JP2016195680A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko game machine capable of smooth game control and effective use of hardware resources by appropriate distribution of functions.SOLUTION: A main CPU 501 designates a game information evacuation area storing game information by a main control stack pointer and stores game information to be evacuated to the game information evacuation area shown by the main control stack pointer before game information evacuation processing starts when starting the game information evacuation processing. A put-out CPU designates a put-out information evacuation area storing put-out information by a put-out control stack pointer, updates a value of the put-out control stack pointer from a value set before the put-out information evacuation processing starts to a value designating the put-out information evacuation area to be used for storing the put-out information when starting the put-out information evacuation processing, and stores the put-out information to the designated put-out information evacuation area.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 18

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine that uses a game ball as a game medium.

Generally, pachinko gaming machines are provided with a main control board that controls the game and a sub-control board that performs control processing based on commands from the main control board. And among these, as a sub control board, a payout control board, an effect control board, various display control boards, an electrical decoration control board, an acoustic control board, etc. can be illustrated (refer to patent documents 1). In the pachinko gaming machine, there is a classification in which the payout control board is not included in the sub-control board.
JP 2008-295916 A

  By the way, in the pachinko gaming machine as described above, the main control board is responsible for the upstream function of the control process, and the payout control board, the effect control board, and the like are based on the control command from the main control board. And connected devices such as image control devices. In other words, each control board has its own role, and for smooth game control and optimization of hardware resources, each control board and the CPU mounted on each control board, etc. On the other hand, it is necessary to allocate appropriate functions.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine capable of smooth game control and effective utilization of hardware resources by appropriate function distribution. It is in.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a main control means (such as a main CPU of the main board) for managing a game
An effect control means (sub-sub board of the sub main board) that is connected to the main control means so as to be capable of one-way communication, receives an effect control command related to the effect from the main control means, and performs a control process according to the effect control command. Main CPU)
The main control device is connected so as to be able to communicate with each other, receives a payout control command related to payout of game balls from the main control device, and pays out control according to the payout control command (various types related to payout of prize balls) Payout control means (such as a payout CPU of the payout control board) for performing control processing, etc.,
When the game ball launched into the game area flows down the game area and wins a predetermined winning opening, the player is given a profit by the payout,
The winning opening includes a starting opening and a general winning opening other than the starting opening,
The main control means includes
A jackpot lottery is performed using the jackpot random number value acquired based on the winning of the game ball at the starting port, and special symbols (first special symbol, second special symbol, etc.) for indicating the result of the jackpot lottery are displayed in a variable manner. If the result of the jackpot lottery is a jackpot, after the stop display of the special symbol, a special game that makes the variable winning opening possible in the winning state is executed,
A pachinko gaming machine that holds special symbol hold storage information including the jackpot random number value within a predetermined number when the starting condition for the variable symbol display is not satisfied even if a game ball wins the start opening Because
The main control means includes
Game information update storage means (such as a built-in RWM of the main CPU) capable of updating and storing game information related to game control (various information related to control by the main CPU, etc.)
In the storage area of the game information update storage means, an access prohibition area that can be set so that access cannot be made, and a game information stack area (such as a stack area of the main CPU) for temporarily saving the game information, Including
The game information stack area is composed of a plurality of game information save areas (such as areas at each address in the stack area) capable of storing the game information to be saved.
The main control means includes
The game information save area in which the game information is stored is designated by a main control stack pointer (such as a main CPU stack pointer),
At the start of the game information saving process, which is a series of processes for saving,
The game information (data 1 etc.) to be saved is stored in the game information save area (7FFFH storage area, etc.) indicated by the main control stack pointer before the start of the game information save process,
The payout control means includes
It has payout information update storage means (such as a built-in RWM of the payout CPU) capable of updating and storing payout information related to payout control (various information related to control by the payout CPU, etc.)
The storage area of the payout information update storage means includes a payout information stack area (such as a stack area of the payout CPU) for temporarily saving the payout information,
The payout information stack area is composed of a plurality of payout information saving areas (such as areas of each address in the stack area) capable of storing the payout information to be saved.
The payout control means includes
The payout information save area in which the payout information is stored is designated by a payout control stack pointer (such as a payout CPU stack pointer),
At the start of the payout information saving process, which is a series of processes for saving,
A value (7FFFH, etc.) that specifies the payout information saving area used for storing the payout information from a value (8000H, etc.) set before the start of the payout information saving process, as the value of the payout control stack pointer. And the payout information is stored in the specified payout information saving area (such as a storage area of 7FFFH),
When the power is cut off, the pachinko gaming machine is characterized in that, among the main control means, the payout control means, and the effect control means, the effect control means maintains the operating state for the longest time.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a pachinko gaming machine capable of smooth game control and effective use of hardware resources by appropriate function distribution.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of the pachinko game machine of one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of a pachinko gaming machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the main board | substrate structures of a pachinko game machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the basic composition of a main board | substrate. It is explanatory drawing which shows the functional structure of a sub main board | substrate and a sub sub board | substrate. (A) is an explanatory diagram showing a display device such as a special symbol, (b1) is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a decorative symbol in the effect symbol display device during a change, and (b2) is a display example when the decorative symbol is stopped. It is explanatory drawing shown. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. (A) is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table related to the first lottery, (b) is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table related to the second lottery, and (c) is a symbol determination table related to a loss. It is a figure shown typically. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for detachment in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process in a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process following FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the game progress interruption process in a main board | substrate. (A) is a chart showing an initial value random number update table, and (b) is a chart showing an initial value update type random number update table. It is explanatory drawing which shows the process of the power-off confirmation information setting in a main board | substrate. It is explanatory drawing which shows the power-supply required time in a main board | substrate. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the components structure in a main control board, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the memory map which concerns on built-in RWM of a main CPU, (c) is description which shows the update procedure of the stack pointer of the main CPU. FIG. 4D is a flowchart showing an outline of the payout control interrupt process.

Hereinafter, a pachinko gaming machine which is a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment, a plurality of games corresponding to the conventional type 1 pachinko gaming machine are mixed. The second game is preferentially executed so that the first game and the second game as the plurality of games are not executed simultaneously. In order to achieve both of these game characteristics, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of start winning openings, a plurality of special symbol display devices, a plurality of holding lamps, and a plurality of large winning openings.
<Summary of front configuration and game characteristics of pachinko machines>

  FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball as a game medium, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 is provided in the tray unit 200, and has mechanisms such as storage of game balls, delivery of game balls to the launch rail, and extraction of game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 is also provided in the tray unit 200 and has mechanisms for storing and extracting game balls. The lower front plate 18 positioned below the lower ball tray 16 is provided with a plurality of speakers 19 for outputting BGM, various sound effects, and the like according to the gaming state and effect pattern.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, an effect symbol display device 60, a first start winning port 62, and a second starting winning port 63 on a game area 52 defined by an outer rail and an inner rail hidden behind the door 14. , A center ornament 64, a first grand prize winning port 91, a second major prize winning port 92, an operation port 68 (two in this embodiment, a left working port 68a and a right working port 68b), and a general winning port 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a number of game nails, windmills, and the like (not shown) are installed.

  In addition, a special symbol display device 53 (main control display device) is installed in the lower left part of the game area 52 as viewed from the front, and the special symbol display device 53 is shown in FIG. ), A first special symbol display device 70 and a second special symbol display device 71 are provided. In the present embodiment, the first special symbol display device 70 and the second special symbol display device 71 may be collectively referred to as a special symbol display device.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the first start winning opening 62 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to the first game, and the second starting winning opening 63 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to the second game. It is done. The first start winning opening 62 includes a start winning detection device 74. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entrance of a game ball into the first start winning opening 62, and generates (outputs) first start winning information indicating the winning at the time of entering.

  The second start winning opening 63 includes a start winning detection device 75, a normal electric accessory (so-called “electric tulip”, not shown), and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for opening and closing the normal electric accessory. The start winning detection device 75 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the second start winning opening 63, and generates (outputs) second start winning information indicating the winning at the time of entering. When the ordinary electric combination is expanded by the driving force of the ordinary electric combination solenoid 76, a so-called electric chew support is provided, and the ease of entering the second start winning prize port 63 is enhanced.

  Note that the second start winning opening 63 is provided below the first starting winning opening 62, that is, at a position where the first start winning opening 62 prevents the game ball from entering. Therefore, while the ordinary electric accessory is not expanded, the entry to the second start winning opening 63 is hindered by the first start winning opening 62, and the second start winning opening 63 is in a state where it is difficult to enter the ball. Maintained. Therefore, in order to aim at entering the second start winning opening 63 in the game, it is necessary to expand the ordinary electric accessory. In this embodiment, as a result of the expansion of the ordinary electric accessory, the ease of entering the second start winning opening 63 is higher than the ease of entering the first start winning opening 62. However, what is necessary is just to set suitably according to the profit etc. which are obtained as a result of a 1st game and a 2nd game, and the structure which does not enter at all when a normal electric accessory is not expanded, or the 1st start winning opening 62 You may make it have the same opening width as.

  Here, in the aspect which opens the 2nd start winning opening 63 by expansion, there exist the release aspect in normal time, and the open aspect in the time of the specific game mentioned later. Among these, the normal opening mode includes a short opening that ends in a relatively short time of, for example, about 0.2 seconds (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “short opening”), and the opening time of this short opening is extended. For example, there is a long open (for example, sometimes referred to as “long open”) that opens for about 5 seconds. Moreover, in the opening mode at the time of a specific game, for example, there is a long opening that opens for about 5 seconds. Here, in the following, a state in which the short opening is performed can be referred to as a “short opening state”, and a state in which the long opening is performed can be referred to as a “long opening state”. Whether or not the second start winning opening 63 is to be opened and in what mode is determined based on the result of the winning lottery related to the normal symbol related to the ordinary electric accessory. The winning lottery will be described later.

  The general winning opening 72 includes a plurality of general winning detecting devices 73 (see the block diagram of FIG. 3) for detecting the entering of game balls. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates (outputs) general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The general winning detection device 73 may be individually provided for the general winning opening, or may collect and detect the game balls that have entered the plurality of general winning openings 72, or Depending on the arrangement position (up / down / left / right) of the general winning opening and the number of prize balls set (for example, 5 prize balls and 10 prize balls), they may be appropriately grouped and detected.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the first big prize opening 91 is provided as a big prize opening corresponding to the first game, and the second big prize opening 92 is provided as a big prize opening corresponding to the second game. The first grand prize winning port 91 includes a winning detection device 78 (see the block diagram of FIG. 3) for detecting the entrance of a game ball, and a first opening / closing door for opening and closing the first big winning port 91 ( And a special prize opening solenoid 80 for driving the first opening / closing door. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the first big winning opening 91, and generates (outputs) first big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The second grand prize opening 92 drives a prize detection device 79 for detecting the entry of a game ball, a second opening / closing door for opening / closing the second big prize opening 92, and the second opening / closing door. A big prize opening solenoid 81 is provided. The winning detection device 79 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the second grand prize opening 92, and generates (outputs) second grand prize opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The first big winning opening 91 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the first special symbol 192 (see FIG. 7A) stops in a predetermined manner. The first grand prize winning port 91 is provided at a position above the out port 58. The second big winning opening 92 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the second special symbol 193 stops in a predetermined manner. The second grand prize winning port 92 is provided at a position on the upper right side of the out port 58.

  In this embodiment, decorative plates 91b and 92b are respectively provided in front of the first grand prize winning port 91 and the second grand prize winning port 92, and each decorative plate is used for decorating the game area 52. Characters and figures are drawn. The decorative plates 91b and 92b are made of a transparent material so that the player can visually recognize the first opening / closing door, the second opening / closing door, the first big winning opening 91, and the second big winning opening 92. However, the decorative plates 91b and 92b may be opaque. In addition, the first grand prize winning port 91 and the second grand prize winning port 92 may be used in common by arranging only one grand prize winning port (for example, the first grand prize winning port 91).

  An effect symbol display device 60 is provided substantially at the center of the game area 52, and a first special symbol display device 70 corresponding to the first game and a second special symbol display device corresponding to the second game are separated to the lower left. 71 are provided adjacent to each other on the left and right (see FIG. 7A). The first special symbol display device 70 displays the variation of the first special symbol 192 corresponding to the first game, and the second special symbol display device 71 displays the variation of the second special symbol 193 corresponding to the second game. Is displayed. The first special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the first lottery performed when the game ball enters the first start winning opening 62, and its variable display is stopped in a predetermined hit state. A big hit occurs and a special game (described later) is executed. The second special symbol 193 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the second lottery performed when the game ball enters the second start winning opening 63, and its variable display is stopped in a predetermined hit mode. A big hit occurs and a special game (described later) is executed.

  The first special symbol display device 70 and the second special symbol display device 71 are display means composed of, for example, a 7-segment LED (7-segment display body) with dots added at the lower right corner. The second special symbol 193 is represented by nine types of numbers “0” to “8”. On the right side of the second special symbol in FIG. 7A, a round number display device (not shown) indicating the number of unit games in the special game is provided as a two-digit 7-segment LED, which will be described later. According to the occurrence of the first or second special game, the number of rounds of both special games is displayed in common.

  As shown in FIGS. 7B1 and 7B2, in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60, the left decorative symbol 190a used for the effect related to the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193, the middle The decorative pattern 190b and the decorative pattern 190c on the right are displayed in the state of fluctuation or stoppage. Further, in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60, various notice displays related to the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193, various cut-in displays for the effect, various background displays, and the like. Is also done. The effect symbol display device 60 is, for example, a liquid crystal display. The decorative symbols 190a to 190c are symbols for visually producing the first lottery result display shown by the first special symbol 192 or the second lottery result display shown by the second special symbol 193. The effect symbol display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbols 190 a to 190 c, for example, a plurality of rows of symbol variation moving images simulating a game of a slot machine in the display area 194.

  The effect symbol display device 60 is configured by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be configured by other display means such as a mechanical drum or LED. Since the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 do not necessarily have a role of production, in the present embodiment, the first special symbol display device 70 and the second special symbol display device 70 at the lower left of the production symbol display device 60 are used. When the special symbol display device 71 displays an inconspicuous size, but adopts a technique in which the special symbol itself has an effect role and does not display the decorative symbol, the special symbol is displayed on the effect symbol display device 60. You may display on a liquid crystal display like this. In this embodiment, the decorative symbols 190a to 190c are commonly used in the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 in the effect symbol display device 60, but are individually displayed. Alternatively, the device itself may be provided separately, and when it is shared as in this embodiment, a display indicating which special symbol is displayed is displayed at the corner of the effect symbol display device 60. Also good.

  Of the left and right operation ports 68a and 68b, the left operation port 68a is provided at the middle position on the left side of the game board 50, and the right operation port 68b is on the right side of the game board 50 and on the upper right side of the second grand prize winning port 92. It is provided at the position. Each of the operation ports 68a and 68b includes passage detection devices 69a and 69b (see FIG. 3). The passage detection devices 69a and 69b are sensors that detect the passage of the game ball at the corresponding operation ports 68a and 68b, and generate (output) passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passing of the game ball to the operation ports 68a and 68b triggers a lottery for expanding the ordinary electric combination of the second start winning prize port 63.

  When the player rotates the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 with the strength according to the rotation angle are guided one by one to the inner rail and the outer rail to the game area 52. Fired. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball falls into each of the general winning opening 72, the first starting winning opening 62, the second starting winning opening 63, the first large winning opening 91, and the second large winning opening 92, the type of the winning opening is determined. The corresponding prize ball is paid out to the upper ball tray 15 or the lower ball tray 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball enters the first start winning opening 62, the first special symbol 192 is variably displayed on the first special symbol display device 70, and the decorative symbols 190a to 190c are variably displayed on the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60. Is done. When the game ball enters the second start winning opening 63, the second special symbol 193 is variably displayed on the second special symbol display device 71, and the decorative symbols 190a to 190c are variably displayed on the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60. (See FIG. 7B1). The variable display of the first special symbol 192, the second special symbol 193, and the decorative symbols 190a to 190c is stopped after the lapse of the variable time determined prior to display (see FIG. 7 (b2)). When the first special symbol 192 and the decorative symbols 190a to 190c at the time of the stop are in a big hit mode, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the first grand prize winning port 91 is performed. Is started. At this time, the decorative symbols 190a to 190c simulating a game of a slot machine take a display mode in which three symbols are matched. When the second special symbol 193 and the decorative symbols 190a to 190c at the time of the stop are in a big hit mode, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the second big prize opening 92 Is started.

  The special game is a game in which the unit game in which the first grand prize port 91 or the second grand prize port 92 is opened is repeated a plurality of times, and the unit game is repeated a maximum of 16 times (16R (round)). There are a game, a special game in which a unit game is repeated 10 times (10R (round)), a special game in which a unit game is repeated a minimum of 4 times (4R (round)), and the like. In addition, depending on the type of jackpot, a plurality of modes are set for any of a special game for 16 unit games, a special game for 10 unit games, and a special game for 4 unit games. However, specific types of jackpots will be described later. In each round, when a predetermined number (for example, nine) of game balls are detected at the first grand prize winning port 91 or the second grand winning port 92, or when it is released for a predetermined time (for example, about 30 seconds). ) Elapses, the end condition is established and the first grand prize winning port 91 or the second big winning prize port 92 is closed.

  When a special game occurs and a predetermined condition such as a lottery is satisfied, after the end of the special game, as a specific game, a probability variation game (hereinafter referred to as “probability variation”) or a variable time reduction game (hereinafter “time reduction”) ") Is started. During the probability change, a lottery with a higher probability of jackpot than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early. Further, in the case of 16R big hit, in the case of 10R big hit and in the case of 4R big hit, the probability change is started after the end of the special game. During the time reduction, the fluctuation time of the first special symbol 192 or the second special symbol 193 is substantially shortened.

  Further, in this embodiment, the probability variation state is continued until the total number of changes of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 after the special game ends reaches a predetermined number (here, 104 times). Similarly, the process is continued until the total number of fluctuations reaches a predetermined number (here, 100). In other words, in this embodiment, a game characteristic of a type in which the specific gaming state continues only for a predetermined number of times of fluctuation after the special game ends is adopted. Further, the probability variation period (so-called ST period) in which the probability variation state continues and the time variation period in which the time reduction state continues are different from each other, and the probability variation period is a predetermined period (here, the number of fluctuations is 4). Times) will continue for a long time. Note that the probability variation period and the short time period may be set to the same number of fluctuations, and the probability variation period may be shorter than the short time period. Further, the number of fluctuations in the probability variation period may be a relatively short period such as four.

  During the time shortening of the first special symbol 192, the second special symbol 193, and the decorative symbols 190a to 190c, the easy entry state, which is one of the specific games, is performed. The easy-to-enter state during this time is the second when the normal symbol (to be described later) is shortened, the probability variation of the open lottery (probability variation related to the regular symbol lottery), and the opening extension of the ordinary electric accessory. This is a state in which the ease of entering the start winning opening 63 is improved. The normal symbol time reduction is a state in which the variation time of the normal symbol is shortened from the normal state. The probability variation of the open lottery is a state in which the winning probability of the open lottery is higher than the normal state. In the extension extension of the ordinary electric accessory, the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory is made longer by setting the opening time longer than the short opening in the normal time.

  As described above, in the easy entry state, the possibility that the number of fluctuations of the normal symbol per certain time increases as compared to the normal state increases, and the ease of entering the second start winning opening 63 also increases. There is a high possibility that the number of balls entering the 2-start winning prize opening 63 will increase. Therefore, the first special symbol 192, the second special symbol 193, and the decorative symbols 190a to 190c have a short time and easy entry, so that there is an opportunity to obtain a prize ball by entering the second start winning opening 63 during that period. As a result of the increase, it becomes possible to continue to play the game with almost no decrease in possession.

  In the present embodiment, the easy entry state during the short time is that the ball enters the second start winning opening 63 using the three functions of the normal symbol time, the probability variation of the open lottery, and the open extension of the normal electric accessory. Increase ease. However, as a modified example, it is possible to use one or two of these three functions to increase the ease of entering the second start winning opening 63. Thus, even if only a part of the three functions is used, it is possible to improve the ease of entering the second start winning prize port 63. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which switches according to a gaming state at least any one of three functions by the period to implement and the period which does not implement.

  Also, in this embodiment, the normal symbol time reduction ends with the end of the special symbol time reduction, and the normal symbol change time (variation pattern) that starts after the special symbol time reduction ends is in the normal state. It is determined from the variation patterns provided for the purpose.

  Further, as described above, for example, an open pattern of a normal electric accessory in such an easy-to-enter state (open mode at the time of a specific game) that is open for a long time of about 5 seconds is employed. And as a specific mode of this long opening, the continuous opening mode which constituted the opening period from the start of opening to the end by one opening can be illustrated. Further, as other modes, there is an intermittent open mode in which the open period from the start to the end of the open is configured by a plurality of releases. As this intermittent release mode, for example, a total of, for example, 5.2 seconds, 1.60 seconds, and 1.60 seconds, with an interval time for temporarily closing between the open times. An example in which an open time of 52 (= 2.32 + 1.60 + 1.60) seconds is secured can be exemplified. In addition, in this embodiment, in addition to this, an opening pattern based on combinations of opening times of 2.96 seconds, 1.14 seconds, and 1.56 seconds, 1.14 seconds, 1.60 seconds, and 1.60. An opening pattern by combining each opening time of 1 second and 1.14 seconds is also provided.

  In addition, it is also possible to select which of the above-described continuous release mode and intermittent release mode is to be executed by lottery, or which of various intermittent release modes is to be executed. In addition, the long release opening mode at the time of the specific game described here may be referred to as “specific game long time release” (or “short time short time release”) below. Furthermore, a short-time release of 0.5 seconds, for example, in the intermittent release mode can be referred to as “short opening at a specific game” or “short opening at a short time”.

  When the game ball passes through the left working port 68a (or the right working port 68b), the symbol called the normal symbol is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 for a predetermined time. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided in the special symbol display device 53. In the present embodiment, the normal symbol display device 59 expresses the normal symbol variation display in such a manner that three star-shaped lamps are repeatedly turned on and off in a predetermined combination. The lottery result of the normal symbol is represented by whether or not the combination lamps are finally turned on and change and stop. When the normal symbol variation display stops in a predetermined hit state after the predetermined time has elapsed, the normal electric accessory of the second start winning opening 63 is expanded for a predetermined time. In addition, the term “lamp” in this embodiment has a meaning including LEDs and the like.

  In the winning lottery related to the normal symbol as described above, a lost symbol and a winning symbol are provided. In this embodiment, a symbol per short and a symbol per long are provided in the winning symbol, and the winning lottery related to the normal symbol is roughly divided into three symbols: a missing symbol, a symbol per short, and a symbol per long. It is designed to use different types of symbols. Further, in the present embodiment, two types of symbols are provided as the short per symbol, and one type of symbol is provided as the long per symbol. In the present embodiment, since three lamps are used for displaying normal symbols as described above, for example, it is possible to further increase the types of symbols per short and symbols per long.

  When the winning lottery related to the normal symbol is won with a predetermined probability, the second start winning opening 63 is opened according to the winning symbol. In addition, the winning mode in the winning lottery related to the normal symbol includes the one corresponding to the short opening described above and the one corresponding to the long opening. In the following, the short opening of the second start winning opening 63 in the normal time may be referred to as “normal time short opening”, and the long opening may be referred to as “normal time long opening”. Also, for regular time release, as with the above-mentioned specific game time release (time duration release), in addition to the continuous release mode, an intermittent release mode, etc. is adopted, and a winning symbol corresponding to these is set in advance. It is possible to keep. Furthermore, it is conceivable that the winning probability of the normal time length release in the entire winning lottery related to the normal symbol including the gap is, for example, about 1.8%. In this embodiment, the opening time in the normal time opening is about 5.4 seconds (intermittent opening mode in which the opening is performed for 0.2 seconds after the opening for 0.2 seconds and then the opening is closed). Further, in the present embodiment, the hits related to the normal symbol are provided with two types of hits corresponding to the short opening of 0.2 seconds and one type of hits corresponding to the above-mentioned long opening. Moreover, the same open pattern may be used for the normal time length release and the above-mentioned short time time length release.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect symbol display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the effect symbol display device 60, and decoration. A large number of game effect lamps (LEDs, etc., not shown) are provided inside the center ornament 64 and play a role of production by blinking or the like. Further, the center decoration 64 is provided with movable effect members 93 and 94, which constitute an effect gimmick. Further, a game ball passage portion 65 is formed in a portion of the center ornament 64 on the right side when viewed from the front. When a so-called right hit is performed in which the game ball is fired toward the right side of the game area 52, the game ball passing above the center decoration 64 flows down the game ball passage portion 65, and the right operation port 68b. It is possible to go to the area where the second big winning opening 92 is arranged.

  The first special figure holding lamp 20 corresponding to the first game is provided above the first special symbol display device 70, and the second special figure holding lamp 21 corresponding to the second game is displayed as the second special symbol display. The universal symbol holding lamp 22 provided above the device 71 and corresponding to the normal symbol variation is provided mainly on the left side of the normal symbol display device 59.

  Each of the first special figure hold lamp 20 and the second special figure hold lamp 21 is composed of two lamps, and the lottery value hold for each of the first game and the second game is held depending on the number of lights or the number of blinks. Display a number. The number of hold of the winning / failing lottery value in the first special symbol holding lamp 20 is the number of winning in the first start winning opening 62 during the fluctuation of the first special symbol 192 or during the execution of the special game, the symbol variation is still executed Indicates the number of winning balls that are not. The number of hold of the success / failure lottery value in the second special symbol holding lamp 21 is the number of winning in the second start winning slot 63 during the fluctuation of any of the second special symbol 193 or during the execution of the special game, the symbol fluctuation is still Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been executed.

  That is, if the previously performed symbol variation has not ended, the variation start condition is not satisfied, and a new symbol variation is not started, but when the symbol variation ends, the variation start condition is satisfied and a new symbol variation is established. Symbol variation will be started. At this time, a lottery using the random number value stored on hold is executed, and the presence / absence of the big hit, the variation pattern of the symbol, and the like are determined. In the case of the present embodiment, since the second game is preferentially executed as described above, all of the symbol variations corresponding to the reserved lottery value of the second special symbol 193 are all for the first special symbol 192. It is also a variable start condition that all the pending lottery values have been consumed.

  The regular figure holding lamp 22 is also composed of three lamps, and displays the number of holdings of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lighting or blinking. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operating port 68a (or 68b) during the normal symbol fluctuation, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the normal symbol fluctuation has not yet been executed.

  Similarly, for normal symbols, if the previously performed symbol variation has not ended, the variation start condition is not satisfied, and a new symbol variation is not started, but when the symbol variation ends, the variation starts. The condition is established and a new symbol variation is started. At this time, a lottery using the random number value stored on hold is executed, and the presence / absence of winning, the variation pattern of symbols, and the like are determined.

  The operation button 82 is a button operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction on the gaming machine side. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface of the upper part of the upper ball tray 15 and is located near the center of the upper ball dish 15 in the left-right direction.

  The operation button 82 is operated by the player when the button effect is executed, and exhibits a function of giving the player a feeling that he / she participates in the game effect or the lottery. As the button effect, for example, during the reach effect that is performed in the process of displaying the decorative symbol, “Push”, “Let's hit repeatedly”, “Long press” along with the symbol of the operation button 82 in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60. ”Or a video of an indicator indicating the remaining time is displayed, and when the player operates the operation button 82 in accordance with this, an effect such that the character gives a comment or an ally character attacks the enemy character. There is an effect to perform. In this embodiment, when the movable effect members 93 and 94 perform a predetermined operation in response to the operation of the operation button 82, the reliability of the jackpot related to the reach effect at that time is high, and the operation button 82 If the movable effect members 93 and 94 do not perform a predetermined operation even if the button is operated, the effect may be executed in such a manner that the reliability of the jackpot related to the reach effect at that time is low.

  Although the operation of the operation button 82 is normally disabled, it is a button operation effective period in which the operation of the operation button 82 is enabled during the button production. The button operation effective period is a predetermined time set in advance. It should be noted that the operation button 82 is combined with a vibration motor (not shown) to vibrate the operation button 82, an effect mode in which the operation range of the operation button 82 is expanded and the operation button 82 is protruded, and the operation button 82 It is also possible to execute an effect such that 82 is protruded relatively large.

At the bottom of the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60, as shown in FIGS. 7 (b1) and (b2), a first hold number display unit 196 indicating the number of hold of the winning / failing lottery value in the first game, Then, a second hold number display section 197 indicating the number of hold of the success / failure lottery value in the second game is displayed. By the way, with regard to the hold display, when the number of hold of the first game and the second game increases, the display changes sequentially with reference to the left side (left side in FIG. 7A) as seen from each player. The hold display on the first start winning opening 62 side (first game) that wins many times during normal games is displayed on the reference side (left side), and the second start winning port 63 side (second game) that rarely wins during normal games. Is displayed on the right. This is because it can be expected that the player can easily grasp the normal hold state intuitively. Note that a normal decorative symbol corresponding to the display content of the normal symbol display device 59 may be provided separately from the normal symbol display device 59. In this case, for example, the effect symbol display device 60 can be used.
<< Summary of main effects in this embodiment >>

In this embodiment, a large number of effect patterns (variable effect patterns) are provided, and a moving image is displayed on the effect symbol display device 60 according to the effect pattern selected according to the game situation. The effect pattern in each situation may be configured by further combining a selected character or an animation of an item with the selected effect pattern.
<< Outline of production contents related to regular opening time >>

  Further, in the present embodiment, there is a case where the effect related to the normal time opening at the second start winning opening 63 is executed using the effect symbol display device 60, the speaker 19, and the like. Then, as the effects related to the normal time release, there are provided a lottery effect indicating whether or not the normal time release is executed, and a long release effect executed corresponding to the result of the lottery effect. Yes. In the following, the normal long time release may be simply referred to as “long open”.

  Among these, as the lottery effect, for example, those that display a moving image related to the lottery such as roulette, fortune, or two-digit symbol matching can be exemplified. In addition, when the normal lottery for the above-mentioned normal symbol is won, the lottery effect with the content indicating the win is executed. A lottery effect with the content shown is executed.

  In addition, the lottery effect with the content indicating a loss is executed when the normal pattern is not released and the variation pattern related to the lottery effect is selected with a predetermined probability. Further, as a case where the variation pattern related to the off-lot lottery effect is selected, there are a case where it is selected on the main board 102 and a case where it is independently selected on the sub main board 301. In the present embodiment, the lottery effect is executed with a high probability (for example, 100%) when the normal time is open, and the low probability (for example, when the normal time is not open) (About 0.1%).

  Furthermore, it is possible to set various relationships between the contents of the lottery effect and the opening pattern of the second start winning opening 63. For example, an effect using roulette is adopted as the content of the lottery effect, and “open”, “x”, “chance”, “reach”, etc. are assigned to the options provided as roulette eyes. Then, when the normal time-long opening is not won, the state where “×” is selected as the content of the lottery effect is displayed, and the second start winning opening 63 is not opened, or only the short opening is performed. To. Furthermore, when the normal long-time opening is hit, an effect that “open” is selected in the roulette is executed, and the long opening is always performed. In addition, when the production of contents that develops in stages or the production of contents that develop into super reach is executed in the variable production, “chance” or “reach” is selected in the roulette related to the lottery production. It is conceivable that the state is displayed and the second start winning opening 63 is not opened or only the short opening is performed.

  In addition, the above-mentioned “long opening effect” is positioned as a special effect related to the normal long time opening at the above-mentioned second start winning opening 63. There is no direct relationship. In other words, in the present embodiment, in the normal case where the right-handed is not performed (left-handed), most of the winnings are made to the first start winning opening 62, while in the right-handed, the first starting winning opening 62 is used. In most cases, there will be no entry to the ball, and if a win occurs, it will generally be that of the second start winning opening 63. Further, as described above, since the second game is executed with priority over the first game, if there is a winning at the second start winning opening 63 at the time of long release, the first special Even if there is the stored storage information related to the symbol 192, the next variation effect corresponds to the second special symbol 193. In the present embodiment, the long opening effect is executed at a rate of 100% as an effect related to the variation of the second special symbol 193 in the normal game different from that in the specific game.

  Special effects such as scenes, people, or items that are not displayed in the normal variation effect are displayed in the long opening effect, and sound output and light decoration associated with these special image elements are combined. It is something that is combined. As the effect for long opening, for example, a character that does not appear in an effect other than the effect for long opening appears and performs a special action dedicated to the effect for long opening, For example, a lottery device (a so-called Kroon type game ball sorting device or the like) that displays whether or not a game ball enters a V winning opening can be exemplified.

  When the variation pattern of the shortening variation is selected on the main board 102 at the normal time, the state of the game is determined on the sub-main board 301, and the effect for the long opening is executed with the variation time corresponding to the shortening variation. A production variation pattern is always selected. In addition, when a shortened variation variation pattern is selected on the main board 102 during a predetermined period during a specific game (here, “electric support” period described later), the state of the game is determined on the sub main board 301, The effect variation pattern lottery is executed using the variation effect pattern table having the effect variation pattern related to the variation effect other than the effect for long opening and the variation effect other than the effect for long release. Then, by this effect variation pattern lottery, a variation effect pattern of either the long opening effect or another variation effect is selected.

In this embodiment, the long release variation pattern is selected regardless of the number of holdings. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the number of holdings is large, for example, the long opening variation pattern with a short variation time is used. May be selected. Further, a basic configuration related to the allocation of the variation pattern will be described later. It is possible to perform the long opening effect and the above-described lottery effect as a pre-reading effect (described later).
<< Summary of games with jackpot >>

  When a big hit (per 1st special figure) occurs in the first game, a special game using the first big winning opening 91 is executed. Then, the first grand prize winning opening 91 is opened in a pattern corresponding to the type of jackpot related to the first lottery, and the result regarding the presence / absence of the ball and the amount of the ball to be obtained is obtained. Further, in this embodiment, as described above, all big hits are given certainty and time saving, and a game with a right hand is played after a special game. That is, after the end of the special game in the first game, an effect that prompts the player to make a right strike is executed by an image or sound on the effect symbol display device 60. Then, when the player increases the turning amount of the launch handle 17 clockwise to increase the launching power and launches the game ball toward the region on the right side of the game region 52, the game ball passing above the center ornament 64 is Then, it enters the game ball passage portion 65 of the center decoration 64 and flows down the center decoration 64. Further, the game ball released from the center ornament 64 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and other structures.

  A part of the large number of game balls emitted from the center ornament 64 passes through the right operation port 68b (see FIG. 1) and is detected by the passage detection device 69b (see FIG. 3). Then, as described above, when the game ball passes through the right operation port 68b, the symbol called the normal symbol is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 (see FIGS. 3 and 7A) for a predetermined time, When the normal symbol variation display stops in a predetermined hit state, the normal electric accessory at the second start winning opening 63 is expanded for a predetermined time.

  In the present embodiment, the game ball reaching the right side of the game area 52 can be guided to the vicinity of the second start winning opening 63 and the second big winning opening 92 by a nail or the like. When the ordinary electric accessory at the winning opening 63 is expanded once, in many cases, one game ball can enter the second starting winning opening 63 depending on the situation. Yes. Further, in this embodiment, a time reduction is added to the probability variation big hits except for a part, and during the time reduction, the normal electric accessory is opened and extended.

  When the second game big hit (per second special figure) occurs based on the ball entering the second start winning opening 63, a special game using the second big winning opening 92 is executed. Then, the second grand prize winning opening 92 is opened in a pattern corresponding to the type of jackpot related to the second lottery described above, and results regarding the presence / absence of the outgoing ball and the amount of the outgoing ball are obtained. In addition, as described above, the probability change after the end of the special game and the presence or absence of time reduction are determined according to the type of jackpot that has occurred.

In addition, the relations such as jackpot, special game, right handed, short time, electric Chu support etc. are not limited to those described above, for example, right handed during the special game related to the first game or the second game It is possible to adopt various relationships such as those that give a short time after a special game related to a normal jackpot without a probability change, and those that give a short time after a special game for a part of a certain probability change big hit.
<Outline of rear and electrical configuration of pachinko machines>

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. As shown in FIG. 2, a set base 39 having a mechanism for guiding or collecting game balls is attached to the back of the front frame 12, and a power source is connected to the entire gaming machine below the set base 39. And a payout control board 45 for controlling the gaming machine frame side are attached. Also, on the back of the game board, there is a main board (main control board) 102 that performs overall control of the entire game, and the liquid crystal unit 42 (effect symbol display device 60 based on information received from the main board 102 or information input uniquely. The sub-board 104 that controls the operation of various rendering devices such as) is attached at a position corresponding to the opening of the set base 39.

  The set base 39 is connected to a prize ball tank 44 for storing a prize ball in the upper part thereof, a prize ball passage for rectifying and guiding a game ball stored in the prize ball tank 44, and stored in the prize ball tank 44. A payout unit (also referred to as “prize ball payout device”) 43 that can discharge the discharged balls downward in units of one ball, and a game ball that has flowed down from the payout unit 43 as a prize ball (upper ball tray 15 or lower As shown in FIG. 2, the prize ball discharge passage guided to the ball tray 16) is formed and arranged in an inverted L shape from the upper side of the game board to the right side of the rear view, and corresponds to the center of the rear side of the game board. An opening having an appropriate width is provided in the case. The payout unit 43 sends out game balls by rotating a sprocket with a payout motor using a stepping motor.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the power supply unit 48 is provided on the lower left side of the gaming machine as viewed from the rear, and AC power supplied from the outside of the gaming machine is supplied to the entire gaming machine (a control device including the main board 102 and the sub board 104, and the liquid crystal unit 42). Etc.) are converted, generated and supplied to various voltages used in the production device. On the right side of the power supply unit 48, a power switch 40 composed of a tilt switch for shutting off the power supplied from the power supply unit 48 to each part of the gaming machine is provided so that it does not turn off even if the game ball falls directly. It is provided to turn on when tilted to the side (when the switch is pushed down from the center of the switch).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the payout control board 45 is provided in the lower right side of the gaming machine as viewed from the back. The payout control board 45 mainly controls the payout unit 43 in accordance with an instruction related to payout from the main board 102 or an external lending request. And a firing control function for controlling the launching device so as to launch a game ball to the game area with an intensity corresponding to the amount of operation of the launching handle 17, and a CPU / ROM / RWM (lead An input / output circuit or the like is provided as appropriate mainly with a write memory (hereinafter abbreviated).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the main board 102 is provided at the lower center in the rear view of the game board 50, and mainly a lottery process based on winning in the first start winning opening 62 and the second starting winning opening 63, etc. Central control functions of the entire gaming machine, such as processing related to the game machine's launching, processing to output control commands (control commands) for the sub board (production control board) 104, payout control board 45, etc., gaming state information, etc. As with the above-described payout control board 45, a CPU, a ROM, an RWM, and an appropriate input / output circuit are provided.

  The sub-board 104 is integrally provided with the liquid crystal unit 42 at the upper center of the game board as viewed from the rear as shown in FIG. 2, and mainly controls the display content in the liquid crystal unit 42 (the effect symbol display device 60). Similar to the main board 102 and the payout control board 45, a CPU, a ROM, an RWM, and an appropriate input / output circuit are provided. Since the sub-board 104 has a function of controlling an image, in addition to the main CPU for the sub-board, a CPU dedicated to image control for controlling the VDP for images and VDP is also mounted.

The main board 102, the payout control board 45, and the sub board 104 constitute a game control apparatus 100. Details of the main board 102, the payout control board 45, and the sub board 104 will be described later. As for the sub-board 104, a main sub-board (sub-main board 301 in this embodiment) responsible for the main function of effect control and a sub-sub-board specialized for a specific effect function such as image creation (this implementation). In the example, it is divided into a sub-sub board 302), but the term “sub-board” is a general term for these. Details of the sub main board 301 and the sub sub board 302 will be described later. 2 is provided with an external relay terminal board 49 that relays signals from the main board 102, the payout control board 45, and the like to devices outside the pachinko gaming machine 10.
<Outline of main functional blocks and functions of pachinko machines>

  FIG. 3 shows the game control device 100 and the input / output devices for the game control device 100 in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of this embodiment by functional blocks. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a first start winning port 62, a second starting winning port 63, a first major winning port 91, a second major winning port 92, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68 (this 68a, 68b in the embodiment), the first special symbol display device 70, the second special symbol display device 71, the effect symbol display device 60, the normal symbol display device 59, the operation button 82, the speaker 19, and the game effect lamp 90, respectively. It is electrically connected and enables transmission and reception of various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game, but also staging operations such as symbol variation display and electrical decoration. The game control device 100 includes a main substrate 102 as a main control device that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game and the progress of the game, and a sub substrate as a sub-control device that controls design effects and the like. 104 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared. Actually, the payout control board 45 and the functions of the parts controlled by the payout control board 45 exist as part of the functions of the game control device 100, which will be described later.

In addition, configurations (particularly various functional means and functional parts) described as blocks in the block diagram in this embodiment include those corresponding to functions implemented by the CPU, ROM, and RWM. ing.
<Details of electrical configuration of pachinko machines>

  Next, main ones of the above-described electrical configurations (see FIGS. 2 and 3) will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes a power supply board 251, a payout control board 45, a main board 102, and a sub board 104. The payout control board 45 and the like are connected to the power supply board 251. The payout control board 45 is connected to the main board 102, the gaming ball lending device connection terminal board 252, the handle connection board 253, and the like. The main board 102 is connected to the game board connection board 254 and the effect interface A. A substrate (not shown) or the like is connected. A symbol display board 256 is connected to the game board connection board 254.

  Here, the power supply board 251 is provided in the power supply unit 48 described above. Although not shown, the payout control board 45 is also connected to a status display unit used for displaying the type of error, a card unit for executing monetary processing related to ball lending and ball lending processing, and the like. . Furthermore, a game ball lending device connection terminal board is connected to a ball operation board (not shown) used for ball operation. A touch switch (not shown) of a launching device, a firing stop switch (not shown), and the like are connected to the handle connection board 253. In addition to the symbol display board 256, the game board connection board 254 includes the above-described passage detection device 69, the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76, the winning detection device 78 of the first big winning opening 91, the big winning opening solenoid 80, A winning detection device 79 for the two major winning ports 92, a large winning port solenoid 81, a general winning detection device 73, a magnetic sensor, a radio wave sensor (not shown), and the like are connected. Further, the symbol display board 256 is provided in the above-described special symbol display device 53, and the symbol display board 256 is provided with a first special symbol display device 70 and a second special symbol display device 71. ing.

  The effect interface A board described above relays the main board 102 and other devices, and the effect interface A board is connected to the sub board 104 and the effect interface B board (not shown). Further, the liquid crystal unit 42 is connected to the sub-board 104.

  The effect interface B board relays the effect interface A board or the sub board 104 and other devices. Although not shown, the effect interface B board is a plastic frame connection board and various frame illuminations. A board, various frame motors, various electric decoration boards of the center decoration 64, various movable body motors of the movable effect members 93 and 94, and the like are connected. Here, the frame motor is used to drive a movable effect member (not shown) provided in the gaming machine frame.

  Connected to the plastic frame connection board are the dish illumination connection board 259 provided on the upper ball dish 15 and the lower ball dish 16, and the lower speaker connection board 260 among the various speaker connection boards connected to the various speakers 19. In addition, the effect button substrate 261 is connected to the dish illumination connection substrate 259. The effect button substrate 261 is provided in a button device provided with an operation button 82, and a switch (not shown) for detecting that the operation button is pressed or an operation button light emitter 82a (not shown). ) Etc. are installed.

  Next, the configuration of the power supply board 251 and the main board 102 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, a CPU 501 as a one-chip microcomputer that is an arithmetic device is mounted on the main board 102. The main board 102 also stores a ROM 502 storing various control programs executed by the CPU 501 and fixed value data, and various data temporarily when executing the control program stored in the ROM 502. In addition, an RWM 503, a data output unit 516 that outputs predetermined data to the outside of the CPU 501, and various circuits (not shown) such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data transmission / reception circuit are formed.

  As the above-described CPU 501, for example, a one-chip microcomputer in a CPU device that is resin-packaged can be used. In this embodiment, although not shown in the figure, a control clock generation circuit, a random number clock, A generation circuit, a random number circuit for 16-bit random numbers, and a random number circuit for 8-bit random numbers are formed. The above-described 16-bit random number random number circuit and 8-bit random number random number circuit are for generating hardware random numbers (which will be described later) as internal random numbers. Note that the ROM 502 and RWM 503 in FIG. 4 are comprehensive concepts including those built in the CPU device and those externally attached to the CPU device.

  The RWM 503 has a configuration in which a backup voltage is supplied from the power supply board 251 even after the power supply of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is cut off and data can be retained (backed up). The RWM 503 temporarily stores various data and the like. In addition to a memory and an area (not shown), a backup area 503a is provided.

  The backup area 503a has a stack pointer, each register, I / O when the power is shut down (when power is cut off) due to a power failure (including a power failure due to an instantaneous voltage drop). This is an area for storing values such as O. When power is turned on (including power-on due to power failure cancellation, the same applies hereinafter), the pachinko gaming machine 10 is powered off based on information in the backup area 503a. The previous state is restored. Writing to the backup area 503a is executed at the time of power-off by an NMI interrupt process (power-off process), and restoration of each value written to the backup area 503a is executed in a control-start process at power-on. As the backup area 503a, an external RWM externally connected to the CPU 501 and connected to a backup power source can be used.

  The main board 102 is provided with a power failure monitoring circuit unit 506 for monitoring power interruption due to a power failure or the like. The power failure monitoring circuit unit 506 is a circuit for outputting a power failure signal to the NMI terminal 504 of the CPU 501 of the main board 102 and the NMI terminal 514 of the payout control board 45 when the power is cut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. The power failure monitoring circuit unit 506 monitors the DC stable voltage (for example, 30 volts) which is the maximum voltage output from the power source unit 541 of the power supply board 251 and when this voltage becomes less than a predetermined voltage, the power failure (power shutdown) ) Is generated, and a power interruption signal is output to the NMI terminal 504 of the CPU 501 on the main board 102 or another board. In response to the input of the power interruption signal, the CPU (main CPU) 501 on the main board 102 and the CPU (payout CPU) 511 on the payout control board 45 immediately execute an NMI interrupt process. Here, the signal input to the NMI terminal may occur not only when the power interruption signal is properly output from the power failure monitoring circuit unit 506 but also when noise is mixed.

  The power supply unit 541 of the power supply board 251 has a voltage of 5 volts, which is the drive voltage of the control system, for a time sufficient to execute the NMI interrupt processing even after the DC stable voltage becomes less than the predetermined voltage. It is configured to maintain the output at a normal value. Therefore, the main board 102 and the payout control board 45 can normally execute and complete the NMI interrupt process.

  In the present embodiment, the sub main board 301 also has a value (0 or 1) indicating whether or not the power supply voltage is reduced from the main board 102 based on the power interruption signal from the power failure monitoring circuit unit 506. Is entered. The backup function of the sub main board 301 will be described later.

  Note that the power failure monitoring circuit unit 506 can be disposed in a part other than the main board 102. For example, the power failure monitoring circuit unit 506 may be formed on the power supply substrate 251 and a power interruption signal may be input from the power failure monitoring circuit unit 506 to each substrate on the power supply substrate 251. It is also possible to omit the input of the power interruption signal from the main board 102 to the payout control board 45. Further, the main board 102 may be able to exhibit the function of the power supply board 251. In this case, it is conceivable to form the power supply unit 541 on the main substrate 102.

  In the payout control board 45, the CPU 511 that is an arithmetic device includes a ROM 512 that stores a control program executed by the CPU 511, fixed value data, and the like, and an RWM 513 that is used as a work memory and the like.

  The RWM 513 on the payout control board 45 is configured to hold (backup) data by supplying a backup voltage from the power board 251 even after the power supply of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is shut off, like the RWM 503 on the main board 102. The RWM 513 is provided with a backup area 513a in addition to a memory and an area for temporarily storing various data.

  The backup area 513a is an area for storing the stack pointer, registers, I / O, and other values when the power is cut off when the power is cut off due to a power failure or the like. Based on the information in the backup area 513a, the state of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is restored to the state before the power is shut off. Writing to the backup area 513a is executed when the power is shut off by the NMI interrupt process, and restoration of each value written to the backup area 513a is executed in the main process when the power is turned on.

  The sub board 104 includes a sub main board 301 and a sub sub board 302. Among these, the sub main board 301 includes a CPU (sub main CPU) 521, a ROM (program ROM) 522, a work RWM 523, an input port 527, an output port 528, a bus line (not shown), and the like. The output side of the main board 102 is connected to the input side of the input port 527, and the CPU 521, ROM 522, work RWM 523, output port 528, and the like are connected to the output side of the input port 527. The sub main board 301 is provided with a sound control circuit 820 used for sound output control.

  The sub-sub board 302 includes a video RWM (video memory) 524, a character ROM 525, an image controller 526, an input port 530, an output port 529, a bus line (not shown), and the like. The input side of the input port 527 is connected to the output side of the sub main board 301, and the output side of the input port 530 is connected to the video RWM 524, the character ROM 525, the image controller 526, and the output port 529.

  The CPU 521 of the sub main board 301 controls the display of the effect symbol display device 60 based on the effect control command (command) for symbol display transmitted from the main substrate 102. The ROM 522 is a memory for storing various control programs and fixed value data executed by the CPU 521, and the work RWM 523 is for temporarily storing work data and flags used when the CPU 521 executes various programs. Memory.

  The video RWM 524 of the sub-sub board 302 is a memory for storing display data displayed on the effect symbol display device 60, and the display contents of the effect symbol display device 60 are changed by rewriting the contents of the video RWM 524. . The character ROM 525 is a memory for storing character data such as symbols displayed on the effect symbol display device 60. The image controller 526 adjusts the timing of the CPU 521, the video RWM 524, and the output port 529 to intervene in reading and writing data, and reads display data stored in the video RWM 524 from the character ROM 525 at a predetermined timing. The design is displayed on the effect design display device 60 by superimposing the designs in the order of the layers in which the priorities are determined.

  The power supply board 251 includes a power supply unit 541 for supplying power to each unit of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and an initialization switch circuit unit 543 having an initialization switch 544. The power supply unit 541 supplies necessary operating voltages to the main board 102, the payout control board 45, and the like through a power supply path (not shown). As its outline, the power supply unit 541 takes in a predetermined voltage supplied from the outside, and supplies a predetermined amount of voltage for driving various switches, motors, logic circuits, etc. to the main board 102, the payout control board 45, and the like. And supply.

The initialization switch circuit unit 543 outputs an RWM erase signal for clearing backup data to the main board 102 and the payout control board 45 when the initialization switch 544 is pressed by, for example, a game hall clerk at power-on. It has a circuit to do. When the RWM erase signal is input when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is turned on, the main board 102 and the payout control board 45 clear the data in the respective backup areas 503a and 513a.
<< Part configuration related to main board >>

  Next, the outline of the component configuration of the main board 102 will be described. The main board 102 is a rectangular board-like wiring board having printed wiring, and in this embodiment, a board having a multi-layer structure (here, two layers) is used. Furthermore, through holes for mounting lead-type electronic components are provided in predetermined portions of the main board 102, and soldering such as flow type is performed with the leads inserted into the through holes. The lead-type electronic equipment is mounted on the main board 102. Further, not only lead type electronic components but also surface mount type electronic components can be mounted on the main board 102.

  FIG. 18A schematically shows a mounting surface that is the surface side of the main substrate 102. A main CPU 501 that is a lead type packaging device is mounted on the main board 102. The main CPU 501 is mounted by inserting the lead of the main CPU 501 into a lead-type socket soldered to the main board 102 and fitting it. Further, various electronic components 181 and various connectors 182 are soldered onto the main substrate 102 as shown in part.

  Among these, the various connectors 182 are arranged along the peripheral edge (outer edge) of the main board 102, and the connection ports are exposed to the outside from the main board case (not shown) that houses the main board 102. . The connectors 182 are fitted with connectors provided on harnesses from boards related to external devices such as the sub-main board 301, the game board connection board 254, and various LED boards described above. Used for electrical connection with various external devices.

  In FIG. 18A, reference numeral 183 denotes a non-mounting area where no connector is provided. This non-mounting area 183 is an area reserved for mounting an emergency connector for connecting a testing machine at the product development stage, and the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment is commercialized from the development stage. This is the area where the emergency connector has been removed. In the non-mounting region 183, the plate surface of the main board 102 is exposed, and a plurality of through holes 184 for inserting the leads of the emergency connector can be visually observed. Further, since the mounting position of the emergency connector is the peripheral portion of the main substrate 102 as described above, the non-mounting area 183 is also positioned on the peripheral portion of the substrate that is outside the main CPU 501. In FIG. 18A, only a part of the through hole of the emergency connector is shown in order to avoid the drawing from becoming complicated.

  The emergency connector is used to connect to the main board 102 a performance tester (not shown) used in the development stage, particularly in the stage of obtaining official approval. More specifically, a test relay board (not shown) is connected to the emergency connector, and a performance tester is connected to the test relay board. Then, the test data signal taken out via the test relay board is input to the performance test machine, and the performance test machine receives the performance data of the pachinko gaming machine 10 based on the input test data signal. To get.

  The test relay board is not used in the commercialization stage, and is not provided in the commercial pachinko gaming machine 10. Further, a test drive circuit (test driver) is used for outputting the test data signal. This test driver is mounted on the test relay board, and in the commercialized pachinko gaming machine 10, An area for mounting the test driver is not provided in the main board 102. Further, the components such as the shape of the emergency connector, the size of each part, the number of pins, and the color are different from those of the other various connectors 182, and it is structurally different from the mating connector connected to the other connector. Connection is not possible.

  On the other hand, since the performance testing machine is not connected in the commercialization stage, the emergency connector is not mounted when the main board 102 is manufactured. However, when the printed wiring of the main board 102 and the game machine control program are changed in accordance with the fact that the emergency connector is not installed, the commercialized pachinko gaming machine 10 and the pachinko gaming machine at the time of the test The conditions cannot be matched. Moreover, if an emergency connector is also left in the commercialized pachinko machine 10 so as not to change the conditions, a connector that can be fitted to the emergency connector is used in the device for fraud. It may be easy.

  For this reason, the emergency connector is deleted to take measures against fraud, and in order to minimize changes in conditions, the printed wiring for the emergency connector remains in the same form as when the emergency connector is mounted. . In addition, solder is supplied to the through hole 184 for the emergency connector, and the through hole 184 for the emergency connector is blocked over the entire length by the solder. By closing the through hole 184 with solder, an illegal act using the through hole 184 can be prevented. Further, the wiring for the emergency connector can be conducted with other wiring (for example, grounding wiring) by soldering.

  Furthermore, it is conceivable that the solder after solidification rises to a certain extent (for example, about 0.1 mm) and protrudes from the substrate surface due to the surface tension of the molten solder during soldering. However, as described above, since the emergency connector is not mounted at the time of commercialization, the raised solder does not come into contact with the emergency connector or other electronic components. The through hole 184 can be closed with a material other than solder (for example, a solder resist), but in this case, solder for closing the through hole 184 is not necessary. It is also possible to leave the through hole 184 open without closing it. In this case, a material for closing the through hole 184 becomes unnecessary.

Although not shown, the above-mentioned main substrate case is configured by combining a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box base made of transparent resin and a box cover that is also made of transparent resin and covers the opening of the above-described box base. ing. In the box cover, a hole for exposing the permanent connector 182 is provided at a position corresponding to a mounting area of various permanent connectors 182 that are used even after commercialization, but the emergency connector is not mounted. In the position corresponding to the region 183, the hole for exposing the emergency connector is not left, and the non-mounting region 183 is sealed.
<Functional configuration of main board and sub board>

  Next, the main board 102 and the sub board 104 will be described from a functional side. As shown in FIG. 5, the main board 102 in the present embodiment is a ball determination unit 110, a first lottery unit 126, a second lottery unit 128, a general drawing lottery unit 136, a holding control unit 116, and a main display control unit 118. , Condition holding means 176, special game control means 120, specific game control means 122, opening / closing control means 124, advance information notification means 157, and command transmission means 332.

  On the other hand, the sub-board 104 in this embodiment is constituted by the sub-main board 301 and the sub-sub-board 302 as described above. Of these, the sub-main board 301 is the pattern storage means 130 as shown in FIG. , Symbol mode determining means 131, effect determining means 132, and effect display control means 134. The sub main board 301 includes command receiving means 304 and effect mode transmitting means 305. Further, the sub-board 104 is provided with sound control means 312 for controlling speaker output and the like, and light control means 313 for controlling game effect lamp output and the like.

  Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub main board 301 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub main board 301 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub main board 301.

  However, since data transmission / reception between the main board 102 and the sub main board 301 is unidirectional from the main board 102 to the sub main board 301, the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. Each component is arranged on the main board 102 and the sub main board 301. As described above, since the one-way transmission of data from the main board 102 to the sub main board 301 is maintained, data can be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub main board 301 to the configuration included in the main board 102. In addition, no data transmission can be requested. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 102 cannot be referred to from the sub main board 301 unless the main board 102 unilaterally transmits the information to the sub main board 301.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the sub sub board 302 includes an effect mode receiving unit 308, an effect executing unit 309, and the like, as in the sub main board 301.
<< Main functions of main board >>

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the first start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the first start winning opening 62, and when receiving the second start winning information, the game ball won the second start winning opening 63. Judge that When receiving the first grand prize opening winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the gaming ball has won the first big winning opening 91, and receiving the second big winning opening winning information, the gaming ball receives the second big winning prize. When it is determined that a winning is made in the mouth 92 and the general winning information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The first lottery means 126 for executing the first lottery corresponding to entering the first start winning opening 62 is the first lottery value acquiring means 112, the first winning / failing determining means 113, the first pattern determining means 114, the first 1 design determination means 320 is included. The second lottery means 128 for executing the second lottery corresponding to the ball entering the second start winning opening 63 is the second lottery value acquiring means 115, the second winning / failing determining means 117, the second pattern determining means 119, the second 2 symbol determination means 322 is included. The result of the first lottery is shown in the form of variable display of the first special symbol 192 in the first special symbol display device 70, and in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60 in the form of variable display of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c. Indicated by The result of the second lottery is shown in the form of variable display of the second special symbol 193 on the second special symbol display device 71, and in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60, the form of variable display of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c. Indicated by

  When the first lottery means 126 and the second lottery means 128 start the symbol variation, the lottery result corresponding to the symbol variation is transmitted to the effect determining unit 132 together with the symbol variation control command.

  The first lottery value acquisition unit 112 acquires a random number value as the first winning / no-win lottery value for the first lottery when the first start winning opening 62 is entered. The second lottery value acquisition unit 115 acquires a random number value as the second winning / no-win lottery value for the second lottery when the player enters the second start winning opening 63. For example, the values acquired as the first winning / nothing lottery value and the second winning / nothing lottery value for the winning / losing lottery are acquired from a numerical range from “0” to “65535”. In the present embodiment, the random numbers acquired as the first winning / losing lottery value and the second winning / losing lottery value are a hardware random number (built-in random number generated inside the CPU 501) sharing one generating device configured by hardware. It is generated by a two-stage random number generation means that calculates (adds) a software random number (soft random number) extracted by a software random number generation program (a counter or the like that is updated every interrupt). Incidentally, if the acquisition timings are exactly the same, the hardware random number value based on the first start winning opening and the hardware random number value based on the second starting winning opening are acquired the same value. Therefore, it is designed so that only one random number acquisition system fails and does not have an unexpected game probability. The value acquired by the first lottery value acquisition unit 112 and the second lottery value acquisition unit 115 as the first winning / losing lottery value or the second winning / losing lottery value is temporarily held by the holding control unit 116. However, the first success / failure lottery value and the second success / failure lottery value are suspended within a range not exceeding the predetermined retention upper limit number retained by the suspension control means 116.

The first winning / failing determining means 113 executes a determining whether or not to shift to the special game based on the first winning / failing lottery value. The second winning / failing determination means 117 executes a determination of whether or not to shift to the special game based on the second winning / failing lottery value. The first success / failure determination unit 113 and the second success / failure determination unit 117 hold a success / failure determination table referred to in the determination of success / failure.
<< Numerical numbers related to the lottery >>

  FIG. 8 shows a correspondence between a random number per special symbol (hereinafter referred to as “success / random number”) that is a random value serving as the first winning / losing lottery value or the second winning / losing lottery value and the lottery result. The success / failure determination table of this figure associates the determination result of the big hit / out and the winning / failing lottery value, and the big success / failure probability is determined according to each of the associated range settings. The first hit determination unit 113 and the second hit determination unit 117 (see FIG. 5) refer to the determination table of FIG. In both the first lottery performed by the first winning / failing determination unit 113 and the second lottery performed by the second winning / failing determination unit 117, a big hit is made only when the winning / losing lottery value falls within the range of “63239 to 63402” in normal times. When the probability changes, the range of the big hit is expanded, and not only when the winning / losing lottery value falls within the range of “63239 to 63402” but also when the lottery falls within the range of “63403 to 64878”. Thus, the range corresponding to the big hit changes according to the gaming state.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the success / failure lottery values are “0 to 63238” and “64879 to 65535”, the result is not corresponding to the big hit range. That is, the lottery result corresponding to the upper limit value “65535” and the range from “0” to “63238” which is the lower limit value of the success / failure random value range are different.

  In this way, a group consisting of consecutive numbers for each lottery result is formed in the numerical range of the random numbers. For example, in the first lottery, as shown in FIG. 8, the numerical value range “0-63238” is the first outlier group, “63239-63402” is the first jackpot group, and “63403-64878” is The second jackpot group, “64879-65535”, is the second outlier group.

  The number of random numbers corresponding to the first loss is 63239. Furthermore, the number of random numbers corresponding to jackpot 1 (first jackpot group) is 164, and the number of random numbers corresponding to jackpot 2 (second jackpot group) is 1476. The big hit probability at the normal probability in the first game is 164/65536, and the big hit probability at the high probability is 1640 (= 1476 + 164) / 65536.

  Further, as described above, the success / failure random number can take a value in the range of “0 to 65535”. In this embodiment, the failure / randomness number is a built-in random number (hardware random number) in the numerical range of “0 to 65535”. And a soft random number (software random number) per special symbol in the numerical range of “0 to 65520”. The built-in random number is a value extracted from the built-in random number table. In the built-in random number table, numerical values in a predetermined range (for example, “0 to 65535”) are arranged in an arbitrary order, and a count value is incremented by 1 by hardware (counter circuit) using a clock input to the CPU 501. Each time a numerical value arbitrarily arranged in the built-in random number table becomes an acquisition target according to the arrangement order regardless of the magnitude relation of the numerical values. Then, the numerical values in the acquired internal random number table are extracted and used for calculation with the soft random numbers. It can be said that such a built-in random number is a random number generated by a random number generation device including a hardware configuration.

  On the other hand, the software random number is a random number generated by a random number generation device having a software configuration in which numerical values arranged in ascending order or descending order are obtained by adding one count value for each interrupt by a programmed counter. It can be said. In this embodiment, the random number of soft random numbers per special symbol is “65521” which is a prime number, and the software random number added to the built-in random number as the addition source is more than the built-in random number. The random value range (the size of the random number) is set small. In addition, the generation of the random number is not limited to simply adding the built-in random number and the software random number, but for example, adding or adding / subtracting / adding / subtracting a predetermined number is performed. , Another calculation may be used.

In this embodiment, the success / failure random number is created by a combination of a hardware random number and a software random number, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to create the success / failure random number using only one of them.
<< Numerical numbers related to symbol lottery >>

  The first symbol determination means 320 and the second symbol determination means 322 shown in FIG. 5 separately obtain the above-described symbol lottery value (design random number per special symbol; hereinafter, also referred to as “symbol random number”) and the above-described determination of success / failure. Based on the result, the stop symbol is determined at the start of symbol variation. The first symbol determination means 320 and the second symbol determination means 322 hold a plurality of symbol determination tables that are referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the special symbol. The first symbol determination unit 320 and the second symbol determination unit 322 refer to different symbol determination tables depending on the determination result.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 9A is a table that is referred to when the determination result of the first lottery is a big win, and FIG. 9B is the case where the determination result of the second lottery is a big hit. FIG. 9C is a table to be referred to when the determination result is out of place. The first symbol determination means 320 and the second symbol determination means 322 refer to the symbol determination table of this diagram in symbol determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the special symbol represented by the numbers “0” to “8” and the first symbol lottery value or the second symbol lottery value is defined. Each type of special symbol is associated with a jackpot or loss determination result. A predetermined odd number corresponds to a big hit, and a predetermined even number corresponds to a loss.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, in the first lottery, special symbols “7”, “5”, “3”, “3”, which are predetermined odd numbers among the special symbols “0” to “8”. 1 and even numbers “0” and “2” are symbol lottery values “0 to 124”, “125 to 499”, “500 to 714”, “715 to 734”, and “735”, respectively. 799 ”and“ 800 to 999 ”. Further, special symbols “7”, “5”, “3”, “1”, “0”, “2” are associated with various jackpots of 16R probability variation and 10R probability variation described later. Here, the special symbol relating to the first lottery may be referred to as the first special symbol, the special symbol 1, the special symbol 1, the symbol 1, etc. in addition to the first special symbol described above.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 9B, in the second lottery, the special symbols “7”, “3”, “0”, “2” are symbol lottery values “0-499”, “500”, respectively. To 669 ”,“ 670 to 799 ”, and“ 800 to 999 ”. Further, special symbols “7”, “3”, “0”, and “2” are associated with various jackpots of 16R probability variation and 4R probability variation described later. Here, the special symbol related to the second lottery may be referred to as the second special symbol, the special symbol 2, the special symbol 2, the symbol 2, etc. in addition to the second special symbol described above.

  Hereinafter, the types of jackpots in the first lottery and the second lottery described above will be described. First, in this embodiment, a big hit that repeats a unit game 16 times (hereinafter also referred to as “16R big hit” as appropriate), a big hit that repeats a unit game 10 times (hereinafter also referred to as “10R big hit” as appropriate), and 4 unit games. There is a big hit (hereinafter also referred to as “4R big hit” as appropriate). These special jackpots are more than nine balls in the special game when the first grand prize opening 91 or the second big prize opening 92 is opened for about 30 seconds or in the first big prize opening 91 or the second big prize opening 92. There is one in which a single winning game is completed by temporarily closing the big prize opening when a game ball is dropped. Such a special game is a so-called out-of-ball game with the aim of allowing a player to acquire game balls, and also attempts to acquire more game balls by the player. Further, in the present embodiment, the specific gaming state such as the above-mentioned probability change and time reduction occurs for all the big hits. And, the winning probability of 16R probability change that the player can expect more balls is 12.5% in the first lottery and 50% in the second lottery, which is the second lottery than the first lottery. Therefore, the 16R probability change is likely to occur.

  Subsequently, as illustrated in FIG. 9C, the special symbols “4”, “6”, and “8”, which are even numbers among the special symbols “0” to “8”, are associated with the outliers. The special symbol “4” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0-332”, the special symbol “6” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “333-665”, and the special symbol “8” is symbol lottery. Corresponding to the value range “666-999”.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the result of the lottery is a big hit, a special symbol (non-16R big hit symbol) that is a big hit other than the 16R big hit is added to the upper limit value “999” in the numerical range of the above-described symbol random number. Assigned. In addition, the lottery result of the non-16R big hit symbol may be assigned to the lower limit “0”, and the lottery result of the non-16R big hit symbol may be assigned to both the upper limit value and the lower limit value.

  The above-described symbol lottery is performed by software random numbers, and the random number generation process is simplified as compared with the winning lottery using both software random numbers and hardware random numbers. This is because the lottery is likely to be a subject of fraud, whereas the symbol lottery is not subject to fraud compared to the lottery, so the crystal oscillator required to generate hardware random numbers for the symbol lottery This is because a configuration that does not require the use of such components is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to create a design random number using only a hardware random number or a combination of a hardware random number and a software random number.

In addition, as described above, a group composed of numerical values that are consecutive for each lottery result is formed in the numerical range of the design random numbers. For example, in the first lottery, in the case of a big hit, as shown in FIG. 9A, numerical ranges “0 to 124”, “125 to 499”, “500 to 714”, “715 to 734”. ”,“ 735-799 ”, and“ 800-999 ”are associated with the special symbols“ 7 ”,“ 5 ”,“ 3 ”,“ 1 ”,“ 0 ”, and“ 2 ”, respectively. Each group. Furthermore, in the second lottery, in the case of a big hit, as shown in FIG. 9B, numerical ranges “0 to 499”, “500 to 669”, “670 to 799”, and “800 to 999”. "Are groups associated with the special symbols" 7 "," 3 "," 0 ", and" 2 ", respectively. Furthermore, in the case of a deviation, as shown in FIG. 9C, the numerical ranges “0 to 332”, “333 to 665”, and “666 to 999” are special symbols “4” and “6”, respectively. , And each group associated with “8”.
<< Numerics related to variation pattern lottery >>

  Returning to FIG. 5, the first pattern determining means 114 separately acquires a variation pattern in which a variation process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the first special symbol display device 70 and the effect symbol display device 60 is determined. Is determined from a plurality of fluctuation patterns. The second pattern determining means 119 has a plurality of variation patterns in which a symbol variation display process to be displayed on the second special symbol display device 71 and the effect symbol display device 60 is determined based on a second pattern lottery value separately acquired. Determine from the variation pattern. The first pattern determining unit 114 and the second pattern determining unit 119 each determine a variation pattern of the symbol variation with reference to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation. The first pattern determination unit 114 and the second pattern determination unit 119 each hold or share a plurality of variation pattern tables as variation pattern selection criteria to be referred to for determining the variation pattern.

  In the variation pattern, a variation time from a variation start to a stop when the special symbol is variably displayed is determined, and has various variation times depending on the type. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses. The plurality of variation pattern tables are determined so that the variation time selection tendency (the trend related to the variation display time of the variation pattern to be selected) is different as the correspondence relationship between the variation pattern and the lottery value.

  The plurality of variation pattern tables include a limited frequency pattern table that is a selection criterion that is different from the other variation pattern tables in the tendency of the effect contents. This limited frequency pattern table is a variable pattern table having a limited frequency pattern that allows a variation effect pattern (limited frequency pattern effect) having a specific tendency to be selected on the sub-main substrate 301 side. In the present embodiment, a predetermined limited frequency pattern table may be used in relation to the specific game after the end of the special game, which will be described later.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing the variation pattern table. The first pattern determining unit 114 or the second pattern determining unit 119 refers to the variation pattern for deviation shown in FIG. 10A when the result of the determination is wrong. The first pattern determination unit 114 and the second pattern determination unit 119 refer to the variation pattern table of this figure in variation pattern determination. When the determination result is 16R big hit, the fluctuation pattern table for 16R big hit shown in FIG. When the determination result is 4R jackpot or 10R jackpot, the variation pattern table for 4R jackpot or 10R jackpot shown in FIG. 10C is referred.

  In FIG. 10A, the pattern lottery value “0 to 2599” is associated with the super reach “super 1”, and the pattern lottery value “2600 to 4999” is associated with the super reach “super 2”. It has been. The pattern lottery value “5000 to 49999” is associated with any variation pattern of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach”. As described above, when the determination result is out of order, any of super reach, normal reach, and no reach may be selected. In the variation pattern table for loss, particularly when a variation pattern of “no reach” is selected, a different table is referred to so that a variation pattern having a shorter variation time than the normal state is selected in the short time state. Further, the variation pattern table for loss is defined so that the column to be referred to is different for each number of reservations, and details of the normal state will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 10B, the super lot of “Super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery value “0 to 23519”, and the super reach of “Super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery value “23520 to 47039”. It has been. The pattern lottery value “47040 to 48999” is associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery value “4900 to 49999” is associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is 16R big hit, a variation pattern with reach is selected.

  In FIG. 10C, the pattern lottery value “0-23999” is associated with the super reach “super 3”, and the pattern lottery value “24000-49999” is associated with the normal reach “normal 3”. ing. As described above, when the determination result is 4R big hit or 10R big hit, “Super 3” or “Normal 3” is selected with a probability of about 50%.

  The pattern lottery described above is performed by software random numbers as in the case of the symbol lottery, and the random number generation process is simplified as compared with the acceptance lottery using both software random numbers and hardware random numbers. This is similar to the symbol lottery, where the winning lottery is likely to be subject to fraud, whereas the pattern lottery is less likely to be subject to fraud than the winning lottery, so a hardware random number is generated for the pattern lottery. This is because it is possible to eliminate the use of parts such as a crystal oscillator necessary for the above. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to create a random number related to the variation pattern lottery using only a hardware random number, or a combination of a hardware random number and a software random number.

  In addition, as described above, a group of numerical values that are continuous for each lottery result is formed in the numerical range of the variable pattern lottery values (hereinafter also referred to as “variable pattern random numbers”). In the case of a loss, as shown in FIG. 10A, the pattern lottery values “0 to 2599”, “2600 to 4999”, and “5000 to 49999” are the “super 1” group, “ The group of “Super 2”, “Normal 1”, “Normal 2”, and “No reach” are associated with each other. Also, in the case of 16R big hit, as shown in FIG. 10B, the pattern lottery values “0-23519”, “23520-47039”, “47040-48999”, and “49000-49999” Each of “Super 1”, “Super 2”, “Normal 1”, and “Normal 2” reach is associated with each other. Furthermore, in the case of 4R big hit or 10R big hit, as shown in FIG. 10 (c), the pattern lottery values “0-23999” and “24000-49999” are the respective reach of “Super 3” and “Normal 3”. Are associated groups. It should be noted that other variation patterns of “super 1”, “super 2”, “normal 1”, “normal 2” and “no reach” described above may be added. For example, it may be subdivided into variation patterns with different variation times.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the variation pattern table for loss in detail. In the fluctuation pattern table 210a of this figure, the range of the pattern lottery value associated with the fluctuation pattern is different for each number of holds. Specifically, the smaller the number of holds, the wider the range of pattern lottery values assigned to variation patterns with a relatively long variation time, and the probability that a variation pattern with a long variation time will be selected is increased. . Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes longer as the number of holdings by the first holding unit 144 or the second holding unit 146 is smaller. Therefore, when the number of holdings by the first holding unit 144 or the second holding unit 146 is less than a predetermined number, for example, 1 to 2, the selection probability of the variation pattern having a long variation time becomes higher than usual, and the variation time is increased. It tends to be relatively long.

  In the first column 212a, a pattern lottery value range and a variation pattern in the case where the number of results held by the first lottery 144 and the number of results held by the second lottery 146 are 1 are shown. Correspondence is shown. Similarly, in the second column 214aa, the third column 216a, and the fourth column 218aa, the number of results held by the first lottery 144 by the first holding unit 144 or the number of results held by the second lottery 146 by the second lottery 146, respectively. The correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern in the cases of 2, 3, and 4 is shown. That is, it can be considered that the first column 212a, the second column 214aa, the third column 216a, and the fourth column 218aa indicate the variation pattern table for each number of holds. In this figure, an example will be described in which a plurality of variation patterns that can be selected at the time of deviation are classified into five types according to variation time, but actually, a plurality of variation effect patterns are prepared for each of those classifications, This is equivalent to the fact that dozens of types of variation effect patterns are associated with the lottery value ranges for the respective categories.

  The first range 222 includes any of the first column 212a, the second column 214aa, the third column 216a, and the fourth column 218aa as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 0 to 2599. A super reach variation pattern of “super 1” is associated. The second range 224 includes any of the first column 212a, the second column 214aa, the third column 216a, and the fourth column 218aa as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 2600 to 4999. A super reach variation pattern of “super 2” is associated. Thus, in the case of a pattern lottery value with a lottery value from 0 to 2599 and a pattern lottery value with a lottery value from 2600 to 4999, a variation pattern with the same variation time is selected regardless of the number of holdings.

  The third range 226 includes normal reach in the first column 212a, the second column 214aa, the third column 216a, and the fourth column 218aa as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 5000 to 49999. The three types of variation patterns “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are associated with each other. However, the range of pattern lottery values associated with each variation pattern varies depending on the number of holds. In the first column 212a, the sizes of the lottery value ranges to which “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are associated are approximately equal to each other, and ranges in which 5000 to 49999 are divided into approximately three equal portions are associated. Yes. On the other hand, in the second column 214aa, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is slightly smaller than the lottery value range associated with “no reach”. In addition, in the third column 216a, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is further reduced, and in the fourth column 218aa, it corresponds to each of “normal 1” and “normal 2”. The size of the lottery value range to be attached is further reduced.

  The fluctuation time of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” may be longer than the fluctuation time of “No reach”, and when “No reach”, the fluctuation time may be shortened like a short time state. Depending on the setting contents of the third range 226, the average variation time will be different. As the number of holds increases from 1 to 2, 3, and 4, the pattern lottery value range of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” decreases, and conversely, the pattern lottery value range of “out of reach” increases. Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes shorter as the number of holds increases, and conversely, the average change time becomes longer as the number of holds decreases. In this way, by using a variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern is different for each number of holdings, control that makes it easy to select a variation pattern with a long variation time when the number of holdings decreases is realized. be able to. Further, as the variation pattern of the decorative symbol 190, a variation pattern that is applied across a plurality of consecutive variations of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 may be set.

  Furthermore, regarding the selection tendency of the variation pattern, the selection tendency is set in relation to whether or not the probability is changing, the result of the success / failure lottery, the number of holdings related to the first lottery, and the number of holdings related to the second lottery. You may make it do. By doing in this way, for example, when there is a probability change and the result of the lottery decision is out of place, with respect to the first special symbol 192, the number of reservations related to the first lottery and the number of reservations related to the second lottery Regardless, regardless of the number of holds related to the first lottery, the probability that the variation pattern defined as having a relatively long variation time is selected is set to be relatively high. It is possible to set a relatively low probability that a variation pattern defined as having a relatively long variation time will be selected in accordance with the number of holds relating to the second lottery. In addition, if the winning lottery result is a big hit, the variation time is defined as being relatively short regardless of the number of holdings related to the first lottery and the number of holdings related to the second lottery. It is also possible to set a relatively low probability that a variation pattern is selected.

  Further, regarding the variation pattern table as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, although not shown, a more detailed variation pattern table is provided. As described above, these fluctuation pattern tables are subdivided into attributes such as which one of the first lottery and second lottery, whether or not it is a big win, how many holdings, as well as the big win This is performed based on attributes such as which type, whether or not the probability status of the big hit lottery is high, and whether or not the time is short.

  The variation patterns such as “super 1”, “super 2”, “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are further divided into a plurality of variation patterns. Each variation pattern is individually assigned a name and assigned a selection probability. The name of each variation pattern indicates the relationship between the game state used (usually, reach, probability variation, time reduction, jackpot, etc.) and the variation effect pattern selected on the sub-main board 301. Is something that can be recalled.

  Here, a variation pattern having a different name and the same variation time belongs to one variation pattern table, or a variation pattern having the same name and the same variation time belongs to a variation pattern table different from each other. It is also possible.

Then, the variation pattern selected according to the game situation on the main board 102 is notified to the sub main board 301 as a part of the above-described effect control command, so that the sub main board 301 causes the effect symbol display device 60. A variation effect pattern to be executed using the above is selected. In many cases, on the side of the sub-board 104, a plurality of variation effect patterns having different contents in the same variation time are associated as selection targets with respect to the variation pattern selected on the main substrate 102. . For this reason, for example, even when a variation pattern with a specific name is designated from the main board 102 to the sub-main board 301, the variation effect pattern selected on the sub-main board 301 is different, and effects with different contents are produced. May be executed.
<< Lottery for normal symbols >>

  Returning to FIG. 5, the general drawing lottery means 136 executes a general drawing (ordinary symbol) lottery based on the detection of the passing of the game ball at each of the operation ports 68a and 68b. The figure determination unit 138, a general pattern determination unit 139, and a general symbol determination unit 140 are included. The result of the regular drawing lottery is displayed in the form of normal symbol variation display and stop display on the normal symbol display device 59 (see FIGS. 3 and 7A).

  The general symbol lottery means 136 holds a symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. In the symbol determination table, the correspondence between the lottery value and the normal symbol is determined, and the normal symbol lottery means 136 includes the normal symbol lottery value acquisition unit 137, the normal symbol win / fail determination unit 138, and the normal symbol pattern determination unit 139. And the normal symbol determining means 140 determine the variation pattern of the normal symbol and the stop symbol with reference to the symbol determination table. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the stop display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 sets the second start winning opening. The 63 ordinary electric accessories are expanded for a predetermined time in a manner corresponding to the hit type. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 116 is not exceeded.

In this embodiment, as for the normal symbols, all of the random numbers of the pass / fail random numbers related to the universal symbol determination unit 138, the random numbers of the symbols of the normal symbol determination unit 140, and the fluctuation pattern random numbers of the universal symbol pattern determination unit 139 are all soft. Created using only random numbers. In each random number range, the validity random number is 0 to 282, the design random number is 0 to 262, and the variation pattern random number is 0 to 232. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a random number related to a normal symbol can be a hardware random number or a combination of a hardware random number and a software random number.
<< Other main functions of main board >>

  The holding control unit 116 includes a first holding unit 144, a second holding unit 146, and a general drawing holding unit 147. If the symbol change corresponding to the previous lottery is displayed when the first lottery is newly executed, the first holding means 144 draws the special drawing lottery value related to the new first lottery. Suspend until the variable display start of the symbol corresponding to the value. In the present embodiment, the special drawing lottery value related to the first lottery is held up to four random numbers. If the symbol change corresponding to the previous lottery is displayed when the second lottery is newly executed, the second holding means 146 draws the special drawing lottery value related to the new second lottery. Suspend until the variable display start of the symbol corresponding to the value. In the present embodiment, the special figure lottery value related to the second lottery is held up to four random numbers. The universal symbol holding means 147 has an upper limit of four universal symbol lottery values as normal symbol holding information obtained by the universal symbol lottery means 136 obtained by the passing of the game balls at the operation ports 68a and 68b. Hold as. These holding numbers are represented by the number of lighting or blinking of the first special figure holding lamp 20, the second special figure holding lamp 21, and the general figure holding lamp 22, respectively. The number of holdings by the first holding unit 144 and the second holding unit 146 is also displayed in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60.

  The lottery value held in the second holding means 146 is preferentially digested over the lottery value held in the first holding means 144 and the symbol variation is displayed. Therefore, even if the big hit lottery value is held in the first holding means 144, the symbol variation corresponding to the big hit lottery value of the first holding means 144 is not displayed as long as the second holding means 146 holds. Therefore, even if there is a big hit hold in the first holding means 144, there is a possibility that multiple consecutive big hits can be obtained by continuing to hit the second hold means 146 until a big hit hold is entered.

  The main display control means 118 includes first special figure control means 148, second special figure control means 150, and universal figure control means 153. The first special symbol control means 148 causes the first special symbol display device 70 to display the fluctuation of the first special symbol 192 according to the fluctuation pattern determined as a result of the first lottery by the first lottery means 126. The second special symbol control means 150 causes the second special symbol display device 71 to display the fluctuation of the second special symbol 193 according to the fluctuation pattern determined as a result of the second lottery by the second lottery means 128.

  When the special drawing lottery value related to the second lottery is held by the second holding unit 146, the first special figure control unit 148 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first lottery. On the other hand, the second special figure control means 150 starts the symbol fluctuation display corresponding to the second lottery regardless of whether or not the special drawing lottery value related to the first lottery is held by the first holding means 144. . Thereby, when the lottery value is held by both the first holding means 144 and the second holding means 146, the lottery value held by the second holding means 146 is preferentially read and the symbol variation is displayed. The In such a case, the lottery value held in the first holding means 144 is not read until the number of holdings in the second holding means 146 becomes zero, and the symbol variation thereof does not start.

  The first special figure control means 148 and the second special figure control means 150 issue a change start command and a change stop command at the timing to start and stop the change display of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193, respectively. It transmits to the above-mentioned effect display control means 134. When transmitting the variation start command, the determined result determination result, the stop symbol, the value indicating each variation pattern, and the value indicating either the first lottery or the second lottery are produced together with the variation start command. It transmits to the display control means 134. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 118 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The normal symbol control means 153 causes the normal symbol display device 59 to display the lottery result by the normal symbol lottery means 136 as a normal symbol variation display.

  The condition holding means 176 holds a special game operating condition as a condition for shifting to a special game including a plurality of unit games accompanied by opening of the special winning opening. The special game operation condition is a result indicating that the game shifts to the special game in the first lottery or the second lottery, and the content of the condition is that the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery is stopped.

  When the first lottery by the first lottery means 126 results in the transition to the special game, the special game control unit 120 operates the special game when the first special symbol 192 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode. It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and the special game is executed by opening the first big winning opening 91. Similarly, the special game control means 120, when the second lottery by the second lottery means 128 results in the transition to the special game, when the second special symbol 193 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode It is determined that the special game operation condition is satisfied, and the special game is executed by opening the second big prize opening 92.

  The specific game control means 122 controls the normal game in the state of probability change and time saving. The specific game control means 122 shifts to the time-saving state after the end of the special game according to the type of jackpot. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the symbol determined by the first symbol determination means 320 or the second symbol determination means 322 is a jackpot symbol accompanying the transition to probability variation. The time-short state is continued until the total number of variable display times of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times from the end of the special game. The first pattern determining unit 114 and the second pattern determining unit 119 select a variation pattern having a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 is substantially shortened. On the other hand, the probability variation state is attached to all types of jackpots, and continues until the total number of variation displays after the special game reaches a predetermined number (here, 104 times). During the probability variation state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the first success / failure determination unit 113 or the second success / failure determination unit 117 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

  Prior information notifying means 157, when there is a ball entering the first start winning opening 62, the first lottery means 126 for the ball regardless of whether the symbol variation display corresponding to the ball is started. The information indicating the lottery value is transmitted to the sub main board 301. In addition, when the second start winning opening 63 is entered, the lottery value by the second lottery means 128 is shown for the entered regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the entered is started. Information (holding lottery value) is transmitted to the sub main board 301. The holding lottery value includes information indicating whether the first start winning opening 62 or the second starting winning opening 63 is entered, and a pre-determination result / design range / pattern range.

  In addition, the notification of such prior information enables, for example, an effect that the effect of the notice is changed according to the remaining number of times of the probability variation continuation. More specifically, as the remaining number of the probability variation continuations decreases, the notice effect is frequently executed, or the information held in the hold control unit 116 is determined in advance and the notice effect is continuously executed. It is done.

The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory of the second start winning opening 63, the first big winning opening 91, and the second big winning opening 92. When the normal symbol is stopped in a specific manner, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the ordinary electric accessory at the second start winning prize opening 63. In the special game, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the big prize opening solenoid 80 or the big prize opening solenoid 81 to open the first big prize opening 91 or the second big prize opening 92. In addition, the opening / closing control means 124 performs an opening extension that causes the expansion mechanism of the second start winning opening 63 to be expanded for a longer time than in the normal state in the probability changing state and the short time state after the normal special game.
<< Main functions of sub-main board >>

  In the sub-main board 301, the command receiving unit 304 receives various commands from the main board 102, and is determined and controlled by a symbol mode determining unit 131, an effect determining unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and the like as will be described later. The production mode information related to the production mode is transmitted to the sub-sub board 302 via the production mode transmission means 305.

  The pattern storage means 130 provided on the sub-main substrate 301 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect symbol display device 60 and its display process are determined in the variation of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c. . The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of variation effect patterns in which the variation process from the variation start to the stop and the variation process in the variation display of the decoration symbols 190a to 190c are defined, and the variation display of the decoration symbol. A plurality of notice effect patterns that imply a high degree of expectation in advance before stopping the variable display are included.

  The effect determining means 132 is displayed on the effect symbol display device 60 by the effect display control means 134 according to the result of the first lottery received from the first lottery means 126 or the result of the second lottery received from the second lottery means 128. The contents of the production to be performed are determined. The effect determining unit 132 selects any one of a plurality of variation effect pattern data corresponding to the variation pattern of the special symbol determined by the first pattern determining unit 114 or the second pattern determining unit 119 and selects the pattern storage unit 130. Read from. The effect determination means 132 determines the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c based on the stop symbol or variation pattern of the special symbol determined by the first lottery means 126 or the second lottery means 128.

  The stop symbols of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c are formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, if the determination result of the first lottery means 126 or the second lottery means 128 indicates a shift to a special game of big hit A combination, for example, a combination of three symbols such as “777” and “555” is selected. In this case, it is possible to select a decorative symbol related to the same number as the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 as the numbers aligned as the decorative symbols 190a to 190c. For example, when the first special symbol 192 or the second special symbol 193 is “7”, the decorative symbols 190 a to 190 c are “777”. Or you may make it show the big hit also by the combination of the design in which the specific symbol which shows that it is a hit is at least one of three symbols. Then, the effect determining unit 132 sends the stop symbol combinations of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern data to the effect display control unit 134.

  In the decorative pattern variation effect pattern data, a decorative symbol variation display mode, that is, a variation process from a variation start to a variation stop and a variation process are defined. The variation effect pattern includes a reach pattern that displays a stop symbol combination that is a hit state or a disagreement mode after a reach state that becomes a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, and a stop pattern that is a slip state without passing a reach state An unreachable pattern that displays the combination is included. In particular, the patterns that go through the reach state include patterns with various short and long fluctuation times. As described above, a reach pattern with a relatively short fluctuation time is called “normal reach” and a reach with a long fluctuation time is used. The pattern is called “super reach”. Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 132 selects a variation effect pattern of a decorative symbol having the same variation time as that of the special symbol, according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The above-described normal reach and super reach on the sub main board 301 correspond to the fluctuation patterns such as “normal 1”, “normal 2”, “super 1”, and “super 2” on the main board 102 described above. The above-described non-reach pattern on the sub-main substrate 301 corresponds to the “no reach” variation pattern on the main substrate 102 as well. In the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, a large number of variation patterns of the sub-main substrate 301 are provided corresponding to each variation pattern of the main substrate 102, and the variation pattern selected on the main substrate 102 is the sub-pattern. When notified to the main board 301 as a command, the sub-main board 301 selects one of the plurality of fluctuation patterns that can be selected for the designated fluctuation pattern. When the variation pattern on the main substrate 102 is further subdivided, a larger number of variation patterns on the sub-main substrate 301 are provided corresponding to the subdivision on the main substrate 102. In addition, the various variation patterns on the sub main board 301 may be used in combination with the above-described various notice effect patterns.

  The effect display control means 134 includes a first effect control means 168 and a second effect control means 170. The effect display control means 134 performs control for effect processing related to sound output (sound) such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 19.

  The first effect control means 168 and the second effect control means 170 use the first lottery result by the first lottery means 126 or the second lottery result by the second lottery means 128 as the selected variation effect pattern data. Therefore, the decorative symbols 190 a to 190 c are displayed in a variable manner in the display area 194 of the effect symbol display device 60.

  When the second lottery 146 holds the result of the second lottery, the first effect control unit 168 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first lottery. The second effect control means 170 starts the symbol fluctuation display corresponding to the second lottery regardless of whether or not the first lottery result is held by the first holding means 144. As a result, when the lottery value is held by both the first holding means 144 and the second holding means 146, the lottery value held by the second holding means 146 is preferentially read out, and the decorative design fluctuates. Is displayed. In such a case, the lottery value held by the first holding unit 144 is not read until the number of holdings of the second holding unit 146 becomes zero, and the variation of the decorative design does not start. Thus, the effect display control means 134 causes the effect symbol display device 60 to display the symbol variation effect including the variation display of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c.

  The effect determination unit 132 stores the pending lottery result notified by the prior information notification unit 157 in a predetermined buffer area. Further, the effect determination means 132 includes a lottery result regarding the change (change display executed at that time) as the main determination result notified from the first lottery means 126 and the second lottery means 128 of the main board 102, The notice effect is displayed in accordance with the reserved lottery result notified in advance by the information notification means 157 and stored in the buffer area. Specifically, a notice effect that is a precursor to suggest the presence or absence of a big hit in the result of the pending lottery in which symbol variation is performed at a future time is displayed. The effect determining means 132 executes a predetermined notice lottery for determining whether or not to display the notice effect, and on condition that the notice lottery is won (for example, with a predetermined probability). A notice effect is displayed. Thus, the notice effect set according to the preliminary determination result in the pending lottery result is called “prefetch effect”.

In addition, the effect determining unit 132 is configured to set the number of holds in the first holding unit 144 (hereinafter also referred to as “first holding number”) and the number of holdings in the second holding unit 146 (hereinafter referred to as “first” in the winning information). 2), and the first hold number and the second hold number at the current time point are specified in accordance with the execution state of the symbol variation (that is, the holding state). The effect display control unit 134 displays the first hold number and the second hold number specified by the effect determining unit 132 on the first hold number display unit 196 and the second hold number display unit 197 of the effect symbol display device 60. Display. Further, when the number of holdings is newly specified by the effect determining means 132, the display of the first holding number display unit 196 and the second holding number display unit 197 is sequentially updated.
<< Various patterns for prefetching production >>

  When the above-mentioned pre-reading effect is executed, an effect pattern (including visual and auditory ones) different from the normal effect pattern that appears before that is executed. The specific mode and execution start timing of the production pattern related to the pre-reading production are not uniform and are varied.

  For example, as an example of the pre-reading effect, a display using a hold display on the first hold number display unit 196 or the second hold number display unit 197 shown in FIGS. 7B1 and 7B2 can be used. Furthermore, as a different production pattern (hereinafter referred to as “holding change”) performed in the hold display, a change in the color, shape, or pattern of the hold ball display, or a hold display so that the flash is repeated. What blinks or a combination thereof can be cited. Among these, examples of changing the form of the reserved sphere display include those that change the color of the reserved sphere display to, for example, normally green, but to red or gold at a predetermined timing. In addition, the shape of the holding ball display can be changed from the normal perfect circle shape to various items and person forms related to the production story (all of which include moving images), or the form before the change of hold For example, it is possible to magnify the image while keeping the similar shape. Moreover, as what changes the pattern of a holding ball display, what changes from the display of a normal monochromatic pattern without a pattern to an animal body surface pattern etc. can be illustrated. Further, examples of blinking the hold display include those that vary the blinking cycle.

  Furthermore, the timing of such a holding change is also various, for example, based on the start winning (the detection of a game ball, which may be referred to as “target winning” in the following) that is the target of the holding change. Or, other starting prizes (also referred to as “other prizes” in the following) may be used as a reference. Furthermore, at the timing of the pending change based on other winnings, a change display (hereinafter referred to as “advance fluctuation”) related to a start winning that occurred prior to the target winning (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “preceding winning”). And the like based on the start prize (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “follow-up prize”) generated after the target prize.

  Among these, as the hold change based on the target winning, the effect display control means 134 which is a functional means provided in the sub-board 104 is based on the preliminary determination result related to the target winning and holds corresponding to the target winning. There is a mode in which the pending change is executed from the beginning of the display. In addition, it is conceivable that the hold display corresponding to the target winning is initially started with a normal hold display pattern, and the hold change is made after a predetermined time.

  Moreover, the following can be mentioned as a pending change on the basis of the state of a preceding winning prize or a preceding fluctuation. For example, the hold display related to the target winning is started with a normal display pattern, and thereafter, the variable display that was executed when the target winning is generated is ended. Then, the variable display related to the one that has been stored on hold earlier (the one that was stored on the first hold) among the start winning information related to the preceding winning that has been held until then is started. Then, when the hold display related to the target winning is shifted to a hold display that is one lower level (for example, shifted from the 4th to the 3rd hold display), a special display from the normal hold display pattern is displayed. It changes to a pattern.

  Further, as the pending change based on the state of the preceding winnings or the preceding fluctuations, there can be cited those which are executed continuously using the preceding fluctuations and straddling a plurality of fluctuation displays (a plurality of starting winning information). . And the following can be illustrated as an effect pattern of this continuous reservation change. For example, when the hold display related to the target winning is performed at the fourth position (fourth position (leftmost position)) in the first hold number display section 196 in FIGS. 7B1 and 7B2 The display is performed in a color (for example, red) different from the color (for example, green) of the normal hold display at another position (for example, the first to third positions). Then, the reservation of the hold proceeds, and the position of the hold display related to the target winning is the right side to the third position, the second position, and the first position (left side in the case of the second hold number display section 197). Each time the shift to, the color of the hold display changes in order of orange, gold, and rainbow.

  Moreover, the following things can be illustrated as a pending | holding change on the basis of the above-mentioned subsequent winning prize. For example, every time a start prize is detected, the above-described effect determination means performs a lottery (holding change execution lottery) as to whether or not to perform a holding change related to the target winning, and the lottery result changes to hold. If it is, regardless of the position where the hold display related to the target winning is displayed, the hold display of the target winning performed at that time is changed to hold. Further, not limited to this, when the hold change execution lottery result indicates that the hold change is performed, the hold display related to the target winning is shifted to a predetermined position (for example, the second position). In addition, it may be possible to change the mode to a different mode. It should be noted that the hold change execution lottery is not limited to each start winning prize, but for example when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, during a specific effect mode or while a predetermined effect is being executed). You may make it carry out only.

  In the present embodiment, the hold display is taken as an example of the effect pattern related to the prefetch effect, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to control for stopping the effect pattern, for example. It is. And as a mode of control for stopping an effect pattern, for example, an effect that is continuous over a plurality of variable displays (hereinafter referred to as “continuous notice”, including a pseudo one) is executed. In such a case, a lottery for determining whether or not to end the continuous notice is determined based on the lottery result of the pre-read gaming state.

  Regarding the pre-reading effects as exemplified above, it is possible to adopt a configuration for transmitting the type of symbol group of special symbols. That is, as the first special symbol 192 (or the second special symbol 193), for example, a large number of 256 types or the like are set, and the first special symbol display device 70 (or the second special symbol display device 71) is set. A large number of symbols can be distinguished by the difference in the lighting pattern of the constituent LEDs. Then, these many symbols are classified into, for example, 16 types in a manner associated with the result of the lottery determination, and a plurality of groups each including a plurality of symbol groups are formed. Furthermore, a code that can be identified by the sub-main board 301 is assigned to each symbol group, and an effect pattern is designated from the main board 102 to the sub-main board 301 as the code of the symbol group to which the numerical value obtained by random number lottery belongs. Included in the command to be sent. Then, the sub-main board 301 determines which symbol group the command relates to based on the command from the main board 102, and executes the pre-reading effect in association with the result of the lottery determination based on the determination result.

  Note that the command related to the pre-reading effect can be configured to include four pieces of information, that is, whether or not, winning symbol, variation pattern, and number of reserved balls as one set. Further, since the success / failure random number, the design random number, and the variation pattern random number are grouped as described above, it is possible to perform communication by including information indicating the group in the command. It should be noted that even if the term “grouping” is replaced with a term such as “blocking” or “grouping”, the technical significance can be the same.

  Further, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the transmission condition of the prefetch command is changed and set according to the situation, and the command transmission according to the transmission condition is performed in the situation where the transmission condition is set. For example, during a big hit (during a special game), only the second special symbol 193 related to the second game is valid, and only the command related to the second special symbol 193 may be transmitted. Also, whether it is a lottery related to the first game or the second game, whether it is a normal game state, or whether it is a specific game state with certainty (or time reduction or electronic Chu support), etc. Depending on the point, etc., it is also possible to switch the tables to be used (for example, a determination table, a symbol determination table, a variation pattern table, etc.).

Note that the hold display is not limited to the gaming state in which the pre-reading effect as described above is performed, but can be performed in a manner according to various other gaming states. For example, when the probability of jackpot lottery is a normal probability and when the probability is a high probability, the display mode of each other is different, when the extension of normal electric equipment is being extended (when the open extension function is in operation) When the opening extension is not performed (when the opening extension function is not activated), it is possible to change the display mode of each other. As a specific mode of the hold display, the shape of the first hold number display unit 196 (or the second hold number display unit 197) is changed from a perfect circle to a shape of a specific character or item. it can. It should be noted that it is possible to delay or speed up the start and end timing of the effect in the hold display mode that varies depending on the gaming state with respect to the timing at which the corresponding gaming state occurs.
<Various commands transmitted from the main board to the sub main board>

  Next, various commands (effect control commands) transmitted from the main board 102 to the sub main board 301 will be described. First, as command transmission timing, during initial screen display, during customer waiting demo (standby demo), at the time of special symbol change start, at the time of special symbol determination, at the time of special symbol determination, at the time of jackpot start demonstration, There are times when the jackpot is open, the jackpot is closed, the winning demonstration is over, and the jackpot is ended. Among these, the initial screen display is a period from when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is powered on until the customer waiting demonstration starts and enters a steady state. In addition, command transmission is performed in any case at the time of start winning, at the time of power failure recovery, and at the time of error detection. Furthermore, command transmission is executed even when the RWM is cleared.

  Among these, commands for RWM clear include commands for effect display initialization, effect LED initialization, and various errors. The effect indicator initialization command is for displaying a predetermined off symbol on the effect symbol display device 60. The effect LED initialization command is to turn on a part of the game effect lamp 90 when communication is normal. The various error commands are used for effect display according to the error state.

  As a customer waiting demo command, there is a customer waiting demo command. This customer waiting demonstration command is for setting the effect symbol display device 60 and the game effect lamp 90 for the customer waiting demonstration and deleting the sound.

  As a command at the time of starting the symbol change of the special symbol, the number of symbols 1 stored, the number of symbols 2 stored, the communication inspection 1, the communication inspection 2, the number of times of production A to Z, the production selection state 0 to 2, the variation additional information, the design 1 production There are commands for pattern, symbol 2 effect pattern, symbol 1 character effect, symbol 2 character effect. The symbol 1 memory number command indicates the number of reserved memories of the first special symbol 192, and the symbol 2 memory number command indicates the number of reserved memories of the second special symbol 193. The communication check 1 command and the communication check 2 command are for confirming whether or not normal communication is being performed. The various commands of the production times A to Z indicate the number of productions according to the above-described limited frequency table, and the various commands of the production selection states 0 to 2 indicate the types of production according to the limited frequency table. Is. The fluctuation additional information command indicates information for adjusting the fluctuation time. The symbol 1 effect pattern command is for transmitting a command corresponding to the variation pattern of the first special symbol 192, and the symbol 2 effect pattern command is for transmitting a command corresponding to the variation pattern of the second special symbol 193. Is for. The symbol 1 character effect command is for transmitting a command corresponding to the symbol of the first special symbol 192, and the symbol 2 character effect command is for transmitting a command corresponding to the symbol of the second special symbol 193. Is.

  In this embodiment, the command at the time of starting the symbol change of the special symbol includes a lottery effect (lottery effect command) related to the above-described normal symbol. The command related to the lottery effect can be provided as a command included in the above-described variable additional information command. Here, the transmission timing of the command related to the lottery effect may be set to other timing instead of the time of starting the symbol variation of the special symbol. As another transmission timing of the command related to the lottery effect, it is possible to exemplify during the change of the special symbol, and during the change of the special symbol, it is possible to transmit each time the long opening is won. In addition, if it is determined that the game is long open, it is possible to adopt a control mode in which a lottery effect command can be transmitted at the time of starting the change of the special symbol or during the change of the special symbol. is there.

  As a command for determining a special symbol, there are a symbol 1 effect pattern stop command and a symbol 2 effect pattern stop command. The symbol 1 effect pattern stop command and the symbol 2 effect pattern stop command are used to stop the decorative symbols 190a to 190c based on the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193, respectively.

  The commands for determining a special symbol include: 0 fluctuation time reduction (low probability), fluctuation time reduction times A to Z (low probability), 0 fluctuation time reduction (high probability), and probability fluctuation ( Command). These are for transmitting a command relating to the gaming state at that time, and are used for the production mode display and the time-saving display.

  As the command for the big hit start demonstration, there are a symbol one big hit start demonstration, a symbol two big hit start demonstration, and a command for specifying a launch position. The symbol 1 jackpot start demo command and the symbol 2 jackpot start demo command are for displaying a start demo based on the jackpot symbol of the first special symbol 192 or the second special symbol 193. The launch position designation command is used to notify the launch position when the player places a game ball between the first grand prize winning port 91 and the second big prize winning port 92 by so-called left-handed or right-handed. belongs to.

  The firing position designation command causes the player to place a game ball between the first big winning opening 91 and the second big winning opening 92 by so-called left hitting or right hitting as in the big hit start demonstration. In this case, the launch position is notified.

  The commands for opening the jackpot medium / large prize winning opening include the commands of symbol 1 big hit middle demo 1-16 and symbol 2 big hit middle demo 1-16. These are for displaying effects based on the jackpot symbol of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 and the number of rounds.

  As a command at the time of closing the jackpot, the winning prize closing command is available. This is for displaying the special prize closing effect.

  As a command at the time of winning / ending demo, there are a command of ending demo per symbol 1 and a command of finishing demo per symbol 2. These are for displaying a winning end demonstration effect based on the winning symbols of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193.

  As a command at the time of the big hit end demonstration, there is a launch position designation command. This is a case where it is necessary to distinguish the launch positions for reasons such as the positional relationship of the first start winning opening 62, the second starting winning opening 63, the first big winning opening 91, and the second big winning opening 92. In order to notify the launch position.

  As a command at the time of starting winning a prize, there are a command of winning notice (per notice notice effect), symbol notice (per symbol notice effect), change notice (pattern notice effect), symbol 1 memory number, symbol 2 memory number. Each command of the advance notice, the symbol notice, and the change notice is a command (prefetch command) related to the prefetch effect described above by the prior information notifying unit 157. The winning advance notice command is used to transmit a random number range of pass / fail random numbers, and includes information on pass / fail according to the lottery probability. The symbol advance command is for transmitting a random number range of symbol random numbers, and includes information related to the hit type. Furthermore, the change notice command is for transmitting a random number range of the change pattern, and can be used to specify the type of change pattern group (no reach, normal reach, super reach, etc.). The command of the number of stored symbols 1 and the number of stored symbols 2 is for transmitting the number of reserved memories of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193. In this embodiment, as a result of the lottery determination, information such as the presence / absence of a pre-reading effect and a period is transmitted to the sub-main board 301 by each command of hitting notice, symbol notice, and change notice.

  As the command at the time of power interruption return, communication inspection 1, communication inspection 2, game state A to E for power interruption recovery, production times A to Z, production selection states 0 to 2, design 1 character production, design 2 character production, There are commands for the power failure return state, special symbol 1 state upon power interruption return, special symbol 2 state upon power interruption return, launch position designation, errors a to d, symbol 1 memory count, symbol 2 memory count.

  The commands of the communication inspection 1 and the communication inspection 2 are for confirming whether or not normal communication is being performed. The commands for the game states A to E for power interruption return are for transmitting different commands depending on the game state at the time of power interruption. The commands for the number of performances A to Z indicate the number of times related to the performance according to the above-described limited frequency table, and the commands for the effect selection states 0 to 2 indicate the types of effects according to the limited frequency table. is there. The symbol 1 character effect and the symbol 2 character effect command are for transmitting commands corresponding to the symbols of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193.

The power interruption return state command is used to transmit a different command depending on whether or not a hit is being made. The special symbol 1 state at the time of power interruption return and the special symbol 2 state at the time of power interruption return are the commands according to the status of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193 such as waiting, changing and hitting. It is for sending. The launch position designation command is for designating an appropriate launch position according to the situation as described above. Errors a to d are for transmitting the presence and type of error. The command of the number of stored symbols 1 and the number of stored symbols 2 is for transmitting the number of reserved memories of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193.
<Main control processing of main board>

  Next, main control processing in the main board 102 of the pachinko gaming machine 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. Prior to the description, the terms “special electric accessory”, “condition device”, and “substantial action continuous operation device” used below will be described. Each of these represents a conceptual device in the control process of the pachinko gaming machine 10, and among these, the “special electric accessory” operates the first grand prize port 91 and the second major prize port 92. It will be. In addition, “continuous action device” can operate a special electric accessory several times in succession, and “condition device” is a condition that the operation is necessary for the operation of the continuous action device. A specific combination of symbols is displayed on the device, or a game ball (excluding those that have opened their entrance when the accessory continuous operation device is operating or won a prize at the enlarged grand prize opening) Is activated when it passes a specific area within the special winning opening.

The main control processing of the pachinko gaming machine 10 described here includes initial settings executed by the CPU 501 (main CPU) mounted on the main board 102 when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is turned on, and the main board 102. Control start processing and power-off processing (see FIG. 12 and FIG. 13), game progress interruption processing (see FIG. 14), and power-off confirmation information setting processing executed in FIG. Furthermore, the control process of the payout control board 45 related to the control process in the main board 102 will be described.
<< Control start processing >>

Next, the aforementioned control start process will be described. The control start process shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 is a control process that is started after a security check using the manufacturing code of the CPU 501 is performed by turning on the pachinko gaming machine 10, and this control start process will be described later. After executing the necessary settings (S1 to S4) when the power is turned on, the operation state of the initialization switch 544 (S5), the value of the power interruption information flag in the power interruption status confirmation processing (S6 to S8), and the RWM area Corresponding to the addition result (checksum data), processing at the time of power-off recovery (S9 to S17), processing at initialization of RWM (S24 to S26), timing setting processing for game progress interruption (S27), Circulation processing (S33 (S28 to S32)), processing for setting power-off confirmation information (S301 to S307), and the like are executed.
<<< Required settings at power-on >>>

  As necessary settings at power-on, stack pointer setting (S1), interrupt mode setting (S2), and access permission to RWM 503 are set (S3), and then the internal registers are initialized ( S4).

  Among these, in the process of setting the stack pointer (S1), in order to secure the stack area, the initial value of the stack pointer is set in the stack pointer (main control stack pointer), and the stack pointer is set at a specific address. . Next, in the interrupt mode setting (S2), a mode of a predetermined number is set, and in the access permission setting (S3) of the RWM, access permission data is set in a predetermined register to permit access to the RWM. To do. As a result, the maskable interrupt is set to a specific interrupt mode and the CPU built-in RWM is permitted to access. Further, in the setting of the internal register (S4), various corresponding setting values such as a game progress interrupt use setting value and a clock source selection value are set using the internal register initial setting table. The interrupt in the main board 102 will be described later.

Thus, in this embodiment, the stack pointer setting (S1) is executed before the RWM access permission (S3), and the internal register setting (S4) is executed after the RWM access permission (S3). The Although not shown, in this embodiment, it is necessary to write (set) two (twice) activation information to activate an interrupt processing time monitoring means described later. Further, a time limit is provided for the interval between the two writings, and in this embodiment, the value of the time limit is 15 μs. If the second activation information is not written within the time limit after the first activation information is written, the interrupt processing time monitoring means is not activated.
<<< Confirmation of RWM Clear Switch Operation Status >>>

  In the confirmation process (S5) of the operation state of the initialization switch 544, the state of the output signal of the initialization switch 544 input via the input port is confirmed. It is determined whether or not the RWM clear switch has been pressed (turned on). If it has not been pressed (S5: NO), the value of the power-off information flag during the power interruption status determination process (S6 to S8) to be described later The process proceeds to the determination process (S6). On the other hand, if the initialization switch 544 has been pressed (S5: YES), the RWM initialization process (S24 to S26) is performed.

  Here, it is determined that the initialization switch 544 has been operated when the RWM clear switch bit of the corresponding input port is determined to be on for five consecutive times. In addition, the determination of whether or not the initialization switch 544 has been pressed is performed only once at this time, and is not performed thereafter.

Further, in the state confirmation process (S5) of the initialization switch 544, the RWM head address (address) is set as the reference value of the relative address, the number of input confirmation times (here, 5 times) is set, and the corresponding input port Control processing such as input of a value, inspection of an RWM clear switch bit in the value of the input port, confirmation of an inspection result, input confirmation repeated for the set number of input confirmations, and the like are executed.
<<< Situation confirmation process at power interruption >>>

  In the power interruption status confirmation processing (S6 to S8) when the initialization switch 544 is not operated, the value of the power interruption information flag is read, and whether the read value matches predetermined power interruption normal data. It is determined whether or not (S6). The power-off normal data is stored when the power-off process is normally performed when a power-off (power-off) that turns off the power occurs. If the value of the power-off information flag does not match the power-off normal data and the determination result in S6 is NO, the control process will be described later as in the case where the initialization switch 544 is operated. The process proceeds to RWM initialization processing (after S24).

  If the value of the power-off information flag matches the power-off normal data (S6: YES), checksum data is calculated (S7). In the checksum data calculation process, although not shown, an initial value is set as the checksum data, a predetermined calculation is performed on the checksum data, and the checksum data after the calculation is 0. A determination is made as to whether or not.

If the checksum data is not 0 (S8: NO), that is, if the resumption preparation process execution condition is not satisfied, the RWM head high is set above the reference value of the relative address. The process proceeds to the initialization process (after S24). On the other hand, when the checksum data is 0 (S8: YES), the process proceeds to power-off recovery processing (S9 to S17) described later.
<<< Processing at power-off recovery >>>

  In the process at the time of power-off recovery, the value of the stack pointer buffer is set in the stack pointer, and the stack pointer is restored to the value stored at the time of power-off (S9). Furthermore, in order to inspect the communication line between the main board 102 and the sub board 104, a request to send an effect control command to the sub board 104 is made (S10, S11), and a decoration lamp (game effect lamp) and sound effect (sound) In order to return the effect of (effect) to the state before the occurrence of the power interruption, a request to transmit the effect control command to the sub-board 104 is made (S10, S11). Further, in order to make a request for a command corresponding to the number of suspended balls in the special symbol display device (70, 71), symbol memory number command request processing is executed (S12).

  Further, the solenoid is returned to the output state before the occurrence of power interruption (S13). Specifically, in order to return the open / closed state of the second start winning opening 63, the first big winning opening 91, and the second big winning opening 92 to the state before the power is turned off, the normal electric accessory solenoid 76, the big winning prize The solenoid actuation bits for the mouth solenoids 80, 81 are inspected in turn. When the solenoid operation bit of the normal electric accessory solenoid control is on, it is determined that the second start winning port 63 is open before the power is turned off, and the second start winning port 63 is opened. Store in the accessory solenoid control. Subsequently, when the solenoid operation bit of the first grand prize solenoid control is on, it is determined that the first big prize port 91 is open before the power is turned off, and the first big prize port 91 is opened. Is stored in the normal electric accessory solenoid control. When the solenoid operation bit of the second grand prize solenoid control is on, it is determined that the second big prize opening 92 is open before the power is turned off, and the solenoid action setting value is set to open the first big prize opening 91. Store in the normal electric accessory solenoid control.

Thereafter, the process proceeds to the subsequent special symbol setting process (S14), and information on the operating state of the probability variation function of the special symbol display device (70, 71) is set. In this process, the value of the special symbol mode flag is loaded (in other words, the value of the special symbol mode flag is incorporated) and stored in a predetermined register. Next, the power recovery setting (S15) and the data storage process (S16) are executed, and further, the communication line abnormality detection setting with the payout control board is executed (S17). Here, the error flag address is set. Is set, and the communication line abnormality bit of the content of the error 1 flag is set. Then, the control process proceeds to a time setting process (S27) for a game progress interrupt described later.
<<< Processing at initialization of RWM >>>

  In the RWM initialization process (S24 to S28), after clearing the RWM area (S24), initial setting of the RWM (S25), initialization of the effect indicator (effect symbol display device 60) (S26), And the time setting for game progress interruption is performed (S27). Among these, in the clearing of the RWM area (S24), clearing is performed including information on error flags set when various errors occur. In the process of clearing the RWM area (S24) to initial setting of the RWM (S25), clear data (00H) is set in the entire RWM area, and the clear data is stored as the reference value of the relative address. Is incremented by one. Further, bit 7 of the reference value is inspected, and the inspection result is determined. If the inspection result is 0 in the inspection result determination process, the process returns to the process of storing the clear data in the reference value, and the address of the initialization data setting table is set. Thereby, the initial value of RWM is set. Note that the clearing of the RWM area is not limited to that performed for all areas. For example, only a part of the area where specific information is stored or only an area excluding an unused area is cleared. Also good.

In initialization of the effect display (S26), command request data is used with the address of the effect initial command setting table as an argument to initialize the effect symbol display device 60, and to send a command transmission request for error status and illegal prize ball monitoring information. Execute the setting process.
<<< Processing of timing setting for game progress interruption >>>

In the time setting process for game progress interrupt (S27), in order to start the game progress interrupt, a count value of a predetermined size is set in the corresponding counter setting register, and a game progress interrupt is generated every 4 ms, for example. .
<<< Circulation >>>

  After the time setting for game progress interruption (S27), preparation for recursion (restart) of a predetermined timer which is an interrupt processing time monitoring means and update of random number related values used for generating initial values of various random numbers are performed. Circulation processing (S33 (S28 to S32)) is executed. In this circulation process (S33), in order to manage gaming machines, interrupts are first prohibited (S28). Further, in preparation for recurring the interrupt processing time monitoring means, a predetermined value as the first recursion information is set in the interrupt processing time monitoring means clear register (S29). The first recursive information is a predetermined value such as 55H. Further, it is determined whether or not the power-off confirmation information is set (S30). If it is set (S30: Yes), the process proceeds to power-off processing (S301 to S307) described later.

  If it is determined that the power-off confirmation information is set (S30), if it is not set (S30: No), an initial value random number update process is executed (S31). The initial value random number per symbol, the initial symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are updated. Thereafter, after permitting the interrupt (S32), the process returns to the interrupt prohibition (S28) process again, and the subsequent processes (S28 to S32) are sequentially repeated to circulate the control process.

Each time the interrupt permission (S28) is executed, the above-described game progress interrupt becomes possible, and the game progress interrupt process is repeated every predetermined period (here, 4ms period) based on the period information set in S27. .
<<< Power-off process >>>

  If it is determined in the determination (S30) whether or not the power-off confirmation information is set (S30: Yes), the CPU 501 functions as a forced recursion unit, the 22nd recursion information, and The third recursive information is set (S301), the monitoring time of the interrupt processing time monitoring means is forcibly initialized, and the time is recurred. When the power supply is resumed by the setting of the forced second recursion information and the third recursion information (S301), the control process is started with the monitoring time recursed. In other words, by forcibly recurring the monitoring timing when the power is cut off, the control processing can be prevented from proceeding without recurring monitoring timing in the control processing immediately after the power supply is resumed. It has become.

  Subsequently, the address of the power-on information flag (power-off information flag) is set, the value of the power-off information flag is read, and it is determined whether the information at the time of power-on is stored normally (S302). If the information at the time of power-on is normally stored (S302: Yes), power-off normal data (55H in this case) is set (S304), and the RWM checksum at the time of power-off is set. Calculated (S305), checksum data is created. Then, access prohibition is set (S306), and the power-off loop processing (S307) waits for the supply voltage to become a predetermined value or less and power-off.

In the determination of whether or not the information at the time of power-on is normally stored (S302), if the determination result is not normally stored (S302: No), the power failure error data is set. After (S303), the process proceeds to the aforementioned access prohibition process (S306).
<<< Processing for setting power-off confirmation information >>>

  Next, the control process when setting the power-off confirmation information determined in S30 described above will be described. First, after the power is turned on, a control start process (see FIG. 12 and FIG. 13) is started through a predetermined process, and further a time setting process for game progress interruption (FIG. 13) executed during the control start process. The loop process is started through the process (shown in S27). This loop processing corresponds to the circulation processing (S33) in FIG.

  When the start timing of the game progress interrupt process comes after the start of the loop process, the game progress interrupt process shown in FIG. 14 is executed. After this, if a power supply voltage drop occurs during the game progress interrupt process, the control process jumps to a predetermined address (address 0066H in this case) along with the non-maskable interrupt process (NMI process) by signal input to the NMI terminal. Then migrate. Then, in accordance with the contents specified after the predetermined address (0066H) by the control program, power-off confirmation information indicating that NMI processing has occurred is set, and power-off confirmation for setting this power-off confirmation information The information setting process returns to the return, and the process returns to the process when the power interruption occurs during the game progress interrupt process. Then, all the remaining processes to be executed in the game progress interruption process in the cycle are completed, the process returns to the return, and the process returns to the control start process (here, the loop process corresponding to S33 in FIG. 13).

  If a power supply voltage drop occurs during the loop process, the control process shifts to a predetermined address (0066H) in the same way as described above with the NMI process. Then, the power-off confirmation information is set, the process returns to the return, and the process returns to the control start process (here, the loop process (S33)).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the power-off confirmation information is set as described above (S30 in FIG. 13). Here, if the power-off confirmation information is not set, the process proceeds to the loop process start process and the circulation process (S33 in FIG. 13) is continued. On the other hand, if the power-off confirmation information is set, the power-off process (corresponding to S301 to S307 described above) is executed, and the power is turned off after the power-off process is completed.

  In this embodiment, when a non-maskable interrupt occurs, the instruction being executed is completed in units of instructions. For example, if a non-maskable interrupt occurs during the execution of the control process indicated by reference numeral 552 in FIG. 16 (in this case, an LD (load) instruction), the control process 552 is continued during the execution of the instruction, and the execution of the LD instruction is executed. After the above is completed, the power-off confirmation information is set. That is, the setting time of the power-off confirmation information is determined by the control processing in units of instructions, and the power-off confirmation information is set after completing such an instruction.

  Here, the control process including the above-described command includes a control process for each program module (in this embodiment, for example, a control start process (see FIGS. 12 and 13), a game progress interrupt process (see FIG. 14), an initial value, and the like. It is not limited to random number update processing (S31, S48), input processing (S45), and other processing), but also includes control processing such as setting and calculation of various data (S1 to S10, S41 to S44, etc.). It is. That is, taking the game progress interrupt process as an example, for example, when a non-maskable interrupt occurs during execution of a specific instruction constituting the control process of the second recursive information set (S43), execution of this specific instruction Power off confirmation information is set after ending. Then, the process for setting the power-off confirmation information for setting the power-off confirmation information is returned to the return, and the process returns to the process when the power interruption occurs during the game progress interruption process. Then, all the remaining processes to be executed in the game progress interruption process in the cycle are completed, the process returns to the return, the process returns to the control start process (loop process corresponding to S33 in FIG. 13), and the power-off process (described above) (Corresponding to S301 to S307) is executed.

  For example, when a non-maskable interrupt occurs during execution of a specific instruction in various random number update processes (S46), the power-off confirmation information is set after the execution of the specific instruction is completed. Then, the process for setting power-off confirmation information is returned to the return, the process returns to the process at the occurrence of power interruption during the game progress interrupt process, and all the remaining processes to be executed in the game progress interrupt process in the cycle are completed and controlled. Returning to the start process, the power-off process is executed in the same manner as described above.

  Such a control mode is the same when a non-maskable interrupt occurs in various situations during the game. For example, when a non-maskable interrupt occurs during the execution of a specific instruction from the start of a prize monitoring process (S51) described later to the end of the prize ball control process (S52), the execution of the specific instruction is finished. After that, the power-off confirmation information is set. Then, the process returns to the winning monitor process (S51) or the prize ball control process (S52), and all the remaining processes to be executed in the game progress interrupt process in the cycle are completed and the process returns to the return, and the control start process (FIG. 13). Returning to the loop processing corresponding to S33 in the middle), the power-off processing (corresponding to S301 to S307 described above) is executed.

  Further, other control processes in the game progress interruption process will be described. Special symbol control start process (S57) defining a control process related to special symbol fluctuation, special symbol fluctuation start monitoring including a process of performing a big hit lottery determination Even when a non-maskable interrupt occurs during execution of a specific command in the control processing (S60), the abnormality detection processing (S61) defining the control processing related to error detection and error notification, or other control processing, the command at that time After the execution of is completed, the power-off confirmation information is set, and the power-off process is executed after all the remaining processes to be executed in the game progress interruption process of the cycle are completed.

  Next, the management of the time required from when there is an NMI input until the power is turned off will be described. In this embodiment, the power-off required time, which is the time from when the power supply voltage decreases to reach a predetermined value until the power is turned off, is set by the power-off required time setting means. As the power-off required time setting means, for example, a device that controls discharge, such as a capacitor provided on the power supply board 251, can be used. The power-off required time is a power-off signal output voltage that is a value at which the power-supply board 251 outputs a power-off signal as the power-supply voltage starts to gradually decrease from a normal value (for example, 30 V) as indicated by a symbol M in FIG. This is the time required to reach 5V, which is the supply voltage input to the CPU 501 of the main board 102, after reaching (for example, 18V). In this embodiment, the power-off required time X is a time A required to complete the control start process, a time B required to complete the game progress interrupt process, a time C required to set the power-off confirmation information, and It is set so that the relationship of A + B + C + D <X is satisfied, which is larger than the total time D required to complete the power-off process.

  Further, the power-off required time is set to end before the timing at which the sub-board 104 that receives various control commands depending on the main board 102 starts the power-off process. That is, when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is turned off, not only the main board 102 but also the sub board 104 as the sub-control means executes the power-off process in preparation for power-off according to the contents of the control process. However, the start timing of the power-off process executed in the sub-board 104 is after the power-off required time has elapsed in the main board 102 and the power-off process is completed.

Further, in the present embodiment, not only the sub board 104 but also the payout control board 45 similarly starts the power-off process after the time required for the power-off in the main board 102 elapses. In this embodiment, when the power is cut off, the payout control board 45 maintains the operation state later than the main board 102, and the sub board 104 maintains the operation state later than the payout control board 45. It has become. That is, when the power is cut off, the operation is stopped in the order of the main board 102, the payout control board 45, and the sub board 104. Note that the sub-substrate 104 having such a relationship of the operation stop order may be both the sub-main substrate 301 and the sub-sub-substrate 302, or only the sub-main substrate 301.
<<< Initial value random number update processing >>>

  In the initial value random number update process (S31), the initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are updated. The number of times is acquired and the initial random number is updated for the number of times of update. In the acquisition of the random number update count, the content (number of random numbers) indicated by the data address (0D10H) in the first column of the first column of the initial random number update table (see FIG. 15A) is used as the random number update count. . Here, the number of random numbers is three: an initial value random number per normal symbol, a symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and a soft initial value random number per special symbol. Furthermore, in the process of updating the initial value random number for the number of times of update, a 2-byte soft random number for the number of times of update, using as an argument the data address (0D13H) of the initial value random number address (lower order) per normal symbol of the initial value random number update table. Update processing (described later) is executed. When the number of updates is two or more, the reference value of the relative address acquired by the previously executed 2-byte soft random number update process is used as an argument. Then, using the random number value obtained by the 2-byte soft random number update process, a random number related value in the initial value random number update process (S31) is generated.

  Specifically, the address of the initial value random number update table is set as the reference value of the relative address, and the content of the reference value is loaded as the number of random numbers (in other words, the content of the reference value is incorporated). Next, after the reference value is incremented by 1 and the number of random numbers is saved, a 2-byte soft random number update process is executed. Further, the number of random numbers is restored, and if the result of decrementing the number of random numbers by -1 is not 0, the process returns to the process for saving the number of random numbers, and if it is 0, the initial value random number update process (S31) is exited.

In addition, in the initial value random number update process (S31), if there is an abnormality in the random number related value, the random number related value is corrected. In this random number related value correction process, a random number related value is generated based on the random number value obtained in the 2-byte soft random number update process, and a predetermined value is subtracted from this random number related value. If the result of subtraction is 0, it is determined that the random number related value is normal and stores the random number related value, but if it is less than 0, it is determined that the random number related value is normal and the maximum value of the random number related value +1 is set as a correction value, the correction value is added to the random number related value, and then the obtained random number related value is stored. Thereby, the abnormality of the random number related value is detected, and the abnormal random number related value is corrected. That is, the random number related value is corrected by performing a predetermined calculation on the random number related value and correcting the random number related value when the calculation result does not become the predetermined value.
<<< 2-byte soft random number update process >>>

In the above-described 2-byte soft random number update process, the maximum random number value and random number storage address are acquired from the input relative address reference value, and the random number is updated. In the acquisition of the maximum value of the random number, the content indicated by the reference value +0 is the lower value of the random number maximum value, and the content indicated by the reference value +1 is the higher value of the random number maximum value. In the acquisition of the random number storage address, the content indicated by the reference value +2 is the lower random number storage address, and the RWM head upper address is the higher random number storage address. In updating the random number, the random number is incremented by +1, and when the random number exceeds the maximum value, the random number is incremented by 0. Therefore, a 2-byte random number is acquired from the content indicated by the acquired random number storage address, and the acquired random number is incremented by +1. As a result of addition, if the obtained random number maximum value is exceeded, 0 is set. The updated random number is stored in the obtained random number storage address and then set in the output random number data. Further, the reference value +3 is set to the reference value to be output.
<< Game progress interrupt processing >>

  Next, the game progress interrupt process repeated at a cycle of 4 ms based on the period information set in the process of time setting for game progress interrupt (S27) will be described. As shown in FIG. 14, in the game progress interrupt processing, setting of interrupt operation conditions (S41, S42), processing for recursion of the interrupt processing time monitoring means (S43), management of gaming machines (S45 to S70), The processing for recursion of the interrupt processing time monitoring means (S71) and the permission of interrupt (S73) are performed in order, and the processing before the game progress interrupt occurs is returned.

  Specifically, in the interrupt operation condition setting process (S41, S42), in order to clear the interrupt flag, the interrupt operation condition setting value is stored in the game progress interrupt control register (S41), and the interrupt operation condition setting is performed. The value is set in the control register corresponding to the predetermined input terminal (S42). Thereafter, the second recursion information is set (S43), and the second recursion information is further set in the interrupt processing time monitoring means register (S44). As will be described later, the second recursion information is used to recur and restart the monitoring time of the interrupt processing time monitoring means together with the first recursion information set first and the third recursion information set later. This is the condition.

  In the management of gaming machines (S45 to S70), the following processing is executed in order to manage gaming machines. First, an input process (S45) is executed to monitor the input of a specific signal. What is monitored here is the various switches attached to the game board surface, the pan full switch, the open signal, the magnetic detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, the glass non-detection signal, and the disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal It is.

  Subsequently, various random number update processing (S46) is executed to update the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number. Further, an initial value update type random number update process (S47) is executed to update the random numbers per ordinary symbol, the symbol random numbers per special symbol, and the soft random numbers per special symbol. Next, an initial value random number update process (S48) is executed to update the initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol. Further, in order to update the 2-byte timer, a timer subtraction process (S49) is executed, and in order to set an effective period of the second start winning opening 63, an effective period setting process (S50) of the second start opening is executed. .

  Further, a winning monitoring process (S 51) is executed to store the number of times a prize ball is paid out, create an output request for board external information, and send a command to be sent to the sub-board 104. Subsequently, in order to control the payout control board 45, a prize ball control process (S52) is executed.

  Next, when the game ball passes through the normal symbol operation gate (operation ports 68a, 68b), in order to store a random number related to the normal symbol, a normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S53) is executed, and the normal symbol display device or In order to perform the process related to the normal symbol electric accessory, the normal symbol control process (S54) is executed. Further, the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S55) is executed in order to monitor the normal symbol variation start. In addition, in order to monitor the winnings of the first starting winning port 62 and the second starting winning port 63 of the game ball, the starting port monitoring control process (S56) is executed, and the first special symbol display device 70 or the second special symbol is executed. In order to perform a process related to the display device 71, a special symbol control process (S57) is executed. Subsequently, in order to perform the process related to the special electric accessory, the special electric accessory control process (S58) is executed, and the process related to the validity period of the first grand prize port 91 or the second grand prize port 92 is performed. The special winning opening valid period setting process (S59) is executed, and the special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process (S60) is executed in order to monitor the fluctuation start of the first special symbol 192 and the second special symbol 193.

  Next, anomaly detection processing (S61) is performed to monitor magnetism, disconnection / short circuit / power supply monitoring, radio wave monitoring, glass frame set / game board frame open / closed status monitoring, and paired glass monitoring Then, in order to detect an abnormality in the incoming ball passage time, an incoming ball passage time abnormality detection process (S62) is executed. In addition, in order to make a display request for the number of times that the special electric accessory is continuously operated, the error state, the number of the operation reserved balls of the normal symbol display device, and the number of the operation reserved balls of the special symbol display device, a game state display process (S63). ) And a handle state signal inspection process (S64) is executed to monitor the touch state (including the operation amount state) of the firing handle 17. In addition, special symbol display, normal symbol display, special symbol display device (70, 71) display of the number of active reserve balls, normal symbol display device display of the number of active reserve balls, game state display, special electric accessory LED output processing (S65) is executed in order to display the number of times of continuous operation and error display.

  Subsequently, a firing control signal output process (S66) is executed in order to output a signal for prohibiting / permitting the launch of the game ball, and a test signal output process (S67) in order to create and output a signal to be output to the test apparatus. Execute. Further, in order to output the output data of the normal electric accessory solenoid, the first big prize opening opening solenoid, and the second big prize opening opening solenoid, the solenoid output processing (S68) is executed, and an effect control command is transmitted. The effect control command transmission process (S69) is executed, and the external information output process (S70) is executed to output signals to the external terminals (various external output terminals of the external relay terminal board 49 (see FIG. 2)). Further, the third recursion information is set (S71), and further the third recursion information is set in the interrupt processing time monitoring means register (S72). As will be described later, the third recursion information is a condition for recurring and restarting the monitoring time of the interrupt processing time monitoring means together with the first recursion information and the second recursion information set in advance. Is.

Thereafter, the interrupt permission (S73) is executed, and the control process returns to the return (RET). Then, using the remaining time until the next game interrupt is executed, the above-described circulation process (S28 to S32) of the control start process is executed.
<<< Input processing >>>

  The input process (S45) is a control module related to switch input. In this input process (S45), each switch attached to the game board surface, a disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, an open signal, a radio wave detection signal, In order to monitor the input of various signals of the touch state signal, the number of inspections, the input port address, the level mask data, the level address, and the rising mask data are acquired from the input information table, and the switch input is performed for the number of inspections.

  In obtaining the number of inspections, the input port address, the level mask data, the level address, and the rising mask data, the contents indicated by the address of the input information table (input information table +0) are used as the number of inspections, and the input port address from the input information table +1 Level mask data, level address, and rising mask data are acquired for the number of inspections.

  In switch input, after the level data of the acquired input port is created, if the acquired rising mask data is other than 0, the rising data is created. In creating the level data, the state of the bit indicated by the acquired level mask data is read continuously for a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 times) at intervals of a predetermined period (for example, 5 μs) from the acquired input port, and 5 times. Are stored in the acquired level address as the current level data. The upper address (level upper address) of the level data is the RWM head upper address (0F0H). Further, the previous level data is stored as a bit that has not been matched even once in five readings.

In creating rising data, in order to create rising data of the bit indicated by the acquired rising mask data, the exclusive OR of the current and previous level data is calculated, and the result of the exclusive OR and the current level data Calculate logical product. Further, the logical product of the generated rising data and the acquired rising mask data is calculated, and the result of this logical product is stored in the area of the address added to the acquired address of the level address.
<<<< Random number update process >>>>

In the various random number update processing (S46), the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated. In the update of the normal symbol variation pattern random number, the normal symbol variation pattern random number is incremented by 1 and set to 0 when exceeding the maximum value (232 in this case), the lower address of the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the normal symbol variation pattern random number maximum The RWM update process is executed with the value +1 (here, 223) as an argument. In updating the variation pattern random number, a predetermined value (3511 in this case) is subtracted from the value of the variation pattern random number in order to update the variation pattern random number. If the subtraction result is less than 0, the variation pattern random number maximum value + 1 (here, 50000) is added to the subtraction result. The calculated result is stored in a fluctuation pattern random number.
<<< Initial value update type random number update process >>>

  In the initial value update type random number update process (S47), the initial value update type random number update table (see FIG. 15B) is used to update the random numbers per normal symbol, the symbol random numbers per special symbol, and the soft random numbers per special symbol. Obtain the number of random numbers to be updated, the maximum random number value, the address of the initial value update type random number, the address of the initial value work, and update the initial value update type random number.

  In the acquisition of the number of random numbers to be updated, the maximum random number value, the initial value update type random number address, and the initial value work address, the data address (0D30H) in the first column of the left column of the initial value update type random number update table ) (Number of random numbers) is the number of random numbers to be updated, and the maximum random number, initial value update random number address, and initial value work from the second column on the left column of the initial value update random number update table Are sequentially acquired for the number of random numbers to be updated.

In the initial value update type random number update, the initial value update type random number is incremented by +1 and set to 0 when the maximum value is exceeded, so the maximum value of the initial value update type random number in the initial value update type random number update table is described. The 2-byte soft random number update process is executed using the current address as an argument. As a result of execution, if the updated initial value update type random number value matches the contents of the acquired initial value work random number, the initial value of the initial value update type random number is updated two lines below the acquired initial value work address. The contents of the initial value random number indicated by the address (0D37H) and the address three lines below (0D38H) are set as new initial values and stored in the acquired initial value update type random number address and the acquired initial value work address.
<<< Initial value random number update processing >>>

For the initial value random number update process, the same program module as the initial value random number update process executed in the control start process is used, but the update period of the random number related value is the period of the game progress interruption (here 4 ms). This is different from the case where it is executed during the control start process.
<<< Timer Subtraction Processing >>>

In the timer subtraction process (S49), in order to update the 2-byte timer, the contents of the 2-byte timer update table address (2-byte timer update table address + 0) are set as the number of timers, and the next address (2-byte timer update) The lower address of the 2-byte timer is acquired for the number of timers from the table address + 1). Also, the obtained 2-byte timer is inspected. If the 2-byte timer value is other than 0 as a result of the inspection, the 2-byte timer is updated (contents of 2-byte timer-1). If the value of the 2-byte timer is 0 as a result of the inspection, the 2-byte timer is not updated.
<<< Starting Port 2 Valid Period Setting Process >>>

In the effective period setting process (S50) of the start port 2, in order to set the effective period of the second start winning port 63, a value corresponding to the value of the normal symbol status (described later) and the value of the start port 2 effective extension timer Is stored in the start port 2 effective period flag (storage area thereof). The relationship between the value of the normal symbol status and the value stored in the start port 2 effective period flag corresponding to the value of the start port 2 effective extension timer is 3 in which the normal symbol status value indicates that the normal electric accessory is operating. In this case, no value is set for the start port 2 effective extension timer, and predetermined start port 2 effective period data (1) is used as a value stored in the start port 2 effective period flag. On the other hand, if the value of the normal symbol status indicates a value other than that during normal electric accessory operation, and if the value of the start port 2 effective extension timer is not 0, the predetermined start port is stored as the value stored in the start port 2 effective period flag. 2 Valid period data (1) is used. In addition, when the value of the normal symbol status indicates a value other than that during the operation of the normal electric accessory, if the value of the start port 2 effective extension timer is 0, the predetermined start port is stored as the value stored in the start port 2 effective period flag. 2 Invalid period data (0) is used.
<<< winning monitoring process >>>

In the winning monitoring process (S51), storage of the number of times a prize ball is paid out, creation of a security output request to be output to an external terminal (various external output terminals of the aforementioned external relay terminal board 49 (see FIG. 2)), and In order to make a transmission request for a command to be transmitted to the effect control board (here, the sub-main board 301), the contents indicated by the winning monitoring table address (winning monitoring table +0) are set as the number of inspections, and the game ball switches for the number of inspections. Perform pass inspection. As a result of the switch passage inspection, when it is determined that the game ball has passed the switch, the number of prize balls is stored, a security output request to be output to an external terminal is created, and a command transmission request is made. Here, the configuration of the winning monitoring table includes the number of inspections and inspection data of various game ball detection devices (game ball switches). The configuration of the inspection data includes switch bit data, EVENT data, MODE data, and winning ball determination. Data and invalid period presence / absence judgment data.
<<< Prize Ball Control Processing >>>

In the prize ball control process (S52), in order to control the payout control board 45, monitoring of data reception from the payout control board 45, a command transmission request to the payout control board 45, command transmission to the payout control board 45 and payout Inspection of received data from the control board 45 is performed in order. In monitoring data reception from the payout control board 45, data reception monitoring processing is executed. In a command transmission request to the payout control board 45, payout command request processing is executed. In command transmission to the payout control board 45 and reception data inspection from the payout control board 45, payout command control processing is executed.
<<< Normal symbol operation gate monitoring process >>>

In the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S53), the normal symbol operation gate (in this case, the operation ports 68a and 68b) of the game ball is monitored, and if it is determined that the game ball passes the normal symbol operation gate, Renew the number of symbol operation hold balls (ordinary symbol hold number). As a result of the update, when it is confirmed that the game ball has passed when the value of the number of normal symbol operation reserved balls is less than the maximum number of 4, the random number related to the normal symbol is stored.
<<< Normal symbol control processing >>>

In the normal symbol control process (S54), since the normal symbol display device 59 or the process related to the ordinary electric accessory is performed, the state of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal symbol control is being performed, the normal symbol display device 59 is displayed. Or the process which concerns on a normal electric accessory is performed. In monitoring the state of the normal symbol, if the normal symbol status is other than 0, it is determined that the normal symbol control is in progress. During the normal symbol control process, the value of the normal symbol status takes 1 to 4, and the corresponding control module is executed in each normal symbol status 1 to 4. The normal symbol status 1 is during normal symbol fluctuation, the normal symbol status 2 is during normal symbol stop symbol display, the normal symbol status 3 is during normal electric character operation, and the normal symbol status 4 is during normal electric character operation end demonstration. It corresponds.
<<< Normal symbol variation start monitoring process >>>

  In the normal symbol fluctuation start monitoring process (S55), when the normal symbol operating state is monitored and it is determined that the normal symbol fluctuation is started, the normal symbol operation holding ball number update, hit determination, stop symbol determination, Set normal symbol variation. When monitoring the normal symbol operating state, if the normal symbol status value is 0, indicating that normal symbol variation is on standby, and if the normal symbol operation holding ball count value is other than 0, normal symbol variation starts. Judge that you want to. In updating the number of normal symbol operation reservation balls, the content of the number of normal symbol operation reservation balls is decremented by one. In the determination of the hit determination and the stop symbol, the normal symbol hit determination process is executed. In the normal symbol fluctuation setting, after setting the normal symbol fluctuation pattern number and the normal symbol fluctuation time, the RWM used for normal symbol state setting and hit determination and fluctuation pattern determination is cleared.

In setting the normal symbol variation pattern number, the probability variation function inspection processing is executed, and as a result of the execution, byte data acquisition processing is executed using the acquired normal probability variation operation data and the address of the normal symbol variation control table as arguments. As a result of the execution, a 1-byte selection number acquisition process is executed with the address calculated by adding the acquired base address and the acquired 1-byte data and the value of the normal symbol variation pattern determination area as arguments. As a result of execution, the acquired selection number is set as a normal symbol variation pattern number. In setting the variation time of the normal symbol, the 1-byte selection number acquisition process is executed using the value obtained with reference to the normal symbol variation time table address (-2) and the normal symbol variation pattern number as arguments. As a result of execution, the acquired 2-byte data is stored in the normal symbol timer. In clearing the RWM used for normal symbol state setting, hit determination, and variation pattern determination, the data storage process is performed using the normal symbol variation state setting table address as an argument to set the normal symbol state to normal symbol variation. Run. Further, the normal symbol per-determination determination region used for the hit determination and the normal symbol variation pattern determination region used for determination of the variation pattern are cleared to zero.
<<< Starting Port Monitoring and Control Processing >>>

In the starting port monitoring control process (S56), the game ball starting port 1 (first starting winning port 62) winning and starting port 2 (second starting winning port 63) winning are monitored. For both the start port 1 and the start port 2, the start port monitoring process is executed using the corresponding monitoring table (start port 1 monitoring table or start port 2 monitoring table). The value of the 2 effective period flag is inspected, and when the value of the start port 2 effective period flag is predetermined start port 2 effective period data as a result of the inspection, the start port monitoring process is executed.
<<< Special Symbol Control Processing >>>

In the special symbol control process (S57), the waiting state is inspected, and when it is determined that the winning state is the special symbol display device 1 (first special symbol display device 70) or special symbol display device 2 (first 2 The processing related to the special symbol display device 71) is executed. In the winning waiting state test, if the value of the special electric game status (described later) is 0, it is determined that the winning waiting state. In the process related to the special symbol display device 1 or the special symbol display device 2, the value of the special symbol 2 game status is inspected in order to perform any of the processes related to the special symbol display device 1 or the special symbol display device 2. If the result of the inspection is 0, it is determined that the process related to the special symbol display device 1 is performed. If the result is other than 0, it is determined that the process related to the special symbol display device 2 is performed. In each of the processing related to the special symbol display device 1 and the processing related to the special symbol display device 2, the address and the special symbol control table of the corresponding special game status (special game 1 game status or special game 2 game status). The special symbol control general-purpose process is executed with the address of the special figure 1 control table or special figure 2 control table as an argument.
<<< Special Electric Appliance Control Process >>>

In the special electric accessory control process (S58), in order to perform processing related to the special electric accessory, the operating state of the condition device and the special electric accessory is inspected, and the condition device is operating or the special electric accessory is operating. If it is determined, the process related to the special electric accessory is executed. In the inspection of the operating state of the condition device and the special electric accessory, if the value of the special electric game status is other than 0, it is determined that the condition device is operating or the special electric accessory is operating. While the condition device is operating or the special electric accessory is operating, the value of the special electric game status takes 1 to 8, and the corresponding control module is executed in each special electric game status 1 to 8. The special electric game status 1 is in preparation for the opening of the big prize opening, the special electric game status 2 is in operation of the special electric accessory, the special electric game status 3 is in the closing of the special prize opening, and the special electric game status 4 is in the big hit end demonstration. Yes.
<<< Big prize opening period setting process >>>

In the big prize opening validity period setting process (S59), a value corresponding to the value of the big prize opening validity period buffer is stored in the big prize opening validity period flag. For example, if the value of the prize winning unit valid period buffer is 0, the prize winning unit invalid period data is stored in the prize winning unit valid period flag, and if the value of the prize winning unit valid period buffer is other than 0, the prize winning unit valid The period data is stored in the big prize opening validity period flag. In the present embodiment, the first prize winning port 91 and the second prize winning opening 92 are provided as the prize winning openings, but the same control process can be applied to both.
<<< Special Symbol Variation Start Monitoring Control Process >>>

In the special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process (S60), the fluctuation start of special symbol 1 (here, the first special symbol 192) and special symbol 2 (here, the second special symbol 193) is monitored. In both of the special symbol 1 and the special symbol 2, the address of the special figure game status (the special figure 1 game status or the special figure 2 game status) and the special figure fluctuation start monitoring table (the special figure 1 fluctuation start monitoring table or the special figure 2). The special symbol variation start monitoring process is executed with the address of the variation start monitoring table) as an argument.
<<< Anomaly detection processing >>>

  In the abnormality detection process (S61), magnetic monitoring, disconnection / short circuit / power supply monitoring, radio wave monitoring, glass frame set / game board frame / back set (here, set base 39) open / closed state monitoring, etc. To do so, create an error judgment value. After that, the error state inspection, the storage of the error state, and the display request of the error state effect of the gaming machine to the effect control board (here, the sub main board 301) are sequentially performed. If it is determined in the error state inspection that there is no change in the error state, the storage of the error state and the display of the error state effect of the gaming machine on the effect control board are not performed.

In creating the error judgment value, in order to create the error judgment value, the magnetic detection signal inspection, the disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal inspection, the radio wave detection signal inspection, and the open signal inspection are sequentially performed. However, the inspection data used for these inspections is a value obtained by logically ANDing the result of exclusive OR of the value of the received signal level and the value of the error flag with the communication abnormality mask data. In the error state inspection, the error flag comparison value is compared with the error flag value to check the error state, and if they match, it is determined that there is no change in the error state. The comparison value of the error flag is a value reflecting bit 0 of the communication line abnormality determination value in bit 0 of the error determination value created in creating the error determination value. In storing the error state, the error flag comparison value created in the error state inspection is stored in the error flag. In the display request of the error state effect of the gaming machine to the effect control board, the command request setting process is executed using the MODE (error A) data and the error flag comparison value created in the error state inspection as arguments.
<<< Entry Entry Time Abnormality Detection Processing >>>

  In the incoming ball passage time abnormality detection process (S62), in order to detect the incoming ball passage time abnormality, the continuous on time of each switch (each winning detection device) level is monitored. If it is determined that there has been, the setting of an abnormal entry time, a command transmission request, and a security output request to be output to an external terminal are created in order. However, when it is determined that the continuous on time is not abnormal in the monitoring of the continuous on time at each switch level, a security output request to be output to the external terminal is not created.

In monitoring the continuous on-time at each switch level, in order to monitor the continuous on-time at each switch level, the content indicated by the address in the continuous switch table is set as the number of inspections, and switch bit data is sequentially acquired for the number of inspections. Obtain the timer address corresponding to each acquired switch bit data, measure the switch level on time, and if the continuous on time is determined to be abnormal, obtain the EVENT data stored at the address corresponding to each switch bit data I do. If it is determined that the continuous on-time is not abnormal, EVENT (error B0) data (00H) is set. In addition, when the value of the acquired EVENT data and the ball passing time abnormality flag (described later) is different, it is determined that there has been a change from the previous time. In setting the ball passing time abnormality, the EVENT data is stored in the ball passing time abnormality flag. In the command transmission request, the command request setting process is executed with MODE (error B) data (9EH) and EVENT data as arguments. In creating the security output request to be output to the external terminal, the signal output request process is executed with the address +1 of the abnormality sensor detection timer as an argument.
<<< Game state display processing >>>

  In the game state display process (S63), the display request for the number of times that the special electric accessory is continuously operated, the error state, the number of the operation reserved balls of the normal symbol display device, and the number of the operation reserved balls of the special symbol display device is issued. In order to perform the display data creation of the number of times that the special electric accessory is operated continuously, the display data creation of the error state, the creation of the display data of the number of suspension balls of the normal symbol display device, and the operation suspension ball of the special symbol display device Create number display data.

  In creating display data of the number of times that the special electric accessory operates continuously, in order to create display data of the number of times that the special electric accessory operates continuously, the number of inspections is acquired from the address of the maximum operation number comparison table. . For the number of inspections acquired, the final round data in the maximum operation number comparison table and the value of the maximum winning opening maximum opening number are sequentially compared. If they match, the special electric accessory operates continuously for the number of inspections when they match. It is stored in the area of the special electric operation number display number as display data of the number of times. If all do not match, 0 is stored as display data in the area of the special electric operation number display number.

In creating the display data of the error state, in order to create the display data of the error state, the display data of the status indicator lamp 1 and the status indicator lamp 2 and the display data of the main control error indicator lamp are created. In the creation of display data for the number of reserved balls for operation of the normal symbol display device and the display data for the number of reserved balls for operation of the special symbol display device, the contents indicated by the address of the number of operation reserved balls update table are used as the number of updates. Minutes, the lower address of the number of pending operation balls and the lower address of the blinking timer are sequentially obtained, the blinking timer is updated, and the display pattern number is created.
<<< Handle state signal inspection process >>>

  In the handle state signal inspection process (S64), in order to monitor the touch state of the firing handle 17, the handle state is inspected, and if it is determined that the handle state has changed as a result of the inspection, the handle state monitoring timer is subtracted. , Handle state update, handle state monitoring timer setting, and handle state effect command transmission request. As a result of the inspection, if it is determined that there is no change in the handle state, a handle state monitoring timer is set. In the subtraction of the handle state monitoring timer, when it is determined that the handle timer is being subtracted, the subsequent processing relating to the handle state is not performed.

  In checking the handle state, in order to check the handle state, the value of the received signal level and the value of the handle state flag are checked. When the bit indicating the value of the received signal level is 0 and the value of the handle state flag is 00H, it is determined that there is no change in the handle state, and when the value of the handle state flag is 01H, it is determined that the handle state is changed. To do. Further, when the bit indicating the value of the received signal level is 1 and the value of the handle state flag is 00H, it is determined that there is a change in the handle state, and when the value of the handle state flag is 01H, it is determined that there is no change in the handle state. To do.

  In the subtraction of the handle state monitoring timer, the value of the handle state monitoring timer is decremented by 1 to subtract the handle state monitoring timer. If the result of subtraction is other than 0, it is determined that the timer is being subtracted. In updating the handle state, in order to update the handle state, a value corresponding to the value of the handle state flag is stored in the handle state flag. When the value of the handle state flag is 00H, the value stored in the handle state flag is 01H, and when the value of the handle state flag is 01H, the value stored in the handle state flag is 00H.

In setting the handle state monitoring timer, in order to set the handle state monitoring timer, the handle state monitoring time is stored in the handle state monitoring timer. In the command transmission request of the handle state effect, in order to make a command transmission request of the handle state effect, the result of ANDing MODE (handle state information) data and 7FH which is a predetermined value, and the lower address of the handle state flag The command request setting process is executed using as an argument.
<<< LED output processing >>>

  In the LED output process (S65), special symbol display, normal symbol display, special symbol display device operation hold ball number display, normal symbol display device operation hold ball number display, gaming state display, special electric drive In order to display the number of times an accessory is operated continuously, to display the operating state of the special electric accessory storage when the accessory continuous operation device is not operating, to display a right-handed or left-handed display, and to display an error Display initialization and display data output are sequentially performed.

In the display initialization, clear data is output to the segment output port in order to initialize the display. In the display data output, in order to output the display data, after the digit corresponding to the data to be displayed is output, the data to be displayed is output. In order to output the digit corresponding to the data to be displayed, after the digit counter is updated, the digit data output is obtained and the obtained output data is outputted. In this embodiment, when outputting data to be displayed on the 7-segment display, a 7-segment decoder is used according to the game situation. The data output by this LED output process includes segment data indicating on / off of each segment of the 7-segment display, pattern data transmitted to the 7-segment decoder, etc. A configuration for controlling and a more specific control mode will be described later.
<<< Launch control signal output processing >>>

  In the firing control signal output process (S66), in order to output a signal for prohibiting / permitting the launch of the game ball, setting of the prohibition / permission of launch corresponding to the communication state with the payout control board 45 and the disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality and After obtaining the output data for prohibiting / permitting firing, a signal for prohibiting / permitting firing is output. In the acquisition of output data of prohibition / permission of launch and the prohibition / permission of launch corresponding to the communication state with the payout control board 45 and disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality, a flag reflecting the bit setting request is created and output data To get.

When creating a flag that reflects a bit setting request, if the error flag communication error bit or error flag disconnection short circuit power supply error bit is ON, the bit clear request is reflected in the flag, otherwise, a bit set request It is reflected in the flag. In the acquisition of output data, a bit data setting process is executed with a flag reflecting a bit setting request, a buffer address such as a digit, and a firing permission signal bit data as arguments. As a result of execution, the acquired bit data is used as output data. In outputting the prohibition / permission signal, the acquired output data is output to an output port such as a digit in order to output a prohibition / permission signal.
<<< Test signal output processing >>>

  In the test signal output process (S67), a signal to be output to the test apparatus is created and output to the corresponding output port. Of the plurality of test signal output ports, the test signal output port 1 outputs a signal indicating that the special symbol is changing, the jackpot, the accessory continuous operating device is operating, or the condition device operating from each terminal associated therewith. The test signal output port 2 is connected to each terminal to which signals of the normal electric accessory open extended state, the normal symbol variation time shortened state, the normal symbol high probability state, the special symbol variation time shortened state, and the special symbol high probability state are associated. Output. The test signal output port 3 outputs a normal electric accessory operating signal, an ordinary symbol changing signal, an ordinary symbol per signal, and a special electric accessory operating signal from the associated terminals. In order to create signals to be output to the test signal output ports 1 to 3, output data creation processing is performed using the address of the corresponding test signal data table among the test signal data tables 1 to 3 as an argument.

  The test signal output port 5 outputs gaming machine error status, launch position designation, and symbol data signals from the associated terminals. In creating a signal to be output to the test signal output port 5, the lower 2 bits of the normal symbol combination number are used as bits 0 and 1 of symbol data. Further, the error inspection process is executed with the test terminal error output mask data as an argument. If an error is detected as a result of the execution, it is determined that a gaming machine error is occurring, and a gaming machine error state signal is turned on. Otherwise, create an off of gaming machine error status signal. When the value of the hit state flag is 0, the launch position designation signals 1 to 3 are created off. In other cases, the launch position designation signal 1 is turned on, and the launch position designation signal 2 and the launch position designation signal 3 are turned off. The test signal output port 6 and the test signal output port 7 output a symbol data signal from each associated terminal.

However, as described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of this embodiment, the main board 102 is not provided with a connector (emergency connector) for outputting a test signal from the main board 102 to the outside. For this reason, the main CPU 501 executes the test signal output process (S67), but the data related to the various information set in the test signal output process (S67) is output from the main board 61 to the outside. It has never been done. In this embodiment, the data length of the test signal is 2 bytes.
<<< Solenoid output processing >>>

In the solenoid output process (S68), the output data of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid and the large winning opening opening solenoid are output, so that the output data of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid and the output data of the large winning opening releasing solenoid are acquired. And output data. When acquiring the output data of the normal electric accessory solenoid and the output data of the large opening opening solenoid, the solenoid operation flag and solenoid operation timer are acquired, the output data is acquired, and the solenoid operation timer is updated in order. Do. In the output data output, the logical output result of the output data of the obtained ordinary electric accessory solenoid and the output data of the special prize opening opening solenoid is output to the solenoid output port.
<<< Direction control command transmission process >>>

  In the effect control command transmission process (S69), the transmission request of the command to be transmitted to the effect control board is inspected, and when it is determined that there is a transmission request, the requested command data is acquired and the used command buffer is cleared. Then, MODE data corresponding to the acquired command data is acquired, MODE data is output, MODE data is held, EVENT data corresponding to the acquired command data is acquired, and EVENT data is output sequentially. The transmission timing of the command data is defined by the effect data strobe, and a predetermined time (here, 46 μs or more) after the on time (here, 2 μs or more) of the effect data strobe signal is the effect data holding time.

  In the inspection of the command transmission request, the value of the command request writing position (area) is compared with the value of the command request reading position (area), and if the values do not match, it is determined that there is a command transmission request. To obtain the requested command data, add the calculated value of the address stored in the command request reading position and the logical product of the position correction bit data and the address of the command buffer. Is command data. After obtaining the calculated address value stored at the command request reading position, the command request reading position is incremented by 1 in order to update the contents of the command data reading position. In clearing the command buffer, the command buffer in which the acquired command data is stored is cleared to 0 in order to clear the command buffer.

In acquiring MODE data corresponding to the acquired command data, the upper order of the acquired command data is set as MODE data. In outputting the MODE data, after the acquired MODE data is output to the effect command output port, a strobe output process is executed to output the effect data strobe. In holding the MODE data, a wait is performed for a predetermined time (here, 46 μs or more) in order to hold the MODE data. In the acquisition of EVENT data corresponding to the acquired command data, the acquired command data lower order is defined as EVENT data. In outputting EVENT data, after the acquired EVENT data is output to the same effect command output port as described above, strobe output processing is executed in order to output the effect data strobe.
<<< External information output processing >>>

  In the external information output process (S70), a signal to be output to the external input terminal is created and the created signal is output. The configuration of the external information output port includes external information 1 to external information 6 and security, and the remaining one bit is unused. In creating external information 1, external information 3 to external information 6, output data creation processing is executed using the address of the external information data table as an argument.

In creating the external information 2, in order to create the external information 2, a predetermined bit of the start port information timer is inspected. As a result of the inspection, the external information is matched with ON / OFF of the predetermined bit of the start port information timer. Create 2 on / off. In creating security, error check processing is executed using external information error output mask data as an argument. If an error is detected as a result of execution, the security bit of output data is turned on. Otherwise, the output data security bit is turned off. In outputting the created signal, the created external information 1 to external information 6 and security are output to the external information output port.
<< Interrupt on main board >>

  Next, an interruption in the main board 102 will be described. On the main board 102, maskable interrupts and non-maskable interrupts are performed. Of these, maskable interrupts are caused by PT0I. The maskable interrupt by PT0I divides the system clock to realize an interrupt period of 4 ms, and the aforementioned game progress interrupt process (PTC0 interrupt process) is executed in this interrupt period.

  On the other hand, the non-maskable interrupt is generated when the main board 102 detects a power-off and outputs a power-off signal, and this power-off signal is input to the non-maskable interrupt terminal 504.

The game progress interrupt processing is monitored by the interrupt processing time monitoring means, and this interrupt processing time monitoring means may be initialized and restarted within the timeout time set in the function setting of the program management area of the CPU 501. If this is not possible, a timeout occurs and the above-mentioned user reset occurs. Then, as described above, the core of the CPU 501 is reset, and the control start process is executed. The restart of the interrupt processing time monitoring means is performed when the recursive information is (3 in total) during the cyclic processing in the control start processing and during the game progress interrupt processing (in this case, the beginning and end of the game progress interrupt processing). Runs when set and the internal timer is initialized.
<< Random number on main board >>

  Next, random numbers used in the main board 102 will be described. The random number in the present embodiment is divided into a random number related to the operation of the accessory and another random number used for games. Random numbers related to the actuating action include normal random numbers per normal symbol, initial random numbers per normal symbol, random numbers per special symbol, soft random numbers per special symbol, soft initial random numbers per special symbol, special random numbers per symbol, and special symbols There are seven types of symbol initial value random numbers.

  The random number per ordinary symbol is a random number used for the lottery of the ordinary symbol display device. The value of the random number is “0 to 282”, and the size of the random number is 283. The update method is to first add 1 to the previous random number, and return to 0 if the addition result exceeds the maximum value, and if the random number makes one round, the initial random number value per normal symbol at that time is the normal symbol value. The value is a random number per hit. The update time is for each game progress interrupt, and is updated once for each game progress interrupt. The acquisition time is when the passage of the game ball is detected by the passage detection devices 69a and 69b of the operation ports 68a and 68b. The number of random values to be won differs depending on whether the probability is low or high, and is 11 at low probability and 282 at high probability.

  The initial value random number per ordinary symbol is a random number for determining the initial value of the random number per ordinary symbol and the end value of the random number per ordinary symbol. The value of the random number is “0 to 282”, and the size of the random number is 283. In the updating method, 1 is first added to the previous random number, and when the added result exceeds the maximum value, it is returned to 0. The update time is for each game progress interrupt, and the update is performed even while the game progress interrupt is not executed.

  The random number per special symbol is acquired by acquiring a random number (hardware random number) generated by a predetermined channel (here, “chA” in the figure) of the random number circuit of the CPU 501 with software, and the special symbol display device (70, 71). ) Is a random number used in the lottery. The value of the random number is “0-065535”, and the size of the random number is 65536. The update method is to update once with two clocks of the crystal oscillator input to the RCK (random number clock) terminal of the CPU 501. In this embodiment, a random number start value is set based on the ID number of the CPU 501 and is changed every time the system is reset when the power is turned on (or off). As a method for changing the random number sequence, in the present embodiment, a method for automatically updating the random number sequence every time the random number sequence makes a round is set. The update time is a timing set by a divide-by-2 clock of the clock signal input to the RCK terminal.

  The acquisition timing differs depending on the start winning detection device 74 of the first start winning port 62 or the start winning detection device 75 of the second start winning port 63. In the case of the start winning detection device 74 of the first start winning opening 62, when the input signal is turned from OFF to ON, a low level is input to the P0 terminal of the CPU 501, and a random value (hardware) fetched from chA of the random number circuit. Random number) is stored in a random value register (RA0D). The internal random number (hardware random number) stored in the random number register (RA0D) is acquired when it is determined by software that the input signal of the start winning detection device 74 of the first start winning opening 62 is changed from OFF to ON. The random number per special symbol is a value obtained by adding a soft random number per special symbol to the acquired internal random number.

  On the other hand, in the case of the start winning detection device 75 of the second start winning opening 63, when the input signal is changed from OFF to ON, a low level is input to the P1 terminal of the CPU 501, and the disturbance taken in from the channel A of the random number circuit. The numerical value is stored in the random value register (RA1D), which is different from the case of the start winning detection device 74 of the first start winning opening 62.

  Regarding the random number per special symbol, the number of random number values that will be hit with a big hit is different between a low probability and a high probability, and is 164 at a low probability and 1640 at a high probability.

  Regarding the random number per special symbol, the random number period is about 0.013 s (seconds) because a random number having a size of 65536 is updated at a predetermined speed.

  The soft random number per special symbol is a random number used for the lottery of the special symbol display device (70, 71), and is added to the acquired internal random number when acquiring the internal random number generated by the chA of the random number circuit as described above. . The value of the random number is “0 to 65520”, and the size of the random number is 65521. The update method first adds 1 to the previous random number, and if the addition result exceeds the maximum value, it returns to 0, and if the random number makes one round, the value of the soft initial value random number per special symbol at that time is special The value is a soft random number per symbol. The update time is for each game progress interrupt, and is updated once for each game progress interrupt. The acquisition time is when a winning of a game ball is detected by the starting winning detection device 74 of the first starting winning opening 62 or the starting winning detection device 75 of the second starting winning opening 63.

  The soft initial value random number per special symbol is a random number for determining the initial value of the soft random number per special symbol and the end value of the soft random number per special symbol. The value of the random number is “0 to 65520”, the size of the random number The height is 65521. In the updating method, 1 is first added to the previous random number, and when the added result exceeds the maximum value, it is returned to 0. The update time is for each game progress interrupt, and the update is performed even while the game progress interrupt is not executed.

  The symbol random number per special symbol is a random number used to determine a symbol combination that is a big hit. The value of the random number is “0 to 999”, and the size of the random number is 1000. The update method first adds 1 to the previous random number, and if the addition result exceeds the maximum value, it returns to 0, and if the random number makes one round, the value of the soft initial value random number per special symbol at that time is special The value is a symbol random number per symbol. The update time is for each game progress interrupt, and is updated once for each game progress interrupt. The acquisition time is when a winning of a game ball is detected by the starting winning detection device 74 of the first starting winning opening 62 or the starting winning detection device 75 of the second starting winning opening 63.

  The symbol initial value random number per special symbol is a random number for determining the initial value of the symbol random number per special symbol and the end value of the symbol random number per special symbol. The height is 1000. In the updating method, 1 is first added to the previous random number, and when the added result exceeds the maximum value, it is returned to 0. The update time is for each game progress interrupt, and the update is performed even while the game progress interrupt is not executed.

  There are two types of random numbers that are used for games: normal symbol variation pattern random numbers and variation pattern random numbers. Among these, the normal symbol variation pattern random number is a random number used for variation pattern selection of the ordinary symbol display device, the random number value is “0-232”, and the random number size is 233. In the updating method, 1 is first added to the previous random number, and when the added result exceeds the maximum value, it is returned to 0. The update time is for each game progress interrupt, and is updated once for each game progress interrupt. The acquisition time is when the passage of the game ball is detected by the passage detection devices 69a and 69b of the operation ports 68a and 68b.

The variation pattern random number is a random number used for variation pattern selection of the special symbol display device (70, 71), the value of the random number is “0-49999”, and the size of the random number is 50,000. In the update method, first, 3511 is subtracted from the previous random number, and if the subtraction result is less than 0, 50000 is added to the subtraction result. The update time is for each game progress interrupt, and is updated once for each game progress interrupt. The acquisition time is when a winning of a game ball is detected by the starting winning detection device 74 of the first starting winning opening 62 or the starting winning detection device 75 of the second starting winning opening 63.
<< RWM access prohibition function >>

  Next, the RWM access prohibition function in the main CPU 501 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 18B shows a memory structure in the built-in RWM (game information update storage means) of the main CPU 501, and the areas from the “7E00H” address to the “7F23H” address of the RWM are various games as described above. This is a work area for updating and storing data related to control. Data stored in this work area can be referred to as RWM content.

  Further, RWM “7F24H” to “7FCEH” are access prohibited areas (access prohibited areas), and an area composed of a plurality of areas (game information saving areas) from “7FCFH” to “7FFFH” It is a stack area (also referred to as “stack area” or “stack use area”) in which the values of access pointers are sequentially stored. Among these, the area from “7F24H” to “7FCEH” is an access-prohibited area that is an access-prohibited object. In this embodiment, when the access-prohibited area is accessed, the above-described user reset is performed. Occurs, and the control start process is executed from the beginning.

Further, such an access prohibition setting is performed at the beginning of the above-described control start processing (see FIGS. 12 and 13) when the power is turned on. In this embodiment, although not shown in the drawings, the access prohibition setting as described above is performed as a part of the initial setting (S4) of the internal register. Then, it is possible to set such access prohibition, and when the main CPU 501 has access (write, read, search, etc.) to a storage area that is not scheduled due to an illegal act, High security is achieved by performing a user reset.
<< Update of stack pointer in main CPU >>

  Next, update of the above-described stack pointer (main control stack pointer) in the main CPU 501 of the present embodiment will be described. First, in the present embodiment, as described above, the last address of the stack area in the built-in RWM is “7FFFH”. Then, “7FFEH”, “7FFDH”,..., “7FCFH”, which are consecutive addresses in descending order from “7FFFH”, are the individual save areas (game information save areas) constituting the stack area, “8000H” adjacent in ascending order is an area outside the stack area. In this embodiment, the area “8000H” is a memory area outside the stack area and a memory area outside the built-in RWM, but may be a memory area inside the built-in RWM. Further, the area “8000H” may be an unused area or a memory area in the built-in ROM of the main CPU 501. “8000H” is a memory area that is not involved in updating the stack pointer in the main CPU 501 but is involved in updating the stack pointer in the payout CPU 511 described later.

  In this embodiment, “7FFFH” is set in the stack pointer as an initial value. This process corresponds to the stack pointer setting (S1) when the power is turned on. Thereafter, when the save instruction is executed according to the control program, the return address data 1 to be saved (here, the upper address of the 2-byte data) is “7FFFH” designated by the stack pointer as the initial value before the instruction execution starts. ”Is written and stored as shown as“ Data 1 ”in FIG. The address indicated by the stack pointer is rewritten to “7FFEH”, which is an address adjacent in descending order to “7FFFH” in which the data 1 is stored.

  Subsequently, the remaining return address data 2 (here, the lower address of the 2-byte data) to be saved in accordance with the save instruction is stored in the save area of “7FFFH” designated by the stack pointer at this time (FIG. 18 ( c) Written and stored as shown as “Data 2” in FIG. The address indicated by the stack pointer is rewritten to “7FFDH”, which is the address adjacent to “7FFHEH” in which the above-described data 2 is stored in descending order, and a series of save processes to be executed based on the above-described save instruction (Game information saving process) is completed. Here, in the present embodiment, data saving to the stack area is performed in units of 2 bytes as described above. This is because the information handled by the main CPU 501 has a 2-byte configuration.

As described above, when the main CPU 501 saves data to the stack area, it saves data as a return address according to the value of the stack pointer that has already been set and prepared at the start of execution of the save process. Do. In other words, the update of the stack pointer in the main CPU 501 is performed as preparation for the next data storage every time data saving to the stack area is completed. Then, when starting the data saving process to the stack area, since the preparation has already been completed before the start, the data saving is performed without performing the preliminary preparation process related to the stack pointer. Further, it can be said that the main CPU 501 according to the present embodiment does not update the stack pointer between the start of the game information saving process and the execution of the first data saving.
<< Recursion of interrupt processing time monitoring means in main CPU >>

  As described above, in the main CPU 501, the game progress interruption processing is monitored by the interruption processing time monitoring means. When the main CPU 501 is initialized within a predetermined timeout time and cannot be restarted, the interruption processing time monitoring unit times out and causes a user reset. Furthermore, the restart of the interrupt processing time monitoring means is executed when the internal timer is initialized by setting a total of three recursive information in each of the cyclic processing in the control start processing and in the game progress interrupt processing. Is done.

The three recursive information (first recursive information to third recursive information) is set during the circulation process (S29) of the control start process (see FIG. 13) and the early stage (S43) during the game progress interrupt process (see FIG. 14). , S44) and the final stage (S71, S72). In the game progress interruption process (see FIG. 14), the process related to the setting of the second recursion information in the early stage (S43, S44) and the process related to the setting of the third recursion information in the final stage (S71, S72) In the meantime, each process of management of gaming machines (S45 to S70) for game progress is executed.
<Other individual control processing modes>
<< Control Mode Related to Command Transmission Timing >>

In the present embodiment, the effect control command output from the main board 102 to the sub main board 301 is temporarily stored in the command buffer in response to a command request before transmission. The command buffer is obtained by causing a plurality of buffers to function as a ring buffer. In the control processing for command transmission (in this case, the production control command transmission processing (S69)), the command buffer is executed once in the order stored in the command buffer. In the game progress interruption process, one command is taken out from the command buffer and transmitted. It is also possible to adopt a method in which a command set with a high priority is transmitted first. In various control processes, when a command that needs to be transmitted is generated, it is possible to transmit the command as needed. When such a method is adopted, during one game progress interruption process, for example, an effect command is transmitted collectively in one control processing module such as an effect control command transmission process (S69). Instead, each time a command needs to be transmitted, command transmission is performed sequentially within each control processing module. For this reason, it is difficult for a situation in which command transmission is carried over to the next game progress interrupt process. For example, there is no delay in the command at the time of starting winning and the command transmission at the time of starting the variation of the special symbol, and quick command processing is possible.
<< Control mode related to update of pending storage >>

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the configuration in which the second game is prioritized is adopted, and regularity is provided in the execution order of the first and second games. The update is performed sequentially for each second game or each first game. Accordingly, if only the information stored on hold is updated for each second game or first game, the update of information stored on hold is completed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a configuration in which priority is given to the first game, or a configuration in which the reserved memory is digested in the order in which the start winnings are generated and stored in a reserved manner, instead of giving priority to any game. Adoption is possible. Among these, in the case of adopting the configuration in which the reserved memory is digested in the order in which the start winnings are generated, the reserved memory information is updated according to the digestion, the total number of pending games is updated, and the winning order is stored. As a result, the information stored on hold can be updated as a whole.

Further, in this embodiment, in order to notify the sub-main board 301 that the reserved memory has been updated, the symbol memory number command (symbol 1 memory number command or symbol 2 memory number command) is requested as described above. By including both the symbol 1 memory number command and the symbol 2 memory number command in one command, the necessary program and memory capacity can be reduced.
<< Control mode related to variation pattern lottery >>

  Next, various aspects related to the variation pattern lottery will be described. Any one of the variation pattern determination modes described here may be selected and applied in one pachinko gaming machine 10 or may be used in combination as appropriate. And when using a some aspect together, it is possible to use an aspect properly, for example based on elements, such as a success / failure result.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the determination of the variation pattern includes the result of success / failure, the number of reserved balls, a special symbol (which may be a symbol group), and a variation pattern selection state (special symbol status information). Although used as an element, a variation pattern corresponding to a combination of these determining elements is selected. Then, with the determination of the variation pattern, the variation time associated with the variation pattern is determined. Further, in the present embodiment, regarding the determination of the variation pattern, the determination elements are different depending on whether the result of the success / failure lottery is a big hit or not. In other words, in the case of a big hit, a variation pattern is selected from among the performance patterns (such as special symbol status information), the special symbol group, and the random number of success / failure, which are linked to them. On the other hand, in the case of a loss, a variation pattern is selected from among those linked to these based on the production state, the number of reserved balls, and the random number of success / failure. Of these, in the case of a big win, for the variation pattern that gives the re-lottery time in the production, the re-lottery time is given based on the production state (whether there is a specific production, etc.) and special symbols. The presence / absence is determined, and the determined result is transmitted from the main board 102 to the sub main board 301.

  Further, when determining the variation pattern and the variation time, it is possible to determine the subsequent variation time according to the determined effect pattern number (in other words, the contents of the effect pattern). For example, when the selected variation pattern corresponds to the limited frequency pattern effect, it is conceivable that the extension of the variation time corresponding to the selected variation pattern is determined afterwards.

  In addition, as described above, by setting a variable additional information command as a command at the start of special symbol variation, it is added later to the previously determined variation time in relation to factors such as gaming state and winning symbol. An effect of adding time can be performed. When determining the total variation time in this manner, it is possible to create various variation patterns while reducing the number of variation patterns provided in advance as follows. That is, considering the case of performing pseudo continuous notice (so-called “pseudo train”), if the pseudo train variation pattern is simply set individually, the same number of variation patterns as the number of types of effects are provided in advance. It is necessary to keep. When all the production patterns are prepared individually as described above, the total number of variation patterns becomes large, for example, reaching a number exceeding 256. For this reason, in order to provide an identifiable code for a large number of variation patterns, it is necessary to increase the number of bits and bytes for representing the code as compared with the conventional case.

  However, by using fluctuation additional information (fluctuation addition pattern), it is possible to connect the fluctuation additional information drawn by random numbers, for example, to a relatively small number of basic fluctuation patterns and form a fluctuation pattern afterwards. It is. As a result, a new variation pattern can be formed by combining the variation patterns, so that a variety of variation patterns can be created without excessively increasing the number of variation patterns provided in advance. Note that the random value related to the variation additional information can also be transmitted as a pre-reading effect command from the main board 102 to the sub-main board 301 when the start winning is generated. In addition, when the limited frequency pattern effect is executed, it is also possible to set the appearance probability of the variation addition pattern so that the variation addition information is easily added. In addition, to further give an example of using variable additional information, when “777” which is a probable variable symbol is displayed from the beginning as a combination of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c, the variable additional information is not set and the decorative symbols 190a to 190a are set. As a combination of 190c, once “666”, which is a non-probable variation, is displayed, an effect until the result of whether or not to promote to “777” is displayed (for example, an effect of shaking fluctuation, There is a case where an effect representing the development of an aspect is performed by setting variable additional information.

  In the present embodiment, the variation pattern is determined using the number of reserved balls as an element, and the variation pattern table to be referenced differs depending on the number of reserved balls. The variation pattern table is provided corresponding to the number of reserved balls 0-4. The reason why the variation pattern table corresponding to the hold 4 is provided in addition to the four holds 0 to 3 is as follows. For example, consider a case where a new variation display is started from a situation where the number of held balls is four and the number of held balls is three. A state in which the number of reserved balls is 3 at the stage where the control process during the game progress interrupt process being executed at that time does not yet lead to the determination of the variation pattern which is the process during the subsequent game progress interrupt process When a new start win occurs, the number of reserved balls is added to 4 when the variation pattern is determined. Therefore, a fluctuation pattern table is provided corresponding to the number of reserved balls 0 to 4 so that such a situation can also be used as an element for determining the fluctuation pattern.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the variation pattern table may be provided corresponding to the number of reserved balls 0-3. In this case, in the control processing, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the start winnings during the period from the number of reserved balls 3 to the determination of the variation pattern are not added. Note that any aspect can be applied to a pachinko gaming machine of a type in which a maximum number of reserves (for example, 8) other than four is set.

Further, the variation pattern random number acquisition timing can be the variation pattern lottery time. In other words, the fluctuation pattern random number is not a random number related to the operation of an accessory such as a special electric accessory. Therefore, as an element for performing an appropriate game, for example, when aiming for a fair game compared to a random number or the like The need to provide constraints is reduced. Therefore, it is conceivable that the fluctuation pattern random number is not acquired at the time of starting winning a prize, and for example, the fluctuation pattern random number is acquired and stored at the time of fluctuation pattern lottery as a separately provided timing. By doing so, the number of information to be stored at the time of starting winning a prize can be reduced, and the capacity of the program and memory can be reduced.
<< Control mode related to design designation >>

In the present embodiment, as described above, whether or not to change the probability is determined by a special symbol. For this reason, a symbol is determined by a symbol random number (symbol random number) per special symbol, and whether or not there is a probability change is also determined. Further, the probability (ratio) of probability change is determined by the selection probability of the symbol associated with the probability change. It is also possible to determine the symbol determination table to be used based on the value of the upper byte of the code indicating the symbol random number, and then determine the symbol from the determined symbol determination table based on the value of the lower byte of the symbol random number. is there. In this embodiment, since the numerical range of the design random number is set to “0 to 999”, the binary code code of these numerical values can be used. By doing so, the capacity of the memory and program can be reduced. In addition, the game state such as the number of rounds and the number of times reduced is assigned to the winning symbol (which may be a symbol group), and the number of subsequent rounds and the number of reduced times are determined according to the winning symbol. May be. By doing so, it is not necessary to store and control data unique to the gaming state, and the capacity of the memory and program can be reduced. Furthermore, information (game state designation information) that conveys the game state to a command that conveys a symbol or the like from the main board 102 to the sub-main board 301 (for example, each command of the symbol 1 effect pattern and the symbol 2 effect pattern in this embodiment). ) Can also be added. This command is not sent to the sub-main board 301 immediately after being created, but is created and temporarily stored, and is sent to the sub-main board 301 after waiting for a predetermined timing.
<< Relationship between special symbol and decorative symbol variation time >>

  As described above, the special symbol (the first special symbol 192 or the second special symbol 193) and the decorative symbols 190a to 190c corresponding to the special symbol are controlled so as to start and stop changing in synchronization with each other. However, depending on the situation, the variation time of the decorative symbols 190a to 190c can be shortened to some extent with respect to the variation time of the special symbol (the first special symbol 192 or the second special symbol 193).

  That is, when the variation of the special symbol or the variation pattern is determined and the variation of the special symbol is started, the main substrate 102 sends a decoration symbol variation start command (command at the start of variation) to the sub-main substrate 301. However, the time required for transmission and reception of a predetermined command (for example, the first command at the start of fluctuation) and the command buffer (in this embodiment, the ring buffer type is used) are set and waited. Depending on the time until all the commands (first-in command) are sent out, it is conceivable that the variation start of the decorative symbol will be delayed from that of the special symbol. Further, at the time of stoppage of variation of the special symbol, a variation stop command (command for determining the symbol of the special symbol) is transmitted to the sub-main board 301, but a predetermined command (for example, the first command of the command at the start of variation when determining the symbol) ) May be delayed due to the time required for transmission and reception and the degree of command buffer congestion (the number of commands waiting for transmission).

In this way, the variation time of the decorative symbol can be shortened to some extent with respect to the variation time of the special symbol, the decorative symbol starts to vary after the special symbol starts to vary, and the decorative symbol after the special symbol stops varying. Can happen to stop fluctuating. Note that the degree of delay between the start of change and the stop of change in the decorative symbol is usually that the number of commands to be transmitted is relatively large at the start of change and relatively small at the stop. The degree of delay is considered to be small (less) compared to the time of starting the fluctuation.
<Communication between main board and payout control board>

  Next, the payout control board 45 will be described. The payout control board 45 performs transmission / reception (mutual communication) with the main board 102, and signals used for the transmission / reception are two kinds of payout control input signals and payout control output signals. The direction of the payout control input signal is the direction from the main board 102 to the payout control board 45, and the contents indicated by the payout control input signal are the tray full state, the number of prize balls paid out, and the continuous payout at the time of prize ball payout. The number is indicated. On the other hand, the payout control output signal is the direction from the payout control board 45 to the main board 102, and the content indicated by the payout control output signal conveys that the received command (payout control command) is a normal command. This signal is a signal that conveys that the ball path ball is broken, the ball path ball is insufficient, the payout motor abnormality 1, the payout motor abnormality 2, the count sensor abnormality, the payout abnormality, and the paying out.

  Transmission / reception between the CPUs of the payout control board 45 and the main board 102 is performed via the serial communication ports of each other, the baud rate is 18938.9 (bps), the data length is 9 data bits, and the error detection is an even parity condition Done in

  Signal processing with the main board 102 includes command reception processing from the CPU 501 of the main board 102, analysis processing of received commands, and command transmission processing to the CPU 501 of the main board 102. Among these, in the command reception processing from the CPU 501 of the main board 102, the CPU 501 has a total of 16 bits (2 bytes) of the main control MODE command 8 bits and the main control EVENT command 8 bits to the CPU 511 of the payout control board 45. The configured command is transmitted as an input signal for payout control.

  The CPU 511 of the payout control board 45 reads a command for each payout data reception interrupt process and stores the acquired command in the command reception buffer. Further, the command reception buffer is inspected for each payout control interrupt process, and when the main control MODE command is received, the value of the command reception buffer is stored in the MODE command buffer, and the EVENT command buffer is cleared. When the main control EVENT command is received, the value of the command reception buffer is stored in the EVENT command buffer. The payout data reception interrupt process and the payout control interrupt process will be described later.

  In the received command analysis process, when the CPU 511 determines that the main control MODE command or the main control EVENT command has been received from the CPU 501 of the main board 102, the CPU 511 analyzes the command. By analyzing the command, the tray full state, the number of prize balls paid out, and the number of continuous payouts are set. When prize ball payout is instructed according to the number of prize balls to be paid out, the payout of prize balls is started.

  In the command transmission process to the CPU 501 of the main board 102, when the CPU 511 receives a main control MODE command or a main control EVENT command from the CPU 501 of the main board 102, the CPU 511 transmits a command to the CPU 501 of the main board 102. When a main control MODE command is received, a payout control MODE command corresponding to the main control MODE command is transmitted. When a main control EVENT command is received, a corresponding payout control MODE command is transmitted.

  The main control MODE command designates the number of prize balls to be paid out and controls the payout unit 43. Of the 8 bits of the main control MODE command, bit number 4 is used to perform payout corresponding to the pan full state. When the value is 0, normal payout is performed. To stop. Bit numbers 3 to 0 are used to start paying out a winning ball corresponding to the number of winning ball payouts. For example, a value of “0000” means no prize ball is paid out, “0001” is 1 payout, “0010” is 2 payouts, “0011” is 3 payouts, and “1111” is 15 payouts. Indicates to do.

  The main control EVENT command controls the payout unit 43. Of the 8 bits of the main control EVENT command, bit numbers 3 to 0 set the number of consecutive payouts at the time of paying out a prize ball. For example, the value “0001” sets the number of continuous payouts in units of “0010”. “2”, “0011” is 3, and “1111” is 15 consecutive payout numbers.

The payout control MODE command is a command that responds to the main control MODE command. For example, the main control MODE commands “80H”, “81H”, “8FH”, “90H”, “91H”, and “9FH” include “ The payout control MODE commands of “80H”, “7FH”, “71H”, “70H”, “6FH”, and “61H” are supported. Further, as a command (inspection command) that responds to the main board 102, information constituted by an inverted bit of the received command may be returned. On the other hand, the payout control EVENT command is a command for informing the CPU 501 of the main board 102 of the state of the payout unit 43. Of the 8 bits, bit number 2 informs the state of the payout abnormality of the payout unit 43. If the value is 0, it indicates that the payout is abnormal, and if it is 1, the payout is abnormal. Bit number 1 indicates the payout state of the payout unit 43. If the value is 0, the payout unit 43 is not paying out. Further, the bit number 0 indicates an error state of the payout unit 43. If the value is 0, the ball path ball is out, the ball path ball is insufficient, the payout motor error 1, the payout motor error 2, and the count sensor error. It indicates that it does not correspond to any, and 1 indicates that it corresponds to any of these.
<< Interrupt on payout control board >>

  Next, the interruption in the payout control board 45 will be described. On the payout control board 45, a maskable interrupt is performed. This maskable interrupt includes an RXI-based interrupt and a PT0I-based interrupt. Among these, RXI is generated by data reception of the serial communication circuit, and executes the above-mentioned payout data reception interrupt processing. On the other hand, in the case of PT0I, the system clock is divided to execute the above-described payout control interrupt process at an interrupt period of 1 ms. That is, in the payout control board 45, when a command from the main board 102 is received, a payout data reception interrupt process by RXI occurs. In addition, when a payout control interrupt process by PT0I periodically occurs at a period of 1 ms and this payout control interrupt process occurs, the interrupt is prohibited at that time.

  The payout control interrupt processing is monitored by the payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means, and this payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means may be initialized and restarted within the timeout time set in the built-in timer of the CPU 511. If it is not possible, a user reset occurs due to timeout. Then, the core of the CPU 511 is reset, and a control start process is executed. The payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means restarts when the internal timer is initialized by setting recursive information (two in total) during the cyclic processing within the control start processing and during the payout control interrupt processing. Executed.

  In the above-described control start process, the above-described circulation process is executed after the process at power-on and the RWM initialization process are sequentially executed. In the process at power-on, the stack pointer (payout control stack pointer) is set, the interrupt mode is set, the RWM access is permitted, the internal register is set, and the payout data reception interrupt is activated. In the RWM initialization process, after clearing the RWM, the RWM is initialized and the payout control interrupt is activated. In the cyclic processing, a predetermined value is set in the register for the payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means in preparation for prohibiting the interruption and restarting the payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means. Further, an error display data creation process is executed to create setting data to be output to a predetermined port of the communication data output port. In addition, in order to control the output of the signal output from the test signal terminal during the payout of the prize ball, the test signal creation process during the prize ball is executed, and then interruption is permitted. Here, although illustration is omitted, in the present embodiment, one (one time) writing (setting) of activation information is required for activation of the above-mentioned payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means.

  In the above-described payout control interrupt process, as shown in FIG. 18D, the interrupt operation condition setting (S81), interrupt permission (S82), input process (S83), and other various processes (S84) are sequentially performed. Executed. Examples of the setting of the interrupt operation condition (S81) include a 1 ms count setting for starting the next payout control interrupt process. Other various processes (S84) include, for example, restart of the payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means, payout management, and the like. When these processes are completed, the process returns to the process before the payout control interrupt process occurs.

  As shown in FIG. 18D, in the payout control interrupt process, the setting of the interrupt operation condition (S81) is executed at the initial stage before the interrupt permission (S82). As described above, the setting of the interrupt operation condition (S81) is executed before the interrupt permission (S82) in order to prevent the start timing of the next timer interrupt from being shifted due to the timing of command reception from the main board 102. It is.

  That is, when the interrupt permission (S82) is performed before the next timer interrupt setting (S81), a command is transmitted from the main board 102 after the interrupt permission, and the time measurement of 1 ms is started at that time. Therefore, the timing for starting the timing varies, and the start timing of the timer interrupt for the next and subsequent times is deviated. In order to prevent such a situation from occurring, as described above, the setting of the interrupt operation condition for setting the timer interrupt (S81) is executed before the interrupt permission (S82).

In the above-described payout data reception interrupt processing, in order to receive a command from the main board 102, saving of used registers, confirmation of the reception state of the serial communication circuit, acquisition of received data, clearing of reception data reception interrupt requests, and reception Save the command, restore the used register, and enable the interrupt in order, and return to the process before the payout data reception interrupt process occurs.
<< Update of stack pointer in payout CPU >>

  Next, updating of the above-described stack pointer (payout control stack pointer) in the payout CPU 511 of this embodiment will be described. Here, the last save area (payout information save area) of the stack area provided in the built-in RWM (payout information update storage means) of the payout CPU 511 so that the above-described main CPU 501 can easily update and save the stack pointer. The address is described as “7FFFH”, which is the same as the main CPU 501. Further, by matching the address of the main CPU 501 and the stack area, the memory structure of the main part can be illustrated in the same manner as the main CPU 501, and here, FIG. 18 (c) relating to the main CPU is used and the payout CPU 511 is used. The following explanation is given. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the last address of the stack area may be different from that of the main CPU 501.

  First, in this embodiment, “8000H”, which is an area outside the stack area and is adjacent to the tail end (7FFFH) of the stack area, is set in the stack pointer as an initial value. This process corresponds to the setting of the stack pointer executed in the control start process (not shown) related to the payout control board 45. Thereafter, when the save instruction is executed according to the control program, the address indicated by the stack pointer is rewritten to “7FFFH” which is the maximum address of the stack area. Then, the return address data 1 to be saved (here, the upper address of the 2-byte data) is written to “7FFFH” designated by the stack pointer after the instruction execution is started, as shown in FIG. 18C. Is remembered.

  Subsequently, the address indicated by the stack pointer is rewritten to “7FFEH” adjacent to “7FFFH” in which the data 1 is stored. Further, the return address data 2 (here, the lower address of 2-byte data) to be saved in accordance with the above-described save instruction is designated by the stack pointer at this time as shown in FIG. 7FFEH "is written and stored. Then, a series of save processes (payout information save process) to be executed based on the save command is completed. In this embodiment, data saving to the stack area is performed in units of 2 bytes as in the main CPU 501. This is because the information handled by the payout CPU 511 has a 2-byte configuration, similar to the main CPU 501 described above.

  In this way, in the payout CPU 511, when saving data to the stack area, unlike the main CPU 501, the save CPU 511 saves data as a return address according to the value of the stack pointer set after the start of execution of the save process. I do. In other words, the first update of the stack pointer in the payout CPU 511 is performed after the start of execution of a series of data save processing (payout information save processing) (at the beginning of the data save processing), for the data save processing at that time. To be executed. Further, the stack pointer is updated before the data to be subsequently executed (here, the lower byte of the 2-byte data), and the data to be executed subsequently is saved. In other words, the payout CPU 511 updates the stack pointer prior to storing data in the stack area after starting the data saving process, specifies the data saving destination, and then executes the data saving. Furthermore, it can be said that the payout CPU 511 according to the present embodiment updates the stack pointer between the start of the game information saving process and the execution of the first data saving.

Further, the payout CPU 511 of the present embodiment is not provided with a function for prohibiting access to the RWM like the main CPU 501 described above, and in that respect, it can be said that a simpler functional configuration than the main CPU 501 is employed. . That is, high security is ensured by adding an access prohibition function to the main CPU 501 that performs the big hit lottery and the like, and the security of the payout CPU 511 is relaxed. Then, with respect to the main CPU 501 and the payout CPU 511, security is distributed according to the functions and roles, and the functions and resource allocation are optimized. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the payout CPU 511 may also be provided with a function for prohibiting access to the RWM such as the main CPU 501 described above.
<< Recursion of interrupt processing time monitoring means in payout CPU >>

As described above, in the payout CPU 511, the payout control interrupt processing is monitored by the payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means. When the payout CPU 511 is initialized within a predetermined timeout time and cannot be restarted, the payout control interrupt processing time monitoring unit times out and causes a user reset. Furthermore, the restart of the payout control interrupt processing time monitoring means is executed when two recursive information are set and the built-in timer is initialized. Also in this respect, the payout CPU 511 is different from the main CPU 501 using three recursive information, and it can be said that the payout CPU 511 has a simpler functional configuration than the main CPU 501. Note that the recursive information can be set in the payout CPU 511 at the beginning of the control start process or the start of the payout control interrupt process, for example.
<< Other relationships among main CPU, payout CPU, and sub-main CPU >>

  The main CPU 501, the payout CPU 511, and the sub-main CPU 521 have the following differences in addition to the various differences described above. First, between the main CPU 501 and the payout CPU 511, there is a difference in the magnitude of the number of states related to the command. That is, regarding the various instructions that can be executed in the main CPU 501, the number of states (number of clock cycles) required for executing the various instructions tends to be larger than that of the payout CPU 511. The main CPU 501 can be said to be heavier than the payout CPU 511, while the payout CPU 511 can be said to be lighter than the main CPU 501.

  Note that the number of states between the main CPU 501 and the payout CPU 511 here is a case where it is regarded as a trend to the last. For example, the smallest number of states of various instructions executed by the main CPU 501 There may be cases where the number is less than the minimum number of states of various instructions executed by the payout CPU 511. In addition, the average value of the number of states of various instructions executed by the main CPU 501 may be smaller than the average value of the number of states of various instructions executed by the payout CPU 511. For example, when a program for executing a predetermined process with the same instruction combination is described and the above-described process is executed with the same clock cycle, the time required from the start to the end of the process is large in many processes. It suffices if the relationship that is longer than the payout CPU 511 is maintained.

  Furthermore, as described above, the byte length of information (game information and payout information) handled by the main CPU 501 and the payout CPU 511 is 2 bytes. On the other hand, the byte length of information (effect information) handled in the sub main CPU 521 related to the effect is 4 bytes. Therefore, when the main CPU 501 and the payout CPU 511 perform data saving in accordance with the execution of the subroutine, the number of bytes of information saved in one (series) saving processing (game information saving processing and payout information saving processing). Becomes 2 bytes, and the stack pointer is updated twice. On the other hand, in the sub-main CPU 521, the number of bytes of information saved in one (series) save process (effect information save process) is 4 bytes, and the stack pointer needs to be updated four times. is there.

  As for the above-mentioned access prohibition function, for example, the main CPU 501 and the payout CPU 511 that are directly related to the ball and prize ball that are value media for the player are provided with an access prohibition function, and the sub-main CPU 521 has an access prohibition function. It is also possible to distribute security such as not having

Further, the access prohibition function and the stack pointer update procedure of the main CPU 501 are applied to the payout CPU 511, and the access prohibition function is excluded from the main CPU 501 and the stack pointer update procedure of the CPU 511 is applied. It is also possible. Further, the function of recurring the interrupt processing time monitoring means by the above-described three recursive information settings of the main CPU 501 is applied to the payout CPU 511, and the main CPU 501 sets the recursive information twice or once, It is also possible to recurse the interrupt processing time monitoring means. Further, the removal of the above-mentioned emergency connector in the main CPU 501 can be applied to the payout control board 45 or can be applied only to the payout control board 45 of the payout control board 45 and the main board 102. is there.
<Operational effects of the invention according to the present embodiment>

  As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of this embodiment, the payout CPU 511 is not provided with an access prohibition function to the RWM like the main CPU 501, but the main CPU 501 has an access prohibition function to the RWM. Is provided. In other words, the function distribution is optimized between the main CPU 501 and the payout CPU 511, and higher security than the payout CPU 511 is ensured for the main CPU 501 that manages the big hit lottery and the like and manages the game. ing. And it is difficult for the main CPU 501 to perform an illegal act into the RWM.

  In addition, regarding the update of the stack pointer, the function distribution is also optimized between the main CPU 501 and the payout CPU 511. When the main CPU 501 stores data in the stack pointer, before executing the instruction. Data storage is executed based on the set stack pointer value. When the main CPU 501 considers the same conditions as the payout CPU 511, the return address data can be stored quickly at the start of execution of the instruction.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, in the game progress interrupt process (see FIG. 14), the test signal output process (S67) is executed, and the test signal output process is executed for each game progress interrupt process. Then, by the test signal output process (S67), the test signals indicating various information as described above are set, and various information can be output as the test signals. Further, the main board 102 having the main CPU 501 which is an arithmetic processing means is not provided with an emergency connector used for connection with a test apparatus in the product development stage, but is not mounted for installing the emergency connector. The region 183 (see FIG. 18A) remains. For this reason, it is possible to provide a product under the same conditions as at the time of testing, and to reduce the risk of illegally acquiring internal information from the test signal.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made. For example, as the effect symbol display device 60, a device using a plurality of liquid crystal displays may be employed. In this case, as the arrangement of the plurality of display devices, at least one display device that is adjacent to each other, spaced from each other, one of which is a relatively large display device and the other of which is a relatively small display device. Are usually hidden and made to appear according to the contents of the production. Furthermore, for example, the decorative symbols 190a to 190c are displayed on one display, and the first reserved number display unit 196, the second reserved number display unit 197, the traffic light 198, and the like are incidentally displayed on the other display unit. It is also possible to adopt an object that moves a display object (character, decorative pattern, number of holdings display, etc.) between a plurality of screens.

  In addition, when it is determined that the jackpot is a big hit, the jackpot symbol, presence / absence of probability change, absence / shortening of time, presence / absence of extended extension of the ordinary electric accessory, various start demonstration start times, various end demonstration times, special electric accessory It is possible to determine the operation pattern and the like, and to refer to the results, not separately, but separately at various timings as needed during various control processes that require such information.

  In addition, after the start of a special game, for example, when a game ball has passed a specific area, whether there is a certain change, whether there is a short time, whether there is an open extension of a normal electric accessory, an operation pattern of a special electric accessory, etc. For pachinko machines of the type that decides at least one of them (also called “ball accuracy specs”), for example, the time required for the big hit end demo depends on the gaming state, whether it is probabilistic or non-probable (normal) When it is determined that the jackpot is ended, it is possible to execute the jackpot end demo at a time corresponding to the determined gaming state at the start of the jackpot end demo.

  Further, in this embodiment, it is other than the big hit, the first special symbol 192 (or the second special symbol 193) is waiting for the change, and the number of the operation holding balls of the special symbol for which the change is to be started. The fact that is other than 0 is a condition for starting the variation, and the second game using the second start winning opening 63 is prioritized over the first game. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of prioritizing the first game or any game, the reserved memory is digested in the order in which the start winnings are generated and stored. A configuration can also be adopted. Among these, in the latter type in which the symbols are changed in order of winning, it is confirmed that, for example, the success / failure determination order matches the digestion order (winning order) in addition to the above-described change start conditions. It can be set as one of the fluctuation start conditions that it has been confirmed that it has done.

  Further, in the type in which the first game and the second game are subjected to symbol changes in the order of winning as described above, when one game is won, the other game is not judged to be successful. It is also possible. Here, as a mode in which the determination of whether or not the other game is successful is not performed, a mode in which the success determination of the subsequent game is not performed until the big hit game of the previous game is completed, or the start winning of the subsequent game is, for example, For example, an invalid mode may be considered. That is, as in these various aspects, it is possible to appropriately set the condition for starting the variation of the symbols in accordance with the circumstances such as the contents of the game when a plurality of starting holes are used.

  In addition, it is possible to set an appropriate aspect for the order of storing the game state after the operation of the condition device is completed. For example, it is possible to set in order of the time of the opening pattern of the special electric accessory, the selection state of the fluctuation pattern (including the limited frequency pattern), the start demonstration and the end demonstration, such as the probability variation of the special symbol, the opening extension function, etc. .

  In this embodiment, as described above, a standby demonstration display request is made on the main board 102, and a customer waiting demonstration command is transmitted from the main board 102 to the sub-main board 301. As a mode, the timer is set at a predetermined timing such as when the big hit ends (when the end demo ends) or when the special symbol fluctuation stops, and the timer value is subtracted while waiting for the special symbol fluctuation. It is conceivable that a standby demo command is transmitted when becomes 0. Furthermore, a standby demo command may be transmitted to the sub-main board 301 only when there is no special symbol hold storage. As described above, with regard to the command transmission of the standby demonstration, it is possible to use the jackpot end or the symbol fluctuation stop as a reference for timing, or change the presence / absence of command transmission depending on the number of reserved balls. In addition, the customer wait demo command is not transmitted / received from the main board 102, for example, the timer measurement is performed after the variable stop command is received by the sub main board 301, and the control for displaying the customer wait demo is performed after a predetermined time elapses. May be.

  In this embodiment, a value obtained by adding a soft random number to a built-in random number (hardware random number) is used as a go / no-go random number used in jackpot determination. It can also be determined according to the game situation. For example, if it is determined that there is a start opening prize and the number of balls held at that time has not reached the maximum value, a pass / fail random number composed of a built-in random number and a soft random number is used for the go / no-go determination, and the hold at that time When the number of balls has reached the maximum value, for example, it is conceivable to use only a soft random number (or only a built-in random number) as the success / failure random number. In the present embodiment, the storage of the various random numbers obtained is performed for the random number, the design random number, and the variation pattern random number. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, depending on the presence or absence of the prefetch effect function. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which the fluctuation pattern random number is not stored according to necessity.

  In addition, if the control process related to the start winning prize in the first game and the second game is taken as an example, the basic configuration of the control process is the same although there is a difference in the control content based on being another game. Can do. For this reason, in this embodiment, on the control program, the used storage area of the RWM 503 is offset and made different, and other program contents are shared in many parts, so that the first game and the second game are shared. The game is controlled. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the storage capacity of the program. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the control modules may be created separately as completely different processing. In this case, the speed of the control process can be improved.

Also, in this embodiment, since the priority order of the first game and the second game is determined, the special symbol (the first special symbol 192 or the second special symbol 192) It is confirmed whether or not the special symbol 193) is waiting for fluctuation. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine of the type in which the special symbols of the first game and the second game can be changed simultaneously in parallel, It is not necessary to confirm whether or not the game is waiting for the change in symbols of the game and the second game. In this case, it is desirable to create the control processing modules separately so that the special symbols of the first game and the second game can be varied independently of each other.
<Second Embodiment of the Invention Related to Control Processing of Main Board at Power Off>

  Next, a second embodiment relating to the control process of the main board when the power is turned off will be described. In addition, the same number is attached | subjected about the part similar to the above-mentioned Example, The description is abbreviate | omitted. In the first embodiment described above, the power-off confirmation information is set when the supply voltage of the power source decreases and a power-off signal is input to the NMI terminal 504 (see FIG. 4) of the CPU 501, but the second embodiment In, even if a power interruption signal is input, the power interruption confirmation information is not set unless the input state of the power interruption signal satisfies a predetermined condition. Examples of the predetermined condition include the number of times the power interruption signal is input and the input period.

  For example, the power interruption signal is divided into a first power interruption signal and a second power interruption signal, and the first power interruption signal is the same as the power interruption signal of the second embodiment. Then, the first power interruption signal is input to the NMI terminal 504 of the CPU 501. On the other hand, the second power interruption signal is output to the CPU 501 along with the output of the first power interruption signal. When the first power interruption signal is input to the CPU 501, the second power interruption signal is output to the CPU 501. To other input terminals. When the first power interruption signal is input to the NMI terminal 504, the CPU 501 completes the instruction being executed at that time in the same manner as in the second embodiment, and then, a predetermined address (here, the control program) is defined. The control process is jumped to and transferred to address 0066H. Furthermore, the CPU 501 monitors the number of times of input of the second power interruption signal. If the number of times of input has reached, for example, five times, the CPU 501 sets the power interruption confirmation information according to the content after the predetermined address (0066H). Run.

  Even when the second power interruption signal is not input five times or more, the CPU 501 shifts the control process to the predetermined address (0066H) as the first power interruption signal is input to the NMI terminal 504. Let However, although a transition to a predetermined address is performed, no other control processing for preparing for power-off is performed, and power-off confirmation information is not set. After the transition to the predetermined address (0066H), the process returns to the control process before the transition, for example, during the game progress interrupt process. That is, even if the input state of the second power interruption signal does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the control process temporarily shifts to a predetermined address (0066H). However, the control process for setting the power interruption confirmation information after that is not performed. Return to the control process before the transition without performing it.

  The number of times the second power interruption signal is input is added each time the game progress interruption process is repeated. That is, in the present embodiment, it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied when the second power interruption signal is repeatedly input over five game progress interruption processes.

  According to the second embodiment, even if there is a signal input to the NMI terminal 504 due to the influence of noise or the like when the power supply voltage is not lowered, the power-off confirmation information only due to the signal input. Can be prevented from being set. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the power interruption process from being erroneously performed in a situation where it is not necessary to turn off the power and should not be turned off. Further, as in this embodiment, after the control process is transferred to a predetermined address, the process is immediately exited without setting the power-off confirmation information, so that the first power-off signal is accompanied by the input. It is possible to set power-off confirmation information more reliably while using the non-maskable interrupt function.

  That is, a CPU used for various control boards of a gaming machine generally has an NMI function that is a hardware interrupt, and the CPU has an input terminal for an NMI function and an electronic circuit part (logic Circuit). However, when control processing that ignores the signal input to the NMI terminal 504 is performed, a design change for deleting the function of the NMI is necessary in the program and circuit design. . In addition, when an NMI terminal or an electronic circuit part for the NMI is left and these are not used and, for example, grounding is taken, an unused (or unused) terminal or function is used. May remain and be used for fraud. On the other hand, as in this embodiment, by adopting a configuration in which when the first power interruption signal is input to the NMI terminal 504, the control processing is shifted to a predetermined address (0066H), the NMI function It is possible to take measures against noise and the like while minimizing design changes of the main board 102 while using the configuration without deleting it.

In the present embodiment, five inputs are defined as the predetermined condition to be satisfied by the input mode of the second power interruption signal, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of times other than five is determined. May be set. Moreover, it is not restricted to predetermined number of times, For example, it is good also as conditions on the input over a predetermined period. Furthermore, in order to generate the second power interruption signal, the signal path of the first power interruption signal is branched and directly input to the CPU 501, or the branch signal of the first power interruption signal is input to the switching circuit. Etc. are considered. In addition, it is desirable that the first power interruption signal and the second power interruption signal are input in synchronization with the CPU 501, but the second power interruption signal is delayed as long as the operational effects of the present embodiment can be achieved. You may employ | adopt the structure to do. Further, the number of times the second power interruption signal is input is added every time the game progress interrupt process is repeated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a plurality of times during one game progress interrupt process. You may count the frequency | count which becomes a predetermined condition based on the matter which can be counted.
<Application to enclosed game machines>

  The present invention also provides a pachinko gaming machine in which a game ball as a game medium acquired by a player is directly paid out to the player as described above so that the player can touch the prize ball. However, the present invention can be applied to, for example, a sealed circulation pachinko game machine. Examples of the enclosed circulation pachinko game machine include the following. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and demonstrated about the part similar to the pachinko game machine 10 of the above-mentioned Example.

  In other words, the enclosed circulation type pachinko gaming machine has a game ball as a game medium enclosed therein, and the player operates the launch handle 17 to drive the launch motor of the launch device, and the enclosed ball 1 It is configured so that a game can be played by driving into the game area 52 on the front of the game board 50 one by one. As the configuration of the gaming area 52, a configuration similar to a pachinko gaming machine of a type in which a game ball is handed over to a player like the pachinko gaming machine 10 described above can be adopted. Furthermore, since there is no need to hand over the game balls to the player, there is no need for the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16 for temporarily collecting the game balls.

  A game ball won in the game area 52 and a game ball that has not won a prize are guided to a ball collecting basket formed on the set base 39 and are lifted by a lifting device (not shown). The lifting device has a built-in lifting screw that is rotated by a lifting motor, and the pachinko ball (game ball) is lifted by the rotation of the lifting screw. A polishing member for polishing the pachinko ball by contacting the pachinko ball in the middle of lifting is provided on the back of the lifting device, and the surface of the pachinko ball is polished while being lifted.

  A game ball detection switch is provided on the ball inlet side (lower side) and ball outlet side (upper side) of the lifting device, and the pachinko balls to be lifted are detected by these detection switches. A ball launching device is provided in the vicinity of the ball discharge port of the lifting device, and the game ball detected by the detection switch (upper side) after the lifting is supplied to the ball launching device by the ball feeding device. . The ball feeding device has a function of feeding the next game ball to the hitting ball launch position every time the player operates the launch handle 17 to hit one game ball. Further, a game ball excess / deficiency detection switch is provided in the middle of the circulation path of the game balls, and detects whether or not the number of pachinko balls in the circulation path is a predetermined number (for example, 50).

  A card unit (CU) as an example of a gaming device is installed in a one-to-one correspondence with the pachinko gaming machine at a side position on a predetermined side of the pachinko gaming machine. This is the same as the pachinko gaming machine 10 described above. The card unit is issued to a visitor card having a prepaid function, which is a game recording medium issued to a general player who has not registered as a member, or a member player who has registered as a member in the game hall. Pachinko machines that accept membership cards, which are game recording media, and use the game value (for example, card balance, number of balls held, number of balls stored, etc.) owned by the player specified by the record information of those cards It has a function for allowing the game to be performed by bullet firing the encapsulated ball. The visitor card and membership card are composed of IC cards.

  In this pachinko gaming machine, management of the current number of balls is performed by calculating fluctuations in the number of gaming balls on the pachinko gaming machine side on the card unit side. The pachinko game machine also calculates and stores the current number of game balls, but when the number of game balls reaches 0 on the pachinko game machine side, the pachinko game machine quickly launches the ball. It is a secondary thing used only for performing the control to stop. By doing this, the running cost of the game hall where the enclosed game machine is introduced by holding down the cost of the pachinko gaming machine side by providing the card unit side with the main management function regarding the number of game balls on the pachinko gaming machine side Can be reduced.

  When the power supply is turned on for the first time after the pachinko gaming machine and the CU are electrically connected after being installed in the amusement hall, the payout control board on the pachinko gaming machine side sends the main chip ID from the main board. The main chip ID is transmitted to the CU side, and the payout chip ID stored in the payout control board itself is transmitted to the card unit side. On the card unit side, the transmitted main chip ID and payout chip ID are stored. Next, the data of the connection time, that is, the time when the card unit side and the pachinko gaming machine side are connected and communication is started is transmitted from the card unit side to the pachinko gaming machine side, and the pachinko gaming machine side transmits the data. Stores connection time.

  When the power is turned on thereafter, these three pieces of information, that is, the main chip ID, the payout chip ID, and the previous connection time data are transmitted from the pachinko gaming machine side to the card unit side.

  On the card unit side, the transmitted data and the already stored data are collated to determine whether or not the same pachinko gaming machine as the previous one is connected. The connection time data is sent from the card unit side to the pachinko gaming machine side when the communication between the card unit side and the pachinko gaming machine side is started each time the power is turned on. Connection time data is stored on the pachinko gaming machine side.

  The card unit requests the pachinko gaming machine to transmit the main chip ID and the like to the pachinko gaming machine, and the pachinko gaming machine transmits the main chip ID and the like to the card unit. Further, authentication is requested from the card unit to the pachinko gaming machine, and the pachinko gaming machine is notified of acceptance of the authentication request from the card unit. Further, the card unit requests the pachinko gaming machine to transmit recovery information, and the pachinko gaming machine transmits the recovery information held in the pachinko gaming machine to the card unit. Subsequently, the card unit notifies the pachinko gaming machine that it is connected to the pachinko gaming machine, and the pachinko gaming machine notifies the card unit that it is connected. Also, the card unit requests the pachinko gaming machine to clear the recovery information and backs up the connection ID (communication start time). The pachinko gaming machine requests the card unit to clear the recovery information and connect the ID (communication). The end of backup at (start time) is notified.

  Further, various (gaming operations) are instructed from the card unit to the pachinko gaming machine, and transmission of gaming machine information (addition / subtraction data, etc.) is requested. The card unit uses this command to periodically check the status of the game machine. The pachinko gaming machine is notified of the execution result of the gaming operation instruction and gaming machine information (addition / subtraction data, etc.) to the card unit. A command requesting connection of a communication connection is transmitted from the card unit to the pachinko gaming machine.

  Also, when it is detected that there is no game ball while playing a game with a pachinko machine, the payout control board automatically stops driving the ball launch motor and hits the ball into the game area. Control to a prohibited game state. It should be noted that if the variable display device is already in variable display at that stage, the variable display is continued only by stopping the hitting of the hit ball. If there is a storage of the number of balls held in the first start winning opening 62 or the second starting winning opening 63 at the stage where the firing stop control is performed, the variable display control of the variable display device based on the storage is continued. .

  The main management of the number of game balls is performed in the card unit, but only on the pachinko game machine side when the game prohibition control (launching stop control) when the game ball number becomes 0 in the pachinko game machine is performed. It is determined that the number of game balls has become 0, and game prohibition control (launch stop control) is performed. Thereafter, as the operation response, final ball-related information is transmitted to the card unit, and the final number of game balls “0” is determined on the card unit side. The reason for controlling in this way is that it is necessary to perform the hitting stop control at the moment when the number of game balls becomes zero on the pachinko gaming machine side.

  For example, on the card unit side which mainly manages the number of game balls, the response of the action response including the number of added balls and the number of subtracted balls when the number of game balls sent from the pachinko game machine side becomes 0 Waiting for reception, the final number of game balls is calculated on the card unit side, and when it becomes 0, a command for operation instruction with a prohibition request for prohibiting the game is transmitted to the pachinko game machine side, If the pachinko machine is controlled to stop hitting the ball for the first time after that, the pachinko ball may be shot and fired during the response and command transmission / reception, and a new number of subtraction balls may be generated during that time. On the pachinko machine side, a new subtraction ball number is generated even though the game ball number is already “0”, and the game ball number eventually becomes negative. Inconvenience say occurs. In order to prevent such inconvenience, only the batting launch stop control when the number of game balls becomes zero is controlled based on the number of game balls on the pachinko gaming machine side.

  In this way, the game control represented by the hitting ball stoppage control is performed based on the number of game balls stored in the pachinko game machine itself, and therefore based on the number of game balls managed and stored in the card unit. Compared with the case where such game control is performed, game control can be performed in real time in accordance with the fluctuation of the number of game balls.

  Here, an example is shown in which the payout control board performs the hitting shot stop control, but the main board may be configured to perform the hitting shot stop control. In this case, for example, the payout control board transmits a signal indicating that the number of game balls is 0 to the main board when the number of game balls is determined to be 0. The main board receives this signal and inhibits the driving of the firing motor.

  Such a game prohibition process by the card unit is also executed when the front frame 12 or the door 14 is opened, or when various player return operations are performed by the player. In addition, the pachinko gaming machine can respond to the prohibition refusal, and in the situation where the front frame 12 and the door 14 cannot be opened, for example, due to some circumstances such as abnormalities, the card unit cannot be instructed. This prohibition rejection response is transmitted to the card unit. The game prohibition includes not only prohibition of driving of the launch motor but also other game items such as ball rental.

  In addition, in such an enclosed circulation type pachinko game machine, ball lending is not performed for every predetermined amount (for example, 500 yen or 1000 yen), but lending for an input amount (for example, 10,000 yen) is performed collectively. It is also possible. Since it is not necessary to deliver the game ball to the player, it is possible to easily adapt to such a ball rental form.

  In addition, in this invention, it is possible to grasp | ascertain comprehensively as a pachinko game machine also including the thing which attached the card unit.

10 Pachinko machines, 45 payout control boards, 50 game boards, 52 game areas,
62 1st start prize opening, 63 2nd start prize opening, 91 1st big prize opening,
92 second grand prize opening, 102 main board, 113 first winning / failing judging means,
117 second winning / failing determining means, 126 first lottery means, 128 second lottery means,
132 production determination means, 136 general drawing lottery means, 192 first special symbol,
193 2nd special symbol, 301 sub main board, 501 main CPU,
511 payout CPU, 521 sub-main CPU.

Claims (1)

Main control means to control the game,
Effect control means connected to the main control means so as to be able to communicate in one direction, receiving an effect control command related to the effect from the main control means, and performing control processing according to the effect control command;
A payout control means connected to the main control device so as to be able to communicate with each other, receiving payout control commands relating to payout of game balls from the main control device, and performing payout control according to the payout control commands; ,
When the game ball launched into the game area flows down the game area and wins a predetermined winning opening, the player is given a profit by the payout,
The winning opening includes a starting opening and a general winning opening other than the starting opening,
The main control means includes
The jackpot lottery is performed using the jackpot random number value acquired based on the winning of the game ball to the start opening, and a special symbol for indicating the result of the jackpot lottery is displayed after variability display, and the result of the jackpot lottery is displayed. If it is a big win, after the stop display of the special symbol, execute a special game that makes the variable winning opening possible state,
A pachinko gaming machine that holds special symbol hold storage information including the jackpot random number value within a predetermined number when the starting condition for the variable symbol display is not satisfied even if a game ball wins the start opening Because
The main control means includes
Having game information update storage means capable of updating and storing game information related to game control;
The storage area of the game information update storage means includes an access prohibition area that can be set so that access is impossible, and a game information stack area for temporarily saving the game information,
The game information stack area is composed of a plurality of game information save areas capable of storing the game information to be saved.
The main control means includes
The game information save area in which the game information is stored is designated by a main control stack pointer,
At the start of the game information saving process, which is a series of processes for saving,
Storing the game information to be evacuated in the game information evacuation area indicated by the main control stack pointer from the start of the game information evacuation process;
The payout control means includes
A payout information update storage means capable of updating and storing payout information related to payout control;
The storage area of the payout information update storage means includes a payout information stack area for temporary saving of the payout information,
The payout information stack area is composed of a plurality of payout information saving areas capable of storing the payout information to be saved.
The payout control means includes
The payout information saving area in which the payout information is stored is designated by a payout control stack pointer,
At the start of the payout information saving process, which is a series of processes for saving,
The value of the payout control stack pointer is updated from a value set before the start of the payout information saving process to a value specifying the payout information saving area used for storing the payout information, and the payout information is updated. Memorize in the specified withdrawal information saving area,
The pachinko gaming machine characterized in that, when the power is cut off, the effect control means keeps operating for the longest time among the main control means, the payout control means, and the effect control means.

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