JP2018029827A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which a small winning development big winning is mounted, capable of enhancing certainty for preventing profit loss of a player.SOLUTION: Small winning game control means executes a small winning game containing a small winning performance period in which a prescribed small winning game performance is executed after pattern stop, when patterns indicating a fact that, a win/loss determination result is a small winning, are stopped and displayed, and a ball entry possible period in which, a big winning hole is opened after finish of the small winning performance period. The big winning hole is provided on a position where game balls which are shot at a relatively strong intensity, can enter easily. The ball entry possible period of the small winning game contains a first opening period and a second opening period, and a closing period of the big winning hole is provided between the first opening period and the second opening period. Performance determination means determines a content for promoting so as to shoot game balls at the relatively strong intensity, as a performance content in the small winning performance period of the small winning game, and also determines the content for promoting so as to shoot the game balls at the relatively strong intensity, as the performance content in a closing period of the small winning game.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 34

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine having a game area in which game balls are launched.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called big hit, in which more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific aspect. Known as a thing. The variable display of symbols in the display area is not limited to simply displaying multiple symbols in a variable manner, but the time required for the variable display to be a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, such as the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, the player's expectation is enhanced by the use of characters in images such as symbols to give a story to the variable display and the notice effect that suggests the high degree of expectation of transition to special games. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In recent years, there has been a recognition of the need for model development that is not tied to types in order to further improve game playability, for example, pachinko machines that mix multiple game machines of the same type or mix different types of game machines. Is also being developed. In addition, when a small hit is made, the game is passed to a specific area (V zone) in the variable pitching device and the game ball is promoted from “small hit” to “big hit”. A gaming machine that generates a game (hereinafter also referred to as “small hit development jackpot” or “small hit V”) has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2003-230714 A JP 2010-29308 A

  In general, the small hit is an inconspicuous hit because the opening time of the big prize opening is short. However, in a game machine equipped with a small hit development big hit, it is a condition for a big hit to enter a specific area when a small hit occurs, and if the appropriate timing to aim at a specific area is missed, One loses the huge profit of jackpot.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a main object thereof is to increase the certainty of preventing a player from losing profits in a gaming machine equipped with a small hit development jackpot.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a bullet ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is triggered by a game board in which a game area is formed, a start opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a ball entering the start opening. As a result of the success / failure determination, the success / failure determination means for performing the determination of the success / failure based on the lottery value acquired as a result, the symbol display device for variably displaying the symbol for indicating the result of the success / failure determination, If a symbol indicating that a game ball entry is a chance to give a profit to a player and a symbol indicating that the result of the determination is a small hit is displayed, the symbol is stopped. Small hit game control means for executing a small hit game including an effect execution period in which a predetermined small hit game effect is executed later and a possible entry period in which the big prize opening is released after the effect execution period, The game balls that entered the grand prize opening during the period In addition, special game control means for executing a special game with opening of a special winning opening when passing through a specific area provided in the interior, an effect display device for displaying effect contents, and an effect display device Effect determining means for determining effect contents to be displayed. The big winning opening is provided at a position where a game ball launched with a relatively strong strength is easy to enter, and the possible entry period for the small hit game is the first entry period and the first entry period. A closing period in which the grand prize opening is operated to make it difficult to enter between the first entry possible period and the second entry possible period is provided, including the subsequent second entry possible period. The content that prompts the game ball to be fired with a relatively strong strength is determined as the content of the small hit game during the performance execution period. Determine what you want to fire at a relatively strong intensity.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention may be mutually replaced between methods, apparatuses, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, data structures, etc. This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the reliability of preventing a player's profit loss can be improved in the gaming machine equipped with the small hit development big hit.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a main board | substrate. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows typically the prior success determination table referred by prior advance determination. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a sub board | substrate. It is a figure which shows the outline of a portable cooperation system typically. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of a main board | substrate and a sub board | substrate. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of an effect display control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of the main board | substrate in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of an interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of the sub board | substrate in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S518 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption process at the time of receiving a command from a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption process when the timer interruption for production | presentation display control generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption process when a sub CPU receives a command from display CPU. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption process when the timer interruption for various device control generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special symbol fluctuation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a decoration symbol fluctuation | variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special game. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a small hit game. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of the pachinko game machine which concerns on 1st Example. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structure of a 2nd big winning opening schematically. It is a figure which shows roughly the internal structure of a 2nd big winning opening. It is a figure which shows the functional block of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure which shows typically the success / failure determination table which concerns on an Example. It is a figure which shows typically the symbol determination table which concerns on an Example. It is a figure which shows the pseudo | simulation continuous effect pattern of an Example. It is a figure which shows the pseudo | simulation continuous production | presentation pattern of a modification. It is a time chart of a small hit game. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the small hit game in 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the profit provided to a player, and production. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the special game in 3rd Example.

(Prerequisite technology)
In the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment, a plurality of games corresponding to the conventional type 1 pachinko gaming machine are mixed. The second game is preferentially executed so that the first game and the second game as the plurality of games are not executed simultaneously. In order to achieve both of these game characteristics, a plurality of start winning openings, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of holding lamps are provided. It is designed so that the number of big hits in the second game is larger than the number of big hits in the first game. For example, the second game is more likely to be a big hit with certainty, and the second game has a larger number of unit games that constitute a special game (a long open unit with a long opening time for a big prize opening). A game and a short-opening unit game with a short opening time are mixed in one special game, and the number of long-opening unit games in the second game is larger than that in the first game even if the number of the same unit games is the same. The second game is designed to have a relatively higher profit than the first game. On top of that, aiming at the first hit in the first game first, after being given a short time in the big hit in the first game, the second game is repeatedly aimed at repeatedly gaining a lot of play Realize.

  FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. The pachinko gaming machine 100 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The pachinko gaming machine 100 has an outer frame 101, a front frame 102, a transparent plate 103, a door 104, an upper ball tray 105, a lower ball tray 106, a launch handle 107, a speaker 108, an effect button 109, a cross key 110, A decorative lamp 111 is included. The outer frame 101 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 100 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 102 is a frame body that is aligned with the opening of the outer frame 101, and is attached to the outer frame 101 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 102 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 103 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 104. The door 104 is attached to the front frame 102 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 105 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 106, and the like. The lower ball tray 106 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. Speakers 108 are provided on the left and right of the upper portion of the door 104, and sound effects and music sounds corresponding to the game state and effects are output by means for controlling the effects. Most of the resin members constituting the exterior of the door 104 are translucent, and a decorative lamp 111 is provided inside the transparent member. The decorative lamp 111 is an LED that emits light in various colors according to the gaming state or the effect by means of controlling the effect, and plays a role of effect by blinking or the like.

  The game board 80 has a first start port 11, a second start port 12, a big winning port 20, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, and a general winning port 33 on the game area 81 defined by the rails 82. , An out port 34, an effect display device 60, and a center decoration 64. The center decoration 64 is a decorative resin member provided so as to form a screen frame of the effect display device 60 over substantially the center of the game area 81 and the upper part and the right part thereof. 60 functions such as protection and decoration. A stage 65 on which the inflowing game ball rolls is formed below the center decoration 64, and the direction of falling from the stage 65 depends on the direction of rolling and the direction of entering the first start port 11 and the first start port 11. It is distributed to the direction of the side that does not enter the ball. On the upper part of the center decoration 64, there is provided a movable accessory 66 that is driven in accordance with the contents of the effect and performs an effect operation. In the game area 81, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) for forming a flow path of game balls are installed. In this specification, “entering ball”, “winning”, and “recession” may be synonymous with each other. In addition, each winning entrance and each entrance may be configured with a “passing entrance” (also called “gate” or “through-chucker”) of a type through which game balls pass. “Winning”, “Recession” and “Passing” may also be synonymous.

  The first start port 11 is provided as a start winning port corresponding to the first game, and the second start port 12 is provided as a start winning port corresponding to the second game. The first start port 11 and the second start port 12 are configured to be able to aim at entering one ball by the strength of the game ball according to the player's intention. The first start port 11 is provided substantially at the lower center of the game area 81, and the second start port 12 is provided directly below the first start port 11. When hitting left, that is, when hitting relatively weakly so as to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64, it is possible to enter the first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12 or it is easy to enter, while on the right In other words, when the ball is hit relatively strongly aiming to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64, it is possible to enter the second start port 12 or easy to enter, but not to the first start port 11. In addition, a flow path is formed by the arrangement of the game nails so that it is difficult to enter the ball. However, at the normal time, the upper part of the opening of the second starting port 12 is covered with the first starting port 11 and the inflow of game balls is prevented, so that the second starting port is not opened unless the expansion mechanism of the second starting port 12 is opened. 12 is impossible to enter or difficult to enter. The lottery determination is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and is executed whenever there is a ball entering the first start port 11 or the second start port 12. The

  In addition, the 1st starting port 11 and the 2nd starting port 12 may be provided in the position away from each other to the extent that it is possible to make a target for either one by the strength of the game ball. The first start port 11 and the second start port 12 may be installed separately on the left side and the right side of the game area 81, respectively, so that it is difficult for a game ball aimed at one to enter the other. For example, the first start port 11 is provided at a position where it is possible to enter or easily enter when left-handed, that is, when it is launched relatively weakly so as to flow into the left passage of the center decoration 64. The second starting port 12 is provided at a position where it is possible to enter the ball or to enter the ball easily when it is launched to the right, that is, when it is launched relatively strongly so as to flow into the right passage of the center decoration 64.

  The first start port 11 includes a first start winning detection device 16. The first start winning detection device 16 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the first start port 11 and generates first start winning information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The second start port 12 includes a second start winning detection device 17, a normal electric combination 90 (so-called electric tulip) that is an expansion mechanism, and a normal electric combination solenoid 91 for opening and closing the normal electric combination 90. . The second start winning detection device 17 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the second start port 12 and generates second start winning information that indicates that the ball has been entered.

  When the ordinary electric combination 90 is expanded by the driving force of the ordinary electric combination solenoid 91, the ease of entering the second starting port 12 is increased. The opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is about 0.1 second when the opening is short, whereas the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is about 6 seconds when the opening is long. Thus, the game ball is set longer than the short opening time, so that the game ball can easily enter the second start port 12. The long opening of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is also called “open extension”. As a modified example, when the ordinary electric accessory 90 is expanded, this may be notified in advance, or the normal symbol variation hold may be pre-read and notified before the normal symbol variation starts. , You may alert | report during the fluctuation | variation of a normal symbol.

  As a modified example of the opening mode when the ordinary electric accessory 90 of the second start port 12 is opened long, the total opening time is increased to about 6 seconds by repeating the opening for 2 seconds longer than that for the short opening 3 times. It is good also as an aspect. Further, a plurality of combinations of opening times and opening times may be prepared and one of them may be selected. For example, in the case of releasing 2 seconds 3 times, the total opening time is the same as in the case of releasing 6 seconds once, but the former is longer than the latter when including the interval period. Therefore, especially in the configuration of the modified example in which the second starting port 12 is arranged in the right-handed direction, the former player enters the ball, assuming that the player who noticed the opening has adjusted the hitting direction to the second starting port 12 from that time. It can be said that the opportunity is long. Moreover, it may be configured such that there are a plurality of normal symbol hit types, and the opening mechanism of the spreading mechanism may be different depending on the hit types. For example, when the normal symbol is the first hit, in the normal state, 0.1 seconds is released once, in the easy entry state, the one second release is three times, and when the second hit is in the normal state Then, the 6-second opening may be performed once, and the 2-second opening may be performed twice in the easy entry state.

  Each of the three general winning openings 33 includes a general winning detecting device 38 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 38 is a sensor that detects the entrance of a game ball into the general winning opening 33, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The special winning opening 20 includes a special winning detection device 25 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 92 for opening and closing the special winning opening 20. The big winning detection device 25 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 20, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The big winning opening 20 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 stops in a predetermined manner. The big prize opening 20 is provided at the upper right position of the out opening 34. As a modification, another prize winning opening may be provided at the lower center of the game area 81 or above or below the winning prize opening 20, and a plurality of prize winning openings may be provided.

  A first special symbol display device 41 corresponding to the first game and a second special symbol display device 42 corresponding to the second game are juxtaposed on the left and right sides at the lower left position outside the game area 81 on the game board 80, Changes in the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are displayed. In the approximate center of the game area 81, an effect display device 60 is provided so that the screen is exposed from the screen frame formed by the center decoration 64, and a decorative symbol 61 linked to the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is displayed. The change of the effect image including is displayed. Hereinafter, such display is referred to as “design variation” or “variation display”.

  The first special symbol 51 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the first winning / losing lottery performed when the game ball enters the first starting port 11, and its variable display is stopped in a predetermined hit state. A big hit as a special game occurs. The second special symbol 52 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the second winning / losing lottery performed when the game ball enters the second starting port 12, and its variation display is stopped in a predetermined hit state. A big hit as a special game occurs. The first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 are, for example, an 8-segment LED including eight segments of seven segments forming one “8” and one segment representing “dot”. Display device. In the 8-segment LED, a numerical value for 8 bits can be expressed by combining 8 segments. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 represented by a combination of segments do not necessarily form letters and numbers, and may be symbols that are generally meaningless formed by a combination of segments. . These symbols are replaced one after another at a high speed and displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42, thereby realizing the symbol variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The Further, the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 are formed by using LED dot arrays which are not 8-segment LEDs, and a plurality of types of first special symbols 51 and second combinations of lighting patterns and lighting colors. The special symbol 52 may be expressed.

  The effect display device 60 is a display device that is configured by a liquid crystal display that displays the decorative symbol 61 in a variable manner in conjunction with the variable display of the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52. The decorative symbol 61 is a symbol for visually producing the lottery determination result display indicated by the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The effect display device 60 displays, for example, a moving image that fluctuates a plurality of rows of symbols simulating a game of a slot machine as a decorative symbol 61 in the central area of the screen. In this embodiment, symbols composed of numbers “0” to “9” are displayed and varied in three columns, and hit or miss is indicated by three symbol combinations that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of the plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 61 is composed of numbers, characters, or symbols that are decorated with colors or patterns, but the symbols or symbols that are common to all symbols for these numbers, characters, and symbols. You may comprise in the form which adds a different pattern for every and integrates them. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is drawn, and for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn may be used. The decorative design 61 is switched according to the development of the effect between the case where the design including the design is variably displayed and the case where the design is separated and only the numbers, characters and symbols are variably displayed. It may be a configuration. In the background of the variation display of the decoration symbol 61, a moving image having a staging effect related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is displayed in conjunction with the symbol variation.

  Since the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 do not necessarily have an effect role, in this embodiment, the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol at the lower left of the game area 81 are used. The display device 42 displays the image in an inconspicuous size. However, in the case of adopting a technique in which a special symbol itself has an effect role to express without using a decorative symbol, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display instead of an 8-segment LED.

  The effect display device 60 is composed of a liquid crystal display which is a high-definition dot matrix display device, but the width of the display area may be about half of the width of the game area, or a large size exceeding half. There may be. In the case of a large size, the game ball passage on the right side of the effect display device is formed with a passage width that allows one game ball to pass through. The game ball can be passed through to the left, and so-called “left-handed” can be distinguished. The effect display device 60 may be configured not only by a single display device but also by a combination of a plurality of display devices. In a plurality of cases, a display having a different size such as a combination of a main liquid crystal and a sub liquid crystal may be combined. The sub liquid crystal may be arranged at a position adjacent to the main liquid crystal, or a position other than the game board, for example, a launch handle May be installed in the vicinity. When installed in the vicinity of the launch handle, it may be configured in the form of a touch panel that allows the player to input operations. The effect display device 60 is not limited to a liquid crystal display, and may be constituted by a display device such as an organic EL display, or may be constituted by a mechanical display means such as a drum rotation type or a display means such as an LED matrix type. .

  The first operation port 31 is provided at the left side position of the game area 81 and includes the first passage detection device 36. The first passage detection device 36 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the first working port 31 and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The second operation port 32 is provided at the right side position of the game area 81 and includes the second passage detection device 37. The second passage detection device 37 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the second working port 32 and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passing of the game ball to the first working port 31 or the second working port 32 triggers an open lottery that determines whether or not to expand the ordinary electric accessory 90. When the game ball passes through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32, a normal symbol that is a symbol indicating the determination result of the open lottery is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 45. Therefore, the open lottery is also called “ordinary symbol lottery”. The normal symbol display device 45 is provided at the lower right side outside the game area 81, and is composed of two lamps for convenience. The normal symbol display state is expressed by which of these lamps is lit. For example, when the first lamp is turned off and the second lamp is hit, the normal symbol fluctuation display is expressed by alternately turning on and off, and finally one of the lights is turned on. A stop symbol of a normal symbol is expressed by being stopped in the state. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the change, the normal symbol change display stops. When the ordinary symbol stops at the winning symbol, the ordinary electric accessory 90 is expanded.

  There are two types of opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 90: a short opening of 0.1 seconds and a long opening of 6 seconds. In the open lottery in the normal state, a normal symbol is hit with a probability of 1/50 and a long release is executed, and a normal symbol is hit with a probability of 1/100 and a short release is executed. Thus, in the normal state, the probability of long open is higher than the probability of short open, but in the modified example, the probability of short open may be higher than the probability of long open. The specifications may be the same. In the open lottery in the easy entry state, the probability of winning a normal symbol is increased to 99/100, and the open time is only long open. Thus, in the easy entry state, the ease of entering the second starting port 12 is enhanced by the function of changing the probability of hitting a normal symbol and the function of extending the opening time. In the easy-to-enter state in the modified example, the ease of entering the second start port 12 may be enhanced by using three functions including a function for shortening the fluctuation time of the normal symbol. In this case, the variation time of the normal symbol is, for example, 10 seconds in the normal state, and 2 seconds in the easy entry state.

  In the lower left position outside the game area 81, a first special symbol holding lamp 71 corresponding to the first game is provided above the first special symbol display device 41, and above the second special symbol display device 42, A second special figure holding lamp 72 corresponding to the second game is provided. The first special figure holding lamp 71 is composed of two lamps, and displays the holding number of the winning lottery value in the first game by the number of lighting or blinking. The number of lottery values held in the first special figure holding lamp 71 is the number of lottery values won to the first starting port 11 during the fluctuation of the first special symbol 51 or during the execution of the special game. Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been executed. The second special figure hold lamp 72 is also composed of two lamps, and displays the number of hold of the winning lottery value in the second game by the number of lighting or blinking. The number of lottery values held in the second special figure holding lamp 72 is the number of lottery values won to the second starting port 12 during the fluctuation of the second special symbol 52 or during the execution of the special game, Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been executed. The number of hold of the lottery value is displayed at the bottom of the screen of the effect display device 60 in a form represented by the number of on-hold lamp images.

  When the number of lottery holds is three, the symbol variation time in the case of a loss is shortened from the normal time in order to increase game efficiency (hereinafter also referred to as “shortening variation”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery holds is 4, in order to further increase the game efficiency, the symbol variation time in the case of losing is further shortened than in the case of the above 3 (hereinafter also referred to as “super shortened variation”). ).

  In the lower right position outside the game area 81, a normal figure holding lamp 75 is provided on the right side of the normal symbol display device 45. The regular figure holding lamp 75 is also composed of two lamps, and displays the number of holdings of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights or the number of blinking lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32 during the normal symbol variation, and the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the normal symbol variation has not yet been executed. Indicates.

  The effect button 109 is an operation input unit that is pressed by the player in order to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine according to the content of the effect, and the content of the effect is changed according to the pressing mode. The effect button 109 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 105. The cross key 110 is an operation input means for the player to input a direction instruction to the gaming machine, and is provided on the left outer wall surface of the upper ball tray 105.

  An outline of a game method and a control flow performed in the above configuration will be described. When the player rotates the launch handle 107 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 105 with the strength corresponding to the rotation angle are guided to the rail 82 one by one and launched into the game area 81. . When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 107 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 81 falls in a direction according to how it hits while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning opening 33, the first starting opening 11, the second starting opening 12, and the big winning opening 20, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning opening is the upper ball tray 105 or lower It is paid out to the ball tray 106. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 33 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 34 is processed as an out ball.

  When entering the first start port 11 or the second start port 12, in the first special symbol display device 41, the second special symbol display device 42 and the effect display device 60, the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and The decorative design 61 is displayed in a variable manner. The variable display of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is stopped after the lapse of the variable display time determined prior to display. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variably displayed according to a variation pattern in which a variation mode from the variation start to the stop is determined. The decorative symbol 61 is displayed in a variable manner according to a variation effect pattern in which a variation mode from the start to the end of the variation is determined. A plurality of types of variation patterns and variation production patterns are prepared, and each has various variation times. While the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variably displayed according to the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed according to the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 occurs when the variation display time elapses. Stopped.

  As a variation display of the decorative symbol 61, first, when the variation starts, the symbols are varied in all three columns as in the reel rotation of the slot machine, and when the timing approaches the variation end timing, each column is stopped one by one. The symbol combination is displayed. When the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of stop are in a stop mode indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is a game state advantageous to the player over the normal game, The opening / closing operation of the winning opening 20 is started. The stop mode of the decorative symbol 61 indicating the big hit is, for example, a combination mode in which three types of symbols match.

  The variation effect pattern includes a normal loss effect pattern, a reach failure effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal off effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying a normal off symbol combination. The reach out effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying an out symbol combination through a reach state, which is a big win if one more symbols are arranged. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a jackpot symbol combination through the reach state. In particular, the patterns when reaching the reach state include patterns with various long and short fluctuation times. Reach patterns with relatively short fluctuation times are called “normal reach”, and reach patterns with long fluctuation times are called “super reach”. ". The normal loss effect pattern, the reach failure effect pattern, and the reach jackpot effect pattern include a normal pattern that is displayed in a normal state and a time-shortening pattern that is displayed in a time-short state. However, even in the normal state, if there is a second symbol variation corresponding to the entrance to the second starting port 12, there is a probability that the big hit is likely to have a probable change or the number of unit games of the special game increases. Since it can be said that the chance state is higher than the first fluctuation corresponding to the entrance to the 1 start opening 11, a chance effect pattern for displaying that it is a chance to generate a relatively advantageous big hit may be used. In the embodiment, the time reduction pattern is used in the time reduction state, but the time reduction pattern is used even in the probability variation state because the time variation is accompanied in the probability variation state. However, in the modified example, a specification using a pattern for probability variation different from that for time reduction in the probability variation state may be used. Alternatively, a specification using a common pattern may be used for the time reduction and for the probability change, or a specification for using the pattern for the probability change in the probability change state without using the time reduction pattern in particular.

  There are two types of special games, normal special games and shortened special games, and there is a large difference in the profits of the winning balls. Usually, the special game is started by displaying an effect screen called a start demonstration time. After the start demonstration time screen is displayed, the special winning opening 20 is opened, and after the opening continues for about 30 seconds, or after nine or more game balls are dropped, the game is closed once. From such opening to closing of the big prize opening 20 is basically called a unit game, but it may be repeated a plurality of short-time opening during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the special prize opening 20 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 4 times or 16 times, the special special game is ended by displaying an effect screen called an end demonstration time. In special games, it is possible to expect more than 9 balls per unit game, and you can get enough prize balls (also called “out”) by 16 unit games, which is a big profit. Is obtained. A special game in which 16 unit games are repeated is also referred to as “16R jackpot” as appropriate, and a special game in which 4 unit games are repeated is also referred to as “4R jackpot” as appropriate.

  On the other hand, in the shortened special game, there is no start demonstration time and no end demonstration time, and the special winning opening 20 is opened for 0.2 seconds in one unit game. This unit game is repeated twice to complete the shortened special game. In a shortened special game, the opening of the grand prize opening 20 is repeated only twice for a very short time, so it is almost impossible to enter the big prize opening 20 and the special game is substantially equal to zero. is there. A special game in which two unit games are repeated is also referred to as “2R jackpot” as appropriate.

  When the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of the stop are in a predetermined small hit mode, the game proceeds to the small hit game constituted by one unit game, and Opening and closing operations are performed. In one unit game constituting the small hit game, the big prize opening 20 repeats the opening for about 0.2 seconds twice, so that the appearance is the same as the 2R big hit.

  When a special game occurs and the winning stop symbol at that time is in a specific mode, probability change, which is one of the specific games, is further started after the special game ends. During the probability change, the winning lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game can be generated relatively early. It should be noted that the determination result of the winning / losing lottery may be a latent probability change state in which the specific big hit, that is, the big hit with probability change, is not clearly indicated on the appearance, and is not explicitly notified as a decorative symbol or production content. In this case, even if the probability change is in progress, the effect display device 60 does not clearly indicate whether it is a probability change or a non-probability change.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, the easy entry state, which is one of the specific game states, is started. In the easy-to-enter state, the probability of winning the open lottery is increased more than usual, and the open extension is executed in which the expansion time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is long open. Since the number of hits of normal symbols per fixed time can be increased and the ease of entering the second starting port 12 is increased, the number of entering the second starting port 12 is likely to increase. Therefore, as a result of increasing the chance of obtaining a prize ball by entering the second starting port 12, it is possible to keep playing with little or no increase in the number of balls.

  In the easy-to-enter state, as one of the specific gaming states, a so-called time reduction in which the variation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened compared to the normal state is further executed. The variation times of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 are returned to the original variation time after a predetermined variation number, for example, 100 variations are displayed, but reach the variation number. If a big hit occurs before, the working hours are once ended. Since the variation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened in a short time, compared to the normal state where the symbol variation is performed with the normal variation time, until the big hit occurs Time can be shortened, and the ease of winning a jackpot can be relatively enhanced. In a modification, it is good also as a specification which does not implement time shortening of a special symbol in an easy-to-enter state.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 150 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The main board 200 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100, and processes all game operations such as lottery when winning the first start port 11 and the second start port 12, in particular. The sub board 300 includes a liquid crystal unit 151, controls display contents on the effect display device 60, and changes the display contents that are particularly effective according to the determination result by the main board 200. The back setting mechanism 152 includes a prize ball tank 153, a path for prize balls, a payout unit 154 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 154 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 153 to the upper ball tray 105 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 155 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 154. The launching device 156 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 105 to the game area 81 one by one. The launch control board 157 controls the launch operation of the launch device 156. The power supply unit 158 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 100.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The pachinko gaming machine 100 assigns functions to a main board 200 as a main control device that controls the basic operation of the game and the progress of the game, and a sub board 300 as a sub control device that controls the staging operations and processes. It consists of different forms. The main board 200 includes a first start port 11, a second start port 12, a big winning port 20, a general winning port 33, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, a first special symbol display device 41, and a second special port. It is electrically connected to the symbol display device 42 and the normal symbol display device 45, and transmits / receives various control signals to / from each of them. The sub board 300 is electrically connected to the effect display device 60, the effect button 109, the speaker 108, and the decoration lamp 111, and transmits / receives various control signals to / from each. Since data transmission / reception between the main board 200 and the sub board 300 is unidirectional from the main board 200 to the sub board 300, each configuration is configured so that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. Arranged on the main board 200 and the sub board 300. Since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 300 to the configuration included in the main board 200. It cannot be requested. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 200 cannot be referred to from the sub board 300 unless the main board 200 transmits the information to the sub board 300 unilaterally.

  Note that any one of the functional blocks included in the main board 200 may be mounted on the sub board 300 instead of the main board 200, and any of the functional blocks included in the sub board 300 may be included in the sub board 300. Instead, it may be mounted on the main board 200.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the main board 200. The main board 200 includes a ball entering determination unit 201, a first lottery unit 211, a second lottery unit 212, a general drawing lottery unit 213, a holding control unit 240, a main display control unit 250, a special game control unit 260, and a small hit game control. Means 265, specific game control means 270, opening / closing control means 275, and special figure adjustment means 276 are provided.

  The entry determination unit 201 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the first start winning information, the winning determination means 201 determines that the game ball has won the first start port 11, and when receiving the second start winning information, the game ball has won the second start port 12. to decide. The winning determination means 201 determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 20 when receiving the big winning opening information, and determines that the gaming ball has won the general winning opening 33 when receiving the general winning information. When receiving the passage information, the entry determining unit 201 determines that the game ball has passed through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32.

  The first lottery means 211 functions as a function for executing the first lottery relating to the first game. The first lottery value acquiring means 216, the first winning / failure determining means 221, the first symbol determining means 226, and the first variation pattern determining. The means 231 is included, and the first winning / losing lottery is executed as the winning / nothing lottery corresponding to the entry into the first starting port 11. The determination result of the first winning / losing lottery is shown in the form of variable display of the first special symbol 51 in the first special symbol display device 41, and in the form of variable display of the decorative symbol 61 in the display area of the effect display device 60. . The second lottery means 212 includes a second lottery value acquisition means 217, a second win / fail determination means 222, a second symbol determination means 227, and a second variation pattern determination means 232, and corresponds to entering the second starting port 12 The second winning / losing lottery is executed as the winning / losing lottery to be performed. The determination result of the second winning / losing lottery is shown in the form of variable display of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display device 42, and in the form of variable display of the decorative symbol 61 in the display area of the effect display device 60. . When starting the symbol variation, the first lottery unit 211 and the second lottery unit 212 transmit the lottery determination result corresponding to the symbol variation to the effect determining unit 303 together with the symbol variation control command.

  The first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212 indicate which lottery value range the lottery value corresponds to in the determination as to whether the lottery value is a preliminary determination process even when entering the first start port 11 or the second start port 12 Pre-winning determination is performed, and the determination result is transmitted to the effect determination means 303. The result of the pre-determination process is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, and then transmitted to the effect determination means 303 regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is immediately started, and is erased from the transmission buffer or overwritten later. The Therefore, for the sub-board 300 side, a so-called “prefetching” process is realized in which the success / failure result can be presumed in advance before the symbol variation start order is reached.

  The first lottery value acquisition means 216 acquires a random number value as the first winning / failing lottery value for the first winning / losing lottery upon entering the first starting port 11. The second lottery value acquisition unit 217 acquires a random number value as the second winning / failing lottery value for the second winning / losing lottery upon entering the second start port 12. For example, the values acquired as the first winning / losing lottery value and the second winning / losing lottery value for the winning / losing lottery are acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The values acquired as the first winning / losing lottery value and the second winning / losing lottery value are temporarily held by the holding control means 240. However, the lottery value is held within a range not exceeding the predetermined holding upper limit number. The “random number” here does not have to be a physical random number generated by a random number generation circuit or a true random number in a mathematical sense, but a hardware random number using a 16-bit counter or software using a random number generation algorithm. It may be a pseudo-random number such as a random number. Alternatively, a combination of hardware random numbers and software random numbers, for example, a plus random number method in which the initial value is changed every time the counter makes one round may be used.

  The first winning / failing determination means 221 determines whether or not to shift to a special game or a small hit game based on the first winning / losing lottery value, and in which lottery value range the first winning / failing lottery value is in the determination of winning or failure. Perform a prior adequacy determination to determine whether it is applicable. The second winning / failing determining means 222 determines whether or not to shift to the special game or the small hit game based on the second winning / losing lottery value, and the lottery value range in which the second winning / failing lottery value is determined in the winning / failing determination. Perform a prior adequacy determination to determine whether it is applicable. The first success / failure determination unit 221 and the second success / failure determination unit 222 hold a success / failure determination table and a prior / failure determination table referred to in the determination of success / failure. In addition, in order to distinguish especially the prior / failure determination performed when starting the symbol variation, it is also referred to as “predetermined whether or not the main determination is appropriate”. In this specification, when “table” or “selection criterion” is used, the correspondence between a first parameter such as a lottery value and a second parameter such as a value indicating an option is strictly defined in a table structure. In addition to referring to data, such a correspondence relationship widely includes a case where a program structure for deriving the second parameter from the first parameter is realized. Including these, as a concept substantially synonymous with “table”, it is appropriately referred to as “selection criterion”. In addition, when a table structure is used, a selection criterion that is substantially one type may be configured by a combination of a plurality of structurally subdivided tables. Indicates the number of substantive types of tables, not the number of subdivided tables.

  The first success / failure determination unit 221 and the second success / failure determination unit 222 hold a plurality of failure determination tables referred to in the determination of success / failure. In the plurality of success / failure determination tables, determination results of jackpot and miss are associated with winning / failure lottery values, and the success / failure probability is determined in accordance with the associated jackpot range setting. The first success / failure determination means 221 and the second success / failure determination means 222 refer to a success / failure table for determination of success / failure based on a normal hit probability in the normal probability state, and whether or not the big hit probability is higher than the normal probability in the probability variation state. Browse the table. The first success / failure determination means 221 and the second success / failure determination means 222 refer to any of the plurality of success / failure tables, and determine whether or not the winning / raising lottery value is a win.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table. The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small hits and misses, and winning / failing lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the hit / failure probabilities of big hits and small hits are determined. Is determined. As the main determination, the first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 refer to the determination table in FIG. In both of the first winning / failing lottery performed by the first winning / failing determining means 221 and the second winning / notifying lottery performed by the second winning / failing determining means 222, a big hit is made only when the winning / losing lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299 at normal times. At the time of certainty change, the range of the big hit is expanded, and not only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299, but also when the lottery falls within the range of 300 to 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the big hit changes according to the gaming state. In this figure, the single hit / fail judgment table shows the jackpot range for both normal time and probability change, but the success / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and for probability change. It may be prepared separately for the 1-win / lotter lottery and the second-win / win lottery.

  In this embodiment, even if the winning / losing lottery value does not correspond to the big hit range, if it falls within the predetermined range, it is a small hit. In the example of this figure, when the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the first winning / failing determining means 221 falls within the range of 56500 to 65535, the winning lottery value acquired by the second winning / failing determining means 222 is 64000 to 65535. If it falls within the range, it will be a small hit. In other words, the first hit / lotter lottery has a wider range corresponding to the jackpot than the second hit / lottery lottery, and the jackpot is likely to occur. In this way, if it does not correspond to the big hit, it is all “out”, but in the example in this figure, the winning lottery value range when it does not correspond to the small hit out of the cases where it does not correspond to the big hit Is expressed as “displacement”. In addition, although the example which implement | achieved the determination table of whether it is a big hit and the determination table of whether it is a small win in the figure in the form of a single winning / nothing determination table was shown in this figure, each may be implement | achieved as a separate table Good.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior success / failure determination table referred to in prior advance / failure determination. The first success / failure determination unit 221 refers to the table of FIG. 6A, and when the success / failure lottery value is “0 to 299”, sets a value of “1” indicating that to the determination result determination result range, In a case where the winning / failing lottery value is “300 to 2999”, a value “2” indicating that is set in the corresponding winning / failing range as a determination result. When the lottery value is “3,000 to 56499”, the value “3” indicating that is set as the determination result, and when the lottery value is “56500 to 65535”, “4” is indicated. The value of “” is set in the validity range as the determination result. Each time the first success / failure determination unit 221 sets the success / failure range as described above, the first success / failure determination unit 221 transmits the value to the effect determination unit 303 together with the value indicating the first successful / failure lottery and the number of holds.

  The second success / failure determination unit 222 refers to the table of FIG. 6 (b), and when the success / failure lottery value is “0 to 299”, sets a value of “1” indicating that to the determination result determination result range, In a case where the winning / failing lottery value is “300 to 2999”, a value “2” indicating that is set in the corresponding winning / failing range as a determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is “3,000 to 63999”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the winning / failing range as the determination result, and when the winning / losing lottery value is “6400 to 65535”, “4” indicating that is determined. The value of “” is set in the validity range as the determination result. Each time the success / failure determination unit 222 sets the success / failure range as described above, the second success / failure determination unit 222 transmits the value to the effect determination unit 303 together with a value indicating the second success / failure lottery and the number of holdings.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 determine the stop symbol at the start of symbol variation based on the separately acquired symbol lottery value and the result of the determination, and the symbol lottery A prior symbol determination is performed as to which symbol range the value corresponds to. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 hold a plurality of symbol determination tables and a prior symbol determination table that are referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to different symbol determination tables according to the determination result. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination performed in starting symbol variation especially from prior symbol determination, it is also referred to as “symbol determination as the main determination” as appropriate.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 7A is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit, FIG. 7B is a table that is referred to when the determination result is wrong, and FIG. This table is referred to when the determination result is a small hit. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to the symbol determination table of this diagram in the symbol determination as the main determination. Each symbol determination table defines a correspondence relationship between the numbers “0” to “10” indicating the types of special symbols and the first symbol lottery value or the second symbol lottery value. The types of special symbols are associated with the big hit, small hit, and unsuccessful determination results, with “0” to “4” corresponding to the big hit, “5” to “9” corresponding to the big hit, “10” corresponds to a loss. Each type is assigned a plurality of special symbols, that is, a plurality of symbols that are generally meaningless and formed by a combination of segments.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, special symbol types “0” to “4” are associated with jackpots. Among them, the type “0” indicates 4R big hit or 16R big hit with certain change as a specific big hit, and is associated with “0-99” in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and “0” in the case of the second symbol lottery value. 144 ". The type “1” indicates a 2R jackpot with certainty as a specific jackpot, and is associated with “100 to 149” in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and is associated with “145 to 149” in the case of the second symbol lottery value. It is done. Types "2" to "4" indicate 4R big hits or 16R big hits that do not involve any probability change as normal big hits, and the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value are both associated with "150 to 189" type "2" The type “3” is associated with “190 to 229”, and the type “4” is associated with “230 to 255”. Thus, the selection probability for each jackpot type is determined by the size of the symbol lottery value range.

  As shown in FIG. 7B, the type “10” is associated with the entire range of symbol lottery values in the case where the determination result is wrong.

  As shown in FIG. 7C, special symbol types “5” to “9” are associated with small hits. The type “5” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0-49”, and the type “6” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “50-99”. The type “7” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”, the type “8” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 199”, and the type “9” is the symbol lottery value range. Corresponding to “200 to 255”.

  Note that the table in FIG. 7 is also referred to as the prior symbol determination table in the prior symbol determination. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 indicate that the value of “0” to “10” indicating the type of the special symbol as the result of the prior symbol determination is the first winning / losing lottery or the second winning / losing lottery. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the indicated value and the number of holds.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the first variation pattern determining means 231 separately obtains a variation pattern in which the variation process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 and the effect display device 60 is determined. Is determined from a plurality of fluctuation patterns. The second variation pattern determining means 232 has a plurality of variation patterns in which a variation process of symbols to be displayed on the second special symbol display device 42 and the effect display device 60 is determined based on a second pattern lottery value acquired separately. Determine from the variation pattern. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 each determine a variation pattern of the symbol variation with reference to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation. In addition, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 perform prior pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value corresponds to. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 respectively hold or share a variation pattern table and a prior pattern determination table that are referred to for determining a variation pattern. In the variation pattern, a variation time from a variation start to a stop when the special symbol is variably displayed is determined, and has various variation times depending on the type. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses. It should be noted that the variation pattern determination executed when starting the symbol variation is also referred to as “variation pattern determination as the main determination” as appropriate in order to distinguish it from the prior pattern determination.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the variation pattern table. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 refer to the table of FIG. 9A in the normal state and refer to the table of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8 (a), when the result of the determination is wrong in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 4, “super 1” that is the super reach of the pattern range number “0” is selected, If the pattern lottery value is 5 to 9, “super 2” which is the super reach of the pattern range number “1” is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 10 to 19, “normal 1” which is the normal reach of the pattern range number “2” is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 20 to 29, “normal” which is the normal reach of the pattern range number “3” is selected. 2 ”is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 30 to 255, the pattern range number “4” “no reach” is selected. As “out of reach”, a different variation pattern is selected depending on the number of holds, a change pattern of 10 seconds when the number of holds is 0 to 2, a change pattern of 7 seconds when the number of holds is 3, and the number of holds When is 4, a 4-second variation pattern is selected.

  In this figure, an example of mainly classifying into five types according to variation time will be described. However, a plurality of variation effect patterns are prepared for each variation pattern in the sub-substrate 300, and several tens of variation effect patterns are formed as a whole. Is equivalent to the lottery value range of each classification.

  The range of pattern lottery values assigned to “Normal 1”, “Normal 2”, and “Reach without reach” also varies depending on the number of holds. When the number of holdings is 0, 1 as shown in (a) of this figure, the lottery value range of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” becomes narrower as the number of holdings increases, and the lottery value of “no reach” The range becomes wider. The smaller the number of holds, the wider the lottery value range of the fluctuation pattern having a relatively long fluctuation time, and the probability that the fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time is selected increases. Thus, the smaller the number of holds, the longer the average fluctuation time, and the larger the number of holds, the shorter the average fluctuation time. By using a variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern is different for each number of reservations, it is possible to realize control that makes it easy to select a variation pattern with a long variation time when the number of reservations decreases.

  In the normal state, when the result of the determination is 4R big hit or 16R big hit, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 123, “Super 1” which is the super reach of the pattern range number “5” is selected, and the pattern lottery value is If it is 124 to 248, “super 2” which is the super reach of the pattern range number “6” is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 249 to 252, “normal 1” which is the normal reach of the pattern range number “7” is selected, and if the pattern lottery value is 253 to 255, “normal” which is the normal reach of the pattern range number “8” is selected. 2 ”is selected.

  In the normal state, when the result of the determination is 2R big hit or small hit, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 122, “Super 3” which is the super reach of the pattern range number “9” is selected, and the pattern lottery value is If it is 123 to 255, “normal 3” that is the normal reach of the pattern range number “10” is selected.

  When the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 transmit the predetermination result to the effect determination unit 303 as a so-called prefetching result, the pattern range number value (0 to 10) is set to the first determination result. It is transmitted together with a value indicating whether it is a lottery or a second win / fail lottery or the number of holdings.

  In the variation pattern table of FIG. 8B referred to in the time reduction state, the pattern lottery value is assigned to the variation pattern for time reduction. However, the correspondence relationship between the range of the pattern lottery value and the variation time is the same as that in FIG. “Reach without reach reduction” is a variation pattern with a relatively short variation time associated with the same lottery value range and pattern range number as “reach without reach” in FIG. “Reach without reach reduction” also selects a different fluctuation pattern depending on the number of holdings, a fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the holding number is 0 or 1, and a fluctuation pattern of 1 second when the holding number is 2 to 4. Are selected.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the general drawing lottery means 213 executes a lottery by acquiring a lottery value when the game ball passes through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32. The determination result of the lottery by the normal symbol lottery means 213 is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 45 in the form of a normal symbol. The regular symbol lottery means 213 holds a symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 45. In the symbol determination table, the correspondence between the lottery value and the normal symbol is determined, and the normal symbol lottery means 213 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol with reference to the symbol determination table. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the change display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 275 is operated by the second start port 12. The normal electric accessory 90 is expanded. The spreading time is 0.1 second when short opening and 6 seconds when long opening. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 240. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 240 is not exceeded.

  The holding control means 240 includes special figure holding means 241 and general figure holding means 242. The special figure holding means 241 changes the symbol corresponding to the first success / failure lottery value or the second success / failure lottery value acquired before the first success / failure lottery value or the second success / failure lottery value. Is displayed, the start of the symbol variation corresponding to the newly acquired first winning / losing lottery value or the second winning / losing lottery value is suspended, and the corresponding winning / losing lottery value is stored until the corresponding symbol variation display starts. Here, with respect to the first special symbol, each of the first winning lottery value, the first symbol lottery value, and the first pattern lottery value is stored with the upper limit being four, and further, the first winning / failing range, 1 symbol range and 1st pattern range settings are stored, and the second special symbol is stored at the upper limit of 4 for each of the second special symbols, the 2nd symbol lottery value, the 2nd symbol lottery value, and the 2nd pattern lottery value, The second determination range, the second symbol range, and the second pattern range set as the prior determination results are stored. Or you may memorize | store the result of a prior determination in the area | region different from a win / wrong lottery value. The general map holding means 242 stores the general map lottery value acquired by the general map lottery means 213 as a holding ball. These holding numbers are represented by the number of lighting or blinking numbers of the first special figure holding lamp 71, the second special figure holding lamp 72, and the general figure holding lamp 75, respectively. The number of holds by the special figure holding means 241 is also displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The lottery value of the second winning / losing lottery held in the special figure holding means 241 is digested preferentially over the lottery value of the first winning / failing lottery, and the symbol variation is displayed. For this reason, even if the lottery value for the big win is held as the first winning lottery, as long as the lottery value is held as the second winning lottery, the symbol variation corresponding to the big winning lottery value of the first winning lottery is not displayed. Therefore, even if there is a big hit hold as the first winning / losing lottery, there is a possibility that a plurality of consecutive big hits can be obtained by continuing to hit until the big hit holding is entered as the second winning / losing lottery.

  The main display control means 250 includes first special figure control means 251, second special figure control means 252, and universal figure control means 254. The first special symbol control means 251 displays the fluctuation of the first special symbol 51 on the first special symbol display device 41 in accordance with the fluctuation pattern determined corresponding to the determination result of the first winning / non-winning lottery by the first lottery means 211. Let The first special symbol control means 251 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the first winning / losing lottery or the second winning / losing lottery completed before that has ended. The second special symbol control means 252 displays the variation of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display device 42 in accordance with the variation pattern determined in accordance with the determination result of the second winning / losing lottery by the second lottery means 212. Let The second special symbol control means 252 also sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the first winning / losing lottery or the second winning / losing lottery performed before that ends.

  The 1st special figure control means 251 reserves the start of the symbol fluctuation display corresponding to the 1st success / failure lottery when the special lottery means 241 stores the success / failure lottery value of the second success / failure lottery. On the other hand, the second special figure control means 252 starts the symbol fluctuation display corresponding to the second winning / losing lottery regardless of whether or not the special winning / holding lottery value is stored by the special figure holding means 241. Thereby, when the lottery value is suspended in both the first winning / losing lottery and the second winning / losing lottery, the lottery value suspended in the second winning / losing lottery is preferentially read and the symbol variation is displayed. In such a case, the lottery value held in the first winning / losing lottery is not read until the number of holdings in the second winning / losing lottery becomes zero, and the symbol variation thereof does not start.

  The first special figure control means 251 and the second special figure control means 252 issue a change start command and a change stop command at the timing to start and stop the change display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52, respectively. It transmits to the production control means 304. When transmitting the variation start command, the determination result or determination result determined as the main determination, a value indicating each of the stop symbol and the variation pattern, and a value indicating whether the first determination result determination lottery or the second determination result determination lottery It is transmitted to the effect control means 304 together with the change start command. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect control means 304 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The normal symbol control means 254 displays the lottery determination result by the normal symbol lottery means 213 on the normal symbol display device 45 as a normal symbol variation display.

  The special figure adjusting means 276 waits for the start of the other variable display while one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is variably displayed. The special figure adjusting means 276 has a second special symbol based on the ball entering the second start port 12 regardless of the order of the game balls having entered the first start port 11 or the second start port 12. The variable display of 52 is given priority over the variable display of the first special symbol 51 based on the entrance to the first start port 11. For example, when both the first winner / lottery value and the second winner / lottery value are held, the second winner / lottery value is always preferentially digested and the second special symbol 52 is continuously displayed in a variable manner.

  The special figure adjusting means 276 in the modified example displays the fluctuation display of the first special symbol 51 and the fluctuation display of the second special symbol 52 in accordance with the order of entering the first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12. Alternatively, the display may be selectively changed. For example, when a ball is entered in the order of the first start port 11, the first start port 11, and the second start port 12, the display is changed in the order of the first special symbol 51, the first special symbol 51, and the second special symbol 52. Is done. In this case, the special figure adjusting means 276 monitors the hold control means 240 and stores the hold order of the winning / failing lottery values. Which special symbol should be changed is determined in accordance with the order of entry of the game balls, that is, the hold order of the success / failure lottery values in the hold control means 240, so that the player can easily grasp the order of change visually.

  The special figure adjusting means 276 in another modified example may display the fluctuation display of the first special symbol 51 and the fluctuation display of the second special symbol 52 in a predetermined digestion order regardless of the order of entry. Good. For example, priority may be given to alternately displaying the fluctuation display of the first special symbol 51 and the fluctuation display of the second special symbol 52. For example, when both the first winning / losing lottery value and the second winning / losing lottery value are held, the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are alternately displayed in a variable manner. Which special symbol should be changed is simply switched alternately regardless of the order of entry of the game balls, so that the player can easily grasp the order of change.

  The special figure adjusting means 276 also waits for the start of the other variable display when one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is stopped in the hit state. In this case, the special symbol change display is not started while the special game is executed, so that the player can concentrate on the special game.

  The special game control unit 260 operates the special game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode when the first winning / losing lottery by the first lottery unit 211 indicates a transition to the special game. It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and the special game is executed by opening the special winning opening 20. Similarly, the special game control means 260, when the second special lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in the transition to the special game, when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode It is determined that the special game operation condition is satisfied, and the special game is executed by opening the special winning opening 20.

  The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 20 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is constituted by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing unit. Special games include a 16R jackpot that repeats a unit game 16 times, a 4R jackpot that repeats a unit game four times, and a 2R jackpot that repeats a unit game that has a shorter opening time than the 16R jackpot and 4R jackpot only twice. The 16R jackpot is a jackpot in the second winning / losing lottery, and the 4R jackpot is a jackpot in the first winning / losing lottery. In the case of 16R jackpot and 4R jackpot, in principle, the big winning opening 20 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In 2R big hit, the big prize opening 20 is opened only for about 0.2 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 260 ends the special game when the number of rounds set for the unit game is exhausted. Even in the case of 2R big hit, if a predetermined condition is satisfied, the big prize opening 20 may be opened in the same opening manner as 16R big hit and 4R big hit.

  The small hit game control means 265 operates the small hit game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode when the first lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in a small hit. It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and the small winning game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20 to the opening / closing control means 275. Similarly, when the second lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in a small win, the small hit game control means 265 is small when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode. It is determined that the winning game operating condition is satisfied, and the small winning game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20 to the opening / closing control means 275.

  In the small hit game, the unit game is executed once, and the big prize opening 20 is opened and closed twice in one unit game. The small hit game control means 265 opens the big prize opening 20 for about 0.2 seconds per opening and closing, and after the little hit game as a whole is opened for about 0.4 seconds, closes the big prize opening 20. To end the small hit game.

  The specific game control means 270 controls the normal game in the probability changing state, the short time state, and the easy-to-enter state. The specific game control means 270 shifts the gaming state to the certain variation state, the short time state, and the easy entry state after the special game is completed when the special symbol is a specific jackpot symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The probability variation state, the short time state, and the easy entry state are continued until the next big hit occurs. In the short-time state, the first variation pattern determination means 231 and the second variation pattern determination means 232 select a variation pattern with a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is substantially shortened. To do. However, in the normal state, the fluctuation pattern table corresponding to the number of holdings of the success / failure lottery value by the holding control unit 240 is referred to, and a fluctuation pattern with a longer fluctuation time is more likely to appear as the number of holdings by the holding control unit 240 decreases. In the easy-to-enter state, both normal symbol change and the opening extension of the second starting port 12, or only the opening extension of the second starting port 12 is performed. In other words, the specific game control means 270 causes the second start port 12 to be in the open extended state when the specific big hit is achieved, and further increases the winning probability of the open lottery only when the success / failure lottery is the second successful / bad lottery. Transition to a higher probability state than the normal probability state. During the probability variation state, the probability of the success / failure determination result by the first success / failure determination means 221 and the second success / failure determination means 222 is maintained at a high value.

  The opening / closing control means 275 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory 90 and the special winning opening 20 at the second start opening 12. When the normal symbol is stopped in a specific manner, the opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the normal electric combination solenoid 91 to open the normal electric combination 90 at the second start port 12. In the normal state, the opening / closing control means 275 opens the second start port 12 in the short open or long open time according to the result of the open lottery, and in the easy entry state, the open control unit 275 opens the second open port in the long open time. 2 Open the start port 12. The ease of entering the ball at the second start port 12 is enhanced, so that the player can continue the game without reducing his possession. In the special game, the opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the special prize opening solenoid 92 to open the special prize opening 20.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sub-board. The sub-board 300 includes a pattern mode determining unit 301, a pattern storage unit 302, an effect determining unit 303, and an effect control unit 304.

  The pattern storage means 302 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative design 61 and the display process thereof are determined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of variation effect patterns in which the variation process from the variation start to the stop and the variation process in the variation display of the decoration symbol 61 are defined, and the variation display of the decoration symbol, and the degree of expectation to the jackpot And a plurality of notice effect patterns that suggest the height of the notice before the change display stops.

  The effect determining means 303 displays on the effect display device 60 by the effect control means 304 in accordance with the determination result of the first win / fail lottery received from the first lottery means 211 or the determination result of the second win / fail lottery received from the second lottery means 212. Then, the contents of the effect to be output to the speaker 108 are determined. The effect determining unit 303 selects one of a plurality of variation effect patterns corresponding to the variation pattern of the special symbol determined by the first variation pattern determining unit 231 or the second variation pattern determining unit 232, and stores the pattern storage unit. Read from 302. The effect determining means 303 sends the read information on the fluctuation effect pattern to the effect control means 304. The effect determining unit 303 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to select a variable effect pattern.

  Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 303 selects a change effect pattern of effect images having the same change time according to the change pattern of the special symbol.

  The symbol form determining unit 301 determines the combination of stop symbols of the decorative symbol 61 and the arrangement thereof, the determination result of the lottery by the first lottery unit 211 or the second lottery unit 212, the stop symbol of the special symbol, the variation pattern of the special symbol, the decoration It is determined according to the design variation effect pattern. The symbol form determination unit 301 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect control unit 304. The symbol mode determining means 301 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 61 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 indicates a shift to a special game of 4R big hit or 16R big hit. A specific combination, for example, a combination of three symbols such as “777” and “111” is selected. A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is also selected when the result of the determination is a 2R big hit or a small hit, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. When the determination result is neither big hit nor small hit, it is a combination in which three symbols such as “312” and “946” are not arranged, and a specific combination selected at the time of 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. When the determination result is not 4R big hit or 16R big hit, and a variation pattern showing a loss with reach is selected, a combination where only one pattern is not complete, such as “191” or “727” Select.

  The decorative design variation effect pattern defines a decorative display variation display mode, that is, a production process from the start of variation of the decorative symbol to the stop of variation. In the variation effect pattern, a pattern for displaying a normal out symbol, a pattern for displaying a symbol out of reach after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a jackpot symbol through a reach state are displayed. A pattern is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 303 selects a decoration effect variation effect pattern having the same variation time as that of the special symbol in accordance with the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  When the variation pattern selected by the first variation pattern determination means 231 or the second variation pattern determination means 232 is a time-shortening pattern in the time-short state, the effect determination means 303 uses the variation in which the content of the time-shortening effect is determined. Select a production pattern. The effect content for the time reduction is an effect in which a background video or a sound that gives an impression that the player is in an advantageous state due to time reduction or certainty is output.

  The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern that temporarily displays an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, an effect pattern that operates an accessory, or an effect pattern that outputs a specific sound. The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, there are a normal notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a large number of characters are displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the greater the number of stages, the higher the degree of expectation for the big hit is included.

  The notice effect pattern includes a pattern in which the effect is executed at a timing after the display form of the decorative symbol 61 reaches the reach state and the final stop state of the symbol is notified, and none of the decorative symbols 61 are stopped. There is a pattern in which the performance is executed at the timing and the reach is reached at the same time.

  The effect determining means 303 should determine whether or not to display the notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery or the prior determination result by performing a predetermined notice lottery and display the effect. Determine the notice effect pattern. The effect determining means 303 holds a notice determination table to be referred to for determining whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table to be referred to when selecting the kind of the notice effect pattern. The notice determination table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the decision result of the success / failure lottery or the pre-judgment result. In this way, the correspondence relationship of whether or not to display the determination result of the lottery determination and the notice effect is determined. Thereby, the high expectation degree to the big hit can be suggested by displaying the notice effect itself.

  The effect control means 304 variably displays the effect image including the decorative pattern 61 on the effect display device 60 according to the selected variation effect pattern data as the determination result of the success / failure lottery by the first lottery means 211 or the second lottery means 212. . The effect control means 304 has received a change start command for the decorative symbol 61 and a new symbol indicating that the variable symbol display of the decorative symbol 61 corresponding to the first winning lottery and the second winning lottery has been completed. This is the starting condition for fluctuation. When the effect determining unit 303 determines that the notice effect is displayed, the effect control unit 304 displays the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern on the effect display device 60 in a manner to be superimposed on the symbol variation effect. Let

  The effect control means 304 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery when the winning / losing lottery value of the second winning / losing lottery is stored, and whether or not the winning / raising lottery value of the first winning / failing lottery is stored Regardless of whether or not, the symbol variation display corresponding to the second winning / losing lottery is started. As a result, when the lottery values are held for both the first winner / lottery lottery and the second winner / lottery lottery, the lottery values held in the second winner / lottery lottery are preferentially read and the variation of the decorative design is displayed. . In such a case, the lottery value held in the first winning / losing lottery is not read until the number of holding of the second winning / losing lottery becomes 0, and the variation of the decorative design does not start. In this way, the effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display the symbol variation effect including the variation display of the decorative symbol 61.

  The effect control unit 304 further controls the lighting and extinguishing of the decorative lamp 111 and the operation of the movable accessory 66. The effect control unit 304 includes an effect display control unit 305 and an audio control unit 306. The effect display control means 305 controls display on the effect display device 60, and the sound control means 306 controls sound output from the speaker 108.

  During the change of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52, it is necessary to display an image indicating that the symbol is changing on the effect display device 60. Usually, the normal size decorative symbol 61 having a certain size is displayed in a variable manner. However, in the form of hindering the visibility of the variable size display of the normal size decorative symbol 61, the main effect contents other than the fluctuation of the decorative symbol 61 are used. A special effect may be displayed. In this case, the player is notified that the symbol is changing by variably displaying an alternative symbol which is a decorative symbol having a size smaller than the normal size decorative symbol. Hereinafter, when simply referred to as a decorative symbol, it means a normal-sized decorative symbol, but when distinguishing from an alternative symbol, the normal-sized decorative symbol is also referred to as a “normal decorative symbol”.

  The alternative symbol is displayed while the visibility of the normal decorative symbol is hindered, for example, while the normal decorative symbol is not displayed. The alternative symbol is a form of a decorative symbol for suggesting the determination result, and has a display form simplified (in other words, simplified or simplified) than the normal decorative symbol. It is displayed in a more simplified variation process. The alternative symbol has a display form on the appearance corresponding to the part indicating the symbol type of the normal decorative symbol, and has, for example, a display type indicating numbers, characters, and symbols indicating the symbol type. In addition, the alternative symbols are variably displayed in a region narrower than the region in which the normal decorative symbols are variably displayed, and typically, at positions where the main effect due to elements other than the symbols is difficult to be obstructed, for example, at the corner of the screen of the effect display device 60. Fluctuation is displayed. The alternative symbol is displayed relatively smaller than the normal decorative symbol, but has a display form in which at least the symbol type can be identified in appearance. Note that the alternative design may be a reduced version of the normal decorative design, and may be the same as the normal decorative design except for the size.

  The plurality of alternative symbols displayed in place of the plurality of normal decorative symbols suggests a high expectation that the result of the success / failure lottery will be advantageous to the player by a combination of stop modes at the end of the change. For example, a plurality of alternative symbols indicate that the expectation of jackpot in the fluctuation is high by reaching a reach state in which two symbol types out of three alternative symbols are aligned. In addition, the left and right symbols in the reach state may be a specific type of symbol that suggests a relatively high expectation level such as “3” or “7”, and the expectation level such as “1” or “2” is relative The level of expectation of the reach state may be suggested by becoming a kind of design that suggests that the reach is low. Note that the substitute symbol does not enter a definite stop state in appearance, but is in a temporary stop state in which minute shaking is maintained. After the alternative symbol is temporarily stopped, a normal decorative symbol may be displayed instead of the alternative symbol, and the normal decorative symbol may be displayed in a fixed stop state. Further, instead of displaying the normal decorative symbol and the alternative symbol exclusively, there may be overlapping display periods. Still further, during a predetermined performance in which the visibility of the normal decorative symbol is hindered, the normal decorative symbol variation display may be continued and the alternative symbol variation may be displayed.

  The clock means 307 is a time measuring circuit that outputs time information used for the game. The clock means 307 is a timer circuit that measures the time from power-on with a counter and outputs it as time information. However, a real-time clock circuit in which a battery is built in and the date and time can be continuously measured by the battery even when the pachinko gaming machine 100 is powered off or during a power failure may be used. In the case of a real-time clock circuit, there may be a slight difference in the time of each gaming machine due to individual differences and time deviations, while in the case of a timer circuit, the time difference between multiple gaming machines as long as the power is turned on at the same time. Is unlikely to occur.

  The effect determining unit 303 executes a clock tuning effect that starts at a predetermined timing triggered by the time information output by the clock unit 307 indicating a predetermined time. The clock synchronization effect is an effect that is displayed on the effect display device 60 in a synchronization effect period that is a period that is substantially asynchronous with the fluctuation period of the symbol variation and the gaming state. The synchronized production period lasts for several minutes, and its length is longer than one symbol variation time, and may include a plurality of symbol variation periods. The effect pattern of the clock synchronization effect is stored in the pattern storage means 302, and the reproduction of the predetermined music and video is determined for the effect pattern. A plurality of types of effect patterns for clock synchronization effects are prepared, and different types of effect patterns can be selected depending on the date and time such as month, date, day of the week, and time.

  The clock synchronization effect is executed regardless of whether the game is a normal game or a special game. Here, “during normal game” includes display of a so-called standby demonstration screen. In other words, during “normal game”, (1) “variable display normal game” in which symbols are variably displayed, and (2) “variation stop normal game in which symbols are not variably displayed and the standby demonstration screen is not displayed. ", (3)" Daily game during standby demonstration screen display ", which is during the display of the standby demonstration screen, not during the change display of symbols. The clock tuning effect can be executed during any period of (1) to (3), but in (2) and (3), the output mode for controlling volume reduction, luminance reduction, etc. in the clock tuning effect is ( It may be different from 1). In addition, while the standby demonstration screen is displayed, information related to the later-described mobile cooperative system can be input by the player operating the effect button 109 and the cross key 110, and when there is an operation input, video and audio output of the clock synchronization effect is output. Is suppressed and priority is given to screen display such as production customization by the mobile cooperative system.

  The clock synchronization effect is an effect in which, for example, a performance or video of a predetermined music is reproduced at a predetermined time (referred to as “synchronization effect start time”). The time that triggers the reproduction of the clock synchronization effect may be a time that reaches the pachinko gaming machine 100 with a predetermined time interval from when the power is turned on, or every hour or half hour on the basis of the standard time. It may be a time. Alternatively, a time that may vary depending on the date or day of the week may be set, and the interval may be different, such as “every hour”, not at a fixed interval, but one hour after the first, and three hours after the next. The interval may vary depending on the date or day of the week. It may be a variable setting in which the time can be specified by a game store clerk for each game store. However, it is set in advance so that the same clock tuning effect is executed at least at the same time among a plurality of identical models installed in the same game store. For example, in the case of a specification that is triggered by the time it takes to reach a predetermined time interval after power-on, a plurality of machines are powered on simultaneously at an amusement store. As a result, the same clock tuning effect is executed simultaneously on the plurality of game machines when the predetermined time is reached. As a result, production is displayed at the same time as if multiple units were synchronized, and the same music and video flow at the same time. A production effect is obtained.

  The clock synchronization effect function is also incorporated in other game machines of the same model, and a plurality of game machines on the same game island are simultaneously turned on by the game clerk every day. The plurality of game machines that are simultaneously turned on all have the synchronized production start time almost simultaneously, and the clock synchronized production can be executed simultaneously at the same time. This is called a multiple-unit synchronization effect. In that case, not only the display of the image is synchronized with multiple units, but the output of sound effects and background music is also synchronized with multiple units, and the more units that are synchronized, the more synergistic effect is achieved by performing the production all at once. Rise.

  The effect setting means 308 stores the game history of the player. The game history includes a game result history and a production result history. The game result history is a result of a game that leads to a game that a player can obtain as a result of the game, such as the number of hit balls, the number of winning balls, the number of jackpots, the number of chances of change, and the number of time reductions. The history of performance results is different from game profits, and is recorded on the performances recorded to acquire profits such as the right to change the content and type of the effects and the right to easily appear certain types of effects. It is information such as scores. For example, in order to score the number of appearances of a predetermined effect, the result of a mini-game, etc. and give it to the player, encoded information indicating the score and game history, for example, a two-dimensional code is displayed on the screen. When the player reads and decodes the two-dimensional code with the camera of his / her mobile terminal, the score and game history information obtained by the decoding are stored in the player's mobile terminal. A linkage system between the gaming machine and the player's mobile terminal via the two-dimensional code will be described later. Note that the score here is necessary to expand the range of production customization described later, and the score reaches a predetermined cumulative value (for example, reaching 1000 points, reaching 100 points, etc.) This is a specification that increases the number of items that can be customized.

  The effect setting means 308 stores the setting to select from among a plurality of types of effect contents as effect customization based on the player's selection instruction and game history. For example, as an effect pattern to be displayed during a special game, a plurality of types of effect patterns with different displayed motifs, characters, and music are prepared in the pattern storage unit 302, and the player is allowed to select which effect is to be displayed. I will do it. Alternatively, a plurality of types of motifs or character designs are prepared in the pattern storage means 302 as designs of the designs included in the decorative designs to be changed, and the player is allowed to select which of these designs is to be displayed. In these cases, when an operation of the effect button 109 or the cross key 110 by the player is received while the standby demonstration screen is displayed, and an effect pattern is selected through the operation, the effect setting means 308 displays the selection contents. Remember. The effect determining unit 303 selects the type of the effect pattern in the special game according to the setting stored by the effect setting unit 308.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically illustrating an outline of the mobile cooperation system. As a premise of the mobile cooperative system, the player registers in advance by setting an account and password in the game history server 358 provided with a dedicated site on the mobile terminal 354. When the effect button 109 is pressed by the player at the start of the game, the effect display control means 305 displays a two-dimensional code 350 encoding the address of the dedicated site of the game history server 358 on the screen of the effect display device 60, The player is made to read it with the camera of the portable terminal to access the dedicated site of the game history server 358. Character information (which is also referred to as “password information”) obtained by encoding the player identification information and the performance score history is transmitted from the dedicated site to the mobile terminal and displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal. The effect display control means 305 causes the effect display control means 305 to display the password information input screen, and allows the player to input it through the button operation of the cross key 110 or the like. The effect setting means 308 decrypts the input password information and registers it as player identification information and effect score history, so that the game content and effect score state of the player up to the previous time can be taken over. The input of the password information is an instruction to start recording of the player's game history and an instruction to start production customization for selecting various production elements. Thereafter, in the pachinko gaming machine 100, as the game or production progresses, the point set by the production setting means 308 is added at any time as the production profit and accumulated as the production score history. Can customize the production at any time and select and set the favorite elements as various production elements. The point assignment for the production is based on the addition for each symbol variation, and the higher the kind of the production with the higher expectation level for the transition to the special game, the higher the score is given, and the higher score is also given when the transition is made to the special game.

  As the effect customization, the player uses a part of the cumulatively obtained score, and the color, background, shape, character, and the like constituting the effect content displayed on the effect display device 60 according to the number of points used. Production elements such as music can be changed to a desired type. The effect setting means 308 receives an instruction element change instruction through a button operation by the player, and changes various effect elements in accordance with the instruction. A plurality of kinds of items are prepared for each element that can be customized, and different values are set as the required number of points for each item. Therefore, the number of items that can be customized increases when the accumulated score reaches a predetermined value, or a chance to increase the number of items that can be customized is given. When the player performs a button operation as an instruction to end the game or production customization, the production setting means 308 generates a two-dimensional code 350 that encodes information such as a privilege on the production, production score history, and the like. The means 305 displays on the effect display device 60. The player can read the two-dimensional code 350 with the camera of his / her portable terminal and decode the read two-dimensional code 352 to acquire information and store it in the portable terminal 354. Further, the information is transmitted from the portable terminal 354 to the game history server 358 having a dedicated site via the network 356, and managed in association with its own account information. In this way, information such as the benefits on the performance and the performance score history are transmitted to the mobile terminal 354 via the transmission means for displaying and reading the two-dimensional code 350 and managed by the game history server 358. The contents of the game and production can be taken over in the next game. Further, by continuing the game for a long time, the score can be obtained as the number of symbol fluctuations and the number of effects increase.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the main board 200 and the sub board 300. The main board 200 includes electronic components such as a main CPU 290, a main RAM 291 and a main ROM 292. The main ROM 292 stores in advance a main control program and data for controlling overall gaming operations. A main control program or data is read from the main ROM 292 into the main RAM 291, and the main control program is executed by the main CPU 290. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or a data bus (not shown). The entrance signal from each entrance and the payout signal from the payout control board 155 are acquired by the main CPU 290 via various interfaces (not shown). The main CPU 290 drives and controls external devices such as each winning opening solenoid, the first special symbol display device 41, and the second special symbol display device 42 by various drive circuits (not shown). Also, a command necessary for effect control is transmitted from the main CPU 290 to the sub-board 300 together with information such as the result of the lottery determination, the determination result of the symbol, and the determination result of the variation pattern. A signal is transmitted from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 by one-way communication.

  The instruction data transmitted from the main board 200 to the sub-board 300 has a 2-byte structure by combining 1-byte instruction type data called so-called MODE data and 1-byte instruction content data called so-called EVENT data. The main board 200 can send one command by associating the command type data and the command content data to the sub-board 300 in association with each other. The instruction type data is a bit string indicating the instruction type, and a unique type code is assigned to each instruction type in advance at the development stage. The instruction content data is a bit string indicating the contents of the instruction. The most significant bit of the instruction type data and the instruction content data is an identification bit indicating whether the instruction type data or the instruction content data. When the most significant bit is 1, it indicates the instruction type data. When the bit is 0, it indicates instruction content data.

  Since the communication from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 is a specification for transmitting 1 byte of data for each data transmission, it is necessary to transmit 2 bytes per byte in order to transmit 2 bytes of instruction data. . The MODE data that is the upper byte is transmitted in the first communication, and the EVENT data that is the lower byte is transmitted in the second communication. Considering the possibility of communication failure due to the influence of noise or the like, the main board 200 transmits the same data continuously, and when the same data is read twice by the sub board 300, the completion of the transmission / reception of the data is determined. . The main board 200 repeatedly transmits the same data until it is read twice, and transmits it up to five times.

  The sub board 300 includes electronic components such as a sub CPU 310, a sub RAM 311, a sub ROM 312, an effect display control device 313, and a sound control device 314. The sub ROM 312 is one of data storage means for holding a sub control program including effect pattern data in which an effect process is defined and display pattern data in which an effect display process is defined. A sub control program including effect pattern data, display pattern data, and sound pattern data is read from the sub ROM 312 into the sub RAM 311, and effect control by the sub control program is executed by the sub CPU 310. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or a data bus (not shown). A signal from an external device such as the effect button 109 is acquired by the sub CPU 310 via various interfaces (not shown). The sub CPU 310 uses an effect display control device 313, an audio control device 314, external devices such as an effect display device 60, a speaker 108, a decoration lamp 111, and a movable accessory 66 by various drive circuits and control circuits (not shown) according to the effect pattern data. To control the display output, audio output, lamp lighting, and effects by the action of the accessory. The sub CPU 310 transmits the display pattern data to the effect display control device 313 and transmits the sound pattern data to the sound control device 314. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub board 300 includes the effect display control device 313 and the sound control device 314 will be described. However, the sub board 300, the effect display control device 313, and the sound control device 314 are integrated as a substrate. It may be formed as separate substrates that are separated and connected to each other.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of the effect display control device 313. As shown in FIG. The effect display control device 313 includes a display CPU 320, a display RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. The data ROM 324 is one of data storage means for holding material data such as effect image data and motion data used for effect display in a compressed state. The effect image data is an image used for change display or effect display as an effect object indicating the determination result of the winning / failing lottery, for example, a sprite image of a decorative symbol used for a decorative symbol change, a sprite image used for a notice effect, and various effects. It is a material image such as a moving image to be used. The motion data is data in which an operation is defined when an effect operation is added to an image used for various effects at a predetermined timing.

  Based on the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310, effect image data and motion data designated in the display pattern data are read from the data ROM 324 to the display RAM 322, and effect display using the effect image data and motion data is performed. Is executed by the display CPU 320. As a result, a command, effect image data, and motion data related to effect display are transmitted from the display CPU 320 to the display control circuit 326, and display control is performed by the display control circuit 326.

  The display control circuit 326 includes a decoder 332, a drawing memory 334, a drawing circuit 336, a frame buffer 338, and a display circuit 340, which are connected via the bus 330. The bus 330 in this figure comprehensively shows buses such as a system bus, a data bus, and an address bus for convenience.

  The effect image data and the motion data sent from the display CPU 320 are stored in the drawing memory 334, and the compressed data among these data is decoded by the decoder 332. The drawing memory 334 is used as a work area when the effect image data or motion data is decoded by the decoder 332, or used as a work area when the drawing circuit 336 performs drawing processing or image processing. ).

  The drawing circuit 336 uses the data stored in the drawing memory 334 to sequentially execute commands sent from the display CPU 320 to generate a display image, and uses the generated display image as a frame of a moving image as a frame buffer. Stored in 338. The frame buffer 338 is a VRAM as a buffer memory that temporarily stores a frame of a moving image to be output to the effect display device 60.

  The display circuit 340 outputs the display images stored in the frame buffer 338 to the effect display device 60 in the form of video signals in the stored order. The frame buffer 338 has a memory area for two frames, for example, and while the display circuit 340 outputs a display image from the memory area for one frame, the drawing circuit 336 generates the next display image, Store in the memory area for another frame.

  The data ROM 324 holds “detailed display pattern data” in which a display control process performed by the display control circuit 326 is defined. At this time, the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310 can be referred to as “schematic display pattern data” in which an outline of the effect display process is defined. For example, the outline display pattern data defines a general flow of a series of effect display processes, such as the start and stop timings of decoration symbol change, the playback order of a plurality of moving images, and the start and stop timings of playback. . On the other hand, detailed display pattern data includes detailed display control, such as the display order of sprite images for realizing variable display of decorative symbols, and the display processing order for each frame for displaying moving images based on motion data. A process is defined.

  When the display control device 313 performs display control based on the “schematic display pattern data” sent from the sub CPU 310, the “detail display pattern data” necessary for the processing is read from the data ROM 324, and both display pattern data are read. Display process. Therefore, it can be said that the effect display control device 313 executes the display control process based on the display pattern data including “schematic display pattern data” and “detailed display pattern data”. Therefore, in this specification, unless explicitly mentioned, the “schematic display pattern data” stored in the sub-ROM 312 and the “detailed display pattern data” stored in the data ROM 324 are not distinguished, but simply “display pattern data”. " For example, when the effect control display means performs a specific process based on the display pattern data held in the data storage means, this display pattern data includes “schematic display pattern data” and “detailed display pattern data”. Shall be. In the modification, the display pattern data is not divided into “schematic display pattern data” and “detailed display pattern data”, and the display pattern data serving as both can be stored in the sub ROM 312 or the data ROM 324. Good.

  In the present embodiment, as the hardware configuration of the effect display control device 313, a configuration including a display CPU 320, a display RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326 is shown. In the modification, the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, the data ROM 324, and the display control circuit 326 may be integrated instead of being configured as separate electronic components. In addition, the processing executed by the display control circuit 326 may be executed by the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. For example, the display CPU 320 included in the effect display control device 313 may execute processing that is executed by the decoder 332, the drawing circuit 336, and the display circuit 340 included in the display control circuit 326. Further, the display RAM 322 included in the effect display control device 313 may also function as the drawing memory 334 and the frame buffer 338. In addition, the presentation display control device 313 may have a hardware configuration that does not include the display control circuit 326. In this case, the processing executed by the display control circuit 326 is performed by the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. May be executed.

  Further, in this embodiment, as the hardware configuration of the sub-board 300, a configuration in which an effect display control device 313 is included in addition to the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 and the sub ROM 312 is shown. In the modified example, the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, the ROM 312 and the effect display control device 313 may be integrated instead of being configured as separate electronic components. Further, the processing executed by the effect display control device 313 may be executed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, or the sub ROM 312. For example, the sub CPU 310 may execute the processing of the display CPU 320, the sub RAM 311 may also function as the display RAM 322, and the sub ROM 312 may also function as the data ROM 324. In addition, the sub-board 300 may have a hardware configuration in which the effect display control device 313 is not included. In this case, the processing executed by the effect display control device 313 is performed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 or the sub ROM 312. May be executed.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a control start process of the main board 200 in the pachinko gaming machine. When the power switch 150 is turned on, the main CPU 290 sets the stack pointer (S100), permits access to the main RAM 291 (S102), and executes hardware-related initial settings such as setting of the built-in registers of the main CPU 290. (S104).

  Subsequently, the power-off recovery process or the initialization process of the main RAM 291 is executed according to the operation state of the RAM clear switch, the value of the power-off information flag, and the state of data stored in the main RAM 291. Specifically, when the RAM clear switch is not turned ON and both the value of the power-off information flag and the data stored in the main RAM 291 are normal, the process at the time of power-off recovery is executed. To do. In other cases, that is, when the RAM clear switch is turned on or when the RAM clear switch is not turned on, either the power-off information flag or the data stored in the main RAM 291 is normal. If not, initialization processing of the main RAM 291 is executed.

  The main CPU 290 confirms the operation state of the RAM clear switch. When the RAM clear switch is turned on (Y in S106), the main CPU 290 initializes the main RAM 291 (S116). When the RAM clear switch is not turned ON (N in S106), the main CPU 290 checks the value of the power-off information flag (S108). If the value of the power-off information flag does not match the power-off normal data (N in S108), the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the value of the power-off information flag matches the power-off normal data (Y in S108), the data stored in the main RAM 291 is inspected (S110). As will be described later, if the processing is normally completed at the time of the previous power interruption, the main CPU 290 uses the checksum because the checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is stored in the main RAM 291. Data in the main RAM 291 is inspected. If the data stored in the main RAM 291 is not normal (N in S112), the data in the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the data stored in the main RAM is normal (Y in S112), a process for returning to the state before power-off is executed (S114).

  In the power-off recovery process (S114), power-on normal data indicating that power-on has been normally performed is stored in the power-off information flag, and various error initial settings and communication initial settings with the payout control board 155 are executed. To do. Next, the command request for untransmitted before power-off is cleared, and the command transmission of various information indicating the gaming state is requested. Subsequently, an effect command corresponding to the number of active reserved balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Subsequently, the open / closed state of the second start opening 12 and the special winning opening 20 is returned to the state before the power is turned off. Subsequently, a process for notifying the operating state of the probability variation function of the special symbol is executed.

  In the RAM initialization process (S116), the power-on normal data is stored in the power-off information flag, the entire area of the main RAM 291 is cleared to 0, and the main RAM 291 is initialized and the effect display is initialized.

  When the power-off recovery process (S114) or the RAM initialization process (S116) is completed, a count value is set to start an interrupt process to be described later, and an interrupt timer operation is started (S118). As a result, a timer interrupt is generated every predetermined time (for example, 4 milliseconds), and an interrupt process described later is executed. Subsequently, the main CPU 290 executes main processing for managing gaming machines (S120).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing in detail the main process of S120 in FIG. The main CPU 290 temporarily disables the timer interrupt (S200), starts the operation of the watchdog timer (S202), and monitors the power interruption (S204). When a drop in the power supply voltage supplied from the power supply unit 158 is detected in a power supply voltage monitoring circuit (not shown), a power cut-off memory executed by inputting an unconditional interrupt request signal from the power supply voltage monitoring circuit to the main CPU 290 In the processing, the power-off confirmation data is stored in the power-off confirmation flag. Therefore, the main CPU 290 monitors the value of the power-off confirmation flag (S204). If the value of the power-off confirmation flag matches the power-off confirmation data (Y in S206), the main CPU 290 executes processing for power-off. Therefore, it progresses to S212. When the value of the power-off confirmation flag does not match the power-off confirmation data (N in S206), in order to update the initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol, Initial value random number update processing is executed (S208), timer interruption is permitted (S210), and the process returns to S200. Thereafter, S200 to S210 are repeated. When a timer interrupt occurs while the timer interrupt is prohibited (S202 to S208), an interrupt process described later is executed after the timer interrupt is permitted in S210.

  When power-off is detected in S206 (Y in S206), the main CPU 290 restarts the watchdog timer (S212) and checks the content of the power-off information flag (S214). If the content of the power-off information flag does not match the power-on normal data (N in S214), it is determined that the data at the time of power-on is not properly saved, and the power-off abnormal data is stored in the power-off information flag. (S216), the process proceeds to S222. When the content of the power-off information flag matches the power-on normal data (Y in S214), it is determined that the data at the time of power-on is normally stored, and the power-off normal data is stored in the power-off information flag. (S218). Subsequently, at the next power-on, in order to check the backed-up main RAM 291 data, a checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is calculated and stored in the main RAM 291 (S220). Subsequently, access to the main RAM 291 is prohibited (S222), and a loop is performed until the power is turned off.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing details of the interrupt processing. When a timer interrupt occurs in the main process (S120), the main CPU 290 executes the interrupt process. First, interrupt operation conditions are set (S300), and the watchdog timer is restarted (S302). Subsequently, in order to manage gaming machines, input processing (S304), various random number update processing (S306), initial value update type random number update processing (S308), initial value random number update processing (S310), timer subtraction processing (S312) , Second start port effective period setting process (S314), winning prize monitoring process (S316), prize ball control process (S318), normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320), normal symbol control process (S322), normal symbol variation start Monitoring process (S324), start port monitoring control process (S326), special symbol control process (S328), special electric accessory control process (S330), special winning opening valid period setting process (S332), special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control Processing (S334), abnormality detection processing (S336), incoming ball passing time abnormality detection processing (S338), gaming state display processing (S340), steering wheel status signal Inspection processing (S342), LED output processing (S344), firing control signal output processing (S346), test signal output processing (S348), solenoid output processing (S350), effect control command transmission processing (S352), external information output processing (S354) are executed in order, the next timer interruption is permitted (S356), and the process returns.

  In the input process (S304), the input of the switch mounted on the game board surface, the disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, the door / frame opening signal, the magnetic detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, and the touch state signal is monitored. Is generated and stored in the main RAM 291.

  In various random number update processes (S306), the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is read from the main RAM 291 and stored when the value is less than the predetermined maximum value, and is stored when the value is greater than or equal to the predetermined maximum value. Further, the fluctuation pattern random number is read from the main RAM 291, and when the result of subtracting the predetermined value from the value is 0 or more, the subtraction result is stored, and when the result is less than 0, the predetermined maximum value is stored. As a result, the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated every time the timer interrupt occurs.

  In the initial value update type random number update process (S308), the random number per ordinary symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated. Each random number value, maximum value, and initial value are read from the main RAM 291 and the random number value is incremented. If the incremented result exceeds the maximum value, the random number is set to 0. If the incremented result matches the initial value, the initial value random number is read from the main RAM 291 and the initial value is updated. As a result, the random number per normal symbol, the random symbol per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated every time the timer interrupt occurs. Then, a new initial value is set and a random number is generated.

  In the initial value random number update process (S310), the initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are updated. The initial value random number is read from the initial value random number update table of the main RAM 291 and the value of the initial value random number is incremented. If the incremented result exceeds the upper limit, the initial random number is set to 0. Similar processing is executed in the initial value random number update processing (S208) in the main processing (S120).

  In the timer subtraction process (S312), the 2-byte timer is updated. The timer value is read from the main RAM 291. If the timer value is other than 0, the value is decremented and stored. If the timer value is 0, the timer is not updated.

  In the second start port effective period setting process (S314), the effective period of the second start port 12 is set. The second starting port 12 has a valid period during which a prize ball is paid out and a lottery relating to the second special symbol is executed by entering a game ball, and a prize ball is paid out and a second special ball is drawn even if a game ball enters. An invalid period during which the lottery related to the symbol is not executed is set. As will be described later, in the start port monitoring control process (S326), since the second start port winning monitoring process is not executed during the invalid period of the second start port 12, a game ball enters the second start port 12. Even so, the payout of prize balls and the lottery related to the second special symbol are not executed. The same applies to the case where the effective period and the invalid period are set for the first start port 11, the big winning port 20, the operating port 30, the general winning port 33, and the like. When the state of the normal symbol is “ordinary electric utility is in operation”, data indicating that the second start port 12 is in the effective period is stored in the second start port effective period flag. If the state of the normal symbol is not “operating the normal electric accessory”, if the value of the second start opening effective extension timer is not 0, the second start opening 12 is in the effective period in the second start opening effective period flag. If the value of the second start port effective extension timer is 0, data indicating that the second start port is in an invalid period is stored in the second start port effective period flag.

  In the winning monitoring process (S316), the game ball is inspected to pass through the switch. When the game ball passes through the switch, the switch has no invalid period or is currently in a valid period, and the prize ball is paid out. If there is, the winning counter is updated. It also requests creation of a security output request to be output to an external terminal and transmission of a command.

  In prize ball control processing (S318), monitoring of data reception from the payout control board 155, command transmission request to the payout control board 155, command transmission to the payout control board 155, and inspection of received data from the payout control board 155 Are executed in order.

  In the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320), when the passage of the game ball through the operation port 30 is monitored and it is determined that the game ball has passed through the operation port 30, the number of normal symbol fluctuations is less than the upper limit of 4 If it is, the number of holdings of the normal symbol is updated, and the random number related to the normal symbol is stored in the main RAM 291.

  In the normal symbol control process (S322), the state of the normal symbol is monitored, and if it is determined that the normal symbol control is being performed, the process related to the normal symbol display device 45 or the ordinary electric accessory 90 is executed. If the status of the normal symbol is “Normal symbol changing”, the normal symbol changing process is executed. If the normal symbol status is “Normal symbol stopped”, the normal symbol stop symbol displaying process is executed. If it is “operating in an accessory”, a process during operation of an ordinary electric accessory is executed, and if it is “under demonstration of an operation of an ordinary electric accessory”, a process during an end of demonstration of an ordinary electric accessory is executed. In normal symbol fluctuation processing, after changing the normal symbol, the fluctuation time is monitored, and if it is determined that the fluctuation time of the normal symbol has ended, the fluctuation stop setting of the normal symbol is set and the normal symbol status is set to `` Normal Set to “Stopping symbols”. In the normal symbol stop symbol display processing, the normal symbol stop symbol display time is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal symbol stop symbol display time has ended, the normal symbol operation end setting corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of winning, set the state of the normal symbol to “Normal Electric Tool is in operation”, save the operation status of the normal electric tool opening extension function at the start of normal electric character operation, and start the normal electric character operation The operation setting of the normal electric solenoid 91 corresponding to the operation state of the normal electric accessory opening extension function at the time is executed. In the case of detachment, the normal symbol state is set to “normal symbol variation waiting”. In the process during operation of the ordinary electric accessory, when the winning of the winning opening relating to the ordinary electric accessory 90 of the game ball is monitored and it is determined that the winning number of the winning opening relating to the ordinary electric accessory 90 has reached the maximum winning number Performs the operation end setting of the ordinary electric accessory 90 and the setting of the second start opening effective extension time. When it is determined that the number of winnings in the winning opening relating to the ordinary electric accessory 90 has not reached the maximum winning number, the opening / closing time of the entrance of the winning opening relating to the ordinary electric accessory 90 is monitored. When the opening / closing of the entrance of the prize opening according to the above is performed and it is determined that the opening of the entrance of the series of ordinary electric accessories 90 has ended, the operation end setting of the ordinary electric actor 90 and the second start opening are valid Set the extension time. If it is determined that the opening / closing time of the entrance of the winning opening relating to the ordinary electric accessory 90 has not ended, the setting of opening / closing the entrance of the winning opening relating to the ordinary electric accessory 90 is not executed. In the normal electric actor operation end demonstration process, the operation end demonstration time of the normal electric accessory 90 is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal electric accessory 90 operation end demo time has ended, the state of the normal symbol is changed to “normal symbol”. Set to "Waiting for change".

  In the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324), the state of the normal symbol is monitored. Is determined to start. If it is determined that the normal symbol variation will be started, the normal symbol operation holding ball count is decremented, and the hit determination, determination of the stop symbol, setting of the variation symbol number of the normal symbol, and setting of the variation time of the normal symbol are executed. . Thereafter, the state of the normal symbol is set to “ordinary symbol fluctuation”, and the area of the main RAM 291 used for the normal symbol state setting, the hit determination, and the variation pattern determination is cleared.

  In the starting port monitoring control process (S326), the first starting port 11 winning and the second starting port 12 winning of the game ball are monitored. When the number of reserved balls for the first special symbol is less than 4, if the winning of the game ball is confirmed, the internal random number is acquired, and the value obtained by adding the value of the soft random number per special symbol to the acquired internal random number, It is stored in the buffer as a random number per special symbol used in jackpot determination. In addition, a design random number and a variation pattern random number are acquired and stored as random numbers related to the special design. When the reservation of the second special symbol is digested in preference to the reservation of the first special symbol, only renewal of the hold related to the winning is executed, but when the special symbol reservation order is the winning order, In addition to updating the hold related to the winning, updating the total number of holds and storing the winning order is executed. Next, in order to request a notice effect command corresponding to the random number memorized at the start opening prize, the state of the gaming machine is confirmed, and if it is determined that the command transmission period, the request for the advance notice effect, the request for the advance notice effect, the pattern notice The production requests are executed in order. Here, when (1) waiting for a hit and storing the random number related to the first special symbol while the probability variation function of the normal symbol is not activated, (2) waiting for a hit and the normal symbol When the random number related to the second special symbol is stored while the probability variation function is not activated, or (3) When the random number related to the second special symbol is stored during the big hit or the small hit The command transmission period is determined. Next, an effect command corresponding to the number of reserved balls for special symbols is requested. As a result, the sub-board 300 is notified that the number of reserved balls for special symbols has been updated. As described above, in the prefetching, four hits, winning symbols, variation patterns, and the number of reserved balls are transmitted as a set to the sub board 300. Subsequently, when the value of the second start port effective period flag is inspected and the value of the second start port effective period flag is data indicating that the second start port 12 is in the effective period, the first start port winning prize is determined. As in the case, the second start opening winning monitoring process is executed. When the value of the second start port effective period flag is data indicating that the second start port 12 is in the invalid period, the second start port winning monitoring process is not executed. If the game ball winning is confirmed when the number of held balls is 0, the number of held balls is once changed from 0 to 1 and a control process related to the start of variation described later is executed. .

  In the special symbol control process (S328), the hit waiting state is inspected. If the special electric accessory is in operation, that is, during the big hit or the small hit, the special symbol control process is terminated. If the special electric accessory is not activated, the special symbol status is inspected. If it is "Waiting for special symbol variation", the special symbol control general-purpose process is terminated. If it is "Start variation", the special symbol variation is completed. The start process is executed. If the special symbol is changing, the special symbol changing process is executed. If the special symbol is stopped, the special symbol stop symbol displaying process is executed. In the special symbol variation start process, the selection number of the special symbol variation pattern is acquired based on the variation pattern random number, the variation time corresponding to the special symbol variation pattern number is determined, and the effect display is started on the sub-board 300. Requests additional symbol information, variation pattern, and character information commands, sets the special symbol state to “special symbol variation”, and clears the variation pattern determination area used to determine the special symbol variation pattern to zero. . In the special symbol fluctuation processing, after changing the special symbol, the fluctuation time is monitored, and if it is determined that the special symbol fluctuation time has ended, the special symbol change stop setting is made and the special symbol status is set to `` Special Set to “Stopping symbols”. In the special symbol stop symbol display processing, the special symbol stop symbol display time is monitored, and when it is determined that the special symbol stop symbol display time is ended, the special symbol operation end setting corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of winning, the special symbol state is set to `` Waiting for special symbol change '' in order to end the operation of the special symbol, the number of times that the special electric accessory is continuously operated is set, and the probability of the special symbol Fluctuation function, special symbol variation time shortening function, normal symbol probability variation function, ordinary symbol variation time shortening function, and normal electric accessory opening extension function are deactivated, and the state of the gaming machine is prepared to open the big prize opening Set to the middle, and execute a hit start demonstration display time setting, a hit start demonstration effect command request, and a launch position designation effect command request. When the result of the hit determination is a small hit, it judges whether the special symbol's fluctuation time reduction function and the normal symbol's probability fluctuation function have ended, updates the fluctuation pattern selection state, requests a game state command, and In order to end the operation, the special symbol state is set to “special symbol fluctuation standby”, the gaming machine state is set to the small hit start demonstration, the hit start demonstration display time is set, and the hit start demonstration effect is set. A command request and a command request for a launch position designation effect are executed. If the result of the hit determination is out of date, the operation of the special symbol variation time reduction function and the normal symbol probability variation function is judged to be completed, the variation pattern selection state is updated, the game state command is requested, and the special symbol In order to end the operation, the state of the special symbol is set to “special symbol variation waiting”, and a command request for a launch position designation effect is executed.

  In the special electric accessory control process (S330), in order to execute the process related to the special electric accessory, the operating state of the condition device and the special electric accessory is inspected, and the condition device is operating or the special electric accessory is operating If it is determined, the process related to the special electric accessory is executed. Depending on the operating state of the special electric accessory, the special prize opening opening preparation process, the special electric accessory operating process, the special prize opening closing process, the big hit end demonstration process, the small hit start demonstration process, the small hit special electric charge A process during operation, a process during closing of a small winning big prize opening, and a process during a small hit end demonstration are executed.

  In the big prize opening validity period setting process (S332), in order to save the result of the validity period judgment of the big prize opening 20, when the value of the big prize opening validity time is 0, the big prize opening validity period flag is a big prize. The invalid mouth period data is stored, and if it is other than 0, the big prize port validity period data is stored in the big prize mouth validity period flag.

  In the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334), the operating state of the special symbol is monitored to determine whether or not the special symbol is in a state where the variation can be started. When the digestion order of the reserved balls of the special symbol is the preferential digestion of the second special symbol, (1) the jackpot or the jackpot is not being hit, (2) the first special symbol is waiting for fluctuation, (3 ) When the second special symbol is waiting for variation, and (4) the special reserved symbol has a number other than 0, the special symbol can start to vary. Is determined. (5) In addition to the above (1) to (3), (5) the total number of reserved balls in the special symbol is other than 0, when the digestion order of the special symbols in the reserved ball is a winning order, (6) When the determination is consistent with the digestion order, that is, the winning order, it is determined that the special symbol can be started to change.

  When it is determined that the special symbol is in a state where the variation can be started, the number of reserved balls for operation of the special symbol is subtracted, and an effect command corresponding to the number of reserved balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Thereby, the sub board 300 is notified that the number of reserved balls of the special symbol has been updated.

  Next, a special symbol hit determination is executed. In the hit determination, it is determined whether a big hit, a small hit, or a loss is made based on a random number per special symbol, and the determination result is stored in a special symbol determination flag. Next, the design is determined. In the symbol determination, if the hit determination is a big hit, the big hit symbol is determined based on the symbol random number per special symbol. Is determined.

  If the result of the hit determination is a big hit, based on the value of the group determination number indicating the type of the winning symbol determined in the symbol determination process, the operation content of the probability variation function of the special symbol is determined. Set the gaming state after the big hit, such as the operation of the variable time shortening function and the easy-to-win state for normal symbols. Subsequently, settings such as the number of times that the special electric accessory is continuously operated and the content of the opening time of the big prize opening are executed. Subsequently, the content of the variation pattern selection state is set by selecting a variation pattern table to be referred to after the big hit is completed based on the result of the hit determination and the operation state of the probability variation function of the normal symbol. Subsequently, a start demonstration time and an end demonstration time are set with reference to a table selected based on the value of the group determination number indicating the gaming state and the type of winning symbol. Subsequently, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to “change start”.

  If the hit judgment result is a small hit, select the fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after the small hit ends, set the contents of the fluctuation pattern selection state, set the start demo time and end demo time, The area of the main RAM 291 used for determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to “change start”. If the result of the hit determination is out of place, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to “change start”.

  In the abnormality detection process (S336), the magnetic detection signal, the disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, the door / frame open signal are inspected, and if there is a change in the error state, the error state is stored. The sub board 300 is requested to display an error state effect of the gaming machine. If there is no change in the error state, the error state storage and the error state effect display request are not executed.

  In the incoming ball passage time abnormality detection process (S338), in order to detect the incoming ball passage time abnormality, the continuous on-time of each switch level is monitored. Execute time error setting, command transmission request, and security output request output to external terminal in order. If it is determined that the continuous on-time is not abnormal, the security output request is not created.

  In the game state display process (S340), each display is required to request the display of the number of times that the special electric accessory is continuously operated, the error state, the number of the reserved balls for the normal symbol, and the number of the reserved balls for the special symbol. Create data.

  In the handle state signal inspection process (S342), in order to monitor the touch state of the handle, the handle state is inspected. If it is determined that the handle state has changed as a result of the inspection, the handle state monitoring timer is subtracted. Update, setting of a handle state monitoring timer, and a command transmission request for handle state effect are executed. As a result of the inspection, if it is determined that there is no change in the handle state, the setting of the handle state monitoring timer is executed. When the result of decrementing the value of the handle state monitoring timer is other than 0, it is determined that the timer is being subtracted, and the subsequent processing is not executed.

  In the LED output process (S344), a special symbol display, a normal symbol display, a special symbol operation hold ball number display, a normal symbol operation hold ball number display, a game state display, and a special electric accessory are continuously displayed. In order to execute the display of the number of times of operation, the display of the operation state of the special electric accessory when the accessory continuous operation device is not operated, the display of the classification and the display of the error, Run the output in order.

  In the firing control signal output process (S346), in order to output a signal for prohibiting / permitting the launch of a game ball, setting of prohibition / permission of launch corresponding to the communication state with the payout control board 155 and disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality, and After obtaining the launch prohibition / permission data, the launch prohibition / permission signal is output.

  In the test signal output process (S348), a signal to be output to the test apparatus is created and output to the corresponding output port.

  In the solenoid output process (S350), in order to output the output data of the ordinary electric role solenoid 91 and the big prize opening solenoid 92, the acquisition of the output data of the normal electric combination solenoid 91, the acquisition of the output data of the big prize opening solenoid 92, and Output data is output. The operation flag and operation timer of each solenoid are acquired, and output data corresponding to the acquired solenoid operation flag and solenoid operation timer is acquired. Next, the solenoid operation timer is updated and output data is output to the solenoid output port.

  In the effect control command transmission process (S352), the presence / absence of a transmission request for a command to be transmitted to the sub-board 300 is inspected. Clear, acquire MODE data corresponding to the acquired command data, output MODE data, hold MODE data, acquire EVENT data corresponding to the acquired command data, and output EVENT data.

  In the external information output process (S354), a signal to be output to the external terminal is created, and the created signal is output to the external information output port.

  The random numbers used in the operation process of the main board 200 described above will be described in more detail. Random numbers used in the main board 200 mainly include a random number per ordinary symbol and a random number per ordinary symbol as a random number related to a normal symbol, and a random number per special symbol and a special symbol per random number as a special symbol. There are soft random numbers, special design random numbers, and variation pattern random numbers. In addition, initial random numbers for normal symbols, initial values for special symbols, random numbers for normal symbols, random numbers for special symbols, and random numbers for soft random numbers for special symbols. There are random numbers and soft initial value random numbers per special symbol.

  The random number per normal symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The random number per normal symbol is less than 4 which is the upper limit of the number of normal symbol fluctuations when it is determined in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt process that the game ball has passed through the operation port 30. In some cases, the data is acquired from a predetermined position in the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol random number is used for the hit determination and the determination of the stop symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that the variation of the normal symbol is started.

  The normal symbol variation pattern random number takes a value of, for example, 0 to 232, is updated in various random number update processing (S306) of the interrupt processing, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is less than 4 which is the upper limit value of the number of normal symbol variations held when it is determined in the normal symbol activation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt process that the game ball has passed the operation port 30. In this case, it is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is used for determining the variation pattern of the normal symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that the variation of the normal symbol is started.

  The random number per special symbol is obtained when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of reserved balls in the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326) of the interrupt process. The built-in random number and the value of the soft random number per special symbol are acquired and added to each other, and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The random number per special symbol is used to execute the big hit determination and the small hit determination in the special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

  The soft random number per special symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The soft random number per special symbol is determined in the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of reserved balls in the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326). And is used to generate a random number per special symbol as described above.

  The symbol random number per special symbol takes a value of, for example, 0 to 999, is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The symbol random number per special symbol is stored in the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of reserved balls for operation of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326). From the predetermined position and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The symbol random number per special symbol is used to determine the big hit symbol when the hit determination is a big hit in the special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

  The variation pattern random number takes a value of, for example, 0 to 49999, is updated in various random number update processes (S306) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The variation pattern random number is a predetermined value stored in the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of reserved balls in the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326). It is acquired from the position and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The variation pattern random number is used to determine a special symbol variation pattern in the special symbol control process (S328) of the interrupt process.

  The initial value random number per ordinary symbol, the initial symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol have values in the same range as the random number per ordinary symbol, the random symbol per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol, respectively. The initial value random number update process (S208) of the main process (S120) and the initial value random number update process (S310) of the interrupt process are updated and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The initial value random number per ordinary symbol, the initial symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are the random number per ordinary symbol, the random symbol per special symbol, and the special initial random number update process (S308). When updating the soft random number per symbol, it is used as the initial value of each random number.

  Since the interrupt process is executed at regular intervals by timer interruption, various random number update processes (S306) and initial value update type random number update processes (S308) included in the interrupt process are also executed at regular intervals. The That is, the random number per ordinary symbol, the regular symbol variation pattern random number, the random number per special symbol, the soft random number per special symbol, the design random number per special symbol, and the variation pattern random number are updated at regular intervals. On the other hand, the main process (S120) is a period from the end of the interrupt process until the next timer interrupt is generated, that is, the time required for the interrupt process from a certain time measured by the timer. Repeated for the reduced time. Since the time required for the interrupt process varies depending on the gaming state and the like, the initial value random number update process (S208) in the main process (S120) includes various random number update processes (S306) and initial value update type random number update processes (S308). Unlike), it is not executed at regular intervals. Thereby, the initial value random number acquired when setting the initial value in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) can be made random every time.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing control start processing of the sub-board 300 in the pachinko gaming machine. When the control of the sub board 300 is started, the sub CPU 310 sets the stack pointer (S500), prohibits all interrupts until various initial settings are completed (S502), and sets the registers of the sub CPU 310 and initializes the ports. Initial setting related to hardware is executed (S504). The control program is read from the sub ROM 312 and arranged in the sub RAM 311. Among various variables in the control program, an initial value is set for a variable with an initial value, and zero-clear data is set for a variable without an initial value. Thus, the sub RAM 311 is initialized (S506). The interrupt processing in the sub-board 300 includes processing at power-on and reset processing when various abnormalities occur when the watchdog function is effective as interrupt processing executed with the highest priority. Next, as a priority level 7 interrupt process with the highest execution priority, there is a command process received from the main board 200. Next, as a priority level 3 interrupt process with the next highest priority, CPU runaway detection by the watchdog timer There is a reset process at the time. Next, priority level 2 interrupt processing includes processing related to commands transmitted to and received from the display CPU 320, and communication processing with a real-time clock is performed as priority level 1 interrupt processing with the lowest priority. And various device control processes such as lamps, solenoids, and motors. If interrupts related to the various processes described above occur at the same time, they are executed with priority from the highest priority preset for each interrupt type. Note that the processing shown in this figure includes the power-on processing that is the highest-priority level interrupt and reset processing when various abnormalities occur, and the reset processing that is performed when CPU runaway is detected, which is a priority-level 3 interrupt. Including.

  Interrupts (priority level 7) other than commands received from the main board 200 are prohibited (S510), and various error information used in the model is set from all the error information for all models stored in advance (S512). . All lamps such as the decoration lamp 111 are turned off (S514), the operation of the watchdog timer is started (S516), and the main process is executed (S518). Normally, the main process of S518 does not return to this flow, but when the process returns, the process shifts to sleep (low power consumption mode) (S520).

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the main process of S518 in FIG. In S506 of FIG. 16, in order to check whether the control program arranged in the sub-RAM 311 is correctly arranged in the main process of this figure, the start address for starting the check is acquired (S530). All interrupts are permitted (S532), and an initialization operation for devices such as motors and solenoids is executed (S534).

  If the setting is to use the watchdog timer, the watchdog timer is cleared (S536), the decoration symbol counter is updated so that the combination of the decoration symbol removal becomes a random combination (S540), and the input port of the sub CPU 310 Is monitored (S542). In addition, since S540 is a process in a method for determining an out-of-decoration symbol using a counter, in the case of a method for determining an out-of-decoration symbol using a lottery sheet that incorporates all symbol combinations to be out-of-sequence. Does not execute the process of S540. The process of determining an out-of-decoration symbol using the lottery sheet is executed when a command indicating a special symbol stop symbol is received from the main board 200 in S552 as described later. When various errors are detected by monitoring the error state, the error is notified (S544), processing corresponding to the input state of the effect button 109 is executed (S546), and a preliminary lottery is executed (S548). Note that the notice lottery in S548 is sent to the effect display control device 313 as early as possible, in particular, as a notice effect command that appears immediately after the start of symbol variation. The notice effect that appears immediately after the start of symbol variation is drawn in the previous loop. If there is an operation request for a device such as a real time clock, a lamp, a motor, or a solenoid, the operation is executed (S550), the command stored in the command buffer is analyzed (S552), and if the command analysis is immediately after, the process proceeds to S536. Return (Y in S554), if not immediately after command analysis (N in S554), the lottery soft random number is updated as a low-priority process that may be performed in the idle time (S556), and the process returns to S536. In S552, if the command to be analyzed indicates a variation pattern of a special symbol, the variation effect pattern of the decoration symbol is determined in the processing of S552. If the command to be analyzed indicates a special symbol stop symbol, a lottery sheet is selected. If the method is used to determine the out-of-decoration symbol, the stop symbol of the ornament symbol is determined in the process of S552.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a command is received from the main board 200. The main command received from the main board 200 is a priority level 7 interrupt command having the highest priority after the reset interrupt and error interrupt. The data received from the main board 200 is read to the input port, and when the same data is read twice consecutively, the data is confirmed as a new command (Y in S600), and the confirmed command is the first command. If it is (MODE data) (Y in S602), the first command is saved in the temporary storage area (S604). A hard random number is acquired for subsequent processing (S606), and the process returns to the original routine. Thus, by acquiring a hard random number each time a main command is interrupted from the main board 200, the randomness of the value is increased without causing periodicity in the acquisition timing of the random number. If the data read in S600 does not coincide twice (up to 5 times can be read), S602 is skipped and the process returns to the original routine (N in S600).

  If the confirmed command is not the first command but the second command in S602 (N in S602), if it can be confirmed that the first command has already been properly received (Y in S608), the command buffer (command data The command write pointer, which is the reading position in the ring buffer for), is acquired (S610), and the first command and the second command are stored in the command buffer (S612). The command data stored in the command buffer is analyzed in S552 of FIG. The command write pointer is updated (S614), the first command stored in the temporary storage area is cleared (S616), and the process returns to the original routine. If the first command has not been received in S608, S610 and subsequent steps are skipped (N in S608), and the process returns to the original routine.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for effect display control occurs. This timer interrupt is a priority level 2 interrupt for transmitting a command related to effect display from the sub CPU 310 to the display CPU 320, and occurs at a cycle of 500 μs. In this interruption, the buffer is checked (S620). If there is command data for transmission in the buffer (Y in S622), the command data is read (S624) and transmitted to the display CPU 320 (S626). Note that the transmission of command data to the display CPU 320 attempts transmission up to three times at a predetermined time interval until the sub CPU 310 receives a command indicating that the display CPU 320 has normally received from the display CPU 320. After the transmission, the setting of the buffer read address is updated (S628), and the process returns to the original routine. If there is no data for transmission in the buffer (N in S622), the process returns to the original routine by skipping S624 and subsequent steps.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when the sub CPU 310 receives a command from the display CPU 320. This interrupt is also a priority level 2 interrupt. The command received from the display CPU 320 by the sub CPU 310 is a command indicating that the command transmitted from the sub CPU 310 to the display CPU 320 has been normally received. When a command is received from the display CPU 320, the received command data is read (S630), the command is analyzed (S632), stored in the command buffer (S634), and the process returns to the original routine.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for controlling various devices occurs. This timer interrupt is an interrupt for the lamp control of the decorative lamp 111, the solenoid and motor for driving the movable accessory 66, and the management control of various timers, and is generated at a cycle of 1 ms. Since priority level 1 is the lowest priority level interrupt, priority level 2 or higher interrupts are permitted (S640), a signal indicating input from the effect button 109, a signal indicating error detection, and a signal indicating power interruption Then, input / output of a port for inputting / outputting a drive signal to / from a control target device such as a motor or a solenoid is processed (S642). At this time, if a signal indicating power interruption is input, the process immediately proceeds to backup processing. Updates data related to device control, such as count processing based on the control pattern of devices such as motors and solenoids, and on / off control of a buffer for writing data to the port in S642 (S644), and a timer for measuring the timing of presentation Update (S646), update the timer for managing the effective input time of the effect button 109 (S648), and update the task control counter for lighting switch control of the decorative lamp 111, runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320, etc. Thus, a 16 ms cycle is created (S650).

  The minimum unit for lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 is 16 ms. One frame of the image display control is 16 ms or 32 ms, and the integral multiple is set as the minimum unit of the lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111, so that the lamp control and the image display control can be easily synchronized. In addition, for example, when counting a relatively long period of time such as error notification for 30 seconds, if a count of one interrupt (1 ms) period is used, the count value becomes longer than necessary, but 16 ms The count value can be shortened by setting the cycle count value.

  The task control includes 16 types of tasks from processing 0 to 15, one of which is lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 and two of which are runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320. The lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 is executed once every 16 interrupts according to the count value of the task control counter, thereby realizing switching at a cycle of 16 ms. The runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320 is assigned to, for example, processing 0 and processing 8, and when the count value of the task control counter is 0 and 8, that is, once every 8 interrupts, the toggle signal from the display CPU 320 is monitored (S652). By doing so, monitoring in a cycle of 8 ms is realized.

  The display CPU 320 outputs a toggle signal that is turned on and off for each frame. If this toggle signal does not change for the same period of 1600 ms, it is determined that the display CPU 320 is out of control, and the sub CPU 310 The display CPU 320 transmits a reset signal to the display CPU 320 and receives the reset signal, and executes the reset. Since the toggle signal is received from the display CPU 320 at a cycle of one frame (16 ms or 32 ms), monitoring is performed at a cycle of 8 ms shorter than that cycle. Finally, a timer for managing a relatively long error notification period such as an error notification for 30 seconds as described above is subtracted (S654), and the error notification ends when the timeout occurs.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a special symbol variation display process. When the second winning / failing lottery value is put on hold (Y in S700), the second winning / failing determining means 222 reads the second winning / failing lottery value to determine whether or not the second special symbol 52 is winning (S702), and the second winning / failing value is determined. The determination unit 222 determines the stop symbol of the second special symbol 52 (S704), the second variation pattern determination unit 232 determines the variation pattern of the second special symbol 52 (S706), and a variation start command is sent together with the determined result. It transmits to the sub board | substrate 300, and the symbol fluctuation | variation of the 2nd special symbol 52 is started (S716).

  If the second winning lottery value is not held (N in S700) and the first winning lottery value is held (Y in S708), the first winning / nothing lottery means 221 performs the first winning / nothing lottery. The value is read again to determine whether or not the first special symbol 51 is correct (S710), the first correctness determination unit 221 determines the stop symbol of the first special symbol 51 (S712), and the first variation pattern determination unit 231 is the first. The variation pattern of the first special symbol 51 is determined (S714), and a variation start command is transmitted to the sub-board 300 together with the determined result to start the variation of the symbol of the first special symbol 51 (S716). If the first winning / losing lottery value is not held, the processing from S710 to S722 is skipped (N in S708).

  The symbol variation display of the special symbol is processed (S718), S718 is repeated until the symbol display stop timing is reached after a predetermined variation time has passed (N in S720), and the symbol display is stopped after the predetermined variation time has elapsed. When the timing is reached (Y in S720), a variation stop command is transmitted to the sub-board 300, and the symbol variation being displayed is stopped at a predetermined stop symbol (S722), and the variation display of the special symbol is terminated. To do.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a process of decorative symbol variation display. The effect determining means 303 of the sub-board 300 receives the command indicating the change start and effect display contents from the main board 200 (S750), and stops the decorative symbol according to the received special symbol stop symbol, the variation pattern, and the determination result. A mode is determined (S752), and a variation effect pattern corresponding to the variation pattern is determined (S754). Here, when the sign setting is turned on by the pre-determination (Y in S756), the already determined variable effect pattern includes a specific effect content that should avoid the superimposed display with the notice effect. If it is not (S758 N) and the symbol change is not triggered by the precursor setting turned on (N in S760), a setting to display a predetermined notice effect is executed (S764), and the precursor setting is If it is a symbol variation that is turned on (Y in S760), the precursor setting is turned off (S762). When the sign setting is not on (N in S756) or when the specific effect content is included in the variation effect pattern (Y in S758), the processing from S760 to S764 is skipped.

  After that, the decorative design variation effect display is started (S766), the decorative symbol variation effect display processing (S768), the notice effect display processing is executed (S770), and the variation stop command is received from the main board 200. S768 and S770 are repeated (N in S772), and when the change stop command is received (Y in S772), the design change display is stopped by stopping the decorative design in the stop mode determined in S752 (S774). ), The decorative effect variation effect is terminated (S776).

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a special game process. First, the effect display control means 305 starts special game effect processing (S800), and the opening / closing control means 275 opens the special winning opening 20 (S802). If the predetermined opening time has not elapsed (N in S804) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize opening 20 has not reached nine or more, the process returns to S804 (N in S806), and whether the predetermined opening time has elapsed ( If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S804), but the number of balls entered into the big prize opening 20 has reached nine or more (Y in S806), the opening / closing control means 275 has a big prize opening. 20 is closed (S810).

  If the unit game has not reached the final round (N in S810), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the process returns to S802 (S812). If the unit game has reached the final round (Y in S810), the effect display The control means 305 terminates the special game effect processing (S814), the special game control means 260 terminates the special game (S816), and starts the execution of the specific game, that is, the probability change, the short time, the easy-to-enter state (S818). ).

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the small hit game process. First, the special winning opening 20 is opened (S820), and the opening is continued until a predetermined opening time elapses (N in S822). When the opening time has elapsed (Y in S822), the special winning opening 20 is closed. (S824) If opening / closing for the set number of times has not been completed (N in S826), 1 is added to the number of opening / closing and the process returns to S820 (S828), and opening / closing for the set number of times has been completed (in S826). Y), the small hit game ends.

  In the base technology, the number of big hits in the second game is generally larger than the big hits in the first game, that is, the second game is one big hit than the first game. In other examples, the first game may be designed to have a higher expected winning ball value than the second game. However, the first game and the second game may be designed so that the expected prize-ball acquisition values are substantially equal. In the latter case, the average number of unit games included in the special game executed in the first game and the special game executed in the second game may be designed to be equal. For example, in the first game, a special game in which a unit game is executed 10 times with a probability of 100% is executed, and in the second game, a special game in which a unit game is executed 4 times with a probability of 50%. However, a special game in which a unit game is executed 16 times with a probability of 50% may be executed. In any case, when a special area is provided in the special winning opening, and a game ball that has entered the special winning opening enters the specific area or passes through the specific area, in the normal game after the end of the special game A specific game such as a probability change state may be implemented. In this case, the special game executed when the big game is won in the second game is easier to enter the specific area than the special game executed when the big game is won in the first game. The probability that the normal game in the probability variation state is executed after the end of the special game is high may be configured. For example, there is a first hit in which a special game that makes entering a specific area relatively difficult is executed and a second hit in which a special game that makes entering a specific area relatively easy is executed. It is also possible that the second game is more likely to win the second game than the first game. Alternatively, the probability of winning second in the first game may be less than 100%, but the probability of winning second in the second game may be 100%.

(Common description of the first to third embodiments)
Hereinafter, a characteristic configuration of the embodiment will be described. The pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of start winning holes, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of holding lamps. When the game ball enters the first start winning opening or the second starting winning opening, the first winning lottery or the second winning lottery is executed, and when the determination result of the lottery becomes a big win, A special game in which the big prize opening 21) is repeatedly opened is started. On the other hand, when the determination result of the first winning / losing lottery or the second winning / losing lottery is a predetermined result called “small hit”, the big winning opening (second large winning opening 22 described later) is opened for a short time. A small hit game is executed. This small hit game is distinguished from “big hit” because it has only one unit game that is repeated multiple times in the case of a big hit. When a game ball that has entered the second grand prize opening 22 enters a specific area called “V zone” in the second big prize opening 22 (also referred to as “V entry”), The special game in which the first grand prize winning opening 21 is opened is executed. Therefore, the small hit game has substantially the same operation as the conventional second type pachinko game.

  When the special game is finished, the game shifts to a specific game called a so-called variable time reduction game (hereinafter referred to as “time saving”) with a predetermined probability. Time saving continues after the special game is over until the number of times the special symbol fluctuates reaches a predetermined number of times (hereinafter referred to as “the number of continuations”). The time reduction of this embodiment is not only the special symbol variation time shortening function, but also the two functions of extending the opening time of the ordinary electric accessory and shortening the variation time of the ordinary symbol, to enter the second start winning opening. Includes easy-to-enter conditions that increase ball ease Further, as will be described later, in the winning lottery triggered by entering the second start winning opening, the probability of determining a small hit is set high. As a result, during a short time, a small hit is likely to occur when entering the second starting prize opening, and a big hit that develops from the small hit (also called “small hit development big hit” or “small hit V”). The possibility of occurrence is also increased.

  As a result of such a configuration, in the normal game in the normal state, it is not easy to enter the second start winning opening, so first enter the first starting winning opening to generate a special game, and temporarily shift to a short time Let In addition, the game is aimed at continuation of the jackpot development big hit by acquiring the jackpot development big hit in the time saving and continuing the time saving even after the end of the special game.

  The pachinko gaming machine according to the first to third embodiments has a gaming property of increasing the number of balls by acquiring the above-mentioned small hitting development jackpot, and further has a characteristic for enhancing the interest of the game. Perform the production. In the following explanation, the “profit” given to the player affects the amount of the game that the player earns. Including. In addition, “profit” can be said to be an opportunity for a player to win a game, and it can also be said to be a benefit that a pachinko gaming machine provides to a player.

(First embodiment)
The first embodiment proposes a quasi-continuous variation effect (hereinafter also referred to as a “pseudo-continuous effect”) that suitably suggests a benefit given to the player in a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a small hit development jackpot. The quasi-continuous effect is an effect that makes it appear as if a plurality of symbol variations have been executed in a pseudo manner by displaying a temporary stop that indicates that the symbol variation has been temporarily stopped in one symbol variation. In other words, the pseudo-continuous effect is an effect that shows the pseudo continuous variation of the decorative symbol 61 during one variation of the first special symbol 51 (or the second special symbol 52) associated with one reservation. This is an effect that makes it appear that a plurality of symbol variations are continuously executed in appearance.

  Up to now, the quasi-continuous production has suggested whether or not there is a profit (for example, a big hit) given to the player depending on how many times the pseudo continuous variation is executed. Therefore, the pseudo-continuous production tends to be monotonous, and the player's interest in the pseudo-continuous production is limited to the number of executions of the pseudo continuous variation, and the player's interest may decrease relatively early. there were. For example, when the number of pseudo continuous fluctuations in a certain pseudo-continuous effect reaches a predetermined number of times such as a big hit, the player's interest in the rest of the pseudo-continuous effect may decrease at a stretch.

  Therefore, the pachinko gaming machine of the first embodiment suggests whether or not there is at least one profit among a plurality of kinds of profits that can be given to the player in relation to the small hit in the pseudo-continuous performance by the number of pseudo continuous fluctuations. To do. At the same time, the presence / absence of at least one of the plural types of profits is indicated by the display mode of the predetermined effect element at the time of temporary stop of the symbol in the pseudo-continuous effect. Thereby, in the quasi-continuous effect in the pachinko gaming machine equipped with the small hit V, it is possible to arouse the player's interest in elements other than the number of pseudo continuous fluctuations, specifically, the display mode at the time of temporary stop. As a result, the monotonization of the pseudo-continuous performance can be suppressed, and a decrease in the player's interest in the pseudo-continuous performance can be suppressed. Hereinafter, the first embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the above-described base technology.

  FIG. 26 shows a basic structure on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine according to the first embodiment. The pachinko gaming machine 500 is different from the above-mentioned premise technology in that it includes a first grand prize port 21 and a second grand prize port 22 as a grand prize port. The first big winning opening 21 is a big winning opening that functions in the same manner as the above-mentioned big winning opening 20, and when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 stops in a predetermined manner, This is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is open. The first grand prize winning port 21 is provided at the upper right position of the out port 34. The first big prize opening 21 includes a first big prize detection device 26 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a first big prize opening solenoid 93 for opening and closing the first big prize opening 21. The first grand prize detection device 26 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the first big prize opening 21 and generates first grand prize opening prize information indicating the entry at the time of entry.

  On the other hand, the second big winning opening 22 is provided as a big winning opening corresponding to the small hit game, and is opened by occurrence of the small hit. The second big prize opening 22 includes a second big prize detection device 27 for detecting the entry of a game ball, and a second big prize opening solenoid 94 for opening and closing the lid of the second big prize opening 22. . The second grand prize winning detection device 27 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the second big prize winning opening 22, and generates second grand prize winning prize information indicating the winning at the time of winning. When the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 stops in a predetermined small hit state, the second big winning opening 22 is opened as “small hit”. The second big prize opening 22 is provided in the right passage of the center decoration 64 and is attached to the right position of the lower right display area of the effect display device 560. When the so-called right hit is made so that the firing intensity is almost maximized when the second big winning opening 22 is released during the small hit game, the game ball is entered with a very high probability. The second big prize detection device 27 is provided inside the second big prize opening 22.

  The second big prize opening 22 is box-shaped and has a front shape that is a trapezoid or a parallelogram so that the right end is higher than the left end. For this reason, when a game ball is placed on the upper surface of the box-shaped second big prize opening 22, it rolls by gravity from right to left. A slide-type lid is provided on the upper surface, and when the lid slides and the opening is exposed, all of the game balls flowing from right to left almost surely fall into the opening and enter the second grand prize opening 22. Become a sphere. On the contrary, while the opening is closed with the slide type lid, the game ball rolls and passes over the lid, and between the center ornament 64 located on the left side of the second big prize opening 22. The game ball is guided to the second operation port 32, the second start port 12, or the first big winning port 21 through the passage. Since members are provided between the second grand prize opening 22 and the outer periphery of the game area so that the game balls cannot pass, almost all of the right-handed game balls are guided to the second big prize opening 22. . When the second big prize opening 22 is closed, the game ball rolling on the second big prize opening 22 is designed to fall downward from the passage on the left side immediately.

  A specific area is provided inside the second big prize opening 22. A distribution mechanism (not shown) for distributing game balls to either the specific area or the non-specific area is provided inside the second grand prize winning port 22. When a game ball enters the second grand prize opening 22 and is detected by the second big prize detection device 27, a prize ball is awarded as a prize to the big prize opening. When entering a specific area is detected, a decision is made to shift to a special game. If no entry into the specific area is detected, the game returns to the normal game after the small hit game ends.

  In the present embodiment, the second large winning opening 22 and the distribution mechanism function as a “variable pitching device”. Here, the variable pitching device is a device that is operable to change to a pitchable state, and is a device in which a specific area is provided in the internal space. In the present embodiment, the second large winning opening 22 is operated so as to be able to enter the ball, and it is possible to enter the specific region only when the distribution mechanism is operated to guide the specific region. Is done. In the modified example, the distribution mechanism may not be provided, and the second grand prize opening 22 may be configured to function as a variable pitching device. What are the second big prize opening 22 and the distribution mechanism? The variable pitching device may be configured by another different movable member.

  In the special game according to the present embodiment, the first special game that is executed when the symbol at the time of stoppage is a big hit, and the small hit is developed into a big hit after the symbol at the time of stoppage is a small hit. And a second special game that is executed at the opportunity. The first special game is the same as the special game shown in the base technology described above.

  The second special game is executed in response to the passage of a specific area in the small hit game (V entering). When the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, the game shifts to a small hit game constituted by one unit game, and the opening / closing operation of the second big prize opening 22 is executed. Is done. In one unit game constituting the small hit game, the second big prize opening 22 is opened for a time shorter than a predetermined reference time (for example, 1.8 seconds). Specifically, in one unit game constituting the small hit game, the second big prize opening 22 is opened and closed a plurality of times so that the total opening time is less than a predetermined reference time. In the embodiment, in the small hit game, the second big prize opening 22 is opened for about 0.65 seconds (0.05 seconds × 13 times).

  If the player enters a specific area provided inside the second big winning opening 22 during the small hit game, the development from the small hit to the big win is confirmed, and the second special game is executed. In the second special game, as in the first special game described above, the first grand prize opening 21 is opened, and after the opening lasts for about 30 seconds, which is a predetermined reference time or more, or nine or more game balls are It is closed once after entering. After the opening / closing of the first big prize opening 21 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 8 times, the second special game is ended. Therefore, when the second special game is executed, after the second big prize opening 22 is opened, the first big prize opening 21 is opened a plurality of times.

  A state display lamp 502 for indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine 500 is provided at the lower right position outside the gaming area 81. The status display lamp 502 includes, for example, two lamps. The first lamp indicates whether or not the time-short state is set, and the second lamp indicates whether or not the game state is to be right-handed. The first lamp is turned on when the normal game is in the short-time state, and is turned off when the normal game is in the normal state. The second lamp is turned on when the game is to be right-handed, that is, when the player is in the short-time state, the small hit game state, or the special game state, and is turned off when the player is in the normal state. Therefore, the second lamp of the status display lamp 502 functions as a so-called “right-handed display light”, and displays whether or not the game state should be right-handed in a certain display mode.

  FIG. 27 is an external perspective view schematically showing the configuration of the second grand prize opening 22, and the momentum (rolling speed) of the game ball rolling on the slide plate 510 of the second big prize opening 22 is reduced. An example of the structure for making it do is shown. As described above, the slide plate 510 provided on the upper surface of the second grand prize opening 22 is provided so as to be slightly inclined so as to be lowered to the left with respect to the horizontal direction. As a result, the game ball rolling on the slide plate 510 tends to accelerate as it is, and even if the slide plate 510 is displaced from the closed state to the open state, the game ball cannot be guided well inside the box-like member 512. There is a fear. Therefore, in this embodiment, the momentum of the game ball rolling on the slide plate 510 is reduced by advancing the game ball rolling on the slide plate 510 in a zigzag manner. Thereby, even when the second grand prize winning port 22 repeats short-time opening for a very short time (for example, about 0.05 seconds to 0.2 seconds), the time for the game ball to stay on the slide plate 510 To increase the likelihood that a game ball will enter during any short-term release.

  FIG. 27A shows the second big prize opening 22 when the slide plate 510 is in a closed state. As shown in the drawing, within the range in which the game ball rolls on the slide plate 510, a plurality of protrusions 516a are provided on the game board side, and a plurality of protrusions are also provided on the transparent plate side facing the game board. 516b is provided. Further, the plurality of projections 516 a on the game board side and the plurality of projections 516 b on the transparent plate side are alternately arranged along the flow path on the slide plate 510. The plurality of protrusions 516 b on the transparent plate side are attached to a transparent transparent plate 514 that extends upward from the box-shaped member 512. By not directly fixing the plurality of protrusions 516b to the transparent plate 103 covering the front side of the game board 80, when the transparent plate 103 is opened for the purpose of maintenance of the gaming machine, the protrusions 516b are exposed to the outside. It can be prevented from becoming easily damaged. Further, by configuring the transparent plate 514 with a transparent member, it is possible to prevent the visibility of the game ball entering the second big prize opening 22 from being impaired. In the modification, a protrusion or a recess for forming a zigzag channel may be formed on the slide plate 510.

  By alternately providing the plurality of protrusions 516a and 516b on the slide plate 510, the game balls can be advanced in a zigzag manner so that the momentum of the game balls tends to decelerate. For example, a game ball is continuously fired to the second grand prize opening 22 by right hitting (one ball is launched at intervals of about 0.6 seconds), and rolls on the slide plate 510 to When the vehicle is decelerated so that it takes 2-3 seconds to fall to the left side, there are always about 3 to 5 game balls on the slide plate 510. As a result, even when the slide plate 510 is opened for a short time, as shown in FIG. 27B, a plurality of game balls can be guided together in the second grand prize opening 22. The game balls dropped into the box-like member 512 pass through the passage opening 518 one by one, and a winning detection is made.

  The number of game balls staying on the slide plate 510 and the staying time can be adjusted by changing the length and inclination angle of the second big winning opening 22 and the number and interval of the protrusions 516a and 516b. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 27 (a), when the right-handed continuous firing is continued, the design is such that three game balls stay on the slide plate 510, and the slide plate 510 is opened. When displaced to the state, approximately three game balls are adjusted so as to enter the box-shaped member 512 together. Therefore, according to the second big prize opening 22 of the present embodiment, the game ball can win the second big prize if an appropriate launch operation (right-handed) is performed at an appropriate timing (after the right-handed notification) during the small hit game. It is possible to enter the mouth 22 almost certainly. In addition, the structure of the 2nd big prize opening 22 shown in FIG. 27 is only an example, and the 2nd big prize opening 22 of a structure different from the example to show in figure may be provided.

  FIG. 28 is a diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the second big prize opening 22, and particularly shows the configuration of the lower region 520 of the second big prize opening 22. The slide plate 510 opens and closes the entrance of the second grand prize port 22 according to the control of the second grand prize port solenoid 94. The second big prize opening solenoid 94 controls the slide plate 510 to be in an open state, and operates the slide plate 510 so as to open the entrance of the second big prize opening 22, so that a game is made inside the second big prize opening 22. The ball is ready to flow. The second big prize opening solenoid 94 controls the slide plate 510 to a closed state, and operates the slide plate 510 so as to close the entrance of the second big prize opening 22, thereby playing a game inside the second big prize opening 22. The ball cannot enter. The game balls that have entered the second grand prize winning port 22 once flow in the left direction, and flow into the lower region 520 of the second big prize winning port 22 from the passing port 518 through which each ball can pass. The second grand prize detection device 27 detects a game ball entering the second grand prize opening 22 and specifically detects a game ball that has passed through the passage opening 518 and dropped into the lower area 520.

  A discharge path 528 is provided in the lower region 520 of the second big prize opening 22. The discharge path 528 is a path for discharging the game ball that has entered the second grand prize winning port 22 to the outside of the second big prize winning port 22, and is typically for discharging to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 500. This is the route. In the lower region 520, a specific region opening / closing device 522 is provided in the middle of the flow path from the passage port 518 to the discharge path 528. The specific area that is a condition for shifting to the second special game corresponds to an area below the specific area opening / closing device 522, and can be passed when the specific area opening / closing device 522 is opened, and the specific area opening / closing device 522 is closed. If it is, it will be impossible to pass.

  The specific area opening / closing device 522 operates to switch between an open state that allows passage to the specific area and a closed state that disables passage to the specific area. The specific area opening / closing device 522 has a slide member or a valve member that operates according to the control of the specific area opening / closing solenoid 524. The specific area opening / closing device 522 operates so as to open the flow path to the specific area, thereby allowing the game ball to pass to the specific area, and operates to close the flow path to the specific area. As a result, the game ball enters a closed state in which it is impossible to pass the game ball to the specific area. The specific area passage detection device 526 is provided below the specific area opening / closing device 522 and detects the passage of the game ball in the specific area. The specific area passage detection device 526 generates specific area passage information indicating the passage when a game ball passes through the specific area.

  The specific area opening / closing device 522 operates so as to repeat the open state and the closed state at a constant cycle, for example, operates so as to repeat an open period of about 10 seconds and a closed period of about 50 seconds. When the opening period of the specific area opening / closing device 522 corresponds to the opening timing of the second big prize opening 22, that is, the game ball that has entered the second big prize opening 22 with the slide plate 510 opened is opened and closed in the specific area When the specific area opening / closing device 522 is opened at the timing of rolling to the position of the device 522, the specific area can be substantially passed. On the other hand, when the opening period of the specific area opening / closing device 522 does not correspond to the opening timing of the second big prize opening 22, that is, the game ball that has entered the second big prize opening 22 with the slide plate 510 opened is specified. When the specific area opening / closing device 522 is closed at the timing of rolling to the position of the area opening / closing device 522, the passage through the specific area is substantially impossible. In the present embodiment, the second large winning opening 22 (slide plate 510) is opened during the open period of the specific area opening / closing device 522 (and the open period remains sufficiently) so that a V-entry is generated at the time of a small hit. ) Is opened so that the operation timing of the slide plate 510 is controlled.

  The appearance of the second major winning opening 22 is configured such that the opening situation of the specific area and the state of entering the specific area are visible or easy to see from the player. For example, a structure indicating a mark such as “V” is installed in the vicinity of the specific area, and configured so that the specific area is provided in the appearance. More specifically, the front surface of the second major winning opening 22 and at least the front surface in the vicinity of the specific region (for example, the lower region 520) is formed of a highly permeable member or a transparent member. In the modified example, by forming the front surface of the lower region 520 with a member having low permeability or non-permeability, the opening situation of the specific area and the entering situation to the specific area cannot be visually recognized by the player. You may comprise so that visual recognition may become difficult.

  As described above, the second big winning opening 22 of the embodiment is configured to enter a specific area (V-entry) almost 100% by right-handed hitting in the small hit game. The reason for this is to prevent the situation where the time reduction ends without entering the V because the time reduction ends when the small hit symbol stops in the time reduction state as a countermeasure.

  FIG. 29 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 500. Compared with the functional block of FIG. 3 described above, the pachinko gaming machine 500 includes a first grand prize opening 21 and a second big prize opening 22 instead of the big prize opening 20, and is a status display lamp controlled by the main board 200. It differs from the above-described functional block in that it includes 502.

  The main board 200 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 is electrically connected to the first grand prize winning port 21 and the second grand prize winning port 22. The first big prize opening 21 includes a first big prize detection device 26 and a first big prize opening solenoid 93. The second big prize opening 22 includes a second big prize detection device 27, a second big prize winning solenoid 94, a specific area passage detection device 526, and a specific area opening / closing solenoid 524.

  The main board 200 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 has the same functional configuration as the block diagram shown in FIG. When receiving the first grand prize opening winning information, the winning determination means 201 determines that the gaming ball has won the first big winning opening 21, and when receiving the second big winning opening winning information, the gaming ball receives the second big winning prize. It is determined that a prize has been won in the mouth 22. Upon receiving the specific area passage information, the entrance determination means 201 determines that the game ball has passed the specific area.

  The main display control means 250 controls the display of the status display lamp 502. The main display control means 250 turns on the first lamp of the state display lamp 502 when the gaming state is the short-time state, and turns off the first lamp of the state display lamp 502 when the gaming state is the normal state. . Further, the main display control means 250 turns on the second lamp of the state display lamp 502 when the game state is to be right-handed, that is, when it is in the short-time state, the small hit game state or the special game state, The second lamp of the status display lamp 502 is turned off in the normal state that is a game state in which the player should make a left turn.

  FIG. 30 schematically illustrates a success / failure determination table according to the embodiment. In the present embodiment, the winning lottery value acquired by the first winning / failing determination unit 221 falls in the range of 65405 to 65535, and the winning lottery value acquired by the second winning / failing determination unit 222 is in the range of 45876 to 65535. It will be a small hit if it falls under. That is, the probability of hitting by entering the first starting port 11 is about 0.2%, while the probability of hitting by entering the second starting port 12 is about 30%. Small hits are more likely to occur when the ball enters the second start port 12 than when the ball enters the ball. As a result, the probability of a small hit development jackpot in the second game is increased. The big hit probability of the first game and the second game is both about 0.3%, and the hit in the second game is almost a small hit. In this embodiment, a probability variation state in which the jackpot range is expanded from the normal time is not provided, and the success / failure determination table for the probability change is not prepared.

  FIG. 31 schematically illustrates a symbol determination table according to the embodiment. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 execute symbol determination with reference to the symbol determination table shown in FIG. FIG. 31 (a) corresponds to FIG. 7 (a), and is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit. FIG. 31 (b) corresponds to FIG. 7 (b), and is a table that is referred to when the determination result is wrong. FIG. 31C corresponds to FIG. 7C, and is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a small hit.

  The special symbol type “0” shown in FIG. 31 (a) is associated with a 16R big hit with a short time as a specific big hit, and the special symbol type “1” is associated with an 8R big hit without a short time as a normal big hit. It is done. In the pachinko gaming machine 500 according to this embodiment, when the determination result is a big hit, the selection probability for 16R big hit with time reduction is set to 50%, and the selection probability for 8R big hit without time reduction is set to 50%.

  The special symbol type “5” shown in FIG. 31 (c) is associated with a small hit that shifts to 8R big hit with a short time according to the small hit development (in other words, V-entry), and the special symbol type “5” “6” is associated with the small hit that shifts to the 8R big hit without time reduction with the development of the small hit. The probability of shifting to 8R special games at the time of small hit development is 40%, of which the probability of being given a short time is 50%. The special symbol type “7” is associated with a small hit that shifts to a 6R big hit with a shortened time with the development of a small hit, and the special symbol type “8” has no short time with a small hit development. A small hit that shifts to a 6R big hit is associated. The probability of shifting to 6R special games at the time of small hit development is 60%, of which the probability of being given a short time is 50%.

  The special figure holding means 241 stores the success / failure lottery value up to four for the first success / failure lottery, and stores the success / failure lottery value up to one for the second success / failure lottery value. As a modified example, the second lottery value may also be stored with a predetermined number of two or more as the upper limit.

  In the present embodiment, the reason why the reserved number in the second game is smaller than the reserved number in the first game is to prevent the player's excessive gambling and illegal acts from occurring. is there. In the second game, when two or more winning / losing lottery values are held, once the game is shifted to the special game, the lottery result based on the winning / losing lottery value held during the special game or during the short time is displayed after the special game. It will be a small hit, and the possibility of developing to a big hit will increase. In particular, in a gaming machine having a relatively high probability of hitting a small game in the second game and having a relatively high probability of generating a big hit by entering a specific area thereafter, as in the present embodiment, the special game is being played or the time is short. If two or more lottery values are reserved, there is a possibility of excessively generating small hits and big hits. In addition, if a big hit without time saving occurs, the previous continuous state should end, but if the second winning lottery value is held to some extent, a small hit will occur within that hold, and it will be substantially continuous. Chan may continue. Therefore, in this embodiment, in order to prevent such an excessive bias in profit state, the number of reserves is kept small for the second game.

  The special game control means 260, when the first special lot 51 by the first lottery means 211 results in the transition to the special game (that is, big hit), when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode It is determined that the special game operating condition is established, and the first special game is executed by opening the first big prize opening 21. Similarly, the special game control means 260, when the second special lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in the transition to the special game, when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode It is determined that the special game operation condition is satisfied, and the first special game is executed by opening the first grand prize opening 21. In addition, the special game control means 260, when a ball entering the specific area in the second big prize opening 22 is detected during the small hit game, the second special game condition is to enter the specific area. Run a game. Similar to the first special game, the second special game is executed by opening the first grand prize opening 21.

  The small hit game control means 265 operates the small hit game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode when the first lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in a small hit. It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and the small winning game is executed by opening / closing the second big winning opening 22 to the opening / closing control means 275. Similarly, when the second lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in a small win, the small hit game control means 265 is small when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode. It is determined that the winning game operating condition is satisfied, and the small winning game is executed by opening the second big winning opening 22 in the opening / closing control means 275. In the small hit game, the unit game is executed once, and the second big prize opening 22 is opened and closed a plurality of times in one unit game. The small hit game control means 265 opens the second big prize opening 22 so that the total of the plurality of opening times of the second big prize opening 22 is less than a predetermined reference time (about 1.8 seconds). Then, the second big prize opening 22 is closed to end the small hit game.

  The specific game control means 270 controls the normal game in the short time state and the easy entry state. When the special symbol is a special jackpot symbol with a short time, the specific game control means 270 shifts the gaming state to the short time state and the easy-to-enter state after the special game ends. In the case of a small hit development big hit, if the small hit symbol (in other words, the special symbol stop mode at the time of the small hit) is a specific big hit symbol, after the special game is over, the state is shifted to the short-time state and easy to enter the ball . In the short-time state and the easy-to-enter state, the number of fluctuations of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 from the transition point reaches a predetermined number (100 in the embodiment), or a small hit occurs ( Continue until one of the special symbols is met).

  In the short-time state, the first variation pattern determination means 231 and the second variation pattern determination means 232 select a variation pattern with a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is substantially shortened. To do. However, in the normal state, the fluctuation pattern table corresponding to the number of holdings of the success / failure lottery value by the holding control unit 240 is referred to, and a fluctuation pattern with a longer fluctuation time is more likely to appear as the number of holdings by the holding control unit 240 decreases. In the easy-to-enter state, both normal symbol change and the opening extension of the second starting port 12, or only the opening extension of the second starting port 12 is performed. In other words, the specific game control means 270 causes the second start port 12 to be in the open extended state when the specific big hit is achieved, and further increases the winning probability of the open lottery only when the success / failure lottery is the second successful / bad lottery. Transition to a higher probability state than the normal probability state. In this way, in the easy-to-enter state, the normal symbol time is shortened, the normal symbol is probable, and the second start opening 12 is extended and extended (functioning as the “entrance variation mechanism”).

  When entering the easy-to-enter state, the player generates a small hit by aiming at the second starting port 12 to open the second large winning port 22 and perform a game to be promoted to the second special game. As described above, if the player enters the second big winning opening 22, the player can expect to enter the specific area almost certainly. Therefore, if the player enters the short time, the second special game can be obtained with a high probability by developing small hits. On the other hand, when it is not easy to enter the ball (that is, in the normal state), it is difficult to enter the ball even if aiming at the second starting port 12, so the big special symbol 51 is aimed at the first starting port 11. The player performs the game to be allocated. As described above, it is relatively difficult to shift from the normal state to the easy entry state. However, once the easy entry state is entered, the possibility that the easy entry state continues due to the small hit development big hit increases. Therefore, once a transition to the easy-to-enter state is made, it is easier to maintain the easy-to-enter state than usual, and more opportunities for entering a specific area can be obtained. Increases nature.

  The opening / closing control means 275 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory 90, the first grand prize winning port 21, the second grand prize winning port 22, and the specific area opening / closing device 522 at the second starting port 12. In the small hit game, the opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the second large winning opening solenoid 94 to open the second large winning opening 22 and sends an opening instruction to the specific area passage detecting device 526 to cause the specific area opening / closing apparatus 522 to open. Open.

  The second variation pattern determining means 232 responds to a pseudo-continuous effect from a plurality of types of variation patterns with a predetermined probability when the result of the success / failure determination by the second success / failure determination means 222 is a predetermined result. Select the fluctuation pattern to be used. The determination result of the success / failure determination includes both a case where the determination result is wrong (typically other than big hit and small hit) and a case where the hit is small. Note that, similarly to the second variation pattern determination unit 232, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 may be configured to be able to select a variation pattern corresponding to the pseudo-continuous effect.

  The sub board 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 has the same functional configuration as the block diagram shown in FIG. The pattern storage means 302 holds a plurality of small hit game effect patterns that define the execution process of the small hit game effect executed during the small hit game. The pattern storage unit 302 holds a plurality of types of pseudo-continuous effect patterns including execution processes of a plurality of types of pseudo-continuous effects as small hitting game effect patterns.

  The pseudo continuous effect pattern of the present embodiment defines a process of pseudo continuous variation (display mode) and a display process (display mode) of a predetermined effect element at the time of temporary stop. The former process of pseudo continuous fluctuation includes the number of pseudo continuous fluctuations (hereinafter also referred to as “pseudo continuous frequency”). The latter predetermined effect element is the decorative symbol 61 in the embodiment, but may be various objects other than the decorative symbol 61, such as a background (image showing a background), a character, and a pattern of the effect display device 60.

  The pseudo-continuous performance pattern of the present embodiment suggests the presence or absence of at least one profit among a plurality of types of profits that can be given to the player in relation to the small hit, and among the plurality of types of profits The presence / absence of at least one profit is determined by the display mode of a predetermined effect element at the time of temporary stop. In other words, the pseudo-continuous performance pattern of the present embodiment has contents that suggest whether or not there is a benefit given to the player depending on whether or not the first condition regarding the number of pseudo continuous fluctuations is satisfied, and the first condition is It includes both contents indicating whether or not there is a benefit given to the player depending on whether or not the second condition relating to the display mode of the predetermined effect element at the time of temporary stop is satisfied regardless of whether or not it is satisfied. The suggestion of presence / absence of profit in this embodiment includes indicating the degree of expectation of profit provided to the player (for example, the probability of occurrence of a small hit or a short-time grant). For example, the content may indicate that the expectation of various benefits is relatively high, or the expectation of various benefits is relatively low. As a modified example, the pseudo-continuous performance pattern may be content that informs the profit given to the player in a definite manner.

  Multiple types of benefits that can be given to players in relation to small hits are: (1) Presence / absence of small hits in the relevant fluctuations, (2) Presence / absence of short-time transition after big hits, and (3) Special figure holding means 241 includes whether or not a lottery value indicating another small hit is held (also referred to as “small hit hold”). The fact that there is a small hit on hold in (3) can be said that it has been confirmed that a new small hit will occur in a change after the change, and it can be said that another small hit is already held. It can be said that there is a continuous chain in the winning machine. Note that the plurality of types of profits may further include (4) the number of unit games (number of rounds) of special games that accompany the small hit development.

  Further, the pseudo-continuous effect pattern of the present embodiment is determined so that the number of pseudo-continuous times and the display mode (for example, presence or absence of an effect) of a predetermined effect element at the time of temporary stop indicate the presence or absence of different types of profits. It is done. In other words, the pseudo-continuous performance pattern of the present embodiment suggests the presence or absence of the first profit among a plurality of types of profits that can be provided to the player in relation to the small hits, and indicates the plurality of types The presence / absence of the second profit different from the first profit among the profits is suggested by the display mode of the predetermined effect element at the time of temporary stop. As a modified example, both the pseudo number of pseudo consecutive times and the display mode of the predetermined effect element at the time of temporary stop may be determined so as to indicate the presence or absence of the same type of profit.

  Further, in the pseudo continuous effect pattern of the present embodiment, the modes (arranged in the embodiment) of the plurality of decorative symbols 61 at the time of temporary stop during the pseudo continuous effect are determined so as to indicate the chance eyes. By stopping a plurality of decorative symbols 61 in a manner showing chance chances, this stop is a temporary stop and further suggests to the player that the fluctuation will continue, increasing the player's expectation. In the embodiment, the chances are “123”, “345”, etc., but as a modified example, “321”, “543”, etc. may be reversed, and the player is likely to feel some meaning. Any stop mode (arrangement) may be used.

  The effect determining means 303 indicates that the result of determination as to whether or not notified from the main board 200 indicates a predetermined result (for example, small hit or miss), and the variation pattern notified from the main board 200 indicates pseudo continuous variation (pseudo continuous variation). In the case of a variation pattern associated with an effect), one of a plurality of pseudo-continuous effect patterns held in the pattern storage unit 302 is selected. The plurality of pseudo-continuous performance patterns in the embodiment are associated with combinations of a plurality of types of profits that can be provided to the player in relation to the small hits. The effect determining means 303 is based on the presence / absence, type, and size of the benefit given to the player indicated by the data notified from the main board 200 (for example, the determination result as the main determination or the preliminary determination result). One of a plurality of pseudo-continuous performance patterns is selected.

  The pseudo-continuous production in the example indicates that the small hit (the result of the symbol variation becomes a small hit) is indicated by the number of pseudo continuous being 5 or more. On the contrary, the fact that the small hit does not occur (that the result of the symbol variation is out of order) is suggested by the fact that the number of pseudo consecutive times is 4 or less. In addition, when the small hit development big hit, a time reduction is given, that is, when a transition is made from a small hit → V entry → special game, the normal game after the end of the special game is shifted to the short time. This is indicated by the number of times being 3 or more. On the contrary, in the case of small hit development big hit, it is suggested that the number of consecutive effects is 2 times or less that time is not given. As a modified example, a pattern in which a small hit is generated with a predetermined probability may be provided even if the number of pseudo consecutive times is a predetermined number (for example, 4 times) or less. As a modification, even if the number of consecutive effects is less than or equal to a predetermined number (for example, 2 times), it may be configured to give a short time after a small hit development big hit with a predetermined probability.

  The effect means a special display effect (for example, display, movement, light emission, etc. in a size different from normal) that is applied to the decorative symbol 61 when the decorative symbol 61 is temporarily stopped in the pseudo-continuous effect. In the embodiment, the presence or absence of time reduction is suggested depending on whether or not the display of the effect on the decorative design 61 is continuously executed over a plurality of temporary stops. Specifically, the number of effects displayed at each temporary stop over multiple temporary stops (referred to as “effect continuous number”) is three times or more. It is suggested to be granted. As described above, the target to which the effect is applied is not limited to the decorative design 61, and may be a character displayed on the effect display device 60, another design, a background, or the like.

  FIG. 32 shows a pseudo continuous effect pattern of the example. The first pseudo-continuous production is set to 6 pseudo-continuations and 3 consecutive effects, suggesting that a small hit occurs in the fluctuation and that a short time is given after the small hit development big hit. This is a pseudo-continuous production. The effect determining means 303 detects that a small hit is generated due to the symbol variation based on the result of determination of success / failure notified from the main board 200, and after the small hit development big hit based on the symbol determination result notified from the main board 200. When it is detected that the time is given, a variation effect pattern corresponding to the first pseudo-continuous effect is selected. When the notice effect pattern determines the display of the effect on the decorative symbol 61, a notice effect pattern corresponding to the number of consecutive effects may be further selected.

  Further, the second pseudo-continuous effect is a pseudo-continuous effect that suggests the occurrence of a small hit in the fluctuation by the number of times of the pseudo-continuous 5, and suggests that the time is not given by the continuous number of times of the effect. When the effect determining means 303 detects that a small hit occurs due to the symbol variation and no short time is given due to the small hit development big hit, it selects a variable effect pattern corresponding to the second pseudo-continuous effect. Further, the third pseudo-continuous effect is a pseudo-continuous effect that suggests that a small hit does not occur due to the fluctuation due to the number of times of the pseudo continuous four times (naturally, a small hit development big hit does not occur). When the effect determining means 303 detects that no small hit occurs due to the symbol variation, the effect determining means 303 selects a variation effect pattern corresponding to the third pseudo-continuous effect.

  The correspondence relationship between the types of profits that can be given to the player in relation to the small hits and the pattern of the pseudo-continuous performance can be various in addition to the embodiment. The pseudo-ream performance of the modified example suggests whether or not to shift to the short-time state (easy entry state) after the end of the special game accompanying the small hit development, and again in the normal game after the end of the special game Whether or not a small hit occurs may be suggested by a display mode of a predetermined effect element at the time of temporary stop.

  The pseudo-continuous production of this modified example has a stage in the number of pseudo-reams, suggests that the small hits are generated by the number of pseudo-reams being 5 or more, and that a short time is given in the case of small hits development big hits. It may be further suggested that the number of pseudo continuous operations is 9 or more. Further, it may be suggested that the number of pseudo-continuations is 5 times or more and 8 times or less that a small hit occurs but does not shift to a short time after a small hit development big hit. Further, presence / absence of small hits may be suggested by the number of consecutive effects, and specifically, the presence of small hits may be suggested by the number of consecutive effects being 5 or more.

  FIG. 33 shows a pseudo continuous effect pattern of a modification. The first pseudo-ream effect of the modified example is set to 10 pseudo-continuations and 5 consecutive effects. The occurrence of small hits in the fluctuation, short-time grant after small hit development big hit, This is a pseudo-continuous production that suggests that there is a hold. The effect determining means 303 detects the occurrence of a small hit in the fluctuation, detects that a time is given in the small hit development big hit, and detects the presence of the small hit hold, the first pseudo An effect pattern for continuous effects may be selected. The effect determination means 303 refers to the information indicating the result of the pre-win / fail determination notified from the main board 200, and determines that there is a small hit hold when the lottery value range indicated by the information corresponds to the small hit. Good.

  Further, the effect determining means 303 may select the effect pattern for the second pseudo-continuous effect when detecting the occurrence of a small hit in the change, the provision of a short time after the small hit development big hit, and no small hit hold. . In addition, when the occurrence of a small hit in the change, the absence of a short time after the small hit development big hit, and the presence of a small hit hold are detected, an effect pattern for the third pseudo-continuous effect may be selected. In addition, when the occurrence of a small hit in the change, no short time after the small hit development big hit, or no small hit hold is detected, either the effect pattern for the fourth pseudo-continuous effect or the effect pattern for the fifth pseudo-continuous effect May be selected with a predetermined probability by lottery or the like. In addition, when it is detected that no small hit occurs in the fluctuation, either the effect pattern for the sixth pseudo-continuous effect or the effect pattern for the seventh pseudo-continuous effect may be selected with a predetermined probability by lottery or the like. Good.

  As another modified example, the pseudo-continuous performance pattern suggests the first benefit by the number of pseudo-continuous times including temporary stops other than the chance eyes (order, reverse eye, etc.), and simulates only temporary stops due to chance eyes. It may be determined to suggest a second profit different from the first profit depending on the number of consecutive times. The first profit and the second profit may be a combination of a small hit in the fluctuation and a short time after the development of the small hit, or may be a combination of a small hit and a small hit retention in the fluctuation. It may be a combination of short time after development and small hits hold.

  The operation of the pachinko gaming machine 500 according to the first embodiment having the above configuration will be described. Here, the operation of the sub-board 300 described in relation to FIG. 23 in the base technology will be described. The symbol mode determining means 301 determines the stop mode of the decorative symbol 61 according to the determination result of the main board 200 and the symbol determination result (S752). For example, in the case of a small hit, a stop mode indicating the small hit is determined. The effect determination unit 303 determines the effect pattern according to the determination result as the main determination and the prior determination, the symbol determination result, and the variation pattern determination result, and if the variation pattern corresponding to the pseudo-sequence effect is determined, An effect pattern for executing the effect is selected (S754, S764).

  Multiple types of pseudo-continuous performance patterns correspond to combinations of multiple types of benefits provided to players in relation to small hits (such as whether there is a small hit, whether a short time is granted, whether there is a small hit hold, etc.) It is attached. The effect determination means 303 identifies the type of profit provided to the player in relation to the small hit according to the main determination and the pre-determination determination result, the symbol determination result, and the variation pattern determination result. For example, the presence / absence of a small hit in the change, the presence / absence of a short time after completion of a special game accompanying the small hit development, and the presence / absence of a small hit hold are identified. The effect determining means 303 selects an effect pattern of the pseudo-continuous effect associated with the profit provided to the player from a plurality of types of pseudo-continuous effect patterns. The effect display control means 305 causes the effect display device 60 to display a pseudo-continuous effect according to the effect pattern selected by the effect determining means 303 during the change of the special symbol. Thereafter, when the symbol fluctuation stops at the small hit symbol, the small hit game with the opening of the second big prize opening 22, the special game after entering the V, and the normal game (the time is given according to the small hit symbol) in this order. proceed.

  According to the pachinko gaming machine 500 according to the first embodiment, a game for pseudo-continuous performance can be obtained by presenting the player with various expressions of each of a plurality of types of benefits that can be provided to the player in relation to the small hit. Makes it easier to maintain the interests and interests of the people. Until now, when the number of simulated consecutive times exceeds a predetermined number of thresholds such as big hits, the player's interest / interest in subsequent pseudo-continuous production has faded. However, in order to suggest the profit that the player can obtain, even if the number of times of the pseudo-continuous exceeds a predetermined number, it becomes easy to maintain the player's interest and interest in the pseudo-continuous performance.

  For example, it suggests that a first profit (for example, a short time) is given when the number of pseudo consecutive times is equal to or greater than a first threshold, and a second profit (when the number of consecutive effects is equal to or greater than a second threshold). For example, in the case of suggesting that a small hit hold is provided, the pseudo-continuous effect pattern is such that the timing at which the effect continuous count becomes equal to or greater than the second threshold is after the timing at which the pseudo-continuous count becomes equal to or greater than the first threshold. May be defined. In this case, it becomes easy to maintain the player's interest / interest for whether the continuous effect count is equal to or greater than the second threshold even after the pseudo continuous count is equal to or greater than the first threshold. In addition, even if the number of pseudo-continuations is less than the first threshold, the second benefit may be provided if the number of consecutive effects is greater than or equal to the second threshold. Can be avoided.

  The present invention has been described based on the first embodiment. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to combinations of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention.

(Second embodiment)
In the second embodiment, a configuration for displaying a special effect during a small hit game is proposed. Generally, a small hit is a hit that is not conspicuous because the opening time of the big prize opening is short, and the player's interest tends to be low. However, in a gaming machine equipped with small hit development, it is necessary to enter a specific area when small hits occur and develop into a big hit, and if the player misses the timing to aim for the specific area, You lose the huge profit of jackpot.

  The pachinko gaming machine according to the second embodiment has a small hit effect period in which a predetermined small hit game effect is executed after the small hit symbol is stopped when the symbol (small hit symbol) indicating that it is a small hit is stopped and displayed. And a small hit game including an opening period (a period during which the player can enter the ball) in which the second big winning opening 22 is opened to a state where the player can enter the ball after the small hit effect period. In the second embodiment, the opening period of the second grand prize opening 22 (in other words, the period during which a player can enter a specific area in the second big winning opening 22) is divided into a first opening period and a second opening period. Between the 1 opening period and the 2nd opening period, the closing period in which it was difficult to enter the second grand prize opening 22 was provided. Then, an effect (hereinafter, also referred to as “right-handed guidance effect”) is displayed that prompts the player to make a right strike during the small hit effect period from the stop of the small hit symbol until the first opening period. Furthermore, a right-handed guidance effect is displayed during the closing period. This increases the certainty of entering a specific area during the small hit game and the certainty of avoiding loss of profits of the player.

  In addition, the effects so far displayed with the stoppage of the small winning symbol are monotonous contents suggesting the possibility of entering a specific area in the big winning opening, and the contribution to improving the fun of the game is low. Therefore, the pachinko gaming machine according to the second embodiment has a content effect that suggests whether or not there are different types of benefits among a plurality of types of benefits that can be given to the player after the small hit in the small hit effect period and the closing period ( (Hereinafter also referred to as “profit suggestion effect”). As a result, the player can confirm the presence / absence of a plurality of types of benefits by delaying the right strike (that is, V winning) during the small hit game, and can realize various game characteristics according to the player's taste. . Further, it is possible to increase the player's interest in the performance during the small hit game.

  Hereinafter, the second embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the above-described base technology. The structure and functional blocks on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 500 of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment (FIGS. 26 to 29). Also, the functional configuration of the main board 200 and the functional configuration of the sub board 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and correspond to FIGS. 4 and 9, respectively. The description of the configuration common to the first embodiment is omitted as appropriate.

  FIG. 34 is a time chart of the small hit game. The small hit game is started when the small hit symbol is stopped, and a small hit effect period, a first opening period, a closing period, and a second opening period are provided in order from the front. The length of the small hit effect period and the length of the closing period are predetermined, for example, the former may be 5 seconds and the latter may be 3 seconds. In the first opening period, the opening of the second large winning opening 22 for 0.05 seconds is repeated 6 times, and in the second opening period, the opening of the second large winning opening 22 for 0.05 seconds is repeated seven times. The small hit game control means 265 and the opening / closing control means 275 open the second big winning opening 22 during the opening period of the specific area (during the opening period of the specific area opening / closing device 522). For example, the control for opening the second big prize opening 22 may be executed in synchronization with the control for opening the specific area opening / closing device 522. It should be noted that the number of times and the opening time of the second big prize opening 22 in the first opening period and the number of times and the opening time of the second big prize opening 22 in the second opening period are not limited to the above, and various combinations are conceivable.

  The effect determining means 303 selects the effect pattern of the right-handed induction effect as the effect content of the small hit effect period in the small hit game, and selects the effect pattern of the right handed induction effect as the effect content of the closing period in the small hit game. . The effect pattern of the right-handed guidance effect may be data that defines the display of a moving image or a still image including content that prompts the player to make a right-handed strike (for example, a message “Right-handed”). The effect display control means 305 displays on the effect display device 60 the image of the content that prompts the right-handed strike according to the effect pattern of the right-handed induction effect selected by the effect determining means 303 in both the small hit effect period and the closing period. Let For example, an image with a content prompting a right strike may be displayed larger on the entire surface of the effect display device 60 with priority over images such as other notice effects.

  The effect determining means 303 is an effect that indicates whether or not there is a first profit among a plurality of kinds of profits that can be given to the player after a small hit (hereinafter referred to as “first”). Further, the execution of “1 profit suggestion effect” is determined. In addition, the effect determining means 303 is an effect that indicates whether or not there is a second profit different from the first profit among the plurality of kinds of profits as the contents of the closing period in the small hit game (hereinafter referred to as “second”). This is called “profit suggestion production”). The multiple types of benefits that can be given to a player after a small hit are the number of unit games (number of rounds) in the special game after the small hit development, the short time that can be granted after the special game ends after the small hit development, Apart from that, it may include a reserved small hit (that is, a small hit reserved).

  The first profit suggesting effect in the embodiment is an effect that suggests whether or not to shift to a shorter time after the special game accompanying the small hit development. The first profit suggesting effect may be an effect that suggests whether or not to shift to a short time after the end of the special game accompanying the small hit development, based on the appearance of various effect elements. Moreover, the 2nd profit suggestion effect of an Example is an effect of the content which suggests the presence or absence of a small hit hold. The second profit suggesting effect may be an effect that suggests whether or not there is a small hit hold by the appearance of various effect elements. The appearance of the various effect elements may be any one or a combination of the types, shapes, patterns, colors, and movements of various characters, items, and backgrounds.

  When the symbol determination result notified from the main board 200 indicates a small hit that shifts to a jackpot with a shortened time (for example, the special symbol types “5” and “7” in FIG. 31C), the effect determining unit 303 shortens the time. Is selected as an effect pattern of the first profit suggestion effect. You may select the production pattern of the content which suggests that there is a high possibility that time saving is provided as a production pattern of the 1st profit suggestion production. In addition, when the symbol determination result indicates a small hit that shifts to a big hit without time reduction (for example, the special symbol types “6” and “8” in FIG. 31C), the effect determining unit 303 indicates that no time reduction is given. The effect pattern of the content to suggest is selected as an effect pattern of the 1st profit suggestion effect. You may select the production pattern of the content which suggests that there is a high possibility that time saving is not provided as a production pattern of the 1st profit suggestion production.

  In addition, when the symbol determination result indicates a small hit that shifts to a jackpot with a shortened time, the effect determining unit 303 has a relatively high probability (for example, 80%) of the effect pattern having a content that suggests that a shorter time is given. Thus, it may be selected as an effect pattern of the first profit suggestion effect. The effect pattern to be selected here may be an effect pattern having a content that suggests that there is a high possibility that the time is given. In addition, even when the symbol determination result shows a small hit that shifts to a big hit with a short time, the first profit suggestion has a relatively low probability (for example, 20%) of a production pattern that indicates that no short time is given. You may select as a production pattern of production. The effect pattern selected here may be an effect pattern having a content that suggests that there is a high possibility that the time is not given.

  Similarly, when the symbol determination result indicates a small hit that shifts to a big hit without time reduction, the effect determining means 303 uses the effect pattern of the content that suggests that no time is given as the effect pattern of the first profit suggesting effect. You may select with high probability. The effect pattern selected here may be an effect pattern having a content that suggests that there is a high possibility that the time is not given. In addition, even when the symbol determination result indicates a small hit that shifts to a big hit without time reduction, a production pattern with content that suggests that a time reduction is given is selected with a relatively low probability as the production pattern of the first profit suggestion production May be. The effect pattern to be selected here may be an effect pattern having a content that suggests that there is a high possibility that the time is given.

  The effect determining means 303 indicates an effect pattern having a content that suggests that there is a small hit hold when the pre-win / fail determination result notified from the main board 200 indicates a small hit, that is, there is a small hit hold. The second profit suggestion effect is selected as an effect pattern. You may select the production pattern of the content which suggests that there is a high possibility that there is a small hit hold as a production pattern of the 2nd profit suggestion production. In addition, the effect determining means 303 does not indicate the small hitting result, that is, when the small hit hold is not detected, the second effect pattern having the content suggesting that there is no small hit hold is the second. It selects as a production pattern of profit suggestion production. You may select the production pattern of the content which suggests that there is a high possibility that there is no small hit hold as a production pattern of the 2nd profit suggestion production.

  In addition, when the effect determination means 303 detects that there is a small hit hold, the second profit is obtained with a relatively high probability (for example, 80%) of the effect pattern with the content suggesting that there is a small hit hold. You may select as a production pattern of suggestion production. The effect pattern to be selected here may be an effect pattern with a content suggesting that there is a high possibility that there is a small hit hold. In addition, even when it is detected that there is a small hit hold, the effect pattern of the content that suggests that there is no small hit hold is a relatively low probability (for example, 20%) as an effect pattern of the second profit suggesting effect. You may choose. The effect pattern selected here may be an effect pattern with a content that suggests that there is a high possibility that there is no small hit hold.

  Similarly, when the small hit hold is not detected, the effect determining means 303 selects the effect pattern having the content suggesting that there is no small hit hold as the effect pattern of the second profit suggesting effect with a relatively high probability. May be. The effect pattern selected here may be an effect pattern with a content that suggests that there is a high possibility that there is no small hit hold. Even if the small hit hold is not detected, an effect pattern that suggests that there is a small hit hold may be selected with a relatively low probability as the effect pattern of the second profit suggestion effect. The effect pattern to be selected here may be an effect pattern with a content suggesting that there is a high possibility that there is a small hit hold.

The operation of the pachinko gaming machine 500 according to the second embodiment having the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 35 is a flowchart corresponding to FIG. 25 of the base technology and showing the process of the small hit game in the second embodiment. When the symbol variation stops in a mode indicating a small hit, the small hit game control means 265 shifts to the small hit game. The effect determining means 303 determines the mode of the first profit suggesting effect depending on whether or not the time is given after the special game with the small hit development jackpot, and displays the right-handed guidance effect and the first profit suggesting effect. Decide what to do. This determination process may be executed at the time of winning a small hit, for example, when the sub-board 300 is notified of the success / failure determination result indicating the small hit. It may be executed at the start of fluctuation based on the result of determining whether or not the game is successful, and may also be executed at the start of the small hit game, in other words, when the small hit symbol is stopped. The effect display control means 305 causes the effect display device 60 to display the right-handed induction effect and the first profit suggestion effect during the small hit effect period in the small hit game (S900).

  The small hit effect period ends for a predetermined time and shifts to the first opening period. The small hit game control means 265 opens the second big prize opening 22 via the opening / closing control means 275 (S902). Until the one unit opening time (0.05 seconds in the embodiment) elapses (N in S904), the open state of the second big prize opening 22 is maintained. When one unit opening time elapses (Y in S904), the small hit game control means 265 closes the second big prize opening 22 via the opening / closing control means 275 (S906). If the number of times of opening the second big prize opening 22 has not reached a predetermined number of times (6 times in the first opening period) (N in S908), the number of times of opening the second big prize opening 22 is incremented ( S910), the process returns to S902. When the number of times of opening the second big winning opening 22 reaches the set number of times (Y in S908), the first opening period ends.

  After the first opening period, the process shifts to the closing period. The effect determination means 303 determines the mode of the second profit suggestion effect according to the presence or absence of the small hit hold, and determines to display the right-handed guidance effect and the second profit suggestion effect. This determination process may be executed at the time of winning a small hit, for example, when the sub-board 300 is notified of the success / failure determination result indicating the small hit. It may be executed at the start of fluctuation based on the result of determining whether or not the game is successful, and may also be executed at the start of the small hit game, in other words, when the small hit symbol is stopped. The effect display control means 305 causes the effect display device 60 to display the right-handed guidance effect and the second profit suggestion effect during the closing period in the small hit game (S912).

  The closing period ends for 3 seconds and shifts to the second opening period. The small hit game control means 265 opens the second big winning opening 22 through the opening / closing control means 275 (S914). The closing period of 3 seconds is an example, and a longer time or a shorter time may be set. Until the one unit opening time (0.05 seconds in the embodiment) elapses (N in S916), the open state of the second big prize opening 22 is maintained. When one unit opening time elapses (Y in S916), the small hit game control means 265 closes the second big prize opening 22 via the opening / closing control means 275 (S918). If the number of times of opening the second big prize opening 22 has not reached a predetermined number of times (7 times in the second opening period) (N in S920), the number of times of opening the second big prize opening 22 is incremented ( S922), and returns to S914. When the number of times of opening the second big prize opening 22 reaches the set number of times (Y in S920), the second opening period ends. When a predetermined time has elapsed after the end of the second release period, the small hit game control means 265 ends the small hit game (S924). If there is V entry during the small hit game, the game progresses in the order of special game and normal game (short time or normal state).

  According to the pachinko gaming machine 500 of the second embodiment, the player misses the V entry by encouraging a player who does not fire a game ball during a small hit game or a player who does not make a right strike to the right. It is easy to prevent the player's profit from being greatly impaired. As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 500, the state display lamp 502 (second lamp) is turned on to indicate that the game is in a right-handed state. By doing so, it is possible to increase the certainty that the player recognizes that the player should be right-handed.

  Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 500 of the second embodiment, in addition to suggesting whether to enter a specific area at the small hit of the fluctuation, the benefit provided to the player at the time of big hit by the small hit V or after the big hit Can be suggested. Furthermore, by delaying the launch of the game ball (V-entry) during the small hit game, it is possible to realize the gameability that suggests the presence or absence of different types of profits, and further enhance the interest of the small hit game Can do. Furthermore, even if it is suggested that no short time is given during the small hit effect period, it may be suggested that there is a small hit hold during the closed period, which makes it easier to maintain the player's expectation.

  The present invention has been described based on the second embodiment. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to combinations of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention.

  A modification of the second embodiment will be described. Although not mentioned in the second embodiment, the effect determining means 303 and the effect display control means 305 are used to enter the second big prize opening 22 during the first opening period and the second opening period of the small hit game. A special effect (referred to herein as an “open effect”) with related contents may be displayed on the effect display device 60. The opening effect may be, for example, an effect that any one of a plurality of types of stories (animations) develops depending on whether or not the second big prize opening 22 is entered. That is, the effect determining means 303 and the effect display control means 305 first display the right-handed induction effect and the first profit suggesting effect during the small hit effect period after the start of the small hit game, and are open during the next first opening period. An effect may be displayed, a right-handed guidance effect and a second profit suggestion effect may be displayed in the next closing period, and an opening effect may be displayed in the next second opening period.

  According to this aspect, in the small hit effect period and the closed period in which the second big prize opening 22 is closed, the player is encouraged to make a right-hand hit, and the profit after the small hit is suggested to the player. During the first opening period and the second opening period when is released, the in-release effect related to the V entry is displayed. In this way, by switching and displaying a plurality of types of effects on the effect display device 60 in accordance with the open / closed state of the second grand prize opening 22, it is possible to enhance the interest of the effect during the small hit game. In addition, while the effect during opening is displayed, the right-handed guidance effect may be further displayed in a mode that is less conspicuous than the effect during opening, that is, on the screen of the effect display device 60. In this case, when the transition is made from the first opening period to the closing period, the display mode of the right-handed induction effect may be switched from the inconspicuous mode to the conspicuous mode. You may switch from a small size to a relatively large size.

  Another modification of the second embodiment will be described. In the above embodiment, both the right-handed guidance effect and the first profit suggestion effect are displayed during the first opening period, and both the right-handed guidance effect and the second profit suggestion effect are displayed during the second opening period. As a modification, the right-handed guidance effect may not be displayed in either the first opening period or the second opening period, the first profit suggesting effect may be displayed in the former, and the second profit suggesting effect may be displayed in the latter. . That is, the right-handed guidance may be left to the state display lamp 502 so that the first profit suggestion effect is preferentially displayed in the first opening period and the second profit suggestion effect is preferentially displayed in the second opening period. .

  Still another modification of the second embodiment will be described. As an effect at the time of a small hit, the same effect (for example, the effect of the same character, theme, motif) in the first half (that is, before the opening of the second big prize opening 22 and can be said to be a small hit effect period) and the closing period May be provided, and the effect determination means 303 may select the pattern with a predetermined probability. In this case, the effect determining means 303 may change the suggested content (for example, the type of profit to be suggested) depending on whether it is the small hit effect period or the closed period, that is, select a pattern with different suggested contents. May be. For example, by displaying the A effect during the small hit effect period, it may be suggested that the possibility of giving a short time after the small hit development big hit is high. On the other hand, by displaying the A effect during the closing period, it may be suggested that the small hit of the second special symbol 52 is likely to occur again after the small hit development big hit.

  Still another modification of the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, in each of the small hit effect period and the closing period, the profit suggestion effect of the content suggesting the presence or absence of different types of profits among the plural types of profits that can be given to the player after the small hit is displayed. . As a modified example, a pattern for displaying a profit suggestion effect with contents suggesting the presence or absence of the same type of profit is provided in each of the small hit effect period and the closing period, and the effect determination unit 303 selects the pattern with a predetermined probability. May be. For example, by displaying a C image (such as a low expectation character) in the small hit effect period (the first half of the small hit) before the second big prize opening 22 is released, it is suggested that the possibility of giving a short time is low. Displaying an A image (such as a highly anticipated character) during the closing period while disappointing the person may suggest that the possibility of giving a short time is actually high.

(Third embodiment)
The third embodiment proposes a configuration that suggests a benefit given to the player after the special game during the special game accompanying the small hit development. In a gaming machine equipped with small hit development, when suggesting a future profit to be given to the player during the small hit game, the level of expectation that the player will have is determined to some extent. In the third embodiment, a special game effect after the small hit development is executed in a mode premised on the expectation of the player's expectation, thereby realizing a suitable effect in the special game after the small hit development. To do.

  Hereinafter, the third embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the above-described base technology. The structure and functional blocks on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 500 of the third embodiment are the same as those of the first and second embodiments (FIGS. 26 to 29). Further, the functional configuration of the main board 200 and the functional configuration of the sub board 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 of the third embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and correspond to FIGS. 4 and 9, respectively. . The description of the configuration common to the first embodiment or the second embodiment is omitted as appropriate.

  The effect determining means 303 determines to execute an effect (hereinafter also referred to as “profit suggestion effect”) that suggests whether or not there is a profit given to the player after the end of the special game triggered by the small hit. The effect display control unit 305 causes the effect display device 60 to display the profit suggestion effect determined by the effect determination unit 303 during the small hit game. The configuration described in the second embodiment can be applied to the configuration of the effect determining means 303 of the third embodiment. For example, the effect determining means 303, as the profit suggesting effect during the small hit game, the first profit suggesting effect that suggests whether or not the short time is given and the second that suggests the presence or absence of the small hit hold (in other words, the continuous chain within the hold) At least one of the profit suggestion effects may be executed.

  The effect determining means 303 displays the first effect element (the image of the character A in the embodiment) with a predetermined high probability when both the short time grant and the small hit hold are present after the special game accompanying the small hit development ends. Select a profit suggestion effect to include. In addition, when there is either a short time grant or a small hit hold after the special game accompanying the small hit development, the profit suggestion including the display of the second effect element (image of the character B in the embodiment) with a predetermined high probability Select a production. In addition, when there is no time reduction after the special game accompanying the small hit development and there is no small hit hold, a profit suggesting effect including display of the third effect element (image of the character C in the embodiment) with a predetermined high probability. Select.

  As a modification, the effect determining means 303 includes a profit suggestion effect including a display of the second effect element with a predetermined high probability when there is a short time grant after the end of the special game accompanying the small hit development, but there is no small hit hold. May be selected. In addition, when there is no short-time grant after the end of the special game due to the small hit development, the profit suggesting effect including the display of the third effect element is selected with a predetermined high probability regardless of whether the small hit is held or not. Also good.

  In addition, the effect determining means 303 is determined to execute an effect with a content that informs definitely the presence / absence of a benefit given to the player after the end of the special game accompanying the small hit development (hereinafter also referred to as “profit notification effect”). do. The profit notified by the profit notification effect may be the same as the profit suggested by the profit suggestion effect, and may include, for example, at least one of the short time after the end of the special game accompanying the small hit development and the small hit hold.

  In addition, the effect determining means 303 may provide a profit notification effect at any one of a plurality of effect execution timings predetermined in the special game, depending on whether or not there is a profit given to the player after the end of the special game accompanying the small hit development. Make a decision to execute. In other words, the effect determination means 303 varies the display timing of the profit notification effect during the special game according to the mode of the profit suggestion effect displayed during the small hit game (character type in the embodiment). A plurality of performance execution timings are (1) before the start of one round of special games (for example, during the start demonstration), (2) the first half round of special games (for example, 1-2 rounds in 8R special games), (3) special games Mid-round (for example, 4-5 rounds in 8R special games), (4) Second half of special games (for example, 7-8 rounds in 8R special games), (5) After the last round of special games (for example, during the end demonstration) May be included.

  The effect display control means 305 performs the effect notification effect determined by the effect determination means 303 among the plurality of effect execution timings determined by the special game accompanying the small hit development, with the profit notification effect determined by the effect determination means 303. It is displayed on the effect display device 60 at the timing.

  Specifically, the effect determining means 303 is advantageous when the profit given to the player after the end of the special game associated with the small hit development is relatively small, at an effect execution timing earlier than when the profit is relatively large. Decide to execute the notification effect. In other words, the effect determining means 303 executes the profit notification effect at a relatively early effect execution timing during the special game when the profit given to the player after the end of the special game due to the small hit development is relatively small. If the profit given to the player is relatively large, the profit notification effect is determined to be executed at a relatively late effect execution timing during the special game.

  Note that a correspondence relationship other than the above may be determined for the correspondence relationship between the magnitude of the profit given to the player and the execution timing of the profit notification effect. For example, the effect determining means 303 is highly probable when the profit given to the player after the end of the special game associated with the small hit development is relatively small, and at an effect execution timing earlier than when the profit is relatively large. While it is determined to execute the profit notification effect, it may be determined to execute the profit notification effect at the same or later effect execution timing as when the profit is relatively large with a low probability.

  The effect determining means 303 of the embodiment provides the effect of the profit notification effect when the profit given to the player after the special game accompanying the small hit development is relatively large, for example, when both the short time grant and the small hit hold are present. The execution timing is the second half of the special game. Here, when there is both short-time grant and small hits hold, it is a case where the profit suggestion effect including the first effect element (character A) is displayed as described above, and the player's expectation of benefit acquisition is It can be said that the situation is high. When the profit suggestion effect including the first effect element (character A) is displayed, the effect determining unit 303 may determine the second half round of the special game as the effect execution timing of the profit notification effect.

  In addition, when the profit is medium, for example, when there is only one of short-time grant and small hit hold, the effect determining means 303 sets the effect execution timing of the profit notification effect as the middle round of the special game. Here, when there is only one of short-time grant and small hits hold, it is a case where a profit suggestion effect including the second effect element (character B) is displayed as described above, and the player's benefit acquisition expectation Is a moderate situation. When the profit suggestion effect including the second effect element (character B) is displayed, the effect determining means 303 may determine the middle round of the special game as the effect execution timing of the profit notification effect.

  In addition, when the profit is relatively small, for example, when there is no short-time grant and small hit hold, the effect determination unit 303 sets the effect execution timing of the profit notification effect as the first half round of the special game. When there is neither short-time grant nor small hit hold, it is a case where the profit suggestion effect including the third effect element (character C) is displayed as described above, and the player's expectation of gaining benefits is low. I can say that. When the profit suggestion effect including the third effect element (character C) is displayed, the effect determining unit 303 may determine the first half round of the special game as the effect execution timing of the profit notification effect.

  Further, the effect determining means 303 gives to the player after the end of the special game as the effect content during the special game accompanying the small hit development (here, the effect content of at least one round that opens the first big winning opening 21). Depending on whether or not there is a profit to be made, one of a plurality of types of round effects having different appearances is determined. The effect display control means 305 causes the effect display device 60 to display the type of round effect determined by the effect determining means 303 in a predetermined round during the special game accompanying the small hit development.

  The effect determining means 303 of the embodiment is special when the profit given to the player after the end of the special game due to the small hit development is relatively large, specifically when there is both short-time grant and small hit hold. The battle production is determined as a round production during the game. Further, as described above, the effect determining means 303 is a case where a profit suggesting effect including the first effect element (character A) is displayed, and in a situation where the player's expectation of gaining benefits is high, a battle is performed as a round effect. An effect may be determined. The battle effect may be, for example, an effect indicating a battle between a teammate character and an enemy character, or may be an effect in which the player is requested to repeatedly perform the effect button 109.

  Further, if the profit given to the player after the special game due to the small hit development is moderate, specifically, if there is only one of short-time grant or small hit hold, The challenge production is decided as the round production. In addition, as described above, the effect determining means 303 is a case where the profit suggesting effect including the second effect element (character B) is displayed, and in the situation where the player's expectation of gaining profit is moderate, the round effect You may decide the challenge production. The challenge effect may be, for example, an effect of requesting the player to achieve a predetermined goal (for example, selecting a treasure box from a plurality of boxes), and the player operates the effect button 109 (for example, a box selection operation). It may be an effect that seeks.

  In addition, the effect determining means 303 is used when the profit given to the player after the end of the special game accompanying the small hit development is relatively small, specifically, when both the short time grant and the small hit hold are not present, A music selection effect is determined as a round effect. In addition, as described above, the effect determining means 303 is a case where a profit suggestion effect including the third effect element (character C) is displayed, and in a situation where the player's benefit acquisition expectation is low, The selection effect may be determined. The music selection effect is, for example, an effect that causes the player to select a desired music from a plurality of music, and may be an effect that requests the player to operate the effect button 109 (for example, a music selection operation). The voice control means 306 may cause the speaker 108 to output the selected music selected by the player in the music selection effect.

  FIG. 36 shows the relationship between profits given to players and effects. As shown in the figure, the effect determining means 303 determines the content of the profit suggestion effect and the round effect of the special game according to the presence / absence or type of the benefit given to the player after the special game accompanying the small hit development. The contents and the execution timing of the profit notification effect are determined. Note that the profit suggestion effect, unlike the profit notification effect, presents a profit that is likely to be obtained by the player, and the correspondence in FIG. 36 is only maintained with a high probability (80%, etc.). That is, even when there is both short-time grant and small hits hold, the profit suggestion effect including the display of the character B or the character C may be selected with a low probability. Similarly, even when there is neither time saving nor small hit hold, the profit suggesting effect including the display of the character A or the character B may be selected with a low probability. It should be noted that the relationship between profits and effects shown in FIG. 36 is an example, and it is a matter of course that different relationships may be determined.

The operation of the pachinko gaming machine 500 according to the third embodiment having the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 37 corresponds to FIG. 24 of the base technology and is a flowchart showing a special game process in the third embodiment. Although not shown in FIG. 37, according to the determination result by the main board 200, the effect determining means 303 determines the mode of profit suggestion effect in the small hit game, the mode of profit notification effect in the special game, and the mode of round effect in the special game. decide. Specifically, the presence / absence of profits given to the player in accordance with the determination result and symbol determination result as the main determination regarding the small hits notified from the main board 200, the prior determination result regarding the small hits, etc. The type may be identified. Then, referring to the pattern table (and the notice type table), select the profit suggestion effect production pattern, the profit notification production production pattern, and the round production production pattern associated with the identified presence / absence / type of profit. Also good. It should be noted that these determination processes by the effect determination unit 303 may be executed at the time of receiving the result of the determination of the success or failure, at the time of V entry, or at the start of the special game. In addition, as described with reference to FIG. 35 of the second embodiment, the effect determining unit 303 and the effect display control unit 305 display the profit suggesting effect during the small hit game.

  When the special game is started, first, the effect display control means 305 starts the special game effect processing (S930), and the opening / closing control means 275 opens the special winning opening 20 to make the special game unit game (each round). Is executed (S932). In the case of a special game associated with the small hit development (Y in S933), the effect display control means 305 displays a special round effect according to the profit displayed in the profit suggestion effect during the small hit game (in the embodiment, a battle effect, a challenge effect, Any one of the music selection effects) is displayed in the unit game (S934). The special round effect may be displayed in a predetermined round during the special game, or may be displayed in a round that is the same as or earlier than the round in which the profit notification effect is displayed. When the profit notification timing determined by the effect determination means 303 according to the content of the profit suggestion effect is reached (Y in S936), the effect display control means 305 displays the profit notification effect (S938).

  If it is not the profit notification timing (N in S936), S938 is skipped. If it is not a special game that accompanies the small hit development, in other words, if it is a special game triggered by the fact that the determination result is a big hit (N in S933), S934 to S938 are skipped. Subsequent S940 to S952 are the same as S804 to S816 in FIG. The specific game control means 270 shifts to the time-saving and easy-to-enter state according to the stop state of the special symbol, and in the case of the small hit development big hit, according to the mode of the small hit symbol (S954).

  According to the pachinko gaming machine 500 of the third embodiment, the level of the player's expectation level for the profit is determined to some extent by the suggestion of the profit during the small hit game, and the notification effect is produced at a timing suitable for the level of the player's expectation level. It becomes easy to present. For example, when the player's expectation on profits is low, it is easy to avoid buying the player's misfortune by performing the notification effect early without forcing the player's expectation. Also, when the player's expectation for profit is high, the expectation and anxiety of the player can be raised for a long time by delaying the notification effect.

  Also, according to the pachinko gaming machine 500 of the third embodiment, one of a plurality of types of round effects having different appearances is executed according to the presence or absence or the type of profit given to the player. Thereby, a round effect according to the profit to be provided can be presented to the player, and the interest of the special game can be further enhanced. In addition, the combination of the content of the profit suggestion effect and the content of the round effect makes it easier for the player to recognize the presence and type of profit, fosters the player's expectation for profit, and leads to the subsequent profit notification effect It becomes easy.

  The present invention has been described based on the third embodiment. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to combinations of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention.

  A modification of the third embodiment will be described. If the transition to the jackpot effect (round effect) corresponding to the content of the profit suggestion effect is not made, or if the profit notification effect is displayed outside the predetermined round corresponding to the content of the profit suggestion effect, the law breaks down and the time is given May be confirmed. For example, when the correspondence shown in FIG. Specifically, when the effect determining means 303 detects that both the short time grant and the small hit hold are present, the profit suggestion including the display of the character C with a predetermined probability (low probability of about 5%). An effect may be determined. In this case, in order to produce the breaking of the law, the effect determining means 303 selects an effect for definitely informing that there is both a short time grant and a small hit hold as the profit notification effect during the special game, and the execution The final round of the special game may be determined as the timing. Moreover, in order to produce the breaking of the law, the effect determining means 303 may determine a battle effect as a round effect of the special game.

  According to this aspect, the player's unexpected feeling can be aroused by breaking the regularity between a plurality of performances executed at a plurality of timings with respect to the small hitting development big hit. Further, when the law breaks down, the time is fixed, and it becomes easier to enter the second starting port 12 and the possibility of winning a small hit increases, so that the player's expectation can be further enhanced.

  Another modification of the third embodiment will be described. Depending on the timing at which the player entered V during the small hit game, the timing at which the player is notified of whether or not profit has been acquired during the special game associated with the small hit development may be varied. In other words, the effect determining means 303 has a plurality of effect timings determined in advance in the special game accompanying the small hit development in accordance with the timing at which the game ball has passed through the specific area inside the second big winning opening 22 in the small hit game. The profit notification effect may be executed by any of the above.

  This modification is based on the premise that the profit suggestion effect is displayed after the second big prize opening 22 is first opened in the small hit game, and the second big prize opening 22 is opened even after the profit suggestion effect is displayed. To do. Here, the configuration described in the second embodiment is applied, and the small hit game includes a small hit effect period, a first opening period, a closing period, and a second opening period. The effect determining means 303 executes a first profit suggesting effect that suggests whether or not a short time is given during the small hit effect period, and executes a second profit suggesting effect that suggests whether or not there is a small hit hold during the closing period.

  When the V entry occurs during the first opening period of the small hit game, the effect determining means 303 determines whether or not the short time is given and whether or not the small hit is held at the same timing during the special game accompanying the small hit development ( For example, it is determined so as to be notified collectively in the same round). The effect display control means 305 performs the profit notification effect of the contents that informs both the presence / absence of time reduction and the presence / absence of the small hits at a timing determined by the effect determination means 303 (for example, the same round of the special game). Display.

  The V entry during the first opening period of the small hit game can be said to be the V entry before the second profit suggestion effect of the small hit game, and until the sixth opening of the second big prize opening 22 in the small hit game. It can be said that it is V entry. Also, the timing for collectively reporting both the presence / absence of time saving and the presence / absence of small hits may be the final round of the special game or the first round. For example, by applying the configuration of the third embodiment, if the profit given to the player is relatively large, the final round is notified, if the profit is medium, the middle round, and if the profit is relatively small, the first round is notified. The timing may be determined.

  If a V pitch occurs during the first opening period of the small hit game, the player is assumed to have left the game ball from the start of the small hit game, and is assumed to be a player with relatively little interest in performance. Is done. Therefore, in this modification, when a V-throw occurs during the first opening period of the small hit game, both the presence / absence of a short time and the presence / absence of the small hit hold are simply notified in a single round. Thus, the profit is notified in a form in accordance with the preference of the player who is not interested in the production.

  On the other hand, when the V entry occurs during the second opening period of the small hit game, the effect determining means 303 indicates the first profit notification effect indicating whether or not the short-time grant is given, and the first suggesting whether or not the small hit game is reserved. It is decided to separately notify the two profit notification effects at different timings during the special game accompanying the small hit development. The effect display control means 305 displays the first profit notification effect at the first timing (for example, the first round) determined by the effect determination means 303, and the second profit notification effect is determined by the effect determination means 303. It is displayed at the second timing (for example, the final round).

  The V entry during the second opening period of the small hit game can be said to be a V entry after the second profit suggestion effect of the small hit game, and after the seventh opening of the second big prize opening 22 in the small hit game. It can be said that it is V entry. If a V pitch occurs during the second opening period of the small hit game, it is considered that the player has confirmed the second profit suggestion effect during the small hit game, that is, understands the playability (effect mode) of the machine. However, it is assumed that the player has confirmed both the possibility of giving a short time and the possibility of holding a small hit. Therefore, in this modification, the player's sense of expectation and anxiety can be prolonged for a long time by shifting the notification timing of whether or not the short time is given and the notification timing of whether or not the small hit is held.

  Another modification of the third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, when the profit given to the player after the end of the special game triggered by the small hit is relatively small, the profit notification effect is executed at an earlier effect timing than when the profit is relatively large. However, as a modification, the correspondence relationship may be determined in reverse. That is, when the profit given to the player after the special game triggered by the small hit is relatively large, the profit notification effect may be executed at an effect timing earlier than when the profit is relatively small. In other words, when the profit given to the player after the end of the special game triggered by the small hit is relatively small, the profit notification effect may be executed at a later effect timing than when the profit is relatively large. .

  Specifically, the effect determining means 303 shifts to a short time after the end of the special game triggered by the small hit, and when there is a small hit hold, for example, the A character is displayed in the profit suggestion effect of the small hit game. In this case, the profit notification effect may be executed in the first half of the special game (for example, the first round). Further, the effect determining means 303 does not shift to a short time after the end of the special game triggered by the small hit, and there is no small hit hold, for example, when the C character is displayed in the profit suggestion effect of the small hit game In addition, the profit notification effect may be executed in the second half (for example, the final round) of the special game. According to this modification, when the profit that the player obtains is relatively large, this can be quickly notified to the player, and the player's sense of expectation can be increased quickly. In addition, when the player's profit is relatively small, the timing at which the player's expectation is impaired can be postponed until the second half of the special game, and the special game can be prevented from being digested in a state where the expectation is impaired .

  A modification common to the first to third embodiments will be described. The pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the above embodiment includes the first grand prize winning port 21 and the second grand prize winning port 22. However, as a modification, the pachinko gaming machine 100 may be configured to include only one grand prize winning port as in the base technology. The modified prize winning opening may have the same configuration as the second prize winning opening 22 of the above embodiment. That is, the large winning opening of the modified example may have a function of a variable pitching device, and a specific area may be provided therein.

  Another modification common to the first to third embodiments will be described. The effect determination means 303 may determine the right-handed display mode (display image) in the special game start demonstration according to the type of the special symbol indicating the big hit or the small hit. Specifically, the pattern storage means 302 has a plurality of types of specials that are different from each other in an effect mode (for example, an image of a character, a background, etc.) that prompts the player to make a right stroke at the start demonstration as an effect pattern that determines the mode of effect in the special game. You may hold | maintain a game production pattern. The effect determining means 303 selects any one of the above-mentioned plural types of special game effect patterns according to the type (stop mode) of the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 indicating the big hit or the small hit. Also good. For example, the effect determining means 303 selects the first special game effect pattern including a start demonstration in which the first character urges the player to make a right strike in the special game associated with the small hit development when the small hit symbol indicates no time saving. And may be displayed. On the other hand, the second special game effect pattern including a start demonstration in which a second character different from the first character urges the player to make a right strike in the special game accompanying the small hit development when the small hit symbol indicates that the time is given. May be selected and displayed.

  The “random number” referred to in this specification or claims does not have to be a physical random number generated by a random number generation circuit or a true random number in a mathematical sense, but a hardware random number or random number generation using a 16-bit counter. It may be a pseudo-random number such as a software random number using an algorithm. Alternatively, a combination of hardware random numbers and software random numbers, for example, a plus random number method in which the initial value is changed every time the counter makes one round may be used.

  In the present specification or claims, when “table” or “standard (selection standard)” is used, the correspondence between the first parameter such as a lottery value and the second parameter such as a value indicating an option strictly. Not only indicates data defined by a table structure, but also includes a case where such correspondence is realized by a program structure that derives the second parameter from the first parameter. Including these, the term “reference (selection criterion)” is appropriately referred to as a concept substantially synonymous with “table”. In addition, when a table structure is used, a selection criterion that is substantially one type may be configured by a combination of a plurality of structurally subdivided tables. Indicates the number of substantive types of tables, not the number of subdivided tables.

  In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine in which a game ball (prize ball) is paid out as a profit based on the entry has been exemplified. However, instead of paying out a prize ball, the electronic ball management system is used to launch the game ball. -It can also be applied to so-called encapsulated type pachinko machines that manage prize balls. Such encapsulated type pachinko machines typically allow a predetermined number of game balls to circulate in the game machine, play the game balls that circulate, and launch game balls instead of paying out prize balls. Profit the player by increasing the number of times. For example, a ball circulation means that accepts a game ball that rolls in the game area and circulates it inside the game machine by sending it out to the game area again without discharging it to the game machine, , And a ball number managing means for managing the number of possessed balls based on the number of payout prize balls, and a ball displaying means for displaying the number of managed possessed balls.

  Any combination of the above-described embodiments and modifications is also useful as an embodiment of the present invention. The new embodiment resulting from the combination has the effects of the combined example and modification. For example, any combination of the first example, the second example, and the third example is also useful as an embodiment of the present invention. That is, a gaming machine equipped with a small hit development (1) a configuration that executes a pseudo-continuous effect as a symbol variation effect (first embodiment), (2) a right-handed induction effect (and a profit as an effect during a small hit game) By providing at least two of the configuration (second example) for executing the suggestion effect (3), and (3) the configuration for executing the profit notification effect (third example) as the effect during the special game accompanying the small hit development. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that a suitable effect related to the small hit can be realized.

  It should also be understood by those skilled in the art that the functions to be fulfilled by the constituent elements described in the claims are realized by the individual constituent elements shown in the embodiments and the modified examples, or by their cooperation.

The first embodiment and its modifications can be expressed as follows.
[Aspect 1-1]
A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start port provided at a predetermined position in the game area;
A determination unit for determining whether or not to perform the determination based on the lottery value acquired by entering the starting opening;
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the determination is changed and displayed;
A large winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, is opened according to the result of the success / failure determination, and the entry of the gaming ball is an opportunity for giving a profit to the player;
When a symbol indicating that the result of the determination of success / failure is a small win is stopped and displayed, a small hit game control means for executing a small hit game including a possible entry period in which the big winning opening is opened;
Special game control means for executing a special game with the opening of the grand prize opening when the game ball that has entered the grand prize opening during the possible entry period passes through a specific area provided therein; and
Specific game control means for controlling the transition to the easy-to-enter state where the ease of entering the starting port is higher than the normal state;
An effect display device for displaying effect content,
Production determination means for determining production content to be displayed on the production display device;
With
The starting port has an expansion mechanism that can be opened so that the entry of a game ball changes from a relatively difficult state to an easy state,
The specific game control means shifts to the easy-to-enter state where the expansion mechanism is opened after the special game according to the stop mode of the symbol,
The effect determination means displays a temporary stop that makes it appear that the symbol variation is temporarily stopped in one symbol variation according to the result of the success / failure determination. The pseudo-continuous variation that appears to have been executed is determined as the staging content,
The pseudo continuous variation indicates the presence or absence of at least one benefit among a plurality of types of benefits that can be given to the player in relation to the small hit, and indicates the number of pseudo continuous variations, A ball and ball game machine determined so as to indicate the presence or absence of at least one profit by a display mode of a predetermined effect element at the time of the temporary stop.

[Aspect 1-2]
The pseudo continuous fluctuation indicates the presence or absence of the first profit among the plurality of types of profits by the number of the pseudo continuous fluctuations, and the second of the plurality of types of profits is different from the first profit. The bullet ball game machine according to aspect 1-1, which is determined so as to indicate the presence / absence of profit by a display form of a predetermined effect element at the time of the temporary stop.

[Aspect 1-3]
A holding control means for holding the lottery value up to a predetermined number up to the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the determination of success or failure;
The success / failure determination means displays information related to the lottery value corresponding to the entry regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the entry starts immediately when the entry to the start opening occurs. Notify the decision means,
The pseudo continuous variation indicates whether or not to shift to the easy-to-enter state after the special game is triggered by the occurrence of the small hit by the number of the pseudo continuous variations, and the end of the special game The bullet ball game machine according to aspect 1-3, which is determined so as to indicate whether or not a small hit will occur again later by a display aspect of a predetermined effect element at the time of the temporary stop.

The second embodiment and its modifications can be expressed as follows.
[Aspect 2-1]
A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start port provided at a predetermined position in the game area;
A determination unit for determining whether or not to perform the determination based on the lottery value acquired by entering the starting opening;
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the determination is changed and displayed;
A large winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, is opened according to the result of the success / failure determination, and the entry of the gaming ball is an opportunity for giving a profit to the player;
When a symbol indicating that the result of the determination of success / failure is a small hit is stopped and displayed, an effect execution period in which a predetermined small hit game effect is executed after the symbol stops, and the big prize opening is displayed after the effect execution period. A small hit game control means for executing a small hit game including a pitching possible period to be released;
Special game control means for executing a special game with the opening of the grand prize opening when the game ball that has entered the grand prize opening during the possible entry period passes through a specific area provided therein; and
An effect display device for displaying effect content,
Production determination means for determining production content to be displayed on the production display device;
With
The big prize opening is provided at a position where a game ball launched with a relatively strong strength is easy to enter,
The entry period of the small hit game includes a first entry period and a second entry period after the first entry period, the first entry period and the second entry period. During the ball possible period, a closing period is provided during which the grand prize opening is operated to make it difficult to enter the ball,
The effect determining means determines content that prompts the game ball to be fired with a relatively strong strength as the effect content in the effect execution period of the small hit game, and in the closing period of the small hit game A bullet ball game machine that determines the content that prompts the game ball to be fired at a relatively strong intensity, as well as the production content.

[Aspect 2-2]
Specific game control means for controlling the transition to the easy-to-enter state where the ease of entering the starting port is higher than the normal state,
The starting port has an expansion mechanism that can be opened so that the entry of a game ball changes from a relatively difficult state to an easy state,
The specific game control means shifts to the easy-to-enter state where the expansion mechanism is opened after the special game according to the stop mode of the symbol,
The effect deciding means further provides content that further suggests the presence or absence of the first profit among a plurality of types of profit that can be given to the player after the small hit as the content of the small hit game in the effect execution period. A mode 2 for determining content that further suggests the presence or absence of a second profit that is different from the first profit among the plurality of kinds of profits as a content that is determined during the closing period of the small hit game 1. A ball game machine according to 1.

[Aspect 2-3]
A holding control means for holding the lottery value up to a predetermined number up to the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the determination of success or failure;
The success / failure determination means displays information related to the lottery value corresponding to the entry regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the entry starts immediately when the entry to the start opening occurs. Notify the decision means,
The effect determination means suggests whether or not to shift to the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game triggered by the occurrence of the small hit as the content of the small hit game during the effect execution period The content is determined, and as the content of the small hit game during the closing period, the small hit occurs again after the end of the special game triggered by the occurrence of the small hit based on the information on the notified lottery value The bullet ball game machine according to aspect 2-2, wherein content suggesting whether or not to perform is determined.

[Aspect 2-4]
A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start port provided at a predetermined position in the game area;
A determination unit for determining whether or not to perform the determination based on the lottery value acquired by entering the starting opening;
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the determination is changed and displayed;
A large winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, is opened according to the result of the success / failure determination, and the entry of the gaming ball is an opportunity for giving a profit to the player;
When a symbol indicating that the result of the determination of success / failure is a small hit is stopped and displayed, an effect execution period in which a predetermined small hit game effect is executed after the symbol stops, and the big prize opening is displayed after the effect execution period. A small hit game control means for executing a small hit game including a pitching possible period to be released;
Special game control means for executing a special game with the opening of the grand prize opening when the game ball that has entered the grand prize opening during the possible entry period passes through a specific area provided therein; and
An effect display device for displaying effect content,
Production determination means for determining production content to be displayed on the production display device;
Specific game control means for controlling the transition to the easy-to-enter state where the ease of entering the starting port is higher than the normal state;
With
The starting port has an expansion mechanism that can be opened so that the entry of a game ball changes from a relatively difficult state to an easy state,
The specific game control means shifts to the easy-to-enter state where the expansion mechanism is opened after the special game according to the stop mode of the symbol,
The entry period of the small hit game includes a first entry period and a second entry period after the first entry period, the first entry period and the second entry period. During the ball possible period, a closing period is provided during which the grand prize opening is operated to make it difficult to enter the ball,
The effect determining means determines the content suggesting the presence or absence of the first profit among a plurality of types of profits that can be given to the player after the small hit, as the content of the small hit game in the effect execution period And the ball game machine which determines the content which suggests the presence or absence of the 2nd profit different from the said 1st profit among the said multiple types of profits as the production | presentation content in the said closing period of the said small hit game.

The third embodiment and its modifications can be expressed as follows.
[Aspect 3-1]
A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start port provided at a predetermined position in the game area;
A determination unit for determining whether or not to perform the determination based on the lottery value acquired by entering the starting opening;
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the determination is changed and displayed;
A large winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, is opened according to the result of the success / failure determination, and the entry of the gaming ball is an opportunity for giving a profit to the player;
When a symbol indicating that the result of the determination of success / failure is a small win is stopped and displayed, a small hit game control means for executing a small hit game including a possible entry period in which the big winning opening is opened;
Special game control means for executing a special game with the opening of the grand prize opening when the game ball that has entered the grand prize opening during the possible entry period passes through a specific area provided therein; and
Specific game control means for controlling the transition to the easy-to-enter state where the ease of entering the starting port is higher than the normal state;
An effect display device for displaying effect content,
Production determination means for determining production content to be displayed on the production display device;
With
The starting port has an expansion mechanism that can be opened so that the entry of a game ball changes from a relatively difficult state to an easy state,
The specific game control means shifts to the easy-to-enter state where the expansion mechanism is opened after the special game according to the stop mode of the symbol,
The production determining means
During the small hit game, an effect that suggests whether or not there is a profit given to the player after the end of the special game triggered by the small hit,
During the special game triggered by the small hit, the special game is executed in such a manner that a notification effect for definite notification of the presence or absence of the profit given to the player after the special game ends is executed. A ball game machine that causes the notification effect to be executed at any one of a plurality of effect timings determined in advance.

[Aspect 3-2]
The effect determining means executes the notification effect at an effect timing earlier than the case where the profit is relatively large when the profit given to the player after the end of the special game triggered by the small hit is relatively small The bullet ball game machine according to Aspect 3-1.

[Aspect 3-3]
The effect determining means includes a plurality of types of effects that differ in appearance from each other, depending on whether or not there is a benefit given to the player after the special game ends, as the content of the special game triggered by the small hit. The bullet ball game machine according to Aspect 3-1 or Aspect 3-2 for determining one of them.

[Aspect 3-4]
A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start port provided at a predetermined position in the game area;
A determination unit for determining whether or not to perform the determination based on the lottery value acquired by entering the starting opening;
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the determination is changed and displayed;
A large winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, is opened according to the result of the success / failure determination, and the entry of the gaming ball is an opportunity for giving a profit to the player;
When a symbol indicating that the result of the determination of success / failure is a small hit is stopped and displayed, an effect execution period in which a predetermined small hit game effect is executed after the symbol stops, and the big prize opening is displayed after the effect execution period. A small hit game control means for executing a small hit game including a pitching possible period to be released;
Special game control means for executing a special game with the opening of the grand prize opening when the game ball that has entered the grand prize opening during the possible entry period passes through a specific area provided therein; and
An effect display device for displaying effect content,
Production determination means for determining production content to be displayed on the production display device;
Specific game control means for controlling the transition to the easy-to-enter state where the ease of entering the starting port is higher than the normal state;
With
The starting port has an expansion mechanism that can be opened so that the entry of a game ball changes from a relatively difficult state to an easy state,
The specific game control means shifts to the easy-to-enter state where the expansion mechanism is opened after the special game according to the stop mode of the symbol,
The entry period of the small hit game includes a first entry period, a second entry period after the first entry period, the first entry period and the second entry period. A closing period during which the grand prize opening is operated to make it difficult to enter the ball during a possible period,
The effect determining means determines the content suggesting the presence or absence of the first profit among a plurality of types of profits that can be given to the player after the small hit, as the content of the small hit game in the effect execution period Then, as the stunning content in the closing period of the small hit game, the content suggesting the presence or absence of the second profit different from the first profit among the plurality of types of profit,
The effect determining means performs the notification effect at any one of a plurality of effect timings determined in advance in the special game according to the timing at which the game ball has passed through a specific area inside the big prize opening in the small hit game. A ball game machine to be executed.

  60 effect display device, 100 pachinko gaming machine, 221 first success / failure determination means, 222 second success / failure determination means, 240 hold control means, 260 special game control means, 270 specific game control means, 303 effect determination means, 305 effect display control means.

Claims (1)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start port provided at a predetermined position in the game area;
A determination unit for determining whether or not to perform the determination based on the lottery value acquired by entering the starting opening;
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the determination is changed and displayed;
A large winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, is opened according to the result of the success / failure determination, and the entry of the gaming ball is an opportunity for giving a profit to the player;
When a symbol indicating that the result of the determination of success / failure is a small hit is stopped and displayed, an effect execution period in which a predetermined small hit game effect is executed after the symbol stops, and the big prize opening is displayed after the effect execution period. A small hit game control means for executing a small hit game including a pitching possible period to be released;
Special game control means for executing a special game with the opening of the grand prize opening when the game ball that has entered the grand prize opening during the possible entry period passes through a specific area provided therein; and
An effect display device for displaying effect content,
Production determination means for determining production content to be displayed on the production display device;
With
The big prize opening is provided at a position where a game ball launched with a relatively strong strength is easy to enter,
The entry period of the small hit game includes a first entry period and a second entry period after the first entry period, the first entry period and the second entry period. During the ball possible period, a closing period is provided during which the grand prize opening is operated to make it difficult to enter the ball,
The effect determining means determines content that prompts the game ball to be fired with a relatively strong strength as the effect content in the effect execution period of the small hit game, and in the closing period of the small hit game A bullet ball game machine that determines the content that prompts the game ball to be fired at a relatively strong intensity, as well as the production content.

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