1 second × 1 time (0.3 second)”. It is shown that setting “1.5 seconds × 3 times (4.5 seconds)” increases the opening frequency of the start port 17a.

  In FIG. 29, when each state is set, the above-described items are set so that the opening frequency of the start port 17a is low (“low frequency”) or set so that the opening frequency is high. It is explanatory drawing which showed collectively ("high frequency"). As shown in FIG. 29, during the “rescue waiting period” started after “2R normal big hit” is executed in the state where “humidity” has occurred (S6524 in FIG. 20), all items are “low frequency”. And is set so that the opening frequency of the start port 17a is the lowest (low open state). In addition, not only during the “relief waiting period” but also during the period when any of the “first relief state”, “second relief state”, and “open extension state” described later is not set, the start port 17a is thus opened. The frequency is set to be in the lowest state, and of course, the release frequency is set to be in the lowest state even after “2R probability variation big hit” is executed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 29, the game in the “rescue waiting period” is a big hit game that is advantageous to the player (“15R normal big hit”, “15R positive variable big hit”, “2R positive variable big hit”) without starting 50 During the period in which the “first relief state” is started that starts when the number of times is reached (S5586 in FIG. 21), only the “normal symbol variation display time” is set to “high frequency” among the above three items. The As a result, during the period in which the “first relief state” is set, the opening frequency of the start port 17a is higher than the “relief standby period”.

  In addition, during the period when the “first relief state” is set, the period when the “second relief state” is set, which is started when the game reaches 100 times without starting the big hit game advantageous to the player ( 21 (S5598 in FIG. 21), among the above-mentioned three items, “variable display time of normal symbol” and “opening time of start opening during game per regular game” are set to “high frequency”. Thereby, the period in which the “second relief state” is set is a state in which the opening frequency of the start port 17a is higher than the period in which the “first relief state” is set.

  In addition, during the period when the “open extended state” that is started after “15R normal big hit” or “15R probability variable big hit” is executed (S6504 and S6512 in FIG. 20), all the above items are set to “high frequency”. "Is set. As a result, the period during which the “open extension state” is set is a state where the opening frequency of the start port 17a is higher than the period during which the “second relief state” is set (high open state).

D. Playability of the pachinko machine of this embodiment:
As described above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment can set the opening frequency of the start port 17a in various states by repeating the game control process. Below, the game nature which can be realized by setting these states is explained.

  FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing the setting status of the opening frequency of the start port 17a. As shown in FIG. 30, when “2R normal big hit” occurs in a state where “humidity” has occurred, a “rescue waiting period” is started.

  Here, as described in detail before, the “relief waiting period” is recognized for the player after “2R normal big hit” or “2R probability variable big hit” is executed. It is a difficult period. By doing so, the 2R normal big hit game is actually disadvantageous to the player (there are few game balls to be paid out, a low probability state is set after the big hit ends, and the open extended state is not set). Even if it is executed, it is advantageous to the player (there is almost no game ball to be paid out, but it is set to a high probability state after the big hit ends) “2R probability variable big hit game” is executed and the current is set to a high probability state By continuing the game while expecting what is being done (a big hit will occur with a high probability), the game interest of the player is increased. However, if the executed jackpot game is “2R normal jackpot game” as shown in FIG. 30, the game is continued while expecting to be set to a high probability state until a predetermined period of time elapses. Although it is possible to excite the game entertainment, it is difficult to execute the next big hit game because it is not actually set to the high probability state (set to the low probability state), and the player enters the game area. The number of game balls to be driven (investment amount) increases, and as a result, it starts to recognize that it is set to a low probability state (the executed jackpot game was “2R normal jackpot game”). It can be thought that the entertainment interest of the person will be cooled.

  Therefore, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment starts a period in which the first relief state is set after the “relief standby period” has elapsed. During the period in which the “first relief state” is set, as described above, the opening frequency of the start port 17a is higher than the “relief standby period” and lower than the “period in which the release extension state is set”. There are more opportunities to receive the payout of balls and a chance to execute the big hit lottery than the “rescue waiting period” and less than the period in which the “open extended state” is set. That is, the period for which the “first relief state” is set is less than the period for which the “open extension state” is set, but the investment amount can be suppressed and the big hit can be made more than the “relief standby period”. It becomes an advantageous state for the player who can increase the chance of the lottery. As a result, the player has entered a high-probability state in response to the short-time opening of the big winning opening 31d common to the “2R normal jackpot game” and the “2R probability variable jackpot game” being executed. In the event that the game is continued in anticipation, but it is disappointing and is actually in a low probability state, by reducing the investment amount of the player and increasing the chances of winning the lottery, It becomes possible to suppress that it cools.

  From the above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment performs the short-time opening of the big winning opening 31d common to the “2R normal jackpot game” and the “2R probability variable jackpot game”. Regardless of whether the game is “normal jackpot game” or “2R probability variable jackpot game”, the game is progressed while expecting the player to be set in a high probability state. If the expectations were disappointing and the game was actually set to a low probability state, the player's investment interest (the amount of game balls shot in) was suppressed and the chances of winning a lottery were increased. It can be suppressed. Further, if a big hit game advantageous to the player does not occur during the period set in the first relief state, the period in which the second relief state advantageous to the player than the first relief state is set. Be started. As described above, the relief state can be set in stages according to the investment amount, so that it is possible to suitably suppress the player's gaming interests from being cooled.

E. Modified example:
E-1. First modification:
In the pachinko machine 1 according to the above-described embodiment, after the “rescue waiting period” ends, the first rescue state in which the opening frequency of the start port 17a is determined in advance is set as shown in FIG. Instead, after the “rescue waiting period” ends, a relief state in which the opening frequency of the start port 17a is determined by lottery may be set.

  FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing the repair state setting process of the first modified example, and corresponds to the repair state setting process shown in FIG. 21 of the above-described embodiment. In this process, as in the above-described embodiment, if the current time is the “relief standby period” (S800: yes), “1” is subtracted from the value of the standby counter (S802), and eventually the value of the standby counter is reached. When “0” becomes “0” (S804: yes), the “waiting period” is ended (S806), and the opening frequency of the start port 17a is increased.

  Unlike the above-described embodiment, this process performs a process of determining the opening frequency of the start port 17a by lottery. In this process, first, for each setting item shown in FIG. 28 ("winning probability of lottery per ordinary figure", "variable display time of normal symbol", "opening time of start opening during game per ordinary figure"), A lottery is performed to determine whether to set the frequency (S808). As a result, if a lottery that is set to a high frequency for the “lottery win probability per ordinary figure” is won (S810: yes), the win probability flag is set to ON (S812), and the “normal symbol fluctuation display time” is set to a high frequency. If the lottery to be set is won (S814: yes), the variable display time flag is set to ON (S816), and if the lottery to be set at a high frequency is set for the "opening time of the start opening during normal game" (S818) : Yes) The opening time flag is set to ON (S820). These flags are flags for grasping that the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 has won each lottery, and their storage areas are secured at predetermined addresses of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. Thus, in a state where it is determined whether or not to frequently set each of the setting items described above, the processing corresponding to the normal variation display processing of the above-described embodiment shown in FIG. 24 and the game setting per general drawing shown in FIG. A process corresponding to the process is performed.

  That is, in the process corresponding to the common map change display process shown in FIG. 24, whether or not the winning probability flag is set ON after the determination process (S2104) of whether or not the release extension flag is set ON. Judgment is made (whether or not a lottery that is frequently set for the “lottery win probability per map” is won). As a result, when the winning probability flag is set to ON, a lottery table with a high probability is selected (S2108), and when the winning probability flag is set to OFF, a low probability is set. A process for selecting a lottery table per map is performed (S2106). As a result, when a lottery that is set at a high frequency is selected for the “lottery probability per base drawing”, the lottery per base map is set at a high probability. Further, instead of determining whether the first relief flag or the second relief flag is set to ON (S2118, S2122), it is determined whether the variable display time flag is set to ON (“normal symbol Whether or not a lottery that is frequently set for “variable display time” has been won is determined. As a result, when the variable display time flag is set to ON, a short “1 second” is set as the variable display time, and when the variable display time flag is set to OFF, the long time is set. “10 seconds” is set as the variable display time.

  In the process corresponding to the game per game setting process shown in FIG. 26, the release time flag is set to ON instead of the determination process (S2310) of whether or not the second relief flag is set to ON. It is determined whether or not ("whether or not a lottery that is frequently set for" opening time of a start opening during a game per game ") has been won). As a result, when the opening time flag is set to ON, after setting the value of the opening number counter to “3” (S2306), the opening opening time is set to “1.5 seconds” ( S2308) If the opening time flag is set to OFF, after setting the opening number counter value to “1” (S2312), the start port opening time is set to “0.1 second” (S2308). S2314).

  As described above, in this modification, since the opening frequency of the start port 17a is determined by lottery after the standby period, various relief states are set, and the player is started at a higher frequency. Since the game can be advanced while expecting the mouth 17a to be in the open state, it is possible to enhance the player's gaming interest. It should be noted that the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs the above-described processing so that when the relief state is generated, the start opening time, the normal symbol variation time, and the normal symbol probability are made to the player more than the low opening state. It is determined whether or not to set an advantageous mode. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “advantageous mode determining means” in the present invention.

E-2. Other variations:
While various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and is not limited to the wording of each claim unless it departs from the scope described in each claim. Improvements based on the knowledge that a person skilled in the art normally has can also be added as appropriate to the extent that those skilled in the art can easily replace them.

  In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28, the value set for each setting item has been described as “low frequency” or “high frequency”, but in addition to these, “low frequency” and “high frequency” A value between “frequency” (third winning probability, third variation time, third opening time) may be set. In this way, it is possible to set more various relief states.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where “2R normal big hit game” and “2R probability variable big hit game” are performed as “game per short time” has been described, but instead of this, or in addition to this, A random number (second lottery random number) different from the above jackpot lottery random number (first lottery random number) is acquired when the game ball enters the start port 17a, and the random number is a predetermined random value ( In the case of corresponding to the (third random number value), it may be configured to perform a so-called “small hit game” in which the special winning opening 31d is opened only for a short time.

  The present invention can be used for a ball game machine used in a game hall.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine, 17a ... Starting port, 28 ... Symbol display device, 31d ... Big prize opening, 36, 37 ... Through gate, 200 ... Main control board, 201 ... CPU (Normal figure determination determination means, Universal figure display control) Means, special figure success / failure determination execution means, special figure display control means, hit game execution means, special figure probability setting means, low open state generation means, high open state generation means, first determination means, first relief state generation means , Second determination means, second relief state generation means, advantageous mode determination means)

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In response to the fact that the game ball has passed through the start gate provided on the game board surface, a normal symbol success / failure determination execution means for executing normal symbol success / failure determination;
When the normal symbol success / failure determination is executed, the normal symbol display unit displays the normal symbol variably over a predetermined normal symbol variation time, and if the normal symbol success / failure determination result is a hit, A normal symbol display control means for causing the symbol to stop and display with a normal symbol, and when the result of the normal symbol success / failure determination is out, the normal symbol is removed and the normal symbol is stopped and displayed with a normal symbol;
The game ball can be changed between an open state where it is easy to enter and a closed state where the game ball is difficult to enter than the open state, and the normal symbol is stopped and displayed as the normal symbol. A starting port that changes to a state,
A big prize opening that switches to an open state where game balls can enter or a closed state where game balls cannot enter,
Special figure success / failure determination execution means for executing special symbol success / failure determination in response to the game ball entering the start opening,
When the special symbol success / failure determination is executed, the special symbol display unit displays the special symbol variably over a predetermined special symbol variation time, and if the special symbol success / failure determination result is a win, Special symbol display control means for causing the symbol to stop and display with a special symbol, and when the result of the special symbol success / failure determination is out of place, special symbol display control means for causing the special symbol to come off and stop and display with a special symbol;
A winning game execution means for executing a winning game in which the special winning opening is opened for a predetermined time by the special symbol being stopped and displayed as the winning special symbol;
After execution of the hit game, a special figure probability setting means for setting a low probability or a high probability higher than the low probability as a special figure probability that the result of the special symbol success / failure determination is a hit,
After the winning game is finished, a normal opening time is set as a starting opening time when the starting port is in an open state, the normal symbol variation time is set to a normal variation time, and the normal symbol is stopped at the hit normal symbol. A low open state generating means for generating a low open state in which the opening frequency of the start port is low by setting a probability per base map to be displayed as a normal probability;
After the winning game is finished, the start opening time is set to an extended opening time longer than the normal opening time, and the normal symbol changing time is set to a shortened changing time shorter than the normal changing time. A high open state generating means for generating a high open state in which the opening frequency of the start port is higher than the low open state by setting the hit probability to be higher than the normal probability;
It is determined whether or not a game progress value indicating a degree of progress of the game in the low open state and the low probability set as the probability per special figure has reached a first limit value. First determination means;
When it is determined that the game progress value has reached the first limit value, any one of the start opening time, the normal symbol fluctuation time, and the probability per base game is set to be more than the low opening state. And a first relief state generating means for generating a first relief state in which the opening frequency of the start port is higher than that in the low opening state and lower than that in the high opening state. A ball game machine characterized by that. In the ball game machine according to claim 1,
Second determination means for determining whether or not a game progress value indicating a degree of progress of the game in the first relief state has reached a second limit value;
When it is determined that the game progress value has reached the second limit value, any one of the start opening time, the normal symbol variation time, and the probability per base game is set to be more than that in the first relief state. Second relief state generating means for generating a second relief state in which the opening frequency of the start port is higher than that in the first relief state and lower than that in the high release state, by setting the mode advantageous to a person A ball game machine characterized by comprising: In the bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 or claim 2,
When generating the first relief state, it is determined which of the start opening time, the normal symbol fluctuation time, and the probability per ordinary figure is to be set in a mode more advantageous to the player than the low opening state. A bullet ball game machine comprising an advantageous mode determining means.

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