JP2013111249A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine that can rightly release jamming of balls.SOLUTION: The Pachinko game machine 10 has a variable ball entry means having a specific region into which the game balls moving on a game region can go. The variable ball entry means includes: a specific ball entry means into which the game balls entering the specific region can go; a non-specific ball entry means into which the game balls other than those entering the specific ball entry means among the game balls entering the specific region go; and a sorting means for guiding the game balls at random to either the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means. The sorting means includes: a body part having a first communication part communicating with the specific ball entry means and a second communication part communicating with the non-specific ball entry means; a movable means displaceable relative to the body part; a drive means for making the movable means move periodically; and a drive control means for drive-controlling the drive means. The drive control means performs reverse control for displacing the movable means to a direction opposite to the normal direction based on the establishment of a predetermined condition.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.

  Conventionally, for example, a pachinko machine is known as a kind of gaming machine. The pachinko machine is configured such that a game is played using a game ball, and the game ball includes a game area in which the game ball can move, and the game ball launched by the launching device is guided to the game area.

  In addition, the pachinko machine is allowed to enter a specific area based on the game ball entering a starting ball entry means provided in the game area, and the game ball that has entered the specific area In some cases, a big hit state that is advantageous to the player occurs when the player enters a specific entry portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, in order to add interest to the behavior of the game sphere from when the game ball enters the specific area until it reaches the specific entrance area, the game ball that entered the specific area enters the specific entrance area. There are some that are provided with a sorting means that randomly assigns them to those that do not enter the ball. Furthermore, some of the distribution means include a movable member that is displaced by a driving device.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-197312

  By the way, since the distribution means includes the movable member, it is possible to make further changes depending on the behavior of the game ball, but the game ball is sandwiched between the main body portion of the distribution means and the movable member. There is a risk of clogging (ball chewing). In this case, since the operation of the movable member is delayed, the game cannot be properly progressed. In addition, in order to eliminate the ball bite, if a person concerned with a game hall touches and moves the movable member or the game ball bitten by the ball, there is a possibility that the question of whether the ball bite has been canceled fairly may arise. There is a concern that it becomes a cause of trouble.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems and the like, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of fairly eliminating ball biting.

The gaming machine of the present invention is
A game area where game balls launched by the launching means are guided; and
Variable entry means having a specific area in which a game ball moving in the game area can enter,
The variable pitching means is
A specific entry means capable of entering a game ball entered in the specific area;
Non-specific entry means for entering game balls other than game balls entering the specific entry means out of the game balls entering the specific area;
In the specific area, the game ball is provided in an area that must pass in order to enter the specific ball entry means, and guides the game ball to either the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means. Distribution means,
The distribution means includes
A main body having a first communication part communicating with the specific ball entry means and a second communication part communicating with the non-specific ball entry means;
Movable means provided to be relatively displaceable with respect to the main body,
Driving means for causing the movable means to perform periodic motion;
Drive control means for performing drive control of the drive means,
The drive control means performs special control for causing the movable means to perform an operation different from a normal operation based on establishment of a predetermined condition.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate ball chewing fairly.

It is a front view which shows the pachinko machine in one Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view which shows the state which open | released the inner frame and the front frame set. It is a front view which shows structures, such as an inner frame and a game board. It is a rear view which shows the structure of a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view which shows the state which open | released the inner frame, the back pack unit, etc. FIG. It is a perspective view of a center winning unit. It is a top view of a rotary body unit. It is a perspective view of a rotary body unit. It is a perspective view of a rotary body unit. It is a front view of a rotary body unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a rotary body unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a rotary body unit. It is a top view of a rotary body. It is a perspective view of a rotary body. It is a block diagram which shows the main electrical structures of a pachinko machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the various counters used for game control. It is a flowchart which shows the main process by the main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the normal process by the main controller. It is a flowchart which shows a timer interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows a NMI interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows a start winning process. It is a flowchart which shows a success / failure determination process. It is a flowchart which shows a change time determination process. It is a flowchart which shows a through gate passage process. It is a flowchart which shows a residual sphere monitoring process. It is a flowchart which shows entrance ball count processing. It is a flowchart which shows a specific winning process. It is a flowchart which shows a non-specific winning process. It is a flowchart which shows an accessory jackpot setting process. It is a flowchart which shows a 1st display control process. It is a flowchart which shows a fluctuation | variation display setting process. It is a flowchart which shows discrimination | determination information setting processing. It is a flowchart which shows a variable winning apparatus control process. It is a flowchart which shows an end setting process. It is a flowchart which shows a wing member opening / closing process. It is a flowchart which shows a 2nd display control process. It is a flowchart which shows an opportunity corresponding unit control process. It is a flowchart which shows an extended fluctuation | variation stop process. It is a flowchart which shows a reverse process. It is a flowchart which shows a reception interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of the payout control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows a timer interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows a command determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the normal process of a sub control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows holding information storage processing.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter simply referred to as “pachinko machine”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 that constitutes an outline of the pachinko machine 10, and an inner frame 12 is supported at one side of the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed. . As shown in FIG. 6 and the like, the outer frame 11 is composed of an upper side frame constituting unit 11a, a lower side frame constituting unit 11b, a left side frame constituting unit 11c, and a right side frame constituting unit 11d, and is assembled in a rectangular frame shape as a whole. Yes. An upper hinge 81 and a lower hinge 82 are attached to the upper and lower ends of the left side frame constituting portion 11c (see FIG. 1). The upper and lower hinges 81 and 82 support the upper and lower portions of the inner frame 12 so that the inner frame 12 can be rotated. As a result, the inner frame 12 can be opened and closed. And the inner frame 12 etc. are accommodated in the space part formed inside the outer frame 11.

  The right side frame constituting portion 11d is formed with an extending wall portion 83 that protrudes from the vicinity of the rear end portion in the width direction toward the inside of the outer frame 11. The extending wall 83 covers the entire upper and lower sections corresponding to the locking device 600 (see FIG. 6) provided on the back side of the right side of the inner frame 12 from the back side of the inner frame 12 (see FIG. 5). In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of upper and lower receiving portions 84 and 85 to which the locking member of the locking device 600 is locked are provided on the front surface side of the extending wall portion 83. Further, a pressing portion 86 that abuts on an inner frame opening detection switch 92 described later is provided on the lower receiving portion 85 so as to protrude toward the inner side of the outer frame 11. Furthermore, a resin curtain decoration 87 is attached to the lower frame constituting portion 11b. A rib 88 projecting upward is integrally formed at the back of the upper surface of the curtain decoration 87. This makes it difficult to form a gap with the inner frame 12.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the opening / closing axis of the inner frame 12 is set up and down on the left side when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10, so that the inner frame 12 can be opened forward with the opening / closing axis serving as an axis. It has become. The inner frame 12 is mainly composed of a resin base 38 whose outer shape is rectangular, and a substantially elliptical window hole 39 is formed at the center of the resin base 38.

  A front frame set 14 is attached to the front side of the inner frame 12 so that it can be opened and closed. As with the inner frame 12, the front frame set 14 can be opened forward with an opening / closing axis set along the top and bottom on the left side when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10. The front frame set 14 has a rectangular outer shape like the inner frame 12, and covers almost the entire front side of the inner frame 12 in the closed state. A substantially elliptical window 101 is formed at the center of the front frame set 14. Thereby, the game board 30 (game area) attached to the rear surface of the inner frame 12 can be visually recognized from the outside through the window portion 101 of the front frame set 14 and the window hole 39 of the inner frame 12. The detailed configuration of the game board 30 will be described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a front plate of the front frame set 14 is provided with a lower plate 15 as a ball receiving tray at the center of the lower portion, and the game balls discharged from the discharge port 16 are placed in the lower plate 15. It can be stored inside. In addition, on the front side of the lower plate 15, a ball removal lever 25 for discharging the game ball from the lower plate 15 is provided. In addition, an effect button 125 with a built-in LED is provided on the left side of the lower plate 15, and by pressing the effect button 125, a corresponding effect is performed on a decorative symbol display device 42 described later. Or the production content is changed.

  On the right side of the lower plate 15, a game ball launching handle (hereinafter simply referred to as a handle) 18 protruding toward the front side is provided. The handle 18 is provided with a touch sensor (not shown) and an operation amount detection means (variable resistor) (not shown) for detecting the operation amount of the operation unit of the handle 18. When the handle 18 is rotated clockwise, a game ball is launched by a launching device 60 serving as launching means described later with a strength corresponding to the amount of pivoting operation. Further, the handle 18 is provided with a firing prohibiting button 18 a that can be pressed with the thumb of the right hand that holds the handle 18. In the state where the firing prohibition button 18a is pressed, even if the handle 18 is held, the launching device 60 is prohibited from launching the game ball. Therefore, the rotation of the handle 18 can be performed while prohibiting the launch of the game ball, or the launch of the game ball can be temporarily stopped while the handle 18 is held.

  An upper plate 19 is provided above the lower plate 15. The upper plate 19 is a ball tray that temporarily stores the game balls and guides them toward a launching device 60 described later while aligning them in a row. When the upper plate 19 is full of game balls, the game balls to be paid out are guided to the lower plate 15 via the lower plate communication passage 71 and the discharge port 16 described later.

  The upper plate 19 is provided with a ball lending button 121 and a return button 122. Thereby, in the game hall or the like, when the ball lending button 121 is operated with a bill or a card inserted into a card unit (ball lending unit) arranged on the side of the pachinko machine 10, depending on the operation Rental balls are supplied to the upper plate 19. On the other hand, the return button 122 is operated when requesting the return of a card or the like inserted into the card unit. However, the ball lending button 121 and the return button 122 are not necessary for a pachinko machine in which game balls are directly lending to the upper plate 19 from a ball lending device or the like without using a card unit, so-called cash machine.

  Further, the upper plate 19 is provided with a ball removal button 123. When the ball removal button 123 is pressed, a communication hole (not shown) provided on the downstream side of the ball guide path of the upper plate 19 and communicating with the lower plate 15 is opened and stored in the upper plate 19. The game ball is guided (dropped) to the lower plate 15. That is, the player can move the game ball on the upper plate 19 to the lower plate 15 at any time by operating the ball removal button 123.

  In addition, light emitting means such as various lamps are provided around the front surface of the front frame set 14. These light emitting means play a role of enhancing the effect of the game during the game by changing and controlling the light emission mode such as lighting and blinking according to the change of the game state at the time of big hit or predetermined reach. For example, at the periphery of the window portion 101, an annular illumination portion 102 incorporating a light emitting means such as an LED is provided. In addition, error display lamps 104 that are turned on when a predetermined error occurs are provided on both sides of the annular illumination portion 102. In addition, a large number of small through holes are formed in the annular illumination portion 102 above the error display lamps 104 corresponding to the speakers SP (see FIG. 3) provided on the back surface of the front frame set 14. .

  A glass unit 137 is attached to the back side of the front frame set 14. The glass unit 137 is not attached to a pair of conventional front and rear rectangular glass plates separately in front and rear pairs, but is formed into a round shape as a whole and attached after being assembled.

  Next, the inner frame 12 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the game board 30 is mounted on the inner frame 12 (resin base 38) on the rear side of the window hole 39. The game board 30 is attached in a state in which the peripheral edge thereof is in contact with the back side of the inner frame 12 (resin base 38). Therefore, a substantially central portion of the front surface portion of the game board 30 is exposed to the front surface side of the inner frame 12 through the window hole 39 of the resin base 38.

  Further, at the lower part of the front surface of the inner frame 12 (resin base 38), that is, below the window hole 39 (game board 30), a launch rail for guiding the launch device 60 and the game ball immediately after being launched from the launch device 60. 61 is attached. In the present embodiment, a solenoid-type firing device is employed as the firing device 60. In addition, above the launching device 60, a ball feeding device that guides the game balls guided from the upper plate 19 one by one to the launching position of the launching device 60 by driving a built-in driving means (for example, a solenoid). 63 is provided.

  Next, the configuration of the game board 30 will be described with reference to FIG. The game board 30 includes a general winning opening 31, a variable winning device 32, first and second starting winning units 33a and 33b as starting entering means, a through gate 34, a central winning unit 37 as variable entering means, The first special display device 43L, the second special display device 43R, and the like are disposed in through holes formed by router processing, and are attached from the front side of the game board 30 with wood screws or the like. As is well known, when a game ball enters (wins) various winning holes such as the general winning opening 31, the variable winning device 32, the first and second starting winning units 33a, 33b, etc., it is detected by various detection switches, and the upper plate 19 Alternatively, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the lower plate 15. For example, when there is a ball entering the start winning units 33a and 33b, three when there is a ball entering the general winning port 31, and when there is a ball entering the variable winning device 32 Ten game balls are paid out in the game. In addition, the game board 30 is provided with an out port 36, and the game balls that have not won the various winning ports such as the general winning port 31 are discharged out of the game area through the out port 36. . In addition, the game board 30 is provided with a large number of nails for appropriately dispersing and adjusting the falling direction of the game balls, and various members such as windmills (servants).

  Here, the central winning unit 37 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 7 to 15. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the central winning unit 37 is provided in the center of the game area (game board 30), and forms a specific area 401 in which a game ball moving (flowing down) in the game area can enter. The housing 402 is provided. In the upper part of the housing 402, a pair of left and right entrance openings 403 serving as entrances for game balls moving in the game area to enter the specific area 401 are formed on both the left and right sides. Further, the central winning unit 37 includes a pair of left and right wing members 404 that open and close each ball opening 403, and a wing solenoid 405 (see the block diagram of FIG. 16) that opens and closes the wing member 404. . When the wing member 404 is closed, the central winning unit 37 is closed (the ball opening 403 is closed), and it is impossible to enter the specific area 401. On the other hand, when the wing member 404 is opened, the central winning unit 37 is opened (the ball opening 403 is opened), and the ball entering the specific area 401 is allowed.

  In addition, although mentioned later in detail, the wing member 404 has won the first start winning unit 33a or the second starting winning unit 33b, and was won in the winning lottery based on the winning (small hit) ) In an open state for a predetermined time. 4 shows a state in which the wing member 404 is closed, and the center winning unit 37 in FIG. 7 shows a state in which the wing member 404 is opened.

  The specific area 401 according to the present embodiment is divided into an upper stage area 406 where a game ball entered from the entrance opening 403 is first guided and a lower stage area 407 positioned below the upper stage area 406. Further, in the upper stage area 406, the game balls that have entered the upper stage area 406 are rotated as distribution means for randomly guiding (distributing) the game balls to either the lower stage area 407 or outside the game area on the back side of the game board 30. A body unit 411 is provided. In the present embodiment in which the rotating body unit 411 constitutes the distribution means, the lower area 407 corresponds to the specific entry means, and the outside of the game area on the back side of the game board 30 corresponds to the non-specific entry means.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11 and the like, the rotating body unit 411 includes a main body portion 412 having a substantially circular housing recess 413 and a substantially disk-shaped movable means rotatably provided inside the housing recess 413. The rotating body 414 and a rotating body motor 415 as a driving means for rotating the rotating body 414 in a fixed direction. In the present embodiment, the rotating body 414 is configured to always rotate at a constant period in the counterclockwise direction of FIG. The rotating body motor 415 is a stepping motor, and is driven and controlled by a pulse signal output from the main control device 261 as drive control means. Although not shown, the rotating body unit 411 is provided with phase detection means that can detect the rotation phase of the rotating body 414.

  As shown in FIG. 14, FIG. 15, etc., the rotating body 414 has pocket portions 416 that can receive one game ball at each of three locations along the outer peripheral edge thereof. The three pocket portions 416 are classified into one specific pocket portion 416a and the other (two) non-specific pocket portions 416b. The non-specific pocket portion 416b opens to the outer peripheral side and the upper side of the rotating body 414 and has a bottom wall portion 417. The upper surface of the bottom wall portion 417 is inclined downward toward the outer peripheral side of the rotating body 414. Yes. On the other hand, the specific pocket part 416a is opened on the outer peripheral side, upper part, and lower part of the rotating body 414, and there is no bottom wall part 417 like the non-specific pocket part 416b. In addition, the peripheral portion of the specific pocket portion 416a is made of a colored resin material different from the other portions, which makes it easy to distinguish the specific pocket portion 416a from the non-specific pocket portion 416b. It has become.

  As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the main body 412 includes a unit base 421 fixed to the game board 30 and a substantially annular unit attached to the unit base 421 so as to cover the upper surface side of the unit base 421. And a cover 422. As shown in FIG. 13, the unit base 421 is formed with a motor installation part 423 where the rotary body motor 415 is installed and a rotary body installation part 424 where the rotary body 414 is installed on the upper surface side. The rotating body motor 415 and the rotating body 414 are attached at the locations. Further, as shown in FIG. 12, a link mechanism 425 including three gears for transmitting the driving force of the rotating body motor 415 to the rotating body 414 is provided on the lower surface side of the unit base 421.

  As shown in FIGS. 9, 12, etc., the unit cover 422 is installed so as to surround the motor installation part 423 of the unit base 421, and has a cylindrical tube wall part 431 that forms an accommodation recess 413 together with the motor installation part 423, An annular game ball rolling path 433 in which a game ball can roll is formed on the upper surface of the upper wall portion 432. The upper wall portion 432 extends from the upper edge of the cylindrical wall portion 431 to the outer peripheral side. ing. The game ball rolling path 433 is inclined forward and toward the inner peripheral side of the game ball rolling path 433 with respect to a portion located behind the vicinity of the front edge of the housing recess 413, and the front of the housing recess 413. The part located in front of the edge vicinity is inclined downward and toward the inner peripheral side (right and left central part side) of the game ball rolling path 433.

  The unit cover 422 is provided with a surrounding wall 434 that extends upward from the upper edge of the cylindrical wall 431 (the edge of the opening on the inner periphery of the upper wall 432). The enclosure wall 434 is provided with a first gate 435 that allows the inner periphery side and the outer periphery side of the enclosure wall 434 to communicate with each other by opening an area of about 90 degrees on the front edge side of the housing recess 413. By providing the surrounding wall 434, the game ball rolling on the game ball rolling path 433 is prevented from dropping into the housing recess 413 (rotating body 414) from the left and right sides of the housing recess 413 and from the rear. At the same time, it is configured to enter the pocket portion 416 of the rotating body 414 via the first gate 435 in front of the rotating body 414.

  Note that the unit base 421 is also tilted forward corresponding to the tilt of the unit cover 422, and accordingly, the rotary body 414 is also tilted forward, that is, the rotational axis of the rotary body 414 is directed upward. It is installed in a posture that tilts somewhat forward (a posture that makes it easier for a player in front to see).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, in the upper stage area 406, the game balls that have entered from the pair of left and right entrance openings 403 are respectively located on the far side of the upper stage area 406, and thus the most upstream of the game ball rolling path 433. A pair of left and right upper guide passages 436 for guiding to the side portions are provided. Accordingly, the game ball that has entered the specific area 401 from the entrance opening 403 when the wing member 404 is released is guided to the upstream side portion of the game ball rolling path 433 via the upper guide passage 436. The game ball rolling path 433 is displaced to the near side and swings to the left and right a plurality of times in front of the first gate 435, and then the specific pocket portion 416a of the rotating body 414 is passed through the first gate 435. Or when the relative position with the non-specific pocket part 416b corresponds, it will approach to this pocket part 416a, 416b.

  In addition, a ball entry count switch 437 that detects the passage of a game ball is provided in the middle of each upper guide passage 436. In the present embodiment, there is only a pair of upper guide passages 436 for a game ball that has entered the specific area 401 through the entrance opening 403 to reach the rotating body 414, and a game ball that has entered the specific area 401 is It is always detected by either the left or right entrance count switch 437.

  As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the unit base 421 has a safe passage 427 as a first connecting portion communicating with the lower region 407, and the outside of the specific region 401 (in the main body, a game outside the game region). An out passage 428 as a second connecting portion communicating with the rear side of the board 30 is formed. The entrance of the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428 is formed at a position (the inner peripheral side of the cylindrical wall portion 431) through which the rotating body 414 can pass over the rotating body installation portion 424.

  The game ball that has entered the specific pocket portion 416a of the rotating body 414 through the first gate 435 matches the position of the specific pocket portion 416a and the entrance of the safe passage 427 as the rotating body 414 rotates. When it does, it falls below from the specific pocket part 416a, and enters into the safe channel | path 427.

  In addition, when a game ball enters the non-specific pocket portion 416b of the rotator 414 via the first gate 435, the rotation of the rotator 414 causes the non-specific pocket portion 416b and the entrance of the safe passage 427 to move. Even if the positions match, the game balls accommodated in the non-specific pocket portion 416b do not fall (enter) into the safe passage 427 (the gap that can be dropped) by the bottom wall portion 417 provided in the non-specific pocket portion 416b. Is not formed).

  On the other hand, the out passage 428 is formed wider than the safe passage 427 (up to the outer peripheral side of the rotating body 414), and the cylindrical wall portion 431 is omitted above the out passage 428 (FIG. 10, see FIG. For this reason, when the rotating body 414 further rotates and the position of the non-specific pocket portion 416b in which the game ball is accommodated matches the position of the out passage 428, the game ball accommodated in the non-specific pocket portion 416b is It will enter 428.

  In the present embodiment, there is only a safe path 427 for a game ball from the upper region 406 to the lower region 407, and the game ball that moves to the lower region 407 always enters the specific pocket portion 416a. In addition, when a game ball enters the game, the game ball is discharged out of the game area. The out-path 428 detects the game ball passing through the specific area 401 and thus discharged from the game area. A ball detection switch 439 is provided.

  In addition, in the part of the enclosure wall 434 that corresponds to the upper part of the entrance of the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428, an overhang as a restricting portion that extends from the upper edge of the enclosure wall 434 to the inner peripheral side of the enclosure wall 434. A portion 440 is provided. The overhanging portion 440 is configured to cover, from above, an area that is about half of the outer peripheral side of the rotating body 414 of each pocket portion 416 (specific pocket portion 416a, non-specific pocket portion 416b) positioned below the overhanging portion 440. . For this reason, a situation in which the game ball jumps in the upper region 406 and the game ball jumps over the enclosure wall 434 and directly enters the pocket portion 416 at a position matching the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428. Can be avoided. Therefore, it is easy to confirm whether the game ball has entered the specific pocket portion 416a or the non-specific pocket portion 416b.

  In the present embodiment, the entrance of the safe passage 427 is provided at a lower right position when the rotating body installation portion 424 is viewed in plan, and the entrance of the out passage 428 is when the rotation body installation portion 424 is viewed in plan. It is provided in the upper right position. However, the entrance of the safe passage 427 is slightly deviated from the position of the first gate 435 of the unit cover 422 (the entire formation range of the entrance of the safe passage 427 is within the formation range of the first gate 435 in the rotation direction of the rotating body 414). The game ball that has entered the specific pocket portion 416a through the first gate 435 is discharged from the specific pocket portion 416a and is safe even if the rotating body 414 does not rotate at all. It is configured so as not to enter the passage 427. Thereby, it is avoided that a plurality of game balls enter the specific pocket portion 416a in succession.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the lower stage area 407, a lower stage guide path 441 that guides the game balls that have passed through the safe path 427 to the lower part of the lower stage area 407, and a specific prize for discharging the game balls to the outside of the game area. A distribution unit 445 that randomly distributes the game balls moving in the lower guide passage 441 to either the specific winning port 442 or the non-specific winning port 443 is provided.

  The lower guide passage 441 includes a warp passage 446 that guides a game ball that has passed through the safe passage 427 along the left side of the lower step region 407 (front view) to the lower back of the lower step region 407, and the warp passage 446. And a stage passage 447 for guiding the discharged game balls forward and toward the center in the left-right direction of the lower stage region 407. As shown in FIG. 4, a decorative symbol display device 42 constituted by a liquid crystal display device is installed behind the lower region 407, and the decorative symbol display device 42 is configured to be visible from the front through the lower region 407. ing. In other words, by providing the warp passage 446, it is possible to prevent a situation in which a game ball passes the front side of the decorative symbol display device 42 or a game ball collides with the decorative symbol display device 42.

  In addition, the stage passage 447 extends from the lower left of the lower region 407 to the front of the center through the front of the left. That is, since the lower guide passage 441 guides the game ball once in the warp passage 446 and then guides it forward in the stage passage 447, the game ball has come down to the lower step region 407. Can be easily recognized by the player, and the behavior of the game ball can be enjoyed for a longer time.

  Further, the stage passage 447 is moved to the right so that the game ball guided to the center of the lower stage region 407 can be smoothly swung multiple times in the left-right direction. Further, it is configured such that the central portion in the left-right direction is the lowest. The stage passage 447 is provided with a drop prevention rib 448 for preventing the game ball from dropping. In addition, in the stage passage 447, a drop-off prevention rib 448 on the back side is formed (omitted) at the center in the left-right direction of the lower region 407 where the distribution unit 445 is disposed, so that the stage passage 447, A second gate 449 that communicates with an area where the distribution unit 445 is installed is provided. Further, the portion of the stage passage 447 where the second gate 449 is provided is slightly inclined downward toward the rear second gate 449 side, and particularly has a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the game ball at the center in the left-right direction. In the width range, a guide groove 450 is formed which is inclined downward slightly toward the rear and slightly larger than the surrounding area.

  The distribution unit 445 rotates the V area configuration part 451 whose outer surface shape is a substantially columnar shape, the bridge girder part 452 protruding outward from a part of the outer peripheral surface of the V area configuration part 451, and the V area configuration part 451. A distribution motor 454 to be displaced (see the block diagram in FIG. 16) is provided. On the upper surface of the V area constituting portion 451, the above-mentioned “specific winning opening 442” is formed in a substantially central portion. Furthermore, the upper surface of the V area configuration part 451 is a substantially tapered surface that inclines downward toward the specific winning opening 442.

  In addition, the distribution unit 445 is installed such that the V area component 451 is separated from the stage passage 447 of the lower guide passage 441. In the present embodiment, a gap is formed between the V area configuration part 451 and the stage passage 447 in correspondence with a range of 180 degrees on the front side of the V area configuration part 451, and the clearance is defined by the game board 30. It communicates outside the game area on the back side. In the present embodiment, the “non-specific winning opening 443” is configured by the gap.

  Further, the protruding length of the bridge girder portion 452 from the outer peripheral surface of the V area constituting portion 451 is the distance between the outer peripheral surface of the V area constituting portion 451 and the stage passage 447, that is, the V area constituting portion 451 of the non-specific prize winning opening 443. It is slightly shorter than the width in the outer circumferential direction (centrifugal direction). The bridge girder 452 is disposed in the formation area of the non-specific prize opening 443, and the formation area of the non-specific prize opening 443 is rotated and displaced to the left and right. A game ball is bridged to the component 451.

  Further, the upper surface of the bridge girder 452 has a cross-sectional arc shape having a width (a width larger than the diameter of the game ball) on which the game ball can be stably placed and is directed toward the V area component 451 side. Inclined downward. Further, the lowest part on the back side of the upper surface of the bridge girder part 452 is positioned flush with or slightly above the upper surface of the V area constituting part 451, and the highest part on the near side of the upper surface of the bridge girder part 452 However, it is positioned flush with or slightly below the portion of the stage passage 447 where the second gate 449 is formed. Therefore, a game ball that rolls in the stage passage 447 (moves in the guide groove 450) can enter the V area configuration unit 451 across the bridge girder unit 452, and can enter the V area configuration unit 451. Is guided to the upper surface of the V area component 451 and enters the center specific winning opening 442.

  Further, the sorting motor 454 that drives the sorting unit 445 is configured by a stepping motor, and the sorting unit 445 is rotationally displaced so that the bridge girder 452 reciprocates left and right in the non-specific region 401. That is, when the distribution unit 445 is rotationally displaced, a state in which the positions of the second gate 449 (the guide groove 450) of the stage passage 447 and the bridge girder portion 452 match and a state in which they do not match occur. Then, when the second gate 449 and the bridge girder 452 are aligned, if the game ball is discharged from the stage passage 447 to the rear sorting unit 445 side through the second gate 449, the game ball is Crossing the part 452, it reaches the V area configuration part 451 and enters the specific winning opening 442.

  On the other hand, if the game ball is discharged from the stage passage 447 to the rear distribution unit 445 side through the second gate 449 when the second gate 449 and the bridge girder 452 do not match, The ball cannot cross the bridge girder 452 and falls to the non-specific winning opening 443.

  Although not shown, a specific ball detection switch 461 that detects a game ball that has entered the specific winning port 442 and a non-specific ball detection switch 462 that detects a game ball that has entered the non-specific winning port 443. Are provided (see the block diagram in FIG. 16). When a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442 and the game ball is detected by the specific ball detection switch 461, the variable winning device 32 is opened for 30 seconds, or the variable winning device 32 is A winning game state (special game state) is generated in which eight game balls are awarded as one round and this is repeated a predetermined number of times.

  On the other hand, the game ball enters the non-specific winning opening 443 and is detected by the non-specific ball detection switch 462, or as described above, the game ball enters the out passage 428 from the upper region 406 and is early. Even if it is detected by the out ball detection switch 439, a big hit state does not occur. In this embodiment, the game ball is configured not to be paid out even if the game ball enters the specific winning port 442, the non-specific winning port 443, and the out passage 428. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a predetermined number of game balls may be paid out based on detection by the non-specific entry detection switch 462.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the first start winning unit 33 a is provided at the lower left and lower right of the central winning unit 37 when the pachinko machine 10 is viewed from the front. The second start winning unit 33 b is provided directly below the central winning unit 37. Further, the second start winning unit 33b includes a pair of opening / closing members 33c provided on both sides to open and close. In the present embodiment, a protrusion is provided directly above the second start winning unit 33b, and it is virtually impossible to enter the game ball into the second start winning unit 33b when the opening / closing member 33c is closed. It has become.

  As will be described in detail later, the first start winning unit 33a and the second starting winning unit 33b are a first start winning switch 224a and a second start winning prize as starting ball detecting means for detecting the game balls that have entered. A switch 224b is provided. Then, when a game ball is detected by the start winning switch 224a, 224b, a “small hit” that opens the wing member 404 and opens the specific area 401, or a big hit that the variable winning device 32 is opened. Whether or not to win the “big hit” that generates the state is determined, and the special display device 43 is configured to display a variable display for teaching the result of the determination. That is, as the “winning” in the winning / losing lottery, there are “small winning” and “big winning”. Based on the detection of the start winning switches 224a and 224b, either of these “winning” or the wing member A lottery is performed to determine whether “404” and the variable prize-winning device 32 are “open” that are not released.

  The through gates 34 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the central winning unit 37, and are configured so that game balls moving in the game area can pass one by one. The through gate 34 is provided with a through gate switch 225 that detects a game ball passing through the through gate 34. When a game ball is detected by the through gate switch 225, a ball entry assist lottery is performed as to whether or not to open the second start winning unit 33b (opening / closing member 33c). Then, when a winning is made in the ball entry assist lottery, the second start winning unit 33b (opening / closing member 33c) is opened for a specified time.

  A special display device 43 and a normal symbol display device 41 are provided on the upper right portion of the game board 30. The special display device 43 includes a 7-segment display device and a plurality of lamps, and the normal symbol display device 41 includes a 7-segment display device.

  As for the special display device 43, when a game ball enters the first and second start winning units 33a and 33b, a switching display (fluctuation display) for teaching the lottery result of the pass / fail lottery is started for a predetermined time. Thereafter, when the change display is stopped, an aspect corresponding to the result of the winning / failing lottery is displayed. Furthermore, the display content of the special display device 43 is directly controlled by a main control device 261 described later, and the result of the lottery determination is displayed deterministically.

  In the present embodiment, the specific winning in the specific area 401 as described above, as well as the case where a “hit” is won in the winning / losing lottery based on the first and second starting winning units 33a and 33b. A big hit state also occurs when a game ball enters the mouth 442. In addition, as will be described in detail later, in this embodiment, when a “hit” is won in the winning lottery, the variable winning device 32 is opened for 30 seconds, or eight game balls are placed in the variable winning device 32. When a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442, a “15 round jackpot”, “8 round jackpot”, And “special 8 round jackpot”.

  In addition, for the normal symbol display device 41, when the game ball passes through the through gate 34, a switching display (variation display) for displaying the lottery result of the entrance assist lottery is started, and after a predetermined time, the variation display When stopping the game, a mode corresponding to the result of the entrance assist lottery is displayed. Further, the display contents of the normal symbol display device 41 are directly controlled by the main control device 261 described later, and the result of the entrance assist lottery is displayed deterministically.

  In addition, the decorative symbol display device 42 is configured to display a decorative symbol with a numerical pattern attached to a predetermined pattern as an effect for the purpose of presentation as the variable display of the special display device 43 is performed. Yes. Further, the decorative symbol display device 42 is configured to be able to display a normal symbol composed of small numeric symbols in the lower right area of the display unit, and in accordance with the variable display of the normal symbol display device 41, Fluctuation is displayed. The display contents of the decorative symbol display device 42 are controlled by a sub-control device 262 and a display control device 45 described later. That is, in the decorative symbol display device 42, auxiliary display contents are determined by the sub-control device 262 based on a command from the main control device 261 so as to correspond to the result displayed on the special display device 43, The display is performed by a display control device 45 described later.

  In addition, when a game ball newly passes through the through gate 34 during the fluctuation display of the normal symbol display device 41, the corresponding fluctuation display is performed after the end of the fluctuation display at that time. It has become. That is, the variable display is on standby (held). The maximum number of the variable display to be held is determined for each model of the pachinko machine, but in this embodiment, it is held up to 4 times, and the number of hold times is provided on both the left and right sides of the normal symbol display device 41. The normal fluctuation holding lamp 44 is turned on and displayed.

  Further, when a game ball newly enters the start winning units 33a and 33b during the variation display of the special display device 43, the variation display for that amount is performed after the end of the variation display performed at that time. It is the composition that is called. That is, the variable display on the special display device 43 is put on hold (suspended). The maximum number of variation displays to be held is determined for each model of the pachinko machine. In this embodiment, up to four variations can be made corresponding to the game balls that have entered the start winning units 33a and 33b. Display is suspended.

  Further, the number of suspensions of the variable display on the special display device 43 is displayed in the lower left area of the display unit of the decorative symbol display device 42 (displayed by imitating four lamps). In this embodiment, even when a new game ball wins the start winning unit 33 during the big hit state or the small hit state (while the wing member 404 is opened), the change display for that amount is also held. The variable display is executed after the end of the big hit state or the small hit state.

  The variable winning device 32 (large winning opening) is arranged in the lower center of the game area (game board 30). In addition, the variable winning device 32 is normally in a closed state in which a game ball cannot be won, and is in an open state in which a game ball can be won in a big hit state.

  The game board 30 includes an inner rail component 51 and an outer rail component 52, and a rail 50 that guides a game ball launched from the launch device 60 to the upper part of the game board 30 is attached. As a result, the game balls fired in accordance with the turning operation of the handle 18 are guided through the launch rail 61 and the rail 50 into a game area formed between the game board 30 and the glass unit 137.

  A return ball preventing member 53 is attached to the tip portion of the inner rail constituting portion 51 (the upper left portion in FIG. 4). This prevents a situation in which the game ball once guided from the rail 50 to the game area returns to the rail 50 again. Further, a return rubber 54 is attached to a substantially distal end portion (upper right portion in FIG. 4) of the outer rail constituting portion 52. The game ball fired at a predetermined momentum or more hits the return rubber 54 and is returned to, for example, the substantially central portion of the game board 30.

  In the present embodiment, the outer rail component 52 is interrupted at the upper right portion of the game board 30, and the inner rail component 51 is interrupted at the lower right portion of the game board 30. For this reason, the game area is defined by the inner peripheral surface of the rail 50 and the window hole 39 of the resin base 38. However, since the game ball launched by the launching device 60 may flow backward through the rail 50 until it passes through the return ball prevention member 53, the parallel portions of the inner and outer rail constituting portions 51 and 52 are excluded from the game area. It is burned.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a ball passage unit 70 is provided on the back side of the front frame set 14 below the window portion 101. The ball passage unit 70 includes a lower plate communication passage 71 connected from a payout mechanism portion 352 described later to the discharge port 16 of the lower plate 15, and an upper plate communication passage 73 connected from the payout mechanism portion 352 to the upper plate 19. In addition, there is a gap of a predetermined interval between the launch rail 61 provided on the inner frame 12 and the rail unit 50 (outer rail constituting portion 52), and the ball path unit 70 receives a game ball dropped from the gap. A foul ball passage 72 for guiding to the lower plate 15 is formed. Thereby, if the game ball launched from the launching device 60 does not reach the return ball prevention member 53 and returns to the rail 50 as a foul ball, the foul ball is returned to the lower plate 15 via the foul ball passage 72. Discharged.

  3 and 4 is a payout passage for guiding a game ball paid out by a payout mechanism portion 352, which will be described later, to the front of the inner frame 12, and an upper plate communication passage 73 (upper plate 19). And a passage leading to the lower plate communication passage 71 (lower plate 15). A shutter 68 is provided below the payout passage 67. When the front frame set 14 is opened, the shutter 68 protrudes forward by an urging force of a spring or the like so that the outlet of the payout passage 67 is almost closed. ing. When the front frame set 14 is closed, the shutter 68 is pushed open by the inlet side rear end of the lower plate communication path 71. In addition, the inlets (sphere inflow portions) of the lower plate communication passage 71 and the upper plate communication passage 73 are adjacent to each other, and in the closed state of the front frame set 14, each of the inlets and the discharge passage 67 are separated by a predetermined distance. A game ball can pass through the gap between the two. For this reason, when the upper plate 19 and the upper plate communication passage 73 are filled with game balls, the game balls to be dispensed flow to the lower plate communication passage 71 side (overflow to the inlet side of the lower plate communication passage 71), and the lower plate connection It will be paid out to the lower plate 15 through the passage 71.

  In addition, the ball path unit 70 is provided with a full detection switch (not shown) that detects a game ball located in the lower dish communication path 71. Due to the presence of the full detection switch, it is grasped that the lower plate 15 is full of game balls (the lower plate 15 is full of game balls and the game balls are retained in the lower plate communication path 71). be able to. In the present embodiment, based on the fact that the game ball is continuously detected for a predetermined time by the full detection switch, the control of prohibiting the launching device 60 from being launched is performed. When the game ball stays in the lower tray communication path 71 and the game ball is not detected by the full detection switch (when it is not detected continuously for a predetermined time), the launching device 60 is allowed to be launched.

  Next, the back configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. Various control boards are arranged on the back of the pachinko machine 10 so as to be lined up, down, left and right, and partially overlapped in the front and back, and further, a game ball supply device (payout mechanism) for supplying game balls And a protective cover made of resin. The dispensing mechanism and the protective cover are integrated as one unit, and the resin portion is generally sometimes referred to as a back pack. Therefore, this unit is referred to as a “back pack unit 203”.

  First, the back configuration of the game board 30 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, a resin frame cover 213 that covers the central winning unit 37 and the like from behind is provided on the back surface of the game board 30 so as to protrude rearward. Also, on the back side of the frame cover 213, a decorative symbol display device 42, a display control device 45, and a sub control device 262, which are liquid crystal display devices facing forward from the opening of the frame cover 213, are detachably attached.

  The decorative symbol display device 42 is housed in a housing box 42 a in which an opening for exposing the display unit (liquid crystal screen) of the decorative symbol display device 42 to the front side of the pachinko machine 10 is formed, and the rear surface of the frame cover 213. It is fixed on the side. The display control device 45 is accommodated in the substrate box 45a and fixed to the back side of the decorative symbol display device 42 (accommodation box 42a). The sub-control device 262 is accommodated in the substrate box 262a and fixed to the back side of the display control device 45 (substrate box 45a). The storage box 42a and the substrate boxes 45a and 262a are made of a transparent resin material or the like so that the inside can be visually recognized.

  Under the frame cover 213, a back frame set 215 is attached to the game board 30 so as to cover the general winning opening 31, the variable winning device 32, the start winning units 33a, 33b and the like from the back. The back frame set 215 includes a ball collection mechanism (not shown) for collecting game balls that have won prizes in various winning ports. The game balls collected by the ball collection mechanism are guided to a discharge passage portion 217 described later, and discharged from the discharge chute of the discharge passage portion 217 to the outside of the pachinko machine 10.

  In the present embodiment, the back frame set 215 functions as a mounting base for the main controller 261. More specifically, the board box 263 on which the main controller 261 is mounted is pivotally supported with respect to the back frame set 215 and can be opened rearward.

  The main controller 261 is accommodated in a substrate box 263 made of a transparent resin material or the like. The substrate box 263 includes a box base and a box cover that covers the opening of the box base, and the box base and the box cover are connected by a sealing member. The board | substrate box 263 connected with the sealing member becomes a structure which cannot be opened unless a predetermined trace is left. As a result, it is possible to easily find out that the board box 263 has been illegally opened.

  In addition, the game board 30 corresponds to various winning ports such as a general winning port 31 as a winning means and detects a game ball that has entered the various winning holes (entrance detecting means). Is provided. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, a winning opening switch 221 is provided at a position corresponding to the general winning opening 31, and a count switch 223 is provided in the variable winning device 32. The first start winning unit 33a and the second starting winning unit 33b are provided with a first start winning switch 224a and a second start winning switch 224b as start ball detecting means corresponding to each. Further, a through gate switch 225 is provided at a position corresponding to the through gate 34.

  Although not shown, the back frame set 215 is provided with a first board relay board that is electrically connected to the prize opening switch 221, the count switch 223, and the through gate switch 225 via a cable connector. . This first board surface relay board relays the prize opening switch 221 and the like and the main control device 261 as main control means, and is electrically connected to the main control device 261 via a cable connector.

  On the other hand, the start winning switches 224a and 224b for detecting the entering to the starting winning units 33a and 33b, the winning count switch 437 provided in the central winning unit 37, the early out ball detecting switch 439, and the specific winning detecting switch. 461 and the non-specific entry detection switch 462 are directly connected to the main controller 261 via a connector cable without passing through a relay board.

The detection results detected by the various entrance detection switches are taken into the main controller 261. Then, a payout command (the number of game balls to be paid out) corresponding to the winning situation at each time is transmitted from the main control device 261 to the payout control device 311, and a predetermined number of game balls are based on the output signal from the payout control device 311. (Except when detected by the through gate switch 225, the early out ball detection switch 439, the specific ball detection switch 461, and the non-specific ball detection switch 462)
In addition, although not shown in the drawings, the back of the game board 30 is provided with a large winning opening solenoid that opens the large winning opening by the variable winning apparatus 32, and the start winning unit 33 has a pair of opening / closing members 33c. A winning opening solenoid that opens and closes is provided. The back frame set 215 is also provided with a second board surface relay board (not shown) that relays between the solenoid and the main controller 261.

  Next, the configuration of the back pack unit 203 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the back pack unit 203 is a unit in which a back pack 351 formed of resin and a payout mechanism portion 352 for a game ball are integrated. Further, the back pack unit 203 is supported so as to be openable and closable with respect to the left side portion (right side in FIG. 5) of the inner frame 12, and can be opened rearward with an open / close axis extending along the vertical direction as an axis. ing. In addition, an external terminal board 240 is provided on the upper left part of the back pack unit 203 (upper right part in FIG. 5).

  The external terminal board 240 is for relaying various information transmissions to a hall computer or the like in a game hall, and is provided with a plurality of external connection terminals. For convenience, no reference numeral is given, but for example, a terminal for outputting information on the current gaming state (such as a big hit state or a high probability state), the front frame set 14 detected by the opening detection switches 91 and 92 described later, A terminal for outputting information relating to the opening of the frame 12, a terminal for outputting information relating to various error states such as a ball entry error, a lower tray full tank error, a tank ball no error, a payout error, and the payout from the payout control device 311 A terminal for outputting information on the number of winning balls is provided.

  The back pack 351 is integrally formed of, for example, ABS resin, and includes a protective cover portion 354 that protrudes rearward from the pachinko machine 10 and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The protective cover 354 has a shape in which the left and right side surfaces and the upper surface are closed and only the lower surface is opened, and has a size sufficient to cover at least the frame cover 213. However, in the present embodiment, the protective cover portion 354 covers the upper portion and the right portion of the substrate box 263 (the left portion in FIG. 5). Thereby, in the closed state of the back pack unit 203, the sealing member provided at the right part of the board box 263 and the terminal part (board side connector) provided along the upper edge part of the main controller 261 are covered. It will be.

  The payout mechanism 352 is arranged so as to bypass the protective cover 354. That is, a tank 355 opened upward is provided above the protective cover portion 354, and game balls supplied from the island facilities of the game hall are sequentially supplied to the tank 355. Below the tank 355, for example, a tank rail 356 that has two rows of ball passages in the horizontal direction and that is gently inclined toward the downstream side is connected. Further, a case rail 357 is formed vertically on the downstream side of the tank rail 356. It is connected. The payout device 358 is provided at the most downstream portion of the case rail 357, and a required number of game balls are paid out appropriately according to a predetermined electrical configuration such as a payout motor. Then, the game balls paid out from the payout device 358 are supplied to the upper plate 19 and the like.

  The payout mechanism 352 is provided with a payout relay board 381 for relaying a payout command signal from the payout control device 311 to the payout device 358, and a power switch board 382 for taking in the main power from the outside. Yes. The power switch board 382 is supplied with, for example, an AC 24V main power supply via a voltage converter, and the power switch 382a is switched on or off by a switching operation of the power switch 382a.

  Below the back pack unit 203 (substrate box 263), there is provided a lower frame set 251 that is pivotally supported at the left side of the inner frame 12 (right side in FIG. 5) and can be opened rearward. As shown in FIG. 6, the lower frame set 251 is formed with a discharge passage portion 217 into which the game balls collected by the ball collection mechanism described above flow, and a game ball is placed in the most downstream portion of the discharge passage portion 217. A discharge chute (not shown) for discharging to the outside of the pachinko machine 10 is formed. In other words, the game balls that have won the respective winning openings such as the general winning opening 31 are gathered through the ball collecting mechanism of the back frame set 215 and further discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 10 through the discharge chute of the discharge passage portion 217. Similarly, the out port 36 leads to the discharge passage portion 217, and the game balls that have not won any winning port are discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 10 through the discharge chute. In this embodiment, the back pack unit 203 and the lower frame set 251 are configured separately and can be opened and closed independently. However, the back pack unit 203 and the lower frame set 251 are integrally formed. It is also good to do.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the payout control device 311, the firing control device 312, the power supply device 313, and the card unit connection board 314 are detachably attached to the back side of the lower frame set 251 in a state where they are overlapped in the front-rear direction. It has been.

  The launch control device 312 and the power supply device 313 are accommodated in the substrate box 313a and fixed to the back side of the lower frame set 251. Although the launch control device 312 and the power supply device 313 are described as independent control devices for convenience, they are actually configured by a single board (printed board).

  The payout control device 311 is housed in the substrate box 311a and is fixed to the back side of the substrate box 313a (the launch control device 312 and the power supply device 313). The substrate box 311a in which the dispensing control device 311 is accommodated is provided with a sealing member in the same manner as the substrate box 263 in which the main control device 261 is accommodated, so that an unsealed trace of the substrate box 311a remains. It has become.

  In addition, the card unit connection board 314 is accommodated in the board box 314a and fixed to the back side of the board box 313a (the firing control device 312 and the power supply device 313).

  Each of the board boxes 311a, 313a, and 314a is made of a transparent resin material or the like so that the inside can be visually recognized.

  Further, the dispensing control device 311 is provided with a state return switch 321 that protrudes outward from the substrate box 311a. For example, when the state return switch 321 is pressed when a payout error occurs, such as a ball clogged in the payout motor unit, the payout motor is rotated forward and reverse to eliminate the ball clogging (return to a normal state).

  Further, the power supply device 313 is provided with a RAM erase switch 323 that protrudes outward from the substrate box 313a. This pachinko machine 10 has a backup function, so that even if a power failure occurs, the pachinko machine 10 retains the state at the time of the power failure and can be restored to the state at the time of the power failure when returning from the power failure (power recovery). it can. Therefore, if the power is turned off in a normal procedure (for example, when the game hall is closed), the state before the power is turned off is stored. If you want to return to the initial state when the power is turned on, hold down the RAM erase switch 323 and hold the power .

  As shown in FIG. 6, a locking device 600 is provided on the back side of the right side of the inner frame 12. The locking device 600 includes a cylinder lock 700 (see FIG. 1 and the like) exposed on the front surface side of the front frame set 14, and a key is inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 700, and the inside is operated by rotating to one side. The frame 12 can be unlocked, and the front frame set 14 can be unlocked by rotating to the other side. In the present embodiment, the inner frame 12 is locked to the outer frame 11, and the front frame set 14 is locked to the inner frame 12.

  In addition, as described above, the extending wall portion 83 that covers the entire upper and lower sections corresponding to the locking device 600 from the back side of the inner frame 12 is formed in the right side frame constituting portion 11d of the outer frame 11 (FIG. 5). reference). Thereby, it becomes difficult to make a wire etc. approach from the back side of outer frame 11, and to operate locking device 600 with the wire etc. As a result, the defense performance can be improved. Further, the extending wall portion 83 is configured to cover the right end portion (the left end portion in FIG. 5) of the back pack unit 203 and the lower frame set 251 from the back side, and in the closed state of the inner frame 12, The back pack unit 203 and the lower frame set 251 cannot be opened.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a front frame open detection switch 91 for detecting the opening of the front frame set 14 is provided on the lower right side of the front side of the inner frame 12 (on the right side of the launching device 60). As shown in FIG. 5, an inner frame opening detection switch 92 for detecting the opening of the inner frame 12 is provided on the lower right side on the back side of the inner frame 12 (lower left in FIG. 5). Each of the front frame opening detection switch 91 and the inner frame opening detection switch 92 includes a detection unit that can move in and out of the switch main body, and the front frame opening detection switch 91 is provided so that the detection unit faces forward. The inner frame opening detection switch 92 is provided so that the detection unit faces rearward. When the detection unit is in a state of protruding from the switch main body, an ON signal is output to the main controller 261, and when the detection unit is pressed toward the switch main body and is immersed in the switch main body, an OFF signal is output. It is configured to output to the main controller 261. That is, when the front frame set 14 is closed, the front frame opening detection switch 91 is turned off when the detection unit is pressed on the back surface of the front frame set 14, and when the front frame set 14 is opened, the detection unit returns to the protruding state. Turns on. Similarly, when the inner frame 12 is closed, the inner frame opening detection switch 92 is turned off by the pressing portion 86 integrally formed with the receiving portion 85 of the outer frame 11 and is detected when the inner frame 12 is opened. The part returns to the protruding state and is turned on.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10. A main control device 261 (main board) as a special game state control means and an opening / closing control means is equipped with a CPU 501 as a one-chip microcomputer as an arithmetic unit. The CPU 501 includes a ROM 502 that stores various control programs executed by the CPU 501 and fixed value data, and a RAM 503 that is a memory that temporarily stores various data when the control program stored in the ROM 502 is executed. Various circuits such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data transmission / reception circuit are incorporated. However, the CPU, the ROM, and the RAM may not be integrated into one chip but may be configured as a chip for each function.

  The RAM 503 is a stack area that stores the contents of the internal registers of the CPU 501, the return address of a control program executed by the CPU 501, and a work area (work area) that stores various flags, counters, I / O values, and the like. ) And a backup area 503a.

  The RAM 503 is configured to retain (backup) data by being supplied with a backup voltage from the power supply device 313 even after the pachinko machine 10 is turned off, and is stored in the stack area, work area, and backup area 503a. All data is backed up.

  In the backup area 503a, when the power is cut off due to a power failure or the like, the power of the pachinko machine 10 is restored to the state before the power is turned off when the power is turned on again. (Similarly) is an area for storing stack pointers, values of registers, I / O, and the like. Writing to the backup area 503a is executed when the power is turned off by the main process. Conversely, the return of each value written to the backup area 503a is the main process at the time of power-on (including power-on due to power failure cancellation, and so on). Executed in Note that a power failure signal SK1 output from a power failure monitoring circuit 542, which will be described later, is input to the NMI terminal (non-maskable interrupt terminal) of the CPU 501 when a power failure occurs due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. Due to the occurrence, the power failure process (NMI interrupt process) is immediately executed.

  Note that if data stored in at least the stack area and the backup area 503a is backed up, it is not always necessary to back up data stored in all areas. For example, the data stored in the stack area and the backup area 503a may be backed up, and the data stored in the work area may not be backed up.

  An input / output port 505 is connected to the CPU 501 incorporating the ROM 502 and RAM 503 via a bus line 504 including an address bus and a data bus. A RAM erase switch circuit 543, a payout control device 311, a sub control device 262, a special display device 43, a normal symbol display device 41, etc., which will be described later, are connected to the input / output port 505. With this configuration, the special display device 43 and the normal symbol display device 41 described above are directly controlled by the main control device 261. On the other hand, the decorative symbol display device 42 is controlled via the sub-control device 262.

  In addition, although illustration of various relay boards and the like is omitted for convenience, the input / output port 505 includes a winning port switch 221, a count switch 223, start winning unit switches 224a and 224b, a through gate switch 225, a pitch counting switch 437, Early detection ball detection switch 439, specific ball detection switch 461, non-specific ball detection switch 462, various detection switches such as various switches of handle 18, wing solenoid 405 for opening / closing various substrates and wing member 404, rotating body Various electrical components such as a rotating body motor 415 that rotates the motor and a distribution motor 454 that reciprocates the distribution unit 445 are connected. That is, the main controller 261 is provided with a plurality of terminal portions (board side connectors) for connecting connectors of various cable connectors, and the input / output port 505 is configured by these terminal portions.

  A sub-control device 262 (sub-control board) as a sub-control means includes a CPU 551 that is an arithmetic device, various control programs executed by the CPU 551, a ROM 552 that stores fixed value data, and a control program that is stored in the ROM 552. RAM 553, which is a memory for temporarily storing various data during execution, input / output port 554, bus line 555, and other various circuits such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data transmission / reception circuit (not shown) It has. The RAM 553 is a memory that temporarily stores work data and flags used when the CPU 551 executes various programs.

  A CPU 551, ROM 552, and RAM 553 are connected to the input / output port 554 via a bus line 555 and a display control device 45 is connected. Further, the speaker SP, the effect button 125, various illumination units, and the lamps 102 to 104 are connected to the input / output port 554.

  The CPU 551 of the sub-control device 262 causes the display control device 45 to execute display control based on, for example, a command signal (for example, a variation pattern command) transmitted from the main control device 261 and causes the decorative symbol display device 42 to display the display control device. As described above, in the present embodiment, the special display device 43 controlled by the main control device 261 displays whether or not it is a big hit, and the decorative symbol display device 42 controlled by the sub control device 262. Then, display according to the display of the special display device 43 is performed.

  The payout control device 311 controls payout of prize balls and rental balls by the payout device 358. The CPU 511 that is an arithmetic unit includes a ROM 512 that stores a control program executed by the CPU 511, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM 513 that is used as a work memory or the like.

  The RAM 513 of the payout control device 311, like the RAM 503 of the main control device 261, has a stack area for storing the contents of the internal registers of the CPU 511 and the return address of the control program executed by the CPU 511, various flags and counters, A work area (work area) in which values such as I / O are stored, and a backup area 513a are provided.

  The RAM 513 is configured to hold (backup) data by being supplied with a backup voltage from the power supply device 313 even after the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned off, and all stored in the stack area, work area, and backup area 513a. Data is backed up. Note that if data stored in at least the stack area and the backup area 513a is backed up, it is not always necessary to back up data stored in all areas. For example, the data stored in the stack area and the backup area 513a may be backed up, and the data stored in the work area may not be backed up.

  The backup area 513a has a stack pointer, each register at the time of power off, each register, so that the power of the pachinko machine 10 is restored to the state before the power is turned off when the power is turned off. This is an area for storing values such as I / O. The writing to the backup area 513a is executed when the power is turned off by the main process, and the restoration of each value written to the backup area 513a is executed in the main process when the power is turned on. As with the CPU 501 of the main controller 261, the power failure signal SK1 is input to the NMI terminal of the CPU 511 from the power failure monitoring circuit 542 when the power is interrupted due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. When input to the CPU 511, NMI interrupt processing as power failure processing is immediately executed.

  In the work area, a payout permission flag for which the payout control device 311 is set to allow the payout of prize balls, a command reception flag set when a command transmitted from the main control device 261 is received, and the main control device 261 And a command buffer for storing a command transmitted from.

  The payout permission flag is a flag for setting a prize ball payout permission, and is turned on when a specific command for permitting the payout of the prize ball is transmitted from the main control device 261 and received, and is initially set. It is turned off when it is restored before the process or power shutdown. In the present embodiment, the specific commands are a payout initialization command for instructing the initial processing of the RAM 513 of the payout control device 311, a prize ball command for instructing payout of a prize ball, and the main controller 261 having been restored to power. There are three payout return commands to be transmitted in this case.

  The command reception flag is a flag for confirming whether or not the payout control device 311 has received a command, and is turned on when any command is received. Similar to the payout permission flag, an initial setting process or power-off is performed. It is turned off when returning to the front, and turned off when the command received by the command determination process is determined.

  The command buffer is configured by a ring buffer that temporarily stores commands transmitted from the main control device 261. The ring buffer has a predetermined storage area, and commands are stored with regularity from the beginning to the end of the storage area. When commands are stored in all storage areas, the ring buffer is at the start of the storage area. The return command is configured to be updated. Therefore, when the command is stored and when the command is read, the storage pointer and the read pointer in the command buffer are updated, and the command is stored and read based on each pointer.

  An input / output port 515 is connected to the CPU 511 incorporating the ROM 512 and the RAM 513 through a bus line 514 including an address bus and a data bus. A RAM erase switch circuit 543, a main controller 261, a launch controller 312 and a payout device 358 are connected to the input / output port 515, respectively.

  The card unit connection board 314 includes a ball rental operation unit (a ball rental button 121 and a return button 122) on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10, and a card unit (a ball rental unit) arranged on the side of the pachinko machine 10 in a game hall or the like. Are electrically connected to each other, and receive a ball lending operation command from the player and output it to the card unit. In a cash machine in which game balls are lent directly to the upper plate 19 from a ball lending device or the like without using a card unit, the card unit connection board 314 can be omitted.

  The launch control device 312 permits or prohibits the launch of the game ball by the launch device 60, and the launch device 60 is permitted to drive when predetermined conditions are met. Specifically, a firing permission signal is output from the payout control device 311, a sensor signal is detected that the player is touching the handle 18, and a firing prohibit button 18 a ( 1 is not operated, the launching device 60 is driven, and a game ball is launched with an intensity corresponding to the amount of operation of the handle 18.

  The display control device 45 executes the variable display of the decorative symbols on the decorative symbol display device 42 in accordance with an instruction from the sub-control device 262. The display control device 45 includes a CPU 521, a program ROM 522, a work RAM 523, a video RAM 524, a character ROM 525, a video display processor (VDP) 526, an input port 527, an output port 529, and bus lines 530 and 531. And. An input / output port 554 of the sub control device 262 is connected to the input port 527. Further, a CPU 521, a program ROM 522, a work RAM 523, and a VDP 526 are connected to the input port 527 through a bus line 530. An output port 529 is connected to the VDP 526 via a bus line 531, and a decorative symbol display device 42 as a liquid crystal display device is connected to the output port 529.

  The CPU 521 of the display control device 45 receives the display command transmitted from the sub-control device 262 via the input port 527, analyzes the received command, or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received command to control the VDP 526. (Specifically, generation of an internal command for the VDP 526) is performed. Thereby, display control in the decorative symbol display device 42 is performed.

  The program ROM 522 is a memory that stores various control programs executed by the CPU 521 and fixed value data. The work RAM 523 is a memory that temporarily stores work data and flags used when the CPU 521 executes various programs. It is.

  The video RAM 524 is a memory for storing display data to be displayed on the decorative symbol display device 42, and the display content of the decorative symbol display device 42 is changed by rewriting the contents of the video RAM 524. The character ROM 525 is a memory that stores character data such as symbols displayed on the decorative symbol display device 42.

  The VDP 526 is a kind of drawing circuit that directly operates an LCD driver (liquid crystal driving circuit) incorporated in the decorative symbol display device 42. Since the VDP 526 is an IC chip, it is also referred to as a “drawing chip”, and the substance of the VDP 526 can be said to be a microcomputer chip with a dedicated firmware for drawing processing. The VDP 526 adjusts the respective timings of the CPU 521, the video RAM 524, etc. to intervene in reading and writing data, and reads the display data stored in the video RAM 524 at a predetermined timing and causes the decorative symbol display device 42 to display it.

  The power supply device 313 includes a power supply unit 541 that supplies power to each unit of the pachinko machine 10, a power failure monitoring circuit 542 that monitors power interruption due to a power failure, and a RAM erase switch circuit 543 connected to the RAM erase switch 323. And.

  The power supply unit 541 supplies necessary operation power to the main control device 261, the payout control device 311 and the like through a power supply path (not shown). As its outline, the power supply unit 541 takes in AC 24 volt power supplied from the outside, generates + 12V power for driving various switches and motors, + 5V power for logic, backup power for RAM backup, etc. These + 12V power supply, + 5V power supply and backup power supply are supplied to the main control device 261, the payout control device 311 and the like. Note that operation power (+12 V power, +5 V power, etc.) is supplied to the launch control device 312 via the payout control device 311. Similarly, operating power is supplied to various switches, motors and the like via a control device to which these are connected.

  The power failure monitoring circuit 542 is a circuit that outputs a power failure signal SK1 to each NMI terminal of the CPU 501 of the main control device 261 and the CPU 511 of the payout control device 311 when the power is cut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. The power failure monitoring circuit 542 monitors the DC stable voltage of 24 volts, which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply unit 541. The power failure signal SK1 is output to the main controller 261 and the payout controller 311. Based on the output of the power failure signal SK1, the main control device 261 and the payout control device 311 recognize the occurrence of a power failure and execute a power failure process (NMI interrupt processing).

  The power supply unit 541 normally outputs an output of 5 volts, which is a drive voltage of the control system, for a time sufficient to execute the process at the time of a power failure even after the DC stable voltage of 24 volts becomes less than 22 volts. Configured to maintain the value. Therefore, the main control device 261 and the payout control device 311 can normally execute and complete the power failure process.

  The RAM erase switch circuit 543 is a circuit that takes in the switch signal of the RAM erase switch 323 and clears backup data in the RAM 503 of the main controller 261 and the RAM 513 of the payout controller 311 in accordance with the state of the switch 323. When the RAM erase switch 323 is pressed, the RAM erase switch circuit 543 outputs a RAM erase signal SK2 to the main controller 261 and the payout controller 311. When the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned on with the RAM erase switch 323 pressed (including power-on due to power failure cancellation), the data in the respective RAMs 503 and 513 are cleared in the main controller 261 and the payout controller 311. The

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 configured as described above will be described.

  In this embodiment, the CPU 501 provided in the main control device 261 as the main control means performs lottery using various counter information in the game. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, based on the detection of the first and second start winning switches 224a and 224b, the jackpot for opening the variable winning device 32 and the specific area 401 (wing member 404) are opened. The winning random number counter C1 used for the winning lottery for determining whether or not to generate a small hit, and the fluctuation as the changing time random number generating means used for determining the time for changing display (changing time) performed in the special display device 43 Whether to open / close the opening / closing member 33c of the start winning unit 33b based on the detection of the time selection counter C2, the initial value random number counter CINI used for setting the initial value of the winning random number counter C1, and the through gate switch 225 The regular symbol random number counter C3 used for the entrance assist lottery is used.

  Each of the counters C1, C2, CINI, and C3 is a loop counter that adds 1 to the previous value every time it is updated, and returns to the lower limit value of 0 after reaching the upper limit value. Each counter is periodically updated, and the updated value is appropriately stored in a counter buffer set in a predetermined area of the RAM 503 (except for the random number initial value counter CINI).

  The RAM 503 is provided with a special variable storage area as a storage area for storing the values of the winning random number counter C1 and the variable time selection counter C2, and a normal variable storage area for storing the value of the normal symbol random number counter C3. It has been. Each of the special variable reserved area and the normal variable reserved area includes one execution area and four reserved areas (first to fourth reserved areas).

  In addition, the value of the winning random number counter C1 and the variation time selection counter C2 is stored in each holding area of the special variable holding area according to the winning history of the game balls to the first and second start winning units 33a and 33b. Stored serially. By adopting this configuration, the variable display on the special display device 43 can be suspended up to a total of four times as described above. Further, the value of the normal symbol random number counter C3 is stored in time series in accordance with the passing history of the game ball to the through gate 34 in each holding area of the normal fluctuation holding area. By adopting this configuration, the variable display on the normal symbol display device 41 can be suspended up to four times as described above.

  To describe each counter in detail, the winning random number counter C1 is incremented by 1 in the range of 0 to 399, for example, and after reaching the upper limit value (that is, 399) as the closing price, 0 is the lower limit value as the starting price. It is the composition which returns to. Normally, when the winning random number counter C1 makes one round, the value of the initial value random number counter CINI at that time is read as the next initial value of the winning random number counter C1. The initial value random number counter CINI is a loop counter similar to the winning random number counter C1 (value = 0 to 399), and is updated once for each timer interrupt and is repeatedly updated within the remaining time of the normal processing. On the other hand, the winning random number counter C1 is updated periodically (once every timer interruption in this embodiment), and the value of the winning random number counter C1 is stored in the winning random number counter buffer. The winning random number stored in the winning random number counter buffer at the timing when the game ball wins the first or second starting winning unit 33a, 33b (detected by the first and second starting winning switches 224a, 224b). The value of the counter C1 is stored in the special fluctuation holding area.

  In the present embodiment, in the success / failure lottery performed based on the value of the winning random number counter C1 stored in the special variable holding area, one of “small win”, “big hit”, and “out” is won. The number of random number values to be “big hit” is one, and the value is “0”. In other words, “big hit” is won with a probability of 1/400, “7” is stopped and displayed on the special display device 43, and the variable winning device 32 is opened for 30 seconds, or eight in the variable winning device 32. One game round of winning a game ball is regarded as one round, and a big hit state is generated in which this is repeated a predetermined number of times. In the present embodiment, when a “hit” is won in the winning / losing lottery based on the detection of the first and second start winning switches 224a and 224b, a “15 round jackpot” is given in which the round is repeated 15 times. It has a configuration.

  Furthermore, the number of random number values for “small hit” is 398, and the value is “2 to 399”. In particular, in the “small hit” of the present embodiment, the “short short hit” in which the specific region 401 (wing member 404) is opened for 0.5 seconds and the “long small” in which the blade member 404 is opened for 1.5 seconds. There is a "win". Therefore, among the values of the winning random number counter C1, “2 to 21” corresponds to “long small hit” and “22 to 399” corresponds to “short small hit”. Further, when “winning short” is won, “1” is stopped on the special display device 43, and when “long hitting” is won, “3” is stopped and the wing member 404 is released for a specified time. Become.

  Incidentally, among the values of the winning random number counter C <b> 1, “1” is a value corresponding to “out”, and in the case of “out”, “−” is stopped and displayed on the special display device 43. In this embodiment, the ROM 502 is provided with a success / failure determination table that is referred to when determining whether or not the value of the winning random number counter C1 corresponds to “small hit” or “big hit”.

  In the present embodiment, the game mode (game state) is switched between the normal mode and the time reduction mode. The normal mode refers to a state other than a high pitching state in which a game ball can easily enter the second start winning unit 33b and a state other than the big hit state, and a state in which it is almost impossible to enter the second starting winning unit 33b. . Specifically, in the normal mode, the fluctuation time of the normal symbol display device 41 for displaying the result of the entrance assist lottery performed based on the passing of the game ball through the through gate 34 is 10 seconds. The opening time of the opening / closing member 33c when winning in the assist lottery is 0.4 seconds.

  The time shortening mode refers to a state where the ball is in a high entry state and is other than the big hit state. That is, in the time reduction mode, the variation time of the normal symbol display device 41 is 0.5 seconds, and the opening time of the opening / closing member 33c when winning in the entry assist lottery is 2 seconds. That is, compared with the normal mode, the fluctuation time of the normal symbol display device 41 is short, and the opening time of the opening / closing member 33c is long. As a result, the time period during which the opening and closing member 33c is in the open state becomes longer, so that game balls frequently enter the second start winning unit 33b, and lottery determination is continuously performed. It will be in good condition.

  It should be noted that the probability of “small hit” or “big hit” in the success / failure lottery based on the winning of the first and second start winning units 33a and 33b is the same in any mode. In addition, the winning probability of the entrance assist lottery performed based on the passing of the game ball to the through gate 34 is the same in any mode.

  In addition, as a condition for switching between the modes, in the normal mode, “16 rounds” in the type lottery performed when the winning ballot is a big hit in the normal mode or when a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442 as will be described later. When winning a “big hit” or “special 8 round big win”, the system shifts to the time reduction mode after the big hit state ends. Hereinafter, the jackpot to which the time reduction mode is given is also referred to as “special jackpot”.

  Further, in the time reduction mode, when “8 round jackpot” (hereinafter, also referred to as “ordinary jackpot”) is won in the type lottery, the mode shifts to the normal mode after the jackpot state ends. Further, even if the big win is not won in the time shortening mode, the display ends when the variable display of the special display device 43 is performed 100 times in the time shortening mode, and then the mode is shifted to the normal mode (from the 101st time). . In addition, when the special jackpot is won in the time reduction mode, the time reduction mode is set again during the display of 100 fluctuations after the end of the jackpot state.

  The variation time selection counter C2 is configured such that, for example, one by one is added in order within a range of 0 to 9, for example, and after reaching the upper limit value (that is, 9), it returns to the lower limit value of 0. The variation time selection counter C2 is updated periodically (once every timer interruption in this embodiment), and the value of the variation time selection counter C2 is stored in the variation time selection counter buffer. The value of the variable time selection counter C2 stored in the variable time selection counter buffer is stored in the special variable holding area of the RAM 503 at the timing when the game ball wins the first and second start winning units 33a and 33b. .

  In the present embodiment, the variation time of the special display device 43 in the case of “small hit” in the success / failure lottery is 2 seconds or 3 seconds. Note that the ROM 502 has first and second variation time selection tables that are referred to when determining whether the value of the variation time selection counter C2 corresponds to “2 seconds variation” or “3 seconds variation”. Is provided. In addition, the change time of the special display device 43 in the case where the winning / losing lottery is “big hit” or “off” is a constant “7 seconds”.

  In addition, the magnitude | size and range of each counter are only examples, and can be changed arbitrarily. However, the sizes of the winning random number counter C1 and the variation time selection counter C2 are preferably different prime numbers, and are preferably set to values that are not synchronized in any case.

  Further, the normal symbol random number counter C3 is configured as a loop counter in which, for example, one by one is added in the range of 0 to 9, for example, and the upper limit value (that is, 9 is reached and then the lower limit value is returned to 0). The random number counter C3 is updated periodically (once every timer interruption in this embodiment), and the value of the normal symbol random number counter C3 is acquired when the game ball passes through the left or right through gate 34. The number of random number values to be won is 8, and the range is “1 to 8.” When the value of the normal symbol random number counter C3 is acquired, the normal symbol display device 41 displays the fluctuation for a predetermined time. After being performed, the symbol corresponding to winning or losing (in this example, “0” or “−”) is stopped and displayed, and the second start winning unit 33b (opening / closing member 33c) is in an open state for a predetermined time. .

  In addition, as described above, a big hit state also occurs when a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442 (detection by the specific ball detection switch 461), but in this embodiment, the specific ball detection switch 461 is used. The type selection counter Nx is used in the type lottery for determining the type of the jackpot state performed based on the detection. The type selection counter Nx is incremented by 1 in order within a range of 0 to 4, and after reaching the upper limit value (that is, 4), returns to 0 which is the lower limit value. The type selection counter Nx is updated periodically (once every timer interruption in this embodiment), and the updated value of the type selection counter Nx is stored in the type determination counter buffer. Then, a game ball that has entered the specific area 401 of the central winning unit 37 enters the specific winning port 442, and is stored in the type determination counter buffer at the timing when the game ball is detected by the specific winning detection switch 461. The value of the selected type selection counter Nx is read, and the type of the jackpot state is determined. In this embodiment, there are “8 round jackpot”, “special 8 round jackpot”, and “16 round jackpot” as the types of jackpot states given based on the detection of the specific entry detection switch 461, and the type selection counter Nx This determines which of these should be given.

  The ROM 502 is provided with a type determination table that is referred to when determining which jackpot type the value of the type selection counter Nx corresponds to. Specifically, the value of the type selection counter Nx stored in the type determination counter buffer is “0” when a game ball is detected by the specific ball detection switch 461 (when the ball enters the specific winning port 442). If it is, “16 rounds jackpot” is determined, if “1,2” is determined, “8 rounds jackpot” is determined, and if it is “3, 4”, “special 8 rounds jackpot” is granted. It is determined.

  Next, each control process executed by the CPU 501 in the main controller 261 will be described with reference to a flowchart. The processing of the CPU 501 is broadly divided into a main process that is started when the power is turned on, a timer interrupt process that is started periodically (in this embodiment, at a cycle of 2 msec), and a stop signal to the NMI terminal (non-maskable terminal). For convenience of explanation, the timer interrupt process and the NMI interrupt process will be described first, and then the main process will be described.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the timer interrupt process. This process is executed by the CPU 501 of the main controller 261 every 2 msec, for example.

  In FIG. 20, first, in step S301, reading processing of various winning switches is executed. That is, the state of various switches (except for the RAM erase switch 323) connected to the main controller 261 is read, and the state of the switch is determined and the detection information (winning detection information) is stored. When a game ball is paid out according to the detection of the switch, the value of the corresponding prize ball counter is added, and this process is terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the detection signal is not input, this processing is terminated as it is. In the external output process of the normal process described later, a prize ball command based on the value of each prize ball counter is output to the payout control device 311. In addition, when the prize ball command is output, the value of each prize ball counter is reset.

  In step S302, random number initial value update processing is executed. Specifically, the random number initial value counter CINI is incremented by 1 and cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value (399 in this example).

  In step S303, random number update processing is executed. Specifically, the winning random number counter C1, the variation time selection counter C2, the normal symbol random number counter C3, and the type selection counter Nx are each incremented by 1 and their counter values are maximized (in this embodiment, 399, When 9, 9, 4) is reached, it is cleared to 0. Then, the updated values of the counters C1, C2, and C3 are stored in the corresponding buffer area of the RAM 503.

  Thereafter, in step S304, a start winning process associated with winning in the first and second start winning units 33a and 33b is executed. In step S305, a through gate passing process accompanying the passing of the game ball to the through gate 34 is performed. In step S306, a remaining ball monitoring process for determining whether or not a game ball exists in the specific area 401 is executed. In step S <b> 307, a pitch counting process is performed that accompanies a pitch to the specific area 401 of the central winning unit 37. In step S308, a specific winning process associated with entering the specific winning opening 442 is executed. In step S309, a non-specific winning process associated with entering the out path 428 and the non-specific winning port 443 is executed. After step S309, the timer interrupt process is temporarily terminated.

  Here, the start winning process in step S304 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In addition, in the execution area of each special variable hold area and each hold area, a random number storage area for storing the value of the winning random number counter C1, a variable time random number storage area for storing the value of the variable time selection counter C2, and a reserved change A first start winning flag for determining whether or not the display is based on a ball entering the first start winning unit 33a is provided. In the present embodiment, the special variation holding area (in addition to the region for storing the values of the winning random number counter C1 and the variation time selection counter C2) is used in the winning / losing lottery based on entering the starting winning units 33a and 33b. A jackpot occurrence flag indicating that “Big jackpot” has been won, a losing flag indicating “Loose”, a long jackpot flag indicating that “Long jackpot” has been won, and “Short jackpot” being won A short small hit occurrence flag shown is provided. In addition, a 2-second variation flag, a 3-second variation flag, and a 7-second variation flag indicating the variation time in the special display device 43 are provided.

  First, in step S501, the value of the holding counter Na for counting the number of holdings of variable display triggered by the game balls entering the first and second start winning units 33a and 33b is an upper limit value (in this embodiment, “ 4 ") or less. If a negative determination is made in step S501, the process is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S501, it is determined in step S502 whether or not the game ball has won the first start winning unit 33a based on the detection information of the first start winning switch 224a. If a negative determination is made in step S502, the process proceeds to step S509 described later. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S502, the process proceeds to step S503, and the hold counter Na is incremented by one.

  In subsequent step S504, the values of the winning random number counter C1 and the variable time selection counter C2 updated in the random number updating process in step S303 are stored in the first area among the reserved areas in which the special variable reservation area is free. In step S505, the first start winning flag in the holding area in which the values of the winning random number counter C1 and the variable time selection counter C2 are stored is turned on.

  In the subsequent step S506, a success / failure determination process is performed to determine whether or not the value of the winning random number counter C1 newly stored in the special variable suspension area is a value corresponding to “small hit” or “big hit”. Details of the success / failure determination process will be described later.

  In subsequent step S507, when it is determined in step S506 that the value of the winning random number counter C1 is a value corresponding to “small hit”, the value of the variation time selection counter C2 newly stored in the special variation holding area is set. Based on this, a variation time determination process for determining the variation time in the special display device 43 is performed. Details of the variation time determination process will be described later.

  Thereafter, in step S508, a starting command setting process is performed. In the advance command, whether or not the variation information stored on hold (predetermined information used to determine the content of the variation display) is variation information (variation display) based on the entry of the first start winning unit a. Information indicating whether the information is variation information corresponding to “small hit” or “big hit”, information indicating variation time, and information indicating whether or not to perform predetermined notification in response to opening of the wing member 404 And is output to the sub-control device 262 in the next external output process (see step S201).

  In the shift process to be described later, not only the value of the winning random number counter C1 and the variation time selection counter C2, but also the big hit occurrence flag, the losing flag, the long little hit occurrence flag, the short little hit occurrence flag, the 2 second fluctuation flag, The setting state of ON / OFF of the second variation flag and the 7 second variation flag is also shifted. That is, for example, when the fluctuation information of the second reserved area in which the jackpot occurrence flag is set to ON is shifted to the first reservation area, the jackpot occurrence flag of the first reservation area is turned on and the second reservation Area jackpot flag is turned off.

  Here, details of the success / failure determination processing in step S506 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S5101, it is determined whether or not the value of the winning random number counter C1 newly stored in the special variation holding area matches “0” that is a value corresponding to “big hit”. If an affirmative determination is made in step S5101, that is, if it is determined that a jackpot state occurs, the process ends after turning on the jackpot occurrence flag in step S5102.

  If a negative determination is made in step S5101, whether or not the value of the winning random number counter C1 newly stored in the special variable holding area matches “1” corresponding to “out” in step S5103. Determine whether or not. If an affirmative determination is made in step S5103, that is, if it is determined to be “displacement”, the disengagement flag is turned on in step S5104, and then this process ends.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S5103, that is, if it is determined that “small hit”, in step S5105, the value of the winning random number counter C1 newly stored in the special variable holding area is set to “long small It is determined whether or not it matches any of “2 to 21” that is a value corresponding to “win”. If an affirmative determination is made in step S5105, the long small hit occurrence flag is turned on in step S5106, and then the process ends.

  Also, if a negative determination is made in step S5105, that is, if it is determined that “short short hit”, in step S5107, the short short hit occurrence flag is turned on, and then this process is terminated.

  Next, the variation time determination process in step S507 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S5201, it is determined whether or not a long small hit occurrence flag has been set in the determination process performed immediately before. If the determination in step S5201 is affirmative, that is, if it is determined that the “long small hit” is determined, in step S5202, the value of the variation time selection counter C2 newly stored in the special variation holding area is “0”. 1 ”is discriminated.

  In FIG. 24, for the sake of convenience, the processing of step S5202 is simplified, but actually, it is determined whether or not the value of the winning random number counter C1 is “0”, and the determination is negative. If it is determined, whether or not the value of the winning random number counter C1 is “1” is determined. If any of these determinations is positive, an affirmative determination is made in step S5202, and in any determination If a negative determination is made, a negative determination is made in step S5202.

  If a negative determination is made in step S5202, that is, if the value of the variation time selection counter C2 is any one of “3 to 9”, the variation time of the variation display performed in the special display device 43 in step S5203. After turning on the 3-second fluctuation flag indicating that the time is 3 seconds, this processing is terminated. On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in step S5202, in step S5204, after turning on the 2-second variation flag indicating that the variation display variation time performed in the special display device 43 is 2 seconds, this processing is performed. finish.

  If a negative determination is made in step S5201, it is determined in step S5205 whether or not the short small hit occurrence flag is on. If an affirmative determination is made in step S5205, that is, if “short short hit” occurs, the value of the variation time selection counter C2 newly stored in the special variation holding area is “0, 1” in step S5206. It is discriminated whether it matches either of the above.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S5206, in step S5203, the 3-second variation flag indicating that the variation time of the variation display performed in the special display device 43 is 3 seconds is set on, and then the present process is terminated. . On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S5206, in step S5204, the 2-second variation flag indicating that the variation display variation time performed in the special display device 43 is 2 seconds is set on, and then this process is performed. finish. That is, there is a higher possibility that a longer variation time (3 seconds) is selected when “long small hit” occurs than when “short small hit” occurs.

  If a negative determination is made in step S5205, that is, if the game is a big hit or miss, in step S5207, a 7-second variation flag indicating that the variation display variation time performed in the special display device 43 is 7 seconds is set. After turning on, this process ends.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 22, after the process of step S508, or when a negative determination is made in step S502, it is determined in step S509 whether or not the game ball has won the second start winning unit 33b. The determination is based on the detection information of the winning unit switch 224b. If a negative determination is made in step S509, the process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if a positive determination is made, in step S510, the hold counter Na is incremented by one.

  In subsequent step S511, each value of the winning random number counter C1 and the variation time selection counter C2 is stored in the first area among the reserved areas in which the special variation reservation area is vacant. In step S512, determination processing is performed. Note that the success / failure determination process in step S512 is the same as the success / failure determination process in step S506, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  In a subsequent step S513, a variation time determination process is performed. Note that the success / failure determination processing in step S513 is the same as the variation time determination processing in step S507, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. After step S513, in step S514, a starting command setting process is performed, and this process ends.

  Next, the through gate passing process in step S305 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  In step S601, whether or not the game ball has passed through the through gate 34 is determined based on detection information of the through gate switch 225.

  If a negative determination is made in step S601, the present process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S601, that is, if it is determined that the game ball has passed through the through gate 34, the number of suspensions of the variable display performed on the normal symbol display device 41 is counted in step S602. It is determined whether or not the value of the normal hold counter Nc is less than the upper limit value (4 in the present embodiment). If a negative determination is made here, this processing is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S602, that is, if the passing of the game ball to the through gate 34 is confirmed and the value of the normal holding counter Nc <4, the process proceeds to step S603, where the normal holding counter Nc is incremented by one.

  In subsequent step S604, a random number related to the success or failure is acquired. Specifically, the value of the normal symbol random number counter C3 updated by the random number update process in step S303 is stored in the first area of the free storage area of the normal variation holding area of the RAM 503. Thereafter, the through gate passing process is terminated.

  Next, the remaining sphere monitoring process in step S306 will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S7101, it is determined whether or not the value of a ball entry counter for specifying the number of game balls remaining in the specific area 401 is “0”. If an affirmative determination is made in step S7101, that is, if it is determined that no game ball remains in the specific area 401, the present process is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S7101, that is, if it is determined that a game ball remains in the specific area 401, the game ball finally enters the specific area 401 in step S7102. It is determined whether or not the value of the monitoring timer for determining whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed is “0”.

  If a negative determination is made in step S7102, the value of the monitoring timer is decremented by 1 in step S7103, and then this process ends. In the present embodiment, “15000” is set in the monitoring timer when a ball enters the specific area 401. Therefore, the monitoring timer becomes “0” 30 seconds after the last entry in the specific area 401. In this embodiment, the time from when a game ball enters the specific area 401 to when the game ball enters the specific winning port 442 or the non-specific winning port 443 is approximately 8 seconds to 15 seconds. ing.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S7102, that is, even if the estimated time from when the game ball enters the specific area 401 until it is discharged, the value of the entrance counter becomes “0”. If it is considered that a clogged ball has occurred in the specific area 401, an error notification process is performed in step S7104. Specifically, control is performed such as turning on an error lamp, outputting an error notification sound, and prohibiting the launch of a game ball. Thereafter, this process is terminated.

  Next, the ball counting process in step S307 will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S7201, whether or not a game ball has entered the specific area 401 is determined based on detection information from a ball count switch 437 provided in the upper guide passage 436. If a negative determination is made in step S7201, the process is terminated as is. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S7201, the process proceeds to step S7202, and the value of the entrance counter is incremented by one. In a succeeding step S7203, a monitoring timer setting process that is considered in the remaining sphere monitoring process is performed. In the present embodiment, “15000” is set in the monitoring timer each time the entrance count switch 437 is detected, and “15000” is overwritten even if a predetermined numerical value is already set in the monitoring timer. The After the step S7203, the present process is terminated.

  Next, the specific winning process in step S308 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, when a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442, a big win state occurs. In addition, the types of jackpot states resulting from entering the specific winning hole 442 include “8 round jackpot”, “special 8 round jackpot”, and “16 round jackpot”, and a game ball has entered the specific winning slot 442. Different types of jackpot states will occur depending on the timing (detection timing of the specific entry detection switch 461).

  First, in step S7301, whether or not a game ball has entered the specific winning opening 442 is determined based on detection information of the specific ball detection switch 461. If a negative determination is made in step S7301, this processing is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S7301, 1 is subtracted from the value of the entrance counter in step S7302.

  In a succeeding step S7303, it is determined whether or not a big hit state is in consideration by referring to a big hit medium flag which will be described later. If an affirmative determination is made in step S7303, the present process ends. That is, in the big hit state, even if a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442, a process for turning on the big hit flag, which will be described later, is not performed. In the present embodiment, since the variable display on the special display device 43 is not performed during the big hit state, the wing member 404 is basically not opened during the big hit state.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S7303, it is determined in step S7304 whether or not a specific winning flag indicating that there has been a ball entering the specific winning opening 442 is turned on. If an affirmative determination is made in step S7304, the present process is terminated as it is. In other words, in a state where it has already been determined to generate a jackpot state, even if a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442, the corresponding jackpot is invalid. On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S7304, the specific winning flag is turned on in step S7305.

  In step S7306, it is determined whether the value of the type selection counter Nx stored in the type determination counter buffer is “0”. If an affirmative determination is made in step S7306, the 16R jackpot flag indicating that “16 round jackpot” is won is turned on in step S7307, and then the process proceeds to step S7311.

  If a negative determination is made in step S7306, the process advances to step S7308 to determine whether or not the value of the type selection counter Nx stored in the type determination counter buffer is “1, 2”. If an affirmative determination is made in step S7308, after turning on the 8R jackpot flag indicating that “8 rounds jackpot” has been won in step S7309, the process proceeds to step S7311.

  If a negative determination is made in step S7308, the special 8R jackpot flag indicating that “special 8 round jackpot” is won is turned on in step S7310, and the process proceeds to step S7311. Note that the various jackpot flags are set in the RAM 503 separately from the special variable holding area. As will be described in detail later, the turned-on jackpot flag is turned off at the end of the jackpot state.

  In step S7311, the open change flag is turned off. That is, as will be described in detail later, in the present embodiment, when a small hit occurs, the variation display of the decorative symbol display device 42 started in accordance with the variation display of the special display device 43 that teaches that the small hit is won. However, if the game ball enters the specific area 401 when the wing member 404 is released, it is not always displayed to stop at the same timing as the fluctuation stop of the special display device 43. Until the game ball is discharged from the specific area 401 or until the game ball enters the specific winning opening 442, the variation display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is extended. The opening variation flag is set to ON when the extended display of the variation display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is started.

  After step S7311, in step S7312, an open change stop command (for win effect) for stopping display of the change display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is set, and then the process ends.

  Next, the non-specific winning process in step S309 will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S7401, whether or not a game ball has entered the non-specific winning opening 443 is determined based on the detection information of the non-specific winning detection switch 462. If a negative determination is made in step S7401, whether or not a game ball has entered the out path 428 is determined based on detection information from the early out ball detection switch 439 in step S7402.

  If a negative determination is made in step S7402, the process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in either step S7401 or step S7402, the value of the ball entry counter is decremented by 1 in step S7402, and then this process ends.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the NMI interrupt processing. This processing is executed by the CPU 501 of the main control device 261 when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is cut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. By this NMI interruption, the state of the main controller 261 at the time of power-off is stored in the backup area 503a of the RAM 503.

  That is, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is cut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like, the power failure signal SK1 is output from the power failure monitoring circuit 542 to the NMI terminal of the CPU 501 in the main controller 261. Then, the CPU 501 interrupts the control being executed and starts the NMI interrupt process. In step S401, the CPU 501 stores the power interruption occurrence information in the backup area 503a of the RAM 503 as the setting of the power interruption occurrence information, and performs the NMI interruption process. finish.

  The above NMI interrupt processing is executed in the same manner in the payout control device 311, and information on occurrence of power interruption is stored in the backup area 513 a of the RAM 513 by the NMI interrupt. That is, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is cut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like, the power failure signal SK1 is output from the power failure monitoring circuit 542 to the NMI terminal of the CPU 511 in the payout control device 311 and the CPU 511 interrupts the control being executed. The NMI interrupt process in FIG. 21 is started. The contents are as described above.

  Next, the flow of main processing executed by the CPU 501 in the main controller 261 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This main process is started upon reset when power is turned on.

  First, in step S101, an initial setting process associated with power-on is executed. Specifically, for example, 1 is set in order to set a predetermined value in the stack pointer and wait for the sub-side control device (sub-control device 262, payout control device 311, etc.) to become operable. Wait processing is performed for about 2 seconds. In the subsequent step S102, RAM access is permitted.

  Thereafter, data backup processing is executed for the RAM 503 in the CPU 501. That is, in step S103, it is determined whether or not the RAM erase switch 323 provided in the power supply device 313 is pressed (ON), and if it is pressed, the process proceeds to step S112 to clear (erase) the backup data. To do. On the other hand, if the RAM erase switch 323 has not been pressed, it is determined in the subsequent step S104 whether or not occurrence information of power supply interruption is set in the backup area 503a of the RAM 503. Here, if it is not set, no backup data is stored, so in this case as well, the process proceeds to step S112. If power failure occurrence information is set in the backup area 503a, a RAM determination value is calculated in step S105, and in the subsequent step S106, whether or not the RAM determination value matches the RAM determination value stored when the power is turned off. That is, the effectiveness of the backup is determined. If the RAM determination value calculated here does not match the RAM determination value stored when the power is turned off, the backed up data has been destroyed, and in this case, the process also proceeds to step S112.

  In the process of step S112, an initialization command is transmitted in order to initialize the sub control device 262, the payout control device 311 and the like, which are the control devices on the sub side. Thereafter, the process proceeds to RAM initialization processing (step S113 and the like). Note that the RAM determination value is, for example, a checksum value at the work area address of the RAM 503. Instead of the RAM determination value, it is possible to determine the effectiveness of backup based on whether or not the keyword written in a predetermined area of the RAM 503 is correctly stored.

  As described above, the pachinko machine 10 is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch 323 when it is desired to return to the initial state when the power is turned on, for example, when the hall starts business. Therefore, if the RAM erase switch 323 is ON, the process proceeds to a RAM initialization process (step S113, etc.). Similarly, when the information on occurrence of power interruption is not set, or when a backup abnormality is confirmed by a RAM determination value (checksum value or the like), the process proceeds to initialization processing of the RAM 503 (step S113 or the like). That is, the use area of the RAM 503 is cleared to 0 in step S113, and the initial value of the RAM 503 is set in subsequent step S114. Thereafter, interrupt permission is set in step S115, and the process proceeds to normal processing described later.

  On the other hand, if the RAM erase switch 323 has not been pressed (step S103: NO), it is a condition that the information on occurrence of power interruption is set and the RAM judgment value (checksum value etc.) is normal. In addition, the process at the time of power recovery (process at the time of power failure recovery) is executed. That is, in step S107, the stack pointer before the power interruption is restored, and in step S108, the information on the occurrence of the power interruption is cleared. In step S109, a command for returning the sub-side control device to the gaming state at the time of power-off is transmitted, and in step S110, the used register is returned from the backup area 503a of the RAM 503.

  In this embodiment, after step S110, in step S111, the rotating body 414 of the rotating body unit 411 of the central winning unit 37 is rotated in the direction opposite to the normal rotation direction (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 8 and the like). A reverse process for executing reverse control (reverse rotation) (special control) is performed. That is, as shown in FIG. 40, in the reverse process (reverse control), first, the rotating body 414 is rotated 5 degrees in the reverse direction (step S5301), and is rested at that position for 1 second (step S5302). Thereby, the game ball that has entered the pocket portion 416 of the rotating body 414 by about half is sandwiched between the inner peripheral surface constituting the pocket portion 416 and the surrounding wall 434 and the overhanging portion 440 of the unit cover 422 of the main body portion 412. In this way, when the ball is jammed (ball biting), the ball biting is eliminated, and the game ball biting into the ball enters the corresponding pocket portion 416 and is accommodated.

  Subsequently, the rotating body 414 is rotated 5 degrees in the forward direction (step S5303), and is stopped at that position (step S5304). As a result, the rotating body 414 is returned to the phase before the reverse processing is performed, and thus to the phase when the power is turned off. Thereafter, this process is terminated. Note that the reverse processing may be performed in the same order as the processing in steps S107 to S110.

  Thereafter, interrupt permission is set in step S115, and the process proceeds to normal processing described later.

  Next, the flow of normal processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this normal process, the main process of the game is executed. As an outline, the processing of steps S201 to S212 is executed as a periodic processing with a period of 4 msec, and the initial value random number counter updating processing of step S214 is executed with the remaining time.

  First, in step S201, a control signal based on the setting contents of the special display device 43 and the second start winning unit 33b updated in the previous process is transmitted to each device, and output data such as a command is transmitted to each sub-side. External output processing that is transmitted to the control device is executed.

  For example, when the decorative symbol display device 42 displays the decorative symbol variation, a variation pattern command or the like is transmitted to the sub-control device 262. That is, the variation pattern command is a command that is output to the sub-control device 262 in order to cause the decorative design display device 42 to perform a display effect in accordance with the display performed on the special display device 43. It corresponds to information. On the other hand, the sub-control device 262 receiving the variation pattern command or the like determines the variation mode of the decorative symbol display device 42 based on the command, and displays the variation mode on the decorative symbol display device 42. An instruction is issued to the control device 45.

  In step S202, the winning ball counting signal received from the payout control device 311 is read. Next, in step S203, the payout abnormality signal received from the payout control device 311 is read.

  In the subsequent step S204, a bonus jackpot setting process is executed. In this process, jackpot setting based on the game ball entering the specific winning opening 442 is performed. Details of the bonus jackpot setting process will be described later.

  In step S205, a first display control process is executed. In this process, the control content of the special display device 43 is set as to what kind of control is performed in the special display device 43, and the jackpot determination and the setting of the decorative pattern effect pattern in the decorative symbol display device 42 are performed. Is called. Details of the first display control process will be described later.

  In step S206, variable winning device control processing is executed. In this process, the control content of the variable winning device 32 is set as to what control is performed in the variable winning device 32. Thereby, when it becomes a big win state (special game state), the opening / closing process of the variable winning device 32 (big winning opening) is repeatedly executed for a predetermined number of rounds. Details of the variable winning device control process will be described later.

  In step S207, a wing member opening / closing process is executed. In this process, the control content of the wing member 404 (the wing solenoid 405) is set. Details of the wing member opening / closing process will be described later.

  In step S208, a second display control process is executed. In this process, the control contents of the normal symbol display device 41 are set as to what kind of control is performed in the normal symbol display device 41. Details of the second display control process will be described later.

  In step S209, an opportunity handling unit control process is executed. In this process, the control content of the start winning unit 33 is set as to what kind of control is performed in the start winning unit 33. Details of the trigger handling unit control processing will be described later.

  In step S210, an extended fluctuation stop process is executed. In this process, when a game ball has entered the specific area 401 of the central winning unit 37, a process for stopping the variable display (extended display) performed on the decorative symbol display device 42 is performed. Details of the extended variation stop process will be described later.

  In step S211, an accessory driving process is performed. In the present embodiment, the central winning unit 37 is provided with movable objects such as the rotating body unit 411 and the distribution unit 445. For the rotating body unit 411, the rotating body 414 is constant in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. It rotates at a speed, and the distribution unit 445 keeps moving while the power is supplied so that it is alternately reciprocated left and right, such as rotating it slightly 180 degrees to the left and then rotating it slightly 180 degrees to the right. Control is performed.

  After that, in step S212, it is determined whether or not occurrence information of power supply interruption is set in the backup area 503a of the RAM 503. Here, if the occurrence information of power interruption is not set in the backup area 503a, it is determined in step S213 whether or not the execution timing of the next normal processing has been reached, that is, a predetermined time from the start of the previous normal processing (this embodiment) It is determined whether or not 4 msec) has elapsed. If the predetermined time has already passed, an affirmative determination is made in step S213, the process proceeds to step S201, and the processes after step S201 are repeated.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S213, the process proceeds to step S214, and 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 (399 in this example). And after the said process, it transfers to step S212. That is, at the time of determination in step S213, if the predetermined time has not yet elapsed since the start of the previous normal process, the random number initial value counter CINI is updated within the remaining time until the next normal process execution timing. Will be executed repeatedly.

  Here, since the execution time of each process of steps S201 to S210 changes according to the state of the game, the remaining time until the execution timing of the next normal process is not constant but varies. Therefore, the random number initial value counter CINI (that is, the initial value of the winning random number counter C1) can be updated at random by repeatedly executing the update of the random number initial value counter CINI using the remaining time.

  Now, if the occurrence information of the power supply interruption is set in the backup area 503a of the RAM 503 (step S212: YES), the power supply is cut off. Therefore, the process after step S215 is performed as a power failure process at the time of the power supply interruption. Is called. In the power failure process, first, in step S215, the generation of each interrupt process is prohibited. In step S216, the contents of each register used by the CPU 501 are saved in the stack area. In step S217, the value of the stack pointer is stored in the backup area 503a. To remember. Thereafter, in step S218, a power-off notification command indicating that the power has been cut off is transmitted to other control devices (such as the payout control device 311). In step S219, a RAM determination value is calculated and stored in the backup area 503a. The RAM determination value is, for example, a checksum value at the work area address of the RAM 503. Thereafter, RAM access is prohibited in step S220, and the infinite loop is continued until the power supply is completely shut down and processing cannot be executed.

  Note that the processing in step S212 is performed at the end of a series of processing corresponding to the game state change performed in steps S201 to S210, or at the end of one cycle of processing in step S214 performed within the remaining time. Running on. Therefore, in the normal process of the main controller 261, the occurrence information of the power interruption is confirmed at the end of each process, so that the amount of data stored in the backup area 503a of the RAM 503 is less than that in the middle of each process. And can be easily memorized. Further, when returning to the state before power-off, since the amount of data stored in the backup area 503a is small, it can be easily restored and the processing load of the main control device 261 can be reduced. . Furthermore, since the generation of interrupt processing is prohibited before the data is stored (step S215), it is possible to prevent the data from being changed when the power is shut off, and to reliably store the state before the power is shut off. .

  Next, the first display control process of step S205 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S801, it is determined whether or not a big hit is made by referring to the big hit middle flag. During the jackpot, during the jackpot state (special game state) and for a predetermined time after the jackpot state ends (the predetermined time after the jackpot state ends here is a normal game (special display device) after the jackpot state ends. (Variable display at 43) is started, and in general, this time zone includes the display of the end of the jackpot state and the mode given after the jackpot on the decorative symbol display device 42) . Also, a period from when the variable display is stopped and displayed in a mode corresponding to the jackpot on the special display device 43 until the variable winning device 32 (big prize opening) is opened (generally, this time zone is a decorative symbol display) The display indicating the start of the jackpot state is performed on the device 42) is also included in the jackpot.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S801, that is, if a big hit is being made, this processing is terminated as it is. That is, during the jackpot, the variable display is not newly started.

  If a negative determination is made in step S801, it is determined in step S802 whether or not a specific prize flag indicating whether or not a game ball has entered the specific prize opening 442 is ON. The specific winning flag is turned on when the specific winning detection switch 461 is detected (see step S7305 of the special winning process), and is turned off when the big hit flag is turned on (an object to be described later) (See step S1502 of the jackpot setting process). If an affirmative determination is made in step S802, this processing is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S802, it is determined in step S803 whether or not the open variation flag is set to ON. The open variation flag is a state in which the game ball that has entered the specific area 401 when the wing member 404 is released based on the small hits still exists in the specific area 401, and the specific winning flag Is in an on state when is turned on or is not a big hit state. Further, as described above, in the state in which the opening variation flag is on, the variation display extended by the decorative symbol display device 42 is performed.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S803, this processing is terminated as it is. That is, when the open variation flag is on, the variation display of the special display device 43 is not performed.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S803, in step S804, it is determined whether or not the special display device 43 is performing variable display by looking at the setting state of a first display flag which will be described in detail later. . Specifically, when the first display flag is set to ON, it is considered that the variable display is being performed, and when the first display flag is OFF, it is considered that the variable display is not being performed. It is. As will be described later in detail, the first display flag is turned on when the variable display of the special display device 43 is started (start setting processing of the variable display setting process), and the variable display of the special display device 43 is stopped. It is turned off when displayed (see step S812).

  If a negative determination is made in step S804, that is, if the jackpot is not being hit and the special display device 43 or the decorative symbol display device 42 is not being displayed, the process proceeds to step S805 and the start winning units 33a and 33b are transferred to. It is determined whether or not the value of the holding counter Na that counts the number of holdings of the variable display that is triggered by the entry is greater than zero. If a negative determination is made in step S805, that is, if no change display is stored on hold, this processing is terminated as it is.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S805, that is, if even one variable display is held, 1 is subtracted from the hold counter Na in step S806.

  In a succeeding step S807, a process for shifting the data stored in the special variable holding area is executed. This shift process is a process of sequentially shifting the data stored in the hold first to fourth areas of the special variable hold area to the execution area side, and the hold first area → execution area, hold second area → hold The data in each area is shifted such as the first area, the reserved third area → the reserved second area, the reserved fourth area → the reserved third area.

  In the subsequent step S808, a variable display setting process is performed. Here, the details of the variable display setting process will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S901, it is determined whether or not the value of the winning random number counter C1 stored in the execution area of the special variable holding area is “0” corresponding to the jackpot, with reference to the success / failure determination table. As a modification, it may be determined whether the jackpot occurrence flag set in the start winning process is “ON” by determining whether the jackpot generation flag is ON.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S901, that is, if a “hit” is won in the winning / failing lottery, a fluctuation pattern (big hit fluctuation pattern) that is a big hit is determined in step S902 and set in a fluctuation pattern command. In a succeeding step S903, a value “1750” corresponding to 7 seconds is set for the first display timer used for variation control of the special display device 43. The first display timer is a means for measuring the variation time (residual time for variation display) in the special display device 43, and is used when determining whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the beginning of the variation display. .

  After step S903, in step S904, the 15R jackpot flag indicating that “15 round jackpot” has been won is set on, and then the process proceeds to step S924.

  If a negative determination is made in step S901, it is determined in step S905 whether the value of the winning random number counter C1 in the execution area is “1”, thereby determining whether it is “out”. As a modified example, it may be determined whether or not “off” is determined by determining whether or not the out flag is on.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S905, that is, if it is “out”, a variation pattern (out variation pattern) that is out of step is determined in step S906 and set in the variation pattern command. Thereafter, in step S907, a value “1750” corresponding to 7 seconds is set to the first display timer, and then the process proceeds to step S924.

  If a negative determination is made in step S905, that is, if it is “small hit”, the wing release flag is turned on in step S908. In subsequent step S909, it is determined whether or not “long small hit” is won by determining whether or not the value of the variation time selection counter C2 matches any of “2 to 21”. As a modification, it may be determined whether or not the long small hit occurrence flag of the execution area is on.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S909, that is, if it is “long small hit”, it is determined in step S910 whether or not the execution area 3-second variation flag is set on. If an affirmative determination is made in step S910, in step S911, a variation pattern (3 seconds per long small portion) in which the wing member 404 is opened for 1.5 seconds after the variation display for 3 seconds is performed on the special display device 43. (Variation pattern) is determined and set in the variation pattern command.

  In a succeeding step S912, a value “750” corresponding to 3 seconds is set to the first display timer. Furthermore, in step S913, “750” corresponding to 3 seconds is set to the opening / closing control timer used for opening / closing control of the wing member 404. As a result, the wing member 404 is released after the special display device 43 performs the variable display for 3 seconds. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S924.

  If a negative determination is made in step S910, in step S914, a variation pattern (2 seconds per long small portion) in which the wing member 404 is released for 1.5 seconds after the variation display for 2 seconds is performed on the special display device 43. (Variation pattern) is determined and set in the variation pattern command.

  In the subsequent step S915, a value “500” corresponding to 2 seconds is set to the first display timer. In step S916, “500” corresponding to 2 seconds is set to the open / close control timer. As a result, the wing member 404 is released after the special display device 43 performs the fluctuation display for 2 seconds. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S924.

  If a negative determination is made in step S909, that is, if “short short hit”, it is determined in step S917 whether or not the execution area 3-second variation flag is set on. If an affirmative determination is made in step S917, in step S918, a variation pattern (3 seconds per short short) in which the wing member 404 is opened for 0.5 seconds after the variation display for 3 seconds is performed on the special display device 43. (Variation pattern) is determined and set in the variation pattern command.

  In the subsequent step S919, a value “750” corresponding to 3 seconds is set to the first display timer. In step S920, “750” corresponding to 3 seconds is set to the open / close control timer. As a result, the wing member 404 is released after the special display device 43 performs the variable display for 3 seconds. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S924.

  If a negative determination is made in step S917, in step S921, a variation pattern (2 seconds per short short) in which the wing member 404 is opened for 0.5 seconds after the variation display for 2 seconds is performed on the special display device 43. (Variation pattern) is determined and set in the variation pattern command.

  In a succeeding step S922, a value “500” corresponding to 2 seconds is set to the first display timer. In step S923, “500” corresponding to 2 seconds is set to the open / close control timer. As a result, the wing member 404 is released after the special display device 43 performs the fluctuation display for 2 seconds. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S924.

  In step S924, the first display flag indicating whether or not the variable display is being performed on the special display device 43 is set to ON. After step S924, this process ends.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 31, if an affirmative determination is made in step S804, that is, if a variable display is being performed, the process proceeds to step S809, where a first display timer subtraction process is performed. That is, the value of the first display timer is decremented by 1 every 4 msec.

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S810, and it is determined whether or not a predetermined fluctuation time has elapsed with reference to the value of the first display timer after the subtraction. At this time, when a predetermined fluctuation time has elapsed, that is, when the value of the first display timer becomes “0”, an affirmative determination is made in step S810.

  If a negative determination is made in step S810, in step S811, a switching display setting for continuously performing the switching display (variable display) of the special display device 43 is performed, and this process is terminated. Based on the setting contents of the switching display setting, a control signal for switching display is output to the special display device 43 in the external output process in the next normal process. Specifically, it is set so that the currently displayed character is switched in such a manner as “7” → “−” → “3” → “1” → “7”. Thereby, the switching display (variable display) of the special display device 43 is realized at the timing of the first display control process, that is, every 4 msec.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S810, that is, if the variable display stop timing in the special display device 43 has been reached, the first display flag is turned off in step S812.

  In the subsequent step S813, stop display setting for performing stop display on the special display device 43 is performed. Based on the setting contents of the stop display setting, a control signal to stop display is output to the special display device 43 in the external output process in the next normal process. That is, when “big hit” is displayed, “7” is stopped (for example, lighted up for a few seconds), when “off” is displayed, “−” is stopped and when “long small hit” is indicated. “3” is stopped and “1” is stopped when “Short short hit” is displayed.

  In subsequent step S814, discrimination information setting processing is performed. Details of the discrimination information setting process will be described later.

  After step S814, in step S815, the setting state of the long small hitting occurrence flag and the short small hitting occurrence flag in the execution area is confirmed, and whether it is “small hitting” (variable display for teaching “small hitting”) Or not).

  When a negative determination is made in step S815, that is, in the case of “big hit” or “off”, in step S816, after setting a change stop command for stopping display of change display in the decorative symbol display device 42, This process ends.

  On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in step S815, that is, in the case of “small hit”, in step S817, the decorative symbol display device 42 continues to perform variable display (extends variable display). Sets the open command. In the subsequent step S818, the open variation flag is set on, and then the present process is terminated.

  Here, the discrimination information setting process will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S1001, it is determined whether or not the 15R jackpot flag is set on. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1001, that is, if it is determined that a big win has been won in the winning or failing lottery, the jackpot setting after step S1002 is performed.

  Specifically, in step S1002, a jackpot flag indicating whether or not the jackpot state as the special gaming state is being set is turned on.

  In the subsequent step S1003, the first variable flag indicating whether or not the variable winning device 32 (large winning opening) is in the open state is set to ON. In the present embodiment, the variable winning device 32 is opened when the first variable flag is turned on.

  Subsequently, in step S1004, it is a means for measuring the opening time of the variable winning device 32 and the like, and a first variable timer is set that indicates whether or not a specified time has passed since the opening. In this example, “7500” corresponding to 30 seconds is set as the value for the first variable timer. As a result, the maximum opening time per round (the longest time during which the variable winning device 32 is opened) is 30 seconds.

  Next, in step S1005, a round number counter indicating the number of rounds executed during the jackpot state (the number of times a special prize state is generated, that is, the number of executions of the opening / closing process of the variable winning device 32) is set. Here, “15” indicating the total number of rounds is set as a value corresponding to “15 round big hit”.

  In the subsequent step S1006, a winning counter setting process for counting the number of game balls that have entered the variable winning device 32 is performed, and then the present process is terminated. In this example, “8” indicating the maximum number of balls entered per round is set as a value. In addition, in the switch reading process (see FIG. 20) of the timer interrupt process, it is determined whether or not there is a ball entering the variable winning device 32 based on the detection information of the count switch 223, and there is a ball entering the variable winning device 32. When determined, the value of the winning counter is decremented by 1.

  If it is determined in step S1001 that the jackpot does not correspond, that is, it is determined that the player is out of step, the process proceeds to step S1007.

  In step S1007, it is determined whether or not a variation counter is set. The fluctuation counter is a means for measuring the duration of the time reduction mode (high pitching state). In the present embodiment, the time reduction mode is performed until the variable display is performed 100 times on the special display device 43, and “100” is set as the counter value after the jackpot is completed, as will be described later.

  If the counter value of the variation counter is “0”, the process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when the variation counter is set (when the counter value is other than “0”), it is considered that the time reduction mode is in effect, and in step S1008, the value of the variation counter is decremented by 1. The process proceeds to S1009.

  In step S1009, it is determined whether or not the counter value of the variation counter is “0”. That is, it is determined whether or not the current variation display is the 100th variation display after the end of the jackpot (after the time reduction mode is given). If the value of the variation counter is “0”, a process for turning off the time reduction mode flag is performed in step S1010, a process for turning on the normal mode flag is performed in step S1011, and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1009 that the counter value of the variation counter is not “0”, this process is terminated.

  Next, the extension variation stop process in step S210 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, in the present embodiment, when winning a winning combination in the winning / losing lottery, with regard to the variable display of the special display device 43 for teaching that winning the winning combination, after 2 seconds or 3 seconds, Although the display corresponding to the winning of the small win is stopped and terminated, the variation display of the decorative symbol display device 42 does not end at the variation stop timing of the special display device 43 and continues during the opening period of the wing member 404. In addition, the variation display is performed, and when the game ball enters the specific area 401 while the wing member 404 is opened, the variation display is further extended. Then, the variation display (extended display) of the decorative symbol display device 42 is terminated when all game balls are discharged from the specific area 401 or when the game balls enter the specific winning opening 442. It has become. The extended variation stop process is a process for ending the extended display when it is determined whether or not the condition of “all game balls are to be discharged from the specific area 401” is satisfied and an affirmative determination is made. .

  First, in step S1601, it is determined whether or not the opening variation flag is set to ON. If a negative determination is made in step S1601, this processing is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S1601, it is determined in step S1602 whether or not the wing release flag is turned on. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1602, the present process ends. That is, while the wing member 404 is opened, the variation display of the decorative symbol display device 42 does not end (the variation display continues) regardless of whether or not there is a ball entering the specific area 401.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S1602, it is determined in step S1603 whether or not the value of the entrance counter is “0”. If a negative determination is made in step S1603, the present process is terminated as it is. That is, when the game ball remains in the specific area 401, the variable display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is continued.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S1603, that is, if all the game balls have been discharged from the specific area 401 (or no game ball has entered while the wing member 404 is open), the release is made in step S1604. The middle variation flag is turned off, and an open variation stop command (for off-effect) for stopping the variation display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is set in step S1605, and then this processing is terminated.

  As described above, even when a game ball is present in the specific area 401, if a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442, the open flag is turned off and the open variable change stop command Since (for winning effect) is set, the variation display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is stopped and displayed at that time (see the specific winning process in FIG. 28).

  Next, the accessory jackpot setting process in step S204 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S1501, it is determined whether or not a specific winning flag (see the specific winning process in FIG. 28) indicating whether or not there has been a ball entering the specific winning port 442 is ON. If a negative determination is made in step S1501, the process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S1501, the process proceeds to step S1502, and the specific winning flag is turned off.

  In the following step 1503, it is determined whether or not the 16R jackpot flag is set on. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1503, a 16R jackpot is set in step S1504, and the process ends. Note that in the 16R jackpot setting in step S1504, the big hit medium flag and the first variable flag are set to ON, the first variable timer is set to “7500”, the round number counter is set to “16”, and the winning counter Set “8” to.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1503, an 8R jackpot is set in step S1505, and the process ends. Note that in the 8R jackpot setting in step S1505, the big hit flag and the first variable flag are set to ON, the first variable timer is set to “7500”, the round number counter is set to “8”, and the winning counter Set “8” to.

  Next, the variable winning device control process in step S206 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S1201, the big hit / medium flag is taken into consideration to determine whether or not the big hit is being hit. If a negative determination is made here, this processing is terminated as it is.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S1201, 1 is subtracted from the count value of the first variable timer in step S1202. In a succeeding step S1203, it is determined whether or not the first variable flag is ON.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S1203, that is, if the variable winning device 32 is in the open state, the process proceeds to step S1204, whether or not the count value of the first variable timer is “0”, that is, this step. In S1204, it is determined whether or not the open time of the variable winning device 32 per round set when the first variable flag is turned on remains.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1204, the process proceeds to step S1205, and whether or not the value of the winning counter is “0”, that is, the number of game balls won to the variable winning device 32 is per round. It is determined whether or not the prescribed number (eight in this example) has been reached. If a negative determination is made in step S1205, that is, if the timing for turning the variable prize-winning device 32 to the closed state (round end timing) has not yet arrived, this processing ends.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S1204 or step S1205, the process proceeds to step S1206, and whether or not the counter value of the round number counter is “0”, that is, the number of rounds (the number of times the variable winning device 32 is released). ) Has reached the specified number of times.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S1206, an end setting process is performed in step S1207, and this process ends. Details of the end setting process will be described later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1206, that is, if the number of rounds has not reached the prescribed number, round feed processing is performed in step S1208, and this processing is terminated. In the round feed process, 1 is subtracted from the value of the round number counter. That is, the opening / closing process of the variable winning device 32 is repeatedly performed until the number of executed rounds reaches a predetermined number of times set in advance. In the round feed process, the first variable flag is turned off, and the time (wait time) until the next round is started is set for the first variable timer.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1203, that is, if the wait period between rounds is in progress, the process proceeds to step S1209 to determine whether or not the value of the first variable timer is “0”. .

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S1209, that is, if the wait period ends and the timing for starting the next round is reached, a round start process is performed in step S1210. In the round start process, the first variable flag is turned on, the opening time (“7500” in this example) of the variable winning device 32 per round is set for the first variable timer, and the winning counter is set. The maximum number of winnings per round (in this example, “8”) is set. If a negative determination is made in step S1209, or if the round start process is completed in step S1210, this process ends.

  Various control signals are output to the variable winning device 32 in the next external output process of the normal process based on the ON / OFF state of the first variable flag. When the first variable flag is on, a control signal for opening the variable winning device 32 (large winning opening) is output, and the variable winning device 32 is opened. On the other hand, when the first variable flag is OFF, a control signal for closing the variable winning device 32 (large winning opening) is output, and the variable winning device 32 is closed.

  Here, the end setting process in step S1207 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S1301, the first variable flag is turned off. In the subsequent step S1302, the big hit medium flag is turned off. Thereafter, in step S1303, it is determined whether or not the normal mode flag is on, and it is determined whether or not the game mode before the big hit state is the normal mode (whether or not the big win is set in the normal mode). If a positive determination is made in step S1303, the process proceeds to step S1304.

  In step S1304, it is determined whether or not the type of jackpot state that has just been executed is “8 round jackpot”. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the 8R jackpot flag is on.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1304, that is, if any of “15 round jackpot”, “special 8 round jackpot”, and “16 round jackpot” is set, the time reduction mode flag is turned on in step S1305. In step S1306, the normal mode flag is turned off. Thereafter, in step S1307, “100” is set in the variation counter, and then the process proceeds to step S1312. That is, after the jackpot is ended, the time reduction mode is set until the variable display is performed 100 times. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S1304, the process directly proceeds to step S1312. That is, after the jackpot ends, the normal mode is set again.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1303, it is determined in step S1308 whether or not the type of jackpot state that has just been executed is "8 round jackpot". If an affirmative determination is made in step S1308, the normal mode flag is turned on in step S1309, the time reduction mode flag is turned off in step S1310, and then the process proceeds to step S1312. That is, after the jackpot ends, the normal mode is set.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1308, that is, if any of “15 round jackpot”, “special 8 round jackpot”, and “16 round jackpot” is set, in step S1311, the variation counter is set to “ 100 ”is set, and then the process proceeds to step S1312. That is, after the jackpot ends, the time reduction mode is set again.

  In step S1312, processing for turning off various jackpot flags is performed. After step S1312, this process ends.

  Next, the blade member opening / closing process in step S207 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S1801, it is determined whether or not the wing release flag (see step S908 of the change display setting process) is turned on. If a negative determination is made in step S1801, this processing is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S1801, it is determined in step S1802 whether or not an open flag indicating that the wing member 404 is open is on. If a negative determination is made in step S1802, that is, if the wing member 404 is to be released from now on by winning the “small hit”, the process proceeds to step S1803.

  In step S1803, it is determined whether or not the value of the open / close control timer is “0”. As described above, when it is determined that the “small hit” is won in the variation display setting process, it corresponds to the same time as the variation time of the variation display performed in the special display device 43 for the open / close control timer. The value to be set is set (see Step S913, Step S916, Step S920, Step S923). For this reason, an affirmative determination is made in this determination simultaneously with the end of the corresponding variable display.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1803, the value of the open / close control timer is decremented by 1 in step S1804, and this process ends. On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in step S1803, that is, when it is time to open the wing member 404, in step S1805 the open flag is turned on, and in step S1806 the wing member 404 is opened. The processing to be done.

  After that, in step S1807, it is determined whether or not the long small hit occurrence flag of the execution area of the special variation holding area is set on. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1807, a value “375” corresponding to 1.5 seconds is set in the open / close control timer in step S1808. On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S1807, a value “125” corresponding to 0.5 seconds is set in the open / close control timer in step S1809. After step S1808 and step S1809, this process ends.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S1802, it is determined in step S1810 whether or not the value of the open / close control timer is “0”. If a negative determination is made in step S1810, the value of the open / close control timer is decremented by 1 in step S1811, and this process ends.

  On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in step S1810, that is, when it is time to close the wing member 404, the releasing flag is turned off in step S1812, and the wing opening flag is turned off in step S1813. In step S1814, a process for closing the wing member 404 is performed, and then this process ends.

  Next, the second display control process of step S208 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S2101, whether or not the normal symbol display device 41 is in a switching display (variable display) by looking at the setting state of the second display flag indicating whether or not the normal symbol display device 41 is performing a variable display. Is determined. Specifically, when the second display flag is on, it is considered that the normal symbol display device 41 is performing variable display, and when the second display flag is off, the normal symbol display device 41 varies. It is considered that the stop display corresponding to the display stop state is in progress.

  If a negative determination is made in step S2101, the process proceeds to step S2102, and it is determined whether or not the value of the normal hold counter Nc is greater than zero. At this time, if the value of the normal hold counter Nc is 0, this processing is terminated as it is.

  If the variable display is not being performed and the value of the normal hold counter Nc> 0, the process proceeds to step S2103. In step S2103, 1 is subtracted from the normal hold counter Nc. In step S2104, a process for shifting the data stored in the normal variation holding area is executed. This data shift process is a process for sequentially shifting the data stored in the holding first to fourth areas of the normally variable holding area to the execution area side. The holding first area → the execution area, the holding second area → The data in each area is shifted such as the first hold area, the third hold area → the second hold area, the fourth hold area → the third hold area.

  Thereafter, in step S2105, start setting processing is executed. In this process, the normal symbol display device 41 performs a process indicating that a condition for performing switching display (variable display) is established. Specifically, the second display timer flag is turned on, and the second display timer setting process is performed. The second display timer is a means for measuring the fluctuation time (residual time) of the fluctuation display performed by the normal symbol display device 41, and is used when determining whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the fluctuation display. Is done.

  In the present embodiment, the time display mode 41 in the normal symbol display device 41 is different from the time reduction mode in the high pitching state and the normal mode in the normal display mode. A value “125” corresponding to 5 seconds is set, and in the normal mode, a value “2500” corresponding to 15 seconds is set for the second display timer. During the big hit state, “2500” is set for the second display timer as in the normal mode.

  Based on the setting in the start setting process, when a control signal for starting the switching display (variation display) is output to the normal symbol display device 41 in the next external output process of the normal process, the normal symbol display is performed. Switching display is started in the device 41. Then, after step S2105 ends, the second display control process ends.

  If the determination in step S2101 is affirmative, that is, if the normal symbol display device 41 is performing variable display, the process advances to step S2106 to perform second display timer subtraction processing. Each time this process is performed, the count value of the second display timer is decremented by one.

  In step S2107, it is determined whether or not the count value of the second display timer is “0”, that is, whether or not the variation time has elapsed. If an affirmative determination is made in step S2107, the second display flag is turned off in step S2108, and normal symbol stop display setting for performing stop display on the normal symbol display device 41 is performed in step S2109. Then, based on the setting contents of the normal symbol stop display setting, a control signal to stop display is output to the normal symbol display device 41 in the next external output processing in the normal processing.

  Note that, as described above, whether or not the winning is made is determined based on the value of the normal symbol random number counter C3 stored in the execution area of the normal variation holding area. Specifically, "1-8" is a winning value among the numerical values 0-9 of the normal symbol random number counter C3.

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S2110, a normal symbol discrimination information setting process is performed, and this process ends. In this process, when the stop display corresponds to winning, a setting process for performing the opening / closing process of the start winning unit 33 is performed. Specifically, the second variable flag is turned on, and the release time is set in the second variable timer.

  The second variable flag is determination information for determining whether or not the second start winning unit 33b (opening / closing member 33c) is in the open state.

  The second variable timer is a means for measuring the opening time (remaining time) of the second start winning unit 33b, and is considered when determining whether or not a specified time has elapsed since the start of opening. In the present embodiment, the opening time of the second start winning unit 33b (opening / closing member 33c) is different between the time reduction mode that is a high pitched state and the normal mode. In the time reduction mode, the second variable timer is used. On the other hand, a value “500” corresponding to 2 seconds is set, and in the normal mode, a value “100” corresponding to 0.4 seconds is set for the second variable timer. During the big hit state, “100” is set for the second variable timer as in the normal mode.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S2107, in step S2111 a switching display setting for continuously performing the switching display (variation display) of the normal symbol display device 41 is performed, and this process is terminated. Based on the setting contents of the switching display setting, a control signal for performing switching display is output to the normal symbol display device 41 in the external output processing in the next normal processing. Specifically, the normal symbol display device 41 is configured to light up and display “O” or “−” as a normal symbol. If the current lighting is “O”, “−” and “−” are displayed. If so, display is switched to “○”. Thereby, the switching display (variable display) of the normal symbol display device 41 is realized at the timing of the second display control process, that is, every 4 ms.

  Next, the opportunity handling unit control processing in step S209 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  First, in step S2201, it is determined whether or not a second variable flag indicating whether or not the second start winning unit 33b (opening / closing member 33c) is in an open state is ON. Here, when it is determined that the second variable flag is not on (the second start winning unit 33b is in the closed state), the present process is ended as it is.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S2201, that is, if the second variable flag is on, it is considered that the second start winning unit 33b is in the open state, and a second variable timer subtraction process is performed in step S2202. Each time this process is performed, the value of the second variable timer is decremented by one.

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S2203, and it is determined whether or not the specified opening time has elapsed by taking into account the value of the second variable timer after the subtraction. Here, when the specified opening time has elapsed, that is, when the value of the second variable timer becomes “0”, an affirmative determination is made in step S2203. If a negative determination is made here, this processing is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S2203, the process proceeds to step S2204, and after an end setting process is performed in step S2204, this process ends. In the end setting process of step S2204, a process of turning off the second variable flag is performed.

  Note that various control signals are output to the second start winning unit 33b in the next external output process of the normal process based on the ON / OFF state of the second variable flag. When the second variable flag is ON, a drive signal for opening the opening / closing member 33c is output to the second start winning unit 33b (the solenoid that drives the second starting winning unit 33b), and the second start winning unit 33b is opened. On the other hand, when the second variable flag is OFF, a drive signal for closing the opening / closing member 33c is output to the second start winning unit 33b, and the second starting winning unit 33b is closed.

  Next, payout control executed by the CPU 511 in the payout control device 311 will be described. For convenience of explanation, the reception interrupt process will be described first with reference to FIG. 41, and then the main process will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing a reception interrupt process executed by the payout control device 311. The reception interrupt process is a process executed by interruption when the payout control device 311 receives a command transmitted from the main control device 261. When the payout control device 311 confirms that the command transmitted from the main control device 261 has been received, the other processing executed by the CPU 511 in the payout control device 311 is temporarily waited, and the reception interrupt process is executed. When the reception interrupt process is executed, the command transmitted from the main control device 261 in step S3001 is first stored in the command buffer of the RAM 513, and the command transmitted from the main control device 261 is stored in step S3002. Turns on the command reception flag and ends this reception interrupt processing. As described above, when a command is stored in the command buffer, the storage pointer is referred to and stored in a predetermined storage area, and the storage pointer is stored in order to store the next received command in the next storage area. Is updated.

  In the present embodiment, the reception process of the command transmitted from the main control device 261 is performed by the interrupt process executed when the command is received. For example, as illustrated in FIG. In the timer interrupt process, before the command determination process (step S3201) is performed, it is confirmed whether or not a command is received. If a command is received, the command is stored in the command buffer of the RAM 513. The command reception flag may be turned on, and if no command is received, the process may proceed to command determination processing. In such a case, it is confirmed whether or not a command has been received by confirming a port corresponding to the command input of the input / output port at predetermined intervals.

  Next, main processing of the payout control device 311 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing the main process of the payout control apparatus 311. This main process is started upon reset when the power is turned on.

  First, in step S3101, an initial setting process associated with power-on is executed. Specifically, a predetermined value set in advance is set in the stack pointer, and an interrupt mode is set. In step S3103, the RAM access is permitted, and in step S3104, an external interrupt vector is set.

  Thereafter, in step S3106, it is determined whether or not occurrence information of power interruption is set in the backup area 513a of the RAM 513. If the information on occurrence of power interruption is set in the backup area 513a, a RAM determination value is calculated in step S3107, and in step S3108, whether the RAM determination value matches the RAM determination value stored when the power is turned off. No, that is, the validity of the backup is determined. The RAM determination value is, for example, a checksum value at a work area address in the RAM 513. It should be noted that it is possible to determine the effectiveness of backup based on whether or not the keywords written in a predetermined area of the RAM 513 are correctly stored.

  If no power-off occurrence information is set in step S3106, or if a backup abnormality is confirmed by a RAM determination value (checksum value or the like) in step S3108, the process proceeds to initialization processing of the RAM 513 after step S3115. Transition.

  In step S3115, the entire area of the RAM 513 is cleared to 0, and in step S3116, the initial value of the RAM 513 is set. Thereafter, in step S3117, the CPU peripheral device is initialized, and the process proceeds to step S3114 to permit interruption.

  On the other hand, on the condition that the power failure occurrence information is set in step S3106 and the RAM judgment value (checksum value etc.) is normal in step S3108, the process at the time of power recovery (at the time of power failure recovery) Process). That is, in step S3109, the stack pointer before power-off is restored, power-off occurrence information is cleared in step S3110, and a payout permission flag that permits payout of prize balls is cleared in step S3111. In step S3112, the CPU peripheral device is initialized. In step S3113, the used register is restored from the backup area 513a of the RAM 513. In step S3114, an interrupt is permitted.

  After the interruption is permitted in step S3114, it is determined in the process of step S3122 whether power-off occurrence information is set in the backup area 513a. Here, if the information on occurrence of power supply interruption is set, the power supply is cut off. Therefore, the processing after step S3123 is performed as a power failure process at the time of power supply interruption. In the power failure process, first, the generation of each interrupt process is prohibited in step S3123, and a command determination process described later is executed in the next step S3124. Thereafter, the contents of each register used by the CPU 511 are saved in the stack area in step S3125, the stack pointer value is stored in the backup area 513a in step S3126, and the RAM determination value is calculated in step S3127 to calculate the backup area 513a. In step S3128, RAM access is prohibited, and the infinite loop is continued until the power supply is completely shut down and processing cannot be executed. Here, the RAM determination value is, for example, a checksum value in the stack area and work area to be backed up in the RAM 513.

  Note that since the process of step S3122 confirms the occurrence information of the power-off after the process performed at the time of turning on the power, the amount of data stored in the backup area 513a of the RAM 513 is smaller than that in the middle of each process. Less and can be easily memorized. Further, when returning to the state before power-off, since the amount of data stored in the backup area 513a is small, it can be easily restored and the processing load of the payout control device 311 can be reduced. .

  Next, timer interrupt processing of the payout control device 311 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This timer interrupt process is started periodically (in this embodiment, at a cycle of 2 msec).

  In the timer interrupt process, first, in step S3201, a command from the main control device 261 is acquired, and a determination process for the command is performed.

  Here, the command determination processing in step S3201 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S3301, it is determined whether or not a command reception flag is turned on. The command reception flag is turned on when a command transmitted from the main control device 261 is received in the above-described reception interrupt process (see FIG. 41).

  If it is determined in step S3301 that the command reception flag is OFF, a new command has not been received from the main control device 261, and thus this process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3301 that the command reception flag is on, the received command is read from the RAM 513 in step S3302, and the command reception flag is turned off in step S3303. By turning off the command reception flag in step S3303, the processing in steps S3302 to S3311 can be skipped until a new command is received, so that the control of the payout control device 311 can be reduced.

  The type of command read from the RAM 513 is determined in the processing of step S3304 to step S3306. In step S3304, it is determined whether or not the command transmitted from the main control device 261 is a payout initialization command. In step S3305, it is determined whether or not it is a payout return command. In step S3306, it is determined whether the command is a prize ball command. It is determined whether or not.

  If the command transmitted from the main controller 261 is a payout initialization command, it is determined in step S3307 whether or not the payout permission flag has already been turned on. If the payout permission flag has been turned off, the main power is turned on. Since the initialization of the RAM 513 is instructed from the control device 261, the work area (area) other than the stack area of the RAM 513 is cleared to 0 in step S3308, and the initial value of the RAM 513 is set in step S3309. Thereafter, in step S3311, the payout permission flag is turned on, and the payout permission for the winning ball is set.

  As described above, the main controller 261 performs initialization processing of the RAM 503 after transmitting the payout initialization command, and the payout control device 311 initializes processing of the RAM 513 after receiving the payout initialization command. Therefore, the timing at which the RAM 503 is initialized and the timing at which the RAM 513 is initialized are substantially at the same time. Therefore, even if the payout control device 311 receives a command transmitted from the main control device 261 due to a shift in the initialization timing, the RAM 513 is initialized, and control corresponding to the received command cannot be performed. The occurrence of adverse effects can be prevented. In addition, since the payout permission flag is turned on after the RAM 513 is initialized, it is possible to reliably set the payout allowance for prize balls.

  On the other hand, if the payout permission flag has already been turned on in step S3307, the command determination process is terminated without clearing the work area of the RAM 513 and the initialization process of the RAM 513. That is, the processing in step S3307 prohibits initialization of the RAM 513 with the payout permission flag set. The payout initialization command is a command that is transmitted only when the RAM erase switch 323 is turned on when the power is turned on. Therefore, the payout initialization command is not received in a state where the payout permission flag is turned on. It is conceivable that the payout control device 311 has recognized the payout initialization command due to the influence of noise or the like. Therefore, if the work area of the RAM 513 is cleared (step S3308) and the initial value setting of the RAM 513 (step S3309) is executed in a state where the payout permission flag is turned on, the payout is not made when a prize ball remains. Although an adverse effect occurs and causes a loss to the player, since the RAM 513 is prevented from being initialized while the payout permission flag is turned on, it is possible to prevent the player from being lost.

  Further, if the command transmitted from the main control device 261 is a payout return command (step S3304: NO, step S3305: YES), the main control device 261 and the payout control device 311 return to the state before the power cut-off. In order to permit the payout of the prize ball, the payout permission flag is turned on in step S3311. That is, when there is information on occurrence of power interruption and the main control device 261 and the payout control device 311 return to the state before the power interruption, the payout of the prize ball is permitted. When the payout permission flag is turned on in the process of step S3311, the process based on the command stored in the predetermined storage area of the command buffer is completed, so the read pointer is changed to the read pointer corresponding to the next storage area. Updated.

  Further, if the command transmitted from main controller 261 is a prize ball command (step S3305: NO, step S3306: YES), the received prize ball number is added to the total prize ball number and stored in step S3310. In order to permit the payout of prize balls, the payout permission flag is turned on in step S3311. At this time, the payout control device 311 sequentially reads out the prize ball commands stored in the command buffer (ring buffer), and adds the number of prize balls corresponding to the command to the total number of prize balls stored in a predetermined buffer area. And remember. Since a prize ball corresponding to the number of prize balls is paid out based on the prize ball command transmitted from the main controller 261, the prize ball command is a payout instruction command for instructing the prize ball to be paid out. . In addition, when a winning ball command is received, the payout permission is immediately set, so that the winning ball can be paid out early for winning. When the payout permission flag is turned on in the process of step S3311, the process based on the command stored in the predetermined storage area of the command buffer is completed, so the read pointer is changed to the read pointer corresponding to the next storage area. Updated.

  Note that the command transmitted from the main controller 261 is not a payout initialization command (step S3304: NO), is not a payout return command (step S3305: NO), and is not a prize ball command (step S3306: NO), The command determination process is terminated without turning on the payout permission flag.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. When the command determination process ends, it is determined in step S3202 whether or not the payout permission flag is turned on in the command determination process. Here, if the payout permission flag is not turned on, this processing is ended as it is. That is, it is possible to prevent award balls from being paid out before a command is transmitted from the main controller 261.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step S3202, the launch permission is set for the launch control device 312 in step S3203, the state return switch 321 is checked in step S3204, and the state return operation is determined to be started. Perform a return operation. With this process, when the state return switch 321 is pressed when a payout error occurs, for example, when the payout motor is clogged, the payout motor is rotated forward and reverse to eliminate the ball clogging (return to the normal state). .

  Thereafter, in step S3205, setting of the lower plate full state or the lower plate full state is performed according to the change in the state of the lower plate 15. That is, when the lower pan 15 is detected based on the detection signal of the lower pan full switch, when the lower pan is full, the lower pan full state is set, and when the lower pan full is not reached , Set the lower pan full release state. In step S3206, setting of a tank ball absence state (out of ball state) or a tank ball absence release state (ball state) is executed in accordance with a change in the state of the tank ball. In other words, the tank ball no switch state is determined based on the detection signal of the tank ball no switch, and the special setting for the absence of the tank ball and the setting for the no tank ball state are executed. Perform configuration.

  Thereafter, in step S3207, for example, the presence / absence of a state to be notified, such as an error state, is determined.

  Subsequently, a payout control process for prize balls and rental balls is executed. Specifically, a payout number setting process is performed in step S3208, a motor control state acquisition process is performed in step S3209, and a motor drive process is performed in step S3210.

  In step S3211, the state return switch 321 is checked to execute the ball removal process by driving the payout motor 358a on the condition that the ball removal disabled state is not set and the ball removal operation is not started. In a succeeding step S3212, the control of the vibrator 360 (vibration motor control) is executed on condition that the ball is clogged. Thereafter, the process returns to the beginning of the timer interrupt process.

  Next, normal processing of the sub-control device 262 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S3901, the port corresponding to the command input of the input / output port 554 is confirmed, and it is determined whether or not the command transmitted from the main controller 261 is received.

  If a command has been received, the command is stored in the command buffer of the RAM 553 in step S3902. The command buffer of the RAM 553 is a ring buffer that temporarily stores commands transmitted from the main control device 261. The ring buffer has a predetermined storage area, and commands are stored with regularity from the beginning to the end of the storage area. When commands are stored in all storage areas, the ring buffer is at the start of the storage area. The return command is configured to be updated. Therefore, when the command is stored and when the command is read, the storage pointer and the read pointer in the command buffer are updated, and the command is stored and read based on each pointer.

  In the subsequent step S3903, a hold information storage process for storing the fluctuation information included in the advance command in the hold information storage area provided in the RAM 553 is performed. The starting command includes, as described above, information indicating whether the display is a variation display triggered by the first start winning unit 33a (the setting of the first start winning flag), or variation information corresponding to the jackpot. Information indicating whether there is a jackpot occurrence flag setting, information indicating whether it is a variable display corresponding to a long jackpot or short jackpot (setting of a long jackpot occurrence flag or a short jackpot occurrence flag), corresponding to a deviation Information indicating whether or not the change display is to be performed (setting of the out flag), and information indicating the change time of the change display (setting of the 2 second change flag, the 3 second change flag, and the 7 second change flag).

  Further, the holding information storage area includes four holding areas (holding first to fourth holding areas) and one execution area, like the special variable holding area of the main control device 261. In the hold information storage area, the change information included in the advance command is stored in time series in accordance with the reception history of the advance command based on the change display (information stored in the special change hold area). By adopting this configuration, the sub-control device 262 can also grasp the fluctuation information stored in the special fluctuation holding area of the main control device 261.

  Here, the hold information storage processing in step S3903 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S4101, it is determined whether or not a starting command has been received (whether or not the starting command has been stored in the command buffer of the RAM 553). If an affirmative determination is made in step S4101, in step S4102, a hold counter Np that counts the number of variable information held in the hold information storage area is incremented by one.

  In the following step S4103, fluctuation information including information on whether or not big hit, information on whether or not small hit, fluctuation time information, etc. included in the advance command is stored in the first reserved area in the reserved information storage area. Remember in the area. Thereafter, in step S4104, the values of various counters used in determining the effect display content are acquired, and the values are stored in the same holding area where the variation information is stored.

  After performing the process of step S4104 or when a negative determination is made in step S4101, the process proceeds to step S4105 to determine whether or not a variation pattern command has been received (whether or not the variation pattern command has been stored in the command buffer of the RAM 553). Or not). If an affirmative determination is made in step S4105, 1 is subtracted from the value of the hold counter Np in step S4106.

  After step S4106, in step S4107, a process for shifting data stored in the hold information storage area is executed. This data shift process is a process for sequentially shifting the data (including flag information) stored in the first to fourth reservation areas of the reservation information storage area to the execution area side. The first reservation area → the execution area The data in each area is shifted, for example, second reserved area → first reserved area, third reserved area → second reserved area, fourth reserved area → third reserved area.

  After performing the process of step S4107, or if a negative determination is made in step S4205, it is determined in step S4108 whether or not a change stop command has been received. If an affirmative determination is made, in step S4109 The variable display stop display setting of the decorative symbol display device 42 is performed. The variation stop command is a command (see step S816 of the first display control process in FIG. 31) that is output from the main control device 261 at the timing of the end of variation display that teaches a big hit or miss, and receives the variation stop command. Then, the variable display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is stopped and displayed.

  After performing the process of step S4109, or if a negative determination is made in step S4108, it is determined in step S4110 whether or not an open change command has been received. If an affirmative determination is made, step S4111 is determined. Then, a setting for extending the variable display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is performed. The opening variation command is a command (see step S817) output from the main control device 261 at the end of the variation display that teaches the small hit (see step S817), and the variation of the decorative symbol display device 42 is received in response to the opening variation command. Instead of stopping the display, the display is continued.

  After performing the process of step S4111, or if a negative determination is made in step S4110, it is determined in step S4112 whether or not an open change stop command has been received. In S4113, the variable display stop display setting of the decorative symbol display device 42 is set. The variable stop command during opening is when all the game balls are discharged from the specific area 401 (or when no game balls enter the specific area 401 while the wing member 404 is opened; This is a command that is output from the main control device 261 when a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442 (see step S7312 of the specific winning process in FIG. 28). In response to the middle variation stop command, the variation display (extended display) of the decorative symbol display device 42 is stopped. After step S4113, this process ends.

  As a variation mode of the decorative symbol display device 42 when a small hit is made, for example, a variation pattern command is received and a variation display of the decorative symbol display device 42 is started. At the time of the change display stop at the time, a change command during opening is received, a reach mode is generated, and when the wing member 404 is opened, the reach state is shifted as it is, and a win based on a ball entering the specific winning opening 442 The mode corresponding to the jackpot (for example, a three-digit symbol with a flat eye) is stopped and displayed, and the mode corresponding to the release is received in response to the release variation stop command for release ( For example, a three-digit symbol (other than a doublet) is stopped and displayed.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 45, after step S3903 or when a negative determination is made in step S3901, the process proceeds to step S3904, whether or not the execution timing of the next normal process has been reached, that is, the start of the previous normal process It is determined whether or not a predetermined time (2 msec in this example) has elapsed since the start. If the predetermined time has already elapsed, the process proceeds to step S3905. If the predetermined time has not yet elapsed since the start of the previous normal process, the process proceeds to step S3911.

  In step S3905, update processing of various counters used when determining the effect display content is executed. In subsequent step S3906, display setting processing is performed. Here, various arithmetic processes such as generating a display command to be output to the display control device 45 and command output setting are basically performed based on information stored in the command buffer of the RAM 553 when a variation pattern command is received. Accordingly, the display mode to be displayed on the decorative symbol display device 42 is determined here, and a value corresponding to the variation time of the variation pattern command is set in the variation time timer. At this time, the sub-control device 262 performs processing based on a table associating various types of effects (variation types) with variation pattern commands.

  In step S3906, the presence / absence of the operation of the effect button 125 is also checked. If the operation of the effect button 125 is confirmed, settings corresponding to the operation are performed. Furthermore, in this embodiment, when “100” is set in the variation counter in the end setting process, or when the value of the variation counter is decremented by 1 in the discrimination information setting process, a command including that is the main command. It is output from the control device 261 to the sub-control device 262, and the sub-control device 262 is configured to display the remaining number of times on the decorative symbol display device 42 based on the command information.

  The display command is, for example, a command for designating a series of display effects from the start to the end of variable display, or a command for designating a display effect during a jackpot, and is stored in the command buffer of the RAM 553. A necessary display command is generated each time based on the above. Usually, the display commands related to the variable display generated by the sub-control device 262 are roughly divided into a normal variable data group, a reach effect data group, and the like. Basically, each data constituting these data groups is the variable time timer. Are sequentially output in accordance with a predetermined time order, thereby providing display effects according to various variation patterns. For example, the normal fluctuation data group includes normal fluctuation data 1, normal fluctuation data 2,..., And normal fluctuation data m, and the reach effect data group includes reach effect data 1, reach effect data 2,. In the case of n, data output is sequentially performed in the order of normal fluctuation data 1 → 2 →... → m with the start of normal fluctuation, and subsequently reach effect data 1 → 2 → with the start of reach effect. ... → Data is sequentially output in the order of n.

  Note that the display control device 45 performs a drawing process in response to a command from the sub-control device 262, and starts a variable display of symbols on the decorative symbol display device. Once the variation pattern command is received from main controller 261, sub-control is performed until the variation time corresponding to the variation pattern has elapsed (until the variation time timer set in step S3906 becomes 0). The effect display is continued under the cooperation of the device 262 and the display control device 45.

  In the lamp setting process of step S3907, the lighting pattern of the lamp / electrical accessories is set so as to be synchronized with the display effect performed by the decorative symbol display device 42. In the lamp setting process, when a starting command is received, in this embodiment, among the hold lamp displays indicating the number of hold of the variable display of the special display device 43 displayed in the lower left area of the decorative symbol display device 42. One of the lamps that are turned off (for example, the leftmost lamp among extinguished lamps) is turned on. Further, when a variation pattern command is received, one of the on-hold lamp displays that are lit (for example, the rightmost lamp that is lit) is turned off. In addition, when the information indicating that the fluctuation display of the normal symbol display device 41 is held is received, one of the normal fluctuation hold lamps 44 is turned on, and the fluctuation display of the normal symbol display device 41 is started. When the information to that effect is received, a process of turning off one of the normal fluctuation hold lamps 44 is also performed.

  In the sound setting process of step S3908, the output pattern of the speaker 24 is set to synchronize with the display effect performed by the decorative symbol display device 42. In addition, when a voice-related command such as notification of an error occurrence is transmitted from the main control device 261, settings for performing these controls are also performed in step S3908.

  In step S3909, a demonstration that is set to be displayed when a predetermined time elapses in a state where the display effect corresponding to the variable display of the special display device 43 is not performed in the decorative symbol display device 42, for example, in the customer design. Perform other processing such as control settings for (screen display).

  In step 3911, an external output process for transmitting a control signal based on the setting contents in steps S3905 to 3910 to each device is executed. For example, the display command is transmitted to the display control device 45 when the decorative design display device 42 performs a display effect corresponding to the variable display of the special display device 43.

  After the processing of steps S3905 to S3910 performed every 1 msec is executed, or when a negative determination is made in step S3904, the process proceeds to step S3911, and whether or not the information on occurrence of power interruption is stored in the RAM 553 is determined. Is determined. The information on the occurrence of power interruption is stored when a power interruption command is received from the main controller 261.

  If no power off occurrence information is stored, the process advances to step S3912 to determine whether or not the RAM 553 is destroyed. If the RAM 553 is not destroyed here, the process returns to step S3901 and the normal process is repeatedly executed. On the other hand, if the RAM 553 is destroyed, the processing is looped infinitely in order to stop the subsequent processing.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3911 that the power-off occurrence information is stored, power-off processing is executed in step S3913. In power-off processing, interrupt processing is prohibited and each output port is turned off. Further, the storage of the information on occurrence of power interruption is also erased. After executing the power-off process, the process loops infinitely.

  As described in detail above, according to the present embodiment, a game ball that has entered the specific area 401 of the central winning unit 37 and has reached the rotating body unit 411 installed in the upper area 406 of the specific area 401 is fixed. By being accommodated in the specific pocket portion 416a or the non-specific pocket portion 416b of the rotating body 414 that rotates in the direction (counterclockwise direction in plan view), it is guided to either the safe passage 427 or the out passage 428, and thus It is guided to either the lower area 407 of the specific area 401 or outside the game area. In such a configuration, the main control device 261 executes reverse control for displacing the rotating body 414 in the opposite direction (clockwise direction) to the normal direction (counterclockwise direction) when the power is turned on. (See step S111 of the main process in FIG. 18).

  That is, in the rotating body unit 411, the main body portion 412 of the rotating body unit 411 (the portion constituting the left edge of the first gate 435 in the surrounding wall 434 and the upper edge of the surrounding wall 434 extends inward. In a state where the game balls are jammed (ball-engaged) so as to be sandwiched between the overhanging portion 440) and the pocket portion 416 of the rotating body 414 (inner peripheral surface of the pocket portion 416), reverse control is performed. The ball biting can be eliminated.

  For this reason, when a ball bit occurs in the rotator unit 411, the power supply is turned off and restarted, and reverse control is performed, so that a game hall related person or the like bites the rotator 414 or the ball. The ball biting can be eliminated without touching the ball. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a suspicion about the fairness of the game or the like occurs by touching a rotating body 414 or a game ball that is biting a ball, without causing trouble, Both the player and the playground staff can be satisfied and the game can be resumed.

  In addition, since it can be surely eliminated even when the ball bite occurs, the degree of freedom in designing the central winning unit 37 including the rotating body unit 411 can be improved. Therefore, it is possible to improve the design and to enhance other functions (such as providing a movable accessory that performs more complicated movement).

  In addition, by performing reverse control when the power is turned on, various errors are checked by the processing that is performed at the time of startup (you do not need to set up a separate error check subroutine in response to a clogged ball), ball chewing, etc. It is also possible to perform a process of correcting an error (such as a phase shift of the rotator 414) caused by the above, and to appropriately operate the rotator 414 or the like. In addition, even if the power is turned off with the ball biting when finishing business at a game hall etc., the ball biting will be canceled by starting the power supply when starting business on the next day, etc. In addition to the power on / off operation that is normally performed at the start and end of business, there is no need to perform a separate operation for eliminating the ball biting, and workability can be improved.

  In addition, corresponding to the upper position of the entrance of the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428, the surrounding wall 434 is formed so as to protrude upward along the peripheral edge portion of the housing recess 413 in which the rotating body 414 of the main body portion 412 is housed. An overhanging portion 440 extending from the upper edge portion to the inner peripheral side is provided. For this reason, a game ball enters the specific pocket portion 416a or the non-specific pocket portion 416b in a state where the position matches the entrance of the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428, and the game ball is immediately discharged from the pocket portion 416. (Entering the safe passage 427 or the out passage 428) can be avoided, and the game balls accommodated in the pocket portion 416 can be seen and enjoyed. Therefore, it is possible to make it easy to grasp whether the game ball enters the safe passage 427 or the out passage 428, and it is possible to bring out the original enjoyment of a pachinko machine such as watching and enjoying the behavior of the game ball. In addition, the presence of the overhang portion 440 can prevent a situation in which the game ball accommodated in the pocket portion 416 and carried to the safe passage 427 or the out passage 428 jumps out of the pocket portion 416.

  In addition, it is not limited to the description content of embodiment mentioned above, For example, you may implement as follows.

  (A) In the above embodiment, regardless of which of the first start winning unit 33a and the second starting winning unit 33b a game ball enters, the winning probability of the winning / losing lottery, the variable display time, etc. are the same. When a game ball enters the first start winning unit 33a and when a game ball enters the second start winning unit 33b, a big win or a small win is assigned in the lottery, or each lottery is won. You may comprise so that the content etc. of privilege may differ. For example, in the case of winning a lottery based on a lottery based on entering the first start winning unit 33a, the wing member 404 is 1 after the first special display device 43L displays a variable display for 1 second. In the case of winning a small win in the lottery based on the entry to the second start winning unit 33b, after the second special display device 43R displays the variation for 3 seconds or 5 seconds, The wing member 404 may be opened for 0.8 seconds. Further, for example, the number of game balls paid out when a game ball enters the first start winning unit 33a is different from the number of game balls paid out when a ball enters the second start winning unit 33b. It is good as well.

  (B) In the above embodiment, a total of four variable displays can be held on the special display device 43 for teaching the result of the lottery based on the winning to the first start winning unit 33a and the second starting winning unit 33b. However, the number of reservations is not particularly limited. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which up to four (total of eight) variable displays can be held in correspondence with each of the first starting winning units 33a and the second starting winning units 33b. In the case of adopting this configuration, it may be configured so that the number of variable display suspensions based on the entrance to each start winning unit 33a, 33b can be grasped separately. In addition, when adopting the configuration, for example, the variable display based on the entry to the second start winning unit 33b is given priority over the change display based on the entry to the first start winning unit a. It may be configured such that the variable display corresponding to the order in which the first start winning unit 33a and the second starting winning unit 33b have entered the balls may be executed. In addition, it is good also as a structure which is not suspended. In addition, there is no particular limitation on the number of holdings of the variable display for teaching the result of the entrance assist lottery, and it may be configured to be able to hold less than 4 or 5 or more, or may not be held at all. It is good.

  (C) Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, two starting and entering ball means (the first starting winning unit 33a and the second starting winning unit 33b) are provided, but one or three or more may be provided. . Further, the arrangement of the starting ball entering means is not particularly limited.

  In the embodiment described above, there is a case where a “big hit” (15 round big hit) is won in the lottery performed based on the winning to the start winning units 33a and 33b, but the winning winning units 33a and 33b are entered. In the lottery based on the ball, it may be configured such that the “big hit” is not determined (so that it is distributed as “small hit” or “out”). Furthermore, the configuration may be such that the wing member 404 is always opened when the start winning units 33a and 33b have entered a ball (so that they always “small hit” and do not come off). Moreover, in the said embodiment, you may comprise so that the wing | blade member 404 may be open | released in multiple times (for example, twice) per "small hit" once.

  (D) In the above embodiment, when setting the variable display (setting the fluctuation pattern command), the fluctuation time or the like is determined based on the value of the winning random number counter C1 or the value of the fluctuation time selection counter C2. The variation time or the like may be determined based on the setting status of a flag such as a big hit occurrence flag or a 3-second variation flag.

  In the above embodiment, in the special fluctuation holding area, a big hit occurrence flag, a 3 second fluctuation flag, and the like are provided in addition to the areas for storing the values of the winning random number counter C1 and the fluctuation time selection counter C2. A configuration may be adopted in which information such as whether or not to make a big hit and the variation time is overwritten in the area for storing the values of the random number counter C1 and the variation time selection counter C2. In this case, it is not necessary to separately provide a big hit occurrence flag or the like, and the storage area can be simplified. However, according to the above-described embodiment, when the variable display is set (variable display setting process), the variable display is not set based on the results of the pre-defective determination process and the variable time determination process that are performed in advance. The values of the winning random number counter C1 and the variable time selection counter C2 extracted at the time of winning (in the start winning process) are directly compared with the values stored in the success / failure determination table and the variable time selection table, and according to the result. Thus, the variable display can be set.

  (E) In the above-described embodiment, a game ball enters the specific winning opening 442 (the detection of the specific ball detection switch 461) promises to generate a big hit state and determines the type of the big win state. Type lottery is performed, and the type of jackpot state is determined. That is, the type of jackpot state is determined using the type selection counter Nx, but is not particularly limited to such a configuration. For example, there may be a plurality of specific winning ports 442, and different types of jackpots may be generated depending on which specific winning port 442 is entered.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the number and content of the kind of big hit or small hit are not specifically limited, It sets suitably for every model of a pachinko machine. Further, the number and contents of the game modes such as the normal mode and the time reduction mode are not particularly limited. For example, there may be a mode that is relatively easy to win a big hit or a small hit.

  (F) In the above embodiment, the rotator unit 411 is embodied as the allocating unit. However, the rotator unit 411 is not particularly limited to such a configuration. For example, the allocating unit 445 that reciprocates instead of the rotating motion is allocated to the allocating unit. The specific winning opening 442 may be configured as a specific winning means, and the non-specific winning opening 443 may be configured as a non-specific winning means.

  In the above embodiment, the reverse control is performed when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned on, but the timing at which the reverse control is performed (the trigger for performing the reverse control) is not particularly limited. In addition or instead, the reverse control may be executed at another timing or another opportunity. For example, a reverse control switch may be provided on the back side of the inner frame 12 so that the reverse control is performed by operating the reverse control switch.

  Further, the operation of the rotating body 414 by reverse control can be used as an effect. Furthermore, a reverse operation (displacement in the reverse direction) may be incorporated into a series of operations that are normally performed, and configured to be performed every predetermined time. In this case, even when the ball engagement occurs in the rotator unit 411, it is possible to return from the sphere engagement state when the rotator 414 is displaced every predetermined time in the reverse direction.

  It should be noted that even if the reverse control is performed at a timing different from when the power is turned on, the game ball may not be fired even if the handle 18 is operated during the reverse control. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although comprised so that the reverse control which reversely rotates the rotary body 414 as special control may be performed, it is not limited to this structure in particular, For example, the rotary body 414 is used as special control. The rotary body 414 may be vibrated up and down or left and right by reciprocating (vibrating) in small increments before and after in the rotation direction, or by providing a driving unit different from the rotary body motor 415.

  (G) In the above-described embodiment, a ball bit is generated in the rotating body unit 411 (a game ball is sandwiched between the main body portion 412 and the rotating body 414), and the operation of the rotating body 414 is stopped. It is good also as providing the ball biting detection means which can detect. In this case, based on the detection of the ball biting detection means, it is possible to perform reverse control, perform error notification, or temporarily suspend the game. In other words, if a configuration in which reverse control is performed when ball biting occurs, ball biting can be automatically resolved, and if a configuration is informed, the player himself or herself will be assigned to the game hall personnel. Even if it is not called, it is possible to notify the game hall personnel, and if the game is temporarily suspended, it is possible to prevent the game from being played while the ball is bitten.

  Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the bite of the ball relatively quickly, or to suppress the stress of the player due to the fact that the ball bite state is not released for a relatively long time (such as a game hall official does not cope with smoothness). It is possible to avoid a situation in which an unfair game is performed and a significant disadvantage occurs on the player side or the game hall side. In particular, if the reverse control is performed based on at least the detection of the ball biting detection means, the ball biting can be eliminated immediately, and the ball biting can be eliminated without bothering the hands of the game venue personnel. It is possible to reduce the time and labor of the game hall related personnel. Examples of the ball biting detection means include a sensor that can detect contact or proximity of a game ball, a sensor that can detect the phase of the rotating body 414 (phase detection means), and the like.

  In particular, when phase detection means is provided, the relative phase between each pocket 416 (416a, 416b) and the inlet of the out passage 428 and the inlet of the safe passage 427 at that time can be grasped. Therefore, for example, when the reverse control is started, the phase detection means is confirmed, and the pocket portion 416 located between the first gate 435 and the entrance of the safe passage 427 in the pocket portion 416, that is, the game ball The position of the pocket portion 416 that may be accommodated is grasped. Further, when the rotating body 414 is rotated in the reverse direction, the distance (phase) until the pocket portion 416 reaches the entrance of the out passage 428 is calculated, and in the reverse process, there is a possibility that the game ball is accommodated. The reverse rotation of the rotating body 414 is stopped before a pocket portion 416 reaches the entrance of the out passage 428. With the above-described configuration, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the game ball stored in the pocket portion 416 enters the out passage 428 during reverse control. In other words, if the rotating body 414 is further rotated in the reverse direction, the game ball accommodated in the pocket portion 416 is reversely rotated to a marginal phase in which the ball enters the entrance of the out passage 428 (more dynamic For example, it can also be applied to effects (providing a feeling of pounding that a game ball is unlikely to enter the out passage 428).

  In the above embodiment, the overhanging portion 440 is basically provided only above the entrance of the out passage 428 and the entrance of the safe passage 427, and although it is a little, it is also from a place other than the first gate 435. Since there is a possibility that a game ball may enter the pocket portion 416, in the case of completeness, the position of the pocket portion 416 that does not cover the overhang portion 440 of the pocket portion 416 is confirmed. The reverse rotation of the rotating body 414 may be stopped before reaching the entrance of the out passage 428.

  (H) In the above embodiment, the reverse process is not performed when the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch 323 as the release switch. However, the reverse process may be performed. Further, although the reverse processing is not performed even when the RAM determination value is not normal, the reverse determination may be performed. In addition to the RAM erase switch 323, a release switch is provided at a position where the player cannot operate (inside or on the back side of the pachinko machine 10), and whether or not reverse control can be executed according to the operation status of the release switch. For example, “reverse control is performed when the power is turned off while the release switch is on, and reverse control is not performed when the power is turned off while the release switch is off”. Good. In this case, the reverse control can be performed or not performed depending on the situation without erasing the contents of the backup even if the operation is performed. For this reason, it is possible to distinguish between a case where a game hall official intentionally turns off the power due to the occurrence of a ball bite and a case where the power is turned off due to a power failure or the like. As a result, a power failure occurs when the game ball reaches the rotating body 414 of the rotating body unit 411 and temporarily stops without biting the ball, and then the reverse control is performed. In the portion 416, a situation is avoided in which the pocket portion 416 that should have entered if the reverse control is not performed differs from the pocket portion 416 that has entered due to the reverse control being performed. can do.

  In addition, as a release switch, the switch that automatically returns to the OFF state unless the operation of the push switch or the like is continued, the ON or OFF state is maintained even if the operation of the rocker switch or the toggle switch is not continued. The switch etc. which can also be mentioned are mentioned.

  (I) Further, for example, “When the power switch provided in the pachinko machine 10 is turned off, reverse control is performed, and the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned off without the power switch of the pachinko machine 10 being turned off. It is also possible not to perform reverse control when In this case, a distinction is made between the normal power-off of the pachinko machine 10 and a power failure, and when the power is intentionally turned off, that is, when the power is turned off to eliminate the ball biting, or when the game ends. In the case of turning off, reverse control is performed at the time of startup, and in the case of a power failure, reverse control is not performed at the time of startup. Also, the release switch as in (h) above is not necessary.

  (J) In the above embodiment, the specific area 401 where the specific winning opening 442 is installed is changed by the wing member 404 between a state in which the specific area 401 can be entered and an incapable state. The specific region 401 is always provided by omitting the wing member 404 or by providing an opening that allows entry into the specific region 401 separately from the ball opening 403 that is opened and closed by the wing member 404. You may comprise so that there is a possibility of entering into. In the above embodiment, the specific area 401 is divided into an upper area 406 and a lower area 407. However, the specific area 401 may be configured to have only one room without being divided. Three or more regions (rooms) through which game balls can pass may be provided, and an appropriate sorting device may be provided as appropriate for sorting the rooms through which the game balls pass. Furthermore, when the distribution device includes a movable member, it is desirable that the movable member is subjected to reverse control so that the movable member is displaced by a predetermined distance in the reverse direction when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is activated.

  In addition, in the above embodiment, the game ball that has entered the specific area 401 cannot reach the lower stage area 407 unless it passes through the rotating body unit 411 as the distributing means. Provide another passage that can reach the lower region 407 without passing (a bypass passage that allows the upper region 406 and the lower region 407 to communicate with each other, or an opening that can enter the lower region 407 directly from outside the specific region 401 Or may be provided).

  (K) In the above-described embodiment, a shutter may be provided as an entry preventing unit that can open and close the first gate 435. For example, the shutter may be slidable along the enclosure wall 434 and may be configured to be displaced to a position where the first gate 435 is closed when the power is cut off or when reverse control is performed. . That is, for example, although the game ball has not yet entered the pocket portion 416, it is positioned in the vicinity of the first gate 435, and the rotating body 414 rotates to rotate the first gate 435 and any of the pocket portions 416. If a power failure occurs in a state where a ball enters the pocket portion 416 if the position matches, the rotating body 414 should enter the specific pocket portion 416a if the rotating body 414 performs a normal operation. When the game ball is subjected to reverse control and the rotating body 414 reversely rotates, a case may occur where the game ball enters the non-specific pocket portion 416b. In this case, there is a lack of fairness in the game, and there is a risk of causing trouble even though neither the player nor the playground side has any defects.

  In this regard, when the shutter is provided as described above and the reverse processing is performed, the entry of the game ball into the pocket portion 416 is restricted, and the reverse control is performed, so that the pocket portion that should originally enter the ball It is possible to prevent a situation in which a ball enters a pocket portion 416 different from 416. However, for a game ball that is biting when the power is turned off, it is desirable that the game ball be inserted into the pocket portion 416 sandwiching the game ball. That is, in reverse control, it is determined whether or not the ball is engaged. If an affirmative determination is made, the shutter is not moved, and if a negative determination is made, the shutter is moved to block the first gate 435. You may comprise.

  In the above embodiment, the game ball including the upper stage guide passage 436 and the game ball rolling path 433 (guide means) for guiding the game ball entering the specific area 401 to the front position (preparation position) of the rotating body 414 is provided. Is configured to enter the pocket portion 416 of the rotating body 414 from a predetermined position (first gate 435). As described above, when the position where the game ball enters the pocket portion 416 of the rotating body 414 is determined, it is easy to provide the shutter as described above, and the shutter functions more reliably.

  (L) Furthermore, the central winning unit 37 is provided so as to be able to appear and disappear in any one of the upper guide passage 436 and the game ball rolling path 433, and allows the game ball to pass when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned off. It is good also as providing the stopper (temporary stop means) to regulate. In other words, the game ball that was present in the specific area 401 when the power is cut off (at the time of a power failure) continues to move downstream until the power is turned on. While the ball enters the predetermined pocket portion 416 or does not enter the pocket portion 416, it reaches the rotating body 414 (first gate 435) and it is virtually determined which pocket portion 416 to enter. It is possible to prevent situations such as Note that temporary stop means may be provided in the lower guide passage 441 as well.

  In addition, the pocket part 416 may be one or plural. In the above-described embodiment, when the rotary body 414 rotates in the reverse direction and the position of the specific pocket portion 416a coincides with the entrance of the out passage 428, the game ball accommodated in the specific pocket portion 416a is out of the out passage 428. (In the reverse process, the rotating body 414 rotates only about 5 degrees in the reverse direction. Therefore, the game ball enters the specific pocket portion 416a at a place other than the first gate 435. (Even if it is), the game ball accommodated in the specific pocket portion 416a will not enter the out passage 428), but may be structured so that it cannot enter. Further, the shape of the specific pocket portion 416a and the shape of the non-specific pocket portion 416b are switched by changing the positions of the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428 or by making the normal rotation direction of the rotating body 414 reverse. May be.

  (M) In the above embodiment, a first shutter (shutter means) capable of opening and closing the entrance of the safe passage 427 and a first solenoid for opening and closing the first shutter are provided, and the entrance of the out passage 428 can be opened and closed. A second shutter (shutter means) and a second solenoid that opens and closes the second shutter may be provided, and at least during the reverse process, the first and second shutters may be closed. In this case, during reverse control, a game ball already stored in the pocket portion 416 enters either the safe passage 427 or the out passage 428, in particular, a game ball stored in the specific pocket portion 416a enters the out passage 428. It is possible to more reliably prevent the ball from falling.

  It should be noted that it is desirable to configure so that as large a step as possible is not formed between the peripheral portion of the entrance of the safe passage 427 or the out passage 428 and the first and second shutters in the closed state. That is, for example, even when the shutter means is in the closed state, if the positions of the pocket portion 416 in which the game ball is accommodated and the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428 match, the game ball is compared with the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428. In the case of diving to a deep position, when the rotator 414 is displaced, the game ball is sandwiched between the inner peripheral surfaces of the safe passage 427 and the out passage 428 and the rotator 414. May cause problems such as being ejected from the pocket portion 416 and biting into a ball, but such problems can be avoided by eliminating the step as described above.

  (N) Further, after the reverse control is performed, until the rotating body 414 returns to the position before the reverse control is performed, the shutter (k) described above as the entry preventing unit, or the ( The first and second shutters m) may be in a state of restricting the movement of the game ball, and after returning, the movement of the game ball may be permitted.

  In this case, when normal processing is started after reverse control, the state before reverse processing (when the power is turned off) can be restored as much as possible. Since the means is in a state of restricting the movement of the game ball, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a normal game is hindered. In the above-described embodiment, since the normal process is started after the reverse rotation is performed by 5 degrees and the normal rotation is started after the reverse rotation by 5 degrees, the phase of the rotating body 414 is out of the original phase. It is possible to prevent a situation in which a normal game starts.

  (O) It is good also as providing the transparent or semi-transparent cover which obstruct | occludes the front of the upper stage area | region 406 in which the rotary body 414 is installed with respect to the center winning unit 37 (housing 402). In this case, a wire or the like is inserted into the upper region 406 to illegally intervene in the operation of the rotating body 414 or the game ball, or the rotating body unit 411 is illegally remodeled (the game ball rolling path 433 is coated with grease or the like. , Such as cutting or deforming a part of the rotating body 414 or the game ball rolling path 433) can be more reliably suppressed.

  Further, in the configuration in which the cover is provided so that it is difficult or impossible to attach / detach to / from the central winning unit 37, even if the ball engagement occurs in the rotating body unit 411, the ball engagement is eliminated by directly touching the rotating body 414 or the game ball. Although it is difficult or impossible to do this, the ball biting can be eliminated by performing reverse control as in the above embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to reliably cope with the ball biting in the rotating body unit 411 while providing a cover to improve crime prevention.

  Note that the cover may be configured to be detachable by being attached with screws or locking means, etc., or may be fixed by a break screw or welding, etc. so as not to be detachable or provided with a predetermined trace. It may be done. In the former case, maintenance can be performed relatively easily. In the latter case, fraudulent acts can be prevented more reliably, and fraudulent acts not only on the game playing side but also on the game providing side (game hall or the like) can be prevented. A transparent or translucent cover that covers the front of the lower region 407 where the distribution unit 445 is installed may be provided. In this case, it is desirable that the distribution unit 445 is also configured as a target of reverse processing so that the ball biting can be eliminated.

  (P) In the above-described embodiment, photographing means capable of photographing the range including the rotator unit 411 (for example, a video camera is installed on the ceiling surface of the upper area 406) and a display capable of displaying an image photographed by the photographing means In the case where a means (for example, the decorative symbol display device 42 may be substituted or provided separately) and reverse control is performed, photographing by the photographing means may be performed. In this case, the behavior of the series of rotating bodies 414 and game balls related to the reverse control can be more reliably prevented from becoming a watering theory between the player and the game hall related parties.

  The display means includes an image photographed by the photographing means, a description display, that is, an explanation of the purpose of the reverse control, and a pattern resulting from the reverse control (the game ball is ejected from the rotating body 414. It is also possible to display a unique pattern that is likely to cause a trouble) and a coping method (rule). In addition, a display operation means (for example, a button beside the upper plate 19 or the lower plate 15) is provided at a position where the player can operate, and the reverse control is performed based on the operation of the display operation unit. Even in this state, the display means may be able to display a description of the reverse control, rules, and the like together with the sample image. When these configurations are adopted, the above-described effects can be achieved more reliably.

  In addition, in a state where it is determined that a game ball is present in the specific area 401, the photographing unit may perform photographing. Furthermore, a lower-stage passage detection switch capable of detecting a game ball passing through the lower-stage guide passage 441 is provided, and when the switch is detected, an image photographed by the photographing means may be displayed on the display means. . In this case, the behavior of the game ball that has entered the safe passage 427 from the specific pocket portion 416a can be reproduced and viewed on the display means by effectively utilizing the display means and the photographing means. In addition, the distribution unit 445 may be configured as a distribution unit, and a range including the distribution unit 445 may be configured to be imaged by the imaging unit. In this case, based on the detection of the specific entry detection switch 461, the captured image of the imaging unit is reproduced on the display unit, so that the player can play the game at the specific winning opening 442 where a big hit state is generated by entering the ball. You can relive the moment of joy when the ball enters. In addition, the player who has missed the event can confirm the course of the event and can enjoy the joyful behavior of the game ball.

  (Q) You may implement as a pachinko machine of a different type from the above-mentioned embodiment. For example, the variable winning device 32 (large winning opening) is omitted, and based on the winning of the specific winning opening 442 and the non-specific winning opening 443 (detection of the specific winning detection switch 461 and the non-specific winning detection switch 462) It is assumed that a predetermined number of game balls are paid out until a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses after the wing member 404 of the central winning unit 37 is released, or for a predetermined number (for example, eight) in the specific area 401. It may be applied to a gaming machine in which the game state is a big hit state while a game ball is entered as one round and repeated for a predetermined round (for example, 3, 8, or 16 rounds). In this case, the central winning unit 37 also functions as the variable winning device 32. In addition to pachinko machines, various game machines such as an arrangement ball machine and a sparrow ball similar thereto may be used.

[Appendix]
The technical idea that can be grasped from the above embodiment will be described below.

Means 1. A game area where game balls launched by the launching means are guided; and
Variable entry means having a specific area in which a game ball moving in the game area can enter,
The variable pitching means is
A specific entry means capable of entering a game ball entered in the specific area;
Non-specific entry means for entering game balls other than game balls entering the specific entry means out of the game balls entering the specific area;
In the specific area, the game ball is provided in an area that must pass in order to enter the specific ball entry means, and guides the game ball to either the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means. Distribution means,
The distribution means includes
A main body having a first communication part communicating with the specific ball entry means and a second communication part communicating with the non-specific ball entry means;
Movable means provided to be relatively displaceable with respect to the main body,
Driving means for causing the movable means to perform periodic motion;
Drive control means for performing drive control of the drive means,
The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the drive control means performs special control for causing the movable means to perform an operation different from a normal operation based on establishment of a predetermined condition.

  According to the means 1, the game ball that has entered the specific area and has reached the distribution means is guided to one of the first communication part and the second communication part by the movable means that performs periodic motion, and as a result It is guided to either the ball means or the non-specific entry means. In such a configuration, the drive control means performs special control for causing the movable means to perform an operation different from the normal operation based on the establishment of a predetermined condition. In other words, in a state where the game balls are jammed (clamped with the ball) so as to be sandwiched between the movable unit and the main body portion in the distribution unit, the ball biting can be eliminated by performing the special control. .

  For this reason, when ball biting occurs in the distribution unit, special control is performed to eliminate the ball bite without touching the game unit involved with the distribution unit or the ball. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a suspicion about the fairness of the game or the like is caused by touching a game ball that is related to a distribution means or a ball by a person related to a game hall, and without causing trouble, Both the player and the playground personnel can be satisfied and the game can be resumed.

  In addition, since it can be surely eliminated even when the ball bite occurs, the degree of freedom in designing the variable ball entry means including the sorting means can be improved. Therefore, it is possible to improve the design and to enhance other functions (such as providing a movable accessory that performs more complicated movement).

  The operation of the movable means by special control can also be used as an effect. Further, at a position where the ball biting can occur, if the game ball is not held so as to be sandwiched between the main body portion and the movable means, it does not stagnate (inclined). It may be a vertical hole). In other words, in the specific area, the game ball is inclined toward the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means so that the game ball enters the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means. Of course, even in a position where the ball biting can occur, the game ball that has been biting the ball has a movable means because it is inclined toward the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means side. It is possible to escape from the position where the ball biting can occur in a gap where the special control moves differently from normal.

  In addition, examples of the “periodic motion of the movable means” include a rotational (circular) motion, a reciprocating motion reciprocating at a constant amplitude, and the like. In addition, the “area in which the game ball must pass in order to enter the specific entrance means” in the specific area does not have to be an area through which the game ball moving in the specific area always passes. You may comprise so that the game ball discharged | emitted from a specific area | region, without passing through a distribution means after approaching an area | region may exist. Furthermore, there may be a plurality of paths for the game ball to enter the specific ball entry means in the specific area, and it is only necessary to provide a distribution means corresponding to at least one of the paths. Also, “an operation different from the normal operation” means, for example, that when the movable means slides (rotates) in a certain direction is a normal operation, the movable means slides (rotates) in the opposite direction. Moving) or vibrating.

  Mean 2. The drive control means performs, as the special control, reverse control for displacing the movable means in a direction opposite to the normal direction (normal order) based on the establishment of the predetermined condition (in the reverse order). The gaming machine according to means 1, characterized by the above.

  According to the means 2, the game ball that has entered the specific area and reaches the distribution means is guided to either the first communication part or the second communication part by the movable means that performs the periodic motion, and as a result It is guided to either the ball means or the non-specific entry means. In such a configuration, the drive control means performs reverse control for displacing the movable means in a direction opposite to the normal direction based on the establishment of a predetermined condition. In other words, in a state where the game balls are jammed (ball-engaged) so as to be sandwiched between the movable means and the main body portion in the distributing means, the ball chewing can be eliminated by performing reverse control. .

  For this reason, when ball biting occurs in the distribution unit, reverse control is performed to eliminate the ball biting without touching the game unit involved with the distribution unit or the ball. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a suspicion about the fairness of the game or the like is caused by touching a game ball that is related to a distribution means or a ball by a person related to a game hall, and without causing trouble, Both the player and the playground personnel can be satisfied and the game can be resumed.

  In addition, since it can be surely eliminated even when the ball bite occurs, the degree of freedom in designing the variable ball entry means including the sorting means can be improved. Therefore, it is possible to improve the design and to enhance other functions (such as providing a movable accessory that performs more complicated movement).

  Note that the operation of the movable means by reverse control can also be used as an effect. Further, at a position where the ball biting can occur, if the game ball is not held so as to be sandwiched between the main body portion and the movable means, it does not stagnate (inclined). It may be a vertical hole). In other words, in the specific area, the game ball is inclined toward the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means so that the game ball enters the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means. Of course, even in a position where the ball biting can occur, the game ball that has been biting the ball has a movable means because it is inclined toward the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means side. It is possible to escape from a position where the ball bite can occur in the gap displaced in the opposite direction by the reverse control.

  Means 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the drive control means performs the special control (reverse control) when the gaming machine is activated.

  According to the means 3, when a ball bit occurs in the distribution unit, the gaming machine related person or the like does not touch the distribution unit or the game ball biting the ball by turning the power of the gaming machine off and on. , Ball chewing can be eliminated. In addition, special control (reverse control) is performed when the power is turned on, so that various errors can be checked by processing performed at the time of startup (you do not have to set up a separate error check subroutine in response to a clogged ball) In addition, it is possible to perform a process of correcting an error (such as a phase shift of the movable means) caused by the biting of the sphere, and the movable means and the like can be operated appropriately. In addition, even if the power is turned off with the ball biting when finishing business at a game hall etc., the ball biting will be canceled by starting the power supply when starting business on the next day, etc. In addition to the power on / off operation that is normally performed at the start and end of business, there is no need to perform a separate operation for eliminating the ball biting, and workability can be improved.

  It should be noted that “a release switch provided at a position where the player cannot operate (inside or on the back side of the gaming machine) is provided, and the drive control means performs the special control (reverse control according to the operation state of the release switch. Control)), for example, “the drive control means performs the special control (reverse control) when the gaming machine is powered off with the release switch turned on, The special control (reverse control) may not be performed when the gaming machine is turned off while the release switch is off. In this case, by providing the release switch, special control (reverse control) can be performed or not performed depending on the situation. For this reason, it is possible to distinguish between a case where a game hall official intentionally turns off the power due to the occurrence of a ball bite and a case where the power is turned off due to a power failure or the like. As a result, a power failure occurs in a state where the game ball reaches the distributing means and is temporarily stopped without biting, and then the special control (reverse control) is performed. Of the passage and the second communication passage, the communication passage that would have entered if special control (reverse control) was not performed, and the communication that entered the ball by performing special control (reverse control) A situation in which the passage is different can be avoided.

  In addition, as a release switch, the switch that automatically returns to the OFF state unless the operation of the push switch or the like is continued, the ON or OFF state is maintained even if the operation of the rocker switch or the toggle switch is not continued. The switch etc. which can also be mentioned are mentioned.

  Further, for example, “The drive control means performs the special control (reverse control) when the power switch provided in the gaming machine is turned off, and the gaming machine is not turned off. The special control (reverse control) may not be performed when the power is turned off. In this case, a distinction is made between the normal power-off of the gaming machine and the power failure, and when the power is intentionally turned off, that is, when the power is turned off to eliminate the bite of the ball, or when the game ends. In the case of turning off, special control (reverse control) is performed at the time of startup, and in the case of a power failure, special control (reverse control) can be prevented from being performed at the time of startup. Further, the release switch as described above is also unnecessary.

  Means 4. Means comprising a ball biting detection means capable of detecting that a game ball is sandwiched between the main body portion and the movable means and the operation of the movable means is stopped. The gaming machine according to any one of 1 to 3.

  According to the means 4, it becomes possible to perform special control (reverse control), perform error notification, or suspend the game based on the detection of the ball biting detection means. In other words, if a configuration in which reverse control is performed when ball biting occurs, ball biting can be automatically resolved, and if a configuration is informed, the player himself or herself will be assigned to the game hall personnel. Even if it is not called, it is possible to notify the game hall personnel, and if the game is temporarily suspended, it is possible to prevent the game from being played while the ball is bitten. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the bite of the ball relatively quickly, or to suppress the stress of the player due to the fact that the ball bite state is not released for a relatively long time (such as a game hall official does not cope with smoothness). It is possible to avoid a situation in which an unfair game is performed and a significant disadvantage occurs on the player side or the game hall side.

  It should be noted that “the drive control means performs the special control (reverse control) based on at least the detection of the ball biting detection means”. In this case, the ball biting can be eliminated immediately, and the ball biting can be eliminated without bothering the hands of the game hall related personnel, so that the labor of the game hall related personnel can be reduced. Examples of the ball biting detection means include a sensor capable of detecting contact or proximity of a game ball, a sensor capable of detecting the phase of the movable means, and the like.

Means 5. The movable means includes a pocket portion that can store the game balls that have reached the distribution means one by one, and the game balls that have reached the distribution means pass through the pocket portion, The ball enters the first communication part or the second communication part,
The main body is
Means 1 to 4 comprising entry preventing means capable of changing state between a state in which entry of a game ball into the pocket portion and a state in which entry of the game ball into the pocket portion is allowed. A gaming machine according to any one of the above.

  For example, if a power failure occurs when a game ball has not yet entered the pocket, but is adjacent to the movable means and enters the pocket if the movable means moves, the movable means If the player is performing a normal operation, the game ball that is supposed to enter one of the first communication part and the second communication part (predetermined pocket part at the position of the plurality of pocket parts) performs reverse control. If the movable means is operated on the opposite side to the normal side, a case may occur in which the ball enters the other of the first communication portion and the second communication portion (a pocket portion different from the predetermined pocket portion). In this case, if there is a difference in profits, the game is lacking in fairness, and neither the player nor the playground side has any defects, which may cause trouble.

  In this regard, when entering special prevention (reverse control) is provided as in the case of means 5 and the entry into the pocket portion of the game ball is restricted, the reverse control is performed, so that It is possible to prevent a situation where a ball enters a communication portion (pocket portion) different from the communication portion (pocket portion) to be balled. Note that it is desirable that the game ball in the state of being engaged with the ball is inserted into the pocket portion sandwiching the game ball, so that, for example, when performing reverse control, It is possible to determine whether or not there is a ball, and if the ball is engaged, the entry preventing unit is allowed, and if the ball is not engaged, the entry preventing unit may be set to a restricted state.

  The variable entry means includes a guide means for guiding a game ball that has entered a specific area to a preparation position adjacent to the distribution means, and the game ball can enter the pocket portion of the movable means from the preparation position. It may be "being done". Thus, when the position where the game ball enters the pocket portion of the movable means is determined, the entry preventing means can be easily provided and the entry preventing means functions more reliably. Moreover, it is good also as the preparation position and the position of a 1st and 2nd communication part having shifted | deviated in the displacement direction of a movable means. In this case, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the game balls that have reached the preparation position almost simultaneously enter the same communication portion in a row through the same pocket portion.

  Furthermore, “the guide means may be provided with a temporary stop means for restricting the passage of the game ball when the power of the gaming machine is turned off”. In other words, game balls that existed in a specific area when the power is cut off (during a power failure) continue to move downstream until the power is turned on. Can be prevented from entering the predetermined pocket part or not entering the pocket part, but reaching the sorting means and effectively deciding which pocket part to enter. .

Means 6. The movable means includes at least one pocket portion that can store game balls that have reached the distribution means one by one, and the game balls that have reached the distribution means pass through the pocket portion (any). And it is the composition that enters the first communication part or the second communication part,
When at least one of the pocket portions coincides with the position of the first communication portion in accordance with the operation of the movable means, a game ball accommodated in the pocket portion enters the first communication portion. It is configured as a common pocket portion that is configured so that the game ball accommodated in the pocket portion can enter the second communication portion even when the position matches the second communication portion. And
Any of the means 1 to 5, wherein the main body part includes a shutter means for closing the first communication part and the second communication part at least when the special control (reverse control) is performed. The gaming machine described in Crab.

  According to the means 6, in the special control (reverse control), the game ball already accommodated in the common pocket portion enters the first and second communication portions different from the one that should be originally entered. It is possible to prevent such a situation. It should be noted that it is desirable to configure so that as large a step as possible is not formed between the peripheral portions of the first and second communication portions and the shutter means in a state where the communication portions are closed. That is, for example, even when the shutter means is in the closed state, if the positions of the pocket portion in which the game ball is accommodated and the first and second communication portions match, the game ball is relatively distant from the first and second communication portions. In the case of diving to a deep position, when the movable means is displaced, the game ball is sandwiched between the inner peripheral surfaces of the first and second communication portions and the movable member, and the game ball is in the pocket portion. However, it is possible to avoid such a problem by eliminating the step as described above.

  Mean 7 After the special control (reverse control) is performed, until the movable unit returns to the position before the special control (reverse control) is performed, the entry prevention unit and / or the shutter unit is not a game. 7. The gaming machine according to means 5 or 6, wherein the gaming machine is in a state of restricting movement of the ball and is allowed to move the gaming ball after returning.

  According to the means 7, when normal processing is started after special control (reverse control), it is possible to return to the state before special control (reverse control) (when the power is turned off) as much as possible. In spite of the start, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a normal game is hindered because the entry preventing means and the shutter means are in a state of restricting the movement of the game ball.

Means 8. The movable means includes a pocket portion that can store the game balls that have reached the distribution means one by one, and the game balls that have reached the distribution means pass through the pocket portion, The ball enters the first communication part or the second communication part,
The main body portion is provided with a restriction portion for restricting the entry of the game ball into the pocket portion, corresponding to above the first connection portion and the second connection portion. 8. The gaming machine according to any one of 7.

  According to the means 8, the game ball enters the pocket portion in a state where the position coincides with the first or second communication portion, and the game ball is immediately discharged from the pocket portion (the first communication portion or the first communication portion or the second communication portion). Entering the second communication portion) can be avoided, and it is possible to enjoy watching the game balls stored in the pocket portions being carried. Therefore, it is possible to make it easier to grasp which of the first and second communication parts the game ball enters, and to draw out the original enjoyment of the game machine such as watching and enjoying the behavior of the game ball. In addition, due to the presence of the restricting portion, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the game ball accommodated in the pocket portion and carried to the first or second communicating portion jumps out of the pocket portion.

  Means 9. The variable pitching means is configured so that at least an area where the sorting means is installed in the specific area is visible from the front, and at least a front part of the area where the sorting means is installed is transparent or A gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 8, characterized by comprising a translucent cover.

  According to the means 9, since the cover that covers the front of the distributing means is provided in the variable pitching means, the wire or the like is intruded into the area where the distributing means is installed to illegally intervene in the operation of the distributing means or the game ball, or In addition, it is possible to more reliably prevent acts such as illegally modifying the distributing means (such as applying or depositing grease, or cutting or deforming a part of an accessory). Further, in the configuration in which the cover is provided so as to be difficult or impossible to attach to and remove from the variable ball entry means, it is difficult to eliminate the ball bite by directly touching the movable means or the game ball even if the ball is bitten in the sorting means, or Although it is impossible, the ball biting can be eliminated by performing special control (reverse control) as described in the means 1 and the like. Therefore, it is possible to reliably cope with the ball biting in the sorting means while providing a cover to improve crime prevention.

  Note that the cover may be configured to be detachable by being attached with screws, locking means, or the like, or fixed by a break screw, welding, or the like, so that it cannot be attached or detached or always has a predetermined trace. May be. In the former case, maintenance can be performed relatively easily. In the latter case, fraudulent acts can be prevented more reliably, and fraudulent acts not only on the game playing side but also on the game providing side (game hall or the like) can be prevented.

Means 10. Photographing means capable of photographing a range including the distribution means;
Display means capable of displaying an image photographed by the photographing means,
The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 9, wherein when the special control (reverse control) is performed, photographing by the photographing means is performed.

  According to the means 10, the behavior of the series of movable means and game balls related to the special control (reverse control) can be more reliably prevented from becoming a watering theory between the player and the game hall related parties. . The display means includes an image photographed by the photographing means, a description display, that is, an explanation of the purpose of the special control (reverse control) and a pattern of the result of the special control (reverse control) (game ball) It is also possible to display a unique pattern that is likely to cause a trouble such as a problem that it has been ejected from the movable means, and a coping method (rule). Further, a display operation means is provided at a position where the player can operate, and a sample image is displayed on the display means even in a state other than the state where the special control (reverse control) is performed based on the operation of the display operation means. At the same time, the description of the reverse control, rules, and the like may be displayed. When these configurations are employed, the effect of this means is more reliably exhibited.

  In addition, it is good also as imaging | photography of an imaging | photography means being performed in the state determined with the game ball existing in a specific area | region. Furthermore, when there is detection by the specific entrance detection means, an image captured by the imaging means may be displayed on the display means. In this case, by effectively using the display means and the photographing means, the behavior of the game ball that has entered the specific entry means can be reproduced and viewed on the display means, and the entry to the specific entry means If the player creates a favorable situation for the player, the player can enjoy the moment of rejoicing again, confirm the course of the event for the player who missed, and see the behavior of the joyful game ball. You can enjoy it.

Means 11. The variable entry means includes an opening / closing means for opening and closing an entry opening that is an entrance to the specific area of the game ball, and an open state that allows the game ball to enter the specific area; It is configured to be able to change state to a closed state that prohibits game balls from entering the area,
A starting ball entry means provided outside the specific area and capable of entering a game ball moving in the game area;
A starting entrance detecting means for detecting a game ball entering the starting entrance means;
Based on the detection of the start ball entering detection means, comprising an open / close control means for opening the variable ball entering means,
Specific entry detection means for detecting a game ball that has entered the specific entry means;
11. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 10, further comprising special game state control means for generating a special game state advantageous to a player based on detection by the specific entry detection means. .

  According to the means 11, when a game ball enters the specific ball entry means, a special game state advantageous to the player is generated, so that the ball biting in the distribution means can be eliminated fairly as described in the means 1 etc. Thus, the effect that the occurrence of trouble can be suppressed becomes even more remarkable.

  In addition, it is good also as "it is provided with the non-specific entrance detection means which detects the game ball which entered the said non-specific entrance means, and the approach detection means which detects all the game balls which entered the said specific area." And “remaining ball monitoring processing for determining the presence / absence (number) of game balls in a specific area based on the detection information of the specific entry detection means, the non-specific entry detection means, and the entry detection means. It is good also as.

  The basic configuration of various gaming machines to which the above means are applied is shown below.

  A. The gaming machine in each of the above means is a ball game machine. As a more detailed mode example, “an operation means (game ball launching handle) operated by a player, a launching means (shot motor, etc.) for playing and launching a game ball based on an operation of the operation means, A ball ball game machine including a game area where a game ball is guided and each ball entry means (general prize opening, variable prize winning device, operation opening, etc.) arranged in the game area.

  B. The gaming machine in each of the above means is a bullet ball gaming machine having a gaming area extending in a substantially vertical direction. As a more detailed mode example, “an operation means (game ball launching handle) operated by a player, a launching means (shot motor, etc.) for playing and launching a game ball based on an operation of the operation means, The game balls are guided and extended along a substantially vertical direction (for example, the game area is constituted by a game board surface), and each ball entry means (general winning mouth, And a ball game machine configured to be able to visually recognize the behavior of a game ball flowing down the game area.

  C. The gaming machine in each of the above means or each of the above ball game machines is a pachinko machine or a gaming machine equivalent to a pachinko machine.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 33a, 33b ... Start winning unit, 33c ... Opening / closing member, 37 ... Central winning unit, 42 ... Decoration symbol display device, 43 ... Special display device, 224a, 224b ... Start winning switch, 261 ... Main control device , 262 ... Sub-control device, 401 ... Specific area, 404 ... Wing member, 406 ... Upper stage area, 407 ... Lower stage area, 411 ... Rotating body unit, 412 ... Main body part, 414 ... Rotating body, 415 ... Rotating body motor, 416 ... pocket part, 427 ... safe passage, 428 ... out passage, 442 ... specific winning opening, 445 ... distribution unit, 461 ... specific entry detection switch.

Claims (3)

A game area where game balls launched by the launching means are guided; and
Variable entry means having a specific area in which a game ball moving in the game area can enter,
The variable pitching means is
A specific entry means capable of entering a game ball entered in the specific area;
Non-specific entry means for entering game balls other than game balls entering the specific entry means out of the game balls entering the specific area;
In the specific area, the game ball is provided in an area that must pass in order to enter the specific ball entry means, and guides the game ball to either the specific ball entry means or the non-specific ball entry means. Distribution means,
The distribution means includes
A main body having a first communication part communicating with the specific ball entry means and a second communication part communicating with the non-specific ball entry means;
Movable means provided to be relatively displaceable with respect to the main body,
Driving means for causing the movable means to perform periodic motion;
Drive control means for performing drive control of the drive means,
The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the drive control means performs special control for causing the movable means to perform an operation different from a normal operation based on establishment of a predetermined condition.   The said drive control means performs reverse control which displaces the said movable means to the direction opposite to a regular direction as said special control based on establishment of the said predetermined condition. Gaming machine.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the drive control means performs the special control when the gaming machine is activated.

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