JP2013059419A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of improving amusement.SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine performs winning/losing drawing on the basis of the entry of a game ball into an upper operation port and a lower operation port in an MPU 62 of a main controller 60, and shifts to an opening/closing execution mode in which the entry to a first big winning port and a second big winning port is possible when a big winning is won. When a game ball is made to enter the second big winning port in the fourth round of the opening/closing execution mode, a support mode after the next opening/closing execution mode can be a high frequency support mode. Also, even when a game ball is not made to enter the second big winning port in the fourth round of the opening/closing execution mode, the support mode after the next opening/closing execution mode can be the high frequency support mode.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  For example, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, a lottery to determine whether or not to shift to a specific gaming state advantageous to the player is triggered by the fact that the gaming ball has entered the starting pitching section provided in the gaming area. At the same time, the variable display of the picture is started on the display device provided in the game area. When the lottery is won, for example, a combination of specific patterns is finally stopped and displayed, and the gaming state shifts to the specific gaming state. In the specific gaming state, for example, opening and closing of a variable pitching device provided in the gaming area is executed, and paying out of gaming balls according to the number of balls entering the variable pitching device is executed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-35977 A

  Here, in the gaming machines exemplified above, it cannot be said that the game has been sufficiently improved, and there is still room for improvement in this respect.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances and the like, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving interest.

  Hereinafter, means for solving the above problems will be described.

The invention according to claim 1 is a transition determining means for determining whether or not to shift the gaming state based on the establishment of a predetermined condition;
A transition means for shifting the gaming state to the advantageous state based on the determination result of the transition determining means being a result corresponding to shifting the gaming state to the advantageous state advantageous to the player;
In a gaming machine equipped with
The transition means includes
First special transition means for transitioning to the advantageous state on at least one condition that the player has generated a specific event at a predetermined timing;
Second special transition means for transitioning to the advantageous state under at least one condition that the player does not cause the specific event at the predetermined timing;
It is characterized by having.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve interest.

It is a front view which shows the pachinko machine in 1st Embodiment. (A) It is a front view which shows the structure of a game board, (b) It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a 1st variable winning apparatus, (c) It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a 2nd variable winning apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content on the display screen of a symbol display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the content of the various counters used for a success or failure lottery. (A) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the distribution table for 1st result display parts, (b) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the distribution table for 2nd result display parts. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interruption process in MPU of a main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the winning process for a working opening. It is a flowchart which shows an information acquisition process. It is a flowchart which shows a normal process. It is a flowchart which shows game times control processing. It is a flowchart which shows a data setting process. It is a flowchart which shows a fluctuation | variation start process. It is a flowchart which shows a game state transfer process. It is a flowchart which shows a big prize opening / closing process. It is a flowchart which shows the transfer process at the time of completion | finish of opening-and-closing execution mode. It is a flowchart which shows an internal mode transfer process. It is a flowchart which shows the confirmation process for branch suspension. It is a flowchart which shows the effect determination process performed in MPU of an audio | voice light emission control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the round production | presentation determination process performed in MPU of an audio | voice light emission control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the teaching effect determination process performed in MPU of an audio | voice light emission control apparatus. (A) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the teaching effect table for pattern A, (b) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the teaching effect table for pattern B, (c) The teaching effect for normal jackpot results It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a table. It is a timing chart for demonstrating the relationship between opening and closing execution mode and jackpot result. It is a flowchart which shows the game state transfer process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the round production | presentation determination process performed in MPU of the audio | voice light emission control apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. It is a timing chart for demonstrating the relationship between the opening / closing execution mode and jackpot result in 2nd Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as a “pachinko machine”), which is a type of gaming machine, will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10, and a gaming machine body 12 that is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11. . The gaming machine main body 12 includes an inner frame (not shown), a front door frame 14 arranged in front of the inner frame, and a back pack unit (not shown) arranged behind the inner frame.

  The inner frame of the gaming machine main body 12 is rotatably supported by the outer frame 11 with one of the left and right side portions serving as a support side. Further, the front door frame 14 is rotatably supported by the inner frame, and can be rotated forward by using one of the left and right side portions as a support side. Further, the back pack unit is rotatably supported by the inner frame, and can be rotated rearward with one of the left and right side portions as a support side.

  Note that the gaming machine body 12 is provided with a locking device (not shown) at its rotating tip, and has a function of locking the gaming machine body 12 to the outer frame 11 so that it cannot be opened. In addition, the front door frame 14 has a function of locking the front door frame 14 to the inner frame so as not to be opened. Each of these locked states is released by performing an unlocking operation using the unlocking key on the cylinder lock 17 that is exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10.

  On the front door frame 14 provided so as to cover the entire front side of the inner frame, a window portion 21 is formed so that almost the entire game area PE described later can be viewed from the front. The window portion 21 has a substantially elliptic shape, and the window panel 22 is fitted therein. Although the window panel 22 is formed colorless and transparent by glass, it is not limited to this and may be formed colorless and transparent by a synthetic resin.

  Around the window portion 21, light emitting means such as various lamp portions are provided. A display lamp part 23 is provided above the window part 21 as a part of the various lamp parts. In addition, on both the left and right sides of the display lamp unit 23, speaker units 24 for outputting sound effects according to the game situation are provided.

  Below the window portion 21 in the front door frame 14, an upper bulging portion 25 and a lower bulging portion 26 bulging toward the near side are arranged in parallel. An upper plate 25a that opens upward is provided inside the upper bulging portion 25, and a lower plate 26a that also opens upward is provided inside the lower bulging portion 26. The upper plate 25a has a function of temporarily storing the game balls paid out from the payout device provided in the back pack unit and guiding them to the game ball launching mechanism (not shown) side while aligning them in a line. In addition, the lower tray 26a has a function of storing game balls that become surplus in the upper tray 25a.

  On the front door frame 14, a firing handle 27 is provided to the right of the lower plate 26a. By operating the firing handle 27, a game ball is launched from the game ball launching mechanism provided below the game area PE in the inner frame toward the game area PE. In this case, by changing the rotational operation amount of the launch handle 27, the launch intensity of the game ball launched toward the game area PE, that is, the launch momentum is changed.

  The game area PE is formed on the game board 31 mounted on the inner frame. Hereinafter, the structure of the game board 31 is demonstrated based on FIG. 2A is a front view of the game board 31, and FIG. 2B is a longitudinal sectional view for explaining the first variable winning device 36 provided on the game board 31, and FIG. These are the longitudinal cross-sectional views for demonstrating the 2nd variable winning device 37 provided in the game board 31. FIG.

  An inner rail portion 32 and an outer rail portion 33 are attached to the surface of the game board 31, and a game area PE is formed so as to be partitioned by the inner rail portion 32 and the outer rail portion 33. In addition, the inner rail portion 32 and the outer rail portion 33 constitute a guide rail 34 for a game ball to the game area PE, and the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism when the player rotates the launch handle 27. Is guided to the upper part of the game area PE by the guide rail 34.

  The guide rail 34 is formed so that the exit portion thereof faces the upper center of the game area PE on one side of the game area PE. Therefore, as the amount of rotation of the launch handle 27 by the player increases, the arrival position of the game ball at the upper part of the game area PE is changed from the side of the guide rail 34 where the exit portion is formed to the opposite side. Shift to the side. The exit portion of the guide rail 34 is provided on the left side of the game area PE.

  A plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction are formed in a range defined as the game area PE in the game board 31 by performing router processing. Each opening has a general winning port 35, a first variable winning device 36, a second variable winning device 37, an upper working port (first starting ball entering portion) 38, a lower working port (second starting ball entering portion) 39, A through gate 41, a variable display unit 42, a main display unit 43, an accessory display unit 44, and the like are provided.

  When a ball enters the general winning port 35, the first variable winning device 36, the second variable winning device 37, the upper operating port 38 and the lower operating port 39, it is detected that it is arranged on the back side of the game board 31. It is detected by a sensor (not shown), and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out based on the detection result. In this case, when a ball enters the upper working port 38 and a ball enters the lower working port 39, the payout of three prize balls is executed, and the ball entering the general winning port 35 is received. When it occurs, ten payouts are paid out, and when the first variable winning device 36 is entered and when the second variable winning device 37 is entered, 15 prizes are paid out. The prize ball is paid out. However, the number of prize balls is arbitrary, and the number of prize balls in both the operation holes 38, 39 is larger, for example, the number of prize balls in the lower action opening 39 is larger than the number of prize balls in the upper action opening 38. It may be different. Further, for example, the number of winning balls according to the second variable winning device 37 is larger than the number of winning balls according to the first variable winning device 36, or the first variable winning device 36 than the number of winning balls according to the second variable winning device 37. The number of prize balls of both variable prize-winning devices 36 and 37 may be different, such that the number of prize balls related to is large.

  In addition, an out port 45 is provided at the lowermost part of the game board 31, and game balls that have not entered various winning ports etc. are discharged from the game area PE through the out port 45. In addition, the game board 31 is provided with a large number of nails 46 in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game balls, and various members (instruments) such as a windmill are arranged.

  Here, the entry means that the game ball passes through a predetermined opening, and not only the mode of discharging from the game area PE after passing through the opening, but also the game area PE after passing through the opening. A mode of continuing the flow of the game area PE without being discharged from the game is also included. However, in the following description, the first variable winning device 36, the second variable winning device 37, the upper operating port 38, the lower operating port 39, or the through in order to clearly distinguish the game ball from entering the out port 45. Entering a game ball into the gate 41 is also expressed as winning.

  A variable display unit 42 is provided so as to include the central portion of the game area PE. Due to the fact that the peripheral portion of the variable display unit 42 protrudes in front of the pachinko machine 10 from the surface of the game board 31, an area where the game ball launched into the game area PE can flow down is defined. Specifically, in the game area PE, an upper area PE1 which is an area above a predetermined height position of the variable display unit 42, and a lower area than the variable display unit 42 which is continuous below the upper area PE1. A left region PE2 that is a left region, a right region PE3 that is continuous to the upper region PE1 and below the variable display unit 42, and a left region PE2 and a right region PE3. On the other hand, it is divided into a lower region PE4 that is continuous below and below the variable display unit 42.

  When the player operates the firing handle 27 with a rotation amount in a first range that is less than the reference rotation amount as the first firing operation, the game ball flows down to the left from the lateral center position in the upper region PE1. Start out. In this case, the game balls flow down in the order of the upper area PE1, the left area PE2, and the lower area PE4. On the other hand, when the player operates the launch handle 27 with a second range of turn amount that is equal to or greater than the reference turn amount as the second launch operation, the game is performed on the right side of the lateral center position in the upper region PE1. The ball begins to flow down. In this case, the game balls flow down in the order of the upper area PE1, the right area PE3, and the lower area PE4. That is, the player can play the game so that the game ball flows down in the left area PE2 of the left area PE2 and the right area PE3 by adjusting the amount of rotation of the launch handle 27, and the right area PE3. The game can be played so that the game ball flows down.

  The upper working port 38 and the lower working port 39 are unitized as working port devices and are installed in the lower region PE4. Both the upper working port 38 and the lower working port 39 are opened upward. Further, both the operation ports 38 and 39 are arranged in the vertical direction so that the upper operation port 38 is located upward. The lower working port 39 is provided with an electric accessory 39a as a guide piece (support piece) composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces.

  The electric combination 39a is connected to an electric combination drive unit 39b mounted on the back side of the game board 31, and is driven by the electric combination drive unit 39b to be in a closed state (non-support state or non-guide state) and It is arranged in either an open state (support state or guide state). In the closed state of the electric accessory 39a, the game ball cannot be won in the lower operating port 39, and when the electric accessory 39a is in the open state, it is possible to win in the lower operating port 39.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the electric ball is electrically driven into a state in which a winning of a game ball to the lower working port 39 is likely to occur and a state in which a winning is less likely to occur than a state in which a winning is not impossible but is likely to occur. It is good also as a structure by which the accessory 39a is switched. Further, the electric accessory 39a may be omitted, and the switching between the state where the winning is likely to occur and the state where the winning is less likely to occur is performed by the displacement of the lower operation port 39 itself.

  The main display portion 43 and the accessory display portion 44 are provided on a decorative member 47 disposed along the outer edge on the lower side of the game area PE. The decorative member 47 extends from the board surface of the game board 31 to the front of the pachinko machine 10. More specifically, the front surface of the decorative member 47 faces the window panel 22 provided on the front door frame 14 so that the game area PE can be viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10. The distance between is smaller than one game ball. This prevents the game ball from falling in front of the front surface of the decorative member 47.

  A main display unit 43 and an accessory display unit 44 are provided so as to be exposed from the front surface of the decorative member 47. That is, the main display unit 43 and the accessory display unit 44 are visible from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the window panel 22 of the front door frame 14, and a game ball is in front of both the display units 43 and 44. It is prevented from falling.

  The main display unit 43 is based on the first result display unit 43a for clearly indicating the result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning to the upper working port 38 and the winning to the lower working port 39. A second result display portion 43b for clearly indicating the result of the internal lottery is set.

  In the first result display section 43a, the variation display of the picture is performed with the winning to the upper working port 38 as a trigger, and as a result of stopping the variation display, the internal lottery performed based on the winning to the upper working port 38 is performed. The result is clearly indicated by the display. When the result of the internal lottery based on the winning to the upper working port 38 is a result corresponding to the shift to the opening / closing execution mode, a predetermined stop result is displayed on the first result display unit 43a and the variable display is displayed. After being stopped, the mode shifts to the opening / closing execution mode.

  In the second result display section 43b, a variation display of the pattern is performed with a winning at the lower operation port 39 as a trigger, and as a result of stopping the variation display, an internal lottery performed based on the winning at the lower operation port 39 is performed. The result is clearly indicated by the display. When the result of the internal lottery based on the winning to the lower operating port 39 is a result corresponding to the shift to the opening / closing execution mode, a predetermined stop result is displayed on the second result display unit 43b, and the fluctuation display is displayed. After being stopped, the mode shifts to the opening / closing execution mode.

  The main display unit 43 is configured by a segment display in which a plurality of segment light emitting units are arranged in a predetermined manner, but is not limited to this, and is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL display device, You may be comprised by other types of display apparatuses, such as CRT and a dot matrix. In addition, as a pattern variably displayed on the main display unit 43, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, or a plurality A configuration in which the color of the seed is switched and displayed can be considered.

  In the accessory display unit 44, the display of the variation of the picture is performed with the winning of the through gate 41 as a trigger, and the result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning of the through gate 41 is displayed as a result of stopping the variation display. Explicit by display. When the result of the internal lottery based on the winning to the through gate 41 is a winning result corresponding to the transition to the state where the electric role is released, a predetermined stop result is displayed on the accessory display unit 44 and displayed in a variable manner. After is stopped, it shifts to the electric utility open state. In the electric combination open state, the electric combination 39a provided in the lower working port 39 is opened in a predetermined manner.

  The variable display unit 42 is provided with a symbol display device 51 that performs variable display (or variable display or switching display) of a symbol that is a kind of symbol. The variable display unit 42 is provided with a center frame 52 so as to surround the symbol display device 51. The center frame 52 has an upper portion extending forward of the pachinko machine 10. As a result, the game ball is prevented from falling in front of the display screen G of the symbol display device 51, and the inconvenience that the visibility of the display screen G decreases due to the fall of the game ball does not occur. ing.

  The symbol display device 51 is configured as a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display, and display contents are controlled by a display control device described later. On the symbol display device 51, for example, symbols are displayed side by side in the top, middle, and bottom, and these symbols are variably displayed as they are scrolled in the horizontal direction. In this case, the variable display on the symbol display device 51 is started based on winning in the upper working port 38 or the lower working port 39. That is, when the variable display is performed in the first result display unit 43a, the variable display is performed in the symbol display device 51, and when the variable display is performed in the second result display unit 43b, In addition, the symbol display device 51 performs variable display. Then, for example, in the game times that shift to the opening / closing execution mode, the symbol display device 51 stops and displays a predetermined combination of symbols on a preset active line.

  In the lower left region on the front side of the center frame 52, a first holding lamp portion 53 corresponding to the first result display portion 43a and the symbol display device 51 is provided. The maximum number of game balls won in the upper operating port 38 is reserved up to four, and the reserved number is displayed when the first reservation lamp unit 53 is turned on. Further, on the lower right side on the front side of the center frame 52, a second result lamp 43 corresponding to the second result display unit 43b and the symbol display device 51 is provided. The maximum number of game balls won in the lower operation port 39 is reserved, and the number of the reserved balls is displayed when the second reservation lamp portion 54 is turned on.

  A third holding lamp portion 55 corresponding to the accessory display 44 is provided on the center frame 52. The number of times that the game ball has passed through the through gate 41 is held up to a maximum of 4 times, and the number of the held balls is displayed when the third holding lamp portion 55 is turned on. In addition, the structure etc. which each hold | maintain lamp part 53-55 is displayed on a part of symbol display apparatus 51 may be sufficient.

  The first variable winning device 36 is provided in the left region PE2 which is on the left side of the variable display unit 42 (that is, on the left side of the display screen G of the symbol display device 51). As shown in FIG. 2B, the first variable prize winning device 36 includes a first grand prize winning port 36a that leads to the back side of the game board 31, and opens and closes the first big prize winning port 36a. One open / close door 36b is provided.

  The first opening / closing door 36b is connected to a first variable winning drive unit 36c provided integrally as the first variable winning device 36 (the connection portion is not shown), and is driven by the first variable winning drive unit 36c. And placed in either a closed state or an open state. Specifically, the game ball is normally closed so that it cannot win, and the game ball can be switched to an open state in which the game ball can win when it is elected to shift to the opening / closing execution mode in the internal lottery.

  Further, the first variable winning device 36 has a winning passage portion 36d formed at a position where a game ball won by the first variable winning device 36 through the first large winning opening 36a always passes. The variable winning detection sensor 36e is provided so that the detection unit exists at the position of the winning passage portion 36d. The game balls won in the first variable winning device 36 are individually detected by the variable winning detection sensor 36e. In addition, although the electromagnetic induction type proximity sensor is used as the variable winning detection sensor 36e, any sensor can be used as long as the winning of the game ball can be individually detected.

  The second variable winning device 37 is provided in the right region PE3 that is to the right of the variable display unit 42 (that is, to the right of the display screen G of the symbol display device 51). As shown in FIG. 2 (c), the second variable winning device 37 includes a second large winning port 37a that leads to the back side of the game board 31, and also opens and closes the second large winning port 37a. Two open / close doors 37b are provided.

  The second opening / closing door 37b is connected to a second variable winning drive unit 37c provided integrally as the second variable winning device 37 (the connection portion is not shown), and is driven by the second variable winning drive unit 37c. And placed in either a closed state or an open state. Specifically, the game ball is normally closed so that it cannot win, and the game ball can be switched to an open state in which the game ball can win when it is elected to shift to the opening / closing execution mode in the internal lottery. Details of the opening / closing execution mode will be described later.

  In addition, the second variable winning device 37 has a continuation passing portion 37d at a position where the game ball that has won the second variable winning device 37 through the second large winning port 37a always passes. The continuous winning detection sensor 37e is provided so that the detection unit exists at the position of the continuous passage unit 37d. The game balls won in the second variable winning device 37 are individually detected by the continuous winning detection sensor 37e. In addition, although the magnetic detection sensor is used as the continuous winning detection sensor 37e, the sensor to be used is arbitrary as long as the winning of the game ball can be detected individually.

  Here, the positions in the game area PE of the first variable winning device 36, the second variable winning device 37, and the upper and lower operation ports 38, 39 will be described.

  The first variable winning device 36 is provided in the left region PE2, and the second variable winning device 37 is provided in the right region PE3. Therefore, when the shooting handle 27 is operated with a rotation amount in a first range that is less than the reference rotation amount so that the game ball flows down the left region PE2, the first variable winning device 36 is operated. Can win, but the second variable prize-winning device 37 cannot win. Further, when the shooting handle 27 is operated with the rotation amount in the second range that is equal to or larger than the reference rotation amount as the second shooting operation so that the game ball flows down the left region PE2, the second variable winning device 37 can win, but the first variable winning device 36 cannot win. Accordingly, when the second variable winning device 37 is opened while the player is performing the first firing operation, the second variable winning device 37 is switched to the second firing operation so that the game ball can be won. Need arises.

<Electrical configuration>
<Electric configuration of pachinko machine 10>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

  The main control device 60 includes a main control board 61 that controls the main control of the game, and a power failure monitoring board 65 that monitors the power supply. The main control device 60 may be provided with a trace means for leaving a trace of the opening or a trace structure for leaving a trace of the opening to the board box that accommodates the main control board 61 or the like. . As the trace means, a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box are unseparably coupled, and a configuration of a coupling portion (caulking portion) that requires destruction of a predetermined part at the time of separation or an adhesive layer to be bonded at the time of peeling The structure which sticks the seal seal | sticker which leaves the trace of having been peeled by remaining so that it may straddle the boundary between several case bodies can be considered. Moreover, as a trace structure, the structure which apply | coats an adhesive agent with respect to the boundary between the some case bodies which comprise a board | substrate box can be considered.

  An MPU 62 is mounted on the main control board 61. The MPU 62 includes a ROM 63 that stores various control programs executed by the MPU 62 and fixed value data, and a memory that temporarily stores various data when the control program stored in the ROM 63 is executed. A RAM 64, an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input / output circuit, various counter circuits as a random number generator, and the like are incorporated. Note that it is not essential that the ROM 63 and the RAM 64 are made into one chip with respect to the MPU 62, but each may be made into a chip individually. The same applies to the MPUs of control devices other than the main control device 60.

  The MPU 62 is provided with an input port and an output port. A power failure monitoring board 65 provided in the main controller 60 is connected to the input side of the MPU 62. In this case, the power failure monitoring board 65 is connected to a power supply and launch control device 80 having a function of supplying operating power, and the MPU 62 is supplied with power via the power failure monitoring board 65.

  Various sensors such as various winning detection sensors 67a to 67c, 36e, and 37e are connected to the input side of the MPU 62. The various winning detection sensors 67a to 67c, 36e, and 37e have a value corresponding to the winning-corresponding pitch portion such as the general winning port 35, the upper operating port 38, the lower operating port 39, the through gate 41, and the variable winning devices 36 and 37. A detection sensor provided in a one-to-one relationship is included, and the MPU 62 performs a winning determination (entering determination) for each entering part. Further, the MPU 62 executes various lotteries based on winnings to the upper working port 38 and the lower working port 39.

  A power failure monitoring board 65, a payout control device 70, and a sound emission control device 90 are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. For example, the payout control device 70 outputs a winning ball command based on the winning determination result to the winning corresponding winning portion.

  Various commands such as a change command, a type command, a release command, an opening command, and a branch hold command are output to the sound emission control device 90. Details of these various commands will be described later. Incidentally, the sound emission control device 90 is electrically connected to the main control device 60 via a connector unit (connection unit) in which connectors are provided at both ends of the signal line.

  Further, on the output side of the MPU 62, the variable winning drive units 36c and 37c for opening and closing the open / close doors 36b and 37b of the variable winning devices 36 and 37, and the electric combination driving for opening and closing the electric combination 39a of the lower operating port 39 The unit 39b, the main display unit 43, and the accessory display unit 44 are connected. The main control board 61 is provided with various driver circuits, and the MPU 62 performs drive control of various drive units through the driver circuits.

  That is, in the opening / closing execution mode, the MPU 62 performs drive control of the variable winning driving units 36c and 37c so that the special winning openings 36a and 37a are opened and closed. Further, when the electric combination 39a is won, the MPU 62 performs drive control of the electric combination drive unit 39b so that the electric combination 39a is opened and closed. In each game round, the display control of the main display unit 43 is executed in the MPU 62. In addition, when the lottery result indicating whether or not the electric accessory 39a is to be opened is clearly indicated, display control of the accessory display unit 44 is executed in the MPU 62.

  The power failure monitoring board 65 relays between the main control board 61 and the power supply and launch control device 80, and monitors the DC stable voltage of 24 volts, which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply and launch control device 80. The payout control device 70 performs payout control of prize balls and rental balls by the payout device 71 based on the prize ball command input from the main control device 60.

  The power source and launch control device 80 is connected to, for example, a commercial power source (external power source) in a game hall or the like. And based on the external electric power supplied from the commercial power supply, the necessary operating power is generated for each of the main control board 61, the payout control device 70, etc., and the generated operating power is supplied. Incidentally, the power supply and launch control device 80 is provided with a power supply unit for power interruption such as a backup capacitor. Electric power for storing and holding is supplied to the RAM 64 of the control device 60. The power supply and launch control device 80 is responsible for launch control of the game ball launch mechanism 81, and the game ball launch mechanism 81 is driven when predetermined launch conditions are met.

  The sound emission control device 90 includes a sound emission control board 91 on which an MPU 92 is mounted. The MPU 92 includes a ROM 93 that stores various control programs executed by the MPU 92 and fixed value data, and a memory that temporarily stores various data when the control program stored in the ROM 93 is executed. A RAM 94, an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input / output circuit, and the like are incorporated.

  The MPU 92 controls driving of the various lamp units 23, 53, 54, 55 and the speaker unit 24 based on the command received from the main control device 60. In addition, these commands are sent to the display control apparatus 100 as they are or after analysis. Incidentally, the sound emission control device 90 is electrically connected to the display control device 100 via a connector unit (connection unit) in which connectors are provided at both ends of the signal line.

  The display control apparatus 100 includes a display control board 101 on which an MPU 102, a video display processor (VDP) 105, a character ROM 106, and a video RAM 107 are mounted. It has.

  The MPU 102 analyzes various commands received from the sound emission control device 90 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received various commands to control the VDP 105 (specifically, generation of an internal command for the VDP 105).

  The program ROM 103 is a memory for storing various control programs executed by the MPU 102 and fixed value data, and is a non-volatile storage means that does not require an external power supply to hold the stored information. The work RAM 104 is a memory for temporarily storing work data, flags, and the like used when various programs are executed by the MPU 102, and a volatile storage unit that requires an external power supply to hold the stored information. It is.

  The VDP 105 is a kind of drawing circuit that directly operates an image processing device as a liquid crystal display driver installed in the symbol display device 51. Since the VDP 105 is an IC chip, it is also referred to as a “drawing chip”, and the substance of the VDP 105 can be said to be a microcomputer chip that incorporates firmware dedicated to drawing processing. The VDP 105 adjusts the timings of the MPU 102, the video RAM 107, etc. to intervene in reading and writing data, and reads out image data to be stored in the video RAM 107 from the character ROM 106 at a predetermined timing and causes the symbol display device 51 to display it.

  The character ROM 106 serves as an image data library for storing character data such as symbols displayed on the symbol display device 51. The character ROM 106 holds bitmap format image data of various display patterns, a color palette table to be referred to when determining the expression color at each dot of the bitmap image, and the like.

  The video RAM 107 is a memory for storing display data to be displayed on the symbol display device 51, and the display contents of the symbol display device 51 are changed based on rewriting the contents of the video RAM 107.

  Here, the display content of the symbol display device 51 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen G of the symbol display device 51.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (a), on the display screen G of the symbol display device 51, three symbol rows Z1, Z2, and Z3 of an upper stage, a middle stage, and a lower stage are set. Each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 includes a main symbol and a sub symbol arranged in a predetermined order. Specifically, nine types of main symbols “1” to “9” are arranged in descending order of numbers in the upper symbol row Z1, and one sub symbol is arranged between each main symbol. . In the lower symbol row Z3, nine types of main symbols “1” to “9” are arranged in ascending numerical order, and one sub symbol is arranged between the main symbols. That is, the upper symbol row Z1 and the lower symbol row Z3 are composed of 18 symbols. On the other hand, in the middle symbol row Z2, nine types of main symbols “1” to “9” are arranged in ascending numerical order, and then between the main symbol “9” and the main symbol “1”. In addition, a main symbol “4” is additionally arranged, and one sub symbol is arranged between each main symbol. In other words, only the middle symbol row Z2 is composed of 20 symbols by arranging 10 main symbols. On the display screen G, the symbols in the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 are displayed in a variable manner so as to scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the display screen G is designed to stop and display three symbols for each symbol row, and as a result, a total of nine symbols of 3 × 3 are stopped and displayed. It has come to be.

  The display screen G has five effective lines, that is, a left line L1, a middle line L2, a right line L3, a right lowering line L4, and a right uppering line L5. Then, the variable display stops in the order of the upper symbol row Z1 → the lower symbol row Z3 → the middle symbol row Z2, and all the symbols are combined in a state where a combination of symbols having the same odd number is attached to any one of the effective lines. When the variable display of the columns Z1 to Z3 is completed, the big hit video is displayed as the occurrence of the normal big hit result described later. Moreover, if the variation display of all the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 is finished in a state where the combination of symbols with the same even number is formed on any one of the effective lines, a branch jackpot is generated as a result of a branch jackpot result to be described later. A video corresponding to the result is displayed.

  In addition, the mode of the variable display of the symbol in the symbol display device 51 is not limited to the above, and is arbitrary, such as the number of symbol columns, the direction of the symbol variable display in the symbol column, the number of symbols in each symbol column Can be appropriately changed.

<About various counters>
Next, an electrical configuration for performing various lotteries in the MPU 62 of the main controller 60 will be described with reference to FIG.
The MPU 62 uses lots of counter information during the game to perform jackpot occurrence lottery, setting of the display of the main display unit 43, setting of symbol display of the symbol display device 51, setting of display of the accessory display unit 44, and the like. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, a jackpot random number counter C1 used for lottery generation of jackpots, a jackpot type counter C2 used for determining a jackpot type such as a normal jackpot result or a branch jackpot result, Reach random number counter C3 used for reach lottery when the symbol display device 51 fluctuates and fluctuates, a random number initial value counter CINI used for setting an initial value of the jackpot random number counter C1, and a first result display unit 43a of the main display unit 43 And the second result display unit 43b and the variation type counter CS for determining the display duration in the symbol display device 51. It is set to Rukoto. Furthermore, the electric accessory release counter C4 used for the lottery to determine whether or not the electric accessory 39a of the lower operating port 39 is in the electric utility open state is used.

  Each of the counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS, and C4 is a loop counter that adds 1 to the previous value every time it is updated and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. Each counter is updated at short intervals. Among these, the numerical information of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in the reserved ball storage area 64a provided in the RAM 64 when a winning to the upper working port 38 or the lower working port 39 occurs. Stored in On the other hand, the numerical information of the electric accessory release counter C4 is stored in the electric character reservation area 64c provided in the RAM 64 when a winning to the through gate 41 occurs.

  The reserved ball storage area 64a includes a first result display area reservation area Ra provided as first acquisition information storage means, a second result display area reservation area Rb provided as second acquisition information storage means, and an execution And an area AE.

  The reserved area Ra for the first result display section includes a first area Ra1, a second area Ra2, a third area Ra3, and a fourth area Ra4, and a jackpot random number counter according to the winning history to the upper working port 38. A combination of numerical information of C1, jackpot type counter C2 and reach random number counter C3 is stored as hold information in any of the areas Ra1 to Ra4. In this case, the first area Ra1 → the second area Ra4 → the fourth area Ra4 → the fourth area Ra4 when the winning to the upper working port 38 occurs continuously a plurality of times, the first area Ra1 → the second area Ra2 → the third area Ra3 → the fourth. Each numerical information is stored in time series in the order of the area Ra4. By providing the four areas Ra1 to Ra4 in this way, up to four game balls winning histories to the upper operation port 38 are held and stored. Note that the number that can be reserved and stored is not limited to four, but may be any other number such as two, three, or five or more.

  The reserved area Rb for the second result display section includes a first area Rb1, a second area Rb2, a third area Rb3, and a fourth area Rb4, and a jackpot random number counter according to the winning history to the lower operating port 39. A combination of numerical information of C1, jackpot type counter C2 and reach random number counter C3 is stored as holding information in any of the areas Rb1 to Rb4. In this case, in the first area Rb1 to the fourth area Rb4, the first area Rb1 → the second area Rb2 → the third area Rb3 → the fourth when the winning to the lower operation port 39 is continuously generated a plurality of times. Each numerical information is stored in time series in the order of the area Rb4. By providing the four areas Rb1 to Rb4 as described above, up to four game balls winning histories to the lower operation port 39 are held and stored. Note that the number that can be reserved and stored is not limited to four, but may be any other number such as two, three, or five or more.

  The execution area AE is the first result display section holding area Ra or the second result display section when the first result display section 43a starts the variable display or when the second result display section 43b starts the variable display. This is an area for moving each numerical information stored in the storage area of the reserved area Rb. At the start of one game round, determination of success or failure is performed based on various numerical information stored in the execution area AE.

  For details of each counter, the jackpot random number counter C1 is configured such that, for example, 1 is added in order within a range of 0 to 299, and after reaching the maximum value (that is, 299), it returns to 0. In particular, when the jackpot random number counter C1 makes one round, the value of the random number initial value counter CINI at that time is read as the initial value of the jackpot random number counter C1. The random number initial value counter CINI is a loop counter similar to the jackpot random number counter C1 (value = 0 to 299). The big hit random number counter C1 is periodically updated and stored in the reserved ball storage area 64a of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball wins the upper operation port 38 or the lower operation port 39. More specifically, the game result is stored in the first result display holding area Ra of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball is won in the upper operation port 38, and the second result display unit of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball is won in the lower operation port 39. Stored in the reserved area Rb.

  The value of the random number for winning the jackpot is stored as a success / failure table (availability information group) in a success / failure table storage area 63a as a success / failure information group storage means in the ROM 63. In the present pachinko machine 10, only one type of success / failure table is set. The number of random numbers for winning the jackpot is 10, and the probability of winning the jackpot is 1/30. Therefore, in this pachinko machine 10, the big hits are frequently won as compared with the conventional gaming machines. The number and value of the winning random numbers are arbitrary.

  In addition, the lottery result is a result other than the random number value for winning the jackpot.

  The jackpot type counter C2 is incremented by 1 within a range of 0 to 29, and reaches a maximum value (that is, 29) and then returns to 0. Here, in the present embodiment, a plurality of jackpot results are set. The plurality of jackpot results are set by providing a difference in the support mode transition condition in the electric accessory 39a of the lower working port 39 after the opening / closing execution mode ends.

  As a support mode for the electric working tool 39a of the lower working port 39, when compared in a situation where a game ball is continuously being emitted in the same manner with respect to the game area PE, the electric working product 39a of the lower working port 39 is used. The low-frequency support mode (low-frequency support state or low-frequency guide state) and high-frequency support mode (high-frequency support state or high-frequency guide state) ) And are set.

  Specifically, in the low-frequency support mode and the high-frequency support mode, the probability of winning the power combination open state in the electric combination release lottery using the electric combination release counter C4 is the same (for example, both 4/5) However, in the high frequency support mode, the number of times that the electric accessory 39a is opened when the electrified open state is won is set more than in the low frequency support mode, and one more time is opened. The time is set longer. In this case, in the high-frequency support mode, when the electrified open state is selected and the open state of the electric accessory 39a occurs a plurality of times, the closed state from the end of one open state until the next open state is started The time is set shorter than one opening time. Furthermore, in the high frequency support mode, the minimum secured time is set shorter when the next electric character opening lottery is performed after one electric character opening lottery is performed than in the low frequency support mode. Has been.

  As described above, in the high frequency support mode, the probability of winning a prize to the lower operation port 39 is higher than in the low frequency support mode. In other words, in the low frequency support mode, there is a higher probability of winning the upper working port 38 than in the lower working port 39. However, in the high frequency support mode, the lower working port 39 is connected to the lower working port 39. The probability of winning a prize increases. When a winning is made to the lower operating port 39, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out, so that in the high frequency support mode, the player plays a game while not reducing the number of possessed balls so much. be able to.

  The configuration for increasing the frequency at which the high frequency support mode is set to the power release state per unit time as compared with the low frequency support mode is not limited to the above-described configuration, for example, the electric component release lottery It is good also as a structure which raises the probability of becoming electrified in the electric character open state in Furthermore, the number of times of opening is increased, the opening time is lengthened, and the minimum secured time is secured when the next electric character opening lottery is performed after one electric character releasing lottery is performed. By applying any one condition or any combination of conditions (in other words, shortening one display duration in the accessory display unit 44) and increasing the winning probability, the low frequency support mode is applied. The advantage of the high frequency support mode may be increased.

  The big hit type counter C2 is periodically updated and stored in the reserved ball storage area 64a of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball wins the upper operation port 38 or the lower operation port 39. More specifically, the game result is stored in the first result display holding area Ra of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball is won in the upper operation port 38, and the second result display unit of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball is won in the lower operation port 39. Stored in the reserved area Rb.

  The game result distribution destination for the big hit type counter C2 is stored as a distribution table (distribution information group) in a distribution table storage area 63b as a distribution information group storage means in the ROM 63. Here, the contents of the distribution table will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the distribution table includes a distribution table (first distribution information group) for the first result display unit in FIG. 6A and a second result display unit in FIG. 6B. A distribution table (second distribution information group) is set.

  In the distribution table for the first result display section, as shown in FIG. 6A, only the normal jackpot result (special game result) is set as the distribution destination of the game result, and the second result display section 6B, in addition to the normal jackpot result, a branch jackpot result A (branch game result) and a branch jackpot result B (branch game result) are set.

  In the distribution table for the second result display section, among the values of the jackpot type counter C2 of “0 to 29”, “0 to 23” corresponds to the normal jackpot result, and “24 to 26” is the branch jackpot. This corresponds to the result A, and “27 to 29” corresponds to the branch jackpot result B. Therefore, in the distribution table for the second result display section, the probability of being allocated to each jackpot result is as follows: the normal jackpot result is 8/10, the branch jackpot result A is 1/10, and the branch jackpot result B is 1/10. It has become.

  In any jackpot result, the opening / closing execution mode is an opening / closing execution mode in which the first grand prize winning opening 36a and the second big winning prize opening 37a are opened and closed four times in total.

  The first opening of the first variable winning device 36 and the second variable winning device 37 in the opening / closing execution mode is continued until 30 seconds elapse or until the number of winning prizes in the big winning openings 36a, 37a reaches ten. In any opening / closing execution mode based on the jackpot result, the first to third opening / closing opens and closes the first grand prize opening 36a, and the fourth opening and closing opens and closes the second big prize opening 37a.

  In this case, in the pachinko machine 10, in a situation where the launch handle 27 is operated by the player, the game ball launching mechanism 81 so that one game ball is launched toward the game area PE every 0.6 sec. Is driven and controlled. Therefore, when any of the large winning openings 36a, 37a is opened once, it can be expected that each upper limit number of game balls will win.

  In the pachinko machine 10, two types of internal modes are set, ie, a first mode and a second mode. Regardless of which mode you are staying in, the same lottery table will be referenced in the winning / losing lottery, and the probability of winning a jackpot will be the same, but depending on which mode you are staying in, Support mode is different.

  The normal jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends, regardless of which mode the internal mode in this game round stays in. The high-frequency support mode continues until the lottery result in the winning or failing lottery becomes a big hit state win and shifts to the big hit state by that.

  The branch jackpot result A indicates that if the internal mode in the current game round stays in the second mode, the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends, and the internal mode in the current game round is the first mode. In the case of staying at, the jackpot result is that the support mode becomes the low-frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends.

  If the internal mode in the current game round stays in the second mode, the branch jackpot result B indicates that the support mode becomes the low-frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends, and the internal mode in the current game round is the first mode. In the case of staying in the case, it is a jackpot result that the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends.

  Note that the normal gaming state in relation to the above gaming states refers to a state in which the support mode is the low-frequency support mode regardless of the internal mode.

  As described above, the branch jackpot result A and the branch jackpot result B are set as the jackpot results, and the support mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends depends on which internal mode the user is in. Or the low frequency support mode is changed. On the other hand, as described above, in any internal mode, the winning probability of winning a jackpot is the same. Therefore, it can be said that the internal mode is a determining factor that determines the level of the support mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends in the branch jackpot results A and B.

  Although the details will be described later, the internal mode shifts from the first mode to the second mode or from the second mode to the first mode under a predetermined condition in the opening / closing execution mode based on each jackpot result. In the pachinko machine 10, the internal mode is set so that the first mode is selected in the initial state when the power is turned on. That is, in each game round from when the power is turned on to when the opening / closing execution mode is executed, the first mode is always stayed, and by performing the opening / closing execution mode, the mode transition is performed under a predetermined condition, Which internal mode stays in each game round thereafter depends on whether or not the mode has been changed in the previous opening / closing execution mode.

  Furthermore, since the support mode is the low-frequency support mode in the normal gaming state, the probability of winning a prize to the upper operation port 38 is higher than the lower operation port 39. Therefore, in the normal gaming state, there is a high probability that a normal jackpot result will be based on the distribution table for the first result display unit, and if it is a normal jackpot result, high frequency support is possible regardless of the internal mode. Transition to mode. When the support mode is the high-frequency support mode, the probability that a prize is awarded to the lower operation port 39 is higher than the upper operation port 38. Therefore, in the high-frequency support mode, it is determined whether the result is a normal jackpot result or one of the branch jackpot results A and B based on the distribution table for the second result display unit. In the case of a normal jackpot result, the high frequency support mode is continued regardless of the internal mode, but in the case of any branch jackpot result A or B, the high frequency support mode is determined depending on the internal mode. In some cases, it may be continued, and in other cases, the mode is shifted to the low frequency support mode. The high frequency support mode continues until the next jackpot result, and during the high frequency support mode, it is possible to play a game without reducing the ball.

  With these, as an outline of the game in the pachinko machine 10, the high-frequency support mode is started from the normal jackpot result won in the normal gaming state, and the high-frequency support mode is terminated at any branch jackpot result A, B. It becomes a game.

  Note that the control modes of the various lamp units 23, 53 to 55, the speaker unit 24, and the symbol display device 51 are different depending on which mode the internal mode is in in each game round or opening / closing execution mode.

  For example, the reach random number counter C3 is incremented one by one within a range of 0 to 238, for example, and reaches a maximum value (that is, 238) and then returns to 0. The reach random number counter C3 is periodically updated and stored in the reserved ball storage area 64a of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball wins the upper operation port 38 or the lower operation port 39. More specifically, the game result is stored in the first result display holding area Ra of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball is won in the upper operation port 38, and the second result display unit of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball is won in the lower operation port 39. Stored in the reserved area Rb. Then, based on the reach table stored in the reach table storage area of the ROM 63, it is determined whether to generate a reach. However, in the game times that shift to the open / close execution mode, the MPU 62 determines the occurrence of reach regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3. The number of reach random number counters C3 corresponding to the occurrence of reach display is the same in each gaming state, but may be set individually according to the gaming state. For example, when the support mode is the high frequency support mode, the number of reach random number counters C3 corresponding to the occurrence of reach display may be set larger than that in the low frequency support mode.

  Here, the reach display (reach state) includes a symbol display device 51 capable of performing variable display (or variable display) of symbols (pictures), and the opening / closing execution mode of the first variable winning device 36 is frequently performed. In the gaming machine in which the game mode is set to the winning mode, in the gaming machine in which the stop display result after the variable display becomes the special display result, the variable display (or variable display) of the symbol (picture) on the symbol display device 51 is started and the stop display result is This is a display state for making the player think that the change display state is likely to be the special display result before being derived and displayed.

  In other words, reach symbols that may be a combination of predetermined jackpot symbols by displaying symbols for a part of a plurality of symbol sequences displayed on the display screen of the symbol display device 51. Is a display state in which symbols are displayed in a variable state in the remaining symbol rows.

  More specifically, there is a possibility that a combination of symbols having the same number is established on a preset effective line in the display screen of the symbol display device 51 as a step before the symbol variation display is terminated. In other words, a reach line is formed by stopping and displaying a certain combination of reach symbols, and a symbol change display is performed by a final stop symbol row in a situation where the reach line is formed.

  The display contents of FIG. 4 will be described in detail. In the state where the symbol variation display is first ended in the upper symbol row Z1 and the symbol variation display is further terminated in the lower symbol row Z3, any effective A reach line is formed by stopping and displaying the main symbols having the same numbers on the lines L1 to L5, and in the situation where the reach line is formed, the symbol variation display is performed in the middle symbol row Z2. Reach display. In the case of any jackpot result, the main symbol with the same number as the main symbol forming the reach line is stopped and displayed on the reach line in the middle symbol row Z2. The symbol variation display is terminated.

  In the reach display, in the state where the combination of reach symbols is displayed as described above, the variation display of symbols is performed on the remaining symbol rows, and a predetermined character or the like is displayed as a moving image on the background screen. There are those that produce an effect, and those that perform a reach effect by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image on almost the entire display screen after reducing or not displaying a combination of reach symbols. Further, when reach display is performed or before reach display, it is determined using the reach random number counter C3 or other counter whether or not to perform a notice display using a predetermined image such as a predetermined character. May be.

  For example, the variation type counter CS is incremented one by one within a range of 0 to 199, for example, and reaches a maximum value (that is, 199) and then returns to 0. The variation type counter CS is used when the MPU 62 determines the display duration in the first result display unit 43a and the second result display unit 43b of the main display unit 43 and the symbol display duration in the symbol display device 51. . The variation type counter CS is updated once every time a normal process to be described later is executed once, and is repeatedly updated even within the remaining time in the normal process. Then, the variation type counter CS is acquired when determining the variation pattern at the start of variation display in the first result display unit 43a or the second result display unit 43b and at the time of symbol variation start by the symbol display device 51.

  For example, the electric accessory release counter C4 is incremented by 1 in order within a range of 0 to 249 and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value (that is, 249). The electric accessory release counter C4 is periodically updated, and stored in the electric utility reservation area 64c of the RAM 64 at the timing when a game ball wins the through gate 41. Then, at a predetermined timing, a lottery is performed as to whether or not to control the electric accessory 39a to the open state based on the stored value of the electric accessory release counter C4. For example, if C4 = 0 to 199, the electric accessory 39a is controlled to be in an open state, and if C4 = 200 to 249, the electric accessory 39a is not controlled to be in an open state.

  As already described, in the MPU 62, the display duration time in the first result display unit 43a and the second result display unit 43b is determined using the variation type counter CS. Area is used. Further, the MPU 62 uses the value of the jackpot random number counter C1 and the value of the jackpot type counter C2 stored in the execution area AE to determine the stop results in the first result display unit 43a and the second result display unit 43b. However, the stop result table storage area of the ROM 63 is used for the determination.

<Various processes executed by main controller 60>
Next, a timer interrupt process and a normal process that are executed when the MPU 62 in the main controller 60 advances the game at each game time will be described. In addition to the timer interrupt process and the normal process, the MPU 62 executes a main process that is started when the power is turned on and an NMI interrupt process that is started when a power failure signal is input to the NMI terminal (non-maskable terminal). However, description of these processes is omitted.

<Timer interrupt processing>
First, timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is started periodically by the MPU 62 (for example, at a cycle of 2 msec).

  In step S101, various winning switch reading processes are executed. That is, the state of various switches connected to the main control device 60 is read, and the state of the switch is determined and the detection information (winning detection information) is stored.

  Thereafter, in step S102, the random number initial value counter CINI is updated. Specifically, the random number initial value counter CINI is incremented by 1 and cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value. In subsequent step S103, the big hit random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the electric accessory release counter C4 are updated. Specifically, the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the electric accessory release counter C4 are each incremented by 1, and are cleared to 0 when the counter values reach the maximum value. After that, in step S104, a winning process for the working port accompanying winning in the working ports 38 and 39 is executed.

<Winning process for working port>
Here, the winning process for the operation opening will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S <b> 201, it is determined based on the detection state of the detection sensor corresponding to the upper operation port 38 whether or not the game ball has won a prize (start winning) at the upper operation port 38. If it is determined that the game ball has won the upper working port 38, in step S202, a prize ball command for causing the payout control device 70 to pay out three game balls is set. In the subsequent step S203, an external signal setting process is performed so as to output a signal to the management control device on the game hall side that the game ball has won the upper working port 38. In step S204, the value stored in the reserved number storage area of the first result display section reservation area Ra is read, and the start reserved storage number RaN stored in the first result display section reservation area Ra is set. (Hereinafter, it is also referred to as the first start reserved memory number RaN). Thereafter, in step S205, an information acquisition process for storing the values of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is performed, and the main winning process is terminated.

  When it is determined in step S201 that the game ball has not won the upper working port 38, in step S206, whether or not the game ball has won the lower working port 39 (starting winning) corresponds to the lower working port 39. The determination is made based on the detection state of the detection sensor. If it is determined that the game ball has won the lower working port 39, a prize ball command for causing the payout control device 70 to pay out four game balls is set in step S207. In the subsequent step S208, an external signal setting process is performed in order to output a signal to the management control device on the game hall side that the game ball has won the lower operation port 39. In step S209, the value stored in the reserved number storage area of the second result display area reservation area Rb is read, and the start reserved memory number RbN stored in the second result display area reservation area Rb is set. (Hereinafter, it is also referred to as the second start reserved memory number RbN). Thereafter, an information acquisition process is performed in step S205, and the main winning process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if both step S201 and step S206 are NO, that is, if the game ball has not won any of the upper operating port 38 and the lower operating port 39, the main winning process is finished as it is.

  The prize ball command set in steps S202 and S207 is transmitted to the payout control device 70 in an external output process (step S401) of a normal process described later.

  Here, the information acquisition process of step S205 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S301, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved start storages N (RaN or RbN) set in step S204 or step S209 described above is less than an upper limit value (4 in the present embodiment). If the start hold storage number N is the upper limit value, the information acquisition process is terminated as it is. If the start hold storage number N is less than the upper limit value, the start hold storage number N of the corresponding result display unit hold area is set to 1 in step S302. In addition to the increment, the value stored in the total reserved number storage area in step S303 (hereinafter referred to as the common reserved number CRN) is incremented by one.

  In the subsequent step S304, the values of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 updated in step S103 are used as the first storage area among the free storage area areas of the corresponding result display area reservation area. That is, the number is stored in the storage area corresponding to the reserved storage number incremented by 1 in step S302.

  That is, when the first start pending storage number RaN is set, the values of the big hit random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 updated in the step S103 are used for the first result display unit. The first storage area among the free storage areas of the reservation area Ra, that is, the storage area corresponding to the first start reservation storage number RaN incremented by 1 in step S302 is stored.

  If the second start pending storage number RbN is set, the values of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 updated in step S103 are used for the second result display section. The first storage area among the free storage areas of the reserved area Rb, that is, the storage area corresponding to the second start reserved memory number RbN incremented by 1 in step S302 is stored.

  In the subsequent step S305, an operation winning command (start winning command or start information or information for making the sound emission control device 90, which is a control device on the sub-side, recognize that a game ball has been won in the upper operating port 38 or the lower operating port 39. Start selection information) is executed. Specifically, depending on whether the first start hold memory number RaN or the second start hold memory number RbN is set as the start hold memory number N, the operation port that is the target of the current information acquisition process is activated. Whether the port 38 or the lower working port 39 is specified. Then, from the command information storage area of the ROM 63, as the current operation winning command, when it is the upper operation port 38, information that a winning to the upper operation port 38 has occurred is acquired, and when it is the lower operation port 39 Information on the occurrence of winning in the lower working port 39 is acquired. In step S305, information on the value of the jackpot random number counter C1 and information on the value of the jackpot type counter C2 stored in the storage area of the first result display section reservation area Ra or the second result display section reservation area Rb; Select an action winning command including. That is, the operation winning command includes the value of the jackpot random number counter C1 and the value of the jackpot type counter C2 as they are.

  In the subsequent step S306, the operation winning command selected in step S305 is set as a command to be transmitted to the sound emission control device 90, and then this information acquisition process is terminated. The operation winning command set in step S306 is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in an external output process (step S401) of a normal process described later. In the sound emission control device 90, based on the received operation winning command, the display on the first holding lamp unit 53 and the second holding lamp unit 54 of the variable display unit 42 is changed according to the increase in the number of holdings. Execute the process.

  In addition, instead of the operation winning command, a hold notification command including information that a winning to each operation port 38, 39 has occurred, and information corresponding to the winning / losing lottery and the distribution lottery in the holding information related to the winning are included. The content command may be transmitted to the sound emission control device 90.

  Returning to the description of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 7), after the winning process for the operation port is executed in step S104, a through winning process associated with winning of the through gate 41 is executed in the subsequent step S105. In this process, when it is determined that the game ball has won the through gate 41, the number of the general-purpose reserved memory is incremented by 1 on the condition that the general-purpose reserved memory number is less than the upper limit value (4 in the present embodiment). At the same time, the value of the electric accessory release counter C4 updated in step S103 is stored in the various counter areas 64b of the RAM 64. In addition, a signal for turning on the third holding lamp unit 55 corresponding to the number of reserved drawings is output to the sound emission control device 90. The sound emission control device 90 executes a process for lighting the third holding lamp unit 55 based on the reception of the signal. After executing the through winning process in step S105, the timer interrupt process is terminated.

<Normal processing>
Next, the flow of normal processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The normal process is a process that is started after the main process that is activated when the power is turned on, and the main process of the game is executed in the normal process. As an outline, the processing of steps S401 to S408 is executed as a periodic processing with a period of 4 msec, and the counter update processing of steps S409 and S410 is executed with the remaining time.

  In the normal process, in step S401, output data such as a command set in the timer interrupt process or the previous normal process is transmitted to each control device on the sub side. Specifically, the presence or absence of a prize ball command is determined, and if a prize ball command is set, it is transmitted to the payout control device 70. If an effect command such as a change start command, a type command, a change end command, or a branch hold command is set, it is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90.

  Next, in step S402, the variation type counter CS is updated. Specifically, the variation type counter CS is incremented by 1, and the counter value is cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value.

  In subsequent step S403, the prize ball counting signal and the payout abnormality signal received from the payout control device 70 are read. Thereafter, in step S404, a game time control process for controlling a game in each game time is executed. In the game times control process, jackpot determination, setting of symbol variation display by the symbol display device 51, display control of the result display units 43a and 43b on the side performing variation display, and the like are performed. Details of the game times control process will be described later.

  Thereafter, in step S405, a game state transition process for shifting the game state is executed. Although the details will be described later, the gaming state shifts to the opening / closing execution mode, the high frequency support mode, and the like and the internal mode transition is performed by this gaming state transition processing.

  In step S <b> 406, a power combination support process for driving and controlling the electric combination 39 a provided in the lower operation port 39 is executed. In this electrical support support process, the electrical service release of whether or not to open the electrical service article 39a using numerical information acquired from the electrical service article release counter C4 stored in the electrical service reservation area 64c of the RAM 64 is performed. A lottery is performed, and when the electrified open state is won, an opening / closing process of the electric accessory 39a is executed. In addition, display control of the accessory display unit 44 is performed so as to teach the lottery result of the electric character release lottery.

  Here, as already described, the low-frequency support mode and the high-frequency support mode are set as the modes of support by the electric accessory 39a, and the transition to one of the support modes is performed in the gaming state transition process. Is called. In this case, the high frequency support mode is set when the high frequency support flag is set in the RAM 64, and the low frequency support mode is set when the flag is not set.

  In the electric power support process, it is determined whether or not the high frequency support mode is set by determining whether or not the high frequency support flag is set in the RAM 64. In the high-frequency support mode, the number of times that the electric utility item 39a is in the open state is set more frequently when the electrified open state is won than in the low-frequency support mode. Set a longer opening time. In the high-frequency support mode, when the electrified open state is selected and the open state of the electric utility item 39a occurs a plurality of times, the next open state is started after the completion of one open state. The closing time until is set to be shorter than one opening time.

  Incidentally, when shifting to the opening / closing execution mode, even if the high frequency support flag is set in the RAM 64, the support mode is forcibly set to the low frequency support mode.

  In a succeeding step S407, confirmation processing for branch suspension is executed. Although details will be described later, the branch hold confirmation process corresponds to the jackpot result when the hold information stored in the second result display portion hold area Rb in the open / close execution mode is the target of the success / failure determination. If it is determined whether or not it corresponds to the jackpot result, a command is sent to the sound emission control device 90 to execute a special effect on the symbol display device 51 in the final round during the opening / closing execution mode. Is a process of transmitting.

  In the subsequent step S408, it is determined whether or not the next normal process execution timing has been reached, that is, whether or not a predetermined time (4 msec in the present embodiment) has elapsed since the start of the previous normal process. Then, the random number initial value counter CINI and the variation type counter CS are repeatedly updated within the remaining time until the next normal processing execution timing (steps S409 and S410). That is, in step S409, the random number initial value counter CINI is updated. Specifically, the random number initial value counter CINI is incremented by 1 and cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value. In step S410, the variation type counter CS is updated. Specifically, the variation type counter CS is incremented by 1 and cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value.

  Here, since the execution time of each process of steps S401 to S407 changes according to the state of the game, the remaining time until the next normal process execution timing is not constant and varies. Therefore, by repeatedly updating the random number initial value counter CINI using the remaining time, the random number initial value counter CINI (that is, the initial value of the big hit random number counter C1) can be updated at random. Similarly, The variation type counter CS can also be updated at random.

<Game times control processing>
Next, the game times control process of step S404 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  In the game times control process, first, in step S501, it is determined whether or not the opening / closing execution mode is in effect.

  When the opening / closing execution mode is in progress, the game after executing step S502, that is, without executing any of the game turn starting process in steps S503 to S505 and the game turn progressing process in steps S506 to S509. End control processing. That is, in the open / close execution mode, the game times are not started regardless of whether or not a prize is generated at the operation ports 38 and 39.

  If it is not in the opening / closing execution mode, it is determined in step S502 whether the main display unit 43 is in a variable display. Specifically, it is determined whether one of the first result display unit 43a and the second result display unit 43b is in a variable display. This determination is made by determining whether or not the variable display flag (variable display information) is stored (stored) in the variable display flag storage area (variable display information storage means) in the RAM 64. The variable display flag is stored when variable display is started for either the first result display unit 43a or the second result display unit 43b, and is erased when the variable display ends.

  If the main display unit 43 is not in a variable display, the process proceeds to a game turn start process in steps S503 to S505. In the game turn starting process, first, in step S503, it is determined whether or not the common pending number CRN is “0”. The case where the common hold number CRN is “0” means that the start hold storage number is “0” for both the upper operation port 38 and the lower operation port 39. Therefore, the game times control process is finished as it is. If the common reserved number CRN is not “0”, the data stored in the first result display area reservation area Ra or the second result display area reservation area Rb in step S504 is set for variable display. After the data setting process is executed, and the fluctuation start process for starting the fluctuation display on the main display unit 43 and the fluctuation display on the symbol display device 51 is executed in step S505, the game turn control process is terminated.

  Here, the data setting process in step S504 and the change start process in step S505 will be described in detail below.

  First, the data setting process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the data setting process, first, in step S601, it is determined whether or not the second start hold storage number RbN stored in the second result display section reservation area Rb is “0”. When the second start reserved memory number RbN is “0”, the data setting process for the first result display unit in steps S602 to S607 is executed, and when the second start reserved memory number RbN is not “0”. Executes the data setting process for the second result display unit in steps S608 to S613.

  Here, the case where the data setting process is executed is a case where the common pending number CRN is 1 or more as described above. In this case, in the data setting process, it is determined whether or not the second start hold storage number RbN is “0”. If it is not “0”, that is, the hold information for variable display is displayed for the second result display unit 43b. If stored, the data stored in the second result display area reservation area Rb is set for variable display regardless of whether or not the first start reservation storage number RaN is 1 or more. I made it. Thereby, when the hold information is stored in both the first result display portion reservation area Ra and the second result display portion reservation area Rb, the second result display portion reservation corresponding to the lower operation port 39 is performed. The hold information stored in the area Rb is prioritized.

  In the data setting process for the first result display portion, first, in step S602, the first start hold storage number RaN of the first result display portion hold area Ra is decremented by one. In the subsequent step S603, the common reservation number CRN is decremented by one. Thereafter, in step S604, the data stored in the first area of the first result display area reservation area Ra is moved to the execution area AE.

  After that, in step S605, a process for shifting the data stored in the storage area of the first result display area reservation area Ra is executed. This data shift process is a process of sequentially shifting the data stored in the first area Ra1 to the fourth area Ra4 to the lower area side, clearing the data in the first area Ra1, and the second area Ra2 → The data in each area is shifted such as the first area Ra1, the third area Ra3 → the second area Ra2, the fourth area Ra4 → the third area Ra3.

  In the subsequent step S606, when the second result display section flag (second result display section information) is stored in the second result display section flag storage area (second result display section information storage means) provided in the RAM 64. Erases it and maintains its state if not stored. The second result display unit flag is information for specifying whether the start of the current variation display is the first result display unit 43a or the second result display unit 43b.

  In the subsequent step S607, a command at the time of shifting (shift occurrence information), which is information for causing the audio emission control device 90, which is a sub-side control device, to recognize that the data in the holding area has been shifted is set. In this case, from the command information storage area of the ROM 63, it corresponds to the information indicating that the reserved area to which the current data is shifted corresponds to the reserved area Ra for the first result display section, that is, corresponds to the upper operating port 38. A command at the time of shift including information indicating that the command is being performed is selected, and the selected command at the time of shift is set as a command to be transmitted to the sound emission control device 90. Thereafter, the data setting process is terminated.

  The shift time command set in step S607 is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). The sound emission control device 90 executes processing for changing the display on the first hold lamp unit 53 of the variable display unit 42 in accordance with the decrease in the number of hold based on the received shift command.

  In the data setting process for the second result display portion, first, in step S608, the second start hold storage number RbN of the second result display portion hold area Rb is decremented by one. In subsequent step S609, the common reservation number CRN is decremented by one. Thereafter, in step S610, the data stored in the first area of the second result display area reservation area Rb is moved to the execution area AE.

  Then, the process which shifts the data stored in the storage area of 2nd result display part holding | maintenance area Rb in step S611 is performed. This data shift process is a process for sequentially shifting the data stored in the first area Rb1 to the fourth area Rb4 to the lower area side. The data in the first area Rb1 is cleared and the second area Rb2 → The data in each area is shifted such as first area Rb1, third area Rb3 → second area Rb2, and fourth area Rb4 → third area Rb3.

  In the subsequent step S612, when the second result display portion flag (second result display portion information) is not stored in the second result display portion flag storage area (second result display portion information storage means) provided in the RAM 64. Stores the second result display flag, and maintains that state if stored.

  In the subsequent step S613, a shift command (shift occurrence information) is set, which is information for causing the audio emission control device 90, which is the sub-side control device, to recognize that the data in the reserved area has been shifted. In this case, from the command information storage area of the ROM 63, it corresponds to the information that the reserved area to which the current data is shifted corresponds to the reserved area Rb for the second result display section, that is, the lower operating port 39. The command at the time of shift including the information indicating that the light is transmitted is selected, and the selected command at the time of shift is set as a command to be transmitted to the sound emission control device 90. Thereafter, the data setting process is terminated.

  The shift command set in step S613 is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). The sound emission control device 90 executes a process for changing the display on the second hold lamp unit 54 of the variable display unit 42 in accordance with the decrease in the number of hold based on the received shift command.

  Next, the fluctuation start process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S701, an appropriateness determination process is executed. In the success / failure determination process, with reference to the success / failure table stored in the success / failure table storage area 63a, the information for determination of success / failure among the information stored in the execution area AE, that is, the numerical information related to the big hit random number counter C1 is the big hit number It is determined whether or not the information matches.

  In a succeeding step S702, it is determined whether or not the result of the success / failure determination process in the step S701 is a jackpot winning result. If the result is a big win, a distribution determination process is executed in step S703.

  In the distribution determination process, it is determined whether or not the second result display unit flag is stored in the RAM 64. When the second result display section flag is not stored, it is determined as a normal jackpot result regardless of the value of the jackpot type counter C2 stored in the execution area AE. Further, when the second result display unit flag is stored, the distribution determination is performed with reference to the distribution table for the second result display unit (FIG. 6B). Specifically, whether the value of the jackpot type counter C2 stored in the execution area AE is included in the numerical range of the normal jackpot result, the numerical range of the branch jackpot result A, or the numerical range of the branch jackpot result B Determine.

  In the subsequent step S704, a stop result setting process for jackpot results is executed. Specifically, information on the pattern mode to be finally stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 in the game times related to the start of the fluctuation is specified from the stop result table for the jackpot result stored in the ROM 63 in advance. The specified information is stored in the RAM 64. In the stop result table for the jackpot result, the types of patterns that are stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 are set differently for each type of jackpot result. In step S704, the pattern is specified in step S703. Information on the pattern mode corresponding to the type of the jackpot result is stored in the RAM 64.

  In the subsequent step S705, a process of setting a flag in the RAM 64 according to the type of jackpot result specified in step S703 is executed. Specifically, when it is specified that the result is a normal jackpot result, a normal flag is set. When it is specified that the result is a branch jackpot result A, a branch A flag is set and the branch jackpot result B is set. Is specified, the branch B flag is set. In the following description, whether or not the various jackpot results are determined is determined by determining whether or not a flag corresponding to the RAM 64 is set.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S702 that the result is not a jackpot winning result, a stop result setting process for a losing result is executed in step S706. Specifically, information on the pattern mode to be finally stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 in the game times related to the start of the change is specified from the stop result table for the outlier result stored in the ROM 63 in advance. The specified information is stored in the RAM 64. The information on the pattern mode selected in this case is different from the information on the pattern mode selected in the case of the jackpot result.

  After executing the process of step S705 or step S706, a display continuation time (display continuation period) setting process is executed in step S707.

  In this process, the value of the variation type counter CS stored in the RAM 64 is acquired. Further, it is determined whether or not a reach display is generated in the symbol display device 51 in the current game round. Specifically, when the game times related to the start of the current variation is any jackpot result, it is determined that reach display occurs. Even if it is not a jackpot result, if the numerical information related to the reach random number counter C3 stored in the execution area AE is the numerical information corresponding to the occurrence of reach, it is determined that reach display occurs.

  When it is determined that reach display occurs, display duration information corresponding to the value of the current variation type counter CS is obtained by referring to the reach generation display duration table stored in the ROM 63 and displayed. The duration information is set in a display duration counter provided in the various counter areas 64b of the RAM 64. On the other hand, when it is determined that the reach display does not occur, the display duration information corresponding to the value of the current variation type counter CS is acquired with reference to the reach non-occurrence display duration table stored in the ROM 63. The display duration information is set in the display duration counter. Incidentally, the display duration that can be acquired with reference to the reach non-occurrence display duration table is different from the display duration that can be acquired with reference to the reach occurrence display duration table.

  Note that the display duration information when no reach occurs is set so that the display duration is shorter as the number of the start pending storage numbers NA is larger. In the situation where the support mode is the high frequency support mode, the non-reach mode is selected so that a shorter display duration is selected compared to the case where the number of the hold information is the same as in the situation where the low frequency support mode. The generation display duration table is set. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration in which the display duration time does not vary according to the start pending storage number NA and the support mode may be used, and the above relationship may be reversed. Furthermore, the above-described configuration may be applied to the display continuation time when reach occurs. In addition, in the case of various jackpot results, a display duration table may be individually set for each of the case of outreach and the case of a non-reach outbreak result. In this case, the display duration time is allocated according to each game result.

  After executing the display continuation time setting process in step S707, a change command and a type command are set in step S708. The change command includes information on the presence / absence of reach and display duration information. The type command includes game result information. That is, the type command includes information on the normal jackpot result, information on the branch jackpot result A, information on the branch jackpot result B, and the like as game result information.

  The change command and type command set in step S708 are transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). Processing in the sound emission control device 90 by receiving these commands will be described later.

  After that, in step S709, the display of the variation of the pattern is started in the result display unit corresponding to the current game time among the first result display unit 43a and the second result display unit 43b. In this case, when the second result display unit flag is not stored in the RAM 64, the result display unit corresponding to the current game round is identified as the first result display unit 43a, and the second result display unit flag is set. If stored, the result display unit corresponding to the current game time is identified as the second result display unit 43b. Then, this variation start process is terminated.

  Returning to the description of the game times control process (FIG. 11), when the main display unit 43 is in a variable display, the game times progress process of steps S506 to S509 is executed.

  In the process for advancing game times, first, in step S506, it is determined whether or not the display duration time of the current game time has elapsed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of the display duration information stored in the display duration counter of the RAM 64 has become “0”. The value of the display duration information is set in the display duration setting process as described above. Further, the set value of the display duration information is updated so that 1 is subtracted every time the timer interrupt process (FIG. 7) is started.

  If the display continuation time has not elapsed, the variable display process is executed in step S507. In the variable display process, the display mode in the main display unit 43 is changed. Then, this game times control process is complete | finished.

  If the display continuation time has elapsed, a change end process is executed in step S508. In the change end process, the information stored in the RAM 64 in the process of step S705 or step S706 of the change start process (FIG. 13) executed when starting the currently executed game turn is specified, and the information corresponding to the information is stored. Display control of the main display unit 43 is performed so that the pattern form is displayed on the main display unit 43.

  Here, the mode of the pattern that is stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 is different for each game result. Thereby, the manager of the game hall or the like can visually check the game result of the game round by visually checking the main display unit 43 at the end of the game round. For example, the pachinko machine 10 exhibits the same behavior as the jackpot result. It is possible to easily confirm whether or not an illegal act to be performed is performed. On the other hand, the display range of the main display unit 43 is narrower than that of the display screen G of the symbol display device 51. Furthermore, the picture mode stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 is a game when compared with at least various jackpot results. It is difficult for people to recognize. Therefore, the player is expected to check the game result of the game times not from the main display unit 43 but from the display screen G of the symbol display device 51, and the degree of attention to the display screen G is increased.

  In the subsequent step S509, a change end command is set. The variation end command set here is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). The sound emission control device 90 ends the effect in the game time based on the received variation end command. Further, the variation end command is transmitted from the sound emission control device 90 to the display control device 100, and the display control device 100 receives the variation end command, thereby confirming and displaying the combination of the final stop symbols in the game round ( Final stop display).

<Game state transition processing>
Next, the gaming state transition process of step S405 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  First, in step S801, it is determined whether or not the opening / closing execution mode is in effect. If it is not in the opening / closing execution mode, the process proceeds to step S802, and it is determined whether or not it is the timing when the variation display of the pattern in the first result display unit 43a or the second result display unit 43b of one game time is finished. If it is not the timing when the variable display is finished, the gaming state transition process is finished as it is.

  If it is the timing when the variable display is finished, it is determined in step S803 whether or not the game result of the current game time corresponds to the transition to the opening / closing execution mode. Specifically, it is determined whether or not any one of the normal flag, the branch A flag, and the branch B flag is stored in the RAM 64. If none of the above flags is stored, the gaming state transition process is terminated as it is.

  If any of the above flags is stored, start processing of the opening / closing execution mode is executed in step S804. In the start process, an opening standby time (start standby period) is set for opening without opening the first big winning opening 36a of the first variable winning device 36 for opening in the opening / closing execution mode. More specifically, opening waiting time information stored in advance in the ROM 63 is set in a waiting time counter area provided in the RAM 64. The value of the waiting time information set here is decremented by 1 every time the timer interrupt process (FIG. 7) is executed.

  In a succeeding step S805, “4” is set in the round counter area RC provided in the RAM 64. The round counter area RC is a counter area for counting the number of times the first big prize opening 36a or the second big prize opening 37a is opened.

  After executing the processing in step S805, an opening command is set in step S806. The set opening command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). The sound emission control device 90 determines the contents of the effect corresponding to the opening / closing execution mode based on the received opening command, and controls various devices so that the determined contents of the effect are executed. The contents of this effect include the display mode in the symbol display device 51, and the determined display mode is output from the sound emission control device 90 to the display control device 100 as a display content command. The display control device 100 controls the display of the symbol display device 51 so that display corresponding to the current open / close execution mode (for example, moving image display) is performed based on the display content command received from the sound emission control device 90.

  In the subsequent step S807, after executing the external signal setting process, the gaming state transition process is terminated. In the external signal setting process, it is determined whether or not any of the normal flag, the branch A flag, and the branch B flag is stored in the RAM 64. If any of the flags is stored, the jackpot signal output terminal The signal output state is a jackpot signal output state. Thereby, when the jackpot signal output terminal is connected to the management control device on the game hall side, a jackpot signal is output to the management control device, and the jackpot is generated in the pachinko machine 10 in the management control device. Can be grasped.

  On the other hand, if it is in the open / close execution mode, an affirmative determination is made in step S801, and the flow proceeds to step S808. In step S808, it is determined whether the waiting time for opening has elapsed. If the opening standby time has not elapsed, the gaming state transition process is terminated. When the waiting time for the opening has elapsed, a special winning opening opening / closing process is executed in step S809. Here, the special winning opening opening / closing process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S901, it is determined whether or not the first big prize opening 36a or the second big prize opening 37a is being opened. Specifically, this determination is performed based on the driving states of the first variable prize driving unit 36c and the second variable prize driving unit 37c. If the first big prize opening 36a or the second big prize opening 37a is not being opened, it is determined in step S902 whether the value of the round counter area RC is “0”, and in step S903, the timer area T It is determined whether the value of “0” is “0”.

  When the value of the round counter area RC is “0” or when the value of the timer area T is not “0”, the big prize winning opening / closing process is finished as it is. On the other hand, when the value of the round counter area RC is not “0” and the value of the timer area T is “0”, the process proceeds to step S904, and “15000” (that is, 30 sec) is set in the timer area T. . The count value set here is decremented by 1 every time the timer interrupt process (FIG. 7) is started, that is, every 2 msec. In the subsequent step S905, in order to count the number of winning game balls to any of the big winning openings 36a, 37a, "10" is set in the winning counter area PC provided in the various counter areas 64b of the RAM 64.

  In the subsequent step S906, it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter area RC is “1”, that is, whether or not the next round is the final round (fourth round). If it is not the final round, in step S907, the first variable winning drive unit 36c is driven to open the first big winning opening 36a. On the other hand, if it is the final round, in step S908, the second variable winning drive unit 37c is driven to open the second big winning opening 37a.

  That is, in the pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the opening / closing execution mode corresponding to each jackpot result is an opening / closing execution mode corresponding to four rounds in which the first big winning opening 36a or the second big winning opening 37a is opened four times. The first grand prize opening 36a is opened in the first to third rounds, and the second big prize opening 37a is opened in the fourth round. In addition, the upper limit number of winnings to the first variable winning device 36 and the second variable winning device 37 in each round is ten.

  After executing the process of step S907 or step S908, an opening command is set in the subsequent step S909, and the main prize winning opening / closing process is terminated. The set release command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). This release command includes information on which special winning opening 36a, 37a is to be opened. Based on the received opening command, the sound emission control device 90 determines the contents of the production corresponding to the opening of each of the special winning openings 36a and 37a, and controls various devices so that the contents of the decided presentation are executed. To do. Processing related to the determination of the contents of the effect will be described in detail later.

  In step S901, if any of the big winning openings 36a, 37a is open, the process proceeds to step S910, and it is determined whether or not the value of the timer area T is “0”. If the value of the timer area T is not “0”, whether or not the game ball has won the first big winning opening 36a or the second big winning opening 37a in step S911 is determined by the first variable winning device 36 and the second variable winning device 36. The determination is based on the detection state of the detection sensor corresponding to the winning device 37. If no winning has occurred in any of these cases, the main prize winning opening / closing process is terminated. On the other hand, if a winning has occurred in any one of them, the value in the winning counter area PC is decremented by 1 in step S912.

  In a succeeding step S913, it is determined whether or not the current winning is a winning in the second large winning opening 37a. If it is a prize to the second big prize opening 37a, it is determined in step S914 whether or not the second prize flag is stored in the second prize flag storage area of the RAM 64. Stores the flag and maintains the state if it is already stored. The second winning flag is a flag indicating whether or not a game ball has won the second big winning opening 37a in the fourth round in the current opening / closing execution mode, and the transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode (FIG. 16). This flag is deleted.

  If a negative determination is made in step S913, or after the processing of step S914 is executed, it is determined in step S915 whether or not the value of the winning counter area PC is “0”. The main prize winning opening / closing process is finished as it is.

  If the value of the timer area T is “0” in step S910 or the value of the winning counter area PC is “0” in step S915, the first big winning opening 36a or the second big winning opening is obtained in step S916. In order to close 37a, the first variable prize driving unit 36c or the second variable prize driving unit 37c on the side in the driving state is brought into a non-driving state.

  In the following step S917, the value of the round counter area RC is decremented by 1, and in step S918, it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter area RC is “0”. If the value of the round counter area RC is not “0”, “1000” (that is, 2 sec) is set in the timer area T in step S919. Thereafter, a closing command is set in step S920, and the main prize winning opening / closing process is terminated. The set closing command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). This close command includes information on which of the special winning openings 36a and 37a is to be closed. Based on the received closing command, the sound emission control device 90 determines the contents of the production corresponding to the closing of each of the prize winning openings 36a and 37a, and controls various devices so that the contents of the decided presentation are executed. To do.

  If it is determined in step S918 that the value of the round counter area RC is “0”, an ending start process is executed in step S921. In the start process, an ending waiting time for waiting without starting the next game round is set for the ending in the opening / closing execution mode. Specifically, the waiting time information for ending stored in advance in the ROM 63 is set in the waiting time counter area provided in the various counter areas 64 b of the RAM 64. The value of the waiting time information set here is decremented by 1 every time the timer interrupt process (FIG. 7) is executed.

  Thereafter, in step S922, after setting an ending command, the main prize winning opening / closing process is terminated. The set ending command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). This ending command includes information on whether or not a winning at the second big winning opening 37a has occurred in step S913. Based on the received ending command, the sound emission control device 90 determines the content of the effect corresponding to the opening / closing execution mode and the content of the effect as to whether or not a winning at the second major winning opening 37a has occurred. Various devices are controlled so that the contents of the effect are performed. The contents of this effect include the display mode in the symbol display device 51, and the determined display mode is output from the sound emission control device 90 to the display control device 100 as a display content command. The display control device 100 controls the display of the symbol display device 51 so that display corresponding to the current open / close execution mode (for example, moving image display) is performed based on the display content command received from the sound emission control device 90.

  Returning to the description of the game state transition process (FIG. 14), after performing the big prize opening / closing process in step S809, it is determined in step S810 whether or not the value of the round counter area RC is “0”. In step S811, it is determined whether the ending standby time has elapsed. If the value of the round counter area RC is not “0” or if the ending waiting time has not elapsed, the gaming state transition process is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, when the value of the round counter area RC is “0” and the waiting time for ending has elapsed, a transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode is executed in step S812. Here, the transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S1001, it is determined whether or not the normal flag is stored in the RAM 64. If the normal flag is stored, it is determined in step S1002 whether the high frequency support flag is stored in the high frequency support flag storage area of the RAM 64. If the normal flag is not stored, the flag is stored. If already stored, this state is maintained. As a result, the support mode is set to the high frequency support mode.

  In the subsequent step S1003, a high frequency command (high frequency state information), which is information for causing the audio light emission control device 90, which is a sub-side control device, to recognize that the gaming state has shifted to the high frequency support mode, It is set as a command to be transmitted to the control device 90. The high-frequency command is stored in the command information storage area of the ROM 63.

  If it is determined in step S1001 that the normal flag is not stored, it is determined in step S1004 whether the branch A flag is stored. If the branch A flag is stored, it is determined in step S1005 whether or not the second mode flag is stored in the second mode flag storage area of the RAM 64. The second mode flag is a flag indicating that the internal mode stays in the second mode. When the second mode flag stays in the second mode, the flag is stored and stays in the first mode. If so, the flag is not stored. If the second mode flag is stored, it is determined in step S1006 whether the high frequency support flag is stored in the high frequency support flag storage area of the RAM 64. If the second mode flag is not stored, the flag is stored. If it is already stored, that state is maintained. As a result, the support mode is set to the high frequency support mode.

  In the subsequent step S1007, the high-frequency command is set as a command to be transmitted to the sound emission control device 90.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1005 that the second mode flag is not stored, it is determined in step S1008 whether the high frequency support flag is stored in the high frequency support flag storage area of the RAM 64 and stored. If it has been stored, the flag is erased. If not stored, the flag is maintained. As a result, the support mode is set to the low frequency support mode.

  In subsequent step S1009, a low-frequency command (low-frequency state information), which is information for causing the voice light-emission control device 90, which is the sub-side control device, to recognize that the gaming state has shifted to the low-frequency support mode, It is set as a command to be transmitted to the control device 90. The low frequency command is stored in the command information storage area of the ROM 63.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1004 that the branch A flag is not stored, it is determined in step S1010 whether or not the second mode flag is stored. If the second mode flag is stored, it is determined in step S1011 whether the high frequency support flag is stored in the high frequency support flag storage area of the RAM 64, and if it is stored, the flag is deleted. If it is not stored, the state is maintained. As a result, the support mode is set to the low frequency support mode.

  In the subsequent step S1012, the low frequency command is set as a command to be transmitted to the sound emission control device 90.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1010 that the second mode flag is not stored, it is determined in step S0113 whether the high frequency support flag is stored in the high frequency support flag storage area of the RAM 64 and stored. If not, the flag is stored, and if already stored, the state is maintained. As a result, the support mode is set to the high frequency support mode.

  In the subsequent step S1014, the high-frequency command is set as a command to be transmitted to the sound emission control device 90.

  The high-frequency command set in step S1003, step S1007, or step S1014 is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). The sound emission control device 90 determines the effect content on the display screen of the symbol display device 51 based on the received high frequency command, and executes the effect corresponding to the high frequency support mode.

  Further, the low frequency command set in step S1009 or step S1012 is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). The sound emission control device 90 determines the content of the effect on the display screen of the symbol display device 51 based on the received low frequency command, and executes the effect corresponding to the low frequency support mode.

  After executing the process of step S1003, step S1007, step S1009, step S1012 or step S1014, the internal mode transition process is executed in step S1015, and the transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode is terminated.

  Here, the internal mode transition processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the internal mode transition process, first, in step S1101, it is determined whether or not the second winning flag is stored. If the second winning flag is stored, that is, if a winning to the second big winning opening 37a occurs in the fourth round in the current opening / closing execution mode, the second mode flag storage area of the RAM 64 in step S1102 Whether the second mode flag is stored is determined. If the second mode flag is not stored, the flag is stored. If the second mode flag is already stored, the state is maintained. Thereby, the internal mode is set to the second mode. Thereafter, the transition process of the internal mode is terminated. On the other hand, if the second winning flag is not stored, that is, if the second big winning opening 37a has not been won in the fourth round in the current opening / closing execution mode, the second mode of the RAM 64 in step S1103. It is determined whether or not the second mode flag is stored in the flag storage area. If the second mode flag is stored, the flag is erased. If not stored, the state is maintained. Thereby, the internal mode is set to the first mode. Thereafter, the transition process of the internal mode is terminated.

  In other words, in the transition process at the end of the open / close execution mode, if the jackpot result that was triggered this time is a normal jackpot result, even if the internal mode stays in any mode, it always shifts to the high frequency support mode Set to Also, when the jackpot result triggered this time is the branch jackpot result A or the branch jackpot result B, whether to shift to the high frequency support mode or the low frequency support mode differs depending on the internal mode in which the user stayed. . Also, the internal mode is the second mode when a winning to the second big prize opening 37a occurs in the fourth round, regardless of the jackpot result that triggered the current opening / closing execution mode in the internal mode transition process. In the fourth round, the first mode is set when the second big prize opening 37a has not been won.

  Therefore, the support mode after the opening / closing execution mode is different depending on which game mode corresponding to the jackpot result that triggered this opening / closing execution mode is in, and the internal mode is the same as the previous opening / closing execution mode. It will differ depending on whether or not the second round winning opening 37a is won in the fourth round. Thereby, in the current opening / closing execution mode, the support mode after the end of the next opening / closing execution mode can be made different.

  Returning to the description of the gaming state transition processing (FIG. 14), after the transition processing at the end of the opening / closing execution mode in step S812 is completed, after the termination processing of the opening / closing execution mode is executed in step S813, The process ends. In the end processing of the opening / closing execution mode, the normal flag, branch A flag, and branch B flag are deleted.

<Confirmation processing for branch hold>
Next, the branch hold confirmation process in step S407 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this process, when the jackpot result is stored as the hold information of the hold area Rb for the second result display unit during the opening / closing execution mode, the second big prize opening 37a is displayed in the fourth round in the current opening / closing execution mode. Whether or not to win the second big prize opening 37a in order to set the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode based on the jackpot result stored as the hold information to the high frequency support mode. This is a process for causing the symbol display device 51 to teach whether or not it is an effect.

  First, in step S1201, it is determined whether or not the opening / closing execution mode is in effect. If it is not in the open / close execution mode, the confirmation process for this branch hold is terminated without executing the processes after step S1202. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, the branch hold confirmation process is executed in a state where the operation mode is shifted to the opening / closing execution mode.

  If the opening / closing execution mode is in step S1201, it is determined in step S1202 whether the value of the round counter area RC is “2” or more. If the value of the round counter area RC is not equal to or greater than “2”, the branch hold confirmation process is terminated without executing the processes after step S1203. That is, after the third round of the opening / closing execution mode is completed, the confirmation process for this branch hold is not executed.

  If it is the timing before the end of the third round in step S1202, it is the hold information stored in the second result display portion hold area Rb in step S1203, and the branch hold confirmation process Among the on-hold information that is not the target of the determination process, the on-hold information with the earliest determination order in the change start process (FIG. 13) is specified. Specifically, the presence / absence of the hold information in the hold area Rb for the second result display unit is confirmed, and if the hold information is stored, the hold is not the target of the determination process in the confirmation process for the branch hold. After confirming in which area the information is stored in the first area Rb1 to the fourth area Rb4, the hold information stored in the area with the earliest determination order in the change start process is determined as the success / failure determination. Identified as pending information to be processed. Then, with reference to the determined flag storage area provided in the RAM 64, it is ascertained whether or not hold information that is not the target of the determination process in the branch hold confirmation process is stored. The determined flag storage area is an area for storing a determined flag and a winning hold flag, which will be described later, and corresponds to each of the hold areas Rb1 to Rb4 of the second result display portion hold area Rb. A first determination flag storage area, a second determination flag storage area, a third determination flag storage area, and a fourth determination flag storage area). Each determined flag storage area stores a winning hold flag when it is specified that the hold information corresponding to the big win is stored when it is a target of the determination processing in the confirmation processing for this branch hold. In addition, a determination flag is stored that hold information that does not correspond to the big win is stored.

  Here, the hold information to be confirmed in the confirmation process for hold of the main branch is only the second result display area reservation area Rb, and the first result display area reservation area Ra is not confirmed. This is because, as described above, in the distribution table for the first result display section, only the jackpot result is normally set.

  Further, when the holding information is confirmed including the holding area Ra for the first result display section, the holding information stored in the holding area Rb for the second result display section is preferentially digested in the data setting process (FIG. 12). Because of the configuration, even if the hold information corresponding to the jackpot winning is stored in the first result display holding area Ra, the holding information held in the second result display holding area Rb rather than the hold information. Will be digested first. In this case, for example, after the fourth round in the opening / closing execution mode, the game ball wins at the lower operating port 39 before the holding information corresponding to the jackpot result is digested, and it is won by the jackpot If it corresponds, the hold information corresponding to another jackpot winning will be digested before the hold information corresponding to the jackpot winning specified in the branch hold confirmation process in the opening / closing execution mode. Therefore, in this case, the contents taught by the symbol display device 51 during the previous opening / closing execution mode cannot be reflected in the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode. On the other hand, if only the second result display area holding area Rb is confirmed as in this configuration, the next opening / closing execution is performed by the game in the current opening / closing execution mode without causing such a problem. It is possible to play a game in which the game state after the mode is different.

  Returning to the description of the confirmation process for branch hold (FIG. 18), after performing the process of step S1203, in the subsequent step S1204, as a result of the confirmation process of step S1203, the success / failure determination process in the confirmation process for branch hold. It is determined whether or not the hold information that is not the target of storage is stored. If the hold information that is not the target of the determination process is not stored, the confirmation process for this branch hold is ended as it is.

  In step S1204, when hold information that is not the target of the determination process is stored, the determination process of steps S1205 to S1208 is executed. Specifically, in step S1205, the information is held in each of the areas Rb1 to Rb4 of the second result display area Rb4 as the hold information that is the target of the determination process of the branch hold check process in the current process. Among the held information, the big hit random number counter C1 and the big hit type counter C2 in the held information held in the area with the earliest determination order in the fluctuation start process are grasped.

  Here, the period required from the first round to the third round of the opening / closing execution mode is required to execute the branch hold confirmation process for all the hold information stored in the second result display section hold area Rb. It is set longer than the period. Specifically, the open period of each round is 30 sec and the waiting period between rounds is 2 sec. The period required from the start of the first round to the end of the third round is 94 sec. The period required for the holding confirmation process to be performed for all the holding information (four times) in the holding area Rb for the second result display section is 0.016 sec. The situation in which the hold information is likely to be stored in the hold area Rb for the second result display section is the high frequency support mode in which the lower operating port 39 is likely to win, and since the mode shifts to the low frequency support mode in the opening / closing execution mode, this branch It is assumed that the hold information to be confirmed in the check process for hold is the hold information that has won the lower operation port 39 by the start of the opening / closing execution mode. Therefore, a sufficient period is set for the confirmation process for the branch hold to execute all the hold information. As a result, it is possible to confirm all the pending information while suppressing the processing load as a configuration in which one pending information is confirmed by one branch pending confirmation process. Furthermore, since the waiting period between the rounds from the end of the third round to the start of the fourth round is set longer than the period required to execute the branch hold confirmation process for all the hold information, the open / close execution mode It is also possible to reliably confirm the hold information that has won the lower working port 39 in the confirmation process for the main branch hold.

  Thereafter, in step S1206, the determined flag is stored in the determined flag storage area corresponding to the hold information confirmed in the confirmation processing for main branch hold.

  In subsequent step S1207, the determination process is executed by referring to the determination table using the obtained numerical information of the jackpot random number counter C1. In a succeeding step S1208, it is determined whether or not the result of the success / failure determination process in the step S1207 corresponds to the big win. If the jackpot winning is not supported, the confirmation process for this branch hold is terminated.

  When it is determined in step S1208 that the jackpot winning is supported, a distribution determination process for determining which jackpot result is supported is executed in step S1209, and in the subsequent step S1210, the main branch is held. The winning hold flag is stored in the determined flag storage area corresponding to the hold information confirmed in the confirmation processing.

  In subsequent step S1211, a branch hold command is set. This branch hold command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 in step S401 in the normal process (FIG. 10). The voice light emission control device 90 transmits the branch hold command to the display control device 100. In the branch hold command, information indicating that the hold information corresponding to the jackpot result is stored, information indicating which hold information is stored in which hold area Rb1 to Rb4, and information on the type of the jackpot result It is included. Further, the branch hold command is transmitted up to four corresponding to the areas Rb1 to Rb4 of the second result display section hold area Rb in one open / close execution mode.

  In the sound emission control device 90, the received command is stored in the command storage area of the RAM 94 by the command storage process activated when the command is received. The command storage area is configured as a ring buffer that can store multiple commands individually and can be read from previously stored commands. Even if multiple commands are received at the same time, each command The processing corresponding to can be executed satisfactorily. Thereby, the display control apparatus 100 can grasp | ascertain in which holding area the holding information corresponding to each jackpot result is stored. Then, when there are a plurality of hold information corresponding to the jackpot result, the second large number is set in order to set the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode to the high frequency support mode by reading from the previously stored branch hold command. It is possible to determine whether or not to win the winning opening 37a. This process will be described later.

  If the branch hold command is set in step S1211, the confirmation process for this branch hold is ended.

<Regarding the effect determination process executed by the sound emission control device 90>
Next, the effect determination process executed by the MPU 92 in the sound emission control device 90 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the effect determination process is periodically activated by the MPU 92 (for example, at a cycle of 2 msec).

  First, in step S1301, it is determined whether a variation command and a type command have been received. If these commands have been received, the variable command handling process is executed in step S1302. In such processing, based on the content of the type command, it is determined whether or not the game result of the game time started this time is a normal jackpot result. If the game result is a normal jackpot result, a symbol determination process for normal jackpot is performed. If it is a branch jackpot result A or B, a symbol determination process for a branch jackpot is executed, and if it is a miss result, a symbol determination process for a miss result is executed.

  When executing the symbol determination process for a normal jackpot, information corresponding to a stop result in which a combination of symbols having the same odd number on one effective line L1 to L5 is established is displayed as a result of the current stop result. Determine as information. In the symbol determination process for branching big hits, information corresponding to a stop result in which a combination of symbols with the same even number on one effective line L1 to L5 is established is determined as information on the current stop result. . In these cases, the type of symbol combination corresponding to each jackpot result and the effective lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

  When executing out symbol determination processing, based on the content of the change command, it is determined whether or not the game times are related to the occurrence of outlier reach display, and the game times are related to the occurrence of outlier reach display In this case, information corresponding to a stop result (for example, “1 · 4 · 1”) in which a combination of outlier reach symbols is established on one effective line L1 to L5 is determined as information on the current stop result. In this case, the types of combinations of outreach symbols and the effective lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like. In this determination, the same symbol combination is not established on any of the effective lines L1 to L5.

  Further, when the game times are not related to the occurrence of outlier reach display, the same symbol combination is not established on any of the active lines L1 to L5, and the outlier reach symbol combination is not stopped and displayed. Information corresponding to the result is determined as information on the current stop result.

  Further, in the variable command handling process, a process for determining the effect pattern of the current game time is executed. In this case, by referring to the production table stored in advance in the ROM 93, the production duration time (production duration period) corresponding to the variation command and the type command received this time is selected, and the content of the production Select. In addition, a lottery of whether or not to display a notice is also performed. The MPU 92 executes the light emission control of the various lamp units 23, 53, 54, and 55 in the current game round according to the determined production pattern, and also executes the output control of the speaker unit 24. Then, a stop result command and a pattern command corresponding to each processing result are transmitted to the display control apparatus 100. Based on the received stop result command and pattern command, the MPU 102 of the display control device 100 reads a data table for performing the current game play effect on the symbol display device 51 from the program ROM 103, and follows the data table. A drawing list is output to the VDP 105 every time a predetermined image update timing is reached (for example, at a cycle of 20 msec). Thereby, in the symbol display device 51, the effect for the game turn is executed according to the effect pattern determined by the MPU 92 of the sound emission control device 90, and the stop result determined by the MPU 92 is finally stopped and displayed. The

  After performing the process of step S1302, the effect determination process ends. On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S1301, it is determined in step S1303 whether an open command has been received. If the release command has been received, the round effect determination process is executed in step S1304, and then the effect determination process ends. On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S1303, other processing is executed in step S1305. In this process, based on the reception of the opening command, the closing command, and the ending command, a process for advancing effects other than the effects during the round in the opening / closing execution mode is executed. Thereafter, the effect determination process ends.

  Here, the round effect determination process will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 20, in the round effect determination process, first, in step S1401, a round information grasping process is executed. In this processing, it is grasped what round the opening command received this time corresponds to in the opening / closing execution mode.

  In subsequent step S1402, it is determined whether or not the round information grasped in step S1401 corresponds to the first to third rounds. In the case of the first to third rounds, a normal round effect is set in step S1403. In the normal round effect, unlike various teaching effects described later, a character display or a moving image is displayed on the display screen G so as to congratulate the opening / closing execution mode, for example.

  On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S1402, that is, in the case of the fourth round, the process proceeds to step S1404. In step S1404, it is determined whether a branch hold command is received. If the branch hold command has not been received, the process proceeds to step S1403 to set a normal round effect. On the other hand, if the determination in step S1404 is affirmative, that is, if a branch hold command is received and hold information corresponding to any jackpot result is stored in the second result display portion hold area Rb, the following step In S1405, an address confirmation process for the branch hold command is executed. This processing is processing for confirming the number of branch pending commands stored in the command storage area of the RAM 94 with reference to address information stored every time a branch pending command is received. Also, when there are a plurality of branch pending commands, the address information of the first branch pending command received is stored in the address storage area provided in the RAM 94, and when there is only one branch pending command, its address is stored. Information is stored in the address storage area of the RAM 94. The address storage area is composed of a plurality of bits so that the address information of the branch hold command and the number of branch hold commands confirmed this time can be stored.

  In a succeeding step S1406, it is determined whether or not two or more branch hold commands are received as a result of the process in the step S1405. In the case where an affirmative determination is made in step S1406, there are a plurality of hold information corresponding to any of the jackpot results in the second result display hold area Rb, and in the game times after the end of the current open / close execution mode, This is a case of shifting to the opening / closing execution mode twice or more by digesting the hold information of the result display area hold area Rb. In this case, the process proceeds to step S1407.

  In step S1407, it is determined whether or not a special effect flag is stored in the various flag storage areas of the RAM 94. The special effect flag is a flag for surely executing the confirmed effect as the effect of the fourth round in the teaching effect determination process described later. The confirmed effect is an effect that teaches whether or not a winning is generated in the fourth round so that the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode becomes the high-frequency support mode. The special effect flag is stored in the RAM 94 when winning in the processing relating to whether or not the special effect is successful in subsequent steps S1408 to S1410, and is deleted when the mode is shifted to the low frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1407, the process proceeds to step S1408 and special effect lottery processing is executed. In this process, first, the value of the effect counter stored in the RAM 94 is acquired. The effect counter is, for example, incremented one by one within a range of 0 to 199, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value (that is, 199), and is periodically updated. In step S1408, the lottery is performed by referring to the special effect lottery table provided in the ROM 93 using the acquired effect counter. In the special effect lottery table, 150 pieces of numerical information are set as the numerical information of the effect counter corresponding to the winning of the special effect lottery. That is, the probability of winning in one special performance lottery is 3/4.

  In the subsequent step S1409, it is determined whether or not the result of the process in step S1408 is a winning result. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1409, the special effect flag is stored in the RAM 94 in the subsequent step S1410. If a negative determination is made in step S1409, a normal round effect is set in step S1403.

  That is, in the opening / closing execution mode in which a plurality of branch hold commands are received and the special effect flag is not stored, the special effect lottery is executed. When the special effect lottery is won, a special effect flag is stored, and a confirmed effect is selected in a teaching effect determination process described later. When the finalized effect is executed in the fourth round of the current opening / closing execution mode, the player can set the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode to the high-frequency support mode by performing a launch operation in accordance therewith. Therefore, it is possible to increase the advantage of the situation where there are a plurality of branch hold commands, and accordingly, the player has won the upper limit number of holds to the lower operation port 39 by the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode. That is, it is expected that a situation in which a plurality of branch pending commands can exist can be obtained.

  When a negative determination is made at step S1406, when an affirmative determination is made at step S1407, or after the processing at step S1410 is executed, a teaching effect determination process is executed at step S1411.

  Here, the teaching effect determination process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the teaching effect determination process, the teaching effect is determined with reference to the branch hold command based on the address information stored in the address confirmation process (step S1405) in the round effect determination process (FIG. 20). That is, when only one branch hold command is received in the current open / close execution mode, the branch hold command is referred to, and when a plurality of branch hold commands are received, the previously stored branch hold command is referred to. It is possible to reflect the teaching effect in the opening / closing execution mode in the height of the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode.

  First, in step S1501, it is determined whether or not the jackpot result included in the branch hold command corresponds to the branch jackpot result A. The case where an affirmative determination is made in step S1501 is a case where a shift is made to the high-frequency support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode when a winning is generated in the fourth round of the current opening / closing execution mode. In S1502, it is determined whether or not a special effect flag is stored. If the special effect flag is stored, the confirmed effect A is set in step S1503. The finalized effect A is an effect instructing that a winning should be generated in the fourth round of the current opening / closing execution mode, for example, an effect in which a display such as “Aim for the second big prize opening!” Is performed. When a negative determination is made in step S1502, a teaching effect is set with reference to the teaching effect table for pattern A stored in the ROM 93 in step S1504. Here, the teaching effect table for pattern A will be described with reference to FIG.

  The teaching effect table for pattern A selects any one of the confirmed effect A, the expected effect B, the expected effect A, and the branch effect according to the value of the effect counter stored in the effect counter storage area of the RAM 94. Is set. The expected effect B is, for example, a display of “may not be included in the fourth round?” As an effect that vaguely teaches the possibility of not winning in the fourth round of the current open / close execution mode. Production. The expected effect A is displayed as, for example, “Would it be better to enter the fourth round?” As an effect that vaguely teaches that it is advantageous to win in the fourth round of the current opening / closing execution mode. Production. Although it is unclear whether the branch effect will be advantageous if it is awarded in the fourth round of the current opening / closing execution mode, there is a possibility that the jackpot result corresponding to the branch jackpot results A and B is included in the hold. As an effect that teaches a certain thing, a display such as “Fortune of Destiny !!” is displayed. In the teaching effect table for pattern A, the corresponding effect counter is such that the probability of selecting the confirmed effect A is the lowest, and the probability of selecting in the order of the confirmed effect A, the expected effect B, the expected effect A, and the branch effect increases. The number of values of is set. Note that the contents of these effects and the probability of selecting each effect are arbitrary.

  Returning to the description of the teaching effect determination process (FIG. 21), if a negative determination is made in step S1501, it is determined in step S1505 whether or not the jackpot result included in the branch hold command corresponds to the branch jackpot result B. . The case in which an affirmative determination is made in step S1505 is a case where a transition is made to the high-frequency support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode when no winning is generated in the fourth round of the current opening / closing execution mode. It is then determined whether or not a special effect flag is stored. If the special effect flag is stored, the confirmed effect B is set in step S1507. The confirmed effect B is an effect instructing that a prize should not be generated in the fourth round of the current opening / closing execution mode, for example, an effect such as “Do not aim for the second big prize opening!”. If a negative determination is made in step S1506, the teaching effect is set with reference to the teaching effect table for pattern B stored in the ROM 93 in step S1507. Here, the teaching effect table for pattern B will be described with reference to FIG.

  The teaching effect table for pattern B is set so as to select one of the confirmed effect B, the expected effect A, the expected effect B, and the branch effect according to the value of the effect counter stored in the RAM 94. In the teaching effect table for pattern B, the corresponding effect counter is such that the probability of selecting the confirmed effect B is the lowest, and the probability of selecting in the order of the confirmed effect B, the expected effect A, the expected effect B, and the branch effect increases. The number of values of is set. Note that the contents of these effects and the probability of selecting each effect are arbitrary.

  Returning to the description of the teaching effect determination process (FIG. 21), if a negative determination is made in step S1505, that is, if the jackpot result included in the branch hold command corresponds to the normal jackpot result, a special step S1509 is executed. It is determined whether or not an effect flag is stored. If the special effect flag is stored, the confirmed effect C is set in step S1510. The confirmed effect C is an effect that teaches that the next jackpot result is a normal jackpot result and that a special effect lottery has been won. For example, it is an effect in which a display such as “Continuous Chan Confirm!” Is performed. If a negative determination is made in step S1509, the teaching effect is set with reference to the normal jackpot teaching effect table stored in the ROM 93 in step S1511. Here, the normal jackpot teaching effect table will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the normal jackpot result teaching effect table, all of the above teaching effects excluding the confirmed effect C can be selected according to the value of the effect counter. Specifically, it is set so that each of the confirmed effect A, the confirmed effect B, the expected effect A, the expected effect B, and the branch effect can be selected. In this table, the probability of selecting the confirmed effect A or the confirmed effect B is the highest, and the probability of selecting the confirmed effect A or the confirmed effect B, the expected effect A or the expected effect B, and the branch effect is low. The number of values of the corresponding effect counter is set. Note that the contents of these effects and the probability of selecting each effect are arbitrary.

  After executing the processing of step S1503, step S1504, step S1507, step S1508, step S1510, or step S1511, in step S1512, the branch hold command used this time is deleted, and the present teaching effect determination processing ends. Thereby, when a round production | presentation determination process (FIG. 20) is performed in the following opening / closing execution mode, each process can be performed based on the newest information.

  Returning to the description of the round effect determination process (FIG. 20), after executing the process of step S1403 or step S1410, in step S1411, a command for round effect is transmitted to the display control apparatus 100. As a result, the effect of the fourth round of the current open / close execution mode is displayed on the symbol display device 51 with the effect content set in the process of step S1403, step S1503, step S1504, step S1507, step S1508, step S1510, or step S1511. Executed.

<Relationship between opening / closing execution mode and jackpot result>
Next, FIG. 23 shows the transition of the internal mode and the support mode after the opening / closing execution mode of the two jackpot results (hereinafter referred to as the previous jackpot result and the subsequent jackpot result) when the branch hold command is transmitted. It explains using. FIG. 23A shows the relationship between the internal mode and the support mode when the subsequent jackpot result is the branch jackpot result A, and FIG. 23B shows the internal when the later jackpot result is the branch jackpot result B. The relationship between the mode and the support mode is shown. Also, in FIG. 23, (a-1) and (b-1) show the occurrence status of winning game balls to the second grand prize opening 37a, and (a-2) and (b-2) are each jackpot. The status of the opening / closing execution mode based on the result is shown, (a-3) and (b-3) show the status of each game time, (a-4) and (b-4) show the state of transition to the internal mode. (A-5) and (b-5) show the transition of the support mode. In FIG. 23, description will be made assuming that the hold information corresponding to the subsequent jackpot result is stored in the second area Rb2 in the second result display portion hold area Rb. In this case, the second game time that is executed after the end of the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result is the game time that results in the jackpot result. In any opening / closing execution mode, the support mode is shifted to the low frequency support mode during the opening / closing execution mode.

  First, a case where the subsequent jackpot result is the branch jackpot result A will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 23A shows a case where the previous jackpot result is the branch jackpot result A and the later jackpot result is also the branch jackpot result A.

  When the game result of the game round that ends at the timing of ta1 is the branch jackpot result A, the internal mode is the second mode, and therefore the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode at the timing of ta3 when the opening / closing execution mode ends. . Here, when a game ball is won in the second big prize opening 37a at the timing of ta2, the second mode is set at the timing of ta3. Further, in the opening / closing execution mode started at the timing of ta1, the hold information corresponding to the branch jackpot result A is stored as the subsequent jackpot result in the second area Rb2 in the second result display section hold area Rb. Any teaching effect is executed in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode.

  The game times from the timing of ta3 to the timing of ta4 are executed under the condition of the high frequency support mode as described above, and the subsequent jackpot result is stored as the hold information. Even if the game ball is not won, the game time corresponding to the hold information is executed, and the opening / closing execution mode corresponding to the branch jackpot result A is started at the timing ta4 as the subsequent jackpot result in the second game time. Here, in the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result, the game ball is won in the second big winning opening 37a at the timing of ta3, and the internal mode is the second mode. When the opening / closing execution mode ends at the timing ta6, the support mode shifts to the high frequency support mode. Whether or not the game ball is to be awarded to the second big prize opening 37a at the timing ta5 in the opening / closing execution mode based on the subsequent jackpot result is arbitrary by the player.

  Therefore, in this case, the game times between the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result and the opening / closing execution mode based on the subsequent jackpot result proceed in the high-frequency support mode, and the opening / closing execution mode based on the later jackpot result. After that, it becomes the high frequency support mode.

  On the other hand, when the game result of the game round that ends at the timing of ta7 is the branch jackpot result A, the internal mode is the second mode, and therefore the support mode is the high-frequency support mode at the timing of ta8 when the opening / closing execution mode ends. It becomes. Here, since the game ball is not won in the second grand prize opening 37a in the fourth round this time, the internal mode shifts to the first mode at the timing of ta8. In addition, in the opening / closing execution mode started at the timing of ta7, the hold information corresponding to the branch jackpot result A is stored as the subsequent jackpot result in the second area Rb2 in the second result display section hold area Rb. Any teaching effect is executed in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode.

  The game times from the timing of ta8 to the timing of ta9 are executed under the condition of the high frequency support mode as described above, and the subsequent jackpot result is stored as the hold information. Even if the game ball is not won, the game time corresponding to the hold information is executed, and the opening / closing execution mode corresponding to the branch jackpot result A is started at the timing ta9 as the subsequent jackpot result in the second game time. Here, in the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result, the game ball is not won in the second big prize opening 37a, and the internal mode has shifted to the first mode. When the opening / closing execution mode ends at the timing ta11, the support mode becomes the low-frequency support mode. Whether or not the game ball is to be awarded to the second big prize opening 37a at the timing of ta10 in the opening / closing execution mode based on the subsequent jackpot result is arbitrary.

  Therefore, in this case, the game times between the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result and the opening / closing execution mode based on the subsequent jackpot result proceed in the high-frequency support mode, and the opening / closing execution mode based on the later jackpot result. After that, it becomes low frequency support mode.

  Next, a case where the subsequent jackpot result is the branch jackpot result B will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 23A shows a case where the previous jackpot result B is the branch jackpot result B and the later jackpot result is also the branch jackpot result B.

  When the game result of the game times ending at the timing of tb1 is the branch jackpot result B, the internal mode is the second mode, so the support mode becomes the low frequency support mode at the timing of tb3 when the opening / closing execution mode ends. . Here, when a game ball is won at the second big winning opening 37a at the timing of tb2, the internal mode becomes the second mode at the timing of tb3. In addition, in the opening / closing execution mode started at the timing of tb1, the hold information corresponding to the branch jackpot result B is stored as the subsequent jackpot result in the second area Rb2 in the second result display section hold area Rb. Any teaching effect is executed in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode.

  The game times from the timing of tb3 to the timing of tb4 are executed under the low-frequency support mode as described above, but since the subsequent jackpot result is stored as the hold information, Even if the game ball is not won, the game time corresponding to the hold information is executed, and the opening / closing execution mode corresponding to the branch jackpot result B is started at the timing tb4 as the subsequent jackpot result in the second game time. Here, in the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result, the game ball is won at the second big prize opening 37a at the timing of tb3, and the internal mode is the second mode. When the opening / closing execution mode ends at the timing of tb6, the support mode becomes the low frequency support mode. Whether or not the game ball is to be awarded to the second big prize opening 37a at the timing of tb5 in the opening / closing execution mode based on the subsequent jackpot result is arbitrary by the player.

  Therefore, in this case, the game times between the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result and the opening / closing execution mode based on the subsequent jackpot result proceed in the low frequency support mode, and the opening / closing execution mode based on the later jackpot result. After that, it becomes the low frequency support mode.

  On the other hand, when the game result of the game round that ends at the timing of tb7 is the branch jackpot result B, the internal mode is the second mode, so the support mode is the low-frequency support mode at the timing of tb8 when the opening / closing execution mode ends. It becomes. Here, if the game ball is not won in the second grand prize opening 37a in the fourth round this time, the internal mode becomes the first mode at the timing of tb8. In addition, in the opening / closing execution mode started at the timing of tb7, the hold information corresponding to the branch jackpot result B is stored as the subsequent jackpot result in the second area Rb2 in the second result display section hold area Rb. Any teaching effect is executed in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode.

  The game times from the timing of tb8 to the timing of tb9 are executed under the condition of the low frequency support mode as described above. However, since the subsequent jackpot result is stored as the hold information, Even if the game ball is not won, the game time corresponding to the hold information is executed, and the opening / closing execution mode corresponding to the branch jackpot result B is started at the timing tb9 as the subsequent jackpot result in the second game time. Here, in the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result, the game ball is not won in the second big winning opening 37a, and the internal mode is the first mode, so the opening / closing based on the later jackpot result When the execution mode ends at the timing of tb11, the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. Whether or not the game ball is to be awarded to the second big prize opening 37a at the timing of tb10 in the opening / closing execution mode based on the subsequent jackpot result is arbitrary by the player.

  Therefore, in this case, the game times between the opening / closing execution mode based on the previous jackpot result and the opening / closing execution mode based on the subsequent jackpot result proceed in the low-frequency support mode, but the opening / closing based on the later jackpot result. After execution mode, it becomes high frequency support mode.

  Although not shown in FIG. 23 (a), when the first jackpot result game time is the first mode, the game times between the previous opening / closing execution mode and the subsequent opening / closing execution mode are Infrequent support mode. In FIG. 23 (b), when the first jackpot result game time is the first mode, the game time between the previous opening / closing execution mode and the subsequent opening / closing execution mode is the high frequency support mode. Become.

  Furthermore, when the previous jackpot result is a normal jackpot result, the game times between the opening and closing execution mode and the opening and closing execution mode are in the high frequency support mode, and when the subsequent jackpot result is a normal jackpot result, Regardless of whether or not a winning to the second big prize opening 37a occurs during the opening / closing execution mode of the previous jackpot result, the high-frequency support mode is set after the subsequent opening / closing execution mode.

  According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

  The level of the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode may be different depending on whether or not the game ball is won in the second grand prize opening 37a in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode. Thus, a novel game in which the player can determine whether or not the game ball is to be won in the second grand prize opening 37a in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode, and the player can determine the state of the game thereafter. It becomes possible to do. Therefore, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

  A branch jackpot result A and a branch jackpot result B are included as game results of each game time. If the second jackpot 37a is won in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode, if the next jackpot result is a branch jackpot result A, the system shifts to the high frequency support mode and the next jackpot result is the branch jackpot result B. If so, do not switch to the high frequency support mode. Also, if the second jackpot result 37a is not won in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode, if the next jackpot result is a branch jackpot result A, the system does not shift to the high frequency support mode and the next jackpot result branches. If it is jackpot result B, it shifts to high frequency support mode after that. That is, an operation performed by the player during the opening / closing execution mode can be reflected in the subsequent game results, and a novel game can be achieved. In order to enter the high-frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode, in addition to the condition of whether or not to make a game ball win the second big prize opening 37a in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode, there is also a condition of the type of jackpot result Will be added. Thereby, the mode of transition to the high frequency support mode can be various.

  In the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode, the variable winning device 37 is controlled in an opening / closing manner in which the second large winning opening 37a is opened for a long time of 30 seconds. Accordingly, it can be said that sufficient time is secured to win the second grand prize opening 37a, and when the player determines to win the game ball in the second big prize opening 37a, the second big prize opening 37a is more reliably determined. It is possible to make a prize at the two major winning openings 37a.

  In the opening / closing execution mode, when hold information corresponding to any jackpot result is stored in the second result display portion hold area Rb, a teaching effect is performed. The teaching effect is an effect that can indicate whether or not a winning should be generated at the second big prize opening 37a by each teaching effect table. As a result, after the opening / closing execution mode ends, when the next jackpot result is reserved as a reserved consecutive resort, the support mode after the next jackpot result is determined in the current opening / closing execution mode so that it can be a novel game. It becomes possible.

  When the teaching effect is executed, the player can change the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode to the high-frequency support mode by performing a game ball launching operation in accordance with the instruction effect. Therefore, it is expected that the player can further win a game ball in the lower operation port 39 even in the game times that are in the opening / closing execution mode so that the teaching effect is executed. Thereby, the increase in the total number of shots in the pachinko machine 10 can be expected.

  In the teaching effect determination process (FIG. 19) in the sound emission control device 90, the teaching effect is determined based on the previously stored branch hold command even when a plurality of branch hold commands are received. Therefore, even when multiple pending in-villages are performed after the current opening / closing execution mode, the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode can be led to the high-frequency support mode by the teaching effect in the current opening / closing execution mode. Is possible. In this pachinko machine 10, the key to maintaining the high-frequency support mode is how to keep the suspension in the hold. According to this configuration, at least between the next opening / closing execution mode and the next opening / closing execution mode. The game times can be set to the high-frequency support mode, and the game balls can be easily awarded to the lower operation port 39. Therefore, since the possibility of the on-hold consecutive resort can be increased, the significance of the teaching effect is further enhanced, and as a result, active participation in the game can be expected.

  Also, if the branch hold command contains information corresponding to multiple jackpot results, a special effect lottery will be performed, and if it is won, a special effect flag will be stored, and any open / close execution mode in the pending resort It was set as the structure which performs a definite production also inside. As a result, it is possible to further increase the advantage in the case where there are a plurality of on-hold consecutive resorts, and to increase the significance of the high-frequency support mode in the game times between the opening / closing execution mode as described above. It becomes.

  In the configuration for preferentially digesting the hold information stored in the second result display section holding area Rb over the hold information stored in the first result display section holding area, the second check display process for branch hold Only the hold information stored in the result display section hold area Rb is confirmed. If the holding information including the holding area Ra for the first result display unit is confirmed, the contents taught in the current opening / closing execution mode cannot be reflected in the level of the support mode after the next opening / closing execution mode. There is a possibility that it may occur, and it is a device to eliminate it.

<Second Embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the contents of the transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode and the contents of the round effect determination process are different from those in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the confirmation process for branch hold is not performed. First, transition processing at the end of the opening / closing execution mode in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode in this embodiment, it is determined in step S1601 whether or not the normal flag is stored, and if it is stored, the processes in steps S1602 and S1603 are executed. To set the high frequency support mode. Such processing is the same as the processing in step S1002 and step S1003 in the first embodiment. If a negative determination is made in step S1601, it is determined in step S1604 whether a branch A flag is stored. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1604, it is determined in step S1605 whether or not a second winning flag is stored, unlike the first embodiment. When the second winning flag is stored, the processing of step S1606 and step S1607 is executed to set the high-frequency support mode. When the second winning flag is not stored, step S1608 and step S1608 are performed. The low frequency support mode is set by executing the processing of S1609. These processes are the same as the processes in step S1006, step S1007, step S1008, and step S1009 in the first embodiment.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1604, it is determined in step S1610 whether or not the second winning flag is stored, unlike the first embodiment. When the second winning flag is stored, the low frequency support mode is set by executing the processing of step S1611 and step S1612. When the second winning flag is not stored, step S1613 and step S1613 are executed. The high frequency support mode is set by executing the processing of S1614. These processes are the same as the processes of step S1011, step S1012, step S1013, and step S1014 in the first embodiment.

  After executing the process of step S1603, step S1607, step S1609, step S1612 or step S1614, the transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode is terminated.

  That is, in this embodiment, when the winning to the second big winning opening 37a occurs in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode without performing the internal mode transition processing, if the branch jackpot result is A, the high frequency support mode If the branch jackpot result B, the high frequency support mode is not entered. In addition, when no winning to the second big winning opening 37a occurs in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode, if the branch jackpot result A is not shifted to the high frequency support mode, the branch jackpot result B is high. Switch to frequency support mode. In other words, regardless of the internal mode, after the current opening / closing execution mode, depending on whether or not the second big prize opening 37a has been won in the current opening / closing execution mode and the type of jackpot result that triggered the current opening / closing execution mode. This is a configuration for determining the level of the support mode.

  Next, the round effect determination process in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, after executing the round information grasping process in step S1701, it is determined in step S1702 whether or not it is the first to third rounds. If the determination is affirmative, a normal round effect is set in step S1703. These processes are the same as the processes (steps S1401 to S1403) in the first embodiment. If a negative determination is made in step S1702, the process proceeds to step S1704. In the present embodiment, since the confirmation process for branch hold is not provided, unlike the first embodiment, it is not confirmed whether or not a branch hold command has been received. In step S1704, it is determined whether a special flag is stored. If a negative determination is made in step S1704, processing required for the special effect lottery in steps S1705 to S1707 is executed. Such processing is the same as the processing in steps S1408 to S1410 in the first embodiment. However, if a negative determination is made in step S1706, the process proceeds to step S1708 without proceeding to step S1703.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S1704, a negative determination is made in step S1706, or after the processing in step S1707 is executed, a teaching effect determination process is performed in step S1708. After executing the processing of step S1703 or step S1708, a round effect command is transmitted in step S1709. These processes are the same as step S1411 in the first embodiment.

  That is, in the present embodiment, the teaching effect is always performed in the fourth round for each opening / closing execution mode. Therefore, the teaching effect is an effect that teaches whether or not the second big prize opening 37a should be awarded so that the support mode after the current opening / closing execution mode is set to the high frequency support mode. Further, the processing required for the special effect lottery is also performed for each opening / closing execution mode.

  The contents of the game result in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 26 is a timing chart showing the relationship between each jackpot result and the internal mode and the support mode. FIG. 26 (a) shows an opening / closing execution mode based on each jackpot result, and FIG. 26 (b) shows the second jackpot. FIG. 26 (c) shows the transition of the internal mode, and FIG. 26 (d) shows the transition of the support mode.

  First, the branch jackpot result A will be described. In FIG. 26, the opening / closing execution mode based on the branch jackpot result A is an opening / closing execution mode started at the timings t1 and t4.

  In the branch jackpot result A, in the transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode in the present embodiment (FIG. 17), the shift to the high-frequency support mode is made when a winning to the second big winning opening 37a occurs. Therefore, in the opening / closing execution mode started at the timing t1, a winning to the second big prize opening 37a is generated at the timing t2, so when the opening / closing execution mode ends at the timing t3, the support mode is frequently supported. Transition to mode. In addition, in the opening / closing execution mode started at the timing t4, since the winning to the second big prize opening 37a has not occurred in the opening / closing execution mode, the support mode is low when the opening / closing execution mode ends at the timing t5. Transition to frequency support mode.

  Next, the branch jackpot result B will be described. In FIG. 26, the opening / closing execution mode based on the branch big hit result B is an opening / closing execution mode started at the timings t6 and t8.

  In the branch jackpot result B, in the transition process at the end of the opening / closing execution mode in this embodiment (FIG. 17), the shift to the high-frequency support mode is made when no winning to the second big winning opening 37a has occurred. Therefore, in the opening / closing execution mode started at the timing of t6, since the winning to the second big prize opening 37a has not occurred in the opening / closing execution mode, the support mode becomes high when the opening / closing execution mode ends at the timing of t7. Transition to frequency support mode. In addition, in the opening / closing execution mode started at the timing of t8, since the winning to the second big prize opening 37a occurs at the timing of t9, when the opening / closing execution mode ends at the timing of t10, the support mode is infrequently supported. Transition to mode.

  Further, the normal jackpot result is shifted to the high-frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends, regardless of whether or not the second big winning opening 37a is generated in the opening / closing execution mode.

  According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

  The support mode after the current opening / closing execution mode is made different depending on whether or not the second grand prize opening 37a is won in the fourth round of the opening / closing execution mode. As a result, it becomes possible to recognize immediately after the opening / closing execution mode, the result of the support mode transition depending on whether or not the second big prize opening 37a has been won in the current opening / closing execution mode.

<Other embodiments>
In addition, it is not limited to the description content of each embodiment mentioned above, For example, you may implement as follows. Incidentally, each of the following configurations may be individually applied to each of the above embodiments, or a part or all of them may be combined and applied to each of the above embodiments.

  (1) Although it is configured to be able to identify which mode is the internal mode, it may be configured to be unidentifiable. For example, depending on the control modes of the various lamp units 23, 53 to 55, the speaker unit 24, and the symbol display device 51, it is not possible to identify which internal mode is staying in each game time or opening / closing execution mode. Also good. Even in this case, the only judgment material for selecting whether or not to win the second big prize opening 37a in the opening / closing execution mode is the teaching effect on the symbol display device 51, and the teaching is performed during the opening / closing execution mode. Do not lose the significance of producing the production.

  (2) The sound emission control device 90 that has received the branch hold command may notify which branch jackpot results A and B are stored without using the teaching effect table. For example, in the symbol display device 51, when the branch jackpot result A is stored, the fact is notified, and when the branch jackpot result B is stored, the fact may be notified. In this case, the player needs to determine himself / herself whether or not to win the second big prize opening 37a based on the current internal mode and the type of the jackpot result, and can actively participate in the game.

  (3) In the fourth round, the upper limit number to the second grand prize opening 37a is 10, but the number is not limited to this. For example, the number may be smaller than the upper limit number of other rounds or one. By reducing the upper limit number, the difference in the number of balls that can be obtained in the current opening / closing execution mode is reduced depending on whether or not the second big winning opening 37a is won. In this pachinko machine 10, the game is determined to be a novel game in which it is determined whether or not to shift to the high-frequency support mode depending on whether or not the prize winning opening 37a is awarded. It is preferable to reduce the upper limit number to the second big prize opening 37a in order to purely select whether or not to generate the second prize.

  (4) Although the number of winning balls based on winning in the first big winning opening 36a and the number of winning balls based on winning in the second big winning opening 37a are the same, it is not limited to this. For example, the number of winning balls based on winning in the second big winning opening 37a may be smaller or larger than the number of winning balls based on winning in the first big winning opening 36a. However, from the viewpoint of purely selecting whether or not a game ball will be awarded to the second grand prize opening 37a, the number of prize balls based on the prize winning to the second big prize opening 37a is the first. It is desirable to make the number less than the number of winning balls based on winning in the big winning opening 36a. Furthermore, from this point of view, a configuration may be adopted in which award balls are not paid out based on winning in the second large winning opening 37a.

  (5) In the opening / closing execution mode, each round is configured to be opened for 30 seconds, but is not limited thereto. For example, the first to third rounds may be configured differently from the fourth round opening time, or the fourth round opening time may be short. By shortening the opening time of the fourth round, it is expected that the number of winning prizes in the second grand prize opening 37a will be reduced, and selection of whether or not to generate a winning game ball in the second big prize opening 37a From the standpoint of making the process more pure, a favorable result is obtained.

  In addition, even if the player tries to generate a prize at the second big prize opening 37a, the player is opened for a period of time in which a case where a prize is generated and a case where no prize is generated (specifically, a game ball) The player will be watching for whether or not a prize will be given to the second big prize opening 37a according to his / her operation, and further active participation can be expected. .

  (6) In the confirmation process for branch hold, as the period for checking the hold information held in the second result display section hold area Rb, from the start of the open / close execution mode to the end of the third round, It is not limited to this. Specifically, the start timing of the period to be confirmed in the branch hold confirmation process may be after the start timing of the game times that trigger the opening / closing execution mode, and the end timing of the period is from executing the teaching effect. May be at the previous timing. For example, the end timing of the period may be configured to be until the final stop of the variable display in the game round that is a big win, or to the configuration until the start of the opening / closing execution mode. The case where the hold information is stored in the hold area Rb for the second result display section to be checked in the branch hold check process is assumed to be the high frequency support mode, but is low in the open / close execution mode. Considering the point of shifting to the support mode and the point that the game is performed so that the number of reserved areas in the second result display area reservation area Rb is always the upper limit number (4) during the high frequency support mode, Even if the confirmation target in the confirmation process is as described above, it is considered that the confirmation process for the upper limit number of the second result display area reservation area Rb is possible.

  The timing for executing the teaching effect is not limited to the fourth round as long as it is after the set period. For example, the teaching effect may be performed at the start of the opening / closing execution mode, may be performed in each round, or may be performed in a plurality or all of the rounds in the opening / closing execution mode. Furthermore, it may be performed during a waiting time between rounds, or may be temporarily performed during a round in which a normal performance is performed.

  When the configuration in which the timing of executing the teaching effect is performed before the fourth round is added to the configuration described in the above (3) to (5), the player goes to the second big prize opening 37a. It is possible to determine in advance whether or not to win a prize. Accordingly, it is possible to start the launch operation for determining whether or not the game ball is to be won at the second grand prize opening 37a from a timing before the opening timing of the second big prize opening 37a. The game whether or not to win a game ball can be performed better.

  (7) Although the fourth round in the opening / closing execution mode is a special round and the second grand prize opening 37a is opened, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, from the first round to the third round after changing the period to be confirmed in the branch hold confirmation process as in the configuration of (6) and executing the teaching effect, or in the case of executing the teaching effect Any of these rounds may be special rounds, and which round is to be special rounds may be determined by lottery. In these cases, it can be realized by changing the confirmation of the round in step S906 to the corresponding round in the winning opening and closing process (FIG. 15), or by drawing a special round and confirming whether it is the special round or not. is there.

  In addition, when the hold information corresponding to the hold area Rb for the second result display unit is stored, the second big prize opening 37a may be separately opened as a special round after the opening / closing execution mode. In this case, if the corresponding hold information is stored in the branch hold check process, a flag is set, and the flag is checked in step S906 of the special winning opening / closing process (FIG. 15). The winning opening 37a may be opened.

  Furthermore, these operations may be executed in the first variable winning device 36 without the second variable winning device 37. In this case, in step S906 of the special prize opening / closing process (FIG. 15), a confirmation process is performed to determine whether or not the special round determined in advance or the special round determined by lottery is applicable. In step S908, the first big prize opening opening process is executed and a flag is stored. In step S913, the flag is checked, and in the case of winning in a special round, the second winning flag is stored in step S914. It may be configured.

  (8) The teaching effect notification method is arbitrary. For example, the teaching display may be performed by a dedicated display device, and the teaching effect may be performed by a light emitting unit, a movable decorative member, or a speaker unit, instead of a display device having a display screen.

  (9) The type of jackpot result by the winning lottery and distribution lottery relating to the upper operating port 38 and the type of jackpot result by the lottery lottery and sorting lottery relating to the lower operating port 39 may be completely the same, It is good also as a completely different structure. Further, as a jackpot result, a jackpot result that causes the support mode to shift to the high frequency support mode or the low frequency support mode without generating the opening / closing execution mode may be set.

  (10) The number of reservations is not limited to the configuration in which the number of first result display area reservation areas Ra is four and the number of second result display area reservation areas Rb is four. Five or more may be sufficient, and it is good also as a structure from which both holding numbers differ.

  (11) As a support mode of the electric accessory 39a provided in the lower working port 39, a support disable mode in which the electric accessory 39a is not in an open state may be set instead of the low frequency support mode. In addition, even when the electric accessory 39a is in a closed state, a winning of a game ball to the lower operation port 39 may be generated.

  (12) In the holding ball storage area 64a provided in the RAM 64 of the main control device 60, a holding area Ra for the first result display unit as a holding area for the upper working port 38 and a holding area for the lower working port 39 The holding area Rb for the second result display unit is provided, but instead of this, the area for storing the holding information is provided for the total number of holdings of the upper operating port 38 and the lower operating port 39, and each area May be configured to include a common holding area in which a partial area in which information indicating which of the upper working port 38 and the lower working port 39 is stored is set. As each area of the common reserved area, for example, each area is configured as a storage area such as 1 byte, and a predetermined bit portion of the storage area corresponds to either the upper operating port 38 or the lower operating port 39 A configuration is possible in which the information is set as a partial area that can be stored.

  (13) The opening / closing execution mode corresponding to the normal jackpot result and the opening / closing execution mode corresponding to the branch jackpot results A and B, the number of rounds and the opening / closing modes of the big winning openings 36a and 37a Is the same, but is not limited thereto. For example, the number of rounds in the open / close execution mode corresponding to the normal jackpot result may be larger or smaller than the branch jackpot results A and B. The number of rounds may be different between the branch jackpot result A and the branch jackpot result B. The opening / closing mode of the first big winning opening 36a may be made different depending on the type of the jackpot result, and the number of game balls that can be expected to win the first variable winning device 36 may be made different depending on the type of the jackpot result. . The opening / closing mode of the second big prize opening 37a may be made different depending on the type of the jackpot result, and the number of game balls that can be expected to win the second big prize opening 37a may be different. In any one of the jackpot results, a configuration may be adopted in which an opening / closing mode in which a winning to the second big winning opening 37a does not occur or hardly occurs is possible.

  (14) In the internal mode transition process, the configuration is shifted to the second mode whenever a prize is awarded to the second grand prize opening 37a, and to the first mode if no prize is awarded to the second big prize slot 37a. However, it is not limited to this. For example, it may be configured to shift to any mode depending on the number of winning game balls to the second grand prize opening 37a. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which transfers to either mode according to the winning timing to the 2nd big winning opening 37a. Further, the second variable prize-winning device 37 may be provided with a sorting device capable of sorting game balls, and when a game ball wins a predetermined place of the sorting device, the mode may be shifted to any mode. .

  (15) In the internal mode transition processing, the configuration is such that if the second big prize opening 37a is awarded, the mode is shifted to the second mode, and if no prize is generated, the mode is shifted to the first mode. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a transition is made to the first mode if a winning is made to the second grand prize opening 37a and a transition is made to the second mode if no winning is made.

  Furthermore, if a winning at the second big winning opening 37a occurs, a configuration may be adopted in which a mode different from the previous mode is shifted. Specifically, when a winning to the second big prize opening 37a occurs in the opening / closing execution mode started in the first mode, the mode shifts to the second mode, and the second in the opening / closing execution mode started in the second mode. A configuration may be adopted in which a transition to the first mode is made when a winning at the big winning opening 37a occurs. As a process of this configuration, the second prize flag is confirmed in the internal mode transition process, and if the second prize flag is stored, the second mode flag is confirmed. In this case, if the second mode flag is stored, the second mode flag is erased, and if the second mode flag is not stored, the second mode flag is stored. Further, when the second winning flag is not stored, the second mode flag may be kept as it is. Also in this configuration, it is possible to play a game in which the subsequent game state is determined depending on whether or not a game ball win is generated in the second large winning opening 37a.

  (16) Although the internal mode is the first mode and the second mode and the probability of winning a big hit is the same, it is not limited to this. For example, the high probability mode and the low probability mode may be set so that the probability of winning the jackpot is relatively high. Furthermore, it is good also as a structure from which the probability which becomes each jackpot result in each mode differs, respectively. In these cases, it may be configured to determine whether or not the jackpot is won by referring to different winning / failing tables. Moreover, even if the probability of winning a big hit is the same, a configuration in which different winning / failing tables are internally referred to may be adopted.

  (17) The arrangement positions of the first variable winning device 36 and the second variable winning device 37 on the game board 31 are not limited to the above positions. For example, the first variable winning device 36 and the second variable winning device 37 may be arranged side by side on the left and right below the variable display unit 42. Moreover, you may arrange | position each in the left-right opposite in said embodiment. Further, one may be disposed above the variable display unit 42 and the other may be disposed below the variable display unit 42. In any case, when the second grand prize opening 37a is opened, the launch operation is changed in order to enter the game ball into the second big prize opening 37a. Can do. In addition, from the viewpoint of determining whether or not a game ball is to be won at the second grand prize opening 37a, an arrangement location where the change of the launch operation does not occur to cause the game ball to enter the second big prize opening 37a. It is also good.

  (18) When the symbol change display is performed on the symbol display device 51, whether the symbol change display relates to a winning of a game ball to the upper operation port 38 or a game to the lower operation port 39 A start corresponding display area for displaying whether the ball is related to winning a ball may be set on the display screen of the symbol display device 51. In this case, the start corresponding display area may be set in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the upper operation port 38 and the lower operation port 39, and is common to the upper operation port 38 and the lower operation port 39. It is good also as a structure which sets an area | region and displays whether it is based on the display content in the said area | region which concerns on the winning opening.

  (19) In the distribution table for the first result display unit based on the winning to the upper working port 38, it is configured not to be distributed to the branch jackpot results A and B, but is not limited to this, the first result display unit Also in the distribution table for use, a configuration may be adopted in which one of the branch jackpot results A and B, or both branch jackpot results A and B are sorted.

  Furthermore, the type of the lottery result is not limited to this, and the number of types of jackpot results may be increased or decreased, and the configuration having jackpot results in which the number of rounds in the opening / closing execution mode and the mode of opening / closing control are different It is good. Moreover, you may provide the special loss result (small hit) in which an internal mode and a support mode do not change as a kind of game result.

  Further, for example, in the case of a predetermined jackpot result, it may be configured such that any confirmed effect is easily executed in the subsequent opening / closing execution mode. In this case, as a function of the sound emission control device 90, in the case of the predetermined jackpot result, processing for storing a flag indicating the high-frequency support mode shifted based on the jackpot result in various flag storage areas of the RAM 94 And determining whether or not the flag is stored in the teaching effect determination process, and executing the effect determination process that makes it easy to select one of the determined effects When a function is added, and when the mode is shifted to the low frequency support mode after the opening / closing execution mode, a function for executing processing for deleting the flag may be added. According to this configuration, the high-frequency support mode that shifts based on the predetermined jackpot result has a higher probability that the high-frequency support mode continues than the high-frequency support mode that shifts based on the other types of jackpot results. . Therefore, the player expects to obtain the predetermined jackpot result, and the game can be made more diverse.

  (20) In the branch hold confirmation process, it is determined whether or not the hold information corresponding to the second result display portion hold area Rb is stored, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be configured to determine whether or not the hold information corresponding to the hold area Ra for the first result display unit is stored, or may be configured to determine whether or not the hold information is stored in both. In this case, since the hold information stored in the hold area Rb for the second result display unit is preferentially digested, the content notified in the current open / close execution mode is the support mode after the next open / close execution mode. However, even in this configuration, the branch hold command is transmitted even at least in the second opening / closing execution mode, so that the high frequency support mode is set after the third opening / closing execution mode. In the second opening / closing execution mode, it is possible to teach whether or not to win the second big winning opening 37a.

  (21) The hold information stored in the second result display area reservation area Rb is digested before the hold information stored in the first result display area reservation area Ra, but is not limited thereto. The hold information stored in the hold area Ra for the first result display unit may be digested before the hold information stored in the hold area Rb for the second result display unit. It is good also as a structure digested in the order which won the prize.

  (22) In each game time after the opening / closing execution mode displaying the teaching effect, the display continuation time is up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 4 times corresponding to 4 which is the upper limit number of the second result display area reservation area Rb). It is good also as a structure which becomes long. In this case, in the game times between each open / close execution mode and the open / close execution mode in the on-hold consecutive resort, the next open / close execution mode is started until the hold information in the hold area Rb for the second result display section is consumed. By this time, the possibility that a game ball will win the lower operation port 39 is increased. Therefore, the probability of executing the teaching effect can be increased.

  (23) Information on whether or not a winning to the second big prize opening 37a has occurred in the special round (fourth round) in the opening / closing execution mode is transmitted to the sound emission control device 90 as an ending command at the end of the opening / closing execution mode. However, the transmission timing and notification timing of the information are not limited to this. If at least the second grand prize opening 37a has been won, it should be after the winning timing, and if no winning has occurred, it may be after the end timing of the special round. For example, when a winning occurs, it is good also as a structure which transmits and alert | reports at the timing. In this case, after the process of storing the second winning flag after the winning to the second big winning opening 37a occurs (step S914), a command indicating that the winning has occurred is sent to the sound emission control device 90. It is good to set it as the structure which transmits to the audio | voice emission control apparatus 90 in step S401 in a normal process (FIG. 10). Then, the sound emission control device 90 that has received the command may be configured to control each device so as to execute an effect that teaches that a winning at the second grand prize opening 37a has occurred.

  (24) Although it is configured to check whether the hold information is confirmed and to send the branch hold command during the opening / closing execution mode in the check process for branch hold, it is determined at the time of winning or during the normal game round It is good also as a structure. For example, the processing of steps S1202 to S1210 in the confirmation processing for branch hold is executed not only in the opening / closing execution mode, but when hold information that is a big hit win is stored in the hold information, this is indicated. A process of storing a winning flag may be executed, and a branch hold command may be transmitted when the winning flag is stored and the open / close execution mode is set. In this case, even if the winning flag is stored, if it is not in the opening / closing execution mode, that is, each game is running, a configuration in which another command is transmitted without sending a branch hold command, Even if it exists, it is good to set it as the structure which performs a different alert | report depending on whether the audio | voice light emission control apparatus 90 is in game play or open / close execution mode as a structure which transmits a branch hold command. In these cases, if each of the above commands is transmitted during each game round, it is possible to notify that the jackpot is won in the hold. Furthermore, in this case, it is possible to notify that the high-frequency support mode is ended by notifying the type of the jackpot winning game on hold, and whether or not the game ball should be inserted into the lower operating port 39. The player can make such a determination.

  (25) The waiting period from the end of the third round in the opening / closing execution mode to the start of the fourth round may be set longer or shorter than the waiting period between other rounds. For example, in each of the above embodiments, the waiting period between rounds is 2 sec. However, the waiting period between the third round and the fourth round may be 4 sec longer, and 1 sec shorter than that. It is good. When the waiting period between the third and fourth rounds is set longer than the waiting period between the other rounds, it is more sufficient to execute the confirmation process for all pending information in the branch pending confirmation process A long period is ensured and preferable.

  (26) Although it is configured to shift to the four-round opening / closing execution mode and then to the high-frequency support mode based on the normal jackpot result, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the opening / closing mode of the large winning openings 36a, 37a in the opening / closing execution mode includes a low winning opening / closing mode in which no winning can be expected, and the opening / closing based on the normal jackpot result in the distribution table for the first result display unit In the execution mode, the large winning opening 36a, 37a may be opened and closed in the low winning opening / closing mode. In addition, the type of the high frequency support mode includes a high frequency support mode with a limited number of support times, and a high frequency support based on the normal jackpot result in the distribution table for the first result display unit. The mode may be configured to be a high frequency support mode with a limited number of times (for example, 5 times). In these cases, it is possible to improve the interest while suppressing the pitching rate. In particular, the high-frequency support mode with a limited number of times makes it possible to win a big hit from the normal gaming state as a chance zone opportunity to start or not to open a villa, which is preferable for improving interest . These configurations may also be applied to the normal jackpot result in the distribution table for the second result display unit. In particular, if the high-frequency support mode based on the normal jackpot result in the distribution table for the second result display unit is set to the high-frequency support mode with a limited number of times, whether or not the high-frequency support mode ends after the opening / closing execution mode ends. (Whether one of the jackpot results is won again and the high-frequency support mode is pulled back) can be used as a chance zone.

  (27) Other types of pachinko machines different from the above embodiments, for example, a pachinko machine that generates a right when a game ball enters a specific area of a special device, and a pachinko machine equipped with other objects The present invention can also be applied to gaming machines such as machines, arrange ball machines, and sparrow balls.

  Also, a non-ball-type gaming machine, for example, a plurality of reels with a plurality of types of symbols attached in the circumferential direction, starts rotation of the reel by inserting a medal and operating a start lever, and a stop switch is operated. If a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on the effective line visible from the display unit after the reel has stopped after a predetermined time has passed, a privilege such as paying out medals is given to the player A part of the present invention can also be applied to a slot machine.

  Further, the gaming machine main body supported by the outer frame so as to be openable and closable is provided with a storage unit and a capture device, and the start lever is operated after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage unit are captured by the capture device. A part of the present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are fused, which starts rotating the reel.

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Hereinafter, the characteristics of the invention group extracted from each of the above-described embodiments will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for easy understanding, the corresponding configuration in each of the above embodiments is appropriately shown in parentheses, but is not limited to the specific configuration shown in parentheses.

Features 1. Transition determination means for determining whether or not to shift the gaming state based on the establishment of a predetermined condition (for example, step S1001, step S1004, step S1005 and step S1010 in the MPU 62 of the main controller 60). Processing function), and
The game state is shifted to the advantageous state based on the determination result of the transition determination means being a result corresponding to shifting the gaming state to the advantageous state advantageous to the player (for example, the high frequency support mode). Transition means (function to execute the processing of step S1002, step S1006 and step S1013 in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60);
In a gaming machine equipped with
The transition means includes
First, the player makes a transition to the advantageous state on the condition that at least one condition is that the player has generated a specific event at a predetermined timing (fourth round in the opening / closing execution mode) (the game ball is awarded to the second big prize opening 37a). 1 special transition means (for example, the function of executing the process of step S1006 in the MPU 62 of the main controller 60);
Second special transition means (for example, main control) that shifts to the advantageous state on the condition that at least one condition is that the player does not cause the specific event at the predetermined timing (the game ball is not won at the second big prize opening 37a). The function of executing the process of step S1013 in the MPU 62 of the apparatus 60);
A gaming machine characterized by comprising:

  According to the feature 1, when a specific event is generated at a predetermined timing, it may shift to an advantageous state, and when a specific event is not generated at a predetermined timing, it may shift to an advantageous state. Thereby, the player's determination as to whether or not to generate a specific event at a predetermined timing is an important factor as to whether or not the player subsequently shifts to an advantageous state. Therefore, interest can be improved.

Feature 2. A launching means (game ball launching mechanism 81) for launching a game ball toward a game area based on a launch operation by a player;
Variable entry means provided in the game area and capable of switching between a first state in which game balls flowing down the game area are likely to enter and a second state in which entry is less likely or impossible. (First variable winning device 36, second variable winning device 37);
Variable entry control means for executing variable entry control for switching to the second state after the variable entry means is in the first state (function for executing a large winning opening opening / closing process in the MPU 62 of the main controller 60); ,
Privilege granting means (payout device 71) for granting a privilege to a player based on a game ball entering the variable pitching means;
Specific state transition means for shifting to a specific control state in which the variable entry control is performed based on the determination result of the transition determination means being a specific result (function of executing a game state transition process in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60) )When,
With
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined timing exists during the specific control state.

  According to the feature 2, it shifts to the specific control state in which the variable pitch control is performed based on the result of the shift correspondence. Depending on whether or not a specific event is generated at a predetermined timing during the specific control state, the first special transition unit or the second special transition unit shifts to an advantageous state. Therefore, the degree of attention to the game in the specific control state can be increased.

Feature 3. The occurrence of the specific event is a game ball entering the variable ball entry means,
The specific control state is a state in which the variable pitch control is performed a plurality of times by the variable pitch control means.
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined timing is included in one variable entry control during the specific control state.

  According to the feature 3, a privilege can be obtained by the privilege granting unit by causing the game ball to enter the variable ball entry unit during the specific control state, and the game ball can be entered by one of the variable ball entry controls. Whether or not to shift to the advantageous state is determined depending on whether or not. Therefore, in other variable pitch control during the specific control state, it becomes possible to allow the game ball to enter the variable pitching means regardless of the occurrence of the specific event, thereby reducing the advantage of the specific control state. It is possible to achieve the above-mentioned effects.

Feature 4. As a unit mode when the variable pitch control in the specific control state is performed once, out of the number of game balls that can be expected to enter the variable pitch means and the bonus given by the bonus grant means , Including at least one special unit embodiment less than the other unit embodiments,
4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the variable pitch control means executes the one variable pitch control including the predetermined timing in the special unit mode.

  According to the feature 4, one variable entry control including a predetermined timing is that at least one of the number of game balls that can be expected to enter the variable entry means and the privilege granted by the privilege grant means is It is executed in fewer special unit modes than other unit modes. This makes it possible to more purely select whether or not to generate a specific event at a predetermined timing.

Feature 5. The lottery means for executing the lottery process (in the first embodiment, it is a function for executing the processes of steps S1005 and S1010 in the MPU 62 of the main controller 60. In the second embodiment, the lottery means MPU 62 has a function of executing the processing of step S1605 and step S1610),
The first special transition means causes the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing, and the lottery result of the lottery means is a specific result (in the first embodiment, the second mode flag in step S1005). Is stored, and in the second embodiment, based on the fact that the second winning flag is stored in step S1605), it is shifted to the advantageous state,
The second special transition means does not cause the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing, and the lottery result of the lottery means is a specific result (in the first embodiment, the second result in step S1005). The mode flag is not stored, and in the second embodiment, based on the fact that the second winning flag is not stored in step S1610), the mode is shifted to the advantageous state. The gaming machine according to any one of features 1 to 4, wherein:

  According to the feature 5, the condition for shifting to the advantageous state includes not only the condition of whether or not the player generates a specific event, but also the result of the lottery as a condition. Can be given. Therefore, interest improvement is achieved.

  Feature 6 6. The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the occurrence of the specific event does not trigger the lottery process in the lottery means.

  According to the feature 6, the occurrence of the specific event does not trigger the lottery process in the lottery means. Therefore, in the gaming machine of feature 5, the condition of whether or not to generate a specific event is clearly distinguished from the condition of the result of the lottery means, and the importance of selecting whether or not to generate a specific event is increased. Is possible.

  Feature 7. A result that is different from the specific result that is a condition when the first special shifting means shifts to the advantageous state and the specific result that is a condition when the second special shifting means shifts to the advantageous state The gaming machine according to Feature 5 or 6, wherein

  According to the feature 7, as a condition for shifting to the advantageous state by any of the special shifting means, it is necessary that the selection of the occurrence of the specific event and the lottery result match. This complicates the conditions for shifting to the advantageous state, thereby improving the interest.

  Feature 8 8. The game according to claim 7, wherein the lottery result of the lottery means does not include a lottery result that does not shift to the advantageous state regardless of whether or not the specific event is generated at the predetermined timing. Machine.

  According to the feature 8, the event of not shifting to the advantageous state does not occur regardless of the occurrence of the specific event. This increases the importance of selecting whether or not to generate a specific event, and enables active participation in the game.

  Feature 9 The lottery result of the lottery means includes a lottery result for shifting to the advantageous state regardless of whether or not a specific event has occurred at the predetermined timing. The gaming machine according to 1.

  According to the feature 9, an event of transitioning to an advantageous state occurs regardless of the occurrence of a specific event. This makes it possible for the player to play the game with confidence without excessively increasing the importance of selecting whether or not to generate the specific event.

Feature 10 A state setting means (a function for executing an internal mode transition process in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60) for setting different game states depending on whether or not a specific event is generated at the predetermined timing;
The state set by the state setting means is a state that continues for at least a plurality of lottery times,
The first special transition means determines that the lottery result is a specific result in a state (second mode) set by the state setting means by the player generating the specific event at the predetermined timing. Based on what has become, is to shift to the advantageous state,
The second special transition means determines that the lottery result is specified in a state (first mode) set by the state setting means because the player has not generated the specific event at the predetermined timing. The gaming machine according to any one of features 5 to 9, wherein the gaming machine is shifted to the advantageous state based on the result.

  According to the feature 10, a different gaming state is set depending on whether or not the player generates a specific event at a predetermined timing. The set state continues for at least a plurality of lottery times. Then, the first special transition means shifts to the advantageous state based on the fact that the lottery result is the specific result in the state set by the occurrence of the specific event, and the second special transition means Then, based on the fact that the lottery result is a specific result in a state set by not generating the specific event, the state is shifted to the advantageous state. As a result, it is possible to make a novel game in which the player's selection as to whether or not to generate a specific event at a predetermined timing is reflected in the condition of whether or not to shift to an advantageous state in a subsequent lottery round It becomes.

Feature 11. According to the lottery result, provided with a specific transition means (function to execute the function of the game state transition process in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60) to shift the gaming state to a specific gaming state advantageous to the player,
The predetermined timing occurs during the specific gaming state,
The first special transition means causes the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing, and the lottery result of the lottery means is changed to the specific game state after the end of the specific gaming state including the predetermined timing. Based on the specific result of the occurrence of the transition, the gaming state after the specific gaming state is shifted to the advantageous state,
The second special transition means does not cause the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing, and the lottery result of the lottery means after the end of the specific gaming state including the predetermined timing is the specific game. Any one of the features 5 to 10 is characterized in that the gaming state after the specific gaming state is shifted to the advantageous state based on a specific result of the transition to the state. The gaming machine described.

  According to feature 11, the predetermined timing occurs during the specific gaming state. The first special transition means shifts the gaming state after the specific gaming state to the advantageous state when the transition to the specific gaming state further occurs after the end of the specific gaming state that caused the specific event. The special transition means shifts the gaming state after the specific gaming state to the advantageous state when the transition to the specific gaming state further occurs after the end of the specific gaming state in which the specific event has not occurred. Thereby, it becomes possible to make a novel game in which the game state after the specific game state to be transferred is made different depending on whether or not the player generates a specific event during the specific game state.

Feature 12. The lottery means includes information acquisition means (a function for executing information acquisition processing in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60) that acquires special information based on the establishment of a predetermined acquisition condition, and acquisition of the information acquisition means Acquisition information storage means (first result display area reservation area Ra, second result display area reservation area Rb) for storing the special information as a plurality of numbers as a predetermined upper limit, The lottery determination process (the process of step S701 in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60) is sequentially executed using the special information stored in the acquired information storage unit.
The special information stored in the acquisition information storage means and included in the lottery round after the predetermined timing includes the predetermined special information. Special notification means for executing a special notification as to whether or not the specific event should be generated at the predetermined timing (a function for executing a teaching effect determination process in the MPU 92 of the sound emission control device 90) A gaming machine according to any one of features 5 to 11, wherein

  According to the feature 12, the special information to be executed in the lottery determination process in the lottery after the predetermined timing includes the predetermined special information as at least one condition at a predetermined timing. A special notification is made as to whether or not a specific event should occur. Therefore, the player can know whether or not a specific event should be generated at a predetermined timing. As a result, it is possible to increase the merit of setting a large amount of special information in the acquired information storage means.

Feature 13. When the special information targeted for the lottery determination process is the predetermined special information, the system includes specific transition means for shifting the gaming state to a specific gaming state advantageous to the player,
The first special transition unit and the second special transition unit are configured to transition a gaming state after the specific gaming state to the advantageous state when the gaming state is transitioned to the advantageous state. The gaming machine according to Feature 12.

  According to the feature 13, in the gaming machine of the feature 12, when the player plays a game according to the special notification, the gaming state after the specific gaming state advantageous to the player shifts to the advantageous state. This makes it possible to increase the merit of storing special information corresponding to the transition to the specific gaming state.

Feature 14. The predetermined timing occurs during the specific gaming state,
The first special transition means causes the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing, and the lottery result of the lottery means is changed to the specific game state after the end of the specific gaming state including the predetermined timing. Based on the specific result of the occurrence of the transition, the gaming state after the specific gaming state is shifted to the advantageous state,
The second special transition means does not cause the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing, and the lottery result of the lottery means after the end of the specific gaming state including the predetermined timing is the specific game. Based on the specific result that the transition to the state occurs, the gaming state after the specific gaming state is shifted to the advantageous state,
The special notification means is the special information that is the predetermined special information among the special information stored in the acquired information storage means, and corresponds to the special special information that is first subjected to the determination process for lottery. 14. The gaming machine according to feature 13, wherein the gaming machine is a notification.

  According to the feature 14, the predetermined timing is generated during the specific game state, and stored in the acquired information storage unit in a configuration in which the game state after the specific game state to be transferred subsequently differs depending on whether or not the specific event is generated. Among the special information, the special notification corresponding to the predetermined special information that is the target of the lottery determination process is first performed. In other words, even if a plurality of specific gaming states continue after the specific gaming state including the predetermined timing, the gaming state after the specific gaming state that transitions to the specific gaming state including the predetermined timing is determined. In order to make it different, a special notification is performed. Therefore, it is possible to reflect the result of the game according to the special notification in the game state after the next specific game state.

Feature 15. The lottery means is a first information acquisition means (step in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60) for acquiring special information based on the establishment of a predetermined first acquisition condition (a game ball wins in the upper working port 38). A first acquisition information storage unit (first result display unit) that stores the special information acquired by the first information acquisition unit and a predetermined number as a plurality of numbers as an upper limit. Reserved area Ra) and second information acquisition means (of the main control device 60) for acquiring the special information based on the establishment of a predetermined second acquisition condition (a game ball wins at the lower operating port 39). Second acquisition information for storing the special information acquired by the second information acquisition unit and a predetermined number as a plurality of numbers as an upper limit. And a lottery determination process using the special information stored in the first acquisition information storage unit or the second acquisition information storage unit. Configuration to run,
In the lottery determination process, when the special information is stored in the second acquisition information storage means, the second acquisition information is stored prior to the special information stored in the first acquisition information storage means. Using the special information stored in the information storage means,
The special notification unit is configured to execute the special notification corresponding to the predetermined special information stored in the second acquisition information storage unit. Game machines.

  According to the feature 15, when the special information is stored in the second acquisition information storage unit, the special acquisition information is stored in the second acquisition information storage unit prior to the special information stored in the first acquisition information storage unit. In the configuration in which the lottery determination process is executed using the special information that has been made, the special notification unit performs special notification corresponding to the predetermined special information stored in the second acquisition information storage unit. Therefore, if the special notification corresponding to the predetermined special information stored in the first acquisition information storage means is performed, the special information of the second acquisition information storage means in which the content of the special notification is processed for the lottery determination first. The content differs from that corresponding to the information, and the contents cannot be reflected. However, according to the present configuration, the problem can be solved.

Feature 16. A launching means (game ball launching mechanism 81) for launching a game ball toward a game area based on a launch operation by a player;
A game ball that is provided for the game area and flows down the game area can enter, and the game ball can be in an open state in which it is easy to enter, and is less likely to enter the game area. A starting ball entrance (lower working port 39) that can be closed;
A start ball entering control means (a function for executing a power combination support process in the MPU 62 of the main controller 60) for executing a start ball entering control for switching to the closed state after the start ball entering portion is in the open state;
With
The start ball entering control means includes a receiving state (high frequency support mode) in which the start ball entering control is performed as a control state of the start ball entering unit, and a frequency at which the start ball entering control is performed more than the receiving state. Has a low or non-acceptance state (low frequency support mode)
The transition determination means performs the determination based on the occurrence of a ball entering the start ball portion.
The first special transition means is configured to cause the player to transition to the acceptance state based on at least one condition that the player has generated the specific event at the predetermined timing.
Any one of the features 1 to 15, wherein the second special transition means shifts to the acceptance state on the condition that at least one condition is that the player does not cause the specific event at the predetermined timing. The gaming machine according to 1.

  According to the feature 16, the determination is made by the transition determining means by causing the game ball to enter the start entrance part. That is, there is a possibility of shifting to an advantageous state by the shifting means. In addition, the starting entrance part can be changed between an open state and a closed state, and an advantageous state in which the starting entrance part is shifted by the first special transition means or the second special transition means is controlled by the start entrance control of the start entrance part. It is an acceptance state. Therefore, when the acceptance state is set by the first special transition unit or the second special transition unit, more transition determinations are made by the transition determination unit, and the possibility of transition to an advantageous state increases. Thereby, it becomes possible to raise the attention degree of becoming an acceptance state.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 38 ... Upper operation port, 39 ... Lower operation port, 51 ... Symbol display device, 60 ... Main control device, 62 ... MPU, 63 ... ROM, 64 ... RAM, 90 ... Voice light emission control device, 100 ... Display control device.

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A transition determination means for determining whether or not to shift the gaming state based on the establishment of a predetermined condition;
A transition means for shifting the gaming state to the advantageous state based on the determination result of the transition determining means being a result corresponding to shifting the gaming state to the advantageous state advantageous to the player;
In a gaming machine equipped with
The transition means includes
First special transition means for transitioning to the advantageous state on at least one condition that the player has generated a specific event at a predetermined timing;
Second special transition means for transitioning to the advantageous state under at least one condition that the player does not cause the specific event at the predetermined timing;
A gaming machine characterized by comprising: A launching means for launching a game ball toward a game area based on a launch operation by a player;
Variable entry means provided in the game area and capable of switching between a first state in which game balls flowing down the game area are likely to enter and a second state in which entry is less likely or impossible. When,
Variable entry control means for executing variable entry control for switching to the second state after the variable entry means is in the first state;
Privilege granting means for granting a privilege to a player based on a game ball entering the variable pitching means;
Specific state transition means for shifting to a specific control state for performing the variable entry control based on the determination result of the transition determination means being a specific result;
With
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined timing exists during the specific control state. A lottery means for executing a lottery process;
The first special transition means causes the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing and shifts to the advantageous state based on the fact that the lottery result of the lottery means is a specific result,
The second special shift means shifts to the advantageous state based on the fact that the player does not generate the specific event at the predetermined timing and the lottery result of the lottery means becomes the specific result. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a thing. A state setting means for setting different game states depending on whether or not a specific event is generated at the predetermined timing;
The state set by the state setting means is a state that continues for at least a plurality of lottery times,
The first special transition means that the lottery result has become a specific result in a situation set by the state setting means by causing the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing. Based on the advantageous state,
The second special transition means that the lottery result has become a specific result in a situation set by the state setting means because the player did not generate the specific event at the predetermined timing. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the gaming machine is shifted to the advantageous state based on the game. According to the lottery result, comprising a specific transition means for shifting the gaming state to a specific gaming state advantageous to the player,
The predetermined timing occurs during the specific gaming state,
The first special transition means causes the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing, and the lottery result of the lottery means is changed to the specific game state after the end of the specific gaming state including the predetermined timing. Based on the specific result of the occurrence of the transition, the gaming state after the specific gaming state is shifted to the advantageous state,
The second special transition means does not cause the player to generate the specific event at the predetermined timing, and the lottery result of the lottery means after the end of the specific gaming state including the predetermined timing is the specific game. 5. The game state after the specific gaming state is shifted to the advantageous state based on a specific result that the transition to the state occurs. Game machines. The lottery means obtains a predetermined number as a plurality of information acquisition means for acquiring special information based on the establishment of a predetermined acquisition condition and the special information acquired by the information acquisition means. Acquisition information storage means for storing as an upper limit, and a configuration for sequentially executing the determination process for lottery using the special information stored in the acquisition information storage means,
The special information stored in the acquisition information storage means and included in the lottery round after the predetermined timing includes the predetermined special information. 6. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: special notification means for executing a special notification as to whether or not the specific event should be generated at the predetermined timing, with at least one of the following conditions: The gaming machine according to 1. A launching means for launching a game ball toward a game area based on a launch operation by a player;
A closed state that is provided for the gaming area and that allows a game ball flowing down the gaming area to win, can be in an open state in which the game ball is more likely to win, and is more difficult to win. A starting ball that can be,
A starting ball control means for executing a starting ball control for switching to the closed state after the starting ball part is in the open state;
With
The starting and entering control means includes a receiving state in which the starting entering control is performed as a control state of the starting entering unit, and a frequency at which the starting and entering control is performed less than or not than the receiving state. Has a non-acceptance state,
The transition determination means performs the determination based on the occurrence of a ball entering the start ball portion.
The first special transition means is configured to cause the player to transition to the acceptance state based on at least one condition that the player has generated the specific event at the predetermined timing.
The said 2nd special transfer means is made to transfer to the said acceptance state on the basis of at least one condition that a player does not generate | occur | produce the said specific event at the said predetermined timing, Any one of Claim 1 thru | or 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. A gaming machine according to claim 1.

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