JP2018158032A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine for facilitating design.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: a performance lighting device including a light-emitting element; performance determination means for determining a performance following progress of a game; storage means for storing a table of illumination patterns composed by a plurality of instructions for controlling an emission mode of the light-emitting element; and performance execution means for allowing the light-emitting element to emit light in an emission mode corresponding to an illumination pattern corresponding to a determined performance by analyzing an instruction shown in the table of illumination patterns corresponding to the determined performance. The instructions include JUMP/CALL instructions in which a JUMP instruction that moves an analysis destination to a set address and does not move the analysis destination after completion of target processing and a CALL instruction for moving an analysis destination to a set address and returning the analysis destination after completion of target processing as common instruction information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that determines by lottery whether or not to give a game profit to a player.

  Generally, in a gaming machine, a lottery related to a special design is performed on condition that a game ball is launched toward a game area in a game board by a player's handle operation and a game ball that has flowed down the game area enters a start opening. Is executed. Then, the special symbol display variably displays the special symbol, and the special symbol determined by the lottery is stopped and displayed, so that the player is notified of the lottery result. At this time, when the special symbol indicating that the jackpot is displayed on the special symbol display is stopped and displayed, the big game is started. In this big game, it is possible to enter game balls into the big prize opening, so that the player can receive a lot of prize balls.

  In such a gaming machine, while the special symbol is variably displayed on the special symbol display device, the effect lighting device including the light emitting element (LED) emits light with a predetermined illumination pattern. At this time, the storage means of the sub-control board for controlling the effect is provided with a table of electric decoration patterns in which a plurality of instructions for causing the effect lighting device to emit light is provided, and the CPU of the sub-control board is either The light emitting element is made to emit light by analyzing the command of the table of the electric decoration pattern (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-66516 A

  However, in the above-described table of electrical decoration patterns, a plurality of instructions are defined independently. Therefore, at the time of design, it is necessary to generate a table as a separate instruction even for an instruction that has a common part, and if you want to rewrite it to another instruction that has a common part, you must rewrite all the instructions. There has been a problem that complicating work is required.

  In view of such problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can be easily designed.

  In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention includes an effect lighting device including a light emitting element, an effect determining means for determining an effect as the game progresses, and a plurality of elements for controlling the light emission mode of the light emitting element. Storage means for storing an illumination pattern table constituted by the instructions, and an instruction shown in the illumination pattern table corresponding to the decided presentation, by analyzing the instructions shown in the illumination pattern table. And a performance execution means for causing the light emitting element to emit light in a light emission mode according to a decoration pattern, and the command includes a JUMP command that moves the analysis destination to a set address and does not return the analysis destination after the movement, A JUMP / CALL instruction in which a CALL instruction for moving the analysis destination to the set address and returning the analysis destination after the movement is set as common instruction information Murrell.

  In the JUMP / CALL instruction, an identification bit for identifying the JUMP instruction and the CALL instruction may be set.

  In the JUMP / CALL instruction, when the CALL number bit indicating the number of repetitions in the CALL instruction is set and the identification bit indicates the JUMP instruction, the CALL number bit may be invalidated.

  According to the present invention, the design can be facilitated.

It is a perspective view of the gaming machine showing a state where the door is opened. It is a front view of a gaming machine. It is a block diagram of a gaming machine. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the control aspect of a production | presentation display part, a production | presentation actor device, a production | presentation illumination device, and a music output device in a sub control board. It is a flowchart which shows the control aspect in a sub control board. It is the schematic explaining the data structure of a command. It is a figure which shows an example of the command for lighting control of an effect lighting apparatus. It is the schematic explaining the data structure of each command. It is the schematic explaining the data structure of each command. It is a figure explaining the restriction | limiting of an END modification and a NEXT modification. It is a figure explaining the usage example of END modification and NEXT modification. It is a figure explaining an example of an electrical decoration pattern. It is a figure explaining the table of the electrical decoration pattern of red LED, blue LED, and green LED in the case of making an effect lighting apparatus emit rainbow light. (A) is a figure explaining the table in the case of making an effect lighting apparatus emit rainbow light using a JUMP command. (B) is a figure explaining the table in the case of making an effect lighting apparatus rainbow-emit using a LOOP command. It is a figure explaining the common table and the table of the electrical decoration pattern of red LED, blue LED, and green LED in the case of making an effect lighting apparatus emit rainbow light over 3 periods. It is an external view for demonstrating the schematic mechanical structure of a slot machine. It is an external view in the state which opened the front door for demonstrating the schematic mechanical structure of a slot machine. It is a figure which shows the symbol arrangement | sequence of a reel. It is a block diagram showing a schematic electrical configuration of the slot machine.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The dimensions, materials, and other specific numerical values shown in the embodiments are merely examples for facilitating the understanding of the invention, and do not limit the present invention unless otherwise specified. In the present specification and drawings, elements having substantially the same function and configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted, and elements not directly related to the present invention are not illustrated. To do.

  In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, first, the mechanical configuration and electrical configuration of the gaming machine will be briefly described, and then specific processing on each board will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment, showing a state in which the door is opened. As shown in the figure, the gaming machine 100 includes an outer frame 102 in which an enclosed space is formed by four sides assembled in a substantially rectangular shape, a middle frame 104 attached to the outer frame 102 by a hinge mechanism so as to be freely opened and closed, The middle frame 104 includes a front frame 106 that is attached to be freely opened and closed by a hinge mechanism.

  As with the outer frame 102, the middle frame 104 has an enclosed space formed by four sides assembled in a substantially rectangular shape, and the game board 108 is held in the enclosed space. The front frame 106 holds a transmission plate 110 made of glass or resin. When the middle frame 104 and the front frame 106 are closed with respect to the outer frame 102, the game board 108 and the transmission plate 110 face each other substantially in parallel with a predetermined distance from the front side of the gaming machine 100. The game board 108 can be visually recognized through the transmission plate 110.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming machine 100. As shown in this figure, an operation handle 112 that projects to the front side of the gaming machine 100 is provided below the front frame 106. The operation handle 112 is provided so that the player can perform a rotation operation. When the player rotates the operation handle 112 to perform a launch operation, the operation handle 112 has a strength corresponding to the rotation angle of the operation handle 112 and is not illustrated. A game ball is launched by the launch mechanism. The game ball thus fired is raised between the rails 114 a and 114 b provided on the game board 108 and guided to the game area 116.

  The game area 116 is a space formed between the game board 108 and the transmission plate 110 and is an area where the game ball can flow down or roll. The game board 108 is provided with a large number of nails and windmills, and a game ball guided to the game area 116 collides with the nails and windmills, and flows down and rolls in an irregular direction.

  The game area 116 includes a first game area 116a and a second game area 116b that differ in the degree of entry of the game ball according to the firing strength of the launch mechanism. The first game area 116 a is located on the left side of the game area 116 when viewed from the player facing the gaming machine 100, and the second game area 116 b is the game area 116 viewed from the player facing the gaming machine 100. Located on the right side. Since the rails 114a and 114b are on the left side of the game area 116, the game balls launched by the launch mechanism with a launch intensity less than the predetermined intensity enter the first game area 116a and launch with a launch intensity greater than the predetermined intensity. The played game ball enters the second game area 116b.

  In addition, the game area 116 is provided with a general winning port 118, a first starting port 120, and a second starting port 122 through which a game ball can enter, and the general winning port 118, the first starting port 120, the first starting port 120, and the like. 2. When a game ball enters the start port 122, a predetermined prize ball is paid out to the player. The number of prize balls may be any number as long as it is one or more, and the number of prize balls to be paid out at each of the general prize opening 118, the first start opening 120, and the second start opening 122 may be different. The same number of prize balls may be set. At this time, it is also possible to set the number of prize balls that the game ball enters and pays out at the first start port 120 smaller than the number of prize balls that the game ball enters and pays out at the second start port 122. is there.

  Note that a first start region is provided in the first start port 120, and a second start region is provided in the second start port 122. When a game ball enters the first start port 120 or the second start port 122 and the game ball enters the first start region or the second start region, one of a plurality of special symbols provided in advance is selected. A lottery for determining one special symbol is performed. Each special symbol is associated with various game profits such as whether or not a big game that is advantageous to the player can be executed and what kind of gaming state the subsequent gaming state will be. Therefore, when a game ball enters the first start port 120 or the second start port 122, the player acquires a predetermined prize ball and at the same time acquires an opportunity for acquiring a right to receive various game benefits. It becomes.

  The second starting port 122 is provided with a movable piece 122b that can be opened and closed, and the ease of entry of the game ball into the second starting port 122 changes depending on the state of the movable piece 122b. It has become. Specifically, when the movable piece 122b is in the closed state, it is impossible to enter the game ball into the second start port 122. On the other hand, when the game ball passes through the entrance area in the gate 124 provided in the game area 116, a normal symbol lottery is performed, and if the winning is won by this lottery, the movable piece 122b is in an open state for a predetermined time. Controlled. As described above, when the movable piece 122b is in the open state, the movable piece 122b functions as a tray that guides the game ball to the second start port 122, so that the game ball can easily enter the second start port 122. Note that, here, when the second start port 122 is in the closed state, it is impossible to enter the game ball into the second start port 122, but the second start port 122 is in the closed state. Even in some cases, it may be configured such that game balls can enter at a certain frequency.

  Furthermore, the game area 116 is provided with a large winning opening 128 through which a game ball can enter. The big winning opening 128 is provided with an open / close door 128b that can be opened and closed. Normally, the open / close door 128b closes the big winning opening 128 so that a game ball cannot enter the big winning opening 128. It has become. On the other hand, when the above-mentioned big game is executed, the opening / closing door 128b is opened, and a game ball can be inserted into the big winning opening 128. Then, when a game ball enters the big prize opening 128, a predetermined prize ball is paid out to the player.

  At the bottom of the game area 116, game balls that have not entered any of the general winning opening 118, the first starting opening 120, the second starting opening 122, or the big winning opening 128 are played from the gaming area 116. A discharge port 130 for discharging is provided on the back side of the panel 108.

  The gaming machine 100 is controlled by an effect display device 200 made up of a liquid crystal display device, an effect agent device 202 made up of a drive device, and various lighting modes and light emission colors as an effect device for making an effect while the game is in progress. There are provided an effect lighting device 204 composed of a lamp, a music output device 206 composed of a speaker, and an effect operation device 208 that accepts the player's operation.

  The effect display device 200 includes an effect display unit 200a including an image display unit that displays an image. The effect display unit 200a can be viewed from the front side of the gaming machine 100 at a substantially central portion of the game board 108. It is arranged. In the effect display unit 200a, the effect symbols 210a, 210b, and 210c are variably displayed as shown in the drawing, and the effect of lottery lottery is notified to the player by the stop display mode of these effect symbols 210a, 210b, and 210c. Will be executed.

  The stage effect device 202 is arranged in front of the stage display unit 200a and is normally retracted to the back side of the game board 108, but during staged variation display of the stage symbols 210a, 210b, 210c, etc. The player moves to the front of the display unit 200a to give the player a big hit expectation.

  The effect lighting device 204 is, for example, an LED that has a red LED (Light Emitting Diode), a blue LED, and a green LED and can emit light in full color, and is provided in the effect actor device 202, the game board 108, and the like. Various lighting controls are performed according to the image displayed on the display unit 200a.

  The music output device 206 is provided at an upper position of the front frame 106 or a lowermost position of the outer frame 102, and various music is directed toward the front side of the gaming machine 100 according to an image displayed on the effect display unit 200a. Is output.

  The effect operation device 208 includes a button that accepts a player's pressing operation, and a rotation operation unit (for example, a jog dial) that accepts a player's rotation operation. It is provided at a position below the transmission plate 110. The effect operation device 208 is activated in accordance with an image or the like displayed on the effect display unit 200a. When the player's operation is received within the operation effective period, various effects are executed according to the operation. .

  Further, behind the effect operation device 208, there is an upper plate 132 to which a prize ball paid out from the gaming machine 100 and a game ball lent out from the game ball lending device are guided, and when the upper plate 132 is filled with game balls. The game ball is guided to the lower plate 134. In addition, a ball hole (not shown) for discharging game balls from the lower plate 134 is formed on the bottom surface of the lower plate 134. The ball release hole is normally closed by an opening / closing plate (not shown), but the opening / closing plate slides integrally with the ball removal knob 134a by sliding the ball removal knob 134a in the horizontal direction in the figure. In addition, it is possible to discharge the game ball from the ball hole to the lower side of the lower plate 134.

  Further, the game board 108 has a first special symbol display 160, a second special symbol display 162, and a first special symbol hold at a position outside the game area 116 and visible to the player. A display 164, a second special symbol hold display 166, a normal symbol display 168, a normal symbol hold display 170, and a right-handed notification display 172 are provided. Each of these indicators 160 to 172 is a device for displaying various situations relating to the game.

(Internal structure of control means)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the control means for controlling the progress of the game. The main control board 300 controls the basic operation of the game. The main control board 300 includes a main CPU 300a, a main ROM 300b, and a main RAM 300c. The main CPU 300a reads out a program stored in the main ROM 300b based on an input signal from each detection switch or timer, performs arithmetic processing, directly controls each device or display, or outputs the result of the arithmetic processing. In response, a command is transmitted to another board. The main RAM 300c functions as a data work area during the arithmetic processing of the main CPU 300a.

  The main control board 300 has a general winning port detection switch 118s for detecting that a game ball has entered the general winning port 118, and a first start port for detecting that a game ball has entered the first start port 120. The detection switch 120s, the second start port detection switch 122s that detects that a game ball has entered the second start port 122, the gate detection switch 124s that detects that the game ball has passed through the gate 124, and the big winning port 128 A big prize opening detection switch 128s for detecting that a game ball has entered is connected, and a detection signal is inputted to the main control board 300 from each of these detection switches.

  Further, the main control board 300 includes a normal electric accessory solenoid 122c that operates the movable piece 122b of the second start port 122, and a large winning opening solenoid 128c that operates the opening and closing door 128b that opens and closes the large winning opening 128. The main control board 300 controls the opening and closing of the second starting port 122 and the special winning opening 128.

  Further, the main control board 300 includes a first special symbol display 160, a second special symbol display 162, a first special symbol hold indicator 164, a second special symbol hold indicator 166, a normal symbol indicator 168, and a normal symbol indicator 168. The symbol hold display 170 and the right-handed notification display 172 are connected, and the main control board 300 controls the display of each display.

  In addition, the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment is started by a special game that is started mainly by entering a game ball into the first start port 120 or the second start port 122 and when the game ball passes through the gate 124. It is roughly divided into ordinary games. The main ROM 300b of the main control board 300 stores various programs for proceeding with special games and ordinary games, and data and tables necessary for various games.

  The main control board 300 is connected to a payout control board 310 and a sub control board 330.

  The payout control board 310 performs control for launching a game ball and control for paying out a prize ball. The payout control board 310 also includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and is connected to the main control board 300 so as to be capable of bidirectional communication. A game information output terminal board 312 is connected to the payout control board 310, and various information on the progress of the game output from the main control board 300 is passed through the payout control board 310 and the game information output terminal board 312. This is output to the hall computer of the amusement store.

  The payout control board 310 is connected to a payout motor 314 for paying out a game ball stored in the storage unit as a prize ball to the player. The payout control board 310 controls the payout motor 314 based on the payout number designation command transmitted from the main control board 300 so as to pay out a predetermined prize ball to the player. At this time, the number of game balls that have been paid out is detected by the payout ball counting switch 316 s so that it can be determined whether or not the prize ball to be paid out has been paid out to the player.

  Further, a dish full tank detection switch 318 s for detecting a full tank state of the lower dish 134 is connected to the dispensing control board 310. This dish full tank detection switch 318 s is provided in a path for guiding game balls to be paid out as prize balls to the lower dish 134, and each time a game ball passes through the path, a game ball detection signal is sent to the payout control board 310. It is designed to be entered.

  When a predetermined amount or more of the game balls are stored in the lower plate 134 and become full, the game balls stay in the passage toward the lower plate 134 toward the payout control board 310 from the plate full tank detection switch 318s. The game ball detection signal is continuously input. The payout control board 310 determines that the lower tray 134 is full when a game ball detection signal is continuously input for a predetermined time, and transmits a full dish command to the main control board 300. On the other hand, if the continuous input of the game ball detection signal is interrupted after the dish full tank command is transmitted, it is determined that the full tank state has been released, and the dish full tank release command is transmitted to the main control board 300.

  Further, the payout control board 310 is provided with a launch control circuit 320 that performs launch control of the game ball. Connected to the payout control board 310 are a touch sensor 112s that is provided on the operation handle 112 and detects that the player has touched the operation handle 112, and an operation volume 112a that detects an operation angle of the operation handle 112. ing. When a signal is input from the touch sensor 112s and the operation volume 112a, the launch control circuit 320 performs control to energize the launch solenoid 112c provided in the game ball launch device to launch the game ball.

  The sub-control board 330 mainly controls each effect such as playing or waiting. The sub control board 330 includes a sub CPU 330a, a sub ROM 330b, and a sub RAM 330c, and communicates with the main control board 300 in one direction from the main control board 300 to the sub control board 330 from the viewpoint of preventing fraud. Connected as possible. The sub CPU 330a reads out a program stored in the sub ROM 330b based on a command transmitted from the main control board 300, an input signal from a timer, and the like, performs arithmetic processing, and controls the execution of effects. At this time, the sub RAM 330c functions as a data work area during the arithmetic processing of the sub CPU 330a.

  Specifically, the sub control board 330 performs image display control for displaying an image on the effect display unit 200a. The sub ROM 330b stores a large number of image data such as symbols and backgrounds to be displayed on the effect display unit 200a, and the sub CPU 330a reads the image data from the sub ROM 330b to a VRAM (not shown) to display the effect display unit 200a. Control image display. In addition, the sub control board 330 performs drive control of the effect actor device 202, lighting control of the effect lighting device 204, and music output control for outputting music from the music output device 206.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining control modes of the effect display unit 200a, the effect actor device 202, the effect lighting device 204, and the music output device 206 in the sub control board 330, and FIG. 5 is common to them. It is a flowchart which shows the control aspect to do. A sub CPU (CPU) 330a provided on the sub control board 330 functions as an effect determining means 332 and an effect executing means 334 in cooperation with a program stored in the sub ROM 330b and the sub RAM 330c. The effect determining means 332 decodes the command transmitted from the main control board 300, and determines an effect pattern (content indicating a series of effects) corresponding to the command. The effect execution means 334 transmits a command to each device such as the image IC 340a, the accessory controller 342, the illumination controller 344, and the music IC 346a based on the determined effect pattern to execute the effect. The effect determination means 332 and the effect execution means 334 are both processing corresponding to an interrupt (interrupt processing), and are executed at an interrupt timing associated with each device.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the effect determining means 332 waits for the arrival of a predetermined interrupt cycle (for example, 33.3 msec) (NO in S10), and when the predetermined interrupt cycle arrives (YES in S10), Image data based on the effect pattern (data corresponding to the image displayed on the effect display unit 200a among the effects indicated by the effect pattern) is determined (S11). Then, the effect execution means 334 transmits an image command that can specify image data to the image IC 340a (S12), and repeats the processing from step S10. The image IC 340a is also called a VDP (Video Display Processor), reads image data specified by an image command from the image ROM 340b to an image RAM (VRAM) 340c, and sequentially outputs the image data to the effect display unit 200a. It should be noted that some image is always displayed on the effect display unit 200a. Therefore, the effect determination means 332 always determines the image data for each interrupt cycle. Note that the image RAM 340c has different layers, and each layer can hold different image data. Then, the image IC 340a superimposes the image data held in the plurality of layers, and the superimposed image data is output to the effect display unit 200a.

  In addition, in parallel with the control on the image IC 340a described above, the effect determining unit 332 performs a role based on the effect pattern when a predetermined interrupt period (for example, 2 msec) comes along with the determination of the effect pattern (YES in S10). An object pattern (contents indicating a series of operations of the effect actor device 202 among effects indicated by the effect pattern) is determined (S11). Then, the effect execution unit 334 transmits a 1 (ON) or 0 (OFF) command at predetermined time intervals to the accessory driver 342 according to the accessory pattern (S12), and repeats the processing from step S10. In accordance with such a command, the accessory driver 342 turns on or off an FET (Field Effect Transistor) that drives the effect accessory device 202. Therefore, the production accessory device 202 operates only when the accessory pattern is determined. In addition, since the production effect device 202 is a temporary production with a physical action that increases the expectation of jackpot for the player, it is compared with image data, an electrical decoration pattern, and music data to be described later. The frequency of determining the accessory pattern is low.

  In addition, in parallel with the control for the image IC 340a and the accessory controller 342, the effect determining means 332 comes with a predetermined interrupt period (for example, 16.67 msec) with the determination of the effect pattern (YES in S10). Then, an electrical decoration pattern based on the effect pattern (contents indicating a series of lighting modes of the effect lighting device 204 among effects indicated by the effect pattern) is determined (S11). Then, the effect execution means 334 transmits a command to the illumination controller (LED controller) 344 at a predetermined time interval according to the illumination pattern (S12), and repeats the processing from step S10. The lighting controller 344 controls lighting of the LED as the effect lighting device 204 in accordance with the command.

  In addition, in parallel with the control for the image IC 340a, the accessory controller 342, and the lighting controller 344, the effect determining unit 332 receives a predetermined interrupt cycle (for example, 50 msec) with the determination of the effect pattern (in S10) YES), music data based on the effect pattern (data corresponding to the music to be output to the music output device 206 among the effects indicated by the effect pattern) is determined (S11). Then, the effect execution means 334 transmits a music command that can specify music data to the music IC 346a (S12), and repeats the processing from step S10. The music IC 346a reads the music data specified by the music command from the music ROM 346b to the music IC 346a, and sequentially outputs the music data to the speaker which is the music output device 206. Note that some music is always output to the music output device 206. Therefore, the effect determination means 332 always determines the music data for each interrupt cycle. The music IC 346a has a plurality of music buffers (buffers), and each music buffer can hold different music data. Then, the music IC 346 a superimposes music data held in a plurality of music buffers, and the music data superimposed is output to the music output device 206.

  Here, a series of functional units such as a sub CPU 330a, a sub RAM 330c, an image IC 340a, an image ROM 340b, an image RAM 340c, an accessory controller 342, a lighting controller 344, a music IC 346a, a music ROM 346b, and the like are configured as an SoC (System-on-a-Chip). As a single integrated circuit. However, it can be arbitrarily set which functional unit is integrated in such SoC. In addition, the functional units such as the sub CPU 330a, the sub RAM 330c, the image IC 340a, the image ROM 340b, the image RAM 340c, the accessory controller 342, the lighting controller 344, the music IC 346a, and the music ROM 346b are integrated as different integrated circuits and are electrically connected. It may be.

  Furthermore, the sub-control board 330 has detection signals from a push detection switch 208s that detects that the effect operation device 208 has been pressed, and a rotation detection switch 209s that detects that the effect operation device 208 has been rotated. Is entered. When a detection signal is input from the push detection switch 208s or the rotation detection switch 209s, various effects such as an image displayed on the effect display unit 200a are executed.

  Note that a power supply board (not shown) is connected to each board, and power is supplied to each board from a commercial power supply via the power supply board.

(Control of effect lighting device 204)
As described above, in the sub control board 330, the effect determining unit 332 determines an electric decoration pattern based on the effect pattern, and the effect executing unit 334 transmits a command to the illumination controller 344 according to the electric decoration pattern. The lighting controller 344 controls lighting of each effect lighting device 204 according to the command. As a result, the effect lighting device 204 emits light in synchronization with the effect pattern.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the data structure of an instruction. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a command for controlling lighting of the effect lighting device 204. In FIG. 6, each rectangle is shown as 1 bit. In the following, “OOh” indicates a hexadecimal value, and “OOb” indicates a binary value.

  The above-mentioned electrical decoration pattern is prescribed | regulated by the table (data) which combined the instruction | command (instruction name) shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. A table corresponding to the illumination pattern is stored in the sub ROM 330b (storage means). The instruction is binary data, and the effect execution means 334 extracts and sequentially analyzes the instructions constituting the table corresponding to the illumination pattern, and generates a command according to the analysis result.

  As shown in FIG. 6, one instruction is composed of only a 2-byte basic instruction or 6 bytes obtained by adding a 2-byte extended instruction 1 and an extended instruction 2 to a 2-byte basic instruction. Yes.

  Of the instructions described below, the PUT instruction, the SETUP instruction, the SLINE instruction, the WAIT instruction, the LOOP instruction, and the NEXT instruction are composed of only 2-byte basic instructions. On the other hand, the JUMP instruction and the CALL instruction are composed of 6 bytes of the basic instruction, the extended instruction 1 and the extended instruction 2.

  The upper 3 bits of the basic instruction are provided with an instruction header (instruction information) indicating the instruction name, and the effect execution means 334 is based on the instruction header indicated by the upper 3 bits of the basic instruction. To identify the instruction name.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the PUT instruction whose instruction name is PUT is an instruction for continuing the set luminance over the set duration. The SETUP command whose command name is SETUP is a command for emitting light with a set luminance. The SLINE command whose command name is SLINE is a command for changing from the current luminance to the set luminance at equal intervals over a set duration. The WAIT command whose command name is WAIT is a command for maintaining the current luminance for a set duration. The LOOP instruction whose instruction name is LOOP is an instruction that repeats the instructions up to the NEXT instruction a set number of times. The NEXT instruction whose instruction name is NEXT is an instruction indicating the end of the LOOP instruction. The JUMP instruction whose instruction name is JUMP is an instruction that skips the analysis destination to a specified address (table) and does not return the analysis destination to the original address. The CALL instruction whose instruction name is CALL is an instruction that skips the analysis destination to a specified address (table) and returns the analysis destination to the address next to the original address.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the END decoration indicating the end of the table is provided in the upper 4 bits of the basic instruction. In the END modification, the function of the END instruction can be expressed by 1 bit. When “0b”, the END modification is invalid, and when it is “1b”, the END modification is valid. That is, an instruction whose END modification bit is “1b” indicates the end of the table.

  Also, the NEXT modification indicating the end of the LOOP instruction is provided in the upper 5 bits of the basic instruction. In the NEXT modification, the function of the NEXT instruction can be expressed by 1 bit. When “0b”, the NEXT modification becomes invalid, and when it is “1b”, the NEXT modification becomes valid. That is, an instruction with a NEXT modification bit of “1b” indicates the end of a previous LOOP instruction. It should be noted that a LOOP instruction is always present in an illumination pattern table before an instruction having a NEXT modification bit of “1b”.

  Of the basic instructions, information (duration, brightness, etc.) necessary for each instruction is set in the lower 11 bits. As will be described in detail later, since the LOOP instruction does not indicate the end of the table and does not indicate the end of the LOOP instruction, the LOOP instruction itself is not provided with the END and NEXT modifications. Also, depending on the instruction, the END modifier is fixed to “0b” when the end of the table is not indicated, or the NEXT modifier is fixed to “0b” when the end of the LOOP instruction is not indicated. There is also a case.

  8 and 9 are schematic diagrams for explaining the data structure of each instruction. As shown in FIG. 8A, in the PUT instruction, “001b” indicating the instruction name PUT is set as the instruction header, and the final luminance is set by 5 bits from the upper 6th bit to the 10th bit. The duration is set in the lower 6 bits. The final luminance can be set in 32 steps from “00h” to “1Fh”. Also, the duration can be set in 64 steps from “00h” to “3Fh”, and since the interrupt cycle is 16.67 ms, it can be set every 0.007 ms between 0.00 ms and 1050.00 ms. It is.

  As with the PUT instruction, “001b” is set as the instruction header in the SETUP instruction, and the final luminance is set with 5 bits from the upper 6th bit to the 10th bit. However, the SETUP instruction has lower 6 bits and the duration is set to “00h”. That is, the instruction header “001b” is used in common for the PUT instruction and the SETUP instruction. When the duration is set to “00h”, the instruction header becomes “SETUP” and the duration is set to “01h” or more. If it is, it becomes a PUT instruction. In other words, “00h” is set as the duration in the SETUP instruction, and “01h” or more is set as the duration in the PUT instruction.

  In the SLINE instruction, as shown in FIG. 8B, “010b” indicating the instruction name SLINE is set as the instruction header, and the final luminance is set by 5 bits from the upper 6th bit to the 10th bit. The duration is set in the lower 6 bits. The final luminance can be set in 32 steps from “00h” to “1Fh”. The duration can be set from “02h” to “3Fh”, and the interrupt cycle is 16.67 ms. Therefore, the duration can be set every 33.33 ms to 1050.00 ms every 16.67 ms.

  As shown in FIG. 8C, in the WAIT instruction, “000b” indicating the instruction name WAIT is set as the instruction header, and the duration is set in the lower 11 bits. The duration can be set from “001h” to “7FFh”, and since the interrupt period is 16.67 ms, it can be set every 16.67 ms between 16.67 ms and 34116.67 ms.

  In the LOOP instruction, as shown in FIG. 9A, “100b” indicating the instruction name LOOP is set as the instruction header, and 5 bits from the upper 4th bit to the 8th bit are not used (reserved). The number of repetitions is set in the lower 8 bits. The number of repetitions can be set from “02h” to “FEh”, that is, from 2 to 254 times. In the case of “FFh”, the number of repetitions is set to infinity. For example, when the number of repetitions is set to “02h”, instructions up to the NEXT instruction are executed twice. For unused bits, “0b” is set as a fixed value.

  As shown in FIG. 9B, in the NEXT instruction, “000b” is set as the instruction header as in the WAIT instruction, and the NEXT modification of the upper 5th bit is set (fixed) to “1b”. The lower 11 bits are not used (reserved). For unused bits, “0b” is set as a fixed value. The instruction header “000b” is commonly used for the WAIT instruction and the NEXT instruction. When the value of the lower 11 bits is “000h”, the instruction header “000b” becomes a NEXT instruction, and the value of the lower 11 bits is “001h”. If it is greater than or equal to, the WAIT command is issued.

  As shown in FIG. 9C, in the JUMP / CALL instruction, “101b” indicating the instruction name JUMP or CALL is set as a common instruction header. In addition, the END modification of the upper 4 bits and the NEXT modification of the upper 5 bits are valid only when the CALL instruction is used, and are invalid when the JUMP instruction is used. The upper 6th and 7th bits are not used (reserved). In the upper 8 bits, identification information for identifying whether it is a JUMP instruction or a CALL instruction is set. When it is a JUMP instruction, it is set to “0b”, and when it is a CALL instruction It is set to “1b”.

  The CALL count is set in the lower 8 bits of the basic instruction. The number of CALL can be set from “01h” to “FFh”, that is, from 1 to 255 times. However, the CALL count is used only when the CALL instruction is used, and is set to “00h” and invalid when the JUMP instruction is used. In the extension instruction 1 and the extension instruction 2, a call address indicating an analysis destination is set.

  Here, both the JUMP instruction and the CALL instruction are common by moving the analysis destination to the call address. Here, in the JUMP instruction, the analysis destination is moved to the set call address, and the analysis destination is not returned to the movement source. On the other hand, the analysis destination of the CALL instruction is returned to the instruction next to the calling CALL instruction when the analysis destination is moved to the set call address and reaches the end of the table (an instruction with END modification).

  As described above, the JUMP instruction and the CALL instruction that are common by moving the analysis destination address are attached to the common instruction header, and are either the JUMP instruction or the CALL instruction depending on the identification information of the upper 8 bits. Can be identified. Therefore, at the design stage, it is possible to switch between the JUMP instruction and the CALL instruction simply by switching the bit flag of the upper 8 bits, so that various illumination patterns can be easily designed.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining limitations on END modification and NEXT modification. In FIG. 10, “no modification” indicates whether both the END modification (END instruction) and the NEXT modification (NEXT instruction) can be invalidated, and “NEXT modification” indicates whether the NEXT modification can be validated. “END modification” indicates whether or not the END modification can be made effective, and “NEXT + END modification” shows whether or not both the END modification and the NEXT modification can be made effective. In FIG. 10, “◯” indicates that the corresponding item can be set, “−” indicates that the corresponding item cannot be set, and “?” Indicates that the corresponding item is not provided. Show.

  As described above, each instruction except the LOOP instruction is provided with a bit indicating END modification and NEXT modification. The instruction limits the validity and invalidity of the END modification and the NEXT modification. For example, in the PUT instruction, the SLINE instruction, the WAIT instruction, and the CALL instruction, both the END modification and the NEXT modification can be invalidated, and only one can be validated and the other can be invalidated. In addition, in the PUT instruction, the SLINE instruction, the WAIT instruction, and the CALL instruction, both the END modification and the NEXT modification can be made effective.

  In the SETUP instruction and the JUMP instruction, both the END modification and the NEXT modification can be invalidated, but one or both of the END modification and the NEXT modification cannot be validated. That is, the SETUP instruction and the JUMP instruction cannot be the end of the table, and cannot be the end of the LOOP instruction.

  The LOOP instruction cannot enable one or both of the END and NEXT qualifications because the END and NEXT qualification bits are not provided.

  In the NEXT instruction, both the END modification and the NEXT modification cannot be invalidated. However, the NEXT modification is always valid, and the END modification can be validated or invalidated while the NEXT modification is valid.

  As described above, each instruction except the LOOP instruction is provided with the END modification and the NEXT modification at the 5th bit and the 6th bit, respectively. With these bits, the END instruction and the NEXT instruction are not separately provided. Validity / invalidity of the modification (END instruction) and the NEXT modification (END instruction) can be set.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of using the END modification and the NEXT modification. As shown in FIG. 11A, a plurality of instructions surrounded by a LOOP instruction (outside) and a NEXT instruction (outside) are repeatedly executed, and a plurality of instructions surrounded by a LOOP instruction (inside) and a NEXT instruction (inside) A case of generating a table (program) that repeatedly executes the above instruction will be described.

  Here, when the END and NEXT modifications are not provided, as shown in FIG. 11B, a LOOP instruction (outside), a SLINE instruction, a SLLINE instruction, a LOOP instruction (inside), a SLINE instruction, a SLINE instruction, and a NEXT A table in which an instruction (inner side), a NEXT instruction (outer side), and an END instruction are arranged is generated. Since these instructions are all composed of basic instructions of 2 bytes, this table is 2 bytes × 9 = 18 bytes.

  On the other hand, when END modification and NEXT modification are provided as in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11C, a LOOP instruction (outside), a SLINE instruction, a SLINE instruction, a LOOP instruction (inside), and a SLINE A table in which an instruction, a SLINE (NEXT) instruction, and a NEXT (END) instruction are arranged is generated. Since these instructions are all basic instructions of 2 bytes, this table is 2 bytes × 7 = 14 bytes. The SLINE (NEXT) instruction is an instruction in which the NEXT modification is “1b” (valid) in the SLINE instruction, and the NEXT (END) instruction is in the NEXT instruction, the END modification is “1b” (valid). It is an instruction.

  In this way, by providing END modification and NEXT modification bits for each instruction, in the example shown in FIG. 11 described above, compared to a case where END modification and NEXT modification bits are not provided, 4 bytes are provided. Data can be reduced.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electrical decoration pattern. As described above, the effect lighting device 204 is, for example, a full-color LED that has a red LED, a blue LED, and a green LED and can emit light in full color, and an observer can arbitrarily control the light emission mode of each color LED. It is possible to emit light so that it can be recognized as one color.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 12A, the effect lighting device 204 changes to various colors as time elapses. For example, light blue → green → yellow → orange → red → purple → blue → light blue. As described above, when it is desired to make a rainbow also appear to emit light periodically with a rainbow, the lighting of the red LED, the blue LED, and the green LED shown in FIGS. 12B to 12D is defined. A pattern table was prepared for each of the red LED, blue LED and green LED. Therefore, if an illumination pattern table is prepared for each color LED, the data capacity increases.

  However, as can be seen from FIGS. 12B to 12D, the red LED, the blue LED, and the green LED have a periodic light emission pattern having the same luminance (pattern surrounded by a rectangle in the figure). Light is emitted with (periodic illumination pattern), and only the start timing of the periodic light emission pattern of each LED is shifted from each other.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, as described below, the data capacity can be reduced by sharing a part of the table of the illumination patterns for each color LED.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a table of illumination patterns of red LEDs, blue LEDs, and green LEDs when the effect lighting device 204 is caused to emit rainbow light. For example, as shown in FIG. 13A, the illumination pattern table for the red LED is a SETUP command for emitting light at a luminance of 31 when the start address is 1000h, and finally the luminance is reduced to 0 at a duration of 1 second. A LINE command that delays the processing of 2 seconds, a WAIT command that delays the processing for 1 second, a WAIT command that finally sets the luminance to 31, a WAIT command that delays the processing of 2 seconds, and a JUMP command that moves the analysis destination to the address 1002h It consists of 16 bytes.

  As shown in FIG. 13B, the table of the illumination pattern for the blue LED is composed of 4 bytes of the WAIT instruction for delaying the 2-second processing and the JUMP instruction for moving the analysis destination to the address 1000h. Further, as shown in FIG. 13C, the table of the illumination pattern for the green LED is composed of 4 bytes of the WAIT instruction for delaying the 4-second processing and the JUMP instruction for moving the analysis destination to the address 1000h.

  By providing a table of illumination patterns for each color LED in this way, the red LED has a luminance of 31 at the start of execution, and then has a luminance of 0 over 1 second and remains at 0 for 2 seconds. Then, the light emission pattern having a luminance of 31 is repeated over 1 second.

  On the other hand, after the current luminance is maintained for 2 seconds, the blue LED has a luminance of 31 based on the address 1000h of the table corresponding to the red LED, that is, a SETUP command with a luminance of 31. Thereafter, the luminance pattern is 0 over 1 second, the luminance is maintained at 0 over 2 seconds, and the light emission pattern in which the luminance is 31 over 1 second is repeated.

  In addition, the green LED maintains the current luminance for 4 seconds, and then the luminance becomes 31 based on the table address 1000h corresponding to the red LED, that is, the SETUP command that makes the luminance 31. Thereafter, the luminance pattern is 0 over 1 second, the luminance is maintained at 0 over 2 seconds, and the light emission pattern in which the luminance is 31 over 1 second is repeated.

  Thus, when the illumination pattern of each color LED is common to each other, by diverting the table corresponding to one LED (red LED) to other LEDs (blue LED, green LED) (to share), The total data amount is 16 (data amount for red LED) +4 (data amount for blue LED) +4 (data amount for green LED) = 24 bytes, and a table corresponding to one LED is provided for each color LED. Compared to the case (16 × 3 = 48 bytes), the data amount as a whole can be reduced.

  FIG. 14A is a diagram for explaining a table in the case where the effect lighting device 204 is caused to emit rainbow light using a JUMP command. FIG. 14B is a diagram for explaining a table in the case where the effect lighting device 204 is caused to emit rainbow using the LOOP command.

  When the tables shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B are used, there is no need to separately provide a table of electrical patterns for emitting red LEDs, blue LEDs, and green LEDs. It is possible to emit blue and green LEDs.

  The table shown in FIG. 14A is a WAIT command that delays the 2-second processing, a WAIT command that delays the 2-second processing, a SETUP command that emits light at a luminance of 31, and a SLINE that finally sets the luminance to 0 after a duration of 1 second. 20 bytes of command, WAIT command that delays processing for 2 seconds, LINE command that lasts for 1 second in duration and WAIT command that delays processing for 2 seconds, and JUMP command that moves analysis destination to address 1002h Composed. Here, the address of the SETUP command for emitting light with luminance 31 is 1000h.

  In the process for the red LED, the analysis is started from the address 1000h, in the process for the blue LED, the analysis is started from the address 0FFEh two bytes before, and in the process for the green LED, the analysis is started from the address 0FFCh four bytes before. Let

  As a result, when the light emission patterns of the respective color LEDs are common to each other, the table can be shared into one by shifting the processing start address for each color LED, and the data amount as a whole can be further reduced. .

  Also, the table shown in FIG. 14B is a WAIT command that delays 2 second processing, a WAIT command that delays 2 second processing, a SETUP command that emits light at luminance 31, a LOOP command in which the number of repetitions is set to infinite, SLINE command that finally sets the brightness to 0 at a duration of 1 second, a WAIT command that delays the processing for 2 seconds, a SLINE command that finally sets the brightness to 31 at a duration of 1 second, delays the processing for 2 seconds, and It consists of 16 bytes of a WAIT (NEXT) instruction in which the NEXT modification is valid.

  In the process for the red LED, the analysis is started from the address 1000h, in the process for the blue LED, the analysis is started from the address 0FFEh two bytes before, and in the process for the green LED, the analysis is started from the address 0FFCh four bytes before. Let

  Thereby, the illumination pattern of each color LED is mutually common, and the data amount as a whole can be further reduced by using the LOOP command and the NEXT modification.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a common table and a table of illumination patterns of red LEDs, blue LEDs, and green LEDs when the effect lighting device 204 emits rainbow light over three cycles.

  FIG. 15A is a table commonly used for red LEDs, blue LEDs, and green LEDs, and FIG. 15B shows a table of electrical decoration patterns corresponding to the red LEDs, and FIG. Shows a table of electrical decoration patterns corresponding to blue LEDs, and FIG. 15 (d) shows a table of electrical decoration patterns corresponding to green LEDs.

  The table shown in FIG. 15A is a SLINE command that finally sets the luminance to 0 in a duration of 1 second, a WAIT command that delays processing for 2 seconds, and a SLINE command that finally sets the luminance to 31 in a duration of 1 second. It consists of 8 bytes of a WAIT instruction that delays processing for 2 seconds. Here, the address of the SLINE command that finally sets the luminance to 0 with a duration of 1 second is set to 1000h.

  The table of the illumination patterns corresponding to the red LEDs shown in FIG. 15B is a SETUP command for setting the luminance to 31, a analysis destination is moved to the address 1000h, a CALL command with a CALL count of 2, and a duration of 2 It consists of 10 bytes of PUT (END) instruction in which the luminance is 31 in seconds and the END modification is valid.

  In addition, the illumination pattern table corresponding to the blue LED shown in FIG. 15C is a PUT command for setting the luminance to 31 with a duration of 4 seconds, the analysis destination is moved to the address 1000h, and the CALL count is 2 times. 14 bytes of PUT (END) command with effective END modification, command, SLINE command that finally sets the brightness to 0 in 1 second duration, WAIT command that delays processing for 2 seconds, brightness is set to 31 in duration 2 seconds Consists of.

  Also, the illumination pattern table corresponding to the blue LED shown in FIG. 15D is a PUT command for setting the luminance to 31 with a duration of 4 seconds, the analysis destination is moved to the address 1000h, and the CALL count is 2 times. It consists of 12 bytes of a command, a SLINE command that finally sets the luminance to 0 in 1 second, a luminance of 31 in the continuous time of 2 seconds, and the PEND (END) command in which the END modification is valid.

  In this way, the common table shown in FIG. 15A is provided, and the analysis destination is moved to the head of the common table shown in FIG. 15A by the CALL instruction in the table of the illumination patterns corresponding to each color LED. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the data capacity compared to the case of providing a table for each.

  In addition, by emitting LEDs using the tables shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, rainbow emission can be performed infinitely (infinite loop), and LEDs are emitted using the table shown in FIG. Thus, rainbow light emission can be performed a finite number of times (finite loop). In addition, when the color to be visually recognized by the player is changed, the rainbow light emission is sequentially applied to a plurality of colors without transmitting a command for lighting the color to be visually recognized to the LED (effect lighting device 204). The mode (electric decoration pattern) which changes is shown, and the mode (electric decoration pattern) which lights LED by the table shown in FIGS. 13-15 is contained.

  In addition, these rainbow-lighted illumination patterns can be used in combination with other illumination patterns. Note that when switching from another color (for example, orange) to rainbow light emission (for example, starts with light blue and ends with red) to another color (for example, orange), the LED is emitted using the tables shown in FIGS. If this happens, light may be emitted in an unintended color (first 4 seconds and last 4 seconds), but this can be achieved by making the LED emit light using the table shown in FIG. Can be prevented.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described referring an accompanying drawing, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention is not limited to this embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. Is done.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, as a gaming machine, a symbol determining means for determining one of a plurality of types of symbols including a jackpot symbol, and a symbol display when a predetermined fluctuation time has elapsed since the symbol was determined A symbol display means for displaying a symbol on the part, a big role game executing means for executing a big game consisting of a plurality of round games when a jackpot symbol is displayed on the symbol display part, and a round game in the big game During a specific round game set in advance, when a game ball that has entered the big prize opening enters a specific area, a game profit granting means for giving a predetermined game profit, and an effect execution means for executing an effect during the big game However, the present invention is not limited to such a case, and based on the operation of the start switch, one of a plurality of types of winning combinations is determined by a winning combination lottery. In accordance with the selection lottery means and the start switch operation, the rotation control of a plurality of rotating reels each having a plurality of types of symbols arranged therein is controlled, and the winning combination is determined according to the operation of the stop switch corresponding to the rotating rotation reel Also in a slot machine comprising reel control means for controlling each of the rotating reels corresponding to the operated stop switch based on the lottery result of the lottery means, and effect control means for executing one of a plurality of kinds of effects. Applicable. Hereinafter, the slot machine 600 will be described in detail.

(Mechanical structure of slot machine 600)
As shown in the external views of FIGS. 16 and 17, the slot machine 600 can be opened and closed by a housing 602 that is a substantially rectangular box and a connecting member that can rotate with respect to the front opening of the housing 602. A front upper door 604 that is attached to the front door 604, a front lower door 606 that is located below the front upper door 604 and that can be opened and closed with respect to the front opening of the housing 602, as well as the front upper door 604. It is located in the lower part of the door 606, and is provided with the saucer part 608 for storing the medal paid out from the medal discharge port 608a.

  An operation unit installation base 622 is formed in the upper part of the front lower door 606. The operation unit installation base 622 is provided with a medal insertion unit 624, a bet switch 626, a start switch 628, a stop switch 630, an effect switch 632, and the like. ing.

  The medal insertion unit 624 located on the right side of the operation unit installation base 622 accepts insertion of a medal as a game medium through the medal insertion port 624a, and receives a medal at a medal selector (not shown) provided on the back surface of the front lower door 606. Send. The medal selector includes a blocker (not shown) that guides medals inserted outside the insertion period during which medals can be inserted or a non-standard medal to the medal outlet 608a, and a medal within the standard that is inserted within the insertion period. And a inserted medal detection unit 624b for detecting the passage of. Here, the medal guided to the medal discharge port 608a is discharged to the tray portion 608. When a player inserts more medals than the prescribed number of medals required to start one game, a predetermined number of medals exceeding the prescribed number (for example, 50) ) Is electrically stored (hereinafter simply referred to as credit) in the slot machine 600. The one game will be described in detail later.

  Here, the specified number of inputs is set to “3” or “2”. In addition, when the number of medals required to execute one game can be arbitrarily selected from a plurality of specified insertion numbers, the maximum of the plurality of specified insertion numbers is called the maximum specified insertion number, and the minimum number Is called the minimum specified number of inputs. If the specified number of inputs is selectable between 1 and 3, the maximum specified number of inputs is “3” and the minimum specified number of inputs is “1”.

  The bet switch 626 is a push-type button switch that inserts (bets) a predetermined number of medals out of credited medals. When the bet switch 626 is pressed in a state where medals equal to or more than the prescribed insertion number are credited, one game can be started, and the credited medals are reduced by the prescribed insertion number.

  The start switch 628 located on the left side of the operation unit installation base 622 is configured by a lever capable of detecting a tilting operation, and detects a start operation of one game by the player. The start switch 628 can also be configured by a button switch that can detect a pressing operation.

  A colorless and transparent symbol display window 636 made of a glass plate, a transparent resin plate, or the like is provided at a substantially lower center of the front upper door 604. A reel corresponding to the symbol display window 636 in the housing 602 is provided at the position corresponding to the reel. A unit 634 is provided. As shown in the reel symbol arrangement of FIG. 18, the reel unit 634 has three rotating reels (left reel 634a, middle reel 634b, right reel) each having a plurality of symbols arranged in each of the regions equally divided into 21. The reels 634c) are rotatably provided independently, and the player can visually recognize the left reel 634a, the middle reel 634b, and the right reel 634c through the symbol display window 636. The reel unit 634 starts to rotate the left reel 634a, the middle reel 634b, and the right reel 634c in response to the operation of the start switch 628.

  A stop switch 630 located at the center of the operation unit installation base 622 is a button switch provided corresponding to each of the left reel 634a, the middle reel 634b, and the right reel 634c and capable of detecting a player's pressing operation. A player's stop operation to stop each of the reel 634a, the middle reel 634b, and the right reel 634c is detected. Note that the three button switches related to the stop switch 630 are particularly referred to as stop button switches, and are referred to as a stop button switch 630a, a stop button switch 630b, and a stop button switch 630c in order from the left according to their positions.

  The effect switch 632 includes a push-type button switch and a jog dial switch that is rotatably arranged around the button switch, and detects a player's pressing operation and rotating operation. The effect switch 632 is mainly used during the effect, and the effect mode can be changed by the player's operation.

  A liquid crystal display unit 638 that displays various images associated with effects is provided at the upper center of the front upper door 604. In addition, an effect lamp 642 made up of, for example, a high-intensity light emitting diode (LED) is provided on the upper and left and right sides of the front upper door 604.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 17, speakers that produce auditory effects such as sound effects and musical sounds are provided at the left and right positions of the liquid crystal display unit 638 on the back surface of the front upper door 604 and the inner surface left and right positions on the back surface of the front lower door 606. 640 is provided. Further, below the reel unit 634 in the housing 602, a medal payout device (medal hopper) 764 for paying out medals from the medal discharge port 608a is provided. The medal payout device 764 includes a medal storage unit 764a for storing medals, a payout control unit 764b for discharging medals stored in the medal storage unit 764a from the medal discharge port 608a, and medals discharged from the medal discharge port 608a. And a payout medal detection unit 764c. Specifically, the payout control unit 764b is rotatably supported on the main body exterior of the payout control unit 764b, and has a plurality of medal insertion holes in the circumferential direction in which medals dropped from the medal storage unit 764a are inserted one by one from above. And a disk motor (not shown) for rotating the disk. The medals inserted in the medal insertion holes are rotated one by one through the pushing mechanism. The medals are continuously discharged one by one by discharging them to the outside and sequentially inserting the next medals into the medallion insertion holes vacated by the discharge.

  Although not shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, among the symbols provided on the left reel 634 a, the middle reel 634 b, and the right reel 634 c, a symbol display window is provided inside each of the rotating reels 634 a, 634 b, and 634 c. Reel backlight 644 that irradiates the upper, middle and lower symbols of each rotary reel 634a, 634b and 634c independently from the back surface corresponding to 636 (which may be the target of an effective line which is a payout target line) (See FIG. 18). In addition, a reel upper light 646 that directly irradiates the front of all of the left reel 634a, the middle reel 634b, and the right reel 634c is also provided on the upper rear surface of the symbol display window 636.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, in the operation unit installation base 622, a main credit display unit 652 and a main payout display unit are provided on a substantially horizontal plane of the step unit 622 a provided between the symbol display window 636 and the stop switch 630. 654 is provided. Further, a sub-credit display unit 656 and a sub-payout display unit 658 are provided between the symbol display window 636 and the operation unit installation base 622. The main credit display unit 652 and the sub-credit display unit 656 display the number of credits, and the main pay-out display unit 654 and the sub-payout display unit 658 display the number of medals paid out. Note that the sub-credit display unit 656 and the sub-payout display unit 658 can also display various numerical values associated with effects.

  A power switch 648 is provided at an arbitrary position in the housing 602. The power switch 648 includes a switch that can detect a pressing operation, such as a rocker switch, and is operated by an administrator who manages the slot machine 600 to switch between two states of a power-off state and a power-on state. Used.

  In the present embodiment, in the one game, the medal insertion through the medal insertion unit 624, the insertion of a credited medal through the operation of the bet switch 626, or the replay combination is displayed on the active line. After one of the automatic insertion of medals is performed based on the game, a plurality of rotating reels 634a, 634b, 634c are controlled to rotate in accordance with the player's operation of the start switch 628, and a winning combination lottery is executed. The rotary reels 634a, 634b, 634c corresponding to the operated stop button switches 630a, 630b, 630c are controlled to stop according to the lottery result of the role lottery and the plurality of stop button switches 630a, 630b, 630c operated by the player. And won a winning role that can receive medals. If, say a game until payout of the medals is executed. Further, when the winning combination that can receive a medal is not won or when the winning combination is not won, one game is ended when all of the rotating reels 634a, 634b, and 634c are stopped. However, the start of one game may be read as an operation of the start switch 628 by the player, instead of inserting the medal or winning the replay role. In addition, the number of such one game repeated is the number of games.

(Electrical configuration of slot machine 600)
FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a schematic electrical configuration of the slot machine 600. As shown in FIG. 19, the slot machine 600 is mainly controlled by a control board. Here, as an example of the control board, the main control board 700 and the sub control board 702 that share the functions of the control board will be described. For example, among the programs related to the progress of the game, a particularly important process such as a lottery for winning a role to be used for a game or winning a prize is executed on the main control board 700, and other processes related to effects, for example, are performed on the sub control board 702 Running in. In addition, as shown in FIG. 19, the transmission of electrical signals between the main control board 700 and the sub control board 702 is performed from the main control board 700 to the sub control board 702 from the viewpoint of preventing fraud. Limited to direction only. However, if there is no such limitation, two-way electrical communication is technically possible.

(Main control board 700)
The main control board 700 has various semiconductor integrated circuits including a main CPU 700a that is a central processing unit, a main ROM 700b that stores programs, a main RAM 700c that functions as a work area, and the like, and comprehensively controls the entire slot machine 600. To do. However, a backup power supply (not shown) is connected to the main RAM 700c, and even when the power is turned off, the data is not erased unless the setting is changed and the initialization process of the main RAM 700c is executed. Retained.

  The main control board 700 functions by the main CPU 700a cooperating with the main RAM 700c based on a program stored in the main ROM 700b. The initialization means 800, the betting means 802, the winning combination lottery means 804, and the reel control means. 806, a determination unit 808, a payout control unit 810, a state transition unit 812, a command determination unit 814, a command transmission unit 816, and the like.

  The initialization unit 800 executes an initialization process in the main control board 700. The betting means 802 bets medals for use in games. Here, the bet is based on the case where a medal credited through the operation of the bet switch 626 is inserted, the case where a medal is inserted through the medal insertion unit 624, and the fact that the replay combination is displayed on the active line. Including any of the cases of automatically feeding The winning combination lottery means 804 determines one of a plurality of types of winning combinations, including a small combination, a replay combination, and a bonus combination, based on the operation of the bet of the medal and the start switch 628, and the lost combination by lottery. To do.

  The reel control means 806 controls the rotation of the plurality of rotating reels 634a, 634b, 634c in accordance with the operation of the start switch 628, and a plurality of stop button switches 630a respectively corresponding to the rotating reels 634a, 634b, 634c. , 630b, 630c, the stop reel switches 634a, 634b, 634c corresponding to the operated stop button switches 630a, 630b, 630c are controlled to stop. In addition, the reel control means 806 activates the operation of the stop switch 630 in the previous game according to the operation of the start switch 628 and then displays the lottery result of the winning combination lottery by the player. The time until the operation is validated (invalidated by the completion of the operation of the stop switch 630 in the previous game) is extended from the specified time, and the rotating reels 634a, 634b, 634c are rotated in various manners during that time. A reel effect (freeze effect) may be performed. In reel production, any switch that should be originally enabled is not enabled for a predetermined time, processing that should be originally executed is suspended for a predetermined time, or a signal of any switch that should be originally transmitted / received is transmitted or received for a predetermined time. It can be realized by not having.

  The determination unit 808 determines whether or not a symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination determined in the winning combination lottery is displayed on the active line. Here, displaying the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination determined in the winning combination lottery on the active line may be simply referred to as winning. The payout control means 810 pays out medals in the number corresponding to the winning combination based on the fact that the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination determined in the winning combination lottery is displayed on the active line (winned). . The state transition means 812 transitions the gaming state based on winning of a bonus combination or winning.

  The command determining means 814 sequentially determines commands relating to the game in accordance with the operations of the betting means 802, winning combination lottery means 804, reel control means 806, determination means 808, payout control means 810, state transition means 812, and the like. The command transmission unit 816 sequentially transmits the commands determined by the command determination unit 814 to the sub control board 702.

  The main control board 700 receives various detection signals from the inserted medal detection unit 624b, the bet switch 626, the start switch 628, and the stop switch 630, and based on the received detection signals, the bet means 802 and the winning combination lottery means. A reel control unit 806 and a determination unit 808 execute the various processes described above. A main credit display unit 652 and a main payout display unit 654 are connected to the main control board 700, and the payout control unit 810 displays the number of medals credits and the number of payouts on both the display units 652 and 654. Control.

  Further, a reel drive control unit 758 is connected to the main control board 700. The reel drive control unit 758 drives the stepping motor 762 based on the rotation start signal of each of the rotating reels 634a, 634b, 634c transmitted from the reel control means 806 according to the operation signal of the start switch 628, and stops. The stepping motor 762 is driven based on the stop signal of the left reel 634a, the middle reel 634b, and the right reel 634c and the detection signal of the rotational position detection circuit 760, which are transmitted from the reel control means 806 according to the operation signal of the switch 630. To stop.

  In addition, a medal payout device 764 is connected to the main control board 700. A detection signal from the payout medal detection unit 764c is input to the main control board 700, and the payout control means 810 counts the number of medals to be paid out according to the detection signal, from the payout control unit 764b. Control the discharge of medals.

  The main control board 700 is provided with a random number generator 700d. The random number generator 700d sequentially increments the count value, loops within a predetermined total number (for example, 65536) (0 to 65535), and generates (acquires) a random number by extracting the count value at a predetermined time point. The random number generated by the random number generator 700d of the main control board 700 (hereinafter referred to as a winning combination lottery random number) is used for the game profit given to the player, for example, the winning combination lottery means 804 to execute the winning combination lottery. It is done.

(Sub-control board 702)
Similarly to the main control board 700, the sub control board 702 has various semiconductor integrated circuits including a sub CPU 702a that is a central processing unit, a sub ROM 702b that stores programs, a sub RAM 702c that functions as a work area, and the like. Based on the command from the main control board 700, the effect is controlled. Similarly to the main RAM 700c, a backup power source (not shown) is connected to the sub RAM 702c, and data is retained without being erased even when the power is turned off. The sub-control board 702 is also provided with a random number generator 702d like the main control board 700, and random numbers generated by the random number generator 702d (hereinafter referred to as production lottery random numbers) mainly have the aspect of production. Used to determine.

  Further, the sub control board 702 functions as a result of the sub CPU 702a cooperating with the sub RAM 702c based on the program stored in the sub ROM 702b, such as an initialization determining unit 830, a command receiving unit 832, an effect control unit 834, and the like. It has a functional part.

  The initialization determining unit 830 executes initialization processing in the sub control board 702. The command receiving unit 832 receives a command from another control board such as the main control board 700 and performs processing on the command. The effect control means 834 receives the detection signal from the effect switch 632 and determines the effect of the game performed in each device of the liquid crystal display unit 638, the speaker 640, and the effect lamp 642 based on the winning combination command. Specifically, the effect control means 834 includes image data displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 638, an effect lamp 642, a reel backlight 644, a reel upper light 646, a sub credit display unit 656, a sub payout display unit 658, and the like. In addition to determining the illumination data for presentation through the illumination device, the audio data constituting the audio to be output from the speaker 640 is determined. Then, the effect control means 834 executes the determined game effect.

  The effects include an effect executed by the main control board 700 such as the reel effect described above and an effect executed by the sub-control board 702. The effects executed by the sub-control board 702 are the liquid crystal display unit 638, the speaker 640, the effect lamp 642, the reel backlight 644, the reel upper light 646, the sub credit display unit 656, and the sub payout display unit as the game progresses. Visual and auditory expression means provided through 658 and the like, which can give a story to the game and can suggest the result of the winning lottery with a more dynamic image. In such an effect, for example, an effect suggesting winning of a bonus game can be performed over a plurality of games, and the player's expectation can be enhanced. In addition, even if you have not won any of the winning roles, you can make the player have a high expectation of high dividends through the production as if the player is also winning, so that the player will not get bored. It becomes possible.

  In the slot machine 600, the effect control means 834 functions as the effect execution means 334 described above, and the effect lamp 642 functions as the effect illumination device 204 described above.

202, 660 Stage effect device 330, 702 Sub control board 330a, 702a Sub CPU (CPU)
330b, 702b Sub ROM
330c, 702c Sub RAM
334 Production execution means (production control means)

Claims (3)

An effect lighting device including a light emitting element;
Production determination means for determining production as the game progresses,
Storage means for storing a table of electrical decoration patterns configured by a plurality of instructions for controlling the light emission mode of the light emitting element;
Effect execution means for causing the light emitting element to emit light in a light emission mode according to the illumination pattern corresponding to the determined effect by analyzing a command shown in the table of the illumination pattern corresponding to the determined effect. ,
With
In the instruction, the analysis destination is moved to the set address, the analysis destination is not returned after completion of the target processing, the analysis destination is moved to the set address, and the target processing is performed. A gaming machine including a JUMP / CALL instruction in which a CALL instruction for returning an analysis destination after completion is set as common instruction information.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein an identification bit for identifying the JUMP instruction and the CALL instruction is set in the JUMP / CALL instruction. In the JUMP / CALL instruction, a CALL number bit indicating the number of repetitions in the CALL instruction is set.
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein when the identification bit indicates the JUMP instruction, the CALL number bit is invalidated.