JP2014205014A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko machine capable of preventing impairment of the amusement of play for game balls stored as storage balls before and after the storage ball by which prediction presentation is executed, even if the prediction presentation with respect to the storage ball is executed.SOLUTION: A pachinko machine includes: game command determining means (140) for determining a prediction command; presentation control means (220) for executing advance-notice presentation; advance-notice display determining means (231)for determining whether the advance-notice presentation should be displayed or not by a lottery; and advance-notice lottery permitting means (230) for determining whether the processing by the advance-notice determining means should be permitted or not. In prediction determination processing, when a storage ball for which the permission is determined by the advance-notice lottery permitting means is already included in storage ball random numbers (step S14), a lottery by the advance-notice display determining means in the prediction determination processing for a storage ball stored thereafter is suspended (Yes in step S14).

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that uses a game ball to play a game.

  In general, a pachinko machine has a special symbol display device that displays a special symbol in a game area in the game board, an effect display device that displays a predetermined effect, and a special winning opening (starting port) that triggers an electronic lottery related to the special symbol. ), Etc., and when a game ball launched toward the game area wins the special winning opening, an electronic lottery related to the special symbol is performed and the special symbol is changed on the special symbol display device. The result of the electronic lottery is notified by displaying the mode of stopping. If the result of the electronic lottery is a jackpot, a special symbol indicating that the jackpot is displayed on the special symbol display device is stopped and a jackpot gaming state advantageous to the player is entered. In this jackpot game state, the game ball enters the big winning opening that is exposed by opening and closing the attacker device a predetermined number of times, so that the player can acquire many prize balls.

  In addition, when a game ball wins a specific winning slot while the special symbol is changing, a reserved ball random number storage unit (with a predetermined number (for example, four) as an upper limit of a predetermined number (for example, four) as a reserved ball random number Memory). When the special symbol related to the current game stops and the result of the electronic lottery is finalized, the stored ball random numbers stored in the stored ball random number storage unit are sequentially read out and the hit of the held ball random numbers is determined, The result is displayed by changing and stopping the special symbol, and the game based on the reserved ball random number is advanced.

  In the period from when the special symbol is changed to when it is stopped, various types of effects are usually displayed (such as variable display using effects symbols or effects symbols). Although the player enjoys the game with a thirst for the display of the mode, since the fun gradually disappears when the same display is viewed many times, in recent years, a more sophisticated display mode has been devised. Yes. More specifically, the effects during the special symbol change were related to the current game, but were stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit while the game was being played. There is an effect that a notice is given in advance (so-called pre-reading effect) in advance of information suggesting whether the reserved ball random number is a big hit or a loss.

  For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, a determination of jackpot is also made for a holding ball other than the holding ball related to symbol variation, and the display of the holding ball when the jackpot is different from the display of other holding balls. In this way, a technique for providing a notice of a big hit (pre-reading effect) is known. According to such a known technique, it is possible to know in advance which holding ball is the big hit by the display mode of the holding ball, so when a notice is given, the order of the game based on the stored random number Until the player turns around, the player can enjoy the game while expecting. Also, in recent years, even if it is not a big hit, an effect that makes the player feel a sense of expectation by displaying the display mode of the holding ball in a different manner from the usual in order to have a big hit expectation (So-called Gase production) is also frequently performed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-243224 (page 14, FIG. 49, etc.)

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, when there is a holding ball that is displayed as a pre-reading effect as a pre-reading effect (hereinafter referred to as “pre-reading hold” in the column “Problems to be solved by the invention”). In a game based on a reserved ball random number stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit prior to the prefetch hold, even if an effect (such as a super reach effect) that is highly likely to be a big hit is performed, the game There was a problem that there was almost no expectation of jackpot. In other words, since it is known that the game based on the pre-read hold will be a big hit, it can be predicted that there will be almost no possibility of a big win in the game based on the reserved ball random number ahead of it, He had lost interest in games played ahead of prefetch hold.

  The same can be said about this problem when a gasse effect is incorporated in the prefetch hold. In other words, if there is a prefetch hold, the jackpot expectation with the prefetch hold can be expected, but the jackpot expectation for a game to be played before that will be low. This is a problem caused by the meaning of the effect of prefetching. In other words, the pre-reading effect is often performed when the possibility of a big hit is quite high due to its character. Therefore, when the player sees the prefetch hold, the player has high expectation for the prefetch hold, but hardly expects the jackpot for what has become the hold ball earlier.

  In this way, when a pre-reading effect such as pre-reading hold is made, the expectation to the jackpot for the reserved ball random number that is the target of the effect and the hold stored before the reserved ball random number that is the target It is difficult to balance the sense of disappointment that the ball random number is lost, and the look-ahead production that was intended to attract the interest in the game can cause the interest in the game to be lost.

  In addition, adding a gaze effect to prefetch hold has the advantage that it can increase the frequency of prefetch hold rather than performing prefetch hold only in the case of jackpot, but in the state with prefetch hold, When a pre-read hold occurs, that is, when there are multiple pre-read hold at the same time, many players will have a pre-read hold previously stored as a hold ball due to the presence of a new pre-hold hold. You will lose your expectations. This is because the prefetch hold previously stored as the hold ball is lost, and the psychology of whether the newly stored hold ball is pre-read hold will work on the player. . In other words, when the element of the gaze effect is incorporated in the prefetch hold, the player can expect a big win for the new prefetch hold, but for the prefetch hold previously stored as a hold ball, I felt like I was betrayed at once, and I could no longer have any fun with the prefetch hold. With this, interest in games will be lost, and the deterioration of pachinko machine operation will be unavoidable.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and the purpose thereof is stored as a holding ball before and after the holding ball on which the pre-reading effect is performed even when the pre-reading effect on the holding ball is performed. The object is to provide a pachinko machine that does not reduce the interest of the game.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game board having a game area where game balls flow down, a start opening provided in the game area, an effect device for performing effects related to a game, and the start opening The main control processing unit that controls the game by performing electronic lottery related to the special symbol in response to the winning of the game ball, and the sub control that controls the effect device in response to a command from the main control processing unit The main control processing unit is a means for performing the electronic lottery, the special symbol random number generating means for generating the special symbol random number, the special symbol random number generating means generated by the special symbol random number generating means A special symbol random number acquisition unit that acquires a random number for symbol when the game ball wins at the start opening, and determines whether or not the special symbol random number acquired by the special symbol random number acquisition unit is a big hit special Special symbol lottery means configured to include a holding ball random number storage unit that sequentially stores the special symbol random numbers acquired by the special symbol random number acquisition unit and the special symbol random number acquisition unit as a holding ball random number up to a predetermined upper limit. A pachinko machine having a jackpot game control means for providing a jackpot game when the lottery result by the special symbol lottery means is a jackpot, the main control processing unit is the special that the special symbol random number acquisition means has acquired A game command determining means for generating a game command based on the reserved ball random number and transmitting it to the sub-control processing unit as a look-ahead command each time a design random number is stored as the reserved ball random number in the reserved ball random number storage unit. Provided, the sub-control processing unit, the effect control means for causing the effect device to execute a notice effect that suggests information about the prefetch command, A notice display determining means for determining whether or not to cause the notice effect to be executed by the drawing effect device, and a notice lottery permitting means for determining whether or not to allow the processing by the notice display determining means. When the pre-read command is received by the control processing unit, the sub-control processing unit determines permission in the first process performed by the advance notice lottery permission unit based on the pre-read command, the first process. In this case, the second process performed by the notice display determination means, and the third process performed by the effect control means when the decision to execute the notice effect is made in the second process are performed sequentially to perform the prefetch determination process. And when the permission is determined in the first process, the reservation target ball random number that is the reservation ball random number corresponding to the prefetch command related to the permission is stored in the hold About the subsequent reserved ball random number that is the reserved ball random number stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit from when it is stored in the ball random number storage unit until the game result based on the permitted reserved ball random number is determined In the prefetch determination process at the time of receiving the prefetch command corresponding to the subsequent reserved ball random number, the processes after the second process are stopped.

  In the present invention, it is possible to perform the pre-reading determination process on the reserved ball random number based on the pre-read command and execute the notice effect, but once the permission is determined in the first process of the pre-read determination process ( That is, when a decision is made to permit processing by the notice display determining means), the reserved ball random number (that is, the permitted reserved ball random number) that is the object of the determination of the permission is stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit. The subsequent retained ball for the subsequent retained ball random number stored in the retained ball random number storage unit until the game result based on the permitted retained ball random number is confirmed (the suspension of the special symbol change is confirmed) In the prefetch determination process when the prefetch command corresponding to the random number is received, the processes after the second process are stopped (not performed). That is, when the subsequent reserved ball random number is stored, the notice display determining means does not perform the process of determining by lottery whether or not to execute the notice effect on the effect device. Accordingly, naturally, it is not determined that the notice effect is to be executed, and the effect control means does not cause the effect device to execute the notice effect by the third process.

  Thus, according to the present invention, when a notice effect that suggests prefetch command information is executed in the effect device, the game result based on the permitted reserved ball random number that is the target of the notice effect is displayed. The notice effect will not be executed until it is confirmed. That is, there is no situation where the notice effect is executed for the stored ball random number stored after that, although the notice effect is executed. Accordingly, the player can play a game while greatly expecting the game based on the reserved ball random number for which the notice effect is executed, and the expectation held by the player is changed to disappointment by the notice effect executed later. There is nothing.

  Further, in the above configuration, flag setting means for setting a flag when the permission determination is made in the first process for the permission target reserved ball random number, and a game based on the permission target reserved ball random number is determined. A flag erasing unit for erasing the flag set for the permission target reserved ball random number, and the sub-control processing unit performs the prefetch determination processing when there is a flag set by the flag setting unit Among these, it is preferable to stop the processes after the second process. In this way, processing can be performed simply by confirming the presence or absence of the flag, so that there is an advantage that the control is simplified. Note that the game is “determined” means that the result of the game is confirmed, and specifically means that the change of the special symbol stops.

  In the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the notice lottery permission unit determines the permission when the received prefetch command is a specific command. In this way, if a specific command is limited to a jackpot command and a lose command (for example, a reach command that executes a reach with a high degree of reliability), a game that will be a big hit The notice effect can be executed only in the case of a game where an effect that is highly likely to be a big hit is performed. More specifically, the notice lottery permission means cannot execute the notice effect unless the notice lottery permission means decides the permission, but the notice lottery permission means decides the permission only when the pre-read command is a specific command. If the specific command is limited to the above-mentioned jackpot command or the losing command with a high potential for jackpot, the result is a performance with a high potential for jackpot or jackpot. The notice effect can be executed only when it is displayed. Therefore, the player can play the game while looking at the notice effect and expecting a big win with a high probability.

  Here, when the notice effect is executed, as described above, it is assumed that the game based on the reserved ball random number stored prior to the permitted reserved ball random number is performed with an effect that is highly likely to be a big hit However, it is considered that there is a high possibility that the game will be lost, and the expectation for the game based on the stored ball random number previously stored will be lost.

  However, in the above configuration, when the prefetch command is a specific command, that is, in the case of a big hit command or a lose command in which an effect with a high probability of big win is performed, the reserved ball random number corresponding to the prefetch command is always Even if the pre-read command based on the subsequent reserved ball random number is a specific command, the notice effect is not performed until it becomes the permitted reserved ball random number and the game result based on the permitted reserved ball random number is confirmed. In other words, in order for the notice effect to be performed, there is no permitted reserved ball random number, that is, all the pre-read commands based on the reserved ball random numbers previously stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit are other than the specific command. The case is a precondition. Therefore, when a notice effect is performed, it is possible that a game based on the reserved ball random number stored before the notice effect is performed may result in a loss after an effect with a high probability of winning is displayed. There is no.

  Thus, according to the above configuration, the game based on the reserved ball random number stored earlier than the reserved ball random number (permitted ball random number to be permitted) for which the notice effect is to be executed is likely to be a big hit. Since the performance is not performed, the player will not expect too much jackpot. Therefore, it is possible to provide a well-balanced game that can suppress a decrease in interest in other games while expanding the expectation of the jackpot for the game in which the notice effect is performed.

  Further, in the above configuration, the effect display device as the effect device includes a reserved ball display area for displaying that the reserved ball random number is stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit, and the sub control processing unit includes A normal reserved ball display mode and a special reserved ball display mode are stored as the held ball display mode displayed in the reserved ball display area, and the permission is not determined in the first process, and the second process When the subsequent processing is stopped, the effect control means displays the normal reserved ball display mode in the reserved ball display area, and when executing the third process, the special reserved ball The display mode may be displayed in the reserved ball display area as the notice effect. As described above, since the notice effect can be performed using the display mode of the reserved ball, there is an advantage that it is possible to provide an interesting effect with a simple configuration in which a plurality of types of data of the reserved ball display mode are prepared.

  In the above configuration, a flag setting means for setting a flag when the permission determination is made in the first process for the permission target reserved ball random number, and a game based on the permission target reserved ball random number starts. A flag erasing unit for erasing the flag set for the permission target reserved ball random number, and the sub-control processing unit performs the prefetch determination processing when there is a flag set by the flag setting unit Among them, the processing after the second processing may be stopped. In this case, in the case where there is no flag set by the flag setting means, and the game based on the permitted reserved ball random number whose flag has been deleted by the flag deleting means is being performed, It is desirable to stop the processes after the second process in the prefetch determination process. According to this configuration, since the flag erasing unit erases the flag when the game based on the permission target holding ball starts, the state before the start of the game based on the permission target holding ball (that is, stored as a holding ball random number) Status) and the game state can be identified by a flag. Therefore, this configuration is effective when it is desired to produce different effects before and after the start of the game based on the permission target holding ball.

  According to the present invention, even if a pre-reading effect for a reserved ball is performed, the interest of the game does not decrease for those stored as a reserved ball before and after the reserved ball for which the pre-read effect is performed.

1 is an external perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the state which opened the glass door of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the detail of the random number lottery part for fluctuation | variation patterns shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining details of a command reference table shown in FIG. 4. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the detail of the production | presentation control process part shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the detail of the jackpot effect table memorize | stored in the effect mode memory | storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the detail of the production table for a loss memorize | stored in the production mode memory | storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the detail of the reservation ball display pattern table memorize | stored in the production | presentation aspect memory | storage part shown in FIG. It is the flowchart which showed the procedure of the prefetch determination process of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a procedure for erasing a flag set in the prefetch determination process shown in FIG. 11. It is a figure for demonstrating the 1st specific example of the reservation ball display of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd specific example of the reservation ball display of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the 3rd specific example of the reservation ball display of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the 4th specific example of the reservation ball display of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pachinko machine P according to an embodiment of the present invention has a vertically-rectangular machine frame 1 installed in an island facility of a game arcade and a door-like opening and closing to the machine frame 1. A front frame 2 that is freely attached, a game board 3 housed inside the front frame 2, a glass that is attached to the front surface of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and has a large opening 8 at the center. A door 4, a transparent glass plate 10 attached to the opening 8 of the glass door 4, and a front board 6 having a tray 5 that is disposed on the lower side of the front frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed and accommodates a game ball; , A launcher 9 provided at the lower portion of the front frame 2, a handle 7 attached to the front board 6, and the like. Furthermore, the speaker 20 is attached to the upper part of the glass door 4 one each right and left, and the various sound effects regarding a game are emitted.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko machine P has a main control processing unit 11, an effect control processing unit 12a constituting a sub control processing unit, a special symbol display control unit 12b, a lamp control processing unit on the back side. 12c, a payout control processing unit 12e, a normal symbol display control unit 12f, a firing control processing unit 13, a prize ball payout device 14, and the like. Next, the configuration of the pachinko machine P according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  The game board 3 has a game area 31 on its board surface. When the game board 3 is attached to the front frame 2, the game area 31 can be observed from the glass plate 10. The game area 31 is partitioned and formed into a substantially circular shape by a guide rail 32 for sliding the game ball and a game ball regulating rail 33, and the game ball launched by the launching device 9 passes through the game area 31. Flow down. Further, in the game area 31, a special symbol display device 17, an effect display device 34, a through chucker 21, a normal symbol display device 22, an electric tulip 49, a stage 36, and a start winning opening (start opening). 37, a general winning port 38, an out port 39, a game nail (not shown), a windmill (not shown), an attacker device 41, and the like.

  The effect display device 34 is provided in a substantially central portion of the game board 3 and has a predetermined effect mode based on the result of the electronic lottery related to the special symbol performed when the game ball wins the winning prize opening 37. In this embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used. On the effect display device 34, as a part of a predetermined effect mode, a dummy symbol (effect symbol) is variably displayed in synchronization with the special symbol variably displayed on the special symbol display device 17. . The effect display device 34 has a display area for performing a hold display (display that the hold ball random number is stored) when the hold ball random number is stored in the hold ball random number storage unit (memory) 115. A compartment is formed. That is, the portion of this display area is the reserved ball display area 34a.

  The special symbol display device 17 is for displaying the result of the electronic lottery related to the special symbol that is triggered by the winning of the game ball in the start winning opening 37, and more specifically, The lottery result is displayed in such a manner that the special symbol (number or pattern) is changed and then stopped. This special symbol display device 17 uses a 7-segment display in the present embodiment, and is separated from the lower right portion of the game board 3 so as not to enter the field of view of the player watching the effect display device 34 at the same time. Is provided.

  The through chucker 21 has a gate structure through which a game ball can pass, and a magnetic sensor type through chucker detection sensor 46 that detects that the game ball has passed is incorporated therein. In addition, a normal symbol display device 22 for displaying the result of the electronic lottery related to the normal symbol performed when the game ball passes through the through chucker 21 is provided next to the special symbol display device 17. . In this embodiment, the normal symbol display device 22 is composed of two LED lamps, and one LED lamp is lit when hitting the normal symbol, and the other LED lamp is lit when lost. ing.

  The electric tulip 49 is provided at the entrance of the start winning opening 37 and includes a pair of blade members that rotate about an axis orthogonal to the surface of the game board 3. When the solenoid is energized, the pair of blade members Are rotated in directions away from each other, and the entrance of the start winning opening 37 is enlarged. The stage 36 is disposed below the effect display device 34, and is a structure where the game ball stays temporarily while rolling. A groove is formed at the center of the stage 36, and a start winning opening 37 is disposed at a position directly below the groove. Therefore, the game ball dropped from the groove is guided to the start winning opening 37 with a high probability.

  The attacker device 41 is a device that is opened a predetermined number of times when the game is won as a big win as a result of an electronic lottery related to a special symbol performed when a game ball wins the start winning opening 37. When the attacker device 41 is opened, the big winning opening 42 is exposed, and a lot of prize balls can be obtained by winning game balls there. In addition, when a game ball wins the general winning opening 38, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the player as prize balls. The game balls that have not entered the start winning opening 37 or the general winning opening 38 are collected from the out opening 39. It should be noted that sensors 43 to 45 (see FIG. 4) for detecting the passage of game balls are provided inside the start winning port 37, the general winning port 38, and the big winning port 42, respectively.

  The front board 6 is provided with a receiving tray 5 that accommodates game balls and can be discharged to the outside. This tray 5 can accommodate not only game balls thrown by the player but also game balls paid out as prize balls from the prize ball payout device 14. A launching device 9 for launching game balls toward the game area 31 is attached to the lower part of the front frame 2, and the game balls accommodated in the tray 5 are supplied to the launching device 9 one by one. The Then, when the handle 7 attached to the lower right of the front board 6 is rotated, the launching device 9 can launch the game ball to the game area 31 with a launch intensity corresponding to the turning amount. Yes. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the touch button 60 which a player press-downs is provided in the side part of the saucer 5. As shown in FIG.

  The main control processing unit 11 is provided on the back surface of the game board 3 via a support member or the like. The main control device 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) for storing a predetermined control program, and a RAM (Temporary storage of generated processing information and a RAM for deleting stored information ( Random Access Memory) and the like. When the CPU reads and executes various programs and data stored in the ROM, main processing relating to the game is performed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the special symbol lottery unit 110 that performs electronic lottery related to the special symbol when the game ball is won in the start winning opening 37 and the special symbol lottery unit 110 determine A special symbol determination unit 120 that determines a special symbol according to a lottery result, a variation pattern command determination unit (game command determination unit) 140 for determining a variation pattern command that is a game command, and a special symbol lottery unit 110 When the judgment of the result is a big hit, it is determined that the game device has passed the through jackpot game control unit (big hit game control means) 160 that moves the jackpot game by operating the attacker device 41 (solenoid thereof) and the through chucker 21. The normal symbol lottery unit 170 that performs electronic lottery related to the normal symbol as an opportunity and the electric tulip that controls the operation of the electric tulip 49. And a hydraulic control unit 180 and the main control unit 11 is constructed.

  The special symbol lottery unit 110 generates a random number for a special symbol that generates a software random number by updating the value of the loop counter one by one within a predetermined range based on an interrupt signal periodically input (for example, every 2 milliseconds). (When the detection signal from the start winning port detection sensor 43 is input to the main control processing unit 11) A special symbol random number acquisition unit (special symbol random number acquisition means) 112 that acquires (latches) one random number, and a special symbol determination table that indicates whether or not the random number acquired by the special symbol random number acquisition unit 112 is a big hit 114, the special symbol determination unit (special symbol determination unit) 113 and the special symbol random number acquisition unit 112 that determine the random number are acquired, and the special symbol is changing. If that includes pending ball random number memory unit 115 for storing a pending sphere random to the upper limit of four the acquired random number (predetermined number), the.

  The variation pattern command determination unit 140 includes a variation pattern random number lottery unit 130 that performs a lottery process of variation pattern random numbers used to determine a variation pattern command that is a command for determining an effect mode, a variation pattern random number, and variation Pattern command pattern No. A command reference table 135 in which a plurality of tables associated with (game commands) are stored. As shown in FIG. 5, the fluctuation pattern random number lottery unit 130 sets the value of the loop counter within a predetermined range (from 0 to 63) based on an interrupt signal periodically input (for example, every 2 milliseconds). Based on a random number generator for variation pattern 131 that generates software random numbers by updating one by one and a game ball won in the start winning opening 37 (a detection signal from the starting winning opening detection sensor 43 is a main control processing section) 11, a variation pattern random number acquisition unit 132 that acquires (latches) one random number (at the timing input to 11), a variation pattern random number storage unit 134 that stores the random number acquired by the variation pattern random number acquisition unit 132, It has.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the command reference table 135 includes a jackpot reference table 135a that is referred to when the acquired special symbol random number is a jackpot random number, and a lost reference table 135b that is referred to in the case of a loss. Referring to these tables 135a and 135b, the variation pattern command determination unit 140 determines the variation pattern No. Is determined.

  More specifically, the big hit reference table 135a includes a variation pattern No. that is a game command. 1 to 64 are assigned, and the change pattern No. which is a game command is stored in the reference table 135b for lose. 65 to 127 are allocated. When the random number acquired by the special symbol random number acquisition unit 112 is a big hit random number, the variation pattern command determination unit 140 determines the variation pattern No. One pattern is selected from 1 to 64 based on the random number for the variation pattern, and the pattern is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 12a as a variation pattern command.

  Similarly, in the case of a loss, the fluctuation pattern command determination unit 140 changes the fluctuation pattern No. One pattern is selected from 65 to 127 based on the random number for the variation pattern, and the command is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 12a. The variation pattern No. 1 to 64, the variation pattern No. Compared to 65-127, it is a variation pattern command with a long variation time of special symbols as a whole, and if an effect mode with a long variation time is displayed, the player predicts that the possibility of a big hit is high. Can be done.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the random number for the variation pattern is acquired at the timing when the game ball wins the start winning opening 37. When the game starts immediately after winning, the variation pattern command determination unit 140 determines a variation pattern command based on the variation pattern random number. Since this special prize is changing, the special symbol random number acquired based on this prize is stored as the reserved ball random number in the reserved ball random number storage unit 115 as well. Each time it is stored in the sphere random number storage unit 115, the variation pattern command determination unit 140 determines a variation pattern command based on the variation pattern random number obtained at the winning timing, and uses the variation pattern command as a prefetch command. It is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 12a. This is to perform a prefetch determination process described later.

  Further, when stored as a reserved ball random number, the acquired variation pattern random number is stored in the variation pattern random number storage unit 134 until a game based on the reserved ball random number is started. When a game based on the reserved ball random number is started, the variation pattern random number stored in the variation pattern random number storage unit 134 is read again, and the variation pattern command is determined with reference to the command reference table 135. It has come to be.

  That is, when the special symbol random number is stored as the reserved ball random number, the variation pattern command is determined twice and is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 12a each time. The first determination is the timing of winning the game ball to the start opening 37, and the variation pattern command determined here is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 12a as a prefetch command. Upon receiving this pre-read command, the effect control processing unit 12a performs a pre-read determination process, and when a predetermined condition is achieved, the hold ball display for the hold ball random number corresponding to the pre-read command is performed in the special hold ball display mode. Details of the display of the reserved ball will be described later.

  The second determination is the timing at which the game based on the reserved ball random number starts. At this timing, an official variation pattern command related to the game is determined and transmitted to the effect control processing unit 12a. That is, the first determination is only for prefetch determination processing, and the second determination is an official variation pattern command used for the game. Since the variation pattern random numbers related to one reserved ball random number are the same, the first and second variation pattern commands are basically the same, but when the actual game starts, there are four reserved ball random numbers. In such a case, the second fluctuation pattern command may be a command with a short special symbol fluctuation time.

  Here, in the present embodiment, all the variation pattern No. 1 to 64, and change pattern No. selectable at the time of loss. 100 to 127 constitute a specific variation pattern command (specific command). The variation pattern No. Reference numerals 100 to 127 are losing commands for performing super reach or super super reach, which is a production mode with a high probability of winning a jackpot (see FIG. 9). These variation patterns No. When 100 to 127 is selected, super reach or super super reach is displayed on the effect display device 34, and finally it is displayed as lost while scolding the player as to whether it will be a big hit.

  The breakdown of the specific variation pattern command is that the variation pattern command at the time of jackpot is No. A total of 64 from 1 to 64, No. There are a total of 28 numbers from 100 to 127. When a specific variation pattern command is selected in a certain game, it is highly likely that the special symbol random number is a big hit. Therefore, as will be described in detail later, when the game is determined to be a big hit, there is a high possibility that the reserved ball display becomes a special display mode in the prefetch determination process.

  In the following description, for a portion that needs to be expressed separately from the variation pattern command related to the first determination and the variation pattern command related to the second determination, the variation pattern command related to the first determination is prefetched. The fluctuation pattern command related to the command and the second determination is referred to as a regular command.

  Next, the jackpot game control unit 160 controls to open and close the attacker device 41 by a predetermined number of rounds according to the type of jackpot. Further, the normal symbol lottery unit 170 is triggered by the fact that the game ball has passed through the through-chucker 21 and the normal symbol random number generator having the same configuration as the number of random numbers generated by the special symbol random number generator 111. The normal symbol random number acquiring unit that acquires (latches) one random number (at the timing when the detection signal from the through chucker detection sensor 46 is input to the main control processing unit 11), and the normal symbol random number acquiring unit acquires If the normal symbol is changing when the normal symbol random number acquisition unit and the normal symbol random number acquisition unit acquire random numbers, the normal symbol determination table that determines whether or not the random number is per normal symbol And a normal symbol reserved ball random number storage unit for storing the acquired random number as a normal symbol reserved ball random number. In addition, the electric tulip operation control unit 180 controls the solenoid of the electric tulip 49 to open and close based on a command won per normal symbol by the electronic lottery by the normal symbol lottery unit 170.

  Next, a sub control processing unit that receives various commands (commands) from the main control processing unit 11 and controls various devices will be described. An effect control processing unit 12a, a special symbol display control unit 12b, a lamp control processing unit 12c, a payout control processing unit 12e, and a normal symbol display control unit 12f constituting the sub control processing unit are provided on the back surface of the game board 3 with support members and the like. In accordance with the processing information generated by the main control processing unit 11, the effect display device 34, the speaker 20, and other effect devices (such as LED devices) are controlled.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the effect control processing unit 12a includes, as processing units, an effect mode determining unit 210, an effect display control unit (effect display control unit) 220, a prefetch lottery permission unit (notice lottery permission unit) 230, A pre-reading effect lottery unit (notice display determining unit) 231, a flag setting unit (flag setting unit) 240, a flag erasing unit (flag erasing unit) 241, and a reserved ball display pattern determining unit 250 are provided. An effect mode storage unit 260 and a flag storage unit 270 are provided.

  The effect mode determining unit 210 determines an effect to be used in the game with reference to the jackpot effect table 260a or the lose effect table 260b stored in the effect mode storage unit 260 based on the regular command. Here, the jackpot effect table 260a includes, as shown in FIG. 1-No. A production mode is assigned so as to correspond to up to 64 variation pattern commands on a one-to-one basis. For example, the variation pattern No. No. 1 is “Long Reach A”. 2 is “Long Reach B”. 30 is “Super Super Reach A”, and the variation pattern No. 64 is assigned “Premier Reach C”. All of these production modes include reach (the production mode in a state where all other production symbols are stopped at the same design, leaving one production design that is fluctuating among multiple production designs), and reach. It is a mode in which a long-time production is performed as compared to a production that does not include.

  As shown in FIG. 65-No. The production mode is assigned so as to correspond to the variation pattern commands up to 127 on a one-to-one basis. For example, the variation pattern No. 65, “No reach A” indicates a change pattern No. 66, “No reach B” indicates a change pattern No. 80, “Normal reach A” is the change pattern No. No. 85 is “Long Reach A”. 127 is assigned “super super reach C”. As described above, the loss production table 260b includes a lot of productions without reach.

  The effect display control unit (effect display control means) 220 controls to display the effect mode determined by the effect mode determination unit 210 on the effect display device 34. The effect display control unit 220 also performs control to display the reserved ball display pattern determined by the reserved ball display pattern determining unit 250 described later in the reserved ball display area 34 a of the effect display device 34.

  The prefetch lottery permission unit 230 determines whether the prefetch command is a specific command. If the prefetch command is a specific command, the prefetch lottery unit 231 described below is permitted to execute the lottery. ing. The pre-reading effect lottery unit 231 determines whether or not to display a special reserved ball display mode (preliminary effect) in the reserved ball display area 34a of the effect display device 34 when the pre-read lottery permission unit 230 permits. It is for decision. When the lottery by the pre-reading effect lottery unit 231 is won, the reserved ball is displayed in a special manner in the reserved ball display area 34a. That is, in this embodiment, in order to perform a notice effect on the result of the electronic lottery performed by the special symbol lottery unit 110, first the permission of the prefetch lottery permission unit 230 must be given, and further the lottery by the prefetch effect lottery unit 231 must be won. It must be done.

  The flag setting unit 240 sets a flag when permission is determined by the prefetch lottery permission unit 230 and causes the flag storage unit 270 to store the flag. The flag erasing unit 241 erases the flag from the flag storage unit 270 at the timing when the game related to the flag is determined.

  The reserved ball display pattern determination unit 250 is for determining the reserved ball display pattern to be displayed in the reserved ball display area 34 a with reference to the reserved ball display pattern table 260 c stored in the effect mode storage unit 260. . The reserved ball display pattern determination unit 250 is lost in the lottery performed by the pre-reading effect lottery unit 231 when the permission is not determined by the pre-read lottery permission unit 230 or when the permission is determined by the pre-read lottery permission unit 230. In this case, as shown in FIG. 10, the pattern N1 stored in the normal pattern 260c-1 among the reserved sphere display patterns 260c, that is, the ● mark (normal reserved sphere display mode) is determined as the reserved sphere display pattern.

  On the other hand, when the lottery by the pre-reading effect lottery unit 231 is won, the reservation ball display pattern determination unit 250 refers to the special pattern 260c-2 in the reservation ball display pattern table 260c. The special pattern 260c-2 includes four types of reserved ball display patterns (special reserved ball display modes) including a pattern S1 (★ mark), a pattern S2 (¥ mark), a pattern S3 (# mark), and a pattern S4 ($ mark). ) Is stored, and the reserved ball display pattern determination unit 250 determines any of S1 to S4 as the reserved ball display pattern by lottery. Note that the pattern S4 is the case where the prefetch command is a jackpot command, that is, the variation pattern No. 1-No. 64 is selected only when 64 is received. That is, when the pattern S4 is displayed in the reserved ball display area 34a, the game based on the reserved ball random number is confirmed as a jackpot.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the special symbol display control unit 12b is based on the special symbol command determined by the special symbol determination unit 120 of the main control processing unit 11 and the regular command determined by the variation pattern command determination unit 140. The special symbol determined by the special symbol determination unit 120 is displayed on the special symbol display device 17 in such a manner that the special symbol is changed for a predetermined time and then stopped. On the other hand, the normal symbol display control unit 12f receives the command of the lottery result relating to the normal symbol by the normal symbol lottery unit 170, displays the normal symbol on the normal symbol display device 22 based on the command, and displays it in a manner of stopping. It is controlled to do. The basic symbol display control unit 12f has substantially the same basic configuration of display control, although the symbol to be displayed is different from the display control by the special symbol display control unit 12b described above. The lamp control processing unit 12c receives commands from the main control processing unit 11 and controls lighting of various lamps and electrical decorations.

  The payout control processing unit 12e receives a signal from the CR unit and controls the prize ball paying device 14 so as to lend out a game ball to the player. In addition, the payout control processing unit 12e receives a payout command from the main control processing unit 11, The prize ball payout device 14 is controlled so as to pay out the prize ball to the player. The prize ball payout device 14 includes a sprocket (not shown) in which notches are formed for holding game balls one by one, and a motor (not shown) for rotating the sprocket. By controlling the rotation of the motor, the required number of prize balls can be paid out. Specifically, when the start winning opening detection sensor 43, the general winning opening detection sensor 44, the big winning opening detection sensor 45, etc. detect the passage of the game ball, the winning ball payout device 14 passes through the main control processing section 11. The game ball is paid out based on the received command.

  The firing control processing unit 13 is a device that controls the operation of the launching device 9 according to the rotation amount of the handle 7. More specifically, control processing is performed such as energizing the launching device 9, stopping energization, or changing the energization current. The launch control processing unit 13 is connected to the payout control processing unit 12e, and a launch stop signal is received when the CR unit is not connected.

  Next, processing related to the prefetch determination of the pachinko machine P described above will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S10, the main control processing unit 11 determines whether or not the game ball won in the start winning opening 37 is stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit 115 as a reserved ball random number. When winning as a holding ball (Yes in step S10), the variation pattern command determining unit 140 determines a variation pattern command, and the determined variation pattern command is used as a prefetch command to be the effect control processing unit 12a (step S11). . The prefetch lottery permission unit 230 that has received the prefetch command determines whether or not the prefetch command is a specific command, that is, the prefetch command has a variation pattern No. 1-64 or no. It is checked whether it is 100 to 127 (step S12). If the prefetch command is a specific command, the prefetch lottery permission unit 230 permits the prefetch effect lottery performed in step S16. The process related to the determination of permission of the prefetch lottery permission unit 230 performed in step S12 is the first process of the prefetch determination process.

  If permission is determined in the first process (Yes in step S12), the flag setting unit 240 sets a flag related to the permission determination and stores it in the flag storage unit 270 (step S13). The flag set here is not deleted until the game result based on the reserved ball random number corresponding to the flag is confirmed (details will be described later). Note that the reserved ball random number determined to be Yes in step S12 is a permission target reserved ball random number.

  Next, the effect control processing unit 12a determines whether or not the flag set by the flag setting unit 240 for the reserved ball random number previously stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit 115 in step S14 is stored in the flag storage unit 270. To check. In this step S14, whether or not the permission target reserved ball random number is stored in the previously stored reserved ball random number, or in other words, the prefetch command based on the stored stored random number is a specific command. It is checking whether there was. And in step S14, when it is No, it progresses to step S15 and the process of a prefetch effect lottery is performed.

  In the pre-reading effect lottery process, the pre-reading effect lottery unit 231 determines whether to display the reserved ball in a normal pattern or a special pattern by lottery. The lottery process in step S15 is the second process of the prefetch determination process. When the pre-reading effect lottery is won (Yes in Step S16), the reserved ball display pattern determining unit 250 displays the reserved ball display for the winning ball as the reserved ball in Step S10, as a special pattern S1 (★ mark), S2. ($ Mark), S3 (# mark), and S4 ($ mark) are determined by lottery, and the effect display control unit 220 displays the determined special pattern in the holding ball display area 34a (step S17). The process in step S17 is the third process of the prefetch determination process.

  In the case of Yes in step S14, that is, it is determined that the reserved ball random number previously stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit 115 is a specific command, and the flag for permission determination described above is stored in the flag storage unit 270. If YES, the process proceeds to step S18 without performing the second process (pre-reading effect lottery process) in the pre-reading determination process, and in this step S18, the reserved ball display pattern determining unit 250 performs the normal pattern N1 (● mark). The effect display control unit 220 displays the normal pattern N1 in the reserved ball display area 34a.

  Similarly, when the pre-read command is other than a specific command (No in step S12) and when the pre-read effect lottery is lost (No in step S16), the process proceeds to step S18 and the display of the holding ball is performed. The mark ● will be displayed in the area 34a.

  Next, the procedure for deleting the flag set in step S13 will be described with reference to FIG. It is checked in step S30 whether or not the result of the game based on the reserved ball set with the flag, that is, the permitted reserved ball random number has been confirmed. If the game based on the permitted reserved ball random number is confirmed (Yes in step S30), the flag erasing unit 241 erases the flag related to the game from the flag storage unit 270 at the time when the game is confirmed ( Step S31). In the case of No in step S30, the process is terminated without performing the flag erasing process.

  Next, the holding display of the holding ball display area 34a in the present embodiment will be described with reference to examples of typical display patterns shown in FIGS. 13 to 16. In FIGS. "↓" indicates that the design is changing. FIG. 13A shows a state in which the effect symbol is changing in the effect display device 34 and three reserved ball random numbers are stored from the hold 1 to the hold 3. In the reserved ball display area 34a, a mark ● indicating that the reserved ball random numbers from hold 1 to hold 3 are stored is displayed. Note that the hold 1 to hold 3 in FIG. 13A are all reserved ball random numbers determined to be No in step S12 in FIG. That is, the hold 1 to hold 3 are not permitted hold ball random numbers.

  FIG. 13B shows a state in which a game ball is won in the start winning opening 37 from the state of FIG. 13A and the hold ball random number is stored in the hold 4. Since the hold 4 is Yes in step S12 of FIG. 11, the prefetch effect lottery performed thereafter (step S15) is won, and the special pattern S1 is selected as the hold ball display pattern in step S17. A star mark is displayed as a holding ball display. That is, the content of the pre-read command of the hold 4 is suggested to the player by displaying a notice effect with a star in the hold ball display area 34a. Note that the hold 4 is a permission target hold ball random number.

  The player guesses that this ★ mark is displayed at the moment of seeing this ★ mark, so that the possibility of a jackpot command as a pre-read command is high, and the order of the game based on the hold 4 is I look forward to seeing you. FIG.13 (c) has shown the moment when stop was decided when the production | presentation symbol which was fluctuating in FIG.13 (b) is "7-6-4". When the changing game is confirmed, the hold 1 is deleted, the game based on the hold 1 is started, and the display from the hold 2 to the hold 4 is shifted one by one to the left.

  In FIG. 13 (d), a game related to the hold 1 disappeared in FIG. 13 (c) was performed, and the reserved ball random number was stored as the subsequent hold ball random number in the hold 4 while the effect design in the game was fluctuating. Shows the case. Since the prefetch command based on the reserved ball random number related to the hold 4 is a specific command, the answer is Yes in step S12, but the hold 3 (★ mark) in FIG. Therefore, the processes after the second process in the prefetch determination process are stopped. In other words, this hold 4 is determined to be Yes in step S14, the process proceeds to step S18 without performing the pre-reading effect lottery (step S15), and the normal pattern N1 (● mark) is displayed in the area of the hold 4.

  As described above, even if the hold 4 is the permitted hold ball random number that is Yes in step S <b> 12, the special pattern is displayed for the hold 4 by stopping the processes after the second process of the prefetch determination process. Will never be done. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game while having high expectations for the hold 3 on which the ★ mark is displayed, without being influenced by the display of the hold 4.

  In the case of the conventional technique, the hold 4 in FIG. 13D is displayed with a star mark or the like if the prefetch effect lottery is won. Therefore, even if the ★ mark is displayed in the game of the hold 3 and the ★ mark is also displayed in the hold 4 that has become the hold ball after that, the player thinks that the hold 3 is lost, The interest in the game for the hold 3 is lost.

  FIG. 14A shows a state in which the effect symbol is changing in the effect display device 34 and three reserved ball random numbers are stored from hold 1 to hold 3. In the reserved ball display area 34a, a mark ● indicating that the reserved ball random numbers from hold 1 to hold 3 are stored is displayed. Here, both hold 1 and hold 2 in FIG. 14A are reserved ball random numbers determined to be No in step S12 in FIG. That is, the hold 1 and the hold 2 are not permitted hold ball random numbers. On the other hand, since the pre-read command based on the hold ball random number related to the hold 3 is a specific command, the result in Step S12 of FIG. 11 is Yes, but it is lost in the pre-read effect lottery (Step S15) and No in Step S16. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S18, and the normal pattern N1 (marked with ●) is displayed in the reserved 3 area. That is, the hold 3 is a permission target hold ball random number.

  FIG. 14B shows a state in which the hold ball random number is stored in the hold 4 as the subsequent hold ball random number during the state of FIG. Since the prefetch command related to the hold 4 is a specific command, the answer is Yes in step S12 of FIG. 11, but since the hold target random number for the hold 3 already exists, it is determined Yes in step S14. . Therefore, the process proceeds to step S18 without performing the process after the second process of the prefetch determination process, that is, the prefetch effect lottery (step S15), and the ● mark of the normal pattern is displayed in the reserved 4 area.

  Here, in order for the reserved sphere random number to become the permitted reserved sphere random number, it must be determined Yes in step S12. That is, the prefetch command related to the reserved ball random number is the variation pattern command No. 1-No. 64 or no. 100-No. 127 must fall under any of the above. Then, in the game based on the hold 3 and the hold 4 in FIG. 14B, a reach effect having a high probability of winning (high reliability) such as super reach or super super reach is performed. At this time, since the display of the holding ball display area 34a is a normal pattern, the ● mark is displayed, so that the player who has seen the reach production should watch the game with great expectation that it may be a big hit. Will be able to.

  In the case of the conventional technology, if the hold 4 in FIG. 14B is won in the pre-reading effect lottery, a star mark or the like is displayed. Therefore, even if a highly reliable reach effect is displayed in the game of the hold 3, since the ★ mark is displayed in the hold 4, the player thinks that the hold 3 is lost, and the game You lose your interest in.

  Next, FIG. 15A shows a state in which the effect symbol is changing in the effect display device 34 and three reserved ball random numbers are stored from hold 1 to hold 3. In the reserved ball display area 34a, a mark ● indicating that the reserved ball random numbers from hold 1 to hold 3 are stored is displayed. Here, both hold 1 and hold 2 in FIG. 15A are reserved ball random numbers determined to be No in step S12 in FIG. That is, the hold 1 and the hold 2 are not permitted hold ball random numbers. On the other hand, since the pre-read command based on the hold ball random number related to the hold 3 is a specific command, the result in Step S12 of FIG. 11 is Yes, but it is lost in the pre-read effect lottery (Step S15) and No in Step S16. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S18, and the normal pattern N1 (marked with ●) is displayed in the reserved 3 area. That is, the hold 3 is a permission target hold ball random number.

  In FIG. 15B, the game based on the hold 1 and hold 2 in FIG. 15A is performed (digested), and the display of the hold 3 in FIG. The state stored as a reserved ball random number is shown. FIG. 15C shows a state in which a game based on the hold 1 in FIG. 15B is started, and a state in which a subsequent reserved ball random number is newly displayed in the hold 1 during this game. Show. That is, FIG. 15C shows a state in which a newly held ball is stored in the hold 1 while a game based on the permitted hold ball random number is being performed. Since this new hold 1 is determined to be No in step S12, a mark ● is displayed.

  FIG. 15 (d) shows a case where a game ball is won at the start winning opening 37 in the state of FIG. 15 (c) and is stored in the hold 2 as a hold ball random number. In FIG. 15D, the mark ● is displayed for the hold 2. This display is Yes in step S12 because the pre-read command for hold 2 is a specific command, but since the game currently being played is a game based on the permitted hold ball random number, Yes in step S14. This is because the process proceeds to step S18 without executing the pre-reading effect lottery (step S15) and the mark ● is selected.

  In the case of the conventional technique, the hold 1 in FIG. 15D is displayed with a ★ mark or the like if the prefetch effect lottery is won. Therefore, as soon as the ★ mark is displayed, the player thinks that the game that is currently changing is lost, and loses interest in the game that is currently changing.

  Next, FIG. 16A shows a state in which the effect symbol is changing in the effect display device 34 and three reserved ball random numbers are stored from hold 1 to hold 3. In the reserved ball display area 34a, a mark ● indicating that the reserved ball random numbers from hold 1 to hold 3 are stored is displayed. Here, both hold 1 and hold 2 in FIG. 16A are reserved ball random numbers determined to be No in step S12 in FIG. That is, the hold 1 and the hold 2 are not permitted hold ball random numbers. On the other hand, since the pre-read command based on the hold ball random number related to the hold 3 is a specific command, the result in Step S12 of FIG. 11 is Yes, but it is lost in the pre-read effect lottery (Step S15) and No in Step S16. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S18, and the normal pattern N1 (marked with ●) is displayed in the reserved 3 area. That is, the hold 3 is a permission target hold ball random number.

  In FIG. 16 (b), the game based on the hold 1 and hold 2 in FIG. 16 (a) is performed (digested), and the display of the hold 3 in FIG. The state stored as a reserved ball random number is shown. FIG. 16C shows a state in which a game based on the hold 1 in FIG. 16B is started, and shows a state in which a new hold ball is displayed in the hold 1 during this game. Yes. Since this new hold 1 is determined to be No in step S12, a mark ● is displayed.

  FIG. 16D shows a state immediately after the changing effect symbol shown in FIG. 16C stops at “7-6-7” and the game result is confirmed. In the state of FIG. 16D, when a game ball wins at the start winning opening 37, it is displayed that the hold ball random number is stored in the hold 2. Here, in the hold 2 shown in FIG. 16D, a special pattern $ is displayed, and the reason is as follows. That is, since the prefetch command for the hold 2 is a specific command, the prefetch determination process related to the hold 2 first becomes Yes in step S12. In step S14, since the game that was changing in FIG. 16C is confirmed, the flag is erased (see FIG. 12), so it is determined No. Therefore, it advances to step S15 and a prefetch effect lottery will be performed. And since the hold 2 was won in the pre-reading effect lottery in step S15, the reserved ball display pattern determination unit 250 determines the special pattern by lot in step S17. Since the special pattern S4 (see FIG. 10) is selected, the $ mark is displayed in the display area for the hold 2.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment, the subsequent reserved ball random number stored as the reserved ball random number while the permitted reserved ball random number is stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit, Even if the pre-read command for the subsequent reserved ball random number is a specific command, the pre-read determination process thereafter is stopped. That is, the pre-reading effect lottery is not performed. Therefore, when the player recognizes that the special pattern is displayed in the holding ball display area 34a, the player can play the game while looking forward to the game order based on the holding ball random number on which the special pattern is displayed. it can. In addition, when the reservation target ball random number is stored in advance, the hold ball display for the subsequent hold ball random number does not become a special pattern. That is, a plurality of special patterns are not displayed in the holding ball display area. Therefore, there is no problem that the interest of the game based on the reserved ball random number on which the special pattern is displayed is lost by newly displaying the special pattern after the previously displayed special pattern.

  In addition, when the permission target reserved ball random number is stored, in the game based on the permission target reserved ball random number, a reach effect with a high probability of jackpot based on a specific command will be performed. In the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment, the special ball holding ball display is not performed on the subsequent holding ball random number until the game result based on the permission holding ball random number is confirmed, so the reach effect is excited. While enjoying the game. In other words, despite the fact that the reach effect is being performed in this game, there is a situation in which this game cannot be expected due to the display of the special pattern for the stored ball random number stored later. It cannot happen.

  In another way, the pre-read command is determined to be a command other than a specific command in order to change the hold ball display to a special pattern once the permitted hold ball random number is stored. This means that it is necessary to continuously store the maximum number of reserved sphere random numbers and the upper limit number (four in the example of the present embodiment) that can be stored in the reserved sphere random number storage unit. Therefore, when the display of the reserved ball random number becomes a special pattern, the possibility of a big jackpot can be expected.

  In the above-described embodiment, the flag erasing process is performed at the timing when the game result based on the permitted reserved ball random number is confirmed, as shown in FIG. The timing for erasing the flag may be the start time of the game based on the permitted reserved ball random number. In this case, a step of checking whether or not the currently played game is a game related to the erased flag may be added between the processing of step S15 and step S16 of FIG. If the added step is Yes, that is, if the game is related to the erased flag, the process proceeds to step S18 to display the holding ball in the normal pattern, and if the added step is No, that is, erased. If the game is not related to the flag, the process proceeds to step S16 to perform a pre-reading effect lottery.

  In the above-described embodiment, the holding ball display mode is changed as the notice effect, but other methods can also be used. For example, a special character that can be selected only when the pre-reading effect lottery is won is provided, and when the pre-reading effect lottery is won, the special character may be displayed on the screen in a large size on the effect display device. . Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to a pachinko machine provided with two start winning openings and two separate symbol lottery means.

3 Game board 11 Main control processing unit 12a Production control processing unit (sub control processing unit)
31 gaming area 37 start winning opening (start opening)
34 Production display device (production device)
34a Reserved ball display area 110 Special symbol lottery section (electronic lottery means)
111 Special design random number generator (Special design random number generator)
112 Special design random number acquisition unit (Special design random number acquisition means)
113 Special symbol success / failure determination unit (special symbol success / failure determination means)
115 Reservation Ball Random Number Storage Unit 140 Fluctuation Pattern Command Determination Unit (Game Command Determination Unit)
160 jackpot game control unit (jackpot game control means)
220 Production display control unit (production control means)
230 Pre-read lottery permission section (notice lottery permission means)
231 Pre-reading effect lottery section (notice display determination means)
240 Flag setting unit (flag setting means)
241 Flag eraser (flag eraser)

Claims (1)

Specially triggered by a game board having a game area where game balls flow down, a start opening provided in the game area, an effect device for performing effects related to the game, and a game ball winning at the start opening A main control processing unit that controls the game by performing electronic lottery related to the design, and a sub-control processing unit that receives the command from the main control processing unit and controls the effect device,
The main control processing unit is a means for performing the electronic lottery, the special symbol random number generating means for generating the special symbol random number, the special symbol random number generated by the special symbol random number generating means Special symbol random number acquisition means that is acquired when a game ball is won in the mouth, Special symbol randomness determination means that determines whether or not the special symbol random number acquired by the special symbol random number acquisition means is a jackpot, And a special symbol lottery means comprising a reserved ball random number storage unit that sequentially stores the special symbol random numbers acquired by the special symbol random number acquisition unit as a reserved ball random number up to a predetermined upper limit, and the special symbol lottery In a pachinko machine having a jackpot game control means for providing a jackpot game when the lottery result by the means is a jackpot,
The main control processing unit generates a game command based on the reserved ball random number each time the special symbol random number acquired by the special symbol random number acquiring unit is stored as the reserved ball random number in the reserved ball random number storage unit. A game command determining means for transmitting as a pre-read command to the sub-control processing unit,
The sub-control processing unit causes the effect device to execute a notice effect that suggests information related to the prefetch command, and a notice display determination that determines by lottery whether the effect device causes the notice effect to be executed. Means and a notice lottery permission means for deciding whether or not to allow the processing by the notice display determination means,
When the sub-control processing unit receives the pre-read command, the sub-control processing unit determines whether to permit the first process performed by the advance notice lottery permission unit based on the pre-read command. The second process performed by the notice display determining means when it is made, and the third process performed by the effect control means when the decision to execute the notice effect is made in the second process, sequentially performing the pre-reading determination. In addition, when the permission is determined in the first process, a permission target reserved ball random number that is a reserved ball random number corresponding to the prefetch command related to the permission is stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit. Until the game result based on the reserved ball random number subject to permission is determined, the subsequent held ball random number stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit is stored in the subsequent held ball random number. In the pre-read determination process at the time of reception of the prefetch command corresponding to the subsequent hold balls random of stomach, pachinko machines, characterized in that so as to stop the process after the second treatment.