JP2015006472A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that, an expectation of a player upon look-ahead may be limited since a conventional look-ahead performance is executed by looking ahead only win/lose from a held random number.SOLUTION: In the case where a stored win/lose determination random number corresponds to a bonanza (S200: yes), if a bonanza drawing pattern determination random number corresponds to an open pattern A in a plurality of open patterns (S205: yes), a look-ahead drawing pattern designation command A is transmitted to a sub integrated control device 83 (S210) and if not corresponding to the open pattern A (S205: no), a look-ahead drawing pattern designation command B is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S215). Thus, since the look-ahead drawing pattern designation command is changed in accordance with the open pattern, a look-ahead performance corresponding to the open pattern can be executed.

Description

  The present invention provides a ball for determining whether or not the random number is a hit (pre-reading determination) without waiting for a change in the special symbol corresponding to the ball to enter or stop of the ball when detecting a ball entering the starting port. It relates to gaming machines.

  Conventionally, in a ball game machine, a random number is generated when a game ball wins at the start opening (start win), a decision is made based on the random number, a special symbol is changed for a predetermined time, and a fixed display is made. According to the special symbol made, it was notified of the success or failure. If the symbol change for a new start winning prize cannot be started due to reasons such as the special symbol is already changing, the generated random number is stored (suspended), and the symbol is changed after it is ready for change. Yes.

  By referring to the random number held in this way before the symbol variation corresponding to the random number is started and determining whether it is appropriate, the special symbol corresponding to another random number is still varied. Performing an operation (so-called pre-reading effect) has also been practiced for a long time (for example, Patent Document 1). By making such a determination, if there are already a plurality of hold memories, it is possible to perform a continuation effect operation in synchronization with the digestion of the plurality of holds. Such production is generally called continuous notice.

  In addition, a pre-reading effect (herein referred to as “holding advance notice”) is also performed in which the holding display of the corresponding entry is different from normal. For example, when there are three holds, usually three lamps are lit in red, but if the result of the pre-reading determination is successful, the color of the hold lamp corresponding to the incoming ball is lit in blue, An effect of flashing in red is a pending notice. Of course, even if the result of the pre-reading determination is out of order, the hold notice may be performed with a predetermined probability. For example, when the lamp is lit in blue, the hold is hit with a probability of 50% and red. When flashing, a notice such as per 100% can be given. Such effects can also be achieved in a pachinko machine that performs a hold display within the screen of the liquid crystal display device, and in this case, more various notices are possible. For example, the number of apples on hold is usually expressed as the number of apples displayed on the LCD screen, but when making a reservation notice, only the corresponding apple should be changed to a banana, or only the corresponding apple can be shaken. Is possible.

JP 2004-187702 A

However, such a pre-reading effect is performed by pre-reading whether or not it is determined from a reserved random number, whether it is a continuous notice or a holding notice, and thus the player's expectation for the pre-reading effect is limited. For example, the player can only have a sense of expectation that the probability of hitting is 50% since the pending notice has occurred, or that there is a possibility of being hit with 80% probability because of the continuous notice.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable a player to have further gaming interest in prefetching effects.

  The present invention according to claim 1 of the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, has a start opening in the game area, and generates a random value when entering the start opening, and the random number is used to determine whether or not A ball and ball game machine that determines a variation mode, when a holding means capable of storing a plurality of random number values, a validity determination means for determining success / failure based on the random number, and a hit / non-necessity determination means when determined to be successful , After the change of the symbol corresponding to the random number, based on the value of the random number acquired at the time of winning the winning opening game winning means formed in the game area, Pre-reading effect determination means for determining whether or not to perform an effect operation ahead of the corresponding change in the design, and an effect execution for performing the effect operation when the pre-read effect determination means determines that the effect operation is to be performed. Ball with means In the gaming machine, the jackpot game generating means opens the big winning opening in a plurality of opening patterns according to the random number value, and the pre-reading effect determining means acquires the start opening winning prize Based on the determination result based on the random number value and the opening pattern corresponding to the random number value used for the determination, it is determined whether or not to perform an effect operation prior to the variation of the symbol corresponding to the random value. It is characterized by being.

  The jackpot game here (also simply referred to as a jackpot) is a round game with a predetermined number of times of opening and opening time of one unit, and a period in which the round game is continuously given multiple times (in some cases, round game is 1). It is also possible to use a configuration in which only one time is given. In addition, the opening pattern may indicate the number of times the game is released and the opening time of the round game, may indicate the number of rounds, the number of times of opening, and the opening time of the entire jackpot game, or has a plurality of big winning openings. The open pattern also indicates which of the winning prizes used for the big hit game is. It should be noted that a pattern of “a big prize opening is not opened” is also included as an open pattern mode. That is, an open pattern in the case of “out of” is also included. Further, the production operation is not limited to one type. Therefore, “determining whether or not to perform the rendering operation” also includes a determination that results in a determination that “the rendering operation A is performed but the rendering operation B is not performed”. In other words, when there are a plurality of performance operations, an aspect of determining which of these performance operations is to be performed is also included in the prefetch effect determination means. In addition to performing an effect operation according to such a success / failure pattern and an opening pattern, there may be a case where an effect operation based on the conventional determination of success / failure is performed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine according to the first aspect, a small hit determination means for determining whether or not to generate a small hit game based on the random number stored in the holding means. And, when it is determined that the small hit game is generated by the small hit determination means, after the fluctuation of the symbol corresponding to the random number, the small hit game generating means for opening the special winning opening, Small hits that determine whether or not the small hit game generating means generates the small hit game based on the random number value acquired at the time of winning the start opening prior to the variation of the symbol corresponding to the random number value Pre-reading means, and at least one of the plurality of opening patterns generated by the big hit game generating means is the same as the opening pattern of the big prize opening generated by the small hit game generating means, Reading Effect determination unit further based on said Koatari prefetch unit according to the determination result, and characterized in that to determine whether to perform a performance operation ahead of variation of the symbols corresponding to the random number value

  In this case, it is assumed that the opening pattern for determining whether or not the pre-reading effect determining means performs the effect operation includes the opening pattern of the small hit game. In addition, when there are a plurality of small hit game opening patterns, one of them may have the same big hit opening pattern, or depending on all the small hit opening patterns, May exist.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine according to the first or second aspect, a small hit for determining whether or not to generate a small hit game based on the random number stored in the holding means. A determination unit, a small hit game generating unit for opening the large winning opening after the change of the symbol corresponding to the random number, and the start opening winning when the small hit determining unit determines A small hit prefetching means for determining whether or not the small hit game generating means generates the small hit game based on the random number value obtained before the change of the symbol corresponding to the random number value. And at least one of the plurality of opening patterns generated by the big hit game generating means first performs the same opening pattern as the big winning hole opening pattern generated by the small hit game generating means. , An advanced open pattern that is an open pattern that is more advantageous to the player than the open pattern, and the prefetching effect judging means further includes the symbol corresponding to the random number value based on a judgment result by the small hit prefetching means. Determining whether or not to perform an effect operation prior to the fluctuation of the game, when a small hit is generated by the small hit game generating means, and when the big hit game generating means is When the big prize opening is opened, the effect operations for determining whether or not to perform each are the same.

  Here, the opening pattern advantageous to the player means that the opening time of one time is extended, the number of times of opening is increased, etc., compared to the opening pattern of the big prize opening generated by the small hit game generating means (referred to as the small hit opening pattern) Can be mentioned. In addition, the opening pattern that is initially performed in the developed opening pattern may be exactly the same as the small hit opening pattern, or may be an opening pattern “same as the middle of the small hit opening pattern”.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the ball and ball game machine according to the second or third aspect, all the opening patterns generated by the jackpot game generating means have a plurality of opening operations as one round. And the number of rounds is all made the same by setting at least one of not making the time of one opening operation constant.

  Note that “a plurality of opening operations are defined as one round” means, for example, that “a big winning opening is opened three times per round”. As a result, when there is a big hit having an opening pattern in which the big winning opening is opened 27 times and a big hit having an opening pattern that is opened nine times, by making this setting in the former, all of these big wins It will consist of 9 rounds.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the bullet ball game machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the effect executing means performs the effect operation according to a game state of the ball ball game machine. The content is determined.
Here, the gaming state includes a probability variation gaming state with a high probability of winning / failing lottery, a short time gaming state in which the opening time of an ordinary electric accessory is extended and an average variation time of a special symbol is shortened, and a probability variation and time shortening. Examples include a short game state with probability change given together, and a normal game state with neither probability change nor time reduction.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the ball-type game machine according to any of the first to fifth aspects, at least the main control device including the holding unit and the success / failure determination unit, and at least the An effect control device comprising an effect execution means and the prefetch effect determination means, wherein the main control device has the determination result of the random number by the success / failure determination means and the release pattern corresponding to the random number. Whether or not the prefetching effect determination means transmits to the effect control device and performs the effect operation prior to the variation of the symbol corresponding to a random number value from the determination result and the open pattern received from the main control device. It is characterized by determining.
The big hit game generating means is normally provided in the main control device, but may be provided in a configuration other than the main control device.

  In the bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a “game machine”), the pre-reading effect determination means is based on the determination result by the success / failure determination means and the release pattern corresponding to the random number value used for this determination. Since it is determined whether or not to perform an effect operation (pre-read effect) prior to the fluctuation of the symbol corresponding to this random number value, it is possible to change the contents of the pre-read effect depending not only on the result but also on the difference in the open pattern It becomes. For example, a player who has seen such a performance operation may experience a big hit that opens the big prize opening for a long time because the production action A has occurred, or a production action B has occurred. However, the player can have an unprecedented sense of expectation that a big hit that may be released only for a short time may occur.

  In the gaming machine according to claim 2, the pre-reading effect determination means performs the pre-reading effect depending on whether or not the game is a small hit game, in addition to whether or not the big hit is, the open pattern. It is determined whether or not. Therefore, it is possible to change the contents of the pre-reading effect depending on whether or not the game is a small hit game (hereinafter also simply referred to as a small hit) in addition to the success / failure (related to the big hit) and the opening pattern. A player who sees such a pre-reading effect, for example, can make an effort that a small hit may occur because the effect operation C has occurred.

Moreover, since there is the same big hit opening pattern as the small hit opening pattern, even if any of these opening patterns occurs, the player determines whether it is a big hit or a small hit. Not obvious. In particular, if the winning probability of the gaming machine is increased in the case of this big hit and is not increased in the case of a small hit, the state shifts to a so-called latent state. According to such a ball game machine, it is possible to give a pre-reading notice that a hit that does not clearly indicate to the player whether it was a small hit or a big hit.
From this point of view, it is effective for the effect execution means to perform the same pre-read effects as the effect operations for these, but it is not necessary to be exactly the same. As a different look-ahead effect, for example, it is conceivable to change the distribution rate of whether or not to perform the effect operation. Specifically, in the case of the big hit, the production operation B is performed with a probability of 60% (the production operation B is not performed with a probability of 40%). It is conceivable that B is performed (the production operation B is not performed with a probability of 70%).

  The present invention according to claim 3 is similar to the gaming machine according to claim 2, but among a plurality of big hit patterns, the game is initially the same as the small hit pattern, but from the middle of the game rather than the small hit The difference is that there is an evolved open pattern that changes to an open pattern that is advantageous to the user (in addition to the open pattern that is exactly the same as the small hit, as well as the extended open pattern as in claim 2). In addition, the effect operation that is determined whether or not to be performed in the case of a small hit and the effect operation that is determined whether or not to be performed in the case of the developed open pattern are the same.

  In other words, when this performance operation is executed, the player can have a sense of expectation that “a small hit may occur. However, the small hit may develop into a more advantageous open pattern”. . As can be seen from the gist of this, as long as there is a production operation (production operation C) that occurs in common in the case of the small hit and the developed open pattern, in addition to this, only in the case of the small hit There may be an effect operation (referred to as an effect operation D) that occurs only in the case of an effect operation (referred to as an effect operation D) or an advanced open pattern. When the production operation D occurs, the player knows that “it may be a small hit but it does not become the development type open pattern”, but when the production operation C occurs, “the development type release pattern occurs. I can have a sense of expectation.

  By the way, there are cases where the player can easily discriminate between the two even if the production operations are the same as in the gaming machine according to claim 2. That is the case where the gaming machine has multiple types of jackpots consisting of different numbers of rounds. In such a case, when the player acquires a big hit state, the player is notified of the number of rounds of the big hit by a state notification device provided in the gaming machine. Therefore, the player can determine whether the big hit (the number of rounds is notified) or the small hit (the number of rounds is not notified) by checking whether the number of rounds is notified. In other words, even if there are a plurality of jackpot opening patterns, if the number of rounds is the same, it is not necessary to notify the player of the number of rounds.

  The gaming machine according to claim 4 is applied to such a gaming machine. Therefore, the player cannot see this notification operation, and the pre-reading effect for the occurrence of an open pattern that does not know whether it is a big hit or a small hit becomes more effective.

  In the gaming machine according to claim 5, the effect execution means determines the content of the effect operation according to the gaming state of the ball-type game machine. As a result, it is possible not only to change the performance operation according to the determination result by the pre-reading effect determination means, but also to change the performance operation according to the gaming state. Thus, for example, if the gaming state is a state in which the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory is extended and the probability of jackpot is high, the player is happy even if the stage action is performed to notify the transition to the latent state. Therefore, in such a gaming state, it is possible to cancel the effect of shifting to the latent state.

A gaming machine according to a sixth aspect includes a main control device and an effect control device, and a determination result and an opening pattern based on a random number value are transmitted from the main control device to the effect control device. Then, in the effect control device, it is determined whether or not the effect operation is performed.
According to the gaming machine configured as described above, since it is not necessary to determine whether or not to perform the rendering operation in the main control device, the processing load on the main control device can be reduced. In addition, since it is determined whether or not to perform an effect operation in the effect control device, even if a determination result or an open pattern is transmitted from the main control device, depending on the processing load status of the effect control device, It is also possible to omit directing operations that should be performed.

Front view of pachinko machine 50 Front view of game board 1 Back view of pachinko machine 50 Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 50 Flowchart of main routine executed by main controller 80 Flow chart of start winning confirmation process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart of prefetch determination processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 1 of the success / failure determination process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 2 of the success / failure determination process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 3 of the success / failure determination process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 4 of the success / failure determination process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 1 of special game processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 2 of special game processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 3 of special game processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 4 of special game processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 1 of the small hit game process executed by the main controller 80 Flowchart 2 of the small hit game process executed by the main controller 80 Flowchart 3 of the small hit game process executed by the main controller 80 Flowchart 4 of the small hit game process executed by the main controller 80 Flowchart of prefetch effect determination processing executed by sub integrated control device 83 Table showing correspondence between jackpot symbol and open pattern, prefetch symbol designation command, and prefetch effect distribution ratio performed accordingly Time chart showing various command transmission timings at the start of fluctuation executed by main controller 80 Explanatory drawing which shows the example of the prefetch effect performed with the production symbol display apparatus 6 The flowchart which shows a part of small hit game process which the main controller 80 of 2nd Example performs. Flowchart of prefetch determination processing executed by main controller 80 of the second embodiment. Table showing correspondence between jackpot symbols and open patterns Flowchart of prefetch effect determination processing executed by the sub integrated control device 83 of the second embodiment. A table showing the pre-reading designating command and the pre-reading effect distribution rate performed accordingly Front view of game board 1 of the third embodiment Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 50 of the third embodiment Flowchart of prefetch determination processing executed by main controller 80 of the third embodiment Flowchart of jackpot prefetch symbol designation command selection processing executed by main controller 80 of the third embodiment Flowchart of prefetch effect determination processing executed by the sub integrated control device 83 of the third embodiment. Table showing correspondence between jackpot symbol and open pattern, prefetch symbol designation command, and distribution rate of prefetch effect performed in normal time accordingly Explanatory drawing which shows the example of the prefetch effect performed by the effect symbol display apparatus 6 when it becomes a hit state using the 1st big winning opening 13 Explanatory drawing which shows the example of the pre-reading effect performed in the effect symbol display apparatus 6 when it becomes the big hit state which can expect a certain amount of appearance using the 2nd big winning opening 14. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of the pre-reading effect performed with the effect symbol display apparatus 6 when the big hit game in which the number of rounds may increase in steps using the 2nd big winning opening 14 is performed.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the following examples and the like, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[First embodiment]
As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 50, which is a kind of ball game machine, has a structure in which each part of the configuration is held by an outer frame 51 that forms a vertically long fixed outer frame. A hinge 53 is provided on the left and upper sides of the outer frame 51, and an inner frame 70 shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the other side of the hinge 53. The inner frame 70 opens and closes with respect to the outer frame 51. It has a possible configuration.
A plate glass 61 is detachably provided on the front frame 52, and the game board 1 shown in FIG. 2 is attached to the inner frame 70 at the back of the plate glass 61.
Speakers 66 are provided on the upper left and right sides of the front frame 52 and on the lower left and right sides of the outer frame, and game sounds generated from the pachinko machine 50 are output to improve the player's preference. In addition, in order to improve the player's preference, a plurality of frame side decorative lamps 65 that emit light according to the gaming state are provided in the front frame 52.
An upper plate 55 and a lower plate 63 are integrally formed below the front frame 52. A launch handle 64 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 63, and the launch device (not shown) is moved by rotating the launch handle 64 in the clockwise direction, so that a game ball supplied from the upper plate 55 is provided. Is fired toward the game board 1.

On the left side of the lower plate 63, an effect button 67 that can be operated by the player is provided. The player operates the effect button 67 during a predetermined period and is displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 described later. The content of the game changes or the game sound output from the speaker 66 changes.
The pachinko machine 50 is a so-called CR machine and includes a prepaid card unit (CR unit) 56 for reading and writing a prepaid card. The pachinko machine 50 includes a lending button 57 and a checkout button 58. And a CR settlement display device having a balance display 59.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 1 is provided with a substantially circular game area 3 surrounded by known guide rails 2a and 2b. A large number of game nails (not shown) are nailed in the game area 3.
A center case 5 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the game area 3. The center case 5 includes a warp entrance, a warp passage, a stage, and a window 5a for facing a screen 6a of a production symbol display device 6 (which is a liquid crystal display device and displays a pseudo symbol), as in the known case. Yes.

  On the upper side of the window 5a, a dot matrix normal symbol display device 7 and a 7-segment special symbol display device 9 and a normal symbol hold memory display device 8 comprising four LEDs are installed, and on the lower side a special symbol hold memory display. A device 10 is installed.

A normal symbol operating gate 17 is arranged on the left side of the center case 5. Below the center case 5 is disposed a composite winning device in which the first start port 11 and the second start port 12 are unitized. The first start port 11 is a so-called chucker and can always enter the ball.
The second starting port 12 is an electric tulip, and it opens and closes in the same manner as a known electric tulip. However, since the first starting port 11 is above, a game ball cannot be entered in the illustrated closed state. However, when the game ball hits the normal symbol lottery performed when the normal symbol operation gate 17 is passed and the normal symbol hitting is displayed on the normal symbol display device 7, the second start port 12 is opened and it is easy to enter the ball. become.
An attacker-type large winning opening 13 is disposed below the composite winning apparatus, and an out hole 15 is provided below the large winning opening 13. Also, a first left winning port 31, a second left winning port 32, and a third left winning port 33 are provided on the left side of the composite winning device, and a right winning port 34 is provided on the right side along the guide rail 2b. . Note that the first left winning port 31, the second left winning port 32, the third left winning port 33, and the right winning port 34 are normal winning ports in which the winning rate does not always change.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the back side of the pachinko machine 50, an inner frame 70 for detachably attaching the game board 1 is housed in the outer frame 51 described above. The inner frame 70 is provided with a ball tank 71, a tank rail 72, and a dispensing device 73 from above. With this configuration, if there is a winning game ball at the winning slot on the game board 1, a predetermined number of gaming balls can be discharged from the ball tank 71 via the tank rail 72 to the above-described upper plate 55 by the payout device 73. .
Further, on the back side of the pachinko machine 50 (see also FIG. 4), there are a main control device 80, a payout control device 81, a production symbol control device 82, a sub integrated control device (also called a sub control device) 83, and a launch control device. 84, a power supply substrate 85 is provided.

The main control device 80, the production symbol control device 82, and the sub integrated control device 83 are provided on the game board 1, and the payout control device 81, the launch control device 84, and the power supply board 85 are provided on the inner frame 70. In FIG. 3, the launch control device 84 is not drawn, but the launch control device 84 is provided below the payout control device 81.
Further, an external connection terminal plate 78 is provided on the right side of the ball tank 71, and a signal indicating a game state and a game result is sent from the external connection terminal plate 78 to a hall computer 87 (not shown). Conventionally, external connection terminal boards for transmitting signals to the hall computer 87 are for boards (terminals for outputting signals output from the game board side to the hall computer 87) and frames (frame side (frame side ( Although two types of terminals for outputting signals output from the front frame 52, the inner frame 70, and the outer frame 51) to the hall computer 87 are used, in this embodiment, one external connection terminal plate 78 is provided. The game computer 87 transmits a signal indicating a game state and a game result to the hall computer 87.

As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 50 is configured with a main controller 80 as a center. Note that the power supply circuit is not shown in this block diagram. Although not shown in detail, all of the main control device 80, the payout control device 81, the production symbol control device 82, and the sub integrated control device 83 include a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input port, an output port, and the like. However, in this embodiment, the launch control device 84 and the power supply board 85 are not provided with a CPU, ROM, or RAM. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the launch control device 84 may be provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like.
Further, in recent years, there are many configurations in which the effect symbol control device 82 and the sub integrated control device 83 are provided on one substrate to be the sub integrated control device 83. In the present embodiment, it is divided, but it may be a single one, or the sub integrated control device may be divided into a sound control device and a lamp control device.
The main controller 80 includes a first start port switch 11a that detects a game ball that has entered the first start port 11, a second start port switch 12a that detects a game ball that has entered the second start port 12, and a normal A normal symbol operation switch 17a for detecting a game ball that has entered the symbol operation gate 17, a count switch 13a for counting game balls that have entered the big winning port 13, a first left winning port 31 and a second left winning port 32 Detection signals from the left winning port switch 31a for detecting the game ball that has entered the third left winning port 34, the right winning port switch 33a for detecting the game ball that has entered the first right winning port 33, and the like are relayed on the game board. It is input via the terminal board 74.
In the present embodiment, the normal winning opening arranged on the left has three configurations (31, 32, 33), but the switch is configured to detect 31a. Of course, a switch corresponding to each may be provided.

The main control device 80 operates in accordance with the installed program, generates various commands related to the progress of the game based on the above-described detection signals and outputs them to the payout control device 81 and the sub integrated control device 83.
The main controller 80 also displays the special symbol display device 9 and the normal symbol display device 7 connected via the symbol display device relay terminal board 90, the special symbol hold storage display device 10 and the normal symbol hold storage display device 8. Control the lighting of.
Further, the main control device 80 controls the opening of the special winning opening 13 by controlling the special winning opening solenoid 13b via the game board relay terminal board 74, and controls the second electric utility solenoid 12b to control the second prize. The opening and closing of the start port 12 is controlled. Incidentally, the ordinary electric utility means an ordinary electric accessory (also referred to as an electric tulip).
In addition to the above, the output signal from the main control device 80 is a test signal terminal, and management signals such as symbol variation and jackpot are output to the external connection terminal board 78 and sent to the hall main computer.

The main control device 80 and the payout control device 81 can perform bidirectional communication.
The payout control device 81 operates the payout motor 20 in accordance with a command sent from the main control device 80 and pays out a prize ball. In the configuration of FIG. 4, the payout control device 81 is configured to control the payout motor 20 via the back wiring relay terminal plate 75 and the payout relay terminal plate 76. In the present embodiment, the detection signal of the payout switch 21 for counting game balls to be paid out as winning balls is input to the payout control device 81, and the payout control device 81 counts the winning balls. . In addition, it is also conceivable to use a configuration in which the detection signal of the payout switch 21 is input to the main control device 80 and the payout control device 81 and both the main control device 80 and the payout control device 81 count the prize balls.

The payout control device 81 is configured to receive signals from the full switch 22 and the ball-out switch 23, and when the signal indicating that the lower plate 63 is full is input from the full switch 22 and from the ball-out switch 23. When a signal indicating that there are few or no game balls is input to the ball tank 71, the payout motor 20 is stopped and the payout operation of the prize ball is stopped. Note that the full switch 22 and the ball break switch 23 are also configured to continue outputting signals until the state is cleared, and the payout control device 81 causes the payout motor 20 to stop being output. Restart the drive.
In addition, the payout control device 81 communicates with the CR unit 56 (also referred to as a game ball lending device) via the CR unit terminal plate 24 (also referred to as a game ball lending device connection terminal plate), whereby the payout motor 20 is communicated. Operate and discharge the rental balls. The paid-out lending ball is detected by the payout switch 21, and the detection signal is input to the payout control device 81. The CR unit terminal board 24 is also connected to the settlement display device 25 so as to be capable of two-way communication. The settlement display device 25 has a ball switch 57 for requesting a game ball to be rented, and a request for payment. A return switch 58 is connected.

The payout control device 81 transmits information relating to the winning ball, information indicating the open / closed state of the frame (inner frame 70, front frame 52), etc. to the hall computer 87 via the external connection terminal board 78, and also to the launch control device 84. In response to this, a fire stop signal is transmitted.
The launch control device 84 controls the launch motor 30 to launch the game ball into the game area 3.
In addition to the payout control device 81, a rotation amount signal from the launch handle 64, a touch signal from the touch switch 28, and a launch stop switch signal from the launch stop switch 29 are input to the launch control device 84.
The rotation amount signal is output when the player operates the launch handle 64, the touch signal is output when the player touches the launch handle 64, and the launch stop switch signal is output by the player pressing the launch stop switch 29. Is output. If the touch signal is not input to the launch control device 84, the game ball cannot be fired, and if the launch stop switch signal is input, the game ball can be launched even if the player touches the launch handle 64. There is no such thing.

The sub-integrated control device 83 receives data and commands transmitted from the main control device 80, distributes them to data for effect display control, sound control, and lamp control, and so on. Is transmitted to the production symbol control device 82, and the sound control and lamp control are distributed to each control part (function unit as a sound control device and a lamp control device) included in itself. Then, the function unit as the sound control device controls the sound output from the speaker 66 by operating the sound LSI based on the data for sound control, and the function unit as the lamp control device converts the data for the lamp control. Based on the operation of the lamp driver, various LEDs and various lamps are controlled. As for audio output, the volume can be adjusted by the volume adjustment switch 83a.
In addition, an effect button 67 is connected to the sub integrated control device 83, and when the player operates the effect button 67, a signal is input to the sub integrated control device 83.

Bi-directional communication is possible between the sub integrated control device 83 and the production symbol control device 82. Of course, the structure of the one-way communication from the sub integrated control apparatus 83 to the effect design control apparatus 82 may be sufficient.
The effect symbol control device 82 displays the effect symbol display based on the data and commands received from the sub integrated control device 83 (both those transmitted from the main control device 80 and those generated by the sub integrated control device 83). The device 6 is controlled to display an effect image such as a pseudo symbol on the screen 6a.

  The main routine will be described with reference to FIG. The main routine is periodically executed by a hardware interrupt about every 2 ms. In the present embodiment, the process that is executed only once from S10 to S65 is referred to as “main process”, and the process of S70 that is repeatedly executed as long as time is allowed within the remaining time after executing this main process. This is referred to as “residual processing”. The “main process” is periodically executed by the interrupt.

  When a hardware interrupt is executed by the microcomputer, it is first determined whether or not the interrupt is a normal interrupt (S10). This determination process is performed by determining whether or not the value of a predetermined area of the RAM as a memory is a predetermined value. When the process executed by the microcomputer shifts to this process, the normal process is executed. It is for judging whether it is okay. If the interrupt is not normal, microcomputer runaway due to noise or the like may be considered when power is turned on. However, microcomputer runaway may be considered to be almost impossible due to recent technological improvements, and is usually when power is turned on. When the power is turned on, the value of the predetermined area of the RAM is different from the predetermined value.

  If it is determined that the interrupt is not normal (S10: no), initial settings (for example, writing a predetermined value to the predetermined area of the memory and setting a special symbol and a normal symbol as an initial symbol to each initial to the work area of the memory) Value is written (S15), and the process proceeds to the remaining process (S70).

  If a positive determination is made that the interrupt is normal (S10: yes), an initial value random number update process is executed (S20). This process is an increment process that increments the initial random number value by 1 each time this process is executed. The initial random number value before this process is incremented by +1, but the random number value before this process is executed is the maximum. When the value is “349”, it returns to the initial value “0” in the next processing, and 350 integers from “0” to “349” are repeatedly generated in ascending order.

  The big hit determination random number update process (S25) following S20 is an increment process that is incremented by 1 each time the process is executed, as in the initial value random number update process. When the maximum value is "349", the next process starts with the next process. Then, 350 integers from “0” to “349” are repeatedly generated in ascending order. Note that the initial value of the jackpot determination random number is the value set in the initial value random number setting process.

When the big hit determination random number is updated once (350 times), the initial value random number at that time is set as the initial value of the big hit determination random number, and the big hit determination random number is +1 from the initial value. Increment processing is performed. Then, when the big hit determining random number makes one round again, the initial value random number at that time is changed to the initial value of the big hit determining random number. That is, this series of operations is repeated. In the above example, when the big hit determination random number reaches “249”, it is one round, so the next value after “249” is the value of the initial value random number. If the value of the initial random number is “87”, it changes to “249” “87” “88”... “349” “0” “1”. Next to is a new initial random number value.
The jackpot symbol determination random number update process (S30) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates ten integers “0” to “9”, and is incremented by 1 every time this process is exceeded. Return to.

  The winning determination random number update process (S35) following S30 is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates six integers “0” to “5”, and is incremented by 1 every time this process is exceeded. Return to a certain “0”. The number of values to be won is 3 in both the normal probability state and the high probability state, and the values are “0”, “3”, and “5”. This winning determination random number update process is used for lottery of normal symbols, and other initial value random numbers, big hit determination random numbers, big hit symbol determination random numbers, reach determination random numbers, and fluctuation pattern determination random numbers are drawn special symbols. Used for.

  The reach determination random number update process (S40) is configured as a counter that repeatedly generates 229 integers from “0” to “228”, and is incremented by +1 for each process and the initial value is “0”. Return to. In the normal probability state, the number of values won when the variable time shortening function is not activated is 21, and the values are “0” to “20”. The number is 5, the values are “0” to “4”, the number of values to be won in the high probability state is 6, and the values are “0” to “5”.

  The variation pattern determination random number update process (S45) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 1021 integers from “0” to “1020”, and is incremented by 1 for each process and is the first value when the maximum value is exceeded. Return to "0".

In the subsequent winning confirmation process (S50), confirmation of winning of the first start port 11 and second start port 12 and input processing of each switch provided in the pachinko machine 50 and connected to the main control board 80 are executed.
In this embodiment, when a game ball wins the first start port 11 and the second start port 12, a plurality of random numbers such as a big hit determination random number, a big hit symbol determination random number, a variation pattern determination random number, a reach determination random number, etc. are acquired. However, the total number of the first start port 11 and the second start port 12 that can be stored in memory is limited to four, and when the stored memory is full, the game ball is stored in the first start port 11 or Even if the second start port 12 is won, only the winning ball is paid out, and the plurality of random numbers are not stored on hold.

  Subsequently, a success / failure determination process (S55) is performed as condition establishment determination means for determining whether or not a big hit. When this success / failure determination process (S55) ends, each output process (S60) such as an image output process is subsequently executed.

  In each output process (S60), as the game progresses, the main control board 80 controls the production symbol control device 82, the payout control board 81, the launch control device 84, the sub integrated control device 83, the big prize opening solenoid 14b, and the like. Each output process is executed. That is, when it is detected by the winning confirmation process (S50) that there is a winning game ball at each winning port on the game board 1, the winning ball data is output to the payout control board 81 so as to pay out the gaming ball as the winning ball. In the process of outputting sound data corresponding to the gaming state to the sub-integrated control device 83, an error signal is output to the production symbol control device 82 to notify that there is an error when the pachinko machine 50 is abnormal. Each process is executed.

  In the subsequent fraud monitoring process (S65), it is monitored whether or not fraud is performed on the normal winning award (the first left winning port 31, the second left winning port 32, the first left winning port 33, the second right winning port 34). It is a process to determine whether or not the number of game balls entering the winning opening within a predetermined time is greater than a predetermined number. It is processing to do. That is, the fraud determination means is provided on the main control board 80.

  The above-described remaining process following this process is composed of the initial value random number update process (S70), but is exactly the same process as S20 described above. This process forms an infinite loop and is repeated as long as time is allowed until the next interrupt is executed. The time required to execute this processing from S10 to S65 described above differs for each interrupt depending on whether or not to execute the jackpot processing, the difference in the display mode of special symbols, and the like. As a result, the number of times the remaining process is executed is different for each interrupt, and the value updated to the initial random number is not uniform when the interrupt process shown in FIG. 5 is executed once. Thereby, the possibility that the initial value random number is synchronized with the big hit determination random number becomes extremely small. If the value of the initial value random number (350 patterns from 0 to 349) when the big hit determination random number makes one round, the probability of synchronization is only 1/350. The hit determination random number update process (S35) described above may also be executed in the remaining process.

The winning confirmation process in S50 is as shown in FIG. 6, and the main controller 80 determines whether the first start port 11 or the second start is based on the detection signal of the first start port switch 11a or the second start port switch 12a. It is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the mouth 12 (S100).
If it is affirmative, read the jackpot determination random number, the jackpot symbol determination random number, the reach determination random number, the variation pattern determination random number, etc. from the corresponding counters, and check whether the special symbol hold memory is full (four in this embodiment). It is determined whether or not (S105). In the pachinko machine 50, a plurality of opening patterns of the big winning opening 14 are set according to the big hit symbol.

If the reserved memory is not full (S105: no), each random number is stored as a special symbol reserved memory, the number of lighting of the special symbol reserved memory display device 10 is increased by 1 (S110), and a prefetch determination process is performed ( S115), the process ends (returns). If there are already four reserved memories (S105: yes), no reserved memories are stored, and the number of lighting of the special symbol reserved storage display device 10 is not increased.
In addition, the increase / decrease in the number of reserved symbols of the special symbol is transmitted to the effect symbol control device 82 via the sub integrated control device 83, and the number of lighting of the special symbol reservation memory display device 10 is displayed on the screen 6 a of the effect symbol display device 6. The same number of pseudo-hold indications are displayed. Of course, the pseudo hold display is not necessarily required.

  An overview of the prefetch determination process (S115) is shown in FIG. First, it is determined whether the success / failure determination random number stored in S110 corresponds to a big hit (S200). If the success / failure determination random number corresponds to the jackpot (S200: yes), it is determined whether the jackpot symbol determination random number corresponds to the release pattern A among the plurality of release patterns (S205). ). In the pachinko machine 50 of the first embodiment, an open pattern is set as shown in FIG. First, in the case of 15 rounds (denoted as R in FIG. 21 (a)), the big prize opening 13 is opened for a maximum of 28 seconds, and this is repeated 15 times. This is the opening pattern A. In the case of two rounds of big hit, the grand prize winning opening 13 is opened for a maximum of 0.8 seconds, and this is repeated twice. This is the open pattern B. In the case of a small hit, an operation is performed in which the special winning opening 13 is opened twice for 0.8 seconds. This operation is set so as to be indistinguishable from the operation of continuously opening the operation of opening for one second in 0.8 seconds per two rounds and the operation of continuously operating twice.

  Returning to FIG. If the big hit symbol determination random number corresponds to the release pattern A (S205: yes), the pre-read symbol designation command A is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83 (S210), and this processing is terminated (returned). If the big hit symbol determination random number does not correspond to the release pattern A (S205: no), a pre-read symbol designation command B is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83 (S215), and this process is terminated. If the success / failure determination random number does not correspond to the big hit (S200: no), it is determined whether or not the success / failure determination random number corresponds to the small hit (S220). If the validity determination random number corresponds to the small hit (S220: yes), the pre-read symbol designation command C is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S225), and this process is terminated. If the validity determination random number does not correspond to the small hit (S220: no), the pre-read symbol designation command D is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83 (S230), and this process ends.

8 to 11, the main controller 80 determines whether or not the special electric accessory is operating based on the big hit flag (S300). If the determination in S300 is negative, the special symbol is not changing (S305: no), and the confirmed symbol is not being displayed (S310: no), whether or not there is a special symbol hold memory (the hold memory in S110). Is determined (S350 in FIG. 9).
If there is this reserved memory (S350: yes), the oldest one of the special symbol reserved memories is read, and the special symbol reserved memory is deleted from the reserved memory, so that the reserved memory is decremented by 1 (S355), and the probability change flag is set. It is determined whether or not it is performed (high probability state) (S360).
If the determination is affirmative (S360: yes), the read jackpot determination random number is checked against the hit value recorded in the probability variation table (S365). If the determination is negative, the read jackpot determination random number is stored in the normal table. The hit value recorded is collated (S370).
In this embodiment, the player wins with a probability of 1/350 in the normal probability state and wins with the probability of 1/35 in the high-probability gaming state.

If it is a win in the determination of S365 or S370 (S375: yes), the winning symbol is determined by the big hit symbol determining random number (S380), the changing pattern is determined by the changing pattern determining random number (S385), and the big hit setting process is performed. (S390). The jackpot setting process is a process that acquires the game status after jackpot (such as whether there is a probability change or opening extension) and information about the jackpot game (such as the jackpot start effect time, opening pattern, jackpot end effect time, etc.) It is.
If it is off (S375: no), it is then determined whether a small hit is made (S395). If the determination is a small hit (S395: yes), the small hit symbol is determined (S400), and the variation pattern is determined by the variation pattern determination random number (S405). In this embodiment, since there are a plurality of symbols for winning a small hit, the symbol determination process (S400) is performed. However, the present invention can be applied to a configuration having only one small hit, In this case, it is not necessary to set symbols.

When the small hit is also out (S395: no), the variation pattern is determined based on the reach determination random number and the variation pattern determination random number (S410).
When the variation pattern is set in S405 or S410 in this way, a loss setting process is performed (S415). In the lose setting process, if the number of time reductions or the number of times of probability change is positive, -1 is respectively set.

Subsequent to S390 or S415, a change start command (display control command) is output to the sub integrated control device 83, and the special symbol display device 9 is controlled to start the special symbol change display (S420). Execute the process.
Receiving the variation start command, the sub integrated control device 83 performs sound and lamp effect control in response to the special symbol variation display, and sends a variation start command to the effect symbol control device 82.

In this embodiment, the change start command (change pattern designation command, symbol hold designation command) and symbol designation command are sent at the timing shown in FIG. The symbol designating command includes data indicating the above-mentioned lottery result, specifically, data indicating either a big hit, a probable big hit, out of reach (with out of reach but with reach display), or out of reach without display of reach. Therefore, the sub-integrated control device 83 can determine the jackpot symbol or the missing symbol (hereinafter collectively referred to as a confirmed symbol), the presence / absence of reach, and the variation time based on the symbol designation command.
The point at which the fluctuation pattern designation command and the symbol designation designation command (special symbol designation designation in the figure) and the symbol designation command (special symbol designation in the figure) for displaying the number of reserved memories in the special symbol reservation storage display device 10 are first displayed. Thus, the effect symbol 94 displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 starts to change.
When the variation time designated by the variation pattern is reached, a symbol stop command (stop designation in the drawing) is sent to stop the variation of the effect symbol 94.
When the fluctuation is stopped, a fixed display of the effect design for a predetermined time is performed as a fixed time. At this time, a state designation command is sent to designate the current gaming state. The above is the command output timing in this embodiment.

If the special symbol is changing (S305: yes), main controller 80 determines whether or not a predetermined symbol change time (based on the change pattern of S385, S405, S, or 410) has elapsed (see FIG. 10 S450).
If the determination is affirmative (S450: yes), the confirmed symbol is displayed and set (S455).

If the special symbol that has been confirmed and displayed is a combination (array) that is a big hit (S460: yes), it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is 1 (S465). If the probability variation flag is 1 (S465: yes), the probability variation flag is set to 0 in S470, and the process proceeds to S475. If the probability variation flag is not 1 (S465: no), the process proceeds to S475 as it is. In S475, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is 1. If the hour / hour flag is 1 (S475: yes), the hour / hour flag is set to 0 in S480, and the process proceeds to S485. If the time reduction flag is not 1 (S475: no), the process proceeds to S485 as it is.
In S485, the big hit flag is set by the condition device operation start processing. In the subsequent S490, the accessory continuous operation device is operated, and when the big hit start effect process is performed in S495, the special game process (FIG. 12) is performed.

If it is determined in S460 that the special symbol that has been confirmed and displayed is not a big win, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is 1, and if it is 1 (S500: yes), whether or not the probability variation number is 0. Is determined (S505). If the probability variation count is 0 (S505: yes), the probability variation flag is set to 0 in S510 and the process proceeds to S515. When the probability variation flag is not 1 (S500: no) or when the probability variation number is not 0 (S505: no), the processing proceeds to S515 as it is.
In S515, it is determined whether the time reduction flag is 1, and if it is 1 (S515: yes), it is determined whether the time reduction count is 0 (S520). If the time reduction count is 0 (S520: yes), the time reduction flag is set to 0 in S525, and the process proceeds to S530. When the time reduction flag is not 1 (S515: no) or when the time reduction count is not 0 (S520: no), the process proceeds to S530.
In S530, it is determined whether or not the special symbol that has been confirmed and displayed is a combination (array) that is a small hit. If the combination is a small hit (S530: yes), the operation of the special electric accessory is started (S535). When the small hit start effect process is performed in S540, the special game process (FIG. 12) is executed.

  Returning to FIG. 8, when the confirmed symbol is being displayed (S310: yes), as shown in FIG. 11, it is determined whether the confirmed symbol display time has ended (S550), and when it is completed (S550: yes), it is confirmed. The symbol display is terminated (S555). If the display time has not ended (S550: no), the process proceeds to the special game process.

  In the special game process shown in FIG. 12, the main controller 80 determines whether or not the accessory continuous operation device is operating based on the jackpot flag (S600). If the accessory continuous operation device is operating (S600: yes), it is determined whether or not the special winning opening 13 is open (S605). If the big prize opening 13 is not being opened (S605: no), it is determined whether the big prize opening 13 is closed during the interval between rounds (S610). If it is not during the interval (S610: no), it is determined whether the big hit end effect is being performed (S615). If this is also a negative determination (S615: no), it is determined whether or not the time required to produce the big hit game has elapsed (S620). When the big hit start effect time has elapsed (S620: yes), the big winning opening opening process (S625) is performed and this process is ended (returned). When a big hit is made, whether the big hit is the 15 round big hit (open pattern A) or the 2 round big hit (open pattern B) shown in FIG. Is notified to the player.

  If it is determined in S605 that the big prize opening 13 is open, the process proceeds to S650 in FIG. 13 and it is determined whether or not ten big prize openings 13 have been won. In the present embodiment, the number is 10, but it may be 9 or 8, and is not particularly limited. When 10 prizes are won in the big prize opening 13 (S650: yes), the process proceeds to S660, and the big prize opening closing process is performed. Then, the number of rounds is incremented by 1 (S665), a big hit interval process (S670) is performed, and the special game process is terminated. If ten winning prizes 13 have not been won (S650: no), the process proceeds to S655, and it is determined whether or not the opening time of the big winning prize 13 has ended. In this embodiment, in the case of a big hit in 15 rounds, the maximum opening time of each round is set to 28 seconds. Of course, it is not limited to this number of seconds. When the opening time is over (S655: yes), the process merges with S660, and when it is not over (S655: no), the special game process is finished.

  If it is determined in S610 that the interval is in progress, the process proceeds to S700 in FIG. 14 to determine whether or not the big hit interval time has elapsed. When the interval time has elapsed (S700: yes), it is determined whether or not the last round was the last time that the big winning opening 13 was opened (S705). If it is the final round (S705: yes), a big hit end effect process (S710) is performed, and the special game process is ended. If it is not the final round (S705: no), the special winning opening 13 is again opened (S715), and the special game process is terminated. If it is determined that the big hit interval time has not elapsed (S700: no), the special game process is terminated as it is.

When it is determined in S615 that the big hit end effect is being performed, the process proceeds to S750 in FIG. 15 to determine whether or not the big hit end effect time has elapsed. When the big hit end effect time has elapsed (S750: yes), the operation of the accessory continuous operation device is stopped (S755), and the operation of the condition device is stopped (S760). Then, it is determined whether or not the probability change is set in the next gaming state acquired in S390 (S765). When the probability variation is set (S765: yes), the probability variation number is set (S770), the probability variation flag is set to 1 (S775), and the process proceeds to S780. If the probability variation flag is set to 1, the winning probability of the special symbol is improved in this embodiment. If the probability variation is not set (S765: no), the process proceeds to S780 as it is. If the confirmed symbol is a two-round jackpot symbol, it is determined to be yes in S765, and the probability change is set.
In S780, it is determined whether or not to set a time reduction in the next gaming state. When the time reduction is set (S780: yes), the time reduction count is set (S785), the time reduction flag is set to 1 (S790), and a process of transmitting a jackpot end command to the sub integrated control device 83 is performed (S795). To finish the special game process. When the hour / short flag is set to 1, in this embodiment, the average symbol time for special symbols is shortened, the opening extension function of the ordinary electric accessory 12 is set, and the value of the hour / times counter is set. When the time reduction is not set (S780: no), the special game process is terminated as it is. If the confirmed symbol is a two-round jackpot symbol, it is determined to be no in S780 and the time reduction is not set. However, if the confirmed symbol is a two-round jackpot symbol during the time reduction, it is determined to be “yes” in S780, and the time reduction state is maintained. The above is the special game process.

  If it is determined in the special game process that the accessory continuous operation device is not operating (S600: no), the small hit game process shown in FIG. 16 is executed. When this process is started, it is determined in S800 whether the special electric accessory is in operation, and if it is in operation (S800: yes), it is determined whether the special winning opening 13 is open (S805). In the case of a negative determination (S805: no), it is determined whether it is during the interval between the small hit games (S810). If it is not the interval between the small hit games (S810: no) and is not in the end effect of the small hit game (S815: no), it waits for the time required for the small hit start effect to elapse (S820: yes). The winning opening 13 is opened (S825), and this process is terminated. If it is determined that the special electric accessory is not operating (S800: no) or that the time required for the small hit start effect has not elapsed (S820: no), the process is terminated. .

If it is determined in S805 in FIG. 16 that the big prize opening 13 is open, the process proceeds to S850 in FIG. 17, and it is determined whether or not six big prize openings 13 have been won. When six winning prizes 13 are not won (S850: no), the process proceeds to S855, and it is determined whether or not the opening time of the winning prizes 13 has ended. In this embodiment, in the case of a small hit, the longest time for each opening is set to 0.8 seconds. Of course, it is not limited to this number of seconds. When the opening time is over (S855: yes), the small hit opening counter is incremented by 1 in S860, and the big prize opening closing process is performed in S865. Then, a small hit interval process (S870) is performed, and the small hit game process is terminated.
If six winning prizes 13 are won (S850: yes), the process goes directly to S865, and if the opening time of the big winning opening 13 has not ended (S855: no), the small hit game processing is ended.

  When it is determined in S810 of FIG. 16 that the small hit interval is in progress, the process proceeds to S900 of FIG. 18 to determine whether or not the small hit interval time has elapsed. If the small hit interval time has elapsed (S900: yes), it is determined in S905 whether or not six winning prizes 13 have been won. If six winning prizes 13 have not been won, it is determined in S910 whether or not the small hit release counter is two. When the small hit release counter is 2 (S910: yes), the small hit end effect process (S915) is performed to end the small hit game process. When the small hit opening counter is not 2 (S910: no), the big winning opening 13 is opened once for 0.8 seconds by the big winning opening release process (S920), and the small hit gaming process is ended. If it is determined in S905 that six winning prizes 13 have been won (S905: yes), the process goes straight to S915, and if it is determined in S900 that the small hit interval time has not elapsed. Ends the small hit game processing as it is. In other words, in the small win, the big winning opening 13 is basically opened twice for 0.8 seconds, but if there are 6 or more wins in one opening, only a single opening will make a small hit. finish. Actually, it is rare that 6 or more winnings are generated in one opening.

  If it is determined in S815 in FIG. 16 that the small hit end effect is being performed, the process proceeds to S950 in FIG. 19 to determine whether or not the small hit end effect time has elapsed. When it is determined that the small hit end effect time has elapsed (S950: yes), the operation of the special electric accessory is stopped in S955, and the small hit end command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S960). End the small hit game process. If it is determined that the small hit end effect time has not elapsed (S950: no), the small hit game processing is ended as it is.

FIG. 20 shows a prefetch effect determination process executed by the CPU of the sub integrated control device 83. This process is activated when a prefetch symbol designation command is received from the main controller 80 (S1000: yes), and performs a prefetch effect execution lottery process (S1005).
In order to explain the contents of the prefetch effect execution lottery process, the relationship between the prefetch symbol designating command and the prefetch effect is shown in FIG. When the prefetch symbol designation command A is transmitted in S210 of the prefetch determination process of FIG. 7, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 20% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 80%. . In the pre-reading effect execution lottery process (S1005), it is determined whether or not the pre-reading effect B is performed at such a ratio. Similarly, when the prefetch symbol designation command B is transmitted in S215, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 35% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 65%. When the prefetch symbol designation command C is transmitted in S225, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 50% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 50%. When the prefetch symbol designation command D is transmitted in S230, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 1%, performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 1%, and prefetches with a probability of 98%. No directing.

FIG. 23 shows a state in which a prefetch effect is performed on the screen 6a. The pre-reading effect A is as indicated by reference numeral 96 in FIG. 23A, and the dog character 96 is displayed large on the screen (cut-in display) when the change of the effect symbol 94 starts. As described above, the pre-reading effect A is performed when the sub-integrated control device 83 receives the pre-reading design designation command B, C, or D (more precisely, the pre-reading effect execution lottery process (S1005)). These are received in the case of the big hit, the small hit, and the loss of the open pattern B, respectively. In other words, when this dog character 96 is displayed on the screen 6a, the player can determine that “the dog's Tatsuyoshi has been cut-in displayed, so there is a possibility of being in a latent state”. The latent state refers to a state in which the probability is changed due to a big hit of two rounds or a state in which the probability is not changed by a simple hit.
A dog character 96 displayed large as shown in FIG. 23 (a) is displayed small in the upper right of the screen 6a as shown in FIG. 23 (b), and when the big hit is confirmed, as shown in FIG. 23 (c). The dog character 96 laughs and notifies the player that a big hit will occur.
On the other hand, the pre-reading effect B is as shown by reference numeral 97 in FIG. 23 (a), and ☆ is displayed in a circle mark that is a normal reserved display of a special symbol. As described above, the prefetch effect B is performed when the sub-integrated control device 83 receives the prefetch symbol designation command A or the prefetch symbol designation command D (more precisely, by the prefetch effect execution lottery process (S1005)) These are received in the case of a big hit or loss of the open pattern A, respectively. That is, if ☆ is put on hold, the player can determine that “may be a big hit of 15 rounds”.

  According to the pachinko machine 50 configured as described above, by displaying the dog character 96, it is possible to notify the player that there is a possibility of shifting to the latent state in only two rounds. Further, by displaying the ☆ mark 97 on the hold display, it is possible to notify the player that there is a possibility of a big hit of 15 rounds. Thus, since the pre-reading effect is changed according to the opening pattern (15 rounds or 2 rounds (including small hits)), it is possible to make the player have expectations for the opening pattern. Specifically, when the ☆ mark 97 is displayed on the hold display, it is expected that “it will not end in two rounds”, or when the dog character 96 is displayed, the “two-round probability change comes”. It can be expected. "

  Here, the correspondence relationship between the configuration / state of the present embodiment and the configuration requirements of the present invention is shown. The process of S110 corresponds to the “holding means” of the present invention, the process of S360 to S370 corresponds to the “win / fail judgment means” of the present invention, and the special game process of FIG. 12 corresponds to the “big hit game generating means” of the present invention. 7 corresponds to the “prefetching effect judging means” of the present invention, and in particular, S220 corresponds to the “small hit prefetching means” of the present invention. Further, the process of S1005 corresponds to the “production execution means” of the present invention, the process of S395 corresponds to the “small hit determination means” of the present invention, and the small hit game process of FIG. 16 corresponds to the “small hit game of the present invention. The sub integrated control device 83 corresponds to the “production control device” of the present invention.

[Second Embodiment]
A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Since this embodiment has much in common with the first embodiment, only different points will be described mainly. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a part of the small hit game process, and corresponds to the flowchart shown in FIG. 18 of the first embodiment. When the process shown in the figure is started, it is determined in S1100 whether the small hit interval time has elapsed. If the small hit interval time has elapsed (S1100: yes), it is determined in S1105 whether or not six winning prizes 13 have been won. If six winning prizes 13 have not been won (S1105: no), it is determined in S1110 whether the small hit release counter is nine. When the small hit release counter is 9 (S1110: yes), the small hit end effect process (S1115) is performed and the small hit game process is ended. When the small hit release counter is not 9 (S1110: no), the big winning opening opening process (S1120) is performed and the small hit game process is ended. If it is determined in S1105 that six winning prize openings 13 have been won (S1105: yes), the process goes straight to S1115, and if it is determined in S1100 that the small hit interval time has not elapsed. Ends the small hit game processing as it is. A difference from the flowchart of FIG. 18 is that the special winning opening 13 is opened nine times (S1110).

  The prefetch determination process of the second embodiment is as shown in FIG. 25. First, it is determined whether or not the random number for determination of success / failure corresponds to the jackpot (S1200). If the success / failure determination random number corresponds to the jackpot (S1200: yes), it is determined whether or not the jackpot symbol determination random number corresponds to the open pattern A (S1205). In the pachinko machine 50 of the second embodiment, an open pattern is set as shown in FIG. First, the opening pattern A is a big hit of 9 rounds, and the winning prize opening 13 is opened for a maximum of 28 seconds, and this is repeated 9 times. In the opening pattern B, the special winning opening 13 is opened for 0.2 seconds, and this is repeated nine times. In the open pattern C, first, the special winning opening 13 is opened for 0.2 seconds, and this is repeated nine times. Further, the special winning opening 13 is opened for a maximum of 28 seconds, and this is repeated eight times. In the case of a small hit, an operation is performed in which the special winning opening 13 is opened nine times for 0.2 seconds. This operation is indistinguishable from the open pattern B in appearance. Also, it is apparently indistinguishable from the operation of performing the first 0.2 second release of the release pattern C nine times. In the release pattern C, the first operation for performing 0.2 seconds for 9 seconds is set as one round, and the subsequent release for a maximum of 28 seconds is defined as one round for one release. ing. As a result, in the pachinko machine 50 of the second embodiment, there are three types of big hits with different opening patterns, all of which are 9 rounds. Thereby, it is the specification which does not need to alert | report a round number to a player. The opening pattern C corresponds to the “developed opening pattern” of the present invention.

  Returning to FIG. If the jackpot symbol determining random number corresponds to the release pattern A (S1205: yes), the pre-read symbol designation command A is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83 (S1210), and this process is terminated (returned). If the jackpot symbol determination random number does not correspond to the release pattern A (S1205: no), it is determined whether or not the jackpot symbol determination random number corresponds to the release pattern B (S1215). If the jackpot symbol determination random number corresponds to the release pattern B (S1215: yes), the prefetch symbol designation command B is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83 (S1220), and this process is terminated. If the big hit symbol determination random number is not the one corresponding to the release pattern B (S1215: no), a pre-read symbol designation command C is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83 (S1225), and this process is terminated. If the success / failure determination random number does not correspond to the big hit (S1200: no), it is determined whether or not the success / failure determination random number corresponds to the small hit (S1230). If the random number for judgment is corresponding to the small hit (S1230: yes), the pre-read symbol designation command D is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1235), and this process is terminated. If the validity determination random number does not correspond to the small hit (S1230: no), a pre-read symbol designation command E is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1240), and this process is terminated.

  FIG. 27 shows a prefetch effect determination process executed by the CPU of the sub integrated control device 83. This processing corresponds to the flowchart shown in FIG. 20 of the first embodiment. This process is also activated when a prefetch symbol designating command is received from the main control device 80 (S1300: yes), and determines whether the current time is short (S1305). If the time is short (S1305: yes), the short-time prefetch effect execution lottery process (S1310) is performed in S1310, and this process is terminated (returned). If the time is not short (S1305: yes), the normal-time pre-reading effect execution lottery process (S1310) is performed in S1315, and this process ends (returns). The difference from the process shown in FIG. 20 is that the lottery of the pre-reading effect is switched depending on whether or not the pachinko machine 50 is running short. FIG. 28 shows the lottery allocation.

  First, the distribution of the occurrence of the pre-reading effect at the normal time in S1315 is as shown in FIG. When the prefetch symbol designation command A is transmitted in S1210 of the prefetch determination process of FIG. 25, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 20% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 80%. . Similarly, when the prefetch symbol designation command B is transmitted in S1220, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 35% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 65%. When the prefetch symbol designation command C is transmitted in S1225, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 40% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 60%. When the prefetch symbol designation command D is transmitted in S1235, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 50% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 50%. When the prefetch symbol designation command E is transmitted in S1240, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 1%, performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 1%, and prefetches with a probability of 98%. No directing.

  The distribution of the occurrence of the prefetching effect at S1310 is as shown in FIG. When the prefetch symbol designation command A is transmitted in S1210, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 20% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 80%. When the prefetch symbol designation command B is transmitted in S1220, and when the prefetch symbol designation command D is transmitted in S1235, the sub integrated control device 83 does not perform the prefetch effect. When the prefetch symbol designation command C is transmitted in S1225, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 40% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 60%. When the prefetch symbol designation command E is transmitted in S1240, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 1%, performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 1%, and prefetches with a probability of 98%. No directing.

  According to the pachinko machine 50 of the second embodiment configured as described above, since the number of rounds is the same for all jackpots, the number of rounds is not notified to the player by the state notification device, and the player When the big winning opening 13 is opened 9 times for 0.2 seconds, it is difficult to determine whether the 9th round is a big hit or a small hit. In addition, after the grand prize opening 13 is opened 9 times for 0.2 seconds, there is a possibility that the big prize opening 13 is opened 8 times (that is, the opening pattern C) for 28 seconds. Therefore, the player strongly desires that the open pattern C is a big hit when the pre-reading effect A is performed in the normal state. As described above, in the pachinko machine 50 of the second embodiment, a new game entertainment theme that “the grand prize winning opening 13 develops into an open pattern C that does not end just by opening 9 times for 0.2 seconds” is pre-reading production. Can be created.

  In addition, when the pre-reading effect A is performed in a short time on the pachinko machine 50, unlike the normal state, the open pattern C or the loss is fixed, and the open pattern B or the small hit is not made. As a result, during a short period of time that is a relatively advantageous gaming state, it is possible to concentrate on whether or not a ball can be obtained by cutting an effect for a 2-round probability change or a small hit where a ball can hardly be obtained.

[Third embodiment]
A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Since this embodiment also has much in common with the first embodiment, only different points will be described mainly. FIG. 29 shows the game board of the pachinko machine 50 of the third embodiment. The difference from the pachinko machine 50 of the first embodiment is that the right winning opening 34 is also provided with a big winning opening. is there. The second grand prize winning port 14 has a normal electric accessory type. As shown in FIG. 30, in addition to the first grand prize winning port 13 and the second grand prize winning port 14 as shown in FIG. 30, the first grand prize winning solenoid 13b and the second grand prize winning port solenoid are provided. 14 b is configured to be connected to the main controller 80 via the game board relay terminal board 74.

  FIG. 31 shows an outline of the prefetch determination process (S115). First, it is determined whether the determination random number stored in S110 corresponds to a big hit (S1400). If the success / failure determination random number corresponds to the jackpot (S1400: yes), the jackpot prefetch symbol designation command is selected (S1405), and this process ends (returns). If the success / failure determination random number does not correspond to the big hit (S1400: no), it is determined whether or not the success / failure determination random number corresponds to the big hit (S1410). If the correctness determination random number corresponds to the small hit (S1410: yes), the pre-read symbol designation command E is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1415), and this process is terminated. If the validity determination random number does not correspond to the small hit (S1410: no), the pre-read symbol designation command F is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1420), and this process is terminated.

  Details of the processing of S1405 are shown in FIG. In this process, first, in S1500, it is determined whether or not the big hit symbol determination random number (simply described as “big hit” in the figure; hereinafter, this is followed) corresponds to the open pattern A. If the big hit corresponds to the release pattern A (S1500: yes), the pre-read symbol designation command A is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1505), and this processing is terminated (returned). If the big hit does not correspond to the open pattern A (S1500: no), it is determined whether or not the big hit corresponds to the open pattern B (S1510). If the big hit corresponds to the release pattern B (S1510: yes), the pre-read symbol designation command B is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1515), and this processing is terminated. If the big hit does not correspond to the open pattern B (S1510: no), it is determined whether or not the big hit corresponds to any of the open patterns C, D, E (S1520). If the big hit corresponds to one of the open patterns C, D, and E (S1520: yes), a prefetch symbol designation command C is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1525), and this process is terminated. If the big hit does not correspond to any of the open patterns C, D, and E (S1520: no), the prefetch symbol designation command D is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1530), and this process is terminated.

  The opening patterns A to F in the pachinko machine 50 of the third embodiment are set as shown in FIG. First, in the opening pattern A, the first grand prize opening 13 is opened for a maximum of 28 seconds, and this is repeated nine times. In the opening pattern B, the first grand prize winning opening 13 is opened for a maximum of 1.8 seconds, and this is repeated nine times. In the opening pattern C, the second grand prize opening 14 is opened three times for a maximum of 0.8 seconds for one round, and this is repeated nine times. In the opening pattern D, the second grand opening 14 is opened twice for a maximum of 0.8 seconds as one round, and this is repeated nine times. In the opening pattern E, the second grand prize opening 14 is opened for 0.8 seconds at the maximum for one round, and this is repeated nine times. In the opening pattern F, the second grand prize opening 14 is opened for 9 seconds for a maximum of 0.2 seconds, and then the second big prize opening 13 is opened for a maximum of 28 seconds. This 28-second release is one round, and this is repeated eight times. In the opening pattern G, the second grand prize opening 14 is opened for 0.2 seconds at the maximum for one round, and this is repeated nine times. In the case of a small hit, an operation is performed in which the second big prize opening 14 is opened 9 times for 0.2 seconds. This operation is set so as to be indistinguishable from the operation of opening pattern G once in 0.2 seconds and the operation of continuously operating 9 times. In the pachinko machine 50 according to the third embodiment, there are seven types of jackpots with different opening patterns, all of which are 9 rounds. For example, since the opening pattern C repeats the opening of 3 times 9 times, the second big winning opening 14 is apparently opened 27 times, but since the opening of 3 times is 1 round, it is 9 rounds. Also, in the opening pattern C, since the opening for 0.2 seconds is performed 9 times and then the opening for 28 seconds is performed 8 times, the second big winning opening 14 is apparently opened 17 times. Since 2 seconds of opening is 9 rounds and 1 round, 1 + 8 = 9, which is also 9 rounds. Thereby, it is the specification which does not need to alert | report a round number to a player.

The prefetch effect determining process of the third embodiment is as shown in FIG. 33, and the appearance is the same as the prefetch effect determining process of the second embodiment, but the contents of the distribution are different. FIG. 34 (b) shows the distribution of the prefetching effect performed in S1615. When the prefetch symbol designation command A is transmitted in S1505 of the big hit prefetch symbol designation command selection process of FIG. 32, the sub-integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 20% and with a probability of 20%. The prefetch effect B is performed, and the prefetch effect is not performed with a probability of 60%. Similarly, when the prefetch symbol designation command B is transmitted in S1515, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 20% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 80%. When the prefetch symbol designation command C is transmitted in S1525, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 20%, performs the prefetch effect C with a probability of 10%, and prefetches with a probability of 10%. The effect D is performed, and the prefetching effect is not performed with a probability of 60%. When the prefetch symbol designation command D is transmitted in S1530, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 10% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 90%. When the prefetch symbol designation command E is transmitted in S1415 of the prefetch determination process in FIG. 31, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 50% and does not perform the prefetch effect with a probability of 50%. . When the prefetch symbol designation command F is transmitted in S1420, the sub integrated control device 83 performs the prefetch effect A with a probability of 1%, performs the prefetch effect B with a probability of 1%, and prefetches with a probability of 1%. The effect C is performed, the prefetch effect D is performed with a probability of 1%, and the prefetch effect is not performed with a probability of 96%.
Note that the allocation of the prefetch effect at the time of S1610 is not shown, but when the prefetch symbol designation command A is received, the prefetch effect A is performed with a probability of 20%, and the prefetch effect is not performed with a probability of 80%. When the prefetch symbol designation commands B to E are received, the prefetch effect is not performed at all. When the prefetch symbol designation command F is received, the prefetch effect A is performed with a probability of 1%, and the prefetch effect is performed with a probability of 99%. Not to be.

FIG. 35 shows a state in which a prefetch effect is performed on the screen 6a. The pre-reading effect A is as shown by reference numeral 97 in FIG. 35 (a), and the mark “O”, which is a normal reserved display of a special symbol, is changed to a dog character. As described above, the pre-reading effect A is performed when the sub-integrated control device 83 receives any of the pre-reading design designation commands A, B, and F (more accurately, the pre-reading effect execution lottery process determines “ These are received in the case of a big hit of the open pattern A, a big hit of the open pattern B, or a loss. Except for the case of loss, these are cases where a big hit using the first big winning opening 13 is performed.
The pre-reading effect B is as indicated by reference numeral 98 in FIG. 35 (b), and the o mark, which is a normal reserved display of special symbols, is changed to a dog character different from FIG. 35 (a). As described above, the prefetch effect B is performed when the sub-integrated control device 83 receives any of the prefetch symbol designation commands C, D, E, and F (more precisely, by the prefetch effect execution lottery process) These are received in the case of a big hit, a small hit, or a loss of the open patterns C to G. Except for the case of loss, these are cases where a big hit or a small win using the second big prize opening 14 is performed.

  The pre-reading effect C is as shown by reference numeral 96 in FIG. 36A, and the dog character 96 is displayed large on the screen (cut-in display) at the start of symbol variation. As described above, the pre-reading effect C is performed when the sub-integrated control device 83 receives the pre-reading design designation command A, C, or F (more precisely, “pre-reading effect is performed” by the pre-reading effect execution lottery process). These are received in the case of either the big hit of the open patterns A, C, D, or E, or the loss. These can be expected to have a certain amount of appearance, except in the case of disengagement. That is, in the case of the opening pattern A, the first big winning opening 13 is opened nine times for a maximum of 28 seconds, and even in the opening patterns C, D, E, the second big winning opening 14 is set for 27 seconds for a maximum of 0.8 seconds. Since it is opened 18 times and 9 times, it is not so difficult to enter these winning holes. The dog character 96 is then displayed on the upper right of the screen 6a while the symbol 94 fluctuates or stops as shown in FIG. 36 (b). When the big hit is confirmed, the dog character 96 shown in FIG. 36 (c) is displayed. Thus, the dog character 96 laughs and notifies the player that a big hit will occur.

  The look-ahead effect D is as indicated by reference numeral 96 in FIG. 37A and is similar to FIG. 36A, but has hair on the head of the dog character 96 and beard around the mouth. The point is different. As described above, the pre-reading effect D is performed when the sub-integrated control device 83 receives the pre-reading design designation command C or F (more accurately, it is determined that “pre-reading effect is performed” by the pre-reading effect execution lottery process). These are received when either of the big hits of the open patterns C, D, and E, or when they are out of place. In these cases, the second grand prize winning opening 14 is opened 27 times, 18 times, or 9 times, except in the case of losing. Since the player cannot determine which of these numbers, the player expects the opening to be continued up to a maximum of 27 times. The pre-reading effect D can be expected to be a big hit with three stages of opening times. The dog character 96 is then displayed on the upper right of the screen 6a while the symbol 94 fluctuates or stops as shown in FIG. 37 (b). When the big hit is confirmed, the dog character 96 shown in FIG. 37 (c) is displayed. Thus, the dog character 96 laughs and notifies the player that a big hit will occur.

According to the pachinko machine 50 of the third embodiment configured as described above, the number of rounds is the same for all jackpots, as with the pachinko machine 50 of the second embodiment. Without being notified, it is difficult for the player to know whether the open pattern G is a big hit or a small hit when the big prize opening 13 is opened nine times for 0.2 seconds.
Further, when the dog character 97 (prefetching effect A) is displayed on hold, the player can determine that “the first big winning opening 13 may be a big hit that opens and closes”. When the dog character 98 (prefetching effect B) is displayed on hold, the player can determine that “the second big prize opening 14 may be a big hit that opens and closes”. When the dog character 96 (prefetching effect C) is displayed on the screen 6a as shown in FIG. 36 (a), the player determines that “the dog is cut-in display, so that a certain degree of exit can be expected”. can do. When the dog character 96 (prefetch effect D) in FIG. 37 (a) is displayed on the screen 6a, the player says, "The number of times the second big prize opening 14 is opened may increase step by step." You can expect. Thus, the player can have various expectations due to the difference in the pre-reading effect.

[Other embodiments]
In the pachinko machine 50 of the above-described embodiment, all have a structure having a small hit, but may be applied to a pachinko machine without a small hit. The present invention is applicable to a specification having a plurality of jackpot open patterns. Further, the present invention may be applied to a model having a plurality of small hit opening patterns.
The pre-reading effects are a cut-in notice and a hold notice, but instead of (or in addition to) these, a continuous notice may be used. Further, the pachinko machine may be configured to include a movable object, and the pre-reading effect may be performed by moving the movable object or generating sound from the speaker 66.

  In the pachinko machine 50 of the above-described embodiment, the main controller 80 performs the prefetch determination process. However, this may be performed by the sub integrated controller 83. More specifically, the main control device 80 transmits the determination result of the success / failure based on the random number and the prefetch result of the corresponding open pattern to the sub-integrated control device 83, and the CPU of the sub-integrated control device 83 that has received them transmits It is determined whether or not a prefetch effect is to be performed from the received determination result and the open pattern (if there are a plurality of prefetch effects, which prefetch effect is to be performed or not at all). In this way, it is not necessary to determine whether or not to perform the pre-reading effect in the main control device 80, so that the processing load on the main control device 80 can be reduced. In addition, when the determination result or the open pattern is transmitted from the main control device 80 in a situation where the processing load of the sub integrated control device 83 is large, it is possible to omit the prefetch effect.

1: Game board, 6: Production symbol display device
6a: screen, 11: first start port
12: 2nd start opening, 13: (1) Grand prize opening
14: Second grand prize opening 50: Pachinko machine 80: Main controller 83: Sub integrated controller

Claims (6)

A game machine having a start opening in a game area, generating a random value when entering a ball into the start opening, and determining a success / failure and a pattern variation mode based on the random value,
A holding means capable of storing a plurality of random number values;
A determination unit for determining whether or not to use the random number;
A jackpot game generating means for opening a jackpot formed in the game area after a change in the symbol corresponding to the random number when it is determined that the hit is determined by the hit / not determining means;
Based on the value of the random number acquired at the time of winning the start opening, pre-reading effect determination means for determining whether to perform an effect operation prior to the change of the symbol corresponding to the random number value;
When the pre-reading effect determining means determines that the effect operation is to be performed, an effect execution means for performing the effect operation is provided.
The jackpot game generating means is for opening the big prize opening in a plurality of opening patterns according to the random number value,
The pre-reading effect determination unit is configured to determine whether the symbol corresponding to the random number value is based on the determination result based on the random number value acquired at the start opening prize and the opening pattern corresponding to the random value used in the determination. A ball game machine characterized by determining whether or not to perform a production operation ahead of the fluctuation of the ball. Small hit determining means for determining whether or not to generate a small hit game based on the random number stored in the holding means;
When it is determined by the small hit determination means that the small hit game is to be generated, a small hit game generating means for opening the big prize opening after the change of the symbol corresponding to the random number;
A small determination based on the random number value acquired at the time of winning the starting opening, whether or not the small hit game generating means generates the small hit game prior to the variation of the symbol corresponding to the random number value. Look-ahead means,
With
At least one of the plurality of opening patterns generated by the big hit game generating means is the same as the opening pattern of the big prize opening generated by the small hit game generating means,
The pre-reading effect determination means further determines whether or not to perform an effect operation prior to the variation of the symbol corresponding to the random number value, based on the determination result by the small hits pre-reading means. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1. Small hit determining means for determining whether or not to generate a small hit game based on the random number stored in the holding means;
A small hit game generating means for opening the big winning opening after the change of the symbol corresponding to the random number when the small hit determination means determines that the small hit is;
A small determination based on the random number value acquired at the time of winning the starting opening, whether or not the small hit game generating means generates the small hit game prior to the variation of the symbol corresponding to the random number value. Look-ahead means,
With
After at least one of the plurality of opening patterns generated by the big hit game generating means performs the same opening pattern as the opening pattern of the big prize opening generated by the small hit game generating means, It is an advanced open pattern that is an open pattern that is more advantageous to the player than the pattern, and the prefetching effect judging means is further adapted to the variation in the symbol corresponding to the random number value based on the judgment result by the small hit prefetching means. Determining whether or not to perform the forward effect operation, and when the small hit is generated by the small hit game generating means, and when the big hit game generating means by the developed open pattern 3. The presentation operations for determining whether or not to perform the same when they are opened are the same as each other. 4. Pinball type game machine. All the opening patterns generated by the jackpot game generating means are set to at least one of setting a plurality of opening operations as one round and not making the time of one opening operation constant, The ball game machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the number of rounds is the same. The ballistic game according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the performance execution means determines the content of the performance operation according to the game state of the ballball game machine. Machine. In the ball-type game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
At least a main control device including the holding unit and the success / failure determination unit;
An effect control device comprising at least the effect executing means and the prefetch effect determining means,
Have
The main control device transmits the determination result of the random number by the success / failure determination unit and the opening pattern corresponding to the random number to the effect control device,
The pre-reading effect determination means determines whether or not to perform an effect operation prior to the variation of the symbol corresponding to a random value from the determination result received from the main control device and the opening pattern. Characteristic ball game machine.

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