JP2016214940A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine where the whole output processing can be easily performed.SOLUTION: A game control part performs main control processing related to a game control, generates a command including game-related information which is obtained by performing the main control processing, and stores the command in command storage areas provided in a RAM. Each command to be generated is allocated to one of a plurality of command storage areas provided in the RAM. An output control part of the game control part consecutively focuses on each command storage area in a predetermined sequence, and if the command is stored in a focused command storage area, calls the command and outputs the same to a presentation control part. If the game control part detects an opening of a door when the power is switched on, the game control part transmits the data to the presentation control part, and the presentation control part which receives the same makes a prescribed notification after the power is switched on.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5-3

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine that displays a lottery result when a plurality of reels are stopped in a combination of symbols when a pachinko gaming machine that wins a jackpot by winning a game ball or a game medium is inserted.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine includes a game control unit (main control unit) that controls a game and an effect control unit (sub control unit) that controls an effect performed in accordance with the game. Then, a command including information related to the game is sent from the game control unit to the effect control unit, and the effect control unit performs an effect based on the command received from the game control unit (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP 2014-46082 A JP 2014-64711 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can easily execute the entire output process.

  A gaming machine to which the present invention is applied is a gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect along with a game, and is obtained by executing a main control process related to game control and executing the main control process. Game control means (for example, game control unit 200) for generating data including information related to the game, and all the data generated in one cycle of the main control process by the game control means (for example, game control unit 200) Storage means (e.g., RAM 203) and output means (e.g., RAM 203) that outputs the data stored in the storage means (e.g., RAM 203) in a predetermined order in one cycle of the main control process. An output control unit 240) and an effect that receives data output from the output means (for example, the output control unit 240) and performs processing related to the effect Control means (for example, the effect control unit 300), and when the game control means (for example, the game control unit 200) detects opening of the door at the start of energization, the effect control is performed on the data including the detection information. Means (for example, the production control unit 300), and the production control unit (for example, the production control unit 300) performs a predetermined notification after starting energization when data including the detection information is received. It is a feature.

  In addition, the said code | symbol in this column is attached | subjected illustratively in the description of this invention, and this invention is not reduced by this code | symbol.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily execute the entire output process.

It is a schematic front view of the pachinko gaming machine according to the first embodiment. (A) is an enlarged view showing an example of a display device arranged at the lower right of the game board, (b) is a partial plan view of the pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the control unit of the pachinko game machine of this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the game control part of this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the basic process by a game control part. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the process at the time of the power supply cutoff by a game control part. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the main control process of the game control part of this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a start port switch process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the gate switch process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the special symbol process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the jackpot determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the fluctuation pattern selection process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the process during a stop. It is a flowchart which shows the content of a customer waiting | standby setting process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of normal symbol processing. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the big prize opening process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the game state setting process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of an electric tulip process. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the random number used by this Embodiment, (a) is a figure which shows the structural example of jackpot random number, (b) is a figure which shows the structural example of jackpot symbol random number, (c ) Is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a reach random number, and (d) is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a hit random number. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of the fluctuation pattern used in a fluctuation pattern selection process. It is a figure which shows the structure of a command, (a) is a figure which shows the data structure of a command, (b) is a figure which shows the structure as a bit string of a command. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an effect control part, (a) is a figure which shows a main process, (b) is a figure which shows an interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows the content of command reception processing. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of a mode flag. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the production | presentation selection process of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the process during completion | finish of the fluctuation effect of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the win production | presentation selection process of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the ending effect selection process of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the customer waiting command reception process of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content of effect button processing. It is a perspective view explaining the structure of the frame member which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the structure of the frame member which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the structure and operation | movement of the frame drive production | presentation part which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the effect | action of a frame drive production | presentation part. It is a perspective view explaining the effect | action of a frame drive production | presentation part. It is a schematic perspective view explaining the light source part of a moving part. It is a figure explaining the drive system of a moving part. It is a figure explaining the drive system of a rotation reflecting plate. It is a perspective view explaining the raising / lowering apparatus for production buttons. It is a block diagram explaining control of the rendering device in the first embodiment. It is a time chart explaining the sequence of confirmation operation. It is a flowchart explaining the 1st aspect of a starting process. It is a flowchart explaining the 2nd aspect of starting processing. It is a flowchart explaining the 3rd aspect of starting processing. It is a schematic front view of the pachinko gaming machine according to the second embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the structure of the frame member which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the structure of the frame member which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic explaining a movable body moving apparatus. It is a figure explaining an example of the moving mechanism of a movable body moving apparatus. It is a figure explaining an example of the moving mechanism of a movable body moving apparatus. It is a figure explaining an example of the moving mechanism of a movable body moving apparatus. It is a figure explaining an example of the moving mechanism of a movable body moving apparatus. It is a block diagram explaining control of the rendering device in 2nd Embodiment. It is a time chart explaining the sequence of confirmation operation. It is a flowchart explaining the 4th aspect of starting processing. It is a flowchart explaining the 5th aspect of a starting process. It is a time chart and flowchart explaining the 6th mode of starting processing. 56 is a flowchart for describing second confirmation operation processing in FIG. 54. 56 is a flowchart showing the operation of the initial position return process of FIG. 55. It is a figure explaining the modification of a movable body moving apparatus. It is a figure explaining the other modification of a movable body moving apparatus.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiment of the present invention (this embodiment) will be described separately for the first embodiment and the second embodiment.
[First Embodiment]
First, the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the first embodiment will be described. Note that the first embodiment and the second embodiment have configurations and functions that are common to each other, and thus such common portions may be described as the present embodiment.

[Basic configuration of gaming machine]
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the first embodiment.
A pachinko gaming machine 100 as an example of the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1 is configured to pay out a prize ball when a gaming ball launched by an instruction operation by a player wins. The pachinko gaming machine 100 includes a game board 110 on which game balls are launched, and a frame member 150 surrounding the game board 110. The game board 110 is detachably attached to the frame member 150.

The game board 110 has a game area 111 for playing with a game ball on the front surface, a rail member 112 that forms a passage where a game ball launched from below rises toward the upper position of the game area 111, and a game A guide member 113 for guiding the game ball is provided on the right side of the region 111.
In the present embodiment, an image display unit 114 that displays various images for production is provided at a position of the game area 111 that is easily visible to the player. The image display unit 114 includes a display screen such as a liquid crystal display, and displays a decorative symbol for notifying the player of the determination result of the special symbol lottery as the game progresses by the player. An effect image by appearance or appearance of an item or an effect image using a hold display described later is displayed.
In addition, a movable accessory 115 and a board lamp 116 used for various effects are provided on the front surface of the game board 110. The movable accessory 115 performs various effects by operating on the game board 110, and the board lamp 116 performs various effects by emitting light.

  The game area 111 is provided with a game nail and a windmill (not shown) for changing the direction in which the game ball falls. Further, in the game area 111, various bonuses relating to winning and lottery are arranged at predetermined positions. In addition, the game area 111 is provided with a discharge port 117 through which game balls launched into the game area 111 that have not been won in the winning area are discharged out of the game area 111.

  In the present embodiment, as various functions related to winning and lottery, a special symbol lottery (a jackpot lottery) starts when a game ball wins, and it is normal when a game ball passes. A start gate (hereinafter simply referred to as a gate) 124 for starting a symbol lottery (open / close lottery) is disposed on the game board 110. In FIG. 1, the gates 124 are provided on the left and right sides of the game area 111, the left gate 124 is indicated as 124L, and the right gate 124 is indicated as 124R. Moreover, the 1st starting port 121 and the 2nd starting port 122 here say the winning opening used as the operation opportunity of the predetermined 1 special symbol display. Specifically, the first start port 121 and the second start port 122 are provided with switches (a first start port switch 211 and a second start port switch 212 described later) that detect the passage of a game ball when winning a prize. It has been. And when a game ball wins the 1st starting port 121 or the 2nd starting port 122, this switch will detect the passage of a gaming ball as an opportunity to operate a special symbol display.

  The second start port 122 includes an electric tulip (opening / closing member) 123 as a normal electric accessory that is turned on and off by a pair of blades in the shape of tulip flowers that are opened and closed by an electric solenoid. In the electric tulip 123, when the blade is closed, it is difficult for the game ball to enter the second start port 122, but when the blade is opened, the entrance of the second start port 122 is expanded and the game ball is moved to the second start port 122. It is configured to be easy to enter. When the electric tulip 123 wins the normal symbol lottery, the blade opens for a specified time (for example, 0.15 to 1.8 seconds) and for a specified number of times (for example, 1 to 3 times) while lighting or blinking.

The pachinko gaming machine 100 has, as gaming states, a low probability state with a low winning probability and a high probability state with a higher winning probability than the low probability state based on the winning probability of the special symbol lottery. Then, the state is controlled to be either a low probability state or a high probability state based on a predetermined condition. In addition to the low probability state and the high probability state, it is possible to set a medium probability state in which the winning probability of the special symbol lottery is higher than the low probability state and lower than the high probability state. In this case, the pachinko gaming machine 100 is controlled to one of a low probability state, a medium probability state, and a high probability state based on a predetermined condition.
Further, the pachinko gaming machine 100 has a short time state where there are few winning opportunities at the second start port 122 and a short state when there are more winning opportunities at the second start port 122 than in the short time state. Based on a predetermined condition, the state is controlled to be either a timeless state or a timeless state. The short-time state is any one of, for example, extending the opening time when the electric tulip 123 opens and closes, increasing the probability of winning the normal symbol lottery, or reducing the normal symbol variation time. A gaming state controlled by one or more combinations. In the short time state, the special symbol variation time of the special symbol may be shortened.

Also, in this embodiment, as other prizes and lottery items, a lottery is performed even if a game ball wins a grand prize opening 125 as a special electric bonus that opens according to the result of the special symbol lottery. An ordinary winning opening 126 that is not present is arranged on the game board 110.
In the present embodiment, a display 130 for displaying a lottery result and the number of holds is arranged at the lower left position of the game board 110.

  Also, on the back side of the game board 110, there are a game control board for performing game control including determination of special symbol lottery, an effect control board for comprehensively controlling effects, an image control board for controlling effects by images and sounds, Various boards (not shown) such as a lamp control board for controlling the effect of the lamp and the movable accessory 115 are attached. In addition, a switching power supply (not shown) that converts the supplied 24V AC power source into a DC power source and outputs it to various boards and the like is disposed on the back surface of the game board 110.

When the player touches the handle 151 and rotates the lever 152 in the clockwise direction, the frame member 150 moves the game balls at a predetermined time interval (for example, 100 per minute) with a hitting force according to the operation angle. And a launching device (not shown) for electrically firing. In addition, the frame member 150 includes a supply device (not shown) that sequentially supplies game balls to the launching device one by one at a timing interlocked with the operation of the player's lever 152, and a game ball that the supply device supplies to the launching device. And a plate 153 for temporarily storing. For example, a payout ball by a payout unit is paid out to the plate 153.
In the present embodiment, the plate 153 is configured as an integrated upper and lower plate, but a configuration example in which the upper plate and the lower plate are separated is also conceivable. Further, a configuration example in which the handle 151 of the launcher is caused to emit light or vibrate under a predetermined condition is also conceivable.

Here, the frame member 150 includes an air device 160 (see FIG. 37) that creates compressed air (air). That is, an air nozzle (not shown) for discharging compressed air produced by the air device 160 is formed on the handle 151 of the launching device.
In a predetermined case, as an effect, compressed air is intermittently blown out from an air nozzle (not shown) of the handle 151. For this reason, the player can feel the blowout of compressed air with the palm holding the handle 151, and can have fun to play the game continuously.

The frame member 150 also includes a stop button 154 for temporarily stopping the launch of the game ball even when the player is touching the handle 151 of the launch device, and a game ball stored in the tray 153. A take-out button 155 for dropping and taking out the box (not shown).
Further, the frame member 150 includes a speaker 156 and a frame lamp 157 for notifying the gaming state and situation of the pachinko gaming machine 100 and performing various effects. The speaker 156 performs announcements and various effects using music, voice, and sound effects. The frame lamp 157 is composed of a light emitting body such as an LED, and performs various effects by light depending on a pattern due to lighting and blinking, a difference in emission color, and the like. In addition, about the frame lamp | ramp 157, the structural example which enables it to perform the effect which changes the irradiation direction of light can be considered.
Here, in the first embodiment, the frame member 150 includes a frame drive effect unit 180 that has a built-in light source and can be switched between storing and unfolding by a driving force.
The frame member 150 is provided with a front frame 20 (see FIG. 28) that can be freely opened and closed. The front frame 20 has a transparent plate 159 (see FIG. 29) for separating the game board 110 from the player. I have.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2A is an enlarged view showing an example of the display unit 130 arranged at the lower right of the game board 110. FIG. 2B is a partial plan view of the pachinko gaming machine 100.
As shown in FIG. 2A, the display 130 of the pachinko gaming machine 100 receives a first special symbol display 221 that operates in response to winning of the first starting port 121 and a winning of the second starting port 122. A second special symbol display 222 that operates correspondingly and a normal symbol display 223 that operates corresponding to the passage of the gate 124 are provided. The first special symbol display unit 221 displays the lottery result by stopping and displaying the special symbol based on the winning of the first start port 121 after variably displaying. The second special symbol display 222 displays the lottery result by stopping and displaying the special symbol based on the winning of the second start port 122 after variably displaying. Based on the fact that the game ball has passed through the gate 124, the normal symbol display unit 223 displays the lottery result by stopping and displaying the normal symbol after being variably displayed. In the present embodiment, the first special symbol display 221 and the second special symbol display 222 are each constituted by a display device in which LEDs are arranged, and the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is displayed according to the lighting mode. Similarly, the normal symbol display 223 is also composed of a display device in which LEDs are arranged, and the lottery result of the normal symbol lottery is displayed according to the lighting mode.

  In addition, the indicator 130 operates in response to the hold in the first special symbol display 221 and the first special symbol hold indicator 218 that operates corresponding to the hold in the first special symbol display 221 and the second special symbol display 222. 2 a special symbol hold indicator 219 and a normal symbol hold indicator 220 that operates in response to the hold in the normal symbol indicator 223. In the present embodiment, the first special symbol hold indicator 218, the second special symbol hold indicator 219, and the normal symbol hold indicator 220 are each configured by a display device in which LEDs are arranged, and the number of holds is determined depending on the lighting mode. Is displayed.

  Here, the hold will be described. If a game ball wins in the first start port 121 or the second start port 122 during the special symbol change display operation (while the change display for one win is being performed), the special symbol is changing. In addition, the special symbol variation display operation based on the subsequent winning cannot be started. Therefore, the number of subsequent winnings is memorized up to a specified number (for example, 4), and the right to start a special symbol for the winning game ball is until the variable display operation for the previously winning game ball ends. Deferred. For normal symbols, the same processing as for special symbols is performed. The fact that such a hold has been made and the number of hold (unchanged number) are displayed on the first special symbol hold indicator 218, the second special symbol hold indicator 219 and the normal symbol hold indicator 220.

  Furthermore, the display device 130 includes a state display device 224 that displays the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100. In the present embodiment, the status indicator 224 is configured by a display device in which three LEDs are arranged. One of the three LEDs notifies whether or not the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in a high probability state where the winning probability of the special symbol lottery is high. The other one is to notify by lighting whether or not the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in a short time state in which it is easy to win the second starting port 122. Still another one is to notify by lighting whether or not the player is in a state advantageous to the player by making a right strike (by changing the hitting force of the game ball). Note that the status indicator 224 may be further provided with an LED to notify information related to other gaming states.

  In addition, the indicator 130 includes a round number indicator 225 for displaying the number of rounds when the big winning opening 125 is operated in the jackpot game performed according to the lottery result of the special symbol lottery. The jackpot game will be described later. The round number display 225 is configured by a display device in which LEDs are arranged, and the number of operating rounds of the big winning opening 125 in the jackpot game is displayed according to the lighting mode.

  The frame member 150 of the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes an input device for a player to input an effect. As shown in FIG. 2B, in the present embodiment, as an example of an input device, an effect button 161, an effect key 162 that is adjacent to the effect button 161 and includes a plurality of keys arranged in a substantially cross shape, Is disposed on the frame member 150. For example, consider a case where an operation for selecting one image from a plurality of images is received in the production. In this case, for example, the player operates one of the effect keys 162 including four keys arranged in a cross to indicate one of a plurality of images displayed on the image display unit 114, and the effect button 161. An operation such as selecting an instructed image can be employed by operating. In addition to the effect buttons 161 and the effect keys 162 shown in the figure, various input forms such as levers, dials, and the like can be adopted as the input device.

[Configuration of control unit]
Next, a control unit that performs operation control and signal processing in the pachinko gaming machine 100 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the control unit. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit includes a game control unit 200 that determines whether a special symbol is won or the like as main control means. Further, as sub-control means, an effect control unit 300 that comprehensively controls effects, an image / sound control unit 310 that controls effects using images and sound, and effects using various lamps and movable accessories 115 A lamp control unit 320 for controlling the payout, and a payout control unit 330 for performing payout control of the payout ball.

  The game control unit 200 as the main control means is configured by a game control board (not shown) as a main board. In addition, each of the effect control unit 300, the image / sound control unit 310, the lamp control unit 320, and the payout control unit 330, which are sub-control means, includes an effect control board, an image control board, a lamp control board (not shown), And the payout control board.

[Configuration and function of game control unit]
The game control unit 200 includes a CPU 201 that performs arithmetic processing when determining a lottery result of a special symbol lottery, a ROM 202 that stores programs executed by the CPU 201, various data, and the like, a working memory of the CPU 201, and the like. And a RAM 203 used as the above.

  The game control unit 200 controls the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 in either a high probability state or a low probability state, a time-short state or a time-short state. As a result, the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is a high probability state and a short time state, a high probability short time gaming state, a low probability state and a short time state, low probability short time gaming state, a high probability state, and a short time short state. It is one of a short-probability state with no probability, a low-probability state, and a short-probability state with a low probability. Then, the game control unit 200 switches between the high probability state and the low probability state based on a predetermined condition, and switches between the short time state and the short time state. In addition, the game control unit 200 performs control such as increasing the probability of winning the normal symbol lottery in the short time state, shortening the normal symbol variation time, and extending the opening time of the electric tulip 123 in the short time state. I do.

  The game control unit 200 performs a special symbol lottery when the game ball is won at the first start port 121 or the second start port 122. Then, a special game such as a jackpot game is performed according to the determination result of the special symbol lottery. In the special game, the game control unit 200 performs a predetermined number of rounds that maintain an open state until the special winning opening 125, which is a special electric accessory, satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, 29.5 seconds have passed or 10 game balls have been won). Control to repeat only. And the game control part 200 controls the opening-and-closing operation space | interval at the time of the jackpot big winning opening 125 opening.

In addition, the game control unit 200 performs a normal symbol lottery when the game ball passes through the gate 124. And the action | operation of the electric tulip 123 is controlled according to the determination result of a normal symbol lottery.
In addition, the game control unit 200 holds the game ball when the game ball wins the first start port 121 or the second start port 122 during the special symbol change, or the game ball passes through the gate 124 during the normal symbol change. Set the hold that occurs.
Further, the game control unit 200 accompanies the game control such as the determination result of the special symbol lottery and the normal symbol lottery, the change information of the high probability state and the low probability state, the change information of the time short state and the short time state, the setting information of the hold, etc. Information is sent to the production control unit 300.

Further, when the game ball is won in the first start port 121, the second start port 122, the big winning port 125, and the normal winning port 126, the game control unit 200 per game ball according to the place where the game ball has won. The payout control unit 330 is instructed to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls. For example, when a game ball wins at the first start port 121, three prize balls, when a game ball wins at the second start port 122, four prize balls, and when a game ball wins the big prize port 125, thirteen prizes. When a game ball wins the ball, the normal winning opening 126, an instruction command (command) is sent to the payout control unit 330 so as to pay out 10 prize balls. Even if it is detected that the game ball has passed through the gate 124, the payout control unit 330 is not instructed to pay out the prize ball in conjunction with it.
When the payout control unit 330 pays out a prize ball in accordance with an instruction from the game control unit 200, the game control unit 200 acquires information on the number of prize balls paid out from the payout control unit 330. As a result, the number of prize balls paid out is managed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game control unit 200 includes a first start port detection unit (first start port switch (SW)) 211 that detects a winning of a game ball to the first start port 121, as shown in FIG. , A second start port detection unit (second start port switch (SW)) 212 that detects a winning of a game ball to the second start port 122, an electric tulip opening / closing unit 213 that opens and closes the electric tulip 123, and the gate 124. A gate detection unit (gate switch (SW)) 214 for detecting the passage of the game ball is connected.
Further, the game control unit 200 has a large winning port detecting unit (large winning port switch (SW)) 215 for detecting a winning of a game ball to the large winning port 125, and the large winning port 125 is inclined to be in a closed state. A large winning opening / closing unit 216 set to the open state and a normal winning opening detecting unit (normal winning opening switch (SW)) 217 for detecting the winning of a game ball to the normal winning opening 126 are connected.

In addition, the game control unit 200 includes a first special symbol hold indicator 218 for displaying the number of unreserved reserves won in the first start port 121 during the change of the special symbol, and the second special symbol hold indicator 218 during the change of the special symbol. A second special symbol hold indicator 219 that displays the number of unchanged reserves that have been won at the start port 122, and a normal symbol hold indicator that displays the number of unchanged symbols that have passed through the gate 124 while the normal symbol is changing. 220 are connected.
Further, the game control unit 200 includes a first special symbol display 221 for displaying a special symbol variation display and a special symbol lottery result performed by winning a game ball in the first starting port 121, and a second starting port. A second special symbol display 222 that displays the result of the special symbol variation display and special symbol lottery performed by winning the game ball to 122, and the normal symbol display that displays the normal symbol variation display and the normal symbol lottery result A device 223 and a state indicator 224 for displaying the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 are connected.

  Then, detection signals detected by the first start port switch 211, the second start port switch 212, the gate switch 214, the big winning port switch 215 and the normal winning port switch 217 are sent to the game control unit 200. In addition, the control signal from the game control unit 200 includes an electric tulip opening / closing unit 213, a prize winning opening / closing unit 216, a first special symbol hold indicator 218, a second special symbol hold indicator 219, a normal symbol hold indicator 220, It is sent to the first special symbol display 221, the second special symbol display 222, the normal symbol display 223, and the status display 224. Thereby, the game control unit 200 performs various controls related to the number of payout prize balls.

  Further, a board external information terminal board 350 for transmitting various information to a host computer (not shown) installed in the hall is connected to the game control unit 200. Then, the game control unit 200 transmits the information about the number of paid-out prize balls acquired from the payout control unit 330 and the information indicating the state of the game control unit 200 to the host computer via the board external information terminal board 350. To do.

[Configuration and function of production control unit]
The effect control unit 300 includes a CPU 301 that performs calculation processing when controlling the effect, a ROM 302 that stores programs executed by the CPU 301 and various data, a RAM 303 that is used as a work memory of the CPU 301, and the like. And a real-time clock (RTC) 304 for measuring.
The effect control unit 300 sets the contents of the effect, for example, based on the determination result of whether or not the winning in the special symbol lottery sent from the game control unit 200 and the variation pattern. At that time, in response to an operation input from the user using the effect button 161 or the effect key 162, the effect content corresponding to the operation input may be set. In this case, for example, a signal (operation signal) corresponding to an operation is received from a controller (not shown) such as the effect button 161, and the operation content identified by the operation signal is reflected in the setting of the effect.
In addition, when the game is interrupted for a predetermined period, the production control unit 300 instructs the setting of screen display for waiting for a customer as one of the productions.
Furthermore, the production control unit 300 sets the production content based on the change information of the high probability state and the low probability state received from the game control unit 200, and the change information of the short time state and the short time state.
In addition, the effect control unit 300 sends a command for instructing execution of the set effect contents to the image / sound control unit 310 and the lamp control unit 320.

[Configuration / Function of Image / Sound Control Unit]
The image / sound control unit 310 is a CPU 311 that performs arithmetic processing for controlling the image and sound representing the content of the effect, a ROM 312 that stores programs executed by the CPU 311, various data, and the like. And a RAM 313 used as a memory or the like.
Then, the image / sound control unit 310 controls the image displayed on the image display unit 114 and the sound output from the speaker 156 based on the command sent from the effect control unit 300.
Specifically, in the ROM 312 of the image / sound control unit 310, a symbol image or background image displayed during the game on the image display unit 114, a decorative symbol for notifying the player of the lottery result, and a notice effect for the player Image data such as a character or item for displaying is stored.
The ROM 312 further stores various types of acoustic data such as music and sound output from the speaker 156 in synchronization with the image data or independently of the image data, and sound effects such as jingles. The CPU 311 selects and reads out the data corresponding to the command sent from the effect control unit 300 from the image data and the sound data stored in the ROM 312. Furthermore, image processing for background image display, symbol image display, symbol image variation, character / item display, etc., and voice processing using the read acoustic data are performed using the read image data.
Then, the image / sound control unit 310 controls screen display on the image display unit 114 based on the image data subjected to image processing. Further, the sound output from the speaker 156 is controlled by the sound data subjected to the sound processing.

[Configuration and function of lamp control unit]
The lamp control unit 320 stores a CPU 321 that performs arithmetic processing when controlling the light emission of the panel lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 and the operation of the movable accessory 115, and programs executed by the CPU 321 and various data. A ROM 322 and a RAM 323 used as a working memory for the CPU 321 are provided.
The lamp control unit 320 controls lighting / flashing of the panel lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157, the emission color, and the like based on the command sent from the effect control unit 300. Further, the operation of the movable accessory 115 is controlled.
Specifically, the ROM 322 of the lamp control unit 320 stores lighting / flashing pattern data and emission color pattern data (emission pattern) for the panel lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 according to the production contents set by the production control unit 300. Data) is stored. The CPU 321 selects and reads out the light emission pattern data stored in the ROM 322 corresponding to the command sent from the effect control unit 300. The lamp controller 320 controls the light emission of the panel lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 based on the read light emission pattern data.
The ROM 322 of the lamp control unit 320 stores operation pattern data of the movable accessory 115 corresponding to the production content set by the production control unit 300. The CPU 321 controls the operation of the movable accessory 115 based on the read operation pattern data.

[Configuration and function of payout control unit]
The payout control unit 330 includes a CPU 331 that performs arithmetic processing when controlling payout of payout balls, a ROM 332 that stores programs executed by the CPU 331, various data, and the like, and a RAM 333 that is used as a work memory for the CPU 331 and the like. And.
The payout control unit 330 controls payout of the payout ball based on the command sent from the game control unit 200.
Specifically, the payout control unit 330 acquires, from the game control unit 200, a command for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls according to the place where the game ball has won (the first start port 121 or the like). Then, the payout driving unit 334 is controlled so as to pay out the number of prize balls specified by the command. Here, the payout drive unit 334 is constituted by a drive motor that sends out the game ball from the game ball storage unit.

The payout control unit 330 includes a payout ball detection unit 335 that detects the number of prize balls actually paid out from the game ball storage unit by the payout driving unit 334, and a game ball in the storage unit (not shown). Detecting unit 336 for detecting presence / absence of storage of the game, and detecting whether or not the plate 153 for holding the game ball used when the player plays the game or the paid-out prize ball is full. A full tank detection unit 337 is connected. The payout control unit 330 receives the detection signals detected by the payout ball detection unit 335, the ball presence detection unit 336, and the full tank detection unit 337, and performs a predetermined process according to these detection signals.
Further, the payout control unit 330 is connected to a frame external information terminal board 340 that transmits various types of information to a host computer installed in the hall. Then, the payout control unit 330, for example, information on the number of prize balls instructed to pay out to the payout driving unit 334, information on the number of prize balls actually paid out detected by the payout ball detection unit 335, etc. Is transmitted to the host computer via the frame external information terminal board 340. Also, similar information is transmitted to the game control unit 200.

As shown in FIG. 3, the door opening detection sensor 26 for detecting the door open / closed state of the frame member 150 (see FIG. 1) is connected to the payout control unit 330. Details of the use and operation of the door opening detection sensor 26 will be described later (see FIGS. 37 and 50).
Here, a signal output from the door opening detection sensor 26 is transmitted from the payout control unit 330 to the game control unit 200. The game control unit 200 determines whether the door is open or closed based on an output signal from the door opening detection sensor 26. When it is determined that the door is opened (the door is open), the game control unit 200 transmits a signal for notifying an error to the effect control unit 300 and uses the payout control unit 330 for the frame. External information is transmitted to the external information terminal board 340. Note that a configuration example in which the transmission of external information here is also performed on the board external information terminal board 350 is conceivable, and a configuration example in which only the board external information terminal board 350 is performed is also conceivable. That is, the external information is transmitted to the frame external information terminal board 340 and / or the board external information terminal board 350.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the opening detection sensor 26 is connected to the payout control unit 330, the payout control unit 330 is connected to the game control unit 200, and the game control unit 200 is connected to the effect control unit 300. Adopt the configuration. Such a connection relationship is adopted for the following reason. That is, while the opening detection sensor 26 is attached to the frame member 150, the game control unit 200 is provided in the game board 110. Therefore, the opening detection sensor 26 on the frame member 150 side is replaced with the game control unit 200 on the game board 110 side. In the case of connection, it is necessary to consider each time the model is developed, which increases the development burden. Therefore, the development load is reduced by connecting the opening detection sensor 26 to the payout control unit 330.
In addition, in the connection relationship from the door opening detection sensor 26 to the effect control unit 300 described above, an example in which a relay board (not shown) is interposed in the middle is also conceivable.

  In addition, when the door opening detection sensor 26 is connected to the payout control unit 330, a modification in which the payout control unit 330 determines the door open / close state based on the output signal of the door open detection sensor 26 is also conceivable. That is, in the case of adopting such a modified example, when the payout control unit 330 determines that the door opening state is detected by the door opening detection sensor 26, the payout control unit 330 transmits a door opening signal to the game control unit 200 and receives it. The played game control unit 200 transmits a signal for notifying an error to the effect control unit 300. Also, the payout control unit 330 transmits external information to the frame external information terminal board 340.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the door opening detection sensor 26 is connected to the payout control unit 330. However, the present invention is not limited to this, but it is difficult to reduce the development burden described above. A configuration example in which the door opening detection sensor 26 is connected to the game control unit 200 is also conceivable. In addition, when transmission of external information can be omitted, an example in which the door opening detection sensor 26 is connected to the effect control unit 300 is also conceivable.

  Moreover, the door opening detection sensor 26 with which this Embodiment is provided may be single or plural. In the latter case, that is, when a plurality of (for example, two) door opening detection sensors 26 are provided, a signal indicating closing is output from all the door opening detection sensors 26 (or no signal indicating opening is output). ) When the frame member 150 is in a closed state and a signal indicating opening is output from any of the plurality of opening detection sensors 26 (or when a signal indicating closing is not output). A control example for detecting that the door is open can be considered.

[Functional configuration of game control unit]
Next, the functional configuration of the game control unit 200 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game control unit 200. As shown in FIG. 4, the game control unit 200 includes a random number acquisition unit 231, a normal symbol determination unit 232, a special symbol variation control unit 233, and a special symbol determination unit 234 as functional units that execute various lottery processes. And a normal symbol fluctuation control unit 236.
In addition, the game control unit 200 includes a variation pattern selection unit 235 as a functional unit that executes a process associated with special symbol variation.
In addition, the game control unit 200 is a function unit that executes operation control of various types of objects and data processing related to a prize ball, etc. As a function unit, a prize winning opening operation control unit 237, an electric tulip operation control unit 238, and a prize ball processing unit 239 are provided. And an output control unit 240 and a random number control unit 241.

The random number acquisition unit 231 acquires a random number value used for the special symbol lottery and a random value used for the normal symbol lottery. In the case of a random number value used for the special symbol lottery, specifically, on the condition that a game ball has won a prize at the first starting port 121 or the second starting port 122, a numerical value within a predetermined range for each type of random number. One numerical value (random number value) is selected (obtained) from the inside. The acquired random number value is used for determination by the special symbol determination unit 234. As will be described in detail later, the random numbers used in the special symbol lottery include a jackpot random number indicating whether or not the jackpot, a symbol random number indicating the type of jackpot, a variation pattern random number, a reach random number, and the like.
Further, in the case of a random number value used in the normal symbol lottery, specifically, one numerical value (random number value) is selected (obtained) from a predetermined range of values on the condition that the game ball has passed through the gate 124. ) The acquired random number value is used for determination by the normal symbol determination unit 232. In addition, as a random number used for the normal symbol lottery, a symbol random number indicating a winning type, a variation pattern random number, or the like may be set in addition to a winning random number indicating whether or not the winning is made.
When the special symbol lottery is performed, the special symbol fluctuation control unit 233 controls the fluctuation of the special symbol in the first special symbol indicator 221 or the second special symbol indicator 222 according to the lottery result.

  The special symbol determination unit 234 uses a random number table as shown in FIG. 17 to be described later at the start of the variation of the special symbol, and whether the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is “big hit or not” Type "," whether or not a small win if the big win is not won "or the like. That is, the special symbol determination unit 234 determines whether or not to play a special game (such as a big hit game) advantageous to the player based on the random number value for special symbol lottery acquired by the random number acquisition unit 231. The special symbol lottery is a process performed by the random number acquisition unit 231 and the special symbol determination unit 234.

  Here, the “hit” is divided into a plurality of types according to the gaming state that occurs after the end of the jackpot game. Specifically, the type of jackpot is determined depending on the combination of the short-time state or the short-time state and the high-probability state or the low-probability state. That is, the types of jackpots based on the gaming state that occurs after the end of the jackpot game are the jackpots that become the short game state with a high probability after the jackpot game ends (hereinafter, the jackpot of the short game state with a high probability), the short game state with a low probability Jackpot to become a jackpot (hereinafter referred to as a jackpot of a low probability short game state), a jackpot to be a high probability short gameless state (hereinafter a jackpot of a high probability short gameless state), a jackpot to become a low probability short gameless state (hereinafter low) There is a possibility of a jackpot of probable short gameless state). Each of these jackpots is associated with an individual special symbol, and the type of jackpot is determined according to the type of special symbol won in the special symbol lottery.

  In addition, the “bonanza” may be divided into a jackpot that can be expected to pay out a large amount of gaming balls for a long time, and a jackpot that can hardly be expected to pay out gaming balls because the jackpot game time is short. The former is called “long hit” and the latter is called “short hit”. For example, in “long win”, a round that is maintained until the open state of the grand prize opening 125 satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, 29.5 seconds have passed or 10 game balls have been won) is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times). It is. In the “short win”, a round in which the special winning opening 125 is opened for a certain time (for example, 0.1 second) is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times).

In addition, in the case of “small winning” when the big winning is not won, for example, a small winning game is performed in which the big winning opening 125 is opened for a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times) for 0.1 seconds. At the time of winning the small hit, the game state before the small win is continued even after the small hit game is completed. That is, when the game state at the time of winning the small hit is the high probability short game state, the high probability short time gaming state is continued even after the small hit game ends, and the gaming state does not shift. Similarly, when the game state at the time of winning the small hit is the low probability short-time non-game state, the low-probability short short no-game state is continued even after the small hit game ends, and the game state does not shift.
Also, “small hit” is a kind of “out of game”, and none of the above gaming states that are advantageous to the player is set.

The variation pattern selection unit 235 selects a variation pattern (variation time) of a special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display 221 or the second special symbol display 222. Specifically, the variation pattern selection unit 235 determines the variation pattern based on the determination result whether or not to play the jackpot game, the determination result whether or not to reach and the like. Then, based on the variation pattern selected by the variation pattern selection unit 235, the special symbol variation control unit 233 controls the variation of the special symbol. Details of operations of the fluctuation pattern selection unit 235 and the special symbol fluctuation control unit 233 will be described later.
Here, “reach” is an effect for causing a player to expect a big hit in a decorative pattern to be described later.

The normal symbol determination unit 232 determines whether or not the lottery result of the normal symbol is “winning” using a random number table as shown in FIG. That is, the normal symbol determination unit 232 determines whether or not to perform an auxiliary game that opens and closes the electric tulip 123 based on the random number value for normal symbol lottery acquired by the random number acquisition unit 231. When a plurality of types of winning are set in the normal symbol lottery, the normal symbol determining unit 232 determines “winning type” when the determination result is winning. The normal symbol lottery is a process performed by the random number acquisition unit 231 and the normal symbol determination unit 232.
When the normal symbol lottery is performed, the normal symbol fluctuation control unit 236 controls the fluctuation of the normal symbol by the normal symbol display unit 223 according to the lottery result.
The electric tulip movement control unit 238 opens the electric tulip 123 for a predetermined time and a predetermined number of times when the normal symbol determination unit 232 determines “winning” in the normal symbol lottery, and a game ball is placed at the second start port 122. Generate a state that makes it easy to win. Further, when it is determined as “displacement”, such an open state of the electric tulip 123 is not generated.

When the special symbol determination unit 234 determines that it is a “big hit” in the special symbol lottery, the big winning mouth operation control unit 237 uses the operation pattern specified based on the type of the winning jackpot as the jackpot game. The opening operation of 125 is controlled. Also, the special winning opening operation control unit 237 opens the special winning opening 125 for a specified time and a specified number of times as a small winning game when the special symbol determining unit 234 determines “small hit” in the special symbol lottery. .
The prize ball processing unit 239 sets commands for controlling the number of prizes received for various types of winning-related items and lottery, and for controlling the dispensing of prize balls according to the prizes.
The output control unit 240 controls the output of control commands from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 and the payout control unit 330.
The random number control unit 241 updates various random number values that the random number acquisition unit 231 acquires at a predetermined timing.

Note that the special prize opening 125 of the present embodiment has a special prize opening (not shown) inside. That is, the game ball that has entered the grand prize opening 125 is configured to be able to enter a special prize opening provided inside. In addition, opening / closing of the special prize opening is controlled by the game control unit 200. In the present embodiment, the special winning opening is opened and closed based on a predetermined opening / closing pattern when a jackpot game is performed.
Then, when a game ball enters the special winning opening, the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 shifts to a predetermined game state after the jackpot game ends. In the present embodiment, when a game ball enters the special winning opening, it is set to shift to a high probability state. Here, when a special winning opening is won, the predetermined game state to be shifted after the end of the jackpot game is not limited to the high probability state, and may be set to shift to, for example, a short-time state or a medium probability state. good.
It should be noted that the grand prize opening 125 and the special prize opening are not limited to being configured integrally. For example, a second prize winning opening may be provided separately from the prize winning opening 125, and the second prize winning opening may function as the special prize winning opening described above.

[Basic operation of gaming machine]
Next, the basic operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100 will be described.
When the power is turned on, the game control unit 200 of the pachinko gaming machine 100 performs initialization and initial setting of various devices as a basic process at the time of activation. And after performing a basic process, the game control part 200 repeatedly performs the main control process which is a series of processes regarding progress of a game. In addition, when the power is shut off, the game control unit 200 executes a series of power-off processing.

FIG. 5A is a flowchart illustrating an operation of basic processing by the game control unit 200.
When the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on, the game control unit 200 first permits access to the RAM 203 (see FIG. 3) (step (hereinafter, “step” will be referred to as “S”) 101). Then, the game control unit 200 determines whether or not a RAM clear switch for clearing the RAM 203 is ON (S102).
If the RAM clear switch is OFF (No in S102), the game control unit 200 next determines whether or not the backup flag relating to the operation at the time of power-off is ON (S103).
If the backup flag is ON (Yes in S103), the game control unit 200 next determines whether or not the checksum created when the power is turned off is normal (S104).
If the checksum is normal (Yes in S104), the game control unit 200 next executes a return process (S105). In this return processing, the game control unit 200 performs setting of sub-control means such as the effect control unit 300 accompanying the recovery from the state where the power is cut off. Specifically, the game control unit 200 is configured so that the internal state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 when the power is cut off (whether the game is a big hit game, either a high probability state or a low probability state, a short time state and a short time state) The command for setting the sub-control means is output to the effect control unit 300 so that any one of them is reflected. In this return process, the game control unit 200 turns off the backup flag.

  On the other hand, if the RAM clear switch is ON (Yes in S102), the backup flag is OFF (No in S103), and the checksum is abnormal (No in S104), then the game control unit 200 is initialized. As processing, the stored contents of the RAM 203 are cleared (S106), and the work area of the RAM 203 is set (S107). Then, the game control unit 200 outputs a command for setting (initializing) the sub control means to the effect control unit 300, and sets the sub board (sub control means) (S108). The setting of the sub board includes clearing the RAMs 303, 313, and 323 mounted on each sub board.

After the return process (see S105) is completed or after the setting of the sub-board (see S108) is finished, the game control unit 200 sets various counters and timers used for game control (S109). Then, the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the interrupt permission (S110), the interrupt prohibition (S111), the symbol random number control process (S112), the initial value random number update process (S113), and the power shutoff flag are ON. (S114) is repeatedly executed as a loop process.
Here, interrupt permission (S110) and interrupt prohibition (S111) are provided to enable execution of interrupt processing during execution of the loop processing (S110 to S114). In the present embodiment, main control processing in game control is executed by this interrupt processing. Details of the main control process will be described later.
In the symbol random number control process (S112), the game control unit 200 updates the variation pattern random number used in the special symbol lottery.
In the initial value random number update process (S113), the game control unit 200 updates initial values of various random number values used in the game control.
In the determination of the power cut-off flag, when the power cut-off flag is OFF (No in S114), the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is not cut off, and the game control unit 200 performs main control by interruption together with the loop processing (S110 to S114). The process is executed repeatedly. On the other hand, when the power shut-off flag is ON (Yes in S114), the game control unit 200 starts a process for shutting off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 (power shut-off process).

FIG. 5B is a flowchart illustrating the operation of power-off processing by the game control unit 200.
In the power-off process, the game control unit 200 first clears the setting of the output port for performing various outputs (S115). Next, the game control unit 200 creates a checksum and stores it in the RAM 203 (S116). Next, the game control unit 200 turns on the backup flag (S117), prohibits access to the RAM 203 (S118), and shifts to an infinite loop.

[Main control processing of gaming machines]
Next, main control processing of the pachinko gaming machine 100 will be described.
In the main control process, the game control unit 200 controls the game in the pachinko gaming machine 100, instructs the effect control unit 300, which is a sub-control means, to control the effect, and gives a prize ball to the payout control unit 330. Instructs payout control.

FIG. 5-3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the main control process of the game control unit 200.
The main control process includes a series of processes in game control, and is repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals (for example, 4 milliseconds). In the present embodiment, the game control unit 200 generates an interrupt every predetermined time set in advance, and when the interrupt is permitted in the loop process shown in FIG. Execute main control processing. As shown in FIG. 5C, in the main control process, a random number update process, a switch process, a symbol process, an electric accessory process, a prize ball process, and an output process are sequentially executed (S501 to S506).

  In the random number update process (S501), the game control unit 200 calls a function (subroutine) of the random number control unit 241, and updates various random number values used in the game control by the game control unit 200. Details of the setting of the random number and the update of the random value will be described later.

As the switch process (S502), a start port switch process and a gate switch process are performed.
In the start port switch process, the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the random number acquisition unit 231, monitors the states of the first start port switch 211 and the second start port switch 212 in FIG. If this happens, a special symbol lottery process is executed.
In the gate switch process, the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the random number acquisition unit 231 to monitor the state of the gate switch 214 in FIG. 3, and when the switch is turned on, for the normal symbol lottery. Execute the process.
Details of these switch processes will be described later.

As the symbol processing (S503), special symbol processing and normal symbol processing are performed.
In the special symbol process, the game control unit 200 calls the functions (subroutines) of the special symbol variation control unit 233, the special symbol determination unit 234, and the variation pattern selection unit 235, and executes the special symbol variation and the process associated with this symbol variation. To do.
In the normal symbol process, the game control unit 200 calls the functions (subroutines) of the normal symbol variation control unit 236 and the normal symbol determination unit 232, and executes the normal symbol variation and the process associated with this symbol variation.
The detailed contents of these symbol processes will be described later.

As the electric accessory process (S504), a big prize opening process and an electric tulip process are performed.
In the special prize opening process, the game control unit 200 calls a function (subroutine) of the special prize opening operation control unit 237 and controls the opening operation of the special prize opening 125 which is a special electric accessory based on a predetermined condition.
In the electric tulip process, the game control unit 200 calls the function (subroutine) of the electric tulip operation control unit 238 and controls the opening operation of the electric tulip 123 that is a normal electric accessory based on a predetermined condition.
Detailed contents of these electric accessory processing will be described later.

  In the winning ball process (S505), the game control unit 200 calls a function (subroutine) of the winning ball processing unit 239, and sets a command for controlling the number of winnings and a control for paying out a winning ball according to the winnings.

  In the output process (S506), the game control unit 200 calls a function (subroutine) of the output control unit 240, outputs a command for effect control to the effect control unit 300, and sends a command for payout control to the payout control unit 330. Output. The effect control command is generated in each processing from S502 to S504, and stored (set) in the control command storage area provided in the RAM 203. The payout control command is generated in the processing of S 505 and stored (set) in the control command storage area provided in the RAM 203. A storage area is set in the RAM 203 for each type of control command.

  The output control unit 240 sequentially checks the storage area of each control command in the RAM 203 in the output process (S506), and if the control command is stored in each storage area (that is, the control command is used in the process of S502 to S505). If a command has been generated), the control command is read and output to the output destination (the effect control unit 300 or the payout control unit 330).

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5C, output processing is performed at the end of a series of main control processing. That is, the command generated in each process of S502 to S505 by the above functions as the first processing means is stored in a corresponding storage area of the RAM 203 in each process. Then, after these series of processing, the output control unit 240 as the second processing means collectively outputs the commands generated in each processing accumulated in the storage area of the RAM 203. In other words, in this embodiment, when the main control process is executed for one cycle, the command generated in the execution of the one cycle is output after the last command generation in the execution of the one cycle is performed.

[Configuration example of RAM of game control unit]
Although not particularly illustrated, the RAM 203 is provided with a command storage area for storing the command generated by the main control process for each command type.
As will be described in detail later, the command sent from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 is, for example, 2-byte information including a code indicating the type of command and data indicating the content of the command. A code is described in 1 byte, and data is described in another 1 byte. The code is, for example, information such as a special symbol lottery or a stop symbol related to a normal symbol lottery, a variation pattern, a hold, a preliminary determination, an operation instruction of the big prize opening 125 or the electric tulip 123, an error notification related to the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100, etc. Identify the type. The data specifies the specific contents of the information specified by the code. For example, information such as the type of stop symbol in the special symbol lottery, the selected variation pattern, the number of holds, the specific contents of the operation of the special winning opening 125 (open or closed), an instruction to start or end error notification, etc. Described.

Each command storage area of the RAM 203 described above is associated with one or more types of commands for one command storage area. In the main control process shown in FIG. 5C, the game control unit 200 stores the generated command in the command storage area associated with the command.
Here, in the main control process, not every command is necessarily generated every time one cycle of the process is executed. For example, when there is no winning at the first start port 121 or the second start port 122, a command related to a special symbol lottery stop symbol or a variation pattern is not generated. In addition, the command for operating the prize winning port 125 and the electric tulip 123 is not generated unless it is the timing at which these electric accessories are to be operated. Also, an error notification command is not generated unless an error has occurred.
Therefore, when the output process of the main control process (see S506 in FIG. 5-3) is performed, commands are usually stored in some command storage areas of the command storage area provided in the RAM 203. In other command storage areas, no commands are stored.

[Output processing by output controller]
Next, output processing (S506 in FIG. 5-3) by the output control unit 240 will be described.
The output control unit 240 of the game control unit 200 first pays attention to one of the command storage areas provided in the RAM 203 and checks whether or not a command is stored in the focused command storage area. If the command is stored, the output control unit 240 reads out the stored command and outputs it to the effect control unit 300.

If no command is stored in the focused command storage area, the output control unit 240 checks whether there is an unprocessed command storage area after outputting the command stored in the command storage area. When there is an unprocessed command storage area, the output control unit 240 pays attention to one of the unprocessed command storage areas, and repeats confirmation and output of the presence / absence of a command for the focused command storage area.
Then, when processing has been performed for all command storage areas, the output processing is terminated.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when one cycle of the main control process is executed, a command is generated according to the situation of the pachinko gaming machine 100 at that time, and the generated command is stored in the command storage area of the RAM 203. Stored. At the end of one cycle of the main control process, the commands generated by the execution of the one cycle are collectively read from the command storage area of the RAM 203 and output.

  With this configuration, in the main control process, in order to output the generated command, it is only necessary to call the function of the output control unit 240 once. That is, since it is not necessary to prepare a function (subroutine) that outputs a generated command every time a command is generated, the number of control instructions can be reduced and an increase in the size of a program related to output processing can be suppressed. Further, since it is not necessary to call a function for outputting the generated command every time a command is generated, the time required for the entire output process can be shortened.

[Modified example of basic operation of gaming machine]
In the operation example described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5C, the interrupt is permitted in the loop process portion of the basic process, and the main control process including a series of processes is executed as the interrupt process. However, the main control process only needs to be configured to be repeatedly executed at regular intervals, and specific implementation means (execution procedure) is not limited to the examples shown in FIGS. It is not limited. For example, the main control process may be incorporated in a series of operations of the basic process, the elapsed time may be measured at a predetermined timing, and the process may return to the main control process every predetermined time (for example, 4 milliseconds). In addition, while incorporating the main control process in the series of operations of the basic process, as in the operation described with reference to FIG. 5A to FIG. If it occurs, it may be configured to return to the main control process incorporated in the basic process.

  When a command generated in the basic process is output, in principle, every time a command is generated, the command is stored in the command storage area of the RAM 203, and the output control unit 240 serving as the second processing means in the main control process is stored. Call and output the function. The basic process is a special process such as an initial operation that is performed when the power is turned on, and the processing procedure may vary depending on conditions such as the state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 when the power is turned on. This is to promptly output the generated command so that there is no such thing. In addition, when a command is continuously generated by a plurality of related processes, a process procedure for storing a plurality of commands in the command storage area of the RAM 203 and outputting them in response to a specific process request is adopted. May be.

[Random number update processing by game control unit]
A random number value as determination information used for various lotteries in game control such as special symbol lottery is counted by a counter and starts from a predetermined initial value, and is updated by a random number update process (S501) of the main control process shown in FIG. ) Is incremented by one each time. Then, the values at the time each lottery is performed are acquired by the start opening switch process (FIG. 6) and the gate switch process (FIG. 7), and used in the special symbol process (FIG. 8) and the normal symbol process (FIG. 13). The This random number counter is an infinite loop counter, and after the counted random number value reaches the set random number maximum value (for example, 299 for the jackpot random number shown in FIG. 17A to be described later) Return to the initial value again. In addition, since the random number update process is performed at regular intervals, if the initial value of each random number is specified, the winning value may be estimated based on the update interval and the initial value information. Therefore, after returning from the main control process to the basic process shown in FIG. 5A, the initial value of each random number is randomly changed in the initial value random number update process of S113.

[Start-up switch processing by game control unit]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the contents of the start port switch process in the switch process shown in S502 of FIG. 5-3.
In the start port switch process, a process for winning at the first start port 121 and a process for winning at the second start port 122 are sequentially performed. Referring to FIG. 6, the game control unit 200 first determines whether or not a game ball is won at the first start port 121 and the first start port switch 211 is turned on (S601). If the first start port switch 211 is turned on, the game control unit 200 next determines whether or not the unchanged hold number U1 in the winning of the first start port 121 is less than the upper limit value (S602). . In the example shown in FIG. 6, the upper limit value is four. If the number of holds U1 has reached the upper limit (No in S602), it is not possible to hold any more unchanging winnings, so the process for winning at the first start port 121 is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the hold number U1 is less than the upper limit value (Yes in S602), the game control unit 200 next adds 1 to the value of the hold number U1 (S603). Then, the random number acquisition unit 231 of the game control unit 200 acquires a random number value for the lottery by the current winning and stores it in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 (S604). Here, since the first starting port 121 is won, a random number value for special symbol lottery is acquired. The random value acquired at this time is a value updated by the random number update process of the preceding S501. Then, the result of the special symbol lottery is determined in the later special symbol processing by this random number value. Random numbers here include jackpot random numbers that determine jackpot, jackpot or loss, jackpot type (short or short state after the end of jackpot game, short or short state, high probability state and low probability state, long hit, short Symbol random number value that determines the winning pattern, jackpot symbol random number value, fluctuation pattern random number value for specifying the variation pattern in symbol variation, reach random number value that determines whether or not to perform with reach in the event of a loss, etc. Is included.

Next, the game control unit 200 performs a pre-determination process for giving a notice effect of a lottery result to a winning ball (holding ball) for which a special symbol variation display operation is pending (that is, an undrawn lottery). (S605). In this preliminary determination process, the lottery result is determined not at the start of symbol variation but at the start opening prize (that is, in S605). In addition, in the gaming machine that does not perform the notice effect based on the advance determination, the advance determination process may be omitted.
Thereafter, the game control unit 200 sets a hold number increase command for notifying the effect control unit 300 of the increase in the hold number U1 in S603 in a predetermined storage area for the control command set in the RAM 203 (S606). Then, the process for winning in the first start port 121 is terminated. When the advance determination process of S605 is performed, the information on the determination result of the advance determination obtained in S605 is included in the pending number increase command.

  Next, a process for winning in the second start port 122 is performed. Referring to FIG. 6, next, the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the game ball has won the second start port 122 and the second start port switch 212 is turned on (S607). If the second start port switch 212 is turned ON, the game control unit 200 next determines whether or not the unchanged hold number U2 in the winning of the second start port 122 is less than the upper limit value (S608). . In the example shown in FIG. 6, the upper limit value is four. If the number of holds U2 has reached the upper limit (No in S608), it is not possible to hold any more unchanging winnings, and the process for winning at the second start port 122 is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the holding number U2 is less than the upper limit value (Yes in S608), the game control unit 200 adds 1 to the value of the holding number U2 (S609). Then, the random number acquisition unit 231 of the game control unit 200 acquires a random value for a lottery by the current winning and stores it in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 (S610). Here, since the winning of the second start port 122 is won, random numbers for special symbol lottery (big hit random number value, big hit symbol random number value, reach random number value, fluctuation pattern random number value, etc.) are acquired as in S604 above. Is done. The random value acquired at this time is a value updated by the random number update process of S501. Then, the result of the special symbol lottery is determined in the later special symbol processing by this random number value.

Next, the game control unit 200 performs a pre-determination process for giving a notice effect of a lottery result to a winning ball (holding ball) for which a special symbol variation display operation is pending (that is, an undrawn lottery). (S611). The content of this pre-determination process is the same as that of said S605. This prior determination process may also be omitted in a gaming machine that does not perform a notice effect based on prior determination.
Thereafter, the game control unit 200 sets a hold number increase command for notifying the effect control unit 300 of the increase in the hold number U2 in S609 in a predetermined storage area for the control command set in the RAM 203 (S612). Then, the process for winning in the second start port 122 is terminated. When the advance determination process of S611 is performed, the information on the determination result of the advance determination obtained in S611 is included in the pending number increase command.

[Gate switch processing by game control unit]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents of the gate switch process when a game ball passes through the gate 124.
In this gate switch process, the game control unit 200 first determines whether or not the game ball has passed through the gate 124 and the gate switch 214 is turned on (S701). If the gate switch 214 is turned on, the game control unit 200 next determines whether or not the unchanged holding number G is less than the upper limit value (S702). In the example shown in FIG. 7, the upper limit value is four. If the number of reserves G has reached the upper limit (No in S702), no more unchanging winnings can be reserved, and the gate switch processing is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the number of reservations G is less than the upper limit value (Yes in S702), the game control unit 200 then adds 1 to the value of the number of reservations G (S703). Then, the random number acquisition unit 231 of the game control unit 200 acquires a random number value for the lottery by the current winning and stores it in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 (S704). Here, since the gate 124 is won, a random number value (such as a winning random number value) for normal symbol lottery is acquired.

  After the random number value is acquired in S704, the game control unit 200 performs a predetermined command for the control command set in the RAM 203 with a hold number G increase command for notifying the effect control unit 300 of the increase in the hold number G in S703. The storage area is set (S705), and the winning process in the gate 124 is terminated.

[Special symbol processing by game control unit]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of the special symbol processing in the symbol processing shown in S503 of FIG. 5-3.
In this special symbol process, the special symbol variation control unit 233 of the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not the winning game flag is ON in the setting of a flag set in the RAM 203 (hereinafter, flag setting) ( S801). Here, the winning game flag is a flag that is set to identify that the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in the big hit game. Either the long hit game flag or the short hit game flag is set according to the type of the big hit game being executed. In the present embodiment, these are collectively called a winning game flag.

  When the winning game flag is ON, since the pachinko gaming machine 100 is already in the jackpot game, the special symbol process is terminated without starting the special symbol change (Yes in S801). On the other hand, if the winning game flag is OFF (No in S801), then the special symbol variation control unit 233 determines whether or not the current state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in the special symbol variation (S802). If the special symbol is not changing (No in S802), then the special symbol fluctuation control unit 233 performs processing related to the number U1 and U2 (see FIG. 6) of the special symbols that have not been changed (S803 to S806). In the present embodiment, the number of holds U1 related to winning of the first start port 121 and the number of holds U2 related to winning of the second start port 122 are distinguished, so this processing is also performed for each corresponding start port. .

Specifically, the special symbol variation control unit 233 first determines whether or not the number of holds U2 related to winning in the second start port 122 is 1 or more (S803). When the number of reservations U2 is 1 or more (Yes in S803), the special symbol variation control unit 233 subtracts 1 from the value of the number of reservations U2 (S804). On the other hand, if the holding number U2 = 0 (No in S803), the special symbol variation control unit 233 next determines whether the holding number U1 related to winning in the first start port 121 is 1 or more (S805). When the number of holds U1 is 1 or more (Yes in S805), the special symbol variation control unit 233 subtracts 1 from the value of the number of holds U1 (S806). On the other hand, if the holding number U1 = 0 (No in S805), it means that there is no winning for starting the special symbol lottery, so the special symbol change is not started, and the waiting process for waiting for customers set in another routine To finish the process (S816).
In the present embodiment, priority is given to the processing related to the holding number U2 related to winning in the second start port 122. That is, when the number of holdings U2 is 1 or more, the processing related to the number of holdings U2 is performed, and when the number of holdings U2 = 0, the processing related to the number of holdings U1 is performed (see S803 to S806). On the other hand, regardless of which of the first start port 121 and the second start port 122 is won, for example, it is also possible to perform a control in which the hold numbers U1 and U2 are subtracted in the order of winning.

  After subtracting the reserved number U1 or the reserved number U2 in S804 or S806, the special symbol variation control unit 233 turns off the customer waiting flag set in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S807). The customer waiting flag is a flag for identifying that the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in the customer waiting state, and is set in the customer waiting setting process (S816, see FIG. 12).

  Next, the special symbol variation control unit 233 executes jackpot determination processing and variation pattern selection processing by separate routines (S808, S809). Although details will be described later, the setting information for changing the special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display 221 and the second special symbol display 222 by the jackpot determination processing and the variation pattern selection processing (the jackpot symbol, game State, variation pattern, etc.) are determined. These pieces of information are included in a change start command sent to the effect control unit 300.

  Thereafter, the special symbol variation control unit 233 is displayed by the first special symbol display unit 221 and the second special symbol display unit 222 shown in FIG. 2 based on the setting contents determined in the jackpot determination process and the variation pattern selection process. The special symbol change is started (S810). Then, a change start command including setting information (a jackpot symbol, a gaming state, a change pattern, etc.) indicating the setting contents is generated and set in a predetermined storage area for the control command set in the RAM 203 (S811). The change start command set in S811 is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 by the output process shown in S506 of FIG.

  When it is determined in S802 that the special symbol is changing (Yes in S802), or after the change start command is set in S811, the special symbol variation control unit 233 determines whether or not the variation time has elapsed (S812). ). That is, it is determined whether or not the elapsed time since the start of the variation of the special symbol in S810 has reached the variation time set in the variation pattern selection process in S809. If the variation time has not elapsed (No in S812), the special symbol variation is continued, and the special symbol processing is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, when the variation time has elapsed (Yes in S812), the special symbol variation control unit 233 first determines the variation of the special symbol in the first special symbol display 221 and the second special symbol display 222 as a big hit determination process in S808. It stops at the symbol determined in (S813). A change stop command for stopping a decorative design, which will be described later, is set in a predetermined storage area for a control command set in the RAM 203 (S814). Then, a stop routine process of another routine is executed (S815). The contents of the stop process will be described later. The change stop command set in S814 is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 by the output process shown in S506 of FIG.

[Big hit judgment processing by game control unit]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the contents of the jackpot determination process (S808 in FIG. 8).
In this jackpot determination process, the special symbol determination unit 234 of the game control unit 200 first determines a jackpot random number value in the current special symbol lottery (S901), and determines whether or not the jackpot or small hit is made (S902). , S905). Whether or not the jackpot or the jackpot is determined is whether or not the value of the jackpot random number acquired in S604 or S610 in FIG. 6 matches the value set as the jackpot winning value or the value set as the jackpot winning value It is determined by judging whether or not (see FIG. 17A).

  If the result of the random number determination in S901 is a big hit (Yes in S902), then the special symbol determination unit 234 determines a big hit symbol random number value (S903). Depending on the result of this determination, the type of jackpot (high or low probability state, short or short state, short or short state, long or short hit) is determined. Which jackpot is determined is determined by whether the value of the jackpot symbol random number acquired in S604 or S610 in FIG. 6 matches a preset value for each jackpot type (FIG. 17 ( b)).

  After the above determination, the special symbol determination unit 234 sets the symbol representing the type of jackpot determined by the determination of the jackpot symbol random number (the jackpot symbol) as setting information in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 (S904). ).

  If the result of the random number determination in S901 is a small hit (No in S902, Yes in S905), then the special symbol determination unit 234 uses a symbol representing the small hit (hereinafter referred to as a small hit symbol) as setting information. A predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 is set (S906).

  If the result of the random number determination in S901 is neither big win nor small win (No in S902 and S905), then the special symbol determination unit 234 uses the symbol indicating that the lottery is lost (hereinafter referred to as a lost symbol) as the setting information in the RAM 203. Is set in a predetermined storage area set in (S907).

[Change pattern selection process by game control unit]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the contents of the variation pattern selection process (S809 in FIG. 8).
In this variation pattern selection process, the variation pattern selection unit 235 of the game control unit 200 first determines whether or not a big win has been won in the current special symbol lottery using the determination result in S902 of the jackpot determination process (FIG. 9). (S1001). If it is a big hit (Yes in S1001), the fluctuation pattern selection unit 235 reads the big hit fluctuation pattern table from the ROM 202 and sets it in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 (S1002).

On the other hand, if the jackpot has not been won (No in S1001), the variation pattern selection unit 235 then determines a random value for determining whether or not to perform a so-called reach effect for causing the player to expect a jackpot. (S1003). Whether or not the reach effect is performed is determined by determining whether or not the reach random number value acquired in S604 or S610 in FIG. 6 matches a preset value (see FIG. 17C). .
As a result of the determination using the random number value, when the reach effect is performed (Yes in S1004), the variation pattern selection unit 235 reads the variation pattern table for reach from the ROM 202 and sets it in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203. (S1005). When the reach effect is not performed (No in S1004), the variation pattern selection unit 235 reads the variation pattern table for loss from the ROM 202 and sets it in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 (S1006).
Here, the variation pattern table is a table in which a plurality of variation patterns (variation times 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 90 seconds, etc.) prepared in advance are associated with values of variation pattern random numbers (see FIG. 18). .

  Next, the variation pattern selection unit 235 determines the variation pattern random value using the variation pattern random value acquired in S604 or S610 of FIG. 6 and the variation pattern table set in S1002, S1005, and S1006 (S1007). ). That is, the fluctuation pattern selection unit 235 refers to the fluctuation pattern table set in the RAM 203 and selects a fluctuation pattern corresponding to the random value of the fluctuation pattern random number. Therefore, even if the same random number value is acquired, the variation referred to depending on the state difference such as whether or not the result of the special symbol lottery is a big hit or not and whether or not a reach effect is performed if it is not a big hit Since the pattern table is different, the determined variation pattern is different.

  Thereafter, the fluctuation pattern selection unit 235 sets the fluctuation pattern selected in S1007 as a setting information in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 (S1008). The setting information of the variation pattern set in S1008 is included in the variation start command set in S811 of FIG. 8, and is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 by the output process shown in S506 of FIG. Details of the variation pattern selected in this embodiment and its setting will be described later.

[Processing during stop by game control unit]
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the contents of the suspension process (S815 in FIG. 8).
In this stop process, the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not a flag indicating that the time is short (hereinafter referred to as a short time flag) is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1101). When the time reduction flag is ON (Yes in S1101), the game control unit 200 subtracts 1 from the value of the number of lotteries (number of fluctuations) J in the time reduction state (S1102), and whether or not the number of lotteries J has become zero. (S1103). If the number of lotteries J = 0 (Yes in S1103), the time reduction flag is turned OFF (S1104). It should be noted that the operation for turning on the hourly flag and the setting of the initial value of the lottery number J are performed in a game state setting process (FIG. 15) in a special winning opening process (FIG. 14) described later.

  If the time reduction flag is OFF (No in S1101), or after the time reduction flag is turned OFF in S1104, or if the value of the number of lotteries J after subtraction in S1102 is not 0 (No in S1103), then game control The unit 200 checks whether or not a flag indicating a high probability state (hereinafter, probability variation flag) is set to ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1105). When both the probability variation flag and the previous time-short flag are ON, the high-probability short-time gaming state is established, and when the probability variation flag is ON and the time-short flag is OFF, the high-probability time-short no-game state.

  When the probability variation flag is ON (Yes in S1105), the game control unit 200 subtracts 1 from the value of the number of lotteries (number of variations) X in the high probability state (S1106), and whether or not the number of lotteries X has become 0. (S1107). If the number of lotteries X = 0 (Yes in S1107), the probability variation flag is turned OFF (S1108). Note that the operation for turning on the probability change flag and the setting of the initial value of the lottery number X are performed in a game state setting process (FIG. 15) in a special prize opening process (FIG. 14) described later.

  If the probability variation flag is OFF (No in S1105), or after the probability variation flag is turned OFF in S1108, or if the value of the number of lotteries X after subtraction in S1106 is not 0 (No in S1107), the next game control The unit 200 determines whether or not a big win has been won in this special symbol lottery (S1109). If it is a big hit (Yes in S1109), the game control unit 200 next determines whether or not the big hit type is a long win (S1110).

  Here, the determination of whether or not the jackpot is possible can be made based on the determination result of the jackpot determination process (FIG. 9). For example, if any of the symbols shown in the diagram of FIG. 17B to be described later is set, “Yes” is determined in S1109. If a lost symbol or a small bonus symbol is set in the RAM 203 by the big hit determination process, No in S1109.

  When the jackpot type is a long hit (Yes in S1110), the game control unit 200 turns on the long hit game flag (S1111). Thereby, the setting of the gaming state in the RAM 203 becomes a jackpot gaming state (long winning gaming state) in which the jackpot type is long winning. In addition, here, in the long hit, it is not distinguished whether it is a high probability state or a low probability state. Whether the state is a high probability state or a low probability state is specified by turning on a corresponding flag in a game state setting process (FIG. 15) in a special prize opening process (FIG. 14) described later.

  If the jackpot type is not long hit (No in S1110), the game control unit 200 turns on the short hit game flag (S1112). Thereby, the setting of the gaming state in the RAM 203 becomes a big hit gaming state (short winning gaming state) in which the big hit type is short hit. Similar to the case of long hit, the case of short hit does not distinguish between a high probability state and a low probability state.

  After turning on the winning game flag in S1111 or S1112, the game control unit 200 initializes the values of the lottery times J and X (S1113). In addition, when the time reduction flag is ON in S1101 and the lottery count J is not 0 in S1103, the game control unit 200 turns the time reduction flag OFF (S1114). Similarly, if the probability change flag is ON in S1105 and the number of lotteries X is not 0 in S1107, the game control unit 200 turns the probability change flag OFF (S1114).

After initializing the values of the lottery times J and X in S1113, the game control unit 200 starts an opening operation (S1117). Here, the contents of the opening operation differ depending on which of S1111 and S1112 the winning game flag is turned on. That is, according to the state of the winning game flag, one of the opening operations set in each gaming state of the long winning game and the short winning game is performed.
Thereafter, the game control unit 200 sets an opening command for performing an effect in the opening operation corresponding to the winning game flag in the effect control unit 300 in a predetermined storage area for the control command set in the RAM 203 (S1118). ), And terminate the process during stoppage. This opening command is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process shown in S506 of FIG.

On the other hand, when the result of the special symbol lottery this time is not a big win (No in S1109), the game control unit 200 determines whether or not the result of the special symbol lottery this time is a big hit (S1115). ). If it is not a small hit (No in S1115), the stopped process is terminated.
On the other hand, if it is a small hit (Yes in S1115), the game control unit 200 starts a small hit game and ends the stopped process (S1116). Thereby, the setting of the gaming state in the RAM 203 becomes the small hit gaming state. In the small hit game, as described above, the special winning opening 125 is opened and closed a predetermined number of times, and is ended after a predetermined time has elapsed.

[Customer waiting setting process by game control unit]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the contents of the customer waiting setting process (S816 in FIG. 8).
In this customer waiting setting process, the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not the customer waiting flag is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1201). Here, the customer waiting flag is a flag that is set to identify that the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in a customer waiting state.

  If the customer waiting flag is ON, the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in a customer waiting state, and thus the processing is terminated as it is (Yes in S1201). On the other hand, when the customer waiting flag is OFF, the game control unit 200 generates a customer waiting command and sets it in a predetermined storage area for the control command set in the RAM 203 (S1202), and turns on the customer waiting flag. (S1203). The customer waiting command set in S1202 is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 by the output process shown in S506 of FIG. The customer waiting flag is a flag that is set in a state where there is no suspension since the change of the special symbol is stopped (see FIG. 8).

[Normal symbol processing by game control unit]
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the contents of the normal symbol processing in the symbol processing shown in S503 of FIG. 5-3.
In this normal symbol process, the normal symbol variation control unit 236 of the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not the auxiliary game flag is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1301). Here, the auxiliary game flag is a flag that is set when a normal symbol lottery is won. The state in which the auxiliary game flag is set is a state in which the electric tulip 123 is opened in accordance with the electric tulip process (FIG. 16) described later, and it is easy to win the second start port 122 (auxiliary game state).

  When the auxiliary game flag is ON, since the auxiliary game state has already been reached and the normal symbol is stopped, the normal symbol process is terminated without starting the normal symbol variation (Yes in S1301). On the other hand, if the auxiliary game flag is OFF (No in S1301), then the normal symbol variation control unit 236 determines whether or not the current state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in the normal symbol variation (S1302). If the normal symbol is not changing (No in S1302), then the normal symbol variation control unit 236 determines whether the number G of the normal symbol remaining unchanged (see FIG. 7) is 1 or more (S1303). If the holding number G = 0 (No in S1303), it means that there is no winning for starting the normal symbol lottery, and therefore the processing is terminated without starting the normal symbol variation.

  On the other hand, when the reserved number G is 1 or more (Yes in S1303), the normal symbol variation control unit 236 subtracts 1 from the value of the reserved number G (S1304). Then, the normal symbol determination unit 232 determines a winning random number value in the current normal symbol lottery to determine whether or not the normal symbol lottery has been won (S1305). Whether or not the winner has been won is determined by determining whether or not the value of the winning random number acquired in S704 of FIG. 7 matches the value set as the winning value in the table shown in FIG. It is determined. When a plurality of types of hits are set in the normal symbol lottery, for example, when the normal symbol determination unit 232 determines that it is a hit in S1305, the normal symbol determination unit 232 next determines a random value (winning symbol random number value) related to the hit type. Identify hit types.

  Next, the normal symbol variation control unit 236 sets a normal symbol according to the result of the normal symbol lottery (S1306). That is, when the normal symbol lottery is won, a symbol representing the winning (hereinafter referred to as a winning symbol) is set as setting information in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203. On the other hand, when the normal symbol lottery is not won, a symbol indicating that the lottery has been lost (hereinafter referred to as a lost symbol) is set in a predetermined storage area set in the RAM 203 as setting information.

  Next, the normal symbol variation control unit 236 sets the variation time of the normal symbol (S1307). This variation time is set based on the time reduction flag set in the processing of S1104 and S1114 in FIG. 11, S1504 and S1507 in FIG. That is, when the time reduction flag is ON in the setting in S1307, it is set to a short time (for example, 1.5 seconds), and when the time reduction flag is OFF, it is set to a long time (for example, 4.0 seconds). Is done. After this setting, the normal symbol fluctuation control unit 236 starts normal symbol fluctuations in the normal symbol display 223 shown in FIGS. 2A and 3 based on the setting contents of S1307 (S1308). In addition, the fluctuation pattern of a normal symbol can also be determined by lottery. In this case, for example, when the game ball passes through the gate 124, the random number acquisition unit 231 acquires the normal pattern variation pattern random value, and in S1307, the normal symbol variation control unit 236 generates the normal symbol variation pattern random value. By determining, the variation time is set.

  After starting the change of the normal symbol in S1308 or when it is determined that the normal symbol is changing in S1302 (Yes in S1302), the normal symbol change control unit 236 determines whether or not the change time has passed (S1309). ). That is, it is determined whether or not the elapsed time from the start of the normal symbol variation in S1308 has reached the variation time set in S1307. If the fluctuation time has not elapsed (No in S1309), the normal symbol variation is continued, so that the normal symbol processing is ended as it is.

  On the other hand, when the fluctuation time is over (Yes in S1309), the normal symbol fluctuation control unit 236 stops the fluctuation of the normal symbol in the normal symbol display unit 223 (S1310). Then, the normal symbol variation control unit 236 determines whether or not the determination result in S1305 is a win (S1311). If it is a win (Yes in S1311), the auxiliary game flag is turned ON (S1312). On the other hand, if it is off (No in S1311), the normal symbol process is terminated without turning on the auxiliary game flag.

[Large winning mouth processing by game control unit]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the contents of the big prize opening process in the electric accessory process shown in S504 of FIG. 5-3.
In this special winning opening process, the special winning opening operation control unit 237 of the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not the winning game flag is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1401). If the winning game flag is OFF, there is no prize winning in the big prize opening 125, and the big prize opening process is terminated (No in S1401). On the other hand, when the winning game flag is ON (Yes in S1401), the special winning opening operation control unit 237 then opens in the operation control at the time of the big hit started by the pachinko gaming machine 100 being stopped (FIG. 11). It is determined whether or not the operation is in progress (S1402).

  When the pachinko gaming machine 100 is opening (Yes in S1402), the next prize opening operation control unit 237 determines whether or not a predetermined time (opening time) for performing the opening operation has elapsed. (S1403). If the opening time has not elapsed, the opening operation at the special winning opening 125 is continued, and the special winning opening process is terminated (No in S1403). On the other hand, if the opening time has elapsed (Yes in S1403), the special winning opening operation control unit 237 then sets the operation of the special winning opening 125 (S1404) and initializes the winning number C (C = 0). Then, the value of the number R of rounds of operation of the big prize opening 125 is incremented by 1 from the current value (S1406), and the big prize opening 125 is started (opened) (S1407).

  In the operation setting of S1404, the operation pattern of the special winning opening 125 and the number of rounds (operation round number) operated by the operation pattern are set. As the case where the big prize opening 125 is operated, there are a case where it is a big win per long or short in a special symbol lottery and a case where it is a small win. The operation pattern and the number of rounds are variously set according to the hit type. In the jackpot game, it is stipulated that the winning prize opening 125 is continuously operated a plurality of times (a plurality of rounds). As an example, in the case of a long hit, for example, 15 rounds (15R) are operated, and 29.5 seconds are released once in one round. In the case of a short hit, for example, 15 rounds (15R) are operated, and one round is performed once for 0.1 seconds. In the case of a small hit, for example, one round (1R) is operated, and 0.1 second is released 15 times in this round. Here, when the operation with short hits and the operation with small hits are compared in the above examples, both 0.1 seconds of opening is performed 15 times. That is, the action of the big winning opening 125 that can be seen by the player is the same in the case of short win and small win, and the short win and the small win are distinguished only from the action of the big winning opening 125 on the game board 110. I can't do it.

  As another example, 15 rounds (15R) are activated per long, 29.5 seconds are released once per round, 2 rounds (2R) are activated per short, and 0 are rounded per round. .9 seconds are opened twice, and with a small hit, one round (1R) is operated, and 0.9 seconds is opened twice in this round. In this case as well, when the operation with short hits and the operation with small hits are compared, both 0.9 seconds are released twice, and the action of the big prize opening 125 that can be seen by the player is in the case of short hits. It is the same in the case of small hits.

  The law stipulates that the cumulative opening time of the special winning opening 125 must be set within 1.8 seconds for a small hit. On the other hand, in the case of a big hit (long hit or short win), the big winning opening 125 must be continuously opened a plurality of times. Therefore, as described above, when it is difficult to visually distinguish the operation at the small hit and the operation at the short hit, the small hit is within a range that satisfies the cumulative open time within 1.8 seconds in one operation, An operation mode in which the big prize opening 125 is opened two or more times is set, and in the short win, the same number of rounds as the number of small hits is set.

  Next, the special winning opening operation control unit 237 determines whether or not the opening time in the operation pattern set in S1404 has elapsed (S1408). If the open state at the big prize opening 125 has not passed the opening time (No in S1408), the big prize opening operation control unit 237 then sets the number C of winning prizes to the big prize opening 125 to a predetermined number (for example, 9). It is determined whether or not (S1409). When the opening time has not elapsed and the winning number C is less than the specified number, the operation state (opening state) of the large winning opening 125 is continued, so the large winning opening process is terminated (No in S1409). ). On the other hand, if the opening time has elapsed (Yes in S1408) or the winning number C reaches the specified number (Yes in S1409), the special winning opening operation control unit 237 finishes operating the special winning opening 125 (closing). (S1410).

  Next, the special winning opening operation control unit 237 determines whether or not the number R of rounds of operation of the special winning opening 125 has reached the maximum value set in S1404 (S1411). If the maximum value has not been reached, the remaining operations are performed, and the special winning opening process is terminated (No in S1411).

If the number of rounds R of the operation of the special winning opening 125 reaches the maximum value (Yes in S1411), the special winning opening operation control unit 237 then starts an ending operation (S1412). Here, the content of the ending operation corresponds to the state of the winning game flag among the ending operations set in the long hit game and the short hit game.
Thereafter, the special winning opening operation control unit 237 sets an ending command for performing an effect in the ending operation corresponding to the winning game flag in the effect control unit 300 in a predetermined storage area for the control command set in the RAM 203. (S1413). This ending command is transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process shown in S506 of FIG.

  Next, the special winning opening operation control unit 237 resets the round number R of the operation of the special winning opening 125 to 0 (S1414), and then performs an ending operation in which an elapsed time from the start of the ending operation is set in advance. It is determined whether the power time (ending time) has elapsed (S1417). If the ending time has not elapsed, the ending operation is continued, and thus the big prize opening process is terminated (No in S1417). On the other hand, if the ending time has elapsed (Yes in S1417), the special winning opening operation control unit 237 then performs a game state setting process by the game control unit 200 (S1418), then turns off the winning game flag, The big prize opening process is terminated (S1419). The contents of the game state setting process will be described later.

  If it is determined in S1402 that the pachinko gaming machine 100 is not opening (No in S1402), the special winning opening operation control unit 237 determines whether or not it is ending (S1415). If the ending is in progress (Yes in S1415), the operations after S1417 are executed.

On the other hand, if the pachinko gaming machine 100 is not ending (No in S1415), the special winning opening operation control unit 237 next determines whether or not the special winning opening 125 is operating (opening) (S1416). If it is not in operation (No in S1416), the operation after S1405 is executed. If it is in operation (Yes in S1416), the operation after S1408 is executed.
The effect performed in the small hit game described above is the same as the effect performed in the short hit game, and it is not possible to distinguish short hit and small hit from the effect.

[Game state setting process]
FIG. 15 shows the contents of the game state setting process (S1418) performed by the game control unit 200, which is executed when the ending time has elapsed (Yes in S1417).
When the game state setting process is performed, as a premise, the winning game flag is set to ON in S1401 of FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 15, the game control unit 200 first determines the type of the hit (S1501, S1502, S1503, S1506). These determinations can be made based on, for example, the type of symbol set as setting information in the RAM 203 in the jackpot determination process (FIG. 9). Since these determinations are substantially the same as S902, S903, and S905 in the jackpot determination process (FIG. 9), the determination results of S902, S903, and S905 may be used.

If it is a small hit (Yes in S1501), the gaming state (internal state of the pachinko gaming machine 100) is not changed, so the gaming state setting process is terminated.
When the winning type is a big hit with a low probability short game state (No in S1501, Yes in S1502 and S1503), the game control unit 200 turns on the short flag (S1504). Thereby, the setting of the gaming state in the RAM 203 becomes the low gaming state when the probability is low. In addition, the game control unit 200 sets an initial value of the lottery count J (S1505) and ends the game state setting process. The initial value of the lottery number J is 100 in the illustrated example. Therefore, if the lottery in the low probability short game state is performed 100 times, the low probability short game state is ended and the low probability short short game state is entered.

  On the other hand, when the winning type is a big hit in the low probability short-time non-game state (No in S1501, Yes in S1502, No in S1503), the game control unit 200 ends the processing without turning on both the short-time flag and the probability variation flag. To do. Therefore, the setting of the game state of the RAM 203 for the game after the jackpot becomes a low probability short time no game state.

  When the winning type is a big hit in the short probability gaming state with a high probability (No in S1501, S1502, Yes in S1506), the game control unit 200 turns on the hourly flag (S1507) and sets the initial value of the number of lottery times J. (S1508). In this case, the initial value of the number of times of lottery J is 10,000 in the illustrated example. Further, the game control unit 200 turns on the probability change flag (S1509), and sets an initial value of the number of lotteries X (S1510). The initial value of the number of times of lottery X is 10,000 in the illustrated example. As a result, the setting of the gaming state in the RAM 203 becomes a high probability and short gaming state. If the lottery in the high probability short game state is performed 10,000 times, the high probability short game state is terminated and the low probability short short game state is entered.

  On the other hand, when the winning type is a big hit in the high probability short-time no-game state (No in S1501, S1502, and S1506), the game control unit 200 turns on only the probability variation flag (S1509), and the initial value ( 10000 times) is set (S1510). Thereby, the setting of the gaming state in the RAM 203 becomes a high probability short time no gaming state. Then, if the lottery in the high probability short-time non-game state is performed 10,000 times, the high-probability short-time non-game state is finished and the low-probability short-time non-game state is entered.

[Electric tulip processing by game control unit]
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the contents of the electric tulip process in the electric accessory process shown in S504 of FIG. 5-3.
In the electric tulip process, the electric tulip operation control unit 238 of the game control unit 200 first checks whether or not the auxiliary game flag is ON in the flag setting of the RAM 203 (S1601). When the auxiliary game flag is OFF, the electric tulip 123 is not released, and thus the electric tulip process is terminated (No in S1601). On the other hand, if the auxiliary game flag is ON (Yes in S1601), the electric tulip operation control unit 238 determines whether the electric tulip 123 is operating (S1602).

  When the electric tulip 123 is not in operation (No in S1602), the electric tulip operation control unit 238 sets the operation pattern of the electric tulip 123 (S1603), and operates the electric tulip 123 with the set operation pattern (S1604). . Here, the operation pattern is set based on the time reduction flag set in the processes of S1104 and S1114 in FIG. 11, S1504 and S1507 in FIG. For example, when the time reduction flag is OFF at the time of setting in S1603, an operation pattern that opens once with an opening time of 0.15 seconds is set, and when the time reduction flag is ON, 1.80 seconds are released. An operating pattern that opens three times in time is set. Thus, normally, when the time reduction flag is ON (when it is in the time reduction state), the electric tulip 123 is opened a plurality of times for a long time, and the winning support that makes it easy to win the second start port 122 (electricity chewing support). Is done. A plurality of operation patterns (types of auxiliary games) of the electric tulip 123 when the time flag is ON or OFF are prepared, and the operation is performed according to the type determined in the normal symbol processing (see FIG. 13). You may comprise so that a pattern may be set.

  When it is determined in S1602 that the electric tulip 123 is in operation (Yes in S1602), or after the electric tulip 123 is operated in S1604, the electric tulip operation control unit 238 passes the open time in the set operation pattern. It is determined whether it has been done (S1605). If the opening time has not elapsed, the operation state (open state) of the electric tulip 123 is continued, and thus the electric tulip process is terminated (No in S1605). On the other hand, if the opening time has elapsed (Yes in S1605), the electric tulip operation control unit 238 sets the auxiliary game flag to OFF and ends the electric tulip process (S1606).

[Random number judgment method]
Here, a determination method using random numbers performed in the jackpot determination process (FIG. 9), the variation pattern selection process (FIG. 10), the normal symbol process (FIG. 13), and the like will be described in detail.
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a random number (determination table) used in the special symbol lottery and the normal symbol lottery in the present embodiment.
FIG. 17A shows a configuration example of a jackpot random number used in the special symbol lottery, FIG. 17B shows a configuration example of the jackpot random number used in the special symbol lottery, and FIG. 17C shows a special symbol lottery. A configuration example of reach random numbers used, and FIG. 17 (d) each show a configuration example of hit random numbers used in normal symbol lottery.

  Referring to FIG. 17 (a), as the determination value of the jackpot random number, the jackpot in which the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 100 after the jackpot game becomes a low probability state (hereinafter, the jackpot in the low probability state) and the gaming state after the jackpot game Are set to two types of jackpots (hereinafter, jackpots of high-probability states) and small hits. The range of values of random numbers (big hit random numbers) is 300 from 0 to 299 in all cases. In the case of a special symbol lottery in a low probability state (a jackpot lottery), only one winning value is set, and the winning probability is 1/300. In the case of a special symbol lottery in a high probability state, 10 winning values are set, and the winning probability is 10/300 (= 1/30). That is, in the example shown in the figure, if the winning symbols 121 and 122 are won in the high probability state and the special symbol lottery is performed, the winning probability is 10 times that in the case where the special symbol lottery is performed in the low probability state. Further, three winning values are set regardless of the low probability state or the high probability state, and the winning probability is 3/300 (= 1/100).

  Referring to FIG. 17 (b), five types of jackpot symbols are prepared: low probability symbol A, low probability symbol B, high probability symbol A, high probability symbol B, and latent symbol symbol. Here, the low-probability symbol A and the low-probability symbol B are symbols representing a jackpot in a low-probability state, and among these, the low-probability symbol A is a long-spot (a jackpot in a low-probability gaming state) and a low-probability symbol. B represents a short win (a big hit in a low no-game state with a low probability). The high-probability symbol A and the high-probability symbol B are symbols that represent a jackpot of a high-probability state. Among these symbols, the high-probability symbol A is a long-spot (a jackpot for a high-probability short-time gaming state), and the high-probability symbol B is a short-spot Each win (a big hit with a high probability short and no game state) is represented. The latent symbol is a symbol representing that it is a big hit in a high probability short-time no-game state. Therefore, the high probability symbol B and the latent probability symbol have the same gaming state after the jackpot game, but the latent probability symbol is a condition for performing a latent effect that does not clearly notify the player that the probability state is high. Therefore, it is provided separately from the high probability symbol B. The range of values of random numbers (big hit symbol random numbers) is 250 from 0 to 249. In addition, in the jackpot symbol random number, a winning value is set for each of the first start port 121 and the second start port 122 that trigger the special symbol lottery.

In the low probability pattern A, 35 values are assigned as winning values in both the first start port 121 and the second start port 122. Therefore, the probability of winning with the low probability symbol A when winning a jackpot is 35/250 (= 7/50).
In the low probability symbol B, 15 values are assigned as winning values for both the first start port 121 and the second start port 122. Therefore, when winning the jackpot, the probability of winning with the low probability symbol B is 15/250 (= 3/50).

In the high probability symbol A, 25 values are assigned as winning values when winning in the first start port 121. Therefore, the probability of winning with the high-probability symbol A is 25/250 (= 1/10) in the case of winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121.
On the other hand, 175 values are assigned as winning values when winning at the second start port 122. Therefore, the probability of winning with the high-probability symbol A is 175/250 (= 7/10) in the case of winning the jackpot in the special symbol lottery started by winning the second starting port 122.

In the high probability symbol B, 75 values are assigned as winning values when winning in the first start port 121. Therefore, the probability of winning with the high-probability symbol B in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121 is 75/250 (= 3/10).
On the other hand, 25 values are assigned as winning values when winning at the second start port 122. Therefore, the probability of winning with the high-probability symbol B in the special symbol lottery started by winning the second starting port 122 is 25/250 (= 1/10).

In the latent symbol, 100 values are assigned as winning values when winning at the first start port 121. Therefore, the probability of winning in the latent symbol when winning a big win in the special symbol lottery started by winning the first starting port 121 is 100/250 (= 2/5).
On the other hand, the winning value in the latent symbol is not assigned to the second starting port 122, and when winning in the second starting port 122, it is not won in the latent symbol.

  As described above, in the example shown in FIG. 17B, the jackpot when winning the first start port 121 has a probability of becoming a jackpot (high probability symbol B, latent probability symbol) of the high probability short-time non-game state. The probability that the jackpot when winning the second start port 122 is high is a jackpot (high probability symbol A) in the short game state with high probability is high. In this way, by making the winning probabilities of the jackpot types different when winning at the first start port 121 and when winning at the second start port 122, various game characteristics can be provided. Further, the arrangement of the first start port 121 and the second start port 122 in the game board 110 is devised so that it is easy to aim at either the first start port 121 or the second start port 122 in a specific state (mode). By configuring the above, it is possible to encourage the player to participate in more aggressive games.

Next, the determination of reach random numbers will be described.
Referring to FIG. 17 (c), the range of random number values is 250 from 0 to 249, and 22 random numbers are assigned to the lottery result (with reach) for performing the reach effect, and the reach effect is not performed. 228 random numbers are assigned to the result (no reach). In other words, in the illustrated example, when a special symbol lottery is not won, a reach effect is performed with a probability of 22/250 (= 11/125). Here, the reach effect is an effect performed in the image display unit 114 when the special symbol changes. Hereinafter, the effect at the time of the special symbol change that does not perform the reach effect is referred to as an effect without reach, and the reach effect is also referred to as an effect with reach correspondingly.

  In many cases, when the special symbol changes, the first special symbol display 221 and the second special symbol display 222 (hereinafter referred to as the special symbol display units 221 and 222 if they are not distinguished) are linked with display control. In the image display unit 114, an effect using a decorative design is performed. The decorative design is configured, for example, by displaying three rows of symbols composed of a number sequence in which numbers 1 to 9 are continuously written in the vertical direction. Then, at the same time when the special symbol display on the special symbol indicators 221 and 222 is started, the decorative symbol displayed on the image display unit 114 starts scrolling. In addition, at the same time that the special symbol is stopped and displayed, the decorative symbol is also stopped. Generally, when the determination result of the special symbol lottery is a big hit, three identical numbers are arranged on a straight line extending horizontally or diagonally in the stop display of the decorative symbol. An effect using a decorative symbol performed in accordance with the variation display of the special symbol is referred to as a variation effect.

In the production with reach, the following unique operation is performed with respect to the decorative design as a variation production. First, when the decorative symbol scrolling stops and each symbol is stopped and displayed, first, any two symbols (sequence) stop first. At this time, the same number is stopped and displayed on a straight line extending horizontally or diagonally. Next, the last row gradually slows down the scroll speed, giving the player a sense of expectation that three identical numbers will be aligned on a straight line. In such an effect with reach, there is a case where a so-called super reach effect in which various characters appear or a story develops before the last one column of scrolling stops. In addition, the above-described variation effect performed together with the reach effect is also referred to as a reach variation effect.
On the other hand, in the non-reach effect, the design is stopped and displayed in a state where the same numbers are not aligned on a straight line extending horizontally or diagonally without producing an effect that gives the player a sense of expectation like the effect with reach.

As described above, the reach random number is used to determine whether to perform the effect with reach or the effect without reach in the image display unit 114 when the result of the determination of the jackpot random number is out of order. A reachable effect appears with a probability, so that the player is appropriately expected.
In addition, when a big win is won, a reachable effect is always performed, and finally the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed in a state where the same numbers are aligned on a straight line extending horizontally or diagonally. On the other hand, in the case of winning with a small win or a loss effect, the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed in a state where the same numbers are not aligned on the straight line.

Next, the determination of the winning random number used for the normal symbol lottery will be described.
Referring to FIG. 17D, the range of the random number value is 10 from 0 to 9, and one value is assigned as the winning value when the time-short flag is OFF, and as the winning value when the time-short flag is ON. Nine values are assigned. Therefore, when the game ball passes through the gate 124 and the normal symbol lottery is performed in the timeless state, it is won with a probability of 1/10. On the other hand, if the game ball passes through the gate 124 and the normal symbol lottery is performed in the short-time state, the player wins with a probability of 9/10.
In addition, although not particularly illustrated, it is possible to set a plurality of hits with different contents of the auxiliary game (open pattern of the electric tulips 123) performed when it is determined that the normal symbol lottery is won. In this case, for example, the winning symbol random number for specifying the winning type in the normal symbol lottery is set in the same manner as the jackpot symbol random number for specifying the winning symbol type in the special symbol lottery (see FIG. 17B). Then, the game control unit 200 acquires the random number value of the winning design random number together with the random number value of the winning random number in the gate switch process (see FIG. 7) by the random number acquiring unit 231, and is acquired by the normal symbol determining unit 232. The hit type is specified based on the random value.
Note that the random number range, winning value ratio, and winning value shown in the configuration example of each random number in FIG. 17 are merely examples, and are not limited to the illustrated values.

[Setting example of fluctuation pattern]
Next, an example of setting a variation pattern used in the variation pattern selection process shown in FIG. 10 will be described.
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of a variation pattern used in the variation pattern selection process illustrated in FIG.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 18, three types of variation patterns A to C are set as variation patterns when the determination result of the special symbol lottery is a big hit (in the case of Yes in S1001 in FIG. 10). In addition, six types of variation patterns D to I are set as variation patterns when the determination result of the special symbol lottery is out of place (in the case of No in S1001 in FIG. 10). The fluctuation time is 90 seconds for the fluctuation pattern A, 60 seconds for the fluctuation pattern B, 30 seconds for the fluctuation pattern C, 60 seconds for the fluctuation pattern D, 30 seconds for the fluctuation pattern E, 15 seconds for the fluctuation pattern F, and 15 seconds for the fluctuation pattern G. 13 seconds, the fluctuation pattern H is set to 7 seconds, and the fluctuation pattern I is set to 3 seconds. That is, the special symbol variation pattern determines the determination result in the special symbol lottery and the special symbol variation time.

  The variation patterns D to F are variation patterns that are selected when the reach effect is performed (in the case of Yes in S1004 in FIG. 10), and the variation patterns G to I are when the reach effect is not performed (FIG. 10 in the case of No in S1004). Special symbol variations due to variation patterns with reach effects such as variation patterns D to F are also referred to as reach variations. Since the reach effect is always performed when the determination result of the special symbol lottery is a big hit, the presence or absence of the reach effect is not referred to when the variation patterns A to C are selected.

  Further, among the variation patterns G to I, when the variation pattern G has a holding number of 0, when the variation pattern H has one or two holding numbers, the variation pattern I has a holding number of three or four. It is set as a variation pattern to be selected for each of the individual patterns. That is, the average time of the special symbol variation is set to be shorter as the number of pending determinations in the special symbol lottery is larger.

  The game control unit 200 determines whether or not the variation pattern random value (see S604 and S610 in FIG. 6) acquired when the game ball wins the start ports 121 and 122, the determination result shown in the setting example in FIG. The variation pattern of the special symbol is determined based on conditions such as the number of holds. Then, the information of the determined variation pattern of the special symbol is included in the variation start command and is sent from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300. As will be described later, in the effect control unit 300, an effect corresponding to a change time specified based on information of a change pattern included in the change start command (executable during the change time) as an effect when the special symbol changes Is selected and executed.

Although not shown, the variation pattern A is selected at the highest rate among the variation patterns A to C selected when the determination result of the special symbol lottery is a big hit, and the variation at the next highest rate. It can be set so that the pattern B is selected and the variation pattern C is selected at the lowest rate.
In the example shown in FIG. 18, there is no distinction between the case where the game ball wins the first start port 121 and the case where the game ball wins the second start port 122, but the first start port 121 and the second start port 121 It is also possible to vary the setting of the variation pattern depending on which of 122 is won.

[Control command configuration and transmission method]
Here, the configuration and transmission method of commands (effect control commands and setting commands) output from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 will be described.
FIG. 19A is a diagram illustrating a command configuration. 19A shows the data structure of the command, and FIG. 19A shows the structure of the command as a bit string.

  As shown in FIG. 19A, a command output from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 is composed of 2 bytes. This command is composed of a 1-byte “code portion” as a first data portion and a 1-byte “data portion” as a second data portion. In the “code part”, a code indicating a command type is described, and in the “data part”, data indicating a command value is described. This command is transmitted from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 using asynchronous synchronization by one serial signal. More generally, the “code” that is the first data part has a size of a bit (a is an integer of 2 or more), and the value of the leading 1 bit is specified as either 1 or 0. The “data” as the second data part has a size of n × a bits (n is an integer of 1 or more), and the value of the first 1 bit is different from the value of the first 1 bit of the first data part. Specific to the value.

  Since start-stop synchronization is used, a 1-bit start bit (indicated by “S” in the figure) is provided at the head of each of the “code part” and “data part” that constitutes the command, and is added at the end. Is provided with one end bit (indicated by “E” in the figure). Each of the “code part” and “data part” constituting the command is provided with one parity bit (bit indicated as “P” in the figure).

  As shown in FIG. 19A, both the “code part” and “data part” constituting the command have a data size of 1 byte (8 bits). When transmitted, the “code portion” and the “data portion” are each provided with a start bit, an end bit, and a parity bit. Therefore, it is not easy for the effect control unit 300 that receives a command to identify whether the received data string is a “code part” or a “data part” of the command from the outline of the data string. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a flag for identifying the “code portion” and the “data portion” is set. Specifically, the value of the specific portion of the 8-bit value constituting the “code portion” is different from the value of the portion corresponding to the specific portion of the “code portion” among the 8-bit values constituting the “data portion”. Like that.

  In the example shown in FIG. 19B, the first 1 bit of each “code part” and “data part” is used as a flag. That is, in the 8-bit value constituting the “code part”, the first 1-bit value is “1”, and in the 8-bit value constituting the “data part”, the first 1-bit value is “0”. And Thereby, the production control unit 300 can identify whether the data string is a “code part” or a “data part” by examining the value of the first bit following the start bit of the received data string. The specific value of the flag is merely an example, and a value different from the above value may be used as long as the “code portion” and the “data portion” can be identified. In this embodiment, the “code part” and “data part” are each an 8-bit data string, but the same applies to other data sizes (a bits (a is an integer of 2 or more)). The “code part” and the “data part” can be identified by this method.

  Here, since the value of the first 1 bit of the “code part” is specified as “1”, the range of values that the “code part” can take is from 10000000B (= 80H) to 11111111B (= FFH). There are 128 pieces. Note that the letter “B” attached to each value indicates binary notation, and the letter “H” indicates hexadecimal notation. In addition, since the value of the first 1 bit of the “data part” is specified as “0”, the range of values that the “data part” can take is 128 from 00000000B (= 00H) to 01111111B (= 7FH). It is a piece. That is, according to the configuration shown in FIGS. 19A and 19B, 128 types of commands that can take 128 types of values can be set. Then, by associating the value of each code with each command storage area of the RAM 203 (see FIG. 3) of the game control unit 200, the generated command is stored in the command storage area associated with the command. Will be stored.

  By the way, in the pachinko gaming machine 100, many types of effects are executed according to the gaming state, the determination result of the special symbol lottery, and the like. Therefore, a large number of commands are prepared for the commands for effect control. In particular, the “data portion” that is a value indicating the specific content of the command may be insufficient with the above 128 (for example, a command specifying a variation pattern of a special symbol). On the other hand, the “code part” indicating the type of command is usually smaller than the above 128. Therefore, it is conceivable to use a part of the bit string of the “code part” to describe the value of the “data part”.

  For example, consider the case where the last 1 bit of the “code part” is used to describe the value of the “data part”. Hereinafter, each bit in the 8-bit bit string constituting the “code portion” and the “data portion” is referred to as a first bit to an eighth bit. Separately from the bit string that constitutes the “code part”, the code value that actually indicates the type of command is called the “code value”, and separately from the bit string that constitutes the “data part”, the actual command value is The indicated data value is referred to as a “data value”. Then, the code value is described using the first bit to the seventh bit in the bit string of the “code part”, and the data value is all of the bit string of the “data part” (from the first bit to the eighth bit). ) And the 8th bit of the “code part”.

  With this configuration, the possible range of the code value is that the value of the first bit is specified as “1” and the total size is 7 bits, so that the range from 1000000B (= 40H) to 1111111B (= 7FH) ) Up to 64). The possible range of the data value is 128 values represented by 8 bits of the “data part” in which the value of the first bit is specified as “0” and the value “0” of the 8th bit of the “code part”. , “1”, and 256. Therefore, it is possible to set a command having 256 kinds of values as data values. Since the value of the first bit of the “data portion” is specified as “0”, the specific range of the data value is from 000000000000B (= 000H) to 001111111B (= 07FH), 100000000B (= 100H) to 101111111B ( = 17FH).

  According to another view, the method of describing a data value using a part of the above “code part” is the same for commands having two types of codes that differ only in the value of the eighth bit in the “code part”. This means that it is handled as a command of the type. For example, in the example in which the code value of the command for specifying the variation pattern is 11011000B (= D8H), if a method of describing a data value using a part of the “code part” is used, A command in which the value 11011001B (= D9H) in which the value of the eighth bit of the value 11011000B (= D8H) is “1” is set as the value of the “code part” is also used as a command for specifying the variation pattern.

  Note that the above configuration in the case where a data value is described using a part of the “code portion” is merely an example, and the specific number of bits and value are not limited to the above configuration example. For example, the data value may be described using the seventh bit and the eighth bit of the “code portion”. More generally, a data value is described using predetermined bits constituting the “code part” and bits constituting the “data part”, and using bits constituting the remaining part of the “code part”. A code value is described. The size of the “code part” and “data part” is a bit, and the size of data used to describe the data value in the “code part” is b bits (b is smaller than a-1 and is an integer of 1 or more). Then, the size of the data value is (a + b) bits.

  Further, as a means for increasing the number of data values that can be handled, it is conceivable to increase the bit string of the “data part” describing the data value. For example, it is conceivable to prepare “data part 1” and “data part 2” as bit strings describing data values. In this case, if each bit string is 8 bits, a data value can be described by a bit string of 16 bits in total. In order to identify “data part 1” and “data part 2”, if the second bit of the 8-bit bit string is used as a flag, for example, the first bit and the second bit of “data part 1” Can be set to “00B”, and the first bit and the second bit of “data portion 2” can be set to “01B”. The first bit has a value “0” as a flag for identifying the “code portion”. That is, in the case of such a data configuration, the data value described in the “data part” including “data part 1” and “data part 2” is the first bit and the ninth bit of the 16-bit bit string. The value of the bit is “0” representing the “data portion”. More generally, when a data value is described by a plurality of “data parts” of the same size, if the size of each “data part” is a bit, “data part” A value representing that is described.

  With this configuration, the range of values that the “data portion 1” can take is 64 from 00000000B (= 00H) to 00111111B (= 3FH), and the range of values that the “data portion 2” can take is Since there are 64 from 01000000B (= 40H) to 01111111B (= 7FH), the total is 4096 (= 64 × 64). Here, the first bit is used as a flag for distinguishing between “code part” and “data part” (“data part 1” and “data part 2”), and “data part 1” and “data part” The second bit is used as a flag for identifying “2”, but a flag for identifying four types of bit strings may be set using the first and second bits. For example, the value of the first and second bits of the “code part” is “11B”, and the value of the first and second bits is “00B”, “01B”, and “10B”. It is possible.

[Operation of production control unit]
Next, the operation of the effect control unit 300 will be described.
FIG. 19-2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the effect control unit 300.
The operation of the effect control unit 300 includes a main process shown in FIG. 19-2 (a) and an interrupt process shown in FIG. 19-2 (b). Referring to FIG. 19-2 (a), the production control unit 300 first performs an initial setting at startup (S1901), sets a cycle of a CTC (Counter / Timer Circuit) (S1902), and then sets a set cycle. Accordingly, the interrupt process is accepted while updating various random numbers used in the production control (S1903).

  The interrupt process is periodically performed according to the cycle set in S1902. Referring to FIG. 19-2 (b), in this interruption process, the effect control unit 300 receives a command from the game control unit 200 and performs a command reception process (S1911). In this command reception process, the effect content (effect pattern) is selected. In addition, the effect control unit 300 performs effect button processing for accepting an operation of the effect button 161 and the like by the player (S1912). Thereafter, the effect control unit 300 performs command transmission processing for transmitting a command including information on the selected effect pattern to the image / sound control unit 310 and the lamp control unit 320 (S1913). As a result, effects such as image display on the image display unit 114, sound output, operation of the movable accessory 115, light emission of the panel lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 are performed.

[Command reception processing by the production control unit]
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the contents of the command reception process (S1911 in FIG. 19-2 (b)).
In this command reception process, the production control unit 300 first determines whether or not the received command is a command for increasing the number of holds (holding number increase command) (S2001). This pending number increase command is set by the game control unit 200 in the start port switch process shown in FIG. 6 (S606, S612), and transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process (S506) shown in FIG. 5-3. Command.
If the received command is a command for increasing the number of holds (Yes in S2001), the effect control unit 300 adds 1 to the value of the number of holds held in the RAM 303 (S2002), and sets the value of the number of holds after the addition. The indicated hold number command is set in the RAM 303 (S2003).

When the received command is not a pending number increase command (No in S2001), or when a command is received after setting the pending number increase command in S2003, the effect control unit 300 determines whether or not the received command is a change start command. (S2004). This variation start command is a command set in the special symbol process shown in FIG. 8 in the game control unit 200 (S811) and transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process (S506) shown in FIG. 5-3. is there.
When the received command is a change start command (Yes in S2004), the effect control unit 300 executes an effect selection process (S2005). When a change start command is received, a random number value for effect control used in the effect selection process is acquired. This random number value is a random number value that is periodically updated in S1903 of the main process shown in FIG. Details of the effect selection process will be described later.

When the received command is not a variation start command (No in S2001 and S2004), or when a command is received after execution of the effect selection process in S2005, the effect control unit 300 determines whether or not the received command is a change stop command. (S2006). This variation stop command is a command that is set in the special symbol process shown in FIG. 8 in the game control unit 200 (S814) and transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process (S506) shown in FIG. 5-3. is there.
When the received command is a change stop command (Yes in S2006), the effect control unit 300 executes a process during end of change effect (S2007). Details of the process during the end of the variation effect will be described later.

When the received command is not the change start command and the change stop command (No in S2001, S2004, and S2006), or when the command is received after the execution of the variable effect end process in S2007, the effect control unit 300 determines that the received command is It is determined whether or not it is an opening command for starting the opening in the jackpot effect (S2008). This opening command is a command that is set in the stop process shown in FIG. 11 (S1118) and transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process (S506) shown in FIG. 5-3.
When the received command is an opening command (Yes in S2008), the effect control unit 300 executes a hit effect selection process (S2009). Further, when the opening command is received, a random value for effect control used in the hit effect selection process may be acquired. This random number value is a random number value that is periodically updated in S1903 of the main process shown in FIG. Details of the winning effect selection process will be described later.

When the received command is not a change start command, a change stop command, and an opening command (No in S2001, S2004, S2006, and S2008), or when a command is received after execution of the hit effect selection process in S2009, the effect control unit 300 It is determined whether or not the received command is an ending command for starting the ending in the jackpot effect (S2010). This ending command is a command that is set in the special winning opening process shown in FIG. 14 (S1413) and transmitted to the effect control unit 300 in the output process (S506) shown in FIG. 5-3.
When the received command is an ending command (Yes in S2010), the effect control unit 300 executes an ending effect selection process (S2011). Further, when an ending command is received, a random number value for effect control used in the ending effect selection process may be acquired. This random number value is a random number value that is periodically updated in S1903 of the main process shown in FIG. Details of the ending effect selection process will be described later.

  If the received command is not a variation start command, variation stop command, opening command and ending command (No in S2001, S2004, S2006, S2008 and S2010), or if a command is received after the end of the ending effect selection process in S2011, The effect control unit 300 executes a customer waiting command reception process for the received command to shift to the customer waiting state (S2012). Details of the customer waiting command reception process will be described later.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of the mode flag.
When an effect is performed by the effect control unit 300, various effect patterns are selected and executed based on the set effect mode. This effect mode is determined by a mode flag set in the RAM 303. Here, the mode flag is set to any value from 0 to 4, and five types of effect modes from A mode to E mode are assigned to each mode flag. The mode flag is set according to the lottery result of the special symbol lottery or the number of lotteries of the special symbol lottery.

Mode flag 1 for jackpot of high probability symbol A, mode flag 2 for jackpot of low probability symbol A, mode flag 3 for jackpots of high probability symbol B and low probability symbol B, and jackpot of latent symbol symbol A mode flag 4 is assigned to each small hit. Here, the types of these symbols are the same as those shown in FIG. No mode flag 0 is assigned to any of them. In mode flags 1 to 4, mode flag 0 is set by executing special symbol lottery a predetermined number of times.
Further, in the example shown in FIG. 21, the parameter M (M value) used in the process during the end of the changing effect is set individually for each mode except the A mode. As will be described later, the value of the parameter M undergoes special symbol variation, and is decremented by 1 each time it stops.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the contents of the effect selection process (S2005) of FIG.
In this effect selection process, the effect control unit 300 first analyzes the received variation start command (S2201). Further, the effect control unit 300 refers to the current mode flag of the pachinko gaming machine 100 from the setting of the RAM 303 (S2202), and subtracts 1 from the value of the number of holds held in the RAM 303 (S2203). Then, the effect control unit 300 is based on various setting information (information about jackpot type, gaming state after jackpot game, variation pattern, etc.) obtained from the analysis result of the change start command and the effect mode determined by the mode flag. Then, an effect pattern (fluctuation effect pattern) of symbol variation by an image displayed on the image display unit 114 in the effect mode is selected (S2204). Finally, the effect control unit 300 reads from the ROM 302 image data and sound data used for the effect by the selected effect pattern, and sets a change effect start command instructing the start of execution of the selected effect in the RAM 303 together with these data. Then, the effect selection process ends (S2205).

  In the design variation effect pattern selection process in S2204, the effect mode, the variation pattern, and the effect random number (one of the random numbers updated in S1903 in FIG. 19-2, the effect random number value is acquired when the variation start command is received. The production pattern is determined based on the above. Based on the effect pattern determined here, the decorative display variable display, the background effect to be executed, and the notice effect are determined. The decorative symbol variation display is an effect display performed by the image display unit 114 in accordance with the special symbol variation display performed by the first special symbol display 221 or the second special symbol display 222. In this variable display of decorative symbols, a reach effect or the like is executed.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the contents of the changing effect end process (S2007) of FIG.
In this variation effect end process, the effect control unit 300 first analyzes the received variation stop command (S2301). Further, the effect control unit 300 refers to the current mode flag of the pachinko gaming machine 100 from the setting of the RAM 303 (S2302). Then, the production control unit 300 determines whether or not the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is based on the information indicating the type of the symbol when the special symbol variation obtained from the analysis result of the variation stop command is stopped (big hit or small hit). It is determined whether or not (S2303). If it is any hit (Yes in S2303), the mode flag set in the RAM 303 is changed based on the setting example shown in FIG. 21 according to the type of the hit (S2304).

  On the other hand, if the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is not successful (No in S2303), the effect control unit 300 next checks whether or not the value of the mode flag is 0 (S2305). When the mode flag is not 0 (No in S2305), the effect control unit 300 subtracts 1 from the parameter M (S2306), and checks whether the value of M has become 0 (S2307). That is, the value of the parameter M is decremented by 1 each time a variation stop command is received (that is, every time a special symbol variation stops), unless it is 0 when the variation stop command is received. If the value of M becomes 0 (Yes in S2307), the effect control unit 300 sets the mode flag to 0 (S2308).

  If the mode flag is 0 in S2305 (Yes in S2305), if the value of the parameter M is not 0 in S2307 (No in S2307), or after setting the mode flag to 0 in S2308, or in S2304 After changing the mode flag, the effect control unit 300 sets a change effect end command for instructing the end of the design change effect in the RAM 303, and ends the change effect end process (S2309). Here, referring to FIG. 21, when the mode flag is changed in S2304, the effect mode after the end of the change effect is an effect mode corresponding to the winning type. When the mode flag is 0 in S2305 and when the mode flag is set to 0 in S2308, the effect mode after the end of the change effect is the A mode. If the value of parameter M does not become 0 in S2307, the previous production mode is continued.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the contents of the hit effect selection process (S2009) of FIG.
In this winning effect selection process, the effect control unit 300 first analyzes the received opening command (S2401), and selects an effect pattern (winning effect pattern) according to the contents of the effect mode based on the mode flag (S2402). . Then, the effect control unit 300 reads out image data and sound data used for the effect by the selected effect pattern from the ROM 302, and sets a hit effect start command for instructing the selected effect in the RAM 303 together with these data. The effect selection process is terminated (S2403). As a result, the performance during the big hit is determined. In the selection of the winning effect pattern (S2402), a determination based on a random value acquired at the time of command reception may be performed.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the contents of the ending effect selection process (S2011) of FIG.
In this ending effect selection process, the effect control unit 300 first analyzes the received ending command (S2501), and selects an effect pattern (ending effect pattern) according to the contents of the effect mode based on the mode flag (S2502). . Then, the effect control unit 300 reads out image data and sound data used for the effect by the selected effect pattern from the ROM 302, and sets an ending effect start command for instructing the selected effect in the RAM 303 together with these data. The effect selection process is terminated (S2503). In the selection of the ending effect pattern (S2502), the determination may be made based on the random value acquired when the command is received.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the contents of the customer waiting command reception process (S2012) of FIG.
The effect control unit 300 determines whether or not a customer waiting command for shifting to the customer waiting state has been received (S2601). When the customer waiting command is received (Yes in S2601), the effect control unit 300 starts measuring the elapsed time (S2602), and turns on the measurement flag held in the RAM 303 (S2603). On the other hand, when the received command is not a customer waiting command (No in S2601), the effect control unit 300 determines whether or not the measurement flag held in the RAM 303 is ON (S2604). If the measurement flag is OFF (No in S2604), the customer waiting command reception process is terminated.

  When the measurement flag is ON (Yes in S2604 or after being turned ON in S2603), the effect control unit 300 next determines whether or not the measurement time has reached a predetermined time-up time (S2605). . If the time is not up (No in S2605), the customer waiting command reception process is terminated. On the other hand, when the time is up (Yes in S2605), the effect control unit 300 turns off the measurement flag held in the RAM 303 (S2606), and sets a customer waiting effect command for performing the customer waiting effect in the RAM 303. The customer waiting command reception process is terminated (S2607).

  When the command reception process is completed as described above, the RAM 303 is set with any one of a variation effect start command, a variation effect end command, a hit effect start command, an ending effect start command, and a customer waiting effect command.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the contents of the effect button process (S1912 in FIG. 19-2 (b)).
In this effect button process, the effect control unit 300 first determines whether or not an operation means such as the effect button 161 by the player has been operated (S2701). Here, the operation of the operation means includes turning on the effect button 161 and turning it on when the center key and the surrounding keys of the effect key 162 are pressed. In addition, when an operation device other than the effect button 161 and the effect key 162 such as a touch panel is provided in the pachinko gaming machine 100, this includes detecting the operation of the device. The effect control unit 300 receives an operation signal from the controller of these devices and detects that an operation has been performed.

  If the operation means such as the effect button 161 is operated (Yes in S2701), the effect control unit 300 sets an effect button command including information indicating the operation content of the operation means in the RAM 303, and ends the effect button process. (S2702).

  After that, the effect control unit 300 performs the command transmission process (S1913) of FIG. 19-2 (b), and the command set in the RAM 303 by the command reception process and the effect button process described above is displayed in the image / sound control unit 310. And transmitted to the lamp controller 320. Then, the image / sound control unit 310 and the lamp control unit 320 display an image on the image display unit 114, sound output, operation of the movable accessory 115, light emission of the panel lamp 116 and the frame lamp 157 based on the received command. Is controlled to execute the set effect.

[Advance notice based on prior judgment]
Next, a notice effect based on prior determination according to the present embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 6, the game ball is won at the first start port 121 (see FIG. 1) and the first start port switch 211 (see FIG. 3) is turned on. And when the game ball is won at the second start port 122 (see FIG. 1) and the second start port switch 212 (see FIG. 3) is turned ON, the special symbol determination unit 234 and the variation at the time of symbol variation Prior to the determination by the pattern selection unit 235 (see S808 and S809 in FIG. 8), a preliminary determination (prefetching) of the lottery result of the special symbol lottery is performed (see S605 and S611 in FIG. 6).

  Further, in the present embodiment, based on the result of the above prior determination, a notice effect (suggest effect) for indicating the determination result to the player is performed. This notice effect is executed at the time of a symbol change for another winning ball that is performed prior to a symbol change for the winning ball (holding ball) for which a prior determination has been made. In the present embodiment, the upper limit of the number of holding balls is four per one start port (first start port 121 or second start port 122) (see FIG. 6). In addition, priority is given to the digestion of the reserved balls in the second start port 122. In this case, for example, when a preliminary determination is made for the reserved ball with the second start port 122, the maximum variation including the current variation (referred to as the variation) is included before the symbol variation for the reserved ball is performed. Thus, the symbol variation for the four winning balls is performed. In the notice effect related to the reserved ball that has been determined in advance, if multiple symbol changes are made before the symbol change for the reserved ball, even if the notice effect that spans the multiple symbol changes is performed good.

[Configuration of Frame Member 150]
Next, the structure of the frame member 150 of the pachinko gaming machine 100 will be described.
28 and 29 are perspective views illustrating the configuration of the frame member 150 according to the first embodiment. 28 shows a case where the transparent plate holding frame 21 and the game board holding frame 22 are in an open state, and FIG. 29 shows a case where the transparent plate holding frame 21 is in an open state and the game board holding frame 22 is in a closed state. Indicates.
As shown in FIGS. 28 and 28 in particular, the frame member 150 includes an outer frame 10 as a frame member main body having a vertically long so-called frame structure, and a front frame (inner frame) 20 that is detachably mounted on the outer frame 10. It is equipped with.

The outer frame 10 is positioned at the four corners of the outer frame 10 and adjacent to the right vertical frame member 11, the left vertical frame member 12, the upper horizontal frame member 13, and the lower horizontal frame member 14, which are four metal frame members. And a corner member 15 for connecting the frame members to each other.
A curtain plate 16 extending in the same direction (lateral direction, left-right direction) as the lower horizontal frame member 14 is attached to the lower front portion of the outer frame 10. The vertical position of the upper end of the curtain plate 16 is substantially the same as the vertical position of the upper end of the lower horizontal frame member 14. Further, a design decoration can be applied to the front surface (player side surface) of the curtain plate 16 by adding a company name, a logo, or the like, for example.
The outer frame 10 has a resin sliding portion 16a that slides with the front frame 20 when the front frame 20 opens and closes. More specifically, the sliding portion 16 a is attached to the lower horizontal frame member 14. Moreover, the sliding part 16a is located on the upper surface of the lower horizontal frame member 14, and is located on the opposite side (right side in the figure) to the side opposite to the side where the rotation axis of the front frame 20 is located. The sliding portion 16a holds the front frame 20 in contact with the lower surface of the game board holding frame 22 in a state where the game board holding frame 22 of the front frame 20 is closed. For this reason, when the front frame 20 is closed, a gap is formed between the front frame 20 and the curtain plate 16.

The front frame 20 is attached to the outer frame 10 at one side (left side in FIG. 1) so that the rotation axis extends in the vertical direction. More specifically, the front frame 20 includes a transparent plate holding frame 21 that holds the transparent plate 159 (see also FIG. 1) in a predetermined position, and a game board holding frame 22 that holds the game board 110 in a predetermined position. .
As shown in FIG. 28, the transparent plate holding frame 21 and the game board holding frame 22 in a closed state can be integrally rotated with respect to the outer frame 10 to be opened. Further, in a state where the transparent plate holding frame 21 and the game board holding frame 22 are closed, as shown in FIG. It is possible.
The game board holding frame 22 of the front frame 20 is provided with locking members 23, 24, 25 for locking the front frame 20 so that the front frame 20 does not open by engaging with the right vertical frame member 11 of the outer frame 10. ing. The locking members 23, 24, and 25 are interlocked by inserting a key (not shown) into a key hole 158 (see FIG. 1) disposed on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 100 and rotating in a predetermined direction. Performs locking and unlocking operations.

  As shown in FIG. 28, various boards and the like are attached to the rear surface of the game board 110, and these various boards and the like are covered with a transparent cover 410 whose inside is visible. In other words, the main board and the sub board are arranged on the rear surface of the game board 110. That is, on the rear surface of the game board 110, a game control board 420 configured with a game control unit 200 that performs internal lottery, determination of winning, and the like is disposed as a main board. The game control board 420 is sealed in a main board case 440 made of a transparent member so that a trace remains when opened.

Also, as a sub-board, an image control board (not shown) in which an effect control board 430 in which an effect control section 300 for overall control of effects is configured, and an image / sound control section 310 in which the effects by images and sounds are controlled is configured. ), And a lamp control board (not shown) on which a lamp control unit 320 that controls effects by various lamps and the movable accessory 115 is arranged. In addition, a switching power supply 450 is disposed on the rear surface of the game board 110 to convert the supplied 24V AC power supply to a DC power supply and output it to various boards. The switching power supply 450 is stored in a power switch (not shown) for turning on / off the power supply to the main board, the sub board, and the like, and a RAM 203 (see FIG. 3) as a nonvolatile memory provided in the game control unit 200. And a RAM clear switch (not shown) for erasing data. The power switch and the RAM clear switch can be operated by an amusement shop or a hall clerk.
In addition, a payout control board (not shown) configured with a payout control unit 330 that performs payout control of payout balls, and supply balls supplied from the outside controlled by the payout control board are temporarily stored, and awards are given. A payout unit 460 for paying out balls and paying out lending balls is disposed on the front frame 20 of the frame member 150.

The launch unit included in the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes a ball feeding device 30 attached to the transparent plate holding frame 21 and a launch device 40 attached to the game board holding frame 22, as shown in FIG. ing. In the open state of the transparent plate holding frame 21 shown in FIG. 29, the ball feeder 30 of the transparent plate holding frame 21 is located away from the launching device 40 of the game board holding frame 22 while the transparent plate holding frame 21 is closed. In the state shown in FIG. 28, for example, the ball feeder 30 of the transparent plate holding frame 21 is located adjacent to the launching device 40 of the game board holding frame 22.
The launch unit here further includes the above-described handle 151 and lever 152 (see FIG. 1) attached to the transparent plate holding frame 21. When the launch unit detects that the player has touched the handle 151 (see FIG. 1) and operated the lever 152 (see FIG. 1), the launch unit 153 (see FIG. 2) with the hitting force corresponding to the operation angle of the lever 152. (See (b)) of the game ball and the like.

[About the frame drive effect section 180]
Next, the configuration and operation of the frame drive effect unit 180 located near the upper end in front view of the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the first embodiment will be described. In addition, this frame drive production | presentation part 180 is arrange | positioned in each of the right end part and left end part in the left-right direction by the front view of the pachinko game machine 100 (refer FIG. 1). In other words, the frame drive rendering unit 180 is located in each of the upper right corner and the upper left corner.
Specifically, the frame drive effect unit 180 is attached to a front frame 20 that can be opened and closed with respect to a door or door member, that is, the outer frame 10. More specifically, the frame drive effect unit 180 is attached to the transparent plate holding frame 21 of the frame member 150. In addition, the structural example which attaches the frame drive production | presentation part 180 to the game board holding frame 22 of the frame member 150 is also considered.
In other words, the frame member 150 includes a frame drive effect unit 180 that can change its own position. In the following description, a part of the frame member 150 that does not include the frame drive effect unit 180 whose position can be changed is a frame member main body (housing main body).

FIG. 30 is a perspective view for explaining the configuration and operation of the frame drive rendering unit 180 according to the first embodiment. More specifically, FIG. 30A shows a closed state (stored state). ) Illustrates the case of viewing the frame drive effect unit 180 from above, and FIG. 6B illustrates the case of viewing the frame drive effect unit 180 in the open state (deployed state) from above. is there.
As shown in FIG. 30, the frame drive effect unit 180 includes a fixed part (main body part) 31 attached to the front side of the frame member 150 and a movement as a movable part that is held movably with respect to the fixed part 31. Part 32 and a mechanism part 33 for moving the moving part 32 relative to the fixed part 31. The mechanism unit 33 is configured to transmit the driving force of a power source (not shown) to the moving unit 32 by meshing of spur gears partially shown by broken lines. The mechanism part 33 has a rotating shaft extending in the vertical direction.
The moving unit 32 includes a light source unit 34 (see FIG. 32) that emits light used for production. Examples of the light source unit 34 include a configuration example in which light from a rotating lamp is reflected by a reflecting mirror and a configuration example in which white light from a strobe flash that repeatedly blinks is reflected by a reflecting mirror.
The light source unit 34 of the frame drive effect unit 180 is controlled to emit light by the effect control unit 300.

A central axis (rotation axis) when the moving unit 32 moves relative to the fixed unit 31 is located near the right end in the left-right direction when the pachinko gaming machine 100 is viewed from the front. Further, the moving unit 32 performs a rotation operation with respect to the fixed unit 31 at an angle K (see FIG. 30B). The fixing portion 31 protrudes from the surrounding frame member 150.
30 shows the frame drive effect unit 180 located at the right end in the left-right direction in the front view of the pachinko gaming machine 100, the configuration and operation of the frame drive effect unit 180 located at the left end are also shown. It is the same. That is, the frame drive effect unit 180 at the right end and the frame drive effect unit 180 at the left end are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center in the left-right direction when the pachinko gaming machine 100 is viewed from the front. In other words, the central axis of the frame drive rendering unit 180 at the right end is positioned near the right end (see FIG. 30), and the central axis of the frame drive rendering unit 180 at the left end is positioned near the left end.

FIGS. 31 and 32 are perspective views for explaining the operation of the frame drive effect unit 180. More specifically, FIG. 31 illustrates a case where the frame drive effect unit 180 in a closed state is viewed from above. This corresponds to (a) of FIG. FIG. 32 illustrates a case where the frame drive effect unit 180 in the open state (deployed state) is viewed from above, and corresponds to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 31, the frame drive effect unit 180 includes a fixed surface 41 formed so as to be adjacent to the speaker 156 and an outer surface 42 formed so as to be continuous with the fixed surface 41. . Further, the frame drive effect unit 180 includes an inner surface 45 (see FIG. 32) that is hidden by the fixed unit 31 when the moving unit 32 is in the retracted state and is exposed and added when the moving unit 32 is in the expanded state. The inner surface 45 is formed using a transparent plate member.
In other words, the fixed surface 41 included in the frame drive effect unit 180 at the right end and the fixed surface 41 included in the frame drive effect unit 180 at the left end are positioned so as to be separated from each other and face each other. Further, the two speakers 156 are located between the fixed surface 41 provided in the frame drive rendering unit 180 at the right end and the fixed surface 41 provided in the frame drive rendering unit 180 at the left end. In other words, the two frame drive effect units 180 are disposed on the left and right outer sides of the speaker 156.

The fixed surface 41 of the frame drive effect unit 180 is formed by the fixed unit 31, and the inner surface 45 of the frame drive effect unit 180 is formed by the moving unit 32. Further, the outer surface 42 of the frame drive effect unit 180 is formed in the fixed unit 31 and the moving unit 32. That is, the outer surface 42 includes a fixed outer surface 43 formed by the fixed portion 31 and a moving outer surface 44 formed by the moving portion 32. In other words, when the inner surface 45 of the frame drive effect unit 180 is exposed, the inner surface 45 continues to the fixed surface 41 and the fixed outer surface 43.
Each of the fixed surface 41 and the fixed outer surface 43 of the frame drive effect unit 180 has a light emitting area 174 that acts as one of the frame lamps by emitting light, and the moving outer surface 44 of the frame drive effect unit 180 emits light. Thus, it has a light emitting region 175 that acts as one of the frame lamps. Further, the entire inner surface 45 of the frame drive effect unit 180 emits light. It is also conceivable that the entire outer surface 42 of the frame drive rendering unit 180 emits light.

The light emitting areas 174 and 175 and the inner surface 45 emit light by light from the light source unit 34. In other words, the portion of the light emitting region 174 on the fixed surface 41 and the fixed outer surface 43 and the portion of the light emitting region 175 on the movable outer surface 44 are made of a translucent member. On the other hand, the other portions of the fixed surface 41, the fixed outer surface 43, and the moving outer surface 44 are made of a non-translucent member.
When the frame drive effect section 180 is in the stored state (see FIG. 31), the light emitting areas 174 and 175 are illuminated when the light source section 34 emits light. Further, when the frame drive effect unit 180 is in the unfolded state (see FIG. 32), when the light source unit 34 emits light, not only the light emitting region 175 shines but also the inner surface 45 shines.

[Light Source 34 of Moving Unit 32]
Next, a configuration example of the light source unit 34 built in the moving unit 32 of the frame drive effect unit 180 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure illustrates the case where a configuration example in which the light of a rotating lamp is reflected by a reflecting mirror is illustrated. It is possible to adopt it. In either case, the reflector is used.
FIG. 33 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the light source unit 34 of the moving unit 32. For the sake of convenience of explanation, a part of the figure is broken to show the inside of the moving part 32. Further, as described above, the moving unit 32 can rotate around the mechanism unit 33, and the moving unit 32 is configured to be able to switch between a storage state and a deployed state by such rotation. .

As shown in FIG. 33, the light source unit 34 includes a substrate 51 on which an LED (Light Emitting Diode) 51 a is mounted, a rotary reflecting plate 52 disposed around the substrate 51 and rotatable in one direction, and a substrate. And a fixed reflecting plate 53 (see FIG. 35) positioned farther from the rotary reflecting plate 52 than the rotating reflecting plate 52.
The fixed reflector 53 is located closer to the center in the left-right direction of the pachinko gaming machine 100 than the mechanism portion 33. In addition, the mechanism part 33 is located near the end in the left-right direction of the pachinko gaming machine 100 (see FIG. 30). In other words, the inner surface 45 of the frame drive effect unit 180 is positioned closer to the center in the left-right direction of the pachinko gaming machine 100 than the mechanism unit 33.

The substrate 51 on which the LED 51a is mounted is fixed. The rotary reflecting plate 52 is not provided with a reflecting surface that reflects light from the LED 51 a over the entire circumference of the substrate 51, but is provided partially.
The fixed reflecting plate 53 is disposed toward the inner surface 45 of the frame drive effect unit 180.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 33, it can also be called the rotation lamp 54 combining the board | substrate 51 and the rotation reflecting plate 52. As shown in FIG. In the configuration example shown in the figure, two rotating lamps 54 are provided, but it is also possible to arrange one or three or more.
The upper rotary lamp 54 and the lower rotary lamp 54 are different in height from each other, but the upper rotary lamp 54 is higher than the lower rotary lamp 54 because of layout restrictions. It is. Further, instead of the rotating reflecting plate 52, it is also conceivable to use a reflecting plate (not shown) fixed at a position where the light from the LED 51a is reflected in the direction of the fixed reflecting plate 53.
In addition, each of the LEDs 51a emits light of a single color (for example, white) or a plurality of different colors (for example, white, red, green, blue). It is conceivable to use what can be used. In addition, it is considered to use a relatively expensive LED 51a having a directional diffuser on the light emitting surface (white light emission) or a relatively inexpensive LED having no such diffuser (RGB light emission). It is done. The former white light emission type emits white color by exciting red, green and blue phosphors with one LED 51a. In the latter RGB light emitting type, each LED 51a emits white light by mixing light of a chip emitting red light, a chip emitting green light, and a chip emitting blue light, and red, green, blue To emit light.

[About the drive system of the frame drive effect unit 180]
Next, the drive system of the frame drive effect unit 180 will be described. That is, in the frame drive effect unit 180, the moving unit 32 performs an operation of rotating in order to switch between the storage state and the unfolded state. Further, in order to further enhance the light effect of the light source unit 34, an operation of rotating the rotary reflecting plate 52 in the moving unit 32 is performed.
Hereinafter, the drive system of the moving unit 32 and the drive system of the rotary reflecting plate 52 will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Driving system of moving unit 32]
First, the configuration and operation of the drive system that drives the moving unit 32 of the frame drive rendering unit 180 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating a drive system of the moving unit 32, and (a) is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the drive system of the moving unit 32. Moreover, (b) and (c) of the same figure are the schematic front views explaining the example of the operation effect of the frame drive effect part 180. In FIGS. 5B and 5C, for convenience of explanation, only the frame drive effect unit 180 in the unfolded state in which the operation effect is performed is indicated by a solid line, and the frame drive effect in the storage state in which the operation effect is not performed. The portion 180 is indicated by a broken line.

As shown in FIG. 34 (a), the pachinko gaming machine 100 has a single motor 35, which is a drive source for driving the frame drive rendering unit 180, and two frames of driving force of the single motor 35. And a driving force transmission unit 36 that transmits to each of the mechanism units 33 of the drive rendering unit 180. That is, in this configuration example, the two frame drive effect units 180 are driven by one motor 35, which can be installed in a narrower space, and relates to the component layout at the time of development and design of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The burden can be reduced. Further, it is possible to reduce the number of parts related to the frame drive effect unit 180 and simplify the configuration.
The motor 35 is drive-controlled by the effect control unit 300 (see FIG. 3).

The driving force transmission unit 36 may be configured with a gear train, for example, but the two frame driving effect units 180 are configured to perform the same movement. That is, the driving force transmission unit 36 is a frame drive effect unit located in the upper left corner if the frame drive effect unit 180 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the right frame drive effect unit 180) located in the upper right corner is stored. 180 (hereinafter also referred to as the left frame drive effect unit 180) is in the stowed state, and if the right frame drive effect unit 180 is in the expanded state, the motor so that the left frame drive effect unit 180 is also in the expanded state. 35 driving force is transmitted.
In other words, when the motor 35 is rotated forward, the right frame drive effect unit 180 and the left frame drive effect unit 180 are switched to, for example, the storage state. The unit 180 is switched to the unfolded state, for example.

  In the configuration example shown in FIG. 34A, the case where the two frame drive effect units 180 are driven by one motor 35 is illustrated, but a configuration example including a plurality of, for example, two motors 35 is conceivable. That is, one of the two motors 35 is connected to one frame drive effect unit 180 of the two frame drive effect units 180, and the other motor 35 is connected to the other frame drive effect unit 180. It is the structural example connected. In the case of such a configuration example, these two motors 35 are controlled by the lamp control unit 320 and can operate in synchronization. For this reason, it is possible to control the right frame drive effect unit 180 and the left frame drive effect unit 180 so as to perform the same movement, and it is possible to perform control so as to perform different movements.

In the operation effect example shown in (b) of FIG. 34, the right frame drive effect unit 180 and the left frame drive effect unit 180 are stored, and in the operation effect example shown in (c), the right frame drive effect unit 180 and the left frame are produced. The frame drive effect unit 180 is in the unfolded state. That is, in (b) and (c) of the figure, the right frame drive effect unit 180 and the left frame drive effect unit 180 are in the same state.
An example of an operation effect that repeats alternate states in which either one of the right frame drive effect unit 180 and the left frame drive effect unit 180 is in the expanded state and the other is in the stored state is also conceivable. Such an operation effect example can be realized by providing a configuration in which the driving force transmitted to each of the right frame drive effect unit 180 and the left frame drive effect unit 180 can be switched between normal rotation and reverse rotation of the motor 35.

As shown in FIGS. 34B and 34C, in the frame drive effect section 180, the light emitting areas 174 and 175 emit light in the housed state, and the inner surface 45 emits light entirely in the deployed state.
Here, when the frame drive effect unit 180 is in the unfolded state, the moving unit 32 may be intentionally pushed by a player, for example. In order to prevent the mechanism unit 33 of the frame drive effect unit 180 from being damaged due to such an excessive push-in, a configuration example in which a slip is caused when an external force exceeding a predetermined value is input to the moving unit 32 is also conceivable.

[Driving system of rotating reflector 52]
Next, the configuration and operation of driving the rotary reflecting plate 52 in the moving unit 32 of the frame drive effect unit 180 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 35 is a diagram for explaining the drive system of the rotary reflecting plate 52 and is a schematic sectional view of the moving unit 32.
As shown in the figure, the frame drive rendering unit 180 includes a motor 55 that is a drive source for driving the rotary reflector 52 of the moving unit 32.
When the rotating reflecting plate 52 is rotated by the driving force of the motor 55, the light of the LED 51a is reflected by the reflecting surface of the rotating reflecting plate 52 and shines brightly around the central axis in order. On the reflecting surface of the rotary reflecting plate 52, the light is condensed when reflected.
Further, since the fixed reflecting plate 53 faces the inner surface 45 (see FIG. 33) of the frame drive effect unit 180, the light reflected by the fixed reflecting plate 53 is reflected toward the inner surface 45, and the direction of the player Is irradiated. Similarly to the reflecting surface of the rotating reflecting plate 52, the fixed reflecting plate 53 is condensed when reflected.

  Accordingly, in the light source unit 34, when the reflecting surface of the rotating rotating reflecting plate 52 faces the fixed reflecting plate 53, the light of the LED 51a is first reflected by the reflecting surface of the rotating reflecting plate 52 and then the fixed reflecting plate 53. Reflect further. Further, the light reflected and collected by the fixed reflecting plate 53 is considerably brighter than each light of the LED 51a. In this way, since the bright light is emitted from the inner surface 45 each time the rotating reflector 52 makes one turn, the player can see the frame drive effect unit 180 where the inner surface 45 is shining in the unfolded state. Yes (rotating light or patrol light production (Patrol is a registered trademark)).

In such a light source unit 34, bright light and slightly dark light are alternately illuminated on the inner surface 45 of the frame drive effect unit 180 by the rotation of the rotary reflector 52 in one direction. For this reason, the player can feel the effect of light having contrast between light and dark through the inner surface 45 exposed when the frame drive effect unit 180 is in the unfolded state.
In addition, when the frame drive effect unit 180 is in the retracted state, the player feels the effect of light through the light emitting region 174 (see FIG. 32) of the fixed surface 41 and the light emitting region 175 (see FIG. 32) of the moving outer surface 44. be able to.

[About the raising / lowering operation of the production button 161]
Here, the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the first embodiment is configured to be able to realize a motion effect in which the effect button 161 is raised and lowered. Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of driving the effect button 161 will be described with reference to FIG.
36A and 36B are perspective views for explaining the lifting device 60 for the effect button 161. FIG. 36A shows the accommodation state of the effect button 161, and FIG. 36B shows the protruding state of the effect button 161. The lifting device 60 is located on the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine 100 and is attached to a dish unit having a handle 151 and a dish 153 (see FIG. 1). In FIG. A lifting device 60 is shown.

As shown in FIG. 36, the lifting device 60 includes an upper case 61 that houses the effect button 161, and a lower case that is positioned below the upper case 61 and that includes a drive mechanism (not shown) for moving the effect button 161 up and down. 62. The lifting device 60 includes a motor 63 that is attached to the lower case 62 and outputs a driving force to the driving mechanism.
The motor 63 of the lifting device 60 is drive-controlled by the effect control unit 300 (see FIG. 3).

Referring to FIG. 36A, the effect button 161 is accommodated in the upper case 61 and slightly protrudes from the upper end surface 61 a of the upper case 61. That is, the normal effect button 161 is popped out by the pop-out amount (minimum pop-out amount) T1. The pop-out amount here refers to the distance from the position of the upper end surface 61 a of the upper case 61 to the position of the upper surface of the effect button 161.
For this reason, an impression is given to the player or the like that the effect button 161 is a general push button (the effect button 161 itself does not rise or fall).

  Then, referring to FIG. 36 (b), the effect button 161 is in a protruding state that largely protrudes from the upper case 61, and at this time, the protruding amount (maximum protruding amount) T2 (T2> T1). For this reason, the player or the like has a sense of expectation that the result of the jackpot determination or the gaming state may be advantageous to the player. An effect of brightening the inside of the effect button 161 in such a protruding state is also conceivable.

  As described above, the lifting device 60 is for moving the effect button 161 up and down, and moves the effect button 161 up and down according to a predetermined trigger. The predetermined trigger here refers to, for example, when a specific lottery result is obtained in the jackpot lottery or when a specific effect is performed in the image display unit 114 (see FIG. 1). The production effect can be further improved by the production button 161 moving up and down at a predetermined opportunity.

[Various rendering devices in the first embodiment]
As described above, the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes various rendering devices. That is, the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes a board lamp 116 of the game board 110, an image display unit 114, a speaker 156 of the frame member 150, and a frame lamp 157 (see FIG. 1), and these are used to make a judgment such as special symbol judgment. Produce according to the results.
In addition, the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes a movable accessory 115 of the game board 110 and performs an effect using the movable accessory 115.
The plate unit of the frame member 150 is provided with an effect button 161 that can be raised and lowered (see FIG. 36). In addition, the frame member 150 includes an air device 160 that creates compressed air discharged from a nozzle (not shown) of the handle 151 (see FIG. 37).

  In the first embodiment, an effect device for further enhancing the effect of the effect is provided. That is, as described above, the transparent plate holding frame 21 (see FIG. 28 or FIG. 29) of the frame member 150 includes the frame drive effect section 180 (see, for example, FIG. 1).

FIG. 37 is a block diagram illustrating the control of the rendering device in the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 37, the first embodiment includes a frame drive effect section 180, an effect button 161, an air device 160, and a movable accessory 115 as effect devices that perform various effects.
Although not shown in FIG. 37, in the first embodiment, a board lamp 116 of the game board 110, an image display unit 114, a speaker 156 of the frame member 150, and a frame lamp 157 (see FIG. 1) are also provided. ing.
Control for these effect devices is performed by the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300.

  More specifically, the transparent plate holding frame 21 (see FIG. 28 or 29) of the frame member 150 is provided with a frame drive effect unit 180 having motors 35 and 55. Then, the frame drive effect unit 180 switches between the housed state (see FIG. 34B) and the unfolded state (see FIG. 34C) according to the signal from the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300. Is performed by the motor 35 (see (a) of the figure), and the light effect by the rotating lamp 54 is performed by the motor 55 (see FIG. 35).

In addition, the plate unit of the frame member 150 is provided with an effect button 161 that can be moved up and down. The effect button 161 is moved up and down by the motor 63 of the lifting device 60 (see FIG. 36). The effect button 161 switches between the housed state (see FIG. 36A) and the protruding state (see FIG. 36B) in accordance with a signal from the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300. The downward movement when the production button 161 is projected by the motor 63 of the elevating device 60 is performed by the motor 63 of the elevating device 60 or by the player performing an operation of depressing the production button 161. An example where only one of them is performed is also conceivable.
The effect button 161 includes an operation detection switch 64 that detects an operation on the effect button 161 by a player, a hall clerk, an inspection worker before shipment, or the like. That is, when the effect button 161 is pressed down in the housed state and when it is pressed down in the protruding state, the operation is detected by the operation detection switch 64 and a signal is output to the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300 (FIG. 3). See also).

  Furthermore, the launching device of the frame member 150 includes an air device 160 that creates compressed air (air) by a drive source (not shown). The air device 160 switches between operation and non-operation according to a signal from the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300. That is, when the air device 160 is operated, compressed air is discharged from the handle 151 of the launching device, and when the air device 160 is not operated, compressed air is not discharged.

  Furthermore, the game board 110 includes a movable accessory 115 having a motor 118. Then, the movable accessory 115 performs a predetermined effect operation on the surface of the game board 110 in accordance with a signal from the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300.

Such various effect devices are controlled by the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300 in response to a command from the CPU 201 of the game control unit 200. That is, when the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300 receives a change start command or the like from the CPU 201, the CPU 301 controls various effect devices for performing effects accompanying the game. In addition, when the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300 receives, for example, a power-on command from the CPU 201 when the power is turned on, the CPU 301 controls various effect devices for confirming the operation.
In this way, the various production devices operate as production (production operation), and operate for operation confirmation when the power is turned on (confirmation operation).

  In addition, there is a case where the power is turned on collectively for each island in the hall store. On the other hand, when the power is turned on / off with the pachinko gaming machine 100 alone, the front frame 20 needs to be opened. In addition, since the RAM clear cannot be performed for each island at once, it is necessary to open the front frame 20 as well.

Here, the detection result of the door opening detection sensor 26 that detects the state of the front frame (inner frame) 20 of the frame member 150 is used for the control of the confirmation operation by the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300.
More specifically, the door opening detection sensor 26 detects a predetermined signal when the transparent plate holding frame 21 or the game board holding frame 22 of the front frame 20 is open with respect to the outer frame 10 (see FIG. 28 or FIG. 29). Is transmitted to the game control unit 200 via the payout control unit 330 (see FIG. 3). When it is determined that the game control unit 200 is in the open state, the game control unit 200 outputs a signal for notifying the effect control unit 300 of an error. For this reason, the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300 can detect whether the front frame 20 is in an open state or a closed state based on a signal based on the detection result of the door detection sensor 26.
In other words, the positional relationship of the front frame 20 with respect to the outer frame 10 is such that the transparent plate holding frame 21 and the game board holding frame 22 are in a closed state with respect to the outer frame 10 (for example, see FIG. 1). A second door state (see FIG. 29) in which the transparent plate holding frame 21 is in an open state with respect to the outer frame 10 while the game board holding frame 22 is in a closed state with respect to the outer frame 10, and the transparent plate holding. There is a third door state (see FIG. 28) in which the frame 21 is open with respect to the outer frame 10 and the game board holding frame 22 is also open with respect to the outer frame 10. The door opening detection sensor 26 outputs a signal indicating that the front frame 20 is in the closed state in the first door state, and in the second door state and the third door state. A signal indicating that the front frame 20 is in the open state is output.
Such a signal output is due to the fact that the frame drive effect section 180 is attached to the transparent plate holding frame 21 of the front frame 20.
In addition to the example (common switch) used for detecting one door detection sensor 26 for both the second door state (see FIG. 29) and the third door state (see FIG. 28), a plurality of door detection sensors 26 are provided. One of the open door detection sensors 26 is used to detect the second door state (see FIG. 29), and the other one is used to detect the third door state (see FIG. 28). Conceivable.

Hereinafter, the sequence of the confirmation operation when the power is turned on will be described.
This sequence is performed, for example, when the effect control unit 300 receives a power-on command output from the game control unit 200 when the power is turned on (initial operation). In addition, such a sequence is performed when the effect control unit 300 receives a power recovery command output from the game control unit 200 in the case of power recovery (initial operation).
This sequence is a predetermined operation by the store clerk of the hall store, for example, when the RAM clear switch (not shown) of the switching power supply 450 (see FIG. 28) is pressed and the power switch (not shown) is turned on. Although not performed when the effect control unit 300 receives the RAM clear acceptance command output from the unit 200, it may be performed as a trigger.
The sequence of the confirmation operation at the time of power-on is performed when the effect control unit 300 receives the RAM clear acceptance command, and is executed even when the effect control unit 300 receives the power-on command. It is good even if it is not broken.

[Confirmation sequence]
FIG. 38 is a time chart for explaining the sequence of the confirmation operation.
The time chart shown in the figure shows the motor 35 of the frame drive effect unit 180, the air device 160 for the handle 151, the motor 55 of the frame drive effect unit 180, the motor 63 of the effect button 161, and the movable accessory 115 as confirmation operation targets. The motor 118 is shown in order from the top, and the horizontal axis is a time axis shown in time series from left to right. As described above, the number of effect devices shown in FIG. 5 is five, and shows a part of the target of the operation check. That is, other effect devices that are not shown in the figure, such as the image display unit 114, the panel lamp 116, the speaker 156, and the like, can be included in the operation confirmation targets. In addition, since operation | movement of various production | presentation apparatuses is confirmed, operation confirmation can also be paraphrased as operation confirmation.

Here, various classifications can be performed on these five confirmation operation targets. For example, among the five, four from the top in FIG. 38, that is, the motors 35, 55, 63 and the air device 160 are attached to the frame member 150, and the remaining one is the motor 118 of the movable accessory 115. Is attached to the game board 110.
The frame drive effect section 180 by the motors 35 and 55 and the effect button 161 by the motor 63 are motion effects (frame gimmicks) performed by the frame member 150. And the movable accessory 115 by the motor 118 is what performs a motion effect in the game board 110 (board surface gimmick). The air device 160 for the handle 151 is not classified as a frame gimmick here because it does not perform a motion effect.
In addition, the effect button 161 after the ascending operation is pressed by a player or the like, and is different from other confirmation operation targets in this respect. As described above, the frame drive effect unit 180 is not operated by a player or the like. In this respect, the frame drive effect unit 180 is not in the same classification as the effect button 161, but in the expanded state, it is made to be stored. Therefore, the same classification as the effect button 161 may be used.

The time chart shown in FIG. 38 will be described in more detail.
At time t1 in the time chart shown in the figure, in the return process in the basic process (see S105 in FIG. 5A), a power-on command is output from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300, and the effect control unit 300 This is when the power-on command is received.
That is, in this time chart, the air device 160 for the handle 151 starts to be driven at the time t1 when the effect control unit 300 receives the power-on command.
Then, when a predetermined time P (for example, 30 seconds) elapses from time t1 when the power-on command is received and time t2 is reached, driving of the motor 35 and motor 55 of the frame drive rendering unit 180 is started, and an effect button The driving of the motor 63 of 161 is also started. That is, in the frame drive effect unit 180 stopped at the origin position, the frame drive effect unit 180 starts to shift from the retracted state to the deployed state by driving the motor 35, and the rotating lamp 54 rotates by driving the motor 55. start. Further, the effect button 161 stopped at the origin position starts to rise while emitting light (starting frame gimmick driving).

As described above, when the predetermined time P has elapsed after the air device 160 for the handle 151 has started to be driven, the motion of the other effect devices attached to the frame member 150 is confirmed. That is, the frame drive effect section 180 and the effect button 161 (frame gimmick) do not operate at the time t1 when the power-on command is received. The frame drive effect section 180 and the effect button 161 (frame gimmick) are activated at time t2 when a predetermined time P has elapsed from time t1.
Note that the air device 160 for the handle 151 is not stopped at the time point t2, but is not limited thereto, and an example in which the air device 160 stops at the time point t2 is also conceivable.
Moreover, although the motors 35 and 55 of the frame drive presentation part 180 operate | move simultaneously at the time t2, it is not restricted to this. For example, there is an example in which the motor 55 is operated and the rotating lamp 54 is rotated for a certain period of time (for example, 2 seconds) until the motor 35 is operated at the time point t2 to shift to the expanded state from the stored state to return to the stored state. Conceivable. That is, this is an example in which the motor 55 does not operate in the entire section where the motor 35 of the frame drive rendering unit 180 operates, but operates in one section.

The time point t3 in the time chart shown in FIG. 38 is a time point when the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 perform a predetermined operation (one set). At time t3, all of the motors 35, 55, and 63 are stopped. That is, at time t3, the motors 35 and 55 of the frame drive effect unit 180 are stopped, and the motor 63 of the effect button 161 is also stopped. Thus, at the time point t3, the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 stop at the origin position (end of frame gimmick drive).
That is, the frame drive effect unit 180 shifts from the storage state (see FIG. 31) to the unfolded state (see FIG. 32) from the time point t2 to the time point t3, and the rotation lamp 54 at the origin position is, for example, 2 seconds. After the operation, the position returns to the origin position, and then the frame drive rendering unit 180 returns to the stored state and stops at the origin. In addition, the effect button 161 moves downward and returns to the origin position after the protrusion state of the maximum protrusion amount T2 (see FIG. 36B) due to the upward movement from the time point t2 to the time point t3. The housed state (see FIG. 31) of the frame drive effect unit 180 here is an example of the first state, and the unfolded state (see FIG. 32) is an example of the second state.

The driving of the motor 118 of the movable accessory 115 is started at the time t3 when the frame gimmick driving is finished. That is, the movable accessory 115 stopped at the origin position on the board surface starts a predetermined operation (starting the board surface gimmick drive).
The time point t4 is a time point when the movable accessory 115 completes a predetermined movement by driving the motor 118. That is, at the time point t4, the movable accessory 115 stops at the origin position, and the motor 118 of the movable accessory 115 stops driving (end of the board gimmick drive). In addition, the air device 160 for the handle 151 stops driving in accordance with the time when the board surface gimmick driving ends (time point t4).

  As described above, the series of sequences shown in FIG. 37 is executed from the time point t1 to the time point t4 in response to reception of the power-on command. The operation confirmation sequence is completed in, for example, 60 seconds (time point t4−time point t1 = 60 seconds).

  Note that a control example in which a predetermined command is input to the effect control unit 300 when a specific operation is performed before or during execution of the sequence, and a specific mode related to the sequence is entered can be considered. Such a special mode is a mode different from the normal mode in which the entire sequence is executed, and is executed by omitting a part of the sequence.

Here, in the time chart of FIG. 38 described above, the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 perform predetermined operations from the origin position at time t2, and return to the origin position at time t3 and the movable accessory 115 is Control to start operation is performed (control by elapsed time). However, other control examples are also conceivable.
For example, the frame driving effect section 180 and the effect button 161 that are stopped at the origin start to operate at time t2, and each set is driven, while the movable accessory 115 that is stopped at the origin performs a predetermined operation at time t3. It is an example of control to start. In such control, the frame drive effect section 180 and the effect button 161 are not necessarily returned to the origin position at the time point t3. That is, the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 at the origin position start to operate at time t2, and after returning to the origin once or a predetermined number of times, the confirmation operation is completed (control by the number of times). For this reason, the end timing of the frame drive effect section 180 and the end timing of the effect button 161 are not always the same, and the end timings are different. Note that even when such control of the operation of the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 is employed by the number of times, the air device 160 for the handle 151 operates and stops for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds). Control is adopted.

An example of one set drive in the operation check is as follows. The motor 35 (see FIG. 34A) of the frame drive effect unit 180 moves the frame drive effect unit 180 to the origin position (the storage state shown in FIG. 34B). ) Is opened, and after being stopped in an unfolded state (see (c) in the figure), a set of a series of operations of closing and then stopping at the origin position is performed. It should be noted that the motor 55 (see FIG. 35) of the frame drive effect unit 180 operates for a predetermined time, for example, 2 seconds, when the frame drive effect unit 180 is stopped in the unfolded state (see FIG. 34 (c)). To do.
In addition, the motor 63 (see FIG. 36) of the effect button 161 moves the effect button 161 at the origin position (accommodated state shown in FIG. 36A) to the raised state (see FIG. 36B). After that, one set of a series of operations of lowering the position and stopping the origin is performed.

In addition, an effect device that performs a check operation of a movement projecting to the outside, for example, a check operation of a frame gimmick, performs a check operation in which the frame gimmick starts moving from the state stopped at the origin position and returns to the origin position. In addition, the frame gimmick may not return to the origin position. This is a modified example in which the frame gimmick starts to move from the state where it is stopped at the origin position, and the confirmation operation for the frame gimmick is finished when the frame gimmick moves to the moving end, for example.
In such a modification, the frame gimmick does not return to the origin position by the driving force, but the store clerk at the hall store may perform the work of returning the frame gimmick at the moving end to the origin position when the confirmation operation is completed. Conceivable.

[Regarding the processing procedure for the sequence of confirmation operations]
Next, a processing procedure related to the sequence of confirmation operations will be described. Various modes for executing the confirmation operation in the startup process performed when the power is turned on will be described. That is, the first mode shown in FIG. 39, the second mode shown in FIG. 40, and the third mode shown in FIG. 41 applied in the case of the first embodiment will be described.
Note that it is conceivable to perform the same processing procedure other than when the power is turned on, for example, when the power is restored or when the RAM is cleared.

[First Mode of Startup Process]
FIG. 39 is a flowchart for explaining the first mode of the start-up process, and shows the process procedure performed for the confirmation operation when the power is turned on.
In the processing procedure shown in FIG. 39, when a power-on command is received (S3901), the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300 determines whether the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 (see FIG. 37) is ON. (S3902). As described above, this determination can be made based on whether or not a signal for notifying an error from the game control unit 200 has been received.

  When the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 (see FIG. 37) is not ON (No in S3902), the CPU 301 performs control so that a confirmation operation by a series of sequences is executed (S3903). That is, the CPU 301 operates the air device 160, and when a predetermined time P elapses, the CPU 301 operates one set of the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 (frame gimmick operation), and then activates the movable accessory 115 (board gimmick). The operation is controlled so as to be executed (see FIG. 38).

On the other hand, when the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 (see FIG. 37) is ON (Yes in S3902), the CPU 301 does not execute the confirmation operation by a series of sequences. That is, the CPU 301 ends the activation process shown in FIG. 39 without performing the confirmation operation that would otherwise be performed. Such a situation can be said that the confirmation operation is restricted (prohibited) by the CPU 301 that detects that the front frame 20 is in the open state.
In addition to the above-described order of the frame gimmick operation after the frame gimmick operation in the confirmation operation, an example is also conceivable which is performed in the reverse order, that is, the order of the frame gimmick operation after the panel gimmick operation.

[Significance of regulating the confirmation operation when the door is open]
The significance of restricting the confirmation operation when the front frame 20 is in the open state will be described.
In the first embodiment, as described above, the transparent plate holding frame 21 of the front frame 20 includes the frame drive effect unit 180 that performs a movable motion effect on the frame member 150. The motion effect of the frame drive effect unit 180 involves an operation (deployed state) that protrudes toward the player side (front of the frame) (see, for example, FIG. 32), and is an object of operation confirmation in the confirmation operation sequence. Yes.
Therefore, when the frame drive effect section 180 shifts to the unfolded state when the transparent plate holding frame 21 is open, there is a possibility of interfering with the game machine on the left side when viewed from the front. There is also a concern that it may be inconvenient.
Therefore, in the first aspect of the startup process, in order to prevent such an inconvenient situation, when the transparent plate holding frame 21 is open, the frame drive effect unit 180 moves in a deployed state. The confirmation operation is not performed.

[Second Mode of Startup Process]
FIG. 40 is a flowchart for explaining the second mode of the activation process, and corresponds to the above-described first mode (see FIG. 39).
As in the case of the first aspect described above, the second aspect of the activation process includes control that does not execute the confirmation operation when the front frame 20 is in the open state. On the other hand, the second mode is different from the first mode described above in that a control for executing a confirmation operation is included when a predetermined condition is satisfied even when the front frame 20 is in the open state. In addition, the second mode is different from the first mode described above in that when the front frame 20 is in the open state during the execution of the confirmation operation, control that does not execute the confirmation operation is included thereafter.
Thus, since the 2nd mode includes a portion which is common to the 1st mode mentioned above, the explanation may be omitted. That is, S4001 and S4002 in the second aspect correspond to S3901 and S3902 in the first aspect.
Hereinafter, the second aspect of the activation process will be specifically described.

In the processing procedure shown in FIG. 40, if the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 (see FIG. 37) is ON (S4002) when the power-on command is received (S4001), the CPU 301 does not execute the confirmation operation. . Then, the CPU 301 determines whether or not the output signal is not turned ON before a predetermined time elapses (S4003). That is, when the output signal is ON, it is monitored whether or not the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is not ON after that. As will be described later, when the output signal is ON, the confirmation operation is started when a predetermined condition that the output signal is OFF within a predetermined time is satisfied (see S4004).
Note that whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed is determined based on time information acquired by the CPU 301 from the RTC 304 (see FIG. 37).

Even if the front frame 20 is initially open, the front frame 20 can be closed by alerting that the front frame 20 is open by the image display unit 114 and the speaker 156 or the like. There is sex. Therefore, the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is monitored, and when it is detected that the front frame 20 in the door opening state has shifted to the door closing state (Yes in S4003), the CPU 301 starts executing a confirmation operation by a series of sequences. (S4004).
As described above, in the second aspect of the activation process, when the front frame 20 is in the open state, the confirmation operation is limited (Yes in S4002), and the door moves to the closed state before a predetermined time elapses. If the condition is satisfied (Yes in S4003), the restriction on the confirmation operation is released.
If it is not detected that the front frame 20 in the opened state has shifted to the closed state before a predetermined time has elapsed (No in S4003), that is, if the door frame remains in the opened state, the CPU 301 Does not execute the confirmation operation by a series of sequences (see FIG. 38).

The time for monitoring the front frame 20 in the opened state is not unlimited, and is limited to a predetermined time. That is, it can be said that a grace period of a predetermined time is provided for the determination of whether or not to perform the confirmation operation.
This will be described in more detail. In the second mode of the activation process, unlike the above-described first mode, the determination that the confirmation operation is not performed immediately when the front frame 20 is in the open state is not performed. In the second aspect, when the initial front frame 20 is in the open state, the decision not to execute the confirmation operation is reserved. In other words, in the second mode, when the decision not to execute the confirmation operation is reserved, the reception operation time (predetermined time) for receiving the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 or the execution of the confirmation operation is based on the output signal. A determination time (predetermined time) for determining presence / absence is set. Then, if the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is not turned on within the reception time or the determination time, a determination is made to execute the confirmation operation.

As the predetermined time here, a predetermined time P (see FIG. 38) can be cited. In addition, examples where the predetermined time is shorter than the predetermined time P and examples where the predetermined time P is longer than the predetermined time P are conceivable.
The predetermined time P here is a time until the operation check is started, and the door must be opened when the RAM is cleared. Therefore, the predetermined time P may be set to, for example, 3 seconds after the RAM is cleared until the door is closed. Conceivable.

  Then, when the closed state of the front frame 20 is detected within a predetermined time (for example, the predetermined time P) (in the case of the immediately closed state), when the front frame 20 is closed from the beginning (No in S4002: Initially closed). A control example in which the same sequence (see FIG. 38) as in the case of the state is started from the time when the closed door state is detected is conceivable.

  Moreover, in the case of a door closing state immediately after, the control example which performs a different sequence from the case of an initial door closing state can also be considered. For example, the driving of the air device 160 is started when the closed state of the front frame 20 is detected, and the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 are displayed when a predetermined time has elapsed (for example, time t2 in FIG. 38). (Frame gimmick) is activated, and then the movable accessory 115 (board gimmick) is activated. That is, in the case of the door closing state immediately after, the first part of the sequence is different from the case of the initial door closing state, and the other parts are the same. By adopting such a control example, it is possible to match the timing of the frame gimmick operation when it is initially closed and the case when it is closed immediately afterwards, so that control can be prevented from becoming complicated, and control design during model development can be prevented. The burden can be reduced.

The description of the processing procedure of the second mode shown in FIG. 40 will be continued.
When the confirmation operation is started (S4004), the CPU 301 monitors the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26. That is, it is determined whether or not the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is ON during the execution of the confirmation operation (S4005), and it is confirmed whether or not the front frame 20 is in the door open state. In other words, the CPU 301 watches whether there is any change in the state of the front frame 20 during execution of the confirmation operation.
If the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is not ON (No in S4005), it is next determined whether or not the confirmation operation is completed (S4006). If the confirmation operation is not completed (No in S4006), it is determined whether the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is ON (S4005). If the confirmation operation is completed (Yes in S4006), the processing procedure is performed. finish.
As described above, the CPU 301 continues monitoring the state change of the front frame 20 until the confirmation operation is completed.

  If the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is turned on before the confirmation operation is completed (Yes in S4005), the CPU 301 forcibly ends the confirmation operation (S4007). That is, the CPU 301 that has detected that the front frame 20 is in the open state stops the confirmation operation being executed. In other words, the CPU 301 that is executing the confirmation operation does not execute the part after the door opening state detection in the confirmation operation sequence (see FIG. 38). In other words, when the door is opened, the execution of the confirmation operation sequence is stopped at that time.

The forced termination of the confirmation operation will be described further. Various controls can be considered after the confirmation operation is forcibly terminated. For example, the control after forced termination is not changed between the confirmation operation target with movement (frame gimmick, board gimmick) and the confirmation operation target without movement (air device 160) as the confirmation operation, or the control after forced termination is not changed. Examples are possible.
In the former case, an example in which the control after forced termination is changed between a frame gimmick and a board gimmick and an example in which the control is not changed can be considered. In addition to an example in which one or both of the moving frame gimmick and the board gimmick are moved back from the stopped position to the origin position (origin return operation), in addition to the example of not moving from the stopped position ( The origin may not be restored). For example, the frame gimmick is returned to the origin, and the board surface gimmick is set to be non-return to the origin.

Moreover, although the example which stops the air apparatus 160 which does not move as confirmation operation can be considered, a modification can be considered. That is, the moving frame gimmick and the board gimmick stop the confirmation operation, but the air device 160 does not stop. For example, the control is such that the air device 160 is driven until the time point t4 (see FIG. 38) elapses.
As another modification, among the frame gimmicks and board gimmicks that are in motion, the execution of the frame gimmick sequence that may cause an unfavorable situation due to the open door state is stopped, while the board face without such fears. As for the gimmick, there is an example in which the execution of the sequence is not stopped.

[Third aspect of startup processing]
FIG. 41 is a flowchart for explaining the third aspect of the activation process, and corresponds to the first aspect (see FIG. 39) and the second aspect (see FIG. 40) described above.
As in the case of the first aspect and the second aspect described above, the third aspect of the activation process includes control that does not execute the confirmation operation when the front frame 20 is in the door open state. Further, as in the case of the second aspect described above, the third aspect includes control for performing a confirmation operation when a predetermined condition is satisfied even when the front frame 20 is in the open state, and the confirmation operation is performed. When the front frame 20 is in the open state during the execution of the above, control that does not execute the confirmation operation is included.
On the other hand, in the third aspect, when the front frame 20 is in the open state and does not satisfy the predetermined condition, it includes a control for executing a confirmation operation of contents different from the case where the predetermined condition is satisfied. This is different from the case of the second aspect described above.
As described above, the third aspect includes portions common to the first aspect and the second aspect described above, and therefore the description thereof may be omitted. In other words, S4101 to S4107 in the third aspect correspond to S4001 to S4007 in the second aspect.
Hereinafter, the third aspect of the activation process will be specifically described.

In the processing procedure shown in FIG. 41, the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 (see FIG. 37) determined upon receipt of the power-on command is ON, and the output signal is OFF within a predetermined time. If not (Yes in S4101, S4102, No in S4103), the CPU 301 executes a part of the confirmation operation (S4108).
It can be said that such control does not execute the entire confirmation operation, that is, the entire sequence (see FIG. 38) if the door remains open within a predetermined time.

In other words, the control up to S4108 described above is determined in advance when the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 at the time of receiving the power-on command is ON (Yes in S4101 and S4102). When the predetermined condition that the predetermined time has elapsed (No in S4103), a predetermined confirmation operation is executed (S4108). The predetermined confirmation operation here is different from the confirmation operation (S4104) performed when the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 at the time of receiving the power-on command is not ON (No in S4101 and S4102). It depends on the sequence.
Note that the confirmation operation performed in S4104 may be performed by all of the confirmation operation targets.

  The part of the confirmation operation executed in S4108 described above does not include the confirmation operation for the confirmation operation target that can be inconvenient when the front frame 20 is open among the confirmation operation targets. In addition, the content of the sequence includes a confirmation operation for a confirmation operation target that cannot or cannot be inconvenient. Further, it can be said that the sequence included in a part of the confirmation operation is the content of the sequence regarding the confirmation operation target that does not affect or hardly influence the execution of the confirmation operation.

More specifically, a part of the confirmation operation in S4108 described above includes, for example, a confirmation operation of the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 that are frame gimmicks, and a confirmation operation of the movable accessory 115 that is a board surface gimmick. It is conceivable to include a confirmation operation target that does not include movement and does not involve movement, for example, a confirmation operation of the air device 160.
In addition, some of the confirmation operations do not include the confirmation operation of the frame drive effect unit 180 and the effect button 161 that are, for example, a frame gimmick, but include the confirmation operation of the movable accessory 115 that is a board surface gimmick and move. It is also conceivable to include a confirmation operation of the air device 160 that is not accompanied.
Furthermore, it is also conceivable that a part of the confirmation operation does not include the confirmation operation of the frame drive effect unit 180 but includes the confirmation operations of the effect button 161, the movable accessory 115, and the air device 160.

  Note that the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the first embodiment provided with the frame drive effect section 180 (see FIG. 37) includes the above-described first mode (see FIG. 39), second mode (see FIG. 40), and third. The case where the mode (see FIG. 41) is applied has been described. That is, in the first to third aspects, the case of the operation check (initial operation) associated with the startup process has been described. However, in a case other than the initial operation, for example, a modified example that is executed when a predetermined operation is performed while the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in operation can be considered. And in such a modification, the control which performs all the series of above-mentioned sequences (refer FIG. 38) and the control which performs the one part can be considered.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a pachinko gaming machine 100 according to a second embodiment will be described. Since the second embodiment has the same configuration and function as the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are used for the common configuration, and the description and illustration of the common configuration and function are used. May be omitted. Various modifications described above for the first embodiment can be applied to the second embodiment. Also, a part of the configuration or control of the second embodiment can be applied to the first embodiment, and the part of the configuration or control of the first embodiment can be applied to the second embodiment. It is also possible to apply to the embodiment.

  FIG. 42 is a schematic front view of the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the second embodiment, and corresponds to FIG. 1 in the first embodiment. 43 and 44 are perspective views illustrating the configuration of the frame member 150 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 43 corresponds to FIG. 28 in the first embodiment. FIG. 44 corresponds to FIG. 29 in the first embodiment, but shows a state where the game board 110 is removed.

As shown in FIGS. 42, 43 and 44, the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the second embodiment is used to move the movable body 500 (see, for example, FIG. 45) relative to the frame member 150. The apparatus 600 and the accommodating part 700 for accommodating the movable body 500 are provided. The moving device 600 moves the movable body 500 with respect to the housing unit 700. In other words, the movable body 500 is movable with respect to the housing portion 700.
As described above, in the second embodiment, the movable body 500, the moving device 600, and the accommodating portion 700 are provided as the configuration corresponding to the frame drive effect portion 180 in the first embodiment described above. In addition, while the movable body 500 can be regarded as a device or member different from the moving device 600, the movable body 500 can also be regarded as a part of the moving device 600. Therefore, hereinafter, the movable body moving device 600 including the movable body 500 may be referred to.

Specifically, in the frame member 150, the accommodating portion 700 is attached to the front frame 20 that can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 10. The movable body 500 and the moving device 600 that are accommodated in the accommodating portion 700 are also attached to the front frame 20. The movable body 500, the moving device 600, and the housing unit 700 are frame gimmicks, similar to the frame drive effect unit 180 (see, for example, FIGS. 30 to 32) in the first embodiment.
More specifically, as is clear from FIG. 44 in particular, the movable body 500, the moving device 600, and the accommodating portion 700 are not attached to the game board holding frame 22 of the front frame 20, but to the transparent plate holding frame 21 of the front frame 20. It is attached. A configuration example in which a part or all of the movable body 500, the moving device 600, and the housing portion 700 are attached to the game board holding frame 22 is also conceivable.
In addition, the frame member 150 includes a movable body 500 that can change its own position. In the following description, a part of the frame member 150 that does not include the moving device 600 that can change its own position, the housing portion 700, and the like is a frame member main body (housing main body).

As shown in FIGS. 43 and 44, the housing portion 700 is provided on the uppermost portion of the front frame 20. Such a housing part 700 includes a housing part main body 710 whose upper part is opened, and an upper lid 720 that covers the opening part of the housing part main body 710. In addition, the modification which provides the accommodating part 700 in the other position of the front frame 20 can be considered.
The upper lid 720 is a flat member and has a covering portion 721 that covers the movable body 500. The covering portion 721 is formed using an elastic member such as rubber. The covering portion 721 is provided with a cut so that the movable body 500 can be moved up and down and moved in the left-right direction.

Here, as shown in FIG. 44, the game board holding frame 22 includes an enclosure 22a surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the game board 110 of the game board 110, and the game board 110 surrounded by the enclosure 22a as the game board holding frame 22. And a fixing portion 19 to be fixed.
The enclosure 22 a has a placement portion 17 on which the game board 110 is placed when the game board 110 is attached to the game board holding frame 22. Further, the left portion of the enclosure 22a is provided with a support portion 18 for supporting the left end portion of the game board of the game board 110 after the stage of attaching the game board 110 to the game board holding frame 22 and the attachment. Yes.
The placement portion 17 is formed to extend in the width direction W of the game board holding frame 22. The placement portion 17 is a portion to which a load of the placed game board 110 is directly applied, and is in contact with the lower end surface of the game board included in the game board 110.
The support portion 18 is located above the placement portion 17 and is located on the left side of the game board holding frame 22. Two support portions 18 are provided at positions where the heights in the vertical direction are different from each other.
The fixing portion 19 is provided at the right end portion of the game board holding frame 22 in the horizontal direction, and at the upper portion of the game board holding frame 22 and the portion slightly above the placement portion 17 in the vertical direction, respectively. It is comprised by two fasteners.

[Configuration of movable body moving device 600]
Here, various configurations of the movable body moving device 600 accommodated in the accommodating portion 700 are conceivable. That is, if the structure of the movable body moving device 600 is different, the operation or effect is also different. Therefore, a configuration example of the movable body moving device 600 will be described, and an operation example and the like will be further described.

[Operation example by the configuration of the movable body moving device 600]
First, an operation example based on the configuration of the movable body moving device 600 will be described.
FIG. 45 is a schematic diagram for explaining the movable body moving device 600, showing its operation example in time series in the order of (a) and (b), and (c) and (c) d).
A movable body moving device 600 shown in the figure includes one movable body 500 that can move with respect to the accommodating portion 700, and a movement mechanism 602 (not shown in FIG. 45) used for moving the movable body 500 (see, for example, FIG. 46). It is equipped with.

In addition, the shape of the movable body 500 included in the movable body moving device 600 is not limited to a cylindrical shape, and may be other shapes. For example, the shape of the movable body 500 may be a shape imitating an anime character or an idol's face. Moreover, you may provide the lamp | ramp which light-emits inside like what is called a patrol lamp.
Further, it is conceivable that the movable body 500 of the movable body moving device 600 is formed of a shaped object having a predetermined shape. More specifically, the movable body 500 may be a modeled object that simulates a specific character, or a modeled object that represents a specific logo or manufacturer name. In addition, there may be a case where a small display such as a liquid crystal display that displays a predetermined image is mounted on the movable body 500.
In other words, it may be possible to replace the movable body 500 with a detachable fastener such as a bolt (a replaceable structure). In such a case, the shape of only the movable body 500 can be easily changed for each model.

The movable body 500 of the movable body moving device 600 can be moved with respect to the accommodating portion 700 by a moving mechanism 602 (see, for example, FIG. 46). The movement of the movable body 500 is performed in the vertical direction or the vertical direction when viewed from the front, and is performed in the horizontal direction or the horizontal direction when viewed from the front.
More specifically, the movable body 500 moves up from the state (accommodated state) accommodated in the accommodating part 700 shown in FIG. 45A, and as shown in FIG. It shifts to a state (protrusion state, appearance state) that projects upward from the upper lid 720 of 700 (see FIG. 43 or 44). By such upward protrusion, the movable body 500 is exposed to the outside and appears. Further, the movable body 500 moves downward from the protruding state shown in FIG. 45B to the accommodation state shown in FIG. The accommodation state of the movable body 500 here is an example of a first state, and the state protruding upward is an example of a second state.
Thus, the external shape of the pachinko gaming machine 100 changes as the movable body 500 switches between the housed state and the protruding state. Note that (b) in the figure is the most elevated state in which the entire movable body main body 620 (see FIG. 46) of the movable body 500 is located above the upper lid 720 (see FIG. 43 or 44). It can be called a protruding state.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 45 (b), when the movable body 500 is located in a protruding state at the center in the left-right direction when viewed from the front, the movable body 500 moves rightward, as shown in FIG. 45 (c). In addition, it is located at the right end (right movement end) of the accommodating portion 700 in front view. On the other hand, the movable body 500 protruding in the central portion moves to the left, and is located at the left end (left moving end) of the housing portion 700 in a front view, as shown in FIG. .

[Type of movement of movable body 500]
Here, the types of movement of the movable body 500 will be described.
FIG. 45 shows the case where the movable body 500 is moved in the left-right direction in a protruding state, but other movements are also conceivable. For example, the movable body 500 is moved in the left-right direction in the accommodated state shown in FIG. That is, the movable body 500 can move rightward to the right moving end in the accommodating portion 700, and can move leftward to the left moving end in the accommodating portion 700. It is. By making it possible to realize lateral movement in such a housed state, the effects of movement by the movable body 500 are diversified.

When the movable body 500 moves in the left-right direction, in addition to a control example that stops at the position of the right moving end or the left moving end, a control example that stops at an arbitrary position in the left-right direction is also conceivable. In addition, a control example in which the movable body 500 moves in the left and right and / or up and down directions while stopping or moving, a control example in which the movable body 500 reciprocates in a predetermined section in the left and right direction, and the like are also conceivable.
It is conceivable to apply such lateral movement control to vertical movement control. That is, when the movable body 500 moves in the up and down direction, in addition to the control example that stops at the position of the upper moving end or the lower moving end, the control example that stops at an arbitrary position in the up and down direction, or the predetermined position related to the up and down direction at the stop position A control example for reciprocating a section is conceivable. Note that by performing control to stop at an arbitrary position in the vertical direction, it is possible to adjust the amount of protrusion when the movable body 500 is in the protruding state.

In other words, an example is conceivable in which the movable body 500 is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction (in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 45) in the housed state and / or in the protruding state. An example in which the movement in the front-rear direction is performed together with the movement in the up-down direction and / or the left-right direction as described above is also conceivable.
In addition, an example is also conceivable in which the movable body 500 is configured to perform a rotational movement around a rotation axis (not shown) instead of the above-described parallel movement or slide movement. In this case, the rotation axis may extend in the left-right direction in the front view, in the front-rear direction, or in the up-down direction. It should be noted that not only a single rotating shaft but also a plurality of rotating shafts can be considered.
A configuration example is also conceivable in which the movable bodies 500 gather together to form one significant aggregate by the rotation around the rotation axis.

[Conditions under which the movable body 500 moves]
Various conditions or timings for the above-described movement of the movable body 500 can be considered.
For example, with the main power on / off control (see FIGS. 5A and 5B), the movable body 500 is in the housed state shown in FIG. 45A and the protruding state shown in FIG. Is switched (movement of movable body 500 in the vertical direction). For example, it may be in a protruding state when the power is turned on and in a housed state when the power is turned off. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and conversely, that is, a case where the housing state is established when the power is turned on and a protruding state is caused when the power is shut off.
In addition, for example, a case where the housed state and the protruding state are switched according to the gaming state (up and down movement effect of the movable body 500) may be considered. For example, at the time of the effect of symbol variation (see FIG. 22) for notifying the result of jackpot determination by stopping after the variation of the decorative symbol, the housing state is shifted to the protruding state, or the protruding state is shifted to the accommodating state.

  Furthermore, it is conceivable that the movable body 500 in a protruding state moves in the left-right direction by satisfying a predetermined condition during the game (movement of the movable body 500 in the left-right direction). For example, at the time of transition to the development effect after the reach effect in the change effect or at the time of the development effect, the projecting movable body 500 moves to the right as shown in FIG. This is a case of moving to the left as shown in d) (right and left movement effect of the movable body 500). As such effects, it is conceivable to adopt a case of reciprocating in a predetermined section, a case where the movable body 500 moves little by little at a stop position, a case where the upward movement amount is increased, and the like.

In other words, the movement condition of the movable body 500 may be other than the above-described case. For example, when the movement or position of the movable body 500 is different between the jackpot game (see S1401 in FIG. 14) and the other, the movement of the movable body 500 is different between the short time (S1504, S1507 in FIG. 15) and the other cases. Or the case where a position differs is considered. Further, there may be a case where the movement or position of the movable body 500 varies depending on the number of symbol fluctuations after the big hit (see S2005 in FIG. 20).
Further, in a latent effect that does not clearly notify the player that the state is a high probability state, the movement or position of the movable body 500 may differ depending on the result of the effect lottery. In addition, the movement or position of the movable body 500 may be different depending on the result of the prior determination.
Further, in a so-called ST machine that shifts from a high probability state to a low probability state when the number of symbol fluctuations after the jackpot ends reaches a predetermined number, the movement or position of the movable body 500 varies depending on the remaining number of fluctuations in the high probability state. There are cases. For example, there is a case where the movement or the position is different between immediately after the jackpot is ended and when it reaches a predetermined number.
In addition, there may be a case where the movement or position of the movable body 500 varies depending on the number of payout balls.

  In addition, regardless of the gaming state or performance, there may be a case where the movable body 500 in the protruding state can be moved in the left-right direction in accordance with an operation instruction from a player or a hall-related person (the left-right direction of the movable body 500). Move).

[Instruction example and setting example for movement of movable body 500]
Here, the operation of switching the movable body 500 from the housed state shown in FIG. 45A to the projecting state shown in FIG. An example of performing the operation of moving down, moving down, moving left, and moving right in accordance with an operation instruction from a player or a person involved in a hall can be considered.

When the player is allowed to give an operation instruction, for example, the control is based on the input operation of the effect button 161 or the effect key 162 (see FIG. 2B or FIG. 3) (see, for example, FIG. 27). Specification) and control based on input control of the movable body button 601 (see FIG. 50) arranged for operation of the movable body 500 (dedicated button specification). The position where the movable body button 601 or the like for the movable body 500 is provided is, for example, in the vicinity of a portion of the transparent plate holding frame 21 where the movable body 500 is disposed, such as the lower surface of the housing portion 700 (for example, see FIG. 42) of the front frame 20. This can be illustrated.
In the case of the specification of such a dual-purpose button or a dedicated button, a button operated to shift the housed movable body 500 to the projecting state, a button operated to transition the projecting body 500 to the housed state, To do (in case of hardware).
When the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes an operation lever that can be operated forward and backward, the effect control unit 300 may raise and lower the movable body 500 in accordance with an operation input from the operation lever.

In the case of permitting an operation instruction to a hall-related person, it is conceivable to adopt a setting based on an input operation such as an effect button 161 or an effect key 162 (see FIG. 2B or 3) when the power is turned on. For example, a predetermined operation may be performed when the power is turned on to shift to a special mode or a demo screen, and settings may be made according to the setting screen of the movable body 500 displayed on the image display unit 114 (see FIG. 1) (in the case of software). .
Further, in the case of permitting operation instructions to hall personnel, for example, it may be possible to employ control based on an input operation of a switch (not shown) disposed on the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 100 (in the case of hardware).

It should be noted that a motion sensor (not shown) that detects the operation of a player or hall related person in a non-contact manner instead of the operation of the above described effect button 161 or effect key 162 (see FIG. 2B or FIG. 3). It is conceivable to use the detection result (in the case of hardware).
Further, instead of the operation of the effect button 161 or the effect key 162 described above, a detection result of a touch panel (not shown) that detects that a player or a hall related person or the like has touched an arbitrary position on the display is used (hardware). Is also conceivable.

  In other words, the above-described control instructions for the player or hall personnel to control the movable body 500 to stop at an arbitrary position in the left-right direction or the up-down direction and the control for the movable body 500 to move left and right and / or vertically. An example of control performed according to the above is also conceivable. In this control example, it is performed by the above-described hardware or software.

Further, the case of the stop control at an arbitrary position in the left-right direction or the up-down direction described above will be described further. That is, this is an example of control that stops at the position where the operation is instructed when the movable body 500 moves. Further, when the movable body 500 is stopped, for example, the movable range of the movable body 500 and the current position are displayed by a linear bar displayed on the image display unit 114. You may also set whether to change to (in the case of software).
In addition to the above-described control example in which the stop position is stepless, a control example in which any one of a plurality of predetermined positions is selected as the stop position is also conceivable.

[About the drive source of the movable body 500]
Here, a drive source for driving the movable body 500 will be described.
In the present embodiment, the movable body moving device 600 has a driving source (for example, shown in FIG. 46) that supplies a driving force to a moving mechanism 602 (for example, see FIG. 46) used for moving the movable body 500. A lifting motor 641 and a moving motor 681). That is, the vertical movement and the horizontal movement of the movable body 500 are realized by the driving force from the driving source. Such a drive source is driven and controlled by the CPU 321 (see FIG. 3) of the lamp control unit 320.

Further, the movable body 500 can be configured so that the vertical movement and the horizontal movement of the movable body 500 can be executed by the driving force from the driving source and can be manually executed regardless of the driving force of the driving source. Possible (motorized and manual). For example, the movable body 500 can be moved in any one or more of upward movement, downward movement, leftward movement, and rightward movement by a driving source, but also manually. Any one or more of movement, downward movement, leftward movement, and rightward movement are possible.
More specifically, the case where the movable body 500 can be manually moved only in the downward direction, the left direction and the right direction are possible, or the three directions other than the upward direction are possible. In other words, the movable body 500 is configured not to be able to move upward manually. Further, the movable body 500 can be moved in the vertical direction by the drive source, and the movable body 500 can be moved only in the horizontal direction only by manual operation.

In other words, the movable body 500 is moved by the drive source in a predetermined direction that can be moved by the drive source among the upward, downward, left, and right directions. It is conceivable that a configuration in which manual movement cannot be executed when is performed. That is, the movement of the movable body 500 in the predetermined direction is permitted when the movement by the drive source is not executed (manual restriction during electric drive).
Further, it is conceivable that the movable body 500 can be manually moved even when the movable body 500 is moved in a predetermined direction. In other words, the movable body 500 is configured to be prevented from moving in a predetermined direction by the driving source, for example, by a player's hand. That is, this is an example in which a moving mechanism 602 (for example, see FIG. 46) provided in the movable body moving device 600 is provided with a slip function.

Here, it is conceivable that the movable body 500 is configured to be detachable from the moving mechanism 602 (see, for example, FIG. 46). That is, adopting a structure in which the movable body 500 is removable (removal structure).
In addition to a structure that allows the entire movable body 500 to be removable, a structure that allows a part of the movable body 500 to be removable is also conceivable (partially removable structure). In other words, in addition to the movable body 500 included in the movable body moving device 600, in the case of further including another movable body or effector, a structure that allows such another movable body or effector to be removable. Can be adopted.
A configuration in which the removed movable body 500 or the like is stored in a place other than the pachinko gaming machine 100 is conceivable. Further, a configuration in which the removed movable body 500 or the like is accommodated in, for example, a vacant space in the accommodating portion 700 is conceivable.

In the second embodiment, a configuration including a single movable body 500 will be described. However, a modification including a plurality of movable bodies 500 that can move with respect to the housing portion 700 is also conceivable. In such a modification, it is conceivable that all of the plurality of movable bodies 500 are movable in both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. In addition, a case in which the plurality of movable bodies 500 are configured by a movable body that can move in either the up-down direction or the left-right direction and a movable body that can move only in either the up-down direction or the left-right direction is also conceivable.
A modification in which a plurality of movable bodies 500 are combined with each other to form one significant shape is also conceivable. The term “union” here means that a plurality of movable bodies gather to form one aggregate, and includes not only contact, connection and connection to each other, but also the case of close contact but non-contact. It is.
More specifically, the aggregate in the combined state has some meaningful significance. That is, the state in which the plurality of movable bodies 500 are combined constitutes a significant assembly. For example, a plurality of movable bodies 500 that are close to each other form a single shape, or a combination of a plurality of movable bodies that are adjacent to each other reminds the player some idea. It is.
As such a combination, although the case where the several movable body 500 is performed in the protrusion state is assumed, the case where it is performed in the accommodation state is not excluded.

As another modified example, an example in which one or a plurality of movable bodies 500 are provided with a decorative object (not shown) that can be accommodated and protruded therein can be considered. In addition to the case where the ornament itself is a figurative object that does not move (immovable ornament), the case where the ornament is a ornament that moves after protruding (movable ornament) is also conceivable.
In other words, an example of changing the direction of the decorative surface by stopping the decorative surface of the decorative object from the state facing the front, for example, the state facing the right side of the front view or the left side of the front view can be considered (direction change of the decorative surface). In addition, when the decorative object has a plurality of decorative surfaces, an example in which the decorative surface facing the front is switched to any decorative surface (switching of decorative surfaces) is also conceivable.

  As described above, the movable body moving device 600 is configured to move the movable body 500 by the lifting motor 641 and the moving motor 681, but the player touches the movable body 500 and moves the movable body 500 by the player's hand. Can be configured to be movable.

[About the moving mechanism 602 of the movable body moving device 600]
Here, the moving mechanism 602 included in the movable body moving device 600 described above can be configured using a well-known and commonly used technique, and an example thereof will be described with reference to FIGS. 46 to 49.
46 and 47 are diagrams illustrating an example of the moving mechanism 602 of the movable body moving device 600. FIG. 46 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of the moving mechanism 602 together with the movable body 500, (a) is a perspective view of the movable body moving device 600 viewed from the front side, and (b) is a movable body. It is the perspective view which looked at the moving apparatus 600 from the back side. FIG. 47 is an exploded perspective view of the moving mechanism 602 shown together with the movable body 500.

  As shown in FIG. 46, the moving mechanism 602 of the movable body moving device 600 includes a moving rack 711 that forms a rack and pinion together with a second spur gear 683 described later, and a first plate member 660 of a base 650 described later. And a movement groove 712 for guiding the movement of the base 650 in the left-right direction (width direction W shown in FIG. 44) at the bottom of the housing main body 710 (see FIG. 43 or FIG. 44). .

The moving mechanism 602 of the movable body moving device 600 includes an elevating unit 640 that moves the movable body 500 up and down, and a lateral moving unit 680 that moves the movable body 500 in the left-right direction. The moving mechanism 602 includes a movable body on which driving circuits (not shown) for the elevating unit 640 and the lateral moving unit 680 and two first and second elevating sensors 691 and 692 for detecting the elevating position of the movable body 500 are mounted. A substrate (not shown) is provided.
The movable body 500 is an object that can transition between a housed state that is housed in the front frame 20 and a most projecting state that is the most projecting state from the front frame 20. The movable body 500 is moved up and down between the housed state and the most protruded state by the lifting unit 640. In addition, the movable body 500 moves in the left-right direction by the lateral movement unit 680. The movable body 500 is controlled by the lamp control unit 320 (see FIG. 3) described above, so that the movable body 500 is in the accommodated state when power is not supplied from the outside, and the power is supplied when power is supplied from the outside. The position is controlled in the protruding state.

Here, the moving mechanism 602 includes a support member 630 that supports the movable body main body 620 of the movable body 500, and an elevation guide member 635 that guides the elevation of the movable body main body 620 and the support member 630.
The movable body main body 620 includes a columnar columnar portion 621 and a fastening bolt 622 provided below the columnar portion 621. The surface of the columnar portion 621 can be decorated with a design, for example, by attaching a company name, a logo, or the like.

The support member 630 of the moving mechanism 602 includes a columnar columnar portion 631 formed with a female screw 631a to which the bolt 622 of the movable body 500 is tightened, and a rod-shaped portion 632 provided below the columnar portion 631. doing. The rod-like portion 632 is formed with an elevating rack 632a that meshes with a later-described second spur gear 643 of the elevating portion 640.
The lifting guide member 635 is a rectangular parallelepiped member and is attached to the support member 630.
The movable body main body 620, the support member 630, and the lifting guide member 635 are assembled so as to be lifted and lowered integrally.

[Elevating part 640 of moving mechanism 602]
The elevating unit 640 of the moving mechanism 602 is disposed so as to mesh with the elevating motor 641, the first spur gear 642 connected to the rotating shaft 641 a of the elevating motor 641, and the first spur gear 642. A second spur gear 643 that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the second spur gear. The elevating unit 640 includes a base 650 that supports the elevating motor 641, the first spur gear 642, the second spur gear 643, and the like.
The second spur gear 643 forms a rack and pinion together with the lifting rack 632 a formed on the rod-like portion 632 of the movable body 500, and converts the rotational force of the lifting motor 641 into the lifting motion of the movable body 500.

The base 650 includes a flat plate-like first plate member 660 and a flat plate-like second plate member 670.
The first plate member 660 is installed upright substantially perpendicular to the installation surface of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The second plate member 670 is disposed above the first plate member 660 so as to extend in a direction orthogonal to the first plate member 660. That is, the first plate member 660 and the second plate member 670 are substantially T-shaped when viewed from the side.
A groove 661 extending in the vertical direction is formed in the center of the first plate member 660 in front view. An elevating guide member 635 of the movable body 500 is fitted in the groove 661, and the groove 661 supports the elevating guide member 635.
The first plate member 660 is formed with a through-hole 662 through which the rotation shaft 641a of the lifting motor 641 passes. When the housing 641b of the elevating motor 641 is screwed, for example, with the rotating shaft 641a of the elevating motor 641 being passed through the through hole 662, the elevating motor 641 is held by the first plate member 660.
Further, the first plate member 660 holds a pin 663 serving as a rotation shaft of the second spur gear 643.
Further, the lower portion of the first plate member 660 is fitted into a moving groove 712 provided at the bottom of the housing portion 700 of the front frame 20.
A convex through-hole 671 is formed in the center of the second plate member 670 as viewed from the front when viewed from above. The rod-shaped portion 632 of the support member 630 of the movable body 500 is passed through the wider rectangular hole 671a in the through-hole 671, and the rod-shaped portion 632 is attached to the rectangular hole 671b having a smaller width in the through-hole 671. The raised / lowered guide member 635 is passed.

  The first and second lift sensors 691 and 692 described above are well-known photointerrupter sensors, and include two protrusions formed on the sensor body and light emitting elements (not shown) provided on the protrusions. A light receiving element (not shown). Then, depending on whether or not the light receiving element receives the light emitted from the light emitting element, the passage and presence of an object at a portion where the light emitting element and the light receiving element face each other are read. More specifically, the first and second elevating sensors 691 and 692 are arranged side by side in the vertical direction so that the elevating guide member 635 of the movable body 500 is interposed between the two projecting portions facing each other. The light-receiving element does not receive (shields) light emitted from the light-emitting element when the elevation guide member 635 is interposed at a portion where the two protrusions are opposed to each other, and the light-emitting element is not present when the elevation guide member 635 is not interposed. When the light receiving element receives (receives) the light emitted from, the position of the elevating guide member 635 and the position of the movable body 500 are detected. The positions where the first and second lift sensors 691 and 692 are disposed will be described later.

[Horizontal moving part 680 of moving mechanism 602]
Next, the lateral movement unit 680 of the movement mechanism 602 will be described.
The lateral movement unit 680 of the movement mechanism 602 is disposed so as to mesh with the movement motor 681, the first spur gear 682 connected to the rotation shaft 681a of the movement motor 681, and the first spur gear 682. And a second spur gear 683 that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of 682.
The second spur gear 683 constitutes a rack and pinion together with the movable rack 711 provided at the bottom of the accommodating portion 700 of the front frame 20.
When the movement motor 681 is rotationally driven, the rotational driving force of the movement motor 681 is converted into the linear movement of the base 650 in the left-right direction via the second spur gear 683 and the movement rack 711. Thereby, the movable body 500 supported by the base 650 moves in the left-right direction.

  Further, the moving mechanism 602 includes five first to fourth horizontal sensors 731 to 734 (for example, see FIG. 49) that detect the position of the movable body 500 in the left-right direction. The first to fourth horizontal sensors 731 to 734 are well-known photointerrupter sensors, and include two protrusions formed on the sensor body, a light emitting element (not shown) and a light receiving element provided on each of the protrusions. (Not shown). Then, depending on whether or not the light receiving element receives the light emitted from the light emitting element, the passage and presence of an object at a portion where the light emitting element and the light receiving element face each other are read. More specifically, the first to fourth lateral sensors 731 to 734 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction so that the second plate member 670 of the base 650 to be described later is interposed at a portion where the two protruding portions face each other. Yes. When the second plate member 670 is interposed between the two projecting portions, the light receiving element does not receive (shields) light emitted from the light emitting element, and the second plate member 670 does not intervene. The light receiving element receives (receives) the light emitted from the light emitting element, thereby detecting the position of the base 650 and consequently the position of the movable body 500. The positions where the first to fourth lateral sensors 731 to 734 are arranged will be described later.

[Operation in vertical and horizontal directions]
The movable body moving device 600 configured as described above operates in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction as follows.
48 and 49 are diagrams illustrating an example of the moving mechanism 602 of the movable body moving device 600. FIG. That is, FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a case where the movable body 500 moves in the vertical direction, and (a) shows a case where the movable body 500 has moved to the lower moving end (the most lowered state). ) Shows a case where the movable body 500 has moved to the upper moving end (the most lifted state). FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating a case where the movable body 500 moves in the left-right direction when viewed from the front. FIG. 49A illustrates a case where the movable body 500 moves to the right-side moving end in the most protruding state. b) shows a case where the movable body 500 moves to the leftward moving end in the most protruding state.
The case where the movable body 500 moves in the vertical direction is as follows. That is, in the front view shown in FIG. 48, when the lifting motor 641 rotates counterclockwise, the first spur gear 642 rotates counterclockwise and the second spur gear 643 rotates clockwise. Thereby, as shown to (b) of the figure, the movable body 500 raises with respect to the base 650 and the accommodating part 700. FIG. On the other hand, when the elevating motor 641 rotates in the clockwise direction, the first spur gear 642 rotates in the clockwise direction and the second spur gear 643 rotates in the counterclockwise direction. Thereby, as shown to (a) of the figure, the movable body 500 descend | falls with respect to the base 650 and the accommodating part 700. FIG. Note that when the movable body 500 moves up and down relative to the base 650 and the housing portion 700, the movable body 500 moves up and down while being guided by the groove 661. Further, the movable body 500 moves up and down with a force applied by a human without receiving the rotational driving force by the lifting motor 641. That is, the movable body 500 moves up and down without requiring electric power.

Further, when the movable body 500 moves in the left-right direction when viewed from the front, it is as follows. That is, in the front view shown in FIG. 49, when the moving motor 681 rotates counterclockwise, the first spur gear 682 rotates counterclockwise and the second spur gear 683 rotates clockwise. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 49A, the movable body 500 moves to the right with respect to the accommodating portion 700 together with the base 650.
On the other hand, when the moving motor 681 rotates in the clockwise direction, the first spur gear 682 rotates in the clockwise direction and the second spur gear 683 rotates in the counterclockwise direction. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 49B, the movable body 500 moves to the left with respect to the accommodating portion 700 together with the base 650. When the movable body 500 moves in the left-right direction together with the base 650 with respect to the housing portion 700, the base 650 is guided in the movement groove 712 and moves in the left-right direction.

  Further, in the movable body moving device 600 configured as described above, the base 650 that supports the movable body 500 is guided to move in the left-right direction by the movement groove 712, so that the movable body 500 includes the movement motor 681. It moves to the left and right with the force applied by humans without receiving the rotational driving force. That is, the movable body 500 moves in the left-right direction without requiring electric power.

[Arrangement Position of First and Second Elevating Sensors 691 and 692]
The arrangement positions of the first and second lifting sensors 691 and 692 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 46, in the state where the movable body 500 is moved down most, the first lift sensor 691 has an elevation guide member 635 of the movable body 500 interposed between the two projecting portions. The lift guide member 635 is disposed at a position where the lift guide member 635 is not interposed when the lift is higher than the state.
In the state where the movable body 500 is most elevated, the second elevation sensor 692 is such that the elevation guide member 635 of the movable body 500 does not intervene at a portion where the two protrusions face each other, and the movable body 500 is lowered from that state. In the state where the lift guide member 635 is interposed, the lift guide member 635 is disposed.

[Arrangement Position of First to Fourth Horizontal Sensors 731 to 734]
The arrangement positions of the first to fourth lateral sensors 731 to 734 will be described with reference to FIGS. 48 and 49.
As shown in FIG. 49, the first lateral sensor 731 has the movable plate 500 moved to the leftmost side, and the second plate member 670 of the base 650 is interposed at a portion where the two protruding portions face each other. In a state where 500 is moved to the right from that state, the second plate member 670 is disposed at a position where it does not intervene (see FIG. 5B).
Further, as shown in FIG. 49, the fourth lateral sensor 734 includes the second plate member 670 of the base 650 at a portion where the two protruding portions face each other with the movable body 500 moved to the rightmost. When the movable body 500 is moved to the left of the state, the second plate member 670 is disposed at a position where the second plate member 670 is not interposed (see FIG. 5A).
The third lateral sensor 733 is arranged at the following position. That is, as shown in FIG. 48 or 49, when the movable body 500 moves to the right and the second plate member 670 of the base 650 begins to intervene at a portion where the two protrusions face each other, When the sensor 733 is switched from the light receiving state to the light blocking state, the movable body 500 is a position that is the center in the left-right direction.
The second lateral sensor 732 is disposed at the following position. That is, as shown in FIG. 48 or 49, the movable body 500 moves to the left, and the second plate member 670 of the base 650 starts to be interposed at the portion where the two protrusions face each other. When the sensor 732 is switched from the light receiving state to the light shielding state, the movable body 500 is a position that becomes the center in the left-right direction.
When the movable body 500 is located at the center in the left-right direction, the second lateral sensor 732 and the third lateral sensor 733 are in a light shielding state (see FIG. 48).

[Various rendering devices in the second embodiment]
As described above, the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes the board lamp 116 of the game board 110, the image display unit 114, the speaker 156 of the frame member 150, and the frame lamp 157 (see FIG. 1) as the effect devices. The pachinko gaming machine 100 also includes an air device 160 that creates compressed air discharged from a nozzle (not shown) of the handle 151.
In addition, the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes a movable accessory 115 disposed on the game board 110 and an effect button 161 disposed on the frame member 150 as a rendering device, and a movable disposed on the frame member 150. A body 500, a movable body moving device 600, and a housing portion 700 are provided.
As described above, the second embodiment includes the movable body 500, the moving device 600, and the accommodating portion 700 as a configuration corresponding to the frame drive effect portion 180 in the first embodiment described above. The effect device is the same as in the first embodiment.

FIG. 50 is a block diagram for explaining the control of the rendering device in the second embodiment, and corresponds to FIG. 37 in the first embodiment.
In FIG. 50, the movable body moving device 600, the effect button 161, the air device 160, and the movable accessory 115 are shown as confirmation operation targets.
As described above, the movable body moving device 600 according to the second embodiment has a motor as a drive source for performing a motion effect of the movable body 500 accommodated in the accommodating portion 700, as shown in FIG. 641, 681 (see also FIG. 46 or FIG. 47). In addition, the movable body moving device 600 serves as a detection unit for detecting the position of the movable body 500 at the time of a motion effect. 732, a third lateral sensor 733, and a fourth lateral sensor 734 (see also FIG. 48 or FIG. 49).
As shown in FIG. 50, in the second embodiment, a movable body button 601 for giving an instruction to move the movable body 500 is provided. That is, the movable body 500 moves by the movable body moving device 600 on condition that the movable body button 601 is pressed in a predetermined case. Here, the pressing operation of the movable body button 601 is not an ordinary pressing method, but a control limited to a long pressing operation can be considered.

  As a mode of movement of the movable body 500 when the movable body button 601 is pressed, a mode in which the movable body 500 in the accommodated state shifts to the protruding state or a mode in which the movable body 500 in the projected state shifts to the accommodated state can be considered. . Further, a mode in which the movable body 500 in the housed state transitions to the projecting state after transitioning to the projecting state, and a mode in which the projecting state movable body 500 transitions to the housed state and then transitions to the projecting state are possible.

[Confirmation sequence]
FIG. 51 is a time chart for explaining the sequence of the confirmation operation, and corresponds to FIG. 38 in the first embodiment.
In the time chart shown in FIG. 51, the motors 641 and 681 of the movable body moving device 600, the air device 160 for the handle 151, the motor 63 of the effect button 161, and the motor 118 of the movable accessory 115 are sequentially checked from the top. The horizontal axis is a time axis shown in time series from left to right.
Referring to the time chart shown in FIG. 51, the air device 160 does not operate from the time point t1 when the effect control unit 300 receives the power-on command from the game control unit 200 to the time point t2 when the predetermined time P has elapsed. .
That is, on condition that a predetermined condition to be described later is satisfied, at the time t2, the air device 160 is operated, and the motors 641 and 681 of the movable body moving device 600 and the motor 63 of the effect button 161 are operated.
A modification in which the operation of the air device 160 starts at time t1 is also conceivable. In that case, when the predetermined condition mentioned later is not satisfy | filled, control which the action | operation of the air apparatus 160 stops can be considered.

  At time t3, the operations of the motors 641 and 681 of the movable body moving device 600 and the motor 63 of the effect button 161 are stopped, and the motor 118 of the movable accessory 115 is activated. At time t4, the operation of the motor 118 of the movable accessory 115 is stopped, and the operation of the air device 160 is stopped.

[Regarding the processing procedure for the sequence of confirmation operations]
Next, a description will be given of a processing procedure related to a sequence of confirmation operations executed in the startup processing performed when the power is turned on. That is, the fourth mode shown in FIG. 52, the fifth mode shown in FIG. 53, and the sixth mode shown in FIGS. 54 to 56 applied in the case of the second embodiment will be described.
In the fourth aspect, the fifth aspect, and the sixth aspect, a case is described in which the confirmation operation is performed in the startup process at power-on that is performed when the power-on command is received. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An example in which the confirmation operation is executed in a process different from the startup process at the time of input is also conceivable.
For example, when the start process is completed, an operation is performed in which the front frame 20 is opened and the movable body button 601 (see FIG. 50) is pressed, or the front frame 20 is opened and the effect button A case where an operation of long-pressing 161 (see the same figure) is performed can be given, and the confirmation operation is executed in response to this.

[Fourth Mode of Startup Process]
FIG. 52 is a flowchart for explaining the fourth mode of the start-up process, and shows the process procedure performed for the confirmation operation when the power is turned on.
52, when the power-on command is received (S5201) and the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 (see FIG. 50) is ON (Yes in S5202), it can be moved within a predetermined time. It is determined whether or not a predetermined condition that the body button 601 (see the figure) has been operated is satisfied (S5203).
Note that whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed is determined based on the time information acquired by the CPU 301 from the RTC 304 (see FIG. 50).

And when the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is not ON (No in S5201 and S5202), the confirmation operation by a series of sequences is not executed.
As described above, the execution of the confirmation operation is based on the premise that the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is not ON. As described above, the door opening state is premised when the movable body 500 shifts from the housed state (see FIG. 48A) to the protruding state (see FIG. 48B) in the closed state. This is because an inconvenient situation is assumed in relation to other island facilities.
Here, the data lamp 1000 shown in FIG. 45 will be supplementarily described. The data lamp 1000 is set as an island facility of the hall store, and the board external information terminal board 350 of the pachinko gaming machine 100 (see FIG. 3). The game history such as the number of jackpots is displayed using the predetermined information acquired through the game. The data lamp 1000 may be provided with a call button (not shown) for a player to call a hall clerk.

  In this sense, the problem in executing the confirmation operation is whether or not the transparent plate holding frame 21 to which the movable body moving device 600 and the accommodating portion 700 are attached is in an open state with respect to the outer frame 10. is there. Therefore, the door opening detection sensor 26 may be configured to detect whether or not the transparent plate holding frame 21 is in the door opening state with respect to the outer frame 10 and output the detection result to the CPU 301 of the effect control unit 300. If the game board holding frame 22 is in an open state with respect to the outer frame 10, the transparent plate holding frame 21 is also in an open state with respect to the outer frame 10. A configuration for detecting whether the panel holding frame 22 is in an open state with respect to the outer frame 10 is also conceivable.

The description of the processing procedure of the fourth aspect shown in FIG. 52 will be continued.
In the fourth mode shown in the figure, if the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is ON (door open state), the confirmation operation is not immediately executed.
When the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is ON and there is an operation of a predetermined movable body button 601 (Yes in S5202, Yes in S5203), the CPU 301 starts executing a confirmation operation by a series of sequences. Control is performed (S5204).

Such control is performed because the confirmation operation includes an operation in which the movable body 500 protrudes upward. That is, if the operation that the movable body 500 protrudes upward is started on the assumption that the front frame 20 is in the open state, an inconvenient situation may occur. For example, if the front frame 20 is not fully opened and slightly opened, there is a risk of interference with the island facilities of the hall store. Further, when an object is placed on the upper surface (see the upper lid 720 in FIG. 43) of the accommodating portion 700 disposed in the opened front frame 20, the movable body 500 is prevented from protruding upward, There is a risk that the movable body moving apparatus 600 may be broken. Furthermore, when the store clerk who opened the front frame 20 does not know that the movable body 500 protrudes upward, or carelessly on the upper surface of the housing portion 700 (see the upper lid 720 in FIG. 43). When the finger is put on, for example, the store clerk may feel fear.
Therefore, when the movable body button 601 (see FIG. 50) is operated within a predetermined time, a confirmation operation including an operation in which the movable body 500 protrudes upward is executed. Thus, in the 4th mode, control which performs check operation is adopted by satisfying a predetermined condition, when front frame 20 is in a door open state.

Such control can be said to restrict (prohibit) the confirmation operation when the front frame 20 is in the open state.
In addition, such control restricts the confirmation operation when the front frame 20 is in an open state, and releases the restriction of the confirmation operation when a predetermined condition of operation of the movable body button 601 within a predetermined time is satisfied. It can also be said to be.

[Fifth aspect of startup processing]
FIG. 53 is a flowchart for explaining the fifth aspect of the activation process, and corresponds to the above-described fourth aspect (see FIG. 52).
In the processing procedure shown in FIG. 53, when the power-on command is received (S5301) and the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 (see FIG. 50) is ON (Yes in S5302), the CPU 301 indicates that the movable body 500 is upward. The confirmation operation is started on the assumption that there is no hindrance even if the operation protruding in step S3 is performed (S5303).
As described above, the fifth mode is different from the above-described fourth mode in which an operation is requested (see S5203 in FIG. 52) in that the confirmation operation is performed even when the movable body button 601 is not operated. In the fifth aspect, the door opening detection sensor 26 outputs an ON signal when the front frame 20 is open to the extent that there is no problem even if the movable body 500 performs an operation of protruding upward. Is preferred.

After starting the confirmation operation (S5303), the CPU 301 determines whether or not the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is ON (S5304), and confirms whether the front frame 20 is not closed.
As described above, the fifth aspect is the same as the case of the second aspect in the first embodiment described above (see S4004 in FIG. 40) in that the state change of the front frame 20 is confirmed during the confirmation operation. It is. In addition, the fifth aspect is the case of the above-described second aspect in which it is confirmed whether the front frame 20 has been changed to the open state in that the front frame 20 has been changed to the closed state. Are different.

If there is no change in the opened state of the front frame 20 (Yes in S5304) and the confirmation operation is not completed (No in S5305), the confirmation about the state change of the front frame 20 is continued. When the front frame 20 is in the closed state before the confirmation operation is completed (No in S5305, No in S5304), the CPU 301 forcibly ends the confirmation operation (S5306). The significance of performing such forced termination is the same as the reason based on the premise that the confirmation operation is performed in the open state in the fourth mode (see No in S5202 of FIG. 52). The control after the confirmation operation is forcibly terminated is the same as that described in the second mode.
When the confirmation operation is completed without changing the door opening state of the front frame 20 (Yes in S5304, Yes in S5305), the processing procedure is ended.

[Sixth Mode of Startup Process]
FIG. 54 is a diagram for explaining a sixth aspect of the startup process. (A) of the figure is a time chart for explaining the sequence of the confirmation operation in the sixth mode, and corresponds to FIG. FIG. 54B is a flowchart for explaining the sixth aspect, and corresponds to the above-described fourth aspect (see FIG. 52) and fifth aspect (see FIG. 53).
54A, the time chart shown in FIG. 54A is similar to that in FIG. The motor 118 is used as a confirmation operation target.
More specifically, in the sixth mode, unlike the case of FIG. 51 described above, the sequence of confirmation operations is divided into a first confirmation operation and a second confirmation operation. The first confirmation operation is performed on the air device 160 for the handle 151, the motor 63 of the effect button 161, and the motor 118 of the movable accessory 115, and the second confirmation operation is performed on the movable body moving device. 600 motors 641 and 681 are targeted for the confirmation operation.

More specifically, in the sequence of the first confirmation operation, as shown in the upper side of FIG. 54A, the air device 160 operates from time t1 to time t4. That is, the sixth mode is different from the case of FIG. 51 in which the air device 160 is operated from the time point t1 in that the air device 160 is operated from the time point t1. That is, the operation of the air device 160 of the sixth aspect is different from the case of FIG.
In the fifth mode (see FIG. 53), the case where the control (see FIG. 51) that operates the air device 160 from time t2 is adopted and the control that works from the time t1 (see (a) in FIG. 54) are adopted. If you want, you can.

As shown in the upper side of FIG. 54A, the motor 63 of the effect button 161 operates from time t2 to time t3, and the motor 118 of the movable accessory 115 operates from time t3 to time t4. That is, the sequence of the first confirmation operation of the sixth aspect starts the operation of the board gimmick after the operation of the frame gimmick is completed.
The first confirmation operation is executed when a power-on command is received. That is, the first confirmation operation is performed when the power is turned on.

In the second confirmation operation sequence shown in the lower side of FIG. 54A, the motors 641 and 681 of the movable body moving device 600 are operated when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the movement of the movable body 500 is confirmed. That is, the second confirmation operation is not necessarily performed when the power is turned on, but is performed when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
As described later, there are two predetermined conditions, that is, the movable body button 601 (see FIG. 50) is pressed and the front frame 20 is in the open state. It is unrelated. Therefore, the motors 641 and 681 of the movable body moving apparatus 600 do not always operate between time t2 and time t3. That is, when the predetermined condition is satisfied before the time point t2 arrives, the second confirmation operation is executed at the same time as the first confirmation operation. Further, if the predetermined condition is satisfied after the time point t2 arrives, the second confirmation operation is executed separately from the first confirmation operation.
As described above, in the sixth aspect, the confirmation operation (first confirmation operation) for the air device 160, the production button 161, and the movable accessory 115 is performed in response to the start of energization, and the confirmation operation (first operation) for the movable body moving device 600 is performed. (2 confirmation operation) is controlled not to be performed. In the sixth aspect, when a predetermined condition other than the start of energization is satisfied, a confirmation operation (second confirmation operation) for the movable body moving device 600 is performed.

Next, a processing procedure in the case of the sixth aspect will be described.
In the processing procedure shown in FIG. 54B, when a power-on command is received (S5401), the CPU 301 starts executing the first confirmation operation (S5402). The second confirmation operation is not executed at the stage where only the power-on command is received.

When it is detected that the movable body button 601 (see FIG. 50) has been operated (Yes in S5403), the CPU 301 detects the opening of the door in order to confirm whether other conditions necessary for executing the second confirmation operation are further satisfied. It is determined whether or not the output signal of the sensor 26 is ON (S5404).
If the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is not ON (No in S5404), the CPU 301 displays an image including a warning indicating that the front frame 20 needs to be opened on the image display unit 114 (S5405). In this case, it is conceivable to perform control for outputting a predetermined warning sound from the speaker 156 (see FIG. 42).
In addition, although the example of control which performs such warning display etc. without time restriction until the front frame 20 is opened is considered, the example of control which sets time restriction is also considered. In the latter case, when the time limit is reached, control for ending the process (S5404) associated with the operation of the movable body button 601 (see FIG. 50) is employed.

When the movable body button 601 is operated to open the front frame 20 (Yes in S5403, Yes in S5404), a second confirmation operation is executed (S5406).
If the movable body button 601 is not operated (No in S5403), the activation process is terminated, but it may be controlled to shift to a state (standby state) waiting for the movable body button 601 to be operated. . It is conceivable to set a time limit in such a standby state, and when the pachinko gaming machine 100 is in a waiting state for a customer, it may be possible to shift to a standby state.

  Further, in the processing procedure in the case of the sixth aspect, the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is confirmed after confirming the operation of the movable body button 601, but the order of confirmation may be reversed. That is, the output signal of the door opening detection sensor 26 is confirmed (S5404). When the front frame 20 is in the door open state (Yes in S5404), the operation of the movable body button 601 is confirmed (S5403), while the front frame. If 20 is not open (No in S5404), a warning is displayed (S5405).

[About the second confirmation operation]
Here, specific contents of the second confirmation operation (see S5406 in FIG. 54) will be described.
FIG. 55 is a flowchart for explaining the second confirmation operation.
In the second confirmation operation, the lamp controller 320 (see FIG. 3) first determines whether or not the movable body 500 is housed at the center position in the left-right direction (S5501). This is a process of determining whether the second lateral sensor 732 and the third lateral sensor 733 are in a light shielding state and whether the first elevating sensor 691 is in a light shielding state. Hereinafter, the position of the movable body 500 when the movable body 500 is housed at a substantially central position in the left-right direction when viewed from the front (for example, see FIG. 45A) is referred to as an initial position.
If the movable body 500 is in the initial position (Yes in S5501), the lamp control unit 320 performs a round process. That is, the lamp control unit 320 sets the movable body 500 in a protruding state at the center position in the left-right direction when viewed from the front (see, for example, FIG. 45B), and then positions the movable body 500 at the rightward moving end in the protruding state. (See (c) in the figure), then in a protruding state and positioned at the left moving end (see (d) in the figure, for example). (See (b) in the figure, for example), and then return to the initial position (see (a) in the figure, for example). That is, the lamp controller 320 first switches the second lift sensor 692 from the light shielding state to the light receiving state so that the movable body 500 is in the protruding state at the center position in the left-right direction from the time when the movable body 500 is in the initial position. The elevating motor 641 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction (S5502, S5503). Thereafter, the lamp controller 320 rotates the moving motor 681 in the counterclockwise direction until the fourth lateral sensor 734 switches from the light receiving state to the light shielding state in order to move the movable body 500 to the rightmost state in the protruding state. (S5504, S5505). Thereafter, the lamp control unit 320 rotates the moving motor 681 in the clockwise direction until the first lateral sensor 731 switches from the light receiving state to the light blocking state so that the movable body 500 is moved to the leftmost position in the protruding state. (S5506, S5507). Thereafter, the lamp control unit 320 rotates the moving motor 681 in the counterclockwise direction until the third lateral sensor 733 switches from the light receiving state to the light shielding state in order to place the movable body 500 in a protruding state at the center position in the left-right direction ( S5508, S5509). Thereafter, the lamp control unit 320 rotates the elevating motor 641 in the clockwise direction until the first elevating sensor 691 switches from the light receiving state to the light shielding state in order to set the movable body 500 to the initial position (S5510, S5511).
On the other hand, when the movable body 500 is not in the initial position (No in S5501), the lamp control unit 320 performs an initial position return process described later (S5512), and thereafter performs processes after S5502.

[Initial position return processing]
FIG. 56 is a flowchart showing the operation of the initial position return process (see S5512 in FIG. 55).
In the initial position return process, the lamp control unit 320 (see FIG. 3) first determines whether or not the third lateral sensor 733 is in a light shielding state (S5601). When the third lateral sensor 733 is in the light-shielded state (Yes in S5601), the movable body 500 is on the right side of the center position in the left-right direction. The moving motor 681 is rotated clockwise until 732 switches from the light receiving state to the light blocking state (S5602 and S5603). After that, it is determined whether or not the first lift sensor 691 is in a light shielding state (S5604). If the first elevating sensor 691 is in the light-shielding state (Yes in S5604), the movable body 500 is in the initial position, and the initial position return process is terminated. On the other hand, when the first elevating sensor 691 is not in the light shielding state (No in S5604), the lamp controller 320 moves up and down until the first elevating sensor 691 switches from the light receiving state to the light shielding state so as to set the movable body 500 to the initial position. The motor 641 is rotated in the clockwise direction (S5605, S5606).

  On the other hand, if the third lateral sensor 733 is not in the light shielding state (No in S5601), it is determined whether or not the second lateral sensor 732 is in the light shielding state (S5607). When the second lateral sensor 732 is in a light-shielded state (Yes in S5607), the movable body 500 is on the left side of the center position in the left-right direction, and thus the lamp control unit 320 sets the movable body 500 to the center position in the left-right direction. Accordingly, the moving motor 681 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction until the third lateral sensor 733 is switched from the light receiving state to the light blocking state (S5608, S5609). Thereafter, the processing after S5604 is performed.

On the other hand, if the second lateral sensor 732 is not in the light shielding state (No in S5607), it is determined whether the fourth lateral sensor 734 is in the light shielding state (S5610). When the fourth lateral sensor 734 is in the light-shielding state (Yes in S5610), the movable body 500 is moved to the rightmost side, and therefore the lamp control unit 320 should set the movable body 500 to the center position in the left-right direction. The moving motor 681 is rotated in the clockwise direction until the second lateral sensor 732 switches from the light receiving state to the light blocking state (S5611, S5612). Thereafter, the processing after S5604 is performed.
On the other hand, when the fourth horizontal sensor 734 is not in the light shielding state (No in S5610), it is determined whether or not the first horizontal sensor 731 is in the light shielding state (S5613). When the first horizontal sensor 731 is in the light-shielding state (Yes in S5613), the movable body 500 is in the most leftward movement state, so that the lamp control unit 320 sets the movable body 500 to the center position in the left-right direction. The moving motor 681 is rotated counterclockwise until the third lateral sensor 733 switches from the light receiving state to the light blocking state (S5614, S5615). Thereafter, the processing after S5604 is performed.

  On the other hand, when the first lateral sensor 731 is not in the light-shielding state (No in S5613), since the position of the movable body 500 in the left-right direction is unknown, the lamp control unit 320 has moved the movable body 500 to the left most. Therefore, the moving motor 681 is rotated clockwise until the first lateral sensor 731 switches from the light receiving state to the light blocking state (S5616, S5617). Thereafter, the lamp controller 320 rotates the moving motor 681 in the counterclockwise direction until the third lateral sensor 733 switches from the light receiving state to the light blocking state so that the movable body 500 is set to the center position in the left-right direction (S5618, S5619). ). Thereafter, the processing after S5604 is performed.

Here, when electric power is supplied from an external power source, the movable body 500 is in a protruding state in which the movable body 500 protrudes upward from the upper lid 720 of the housing portion 700 of the front frame 20, so that the decoration display effect can be improved. . Since the movable body 500 is in the protruding state, the player can easily distinguish it from other pachinko gaming machines even when viewed from a distance.
On the other hand, when power is not supplied from the external power source, the movable body 500 is housed in the housing portion 700 of the front frame 20 and is controlled so as not to protrude outward from the outer surface of the front frame 20. Can be considered. When such control is employed, the pachinko gaming machine 100 becomes compact when power is not supplied from an external power source. Therefore, for example, even when the pachinko gaming machine 100 is packed or transported, the movable body 500 does not get in the way.
It is also conceivable that the player can move the projecting movable body 500 in the left-right direction by pressing the effect key 162. When such a configuration is employed, the movable body 500 can be stopped at a desired position. For example, the player can stop the movable body 500 at a position where the data lamp 1000 can be easily seen. Further, the player can stop the movable body 500 at a position where it is easy to press a button for calling a store clerk in the hall store.

[Modification of the movable body moving device 600]
In the above-described embodiment, the movable body 500 protrudes upward from the upper surface of the front frame 20, but is not particularly limited to this configuration. For example, the front frame 20 may protrude obliquely upward, or may protrude from the front side surface of the front frame 20 to the front side.
FIGS. 57A and 57B are diagrams for explaining a modification of the movable body moving device 600. FIG. 57A shows a state in which the movable body 800 is accommodated, and FIG. 57B shows a state in which the movable body 800 protrudes. .
For example, the accommodating portion 700 may be provided in the right portion of the front frame (inner frame) 20 of the frame member 150. And while accommodating the rectangular parallelepiped movable body 800 in this accommodating part 700, as shown in FIG.57 (b), even if the movable body 800 protrudes in the near side rather than the surface of the near side in the accommodating part 700, FIG. Good.
The movable body 800 is not only a decorated object, but also includes a display screen such as a liquid crystal display. For example, the movable body 800 displays a decorative pattern for notifying a player of a symbol lottery result (symbol variation result) It is good to display the effect image by the appearance of a character or the appearance of an item, or to display a game history.

58A and 58B are diagrams for explaining another modification of the movable body moving device 600. FIG. 58A shows a state in which the movable body 810 is accommodated, and FIG. 58B shows a state in which the movable body 810 protrudes. Indicates.
In the movable body moving device 600 according to the above-described embodiment, the movable body 500 has the housing state in which the movable body 500 is housed in the housing portion 700 of the front frame 20 as the first state, and the movable body 500 is the housing portion. When the most protruding state that protrudes most upward from the upper lid 720 of the 700 is the second state, the transition can be made between the first state and the second state. However, the first state that is the state before the protruding state is not limited to the state in which the movable body 500 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 700 of the front frame 20.
The movable body 810 according to the modification is a state (first state) in which the state shown in FIG. 58 (a) is popped out from the main body of the front frame 20 and is closest to the frame member main body (housing main body). . And the movable body 810 which concerns on a modification is a state which protruded from the 1st state shown to Fig.58 (a) compared with the 1st state shown to Fig.58 (a), in Fig.58 (b). Transition to the second state shown is possible. That is, the state in which the movable body 810 according to the modification hangs vertically downward from the upper part of the transparent plate holding frame 21 of the front frame 20 of the frame member 150 and exists on the front side of the transparent plate 159 is the frame member main body (housing main body). ). And the state which the movable body 810 which concerns on a modification protruded in the near side from the front surface of the transparent plate holding frame 21 of the front frame 20 of the frame member 150 exists in the position most distant from the frame member main body (housing main body) ( (Second state).
Note that the movable body 810 according to the modification is not only a decorated object, but may include a lamp or a speaker.

  In the first embodiment (see FIGS. 1 to 41) and the second embodiment (see FIGS. 42 to 58) described above, the configuration having the feature points described above is applied to the pachinko gaming machine 100. However, the present invention may be applied to a gaming machine other than a pachinko gaming machine such as a slot machine. For example, in the case of the second embodiment, when the slot machine has the configuration having the above-described feature points, a so-called slot machine housing surrounding the reel accommodates the movable body moving device 600 and The movable body 500 may be protruded outward from the outer surface.

  Here, in the sixth aspect, the movable body moving device 600 performs the confirmation operation independently from other devices such as the effect button 161 or the accessory (other accessory). On the other hand, for the first to fifth aspects, the confirmation operation is not performed independently. However, also in the first to fifth aspects, as in the sixth aspect, it is considered that the confirmation operation of the frame drive effect unit 180 or the movable body moving device 600 and the other accessory are independently confirmed. It is done. For example, it is conceivable to perform control such that the other objects are confirmed to operate at a constant level after the power is turned on, and the frame drive effect unit 180 or the movable body moving device 600 is changed depending on the situation.

  As described above, various structures and controls have been described in this document. However, it is possible to apply or combine all or part of the described contents to other structures and controls even when there is no mention in this document. is there. Although various modifications are also mentioned, it is possible to apply or combine the contents of such modifications to other structures, controls, and the like even when there is no mention in this document.

[Explanation of technical features in the first embodiment and the second embodiment]
By employing the configuration and control as described above, the first embodiment and the second embodiment have various technical features. Each of these technical features can solve the problem of making it possible to confirm the operation of the rendering device according to the confirmation target.

That is, the gaming machine according to the present embodiment is a gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect, and is attached to a door (for example, the front frame 20) of the housing (for example, the frame member 150), A production body (e.g., a first state with respect to the door (e.g., the front frame 20) and a second state in which the door (e.g., the front frame 20) protrudes from the first state. The frame drive effect section 180 and the movable body 500) and the effect body (for example, the frame drive effect section 180 and the movable body 500) are changed from the first state to the second state and then changed to the first state. When the confirmation means (for example, CPU 301) for performing the confirmation operation for returning and the door (for example, front frame 20) of the housing (for example, frame member 150) are opened, the effect body (for example, CPU 301) by the confirmation means (for example, CPU 301). For example, a frame Dynamic rendering unit 180, and is characterized in further comprising a restricting means for restricting the movable member 500) of the confirmation operation (e.g. CPU 301), the.

In addition, the gaming machine according to the present embodiment is a gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect, and is attached to a door (for example, the front frame 20) that the casing (for example, the frame member 150) has, A production body (e.g., a first state with respect to the door (e.g., the front frame 20) and a second state in which the door (e.g., the front frame 20) protrudes from the first state. The frame drive effect section 180 and the movable body 500) and the effect body (for example, the frame drive effect section 180 and the movable body 500) are changed from the first state to the second state and then changed to the first state. Confirmation means (for example, CPU 301) for performing a confirmation operation for returning, and the effect body (for example, CPU 301) by the confirmation means (for example, CPU 301) when the door (for example, front frame 20) of the housing (for example, frame member 150) is opened. For example, frame drive Control means (for example, CPU 301) for controlling the confirmation operation of the exit unit 180 and the movable body 500) to release the restriction of the confirmation operation when a predetermined condition is satisfied. .

In addition, the gaming machine according to the present embodiment is a gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect, and a door (for example, the front frame 20) that the casing (for example, the frame member 150) has can be opened and closed. An effect body that is attached and is in a first state with respect to the door (for example, the front frame 20), and is in a second state in which the door is protruded from the door (for example, the front frame 20) rather than the first state. (For example, a frame drive effect unit 180), detection means (for example, an opening detection sensor 26) for detecting an open / closed state of the door (for example, the front frame 20) of the casing (for example, the frame member 150), and the detection means (for example, For example, when the open state of the door (for example, the front frame 20) is not detected by the door detection sensor 26), the effect body (for example, the frame drive effect unit 180) is shifted from the first state to the second state. Later in the first state Until a predetermined time (for example, a predetermined time P) elapses when the detection means (for example, the opening detection sensor 26) detects the open state of the door (for example, the front frame 20). And a confirmation means (for example, CPU 301) that performs the confirmation operation when the closed state of the door (for example, front frame 20) is detected by the detection means (for example, door opening detection sensor 26). It is.

In addition, the gaming machine according to the present embodiment is a gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect, and a door (for example, the front frame 20) that the casing (for example, the frame member 150) has can be opened and closed. A plurality of effect bodies (for example, frame frames) including a specific effect body (for example, frame drive effect unit 180, movable body 500) that is attached and enters the first state and enters a second state different from the first state. The drive effect unit 180, the movable body 500, the effect button 161, the movable accessory 115) and the specific effect body (for example, the frame drive effect unit 180, the movable object 500) are changed from the first state to the second state. Confirmation means (for example, CPU 301) that performs a confirmation operation for returning to the first state after the transition, and the confirmation means (for example, CPU 301) is configured to perform the confirmation of the housing (for example, the frame member 150) during the confirmation operation. Door (example If it is characterized in that to stop the front frame 20) when the closing state changes the confirmation operation.

In addition, the gaming machine according to the present embodiment is a gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that performs an effect, and is in a first state with respect to the housing (for example, the frame member 150). The first effect body (for example, the movable body 500) and the first effect body (for example, the movable body 500) that are in a second state that is a state of projecting from the housing (for example, the frame member 150) rather than the state of FIG. The operation of the second effect body (for example, the effect button 161, the movable accessory 115) and the second effect body (for example, the effect button 161, the movable accessory 115) is performed when the energization is started. And control means (for example, CPU 301) for controlling the first production body (for example, movable body 500) so as not to perform the operation confirmation.

In the present embodiment, in the main control process of the game control unit 200, the operation of finally outputting the commands generated in each process of the main control process to the effect control unit 300 has been described (FIG. 5-3). reference).
In the present embodiment, in the basic process that is initially executed by the game control unit 200 when the power is restored, the main control process is performed in order to output a command or the like for instructing the initialization to the effect control unit 300. The function (subroutine) of the output control unit 240 used in the above is called and executed (see FIG. 5A).
In this embodiment, the command output from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 is composed of a “code unit” and a “data unit”, and an identification flag is provided for each head bit. This has been described (see FIG. 19-1).
Further, in the present embodiment, a configuration has been described in which a part of a “code part” of a command output from the game control unit 200 to the effect control unit 300 is used to describe a data value.

[Technical features of the present embodiment]
As described above, in this embodiment, in the main control process repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals by the game control unit 200 in order to reduce the increase in the control command for controlling the operation of the game control means, one cycle At the end of the main control process, the commands generated by the execution of the one cycle are collected and output to the effect control unit 300. That is, a gaming machine that achieves the above-mentioned purpose is
A gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect according to the progress of the game,
A game control means (for example, game control) that repeatedly executes a main control process, which is a series of processes related to the progress of a game, according to a predetermined condition and generates data including information related to the game obtained by executing the main control process. Part 200),
Each time the series of main control processes are executed in one cycle, output means for outputting the data generated by the execution of the one cycle after the last data is generated in the execution of the one cycle (for example, Output controller 240);
Production control means (for example, production control unit 300) that receives data output from the output means (for example, output control unit 240), and produces production based on the received data;
Is provided.
In this way, since it is not necessary to perform output processing for each generated data, control instructions for performing output processing can be reduced, and an increase in program size can be suppressed. In addition, since it is not necessary to perform output processing every time data is generated, the time required for the entire output processing can be shortened.
In more detail, in the above gaming machine,
Storage means (for example, RAM 203) for storing the data generated by the main control processing in a storage area (for example, command storage area) set for each data;
The game control means (for example, the game control unit 200) stores the data generated in the main control process in the storage area (for example, command storage area) associated with the generated data,
The output means (for example, the output control unit 240) checks whether data is stored in each storage area of the storage means (for example, the RAM 203), and obtains data from the storage area where the data is stored. Read and output.
In this way, each time the output process is performed, each storage area is checked and the stored data is output, so that leakage of data output can be prevented.

◆ Other gaming machines that achieve the above objectives
A gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect according to the progress of the game,
A game control means (for example, a special control different from the main control process according to a condition different from the main control process) Game control unit 200),
Production control means (for example, production control unit 300) that receives data output from the game control means (for example, game control unit 200) and performs processing related to production based on the data,
In the main control process, the process by the game control means (for example, the game control unit 200)
A portion that performs processing based on the progress of the game and calls and executes one or more first processing means (for example, the game control unit 200) that generates data including information obtained by executing the processing; ,
Second processing means (for example, output control unit 240) that outputs data generated by execution of the first processing means (for example, game control unit 200) to the effect control means (for example, effect control unit 300). And a part to call and execute
In the special process, the process by the game control means (for example, the game control unit 200)
A part for executing a setting process for setting a gaming machine (for example, pachinko gaming machine 100);
A part for calling the second processing means (for example, the output control unit 240) in the main control process and outputting the data generated in the setting process to the effect control means (for example, the effect control unit 300); , Including.
In this way, there is no need to prepare individual control instructions for the output processing of data generated by special processing, so control instructions for output processing are reduced and the increase in program size is suppressed. can do.
In more detail, in the above gaming machine,
Storage means (for example, RAM 203) for storing the data generated in the main control process in a storage area set for each data;
The first processing means (for example, the game control unit 200) in the main control process transfers the data generated by executing the process to the storage area (for example, command storage area) associated with the generated data. Memorize sequentially,
The second processing means (for example, the output control unit 240) in the main control process checks whether data is stored in each storage area of the storage means (for example, the RAM 203), and stores the data. Read and output data from the storage area
In the setting process in the special process, the data generated in the setting process is stored in a predetermined storage area in the storage unit (for example, the RAM 203).
In this way, each time the output process is performed, each storage area is checked and the stored data is output, so that leakage of data output can be prevented.

Also, in this embodiment, in order to improve the accuracy of data transmission from the game control means to the effect control means, a predetermined bit of “code” as the first data portion and “data” as the second data portion A predetermined bit of “is used as a flag for identifying“ code ”and“ data ”. That is, a gaming machine that achieves the above-mentioned purpose is
A gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect according to the progress of the game,
Game control means (for example, game control unit 200) that executes main control processing related to the progress of the game, generates and outputs data including information related to the game obtained by executing the main control processing;
Production control means (for example, production control unit 300) that receives data output from the game control means (for example, game control unit 200) and performs processing related to production based on the received data,
The data generated by the game control means (for example, the game control unit 200) is
a first data part (for example, “code”) having a size of a bit (a is an integer of 2 or more) and the value of the first 1 bit specified as either 1 or 0;
The size of n × a bits (n is an integer equal to or greater than 1), and the value of the first 1 bit is specified to be different from the value of the first 1 bit of the first data portion (for example, “code”) And a second data portion (eg, “data”).
In this way, since the first data portion and the second data portion can be clearly distinguished by recognizing the value of the leading 1 bit, data transmission from the game control means to the effect control means The accuracy can be improved.
More preferably, in the above gaming machine,
The second data portion (for example, “data”) of the data generated by the game control means (for example, the game control portion 200) has the same value as the value of the first 1 bit for every a bits from the beginning. Is set.
In this way, even when the size of the second data portion is large, it is easy to identify each of the second data portions by dividing each specific size.

In the present embodiment, the data sent from the game control means to the effect control means even when it is necessary to send large-size data, such as when a command specifying a variation pattern to be executed is sent. In order to suppress an increase in the overall size, a predetermined bit of “code” that is the first data portion is used to describe the data value, and a part of “code” and “data” that is the second data portion In this paper, we proposed a method for describing data values. That is, a gaming machine that achieves the above-mentioned purpose is
A gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect according to the progress of the game,
Game control means (for example, game control unit 200) that executes main control processing related to the progress of the game, generates and outputs data including information related to the game obtained by executing the main control processing;
Production control means (for example, production control unit 300) that receives data output from the game control means (for example, game control unit 200) and performs processing related to production based on the data,
The data generated by the game control means (for example, the game control unit 200) is
a first data part (for example, “code”) having a size of a bit (a is an integer of 3 or more) and the value of the first 1 bit specified as either 1 or 0;
The size of n × a bits (n is an integer equal to or greater than 1), and the value of the first 1 bit is specified to be different from the value of the first 1 bit of the first data portion (for example, “code”) A second data portion (e.g., "data"),
A predetermined type of data is recorded using a predetermined bit constituting the first data part (eg “code”) and a bit constituting the second data part (eg “data”), Another type of data different from the predetermined type of data can be recorded using the remaining bits excluding the predetermined bit in the first data portion (for example, “code”). .
In addition, another gaming machine according to the present invention that achieves the above object is as follows:
A gaming machine (for example, a pachinko gaming machine 100) that produces an effect according to the progress of the game,
Game control means (for example, game control unit 200) that executes main control processing related to the progress of the game, generates and outputs data including information related to the game obtained by executing the main control processing;
Production control means (for example, production control unit 300) that receives data output from the game control means (for example, game control unit 200) and performs processing related to production based on the data,
The data generated by the game control means (for example, the game control unit 200) is
a first data part (for example, “code”) having a size of a bit (a is an integer of 3 or more) and the value of the first 1 bit specified as either 1 or 0;
a second data portion (for example, “data” having a size of a bit and a value of the leading 1 bit being different from a value of the leading 1 bit of the first data portion (for example, “code”) )), And
B bits (b is smaller than a-1 and an integer of 1 or more) constituting the first data portion (for example, “code”), and a constituting the second data portion (for example, “data”) Bits can be used to record data having a size of (a + b) bits.
With the above configuration, the size of data to be recorded in the second data portion can be increased without changing the total size of the first data portion and the second data portion. When large data is sent from the game control means to the effect control means, an increase in the size of the entire transmitted data can be suppressed.

100 ... Pachinko machine (an example of a game machine)
200 ... Game control unit (an example of game control means)
203 ... RAM (an example of storage means)
240... Output control unit (an example of output means)
300 ... Production control unit (an example of production control means)

Claims (1)

A gaming machine that produces effects along with the game,
Game control means for executing main control processing relating to game control, and generating data including information relating to games obtained by executing the main control processing;
Storage means for storing all the data generated in one cycle of the main control process by the game control means;
Output means for outputting the data stored in the storage means in a predetermined order in one cycle of the main control process;
Production control means for receiving data output from the output means and performing production processing;
With
When the game control means detects door opening at the start of energization, the game control means transmits data including information on the detection to the effect control means,
The game machine according to claim 1, wherein when the data including the detection information is received, the presentation control unit performs a predetermined notification after starting energization.

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